2021届高三英语下学期模拟试题5.doc

2021届高三英语下学期模拟试题5

2021届高三英语下学期模拟试题5

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2021届高三英语下学期模拟试题5（含解析）
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第一部分　阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)
第一节　(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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
[2020·惠州市高三第一次调研考试试题] The Environmental Film Festival has become one of the world's grandest supporters of the environmental film. To offer fresh views on global environmental issues, this year's festival will include a record of 190 films from 50 countries, including 110 premieres(首映). Here are just a few of the highlights.
1．Hot Water
Featured among the festival's opening night films is the highly expected Hot Water, a look at the depressing, destructive effects of uranium(铀) mining in the American West. Former U．S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, who ran for president in 2004 and 2008, is featured in the film, along with filmmakers Elizabeth Kucinich and Lizabeth Rogers. Directed by Kevin Flint and Rogers.
2．To the Wonder
To the Wonder is the latest film by wellknown American Director Terrence Malick. The film, an exploration of love set against the power of nature, stars Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel McAdams and Javier Bardem. The film premiered in competition at the 2012 Venice Film Festival, and is making its Washington, D．C. premiere during the festival.
3．Revolution
This Washington, D．C. premiere presents the Canadian filmmaker and environmental activist, Rob Stewart's new work, Revolution－an urging appeal to today's youth to change the planet before it's too late. The awardwinning documentary takes Stewart through 15 countries over four years, in an effort to find the secret to saving the ecosystems we rely on for survival.
4．The Fifth Season
Beautiful and mysterious, Jessica Woodworth's latest feature, The Fifth Season, is a poetic meditation(沉思) on nature in an battle against humans. The dramatic narrative takes place in Belgium's secret Ardennes, where the locals rely on the land, but nature takes a turn and seems to go on mysterious strike. In French and Flemish with English subtitles. Directed and produced by Woodworth and Peter Brosens.
1．Revolution is intended to ________.
A．help Rob Stewart to be an activist B．change the young generation
C．appeal to the young to save the earth D．take Stewart through 15 countries
2．Which film will you go to see if you are a poem lover?
A．Hot Water B．To the Wonder
C．Revolution D．The Fifth Season
3．What do we know about the four films?
A．They tell something new about environmental problems.
B．The environmental film has become the grandest film.
C．They are all about humans' negative effects on the ecosystem.
D．They will be firstly shown at this year's festival.
B
[2019·武汉市高三五月训练题] In 2011, the old style Malta buses were taken off the road and replaced by modern vehicles. Most of the old buses were deserted, a few were sold, and about 100 of them were put into storage in the hope of showing them in a museum at some stage.
A pre­2011 visit to Malta wouldn't have been complete without a ride on one of the colorful buses. Until 1973 you could tell the destination of the bus just by looking at its color－Sliema was green and white, Zabbar was red and white with a blue stripe (条纹) etc. Later, the buses all had numbers. For a while, they were all painted green and white before the ‘final’ orange, yellow and white.
In their prime,_walking around the Triton fountain at the Valletta bus station, you would have found it very difficult to see two buses of exactly the same design. Most of them had locally built bodies. On the front of the buses carried names like Dodge, Leyland, Bedford etc. You were equally likely to find football pennants (锦旗) and the like decorating the cabs. Real bus experts would have recognized that these were there mainly for decorative reasons, and were seldom an accurate reflection of the vehicle's origins.
Nowadays much more modern buses are to be found at the Floriana bus station. They are more environmentally friendly and possibly even more comfortable than the older types. However, I miss the old buses. I remember, when you boarded your bus, you had to prepare the correct change to pay the usually bad­tempered driver as you got on. If you were seated anywhere near the front, you would have noticed that most drivers sat well to the right of their steering wheel. The reason for this, as any Maltese would tell you, was to leave space for their pet to sit alongside them. I wonder where the pet sits these days.
4．What makes a pre­2011 visit to Malta special according to Paragraph 2?
A．Traveling in colorful buses.
B．Using buses with stripes.
C．Painting buses bright colors.
D．Telling destinations by different colors.
5．Which of the following best explains “prime” underlined in Paragraph 3?
A．Painful time. B．Exciting time.
C．Moment of fantasy. D．Moment of glory.
6．What can we learn about Malta buses when they were popular?
A．They were of the same pattern.
B．The decorations reflected their origins.
C．Most were uniquely designed.
D．Only football pennants decorated the cabs.
7．How would the author feel about the old style Malta buses?
A．Comfortable. B．Environment­friendly.
C．Safe. D．Memorable.
C
[2020·昆明市高三复习诊断] Who're happier, men or women? Research shows it's a complex question and that asking whether males or females are happier isn't really that helpful, because basically, happiness is different for women and men.
Women's happiness has been declining for the past 30 years, according to recent statistics. And research shows that women are twice as likely to experience depression compared with men. Gender(性别) differences in depression are well confirmed and studies have found that biological, psychological and social factors contribute to the difference.
Early studies on gender and happiness found men and women were socialized to express different feelings. Women are more likely to express happiness, warmth and fear, which help with social bonding and appear more consistent with the traditional role as a primary caregiver, while men display more anger, pride and disrespect, which are more consistent with a protector and provider role.
Recent research suggests that these differences are not just socially, but also genetically related. Studies have looked into these findings further and discovered that females use more areas of the brain containing mirror neurons(镜像神经元) than males when they process feelings. Mirror neurons allow us to experience the world from other people's view, to understand their actions and intentions. This may explain why women can experience deeper sadness. Women tend to experience more negative feelings, such as more guilt, shame and to a lesser degree, embarrassment.
Psychologically it seems men and women differ in the way they process and express feelings. With the exception of anger, women experience feelings more strongly and share their feelings more openly with others. Studies have found in particular that women express more appreciation－which has been linked to greater happiness. This supports the theory that women's happiness is more dependent on relationships than men's.
8．Which feeling are men more likely to show compared with women?
A．Warmth. B．Depression. C．Happiness. D．Disrespect.
9．What factors cause women to share feelings more openly?
A．Psychological factors. B．Biological factors.
C．Educational factors. D．Social factors.
10．One can probably read the text from ____
A．a science fiction B．a culture brochure
C．a nursery guide D．a health magazine
11．What is the text mainly about?
A．Men and women differ in biology and psychology.
B．Men and women experience happiness differently.
C．Social roles have a great effect on men and women.
D．Women's happiness has declined in the past years.
D
[2020·高考桂林市、崇左市联合模拟考试] Unless you're very young or very old, it's likely you have some kind of relationship with email, whether you get hundreds of messages a day or a few dozen a week. A new study suggests that how we deal with these incoming messages could be affecting our stress levels and overall health.
A team from the Future Work Centre in the UK surveyed 2,000 people across various industries, sectors, and job roles, asking participants how they managed their email and how much associated stress they felt as a result. Overall, those who spent the most time organising and staying on top of messages felt the most emailrelated pressure too.
“While email can be a valuable communication tool，it's clear that it's a source of stress and frustration for many of us. The people who reported it being most useful to them also reported the highest levels of email pressure，” said one of the team, Richard MacKinnon.
Two of the habits linked to more emailrelated stress were checking for messages the first thing in the morning and the last thing at night. Half of those surveyed had push notifications(消息推送) set up for new email，while 62 percent of respondents left their email app open all day and all night. Both were linked to higher levels of email pressure. The survey also found that managers suffered more than nonmanagers.
Stress is not just a problem when it comes to our mood－it's been linked to a lot of disorders such as heart disease，weight gain, memory impairment(减弱), digestive problems, and depression.
The researchers suggest that the relationship between emailrelated stress and the negative impact on home life is not the same for everyone.
12．What's the purpose of the study?
A．To find out how many people have an email account.
B．To know what sort of people use email most.
C．To find out how email management is related to stress.
D．To show what changes email has brought about to people.
13．What does Richard MacKinnon think of email?
A．It brings more strengths. B．It is not an essential tool.
C．It is a doubleedged sword. D．It makes people puzzled.
14．Which of the following habits causes the most stress?
A．Checking email in the morning.
B．Checking email in the evening.
C．Keeping email app open at work.
D．Setting up push notifications for new email.
15．Where does the text most probably come from?
A．Science fiction. B．A science report
C．A fashion magazine. D．A book guide.
第二节　(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5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。
[2020·济南高三模拟] About one hundred years ago many educated people learned and spoke French when they met people from other countries. Today most people speak English when they meet foreigners. __16__ There are more people who speak English as a second language than people who speak English as a first language. Why is this?
__17__ One of them is that English has become the language of business. Another important reason is that popular American culture (like movies and music) has quickly spread throughout the world. __18__
Is it good that English has spread to all parts of the world so quickly? __19__ It's important to have a language that the people of the earth have in common. Our world has become very global and we need to communicate with one another. On the other hand, English is a fairly complicated language to learn and it brings its culture with it. Do we really need that?
Scientists have already tried to create an artificial language that isn't too difficult and doesn't include any group's culture. It is called Esperanto. __20__ Maybe the popularity of English won't last that long either. There are more people in the world who speak Chinese than any other language. Maybe someday Chinese will be the new international language.
A．People like English.
B．But it hasn't become popular.
C．It has brought its language with it.
D．There is no doubt about the question.
E．This is why English was widely spoken.
F．It has become the new international language.
G．There are many reasons why English has become so popular.
第二部分　语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节　(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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。
In April, 1952, I was at William Cleveland Elementary School in Houston. It was spelling bee time — brochures of words were __21__ to students for them to study in __22__ for the classroom spelling competitions. They would __23__ to a schoolwide competition and __24__ qualification for the citywide bee, where school winners fought for the __25__ of being the spelling champion of Houston.
The day before the bee, our apartment went on fire accidentally. My mother called the school the next morning to __26__ my teacher Miss Pemberton of the accident, knowing that the class spelling bee was 27__ that day.
On my arrival at school, Miss Pemberton asked if I wanted her to __28__ the spelling bee and hold it another day, considering I was __29__ about the fire. I told her no. That day, I won the bee in my class. Then at the school spelling bee with classroom champions __30__， I won again! The citywide spelling bee was one month __31__.
Every Sunday afternoon, Miss Pemberton would help me practice by __32__ spelling words. After a couple of hours, she would take me to an ice cream shop for a short __33__. We would enjoy a big Fudge Sundae there, a __34__ I'd never had.
I did not win the citywide bee, but I felt grateful that I had such a __35__ teacher in elementary school.
21．A.lent B．awarded C．recommended D．distributed
22．A.preparation B．search C．exchange D．return
23．A.see B．adjust C．lead D．belong
24．A.initial B．eventual C．special D．normal
25．A.victory B．strength C．honor D．hope
26．A.warn B．inform C．request D．remind
27．A.completed B．broadcast C．celebrated D．scheduled
28．A.hold B．cancel C．delay D．join
29．A.upset B．regretful C．guilty D．angry
30．A.cheering B．competing C．performing D．leaving
31．A.long B．ago C．too D．away
32．A.calling back B．calling out C．making up D．making out
33．A.comfort B．relief C．relaxation D．class
34．A.gift B．pleasure C．treat D．recognition
35．A.challenging B．caring C．surprising D．promising
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个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
[2020·潍坊市统一考试] There is a saying that goes, “All roads lead to Rome.” Roads were essential for the 36.________(grow) of the Roman Empire. These roads enabled the Romans to move armies 37.________(efficient). At its peak, the Roman road system 38.________(cover) 53,000 miles and contained about 372 links. The Romans were good at constructing these roads, 39.________ were called viae(路)．
Prepared viae began in history as the streets of Rome. The Law of the Twelve Tables(十二铜表法), 40.________(date) back to approximately 450 B．C., explains that a road shall be 8 feet wide where straight and 16 feet where curved. According to the Tables, Romans are commanded 41.________(build) roads that would not need frequent repair.
The Romans had 42.________ preference for standardization whenever they could. A golden milestone was set up. 43.__