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2020
学年第二学期高三年级高考模拟试题
英语
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A
Want to fit the best of
London in your two-week vacation? Here is a list
of the best places you
must visit in
London. Without visiting these, a trip to this
city is no more than just incomplete.
Buckingham Palace
Perhaps the most famous
palace in the world, Buckingham Palace is the
official London residence of the
British monarch(
君主
). State
rooms are open to visitors only during
the Palace's Summer Opening, which
takes place in most of August and September.
However, if you
are heading to the
palace at a different time, you can
witness
of the Guard”, where the guard
is changed daily from April to July,
and on alternate days from August to March.
British
Museum
This
museum
showcases
works
from
the
birth
of
human
civilization
to
the
modern age, and has
contributions from all continents of the world.
The main attractions include the
much
debated Parthenon Marbles(Elgin Marbles), Mummy of
Cleopatra from Thebes, and the Rosetta
Stone. Entry to the museum is free.
London Eye
The 32 capsules on the London Eye carry
many visitors every day. Due to its 360
rotation ability, you can almost see
the entire city of London, when you reach the top.
Until the Shard's
privately-operated
deck opened in 2013, the London Eye was the
tallest public viewing point.
London
Zoo
The world's oldest
scientific zoo, the London Zoo consists of many
different types
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of
animals.
This
is
also
one
of
the
best
places
for
children,
as
you
can
book
a
VIP
encounter
with
the
animals
for them. And what's more? You can also stay
overnight at the zoo in Lookout Lodge.
1. When should you go if you want to
visit a state room in the Buckingham Palace?
A. In April.
B. In
September.
C. In
July.
D. In
January.
2.
Which of the following is NOT included in the
British Museum?
A. Parthenon Marbles.
B.
the Rosetta Stone.
D. Mummy
of Cleopatra from Thebes.
C. Royal
Ceremonial Dress Collection.
3. Which
statement will the author disapprove of?
A. You can visit the British Museum
free of charge.
B. You can
witness
C. You can see the almost entire
city of London on the top of the London Eye.
needn't buy a ticket for your kid to
enter London Zoo.
B
I'm not much of a gardener. I love
having beautiful flowers-but I don't have a good
track record
when it comes to making
them grow.
A few months after our son
left for the Middle East, my friend gifted me a
box of tulip
bulbs(
郁金香
球茎
). She
explained that these bulbs were put into the
ground in the fall and lay sleeping all winter.
They
had all the nutrients they needed
inside the bulb and would come out in the spring.
“
When you see the
leaves of the tiny flowers pushing
toward the sun, you'll know that it's almost time
for your son to come
'll
give
you
what
you
need
most.
”
She
walked
me
through
the
process
of
planting
them.
I
thanked her--trying to show my
gratitude for her gift..
It was a long
winter-- cold and dark. I endured both the weather
and the loneliness and fear I felt with
my son away. Dead leaves, frost and
finally a heavy snow covered the area where I'd
planted those flowers,
and I soon
forgot they were there.
Finally the weather began to warm. One
day, as I walked down my front steps, I noticed an
area of
green. I bent down to inspect
the situation more clearly and saw that those
tulips had begun to grow, their
tiny
leaves forcing their way to the sun.
Day after day I noted the flowers'
progress. And day after day, the time approached
when my son
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would finally
be home. Now with spring just around the corner,
nothing could keep either of us from
marching toward the light. Almost all
of those bulbs bloomed. And with each brightly
colored flower, I
marked off one day
closer to getting to hold my son in my arms again.
4. What can we know about the author?
A. She is a professional gardener.
B. She is not good at growing flowers.
C. She never plants flowers at home.
D. She often sends friends flowers as
gifts.
5. Why did the writer forget the
tulip bulbs soon?
A. The bitter winter
reminded her of her son far away.
B.
She was discouraged from making another attempt.
C. They failed to live through the cold
and long winter.
D. She had no hope for
beautiful flowers indeed.
6. What were
those flowers mentioned in the last paragraph
referred to?
A. A physical
representation of the hope.
B. Things
deep inside her heart and soul.
C. A
lesson she will never forget completely.
trouble she had in making them come
out.
7. what can be a suitable title
for the text?
A . A dark winter with
hope.
B. Planting hope in winter.
area of green in spring.
D. Living a
changeable life.
C
Every time a new year is coming, people
set out to better themselves. They promise they
will lose
weight, find a new job, or
maybe even take that vacation
they
’
ve always talked about.
But why do we
make these promises to
ourselves, and where did this tradition come from?
Why does this tradition
live
on
when
so
many
people
fail
to
keep
the
resolutions(
决定
)
they
made?
Well,
we
can
start
by
blaming the ancient
Babylonians.
Around 4, 000 years ago in
Babylon, the earliest recorded celebration
honoring the coming of a
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new
year was held. Calendars weren't as they are
today, so the Babylonians did it in late March
during
the first new moon after the
Spring Equinox(
春分
). The
festivities were meant for the rebirth of the
sun god, but the Babylonians made
promises in order to please their gods. They felt
this would help
them start the new year
off well.
Resolutions continued on with
the Romans. When the early Roman calendar no
longer
synced(
同
步）
up with
the sun, Julius Caesar decided to make a change.
He consulted with the best astronomers
an mathematicians of the time and
introduced the Julian calendar, which more closely
represents the
modern calendar we use
today. Caesar declared January I the first day of
the year to honor the god of
new
beginnings, Janus. The Romans celebrated the New
Year by offering sacrifices to Janus.
To this day, the traditions of the
ancient Babylonians and Romans continue around the
world. So
much
that
Google
launched
a
Resolution
Map in
2013
where
people
could add
resolutions
and
see
others
adding
theirs
in
real
time.
However,
no
matter
how
many
people
participated
in
Google's
project, ,the numbers are bleak when it
comes to the number of people who maintain their
resolutions
--only eight percent of
people are successful in sticking them out.
8. Why did the ancient Babylonians make
promises to their gods?
A. To honor the
god of new beginnings.
B. To observe
the rebirth of the sun god and please him.
C. To honor the coming of a new year
and satisfy their gods.
D. To please
their gods and hope for a good start of the year.
9. What can we know about the tradition
of the New Year's resolutions?
A. The
tradition of making New Years resolutions will
soon die.
B. A lot of people don't feel
like making New Year's resolutions.
C.
Julius Caesar made January 1 the first day of a
year on his own.
D. The history of
making New Years resolutions is not well known.
10. What does the underlined
word
.
B. Unpleasant.
C. Encouraging.
D. Hopeful.
11. Which of the following can be the
best title for the text?
A. How making
New Year's resolutions came into being.
B. The ancient Babylonians and the
Romans.
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C. The change
of Roman calendars.
D. How people
better themselves.
D
Imagine
your
clothing could release enough heat to keep you
warm and cozy, allowing you to
stay
comfortable in a cooler room. Or, picture a car
windshield that stores the sun's energy and then
releases it as heat to make the ice on
the windshield disappear.
According to
a team of researchers at MIT, both cases may be
possible before long, thanks to a
new
material that can store solar energy during the
day and release it later as heat. This transparent
polymer film could be applied to many
different surfaces, such as window glass or
clothing.
Solar
energy
is
only
available
about
half
the
time
we
need
it--during
daylight.
For
the
sun
to
become a major power
provider for human needs, there has to be an
efficient way to save it up for use
during
nighttime
and
stormy
days.
Most
such
efforts
have
focused
on
storing
and
recovering
solar
energy
in
the
form
of
electricity,
but
the
new
finding,
by
MlI
professor
Jeffrey
Grossman,
Postdoc
David
Zhitomirsky
and
graduate
student
Eugene
Cho,
could
provide
a
highly
efficient
method
for
storing the sun's energy
through a chemical reaction and releasing it later
as heat.
The key to enabling long-term,
stable storage of solar heat, the team said, is to
store it in the form
of a chemical
change rather than storing the heat itself. But
heat will disappear over time no matter
how good the material around it is, so
the team set up a chemical storage system that can
keep the
energy in a stable molecular
configuration. When exposed to sunlight, the
molecules can stay that way
for long
periods Then, when
triggered(
触发）
by a
very specific temperature or something else, the
molecules return to their original
shape , giving off heat in the process.
Such
chemically-based
storage
materials,
known
as
Solar
Thermal
Fuels(STF),
have
been
developed before. But those earlier
efforts were designed to be used in liquid
solutions and not able to
make
durable(
耐用的
) solid-state
films. The new approach is the first based on a
solid-state material,
in
this
case
a
polymer,
and
the
first
based
on
inexpensive
materials
and
widespread
production
technology.
12. What is the main purpose of
Paragraph 1?
A. To show the main idea
of the passage.
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B. To practice readers' imagination.
C. To interest readers in the passage.
D. To introduce a new kind of material.
13. According to the passage, what can
the polymer film do?
A. It can be made
into window glass.
B. It can make
necessary electricity.
can store
energy and release sunshine.
D. It can
absorb sunshine and give off heat.
14.
According to the passage, what is STF based on?
A. The chemical reaction.
B.
The movement of heat.
C. The form of
electricity.
D. The physical reaction.
15. What is the advantage of the
molecular configuration?
A. It is less
expensive.
B. It is very powerful.
is easily available.
is
less changeable.
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Challenges
are
regular
visitors
in
our
life,
and
nobody
is
immune(
不
受
影
响
)
to
them.16______However, we can use these
challenges to make positive changes in our life.
For instance:
Develop
your
passion.
17______
When
you
are
setting
your
goals,
you
always
want
to
be
passionate about those goals, because
if you love what you do, you will be driven by the
desire to achieve
success.
18______ When you have doubts about
yourself, you are doing damage to your progress.
Therefore,
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