1、姓名：_ 考生考号：_辽宁省辽南协作校（朝阳市）22020-2021学年度下学期高三第二次模拟考试试题英 语时间：120分钟 满分：150分注意事项：1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡和试卷指定位置上。2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3. 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中
2、选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. Whats the mans suggestion?A. Keeping the reservation. B. Continuing waiting here. C. Going to another restaurant.2. What will Peter do first?A. Go home. B. Do his homework. C. Buy some candy.3. What does the woman ask Mike to do?A. Brush his teeth.
3、 B. Save water. C. Drink some water.4. Why does the man seem in low spirits?A. He has been sick this week. B. He missed his favorite movies.C. He got little sleep these days.5. What is the woman worried about?A. The mans health. B. The mans cooking skill. C. The mans safety in Mexico.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.
4、5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。6. What is the mans problem?A. He has a backache. B. He took too many pills.C. He lost contact with his doctor.7. Why does Doctor Green break the rule for the man
5、?A. He is very polite. B. He is seriously ill. C. He cant afford a full checkup.听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。8. Who is the woman?A. The mans classmate. B. Annies sister. C. Annies roommate.9. What does the man want to tell Annie?A. His new address. B. Hotel information. C. His visit.10. How can Annie get in
6、 touch with the man?A. Go to Room 668, the Terminal Hotel.B. Dial the phone number 4934975.C. Send him an urgent message.听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。11. What does the woman invite the man to do today?A. Attend a party. B. Study together. C. See a film.12. When will the speakers meet?A. At 4:15. B. At 4:30
7、. C. At 4:45.13. Where will the speakers meet?A. At the bookstore. B. At the school gate. C. At an ice-cream shop.听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17四个小题。14. What does the man do?A. A policeman. B. A firefighter. C. A reporter.15. How many kids died from the fire?A. 2. B. 5. C. 28.16. Where did the boy throw the ciga
8、rette end?A. On the carpet. B. On the sofa. C. On the table.17. Why was the boy able to touch the cigarette end?A. His father asked him to throw it. B. His father was drunk and sleeping.C. His father left him alone at home.听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20三个小题。18. How can frozen food be kept cold at ordinary temper
9、atures?A. By using bags. B. By using water. C. By using paper.19. What is advised to do when camping?A. Keep milk in a cooler box. B. Never cook meat or eggs. C. Use special dry foods.20. What is the passage mainly about?A. How to pick up fresh food. B. How to eat healthily in different weather.C. H
10、ow to keep food from going bad in summer.第二部分：阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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。AThe recent few weeks have been the perfect time for a good book and here are some good ones that allow readers to get completely lost in another world.Watch Me DisappearIf you like m
11、ysteries with family drama, Janelle Browns best-selling thriller is for you. The story follows a wealthy wife and mom who goes on a hike and never returns. Her lonely husband and teenage daughter, Olive(whos dealing with her own problems), are confused with sorrow while trying to find out what happe
12、ns.The Boy from the WoodsIf you pick up one of Harlan Cobens books, you wont be able to put it down. His misty stories keep readers fascinated. The Boy from the Woods, is sure to satisfy fans of his twisty, heart-racing plots filled with interesting and exciting atmosphere. This is the book to read
13、if you love masterful surprises.How to Walk AwayKatherine Centers best-selling novel follows a young woman, Margaret, with her perfect fiance, a pilot who takes her on a upsetting flight that changes her life forever. Readers adore Margarets wisdom and humor as she faces a changed world and figures
14、out what love really looks like.The Last One LeftThis novel, first published in 1967, still attracts readers decades later. Novelist Dean Koontz wrote the introduction to the recent edition, where he describes reading each of John D. MacDonalds novels “at least three times, some of them twice that o
15、ften.” This is your next read if you want to be swept away by a master of mystery and excitement.（ ）21. What is Watch Me Disappear probably about?A. A family outing. B. Teenager problems.C. Sorrow at a dead mom. D. Misty missing of a woman.（ ）22. Which book is for romance lovers?A. How to Walk Away.
16、 B. The Boy from the Woods.C. Watch Me Disappear. D. The Last One Left.（ ）23. Who is the author of The Last One Let?A. Dean Koontz. B. John D. MacDonald.C. Katherine Center. D. Harlan Coben.BTwo women going on a journey to green their city is the best way to describe the founders of Utility, Portlan
17、ds low-waste and reuse company. It started in January 2019 and opened its first retail shop in April. Its founders, Rebecca Rottman and Nadine Appenbrink, are deeply committed to sustainability and supporters of zero waste.They started Utility as a second job for both and as a personal journey, look
18、ing for clean products that didnt come in plastic. Their goal is to reduce the amount of single-use plastics by allowing people to bring their own reusable containers when they buy environmental friendly home and personal care items.Every week the women teamed up with local stores to sell their good
19、s and to refill products for returning customers. Now they are operating only online for pickup or local delivery in the Portland area. It is really easy, the company said. Just shop online and choose a container. Then select pickup or delivery. The products include all-natural dish bar soap and a w
20、ide variety of plastic-free kitchen tools.While not completely zero waste, Utility is striving to get extremely close. Appenbrink said, “We are all on a journey. And we want to be as approachable as possible. Utility is to raise awareness about this lifestyle.” They are focused on careful growth bec
21、ause Utility will never ship products because of the carbon footprint involved in shipping.There are zero waste stores in other communities, like Clean Kilo in Birmingham UK, but they are real brick and mortar（实体的）buildings. Utilitys concept is so simple that it can be followed almost anywhere. Zero
22、 waste markets are the way to the circular economy that is needed to stop plastic waste, reduce our carbon footprint and have a sustainable future.（ ）24. Why did Rebecca and Nadine found Utility?A. To satisfy peoples basic needs. B. To offer job chances to local people.C. To raise money for a person
23、al journey. D. To promote the use of reusable containers.（ ）25. Which of the following does Utility focus on?A. Reducing their carbon footprint. B. Offering more home-made products.C. Providing low-price shipping service. D. Expanding their market internationally.（ ）26. What can we infer from the la
24、st paragraph?A. It is a hard job to stop plastic waste. B. It is easy to copy Utilitys practice.C. Zero waste stores should run offline. D. Traditional shops produce more waste.（ ）27. What is the best title for the text?A. Two women are going on an eco-travel.B. Single-use plastics are replaced in P
25、ortland.C. A community online shop helps Portland go zero waste.D. A Portland company is changing plastic into green products.CBiofuels（生物燃料）, gained from plants and animal matter, are a key solution to the environmental problems caused by fuels like coal. “Bioalcohol（生物酒精）is the most common biofuel
26、 and is produced by sugars found in materials such as corn. With some engine redesigned, it can be used directly by cars, buses, etc. ,” says Professor Daniel Tan, “12 percent of transport fuel could come from biofuels, especially bioalcohol, by 2030.”But a 2016 study of biofuels said, “Bioalcohol p
27、resently is mostly produced with food crops. Altogether, the environmentally-friendly biofuels rely on about 2-3 percent of the global water and land used for agriculture, which could feed a large number of hungry people.”Energy experts have therefore been trying to deal with the problem. Recent res
28、earch led by an international team found that the agave（龙舌兰）plant might offer a way out. This plant tends to be the right bioalcohol source to supersede others such as sugarcane（甘蔗）and corn.Daniel Tan explains that the agave can be grown in unfavorable conditions and is not a major food crop. “It ca
29、n grow in areas that lack water and rainfall without being watered by farmers, and it does not compete with food crops or put demands on limited water. This kind of useful plant is recently being grown in Australia. It can survive Australias hot summers,” he says.The study finds that sugarcane produ
30、ces just a little more fuel per square meter each year than the agave. However, the agave outperforms sugarcane in a range of areas, including pollution to the earth, and water using. The agave uses 69 percent less water than sugarcane and 46 percent less water than corn for the same amount of fuel
31、produced. As for corn，it produces less fuel per square meter each year than the agave. However, Daniel Tan states: “The first generation of bioalcohol from the agave recently faces a big competition from oil, whose recent low price makes it far more attractive to customers. Without some policy suppo
32、rt from the government, bioalcohol production from the agave faces big challenges.”（ ）28. What can we learn about bioalcohol from the first paragraph?A. It is popular among customers worldwide.B. It is a kind of biofuel made from artificial matter.C. It helps vehicles engines stay in good condition.
33、D. It can play a big role in making transport fuel green.（ ）29. What does the underlined word “supersede” mean in Paragraph 3?A. Take the place of B. Take advantage ofC. Get away from D. Get along with30. Whats the agaves strength according to Paragraph 4?A. It improves the local weather. B. It keep
34、s the water in the ground.C. It produces plenty of food for humans. D. It puts low demands on growing environment.（ ）31. What does Daniel Tan expect the government to do?A. Reduce the price of oil. B. Make some favorable policies.C. Expand agave bioalcohols production. D. Introduce competition into
35、agave bioalcohol market.DSingapore researchers say they have developed a form of electronic skin that can create a sense of touch. They hope their invention will give people with prosthetic hands（假肢手）the ability to identify different objects.The skin device measures 1 square centimeter. The system c
36、ontains 100 small sensors that attempt to recreate things like texture（质地）, temperature and even pain. The researchers call the device Asynchronous Coded Electronic Skin, or ACES, which can process information faster than humans nervous system. Machine learning methods trained the device to recogniz
37、e 20 to 30 different textures. It can even correctly read Braille letters most of the time, the researchers say.The system does not require the users movement to work. Humans need to slide to feel texture. But in this case the skin, with just a single touch, is able to detect textures of different r
38、oughness.A demonstration showed that the device could identify the difference between a soft ball and a solid plastic one. “When you lose your sense of touch, you essentially become numb and prosthetic users face that problem,” said Benjamin Tee, leader of the research team. “So by recreating an art
39、ificial version of the skin, for their prosthetic devices, they can hold a hand and feel the warmth and feel that it is soft.”Tee said his idea for the device came from the movie Star Wars, when character Luke Skywalker loses his right hand and it is replaced with a robotic one. In the film, the new
40、 hand is able to experience touch sensations just like the real one.The artificial skin technology is still going through experiments and development. But Tee said there had already been a lot of interest in the system, especially from the medical community. Tee said similar inventions that his team
41、 has developed include see-through skin that can repair itself when torn and a material for wearable electronic devices that gives off light.（ ）32. Which of the following can best describe ACES?A. Tiny and smart. B. Simple and fashionable.C. Rough and ready. D. See-through and short-lived.（ ）33. Wha
42、t do Benjamin Tees words mean?A. The artificial skin feels warm when touched.B. The prosthetic devices should be made softer.C. The device can recreate the feeling of real touch.D. The sense of touch is often overlooked by people.（ ）34. What inspired Benjamin Tee to develop ACES?A. The financial nee
43、ds. B. A scene of a famous movie.C. The interest in Braille letters. D. A desire to help those in need.（ ）35. What does Benjamin Tee think of the artificial skin technology?A. Mature B. Unreliable C. Promising D. Debatable第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5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。A writing c
44、lub is a group consisting of writers who meet together to share and comment on manuscripts（手稿）. People who write stories, poetry, or even non-fiction articles can join a writing club. 36 But the usual site is in a library, bookstore, private home, or a school. 37 Joining a club allows writers to und
45、erstand the challenges of being a writer. And members of a writing club can receive constructive criticism（评论）from their fellow writers so that they can learn how to make their articles stronger. Moreover, commenting on other writers manuscripts allows them to see what makes a writing piece interest
46、ing or boring.If a writer wants to become a member of a writing club, he can find one by contacting the public library or a local university. Many writing groups will advertise for new members in local newspapers as well. 38 But sometimes, no matter how a writer has tried, he may still experience ex
47、treme difficulties finding a writing group to join or finding a writing group suitable for him. 39 He only needs to advertise for desired members by posting online, placing an ad in local newspapers, etc.For many writers, the journey of writing is demanding. For example, writing can be troubled by l
48、ack of inspiration. 40 So joining a group of writers can be the ideal way a writer can improve his writing skills and assist others with their manuscripts.A. And writing can be a lonely task.B. There are many benefits of joining a writing club.C. Members of a writing club should know each other.D. I
49、f that happens, the writer can start his own club.E. Joining a writing club has advantages and disadvantages.F. Its also possible to find writing clubs on the Internet.G. A writing club can have meetings just anywhere.第三部分：语言运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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。
50、My mother has taught kindergarten for 39 years. She used to collect and wash old tennis balls. 41 my father drilled holes in each one. Once my dad finished them，the balls would fit 42 onto the feet of a standard school chair and 43 the annoying noise that let out every time kids moved the chairs. Wh
51、en you are in 44 of a classroom filled with kids who have never been to school before and turning them into students, the little things 45 .One day, a boy was transferred（转学）into my moms 46 . He had a long record of misbehavior, including eight suspensions（暂时停学）from his 47 school. His teacher still
52、remembered being 48 about how he would influence her classroom. However, my mother welcomed him with a smile and kindly 49 the rules and expectations for her class. The next day, he 50 directions with, “What are you going to do if I dont do it?” My mother still smiled at him. She explained that she
53、was there to help him and 51 he could do well. Day after day, she praised everything he did that was 52 . It was a few tiring months but well worth the 53 . He gradually turned into one of the best students that year.By 54 a loving heart with right classroom management measures, teachers can do 55 i
54、n a single school year.（ ）41. A. Again B. Also C. Then D. Thus（ ）42. A. strangely B. typically C. partly D. Perfectly（ ）43. A. compete with B. cut out C. spread D. repeat（ ）44. A. support B. need C. charge D. danger（ ）45. A. count B. happen C. disappear D. stop（ ）46. A. garden B. circle C. project D
55、. class（ ）47. A. ordinary B. beloved C. former D. creative（ ）48. A. honest B. nervous C. hopeful D. curious（ ）49. A. went over B. thought of C. made up D. took out（ ）50. A. confused B. adjusted C. prevented D. challenged（ ）51. A. imagined B. believed C. supposed D. inferred（ ）52. A. positive B. norm
56、al C. special D. complex（ ）53. A. compromise B. effort C. lecture D. risk（ ）54. A. comparing B. judging C. replacing D. pairing（ ）55. A. damage B. duties C. wonders D. business第二节（共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15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。After traveling through space for seven months, Chinas Tianwen-1 pro
57、be has reached Mars and 56 （success）entered its orbit on Wednesdaybringing it one step 57 （close）to landing on the surface.Tianwen-1, 58 name means “Quest for Heavenly Truth”, consists of an orbiter, lander and a six-wheeled rover. The spacecraft 59 （launch）last July along with two other internation
58、al Mars missions, is scheduled to land on the planets surface in May or June. It is tasked with gathering information about Mars geological structure, atmosphere, environment and soil, as well as 60 （search）for signs of water.With Tianwen-1, China is the first nation 61 （attempt）to send both an orbi
59、ter and a rover on its first homegrown Mars mission. 62 contrast, NASA sent multiple orbiters to Mars before ever attempting a landing，since pulling off the landing is 63 far more difficult task.The Chinese rover 64 （expect）to function for about three months on the planet. It marks a milestone for C
60、hinas deep-space 65 （explore）of Mars, according to the CNSA. China is also planning to launch a permanent space station by 2022, and is looking at sending astronauts to the moon-possibly in the 2030s.第四部分：写作（共两节，满分40分）第一节（满分15分）假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Cindy在学校举办的汉语演讲比赛中获得了第一名。请你用英语给她写一封电子邮件。内容包括：1. 表达祝贺；2. 祝愿她
61、汉语学习取得更大进步；3. 你的期望。注意：1. 写作词数应为80左右；2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。Dear Cindy,Im looking forward to your reply.Yours,Li Hua第二节（满分25分）阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。Mrs. Peterson was my tenth-grade biology teacher, a cool woman in her late twenties. She has taught us for several months. She was an easygo
62、ing and nice teacher that loved to walk into our heart and often cared about us. And she had a wonderful way of making the most boring lessons fun. All of these made her popular with all of us students.On a Tuesday morning, early before the biology class, we were seated in the classroom as usual, wa
63、iting for the coming of Mrs. Peterson. To our surprise, it was a teacher we were not familiar with that stepped into our class. She wore white tennis shoes and thick glasses. “Hi, everyone. I am Mrs. Ferguson,” she introduced herself. And then she added, “From now on, Ill teach you biology. Mrs. Pet
64、erson has had her baby, and she couldnt return to teaching this year.”Hearing the unexpected news, all of us immediately felt upset and missed Mrs. Peterson. During Mrs. Fergusons first class given to us, clearly we were not as active as before. And actually, during Mrs. Fergusons several following
65、classes, we still remained inactive. One reason was that there seemed to be a thick wall standing between Mrs. Ferguson and us.I was a basketball cheerleader of our school. One day after school and a long cheerleading practice, my friend Alex and I were looking for a place to fix our hair before att
66、ending the tryout（选拔）for cheerleaders in a national basketball game. When walking past Mrs. Fergusons room, we were surprised to see her at her desk grading papers. Seeing us look at her, she said with a smile, “Hi, girls, can I help you?”Hearing it, we stopped. “Were just looking for a place to plug in（给接通电源）our hair-fixing-tool, ”I said. She probably considered we were vain（自负的）and stupid cheerleaders.注意：1. 续写的词数应为150左右；2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。Thinking of that, my face felt hot.When we were to leave, Mrs. Ferguson said, “Can I watch your tryout?”
