2021年高考英语预测卷及答案详解(重庆市)
2021届重庆市高考第一次预测性考试英语试题
2021届重庆市高考第一次预测性考试英语试题预览说明:预览图片所展示的格式为文档的源格式展示,下载源文件没有水印,内容可编辑和复制2021届重庆市高考第一次预测性考试英语试题学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________The Costa Book Awards consistently pick winners that are both of the moment and subsequently endure. It's our pleasure to confirm this year’s Category Winners.First Novel Award WinnerBook: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely FineAuthor: Gail HoneymanEleanor is 31 years old; work finishes on a Friday and begins again on a Monday. Between, her only company will be two bottles of vodka and her own solitary, unique wit (机智). It is contentment, of a kind, but an unexpected shared experience suddenly opens the door to possibility. Challenging reader expectations with a living, breathing character, Gail Honeyman’s debut (初次登台、开张)is a funny and moving diamond.Biography Award WinnerBook: In the Days of RainAuthor: Rebecca StottThe Exclusive Brethren were a closed community who believed the world is ruled by Satan. Into this is born Rebecca. Her father had been an influential Brethren Minister. As her father lay dying, he begged her to help him write the memoir. He wanted to tell the story of their family who for generations had all been members of a fundamentalist Christian sect.Poetry Award WinnerBook: Inside the WaveAuthor: Helen DunmoreTo be alive is to be inside the wave, always travelling until it breaks and is gone. These poems are concerned with the borderline between the living and the dead — the underworld and the human living world – and the acutely intense being of both.Children's Award WinnerBook: The ExplorerAuthor: Katherine Rundell, Hannah HornFour children survive their aircraft plunging into the Amazon jungle, but for Fred a nd his friends it’s only the beginning of a cruel battle for survival. Brimming with adventure and a real command of character and incident, Rundell has few peers in superb children's fiction.1．What kind of life does Eleanor lead?A．boring and lonely. B．funny and touching.C．exciting and complex. D．ordinary and happy.2．Why did Rebecca Stott write In the Days of Rain?A．T o introduce beliefs of the Exclusive Brethren.B．To help her father fulfill his last wish.C．T o share the life of fundamentalist Christians.D．To pass on her family traditions.3．For a young adventurous soul, which book seems more appealing?A．Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine B．In the Days of RainC．Inside the Wave D．The ExplorerWe are in lack of enough sleep，according to AriannaHuffington,the co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post.And this has great consequences on our health,our job performance，our relationships and our happiness.What is needed,she boldly declares,is nothing short of a sleep revolution.Only by renewing our relationship with sleep can we take back control of ourlives. In her bestseller Thrive,Arianna wrote about our need to redefine success through well being,wisdom,wonder,and giving.Her discussion of the importance of sleep as a gateway to this more fulfilling way of living struck such a powerful chord（弦）that she realized the mystery and transformative power of sleep called for a fuller investigation（调查）.The result is a scientifically sweeping and personal exploration of sleep from all angles,from the history of sleep,to the role of dreams in our lives,to the consequences of sleep deprivation（剥夺），and the new golden age of sleep science that is showing the vital role sleep plays in our every waking moment and every aspect of our health—from weight gain,diabetes,and heart disease to cancer and Alzheimer's.In The Sleep Revolution,Arianna shows how our cultural removal of sleep as time wasted damages our health and our decision-making and our work lives and shortens our personal lives.She explores all the latest science on what exactly is going on while we sleep and dream.She decides the dangerous sleeping pill industry,and all the ways of our addiction to technology disturb our sleep.She also offers a range of recommendations and tips from leading scientists on how we can get better and more restorative sleep.4．What is the first paragraph mainly about?A．The importance of sleep.B．The necessity of improving sleep.C．The way to improve our sleep.D．The effect of sleep on health.5．What can be inferred about Arianna’s attitude to success?A．She thinks good sleep is more important.B．She doesn’t think much of becoming successful.C．She thinks it wrong to sacrifice health to success.D．She is concerned about the nature of success.6．What can be said about Ariann a’s investigation?A．It is really of great value.B．It is scientific and historical.C．It costs Arianna’s sleep in practice.D．It covers all necessary aspects scientifically,7．What influence does The Sleep Revolution have on society?A．It helps to slow down the pace of modern life.B．It warns people against taking sleeping pills.C．It warns the harm of inadequate sleep of people.D．It helps to stress the value of sleep to success.At the World Economic Forum last month, President Trump drew claps when he announced the United States would respond to the forum's proposal to plant one trillion(万亿) trees to fight climate change. The trillion-tree idea won wide attention last summer after a study published in the journal Science concluded that planting so many t rees was “the most effective climate change solution to date”.If only it were true. But it isn't. Planting trees would slow down the planet's warming, but the only thing that will save usand future generations from paying a huge price in dollars, lives and damage to nature is rapid and considerable reductions in carbon release from fossil fuels, to net zero by 2050.Focusing on trees as the big solution to climate change is a dangerous diversion(偏离). Worse still, it takes attention away from those responsible for the carbon release that arepushing us toward disaster. For example, in the Netherlands, you can pay Shell an additional 1 euro cent for each liter of regular gasoline you put in your tank, to plant trees to balance the carbon release from your driving. That's clearly no more than disaster slightly delayed. The only way to stop this planet from overheating is through political, economic, technological and social solutions that end the use of fossil fuels.There is no way that planting trees, even across a global area the size of the United States, can absorb the huge amounts of fossil carbon released from industrial societies. Trees do take up carbon from the atmosphere as they grow. But this uptake merely replaces carbon lost when forests were cleared in the first place, usually long ago. Regrowing forests where they once grew can undo some damage done in the past, but even a trillion trees can't store enough carbon to head off dramatic climate changes this century.In a sharp counter argument to last summer's Paper in Science, Justin Gillis wrote in the same journal in October that the study's findings were inconsistent with the dynamics of the global carbon cycle. He warned that “the claim that global tree restoration(复原) is our most effective climate solution is simply scientifically incorrect and dangerously misleading”. 8．What do we know about the trillion-tree idea?A．It was published in a journal.B．It was proposed last summer.C．It was put forward by Trump.D．It drew lots of public attention.9．What is paragraph 3 mainly about?A．A drawback of the tree planting strategy.B．An example of balancing carbon release.C．An anecdote of making a purchase at Shell.D．A responsibility for politicians and economists.10．What was Justin Gillis's attitude towards global tree restoration?A．Indifferent. B．Opposed.C．Hesitant. D．Supportive.11．What is the best title for the text?A．Contradictory Ideas on Tree Planting.B．A Trillion Trees Come to the Rescue.C．Planting Trees Won't Save the World.D．The Best Solution to Climate Change.The Jewish(犹太人）family-had-just finished supper and the woman had placed the dishes in the sink.The kitchen was quite damp and even gloomier than in the main room.It was their third apartment since the start of the war,they had abandoned the other two in a hurry.The woman came back into the room and sat down again at the table.The 3-year-old boy sat with his back straight,his eyes fixed on his father,but it was obvious that he was so sleepy that he could barely sit up.The man was smoking a cigarette.His eyes were blood-shot and he kept blinking in a funny way.This blinking had begun soon after they fled the second apartment.It was late,past ten o'clock and they could have gone tosleep,but first they had to play the game that they had been playing every day for two weeks.Even though the man tried his best and he moved very quickly,the fault was his and not the child's.The boy was.marvelous.Seeing his father put out his cigarette,he opened his blue eyes even wider.The woman,who didn't actually take part in the game, stroked the boy's hair.“We'll play the key game just one more t ime only today.Isn't that right?"she asked her husband.He didn't answer because he was not sure.They were still two or three minutes off. He arose and walked towards the bathroom door.Then the woman called out softly,“Ding-dong."At the sound of the bell ringing so musically from his mother's lips,the boy jumped up from his chair and ran to the front door,which was separated from the main room by a narrow corridor.“Who's there?"he asked.The woman,remaining in her chair,shut her eyes tight as if feeling a sudden, sharp pain.“I'l1 open up in a minute,I'm just looking for the keys,"the child called out. Then he ran back to the main room,making a lot of noise with his feet.He ran in circles around the table,pulled out one of the sideboard drawers,and slammed it shut.“Just a minute,I can't find them,I don't know where Mama put them,"he yelled,then dragged the chair across the room,climbed onto it,and reached up to the top of the shelf.“I found them!”he shouted triumphantly.Then he got down from the chair, pus hed it back to the table,and calmly walked to the door and opened it.“Shut the door,darling,"the woman said softly."You were perfect.”The child didn't hear what she said.He stood in the middle ofthe room,staring at the closedbathroom door.“Shut the do or, the woman repeated in a tired flat voice.Every evening she repeated the same words,and every evening he stared at the closed bathroom door.At last it opened.The man was pale and his clothes were streaked with lime and dust.He stood there,eyes blinking in that funny way.“Well?How did it go?"asked the woman.“I still need more time.He has to look for them longer.I slip in sideways all right,but then...It's so tight in there that when I turn...And he's got to make more noise-he should stamp his feet louder."The child didn't take his eyes off him.“Say something to him,"the woman whispered.＂You did a good job,little one,"he said mechanically.“That's right,”the woman said,“you're really doing a wonderful job,darling. You act just like a grown-up.And you do know that if someone should really ring the doorbell when Mama is at work,everything will depend on you?And what will you say when t hey ask you about your parents?”“Mama's at work.”“And Papa?"He was silent.“And Papa?"the man screamed in terror.Th e child turned pale.“And Papa?”the man repeated more calmly.“He's dead,”＂the child answered and threw himself at his father,who was standing right beside him,but already long dead to the people who would really ring the bell.12．What does the underlined sentence in Para.5 mean?A．The family needed to practise the game for another 2 or 3 minutes.B．There was still 2 or 3 minutes left before someone knocked at the door.C．They would become too sleepy to play the game 2 or 3 minutes later.D．The father needed 2 or 3 more minutes before the kid opened the door.13．Why did the boy make a lot of noise when he was looking for the key?A．Because he needed to drown out the noise caused by his father.B．Because he was too little and just couldn't control his footsteps.C．Because he was too anxious to find the key to open the door with.D．Because he met many barriers on his way to where the key was.14．In Para.12,why did the mother repeat“shut the door”in a tired,flat voice, instead of the previous soft one?A．She was angry because her son didn't close the door as he had been told to.B．She felt anxious because she knew her husband would be annoyed at the boy again. C．She was disappointed because the boy's movement betrayed again where her husband was. D．She was impatient because she was asked to repeat these words again and again every evening.15．What is the best title of the passage?A．A Scary Night B．The Key GameC．My Father Is Dead D．An Innocent BoyThe factors that cause youth unemployment often differ among regions and labor systems. 16．Since firing full-time workers is so complicated and expensive, employers are unwilling to take on new staff, while people who are already employed, mainly older workers, often keep their jobs for life. In developing countries with high birthrates and very young populations, like the Philippines, growth isn’t strong enough to absorb the wave of youngsters entering the workforce each year. 17．Young people entering the workforce are often the most vulnerable（易受伤害的）in economic downturns —new employees are often the first to get sacked, while college graduates find few employers willing to hire.18．In Spain, Italy and Japan, for instance, companies looking to gain flexibility in regulated labor markets often offer new, young staffers only short-term contracts. These contracts, which sometimes last for only a few days, usually come with low salaries and few benefits. Since such staff is temporary, employers have little intention to invest in training.Facing such obstacles, young people everywhere are finding that traditional route to success — education —isn’t paying off as much as in the past. 19．They will often be offered low-skilled jobs from waiters to supermarket clerks. A March report form the UK’s Office for National Statistics showed that the share of recent college graduates in Britain working in lower-skilled jobs rose to nearly 35% in 2011 form less than 27% a decade earlier. 20．Typical is Cairo’s Ahmed Said. He graduated from college with a business degree, and after performing the obligatory（义务的）year of military service, he applied for jobs in accounting and data entry. But Said, 24, had no luck, and today he works as a waiter at a cafe near Tahrir Square. “This was my last choice,”he says, “and this is the job that I got.”A．Young graduates often find themselves competing with more-experienced workers. B．More and more college graduates are forced to take jobs below their skill level. C．They started applying for any positions they could find in other countries.D．In some parts of the world, such jobs are all that is available to college graduates.E.Yet youth unemployment also has common roots throughout the world.F.Those young workers who do find employment are often trapped in awful contracts.G.In much of Western Europe overemphasized labor protection makes it more difficult for youths to land good jobs.Most people get rid of their leftover foods, but in Nigerian-born visual artist Haneefah Adam's kitchen, they're put to good use.Adam, 28, is famous for 21 food in creative ways, using it to make portraits and other works of art. She has 22 been artistic. Her mother said she had a 23 for art.Now, she's building a career out of changing f ood into art. “I do24 portraits and also often sew and paint, but what 25 me the most is food,” she says.Adam is inspired by 26 things, including life experiences and culture. She 27 everything around her as something that can be made into art.In 2016, she 28 the TechMeetsArtNG exhibition, which was29 and funded by Samsung Nigeria and Rele Gallery. The 30 wasa culinary（烹饪的）exhibition aimed at 31 the artistic presentation of some of Nigeria's local 32 .Her winning entry was 33 by one of her favorite childhood meals—Ogbono soup which was 34 the dried seeds of mangoes. “Before the competition, my art was mostly random, and I was just 35 food art on social media. But after winning, I started to think about actively making a li ving from food art,” she says.Winning the competition kick-started Adam's career and her full-time job is now creating art for food brands such as Maggi and Dangote Salt. “I want to participate in more exhibitions.I currently live in Kwara, northern Nigeria; it is difficult to make a difference in the country's art scene from here,” she says.21．A．distributing B．mixing C．presenting D．selling 22．A．always B．hardly C．never D．usually 23．A．dilemma B．reputation C．standard D．talent 24．A．alternative B．regular C．compulsory D．specific25．A．excites B．puzzles C．rejects D．presses 26．A．artificial B．modest C．random D．visual 27．A．collects B．devotes C．inspects D．sees 28．A．competed B．held C．won D．performed 29．A．sponsored B．donated C．expanded D．possessed 30．A．background B．competition C．discovery D．victory 31．A．avoiding B．exploring C．protecting D．sorting 32．A．meals B．goods C．styles D．works 33．A．finished B．inspired C．submitted D．selected 34．A．attached to B．occupied with C．made from D．linked to 35．A．selling B．preserving C．exporting D．recording阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
重庆市2021届高考英语第一次预测性考试试题(含解析)
4。When will the man babysit？
A。On Monday。 B.On Wednesday。 C。On Thursday.
5.What are the speakers talking about?
听第7段材料,回答第8至10题。
8.Which class is the man passing?
A。History. B.Spanish. C.Math.
9。Why is the man failing many classes?
A。He doesn’t work hard enough.
B.He doesn’t understand the homework。
A。3 years. B.5 years. C.10 years.
15.Why did the paintings need to be cleaned?
A.Burning candles dirtied them。
B.Tourists touched them too much.
C。They were covered in dust from the stone carving.
重庆市2021届高考英语第一次预测性考试试题（含解析）
第一部分 听力
第一节 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话仅读一遍.
1。When will the woman meet John？
16.Who might the woman be？
A.A historian. B。A tourist。 C.A guide。
【精准解析】重庆市2021届高考第一次预测性考试英语试题
2021年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语（预测卷一）第一部分听力第一节听下面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.When will the woman meet John?A.On the13th.B.On the14th.C.On the 15th.2.What are the speakers looking at?A.An iPhone6S.B.An iPhone6.C.An iPhone6 Plus.3.Where are the speakers?A.In a shop.B.In a car.C.At a Christmas party.4.When will the man babysit?A.On Monday.B.On Wednesday.C.On Thursday.5.What are the speakers talking about?A.A different job.B.The salary.C.A better position.第二节听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有2至4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。
听每段对话前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。
每段对话读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6.What are the speakers doing?A.They are walking.B.They are sitting.C.They are planting.7.According to the woman,what is to blame?A.Little animals.B.The small green plants.C.A plant with red leaves.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
2021年重庆市高考英语阅读理解预测题及答案解析
2021年高考英语阅读理解预测题及答案1．Heads up! Across the country，sports injuries are a safety concern for young athletes．Now，the American Medical Association （AMA）has a new set of guidelines aimed at protecting players from the danger of concussions﹣serious injuries caused by a blow to the head．"By raising awareness of the serious risks associated with concussions and ensuring that the appropriate guidelines are in place，we can reduce the number of young athletes who may return to the game too soon，which can put their health at further risk，"said AMA Board Member Jack Resneck Jr M．D．in a statement．The policy recommends that young athletes who may have a concussion be taken off the field as soon as possible．Then，they are only to return to their sport with a doctor's written approval．The policy also sets age﹣specific rules for health care professionals and athletic organizations in evaluating and caring for concussions．According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention （CDC），a concussion is a type of traumatic（创伤）brain injury caused by a bump，blow，or jolt to the head or hit to the body that causes the head and brain to move rapidly back and forth．This type of movement can cause the brain to bounce around or twist inside the skull （颅骨）．It can damage brain cells and create chemical changes in the brain．The CDC says that between 1.6 million and 3.8 million traumatic brain injuries caused by sports and recreation﹣related activities occur in the U．S．every year．A study from the Center tor Injury Research and Policy showed that as many as 40% of high school athletes return to playing before they should．The AMA's new guidelines should help to bring those numbers down．（1）Why does the AMA set the new guidelines？BA．To raise safety standards of sports．B．To protect athletes from concussions．C．To set rules for health care evaluation．D．To help players return to the game quickly．（2）What should young athletes who may have a concussion do？C第1页共3页。
2021年全国高考英语考题试卷及答案解析(重庆卷)
2021年全国高考英语考题试卷及答案解析（重庆卷）2021年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(重庆卷)英语试题卷真题解析英语试题卷共10页。
满分120分。
考试时间l00分钟。
注意事项：1.答题前，务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡规定的位置上。
2.答选择题时，必须使用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
如需改动，用橡皮擦擦干净后，再迭涂其它答案标号。
3.答非选择题时，必须使用0.5毫米黑色签字笔，将答案书写在答题卡规定的位置上。
4.所有题目必须在答题卡上作答，在试题卷上答题无效。
5.考试结束后，将试题卷和答题卡一并交回。
一、单项埴空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)请从A、B、c、D四个选项中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，井在答属卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
1. ―Is Peter coming?―No, he____ his mind after a phone call at the last minute. A. changes B. changed C. was changing D. had changed 【答案】 B【解析】本题考查时态，由明显的时间标志词“at the last minute”确定本题时态为过去式，故选B 2. The meeting will be held in September, but____ knows thedate for sure. A. everybody B. nobody C. anybody D. somebody 【答案】B【解析】本题考查代词，由but一词可知后半句表达转折关系，“会议将在九月被举行，但是________知道确定的日期”，故选择nobody没有人。
3.I just heard____ bank where Dora works was robbed by____ gunman wearinga mask. A. the; / B. a; / C. the; a D. a; the 【答案】C 【解析】本题考查冠词，由bank后面的定语从句可知，它是特指，因此第一个空用定冠词the，gunman为可数名词，此处为泛指，应用不定冠词a，故选择C。
重庆市2021届高三下学期新高考名师预测卷英语试题(六) Word版含答案
重庆市新高考名师预测卷（六）第二部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）ATours to ChinaPrice cover international airfares, departure taxes, fuel charges, local transportation , accommodation, all meals, entrance fees, guides, daily tours and visas for UK citizens. You may choose any route you enjoy most from the following: Train Tour of Historic China—7 DaysIn this tour, you will visit Beijing, L uoyang and Xi’an, three ancient capital cities of China and get a full look of Chinese historical culture. Besides, the high-speed bullet train journey will make this tour a fresh and memorable experience to you. China Golden Triangle Tour—8 DaysThis tour includes Beijing’s F orbidden City and the Great Wall. Afterwards, visit Xi’an, home to the famous army of Terracotta Warriors. Your journey wraps up at Shanghai, China’s most vibrant(充满活力的)city.Spirit of China—10 DaysYour journey starts from Shanghai, China’s most modern metropolis. Then visit elegant classic gardens and Grand Canal in Suzhou and the West Lake and taste the Dragon Well Tea in H angzhou. Continue to Xi’an i n Central China to admire the 6000 life-sized Terracotta Warriors. The last destination of this memorable trip is Capital Beijing where to discover its timeless imperial treasures.China Highlights Tour with Yangtze Cruise(乘船游览)—11 Days This tour highlights a Yangtze River Cruise sailing through the Three Gorges. It also covers top cities in China, including imperial Beijing. Ancient Xi’a n and modern Shanghai.Tibet Tour—12 DaysTibet has always been a place of dream for many peop1e. This tour will lend an impressive and unforgettable experience to you. As the highest and least polluted cityin the world, Lhasa enjoys a status of “Mecca of Tibet”. Y ou will also visit the cities of Gy antse and Shigatse. The last stop of’ this tour is Xi’an.21. What do the five routes have in common?A. The tours all include Xi’an.B. The destination of each tour is Beijing.C. The advertisements are only written for foreigners.D. These tours are accounted for proper prices and costs.22. What’s the main purpose of the text?A. To encourage the British to travel in China.B. To attract the British to eat traditional ChineseC. To offer service of booking air tickets to tourists.D. To provide the British with a better understanding of China.23. From which is the text probably taken?A. A notice board.B. A company brochure.C. A journey website.D. A college newspaper.BMultitasking(多任务处理) is the act of doing multiple things at once. It is often encouraged among office workers and students, because it is believed thatmultitasking is more efficient than focusing on a single task at once. Numerous studies on multitasking have been carried out, with mixed results. It would appear that in some cases, multitasking is indeed an effective way to make use of time, while in other instances, the quality of the work suffers as a result of split attention In the late1990s, people began to use “multitasking” to describe humans, especially in office environments. A secretary might be said to be multitasking when she or he answers phones, responds to emails and at the same time edits a form letter. The ability of the human mind to focus on multiple tasks at once is rather amazing; the American Psychological Association calls this the executive(执行的)control” of the brain. The executive control allows the brain to delegate(委托)tasks while skimming the material and determining the best way to process it.While accomplishing multiple things at once appears more efficient on the surface, it can come with hidden costs. Certain complex higher order tasks, for example, demand the full function of the brain; most people wouldn’t want brain surgeons multitasking, for example. Insufficient attention can cause errors while multitasking and switching between content and different media formats can have a detrimental effect as well.A certain amount of multitasking has become necessary and expected in many industries, and jobseekers often list the ability to multitask as a skill on their resumes. Students also find this very valuable, since it allows them to take notes while processing lecture information, or work on homework for one course while thinking about another. But most importantly, when you do decide to multitask, make sure to check your work carefully, to ensure that it is of high and consider abandoning multitasking for certain tasks if you notice a decline.24. Why are office workers often encouraged to multitask?A. To reduce their working hours.B. To make them more productive.C. To develop a full range of skills.D. To help them perform office work more easily.25. What’s the third paragraph mainly about?A. Multitasking has hidden risks.B. Surgeons demand sufficient attention.C. Job efficiency declines while people are multitasking.D. Complex tasks need the full function of the brain.26. What does the author strongly suggest in the last paragraph?A. Doing multiple things in daily work.B. Taking a moment of rest between tasks.C. Performing several challenging tasks at a time.D. Ensuring the quality of work while multitasking.27. What’s the author’s attitude towards multitasking?A. Unconcerned.C. Doubtful.B. Approving.D. Objective.CDavid Rees runs a truly distinctive business. He charges customers $ 15 to sharpen their pencils to perfection, using a variety of tools.I know what you’re thinking—is this a joke? The 39- year-old gets asked that question a lot. To clarify everything, he even created a special section on his website telling everyone he’s actually providing a real service.You can supply your own pencil or you can have Recs sharpen one of his own favorite 2B pencils. After that, he mails it to you in a display tube with the shavings in a separate bag and an authentic certificate which just happens to mention the pencil is so sharp as to be a dangerous object.To achieve the desired result, the master sharpener uses all kinds of tools, including general sandpaper, pocket knives and even a special $ 450 sharpening machine. “It depends on what the customer wants to use his/her pencil for,” he says. “That determines the most appropriate pencil-sharpening technique. Some customers buy pencils as inspirational symbols while others buy them because of their special memories of classic 2B pencils.”$ 15 to have a p encil sharpened is a hit expensive though, right? You’re not the only one who feels that way and David’s unique business has really angered lots of people, who talk of inequality in America, saying it is so insane for the wealthy to pay $ 15 to sharpen a pencil. But others will say, “This is just our urge to put an end to the welfare state because new ideas arise along with the business.David admits his trade is sort of unusual. But there are those who actually value his service, as is proven by the over 500 orders he has gotten.28. Why did Rees create a special section on his website?A. To promote his distinctive business.B. To make him known to customers.C. To explain his profession and service.D. To get in touch with his customers.29. How does Rees sharpen the pencils?A. He needs pocket knives and a special sharpening machine every time.B. He needs his family members to help him sharpen those pencils.C. He needs to wash the pencils carefully before he sharpens them.D. He needs to consider the customers’ requests and the pencils’ usage.30. What can we infer from the text?A. The authentic certificate is used to prove the pencil is made by Rees.B. Different people have different opinions on Rees’s high charge.C. Rees feels excited because his unique business attracts lots of people.D. If a customer wants to make Rees sharpen one pencil, he must buy one.31. What’s the text mainly about?A. A truly special business.B. How to make a pencil sharper.C. A debate about whether to sharpen pencils.D. A person offering an unusual service.DOne day in 2005, Paul Gigot, editor of the Wall Street Journal, called a meeting of his senior staff to discuss our opinions on the Saturday edition that the paper had decided to launch in the fall. Melanie Kirkpatrick put forward an idea: a weekly column focusing on a single work, to be called “Masterpiece”.The idea was not without its problems, chief among them being how we would define the word “Masterpiece”. In the past, other publications had attempted something similar, only to quickly run out of steam. The problem was always the same: They would start out with classical works such as Beethoven’s F ifth and Mona Lisa. But once those were exhausted, the column would drift in its topic choices so that after a while the word “masterpiece” stopped to hold any meaning.For our effort to succeed we would need a definition that would serve for the long-term work. Too strict—one that fits classical works only—and we would quickly run out of material. Too loose, and the column would have no focus. Finally I decided that, at least for our purposes, the word “masterpiece” w o uld mean “a work of surpassing(超越)cultural significance”.Then there was the matter of content. We had to avoid producing an encyclopedia entry—a dry list of all the known information on a work. That would be an instant turn-off to. readers. But how to briefly explain to contributors what I did want? Obviously, some basic background would be necessary to give our readers a general introduction. But the main point of every column would have to reflect the writer’s own individual and personal respon se to the work they had chosen.The idea seems to have been the right one, because the column is nearly fifteen years old and still going strong. As surveys prove, it is among the most popular features in the paper.32. What does the underlined words “run out of steam” mean in Paragraph 2?A. Be carried away.B. Get burnt out.C. Make no progress.D. Be interrupted.33. What’s the most important aspect of the content?A. The editor’s reflection.B. The work’s basic information.C. The author’s personal view.D. The readers’ general comment.34. What can we say about the column?A. It is a kind of outdated.B. It turns out to be a great success.C. It gains instant recognition.D. It needs further improvement.35. What might be the author?A. An editor.B. An artist.C. A professor.D. A reporter.第二节（共5小题；每小题 2 分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
2021届重庆市新高考名师预测卷英语试题分类汇编：阅读理解专题
2021届重庆市新高考名师预测卷英语试题分类汇编阅读理解专题2021届重庆市新高考名师预测卷英语试题（一）第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）AHere some programs at 8 tonightCountry Music AreAre You Sure Hank Done It This Way? (1973-1983)8:00 p.m. | PBSWitness a lively era in country music, with Dolly Parton finding mainstream success; Hank Williams Jr and Rosanne Cash emerging from their famous fathers’ shadows; and Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings launching the “Outlaw” movement. Expedition UnknownLegends Never Die (Season 62 | Episode 1)8:00 p.m. | TRAVELJosh uncovers the mystery of a treasure left behind by brother XII. Then he travels to Eastern Europe to investigate the ancient origins and modern legacy of scaring figures.Gold Rush | 58 METASCOREBack to the future 8:00 | p.m. DSCAn extended sneak peek of the all-new season of Gold Rush reveals a crisis in the Klondike forcing the miners in new directions. We go back to the beginning, nine years ago, revealing the important moments that got each man to the crossroads they now face.The Conners | 75 METASCOREPreemies, Weed and Infidelity (Season 2 | Episode 1)8:00 p.m. | ABCThe Season 2 premiere（首映式）. After Emilio’s deportation（驱逐出境）, Jackie steps into the role of a paternal figure and creates a vivid birth plan for Becky; but as the Conners know, nothing ever goes according to plan. Meanwhile, Darlene is tangled in a complex love triangle with David and Ben, and—like her mother—Harris is caught up in a problem of her own.21. What do we know about Hank Williams Jr and Rosanne Cash?A. They are badly defeated now.B. They aren’t in the mainstream.C. Their fathers were once successful.D. They now follow their fathers’steps.22. What kind of program is Expedition Unknown?A. Terror.B. Knowledge.C. Science.D. Sports.23. Which would you watch if you’re interested in family program?A. CountryMusic.B. Expedition Unknown.C. Gold Rush.D. The Conners.BAfter finishing a program in Brazil my wife and I decided in catch the plane back to our home. We hurried into the airport, passed security and quickly walked into boarding zone…only to be told that the flight had been cancelled.After a 30-minute phone call to the airline office we were told that the only flight back would be today (four days after the original flight). I felt my stomach tightening, my hands sweating, and my thoughts rushing about our cats, all the professional commitments I had already scheduled in Portugal, etc. I decided to take a breath, and as we were speaking with a security officer to get more information, I decided, that instead of panicking, to act with kindness and to ask about his story.Then came the security officer, whose name was Paul, and he told us he wasn’t happy in this job and in his country and his dream was to become a radio sports anchor(主播), moving to another country with his wife and small daughter. He told us his story while guiding us back for several minutes to the check-in part of the airport (going again through security and all). We laughed together, and in the end, I wished him well, and ask him to have strength and luck, etc.He walked away from our airline desk to ask to deal with the flight cancellation complaint, our eyes were shining, our spirits were lifted. Maybe that was the cause that allowed us to talk nicely and compassionately with the man at the desk while all the other customers were complaining and screaming and… maybe also that allowed us to get a special connection back home with a small act of kindness he had while the big majority of customers stayed in St. Paulo and maybe only today are arriving home.24. What was the writer and his wife’s problem at the airport?A. They lost their passport.B. They missed the flight home.C. They failed to pass the security.D. They found their flight was called off.25. How did the writer and his wife react to the problem?A. They chose to take another flight homeB. They decided to return home by another vehicle.C. They called the airline to get more information.D. They panicked all the time without any movement.26. What can we learn about Raul?A. He wanted to get to another country for a job.B. He wanted to meet his wife and daughter.C. He was offered a better job in another country.D. He thought the life in Brazil was very hopeless.27. When did the writer and his wife return home in Portugal?A. Four days after the original flight.B. On the day their flight was canceled.C. As soon as their flight was called off.D. Before they talked with the lady at the desk.CIn today’s social media–driven world, students often see the best side of all of their friends’ lives, not just in academic performance, but also in fun activities, general happiness, etc. Students at top schools see all their friends seemingly doing great at everything, which in turn makes them doubt their own abilities and whether they were an “admissions mistake.”People tend to give overly positive impressions of how they’re doing to their friends and acquaintances, both online and offline. Your classmate sitting next to you might inflate the numbers a bit when he tells you about his midterm results, and your roommate might cover up a bad breakup with a cover story.There are some students who have a wrong view on college. They think that college is an experience meant to serve them, as a reward for their previous success. Some have grown up in an environment where they have always been the center of attention and have never experienced real failure. These students often have highly personalized views of what classes should be. If they do not perform well, the response is always to shift(转移)the responsibility elsewhereAs a professor, I really enjoy engaging with students in a one-on-one fashion after class or in office hours. Yet I often find that many students come in, thinking that professors want to have nothing to do with them. Some see faculty as “too busy to bother,” while others see their teachers as cold. They’re afraid to come in to office hours, and often hold back questions in class for fear of being rebuked or ignored.Whether it’s after-class discussion with teachers on a topic related to class or part-time jobs, students should be more active in asking for what they want.28. In today’s social media-driven world, college students ________.A. hardly notice the best side of their friendsB. always think their friends are better than themC. are very easy to form self-trust in academic performanceD. spend too much time in fun activities with their friends29. What has caused students to consider college as a reward?A. Their earlier had work.B. The center of attention.C. Their past failure in school.D. Their responsibilities.30. What does the underlined word “rebuked” in the fourth paragraph mean?A. PraisedB. DiscoveredC. Remembered.D. Blamed.31. What should students do when discussing something with teachers?A. Take an active part in it.B. Think highly of their teachers.C. Listen carefully and make notes.D. Leave good impressions on their teachers.DAt some point when you were a child, a trusted adult likely told you that if you held a seashell up to your ear, you’d hear the ocean. You’ve also likely determined by now that this is not true. Seashells are not special capsules(容器)that have stored the sounds of their native homes.But what exactly is that rushing sound you’re hearing? The answer is less mystical. “The sound of an empty shell held up to the ear is created by echoes(回声)from sounds made in the environment.”Geerat J. Vermeil, a distinguished professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of California, told us.This effect is not limited to shells. Other structures with openings, like empty bowls or bottles, can produce similar sounds. “When the noise around us hits the internal surface of this hard seashell, multiple reflections occur,” said Vermeil. “Whether you hold a seashell or the mouth of an empty bowl—which is not related to an ocean in any way—around your ear, you experience the ocean-like sound quality as a result of a phenomenon called “resonance.”Another common explanation for the rushing sound in a seashell is that you’re hearing the flow of your own blood through blood vessel. But scientist have cast doubt on this claim, nothing that the sound doesn’t change with exercise, nor with other changes in pulse or blood pressure. “All this is perhaps a bit unimportant, but a more interesting question is what controls the frequencies of echoes,” Vermeil added, indicating that there’s a need for further research into shape, volume and shell thickness in relation to pitch(音高). Going back to the original myth, maybe it’s not completely false to say you hear the ocean in a seashell. After all, if you happen to be at the beach when you put a shell to your ear on the beach, the sounds you hear will include partly some ocean noises.32. Where does the sound of the seashell come from?A. The seashell.B. The outside.C. The ocean.D. The people.33. Which can make the sound of the ocean when put near the ear?A. Empty bowls.B. Bowls full of food.C. Closed rooms.D. An empty bed.34. What idea do the scientists agree with from the last paragraph?A. Exercise changes the flow of our own blood.B. The sounds from shells only come from far away.C. Blood sounds remain the same after exercise.D. The sounds at the beach has nothing to do with ocean noise.35. What is the best title of the text?A. How to Hear the Sound of the Ocean.B. The Best Seashells Taken from the Ocean.C. How to Make Seashells Sound the Ocean.D. Here’s Why Seashells Sound like the Ocean.A篇CDAB篇DCABC篇BADAD篇BACD2021届重庆市新高考名师预测卷英语试题（二）第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）AReconnect with your inner maker and build a dynamic piece of wearable technology. In this beginner-friendly guided workshop, you’ll get hands-on with circuit building, analyze a prototype(原型), and build fabricated(人造的)materials into your own wearable LED circuit band. You’ll learn about the workshop’s materials—most produced locally—and discover examples of the latest equipment allowing makers to create at home or in local maker spaces. Find your place in the maker movement, with suggestions on how to continue creating in the forms you enjoy most—or never knew you’d enjoy until you try them.Take on the role of an astronaut working outside the International Space Station in this virtual experience. See the Earth as never before and face the dangers of space in this virtual reality experience. VR Spacewalk combines state-of-the-art VR goggles with exciting motion and 4D effects to fully involve you in the first-person role of an astronaut performing critical repairs to the International Space Station…until something goes wrong.For a one-of-a-kind experience in your favorite exhibits, take a WOW! Tour—an exclusive look at the Museum of Science and Industry. Led by an energetic MSI facilitator, you’ll learn fun and little-known facts about the Coal Mine, the Baby Chicks, the 727 and more. You’ll also go behind-the-scenes into Museum offices and work spaces, and enjoy exclusive access to areas not open to the general public. This one-hour tour is perfect for the young (kids of all ages) — and the young at heart.21. What can you do in the second project?A. Experience what an astronaut can do.B. Do some repairing in the ISS.C. Walk in space in reality.D. Face the dangers of space.22. What can we know about the third project?A. This tour is only suitable for the youngsters.B. All the areas of the museum are open to the public.C. You will know more about the Coal Mine after taking the tour.D. Museum offices are only available for the staff.23. What do the three projects have in common?A. They are all about technology.B. They are all about experiencing something.C. They are all for people of all ages.D. They are all exclusive.At age 75, singer Julio Iglesias cannot run and can no longer play football. But Iglesias still performs as a singer, as he has for the past 50 years. He calls his singing career “a wonder” in his life.The Spanish star will be performing at cities across Europe this month as part of a tour to celebrate his career. The first show is this Sunday in Antwerp, Belgium.Long before Latin American pop artists like Prince Royce, Shakira of Ricky Martin, Iglesias was making songs that were successful all over the world. Many people know him best for 1980s music hits like Begin the Beguine and To All the Girl’s I’ve Loved Before.Iglesias is the best-selling Latin artist ever. He has sold more than 300 million recordings in 14 languages. Six years ago, he was named the most popular international artist in China. Iglesias told Reuters he feels honored to have enjoyed such a long career.He denies concerns raised by the Spanish media about his recent health. He became a singer after a 1963 car accident that ended his promising career as a football player. He said, “I still have the passion in my heart. If I don’t sing, my heart doesn’t beat so strong…Fifty years on the road, playing from China to Finland, it is a wonder.” Iglesias said he still gets excited from performing in front of a crowd. “The feeling is the same. You close your eyes and you are on the stage and you feel that warmth from the people,” he said. He added, “I am an artist who is grateful 1,000 percent to the people. I will belong to the people until I die.”Iglesias will spend the month of June performing in Europe. He will then travel to the United States for a number of concerts in September.24. Why did Julio Iglesias stop playing football?A. He was fond of singing.B. He likes performing in front of people.C. He got injured from a car accident.D. He felt he had no future if he continued.25. Julio Iglesias will give a concert in the following except ________.A. BelgiumB. BritainC. JapanD. the US26. What can be inferred about Julio Iglesias?A. He has many fans in China.B. He sold over 300 million albums in English.C. He became famous later than Ricky Martin.D. He can’t sing again because of his health.27. What is the main idea of Paragraph 4?A. Iglesias has the best sales among the Latin artists.B. Iglesias is popular with the Chinese people.C. Iglesias has recordings in many languages.D. Iglesias has a long singing career.Several major studies have suggested music can be good for one’s health.The research has shown that listening to music or playing instruments can help heal both physical and mental conditions.In the United States, there are more than 6,000 trained music therapists(治疗师). Many of them work with people with special needs to help improve communication skills and social connections. One such example is Lucas, a 3-year-old boy from Virginia who has autism(自闭症). Autism, also known as Autism Spectrum Disorder, is a complex developmental disability. It affects a person's ability to communicate and do things with other people.Katey Hernandez is Lucas’s mother. She told VOA that her son’s condition can cause him to react strongly to loud noises or brigh t lights. “And he really likes to jump and swing and climb, and anything active,” she said. Lucas is currently receiving weekly one-on-one music therapy(治疗)treatments. His therapist, Dixie Mazur, visits Lucas at home and brings along several musical instruments. During the visits, Mazur plays music and sings. Her goal is to help increase Lucas' attention span and improve his communication skills.“I brought in piano today because I’ve found that piano can be a great tool to work with anybody—I provides a lo t of independence.”Mazur also brought in drums, which she said can be effective tool to engage a person or redirect their attention. She likes to work with as many different instruments as possible.“This gives the individuals the freedom and ownership to take the therapy in any direction they want it to go,” Mazur said.Lucas’mother says Mazur’s therapy has so far been very helpful and she is happy with the results she sees.“Using music to help people reach their goals and improve their lives is really one of the most rewarding things I can be doing in my life,” says Mazur.28. What do we know about autism?A. People with autism have difficulty communicating with others.B. People with autism can do teamwork with others.C. People with autism have no reaction to loud noises.D. People with autism are not sensitive to bright lights.29. What can we learn from the text?A. Lucas is satisfied with his therapy.B. Only by listening to music can people get treated.C. Music plays a big role in treating physical and mental problems.D. When Mazur visits Lucas, she asks Lucas to play music and sings.30. What does the underlined word “it” refer to in Paragraph 6?A. Attention.B. Therapy.C. Ownership.D. Direction.31. What is the main idea of the text?A. Music therapy helps people with special needs.B. Music is good for autism.C. The treatment that Lucas has has worked.D. Many musical instruments can be used to heal people.DThe climate change has become an issue that no one can escape from. If the world wants to limit climate change, water shortage and pollution, then we all need to choose “flexitarian(弹性素食)” diets, says scientists.This means eating mainly plant-based foods, which is one of three key steps towards a sustainable future or all in 2050, they say. Food waste will need to be halved and farming practices will also have to improve, according to the study. Without action, the impacts of the food system could increase by up to 90%. Fast on the heels of the landmark report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) comes this new study on how food production and consumption impact major threats to the planet.The authors say that the food system has a number of significant environmental impacts including being a major driver of climate change, providing fresh water and reducing pollution through over use of nitrogen(氮)and phosphorous(磷).The study says that thanks to the population and income growth expected between 2010 and 2050, these impacts could grow between 50%-90%. This could push our world beyond its geographic boundaries. So when it comes to climate change, the authors looked at what they called a “flexitarian diet”.“We can eat a range of healthy diets but what they all have in common, according to the latest scientific evidence, is that they are all relatively plant based,” said lead author Dr Marco Springmann from the University of Oxford.“You can go from a diet that has small amounts of animal products; some might call it a Mediterranean based diet; we call it a flexitarian diet. We tried to stay with the most conservative one of these which in our view is the flexitarian one, but even this has only one serving of red meat per week,” he added.If the world moved to this type of diet, the study found that greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture would be reduced by more than half.32. What benefit will the new diets bring to the world?A. The animals will be saved.B. People will need more water.C. The climate change will stop.D. The pollution will be controlled.33. What can be called a“flexitarian”diet?A. Eat animal products every meal.B. Eat plant-based vegetables every meal.C. Eat mainly vegetables and never eat animal products.D. Eat plant-based meal mainly and animal products sometimes.34. What will happen if the new diet is popular globally?A. The climate will become warmer.B. The food consumption will increase.C. People will have less greenhouse gas.D. People will produce more food waste.35. What is the attitude of the author to the new diet?B. Doubtful.C. Opposed.D. AmbiguousA篇ACBB篇CCAAC篇ACBAD篇DDCA2021届重庆市新高考名师预测卷英语试题（三）第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）AThe Swiss AlpsPushing the boundaries of scienceDATES: June 22—July 5 July 6—19 EXPERT: Kenneth Chang, Science Reporter George Johnson, Science WriterAlong with your expert, visit world-class labs on the cutting edge of physics, mechanics, biology and astronomy. Interview researchers and study the technical and human aspects of science.PeruPublic health and development in the AndesDATES: June 27- July 10 EXPERT: Donald McNeil, Science ReporterLearn how Peru has worked closely with international health groups to provide community-based health care for the country’s diverse population.Thailand and VietnamCulture and cuisineDATES June 27—July 13 EXPERT: Kim Severson, Food ReporterExplore the culture of Thailand and Vietnam through the delicious cooking, Taste fried silkworms on the streets of Hanoi, search markets for real tastes, or shadow a reporter at a Bangkok-based travel magazine.New York and MilanFashion design and trends in two style capitalsDATES June 22—July 7 EXPERT: Matthew Schneier, Style ReporterStep behind the scenes of the fashion industry and learn to design and create your own ready-to-wear clothing line in two global centers of style and creation. With your expert, study international trends, meet with designers, and develop a better understanding of how fashion shapes and is shaped by identity and culture.21. What is special about the Swiss Alps?A. You can see many beautiful clothes.B. You can learn many health materials.C. You will learn scientific development.D. You can buy some modern equipment.22. Who will give guidance about food?B. Matthew Schneier.C. Donald McNeil.D. George Johnson.23. What can we learn from the text?A. Kenneth Chang will guide you on July 29th.B. International health groups have provided community-based health care to Peru.C. Kim Severson will accompany you to follow a reporter.D. You can develop a critical mind on fashion by following Mathew.BWhen I first decided to study abroad, I had no idea that I would absorb so much from the experience. Getting involved with CEA has helped me with my resume(阅历), communication skills and my passion for travel.After studying abroad for the summer term in San Jose, Costa Rica I learned about CEA’s Alumni Ambassador program for rencent alumni(校友). As an Ambassador, I am one of the faces representing CEA on my campus—Southern Illinois University—encouraging and educating prospective students on the benefits of study abroad, and the various CEA programs. This program has helped further my communication skills by giving me the opportunity to present information and discuss my own experience abroad with other students.While abroad, I had the pleasure of working with the marketing team at the university I attended. I wrote multiple blogs about the food, my host family, and the places I discovered during my stay. For participating, I was able to get a letter of recommendation that has helped with my job search and employment in the public relations field.Going abroad and being a part of the PR program for CEA helped me promote my resume. It also helped me become a more diverse and culturally well-rounded person. Through reminiscing about my experiences in job interview and with students on campus, I have gained more confidence when it comes to communicating and sharing my passion for traveling.I am now pursuing opportunities to study abroad as a graduate student. Being an Alumni Ambassador has opened many doors for me to travel around the world, and I have been introduced to many study abroad and internship programs. My experience abroad has impacted my life and given me the drive that I needed to further my education and knowledge of the Spanish language and Latin culture.24. What is an alumni ambassador’s main duty?A. To improve their own communication skills.B. To show the advantages of studying abroad.C. To discuss travel experience abroad with others.D. To help the promising students with their resumes.25. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?A. How CEA works.B. What the author did and gained in CEA.C. How the author’s communication skills improved.D. How studying abroad benefits the author.26. Which of following best describes the author?A. Determined.B. Active.C. Knowledgeable.D. Experienced.27. What does the experience abroad give the author from the last paragraph?A. Broader horizons.B. Knowledgeable of technology.C. Desire to change the learning methods.D. Demand to get higher social position.CPhiladelphia sits along the Delaware River in the northeastern state of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, often called “Philly”, was the capital of the American colonies during the war for independence from Britain.It became the central meeting place for those who created the United States government. The buildings where the founders worked still stand in an area called the Old City.The National Park Service protects much of Philadelphia’s Old City. In honor of America’s Independence Day, we visit the birthplace of the United States: Independence National Historical Park.The national historical park is 22 hectares, covering 20 city blocks of Philadelphia’s historic area. Within these city blocks are some of the most important places in American history.The main site in the park is Independence Hall. It is here that colonial leaders declared independence fromBritain. Later, they debated the creation of a government for the new country, and signed the U.S. Constitution.The building that is now Independence Hall has completed in 1753. It was originally the site of Pennsylvania’s colonial government.But 22 years later, Independence Hall would become the site of something much bigger. The Pennsylvania legislature loaned its Assembly Room to those in the Second Continental Congress in May of 1775.The second Congress included delegates from the 13 colonies. The men gathered just weeks after gunshots fired in Massachusetts marked the start of the Revolutionary War.The Congress prepared for war. It also approved George Washington as the first Commander in Chief of the new army.And, the men worked to produce a statement of American independence from Britain. On July 2, 1776, they voted to approve the resolution for independence. On July 4, they approved a document written by five of the founders, including Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and John Adams. That document was the Declaration of Independence.During the summer of 1787, the Assembly Room had another important use. Delegates held a federal convention there and wrote the US Constitution.28. Why did the founder of America gather in the Philly?A. To hold a party.B. To debate against the British colonists.C. To discuss something important.D. To think up of building a new country.29. Why did the author come to Independence National Historical Park?A. To learn something about American history.B. To memorialize America’s birthday.C. To track the Old City.D. To write about the War of Independence.30. What can we learn about Independence Hall?A. It is located where the colonial government was.B. It was completed after the War of Independence.C. A gunshot once happened just there.D. It was lent to the Second Continental Congress.31. What may be the best title of the passage?A. A famous city: the history of PhiladelphiaB. A live history: the change of Independence HallC. A special visit: Touring Independence National Historical ParkD. America’s Birthplace: Independence National Historical ParkDIn the moments after we give birth, we desperately want to hear our baby cry. In the middle of the night a few months later it is no longer exactly music to our ears, but those cries aren’t just telling us that baby needs a night feeding; They’re also giving us a hint at what our children may sound like as kindergartners, and adults.New research published in the journal Biology Letters suggests the pitch(音调)of a 4-month-old’s cry predicts the pitch they will use to ask for more cookies at age five and may be even later on as adults. The study saw 2-to-5-month olds recorded while crying. Five years later, the researchers hit record again and chatted with the now speaking children. Their findings, combined with previous work on the subject, suggest it is possible to figure out what a baby’s voice will sound like later in life, and that the pitch of our adult voices may be traceable back to the time we spend in the mothers’ bodies. Further studies are needed, but scientists are very interested in how factors before birth can impact decades later.“I n the mother’s body, you have a lot of different things that can impact your life, not only as a baby, but also at an adult stage,” one of the authors of the study, Nicolas Mathevon, told the New York Times. The New York Times also spoke with Carolyn Hodges, an assistant professor of anthropology(人类学家)at Boston University who was not involved in the study. According to Hodges, while voice pitch may not seem like a big deal, it impacts how we perceive people in very real ways.Voice pitch is a factor in how attractive we think people are, how trustworthy. But why we find certain pitches more or less appealing isn’t known. “There aren’t many studies that address these questions, so that makes this research especially intriguing,”Hodges said, adding that it “suggests that individual differences in voice pitch may have their origins very, very early in development.”32. What can people learn from babies’ cries?A. When they were given birth to.。
2021届重庆市高三下学期新高考名师预测卷英语试题(五)
重庆市新高考名师预测卷（五）第二部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）AIMDb (Internet Movie Database) is your definitive source for discovering the most popular movies among movie lovers. Of the ones from this list, which one are you eager to see?Arctic(2018) 97 min (Drama)A man stranded in the Arctic after an airplane crash must decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his makeshift camp or to embark on a deadly trek through the unknown in hopes of making it out alive.Director: Joe Penna Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Maria Thelma SmáradóttirBox Office: Weekend: $ 60. 12M, Gross: $ 140.85 MThe Upside (2017) 126 min (Comedy | Drama)A comedic look at the relationship between a wealthy man with quadriplegia(四肢瘫痪)and an unemployed man with a criminal record who’s hired to help him. Director: Neil Burger Stars: Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston, Nicole Kidman, Aja Naomi KingBox Office: Weekend: $ 20. 36M, Gross: $ 50. 90MAquaman (2018) 143 min (Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi)Arthur Curry, the human-born heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, goes on a quest to prevent a war between the worlds of ocean and land.Director: James Wan Stars: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick WilsonBox Office: Weekend: $ 94. 20M, Gross: $ 309. 20MFighting with My Family (2019) 108 min (Biography | Comedy | Drama | Sport)A former wrestler and his family make a living performing at small venues around the country while his kids dream of joining World Wrestling Entertainment.Director: Stephen Merchant Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Lena Heádey, Florence Pugh, Jack LowdenBox Office: Weekend: $ 25. 18M, Gross: $ 62.30MAs you discover new movies, add them to your Watchlist; The. IMDb Watchlist is a quick and easy way to track and remember all the movies that you want to see. Remember, IMDb is your source for good movies.21. If you want to watch a science fiction, which movie will you choose?A. Arctic.B. The Upside.C. Aquaman.D. Fighting with My Family.22. What can we learn from the passage?A. In Aquarnan, Atlantis is a kingdom of land.B. Fighting with My Family is an adventure story.C. In Arctic, the man stranded in Arctic is a former wrestler.D. In The Upside, a former criminal was hired to help a wealthy man.23. What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?A. Improve readers’ reading ability.B. Introduce some movies.C. Encourage readers to watch movies.D. Advertise Internet Movie Database.BThe Dunning-Kruger effect refers to the finding that people who are relatively unskilled or unknowledgeable in a particular subject sometimes have the tendency to overestimate their knowledge and abilities. In a set of studies testing this effect, researchers Justin Kruger and David Dunning asked participants to complete tests of their skills in a particular domain(领域). Then, participants were asked to guess how well they had done on the test. They found that participants tended to overestimate their abilities, and this effect was most pronounced among participants with the lowest scores on the test. For example, in one study, participants were given a set of practice LSAT problems to complete. Participants who actually scored in the bottom 25 % guessed that their score put them in the 62nd percentile of participants.David Dunning exp lains that “the knowledge and intelligence that are required to be good at a task are often the same qualities needed to recognize that one is not good at that task.” In other words, if someone knows very little about a particular topic, they may not even know enough about the topic to realize that their knowledge is limited.Importantly, someone may be highly skilled in one area, but be influenced by the Dunning-Kruger effect in another domain. Dunning explains in an article of Pacific Standard that “it may be very tempting to think this doesn’t apply to you. But the problem of unrecognized ignora nce is one that visits us all.”What can people do to overcome the Dunning-Kruger effect? In one of their famous studies, Dunning and Kruger had some of the participants take a logic test and then complete a short training on logical reasoning. After the training, the participants were asked to assess how they’d done on the previous test. The researchers found that the training made a difference: afterwards, the participants who scored in the bottom 25% lowered their estimate of how well they thought they had done on the test.24. What scores did the participants in the bottom 25 % estimate about themselves?A. Higher scores.B. Lower scores.C. Average scores.D. Objective scores.25. What causes the Dunning-Kruger effect?A. Knowing a lot about a topic.B. Knowing little about a topic.C. Enough knowledge about a task.D. Enough intelligence about a task.26. What can be inferred from Paragraph 3?A. We tend to be pessimistic about ourselves.B. Unrecognized ignorance doesn’t apply to youC. Everyone can potentially be affected by the effect.D. Highly skilled persons can be affected in their domain.27. What’s the main idea of the text?A. Why Dunning-Kruger effect works.B. Dunning-Kruger effect—what and who.C. How to deal with Dunning-Kruger effect.D. Dunning-Kruger effect—definition and solution.CA 24-year-old woman who lost her leg to cancer has proudly shared a raw photograph of herself without the prosthetic(假的)leg on in an effort to promote body positivity.Jessica Quinn, from New Zealand, was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma—a rare form of bone cancer at the age of nine and eventually she had her leg amputated(截肢)to stop the disease from spreading.Speaking to Daily Mail Australia, the brave woman said she got up the courage to share the powerful picture publicly for the first time. Following a 14-hour surgery to remove her leg during her childhood, the cancer survivor started struggling with her body image because she was “forever stuck with it”. She used to cover up her leg by avoiding wearing anything shorter than her knees.It took me 10 years to really start showing people what I looked like without my leg on. Now I don’t like feeling weak though I know people will be supportive, she said.“The challenges sometimes feel endless but, they ground me. They remind me how lucky I am to have two feet planted on the floor.Jessica also explained how social media has helped her gained self-confidence and the platform even shaped her into the person she is today.“I know people often speak about social media in a negative light y et it’s helped me grow. Simply just seeing the response and love I get when I share things like this and then seeing how it can help others is so heart-warming.“We’re all in this together and if I can make someone feel beautiful in their own skin then I’ll take every chance I can get.Her social media post has since attracted more than 9 000 “likes” after sharing the post on Thursday evening. “The reaction has been extraordinary,” Jessica said. “I got a flood of comments and I read every single one of them which brought tears to my eyes. Meanwhile I’m always blown away by the s upport and love I get.28. Why did Jessica post her photo on the Internet?A. To attract people’s attention.B. To encourage people to like her.C. To spread the optimism about looks.D. To show the importance of the Internet.29. What does Jessica want to express by saying the underlined sentence?A. She dislikes social media.B. People usually talk about social media.C. She thinks it common to use social media.D. Some people hold passive opinion towards social media.30. What’s the feeling after Jessica read the comments?A. Touched and happy.B. Confident and upset.C. Defeated and pleased.D. Encouraged and surprised.31. What does the text mainly tell us?A. One is never too old to learn.B. Failure is the mother of success.C. Optimism really counts in life.D. Don’t judge a book by its cover.DResearchers say a new genetically modified(改良的)rice can prevent infections of HIV, the virus responsible for [lie disease AIDS.The researchers recently published their findings in a study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(PNAS). The team included scientists from America, Britain and Spain. The study reports the newly-develop rice produces proteins that attach directly to the HIV virus. This process prevents the virus from mixing with human cells. The scientists say this can neutralize the virus and block its transmission.The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS or UNAIDS reports that worldwide, nearly 37 million people were living with HIV in 2017. The organization says the largest number of those were in developing countries. Nearly two-thirds of HIV eases are in Africa. There is currently no cure for HIV/AIDS. But there have been major developments in oral drug treatments shown to slow the progression of the disease. Such treatments can also reduce the chances of passing the virus onto others. UNAIDS says new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths have been reduced by about 50 percent over the past two decades.The new study predicts the rice-based method will lead to long-term deployment(部署)of the anti-HIV treatment across the developing world. Researchers said th e groundbreaking discovery is “realistically the only way”that anti-HIV combination treatments can be produced at a cost low enough for the developing world.The scientists say the easiest and most cost-effective way to use the rice will be to make it into a cream to be put on the skin. The HIV-fighting proteins can then enter the body through the skin.People in all parts of the world could grow the rice and make the cream themselves, the researchers said. This would prevent the cost and travel required for many patients to receive treatments and medicine, especially in the developing world.The scientific team says further testing is needed to make sure the genetic engineering process does not produce any additional chemicals that could be dangerous to people.32. Which o f the following best explains “neutralize” underlined in Paragraph 2?A. Make it inefficient.B. Make it active.C. Make it ineffective.D. Make it productive.33. What’s the current situation of HIV treatment?A. HIV can be cured.B. HIV cannot be slowed.C. HIV’s passing is stopped.D. HIV patients can take pills.34. Why is the rice treatment “groundbreaking”?A. It is rice-based.B. It can be put into wide use.C. It’s the only way to treat HIV.D. It can be used in developed world.35. The passage is most probably taken from _________.A. an advertisementB. a research paperC. a personal diaryD. a popular science magazine第二节（共5小题；每小题 2 分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
2021届重庆市酉阳县第一中学高三下学期5月高考预测英语试题 Word版含答案
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Meditation studios are popping up all over the country, so search for a studio in your area that offers private or group sessions, like MNDFL in New York or the Meditation Bar in Austin, Texas.Price variesShop now1. What can the “Facial” experience gift help you do?A. Build up your muscles.B. Have a new look.C. Relax your body completely.D. Reduce blood pressure.2. Who may prefer the experience gift “Massage”?A. Artists who want to meditate in nature.B. Elderly women who want to live longer.C. Businessmen who want to get rid of pressure.D. Actresses who want to have a fresh appearance.3. Which of the following can best improve mental health?A. Private meditation session.B. Massage.C. Personal training session.D. Facial.BEarl Forlales, a graduate in Materials Science and Engineering, took inspiration from the bamboo hut his grandparents lived in outside Manila and created a house made of bamboo that can be put together in four hours to solve the chronic(长期的) shortage of affordable accommodation inthe Philippines. His design won a £50.000 top prize from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in its Cities for our Future competition.His house, known as Cubo, could be produced in a week, constructed in four hours and costs £60 per square meter. Its use of bamboo—which releases 35％more oxygen into the environment than trees—was praised by the judges. The ability of the houses to be constructed in anybamboo-producing area was one of the key attractions.“The world’s cities are growing all the time and there is a real need to make sure they are safe, clean and comfortable places to live in,”John Hughes, the competition’s head judge and then president at RICS, said. “As we look at our competitors, who are our next generation of leaders，I believe that real progress will be made in tackling the world’s biggest issues.Forlales has already identified a suitable area of land to start building his Cubo houses. He plans to begin the work next year with experts from the RICS in an attempt to help relieve the huge pressure on housing in Manila, where a third of the 12 million population live in poor districts. He said, “I would lik e to thank RICS for the opportunity, and look forward to working with them to put this money to good use in Manila and then hopefully elsewhere around the world.”4. What contributes most to Forlales’ winning the prize？A. The material of his house.B. The shape of his house.C. The design of his house.D. The expense of his house.5. Which word can best replace the underline word “tackling” in Paragraph 3?A. Facing.B. TreatingC. Covering.D. Handling.6. What can we infer about the Cubo house？A. It is created by Forlales and his parentsB. It is environmentally friendly and economical.C. It has already been built in Forlales’ hometown.D. It can be constructed in a week.7. Which of the following can be a suitable title？A. A Competition in House BuildingB. A Man Devoted to City DevelopmentC. The Bamboo House Winning a top PrizeD. The Way to Solve Housing ShortageCScientists say they've developed a system using machine learning to predict when and where lighting will strike. The research was led by engineers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland.European researchers have estimated that between 6,000 and 24,000 people are killed by lightning worldwide each year. The strikes can also cause power outages, destroy property, damage electrical equipment and start forest fires. For these reasons, climate scientists have long sought to develop methods to predict and control lightning. In the United States and other places,ground-based sensing devices are used to identify strikes as they happen. But, no system has been created to effectively predict lightning.The system tested in the experiments used a combination of data from weather stations and machine learning methods. The researchers developed a prediction model that was trained to recognize weather conditions that were likely to cause lightning.The model was created with data collected over a 12-year period from 12 Swiss weather stations in cities and mountain areas. The data related to four main surface conditions: air pressure, air temperature, relative humidity and wind speed.The atmospheric data was placed into a machine learning algorithm（算法）, which compared it to records of lightning strikes. Researchers say the algorithm was then able to learn the conditions under which lightning happens.Amirhossein Mostajabi is a PhD student at the institute who led the development of the method. He said, “current systems for gathering such data are slow and c omplex and require costly collection equipment like radar or satellites.”“Our method uses data that can be obtained from any weather station,” Mostajabi said. “This will improve data collection in very remote areas not covered by radar and satellite or in places where communication systems have been cut,” be added.The researchers plan to keep developing the technology in partnership with a European effort that aims to create a lightning protection system. The effort is called the European Laser Lightning Rod project.8. Why have climate scientists tried to predict and control lighting?A. To collect relative data.B. To reduce the destruction lightning has been causing.C. To create a scientific system.D. To do research in relation to machine learning.9. The four mentioned surface conditions include all the following EXCEPT ________.A. air pollutionB. wind speedC. relative humidityD. air temperature10. What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 5 refer to?A. lighting.B. the system being tested.C. the atmospheric data.D. the machine learning algorithm.11. What can we learn about Mostajabi from the passage?A. He developed the method and the system himself.B. He thinks the current systems are too slow and simple.C. He is a professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.D. He believes their system does much better in data collection.DThere’s no doubt that one of the greatest human achievements is the exploration of the space. Ever since astronaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to be sent into the orbit around the moon in 1961, scientists have been pushing the boundaries further and further. But until now the exploration into the unknown has been dominated (主导) by men.Of course, in the past, women were also included in the space projects and played an active role on the ground and behind the scenes. For example, they worked as seamstresses (女裁缝师), sewing vital spaceflight components. In fact, many of NASA’s key works would n ever have been possible without them. Recently Hollywood produced a movie called Hidden Figures to focus on a group of American female mathematicians, especially the black women, who helped NASA send the first American into space. But this was not women’s only contribution. Back in 1963, Soviet astronaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to be sent into space. However, after that, space flight programs were slow to employ women. In the USA. NASA didn’t accept applications from women to become astronauts until 1978.But attitudes have changed and leading officials at NASA say that the first person to set foot on Mars should be a woman. The space agency aims to have a sex-balanced workforce but can only achieve that if equal numbers of men and women are trained for science and technology jobs. AsAllison McIntryre told the BBC, “My director is a woman. We have female astronauts. We haven’t put a woman on the moon yet. And I think that perhaps the first person to step on Mars should bea woman.”12. What did Yuri Gagarin do in 1961?A. He landed on the moon in success.B. He discovered many new boundaries.C. He led scientists to explore the moon.D. He made the first journey into the space.13. Why does the author mention the film Hidden Figures?A. To show women are the true heroes of NASA’s first launch.B. To stress that black people have won equal rights in NASA.C. To prove women can do as well as men in NASA’ projects.D. To present women’s contributions to NASA’s space programs.14. What is Allis on McIntryre’s attitude toward women astronauts?A. Uncaring.B. Disapproving.C. Supportive.D. Disappointed.15. What is the best title for the text?A. Will the First Person to Step on Mars Be a Woman?B. Great Achievements Have Been Made in Space Exploration?C. Why Men Played an Important Role in Exploring the Unknown?D. Men and Women Have Made Equal Contributions to NASA’s Projects?第二节(共5小题:每小题2. 5分, 满分12. 5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。
2021年重庆市高考英语阅读理解预测题及答案解析
2021年高考英语阅读理解预测题及答案1．The spread of Western eating habits around the world is bad for human health and the environment．These findings come from a new report in the journal Nature．David Tilman，a professor of ecology at the University of Minnesota，America，examined information from 100 countries to identify what people ate and how diet affected health．He noted a movement beginning in the 1960s．He found that as nations industrialized（工业化），population increased and earnings rose，more people began to adopt what has been called the Western diet．The Western diet is high in sugar，fat，oil and meat．By eating these foods，people began to get fatter and sicker．David Tilman says overweight people are at higher risk of non﹣infectious diseases like diabetes（糖尿病）and heart disease．Unfortunately when people become industrialized，if they adopt this Western diet，they are going to have these health problems，especially in developing countries in Asia．China is an example where the number of diabetes cases has been jumping from less than one percent to 10 percent of the population as they began to industrialize over a 20﹣year period．And that is happening all across the world，in Mexico，in Nigeria and so on．And，a diet bad for human beings is also bad for the environment．As the world's population grows，more forests and tropical（热带的）areas will become farmlands for crops or grasslands for cattle．We are likely to have more greenhouse gas in the future from agriculture than that coming out of all forms of transportation right now．Mr．Tilman calls the link between diet，the environment and human health，"a trilemma"，a problem offering a difficult choice．He says one possible solution is leaving the Western dietbehind．（1）According to the passage，more greenhouse gas might be given off in the future from C．A．transportationB．developing countriesC．agriculture第1页共3页。
2021年重庆市高考英语最新调研试卷-含答案与解析
2021年重庆市高考英语最新调研试卷第二部分阅读（共两节，满分7.5分）第一节（共4小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）1．（7.5分）New Scientist Discovery TourAmazing science﹣inspired tours across the globe with experts on board and in the company of fellow travelers who enjoy the discovery of science.Space：Past and Future：USA14 days for £4，799Departing 6th May and 14th September 2020Follow the USA's footsteps in exploring space with this comprehensive tour of NASA's space centers and other key sites，including the Very Large Array in attractive New Mexico. Plus，visit the world's first commercial spaceport with leading researchers.The Science of the Renaissance（文艺复兴）：Italy7 days for £1，825Departing 3rd March and 3rd November 2020Embark on a cultural adventure to the great science cities of Florence and Bologna，as architecture expert Andrew Spira and science historian Professor David Wootton guide you through the great discoveries and minds of the Renaissance.Land of Fire and Ice：Iceland8 days for £2，249Departing 31st October and 7th November2020 Marvel at erupting geysers（喷泉），glaciers and waterfalls on a trip of volcanic and geological（地质的）adventure. Joined by volcanologist Tamsin Mather，discover the best of Iceland with a chance to see the Aurora Borealis.Tiger Conservation Safari：India9 days for £3，850Departing 10th April 2021Involve yourself in jungle life in the search for the Bengal tiger. Learn how to protect the rich wildlife you encounter at India's reserves，complete with a masterclass intracking and stay in a cozy lodge（小屋）.（1）Which tour is scheduled in May？A. Space：Past and Future：USAB. The Science of the Renaissance：ItalyC. Land of Fire and Ice：IcelandD. Tiger Conservation Safari：India（2）How much will it cost if you are interested in Florence？A. £4，799.B. £1，825.C. £2，249.D. £3，850.（3）What can tourists do during the Iceland tour？A. Explore space with researchers.B. See geysers，glaciers and waterfalls.C. Discover the culture of the Renaissance.D. Learn about protecting wildlife while travelling.2．（10分）Jeremy Locke，who owns a roofing and construction company in Glace Bay，Nova Scotia，had always been wanting to repair the roof of Jeanette MacDonald's home.Whenever he drove past the woman's home，he assumed that the roof was under repair because the job had already been taken on by another group of repairmen﹣but as the weeks wore on，the roof continued to worsen without any signs of repair."I had it in my mind that if no one steps up to help this lady in our community，I'd be more than happy to，" Locke told CBC.When Locke finally reached out to MacDonald about fixing her roof for free，however，she politely declined his offer because she did not like to accept charity. That being said，she had already applied for a government grant（补助金）to fix the roof and she said she was more than happy to hire Locke once her grant application was approved.Unfortunately，MacDonald never received the approval.As the stubborn（固执的）Canadian senior refused to accept any assistance from Locke，the sympathetic construction worker played an innocent trick in order to get her to accept his help. He invited MacDonald to enter a raffle（抽奖活动）that his business was holding for a free roof. After the grandmother﹣of﹣our accepted one of the raffle tickets，Locke told her that she was the winner﹣because she was the only one who had entered the raffle.Thanks to his sweet little plan，Locke and his crew are starting work on the roof this week，which is expected to cost his company about ＄9，000.MacDonald，meanwhile，told CBC that she doesn't know how to express her gratitude to Locke，saying that he is her "guardian angel"."There's nobody out there like him，" she added.（1）What did Locke desire to do for MacDonald？A. Repair her roof.B. Find a repairman.C. Run a charity.D. Raise money.（2）Why did MacDonald refuse Locke's offer initially？A. She didn't trust him.B. She had won a raffle.C. She didn't like free help.D. She had got an official grant.（3）How did Locke finally make MacDonald change her mind？A. He persuaded her to give up her application.B. He invited her to enter his business.C. He gave her about ＄9，000.D. He told her a white lie.（4）Which of the following words best describe Locke？A. Stubborn and tricky.B. Wealthy and innocent.C. Determined and warm﹣hearted.D. Different and ambitious.3．（10分）As the climate warms，birds are shrinking and their wingspans are growing，according to a new study. Researchers analyzed 70，716 birds from 52 kinds of North American migratory（迁徙的）bird species collected over 40 years. The authors say the study is the largest of its kind and that the findings are important to understanding how animals will adapt to climate change."We found almost all of the species were getting smaller，" said lead author Brian Weeks，an assistant professor at the University of Michigan."The species were pretty diverse，but responding in a similar way，" he said. "The consistency was shocking." He said studies of animal responses to climate change often focus on shifts in geographical range or timing of life events，like migration and birth.But this study suggests body morphology（形态）is a crucial third aspect."That's one major implication，" he said. "It's hard to understand how birds will adapt without taking all three of these things into consideration."The findings showed that from 1978 to 2016，the length of the birds' lower leg bone shortened by 2.4%. Over the same time，the wings lengthened by 1.3%.The evidence suggests warming temperatures caused the decrease in body size，which in turn caused the increase in wing length."Migration is an incredibly taxing thing they do，" Mr. Weeks said，explaining that the smaller body size means less energy available for the birds to complete their long journeys.He says the birds most likely to survive migration were the ones with longer wingspans and smaller bodies.The scientists aren't exactly sure why warmer temperatures cause birds to shrink.One theory is that smaller animals are better at cooling off，losing body heat more quickly.（1）What's the best title for the text？A. All of the Birds Are Getting SmallerB. Animals Are Adapting to Climate ChangeC. Climate Change Is Causing Birds to ShrinkD. Scientists Are Finding Causes of Warm Climate（2）What made Brian Weeks feel astonished？A. It took 40 years to collect 70，716 birds from North America.B. Many birds are shrinking when responding to the climate change.C. All migratory bird species were collected to do the important research.D. So many researchers take part in the largest study to work out the findings.（3）What does the underlined word "taxing" most probably mean？A. Tiring.B. Important.C. Easy.D. Pleasant.（4）What can we infer from the last paragraph？A. The migratory birds aren't big.B. The temperatures will be higher.C. The scientists will go on further study.D. The smaller animals will surely live longer.4．（10分）The fact that over 1.24 million people lose their lives each year in road accidents isa horrifying statistic that could soon be prevented. It should be of no surprise tounderstand that the autonomous vehicle industry is predicted to be worth ＄2.6 trillion a year within 15 years.What's the future of personal transportation？Well，you'll likely be spending a lot less time behind the wheel，for one. The rise of self﹣driving cars means that some scenes out of science﹣fiction flicks（电影）（think Total Recall or I，Robot）are now reality﹣and even more will be available soon.Cars today already include many semi﹣autonomous features，like assisted parkingand self﹣braking systems. And completely autonomous vehicles﹣able to operate without human control﹣are rapidly becoming more of a reality. You're probably familiar with Google's version，which has made headlines with its Google Chauffeur software，which the company hopes to bring to market by 2020.The pros of autonomous cars are many. "The sensors in a self﹣driving car are always observing，are not affected by the state of the driver （sleepy，angry，etc.），and can scan in multiple directions simultaneously（同时地），" says Dr. Dominique Freckmann，an automotive engineering manager at TE Connectivity，"Autonomous driving is a key aspect of the industry's drive toward safer roadways.""Recent NHTSA research shows that approximately 94 percent of accidents are caused by human error，" adds Alan Amici，a vice president of automotive engineering at TE. "Cars with advanced safety features and eventually，self﹣driving cars，can significantly reduce the number of collisions. The impact of this innovation can be far﹣reaching，including reduced demand on emergency response systems and reduced auto insurance and health care costs."（1）What is the author's attitude towards the autonomous vehicle industry？A. Positive.B. Disapproving.C. Uncaring.D. Doubtful.（2）Why is Google Chauffeur software given as an example here？A. Because people believe Google will sell it in 2020.B. Because it is the most famous software of the company.C. Because people are all familiar with the famous software.D. Because it shows completely autonomous vehicles will be true.（3）Which is the main reason why Alan Amici favors self﹣driving？A. Self﹣driving will cost less than now.B. People will easily save a lot of time.C. Self﹣driving will be safer than now.D. People will rely more on auto insurance.（4）What is the author's purpose of writing the text？A. To show his adoration of self﹣driving cars.B. To predict the future of personal transportation.C. To prevent so many road accidents caused by driving.D. To introduce the benefits of autonomous vehicle industry.第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分12.5 分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑选项中有两项为多余选项5．（12.5分）How to Level up Your Self﹣ControlBy definition，self﹣control is the ability to do something that benefits your long﹣term goals，instead of something that might satisfy your immediate desires.（1）﹣we end up sacrificing the well﹣being of our future selves all too easily.（2）？Angela Duckworth，professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania，says allocating resources between your present self and future self is an ongoing struggle.For example，exhibiting self﹣control over spending time on video games and social media，two of the most common temptations of the current era，means battling against age﹣old mechanisms in your brain.If you're willing to look deeply into your tendencies and weak points，you can recognize the handful of problems that you need to work on.（3）. To improve self﹣control at work，Duckworth first recommends takinga future﹣oriented approach to your day，such as planning breaks and the time forchecking emails in advance. The problem of looking at your cell phone too often，say，can be solved by putting it on mute or，better yet，sticking it in your bag until lunch.（4）.Finally，Duckworth advises laying a foundation of self﹣control that you can build of in the future.（5），because of too little sleep the night before，or an insufficientmeal in the morning. By practicing healthier living away from the workplace，you can gather the strength and stamina（毅力）to help you control your worst urges when it matters most.A. One place to start would be the officeB. What problems do you need to work onC. We've all experienced unproductive workdaysD. But for many of us，short﹣term satisfactions are irresistibleE. Why is exercising proper self﹣control so tricky for some，and how to do betterF. If you can resist resigning you may achieve more on your overall self﹣controlG. Removing the temptation from sight is key to ensuring you're faithful to your mission第三部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分45 分）第一节（共15小题；每小题 1 分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项6．（15分）My twin sister，Dawn，born with cerebral palsy（脑瘫），has to wear braces （吊带）on her legs and walk with the help of a stick，often causing people to（1）and point.As Dawn was the only "different" child in our neighborhood，we were constantly picked on. We never had any friends because of her condition. I began to（2）Dawn and was embarrassed to be seen with her. So I did everything to get her into trouble to（3）her being born mentally and physically disabled.When I turned twelve，my mother was so displeased with my behavior. She figured I was（4）enough to know better. One day she threw me in my bedroom and gave mea thick yellow book. What I saw in that book（5）the way I viewed my disabledsister.There were many baby（6）of Dawn and me dressed alike，the only（7）：I looked small and peaceful while Dawn was hooked up to tubes and needles andmachines. If you looked closely，you could see the（8）in her eyes though she was always smiling. One picture stood out：we were（9）each other. The words belowread，"I'm so happy to have a twin sister，Netti. The doctors make me cry. She makes me（10）." Looking back，I realized how（11）I had been! I had never put myself in Dawn's shoes! Feeling（12），I cried myself to sleep.Later，Dawn came to wake me up for dinner. I kissed her and hugged her（13）like in the picture.From then on，I was Dawn's（14）. No one was going to hurt her for any reason.We were（15）. I am her the other half and she is my world.（1）A. complain B. wander C. stare D. envy（2）A. hate B. pity C. disturb D. warn（3）A. put up with B. make use of C. keep track of D. get back at （4）A. patient B. old C. clever D. confident（5）A. formed B. changed C. explained D. confirmed（6）A. pictures B. clothes C. toys D. stories（7）A. problem B. spotlight C. similarity D. difference（8）A. courage B. disappointment C. pain D. concern（9）A. hugging B. supporting C. comforting D. praising（10）A. improve B. think C. laugh D. survive（11）A. rude B. selfish C. responsible D. innocent（12）A. helpless B. unhappy C. desperate D. ashamed（13）A. politely B. seriously C. tightly D. purposely（14）A. protector B. assistant C. educator D. consultant（15）A. irreplaceable B. undefeatable C. unimaginable D. inseparable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1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式7．（15分）Without arms or legs，the artist Adama Traore of Abidjan finds a unique way （1）（make）his art．Missing limbs （肢体）since birth，heattended a center for disabled youth at nine（2）he learned ways to paint．"When I was a child，my mum sent me to this white lady named Marie Odile in a center for（3）disabled．I learned to paint there．Thanks to her effort，there were more than 100 disabled people in the Providence center．The lady passed away and I ended up（4）the streets，" said Traore．It was a difficult life after his teacher died．Getting around was hard，and taxi drivers would not pick him up，（5）（assume）he had no money．But he kept painting （6）（color）landscapes and portraits，earning some recognition and money．Traore （7）（slow）built up savings from his artwork and used it to open a small art studio．He got married and now （8）（go）to work by taxi．"Painting is good to （9）（one）health and lifts spirits．If I didn't paint，I don't know what I would do．But I do paint，and if I'm just sitting here，people would say this one is doing nothing；he's a beggar．But when they see me working，they're saying this one is a（10）（work）．" said Traore．That work earns Traore about 84 dollars for each painting．第四部分写作（共两小节，满分15分）第一节（满分15分）8．（15分）假定你是李华，将代表你班参加学校英语俱乐部的演讲比赛．请以"What are we studying for？"为题写一篇英语演讲稿，内容包括：1．学习目的因人而异；2．不同学习目的及原因；3．你的学习目的及原因．注意：1．词数100左右；2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3．开头和结束语已为你写好．Dear members，I'm very glad to have the chance to speak on behalf of my class here．______That's all．Thank you!第二节（满分25分）9．（25分）阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文续写的词数应为150左右It had been a year since Susan，thirty﹣four，became blind. As the result of a medical accident she was sightless，suddenly thrown into a world of darkness，anger，frustration and self﹣pity. Once an independent woman，Susan now became a powerless，helpless burden to everyone around her. No matter how much she cried or prayed，she knew the painful truth that her sight was never going to return. All she had to depend on was her husband Mark.Mark was an Air Force officer and he loved Susan with all his heart. When she first lost her sight，he watched her sink into despair and he became determined to use every means possible to help his wife.Finally，Susan felt ready to return to her job，but how would she get there？She used to take the bus，but she was now too frightened to get around the city by herself.Mark volunteered to ride the bus with Susan each morning and evening until she got the hang of it. And that is exactly what happened.For two weeks，Mark，military uniform and all，accompanied Susan to and from work each day. He taught her how to rely on her other senses，especially her hearing，to determine where she was and how to adapt to her new environment. He helped her befriend the bus drivers who could watch out for her，and save her a seat.Each morning they made the journey together，and Mark would take a taxi back to his office. Although that meant he had to travel through the city and the routine was costly and exhausting，Mark knew it was only a matter of time before Susan would be able to ride the bus on her own. He believed in her.Finally，Susan decided that she was ready to try the trip on her own. Monday morning arrived. Before she left，she embraced her husband tightly，her eyes filled with tears of gratitude for his loyalty，his patience，and his love. She felt she was so lucky for he had given her a gift more powerful than sight.Paragraph 1：She said goodbye and，for the first time，they went their separate ways.______. Paragraph 2：On Friday morning，as Susan was stepping onto the bus as usual，the driver said，"Miss，I sure envy you." Curious，Susan asked the driver why.______.参考答案与试题解析第二部分阅读（共两节，满分7.5分）第一节（共4小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）1．（7.5分）New Scientist Discovery TourAmazing science﹣inspired tours across the globe with experts on board and in the company of fellow travelers who enjoy the discovery of science.Space：Past and Future：USA14 days for £4，799Departing 6th May and 14th September 2020Follow the USA's footsteps in exploring space with this comprehensive tour of NASA's space centers and other key sites，including the Very Large Array in attractive New Mexico. Plus，visit the world's first commercial spaceport with leading researchers.The Science of the Renaissance（文艺复兴）：Italy7 days for £1，825Departing 3rd March and 3rd November 2020Embark on a cultural adventure to the great science cities of Florence and Bologna，as architecture expert Andrew Spira and science historian Professor David Wootton guide you through the great discoveries and minds of the Renaissance.Land of Fire and Ice：Iceland8 days for £2，249Departing 31st October and 7th November2020 Marvel at erupting geysers（喷泉），glaciers and waterfalls on a trip of volcanic and geological（地质的）adventure. Joined by volcanologist Tamsin Mather，discover the best of Iceland with a chance to see the Aurora Borealis.Tiger Conservation Safari：India9 days for £3，850Departing 10th April 2021Involve yourself in jungle life in the search for the Bengal tiger. Learn how to protect the rich wildlife you encounter at India's reserves，complete with a masterclass intracking and stay in a cozy lodge（小屋）.（1）Which tour is scheduled in May？AA. Space：Past and Future：USAB. The Science of the Renaissance：ItalyC. Land of Fire and Ice：IcelandD. Tiger Conservation Safari：India（2）How much will it cost if you are interested in Florence？A. £4，799.B. £1，825.C. £2，249.D. £3，850.（3）What can tourists do during the Iceland tour？A. Explore space with researchers.B. See geysers，glaciers and waterfalls.C. Discover the culture of the Renaissance.D. Learn about protecting wildlife while travelling.【分析】本文是应用文，文章介绍了几个环球科学之旅，让你在专家的陪伴下，享受科学发现的乐趣【解答】（1）A．细节理解题根据文章Space：Past and Future：USA介绍内容，Departing 6th May and 14th September 2020．出发时间为2020年的5月6号以及9月14号可知，Space：Past and Future：USA计划是在5月出游，结合选项，故选A．（2）B．细节理解题根据文章The Science of the renaissance（文艺复兴）：Italy介绍内容，7 days for £l，825﹣Embark on a cultural adventure to the great science cities of Florence and bologna.前往佛罗伦萨和博洛尼亚这两座伟大的科学城市进行文化探险可知，如果你对佛罗伦萨感兴趣，则应该花费1825英镑，结合选项，故选B．（3）B．推理判断题根据文章Land of fire and Ice：Iceland介绍内容，Marvel at erupting geysers（喷泉），glaciers and waterfalls on a trip of volcanic and geological （地质的）adventure.Joined by volcanologist Tamsin Mather，discover the best of Iceland with achance to see the aurora borealis.火山和地质探险之旅中喷发的间歇泉、冰川和瀑布令人惊叹火山学家塔姆辛•马瑟加入其中，发现冰岛最好的地方，并有机会看到北极光可知，如果前往冰岛探险，你可以看到间歇泉、冰川和瀑布，结合选项，故选B．【点评】1．直接信息题：直接信息题是指能够直接从原文中找到信息，选项在语言表达上与原文基本一致的题目2．间接信息题：间接信息题是能够从原文中找到信息，但在语言表达上与原文有差异，做题时需要对原文信息进行转换3．综合信息题：综合信息题是指这类题目所涉及的信息不是原文的某一句话，可能是原文的几句话，或者是散落在文章不同的地方，要求学生把原文所提供的信息综合起来分析，而不能断章取义2．（10分）Jeremy Locke，who owns a roofing and construction company in Glace Bay，Nova Scotia，had always been wanting to repair the roof of Jeanette MacDonald's home.Whenever he drove past the woman's home，he assumed that the roof was under repair because the job had already been taken on by another group of repairmen﹣but as the weeks wore on，the roof continued to worsen without any signs of repair."I had it in my mind that if no one steps up to help this lady in our community，I'd be more than happy to，" Locke told CBC.When Locke finally reached out to MacDonald about fixing her roof for free，however，she politely declined his offer because she did not like to accept charity. That being said，she had already applied for a government grant（补助金）to fix the roof and she said she was more than happy to hire Locke once her grant application was approved.Unfortunately，MacDonald never received the approval.As the stubborn（固执的）Canadian senior refused to accept any assistance from Locke，the sympathetic construction worker played an innocent trick in order to get her to accept his help. He invited MacDonald to enter a raffle（抽奖活动）that his business was holding for a free roof. After the grandmother﹣of﹣our accepted one of the raffle tickets，Locke told her that she was the winner﹣because she was the only one who hadentered the raffle.Thanks to his sweet little plan，Locke and his crew are starting work on the roof this week，which is expected to cost his company about ＄9，000.MacDonald，meanwhile，told CBC that she doesn't know how to express her gratitude to Locke，saying that he is her "guardian angel"."There's nobody out there like him，" she added.（1）What did Locke desire to do for MacDonald？AA. Repair her roof.B. Find a repairman.C. Run a charity.D. Raise money.（2）Why did MacDonald refuse Locke's offer initially？CA. She didn't trust him.B. She had won a raffle.C. She didn't like free help.D. She had got an official grant.（3）How did Locke finally make MacDonald change her mind？DA. He persuaded her to give up her application.B. He invited her to enter his business.C. He gave her about ＄9，000.D. He told her a white lie.（4）Which of the following words best describe Locke？CA. Stubborn and tricky.B. Wealthy and innocent.C. Determined and warm﹣hearted.D. Different and ambitious.【分析】本文属于记叙文阅读，作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了杰里米洛克，拥有一家屋顶材料的建筑公司，通过撒谎来帮助珍妮特修理屋顶【解答】（1）A．细节理解题根据文章第一段Jeremy Locke，who owns a roofing and construction company in Glace Bay，Nova Scotia，had always been wanting to repair the roof of Jeanette MacDonald's home.杰里米•洛克在新斯科舍省的冰川湾拥有一家屋顶材料的建筑公司，他一直想修理珍妮特•麦克唐纳家的屋顶可知洛克想为麦克唐纳修理她的屋顶故选A．（2）C．细节理解题根据文章第三段When Locke finally reached out to MacDonald about fixing her roof for free，however，she politely declined his offer because she did not like to accept charity.当骆家辉终于向麦克唐纳提出免费修理屋顶的问题时，她礼貌地拒绝了他的提议，因为她不喜欢接受慈善可知麦克唐纳最初拒绝洛克的提议因为她不喜欢免费帮助故选C．（3）D．细节理解题根据文章第五段He invited MacDonald to enter a raffle （抽奖活动）that his business was holding for a free roof. After the grandmother ﹣of ﹣four accepted one of the raffle tickets，Locke told her that she was the winner﹣because she was the only one who had entered the raffle.他邀请麦克唐纳参加一个抽奖活动的抽奖活动，因为他的生意是为了一个免费的屋顶．在四个人中的一个祖母接受了一张抽奖票，洛克告诉她她是赢家，因为她是唯一一个参加抽奖的人可知洛克他对她撒了个善意的谎让麦克唐纳改变主意故选D．（4）C．推理判断题根据文章第五段He invited MacDonald to enter a raffle （抽奖活动）that his business was holding for a free roof. After the grandmother ﹣of ﹣four accepted one of the raffle tickets，Locke told her that she was the winner﹣because she was the only one who had entered the raffle.他邀请麦克唐纳参加一个抽奖活动的抽奖活动，因为他的生意是为了一个免费的屋顶．可知洛克是有决心和热情的A．Stubborn and tricky固执和狡猾的；B．Wealthy and innocent 富有而无辜的；C．Determined and warm﹣hearted 决心和热情的；D．Different and ambitious与众不同，雄心勃勃故选C.【点评】1．直接信息题：直接信息题是指能够直接从原文中找到信息，选项在语言表达上与原文基本一致的题目2．间接信息题：间接信息题是能够从原文中找到信息，但在语言表达上与原文有差异，做题时需要对原文信息进行转换3．综合信息题：综合信息题是指这类题目所涉及的信息不是原文的某一句话，可能是原文的几句话，或者是散落在文章不同的地方，要求学生把原文所提供的信息综合起来分析，而不能断章取义3．（10分）As the climate warms，birds are shrinking and their wingspans are growing，according to a new study. Researchers analyzed 70，716 birds from 52 kinds of North American migratory（迁徙的）bird species collected over 40 years. The authors say the study is the largest of its kind and that the findings are important to understanding how animals will adapt to climate change."We found almost all of the species were getting smaller，" said lead author Brian Weeks，an assistant professor at the University of Michigan."The species were pretty diverse，but responding in a similar way，" he said. "The consistency was shocking." He said studies of animal responses to climate change often focus on shifts in geographical range or timing of life events，like migration and birth.But this study suggests body morphology（形态）is a crucial third aspect."That's one major implication，" he said. "It's hard to understand how birds will adapt without taking all three of these things into consideration."The findings showed that from 1978 to 2016，the length of the birds' lower leg bone shortened by 2.4%. Over the same time，the wings lengthened by 1.3%.The evidence suggests warming temperatures caused the decrease in body size，which in turn caused the increase in wing length."Migration is an incredibly taxing thing they do，" Mr. Weeks said，explaining that the smaller body size means less energy available for the birds to complete their long journeys.He says the birds most likely to survive migration were the ones with longer wingspans and smaller bodies.The scientists aren't exactly sure why warmer temperatures cause birds to shrink.One theory is that smaller animals are better at cooling off，losing body heat morequickly.（1）What's the best title for the text？CA. All of the Birds Are Getting SmallerB. Animals Are Adapting to Climate ChangeC. Climate Change Is Causing Birds to ShrinkD. Scientists Are Finding Causes of Warm Climate（2）What made Brian Weeks feel astonished？A. It took 40 years to collect 70，716 birds from North America.B. Many birds are shrinking when responding to the climate change.C. All migratory bird species were collected to do the important research.D. So many researchers take part in the largest study to work out the findings.（3）What does the underlined word "taxing" most probably mean？AA. Tiring.B. Important.C. Easy.D. Pleasant.（4）What can we infer from the last paragraph？CA. The migratory birds aren't big.B. The temperatures will be higher.C. The scientists will go on further study.D. The smaller animals will surely live longer.【分析】这是一篇说明文文章讲述了，研究表明随着气候变暖，鸟类数量在减少，鸟的体型在缩小，翅膀也在增长，原因未知【解答】（1）C．标题归纳题本文是一篇说明文，全文围绕一项研究发现展开由第一段第一句"As the climate warms，birds are shrinking and their wingspans are growing，according to a new study."（一项新的研究显示，随着气候变暖，鸟类在缩小，翅膀也在增长）和最后一段第一句"The scientists aren't exactly sure why warmer temperatures cause birds to shrink."（科学家们还不清楚为什么温度升高会导致鸟类缩小）可知这篇。
2021年重庆市普通高等学校招生全国统一考试预测卷(一)英语试题及答案
绝密★启用前2021年重庆市普通高等学校招生全国统一考试预测卷(一)英语试题第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）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. When will the woman meet John?A. On the 13th.B. On the 14th.C. On the 15th.2. What are the speakers looking at?A. An iPhone 6S.B. An iPhone 6.C. An iPhone 6 Plus.3. Where are the speakers?A. In a shop.B. In a car.C. At a Christmas party.4. When will the man babysit?A. On Monday.B. On Wednesday.C. On Thursday.5. What are the speakers talking about?A. A different job.B. The salary.C. A better position.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。
每段对话后有2至4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。
听每段对话前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。
每段对话读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What are the speakers doing?A. They are walking.B. They are sitting.C. They are planting.7. According to the woman, what is to blame?A. Little animals.B. The small green plants.C. A plant with red leaves.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
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2021年高考英语预测卷及答案详解（重庆市）第一部分听力(略)第二部分阅读(共两节，满分50分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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。
AThe Best Silk Road TourSilk Road, a business and trade route, originates from the ancient China and connects with the Asian. African and European countries. Our well-designed Silk Road tour package will never let you down.Departure City: ShanghaiGuide&Driver: English-speaking guide, experienced driver with an air-conditioned vehicleMeals:12 western buffet breakfasts, 6 lunches with some being a la carte (点菜)styleTour Highlights:●Must-see sights in China-Terracotta Warriors, Famen Temple,Dunhuang Mogao Caves, Maiji Caves, Jiayuguan Pass and Mutianyu Great Wall●Trace back to the Silk Road of 2,000 years ago& learn about the culture and history●Marvel at the art treasure- Mogao Caves&enjoy an exciting camel riding in the Gobi DesertWe Guarantee 100%No Shopping Stops!Tour Prices●Prices are per person in US Dollars.●Any parts of the tour length, activities or hotels can be tailored to your individual interestsAre you ready to follow the footsteps of the ancients to explore this mysterious land now?1. What will people do on the tour?A. Appreciate the ancient heritage..B. Ride on camels all the way.C. Stay a few nights in caves.D. Do a lot of shopping2. Which of the following is most likely to join the tour?A. A Beijing businessman good at golf.B. A Japanese model loving fashion.C. A Yunnan biologist interested in birds.D. An American student learning history.3. How much should a traveler pay for her family(with two sons)who want to live comfortably?A. $3479.B. $3749.C. $7498.D. $11247.BThe Intelligent Transport team at Newcastle University have turned an electric car into a mobile laboratory named “DriveLAB” in order to understand the challenges faced by older drivers and to discover where the key stress points are.Research shows that giving up driving is one of the key reasons for a fall in health and well-being among older people, leading to them becoming more isolated(隔绝) and inactive.Led by Professor Phil Blythe, the Newcastle team are developing in-vehicle technologies for older drivers which they hope could help them to continue driving into later life.These include custom-made navigation(导航) tools, night vision systems and intelligent speed adaptations. Phil Blythe explains: “For many older people, particularly those living alone or in the country, driving is important for preserving their independence, giving them the freedom to get out and about without having to rely on others.”“But we all have to accept that as we get older our reactions slow down and this often results in people avoiding any potentially challenging driving conditions and losing confidence in their driving skills. The result is that people stop driving before they really need to.” Dr Amy Guo, the leading researcher on the older driver study, explains, “The DriveLAB is helping us to understand what the key points and difficulties are for older drivers and how we might use technology to address these problems.”“For example most of us would expect older drivers always go slower than everyone else but surprisingly, wefound that in 30mph zones they struggled to keep at a constant speed and so were more likely to break the speed limit and be at risk of getting fined. We’re looking at the benefits of systems which control their speed as a way of preventing that.”“We hope that our work will help with technological solutions(解决方案) to ensure that older drivers stay safer behind the wheel.”4. What is the purpose of the DriveLAB?A. To explore new means of transport.B. To design new types of cars.C. To find out older driver’s problems.D. To teach people traffic rules.5. Why is driving important for older people according to Phil Blythe?A. It keeps them independent.B. It helps them save time.C. It builds up their strength.D. It cures their mental illnesses.6. What do researchers hope to do for older drivers? ,A. Improve their driving skills.B. Develop driver-assist technologies.C. Provide tips on repairing their cars.D. Organize regular physical checkups.7. What is the best title for the text?A. A new Model Electric CarB. A Solution to Traffic ProblemC. Driving Service for eldersD. Keeping Older Drivers on the RoadCOffshore wind turbines (风力发电机) could generate enough electricity to power every home and business on Earth according to a new report published by the International Energy Agency (IEA). The IEA describes the results as the "most comprehensive global study" of offshore wind.Fatih Birol, executive director of the IEA, said that offshore wind has the potential to join oil, gas and solar power as energy sources that have enjoyed a boom in production following a sharp fall in costs. "Offshore wind currently provides just 0.3% of global power generation, but its potential is vast," Birol said. "More and more of that potential is coming within reach, but much work remains to be done by governments and industry for it to become a mainstay." Increased government support and new investment would help unlock new technology, including floating platforms that would allow turbines to be located much further out to sea.The report says that developing well-equipped wind sites located close to shore would supply more than the total amount of electricity consumed worldwide today. The maximum potential for offshore wind production is more than 120,000 gigawatts (千兆瓦) , or 11 times projected global electricity demand in 2040, although that estimate does notfactor in difficulties in transmitting and storing the power generated.Wind power will be able to satisfy increasing demand for clean power to reduce the carbon use, according to the IEA. In the European Union, for example, offshore wind capacity is set to be the region's largest source of electricity in the 2040s. Its growth is expected to far outpace the increase in electricity demand, allowing surplus wind power to be used to produce hydrogen (氢) , which in turn could reduce carbon use in transportation and building.Chinese government policies designed to meet sustainable energy goals will help the country overtake the United Kingdom as having the largest offshore wind fleet by 2025. The push will see China's offshore wind capacity rise from 4 gigawatts in 2019 to 110 gigawatts by 2040. Other countries with a large number of coastal urban centers are also set to benefit, said the IEA.8. Which of the following statements may be agreed by Fatih Birol?A. Offshore wind has its potential within reach.B. Offshore wind can lead to a sharp fall in costs.C. Offshore wind has enjoyed a boom in production.D. Offshore wind power will for sure become a mainstay.9. What does the underlined word “surplus” in Paragraph 4 mean?A. Spare.B. Enough.C. Limited.D. Abundant.10. What can we infer from this text?A. China will meet its sustainable energy goals in 2025.B. Wind power will reduce the carbon use in the world.C. Offshore wind will be the largest source of power in 2040.D. The maximum potential mentioned can’t be fully achieved.11. What is the main idea of this text?A. Wind power will become a new trend.B. A clean power has been found by IEA.C. Offshore wind could power the world.D. IEA published a report on offshore wind.DOne morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible insect. He lay on his armor-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready to slide offany moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he looked."What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream. His room, a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples lay spread out on the table—Samsa was a travelling salesman—and above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur scarf who sat upright, raising a heavy fur muff (暖手筒) that covered the whole of her lower arm towards the viewer.Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. Drops of rain could be heard hitting the window, which made him feel quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all this nonsense," he thought, but that was something he was unable to do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw himself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was. He must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt before.He thought, "What a heavy career it is that I've chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or become friendly with them." He felt a slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold tremble.He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the time," he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting there eating their breakfasts.I ought to just try that with my boss; I'd get kicked out on the spot. But who knows, maybe that would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to think about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up there at your desk, talking down at your inferiors from up there, especially when you have to go right up close because the boss is hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the money together to pay off my parents' debt to him—another five or six years I suppose—that's definitely what I'll do. That's when I'll make the big change. First of all though, I've got to get up, my train leaves at five."12. According to the passage, Gregor initially believes his transformation is a ?A. curseB. diseaseC. nightmareD. fraud13. The word "floundering" in paragraph 3 most nearly means ?A. strugglingB. painfulC. pitifulD. trembling14. The author most likely includes a description of Gregor's itch in paragraph 4 to ?A. remind the reader that Gregor has already turned into an insectB. stress the disconnection between Gregors' thoughts and his actual situationC. present important details about what Gregor's new body looks likeD. show that Gregor's thoughts are focused on the changes to his body15. The main rhetorical (修辞的) effect of the final sentence of the excerpt ("First of all though, I've got to get up, my train leaves at five") is to ?A. provide a solution to the conflict Gregor facesB. foretell the conflict between Gregor and his bossC. illustrate Gregor's flexibility and ability to move onD. emphasize Gregor's extreme sense of duty第二节(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)阅读下面的短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。