2020-2021年高考英语二模试卷

1、最新文档欢迎下载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. Liste ning Comprehe nsionSection 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

2、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 questionyou have heard.1. A. A physicist.B. An operator.2. A. In a college. B. In a bank.3. A. Go home.B. Go travelli ng.4. A. Le

3、ave the exhibiti on.C. See more of the exhibiti on.5. A. The time to close stude nt acco un ts.C. The limits on stude nt loa ns.6. A. The woman is better at writing reports.C. The woma n should have told him earlier.7. A. The man seldom eats in the cafeteria.C. The spri ng roll contains more vegetab

4、les.C. A surge on.C.ln a property age ncy.D. A psychologistD. In an acco un ti ng office.C. Help in a lab.D. Help in a travel age ncy.B. Ig nore what the man says.D. Help the man un dersta nd art.B. The applicati on procedures of stude nt acco un ts.D. The applicati on deadli ne of stude nt loa ns.B

5、. He is unq ualified to write the report.D. He should have made last-minute preparations.B. The woma n prefers canned 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.

6、D. The man n eeds to be more atte ntive in class.9. A. Only take morning classes.B. Make time for lunch in her schedule.C. Get used to skipp ing lun ch.D. Change her schedule after she has lunch.10. A. The data n eed to be collected soon.B. The questions haven' t been designed yet.C. The man wil

7、l help the woma n in terview people.D. The woman hasn ' t decided on the theme of the paper.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one Ion ger con versati on, and you will be asked several questi ons on each of them. The passages and the con versati on will be re

8、ad twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible an swers on your paper and decide which one is the best an swer to the questi on you have heard.Questi ons 11 through 13 are based on the follow ing passage.11. A. Charg ing its visitors. B. Meet i

9、ng its overni ght tourists' requireme nts.C. Restrict ing its access. D. Mon itori ng in dividuals arrivi ng in private cars.12. A. To help hotels earn more.C. To support some services.13. A. Tran sport compa nies disapprove of it.C. The fee is too high for most tourists.B. To prevent visitors s

10、taying overnight.D. To add a tax on services.B. Ven ice is accessible in all direct ions.D. It may make tourism less aggressive.Questi ons 14 through 16 are based on the follow ing passage.14. A. To earn more e-sports scholarships.C. To attract a greater range of gamers.15. A. The gen eral educatio

11、n.C. Lack of appropriate e-games.16. A. The choice of games.C. The wealth of players.B. To arouse girls ' in terest i n STEM.D. To provide college opport un ities for girls.B. Low reputati on of role models.D. The assumpti on that girls arenB. The gen der of playersD. The competiti on en vir onm

12、ent.t fit.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. The way to pay for vacati ons.C. The budget limit of a vacati on.18. A. By car.B. By ship.19. A. It can cha nge his view on budget ing.C. It offers a cha nee to read more books. driv in g.20. A. The man is afraid to tak

13、e a plane.C. The woman earns more than the man.B. The time to spe nd vacati ons.D. The choice of holiday dest in ati ons.C. By train.D. By pla ne.B. It is fun to enjoy the scenery on the way.D. It is joyful to listen to music whileB. The man prefers a debt-free holiday.D. The woma n uses her credit

14、card at will.II. Grammar and VocabularySectio n ADirections: After readi ng the passage below, fill in the bla nks to make the passage cohere nt and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the give n word; for the other bla nks, use one wor

15、d that best fits each bla nk.Sneakers (运动鞋)Made from Old Chewing GumDutch fashion and shoe label Explicit Wear is hoping to solve one of life 'sticky situati ons the annoyance of stepp ing in waste chew ing gum on the paveme nt while help ing to keep Amsterdam ' s city streets clean. Thbrand

16、 has partnered with local marketing organization Iamsterdam and sustainability firm Gumdrop (21)(create) a limited edition sneaker foradults made from recycled gum collected from the city' s pavements.Chewi ng gum causes an in credibly serious ecological problem, (22)it is made fromplastics that

17、 do not biodegrade ( 生物降解 ).It ' s also the second (23)(common) form ofroadside litter, after cigarette en ds. An in credible 3.3 millio n pounds of gum are in correctly throw n away on the sidewalks each year, (24) (cost) the city millions of dollars to clean up.Gumdrop pla ns to collect waste

18、gum from the streets of Amsterdam, clea n 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 raiseawareness for the anti-littering cause. (26) (price) at around $332, the shoes will comeinto the ma

19、rket sometime n ext mon th.Available for preorder now, the new Gumshoe sn eakers offered in both a bubblegum pink and a black/red colorway (27) (feature) Iong-lasting rubber outsoles (鞋子外底)shaped from recyclable compo unds produced by Gumdrop, 20 perce nt of which are made from gum.Nearly 2.2 pounds

20、 of gum (28) (use) in every four pairs of shoes. A map ofAmsterdam is made into the bottom of the soles to remi nd people of the litteri ng problem. Eve n better, the sn eakers actually still smell like bubblegum, (29)the annoying stick in ess. Justas good as any sn eaker with a rubber sole, the Gum

21、shoes help get chew ing gum off our streets and keep the dan gerously non-biodegradable substa nee out of our eco-system.s creators are hop ing toTo help spread their susta in ability message, (30)Gumshoe do is to expa nd their project to other major cities around the world.Section BDirections: Afte

22、r readi ng the passage below, fill in each bla nk with a proper word give n in the box.Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more tha n you n eed.A. docume ntaryB. categorizeC. senseD. claimedE. ridF. outlookG. ballo onedH. formerI. determ inedJ. roma nticK. driveFormer World

23、' s Fattest Man Finds LoveHe was once the world ' s fattest man weigh ing in at an in credible 980 pounds and cornsp 20,000 calories (卡路里)a day. But it seems that after losing 672 pounds following a surgery, it not just Paul Mason ' s health that has a more promising (31)_is weight loss

24、ma havealso promoted his love life.Mr. Mas on has only known his new girlfrie nd Rebecca for a month and the pair are yet tomeet, but already the 52-year old has (32)that Rebecca is the love of his life. The pair metonline last month when Rebecca saw a television (33) about Mr. Mason' sextremefa

25、tn ess the result of overeat ing whe n a previous relatio nship en ded. 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 sec ond operati on to (34)him of layers of extra skin.Mr. Mas on said:“ She did n ' t really t

26、hink of anything (35)at the begi nnin g. It was nun til the sec ond con versati on that I realised there was more there tha n just frien ds. She felt the same and brought up the idea of us being boyfrie nd and girlfrie nd.”Mr. Mas on says that he does n ' go for looks and finds Rebecca ' (36

27、) attitudeparticularly attractive."It is her personality, her (37)and passion that has made me falls bee nfor her. We share the same ideas and in terests and she has made me look at life in a new way. For a long time I couldn' t really see light at the end of the tunnel, but since RebeccaI

28、' ve got a whole new (3 of worth and excitement.”Mr. Mas on (39)to his in credible size by eati ng ten times the amount n eeded by a normal man due to a compulsive eating disorder. As his weight rose sharply he was left unable to sta nd or walk before fin ally beco ming bed-ridde n and being loo

29、ked after full time by carers.Firefighters had to knock dow n 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. Readi ng Comprehe nsionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passage

30、 there are four words or phrases marked A, B,C and D. Fill in each bla nk with the word or phrase that best fits the con text.High school stude nts who take music courses score sig ni fica ntly better on math, scie nce and En glish exams tha n their non-m usical peers, accord ing to a new study publ

31、ished in the Journal of Educati onal Psychology.School adm ini strators n eedi ng to cut budgets often look first to music courses, because the gen eral belief is that stude nts who devote time to music rather tha n math, scie nce and En glish, will _41_ in those discipli nes.“ Our research proved t

32、his 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 study' s principal investigator, Peter Gouzouasis.“ The students who learne(play a musical instrument in elementary and _4

33、3_ 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 andscience skills, as measured by their exam grades,_44_ their socioeconomic background, race, previous learning in mathematics and

34、 English, and gen der. ”Gouzouasis and his team _45_ data from all stude nts in public schools in British Columbia who fini shed Grade 12 betwee n 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 En

35、glish. Students who studied at least one instrumental music course in the regular curriculum coun ted as stude nts _47_ music.The researchers found the _48_ relationships between music education and academic achieveme nt were more pronounced for those who took in strume ntal music rather tha n vocal

36、 ( 发声的）music. The findings suggest skills learned in instrumental music _49_ very broadly to the stude nts ' leagriinschool.“ Learningto play a musical instrument and playing in a band is very _50_ , "said the study ' co-investigator Martin Guhn, an assistant professor in UBC sschool of

37、 population and public health.“ A stude nt has to lear n to read musical nddeejop eye-ha nd-mind coord in ati on（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 learner&

38、#39; scognitive 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 stude nts, pare nts,teachers and admi nistrative decisio n-makers in educati on, as many school districts over the years have emphasized m

39、athematics 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-aro und academic achieveme nt," said Gouzouasis.41. A. overbala neeB. un derperformC. overworkD. un derplay42. A. fan tasticB. str

40、ategicC. embarrass ingD. wrong43. A. resistedB. delayedC. desertedD. con ti nued44. A. tha nks toB. in con trast toC. regardless ofD. by means of45. A. exam inedB. publishedC. storedD. exchanged46. A. reportB. sampleC. an alysisD. cen ter47. A. tak ingB. compos ingC. shari ngD. performi ng48. A. cas

41、ualB. symbolicC. predictiveD. cha ngeable49. A. tran sferB. decli neC. attachD. limit50. A. attractiveB. dist inctC. in depe ndentD. dema nding51. A. lifeB. literacyC. teamD. survival52. A. alteri ngB. enhancingC. distract ingD. labeli ng53. A. atte ntionB. questio nC.edgeD. glory54. A. i n terms of

42、B. as a result ofC. in case ofD. at the cost of55. A. healthB. musicC. scie neeD. schoolSection B Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions orunfini shed stateme nts. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose theone that f

43、its 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 “ medialiteracy ” skills. California is the latest state to pass such a requirement. Media literacy, also knownas news literacy, is the ability

44、 to use critical thinking skills to recognize differences between real and “ fake ” news.The new law requires California' s Department of Education to provide materials related tomedia literacy on its website. Its goal is to give stude nts a set of effective tools to'make in formed decisi on

45、s”.The media literacy efforts were based on a Stanford University study from 2016. It found that80 percent of U.S. middle school students failed to recognize an advertisement that looked like areal news story. The researchers also found that high school students had trouble telling thediffere nee be

46、twee n a real and a fake n ews website.The study called for more efforts to help stude nts recog nize false in formatio n on the intern et.It said that young people also need the skills to find out where news stories come from, and to beable to judge the trustworth in ess of sources and writers.Caro

47、lyn Edy is a professor of com muni cati on at Appalachia n State Uni versity in NorthCaroli na. She said she has see n a clear cha nge in her stude nts' abilities to judge n ews sources. E(said that whe n stude nts used to read prin ted n ewspapers, it was easier for them to recog nize fact from

48、 opinion. Now, it' s necessary to teach students how to fully examine websites.One of Edy ' s goals is to teach students how to research the news organizations responsiblefor the stories they are reading. One way to do this is for students to ask a series of questions. Oneexample is, “ What

49、is the overall missi on of the orga ni zati on?”Edy said young people also n eed to judge whether n ews orga ni zati ons ide ntify any possibleconflicts of int erest. Another question to ask is,“ What do they do when they get a story wrong?Resp on sible and trustworthy n ews orga ni zati ons issue c

50、orrect ions if someth ing is falsely reported,she said.Edy added that one good thing to come out of the rise of misinformation and fake news isthat it has made many people seek out good report ing.56. The new law passed in Califor nia mainly aims at.A. help ing stude nts ide ntify fake n ewsB. impro

51、vi ng stude nts ' critical thinking skillsC. offeri ng stude nts real in formati on D. en abli ng stude nts to make quick decisi ons57. Why does the author men tio n the Sta nford Un iversity study?A. To present the details of the law. B. To provide a set of tools for the law.C. To show the reas

52、on behind the law. D. To indicate the efforts based on the law.58. Which is a way suggested by Carolyn Edy for stude nts to judge the trustworth in ess of a n ews orga ni zati on?A. Ide ntify ing the con flicts of in terest in it.B. Correcting its falsely reported n ews stories.C. Lear ning about it

53、s backgro und in formatio n.D. Asking a series of questions about its news.59. The passage mainly tells us that media literacy.A. can con tribute to the rise of good n ews report ingB. is becoming much more important with the law passedC. can improve A merican students' understanding of newsD. i

54、s in creas in gly recog ni zed as esse ntial for stude nts in the US(B)PAssionArts FestivalPAssi on Arts Festival this year will run from 6 July to 25 August, bri nging commu nity arts to 250,000reside nts across Sin gapore. The festival theme,“ Our Home, Our HeARTs ”,in vites reside nts to use arts

55、overto express our love for our commu nity and for Sin gapore.Our aim is to bring residents together to experience and appreciate creativity. Look forward to 500 arts activities and programmes, including visual art displays and performing arts co-created by residents and artists. The following are s

56、ome of them.ARTS PARTY TELOK BLANGAHTIME: 14 July (9:00 AM 12:00 AM)PLACE: Talok Blangah MallArt can happen in so many ways and for so many peopleand that is what Arts Party Telok Bla ngah will show you this July!For example, you can participate in the large oil painting activity to complete a huge

57、oil painting art. Or carry art in your pocket any time and any where by creat ing your own matchbox art.We re 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 the pai nter

58、.HUES IN TUNETIME: 20 July (2:00 PM 8:00 PM)PLACE: Kampu ng AdmiraltyOne of the most expected part is Hues in Tune' performanee line -up. Sembawang Hues is the highlight with music performa nces. Fusi on Tunes features cross-racial ban ds, and Our Own Tune presents heartfelt music by talented residents. Come to this festival village!L.O.U.D KAMPONG GLA