天津市耀华中学2020届高三英语上学期第二次月考试题
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第Ⅰ卷（95 分）
第一部分：英语知识运用 (共两节, 满分 45 分)
第一节：单项填空 (共 15 小题；每小题 1 分, 满分 15 分)
从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选
1. ---The Youth League Committee is looking for volunteers for the promotion of
rubbish-sorting. Would you like to join in? --- . Everyone should do his bit. A. You asked for it C. You have my word
to a special agency which can do it for you.
A. appropriately B. alternatively C. additionally D. apparently 3. is obviously right is to give all children equal opportunities to develop their special gift. A. Which
B. As
C. That
D. What
4. Safety should be a priority in any industry and it should come as no surprise that safety issues early can actually save money, long-term, for companies. A. requiring
B. inquiring
C. addressing
D. acquiring
B. You bet
D. You’ve got me there
you can turn
项。
2. You can apply for a foreign university on the Internet by yourself, or
5. The school isn’t
really wanted to go to, but I suppose I’ll just have to A. the one, make the best of C. one, take advantage of ones that
me during the regular course of business. A. might never happen C. should not happen
B. could never have happened D. needn’t have happened B. the one, get away from D. that, catch up with
I it.
6. While it wasn’t the goal of the trip, I was rewarded with fresh insights,
to
7. The better you have of words, the better chance you have of saying exactly what you mean.
A. contribution B. benefit countries, greatest is hunger. A. that
B. of which
C. whose
D. to which
9. ---How do you go to your office every day? ---Normally, I take the subway to work, A. so do
B. so does
most of my colleagues.
D. as do
C. as does C. command
D. ability
the
8. Nowadays, there still exist a lot of challenges facing some developing
10. Using a new app named Papa, the elderly people can young volunteers to take care of them whenever they are in need. A. bring up
B. come across
C. call on
D. pick up
11. ---Why didn’t you attend the assembly this morning? ---But I anything about that. A. didn’t tell told
B. haven’t told C. hadn’t been told D. haven’t been
12. In Lebanon, they say, a 50% increase in the price of cigarettes would lead to many people
smoking in poorer households as wealthy families.
A. as twice; quitting B. twice as; to quit C. as twice; to
quit D. twice as; quitting 13. During Voldemort’s time in power, people live in fear that they will be killed, either for having impure (不纯的) blood or for having pity for those who do.
A. constant
B. chief
C. available
D. artificial
14. When I came in, John was sitting in the corner with his hands
nervously for the final result. A. crossed, waited B. crossed, waiting D. crossing, waiting
on his head, C. crossing, waited
15. According to my grandma, it is a good idea to drink chicken soup when you have a cold.
, scientists agree with her.
C. To be honest D. Believe it or not
A. Sooner or later B. For example
第二节：完形填空 (共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分, 满分 30 分)
阅读短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选
项。
One of my neighbors used to have a beautiful tree in her front yard. Her dad had planted it
for her 16 it was nothing more than a little branch and several years later it started to
17 towards the sky at an amazing speed. Soon it blessed her with cooling 18 in the summer and glorious, golden leaves in the fall.
When the two-day snowstorm struck our town, heavy snow 19 the tree’s branches that were still full of leaves. The weight split that lovely tree down the 20 . It was so sad seeing half of it 21 on the ground after the storm. When I talked to my neighbor later, she said that the damage had been too much and that the 22 tree would have to be cut down.
23 , she had saved a few seedlings from it that she hoped to 24 in the future.
Still, it was a shock to drive by her house the other day and see 25 but a stump (树 桩 ) in her front yard. I missed that tree. I missed its branches, its leaves 26 in the afternoon sun. I missed seeing its limbs reach towards the heavens. I thought that the stump
would be a sad 27 of its loss for a long time to come.
My wonderful neighbor had another plan, 28 . When I drove by her home today I saw a tiny bird feeder sitting on that stump and a colorful songbird having its 29 . It was such an affirmation (肯定) of life. It was such a joy to 30 . I could feel my heart 31 .
Life by its very nature is a 32 bag. It hands us both beauty and tragedy, love and loss,
33 and pain. What we do with it, however, is up to us. We can let it 34 us in two, or we can use even its hardest times to make our 35 stronger and our hearts more loving. We can spend it complaining or we can use it to help others.
第二部分：阅读理解 (共 20 小题；每小题 2.5 分, 满分 50 分)
阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项。
A
Road trip
Motorhome delivery offers great family holidays. For just $1 a day, you can hire a fully-equipped motorhome, which you deliver to a specific destination within some days and kilometers. You then hire another one to get home or take a bus or train. Your only other expense will be fuel and about $20 a day for parking fees. To learn more, visit apollocamper.com. Plan ahead
For a comfortable break, flexibility with times, dates and places helps lower the cost. Find a
天津市耀华中学2020届高三英语上学期第二次月考试题
