惠州市 2020 届高三模拟考试 英语 (2020.06)
第二部分 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
New to Hindi language cinema? We’ve got you covered! Dhaliwal has created a list of the best
Bollywood movies for beginners.
Mughal-e-Azam (1960)
Mughal-e-Azam tells the tale of a Mughal prince’s romance with a court dancer. The film’s
dialogue, music, and the breathtaking chemistry of the leading couple have been buried in the minds of
generations.
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)
Nothing could possibly go wrong given Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’s winning blend: an all-star
cast, super-hit music, and to top it all, an excellent script. If you were to watch only one Indian film to get
an idea of what most of us go to the movies for, let it be this one.
Lagaan (2001)
Bringing together the top three things that Indians absolutely love – the sport of cricket, superstar
Aamir Khan and patriotism (爱国主义) – Lagaan is nothing short of great. The story focuses on an Indian
village standing up by challenging the British to a cricket match. It’s no wonder that it’s one of the only
three Bollywood movies to have ever been nominated ( 提 名 ) for Best Foreign Language Film at the
Oscars.
Wake Up Sid (2009)
The reason why Wake Up Sid is well-received is the simplicity with which it explores the modern
relationships of urban youth. At the core of the story is a sweet, heartfelt romance between a girl
struggling to find her place in a new city and a boy trying to find himself. There’s also a gentle underlying
romance with the remarkable city – Mumbai.
21. Which film can best present the charm of films to the audience?
A. Lagaan B. Wake Up Sid
C. Mughal-e-Azam D. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
22. Dhaliwal speaks highly of the movie Lagaan because it ___________.
A. has an all-star cast
B. possesses an excellent script
C. reflects what Indians value most
D. has won an award at the Oscars
23. What do the film Mughal-e-Azam and Wake Up Sid have in common?
A. Superstars performed in them.
B. They are stories with romance.
C. Music is one of their highlights.
D. Both of them deals with urban youth
B
Born in Shanghai in 1981, Yang Ji studied accounting in college before becoming a civil servant in
2005, fulfilling his parents’ wishes of him securing a stable job. But he only lasted a year in that role.
“I’ve loved animals since I was a child. I raised many animals, such as goldfish, turtles and pigeons
during my school years,” he says. “Raising animals was my hobby and my dream.”
Yang made a career switch in 2006, and started working at a chicken farm to learn about breeding
(培育) birds.
“The first five years were very difficult for me. I made many mistakes along the way, but I also
learned a lot,” he says. “For example, there are huge differences between raising a chicken and a swan.”
He shared that the first swans he bought eventually became crippled (瘸的), and some even died,
even though he went to great lengths to feed them good food and ensure that their pens were warm. But
after consulting with experienced experts, he learned that the animals just needed to eat grass. In addition,
the swans should not have been cooped up in their pens but let out to exercise in the cold water.
He then went to learn more about the trade with experienced bird keepers and experts from zoos,
working alongside them for days and observing how they raised the animals.
In 2011, Yang bought a small, deserted zoo and renovated (改造) it for his rare-bird breeding center.
In 2014, he received his license to breed first-tier protected animals from the National Forestry and
Grassland Administration. He has since introduced several endangered birds to his center.
“They’re all native species in China and I’ve succeeded in breeding and raising their babies,” he
says. His breeding center, which supplies birds to zoos around China, isn’t all about profit. Yang says that
he is planning to release some endangered birds to help grow the population in the wild. “I am passionate
with my work and never feel exhausted,” he says. “Living with the birds and seeing them every day
makes me a happy man.”
24. Yang Ji started working at a chicken farm because ___________.
A. he loved raising chickens
B. he wanted to learn bird raising
C. chickens were much easier to raise
D. he had a preference for small animals
25. What mistake did Yang Ji make when he first started breeding swans?
A. He fed wrong food to the swans.
B. He didn’t keep the swans warm.
C. He bought some crippled swans.
D. He let the swans swim in cold water.
26. What do we know about Yang Ji’s breeding center?
A. It was rebuilt on an open grassland.
B. It has kept all kinds of endangered animals since 2014.
C. It intends to increase the number of some endangered birds by setting them free.
D. It aims at making money out of supplying endangered birds to zoos all over China.
27. Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?
A. Yang Ji and His Birds
B. From Chickens to Swans
C. A Successful Career Switch
D. Flying High with His Dreams
C
The coronavirus ( 冠 状 病 毒 ) outbreak has sparked panic buying of toilet paper and cleaning
products in countries across the world, but one UK businessman is determined to spread some happiness
among the anxiety and confusion.
Rob Braddick, 48, who owns Braddick’s Holiday Park in Westward Ho, Devon, in the southwest of
England, has filled the toy grabber machines in his amusement park with two of the country’s most
sought-after cleaning products.
Customers could previously try their hand at grabbing “Frozen 2” or “Peter Rabbit” toys from the
machines, but no more. “They got removed this morning,” Braddick said of the toys, replacing them with
toilet roll and hand sanitizer (洗手液). Visitors can now pay 50p for three goes on the toilet roll grabber,
or ?1 a go for Carex, which Braddick described as the “Rolls- Royce of hand sanitizers.”
Braddick said that his decision was born of a desire to make people feel less stressed in uncertain
times. “It’s a bit of light relief with everything that’s going on,” he said. “Hopefully it will raise a smile,
which I think everybody needs.”
Around the world, travel plans have been severely affected, and tens of millions of people remain at
home as part of global efforts to fight against coronavirus. Supermarkets have seen shortages of toilet
paper and hand sanitizer as anxious consumers stockpile the products.
Braddick said the family business, which has been running since 1932, has received more than a
dozen calls from potential customers who say they don’t want to travel abroad for their holidays and
would rather stay in the UK. As for his own measures against coronavirus, Braddick said staff have been
told to wash their hands every half hour, which is particularly important for those handling money.
28. What does the underlined word “sought-after” in paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. Practical B. Amusing C. Popular D. Confusing
29. What is the third paragraph mainly about?
A. Price for a try.
B. Prizes of the game.
C. New practice of the game.
D. People’s love for grabbing toys.
30. What’s the purpose of Braddick’s new idea?
A. To make higher profits.
B. To ease people’s anxiety.
C. To support his family business.
D. To attract more people to play the game.
31. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. Tourism may fall into a decline.
B. Braddick’s business is experiencing a hard time.
C. Cleaning products will be in shortage for a long time.
D. Everyone in the park is told to wash their hands every half hour.
D
Elon Musk has expressed his company – Neuralink is close to announcing the first brain-machine
interface (接口) to connect humans and computers. Musk told followers in Twitter the technology would
be “coming soon” – though he failed to provide details.
Neuralink was set up in 2016 with the ambitious goal of developing hardware to strengthen the
human brain. However, little about how this will work has been made public. Neuralink describes the
interface as an extremely high-speed connection between the human brain and computers.
Musk has frequently claimed the rapid rise of artificial intelligence poses an existential risk to
humanity. Such an interface, he says, is essential if humans are to compete with such technology in the
future. At a technology conference in 2016, Mr Musk said humans risked being treated like house pets by
AI machines if a brain-computer interface was not built. Last year on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast,
Musk said Neuralink’s technology would allow humans to “effectively combine with AI”.
A paper published in Nature Nanotechnology in 2015 described a concept for this connection,
explaining how a flexible circuit 回路( ) could be injected into a living brain. “We’re trying to lessen the
distinction between electronic circuits and neural circuits,” said Harvard researcher Charles Lieber, who
co-authored the study. Despite the technology’s potential to increase the human brain, experts have
warned that brain-computer interfaces risk being controlled by vicious (恶意的) artificial intelligence.
Such an action could lead to AI controlling the thoughts, decisions and emotions of a person using a
brain-computer link. “Technological developments mean that we are on a path to a world in which it will
be possible to discover people’s mental processes and directly operate the brain mechanisms underlying
their intentions, emotions and decision,” stated a Nature comment piece written by 27 scientists and
machine intelligence engineers. “The possible medical and social benefits in it are vast. But we must
guide their development in a way that respects, protects and enables what is best in humanity.”
32. What message did Musk convey about his Neuralink?
A. It sells brain-machine interfaces.
B. It offers rich data about interfaces.
C. It has followers to connect humans and computers.
D. Its new technology will be accessible to the public soon .
33. What can we know from Paragraph Two?
A. Neuralink aims to know the human brain better.
B. How the hardware functions is already known.
C. The brain-machine interface was invented in 2016.
D. The interface is expected to link the human brain and computers rapidly.
34. According to Musk, why are brain-machine interfaces important?
A. Because they may treat human like house pets.
B. Because they may make AI serve human better.
C. Because they build neural circuits in human brains.
D. Because they rapidly develop artificial intelligence.
35. What is the attitude of Nature to brain-machine interfaces?
A. Objective B. Favorable C. Opposed D. Indifferent
第二节(共 5 小题;每小题 2 分,满分 10 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。
Slow Walking and Ageing
Getting old might not be something that’s yet to cross your mind. 36 , so it’s something I’m sure
we’d all like to control. That’s why scientists are constantly seeking out evidence that will show us what
we need to do to achieve longevity.
37 . To walk 10,000 steps a day or do three brisk 10-minute walks plays an effective role in our
health. But the latest research might put a spring in your step if you’re accustomed to walking at a fast
pace. That’s because the speed at which people walk is a sign of how much their brains, as well as their
bodies, are ageing.
According to the result of those tested, slower walkers tended to show signs of “accelerated ageing”.
Their lungs, teeth and immune systems were in worse shape than those who walked faster. 38 .
Professor Terrie E Moffitt, has proved that a slow walk is a problem sign decades before old age.
This might be seen as a wake-up call for people with a slower gait who might feel it’s time to work
out and get fitter. But it might be too late; researchers predict the walking speed of 45-year-olds using the
results of intelligence, language and motor skills tests from when they were aged three. 39 .
So, what’s the point of knowing that a slower walking pace might mean a smaller brain? Well,
researchers say measuring walking speed at a younger age, and understanding what this might mean,
could be a way of testing treatments to slow human ageing. 40 . Any steps we can take to prolong a
good mental and physical state is a no brainer!
A. Everyone wishes to keep young
B. There are various ways to exercise
C. We all know that regular exercise is good for us
D. But ageing is unavoidably going to get the better of us one day
E. This might help us make lifestyle changes while we’re still young and healthy F. In other words,
some signs even in early life will show who will live younger and healthier
G. To add insult to injury, the result also indicates the faces of slower walkers usually look older and
they have smaller brains
第三部分 英语知识运用(共两节,满分 45 分)
第一节 完形填空(共 20 小题;每小题 1.5 分,满分 30 分) 阅读下面短文,从短文各题所给的四个选项
(A, B, C, D)中,选出可以填入空白处 的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was 11 years old when I asked my mom for piano lessons in 2010. We were badly off in the
recession (经济衰退). She said a 41 “no”.
That didn’t stop me. I Googled the 42 for a keyboard, drew the keys on a piece of paper and 43
it on my desk. I would click 44 on an online keyboard and “play” them back on my paper one – keeping
the 45 they made on the computer in my 46 . I spend six months playing without 47 a real
piano. Once my mom saw that I was 48 , she got into debt to buy me ten lessons.
In the first lesson I was 49 by how real the sound of the piano was. I sat my grade one after eight
lessons. 50 we couldn’t afford lessons again. I 51 grade three, then grade five, 52 only on my
piece of paper. When I was about 13, my mom said she had a 53 for me: it was an electronic
keyboard, bought with more 54 money.
My school didn’t offer music A-level. I found the Purcell School for young 55 . The tryouts
(选拔) were 56 . Some of the questions involved a judgment on the composer (作曲家) or when it was
written. I felt stuck. To my amazement I was offered a 57 . There, I worked as hard as I could to
improve my performance and save enough money to buy my 58 piano.
I feel proud: it’s been 10 years since I drew my paper piano, and now I’m at one of the world’s
leading music schools. However, the irony is that I 59 doing a lot of my practice away from the piano:
what we call 60 practice. The paper piano helped spark my curiosity about how music works, the
building blocks that form the pieces.
41. A. determined B. polite C. flat D. strong
42. A. measurements B. colors C. design D. principle
43. A. laid B. stuck C. threw D. folded
44. A. links B. tunes C. notes D. buttons
45. A. noise B. video C. image D. sound
46. A. voice B. hand C. head D. ear
47. A. touching B. seeing C. buying D. hearing
48. A. patient B. serious C. interested D. optimistic
49. A. terrified B. confused C. annoyed D. struck
50. A. Lately B. Meanwhile C. Sometimes D. Afterwards
51. A. passed B. missed C. organized D. quit
52. A. operating B. focusing C. practicing D. experimenting
53. A. prize B. surprise C. secret D. chance
54. A. borrowed B. hidden C. earned D. pocketed
55. A. students B. programmers C. musicians D. performers
56. A. difficult B. various C. common D. formal
57. A. job B. mark C. class D. place
58. A. best B. favorite C. first D. new
59. A. set about B. keep on C. turn to D. jump at
60. A. junior B. casual C. regular D. mental
第二节 语法填空(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 1 个适当的单词
或括号内单词的正确形式。
English playwright Arthur Wing Pinero said, “Where there’s tea, there’s hope.” Similarly in China, it is
said 61 firewood, rice, cooking oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea are the seven necessary 62 (item)
to begin a day. Tea is, without doubt, welcomed all over the world. Tea is much more than just a hot
drink. It’s a big part of many cultures around the world. People in China use top-grade tea 63 (show)
respect when receiving important guests. Meanwhile, 64 British tradition of afternoon tea is an
important part of that country’s identity. As an 65 (express) of Moroccan hospitality and tradition,
mint tea – a mix of green tea, spearmint (绿薄荷) leaves and sugar – 66 (serve) during gatherings
and negotiations. Apart from its 67 (culture) significance, tea is also a medicine, 68 (use) from
ancient times to modern day. “Tea is cold and lowers the fire,” Chinese herbalist Li Shizhen once 69
(say). The health benefits of tea are still being discovered today: preventing heart disease, obesity and
cancer have all been linked 70 drinking green tea.
第四部分 写作(共两节,满分 35)
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。
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。
I, together with my parents and cousins, were planning to have a fantastic beach day. We’d been looking
forward to the beach all week, so you can imagine how disappointing we were when Dad announced,
“Today will be a inside day because of the bad weather.” To cheer us, Mom brought out our favorite
snacks and all kinds of fruit that he had prepared for the outing. “Why not to arrange a fruit platter?”
Mom suggested. We cut the fruit into different shape. Though we didn’t have a clear picture of how it
would look like, we simple enjoyed ourselves. We made necessary adjustments, carefully adding or
replaced each piece, and finally made it a piece of art.
第一节 书面表达(满分 25 分)
假定你是李华,你的英国笔友 David 给你发了一封邮件,倾诉他因疫情居家进行线上 学习所遇到的烦恼,请你
针对 David 的问题回复邮件。
Dear Li Hua,
I have some problems. Due to the COVID-19, all of us now have to keep social distance and take
online courses at home. I find it hard to constantly focus on studying. I feel tired easily. Worse
still, I have become so anxious and short-tempered. I do want to change the situation, but I don’t
know how. What should I do?
Yours, David
注意:1. 词数 100 左右;2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
惠州市 2020 届 高三模拟考试( 0604 )参考答案
阅读理解: 21-25 . DCB BA 26-30 . C D CCB 31-35 . A D DBA
七选五 : 3 5 - 40 . DCGFE
完形填空 : 4 1 - 45. BABCD 46 - 50. CABDD 51-55. ACBAC 56-60. ADCBD
语法填空 : 61. t hat 62. items 63. to show 64. t he
65. e xpression 66. is served 67. cultural 68. used 69. said 70. to
短文改错
书面表达:
Possible Version 1 :
Dear David,
I am sorry to hear that you are now having trouble concentrating on your study and experiencing
some emotional issues due to the long-time lockdown ( coronavirus restrictions ) . However, the situation
can be changed if you take my advice as follows.
First, you don’t have to worry too much as everyone is experiencing such uncertain times more or
less like you . It is a good idea to talk to someone you trust about your feelings, which may bring you
comfort . Second, do some physical exercise in doors whenever possible or help your parents with some
housework, which, as psychologists (experts) suggest, is an effective way to get rid of anxiety and
refresh yourself . Third, make a proper plan for your study with some practical online tools so that your
learning goals can be achieved step by step .
I hope my suggestions may help you out soon. Let’s look forward to the return of normal life .
Yours, Li Hua
Possible Version 2 :
Dear David,
I quite understand how depressed you feel living under lockdown orders. We don’t know when
we can get back to the normal life, but we can do something to cheer ourselves up (lift our spirits).
Online study is definitely different from studying at school. You’ll get distracted easily without
face-to-face communication with teachers and classmates. That’s why you need to plan your time wisely
and get yourself actively engaged in the online courses by taking notes or joining in the discussion
column. Long-time focusing on the screen will cause tiredness, so you had better take some indoor
activities to stretch yourself now and then. Believe me, even 10 minutes of workout may make you
relaxed. If you feel kind of lonely or stressed, you may either choose to chat with your friends online or
turn to something that may calm yourself, like doing jigsaw puzzles, listening to music or learning to do
some cooking.
I hope my suggestions will help you out. Best wishes!
Yours, Li Hua