2020年高考英语仿真模拟试题二(附答案)

1、2020年 高考英语仿真模拟试题二（附答案）本试卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟。注意事项:1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号等信息填写在答题卡和试卷指定位置上。2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3. 考试结束，考生将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)（略）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。

2、AMy college experience included this life-skill lesson: Drink alcohol on a full stomach. Or you will get inebriated too quickly. Of course, most college students shouldn t be drinking at all, but we know from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism that close to 60 percent of college

3、students aged 18 to 22 do consume alcohol, which makes harm-reducing approaches important.Unfortunately, campus authorities and researchers are reporting a practice that turns the full-stomach drinking strategy on its head: rather than filling up before a night of partying, significant numbers of st

4、udents refuse to eat all day before consuming alcohol.This is a high-ri sk behavior called “ drunkorexia, ” which is one part eating disorder, one part alcoholism a very dangerous combination for college-age students. Theterm drunkorexia, which can also include excessive exercise or purging before c

5、onsuming alcohol, was coined about 10 years ago, and it started showing up in medical research around 2012. Drunkorexia addresses the need to be the life of the party while staying extremely thin, pointing to a flawed mind-set about body image and alcoholism among college students, mostly women.Imag

6、ine this scenario: A female college freshman doesn t eat anything all day,exercises on an empty stomach, then downs five shots of tequila in less than twohours. Because there s no food in her system to help slow the absorption of alcohol,those shots affect her rapidly, leading to inebriation and pos

7、sibly passing out,vomiting or suffering alcohol poisoning. That s drunkorexia.Tavis Glassman, professor of health education and public health at the University of Toledo in Ohio, researches drunkorexia and worries about scenarios such as the onedescribed above:“ With nothing in her system, alcohol h

8、its quickly, and that bringsup the same issues as with any high-risk drinking: getting home safely, sexual assault, unintentional injury, fights, hangovers that affect class attendance and grades, and possibly ending up in emergency because the alcohol hits so hard, says.“ Alcohol can negatively aff

9、ect the liver or gastrointestinal system, it can interferewith sleep, lower the immune system an d is linked to several types of cancers, Hultin says.”1 . What does the underlined word“ inebriated”in paragraph 1 mean?A. excitedB. overwhelmedC. addictedD. drunk2 . We can infer from the passage that _

10、.A. a large number of college students spend most of their nights partyingB. some college students refuse to eat before drinking alcohol to keep slimC. There is a direct link between body image and consuming alcoholD. female college student is more likely to be hurt if she drinks alcohol3 . Which of

11、 the following may Tavis Glassman agree with?A. With more food in one s system, he may suffer from the effects of alcohol slowly.B. Drinking five shots of tequila in less than two hours is the performance of drunkorexia.C. Those who don t attend classes and have lower grades tend to be addicted to a

12、lcohol.D. Alcohol has negative effects on the immune system and may lead to several cancers.BThe first men and women came to Britain over two and a half million years ago. They were hunters and gatherers of food who used stone tools and weapons. But the British Isles only became islands separate fro

13、m the rest of Europe about 8,500 years ago, when melting ice formed the English Channel !3,000 years after Britain became an island, new tribes who came by boat from the mainland introduced farming. These tribes built earthworks for protection and as tombs for their dead. Many of these man-made hill

14、s can still be seen.Later on, people learned to build stone monuments. The most amazing isStonehenge , a circle of huge stones begun about 4,500 years ago.Stonehengeisthe world s most famous prehistoric monument. We don t know what it meant orwhat it was used for, though many different suggestions h

15、ave been made.3,000 years ago the climate inBritainbecame colder and wetter than before,and people had to move down from high ground. A bit later iron started to be sued for tools and weapons instead of bronze. Knowledge of ironworking may have been brought by the Celts, a new wave of immigrants who

16、 started to arrive from southern Europe in about 500 BC.What we know about the first people in Britain has been worked out by archaeologists from the remains they left behind them. Pytheas, a Greek, was thefirst person who could read and write to come to Britain . His visit was in about 330 BC, over

17、 2000 years after Stonehenge was begun. Unfortunately, what Pytheas wrote has been lost, so we don t have any writtenBritainrecord ofuntil the Romans came, almost 300 years after he did!4. This passage mainly tells us _ .A. The dawn of history in BritainB.HowEnglish Channelwas formedC. How the Briti

18、sh made a living millions of years agoD. When humans appeared on the British Isles5.In this passage“ -themademanhill” probably refers to _ .A. The small islands in BritainB. Earthworks for protection and as tombsC.The amazingStonehengeD. The farms opened up by the first man6. Why did people move to

19、low ground 3,000 years ago?A. Because iron tools were used for farmingB. Because the climate made it unfit for man to live thereC.Because more people arrived from southernEuropeD. Because the Celts forced them to do so7.Only after _ do people have written records aboutBritain .A. the arrival of the

20、CeltsB. Stonehenge was begunC. Pytheas s visitD. the Romans cameCDuring Amsterdam s chaotic rush hour, nine-year-old Lotta Crok cycles to a verybusy junction.“ Look,” she says. fic coming“Therefrom everywherestraf. Four tramsfrom four different directions. For a child on a bike that s really confusi

21、ng!Lotta is the first junior cycle mayor in the world and her working area is the Dutchcapital. You would think this challenge would besuperfluousin a city known asthe bicycle capital of the world. The number of bicycles in Amsterdam is estimatedat 81,000 - more than the city s 850,000 inhabitants-a

22、nd63% of the populationcycle daily.But children who cycle in Amsterdam face challenges, Lotta says:“ The three biggestproblems for us are cars, cycling tourists and scooters ( 小型摩托 ). The cars takeup too much space, the tourists are always swinging side to side and stop when youleast expect it, and

23、the scooters simply run you over.”Lotta became junior cycle mayor in June last year when she won a contest in which school children were asked to come up with plans to make cycling safer and morefun. Her idea was to add children s bikes to the popular bike share programme.Since Lotta was appointed j

24、unior cycle mayor, she has been busy, giving interviews,opening cycling contests in the city and being a jury (评审员 ) member during theAmsterdam Light Parade, an event in which Amsterdammers decorate their bikeswith lights.She is now planning a meeting with the city s mayor to discuss ideas that chil

25、drenhave come up with:“ One of our proposals is a bicycle park where children can learnhow to cycle. Right now, most of us learn a it in the street, which can be quite busy.Another idea is to create an app for tourists to teach them the rules of cycling,because most of them really don t know.”Follow

26、ing the success of the Amsterdam scheme, cycle mayors around the world arenow planning to appoint junior colleagues.“ They see it works really well,the senior major, says.“ I talk to the parents, Lotta talks to the children. And if youlook at the city through the eyes of a child, you will also make

27、it accessible for others.A city that s good for an-yearight-old is also good for an 88-year- old. ”8. Why is a junior cycle mayor appointed in Amsterdam?A. To teach children how to ride.B. To ensure cycling is safer for children.C. To give suggestions to the city s mayor on how to run the city.D. To

28、 organize the cycling contests in the city.9. Which word can best replace the underlined word“ superfluousA. ImportantB. UnnecessaryC. DifficultD. Valuable10. What has Lotta done since she became the bike mayor? .A. She has solved the three biggest problems for children cycling in Amsterdam.B. She h

29、as won a contest about cycling.C. She has given interviews and been a jury member during a parade.D. She has given proposals to the city mayor.11. What s Boerma s attitude to the junior cycle mayor?A. CautiousB. FavorableC. AmbiguousD. DisapprovingDGive yourself a test. Which way is the wind blowing

30、? How many kinds of wildflowers can be seen from your front door? If your awareness is as sharp as itcould be, you ll have no trouble answering these questions.Most of us observed much more as children than we do as adults. A child filled with fascination, newness and wonder. Curiosity gave us all a

31、 natural awareness. But distinctions that were sharp to us as children become unclear; weare numb( 麻木的） to new stimulation( 刺激 ), new ideas. Relearning the art of seeing the world around us is quite simple, although it takes practice and requires breaking some bad habits.The first step in awakening

32、senses is to stop predicting what we are going to see and feel before it occurs. This blocks awareness. One chilly night when I was hiking in the Rocky Mountains with some students, I mentioned that we were going to cross a mountain stream. The students began complaining about how cold it would be.

33、We reached the stream, and they unwillingly walked ahead. They were almost knee-deep when they realized it was a hot spring. Later they all admitted theyd felt cold water at first.” in paragraph s daAnother block to awareness is the obsession(痴迷) many of us have withnaming things. I saw bird watcher

34、s who spotted a bird, immediately looked it up infield guides, and said, a-crowned“rubykinglet” and checked it off. They no longerpaid attention to the bird and never learned what it was doing.The pressures of“ time ” and“ destinationtherblocks”to awarenessfur. Iencountered many hikers who were head

35、ed to a distant camp-ground with just enough time to get there before dark. It seldom occurred to them to wander a bit, totake a moment to see what s around them. I asked them what they d seen.“birds,” they said. They seemed bent on their destinations.Nature seems to unfold to people who watch and w

36、ait. Next time you take a walk, no matter where it is, take in all the sights, sounds and sensations. Wander in this frame of mind and you will open a new dimension to your life.12 . According to Paragraph 2, compared with adults, children are more _.A. anxious to do wonders.B. sensitive to othersfe

37、elings.C. likely to develop unpleasant habits.D. eager to explore the world aroundthem.13 . What idea does the author convey in Paragraph 3?A. To avoid jumping to conclusions. B. To stop complaining all the time.C. To follow the teacher s advice. D. To admit mistakes honestly.14 . The bird watchersb

38、ehaviorwsthatshothey _.A. are very patient in their observation. B. are really fascinated by nature.C. care only about the names of birds. D. question the accuracy of the field guides.15 . In the passage, the author intends to tell us we should _.A. fill our senses to feel the wonders of the world.B

39、. get rid of some bad habits in our daily life.C. open our mind to new things and ideas.D. try our best to protect nature.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。Unit the 1980s, scientists were trained to ignore animal pain, according to the belief that the ability to fee

40、l pain was associated only with higher consciousness. However,today, scientists view humans as a species of animals, and largely accept that many species are capable of some level of self-awareness. _ 1 6_If you hit another person in the face, you can estimate their pain level by what they do or say

41、 in response. _ 1 7_ Gradually, scientists have developed a set of indicators of pain response in non-human animals. Demonstrating a response to a negative stimulation and displaying protective behavior of injured areas are two major signs._ 1 8_ Some researchers argue lobsters ( 龙虾 ) are too dissim

42、ilar to vertebrates ( 脊椎动物 ) to feel pain. Nonetheless, lobsters do satisfy all of the standards for a pain response. Lobsters guard their injuries, and learn to avoid dangerous situations. They are even believed to possess some level of consciousness. In result, today most scientists agree that inj

43、uring a lobster causes physical pain.Due to growing evidence that the lobsters may feel pain, it is now illegal to boil lobsters alive or keep them on ice in some countries. Even in locations where boilinglobsters remains legal, many restaurants prefer more humane methods._ 1 9_To satisfy picky dine

44、rs, more restaurants rule out the cruel cooking methods.Currently, the most humane tool for cooking a lobster is the CrustaStun. This device electrocutes ( 电击 ) a lobster. _ 2 0_ The following process of cooking is sure to cause no pain. In contrast, it takes about 2 minutes for a lobster to die fro

45、m boiling water during which time pain lasts.A. But huge disagreement exists.B. The creature instantly loses consciousness in half a second.C. It beats the former method by saving chefs effort in cleaning the creature.D. It s difficult to assess pain in other species because we cannot communicate as

46、 easily.E. People are coming to realize that other species might also enjoy the luxury of emotion.F. Except for moral consideration, many chefs believe stress negatively affects the flavor ( 味道 ) of the meat.G. Legal prohibition becomes the major consideration for restaurants when choosing a cooking

47、 method.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。Being jobless for the last three months, I am upset nowadays. My son has lost his_21_ from a good school and he might have to go to a less qualified school. Ihave moved from a spacious (宽敞的 )

48、apartment to a small one in order to_22_ my living expenses. My wife has built extra stress. On top of that, myfather in-law_23_ a week ago, which has added fuel to fire, _24_ ourfamily into a more terrible state.In these circumstances I have two mental_25_ : either to feel upset and keeplosing my p

49、eace of mind, or _26_ my negative thoughts with super mentalpowers about self-confidence and consistency, and_27_ applying for newjobs with positive attitude.I choose the second option because I believe that the pain I am_28_ todaywill build up my_29_ . My strengths will then increases my confidence

50、 andmake me a good times make me a_30_ man one day. I understand that goodand bad stages are part of_31_ . While good times make me happy, badtimes _32_ the inner me.Two months later,_33_ , I have finally landed on a job which is very excitingand offers a nice salary. Time has healed my wife s 34men

51、talthestressdeath of her father. My son has already been accepted by another good schoolbecause the admissions for new academic year were still_35_ !As I am back on the track of normal life, I can_36_ say that the mostimportant things that helped me_37_ the crisis (危机 ) were myconsistent character o

52、f patience, and_38_ attitude towards life. So, while Iwish you all the best life can_39_ you, I would highly recommend taking thesame attitude towards life_40_you are trapped in any of such situations.21.A. admissionB. benefitC. diplomaD. permission22.A. shareB. reduceC. break D. raise23.A. showed u

53、pB. set offC. fell downD. passed away24.A. putting B. findingC. formingD. lifting25.A. problemsB. concernsC. choicesD. activities26.A. linkB. replaceC. mixD. exchange27.A. regretB. stopC. keepD. risk28.A. practicingB. sufferingC. producing D. relieving29.A. intelligenceB. bodyC. characterD. reputation30.A. carfulB. hard-workingC. easy-goingD. successful31.A. lifeB. wealthC. timeD. healt