2020年湖北省武汉市武昌实验中学高三英语二模试题及答案解析

2020年湖北省武汉市武昌实验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
Provincetown, Cape Cod Restaurants
After a day on the sands or exploring our charming town, enjoy local eats, from fresh seafood and lobster to authentic Italian. You’ll find many wonderful Provincetown, Cape Cod restaurants and cafes just steps away. Fanizzi’s Restaurant
Right next door to our hotel, this award-winning local eatery is one of the finest Cape Cod restaurants. The menu highlights seafood, Italian, steaks, burgers, and fresh salads. Enjoy the Friday Fish Fry, Early Bird Specials, and Sunday Brunch, available from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. all year long.
539 Commercial Street 508-487-1964
Napi’s Restaurant
Napi’s serves dinner all year round and lunch from April to October. A cozy place located just off Commercial Street and overflowing with local art, this Cape Cod, Massachusetts classic specializes in everything from freshly caught seafood to Portuguese and Brazilian dishes to vegetarian items.
7 Freeman Street 800-571-6274
Mews Restaurant
Enjoy views of Provincetown Harbor at this waterfront restaurant just steps from Surfside Hotel & Suites. Intercontinental dishes are served in the beach-level dining room, while upstairs you’ll find a casual American bistro. Summer months bring on a brunch menu, and dinner is served year-round.
429 Commercial Street 508-487-1500
The Red Inn
A favorite among our guests, The Red Inn is located on Provincetown’s picturesque waterfront which provides diners with the most gorgeous harbor views and spectacular sunsets. The Red Inn provides historic old world charm with new world pleasure. Their menu features the finest local seafood.
15 Commercial Street 508-487-7334
1.Which restaurant offers a special breakfast for early risers?
A.Fanizzi’s Restaurant.
B.Napi’s Restaurant.
C.Mews Restaurant.
D.The Red Inn.
2.What is special about The Red Inn?
A.It exhibits the good local art.
B.It is the finest local restaurant.
C.It offers the best local seafood.
D.It serves brunch all year round.
3.What does the text mainly talk about?
A.Accommodation.
B.Life styles.
C.Sightseeing.
D.Dining.
B
People from Britain and Ireland first came to live in Australia in 1788. They brought different dialects (方言) of English with them. These different kinds of English began to mix and change. The newcomers soon began to speak with their own typical accent (口音) and vocabulary. More and more people came to Australia during the Gold Rush in the 19th and 20th centuries. Some came from Britain and Ireland; others came from non-English speaking countries. Australian English continued to grow and change.
Australian English has also been influenced by American English. During the Second World War, there were many American soldiers staying in Australia. More importantly, American television shows and music have been popular in Australia since the 1950s.
Australians use many words that other English speakers do not use. The famous Australian greeting, for example, is G’day! A native forest is called the bush and central Australia is called the outback. Many words were brought to Australia from Britain and Ireland. For example, mate means “friend”, and it is still used in Britain. Some of these words have changed in meaning. Some words have come from Australian original languages, many of which are names for animals, plants and places, like dingo and kangaroo.
Australian spelling comes from British spelling. In words like organise and realise, -ise is the expected and taught spelling method. In words like colour, favourite, -ouris the normal, but nouns such as the Labor Party and Victor Harbor are spelled with -or. Program, on the other hand, is more common than programme.
There are also differences in the definition (定义) of words Australians use in different parts of the country. For example, football means “rugby” in New South Wales and Queensland, but “Australian rules football" in everywhere else in Australia. In New South Wales, a swimming costume is called a cossie or swimmers, while in Queensland it is called togs and bathers in Victoria.
4. What does paragraph 1 mainly talk about?
A. Reasons why English is important.
B. Different dialects of Australian English.
C. Various aspects that Australian English has been influenced.
D. Changes of the accent and vocabulary in English.
5. According to the text, which of the following is spoken only by Australians?
A. Mate.
B. Outback.
C. Program.
D. Rugby.
6. Which is the following can best describe Australian English?
A. Confusing and interesting.
B. Multicultural and creative.
C. Crazy and boring.
D. Unchangeable and mixed.
7. What might be the best title for the text?
A. The History of Australia
B. The Birth of Australian English
C. The Development of Australian English
D Different Kinds of English Across the World
C
You run into the grocery store to quickly pick up your item. You grab what you need and head to the front of the store. After quickly sizing up the check-out lines, you choose the one that looks fastest. You chose wrong. People getting in other lines long after you have already checked out and headed to the parking lot. Why does this seem to always happen to you?
Well, as it turns out, it's just math that is working against you. A grocery store tries to have enough employees at the checkout lines to get all their customers through with minimum delay. But sometimes, like on a Sunday afternoon, they get super busy. Because most grocery stores don't have the physical space to add more checkout lines, their system becomes overburdened. Some small interruption — a price check, a particularly talkative customer — will have downstream effects, holding up the entire line behind them.
If there are three lines at the store, these delays will happen randomly at different registers (收银台). Think about the probability. The chances of your line being that fastest one are only one in three, which means you have a two-thirds chance of not being in the fastest line. So it's not just in your mind: Another line is probably moving faster thanyours.
Now, mathematicians have come up with a good solution, which they call queuing theory, to this problem: Just make all customers stand in one long snaking line, called a serpentine line, and serve each person at the front
with the next available register. With three registers, this method is about three times faster on average than the more traditional approach. This is what they do at most banks, Trader Joe's, and some fast-food places. With a serpentine line, a long delay at one register won't unfairly punish the people who lined up behind it. Instead, it will slow everyone down a little bit.
8. What phenomenon is described in the first paragraph?
A. Queuing in a line.
B. A shopping experience.
C. A rush in the morning.
D. Cutting in a line.
9. According to the article, what may cause delays in checking out?
A. The lack of employees in the grocery store.
B. Some unexpected delays of certain customers.
C. The increasing items bought by customers.
D. A worsening shopping system of the store.
10. What is the solution given by mathematicians?
A. Employing more workers for checking out.
B. Limiting the number of queuing people.
C. Making only one line available.
D. Always standing in the same line.
11. What's the principle behind the queuing theory?
A. To pursue the maximum benefit.
B. To leave success or failure to luck.
C. To avoid the minimum loss.
D. To spread the risk equally among everyone.
D
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (麻省理工学院) have turned spider webs into music——creating an strange soundtrack that could help them better understand how the spiders output their complex creations and even how they communicate.
The MIT team worked with Berlin-based artist Tomas Saraceno to take 2D (two-dimensional) laser (激光) scans of a spider web, which were linked together and made into a mathematical model that could recreate the web in 3Din VR (virtual reality). They also worked with MIT’s music department to create the virtual instrument.
“Even though the web looks really random (随机)，there actually are a lot of inside structures and you can
visualize (可视化) them and you can look at them, but it’s really hard to grasp for the human imagination or human brain to understand all these structural details,” said MIT engineering professor Markus Buehler, who presented the work on Monday at a virtual meeting of the American Chemical Society.
Listening to the music while moving through the VR spider web lets you see and hear these structural changes and gives a better idea of how spiders see the world, he told CNN. “Spiders use vibrations (振动) as a way to locate themselves, to communicate with other spiders and so the idea of thinking really like a spider would experience the world was something that was very important to us as spider material scientists,” Buehler said.
Spiders are able to build their webs without shelves or supports, so having a better idea of how they work could lead to the development of advanced new 3D printing techniques. “The reason why I did that is I wanted to be able to get information really from the spider world, which is very weird and mysterious,” Buehler explained. In addition to the scientific value, Buehler said the webs are musically interesting and that you can hear the sounds the spider creates during construction. “It’s unusual and eerie and scary, but finally beautiful.” he described.
12. What have MIT scientists done according to the passage?
A. They have translated spider webs into sounds.
B. They have made a mathematical model to produce webs.
C. They have created a soundtrack to catch spiders.
D. They have known how spiders communicate.
13. What can we know about spider webs from paragraph 3?
A. Their structures are beautiful and clear.
B. Professor Markus Buehler knows them well.
C. The American Chemical Society presents the result.
D. They are complex for people to figure it out.
14. In which field will the study be helpful?
A. virtual reality
B. printing
C. painting
D. film-making
15. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. It tells us that the music created by spiders is scary.
B. It shows how the researchers carry out the experiment.
C. It presents a new and creative way to study spiders.
D. It explains why scientists did the experiment.
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 Types to Live Below Your Full Potential
Human potential is unlimited, but unfortunately, many do not use their true potential.___16___Here are some types to live below your true potential.
Let yourself be affected by minor issues
Sometimes we may be affected by small issues.___17___One way to check if something is worth thinking over is to ask yourself this question: “Will this matter in one year’s time？” If not, then it’s probably not worth your energy to think about these things, Focus on things that do matter in the long run instead.
Blame others for your difficulty.
Is there anything you’re blaming others for in your life？___18___For example, if youblame your parents for your obesity, you’ll continue to remain obese because in your mind they are the reason why you’re obese. You’ll never have the power to change the situation un-til you take responsibility for it.
Try to do everything by yourself.
Are you someone who likes to do everything yourself？So do I, but over the years I’ve re-alized that this prevents me from achieving more.___19___Start by removing the less important tasks and doing the more important ones, and you’ll notice a big difference.
___20___
Many people set small goals because they’re afraid to fail. Actually what they’re really afraid of is to realize what they’ve always had the power to achieve. So set your highest goals today. You should try to achieve them because they are what you deserve.
A. Set small goals.
B. Believe that you can make it.
C. You give others power over that part of your life.
D. While these emotions are normal, often these issues aren’t important in the long run.
E. Trying to do everything means you’re not able to do the higher level, important things.
F. Still worse, they waste it by carrying out tasks that are a poor use of their time and energy.
G. In fact, when you blame someone for what you’re going through, you refuse responsibility.
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
After I had pictured it over and over again in my mind, the big day___21___arrived: my first day at senior high! I woke up early and rushed to my new___22___. The campus was still___23___when I arrived, so I decided to___24___a bit. I was looking at the photos on the noticeboard when I___25___a voice behind me. “New here?”___26___, I saw a white-haired man. “Yes,” I replied. We chatted for a while___27___I left for the classroom. When my English teacher stepped into the classroom, I was___28___to see the same man I had met earlier.
“Good morning, everyone. Before we start, please___29___yourself to the class. I’llgo first,” said the teacher.
I tried to turn on my brain____30____the engine just wouldn’t start. I was organizing my words in my head when the girl next to me gave me a nudge (用肘轻推) “It’s your____31____!’’
With butterflies in my stomach, I____32____deeply.“Hi, I’m Meng Hao.”Everyone started_____33_____I looked at them in____34____. “Nice to know we____35____the same name,” said my new teacher. Although I was embarrassed, his words made me a lot more_____36_____. When we had all introduced ourselves, Mr Meng said, “Well done, everyone! I know this isn’t____37____for many of you.____38____like this at senior high might sometimes put you under pressure. But it all depends on____39____you do. Keep calm and be prepared.”
People say, “Well begun, half done.” I guess this was a good____40____to my new school life.
21. A. finally B. actually C. suddenly D. gradually
22. A. house B. school C. classroom D. garden
23. A. new B. quiet C. noisy D. lovely
24. A. run B. study C. explore D. move
25. A. sensed B. saw C. felt D. heard
26. A. Looking down B. Working out C. Giving up D. Turning around
27. A. as B. after C. before D. when
28. A. confused B. surprised C. curious D. annoyed
29. A. introduce B. identify C. register D. deliver
30. A. and B. but C. or D. so
31. A. place B. order C. turn D. right
32. A. wanted B. thought C. slept D. breathed
33. A. quitting B. requesting C. laughing D. pretending
34. A. charge B. fear C. pleasure D. trouble
35. A. share B. design C. offer D. promote
36. A. relaxed B. shocked C. responsible D. awkward
37. A. suitable B. easy C. obvious D. hard
38. A. Disasters B. Questions C. Challenges D. Traditions
39. A. when B. where C. that D. what
40. A. job B. impression C. ending D. beginning
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
A group of highly endangered Yangtze finless porpoises (江豚) was recently seen in the Yangtze River in the area of Wuhan, Hubei province,____41.____may be a result of China’s 10-year ban on fishing in the river at the beginning of the year 2020, less interference (干扰) from human____42.____(activity) or an increase in food availability.
Recorded in a short video by a local resident, the rare appearance____43.____(attract) attention online on the right day.
The finless porpoise____44.____the Baiji dolphin (Yangtze River dolphin), both members of the cetacea family and the only two aquatic mammals (水栖哺乳动物) in the river, were officially considered as “critically endangered” and placed on the red list of the____45.____(threaten) species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in 2013.
Among the very few porpoise species, the Yangtze finless porpoise is the only one____46.____(live) in freshwater, according to Zhang Xianfeng, an aquatic wildlife researcher at the Institute of Hydrobiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.____47.____(it) small size and cute “smile” make it a much-loved animal in China and beyond.
“Rising water levels during the flood season together with the fishing ban____48.____(probable) contribute to this rare animal’s appearance, given that sandbanks____49.____(cover) by water and more water plants are available for fish. Without______50.______(interrupt) from human beings, the finless porpoise might be more active,” Zhang said.
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。

Yesterday, Miss Li told us about that we were going to make an advertisement for our club. She asked us to plan ours advertisement carefully. Most students found it difficulty to come up with ideas, but I don’t. I decided that I would have interviews with the students they used to go to the club, recording how they had benefited from go to the club. When I called them and explained what I wanted to do, they willing to help. On Friday’s morning, I’m going to visit them with a tape recorder or record what they say. I believe it will be a interesting advertisement.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Fortune Cookie Friends
Jenny frowned (皱眉)as she helped her mother and father set out the cooking supplies in the shiny steel kitchen. Her family had just moved here from San Francisco, having bought a small restaurant, which was set to open in the next few days.
“Moving here was a dumb idea," Jenny complained mostly to herself
"What's that?” Her mother asked, opening a box and lifting out several pots.
"Nothing," Jenny mumbled（咕哝）.The girl had been angry about the move, but her parents had made the decision and were now too busy getting ready for the grand opening to listen to her complaints.
The first few days at her new school hadn't been easy, either. She found it hard to talk to people she didn't know, and it seemed like the students hadn't even noticed her. Jenny sighed and got back to washing dishes.
On the day of the grand opening, Jenny's parents were all smiles, welcoming customers into the restaurant, brightly decorated in gold and red. Even Jenny was in a good mood as she rushed around, seating guests, handing out menus, and pouring tall glasses of water. This was a big day for her family.
At one of the tables sat a family with two daughters who were about Jenny's age. As she filled their glasses, Jenny realized the twins were in her class. Jenny ducked her head down so her long hair covered her face, and she turned away from the table.
Jenny's mother found her soon after, in the kitchen loading the dishwasher.
"Honey, what are you doing back here? We need you out front with the customers."
"Mom, I don't want to be out there. There are kids from school!"
"So?" her mother asked. "That's good! Go to take them some fortune cookies and say hello!" She said to Jenny, pointing at the fortune cookies paper which read: “Many friends are found with a single 注意：
1.续写的词数应为150左右：
2.请按照如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Jenny absently read the fortune cookie paper.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________
She placed the cookies down, and bravely looked the girls in the eyes.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________
参考答案
1. A
2. C
3. D
4. C
5. B
6. B
7. C
8. A 9. B 10. C 11. D
12. D 13. A 14. C 15. C
16. F 17. D 18. G 19. E 20. A
21. A 22. B 23. B 24. C 25. D 26. D 27. C 28. B 29. A 30. B 31. C 32.
D 33. C 34. B 35. A 36. A 37. B 38. C 39. D 40. D
41. which
42. activities
43. attracted
44. and 45. threatened
46. to live ·
47. Its 48. probably
49. are covered
50. interruption
51.(1). 去掉about
(2). ours → our
(3). difficulty → difficult
(4). don’t → didn’t
(5). they → who / that
(6). go → going
(7). willing 前加were
(8).Friday’s → Friday
(9). or → and
(10). a → an
52.略。