福州格致中学

2020届福州格致中学高三英语月考试题及参考答案

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

BrooklynBotanicGarden

BriefIntroduction

TheBrooklynBotanicGarden(BBG)wasacquiredbythecityofBrooklynin1854alongwiththelandthatis

ProspectPark.

Thereareso’sthe

JapaneHillandPondGarden,theOsborneGarden,theShakespeareGarden...rden

thatisdisplayedwillbeshowingoffadifferentgroupofamazingplantsthatcomemallsortsofcolor1sandsizes.

enhaveaChildren’sGardenforthe

littleones.

Attractions

JapaneHillandPondGarden

OneofthemostfrequencyvisitedgardensatBBG,theJapaneHillandPondGardeniscertainlyafavorite

rdenfeaturesavarietyofstylesaswellasbeautifulscenerywithaviewingpavilion(亭子)

gu

giventotheBrooklynBotanicGardenasagiftfromthecityofTokyo.

Children’sGarden

ChildrenhavebeenplantingplantsattheBrooklynBotanicGardensince1914andcontinuetheirefforts

tly,thereareoverathousandchildrencontributingtotheChildren’sGarden.

ShakespeareGarden

ForthowhohavefalleninlovewiththeworksofShakespeare,thiswillbeagardenthattheycantruly

80plantsthathavebeenmentionedinthewritingofShakespearecurrentlygrowinthe

ShakespeareGarden.

GettingtoBrooklynBotanicGarden

BrooklynBotanicGarden:900WashingtonAvenue,Brooklyn,NY11225

ClostSubway:ProspectPark/EasternParkway/FranklinAvenue

BusTourStops:Stop34or35Brooklynroute

OpeningTimes

15March—6November：

Tuesday—Friday:8:00am—6:00pm;Saturday—Sunday:10:00am—6:00pm

8November—11March

Monday—Friday:8:00am—4:30pm;Saturday—Sunday:10:00am—4:30pm

anvisitornjoyawaterfall?

peareGarden.

en’HillandPondGarden.

visitorsgototheBrooklynBotanicGarden?

ngabustoProspectPark.

ngabusto34WashingtonAvenue.

ngthesubwaytoFranklinAvenue.

ngthesubwaytoStop35ontheBrooklynroute.

nNancyvisittheBrooklynBotanicGardeninDecember?

A.5:00pmonThursday.B.8:30amonWednesday.

C4:30pmonFriday.D.9:00amonSaturday.

B

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reason,thebeatingofadrumstandsfortherhythmoflifeformanypeoplearoundtheworld.

InGhana,acountryinAfrica,manyschoolsudrumsinsteadofbellstoshowthebeginningandendingof

hthedrum,aroldstories

riesofthedrumalsoteachchildrengames,rulesandlessons

aboutbehavior.

ForthousandsofyearsinAfrica,oldthe

comingofaking,thestartofawar,

doesadrumtellastory?

InWestAfrica,themostcommondrumudforcommunicationiscalleda“talkingdrum”.Bymakinghigher

orlowerdrumsounds,thedrummercanmakethedrum“talk”.

InmanyAfricanlanguages,wordsgoupanddowninpitch(高音)whentheyarespoken,almostlikeasong.

Dependingonthepitchortone(音调),mple,when

spokenwithtwolowtones,theAfricanword“ilu”means“drum”.Whenspokenwithonehighandonelowtone,

“ilu”means“town”.

inspokenlanguage,theword“ilu”hasdifferentmeanings

dependingonhowit’“ilu”isdrummedwithtwobeatsusinglowtones,thewordmeans“drum”.

When“ilu”isdrummedwithtwobeatsusingonehighandonelowtone,itmeans“town”.

Drummerscreate“words”tobuildideas,ttimeyouhearasong,listenforthe

hearthestoryofthedrum?

stparagraphmainlytellsus________.

eatlikeourhearts

avealonghistory

rewidelyudintheworld

reimportantformanypeopleworldwide

etext,welearnthatinGhanadrums________.

hildrenalotofthings

dinclassbyteachers

mpleoftheAfricanword“ilu”isudtoshow________.

rdcanhavedifferentsounds

peakAfricanlanguages

umtellsstories

eatadrum

uldbethebesttitleforthetext?

tothestoryofthedrum

,lovemydrum

C

Cuckoosdon’tbotherbuildingtheirownnests—theyjustlayeggsthatperfectlyimitatethoofotherbirds

erbirdsarewishingup,evolvingsomeriouslyimpressivetrickstospotthe

cuckooeggs.

Cuckoosareoftenknowasparasites,d

detection,thecuckooshaveost

birddoesn’tnoticethestrangeegginitsnest,thelittlecuckoowillactuallytaketheentirenestforitlfafterit

comesout,takingtheothereggsonitsbackanddroppingthemoutofthenest.

Toavoidthisunpleasantfatefortheiryoung,theotherbirdshaveevolvedafewsmartwaystospotthefakes,

whichwe’hemostamazingfindsisthatbirdshaveanextra

colour-nsitivecellintheireyes,whichmakesthemfarmorensitivetoultravioletwavelengthsandallows

lowscautiousbirdstodetectafakeeggwhich

mightbeexactlythesametooureyes.

Fascinatingly,we’reactuallyabletoobrvedifferentbirdspeciesatverydifferentpointsintheir

tance,

blueeggsthecuckooslayarepracticallyaliketothooftheredstarts,andyettheyarestillsometimesrejected.

hobirdslayperfectlyblueeggs,theircuckooinvaders

dunnocksbarelyeveremtonoticetheobvious

trick.

Biologistssuspectthemoreeasilyfooledspecieslikethedunnocksareonthesameevolutionarypathas

theredstarts,’sremarkableis

thatthedunnocksfakesaresobadandtheredstartonessogood,andyetcuckoosarestillmoresuccessfulwith

theformerthanthelatter.

Itspeakstojusthowthoroughlyaspecies’behaviorcanbechangedbythepressuresofnaturallection,or

istshavesuggestedthatthe

birdsarewillingtotolerateaparasiteeverysooftenbecautheydon’twanttoriskaccidentallygettingridofone

oftheirowneggs.

ssagecanbemostlikelyfoundina________.

magazine

journal

estheunderlinedword“parasite”inparagraph2mostprobablyreferto?

sthatworktogethertoraiyoung.

armfulanimalssuchaswormsormice.

sthatcanadapttochangingenvironments.

swhichliveonorinsideotherhostanimals.

fthefollowingisTRUEaboutthedunnockaccordingtothepassage?

lour-blindandthereforecannotidentifyforeigneggsinthenest.

asilyremovecuckooeggsfromthenestbecaufakesaresobad.

ostbirdthatismorelikelytoraiacuckoochickthantheredstart.

abletoevolveandhenceacceptscuckooeggsthatappearinthenest.

fthefollowingcanbeinferredfromthepassage?

ksmayeventuallylearntorecogniforeigneggs.

rtsemtobelesssuspiciouscomparedtodunnocks.

birdsaregoodattakingresponsibilityfortheirownyoung.

ryeasyforcuckoostoimitatethecolouringofthedunnock’gg.

D

Acrew（全体成员）ofsixteenagegirlscompletedanine-daysailingtripintheUSrecently,afterhaving

asicknessandstrongwinds.

Forthepastthreeyears,oakes,whocaptained（担

任队长）theboat,saidthiswasthefirsttimehe’dtakenoutanall-femalecrew.

wtsailalongwiththreeadults,Noakesand

ginalplanwasforthegirlstosail24hoursadayinrotatingshifts（轮流换班）

turnedoutdifferently,however.“Thefirstnightwasdifficultbecauthe

esweregoingupanddown,”saidAbbyFairchild,16.“Everybodygotasick.”

Noakesgavethegirlsthechoiceofjustsailinginthebayandnotgoingintoopenwater.“Buttheydecidedthey

weregoing.”

Theteenagersthensailedalongwayovernightandsleptinshifts.“We’velearnedeverythingfrom

controllingtheboattoputtingupthesailswhilewehaveroughas,”said15-year-oldOliviaWilcox.

dn’tmakeittotheiroriginaldestination（目的地）

inMaine,wheretheyweresuppodtohaveacelebratorydinner,idthey

weren’tdisappointed,however,asthey’dlearnedalot.“Theylearnedaboutboating,andaboveall,theybuilt

confidenceandcharacter,”saidNoakes.

sspecialabouttheSeaCadettripthisyear?

helongestsailingtripever.

hefirstall-female-crewsailingtrip.

hemostdangeroussailingtripever.

hefirstsailingtripforteenagers.

ppenedonthecrew’sfirstdayofthetrip?

lfeltsickontheboat.

themwerehurt.

oatwasoutofcontrol.

ntintoopenwaterbymistake.

fthefollowingbestdescribestheyoungsailors?

-mindedandhavingastrongnofteamwork.

-workingandhavinggreatleadershipskills.

tandingandcreative.

urousandskillful.

ingtoNoakes,whatwasthesailors’greatestbenefitfromthetrip?

ewtheabetter.

demanyfriends.

texcellentsailingskills.

velopedgoodpersonalities.

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

FearofMissingOut

It’sacommonexperience:You’rescrollingthroughasocialmediapage,andyouepicturesoffriends

lyyoustarttowonderwhyyou’missingout

onsomethingfunandexcitingbecauyou’relockedintoeverydaylife?Thixperiencehascometobeknownas

thefearofmissingout,sometimesabbreviated(缩写)FOMO.___16___Butwiththeriofsocialmedia,FOMOis

becomingmuchmorecommon.

Wantinsomepeople,it

canleadtoailedoingthings

thatarefunornecessary,peoplecanfeellikethere’getoconnect

canleadthemtodisconnectfromthepeopletheyareactuallywith.___17___Itcanevenbedangerous;some

peopletrytocheckmessageswhiledriving.

Rememberthatwhatpeoplechootopostonsocialmediadoesnotnecessarilyreflecttheirlifeoverall.

Peopletendtopickandchoothethingstheyshare,soweonlyeverknowasmallpartofanyoneel’slife.

___18___Youcannotbeeverywhereanddoeverythingthatmightbeinterestingorproductive,andthat’s

OK.

Itmightevenbenecessarytoturnoffyourphoneorlogoutofsocialmediaforawhile.___19___Youcan

pingawayforatime,youcanhelp

keepotherpeople’slivesinperspective.

Finally,hem,dothemwellandleteverythingelgo.___20___

Don’tlett,enjoywhat

youdoandletotherpeopleenjoytheirliveswithoutenvyingthem.

extent,peoplehavealwaysworriedaboutmissingoutonthings.

tthesocialmediayouwillgetunconnectedwiththewholeworld.

preventsthemfrombeingsatisfiedwiththegoodthingsintheirlives.

ufullyengagewithlife,you’llworrylessaboutwhatyou’renotdoing.

oftheconstantremindersofeverythingthat’shappeningintheworld.

’sdifficulttoconnectwiththereasonswhyyouchoonottoparticipate.

’salsoimportanttobehumbleandacknowledgeyourlimitations.

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

Formany,onewhoisveryshy,IneverthoughtIcould

perfectly___21___aspeechuntilIdecidedto___22___anEnglishspeakingcompetition.

OnedaywhenIenteredtheclassroom,myeyeswereimmediatelydrawntoasign___23___thatanEnglish

speakingcompetitionwouldbeholdnextmonth.

Givingaspeechinfrontofalargeaudiencewouldbeahugechallengeforme.____24____,Ireallydidn’t

wanttomissthisopportunitytohelp___25___myconfidenceandcultivate(培养)my___26___speakingskills.

Iwastornbetweenmydesireofparticipatingandmy___27___nd,I___28___mylf

’twanttobeshyanymore.

Icarefullychoasuitabletopicandconstantlypolishedmyspeechto___29___racticedmy

pronunciationandeverygestureinfrontofthemirroroverandoveragain.____30____,thebigdayarrived.I

heardhehotsay,"Let'swelcomecontestantnumber9."Isteppedontothestageandsawthatthehallwas

completely____31____feelmyheartpoundingandmypalms(手

掌)beganto____32____matterswor,mymind

went____33____andIcouldn'trememberwhatIwasgoingtosay.

IwasatthepointofgivingupwhenIsuddenly____34____myEnglishteacherinthecrowd,whowasstanding

herwarmsmile,Ifeltthatanof____35____immediatelyreplacedthe

thoughtwasthatIneededtocalmdownandenjoythischeerful

momentonstage.

Itookadeepbreath,edallofmyattentiononeverywordsoI

wouldn'allybecame____36____inmyspeechandmynervousnesstransformedinto

confidenceandexcitement.

Itturnedoutthatmyspeechwasnothingbutsuccess.I____37____

my____38____atthepodium(领奖台)toreceiveashiningmedalformyspeech.

FromwhatIhaveexperienced,Iknownothingis____39____.

tbedifficultatfirst,butovercomingthedifficultwilltakeyouto

new____40____.Theviewisdefinitelyworthit.

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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

Didyougrowupinoneculture,yourparentscamefromanother,andyouarenowlivingina___41.___(total)

differentcountry?Ifso,thenyouareathird-culturekid.

Theterm“third-culturekid”___42.___(u)stcameacross

thisphenomenonwhile___43.___(rearch)ral,third-culturekids

benefit___44.___theirinterculturalexperienceandtheyoftenreachexcellentacademicresults.

Yetmany___45.___(difficulty)-culturekidsmaynotbeableto

adapt___46.___(they),theyoftenfindithard___47.___(develop)new

onally,forathird-culturekid,itisoften___48.___(easy)tomovetoanewcountrythantoreturn

mple,afterlivinginAustraliaformanyyears,Louisfinallyreturnedtothe

country___49.___n’tknowanythingaboutcurrentTVshows____50.____fashiontrends.

Andshedidn’tsharethesamevaluesasotherteensofherage.

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.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.每处错误及修改仅限一词

只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分

DearSir,

ourchoicebetweenthetwo

cours,Ipreferafour-weekcourbecauitwillgivememoretimetodosometravelingandmakeafewnew

hesubjectI’mlearningatschool,arnedEnglishfor6yearsbutmyspoken

ible,I’dliketostaywithafamilyforafew

daysinorderthatIcanlearnaboutanycustomsinEngland,whatI’veIwillhave

awonderfultimeinthissummer.

第二节书面表达（满分25分）

52.英语社团要求成员做一个关于海洋研究的项目。你选择的主题是“海洋动物”，请写一篇短文介绍你

的项目。

要点如下:1.选择该主题的原因；

2.开展该主题的计划。

注意:1.词数80.左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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参考答案

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(2).your→my

(3).a→the

(4).subject→subjects

(5).had→have

(6).poorly→poor

(7).chance后加to

(8).any→some

(9).what→which

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