2020-2021学年吉安县凤凰中学高三英语三模试题及答案解析

2020-2021学年吉安县凤凰中学高三英语三模试题及答案解析
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
In September, something terrible happened on the west coast ofTasmania,Australia. As many as 380 pilot whales became stranded(搁浅) in shallow water there and later died. This might have beenAustralia’s largest stranding event on record, the BBC reported.
But this large amount of whale stranding is not uncommon. For centuries, it has happened all over the world and has puzzled scientists. Scientists say the cause is often unknown. But they have offered many different explanations.
Some say the whales chase small fish for food and end up in shallow water because they are not paying attention to where they are going.
Others think the stranding has something to do with Earth’s geomagnetic field (地磁场). They say that a geomagnetic compass in whales’ brains controls their position. Unusual changes in Earth’s magnetic field can affect the whales’ compasses and send them in the wrong direction.
Another explanation suggests that stranding is caused by the close relationships that whales have. Pilot whales travel in large groups. One lead whale might mistakenly lead the whole group to shallow water. “And if one gets into trouble, the others will not leave,” said Sheryl Gibney, a leading biologist fromNew Zealand. “Some will come in and try to help, they get trapped on the beach, then more will come.”
The whales are trapped by mistake or out of sympathy(同情). Once they get stranded, they will likely die. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of theUS, less than 10 percent of all stranded whales survive.
1. What do we know about the stranding inAustralia?
A. It happened on theeast coast ofAustralia.
B. It caused the death of over 300 pilot whales.
C. It is commonly seen in September each year.
D. It was the largest stranding event in the world.
2. According to Gibney, the pilot whales are the animals that________.
A. are kind to each other
B. are easy to lose direction
C. are too huge to float in the sea
D.are silly to follow the leading whale
3. What is the story mainly about?
A. How human activity has affected whales.
B. What might cause whale strandings.
C. How whales find their direction while traveling.
D. What scientists are doing to save stranded whales.
B
Joy Mangano is now an American inventor. She was divorced and had three kids under age 7 when she was 33, and was barely keeping up payments on her small two-bedroom home by working extra hours as a waitress. “There were times when I would lie in bed and think. I didn't know how I was going to pay that bill,” Mangano says.
But she had a special ability for seeing the obvious thing. She knew how hard it was to mop the floor. “I was tired, of bending down, putting my hands in dirty water, wringing (拧) out a mop,” Mangano says. “So, There's gotta be a better way.”
How about a “self-wringing” mop? She designed a special tool you could twist in two directions at once, and still keep your hands clean and dry. She set out to sell it, first a few at flea markets.
Then Mangano met with the media. But would couch potatoes (电视迷) buy a mop? The experts on shopping TV were less than certain. They gave it a try, and it failed Mangano was sure it would sell if they'd let her do the on-camera display. She said, “Get me on that stage, and I will sell this mop because it's a great item.”
So QVC, a multinational corporation specializing in televised home shopping, took a chance on her. “I got onstage and the phones went crazy. We sold every mop in minutes.”
Today she's president of Ingenious Designs, a multimillion-dollar company, and one of the stars of HSN, the Home Shopping Network. Talking about the household invention, Mangano says, “It is as natural for me as it is for
a parent to talk about their child.”
4. What is the first paragraph mainly about?
A. Mangano's small home.
B. Mangano's work experience.
C. Mangano's unhappy marriage.
D. Mangano's hard living conditions.
5. Mangano sold the mop successfully with the help of ________.
A. HSN
B. QVC
C. couch potatoes
D. experts on shopping TV
6. What does Mangano think of her invention?
A. Normal.
B. Special.
C. Unsatisfactory.
D. Unbelievable.
7. What can we learn from the text?
A. HSN is a business organization that sells goods on the Internet.
B. The experts on shopping TV were confident about Mangano's mop.
C. Mangano got the idea of self-wringing mop from her own experience.
D Mangano once had to work seven days a week to support her family.
C
Pigeons inLondonhave a bad reputation. Some people call them flying rats. And many blame them for causing pollution with their droppings. But now the birds are being used to fight another kind of pollution in this city of 8.5 million.
“The problem for air pollution is that it’s been largely ignored as an issue for a long time,” says Andrea Lee, who works for the London-based environmental organization Client Earth. “People don’t realize how bad it is, and how it actually affects their health.”London’s poor air quality is linked to nearly 10,000 early deaths a year. Lee says, citing(引用)a report released by the city manager last year. If people were better informed about the pollution they’ re breathing, she says, they could pressure the government to do something about it.
Nearby, on a windy hill inLondon’s Regent’s Park, an experiment is underway that could help—the first week of flights by the Pigeon Air Patrol. It all began when Pierre Duquesnoy, the director for DigitasLBi, a marketing firm, won a London Design Festival contest last year to show how a world problem could be solved using Twitter. Duquesnoy, fromFrance, chose the problem of air pollution.
“Basically, I realized how important the problem was,” he says. “But also I realized that most of the people around me didn’t know anything about it.” Duquesnoy says he wants to better measure pollution, while at the same time making the results accessible to the public through Twitter.
“So”, he wondered, “how could we go across the city quickly collecting as much data as possible?” Drones were his first thought. But it’s illegal to fly them overLondon. “But pigeons can fly aboveLondon, right?” he says.
“They live—actually, they are Londoners as well. So, yeah, I thought about using pigeons equipped with mobile apps. And we can use not just street pigeons, but racing pigeons, because they fly pretty quickly and pretty low.”
So it might be time for Londoners to have more respect for their pigeons. The birds may just be helping to improve the quality of the city’s air.
8. What can we infer aboutLondon’s air quality from Paragraph 2?
A. Londoners are very satisfied with it.
B. The government is trying to improve it.
C Londoners should pay more attention to it.
D. The government has done a lot to improve it.
9. Duquesnoy attended the London Design Festival to _________.
A. entertain Londoners.
B. solve a world problem.
C. design a product for sale.
D. protect animals like pigeons.
10. Why did Duquesnoy give up using drones to fly acrossLondon?
A. Because they are too expensive.
B. Because they fly too quickly.
C. Because they are forbidden.
D. Because they fly too high.
11. Which can be the best title for the text?
A. Clean air inLondon.
B. London’s dirty secret.
C. London’s new pollution fighter.
D. Causes of air pollution inLondon.
D
“One person’s trash is another person’s treasure.” That’s a common expression, but the next time you throw something away, think about a twist on the old saying. What if your trash could become your own treasure? Many creative, thrifty, and environmentally minded people have come up with a way to makethathappen. It’s called upcycling. Our world would be a better place if everyone would begin upcycling.
Upcycling is the practice of taking an unwanted item and turning it into something useful. For example, how about that pair of jeans with a hole in one knee? It could become a new pillow for your bedroom.
Upcycling is not the same as recycling. Upcycling is actually much better for the environment. Recycling takes an item made of glass, paper, metal, or plastic, breaks it down to its base material, and then uses that material to make another product. This requires a great deal of energy. On the other hand, when you choose to upcycle, the only energy you use is your own. And upcycling not only reduces the amount of trash that goes into our landfills, but it also protects natural resources, such as oil and gas. Recycling is good for the environment, but upcycling is
even better.
Upcycling also makes a family’s budget stretch further. Of course, the idea of reusing items to save money is not new. During the Great Depression in the 1930s, many families lived on a tight budget. People had to use what they already had in order to meet their needs.
As responsible citizens, we should all be concerned with protecting our environment and budgeting our resources. Upcycling is a fun and creative way to help. The next time you go to toss something into the trash can, stop and think about what it could become. Chances are, there’s a brand-new item in your hand just waiting to be upcycled.
12. Why does the author mention an old saying in the first paragraph?
A. To arise reader’s awareness of upcycling.
B. To stress the importance of upcycling.
C. To lead in the topic of upcycling.
D. To show the idea of upcycling.
13. Which one below belongs to upcycling?
A. An old ladder is transformed into a bookshelf.
B. Old tin cans are transported to landfill.
C. A broken wooden door is chopped up.
D. Old cloth is made into a paper bed.
14. What is the difference between recycling and upcycling?
A. Upcycling is much more creative.
B. Recycling is much easier to achieve.
C. Recycling is much more cost-saving.
D. Upcycling is much more energy-efficient.
15. What can be inferred from the text?
A. Upcycling is popular at present.
B. Upcycling is replacing recycling.
C. Upcycling is worth recommending.
D. Upcycling is a tradition in daily life.
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
As you get older, you'll meet a wider range of people from different cultures. Culture is an idea that isn't easy to understand. People often use the term to refer to things like food, holidays, clothing and music.____16____Religion, customs, beliefs and values are also part of your culture. So when meeting people from different backgrounds, you can sometimes find that there're huge differences in how you see the world.
____17____For example, when you meet people from a different culture, ask them about their lives. It is one of the best ways to understand the culture. But be polite about it and remember they don't owe you an answer, and might not want to give it—not everyone wants to explain everything about their culture.
Maybe you've recently met someone from a different culture you find interesting.____18____Get to know his/her families and see how their customs and traditions differ from yours. You might be surprised to find how culturally different two people living even in the same town can be!
Read books by and about people who are different from you. Reading memoirs (回忆录), biographies and other nonfiction books is an obvious way to learn about a country or someone's life.____19____Like with books, you can also watch movies to learn more about a culture. What's more, keeping yourself in a different culture through travel is also an amazing way to understand another culture.
____20____So accept and respect the differences between yourself and your friends from different cultures—remember that what is a difference to you is just their normal life!
A. Make friends with him/her.
B. But it also goes much deeper than that.
C. Show respect towards people from other cultures.
D. You may think you know a lot about a culture or place.
E. Differences between us are what makes life so interesting.
F. There are many ways to understandother people's cultures.
G. Also don't ignore novels that have been translated from other 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At 10 am, I was sitting in a large hotel. I got to meet my___21___, Tony Hawk. I woke up early in the morning.
I was excited but also a little___22___. Tony Hawk was considered to be one of the most successful pioneers of modern skateboarding and I had___23___him since I first saw him on television. I left my home___24___what it would be like to meet him. I arrived at Tony’s hotel and___25___two teens. I learnt that they were also Tony’s fans and would attend this interview.___26___, we had taken part in the same group — the world was small. After a
short talk, we started to____27____, going over all the questions we would ask Tony.
Shortly after we_____28_____and organized the most important questions, there was a knock at the door. I started to___29___. I could not get over the_____30_____that I was about to meet the best skateboarder. Tony Hawk walked in and sat down. I was very nervous____31____somehow was able to introduce myself. He was____32____and gave us honest answers to all our questions.Throughout the interview I kept_______33_______, wow, he was so cool. Most people in his position might be proud but he was______34______down-to-earth (朴实的). He also told us if we never______35______and worked hard, our dreams would come true.
After the interview, he left. He was_____36_____because he had to attend an important meeting. I was so happy to have had this____37____to interview this great skateboarder, who had got so many____38____in the world. I would never forget this_____39_____and could not wait to get home and_____40_____it with my family and friends.
21. A.teacher B.hero C.friend D.guide
22. A.puzzled B.frightened C.nervous D.sad
23. A.recognized B.missed C.admired D.called
24. A.warning B.doubting C.proving D.wondering
25. A.came across B.looked after C.turned to D.watched out
26. A.Hopefully B.Amazingly C.Finally D.Obviously
27. A.leave B.perform C.move D.work
28. A.answered B.picked C.threw D.faced
29. A.ask B.shout C.shake ugh
30. A.project B.suggestion C.fact D.news
31. A.but B.as C.so D.and
32. A.shy B.simple C.friendly D.cold
33. A.discussing B.thinking C.guessing D.reporting
34. A.partly B.hardly C.normally D.really
35. A.continued on B.gave up C.turned up D.came back
36. A.busy B.quiet C.lonely D.stressed
37. A.excuse B.reason C.chance D.plan
38. A.smiles B.gifts C.friends D.awards
39. A.game B.idea C.experience D.lesson
40. A.replace B.share C.exchange D.spread
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
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
Causes of and Solutions to Frugal Fatigue(节俭疲劳症)
Have you ever attempted to save money to such a degree that you are not enjoying your life anymore? If so, you could be suffering from frugal fatigue. Simply___41.___(put), frugal fatigue refers to being sick and tired of attempting to save every penny that you earn. When you are determined to prioritize your savings, it can be initially___42.___(tempt) to cut out every single luxury item from your budget. However, the problem with this strategy is that in the long run, you may experience burnout from allowing yourself no luxuries whatsoever.
Frugal fatigue can be compared to extreme dieting. Someone attempting to diet in order to lose weight___43.___decide to give up all treats such as chocolate, cakes, and alcohol,___44.___of which presents health risks if consumed in moderation.___45.___months of eating nothing but vegetables and snacking on fruits alone, it would be no surprise if one became fed up with dieting. What tends to happen in the cases of frugal fatigue is that the individual in question suddenly reaches a breaking point___46.___he goes on a spending spree （狂欢）to get relief. This causes them to lose all the savings that they___47.___(store) up thus far, and then they suffer from financial anxiety again.
So, how does one prevent frugal fatigue? One method is to avoid adopting an all-or-nothing attitude.___48.___(plan) a careful budget that not only enables you to save money but also allows you the occasional luxury purchase. This way, you will not feel___49.___you are robbing yourself of all treats. Another effective strategy is to establish realistic goals for saving. Try to break up your financial goals into manageable milestones. Be sure to keep very clear reasons in mind for_____50._____you are saving, whether it’s for a vacation or a retirement fund.
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。

My father took me out camping for the first time when I was seven. He wanted teach me about animals, insects and trees. My uncles all come along with bows and arrows for hunting.
One evening at sunset, we sat by the fire, having our barbecue. Just then a bird was flying over us. My uncles immediate jumped up and shot their arrows on the bird. Neither of the arrows hit the target. Suddenly the arrows was flying down at us from the sky — they were looked like rain! We ran to escape but fortunately no one was injured.
That day I didn’t learn many about animals, insects or trees, but I learnt a impressive lesson about gravity!
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，你的好朋友Judy因考试发挥失常，导致成绩不理想而情绪低落。

请你给他写封信表示安慰，要点如下：
1)对她目前状况表示理解；
2)给出建议；
3)鼓励她树立信心，争取下次考出好成绩。

注意：
1)词数120左右；
2)可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
Dear Judy,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. B
2. A
3. B
4. D
5. B
6. A
7. C
8. C 9. B 10. C 11. C
12. C 13. A 14. D 15. C
16. B 17. F 18. A 19. G 20. E
21. B 22. C 23. C 24. D 25. A 26. B 27. D 28. B 29. C 30. C 31. A 32.
C 33. B 34.
D 35. B 36. A 37. C 38. D 39. C 40. B
41. put
42. tempting
43. may/might
44. none 45. After
46. where 47. have stored
48. Plan 49. as if/as though
50. which
51.(1).在wanted后面加to
(2).come→came
(3).immediate→immediately
(4).on→at
(5).Neither→None
(6).was→were
(7).将were删除或者将looked删除
(8).but→and
(9).many→much
(10).a→an
52.略。