2020年重庆市育才中学高三英语三模试题及参考答案

2020年重庆市育才中学高三英语三模试题及参考答案
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 September, something terrible happened on the west coast ofTasmania,Australia. As many as 380 pilot whales became stranded(搁浅) in shallow water there and later died. This might have beenAustralia’s largest stranding event on record, the BBC reported.
But this large amount of whale stranding is not uncommon. For centuries, it has happened all over the world and has puzzled scientists. Scientists say the cause is often unknown. But they have offered many different explanations.
Some say the whales chase small fish for food and end up in shallow water because they are not paying attention to where they are going.
Others think the stranding has something to do with Earth’s geomagnetic field (地磁场). They say that a geomagnetic compass in whales’ brains controls their position. Unusual changes in Earth’s magnetic field can affect the whales’ compasses and send them in the wrong direction.
Another explanation suggests that stranding is caused by the close relationships that whales have. Pilot whales travel in large groups. One lead whale might mistakenly lead the whole group to shallow water. “And if one gets into trouble, the others will not leave,” said Sheryl Gibney, a leading biologist fromNew Zealand. “Some will come in and try to help, they get trapped on the beach, then more will come.”
The whales are trapped by mistake or out of sympathy(同情). Once they get stranded, they will likely die. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of theUS, less than 10 percent of all stranded whales survive.
1. What do we know about the stranding inAustralia?
A. It happened on theeast coast ofAustralia.
B. It caused the death of over 300 pilot whales.
C. It is commonly seen in September each year.
D. It was the largest stranding event in the world.
2. According to Gibney, the pilot whales are the animals that________.
A. are kind to each other
B. are easy to lose direction
C. are too huge to float in the sea
D.are silly to follow the leading whale
3. What is the story mainly about?
A. How human activity has affected whales.
B. What might cause whale strandings.
C. How whales find their direction while traveling.
D. What scientists are doing to save stranded whales.
B
It was very cold and I had been watching a homeless man make himself comfortable in a “shelter” on the river bank. His “shelter” was a tarpaulin (油布)tied to rocks to keep the wind from blowing it away. He had been living there for over a month. I never saw him with warm clothing or food. I knew what I wanted to do.
When I told my parents what I wanted to do they werealarmed. They said I could be putting myself at risk, taking a box to a homeless person at night! But I knew, in my deep heart, that I would be safe.
I got a box. My parents watched as I added warm gloves, a heavy blanket ... into the box until it was full! Then, I put a Christmas card on top. It said, “Even though we hardly know each other, I want to wish you a Merry Christmas!” I put ten one-dollar bills inside it as well.
My father insisted he went there with me as it was 10 pm on Christmas Eve. I said he could drive me but he had to stay in the car. He agreed.
I took the box and walked towards his “house”. I called, “Sir, I have a Christmas box for you!”
“Go away!” he shouted.
“Sir,” I repeated.
“Go away!” he shouted.
“Why?” I asked him.
He walked over and I expected to see an angry face. Instead I saw two of the most beautiful, gentle, blue eyes I have ever seen.
“Merry Christmas!” I said.
“Why are you doing this?” he asked.
“Because you matter to me,” I said. With that I gave him the box.
Tears came to his eyes and he thanked me. I got back to the car and watched him carry the box like it was
filled with gold. I didn’t want to embarrass (使困窘) him by watching him any more so Dad and I left.
4. The underlined word “alarmed” can best be replaced by _____.
A. pleased
B. worried
C. disappointed
D. surprised
5. Why did the author ask his father to stay in the car?
A. Because he wanted to prove he was brave.
B. Because he believed the homeless man was bad.
C. Because he wanted to protect his father from being hurt.
D. Because he didn’t want the homeless man to feel bad.
6. When the homeless man saw the author first, he was _____.
A. quite angry
B. very excited
C. quite puzzled
D. very curious
7. The author’s purpose in writing the text is to tell readers that _____.
A. it is easier said than done
B. poverty is the mother of health
C. where there is a will, there is a way
D. a willing helper doesnot wait until he is asked
C
In order to help discover spoilage and reduce food waste for supermarkets and consumers, researchers have developed new low-cost, smart phone-linked, eco-friendly spoilage sensors for meat and fish packaging.
One in threeUKconsumers throw away food just because it reaches the use-by date, but 60% of the £12.5 billion-worth of food we throw away each year is safe to eat.
The researchers, whose findings were published in ACS Sensors, say the sensors could also eventually replace the use-by date—a widely used indicator of being fresh and eatable.
The sensors cost two US cents each to make. Known as “paper-based electrical gas sensors (PEGS)”, they detect spoilage gases like ammonia (a poisonous gas with a strong unpleasant smell) in meat and fish products. The information provided by the electronic nose is received by a smart phone, and then you can know whether the food is fresh and safe to eat.
The Imperial College London researchers who developed PEGS made the sensors by printing carbon electrodes onto a special type of paper. The materials are eco-friendly and harmless, so they don’t damage the
environment and are safe to use in food packaging. The sensors, combined with a tiny electronic system, then inform nearby mobile devices, which identify and understand the data about spoilage gases.
Lead author Dr Firat Guder of Imperial’s Department of Bioengineering, said, “Although they’re designed to keep us safe, use-by dates can lead to eatable food being thrown away. They don’t always reflect its actual freshness. In fact, people often get sick from food-borne diseases due to poor storage, even when an item is within its use-by date.”
“These sensors are cheap enough so we hope to see supermarkets using them within three years. Our goal is to use PEGS in food packaging to reduce unnecessary food waste.”
The authors hope that PEGS could have applications beyond food processing, like sensing chemicals in agriculture, air quality, and detecting disease markers in breath like those involved in kidney disease.
8. What is the function of PEGS according to the text?
A. To improve the taste of foods.
B. To improve the service of stores.
C. To help supermarkets store foods.
D. To help people test food freshness.
9. What role does the smartphone play while PEGS are functioning?
A. It acts as an electronic nose.
B. It reads the data collected by PEGS.
C. It helps print the gas sensors onto paper.
D. It discovers the spoilage gases from foods.
10. What does Dr. Firat Guder say about use-by dates?
A. They are not completely reliable.
B. They can help reduce food waste.
C. They are based on scientific research.
D. They are not accepted by the consumers.
11. What does the author mainly talk about in the text?
A. The process of researching spoilage sensors.
B. A new technology in packaging to reduce food waste.
C. The application of spoilage sensors beyond food processing.
D. The influence of use-by dates on supermarkets and consumers.
D
Richard Campbell is a secondary school student. He is15 years old. He lives in a small town in the north
ofEngland. Every morning, he gets up at eight o’clock, puts on his uniform and walks to school.
One hour later, the lessons start. The students usually study maths, English, history and geography in the morning. They usually study music and drawing and they play sports after lunch. They have a ten-minute break between classes. They also spend a long time in the school library, reading books and doing their homework.
Richard likes his school very much. His favourite subjects are English and geography, but he doesn’t like maths because he is not good at it.
Richard and all his friends spend the whole day at school. Lunch is at one o’clock. He doesn’t like the food that the school serves. This is why he often brings a packed lunch from home. He always has his lunch in the dining hall, but some of his friends sometimes eat in the courtyard or outside the school gate.
At weekends, he always goes out with his friends because he doesn’t go to school. On Saturday, he always goes to the cinema or to the sports centre. On Sunday, he just goes for a walk with his dog.
12. What time do Richard’s lessons begin in the morning?
A. At 8:00.
B. At 8:30.
C. At 9:00.
D. At 9:10.
13. What does Richard like best?
A. Maths and English.
B. English and geography.
C. History and maths.
D. Geography and history.
14. Where does Richard have lunch on weekdays?
A. In the dining hall.
B. At home.
C. In the courtyard.
D. Outside his school gate.
15. What does Richard always do on Saturday?
A. He reads and does homework.
B. He goes to see films or does sports.
C. He walks his dog or does exercise.
D. He spends a long time in the library.
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Homework
Do maths problems 15 through 25. State thedifferent forms of the verbs on page 50 of your French workbook. Read pages 12 through 20 of the Shakespeare play, and don’t forget to fill in the missing chemical symbols on the
worksheet.
Sound like a list of your homework for the next few nights — or maybe even just for tonight?___16___It’s your teachers’ way of evaluating how much you understand what’s going on in class. And it helps strengthen important concepts. Here are some tips on how to do your homework.
___17___It’s inviting to start with the easy things to get them out of the way. However, you’ll have the most energy and focus when you begin, so it’s best to use this mental power on the subjects that are most challenging. Later, when you’re more tired, you can focus on the simpler things. If you get stuck on a problem, try to figure it out as well as you can — but don’t spend too much time on it because this can mess up your homework schedule for the rest of the night.___18___But don’t pick someone whom you’ll be up all night chatting with, or you’ll never get it done!
Most people’s attention spans aren’t very long, so take some breaks while doing your homework. Sitting for too long without relaxing will make you less productive than if you stop every so often. Taking a 15-minute break every hour is a good idea for most people.___19___
Once your homework is done, you can check over it if you have extra time. Be sure to put it safely away in your backpack—there’s nothing worse than having a completed assignment that you can’t find the next morning or that gets ruined by a careless brother or sister.___20___Now you’re free to hang out.
A.Luckily, you can do a few things to do less homework.
B.Homework is a major part of going to school.
C.No one is expected to stay long, and people have very different learning styles.
D.If you need to, ask an adult for help or call or email a classmate for advice.
E.But if you’re really concentrating, wait until it's a good time to stop.
F.And no teacher still believes that “chewed by the dog” line—even when it's true!
G.When you start your homework, deal with the hardest tasks first.
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We have, like in many more countries, refugees(难民)in our country. Through the years I have tried to____21____without pay by teaching women our country's language as one of their____22____. They have to learn the language, and also our culture, for example, what to____23____when they have to go to the doctor, or how to express what's___24___in such a place like a farm.
Only by learning the language will they be able to____25____our society. Once a year, just before Christmas
break, all the women from different countries make delicious food which are____26____for us all together.
Many____27____I have noticed that it seems____28____for women to accept any help than men, probably____29____the children that they have to raise.
Problems with the kids_____30_____happen due to being in a_____31_____country with a different culture and another_____32_____. The women often miss their homes very much and feel_____33_____, because they have to get used to this life as_____34_____as possible. I have seen the_____35_____and pain in their eyes. It is so good to give some comfort(安慰)in one way or another, even just to be there for them. And it is really_____36_____when you make friends.
They and many more new, people are trying to_____37_____up their new homes in this new country. Will we be able to get them out of_____38_____, foreveryone? And nowadays, though at times their lives look almost broken, I_____39_____it won't always. Because wherever we_____40_____, we are together, as we are citizens of the world.
21. A. continue B. escape C. help D. explain
22. A. jobs B. tools C. tests D. signs
23. A. devote B. say C. forecast D. suffer
24. A. blowing up B. getting along C. showing up D. going on
25. A. join in B. dig out C. depend on D. go through
26. A. served B. judged C. organized D. rewarded
27. A. kinds B. chances C. moments D. times
28. A. calmer B. harder C. sadder D. nicer
29. A. in case of B. because of C. in front of D. instead of
30. A. mostly B. peacefully C. finally D. personally
31. A. mean B. cruel C. rich D. different
32. A. lifestyle B. accent C. attitude D. disaster
33. A. moved B. worried C. determined D. excited
34. A. carefully B. hurriedly C. quickly D. smoothly
35. A. matter B. happiness C. support D. fear
36. A. surprising B. legal C. great D. generous
37. A. set B. burn C. give D. make
38. A. order B. trouble C. luck D. pleasure
39. A. prove B. doubt C. believe D. dream
40. A. study B. meet C. swim D. go
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
What is clone? The noun “clone” and the verb “to clone” are not used consistently. In biology a clone is a cell or an organism, which is_____41._____(genetic) the same as another cell or organism. Many simple organisms such as bacteria reproduce themselves by_____42._____(copy) their DNA and splitting (分裂) in half. The verb “to clone” refers_____43._____the process of creating cloned cells or organisms. The process differs,_____44._____(depend) on the kinds of cells used in the cloning procedure and the desired result. Usually,_____45._____scientists clone an animal, they take the nucleus (核) of a cell and place it into an egg cell from_____46._____the nucleus has been removed. The egg cell then divides to produce_______47._______embryo that develops an animal if the procedures work as_____48._____(plan). Different from other cloning cases, Dolly was created from a specialized adult cell,_____49._____from a very early embryonic cell in which no specialized_____50._____(tissue) begin to develop.
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。

After supper, Li Hua came and asked me go and see the film with him. In our way to the cinema we saw a little girl sitting by the roadside cry. We bring her a cake to stop her crying. But when we asked where she had lived, she said she didn’t know. So we took her to the police station and asked the police to take care of her. After this, we went to the cinema, but when we got there, the movie was near at its end. Though we missed the movies, we did a good deed. We felt very happily.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.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。

Climate change makes wildfires, hurricanes and heat waves more frequent____56____stronger than before.
The bad effects are in the headlines____57____(regular). The warming climate also changes lives____58____subtler (不易察觉的) ways.
In Tampa, Fla. , Sara Brogan says summers are getting____59____(hot). Going to the beach to cool off is a decades-long tradition for her family. They____60____(go) to the beach once this summer. There was a red tide. These algae (水藻) blooms are increasing, likely because of human____61____(pollute) and warming temperatures. They produce toxins (毒素) that kill sea life. That is____62____Brogan is staying away from the beach. A lot of times it's—before you even get there, you can feel the smell of dead fish is very strong.
Wildfire smoke obviously is not good for people and the animal. Heather Duchow and her husband celebrated____63____(they) 20th anniversary in Montana's Glacier National Park. When they got there, it was very smoky. She felt disappointed: the smoke made it difficult____64____(see) the awe-inspiring views she remembered. For future anniversaries, they may go sooner in the summer,____65____(hope) to avoid the worst of fire season. It's strongly recommended that some measures should be taken to control the warming climate.
参考答案
1. B
2. A
3. B
4. B
5. D
6. A
7. D
8. D 9. B 10. A 11. B
12. C 13. B 14. A 15. B
16. B 17. G 18. D 19. E 20. F
21. C 22. B 23. B 24. D 25. A 26. A 27. D 28. B 29. B 30. A 31. D 32.
A 33.
B 34.
C 35.
D 36. C 37. A 38. B 39. C 40. D
41. genetically
42. copying
43. to 44. depending
45. when 46. which
47. an 48. planned
49. not 50. tissues
51.(1).在me和go之间加to；(2).the→a；(3).In→On；(4).cry→crying；(5).bring→brought；(6).去掉had；
(7).this→that；(8).near→nearly；(9).movies→movie；(10).happily→happy
52.略。