2020年广东省惠州市第一中学高三英语二模试卷及答案解析

2020年广东省惠州市第一中学高三英语二模试卷及答案解析
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
A Lifelong Devotion to Keeping People Fed
Yuan Longping is a Chinese agricultural scientist and educator, known for developing the hybrid rice varieties.
Yuan graduated from the Southwest Agriculture Institute in 1953 andbegan his teaching career at an agriculture school.
In the 1960s, when a serious food shortage sweptChina, Yuan decided to devote himself to studying how to increase the yields of rice. He then began a lifelong connection with rice.
Yuan succeeded in growing the world’s first high-yielding hybrid rice varieties in 1973, which could reach a yield of over 500 kg per mu (about 0.067 hectares), rising from the previous yield of only 300 kg per mu. For the next four decades, he continued to work on research and development of hybrid rice, achieving increasingly higher outputs. In 2020, hybrid rice developed by Yuan’s team achieved 1,500 kilograms per mu in two growing seasons, a new world record.
InChina, where rice is the main food for the majority of the 1.4 billion people, the planting area of hybrid rice has reached 16 million hectares, or 57 % of the total planting area of rice, helping feed an extra 80 million people a year.
Hybrid rice has also been grown in over 40 countries, including theU.S.,Brazil,India,Vietnam, thePhilippinesandMadagascar. The total planting area of the hybrid rice has reached 8 million hectares overseas.
Even after a great success, Yuan never held himself back from making new breakthroughs. In 2017, his team started to grow seawater rice inQingdao. The rice was designed to grow in saline-alkaline land and survive even after being completely in seawater. His team planned to develop a type of seawater rice that could be planted in 6.67 million hectares of saline-alkaline land acrossChinato boost the country’s rice harvest by about 20 %. In 2018, Yuan’s team was invited to plant the saline-alkaline tolerant rice in experimental fields inDubai, which achieved huge success. In June 2020, his team started to grow seawater rice on a farm at an altitude of 2,800 meters in northwestChina’sQinghaiProvince. The experiment succeeded.
Yuan had two dreams — to “enjoy the cool under the rice crops taller than men” and that hybrid rice could be grown all over the world to help solve the global food shortage.
1. What made Yuan Longping decide to study rice?
A. A serious food shortage.
B. Agriculture development.
C. His interest in the rice experiment.
D. His wish to plant the tallest rice in the world.
2. From the passage, we know that Yuan Longping ________.
A. developed a variety of hybrid rice
B. worked as a scientist after graduation
C. started to grow seawater rice inDubaiin 2017
D. grew the first high-yielding hybrid rice varieties in 1953
3. We can infer from the passage that Yuan Longping’s most outstanding qualities are________.
A. modest and outgoing
B. honest and creative
C. generous and optimistic
D. responsible and devoted
B
Zaki was small for his twelve years, and he was angry being treated as a child. Farid, his older brother, had been looked upon as a man long before he was Zaki’s age. Every day Farid and the other young Bahraini men went out in their wooden boats to dive for oysters (牡蛎). Many times Zaki begged to go along, but Faridalways refused to let him.
So every day Zaki would go to the shallow water to practice. His grandfather, a former diver, would watch him and advise him. All morning, Zaki would practice diving beneath the waves. Every afternoon, again and again he would go underwater and hold his breath. With each day’s practice, his diving improved and he could hold his breath a little while longer. Soon Zaki felt as much at home in the water as he did out of it.
Zaki rose early one day. He wanted to compete with his brother. They dived beneath the waves. Zaki opened his eyes and found himself looking into his brother’s face. Farid was smiling with confidence. Slowly, the smile was disappearing from Farid’s face. As more seconds passed, a worried look appeared on Farid’s face. Farid was realizing that Zaki could possibly beat him. Looking into Farid’s eyes, Zaki suddenly understood what losing could mean to his brother. Never would the villagers allow him to live it down. He would be laughed at by losing to a little child. Almost without thinking, Zaki kicked his feet and rose to the surface of the water a second before Farid’s head appeared beside him.
The men around them cheered and patted Farid on the back. Farid, however, put his arm around Zaki’s shoulders. “Today,” Farid announced, “we shall have a new diver among us.” Then quietly, for Zaki’s ears alone, he said “Thank you, my brother.” And Zaki knew that they both had learned that it takes more than strength to make
a man.
4. What is the second paragraph mainly about?
A. Zaki’s grandfather was a good diver.
B. Zaki liked staying at home every day.
C. Zaki practised hard in the water daily.
D. Zaki’s grandfather encouraged him to dive.
5. Which of the following best describes Zaki according to paragraph 3?
A. Considerate.
B. Ambitious.
C. Confident.
D. Adventurous.
6. What can we infer from the last sentence of the text?
A. Farid beat his little brother easily.
B. Zaki was as strong as his brother.
C. Zaki regretted losing the competition.
D. Both Farid and Zaki had grown up.
7. What is the best title for the text?
A. Farid’s Pride
B. Zaki’s Challenge
C. Brothers’ Competition
D. Grandfather’s Advice
C
Wolves have a certain undeserved reputation: fierce, dangerous, good forhunting down deer and farmers’ livestock. However, wolves have a softer, more social side, one that has been embraced by a heart-warming new initiative.
In a bid to save some of Europe’s last wolves, scientists have explored the willingness of these supposedly fierce creatures to help others of their kind. Female wolves, the scientists have discovered, make excellent foster parents to wolf cubs that are not their own. The study, published in Zoo Biology, suggests that captive-bred wolfcubs(幼兽)could be placed with wild wolf families, boosting the wild population.
The gray wolf was once the world’s most widely distributed mammal, but it became extinct as a result of widespread habitat destruction and the deliberate killing of wolves suspectedof preying on livestock. Fear and hatred of the wolf have since become culturally rooted, fuelled by myths, fables and stories.
In Scandinavia, the gray wolf is endangered, the remaining population found by just five animals. As a result, European wolves are severely inbred and have little geneticvariability（变异性）, making them vulnerable to
threats, such as outbreaks of disease that they can’t adapt to quickly. So Inger Scharis and Mats Amundin of Linkoping University, in Sweden, started Europe’s first gray wolf-fostering program. They worked with wolves keptat seven zoos across Scandinavia. Eight wolf cubs between four and six days old were removed from their natural parents and placed with other wolf packs in other zoos. The foster mothers accepted the new cubs placed in their midst.
The welfare of the foster cubs and the wolves’ natural behavior were monitored using a system of surveillance cameras. The foster cubs had a similar growth rate as their step siblings in the recipient litter, as well as their biological siblings in the source litter. The foster cubs had a better overall survival rate, with 73% surviving until 33 weeks, than their biological siblings left behind, of which 63% survived. That rate of survival is similar to that seen in wild wolf cubs. Scientists believe that wolves can recognize their young, but this study suggests they can only do so once cubs are somewhere between three to seven weeks of age.
If captive-bred cubs can be placed with wild-living families, which already have cubs of a similar age, not only will they have a good chance of survival, but they could help dramatically increase the diversity of the wild population, say the researchers. Just like the wild wolves they would join, these foster cubs would need protection from hunting. Their arrival could help preserve the future of one of nature’s most iconic and polarizing animals.
8. What’s the theme of the passage?
A. Giving wolf cubs a new life
B. Foster wolf parents and foster cubs
C. The fate of wild wolves
D. Changing diversity of wild wolves
9. Which of the following flow chart best demonstrates the relationship between the wolves?
A. B.
C. D.
10. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Female wolves are willing to raise wolf cubs of 3 to 7 weeks old.
B. Foster cubs are accepted by foster parents and are well bred.
C. Man’s hostile attitude towards wolves roots in myths, fables and stories.
D. Foster cubs and their biological siblings have similar growth rate and survival rate.
11. What’s the purpose of the research?
A. To help wolves survive various threats
B. To improve wolves’ habitat and stop deliberate killing
C. To save endangered wolves by increasing their population
D. To raise man’s awareness of protecting wolves
D
The China International Search and Rescue Team(CISAR) was formed in 2001 and is now made up of several hundred rescue workers and about 20 police dogs. The team brings help and hope to those whose lives are changed by astorm, flood, earthquake, or any other natural disasters.
After long and careful training, the team went on its first international rescue tasks in 2003. That year, the Chinese team helped save lives after earthquakes inAlgeriaandIran. It was the first time that a Chinese team had worked outsideChinawhose members won high praise for bravery and skill.
Since then, the CISAR has completed many tasks. The list of people to whom help has been given is long. The team treated more than 3,000 people who were wounded in the 2006 earthquake inIndonesia, helped 2,500 wounded people after the earthquake that hitHaitiin 2010, and spent several months giving aid to over 25,000 people suffering from the 2010 floods inPakistan. On April 26, 2015, a group of 62 people from CISAR went toNepalafter the 8.1 magnitude earthquake that happened there.
Rescue workers are trained to find people, treat wounds, and hand out food, water, and other supplies. They have to be able to do work that is difficult under conditions which can be very dangerous. After a disaster, there is usually no electricity or water, and there may be diseases and other dangers. Rescue workers get to save lives, but they must also bury the dead. That means they have to be strong in both body and mind.
Rescue workers must have big hearts, too. It takes a lot of love and courage to risk one’s own life to save someone else’s. The members of the CISAR have plenty of both and are always ready to go wherever help is needed.
12. What is the function of the numbers in Paragraph 3?
A. To advertise for the CISAR.
B. To add some basic information.
C. To praise Recue Workers’ contributions.
D. To stress the dangers Rescue Workers face.
13. What is the author’s attitude towards Rescue Workers?
A. Hopeful.
B. Respectful.
C. Curious.
D. Supportive.
14. What are the last two paragraphs mainly about?
A. The duty rescue workers must perform.
B. The qualities rescue workers must own.
C. The difficulties rescue workers must go through.
D. The willingness rescue workers should require.
15. What may be the best title of the passage?
A. China to the Rescue
B. How to train CISAR
C. Welcome to CISAR
D. Rescue on request
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The last year of living in a pandemic (疫情) has put many people under pressure, stretching (拉伸) their handling skills so thin that some of them may soon break down.____16____
Do those people experience less pressure? That's certainly possible. But it's also possible that they have mastered the art of seeing stress as a normal, acceptable and even positive part of life____17____.
____18____, according to the researchers. It is not stress itself but the belief that stress is harmful that is killing people. Evidence suggests the way people experience stress seems to have an impact on whether stress is really damaging or not.
To understand how that can be the case, consider what happens to the body under stress. The heart races, breathing quickens and the brain goes into high alert. Sense also heightens.____19____You get a burst of energy and sharper focus so you can deal with the threat and survive.
That “good” stress can give you an advantage in not only playing a competitive sport, but also speaking public, interviewing for a job or even adapting to a pandemic quarantine (隔离). Once the immediate threat is handled, your levels of stress hormones return to normal with no long-lasting effects____20____.
A. It is hard to tell whether the stressful situations arc harmful to people
B. But in fact many people somehow manage to deal with stress just fine
C. Experiencing stressful situation doesn't necessarily mean it is damaging
D. With that view, experts say, conics the ability to adapt to pressure
E. It would be a win-win if we saw it that way
F. Colors and sounds become more clear and vivid
G. Yet some people got through the pandemic under no pressure
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Prickles, a bare-faced merino sheep (麦兰奴种绵羊) that ran away from a Tasmanian farm during the 2013 bush-fires, recently returned home.
According to farmer Alice Gray, Prickles was___21___a lamb when she ran away, seven years ago. The bush fires destroyed the area and the young sheep got___22___in a 200-acre bush block, ___23___to return after they rebuilt about 50km of fencing. They had___24___her a few times, and even recorded her___25___with cameras installed to monitor deer around. So they knew she was___26___, but they didn't expect her return. They were___27___.
Ms. Gray told ABC. net. au that she and the family were___28___her son's sixth birthday when they caught a___29___of the runaway sheep. They had decided to barbecue at the back of their farm, and that's when they_____30_____this “big, white, furry thing” on the other side of the dam. The birthday party_____31_____turned into a sheep chase.
At one point Mr. Gray disappeared, only to call her later, saying that he had_____32_____to catch Prickles and leap on the_____33_____of her, pressing her down. He needed some help_____34_____the sheep didn't seem_____35_____to follow him home. Ms. Gray and the kids found him, and managed to_____36_____the sheep in the back of a truck.
“She's a great big furry ball of wool,” Alice Gray_____37_____Prickles, “She looks very healthy and she's very_____38_____now with some other little friends.”
The Grays are currently holding a_____39_____to guess the weight of Prickles' wool to_____40_____money online for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (难民).
21. A. already B. only C. even D. always
22. A. stuck B. broken C. attracted D. confused
23. A. easy B. impatient C. unable D. glad
24. A. trapped B. released C. caught D. spotted
25. A. activities B. manners C. efforts D. tricks
26. A. aware B. alive C. alike D. afraid
27. A. wrong B. lucky C. sure D. curious
28. A. reporting B. appreciating C. observing D. scheduling
29. A. chance B. hold C. figure D. glimpse
30. A. lost B. found C. left D. shot
31. A. generally B. certainly C. suddenly D. commonly
32. A. regretted B. pretended C. continued D. managed
33. A. chest B. wool C. back D. forehead
34. A. until B. though C. while D. because
35. A. painful B. eager C. angry D. nervous
36. A. load B. train C. judge D. attract
37. A. chatted with B. prayed for C. joked about D. explained to
38. A. moved B. smart C. tired D. happy
39. A. ceremony B. competition C. concert D. collection
40. A. raise B. 1end C. print D. spend
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
Jack wanted to find a job in the summer vacation after graduation from high school, so every morning he read the____41.____(classify) ads in the newspaper. He scanned even the smallest ad. One morning his patience paid____42.____when he noticed an ad which said: “An executive wants a boy___43.___(assist) in his office. He should at least be a high school graduate.”
Jack cut the ad____44.____quickly took a bath. He put on a clean suit,____45.____(brush) his short hair neatly, and proceeded to the office. When he reached there, the office was filled with young people. He felt he had a very slim chance. Very soon the office became empty and Jack found____46.____(he) being interviewed by the executive. Finally, he was told to report at eight o’clock the____47.____(follow) morning, which meant he got the job.
After Jack left, the manager asked the executive, “What made you select that boy who didn’t have a_____48._____(recommend)?” “That is where you are mistaken,” explained the executive. “Before entering the office, he wiped his feet and closed the door____49.____(quiet). It shows he is careful and gentlemanly. I noticed
that he stood up instantly and offered his seat to____50.____old man who entered the office. It shows he is kind and considerate. And we had a good talk. This is the boy I need.
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:在错的词下画一横线,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。

One of my classmates got a scholarship for his wonderful performance at school in last year. As further as I know, 50% of his scholarship is spent on daily meals. And I bought a new smartphone with another 30%. He thought that it was common for a student use a smartphone at school. In additional, he took 12% out of the scholarship to treat other student. The rest of his scholarship, 8% of the total, went on his favorite books. Personal, I think it is unnecessary for students to have a smartphone of their own. In all, at present our main task is to study. We had better spend money wise.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假设你是晨光中学的李津。

我市为外国友人提供生活信息的某英文网站新增了《最美中华》栏目，请你给该栏目投稿，介绍一个国内你喜欢或去过的地方。

内容包括：
(1)该地方的基本情况(如名称、地理位置等)；
(2)该地方的特色(如文化、景点等)；
(3)你对该地方的印象和感受。

注意：(1)词数不少于100；
(2)可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯。

A Beautiful Place in China
March 19, 2021
By Li Jin
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________
参考答案
1. A
2. A
3. D
4. C
5. A
6. D
7. B
8. D 9. A 10. B 11. C
12. C 13. B 14. B 15. A
16. B 17. D 18. C 19. F 20. E
21. B 22. A 23. C 24. D 25. A 26. B 27. A 28. C 29. D 30. B 31. C 32.
D 33. C 34. D 35. B 36. A 37. C 38. D 39. B 40. A
41. classified
42. off 43. assistant
44. and 45. brushed
46. himself
47. following
48. recommendation
49. quietly
50. an/the
51.(1). 删去last前面的in
(2). further→far
(3). is→was
(4). I改为he
(5). use前加to
(6). additional→addition
(7). student→students
(8). Personal→Personally
(9). In→After
(10). wise→wisely
52.略。