2021年桃源县第一中学高三英语二模试题及答案

2021年桃源县第一中学高三英语二模试题及答案
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
Book reading is certainly one of the most absorbing habits. For young adults who love to read, finding some good books to read is very essential. Writing a book review can help you to improve your language and writing skills.
The Book Thief
Listed onThe New York Times Children’s Best Seller List for over 100 weeks, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is the story of a young girl in the Nazi camps set during World War II. So, if you love history and wish to learn how the life was during Adolf Hitler’s time, read this historic book.
The Diary of Young Girl
Even Anne Frank can not have imagined that her personal diary written during World War II would become such a popular book. It’s a must read that describes the situation of a family in the evils of wars through the eyes of a teenager.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm is one of the most popular books by George Orwell. It is just a reflection of the Stalin and World War II period that has been so creatively presented in this book. It is an interesting example of how literature can be used to present conditions common in the society.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of the great American novels in history, and is certainly a great pick for young adults. Young Huck Finn and his mischief along with the color1 ful description of people around theMississippi Rivermake this novel a great book to read.
1.Which book describes the author’s own experiences according to this passage?
A.The Book Thief
B.The Diary of Young Girl
C.Animal Farm
D.Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
2.What do the first three books have in common?
A.All of them are about wars.
B.All of them are about farms.
C.All of them are intended for history lovers.
D.All of them were written during World War II.
3.The purpose of this passage is to _________.
A.instruct youngsters how to improve skills
B.tell youngsters some wonderful reading habits
C.introduce several good books to youngsters
D.give youngsters advice on writing a book review
B
The British poet Matthew Byrne moved to Beijing in 2013 and felt that the capital city's poetry scene was lacking．His obsession（痴迷）for starting poetryevents led to the foundation of the Spittoon Collective in May 2015．“At that time，the literary activity in Beijing was The Bookworm based in Sanlitun，”Byrne says．While some of Beijing's literary institutions would go on to close in the fall of 2019，Spittoon would continue to grow as a community for poets and writers，as well as musicians and others in the creative scene．Byrne describes the Spittoon Collective as a platform for people to share ideas，from literary works to different forms of art，with projects developing from the creative energy within the community．Spittoon originally started as a poetry night at the Mado Bar in Dongcheng District 's Baochao Hutong．Byrne says，“In Beijing，you have these wonderful hutongs，ancient structures where you can walk down and visit cool bars，so I thought it would be good to have a poetry event as it seemed like poetry belonged naturally to this area．”
He adds，“The objective now is to discover Chinese voices and broadcast them to the rest of the world．We create a kindof theme park-like atmosphere where every Thursday is occupied by a different literary style or art form．”
The readings would mainly be in English，but with an international community，a new section called“Poetry-in-Translation”was started，which featured works in Chinese，French，Arabic，Russian，Spanish and other languages．
Joining organized activities like Spittoon can be a major help for those caught up in a boring life．And it's especially important for the people who have moved to China as they need to buildnew relationships while living in a different country．
4. What can we know about the Spittoon Collective?
A. It was closed in 2019．
B. It was set up in 2013 in Beijing．
C. It's popular with literature lovers．
D. It's a community just for foreigners．
5. Why did Byrne start the Spittoon Collective in Baochao Hutong?
A. To attract students' love of poetry．
B. To expandChina's literature globally．
C. To makeBeijing's hutongs famous．
D. To combine poetry with the hutong．
6. What effect would the Spittoon Collective have on Chinese culture?
A. Beneficial．
B. Negative．
C. Challenging．
D. Controversial．
7. What is the author's attitude to the Spittoon Collective?
A. Unclear．
B. Intolerant．
C. Doubtful．
D. Favorable．
C
Larry was on another of his underwater expeditions(探险)but this time, it was different. He decided to take his daughter along with him. She was only ten years old. This would be her first trip with her father on what he had always been famous for.
Larry first began diving when he was his daughter’s age. Similarly, his father had taken him along on one of his expeditions. Since then, he had never looked back. Larry started out by renting diving suits from the small diving shop just along the shore. He had hated them. They were either too big or too small. Then, there was the instructor. He gave him a short lesson before allowing him into the water with his father. He had made an exception. Larry would never have been able to go down without at least five hours of theory and another similar number of hours on practical lessons with a guide. Children of his age were not even allowed to dive.
After the first expedition, Larry’s later diving adventures only got better and better. There was never a dull moment. In his black and blue suit and with an oxygen tank fastened on his back, Larry dived from boats into the middle of the ocean. Dangerous areas did not prevent him from continuing his search. Sometimes, he was limited to a cage underwater but that did not bother him. At least, he was still able to take photographs of the underwater creatures.
Larry’s first expedition without his father was in the Cayman Islands. There were numerous diving spots in the area and Larry was determined to visit all of them .Fortunately for him, a man offered to take him around the different spots for rry didn’t even know what the time was, how many spots he dived into or how many
photographs he had taken.The diving spots afforded such a wide range of fish and sea creatures that Larry saw more than thirty varieties of creatures.
Larry looked at his daughter. She looked as excited as he had been when he was her age. He hoped she would be able to continue the family tradition. Already, she looked like she was much braver than had been then. This was the key to a successful underwater expedition.
8. In what way was this expedition different for Larry?
A. His daughter had grown up.
B. He had become a famous diver.
C. His father would dive with him.
D. His daughter would dive with him.
9. What can be inferred from Paragraph 2?
A. Larry had some special right.
B. Larry liked the rented diving suits.
C. Divers had to buy diving equipment.
D. Ten-year-old children were permitted to dive.
10. What can be learned from the underlined sentence?
A. Larry didn’t wear a watch.
B. Larry was not good at math.
C. Larry had a poor memory.
D. Larry enjoyed the adventure.
11. What did Larry expect his daughter to do?
A. Become a successful diver.
B. Make a good diving guide.
C. Take a lot of photo underwater.
D. Have longer hours of training.
D
In 2002, young Elon Musk tried unsuccessfully to buy Russian rockets to help him send mice to Mars and back. Afterwards, the youngmillionaire decided to build his own rockets.
Musk went to Southern California and started hiring people to help bring his dream to life. In a very short time, and despite some failures, his company SpaceX launched Falcon 1, the first successful privately-built liquid fuel rocket, into Earth's orbit in 2008.
As the first Falcon rocket began testing, development was already underway for the Falcon 9. This much larger rocket, which uses nine engines to lift heavy payloads（有效载荷）into orbit, is engineered to return to Earth, ready to be reused for another flight.
For Musk, space is the final destination. To help people get there, his company Neuralink is developing devices that will link people's brains with computers. A similar device has been developed at the University of
Utah. It consists of a chip（芯片）with 256 threads（线程）that is placed between a person's skin and brain. The threads attach directly to brain tissue（脑组织）.Patients who have the device are able to use only their minds to communicate with one another through computers.
Neuralink's chips will have about 1,000 threads. A robot developed by the company will place up to ten chips under a person's skin. The chips will communicate without wires but with a tiny device that will be worn behind the person's ear. That device, in turn, will communicate with computers. The primary market for the technology will be for people that, because of injuries or birth defects, cannot control their hands and arms. With Neuralink^ product, they'll be able to mentally command a computer to type messages for them or carry out other tasks.
12. According to this article, what was the first Falcon 1 able to do?
A. Launch big satellites.
B. Reach distant moons.
C. Move around our planet.
D. Study the universe.
13. What does the article explain about Neuralink's chips?
A. How they'll be set up.
B. What safety features they'll have.
C. How much money they'll earn.
D. Where they'll be produced.
14. According to this article, who is Neuralink going to market its product to first?
A. Those who own great wealth.
B. Those who are physically disabled.
C. Those who travel internationally.
D. Those who do research on plants.
15. In which publication is this article most likely to appear?
A. The Journal of Environmental Studies.
B. Advances in Business and Technology.
C. Digest of Fashion and Entertainment News,
D. Consumer's Guide to Outdoor Recreation.
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Handwritten thank-you letters are such a simple way of making other people feel good, it is strange that so few people write them anymore. At work, a thank-youletter to employees is unbelievably effective. It costs little and has no side effects. The effort involved in writing letters very low. The pleasure on receiving them is very high.___16___
Doug Conant, manager ofCampbell’s Soup Company since 2001, knows the power of thank you letters. He said that every day he works with an assistant, searching the company for people deserving thanks.___17___Over the past 10 years he has sent 30, 000 thank-you letters to his employees — more than 10 each day. The reward is huge: his company has remained one of the most successful in its field for years.
___18___There seem to be three reasons. Firstly, chief executives (主管) running companies think their own work is more valuable than that of others.___19___Secondly, they aren’t close enough to the business to know who deserves thanks. Thirdly, they have forgotten the strange human truth that almost everyone would do almost anything in return for a few words of appreciation.
In these days of such busy schedules and people running all over the place and trying to get ahead, sometimes we forget the simplest things in life are the most powerful and rewarding. You need to think to yourself about a time someone sent you a thank-you and how much it meant to you.___20___
A. He then writes them a thank-you letter.
B. Why are thank-you letters so important?
C. You may ask what side effects exactly mean.
D. This makes them an excellent way to reward and motivate staff.
E. But if these letters are so inspiring, why don’t more managers write them?
F. Always remember to “Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you!”
G. Since no one ever writes them thank-you letters they don’t write any themselves.
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Mom said the unforgettable words, "I have cancer," and held me in a tight hug. I could feel her chest shaking as she tried not to cry but___21___.
But Mom didn't stay down for long. After the___22___of the breast cancer diagnosis, she___23___herself with a purple notebook and pen and a thousand questions for the doctors. She took___24___on white blood cell counts and medications with long names as though she were studying for entrance exams into medical school, "The not knowing is the___25___," she smiled.
“Cancer can take my hair,my nails, my___26___. even my very life. But it can't take my___27___," Mom said. Mom learned to___28___her fears with me, and it formed an even___29___bond between us. Yet I am certain there were fears she didn't share because she was still___30___me --and worries she only shared with Dad, or maybe even___31___to give voice to. My mom, who never played sports, was a fighter___32___to defeat breast
cancer. Defeat it, and even joked about it. When you look your greatest fear in the eye and laugh at it, you___33___some of its power.
Mom was the most___34___patient the cancer center ever had. She made homemade noodles for the medical staff. She chose to be grateful to the hands that tried to___35___her, instead of angry when extreme___36___kept her from the job and social life she loved.
Mom was one of the___37___ones. She did beat her cancer, though not without scars. But I saw a change in Mom.___38___afterward seemed to worry her quite as much. She was more patient and___39___. Cancer was her fire, and it refined her. From her, I learned I may not get to choose what I___40___,but I do get to choose how
I face it.
21. A. failed B. missed C. succeeded D. hurt
22. A. doubt B. shock C. risk D. dilemma
23. A. provided B. armed C. impressed D. presented
24. A. action B. exercise C. exams D. notes
25. A. best B. easiest C. worst D. funniest
26. A. family B. happiness C. health D. wealth
27. A. life B. worry C. choice D. smile
28. A. compare B. connect C. change D. share
29. A. clearer B. wider C. deeper D. safer
30. A. protecting B. guiding C. avoiding D. supporting
31. A. offered B. forgot C. managed D. refused
32. A. determined B. thrilled C. convinced D. inspired
33. A. take in B. take away C. come into D. cut off
34. A. elegant B. sociable C. skillful D. responsible
35. A. affect B. heal C. ruin D. surprise
36. A. tiredness B. risk C. desire D. recovery
37. A. lucky B. poor C. serious D. professional
38. A. Something B. Everything C. Nothing D. Anything
39. A. cautious B. curious C. lively D. academic
40. A. witness B. influence C. predict D. face
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
Tea is one of the___41.___(much) popular drinks in the world. You make it by pouring hot water over the dried leaves of a tea plant. For___42.___(hundred) of years people believed that tea could cure illnesses, and they used___43.___as medicine. Today scientists know that tea contains chemicals that prevent cells from dying. Most teas have caffeine in them,___44.___makes you feel more active. Some people have problems___45.___(drink) tea because it can cause sleeplessness.
The tea plant____46.____(grow) best in tropical and temperate places where rain falls throughout the year. Teas can be grown from sea level____47.____about 2,000 metres, but the best quality grows in higher regions.
Tea comes from the leaves and buds of tea plants. Wild plants can be up to 9 metres high, however, on tea plantations,___48.___( pull ) the leaves____49.____(easy) , people cut them back to a bush of about a metre in height. It takes a plant three to five years before it is ready for picking.
A picker can harvest about 20 kg of tea___50.___day. On large tea plantations the leaves are harvested by machines, but the quality of tea is higher when the leaves are picked by hand.
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。

We students have had many tests or exams. We have both achieved success and suffer from failure, but different students has different attitudes towards failure.
Some fall in low spirit when they don't do well in the exams. What's worse, some even lose their heart and no longer study as harder as before. However, most students take an active attitude on failure. They find out the causes so that they will avoid made the same mistake.
In my opinion, failure is the mother of success, that can teach us a lot in the process of reaching our finally goals. Only by tasting failure can we enjoy fruit of success.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.生活中，每个人都会遇到各种各样的挑战。

请你以“How I Meet Challenges”为题，为班级英语角写一
篇短文，分享你是如何应对挑战的，内容包括：
1.你的挑战是什么；
2.你是如何用应对；
3.你的体会。

注意:1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

How I Meet Challenges
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参考答案
1. B
2. A
3. C
4. C
5. D
6. A
7. D
8. D 9. A 10. D 11. A
12. C 13. A 14. B 15. B
16. D 17. A 18. E 19. G 20. F
21. A 22. B 23. B 24. D 25. C 26. C 27. D 28. D 29. C 30. A 31. D 32.
A 33.
B 34. B 35. B 36. A 37. A 38.
C 39. C 40. D
41. most
42. hundreds
43. it 44. which
45. drinking
46. grows 47. to
48. to pull
49. easily 50. a/per
51.(1).suffer→suffered
(2).has→have
(3).spirit→spirits
(4).去掉their
(5).harder→hard
(6).on→to/towards
(7).made→making
(8).that→which
(9).finally→final
(10).enjoy后添加the 52.略。