2019-2020学年天津市第二十一中学高三英语模拟试题及答案

2019-2020学年天津市第二十一中学高三英语模拟试题及答案
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
I truly thought thatI might die that day. Had I not seen three bears and a few wolves over the last couple of days near the road, I might have just lain down and called it quits. What in the world was I thinking, dragging my bike up to Yellowstone and thinking I could ride from West Yellowstone to Old Faithful in the snow? No less!
I had planned this trip for more than two months, and I wasn't about to give up so easily. The first few miles were beautiful. Ten miles in, I started sucking wind. Fifteen miles and my legs felt like they were made of lead. By twenty miles, my lungs were burning and felt like there was nothing left in the tank. That was when I turned around and saw my husband and three children cheering me on in the van behind me. I knew I couldn't quit because I tell my children all the time that just because something is hard doesn't mean that you stop doing it. I had to live what I'd been preaching(说教). That thought got me up that mountain and to the end of the ride.
The importance of that ride was apparent after only a week. My eight-year-old daughter Emalee wanted to ride in a twelve-mile charity ride. That day was cold as well. She was the youngest rider. About four miles into the ride, she started feeling cold. The chill(寒冷)was making her muscles cramp a little and she began to struggle. By six miles, she had tears running down her face. It broke my heart to see her suffering like that.I told herthat she didn't have to finish. She said that she wouldn't quit. I told her how I had wanted to quit the week before, but perseverance had gotten me to the end and I knew she could do it, too.
The look on her face as she pulled into the finish was priceless. She threw her arms around me and said, “You didn't quit, Mommy, so neither did I.”
1. What motivated the author to finish her ride?
A. Her family's encouragement.
B. Her own instruction for children.
C. The beautiful scenery and weather.
D. The careful and thorough preparation.
2. By describing the conditions Emalee met, the author wanted to________.
A. show her guilt for her daughter
B. prove that riding is a tough task
C. persuade her daughter to give up
D. indicate she was proud of Emalee
3. What does the author want to tell us according to the story?
A. Never say die.
B. Do nothing by halves.
C. Children are what the mothers are.
D. Every mother's child is handsome.
B
Tourism is often about seeking deeper emotional and personal connections with the world around us. Not all travel experiences, however, need to take place in the real world. With the evolution of virtual reality(VR) technology, tourism will increasingly become a combination of physical and virtual worlds. VR may even remove the need to travel entirely.
But can a VR experience really equal a real world one? Many experts believe it can. Studies have shown that our brains have an inbuilt VR-like mechanism that enables us to live imagined experiences. Much of our waking life is spent thinking about either the past or the future. This is known as" mind wandering". During these events we' re not paying attention to the current world around us. Instead, we' re recalling memories, or creating and processing imagined futures.
When engaged in mind wandering, our brains process these mental images using the same pathways used to receive inputs from the real world. So, the imagined past or future can create emotions and feelings similar to how we react to everyday life. VR can create these same feelings.
While critics might argue that a virtual experience will never match reality, there are several ways VR tourism could make a positive contribution. Firstly it could help protect sensitive locations from over-tourism. In recent years famous sites such as Maya Bay in Thailand, and Cambodia's Angkor Wat Temples have had to limit the number of visitors because of their negative impact. These places are now producing their own VR experiences that will allow tourists to pass through virtual models of the sites.
Virtual reality may also allow people back in time, to experience historical events, visit ancient cities, and even to walk among dinosaurs.
Finally, in a world where many people suffer from stress and depression due to overwork, virtual tourism may provide a cheap and convenient way for people to take brief holidays to otherwise unreachable destinations and recharge their batteries, without ever leaving their homes.
It sounds like science fiction but it's already happening. As virtual technology improves and as people continue to demand new and interesting experiences, expect more virtual tourism, both in combination with the real world and instead of it.
4. What is driving the development of virtual tourism?
A. Companies seeking to make more money.
B. Improvements in virtual reality technology.
C. People's demand for more shared experiences.
D. People's deeper understanding of the physical world.
5. Which of the following best describes "mind wandering"?
A. The brain processes which help people think VR is real.
B. The way the brain processes inputs from the real world.
C. Brain activities focusing on past or future events.
D. Experiences coming from a person's imagination.
6. What does the underlined word "it" in the last paragraph refer to?
A. Science fiction.
B. Virtual technology.
C. Virtual tourism.
D. The real world.
7. What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To describe the advantages of VR tourism.
B. To give suggestions for reducing over-tourism.
C. To encourage people to develop VR technology.
D. To argue VR tourism will replace the real world travel.
C
The cumulative rainfall in Henan province during the four days was the highest since the province has records, the provincial meteorological service said. The rain was heaviest in the provincial capital, Zhengzhou, for a short period on Monday and Tuesday. Northern, western and central parts of Henan also experienced downpours, the service said. Zhengzhou's biggest one-hour precipitation (降水量) —201.9 mmbetween 4 and 5 pm on Tuesday—was also the highest on the Chinese mainland. The previous record was 198.5 mmin the village of Linzhuang in Zhumadian in August 1975, the National Meteorological Center said. The city's precipitation
duringthe four days exceeded that of its average annual precipitation, the center said.
Chen Tao, chief forecaster at the National Meteorological Center, said abundant water vapor (水蒸气) brought by Typhoon In-Fa and the province's special geographical features led to Henan's rain. “Partly affected by the typhoon, large amounts of water vapor have been transported to China's inland areas, including Henan,” he said.
From Thursday to Monday, rain was forecast to continue in Henan. However, rainfall will gradually subside in Zhengzhou and the province's northern and central regions, though the storms will increase the risk of mountain torrents and other geological disasters. By Monday, lighter rain is forecast for parts of Henan, the provincial weather service said. However, local authorities are still urged to bevigilantand prepare to prevent or cope with flooding and other possible disasters.
Predicting such weather events remains a challenge worldwide because it involves many meteorological phenomena, the center said. “The formation of this kind of extreme weather, including rainstorms and high temperatures, is complex,” Chen said. “We still lack effective solutions and methods for such forecasting”, he said. “We are now putting a lot of effort into tackling the difficulty. We believe that as the technology improves, we can better forecast the events.”
8. What message does the author mainly want to convey in the first paragraph?
A. heavy rain fell in Zhengzhou.
B. The rain in Henan lasted four days.
C. Zhumadian also suffered the similar heavy rain.
D. Henan experienced the biggest rainfall of all time.
9. What can be indicated from Chen Tao's words?
A. It is not easy to forecast the extreme weather.
B The rain of Henan is mainly caused by Typhoon In-Fa.
C. The center hasn't put a lot of effort into solving the problem.
D. Rainstorms and high temperatures can account for the heavy rain.
10. What does the underlined word “vigilant” probably mean?
A. Relaxed.
B. Alert.
C. Reluctant.
D. Communicative.
11. Where might the text be most probably taken from?
A. history book.
B. A novel.
C. A news report.
D. A science magazine.
D
In the old days, when you had to drive to a movie theater to get some entertainment, it was easy to see how your actions could have an impact（影响）on the environment. After all, you were jumping into your car, driving across town, coughing out emissions（产生排放）and using gas all the way. But now that we're used to staying at home and streaming movies, we might get a littleproud. After all, we're just picking up our phones and maybe turning on the TV. You're welcome. Mother Nature.
Not so fast, says a recent report from the French-based Shift Project. According to "Climate Crisis: The Unsustainable Use of Online Video", digital technologies are responsible for 4% of greenhouse gas emissions, and that energy use is increasing by 9% a year. Watching a half-hour show would cause 1. 6 kilograms of carbon dioxide emissions. That's like driving 6. 28 kilometers. And in the European Union, the Eureca project found that data centers（where videos are stored）there used 25% more energy in 2017 compared to just three years earlier, reports the BBC.
Streaming is only expected to increase as webecome more enamored ofour digital devices（设备）and the possibility of enjoying entertainment where and when we want it increases. Online video use is expected to increase by four times from 2017 to 2022 and account for 80% of all Internet traffic by 2022. By then, about 60% of the world's population will be online.
You're probably not going to give up your streaming services, but there're things you can do to help lessen the impact of your online use, experts say. For example, according to Lutz Stobbe, a researcher from the Fraunhofer Institute in Berlin, we have no need to upload 25 pictures of the same thing to the cloud because it consumes energy every time. If instead you delete a few things here and there, you can save energy. Moreover, it's also a good idea to stream over Wi-Fi, watch on the smallest screen you can, and turn off your Wi-Fi in your home if you're not using your devices.
12. What topic is the first paragraph intended to lead in?
A. The environmental effects of driving private cars.
B. The improvements on environmental awareness.
C. The change in the way people seek entertainment.
D The environmental impacts of screaming services.
13. What does the underlined phrase become more enamored of" in paragraph 3 probably mean?
A. Get more skeptical of.
B. Become more aware of.
C. Feel much crazier about.
D. Get more worried about.
14. What can we infer about the use of streaming services?
A. It is being reduced to protect the planet.
B. Its environmental effects are worsening.
C. It is easily available to almost everyone.
D. Its side effects have drawn global attention.
15. Which of the following is the most environmentally-friendly?
A. Watching downloaded movies on a mobile phone.
B. Downloading music on a personal computer.
C. Uploading a lot of images of the same thing.
D. Playing online games over mobile networks.
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Walking is free, requires no equipment (aside from workout shoes) and can be done indoors or outside. You can go for a walk alone, or with your kids, while on a conference call or during the day or at night.____16____.
Walking intervals(间隔):speed up and slow down
Instead of walking at a steady pace, try adding in some speed drills to get your heart beating quickly.____17____Keep changing in the process of your entire walk.
Core engagement
As you walk, strike with your heel then toe, squeeze your glutes (臀) and pull your navel (肚脐) in toward your spine, which is essential to core strength training and injury prevention.
____18____
Here are afew suggestions to strengthen your lower-body：first, after you walk for one block, stop and do 10 squats. Repeat three times at least. Second, walk for a block，then do walking lunges for another block.____19____After walking for five minutes, do threesets of 10 repetitions of either squats or lunges.
Moving meditation
____20____,Imagine your walk as your own moving meditation (冥想). If you start feeling stressed or anxious about something, bring your attention back to your breath.
A. Body strength training
B. Focus on your breath.
C. As you walk, be precise about each step.
D. Walking has played an important role in our daily life.
E. If you're walking inside, time yourself for five minutes.
F. Walk for one block at a regular pace, and then speed up for the next block.
G. It's an easily accessible form of exercise that can be done anywhere, anytime.
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My family is still recovering from the terrible times when my teenaged stepson became ill. His disease led to kidney failure and an ongoing need for____21____.
As anyone with a sick child knows, the stress doesn’t___22___. And there was so much stress. My husband and I were___23___and it was as if we forgot how to communicate --we couldn’t have a simple conversation without___24___. Our once-happy home had become tense and unhappy.
In a___25___event of communication, my stepson and I were discussing Valentine’s gifts. I___26___that his dad gave me a kazoo(卡祖笛) for our first Valentine’s Day. My reaction to this gift was___27___when I, a professional saxophone player, couldn’t get it to make a___28___. The kazoo finally got packed away and___29___.
But he was interested and asked to see it. After some trouble, I found it___30___. “What’s so hard about getting a sound?” he asked, amazed, turning it around in his hands. “I don’t know. It just never ___31___.” I answered. My husband___32___the kazoo --“It’s easy! Look, you just do this…” –-and he blew. Nothing happened. He tried again, but still there was no sound.___33___, he tried again, only to produce a sound like a bee. My stepson burst into laughter. Our excitement at seeing his face light up like that was___34___. Soon, we were all laughing to the point of tears.
It was as if the dark had___35___and a ray of sunshine was let in. Eyes___36___and souls reconnected. My stepson took a turn on the kazoo. He did no better than us. More___37___. The mood stayed___38___for the rest of the evening. Months later, my stepson___39___a successful kidney transplant, which turned out to be a turning point. It showed us that we can still___40___as a family. Thanks to a simple kazoo, we remembered that we are one.
21. A. confidence B. appearance C. treatment D. recovery
22. A. go away B. set out C. pass down D. move around
23. A. relaxed B. surprised C. relieved D. exhausted
24. A. mentioning B. fighting C. changing D. developing
25. A. useful B. rare C. fair D. frequent
26. A. recalled B. reminded C. discovered D. predicted
27. A. forgiveness B. curiosity C. embarrassment D. excitement
28. A. song B. sign C. noise D. sound
29. A. repaired B. sold C. forgotten D. lent
30. A. eventually B. gradually C. generally D. naturally
31. A. agreed B. refused C. disturbed D. worked
32. A. returned B. grabbed C. selected D. dropped
33. A. Frustrated B. Disappointed C. Pleased D. Interested
34. A. normal B. slow C. obvious D. strange
35. A. lifted B. fallen C. struggled D. jumped
36. A. opened B. shut C. changed D. met
37. A. crying B. shouting C. calling D. laughing
38. A. thick B. light C. deep D. shallow
39. A. damaged B. underwent C. expected D. chose
40. A. survive B. grow C. bond D. control
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
A blind Chinese climber reached the summit of Qomolangma (known in the West as Mount Everest) on Monday morning,____41.____(become) the first blind person from Asia ever to conquer the world's highest peak.
Zhang Hong, 46, reached the top from the Nepali side, along with three high-altitude____42.____(guide). Jaya Bahadur Tamang,____43.____official from Asian Trekking Company, mentioned that Zhang and his team reached the summit at 9 a.m. on Monday. “Zhang is among the few climbers____44.____dared to go to the top of Qomolangma despite strong winds,” he added.
Zhang, born in Chongqing,____45.____(lose) his sight due to glaucoma (青光眼) at the age of 21. He now works at a hospital inLhasa. As Zhang began to climb down from the summit, which is 8,848.86 meters above sea level, his colleagues were excited to hear about his____46.____(succeed).
“Many people may have doubted him at first, but I was____47.____(confidence) in him from the beginning,” said Kyila, who is also blind.
Zhang had begun preparing____48.____the climb since 2019. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all mountaineering expeditions on Qomolangma____49.____(cancel) inNepalandChinalast year. And he had to wait
until recently____50.____(make) the attempt.
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；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Your kids often pay for attention to the things you do and look forward to make friends with you. Do you know what to teach kids about friendship? One extreme easy way to teach kids about friendship was to let them see you being a good friend. Modeling friendship will give them a example of how friend act. Modeling friendship will also let them know some of the things you teach us about friendship. You can allow them hear you talking with a friend warmly, or tell your kids, “My friend is a little sadness, so I need to be a good friend and try to make him happy."
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

A. J.shut the door of the truck. “Ready,” he said. Hisdadstarted thetruck. It was six o’clock and freezing, but the strong morning sun promised warmer temperatures. It had been colder than normal over the past week, and the ground and ponds were alreadyfrozen.
“After we check on the cows,” Dad said, “you should have some time to practice roping cattle.” A. J. wanted to enter the rodeos (牛仔竞技表演) in which cowboys rode wild horses, and caught cattle with ropes.
The best professionals could break from the gate on horseback,ropeacalf(小牛), and hog-tie the calf in less than ten seconds. So far, A.J. needed nearly a minute and a half, but he’d only been at it for a few months.
The truck bounced down the dirt road. In a few minutes, they passed through the field gate.
A. J. pulled a pair of telescopes. The black spots of cows on the far hill took shape. The cows gathered around thepond. A. J. guessed they wanted the water locked under the ice. Suddenly, they heard extremely frightened shouts from one cow. Dad stopped the truck, and he and A. J. stared at the frozen pond anxiously.
A calf lay on the ice in the middle of the pond. A cow, no doubt the calf’s mother, stood onshore, shouting desperately. The calfstruggledto get up but slipped and fell each time.
The morning sun seemed warmer. Too warm. A. J. knew that the situation was urgent. If the calf lay there too long, she could fall through the ice and drown. Dad eased the truck down the hill and stopped at the edge of the pond. “No telling how long she’s been there,” he said. “The ice could be about to melt. I don’t think we can risk it.” Dad shook his head, “It’s just not safe.”
注意：
1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2.应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

Paragraph 1:
A. J. watched the calf, whose eyes were wide with fright.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2:
It would be just like rodeo practice, A. J. thought, trying to stay calm.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________
参考答案
1. B
2. D
3. C
4. B
5. A
6. D
7. C
8. D 9. A 10. B 11. C
12. D 13. C 14. B 15. A
16. G 17. F 18. A 19. E 20. B
21. C 22. A 23. D 24. B 25. B 26. A 27. C 28. D 29. C 30. A 31. D 32.
B 33. A 34.
C 35. A 36.
D 37. D 38. B 39. B 40. C
41. becoming
42. guides 43. an
44. who##that
45. lost 46. success
47. confident
48. for 49. were canceled##were cancelled 50. to make
51.(1).去掉for
(2).make→making
(3).what→how
(4).extreme→extremely
(5).was→is
(6).a→an
(7).friend→friends
(8).us→them
(9).them后加to
(10).sadness→sad
52.略。