2020-2021学年正定县第五中学高三英语模拟试题及参考答案

2020-2021学年正定县第五中学高三英语模拟试题及参考答案
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
Three Things to Do Before You Are 18
Are you bored with your daily life? Here are some things you should try before you are 18.
★Learn to swim
Seriously, this is so important that it can save your life. If you can’t swim well, you won’t be able to dowater sports like waterskiing, surfing and diving. Even taking a boat trip will be dangerous for you. Make sure you do it.
★Try at least one kind of team sports
Being a good team player is an important skill in life. You can’t just think of yourself, but have to work well with other people. Other advantages of team sports like basketball, football and baseball are that they keep you fit and healthy, and they are also great fun. Teams usually have a good social life too—you’ll go to lots of parties and make many friends.
★Collect something
One of the best hobbies for under-18s is collecting things. You could collect kinds of stamps, or you could collect things that make you remember what you have done, like cinema tickets for films you have seen or letters from friends. The best way to collect is to have a special album to put your collection in and to write what each thing means to you. That way you won’t forget.
1. The most important reason for learning to swim is that ________.
A. you might feel well
B. it can make you healthy
C. you might easily do lots of things
D. it can save your life
2. The writer tells us that one of the best hobbies is to ________ .
A. collect something
B. do some water sports
C. send letters to your friends
D. play basketball with your friends
23. The passage is mainly about ________before you are 18.
A. good habits to keep
B. skills to have
C. things to do
D. sports to play
B
We have most friends at the age of 26 afterhaving spent the first quarter of our lives building up our friendship circle, new research has claimed.
The research into friendship shows that our social circle peaks at 26 years and 7 months, at which we typically have five close friends. Women are most popular at 25 years and 10 months, with men hitting the highest friendship point a little later at 27 years and 3 months.
The research, by Forever Friends, shows that about a third of adults meet their closest friends while at school, with about a fifth saying they meet them at work.
Social networks such as Facebook and Twitter now also play a major role in building new friendship. The research points out that 25 to 34-year-olds make 22 friends via Facebook, compared to 18 to 24-year-olds who make 12, and 35 to 44-year-olds who make just four.
Forever Friends' relationship coach Sam Owen says, “It is no coincidence that over a third of us meet our best friends at school. It is a key time in our lives when friendship is growing through sharing notes, giving gifts, seeing each other regularly and laughing a lot. As adults we can often forget how powerful these small things are and how the little things can make a difference."
Later in life we find ourselves losing friends. Over half of us lose friendship through moving, while 36% say that over time they grow apart from close pals. Having children also causes 19% todrift away fromchildhood friends.
With growing pressure being put on friendship these days, it's important to make time for our friendship.
4. How many friends can a 20-year-old college student make via Facebook?
A. 22.
B. 18.
C. 12.
D. 4.
5. In Paragraph 5, the author is trying to tell the readers ________.
A. how important making friends is
B. school time is an important period to develop friendship
C. how much has been done to keep friendship
D. that friendship is not easy to keep
6. The underlined phrase "drift away from" in Paragraph 6 means ________.
A. make sense of
B. make up with
C. feel sorry for
D. lose touch with
7. This passage is mostprobably taken from ________.
A. a newspaper
B. an advertisement
C. a textbook
D. Facebook or Twitter
C
Online education has grown fast over the past ten years. The explosion of technology has made teaching outside the traditional classroom possible for teachers and has provided learners with easy access to course materials. Its attractiveness, benefits, and challenges are addressed.
In April, 2005, I was approached by a student who was interested in our doctoral program. However, the first question out of her mouth was, “Do you offer any online courses?” Later that day, as I was reading the conference program guide trying for interesting presentations, I noticed many workshops on web-based learning and online education. I later attended two of those workshops and met several professors from different universities who had either taught online courses for quite some time or who were discovering the best practice for teaching online. These experiences helped me realize at least to some extent the degree of growth in online education.
My responsibilities for the term included gaining more understanding of online education. Consequently, I made several attempts to enrich my knowledge of distance learning and online teaching. I consulted with my colleagues who were teaching online courses. This helped me recognize the importance of getting materials prepared even before the start of a term. I also learned that online courses may consume more time than regular classroom teaching. And I attended several workshops regarding online education and established a network with those who were involved in online programs at other universities. I will consider these people as my consultants as I begin to design my own online course. Also, I conducted a brief survey with 15 students and two faculty members who had taken or taught an online course before to understand their experience. Eventually I completed a literature review which gave me the foundation and the background of understanding the need for online education.
8. What benefits the development of online education?
A. Teachers’ good teaching ability.
B. Lack of traditional classrooms.
C. Learners’ access to free courses.
D. The rapid advance of technology.
9. Why did the author take a student for example?
A. To show students’ love for the doctoral program.
B. To persuade learners of traditional education.
C. To explain the growing trend of online education.
D. To predict the future of the teaching career.
10. What caused the author to know more about online education?
A. The appetite for knowledge.
B. The professional responsibilities.
C. The requirement of research.
D. The colleagues’ encouragement.
11. What is the author’s attitude to online education?
A. Carefree.
B. Doubtful.
C. Supportive.
D. Unwilling.
D
Thefirst thing we notice about new people are their faces. The next time we see these people, we remember them because we remember their faces. This seems like a simple process. However, scientists found that it is not such a simple process. The section of the brain that is responsible for face recognition seems to work differently for different people. Some people have great difficulty remembering and recognizing faces, while others almost never forget a face.
Normal babies are born with a natural ability to recognize faces. In fact, their face recognition abilities are much better than their parents. Babies are most highly skilled at face recognition at six months. But by nine months, they lose this skill. By nine months, a baby’s face-recognition skills are about the same as an adult’s.
Unfortunately, some people are not born with this ability to recognize faces. The part of the brain that is responsible for face recognition doesn’t work for them. This condition is called face blindness. People with very severe face blindness cannot even recognize their own faces. In fact, people with this condition can sometimes be frightened when they look in the mirror. They don’t recognize their own face, so for a second they are startled when they see this unfamiliar face.
Face blindness is not always severe. Scientists believe up to 10 percent of the population may be affected by face blindness to some degree, yet many people with mild face blindness might not even know they have it. They have no reason to know they are different from anyone else until someone points it out. This is similar to people with color1 blindness. Colorblind people can’t see the difference between certain color1 s such as red and green, until someone tells them that green and red are two different color1 s.
There is no cure for face blindness. So for the time being, people with face blindness need to find simple techniques to compensate for their problem. They can try to recognize people by their hairstyle, their voice, or their glasses. Hopefully, in the future as scientists learn more about this condition, they may find a cure.
12. What is the first paragraph mainly about?
A. The way to improve one’s face-recognition skills.
B. The simple process of the brain to recognize others’ faces.
C. The fact that some people have face-recognition problems.
D. The importance of face recognition in human communication.
13. When do children have the best face-recognition skills?
A. At birth.
B. Half a year old.
C. Nine months old.
D. In adolescence.
14. What does the underlined word “startled” in the 3rd paragraph probably mean?
A. Depressed.
B. Confused.
C. Embarrassed.
D. Surprised.
15. What does the author think of the problem of face blindness?
A. People need to take it seriously.
B. Certain techniques can make up for it.
C. It will be cured in the near future.
D. It has the same effect with color1 blindness.
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Everybody has days when they don't feel like working but still there are tasks that need to be completed. In this case, the below suggestions will help you get back to your work.
Make sure your workspace is organized before youbegin on a new task.____16____In this way, you don't lose your focus when you start working on your task.
Try to relax and refresh your mind to get ready. Listen to classical or jazz music to calm your soul. Also, if you can, open the window.____17____
____18____This will help you manage your work better and as a result, you can measure your achievement as you easily complete your tasks one by one. Completing smaller tasks will also motivate you to start off others and so, finish the whole project.
Increase your motivation by working with other people. Remember those school days when you used to group study with your classmates.____19____If you have a teammate or a coworker who can help you by giving inputs or who can motivate you, then, work with this person.
Ignore everything else around you, just as Nike says, just do it! Don't forget that beginning is half finishing.____20____Get moving as soon as possible and you will realize that beginning is actually much easier than you think.
A. Practice really makes perfect.
B. The same holds for work as well.
C. Divide your main task into smaller tasks.
D. If not, clean out all the unnecessary things.
E. Fresh oxygen will help your brain work better.
F. So stop wasting your time and focus on the task.
G. Motivation is very important when you start a new task.
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 love traveling and when I am tired with work, I will choose to travel to make myself relaxed. Three years ago, I was rather busy with my business and under a lot of___21___, so I went toAtlantafor a holiday. I just wanted to get away and___22___for a while.
One morning when I was walking around inAtlanta, a(n)___23___suddenly came to me. “Why don't I go to the GreekislandofSantoriniwhich I have long wished to pay a visit to?” Therefore, the idea of a two-week European___24___alone was born.
I was confident that I was brave enough to have driven___25___across theUSbefore, but traveling to other___26___whose languages aren't the same as mine___27___me. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to___28___with people there.
But I soon___29___that if 1 wanted to follow my dreams, I had to___30___out of my comfort area. If I let___31___take control of me, I'd get nowhere.
Immediately, I began making plans for my vacation. As 1___32___for more places to visit on my trip, I found Mykonos, another island inGreece, which I___33___just as much as I liked Santorini. When I arrived in___34___two days later, it was like I was in a dream. What I appreciated best was the bus ride toVenice. As I rode the bus and enjoyed every new thing I saw, I was completely___35___from the pressure of my work. How___36___it was to see people riding their bikes to the___37___they would like to go to!
It's such a wonderful experience that 1 won't forget it forever. Some people might say, "It's not a big___38___: it's justVenice. Thousands of people go there every day,“ But it was more than that to me. It was about having a___39___and when it was time for it to come true, don't be afraid to let it___40___.
21. A. joy B. loss C. pressure D. pain
22. A. sleep B. relax C. work D. wait
23. A. invitation B. incident C. stranger D. idea
24. A. stay B. research C. study D. vacation
25. A. fast B. alone C. entirely D. together
26. A. cities B. parks C. countries D. companies
27. A. attracted B. interested C. surprised D. frightened
28. A. agree B. play C. communicate D. travel
29. A. selected B. responded C. realized D. suggested
30. A. look B. step C. make D. watch
31. A. fear B. pride C. anger D. courage
32. A. searched B. provided C. asked D. cared
33. A. hated B. questioned C. doubted D. liked
34. A. Asia B. Europe C. America D.Africa
35. A. absent B. free C. different D. tired
36. A. nice B. generous C. hard D. painful
37. A. castles B. places C. situation D. homeland
38. A. deal B. reality C. order D. event
39. A. business B. dream C. future D. play
40. A. explore B. decrease C. go D. disappear
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
Ancient architecture in China stands out_____41._____its fine wooden structures, the elegant outside and beautiful decoration. To survive the frequent floods and other natural disasters, wood_____42._____(prefer) for most architectural structures in ancient China. China's_____43._____(tradition) wooden structures were quite complicatedly formed, sometimes without any nails! Apart from this, existing examples of ancient Chinese architecture are also_____44._____(wide) praised for its elegant outlines and various features, such as overhanging eaves(屋檐), upturned roof corners, and different_____45._____(shape) of roofs. The unique outside not only satisfied a practical function, but also made_____46._____possible for the buildings to have wonderful appearances. Architects in ancient China,_____47._____paid special attention to decoration, used different color1 s or paintings according to particular building functions or local customs. Carved beams, painted rafters(椽子), various patterns, carved boards and wall paintings were used_____48._____(add) a color1 ful and beautiful style
to the inside.____49.____outside of buildings was decorated with stone lions, screen walls, decorative columns, as well as flowers. Many ancient buildings______50.______(design) by famous architects attract a number of tourists every year.
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.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: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
Last week, our teacher gave us a task to write a paper about Old China. I make up a group with another three classmates. We didn’t have much information, but we decided to ask the teacher. After that, we took the trip to visit a famous museum. When we arrived the museum, we saw the statue(雕塑)of Deng Xiaoping. His great image let us to admire him immediately. There were so many statue of great people, who fought brave for New China and made what we are today. When facing with difficult situations, they chose to sacrifice(牺牲) them. Their stories are so touching, who encourage us to cherish the life we have.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Jim发来邮件说他下周要来你所在的城市参加一个竞赛活动，询问能否借住你家。

请你用英语给他回封邮件，内容包括：1．表明意愿，并尽力做到让他在你家住得舒适；2．询问他参赛后的计划安排，并给他建议一些赛后的活动；3．说明你将去机场接他。

注意：1．词数80左右；2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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参考答案
1. D
2. A
3. C
4. C
5. B
6. D
7. A
8. D 9. D 10. A 11. C
12. B 13. C 14. D 15. A
16. D 17. E 18. C 19. B 20. F
21. C 22. B 23. D 24. D 25. B 26. C 27. D 28. C 29. C 30. B 31. A 32.
A 33. D 34.
B 35. B 36. A 37. B 38. A 39. B 40. C
41. for
42. was preferred
43. traditional
44. widely 45. shapes
46. it 47. who
48. to add 49. The
50. designed
51.(1). make →made
(2). but→so
(3). the →a
(4). arrived与the museum中间加at
(5). let us to admire中的to去掉
(6). statue→statues
(7). brave→bravely
(8). facing→faced或去掉with
(9). hem→themselves
(10). who →which
52.略。