江苏省南京市玄武高级中学2020届高三3月阶段性检测英语试题
第一部分 （共20小题每，小题1.5分，满分30分） 1．— You could always put the decision off a little bit longer. — __________ If I leave it much longer I might miss my chance. A．That’s reasonable.
B．Isn’t it a good idea?
C．Do you think so? D．I can’t agree more.
2．The 88thAcademy Award Ceremony was held in Dolby Theatre ______ seats an audience of approximately 3,400. A．where
B．whose
C．when
D．which
3．— How much do you charge for the iPhone?
— Well,it cost me $ 400,but I’ll ________ 20% as it’s no longer new. A．reduce to B．decrease to C．knock off D．cut off
4．________________ the heavy rain，the couple went to the supermarket to buy their son a gift. A．In spite of
C．But for D．Instead of
5．---Can those___________ at the back of the classroom hear me? ---No problem. A．seat C．seated
D．sat
B．sit B．Except for
6．Taking online reading into consideration, we can challenge the assumption ____ reading for pleasure continues to decrease.
A．whether B．that C．where
D．when
7．China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System has started providing global services, ________ to become complete around 2020. A．being scheduled
B．scheduled C．to schedule
D．scheduling
8．The doctor had almost lost hope at one point, but the patient finally . A．pulled out
B．pulled through
C．pulled up D．pulled over
9．For thousands of years,poetry the favorite type of literature for many in China. A．is B．has been C．was D．will be 10．He asked ______ for the computer. A．did I pay how much B．I paid how much C．how much did I pay D．how much I paid
11．The film Mei Lanfang, Li Ming plays the starring role,has again drawn the world’s attention to our
traditional Chinese art. A．what B．that C．which
D．where
12．— Mummy, look at my gloves. I need a new pair. — ________. I bought them for you only a week ago! A．You bet B．You said it C．You don’t say D．You name it
13．Everyone had a form in his hand, but no one knew which office____． A．to send it to
B．to sent it C．to be sent to D．to have it sent
14．The purpose of her talking to me last night actually _______this: That I shall never trust him any more in future.
A．comes round B．comes out C．comes on D．comes to
15．---Mr. Johnson has been chosen as the manager of the sales department. ---___________ he was so excited this morning. A．No chance
C．Not possible D．No wonder
16．______ far in the contest, we are so disappointed. A．Not getting C．Not having got
D．Not got
B．Not to get B．No way
17．My father insisted that every minute____ made full use of _______the work well. A．be, to do
C．be, doing D．has been, to do
18．---Did you visit the famous cultural relics last month? ---No, we____ it, but we spent too much time shopping． A．could have visited
B．must have visited B．has been, doing
C．can't have visited D．shouldn't have visited
19．Whitney Houston’s sudden death suggests that drug abuse is such a serious problem ________ we should deal with it appropriately. A．as
B．that C．which
D．where
20．—To apply for a short-term study visa in the UK, I have to be able to speak some English, but I want to go there just to learn English. —Oh, it’s really____. A．a confidential source
B．a catch-22 situation
C．a Pandora’s box D．a Herculean task
第二部分 阅读理解（满分40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。
21．Consumers who value their privacy (隐私) can limit what they post on Facebook and adjust （6分）settings on sites such as Instagram. But Internet service providers (ISPs) have the best advantage point on
what consumers do online, and there’s much less you can do about it. After all, your ISP is the conduit (中转机构) for everything you read, view, or shop for while you’re accessing the web at home.
New rules governing the way ISPs can use consumers’ data were adopted in 2016 and scheduled to go into effect this December. But they were rejected by Congress this spring That leaves the future of broadband (宽带) privacy practices unsettled. Consumers say they want more, not less, regulation of broadband privacy. In a nationally representative survey of 1,008 Americans conducted in early May for the Consumer Reports National Research Center, 80 Percent of respondents told us that ISPs should need to get permission before sharing consumers’ data. Six out of 10 didn’t think ISPs should be allowed to sell or share this information at all. Eighty-five percent of respondents said the data rightfully belongs to them.
Under the recently defeated rules，broadband providers would have faced a new login requirement, forcing them to get permission before using data such as web browsing histories. Opponents of the rules said it was unfair to hold ISPs to stricter standards than Internet companies such as Amazon, Google, and Facebook, which are regulated more loosely.
Going forward, state laws could pick up some of the conflict. By the end of May, more than a dozen states had proposed some laws mentioning the issue. Privacy protection bills were also being discussed in Washington, D．C．But privacy experts don’t expect much from the bills. After all, this is the same Congress that voted to roll back the existing privacy protections. 1、What do the new rules focus on? A．Keeping the Internet steady. B．Settling broadband practices.
C．Forbidding ISPs to use consumers’ data. D．Protecting Internet consumers’ privacy. 2、What is the third paragraph mainly about? A．Regulations on ISPs using consumers’ data. B．A survey of privacy conducted by Congress. C．Consumers, opinions about broadband privacy. D．The argument about who owns consumers’ data.
3、What does the underlined part “Opponents of the rules” in Paragraph 3 refer to? A．Broadband providers. B．Internet companies. C．Internet consumers. D．Survey representatives. 4、What can we learn from the text?
A．The future of broadband privacy will be clear.
B．Internet companies rejected the rules together with ISPs.
C．Privacy experts have a negative attitude to the privacy protection bills. D．Consumers will go on arguing with Congress about the Internet privacy.
22．Movies are a great means of entertainment for many. There are some advantages of watching （8分）
movies. Comedies, for example, help reduce your blood pressure. Laughter for 15 minutes during a film makes your blood vessels (血管) wider. Besides, when you watch a sad movie, you’re more likely to come away from it thinking about loved ones and feeling happy about what you have.
Watching movies can make you creative. A study shows that young children, who watched the use of magic in Harry Potter, score significantly higher in a creative thinking test than children who watched something else. Moreover, movies are very useful for strengthening people’s mental health. They enable people to take time to really relax and temporarily forget about their daily concerns and problems.
However, watching movies aren’t always beneficial. Studies have shown that some people get real pleasure out of being scared by horror movies, but in various ways they may be risking their physical and mental health without even knowing it. When you watch a tense scene in a movie, your heart rate and blood pressure increase. Meanwhile this change in your brain chemistry reminds you of times when you were in a similar state, even if you have no idea you even had those memories. So if something horrible happens to you, being scared again by a movie can unintentionally make you experience it once more.
Scientists, politicians and parents have debated for decades if being exposed to movie violence leads to actual real-life violence. Overall the answer to that is probably still up in the air, but a new study seems to prove that watching aggression on screen can contribute to being a bully (土霸) in real life, even if it is just in the short term.
In conclusion, certain movies play a positive role, but not all movies do. It depends completely on the subject of the movie. So it’s always advisable to choose the movies concerning something positive. 1、How does watching sad movies benefit us according to the text? A．It makes us content with our lives. B．It rids us of unhappy memories. C．It reduces our risk of illness. D．It develops our creativity.
2、What can we infer about watching horror movies from the text? A．It has more advantages than disadvantages. B．It has gained popularity around the world. C．Plenty of people ignore its health benefits. D．All people don’t realize its disadvantages.
3、What does the underlined part “up in the air” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A．Meaningless. B．Attractive. C．Uncertain. D．Obvious.
4、What does the author advise us to do to reduce the passive effect of movies? A．Enjoy movies with more companions. B．Make a wise choice of what to watch. C．Try our best to watch movies less often. D．Raise our ability to tell right from wrong.
23．（8分）Over seven months have passed since Panamanian officials launched an expansion of the world famous Panama Canal. Officials agreed to the expansion so that many of the world’s largest cargo ships (货船) could easily pass through the canal. Yet the $ 5.25-billion project has problems. It says ships still continue to rub against the canal’s walls and wear out its defenses designed to protect both shipping and the waterway.
A dangerous system
The canal links two oceans-the Atlantic and the Pacific-through a system of locks (船闸). The locks are like steps. They raise and lower ships from one part of the waterway to another on their trip from ocean to ocean.
With the old locks, which are still in use, large ships would be tied to powerful engines on both sides. These engines help to keep the ships in the center of the canal. In the new locks, the ships are tied to tugboats (拖船). One tugboat is tied to the front of the ship, with the other tied to the back. These boats then guide the ships through the canal.
At first, pilots of the cargo ships and tugboat operators would sometimes try to rub the boats against the canal walls as a way to keep the ships straight. But this caused damage to rubber padding (垫料) lining the walls.
Not enough training
Even before the expanded canal opened in June 2016, tugboat operators had expressed concern about the new system. Many asked for more training. The fears and dangers remain, although the boats are going through.
The Panama Canal Authority reports that, between June 2016 and January 2017, there were only 15 incidents that resulted in damage to locks or ships. That represents about 2 percent of the 700 times ships that have sailed through the expanded canal.
Pilots have argued they should be replaced with a system of floating bumpers (减震) like those used in some European locks. Officials say they plan to continue operating with the current system of defenses, but changes could happen in the future.
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