2020届广东省肇庆市高三高中毕业班第二次统一检测英语试题（word版）

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肇庆市2020届高中毕业班第二次统一检测

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3.     考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

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，从每题所给的A、B、C和 D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Attractive lakeside cottages and cabins

Lafitte’s Landing Guest Quarters, Uncertain, Texas

There are five cottages featuring high ceilings and spacious bedrooms. Lafitte’s is a certified Backyard Wildlife Habitat, so you don’t have to go far for bird-watching. Explore the lake on a steamboat, or head to Caddo Lake State Park for night adventures such as Owl Nights and Bat Watches.  

Rates: Summer nightly rates range from $559 to $1, 899

Lake Placid Lodge, Lake Placid, New York

With 17 cabins sitting along the shores of Lake Placid, the arts-and-crafts-style Lake Placid Lodge offers an exciting summer lake experience. Lakefront cabins come outfitted with hand-built beds and stone fireplaces. Go for a hike, or hit the lake for swimming, fishing, or boating.

Rates: Rates are $120 per night for double occupancy; each additional person is $20 per night.

Lake Crescent Lodge, Olympic National Park, Washington

Its cottages and cabins are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Choose between one-and two-bedroom Singer Tavern Cottages, or stay in the always favored (and often booked) Roosevelt Fireplace Cabins. Spend your days hiking in the surrounding Olympic National Park, or exploring Lake Crescent by boat.

Rates: Nightly rates for cottages and cabins range between $317 and $398.

Tamarack Lodge Resort, Mammoth Lakes, California

It is on the peaceful shores of the Twin Lakes. Choose between recently built Deluxe Cabins and old wood-and-stone cabins. Swimming, fishing, boating, biking, and hiking are popular pastimes.

Rates: Summer cabin rates range from $369 to $999 per night.

21. Where can you observe bats at night?

A. At Caddo Lake State Park           B. At Lake Placid 

C. At Olympic National Park           D. At the Twin Lakes

22. If three people share one room in Lake Placid Lodge, how much will they pay?

A. $60        B. $120       C. $140       D. $360

23. Which of the following is difficult to reserve?

A. Cottages at Lafitte’s Landing Guest Quarters

B. Cabins at Lake Placid Lodge

C. Deluxe Cabins

D. Roosevelt Fireplace Cabins

21．A． 22．C． 23D．

B

Growing up, I thought math class was something to be endured, not enjoyed. I disliked memorizing formulas(公式) and taking tests, all for the dull goal of getting a good grade. One of my teachers told my mother that I was “slow”. But my problem wasn't with math itself. In fact, when a topic seemed particularly interesting, I would go to the library and read more about it.

By high school, no one told me that I could become a professional mathematician. What I wanted to do then was to play college football. My ambition was to get an athletic scholarship to attend a Big Ten school.

The chances of that happening were very low. But that didn’t stop my coaches from encouraging me to believe I could reach my goal, and preparing and pushing me to work for it. They made video tapes of my performances and sent them to college coaches around the country. In the end, a Big Ten school, Penn State, did offer me a scholarship.

I wish math teachers were more like football coaches. Students are affected by more than just the quality of a lesson plan. They also respond to the passion of their teachers and the engagement of their peers, and they seek a sense of purpose. They benefit from specific instructions and constant feedback(反馈).

Until I got to college, I didn't really know what mathematics was. I still thought of it as laborious(耗时费力的) calculations. Then my professor handed me a book and suggested that I think about a particular problem. It wasn't easy, but it was fascinating. My professor kept giving me problems, and I kept pursuing them, even though I couldn’t always solve them immediately. The mathematical research I was doing had little in common with what I did in my high school classrooms. Instead, it was closer to the math and logic puzzles I did on my own as a boy. It gave me that same sense of wonder and curiosity, and it rewarded creativity. I am now a Ph. D candidate in mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

24. Why did the writer think math class in school was “something to be endured” before

entering college?

A. Because he wasn’t interested in math.

B. Because his math teachers didn't care to push him.

C. Because he was too smart and talented for math class.

D. Because he was training hard for an athletic scholarship.

25. According to the writer, students are affected by the following things from teachers or coaches EXCEPT ________.

A. a sense of purpose  B. constant feedback  C. passion  D. specific instructions

26. We can conclude that after entering college, the writer ________.

A. was busy looking for math problems to solve

B. studied on his own just as he was in high school

C. met with laborious calculations in his studies

D. began to realize what mathematics really is

27. What is the best title for the text?

A. Interest is the best teacher

B. Be the best—you can make it

C. Math, taught like football

D. Once your teacher, always your teacher

24． B 25． A 26． D

C

You have probably read about robots replacing human labor as a new era of automation takes root in one industry after another. But a new report suggests humans are not the only ones who might lose their jobs.

In New Zealand, farmers are using drones(无人机) to herd and monitor cows and sheep, taking up a position that highly intelligent dogs have held for more than a century. The robots have not replaced the dogs entirely, Radio New Zealand reports, but they have appropriated(盗用) one of the animal’s most powerful tools: barking. The DJI Mavic Enterprise, a $3,500 drone favored by farmers, has a feature that lets the machine record sounds and play them over a loudspeaker, giving the machine the ability to act as the dogs.

Corey Lambeth, a shepherd on a farm, told RNZ the machines are surprisingly effective. “That’s the one thing I’ve noticed when you’re moving cows that the old cows stand up to the dogs, but with the drones, they’ve never done that,” he said, noting the drones move cows faster, with less stress, than the dogs do.

The drones come in handy for more than just herding(放牧) cows and sheep. The robots allow farmers to monitor their land from afar, monitoring water and feed levels and checking on the animals’ health without disturbing them. Jason Rentoul told RNZ that a two-hour herding job that used to require two people and two teams of dogs could be accomplished in 45 minutes using a single drone. “Being a hilly farm where a lot of stuff is done on foot, the drones really saved a lot of man hours,” he said.

For now, farmers say, there is still a need for herding dogs, primarily because they have a longer life span than drones, can work in bad weather and do not require an electrical socket every few hours to recharge.

28. What is the main advantage of the drones over herding dogs?

A. The drones can take up a job that the dogs hardly do well any longer.

B. The drones can frighten the old cows which are not afraid of the dogs.

C. The drones can finish a herding job more efficiently than the dogs.

D. The drones can work on a hilly farm and extreme weather while the dogs can’t.

29. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. Herding dogs will gradually lose their position on the farmland.

B. The drones can only copy the dogs' barking with the current technology.

C. The drones are multi-functional and leave the animals undisturbed.

D. The market for the DJI Mavic Enterprise is pretty small because of its high price.

30. According to the passage, why can’t the drones replace the dogs entirely?

A. Because the drones can't bark as loudly as the dogs do.

B. Because cows are not used to seeing the drones.

C. Because the drones are much more expensive than the animal.

D. Because the drones’ power is limited and they need charging from time to time.

31. What is the author’s attitude towards the drones in the passage?

A. supportive    B. objective      C. critical      D. doubtful

28．C． 29．C． 30．D． 31．B．

D

Recently I rolled into a local restaurant to try an Impossible Burger, an all-plant patty(人造肉饼) invented by Impossible Foods. It’s well known for having an strangely chewy(有咀嚼感), even bloody, meat-like quality, a surprising verisimilitude(逼真) that has made it “perhaps the country’s most famous burger,” as New York magazine wrote. One bite into its wonderful, smoky taste and, damn, I was convinced.

This is good news, because the time has come to consume fake meat. In the fight against climate change, meat replacement is something we can try. A University of Oxford study recently found that, to keep global warming below 2 degrees this century, we need to be eating 75 percent less beef and 90 percent less pork.

However, diets are culturally enshrined, so changing them will be hard. It isn’t easy to replace 75 to 90 percent of beef and pork with fake meat. The first taste of an Impossible Burger—a moment when low expectations work a powerful magic in the product’s favor—is one thing. But how do you keep meat-eaters asking for more after their sixth, and their 26th？

To get to true mass adoption, fake meat will need to compete favorably with the real thing on multiple fronts. Impossible Foods’ goal is to drive the price of its product below that of Safeway’s 80/20 hamburger meat, at which point people will simply vote with their wallets. The new industry also wants to improve on animal flesh in various ways. Fake meat has an advantage over traditional meat because “you won’t need to refrigerate it” cofounder Niko Koffeman says. Plus, custom(定制的) production could improve choice. “You could have very soft and tender meat for elderly people,” Koffeman adds. “You could have a tailored meat for whatever you need.”

You can tell the world is shifting this way, because the ranchers(牧场主) are nervous. Last year, the US Cattlemen’s Association asked the government to define “meat” as a product “coming directly from animals.” That anxiety—and the power of the science driving it—goes to show that this grand shift isn’t impossible.

32. According to passage, the author was convinced by the Impossible Burger because__.

A. it has a special taste that is different from normal ones.

B. it contains all non-meat materials that taste like meat.

C. more vegetables are used as main materials for the burger.

D. one bite of this burger can provide people with the energy needed for a whole day.

33. What does the author mean by saying "Diets are culturally enshrined"?

A. That people think their diet is the best in the world.

B. That people are unwilling to go against their culture by changing their diets.

C. That people's preference for food is linked to the food choice available to them.

D. That people's eating habits are consistently observed and closely connected with

their culture.

34. Which of the following statements is true about the advantages that fake meat will

have to beat over traditional meat?

A. Fake meat will not be necessarily stored in a refrigerator.

B. The price of fake meat will be just one-fourth of traditional meat's.

C. Fake meat will win over older people thanks to its tender and soft taste.

D. Fake meat will own a taste that is not found in traditional meat.

35. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. Meat must come from animals.

B. The world will probably embrace the idea of fake meat.

C. The ranchers are suffering economic loss due to fake meat.

D. The definition of meat has been changed because of fake meat.

33．B． 34．D．

35．A． 36．B．

（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。

Do you think studying in a different country is something that sounds very exciting? Certainly, it is a new experience, which brings the opportunity of discovering fascinating things and a feeling of freedom.    36    You will experience culture shock. Evidently, at least four essential stages of culture-shock adjustment occur.

The first stage is called "the honeymoon". In this stage, you feel excitement about living in a different place, and everything seems to be marvelous.    37    

Eventually, however, the second stage of culture shock appears. This is the "hostility stage".    38    You become tired of many things about the new culture. Moreover, people don't treat you like a guest anymore. Everything that seemed to be so wonderful at first is now awful, and everything makes you feel distressed and tired.

Then you come to the third stage called "recovery". You start feeling more positive, and you try to develop comprehension of everything you don't understand. The whole situation starts to become more favorable.    39    

The last stage of culture shock is called "adjustment".    40    The things that initially made you feel uncomfortable or strange are now things that you understand. Now you feel comfortable; you have adjusted to the new culture.

A. Actually, culture shock is something you cannot avoid when studying in a foreign country.

B. You have reached a point where you feel good because you have learned enough to

understand the new culture.

C. You like everything, and everybody seems to be so nice to you.

D. You recover from the symptoms of the first two stages.

E. In spite of these advantages, however, there are also some challenges you will

encounter.

F. However, when you have completely adjusted to a new culture you can more fully

enjoy it.

G.You begin to notice that not everything is as good as you had originally thought it was.

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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）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中， 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

For centuries, Beijing has been one of China's most important cities.   41  a place for emperors and officials, today it is an international city and a popular tourist

  42  . People from all over the country are moving to Beijing to   43   jobs and opportunities as this exciting city is a place where dreams can come true. Throughout the city,   44   dressed business people   45   for their offices, mobile phones held to their ears and visitors can only watch and imagine the deals and   46   being made at that very second.

Beijing's streets provide a fascinating   47   of the past and the present. In tea houses, groups of old men play chess   48   the Macdonald's next door is filled with laughing teenagers sipping milkshakes. Walking through the broad streets   49   with designer stores and multi-storey skyscrapers, you can  50   a turn and suddenly find yourself in a century’s old   51   where a fruit seller chats happily to an old woman sitting in the sun. Many of the road signs and advertising billboards are now in   52  , making Beijing more   53  to foreigners. Public transport is efficient, new businesses are   54  , and every modern convenience and international brand is   55   in this booming global city.

Beijing has some of China's most stunning   56  . Visitors often come to Beijing with the single   57   to see the Great Wall, one of the ancient wonders of the world, but once they’ve arrived, they realize that this is only one of the city's   58  . In fact, what visitors ever seem to only  59  about Beijing, is that they simply  60  time before seeing it all.

41. A. Separately       B. Importantly    C. Originally   D. Specially

42. A. place     B. destination    C. scenery   D. feast

43. A. search for    B. look into    C. race with   D. struggle against

44. A. casually    B. seriously     C. smartly   D. traditionally

45. A. call       B. work     C. advertise   D. head

46. A. benefits        B. fortunes     C. calls    D. appointments

47. A. development    B. description    C. introduction  D. mix

48. A. while     B. when        C. as       D. although

49. A. filled     B. accompanied    C. lined    D. equipped

50. A. take        B. cross        C. find         D. face

51. A. shop      B. square     C. house       D. lane

52. A. English    B. Chinese     C. sight   D. order

53. A. attractive     B. impressive     C. unforgettable D. accessible

54. A. changing     B. growing    C. trading     D. declining

55. A. affordable    B. beneficial    C. available  D. significant

56. A. sights     B. traditions     C. events      D. records

57. A. advantage    B. desire      C. benefit   D. routine

58. A. descriptions    B. attractions     C. possessions  D. marks

59. A. enjoy          B. travel     C. complain  D. praise

60. A. take up     B. get rid of     C. make use of  D. run out of

CBACD    BDACA     DADBC    ABBCD 

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1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

In modern India, polluting sectors continue to be important pillars of the economy. Many argue that any attempt to get rid of coal would result   61  a widespread loss of jobs.   62   (similar), much of India's commercial transport is run on diesel(柴油). The idea of replacing diesel trucks and cars with cleaner electric powered vehicles

  63  (consider) too expensive. As the change from coal to natural gas would increase their operating   64   (cost), business owners fear becoming less   65   (compete) in an increasingly global market.

One of the   66   (large) contributors to air pollution in India, especially in the north of the country, is the agricultural sector. Every year, between October and November, thousands of farmers burn harvest residue(剩余物) as   67   prepare fields for the new crop. The practice,   68   (know) as stubble burning, leads to a smoky haze(雾霾) forming in much of northern India.

The government   69   (try) to encourage the use of green technology, such as so-called "Happy Seeder" machines   70   can sow seeds without having to remove the agricultural residue. However, this has proven to be expensive.

61． in． 考查介词，result in：导致，故填in． 
62． Similarly．考查副词，修饰整句话，相似的是，故填Similarly． 
63． is considered． 考查被动，主语是idea，结合上下文使用一般现在时，被认为，故填is considered． 
64． costs． 考查名词，增加运营成本，根据their可知使用复数，故填costs． 
65． competitive． 考查形容词，没那么有竞争力，形容词的比较级形式，故填competitive． 
66．largest． 考查最高级，空气污染最大的元凶之一，故填最高级largest． 
67． they． 考查代词，they指代前面的farmers， 故填they． 
68． known． 考查非谓语，be known as：作为…被熟知，以…著称，故填known． 
69． has tried． 考查时态，已经尝试过，使用现在完成时，主语是单数名词，故填has tried． 
70． that/which．考查连词，先行词是machines，在定语从句中做主语，使用关系代词which或者that．

第四部分 写作(共两节，满分35分)

第一节 短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

    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。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、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(从笫11处起)不计分。

My experience with a foreign language begins in junior middle school. I had a kind and patient English teacher which often praised all the students. Because his positive method, I eager answered all the questions I could, never worrying much about make mistakes. However, my experience in senior school was very difference from before. When my former teacher had been patient with all the student, my new teacher quickly punished those who gave incorrect answers. As a result, not only did he lose my joy in answering questions, but also I totally lost my desire to say anything at all in the English.

答案： 
1．begins→ began．考查动词的时态．本句时间状语是in junior middle school，讲述的是作者在初中时的经历，谓语动词用一般过去时．故将begins改为began． 
2．which→ who．考查定语从句的引导词．teacher作先行词，引导词在定语从句中作主语，用关系代词who．故将which改为who． 
3．because后面加of．考查介词短语．because是连接词，引导原因状语从句，此处后面接名词，应用介词短语because of．故在because后面加of． 
4．eager→ eagerly．考查副词的用法．eager（热切的、渴望的）是形容词，用来修饰名词；此处作状语修饰动词answered，应该用副词eagerly．故将eager改为eagerly． 
5．make→ making．考查动词的形式．介词about后面接动词的ing形式，故将make改为making． 
6．difference→ different．考查形容词的用法．difference（区别、不同）是名词，此处在句子中作表语，前面又有副词very修饰，应用形容词different．be different from和……不同．故将difference改为different． 
7．When→ while．考查连接词的用法．句意：以前，老师对所有的学生都很耐心，而新老师则总是惩罚答错的学生．本句表达"对比、对照"，when引导时间状语从句，不含有对比的意思，应改为While．故将When改为While． 
8．student→ students．考查名词的数．all修饰可数名词的复数形式，故将student改为students． 
9．he→ I．考查代词的用法．此处对应上文I eagerly answered all the questions I could，指的应该是"我"失去了回答问题的乐趣．故将he改为I． 
10．去掉the．考查冠词的用法．in English用英语、用英语说、用英语表达，表达语言的名词前不需要加冠词．故去掉the．

第二节  书面表达（满分25分）

假定你是李华，你要完成一项关于中美学生寒假生活的调查，请给你的美国笔友Peter写一封信，交流相关信息。要点如下：

1.写信的原因；

2.介绍中国学生的寒假生活：时长约20天；过春节等

3.询问美国学生的寒假生活。

注意：1. 词数100左右；  

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Peter,

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

                                                              Yours,

                                                              Li Hua

Dear  Peter， 
How is everything？（表示问候） 
I'm doing a project on how America and Chinese students spend their winter holidays．【高分句型一】（写信的原因） In China， the winter vacation is usually about twenty days long． It falls during the Chinese New Year， so most students take part in different Spring Festival activities， such as visiting family， eating lots of foods， and most importantly， getting lucky money! During the holiday many students will also go travelling with their parents． Unfortunately they can't travel for long  because Chinese students always have a lot of homework to do during this break． 【高分句型二】Many must even attend special holiday classes．（介绍中国学生的寒假生活） 
What about in the USA？ How do the students spend the winter holidays there？ I'm looking forward to your reply．（询问美国学生的寒假生活） 
Yours， 
Li Hua