安徽省芜湖市第一中学2020届高三英语上学期基础检测试题（含解
析）
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，只需要上交答题卡即可。 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，请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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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 was the weather like when Beth was at the beach? A. Cloudy. B. Sunny. C. Rainy. 2. What will the man do next Friday?
A. Attend a party. B. Go on a business trip. C. E-mail the woman a report. 3. What does Nick do?
A. A website designer. B. A computer salesman. C. A school teacher. 4. Where are the speakers?
A. In the woman’s house. B. In a bookstore. C. In a restaurant. 5. What are the speakers talking about?
A. A restaurant. B. The man’s job. C. The man’s pay. 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 the woman’s opinion about the T-shirts?
A. They are expensive. B. They are satisfying. C. They are ugly. 7. What does the woman decide to do in the end?
A. Have lunch. B. Go to another shop. C. Buy a cheaper T-shirt. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. Why did the man go to San Francisco on vacation?
A. To meet a friend. B. To visit his sister. C. To tour a university. 9. What did the woman do on her vacation?
A. She studied at college. B. She did some shopping. C. She stayed with a friend. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Teacher and student. B. Interviewer and interviewee. C. Colleagues. 11. Where is the woman now?
A. In Japan. B. In America. C. In Britain. 12. What is the woman weak in?
A. Computers. B. Languages. C. Organizing activities. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. What are the speakers talking about? A. Their spare time in the evenings. B. Their habits of going on the Internet. C Disadvantages of going on the Internet.
14. What does the woman spend most of her time doing online?
A. Reading useless information. B. Carrying out research. C. Doing her homework.
15. What does the woman think of the chat rooms online?
.A. Useful. B. Unreliable. C. Boring.
16. What do the speakers decide to do together this evening?
A. Finish their college work. B. Play computer games. C. Watch a film. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. When was the sweater bought?
A. On September 25th. B. On October 12th. C. On October 25th. 18. What is the speaker’s problem with the sweater? A. It was the wrong size. B It was washed in a wrong way. C It became out of shape.
19. What does the speaker mainly complain about? A. The price. B. The service. C. The quality. 20. Who is the speaker probably speaking to?
A. A manager. B. A shop assistant. C. A member of the helpline staff. 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。
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.Here are some great people and their achievements. Mary Anderson — windscreen wiper
Back on a freezing winter’s day in 1902, Mary Anderson was travelling by train through New York City. Snow was falling, forcing the driver to stop repeatedly and get out to clear it. Each time the door opened, Mary suffered a gust of sub-zero air. She had an idea: why not make some kind of a rubber blade that could be operated from inside the vehicle? And that’s exactly what she did.
Josephine Cochrane — dishwasher
The dishwasher dates back even earlier to the 19th century, and to the dinner parties thrown by a lady called Josephine Cochrane. As a frequent host, she wanted a machine that could wash dishes faster than people. Her response was to develop what