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A Better You
，
A
Bigger World!
2020
年高三模拟考试
英语试题
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第一部分
阅读（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
、
D
四个选项中
选出最佳选项。
A
If you
want to learn why everything is usually cheaper,
and what items are the best deals at your local or
hhain
dollar
or
discount
store,
store
employees
have
a
lot
of
useful
information.
They
tend
to
know
what
shoppers
want
—
even before
shoppers know themselves.
Everyone buys
unnecessary things
Whether
you shop at a chain dollar store such as
Dollar Tree
9
Family Dollar
or your local 99 cents
store, not
everything that's on sale is
necessarily worth purchasing. Bryan Waring, a
former
Dollar Tree
employee,
says that
you're not alone in buying
more than necessary from these stores.
he says. “You go into a store where
everything is cheap, and you walk out with things
you don't need. ”
He suggests
going into a
store
—
yes, even the dollar
store
—
with a checklist of
things you truly need.
Everything is
cheaper after the holiday season
Patricia, a seasonal worker at a
Dollar Tree,
says that the
post-Christmas season means even more deals on
everything from decorations to sweets.
items were half price,
Products are less expensive because of
their size
In order for
dollar stores to keep their prices low, product
sizes are usually^ smaller than normal, according
to
CheapisnL Dollar stores aren’t the
only ones guilty of this[trick. Cheapism also
reports
Walmart
is guilty of
doing
the same thing to attract
customers.
1. What is Bryan's advice
against buying unnecessary things?
A
Making a purchase alone.
B. Writing a
to-buy list ahead.
C.
Shopping at your local store.
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D. Buying basic
things separately
2. Which
o?
the following is a better time for
shopping according to Patricia?
A. In
the Christmas sales
B. At a particular
discount.
C. After the Christmas
season.
D. During some holiday seasons.
3. How do stores make their products
cheaper?
A. By reducing product sizes.
B. By dowering product costs.-
C. By adopting discount strategies.
D. By attracting more customers.
1.
【答案】
B
【解析】定位原文段落二最后一句“
with a
checklist of things you truly need.
”，随身
携带备忘录，列出你真
正需要的东西。对应选项
B
“提前写一个购物清单。”
2.
【答案】
C
【解析】定位原文段落三
”Everything
is
cheaper
after
the
holiday
season”,
节日后的商品会更便宜。
”all
Christmas items were half price,
圣诞节后的商品半价。对应选项
C”
圣诞节后
”
。
3.
【答案】
A
【解析】细节理解题。根据最后一段的小标题：
Products are
less expensive because of their size
。这句
话表明
商品更便宜因为他们的尺寸
（
s
ize
）
。
同时文章提到
In order for dollar stores to keep their
prices low, product sizes
are usually
smaller than normal,
产品的尺寸经常比普通的产品要小。所以选
择
A
。
B
It was just a normal day for Ruth
Miller, a 63-year-old woman until everything went
horribly wrong. She was
walking to her
car after shopping when the unthinkable happened.
Right as she was unlocking her car, a
man quickly came up behind her and tried to
wrestle her purse away. She
was in
shock.
L
uckily she
remembered she had her Safe Personal Alarm
（
SPA
）
on her purse, and since she was too
scared to scream for help, she quickly
reached for the alarm and pulled the pin
(
保险栓
). Immediately her SPA
started
just screaming. The man didn't
know what to do! He froze for a second, and then
ran away like a bat out of hell!
SPA
is
a
safety
device
capable
of
creating
a
125db
sound
that
attracts
attention
and
scares
away
potential
attackers. To
compare, it's the same volume as a military jet
during takeoff.
Paul Davidson, the
inventor of SPA, knows all too well the type of
situation that Ruth found herself in. But that's
not the only type of situation that SPA
helps protect against. Parents can give it to
their kids as an extra means of
protection. Teenagers can use it so
they can feel safe walking home. Women can know
it's there when they have to use
the
parking lot at night
. “
My
mother, who is 76 years old, carries it around in
case she falls and needs to ask people for
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help. I only wish I'd
have thought of it earlier
,”
said Paul.
The police have been
recommending SPA since it first hit the market. In
fact, since its launch SPA has been in a
state, shifting between in stock to
sold out nearly every other week and it's also got
tons of loyal followers worldwide.
does the underlined part
“
the
unthinkable
”
in Paragraph 1
refer to?
A. An attempted robbery.
C. An angry argument.
B. A wrestling match.
D. A
car accident.
5. How did Ruth react to
the unexpected situation?
fought
violently.
froze in great fear.
cried desperately for help.
sounded her safety device.
does Paul mention his mother?
imply
the elderly need more care.
suggest he
cares about his mother.
show SPA can
be widely used.
make an advertisement
for SPA.
can be learned from the text?
is well received in the market.
hesitate to pay for security.
was sold out in the first two weeks.
police always recommend products.
4.
【答案】
A
【解析】
词义猜测题。
根据下文
R
ight as she was unlocking her car, a man quickly
came up behind her and tried to
wrestle
her
purse
away.
She
was
in
shock.
我们可以知道一个男人尝试扒开她的钱包。所以
这是一次抢劫
（
robbery
）。<
/p>
5.
【答案】
D
【解析】细节理解题，根据第二段“
she quickly
reached for the alarm and pulled the pin
（保险栓）
.
”对应了
D
选项，“
She sounded her safety
device.
”
6.
【答案】
C
【解析】推理判断题，根据第四段“
But that's
not the only type of situation that SPA helps
protect against.
”指出
SPA
的可使用的情形不仅只是上面提到的，
接下来举例
Paul
的妈妈使用
SPA
来应急。说
明这个举例
是为了表明
SPA
用途广泛
。
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【答案】
. A
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【解析】推断理解题。根据文章最后一段可知自
从
SPA
（个人安全预警）出现以来，一直受警察的推崇。
SPA
几周内在市场上一直是出于短时间售空的状态，拥有众多忠实
的追随者。故选
A
。
C
Like
clockwork, nearly every fourth February includes
one extra day. February 29th, otherwise known as
Leap
Day, isn't exactly a holiday.
Instead, it's there to keep your calendar
consistent with the earth's
rotation
（旋转）
around the sun.
According to
History,
com
, Roman emperor Julius Caesar is the
people used a 355-day calendar, which
was 10. 25 days shorter than the solar year, Roman
officials were supposed
to add an extra
month every now and then to keep the seasons
exactly where they should be. But that didn't work
out all that well. When special
occasions started shifting into different seasons
around 45 BCE, Caesar consulted
with
astronomers and
decreed
（下令）
that the empire
should use a 12-month, 365- day calendar, which he
named
after himself,
Caesar’s Julian calendar included a
L
eap Day every four years.
Though Leap Day keeps
your
calendar in line with the earth's rotation around
the sun, it causes a different
kind of
problem for leapsters. When should these February
29th babies celebrate their birthdays during the
other
three-quarters of their lives?
Some party on February 28th, while others prefer a
two-day celebration that spans the
last
day of February and the first day of March.
Leap
Day
can
be
a
nuisance
in
the
legal
system.
In
2006,
a
court
in
Massachusetts
was
deckling
whether
criminal John Melo could be released a
day early since his 10-year sentence included a
Leap Day. In the case, the
judge
decided
that
since
the
man
was
sentenced
to
prison
for
years,
not
days,
Leap
Day
didn't
make
a
bit
of
difference.
Though a few
timekeepers have pushed for calendars that don’t
include L
eap Day, almost all
astronomers and
societies agree that
Leap Day is the best method to keep the calendar
on track.
8. Why was the Leap Day
created?
A. To create special
occasions.
B. To honor Emperor Julius
Caesar.
C. To keep pace
with solar year.
D. To keep track of
all the seasons.
9. What is the problem
with the birthday celebration of February 29th
babies?
A. It is sometimes delayed.
B. It lasts at least two days.
C. It has to be held every
other year.
D. It may take place on
different dates.
10. What does the
underlined word
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A. Joke
B.
Topic.
C.
Trouble
D. Mistake.
11. What is the attitude of most
astronomers towards Leap Day?
A. Critical
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【答案】
C
【解析
】
细节理解题。
根据第一段最后一句话
“
I
nstead, it’s there to keep
your calendar consistent with the earth’s
rotation(
旋转
)
around the sun.
”可知创造
Leap Day
是为了让日历符合地球公转的时间，故选
C
。
9.
【答案】
D
【解析】定位原文段落三最后一句“
Some party
on February 28th, while others prefer a two-day
celebration that
spans the last day of
February and the first day of March.
”，对
应选项
D
。
10.
【答案】
C
【解析】根据第四段
Leap
Day
can
be
a
nuisance
in
the
legal
system.
In
2006,
a
court
in
Massadradetts
was
deciding whether
criminal John Melo could be released a day early
since man 10-year sentence included a Leap
Day.
在法律体系中，闰日可能是个麻烦事。
2006
年，马萨诸塞州的一家法院决定是否提前一天释放罪犯
约翰·梅洛，因为
10
年刑期包括闰日。
11.
【答案】
B
【解析】根据最后一段可知
Though a few
timekeepers have pushed for calendars that don’t
include Leap Day,
almost all
astronomers and societies agree that Leap Day is
the best method to keep the calendar on track.
虽然有少
数计时员力推不包括闰日的日历，但几乎所有的天文学家和社会
团体都认为，闰日是让日历走上正轨的最
佳方法。
D
Scientists have developed a new type of
smart bandage
（绷带）
that can
signal the type of bacterial
（
细菌的）
infection it's protecting, just
like a traffic light, as well as release the right
type of drugs on demand. The traffic light
system
works
just
like
this:
Green
means
no
bacteria
or
a
low
concentration
of
bacteria,
yellow
means
drug-sensitive
（
DS
）
bacteria responsive to standard
antibiotics
（抗生素）
and causes
antibiotic release, and red
means drug-
resistant
（
DR
）
bacteria that need extra help to be
wiped out.
In testing the bandage on
mice, the research team was able to successfully
treat both DS and DR infections
using
the new method. However, the common methods of
sensing resistance are limited by time, the
requirement
for
professional
personnel, and
expensive
instruments.
Moreover,
the
abuse
of
antibiotics
causes
the
accelerated
process of bacterial resistance.
It's easy to see how a simple bandage
and light could overcome some of these
limitations. Treatment doesn't
have to
wait for a doctor to make a diagnosis, and the
bandage can get the right sort of drugs applied at
the earliest
opportunity. What's more,
the person wearing the bandage gets real-time
feedback on what's happening with the
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C. Doubtful
D. Cautious
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infection, if there's
an infection at all. The researchers say it offers
numerous benefits over existing treatments that
make use of light, including
photodynamic therapy or PDT.
We've
been
seeing
quite
a
few
upgrades
to
the
traditional
bandage
in
recent
years,
thanks
to
advances
in
science
—
like the
nanofibre mesh that attracts bacteria and draws
some of it out, speeding up the healing process.
Then
there's
the
novel
bandage
for
treating
bums,
which
stops
bacteria
from
multiplying
and
lowers
the
risk
of
infection.
The
more work that a bandage can do while it's
protecting a wound, the better. Efforts to improve
bandages
continue and now we've got a
bandage that not only releases antibiotics, but
also tells the patient exactly what's
going on too.
is the smart
bandage mainly designed to do?
the use
of antibiotics.
out harmful bacteria.
bacterial infections.
se
treatment options.
is the advantage of
the smart bandage?
saves much time and
cost.
removes the risk of infection.
prevents the bacterial resistance.
improves doctor-patient relationship.
can be inferred from the last two
paragraphs?
ional bandages are out of
use now.
smart bandages will be
developed.
ss in science calls for more
research.
are urged to study medical
science.
does the text focus on?
A.A successful test on mice.
B.A colour changing bandage
g drug-resistant bacteria.
ting abuse of antibiotics.
12.
【答案】
C
<
/p>
【解析】
细节理解题。
根据文章第一段的
第一句
Scientists have developed a new type
of smart bandage
（绷带）
that can
signal the type of bacterial
（
细菌的）
infection it's protecting
可知，
这种绷带的作用是识别到细菌感染。
故选
C
。
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