2021届重庆市第四十二中学高三英语模拟试题及答案解析

2021届重庆市第四十二中学高三英语模拟试题及答案解析
第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项
A
March means spring inSt. Louis. The city hosts plenty of events — both indoor and outdoor — that make March a perfect crowd-free month to visit. You may even want to plan your trip around it.
See the Butterflies at Morpho Mardi Gras
PHONE +1314-577-0888
In the Butterfly House inFaustPark, thousands of bright blue butterflies are on display. These butterflies — types found mostly in South America, Mexico, and Central America — include over 29 different species and 147 subspecies(亚种）, making the venue a wonderful place for kids, as they can learn about the critical role butterflies play in nature.
Enjoy March Madness with Arch Madness
PHONE +1314-622-5400
March is the best time of the year for basketball fans. The action inSt. Louisbegins with March Madness, the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. Games take place during the first week in March at theScottradeCenter.
Catch a Fabulous Fox Theatre Broadway Show
PHONE +1314-534-1111
Each month, the Fabulous Fox Theatre hosts a variety of touring Broadway shows. And while tickets are slightly cheaper than that inNew York City, the quality of the performances doesn’t lack one bit. Check the schedule and buy tickets ahead of time, as the shows generally fill the venue.
Celebrate World Eagle Day at the World Bird Sanctuary
PHONE +1636-225-4390
World Eagle Day is celebrated with live eagle presentations, educational activities and games. Learn aboutAmerica’s national symbol, as well as other foreign species. Get your photo taken with your favorite bird or adopt an eagle.
1. Which of the following is attractive to kids?
A. Seeing the Butterflies at Morpho Mardi Gras.
B. Enjoying March Madness with Arch Madness.
C. Catching a Fabulous Fox Theatre Broadway Show.
D. Celebrating World Eagle Day at the World Bird Sanctuary.
2. If you are a basketball fan, you can call________.
A. +1314-577-0888
B. +1314-622-5400
C. +1314-534-1111
D. +1636-225-4390
3. Why does the author recommend the Fabulous Fox Theatre?
A. It is one of the branches of Broadway.
B. It isnot far away fromNew York City.
C. It doesn't charge the audience for tickets.
D. It provides wonderful shows with cheaper tickets.
B
Elizabeth Bishop is considered one of the best American poets of the 20th century. She was born in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1911. Her dad died when she was just a baby and her mom never recovered from the loss. She went to live with her grandparents in Nova Scotia, Canada when she was five. Eventually Bishop attended Vassar College, where she began to write poetry.
At Vassar she discovered Marianne Moore's poetry and met Ms Moore and began their life-long friendship. She later met poet Robert Lowell. She wrote tons and tons of letters to both of them, which is good for us because we would otherwise know very little of her personal life.
Bishop published her first book of poetry in 1946 and wrote until her death in 1979. She would spend years working on a single poem. Her poems are not the result of hasty scribbling (匆忙乱写) on paper while eating breakfast. She would look through drafts of poems again and again and improve them until they were as close to perfect as she could get them.
Reading Elizabeth Bishop is like being transported to the very place, the very moment she's writing about. She leads us to a microscope so we can see every smallest part of the scene. It seems that she's always asking us to notice more, and more until the poem is so clear in our minds that it's almost painful—like a light that's too bright.
4. What do we know about Bishop's early life?
A. She was mainly brought up by her grandparents.
B. She spent her childhood mainly in Worcester.
C. She was always encouraged by her parents.
D. She started to write poems at five.
5. Why are Bishop's letters to Moore and Lowell important?
A. They have a deep influence on other poets.
B. They offer much information about her life.
C. They help us study Moore and Lowell's poetry.
D. They prove she had friendships with famous poets.
6. What can we say about Bishop's poetic creation?
A. She liked to write in the morning.
B. She could write poems at high speed.
C. She tried her best to achieve perfection.
D. She published hundreds of books of poetry.
7. Which word can be used to best describe the style of Bishop’s poems?
A. Enthusiastic.
B. Romantic.
C. Humorous.
D. Exact.
C
Chinese paleontologists (古生物学家) have determined that, about 47 million years ago, subtropical forests once existed on the high-altitude Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
The conclusion, which appears in a paper published on Tuesday, was drawn based on the large number of fossils found in theBaingoinBasinat an altitude of nearly 5,000 meters during the second comprehensive scientific expedition to the plateau.
A joint team from theXishuangbannaTropicalBotanical Gardenconducted the research on the fossils. By combining the findings and models, the team recreated the climate and altitude that existed 47 million years ago, showing that the central plateau had an altitude of just 1,500 meters and an annual average temperature of 19℃, says Su Tao, a researcher from the tropical botanical garden and first author of the paper.
“It was covered by thick forest and was rich in water and grass. It is fair tocall it the ‘ShangriLa’ of ancient times,” Su adds.
The researchers have also found over 70 plant fossils, the majority of which are most closely related to plant life in today's subtropical or tropical regions.
“This is enough to show that the central part of the now high-altitude, freezing Qinghai-Tibet Plateau had flourishing subtropical plants 47 million years ago,” Su says.
The findings provide new evidence for the study of the evolutionary history of biodiversity and the evolution of the plateau's landscape, according to Zhou Zhekun, the paper's corresponding author and a researcher at the tropical botanical garden.
Chinalaunched the second comprehensive scientific expedition to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in June 2017, 40 years after the first. Lasting up to 10 years, the expedition will conduct a series of studies focusing on the plateau's
glaciers, its biodiversity and ecological changes, and will also monitor the changes in climate.
8. How did the paper come to the conclusion?
A. Through the observation of the Baingoin basin.
B. Through the fossils found in scientific expedition.
C. Through the drawing of a large number of fossils.
D. Through the adventure on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.
9. What can be inferred according to Su Tao?
A. The average altitude of the plateau was 1,500 meters.
B. “Shangrila”means a place with abundant water and grass.
C. The flourishing subtropical plants have covered the plateau.
D. The fossils found by researchers are tropical or subtropical plants now.
10. Where might the passage come from?
A. The Times.
B. The Wall Street Journal.
C. Chinese National Geography.
D. The Economist.
11. What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To instruct.
B. To educate.
C. To persuade.
D. To inform.
D
Why can friendships be hard? Because often people aren't as honest and open as they should be. Sometimes, people end up getting hurt.
Most problems with friendships come up because people are just too selfish to care about the things that their friends need. They care about their own needs much more, which makes it hard for friendships to work. However, being selfish is part of human nature. A person is put together in order to take care of himself and his own needs, not necessarily those needs of other people. Even though being selfish is something that all humans are born with, it is something that everyone should guard against.
The best thing to remember when you are a friend to anyone is that you need to treat your friend the same way as you'd like to be treated. This is wonderful advice for a friendship, because it is really the only way to make sure that you are giving your friend everything you would want to be given in a friendship. Whenever you have a question about how you should treat a friend, it is easy to find an answer simply by asking yourself what you would like your friend to do for you, if he or she is in your shoes.
Even if you're always thinking about how you'd like to be treated, and your friends are too, there are issues that come up from time to time in each friendship, and it is important to understand how to deal with these issues so that you can build stronger and healthier friendships. Issues like friends getting boyfriends or girlfriends and not spending enough time with their friends, or even friends finding new friends and leaving old friends behind are issues that will probably come up with one or more of your friendships. It is important to know how to deal with these issues so that you can keep your friends and make new ones. No one wants to have a broken friendship.
12. Why may problems with friendships appear?
A. One is selfish.
B. One is alone.
C. One is too anxious.
D. One is too busy.
13. What's the first and most important thing to be other people's friend?
A. Not to hurt your friends' feelings.
B. To give your friends whatever you have.
C. To treat your friends as fairly as possible.
D. Not to think of your own needs any more.
14. What is the text mainly about?
A. The Meaning of Friendships
B. The Importance of Friendships
C. The Advantages of Friendships
D. The Problems with Friendships
15. What may follow the last paragraph of the text?
A. How to make many friends.
B. How to keep friends happy.
C. How to treat friends correctly.
D. How to solve friendship issues.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项Let's take a minute to think about the water we use. The human body is 60% water and we need to drink lots of water to be healthy. When weare thirsty we just go to the kitchen and fill a glass with clean water.
___16___For example, farmers, who produce the food we eat, use water to make the plants grow. When we turn on a light or switch on a TV or a computer we use energy and we need water to produce this energy.
The truth is that we are lucky enough to have clean water whenever we want，but this is not the case for many people around the world.___17___That's around one in 10 people in the world. If we drink dirty water，we can catch diseases from the bacteria and become ill. Every year over 500，000 children die from diarrhea(腹泻)from dirtywater. That's around 1，400 children every day！Also，in some countries children walk many kilometres every day to get water.___18___Therefore，they don't have time to learn how to read or write and don't get an education.
___19___On this day every year，countries around the world hold events to educate people about the problems of dirty water and that clean water is something that everyone should have around the world. At one school in the UK，children between the ages of 10 and 15 walk 6km with six litres of water.___20___People give them money to do this and all the money helps get clean water to as many people as possible around the world.
A. We use water indirectly too.
B. Every system in our body depends on water to function.
C. It is to inspire people to learn more about water-related problems
D. If children walk many hours a day to get water，they can't go to school.
E. Did you know that around 750 million people do not have clean water to drink？
F. In 1993 the United Nations decided that March 22nd is the World Day for Water.
G. In this way，they know how it feels to walk a long distance carrying heavy bottles.
第二部分语言运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项Once my dad and I had a very big___21___in a late evening when my mother was away. We were both very angry and said something___22___,and in the end I said, “I'm leaving.”
And he said with___23___, “Good. The sooner, the better. ”
I___24___a few things in the suitcase and closed the___25___behind me, but I didn't know where to go. After walking aimlessly, I stopped at a local___26___. A few___27___later, my phone rang. It was my mom calling. She said, “Mary. Where are you? Dad said he___28___you.”
“How can he say that? I've been away for nearly half an hour,___29___he didn't call.” I said with annoyance. My anger returned and I remembered all the___30___words he'd shouted to me. “Listen, mom. You can tell Dad that I'm___31___. Tomorrow I'll___32___you.” I said and hung up.
I walked around the supermarket, trying to get my thoughts together. By the time I paid for my things, it had been much later than I used to be out alone. When I___33___the supermarket, I____34____a large piece of white
paper. On the piece of white paper were these words, “Please come home! I___35___you and I'm worried about you!”
Then a car pulled up beside me. Hanging out of the window was my dad. Beside him, smiling gently, sat my___36___. And that's when I started laughing. I laughed so hard that I___37___. Despite my best efforts to run away from___38___, my father___39___managed to track me down. I couldn't leave now—with him___40___there with caring eyes.
21. A. dream B. argument C. journey D. plan
22. A. important B. terrible C. boring D. interesting
23. A. anger B. smile C. patience D. peace
24. A. looked for B. put up C. paid for D. packed up
25. A. box B. book C. door D. window
26. A. supermarket B. hospital C. office D. hotel
27. A. minutes B. hours C. months D. years
28. A. recognised B. looked after C. believed D. cared about
29. A. so B. or C. but D. if
30. A. difficult B. unpleasant C. impolite D. serious
31. A. fine B. clever C. healthy D. generous
32. A. love B. ask C. call D. find
33. A. attacked B. organized C. left D. moved
34. A. wrote B. noticed C. designed D. printed
35. A. forget B. hate C. support D. miss
36. A. mom B.teacher C. classmate D. boss
37. A. agreed B. cried C. thought D. succeeded
38. A. company B. club C. home D. school
39. A. hardly B. gradually C. calmly D. finally
40. A. sleeping B. running C. walking D. sitting
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式
To win a national award for handwriting, especially in this digital age, is an achievement in itself. But____41.____makes Anaya Ellick extra special is that the seven-year-old made the achievement
despite____42.____(have) no hands.
The young girl____43.____competed in the category for students with special needs had to beat____44.____(compete) to win the award. Contest director Kathleen Wright said the judges, many of whom are occupational doctors ,____45.____(be) “just amazed” by the quality of Anaya's printing. Wright says,”Her writing sample was Comparable to someone who had hands.”
Anaya's proud parents, Bianca Middleton and Gary Ellick say the young girl's determination and desire to be____46.____(depend) became obvious when she was just a baby.____47.____a young child, she learned to eat with a fork and build with blocks. At 5, she managed____48.____(hold) a crayon or marker between her hands and draw. Though Anaya was fitted with prosthetic (假体的) arms for a short time, the young girl decided she was better off____49.____her natural ones and threw____50.____(it) away.
第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节短文改错（满分10分）
51.假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。

错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（℃），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
只允许修改10处,多者（从第11处起）不计分。

It was a happy day for me yesterday. I. with my parents, go to the park after finishing my homework. Get to the park, we saw many people there who was walking, chatting, singing and dancing. My parents took a walk near the river but they looked very happy. I began to run with several child. We looked tiring soon. but we had a good time. After that, we chatted and sang. We were all excited so we made some new friends. Finally my parents took me have a delicious supper. I enjoyed myselfalot of. What the unforgettable day it was!
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.题目所提出的具体要求，在答题卡上写出一篇连贯完整的短文。

词数80左右。

假如你是李华，你的美国笔友Lily发来邮件，对你的高一暑假学习与生活感兴趣，请回邮件向她介绍你的暑期具体安排。

具体内容如下：
1.感谢对方的来信
2.介绍暑期学习计划与生活安排
2.询问对方的近期安排
注意：1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯.
Lily,
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参考答案
1. A
2. B
3. D
4. A
5. B
6. C
7. D
8. B 9. B 10. C 11. D
12. A 13. C 14. D 15. D
16. A 17. E 18. D 19. F 20. G
21. B 22. B 23. A 24. D 25. C 26. A 27. A 28. D 29. C 30. B 31. A 32.
C 33. C 34. B 35.
D 36. A 37. B 38. C 39. D 40. D
41. what 42. having 43. who/that
44. competitors 45. were
46. independent 47. As 48. to hold 49. with 50. them
51.(1).go改为went
(2).Get 改为Getting
(3).was改为were
(4).but改为and
(5).child改为children
(6).tiring改为tried
(7). So改为because
(8). 在me 后面添加to
(9).去掉a lot of后的of
(10). the 改为an
52.略。