2021届苏州外国语学校高三英语二模试卷及参考答案

2021届苏州外国语学校高三英语二模试卷及参考答案
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
Stepping Out Into Nature
The classic road trip is more popular than ever. Here are several places to hit the open road.
Colo-road Trips
The Colorado Tourism Office has made it easy for road-trippers to explore the state’s 24 Scenic & Historic Byways.A new microsite includes-an interactive map that enables travelers to explore options by region, interest or season. Travelers seeking inspiration can also access insider tips and side-trip suggestions for historic attractions, active adventures and highlight cultural opportunities.
TheBeartooth Highway.
Visitors of this extraordinary byway experience the grand sights ofMontana,WyomingandYellowstonePark. The windy 68-mile stretch introduces road explorers to one of the most diverse ecosystems accessible by auto. Breathtakingly beautiful, this All-American Road showcases wide, high alpine plateaus（高原）, painted with ice blue lakes, forested valleys, waterfalls and wildlife.
SewardHighway,Alaska
The road that connectsAnchorageto Seward is 127-mile treasure of natural beauty, wildlife and stories of adventure. The drive begins at the base of theChugach Mountains, hugs the scenic shores of Turnagain Arm and winds through gold mining towns, national forests and fishing villages. Expect waterfalls, glaciers, eagles and some good bear stories.
The Lighthouse Trail,Maine
Travel the 375 miles betweenKitteryandCalais,Maine, visiting lighthouses along the way. Hear tales of shipwrecks（海难）and of the difficult and lonely life led by those who kept the lights burning brightly. If possible, visit theMaineLighthouseMuseum. where artifacts and hands-on exhibits for children provide an appealing break.
1.What makes Colo-road Tips special?
A.Good bear stories.
B.A scenic beach.
C.Hands-on exhibits.
D.An interactive map.
2.Where can you explore state of gold miners?
A.Colorado.
B.Montana.
C.Alaska.
D.Maine
3.Which place is suitable for a family with children?
A.Colo-road Trips.
B.TheBeartooth Highway.
C.Seward Highway.
D.The Lighthouse Trail.
B
A city inSouth Korea, which has the world’s largest number of people using smartphones, has placed flashing lights and laser beams at a road crossing to warn “smartphone zombies” to look up and drivers to slow down, in the hope of preventing accidents.
The designers of the system were motivated by growing worry that more pedestrians glued to their phones will become victims in a country that already has some of the highest road death and injury rates among developed countries. State-run Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) believes its system of flashing lights at zebra crossings can warn both pedestrians and drivers.
In addition to red, yellow and blue LED lights on the pavement, “smombies” - smartphone zombies - will be warned by laser beam projected from power poles and a warning sent to the phones by an app that they are about to step into traffic.
“Increasing number of smombie accidents have occurred in pedestrian crossings, so these zombie lights are essential to prevent these pedestrian accidents,” said KICT senior researcher Kim Jong-hoon. Drivers are warned by the flashing lights, which have shown to be effective 83.4 percent of the time in the institute’s tests involving about 1,000 vehicles.
In 2017, more than 1,600 pedestrians were killed in auto related accidents, which is about 40 percent of total traffic deaths, according to data from the Traffic Accident Analysis System. For now, the smombie warning system is placed only in Ilsan, a suburban city about30 kmnorthwest of the capital,Seoul, but is expected to go nationwide, according to the institute.
Kim Dan-hee, a 23-year-old resident of Ilsan, welcomed the system, saying she was often too absorbed in her phone to remember to look at traffic. “This flashing light makes me feel safe as it makes me look around again, and I hope that we can have more of these in town,” she said.
4. What do the underlined words “smartphone zombies” in paragraph 1 refer to?
A. Drivers driving after drunk.
B. Pedestrians buried in their phones.
C. Passengers crazy about phones.
D. Policemen in charge of traffic.
5. What do we know about the warning system?
A. It has reduced death rate by 83.4%.
B. It has been spread nationwide.
C. It gives a warning to the smartphones.
D. It is being tried out in many places.
6. What was the residents’ attitude to the traffic system?
A. Negative.
B. Unconcerned.
C. Disapproving.
D. Favorable.
7. What is the best title for the text?
A.South KoreaWarns Smartphone Zombies of Traffic
B. Flashing Lights Are Used to Prevent Accidents
C. Smartphone Zombies Are Causing Traffic Accidents
D.South KoreaUses a New Traffic System
C
A wife’s level of education positively influences both her own and her husband’s chances of having a long life, according to a new Swedish study.
In the study, researchers from the Swedish Institute for Social Research inStockholmfound that a woman’s level of education had a stronger connection to the likelihood of her husband dying over education. What’s more, they discovered that a husband’s social class, based on his occupation, had a greater influence on his wife’s longevity(长寿) than her own class.
“Women traditionally take more responsibility for the home than men do, and, as a result, women’s levels of education might be more important for determining lifestyles－for example, in terms of food choices－than those of men,” say Srs. Robert Erikson and Jenny Torssander of the Swedish Institute for Social Research inStockholm.
The results show that a husband’s level of education does not influence his longevity, but that men with partners who had quit studying after school were 25 per cent more likely to die early than men living with women holding university degrees. In turn, those married to women with university degrees were 13 percent more likely to die early than those whose wives had post-graduate qualifications.
According to the researchers, a woman with a good education may not marry a man who drinks and smokes too much or who drives carelessly, and men with such habits may not prefer highly educated woman. Drs. Erikson and Torssander also suggest that better-educated women may be more aware of what healthy eating and good health care consist of.
The findings suggest that education has a huge impact on how long and how well people live. It also reflects social factors, since educated individuals usually have better jobs, which allow them to afford healthier diets and
lifestyles, as well as better health care.
8. In this passage the author intends to ________.
A. present the results of a study
B. encourage women to get higher education
C. analyze the relationship between education and life
D. discuss why women usually live longer than men
9. A woman with higher education is likely to ________.
A. teach her children well
B. earn more money than her husband
C. marry a man without many bad habits
D. choose a husband with a higher degree than hers
10. A wife’s education has more effect on a family than a husband’s because ________.
A. women make more sacrifices to their families than men do
B. most women have higher degrees than their husbands
C. most men marry women with higher degrees
D. women have a leading role in the home life of most families
11. We learn from the passage that ________.
A. a man with a lot of education lives longer than one with little
B. educated wives tend to choose healthy lifestyles for their families
C. highly-educated women don’t marry uneducated men
D. a man’s longevity depends on not only his wife’s level of education but also his own
D
It is that time of year when people need to lock their cars. It’ s not because there are a lot of criminals running around stealing cars. Rather, it’ s because of the good-hearted neighbors who want to share their harvest. Especially with this year’s large crop, leaving a car unlocked in my neighborhood is an invitation for someone to stuff it full of zucchini(西葫芦).
My sister-in-law, Sharon, recently had a good year for tomatoes. She and her family had eaten and canned so many that they began to feel their skin turn slightly red. That ’ s when she decided it was time to share herblessings.She started calling everyone she knew. When that failed, she began to ask everyone in the neighborhood like a politician, eventually finding a neighbor delighted to have the tomatoes. “ Feel free to take
whatever you want,”Sharontold her. She felt happy that she could help someone and that the food didn’t go to waste.
A few days later,Sharonanswered the door. There was the neighbor, holding some bread. The neighbor smiled pleasantly, “I want to thank you for all of the tomatoes, and I have to admit that I took a few other things and hope you wouldn’t mind.”
Sharoncouldn’t think of anything else in her garden that had been worth harvesting and said so. “Oh, but you did,” the neighbor said. “You had some of the prettiest zucchini I’ve ever seen.”
Sharonwas confused. Zucchini in her garden? They hadn’ t even planted any zucchini. But her neighbor insisted that there really were bright-green zucchini in her garden. The two of them walked together into the backyard. When the neighbor pointed at the long green vegetables,Sharonsmiled, “ Well, actually, those are cucumbers that we never harvested, because they got too big, soft and bitter for eating or canning.”
The neighbor looked atSharon, shock written all over her face. Then she smiled, and held out the bread that she had shared all over the neighborhood, “I brought you a loaf of cucumber bread. I hope you like it.”
12. Why does the author suggest that people in the neighborhood should lock their cars?
A. They might be stolen by thieves.
B. They might be moved away by the police.
C. Their neighbors might fill them with their harvest.
D. Their neighbors might throw rubbish in them.
13. What does the underlined word “blessings” in the second paragraph mean?
A. Tomatoes.
B. God’s protection.
C.Helpful things.
D. Best wishes.
14. What did the neighbor do inSharon’s garden?
A. She harvested tomatoes only.
B. She harvested zucchini by accident.
C. She took some cucumbers mistakenly.
D. She stole something withoutSharon’s permission.
15. We can infer from the article that the neighbor’s bread would taste________.
A. bitter but tasty
B. strange and bitter
C. hard and sour
D. soft and sweet
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 to Become a Top Student
Successful students use different skills to study,which brings them more success.___16___
Here are the four skills almost all top-performing students use.
They have clear goals.
All top-performing students have clear, specific goals.___17___They motivate you and drive you to study more. But make sure that you do not get carried away. Set realistic goals which can challenge you, but do not seem impossible or too difficult to achieve.
They are regular.
Almost all successful students study regularly, because they know “what you give is what you get”. If youput in regular hours of studying, then you will learn more and get better grades.___18___This will help you to study regularly.
They study without pressure（压力）.
Successful students study a lot. But they study without pushing themselves too much. Most students make the mistake of studying too hard or studying continuously for a long time.___19___Studying should be done in a balanced manner. Take a break for a few minutes, after studying for 30 or 45 minutes. Relax, walk around your house, or drink some water and return to studying. Such short breaks will refresh your brain and you will learn more effectively.
___20___
Studying is not something you do just because your parents ask you to do it. It’s really very important for you. Studying gives you knowledge and ability that will remain with you for the rest of your life. It gives you the chance to get a job and earn money. And successful students recognize the value of studying well.
A. They give importance to study.
B. They finish their homework on time.
C. Learn their skills, and you will also join their rank.
D. Having such goals gives you the power to study better.
E. Set aside some hours, each day or each week, for studying.
F. This creates pressure and slows down learning and memory.
G. But to scoreA grade , you should make well-planned efforts.
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Mom said the unforgettable words, "I have cancer," and held me in a tight hug. I could feel her chest shaking as she tried not to cry but___21___.
But Mom didn't stay down for long. After the___22___of the breast cancer diagnosis, she___23___herself with a purple notebook and pen and a thousand questions for the doctors. She took___24___on white blood cell counts and medications with long names as though she were studying for entrance exams into medical school, "The not knowing is the___25___," she smiled.
“Cancer can take my hair,my nails, my___26___. even my very life. But it can't take my___27___," Mom said. Mom learned to___28___her fears with me, and it formed an even___29___bond between us. Yet I am certain there were fears she didn't share because she was still___30___me --and worries she only shared with Dad, or maybe even___31___to give voice to. My mom, who never played sports, was a fighter___32___to defeat breast cancer. Defeat it, and even joked about it. When you look your greatest fear in the eye and laugh at it, you___33___some of its power.
Mom was the most___34___patient the cancer center ever had. She made homemade noodles for the medical staff. She chose to be grateful to the hands that tried to___35___her, instead of angry when extreme___36___kept her from the job and social life she loved.
Mom was one of the___37___ones. She did beat her cancer, though not without scars. But I saw a change in Mom.___38___afterward seemed to worry her quite as much. She was more patient and___39___. Cancer was her fire, and it refined her. From her, I learned I may not get to choose what I___40___,but I do get to choose how
I face it.
21. A. failed B. missed C. succeeded D. hurt
22. A. doubt B. shock C. risk D. dilemma
23. A. provided B. armed C. impressed D. presented
24. A. action B. exercise C. exams D. notes
25. A. best B. easiest C. worst D. funniest
26. A. family B. happiness C. health D. wealth
27. A. life B. worry C. choice D. smile
28. A. compare B. connect C. change D. share
29. A. clearer B. wider C. deeper D. safer
30. A. protecting B. guiding C. avoiding D. supporting
31. A. offered B. forgot C. managed D. refused
32. A. determined B. thrilled C. convinced D. inspired
33. A. take in B. take away C. come into D. cut off
34. A. elegant B. sociable C. skillful D. responsible
35. A. affect B. heal C. ruin D. surprise
36. A. tiredness B. risk C. desire D. recovery
37. A. lucky B. poor C. serious D. professional
38. A. Something B. Everything C. Nothing D. Anything
39. A. cautious B. curious C. lively D. academic
40. A. witness B. influence C. predict D. face
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
If you went looking for a___41.___(differ) planet, from Earth as you could find, you wouldn't have to go all that far, at least in space terms. Just look to___42.___fifth planet in our, solar system, Jupiter. This gas giant has no solid surface. Its diameter (直径) is more than 11 times as great as Earth's. Its mass is more than twice than___43.___of all the other planets in. the solar system combined. Jupiter's atmosphere is covered with bands of clouds and filled with vast___44.___(spin) storms. The most famous of these is the Great Red Spot,___45.___is so big that Earth could fit inside it.
Jupiter is also a planet full of___46.___(puzzle). Those thick bands of clouds hide. what is happening inside the planet. Is there water? How much? Does Jupiter have a solid center? And then there's the question of just what___47.___(drive) those monster storms.
Nine spacecrafts___48.___(send) to study Jupiter by now. The most recent was Juno, which arrived at the planet in July 2016. It will orbit this gas giant at least until July 2021. When the spacecraft___49.___(final) retires, its Earth-bound pilots will send it on a path to dive to its____50.____(dead) into the Jupiter's atmosphere.
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.假如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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(^)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改：在错的词下面划一横线，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。

My mother tongue is English, so I like Chinese.I believe that in a decade's time, Chinese will be important as English.Also, I hope to live in Beijing on one day.To make my dream realize, I need to have a high level of fluent.And I must speak it accurate.At the moment, I make too much mistakes.The reason why I want to live in Beijing is because it's where my parents meet.My dad was working here and my mum once traveled to China.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假设你是校报英文版的记者李华，你校高一年级和高二年级进行了一场足球比赛，请你根据以下要点对其进行报道：
1.比赛时间及地点；
2.比赛过程；
3.你的感想。

注意：1.词数80左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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参考答案
1. D
2. C
3. D
4. B
5. C
6. D
7. A
8. D 9. B 10. A 11. C
12. B 13. C 14. D 15. A
16. C 17. D 18. E 19. F 20. A
21. A 22. B 23. B 24. D 25. C 26. C 27. D 28. D 29. C 30. A 31. D 32.
A 33.
B 34. B 35. B 36. A 37. A 38.
C 39. C 40. D
41. different
42. the 43. that
44. spinning
45. which 46. puzzles
47. drives 48. have been sent
49. finally
50. death
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(2).important前加as
(3).删去on
(4).realizegrealized
(5).fluentgfluency
(6).accurategaccurately
(7).muchgmany
(8).becausegthat
(9).meetgmet
(10).heregthere
52.略。