湖北省黄冈市2021-2022届高三英语模拟考试试题（二）

1、可修改湖北省黄冈市2020届高三英语模拟考试试题（二） 试卷满分：150分注意事项:1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等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. 考试结束后，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) 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纸上。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

2、题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。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. How could the woman tell that the man had been to Mexico probably? A. By his clothes. B. By his accent. C. By his skin.2. What is the woman asking the man? A. To change seats.B

3、. To help her book a seat.C. To move out of her way.3. How old is the house? A. 122 years old. B. 125 years old. C. 127 years old.4. What is the man probably like? A. He is confident.B. He is unreasonable.C. He is modest.5. What do we know about the man? A. He is hungry. B. He is late. C. He is slow

4、.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。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. How many choices does the woman provide? A. Two. B. Three.C. Four.7. Where are the speakers? A. At the post office.B. At the airport.C. At the bank.

5、听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. What is the relationship between the speakers? A. They are relatives.B. They are classmates.C. They are colleagues.9. What did the man do recently? A. He joined a gym.B. He tried a new diet.C. He found some good recipes. 10. Where does the conversation take place? A. At a library.

6、B. At a bookstore.C. At a doctors office.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What is being made? A. Beer. B. Wine. C. Tea.12. When did the man get his present job? A. A decade ago. B. Three years ago. C. Two years ago.13. How much does the first glass cost with a ticket? A. Nothing.B. Half the normal price.C. A th

7、ird of the normal price.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14. What will the woman need to do soon? A. Open a new bank account. B. Deposit a check.C. Borrow some money from a friend.15. How will the woman handle the situation? A. She will do it all online.B. She will go to a bank machine.C. She will talk to someone a

8、t her bank.16. How much money will the woman be paid? A. $1000. B. $800. C. $200.17. When will the woman receive her actual bank card? A. On Sunday.B. On Monday.C. On Tuesday.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. What is the speaker mainly talking about? A. The Minshan mountain range.B. Endangered animals in Sichua

9、n Province.C. A natural attraction.19. How long is the valley? A. 2.5 km. B. 7.5 km. C. 370 km.20. What is the primary color created by the soft mineral? A. Yellow. B. Blue. C. Green.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。AWith over 2.4 million visitors every yea

10、r, Cinque Terre is one of the most-visited regions in Italy. Cinque Terre is truly special. The five candy-colored fishing villages of Riomaggiore, Manarola, Comiglia, Vemazza, and Monterosso al Mare are built into cliffs over the clean and brightly-shining Ligurian Sea. Whether youre visiting the r

11、egion for a few days or a few weeks, these are the experiences you should add to your trip pleasure.Take a scenic hike.Its easy to visit each of the attractive villages on foot. The most popular hike is the coastal path Sentiero Azzuro. It links all five villages and offers extremely beautiful scene

12、ry of the sea, architecture and vineyards. It takes about six hours to go across, with short breaks, but most people are going to stop in the villages for food and swimming. Eat seafood in a cone (锥形).Dessert lovers might think that Italian ice cream is the best thing to be served in a cone but make

13、 room for seafood cones as well. Thanks to its coastal location, Cinque Terre is full of seafood restaurants.Get on a boat.If the weather cooperates, take the time to get out on the water. The villages look very beautiful from a boat. The cheapest and easiest way is to jump on the public ferry from

14、one of the villages to the next, but these boats are often crowded. Its far more relaxing to take a private cruise, which departs from the docks in Riomaggiore, Manarola, Vemazza and Monterosso al Mare.Take the train.Cinque Terres train system is one of the most scenic routes in Europe. The high-spe

15、ed train runs through each of the five villages every 20 minutes or so. And the whole line is directly on the coast, offering lovely views of the Ligurian Sea and rocky cliffs.21. What is special about the five candy-colored fishing villages?A. Their special location.B. Their long history.C. Their d

16、elicious foods.D. Their friendly villagers.22. What is the favorite food for the hikers in the five villages?A. Italian noodles.B. Italian ice cream.C. Italian wines.D. Seafood cones.23. What is the best way to enjoy the beautiful scenery and delicious food?A. Taking a private ferry to the villages.

17、B. Walking with short breaks on the coast.C. Taking a scenic hike along the coastal path.D. Taking the train running through the villages. BThe country is India. A large dinner party is being given in an up-country station by a colonial official and his wife.The guests are the army and government of

18、ficers and their wives, and an American naturalist.At one side of the long table, a spirited discussion springs up between a young girl and an army officer. The girl insists women have long outgrown the jumping-on-a-chair-at-the-sight-of- a-mouse era, and that they are not as anxious as their grandm

19、others were. The officer says they are, arguing women dont have the actual nerve control of men.A womans reaction to any crisis, the officer says, is to scream. And while a man may feel like it, he has that ounce more of control than a woman has. The American scientist does not join in the argument

20、but sits and watches the faces of the other guests. As he stares, he sees a slight, though strange look of anxiety come over the face of the hostess. With a small gesture, she summons the servant standing behind her chair. She whispers to him. The servants eyes widen. He turns quickly and leaves the

21、 room. No one else sees this, nor the servant when he puts a bowl of milk on the balcony outside the glass doors.The American understands. In India, milk in a bowl means only one thing. It is bait for a snake. He realizes there is a cobra in the room. The Americans eyes move across the room but he s

22、ees nothing. He realizes the snake can only be in one placeunder the table.His first reaction is to jump back and warn the others. But he knows any sudden movement will frighten the cobra and it will strike. He speaks quickly, the quality of his voice so arresting that it quietens everyone. I want t

23、o know just what control everyone at this table has. I will count to three hundredthats five minutesand not one of you is to move a single muscle. Now! Ready!The 20 people sit like stone images while he counts. He is saying “.two hundred and eighty” when, out of the corner of his eye, he sees the sn

24、ake emerge and make for the bowl of milk. Four or five screams ring out as he jumps to slam shut the balcony doors.There is your proof! the host says. A man has just shown us real control.Just a minute, the American says, turning to the hostess. How did you know that cobra was in the room?A faint sm

25、ile lights up the womans face as she replies, Because it was lying across my foot.24. What is the argument between the army officer and the young girl about?A. Whether women are afraid of mice.B. Whether men are calmer than women.C. Whether men are cleverer than women.D. Whether women would make sui

26、table soldiers,25. Why is the servant asked to put out some milk?A. To play a trick.B. To serve the guests.C. To attract the snake.D. To feed the hostesss pet.26. Why does the scientist suggest the guests play a game?A. He doesnt want anyone to panic.B. He intends to test the officers theory.C. He s

27、ees there was a snake in the room.D. He wants to entertain the other guests.27. What does the author imply through the hostesss final statement?A. The army officers opinion is wrong.B. The hostess understood the Americans intention.C. The American was surprised by the snakes presence.D.The hostess h

28、as had previous experience dealing with snakes.CHacking isnt just for computers and smartphones. According to a study, scientists have found a way to hack a plants genes in order to make it use sunlight more quickly. Someday, the results could increase the number of food produced around the world.Sc

29、ientists used tobacco plants in the study because it is easy to change the plants genes. Hacked plants are larger than normal plants.Photosynthesis is the word used to describe how plants use sunlight, water and carbon dioxide to make their own food. Scientists say this is a very slow process. Plant

30、s use less than 1 percent of the energy. But by hacking a plants genes, the scientists were able to increase the amount of leaf growth on plants between 14 and 20 percent. Scientists hacked the plants protective system. Normally, this system starts when a plant gets too much sunlight. When the plant

31、 senses the light , it creates more leaves. When the plant is in shade, the protective system is turned off. But the process is slow.The new study sped up the process by changing the plants genes. The protective system turned on and off more quickly than normal. As a result, leaf growth on the plant

32、s scientists used in the study increased. Leaf growth on two plants increased by 20 percent, while leaf growth on a third plant increased by 14 percent. Scientists conducted the study on tobacco plants. But they think the genetic changes would produce the same results in corn and rice.Agriculture pr

33、ofessor Tala Awanda said the study made sense, but cautioned the yield (产量)might not be quite so high for conventional food crops. Still, she added in an email, this study remains a breakthrough. 28. Which of the following is true according to paragraph 1?A. We can find hacking only in digital devic

34、es. B. A plants genes can be changed by hacking.C. Hacking has been used in improving food production.D. Hacking can be used to change whatever you want.29. Why did scientists choose tobacco plants to study?A. Because they are very easy to get.B. Because their genes are easy to change.C. Because the

35、y are larger than other plants.D. Because they can absorb sunlight quickly.30. What do we know about photosynthesis?A. It helps plants to produce energy.B. It is regarded as a productive system for plants.C. It can increase leaf growth on plants by 14 percent.D. It is made up of sunlight, water and

36、carbon dioxide.31. We can learn from paragraph 4 that changing the plants genes proved_. A. Useless B. deadlyC. effective D. unrealisticDRobots are now being employed not just for dangerous tasks, such as discovering mines or rescuing people in disasters. They are also finding application as househo

37、ld helps and as nursing assistants. As the number of machines increases, which are equipped with the latest artificial intelligence and take on a growing variety of specialized and everyday tasks, the question of how people see them and behave towards them becomes ever more urgent.A team led by Sari

38、 Nijssen of Radboud University and Markus Paulus, Professor of Developmental Psychology at Ludwig-Maximilians- Universitat (LMU), have carried out a study to determine the degree to which people show concern for robots and behave toward them based on moral principles.According to Sari Nijssen, the s

39、tudy set out to answer the following question: Under what circumstances would adults be willing to sacrifice robots to save human lives? The participants were faced with a hypothetical(假设的)moral dilemma:Would they be prepared to put a single person at risk in order to save a group of injured persons

40、? The intended victim presented in the situations was either a humanoid robot that had been humanized(人性化的)to various degrees or a robot that was clearly recognizable as a machine.The study suggested that the more the robot was humanized, the less likely participants were to sacrifice it. Situations

41、 that included vivid stories in which the robot was described as a merciful being or as a creature with its own understandings, experiences and thoughts, were more likely to stop the study participants from sacrificing it in the interests of anonymous (无名的)humans. This result indicates that our stud

42、y group attached a certain moral status to the robot, says Paulus. One possible suggestion of this finding is that attempts to humanize robots should not go too far. Such efforts could come into conflict with their intended functionto be of help to us.32. What has become a concern about robots?A. Ho

43、w to humanize them.B. How to treat them in life.C. How to use them effectively.D. How to find more applications.33. In the study the participants probably have to decide .A. when to sacrifice a robot.B. where to experience risks.C. which robot to work with.D. what robots should be like.34. What can

44、be inferred from Paulus words?A.Humanized robots offer less help to people.B. Humanizing robots too much may be improper.C. Certain moral status should be attached to robots.D. Conflicts often happen between humans and robots.35. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?A. Robots,

45、 a Must for FutureB. Humanized Robots, a New TrendC. Robots Saved, People Take the HitD. Humanized Robots Replace Human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。A special copyright case has recently drawn attention because it is related to artificial intelligence(AI). A court in

46、 Shenzhen ruled that a news report written by Tencents AI enjoys copyright protection. 36 This is the first case in China that has provided copyright protection to work done by AI. But what does it indicate? 37 Probably not. AI is not yet able to write creative stories. The news report mentioned abo

47、ve is mainly about data. 38 it is often used to write financial reports. Some newspapers also use AI to report on stories about natural disasters, which mainly require basic facts such as “where” and “when”. As Forbes wrote, instead of losing their jobs, journalists can make their work more efficien

48、t by using AI so that they can focus more on storytelling and less on numbers. 39 For example, Wayne McGregor, a British choreographer（编舞）, is famous for using AI to create new dances. For him, AI is a powerful tool that can help choreographers break out of common movements. McGregor is not worried

49、that AI might replace human artists. “AI cant judge the quality of the choreography,” he said.“Its time to stop worrying about if AI can be creative,” according to Forbes. 40 A. As artificial intelligence progresses,B. AI is actually being helpful in many creative fields.C. Instead, we should focus

50、on how humans and AI can work together in ways that we have never dreamed of before.D. A website broke the law because it used the article without permission.E. Since AI is good at processing data,F. Its time to think about how to prevent AI from replacing humans.G. Will AI take the place of creativ

51、e workers in the future?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。Were it not for my habit of checking the mailbox of the Opinion Department after finishing my work there at night, I would not have 41 the postcard addressed to China people that had be

52、en left on the corner of a desk beside the mailbox shelf.It was not 42 which departments mailbox the postcard belonged in, so it was left there alongside 43 newspapers and magazines. I could not help but pick it up 44 could I recall how long it had been since Id read a handwritten piece of mail, 45

53、one from the other side of the globe. The postcard, 46 a photo of the Fountain of Neptune, a landmark in Bologna, Italy, on its 47 , was mailed from that city to China on Jan 29. In it, the Bolognese writer expressed heartfelt wishes to the Chinese people and the world in their efforts to 48 the nov

54、el coronavirus. The message was 49 to read it was sent in the days when China was in the most difficult 50 of its peoples war against the virus because it 51 with the spirit of humanity. 52 it took the postcard more than three months to reach us, which in itself speaks volumes about the heavy 53 the

55、 pandemic has taken on the world, has made it only more valuable. Since that time, the situation has become better in China but worse in many other countries. The positive energy 54 by the message from Bologna stands in a stark 55 with many divisive tactic（分裂的策略）now. It shows how important mutual(相互的) assistance can be for the international community to 56 a common threat. No country is safe until the virus is brought to 57 in its last foothold in the world. 58 the pandemic is now largely under control in China, the Chinese people have never relaxed their vigilance given th