2020 学年第二学期高三英语教学质量检测

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I. Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each
conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be
spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on
your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
1. W: Do you have a table for three?
M: Yes, Madam. Where do you want it, upstairs or downstairs?
Q: Where does this conversation most probably take place?

2. M: I hope I won’t oversleep tomorrow morning. I’ve simply got to catch the first flight to New York.
W: If I were you, I’d request the wake-up call from the hotel reception.
Q: What does the woman advise the man to do?

3. M: Your yard always looks so beautiful! You must have a gardener.

W: Oh, no. A gardener is too expensive for me. I do all the work by myself.
Q: What can we learn from the conversation?

4. W: How long has Alan Smith been working on his degree? Four years?
M: At least that long.
Q: What are they saying about Alan Smith?

5. M: How’s your trip to Hangzhou last Saturday?

W: It rained heavily in the morning, but luckily it turned sunny in the afternoon.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

6. W: I can’t believe there were so many people at Kate’s party.

M: It’s really no surprise. She’s been extremely popular since she was a child.
Q: What can be inferred from the conversation?

7. W: Did you remember to bring me the book you promised?

M: I’m so sorry. It completely slipped my mind.
Q: Why did the man apologize?

8. M: This is our last day here. Let’s go swimming one more time.
W: We don’t have much time left. We’d better leave the hotel now. It takes us at least one hour to get to
the airport by taxi.
Q: What does the woman mean?

9. W: Mr. Liu is going to retire next week. What kind of gift shall we give him?
M: I think he would like to have a photograph of our class.
Q：What are they discussing?

10. M: Next time you see Tina, please don’t forget to give her my best regards.
W: Sure. But she has been assigned to a New York office now. I don’t know when I can see her again.

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 Q: What can we infer from the conversation?

Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked
several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation will be
read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible
answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.

Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.

Researchers are developing ways to increase rice production in Africa as part of efforts to fight hunger.
Their work was discussed at the African Rice Congress in Cameroon last month. Experts say 60 percent of the
thirty million tons of rice used in Africa is imported from Asia every year.
They estimate that Africa spends $5 billion on rice imports every year. And yet the United Nations Food
and Agriculture Organization says there are still rice shortages on the continent.
Rice production was reduced in some countries after the economic crisis of the 1990s. Samantana Mark is
director general of Cameroon’s rice production company. He says that with the beginning of the crisis, African
countries stopped making investments in rice production and in the marketing of rice. Issues like climate
change and extreme temperatures have slowed rice production, especially in areas south of the Saharan desert.
Plant disease is also a problem. But some African researchers say they have developed rice plants that can
grow in areas with little rain fall.
Nigerian-born Adekoya Madinat works with the Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He said,
“With this research we try to see how much water exactly is needed for rice production and try to see which
genes are actually involved during the event of droughts. So these genes can be used to develop drought-
resistant varieties that can be planted with the minimum of water and we still have very good rice production”.
Robert Guei works for the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization. He says that investments in rice
production should be a top issue for African governments seeking to end hunger and poverty.
(Listen again, please.)
Questions:
11. How much rice do African countries import from Asia every year?
12. What’s the most important thing African governments should do to end hunger?
13. What does the passage mainly tell us?

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

Supernanny is an excellent TV show, which basically films a family who are having problems dealing
with their naughty children.
At the start of the show, the supernanny arrives at the family home and observes the daily routine. The
parents are usual worn out by their children’s bad behavior and don’t know how to discipline them. The
children talk back to their parents, don’t do what they are told and don’t show them any respect.
Then the supernanny talks to the parents about the situation and suggests changes they should make to

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help them sort out the problems and bring up their children better. It must be hard to tell two adults that they
aren’t doing things right but she is always completely honest with them.
She spends time helping the parents to put her ideas into practice. She’s firm but friendly and doesn’t put
up with any bad behaviour. She doesn’t believe in giving children a beating --- instead she sends them to the
“naughty corner” when they behave badly and gets them to think about their behavior.
Then the family continue without her help for a week while she watches the result from a television monitor.
Things usually start off well but sometimes are in disorder again after a day or two. Finally, she goes back to
visit the family, talks to them about the results and gives them some more advice. The parents and the children
hug her and thank her for helping them in the end.
It’s entertaining to see how badly behaved the children are at first and how a few simple rules help to
transform the situation. I’d recommend the show to anyone with young children because I think there is some
useful advice for parents about how to bring up their own children.

(Listen again, please.)

Questions:
14. What’s the duty of a supernanny?
15. Why does a family need a supernanny?
16. What is the speaker’s intention?

Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

Julie: Trevor, what are we going to include in the presentation?

Trevor: Well , do you think we ought to give some historical background?
Julie: Oh, no...definitely not ... we won’t have time!
Trevor: Ok, but I think we should say something about the geographical location, because not a lot of people
know where the islands are.
Julie: Yes, I’ll take notes, shall I?
Trevor: So... geographical location...
Julie: Then we ought to give an overview of the whole educational system. Shouldn’t we say something about
the economy?
Trevor: No, Dr. White said we shouldn’t go into that sort of detail.
Julie: But it’s pretty important when you think about it..., you know, because it does influence the educational
system...
Trevor: Let’s think about that one later, shall we?
Julie: Ok...so... a general overview of education.
Trevor: Of course ... and then the role of English language.
Julie: No, that goes in the language policy discussion... don’t you remember?
Trevor: All right. Those are the topics we’re going to be covering.
Julie: Yeah, we need to think about what to prepare... Dr. White said he wanted us to use plenty of visuals and

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 things and we might as well try them out when we’re not being assessed.
Trevor: Well, we need a map of course.
Julie: Probably two...one of the islands...
Trevor: And one of West Australia.
Julie: Well, the West Australia one is no problem. There is one in the Resource Room.
Trevor: Oh yeah, of course the Resource Room; the islands are going to be more of a problem.
Julie: Tell you what... there’s a very clear map of Perth in that tourist brochure I showed you last week. Do
you remember it?
Trevor: Oh, yeah. That’s right. We can use the tourist brochure.
Julie: We also need statistics... and some different things.
Trevor: Why don’t we search them on the Internet？
Julie: Good idea. You are in charge of it.
Trevor: Look, Julie, it’s almost time for our lectures. We can meet again tomorrow afternoon... but we need
to prepare some stuff before then.

(Listen again, please.)

Questions:
17. What are the speakers discussing?
18. Which of the following topics will be included in their presentation?
19. How can they get the statistics about the topic?
20. Why do the speakers stop their discussion?

This is the end of the listening comprehension!