江苏省扬州中学2020届高三12月月考
英语试题
第I卷（选择题 共85分）
第一部分 听力（共两节；满分 20 分）
第一节 （共 5 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 5 分） 1. What does the woman want to do? A. Find a place. B. Buy a map. 2. What will the man do for the woman? A. Repair her car. B. Give her a ride. 3. Who might Mr. Peterson be? A. A new professor. B. A department head. 4. What does the man think of the book? A. Quite difficult. B. Very interesting. 5. What are the speakers talking about? A. Weather. B. Clothes. 第二节 （共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分） 听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。
6. Why is Harry unwilling to join the woman?
A. He has a pain in his knee. B. He wants to watch TV. 7. What will the woman probably do next? A. Stay at home. B. Take Harry to hospital. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。 8. When will the man be home from work?
A. At 5:45. B. At 6:15. C. At 6:50. 9. Where will the speakers go?
A. The Green House Cinema. B. The New State Cinema. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。 10. How will the speakers go to New York? A. By air. B. By taxi. 11. Why are the speakers making the trip? A. For business. B. For shopping. 12. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Driver and passenger. B. Husband and wife. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。
13. Where does this conversation probably take place? A. In a restaurant. B. In an office.
C. Get an address. C. Pick up her aunt. C. A company director. C. Too simple. C. News. C. He is too lazy. C. Do some exercise. C. The UME Cinema. C. By bus. C. For holiday. C. Fellow workers. C. In a classroom.
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14. What does John do now? A. He’s a trainer. B. He’s a tour guide. C. He’s a college student. 15. How much can a new person earn for the first year? A. ＄10,500. B. ＄12,000. C. ＄15,000. 16. How many people will the woman hire? A. Four. B. Three. C. Two. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 17. How long has the speaker lived in a big city? A. One year. B. Ten years. C. Eighteen years. 18. What is the speaker’s opinion on public transport? A. It’s comfortable. B. It’s time-saving. C. It’s cheap. 19. What is good about living in a small town? A. It’s safer. B. It’s healthier. C. It’s more convenient. 20. What kind of life does the speaker seem to like most? A. Busy. B. Colourful. C. Quiet.
第二部分: 英语知识运用 （共两节, 满分 35 分）
第一节: 单项填空 （共 15 小题; 每小题 1 分, 满分 15 分）
21. Julia has got a pretty ____ deal — she was laid off just for being late once!
A. rough B. tough C. illegal D. mean 22. --- Haven’t I told you that you should be home earlier? --- Yes, but I ____ home earlier than I usually do.
A. was coming B. have come C. came D. had come 23. Located ____ the Belt meets the Road, Jiangsu will contribute more to the Belt and Road construction.
A. why B. when C. which D. where
24. In that severe flooding, many major roads ____ north, towards the areas worst affected by the flooding, were largely impassable.
A. to lead B. leading C. led D. to be led 25. --- Did you attend the meeting for the experiment project yesterday? ---Yes, but I don’t think I ____ because my director was there. A. need to have B. need to C. needed to D. need have 26. Membership of this club is open to those who are ____ its aim.
A. in salute to B. in sympathy with C. in honor of D. in line with 27. What parents do will cast a ____ for the children and help them to see what they will be and what they will do in the future. A. glance B. doubt C. vision D. shadow 28. How long do you think ____ the conflict between Japan and China comes to an end?
A. it will be since B. will it be until C. it will be before D. will it be when
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29. The afternoon sun provided the clouds shifting colors: pink and salmon, crimson and ivory, all ____ against a royal blue sky. A. given off B. set off C. broken off D. turned off 30. Scientists have obtained more evidence ____ plastic is finding its way into the human body.
A. what B. that C. which D. where 31. ---The hurricane ____ to reach the coast tomorrow morning. --- If so, we’d better make full preparations for it.
A. will be predicted B. is predicting C. has predicted D. is predicted 32. Much disappointed as he is ____ in the job interview, he still keeps his confidence.
A. to have failed B. to fail C. having failed D. failing 33. You must ____ the mail in person and take along some form of identification.
A. attach B. select C. collect D. observe 34. Take-off and landing procedures have been tightened after two jets ____ escaped disaster. A. hopefully B. narrowly C. suddenly D. practically 35. I cleaned my room today and Mum said I do it only _____. A. once in a blue moon B. once and for all C. one after another D. at all times
第二节: 完形填空 (共 20 小题; 每小题 1 分, 满分 20 分)
When I was a teenager, my dad did everything he could to discourage me from becoming a brewer. He’d spent his life in local breweries, 36 making a living, as had his father and grandfather before him.
So I did as he asked. I went to business school and got a highly paid job at a business-consulting firm. 37 , after working there five years, I was obsessed by 38 . Is this what I want to be doing when I’m 50?
I remembered that some time before, my dad had been cleaning out the attic and 39 some old beer 40 . “Today’s beer is 41 water that can hold a head,” he’d told me.
I agreed. Americans pay good money for 42 beer, I thought. Why not make good beer for Americans using my family way?
I decided to quit my job to become a brewer. When I told Dad, I was hoping he’d put his
arm around me and get 43 about continuing tradition. Instead he said, “Jim, that is the 44 thing I’ve ever heard!”
45 Dad objected, in the end he became my new company’s first 46 , coughing up $40,000 when I opened the Boston Beer Company in 1984. Going from my fancy office to being a brewer was like mountain climbing: exciting, liberating but 47 . All my safety nets were gone.
Once the beer was made, I faced my biggest 48 yet: no one had ever heard of it. I needed a name that was 49 and elegant, so I called my beer Samuel Adams, 50 the brewer and patriot who helped to found the Boston Tea Party.
The only way to get the word out, I realized, was to sell direct. I filled my briefcase with beer and 51 every bar in Boston. Six weeks later, at the Great American Beer Festival, Sam Adams Boston Lager won the top prize for American beer. The rest is history. It wasn’t
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supposed to 52 this way — what ever does? — but in the end I was 53 to be a brewer.
My advice to all young enterprisers is simple: life is very long, so don’t 54 to make decisions. Life doesn’t let you 55 . 36. A. easily B. barely C. readily D. adequately 37. A. Still B. Otherwise C. Though D. Anyhow 38. A. fear B. desire C. regret D. doubt 39. A. brought about B. picked out C. put down D. came across 40. A. receipts B. cans C. recipes D. labels 41. A. basically B. particularly C. roughly D. exactly 42. A. inferior B. superb C. fake D. sour 43. A. miserable B. amused C. thrilled D. concerned 44. A. smartest B. stupidest C. toughest D. rudest 45. A. As soon as B. As much as C. As far as D. As long as 46. A. employer B. customer C. salesman D. investor 47. A. inspiring B. relaxing C. frightening D. pushing 48. A. opportunity B. decision C. obstacle D. defeat 49. A. understandable B. recognizable C. honorable D. respectable 50. A. after B. by C. as D. for 51. A. hit B. got C. called D. promoted 52. A. make out B. reach out C. work out D. set out 53. A. appointed B. considered C. destined D. intended 54. A. hesitate B. need C. wait D. rush 55. A. delay B. plan C. dream D. prepare
第三部分: 阅读理解 (共 15 小题; 每小题 2 分, 满分 30 分)
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