the gossip

2020届天津市第二十中学高三英语月考试卷及答案解析

第一部分阅读（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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项

A

IfyourSpanishisgoodenough,manySpanishgossipmagazinesbeingpublishedaroundtheworldwill

provideentertainmentand,atthesametime,helpyoupracticeyourlanguage.

DiezMinutos:ThemagazineisaclassicSpanishgossipfeastwithdailynewsbadonmanystoriesoflove,

paration,mainpartsareheadlined"love"and"partners".Theyalsohaveanonline

versionofthemagazineforriousgossipaddicts.

Hola:ItisSpain'ainsmanypicturesanda

rouromeditedhighlights

fromtheprentandpastissues,salsoaFrench

versioncalledOhLa!

RevistaCUORE:Asthethirdbest-llinggossipmagazineinSpain,itismainlyaimedatyoungerteenage

readerswholooknotonlyforcurrentcelebritygossip,alotoforalterms.

RevistaSEMANA:ItisaSpa

alsooffersitsreadersinformationonfashion,beauty,cookingandtravel.

Marujeo:ItisablogrvingupadailydietofnationalgossipnewsonSpanishandinternationalcelebrities

andthecelebrityworldfromaparticularpointofview.

RevistaCARAS:soexportedtocertain

partsoftheUnitedStates,bringingtogetherstrangeandwonderfulnewsfromaroundtheworldandthefamous

Latincommunity.

agazineisalsopublishedinFrench?

aSEMANA.

.

yofthemagazinesmentionedinthetextcanbereadontheInternet?

.

nbelearnedfromthepassage?

nutosprentsitsreadersweeklypictures

aCUOREcanhelpimproveone'sspokenSpanish.

aSEMANAisintendedforreadersinteens

aCARASmainlyreportsnewsfromLatinAmerica.

B

MarkTwain,thefamousAmericanwriter,ery

eforeaskedtheconductortowakehimupwhenthetraincametoDijon.

Butfirstheexplainedhewasaveryheavysleeper,“Imaypossiblyprotest(抗议)loudlywhenyoutrytowake

meup,”hesaidtotheconductor.“Butdon’tmeoffthetrainanyway.”

,whenhewokeupitwasnighttimeandthetrainhadreachedParis

oangrythatheran

totheconductorandbegantoshoutathim.

“Ihaveneverbeensoangryinmylife,”MarkTwainsaid.

Theconductorlookedathimcalmly(平静地).“YouarenothalfsoangryastheAmericanwhomIputoffthe

trainatDijon,”hesaid.

ainknewthathewasaheavysleeper,so________.

estedloudlytotheconductor

otsleepbeforehearrivedinDijon

theconductortowakehimupnomatterhowloudlyhemightprotest

tlightlythattime

ductordidn’twakeupMarkTwainatDijonbecau________.

’ttakeMarkTwain’swordsriously

otMarkTwain’swordswhenthetraincametoDijon

otwanttobearhisprotest

ookanotherAmericantravelerforMarkTwain

ricanwhomtheconductorputoffthetrain________.

wanttogetoffatDijon

togetoffatParis

togetoffatDijon

wanttogetoffatParis

fthefollowingisTRUE?

ductordidn’ttakeMarkTwain’swordsriously.

ductordidtakeMarkTwain’swordsriously.

ductorwasaheavysleeper.

ainmustgetoffatParis.

C

IwascheckingoutatthesupermarketcounteronWednesdaynight,readytopayformybananas,whenallof

asudden,uldonlyhaveleftitoneplace:theG9bus,fromwhich

entofrealizingitwasgone

htimeandmoneywoulditcosttoreplacethecreditcards,thedriver's

licen,theexpensivelipstick($55!).

TwohoursafterIwasbackatmyhou,andansweredwhileIsatinthe

diningroomonthephonewithacreditcardcompany."DoesJenniferlivehere?"and

wasmywallet,tbeforeIcouldoffermygratitudetoher.

AfterIpostedthestory,Iheardfromherboyfriend,whoidentifiedthegoodcitizenasErinBall,a26-year-old

girlworkingforatradeorganization.

OnceIfiguredouther,dshespottedmywalletandthoughtthatit'smore

dangeroustogotoastranger'shouthanleavingthewalletwiththedriver,butshestilldecidedtotakethe

chance."IfIwereinthatsituation,Iwouldwantsomeonetotrytofindme,"esn'tfindheractions

ed,"It'snothardtodosmallthingsforpeople."

AfterBallfoundmywallet,shedecidedtopostapictureofmydriver'slicenonlinebeforegoingtomy

hou,erhadsheleftmydoorstepthanIgotemailsfromtwoneighbors

whorecognizedmyface,bothofferingtohelpmefindmymissingproperty.

Bagback,I'mnot

urrentofhonestyandharmonyisrunningthroughthis

town.

weknowabouttheauthoraccordingtoparagraph1?

dtheG9bus.

dforherbananas.

lacedthecreditcards.

ndshehadleftherwalletonthebus.

pedtheauthorfindBall?

9driver.

l'sboyfriend.

hor'sneighbors.

hor'shusband.

dBalldofirstafterfindingthewallet?

lledtheauthor.

nttotheauthor'shou.

vethewallettothebusdriver.

stedaphotooftheauthor'sdrivinglicen.

fthefollowingbestdescribesErinBall?

usandkind.

usanddemanding.

andwarm-hearted.

andoutgoing.

D

PreparationsfortheTokyoOlympicshavesufferedanotherchallengeafterasurveyfoundthat60%ofpeople

inJapanwantthemtobecancelled,lessthanthreemonthsbeforetheGamesarescheduledtoopen.

JapanhaxtendedastateofemergencyinTokyoandveralotherregionsuntiltheendofMayasit

strugglestocontrolafastincreainCOVID-19cascaudbynew,morecatchingvariants（变异体）withmedical

staffwarningthathealthrvicesinsomeareasareontheedgeofbreakingdown.

TheOlympics,whichweredelayedbyayearduetothepandemic,arettoopenon23July,withthe

InternationalOlympicCommittee（IOC）andorganizersinsistingthatmeasureswillbeputinplacetoensurethe

safetyofathletesandothervisitors,aswellasanervousJapanepublic.

Thesurvey,conductedbetween7and9MaybytheconrvativeYomiuriShimbun,showed60%wantedthe

Gamescancelledasoppodto39%whosaidtheyshouldbeheld.“Postponement”—anoptionabandonedby

theIOC—wasnotofferedasachoice.

OfthowhosaidtheOlympicsshouldgoahead,23%n

audiencehavebeenbannedbutafinaldecisiononnativeattendancewillbemadeinJune.

AnotherpollconductedattheweekendbyTBSNewsfound65%wantedtheGamescancelledorpostponed

again,with37%votingtogiveuptheeventaltogetherand28%arpollinApril

conductedbyKyodonewsagencyfound70%wantedtheOlympicscancelledorpostponed.

TheIOC'svicepresident,JohnCoates,saidthatwhileJapanentimentabouttheGames“wasaconcern”,

hecouldforeenosituationunderwhichthesportingeventswouldnotgoahead.

yJapanewishtheOlympicswouldnotbeheldinTokyoaccordingtothesurvey?

A.60%.B.28%.C.37%.D.70%.

ouldbeputintoconsiderationiftheOlympicsopen?

antransport.

lthconditionofcitizens.

somepeople'sattitudetowardsforeignspectatorsinParagraph5?

orted.

nweconcludefromJohnCoates'words?

mpicswillbestoppedthisyear.

mpicswillbeputoff.

mpicswillbeheldnormally.

mpicswilltakeplaceinotherplace.

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项

PossiblythefunniestdayoftheyearisAprilFools’Day.___16___Onthatday,peopleusuallyplaytricksandjokes

onfriendsandfamily,atouis“AprilFools!”afteryoucompleteatrickor

samysterioushistoryofthiscelebration.

Thereisnorealconnsus(共识)onwhentheholidayofficiallyorunofficiallybegan.

TheearliestpossiblementionofAprilFools’DayisinGeoffreyChaucer’sTheCanterburyTales,writtenin

tory“Nun’sPriest’sTale”itismentionedthat“SynMarchbiganthrittydayesand

two”.___17___However,modernscholarsbelievetherewasamisprint.

ThenextpieceofevidenceaboutAprilFools’DaycomesfromtheFrenchpoetEloyd’e

about“poissond’avril”.___18___SomescholarssaythatAprilFools’DaystartedintheMiddleAgesinEurope,

hohadNewYear’sDayonJanuary1stmadefun

ofthowhopartook(共享)inthecelebrationonApril1stbyndingpeoplefish.

___19___In1686,writerandphilosopherJohnAubreywroteaboutacelebrationcalled“FoolesHolyDay”.It

iscerland,thetraditionbecamea

wentonandthecelebrationbecamemorewidespread,itbecameaone-dayholiday.

Asyoumighthavenoticed,AprilFools’remultipletheoriesaboutits

lsohavedifferentmeanings.___20___

s“fishofApril”.

igincomesfromScotland.

,wecomebacktoGreatBritain.

ingitornotdependsonyourinterest.

ensonthefirstdayofAprileveryyear.

ldhavetobeafooltoacceptonetheory.

emslikeajokeywayofsayingthefirstofApril.

第二部分语言运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项

Wheredoyougowhenyouwanttolearnsomething？

School？Afriend？Atutor？Theareall____21____aywellbethatthelearning

youreallywant____22____e____23____ofeingthisfirsthandon

a____24____．

dverywellthisasonandso____25____a

tournament,dtosome____26____experienceson

Saturdayastheyplayedagainstteams____27____hthefirsttwogames,her____28____didnot

ent,I____29____eingmydaughterplayingherbest，______30______still

defeated.

Itemedthatsomethingclickedwiththe______31______

they______32______fortheirSundaygame,theywere______33______dbeguntointegrate(融

合)thekindsofplayandteamworktheyhad______34______thedaybeforeintotheir______35______．They

playedaggressivelyand______36______scoredagoal.

It______37______methatplayingagainsttheotherteamwasagreat______38______momentforallthe

itisageneralprinciple.______39______sonstheylearnedmay

notbe______40______whattheywouldhavegotteninschool，butarecertainlymorepersonalandmeaningful，

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第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式

SomepeoplebelievethattheInternetis____41.____(harm)gtopeopleonline

or____42.____(communicate)throughascreenmakesitmoredifficulttoconcentrateorshow____43.____(kind)

tcanconnectyouwithotherpeople____44.____usocialmedia,face-to-facecontactwith

thought-provokingbecauitshowsthatpeople

stillneedface-to-facecommunicationwithotherstoday.____45.____(spend)toomuchtimeontheInternetcan

alsomakeyoulf-centred,becauyoucanbecomeobsdwith____46.____(popular)andgaining“followers”.

Finallyyouneedtobecarefulwithvariousonlinerelationships,becauyoucanneverbe100percentsure

that____47.____youreadonlineistrue.

Howevery,theInternet

makescommunicationmuch____48.____(convenient).Secondly,theInternethasalsomadecommunicationmore

sharephotos,videos,newsstoriesandwebsite____49.____y,online

communicationcan_____50._____(actual)bringpeopleclortoeachother.

第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）

第一节短文改错（满分10分）

51.文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

ThismorningIgotupearlyandwenttoschoolasusually,onlytofindtherewerenobodyintheclassroombecau

itwasSunday.“HowabadmemoryIhave!”Icouldn’nfrontoftheschoolgate,Ibeganto

lyagoodideaoccurstome.“Whynotgettogetherwithsomegoodfriendsfora

picnicinsuchafineweather?”Iimmediatelytelephonedsomeofmybestfriends,buttheyallagreedtojoinme.

Abouttwohourslate,lyenjoyed

usgreatly.

第二节书面表达（满分25分）

52.阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

“Aliecantravelhalfwayaroundtheworldbeforethetruthcangetitsbootson.”ThisquoteisfromMark

y’sInternetworldof“fakenews”,liesspreadevenfasterandthetruthishavingtroublefindingits

boots.

Tomakematterswor,mostyoungpeoplegetnewsfromspecialmediasiteswherefactsaremixedwith

rumors,atest

PISA(ProgrammeForInternationalStudentAsssment),whichtested15-year-oldsworldwideonacademic

subjects,fewerthanoneord

Universitystudyshowedtha

instance,80percentthoughtthatapaidadvertimentwasarealnewsstory.

nttoinfluencepublicopinioneitherforor

portant,then,foryoungpeopletorecognizewhentheyarebeingudand

tobeskepticalofonlineinformation.

Traditionalmedia,suchasnewspapersandtelevision,arestillthemorereliablesourcesofinformation.

Reportersareprofessionallytrainedtolookforfacts,andeditorshavethejobofmakingsurethofactsare

r,ifyouaregettingmostofyourinformationonline,ca,

personknowntobecredible?Doesthesitewhereyou

readtheposthaveaprejudice?Next,lookforothersourcesfrommainstreammediatoconfirmtheinformation.

Inotherwords,byputtingonyourtruthbootsyouwon’tbefooledintochasinglies.

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