2020年江苏省泰州中学高考英语五模试卷
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第一部分听力（共两节，满分5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分，满分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．
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1．What does the woman imply？
A． They should end the meeting now．
B． The issue should be dealt with now．
C． They can leave the issue until next week．组卷：0引用：1难度：0.0 -
2．Where will the speakers go？
A． Swimming pool．
B． A glasses shop．
C． A suit shop．组卷：0引用：1难度：0.0 -
3．What will the man probably do about the restaurant？
A． Write a good review．
B． Come back tomorrow．
C． Try another place next time．组卷：0引用：2难度：0.0 -
4．What are the two speakers talking about？
A．What to take up as a hobby．
B．How to keep fit．
C．How to handle pressure．组卷：1引用：21难度：0.9 -
5．When is the birthday of the woman's daughter？
A． In March．
B． In April．
C． In May．组卷：0引用：1难度：0.0
第二节听下面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．
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6．（1）Where does the conversation take place？
A．At a train station．
B．At Alice's wedding．
C．At Uncle John's house．
（2）How does the man describe the woman when she was little？
A． Naughty．
B． Smart．
C． Quiet．组卷：1引用：3难度：0.0 -
7．（1）What's the most probable relationship between the speakers？
A．Boss and secretary．
B．Good friends．
C．Husband and wife．
（2）How was Ms．Newton's work recently？
A．She did quite well．
B．She fell behind a lot．
C．She got everything in order．组卷：0引用：1难度：0.9 -
8．（1）Who is the woman probably？
A．A policewoman．
B．A nurse．
C．A telephone customer service staff．
（2）What does the woman say about her job？
A．Dangerous．
B．Interesting．
C．Boring．
（3）What impressed the woman most？
A．Wanting the police and an ambulance．
B．Asking for time．
C．Finding out how to get a phone fixed．组卷：0引用：1难度：0.9 -
9．（1）Where is the woman going？
A．To a classroom．
B．To the library．
C．To the playground．
（2）What is the woman preparing for in her history class？
A．A presentation．
B．A discussion．
C．A paper．
（3）What does the woman say about the topic？
A．She hasn't started thinking about it．
B．The group members have different opinions．
C．It isn't specific enough yet．
（4）How does the woman feel at the moment？
A．Upset．
B．Excited．
C．Confident．组卷：0引用：1难度：0.9 -
10．（1）What does the speaker think of the models' clothes？
A．They're too simple．
B．They're not very expensive．
C．They're not very comfortable．
（2）How does the fashion industry make money？
A．By creating a need for you．
B．By selling products at high prices．
C．By helping you get rid of your shortcomings．
（3）Why does the speaker mention lipsticks（口红）？
A．To give advice to girls．
B．To show the secret of the fashion．
C．To show that fashions are impossible to explain．
（4）What does the speaker mean at the end？
A．Fashion can create more job opportunities for people．
B．Fashion can help people succeed．
C．People shouldn't spend any time or money on fashion．组卷：0引用：2难度：0.9
第四部分：任务型阅读（共1小题；每小题10分，满分10分）请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词．注意；每个空格只填1个单词.请将答案写在答题纸上相应题号的横线上．
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31．The future belongs to the flexible mind．This is the argument behind best-selling author Leonard Mlodinow's new book，Elastic（灵活的），which examines the ever-increasing changes we find ourselves living through，and the ways of thinking best suited to them．
Do we need to develop a flexible mind？
Times we live in demand a flexible style of thinking．In politics，we now have to cope with more scandals in a single year than we used to encounter in a lifetime．Meanwhile，the speed and processing power of computers makes it difficult for us to navigate a landscape in which，the number of websites has been doubling every two to three years，and the way we use and access them is subject to frequent "disastrous changes"．More importantly，social attitudes are changing just as fast．
Logical thought is an analysis that can be described by an algorithm （算术）of the kind that computers follow．Elastic thought cannot．Logical thought is solved to help us face the everyday challenges of life while elastic thought helps us succeed when circumstances change．Elastic thought is where our new ideas come from．Logical thought can determine how to drive from our home to the grocery store most efficiently，but it's elastic thought that gave us the automobile．
What makes it hard to think "flexibly"？
Flexible thinking comes naturally to all humans，but one way it may be blocked is through another power exercised by our brain，the ability to tune out "crazy" ideas．A single information processor depends on an algorithm to solve a problem．The human brain，instead，acts as a set of interacting and competing systems．They use our knowledge and expectations of the world to assess ideas．That approach is well suited to a stable environment．But it can be less productive when circumstances change．
How can we learn to be more flexible in our own thinking？
One of the abilities most important to flexible thinking is the power to relax our mind and let our guard down．If we are constantly alerted，our ideas may have a narrow range，and tend to be conventional．
One can also cultivate flexible thinking by adjusting one's external conditions．Studies show that sitting in a darkened room，or closing our eyes，can widen our perspective．Low ceilings，narrow corridors，and windowless offices have the opposite effect．Being able to think without any kind of time pressure is also important when striving for novel ideas．Just as important，interruptions are deadly．A short phone call，e-mail or even a text message can redirect your attention and thoughts．
As a more general exercise to nurture our mental flexibility we can try to pay special attention to one of our strongly held beliefs，take it seriously and recall times in the past that we were wrong about something，our intellectual interactions may also be helpful．Deep （1） into Flexible ThinkingPassage outline Supporting details （2） to
possess a flexible mind•Political change along with technological and social changes in our times （3） for flexible thinking．
•Flexible thinking and logical thinking are playing different roles in our daily lives．The latter helps make what we analyze accurate while the former enables us to be （4）．（5） to
thinking flexibly• （6） information processors，our brain can either ignore new ideas or kill them （7）on our experience and expectations．Ways to cultivate flexible thinking •It is better to let our mind off guard occasionally so as to avoid （8） our ideas to conventional ones．
•Adjusting external surroundings （9）and thinking without time pressure and distractions is also important．
•（10）on one of our strongly held beliefs and having some doubt about it may be of help．组卷：9引用：1难度：0.7
第五部分：书面表达（满分25分）
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32．请认真阅读下面文字，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章．
The University of Cambridge confirmed on Monday that it had been using scores from China's national college entrance examination， or gaokao， as part of its admission criteria for Chinese students for several years．
It says in Weibo post， however， that it does not admit students only based on their test scores．
The University statement came after some Chinese media reported over the weekend that the university would start to admit Chinese students that ranked in the top 0.1 percent in the gaokao in their province， indicating that it would try to compete for talent with top universities in China．
The news immediately became one of the most viewed topics on social media， being read by 280 million users on Sina Weibo．
The gaokao is increasingly accepted by universities in Australia， the United States， Canada and Europe． The University of New Hampshire became the first US state university to accept the gaokao in its entrance criteria last year． The test is also recognized by 30 universities in Australia and 30 in Canada， as well as colleges in Italy， France and Spain．
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