襄阳四中2020届高三年级下学期英语测试命题人：邢少华审题人：黄海霞徐小珍考试时间：2020年4月19日7:30—9:30时间：120分钟分值：150分注意事项：1．答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
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。
3．考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。
录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节(共5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。
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。
例：How much is the shirt?A.￡19.15.B.￡9.18.C.￡9.15.答案是C。
1.What will Mary do tonight?A.Go to the theatre.B.Take care of her father.C.Prepare supper at home.2.What’s the probable relationship between the speakers?A.Colleagues.B.Teacher and student.C.Customer and waiter.3.How did the girl read the book?A.She read it slowly.B.She read some parts of it.C.She read it page by page.4.What are the speakers talking about?A.A painting.B.Painting classes.C.The man’s daughter.5.What was the woman’s dream?A.A lawyer.B.A worker.C.A footballer.第二节(共15小题；每小题 1.5分，满分22.5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 time is it now?A.5:50.B.6:00.C.6:40.7.Where are the speakers?A.At the station.B.At the airport.C.At a bookstore.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8.What does the man think of the department store?rge.B.Famous.C.Deserted.9.What’s close to the men’s clothing store?A.A bank.B.A theater.C.A food store.10.Where does the post office lie?A.Across the street.B.Next to the theatre.C.Three blocks away.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11.How does the man advise going to the park?A.On foot.B.By bus.C.By bike.12.What will the speakers do on Saturday night?A.Relax at home.anize a party.C.Have dinner with friends.13.When will they visit the museum on Sunday?A.In the morning.B.In the afternoon.C.In the evening.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14.What is the man speaker?A.A manager.B.A secretary.C.A roommate.15.What happened to the woman?A.Her window was broken.B.Her house was broken into.C.Some children scolded her.16.Why will the man come over?A.To comfort the woman.B.To seek for some clues.C.To know about the damage.17.How did the woman feel when hearing“he can bill me directly”?A.Calm.B.Joyful.C.Surprised.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18.Why did Steve like staying on the hills?A.The views were excellent.B.He could get full relaxation.C.It contributed to imagination.19.What stories does Steve love writing?A.Fairy tales.B.Horrible stories.C.Fantastic stories.20.What life is Steve living?A.A quiet life.B.A busy life.C.A hard life.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)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
ANew York’s best classes for kids include sports classes,performing arts classes,art classes,language programs and baby classes.Make sure your kids are ready for new adventures with these super-cool offerings!92nd Street Y ClassesAt this institution your musician can learn how to play an instrument.After-school classes examine different musical pieces and encourage work in a group setting.At the end of the program,mini Mozarts can impress their family and friends at open-house performances.Plus,when they’re not jamming,kids can take advantage of homework help in the Clubhouse,where they are divided up by grade level.Ages5-15.The Cliffs at LICAfter a day of fighting the academic obstacle course at school,your favorite achievers can reach new heights on a rock-climbing wall.The Cliffs offerings allow developing bodies to build muscle strength.For example, introductory sessions teach climbers how to tie safety knots(结)as well as other basics,mastering them with hands-on games and activities.The Cliffs at LIC,Long Island City.Ages6-18.Staten Island Skating PavilionThis large area maintains its year-round frosty temperatures for ice-skating fun.Courses are offered every day for a variety of interests and skill levels,and public and freestyle sessions are available for children who want to spend some afternoons there without instruction.Ages4and up.West Side YMCAIf your child wants to learn how to swim,you’d be pressed to find more options than those offered at the Y. Kids are grouped by age and capability.The courses cover personal safety and stroke techniques.If your offspring prefer dry land,the Y also offers dance,basketball and football.Visit website for class descriptions and detailed price information.Ages5-18.21.Who is the passage intended for?A.Elementary school teachers.B.Children around school age.C.Families looking for attraction.D.Parents with under-age children.22.Which event will you attend for occasional academic help?A.The Cliffs at LIC.B.West Side YMCA.C.92nd Street Y Classes.D.Staten Island Skating Pavilion.23.What does Staten Island Skating Pavilion provide?A.A mini open-house performance at the end of the program.B.Introductory lessons on how to overcome the learning obstacles.C.Cold temperatures all the year round for ice-skating.D.Teaching of skating in divided groups according to their age.BThat morning,I dropped our eldest at kindergarten and returned home to let our two younger children play while I worked on my medical report.It was wonderful,but it hit me that my career in hospital wasn’t making a difference in anyone’s life.I needed something that would stretch my limits and push me to grow.My career enabled me to work from home.I could work from home,and become a foster(领养)mother,providing safety for a child who needed it desperately.On Monday morning,I picked up the phone and dialed the number I had googled for the nearest Department of Children’s Services.The man on the other end was receptive to my questions and explained the next step oftraining,involving eight weeks of classes designed to prepare and educate foster parents.We continued through all the classes,the home visits,background checks,and seemingly endless steps.Five long months after we were approved,the phone rang.In the middle of the night,I woke my husband and rushed to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital.Our placement was waiting for us in the emergency room,sick and lack of nutrition.It didn’t take long for us to realize the full depth of her suffering.Six months later,her half-brother came to us by our request.We now had five children under our care.On August12,2016,our family of seven walked into a small courtroom.The children’s lawyer and social worker were there.With just a few words,our adoption was finalized.These two amazing children weren’t going home,because they were already home.We are their forever family,and they are our forever children.We may not be able to change the entire world,but we have changed the world entirely for our new children.24.How did the author feel about her hospital work?A.Packed with chances.B.Unusually demanding.C.Filled with challenges.cking in motivation.25.What led the author to decide to adopt children?A.She wanted to make a difference in other people.B.She felt sympathetic for abused children she knew.C.She experienced training to raise children properly.D.She felt confident about her ability to raise children.26.What does the underlined word“placement”in Para.3refer to?A.The need to get trained.B.The child to be adopted.C.The approval of adoption.D.The official at the hospital.27.Why did the author appear at the courtroom?A.To receive another adopted child.B.To put the adopted kids elsewhere.C.To make the adoption officially legal.D.To begin the kids’adoption in her home.CThe kakapo,a bird that lives in New Zealand,is not designed for survival.Weighing up to4kilograms,it is the world’s fattest parrot.It mates(交配)only when the rimu tree is in fruit,which happens every few years.It developed gradually in the absence of land-based natural enemies,so instead of flying above the trees it walks like a duck across the dry forest floor.When it moves unsteadily across something that might kill it,it will stand still.Such unusual characteristics turned it into fast food for human settlers,and for the cats and rats they brought with them.It seemed to have disappeared by the1970s,until scientists came across two undiscovered populations in the country’s south.These survivors were eventually moved to small enemy-free islands,researchers have spent decades trying to get them to breed(繁殖).The scientist’s patience is finally rewarded.The rimu was in fruit this year,and more than80chicks hatched, making this the best breeding season on record.Many have survived into adolescence,increasing the number of adult kakapos by a third,to200birds.Another danger to the kakapo is a lack of genetic diversity.This is one reason why fewer than half of kakapo eggs hatch.By arranging the genome(基因组)of every living bird,scientists can identify closely-related individuals and put them on different islands.Every bird is fitted with something to track its slightest movement. If a female mates with an“unsuitable”male,the process can be stopped.All these efforts cost almost New Zealand$1.3million this breeding season.Yet the kakapo’s future stilllooks unsafe.Earlier this year a severe disease tore through the population.And tiny as the number of kakapos is, space is running out on the two islands where most of them live.New enemy-free settlement must soon be found.28.Which of the following is a danger for the survival of the kakapo?A.It is the smallest bird in the world.B.It lacks exercise and usually stands still.C.It adapts slowly in genetic development.D.It can’t respond actively when facing danger.29.In what way may the scientists’patience be rewarded?A.50chicks hatched have survived into adults this year.B.Two survivors were moved to enemy-free islands.C.They tried to make the rimu tree in fruit this year.D.They hatched80kakapos’eggs this year.30.Why did the scientists put kakapo in different islands?A.To hatch more kakapos’eggs.B.To stop females mating with males.C.To increase the population of kakapo.D.To stop closely-related kakapos mating.31.According to the author,the efforts to protect the kakapo in New Zealand are.A.successfulB.inadequateC.doubtfulD.unsafeD“New and improved.”These words are put in so many marketing campaigns that we tend to accept them as linked.But many new drugs aren’t an improvement over the best existing drug for a given condition,and the fast drug-approval processes in recent years have added to the uncertainty about their advantages.A recent report in the British Medical Journal,“New Drugs:Where Did We Go Wrong and What Can We Do Better?”analyzed the issue.The authors looked at216drugs approved between2011and2017:152were newly developed,and64were existing medicine approved for new uses.Only25%offered a major advantage over the established treatment,and fully58%had no confirmed added benefit to reduce symptoms or improve health-related quality of life.“This doesn’t mean there’s no added benefit,”lead author Wieseler said.“It just means we have no positive proof.Either we have no studies or have studies not good enough.”Wieseler and her co-authors work for a German institute which evaluates new treatments and advises on whether the country’s health care system should pay a premium(补贴)for them.Such organizations,known as health technology assessment(HTA)agencies, work a little differently in the US,says Sean Tunis,a researcher in Baltimore:“If payers think a new drug isn’t better than an existing drug,these agencies will require that hospitals try the cheaper drug first.”Germanys HTA demands trials to prove that a new treatment beats the existing standard.This isn’t always practical.For one thing,such studies can be expensive and time-consuming,with no guarantee of success. Secondly,it can discourage companies from attempting to develop new alternatives.This is already happening. Drug developers are increasingly focused on areas where there are no good treatments to compete with,such as rare diseases.This lack of meaningful data to guide patients is a major point of Wieseler’s paper.With accelerated approval, there are more products approved,with a greater amount of uncertainty about risks and benefits.But there are other solutions besides drug trials.One idea is to require postmarket studies to track the effectiveness of newly approved drugs—a step too often neglected.32.What message does the recent report convey?A.Improved drugs have advantages over old ones.B.Many new drugs have no improved advantages.C.Before2017no improvement was made to drugs.D.The approval processes for new drugs are too fast.33.What will US HTA agencies do when no advantage is found in new drugs?A.Get hospitals to use the cheaper drugs.B.Remove government premium on them.C.Arrange financial support for the patients.D.Put new drugs on further trials and studies.34.What’s the disadvantage of Germany’s HTA trial demands?A.Getting patients to depend on the government for support.B.Making drug companies think of illegal ways to cut cost.C.Holding companies back from improving existing drugs.D.Pushing companies to try alternatives for existing drugs.35.What is the best title for the text?A.The Advantage of Existing DrugsB.A Dilemma with New Drug AlternativesC.Misunderstanding of New and Old DrugsD.People’s Preference for New or Old Drugs第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。