深圳市龙岗区龙城高级中学2020年高三第一次模拟考试英语试题及参考答案(10页)

深圳市龙岗区龙城高级中学2020年高三第一次模拟考试英语试题

英语试题

第一部分阅读理解（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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Educators Rising NYC Chapter

Time of the event: October 2019 — August 2020

Contact: Angel Winston

Educators Rising NYC Chapter is a program for students in Grades 11 and 12 who have an interest in teaching. Chapters will participate in education-focused activities at your school and in monthly engagement opportunities hosted by NYC Men Teach. With the support of teachers or school-based staff members at your school, you can learn about careers in education.

YVote Pizza and Politics Forums

Time of the event: Ongoing

Contact: Sanda Balaban/917-543-8350

Do you care about issues in and beyond your school and community? YVote brings together students from high schools across NYC to analyze the issues — crime, climate, and immigration justice — through the importance of voting. Students will explore activism, collective power, and electoral politics.

High School Apprenticeship (学徒工作) Program

Time of the event: February 2020 —August 2020

Contact: Joana Arruda / 646-437-4273

The High School Apprenticeship Program — A Living Memorial to the Holocaust offers NYC public high school students a challenging program of work and study as they learn about Jewish heritage, the Holocaust, and what goes on “behind the scenes” at a museum.

Headache and Arts

Time of the event: Ongoing

Contact: headacheandarts@

Headache and Arts is a STEAM-based medicine and visual arts program. This one-week health education program for health and visual arts classes seeks to teach high school students about the brain and headache. Several structured materials are provided for educators including adaptable curriculum and lesson plans.

1. What can people learn in Educators Rising NYC Chapter?

A.How to be a teacher.

B. How to host TV programs.

C.How to write novel chapters.

D.How to fight against climate change.

2. If you are interested in some historical events, you can choose.

A.Headache and Arts

B. Educators Rising NYC Chapter

C.YV ote Pizza and Politics Forums

D.High School Apprenticeship Program

3.What do YV ote Pizza and Politics Forums and Headache and Arts have in common?

A.Both have the same theme.

B. Both are long-term programs.

C.Both are held in the same school.

D.Both get support from local communities.

B

I took a trip to visit New York with my dad after graduating from high school. One of the places on his list for us to visit was a “rare violin shop”. We made our way down the crowded streets and stopped in front of a tall building.

This building was not what I had pictured. I’d been imagining a street-level shop, open to the public，with some interesting and older violins on display. As we walked inside, we were greeted by a receptionist who asked if we had an appointment, since they were by appointment only. I wanted the ground to swallow me whole and was about to waive the visit. But my dad eagerly told them that no, and he sincerely explained that I played the violin with my high school orchestra and we would love to just pop inside and browse!

The receptionist gave us an odd look but excused herself to talk to a well-dressed man. Luckily, the man told us that since he had no other appointments right now, he would love to give us a tour!

The starting price for a violin here, we found out, was 10k. He showed us around a very private-feeling and swanky-looking condo (奢华的工作间), pointing at a room where he casually mentioned he would chat with Joshua Bell when he came by. My jaw was on the floor the entire time.

At the end, the man picked up a Stradivarius and asked me to pizz a string while he held it. And he said，“Now you’ve played a Stradivarius.”

I don’t remember the man’s name，but I’m so glad that he decided to show a no-appointment, non-customer around. He inspired me to continue pursuing my instrument after high school!

4.Why did the author’s father take her to the violin shop?

A.To buy a new violin for the school orchestra.

B.To show support for the author’s hobby.

C.To ask the receptionist for an appointment.

D.To meet famous violinists.

5.What does the underlined word “waive” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A.Give up.

B. Put off.

C. Pay for.

D. Prepare for.

6.What can we infer about the man showing them around?

A.He is highly educated.

B. He is respectful but strict.

C.He is friendly and considerate.

D.He is good at making musical instruments.

7.What’s the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A.To share her experience of learning about some wonderful violins.

B.To show her appreciation for a man in a rare violin shop.

C.To encourage readers to stick to their dreams.

D.To tell the importance of communication.

C

More than 90 per cent of global trade today is carried out via ships —about 53,000 merchant ships trading internationally. That number seems to increase dramatically. A 2019 study, led by researchers at McGill University in Canada，has predicted an increase in ocean traffic of anything between 240 and 1, 209 per cent by 2050. In preparation for this increase, scientists and engineers around the world are dealing with the difficult question of how to navigate (航行) more safely.

On the west coast of the US, one such group has a single priority — whales. The region is home to not only busy international ports but also the rich feeding grounds of blue, humpback and fin whales. As a result of crossovers, ship strikes are thought to be one of the leading causes of death for whale populations.

Dr Briana Abrahms, a research ecologist at NOAA Fisheries’ Southwest Fisheries Science Center, is developing an app that will allow managers and ship crews to be alerted (警觉的) to the probable location of blue whales. It is based on the group9 s new model which predicts whale movements based on oceanographic conditions. “Ocean conditions can change on a daily basis,” Abrahms explains. “We know what conditions the whales like, so every