2021年东莞高级中学高三英语二模试题及答案解析

2021年东莞高级中学高三英语二模试题及答案解析
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
While Jennifer was at home taking an online exam for her business law class, a monitor（监控器）a few hundred miles away was watching her every move.
Using a web camera equipped in Jennifer'sLos Angelesapartment, the monitor inPhoenixtracked how frequently her eyes moved from the computer screen and listened for the secret sounds of a possible helper in the room. Her Internet access was locked remotely to prevent Internet searches, and her typing style was analyzed to make sure she was who she said she was: Did she enter her student number at the same speed as she had in the past？Or was she slowing down？
In the battle against cheating, this is thecutting edgeand a key to encourage honesty in the booming field of online education. This technology gives trust to the entire system, to the institution and to online education in general. Only with solid measures against cheating, experts say, can Internet universities show that their exams and diplomas are valid — that students haven't searched the Internet to get the right answers.
Although online classes have existed for more than a decade, the concern over cheating has become sharper in the last year with the growth of "open online courses". Private colleges, public universities and corporations are jumping into the online education field, spending millions of dollars to attract potential students, while also taking steps to help guarantee honesty at a distance.
Aside from the web cameras, a number of other high-tech methods are becoming increasingly popular. Among them are programs that check students’ identities using personal information, such as the telephone numbers they once used.
Other programs can produce unique exams by drawing on a large list of questions and can recognize possible cheaters by analyzing whether difficult test questions are answered at the same speed as easy ones. As in many university classes, term papers are scanned against some large Internet data banks for cheating.
1. Why was Jennifer watched in an online exam?
A. To correct her typing mistakes.
B. To find her secrets in the room.
C. To keep her from dishonest deeds.
D. To prevent her from slowing down.
2. What does the underlined expression "cutting edge" in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A. sharpening tool
B. advanced technique
C. effective rule
D. dividing line
3. How can some programs find out possiblecheaters?
A. By scanning the Internet test questions.
B. By checking the question answering speed.
C. By producing a large number of questions.
D. By giving difficult test questions.
B
Cycling has long been a sport where a competitive edge is pursued, often at any cost. Cycling shorts, however, were an area that technology had yet to enter. Little was added to them apart from, perhaps, some padding to protect a rider.
Now, however, new cycling shorts are being equipped with sensors to help riders defeat opponents easily. A British start-up has created a pair of shorts that uses electric sensors and artificial intelligence to shape and strengthen cyclists' muscles while they are moving. It plans to also adapt this product next year for joggers and people at the gym.
The shorts, created by Devon Lewis, a PhD student at theUniversityofSouthampton, are able to send out tiny electric currents into a user's muscles to improve their cycling technique. Mr Lewis, 27, came up with the idea after studying a connection between the brain and muscles that sends chemical signals from motor neurons to muscle fibres to make the muscle contract and strengthen.
The shorts, created by Mr Lewis's start-up bypass this connection using electric cur rents to build muscle strength directly, without relying on the brain to send out signals. “We have a limited ability to control our muscles naturally,” Mr Lewis said. “You can control them more exactly, get more from your muscles and contract them more strongly, if you stimulate them directly with electricity.” Electric wires in the shorts send out currents that activate the muscle. “For those worried about getting a shock while cycling,” Mr Lewis said, “It's sort of the same thing as when you have spicy food and you get that little rush. It feels strange when you first start using it but then you adapt to it quite quickly.”
His idea has received support from Future Worlds, a start-up accelerator atSouthamptonUniversity. The product is being shown next week at the technology conference CES, held digitally this year.
4. What's the strength of the newly invented cycling shorts ?
A. They help cyclists perform better.
B. They last longer than normal ones.
C. They can keep a balanced comfort.
D. They have tools to make good figures.
5. Why can the cycling shorts help the runners and joggers?
A. They are made of quality cotton materials.
B. They are created by world-top designers.
C. They can make running or jogging less boring.
D. They are made intelligently with electric sensors.
6. What may be some people's worry about the shorts?
A. They may spend more than they can afford.
B. They get little help from the new shorts.
C. They may get shocked by the electricity.
D. The new shorts can't function well enough.
7.What's the best title of the text?
A. The Special CyclingShorts
B. Waysto Be a Good Runner
C. How Shorts Benefit You
D. Some Tips about Running Fast
C
Last summer, Maria and her mother moved from their house in the countryside to a flat building in Chicago. Maria really liked some things about the city, but she missed her house and yard in the countryside.
One day, Maria was in her flat building when she noticed her neighbor, Mrs. Garcia, carrying a gardening tool and a bag of soil. Maria wondered how Mrs. Garcia was able to garden in the city.
“My mom used to grow the most delicious vegetables, and I know she misses her garden now that we don’t have a yard,” said Maria.
Mrs. Garcia laughed. “I’ll show you,” she said.
Maria thought that Mrs. Garcia would take her to the park, but she took her to the roof. When the door opened, Maria was surprised to see rows of flowers and vegetables on the roof.
“What a wonderful garden!” said Maria.
Mrs. Garcia told Maria that for a long time the roof was just an empty space. Then some of the people in the building asked the owners to turn it into a community garden. The building owners liked the idea because the plants not only helped to keep the air clean, but they also helped to keep the building cooler during warmer weather.
“I plant flowers in my own place,” Mrs. Garcia said, “but you would be surprised by how different the plants
are up here. Some people grow vegetables just like your mom. You can do some of the same things in the city as in the countryside. You just have to be creative!”
8. Where did Mrs. Garcia take Maria to one day?
A. The park.
B. The roof.
C. The garden in front of her house.
D. The countryside.
9. Which of the following is NOT the good side of the community garden?
A. It made the building stronger.
B. It helped keep the air clean.
C. It helped keep the building cooler.
D. It used the empty space well.
10. After Maria visited the garden, she would most probably ask her mom to ________.
A. go back to the countryside
B. pick flowers from the garden
C show her around the park D. grow vegetables on the roof
11. What is the best title for this passage?
A. A Creative Lady
B. An Empty Roof
C. A Rooftop Garden
D. A Special Building
D
The relationship between humans and the Amazon Rainforest has not always been a harmonious one. However, recent research suggests that the native peoples ofthe Putumayo region helped to protect the rainforest, leaving it unchanged for 5,000 years. Perhaps humans’ coexisting with nature is possible after all.
The study, published in PNAS, looked at soil samples in the Putumayo region of the Amazon in Peru to find how humans influenced the land. The researchers found that the trees still growing in the region today have been growing there for the last 5,000 years — evidence that the area has not been home to cities and farmland in that time. Traces of charcoal(木炭) found in the, soil, however, indicate that people did live there; they just did so in a way that had minimum influence on their environment.
To come to these conclusions the team dug a 0.6-0.9 meter deep column into the ground, taking samples of soilfrom different heights along the column. Back in the lab, samples were carbon- dated to determine their age and then sorted under a microscope to look for microscopic mineral particles, known as phytoliths (植硅体). Phytoliths are essential evidence of plants— they remained in the soil thousands of years after the plant died. So researchers can use them to tell which plants have grown in an area in the past.
Over 5,000 years’ worth of samples, no species loss was detected. These findings suggest that contrary to common belief, the Amazon is not untouched by humans, but rather has been protected by them for thousands of
years. The management of the rainforest by native peoples appears to have been vital in preserving its biodiversity and will continue to be important in the fight to prevent it from acollapse.
As Nigel Pitman, a co-author on the paper, said: “Since this particular forest is still being protected by native peoples, I hope this study reminds us all how important it is to support their work.”
12. How did native peoples deal with the rainforest in the region of Putumayo?
A. They always destroyed the rainforest.
B. They had a side effect on the rainforest.
C. They never lived in the area of the forest.
D. They had been in harmony with the forest.
13. What did the researchers try to find in the Amazon forest in Peru?
A. The diversity of the plants in the rainforest.
B. The evidence of human influence on the forest.
C. The nutrition of the soil samples in the rainforest.
D. The survival age of growing trees in the rainforest.
14. What does the underlined word “collapse” mean in Paragraph 4?
A. Sudden decrease.
B. Bad management.
C. Poor preservation.
D. Over development.
15. What can be inferred from Nigel Pitman's words?
A. Native peoples should protectthe rainforest.
B. We should help protect the Amazon Rainforest.
C. More science research should be done on rainforest.
D We should make good use of the Amazon Rainforest.
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 Attract People
Attracting people will earn you new friends and relationships. It's not hard to attract people.
___16___Here are a fewtips on how to attract people:
Don't forget to smile. A smile is the best accessory you can wear if you want to attract people. It sends out a message that you are happy and very approachable. Your smile should be relaxing and coming from inside.___17___
Be confident.___18___It also boosts your self-esteem. When you are confident, you are not shy to converse or talk to other people. This means you will be able to relate and bond with them more. Confidence also makes you more likeable to other people.
___19___Try helping out people in small ways. Open a door for an officemate who is carrying an armful of things. Say thank you to the waiter when he gets your order. If you see a friend feeling down, try to cheer her/him with compliments. Small things like that make a big impact on the impression people have of you.
If you want to attract people, the first person you should think of is yourself. To attract people naturally, you should work on yourself first.___20___Be confident and attract people with your winning personality!
A.Care about other people.
B.Self-confidence always attracts people.
C.Make the effort to do the small things.
D.You should be comfortable in your own skin.
E.All you have to do is start with yourself and the rest will come.
F.Always remember that attractiveness starts from within.
G.It will make your face look warmer, and energy more positive.
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Our families lived more than 450 miles away, so a few weeks before Thanksgiving one year, my husband and I decided to invite a guest over___21___the holiday. I called a senior center in theDallasarea and they___22___Ilse, a woman I imagined would be quiet and good-natured. When seeing her, I was wrong. Ilse was a stubborn 78 -year-old lady, who favored spending time at the center___23___she had her own apartment.
By the end of the Thanksgiving evening, we felt as if she were an old friend. Two weeks later, I invited her to lunch. The more time I spent with Ilse, the more she became like my grandma, always full of energy. Since I was the only one left in her life, I felt___24___for her. I soon became her personal Uber driver (minus the fee), and also helped her hire a___25___. As the days went on, Ilse seemed more disconnected than before. Late one afternoon, she called from the emergency room to tell me she had___26___over her coffee table. After I got there, the doctor___27___she had suffered a mild stroke(中风).
During the next few days, I___28___by her apartment, sadly finding that she was so weak. And she was no longer the___29___Ilse I knew. At the end of the week, I received an early-morning call from her caregiver. “Please come over now,” her voicematter-of-fact. “She’s passed away.” But I was too shocked to cry.
The morning after Ilse’s death, I pulled her___30___out of my file cabinet. Ilse had___31___I take a copy of it a year earlier. I read through it and___32___when I saw my name. She had left me $ 50,000. I didn't___33___her saying anything about that.___34___, I would have insisted she donate the money to charity or give it to a friend she had known longer. Ilse was a friend I'd helped out of loyalty and___35___, not with the expectation of being paid. I opened an account in her honor. Over the next 20 years, Ilse's___36___grew and gave me the opportunity to___37___funds in her name to a cause she cared about deeply : children. Various families and charities___38___from her donations. It is beyond my expectation that a___39___I’d taken years before when I placed a call to the senior center and meet Ilse made my life richer and made me have a new understanding of___40___.
21. A. after B. for C. by D. of
22. A. believed B. begged C. observed D. suggested
23. A. unless B. because C. though D. if
24. A. responsible B. grateful C. pitiful D. happy
25. A. teacher B. caregiver C. doctor D. guide
26. A. talked B. looked C. came D. tripped
27. A. ensured B. confirmed C. warned D. reminded
28. A. drove B. walked C. dropped D. slipped
29. A. energetic B. outgoing C. generous D. determined
30. A. photo B. will C. book D. report
31. A. insisted B. ordered C. recommended D. proposed
32. A. questioned B. relieved C. explained D. stopped
33. A. mind B. imagine C. remember D. consider
34. A. Otherwise B. Therefore C. However D. Instead
35. A. courage B. ability C. respect D. ambition
36. A. gift B. desire C. need D. idea
37. A. return B. lend C. sell D. provide
38. A. learned B. kept C. benefited D. borrowed
39. A. risk B. praise C. reward D. chance
40. A. equality B. humanity C. possibility D. reality
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
The Spring Festival, which___41.___(fall) on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month, is___42.___most important traditional Chinese festival. Before this festival, people always clean and decorate their houses___43.___(careful).
Blood is thicker___44.___water. No matter how far they study or work, all family___45.___(member) will try their best to go home to get together, in order to experience the warmth of a family and show respect for parents and grand-parents. They will also take advantage___46.___this chance to call on s and close friends, especially the old generation.
On Chinese New Year's Eve, family members tend___47.___(eat) jiaozi together, then watch the Spring Festival Gala. Children may feel happiest during this holiday, because they feel like___48.___(wear) new clothes and getting lucky money wrapped in red paper from their close s. Their eagerness is beyond___49.___(describe). In order to celebrate this festival, there are many activities, for example, the lion dance.
All in all, every Chinese wants to enjoy this___50.___(relax) and meaningful festival in his or her own hometown.
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句子，请你修改你同桌写的以下句子。

句中共有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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧)，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：在错的词下面划一横线，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。

They sailed to a place where is believed to be Canada's coast.
They are of high intelligent and can communicate with people.
Our porters carry your luggage, so they can simply enjoy the view.
The plane flew ten times as higher as the kite.
If the cash run out, your shopping time is over.
A large quantity money has been raised to help the old.
In the new factory all the equipments will be up to date.
To my surprise, they had not finished the work yet.
We have ordered two more computers in an addition to ten TV sets.
Occupied in carrying out an experiment, he can't spare time to looking after his son.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是育才中学的学生李华，你校英籍教师Ms. Wilson很喜欢中国文化，特别是丝绸。

你推荐并邀请她参观市丝绸博物馆，请你给她写封邮件，内容包括：
1.博物馆地点；
2.博物馆开放时间；
3.博物馆简介。

注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Ms. Wilson,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Looking forward to your early response.
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. C
2. B
3. B
4. A
5. D
6. C
7. A
8. B 9. A 10. D 11. C
12. D 13. B 14. A 15. B
16. E 17. G 18. B 19. C 20. D
21. B 22. D 23. C 24. A 25. B 26. D 27. B 28. C 29. A 30. B 31. A 32.
D 33. C 34. A 35. C 36. A 37. D 38. C 39. D 40. B
41. falls
42. the 43. carefully
44. than 45. members
46. of 47. to eat
48. wearing
49. description
50. relaxing
51.(1). where→
which/that
(2). intelligent→intelligence
(3). they→you
(4). higher→high
(5). run→runs
(6). money前加of
(7). equipments→equipment
(8). had→have
(9). 去掉an (10). looking→look 52.略。