江苏省无锡市2020届高三英语上学期期末考试试题本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分满分120分，考试时间120分钟第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)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 does the woman want?A. Coffee. B. Juice. C. Tea.( )2. How does the man go shopping now?A. By bus. B. On foot. C. By car.( )3. What are the two speakers talking about?A. A film. B. An actor. C. The man's sister.( )4. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In an office. B. In a restaurant. C. In a hospital.( )5. What does the woman plan to do tomorrow morning?A. Stay in bed. B. Do some washing. C. Cook breakfast herself.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. What's the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Teacher and student. B. Driver and passenger. C. Husband and wife.( )7. What will the speakers do next?A. Telephone Tom. B. Listen to some music. C. Attend a concert.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题 )8. What is the girl longing to do?A. Travel alone. B. Stay out late on weekdays.C. Have more pocket money.( )9. How old might the girl be?A. 15. B. 17. C. 11.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
)10. When does the conversation take place?A. Before class. B. In class. C. After class.( )11. What trouble does the boy have?A. He is confused about part of what they've learnt today.B. He understands nothing of what they've learnt today.C. He has difficulty understanding Chapter 3 of the textbook.( )12. How does the woman deal with the boy's trouble?A. Explain the puzzle to him in class.B. Ask him to go to her office that afternoon.C. Ask the boy to refer to the textbook first on his own.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
)13. Where is the woman going now?A. To an art museum. B. To a Chinese restaurant. C. To an underground station.( )14. Why does the woman come to the city?A. On business. B. For shopping. C. For travelling.( )15. Why does the man recommend the restaurant to the woman?A. Because the service there is good. B. Because the food there is tasty.C. Because the price there is low.( )16. Which is the best means of transport to the restaurant according to the man?A. The bus. B. The taxi. C. The underground.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
)17. What makes fatty meals more popular with children?A. Free toys. B. Fast food. C. Special discounts.( )18. What midday snacks are overweight children advised to eat?A. Chocolate bars. B. Sweet cookies. C. Apple pies.( )19. What is the most important thing in getting children to exercise?A. Forcing them to exercise every day.B. Making exercise fun for them.C. Teaching them to have a strong will.( )20. How many suggestions does the author provide for overweight children?A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.第二部分：英语基础知识运用(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)请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
)21. The greatest gifts in life are not purchased, but ________ through hard work and determination. A. acquired B. arranged C. adored D. allocated( )22. ________ the path of a country is the right one is a matter to be decided by its people.A. That B. What C. Whether D. Why( )23. Thousands of fires have broken out in Brazil, ________ much of the rainforest.A. having endangered B. endangersC. endangered D. endangering( )24. When a bird spots a hunter, ________ just flying away, it calls out in alarm and warns other birds.A. regardless of B. other than C. instead of D. rather than( )25. China has ________ efforts to promote “red tourism” featuring visits to sites with significance of revolutionary history.A. taken up B. stepped up C. brought up D. made up( )26. At the website Word Spy, fappy, ________ is short for fat and happy, is defined as overweight and happy with one's life.A. where B. when C. what D. which( )27. Taiwanese actor Godfrey Gao ________ an evening variety show when he suddenly collapsed, which saddened thousands of his fans.A. had filmed B. was filming C. had been filmed D. was filmed( )28. Credits in Advanced Placement classes can greatly help students gain ________ to competitive schools.A. privilege B. distinction C. currency D. admission( )29. Alcohol is classified as a downer, and ________ it is legal, it can damage the liver if consumed in large quantities.A. because B. unless C. although D. until( )30. —It seems that nothing can ________ from her mind the memory of the war.—Poor Anna!A. cure B. claim C. erase D. ease( )31. The combination of economic and career opportunities and sponsorship for studying abroad is ________ lies behind the reversal of China's brain drain.A. that B. what C. where D. why( )32. If we teach today's children with yesterday's ________ teaching method, we'll rob them of tomorrow.A. confidential B. commercial C. conventional D. conditional( )33. —Frozen Ⅱ was on show on November 22nd ，2019.—Had it not been for the fact that I ________ tired out, I would have gone to see it that night.A. was B. were C. am D. had been( )34. How fantastic his spoken English is! He ________ abroad for several years.A. may stay B. must have stayedC. can stay D. must have been staying( )35. —I am worn out after working so long.—Me, too. It's time to ________．A. call it a day B. pull my legC. fly off the handle D. kill the fatted calf第二节： 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Most stories of kindness do not begin with a Marvel movie superstar. Mine __36__．It was at a garden party for the ACLU. I was __37__ my grandmother to the event. When Robert Downey arrived, in a gorgeous creamcolored suit, my grandmother shrugged, far more interested in __38__ her paper plate with cheese. He wasn't Cary Grant or Gregory Peck. What did she __39__？After the speeches __40__ with thanks, we stood up to make our exit. But as she rose, my grandmother __41__ and fell into the wheelchair ramp(坡道) that provided the disabled with __42__ to the stage. The wheelchair ramps had __43__ edges, which sliced her leg right open. The blood was __44__. I put my head __45__ my knees because I thought I was going to faint(昏倒). __46__，somebody took control of the situation. That person was Robert Downey.He ordered someone to call a(n) __47__. He took off his gorgeous suit, __48__ his sleeves，and grabbed my grandmother's leg. Then he took the suit, which I'd __49__ he'd taken off only to get it __50__， and he tied it around her wound. I watched the suit turn red with her __51__. He knew how to speak to her, __52__ her, and—most critically—play to her vanity(虚荣心). He told her how beautiful her legs were. He stayed with her until the ambulance came.Believe it or not, I hurried into the ambulance without a word. I was too __53__ and too shy to thank him.We all have things we wish we'd said, moments we'd like to revisit and reexperience. Rarely do we get that chance to __54__ those times when words completely __55__ us.( )36. A. is B. does C. has D. will( )37. A. driving B. sending C. accompanying D. inviting( )38. A. packing B. piling C. providing D. equipping( )39. A. care B. need C. like D. ignore( )40. A. started B. paused C. closed D. concluded( )41. A. tripped B. shook C. jumped D. dashed( )42. A. admission B. access C. way D. path( )43. A. sharp B. vague C. abrupt D. flat( )44. A. amazing B. thrilling C. shocking D. relieving( )45. A. in B. over C. off D. between( )46. A. Naturally B. Undoubtedly C. Eventually D. Luckily( )47. A. doctor B. organizer C. ambulance D. taxi( )48. A. lifted up B. brought up C. rolled up D. put up( )49. A. assumed B. hoped C. assured D. confirmed( )50. A. in the way B. out of the way C. on the way D. by the way( )51. A. wound B. scar C. stain D. blood( )52. A. amuse B. please C. distract D. disappoint( )53. A. embarrassed B. dizzy C. ambiguous D. arbitrary( )54. A. catch up with B. make up for C. put up with D. make use of( )55. A. forgot B. escaped C. lost D. failed第三部分： 阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
AEurope's most beautiful placesEurope is an amazingly varied place. The old continent's historic cities and its Mediterranean beaches draw many of its visitors, but the best destinations are sometimes its more remote corners, known mainly to locals and a few brave travelers. Lake Inari, FinlandHigh above the Arctic Circle and close to Finland's border with Russia, Lake Inari is a yearround paradise. Dark, snowy winters make it ideal for catching a glimpse of the aurora borealis.Its treelined banks glow a burnt orange during autumn and in summer, you can swim in its chilly shallows. The center of local Sámi culture, it's as remote and traditional as Finland gets.Unst, Shetland Isles, ScotlandThe most northerly occupied island of the British Isles, Unst is a wild, rugged place where seas crash into the dramatic Muckle Flugga sea stacks.The latter are a harbor for gannets(塘鹅)during breeding season, with birdwatchers also treated to the sight of searching skuas(贼鸥)．Yorkshire Dales, EnglandIts narrow lanes lined with drystone walls cry out to cyclists seeking marvelous adventures, while its moody hills continually attract walkers, no matter the weather.Geological wonders such as the limestone spectacles of Malham Cove and Gordale Scar make it perhaps the most beautiful part of the British Isles.Loire Valley, FranceChateau de Chambord and Chateau de Chenonceau are the most famous, filled with classic viewing towers, formal gardens and boating lakes.Throw in a tour of its graperies, where some of the world's finest wines are produced, and its glamour is impossible to ignore.( )56. According to the passage，the best destinations in Europe are ________．A. historic cities and Mediterranean beachesB. known to people around the worldC. familiar to only a handful of peopleD. similar to each other with no obvious differences( )57. If you are a cyclist interested in adventures, you'd better choose ________．A. Unst, Shetland Isles, Scotland B. Yorkshire Dales, EnglandC. Loire Valley, France D. Lake Inari, FinlandBA widelyused gas that is currently produced from fossil fuels can instead be made by an artificial leaf that uses only sunlight, carbon dioxide and water, and which could eventually be used to develop a sustainable liquid fuel alternative to petrol.The carbonneutral(碳中和)device sets a new standard in the field of solar fuels, after researchers at the University of Cambridge demonstrated that it can directly produce the gas—called syngas(合成气)—in a sustainable and simple way.Rather than running on fossil fuels, the artificial leaf is powered by sunlight, although it still works efficiently on cloudy and overcast days. And unlike the current industrial processes for producing syngas, the leaf does not release any additional carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The results are reported in the journal Nature Materials.Syngas is currently made from a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide(―氧化碳)，and is used to produce a range of products, such as fuels, medicines, plastics and fertilizers.“You may not have heard of syngas itself but every day, you consume products that were created using it. Being able to produce it sustainably would be a critical step in closing the global carbon cycle and establishing a sustainable chemical and fuel industry，” said senior author Professor Erwin Reisner from Cambridge's Department of Chemistry, who has spent seven years working towards this goal.The device Reisner and his colleagues produced is inspired by photosynthesis—the natural process by which plants use the energy from sunlight to turn carbon dioxide into food.On the artificial leaf, two light absorbers, similar to the molecules in plants that harvest sunlight, are combined with a catalyst(催化剂) made from the naturally abundant element cobalt(钴)．When the device is dipped in water, one light absorber uses the catalyst to produce oxygen. The other carries out the chemical reaction that reduces carbon dioxide and water into carbon monoxide and hydrogen, forming the syngas mixture.As an added bonus, the researchers discovered that their light absorbers work even under the low levels of sunlight on a rainy or overcast day.“This means you are not limited to using this technology just in warm countries, or only operating the process during the summer months，” said PhD student Virgil Andrei, first author of the paper. “You could use it from dawn until dusk, anywhere in the world.”( )58. With the artificial leaf, we can ________．A. produce syngas in a sustainable and simple wayB. prevent carbon dioxide from being released into the atmosphereC. make products like medicines, plastics and fertilizers out of fossil fuelsD. harvest abundant sunlight through petrol and close the global carbon cycle( )59. For the syngas mixture to be formed, we might as well ________．A. get rid of one light absorber B. block the contact with sunlightC. provide a special catalyst D. keep the artificial leaf far away from water( )60. What can we learn from what PhD student Virgil Andrei said?A. Syngas has already been in widespread use around the world.B. The artificial leaf is powered by fossil fuels rather than sunlight.C. The artificial leaf doesn't depend too much on the weather or location.D. Syngas is currently made from a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide.CFor some people, higher education is not just a goal in life, but also an expectation. In the United States, if your parents attended a college or university, there is a good chance that you will, too. Even if your parents did not go to college, you still have a good chance of completing higher education if your family is wealthy.But your chances are reduced if you come from a needy family, a community with limited educational resources or you simply have no one to follow as an example.Helping those in need is one of the main ideas behind a strategy of behavioral science called nudge theory or nudging. Nudging is a way of changing people's behavior through indirect suggestion and by supporting positive actions.A growing number of U．S. colleges and universities look to nudging as way to support poor, minority and firstgeneration students. They also are using it to increase overall graduation rates. Two common forms of nudging are emails to students and text messages to their mobile phones. Schools and other educational organizations keep in contact with students this way, offering advice and help when needed.However, Alejandra Acosta—a higher education policy expert at New America—notes that there are several qualities a nudge campaign must possess in order to be successful.Acosta says messages must be timely, meaning they reach college students well before the date by which a student is required to take action. Additionally, nudges should be written clearly and provide as much information as possible. If students start to struggle in class, school officials should not just message them, saying they should seek academic support. The message should give information about what kinds of support the college or university offers and exactly how the student can make use of them. That is why nudges should possess interactive qualities, Acosta says. For example, students should be able to ask questions of school officials or be directed to a website for more information. In addition, colleges and universities must ensure their support services are in place and working as best they can.When nudges work, they can do a lot of good. In 2018, a nonprofit group launched a nudging campaign at four U．S. community colleges. They worked with nearly 10，000 firstyear students at three such colleges in Ohio and one in Virginia. A recent study found that older and minority students who agreed to receive these nudges were 16 to 20 percent more likely to continue into their second year than those who did not.( )61. Who is most likely to receive and complete higher education according to the passage?A. Tony, whose father is the only breadwinner in the family.B. Jimmy, whose mother is a worker in a small factory.C. Betty, whose grandmother is a housemaid of a famous university professor.D. Cathy, whose parents failed to attend college but succeeded in starting a big company.( )62. What can we know about nudging?A. It is anchored in psychological science.B. It is a way to improve people's mind.C. It offers concrete and direct advice.D. It helps students via emails and text messages.( )63. Which adjectives can be used to describe ideal message qualities of nudging?A. Timely, practical and interactive. B. Timely, interactive and sustainable.C. Immediate, authentic and consistent. D. Immediate, interactive and permanent.( )64. What is the passage mainly talking about?A. The problem with higher education. B. A way for colleges to support students.C. The popularity of nudging campaign. D. A national campaign dealing with poverty.DLiu, the farmer, sat at the door of his oneroom house. It was a warm evening in late February, and in his thin body he felt the coming of spring. How he knew that the time had now come when life began to move in the soil? He could not have told himself. Most of all，in any other year than this he might have pointed to his wheat fields, where he planted wheat in the winter when the land was not needed for rice, and where, when spring was moving into summer, he planted the good rice, for rice was his chief crop. But the land told nothing, this year. There was no wheat on it, for the flood had covered it long after wheat should have been planted, and it lay there cracked and like clay but newly dried.Well, on such a day as this, if he had his buffalo(水牛) and his plow(犁) as he had always had in other years, he would have gone out and plowed up that cracked soil. He ached to plow it up and make it look like a field again, yes, even though he had not so much as one seed to put in it. But he had no buffalo. If anyone had told him that he would eat his own water buffalo that plowed the good land for him, he would have called that man idiot. Yet it was what he had done. He had eaten his own water buffalo, he and his wife and his parents and his four children, they had all eaten the buffalo together.But what else could they do on that dark winter's day when the last of their store of grain was gone, when the trees were cut and sold, when he had sold everything, even the little they had saved from the flood, and there was nothing left except the shabby house they had and the worn clothes they wore? Was there sense in removing the coat from one's back to feed one's belly? On that day when he had seen the faces of his old parents set as though dead, on that day when he had heard the crying of his children and seen his little daughter dying, such a despair had seized him as made him like a man without his reason, so that he had gathered all his strength and he had done what he said he never would; he had taken the kitchen knife and gone out and killed his own beast. When he did it, even in his despair, he screamed, for it was as though he killed his own brother. To him it was the last sacrifice.__(68)__ It would have taken them all except that in the great pools lying everywhere, which were left from the flood, there were shrimps(小虾)，and these they had eaten raw and were still eating, although they were all sick and would not get well. In the last day or so his wife had crawled out and dug a。