2020届隆化县第二中学高三英语二模试题及参考答案

2020届隆化县第二中学高三英语二模试题及参考答案
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
Come and enjoy Vivaldi's TheFour Seasonsperformed by live musicians!
Tickets
△Zone A Sating (Excellent Visibility, $75)
△Zone B Seating (Great Visibility, $60)
△Zone C Seating (Good Visibility, $45)
△Zone D Seating (Restricted Visibility, 30)
Zone A and Zone B audiences will get the chance to take pictures with the performers on the stage after the show.
Highlights
* A beautiful venue bathed in candlelight.
*Classical music performance by the Angel Strings quartet
*A safe and socially-distanced event, ensuring you are comfortable and at ease.
General Info
*Dates and times: Various dates, at 6:30 pm and 8:30 pm (select during purchase).
*How long: 65 minutes. Doors open 45 minutes before the start time. We recommend you arrive at least 30 minutes before the start of the event, as late entry is not permitted.
*Where: Events on Oxlade
*Age requirement: Must be 8 years old or older to attend. Anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
*Please note: The 6:30 pm seating will take place during daylight hours outdoors, and the space will not be that dark. In the case of rain, the event will be moved to the indoor area of the venue.
Description
Whether you're looking for a beautifully unique classical music performance or a romantic candlelit experience, this performance is for you. You don't need to know all things about Vivaldi to enjoy the evening; simply sit back and admire the wonderful atmosphere and the pieces you'll hear.
Join our musicians for an evening under the stars, and prepare to be taken into the clouds with Vivaldi' s most treasured masterpieces!
1.What can someone with a $45 ticket do?
A.Perform on the stage.
B.Enjoy good visibility.
C.Select a seat in Zone B.
D.Take photos with the musicians.
2.What should potential audiences keep in mind?
A.Arrive at the venue on time.
B.Learn about Vivaldi in advance.
C.The performance lasts 45 minutes.
D.The event will be canceled if it rains.
3.What do we know about the 8:30 p.m. performance?
A.It welcomes children under the age of 8.
B.Its performers differ on different dates.
C.Its stage will be decorated with candles.
D.It will be shown in the indoor area of the venue.
B
When a United Kingdomsupermarket chain promised to move its farms to Net Zero by 2030, it made it clear that the effort would require working on many different fronts. From energy consumption and land - use change to methane emissions (甲烷排放), cattle farming comes with environmental challenges. So even if recent studies suggesting it's possible to cut methane emissions 80% do turn out to be accurate, there's still a very long way to go for most cattle farming to get anywhere close to truly net zero.
Organic Valley, when producing milk, might be closer to that goal. It made headlines in 2019 by going 100% renewable (可再生的). Now the company is expanding on that tradition by starting a major loan initiative (贷款计划) to help its farm suppliers adopt renewable energy too.
Created with Clean Energy Credit Union, the $ 1 million loan fund will deliver loans at below - marketrates. Specifically, the money will be made available to Organic Valley's 1, 700 farmer members, and can be used for a variety of projects.
“We are focused on a whole systems approach to renewable energy, and I'm excited to launch this energy loan fund. From the farm to the shelf, I see renewable energy playing a bigger role in organic food,” said Bob Kirchoff, Organic Valley CEO.
“Organic Valley is already helping to protect the environment through organic farming practices, and now they re going one step further by supporting the introduction of renewable energy projects for their farmer
members,” said Blake Jones, volunteer board chair of Clean Energy Credit Union. “In addition to the environmental benefits, we re eager to help family farmers throughout the world to lower their energy costs.”
The world is not short of examples of farmers innovating in the field of renewable energy. What's encouraging about Organic Valley's announcement is the idea of a national brand putting its marketing and financing weight behind such efforts and, hopefully, creating consumer demand that pushes the rest of the industry in this direction too.
4. What does paragraph 1 indicate about going net zero for cattle farming?
A It is not easy to achieve B. It is common in the UK
C. It is an impractical goal
D. It meets no challenges
5. What is Organic Valley's tradition according to the text?
A. Helping farm suppliers
B. Using renewable energy
C. Having a loan initiative
D. Making headlines annually
6. What is Organic Valley's initiative mainly intended to do?
A. Reform organic farming practices
B. Make use of environmental benefits
C. Help farmers decrease energy costs
D. Shrink the group of farmer members
7. What is the author's attitude towards Organic Valley's initiative?
A. Worried
B. Doubtful
C. Ambiguous
D. Positive
C
For our official holidays, like the National Holiday, many people'd like to go on a visit to some places of interest. Yesterday our class had a heated discussion about whether we should travel during holidays.One man's meat is another man's poison.
Some students are for it. They think visitors can enjoy a good variety of scenery. Facing glorious(壮丽的) touristattractions, travelers may well broaden their eyes. At the same time, they can keep fit by walking on foot, and taste different delicious food that they can't get in their own hometowns. What's more, travelling can make a contribution to our economy development, mainly to the local economy development. Most travelers need to buy tickets to go to their destinations, thus traffic department will earn money. Travelers also need to sleep and eat, thus local hotels and restaurants also share benefits. Paying admission(门票费) benefits local governments. As for native farmers, they can benefit from selling local specialities to many travelers. In this case, money circulation(货币流通) is speeded up.
On the other hand, other students are against it. They believe it's a waste of money. Some famous places of
interest are too crowded, while those smaller ones are not worth visiting. Travelling may cause traffic jams here and there. What's worse, due to travelling here and there, there exist some accidents on the road. Besides, it's known that travelling can also pollute the local environment. In order to reduce air and waste pollution, people should have a rest to the full, reading books or watching TV at home. Recently, many have been afraid of being infected with COVID-19 in particular.
As far as I am concerned, travelling is a good choice to spend holidays. And the government should take some measures to solve the existing problems. More policemen should be on duty to deal with accidents in time. Can we make a small change to the period when people don't have to go to work in some provinces? Let's take the example of the National Holiday, if some provinces of our country spend this holiday mainly in late September, with the National Day coming to an end, rather than in earlyOctober, most famous places of interest will not become crowded. At the same time, visitors must obey traffic rules and shouldn't throw rubbish freely here and there. Last but not least, never should we travel when there is a pandemic(大流行病，瘟疫). It's our duty to prevent its spread.
8. What does the underlined sentence “One man's meat is another man's poison” in this passage mean?
A. Some persons like meat, while others don't.
B. Different persons taste meals differently.
C. A man mistakes meat for poison.
D. Different persons have different opinions on one thing.
9. How do travelers contribute to our economy development?
A. They buy all kinds of tickets.
B. They walk, sleep, eat and meet native farmers.
C. They speed up money circulation by spending money on transport, accommodations(膳宿), specialities and admission.
D. They only enjoy visiting many glorious tourist attractions.
10. Which sentence of the following is not true?
A. There's a need for more policemen.
B Some provinces can change the date of an official holiday completely.
C. Visitors must obey traffic rules and shouldn't throw rubbish freely.
D. People should never travel when there is a pandemic.
11. What the author's attitude to travel during holidays?
A. He doesn't show his opinion.
B. He doesn't agree at all.
C. He supports unconditionally.
D. He supports and makes some suggestions.
D
Born in 1954, Oprah Winfrey is best known for her multi-award-winning talk show as the most influential woman in the world. It's no surprise that her recognition can bring overnight sales fortune that defeats most, if not all, marketing campaigns. The star features about 20 products each year on her "Favorite Things" show. There's even a term for it: the Oprah Effect.
Her television career began unexpectedly. When she was 16 years old, she had the idea of being a journalist to tell other people's stories in a way that made a difference in their lives and the world. She was on television by the time she was 19 years old. And in 1986 she started her own television show with a continuous determination to succeed at first.
TIME magazine wrote, "People would have doubted Oprah Winfrey's swift rise to host of the most popular talk show on TV. In a field dominated by white males, she is a black female of big size. As interviewers go, she is no match for Phil Donahue. What she lacks in journalistic toughness, she makes up for in plainspoken curiosity, rich humor and, above all understanding. Guests with sad stories to tell tend to bring out a tear in Oprah's eye. They, in turn, often find themselves exposing things they would not imagine telling anyone, much less a national TV audience."
"I was nervous about the competition and then I became my own competition raising the bar every year, pushing, pushing, pushing myself as hard as I knew. It doesn't matter how far you might rise. At some point you are likely to fall if you' re constantly doing what we do, raising the bar. If you' re constantly pushing yourself higher, higher the law of averages, you will at some point fall. And when you do, I want you to know this, remember this: there is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction" as Oprah addressed graduates at Harvard on May 30.
12. What does the Oprah Effect refer to in the first paragraph?
A. the influence on talk show hosts
B. the power of Oprah's opinions.
C. the effect on a business.
D. the audience of Oprah's talk show.
13. What can be inferred about Oprah's television career?
A. She must have been challenged a lot
B. She gained fame as planned.
C. It lives up to her parents' expectation.
D. She once gave up on her choice.
14. What message did Oprah give to Harvard graduates?
A. Success comes after failure.
B. Pushing physical limits makes no sense
C. Aiming higher hurts
D. Failure is part of life.
15. Which of the following best describes Oprah Winfrey?
A. Friendly.
B. Humorous
C. Determined.
D. Patient
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If you’re a procrastinator(拖延的人), you’re familiar with the pain and stress that goes hand in hand with leaving things to the last minute. Even if you want to accomplish or finish a task, you’re likely having trouble getting started in the first place!____16____
Change your mind. Stop punishing yourself for procrastinating. The more stressed out you are, the harder it’ll be to get your work done. Don’t be angry with yourself. Just move on and focus on what you’ve got to do instead.____17____Wasting time yelling at yourself for not starting that 2, 000-word essay two weeks ago will only make you extra tired and frustrated. It will also stress you out, likely making it impossible for you to finish your assignment at that time.
Avoid a long disorganized to-do list. This is just setting yourself up for failure. Instead, create subcategories like “Home”, “Work”, “Family”, and “Fun” and just try to cross off a few entries from each list every day.
Do most important task for 15 minutes. Instead of thinking about the total number of hours you’re about to work for, just start. Tell yourself you’ve only got to do it for 15 minutes.____18____Once you come up for air, take a two-minute break. Then start up on another set of 15 minutes of work.
____19____It can be scary to think about finishing a whole essay or getting through an entire week’s worth of tasks. Instead of thinking about everything you have to do like one big obstacle,break it all down into tiny pieces.____20____
A.Break tasks down into small pieces.
B.Never think about the past experiences.
C.Guilt and regret are negative emotions.
D.However, there is always some time when you can’t pull through.
E.If 15 minutes still sounds too frightening, do something for just 3 minutes.
F.Thus, you’ll be able to get started on the smallest piece and go forward from there.
G.Hopefully, there are several strategies that can help you stop procrastinating right now.
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The Fall leaves are really starting to change now. It looks like the trees and mountains have become a canvas___21___by a loving artist. The bright, beautiful reds are___22___in the sunlight and the yellows are glittering(闪耀)like___23___. Some trees have only a few leaves changed, some are half-way and others have already completely___24___. Some of the leaves are falling to the ground to turning it into a color1 ful___25___. I am enjoying this so much becauseI am___26___ aware when winter arrives all of the trees will be___27___with the leaves down. It is always a little ___28___to see but I know it is the circle of life. Those dead leaves will become the soil that nourishes(滋养)the trees and___29___new life next spring.
Today I noticed a lovely little girl from our____30____picking up the fallen leaves from the ground. The prettiest reds, yellows, and oranges were picked up and____31____in her arms. Soon she had quite a pile and____32____carried them over to her Mom and then with a smile gave them to her as if they were delicate flowers. Her Mom accepted them with a smile and together they____33____ them out on their porch and stared at them like the priceless____34____.
I watched this____35____from my living room window with a smile on my face as well. The world____36____a circle of love as well as a circle of life. And I am____37____that the former like the latter will never end. It will____38____all through this life and into the next. Take your place in the circle. Give love. Receive love. Live every day of your life to the____39____with love. And your ____40____will shine bright like the most beautiful tree in Autumn.
21. A. sought B. painted C. discovered D. praised
22. A. shining B. burning C. flashing D. shaking
23. A. pearl B. star C. gold D. dream
24. A. gone B. reserved C. allocated D. transformed
25. A. pad B. bed C. curtain D. carpet
26. A. completely B. finally C. casually D. partly
27. A. fruitful B. bare C. safe D. natural
28. A. relaxing B. strange C. sad D. boring
29. A. brings up B. brings about C. brings forward D. brings in
30. A. class B. club C. group D. community
31. A. held B. received C. admired D. searched
32. A. secretly B. carefully C. clumsily D. gradually
33. A. threw B. sent C. figured D. spread
34. A. potentials B. chances C. treasures D. exchanges
35. A. scene B. view C. story D. notice
36. A. directs B. shares C. stores D. creates
37. A. positive B. frustrated C. content D. doubtful
38. A. return B. break C. continue D. remain
39. A. fastest B. easiest C. coolest D. fullest
40. A. face B. soul C. appearance D. state
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
Readingaloud is a good habit for children. Some parents may ask their children to read aloud at____41.____early age, but reading aloud to kids may help them focus better, according to a new study____42.____(publish) in the journalPediatrics. These children are not only better able____43.____(sit) still but also better able to get along____44.____(good) with their friends and teachers.
The research____45.____(do) by a team led by Dr. Alan Mendelsohn ofNYULangoneMedicalCenter. The researchers studied how children's____46.____(program) that promote positive parenting activities, such as reading out loud and playing pretence affect children's development.
Researchers performed a test after some children took part____47.____their Video Interaction Project from birth to age 3. At every visit, the families in the program were filmed reading or____48.____(play) with their children. The film was then reviewed by a coach____49.____helped parents learn more about their own powerful role in their children's growth. Results showed that these children could do things more carefully and had_____50._____(few) attention problems by the time they started school.
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.下面短文中有10处语言错误。

请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（△），并在其下面写上该加的词。

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。

看看里面，
While I was in junior middle school, I had great difficulties in learning maths.To change a situation, I made great efforts.Firstly, I bought some reference books and got prepared before class, make it easy for me to understand that the teacher would teach.Secondly, I listened attentive in class and took notes carefully, which help my accumulate basic knowledge.Thirdly I did my homework on time and turn to my teacher for help when I had problems.Finally I caught with others.
Nothing is impossible for a willing heart.Facing with challenges, I respond positively and overcome them.
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。

My little sister, Donna, turned six, and she started copying my every move!
“What are you doing?” she asked my friend Maya and me one Saturday morning.
“We're making earrings,” Maya said, pointing to a photo in the craft page of her magazine.
Donna plopped (扑通) down next to us at the table. “May I make one too?”“ Um...”I paused.
“Sure!” Maya said. Donna squeezed in so close to me that I could hardly see what I was doing.
“Can you give me a little more room? You are blocking me from the beads.” I said.
“I'm just trying to see what you're doing.” Donna said.
“Well, you don't need to see exactly what I'm doing.” I told her. “You can make your own design.”
“I am!” she said. She was using the same color1 s of beads and string and everything that I was using.
Having finished the earrings, Maya suggested we get her guitar to make up songs for our band.
“Excellent idea!” I said. “Let's go to the backyard where we can have some privacy.”
When Donna didn't say anything, I thought she must have gotten the clue. But 10 minutes later, she showed up.
“Sorry I'm late, but I couldn't find my tambourine (铃鼓).” said Donna. “It was in the basket that my kitten Charlie was sleeping in. Isn't that so funny? Maybe, we should invite Charlie to be in our band!”
“Our band?” I said. “Since when is this our band? You're constantly following me like a shadow, and I'm tired of it.”
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位罝作答。

Hearing what I said, Donna got a super-surprised look.
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I came up with a plan that I hoped would help.
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参考答案
1. B
2. A
3. C
4. A
5. B
6. C
7. D
8. D 9. C 10. B 11. D
12. C 13. A 14. D 15. C
16. G 17. C 18. E 19. A 20. F
21. B 22. A 23. C 24. D 25. D 26. A 27. B 28. C 29. B 30. D 31. A 32.
B 33. D 34.
C 35. A 36.
D 37. A 38. C 39. D 40. B
41. an 42. published
43. to sit 44. well
45. was done
46. programs
47. in 48. playing
49. who##that
50. fewer
51.(1). While→ When (2). difficulties→ difficulty (3).a→the (4). make→ making (5). that→ what (6). attentive→ attentively (7). my→me(8). turn→ turned (9). caught后加up (10). Facing→ Faced
52.略。