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衡阳市八中2020届高三第六次月考
英语试题
（考试时间：120分钟 总分：150分）
注意事项：
1、本试卷共分两部分，第Ⅰ卷为选择题，第Ⅱ卷为非选择题。 2、所有试题的答案均填写在答题纸上，答案写在试卷上的无效。
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纸上。
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. What is the man most likely carrying?
A. A bed.
B. A television. C. A pillow.
2. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. At a travel agency. B. At the airport. C. At the border. 3. What does the girl mainly care about? A. Her weight.
B. Her height.
C. Her age.
4. What does the woman mean?
A. She is rich. B. She doesn’t like the new computer. C. The computer is expensive. 5. What did the speakers most likely see?
A. A falling star. B. An airplane. C. A flashlight. 第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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. Why is the woman worried?
A.She won’t be able to improve her score. B. Her teacher might not be fair. C. Her parents will be upset.
7. What does the man suggest the woman do?
A. Explain to her parents. B. Talk to the teacher. C. Study harder. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. How many people were rescued from the cave ?
A. 13. B. 12. C. 11. 9. How does the woman feel about the situation in her country?
A. She thinks it’s normal. B. She thinks it’s amazing. C. She thinks it’s sad. 10. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. Global events. B. National events. C. Local events. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
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11. What does the woman want to do?
A. Open an account. B. Travel around Africa. C. Borrow some money. 12. What type of bank does the man recommend? A. One with the best customer service. B. One that has international branches. C. One that is most convenient to drive to. 13. Where is the nearest TD Bank?
A. Beside the grocery store. B. Across from the museum. C. Next to the department store. 听第9段材料，回答第l4至16题。
14. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Boss and new manager. B. Boss and new customer. C. Boss and new accountant. 15. What should the woman do first when accepting a return?
A. Look at the proof of purchase. B. Ask for a membership card. C. Check the item for damage. 16. Which kinds of items are banned from returning according to the man? A. Shoes. B. Hats. C. Socks. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. Who is Tyler Cloud?
A. A professional athlete. B. A government official. C. A postman. 18. Why did the neighbors report Canuck to Wildlife Services?
A. He was stealing things. B. He was attacking people. C.He was tearing up their grass. 19. What did Tyler do to win Canuck’s affection?
A. He took him home. B. He fed him. C.He built him a nest. 20. How did Canuck first become famous?
A. He was seen on the Internet. B. He rode the subway. C. He solved a crime.
第二部分 阅读理解(共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分)
第一节 阅读下面四篇文章，然后从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出每个问题的最佳选项，并将答题卡上相应题目的答案标号涂黑（本节共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
A
Bookstores are a traveller's best friend: they provide convenient shelter in bad weather, and they often host readings and other cultural events. Here is a look at world’s six greatest bookstores.
Adrian Harrington—since 1971. Rare books; rare first editions; leather bound sets and general antiquarian (古玩). Address: 64A Kensington Church Street, Kensington, London, England, U.K.
Another Country—Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany. Another Country is an English Language second hand bookshop which is mostly used as a library. They have about 20,000 books that you can buy or borrow. Some regular events are held at the shop, such as readings, cultural events, social evenings and film nights.
a, Santorini, Greece. Atlantis Books is an independent bookshop on the island of Atlantis Books—Oí
Santorini, Greece, founded in 2004 by a group of friends from Cyprus, England, and the United States. Throughout the year it has hosted literary festivals, film screenings, book readings, and good old fashioned dance parties.
Bart’s Books—Ojai, California, U.S.A．“The World’s Greatest Outdoor Bookstore”, a bookstore founded by Richard Bartinsdale in 1964. Shelves of books face the street, and regular customers are asked to drop coins into the door’s coin box to pay for any books they take whenever the store is closed.
10 Corso Como—Milan, Italy. Extensive selection of publication on art, architecture, design, graphics and fashion, along with a strong emphasis on photography. It was founded in 1990 in Milan, Italy, by Carla Sozzani.
The Bookworm—A bookshop, library, bar, restaurant and event space, now with four divisions in three
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cities—Beijing, Suzhou and Chengdu. The interconnecting rooms with floor-to-ceiling books on every wall are light and airy in summer, yet warm and comfortable in winter. 21．Which of the following bookstores has the longest history? A．Bart’s Books. B．Atlantis Books. C．Adrian Harrington. D．10 Como Bookshop. 22．What can you do in Atlantis Books? A．Enjoy rare books. B．Learn photography. C．Attend a festival. D．Buy books anytime. 23．How is The Bookworm different from the other bookstores? A．It is used as a library. B．It has branches in different cities. C．It focuses on photography. D．It hosts all sorts of activities.
B
If you've ever been annoyed by the sound of someone eating，especially as they noisily slurp noodles，don't worry, you're not alone.
A company has recently designed a fork that connects to an app on your smart phone，which will then play noise cancelling sounds if you happen to slurp your noodles too loudly.
The fork was designed with a microphone in its handle that is trained to recognize the sound of slurping. The microphone will then send a signal to the phone app，setting off the noise cancelling sounds.
The company that designed the fork, called Otohiko fork, was inspired by what is called \by social media users, which is running wild in Japan.
\，consider it proper and even preferable to suck up one's noodles with a loud slurping sound\
Unfortunately for visitors, however, such enthusiastic slurping tends to grate on their nerves, which is what lead to the creation of the phrase\
The company behind the fork, Nissin, is the very same company that invented Cup Noodles, who brought instant noodles to the world nearly 70 years ago, so they are definitely concerned about whether or not foreigners are put off by the sound of slurping noodles.
The fork is being sold for a good $130, but those bothered enough by noodle slurpers will likely find it well worth the money.
Nissin is only planning a limited run of 5000 forks for the time being, which can now be pre-ordered only through their website.
The company is planning to begin releasing them just in time for the holidays. Of course, it still remains to be seen if the fork can be programmed to drown out the sound of loud chewers, which is probably of greater concern to sensitive Westerners.
24．From the text we can know that_________.
A．\B．the app on a smart phone operates just like a silencer C．the microphone in its handle stops the slurping sound D．the Otohiko fork will encourage noodle sales in Japan 25．The new fork will be the most helpful for______. A．the spread of Japanese culture B．fans of Japanese noodles C．Western visitors to Japan D．the reform of Japanese food 26．Which of the following can be the best title ? A．A Noise Cancelling Fork Born B．Nissin Makes Another Invention C．A New Fork Wins Popularity D．Good News for Western Visitors
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27. What is the writer’s attitude towards the new fork?
A. Doubtful B. Approving C. Objective D. Indifferent
C
Plants can do arithmetic (算术), No, it’s not that they are doing quadratic equations (二次方程) or some such. It is found that plants do perform what could best be called arithmetic division overnight to help themselves make it through the night without starving.
During the day, plants feed themselves by taking energy from the sun and changing carbon dioxide into sugars and starches (淀粉). But at night, they have to rely on the starches they’ve stored up to survive till dawn returns.
Plants are found to share out their stores of starches by making adjustments to how much they consume. During the night, the mechanism inside the leaf measures the size of the starch store and guesses the length of time until dawn. Information about time comes from an internal clock. The size of the starch store is then divided by the length of time until dawn to set the correct rate of starch consumption, so that, by dawn, around 95 percent of the starches are used up. That is, even in the night, plants are still growing and producing. Understanding how plants continue to grow in the dark could help unlock new ways to increase crop production.
What’s notable is how efficiently plants share out their starch stores. It is pointed out that if the starch store is used too fast, plants will starve and stop growing during the night. If the store is used too slowly, some of it will be wasted.
However, scientists emphasize that this is not evidence for plant intelligence, but simply suggests that plants have a mechanism designed to automatically regulate how fast they burn carbohydrate (碳水化合物) at night. But it offers a window into the secret life of plants, to questions of plant sentience (感受能力) and, the ability of cooperation of plants with animals. Plants may not do math with a purpose in mind like people do. But anyone who opens the refrigerator containing only a tomato and a jar of peanut butter has to admire plant’s ability to divide their starch stores, their food, with such careful efficiency. 28．Why do plants perform arithmetic division overnight？ A．To regulate how fast to store sugars. B．To change carbon dioxide into starches. C．To store the energy from the sun on time. D．To get through the night without starving.
29．The underlined word “mechanism” in the third paragraph may refer to . A．the colored part of a plant from which the seed or fruit develops B．a part of the plant that has a particular purpose such as the root
C．an organized set of ideas or theories or a particular way of doing something D．a system of parts in a living thing that together perform a particular function 30．This finding can be of great help in . A．sports. B．agriculture C．culture D．industry 31．What might be the most suitable title for the passage? A．What Your Plant Is Doing at Night. B．Why Plants Grow Quickly at Night. C．Whether There Is Plant Intelligence. D．How the Internal Clock Affects Plants. D
It started during a yoga class. She felt a strange pull on her neck, a feeling completely foreign to her. Her friend suggested she rush to the emergency room. It turned out that she was having a heart attack.
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