长沙市长沙县九中2020届高三上学期第四次月考
英语试卷
时间：120分钟 总分: 150分
第Ⅰ卷
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题; 每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. Why was the man disappointed?
A. The play wasn’t interesting. B. The tickets were unavailable. C. The play was only for daytime. 2. What are the speakers going to do? A. To see an exhibition. lecture.
3. What sport does the man like best?
A. Swimming. B. Tennis. 4. What musical instrument does the man play?
A. The piano. B. The violin. C. None. 5. What is the man’s opinion?
A. He thinks highly of Jim.B. He disagrees with the woman. C. He doesn’t care at all.
第二节（共15小题:每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有2-4个小题，从题中所给的A. B. C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. Where is Mary?
A. At the airport. B. On her way to the airport. C. On board the aircraft. 7. What does the man plan to do?
A. To find a taxi for Mary. B. To see Mary off. C. To pick up Mary at the airport.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. Why is it easier for the woman to learn English? A. She often talks to English people. B. She speaks two languages already.
C. She always does her homework right after class.
9. Which of the following is a good way of learning English suggested by the woman? A. Reading newspapers. B. Keeping diaries. C. Reading aloud in the morning.
10. What is the reason for the man’s poor English learning? A. Not attending classes regularly.
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B. To have a meeting. C. To listen to a
C. Golf.
B. His shyness to practice English. C. No native speakers to speak to. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11. What does Dr. Wilson teach?
A. History. B. English. C. Chemistry. 12. Which subject will Fred probably get an “A” in? A. History.
B. Maths.
C. Chemistry.
13. What will Dr. Wilson do to help Fred have a good chance to get an “A”? A. She will give her students more homework. B. She will give her students less tests.
C. She may ask her students to write a composition in English. 听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14. What bothers Nancy about her neighbor’s son?
A. He drives too fast.B. His radio wakes her children. C. He plays his guitar loudly.
15. When does the noise stop?
A. When the car is turned off. B. At midnight. C. In the morning. 16. What suggestion does Nancy’s friend make? A. Nancy should call the neighbors to complain.
B. Nancy should introduce her children to the neighbors. C. Nancy should bring the neighbors a gift to start the topic. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What did the man want to do when his car got stuck in a no-parking area? A. Leave the police a note.B. Call the police station. C. Get someone to pull the car away.
18. Why did the man go to the bank?
A. Because he had to pay the fine there. B. Because he wanted to get small change.
C. Because he intended to call the traffic police.
19. How did the man feel about the police officer’s final decision? A. Angry. B. Sad. C. Happy. 20. What was the police officer’s attitude to the letter from the man? A. He felt it foolish that the man made up such a story. B. He believed the man came across many misfortunes. C. He took pity on the unlucky man who had a bad day. 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）
第一节 （共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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November isn’t the only time when people come together to raise money for good causes. Here are three other major charity events from around the world.
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Race for Life, UK
What started off as a race of 680 women in a London park in 1994 to raise money for a cancer charity has now turned into a massive nationwide event, with thousands of women up and down the UK taking part every year.
Known for dressing head to toe in pink, participants raise money for breast cancer research by being sponsored to take part in marathons, which are organized all year round. Since it began, more than 8 million women have taken part, raising over ￡547 million for Cancer Research UK. 40-Hour Famine（饥饿）, Australia
Normally taking place in mid-August, this program encourages young Australians to give something up for 40 hours in order to raise awareness of less fortunate youths around the world.
Participants raise money, which is donated to good causes worldwide, by giving something up for the weekend, including the use of technology（TVs, computers, smartphones and so on）, or even food. Since it began in 1975, World Vision Australia, the event’s organizer, has raised over A$200 million. AIDS / LifeCycle, US
Each year, thousands of people ride the 545-mile route from San Francisco to Los Angeles in order to raise money and awareness for HIV/AIDS-related causes. Cyclists make the trip over seven days, stopping each night at designated camps to shower, eat and relax. The mainly male riders are known for their colorful riding sportswear, with some dressing as nuns（修女）, cowboys or even in bikinis. The event has raised around $100 million since it began in 2001. 21．In what way is “Race for life” special?
A. The participants are all women. B. It’s a yearly marathon held in London. C. All the athletes are cancer patients. D. It attracts about 8 million people every year.
22．What do the cyclists mainly do in the AIDS / LifeCycle trip?
A. Advertise for a brand sports suit. B. Research into the causes of AIDS. C. Talk with local cowboys in camps.D. Cycle in the daytime and rest at night. 23．What do the three events have in common?
A. All the participants give something away to the poor. B. They are all held to raise money for people in need. C. All the participants donate what they have to charity. D. They have all drawn people’s attention to cancer and AIDS.
B
One cold January evening in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, America, I went with
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my father on an oil burner(燃油炉) service call. My father was in his forties at that time and I was about twelve years old. He was always working hard trying to support us seven kids. I enjoyed hanging out with him whenever I could — he taught me so much.
We arrived at the call and after walking over snow and ice, we knocked on the customer’s door. A senior citizen opened the door and let us into her very cold home. She was wearing an old, worn-out brown coat that went down to her knees. On her head, covering her gray hair, was an old and worn hat. The home wasn’t furnished very well and was quite dark, except for a single light bulb (电灯泡) over the dining room table. Below the light was an older man counting change from several old coffee cans. He looked up at us as we passed by to get to the kitchen where my dad would fix the oil burner. He didn’t say anything. He just looked up at us. He couldn’t speak English, nor could his wife. She only pointed to the kitchen and smiled at us.
After a short while, my father had the heater up and running, and it began to heat their cold home. The lady asked my dad in poor English how much she owed him for fixing the heater. My dad looked around the house and said that he had to go out to the truck and write the bill.
Once in the truck he marked the bill “no answer at home, no charge”, so they didn’t need to pay for his work. He looked over at me and said, “He was counting his change to pay me. They need their money more than I do.”
As usual, my father taught me something important that time, which was to be kind to the poor.
24. According to Paragraph 1, we know that the writer’s father .
A. often taught the writer how to work the same time
C. had a very big family to support children alone
25. The description in Paragraph 2 shows that the old couple . A. had no job B. led a very poor life
C. didn’t know how to save money D. were not very friendly to strangers
26. What can we infer from the passage?
A. The old couple had no children in America. B. The old man didn’t plan to pay money.
C. The old woman felt very embarrassed all the time. D. The old couple were not native Americans.
27. The writer’s father didn’t charge for his work because .
A. he didn’t need that money B. he felt pity for the old couple C. he was not satisfied with his work D. he wanted to set a good example to
C
If you have a chance to go to Finland, you will probably be surprised to find
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how “foolish” the Finnish people are.
Take the taxi drivers for example. Taxis in Finland are mostly high-class Benz with a fare of two US dollars a kilometer. You can go anywhere in one, tell the driver to drop you at any place, say that you have some business to attend to, and then walk off without paying your fare. The driver would not show the least sign of anxiety.
The dining rooms in all big hotels not only serve their guests, but also serve outside diners. Hotel guests have their meals free, so they naturally go to the free dining rooms to have their meals. The most they would do to show their good faith is to wave their registration card to the waiter. With such a loose check, you can easily use any old registration card to take a couple of friends to dine free of charge.
The Finnish workers are paid by the hour. They are very much on their own as soon as they have agreed with the boss on the rate(价钱). From then on, they just say how many hours they have worked and they will be paid accordingly.
With so many loopholes(漏洞) in everyday life, surely Finland must be a heaven to those who love to take “petty advantages”. But the strange thing is, all the taxi passengers would always come back to pay their fare after they have attended to their business; not a single outsider has ever been found in the free hotel dining rooms. And workers always give an honest account of the exact hours they put in. As the Finns always act on good faith in everything they do, living in such a society has turned everyone into a real “gentleman”.
In a society of such high moral practice, what need is there for people to be on guard against others?
28．While taking a taxi in Finland, _____.
A. a passenger can go anywhere without having to pay the driver B. a passenger pays two US dollars for a taxi ride
C. a passenger can never be refused by the taxi driver wherever he wants to go D. a passenger needs to provide good faith demonstration (证明) before leaving without paying
29．We know from the passage that big hotels in Finland ________.
A. are mostly poorly managed B. provide meals for any diners
C. provide free wine and charge for food
D. provide meal for only those who live in the hotels 30. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. The workers in Finland are paid by the hour.
B. The workers are always honest with their working hours.
C. The workers and their bosses will make an agreement in advance about the pay. D. The bosses in Finland are too busy to check the working hours of their employees.
31. The word “those” in the last but one paragraph probably refers to _____.
A. people who are dishonest
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长沙市长沙县九中2020届高三上学期第四次月考英语试题卷
