2020届广西河池地区高级中学高三英语第二次联考试题及答案解析.pdf

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1、20202020 届广西河池地区高级中学高三英语第二次联考试题及答案解析届广西河池地区高级中学高三英语第二次联考试题及答案解析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 AUnique LighthousesAugust 7 is National Lighthouse Day.Its a day to celebrate the lights that guideus home and the

2、historicimportance of lighthouses and their keepers,who not only guided ships into harbor but also played key roles innaval battles across the globe.Check out these fantastic lighthouses across the globe as well as recommendationson the best places to stay near them.Cape Byron Lighthouse,Byron Bay,A

3、ustraliaThe Cape Byron Lighthouse in Byron Bay,Australia was built in the early 20th century to help protect theAustralian coastline.Today,its a beautiful location to watch the sunrise.Within walking distance is the Watermark,a perfect place to stay and get some much-needed rest and relaxation from

4、daily life.Lighthouse of Chania,Crete,GreeceThe Lighthouse of Chania,Crete is one of the oldest surviving lighthouses in the world,dating back to thesixteenth century.Travelers can take a walk along its long pier(码头)during the sunset.Located near the pier tothe lighthouse is a hotel from 1890,which

5、offers beautiful views of the bay.Key West Lighthouse,Key West,Florida,USAThe Key West Lighthouse was built in 1825 to help guide ships entering the port.Travelers can enjoy climbingup the lighthouse to reach the wonderful sea views and can stay at the KimptonLighthouse Hotel,with easy access to the

6、 lighthouse and the Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum.Pigeon Point Lighthouse,Pescadero,California,USAThe Pigeon Point Lighthouse in Pescadero,California was built in1871 to help ships navigate(导航)theregions dangerous coastline.Today,the lighthouse is a state landmark,and the quarters where the light

7、housekeepers lived have been turned into a hostel,making it a great home base to explore the outdoors,spot whalesand watch the stars.1.Why is National Lighthouse Day celebrated?A.To show the hard life of lighthouse keepers.B.To instruct how to guide ships into harbor.C.To honor lighthouses and their

8、 keepers.D.To stress the importance of light.2.Of the following lighthouses,which is the oldest?A.Cape Byron Lighthouse.B.Lighthouse of Chania.C.Key West Lighthouse.D.Pigeon Point Lighthouse.3.What do the listed lighthouses have in common?A.They are all located in the USA.B.They have becometourist a

9、ttractions.C.They offer accommodation to visitors.D.They are good spots to watch the sunrise.BWhat will future schools look like in 100 years?Imagine future schools in which students are totally engagedin a class.They are concentrating on working together to solve real-world problems.They are self-d

10、riven and arecoming up withamazing ideas on the spot.They are concerned with each others well-being as part of a team.Their concerns reach far beyond the classroom to others all over the globe.The school of the future will be an amazing melting pot of different peoples coming together to solvereal-w

11、orld problems.Will they even be called“schools”in the future?The teacher-student relationship is changing.Teachers are acting more as helpers rather than keepers of allknowledge.Students are driving their own education to the path that they feel best fits them.In the future,employers may not be as c

12、oncerned with a diploma.Theyll look more at cases and examples of how studentscontribute to solving real-world problems.Theyll want to know how well they work in a team.What will problem-solving look like in the future?Information from the Internet is accessible everywhere and at unimaginable speeds

13、.Kids are connected tonews around the world in real time.Imagine someone could put out a request to the global community to helpsolve an issue in their own community!Classes can adopt an issue and work with other classes around the worldin real time to create solutions.What will information look lik

14、e in the future?Its already everywhere.Users can get flooded by the constant flow of information.The need to understandwhat is true and what is not is important.The flipped classroom(翻转课堂)has already completely changedlecture-based lessons.It presents interesting content to students before they even

15、 come to class.They can accessthe Internet as many times as they want to review the lessons.4.What is the key message of the first paragraph?A.The things students will do in the future school.B.The situation where students will be in the future.C.The attention students will pay to in the classroom.D

16、.The methods students will use to study in the classroom.5.What will be thought highly of when students solve real-world problems?A.Respect.B.Patience.C.Teamwork.D.Concern.6.What can we infer from the fourth paragraph?A.Teachers encourage students to develop leadership.B Students are really relaxed

17、with their heavy study.C.The employers value students diplomas most.D.Students have the right to choose the most suitable lessons.7.Whats the purpose of the flipped classroom?A.To help students to improve the problem-solving ability.B.To provide the lessons for students to study before or after clas

18、s.C.To help students to keep in contact with the outside world.D.To help students to understand the most difficult content.CThere is nothing ordinary about this little boys adorable experience with his musical heroes.5-year-old TaylorHooper was just one of the 35,0000people who were attending the Fo

19、o Fighters concert in Belfast,NortherIreland last week.Not only is the American rock group his favorite band,it was also his first ever concert.Taylors mother,Nikki Hooper,says that she and her husband have always been huge fans of the Foo Fighters.In addition to traveling far and wide to see their

20、shows,they even named their son after the drummer,TaylorHawkins.So when the band played in their home city,they decided it was finally time for their son to see theirbeloved rock and rockers in concert.“Hes been listening to them since he was born mainly because his dad and I are super fans.”Mrs Hoo

21、pertold BBC.“We called the event organizers and they said it would be no problem,but that we should know it wouldbe a loud music event,so we gotTaylorsome special headphones.When we got there everyone was so welcomingto him.”Throughout the show,the audience continuously madeTaylorand his parents mov

22、e closer to the stage.Furthermore,Mrs.Hooper helped her son stand out from the crowd by making him a sign that said he was a5-year-old attending his first concert.When Foo Fighters front man Dave Grohl finally saw the sign and read it aloud into the microphone,thecrowd began chanting for them to bri

23、ng the youngster onto the stage.Thats exactly what he did.When the stagemanagers brought the boy to the stage,Grohl asked Taylor to show the crowd how to dance The small boy then danced to the whole song,making him an“Inter net wonder”.Taylordidnt just walk awayfrom the show with memories,either;the

24、 band also invited him backstage to give him a number of gifts,includinga pair of Taylor Hawkinss drumsticks.8.What is Foo Fighters in the passage?A.Is a music show.B.Its a music band.C.Its a pop song.D.Its amusic fan.9.We can learn from Paragraph 3 that_ A.the organizers refused to let the child wa

25、tch the showB.there was nothing wrong for the child to watch the showC.the organizers suggested the kid take care of the loud noiseD.the child felt so scared that he didnt want to go to the stage10.How did 5-year-old Taylor Hooper cause peoples attention?A.By shouting loudly.B.By running to the sing

26、ers.C.By holding a sign showing his age.D.By dancing to the whole song.11.How didTaylorfeel about his first ever concert?A.Worried.B.Scared.C.Sorry.D.Pleased.DDragon boating is a team sport that has its root in ancient China.The boats are decorated with a dragon headand tail.In recent years cancer s

27、urvivor groups have got involved in the sport to help make friends and helprebuild their lives.On a recent Saturday morning,a group of 20 women were on a boat in the Anacostia River in Washington DC.They moved their paddles(船桨)in rhythm to the call of a coach.The women belong to the dragon boat team

28、GoPink!DC,which trains weekly.It also races against other breast cancer survivor teams in dragon boat festivals.As a result,GoPink!DC won medals in this Washington dragon boat festival.Lydia Collins joined five years ago after finding out she had breast cancer.“I was diagnosed with breast cancer.I w

29、as demoralized because of my illness-I lost all interest in life and wouldnt even get out of bed to eat.But now Ilove the team spirit.I just love everything about it.It is like a floating support group on the water.”The paddles are breast cancer survivors and their supporters.Annette Rothemel helped

30、 establish(建立)thegroup in 2006.She is a researcher with the National Institutes of Health as well as a breast cancer survivor.“It issort of an easy entry sport because on the same boat people at different levels can be doing the same sport.”ButMs Rothemel saysdragon boating can be physically demandi

31、ng,especially for someone who is sick and gettingtreatment for cancer.“Its hard but I think you have to challenge yourself in life.This is something I look forward to.I get to be outhere with my sisters and supporters that understand what Im going through and help motivate me.So it makesme stronger

32、and it makes me feel better,”another cancer survivor Rhonda Hartzel said.Annette Rothemel says the cancer survivors feel a sense of sisterhood and share good times when theypaddle together.She says both feelings are treasured by the team.12.What do the underline wordsdemoralizedIn para.3 probably me

33、an?A.depressedB.anxiousC.astonishedD.awkward13.What can we know about Lydia Collims from the text?A.she helps establish Go Pink!DCB.she tries to find a cure for the cancerC.she benefits from the dragon boat raceD.she gives up hope because of her illness14.How can the dragon boat race help the cancer

34、 survivorsA.forget their tough experiencesB.recover physically and mentallyC.get rid of the pains of their cancerD.enjoy their rest life without sufferings15.What does the text tell us about Annette Rothemel?A.she is an expert in studying the cause of the cancerB.she helps the cancer survivors in fi

35、nancial difficultiesC.she believes there is a healthful result from the dragon boat raceD.she thinks it unwise for the patient to join in the dragon boat race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Every animal sleeps,but the reason for this has r

36、emained foggy.When lab rats are not allowed to sleep,theydie within a month._16_One idea is that sleep helps us strengthen new memories._17_Weknow that,while awake,freshmemoriesare recorded by reinforcing(加强)connections between brain cells,but the memory processes that take placewhile we sleep have

37、been unclear.Support is growing for a theory that sleep evolved so that connections between neurons(神经元)in the braincanbe weakened overnight,making room for fresh memories to form the next day._18_Now we have the most direct evidence yet that he is right._19_The synapses in the mice taken at the end

38、 of aperiod of sleep were 18 per cent smaller than those taken before sleep,showing that the connections betweenneurons weaken while sleeping.If Tononis theory is right,it would explain why,when we miss a nights,we find it harder the next day toconcentrate and learn new information our brains may ha

39、ve smaller room for new experiences.Their research also suggests how we may build lasting memories over timeeven though the synapses becomethinner.The team discovered that some synapses seem to be protected and stayed the same size._20_“Youkeep what matters,”Tononi says.A.We should also try to sleep

40、 well the night before.B.Its as if the brain is preserving its most important memories.C.Similarly,when people go for a few days without sleeping,they get sick.D.The processes take place to stop our brains becoming loaded with memories.E.Thats why students do better in tests if they get a chance to

41、sleep after learning.F.“Sleep is the price we pay for learning,”says Giulio Tononi,who developed the idea.G.Tononis team measured the size of these connections,or synapses,in the brains of 12 mice.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

42、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Last winter,we were on a vacationin Dubai.One day,we were _21_Abu-Dhabi,traveling with a fewpassengers in a bus.At our first stop,we got out to_22_some pictures.At our second top,we_23_thatwed forgotten our shoulder bag at the first stop.The_24_part was that our passpor

43、ts and many othervaluables were inside it.We were in great_25_,as we had to return to India in 2 days.During the process of_26_our bag we met so many strangers who were quite concerned and helpfulwith our_27_.A tour guide helped us stop a taxi so that we could travel back to the first stop to_28_our

44、 bag.A taxi driver stayed with us for 3 hours.He took us to a mosque（清真寺）near the first stop,_29_that acleaner might have found the bag and taken it to a_30_place.He took us to the nearest police station andhelped us with our_31_with the policeman,who only spoke Arabic,He_32_comforted us by saying,“

45、Nobody_33_their goods in our country.Theres no_34_for you to worry!”A tourist who was walking outside the masque hail to be somewhere._35_,he decided to lend us ahelping hand.A local man,who_36_found our bag，cheeked the bag and found a(n)_37_of a travel guide.Hecalled him,so we got our bag back at l

46、ast.On that day t there was _38_worry inside me and I was thinking of what would happen next all the time.Ill never forget those strangers.Im grateful to them for their acts of_39_!The world needs morehumane like them and I decide to try to_40_one of them.21.A.followingB.visitingC.evaluatingD.distri

47、buting22.A.enjoyB.purchaseC.deliverD.take23.A.realizedB.ignoredC.decidedD.admitted24.A.mostB.latestC.worstD.least25.A.regretB.panicC.embarrassmentD.disappointment26.A.searching forB.aiming atC.coming acrossD.looking through27.A.ambitionB.dilemmaC.situationD.expectation28.A.lake overB.send forC.greet

48、D.find29.A.hopingB.rememberingC.promisingD.doubting30.A.privateB.safeC.busyD.new31.A.relationB.negotiationC.discussionD.communication32.A.eventuallyB.personallyC.constantlyD.immediately33.A.leavesB.hidesC.missesD.loses34.A.timeB.needC.chanceD.luck35.A.BesidesB.OtherwiseC.HoweverD.Therefore36.A.actua

49、llyB.merelyC.speciallyD.deliberately37.A.addressB.numberC.certificateD.photo38.A.realB.slightC.temporaryD.innocent39.A.braveryB.patienceC.kindnessD.generosity40.A.benefitB.promoteC.influenceD.become第二节（共第二节（共 1 10 0 小题；每小题小题；每小题 1.51.5 分，满分分，满分 1515 分）分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式The 2021 Chine

50、se New Year was an unusual one when hundreds of millions of people_41._(stick)incities around China during this Lunar New Year holiday,as COVID-19 put a stop to_42._is usually theworlds largest travel season.Instead,people went to the movies,pushing the box office to a record.“Detective Chinatown 3,