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1、 桃江一中2019届高三第二次月考英语试题卷时量：120分钟分值：150分本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。第卷（选择题）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5个小题；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。现在你有5秒钟的时间阅读第一小题的有关内容。听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。第二部分 阅读理解 (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
2、短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AGlastonbury Festival:Time and place: 22nd26th June, Pilton, Somerse. Recognized as the best summer festival season, Glastonbury is one of the biggest and oldest festivals in the UK. Last years 40th anniversary was its best ever, even though the supergroup
3、 U2 canceled last minute because of Bono injuring his back.Latitude Festival:Time and place:14th17th July, Henham Park, Suffolk. Now in its sixth year, this festival is the choice for more families. It is providing visitors with a range of entertainment to accompany the music, including comedy, show
4、, theatre and literature.Shrewsbury Folk Festival:Time and place: 26th29th August, West Mids Show Ground, Shrewsbury. Announced as one of the best folk festivals in the UK, this festival is only in its sixth year. It takes place over the 4 days of the August bank holiday weekend, and moved to Shrews
5、bury in 2006. Download Festival:Time and place: 10th and 12th, June, Donington Park Derby. It is a three-day rock music festival held every year. The name Download was chosen for the festival for two reasons. Downloading was a dirty work in the music industry at the time because of file sharing and
6、rock is seen as a rebellious (反叛) type of music.21. Which festival is one of the oldest festivals in the UK?A. Glastonbury FestivalB. Latitude FestivalC. Shrewsbury Folk FestivalD. Download Festival22. When and where is the rock music festival held?A. 22nd26th June, Pilton, SomerseB. 26th29th August
7、, West Mids Show GroundC. 14th17th July, Henham Park, SuffolkD. 10th and 12th, June, Donington Park Derby23. What is special about Latitude Festival?A. It is one of the best folk festivals in the UK.B. It has a long history and is held every year. C. It is the best summer festival in the UK.D. It is
8、 attractive and joyful for many families.BBelieve it or not but it is true. There are people who lose the ability to understand or use words due to brain damage. But they become extremely good at something else. They become experts at spotting liars. The condition in which people lose their power to
9、 understand or use words due to brain damage are called aphasia(失语症). A study conducted in Massachusetts, U.S., has clearly proved that aphasics make good lie detectors(测谎仪). In the last 100 years, many doctors studying the brain have mentioned examples of this amazing power of patients suffering fr
10、om aphasia. Recently, scientists conducted tests to see if all that was said about aphasics was true. They studied the powers of a mixed group of people. Some were normal; others were aphasic. And it was proved clearly that the normal volunteers still got fooled by words. The aphasics were far ahead
11、 of them in recognizing false speech. The results of the study were reported in the magazine Nature. Fourteen years ago, famous American doctor, Dr. Oliver Sacks, wrote about his experiences with aphasic patients in a book. He remembered a particular incident in a hospital. Patients from the aphasia
12、 room were watching TV. Their president, Ronald Reagan, was giving a speech. He was trying to put feelings into each and every word of his speech. But his speech had an opposite effect on the patients. They were not impressed. On the contrary, the whole room shook with their laughter. The aphasics k
13、new that he did not mean a word of what he was saying. Dr. Sacks saw aphasics as more gifted than normal people. Normal people “get carried away” by words. An aphasic cannot understand words. But he or she can still understand what is being said. He said most of the aphasics had this superior unders
14、tanding. So, while normal people think of aphasic patients as brain damaged, they actually seem to understand human expressions better.24. We can know from the first paragraph _.A. how aphasics get their special abilityB. that aphasics can tell if you are lyingC. that aphasics are good at telling li
15、esD. why aphasics are experts at spotting liars25. The phrase “get carried away” in the last paragraph means _.A. get misunderstood B. get excited C. get fooled D. get discouraged26. Dr. Oliver Sacks thinks that aphasics _.A. can be cured totallyB. can not understand what is being saidC. are specially gifted in a wayD. should be treated equally and nicely27. Which would be the best title of the passage?A. A great discoveryB. A special way of understandingC. Why aphasics cant talkD. The great lie detectorsCJames Cleveland Owens was the son of a farmer and the
