2020年武汉市第四高级中学高三英语模拟试卷及答案解析

2020年武汉市第四高级中学高三英语模拟试卷及答案解析
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
TheBest Placeto Camp in Each State
Washington-SecondBeach, Olympic National Park
Campers put up their tents right on the sand of thisPacific Northwestbeach. Make a campfire, photograph sunset over the sea and try to absorb this charming spot with your entire being.
Alaska-Bartlett Cove Campground, Glacier (冰川) Bay National Park
In a state full of natural riches,Glacier Bayis a wonder, home to high peaks, whales, 700 miles of coastline, and light blue glaciers that flow directly into the sea. Set within temperate rainforest along Bartlett Cove, the park's only campground is impressively green and an easy jumping-off point for boat tours.
Arizona-Havasupai Campground, Havasupai Reservation
Getting to Havasupai is a challenge. Permits are snatched (剥夺) up almost instantly, and even if you get one it's a 10-mile hike from the border to reach this rural campground that hugs Havasu Creek. Make the journey, however, and you're rewarded with a series of great waterfalls and natural pools.
Arkansas-BuffaloNationalRiver
America's first national river travels 135 miles through the Ozark Mountains, winding its way over rapids, forming peaceful pools and passing rocky cliffs topped by green forest. Plan a float trip and absorb the scenery at
a leisurely pace, pausing for hikes to visitLostValley's caves or the 200-foot waterfalls.
1.Which state may attract people preferring glaciers?
A.Alaska.
B.Washington.
C.Arizona.
D.Arkansas.
2.What makesArizonaa popular camp choice among tourists?
A.The blue glaciers and green rainforests.
B.The winding national river and cliffs.
C.The soaring peaks and long coastline.
D.The beautiful waterfalls and pools.
3.What can you do when camping inArkansas?
A.Take a long trip on foot.
B.Visit caves and waterfalls.
C.Put up a well-equipped tent.
D.Enjoy a view of sunset.
B
Not long after the first fitness magazine was published, a list probably followed soon after, ranking the best fitness equipment. This tradition has continued, with the implied message: usethisand exercise willbe yours.
And that's part of the problem, says Dr. Lieberman, a professor of Harvard University. There isn't one “best” anything to achieve fitness. Besides, people understand exercise is good for them. Knowledge about exercise still doesn't motivate.
Before you can answer why, it helps to look at history. Before the Industrial Revolution, people fetched water and walked up stairs because they had to. But then technology made life and work easier. Exercise has become something that people have to carve out time for. “It's a fundamental instinct to avoid physical activity when it's neither necessary nor rewarding,” he says.
It would seem like being healthy would qualify as necessary, but a doctor's prescription to exercise “can make it like taking cod liver oil,” Lieberman says. “Sometimes it works, but more often than not, it doesn't. And it's still coming across as an order, and “not having a heart attack in five years is not an immediate reward,” says Dr. Beth Frates, assistant professor at Harvard Medical School.
People might not want to exercise because it's never been enjoyable. Most of us probably have memories of gym class, not being picked for a team, or being in a fitness center that's filled with in-shape people. The majority don't feel excited. They feel that exercise isn't for them, but it can be. Coaching people in an empowering and motivating way can work much better than ordering someone to exercise. It starts with an expanded definition of what counts as exercise, and an injection of what's rarely used to describe exercise, but is certainly allowed: namely, fun.
4. What does the underlined “this” in paragraph 1 refer to?
A. The magazine.
B. The tradition.
C. The equipment.
D. The message.
5. What can we infer about technology?
A. It improves life quality.
B. It saves people's time.
C. It drives social progress.
D. It makes exercise less likely.
6. Why does the author mention “cod liver oil” in paragraph 4?
A. To attach importance to health.
B. To present a doctor's prescription.
C. To explain exercise is considered inessential.
D. To introduce the latest medical application.
7. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. Exercise should be made more joyful.
B. It's more fun to work out with others.
C. We may encounter bad workout experiences.
D. Orders work well to motivate people to exercise.
C
While space travel still gets lot of attention, not enough attention has been paid to the exploration of oceans, about which we know much less than the dark side of the moon.
Ninety percent of the ocean floor has not even been recorded and while we have been to the moon, the technology to explore the ocean's floors is still being developed. For example, a permanent partially-underwater sea exploration station, called the Sea Orbiter, is currently in development.
The oceans play a major role in controlling our climate. But we have not learned yet how to use them to cool us off rather than contribute to our overheating. Ocean organisms are said to hold the promise of cures for a wide of the unique eyes of skate (ray fish) led to advances in conquering blindness, the horseshoe crab was important in developing a test for bacterial pollution, and sea urchins helped in the development of test-tube fertilization(人工授精). The toadfish's' ability to regenerate its central nervous system is of much interest to neuroscientists. A recent Japanese study concluded that the drug Eribulin, which was taken from sea sponges, is effective in fighting with breast, colon, and Urinary cancer.
Given the approaching crisis of water insufficiency, we badly need to improve current methods, of desalinating(淡化) ocean water and make them more efficient and less costly. By 2025, 1.8 billion people are expected to suffer from severe water shortage, with that number jumping to 3. 9 billion by 2050-well over a third of the entire global population.
If the oceansdo not make your heart go beating faster, how about engineering a bacterium that eats carbon dioxide — and thus helps protect the world from overheating — and produces fuel which will allow us to drive our cars and machines, without oil? I cannot find any evidence that people young or old, Americans or citizens of other nations would be less impressed or less inspired with such a breakthrough than with one more set of photos of a faraway galaxy or a whole Milky Way full of stars.
8. What does the author think about the ocean exploration?
A. It is equal to the space exploration.
B. It is well developed.
C. It deserves more attention and devotion.
D. It is beyond our knowledge.
9. What technology has been developed to make use of the oceans?
A. Curing human diseases with ocean organisms.
B. Preventing the world getting warmer.
C. Mapping the global ocean floor.
D. Removing salt from sea water.
10. What does the author imply in the last paragraph?
A. The temperature rise will be overcome by a bacterium.
B. Solving the existing problems is more significant.
C. The space exploration is worth the efforts.
D. The ocean exploration is not inspiring.
11. What is the best title of the passage?
A. Oceans, the Last Hope.
B. Oceans, the Hidden Treasure.
C. Space, the Final Frontier.
D. Space, the Faraway Dream.
D
Owning a dog is associated with a significantly lower risk of heart disease and death, according to a comprehensive new study published by a team of Swedish researchers on Friday in the journal Scientific Reports.
The scientists followed 3.4 million people over the course of 12 years and found that adults who lived alone and owned a dog were 33 percent less likely to die during the study than adults who lived alone without dogs. In addition, the single adults with dogs were 36 percent less likely to die from heart disease.
“Dog ownership was especiallyprominentas a protective factor in persons living alone, which is a group reported previously to be at higher risk of heart disease and death than those living in a multi-person household,” Mwenya Mubanga, a Ph.D. student at Uppsala University in Uppsala, Sweden, and the lead junior author of the study, said in a statement announcing its findings. The link between dog ownership and lower mortality(死亡率)was less pronounced in adults who lived either with family members or partners, but still present, according to the study. “Perhaps a dog may stand in as an important family member in the single households,” Mubanga added. “Another interesting findingwas that owners of dogs which were intended originally for hunting were most protected.”
The study, which is the largest to date on the health relations of owning a dog, suggested that some of the reasons dog owners may have a lower risk of mortality and heart disease were because dog owners walk more.
“These kind of epidemiological (流行病学的)studies look for associations in large populations but do not provide answers on whether and how dogs could protect their owners from heart disease,” Tove Fall, a senior author of the study and a professor at Uppsala University, said in a statement
“We know that dog owners in general have a higher level of physical activity, which could be one explanation to the observed results,” Fall added. “Other explanations include an increased well-being and social contacts or effects of the dog on the bacterial microbiome(微生物菌群) in the owner.” Fall added that because all participants of dog owners in Sweden or other “European populations with similar culture regarding dog ownership.”
12. Why did the researchers do the study related to 3.4 million people’s health and the dogs?
A. To help Europeans,
B. To find their association.
C. To protect unhealthy adults.
D. To reduce risk of heart disease.
13. What does the underlined word “prominent” probably mean in Para.3?
A. Universal.
B. Confusing.
C. Appealing.
D. Important
14. What’s the main idea of the text?
A. Adults living with dogs are less likely to die.
B. Swedish people are very fond of animal pets.
C. Keeping a dog is a popular and healthy hobby.
D. Owning dogs reduces the risk of heart disease.
15. What’s the writer’s attitude towards owning a dog?
A. Positive.
B. Negative.
C. Objective.
D. Contradictory.
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 Do Languages Die?
How many languages do you think there are in the entire world? Altogether, people around the world speak about 6,000 languages. Does that surprise you?___16___Today, about half the world’s spoken languages are endangered. Experts say that another language becomes extinct (灭绝) every two weeks.
How do languages die? They die when people stop using them. But most people don’t just stop speakingtheir
native language. It’s more complex than that. More often, they’re either pressured or forced to do so.___17___They’re often pressured to speak the area’s main language instead of their own. This leads many immigrants to stop using their native language. They might not even teach it to their children.
Slowly, the native language dies out.
Sometimes, languages shift or develop instead of becoming extinct. Have you ever heard that Latin is a dead language? In a way, it is. No one today speaks Latin as their native language.___18___People still use Latin in many ways. Scientists use it to name plants and animals.
___19___That means the death of a language hurts people’s ability to take part in cultural traditions. They might lose access to stories and knowledge that were passed down for many years. This is one reason why many people today are working to save dying languages.
How can languages be saved? Some young people learn the language of their ancestors as adults.
Linguists travel the world to record the last native speakers of dying languages___20___They do so in hopes that future generations will bring the languages back to life. Many educational programs today also work to help preserve native languages and cultures.
A. There used to be many more!
B. You may have used it in school.
C. Language is extremely closely tied to culture.
D. But that doesn’t mean it disappeared completely.
E. One example is when people move to a different country.
F. Some native speakers write dictionaries in their language.
G. There are plenty of things to do to help protect languages.
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
完型填空
It’s a rare thing now to get into a new neighborhood and find yourself welcomed by the locals. Yet, Katie and Patrick Smith were accepted with truly___21___when they relocated to Newton. The residents___22___with plates of cookies and dishes.
Katie got pregnant before the___23___and within months of settling in, she gave birth to Rebecca.___24___, tests discovered Rebecca was born deaf. The Smiths knew___25___Rebecca was going to take some serious work and___26___.
The neighborhood was still___27___to welcome Rebecca with them, but they realized what a(n)___28___the situation was for her parents. They wanted to make things___29___for the family. Learning sign language to help Rebecca learn to___30___as she grew was a great idea. The neighborhood agreed to___31___the task of mastering an entirely second language for the___32___of their youngest member, although it was indeed___33___. When 3-month-old Rebecca learned at a center for the deaf, the 18 residents___34___an instructor, who would help get all of them to be___35___in Rebecca’s growth. Neighbors kept things___36___for as long as possible to give the Smiths a surprise. They wanted___37___to interact with Rebecca. Finally, the time came to show the Smiths what they’d___38___. As soon as the family arrived, they found the welcoming___39___of their neighbors surrounded them.
Now at every tum, in the street or the grocery store, Rebecca feels___40___special language — she’s part of this community.
21. A. watery eyes B. firm mouths C. loose tongues D. open arms
22. A. stepped in B. came over C. ran off D. held on
23. A. move B. test C. gathering D. visit
24. A. Eventually B. Unfortunately C. Consequently D. Obviously
25. A. curing B. defending C. raising D. hearing
26. A. donation B. connection C. assessment D. commitment
27. A. surprised B. disappointed C. excited D. worried
28. A. struggle B. urgency C. accident D. tension
29. A. more effective B. more helpful C. quieter D. easier
30. A. communicate B. survive C. compete D. follow
31. A. find out B. take on C. hand out D. pass on
32. A. protection B. recovery C. benefit D. support
33. A. pleasant B. necessary C. meaningful D. challenging
34. A. hired B. interviewed C. trusted D. recommended
35. A. volunteers B. teachers C. witnesses D. participants
36. A. brief B. secret C. consistent D. smooth
37. A. gradually B. desperately C. hurriedly D. naturally
38. A. overcame B. devoted C. accomplished D. advocated
39. A. smiles B. atmosphere C. signs D. applause
40. A. included B. understood C. needed D. recognized
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
As teenagers, you have many___41.___(dream). These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize, or they can be very small, for example, you may just want___42.___(become) the best student in your class. Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream come true?
Andrew Mathews,___43.___Australian writer, tells us that making our dreams come true is the biggest challenge (挑战) in our life. You may think you are not very good___44.___some school subjects or it is impossible for you to become a___45.___(write). These kinds of thoughts stop you___46.___(realize) your dreams. In fact, everyone can realize his dream. Keep telling yourself what you want. Do this step by step___47.___your dream will come true earlier because a big dream___48.___(make) up of many small dreams.
You must also never give up___49.___(you) dream. There will be many difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest one_____50._____(come) from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important.
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：在错的词下划一横线，并在其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。

I admire the cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Born in Paris, France, in 1955, Ma started playing the cello the age of four. When he was seven, he moves with his family to New York City. They attended the Juilliard School, and then that he studied at Harvard University. Ma performed such professionally while studying that he started to become famously. Ma dreamed of connect people around the world through music. And in 1998, he founded an organization calling the Silk Road Project, through what Ma gives cross-cultural music performances with musicians from places like Iran, Mongolia, and Italy. Through his work, Ma has helped people all over the world appreciate various type of music.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.学生会委托你为校宣传栏“英语天地”写一则英文通知，邀请大家观看电影《八佰》(英文名:The Eight
Hundred)，内容包括：
1.时间和地点；
2.内容简介：该片讲述在1937年淞沪会战(The Battle of Shanghai )期间，八百壮士在四行仓库(Four-row Warehouse)为抵抗三十万日军进攻而奋战四天四夜的故事。

3.观后活动。

注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Notice
参考答案
1. A
2. D
3. B
4. A
5. B
6. B
7. D
8. C 9. D 10. B 11. B
12. B 13. D 14. D 15. C
16. A 17. E 18. D 19. C 20. F
21. D 22. B 23. A 24. B 25. C 26. D 27. C 28. A 29. D 30. A 31. B 32.
C 33.
D 34. A 35. D 36. B 37. B 38. C 39. C 40. A
41. dreams
42. to become
43. an 44. at
45. writer 46. realizing
47. and 48. is made
49. your 50. comes
51.(1).cello后添加at
(2).moves→moved
(3).They→He
(4).去掉that
(5).such→so
(6).famously→famous
(7).connect→connecting
(8).calling→called
(9).what→which
(10).type→types
52.略。