2020年高三上学期末模拟英语试卷4【含答案】

2020年高三上学期末模拟英语试卷4【含答案】

第一部分阅读理解（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。

A

Find Your Feet

From the best-selling author of Find Your Tribe comes the follow-up book, Find Your Feet, a practical, humorous guide for girls to help them navigate their post-high school years and beyond. This little book will be invaluable and a must-read for those who need a little help in surviving the years after school.

Born to Run

In 2009, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed a t the Super Bowl’s half-time show. The experience was so excited that Bruce decided to write about it. That’s how this extraordinary autobiography(自传) began.

He vividly recounts his relentless drive to become a musician, his early days as a bar band king in Asbury Park, and the rise of the E Street Band. He also tells for the first time the story of the personal struggles that inspired his best work, and shows us why the song “Born to Run” reveals more than we previously realized.

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry

When Elsa’s grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters apologizing to people she has wronged, Elsa’s greatest adventure begins. Her grandmother’s instructions lead her to an apartment building full of drunks, monsters, attack dogs, and old crones but also to the truth about fairy tales and kingdoms and a grandmother like no other.

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry is told with the same comic accuracy and beating heart as Fredrik Backman’s best-selling debut(首次的) novel,A Man Called Ove. It is a story about life and death and one of the most important human rights: the right to be different.

1. Find Your Feet is written _________.

A. before Find Your Tribe

B. for those in need of help

C. to give advice on what to do after school

D. for girls who just graduate from high school

2. What can we know about the book My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry?

A. It is intended for those fond of adventures.

B. It is actually a fairy tale.

C. Elsa’s grandmother likes no one else.

D. It shares the same author with A Man Called Ove.

3. If you would like to know about the author’s life, which book will you choose?

A. Born to Run.

B. Find Your Feet.

C. A Man Called Ove.

D.My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry.

B

My 10-year-old nephew is timid. I was delighted when his mother, my sister, asked me to take him to the circus(马戏团). ＂Buy one bag of popcorn,＂she ordered.

＂Is there anything we should avoid?＂

＂Yes, but you can’t avoid it. It’s the elephants’ parade around the ring.＂

David has read that the circus elephants are the most unhappy creatures in the universe. They’d rather be torn open by a lion than made fool of themselves before a crowd. So, when they started their act, David began to cry, ＂Those big, big tears …＂

So, eyes still dry, sharing popcorn, we watched simian(猴的) cast rush into the ring to a burst of cheers. Then we watched the individual acts — the monkey from the Bolshoi, the famous clown who climbed the tallest pole, hanging on by a finger and a knee. He raised laughter from the audience of children. If the clown slipped, the net would catch him, although no net can be trusted. It’s easy to fall wrong, and if so you can break your silly neck. I would keep that information from David, I promised my schoolteacher. I was the cool adult here.

At last elephants came and did their parade, each wearing a hat. My arm slipped around my beloved nephew.

＂Aunt Ella, they are so unhappy.＂

＂I believe they are. But some day this act will be outlawed.＂

＂Really?＂

＂Yes. The elephants will be returned to the grasslands in Africa and spend the rest of their lives eating green stuff, never having to grab a tail.＂I put my arms around him and whispered in his ear, ＂I love you.＂He did not sob(呜咽) but nestled closer to me.

The elephants were the last act of the first half of the show, and enduring their performance earned us another box of popcorn.

4. Why did the author’s sister ask her to buy a bag of popcorn?

A. To show a new fashion.

B. To use it to help David kill time.

C. To use it to help improve David’s attention.

D. To use it to distract David’s attention to his fear.

5. What does the author use ＂clown＂in Paragraph 5 to refer to?

A. The circus monkey.

B. The circus worker.

C. The circus audience.

D. The amusing actor.

6. How did the author feel when watching the monkey acting?

A. She was touched by its acting.

B. She was afraid of her nephew’s fear.

C. She regretted taking David to watch it.

D. She was worried about the monkey’s safety.

7. What will the following paragraph be about?

A. How the author comforted her nephew.

B. What the second half of the show was like.

C. What lesson the author got from the show.

D. How much popcorn was needed in the play.

C

He may not have an ＂S＂across his chest but this dog is most certainly a hero.

Harley, who was rescued from a puppy mill four years ago, was named the American Humane Association’s 2015 American Hero Dog. Harley, who is missing an eye and other medical issues from his time at the mill, is now a ＂spokesdog＂against puppy mills. He serves as the adorable furry face of the ＂Harley to the Rescue＂campaign, which raises funds for the National Dog Mill Rescue, according to a press release.

The pup was rescued back in 2011 and adopted by Rudi and her husband, Dan. ＂It was just four years ago that he was pulled from the cage in the puppy mill and left to die,＂Harley’s owner, Rudi,said during the awards show at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles this past weekend, according to https://www.360docs.net/doc/cf1851484.html,. ＂We never would have ever thought he would live so long and make such a difference for so many puppies.＂

The dog was one of eight finalists up for the American Hero Dog and was chosen as the winner through public votes. The finalists all won$1,500 to be donated to one of American Humane Association’s charity partners, with Harley receiving another $5,000 to go toward his charity partner, New Leash on Life.

According to the release, Harley spent 10 years at the puppy mill, and endured rough treatment there, which led to his many medical issues. He lost his eye as a result of his cage being power washed with him inside.

The dog isn’t just the face of his campaign, he also goes on rescue missions and makes public appearances at events and schools to raise awareness for puppy mills.

This incredible work is all due to the dog’s fighting spirit.That spirit is allowing him now to be the voice for dogs who cannot speak for themselves and give everybody hope that tomorrow’s going to be a better day.

8. The ＂Harley to the Rescue＂campaign functioned by ___________.

A. saving dogs from a puppy mill

B. operating the American Humane Association

C. giving endangered dogs enough medical treatment

D. collecting money for the National Dog Mill Rescue

9. What was the author’s attitude towards the puppy mill?

A. Tolerant.

B. Doubtful.

C. Against.

D. Sympathetic.

10. Why was Harley blind in one eye?

A. He was born with it.

B. His owner treated him roughly.

C. It was caused by a medical issue.

D. He was washed heavily in a cage.

11. What can we infer about the dog from the text?

A. It returned to the National Dog Mill Rescue.

B. It would be taken away by its puppy mill.

C. It would be given to New Leash on Life.

D. It was kept by Rudi’s family.

D

In January 1958, Rachel Carson received a letter from her friend Olga Owens Huckins. Huckins lived in an area of Massachusetts where the state was trying to get rid of mosquitoes. They had used planes to spray (喷) a mixture of fuel oil and DDT (a pesticide, which can kill pests such as insects, weeds and rodents) all over the area around Huckins’ home. DDT was supposedly harmless but, the morning after the spraying, Huckins found several of her favorite birds dead outside her house. And the spraying did not even kill all of the mosquitoes; in fact, that summer there were more of them than ever before. Huckins asked Carson if she knew someone in Washington that could help prevent future spraying.

Carson had been hearing about DDT since a Swiss chemist discovered it could be used to kill insects in 1939. To many people, DDT seemed like a miracle substance. Farmers were excited about saving their crops from pests. Doctors and others were excited about saving people’s lives by killing disease-carrying insects. But to Carson, DDT appeared to be dangerous to all living creatures.

The more Carson found out about DDT and other pesticides, the more she realized that she needed to help stop future spraying. Carson decided to write a book about pesticides. She said, ＂There would be no future peace for me if I kept silent.＂She called her book Silent Spring.

Carson had spent her life studying, observing, and writing about nature. She was a trained biologist and a talented writer who knew how to present scientific information in compelling stories. Before Silent Spring, she had written other books from the perspective of fish, birds, islands, and oceans. Carson knew that all things in nature exist in a delicately (微妙地) balanced ecosystem. In Silent Spring, Carson wrote that although the ecosystem can adjust to changes, it needs time. Carson believed that people in the 1950s were using pesticides carelessly. Nature didn’t have time to adjust, wrote Carson, because so many pesticides had been used in such large quantities in such a short time.

12. Why did Huckins write a letter to Rachel Carson?

A. To tell her some bad news.

B. To turn to her for help.

C. To advise her to write a book.

D. To ask her some questions.

13. Which of the effects the spraying of the mixture in Massachusetts had is right?

A. It killed pests such as insects, weeds and rodents around Huckins’ home.

B. It killed all of the mosquitoes.

C. It had bad effects on ecosystem.

D. There were more birds than ever before.

14. Who would not be happy with DDT?

A. Gardeners.

B. Farmers.

C. Doctors.

D. Biologists.

15. What’s the best title of the passage?

A. Rachel Carson’s research on nature

B. Rachel Carson’s life

C. Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring

D. DDT’s bad effects on ecosystem

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。

It is absolutely natural to feel guilt, shame and pain if you’ve hurt someone, offended a loved one, argued with a co-worker or are just not happy with yourself. 16 Below are a few steps you can take to learn to self-forgive and move forward.

Acknowledge your emotions.

This is probably the phase you’re in right now. Feel free to acknowledge how you feel and how you’ve made someone else feel, if that is the case. 17

Accept what happened.

18 In this stage, you want to move away from your excuses, justifications and blaming others and how that may have affected you. Without accepting responsibility, any form of self-forgiveness will be naive, immature and hollow.

19

At this stage, you want to adopt an empathetic mindset as opposed to a self-blame mindset. Feeling negative doesn’t empower you or motivate you to make the changes that are needed. If you carry old bricks from your past experiences, you can only build the same house that fell apart in the first place. You are more likely to repeat a mistake if you don’t learn from it. When a child falls over, it is lifted up with love, empathy and compassion to try again. We must practice this with ourselves.

Appreciate your progress.

Take time to appreciate that you can overcome your guilt, self-blame and feelings of pain. 20 Appreciate that you can create a new way of living.

A. Accept responsibility for what you’ve done.

B. Adopt a new way of thinking about the mistake.

C. Learning to let go of these feelings and forgive others will help.

D. An inability to self-forgive can play a role in anxiety and depression.

E. Allow yourself to observe your reasons, justifications and self-blame.

F. Motivate yourself to make positive changes to avoid the same mistake.

G. Appreciate that you can make changes in your life to avoid similar experiences in the future.

第二部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节完形填空（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。

Though it had been a bad day in the early morning, I thought work had to be done. Filled with 21 thoughts, I got in my car to drive into town. In the few minutes it took me to travel to the 22 . I made a decision. I would be careful not to 23 my bad day off to anyone else. I would be 24 .

Standing in line at the bank, I was 25 talking to myself. Actually, I was 26 myself. All of the events that had made my bad day were, in fact, so very 27 . I was over-reacting. I tried to 28 those who had been affected by the war, by the earthquake.

A voice broke through my mental thoughts. Somehow I had 29 finished my bank business and the teller was trying to get my 30 . ＂Young lady,＂she was saying. Her eyes showed 31 as she softly said, ＂I don’t know what is happening inside of you, but 32 me that everything will be okay.＂My hands were 33 on the counter. She took her hands and placed them gently on top of mine. The 34 was quick but electric. And in that moment my world 35 .

In the moment of her touch I found 36 . I knew that love was being channeled through the 37 of this beautiful woman directly into my heart. I knew that I am 38 . I didn’t say a word standing there.

I 39 . It was my first smile of the day. But it would not be my 40 , as from that moment on my entire day was changed.

A warm handshake. A kind word. Through these, we open the power of love.

21. A. nervous B. fearful C. negative D. serious

22. A. park B. bank C. market D. company

23. A. give B. take C. show D. pass

24. A. honest B. wise C. brave D. polite

25. A. silently B. patiently C. secretly D. loudly

26. A. controlling B. warning C. blaming D. enjoying

27. A. small B. special C. important D. funny

28. A. serve B. comfort C. pity D. imagine

29. A. ever B. just C. never D. still

30. A. attention B. payment C. name D. address

31. A. surprise B. doubt C. wonder D. concern

32. A. tell B. advise C. believe D. remind

33. A. waving B. resting C. feeling D. placing

34. A. hug B. touch C. look D. talk

35. A. moved B. ended C. failed D. changed

36. A. understanding B. disappointment C. excitement D. shame

37. A. hand B. tenderness C. body D. work

38. A. respected B. loved C. scared D. rescued

39. A. sighed B. cried C. smiled D. complained

40. A. best B. sweetest C. last D. happiest

第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

How exciting it is to visit China! China can offer what appeals to every visitor, 41 given the population, the crowds can be an issue.

Before getting on the plane, train, or bus, learn from these mistakes to avoid the crowds and make the __42__ (much) of your holiday.

There are certain 43 (date) throughout the year when the entire country takes a vacation at the same time. If you travel in China during one of these ＂golden weeks＂, you can expect never-ending lines, 44 (crowd) public transportation, and seas of strangers appearing in the background of your photos. So it is important to get familiar with the dates45 (minimize) your travel stress.

Of course, any trip to China wouldn’t be complete without seeing major cultural landmarks like 46 Great Wall, or the Forbidden City. However, there are so many worthwhile places to experience 47 may not be listed in your tour book.

Also, with a family to travel together, 48 (wake) up early can be a challenge. Do your best to wake up early and take your breakfast to go; it’s worth it. Getting to an 49 (attract) early will allow you to experience it __50__ (full) without the hindrance(妨碍) of a large crowd.

第三部分写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题l分，满分10分）

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：

1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

This morning, when I looked out the window, I excitedly found it was snowing heavy. Attracted by the beautiful sight, so I decided to go out to take some photos. As I walked on the path in front of our building, I saw a boy suddenly slipping on the snow-covered ground. It was at that moment when I realized what I should do. Immediately, I run back home to get a broom(扫帚) and started to sweep the path. I worked so hard that he sweated a lot. An hour later, a thick snow was cleared away. Looked at the clean path, my neighbor all smiled and gave me thumbs up.

第二节书面表达（满分25分）

假定你是高三（1）班的班长李华。几天前，你们班有个同学因为闯红灯被汽车撞倒，现在还在医院里面，请你给全班同学写一封倡议信。

信的内容包括：

1. 分析现象；

2. 不遵守交通规则的危害；

3. 提倡同学们遵守交通规则。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头和结语已为你写好，不计入总词数。

Dear Classmates,

The other day, one of our classmates was knocked down by a car at the crossing.

____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours truly,

Li Hua