1、2021年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语模拟调研卷（六）全卷满分150分 考试时间120分钟注意事项：1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上。2.作答时，将答案写在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。3.考试结束后，本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。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三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。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. What d
2、oes the man mean?A. The woman can rent a car. B. His car also broke down. C. He can lend the woman his car.2. Why does the woman turn down the man?A. She doesnt want to get sunburned.B. She wants to go to the beach alone.C. She doesnt like the beach.3. Where are the speakers?A. In a cinema. B. In a
3、museum. C. In a library.4. What are the speakers talking about?A. Family members. B. A part-time job. C. House cleaning.5. What does the woman suggest doing?A. Buying a new typewriter. B. Hiring a better typist. C. Asking the typist for help.第二节(共15小题，每小题1.5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
4、、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。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. How did the man intend to pay the ticket?A. By credit card. B. In cash. C. By check.7. Why did the man fail to buy the ticket?A. He lost his student ID card.B. He didnt have a drivers license.C. He forgot to
5、 bring any identification.听第7段材料，回答第8,9题。8. What is the woman looking for?A. A dress. B. A girl. C. A magazine.9. What will the man do next?A. Show the woman around. B. Meet the designer. C. Go to New York.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Where is the man going next?A. To Thailand. B. To Singapore. C. To China.
6、11. How will the man go across the English Channel?A. By train. B. By plane. C. By boat.12. What do we know about the man?A. He is in France now.B. He doesnt feel regretful for his decision.C. He will spend six months in travelling.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Where does the conversation probably take place
7、?A. In a bookstore. B. In a classroom. C. In a library.14. Which class are the speakers taking together?A. English. B. Literature. C. Introduction to Chemistry.15. What does the man say about Professor Smith?A. He is humorous. B. He is excellent in teaching. C. He dislikes accepting others opinions.
8、16. What can we learn about the speakers?A. They will share a book. B. They have the same major. C. They are friends.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the most important in looking for an apartment?A. Enough time. B. Much patience. C. A little preparation.18. What does the speaker suggest people do firs
9、t?A. Think about the facilities. B. Decide the price range. C. Spare some time.19. What should people consider first when picking apartments?A. Location. B. Price. C. Traffic.20. What may disappoint people?A. Apartments dont look as good as described on the website.B. It will take a long time to fin
10、d a perfect apartment.C. All the great apartments are expensive.第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、和D)中，选出最佳选项。ASurprising Thanksgiving Cooking Tricks Using Everyday ObjectsYou dont need pricey, complex cooking tools to speed up your meal preparation. All of these ordi
11、nary kitchen tools are already in your home.Cheesecloth(粗棉布)can help remove turkey stuffing with easeFollowing the best preparation tips for your Thanksgiving turkey can make all the difference at dinnertime. To keep turkey dressing(填料)from sticking to the birds insides, pack the dressing in cheesec
12、loth before you put it into the turkeys empty space. When the turkey is ready to serve, pull out the cheesecloth and the stuffing will slide out with it.Scissors can easily cut herbsUse clean household scissors to cut fresh herbs and green onions into salads or mixing bowls. Scissors are also perfec
13、t for cutting steam holes in the top of a pie about to be put in the oven. Follow this timeline to prepare and host the big day.Use a vegetable peeler(削皮刀)to slice slivers of cheese or chocolateWhen you need cheese slivers that are thinner than you can cut with a knife, or you wan to decorate a cake
14、 with fine slices of chocolate, reach for the vegetable peeler. This tool can also soften hard butter fast. When you need to soften cold, hard butter in a hurry, shave off what you need with a vegetable peeler. Youll have soft butter in moments.An ice cube plate can store leftover wineHeres what to
15、do with that half-drunk bottle of red or white wine: Freeze the wine into cubes that can be used later. And if you need a pick-me-up after a clay of cooking, freeze coffee ice cubes for the final iced coffee block.21. Whats the benefit of cooking a turkey with cheesecloth?A. It makes the turkey soft
16、. B. It makes the turkey clean.C. It makes the turkey attractive. D. It makes the turkey delicious.22. What do the second item and third one have in common?A. Helping deal with leftover food. B. Making sure that you cook safely.C. Reducing the cost of cooking. D. Turning food materials into proper s
17、ize.23. Which of the following is used after dinner?A. Scissors. B. Cheesecloth. C. An ice cube plate. D. A vegetable peeler.BFor the first time ever, scientists have recorded the heart rate of the worlds largest creature: the blue whale. To get this reading, they attached an electrocardiogram devic
18、e to the body of a whale. They found that the mammals heart rate can slow to just two beats a minute as the animal searches for food below the surface of the ocean. The highest heart rate they recorded was 37 beats a minute after the whale returned to the surface for air.The blue whale is the larges
19、t animal that has ever lived. It can grow to 30 meters long and weigh as much as 181,000 kilograms. The animals heart alone weighs more than a fully grown cow.Generally, larger animals have slower heart rates. A normal human heart of a person at rest beats 60 to 100 times each minute. It increases t
20、o about 200 beats a minute during exercise. The smallest mammals, shrews(鼩鼱), have heart rates of more than a thousand beats per minute.The researchers recorded nine hours of information on a 22-meter-long male from the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. The data did not come easily. But, wi
21、th years of research experience and some luck, the team was able to position a small boat along the whales left side.Then, the researchers connected a special recording device to a very long pole. As the whale surfaced to breathe, they quickly deployed the device as near to the animals heart as poss
22、ible: just behind its left flipper(鳍). The small device had four suction(吸)cups on it, permitting it to remain on the whale for several hours.During feeding dives, the blue whale under observation showed extremely low heart rates, usually of 4 to 8 beats a minute and as low as two beats a minute. Af
23、ter surfacing to breathe after food dives, the whale had heart rates of 25 to 37 beats per minute.24. Which of the following has the slowest heart rate?A. The cow. B. The shrew. C. The humans. D. The blue whale.25. Why did the author mention the cow in Paragraph 2?A. To describe the huge body of a w
24、hale.B. To compare sea animals with land ones.C. To show the heart rates of different animals.D. To study its different heart beats at different times.26. What does the underlined word deployed in Paragraph 5 mean?A. changed. B. opened. C. fixed. D. threw.27. What do the figures in the last paragrap
25、h refer to?A. Minutes. B. Heartbeats. C. Feeding dives. D. Electronic devices.CStudents from China came out on top in an international survey of educational achievement. Results of the 2018 Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, were released Tuesday. The test is given every three ye
26、ars to 15-year-olds around the world. It measures their knowledge in reading, science and mathematics.The best-performing students in all three subjects were in China. They attend schools in and around Beijing and Shanghai, and two provinces: Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Singapore finished in fifth place i
27、n the study. Overall, the test results show American students scoring above average in reading and science, but below average in math.Officials reported that about 600,000 students in 79 nations and educational systems took part in the two-hour computer-based exam last year. They said schools in eac
28、h country are chosen randomly to make sure that students come from a wide mix of backgrounds and abilities.The average U. S. scores have not changed in a major way in any of the three subjects since 2015. The U. S. scores are mostly unchanged since when the test was first given in 2000 for reading a
29、nd, in 2003.for math. American science scores have risen since 2006.The U. S. results showed that the highest performing students were doing better in reading and math, while the lower-performing students did not improve. Its another red flag that this is something to think about, said Peggy Carr, t
30、he associate commissioner for the National Center for Education Statistics. She noted that the United States is clearly struggling in math.The U. S. is basically doing what its done since PISA started, which is hanging around the middle of the group, he said.Andreas is Director for the OECDs Directo
31、rate of Education and Skills. He said there is hope for countries where there is not much difference in the performance of students from wealthy and poor backgrounds. Education, he says, remains a way for poor children in some countries to be successful.28. Which of the following is mentioned most?A
32、. The results of students in Singapore. B. The performance of American students.C. Education in less developed countries. D. Changes of survey results over the years.29. What subject do American students study less well?A. History. B. Science. C. Reading. D. Mathematics.30. What does Andreas think o
33、f education?A. It changes the fate of poor children. B. It doesnt improve much in the U. S.C. It is different in rich and poor countries. D. It is equal in wealthy and poor backgrounds.31. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. PISA Education Survey Promotes EducationB. Education in Different
34、Countries Differs GreatlyC. Chinese Students Top Latest PISA Education SurveyD. American Students Progressed in PISA Education SurveyDBy day, Oni Amir is a gentle university professor in his thirties. He teaches undergraduate psychology and neuro-science classes, conducts research into how the brain
35、 functions, and holds regular office hours on the green campus of Pomona College in Southern California.But his students arent fooled. Theyve seen the YouTube videos, the ones that document his not-so-secret other life. In one of them, Amir is standing center stage at the 1,400-seat Alex Theater in
36、Glendale, California.Amir likes to tell his audiences-and occasionally his students-that his dream is to become a professional comedian and a part-time neuroscientist(神经学家). In fact, he has already managed to combine these seemingly unrelated passions.Amir is one of the leading researchers studying
37、the way the brain creates and understands humor. Unless you happen to be a neuroscientist who does a part-time job secretly at night as a stand-up comedian, this profession might seem unimportant compared with other fields of cognition(认知). But the question of why we find things funny has fascinated
38、 philosophers for centuries.This is a particularly exciting time for Amir and his fellow humor researchers. It has been only in the past few years that scanning technologies, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging, have let us see how the brain works when it is dealing with information: which
39、 parts do what and what benefits might increase from exercising different areas.It turns out that joking, long dismissed by some as a tiresome entertainment from the serious business of reality, may make us smarter and healthier. Humor makes our brains active and increases our well-being perhaps mor
40、e than anything else. There is even some evidence that a sense of humor helps the human species survive.Ori Amir takes his field of study seriously. When hes not in the lab studying humor and the brain, he can be found performing stand-up comedy.32. What does the underlined word one in Paragraph 2 r
41、efer to?A. Life. B. Stage. C. Secret. D. Video.33. Which of the following is a major factor for the success on humor research?A. Perseverance and determination. B. Advanced technology.C. Spirit of cooperation. D. Practical experience.34. What is Paragraph 6 mainly about?A. The benefits of humor. B.
42、Humor has saved human beings.C. Humor is unserious entertainment. D. Humor has long been overlooked.35. What do we know about Amirs profession and his hobby?A. They puzzle the students. B. They conflict with each other.C. They are both related to humor. D. They have nothing to do with each other.第二节
43、(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Where Do Mosquitoes Go in the Winter?Why do mosquitoes, everywhere in the warmer months, disappear completely in the winter? 36 Mosquitoes are cold-blooded insects, meaning that they dont like the cold and prefer temperatures that are 80 deg
44、rees Fahrenheit or more. When the temperature drops, they actually lose their ability to fly and become motionless. 37 They would never be able to fly far enough. The actual answer to the question is different for male and female mosquitoes. Male mosquitoes? They die. But thats not specifically beca
45、use of the cold. Male mosquitoes have far shorter lifespans than females, and they die in the fall.Female mosquitoes, though, can live through the winter. They hibernate(冬眠). In the fall, the females will go into hollow logs or cracks in the ground and enter this still state. 38 They delay their dev
46、elopment, typically for months.When it warms up again, the females will come out from hibernation. At this point, theyre getting ready to lay their eggs and they need as much blood as possible to help the eggs develop. The female must find a blood meal to provide the protein needed by her eggs to de
47、velop, just in the time, when humans are outdoors in short sleeves enjoying the warming weather. 39 It actually doesnt have to be what we humans would consider cold to endanger a mosquito. While these pests live actively when its around 80 degrees F, most species can start heading into hibernation w
48、hen it drops to around 50. 40 This is when female mosquitoes start seeking out a place for sleep.A. The obvious answer: its cold.B. And now its time to start collecting blood.C. Its only the female mosquitoes that are biting you.D. Unlike birds, mosquitoes dont fly south for the winter.E. Anything b
49、elow 50 degrees is already too cold for most mosquitoes.F. They can hibernate for up to six months in freezing or waterless conditions.G. They carry on with life only when there is enough water or warmth for their needs.第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节，满分45分)第一节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，
50、选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Many years ago, I went to the Giant Mountains with a couple of people. We were 41 in the mountains and suddenly it started to rain very hard. We found a 42 under the roof of some ski lifts. An elderly man who worked there said we could spend the 43 in his room there, and so we did, in
51、 our sleeping bags, after he 44 some drinks with us. Maybe the man felt 45 for us or was simply being kind, but he 46 walks with us the next day. In a mixture of languages, and by drawing pictures, he 47 that we could come for dinner and spend the night at his 48 that night.Being penniless students,
52、 we 49 accepted his offer naturally, once we trusted our senses that he was a(n) 50 person. At his home, his wife 51 us like royal family member. For us, dinner was a lavish(丰盛的)affair of home-grown tomatoes and cucumber, bread and cheese, while he and his wife just 52 simpler food. The couple was l
53、ovely and we had a great evening, even though 53 was a bit difficult. That night we slept 54 in beds in a clean room.The next day our host wore unique clothing that was part of his uniform. The local children 55 him Krkonos, as he looked like the giant 56 in the fairy tale with his large frame and l
54、ong flowing white hair and beard. And seemingly, he was quite a local 57 person in his village because of that.Krkonos drove us through the mountains, stopping at nice 58 where we could take some photos. We 59 him and his wife again about 10 years later and Krkonos hadnt changed a bit! There is 60 i
55、n the mountains.41. A. escaping B. living C. walking D. suffering42. A. castle B. shelter C. hotel D. stadium43. A. night B. week C. day D. afternoon44. A. sold B. made C. discussed D. shared45. A. sorry B. proud C. strange D. delightful46. A. disliked B. suggested C. ignored D. refused47. A. inspec
56、ted B. warned C. pretended D. signaled48. A. office B. home C. factory D. company49. A. eagerly B. exactly C. nervously D. actually50. A. funny B. native C. honest D. grateful51. A. recognized B. regarded C. employed D. treated52. A. dealt with B. stuck to C. took up D. turned to53. A. situation B.
57、condition C. communication D. invitation54. A. calmly B. comfortably C. peacefully D. finally55. A. called B. showed C. thought D. told56. A. musician B. millionaire C. character D. athlete57. A. active B. reliable C. unfair D. famous58. A. places B. valleys C. blocks D. apartments59. A. judged B. v
58、isited C. appreciated D. reserved60. A. secret B. thunder C. power D. magic第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。Winning concert tickets off the radio helped them start their own bandIn 2017, Veronica Wirges and her husband were 61 (musician) and feared they might be at the end
59、 of their music careers. Their performances had all broken up or finished and with no 62 (much)work in the future, they considered giving up their music careers forever.Then Veronica had a small stroke of good luck, winning 63 radio contest from WFMC Jams. The prize? Two tickets to Bonnaroo, a music
60、 festival in Tennessee. The couple took in the shows and spent extra time by 64 (do) business at one of the campgrounds. They were just hoping 65 (sell)a few of their remaining CDs but to their 66 (excite), they drew the attention of a writer 67 thought their story was 68 (attract)and put it on MTV.
61、com.That story led 69 more work and the couple started an indie-pop band they named Monsterboy. Theyre now playing festivals of their own, including Austins SXSW. Winning that contest 70 (be)like fate had stepped in and pointed us back towards music, she says.第四部分 写作(共两节，满分35分)第一节 短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满
62、分10分)假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号()，并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉。修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下而写出修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。During the last summer vacation, I was luckily enough to travel abroad with my parents. I experienced
63、a lot of interested, fresh and kind little things. One day, I went shopping by me, considering buying some chocolates. The supermarket was so big I didnt know where to get them. Just now, I saw a young boy, that was busy moving boxes. As I didnt know the local language, I spoke to him with English,
64、Where are the chocolates? Hearing this, he put down the good at once and gestured Follow me! It seemed that he didnt know where the chocolates were, but he asked other shop assistants. At the last, he showed me exactly where the chocolates were displayed.第二节 书面表达(满分25分)假设你是李华，请你给你的外教Bryan写一封电子邮件，邀请他来你家过春节。内容包括：1.盛情邀请；2.介绍春节；3.期待他的到来。注意：1.词数100左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
