2020-2021学年重庆市南开中学校高三英语二模试题及答案解析

2020-2021学年重庆市南开中学校高三英语二模试题及答案解析
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
The last thing Caitlin Hipp would have expected as she prepared to turn 28 years old was to be living at homewith her parents. But through working as a part-time skating instructor and restaurant server, she isn't able to earn enough to live anywhere other than home.
To some degree, multigenerational households have always been a part of American life. However, the number of young adults who have been moving back in with their parents — or never leaving home in the first place — has been growing steadily.
UBS Financial Services released a report that even suggests one reason for the growing number of young adultsstill living at home could be that their family doesn't want them to leave.
The report shows that 74 percent of millennials (千禧一代)get some kind of financial support from their parents after college. It finds that millennials have redefined the ties that connect parents and children. Millennials see their parents as peers,friends and instructors. Nearly three quarters talked with their parents more than once a week during college. In return, their parents happily provide financial support well into adulthood, helping fund everything for them.
Stuart Hoffman, chief economist for the PNC Financial Services Group in theUS, said the number of young adults striking out on their own fell during the Great Recession. Although job growth for millennials since 2014 has improved, that doesn't necessarily mean that millennials are starting to fly the nest. He said, “They may like living at home and being able to save money.
“ There's no doubt it has held back household formation and purchases of things people spend money on related to household formation and perhaps related to child-raising," Hoffman explained. "But they are probably traveling more and eating out more if they don't have a house expense or marriage. I don't know if it represents a change in moral values. But it's much more common for adult children to live in their parents’ homes because it's becoming part of the culture.
1. What can we learn from the UBS Financial Services' report?
A. Millennials are on good terms with their parents.
B. Millennials are financially independent after college.
C. Parents are unwilling to give their young adults allowance.
D. Parents want their kids to stay with them forever.
2. What does Hoffman think of young adults' living at home?
A. It increases the consumption of household products.
B. It may continue despite job growth.
C. It is a sign of shift in moral values.
D. It is new in American culture.
3. What is the author's purpose of writing this passage?
A. To introduce millennials' living habits.
B. To stress the importance of financial independence.
C. To explain why American young adults still live at home.
D. To inform people of a social trend in theUS.
B
Many cars in advertisements and on exhibition in the United States are red, blue or green, but almost 75 percent of new cars sold in the United States are black, white, silver orgray.
Les Jackson is a reporter who writes about cars. He says the color1 s of cars Americans choose do not show dirt. He says that means the owners wash their cars less in order to save money. And he notes some areas that are suffering from water shortages do not permit people to wash their cars often.
Dan Benton works for a company called Axalta, which makes supplies for international car makers. He says white cars are often sold more expensive than cars of other color1 s. And he notes that white cars “absorb(吸收)less energy” than cars of other color1 s. This means temperatures inside them are lower in warmer areas. Benton also says research at Monash University in Australia suggests that there is a lower risk of crashes during the day for white cars compared with darker ones.
Car buyers in other countries also like white. Jane Harrington works for PPG Industries, a company that makes paint for cars. She said in China, buyers say white makes a small car look bigger.
About 11 percent of cars sold in North America are red and 8 percent are blue. Green has become less popular. Benton notes that in the mid-1990s green was the most popular color1 in North America. Today, green is hard to find.
Sometime in the future, people may not have to choose the color1 of their cars —— technology may let owners change their cars’ paint color1 anytime.
4. What can we learn from Paragraph 2?
A. Most Americans don’t like red cars.
B. People in America are not allowed to wash their cars.
C. Many people prefer to choose white cars in America.
D. Americans may consider the cost of cleaning when choosing cars.
5. Why do many people choose white cars?
A. They are much cheaper than cars of other color1 s..
B. They are much safer while crashing.
C. They are bigger than cars of other color1 s.
D. They are more comfortable inside in warmer areas.
6. What do we know from the text?
A. Les Jackson is a member of Axalta.
B. Most Americans rarely wash their cars.
C. PPG Industries mainly produces cars in China.
D. Green cars were once popular in North America.
7. What does the text mainly tell us?
A. Choices of car color1 s
B. How to buy a good car.
C. Differences of car color1 s.
D. Popular car color1 s in history.
C
Pigeons inLondonhave a bad reputation. Some people call them flying rats. And many blame them for causing pollution with their droppings. But now the birds are being used to fight another kind of pollution in this city of 8.5 million.
“The problem for air pollution is that it’s been largely ignored as an issue for a long time,” says Andrea Lee, who works for the London-based environmental organization Client Earth. “People don’t realize how bad it is, and how it actually affects their health.”London’s poor air quality is linked to nearly 10,000 early deaths a year. Lee says, citing(引用)a report released by the city manager last year. If people were better informed about the pollution they’ re breathing, she says, they could pressure the government to do something about it.
Nearby, on a windy hill inLondon’s Regent’s Park, an experiment is underway that could help—the first week of flights by the Pigeon Air Patrol. It all began when Pierre Duquesnoy, the director for DigitasLBi, a marketing firm, won a London Design Festival contest last year to show how a world problem could be solved using Twitter.
Duquesnoy, fromFrance, chose the problem of air pollution.
“Basically, I realized how important the problem was,” he says. “But also I realized that most of the people around me didn’t know anything about it.” Duquesnoy says he wants to better measure pollution, while at the same time making the results accessible to the public through Twitter.
“So”, he wondered, “how could we go across the city quickly collecting as much data as possible?” Drones were his first thought. But it’s illegal to fly them overLondon. “But pigeons can fly aboveLondon, right?” he says. “They live—actually, they are Londoners as well. So, yeah, I thought about using pigeons equipped with mobile apps. And we can use not just street pigeons, but racing pigeons, because they fly pretty quickly and pretty low.”
So it might be time for Londoners to have more respect for their pigeons. The birds may just be helping to improve the quality of the city’s air.
8. What can we infer aboutLondon’s air quality from Paragraph 2?
A. Londoners are very satisfied with it.
B. The government is trying to improve it.
C Londoners should pay more attention to it.
D. The government has done a lot to improve it.
9. Duquesnoy attended the London Design Festival to _________.
A. entertain Londoners.
B. solve a world problem.
C. design a product for sale.
D. protect animals like pigeons.
10. Why did Duquesnoy give up using drones to fly acrossLondon?
A. Because they are too expensive.
B. Because they fly too quickly.
C. Because they are forbidden.
D. Because they fly too high.
11. Which can be the best title for the text?
A. Clean air inLondon.
B. London’s dirty secret.
C. London’s new pollution fighter.
D. Causes of air pollution inLondon.
D
Few people are aware that Waterloo Bridge, crossed by thousands of daily commuters (每天长途上下班的人) and celebrated as a London landmark, was mainly built by a female workforce.
There are no written or photographic records ofthe women who built the bridge since the construction company that built it closed in the 1980s and with it went all the records. What’s left is anecdotal evidence, kept alive by the tourist boat skippers who have called it theLadiesBridge.
During the Second World War, with the majority of the active male labor-force away at the front, women increasingly took on traditionally male roles. By 1944, 25,000 women were working in the construction industry, carrying out back-breaking tasks. These women were permitted to carry out this exhausting and dangerous work on the basis that it would only be temporary and that their pay would be lower than that of men. So the surge (激增) in women working in construction and engineering did not continue after the war.
September sees a series of events celebrating the unknown work of the large female workforce. Musician Claudia Molitor has created a 45-minute musical entitled “theSingingBridge”, which runs at Somerset House from Sept9th. to Sept25th. In late September, the “Light up the Ladies Bridge” event saw the National Theatre’s fly tower lit up by large scale photographic projections (投影片) of female construction workers working in construction during World War II.
Let’s all celebrate the women who have helped to build the cities in which we live.
12. Why do few people know about the builders ofWaterlooBridge?
A. The records of their work have been lost.
B. Female workers received little attention.
C. The construction took place long ago.
D. Few people know about the bridge.
13. What can we learn from the fourth paragraph?
A. There are less female workers inLondon.
B.WaterlooBridgeis popular among artists.
C. The story ofWaterlooBridgeis better known.
D. Many works of art were created during World War II.
14. Why didLondonwomen do the construction work?
A. It was a tradition inLondon.
B. They wanted to get a steady job.
C. Mostmen had gone to the battlefield.
D. The company offered them better pay.
15. Which can be the best title for the text?
A. Female Workers on the Rise
B. A Hidden Treasure inLondon
C. ANew LondonLandmark
D. The Story behind theLadiesBridge
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How to become happier is what most of us are after. The things that we think will make us happier—bigger paychecks, nicer homes, slimmer bodies—____16____But practices such as exercising more, socializing, getting enough sleep, and being kind to others do.
____17____.
Exercise causes hormonal (荷尔蒙的)changes in the body that make us feel good and help interrupt negative thoughts. Anyone who has ever experienced a runner's high will surely agree.
Increase social connections
Reconnecting with a friend can boost happiness, but so can a meaningful encounter with a stranger.___18___. In fact, many studies have found that the more we use social media, the less happy we are.
Get enough shut-eye
___19___.
Perform acts of kindness
Volunteering to help someone or helping others pay for their bus tickets can make us happy. Giving others a hand takes the focus away from our own worries and problems, which can boost happiness.
These constant practices arc really what's required to boost our happiness. It's like a tire that we put air into. Occasionally it leaks, and we have to put more air into it. It's not one-time thing where we learn it and we're good.___20___. Anyone who adopts and practices the strategies can truly become happier.
A. Burn some calories
B. Prioritize free time
C. don't really matter in our lives
D. But Facebook friends don't count
E. don’t actually add joy to our lives
F. We actually have to put the work in
G.We can set an alarm to signal ourselves toget ready for bed
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
Last summer, I went home to visit my parents inBrunsville,Minnesota. Sometimes, a 14-year-old boy, Matthew,
would come to help. Early one morning, as I was___21___, I heard him outside cutting the grass. I paid no___22___and went back to sleep.
I dreamt I was in the___23___bathroom, standing in front of the sink（水槽）and looking at my face in the___24___. Butthere was something___25___about my face. I looked down at the sink, and the___26___was running in a circle down the drain（排水沟）.I held my hands under the water and___27___washing my hands with soap.___28___, I looked at the face that wasn't my face.
I___29___washing my hands, but my left thumb___30___. Then I looked down at the sink again, and there was blood running into the water,___31___round and round in that counter-clockwise（逆时针的）circle. Blood was rushing from my___32___, pouring out from the fatty part___33___below the knuckle（关节）,then running down my arm and dropping off my elbow into the sink.
Just then I heard a voice___34___to me. "Jim! Jim!" I woke up and realized that it was my mother calling me from the top of the___35___. She told me to come quickly. I rushed up to her. Matthew had hurt himself cutting the grass, she said, and she___36___me to go to the upstairs bathroom to help him.
I walked into the bathroom and was___37___to see Matthew standing in front of the mirror and holding his left hand over the sink. Blood was___38___out from a cut between his thumb and first finger. The blood was running down his___39___and into the water, going round and round as it___40___down the drain.
21. A. writing B. sleeping C. exercising D. reading
22. A. tension B. expectation C. attention D. disappointment
23. A. left B. right C. downstairs D. upstairs
24. A. mirror B. water C. sink D. drain
25. A. familiar B. strange C. funny D. exciting
26. A. water B. blood C. hand D. foot
27. A. continued B. started C. stopped D. dragged
28. A. As a result B. As usual C. In addition D. Once again
29. A. went on B. adapted to C. dealt with D. benefited by
30. A. hurt B. sweated C. broke D. clapped
31. A. jumping B. going C. rolling D. flying
32. A. leg B. thumb C. face D. hand
33. A. just B. thus C. only D. directly
34. A. shouting at B. calling out C. calling up D. calling at
35. A. stairs B. building C. drain D. sink
36. A. permitted B. wanted C. promised D. demanded
37. A. astonished B. pleased C. worried D. frightened
38. A. dropping B. throwing C. pouring D. going
39. A. arm B. leg C. hand D. foot
40. A. let B. flowed C. fell D. set
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
My favourite male___41.___(sing) was Chris Cornell. I first heard him sing on___42.___US television music channel called VH1. The song they were playing___43.___(call) “Black Hole Sun”. The music video was terrifying. I didn’t, and still sort of don’t know what it meant, but the music touched the___44.___(deep) part of my soul.
Cornell’s voice___45.___(strike) me as someone who was inspired and influenced by all kinds of music. Perhaps that is more heard in_____46._____(he) later solo recordings and also with the band Audioslave. One thing___47.___changed my life with this album was that it opened my eyes to loving more than just one genre of music. Besides,___48.___(be) a fan of Soundgarden gradually led me to fall in love with rock music.
Had I not seen Soundgarden on VH1 when I was 12 years old I would never___49.___(know) about my love and respect for rock music. I was singing La Boheme in Dresden, Germany when Chris Cornell passed away in 2017. He will never know the tremendous effect he had_____50._____my life. I wish that I could have met him. Rest in Peace Mr. Cornell.
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。

I got up lately this morning. It was already 7 : 20 when my mother woke me up. I pulled on my coat and hurried out. Besides,I still missed the school bus. Afraid of was punished by my teacher, I had to ran as fast as possible. Unfortunately, it wasn't long since I became breathless. A sense of helplessness flooded me. Just then, a
car stops in front of me. The driver, a lady in her forty, offered to give us a lift. She said she was a teacher in our school. Thanks to that kind of teacher, I was just in time for first class.
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。

Last year I graduated from college and landed a job in the local company. I was lucky because the economy was declining and a lot of companies went out of business. There were many unemployed graduates. That was a difficult time for everyone. I cherished my precious job and worked so hard. One day, I walked on the street after finishing my work. I saw many beautiful decorations, such as color1 ful lights, the familiar song and so on. I suddenly realized Christmas was coming. I had promised my nephew that when I found a job, I would send him a Christmas gift. Fortunately I still had a little time to buy one for him. And on that very day I witnessed how people cared for each other,
I was doing some last-minute Christmas shopping in a toy store. A nicely dressed little girl was looking through the teddy bears beside her father when she saw a little boy walk in and stop in front of the Pokemon toys. His jacket was obviously too small. He had money in his hand. However, it looked no more than five dollars at most. He was with his father as well, and kept picking up the Pokemon video games. Each time he showed one to his father, his father shook his head, “No”.
Rather disappointed, the boy gave up the video games and chose a book of stickers instead. After they walked away, the little girl ran over to the Pokemon video games. She excitedly picked up one lying on top of the others, and raced down toward the checkout. I picked up my purchases and followed the girl and her father.
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。

Then, much to the little girl's delight, the little boy and his father got in line behind her and me.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ The boy could only stare in disbelief.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________
参考答案
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2. B
3. D
4. D
5. D
6. D
7. A
8. C 9. B 10. C 11. C
12. A 13. C 14. C 15. D
16. E 17. A 18. D 19. G 20. F
21. B 22. C 23. D 24. A 25. B 26. A 27. B 28. D 29. A 30. A 31. B 32.
B 33. A 34. B 35. A 36. B 37. A 38.
C 39. A 40. B
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42. a 43. was called
44. deepest
45. struck 46. his
47. which/ that
48. being 49. have known
50. on
51.(1).lately → late
(2). Besides → However
(3).was → being
(4).ran → run
(5). since → before
(6). stops → stopped
(7).forty → forties
(8).us → me
(9).of去掉
(10).for后加the
52.略。