安徽省皖中名校联盟2020届高三5月联考英语试卷
第一部分 （共20小题每，小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．—Why not buy a second-hand car first if you don’t have enough money for a new one? —That’s a good ________. A．saying
C．account D．suggestion
2．---How did she lose so much weight as expected？
----_____________ eating less，she jogged for several miles every day. A．In addition to
C．Instead of D．Thanks to
3．We went right round to the west coast by sea instead of driving across continent。 A．the； the B．/ ； the C．the；/
D．/ ； /
B．In spite of B．question
4．Jane established a program, ____ young people to take part in activities ____ promote greater concern for the environment． A．to encourage; where
B．having encouraged; where
C．encouraging; that D．encouraged; which
5．What a pity! ________joined in the party, I would have met my old friend．
A．lf I have B．Had I
C．I had D．Have I
6．—What’s up? You look worried.
—Well, I ______ on the problem for 5 hours but I haven’t got a single clue. A．have worked
C．will work D．have been working
7．Several of us were asked to attend the meeting, as ________ below. A．listed C．to be listed
D．having listed
B．listing B．worked
8．—Steve, the vacation is coming soon．Have you found a summer job yet？ —I suppose I can work at the boy’s camp _____ I worked last summer． A．that B．where
C．which
D．what
9．—________ the woman with the baby come over? We have a seat here.
—Thank you, sir. Actually I do have my seat here. But my baby likes to look out of the window. A．Would C．Must D．May
10．______in painting, John didn’t notice evening approaching. A．To absorb
C．Absorbed D．Absorbing
11．________ the opportunity to speak at the graduation ceremony made me overjoyed.
B．To be absorbed B．Shall
A．Offering
C．To offer D．Being offered
B．Offered
12．All color fades, ________ under the impact of direct sunlight. A．especially
C．appropriately D．merely
13． I want to tell you is the deep love and respect I have for my parents. A．That B．Which
C．Whether D．What
B．eventually
14．In some countries, people eat with chopsticks, while in ________, knives and forks. A．another C．others
D．the other
B．other
15． makes me stressed is the entrance examination is coming nearer and nearer. A．It; what
B．What; that
C．What; what
D．That; that
16．—Helen is going to Manchester for further education next month. —I’m ______ because I have to stay at home and work. A． green with envy B． white as a sheet C． tickled pink D． black and blue
17．Sympathy for the rebels, the government claimed, is beginning to ______because of more and more harm they did to common people. A．fade B．decline
C．fail D．collapse
18．Most graduates in big cities are suffering form connected to soaring house prices and job hunting.
A．curiosity B．eagerness C．thirst
D．anxiety
19．You can choose not to forgive. ________ you can also choose to let it go. A．Absolutely
C．Subsequently D．Alternatively
20．Sometimes I act as a listening ear for fellow students ________ what is bothering them. A．to talk over
B．talked over B．Consequently
C．talk over D．having talked over
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） Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the poet, publisher, painter, social activist and bookstore owner, has been San Francisco’s honored poet. He turns 100 this month, and the city is making preparations to celebrate him in style. Readings and performances and an open house will take place at City Lights, the sacred bookstore he co-founded in 1953.
On March 24, 1919, Lawrence Ferlinghetti was born in Yonkers, New York. After spending his early childhood in France, he received his BA from the University of North Carolina, an MA from Columbia University, and a PhD from the Sorbonne.
He is the author of more than thirty books of poetry, including Poetry as Insurgent Art; A Coney Island of the Mind. He has translated the works of a number of poets, including Nicanor Parra, Jacques Prevert, and Pier Paolo Pasolini. In addition to poetry, he is also the author of more than eight plays and three novels, including Little Boy: A Novel, Love in the Days of Rage and Her.
In 1953, Ferlinghetti and Peter Martin opened the City Lights bookstore in San Francisco, California. It became a nerve center for the Beats and other writers. Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and other writers from that era were Easterners who dropped into San Francisco for a spell. In 2001 it was made an official historic landmark. Now City Lights is almost certainly the best bookstore in the United States. It’s filled with serious world literature of all kinds.
If City Lights is a San Francisco institution, Ferlinghetti himself is as much of one. He has loomed over the city’s literary life. As a poet, he’s never been a critical favorite. But his flexible and plain-spoken and often powerful work — he has published more than 50 volumes — has found a wide audience. His collection “A Coney Island of the Mind” has sold more than 1 million copies, making it one of the best-selling American poetry books ever published.
1、What can we learn about Ferlinghetti from Paragraph 2? A．He had a happy childhood. B．He received normal education. C．He had a gift for writing novels. D．He had written lots of poetry.
2、Which of the following best describes Ferlinghetti according to Paragraph 3? A．Flexible.
B．Optimistic.
C．Outspoken.
D．Productive.
3、Why is City Lights famous?
A．Because it is a nerve center for the youth. B．Because its collections have a long history. C．Because it is an official historic landmark. D．Because it has many modern world literature. 4、What is the author’s purpose in writing the text? A．To speak highly of a great poet. B．To introduce some English poetry. C．To promote values of City Lights. D．To celebrate the birthday of Ferlinghetti.
22．（8分） Stephen Hawking’s final fear was that DNA manipulation would lead to a master race of superhumans. The physicist, who died aged 76 in March, 2018, thought the development could destroy
the rest of human beings. His last prediction is revealed in a new book of his collected articles and essays called Brief Answers to Big Questions.
Hawking feared rich people would soon be able to edit their children’s DNA to improve attributes like memory and disease immunity. And he said that would pose a crisis for the rest of the world even if politicians tried to illegalize the practice. In an extract (摘录) published by The Sunday Times, he wrote: “I am sure that during this century people will discover how to modify both intelligence and instincts such as aggression. “Laws will probably be passed against genetic engineering with humans. But some people won’t be able to resist the temptation to improve human characteristics, such as memory, resistance to disease and length of life.” And he said that would cause huge problems for humans who have not undergone the same process, leaving them unable to compete. The professor even warned it could lead to the extinction of humanity as we know it. He said of normal humans: “Presumably they will die out, or become unimportant. Instead, there will be a race of self-designing beings who are improving at an ever-increasing rate.” The Brief History of Time author also refers to techniques like Crispr, which enables scientists to modify harmful genes and add in others. And although such procedures could be a boost for medical science, some critics are worried that they could cause a eugenics-style (优生方式) movement, where the weak are weeded out of society.
The new book, published by Hodder & Stoughton on Tuesday, also collects his writings on what he thought were the big questions facing science and wider society. In it, he examines whether aliens exist, colonize space and whether humans will ever go beyond our Solar System. 1、Stephen Hawking’s views don’t include _________.
A．DNA manipulation could lead to the extinction of human beings. B．There exist techniques to modify harmful genes and add in good genes. C．People cannot resist the temptation to improve human characteristics. D．Humans who haven’t undergone genetic engineering may die out. 2、Which one is the hook published by Hodder & Stoughton? A．Brief Answers to Questions. C．The Brief History of Time.
B．The Sunday Times. D．Solar System.
3、What’s Stephen Hawking’s attitude towards human genetic engineering? A．Supportive.
B．Impartial.
C．Favorable.
D．Concerned.
4、What does the text mainly want to tell us?
A．Crispr can enable scientists to get harmful genes changed. B．DNA manipulation will create a master race of superhumans. C．Humans will colonize space and go beyond our Solar System.
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