2020届荆门市龙泉中学高三英语三模试卷及答案

2020届荆门市龙泉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
The Costa Book Awards consistently pick winners that are both of the moment and subsequently endure. It's our pleasure to confirm this year’s Category Winners.
First Novel Award Winner
Book: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
Author: Gail Honeyman
Eleanor is 31 years old; work finishes on a Friday and begins again on a Monday. Between, her only company will be two bottles of vodka and her own solitary, unique wit (机智). It is contentment, of a kind, but an unexpected shared experience suddenly opens the door to possibility. Challenging reader expectations with a living, breathing character, Gail Honeyman’s debut (初次登台、开张)is a funny and moving diamond.
Biography Award Winner
Book: In the Days of Rain
Author: Rebecca Stott
The Exclusive Brethren were aclosed community who believed the world is ruled by Satan. Into this is born Rebecca. Her father had been an influential Brethren Minister. As her father lay dying, he begged her to help him write the memoir. He wanted to tell the story of their family who for generations had all been members of a fundamentalist Christian sect.
Poetry Award Winner
Book: Inside the Wave
Author: Helen Dunmore
To be alive is to be inside the wave, always travelling until it breaks and is gone. These poems are concerned with the borderline between the living and the dead — the underworld and the human living world – and the acutely intense being of both.
Children's Award Winner
Book:The Explorer
Author: Katherine Rundell, Hannah Horn
Four children survive their aircraft plunging into the Amazon jungle, but for Fred and his friends it’s only the beginning of a cruel battle for survival. Brimming with adventure and a real command of character and incident, Rundell has few peers in superb children's fiction.
1.What kind of life does Eleanor lead?
A.boring and lonely.
B.funny and touching.
C.exciting and complex.
D.ordinary and happy.
2.Why did Rebecca Stott writeIn the Days of Rain?
A.To introduce beliefs of the Exclusive Brethren.
B.To help her father fulfill his last wish.
CTo share the life of fundamentalist Christians.
D.To pass on her family traditions.
3.For a young adventurous soul, which book seems more appealing?
A.Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
B.In the Days of Rain
C.Inside the Wave
D.The Explorer
B
Jack was born without eyes. He was very lucky as he grew up having other kittens (young cats) to socialize (交往)with, and was used to people from the moment he was born. However, when it came time to find the kittens homes, no one knew where Jack would end up.
That’s when I got an e-mail from my friend. All she asked was “Do you still want one of the kittens? There’s one here with no eyes and no one would like to take him”. Without thinking I told her that I did want the kitten.
When we first brought him home, Jack stayed mostly in my room. After about a day he had noissues running around and climbing on everything. At times he gets lost in the house, he’ll stop. But we just call his name and talk to him and it isn’t long before he finds his way back to us.
A few weeks after getting Jack, we got a new cat named Bear. Jack and Bear have become best friends. It doesn’t matter that he can’t see. He always knows when Bear is around. He’ll run across the yard straight to Bear and wrap his front legs around his neck in a big hug. They run after each other around and wrestle (摔跤). They’ll lie down in the grass together when tired.
Jack is truly an inspiration. I’ve owned lots of kittens in my life, but Jack is the happiest and most playful. He doesn’t feel sorry for himself. He doesn’t need pity. I think Jean, owner of Gumbo, another eyeless cat, said it best when she told me that cats don’t have disabilities; they have adaptability.
4. Why did Jack come to the author’s home?
A. The author cared for an eyeless cat.
B. The author didn’t mind whether he was blind.
C. No other young cats kept him company.
D. The author’s friend begged the author to take him home.
5. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Jack often wrestles with Bear indoors.
B. Jack likes to play with a new eyeless cat.
C. Jack quickly adapts to the new environment.
D. Jack is good at talking and playing with people.
6. What does the underlined word “issue” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. Trouble.
B. Fun.
C. Luck.
D. Business.
7. What does the passage mainly tell us?
A. A cat has nine lives.
B. All is well that ends well.
C. God helps those who help themselves.
D. A good beginning makes a good ending.
C
The health benefits of staying active are already well-known. It can help you manage weight, keep blood sugar levels down and reduce risk factors for heart disease.
Now, a new study suggests that regularly playing sports, especially badminton or tennis, is not only healthy but also reduces your risk of death, at any age, by approximately 50%. This is a big scale population study to explore the health benefits of sports in terms of death rate. The study evaluated responses from 80, 306 adults aged 30 and above inEnglandandScotland, who were surveyed about their health, lifestyle and exercise patterns.
After adjusting factors such as age, sex, weight, smoking habits, alcohol use, education and other forms of exercise besidesthe named sports, the researchers compared the risk of death among people who took part in a sport to those who didn’t. The percentage of reduced risk of death was found to be: 47% for racket（球拍）sports, 28% for swimming and 15% for cycling.
In addition to this, the study didn’t find any significant reduction in the risk for sports like running and football. The findings also exposed that over 44% of the participants met the guidelines for the recommended exercise levels to stay fit and healthy, which amounts to 150 minutes of moderate(适度的) physical activity in a week.
Does this mean you stop running or playing football and switch to tennis instead? Every kind of sport and physical activity has different physical, social and mental benefits attached to it. The apparent lack of benefits of running and football could result from several variables that were not taken into account.
Being active helps you feel happier and live longer. So, the most important step is to take part in any kind of sport that you are likely to enjoy and follow in the long term.
8. How is the study conducted?
A. By doing comparative experiments.
B. By analyzing previous data.
C. By evaluating survey information.
D. By tracking participants for a long time.
9. What does the underlined part “the named sports” refer to?
A. Ball sports.
B. Racket sports.
C. Individual sports.
D. Traditional sports.
10. What can we infer from paragraph 5?
A. Few people will play football.
B. Tennis will become more popular.
C. The result of this study is wrong.
D. The study needs to be further improved.
11. What does the author advise people to do?
A. Stick to any sport that you like.
B. Play badminton and tennis only.
C. Stop running and playing football.
D. Do any sport according to guidelines.
D
In a recent survey of 2000 Americans, housecleaning was shown to have some mood-boosting effects — but that doesn't mean everybody is willing to do it.
The majority of respondents (受访者) said cleaning gave them a sense of accomplishment (65%) and helped them clear their mind (63%). Half of these adults said they are most often motivated to clean when they're happy. In fact, 63% of those surveyed find the experience of cleaning to be relaxing - even more so than getting fresh air (61%).
But that's not the only reason people clean. A big 70% admitted that tidying their home was a way of putting off having to do other things, with the average procrastinator (拖延者) using that trick four times a week. The survey showed that 86% of respondents do feel on top of their housework, but the last deep clean of their kitchen happened over a week and a half ago. That's no surprise because the kitchen is most terrible of all.
Conducted by OnePoll on behalf of DishFish, the survey investigated people's attitudes toward dirty dishes and how they get through tricky task. More than two-thirds of people (69%) let their dishes pile up between
washings with 20% saying “always” letting them be placed in the sink, which left them feeling stressed. More than any other room, the kitchen was rated as “very difficult” to cope with. And most people enjoy cleaning their toilet or taking out the garbage more than washing dishes by hand.
How do they get through it? 66% listen to music while they clean. 72% have a best-loved song that they sounded while tidying up their home, with “Uptown Funk,”“Read All About It” and “Work” being the three favorite tunes on America's cleaning playlist.
12. What is the result of the survey?
A. Housecleaning may contribute to a good mood to some extent.
B. Housecleaning may strengthen people's willingness to volunteer.
C. Housecleaning may cause anxiety and concern for some people.
D. Housecleaning may improve people's motivation to other housework.
13. What is the top reason why people undertake housecleaning?
A. They can entertain themselves.
B. They can take in fresh air.
C. They get a sense of achievement.
D. They can delay other things.
14. What are respondents' attitudes to dirty dishes?
A. Many would rather wash dishes than throw out the rubbish.
B. Half are under pressure with dirty dishes lying in the sink.
C. A quarter will let dirty dishes pile up after their meals.
D. Most prefer cleaning their toiletto washing dishes by hand.
15. What column does the text belong to?
A. Feature Story.
B. Family Life.
C. Scientific Hotspot.
D. Finance Focus.
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Everyone has moments of forgetfulness (健忘) from time to time, especially when life gets busy.___16___, having a poor memory can be frustrating. However, research has shown that there are ways to improve your
memory.
Get enough sleep
Sleeping well helps make episodic memories stronger.___17___, especially about learning motor skills, such as learning to play a musical instrument or ride a bike. Having a full night’s sleep soon after gaining a new skill helps strengthen the processes involved.
Believe to remember
Positive thinking appears to improve memory performance. Researchers found they could improve the performance of people aged 60 and above in memory tests by presenting them with positive age­related words such as “wise”, and “sharp­witted”.
___18___. Brain scans have shown differences in activity levels in brain regions, according to whether individuals believe they have good recall abilities or not.
___19___
Memories can be weakened if the brain doesn’t have enough downtime to strengthen them. More than a century ago, German scientists showed that people performed almost twice as well in memory tests if they took breaks.
Stay social
___20___. US scientists who asked people in their 50s and 60s to do memory tests every other year found there is a slower decline in recall abilities of the most sociable persons. Having good friends, volunteering and other forms of social engagement also protect memory.
A. Take a break
B. Stay mentally active
C. Having an active social life delays memory loss as we age
D. Poor sleep is thought to have a significant effect on memory
E. Giving others words such as “forgettable” and “confused”weakened their performance
F. While this can be a completely normal phenomenon
G. There is evidence that sleep plays an important role in strengthening memories
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
完型填空（共20小题，每小题21.5分，满分30分）
When 19-year-old Chloe Mitchell's senior trip was canceled due to the pandemic, she knew she couldn't just
lie around the house. Not only is she a____21____volleyball player with an active lifestyle, she's also a teenager. Being____22____in the house all day with your parents isn't ideal-no matter how much you love them.
“I was bored. I was really depressed because quarantine(隔离)had taken away my senior year,” she explained. “I needed something to____23____worries in my mind. I needed____24____labor. I needed space____25____my family.”
As a self-described DIY obsessive(痴迷者), Mitchell saw the shabby shed (破旧的棚屋)in the yard, arelaxing space to call her own. Unfortunately, as she set about____26____the forgotten shed into a stylish vacation home—'She Shed', Mitchell was upset that social-distancing rules meant she couldn't invite her friends over. So she decided to share the____27____with her 34 followers on TikTok,____28____close friends, letting them know every step she did during the following days .
Over the next 10 days, Mitchell began to____29____the contents of her small shed used as a storage barn(仓库)so that it could be cleaned easily. After that, she wiped down the original wooden beams(横梁)before giving them a fresh layer of white_____30_____. Once the paint had dried, she hung fairy lights,_____31_____the space with plants and added a television and refrigerator donated by neighbors. She_____32_____built herself a daybed (躺椅)and purchased a little bed for her dog, Lilly.
Happy to be out in the sun, putting her DIY skills to good_____33_____and sharing the experience with her friends, Mitchellcould never have_____34_____what happened next. Known as “she shed girl”, Mitchell now has a (an)_____35_____22.7 million followers on TikTok,_____36_____she shares DIY tips and snippets (片段) of her life as a freshman at Aquinas College in Michigan._____37_____by the success of her first project, Mitchell turned her attention to the family's pool house, imagining it as a charming pub shed.
Commenting on Mitchell's_____38_____shed renovation (翻新), the experts at My Tool Shed DIY said, “Stress levels have_____39_____in the last year due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now more than ever people need time to do something they love. Having a_____40_____space like a ‘she shed’ can be perfect for this.”
23. A. passionate B. kind-hearted C. selfless D. pessimistic
24. A. locked B. occupied C. stuck D. closed
25. A. give out B. take off C. pick up D. settle down
26. A. mental B. convenient C. casual D. physical
27. A. outside B. from C. inside D. opposite
28. A. building B. mending C. transforming D. exchanging
29. A. assignment B. project C. progress D. shed
30. A. mostly B. really C. hardly D. naturally
31. A. furnish B. prepare C. fix D. empty
32. A. wood B. paint C. sheet D. paper
33. A. filled B. put C. placed D. offered
34. A. still B. even C. yet D. too
35. A. position B. effect C. use D. practice
36. A. predicted B. reflected C. believed D. recognized
37. A. delighted B. depressing C. incredible D. horrible
38. A. which B. where C. whose D. when
39. A. Encouraged B. Frustrated C. Exhausted D. Satisfied
40. A. imperfect B. impressive C. important D. impossible
41. A. decreased B. declined C. raised D. skyrocketed
42. A. reflected B. limited C. relieved D. dedicated
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
Exercise might seem like a chore sometimes,___41.___(particular) when we get told so often that we should exercise more. But we need to get up and start moving. Many of us spend too much time___42.___(stare) at screens. Most teen girls don't meet the standards for physical activity. Getting___43.___(scold) about this, though, doesn't really help. And that's too bad, because exercise can be both fun and good for the body and the brain.
Exercise is not only good for your muscles___44.___good for your bones. Getting exercise___45.___(help) teens build tough bodies. And teens who exercise more often grow up into adults with much___46.___(strong) bones.
Exercise can increase how much oxygen and blood gets to the brain, and even how the brain is structured. Working___47.___can produce chemicals in our bodies that might help prevent depression. And a workout after learning something can help us form and keep a great number of___48.___(memory).
So maybe it's no surprise___49.___so many scientists study exercise. There are some scientists, for instance, who study what makes winning runners so fast.____50.____(other) study running lizards and astronauts in space to find out how to keep humans healthy both on and off planet Earth.
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。

文中有10处语言错误。

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(∧)，并在其下面写上该加的词。

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。

Since we moved to our new home several days ago, I had been busy unpacking boxes. It’s exhausting and rewarding to stand back and see how a new home opens her arm to you. And I’m pleasing to see how everything eventual found a place to exist in. We also experienced kindness from some neighbors in your complex. I was touched a bunch of flowers and a delicate cup that some of the neighbors gifted it us. And then there was a plate of cookies appeared on our doorstep. People here are friend and we have been getting along well with each other!
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假如你是李华，本周末要去参加课外英语角。

要介绍三个刚学的、印象深刻的英文单词。

请写一个发言稿。

内容包括：
1.三个单词的含义；
2.印象深刻的原因；
3.学习英语的信心.
注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答.
Hi everyone，
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________
参考答案
1. D
2. B
3. D
4. B
5. C
6. A
7. C
8. C 9. B 10. D 11. A
12. A 13. D 14. D 15. B
16. F 17. G 18. E 19. A 20. C
21. A 22. C 23. B 24. D 25. B 26. C 27. C 28. A 29. D 30. B 31. A 32.
B 33.
C 34. A 35. C 36. B 37. A 38. B 39.
D 40. D
41. particularly
42. staring
43. scolded
44. but 45. helps
46. stronger
47. out 48. memories
49. that 50. Others
51.(1). had→have
(2).and→but
(3). arm→arms
(4). pleasing→pleased
(5). eventual→eventually
(6). your→my/our
(7). 在a前加by
(8).删除it
(9).appeared→appearing
(10).friend→friendly
52.略。