2020届重庆市字水中学高三英语一模试卷及答案解析

2020届重庆市字水中学高三英语一模试卷及答案解析
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
Conservation Volunteering in New Zealand
Whether you are a student, professional or a retiree (退休者), anyone is welcome to make a difference and contribute to protecting some of the most beautiful islands in the world. Choose a suitable city and travelout to your conservation (保护) site to work with local people!
Duration: 1-12 weeks Dates: Throughout the year
Arrival day: Friday Return day: Friday
Requirement: General level of fitness Age: 18+
What will I be doing?
Volunteer in New Zealand and enjoy conserving the environment through activities such as:
·Tree planting
·Walking trail construction
·Protect native birds, insects, fish and penguins
·Seed collection
·Weed control
You, and a group of up to 10 volunteers, will work under the guidance of a conservation team leader. Your team leader will give you regular safety instructions, inform you of the project aims and assist you with working effectively.
No previous experience is necessary to join the project. All you need is a love of the environment and a fairly good level of fitness to help out!
1.Who can sign up for this conservation volunteering project?
A.A retired maths teacher.
B.A primary school student.
C.A scientist with heart disease.
D.A businessman in a wheelchair.
2.What can you do on the volunteer trip?
A.Protect cultural sites and go shopping.
B.Enjoy local sightseeing and go fishing.
C.Protect weeds and build roads.
D.Collect seeds and plant trees.
3.From which is the text probably taken?
A.A history book.
B.A travel magazine.
C.A research paper.
D.A novel.
B
Dad’s comb was jade green. I heard he bought it when he married Mum, which made the comb two years older than I was. Every night, he wouldsmile, hand me the comb and say, “Be a good girl and help Daddy clean it, OK?”
I was more than happy to do it. At age five this mundane task brought me such joy. I would excitedly turn the tap on, then brush the comb with a used toothbrush as hard as I could. Satisfied that I’d done a good job, I would proudly return the comb to Dad. He would smile at me and place the comb on top of his wallet.
About two years later, Dad left his sales job and started his own wholesale business. I started primary school. That was when things started to change. He didn’t come home as much as he used to – just a couple of times a week. And when he did come home, it was always late and I’d already be in bed. I started to get mad. I stopped waiting for him to come home, and stopped going downstairs to check on him.
Today, I’m no longer a kid. I’ve graduated from college and got a job. Dad’s business has got back on track. Things are better now. Yet the uncomfortable silence between Dad and me persisted.
Two days before my birthday last year, Dad came home early. As usual, I helped him carry his bags into his study. When I turned to leave, he said, “Hey, would you like to help me clean my comb?” I looked at him a while, then took the comb and headed to the sink.
I passed the clean comb back to Dad. He looked at it and smiled. But this time, I noticed something different. My dad has aged. He has wrinkles next to his eyes when he smiles, yet his smile is still as heartwarming as before. The smile of a father who just wants a good life for his family. Dad carefully placed his comb on top of his wallet.
After so many years, he still organizes his personal items in the same meticulous way. I guess some things never change. And for that, I’m glad.
4. What caused the uncomfortable silence between Dad and me?
A. Generation gap.
B. Dad’s failure in business.
C. My ignorance of Dad.
D. Dad’s absence from the family.
5. Which of the following can best describe Dad?
A. Gentle but strict.
B. Hardworking and caring.
C. Cautious and realistic.
D. Demanding but patient.
6. Why did Dad ask his daughter to clean his comb before her birthday?
A. To give her a lesson.
B. To follow his old habit.
C. To fix their relationship.
D. To praise her helpfulness.
7. Which saying concludes the text best?
A. Yesterday once more.
B. Let bygones be bygones.
C. Some things never change.
D. Like father, like daughter.
C
Three years ago, a group of researchers at Cornell University Food and Brand Lab had a guess. They knew that many apples being served to kids as part of the National School Lunch Program were ending up in the trash, almost untouched. But unlike others, they wondered if the reason was more complicated than simply that the kids didn’t want the fruit.
They thought the fact that the apples were being whole, rather than sliced (切片的), was doing the fruit no favor. And they wanted to prove this idea.
They carried out a study at eight schools and found that fruit consumption (消费) jumped by more than 60 percent when apples were served sliced. They then made a follow-up study at six other schools, which not only showed the same result, but further supported. The whole apple consumption at schools that served sliced apples reduced by about 50 percent than before.
Based on these results, it seems that even the simplest forms of inconvenience can influence us. Sliced apples just make more sense for kids. The hardest part is getting kids to start eating fruit, and that’s exactly why sliced apples are the way to go. A child holding a whole apple has to break the skin, eat around the core (果核), and deal with the inconvenience of holding a large fruit. These problems might seem silly or unimportant, but they’re important when you’re missing teeth or have braces (牙箍), as so many kids do.
Sometimes what seems like a really small inconvenience actually makes a huge difference.
8. What can we learn from Paragraph 1?
A. Lots of apples served to kids were wasted.
B. Researcher supported the lunch program.
C. Apples are not the only acceptable fruit for kids.
D. The lunch program was well worth spreading.
9. What did researchers want to prove?
A. Kid didn’t want the fruits.
B. Kids favored the whole apples.
C. Kids preferred to the sliced apples.
D. Kid’s eating habits influenced fruit consumption.
10. According to the study, we can know________.
A. 14 schools served sliced fruits
B. kids have problems eating the whole apples
C. eating fruits must be healthy for children
D. few kids are missing teeth or have braces
11. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. Form matters more than taste.
B. Apples are beneficial to each kid.
C. The way fruit is eaten links kids’ growth.
D. Inconvenience probably makes a difference.
D
For centuries , tea has been used for far more than quenching thirst. Around the world people drink it to relax, reinvigorate and relieve, and it's something we need now more than ever.
Even in the United States, a long coffee-dominated country, tea drinking is growing in popularity, with the country consuming 0.4 kilograms (14 ounces) of tea leaves per person a year compared with 0. 36 kilograms(12. 7 ounces) in 2007 according to the United Nations, as people switch away from soda，milk and fruit drinks.
Scientists are beginning to look into just how tea might affect mood and cognition. Specifically, they're investigating whether its relaxing and refreshing effects are a direct biological outcome of the compounds in tea or whetherthey come from the context in which the drink is consumed—preparing your tea, choosing your favorite cup and sitting down for a brief break from the world. Or both.
Drinking green tea has been found to improve brain function in healthy people, said Stefan Borgward, chair and director of the department of psychiatry and psychotherapy at the University of Lubeck, Germany.
In a 2014 study, he gave one or two cups of green tea to 12 healthy volunteers and imaged their brains to analyze changes in connectivity inside certain brain regions.
“We noticed an increased connectivity in regions of the brain associated with working memory,” he said via
email.
And a 2017 review of more than 100 studies he coauthored found that green tea can impact the brain in three ways: It can influence psychopathological state such as reducing anxiety; cognition by benefiting memory and attention; and brain function, specifically memory.
That review concluded that "it would be desirable" for more Westerners to consume at least 100 milliliters(3.3 fluid ounces) of green tea each day “to protect neurocognitive function.”
However, Borgward, cautioned that the effects aren't large, and the evidence is mainly provided by small-scale studies.
12. How does the author introduce the tendency of drinking in the U.S.?
A. By showing examples.
B. By explaining reasons.
C. By making a comparison.
D. By checking existing facts.
13. What is paragraph 3 mainly about?
A. Scientists are looking into why tea makes people relaxed and refreshed.
B. The context in which the drink is consumed is very important.
C. People's relaxation is the direct biological outcome of the ingredients in tea.
D. Preparing tea, choosing a cup and sitting down for a brief rest is amazing.
14. What can we conclude from Stefan's research?
A. Tea is a cure for a neurocognitive disease.
B. Green tea is particularly beneficial to our memory.
C. Drinking tea every day can prevent us from getting ill.
D. Westerners drink less than 100 milliliters of green tea.
15. What is the researcher'sattitude towards the finding?
A. Supportive
B. Doubtful.
C. Unclear.
D. Objective.
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Many people are stuck in a life they don’t want, and are held in places by everything from financial restrictions to social pressures. If you are looking to pursue your dreams, it can be discouraging to change everythingat once.___16___
Write down your goals to get them out of your head and into reality. Be honest with yourself about what you want, no matter how impossible it seems and ignore what you “should” do based on the views of your friends,
family or society. ____17____Don’t leave anything out, no matter how small or silly it sounds. Look at the themes of your list to get an idea of what your dream life will look like.
___18___choose one that is ly easy to accomplish, one that is doable but will require work and one that seems impossible based on your current circumstances and lifestyle. List the steps you will need to take to get to each goal, getting down to the little details.
Start with your smallest goal and work through the steps until you achieve it. Each time you complete one of the steps, cross it off so you can celebrate the process in addition to the end result. ___19___ Figure out how you can work your second two goals into your life.____20____If your big dream is to quit your job and travel the world, start a savings account that is dedicated to travel money and set aside a small amount each week for three years. Plan your steps according to the time you set and they will be doable and fit smoothly into your life.
A. Seek support from your friends and family.
B. You will need to have courage to make changes.
C. Identify the top three things that will get you closer to your dream life.
D. When you achieve the goal, find a way to continue integrating it into your life.
E. Choose a deadline foreach goal, whether it is one year down the road or five.
F. List the things you want to accomplish in your life, both personal and professional.
G. Instead, making small, gradual changes to prepare the way to dream tries to make the process easier.
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Life from birth to death is an unbroken chain of ever-increasing, unavoidable struggles. Struggles are a kind of___21___with which Nature forces humanity to develop, expand and progress. The education we___22___from the struggles we face is gradually increasing. We get it a little at a time from every___23___we encounter.
Face struggles and master them.___24___you will have the strength and wisdom for all your needs.
The strongest trees in the forest aren't those most___25___.They are those that must struggle against the___26___conditions and other trees and overcome them to survive.
My grandfather was a wagon（四轮马车）maker. In___27___his land for crops, he always left a few oak trees standing in the open fields where they were___28___to the full force of the sun and strong winds. The trees that struggled against Nature were far stronger and___29___than the protected ones deep in the forest. It was timber （木材）from the trees which had struggled____30____he used for the wagon wheels,____31____fear that they
would break, because they had struggled and grown strong enough to____32____the heaviest loads.
Struggles force us to move when we would otherwise stand____33____. And they lead us eventually to the full realization that____34____comes only through struggles.____35____worthwhile in life is ever achieved without a struggle.
Once we understand the broad purpose of life, we are____36____to accept the circumstances that force us to struggle.____37____, we accept struggles for what they are -____38____, and it's so rewarding when you get inspirations from struggles to live your life to the____39____and a chance to enjoy the life which you are making so many____40____to get.
21. A.rule B.tool C.barrier D.behavior
22. A.offer B.update C.receive D.discover
23. A.inconvenience B.experience C.question D.examination
24. A.Then B.Still C.Yet D.Even
25. A.prevented B.endangered C.affected D.protected
26. A.unreasonable B.unfavorable C.unfamiliar D.beneficial
27. A.planting B.turning C.ruining D.clearing
28. A.exposed B.connected C.accustomed D.addicted
29. A.tougher B.weaker C.drier D.prettier
30. A.which B.what C.that D.when
31. A.for B.despite C.without D.through
32. A.bear B.increase C.remove D.lessen
33. A.outside B.straight C.apart D.still
34. A.reputation B.success C.courage D.independence
35. A.Anything B.Everything C.Something D.Nothing
36. A.willing B.afraid C.ashamed D.surprised
37. A.On the contrary B.For instance C.As a result D.In particular
38. A.discouragement B.ambition C.opportunities D.drawbacks
39. A.richest B.fairest C.easiest D.fullest
40. A.mistakes B.sacrifices C.decisions D.arrangements
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
The loquat(枇杷)is native to southeaster China. The____41.____（leaf) of the loquat tree bear a similarity to the pipa, ____42.____ancient Chinese instrument. That's____43.____it shares the same Chinese pronunciation with that of the instrument. The loquat was first planted by the Chinese people 1,800 years ago and spread abroad later on.
When____44.____(study)in Japan in 1988, Lin Shunquan, a Chinese professor, found that the scientific name for the loquat was “Japanese plum” and that it was thought to be native to Japan. Since____45.____(he) return to China in 1989, Lin Shunquan has been working to correct the name of the loquat. In 1998, his paper Loquat: Botanyand Horticulture was published in a____46.____(profession) journal, arguing that the loquat originated in China. Since Japan acknowledged that the loquat originated in China in 2006, the name, “Chinese plum”，____47.____(accept)worldwide.
In addition,____48.____(commit) to advancing the loquat planting techniques, Professor Lin helped to develop the loquat industry. Due ____49.____the demanding techniques of growing Ioquat and the high cost of labor, few young people willingly take over. Lin Shunquan has also worked with Alibaba to establish a direct base,____50.____has attracted young people to return to their hometowns to set up online shops.
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(Λ)，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；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Tracy is a foreign student in our school. There is a pity that she is going to leave, which make us all very sad. She is a kind-hearted girl, but always offers to help us our English. I remembered when I am preparing for a speaking contest two month ago, Tracy spent her spare time teach me for almost three days. I won the first prize in the contest. When I said thanks to her, and she gave me a big smile. I hope that he can come to China again. I wish her a color1 fully and interesting life.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华。

你的英国朋友Lynn来信说她即将上大学，而她的妈妈担心她的生活自理能力。

她不知该如何消除妈妈的顾虑。

请你给Lynn回一封信，内容包括：
1.表示理解；
2.提出建议并说明理由。

注意：
1.词数80左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考答案
1. A
2. D
3. B
4. D
5. B
6. C
7. C
8. A 9. C 10. B 11. D
12. C 13. A 14. B 15. D
16. G 17. F 18. C 19. D 20. E
21. B 22. C 23. B 24. A 25. D 26. B 27. D 28. A 29. A 30. C 31. C 32.
A 33. D 34.
B 35. D 36. A 37.
C 38. C 39.
D 40. B
41. leaves
42. an 43. why
44. studying
45. his 46. professional
47. has been accepted
48. committed
49. to 50. which
51.(1). There 改为it
(2).make 改为makes
(3).but 改为and
(4).us 后加with
(5).am 改为was
(6).month 改为months
(7).teach 改为teaching
(8).去掉when 或者and
(9).he 改为she
(10).color1 fully 改为color1 ful
52.略。