2020年湖北省水果湖第一中学高三英语三模试卷及答案

2020年湖北省水果湖第一中学高三英语三模试卷及答案
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
Personal Time Off(PTO)is something my wife and I created after having kids. We learned that，over time，a full life can leave little time for personal rest and for reflection，hanging out with friends，or just being“off. ”So，after a number of years，we make a change. If I can persuade you to take your own PTO，then these might help.
■Schedule it
First of all，one of our favorite family sayings is“schedule it. ”Sounds easy enough，but life gets complicated managing full-time work and full-time family. Put yourPTO time on the calendar and you make it a real thing.
■Be flexible and strict
If you can schedule PTO at the same time each week，then all the better. Because our calendar can get rather full，flexibility in scheduling becomes a necessity. But being strict in actually taking the time each week is more important. Skipping it once makes it easier to skip again.
■Take enough time
My typical PTO lasts a couple of hours or longer. Sometimes it might be half the day depending on what I’m doing. The goal is to spend enough time away to1et your shoulders drop.
■Do what you want to do
Remember，PTO time is about personal time to do what you want to do，not what you have to do. PTO time is about relaxation. Grab a friend and get a beer. Work can wait until tomorrow.
1.What can be the first step to take the PTO?
A.Persuade the family.
B.Have a personal rest.
C.Ask friends for advice.
D.Make a time plan.
2.What does the underlined part“let your shoulders drop”probably mean?
A.Get you more focused.
B.Have you feel relaxed.
C.Shake your shoulders often.
D.Make you feel more stressed.
3.What does the text mainly talk about?
A.Tips on how to take your time off
B.Skills to manage work and family
C.Advice on how to free yourself
D.Ways of scheduling your work
B
Scientists have long sought to prevent sharp memories from dulling with age, but the problem remains unsettled. Now research published in Scientific Reports suggests virtual reality might help older people recall facts and events based on specific details.
The study involved 42 healthy older adults from the San Francisco Bay Area. Half spent a dozen hours over four weeks playing a virtual-reality game called Labyrinth; they wore headsets and walked in place, walking virtual neighborhoods while completing small tasks. The other half, in the control group, used electronic tablets to play games that did not require recalling details. After 15 sessions (期), the latter performed roughly the same as before on a long-term memory test. But the Labyrinth players gain an improvement in memory through the VR game. A scientist Peter Wais of the University of California said the improvements brought them up to the level of another group of younger adults taking the same memory tests.
Meredith Thompson, an education researcher, studies learning through VR games but was not involved in the new study. It would be great to actually follow people over time and see what this type of game does for long-term memory. She says, adding VR can provide greater involvement than other games. Wais's team is now investigating how long the observed effects last and which elements of the training have the most impact.
A cognitive (认知)psychologist, Daniel Simons, who was also not involved in the study, notes experiments with other games that claim to train the brain have often failed to evaluate this. And it remains unclear how test performance in a laboratorysetting might translate to real-world situations. The outcome, Simons notes, “needs to be repeated, ideally with a much larger group, before it’s treated as a strong finding.”
For now, Wais says, the team hopes its studies with similar-sized groups will help draw funding to test the game in a larger pool of participants.
4. What is the passage mainly about?
A. People's memory gradually fails as they age.
B. People of different ages should play VR games.
C. Virtual reality changes people's memory.
D. Virtual reality improves older adults' memory.
5. What is Meredith Thompson's attitude toward the research?
A. satisfied.
B. enthusiastic.
C. cautious.
D. concerned.
6. According to the scientists, the research needs to be improved due to ________.
A. the lack of financial support.
B. the limited pool of participants.
C. the unsatisfying test performance.
D. the impractical application in real world.
7. Where may the passage come from?
A. A novel.
B. A review.
C. A magazine.
D. A guidebook.
C
Please take a few seconds and think of your personal biggest goal. Imagine telling someone you meet today what you’re going to do. Imagine their congratulations and their high image of you. Doesn’t it feel good to say it out loud? Don’t you feel one step closer already? Well, bad news: you should have kept your mouth shut, because that good feeling will make you less likely to do it.
Any time you have a goal, there is some work that needs to be done to achieve it. Ideally, you would not be satisfied until you’d actually done the work. But when you tell someone your goal and he acknowledges(认可) it, psychologists have found it’s called a “social reality”. The mind is kind of tricked into feeling that it’s already done. And then, because you’ve felt that satisfaction, you’re less motivated to do the actual hard work necessary. This goes againstthe traditional wisdom that we should tell our friends our goals, right?
In 1982, Peter Gollwitzer, a Professor of Psychology, wrote a whole book about this. And in 2009, he did some new tests that were published. It goes like this: 163 people across four separate tests—everyone wrote down their personal goal. Then half of them announced their commitment(许诺) to this goal to the room, and half didn’t. Then everyone was given 45 minutes of work that would directly lead them towards their goal, but they were told that they could stop at any time. Now those who kept their mouths shut worked the entire 45 minutes on average, and when asked afterwards, said they felt they had a long way to go to achieve their goal. But those who had announced it quit after only 33 minutes on average, and when asked afterwards, said that they felt much closer to achieving their goal.
8. What do the words “social reality” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. Completion of the goal.
B. Necessary hard work.
C. People's acknowledgement.
D. A sense of satisfaction.
9. What does Peter Gollwitzer try to tell us?
A. Writing down the goal is very helpful.
B. Achieving personal goal needs more time.
C. Keeping the goal secret makes people work harder.
D. Making the goal public makes people less satisfied.
10. How did Peter Gollwitzer prove his idea about people’s goal?
A. By giving figures.
B. By giving examples.
C. By making a survey.
D. By making comparison tests.
11. What will probably happen if you tell your friends your goal?
A. You will be more confident.
B. You will not gain satisfaction.
C. You are less likely to realize it.
D. You’ll be much moremotivated.
D
Have you ever been on social media and seen your favorite celebrity talking about a product? These promotions might not be totally random, and are actually seen as a vital part of the marketing process. The question is: How do social media influencers ‘influence’ what you buy?
Human desire for status and making friends, combined with our need to belong to a group, makes us receptive to being ‘socially influenced’. Companies often use that desire to have a similar lifestyle to a celebrity we admire to sell or launch a product. So, what do these promotions actually do?
Firstly, they can be used to build brand awareness. A social media influencer should have a strong understanding of the platform they operate on, and therefore can create appealing content that not only sticks to the brand image, but sparks their followers’ interests in a product they might never have seen before.
Secondly, influencers can improve a company or product’s relationship with their customer base. According to InMoment’s 2018 US Retail CX Trends Report on customer loyalty, 77% of buyers have been brand loyal for more than ten years. This is also true of 60% of millennials. A popular celebrity can target key customers and talk or blog about a product, which can create an instant and lasting bond with them.
Lastly, influencers can improve customer buying habits with seemingly ‘unbiased opinions’. We are more likely to respond to ‘peer recommendation’ than traditional ads, meaning the fact we see an influencer as a ‘friend’ can make us less likely to be doubtful about what we are seeing.
So, the next time you see a celebrity talking about a product, you might want to consider that this could be a carefully worked-out marketing strategy designed to target your core needs. If you find yourself examining a product you’ve seen on social media, you may well have been influenced.
12. Why do companies invite celebrities to launch products?
A. Because celebrities can improve the companies’ public images.
B. Because consumers like to share similarity with celebrities.
C. Because celebrities want to make more money.
D. Because consumers can make friends with celebrities.
13. According to the passage, which strategy is often used by influencers?
A. Setting up operation platforms.
B. Sending gifts to customers.
C. Improving relationship with the company.
D. Taking advantage of their popularity.
14. To customers, the recommendations of influencers seem to be ________.
A. offensive
B. subjective
C. objective
D. misleading
15. The passage is mainly about ________.
A. how social media make ads
B. how social media influence our lifestyle
C. how social influencers affect our buying
D. how celebrities earn fame
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If you only had one minute, or even just 20 seconds, to establish a good relationship with someone youˈve never met before, how would you do it? Here are three Aˈs that you may find helpful.
Awareness
Getting along with others requires an awareness of three things-the environment, time, and the person you are meeting. ______16______. The setting (e.g., a church versus a gym) decides how you communicate and even what you should wear. Time is also important. Do you have hours, minutes, or just seconds? The less you have, the more you need to think about what you will say and how you will say it.
While an awareness of the setting and time is important, so is our awareness of others. Our immediate assessment of others, their mood and emotional state, contributes to getting along. Approaching someone when they are stressed may not be the best thing to do. ______17______.
Acceptance
Since ancient times, the wise have said, "When inRome, do as the Romans do." This is especially true in
foreign countries. ______18______. Change how you do things, how you dress, how you greet, how you talk, so that you will fit in. Donˈt resist and donˈt insist that you have things your way, or that you know better. It is, once more, not about you. It is about two things-the setting and fitting in with others. Respect the beliefs, norms, customs, and practices of those you wish to engage. Mirror those around you. Itˈs the secret that wise men have used since ancient times. ______19______.
Approachable
___20___. Smiling works to a point, but you must make welcoming eye contact. Your body language should say, "I am friendly and approachable."
A. It is no different today
B. You need to respond with a smile
C. And it also applies in the other settings
D. An awareness of the environment gives you a head start
E. Instead, waiting just a half-hour can make all the difference
F. If you want to be liked or fit in, you must be both accessible and friendly
G. But we canˈt expect others to do for us what we should be doing for ourselves
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 in seventh grade, I was a candy striper(志愿当护士助手的小姑娘)at a local hospital in my town. Most of the____21____I spent there was withMr. Gillespie. He never had any___22___and nobody seemed to care about his___23___.
I spent many days there holding his hand and talking to him,___24___anything that needed to be done. He became a close friend of mine,___25___he responded with only an occasional squeeze(捏)of my hand. Mr. Gillespie was in a coma(昏迷).
I left for a week to vacation with my parents, and when I came back, Mr. Gillespie was___26___. I didn’t have the ___27___to ask any of the nurses where he was, for fear they might___28___me he had died. Several___29___later, when I was a junior in high school, I was at the gas station when I noticed a familiar face.
When I____30____who it was, my eyes were filled with tears. He was_____31_____! I got up the nerve to ask him if his name was Mr. Gillespie. With a(n)____32____look on his face, he replied yes. I____33____how I knew him, and that I had spent many hours talking with him in the hospital. His eyes welled up with tears, and he gave me the warmest hug I had ever____34____.
He began to tell me how,____35____he lay there asleep, he could hear me talking to him and could____36____me holding his hand the whole time. Mr. Gillespie____37____believed that it was my voice and____38____that had kept him alive.
Although I haven’t____39____ him since, he fills my heart with____40____every day. I know that I made a difference between his life and his death.
21. A. time B. energy C. money D. effort
22. A. patients B. s C. visitors D. problems
23. A. condition B. requirement C. interest D. thought
24. A. talking about B. helping with C. pointing out D. looking for
25. A. so B. as if C. yet D. even though
26. A. gone B. mad C. died D. excited
27. A. right B. chance C. courage D. time
28. A. cheat B. warn C. remind D. tell
29. A. days B. years C. months D. weeks
30. A. heard B. wondered C. realized D. asked
31. A. great B. lucky C. successful D. alive
32. A. happy B. proud C. nervous D. uncertain
33. A. explained B. remembered C. apologized D. told
34. A. dreamed B. received C. wanted D. shown
35. A. because B. as C. unless D. if
36. A. notice B. appreciate C. imagine D. feel
37. A. firmly B. rightly C. hardly D. wrongly
38. A. touch B. worry C. humour D. treatment
39. A. forgotten B. seen C. missed D. called
40. A. respect B. regret C. joy D. sympathy
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
Sandstorms are common____41.____（nature）disasters. They are often so thick that you cannot see the sun，and the wind is sometimes strong enough to move sand dunes. Sandstorms____42.____（main）occur in four places in the world，including Central Asia. Northwest China is part of the sandstorm center in Central Asia.
Sandstorms in China appear____43.____（increase）in recent years as a result of “desertification” . Sometimes Beijing is affected by sandstorms. They affect the traffic because the thick dust makes____44.____difficult to see.
____45.____some other disasters，sandstorms come with a warning. They can____46.____（forecast）some weeks before，but the____47.____（strong）of the storm sometimes surprises people.____48.____a sandstorm occurs，weather experts advise people not to go out. If you want to go out，you' d better wear____49.____mask because it' s difficult to breathe and the dust makes people ill. To prevent sandstorms_____50._____（come）nearer to Beijing，the government has made great efforts.
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.假如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，删除和修改。

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的词。

注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。

2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

I really miss my hometown, which I lived until I was ten. So recently I decided pay a short visit. To my astonished, the playground where he had a good time with my friends is now covered with buildings. The school I attended are no longer there and now it has became a supermarket. At that time, I always play football with several friend after class. No matter what the weather was like, we always played outside happy. And we developed lifelong friendship with each other which I value it greatly.
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续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Imagine what's in your closet. There might be an old pair of shoes, a worn jacket and a box of junk you wouldn't know how to get rid of. And that's exactly as it should be.
A closet is messy, unorganized, years-long collection of exactly what makes you the person you are. So the tension rose in my chest when my mom recently decided to move because it meant we would have to clean out Dad's closet, nearly a decade after his death. A brain tumor ate away at the parts of the mind and changed the special person—smart, warm and brave into the one who was bound to a chair in hospital. But when your body goes, your closet stays.
In the years after his death, I would sometimes walk into that closet when I was home visiting for the holidays.
I had moved into a city many miles away from my mom, starting a life as my mom took pains to slowly evolve her home—upgrading the decorations, sweeping away the dust of grief, and making it once again a place for warmth and gathering.
When I opened the door to Dad's closet last Christmas, I saw so many ties, shirts, and more shoes than I had remembered. And there were the vital things: a handkerchief I'd pull out of his jacket pocket when he lifted me up after arriving home from work, the bright red jacket he'd wear golfing and on family vacations. In the closet, I could remember every detail between us. I worried that would go away when my mom moved. I rolled around nervously in bed in my home. Could I stand to see this closet one last time before Mom moved? Would I find the strength to help clear that stuff out? Then, a shock—I got a call from my mom saying "I cleaned out the closet already." The announcement shocked me completely. What had she thrown out?
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。

I flew home shortly afterwards, trying hard to ease my tension on the way home.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____
I pulled the door open. To my surprise, the empty closet caused me no panic—just peace.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ___
参考答案
1. D
2. B
3. A
4. D
5. C
6. B
7. C
8. A 9. C 10. D 11. C
12. B 13. D 14. C 15. C
16. D 17. E 18. C 19. A 20. F
21. A 22. C 23. A 24. B 25. D 26. A 27. C 28. D 29. B 30. C 31. D 32.
D 33. A 34. B 35. B 36. D 37. A 38. A 39. B 40. C
41. natural
42. mainly 43. to have increased 44. it 45. Unlike
46. be forecast##be forecasted
47. strength
48. When 49. a
50. coming
51.(1).which→where或在which前添in
(2).在decided后加to
(3).astonished→astonishment
(4).he→I
(5).are→is
(6).became→become
(7).play→played
(8).friend→friends
(9).happy→happily
(10).将it删去
52.略。