2019-2020学年汕头市华侨中学高三英语一模试卷及参考答案

2019-2020学年汕头市华侨中学高三英语一模试卷及参考答案
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
It was a weeknight and one of my twin daughters marched into the room, waving a book she'd finished. “Dad, why are books with science in them always about boys?” she asked.
I told her that simply wasn't true; there were loads of great science fictions with girls in them. She agreed, but argued that in those stories it was the boys who were doing science, and the girls were justalong for the ride. My other daughter took her sister's side and challenged me to give an example.
This left me in a difficult position. I could either go through our library to point out some wonderful examples of female-led science fictions, or just admit they were right and remain in my comfortable chair.
I've been asked several times how I came up with the idea forA Problematic Paradoxand my answer is always the same: it came to me in a moment of inspiration. I like that answer because it's simple and makes me seem very creative. The fact that this explanation is not true bothers me from time to time. Here's the truth: the story wasn't my idea. It was my daughters who suggested I write something for them that had a girl doing science.
My daughters were at an age when many young women turn away from STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), believing those areas of study unfriendly or out-of-the-norm for girls. I also read about how important role models can be to young people. It's one thing to tell a person they can do something, but seeing someone like them doing that thing can be more powerful.
So, I kept two guidelines for the book in mind: First, the story had to be fun for anyone, because it's as important for boys to understand that science is for everyone. Second, I wanted the main character, Nikola, to be imperfect. She should be someone with shortcomings as we all have. I think this not only makes a story more interesting to read, but also helps make it clear that the most extraordinary things can be done by ordinary people.
1. What does the underlined phrase “along for the ride” in paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. Entering a bike race.
B. Offering vital help.
C. Doing unimportant things.
D. Playing the leading role.
2. What do we know about the bookA Problematic Paradox1?
A. Its main character is perfect.
B. It is a female-led science fiction.
C. It is intended to appeal to girls only.
D. Its idea comes from the author's inspiration.
3. Which of the following best describes the author's book?
A. Serious and abstract.
B. Simple and practical.
C. Creative and well-organized.
D. Inspiring and interesting.
B
Recently, I read about a promotion from a home builder in San Diego where consumers (消费者) could buy a 4,000 square foot house for $1.6 million and get a smaller home bythe developer valued at $400 thousand for free. This sounds like a fantastic deal, but I am alwayswary ofany promotion labeled (给……加标签) with“buy one get one free”, and here is why.
Oftentimes, “buy one get one free” ends up being “buy two at the regularprice”. For example, I often see “buy one get one free” ads for orange juice at the supermarket, but the first box always costs over $5.00. At the same time, the juices not in the promotion are selling for $2.50 to $2.99 a box.
Another problem with “buy one get one free” is that oftentimes you do not need the second item. I only consume one gallon of milk every two weeks. If I were talked into buying a second gallon in a “buy one get one free” promotion, then the second gallon would go bad before I have time to consume it. That creates waste instead of savings.
In the case of theSan Diegodeveloper, so far they have received one offer on their expensive houses, but the buyer does not want the cheaper house for free. Instead, he wants the value of the smaller home taken away from his purchase price. I think this guy is quite wise because he saw right through the marketing of “buy one get one free”.
Finally, it is up to you to see how much you need and how much you are willing to spend. Knowing the regular price of things also helps you in deciding whether a “buy one get one free” promotion is truly a great deal.
4. What does the underlined part “wary of” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?
A. annoyed at
B. careful about
C. familiar with
D. puzzled about
5. Why does the author mention milk in Paragraph 3?
A. To show that there are many promotions of food.
B.To suggest that people think twice before they shop.
C. To prove that the second item isn’t always as good as the first one.
D. To show that people often buy more than they need in the promotion.
6. What does the house buyer want to do?
A. Buy the smaller house only.
B. Get the smaller house for free.
C. Buy the larger house for $1.2 million.
D. Buy both the larger and smaller houses for $2 million.
7. How does the author organize the text?(P: Paragraph)
A. B. C. D.
C
A North Atlantic right whale calf(幼崽) was discovered dead on the beach of an island off North Carolina. The male newborn was found on North Core Banks, part of the Cape Lookout National Seashore. The reports indicate that the animal died during birth or shortly after, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA). Scientists took DNA to determine the calf’s mother.
This is the beginning of the right whale’s reproduction(繁殖) season, which begins mid-November and runs through mid-April. NOAA called this death a disastrous start to the season. Each new right whale calf brings so much hope for this badly endangered animals, and losses like this have a great impact on their recovery, NOAA said.
The right whale is one of the rarest marine mammals(哺乳动物) in the world, according to NOAA. They will soon be extinct unless something is done to save it, researchers warn. This kind of whale has been experiencing an Unusual Death Event over the past three years, according to NOAA. Since 2017, at least 32 dead and 13 seriously wounded whales have been documented by the organization. “This means more than 10 percent of the remaining population,” according to NOAA.
NOAA posted a piece of news on Monday, the same day they announced the calf’s death, warning boaters to be watchful as the whales are migrating(迁徙) nearly 1,000 miles along the Atlantic Coast. The organization calls for boaters to be watchful, slow down and to give these endangered whales plenty of room. They also ask all fishermen to remove their unused nets from the ocean to help avoid possibledamage.
8. Why did scientists take DNA of the calf?
A. To save its mother.
B. To confirm its identity.
C. To determine the time of its death.
D. To uncover the cause of its death.
9. How many right whales are left according to the passage?
A. About 40.
B. About 50.
C. About 400.
D. About 500.
10. What do we know aboutNorth Atlanticright whales?
A. Their reproduction season usually last about half a year.
B. They are the rarest marine mammals in the world.
C. They are experiencing a high death rate of newborns.
D. Their habitat runs nearly 1,000 miles along the coast.
11. What’s the main purpose of the news posted on Monday?
A. To announce the calf’s unusual death.
B. To remind boaters to watch the whales.
C. To protect the boats against the whales.
D. To assist the whales’ seasonal migration.
D
Scientists have long sought to prevent sharp memories from dulling with age, but the problem remains unsettled. Now research published in Scientific Reports suggests virtual reality might help older people recall facts and events based on specific details.
The study involved 42 healthy older adults from the San Francisco Bay Area. Half spent a dozen hours over four weeks playing a virtual-reality game called Labyrinth; they wore headsets and walked in place, walking virtual neighborhoods while completing small tasks. The other half, in the control group, used electronic tablets to play games that did not require recalling details. After 15 sessions (期), the latter performed roughly the same as before on a long-term memory test. But the Labyrinth players gain an improvement in memory through the VR game. A scientist Peter Wais of the University of California said the improvements brought them up to the level of another group of younger adults taking the same memory tests.
Meredith Thompson, an education researcher, studies learning through VR games but was not involved in the new study. It would be great to actually follow people over time and see what this type of game does for long-term memory. She says, adding VR can provide greater involvement than other games. Wais's team is now investigating how long the observed effects last and which elements of the training have the most impact.
A cognitive (认知)psychologist, Daniel Simons, who was also not involved in the study, notes experiments with other games that claim to train the brain have often failed to evaluate this. And it remains unclear how test performance in a laboratorysetting might translate to real-world situations. The outcome, Simons notes, “needs to be repeated, ideally with a much larger group, before it’s treated as a strong finding.”
For now, Wais says, the team hopes its studies with similar-sized groups will help draw funding to test the game in a larger pool of participants.
12. What is the passage mainly about?
A. People's memory gradually fails as they age.
B. People of different ages should play VR games.
C. Virtual reality changes people's memory.
D. Virtual reality improves older adults' memory.
13. What is Meredith Thompson's attitude toward the research?
A. satisfied.
B. enthusiastic.
C. cautious.
D. concerned.
14. According to the scientists, the research needs to be improved due to ________.
A. the lack of financial support.
B. the limited pool of participants.
C. the unsatisfying test performance.
D. the impractical application in real world.
15. Where may the passage come from?
A. A novel.
B. A review.
C. A magazine.
D. A guidebook.
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We all do little things to boost the way we feel and think throughout the day. Something as simple as taking a walk or eating a piece of chocolate can brighten your mood almost instantly, thanks tocertain chemical reactions that occur in the brain.___16___If you're going through something complex, you need a more permanent practice. That's where writing comes in.
As Mental Health Awareness Month begins,it's worth learning about the ways that you can use writing to support your mental well-being.___17___
Use writing for mindfulness. Mindfulness is a tried-and-true technique for improving mental wellness,but can writing have the same effect?___18___By focusing on a particular moment and getting it all out there on the page,
you can free yourself from any of the other concerns that are crowding your mind. This way, you can use writing as an approach to mindfulness and as a way of relieving stress.
Another benefit to writing is its ability to clear your mind of worries, negative thoughts, or sources of pain.___19___Fortunately, writing can speed up the process of restoring mental clarity.
___20___People were more likely to talk to others about a painful event after writing about it privately,which powerfully suggests that writing can indirectly lead to reaching out for support, which can mean even greater healing and relief.
Through the process of populating a blank page with letters and words, writing can be a useful mental health tool that both records your experiences and allows you to work through them.
A. Become more self-aware.
B. These pleasures are just temporary, however.
C. There's real power behind the pen—here's why.
D. Writing is also the best method of self-care treatment.
E. Clearing yourbrain of negative thoughts can be really tough work.
F. Actually,the act of writing for a mere 20 minutes each day can work.
G. This is because writing tends to stimulate questions about your life and direction-
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My very first job was to teach a group of lovely four-year-olds. One day, a woman entered my____21____. She stood next to the door quietly,____22____the children and me, but when I____23____she was gone.
Later I found out the woman was a____24____parent at the school. Her little girl was born with very poor ____25____. She would fall over if she was pushed, even slightly.____26____, she wanted her daughter to be taught in a____27____classroom.
When Kelly arrived at our school, the first day went really____28____; she only fell over twice. After several days of carrying her to and from the yard, I thought, why not____29____her to walk a little by herself? Then I encouraged Kelly to begin her first_____30_____down the hallway. After a few weeks, Kelly_____31_____it all the way to the playground!
One week in December, Kelly was_____32_____for several days. When I called her home I was told she was getting her annual_____33_____with her doctors. When her mom brought her back to school, she asked if I had been doing anything_____34_____with Kelly. I wasn’t quite sure what she_____35_____. Then came the sudden
question, “Have you been forcing Kelly to_____36_____?”
I very_____37_____told her that I had encouraged Kelly to walk by herself. To my_____38_____, the mother said excitedly, “Her legs have gotten more_____39_____in the past few months than in the past four years of her life.” She looked at me with tears in her eyes. “I don’t know how to_____40_____you for everything you have done for my daughter.”
21. A. apartment B. office C. classroom D. house
22. A. observing B. following C. surrounding D. questioning
23. A. looked back B. looked down C. looked out D. looked up
24. A. potential B. single C. common D. popular
25. A. memory B. hearing C. eyesight D. balance
26. A. Besides B. However C. Therefore D. Meanwhile
27. A. regular B. real C. quiet D. special
28. A. quickly B. well C. safely D. wrong
29. A. warn B. make C. tell D. inspire
30. A. adventure B. journey C. day D. ride
31. A. pushed B. kept C. made D. took
32. A. absent B. lost C. ill D. alone
33. A. appointment B. exam C. checkup D. service
34. A. carefully B. kindly C. cruelly D. differently
35. A. knew B. meant C. heard D. thought
36. A. leave B. practice C. run D. walk
37. A. disappointedly B. simply C. softly D. happily
38. A. surprise B. enjoyment C. annoyance D. sorrow
39. A. advantage B. care C. exercise D. attention
40. A. contact B. thank C. blame D. pay
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
We all create too much trash but no one was showing much interest in taking out the trash every day. In my family, we usually argue over things like___41.___turn it is to take out the trash. However, this kind of___42.___（bore）housework might be filled with fun. According to a piece of online news, a dad in Puertollano, Spain, takes
the trash out___43.___his daughter in different costumes every day. Videos of the two have got many likes online___44.___（recent）. In the video, in order to entertain his daughter Mara, 3 years old, Jaime Coronel___45.___（catch）the opportunity to take the trash from his home to the street—dressing up as a___46.___（differ）character. "When it came time to celebrate Halloween last year, I thought ‘why not go out in costume to put the garbage out?’", the father said. Since then, they have appeared in costume of___47.___（figure）, such as Frozen, Dragon Ball, Spider-Man, Beauty and the Beast, Batman and Wonder Woman, among others. Coronel's wife said, "Every evening after dinner, our daughter would volunteer___48.___（take）out the trash and she became especially excited when she dressed up___49.___（she）as Wonder Woman. The tours also became___50.___interesting walk around the block, not just to take the trash."
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 week our teacher announced that a Chinese Character Dictation Competition will be held in the auditorium on July 3. Many of us were interested and hoped to join in it, and only one competitor was allowed for each class. Luckily, I got chance.
In the following days, I buried me in preparing for the competition. My classmates gave me a lot of good advices. As the competition was approaching, I felt more and more confident. The day finally came. Some characters were very challenging that many of the competitors got stuck while I succeeded on writing down most of them and won the first prize. When I was standing excited on the stage, pictures of my classmates helps me flashed into my mind. The victory and honor were belonged to all of us.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.高中期间你一定参加过很多社会实践活动。

请你为班级英语角写一篇短文，介绍一次难忘的社会实践活动，内容包括：
1.时间、地点；
2.活动过程；
3.个人感受。

注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

An Unforgettable Social Practice Activity
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _
参考答案
1. C
2. B
3. D
4. B
5. D
6. C
7. A
8. B 9. C 10. A 11. D
12. D 13. C 14. B 15. C
16. B 17. C 18. F 19. E 20. D
21. C 22. A 23. D 24. A 25. D 26. B 27. A 28. B 29. D 30. B 31. C 32.
A 33. C 34. D 35.
B 36. D 37.
C 38. A 39. C 40. B
41. whose
42. boring 43. with
44. recently
45. caught 46. different
47. figures
48. to take
49. herself
50. an
51.(1).will→would
(2).and→but
(3).got后加the
(4).me→myself
(5).advices→advice
(6).very→so
(7).on→in
(8).excited→excitedly
(9).helps→helping
(10).were删掉52.略。