2020-2021学年广西玉林高级中学高三英语一模试题及参考答案

2020-2021学年广西玉林高级中学高三英语一模试题及参考答案
第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项
A
For some people, there’s no better companion than mans best friend-a dog. This four-legged pet can bring comfort and joy and provide much- needed exercise for you when it needs walkies! This probably explains why dog ownership increased last year because people spent more time at home during he CovID-I9 lockdown.
However, as demand for a new dog increased, so did the price tag. Popular breeds, such as Cockapoos and Cocker Spaniels, saw even sharper price increases, and puppies have been selling for $3,000 or more.
Animal welfare charities fearthat high prices could encourage puppy farming, smuggling (走私) or dog theft. An investigation found some breeders have been selling puppies and kittens on social media sites--something charities have called “extremely irresponsible”.
But despite some new owners purchasing a dog legally, maybe from a rescue center or registered breeder, they’ve proved to be ill-prepared for life with a new pet, and the pet itself has found it hard tocome to terms withlife in a new home.
Looking to the future, there are concerns about the welfare of these much-loved pets. Lan Alkin manager of the Oxfordshire Animal Sanct uary in the UK, notes: “At the moment, the dogs are having a great time, but separation anxiety could still surface when people go back to work.” And Cliare Calder from the UKs Dogs Trust rescue charity says, “The economic situation also means that some people may find they can’t afford to look after
a dog.” The message is not to buy a dog in haste and to pick one that fits into our lifestyle.
1. The greater demand for dogs can cause the following problems except ________.
A. illegal trade of dogs
B. less dog farming
C. high prices of dogs
D. online sale of dogs
2. What does the underlined phrase"come to terms with"in paragraph 4 mean?
A. Fit in with
B. Go in for
C. Make up for.
D. End up with
3. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. Despite the problems, dogs are living happily.
B. The writer has a positive attitude towards dogs future.
C. Experts are worried that dogs will be unaffordable to people.
D. The writer advises people to think twice before keeping dogs as pets.
B
We all use different ways to remember ideas, facts and things we need to store. Remembering is an extremely important part of our learning experience. Information process, storage and recall encourage purposeful learning.
But the brain doesn’t store everything we want or need for future use. It makes choices and tends to remember information that forms a memorable pattern. Things you learned recently can be particularly difficult to remember because they haven’t taken root in your mind.
“Forgetting allows us to remember what is really important to our survival. We forget much of what we read, watch, and think directly every day.” writes John Medina in his book, Brain Rules.
How do you avoid losing 90%of what you’ve learned? An inspiring writer and speaker Zig Ziglar once said: “Repetition is the mother of learning, the father of action, which makes it the architect of accomplishment.”
Repetition has been a remembering skill for ages. When you hear or read something once，you don’t really learn it-at least not well enough to store the new information for long. The right kind of repetition can do wonders for your memory. People learn or remember better by repeating things or getting exposed to information many times. Othersrepeat particular steps or processes deliberately a number of times or even years to become better at certain skills.
Daniel Coyle explains in his book, The Little Book of Talent:“...closing the book and writing a summary, even short ones, forces you to figure out the key points, process and organize those ideas so they make sense, and write them on the page. When you pick it back up weeks later, reread all of your notes or highlights to strengthen the ideas even further.”
People learn by repeating things. Better learning is a repetition process. Every time we repetitively access something we already know, we increase the memory’s stored value.
4. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. The brain tends to store 90% of the things we learn.
B. The fresher the information isthe easier to remember.
C. Thinking is more important than remembering in study.
D. The brain tends to choose and keep what it thinks important.
5. How does the writer prove his opinion?
A.By giving examples.
B. By listing numbers.
C. By borrowing words of experts.
D. By providing scientific finding.
6. What does Daniel Coyle want to say in his book?
A. You can’t pay too much attention to repetition.
B. Summarizing is a very effective learning tool.
C. Forgetting forces human brain to make choices.
D. Regular repetition helps to form good habits.
7. Which do you think is the best title of the passage?
A. How the Brain Works
B. Reading for More
C. Fighting Against Forgetting
D. Repeat to Remember
C
Sam, I say to myself as I start across the bridge, you must stop these thoughts and start thinking about what to do now that you have lost your falcon, Frightful.
Life, my friend Ban do once said, is meeting problems and solving them whether you are an amoeba or a space traveller. I have a problem. I have to provide my younger sister Alice and myself with meat. Fish, nuts, and vegetables are good and necessary, but they don't provide enough fuel for the hard physical work we do. Although we have venison now, I can't always count on getting it. So far this year, our venison has been only road kill from in front of Mrs Strawberry's farm.
I decide to take the longest way home, down the flood plain of the West Branch of Delaware to Spillkill, my own name for a fast stream that cascades down the south face of the mountain range I'm on. I need time to think. Perhaps Alice and I should be like the early Eskimos. We should walk, camp and hunt, and when the seasons change, walk on to new food sources. But I love my tree and my mountaintop.
Another solution would be to become farmers, like the people of the Iroquois Confederacy who once lived here. They settled in villages and planted corm and squash, bush beans and berries. We already grow groundnuts in the damp soil and squash in the poor land. But the Iroquois also hunted game. I can't do that anymore.
I'm back where I started from.
Slowly I climb the Spillkill. As I hop from rock to rock beneath shady basswoods and hemlocks, I hear the cry of the red-tailed hawk who nests on the mountain crest. I am reminded of Frightful and my heart aches. I can almost hear her call my name, Cree, Cree, Cree, Car-ree.
Maybe I can get her back if I beg the man who is in charge of the peregrines at the university. “But it's the law,” he would say. I could write to the president of the United States and ask him to make an exception of Alice and me.
That won't work. The president swore to uphold the Constitution and laws of the United States when he took office.
I climb on. I must stop thinking about the impossible and solve the problem of what to do now. I must find a new way to provide for us. Frightful is going to be in good hands at the university, and she will have young.
I smile at the thought of little Frightfuls and lift my reluctant feet.
When I am far above the river, I take off my clothes and moccasins and bathe in a deep, clear pool until I am refreshed and thinking more clearly. Climbing up the bank, I dress and sit down. I breathe deeply of the mountain air and try to solve my problem more realistically.
8. What does this excerpt main describe?
A. Delicate mental activities.
B. Unique story environment.
C. Everchanging story events.
D. Complicated character relationship.
9. What is Sam's first worry?
A. How to get back quickly
B. How to get enough venison.
C. How to ensure the safety of Frightful.
D. How to provide meat for Alice and himself.
10. What do we know about Frightful?
A. He left Sam and Alice due to lack of food.
B. He helped Sam hunt before being taken away.
C. He is living with the red-tailed hawk happily.
D. He has given birth to babies in the university.
11. Which of the following can best describe Sam?
A. Humorous.
B. Aggressive.
C. Responsible.
D. Unrealistic.
D
At first glance, there is nothing unusual about BingoBox’s convenience store–shelves packed with snacks line the walls, attracting passers-by through the glass windows. But upon closer look, BingoBox is no ordinary store. The door unlocks only after customers scan (扫描) aQR code to enter, and there is no cashier — just a lone checkout counter (柜台) in a corner. The Shanghai-based company is one of many unmanned store operators (运营者) opening outlets all over China, hoping to improve slim profit by reducing staff costs.
“Ifstaff costs rise quickly, that puts greater pressure on low-profit businesses like convenience stores and supermarkets,” said Andrew Song, an analyst at Guotai Junan Securities. “InChina, manpower costs have been rising ly quickly.”
However, the future vision of shopping without a check-out person is still a work in progress. A Post reporter
who visited a BingoBox store inShanghaiwas briefly locked in when trying to exit without buying anything. Although a sign near the exit stated that empty-handed customers can leave by scanning a QR code, no QR code was to be found. Repeated calls to the customer service hotline went unanswered.
The idea of unmanned stores first caught the world’s attention in December last year. Equipped with technology such as RFID tags, mobile payment systems and facial and movement recognition, such stores collect large amounts of data that give operators a better idea of consumer preferences and buying habits, which can then be used to optimize (使最优化) operations and make more efficient inventory decisions. For companies like BingoBox, lower operating costs also mean it can afford to expand its reach to areas with less foot traffic or fewer people, according to its founder and chief executive ChenZilin.
12. What makes BingoBox store look like an ordinary convenience store?
A. No cashier to check out.
B. A lone checkout counter.
C. Shelves packed with goods.
D. Entering by scanning a QR code.
13. Why are unmanned stores popular with operators?
A. The customers prefer mobile payment systems.
B. The unmanned stores help improve profit with lower labor costs.
C. The employees focus on consumer preferences and buying habits.
D. The operators care more about operations and inventory decisions.
14. Why is the reporter’s case mentioned in the passage?
A. To show his anger and dissatisfaction.
B. To warn people not to go to a BingoBox store.
C. To explain unmanned stores still have a long way to go.
D. To complain that QR code service is not convenient at all..
15. What can we infer from the chief executive Chen Zilin?
A. Nowadays all stores should be equipped with advanced technology.
B. The operators collect data about consumer preferences and buying habits.
C. BingoBox made wiser decisions based on the data collected in those unmanned stores.
D. The operators can open unmanned supermarkets in more distant places with low cost.
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If you've ever considered training for a marathon, but you are a bit scared by the idea of 26. 2 miles, here is some motivation.
A slow and steady six-month training program designed to gradually build up endurance, gave a group of novice (新手) runners , ages 21 to 69, an impressive boost to their heart health.____16____Using these images, researchers documented reductions in aortic artery stiffness (大动脉僵硬).
“As you get older, the normal aging process causes changes in your heart and your vessels,"the study author Dr. Bhuva says.“And hardening of the arteries increases the risk of many diseases."____17____Many studies have shown that exercise over a lifetime reduces aortic stiffness.
The training program was a slow build-up over six months. But it turned out that the older, slower runners saw the most benefits, in terms of reducing blood pressure and arterial stiffness. Even among people with existing heart disease, regular physical activity can help improve heart health.____18____
Ready to go? 2 tips to get started with your running goals.
Tip 1: Commit to a specific race or event.
18 million people in the U. S. participated in road races last year. If a marathon sounds frightening, aim for a half or a 5K.____19____Parkrun USA organizes timed 5K races around the country that are free and open to everyone.
Tip 2:____20____
“We normally tell our patients, look, you need to run or exercise, 150 minutes a week. But, of course, that's very boring for people to follow," Bhuva says. When you find a group or a partner to train with, it will be more likely that you'll stick with it.
A. The value of the new marathon study is to show how people can make improvements.
B. Each of the 138 runners received a scan at the beginning and end of the training.
C. And research shows that exercise can help ease anxiety，depression, even sleep disorders.
D. Most people can find a way to be more physically active, whether it is cycling or rowing,
E. But your lifestyle and habits can modify the rate and extent of these changes
F. Find a group or a partner.
G. The simple actof registering may motivate you to start training.
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
Our families lived more than 450 miles away, so a few weeks before Thanksgiving one year, my husband and I decided to invite a guest over___21___the holiday. I called a senior center in theDallasarea and they___22___Ilse, a woman I imagined would be quiet and good-natured. When seeing her, I was wrong. Ilse was a stubborn 78 -year-old lady, who favored spending time at the center___23___she had her own apartment.
By the end of the Thanksgiving evening, we felt as if she were an old friend. Two weeks later, I invited her to lunch. The more time I spent with Ilse, the more she became like my grandma, always full of energy. Since I was the only one left in her life, I felt___24___for her. I soon became her personal Uber driver (minus the fee), and also helped her hire a___25___. As the days went on, Ilse seemed more disconnected than before. Late one afternoon, she called from the emergency room to tell me she had___26___over her coffee table. After I got there, the doctor___27___she had suffered a mild stroke(中风).
During the next few days, I___28___by her apartment, sadly finding that she was so weak. And she was no longer the___29___Ilse I knew. At the end of the week, I received an early-morning call from her caregiver. “Please come over now,” her voicematter-of-fact. “She’s passed away.” But I was too shocked to cry.
The morning after Ilse’s death, I pulled her___30___out of my file cabinet. Ilse had___31___I take a copy of it a year earlier. I read through it and___32___when I saw my name. She had left me $ 50,000. I didn't___33___her saying anything about that.___34___, I would have insisted she donate the money to charity or give it to a friend she had known longer. Ilse was a friend I'd helped out of loyalty and___35___, not with the expectation of being paid. I opened an account in her honor. Over the next 20 years, Ilse's___36___grew and gave me the opportunity to___37___funds in her name to a cause she cared about deeply : children. Various families and charities___38___from her donations. It is beyond my expectation that a___39___I’d taken years before when I placed a call to the senior center and meet Ilse made my life richer and made me have a new understanding of___40___.
21. A. after B. for C. by D. of
22. A. believed B. begged C. observed D. suggested
23. A. unless B. because C. though D. if
24. A. responsible B. grateful C. pitiful D. happy
25. A. teacher B. caregiver C. doctor D. guide
26. A. talked B. looked C. came D. tripped
27. A. ensured B. confirmed C. warned D. reminded
28. A. drove B. walked C. dropped D. slipped
29. A. energetic B. outgoing C. generous D. determined
30. A. photo B. will C. book D. report
31. A. insisted B. ordered C. recommended D. proposed
32. A. questioned B. relieved C. explained D. stopped
33. A. mind B. imagine C. remember D. consider
34. A. Otherwise B. Therefore C. However D. Instead
35. A. courage B. ability C. respect D. ambition
36. A. gift B. desire C. need D. idea
37. A. return B. lend C. sell D. provide
38. A. learned B. kept C. benefited D. borrowed
39. A. risk B. praise C. reward D. chance
40. A. equality B. humanity C. possibility D. reality
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
The postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for a year has raised concerns over a_______41._______(reduce) marketing period for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, but analysts believe the impact will be limited.
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics,_____42._____sponsorship revenue has exceeded $3.1 billion, has been rescheduled to be held from July 23 to August 8 in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic,______43.______(shorten) the Olympic marketing period for the Beijing Winter Olympics ---______44.______(hold) in February 2022 --- by a year.
Ren Hai, a professor at the Olympic Research Center of theBeijingSportsUniversity, claimed on Tuesday, "There will of course be an impact, but I think the impact will be limited, as the Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics are different in terms of sports and disciplines," Ren said. "Historically, the two different Olympics______45.______(host) very close together." Ren was referring to the period from 1924 to 1992,_____46._____both the Winter and Summer Olympics were held in the same year.
He Wenyi, executive director of the China Institute for Sports Value,PekingUniversity, said the reason_____47._____the limited impact on Winter Olympics marketing is thatChinahas ly few winter sports stars.Chinahas won 224 gold medals in the Summer Olympics since 1980, compared with only 13 champions in the Winter Games. The last Winter Olympics inPyeongchang,South Korea, sawChina_____48._____(bag) only one gold
medal, in short track speed skating. Summer Olympics sports are widely popular inChinawhile winter sports are yet to enjoy the same kind of popularity, though the country has vowed to get 300 million people to participate in winter sports by the year 2022.
"But the promotional events of Beijing 2022 are unlikely_____49._____(affect), as the novel coronavirus epidemic is under control in China," He Wenyi said, adding the virus spread might lead to a change in____50.____sports sponsorship is done worldwide.
第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节短文改错（满分10分）
51.假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

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

It was a cold afternoon and it was raining heavy. Without an umbrella, I had to stand still but wait for my father. Before long hours' waiting, my father finally arrived. I was about to go home while I found my English teacher, Miss Wang, was also waiting for the rain to stop. Then I gave my umbrella to him. Surprised and happy, she accepted it. See her walking in the rain with my umbrella, I smiled and sense of happiness came into my heart. As a famous saying went, happiness is only real when sharing. If we're willing to share, so we will find happiness everywhere.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假设你是李华，English Weekly文化专栏正在开展主题为“Passion for historic sites”的征文活动。

请你根据所给要点写一篇征文稿：
1.历史遗址参观热；
2.参观历史遗址的意义；
3.你推荐的景点。

注意：
1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Passion For Historic Sites
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
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参考答案
1. B
2. A
3. D
4. D
5. C
6. B
7. D
8. A 9. D 10. B 11. C
12. C 13. B 14. C 15. D
16. B 17. E 18. C 19. G 20. F
21. B 22. D 23. C 24. A 25. B 26. D 27. B 28. C 29. A 30. B 31. A 32.
D 33. C 34. A 35. C 36. A 37. D 38. C 39. D 40. B
41. reduced
42. whose 43. shortening
44. to be held
45. were hosted
46. when 47. for
48. bag 49. to be affected
50. how
51.(1).heavy→heavily
(2).but→and
(3).Before→After
(4).while→when
(5).him→her
(6).See→Seeing
(7).sense前添加a
(8).went→goes
(9).sharing→shared
(10).去掉so
52.略。