1、2020年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语试题注意事项：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
2、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 the speakers do tonight? A. Visit Mary. B. Go out of town. C. Host a dinner. 2. How does the woman go to work this week? A. By car. B. By bike. C. On foot3. What time does Daves meeting star?
3、 A. At 8：30 B. At 9：00. C. At 10：00.4. What is Helen going to do? A. Buy some books B. Study in the library. C. Attend a history class. 5. What is the womans feeling now? A. Relief B. Regret. C. Embarrassment. 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，听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅
4、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 is Tom busy doing? A. Raising money. B. Writing a lab report.C. Giving classes to children. 7. Who might be able to help Tom this week? A. Mike. B. Cathy. C. Jane. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. Why is Jack leaving early? A. To avoid getting stuc
5、k in traffic. B. To enjoy the scenery on the way. C. To buy some gifts for his family. 9. What does Judy often do at the railway station? A. Read books. B. Call some friends. C. Look around the shops.10. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. What to do next year B. Where to go for vacations
6、. C. How to pass the waiting time. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. Why does Bill look troubled? A. He is short of money B. He has made a big mistake. C. He is facing a tough choice. 12. What is Bill now? A. A college student B. An army officer. C. A computer engineer. 13. What does the woman seem to suggest Bi
7、ll do? A. Learn to repair cars. B. Decline the job offer. C. Ask his uncle for advice. 听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. What is the woman recommending to the man? A. A writer. B. A club. C. A course.15. What is the woman reading now? A. The Beautiful Mind. B. The Great Gatsby. C. The Kite Runner.16. How much ti
8、me does the man have to read the book? A. Two weeks. B. Three weeks. C. Four weeks. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the speaker doing? A. Reporting a study. B. Chairing a meeting. C. Teaching a class. 18. What should you pay most attention to when taking notes? A. Listening B. Reading. C. Writing. 19.
9、 What is an advantage of using symbols in note-taking? A. It keeps information secret. B. It leaves space for future use. C. It makes key words noticeable. 20. What will the speaker do next? A. Ask a few questions. B. Show some notes. C. Make a summary. 第二部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节（共15小题：每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）阅读下
10、列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。APali Overnight Adventures offers children and teens exciting experiences this summer. From broadcasting to street art, these are just 4 of the 17 highly unique camps being offered. Broadcasting Camp Become the next star reporter news writer, director or producer. While
11、running every aspect of our own news station, kids and their fellow campers will create and host a broadcast airing each night at dinner for the entire camp. Every night it goes on the web, keeping parents and the world informed of the happenings at Pali. Secret Agent Camp In the movie Mission Impos
12、sible, Tom Cruise made being a secret agent seem like the coolest job ever. Campers who sign up for the 2-week secret agent camp can get to know about the life of real secret agents by learning strategies and military skills on the paintball field.Culinary Camp If your child enjoys being in the kitc
13、hen, then the culinary camp is definitely the right fit. Campers learn technical skills of roasting, frying and cutting, as well as some recipes that they can take home and share with their families. Street Art Camp This camp takes creative license to an entirely new level. Campers will share their
14、colorful ideas and imagination with each other and work together to visualize, sketch and paint with non-traditional techniques to create the coolest mural which will be displayed in public for all to see.1. How many camps does Pali Overnight Adventures offer this summer?A. 2.B. 4.C. 17.D. 21.2. Wha
15、t will campers do at the Broadcasting Camp?A. Create a website.B. Run a news station.C. Meet a star reporter.D. Hold a dinner party.3. Which camp will attract children who are interested in cooking?A. Broadcasting Camp.B. Secret Agent Camp.C. Culinary CampD. Street Art Camp.BThe end of the school ye
16、ar was in sight and spirits were high. I was back teaching after an absence of 15 years, dealing with the various kinds of forbidden fruit that come out of book bags. Now was the spring of the water pistol. I decided to think up a method of dealing with forbidden fruit. Please bring that pistol to m
17、e I said. Im going to put it in my Grandmas Box.Whats that? they asked. Its a large wooden chest full of toys for my grandchildren I replied, You dont have grandchildren, someone said.I dont now. I replied. But someday I will. When I do, my box will be full of wonderful things for them.My imaginary
18、Grandmas Box worked like magic that spring, and later. Sometimes. students would ask me to describe all the things I had in it. Then I would try to remember the different possessions I supposedly had taken awaysince I seldom actually kept them. Usually the offender would appear at the end of the day
19、, and I would return the belonging. The-years went by, and my first grandchild Gordon was born. I shared my joy with that years class. Then someone said, Now you can use your Grandmas Box. From then on instead of coming to ask their possessions back, the students would say, Thats okay. Put it in you
20、r Grandmas Box for Gordon.I loved talking about the imaginary box, not only with my students but also with my own children. They enjoyed hearing about all the forbidden fruit I had collected. Then one Christmas I received a surprise gifta large, beautifully made wooden chest. My son Bruce had made m
21、y Grandmas Box a reality.4. What was the authors purpose in having the conversation with the students?A. To collect the water pistol.B. To talk about her grandchildren.C. To recommend some toys.D. To explain her teaching method.5. What do the underlined words the offender in paragraph 8 refer to?A.
22、The students parent.B. The maker of the Grandmas Box.C The authors grandchild.D. The owner of the forbidden fruit.6. What did the students do after they learned about the birth of Gordon? A. They went to play with the baby.B. They asked to see the Grandmas Box.C. They made a present for Gordon.D. Th
23、ey stopped asking their toys back.7. What can we infer about the author?A. She enjoys telling jokes.B. She is a strict and smart teacher.C. She loves doing woodwork.D. She is a responsible grandmotherCIn May 1987 the Golden Gate Bridge had a 50th birthday party. The bridge was closed to motor traffi
24、c so people could enjoy a walk across it. Organizers expected perhaps 50,000 people to show up. Instead, as many as 800, 000 crowded the roads to the bridge. By the time 250,000 were on the bridge, engineers noticed something terrible：the roadway was flattening under what turned out to be the heavie
25、st load it had ever been asked to carry. Worse, it was beginning to sway（晃动）. The authorities closed access to the bridge and tens of thousands of people made their way back to land. A disaster was avoided. The story is one of scores in To Forgive Design：Understanding Failure, a book that is at once
26、 a love letter to engineering and a paean（赞歌）to its breakdowns. Its author, Dr. Henry Petroski, has long been writing about disasters. In this book, he includes the loss of the space shuttles（航天飞机）Challenger and Columbia, and the sinking of the Titanic. Though he acknowledges that engineering works
27、can fail because the person who thought them up or engineered them simply got things wrong, in this book Dr. Petroski widens his view to consider the larger context in which such failures occur. Sometimes devices fail because a good design is constructed with low quality materials incompetently appl
28、ied. Or perhaps a design works so well it is adopted elsewhere again and again, with seemingly harmless improvements, until, suddenly, it does not work at all anymore. Readers will encounter not only stories they have heard before, but some new stories and a moving discussion of the responsibility o
29、f the engineer to the public and the ways young engineers can be helped to grasp them.Success is success but that is all that it is, Dr. Petroski writes. It is failure that brings improvement.8. What happened to the Golden Gate Bridge on its 50th birthday?A. It carried more weight than it could.B. I
30、t swayed violently in a strong windC. Its roadway was damaged by vehiclesD. Its access was blocked by many people.9 Which of the following is Dr. Petroskis idea according to paragraph 3?A. No design is well received everywhereB. Construction is more important than design.C. Not all disasters are cau
31、sed by engineering designD. Improvements on engineering works are necessary.10. What does the last paragraph suggest?A. Failure can lead to progress.B. Success results in overconfidenceC. Failure should be avoided.D. Success comes from joint efforts.11. What is the text?A. A news reportB. A short st
32、ory.C. A book reviewD. A research article.DRainforests are home to a rich variety of medicinal plants, food, birds and animals. Can you believe that a single bush（灌木丛）in the Amazon may have more species of ants than the whole of Britain! About 480 varieties of trees may be found in just one hectare
33、of rainforest. Rainforests are the lungs of the planet-storing vast quantities of carbon dioxide and producing a significant amount of the worlds oxygen. Rainforests have their own perfect system for ensuring their own survival; the tall trees make a canopy（树冠层）of branches and leaves which protect t
34、hemselves, smaller plants, and the forest animals from heavy rain, intense dry heat from the sun and strong winds. Amazingly, the trees grow in such a way that their leaves and branches, although close together, never actually touch those of another tree. Scientists think this is the plants way to p
35、revent the spread of any tree diseases and make life more difficult for leaf-eating insects like caterpillars. To survive in the forest, animals must climb, jump or fly across the gaps. The ground floor of the forest is not all tangled leaves and bushes, like in films, but is actually fairly clear.
36、It is where dead leaves turn into food for the trees and other forest life. They are not called rainforests for nothing! Rainforests can generate 75%of their own rain. At least 80 inches of rain a year is normal-and in some areas there may be as much as 430 inches of rain annually. This is real rain
37、-your umbrella may protect you in a shower, but it wont keep you dry if there is a full rainstorm. In just two hours, streams can rise ten to twenty feet. The humidity（湿气）of large rainforests contributes to the formation of rainclouds that may travel to other countries in need of rain.12. What can w
38、e learn about rainforests from the first paragraph?A. They produce oxygen.B. They cover a vast area.C. They are well managed.D. They are rich in wildlife.13. Which of the following contributes most to the survival of rainforests?A. Heavy rainsB. Big trees.C. Small plants.D. Forest animals.14. Why do
39、 the leaves and branches of different trees avoid touching each other?A. For more sunlight.B. For more growing space.C. For self-protection.D. For the detection of insects.15. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. Life-Giving RainforestsB. The Law of the JungleC. Animals in the AmazonD. Weath
40、er in Rainforests第二节（共5小题：每小题2.5分，满分12.5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。Talking with your doctorTalking freely with your doctor can make you feel better and gives your doctor the information she or he needs to give you the best care. Dont be afraid or embarrassed to discuss something tha
41、t is bothering you._16_Stay positive. Go to your doctors visits with a good attitude._17_Think teamwork! Think positive! Keep track of how you are feeling. _18_This will make it easier for you to answer questions about your symptoms（症状）and how medicines make you feel. It also makes it easier for you
42、 to bring up anything that you are worried about. Make sure to be honest about how you feel and how long youve felt that way._19_Your medical history is a list of your illnesses, treatments, what the doctors told you to do, and anything else you think your doctor should know. Also, if you are allerg
43、ic（过敏）to any medicines, be sure to mention that to your doctor.Ask questions. Do not be afraid to ask your doctor any questions you have. To remember all the questions you have when you are not in the doctors office, write them down and bring the list with you to your appointment._20_Remembertheres
44、no such thing as a stupid question. If you dont understand the answer to a question, ask the doctor to explain it again until you do understand.A. This will make getting answers easier.B. Here are some tips for talking with your doctor.C. You can talk to another doctor if the treatments dont work.D.
45、 Before your doctors visit, keep notes on how you are feeling.E. Remember, your doctor and other caregivers are on your side.F. Bring your medical history, including a list of your current medicines.G. Writing down what the doctor says will help you remember important information.第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
46、第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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。When Jim Grant spotted black smoke coming out of a building on his way to work, he_21_his car to call 911. Then he_22_a U-turn, circling back to take another look. Pulling up to the building, Grant saw flames（火焰）shooting out of a second-floor window. Not seeing or hearing any fire engines_23_. Grant rushed to a side_24_and ran up the stairs. On the second floor, he_25_every apartment door. Get out! Grant shouted, No one_26_and he assumed that people had already_27_. Reaching the end of the hallway, though, Grant_28_a half-op
