2020届石家庄第二十三中学高三英语二模试题及答案解析

2020届石家庄第二十三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
These wonderful NYC attractions offer pay — what — you — wish days, free entry hours/days and other great stuff for local families.
Staten IslandZoo
There are plenty of creatures who call NYC home—the Staten Island Zoo is one of them. Once you’ve finished learning about the wildlife in the animal nursery, reptile (爬行动物) side rooms, horse barn and other areas of the attraction, make sure to mark your schedule for fun seasonal happenings, such as the Easter Egg Games and the scary, crazy Halloween Shows.
Entry on Wednesdays is by suggested donation; children aged two and under free.
Children’s Museum of the Arts
The Children’s Museum of the Arts welcomes 135,000 little visitors each year through its doors. Once inside, the whole family can enjoy interactive programs, exhibitions (展览) and events that celebrate the changed power of the arts on youngsters and grown-ups alike.
Pay-as-you-wish Thursdays, 3-6 p. m.
Wave Hill
Everyone needs a few hours of calm now and then-kids included-and you’d be hard- pressed to find a more peaceful spot within city limits than Wave Hill the broad grounds located above the river, covering 28 acres of public gardens, plus woodlands and grasses to wander. Jump in on nature walks, story times and family art projects often led by local artists and free with general admission.
Pay — as — you — wish Tuesdays and Saturdays,9 a. m — noon.
New York Hall of Science
Naturally, kids love it when the New York Hall of Science pleases them with neat exhibits and fun hands-on activities. The museum’s playground is themost attractivetochildren A tube slide (管道滑梯) will give little ones the knowledge on science topics, while the climbing area mirrors a giant spider web. There are also wind pipes, metal drums, sand- boxes and much more. What better way to make the mostout of science?
Free entry Sep-Jun on Fridays, 2 — 5 p. m，and Sundays, 10 —11 a. m.
1. What can children do in Staten Island Zoo?
A. Feed injured animals.
B. Join in seasonal activities.
C. Build a home for creatures.
D. Deal with the donations to the zoo.
2. What do Children’s Museum of the Arts and Wave Hill have in common?
A. They both have peaceful spots.
B. They both are located by a river.
C. They both have public gardens.
D. They both have activities about arts.
3. Which place can be free of charge for all?
A. Wave Hill.
B.Staten IslandZoo.
C. New York Hall of Science.
D. Children’s Museum of the Arts.
B
Thefirst thing we notice about new people are their faces. The next time we see these people, we remember them because we remember their faces. This seems like a simple process. However, scientists found that it is not such a simple process. The section of the brain that is responsible for face recognition seems to work differently for different people. Some people have great difficulty remembering and recognizing faces, while others almost never forget a face.
Normal babies are born with a natural ability to recognize faces. In fact, their face recognition abilities are much better than their parents. Babies are most highly skilled at face recognition at six months. But by nine months, they lose this skill. By nine months, a baby’s face-recognition skills are about the same as an adult’s.
Unfortunately, some people are not born with this ability to recognize faces. The part of the brain that is responsible for face recognition doesn’t work for them. This condition is called face blindness. People with very severe face blindness cannot even recognize their own faces. In fact, people with this condition can sometimes be frightened when they look in the mirror. They don’t recognize their own face, so for a second they are startled when they see this unfamiliar face.
Face blindness is not always severe. Scientists believe up to 10 percent of the population may be affected by
face blindness to some degree, yet many people with mild face blindness might not even know they have it. They have no reason to know they are different from anyone else until someone points it out. This is similar to people with color1 blindness. Colorblind people can’t see the difference between certain color1 s such as red and green, until someone tells them that green and red are two different color1 s.
There is no cure for face blindness. So for the time being, people with face blindness need to find simple techniques to compensate for their problem. They can try to recognize people by their hairstyle, their voice, or their glasses. Hopefully, in the future as scientists learn more about this condition, they may find a cure.
4. What is the first paragraph mainly about?
A. The way to improve one’s face-recognition skills.
B. The simple process of the brain to recognize others’ faces.
C. The fact that some people have face-recognition problems.
D. The importance of face recognition in human communication.
5. When do children have the best face-recognition skills?
A. At birth.
B. Half a year old.
C. Nine months old.
D. In adolescence.
6. What does the underlined word “startled” in the 3rd paragraph probably mean?
A. Depressed.
B. Confused.
C. Embarrassed.
D. Surprised.
7. What does the author think of the problem of face blindness?
A. People need to take it seriously.
B. Certain techniques can make up for it.
C. It will be cured in the near future.
D. It has the same effect with color1 blindness.
C
Understanding the link between a clean environment and human life is not a new concept. In fact, it was noticed as early as ancient Rome. Today we see how green living has infiluenced our everyday lives. There is a growing community of people who embrace a zero waste lifestyle and make changes to the way they live to reduce their carbon footprint.
Living a zero waste lifestyle means doing one’s best to achieve the aim of not sending anything to a landfill. People who adopt this lifestyle ultimately cut down on their waste by reducing what they need and want. They
reuse what they own, sending few things to be recycled.
Many people who adopt the zero waste lifestyle claim to be frustrated by the many harmful chemical substances found in beauty and cleaning products. They also find the uses of disposable items and excessive packaging. For example, how many times have we had to peel away layers of plastic wrap and cardboard before finally taking out the item which we had bought? Instead of buying pre-packed food and goods, those who identify with the zero waste philosophy tend to shop in stores that allow them to make purchases and bring their own cloth bags and glass jars to store their purchases.
Many people may have the misconception that it is easier to live a zero waste lifestyle in the West. Nevertheless, Malaysian environmental journalist, Ms. Aurora Tin, has proven that a zero waste lifestyle is possible even in the Asian context. Instead of going to the supermarket to buy pre-packaged foods, Ms. Tin now visits the wet market and brings her own bags for vegetables. She has even stopped using store-bought toothpaste and makes her own toothpaste from coconut oil and baking soda. This lifestyle may be too big a change for the average person, but we could follow her suit to make gradual changes to our own lives.
8. Which of the following is a zero waste lifestyle?
A. Bringing a resuable container to take away food.
B. Choosing appliances that cost less money.
C. Turning off a device to stop using power.
D. Classifying the garbage before throwing it away.
9. What may disappoint a person who adopts a zero waste lifestyle?
A. Recycable carboard.
B. Excessive packaging.
C. Glass jars to store purchases.
D. Natural substances in cleaning products.
10. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. How do people live a zero waste lifestyle.
B. Why Ms. Tin chooses to live a zero waste lifestyle..
C. We can also practice a zero waste lifestyle in Asia.
D. It is easy to live a zero waste lifestyle in the West.
11. What is the best title of the passage?
A. Living a zero waste lifestyle.
B. Going green ismore than a fashion.
C. A zero waste lifetyle is easy to achieve.
D. Making environmentally-conscious decisions.
D
After finishing his dinner, Lin Xu opened a WeChat mini-program called "Clear Plate" on his phone and took picture of the empty plates. He was then awarded 157 credit points after the image was uploaded and recognized
by artificial intelligence.
“Users of the app can use their credit to buy gifts, such as books and cellphones to purchase charity meals donated to children in poor rural areas,” Lin said.
A nationwide "Clear Your Plate" campaign is gaining steam online. Efforts to stop food waste and promote thrift are also being made by restaurants that have been urged to create an environment in which consumers are reminded not to waste food. They are also encouraged to offer different portion sizes so that customers can have more choices.
The “Clear Plate” mini-program has become popular among young Chinese and currently has nearly 1 million users.
Liu Jichen, founder of the startup that developed the app, said that the idea popped up at a dinner in 2017, when Liu found that a restaurant would give diners who polished off their food a card and offer small gifts after a certain number of cards had been collected.
“Such an idea can be realized online,” Liu said. He formed a team to work on the project.
Yet it was quite challenge for the AI system to identify whether the uploaded photos showed empty plates.
To make the AI system smarter, Liu and his team, assisted by more than 1,000 others, spent half a year collecting over 100, 000 samples in canteens and restaurants across the country and used the data to train neural network. Dozens of enterprises, institutions and restaurants have contacted the startup to cooperate on the project.
Through the visualized mini-program, people can clearly see the good results of saving food, which will effectively reduce waste, he noted. "We hope our efforts can start a new trend among the younger generation, encouraging them to carry out the virtue of cherishing food and developing the habit of thrift, " Liu said
12. What is the main function of the APP "Clear Plate?
A. Awarding credit points.
B. Giving charity meals.
C. Showing the empty plates.
D. Encouraging saving food.
13. How is the "Clear Your Plate" campaign carried out?
A. Customers wasting food are punished.
B. People join in it on mini-program.
C. Restaurants limit customers' choices.
D. People are encouraged to buy gifts.
14. What was the most difficult when the app was created?
A. Getting other people to cooperate with the team.
B. Collecting samples in canteens and restaurants.
C. Ensuring the app to recognize empty plates.
D. Finding people to fund the app.
15. What is the purpose of the writing?
A. To introduce an app.
B. To promote saving food.
C. To praise a startup founder.
D. To raise fund for poor children.
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When we come home from a long day at school, our clogs are so happy to see us. Their faces look happy,with mouths wide open.___16___
It's probably not an illusion(错觉）at all. In fact, two centuriesof modern science has good evidence that humans and animals share emotions—including the kind of emotion that results in laughter.
US animal behaviorist Patricia Simonet carried out research on a special sound that dogs make when they play.___17___. It is quite different from other dog sounds like whining（哀鸣）and growling（咆哮）.Simonet believed it is laughter.
Even other dogs seem to recognize and associate the “laugh" with pleasure.___18___when Simonet played the laughter to other dogs, reported ABC News.
It might not surprise us that dogs—our traditional“best friends”—like to laugh. But other research suggests that creatures? like rats, also laugh.
Estonian researcher Jaak Panksepp did experiments on rats.___19___. When Panksepp tickled his rats on the neck, they made a chirping（唧唧声）sound, which the scientist believed was laughter. The rats liked the tickling so much, he reported, that they sought more of it. According toScientific American, Panksepp's rats would follow his finger around to make him tickle them again.
While studies have shown that dogs and rats “laugh“ when they play? it doesn't mean that all animals really laugh even if they make a laughter-like sound.
Take hyenas（土狼）for example. The hyena is well known for making a noise that sounds like a person laughing loudly. But studies show the hyenas don't make the noise because they think something is funny.___20___
But make no mistake? when your dog welcomes you home, it's definitely laughing.
A.You can make your dog laugh at times
ughter can relieve their nervousness
C.He found that they had a sense of humor and fun
D.The sound is a “forced, breathy exhalation（呼气）”
E.We've all wondered whether our dogs are smiling at us
F.Some would seek out toys and others would run toward the source
G.The “laughing“ is actually a noise they make when they are excited or frightened
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
I was working on a novel based on the lives of chimpanzees(黑猩猩). To___21___them, I read every book written by Dr. Jane Goodall. One day, while visiting the website about chimpanzees, I___22___the chance to complete a six month internship(实习) with the Jane Goodall Institute(JGI) in Tanzania.___23___having a full time job, I knew I had to go. I was offered an unpaid internship after___24___.
But then my logical mind jumped in, “You can't___25___. What are you going to do with your house and your life?” The___26___were continuous, so I hesitated. I wanted answers to my questions about why this trip___27___so much to me, why I had so much___28___and what would happen if I let go of my___29___version of life.
I did have answers in my heart that helped me walk through my fear and take on a new____30____. So after several weeks' struggle, I____31____made my decision. I drove to my company headquarters and____32____.Soon I boarded a plane toTanzania. On the trip, my heart pounded with____33____— unsure of what I'd find at my____34____.
During my six-month internship, I slowly____35____my soul. I met wonderful friends and completed several community projects for JGI. I also visited Gombe which is home to chimpanzees and the____36____staff there who offered to take us for chimpanzee tracking.
So much happened during my stay and all of it____37____the most wonderful unfolding of life lessons. I'll always carry the lessons and the light of those____38____in my heart. I experienced immeasurable____39____in learning how to listen to the desires of my soul and how to defeat fear, and being____40____to something new.
21. A. understand B. accept C. comfort D. accompany
22. A. gave up B. came across C. put forward D. broke down
23. A. By comparison with B. Instead of C. In addition to D. Regardless of
24. A. struggling B. promising C. applying D. begging
25. A. leave B. escape C. refuse D. hesitate
26. A. predictions B. answers C. comments D. whispers
27. A. introduced B. lent C. meant D. explained
28. A. regret B. fear C. disappointment D. shyness
29. A. unique B. uncertain C. important D. present
30. A. scene B. debate C. adventure D. habit
31. A. eventually B. instantly C. suddenly D. randomly
32. A. apologized B. resigned C. applauded D. swore
33. A. curiosity B. relief C. shame D. nervousness
34. A. destination B. heart C. home D. situation
35. A. recognized B. evaluated C. filled D. confirmed
36. A. smart B. kind C. clumsy D. selfish
37. A. dealt with B. mixed up C. disagreed with D. contributed to
38. A. memories B. wishes C. choices D. sufferings
39. A. interest B. difficulty C. growth D. desire
40. A. equal B. open C. true D. blind
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
I don’t____41.____(real)remember much about the hurricane itself. Living in the open air, we became breakfast, lunch and dinner____42.____the mosquitos. But Mom said that whatever happens, we should always try____43.____(see)the good side of things. We had lost our home and everything in it,____44.____(include)my cat. All we had left___45.___(be)the clothes on our backs. But as Mom kept on____46.____(remind)us, we were all together and safe. Mom’s words made us___47.___(good ). I remember us all____48.____(lie)under the midnight sky and looking up at the stars. Because there were no lights, we could see the Big Dipper____49.____the Milky Way. It was amazing！____50.____though we had lost a lot, moments like those gave us hope for the future.
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。

错误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。

We all know the saying that “It is never too older to learn”, but only a little people can make it . Recently , it reported that an old man who was almost 80 become a schoolmate with his granddaughter . The girl went to the university in that her grandpa had studied when she was young . Her grandpa did not finish several course and didn’t graduate . So many years late , this old man decided to go back to continue his lessons . The girl posed a picture and congratulated on her grandpa . People admired an old man for his insistence. He showed the world that it is never too late to learn .
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假设你是李华，你的美国朋友Sophia正在中国做交换生，她计划国庆期间到重庆旅游。

请你写一封邮件给她，推荐你的朋友Tom做她的导游。

要点如下：
1.写信的目的；
2.推荐Tom的理由；
3.期待回复。

注意：1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Sophia,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. B
2. D
3. C
4. B
5. C
6. D
7. A
8. A 9. B 10. C 11. A
12. D 13. B 14. C 15. A
16. E 17. D 18. F 19. C 20. G
21. A 22. B 23. D 24. C 25. A 26. D 27. C 28. B 29. D 30. C 31. A 32.
B 33. D 34. A 35.
C 36. B 37.
D 38. A 39. C 40. B
41. really
42. for 43. to see
44. including
45. were 46. reminding
47. better 48. lying
49. and 50. Even
51.(1).older→old (2).little→few (3).在reported前加was (4).become→became (5).that→which (6).she→he (7).course→courses (8).late→later (9).去掉on (10).an→the
52.略。