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1、. 优质文档. 1 . 优质文档. 山东省平邑县第一中学2020 届高三英语下学期第八次调研考试试题 注意事项: 1. 答题前,考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡和试卷指定位置上。 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。 第一部分阅读(共两节,满分50 分) 第一节(共15 小题;每小题2.5 分,满分37.5 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。 A Summervacationistheperfe
2、cttimetocatchup on allthatreadingyou couldntdo duringthebusy schoolyear ? Here are some ofthebestYA books toreadthissummer. Skywardby Brandon Sanderson More than anything,Spensa wants to become a pilotand defend her planetagainstthe frequentattacksfrom alienstarfighters? Whenshe discoversthe wreckag
3、e (残骸) ofan oldbattleship,she realizesthather dreams mightbe withinreach. Two Can Keep a Secretby Karen M. McManus Put on your crime-solvingcap and get swept away in thisthrillingnovelabout a girl, a boy,and a stringofunsolvedmurders ? As threatsand cluespileup,youllbe burning themidnightoiltryingto
4、finishthebook beforedawn. Bridge of Clayby Markus Zusak The fiveDunbar brothershaventseen theirfatherineightyears.Whenhe reappears and asks forhelpbuildinga bridge,onlythe middlebrother,Clay,agrees to go withhim. . 优质文档. 2 Unforgettableand touching,itisa must-readstory. ?IfIm Being Honestby EmilyWib
5、berleyand AustinSiegemund-Broka Inan effortto win her boyfriendback,Cameron decidesto become a nicerpersonand make up forpeople sheshurt.Looselybased on ShakespearesThe Taming of the Shrew, this isa delightfullysweet and positivetaleofself-discovery,and truelove. 1.Whomay be interestedinSkyward? A.
6、Pilotson battleships.B. Fans ofouterspace. C. Peace keepers.D. Planetdefenders. 2.Which book isprobablya detectivestory? A.SkywardB.Two Can Keep a Secret C.Bridge of ClayD.IfIm Being Honest 3.What isspecialaboutIfIm Being Honest? A. Itisa work ofjointauthors. B. Itisone ofShakespearesplays. C.Itmain
7、lytalksaboutbeinghonest. D.Itappealstoreadersfeelinghopeless. B Iwork ata grocerystoreinMontrealsPlateauneighbourhood,which getsa lotof regulars.OnMarch 12, the Quebec government announced to closeallpublicplacestostop thespreadofthepandemic (流行病)ofcoronavirus. The nextday thestorewas the busiestIve
8、ever seen.The sixcash registershad to be keptopen from 10 a. m. untilclose ? Itwas nuts.I didnthave time toeat lunch,and whenever one of us on cash had to use thebathroom,we 9d have to bringina coworkeroff . 优质文档. 3 thefloortocoverforus. Sincethen,theatmosphereinthestorehas been different.Customersa
9、remostly considerate,butwhenever someone coughs or sneezes,everyoneturnsaroundtomake sure thatperson sneezed intotheirelbow.Iveeven seen customerscomein wearingsome strange get-ups.One guy even came inwitha plasticWalmartbag wrapped aroundhisentirehead, witha slitcutoutforhiseyes. A lotofmy coworker
10、shave lefttoavoida public-facingjobduringthepandemic. GrocerystoreworkersacrossCanada are puttingtheirhealthat riskevery timetheycome into work,but a lotof us are stillmaking closeto minimum wage. I realizedthatI feel more exhaustedthannormaleven thoughImworkingthesame hours. There stillhave been so
11、memomentsof kindnessin the midst of the chaos. Iveoverheard people talkingon the phone who sounded as thoughthey were organizinggrocerydeliveries forthosestuckat home. And thispastweekend a veryniceladythankedus forcontinuing to work.I know everyoneisworried,but itsunelesshavingthe same scaryconvers
12、ations day afterday. Instead,tellus a funny anecdote,or about Homethingnice.Wellappreciate thedistraction,and youllmake our day justa bitbrighter. 4.What does theauthorintendtoshow by Itwas nuts.inparagraph2? A.The goods were inshortsupply. B.The storewas havinga bigsale. C. The cashierscomplainedab
13、outtheirwork. D. The localsrushedtodo shoppinglikecrazy. 5.What does paragraph3 convey aboutcustomers? A. They liketoshop here indisguise. B. They arepanickyaboutthedisease. . 优质文档. 4 C. They aremore friendlytoeach other. D. They have takenproperpreventivemeasures. 6.Which ofthefollowingbestdescribe
14、stheauthor? A. Optimistic.B. Talented.C. Ambitious.D. Efficient. 7.What isthebesttitleforthetext? A.Itisnotwork butworrythatkills B.Helpingothersishelpingourselves C. Moments ofkindnessshineina timeofchaos D. Here iswhat itslikeworkinginthepandemic C Blue whales,the earthslargestanimals,callto other
15、sof theirkind,though exactly what thesecriescommunicate remainsa mystery. But thesesounds have begun evolving(演 变). Since at leastthe 1960s,thepitch(音调) ofAntarcticblue whales has downshifted. Scientistshave theoriesas towhy: allinvolvinghumans. The deepeningoftheirsounds isnot unique.Many bluewhales around theworldhave also dropped theirpitch. In a study lastyear thatanalyzedmore than 1 millionindividual recordingsofwhale calls,scaleshiftswere foundacrossspecies,and among populations thatdontnecessarilyinteractwithone another.Thisisto say,whateverh