湖北省黄冈市2020届高三上学期第一次阶段性检测英语答案(PDF版)
湖北省黄冈市2020届高三英语上学期阶段性检测试题
湖北省黄冈市2020届高三英语上学期阶段性检测试题（考试时间：120分钟试卷满分：150分）注意事项：1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
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录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
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。
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。
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1. What's John doing now?A. Playing football.B. Watching TV.C. Studying.2. What can the man do?A. Swim.B. Play soccer.C. Play basketball.- 1 -3. When will the meeting be over?A. At 11:00.B. At 10:00.C. At 9:30.4. What does the woman think of the play?A. Terrible.B. Just so-so.C. Great.5. What's the weather like now?A. Snowy.B. Rainy.C. Sunny.第二节（共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。
每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
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2020年湖北黄冈高三上第一次检测
2020年湖北黄冈高三上第一次检测I. Reading comprehension.AUnsolved Mysteries About Planet Earth◆Mystery 1: Where did all the water come from?Water covers 70 percent of Earth’s surface and earns it the nickname “the blue planet”. And where did it come from? The most popular scientific theory states that the H2O arrived in the form of several violent asteroids (小行星) filled with ice. Another suggests that the water actually has been around since Earth’s formation. However it happened, though, it’s certainly worked out well for Earth’s life forms.◆Mystery 2: What about all the oxygen?Another thing is the planet’s oxygen. Tiny creatures released oxygen as a waste product, filling the atmosphere with it. After that, the level of oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere went wildly up and down until it finally calmed down around 540 million years ago. Since then, it’s remained at about the breathable level we experience today. But what caused it to be suddenly steady?◆Mystery 3: What caused the Cambrian (寒武纪) Explosion?The Cambrian Explosion refers to the explosion of complex life that occurred on the Earth about 540 million years ago. Before then, life had consisted mostly of bacteria. But at the beginning of the Cambrian period, complex creatures began developing at a rate never before seen. Suddenly, life forms had brains, eyes, and bones. Most creatures alive today can trace their blood back to the Cambrian period.◆Mystery 4: Will we ever be able to predict earthquakes?We still haven’t been able to come up with a way to accurately predict earthquakes. We can certainly try, but our current technology cannot predict them exactly. We know that earthquakes start when rocks crack underground and send earthquake waves toward the surface, but we haven’t figured out why that happens, or how to predict it.21. What was created later by creatures on the Earth?A. Water.B. Bacteria.C. Oxygen.D. Ice.22. Which of the following talks about the Earth’s advanced species?A. Mystery 1.B. Mystery 2.C. Mystery 4.D. Mystery 3.23. What do we know about Mystery 4?A. It is a matter that has extremely practical significance.B. It will be solved in the near future.C. It is the most difficult to solve of the four.D. It is the oldest mystery of the four.BIn many films, when the owner is in trouble, his or her beloved dog would run home to seek help without fail. Yet, while this image has become an unforgettable part of our pop culture, few people knew that the same sort of response applied to service dogs.Once a blind man fell flat on his face, which was awful but finally harmless. His service dog, however, was trained to get an adult if the owner had a seizure (癫痫), and it was sure this was a seizure. However, while the dog did what it was taught, the woman it found was merely annoyed but not alarmed. Thankfully, the dog’s owner was not in the situation of a medical emergency. However, the experience inspired him to share this information on social media. “If a service dog without a person approaches you, it means the person is down and in need of help,” the owner explained. “Don’t get scared, don’t get annoyed, follow the dog! If the first person doesn’t cooperate, it moves on.”Referring to the accident, a TV presenter asked a dog trainer, Olivia, some basic questions about service dog etiquette (规矩), including how humans should react if an unaccompanied service dog should approach them.“What they’re going to do is take their nose and gently push your leg,” the trainer explained, specifically noting that service dogs are not usually trained to jump or bark. “If you see a dog in vest without a person attached to it, follow it.” When asked if one should say something to indicate they’re prepared to follow the dog, Olivia said there’s no clear command. “The spoken language is not going to be a secret password,” she said. “You can say, ‘What?’ or ‘Where?’ or just start walking wherever the dog leads.”Olivia concluded the TV show by adding that those who rely on service dogs can train their companion to move along to someone else, should the first person they come upon react negatively to the dog’s request. Doing so could finally save the owner’s life.24. What do we know about service dogs?A. They can’t understand others’ spoken language.B. They often make people annoyed.C. They are seldom known by most people.D. They only exist in the pop culture.25. In the owner’s emergency, a service dog will generally ________.A. run home for help from familiesB. ask the nearby person for helpC. jump or bark to draw humans’ noticeD. stay beside the owner until he or she recovers26. How should people react to a separate service dog?A. Follow it to anywhere it leads.B. Communicate with it through commands.C. Keep it home until finding its owner.D. Take it to the nearest police station.27. What is the author’s purpose of sharing the story?A. To encourage everyone to help disabled people.B. To introduce a talk show about service dogs.C. To teach how to train service dogs well.D. To spread knowledge of dealing with service dogs.CA child’s early years of language development are important for the basics of school readiness, such as literacy (读写) skills and social and emotional growth. In a recent study, University of Miami Assistant Professor of Psychology Lynn Perry and a team of fellow researchers who examined child speech communications over the course of a year found that children benefit from conversations with their peers (同龄人) and their teachers. The study examined how language use and development in 2-and 3-year-old children was influenced by what they heard from their teachers and their peers.“Previous research on language development looked mostly at the role of parent-child communication within a home setting or a lab environment, which means we’re missing a big part of a child’s everyday life – the classroom,” said Perry. “We know that parent language is important for children’s development and their academic achievement, but we don’t have much research on what happens in the kindergarten or preschool setting.”Using a device called a Language Environment Analysis (LENA) recorder, Perry collected hundreds of hours of audio recordings. Children wore the LENA recorder once a week. LENA software then assessed whether the recorded audio was speech or not, and whether the speech came from the child wearing the recorder or from an adult or another child talking to them.After studying the audio data, Perry found that the speech children heard from other children was positively related to their own language use, meaning children who heard the most from their peers learn more new words and vocalize more during the course of the year. Additionally, there was a positive association between a teacher talking and children’s language use and development – but only when that teacher talked to the child in a back-and-forth conversation, rather than just talking to the child with no opportunity for the child to respond.“Once important aspect of the study that stands out to me is how important it was to see those conversational turns with teachers, and that back-and-forth conversation with the child is very beneficial. We talked to the teachers about the results, and they are very excited about this finding and currently brainstorming additional opportunities to have conversations with children,” adds Perry.28. What does the new study focus on?A. The influence of talking in the kindergarten on children.B. The parent-child communication at home or in the lab.C. The basics of school readiness for preschool children.D. The ways to improve preschool children’s healthy growth.29. How did the researchers perform their new study?A. By observing the children in class.B. By conducting a survey of teachers.C. By communicating with the children.D. By recording the children’s speech in class.30. What does the underlined word “vocalize” in paragraph 4 mean?A. Listen.B. Write.C. Speak.D. Read.31. What should teachers do to develop children’s speech ability according to the text?A. Encourage children to listen to their own speech.B. Repeatedly inspire children to speak more.C. Teach children to write more new words.D. Teach children to read more books.DLife beneath the sea surface can be lovely and lively. But many organisms there produce poisonous chemicals to hunt. Divers are now collecting such poisons as drugs for human medicine.Sharks aren’t the scariest things in the ocean for scientists who dive to work. Powerful currents, creating where the ocean floor drops away, can be just as deadly. But the scientists who work underwater train to deal with these dangers. The rewards of research and underwater adventure are greater than the risks.The sea may seem like a strange place to look for new drugs. But organisms in the ocean have had to adapt to a tough environment. The chemicals they make for survival might help people, too. More than 50 years ago, scientists discovered a new anti-cancer drug in a sea sponge. Since then, researchers have been hunting the seas for more of such useful natural products.With the help of underwater robots and small submarines, scientists are searching the seas – from shallow reefs to the oceans’ great depths.Bacteria living in the Arctic’s cold waters break down their food using more different ways than organisms on land do. This process of turning food into energy for growth, activities and reproduction is called metabolism (新陈代谢). These pathways also produce chemicals called “secondary metabolites”. One day they also might help people.During a four-year project called PharmaSeas, scientists made thousands of extracts (提取物) from those seafloor samples. In about a dozen of them, researchers found mixtures that can kill bacteria that some of today’s antibiotics (抗生素) cannot. Three other newfound chemicals reduce epileptic seizures (electrical storms in the brain) in mice. Yet another compound may reduce the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.32. Why do sea organisms produce chemicals?A. To warn themselves in the sea.B. To benefit other creatures.C. To change their environment.D. To struggle for survival.33. In what way does Arctic bacteria differ from organisms on land according to the text?A. Medicinal value.B. The way of hunting.C. The way of breaking down food.D. Importance to humans.34. What is special about the mixtures from seafloor samples?A. They have the same effects as today’s medicine.B. They have unique functions.C. They can treat most diseases.D. They can kill all bacteria.35. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. Diving for New MedicinesB. Threats from the OceanC. Future Sources of BacteriaD. Danger of Diving in the SeaII. Gap fillings.The Magic Of Fall PhotographyFall is a time when nature transforms the greens of summer into the reds, browns, yellows and oranges of fall. It is a magical time for photography. __36__ However, many of us are disappointed with our results. Below are some tips on how to improve your fall color photographs.__37__ One ways to do this is to use high color contrast which is achieved by using complementary (互补的) colors in your compositions. By definition, complementary colors form the color gray when combined in equal amounts.On a color wheel, the complementary colors are opposite to each other. __38__ Using complementary colors together will make your photos “pop” with color. One color combination that works really well in nature shots it red and green. In the colors of fall, red and green, and orange and blue are easy to find. When around water, blue is easy to find and many times it can work as a background to a yellow or orange subject.As an alternative to the usual grand panoramic (全景的) shots, look more for a subject with a single color. When looking for this type of subject, walk around the subject and see which shooting position will give you the best shot. __39__ Once you have a good sense of composition, experiment with the angles and focal lengths (焦距). __40__ Shooting a scene vertically gives it an all together different scene.A. Also, don’t overlook vertical formats.B. It is an event we look forward to every year.C. You should look for a scene that removes extra elements.D. So the complementary color to red is green, and to blue is orange.E. To rid these elements, you’d better make the background less distinct.F. Red is not that common in nature so when it is found, it draws attention.G. To get the great shots, you have to be creative and use the colors creatively.III. Cloze.At dawn as I opened my eyes, a Blue Angel flew above me with high speed. My parents were __41__ on the boat while my __42__ dangled (悬着) their legs over the bow, smiling together. Countless boats, filled with families and friends enjoying each other’s __43__, anchored in Lake Erie around us. Another __44__ flew past, causing a loud sound. I thought about how quickly the world moves, and how few people __45__ the one thing that time cannot change – relationships.Pilots in their jets flew by at high speeds. At that moment, our lives seemed __46__ quiet and slow. These people, including my parents, __47__ listened to each other as the jets performed above. How __48__ these times seemed compared to the skills required of the men high above traveling at record-breaking speeds.Just as the Blue Angels speed by, so does our daily __49__. Technology stresses speed and instant pleasure. Cell phones have __50__ once sincere conversations and turned them into simple text messages. Everything now originates from __51__ rather than from devoting our priceless time to others and building lifelong relationships.Lifestyles __52__ with time. But one thing that will never change is people’s __53__. Parents love their children and children love their parents the same as they did thousands of years ago. A(n) __54__ connection among our world’s cultures is interpersonal connection. Friends and family have played __55__ roles in our lives for centuries. However, we do not appreciate them enough. Why not __56__ the one thing time has not changed?A thunderous sound roared around me. I felt sorry as the air show approached its end, but I was __57__ by my new viewpoint on the world. I went to my sisters and __58__ them at the bow. They turned, their eyes met mine and I smiled. Eager not to be __59__ by my family, I __60__ to the laughter filling the front of the boat.41. A. wandering B. sleeping C. chatting D. arguing42. A. friends B. brothers C. sisters D. classmates43. A. company B. result C. expectation D. development44. A. angel B. plane C. balloon D. eagle45. A. enjoy B. ignore C. explain D. create46. A. regularly B. relatively C. politely D. meaningfully47. A. anxiously B. joyfully C. angrily D. cautiously48. A. simple B. boring C. strange D. painful49. A. life B. arrangement C. desire D. achievement50. A. smoothed B. presented C. improved D. replaced51. A. nature B. ability C. convenience D. performance52. A. appear B. connect C. settle D. change53. A. attitudes B. relationships C. ambitions D. behaviors54. A. complex B. amazing C. loose D. common55. A. little B. proper C. usual D. significant56. A. treasure B. challenge C. transform D. adjust57. A. renamed B. reviewed C. refreshed D. recollected58. A. teased B. joined C. honored D. inspected59. A. shown off B. taken down C. kept out D. used up60. A. admitted B. referred C. objected D. contributedIV. Blank fillings.Most of us think that the world’s oldest color is black or dark grey. However, scientists have discovered that bright pink is the oldest __61__ (know) color. They looked at 1.1-billion-year-old rocks deep beneath the Sahara Desert. __62__ (make) powder from the rocks, then they found a bright pink color. Dr Nur Gueneli __63__ came from the Australian National University led the research. She said it __64__ (produce) by ancient organisms that lived in old oceans. At that time, tiny organisms were __65__ largest life forms on the earth.Dr Gueneli said her first __66__ (react) was complete amazement. She said her team thought the rock powder might turn black in their experiments. Instead, it turned pink. Another researcher said, “Dr Gueneli came into my office and __67__ (show) this bright pink material, saying, ‘Look at this. It turned out to be a real color, 1.1 billion years old.’” The rocks could contain other colors, from a blood red to a deep purple. Gueneli accounted __68__ the importance of her findings. She said, “Imagine you could find a fossilized dinosaur skin that still has __69__ (it) original color – green or blue. That is __70__ (actual) the type of discovery that we’ve made.”V. Correction.I will never forget the time where we had a family holiday in France. We went to the island where our ancestors used to living. It’s an area with an amazed history and my parents wanted to find just right village in which they had lived before. There were not any records left, but eventual we found a village unlike the one in our old photos. It turned out to be right. We went into a café but met an old man who had once lived next to be our old home. We found our old house has been pulled down, but it was nice to get in touch with the old man who knew nothing about our family history.CDA; CBAD; ADCB; DCBA; BGDCACCABA; BBAAD; CDBDD; ACBCDknown; Having made; who/ that; was produced; the; reaction; showed; for; its; actually。
湖北省黄冈市2020届高三上学期第一次阶段性检测英语试题阅读理解译文
湖北省黄冈市2020届高三上学期第一次阶段性检测A地球未解之谜◆谜团1：水从何而来？水覆盖了地球表面的70%以上，这使地球获得了“蓝色星球”的绰号，那么水是从哪里来的呢？最流行的科学理论认为H2O来自几个剧烈运动的表面冰覆盖的小行星。
还有科学理论认为水实际上自地球形成以来就一直存在。
不管水是怎么产生的，它确实对地球的生命形成起了很好的作用。
◆谜团2：那么所有的氧气呢？另一件事是地球上的氧气。
微小的生物以废物的形式释放氧气，使大气充满氧气。
在那之后，地球大气中的氧气水平上下剧烈波动，直到大约5.4亿年前终于稳定下来。
从那以后，它一直保持在我们今天所知道的可呼吸的水平。
但是什么让它突然变得稳定了呢？寒武纪大爆发指的是大约5.4亿年前地球上复杂生命形式的大爆发。
在那之前。
生命主要由微生物组成。
但在寒武纪初期，复杂的生物开始以前所未有的速度发展。
生命突然间拥有大脑、眼睛和骨骼。
今天大多数生物的血统可以追溯到寒武纪。
◆谜团4：我们将来能预测地震吗？我们还没能找到一种准确预测地震的方法。
我们当然可以尝试，但我们目前的技术无法准确预测它们。
我们知道，地震是由地下岩石的裂缝开始的，在这个过程中释放的巨大能量引起振动，从而产生地震波。
但是我们还没有弄清楚为什么会这样，或者如何预测它。
B在许多电影中，当主人遇到麻烦时，他们心爱的狗狗会毫不犹豫地跑回家寻求帮助。
然而，尽管这种画面已经成为我们流行文化中令人难忘的一部分，但很少有人知道服务犬也会有这样的反应。
有一次，一位盲人脸朝下摔了一跤，虽然很可怕，但最后却没有什么伤害。
然而，他的服务犬得到的训练是如果主人癫痫发作，而且十分肯定时，就会向一个成年人求助。
然而这只狗照老师说的做了，它所求助的那位女士只是有点生气，但并没有惊慌。
幸运的是，狗的主人并没有出现医疗紧急情况。
但这次经历启发他在社交媒体上分享了这一信息，“如果一只服务犬在没有人类陪伴的情况下靠近你，就意味着有人摔倒了，需要帮助，”主人解释说。
2020届湖北省黄冈市黄州区高三适应性考试英语试题(解析版)
2020届湖北省黄冈市黄州区高三适应性考试英语试题（解析版）第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。
录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
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. Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. In a bookstore.B. In a library.C. In a museum.2. What does the woman want Tim to do for her?A. Buy some new fish.B. Change the tank’s water.C. Feed the fish.3. What does the woman imply about Uncle Jim?A. He eats too much.B. His table manners are unbearable.C. He is humorous.4. What does the woman think the weather will be like?A. Cloudy.B. Rainy.C. Sunny. 5. Why does the man come back to the theater? A. To look for something. B. To meet a friend. C. To watch a play. 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。
每段对话后有几个小题，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。
2020-2021学年湖北省黄冈中学高三英语一模试卷及答案
2020-2021学年湖北省黄冈中学高三英语一模试卷及答案第一部分阅读（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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项AAs a nation, we are getting bigger and eating more. But there are effective ways to control your appetite and eat only as much as you need.Keep away from low-nutrition snacksThat means ice cream, sweets, chips biscuits, cakes and any other salty orsugary snacks you eat between meals. Although we have a tendency to eat them, you can learn to live without these unhealthy-and-fattening-additions to your diet. Try to make it a habit to eat them only when offered at social events or as a special treat.Leave half an hour between main course and dessertHaving a break between courses gives your brain time to receive the fullness signal and make you more likely to refuse the sweet stuff. And, in fact, as soon as you feel the first signals of fullness, remove your plate from the table. That will tell your brain that food time is over.Make yours a small helpingPut an end to super-sized portions. You won’t be missing out—today’s small was the medium or large of a few decade ago. Select or serve yourself a modest portion and eat it slowly enjoying the flavors. Before you know it, small will feel just right. What’s more, ordering the smaller size leads to wearing the smaller size.Distract yourselfWhen you find yourself hunting down food, even though you’re even hungry, do something else for 20 minutes. Drink a large glass of water as thirst is often confused with a desire for food. Choose something that engages your brain as well as your hands, such as writing a letter or listening to a song. You could also go for a short walk or do something that you enjoy. If you think you really are hungry, set an alarm for 20 minutes’ time and if you still want to eat when it rings, fine. If not, the urge will have passed.1. Which way suits you better if you tend to order a large portion of food?A. Distract yourself.B. Make yours a small helping.C. Keep away from low-nutrition snacks.D. Leave half an hour between main course and dessert.2. Why should you have a break between main course and dessert?A. To give people time to chat.B. To have a good appetite for sweet stuff.C. To reduce appetite for dessert.D. To give the host time to remove your plate.3. When you find yourself pursuing for food, what should you do?A. Eat some biscuits.B. Eat some sugary snacks.C. Have some soft drinks.D. Listen to a lovely melody.BBecoming famous is the dream of many, and Tian is getting closer to that dream.Tian, 30, is a white-collar worker inBeijing. On short video application Douyin, Tian has more than 2,000 fans. So far, she has received more than 50,000 likes on the Dubsmash-like app. On her page on Douyin, Tian shares everything, from her son’s daily activities, to her pet dogs, to little skits (段子) made up by her and her husband. “Making funny videos, and combining them with music is really interesting,” Tian said. “Of course, I make the videos for fun because it is quite relaxing.”China’s short video market has seen great growth, according to areport. The report said thatChina’s short video market was valued at 5.73 billion yuan ($900 million) in 2017, an increase of 184 percent. The industry value is expected to go up to the 30 billion mark in 2020. Companies like Tencent, Sohu and Iqiyi have all started providing short video content.“Short videos are popular because they are an addition to traditional audio and video content on the internet,” said Sun Jiashan with the Chinese National Academy of Arts.Fans say that the short videos help them “chill out” from a stressed-out lifestyle. “My favorite videos are all about pets,” said Zhou Na, a nurse inHefei, capital of East China’sAnhuiprovince. “After a whole day’s work, watching the 15-second videos makes me laugh, which reduces my pressure.”4. Why does Tian make short videos in Douyin?A. To get fun.B. To become a well-known person.C. To attract fans.D. To record her family’s routine.5. What’s Sun Jiashan’s opinion about short videos?A. They have huge value.B. They greatly reduce people’s pressure.C. They make people’s star dreams come true.D. They enrich internet audio and video content.6. What does the underlined words “chill out” probably mean?A. Catch a cold.B. Feel cold.C. Calm down.D. Become concerned.7. What does the passage mainly tell us?A. Every Chinese is using Douyin.B. China’s short video market is open.C. Douyin brings the Chinese great happiness.D.China’s short video market has developed rapidly.CPaper is one of our oldest, simplest and most important inventions. But it also presents a danger to the world in two important ways. First, the making of paper requires the loss of many millions of trees each year. And worldwide use of paper is expected to double in the next 40 years. Clearly, the planet cannot stand such a high rate of forest loss. The second great problem with paper is what happens once it is no longer useful. A large amount of wastepaper ends up in landfills, where it can produce harmful gases and finally contribute to global climate change.One simple solution can greatly reduce both of these problems: paper recycling. Instead of cutting down trees, recycle existing paper to feed the paper-making process.Paper is mainly made from cellulose (纤维素)，which can be used repeatedly in papermaking. Unfortunately, it also means that paper waste takes a surprisingly long time to break down in landfills. So far, trees are the only source(来源) of cellulose that can fill the great demand for paper products. Therefore, recycling paper is simply one of the best ways to save trees. Thanks to advances in processing, recycled paper need not be the dark-color1 edstuff many of us are familiar with. It now can offer the same print performance as non-recycled paper.Effective recycling requires a continuous effort from everyone at all levels of society. The way to begin is with education and understanding. Once enough people realize the need for recycling, more effective recycling systems can be developed.The need is real. The massive loss of trees affects everybody on earth. Everyone should do their part to recycle paper and encourage government and industry to do the same. The world will be a better place for it!8. What can we infer from the text?A. The use of recycled paper will double in 40 years.B. Recycling paper helps relieve global climate change.C. Wastepaper can easily break down in landfills.D. There are not enough landfills for wastepaper.9. What makes recycled paper more acceptable?A. The great demand of trees.B. The low processing cost.C. Its dark-color1 ed feature.D. Its improved print performance.10. What does the author propose?A. Punishing the act of cutting trees.B. Recycling paper.C. Improving recycling system.D. Promoting paper industry.11. How is the text mainly developed?A. By analyzing causes and effects.B. By offering research plans and data.C. By discussing problems and solutions.D. By comparing strengths and weaknesses.DHave you ever been sad because of failure? Please remember, for quite often achieving what you set out to do is not the most important thing.A boy decided to dig a deep hole behind his house. As he was working, a couple of older boys stopped by to watch. “What are you doing?” asked one of the visitors. “I want to dig a hole all the way through the earth!” the boy answered excitedly. The older boys began to laugh, telling him that digging a hole all the way through the earth was impossible. After a while, the boy picked up a jar. He showed it to the visitors. It was full of all kinds of stones and insects. Then he said calmly and confidently, “Maybe I can’t finish digging all the way through the earth, but look at what I’ve found during this period!”Theboy’s goal was far too difficult, but it did cause him to go on. And that is what a goal is for－to cause us to move in the direction we have chosen, in other words, to cause us to keep working!Not every goal will be fully achieved. Not every job will endup with a success. Not every dream will come true. But when you fall short of your aim, maybe you can say, “Yes, but look at what I’ve found along the way! There are so many wonderful things having come into my life because I tried to do something!” It is in the digging that life is lived. It is the unexpected joy on the journey that really makes sense.12. The older boys laughed at the boy because he was thought to be______.A. braveB. impoliteC. foolishD. warm-hearted13. Why did the boy show the jar to the older boys?A. To drive them away.B. To show what he had found in digging.C. To show how beautiful the jar was.D. To attract them to join him in the work.14. What can be learnt from the fourth paragraph of the text?A. No dream can come true.B. All work will end successfully.C. Goals shouldn’t be set too high.D. Goals will make us work harder.15. The best title for the text should be______.A. A Boy Dug a HoleB. Joy in the JourneyC. No Pain, No GainsD. Failure Is the Mother of Success第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
湖北省黄冈市2020届高三英语上学期阶段性检测试题(含答案)
湖北省黄冈市2020届高三英语上学期阶段性检测试题（考试时间：120分钟试卷满分：150分）注意事项：1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。
回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。
3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第Ⅰ卷第一部分：听力 (共两节，满分30分)做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。
录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
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。
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. What’s John doing now?A. Playing football.B. Watching TV.C. Studying.2. What can the man do?A. Swim.B. Play soccer.C. Play basketball.3. When will the meeting be over?A. At 11:00.B. At 10:00.C. At 9:30.4. What does the woman think of the play?A. Terrible.B. Just so-so.C. Great.5. What’s the weather like now?A. Snowy.B. Rainy.C. Sunny.第二节（共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。
每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。
湖北省黄冈市2020届高三英语模拟测试试题一含解析
湖北省黄冈市2020届高三英语模拟测试试题（一）（含解析）第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共100分）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。
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. What are the speakers going for?A. A talk.B. A walk.C. A drink.2. What will Lily do in the summer holiday?A. Go home.B. Go and see her grandparents.C. Help her dad work in the fields.3. How did the man move the desk?A. He moved the desk alone.B. His classmates helped him.C. He had some workers move the desk.4. What is the woman going to do?A. Do the typing again.B. Read the paper aloud.C. Check for typing errors.5. What was the weather like?A. Rainy.B. Sunny.C. Snowy.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。
每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。
每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What kind of person is the man?A. Energetic.B. Weak.C. Warm-hearted.7. What qualities are necessary characteristics for people who work in a team?A. Aggressive and energetic.B. Enthusiastic and cooperative.C. Cooperative and aggressive.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
2020届黄冈中学高三英语一模试卷及答案
2020届黄冈中学高三英语一模试卷及答案第一部分阅读（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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项AFor some people, there’s no better companion than mans best friend-a dog. This four-legged pet can bring comfort and joy and provide much- needed exercise for you when it needs walkies! This probably explains why dog ownership increased last year because people spent more time at home during he CovID-I9 lockdown.However, as demand for a new dog increased, so did the price tag. Popular breeds, such as Cockapoos and Cocker Spaniels, saw even sharper price increases, and puppies have been selling for $3,000 or more.Animal welfare charities fearthat high prices could encourage puppy farming, smuggling (走私) or dog theft. An investigation found some breeders have been selling puppies and kittens on social media sites--something charities have called “extremely irresponsible”.But despite some new owners purchasing a dog legally, maybe from a rescue center or registered breeder, they’ve proved to be ill-prepared for life with a new pet, and the pet itself has found it hard tocome to terms withlife in a new home.Looking to the future, there are concerns about the welfare of these much-loved pets. Lan Alkin manager of the Oxfordshire Animal Sanct uary in the UK, notes: “At the moment, the dogs are having a great time, but separation anxiety could still surface when people go back to work.” And Cliare Calder from the UKs Dogs Trust rescue charity says, “The economic situation also means that some people may find they can’t afford to look aftera dog.” The message is not to buy a dog in haste and to pick one that fits into our lifestyle.1. The greater demand for dogs can cause the following problems except ________.A. illegal trade of dogsB. less dog farmingC. high prices of dogsD. online sale of dogs2. What does the underlined phrase"come to terms with"in paragraph 4 mean?A. Fit in withB. Go in forC. Make up for.D. End up with3. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. Despite the problems, dogs are living happily.B. The writer has a positive attitude towards dogs future.C. Experts are worried that dogs will be unaffordable to people.D. The writer advises people to think twice before keeping dogs as pets.BIn the past, most people received their news from newspapers, magazines, radio and TV. But now, almost anyone can report and publish on the Internet and share it as news through social media. But the problemis that not all of the information is true and not all of the reporting is trustworthy.Howard Schneider, a former editor of the newspapersNewsday,started the Center for News Literacy (素养) at Stony Book University in 2007. The center has multiple projects, but the most famous one is a course to teach news literacy. The course trains students to look for various details that may indicate the truth of the story.Michelle Sheng is a third-year student at theUniversityofMichigan. Sheng finds that students either just stop reading the news or only take news from one source that they trust. "A lot of people are tired of the news. People are too busy to keep up with the news, and it is really easy to take whatever news is given to you because you don’t have the time to figure it out yourself,“ she says.For her part, Sheng recently created a digital exhibit for the university library of images to educate students on steps they can take to better analyze the news.It is important to educate an even larger audience, beyond American university students. The Center for News Literacy has developed teaching resources, as well as a free online news literacy course. It is also trying to reach a younger audience. It has partnered with several secondary schools in the American state ofNew Yorkto teach news literacy.People should research and confirm what they read online. However, to change human behavior is a difficult thing, but that really is the only thing that is going to help. The biggest problem is not getting people to be able to recognize bad journalism or false news, but getting people to want to recognize it. Our brains are wired to the Internet to seek out information that agrees with our current beliefs.4. What’s purpose of the course “News Literacy”？A. To get rid of false information on the Internet.B. To make people realize the risk on the Internet.C. To train students to tell true information from the false.D. To teach students good habits of using information online.5. Why do students have difficulty judging the truth of news?A. They are too lazy.B. They are bored with news.C. They lack news resources.D. They lack time to check its realness.6. What does the Center try to do besides teaching university students?A. Educate the public.B. Improve the service online.C. Prevent children going online.D. Set up several secondary schools.7. What did the author suggest doing to solve the problem of false news?A. Believing whatever you see.B. Changing human behaviors.C. Questioning all the news online.D. Only trusting reliable information.CAbout 12 years ago, Sandy Cambron noticed her mother, Pearl Walker, had become quiet after she moved into a nursing home for patients of Alzheimer's disease inKentucky.“We tried everything — photos, old stories — but nothing worked,” she said. “It was really hard for everyone to see how she had changed.” Then one day whileSandywas in a toy store, she had an idea: Why not givePearla baby doll so she could feel as if she were caring for something again? And why not give one to all the other care center seniors?As soon asSandygavePearlthe doll, her mother's face lit up. “She started talking again and she never went anywhere without that baby,”Sandysaid. “She took 'baby' to the dining room with her and slept with her in her arms every night. When she passed away a year later, we even buried her with that well-loved baby doll.”In the following 10 years, Sandy and her husband, Wayne Cambron, continued to buy dolls and hand them out to the elderly of care centers near their home every New Year. Now Pearl's Memory Babies is anonprofit (非营利) organization that has contributed more than 300 dolls to old people with Alzheimer's disease at nursing homes since February 2018.Last year,Sandyposted New Year’s photos on Facebook, all of which are about seniors reacting to dolls thatshe and Wayne sent to a local nursing home. The post was shared more than 210,000 times overnight. People gave almost $15,000 online. That helped the group buy many dolls.“The dolls offer treatment and comfort,” said Elise Hinchman, who works at a care center inKentucky, "Someseniors cry when they get a doll. And they always rock and talk to their dolls. People with Alzheimer might lose their memories, but they don't lose their ability to love.”8. How did Pearl change after she moved to a nursing home?A. She hardly talked.B. She lost hope in life.C. She felt bored.D. She forgot everything.9. How didPearlreact after receiving the doll?A. She began to cry.B. She was very delighted.C. She played it with a baby.D. She was unconcerned about it.10. What's paragraph 5 mainly about?A. What Sandy did for her mother.B. People's reaction toSandy's post.C. The rising needs for baby dolls.D. HowSandybecame a celebrity.11. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. Good News for Alzheimer's PatientsB. How to Remove Alzheimer's DiseaseC. Baby Dolls Cheer up Alzheimer's PatientsD. Daughter Helps Mother Recover MemoryDJohn Montefiore's path to graduation from theUniversityofTorontowas a little unusual. He recently completed his bachelor's degree(学士学位) which he started in1995.Montefiore left university in 1996 and tried to tell himself that a degree wasn't necessary for personal success. But it remained unfinished businessuntil he made the decision to return in 2018 at the age 42. At that time, his job development stalled, so he made up his mind to go back to school in order to improve himself and work well in future.The second time around, Montefiore never missed a class and always sat in the front row. He found many courses invaluable and he received the Award of Excellence twice. He found support services played an important role in his successful return. He said, “I hadn't written a paper for years, so I found the college writing centre to be of great use. Before I handed in a paper, they would give me feedback, which was really great. The university has so much built in to help students succeed and I'm so thankful for that.” But he also met difficulties this time. As a student much older than others, he found it harder to make friends with classmates.However, no matter what had happened before, he finally got his bachelor's degree. He said, “After all theseyears, I had thought it wouldn't mean anything, but it means a lot. I totally understand the value of education now. It's not necessarily the value that other people see in it, but the value it gives me as a person, for my confidence and my self-esteem. It also helps me prepare well before I re-enter the workplace.”12. Why was Montefiore's graduation unusual?A. He had achieved personal success before.B. He understood the importance of a degree.C. He finished his degree at a much older age.D. He began his university study at a young age.13. What does the underlined word "stalled" in paragraph 2 probably mean?A. Stopped.B. Started.C. Survived.D. Succeeded.14. What can we learn about Montefiore from the third paragraph?A. He got good grades very easily.B. He took his study seriously this timeC. He was thankful for his classmates' helpD. He had difficulty using support services.15. What did Montefiore learn from his experience?A. Confidence is important in one's life.B. Others' opinions on education matter a lot.C. Higher education is a must for personal success.D. Education makes one feel better about himself.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。