宁夏中卫市2021届高三下学期第二次模拟考试英语试题 Word版含答案

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2021年中卫市高考第二次模拟考试
英语

本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。考生做答时，将答案答在答题卡上，在本试卷上答题无效。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

注意事项：

1、答题前，考生先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上，认真核对条形码上的准考证号、 姓名，并将条形码粘贴在指定位置上。

2、选择题答案使用2B铅笔填涂，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号；非选择 题答案使用0.5毫米的黑色中性（签字）笔或碳素笔书写，字体工整、笔迹清楚。

3、请按照题号在各题的答题区域（黑色线框）内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效。

4、保持卡面清洁，不折叠，不破损。

第I卷

第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项， 并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小 题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What will the woman do tomorrow evening?

A. Go shopping.

  B. Go to a birthday party.

C. Go out with the man.

2. How many books does the man want to borrow?

A. One.

B. Two.

C. Three.

3. What did the woman like in high school later?

A. Math.

B. English.

C. Physics.

4. How did the man get the tickets?

A. From the cinema.

B. From the woman.

C. From the Internet.

5. What can be known from the conversation?

A. The T-shirt is 30 dollars.

B. The man lost his mobile phone.

C. The man picked up a mobile phone.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选 出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小 题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What color is Stuart?

A. Black and white.

B. Black.

C. White.

7. What happened to Stuart?

A. It was lost.

B. It changed color.

C. It was ill.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What did the woman forget to buy?

A. Beer.

B. Onions.

C. Carrots.

9. When will the man be back?

A. In 10 minutes.

B. In 15 minutes.

C. In half an hour.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Why is the woman calling the man?

A. To invite him to give a talk.

B. To inform him a talk.

C. To confirm details about his talk.

11. Where will the talk be given?

A. In the conference room.

B. In the lecture theatre.

C. In the hall.

12. What equipment does the woman fail to offer?

A. A CD player.

B. A microphone.

C. A laptop computer.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Who is getting married?

A. The woman's co-worker.

B. The woman's sister.

C. The woman's best friend.

14. When will the party probably take place?

A. In May.

B. In July.

C. In June.

15. How many people will be invited?

A. About 30.

B. About 40..

C. About 50.

16. How will the man help?

A. By picking up flowers.

B. By ordering a cake.

C. By sending out the invitations.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. When was Canada discovered by Jacques Cartier?

A. In the 16th century.

B. In the 17th century.

C. In the 18th century.

18. Who were the first to colonize North America?

A. The British.

B. The Spanish.

C. The French.

19. Which is the second largest French speaking city?

A. Quebec.

B. Montreal.

C. Paris.

20. How did the French and the English try to separate?

A. By voting.

B. By fighting.

C. By discussing.

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）

阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白 处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Hubei Province has long been a favorite Chinese tourist destination because of its natural scenery, historic cities, and beautiful mountains. Here are some of the best places to visit in Hubei Province.

Yellow Crane Tower 

Yellow Crane Tower is known as one of the Three Famous Towers South of Yangtze River, together with Yueyang Tower in Hunan and Tengwang Pavilion in Jiangxi. The history of Yellow Crane Tower dates back to the Three Kingdoms period （220-280） in Chinese history. The tower was used as a watchtower by the King of Wu's army in the beginning.

Enshi Grand Canyon

Enshi Grand Canyon can be China's answer to the Grand Canyon in Arizona, the United States in beauty. The canyon runs 108 kilometers and occupies a land area of 3,000 square kilometers. The region where Enshi Grand Canyon is located used to be a vast sea with many limestone deposits 230 million years ago.

Shennongjia Scenic Area

It is famous for its varied plant species as well as mountains. Regarded as the “Lungs of Central China", the forest coverage reaches over 90 percent of the area. Due to the special climate, it is neither too hot in summer nor too cold in winter. Sometimes clouds stretch around mountains, rewarding tourists with unforgettable views. Besides, the area is home to some rare animals such as golden monkeys, white bears and antelope.

The Three-Gorge Tribe scenic spot

Located in the area of the Xiling Gorge in the city of Yichang, it has the beauty of landscape paintings. The spot is a “Protected Center of the Popular Culture and Art of the Three Gorges”. Since ancient times, a lot of famous scholars have produced a great number of excellent poems praising the beauty of this place, some of which are carved on the stones along the Yangtze River.

21. What is special about Yellow Crane Tower?

A. It has a long history.

B. It offers a scenic view.

C. It once served war's purposes.

D. It is the best-known tower in China.

22. Why is the Grand Canyon in Arizona mentioned ?

A. To explain its popularity in China.

B. To help readers know more about it.

C. To prove the beauty of the Chinese canyon.

D. To show differences between the two canyons.

23. Which place will a Chinese literature lover probably visit?

A. Enshi Grand Canyon.

B. Yellow Crane Tower.

C. Shennongjia Scenic Area.

D. The Three-Gorge Tribe scenic spot.

B

Back about 20 months ago I started college and just struggled with everything, such as classes and friends. I quickly became depressed and angry at myself for not being about to do better in school, in addition to lack of friends due to poor social and communication skills.

This went on for months until my 19th birthday. My parents sent me a cake, which was a great cake. But I remember having this large cake and absolutely no one to share it with. I ended throwing out the cake after having one piece, with about 90% of it leftover. That night I was so depressed that I decided to go outside to the freezing temperature of the winter and run. I put my earphones in, went outside and ran about 2 miles at 11:00 p. m on my birthday.

When I got back inside I was content. I was proud of what I was able to do. The next night I did the same. I wasn't quick or fit but you know that I went outside and did something. This continued for about 2 months until I finally worked up the courage to go to the gym, where I started swimming again as I used to in high school. A month went by and I started lifting weights and continually running.

Looking back I can see that exercise helped cure my depression but it didn't only do that. At the gym I met new friends and back at my dorm I grew confidence to go to the end of the hall seeing people playing Super Smash Brothers and ask if I could join.

So go forward to present now. I exercise every day and look forward to that hour and a half I get daily to do what I love with people who love it as well. I hope this helps someone who may be or have been in a similar situation.

24. What made the author decide to run at night ?

A. His 19th birthday.

B. His parents, cake.

C. His loneliness.

D. His friends.

25. Which of the following best describes the author ?

A. Traditional.

B. Determined.

C. Humorous.

D. Generous.

26. What is the biggest benefit of the author's running?

A. Regaining his confidence.

B. Losing his weight.

C. Playing with his brothers.

D. Joining other activities.

27. Why do you think the author wrote this passage?

A. To recall his life in college.

B. To show his gratitude to his parents.

C. To emphasize the importance of friendship.

D. To share his experience of dealing with hardship.

C

Ten years ago, I set out to examine luck. I wanted to know why some people were always in the right place at the right time, while others consistently experienced ill fortune. I placed advertisements in national newspapers asking for people who felt consistently lucky or unlucky. Hundreds of extraordinary men and women volunteered for my research. Over the years I have interviewed them, monitored their lives and had them take part in various experiments.

In one of the experiments, I gave both lucky and unlucky people a newspaper, asking them to look through it and tell me how many photographs were inside. I had secretly placed a large message halfway through the newspaper, saying, “Tell the experimenter you have seen this and you will win

$50. " This message took up half of the page and was written in type that was more than two inches high. It was staring everyone in the face, but the unlucky people tended to miss it and the lucky people tended to spot it.

Unlucky people are generally more nervous than lucky people, and this anxiety affects their ability to notice the unexpected. As a result, they miss opportunities because they are too focused on looking for something else. They go to gatherings concentrating on finding their perfect partners and miss opportunities to make good friends. They look through newspapers determined to find certain types of job advertisements and miss other types of jobs.

Lucky people are more relaxed and open, and therefore see what is there rather than just what they are looking for. My research eventually showed that lucky people are skilled at noticing opportunities, make lucky decisions by listening to their intuition（直觉），are open to new experiences, and adopt a never — say — die attitude that transforms bad luck into good luck.

28. What's the purpose of the author's research?

A. To discover what luck means to people.

B. To find lucky people and unlucky people.

C. To distinguish between good luck and bad luck.

D. To figure out why people are always lucky or unlucky.

29. Why did the unlucky people miss the message in the experiment?

A. There was too much information to be read in detail.

B. They were too focused on looking for photographs.

C. It took too much time to go through newspapers.

D. The words were too small to be noticed.

30. What leads to lucky people's good fortune?

A. Their ability to spot opportunities.

B. Their ability to become relaxed.

C. Their ability to communicate.

D. Their ability to make friends.

31. What's the main idea of the last paragraph ?

A. What lucky people are looking for.

B. How lucky people generate good luck.

C. What lucky people can do with opportunities.

D. How lucky people transform bad luck into good luck.

D

In 2015, a man named Nigel Richards memorized 386, 000 words in the entire French Scrabble Dictionary in just nine weeks. However, he does not speak French. Richards' impressive feat is a useful example to show how artificial intelligence works-real Al. Both of Richard and Al take in massive amounts of data to achieve goals with unlimited memory and superman accuracy in a certain field.

The potential applications for Al are extremely exciting. Because Al can outperform humans at routine tasks-provided the task is in one field with a lot of data — it is technically capable of replacing hundreds of millions of white and blue collar jobs in the next 15 years or so.

But not every job will be replaced by Al. In fact, four types of jobs are not at risk at all. First, there are creative jobs. Al needs to be given a goal to optimize. It cannot invent, like scientists, novelists and artists can. Second, the complex, strategic jobs-executives, diplomats, economists --- go well beyond the Al limitation of single-field and Big Data. Then there are the as-yet-unknown jobs that will be created by AI.

Are you worried that these three types of jobs won't employ as many people as Al will replace? Not to worry, as the fourth type is much larger: jobs where emotions are needed, such as teachers, nannies and doctors. These jobs require compassion, trust and sympathy—which Al does not have. And even if Al tried to fake it, nobody would want a robot telling them they have cancer, or a robot to babysit their children.

So there will still be jobs in the age of AL The key then must be retraining the workforce so people can do them. This must be the responsibility not just of the government, which can provide funds, but also of corporations and those who benefit most.

32. What is the main purpose of paragraph 1?

A. To introduce the topic.

B. To mention Nigel's feat.

C. To stress the importance of good memory.

D. To suggest humans go beyond Al in memory.

33. Which of the following best explains "outperform" underlined in paragraph 2?

A. Be superior to.

B. Be equal to.

C. Be similar to.

D. Be related to.

34. Which of the following jobs is the most likely to be replaced?

A. The writer.

B. The shop assistant.

C. The babysitter.

D. The psychologist.

35. What does the text suggest people do about job replacement of Al?

 A. Limit 1he application of Al to a certain degree.

B. Get more support from the government.

C. Apply. for .the donation from companies.

D. Upgrade themselves all the time.

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。

There is no such thing as a “bad memory". 36   , as long as you are not suffering from memory loss as a medical condition. If you want to improve your memory, there are a number of things you can do.

Stop thinking that you have a “bad memory”. 37   . Too many people get stuck here and convince themselves their memory is bad. Erase those thoughts and vow to improve your memory. Celebrate even little achievements to keep yourself motivated.

Exercise your brain. Regularly “exercising" keeps it growing and helps improve memory. 38   . By developing new mental skills—especially complex ones such as learning a new language or learning to play a new musical instrument, you can keep your brain active and improve its physiological functioning.

Give yourself time to form a memory. Memories are very fragile in the short term, and distractions can make you quickly forget something as simple as a phone number. The key to avoid losing memories is to be able to focus on the thing to be remembered for a while without thinking about other things. 39  

40    . Often we forget things not because our memory is bad, but rather because our observational skills need work. One way to become more observant is to look at a photo for a few seconds and then describe as many details about it as possible. With regular practice you will find you're able to remember more details with even shorter glimpses of the photos.

A. Practice your describing skills regularly

B. So when you're trying to remember something, avoid distractions for a few minutes

C. Take better pictures

D. Everyone can improve their memory

E. A large portion（部分）of your brain is activated when it learns a new skill

F. So the more time you spend, the better your memory will be

G. Convince yourself that you do have a good memory that will improve

第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处 的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Thomas Panek made history this week when he became the first blind person to complete the New York City Half Marathon with guide dogs and no human assistance.

With about two thousand people around 41    the game, a group of blind people 42 their New York City Marathon at 9:00 this Wednesday. 43    it was still a little cold as it was raining 44              , the people without their sight ran fast with the help of their 45    . Falling down sometimes, they 46     up and went on running, which was attractive, 47 and encouraging.

Of course, some few dogs didn't 48     their hosts in the right way. As a result, those 49     didn’t finish their task, but they were really50    . In the end, only about twenty blind people 51      their destination. Among them, Panek did the 52    , who got the first place in the game.

With the 53    of his three dogs named Waffle, Westley and Gus, which 54    leading him throughout the 13.1-mile race, Panek 55    the finishing line in just over 2 hours 20 minutes.

The game 56    at about 12:00, and many people were so 57    by the sport spirit of the blind people that they were not 58   to leave the spot. When asked about his feeling of the game, “no matter what 59    is, " said Panek, 48, who is CEO of Guiding Eyes for the Blind, "don't let 60      tell you that you can't."

第II卷

第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

China has named 24,126 primary and middle schools across the country as specialist football schools 61    (lead) youth football development, according to the Ministry of Education. It's required that at least one football class 62   (offer) each week in these schools so that they can encourage their students to 63   (active) participate in football training and matches.

“China aims to have 50,000 schools specializing in youth-football by the end of 2025," said Wang Dengfeng, an official of the Ministry of Education,64    (add) that to realize this goal, the ministry will take various measures that include building school football fields, training football coaches and providing extra funding and policy support. 65    those measures in schools, 47 football training camps have also been built in 66   effort to promote the sport among young people. And outstanding or 67   （gift） players will also have the chance to join inter-school teams for regional 68    （competition） and even national summer camps.

In the past four years, local education departments have trained about 40,000 football teachers, 8,000 of 69   have obtained coaching certificates. Moreover, the country 70   （step） up its efforts in promoting football in schools since it set up a seven-department joint task force, including the education, sport and finance authorities as well as Chinese Football Association.

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节 改错：请找出下列短文中的错误，并直接在短文中改正。（每小题1分，共10分） 改错格式（要求）

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不计分。

There was an art festival in our school last weekend. A majority of students take an active part in it. I was so excited, for it was first time for me to join in such a festival.

Early in the morning, there were much people coming to our school, make the art festival so lively. We gave a warmly welcome to the guests. I walked around and appreciated the painting. All the works were from the students and I was so impressing by them. There were also some handcrafts, which was so creative. Though we were busy with our studies most of the time, some students still managed to developing their hobbies. I should learn from them and develop a hobby as well as.

第二节书面表达（25分）

假定你是李华，是某国际学校的学生会主席。你校将要举行食品安全知识竞赛，请根据提示 写一则通知，内容包括：

1.竞赛目的；

2.竞赛时间和地点；

3.竞赛方式。

注意：1、词数100左右：

2、可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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2021年中卫市高考第二次模拟考试英语参考答案

一、听力

1-5 BCACB    6-10 BAACC    11-15 BACAB    16-20 BACBA

二、阅读理解

21-23 CCD    24-27 CBAD    28-31 DBAB    32-35 AABD    36-40 DGEBA

三、完形填空

41-45 BADCC   46-50 DABAC   51-55 BDCAD   56-60 BDBCA

四、语法填空

61. to lead 62. (should) be offered 63. actively 64, adding

65. Besides 66. an 67. gifted 68. competitions

69. whom 70. has stepped

五、短文改错

1. take—»took 2. first 前加 the 3. much→many

4. make-making 5. warmly→warm 6. painting→paintings

7. impressing→impressed 8. was→were 9. developing→develop

10.删除as

六、作文范文

Notice

Aimed at raising students' awareness of food safely, a knowledge contest concerning the subject is to be held in our school.

The contest is scheduled in the school hall from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm on November 27th. It mainly consists of two rounds. First, all competitors are required to answer five questions about food safety. The top 20 competitors will have the opportunity to compete in the second round, where they will be asked another five more challenging questions, if you are interested, please sigh up at the Student Union office before November 20th.

Looking forward to your active participation.

Student Union