2020届衡阳市第五中学高三英语二模试题及参考答案

2020届衡阳市第五中学高三英语二模试题及参考答案
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
In his 402nd anniversary year, Shakespeare is still rightly celebrated as a great language master and writer. But he was not the only great master of play writing to die in 1616, and he is certainly not the only writer to have left a lasting influence on theater.
While less known worldwide, Tang Xianzu is considered one of Chinas greatest playwrights and is highly spoken of in that country of ancient literary and dramatic traditions.
Tang was born in 1550 inLinchuan,Jiangxiprovince. Unlike Shakespeare's large body of plays,poems and sonnets (十四行诗), Tang wrote only four major plays: The Purple Hairpin, Peony Pavilion (《牡丹亭》), A Dream under the Southern bough, and Dream of Handan. The latter three were constructed around a dream narrative, a way through which Tang unlocked the emotional dimension of human desires and ambitions and explored human nature beyond the social and political limits of that time.
Similar to Shakespeare, Tang's success rode the wave of a renaissance (复兴) in theater as an artistic practice. As in Shakespeare'sEngland, Tang's works became hugely popular inChinatoo. During Tang'sChina, his plays were enjoyed performed, and changed. Kunqu Opera, a form of musical drama, spread from southernChinato the whole nation and became a symbol of Chinese culture. Combining northern tune and southern music, kunqu Opera was known for its poetic language, music, dance movements and gestures. Tang's works benefited greatly from the popularity of kunqu Opera, and his plays are considered classics of kunqu Opera.
While Tang and Shakespeare lived in a world away from each other, there are many things they share in common, such e humanity of their drama, their heroic figures, their love for poetic language, a lasting popularity and the anniversary during which we still celebrate them.
1. Why is Shakespeare mentioned in the first paragraph?
A. To describe Shakespeare's anniversary.
B. To introduce the existence of Tang Xianzu.
C. To explain the importance of Shakespeare.
D. To suggest the less popularity of Tang Xianzu.
2. What's possibly one of the main theme of Tang's works?
A. Social reality.
B. Female dreams.
C. Human emotions.
D. Political environment.
3. What does the author mainly tell us in Paragraph 4?
A. The influence of Kunqu Opera on Tang's works.
B. Tang's success in copying Shakespeare's styles.
C. The way Kunqu Opera became a symbol of Chinese culture.
D. Tang's popularity for his poetic language and music.
B
Have you ever been on social media and seen your favorite celebrity talking about a product? These promotions might not be totally random, and are actually seen as a vital part of the marketing process. The question is: How do social media influencers ‘influence’ what you buy?
Human desire for status and making friends, combined with our need to belong to a group, makes us receptive to being ‘socially influenced’. Companies often use that desire to have a similar lifestyle to a celebrity we admire to sell or launch a product. So, what do these promotions actually do?
Firstly, they can be used to build brand awareness. A social media influencer should have a strong understanding of the platform they operate on, and therefore can create appealing content that not only sticks to the brand image, but sparks their followers’ interests in a product they might never have seen before.
Secondly, influencers can improve a company or product’s relationship with their customer base. According to InMoment’s 2018 US Retail CX Trends Report on customer loyalty, 77% of buyers have been brand loyal for more than ten years. This is also true of 60% of millennials. A popular celebrity can target key customers and talk or blog about a product, which can create an instant and lasting bond with them.
Lastly, influencers can improve customer buying habits with seemingly ‘unbiased opinions’. We are more likely to respond to ‘peer recommendation’ than traditional ads, meaning the fact we see an influencer as a ‘friend’ can make us less likely to be doubtful about what we are seeing.
So, the next time you see a celebrity talking about a product, you might want to consider that this could be a carefully worked-out marketing strategy designed to target your core needs. If you find yourself examining a product you’ve seen on social media, you may well have been influenced.
4. Why do companies invite celebrities to launch products?
A. Because celebrities can improve the companies’ public images.
B. Because consumers like to share similarity with celebrities.
C. Because celebrities want to make more money.
D. Because consumers can make friends with celebrities.
5. According to the passage, which strategy is often used by influencers?
A. Setting up operation platforms.
B. Sending gifts to customers.
C. Improving relationship with the company.
D. Taking advantage of their popularity.
6. To customers, the recommendations of influencers seem to be ________.
A. offensive
B. subjective
C. objective
D. misleading
7. The passage is mainly about ________.
A. how social media make ads
B. how social media influence our lifestyle
C. how social influencers affect our buying
D. how celebrities earn fame
C
When a United Kingdomsupermarket chain promised to move its farms to Net Zero by 2030, it made it clear that the effort would require working on many different fronts. From energy consumption and land - use change to methane emissions (甲烷排放), cattle farming comes with environmental challenges. So even if recent studies suggesting it's possible to cut methane emissions 80% do turn out to be accurate, there's still a very long way to go for most cattle farming to get anywhere close to truly net zero.
Organic Valley, when producing milk, might be closer to that goal. It made headlines in 2019 by going 100% renewable (可再生的). Now the company is expanding on that tradition by starting a major loan initiative (贷款计划) to help its farm suppliers adopt renewable energy too.
Created with Clean Energy Credit Union, the $ 1 million loan fund will deliver loans at below - marketrates. Specifically, the money will be made available to Organic Valley's 1, 700 farmer members, and can be used for a variety of projects.
“We are focused on a whole systems approach to renewable energy, and I'm excited to launch this energy loan fund. From the farm to the shelf, I see renewable energy playing a bigger role in organic food,” said Bob Kirchoff, Organic Valley CEO.
“Organic Valley is already helping to protect the environment through organic farming practices, and now they re going one step further by supporting the introduction of renewable energy projects for their farmer members,” said Blake Jones, volunteer board chair of Clean Energy Credit Union. “In addition to the environmental benefits, we re eager to help family farmers throughout the world to lower their energy costs.”
The world is not short of examples of farmers innovating in the field of renewable energy. What's
encouraging about Organic Valley's announcement is the idea of a national brand putting its marketing and financing weight behind such efforts and, hopefully, creating consumer demand that pushes the rest of the industry in this direction too.
8. What does paragraph 1 indicate about going net zero for cattle farming?
A It is not easy to achieve B. It is common in the UK
C. It is an impractical goal
D. It meets no challenges
9. What is Organic Valley's tradition according to the text?
A. Helping farm suppliers
B. Using renewable energy
C. Having a loan initiative
D. Making headlines annually
10. What is Organic Valley's initiative mainly intended to do?
A. Reform organic farming practices
B. Make use of environmental benefits
C. Help farmers decrease energy costs
D. Shrink the group of farmer members
11. What is the author's attitude towards Organic Valley's initiative?
A. Worried
B. Doubtful
C. Ambiguous
D. Positive
D
Ten years ago, I set out to examine luck. I wanted to know why some people were always in the right place at the right time, while others consistently experienced ill fortune. I placed advertisements in national newspapers asking for people who felt consistently lucky or unlucky. Hundreds of extraordinary men and women volunteered for my research. Over the years I have interviewed them, monitored their lives and had them take part in various experiments.
In one of the experiments, I gave both lucky and unlucky people a newspaper, asking them to look through it and tell me how many photographs were inside. I had secretly placed a large message halfway through the newspaper, saying, “Tell the experimenter you have seen this and you will win $50.” This message took up half of the page and was written in type that was more than two inches high. It was staring everyone in the face, but the unlucky people tended to miss it and the lucky people tended to spot it.
Unlucky people are generally more nervous than lucky people, and this anxiety affects their ability to notice the unexpected. As a result, they miss opportunities because they are too focused on looking for something else. They go to gatherings concentrating on finding their perfect partners and miss opportunities to make good friends. They look through newspapers determined to find certain types of job advertisements and miss other types of jobs.
Lucky people are more relaxed and open, and therefore see what is there rather than just what they are looking for. My research eventually showed that lucky people are skilled at noticing opportunities, make lucky decisions by listening to their intuition (直觉), are open to new experiences, and adopt a never-say-die attitude that transforms bad luck into good luck.
12. What’s the purpose of the author’s research?
A. To discover what luck means to people.
B. To find lucky people and unlucky people.
C. To distinguish between good luck and bad luck.
D. To figure out why people are always lucky or unlucky.
13. Why did the unlucky people miss the message in the experiment?
A. There was too much information to be read in detail.
B. They were too focused on looking for photographs.
C. It took too much time to go through newspapers.
D. The words were too small to be noticed.
14. What leads to lucky people’s good fortune?
A. Their ability to spot opportunities.
B. Their ability to become relaxed.
C. Their ability to communicate.
D. Their ability to make friends.
15. What’s the key message of the last paragraph?
A. What lucky people are looking for.
B. How lucky people generate good luck.
C. What lucky people can do with opportunities.
D How lucky people transform bad luck into good luck.
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The aging process affects the human body in many ways. One thing that happens to all of usas we age is muscle loss. Some experts say it can start as early as age 30. In fact, muscle loss may be a natural part of aging.___16___. It is better to start strength training when you are younger and in good health.
But what exactly is “strength training”? Simply put, strength training is an activity that makes one's muscles stronger. Here are reasons to start your strength training today.
Develop strong bones
___17___which can increase the thickness or density of bones and reduce your risk of developing osteoporosis (骨质疏松症) —a disease that weakens bones, making them easy to break.
___18___
Strength training can help you to take control of your weight and even lose weight. Muscle weighs more than fat. But muscle increases your metabolism (新陈代谢), and ahigher metabolism helps you burn more calories.
Improve your quality of life
Strength training can improve your ability to do everyday activities. For example, having stronger muscles makes it easier to lift and move things. Strong muscles can improve your balance.___19___. As we age, this can greatly add to your quality of life.
Improve your thinking skills
Mayo Clinic says some research shows that regular strength training, when combined with other kinds of exercise, has good results.___20___.
A. Then, let it alone
B. Manage your weight
C. Enhance the value of weight loss
D. But you can do some things to slow it down
E. Strength training puts pressure on your bones
F. It may help older adults understand and learn better
G. So, your risk of falling or getting injured may be lessened
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Many little kids dream of changing the world, but how does someone so____21____make a difference to a place so big? This 5-year-old boy from the UK may have found a____22____.
Toby is reaching out to every country through letters. He’s___23___to contact at least one person from each country --and get a____24____. Toby’s mission began with a___25___assignment from school. His mother, Sabine, said.
He was asked to read a book called A Letter to New Zealand, which____26____the journey a letter takes.____27____reading it, he asked, “Mummy, can I write a letter to New Zealand?” And while I was still trying to____28____how to answer that, he said, “Can I write a letter to the____29____world?”
At first she thought his_____30_____for the project would_____31_____, but 239 letters later, Toby is still
going strong._____32_____he’s written to 187 countries and received many replies. But Toby’s project won’t_____33_____there. The 5-year-old also wants to find a way to help the people he’s_____34_____with.
“When we started writing letters, we_____35_____with easily accessible First World countries,” his mother added. “Suddenly, we got a(n)_____36_____in Somalia. When we researched the country, Toby was_____37_____and asked what he could do to help. Together, we_____38_____a charity whose work was accessible to children.”
Toby chose the ShelterBox, a charity that provides for families and children who have_____39_____everything due to disasters. Just today, Toby met his_____40_____of raising $ 950. “I want the world to be a better place,”Toby said.
21. A. small B. noisy C. lovely D. clever
22. A. partner B. skill C. friend D. way
23. A. careful B. determined C. satisfied D. proud
24. A. response B. story C. permit D. result
25. A. speaking B. writing C. listening D. reading
26. A. begins B. describes C. explains D. completes
27. A. Until B. Before C. After D. Despite
28. A. show B. understand C. prepare for D. figure out
29. A. free B. new C. whole D. other
30. A. support B. concern C. enthusiasm D. sympathy
31. A. return B. spread C. fade D. develop
32. A. After all B. However C. So far D. Therefore
33. A. pass B. end C. apply D. expand
34. A. connected B. stayed C. played D. competed
35. A. kicked off B. negotiated C. worked D. caught up
36. A. idea B. address C. question D. deal
37. A. scared B. excited C. happy D. sad
38. A. looked for B. set up C. headed for D. dropped into
39. A. requested B. lost C. recorded D. provided
40. A. standard B. match C. challenge D. goal
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
China lands its Zhurong rover on Mars
May 15, 2021 China has successfully landed a spacecraft on Mars. The six-wheeled Zhurong robot was targeting Utopia Planitia in the planet’s northern hemisphere.
The vehicle used a___41.___(combine) of a protective capsule, a parachute and a rocket platform to make the landing. The successful touchdown is a remarkable achievement, given ___42.___difficult nature of the task. With this landing, China becomes the second country___43.___ (put) a rover on Mars. The probe (探测器) officially landed___44.___07:18 on Saturday, Beijing time. It took 17 minutes to unfold___45.___(it) solar panels and send a signal back to Earth.
Zhurong was carried to Mars on the Tianwen-1 orbiter in February. Since then the time____46.____(spend) surveying Utopia, taking highly clear images to pick the safest place to put down.
Chinese engineers have to follow events with a time lag. The current distance to Mars____47.____(be) 320 million km, which means radio messages take almost 18 minutes to reach Earth.
Every stage of the Zhurong’s approach to the surface therefore has to be managed____48.____(autonomous). It is a big challenge,___49.___China has shown great competence. Now that Zhurong has got down successfully, scientists will try to get at least 90 Martian days of service out of it,_____50._____(study) the local geology.
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：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下而写出修改后的词。

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。

Jenny is one of my best friend who I grew up with from the age of 2. However, she moved toItaly9 years ago because a change in her parents' work. Last year she came back to our hometown in his summer vacation. Missed her so much, I immediately went to the airport to picking her up. On meeting, we tight hugged each other. We started to talk about the past joy moments we shared together. She brings a memorial little sculpture of our favorite cartoon character in our childhood but the newly updated series of the novels to me as gifts. How a kind
and considerate she was!
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Lying in bed with my husband, Gary, we were reminiscing (怀旧). Having been together for 31 years, we were now proud parents to 5 children. Our four eldest kids had flown away to their own life, and Samuel, in his final year of school, was preparing to follow in their footsteps.
With six bedrooms, Gary and I wondered what we would do once we became empty-nest-ers. “Maybe we should sell the house,” Gary suggested. But over the next six months, we never got around to it. Plus, we were busy as foster carers (寄养照管), which we'd done for the past five years. Though I loved every child who stayed with us, we had no plans to have any youngsters for ever. After all, we'd raised five kids already. Then, looking through the Internet, I saw an article. Seven siblings (兄弟姐妹) in need of forever home, it read, beside a photo of the kids in their best clothes.
My heart went out to their hopeful smiles. Reading, I discovered the children—Adelino, then 13, Ruby, 11, Aleecia and Anthony, both six, Aubriella, four, Leo, three, and Xander, two—had been in a terrible car accident six months earlier. Their parents had died and the youngsters had been badly injured. It was a miracle (奇迹) they'd survived.
We had to help them, I thought. I sent an e-mail to my husband if we could adopt (收养) them, expecting him to tell me I was crazy. With Gary working for the post office and me a lawyer, I knew we had the ability to make it work. And as the hours passed, I couldn't push the kids out of my mind. Who else would have the room to keep them all together? I wondered. It would be devastating (毁灭性的) if they had to be seperated.
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Before Gary arrived home from work, I'd prepared a speech to present my request.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____
I tried to help them feel safe with us.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________
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参考答案
1. B
2. C
3. A
4. B
5. D
6. C
7. C
8. A 9. B 10. C 11. D
12. D 13. B 14. A 15. B
16. D 17. E 18. B 19. G 20. F
21. A 22. D 23. B 24. A 25. D 26. B 27. C 28. D 29. C 30. C 31. C 32.
C 33. B 34. A 35. A 36. B 37.
D 38. A 39. B 40. D
41. combination
42. the 43. to put
44. at 45. its
46. has been spent
47. is 48. autonomously
49. but 50. studying
51.(1).friend→ friends
(2).because 后加of
(3).his→ her
(4).Missed→ Missing
(5).picking→ pick
(6).tight→ tightly
(7).joy→ joyful
(8).brings→ brought
(9).but→ and
(10).去掉a
52.略。