2020届鄂南高级中学高三英语第二次联考试题及答案解析

2020届鄂南高级中学高三英语第二次联考试题及答案解析
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
Bird migration is described as the regular, seasonal movement of bird populations from one place to another and back again.
The longer days and rich food of the northern summer provide greater chances for birds to feed their young. The longer daylight hours and enormous food resources allow birds to lay larger eggs than those of related non-migratory species that remain in the tropics all year round. As the days shorten in autumn and the breeding period is over, the birds return to warmer regions where the available food supply differs little with the seasons changing. The advantages of migration make up for the high stress, physical exertion（消耗）, and other risks of the migration.
Day length is the primary environmental factor that encourages birds to prepare for migration. They have an increased appetite which results in weight gaining, giving them the fat reserves that provide energy for their migratory flight. They also show more activity at night, which is when most birds migrate. While the length of day is the primary reason for migration, birds also respond to temperature changes. For example, if a spring is late and the temperature is lower than normal, birds delay migration; if a spring is early, birds also begin migration early.
The timing of the migratory cycle must allow birds to arrive on the breeding site so that there is time tobuild a breeding place, mate, lay the eggs, and hatch the young before the rich food is available to feed the young in the nest. Similarly, if birds wait until the climate in their northern breeding grounds becomes tolerable(可忍受的), there will be no time togain the necessary weight that provides the energy needed for their southbound migration.
1. Why do birds migrate to the north in spring?
A The temperature in the south has risen.
B. They like traveling and enjoy the journey.
C. The summer there is warmer than that in the south.
D. The environment there is more suitable for them to feed their baby birds.
2. What are the two factors that cause birds to migrate?
A. Day length and food supply.
B. Night length and high stress.
C. Temperature changes and daylength.
D. Food supply and temperature changes.
3. Which can be the best title for the text?
A. Birds' Life
B. Birds' Migration
C. Birds' Breeding Habits
D. Birds' Living Environment
B
Born in 1954, Oprah Winfrey is best known for her multi-award-winning talk show as the most influential woman in the world. It's no surprise that her recognition can bring overnight sales fortune that defeats most, if not all, marketing campaigns. The star features about 20 products each year on her "Favorite Things" show. There's even a term for it: the Oprah Effect.
Her television career began unexpectedly. When she was 16 years old, she had the idea of being a journalist to tell other people's stories in a way that made a difference in their lives and the world. She was on television by the time she was 19 years old. And in 1986 she started her own television show with a continuous determination to succeed at first.
TIME magazine wrote, "People would have doubted Oprah Winfrey's swift rise to host of the most popular talk show on TV. In a field dominated by white males, she is a black female of big size. As interviewers go, she is no match for Phil Donahue. What she lacks in journalistic toughness, she makes up for in plainspoken curiosity, rich humor and, above all understanding. Guests with sad stories to tell tend to bring out a tear in Oprah's eye. They, in turn, often find themselves exposing things they would not imagine telling anyone, much less a national TV audience."
"I was nervous about the competition and then I became my own competition raising the bar every year, pushing, pushing, pushing myself as hard as I knew. It doesn't matter how far you might rise. At some point you are likely to fall if you' re constantly doing what we do, raising the bar. If you' re constantly pushing yourself higher, higher the law of averages, you will at some point fall. And when you do, I want you to know this, remember this: there is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction" as Oprah addressed graduates at Harvard on May 30.
4. What does the Oprah Effect refer to in the first paragraph?
A. the influence on talk show hosts
B. the power of Oprah's opinions.
C. the effect on a business.
D. the audience of Oprah's talk show.
5. What can be inferred about Oprah's television career?
A. She must have been challenged a lot
B. She gained fame as planned.
C. It lives up to her parents' expectation.
D. She once gave up on her choice.
6. What message did Oprah give to Harvard graduates?
A. Success comes after failure.
B. Pushing physical limits makes no sense
C. Aiming higher hurts
D. Failure is part of life.
7. Which of the following best describes Oprah Winfrey?
A. Friendly.
B. Humorous
C. Determined.
D. Patient
C
One billion people in the world are short of water. How can this problem be solved. Some suggestions have been to desalinate ocean water or to build enormous water pipelines from areas where water is abundant. (Suggestions such as these prove extremely expensive when they are actually used.) One possibility that scientists are considering is pulling icebergs from either the North Pole or the South Pole to parts of the world with a water shortage. Although many questions must be answered before such a project could be tried, moving icebergs seems a reasonable possibility in the future.
Engineers, mathematicians, and glaciologists from a dozen countries have been considering the iceberg as a future source of water. Saudi Arabia is particularly interested in this project because it has a great water shortage. Scientists estimate that it would take 128 days to transport a large iceberg (about 1/2 square mile) to Saudi Arabia. Yet the iceberg would be completely melted by the 104th day. Therefore, insulation would be essential, but how to insulate the iceberg remains an unsolved problem.
The problems in transporting an iceberg are numerous. The first problem is choosing the iceberg to pull. The icebergs that form in the North Pole are quite difficult to handle because of their shape. Only a small portion extends above the water — most of the iceberg is below the surface, which would make it difficult to pull. South Pole icebergs, on the other hand, are flat and float like table tops. Thus they would be much easier to move.
How can a 200-million-ton iceberg be moved. No ship is strong enough to pull such enormous weight through the water. Perhaps several ships could be used. Attaching ropes to an iceberg this size is also an enormous problem. Engineers think that large nails or long metal rods could be driven into the ice. What would happen if the
iceberg splits into several pieces during the pulling. Even if an iceberg with very few cracks were chosen, how could it be pulled through stormy waters. Furthermore, once the iceberg reached its destination, very few ports would be deep enough to store it.
All of these problems must be solved before icebergs can become a reasonable source of water. Yet scientists estimate that it will be possible to transport them in the near future. Each year, enough icebergs form to supply the whole world with fresh water for a full year. In addition, icebergs are free and nonpolluting. As a solution to the world’s water problems, icebergs may be a workable possibility.
8. What is a problem in transporting iceberg?
A. The size of the iceberg.
B. The colour of the iceberg.
C. The salt in the iceberg.
D. The movement of air and water.
9. What is the author’ attitude towards transporting iceberg?
A. Pessimistic.
B. Objective.
C. Optimistic.
D. Unconcerned.
10. What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?
A. It is hard to use iceberg.
B. Iceberg are a good choice.
C. There are problems with iceberg.
D. Man finds no other ways to solve water shortage.
11. What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Shortage of water.
B. Icebergs for water.
C. Scientists and icebergs.
D. Iceberg—scientists headache.
D
“My P.E. teacher taught me maths.”It has been a common joke for years but when a P.E. teacher applied for the head-teacher job, many parents worried that “the joke could come true”. Some parents asked, “Does the P.E. teacher know maths and English?If not, how is he supposed to tutor the students?” But there were still parents who believed P.E. teachers had more time to discipline the students since they didn’t have many classes.
This concern is actually a “subject bias”, that is, choosing a P.E. teacher as the head-teacher is not good for the students’ grades since he doesn’t know Chinese, maths, or English. It is acceptable for Chinese teachers, maths teachers and English teachers to be head-teachers because these subjects are important to entrance exams and scores. Such a concern reflects parents’ anxiety in the current educational environment, which tends to link the
head-teacher’s responsible subject with the facts whether the school cares about the class and the children’s performances in the subject.
Many people care about their kids’ academic performances only. They don’t care about their kids’ P.E. performance at all. Even if kids have P.E. classes, parents care little. P.E. teachers are in humble position and their classes are often occupied by other teachers. Of course, if students, P.E. performance is related to grades and entrance exams, parents won’t mind “a P.E. teacher being the head-teacher”.
At the moment, P.E. is gradually included in entrance exams.
In terms of high school entrance examination,Guangzhouwill launch a new high school entrance exam which includes P.E. performance and Health examination in 2021, raising the score to 70 points.
In terms of the college entrance examination, universities having the right of independent enrollments added P.E. tests to their entrance exams in 2019. This practice is seen as an important signal that the assessment of physical fitness and athletic ability, which are important aspects of a student’s overall quality, may be included in the college entrance examination in the future.
We hope that it’s a trend for P.E. teachers, music teachers and art teachers to become head-teachers.
12. By saying “My P.E. teacher taught me maths”, what does the author intend to show us?
A. It is just a joke that seldom happened in reality.
B. P.E. teachers hardly assist students in maths.
C. P.E. teachers are good at teaching maths..
D. Parents doubt the ability of P.
E. teacher.
13. We can infer from paragraph 2 that a P.E. teacher .
A. is of little benefit for students’ academic performance
B. is humbler than Chinese, math or English teachers
C. reflects whether the school cares about the class
D. gets unfairly judged due to the current educational system
14. Why doesGuangzhouraise proportion of P.E. performance in high school entrance examination?
A. To raise students’ awareness of physical health.
B. To call on parents to pay attention to P.E. teachers.
C. To test the overall ability of high school students.
D. To make P.
E. teachers equal with other teachers.
15. What opinion does the author hold towards P.E. teachers working as head-teachers?
A. Neutral.
B. Unexpected.
C. Supportive.
D. Critical.
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You want to be loved, respected, and live a happy life. And so do I.____16____However, we aren't taught how to get this. There is no happiness class at school and everyone's definition of happiness is different. However, there are several key habits that you can develop to be happy people.
____17____If happy people are with their kids, they are fully enjoying that moment in time. They aren't thinking about what they will make for dinner or how they will pay for their children's schooling.
They hang out with other happy people. It's true that happiness is contagious（会传染的）.____18____If you hang out with people that are sad and angry, you're likely to become those people as well. Make sure you surround yourself with happy, positive people.____19____
They exercise regularly. Exercise is good for health, both physical and mental health. You don't need to spend two hours in the gym. Just a thirty-minute walk can be enough. To get the most out of a workout, simply pick an activity you enjoy. They don't seek happiness in things. They know a pair of new shoes or a new car isn't what's going to make them happier.____20____A weekend at the beach with good friends means more to them than a new cellphone.
A.We all want the same thing.
B.They live in the moment.
C.They stay with their kids.
D.But sadness and anger are contagious too.
E.Most of the time, happiness isn't something we just walk into.
F.Instead, happy people value experiences and people above things.
G.They choose to look at the bright side of things.
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When I was a small child, during the war, we were very poor and we lived in a faraway village. One day, on the road, I found the___21___pieces of a mirror. There was a German motorcycle accident.
I tried to find all the pieces and put them___22___, but it was not possible, so I kept only the___23___piece and I made it round. I began to___24___with it as a toy and became greatly attracted by the___25___that I could
reflect(反射)light to dark places where the sun would never shine—in___26___holes and some other dark places. It became a ___27___for me to get light into the darkest places I could find.
I ___28___the little mirror, and, as I___29___up, I would take it out when Ihad nothing to do and___30___the game, As I became a ___31___, I grew to understand that this was not ___32___a child’s game but a metaphor（象征）for what I might do with my life. I came to ___33___that I am not the light or the source(来源) of light. But light—truth, understanding, knowledge—is ___34___, and it will shine in many dark places only if I reflect it.
I am just a single piece of a mirror whose____35____design and shape I do not know. ___36___, with what I have I can reflect light into the dark places of this___37___—into the black places in the ____38____of men—and change some things____39____some people. Perhaps others may see and do the same. This is what I am about. This is the____40____of my life.
21. A. pointed B. dropped C. broken D. sharpened
22. A. together B. down C. back D. up
23. A. best B. largest C. smallest D. longest
24. A. talk B. share C. flash D. play
25. A. idea B. reason C. decision D. fact
26. A. pretty B. big C. deep D. empty
27. A. game B. task C. job D. trouble
28. A. forgot B. hid C. kept D. lost
29. A. grew B. stood C. came D. went
30. A. watch B. change C. remember D. continue
31. A. father B. boy C. man D. grandfather
32. A. always B. just C. really D. completely
33. A. understand B. doubt C. announce D. expect
34. A. absent B. there C. far D. home
35. A. half B. most C. whole D. other
36. A. So B. Certainly C. Besides D. However
37. A. world B. village C. country D. city
38. A. hands B. hearts C. eyes D. brains
39. A. on B. like C. with D. in
40. A. way B. meaning C. quality D. standard
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
At 10:20 am, July 24, Saturday, 2021, the first gold medal of the 2020 Olympics was___41.___(official) won byChina's Yang Jing inJapan. Yang Qian earned gold in the women's 10-meter air rifle（步枪）to take home the long-awaited first medal. The 21-year-old is____42.____rising star in the sport. Yang,____43.____was ranked sixth in the qualification, scored 251.8 points in the final, beating Russian Galashina’’s 251.1 points to set off Team China to a fine start at the____44.____(postpone) Tokyo games. As the first champion of the 2020 Games, Yang____45.____ (award) her medal by International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach.
“It's an____46.____(believe) thing that I can be here. The competetion was really tight, but I'm so happy that I could win,” Yang said after____47.____(claim) the first gold medal of the Games and for China. “I'm so happy that this golden medal is a gift____48.____my country. I'm so pround.” But she had to keep calm to do it. “During the match, I was very nervous____49.____my heart was beating very fast, but I just tried to be_____50._____(I) and keep my emotions in control." the shooter added.
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。

Last week, I watched a movie, namingA Dog’s Way Homefrom Sony Pictures, what mainly tells about dogs at animal shelters. Through the movie, I learned that much of those dogs have to be put to the death if they aren’t adopted. The followed day I told my parents that I wanted to visit to the animal shelter in our city and take a dog home. They strong supported my idea of adopting a dog and we choose a brown one at last. I hope that more dogs at animal shelters can find their permanently home. I also hope that dog owner will keep their pets instead giving them up.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，得知你所在的城市美术馆要举办中国画展。

请写一封信申请做志愿者，内容包括：
1.写信目的；
2.个人优势；
3.能做的事情。

注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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参考答案
1. D
2. C
3. B
4. C
5. A
6. D
7. C
8. A 9. C 10. B 11. B
12. D 13. D 14. A 15. C
16. A 17. B 18. D 19. G 20. F
21. C 22. A 23. B 24. D 25. D 26. C 27. A 28. C 29. A 30. D 31. C 32.
B 33. A 34. B 35.
C 36.
D 37. A 38. B 39. D 40. B
41. officially
42. a 43. who
44. postponed
45. was awarded
46. unbelievable
47. claiming
48. for##to
49. and 50. myself
51.(1).naming→named；
(2).what→which；
(3).much→many；
(4).去掉death前的the；
(5).followed→following；
(6).strong→strongly；
(7).choose→chose；
(8).permanently→permanent；
(9).owner→owners；
(10).在instead后加of
52.略。