2019-2020学年临沂市第九中学高三英语二模试卷及参考答案

2019-2020学年临沂市第九中学高三英语二模试卷及参考答案
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
Shopping centers，stadiums and universities may soon have a new tool to help fight crime.
ACaliforniacompany called Knightscope says its robots can predict and prevent crime. Knightscope says the goal is to reduce crime by half in areas the robots guard.
William Santana Li is the chief executive officer of Knightscope. He says，"These robot security guards will change the world. Our planet has more than seven billion people on it. It's going to quickly get to nine billion people. The security equipmentthat we have globally is just not going to develop that fast. The company's Autonomous Data Machines can become the eyes and ears of law enforcement（执法）."
"You want them to be machines plus humans. Let. the machines do the heavy and sometimes dangerous work and let the humans do the strategic decision-making work，so it's always working all together."
The machines do not carry weapons but they have day and night video cameras which are able to turn 360 degrees and can also sense chemical and biological weapons.
Some people may become concerned about their privacy, especially in connection with the video recordings. Some people may worry that such recordings will appear on the Internet. Eugene Volokh, a law professor at the UCLA School of Law, says the machines have to be used in the right way and it will be interesting to see how state laws deal with this kind of video.
William Santana Li says there is a long waiting list for the robots in theUS. Workers in the company are working overtime to meet the demands of the market. At least 25 other countries are also interested in these robot security guards.
1. What can this new tool do for humans?
A. Make strategic decisions.
B. Keep watching day and night.
C. Carry heavy weapons.
D. Stop crime autonomously.
2. Why are some people worried about the new robots?
A. Their privacy may be let out.
B. The robots are very expensive.
C. Robots will replace humans.
D. They will be out of work soon.
3. Which of the following can be the best title of the text?
A. Robots Are Becoming More Popular
B. Robots Contribute aLotto the World
C. Robots Are in Great Demand Now
D. Security Robots Could Help Cut Crime
B
Who is a genius? This question has greatly interested humankind for centuries.
Let's state clearly: Einstein was a genius. His face is almost the international symbol for genius. But we want to go beyond one man and explore the nature of genius itself. Why is it that some people are so much more intelligent or creative than the rest of us? And who are they?
In the sciences and arts, those praised as geniuses were most often white men, of European origin. Perhaps this is not a surprise. It's said that history is written by the victors, and those victors set the standards for admission to the genius club. When contributions were made by geniuses outside the club—women, or people of a different color1 or belief—they were unacknowledged and rejected by others.
A study recently published bySciencefound that as young as age six, girls are less likely than boys to say that members of their gender(性别)are “really, really smart.” Even worse, the study found thatgirls act on that belief: Around age six they start to avoid activities said to be for children who are “really, really smart.” Can our planet afford to have any great thinkers become discouraged and give up? It doesn't take a genius to know the answer: ly not.
Here's the good news. In a wired world with constant global communication, we're all positioned to see flashes of genius wherever they appear. And the more we look, the more we will see that social factors(因素)like gender, race, and class do not determine the appearance of genius. As a writer says, future geniuses come from those with “intelligence, creativity, perseverance(毅力), and simple good fortune, who are able to change the world.”
4. What does the author think of victors' standards for joining the genius club?
A. They're unfair.
B. They're conservative.
C. They're objective.
D. They're strict.
5. What can we infer about girls from the study inScience?
A. They think themselves smart.
B. They look up to great thinkers.
C. They see gender differences earlier than boys.
D. They are likely to be influenced by social beliefs
6. Why are more geniuses known to the public?
A. Improved global communication.
B. Less discrimination against women.
C. Acceptance of victors' concepts.
D. Changes in people's social positions.
7. What is the best title for the text?
A. Geniuses Think Alike
B. Genius Takes Many Forms
C. Genius and Intelligence
D. Genius and Luck
C
Recently，as I watched my son Nathan play basketball for his high school team，I was starting to feel sorry for myself and for him．His team was facing adversity（逆境）on the court and he was playing in a hostile environment-it was the opponent's home gym filled with their supporters，and Nathan's team was trailing（落后）for three quarters of the game．As for me，I had been dismissed from my job earlier in the day．During my drive home，I kept telling myself that I will find work again in a short time-I am confident in my experience and abilities．This is the same belief that I tried to instill in my son．
The basketball game entered the fourth quarter with Nathan's team still trailing．I saw the determination on his，as well as his teammates'faces as they fought back to not only tie the game（平局），but then go ahead by three points．Then，a player from the other team made an unbelievable shot to tie the game up again．With a tie game and seconds on the clock，Nathan found himself with the ball and with skill and confidence，he proceeded to make the basket with a defender hanging all over him．The other player was called for a foul（犯规）．As Nathan stood at the foul line preparing for a shot that would put his team up by three points，I saw the focus and determination on his face，there was no room for self doubt．Nathan was able to tune out all the distractions and nail the free throwwith such skill，it was as if he had done it a thousand times．As I sat there，my heart bursting with pride，it dawned on me．I had taught him perseverance in the face of adversity，and he had just taught me the same lesson．That brief moment of self-doubt andfeeling sorry for myself
was blown away by the actions of my son on the basketball court．He will play in the finals，but it doesn't matter if he wins or loses，at this moment，we both won．
8. What did the author estimate his son's team would be like at first？______
A. The team would lose at home court．
B. The team would finally win．
C. The team would win the championship．
D. The team would lose at visiting court．
9. Which of the following words can best describe the author？______
A. Self-doubting and pessimistic．
B. Self-confident and optimistic．
C. Hardworking and intelligent．
D. Easy-going and warmhearted．
10. What does the underlined phrase"tune out"in Paragraph 4 mean？______
A. Avoid
B. Focus．
C. Create
D. Receive．
11. Which of the following is the besttitle for the text？______
A. Life Goes Just Like Playing Basketball．
B. It Matters Whether to Win or Lose．
C. A Lesson in Life and Basketball．
D. Father And Son in Life．
D
Thermoelectric generators turn waste heat into electricity without producing greenhouse gas emissions, like a free lunch. But the high cost of these devices has prevented their widespread use. Now, researchers have found a way to make cheap thermae-lectrices that work just as well. The work could pave the way for greener car engines, and other energy-generating devices.
“This looks like a very smart way to realize high performance,” says Li-Dong Zhao, a materials scientist. He notes there are still a few more steps before these materials can become high-performing. However, he says, “This will be used in the not too far future.”
Thermoelectrics are semiconductor devices placed on a hot surface. That gives them a hot side and a cool side. If a device allows the hot side to warm up the cool side, the electricity stops flowing. A device’s success at
preventing this, as well as its ability to conduct electrons, feeds into a score known as the figure of merit, or ZT.
Researchers have produced thermoelectric materials with increasing ZTs. The record came in 2014 when Mercouri Kanatzidis came up with a tin selenide with a ZT of 3.1. Yet the material was too fragile to work with. “For practical applications, it’s a non-star-ter,” Kanatzidis says.
Getting through that door will still take some time. The tin selenide the team makes is mixed with Na, creating a “p-type” material that conducts positive charges. To make working devices, researchers also need an “n-type” version to conduct negative charges.
Zhao’s team is now working on making an n-type version. Once successful, researchers should have a clear path to making a new generation of super-efficient thermoelectric genera-tors. Those could be installed everywhere from automobile exhaust pipes to water heaters and industrial smelters toscavengesome of the 65% of fossil fuel energy that winds up as waste heat.
12. The first paragraph wants to tell us________.
A. The wide use of thermoelectric generators
B. The devices of current thermoelectric generators
C. The reason why researchers make cheap thermoelectrics
D. The greener car engines that contribute to environmental protection
13. How does Li-Dong Zhao feel about cheap thermoelectric generators?
A. Indifferent.
B. Optimistic.
C. Critical.
D. Worried.
14. What do you know about the research in 2014 from paragraph 4 and 5?
A. It was far from a success for practical applications.
B. A tin selenide with a ZT of 3.1 can be easy to work with.
C. Researchers made an “n-type” version to make working devices
D. A “p-type” material made from the tin selenide conducts negative charges
15. What does the underlined word “scavenge” in the last paragraph mean?
A. Recycle.
B. Produce.
C. Clean.
D. Increase.
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
Finding Your Hidden Talents
●___16___What sorts of things do you like to read about, watch or do? What are your favorite shows on television? Which column of the newspaper and magazines do you like to read? To know what you are interested
in is the first step towards finding your hidden talents.
● Try out different things.If you want to find out your dexterity (灵巧) in each of the thingsthat interest you, then try them out.___17___. Locate a safe environment, where you can try out different things without anybody’s interference (干扰).
●Find your passion（激情）___18___. However, there will be only a thing or two, which you are passionate about. What is the one thing that you love to do the most, with most enthusiasm (热情)? Get the answer to the question and you will come to know what exactly you are passionate about.
●Improve yourselfAfter you come to know about the areas of your interest, it is the time to improve yourself. Read lots of books and learn from people. One of the best ways to learn something is to teach.___19___. This will help increase your depth of knowledge. In this process, you will be able to discover all your hidden talents.
●Know your limits.In the process of finding your strengths or talents, you should not ignore your weaknesses as well.___20___. Know what makes you struggle. You will then come to know about your talents as well as the areas that you need to work on.
A. Find your interests.
B. Know your strengths.
C. Therefore, teach what you have learnt.
D. You may be a person of various interests.
E. Carry out experiments and explore things.
F. It needs observation and analysis（分析）of one’s own self.
G. Find out the thingswhich you are not good at.
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
I was packing lunch for my two children. It was so early in the day that it was still____21____outside. It drove me crazy because I lacked____22____. Being a singlemom, I needed all the shut-eye I could get. So why was I adding this____23____to my life? It’s all because of a family____24____.
I remember my grandmother telling me how she____25____leftovers (剩菜) for my grandfather’s lunch. He always____26____to come home starving.____27____, after much questioning, he admitted he had been____28____half his lunch to a coworker. From then on, my grandmother always sent extra.
My mom didn’t have____29____to pack lunches for five kids in school, so we ate_____30_____food. Once, I broke school rules,_____31_____, Mom decided to pack my lunch to school, which consisted of_____32_____a
hamburger and a cookie for several days. But by Friday, I found in my lunchbox my_____33_____egg salad sandwich and a giant jellyroll (卷筒蛋糕) with a note on top-Just in case you want to_____34_____. I was in_____35_____as I offered slice after slice to my friends.
As I went on packing lunch, I thought about the_____36_____it took for my grandparents to share what little food they had. And my mother_____37_____to do the same. Even today, Thanksgiving day at her home always includes at least two guests who are_____38_____. Either leaves with a bag of leftovers and several dollars.
Although our budget was_____39_____and unable for extras, by sharing the little we had, I was carrying on a tradition, a lesson of kindness I could_____40_____to my own kids!
21. A. dark B. bright C. stormy D. normal
22. A. money B. sleep C. confidence D. honour
23. A. stress B. hope C. identity D. sweet
24. A. gathering B. conflict C. tradition D. business
25. A. bought B. prepared C. searched D. packed
26. A. pretended B. seemed C. intended D. happened
27. A. Eventually B. Generally C. Strangely D. Naturally
28. A. breaking up B. paying off C. calling for D. giving away
29. A. privilege B. problem C. courage D. time
30. A. bakery B. stand C. canteen D. cafe
31. A. Even so B. What is more C. If necessary D. As a result
32. A. partly B. merely C. slightly D. hardly
33. A. alternative B. ordinary C. favorite D. expensive
34. A. abandon B. bargain C. share D. return
35. A. heaven B. tension C. curiosity D. trouble
36. A. appreciation B. responsibility C. sacrifice D. intelligence
37. A. refused B. continued C. afforded D. failed
38. A. ambitious B. homeless C. punctual D. speechless
39. A. tight B. abundant C. compulsory D. independent
40. A. make use of B. take on C. get hold of D. pass on
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
Listening to happy music at work can help you complete tasks more quickly, especially if you’re doing something repetitive such as checking e-mail or____41.____(file) documents. A recent study also found that the accuracy and____42.____(efficient) of surgeons improved when they worked____43.____their music in the background.
Music decreases levels of the stress hormone cortisol just as well as massage therapy does. Scientists____44.____(random) assigned anxious patients to listen to music either during massage therapy or while lying in a dim room. After three months, those who just____45.____(listen) to music experienced the same drop in anxiety as those who also got massages.
Listening to music before surgery has been shown to ease anxiety and limit the need for sedatives. After surgery, it helps reduce pain.____46.____analysis of 73 studies____47.____(publish) in the Lancet in 2015 confirmed that listening to music before, during, or after surgery improves anxiety and pain levels,____48.____in turn means less pain medication.
People come up with more creative____49.____(solution) when they listen to happy music than when they sit in silence according to researchers from the Netherlands and Australia. It may be because music improves your brain’s flexibility or_____50._____it relaxes you enough for the creative juices to flow. But don’t play the music too loudly.
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。

A week before Earth Day, posters put up around our school, called on us to protect our earth. Our class came up with the idea that we should make a better use of the used materials. We bring worn-out clothes and empty plastic bottles to our classroom and turned them into handbags and small vases. That weekend, we went to a nearby neighbourhood and gave away that we had made to the people here. Everyone was very happily with those gifts, especially little kids. We did very well that we were invited to share our ideas and experiences with all
the student of our school. We are very proud of us and believe that we can do much more for a better world.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假设你叫李华，你和几位英语爱好者在互联网上建了一个叫easyenglish的网站。

请用英语写一篇推介信，向你校学生介绍这个网站。

要点如下；
1．创立网站的目的；
2．网站内容及功能(英语材料，聊天，展示交流等)；
3．感谢关注和号召使用。

注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头语已为你写好。

Dear fellow students,
My name is Li Hua and I'd like to introduce to you a new website--easyenglish. com.____________________________________________________________________________________
参考答案
1. B
2. A
3. D
4. A
5. D
6. A
7. B
8. D 9. B 10. A 11. C
12. C 13. B 14. A 15. A
16. A 17. E 18. D 19. C 20. G
21. A 22. B 23. A 24. C 25. D 26. B 27. A 28. D 29. D 30. C 31. D 32.
B 33.
C 34. C 35. A 36. C 37. B 38. B 39. A 40. D
41. filing
42. efficiency
43. with 44. randomly
45. listened
46. An 47. published
48. which 49. solutions
50. because
51.(1).在posters后面加were
(2). called→calling
(3).去掉a
(4). bring→brought
(5). that→what
(6). here→there
(7). happily→happy
(8). very→so
(9). student→students
(10). us→ourselves 52.略。