湖北省2020届高三2月七校联考英语试题
第一部分（共20小题每，小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．John had planned to make a compromise, but he changed his mind at the last minute. A．anyhow B．otherwise
C．therefore D．somehow
2．The country’s chief exports are coal, cars and cotton goods, cars_____ the most important of these. A．have been B．are
C．being D．are being
3．––Is this tea good cold as well?
––______ with ice, this tea is especially delicious.
A．Served B．Serving C．Having served D．To be served
4．We Chinese are drinking ______ milk per person today as we did in 1995.
A．more than twice B．twice as much
C．twice as many as D．twice as much as
5．Though our football boys are faced with four goals behind, they are still struggling hard in the field to ______.
A．face the music B．save face
C．cost their arm and leg D．land on their feet
6．Most of us try to discover we think is the most moving love story in our company.
A．which B．that C．what D．who
7．Some people suggest changing the date for the college entrance exams into ______ Saturday and Sunday of the first week of June, which I think is ______ good advice.
A．/ ; / B．the; the C．the; a D．the; /
8．______ for the fire at Notre Dame de Paris, a church famous for its large collection of art treasures, I would be there for a visit this summer vacation.
A．Had it not been B．Should it not be
C．Were it not be D．If had it not been
9．—What do you think of the movie last night?
—When I got there it _______, so I only watched the end.
A．finished B．had finished
C．was finishing D．has finished
10．——Will you require anything else?
——Yes, I like a whisky.
A．will B．shall C．should D．might
11．Simply raise your hand，and a taxi appears ________
A．at no time B．at one time
C．in no time D．for the time being
12．Lucy_ _writing her essay by 10:00 this morning. After that, she listened to music for a while.
A．will finish B．finishes
C．has finished D．had finished
13．The Oxford English Dictionary is necessary for learning English，so you'd better buy __________．A．this B．that C．it D．one
14．— David is a green hand at such things.
— But I believe he is quite ________ to the task.
A．relevant B．accessible
C．equal D．unique
15．Mr. Wilson is a man of patience and kindness, and his good temper never ______ him.
A．fails B．disappoints
C．controls D．worries
16．Some pre-school children go to a day care center, __________ they learn simple games and songs. A．then B．there C．while D．where
17．--- Excuse me, where can I get my car filled up?
--- There are gas stations at________end of the block．
A．both B．neither
C．either D．all
18．The wide spread of super hybrid rice around the world ______ the lives of millions and millions of people suffering from hunger to a great level.
A．has improved B．is improving C．improved D．has been improving
19．Even though the way Lin Daiyu expresses her feelings may be ________ to a modern audience, it is rooted in her character and makes who she is.
A．allergic B．foreign
C．sensitive D．fundamental
20．—How did it come that you damaged your car so badly?
—I ____into a tree on the roadside the other day.
A．ran B．had run C．was running D．run
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．（6分）Have you ever listened to a private conversation? Maybe you were standing by a door or in a hallway and you heard people talking about someone else. You paused ... you perked up your ears ... and you listened. These people were not speaking to you. Y ou eavesdropped.
To eavesdrop means you secretly listen to something said in private. Nosy people, people who like to gossip and spies are all good eavesdroppers. When it was first used in the 1600s, "eavesdrop" was the water that fell, or dropped, from the eaves of a house. After even more time passed, "eavesdropper" described
someone who stood near a house to secretly listen to a conversation happening inside.
English has another expression related to eavesdropping and the home: the walls have ears. This means be careful what you say as there might be people listening.
Some word experts say this expression may come from story about an ancient Greek ruler who had an ear-shaped cave cut and connected between the rooms of his palace. This form of eavesdropping became common practice with rulers from many cultures.
There’s a great one more for eavesdropping – to listen in on. When you listen in on something, you listen to people speaking without joining in, usually secretly. But not always. You can listen in on a class at university or listen in on a meeting at work. These examples do not suggest that you were listening secretly.
Now, maybe you were minding your own business. Maybe you just happened to have overheard a private conversation. Overhearing is more innocent than eavesdropping. You can overhear something by being in the wrong place at the right time.
1、How many expressions are mentioned on listening in different ways?
A．3. B．4.
C．5. D．6.
2、Which is TRUE about the word of “eavesdrop”?
A．It means the fallen water from a house now.
B．It was first used in 1600 in ancient Greece.
C．Rulers seldom eavesdrop in many cultures.
D．It didn’t originally mean “to listen secretly”.
3、Which word or phrase means to listen to something by coincidence?
A．Eavesdrop. B．Listen in on.
C．Overhear. D．The walls have ears.
4、What can we learn from the passage?
A．Overhear and eavesdrop take on the same meaning.
B．A gossip or a spy is good at eavesdropping.
C．The walls have ears means be careful when listening.
D．“Listen in on” always means listen secretly.
22．（8分）Chinese scientists recently have produced two monkeys with the same gene, Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua, using the same technique that gave us Dolly the sheep. These monkeys are not actually the first primates（灵长类）to be cloned. Another one named Tetra was produced in the late 1990s by embryo（胚胎）splitting, the division of an early-stage embryo into two or four separate cells to make clones. By contrast, they were each made by replacing an egg cell nucleus（原子核）with DNA from a
differentiated body cell. This Dolly method, known as somatic cell nuclear transfer（SCNT）, can create more clones and allows researchers greater control over the edits they make to the DNA．Success came from adopting several new techniques. These included a new type of microscopy to better view the cells during handling or using several materials that encourage cell reprogramming, which hadn’t been tried before on primates. Still, the research process proved difficult, and many attempts by the team failed. Just two healthy baby monkeys born from more than 60 tested mothers. This leads to many
rese archers’ pouring water on the idea that the team’s results bring scientists closer to cloning humans. They thought this work is not a stepping stone to establishing methods for obtaining live born human clones. Instead, this clearly remains a very foolish thing to attempt, it would be far too inefficient, far too unsafe, and it is also pointless.
But the scientists involved emphasize that this is not their goal. There is now no barrier for cloning primate species, thus cloning humans is closer to reality. However, their research purpose is entirely for producing non-human primate models for human diseases; they absolutely have no intention, and society will not permit this work to be extended to humans. Despite limitations, they treat this breakthrough a novel model system for scientists studying human biology and disease.
1、What do we know about the technology called SCNT?
A．It created the first two primates.
B．It may contribute to editing the DNA．
C．It can divide an early-stage embryo into several cells.
D．It produced two cloned monkeys with different genes.
2、What does the author mean by “pouring water on the idea” in paragraph 2?
A．Keeping a hot topic of it.
B．Attaching no importance to it.
C．Having a low opinion of it.
D．Adding supportive evidence to it.
3、What is the scientists’ purpose to clone these monkeys?
A．To prepare for their research on human cloning.
B．To serve as a stepping stone to their reputation.
C．To help with the study of human diseases.
D．To raise money for holding an exhibition of novels.
4、What can we infer from the passage?
A．Cloning humans is already on its way.
B．New techniques seem to be pointless.
C．Society won’t agree to clone another monkey.
D．The success rate of cloning a monkey was not high.
23．（8分）Top Music Festivals
Summer festival season is just kicking off, and there is a lot to look forward to in the upcoming months.
Pitchfork Music Festival
Anyone who likes indie(独立的)music and up-and-coming artists will have an amazing time at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago’s Union Park. This is an indie rock haven that explores more underground and lesser-known bands than the other big Chicago summer festival, Lollapalooza.
Date: July 14—16, 2018
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Music Type :Indie rock
Price: $126- $2, 700
Essence Music Festival
No matter what time of the year it is, New Orleans is an incredible place if you love live music. The Essence Music Festival is a celebration of legendary(大名鼎鼎的)artists like Diana Ross, Chaka Khan and Mary J. Blige.
Date: June 29—July 2, 2018
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Music Type :R& B，soul, rock
Price :$75- $365
Sziget Festival
Budapest knows how to hold a party, and Sziget is one of the biggest celebrations of music and culture in all of Europe. You can expect to find favorite artists like Bad Religion and Mac DeMarco taking the stages here during this three-day festival.
Date :August 9-11，2018
Location :Budapest, Hungary
Music Type: Indie rock
Price: $70- $296
Flow Festival
The Flow Festival is a great excuse to explore the city of Helsinki. Artists including Lana Del Rey and The XX will be playing, among many others. Come to this festival to enjoy a relaxing atmosphere with an earth-friendly belief.
Date: August 11-13, 2018
Location :I Helsinki, Finland
Music Type :Rock, soul, jazz
Price: $106- $199
1、What do the music festivals have in common ?
A．They include rock music.
B．They are held in the USA．
C．They are given in the open air.
D．They lake place from July to August.
2、Compared with Essence Music Festival, the Pitchfork Music Festival introduces more . A．types of music
B．less famous bands
C．music knowledge
D．top artists
3、What does the author think of Flow Festival?
A．Its style is wild and unlimited.
B．Every music lover can afford it.
C．Participants in it are all friendly.
D．It will attract many visitors to Helsinki.
24．（8分）Physics could soon make it possible to replace those heavy glass lenses（镜头）on cameras with “metalenses” －materials engineered to focus light at a fraction（少量）of the weight and size of traditional lensing.
A team from Harv ard University’s school of engineering has designed a metalens that can focus nearly the entire visible light. Previous metalenses could focus only narrow color wavelengths, or wavelengths outside the visible.
When light moves through glass, the different wavelengths that make up the light slow at different rates. This causes their paths through the glass to bend, so that they separate. Pass a beam of white light through a prism（棱镜）, and this effect will cause a rainbow to burst out the other end. This presents a challenge to lens makers; a single focusing element will project a picture that has colors from red to violet hitting different spots on the film.
So, modem camera lenses use many different glass elements to reverse that effect, pushing the different wavelengths of light back onto a single focal point, although that doesn’t work perfectly; many photographers know the pain of buying an expensive lens only to find a violet edge around the subjects in
their photographs.
A metalens takes a different approach to focusing light. Instead of using the reflection of glass, a metalens uses tiny structures, typically made of titanium dioxide（二氧化钛）, to bend wavelengths toward the metalens focal point. In the past, though, metalenses could bend just one wavelength at a time, or in more advanced cases, a narrow band of the visual light. The newly created metalens bends nearly the full.
Metalenses have other challenges to overcome before they can compete seriously with traditional glass. The most significant one: resolution（分辨率）, according to a journal article. None of the metalenses so far are particularly sharp compared with their best glass competitors. But, again, as the technology progresses, it could address that limitation. Metalenses might not land on store shelves anytime soon, but they are coming.
1、What do we know about the “metalenses” from Paragraph 1?
A．It’s sma ll. B．It’s expensive.
C．It’s visible. D．It’s narrow.
2、Why is it tough in making lens?
A．Light is low at different rates.
B．Light path is bent when light travels.
C．An image has colors from red to violet.
D．White light will cause different colors.
3、What does the underlined word “reverse” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A．Change. B．Exchange.
C．Increase. D．Improve.
4、What’s unique in ways of focusing light for a new metalens?
A．It throws the glass light back.
B．It uses metals in the structure.
C．It nearly makes the visual light all bend.
D．It is more advanced and narrow.
25．（10分）If Confucius (孔子)were still alive today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake, there would be a lot of candles. He'd need a strong wind to help him put them out.
While many people in China will remember Confucius on this special day, few people in the United States will give him a passing thought. It's nothing personal. Most Americans don't even remember the birthdays of their own national heroes.
But this doesn't mean that Americans don't care about Confucius. In many ways he has become a bridge that foreigners must cross if they want to reach a deeper understanding of China.
In the past two decades, the Chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities. More recently, the Chinese government has set up Confucius Institutes in more than 80 countries. These schools teach both Chinese language and culture. The main courses of Chinese culture usually included Chinese art, history and philosophy (哲学). Some social scientists suggest that Westerners should take advantages of the ancient Chinese wisdom to make up for the drawbacks (缺点) of Westerners philosophy. Students in the United States, at the same time, are racing to learn Chinese. So they will be ready for life in a world where China is an equal power with the United States. Businessmen who hope to make money in China are reading books about Confucius to understand their Chinese customers.
So the old thinker's ideas are still alive and well.
Today China attracts the West more than ever, and it will need more teachers to introduce Confucius and Chinese culture to the West.
As for the old thinker, he will not soon be forgotten by people in the West, even if his birthday is.
1、The opening paragraph is mainly intended to ______.
A．provide some key facts about Confucius
B．attract the readers' interest in the subject
C．show great respect for the ancient thinker
D．prove the popularity of modern birthday celebrations
2、We can learn from Paragraph 4 that American students ______.
A．have a great interest in studying Chinese
B．take an active part in Chinese competitions
C．try to get high scores in Chinese exams
D．fight for a chance to learn Chinese
3、What is t he best title for the passage?
A．Forgotten Wisdom in America B．Huge Fans of the Chinese Language
C．Chinese Culture for Westerners D．Old Thinker with a Big Future
第三部分语言知识运用（共两节）第一节（每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项．
26．（30分）King Evan was so conscious about keeping his people happy and considered them as his own family. He took great care to 1 his people’s needs and they lived happily.
However, King Evan used to hear his court（宫廷）men say that people in his kingdom always 2 him for various reasons. One day, he secretly took a trip around his land to find out what made his countrymen feel 3 . However, he could not see any unhappy people and this gave him great 4 .
He decided to 5 a huge boulder（巨石）in the middle of the road to test the people who passed by. 6 his soldiers had placed a huge boulder in the road, they all hid in a nearby place to 7
what would happen next.
The boulder almost covered half of the road and many wealthy people simply walked around the boulder.
Nobody really seemed to care about the boulder 8 the movements of vehicles.
The king’s court men also saw the boulder but did 9 to move it away. Instead, they
bad-mouthed the 10 for not maintaining the road properly. These were the people whom the king
11 to be loyal! The king was shocked to 12 their words.
A fruit seller walked along the road with his fruit. When he saw the huge boulder, he 13 and tried to move the stone. After some 14 , the fruit seller removed the obstacle（障碍物）from the road 15 .
He saw a huge bag placed under the boulder. He picked up and was extremely 16 . The bag had a note on it, saying, “Here is a 17 for you! The bag has 1000 gold coins inside and they are for the one who 18 this obstacle!”
The fruit seller was so happy and he was also 19 by the king to a party where he was rewarded nicely. Every obstacle we face in our life is a(n) 20 !
1、A．satisfy B．express C．record D．understand
2、A．remembered B．thanked C．blamed D．forgave
3、A．excited B．respected C．bored D．displeased
4、A．advice B．relief C．power D．pressure
5、A．fix B．hang C．hide D．place
6、A．Before B．Since C．After D．Unless
7、A．consider B．guess C．watch D．ask
8、A．disturbing B．controlling C．directing D．changing
9、A．something B．nothing C．everything D．anything
10、A．king B．soldiers C．official D．passers-by
11、A．knew B．proved C．announced D．believed
12、A．repeat B．hear C．write D．read
13、A．left B．smiled C．stopped D．returned
14、A．attempts B．tests C．research D．discussion
15、A．easily B．naturally C．hopefully D．successfully
16、A．nervous B．surprised C．angry D．frightened
17、A．task B．gift C．list D．joke
18、A．notices B．breaks C．removes D．covers
19、A．challenged B．forced C．sent D．invited
20、A．opportunity B．concern C．message D．possibility
第二节（每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
27．（15分）German doctors have warned that headbanging(随音乐猛烈摇头晃脑)could be bad for you.Headbanging is a dance from heavy metal music.Dancers shake their heads backwards 1．forwards，from side to side，very 2．(quick)．Doctors say the dance could lead to brain injury.They once 3．(treat) a 50year old heavy metal fan.His headbanging led to brain damage.The man had no history of head injuries but had been headbanging for many years.The doctors say the risk of brain damage from headbanging 4．(be) low, so heavy metal fans 5．not need to stop doing the dance.
The man had bad headaches 6．going to a concert.He had a brain scan at a hospital.Doctors found bleeding inside his brain.He had an 7．(operate) to repair the damage.Doctors drilled a hole in his brain 8．(release) the blood.Two months later，his headaches disappeared.The head doctor said，“We are not against headbanging.The risk of injury is very，very low.If our patient 9．(go) to a classical concert，this would not have happened.”He suggested heavy metal fans should carry on dancing，10．(say)，“Rock‘n’roll will never die.Heavy metal fans should rock on.”
第四部分写作（共两节）第一节短文改错（满分10分）
28．（10分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除和修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1、每处错误及其修改仅限一词；
2、只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Last Saturday, our class paid the visit to the Welfare Centre for children in our city、On our arrival, we donated some gift to the kids, which made them very pleased、Then we did what we could help them、Some swept and tidied their rooms、Some play games with them、And others told interesting stories to them、The day passed quickly after we knew it、
Honestly speaking, though tired, they were much happier than ever that day、The reason is that when we help with others, we also get something more importantly、Therefore, show your love and care, or our society will be more beauty and more harmonious、
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
29．（25分）假如你是李华，你的英国笔友Lily在她的微博上说她为了减肥吃减肥药，而且经常不吃饭，导致身体变得很虚弱，状态不佳。请你就此事给她写一封电子邮件，内容包括：
1. 对她的现状表示担心；