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2020
年高三英语模拟试题及答案（二）
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第一部分
听
力
(
共两节，满分
30
分
)
（略）
第二部分
阅读理解
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共两节，满分
40
分
)
第一节
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共
15
小题
;
每小题
2
分，满分
3
0
分
)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的
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、
BC
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D
四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
In 2018 to which we've
just said goodbye, we've seen excellent movies
such as Black Panther, Crazy
Rich
Asians and A Star Is Born. In 2019 there will be
returns to classic movie characters and stories.
Here
are movies not to miss.
Spider-Man-.Far H0- July 5, US
Tom Holland, the actor of 2017's
Spider-Man: Homecoming, returns to play Peter
Parker, a
high
school student who gains superpowers
after being bitten by a
spider(
蜘蛛
). When we see him
again in
theaters, Spider
–
Man will have a new red -
and
–
black suit. The movie
will take Peter on a global
adventure
outside of the US. According to Marved Studios
President Kevin Feige, Spider - Man will try a
return to his “normal
Hobbs and Shaw, July 26,US
To most people the Fast and Furious
series is all about crazy drivers racing in sports
car. But in Hobbs
and Shaw, humor is
added to the action - packed thrills. The new film
will hit US theaters on July 26.
Famous
English actor Jason S
tatham will star
alongside Dwayne Johnson, “The Rock”, as Deckaid
Shaw
and Luke Hobbs respectively, as in
their previous appearances in Fast and Furious 8.
The action and
chemistry really thrill
their audience. But the new action scenes between
an MI6 agent Hobbs and the killer
Shaw
will have to be good to beat their stand - off in
the 2017 movie.
The Lion King, July 19,
US
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This is
a brand -
new version of the classic
children’s film. The story of wide
-
eyed young lion Simba
still remains in
hearts of world audiences even after 25 years. In
this re-telling, Simba again begins the
difficult journey to become the King of
the Pride Lands
，
a vast
African prairie(
大草原
).The
favorite part of
the story for many has
always been the friendship between Simba, Timon
and Punibaa. The last two
sacrifice all
they have to help Simba to become the king. How
will the new movie re-imagine their famous
relationship?
1. Which movie
will probably be most popular among children?
A. Spider - Man: Far From Home.
C. Fast and Furious 8.
2.
What do the three movies have in common?
A. The heroes have appeared in previous
movies.
B. They have the complex plot
and humor style.
C. They will be on in
theaters in July worldwide.
D. Famous
actors and actresses act in the movies.
3. What’s the writing purpose of the
text?
A. To ask for movie
reviews.
B. To make
comments on the movies.
C. To encourage
readers to watch films
D.
To instruct readers to know styles of movie.
B
A simple project to help a
family in need stopped Luke Mickelson in his
tracks. In 2012, he and his
family were
inspired to build and donate a bunk bed, one bed
on top of the other, after learning there were
local children who slept on the floor.
Shocked to discover how widespread this need was
in his community,
Mickelson founded
Sleep in Heavenly Peace, a nonprofit that builds
and delivers beds to children in need.
Born and raised in Idaho, Mickelson,
now 41, had a thriving career. He coached his
kids’ sports teams
and fished in the
nearby river. But when he met children who were
sleeping on the floor, his peaceful life
changed course.
Using safety
guidelines and his daughter’s bunk bed as a model,
Mickelson started buying wood and
supplies to build beds with his own
money. He recruited friends and family members to
help around the
holiday. As word
spread, interest and involvement from his and
other communities
flooded
—
along with
Mickelson’s bunk bed output. “That
first project, we built 11 bunk beds in my
garage,” he said. “The
next
year, we did 15. Then it doubled every
year. In 2017, we built 612 bunk beds.”
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B. Hobbs
and Shaw.
D. The Lion King.
With the motto “No kid sleeps on the
floor in our town”, the nonprofit and its more
than 65 branches
have built and
delivered more than 1,500 free beds to children
across America. But along with the rapid
growth, Mickelson was faced with a
tough choice: advancing his career or his
nonprofit. He chose the latter
and went
from making “great money to zero money”. He’s
never looked back. “I found that the need I have
isn’t financial,” he said. “The need I
have is seeing the joy on kids’ faces, knowing
that I can make a
difference.”
4.
Why did Mickelson set up Sleep in Heavenly Peace?
A. To help the poor children.
C. To inspire his community.
5. What do we know about Luke
Mickelson?
A. He had his own fish farm.
B. He changed his career from time to
time.
C. He used to sleep on the floor
when he was a kid.
D. He originally had
a relaxing and pleasant life.
6. How
did other people
react to Mickelson’s
project?
A. They showed
little interest in it.
B. They were
supportive and involved in it.
C. They
were doubtful about the safety of the bunk bed.
D. They volunteered to buy beds with
their own money.
7. What is Mickelson’s
attitude to
the nonprofit?
A. Ambiguous
C. Cautious.
B. Defensive.
D. Positive.
C
Learning how to face
silence in conversation is an important skill
especially when working across
cultures.
In international
negotiations, experienced negotiator
(
谈判者
) stay silent and
impassive on purpose
because that will
make others feel uncomfortable and possibly make
compromises without having to do
anything. Americans especially can’t
stand silence, so they often are the first to
break the silence and
sometimes might
be at a disadvantage in negotiations.
So what’s the best response? Set your
jaw and wait it out. Don’t offer a compromise just
because they
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B. To make a big fortune.
D.
To get more donations.
are
not speaking. If you have to say something, ask a
direct question, such as “What’s your initial
reaction
to that offer?” Once a silence
is getting into 45 seconds you could say, “Let’s
come back to that in a minute
and go on
with the next part of our negotiation.”
In presentations, silence can be far
more effective than dramatic passion
(
热情
). Before starting, look
at the audience
and be
silent for a moment because that says, “I’m in
control. I know what I’m doing. I’m
confident.”
A
classic example was when Apple co-founder Steve
Jobs launched the first iPhone. He introduced
with many pauses so that you didn’t
miss his key points.
Because silence
makes us nervous, our natural
reaction
is that we’d better pay attention, there’s
something going on here.
Equally, when giving a speech to staff
or trainees, pauses count-especially if there are
negatives. If you
keep talking you’re
spoon feeding. Give people a moment of
silence to get beyond the emotional response
and to start thinking consciously and
processing.
Silence can be an inward-
focused thoughtful activity or an outward
stillness where you give yourself
the
time to watch and think and listen to the world
around you. Having observed the use of silence in
Finland and also among the Blackfeet
Nation, a North American Indian tribe in northern
Montana in the US,
we can see benefits
far beyond wheeling and dealing.
Silence can be a very powerful point
for understanding ourselves, understanding others,
for
developing better common
understanding and more productive outcomes and
that applies to business,
politics,
education, law, medicine, every area of human
life.
8. What is most likely to be
Americans idea?
A. Speaking less gives
the upper hand
B.
The shorter talking gaps are, the better.
C. A silent man is the best one to
listen to
D. Speak out what you have in your
mind.
9. What is the purpose of the
example of Steve Jobs?
A. To show the
wisdom of Steve Jobs.
B. To explain
silence can be more effective.
C. To
introduce how to make a presentation.
D. To prove silence can ease one’s
nervousness.
10. What is the
meaning of the underlined words “spoon feeding” in
Paragraph 6?
A. Supporting
some person with any selfless help.
B.
Feeding somebody patiently with a small spoon.
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C. Giving
others some new ideas to think over carefully.
D. Using a way that discourages
independent thought.
11. What is the
main idea of the passage?
A. Silence is
the best defense.
B. Silence in
negotiations is of great help.
C.
Learning the skills about silence is important.
D. Silence has different meanings in
difficult culture.
D
British
people work some of the longest hours in Europe,
but are among the least productive. Now
some companies are shortening the
working week to increase efficiency, health and
happiness.
Rich Leigh has introduced a
four-day week at his PR company. In fact, his
entire company has Friday
off, because
his firm has adopted a four-day week. It is one of
a handful of UK businesses that now operate
like this: staff still get paid their
previous five-day salary, but they work a day
less. The company found that
they
achieved just as much
—and there were
even sighs of growth. “The key to the scheme’s
success,”
Leigh says, “is how happy our
employees now are.”
The
average British worker takes only a 34 minute
lunch break and works 10 hours overtime each
week (more often than not this is
unpaid). Yet UK productivity falls seriously
behind their European
neighbors, who
tend to work fewer hours.
British
working practices have caused loss and damage to
the nation’s health and happiness. More
than half a million workers in the UK
were signed off with work-related stress or
anxiety last year.
Moreover, the work
landscape itself is changing. Automation and AI
will have a significant impact on the
labor market, where unsteady work
becomes more common.
Britain is the
only EU member that allows workers to ignore the
EU working time limit and work
longer
hours
. For campaigners, now is the time
for a change. O’Grady, an advocate, argues that
where
businesses have increased their
profits as a result of automation, success should
be shared with workers in
the form of
reduced hours. “It’s time to share the
benefits
from new technology, not
allowing those at the
top to grab them
for themselves.” she says.
12. We can learn from the passage that
________.
A. British people are the
least productive in the world
B. Most
companies in Britain have conducted a four-day
week
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C. PR
company has witnessed a rise in employees’
happiness
D. British people
work longer and get more payment than other
countries
13. Which is the proper
description of British working practices?
A. The working time of British workers
is within the EU limit.
B. In terms of
productivity, Britain is beaten by the United
States.
C. Profits gained from new
technology are on the decrease.
D.
Automation and AI are likely to cause an instable
work market.
14. Which can be inferred
from O’Grady’ s words in the la
st
paragraph?
A. It’s time for employers
to share the increased profits created by
automation.
B. Workers
should benefit from automation in the form of less
working hours.
C. New technology should
belong to both businesses and workers.
D. Businesses can’t
make
more profits without new technology.
15. What is the author’s purpose of
writing the passage?
A. To
introduce some British firms’ switch to a
four
-day working week.
B. To
explain the reasons why British workers suffer
stress and anxiety.
C. To appeal for
more reasonable working conditions.
D.
To present the current productivity problem in
Britain.
第二节
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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。
Some people put their bicycles away
once they learn how to drive a car. For many
people, bicycling is
not just an easy
way of getting around town but also an exciting
sport. _____16_____.
One kind of race
is the time trial. Each racer leaves the starting
line at a different time and heads hard
for the finish line. The cyclist who
covers the distance in the shortest amount of time
wins the race.
_____17_____, because
the bicycles are spread out and are not likely to
run into each other.
Another kind of
race is more difficult. A few city blocks are
closed to traffic. Then all the racers line
up in a tight pack and begin racing at
the same time. _____18_____. The race requires
more than speed. It
also requires
skillful handling of the bicycle as it runs at
full speed around other bicycles. The racer who
completes all the laps first is the
winner.
___19___. Racers have to cover
anywhere from 35 miles to almost 3,000 miles. The
race course may
be a straight stretch
of road or a long series of roads across the
country. The prize goes to the first person
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