2019届河北省高三英语考前冲刺模拟卷（4）

2019届河北省高三英语考前冲刺模拟卷（4）

1、    Though many artists specialize in cityscapes(城市风光) , very few create masterpieces as detailed as those sketched(画素描) by Stephen Wiltshire. Even more impressive is that each landscape, which takes the British artist just a few days to complete, is drawn from memory, a talent that has earned him the name The Human Camera".

    Though Stephen is now considered an artistic talent, his start in life was rocky. Suffering from autism(自闭症) at the age of three, he was unable to relate to people and refused to say a single word. His talent came to light when his kindergarten teachers noticed how much the young boy enjoyed drawing. To encourage him to speak, they began providing him with art supplies only if he orally requested them. It was not surprising what was Stephen^ first word, spoken at age five. As a child, Stephen was good at sketching wildlife along with drawings of his teachers and classmates. However, as he grew older, it became apparent that his real talent and passion lay in drawing city skylines.

    His unbelievable work did not go unnoticed. Stephen sold his first painting for $ 1 ,620 ( £ 1,150) at age seven, and was invited by the British Prime Minister to create a drawing of the Salisbury Cathedral at age eight. Five years later, his first book of art came out in London! In 2006, to honor his significant contribution to the art world, Stephen was presented with an Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by Prince Charles.

    Stephen's famous artwork includes skylines of Rome, Hong Kong, Dubai, and London. A career highlight remains his first visit to New York when he was 13, a city he loves and often visits. It was there where he met the late author Oliver Sacks. The two became lifelong friends. Sacks once wrote, "His limitations can serve as strengths, too. His vision is valuable, because it conveys a wonderfully direct, unconventional view of the world."

1.Why is Stephen called "The Human Camera"?

A.He is able lo copy cityscapes exactly.

B.He can draw cities entirely from memory.

C.He is able to sketch cityscapes quickly.

D.He has drawn many cities in a few days.

2.What was probably Stephen's first word since birth?

A.Mom.

B.Art.

C.Teacher.

D.Paper.

3.What happened to Stephen when he was 13?

A.He sold his first painting.

B.He met the government head.

C.He published a book.

D.He received an MBE

4.How did Sacks regard Stephen's disease?

A.It makes for Stephen’s talent.

B.It has no limitations to Stephen.

C.It gives Stephen great inner strength.

D.It conveys a different view of the world.

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So what is rewilding?

Imagine our natural habitats growing instead of shrinking.Imagine species thriving,instead of declining.That's rewilding.Rewilding is ecological restoration and a little bit more.Rewilding offers hope for wildlife,humans and the planet.

Why is rewilding essential for Britain?

●Our ecosystems are broken.The places where you would expect wildlife to thrive have been reduced to wet deserts.The seabed has been damaged and stripped of its living creatures.

●Our wildlife is disappearing.Many wonderful British species have declined catastrophically over the past century.We've lost more of our large mammals than any European country except Ireland.

●We need keystone species.These vital species,including top predator（食肉动物）,drive ecological processes. Their loss in Britain and around the world has worsened our living systems.

●Nature looks after us.Good ecosystems can provide us with clean air and water,prevent flooding,store carbon, and attract visitors.Rewilding can leave the world in a better state than it is today.

What are challenges?

Our "rewilding britain" is a long-term project.Of course it has its challenges.Many of us feel indifferent,because we have got used to the lack of native forests.Many farmers oppose the idea.They thought it a crazy idea to bring back predators to the country because they would start killing farm animals.It takes time to educate them.Above all, we  need money!So we need your help!

Make a donation

Help us bring back Jiving systems and restore wild nature in Britain!

With your help we can...

●Open up new opportunities for rewilding and push for change.

●Develop tools to educate,influence and spread the word.

Thanks for your support.

1. What can we know from the result of rewilding?

A. A lot of species decline.

B. Species become various.

C. Ecosystems are greatly destroyed.

D. The seabed has been damaged.

2. What's the greatest challenge at present?

A. People's indifference

B. Farmers' opposition

C. Shortage of time

D. A lack of fund

3. What is the purpose of the passage?

A. To persuade people to change their mind.

B. To call on people to make a donation.

C. To convince people to care for predators.

D. To warn people of the bad ecosystem.

3、That the success of humans as a species depends to a large extent on our ability to cooperate in groups is widely believed. Much more so than any other animal, people are able to coordinate and join their forces and actions to produce mutual benefits.

New research involving Dr Molleman, an expert at the University of Nottingham, suggests that successful cooperation in groups depends on how people gather information about their peers, and how they base their cooperative decisions on it.

Biologists wonder how cooperation could have developed by natural selection: it is puzzling how cooperation can be beneficial when it is possible to behave selfishly and take advantage of the cooperative efforts of your group. Psychologists and economists try hard to understand why many people are willing to sacrifice their own welfare to benefit their social environment. They asked questions like “How do people make decisions when their actions can affect the welfare of others?” “How people determine their behavior when they have to cooperate in groups?”.

Dr Pieter Van Den Berg from the University of Groningen said, “From previous research we know that some people are ‘majority-oriented (以……为中心)’ and tend to look at the behavior of the majority in their group, whereas others are ‘success-oriented’ and try to find out what kind of behavior pays off best for themselves.”

Dr Molleman, from the center of the Decision Research and Experimental Economics, said, “It turns out that behavior in groups of success-oriented people was much more selfish than it in groups of majority-oriented people. As a consequence, the people in the majority-oriented groups tended to cam more money in the experiment since they cooperated more.”

1. Compared with other animals, human beings are capable of ________.

A. communicating well with others B. working together with each other

C. surviving some natural disasters D. getting access to various information

2. What are the psychologists and economists most interested in?

A. Whether people’s personal efforts will pay off eventually.

B. How cooperation has developed over a long lime naturally.

C. Why people offer to affect those around them unselfishly.

D. What benefit that good cooperation can bring immediately.

3. We can infer that the success-oriented people________.

A. are careful to select a group to join

B. are likely to be successful in the future

C. pay more attention to the result of their effort

D.  have some skills in collecting useful information

4. What is the new finding of the research?

A. Having good relationship gets us to live fullest life.

B. Focusing on individual success makes people selfish.

C. Being considerate can ensure our long-term benefit.

D. Mastering social skills help create harmonious society.

4、If you want to get rid of body fat，time-restricted feeding (TRF) could be the answer. TRF is a form of intermittent fasting (间歇性禁食)一which has several benefits over regular dieting. With intermittent fasting, the idea is that you can eat only during an eight-hour period in the day—between， say，11 am and 7 pm. The rest of the day，you don’t touch food or calories in any form. Now a study recently published in the Journal of Nutritional Science suggests that TRF may offer just as many benefits.

Scientists divided 16 volunteers into two groups. One group delayed their typical breakfast time by 90 minutes and then ate their dinner 90 minutes earlier than they normally might. This shortened their eating “window” by three hours. The other group ate at their normal hours. Regularly，the researchers tested the volunteers’ blood，checking their blood sugar and cholesterol levels. The volunteers kept careful diet diaries and completed a feedback questionnaire at the end of the study.

After ten weeks，the first group had lost，on average，more than twice as much body fat as the second. After analyzing the diet diaries， the researchers found that the TRF group had simply eaten less. In fact，57 percent of the first group noted on their questionnaires that they'd eaten less；they said their appetites weren't as strong and they had fewer opportunities to eat. Plus，they remove nighttime snacking.

While this study can’t finally link lower body fat to the TRF schedule， it makes clear the advantages of limiting people’s eating time. The researchers will repeat the research with bigger groups and for a wide range of ages and conditions. They find that TRF is not always well-matched with family and social duty. Sometimes life's demands necessarily get in the way.

1.       What does the idea of time-restricted feeding mean?

1.      One can eat only during 11 am and 7 pm in a day.
2.      One can eat food only during a limited period in the day.
3.      One can have only one meal during a day.

D.     One can only eat the approved food during the 8 hours.

2.       The reason why the first group lost much more body fat was that _________.

1.      their appetites were weaker
2.      they had fewer opportunities to eat
3.      they remove nighttime snacking
4.      they had simply eaten less

3.       What will the researchers do in the following study?

1.      They will link lower body fat to the TRF schedule.
2.      They will start another program with bigger groups and for a wide range of ages and conditions.
3.      They will repeat the research with more volunteers of different ages and conditions.
4.      They will research how TRF connects with family and social duty.

4.       What is the best title for the text?

1.      Time-Restricted Feeding Can Offer Many Benefits
2.      This Easy Change Could Help You Burn Body Fat Faster
3.      Limiting People's Eating Time Has Advantages
4.      Losing More Body Fat Has Been Solved

5、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。

Apologizing the Right Way to a Friend

    Why are apologies so difficult? Saying you are sorry can be one of the most difficult things you do. But we all make mistakes, so you'll probably have an occasion when you need to apologize.

    Perhaps you had a big blow up and realized later you reacted poorly. ①__________Whatever the reason,apologizing can help you both heal and move on from the situation.

  ②__________First, you acknowledge that you did something wrong. With an apology,you take responsibility for your actions,which allows your friend to forgive you. Second,an apology gives you sincerity as a friend.③__________,but that doesn’ t mean you still shouldn’ t apologize.

    Now, what are elements of a proper apology? ④__________ ,depending on what the offense was,where it was done, and who you are apologizing to.  In general, a good apology should include the following: a request for their attention,an acknowledgment of what happened,sincerity in admitting you did something wrong and the words. "I'm sorry" or “I apologize."

    Here are things never to say when apologizing. Note that the art of apologizing involves taking responsibility. Never apologize as a way to “shut someone up” when they are saying you hurt their feelings and you don’t think you did. ⑤__________,you should talk things through with your friend until you see why they are hurt or how you came across. You'll really need to self-reflect so you can see things from your friend' s point of view.

A. When you make your apology in person

B. If you really believe you did nothing wrong

C. Apologies benefit friendships in a variety of ways

D. The way you apologize is going to be slightly different 

E. Or maybe you just didn’t show support when you needed to

F. Apologizing the right way,however, may take a little practice

G. Sometimes our pals forgive us easily for the minor things we do wrong

6、阅读下面短文,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。

    The concept of solitude (独处)in the digital world is almost non-existent. In the world of technology, e-mail, social networking and online video games, information is meant to be     1    . Solitude can be hard to discover     2    it has been given up. In this respect, new technologies have     3    our culture.

    The desire to be connected has brought solitude to a(n)     4    as we've known it. People have become so     5    in the world of networks and connections that one can often be contacted     6    they'd rather not be. Today we can talk, text, e-mail, chat and blog, not only from our     7    , but from our mobile phones as well.

    Most developed nations have become     8    on digital technology simply because they've grown accustomed to it, and at this point not     9    it would make them an outsider.     10    many jobs and careers require people to be     11    . From this point of view, technology has changed the culture of work. Being reachable might feel like a     12    to those who may not want to be able to be contacted at all times.

     I suppose the positive side is that solitude is still possible for anyone who     13    wants it. Computers can be shut     14    and mobile phones can be turned off. The ability to be "connected” and "on" has many     15    , as well as disadvantages. Travelers have ended up     16    on mountains, and mobile phones have saved countless lives. They can also make people feel     17    and forced to answer unwanted calls or     18    to unwanted texts.

    Attitudes towards our connectedness as a society     19    across generations. Some find today's technology a gift. Others consider it a curse. Regardless of anyone's view on the subject, it's hard to imagine what life would be like     20    daily advancements in technology.

1.A.shared    B.received    C.updated    D.collected

2.A.though    B.once    C.until    D.before

3.A.respected    B.preserved    C.ignored    D.shaped

4.A.edge    B.end    C.stage    D.balance

5.A.sensitive    B.intelligent    C.reachable    D.considerate

6.A.only if    B.even if    C.as if    D.if only

7.A.media    B.monitors    C.databases    D.computers

8.A.bent    B.hard    C.keen    D.dependent

9.A.using    B.finding    C.protecting    D.changing

10.A.Also    B.Instead    C.Otherwise    D.Somehow

11.A.trained    B.connected    C.recommended    D.interested

12.A.burden    B.benefit    C.pleasure    D.disappointment

13.A.really    B.hardly    C.merely    D.slightly

14.A.out    B.up    C.down    D.in

15.A.aspects    B.advantages    C.exceptions    D.weaknesses

16.A.lost    B.hidden    C.relaxed    D.deserted

17.A.confused    B.excited    C.trapped    D.amused

18.A.turn    B.reply    C.object    D.submit

19.A.arise    B.vary    C.spread    D.exist

20.A.beyond    B.despite    C.without    D.within

7、Being overweight can cause depression even when no other health problems exist, according to a study released Tuesday by the University of Exeter.

A team ①__________ (lead) by researchers from the University of Exeter analyzed UK Biobank data (基因数据库) from more ②__________ 48,000 people with depression and ③__________ (compare) them to another group of more than 290,000 people. 

While ④__________has long been known that depression is more common in obesity, the team concluded ⑤__________ higher body mass index(体重指数) can cause depression in itself, even in the obese ⑥__________ other health problems.

Our genetic analysis concludes that the psychological impact of being obese is likely ⑦__________ ( cause) depression. This is important to help target efforts to reduce depression, ⑧__________ makes it much harder for people to adopt ⑨__________ (health) lifestyle habits, said Dr Jess Tyrrell. The team tested their results in many people and they reached ⑩__________ same conclusion, verifying their results.

The study has been published in the International Journal of Epidemiology.

8、假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及二个单词的增加、删除或修改。

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(从第11处起)不计分。

    The summer vacation is generally the happy period of school life. It matters a lot to the students whether they can get some rest from their daily school schedule. Nowadays, the summer vacation period last 45 days every summer season. One purpose of it is to give students long break after final exams. Another of purpose is to students relax in the unbearable heat of the summer season. It also aims to help students to train our weak subjects. During summer vacation, students get many opportunity to visit new places and enrich their general knowledge. However, they have more free time for which they are interested in.

9、假定你是李华，马上就要填报高考志愿（apply for admission into a university）了，你的外教Adam发邮件向你询问相关情况。请你回复邮件，内容包括：

1. 你打算申请的专业；

2. 选择本专业的原因；

3. 希望得到专业选择方面的指导。

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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1答案：1.B; 2.D; 3.C; 4.A

2答案：1. B 2. D 3. B

3答案：1. B 2. C 3. C 4. B

4答案：1-4：BDCB

5答案：E; C; G; D; B

6答案：1.A; 2.B; 3.D; 4.C; 5.C; 6.B; 7.D; 8.D; 9.A; 10.A; 11.B; 12.A; 13.A; 14.C; 15.B; 16.A; 17.C; 18.B; 19.B; 20.C

7答案：led ; than ; compared ; it ; that ; of ; to cause ; which ; healthy ; the

8答案：    The summer vacation is generally the  period of school life. It matters a lot to the students  they can get some rest from their daily school schedule. Nowadays, the summer vacation period  45 days every summer season. One purpose of it is to give students  long break after final exams. Another of purpose is to students  in the unbearable heat of the summer season. It also aims to help students to train  weak subjects. During summer vacation, students get many  to visit new places and enrich their general knowledge. , they have more free time for  they are interested in.

9答案：

Dear Adam,

Thank you very much for your concern about my applying for admission into a university. I'd like to talk about it.

The major I plan to apply for is computer programming. There are some reasons for it. Firstly, I have always been interested in computer science, especially the software programming. Besides, I think computer programming can cultivate my logical thinking ability. In the process of programming, I can improve my ability to concentrate, which is needed in doing everything in my life.

That's just my personal thinking. I really hope to get your guidance to the choice of major.

I'm looking forward to your early reply.

Yours,

Li Hua