2020-2021学年宁波市镇海中学高三英语模拟试题及答案解析

2020-2021学年宁波市镇海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
You have to praise the smoothness（顺畅）of ants on the move. No matter how many of them are going toward a place, there's never a hold-up. A new research paper shows how ants keep traffic flowing by changing their behavior to meet changing conditions.
For their experiments, researchers from the University of Toulouse focused on Argentine ants, animals that often move from colony（群落）to colony depending on where the food is. Making use of Argentine ants' talent for fast travel, the researchers built bridges connecting their colonies. The bridges were different in width from a fifth to three-quarters of an inch. The colonies, too, were of different sizes, ranging from 400 to more than 25,000 ants.
Then the researchers sat back andmonitoredthe traffic. To their surprise, even when those narrower bridges were full of ants, there were no "traffic accidents". "When the number of ants on the bridge increased, ants seemed to be able to understand the situation and adjusted（调整）their speed accordingly to avoid making the traffic flow stop. "the authors note. "Moreover, ants avoided entering a busy road and made sure that the bridge was never too packed to cross.”
The lesson for humans? The traffic problem may lie in our inability to adjust our driving habits for the good of the whole. Driving is fun when there are few cars on the road. Then the traffic moves very slowly. And yet, some impatient driver still acts like he's alone on the road.
The research suggests that projects, like the ever-widening of highways, may never free us from traffic jams. As long as we drive along with our own habits, no matter how many other people are on the road, we'll always end up in a traffic jam. Indeed, less space may actually be a good thing. It leaves less room for individual choice and forces us to take a page from the driving book of ants.
1. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
A. The results of the experiments.
B. The purpose of the experiments
C. The preparation of the experiments.
D. The requirements of the experiments
2. What does the underlined word "monitor" in paragraph 3 probably mean?
A. watch and check.
B. seek and improve
C. design and plan
D. discuss and practise
3. What is the best title for the text?
A. Is widening highways a solution?
B. Why don't ants need traffic lights?
C. Can we learn safe driving from ants?
D. What can ants teach us about traffic jams?
B
Many of us in China enjoy adding chilies (辣椒) toour food, but did you know that this spicy vegetable could also be dangerous? A 34-year-oldUSman recently ended up in hospital after eating a Carolina Reaper—the spiciest chili in the world. After taking just a single bite of one, the man suffered from serious headaches in the following few days, reported BBC News.
In fact, reports of stomachache and headache caused by eating spicy food are not something unusual. But if chilies are harmful, why is it that human beings are the only animals to eat this vegetable? According to the website Huanqiu, about 600 million Chinese people—almost half of the national population—are chili eaters. So what makes people love chilies so much? The human body reacts to the burning feeling that comes from eating chilies by releasing natural chemicals that “produce a sense of happiness” , noted BBC News.
And the benefits go even further than just personal enjoyment. A survey conducted by the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences found that the death rate of those who eat spicy food once or twice a week is 10 percent lower than those who eat it less than once a week. The number decreased to 14 percent for those who eat spicy food six to seven times a week. And another study done by theUniversityofVermontcame to a similar conclusion. “The data encourages people to eat more spicy food to improve health and reduce death risk at an early age,” Liu Qi, a nutritionist at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, told BBC News.
Chilies have anti-cancer quality and the ability to increase our metabolism (新陈代谢). So, don't worry if you love spicy food. It seems that chilies are actually good for us—except for the Carolina Reaper, perhaps.
4. The example of a 34-year-old American is mentioned in Paragraph 1 to prove ________.
A. chiliescan be beneficial
B. chilies are popular inAmerica
C. chilies can be dangerous
D. serious headaches can be dangerous
5. Eating chilies gives people a sense of happiness by_______.
A. decreasing death rate
B. releasing natural chemicals
C. curing serious headaches
D. providing enough nutrition
6. Which of the following statement is TRUE?
A. Human are the only animals to eat chilies.
B. Stomachache and headaches caused by chilies is something unusual.
C. The more chilies you eat, the healthier you are.
D. Chilies have anti-cancer quality but it can't increase our metabolism.
7. The writer wrote the passage to ________.
A. warn people of the dangers of chilies
B. ask people to eat Carolina Reaper
C. encourage people to eat more chilies
D. tell people the benefits of chilies
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
Getting rid of dirt, in the opinion of most people, is a good thing However, there is nothing fixed about attitudes to dirt.
In the early 16th century, people thought that dirt on the skin was a means to block outdisease, as medical opinion had it that washing off dirt with hot water could open up the skin and let ills in. A particular danger was thought to lie in public baths. By 1538, the French king had closed the bath houses in his kingdom. So did the king ofEnglandin 1546. Thus began a long time when the rich and the poor inEuropelived with dirt in a friendly way. Henry IV, king ofFrance, was famously dirty. Upon learning that a nobleman had taken a bath, the king ordered that, to avoid the attack of disease, the nobleman should not go out.
Though the belief in the merit(优点) of dirt was long-lived, dirt has no longer been regarded as a nice neighbor ever since the 18th century. Scientifically speaking, cleaning away dirt is good to health. Clean water supply and hand washing are practical means of preventing disease. Yet, it seems that standards of cleanliness have moved
beyond science since World War II. Advertisements repeatedly sell the idea: clothes need to be whiter than white, cloths ever softer, surfaces to shine. Has the hate for dirt, however, gone too far?
Attitudes to dirt still differ hugely nowadays. Many first-time parents nervously try to warn their children off touching dirt, which might be responsible for the spread of disease. On the contrary, Mary Ruebush, an American immunologist(免疫学家), encourages children to play in the dirt to build up a strong immune system. And the latter position is gaining some ground.
12. The kings ofFranceandEnglandin the 16th century closed bath houses because .
A. they lived healthily in a dirty environment
B. they thought bath houses were too dirty to stay in
C. they considered bathing as cause of skin disease
D. They believed disease could be spread in public baths
13. Which of the following best describes Henry IV’s attitude to bathing?
A. Curious
B. Afraid
C. Approving
D. Uninterested
14. How does the passage mainly develop?
A. By following the order of time.
B. By making comparison.
C. By providing examples
D. By following the order of importance.
115. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passages?
A. To call attention to the danger of dirt.
B. To introduce the history of dirt.
C. To present the change of views on dirt.
D. To stress the role of dirt.
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Every week in China, millions of people will sit in front of their TVs watching teenagers compete for the title Character Hero, which is a Chinese-style spelling bee (拼写大赛).____16____To prepare for the competition, the competitors usually spend months studying dictionaries.
____17____Along with gunpowder and paper -many Chinese people consider the creation of Chinese calligraphy（书法）to be one of their primary contributions.____18____
But there’s still hope for the paint brush. In one Beijing primary school we visited, students practice calligraphy every day inside a specially decorated classroom with traditional Chinese paintings hanging on the
walls. Soft music plays as a group of six-year-olds dip brush pens into black ink.____19____“If adults can survive without using handwriting, why bother to teach it now?” we ask the calligraphy teacher, Shen Bin.____20____“Students must learn now so they don’t forget when they grow up.” says the teacher.
A. The correct character is chosen from a list.
B. Perhaps the show’s popularity should not be a surprise.
C. Government wants children to spend time learning how to write.
D. The ability to write characters is part of Chinese tradition and culture.
E. In this challenge, young competitors must write Chinese characters by hand.
F. They look up at the blackboard often to study their teacher’s examples.
G. Unfortunately, Chinese people are forgetting how to write their own language without computerized help.
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
A girl complained to her father about her life and how things were so hard for her.
Without a___21___, the father tookhis daughter to the kitchen. He filled three pots with___22___and placed each on a high___23___. In one he placed carrots, in the second eggs, and in the last coffee beans. The daughter sucked her teeth and waited___24___, wondering what he was doing. In about twenty minutes the father turned off the heat. He___25___the carrots and eggs out and placed them in two plates. Then he poured the coffee into a cup.
He asked___26___, “Darling, what do you see?”
“Carrots, eggs, and coffee.” she replied.
He asked her to___27___the carrots. She did and said they were___28___. Then he asked her to take an egg and___29___it. After pulling off the shell, she___30___the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to drink the coffee. She___31___, as she tasted its rich aroma (芳香).
“What does it___32___, Father?” She asked.
He explained that each of them had___33___the same adversity (困境), boiling water, but each reacted___34___. The carrot went in strong and hard but it turned soft and___35___. The egg had been fragile, but after sitting through the boiling water its___36___became hardened. The coffee beans were___37___, however, after they were in the boiling water, they had___38___the water.
“Which are you?” Father asked his daughter. She was then wordless as if___39___in thought.
When adversity knocks on your door, how do you___40___? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?
21. ment B.joy C.result D.word
22. k B.water C.sand D.oil
23. A.place B.roof C.fire D.stove
24. A.angrily B.impatiently C.quietly D.nervously
25. A.fished B.handed C.picked D.pulled
26. A.coldly B.eagerly C.gently D.slowly
27. A.feel B.eat C.get D.wash
28. A.red B.hot C.soft D.fresh
29. A.draw B.see C.try D.break
30. A.cut B.observed C.touched D.hold
31. A.agreed B.hesitated C.smiled D.cried
32. A.become B.mean C.have D.want
33. A.escaped B.found C.realized D.faced
34. A.differently B.quickly C.immediately D.positively
35. A.small B.bad C.weak d
36. A.heart B.inside C.content D.surface
37. A.black B.tasty C.solid D.unique
38. A.mixed B.dyed C.change D.ruined
39. A.absorbed B.trapped C.got D.pushed
40. A.do B.respond C.explain D.behave
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
She is a professional____41.____(photograph) who has long documented happy moments of birth.
Several years ago, her close friend’s kid died of cancer. She tried to be supportive but felt____42.____(help). Then she realized she had a skill she could put to use with sadness. That was why Scantling sent out a generous call on Facebook,____43.____(offer) to do a photo shoot in her Oklahoma studio for children with cancer,___44.___charging their parents. She would dress up the children and then take pictures of them. "I made up my mind____45.____(achieve) something powerful and emotional. " said Scantling.
Three families from nearby Oklahoma towns immediately responded to her call. On the____46.____(appoint) afternoon, three little girls, all of____47.____were suffering from cancer, showed up at Scantling's studio. The girls
quickly became friends and were soon smiling for photos. They had____48.____good time in the spotlight for something other than their illness.
"Watching them interact was____49.____(genuine) sweet and inspiring," one parent said. So far thousands of viewers____50.____(encourage) by Scantling's photos.
第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节短文改错（满分10分）
51.假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

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

Last Sunday, I paid a visit to Miss Wang, which is my primary school teacher. She retired(退休) three years ago. Miss Wang teaches me Chinese when I was a naughty boy. I didn’t like studying at first. It was Miss Wang who kind helped me understand the importance of studying. Under her help, I made a great progress. She devoted most of her time to teach and treated me as his own child. I think she is really a excellent teacher with rich teaching experience. Inspiring by her, I’ve made my mind to be a teacher.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.有人说锻炼需要时间、空间、毅力等。

你认为锻炼最需要的是什么？请你以“Doing Exercise Requires ________ Most”为题写一篇英文短文向某英语报投稿，内容包括：
1.锻炼最需要的东西；
2.请举例说明。

注意：
1.补全短文题目；
2.词数100左右。

Doing Exercise Requires ________ Most
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________
参考答案
1. C
2. A
3. D
4. C
5. B
6. A
7. D
8. A 9. D 10. B 11. C
12. D 13. B 14. A 15. C
16. E 17. B 18. G 19. F 20. D
21. D 22. B 23. C 24. B 25. A 26. C 27. A 28. C 29. D 30. B 31. C 32.
B 33. D 34. A 35.
C 36. A 37.
D 38. C 39. A 40. B
41. photographer
42. helpless
43. offering
44. without
45. to achieve
46. appointed
47. whom 48. a
49. genuinely
50. have been encouraged
51.(1).which→who
(2).teaches→taught
(3).kind→kindly
(4).Under→With
(5).将a去掉
(6).teach→teaching
(7).his→her
(8).a→an
(9).Inspiring→Inspired
(10).在made后面加up
52.略。