2020届吴川市第二中学高三英语第二次联考试题及答案解析

2020届吴川市第二中学高三英语第二次联考试题及答案解析
第一部分阅读（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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项
A
It was a weeknight and one of my twin daughters marched into the room, waving a book she'd finished. “Dad, why are books with science in them always about boys?” she asked.
I told her that simply wasn't true; there were loads of great science fictions with girls in them. She agreed, but argued that in those stories it was the boys who were doing science, and the girls were justalong for the ride. My other daughter took her sister's side and challenged me to give an example.
This left me in a difficult position. I could either go through our library to point out some wonderful examples of female-led science fictions, or just admit they were right and remain in my comfortable chair.
I've been asked several times how I came up with the idea forA Problematic Paradoxand my answer is always the same: it came to me in a moment of inspiration. I like that answer because it's simple and makes me seem very creative. The fact that this explanation is not true bothers me from time to time. Here's the truth: the story wasn't my idea. It was my daughters who suggested I write something for them that had a girl doing science.
My daughters were at an age when many young women turn away from STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), believing those areas of study unfriendly or out-of-the-norm for girls. I also read about how important role models can be to young people. It's one thing to tell a person they can do something, but seeing someone like them doing that thing can be more powerful.
So, I kept two guidelines for the book in mind: First, the story had to be fun for anyone, because it's as important for boys to understand that science is for everyone. Second, I wanted the main character, Nikola, to be imperfect. She should be someone with shortcomings as we all have. I think this not only makes a story more interesting to read, but also helps make it clear that the most extraordinary things can be done by ordinary people.
1. What does the underlined phrase “along for the ride” in paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. Entering a bike race.
B. Offering vital help.
C. Doing unimportant things.
D. Playing the leading role.
2. What do we know about the bookA Problematic Paradox1?
A. Its main character is perfect.
B. It is a female-led science fiction.
C. It is intended to appeal to girls only.
D. Its idea comes from the author's inspiration.
3. Which of the following best describes the author's book?
A. Serious and abstract.
B. Simple and practical.
C. Creative and well-organized.
D. Inspiring and interesting.
B
I cried the first time I saw the Notre Dame（巴黎圣母院）years ago. I'd waited my entire life to see this great French architecture, and experienced it in its full glory on a bright sunny day. Last night, I again cried for the centuries-old church while watching it burn.
I hadn't expected to spend my evening that way. My friend and I were having dinner at a cafe a block or so away from the Notre Dame, choosing to skip going inside with the intention to go back the next day.
However, we heard that it caught fire, so we left the cafe and ran towards the church, following heavy smoke from it, and soon we joined a nearly silent crowd. Some were praying, some were crying, but most were staring in disbelief at the disaster happening before us. The fire continued to get worse. About 400 firefighters were working to control the fire. We could see their flashlights shining as they inspected the front from a balcony.
The Notre Dame is part of the heartbeat ofParis, I reflected on the experiences I've had there, from attending a bread market out front to admiring the beautiful windows and architecture inside. It is a spot that helps makeParismagical. And here we were, watching it burn down. It was too much to handle, but it was impossible to look away.
About 9：30 pm, the gathered crowd spontaneously（自发地）began to sing Hymns（圣歌）to the church. We sang along with the group, feeling at once less like tourists and more like members of them. I hadn't imagined all that before.
For hundreds of years, the Notre Dame hasseen the most joyous and the most terrible moments in the lives of both France and her people. And when everyone was able to become one emotional force, it showed that even in her darkest hour, the Notre Dame was still there to bring us all together.
4. Why did the author cry for the Notre Dame for the first time?
A. She was touched by its greatness.
B. She was sorrowful to watch it burn.
C. She was regretful for missing its glory.
D. She was excited about French cultures.
5. What was the author doing when the Notre Dame caught fire?
A. Heading for a faraway cafe.
B. Visiting a church with a friend.
C. Eating nearby with a friend.
D. Wandering along the street alone.
6. What can we know about the fire scene?
A. People expressed their sadness in different ways.
B. People were nervously rushing in different directions.
C. Hundreds of volunteers joined in putting out the fire.
D. Firefighters kept people away with shining flashlights.
7. What impressed the author most?
A. The church allowed visitors to gaingreat experiences.
B. Many foreign tourists became members of the church.
C. The church survived disasters for hundreds of years.
D. People were brought together to sing to the church.
C
One day, when I was working as a psychologist（心理学家）in England, an adolescent boy showed up in my office. It was David. He kept walking up and down restlessly, his face pale, and his hands shaking slightly. His head teacher had referred him to me.“This boy has lost his family,” he wrote. “He is understandably very sad and refuses to talk to others, and I’m very worried about him. Can you help?”
I looked at David and showed him to a chair. How could I help him? There are problems psychology doesn’t have the answer to, and which no words can describe. Sometimes the best thing one can do is to listen openly and sympathetically（同情）
The first two times we met, David didn’t say a word. He sat there, only looking up to look at the children’s drawings on the wall behind me. I suggested we play a game of chess. He nodded. After that he played chess with me every Wednesday afternoon---in complete silence and without looking at me. It’s not easy to cheat in chess, but I admit I made sure David won once or twice.
Usually, he arrived earlier than agreed, took the chess board and pieces from the shelf and began setting them up before I even got a chance to sit down. It seemed as if he enjoyed my company（陪伴）. But why did he never look at me?
“Perhaps he simply needs someone to share his pain with,” I thought. “Perhaps he senses that I respect his suffering.” Some months later, when we were playing chess, he looked up at me suddenly.
“It’s your tum,” he said.
After that day, David started talking. He got friends in school and joined a bicycle club. He wrote to me a few times, about his biking with some friends, and about his plan to get into university. Now he had really started to live his own life.
Maybe I gave David something. But I also learned that one…without any words---can reach out to another person. All it takes is a hug, a shoulder to cry on, a friendly touch, and an ear that listens.
8. When he first met the author, David .
A. felt a little excited
B. looked a little nervous
C. walked energetically
D. showed up with his teacher
9. David enjoyed being with the author because he .
A. wanted to ask the author for advice
B. liked the children’s drawings in the office
C. beat the author many times in the chess game
D. needed to share sorrow with the author
10. What can be inferred about David?
A. He liked biking before he lost his family.
B. He recovered after months of treatment.
C. He went into university soon after starting to talk.
D. He got friends in school before he met the author.
11. What made David change?
A. The author’s silent communication with him.
B. His teacher’s help.
C. The author’s friendship.
D. His exchange of letters with the author.
D
Sonoma County is adding artificial intelligence to its wildfire fighting. The county has entered into an agreement with the South Korean firm Alchera to equip its network of fire-spotting cameras with software that detects wildfire activity and then issues a warning to authorities.
The technology examines past and current images of terrain (地形;地势) and searches for certain changes, such as flames burning in darkness, said Chris Godley, the county’s director of emergency management. But emergency workers will first have to“teach”the system to distinguish between images that show fire smoke, and others that might show clouds, fog etc. The software will use feedback from humans to improve its algorithm(算
法) and will eventually be able to detect fires on its own — or at least that’s what county officials hope.
“It’s kind of like learning how to read,”Godley said. “What letters can I put together to make up a word?” The county activated the technology Wednesday and received 16 positive reports of smoke — all of which turned out to be permitted burns, he said. Once a seasonal ban on controlled burns goes into effect in April or May, the county plans to speed up the testing and feedback phase. The hope is that by November, the system will no longer need to be taught and can start providing reliable intelligence. Godley said. “It’s going to take us a while to make sure weget the bugs outand that we really can depend on it because ultimately this is a lifesaving mission.”
The technology is intended to help officials investigate potential fire starts earlier so they can get personnel out to them more quickly and issue necessary warnings. Officials expect other places will adopt it if the technology is successful, particularly because it plugs into the camera network that’s already in place statewide.
“We ultimately believe its potential could be realized in a year or two,” Godley said. “And it could really have
a dramatic impact here in California.”
12. What does the system first have to do before being put into work?
A. Equip its network of fire-spotting cameras with software.
B. Learn to tell between images of fire smoke and other pictures.
C. Use feedbacks to improve its ability to detect fire independently.
D. Examine images of the terrain and search for any possible changes.
13. What do local officials expect the technology to accomplish?
A. Be able to make positive reports of smoke.
B. Be able to control seasonal burns in the area.
C. Help them spot potential fire starts as soon as possible.
D. Learn how to distinguish pictures of flames from clouds.
14. What does the underlined part in paragraph 3 mean?
A. kill all the bugs.
B. get rid of mistakes
C. provide reliable information
D. speed up testing process
15. What does the author mainly intend to tell us?
A. AI is creating a dramatic impact in California.
B. AI is applied to monitor terrains in California.
C. A new tool to help detect wildfire in California.
D. A new way to put an end to wildfire in California.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10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
A great life doesn’t happen by accident. A great life is the result of allocating (分配) your time, energy and hard work towards what you want your life to be. Stop setting yourself up for stress and failure.____16____Make the following secrets fit your own needs and style, and start creating your own great life today!
A great life is the result of simplifying your life. People often misunderstand what simplify means.____17____Instead, it’s a way to free up your energy and time for the work that you enjoy and the purpose for which you are here. In order to create a great life, you will have to make room for it first.
A great life is the result of removing distractions(分心之事). Up to 75% of your mental energy can be used in things that are not important but distracting you. Look around at someone’s life you admire. What do they do that you would like to adopt in your own life? Ask them how they did it.____18____
A great life is the result of your adjustments.____19____It may mean thinking about again how you spend your time, or choosing to spend your money in a different way. It may mean looking for new ways to spend your energy that agree with your particular definition of a great life.
____20____There’s the old saying everyone’s familiar with “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”. In order to even move from the couch to the refrigerator, you have to start. There’s no better time to start than today. It’s what you do TODAY that will make a difference in your life tomorrow.
A.A great life is the result of starting.
B.Start setting up your life to support success and ease.
C.A great life is the result of having intention.
D.So it requires that you should make some changes.
E.It’s not a way to remove work from your life.
F.It’s easy to spend your days on whatever gets your attention.
G.Then you will find ways to free up your mental energy for more important things.
第二部分语言运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30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
I went to a New York Mets fantasy camp in 1991, and I was fortunate to be on a team for a week whose pitching(投球) coach was famous Mel Stottlemyre.Mel was wonderful to all of us___21___ballplayers throughout the week.He was warm and___22___，treating us as if we were major leaguers.
At last，Mel___23___the job at the Mets and became the coach for the Yankees.I followed his___24___and
knew about his diagnosis(诊断)of a blood cancer in 2000.Luckily，a suitable___25___appeared during a championship run，so he took___26___from the Yankees to undergo a stem cell transplant(干细胞移植)．In 2002, I was___27___by desperation because I was diagnosed with the same disease and needed a stem cell transplant too.I was in a very___28___need to speak to Mel，but I had lost___29___with him.One day，my phone rang.It was Mel.He explained___30___his experience of having the transplant to me—for all of an hour.I___31___every word.“I feel great，so I’m not___32___，” he told me.At last，he ended the___33___by giving me his home phone number！This unbelievable experience___34___my spirits.Every time I saw Mel during games on TV as I___35___for my transplant，I repeated to myself，“Look at Mel.I’ll___36___.”
The great news is that my doctors told me my___37___went into remission(缓解) thanks to the successful transplant—and it has been___38___for 15 years.Since then，I have spoken to many___39___with the same problem.I have been glad to___40___Mel to share what he did for me.
21. A. major B. native C. raw D. dynamic
22. A. easy­going B. fault­finding C. far­seeing D. hard­working
23. A. landed B. considered C. offered D. quit
24. A. guide B. advice C. career D. order
25. A. donor B. position C. program D. coach
26. A. advantage B. action C. leave D. service
27. A. controlled B. frightened C. awaken D. overcome
28. A. instant B. unusual C. growing D. continual
29. A. confidence B. contact C. patience D. restriction
30. A. anxiously B. cautiously C. humorously D. detailedly
31. A. referred to B. looked through C. drank in D. left out
32. A. recovering B. retiring C. competing D. compromising
33. A. appreciation B. presentation C. suggestion D. conversation
34. A. lifted B. broke C. relieved D. beat
35. A. waited B. applied C. wished D. searched
36. A. chance it B. make it C. get it D. catch it
37. A. desperation B. pain C. treatment D. condition
38. A. absent B. stable C. effective D. complete
39. A. players B. surgeons C. patients D. friends
40. A. inspire B. copy C. invite D. assist
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式
Nearly all people have heard of the silent treatment,_______41._______is a method of psychological（心理的）punishment you've probably received or used, whether you are aware of it or not．There are many examples to explain what it is．For example, you avoid_______42._______（talk）to a person when meeting him or her．Or you refuse to respond to a person's messages or answer his or her phone calls when you_______43._______（contact）．When_______44._______comes to its serious effects, those who suffer from it may experience low spirits,_______45._______（angry）as well as loneliness and hopelessness．Along with these, being ignored can put people in physical pain, from headaches_______46._______stomachaches．Worse still, it can cause them_______47._______（behave）in abnormal ways．
When you are ignored, what should you do?_______48._______（chat）with the people directly to solve the problem．Make sure the people who ignore you know you care about them．More_______49._______（important）, remember that no problem can be settled by ignoring．Therefore, not letting the silent treatment happen is the best way．
In________50.________word, don't ignore people, especially those who are close to you．
第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节短文改错（满分10分）
51.假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文.文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处.每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加，删除或修改.
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词.
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉.
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词.
注意：1 .每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分.
Michael, who now studied in our school, is my good friend. On the morning of last Saturday he asked me spend the weekend together with himself. It was such fine weather that we had decided to hang around in the town. There were lots of people walk here and there. Michael looked interesting in everything he saw. Three hours went by before we both felt hungrily, but all the restaurant were full of guests. To our excitement, we were about to give up while two guests rose and left. We immediately sat down for our lunch and about an hour later we took the taxi home.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，你校英语俱乐部讲举办论坛，探讨未来机器人的发展和应用。

请你写一篇发言稿，内容包括：
1.未来机器人的发展；
2.未来机器人在各领域(日常生活；医疗领域；教育等）的应用；
3.结束语
注意：1.开头已经给出，词数80词左右2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Hello, everyone,
I’m Li Hua, _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
参考答案
1. C
2. B
3. D
4. A
5. C
6. A
7. D
8. B 9. D 10. B 11. A
12. B 13. C 14. B 15. C
16. B 17. E 18. G 19. D 20. A
21. C 22. A 23. D 24. C 25. A 26. C 27. D 28. A 29. B 30. D 31. C 32.
B 33. D 34. A 35. A 36. B 37. D 38. B 39.
C 40. B
41. which
42. talking
43. are contacted
44. it 45. anger
46. to 47. to behave
48. Chat 49. importantly
50. a
51.(1). studied→studies
(2). me前∧to
(3). himself→him
(4).去掉had
(5). walk→walking
(6). interesting→interested
(7). hungrily→hungry
(8).restaurant→restaurants.
(9). while→when
(10). the→a
52.略。