2020届南昌市第十六中学高三英语模拟试题及参考答案

2020届南昌市第十六中学高三英语模拟试题及参考答案
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
While Jennifer was at home taking an online exam for her business law class, a monitor（监控器）a few hundred miles away was watching her every move.
Using a web camera equipped in Jennifer'sLos Angelesapartment, the monitor inPhoenixtracked how frequently her eyes moved from the computer screen and listened for the secret sounds of a possible helper in the room. Her Internet access was locked remotely to prevent Internet searches, and her typing style was analyzed to make sure she was who she said she was: Did she enter her student number at the same speed as she had in the past？Or was she slowing down？
In the battle against cheating, this is thecutting edgeand a key to encourage honesty in the booming field of online education. This technology gives trust to the entire system, to the institution and to online education in general. Only with solid measures against cheating, experts say, can Internet universities show that their exams and diplomas are valid — that students haven't searched the Internet to get the right answers.
Although online classes have existed for more than a decade, the concern over cheating has become sharper in the last year with the growth of "open online courses". Private colleges, public universities and corporations are jumping into the online education field, spending millions of dollars to attract potential students, while also taking steps to help guarantee honesty at a distance.
Aside from the web cameras, a number of other high-tech methods are becoming increasingly popular. Among them are programs that check students’ identities using personal information, such as the telephone numbers they once used.
Other programs can produce unique exams by drawing on a large list of questions and can recognize possible cheaters by analyzing whether difficult test questions are answered at the same speed as easy ones. As in many university classes, term papers are scanned against some large Internet data banks for cheating.
1. Why was Jennifer watched in an online exam?
A. To correct her typing mistakes.
B. To find her secrets in the room.
C. To keep her from dishonest deeds.
D. To prevent her from slowing down.
2. What does the underlined expression "cutting edge" in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A. sharpening tool
B. advanced technique
C. effective rule
D. dividing line
3. How can some programs find out possiblecheaters?
A. By scanning the Internet test questions.
B. By checking the question answering speed.
C. By producing a large number of questions.
D. By giving difficult test questions.
B
Conducting interviews for news stories is an important skill for any journalist. To start, do as much research as you can and prepare a list of questions to ask. Once the interview starts, try to develop a rapport(融洽的关系) with your "source"—anyone a journalist interviews, but don't waste your time. If your source starts to talk about things that are clearly of no use to you, don't be afraid to gently but firmly turn the conversationback to the topic at hand.
It's an old debate among journalists: Which works better when interviewing a source, taking notes (the old-fashioned way) or using a cassette or digital voice recorder? Both have their advantages and disadvantages. A reporter's notebook and a pen or pencil are the easy-to-use, time-honored tools of the interviewing trade, while recorders enable you to get everything someone says word for word. Which works better? It depends on what kind of story you're doing.
Many beginning reporters complain that with a notepad and pen, they can never take down everything a source says in an interview. But you don't have to note everything down. Keep in mind that you're probably not going to use everything they say in your story. So don't worry if youlet slipa few things.
So you've done a long interview with a source, you have pages of notes, and you're ready to write. But chances are you'll only be able to choose a few quotes from that information collected directly from the source. Which ones should you use? Reporters often talk about using only "good" quotes for their stories, but what does this mean? Broadly speaking, when someone says something interesting, and says it in an interesting way, that can make a good quote.
4. What is a journalist advised to do during an interview?
A. Be gentle with the source.
B. Carry on a long conversation.
C. Make the conversation interesting.
D. Prevent the conversation being off-topic.
5. What do the underlined words "let slip" in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. give away
B. leave out
C. get rid of
D. take up
6. What is considered as a good quote for a reporter?
A. A direct quote.
B. An important point of view.
C. A piece of basic information.
D. Something funny a source says interestingly.
7. What is the text mainly about?
A. The job of a journalist.
B. The process of interviewing.
C Some facts about interviewing. D. The relationship between a journalist and a source.
C
There have been many fine films over the past several years aboutcharacters struggling with Alzheimer’s disease. But few of them have gone as deeply and frighteningly into the corners of adeterioratingmind as The Father,a powerful new drama built around a spellbinding performance from Anthony Hopkins.
At this point in his long career,Hopkinswould seem to have exhausted his ability to surprise us, but his work here is nothing short of astonishing. His character, also named Anthony, is 80 years old and has dementia. At the beginning of the movie, his daughter, Anne — played by Olivia Colman — stops by hisLondonapartment to check on him. Her father's condition has taken a turn for the worse, and his temper has become severe enough to send his latest live in nurse packing. Anthony is stubborn and defiant and insists that he can manage on his own. But that's clearly not the case, given his habit of misplacing his things and his inability to remember names and faces, Anne's included.
As The Father goes on, the more it becomes clear that it's his own mind that's playing tricks on him. What makes the movie so unsettling is the way it wires us directly into his subjective experience, so that the foundations of the story seem to shift at random from scene to scene. A man suddenly appears in the apartment, claiming to be Anne's husband, which is odd, since just a few moments earlier, Anne seemed to be single. Anne goes out shopping for groceries, but when she returns, she's played not by Olivia Colman but by another actress, Olivia Williams. Even the apartment itself begins to shift. You notice puzzling differences-wasn't there a lamp on that hallway table just a moment ago?
The story in The Father may be complicated but it's also heartbreakingly simple: man grows old and loses his memory, and his daughter, after lifetime of love and devotion, must begin the long painful process of saying goodbye.Hopkinsshows us Anthony's struggle to keep his sense about him. It's a striking performance-and an
impossible one to forget.
8. What does the underlined word “deteriorating” mean in the first paragraph?
A. Worsening.
B. Narrowing.
C. Recovering.
D. Improving.
9. What do we learn about the character Anthony in the movie?
A. He can take care of himself
B. He drives away the nurses.
C. He is easy-going and forgetful.
D. He lives with his daughter all the time.
10. The shift of scenes in the movie is designed to .
A. build the dramatic tension in the family.
B. show off the well-designed story line.
C. frighten the movie-goers with mysterious plot.
D. involve the viewers into thedisordered memories.
11. What does the author think ofHopkins?
A. He has run out of his talent.
B. He is not suitable for the role
C. He masterly plays the old man.
D. He presents an odd performance.
D
The beach may seem like an inviting place to run on a cool summer morning, but is running on the sand good for your body? It can be, but it’s important to be aware of the challenges that some beach runners experience before you get ready.
Running on the beach can be a good thing. It’s certainly different from running on a track or a pavement. For starters, sand can be a challenge because it has an uneven (不平坦的) surface. As you push off, you’re going to lose some of your push as the sand moves. So, you’re not going to be able to push yourself forward as you would on a track or a pavement. But this unevenness has anupside: It gives your body an extra workout, forcing you to exercise muscles that don’t get as much use during runs on firm surfaces. For example, your feet, ankles and lower back might feel sorer and more tired than usual after a beach run just because the surface is constantly moving and changing step to step.
You also might feel sore afterward because beaches tend to slope (倾斜) down to the water. If you’re going for a long run on the beach, you might notice that one side of your body might feel sorer because you’re putting
more pressure on it due to the slope.
Some beach runners prefer to run barefoot — not wearing anything on feet. However, if you’re not used to barefoot running, start slowly and don’t run long distances at first. That’s because running barefoot uses more different muscles than running with shoes does, and it’s important to strengthen these muscles and adapt your feet. If you want to run barefoot and as long as you run carefully enough into it, go for it!
Running on the sand can be a smart choice for you, because running on softer ground surfaces can reduce muscle damage.
12. Why is it difficult to run on the beach for starters?
A. The soft surface makes people fall over easily.
B. People need to run carefully on its smooth surface.
C. Running on its uneven surface takes much effort.
D. It’s hard to keep one’s balance on its hard surface.
13. Which of the following best explains “upside” underlined in Paragraph 2?
A. Advantage.
B. Reason.
C. Character.
D. Challenge.
14. What’s the author’s attitude to barefoot running?
A. Critical.
B. Supportive.
C. Doubtful.
D. Uncaring.
15. The passage can probably be found in ______.
A. A primary school textbook
B. A tourist guide
C. A sports magazine
D. A scientific report
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Listening to music is considered a good thing for adults. Indeed it is. Scientific studies have proved it. Music has so many good effects on our body, mind and mood that this world would certainly not be a good place without music.____16____Some parents think so and let their children learn or listen to music. But some parents don’t know the importance of music to children. Here are some reasons why music is important to children.
First, music is good for children's intelligence. Studies have proved that children who learn music are likely to have higher intelligence than those who have no interest in or dislike music.____17____
Music also has comforting effect on children and helps remove their stress. Today’s children are under a lot of stress from schoolwork. Being under too much stress harms children’s health.____18____
____19____Some children are sad by nature. They seem to be lost in their own thoughts and don’t take interest in their surroundings. In such cases, a method known as “music therapy” comes to their rescue. It changes their moods and places a new kind of spirit in them.
Music is also a universal language that children ought to learn. Our world has become a global village.____20____Music can help them in understanding foreign cultures.
Now we can say that music is very important not only to adults but also to children. So children should be encouraged to learn music or listen to music.
A. Then, is music good for children?
B. Music can improve children’s moods.
C. Luckily, listening to music can help them feel better.
D. Music is shared between every culture and generation.
E. Music can help you recognize and remember information better.
F. This is because the brain gets inspired by the rhythm (节奏) and tone of music.
G. People are getting more and more interested in other cultures and countries.
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During my recent tour to Kunming in Yunnan Province, I met a young Australian at Liuzhou railway station. I helped himget on board the____21____with his luggage, and then we started____22____in English. I____23____that he was 21 years old, studying____24____literature and history at University of Sydney, for he is fond____25____eastern culture.
What surprised me was that,____26____as he was, he had traveled a lot, not only in China but also in many other____27____of Asia. He seemed to____28____so much about Asian culture and history, and was____29____familiar with Chinese literature and philosophy_____30_____such as Confucius, Lu Xun, Mao Dun and Mo Yan.
He is a college student,_____31_____he does not limit himself to classroom reading only. He said if one really wants to know the_____32_____, he or she should go out to see, hear and_____33_____real life. Besides, many students like him in Australia do_____34_____jobs after class in order to make a living and save enough for_____35_____.
I am a bit older than he is. But I find myself less_____36_____than he is about many things in the world. Like some of my classmates at college, I often felt_____37_____of being a college student. Now I come to realize we
should_____38_____the world to broaden our mind and_____39_____a sense of responsibility for the world we live in. At the same time, as a Chinese, we should hold on to our traditional_____40_____and spread it to the rest of the world.
21. A.ship B.bus C.train D.plane
22. A.chatting B.arguing C.singing D.joking
23. A.imagined B.thought C.guessed D.learned
24. A.European n C.African D.Australian
25. A.in B.of C.with D.about
26. A.weak B.young C.stupid D.busy
27. A.plains B.corners C.rivers D.parts
28. A.know B.introduce C.worry D.teach
29. A.yet B.still C.even D.ever
30. A.designers B.artists C.doctors D.masters
31. A.though· B.if C.but D.so
32. A.space B.school C.world D.country
33. A.find out B.put out C.set out D.carry out
34. A.full-time B.part-time C.simple D.hard
35. A.experiments B.research C.reading D.traveling.
36. A.knowledgeable B.fortunate C.helpful D.generous
37. A.tired B.proud C.ashamed D.afraid
38. A.explore B.build C.create D.save
39. A.reduce B.lose C.develop D.record
40. A.system B.technology C.challenge D.culture
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.
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。

Since astronomers confirmed the presence of planets beyond our solar system, called exoplanets,
humans_________41._________(wonder) how many could harbor life.
Now, we're one step closer to ______42.______(find) an answer. According to the Kepler space telescope, about half the stars similar in temperature ______43.______our Sun could have a rocky planet capable of supporting liquid water on its surface.
Our galaxy holds at least an______44.______(estimate) 300 million of these potentially habitable worlds, based on even the most conservative interpretation of the results in a new study to be published in The Astronomical Journal.
This research helps us understand the potential for these planets______45.______(support) life. This is an essential part of astrobiology, the study of life's origins and future in our universe.
The study is authored by NASA scientists______46.______worked on the Kepler mission alongside collaborators from around the world. NASA retired the space telescope in 2018 after it ran out of fuel. Nine years of the telescope's observations revealed that there are billions of planets in our galaxy - more planets than stars.
______47.______this result is far from a final value, it’s extremely exciting that we calculated that these worlds are this common with such high confidence.
That's a wide range of different stars, each with ______48.______own particular properties impacting whether the rocky planets in its orbit are capable of supporting liquid water. These complexities are partly why it is so difficult to calculate how many potentially habitable planets are out there, especially when even our______49.______(powerful) telescopes can just barely detect these small planets. That's_______50._______the research team took a new approach.
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作文。

文中共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 is a driver and my mother is a teacher. All of them work hard during the week. No matter what busy they are, they always manage to take us to my uncle's home at the weekend and work on the farm. The farm
is not very big, and there is always so much to do. I like looking after the animal, taking them to the field, giving them food, and play with them. My parents help with my uncle in the field, while my aunt prepare dinner for us. Sometimes I help in the field, too. It is on the farm what I get to know the meaning of the saying, “A grain, a sweat”. After several hours' hard work, we are all hungry and tired. We usually have big meal, and then go back home in the evening.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.阅读下面短文,根据所给情节进行续写,使之构成一个完整的故事。

WhenBendelivered milk to my cousin's home that morning, he wasn’t his usual sunny self.
It was late November, and as a newcomer to Lawndale, California. I was delighted that milkmen still brought bottles of milk to doorsteps. In the weeks that my husband, kids and I had been staying with my cousin while house- hunting, I had come to enjoy Ben’ssunnypersonality and cheerful conversation.
Today, however, he was in a bad mood as he dropped off his milk from his truck. He placed the some embarrassment, he told me two customers had left town without paying their bills, and he would have to cover the losses. One of the debtors owed only S 10, but the other was $79 in arrears (逾期欠款) and had left no forwarding (发送)address. Ben was upset for allowing this bill to grow so large
"She was a prettywoman," he said, with six children and another on the way. She was always saying, 'I' m going topayyou soon, when my husband gets a second job. ' I believed her. What a fool I was! I thought I was doing a good thing, but I’ve learned my lesson. I've been cheated All I could say was, I’m so sorry The next time I saw him, his anger seemed worse. I repeated how sorry I was about his loss of income. But when Ben left, I found myself caught up in his problem and longed tohelp. I worried that his might turn a cheerful person into a bitter one. I thought how to help him. Then, remembering thatChristmaswas coming. I thought of what my grandmother used to say: "When someone has taken something from you, give it to them, and then you can never be robbed.
The next time Ben delivered milk, I told him I had a way to make him feel better about the $79.
“Nothing will do that, "he said, but tell me anyway.”
“Forget about it, Give the woman the milk as a Christmas present.”
注意:
1.所续写短文的词数应为150词左右;
2.至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语;
3.续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你写好;
1.续写完成后,请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语
Paragraph 1:
“Are you kidding?” he replied.
Paragraph 2:
Two months later, while delivering milk, Ben saw a woman running toward him, waving money.
参考答案
1. C
2. B
3. B
4. B
5. A
6. B
7. B
8. A 9. B 10. D 11. C
12. C 13. A 14. B 15. C
16. A 17. F 18. C 19. B 20. G
21. C 22. A 23. D 24. B 25. B 26. B 27. D 28. A 29. C 30. D 31. C 32. C 33. A 34. B 35. D 36. A 37. B 38. A 39. C 40. D
41. have wondered
42. finding 43. to
44. estimation
45. are supporting
46. who 47. Although
48. its 49. powerful
50. why
51.(1).All→Both
(2).what→how
(3).us→me
(4).and→but
(5).animal→animals
(6).play→playing
(7).去掉with
(8).prepare→prepares
(9).what→that
(10).big前加a
52.略。