深圳市龙岗区建文高中2020年高三英语第二次模拟考试

深圳市龙岗区建文高中2020年高三英语第二次模拟考试第一部分阅读理解（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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

ADo you like watching movies? The following movies are coming on soon. Please check and find the one you like. Click the name of each movie to get more information.Brahms: The Boy IIHorror | Mystery | ThrillerSoon after a family moves into the Heelshire Mansion, their only son makes friends with a life-like doll called Brahms.Director: William Brent BellStars: Katie Holmes, Ralph Ineson, Owain Yeoman, Christopher Convery Little JoeDrama | Sci-FiAlice, a single mother, is a devoted senior plant breeder at a corporation engaged in developing new species. Against the company policy, she takes one plant home as a gift for her teenage son, Joe. The plant was created by genetic engineering and anyone touching it will become strange. Director: Jessica HausnerStars: Emily Beecham, Ben Whishaw, Kerry Fox, Kit Connor The AeronautsAction | Adventure | Biography | RomancePilot Amelia Wren (Felicity Jones) and scientist James Glaisher (Eddie Redmayne) find themselves in a hard fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a gas balloon. Director: Tom HarperStars: Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne, Himesh Patel, Phoebe Fox ApparitionHorror | AdventureA group of young people, guided by an APP that connects the living with the dead, find themselves at an abandoned castle, a place with a horrific history tied to each of them, for reasons they’11 soon discover.Director: WaymQn BooneStars: Mena Suvari, Kevin Poliak, Megan West, Jon Abrahams1.What can we learn about Brahms: The Boy //?A.William Brent Bell is in charge of it.B.Brahms can live a life as a man does.C.The audience may be amused by the movie.D.The story was created by William Brent Bell.2.Which movie will be favored by a science fiction lover?A. Brahms: The Boy II.B. The Aeronauts.C. Apparition.D. Little Joe.3. What do Brahms: The Boy II and Apparition have in common?A.They are liked by teenagers.B.Their plots are both horrible.C.They are played by young actors.D.Their characters all behave strangely.BBangalore North Round Table 25 & Ladies Circle 14 have put a smile on the faces of twenty children by turning their dreams of flying in an airplane into reality through Flights of Fantasy. The twenty children, along with two teachers, were taken for a round trip, an educational tour sponsored by Bangalore North Round Table 25 & Ladies Circle 14 to Hyderabad last week. Secunderabad Metro Area Round Table 118 in Hyderabad hosted them.The kids were selected according to their academics, 100 percent attendance, good performance in sports and extra/ co-curricular activities. Their schedule included breakfast at the heritage Taj Mahal Hotel and sightseeing covering tourist attractions such as The Charminar，Birla Planetarium, Lumbani Park, lunch at Paradise Hotel, Salar Jung Museum and ending with dinner before taking the flight back to Bangalore. R Roshni, one of the students on the tour，said，“I’m very happy to get the opportunity to visit Charminar. It’s a great experience. I have learnt a lot about the reason why it was built and the story behind it. I was also very excited about travelling by plane. It was so great.”Another student M Ambuja said，“I cannot believe what I have experienced. This is the first time that I have moved out of the state. I have never visited the airport or seen an airplane from so dose distance.”Commenting on the activity, Bangalore North Round Table India chairman Jeetendra V alecha said, “Children are our future and Round Table India takes great pride in being able to help realise their dreams by this activity for the first time. The trip not only gave the children a taste of independence, but also empowered them to dream big, which is important to children at this age.”“We believe that education is the fundamental right of every human being. Education, when used effectively along with intelligence, has the power to brighten the world and certainly make it a better place to live in. The best way to teach is through practical learning methods and this is what we have tried to achieve through Flights of Fantasy.” Valecha added.4.What do we learn about the trip?A.It didn’t include dinners.B. It lasted for a whole week.C.It was free of charge for the selected kids.D.It had 39 people serving the children on board.5.What kind of children can join in the trip?A.Those who perform well all round.B.Those who come from poor families.C.Those who are eager to travel everywhere.D.Those who dream big and have high intelligence.6.Which of the following words can best describe the trip according to Jeetendra?A.Moving and fashionable.B. Meaningful and beneficial.C. Realistic and demanding.D. Promising and dependable.7.What can be inferred from the words of Jeetendra?A.Teaching is a rewarding job.B.Everyone should be independent.C.Great importance must be attached to education.D.The children should be praised for behaving well in the trip.CKatey Walter Anthony, a scientist who studies lakes, first visited Alaska’s Lake Esieh in the remote stretch of wilderness. Thousands of lakes dot the region. But Katey Anthony quickly realized this lake was strange. As her boat glided across it, she saw bubbles of all sizes stream up,popping at the surface, and the biggest bubble was as large as a softball. The water seemed to be boiling, but it wasn’t warm. Katey collected some bubbles in a bottle, then she struck a match and opened the bottle to release the gas. The gas caught fire!The yellow-tipped flame that danced over the bottle confirmed her suspicion. It showed that the lake was giving off a flammable (易燃的）gas called methane. As a powerful greenhouse gas, methane can absorb radiation from the sun, wanning the atmosphere. Methane, along with carbon dioxide, is a major source of global warming. The gas is naturally released as frozen soil, called permafrost, warms up and thaws. And some scientists worry that this methane will cause the world to warm more quickly than they had predicted.Permafrost covers 22 million square kilometers of territory across the north of Alaska, Canada, Europe and Asia. This frozen soil is rich in organic matter — the remains of plants that lived thousands of years ago. These dead plants froze before they could fully rot. But as that permafrost now melts, single-celled microbes (微生物）have begun dining on those plant remains. They break down the dead stuff into mush, like kitchen scraps in a compost heap (堆肥堆). Along the way, the microbes breathe out methane.Melting permafrost could release far more methane than scientists had suspected. As permafrost warms up and becomes more like Swiss cheese, it’s logical to think we’re going to see more and more lakes like Lake Esieh. Katey’s discovery at Lake Esieh is really interesting and this lake might turn out to be an unusual event. Methane coming out of a single lake wouldn’t be nearly enough to change the world’s climate. But if other lakes start acting the same way, the matter will be complex.8.What made Katey Anthony realize Lake Esieh was strange?A.Its unusual color.B.Its boiling water.C. Its warm temperature.D.Its giving off bubbles.9.What did Katey Anthony once probably suspect?A.Whether the lake released methane.B.Whether the lake was worth studying.C.Whether the lake would be easily frozen.D.Whether the lake could absorb carbon dioxide.10.What does the underlined word “thaws” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?A.Becomes unfrozen.B.Becomes unstable.C. Changes the shape.D.Changes the weight.11.What does the author mainly talk about in Paragraph 3?A.Zones of the permafrost.B. The formation of methane.C.Microbes’ making use of methane.D.The organic matter in the permafrost.DAnalysis of the trial of the four-day working week has revealed great efficiency, reduced stress and increased staff engagement, fuelling hopes that a better work-life balance for employees could be in sight.Perpetual Guardian, a New Zealand financial services company, switched its 240 staff from a five-day to a four-day week and maintained their pay. Productivity increased in the four days when they worked, so there was no drop in the total amount of work done, a study of the trial released on Tuesday revealed. The trial was monitored by academics at the University ofAuckland and the Auckland University of Technology. The eight-week experiment was closely watched by employers and policymakers around the world. “This is an idea whose time has come,” said Andrew Barnes, Perpetual Guardian’s founder. “We need to get more companies to give it a go.”The government has conducted a study of the possibility of four，day weeks. However, research points to the complexity of achieving productivity gains in major industries such as retail (零售），where being present is a key part of the job. Smaller companies experimenting with four-day working weeks have found performance was better in the first few weeks as excitement about the project took hold, before falling slightly. “The biggest concern is ensuring that the foll-time introduction of the policy doesn’t lead to self-satisfaction, as there is a risk that people’s productivity will slip back,”said Tammy Barker, a branch manager who was part of the trial. “Therefore，we’ve spent a lot of time making sure every person in every team has their own plan as to how they’re going to maintain and even improve productivity.”According to Jarrod Haar，a professor of human resource management at the Auckland University of Technology, significantly lower job stress was reported with four-day working weeks. “Beyond wellbeing, employees reported their teams were stronger and functioned better together, more satisfied with their jobs, more engaged, and that they felt their work had greater meaning,” he said. “It is really a great way to make employees be more committed to the organization and less likely to look elsewhere for a job.”12.What changes took place in Perpetual Guardian during the experiment?①the length of daily working hours②the amount of pay per day③the efficiency of the employees④the work done per monthA.②③B.①②C.①④D.③④13.What does the government’s research on the four-day working week probably reveal?A.Some workers may become lazy.B.The policy doesn’t suit all industries.C.The four-day working week won’t work.D.Many employers don’t approve of the trial.14.How did Tammy Barker deal with the concern about the policy?A.By making plans for each of the employees.B.By dividing all the employees into different teams.C.By helping every employee get satisfaction from the work.D.By encouraging every employee to be responsible for their part.15.What’s Jarrod Haar’s attitude towards the four-day working week?A. Ambiguous.B. Concerned.C. Approving.D. Negative. .第二节（共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。