2020-2021学年余姚市第二中学高三英语一模试题及参考答案

2020-2021学年余姚市第二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

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F the Art World competition

.Prize -The winner of each type will get the chance to display their artworks in a week-long exhibition inChelsea,New York.

.Eligibility - Open to artists all over the world.

.Entry Fee(参赛费)-$24 for a maximum of 3 submitted(提交的)photos.

.Date of Exhibition - From 25thApril to 2ndMay.

F the Art World is an international art competition organized by which is quite unusual, compared to other competitions. The artworks are not judged on the basis of creativity and skill. Instead, they're judged by the depth of the subject matter. The subject this year is “A Competition About Change”, where artists can try and show how they'd like to change humanity in a good way.

Notes

*For this competition, there are three types for submissions, namely: street art, fine art, and digital art.

*Each type will have a winner as chosen by the organizers and all the winners will have the wonderful chance to exhibit their works at the Unarthodox Gallery inNew Yorkin a week-long exhibition.

*All the winners will also receive 100% of the sale price when any of their artworks are sold!

Winners will also be displayed on the website and the entrants' artworks will also be displayed in the opening ceremony(仪式)as well.

1.What is special about F the Art World Competition?

AIt is free to attend.

B.It lasts for over a week.

C.It is open to artists inNew York.

D.It centers on the depth of the artworks.

2.What will the winners get?

A.Prize money.

B.A chance to visit an exhibition.

C.A written judgement of their artworks.

D.Money from the sale of their artworks.

3.Where will the entrants' artworks be shown?

A.In the street.

B.In the opening ceremony.

C.On the website.

D.At the market.

B

William had worked hard to pass the exams to enter high school. When the term began, however, his father told him that there was no money to pay for his school fees because of the summer drought. Still, William wanted to learn.

He made the village library his school. One day, he found a book calledUsing Energy. On the book’s cover was a picture of windmills, tall steel towers with blades (叶片) spinning like giant fans. He learned that wind—something of which his hometown had plenty—could produce electricity.

He couldn’t help picturing his own windmill in mind, but collecting the parts and tools he needed would take months. In a junkyard, he dug through piles of used metal, old cars, and worn-out tractors, searching for anything that might help him construct his machine. He made four-foot-long blades from plastic pipe, which he melted over a fire, flattened out, and hardened with bamboo poles.

Earning some money, he paid a blacksmith to attach the piston (活塞) to the pedal sprocket (踏板链轮) of an old bicycle frame. This would be the axle (轮轴) of the windmill. When the wind blew, the spinning blades would turn the bicycle wheel and spin a small dynamo (发电机), donated by his friend.

When he had collected all the parts, William began putting them together. He fixed the blades to the tractor fan he found, using washers (垫圈) he’d made from bottle caps. Next he pushed the fan onto the piston joint to the bicycle frame. With the help of his two best friends, Williambuilt a 16-foot-tall tower from trunks of trees and lifted the ninety-pound windmill to the top.

The big moments eventually came. He climbed up the tower and connected two wires that held a small bulb. As the wind whipped around him, the blades began to turn, slowly at first, then faster and faster. The light bulb flickered (闪烁), then flashed to life. The crowd cheered from below. “Wachitabwina (well done)!”

William’s machine now powered his house. And the story of the boy who’d built a power-generating windmill to rescue his family from the drought spread across the Internet.

4. After readingUsing Energy, what did William decide to do?

A. Make use of wind.

B. Enter a high school.