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1、20202020 届广西崇左中学高三英语一模试卷及答案届广西崇左中学高三英语一模试卷及答案第一部分第一部分阅读（共两节，满分阅读（共两节，满分4 40 0 分）分）第一节（共第一节（共 1515 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2 2 分，满分分，满分 3030 分）分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项A AKate Humble:Books that changed my lifeKate Humble is a writer and broadcaster specializing in science,wildlife and rural affairs.Tog

2、ether with herhusband site runs Humble by Nature,a rural skills education centre on working farm near MonmouthintheWyeValley.Winnie the Poohby A A MilneMy father used to read this to me when I was very young he used different voices for all the animals.Thecharacterization(角色设定)was so clever;we all k

3、now someone just like each inhabitant of the HundredAcreWood:gloomy Eeyore;thick but loyal Pooh;enthusiastic Tigger.A A Milne was masterful in exploring the way they got along together,opening my eyes to how society reallyworks.Last Chance to Seeby Douglas Adams and Mark CarwardineThis book tells of

4、 the authors,adventures as they set out to find the rarest of animals,those on the edge ofextinction.Their travels are rather exciting and they share a wonderful humour,which really appealed to me.Yetunderpinning(支撑)everything is the realization that we cant just sit back and allow species to disapp

5、ear.PicturePalaceby Paul TherouxIve always loved Therouxs travel writing,but this novel took my breath away.The words arent long orcomplicated but,fromthat first paragraph,his writing grabs you by the nose hairs and drags you along.I had an artteacher who told me,“Youre only an artist when youve fou

6、nd your own style,not when youre copying someoneelse,and Theroux represents this.”1.Why did the author mention the characterization ofWinnie the Pooh?A.To indicate the book has realistic values.B.To show how adorable the characters are.C.To persuade people to learn from the characters.D.To prove the

7、 writer is good at creating characters.2.What didLast Chance to Seestrike into Kates heart?A.Curiosity.B.Responsibility.C.Exploration.D.Devotion.3.Which writer does Kate Humble like for his original writing?A.A A Milne.B.Douglas Adams.C.Mark Carwardine.D.Paul Theroux.BBill Gates on how to fight futu

8、re pandemicsWHEN HISTORIANS write the book on the covid-19 pandemic,what weve lived through so far will probablytake up only the first third or so.The bulk of the story will be what happens next.I believe that humanity will beat this pandemic,but only when most of the population is vaccinated(接种疫苗）.

9、Until then,life will not return to normal.Asthepandemicslowsindevelopednations,itwillaccelerateindevelopingones.Theirexperience,however,will be worse.In poorer countries,where fewer jobs can be done remotely,distancingmeasures wont work as well.The virus will spread quickly,and health systems wont b

10、e able to care for theinfected.Wealthy nations can help.But people in rich and poor places alike will be safe only once we have an effectivemedical solution for this virus,which means a vaccine.My hope is that,by the second half of 2021,facilities around the world will be manufacturing a vaccine.Ift

11、hats the case,it will be a history-making achievement:the fastest humankind has ever gone from recognizing anew disease to immunizing（免疫）against it.Apart from this progress in vaccines,two other big medical breakthroughs will emerge from thepandemic.One will be in the field of diagnostics.The next t

12、ime a novel virus crops up,people will probably be ableto test for it at home.Researchers could have such a test ready within a few months of identifying a new disease.The third breakthrough will be in antiviral drugs.We havent been as effective at developing drugs to fightviruses as we have those t

13、o fight bacteria.But that will Researchers will develop large diverse libraries ofantivirals,which theyll be able to scan trough and quickly find effective treatments for novel viruses.All three technologies will prepare us for the next pandemic by allowing us to intervene(干预）early when thenumber of

14、 cases is still very low.Our progress wont be in science alone.It will also be in our ability to make sure everyone benefits from thatscience.In the years after 2021,I think well learn from the years after 1945.With the end of the Second World War,leaders built international institutions like the UN

15、 to prevent more conflicts.After covid-19,leaders will prepareinstitutions to prevent the next pandemic.These will be a mix of national,regional and global organizations.I expect they will participate in regulargermgames”in the same way as armed forces take part in War games.These will keep us ready

16、 for the next time a novelvirus jumps from bats or birds to humans.I hope wealthy nations include poorer ones in these preparations,especially by devoting more foreign aid tobuilding up their primary health-care systems.This pandemic has shown us that viruses dont obey border laws andthat we are all

17、 connected biologically by a network of microscopic germs,whether we like it or not.The best analogy(类比）for today might be November 10th 1942.Britainhad just won its first land victory ofthe war,and Winston Churchill declared in a speech:“This is not the end.It is not even the beginning of theend.Bu

18、t it is,perhaps,the end of the beginning.”4.What are the three technologies that will prepare us for the next pandemic?manufacturing a vaccine fastdiagnosing a virus at homedeveloping antiviral drugsallowing us to intervene earlyA.B.C.D.5.As far as poorer countries areconcerned,which of the followin

19、g is TRUE according to this passage?A.pandemic disease is more likely to begin in poorer countriesB.Working from home can work well in poorer countries.C.Health systems are sufficient to care for the infected in poorer countries.D.Virus will cross borders if poorer countries fail to contain it.6.Why

20、 is the Second World War mentioned in Para.8?A.The fight against the COVID-19 is similar to the Second World War.B.People are suffering just as they were in the Second World War.C.We should cooperate globally just as we did after the Second World War.D.Countries are fighting each other like in the S

21、econd World War.7.What is the tone of this passage?A.pessimisticB.optimisticC.neutralD.indifferentCA city inSouth Korea,which has the worlds largest number of people using smartphones,has placed flashinglights and laser beams at a road crossing to warn“smartphone zombies”to look up and drivers to sl

22、ow down,inthe hope of preventing accidents.The designers of the system were motivated by growing worry that more pedestrians glued to their phoneswill become victims in a country that already has some of the highest road death and injury rates amongdeveloped countries.State-run Korea Institute of Ci

23、vil Engineering and Building Technology(KICT)believes itssystem of flashing lights at zebra crossings can warn both pedestrians and drivers.In addition to red,yellow and blue LED lights on the pavement,“smombies”-smartphone zombies-will bewarned by laser beam projected from power poles and a warning

24、 sent to the phones by an app that they areabout to step into traffic.“Increasing number of smombie accidents have occurred in pedestrian crossings,so these zombie lights areessential to prevent these pedestrian accidents,”said KICT senior researcher Kim Jong-hoon.Drivers are warnedby the flashing l

25、ights,which have shown to be effective 83.4 percent of the time in the institutes tests involvingabout 1,000 vehicles.In 2017,more than 1,600 pedestrians were killed in auto related accidents,which is about 40 percent of totaltraffic deaths,according to data from the Traffic Accident Analysis System

26、.For now,the smombie warning systemis placed only in Ilsan,a suburban city about30 kmnorthwest of the capital,Seoul,but is expected to go nationwide,according to the institute.Kim Dan-hee,a 23-year-old resident of Ilsan,welcomed the system,saying she was often too absorbed in herphone to remember to

27、 look at traffic.“This flashing light makes me feel safe as it makes me look around again,and I hope that we can have more of these in town,”she said.8.What do the underlined words“smartphone zombies”in paragraph 1 refer to?A.Drivers driving after drunk.B.Pedestrians buried in their phones.C.Passeng

28、ers crazy about phones.D.Policemen in charge of traffic.9.What do we know about the warning system?A.It has reduced death rate by 83.4%.B.It has been spread nationwide.C.It gives a warning to the smartphones.D.It is being tried out in many places.10.What was the residents attitude to the traffic sys

29、tem?A.Negative.B.Unconcerned.C.Disapproving.D.Favorable.11.What is the best title for the text?A.South KoreaWarns Smartphone Zombies of TrafficB.Flashing Lights Are Used to Prevent AccidentsC.Smartphone Zombies Are Causing Traffic AccidentsD.South KoreaUses a New Traffic SystemDThe World Wildlife Fu

30、nd(WWF)says more than half of the worlds wildlife population has been lost,whichtheconservation group says has placed the health of the planet at risk.The WWF recently released its 10th Flagship Living Planet Report.The group warns the condition of the worldsanimals is worse than its earlier reports

31、 showed,indicating worldwide action is needed.The WWF is worried about the loss of and damage to Earths environment.The report provides information aboutmore than 10,000 animal populations from 1970 to 2010.These populations are called“vertebrate species,”oranimals with backbones like fish,birds,mam

32、mals,amphibians and reptiles.The report shows these populationshave dropped by 52 percent in just 40 years.It warns freshwater species have fallen by 76 percent,which is almosttwice the loss of land and ocean species.Most of these losses are in the tropics,with the biggest drop inLatinAmerica.Marco

33、Lambertini,the WWFs International Director-General said,“This is about losing natural habitats.This isaboutconvertingforests,grasslands,and wetlands into agriculture mainly,and it is about unsustainable use ofwildlife.Illegal hunting has been actually increasing over the last 10 years,which definite

34、ly a driving force forextinction,particularly of large species.”The report also notes what it calls the worlds“Ecological Footprint”,that is,the effect of human activities on theplanet.Mr.Lambertini says there has been an increase in carbon dioxide gases and the pouring of nitrogen intooceans and ri

35、vers from fertilizers used in agriculture,which certainly cannot continue.“We are consuming on average every year about the equivalent of about 1.5,one and a half times the resourcesavailable to the planet.That means we are cutting trees more quickly than they can be restored.We are fishingthe ocean

36、s more quickly than fishing stocks can reproduce,and we are emitting in the atmosphere more CO2thanthe natural systems can actually absorb,which is clearly not sustainable.”Mr.Lambertini warns climate change affects almost everyone on the planet and that whole species may disappearif the world does

37、not reduce the effects of humans on the climate.12.According to the passage,what kind of species faces the biggest drop in population?A.Land and ocean species.B.Animals with backbones.C.Freshwater species inLatin America.D.Freshwater species in the tropics.13.All the following can contribute to the

38、loss of worlds wildlife population EXCEPT _.A.turning wildlife habitats into agriculture land.B.making sustainable use of wildlife.C.hunting illegally.D.emitting CO2 gases and pouring nitrogen.14.Which does the underlined word“converting”in paragraph 4 mean?A.Conserving.B.Conveying.C.Exchanging.D.Tr

39、ansforming.15.It can be inferred from the passage that _.A.Marco is much concerned about humans current behaviors towards wildlife.B.what the planet provides now can satisfy humans sustainable development.C.more than half of the worlds wildlife population has been lost.D.if humans reduce the effects

40、 on the climate,the whole species will not disappear.第二节（共第二节（共 5 5 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2 2 分，满分分，满分 1 10 0 分）分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项Although people value intelligenceunderstanding,reasoning,the ability to learnthey also respect wisdom,or the knowledge and experience that we gain over a

41、 lifetime.In some ways,wisdom is likebeauty:we value it,wedesire it,and we know it when we see it.However,it is nearly impossible to define such a quality._16_17.Work at being social.Studies show that people who stay connected to others show higher levels of wisdom than those who remainalone._18_Nex

42、t time youre at a party or gathering,single out someone whos standing alone and strike upa conversation.19.Practice being open-minded.Wisdom involves understanding an issue without letting emotions get in the way._20_During thecourse of every day,make a note of the issues that bother you,and take a

43、moment to see them from the otherside.21.Learn how to say“I could be wrong”.A wise person understands that it is impossible to know everything and that life is capable of takingunexpected turns._22_Admitting that there are times when you could be mistaken will go a long way insolidifying your fame.2

44、3.Read the news._24_If you dont already read a daily paper or news online,start by going through a single front-pagearticle from a major respected news source.Almost everyone has the potential to become wiser,particularly if you strengthen these habits.A.Recognizing your errors can lead only to grea

45、ter wisdom.B.But researchers have tried and heres what theyve found.C.Sharing interesting news can always be a good start of a friendship.D.Make an effort to join a new club,or invite an old friend for coffee.E.You do not have to admit your mistakes if you are really unwilling to.F.You cannot make b

46、alanced choices unless you understand world circumstances.G.Opening your mind means realizing that there is a life story behind everyones actions.第二部分第二部分语言运用（共两节，满分语言运用（共两节，满分4545 分）分）第一节（共第一节（共 2020 小题；每小题小题；每小题 1.51.5 分，满分分，满分 3030 分）分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项When I first walked i

47、nto a Tai Chi class,I had no idea this eastern movement practice would become socentral in my life.It_21_I was not just there for exercise!For many years now it has beenmycontinuing_22_to share Tai Chi with students of all ages and walks of life.Many people begin classes wanting to grow stronger,mor

48、e_23_,and flexible.Others are looking foreffective ways to_24_with stress,the constant demand and trouble of modem life,_25_some had seen aTV ad they couldnt remember,describing a group calmly doing Tai Chi in the park,and it_26_their curiosityabout a different route to health.Concentrating on_27_po

49、sture and breathing control,Tai Chis movements are graceful and wellbalanced,_28_the complete harmony of body and mind.It is different from western sports such as rugbywhere the harder and quicker the_29_.Tai Chi is a sport that strengthens the body as well asthe_30_from the within.All of these are

50、powerful benefits of Tai Chi._31_,1 have found that consistentpractice of these forms develops my everyday experience,and_32_the way for growth.Ive been a_33_in various schools over the years,and delight in watching_34_we each find our ownkeys to learning.Its a privilege to accompany and_35_that pro