2020-2021年高考英语二模试卷

2020 届第二次高考模拟考试试卷英语+（考试时间 120 分钟，满分 140 分。请将答案填写在答题纸上）I. Listening Comprehension Section ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1.A. A physicist. B. An operator.C. A surgeon.D. A psychologist.2.A. In a college. B. In a bank. C.In a property agency. D. In an accounting office.3.A. Go home. B. Go travelling. C. Help in a lab. D. Help in a travel agency.4.A. Leave the exhibition.B. Ignore what the man says.C. See more of the exhibition.D. Help the man understand art.5.A. The time to close student accounts. B. The application procedures of student accounts.C. The limits on student loans. D. The application deadline of student loans.6.A. The woman is better at writing reports. B. He is unqualified to write the report.C. The woman should have told him earlier. D. He should have made last-minute preparations.7.A. The man seldom eats in the cafeteria. B. The woman prefers canned vegetables.C. The spring roll contains more vegetables. D. The cafeteria usually uses canned vegetables.8.A. She warned the man previously. B. She thinks the chemistry class is difficult.C. The man should have got up earlier. D. The man needs to be more attentive in class.9.A. Only take morning classes.B. Make time for lunch in her schedule.C. Get used to skipping lunch.D. Change her schedule after she has lunch.10.A. The data need to be collected soon.B.The questions havent been designed yet.C.The man will help the woman interview people.D.The woman hasnt decided on the theme of the paper.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of them. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11.A. Charging its visitors.B. Meeting its overnight tourists requirements.C. Restricting its access.D. Monitoring individuals arriving in private cars.12.A. To help hotels earn more.B. To prevent visitors staying overnight.C. To support some services.D. To add a tax on services.13.A. Transport companies disapprove of it.B. Venice is accessible in all directions.C. The fee is too high for most tourists.D. It may make tourism less aggressive.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14.A. To earn more e-sports scholarships. B. To arouse girls interest in STEM.C. To attract a greater range of gamers. D. To provide college opportunities for girls.15.A. The general education.B. Low reputation of role models.C. Lack of appropriate e-games.D. The assumption that girls arent fit.16.A. The choice of games.B. The gender of playersC. The wealth of players.D. The competition environment.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17.A. The way to pay for vacations.B. The time to spend vacations.C. The budget limit of a vacation.D. The choice of holiday destinations.18.A. By car.B. By ship.C. By train.D. By plane.19.A. It can change his view on budgeting.B. It is fun to enjoy the scenery on the way.C. It offers a chance to read more books.D. It is joyful to listen to music while driving.20.A. The man is afraid to take a plane.B. The man prefers a debt-free holiday.C. The woman earns more than the man.D. The woman uses her credit card at will.II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.Sneakers (运动鞋) Made from Old Chewing GumDutch fashion and shoe label Explicit Wear is hoping to solve one of lifes sticky situationsthe annoyance of stepping in waste chewing gum on the pavementwhile helping to keep Amsterdams city streets clean. The brand has partnered with local marketing organization Iamsterdam and sustainability firm Gumdrop (21)_(create) a limited edition sneaker for adults made from recycled gum collected from the citys pavements.Chewing gum causes an incredibly serious ecological problem, (22) _it is made from plastics that do not biodegrade (生物降解). Its also the second (23)_ (common) form of roadside litter, after cigarette ends. An incredible 3.3 million pounds of gum are incorrectly thrown away on the sidewalks each year, (24)_ (cost) the city millions of dollars to clean up. Gumdrop plans to collect waste gum from the streets of Amsterdam, clean them, and turn them into Gum-Tec, the material that forms the base of the shoe.The waste gum will be put to good use to make stylish kicks, (25) _will also raise awareness for the anti-littering cause. (26)_ (price) at around $332, the shoes will come into the market sometime next month.Available for preorder now, the new Gumshoe sneakersoffered in both a bubblegum pink and a black/red colorway(27)_ (feature) long-lasting rubber outsoles (鞋子外底) shaped from recyclable compounds produced by Gumdrop, 20 percent of which are made from gum.Nearly 2.2 pounds of gum (28)_ (use) in every four pairs of shoes. A map of Amsterdam is made into the bottom of the soles to remind people of the littering problem. Even better, the sneakers actually still smell like bubblegum, (29) _ the annoying stickiness. Just as good as any sneaker with a rubber sole, the Gumshoes help get chewing gum off our streets and keep the dangerously non-biodegradable substance out of our eco-system.To help spread their sustainability message, (30) _Gumshoes creators are hoping to do is to expand their project to other major cities around the world.Section BDirections: After reading the passage below, fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. documentaryB. categorize C. sense D. claimed E. rid F. outlookG. ballooned H. former I. determined J. romantic K. driveFormer Worlds Fattest Man Finds LoveHe was once the worlds fattest man weighing in at an incredible 980 pounds and consuming 20,000 calories (卡路里) a day. But it seems that after losing 672 pounds following a surgery, its not just Paul Masons health that has a more promising (31)_his weight loss may have also promoted his love life.Mr. Mason has only known his new girlfriend Rebecca for a month and the pair are yet to meet, but already the 52-year old has (32)_that Rebecca is the love of his life. The pair met online last month when Rebecca saw a television (33)_ about Mr. Masons extreme fatnessthe result of overeating when a previous relationship ended. She was so touched by his situation as to get in touch, keen to help Mr. Mason get the NHS (National Health Service) to pay for a second operation to (34) _ him of layers of extra skin.Mr. Mason said: “She didnt really think of anything (35) _at the beginning. It wasnt until the second conversation that I realised there was more there than just friends. She felt the same and brought up the idea of us being boyfriend and girlfriend.”Mr. Mason says that he doesnt go for looks and finds Rebeccas (36) _ attitude particularly attractive. “It is her personality, her (37) _ and passion that has made me fall for her. We share the same ideas and interests and she has made me look at life in a new way. For a long time I couldnt really see light at the end of the tunnel, but since Rebeccas been in my life Ive got a whole new (38) _of worth and excitement.”Mr. Mason (39) _ to his incredible size by eating ten times the amount needed by a normal man due to a compulsive eating disorder. As his weight rose sharply he was left unable to stand or walk before finally becoming bed-ridden and being looked after full time by carers.Firefighters had to knock down the front wall of his (40) home so they could use a fork lift truck to lift him out and put him into an ambulance when he needed an operation in 2002.III. Reading Comprehension Section ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.High school students who take music courses score significantly better on math, science and English exams than their non-musical peers, according to a new study published in the Journal of Educational Psychology.School administrators needing to cut budgets often look first to music courses, because the general belief is that students who devote time to music rather than math, science and English, will _41_ in those disciplines.“Our research proved this belief _42_ and found the more the students engage with music, the better they do in those subjects,” said UBC (University of British Columbia) education professor and the studys principal investigator, Peter Gouzouasis. “The students who learned to play a musical instrument in elementary and _43_ playing in high school not only score significantly higher, but were about one academic year ahead of their non-music peers with regard to their English, mathematics and science skills, as measured by their exam grades, _44_ their socioeconomic background, race, previous learning in mathematics and English, and gender.” Gouzouasis and his team _45_ data from all students in public schools in British Columbia who finished Grade 12 between 2012 and 2015. The data _46_, made up of more than 112,000 students, included those who completed at least one standardized exam for math, science and English. Students who studied at least one instrumental music course in the regular curriculum counted as students _47_ music.The researchers found the _48_ relationships between music education and academic achievement were more pronounced for those who took instrumental music rather than vocal (发声的) music. The findings suggest skills learned in instrumental music _49_ very broadly to the students learning in school.“Learning to play a musical instrument and playing in a band is very _50_ ,” said the studys co-investigator Martin Guhn, an assistant professor in UBCs school of population and public health. “A student has to learn to read musical notes, develop eye-hand-mind coordination (协调), develop keen listening skills, develop _51_ skills for playing in a band and develop discipline to practice. All those learning experiences, and more, play a role in _52_ the learners cognitive capacities (认知能力), executive functions, and motivation to learn in school.”The researchers hope that their findings will be brought to the _53_ of students, parents, teachers and administrative decision-makers in education, as many school districts over the years have emphasized mathematics and literacy _54_ other areas of learning, particularly music. “However, the amusing aspect is that _55_ education can be the very thing that improves all-around academic achievement,” said Gouzouasis.41. A. overbalance B. underperform C. overwork D. underplay42. A. fantastic B. strategic C. embarrassing D. wrong43. A. resisted B. delayed C. deserted D. continued44. A. thanks to B. in contrast to C. regardless of D. by means of45. A. examined B. published C. stored D. exchanged46. A. report B. sample C. analysis D. center47. A. taking B. composing C. sharing D. performing48. A. casual B. symbolic C. predictive D. changeable49. A. transfer B. decline C. attach D. limit50. A. attractive B. distinct C. independent D. demanding51. A. life B. literacy C. team D. survival52. A. altering B. enhancing C. distracting D. labeling53. A. attention B. question C. edge D. glory54. A. in terms of B. as a result of C. in case of D. at the cost of55. A. health B. music C. science D. schoolSection BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)A growing number of American states are requiring schools to teach students “media literacy” skills. California is the latest state to pass such a requirement. Media literacy, also known as news literacy, is the ability to use critical thinking skills to recognize differences between real and “fake” news.The new law requires Californias Department of Education to provide materials related to media literacy on its website. Its goal is to give students a set of effective tools to “enable them to make informed decisions”.The media literacy efforts were based on a Stanford University study from 2016. It found that 80 percent of U.S. middle school students failed to recognize an advertisement that looked like a real news story. The researchers also found that high school students had trouble telling the difference between a real and a fake news website.The study called for more efforts to help students recognize false information on the internet. It said that young people also need the skills to find out where news stories come from, and to be able to judge the trustworthiness of sources and writers.Carolyn Edy is a professor of communication at Appalachian State University in North Carolina. She said she has seen a clear change in her students abilities to judge news sources. Edy said that when students used to read printed newspapers, it was easier for them to recognize fact from opinion. Now, its necessary to teach students how to fully examine websites.One of Edys goals is to teach students how to research the news organizations responsible for the stories they are reading. One way to do this is for students to ask a series of questions. One example is, “What is the overall mission of the organization?”Edy said young people also need to judge whether news organizations identify any possible conflicts of interest. Another question to ask is, “What do they do when they get a story wrong?” Responsible and trustworthy news organizations issue corrections if something is falsely reported, she said.Edy added that one good thing to come out of the rise of misinformation and fake news is that it has made many people seek out good reporting.56.The new law passed in California mainly aims at _.A. helping students identify fake newsB. improving students critical thinking skillsC. offering students real informationD. enabling students to make quick decisions57.Why does the author mention the Stanford University study?A. To present the details of the law.B. To provide a set of tools for the law.C. To show the reason behind the law.D. To indicate the efforts based on the law.58.Which is a way suggested by Carolyn Edy for students to judge the trustworthiness of a news organization?A. Identifying the conflicts of interest in it.B. Correcting its falsely reported news stories.C. Learning about its background information.D. Asking a series of questions about its news.59.The passage mainly tells us that media literacy _.A. can contribute to the rise of good news reportingB.is becoming much more important with the law passedC. can improve American students understanding of newsD.is increasingly recognized as essential for students in the US(B)PAssionArts FestivalPAssionArts Festival this year will run from 6 July to 25 August, bringing community arts to 250,000 residents across Singapore. The festival theme, “Our Home, Our HeARTs”, invites residents to use arts to express our love for our community and for Singapore.Our aim is to bring residents together to experience and appreciate creativity. Look forward to over 500 arts activities and programmes, including visual art displays and performing artsco-created by residents and artists. The following are some of them.ARTS PARTY TELOK BLANGAH TIME: 14 July (9:00 AM12:00 AM)PLACE: Talok Blangah MallArt can happen in so many ways and for so many peopleand that is what Arts Party Telok Blangah will show you this July!For example, you can participate in the large oil painting activity to complete a huge oil painting art. Or carry art in your pocket anytime and anywhere by creating your own matchbox art.Were also bringing art therapy to the elderly as it becomes more popular in our society. Come explore Nagomi art, a Japanese art healing method that introduces calm and relaxation to thepainter.HUES IN TUNETIME: 20 July (2:00 PM8:00 PM)PLACE: Kampung AdmiraltyOne of the most expected part is Hues in Tunes performance line-up. Sembawang Hues is the highlight with music performances. Fusion Tunes features cross-racial bands, and Our Own Tunepr