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2020 届北京市朝阳区高考英语 4 月模拟试题（B 卷）
第一部分：知识运用（共两节，45 分）第一节 语法填空（共 1 小题；每小题 1.5 分，共 15
分）阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空．在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1 个适当的单词，
在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空．
1．（15 分）
A
Tim Becker and his neighbors are doing something （ 1 ） （ make ） their
neighborhood a trouble﹣free area． Tim（2） （belong） to a neighborhood watch
group in Stoneville， Indiana， USA． The neighborhood watch group meets on the third
Wednesday of every month． That's when Tim gets together with about ten of his neighbors to
discuss community safety． Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the police
keep their homes， streets， and（3） （family） safe．
B
The animals（4） （keep） together in small spaces， with no privacy and little
opportunity（5） mental and physical exercise． This results in unusual and self﹣
destructive behavior（6） （call） zoochosis． A worldwide study of zoos found that
zoochosis is common among animals kept in small spaces or cages． Another study showed
that elephants spend 22 percent of their time making repeated head movements or biting cage
bars， and bears spend 30 percent of their time（7） （walk） back and forth， a sign
of unhappiness and pain．
C
"Poor but honest．" "The deserving poor．" These words always come to my mind（8）
I think of "the poor"． But I also think of people（9） ， perhaps through alcohol or
drugs，have ruined not only their own lives but also the lives of others in order to give way to
their own pleasure． Perhaps alcoholism and drug addiction really are "diseases"， as many
people say， but my own feeling﹣based， of course， not on any serious study， is that
most alcoholics and drug addicts belong to the "undeserving poor"． And that is largely（10）
I don't give spare change to beggars．第 2 页（共 13 页）
第二节 完形填空（共 1 小题；每小题 1.5 分，共 30 分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每
题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑．
2．（30 分）My job was to make classroom observations and encourage a training program that
would enable students to feel good about themselves and take charge of their lives． Donna was
one of the volunteer teachers who participated in this（1） ．
One day， I entered Donna's classroom， took a seat in the back of the room and（2）
． All the students were working on a（3） ． The student next to me was filling her page
with "I Can'ts．" "I can't kick the soccer ball．" "I can't get Debbie to like me．" Her page was
half full and she showed no（4） of stopping． I walked down the row and found
everyone was writing sentences，（5） things they couldn't do．
By this time the activity aroused my（6） ， so I decided to check with the teacher
to see what was going on but I noticed she too was（7） in writing． "I can't get John's
mother to come for a parents' meeting．" ……I felt it best not to（8） ．
After another ten minutes， the students were（9） to fold the papers in half and
bring them to the front． They placed their "I Can't" statements into an empty shoe box． Then
Donna（10） hers． She put the lid on the box， tucked（塞进） it under her arm and
headed out the door． Students followed the teacher． I followed the students． Halfway down
the hallway Donna got a shovel（铁铲） from the tool house， and then marched the students
to the farthest corner of the playground． There they began to（11） ． The box of "I
Can'ts" was placed at the（12） of the hole and then quickly covered with dirt． At this
point Donna announced， "Boys and girls， please join hands and（13） your heads
．" They quickly formed a circle around the grave（墓地）．
Donna delivered the eulogy（悼词）． "Friends， we gathered here today to（14）
the memory of 'I Can't．' He is（15） by his brothers and sisters 'I Can' and 'I Will'．
May 'I Can't' rest in（16） ．"
She turned the students（17） and marched them back into the classroom． They
celebrated the（18） of "I Can't"． Donna cut a large tombstone（墓碑） from paper
． She wrote the words "I Can't" at the top and the date at the bottom， then hung it in the
classroom． On those rare occasions when a student（19） and said， "I Can't，" Donna
（20） pointed to the paper tombstone． The student then remembered that "I Can't" was 第 3 页（共 13 页）
dead and chose other statement．
（1）A． job B． project C． observation D． course
（2）A． checked B． watched C． noticed D． waited
（3）A． task B． computer C． problem D． farm
（4）A． scenes B． senses C． marks D． signs
（5）A． discussing B． doing C． describing D． drawing
（6）A． curiosity B． suspect C． sympathy D． worry
（7）A． trapped B． strict C． busy D． successful
（8）A． insert B． interrupt C． talk D． request
（9）A． taught B． shown C． forced D． instructed
（10）A． added B． wrote C． made D． folded
（11）A． cry B． pray C． dig D． play
（12）A． back B． bottom C． top D． edge
（13）A． drop B． raise C． fall D． lift
（14）A． keep B． thank C． forgive D． honor
（15）A． remembered B． punished C． removed D． replaced
（16）A． silence B． heart C． peace D． memory
（17）A． down B． up C． off D． around
（18）A． birth B． passing C． loss D． starting
（19）A． awoke B． reminded C． forgot D． apologized
（20）A． simply B． hardly C． seriously D． angrily
第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，40 分）第一节（共 4 小题；每小题 6 分，共 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂
黑．
3．（6 分）Do you want to go out to eat with your kids？ Here are some restaurants that are good
for kids in downtown Los Angeles．第 4 页（共 13 页）
Grand Café
Tel： （213）356﹣4155
Do you need a place that opens as early as your kids wake up？ Then go to Grand Café．
Families can order breakfast off the menu or enjoy the buffet． Because of the variety， buffets
seem to be an easy option for families with picky eaters． There are many options for the
different moods of all family members．
Nickel Diner
Tel： （213）623﹣8301
Nickel Diner was listed in Los Angeles Magazines as one of "LA's Best New Restaurants"．
The space is small， but the menu is wonderfully large． The atmosphere is quiet and relaxed
， which makes it easy to bring the kids． One of the most attractive things about Nickel Diner
is its unique menu of breakfast foods．
Lucky Strike Bowl
Tel： （213）542﹣4880
There's nothing like a good game of bowling to add some happiness to the family outing．
Why not take the family to a place where you can bowl while eating？ Try their homemade
Belgium fries， the mini burgers， flatbread pizza， or crispy tacos． Downtown LA's Lucky
Strike Bowl will never make you and your kids disappointed．
Kula
Tel： （213）290﹣9631
Kula is an exciting sushi bar and is a big hit for little sushi eaters． Kula's concept includes
providing "a high standard of natural organic foods" and they use 100% organic rice． If your
child is not a sushi eater， there are also many other options．
（1）Who would most probably go to eat at Grand Café？
A． People who love organic foods．
B． People who want to play while eating．
C． People who love a quiet eating environment．
D． People who want to serve themselves in a restaurant．
（2）Which of the following aspects of Kula most attractive to eaters？ 第 5 页（共 13 页）
A． It has many other options．
B． It offers very healthy foods．
C． It allows kids to run around．
D． It offers different kinds of rice．
（3）What is the purpose of the passage？
A． To encourage people to go to Los Angeles．
B． To compare some kid﹣friendly restaurants．
C． To recommend some nice foods in the city．
D． To recommend some kid﹣friendly restaurants．
4．（8 分）When 19﹣year﹣old Sophia Giorgi said she was thinking of volunteering to help the
Make﹣A﹣Wish Foundation， nobody understood what she was talking about． But Sophia
knew just how important Make ﹣ A ﹣ Wish could be because this special organization had
helped to make a dream come true for one of her best friends． We were interested in finding
out more， so we went along to meet Sophia to listen to what she had to say．
Sophia told us that Make﹣A﹣Wish is a worldwide organization that started in the United
States in 1980． "It's a charity that helps children who have got very serious illnesses． Make
﹣A﹣Wish helps children feel happy even though they are sick， by making their wishes and
dreams come true，" Sophia explained．
We asked Sophia how Make﹣A﹣Wish had first started． She said it had all begun with a
very sick young boy called Chris， who had been dreaming for a long time of becoming a
policeman． Sophia said lots of people had wanted to find a way to make Chris's dream come
true﹣so， with everybody's help， Chris， only seven years old at the time， had been a
"policeman" for a day． "When people saw how delighted Chris was when his dream came true
， they decided to try and help other sick children too， and that was the beginning of Make﹣
A﹣Wish，" explained Sophia．
Sophia also told us the Foundation tries to give children and their families a special， happy
time． A Make﹣A﹣Wish volunteer visits the families and asks the children what they would
wish for if they could have anything in the world． Sophia said the volunteers were important
because they were the ones who helped to make the wishes come true． They do this either by
providing things that are necessary， or by raising money or helping out in whatever way they 第 6 页（共 13 页）
can．
（1）Sophia found out about Make﹣A﹣Wish Foundation because her best friend had ．
A． benefited from it
B． volunteered to help it
C． dreamed about it
D． told the author about it
（2）According to Sophia， Make﹣A﹣Wish ．
A． is an international charity
B． was understood by nobody at first
C． raises money for very poor families
D． started by drawing the interest of the public
（3）What do we know about Chris？
A． He has been a policeman since he was seven．
B． He gave people the idea of starting Make﹣A﹣Wish．
C． He wanted people to help make his dream come true．
D． He was the first child Make﹣A﹣Wish helped after it had been set up．
（4）What do we know about Make﹣A﹣Wish volunteers from the passage？
A． They try to help children get over their illnesses．
B． They are important for making wishes come true．
C． They visit sick children to make them feel special．
D． They provide what is necessary to make Make﹣A﹣Wish popular．
5．（8 分）Essentially， everyone has two ages： a chronological（按时间计算的） age， how
old the calendar says you are， and a biological age， basically the age at which your body
functions as it compares to average fitness or health levels．
"Chronological age isn't how old we really are． It's merely a number，" said Professor David
Sinclair at Harvard University． "It is biological age that determines our health and ultimately
our lifespan（寿命）．We all age biologically at different rates according to our genes， what
we eat， how much we exercise， and what environment we live in． Biological age is the
number of candles we really should be blowing out． In the future， with advances in our 第 7 页（共 13 页）
ability to control biological age， we may have even fewer candles on our birthday cake than
the previous one．"
To calculate biological age， Professor Levine at Yale University identified nine bio﹣
markers that seemed to be the most influential on lifespan by a simple blood test． The numbers
of those markers， such as blood sugar and immune measures， can be put into the computer，
and the algorithm （算法） does the rest．
Perhaps what's most important here is that these measures can be changed． Doctors can take
this information and help patients make changes to lifestyle ， and hopefully take steps to
improve their biological conditions． "I think the most exciting thing about this research is that
these things aren't set in stone，" Levine said． "People can be given the information earlier and
take steps to improve their health before it's too late．"
Levine even entered her own numbers into the algorithm． She was surprised by the results
． "I always considered myself a very healthy person． I'm physically active； I eat what I
consider a fairly healthy diet． But I did not find my results to be as good as I had hoped they
would be． It was a wake﹣up call，" she said．
Levine is working with a group to provide access to the algorithm online so that anyone
can calculate their biological age， identify potential risks and take steps to improve their own
health in the long run． "No one wants to live an extremely long life with a lot of chronic
diseases，" Levine said． "By delaying the development of mental and physical functioning
problems， people can still be engaged in society in their senior years． That is the ideal we
should be pursuing．"
（1）Biological age depends on ．
A． what the calendar says about our age
B． when we start to take outdoor exercise
C． whether we can adapt ourselves to the environment
D． how well our body works compared with our peers'
（2）What does the author mean by saying the underlined part in Paragraph 2？
A． We are chronologically older than last year．
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C． We don't have to celebrate our birthday every year．
D． We may be biologically younger than the year before．
（3）What does the author want to tell us by Levine's example in Paragraph 5？
A． It is necessary to change our diet regularly．
B． The test results may give us wrong information．
C． Waking up early in the morning is good for our fitness．
D． The algorithm can reveal our potential health problems．
（4）Which of the following would be the best title for the passage？
A． Bio﹣markers Can Make Us Younger
B． Chronological Age and Biological Age
C． Old People can Still be Engaged in Society
D． Biological Age can Lag behind or Exceed Chronological Age
6．（8 分）
Don't Blame Robots for Low Wages
The other day I found myself at a conference discussing declining wages and increasing
inequality． One thing that struck me was how many of the participants just assumed that robots
are a big part of the problem． But automation just isn't a big part of the story what happened to
American workers over the past 40 years． We do have a big problem， but it has very little to
do with technology， and a lot to do with politics and power．
Economically speaking， a robot is anything that uses technology to do work formerly done
by human beings． And robots in that sense have been transforming our economy for centuries
． David Ricardo， a founding father of economics， wrote about the destructive effects of
machinery in 1821． These days， when people talk about the robot destruction， they don't
usually think of things like strip mining（露天采矿） and mountaintop removal（削山开采）
． Yet these technologies completely transformed coal mining ： Coal production almost
doubled between 1950 and 2000， yet the number of coal miners fell from 470，000 to fewer
than 80，000．
So the destruction brought by technological change is an old story． What's new is the failure
of workers to share in the fruits of that technological change． I'm not saying that coping with
change was ever easy ． But while there have always been some victims of technological 第 9 页（共 13 页）
progress， until the 1970s rising productivity translated into rising wages for a great majority
of workers． Then the connection was broken． And it wasn't the robots that did it．
What did？ There is a growing agreement among economists that a key factor in wage
decreasing has been worker's declining bargaining power ﹣ a decline whose roots are
ultimately political． Most obviously， the federal minimum wage has fallen by a third over
the past half century， even as worker productivity has risen 150 percent， which rooted in
politics， pure and simple．
The decline of unions， which covered a quarter of private﹣sector workers in 1973 but
only 6 percent now， may not be as obviously political． But other countries haven't seen the
same kind of decline． What made America exceptional was a political environment deeply
unfriendly to labor organizing and friendly toward union﹣destroying employers． And the
decline of unions has made a huge difference． Consider trucking， which used to be a good
job but now pays a third less than it did in the 1970s， with terrible working conditions． What
made the difference？ Deunionization was a big part of the story．
American workers can and should be getting a much better deal than they are． And to the
extent that they aren't， the fault lies not in our robots， but in our political leader．
（1）The people present at the conference about lower wages and increasing inequality ．
A． believed that robots have contributed to wage decline
B． agreed that robots should be used to help increase wages
C． predicted that lower wages and increasing inequality would relate to robots
D． assumed that lower wages and increasing inequality rooted in politics and power
（2）The author mentions the case of the coal mining to show ．
A． the robot destruction started from coal mining
B． the influence of the technology on jobs is not a new phenomenon
C． the number of jobs increases as a result of technological advancement
D． strip mining and mountaintop removal completely changed the coal mining industry
（3）According to the passage， we know that ．
A． the destructive effects of machinery started in 1821
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C． rising productivity didn't bring about rising wages until the 1970s
D． the minimum wage has decreased with the dropping of worker productivity
（4）What's the main idea of the passage？
A． Technological changes have resulted in lower wages．
B． Political leaders have intended to shift people's attention from robots．
C． The decline in wages has resulted from bad policies rather than the application of robots．
D． Technological changes have contributed to rising wages instead of causing unemployment
．
第二节（共 1 小题；每小题 10 分，共 10 分）
7．（10 分）
Procrastination（拖延症） Tech Support
Choosing between immediate satisfaction and future benefit can easily lead to
shortsighted decisions： Watching TV instead of going to the gym， for example， or going
through social media rather than working on a challenging project．（1）
To guide individuals toward greatest choices， Falk Lieder， a cognitive（认知） scientist
， and his colleagues designed a digital tool called a "cognitive prosthesis．" It uses artificial
intelligence to match a decision's immediate reward with its long﹣term worth after making a
to﹣do list． The researchers developed a set of models and algorithms（算法） that consider
various elements such as a list of tasks， an individual's unwillingness to each and the amount
of time available．（2） It helps to encourage that person to complete them all．
The idea was to turn the challenging projects that people pursue in the real world into a
game like environment ． "The point system gives people achievable goals that signal that
they're making progress．" Lieder says．
（3） The results， published online in August in Nature Human Behavior，
revealed that the AI support system helped people make better ， faster decisions and
procrastinate less﹣and it made them more likely to complete all the assigned tasks． In one
experiment， in which the researchers presented 120 participants with a list of several writing
assignments．（4） However， the rate was only 56 percent for those not using it．
Lieder says one of the current tool's limitations is that it can handle only short to﹣do lists．
（5） At the same time， they are working with a company called Complice to 第 11 页（共 13 页）
integrate the tool into an existing to ﹣do list app ． The researchers also plan to run field
experiments to see how well their cognitive prosthesis succeed in the real world．
A． People often struggle to do what's best for them in the long run．
B． The team tested this tool in a series of experiments with human subjects．
C． The system then assigns reward points to each task in a way that is customized．
D． And now， he and his team are trying to develop it up for a larger number of tasks．
E． They found that 85 percent of individuals who used the tool completed all their tasks．
F． A study was conducted to find a way to help people increase their decision﹣making ability
．
G． This tool is a convincing demonstration that procrastination is something that this strategy
can help with quite a lot．
第三部分：书面表达（共两节，35 分）第一节（15 分）
8．（15 分）假设你是红星中学的学生会主席李华．近日，学校将为在你校学习的交换生召
开一次视频会议．请你代表学生会给交换生们在微信中发一个"群公告"，内容包括：
1．告知会议时间、内容及目的；
2．提示做好会前准备．
注意：词数不少于 50．
第二节（20 分）
9．（20 分）假设你是红星中学高三学生李华．下面四幅图描述了你在家做饭时发生的小意
外．请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，用英语写一篇日记，记述你处理意外的全过程．
注意：词数不少于 60．
提示词：煤气炉 gas stove；锅铲 cooking shovel第 12 页（共 13 页）
2020 届北京市朝阳区高考英语 4 月模拟试题答案（B 卷）
第一部分：知识运用（共两节，45 分）第一节 语法填空（共 1 小题；每小题 1.5 分，共 15
分）阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空．在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1 个适当的单词，
在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空．
1．to make；belongs；families；are kept；for；called；walking；when；who/that；why；
第二节 完形填空（共 1 小题；每小题 1.5 分，共 30 分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每
题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑．
2．B；B；A；D；C；A；C；B；D；A；C；B；A；D；D；C；D；B；C；A；
第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，40 分）第一节（共 4 小题；每小题 6 分，共 30 分）阅读下第 13 页（共 13 页）
列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂
黑．
3．D；B；D； 4．A；A；B；B； 5．D；D；D；D； 6．A；B；B；C；
第二节（共 1 小题；每小题 10 分，共 10 分）
7．A；C；B；E；D；
第三部分：书面表达（共两节，35 分）第一节（15 分）
8． ；
第二节（20 分）
9． ；
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