2021届太原市同心外国语学校高三英语一模试题及答案

2021届太原市同心外国语学校高三英语一模试题及答案
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
Bored with your life? Dreaming of something different? I always wonder what life would be like400 kmabove my head. That's where the International Space Station orbits the earth, with six astronauts living and working on board, for months at a time.
How do they sleep? They spend the night floating in a sleeping bag inside a small cubicle (小隔间) on the ceiling. American astronaut Sunita Williams explains, “It's like a little phone booth, but it's pretty comfortable and it doesn't matter if I turn overand sleep upside down. I don't have any sensation (感觉) in my head that tells me I'm upside down.”
Brushing your teeth in a place where you can't have a tap or a sink can be a challenge. Can you imagine the mess that running water would make in zero gravity? Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield uses a straw to put a big blob of water from a sealed bag onto an ordinary toothbrush and adds a little toothpaste which he has to swallow when he's done.
Daily exercise is essential. The lack of gravity makes bones more fragile and muscles lose strength — so astronauts are encouraged to work out for at least two hours a day.
The role of astronauts in the International Space Station is to act as lab technicians for scientists back on earth. So they spend their time maintaining their environment and performing and monitoring experiments in a confined space about the size of a Boeing 747. Almost every task is carefully planned by mission control — although most astronauts spend their first days losing things until they get used to sticking everything they use to the walls with Velcro, duct tape (强力胶带) or clips (夹子)．
One of their most valued perks (额外待遇) is the view from “the office”, dominated by that gigantic blue ball down there, sitting in the darkness of space. Wow! Absolutely breathtaking!
1. When they sleep upside down, the astronauts willnot get dizzy because ________.
A. they don't feel it
B. they sleep in the daytime
C. they sleep in special sleeping bags
D. they are trained to adapt to the conditions of weightlessness
2. What parts become weak if astronauts don't exercise?
A. Their teeth and bones.
B. Their brains and bones.
C. Their bones and muscles.
D. Their teeth and muscles.
3. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The Problems We Met in Space.
B. Living and Working in Space.
C. How to Become an Astronaut.
D. The International Space Station.
B
Researchers say spicy tomatoes could soon be on the menu thanks to the rise of gene-editing technology.
It's not the first time that experts have claimed techniques could develop fruit with unusual features: scientists have already been looking at changing the color1 of kiwi fruit and bettering the taste of strawberries.
But researchers inBrazilandIrelandsay such methods could also offer practical advantages, with hot tomatoes offering a new way of harvesting the pungent chemicals found in peppers known as capsaicinoids, which make food taste “hot”.
“Capsaicinoids are valuable. They are used as painkillers and there are some researches showing that they promote weight loss,” said Agustin Zsogon from a Brazilian university, a co-author of a new article arguing for the benefits of engineering hot tomatoes.
Writing in the journal Trends in Plant Science, the researchers say peppers are difficult crops to grow and low productive. Worse still, it is tricky to keep the pungency of the fruits table. By contrast, tomato production is high and the plant is well-studied. “You could produce the capsaicinoids in a more cost-effective manner,” said Zsogon.
Tomatoes and peppers developed from a common ancestor, but separated about 19 million years ago. “All these genes to produce capsaicinoids exist in the tomato, they are just not active,” said Zsogon. “Using gene-editing technology, it is likely to switch these genes back on in tomatoes, making the fruit more special”, he said.
4. Why are the tomatoes made hot by the researchers?
A. To test the gene-editing technology
B. To improve the amount of the tomatoes
C. To explore ways to harvest more capsaicinoids.
D. To make the tomatoes more delicious.
5. For what purpose can capsaicinoids be used according to the text?
A. To put on weight.
B. To ease the pain.
C. To improve sleep.
D. To better the look.
6. What is Zsogon's attitude to the gene-editing technology?
A. Confident.
B. Critical.
C. Anxious.
D. Doubtful.
7. What's the main idea of the text?
A. An introduction to gene-editing plants.
B. Creating hot tomatoes by gene-editing.
C. Problems with capsaicinoid production.
D. The procedure of producing capsaicinoids.
C
We interviewed two people, one who went from the country to the city and one who did the opposite.
Janet Lincoln is a salesgirl who moved to St. Louisfive years ago. Here’s what Janet told us:
“Five years ago I used to live in a small town called Lemon Falls. I grew up and went to high school there. After I graduated I worked in a supermarket. Lemon Falls had a population of about 800 people, and I knew every single one of them. They all knew everything about me, too. You couldn’t do anything without everyone in town knowing about it. The first chance I got I moved to St. Louis and I love it. I don’t know as many people now as I used to, but that’s OK. I have a few good friends, and I see them when I want to. I kind of like beinganonymous. I’d never go back to Lemon Falls.”
Troy Henson had the opposite experience. He and his wife, Darla, and their two children moved from St. Louis to Bloomfield three years ago. Here’s what Troy told us:
“The best thing we ever did was get out of St. Louis. Don’t get me wrong; St. Louis is as good a place as any other city, I suppose — if you like cities, that is. We don’t. Both Darla and I grew up in St. Louis. We met at college and got married. Then the kids came along and life got difficult. We didn’t know any of our neighbors. We both had good jobs, but it always seemed like there was never enough money. That all changed when we moved to Bloomfield. I don’t make as much money as I used to, but then we don’t have as many expenses as we did. We know our neighbors. Life is good. We’d never leave Bloomfield.”
8. What troubled Janet when she was in Lemon Falls?
A. She had no friends.
B. There was no privacy.
C. There was a lot of competition.
D. She couldn’t find a well-paid job.
9. What does the underlined word “anonymous” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. Alone.
B. Prepared.
C. Sociable.
D. Unknown.
10. Different from Janet, Troy ________.
A. prefers country life
B. moved to a bigger city
C. grew up in a smaller town
D. knows little about his new neighbors
11. What is Troy’s opinion on living in Bloomfield?
A. It is a little boring.
B. It is quite comfortable.
C. It costs a lot of money.
D. It creates a safe environment.
D
If you easily make mistakes when in a hurry, a new study from Michigan State University—the largest of its kind to date-found that meditation (冥想) could help you improve the situation.
The research tested how open monitoring meditation (OMM)—or, meditationthat focuses awareness on feelings or thoughts as they unfold in one’s mind and body—alteredbrain activity in a way that suggested increased error recognition.
“People’s interest in meditation is outpacing what science can prove in terms of effects and benefits.” said Jeff Lin, MSU psychology doctoral candidate and study co-author. “But it’s amazing to me that we were able to see how one session of a guided meditation could produce changes to brain activity in non-meditators.”
“Some forms of meditation have you focus on a single object, commonly your breath, but open monitoring meditation is a bit different,” Lin said, “It has you tune inward and pay attention to everything going on in your mind and body. The goal is to sit quietly and pay close attention to where the mind travels without getting too caught up in the scenery.”
Lin and his MSU co-authors—William Eckerle, Ling Peng and Jason Moser—hired more than 200 participants to test how open monitoring meditation affected how people detect and respond toerrors.
The participants, who had never meditated before, were taken through a 20-minute open monitoring meditation exercise while the researchers measured brain activity through electroencephalography (脑电图), or EEG. Then, they completed a computerized distraction (分心) test.
“The EEG can measure brain activity at the millisecond level, so we got precise measures of brain activity right after mistakes compared to correct responses,” Lin said. “A certain neural signal occurs about half a second after an error called the error positivity, which is linked to conscious error recognition. We found that the strength of this signal is increased in the meditators to controls.”
“These findings show what just 20 minutes of open monitoring meditation can do to improve the brain’s ability to detect and pay attention to mistakes,” Moser said.
12. What does the underlined word “altered” in paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. Changed.
B. Prevented.
C. Started.
D. Recorded.
13. Why is open monitoring meditation different?
A. It is just aimed at a single object.
B. It clears your mind of everything.
C. It gets too caught up in the scenery.
D. It focuses on where the mind travels.
14. What did the researchers do for the study
A. They hired people who had meditated before.
B. They measured the participants’ brain activity.
C. They reminded the participants to avoid errors.
D. They had non-meditators design a distraction test.
15. What is the best title for the text?
A. Turn to OMM to Avoid Acting in a Hurry
B. You’re Able to Recognize Errors Consciously
C. Meditators’ Brain Proves Much More Active
D. OMM Can Help You Make Fewer Mistakes
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
How to Choose Friends
The word “friend” as well as its meaning is the one that can be related to all generations, age groups, and all types of people.____16____During teenage years when we begin to move around in a social circle of our own, and come across different people, we get to know them, spend more time with them and one day they become our friends.
Then how does a teenager choose his or her friends wisely? You can’t call every building in town your “home”.____17____Every person you meet isn’t a friend; many may just be like “ships that pass in the night”.
___18___Choose friends who have thoughts similar to yours, who reflect（反映）your family values, who think the way you do. The company we keep both reflects and helps determine the kind of people we become. So if you want to be more brave, choose a friend who is brave.
___19___Friends do have an influence on your present habits and new habits that you may develop. It’s important to have friends who are similar to you, but it’s equally important to have friends with different kinds of qualities that will lead you to positive（积极的）growth.____20____
Above all, choose friends you can trust.
A.Friends influence you.
B.Friends mirror each other.
C.It’s the same with friendship.
D.Friends quarrel with each other.
E.Then your friends will make that happen to you.
F.Whether you’ re young or old, you need friends to survive.
G.If you are easy to get angry, choose a friend who has a cool head.
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
完形填空(共20小题;每小题21.5分,满分30分)
As I head down the narrow hallway of my high school, my ears are filled with the sounds of complaints. The___21___around me are constantly complaining about school. These complaints fill the___22___and make it hard to breathe. I try to mention the___23___side of our current situation in high school but meet with criticism. The feeling of___24___school has become widespread among students worldwide. This can create a___25___educational environment. In my opinion, school is and should be fun.
I don’t___26___to enter such a negative environment. We should enjoy school! As students, we are so___27___to have the opportunity to attend school___28___millions of children around the world still do not have that opportunity. We should feel grateful that we are given the___29___to learn. School allows us to____30____some of the most interesting topics from science to foreign languages. High school allows students to find their____31____whether they are physics or European history.____32____, school has allowed me to find my love for debate, history, English and computers. High school has shaped me into a person of____33____interests and ambitions, even though I must____34____at 6 o’clock in the morning.
As students, we should____35____all the wonderful opportunities we are given in school____36____social events, meeting new friends, and learning. I have met so many____37____people in school. There is so much to be____38____in school.
Lighten up and find the positive aspects of school.____39____school and everything it has____40____.
22. A. teachers B. students C. parents D. friends
23. A. ear B. room C. water D. air
24. A. special B. successful C. bright D. lively
25. A. hating B. improving C. replacing D. ignoring
26. A. specific B. frightening C. strange D. negative
27. A. plan B. adopt C. want D. need
28. A. lucky B. brave C. allergic D. healthy
29. A. when B. while C. because D. though
30. A. time B. reason C. money D. chance
31. A. learn B. remember C. predict D. consider
32. A. lectures B. concerns C. interests D. instructions
33. A. Instantly B. Personally C. Formally D. Basically
34. A. conventional B. perfect C. lifelong D. various
35. A. wake up B. give up C. slow down D. calm down
36. A. create B. classify C. recognize D. allow
37. A. besides B. including C. among D. regarding
38. A. honest B. abstract C. delicate D. outstanding
39. A. careful about B. curious about C. grateful for D. ready for
40. A. Protect B. Enjoy C. Respect D. Examine
41. A. offered B. promised C. gained D. possessed
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
Time to Upgrade Phone? You Bet!
“Is it high time to buy a 5G phone now or should I wait?” this question___41.___(throw) at me constantly by friends ever since China commercialized 5G last October.
First of all, China now has a wide 5G coverage, which makes___42.___convenient for consumers to use 5G smartphones. Currently, 5G signals are available in all prefecture-level cities in China, and___43.___(consume) in more than 300 cities are able to access 5G signals when they are in subways,___44.___(take) a walk in parks or shopping at malls.
Moreover, telecom carriers have announced their plans to cover key counties and towns___45.___5G signals next year, which will attract more people to 5G smartphones.
At the same time, the prices of 5G data packages are also dropping___46.___(significant) from the starting price of more than 120 yuan ($18.3) per month at the start of this year to about 90 yuan now, making the tech___47.___(afford) for more people to enjoy the 5G service. There are more 5G smartphone models to choose
from — some of them may remain much too expensive,___48.___the cheapest one now costs only 999 yuan.
China’s big three telecom carriers are also working on a new 5G-enabled messaging service, which is designed to replace current short messages with a system___49.___is richer, provides phone book polling, and can transmit in-call multimedia.
So, yes, it’s high time that I____50.____(buy) a 5G smartphone indeed.
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。

每处错误仅涉及个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在峡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。

I was cycling hurriedly to school last Thursday while I felt something wrong with my electric bicycle. Therefore, I stopped on the sides of the road to find out if what was the matter. A few minutes passed before I found a flat tyre. Feard that I might miss the math class, I was closely to tears. Fortunately, Miss Peng, my English teacher drove by, who kindly offered us a lift. I was so grateful to her act of kindness that I went say thanks between classes. Which moved me more deeply was that she has had my electric bicycle pumped.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

“A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth can get its boots on.” This quote is from Mark Twain. In today’s Internet world of “fake news”, lies spread even faster and the truth is having trouble finding its boots.
To make matters worse, most young people get news from special media sites where facts are mixed with rumors, half-truths and complete lies. This has led to young people becoming confused. In the latest PISA(Programme For International Student Assessment), which tested 15-year-olds worldwide on academic subjects, fewer than one in ten of the participants were reported to be able to tell fact from opinion. A Stanford University study showed that students at all levels of education could not tell real news from fake news. In one instance, 80 percent thought that apaid advertisement was a real news story.
Fake news is spread by people who have a prejudice. They want to influence public opinion either for or
against something or someone. It is important, then, for young people to recognize when they are being used and to be skeptical of online information.
Traditional media, such as newspapers and television, are still the more reliable sources of information. Reporters are professionally trained to look for facts, and editors have the job of making sure those facts are correct. However, if you are getting most of your information online, you have to be your own editor. In that case, the first thing to do is to look at the writer of a post. Is this person known to be credible? Does the site where you read the post have a prejudice? Next, look for other sources from mainstream media to confirm the information. In other words, by putting on your truth boots you won’t be fooled into chasing lies.
参考答案
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