2021年高考英语模拟试题(一)

2021-11-30 12:57高洁郭玮
山西教育·招考 2021年5期
关键词:空白处秒钟小题

高洁 郭玮

本试卷满分150分(不含听力),考试时间120分钟。

第一部分听力(共两节,满分30分)

第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分,满分7.5分)

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What does the man ask the woman to do?

A. Cook dinner.

B. Buy food.

C. Have a rest.

2. How does the woman go to work?

A. By car.

B. By bike.

C. On foot.

3. When did the mans aunt come?

A. On the 13th.

B. On the 15th.

C. On the 17th.

4. Why is the man here?

A. To collect the papers.

B. To meet a customer.

C. To sign the contracts.

5. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Classmates.

B. Teacher and student.

C. Doctor and patient.

第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料,回答第6、7题。

6.Why is the woman upset?

A. Her laptop broke.

B. Her desktop computer broke.

C. She lost her laptop.

7.What will the woman probably do?

A. Repair her laptop.

B. Buy a new laptop.

C. Buy a desktop computer.

听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。

8. Why wont the woman go to the beach?

A. She has to work overtime.

B. Her husband will be busy.

C. Her classmates will visit her.

9. What does the woman decide to do at last?

A. Go mountain climbing.

B. Go to her college with Paul.

C. Go shopping with her classmates.

听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。

10. Which camp will the man sign his kids up for?

A. The camp in June.

B. The camp in July.

C. The camp in August.

11. What is“Potty Training”?

A. A safety training.

B. A camp training.

C. A toilet training.

12. How much will the man pay?

A. $200.

B. $210.

C. $220.

聽第9段材料,回答第13至16题。

13. How long did the man wait on the playground?

A. About 20 minutes.

B. About 15 minutes.

C. About 5 minutes.

14. Where is Mrs Smith now?

A. In the teachersoffice.

B. On the playground.

C. In the classroom.

15. Whom does the ring belong to?

A. Mrs Smith.

B. Mr Black.

C. Mrs Black.

16. What will the man do when getting home?

A. Make a phone call.

B. Go to attend a wedding.

C. Wait for the womans call.

听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。

17. Who is the speaker probably talking to?

A. Movie fans.

B. News reporters.

C. College students.

18. When did the speaker take English classes?

A. Before he left his hometown.

B. After he came to America.

C. When he was 15 years old.

19. How does the speaker feel about his teacher?

A. Hes proud.

B. Hes sympathetic.

C. Hes grateful.

20. What does the speaker mainly talk about ?

A. How education shaped his life.

B. How his language skills improved.

C. How he managed his business well.

第二部分閱读理解(共两节,满分60分)

第一节(共15小题;每小题3分,满分45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

Give a Great Read

Sometimes the best gift is a book. Here are our favorite 2020 titles.

The Residence by Andrew Pyper

This novel is inspired by the true-life tale ofFranklin Pierce, the 14th president, whose son was killed in an accident. As Pyper tells it, the boys spirit follows his family to the White House, where his presence exposes the breaking of the Piercesmarriage and Americas troubled history. $25.

Dearly, by Margaret Atwood

C. Classical history of Canada.

D. The influence of a historian.

B

Sometimes the sounds of a singer float through the Umgeni River Bird Park. The super singer isa parrot, who learns to sing from a former owner. Many of the parrots there are rescued, given up by people unprepared for the challengesofowningalarge, needybird.

Even so, the draw to keep parrots can be irresistible. Highly social and intelligent, the birds create meaningful, powerful bonds with their owners. Combine that with their ability to imitate human voices, and there is no doubt that parrots are the most popular pet birds on Earth.

In some cases, however, their popularity is hurting them. Despitebreedingprogramsworldwide, many parrots are still caught illegally from the wild. One reason: Organized criminal groups that have made billions of dollars trafficking(非法交易)animals such as elephants and rhinos have added parrots to their list. The illegal parrot trade is unchecked in Latin America and the Caribbean, wherelawsagainstitcan bedifficulttoenforce.

The demand for pets, together with deforestation and habitat loss, is the primary driver of parrotsendangered status. Geneticists at South Africas University of KwaZulu-Natal hope to develop a gene-based method for determining whether a bird is wild-caught or bred in a cage by identifying distinct genetic profiles. Such DNA work can lead to a test that allows a keeper, pet buyer, or airportinspectorto take a sample from a bird and discover itsoriginon thespot.

The long-term challenge, conservationists say, is convincing the public that parrots are more than amusing pets on peoples shoulders, or pets singing songs from a cage. Theyre hundreds of species that live wild on nearly every continent. But before long they can go into extinction.

24. Why are the parrots popular as pet birds?

A. They are quick to learn songs.

B. They are sociable and powerful.

C. They can imitate human beings.

D. They have close ties with owners.

25. What does the underlined word“unchecked”in paragraph 3 mean?

A. Uncovered.

B. Unacceptable.

C. Uncontrolled.

D. Unorganized.

26. What has caused the illegal parrot trade?

A. Criminals seek for profit.

B. People want to breed birds.

C. The parrots are endangered.

D. Governments have no limitation.

27. What can we do to help the parrots?

A. Raise them in cages.

B. Identify their genes.

C. Discover their origins quickly.

D. Improve public protection awareness.

C

Fear of judgment and competition as well as general anxiety hurts teenage girls very often. Thus, a group of 18 high school girls in Central Kentucky, US, gathered for the first meeting of the Girl Project a little more than a year ago. The project is an art program designed to improve the self-esteem of girls.

Funded by the Kentucky Foundation for Women, the Girl Project aims to make a fundamental positive impact on the lives of young women during a crucial stage of their development. It has tried to achieve that goal by inviting the girls—who were admitted through social media, theater contacts and schools—to creativity workshops and relationship-building exercises.

The participants spent one Saturday each month at the Girl Project.“We call each other sisters,”junior Mariah Mowbray said.“There are no cliques(小圈子)in the Girl Project.”In addition to discussing current events, the meetings include two-hour workshops led by guest artists from the community or around the nation. Mowbray says that the stories shared by the artists help the girls expand their ambitions and improve their confidence.

“Knowing how they got through some of the stuff that were dealing with is really helpful,”Mowbray said.“Its really inspiring to see what theyve made of themselves.”Mowbrays show deals with humorous and heavy material from the workshops and offers reflection on some disturbing statistics. For instance, 95percent of the 8 million Americans with eating disorders are girls and women ages12to25. Finally, the project ends with a play, written and performed by participants.

“It opens my eyes a lot,”said senior Ella White, who said she joined the program because it offered an experience she could not get in school. She added,“Most of my fears have melted away since I joined the group.”

28. Whats the purpose of the Girl Project?

A. To help girls make friends.

B. To teach girls practical skills.

C. To improve girlsconfidence and pride.

D. To make girls concerned about current affairs.

29. What can participants do at the Girl Project?

A. Build relationships with social media.

B. Take courses in the current event.

C. Visit artists from the community.

D. Enjoy inspiring stories.

30. What do we know about the project?

A. It is an art program for teenagers.

B. It is held every Saturday per month.

C. It enables participants to experience their play.

D. It inspires girls and women in America.

31. Whats Ellas attitude towards the project?

A. Ambiguous.

B. Positive.

C. Skeptical.

D. Conservative.

D

In an era of unpredictable weather and increasing flooding around the globe, urgent solutions are needed. Landscape architect Dr. Yu Kongjian thinks cities can do a better job of being less in disagreement with nature and their surrounding environments. In response, he advocates the creation of“sponge(海綿)cities”.

A sponge city is designed to absorb, clean and reuse rainfall. Unlike concrete pavements that separate water from the natural ecosystem, sponge cities take advantage of wetlands, green roofs or permeable(可透入的)pavements to absorb most water before it can flow into urban streets. In the past years, the model has gained huge support in China, and today Yu and his team have completed 500 sponge city projects in cities around the world.

Although the majority of sponge city projects draw from the same model, each project has a different focus, according to Yu. In Chinas northeastern city of Harbin, for example, Yu and his team revitalized(使恢复)a dy-ing wetland surrounded by roads and big development projects in the citys center. Using a cut-and-fill way to create ponds and mud flats around the existing wetland, his team transformed the area into a landscape that lives in harmony with its surroundings and can solve urban flooding problems, as well as increasing biodiversity.

Anotherofficiallyrecognizedproject,Shanghai HoutanPark,transformedaformerindustrializedsiteintoa watertreatmentcenter,whichcleansupto634,000gallons of waterdaily from Shanghais Huangpu River. Using recycled industrial structures and materials, constructed wetlandsandurbanagriculture,HoutanParkservesasboth anaesthetically(审美上地)stimulatingenvironmentand aninnovativewatermanagementecosystem.

Dr. Yus sponge city concept challenges us to rethink our relationship with nature. And he hopes that sponge cities can have a much-needed impact in developing countries, especially in Southeast Asia where flooding is more frequent partly because of seasonal heavy rain and the regions tropical climate.

32.Why does Dr.Yu support the creation of sponge cities?

A. To predict the extreme weather.

B. To find the solution for flooded cities.

C. To reduce the urban flooding.

D. To increase the opportunities for urban jobs.

33.What can we know about a sponge city?

A.It can separate rainwater from the natural ecosystem.

B.It can prevent rainfall into urban streets completely.

C. It can improve the recycling of rainfall.

D. It can contribute to the construction of cities.

34.How did Yu and his team make a wetland in Harbin more active?

A. By using a cut-and-fill strategy.

B. By increasing biodiversity.

C. By recycling industrial materials.

D. By improving the environment.

35. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A. A Sponge City: an urban design strategy

B. A Sponge City: a climate monitoring program

C. A Sponge City: a water management project

D. A Sponge City: a landscape building plan

第二節(共5小题;每小题3分,满分15分)根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Its clear that most of us want to live long, happy, successful, and healthy lives. Unfortunately, in our pursuit of success we often take shortcuts with our health and wind up suffering from various sickness and disabilities that we could have avoided. 36 Though many of us live stressful, demanding lives, we can develop habits that will help us live healthier and more productive lives.

Get your exercise. 37 It also helps control weight, maintain healthy bones and muscles, and reduce our risk of high blood pressure and heart disease. Many exercise authorities suggest 30 minutes of exercise, 5-6 days a week, giving your body one day to rest and recover.

38This habit includes such things as eating more fruit and nuts and avoiding sugary drinks and snacks. Many nutritionists recommend chewing each mouthful 20-30 times to get it into its most digestible form. Studies have also shown that it takes your stomach about 20 minutes to tell the brain that its full.

Challenge yourself. We all get into tradition, but to keepbothbodyandmindsharp,getintothehabitoftaking on challenges. And dont feel embarrassed about not being an expert.39How about learning another language? Yourlocallibraryprobablyhaslanguageprograms available at no cost to members. And there are plenty of freeonlinelanguageappslikeDuolingotohelpyou.

We think these suggestions will lead you to a healthier life.40Find the healthy habits that work for you, whether theyre ours or from others, and stick with them!

A. Eat a serving of fruit every day.

B. But you need to be true to yourself.

C. It doesnt have to be that way at all.

D. Practice healthy eating throughout the day.

E.Themainthingistofindexercisewhichyouenjoy.

F. Remember that every expert was once also a beginner.

G. Regular exercise is significant to help you keep in a good shape.

第三部分语言知识运用(共两节,满分55分)

第一节(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

My presentation was horrible. I knew it before I heard“well be in touch”from the41 . My boss wouldnt look me in the eye for what I did. The rest of my day wasspent in relative 42 . I was left alone in reality.

Outside there was a heat wave. I was 43in the three-piece suit Id bought specifically for this big day. I boarded a full bus and the air conditioner wasnt working, so I 44 my way off at the next stop. 45 further, I began my journey home. A block from my building, I heard the water splashing and kids 46 so I knew the fire hydrant(消防栓)had been 47 . As I turned the corner, 48 enough, there was a group of kids playing with the water. When they saw me in my suit, they were politely on the lookout to stop the water from 49 on me. Then I noticed a little one, no older than five holding a water gun down by his side, 50me a little harder. I eyed him back. Then his brother 51 at him as he was saying,“Have a try.”My eyes tightened a little further as I 52 my own“I dare you”to the five-year-old. Then he ran his eyes over, planning his 53route through the narrow street. Right away, I knew I wasgoing to get wet.

And he 54 me, behind my ear, before he ran toward his exit. As I headed toward the street to 55 his escape, his brother gave me his water gun. I was able to 56 the gun and the little boy fought back. Before long we were in all-out water warfare.57 , I was wet, laughing like Id never laughed before.

It took a five-year-old to bring out my children fun again, put life in 58 and help me realize that you may not be able to control 59 but you can still let in the joy. And you can ruin a suit, too, but not really 60 !

第二節(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。

Sports are popular for varieties of reasons. 61(keep)healthy, for example, is often considered as a reason for participating in sports. Others will tell you that they do sports for recreational 62(purpose). Sports are even more popular with people who do not63(necessary)participate in them, but love being an audience. Since ancient time, people have been inspired by extraordinary human beings who are able to perform remarkable athletic feats(功绩).

Sports are almost as old as human civilization

64(it). In fact, historical evidence suggests that human beings have been participating in sports for the last 3,000 years.Many things about sports65(change)over time, even if that love for dynamism and athletic prowess(造诣)has remained66same. New technology has revolutionized the way manysports67(play)nowadays. Also relatively new is the concept known68the science of sport, which implies the use of science to improve, not only the performance of athletes69other aspects of sports. One of the most recent trends in sports is the move towards making them70(safe).Thus, athletes in the future may face a lesser risk to their health and well-being than their present or past players.

第四部分写作(共两节,满分35分)

第一节短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)

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。

刪除: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;

2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。

There was a problem with the parking place for bike in our school. The moment I step into the school one morning, I noticed a long line of students at the entrance waiting get their bikes parked. I had to wait a while after I could park my bike. During the break my classmates talked about the matter and came up to a solution. We received a warm welcome at the headmasters office as if we handed our report to them.

The next morning, when I went to park my bike as usually, I was glad to find that a additional entrance was added to the parking place.

How glad I am to contribute to help solve the problem!

第二节书面表达(满分25分)

学校正在组织英语作文大赛。请以“保护环境,从我做起”为题,写一篇短文参赛,内容包括:

1.树立环保意识;

2.你的行为表现;

3.呼吁大家保护环境。

注意:

1.词数100左右;

2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。

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