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2022届甘肃省平凉市高三3月第二次模拟考试英语试题学校:姓名：班级：考号：一、阅读理解Having both the curiosity and passion to explore the world is rewarding, Acquiring new skills after class is necessary and beneficial. To help you on your journey of self-growth and discovery, here are some free learning tools available for self-learners.Khan AcademyKhan Academy is one of the most popular learning tools out there. It offers over 4,000 free courses from a huge variety of disciplines. One of the best things about the platform is that it's available in many other languages other than English. It is a mobile app with wonderful videos to keep your learning on the go.DuolingoSpeaking of learning on the go, Duolingo is also one of the most popular mobile learning apps. The app offers you the opportunity to learn a language. Flashcards, multiple-choice questions, and translation exercises help you pick up vocabulary and grammar. If you want to get started learning a new language, Duolingo can give you an excellent foundation.The Uiniversity of OxfordEngland's oldest university offers over 600 online courses, sets of teaching materials, and lecture series on its open education platform. This makes it one of the most invaluable learning tools on the Internet. Unlike courses on other platforms, Oxford's courses and lectures aren't laid out to give introductions to broad topics. Instead, learners can deep-dive into specific attractive subjects, such as the late works of Schumann, or the performance history of Medea.BookBoonIf you're the learner type who likes text and text only, BookBoon is a great resource for you. It offers over 50 million e-books and textbooks on just about any subject that you can think of. From an introduction to essay writing to the philosophy of artificial intelligence, BookBoon has almost covered everything.1. What do Khan Academy and Duolingo have in common?A. They are only available in English.B , They offer thousands of free courses.试卷第10页，共10页C. They belong to mobile learning apps.D. They are platforms for learning classroom discipline.2. What is unique about the University of Oxford?A.It covers specific courses.B.It includes video teaching.C.It is available for self-learners.D.It provides online courses.3. Which is the fittest one for text-loving learners?B. Duolingo.D. BookBoon.A. Khan Academy.C. The University of Oxford.Starting in early January, 15-year-old Abby Gagne spent some weekends walking through snow in the 330 acres of woods around her house “tapping“ trees. Abby's family are sugar makers. For five generations, her family have collected sap from maple trees. They boil it down into the thick sweet syrup that North Americans love to apply on their pancakes.Abby's dad, Jason drills holes 1.5 inches deep into the trunks of maples in the woods. Sugar makers tap only older trees. These are usually at least 40 years old and 10 inches thick at chest height. They stick a tap into each hole, usually one per tree. Taps made of plastic are used for sap to flow through. They will come out at the end of the season, and the holes will return to health.Plastic tubes hook up to the taps and connect them to one another. The sap flows into a collection tank in the woods. From the collection tank, the Gagnes pump the sap into a ma-chine to remove a lot of the sap's water.Then it's moved into an evaporator in a building called “sugar house”. The Gagnes make a fire out of maple wood chips. The fire heats the sap and boils it. When it reaches 219 degrees, the syrup is ready to be made.Syrup is poured into glass or plastic bottles. But 150 years ago, sugar makers used tin cans. These containers could prevent syrup from seeping out and allowed them to ship it far from home and helped maple become a big business.Sugar makers should thank native Americans for their knowledge. White settlers as early as 1600s learned the craft from the Ojibwe and other tribes. Early native techniques were similar to those sugar makers use now except that they collected sap in bark bowls before boiling it over an open fire. Either way, the resulting maple syrup was, and is tasty.4. What did Abby help do on weekends?A. Collect maple branches.B. Drill holes in the woods.C. Boil the thick sweet syrup.5. What is paragraph 3 mainly about?A. The need of wood chips.C. The process of making syrup.D. Get sap from maple trees.B The makeup of maple trees.D. The technique of collecting sap.6. What does the underlined word “seeping“ in paragraph 4 probably mean?A. Breaking.B. Blowing.C. Looking.D. Leaking.7. What does the last paragraph imply?A. Syrup made by native Americans is the tastiest.B , Americans have a long history of making syrup.C. Today's sugar makers often boil sap over an open fire.D. Native Americans, techniques of making syrup are lost.Emerging economies struggled to grow through the 2010s and pessimism clouds them now. People wonder how they will pay debts piling up during the pandemic and how they can grow rapidly. The freshest answer to this problem is the fast-spreading digital revolution. The world's largest emerging market has already demonstrated the enormous effects of digital technology. As China's old industries have slowed sharply over the past decade, the booming technology industry has kept the economy growing steadily.Now China's emerging market peers are getting a push from the same digital engines. Since 2014, more than 10,000 tech firms have been launched in emerging markets-nearly half of them outside China. From Bangladesh to Egypt, it is easy to find entrepreneurs who worked for Facebook or other US giants before coming home to start their own companies.How can it be that the emerging market countries are adopting common digital technologies faster than the richer countries? One explanation is habit and its absence. In societies filled with stores and services, customers are often comfortable with the providers they have and slow to abandon them. In countries where people have difficulty even finding public facilities, a bank or a hospital, they will jump at the first digital option that comes along. Though only 5% of the Kenyans carry credit cards, more than 70% have access to digital banking.The digital impact on productivity is visible on the ground, Many governments are moving services online to make them more transparent and less vulnerable to corruption, perhaps the most feared obstacle to doing business in the emerging world. Since 2010, the cost of starting a business has been steady in developed countries while falling sharply in emerging market countries, from 66% to just 27% of the average annual income.Entrepreneurs can now launch businesses affordably, organizing much of what they need on a smartphone.The era of rapid digitization has only just begun. This offers many developing economies a revolutionary new path to catching up with the living standards of the developed world.8. Which is a result of digital technology for China?A. Stabilizing its economy.B. Accumulating its debts.C. Keeping its old industries booming.D. Letting its new industries slow sharply.9. Why does the author mention Kenyans in paragraph 3?A. To present emerging markets* digital technologies.B. To show rich nations abandon what they own unwillingly.C. To present emerging markets accept digital options warmly.D. To show poor nations have difficulty building public facilities.10. What plays a key role in the boom of digital businesses in emerging markets?A. The steady annual income.B. The low cost of launching businesses.C. The simplified procedure of setting up a business.D. The thorough removal of the most feared obstacle.11. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?A. Emerging Economies Are Seeking Their FortuneB . The Digital Impact Is Huge on Global ProductivityC. The Era of Rapid Digitization Is Around the CornerDigital Technology Will Save Slow Emerging MarketsA study led by Plana-Ripoll, a doctor at Aarhus University in Denmark, tries to deal with a fundamental question that has bothered researchers for more than a century-what exactly causes mental illness?In the hope of finding the answer, scientists have piled up a large amount of data over the past decade, through studies of genes and brain activity. They have found that many of the same genes underlie seemingly distinct disorders and that changes in the brain'sdecision-making systems could be involved in many conditions.The researchers are also rethinking theories of how our brains go wrong. The idea that mental illness can be classified into distinct, separate categories like “anxiety“ has been disproved to a large extent. Instead, recently they've found that disorders shade into each other, and there are no hard dividing lines.The researchers are trying to understand the biology that underlies mental illness. They have a few theories. Perhaps there are several dimensions of mental illness, so depending on how a person scores on each dimension, they might be more likely to have some disorders than others. An alternative idea is that there is a single factor that makes people easier to suffer from mental illness in general. What disorder they develop is then determined by other factors. Both ideas are being taken seriously though the former one is more widely accepted by the researchers.The details are still unclear, but most researchers agree that one thing is specific: The old system of categorizing mental disorders into neat boxes does not work. They are also hopeful that, in the long run, replacing this framework with one that is grounded in biology will lead to new drugs and treatments. The researchers aim to reveal, for instance, the key genes, brain regions and neurological processes involved in psychopathology（精神病理学）,and target them with treatments. Although it might take a while to get there, they are long-term optimistic if the field really does its work.12. What aspect of mental illness has been puzzling researchers according to the text?A. Its symptoms.B. Its roots.C. Its categories.D. Its theories.13. What have the researchers found from the recent study?A. There exist links between mental disorders.B. Brain function has little to do with mental illness.C. Mental illness is classified into different categories.D. Genes are completely different in distinct mental disorders.14. Which one is more widely accepted by the researchers according to paragraph 4?A. The theory of genetic influences.B. The belief of brain abnormalities.C. The concept of multiple dimensions.D. The idea of the determined risk factor.15. What can we learn about mental illness from the text?A. Hunting for its biology might help.B , Its genes are too complex to study.C. Scientists are clear about its details.D. Its new drugs could be available soon.It has been shown that watching English movie trailers（预告片）can improve your English vocabulary and thinking skills. 16The first step is to find them. Go to YouTube and do a search for something like "official trailer”. Several film trailers will appear. 17 Animated films can be an especially good choice for English practice no matter how old you are. These films are usually humorous and relatable. To find animated films, try doing a search fbr something like "animated official trailer”.Make sure the video you choose offers closed captions（字幕），which you will use later. You can find the closed caption mark at the bottom of the video. It may be listed as "CC" or something else. Keep in mind that trailers more than five or seven years old may not offer closed captions on YouTube. 18Next, watch the video at a normal speed without closed captions. Try to understand what the story is about overall. Then watch it again to seek more details. 19 It will give you an idea of whether the dialogue is too fast or difficult for your skill level.20 Find the "CC setting at the bottom of the video and click the captions. This can help you in several ways. You can confirm whether you understand the dialogue in your first viewing, make clearer any dialogue you do not understand, and connect the sound of words with their spellings. You can also write down a few of the new words in a notebook or on your mobile phone.A. So choose newer videos.B , You can choose some that look interesting.C. They may sound a little strange at a slower speed.D. With this method, you are testing your English skills.E. Then watch the video again, this time with closed captions.F. Besides, try using your notebook as you learn English in your everyday life.G. Now lets talk about steps you can take to get the most out of watching them.二、完形填空When I think of the word "perfect", I think of something only a few can achieve, like high beauty standards, the super-smart girl in my class, or anything that I can compare myself to. For a few weeks now, I have been 21 the girl in my middle school classes. She has fabulous (极好的)long dark brown hair, big hazel eyes, and the most 22 face. She always 23 the prettiest dresses and seems to be the most 24 girl in the school, at least in my point of view. It seems like she has a25life, lots of friends,all A's, and everything anyone could ever want.One day, I was talking to my teacher about one of the26tests, hoping to knowmore key points, when I saw the girl 27 me in a strange way. 1 immediately started think, "Why is she looking at me? Did I do something 28? Is there something on myfhce?" When the class 29 and everyone was rushing to their next class, she caught up to me and said, “I just thought you should know, I think you are really pretty. I replied, “Oh my god, thank you!” I then watched her as she 30 away and thought, "Shethinks I am pretty?”The whole day, I 3j thinking about one thing. That was, “Why does shethink that?" After thinking about that 32 in my head through each second of theday, I came to learn one big lesson. I learned that everyone has their own 33 eventhough it may not seem like it on the outside. In this case, I was thinking that she was everything I wanted to be and she thought the 34 as me. Both of us are notperfect. We are all that perfect person. We have been 35 ourselves to in our own36 way. It is our 37 to either accept that and love ourselves or keeptorturing ourselves with harsh comparisons. When I really look at myself, not from my point of view but a(n)38 one, I do see everything I want to be. I see a beautiful smartkind girl who is 39. I think that being able to fully love ourselves is the40 meaning of the word perfect.21. A. takingB , referringC. noticingD. debating22. A. beautifulB , commonC. meanD. curious23. A. damagesB , wearsC producesD. brings24. A. popularB. professionalC. comfortableD. dangerous25. A. favorableB , personalC - practicalD. perfect26. A