宁夏石嘴山市2021届高三英语下学期二模试题.doc

宁夏石嘴山市2021届高三英语下学期二模试题

宁夏石嘴山市2021届高三英语下学期二模试题

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宁夏石嘴山市2021届高三英语下学期二模试题
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第一部分 听力（1-20小题）在笔试结束后进行。
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）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
A Wild Child's Guide to Endangered Animals
From New York Times bestselling author Millie Marotta comes this gorgeous celebration of the animal kingdom. Highlighting 43 endangered species, the book takes readers on a trip around the world while learning about rare and well-known animals and their habitats.
Marcovaldo
Marcovaldo is a collection of 20 short stories written by Italo Calvino. Describing the life of a poor rural man living in northern Italy, the stories unfold according to the seasonal cycle of a year. Common themes in the stories include pollution, failure and poverty.
The Art of Mondo
Over the years, Mondo has received global recognition for its incredible art posters that bring to life classic films, television shows, and comics such as Jurassic Park. For the first time, The Art of Mondo brings together this highly sought-after art in one volume that showcases the incredible creativity of the studio's artists whose vastly different styles are united by one guiding principle: limitless passion for their subject matters.
The Coming of the Third Reich
There is no story in 20th-century history more important to understand than Hitler's rise to power and the collapse(坍塌)of civilization m Nazi Germany. The Coming of the Third Reich, by Richard Evans, offers a masterful combination of academic work, important new research and interpretations.
Patriarchy and Capitalism
Chizuko Ueno, a leading Japanese sociologist, feminist critic and public intellectual, has been a pioneer in women’s studies and the author of many books, including Patriarchy and Capitalism.
21. Which book will you choose if you are interested in art?
A. Marcovaldo. B. The Art of Mondo.
C. Richard Evans. D. Patriarchy and Capitalism.
22. Who cares about women’s rights and interests?
A. Millie Marotta. B. ltalo Calvino.
C. Richard Evans. D. Chizuko Ueno.
23. What is the main purpose of the text?
A. To introduce art forms. B. To remember five writers.
C. To recommend quality books. D. To compare different cultures.
B
Fauja Singh, 109, who broke marathon records and was called “Superman” before hanging up his running shoes six years ago, will be the subject of a Bollywood film, Fauja, tracing his remarkable career.
Mr. Singh, born in India in 1911, was an enthusiastic amateur runner in his youth, but gave it up. After a series of personal tragedies including the deaths of his wife and two of his children, he returned to his former passion in his eighties.
He moved to the UK soon after and now lives in Lyford, east London. He arrived for his first training session in Redbridge in a three-piece suit, and his first race was the London marathon in 2000. Three years later in Toronto, he broke the world record for the 90-plus. In 2011, when he turned 100, Mr. Singh set eight world records in a day. He ran the 100m in 23.14, then added the 200m, 400m, 800m, 1,500m, the mile, the 3,000m and 5,000m world records. Three of the events had never been attempted by anyone over the age of 100 before. Days later, he became the first centenarian(百岁老人)to complete a marathon, again in Toronto, with a time of 8:25:27.
Mr. Singh retired from competitive running in 2013 but continued jogging for pleasure. When asked about the secret of longevity(长寿), he owed it to a vegetarian diet and avoiding smoking, alcohol and fried food. Of marathon running he said, “The first 20 miles are not difficult. As for the last six miles, I keep talking to myself, ‘Keep it up, old boy!’”
24. What do we know about Fauja Singh?
A. He was first trained in Toronto.
B. He is the inspiration for a movie.
C. He used to be a professional runner.
D. He is still active in competitive running now.
25. What's the right order of the events?
① Fauja moved to the UK.
② Fauja hung up his running shoes.
③ Fauja set 8 world records in a day
④ Fauja's wife and two of his children died.
A.②④①③ B.④③①② C.④①③② D.②④③①
26. What contributes to Mr. Singh's long life?
A. His personal tragedies. B. Smoking less.
C. His passion for marathon. D. His healthy lifestyle.
27. What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Fauja Singh Turs 109 B. A Lifelong Runner
C. The Birth of a Bollywood Superstar D. A Centenarian Runner
C
Video calls are a common occurrence, but have you imagined being able to touch the person on the other end of the line? Scientists are making this a reality.
Researchers at the University of New South Wales, Australia, have invented a soft skin stretch device(SSD), a haptic(触觉的)device that can recreate the sense of touch. Haptic technology can copy the experience of touch by stimulating(刺激)through the skin force, vibration(震动)or motion.
Vibration is the most common haptic technology today and has been built into many electronic devices, such as one attached to the back of a trackpad(触控板)in laptops. However, haptic feedback with vibration becomes less sensitive when used continuously. The existing technology also has great difficulty recreating the sense of touch with objects in virtual environments or located remotely.
The new technology overcomes issues with existing haptic devices. The research team introduced a novel method to recreate the sense of touch through soft, artificial “muscles”
It works like this: imagine you call a friend in Australia. You wear a haptic glove with the SSDs and your friend also wears a glove with 3D force sensors. If your friend picks up an object, it will physically press against your friend's fingers. And the glove with 3D force sensors will measure these interactions. The force signals can be sent to your glove so your device will generate the same 3D forces, making you experience the same sense of touch as your friend.
The haptic devices could be used in various fields, allowing users to feel objects inside a virtual world or at a distance. This could be especially beneficial during such times like the COVID-19 pandemic when people rely on video calls to stay connected with loved ones. Or it could be used in medical practices. Doctors can feel a patient's organ tissues without touching them.
28. According to the text, SSD can .
A. improve skin health B. recall earlier experience
C. recreate the sense of touch D. be used as the trackpad in laptops
29. Paragraph 5 is mainly about .
A. how SSD works B. what advantages SSD has
C. how vibration can be used D. what problems the current technology has
30. In which situation can we use SSD according to the text?
A. Tasting a dish on the video call.
B. Enjoying classical music at home.
C. Admiring beautiful scenery online.
D. Performing a distant medical operation.
31. In which section of a newspaper can we find this text?
A. Science. B. Entertainment. C. Education. D. Health
D
One of the tallest wooden buildings in Europe, a 98m timber (木材)mixture skyscraper, is to rise in Berlin.
The 29-storey WoHo tower, to be designed by a firm of Norwegian architects, is intended to be a “light-house project” for low-carbon construction, towering over Potsdamer Platz and the Landwehr Canal.
Its core, including lifts and a staircase, is to be built around
concrete structure but the rest of the building, including flats, offices, cafes and a kindergarten, will be fashioned down wooden beams (横梁)and panels.
“As Norwegians, we are used to working a lot with timber,” Nicolai Riise, CEO of the Mad Architects' Practice said.
“The thing about timber is that its carbon footprint is close to zero and that it's a fantastic material to build with. If you look at this in a broader way, it's one of the ways we are going to be able to beat the climate crisis.”
Wooden skyscrapers, once regarded as a pipe dream, have become realistic with the coming of cross-laminated (交叉叠合)building techniques and more flexible planning laws. Because these structures' parts are fit with care, they can be far lighter than their concrete equivalents (同等物)and are thought to be relatively resistant to fire. A cubic meter of wood can also take an estimated ton of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.
Larger wooden structures are planned elsewhere. London is examining blueprints for a 300-meter Oakwood Tower. A project in Tokyo could rise to 350m.
32. What is special about the WoHo Tower?
A. It will serve as a light house.
B. Its core is to be built with timber.
C. It is designed for a Norwegian firm.
D. It will be a tall timber mixture building.
33. Why do Norwegians prefer timber when constructing buildings?
A. It is a flexible material. B. It is easy to collect.
C. It is environmentally-friendly. D. It can be cut into pieces.
34. What do the underlined words “a pipe dream” in paragraph 6 probably mean?
A. A nightmare. B. Something practical.
C. A piece of cake. D. Something impossible
35. What makes it a reality to build wooden skyscrapers?
A. Flexible ideas. B. The concrete equivalents.
C. Fire resistant materials. D. New building techniques.
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。
With the majority of children not going into school at the moment, staff, parents and pupils are pulling together to make sure their education is a success. As a teacher, I'd like to give some tips to parents and pupils on remote learning.
FOR PUPILS
Get online, on time.
Make sure you do log on in good time for the beginning of live lessons, rather than joining the lesson ten minutes in. 36
Play your part.
Contribute to the lesson. Talk, put your hand up, send messages in the chat—whatever they might be. Teachers and other pupils love to see that. And don't be afraid to ask questions.
Take proper screen breaks during the day.
Enjoy your break time. 37 Get outside, read a book, phone someone. At break or lunchtime in school you wouldn't sit in a classroom and continue to work, so you shouldn't do it at home either.
FOR PARENTS
38
It’s often surprising how technologically able a young child is now, with the world of smart phones and the Internet. So let them show you what they need to be doing in class.
Give praise.
39 Now online, we share a lot of praise and give out school awards. They also need to be praised at home for getting their work done. Take a look at what they have been doing.
Get involved if you can.
This might be difficult for parents doing full-time jobs, but try to work together on something. We assign students research projects, some of which might be challenging to them. 40 And it's also good for their own well-being, getting away from a laptop to make a cardboard castle or whatever it might be.
A. Let the child take the lead.
B. Keep pace with technology.
C. Don't stay sitting at your computer.
D. That’s a perfect opportunity for parents to help.
E. Thus you will find the rest of the class challenging.
F. Otherwise you would have missed out on some teaching.
G. At school kids are getting approval for the work they are doing well.
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。
Night fell. Loug Falter came back home, teary-eyed and 41 The 33-year-old professional photographer had just run from one end of Hawaii's Waimea Bay to the other scanning the water 42 his “baby”, a custom-made(定制的) blue surfboard.
On arriving home, Falter 43 his search online. “Was surfing tonight and 44 my baby.” he wrote on Facebook. He hoped it would wash ashore in the coming days and that whoever 45 it would have also seen his Facebook post. But instead of pushing Falter's surfboard to 46 , the currents of Waimea Bay swept it out to sea, 47 Hawaiian Island.
Weeks passed with no 48 of the surfboard. Then 49 . Lyle Carlson, who had made the board for Falter, comforted him with the possible reunion but nobody knew when.
But Falter never completely 50 about the board. It 51 on the remote island of Sarangani in the southern Philippines-six months after and over 5,000 miles away. The local fisherman sold the unusual 52 to Giovanne Branzuela, a 36-year-old elementary school teacher for $ 40. For Branzuela, riding the big waves had been his dream.
The once-blue board had 53 to a pale straw color during its journey, but its 54 markings were still there: two elephants and the words “Lyle Carlson Surfboards, Hawaii.”
On realizing how far the surfboard had traveled, Branzuela 55 Carlson online, who, in turn, contacted Falter. Falter 56 the board was his and was 57 to learn his “baby” had floated across the world's largest ocean and 58 .
He was thrilled, but not only for himself. Knowing someone an ocean away shared the same interest with him 59 a lot to Falter, He couldn't imagine a better 60 to the story.
41. A. exhausted B. puzzled C. refreshed D. scared
42. A. picking up B. running after C. caring for D. looking for
43. A. continued B. stopped C. delayed D. matched
44. A. expected B. lost C. comforted D. held
45. A. liked B. needed C. spotted D. made
46. A. surface B. shore C. bottom D. height
47. A. along with B. close to C. next to D. away from
48. A. photo B. symbol C. sign D. mark
49. A. months B. years C. days D. decades
50. A. commented B. concerned C. forgot D. remembered
51. A. floated B. landed C. knocked D. dropped
52. A. catch B. fish C. gift D. baby
53. A. added B. faded C. reduced D. removed
54. A. familiar B. new C. common D. unique
55. A. caught sight of B. made up for C. reached out to D. put up with
56. A. doubted B. predicted C. confirmed D. summarized
57. A. moved B. shocked C. content D. upset
58. A. changed B. approached C. survived D. disappeared
59. A. meant B. contributed C. cost D. supplied
60. A. solution B. ending C. answer D. response
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词