2019-2020学年呼和浩特第二中学高三英语三模试题及答案

2019-2020学年呼和浩特第二中学高三英语三模试题及答案
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
When it comes to the greatest inventions of the world, China’s name is sure to be mentioned several times. There are hundreds of things which were invented by the Chinese.
Alcohol
Shocked? I was because when they said alcohol I thought about either the US or the UK. China had never crossed my mind. In China, alcohol was made by two legendary persons named Yi Di and Du Kang who belonged to the Xia Dynasty. This period was about 2000 BC - 1600 BC. Research says that in ancient China, beer with 4% alcoholic content was widely consumed by people.
Tea
China is the proud inventor of tea which was first drunk by Shen Nong, a Chinese emperor around 2737 BC. Tea production was rapidly developed, making tea a popular drink during the Tang and Song Dynasties.
The Mechanical Clock
Have you ever wondered what on earth we would be doing without any idea of time? A clock really is an invention without which things were incomplete. The credit of making the first mechanical clock goes to ancient China. The first mechanical clock was invented by Yi Xing in the Tang Dynasty. This was during 618 and 907.
Silk Fabric
Silk, the favorite fabric of many girls out there, is also a Chinese invention. Although we all know that silk is made by silkworms, it was Chinese people who first invented a way to harvest the silk and then use it to make clothes. The oldest silk which has been found so far is in Henan Province and dates back to 3630 BC.
1.We can learn from Paragraph 2 that ________.
A.people in the US like alcohol
B.beer was popular in the Xia Dynasty
C.Yi Di and Du Kang invented alcohol by accident
D.the author didn’t know alcohol is a Chinese invention
2.The author asks the question in Paragraph 4 to show ________.
A.ancient Chinese inventors were wiser
B.many things in our lives are incomplete
C.ancient Chinese people never wasted time
D.the invention of the mechanical clock is important
3.Which of the following invention has a longer history?
A.Tea.
B.Alcohol.
C.Silk fabric.
D.The mechanical clock.
B
Every day, millions of shoppers hit the stores in full force, searching wildly for the perfect gift.Aside from purchasing holiday gifts, most people regularly buy presents for other occasions throughout the year, including weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, and graduations. This frequent experience of gift-giving cancause uncertain feelings in gift-givers. Many enjoy the opportunity to buy presents because gift-giving offers a powerful means to build stronger bonds, while many worry that their purchases will disappoint rather than delight the intended recipients (接受者).
Anthropologists describe gift-giving as a positive social process, serving various political, religious, and psychological functions. Economists, however, offer a less favorable view. According to Waldfogel, gift-giving represents an objective wasteof resources. People buy gifts that recipients would not choose to buy on their own, or at least not spend as much money to purchase (a phenomenon referred to as‘‘the deadweight loss of Christmas”).
What is surprising is that gift-givers have much experience acting as both gift-givers and gift-recipients, but nevertheless tend to overspend each time they set out to purchase a meaningful gift. In the present research, we propose a unique psychological explanation for this overspending problem — gift-givers link how much they spend with how much recipients will appreciate the gift. Though it seems natural to gift-givers, such an assumption may be unfounded. Indeed, we propose that gift-recipients will be less likely to base their feelings of appreciation on the value of a gift than givers assume.
Why do gift-givers assume that gift price is closely linked to gift-recipients’ feelings of appreciation? Perhaps givers believe that more expensive gifts communicate a stronger sense ofthoughtfulness and consideration. According to Camerer and others, gift-giving represents a symbolic ritual (习俗), by which gift-givers attempt to signal their positive attitudes towards the recipient and their willingness to invest resources in a futurerelationship. In this sense, gift-givers may be motivated to spend more money on a gift in order to send a “stronger signal”. As for gift-recipients, they may not interpret smaller and larger gifts as representing smaller and larger signals of
thoughtfulness and consideration.
The idea of gift-givers and gift-recipients being unable to account for the other party’s viewpoint seems confusing because people slip in and out of these roles every day. Yet, despite the experience as both givers and receivers, people often struggle to apply information gained from one role in another. In theoretical terms, people fail to use information about their own preferences and experiences to produce more efficient outcomes in their exchange relations. In practical terms, people spend hundreds of dollars each year on gifts, but somehow never learn to estimate their gift expense according to personal insight.
4. The author uses “the deadweight loss of Christmas” in Paragraph 2 to express ________.
A. gift-givers don’t spend much money during holidays
B. gift-givers don’t ask recipients what gifts they prefer
C. gift-givers buy improper and expensive gifts
D. gift-givers have difficulty in choosing gifts
5. According to the passage, people buy gifts to ________.
A. receive gifts in return
B. enjoy the feeling of shopping
C. help recipients to save money
D. better relationships with recipients
6. What can we learn from the passage?
A. People’s high living standards require expensive gifts.
B. Gift-givers buy gifts based on their experiences as recipients.
C. Anthropologists think gift-giving meets different human needs.
D. Recipients judge the depth of friendship according to the gift price.
7. Why did the author write this article?
A. To criticize people’s gift-buying habits.
B. To analyze people’s gift-giving behaviors.
C. To offer advice on how to improve relationships.
D. To remind people not to overlook others’ preferences.
C
Improvements to energy efficiency, such as LED lights, are seen by many authorities as a top priority for cutting carbon emissions. Yet a growing body of research suggests that arebound effect could wipe out more than
half of the savings from energy efficiency improvements, making the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change even harder to hit.
A team led by Paul Brockway at the University of Leeds, UK, looked at the existing 33 studies on the impact of the rebound effect. First comes the direct rebound: for instance,when someone buys a more efficient car, they may take advantage of that by driving it further. Then comes the indirect rebound: fuel savings leave the owner with more money to spend elsewhere in the economy, consuming energy.
Although the 33 studies used different methods to model the rebound effect, they produced very consistent estimates of its impact, leading the team to conclude that the effect wipes out, on average, 63 percent of the anticipated energy savings.
“We're not saying energy efficiency doesn't work. What we're saying is rebound needs to be taken more seriously,” says Brockway.
The idea that increased efficiency may not deliver the hoped­for savingsdates back to the Jevons paradox(悖论), named after the economist William Stanley Jevons, who, in 1865,observed that more efficient coal use led to more demand for coal.
If the rebound effect does prove to be as big as suggested, it means future global energy demand will be higher than expected and the world will need far more wind and solar power and carbon­capture technology than is currently being planned for.
But that doesn't mean nothing can be done to limit the rebound effect. One answer is to double down on energy efficiency and do twice as much to achieve the same effect.
8. Which of the following is a rebound effect?
A. A man uses LED lights to cut carbon emissions.
B. A company uses coal more efficiently to reduce waste.
C. A family saves money by using energy­saving devices.
D. A lady spends savings from her fuel efficient car on more clothes.
9. How did Paul Brockway's team carry out their research?
A. By interviewing economists.
B. By analyzing former studies.
C. By modeling the rebound effect.
D. By debating about the Jevons paradox.
10. What would Paul Brockway probably agree with?
A. Authorities should dismiss energy efficiency.
B. Worldwide efforts to preserve energy are in vain.
C. The rebound effect helps protect the environment.
D. More attention should be paid to the rebound effect.
11. What's the author's attitude towards limiting the rebound effect?
A. Positive.
B. Pessimistic.
C. Doubtful.
D. Disapproving.
D
On World Oceans Day, which falls on June 8, the US National Geographic Society announced it would recognize the Southern Ocean in Antarctica, bringing the global total to five.
Unlike the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian and PacificOceans—which are defined by the continents that bound them—the Southern Ocean is instead characterized by the Antarctic Circumpolar Current（南极洋流）. According to the National Geographic, the Southern Ocean includes most of the waters surrounding Antarcticaout to 60 degrees south latitude（纬度）.
"Encircled by the powerfully swift ACC, it is the only ocean to touch three others and to completely embrace a continent rather than being embraced by them," Sylvia Earle, a marine biologist and oceanographer, told the Daily Mail.
Those familiar with the Southern Ocean know it's unlike any other. "Anyone who has been there will struggle to explain what's so charming about it, but they'll all agree that the glaciers are bluer, the air colder, the mountains more awful and the landscapes morecaptivatingthan anywhere else you can go," Seth Sykora-Bodie, a marine scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, told National Geographic.
National Geographic hopes their revised maps will bring public awareness to the region, thereby encouraging Southern Ocean conservation—but its significance is beyond that.
"We think it's really important from an educational standpoint, as well as from a map-labeling standpoint, to bring attention to the Southern Ocean as a fifth ocean," Alex Tait, National Geographic Society geographer, told The Post. "So when students learn about parts of the ocean world, they learn it's an interconnected ocean, and they learn there are these regions called oceans that are really important, and there's a distinct one in the icy waters around Antarctica."
12. Why is the Southern Ocean different from other oceans?
A. It has never been explored before.
B. It surrounds the Antarctic all around.
C. It is enclosed by the fast-flowing ACC.
D. It has ecologically distinct environment.
13. What does the underlined word "captivating" in paragraph 4 probably mean?
A. Strange.
B. Unusual.
C. Attractive.
D. Informal.
14. What does the National Geographic think of the Southern Ocean?
A. It will be instructive for students.
B. It will promote tourism development.
C. It will encourage public to treasure water.
D. It will draw scientists to study in the Antarctic.
15. What is the best title for the text?
A. World Oceans Day
B. Revised Antarctic Maps
C. Adding a New Ocean
D. New Discovery under the Sea
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All over the world people are hooked on sports, which help them to strengthen their body and build their character.___16___They improve the participants’ physical skills, and provide entertainment for the audience as well.
Many people like to watch others play games.___17___Often they get very excited when “their” player or team wins. If they are crazy about the game or the player, then they’ll become their diehard fans. Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for them. Football, for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in countries near the sea or in those with many rivers.___18___And think of people in cold countries. Masses of people love to skate or ski inJapan,NorwayorCanada.
___19___Chinese boxing, also has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new, which started in the late of the nineteenth century. People are inventing new sports or games all the time. Water skiing, as a modern game, is one of the newest in the family of sports.
People from different countries or races may not be able to understand each other, but after a game, they get to know each other better and they often become good friends.___20___One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace.
A. They can make friends with each other.
B. Sports help to train a person’s character.
C. They buy tickets or turn on the TV to watch the games.
D. Chinese people liked doing sports even in ancient times.
E. What fun it is to jump into a pool or lake, whether inChina,EgyptorItaly!
F. Some sports or games date back thousands of years, like running or jumping.
G. Sports are competitive physical activities or games through casual or organized participation.
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 mother sewed dresses. She worked in a factory by____21____and brought home dresses at night. She had to____22____my brother, my sister, and me. My father had died when I was ten.
Every night when she____23____, I would meet my mother at the train stop and help her carry home a lot of unsewn cloth. She’d start to____24____as soon as she got home. She’d stop to make us____25____, and after that, while we kids read or listened to music, she would____26____over her sewing machine again to continue sewing dresses. Sometimes she’d get her thumb caught under the sewing____27____. She’d cry out in pain but____28____a bandage and go back to work. Watching her made me____29____to be so good at something I loved that my mother wouldn’t have to work again.
I sat next to my mother as she_____30_____. Every now and then she’d_____31_____up pieces of new cloth to be sewn, feel the dress between her fingers, and set it aside_____32_____. She’d say, “ I only work on quality dresses.” Our family needed_____33_____. But my mother would not sew a_____34_____that was not up to her_____35_____. She showed me that people should take_____36_____in what they do.
I thought of my mother years later as I began my career, enjoyed_____37_____, and faced setbacks. I was determined to be so successful to make up for all my mother had_____38_____for us. But when a producer told me to record a song I considered silly or_____39_____, I’d think of my mother and tell him, “Sorry, I only work on_____40_____material.”
21. A. night B. day C. chance D. choice
22. A. support B. impress C. attract D. comfort
23. A. left B. returned C. escaped D. wandered
24. A. rest B. read C. sew D. cook
25. A. supper B. lunch C. breakfast D. snack
26. A. hand B. take C. run D. bend
27. A. shelf B. board C. needle D. head
28. A. show up B. fill up C. hold on D. put on
29. A. demanded B. determined C. supposed D. reminded
30. A. worked B. laughed C. talked D. cried
31. A. sum B. make C. pick D. do
32. A. quickly B. silently C. privately D. happily
33. A. help B. money C. service D. hope
34. A. collar B. button C. pocket D. dress
35. A. standards B. rules C. spirits D. preferences
36. A. part B. comfort C. pride D. interest
37. A. success B. fun C. anger D. shyness
38. A. offered B. sacrificed C. experienced D. abandoned
39. A. harmless B. careless C. senseless D. hopeless
40. A. quantity B. ability C. authority D. quality
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
When she was 10 years old, Ana Moreno watched buses full of tourists pull into her village. They had come to see the monarch butterflies,___41.___arrive in groups each November and stay the winter in the Sierra Madre's forested peaks. At that point, Ana's goal was____42.____（become）a butterfly guide, leading tours into the forest.
This year,___43.___, Ana won't be leading tourists into the Cerro Pelon Butterfly Sanctuary（保护区）owing to the effect that the CO VID-19 has had___44.___ecotourism from domestic and international visitors alike. Forest communities are losing tourist income, which has led to them___45.___（return）to farms, while others restart cutting down trees____46.____（legal）.
But forest communities across the country hold the___47.___（believe）that under pressure, solutions also tend to become clear. They___48.___（step）up to invite the outside world in and seek new ways to support___49.___（they）.
To keep their six forest guardians on the mountain, Ana's brother and his wife have designed virtual tour packages. "I'm hoping it can save us this year," says Sharp. These virtual tours offer visitors an experience they couldn't get in person: up-close____50.____（observe）of the colonies on an ongoing basis.
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：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下而写出修改后的词。

注意：
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。

In recent years Lake Baikal, the deepest freshwaterlake,has paid much attention to because ofaextreme sport. Each March, about 150 people signed up for the Baikal Lake Marathon. They come to explore the lake's extraordinarily beauty and challenge themselves in unpredictable conditions. And on March, the ice is a meter thick and very hard. Runners cross the frozen surface, finishing on the western sides of the lake. Knowing as the “blue eye of Siberia”, the lake has clear water. When seen from above, runners on the ice look as if he werejogging through space. The landscape might to be beautiful but it is a severe test. Runners say the cold climate is that draws them.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是某英文报的一位业余记者，为了弘扬中国传统文化，你所在的社区在上周末举办了“首届社区文化节”，请用英语写一篇文章报道此事。

内容包括：
1.活动目的；
2.活动内容：剪纸大赛、书法展览等；
3.你的感受。

注意:
1.词数100左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。

The First Community Culture Festival was a Success
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____
参考答案
1. D
2. D
3. C
4. C
5. D
6. C
7. B
8. D 9. B 10. D 11. A
12. B 13. C 14. A 15. C
16. G 17. C 18. E 19. F 20. B
21. B 22. A 23. B 24. C 25. A 26. D 27. C 28. D 29. B 30. A 31. C 32.
D 33. B 34. D 35. A 36. C 37. A 38. B 39. C 40. D
41. which
42. to become
43. however
44. on 45. returning
46. illegally
47. belief 48. are stepping
49. themselves
50. observation
51.(1). ... has paid much attention …这句中的has 后加been.
(2). a extreme sport 中的a 改为an.
(3). signed up for…中的signed 改为sign.
(4). extraordinarily 改为extraordinary.
(5). And on March,…中的on 改为in.
(6). Runners cross t…, …western sides of the lake...中的sides 改为side.
(7). Knowing as the...中的Knowing 改为Known.
(8). ... he were jogging 中的he 改为they.
(9). …might to…去掉to.
(10). ... that draws them 中的that 改为what.
52.略。