河北省保定市2020届高三英语下学期第二次模拟考试试题本试卷由四部分组成。其中，第一、二部分和第三部分的第一节为选择题。第三部分的第二节和第四部分为非选择题。考试时间120分钟，满分150分。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，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。1. What was Jessie doing at about 9:00 this morning?A. Having an online class. B. Waiting for the man. C. Making a call.2. Where does the conversation take place?A. In a shop. B. In a restaurant. C. On a sports ground.3. What do we know about the man?A. He always wanted to be a doctor.B. He did business when he was at school.C. He studied traditional Chinese medicine after his father.4. What does the woman think of professor Wongs lecture?A. Boring. B. Interesting. C. Easy to understand.5. What can we learn from the conversation?A. The woman is enjoying a free play.B. They have experienced a tough time because of the virus.C. The man has to stay indoors two months because of illness.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. Why does Jack look so well?A. He does regular exercise. B. He keeps a balanced diet. C. He likes travelling very much.7. How often does Jack go mountaineering?A. Every week. B. Twice a week. C. Every other week.听第7段材料，回答第8，9题。8. What did John see when he first came to Beijing?A. A few tall buildings around.B. A few cyclists and cars on the road.C. Many cyclists on the road and hutongs around.9. When does John think the rapid changes began to take place in Beijing?A. In 1989. B. Around 2009. C. After 2015.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Husband and wife. B. Salesman and consumer. C. Producer and customer.11. How does the woman feel about the color of the sofa?A. OK. B. Perfect. C. Awful.12. Why dont they take the sofa right away?A. They arent satisfied with the color.B. They are not sure about the style.C. Theyve decided to wait for the mid-year sale.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Who is David?A. The mans boss. B. The womans boss. C. The womans cook.14. What dishes will be served to David?A. Dongpo Pork and steak.B. Dongpo Pork and West Lake Fish.C. Dongpo Pork, West Lake Fish and steak.15. What happened in the womans department last year?A. It faced a risk of being shut down.B. It introduced a new system.C. It fired a sales manager.16. What is the speakers impression of David?A. He has much food preference.B. He is a good and experienced director.C. He is expert at managing social relations.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the speaker mainly talking about?A. Outdoor courses. B. Campus activities. C. Travelling plans.18. Where will the students go this time?A. A lake. B. A forest. C. A beach.19. What will the students learn to do?A. Make a birdhouse. B. Design a backpack. C. Design a birdcage.20. How many hours will the students spend in Nature?A. 3. B. 12. C. 36.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)阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AIt doesnt take decades of life experience to have a great idea, as many of these young inventors have proved.The Electronic TelevisionThe electronic television was first designed by a 14-year-old kid in 1920. Philo Taylor Farnsworth shared his concept of an image transmitting(影像传送)device, an early design of the electronic television, with his science teacher, drawing diagrams on several blackboards in class.By the age of 21 Farnsworth had a working model which served as a basis to all later development and versions of electronic televisions. After discovering a collection of technology magazines in the attic(阁楼)of his familys new home, he developed a passion and interest in electronics, which led him to explore inventions in the field of, specifically, the image transmission.In 1927, a few years out of high school, Farnsworth was the first inventor to transmit a television image of a dollar sign, composed of 60 horizontal lines.Braille LanguageLouis Braille suffered a serious eye injury when he was just 3 years old. Not only did the accident cause him blindness on that side, but the infection spread and blinded the other eye as well. After more than a decade of struggling with the slow system of tracing his finger over raised letters, Braille was 12 when he learned of a method of silent communication originally created for the French military. He simplified it, and in 1824 the Braille language was born.Popsicles(冰棍)A lot of kids are easily distracted(分散注意力)-and thanks to the short attention span of 11-year-old Frank Epperson, we now have popsicles. In 1905, Epperson, a San Francisco native, was stirring powdered drink mix into a cup of water when something else caught his at