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精品资料2020年广东省肇庆市高考英语二模试卷.2020年广东省肇庆市高考英语二模试卷第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节 （共4小题；每小题6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1.     Attractive lakeside cottages and cabins    Lafittes Landing Guest Quarters,  Uncertain,  Texas    There are five cottages featuring high ceilings and spacious bedrooms Lafittes is a certified Backyard Wildlife Habitat,  so you dont have to go far for birdwatching 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 artsandcraftsstyle Lake Placid Lodge offers an exciting summer lake experience Lakefront cabins come outfitted with handbuilt 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 oneand twobedroom 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 woodandstone cabins Swimming,  fishing,  boating,  biking,  and hiking are popular pastimes    Rates:  Summer cabin rates range from 369 to 999 per night （1）Where can you observe bats at night？_A. At Caddo Lake State ParkB. At Lake PlacidC. At Olympic National ParkD. At the Twin Lakes（2）If three people share one room in Lake Placid Lodge， how much will they pay？_A. 60B. 120C. 140D. 360（3）Which of the following is difficult to reserve？_A. Cottages at Lafittes Landing Guest QuartersB. Cabins at Lake Placid LodgeC. Deluxe CabinsD. Roosevelt Fireplace Cabins【答案】ACD【考点】应用文阅读广告布告类阅读【解析】本文章主要讲述了几个适合游玩的迷人的湖边小屋，并对每个景点的特点进行了描述【解答】（1）A细节理解题根据文章Lafittes Landing Guest Quarters介绍部分， Explore the lake on a steamboat， or head to Caddo Lake State Park for night adventures such as Owl Nights and Bat Watches乘坐蒸汽船探索湖面，或前往卡多湖州立公园进行夜游，可以看到猫头鹰和大量的蝙蝠，结合选项，故选A（2）C细节理解题根据Lake Placid Lodge介绍部分：Rates： Rates are 120 per night for double occupancy； each additional person is 20 per night 价格：双人房每晚120英镑，每多一个人，则加收20英镑可知，三个人住一个房间的话，收费应该是140英镑，结合选项，故选C（3）D推理判断题根据文章Lake Crescent Lodge介绍部分：Choose between oneand twobedroom Singer Tavern Cottages， or stay in the always favored （and often booked） Roosevelt Fireplace Cabins在一居室和两居室的歌手酒馆小屋之间选择，或者住在一向受欢迎（而且经常预订）的罗斯福壁炉小屋可知，最受欢迎的，也是比较难定到的就是Roosevelt Fireplace Cabins，结合选项，故选D2.     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 wasnt 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 didnt 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 didnt 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 wasnt easy,  but it was fascinating My professor kept giving me problems,  and I kept pursuing them,  even though I couldnt 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 （1）Why did the writer think math class in school was “something to be endured” before entering college？_A. Because he wasnt interested in mathB. Because his math teachers didnt care to push himC. Because he was too smart and talented for math classD. Because he was training hard for an athletic scholarship（2）According to the writer， students are affected by the following things from teachers orcoaches EXCEPT_A. a sense of purposeB. constant feedbackC. passionD. specific instructions（3）We can conclude that after entering college， the writer_A. was busy looking for math problems to solveB. studied on his own just as he was in high schoolC. met with laborious calculations in his studiesD. began to realize what mathematics really is（4）What is the best title for the text？_A. Interest is the best teacherB. Be the bestyou can make itC. Math， taught like footballD. Once your teacher， always your teacher【答案】BADC【考点】议论文阅读科教类阅读【解析】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了作者大学以前不喜欢数学，老师也没有逼他作者希望数学老师更像足球教练学生不仅会受到教案质量的影响他们还会对老师的热情和同龄人的参与做出反应，并寻求目标感到了大学后，才真正知道数学是什么它更接近于作者小时候独自做的数学和逻辑难题它给了作者同样的好奇心和好奇心，它奖励了作者的创造力【解答】（1） B 细节理解题根据第一段“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“在我的成长过程中，我认为数学课是值得忍受的，而不是享受的我不喜欢背诵公式和参加考试，所有这些都是为了获得一个好成绩的枯燥目标我的一位老师告诉我妈妈我”慢“”可知数学老师觉得他“slow”应该是没有逼他学数学，所以作者认为数学课是值得忍受的故选B（2） A 细节理解题根据第四段" 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）我希望数学老师更像足球教练学生不仅会受到教案质量的影响他们还会对老师的热情和同龄人的参与做出反应，并寻求目标感他们会从具体的指导和不断的反馈中受益"可知他们从老师的热情，具体的指导和不断的反馈中受益而目标感是学生自己的故选A（3） D 细节理解题根据第五段“Until I got to college， I didnt really know what mathematics was直到我上了大学，我才真正知道数学是什么”可知作者进入大学才开始意识到数学到底是什么故选D（4） C 文章标题题阅读全文可知本文主要讲述了作者大学以前不喜欢数学，老师也没有逼他我希望数学老师更像足球教练学生不仅会受到教案质量的影响他们还会对老师的热情和同龄人的参与做出反应，并寻求目标感到了大学后，才真正知道数学是什么它更接近于我小时候独自做的数学和逻辑难题它给了我同样的好奇心和好奇心，它奖励了我的创造力所以“Math， taught like football”做题目最合适故选C3.     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 animals 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 “Thats the one thing Ive noticed when youre moving cows that the old cows stand up to the dogs,  but with the drones,  theyve 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 twohour 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 （1）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 longerB. The drones can frighten the old cows which are not afraid of the dogsC. The drones can finish a herding job more efficiently than the dogsD. The drones can work on a hilly farm and extreme weather while the dogs cant（2）Which of the following statements is true according to the passage？_A. Herding dogs will gradually lose their position on the farmlandB. The drones can only copy the dogs barking with the current technologyC. The drones are multifunctional and leave the animals undisturbedD. The market for the DJI Mavic Enterprise is pretty small because of its high price（3）According to the passage， why cant the drones replace the dogs entirely？_A. Because the drones cant bark as loudly as the dogs doB. Because cows are not used to seeing the dronesC. Because the drones are much more expensive than the animalD. Because the drones power is limited and they need charging from time to time（4）What is the authors attitude towards the drones in the passage？_A. supportiveB. objectiveC. criticalD. doubtful【答案】CCDB【考点】议论文阅读社会文化类阅读【解析】文章介绍随着无人驾驶飞机技术的发展，很多农民开始使用无人驾驶飞机，帮助他们饲养动物和种植庄稼【解答】（1）C细节理解题根据文章第二段Corey Lambeth， a shepherd on a farm， told RNZ the machines are surprisingly effective 科里兰贝思是一个农场的牧羊人，他告诉RNZ，这些机器的效率出奇的高可知与牧羊犬相比，无人机的主要优势是无人机能比狗更有效地完成放牧任务；故选C（2）C推理判断题根据文章第三段Thats the one thing Ive noticed when youre moving cows that the old cows stand up to the dogs， but with the drones， theyve never done that，这是我在移动奶牛时注意到的一件事，那就是老奶牛站起来对抗狗，但是有了无人机，它们从来没有这么做过，可知无人机是多功能的，让动物不受干扰；故选C（3）D细节理解题根据文章最后一段 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农民们说，目前仍然需要放牧狗，主要是因为它们的寿命比无人机长，可以在恶劣天气下工作，不需要每隔几个小时就有一个电源插座来充电可知无人机不能完全代替狗因为无人机的能量有限，它们需要不时充电；故选D（4）B推理判断题根据文章最后一段 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农民们说，目前仍然需要放牧狗，主要是因为它们的寿命比无人机长，可以在恶劣天气下工作，不需要每隔几个小时就有一个电源插座来充电可知 作者对通道中无人驾驶飞机的态度是客观的；故选B4.     Recently I rolled into a local restaurant to try an Impossible Burger,  an allplant patty（人造肉饼） invented by Impossible Foods Its well known for having an strangely chewy（有咀嚼感）,  even bloody,  meatlike quality,  a surprising verisimilitude（逼真） that has made it “perhaps the countrys 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,  _,  so changing them will be hard It isnt easy to replace 75 to 90 percent of beef and pork with fake meat The first taste of an Impossible Burgera moment when low expectations work a powerful magic in the products favoris one thing But how do you keep meateaters 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 Safeways 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 wont 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 Cattlemens Association asked the government to define “meat” as a product “coming directly from animals” That anxietyand the power of the science driving itgoes to show that this grand shift isnt impossible （1）According to passage， the author was convinced by the Impossible Burger because_A. it has a special taste that is different from normal onesB. it contains all nonmeat materials that taste like meatC. more vegetables are used as main materials for the burgerD. one bite of this burger can provide people with the energy needed for a whole day（2）What does the author mean by saying “Diets are culturally enshrined”？_A. That people think their diet is the best in the worldB. That people are unwilling to go against their culture by changing their dietsC. That peoples preference for food is linked to the food choice available to themD. That peoples eating habits are consistently observed and closely connected with their culture（3）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 refrigeratorB. The price of fake meat will be just onefourth of traditional meatsC. Fake meat will win over older people thanks to its tender and soft tasteD. Fake meat will own a taste that is not found in traditional meat（4）What can we inf