湖南省湘潭县一中2020届高三5月模拟考 英语

HLLYBQ整理 供“高中试卷网（）”（本试卷共 8 页，全卷满分：150 分，考试用时：120 分钟）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。例：How much is the shirt?A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15.答案是 C。1. What is the man going to do this afternoon?A. See a friend. B. Give Lucy a ride. C. Head for the library.2. How long will the man stay in Europe?A. 3 days. B. 5 days. C. 8 days.3. What does the woman suggest the man do?A. Go to sleep early. B. Read the advertisement. C. Watch the movie tomorrow.4. Where did the womans husband work?A. At a bank. B. At a toy company. C. At a college.5. What does the woman think of the video content?A. Interesting. B. Inspiring. C. Unreasonable.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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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. What might be the relationship between the two speakers?A. Workmates. B. Classmates. C. A couple.7. What are they talking about?A. The mans future job. B. The mans favorite subjects. C. The mans major in college.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。8. When do they hope to send out the first shipment?A. In May. B. In June. C. In August.9. What would the woman like to do in the meeting?A. Make some arrangements for the next week.B. Go over the marketing plan.C. Meet some ad companies.10. Which way of advertising does the woman show special interest in?A. TV. B. Radio. C. Brochures.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11. What does the woman intend to do?A. Invite the man to a basketball match.B. Invite the man to do sports.C. Invite the man to see a movie.12. What can we learn about the club?A. People can skate or dance there.B. People can stay there till 12:00 at night.C. People can play computers games there.13. Where does the man work?A. At the Workers Club. B. At a high school. C. At a computer center.听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。14. What is the man famous for?A. Teaching math. B. Collecting coins. C. Doing business.15. How does the man get the coins for his collection?A. He trades for some.B. He asks for some from his friends.C. His uncle often gives him some.16. Who is the woman?A. A student. B. A teacher. C. A journalist.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What is the woman most probably doing?A. Teaching a history class. B. Giving a presentation. C. Hosting a radio program.18. Where is the woman from?A. China. B. Scotland. C. Denmark.19. How do people in Panama celebrate the new year?A. Use fireworks. B. Burn certain pictures. C. Walk under fireballs.20. What do the traditions have in common?A. They all involve fire.B. They make promises.C. Theyre mostly for good luck.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。ATeen & Adult ActivitiesYoga-FundamentalsTeen, Adult & SeniorMin/Max: 4/20June 4June 25 Mon 11:0012:00 pm $30Instructor: Laurie McElroyIf you are curious about yoga and would like to learn the basics in a non-threatening, nurturing environment, this class is for you. Gain confidence in the basic poses and salutations. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a sticky yoga mat.Laugh Yourself Happy!Adult & SeniorMin/Max: 1/30June 4June 11 Mon 9:3010:30 am $20July 23August 6 Mon 10:3011:30 am $30Instructor: Chele HowellCome experience the healing benefits of laughing together! Join us for an hour of laughter & deep breathing, music & movement, affirmations, meditation and more! Interactive classes filled with fun, creativity and living in the moment offer a way to reconnect, center and upgrade your mindset. Take home a new tool to help you relax and unwind, deal with everyday stresses, negative thinking, aches and pains and experience greater clarity, well-being and joyfulness! Please bring a yoga mat, blanket, or towel to lie on for meditation.Line Dancing-IntermediateAges 18 & UpMin/Max: 8/30June 3June 24 Sun 4:305:30 pm $20July1July 29 Sun 4:305:30 pm $25Aug5Aug 26 Sun 4:305:30 pm $20Instructor: Randy LattimerIf you know the basic patterns and steps to line dancing, if you have mastered syncopation and are ready to move into phrasing and longer patterns with restarts and tags, then you are ready to join us in our intermediate level line dance class. So bring your talent and join in. We will see you in our next class.Students under 18 will be accepted with parental consent.Teen Acrylic PaintingAges 1116Min/Max: 4/8July 30July 31 Mon/Tue 12:303:00 pm $50Instructor: Taylor GosneyAnyone can learn to paint! This class encourages students to explore the medium of acrylic painting through a variety of techniques emphasizing concepts of shape, volume and color. This class is designed to encourage confidence and creative expression through paint.21. Which activity will be held even if there is only one member?A. Teen Acrylic Painting. B. Line Dancing-Intermediate.C. Yoga-Fundamentals. D. Laugh Yourself Happy!22. If a pair of twins learns line dancing in July, they should pay _.A. $40 B. $50 C. $60 D. $10023. What do we know about Teen Acrylic Painting?A. It is designed for senior people.B. It encourages students to relax and unwind.C. It lasts 2.5 hours for each lesson.D. It has space for at least 8 members.BGlobal warming does more than just kill plant speciesit also changes the way plants grow. Researchers at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) joined forces with the Leibniz Institute for Plant Biochemistry (IPB) to discover the molecular (分子的) processes of plant growth. In Current Biology, a scientific journal, they presented their findings on high-temperature plant growth. This could lead to developing plants that can survive global warming.Plants react to even small temperature changes, but they are unable to move to new locations. “When temperatures rise, plants grow taller. to cool themselves off. Their stalks (茎) become taller, and their leaves become narrower and grow farther apart. Yet, this makes the plant more unstable overall,” explains Professor Marcel Quint, an agricultural scientist at MLU. Unstable plants bend faster in the rain and produce less food thats also less nutritious.Theres still lots to learn about plant reactions to temperatures. “We are just starting to understand how plants detect the changes in temperature.,” Quint says. Earlier studies have shown that the protein PIF4 directly controls plant growth and is also dependent on temperature. When its cold, PIF4 is less active, meaning the plant doesnt grow. At higher temperatures, PIF4 activates growth-promoting genes, and the plant grows taller. This is new information, says Quint.To understand it, they investigated the growth of thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana, 拟南芥) seedlings. Normally, its seedlings form short stems (茎) at 20. These stems become considerably longer at 28. They discovered a hormone (荷尔蒙) that activates the PIF4 at high temperatures, thus producing the protein. The findings of the Halle group may help to breed plants that remain stable even at high temperatures and produce many crops.24. Why did the researchers at MLU and IPB conduct their research?A. To study the negative effects of global warming.B. To find out how plants help reduce global warming.C. To observe how global warming affects plant growth.D. To understand the ways that plants cause global warming.25. What can we learn from Paragraph 2?A. Low temperatures have little impact on plants.B. Plants prefer dry weather to rainy weather.C. Plants are very sensitive to changes in soil.D. High temperatures decrease crop production.26. What do we know about PIF4?A. It mainly exists in thale cress seedlings.B. It works differently at different temperatures.C. It is a kind of gene that controls plant growth.D. It is a plant hormone that works at high temperatures.27. Who will probably benefit most from the findings?A. Farmers. B. Botanists. C. Researchers. D. Environmentalists.CJoshua Plotnik and his colleagues carried out the tests on six 12-45-year-old Asian elephants living in the grounds of a hotel in northern Thailand. The buckets containing the seeds were not clear enough to see through and had a lid with small holes to let the smell out. In experiments, the elephants chose the greater quantity of seeds in each pair, regardless of the quantity of seeds presented. The accuracy of the prediction was better when the difference between each pair increased.This is thought to be the first time that an animal is able to use its sense of smell to make a simple calculation of whether one of two quantities is more or less than anotherthe most basic form of math.Many animal species have shown an ability to tell apart between more and less when presented with different amounts of food. But they have used vision to discriminate. Dogs have been unable to show they can perform the same trick in tests of their abilities to smell.For an elephant this ability could be very important. Elephants often travel long distances to find better-quality food and water, which can differ according to seasonal availability, changes to their environment, and a risk they could be attacked by humans. The best performers were able to get it right more than 80 per cent of the time.The scientists suggest that male elephants are better at the task because they need to eat more food, making it more important that their sense of smell is keener. Males also have to sniff out females in heat over long distances in order to reproduce.They say that while elephants do use vision, particularly in close contexts where they react to each others body language, they use it mainly to match their more powerful senseshearing, smell and touch.That elephants have a powerful sense of smell is perhaps unsurprising. They have more genes related to smell than any other animal: 2,000 compared to around 800 for a dog.28. What special ability do elephants have?A. Use their trunks to find different smells.B. Distinguish between more and less food.C. Smell the differences of food quality.D. Perform the basic math calculation.29. What does the underlined word “discriminate” mean?A. Choose. B. Indicate. C. Measure. D. Distinguish.30. Why do elephants often travel long distances?A. To find where the better food is.B. To find where humans wait to attack them.C. To find where the environment has changed.D. To find where they can adapt to the climate.31. What is the best title for the text?A. Elephants can do simple math puzzles B. Elephants can “count” with their trunksC. Elephants can smell the quality of food D. Elephants can use vision to communicateDHave you ever had a burger without meat? You might think that a vegetable burger will take away the real meaning of a burger as it will not have the juicy taste of meat. Despite these concerns, the company, Beyond Meat, has managed to successfully make plant-based meat.On May 2, the company became the first vegan company to become public. Beyond Meats initial share price was expected to range from $19 to $21. Impressively, just hours later, Beyond Meats stocks rose to $73!Instead of killing animals, Beyond Meat obtains these components from different plants and combines them to make vegan meat. It contains pea protein that gives the chewy, meaty texture along with canola oil, coconut fat and other binding agents. In addition, the company uses beet juice to simulate the bloody look of beef! The plant proteins are subjected to intense heating, cooling and pressure so that their structure becomes fibrous and copies that of animal meat.For people who have changed their diet but miss the taste of meat, Beyond Meat satisfies their taste buds. It also has all the nutrients and elements that meat has, but does not come from an animal.Plant-based meat is also beneficial as fewer animals are killed. As our worlds population continues to grow beyond 7 billion, so does the demand for meat. Livestock farming is not sustainable as it requires more land, consumes more energy and is one of the largest producers of greenhouse gases. Beyond Meat uses 99 percent less water and 93 percent less land. It also has 90 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions, and it uses 46 percent less energy.However, there are some people who do not like the smell of a Beyond Meat patty. Others question that processed foods are unhealthy and it is safer to choose whole vegetables instead. Regardless, with another company, Impossible Burger, looking to go public soon, as well as companies such as Tyson Foods and Nestle looking to enter the market, plant-based meat is here to stay. These companies hope to convince many people to switch from meat to plant-based alternatives.32. Why did Beyond Meats stocks rise sharply?A. People found it convenient to buy plant-based meat.B. People believed the bright future of the company.C. People preferred to spend more money buying meat.D. People are becoming vegans in life.33. What is the third paragraph mainly about?A. What is made up of meat. B. Why plants can be made into meat.C. How plant-based meat is made. D. Whether plant-based meat is allergenic.34. What is one of the features of plant-based meat?A. It makes farming sustainable. B. It contains all the nutrients people need.C. It doesnt have the taste of meat. D. It is environmentally friendly.35. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A. Plant-based meat will become a new trend.B. All people prefer plant-based meat.C. Vegan companies produce unhealthy food.D. The smell of plant-based meat is disgusting.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。How long does a year last? 36._ But your parents might say that a whole year can pass “in the blink of an eye”. Why does time seem to pass faster as we get older?37._ This physical change causes the rate at which we take in and process new information to decline. Babies, for example, move their eyes much more often than adults because theyre processing images at a faster rate. They take in a lot of information and do many things in a single day. 38._ However, as peoples brains degrade over time, fewer images are processed in the same amount of time. Therefore, older people receive less information during a day than younger people. This causes things to seem as though theyre happening more quickly.39._ People may measure time by the number of memorable events that can be recalled within a certain period. Have you ever noticed that when you recall your firsts (first day of school, first family vacation, first birthday party, etc.), they seem to be in slow motion? Thats because when something is a “first”, there are many exciting things to remember. Recalling these memories makes you feel like they took forever.For many adults, life is routine. When they look back, they might feel like there are not many novel (新奇的) things to remember. 40._A. Children might say that a year lasts forever.B. Therefore, time seems to be moving faster to them.C. Different people have different feelings toward time.D. This makes them feel like a single day lasts for a long time.E. As we grow older, we become less interested in new things.F. According to scientists, our brains degrade and change over time.G. In addition, people may also “feel” time differently due to psychological reasons.第三部分 语言知识运用（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。Madagascar was not the paradise I expected. A reporter and I were 41 there to find out who was helping with drought relief and the prevention of famine (饥荒).After a three-hour ride in a van, we 42 in the small town of Ambovombe. Peter immediately headed over to the hospital to speak with a local 43 on our topics of interest. Since I didnt need to photograph the background 44 with the doctor, I wandered out to the road.I raised my 45 to get some images before the sun went down. Ive 46 been toMadagascar before, and until youve actually photographed in a place, you dont know how people will 47 to the camera.I 48 a handsome man who was leaning against a wall in the golden light of dusk. No reaction. I took a breath. After a while, everyone within a 20-yard radius (半径范围) had 49 me. Some called out to each other, playfully teasing those Id 50 .Soon after, a mother encouraged me to photograph her young children. I 51 a moment. They were dressed in 52 clothes. One of them may not have even had any pants onnot because her parents were neglectful, but because they couldnt 53 them.Their mother really 54 me to photograph them. This happens everywhere I go. Parents, 55 of their children, ask me to take a photo. Id taken this photo of cute smiling children over and over. I dont usually save 56 , but I saved this one.Why? The childrens 57 . Its something so powerful yet so 58 that we sometimes miss it. This mom, despite all the 59 obvious to an outsiders eyes, found in her children something she wanted a photograph to remember. Thats because she saw a(n) 60 picture: She saw them with a mothers heart. As should we all.41. A. expected B. assigned C. allowed D. persuaded42. A. arrived B. explored C. searched D. camped43. A. reporter B. nurse C. doctor D. patient44. A. discussion B. interview C. program D. practice45. A. paper B. hand C. head D. camera46. A. just B. seldom C. never D. already47. A. respond B. adapt C. return D. contribute48. A. discovere