2019年北京市昌平区高三英语二模试卷

绝密★使用完毕前昌平区2019年高三年级第二次统一练习英语本试卷共10页，共120分。

考试时长100分钟。

考生务必将答案答在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。

考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

第一部分：知识运用(共两节，45分)第一节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。

在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

AI love music. When I was 16, I formed my first band called “Frog”. At the beginning, we depended 1 playing instruments in the street to earn money. Then we wore false beards pretending to be famous musicians. In addition, we added humorous acts to our performances and played jokes on one another. Soon, our “funny jazz” became famous and we 2 (invite) to perform everywhere. Afterwards, we made a record in a studio. About one million 3 (copy) were sold and we became rich and popular.BV oyages of people from England played 4 important part in spreading the English language. At present, English is frequently spoken as an official or common language in many countries. 5 （base）on British English, English spoken in these countries can be understood well by native English speakers. But actually, English has been changing 6 (gradual) in terms of accents, spellings, expressions and vocabulary usage. Because of these facts, you can recognize the differences and tell from which country a foreigner comes.CCharlie Chaplin was an extraordinary performer 7 acted in and directed many outstanding comedies. Few were bored in 8 (watch) his moustache, his gestures or his entertaining reactions when chased by detectives. Being drunk, sliding on a banana peel or whispering his own failures to nobody, he made 9 (we) feel more satisfied with our life without even having to use one word. His unique sense of humor 10 (astonish) people across the world even till this day.第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

My family lives in Las Vegas, where I can hardly remember the last time it snow ed. We also didn’t get the 11 of the men who helped us during the last snowstorm.We had been 12 through Albuquerque, New Mexico from Texas after a week of visiting family and friends after 15 years of not seeing them. Suddenly, we13 it was snowing, and soon, as we got closer to Albuquerque,14 snow piles littered the sides of the road.We had a quick 15 at Clines Corners Rest Area, and got back on the road again. Slowly, we drove onto the snow-filled highway. At first, it had seemed like we would 16 it, and we almost did. Right at the edge of the highway, we got stuck in the snow. My sister and I got out to try and push the car, but that didn’t work. In the words of my sister, "this is how horror movies 17 ."Thank goodness it wasn’t so 18 that there were cars on the road. At first, we used our bare hands to try and 19 a car to help us. The driver looked at us and unfortunately continued driving, but I understood. It seemed he was also on a 20 with his family. Then, we saw another car and grabbed our phones and 21 them with the flashlights on.A man in a truck about the same height as I am, 22 in his early 30s, stopped to help us. Despite him not having any 23 , he still tried to help us push our car back onto the road.After several attempts, another truck saw us. It passed us, but someone in it 24 the driver to back up and help. Two white men, taller than I, probably also in their 30s, got 25 and grabbed their shovel（铁锹）. They knew exactly what to do, shoveling the snow, and revealing a pathway of pavement for our tires to drive on. They even instructed my dad to slowly speed up. With their help, our car 26 made it back on the road.I’m really 27 to you three who helped my family. 28 we didn't get your names, I hope that somehow this piece of writing 29 you, and you understand that you saved my family and two dogs, from a potentially life-threatening 30 .第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AI work as the reception manager at my hotel.A booking came in a few weeks ago with a note attached that a guest would be travelling with her deaf father. This note helped us in preparing for their arrival. As they would be here for a number of days, his daughter wanted to make his trip to Ireland as smooth as possible.Upon seeing this note and knowing I would be the one to check them in, I decided to learn some very basic sign language. I greeted the guest in my usual fashion, asking for the surname on the booking. Once I heard the name，I immediately realized who was standing in front of me.I had been learning for two weeks how to say: “Welcome to Ireland. My sign language is terrible, but please, if you need anything during your stay, just let me know and we will help you.”I smiled at the father and daughter in front of me. Turning to the father, I greeted him in ASL (American Sign Language) and began the bit I had learned for him. His daughter broke down crying and told me I was sweet. But the father just smiled andwas so happy. Honestly, seeing his reaction was enough for me. It was absolutely worth the last few weeks of learning basic ASL.Sadly, I wasn’t working the day they checked out, but they left a gift for me, a small box with some chocolates and a book on ASL. Inside was a note say ing: “Thank you very much for what you did. My father has been in amazing spirits from the time you checked us in and insisted we get you a gift before we left. You have no idea how much this meant to my father and me, and we can’t thank you enough. You've made his trip very s pecial with one simple gesture.”I cried for a solid five minutes when I came into work the next day and found this gift in my locker.31.The daughter left a note when booking the hotel in order to __________.A. ask for special service for herselfB. give some useful advice to the hotelC. express gratitude to the hotel managerD. make her father’s trip more comfortable32. The daughter cried when they checked in because __________.A. the author’s sign language was really terribleB. her father was unwilling to live in that hotelC. she appreciated what the author had done for her fatherD. the author wouldn’t be working when they checked out33. Seeing the father’s reaction during check-in, the author probably felt __________.A. thankfulB. satisfiedC. disappointedD. regretful34.From this passage, we can know that __________.A. the author made the daughter’s check-out smoothB. the author was deeply moved by an unexpected giftC. the daughter cried for five minutes before they leftD. the daughter asked the author to learn sign languageBSpecial Offers for Universal Orlando ResortVacation Package: Stay More Save MoreWake up where the action is and save up to $150 when you stay four nights or longer. With hotel accommodations and admission to all three theme parks included, the longer you stay, the more you save—and get to play.When to purchase: Now-June 14, 2019When to go: Now–July 12, 2019, November 28–December 30, 2019●Ticket Offer: Get 2 Days Free When You Buy 2 DaysEnjoy an awesome time with four days for the price of two. Explore Universal Studios Florida™ and Universal’s Islands of Adventure™ with a 2-Park ticket. 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December 30B. August 5C. November 6D. October 1536. If you want to avoid queuing, you should pay __________.A. $150B. $214.99C. $249.99D. $30037. This article is most probably found __________.A. in a magazineB. on the InternetC. in a brochureD. on a TV commercialCThere are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic trash in the world’s oceans, and each year, 8 million tons of plastic are added to the figure. Though the oceans seem vast enough to stomach a lot of plastic, the level of waste is starting to reach a crisis point: According to a new report by the Ocean Conservancy, by 2025, the ocean could contain one ton of plastic for every three tons of fish.All these floating bits of plastic not only disrupt marine ecosystems, but also poiso n the global supply of seafood. “It’s reaching crisis proportions,” says Andreas Merkl, CEO of the Ocean Conservancy. “Plastic breaks down into small pieces that look like plankton (浮游生物) and is eaten by everything from plankton to whales.”The new report calls for a focus on improving waste management systems in a handful of developing countries that account for the plastic leakage into the ocean. China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam contribute more than half of the oceans’ plastic since their waste facilities haven’t kept up with rapid industrialization.How can countries reduce the leakage of waste into the ocean? The Ocean Conservancy report suggests that by providing more waste collection services, closing the leakage points within the collection system, getting rid of waste with effective landfill, and building more recycling facilities, the plastics leakage could be cut by 50% by 2020.It’s not just an environmentalist’s daydream. Coca-Cola and Dow Chemical, along with some other multinational companies, have joined forces with Ocean Conservancy to fight ocean pollution. “We’re committed to working toward a future of a plastic-free ocean. Companies don’t make plastic with the intention of it ending up in the ocean, and we acknowledge the strong role industry must play in order to help eliminate ocean plastic waste by 2035.” Says a Dow Chemical director.“While building landfills and incinerators (焚化炉) across these developing countries might not be pretty, it’s far more environmentally friendly than letting waste slide into the world’s oceans.” Says Andreas Merkl.38. Five developing countries are mostly responsible for plastic leakage because ___.A. there are too many factories in those countriesB. they produce the majority of the waste worldwideC. their waste facilities fail to adapt to rapid industrializationD. their citizens don’t make good use of waste management systems39. The underlined word “eliminate” in Paragraph 5 means .A. endB. increaseC. remainD. reduce40. From the last two paragraphs, we can learn that _______.A. many companies have begun to play a role in fighting ocean pollutionB. environment-friendly plastics will be invented by multinational factoriesC. developing countries will be much more beautiful with a plastic-free oceanD. landfills and incinerators have greatly reduced plastic leakage into the ocean41. The main purpose of the passage is to ______.A. suggest countries learn more about oceanic wasteB. persuade companies to produce fewer plastic goodsC. warn people of the danger of using too many plastic itemsD. inform people about the serious issue of plastic in the oceanDBecause of ageing, the world needs a robotics revolution. “The question for all of us is: how can we use technology to make the quality of life better as people get older?” Says Gill Pratt, a man who had previously run a competition to find artificially intelligent, semi-autonomous robots for the Pentagon.Ageing and robots are more closely related than you might think.Ageing creates demand for automation in two ways. First, to prevent output from falling as more people retire, it is necessary to use machines as a replacement for those who have left the workforce or to enable ageing workers to continue to do physical labor. Second, once people have retired they create markets for new kinds of automation, including robots that help with the medical and other requirements of caring for people who can no longer look after themselves.Automation is not the only way to deal with skills shortages, but it is one of the most important. At the moment, the robotics market is led by industrial machines. As ageing speeds up, service robots, which enable old people to live alone and help reduce loneliness, will be in great need. They will make it easier to look after people in nursing homes and enable older workers who want to stay employed to keep up with the physical demands of labor. Nowadays, therapeutic(治疗的) robots designed for children and patients with dementia (痴呆) and human-like robots that can carry out conversations on a limited range of topics have already been put into use.According to the International Federation of Robotics, about 20,000 robots sold in 2018 could be described as helpful to the ageing. That is less than 5% of industrial robots. The number will undoubtedly grow. The question is how quickly. Mr. Pratt is optimistic. Over the past five years, he argues, there have been huge advances in artificial intelligence, enabling machines to surpass humans in certain kinds of information processing. In other words, robots perform more quickly and reliably than humans. New firms are pouring into the business. A third of robot companies are less than six years old and make service robots. The costs of research and development are coming down and investment is rising. Within a decade, Mr. Pratt supposes, robots at home will help people with simple tasks such as cooking.But for that to happen, robots will have to perform a long list of things they cannot yet do. They cannot navigate reliably around an ordinary home, move their hands skillfully like a human, or conduct open-ended conversations. Although they can provide some physical assistance to the elderly, one robot can do only one thing, so multiple tasks would require your home to be equipped with many robots. All these suggest that, in terms of solving the problem associated with ageing, robots have along way to go.42. Demand for automation caused by ageing exists probably because automation __.A. keeps output steady as more people retireB. helps ageing people create more physical laborC. enables ageing people to look after themselvesD. creates a market for ageing people’s medical treatment43. According to the second to last paragraph, Mr. Pratt may agree that _____.A. people are unwilling to put more money in industrial robotsB. people will rely more on service robots than industrial onesC. robots are better than humans at information processingD. service robots are developing fast in the near future44. From the last paragraph, we can learn that the author believes _______.A. robots’ ability to move around an ordinary home is reliable nowB. one robot can already perform a long list of tasks at the same timeC. technical problems in robots may limit their wider social acceptanceD. the need for physically helpful robots may decrease if ageing speeds up45. It can be learned from the passage that ____.A. the cost of fixing robots is still high nowadaysB. robots can help older workers stay employed longerC. service robots are more practical than industrial onesD. human-like robots can conduct open-ended conversations第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。