1、山西省山西大学附中2020届高三英语上学期第二次模块诊断试题考试时间：100分钟 考察范围：高考范围第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分60）第一节（共15小题：每题3分，满分45）阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。A Enter for a Chance to Win a Montana AdventureImagine yourself hiking on the same route that Lewis and Clark once explored, fly-fishing and white-water rafting
2、in beautiful lakes and rivers, learning how to speak Blackfoot, digging for ancient dinosaur remains, and standing at the edge of a 6,000-year-old glacier in Glacier National Park. You have the chance to do all of this and much more with the National Geographic Kids Hands-On Explorer Challenge Exped
3、ition Team. The Hands-On Explorer Challenge is heading west in 2019 to Montana.HIKE!Montanais home to many species of plants and animals. Follow in the footsteps of legendary explorers and get a close-up view of waterfalls, wildflowers, and wildlife.DIG!Some of the most important dinosaur discoverie
4、s have been found in Montana. Youll discover treasures yourself as you dig for ancient dinosaur remains in Montanas High Plains.CULTURE!Montana has eleven Native American tribeseach one filled with a unique heritage and lots of rich traditions. View the world as they see it through their dances, son
5、gs, food, games, and languages.HOW TO ENTER1. Write an original, personal essay in English of no more than 300 words telling us how you explore your world and what it is about exploration that inspires and excites you.2. Take a photograph of what, where, or how you explored the subject of your essay
6、.3. Enter by January 7, 2019. Open to kids who will be ages 914 as of July 1, 2019.4. Send your entry (参赛) form, essay, and photo (as described in the Official Rules) to: NG Kids Hands-On Explorer Challenge, National Geographic Kidsmagazine /CDH, 1145 17th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20036. FOR MORE
7、 INFORMATION, GO TO KIDS. NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC. COM/KIDS/CONTESTS/EXPLORER - TRIP-2019.1. What is true about Montana?A. It has many elephant discoveries.B. It is Lewis and Clarks hometown.C. Its Native American tribes share the same culture.D. It is home to many species of plants and animals.2. If you
8、 want to enter the contest you must _.A. be over 14 years old B. send a photo with your essayC. have rich exploration experience D. write an English article over 300 words3. What is the purpose of the passage?A. To provide travel information. B. To describe Montanas scenery.C. To announce a kid comp
9、etition. D. To suggest some outdoor activities.BScience is finally beginning to embrace animals who were, for a long time, considered second-class citizens.As Annie Potts of Canterbury University has noted, chickens distinguish among one hundred chicken faces and recognize familiar individuals even
10、after months of separation. When given problems to solve, they reason: hens trained to pick colored buttons sometimes choose to give up an immediate food reward for a slightly later (and better) one. Healthy hens may aid friends, and mourn when those friends die. Pigs respond to human symbols. When
11、a research team led by Candace Croney at Penn State University carried wooden blocks marked with X and O symbols around pigs, only the O carriers offered food to the animals. The pigs soon ignored the X carriers in favor of the Os. Then the team switched from real-life objects to T-shirts printed wi
12、th X or O symbols. Still, the pigs walked only toward the O-shirted people: they had transferred their knowledge to a two-dimensional format, a not inconsiderable feat of reasoning. Ive been guilty of prejudiced expectations, myself. At the start of my career almost four decades ago, I was firmly co
13、nvinced that monkeys and apes out-think other animals. Theyre other primates（灵长目动物）, after all, animals from our own mammalian class. Fairly soon, I came to see that along with our closest living relatives, whales too are masters of cultural learning, and that elephants express profound joy and mour
14、ning with their social companions. Long-term studies on these mammals helped to fuel a viewpoint shift in our society: the public no longer so easily accepts monkeys made to undergo painful procedure in laboratories, elephants forced to perform in circuses, and dolphins kept in small tanks at theme
15、parks. Over time, though, as I began to broaden out even further and explore the inner lives of fish, chickens, pigs, goats, and cows, 1 started to wonder: Will the new science of “food animals” bring an ethical (伦理的) revolution in terms of who we eat? In other words, will our ethics start to catch
16、up with the development of our science?4. According to Annie Potts, hens choice of a later and better reward indicates their ability of _.A. interaction B. analysisC. creation D. abstraction5. The research into pigs shows that pigs_.A. learn letter quickly B. have good eyesight C. can build up a goo
17、d relationship D. can apply knowledge to new situations6. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?A. The similarities between mammals and humans.B. The necessity of long-term studies on mammals.C. A change in peoples attitudes towards animals.D.A discovery of how mammals express themselves.7. What is the b
18、est title for the passage?A. The Lifestyles of Food AnimalsB. Science Reports on Food AnimalsC. The Inner Lives of Food AnimalsD. A Revolution in Food AnimalsC Runners who encounter visual and auditory（听觉的）distractions may be more likely to suffer leg injuries,according to a research by the Associat
19、ion of Academic Physiatrists in Las Vegas. Runners often seek distractions from the task at hand. Whether it is music, texting, daydreaming, taking in the sights, or propping a book up on the treadmill（跑步机）, more often than not, a distraction is welcome. But, researchers from the University of Flori
20、da have recently discovered that those distractions may lead to injury.Daniel Herman, MD, PhD, assistant professor at University of Florida, and his team conducted a research on the effect of visual and auditory distractions on 14 runners to determine what effect, if any, these distractions would ha
21、ve on things such as heart rate, how much a runner breathes per minute, how much oxygen is consumed by the body.The runners were all injury-free at the time of the study and ran 31 miles each week. Dr. Hermans team had each participant run on a treadmill three separate times. The first time was with
22、out any distractions. The second time added a visual distraction, during which the runners concentrated on a screen displaying different letters in different colors with the runners having to note when a specific letter-color combination appeared. The third time added an auditory distraction similar
23、 to the visual distraction, with the runners having to note when a particular word was spoken by a particular voice.When compared to running without distractions, the participants had faster application of force to their left and right legs, called loading rate, with auditory and visual distractions
24、. They also experienced an increased amount of force from the ground on both legs, called ground reaction force, with auditory distractions. Finally, the runners tended to breathe heavier and have higher heart rates with visual and auditory distractions than without any distractions at all.“Running
25、in environments with different distractions may unfavorably affect running performance and injury risk,” explains Dr. Herman. “Sometimes these things cannot be avoided, but you may be able to minimize potentially cumulative(积累的) effects. For example, when running a new route in a noisy environment s
26、uch as during a marathon, you may want to skip listening to something which may require more attentionlike a new song playlist.”Dr. Hermans team will continue to investigate the potential relationship between distracted running and leg injuries, and any effect this relationship has on different trai
27、ning techniques that use auditory or visual cues.8. Paragraph 2 tells us the research_.A. process B. results C. questions D. reflection9. Based on the research, runners with auditory distractions tended to_.A. breathe heavier and have lower heart ratesB. get an increased amount of ground reaction fo
28、rceC. apply more force with less oxygen consumptionD. gain a faster speed with slower loading rates10. What can we infer from the passage?A. Running with distractions becomes uncommon nowadays.B. Listening to a new song while running guarantees performance.C. Runners are more likely to get injured i
29、n an environment without distractions.D. Runners are advised to minimize distractions in a destination marathon.11. What is probably the next task for Dr. Hermans team?A. What determines training techniques.B. How distractions should be used in training.C. Why runners use auditory and visual cues.D.
30、 What effective ways can cure leg injuries.DIf you have ever had a cat, or have watched one of the many funny cats videos online, youll know that cats have a mind of their own. A lot of the things they do are hard to understandthey like to climb up tall furniture, fit themselves in small space and a
31、ttack small objects for no reason at all. Now scientists have managed to figure out what exactly is going on in the brains of our little friends. According to Tony Buffington, a professor at Ohio State University in the US, cats strange behavior largely comes from their way of life back in the wild.
32、 “Cats today still have many of the same instincts(本能) that allow them to live in the wild for millions of years,”he said in a TED Talk. “To them, our homes are their jungles.” In the wild, cats are hunters. Their bodies and great balancing abilities allow them to climb to high spots to better look
33、at the environment. Even though they dont have to hunt anymore in human houses, they still keep the old habit of viewing the living room from, for example, the top of the refrigerator. Cats hunting instinct is also what makes them attack small things like keys and USB drives. In the wild, they hunt
34、whatever they can get, and most of the animals they kill are small. However, cats can also be prey. This explains why they like to stay in small space like drawers or washing machinesthey are hiding, or they think they are hiding, from more dangerous animals. This is also why cats prefer a clean box
35、: a smelly one could easily show enemies where they are. Knowing how cats minds work is not only useful for better understanding them. It may also help cats owners to better meet cats needs. For example, owners could try to make climbing easier for cats by moving their furniture around. They could a
36、lso use “food puzzles” to make eating feel more like hunting instead of just giving food to the cats.12. According to Tony Buffington, _. A. cats strange behavior is hard for people to understand B. cats are more used to living in the wild than in humans homes C. cats behave strangely mainly because
37、 of some instincts in the wild D. cats instincts are as helpful to them today as they were millions of year ago13. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text? A. Cats like to climb up high because they want to hide from dangerous animals. B. Cats attack keys and USB drives becau
38、se they have a habit of hunting small animals. C. Cats enjoy staying in small space because they usually live in small caves in the wild D. Cats preference for a clean box probably has something to do with their hunting instincts.14. The underlined word “prey” in Paragraph 5 probably means _. A. an
39、animal that is too lazy B. an animal that likes hiding games C. an animal that keeps itself clean D. an animal that is hunted15. This article is mainly written to _. A. explore the reasons for cats strange behavior B. describe cats past wild experience to readers C. tell cats owners how to make life
40、 easier for cats D. compare cats behavior in human homes with that in the wild第二节（共5小题，每小题3分， 满分15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。 The Art of Slow ReadingIf you are reading this article in print, the result is that you will only get through half of what I have written. And if you are read
41、ing this online, you may not even finish a fifth. 16._ They suggest that many of us no longer have the concentration to read articles through to their conclusion. So are we getting stupider? Actually, our online habits are damaging the mental power we need to process and understand textual（文本的）infor
42、mation. Round-the-clock news makes us read from one article to the next without paying attention to any content. Our reading is frequently interrupted by the noise of the latest email and we are now absorbing short words on Twitter and Facebook more regularly than longer texts. 17._ But we are gradu
43、ally forgetting how to sit back, think carefully, and relate all the facts to each other.18._ A bunch of academics want us to take our time while reading, and re-reading. They ask us to switch off our computers every so often and rediscover both the joy of personal engagement with printed texts, and
44、 the ability to process them fully. Whats to be done then? Most slow readers realize that total rejection of the web is extremely unrealistic. They feel that getting away from technology for a while is the answer. 19._ Personally, Im not sure whether I could ever be offline for long. Even while writ
45、ing this article, I am switching constantly between sites, skimming too often, absorbing too little. Internet reading has become too rooted in my daily life for me to change. I read essays and articles not in hard copy but as PDF format. I suspect that many readers are in a similar position. 20._ Yo
46、u can download a computer application called Freedom, which allows you to read in peace by cutting off your Internet connection. Or if you want to avoid being disturbed by the Internet, you could always download offline reader Instapaper for your iPhone. If youre still reading my article, that is sl
47、ow reading.AThe Internet is probably part of the problem.BNow some campaigns are advocating slow reading.CThese are the two findings from the recent research projects.DBut if you just occasionally want to read more slowly, help is at hand.ESome of them have suggested turning their computers off for
48、one day a week.FSlow reading can help connect a reader to neighborhood and become popular.GBecause of the Internet, we have become very good at collecting information.第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）第一节 完形填空（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出是和填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。My family was very concerned
49、 for my sister and understandably so. Helen was on a flight from Los Angeles to Phoenix. Although the flight was short, it provided 21 time for her to get to know the Morrisons, an Arizona couple seated in her row. The plane was only in the air for a couple of minutes 22 the wife, Marcie, fell aslee
50、p, leaving her husband Daniel and my sister sitting next to each other in silence. Maybe it was a feeling of 23 that sparked（引发，触发）it, or maybe it was the need to 24 . Whatever the case, within minutes Daniel began totell their own story.He told my sister how he and Marcie had 25 to Los Angeles that
51、 morning to meet with a doctor of 26 medicine about treating Marcie, only 35, for her stage 4 breast cancer. 27 the diagnosis of the doctors in Phoenix had given Marcie only a few months to live, the couple had decided to 28 other forms of treatment. Although they both felt 29 about what had been de
52、scribed to them that day, they were upset to learn that the alternative treatment 30 a $34,000 price tag and would not be covered by medical 31 . Additionally, theyd have to pay for a place to 32 while Marcie underwent treatment.When it came to deplane（下飞机）, Daniel 33 Marcie. Since she was unable to
53、 walk, he requested a wheelchair. It was while my sister was waiting with them for the chair that she made the 34 that they could stay with her during their trips to Los Angeles.Helen received a call from Daniel the following week saying that he and Marcie had 35 it over and they would like to take
54、her 36 offer. They arrived the following Wednesday and left on Sunday. And this 37 continued for several months. What 38 had brought the three of them together and then made her invite them into her home? Whatever the case, she knew that she had done exactly as she was supposed to.I guess it would b
55、e an understatement (轻描淡写)to say that my familys feelings of 39 changed to feelings ofadmiration! We are all so 40 of our Helen!21. A. regularB. spareC. adequateD. available22. A. whenB. afterC. onceD. until23. A. boredomB. freedomC. awkwardnessD. tiredness24. A. unpackB. unloadC. surviveD. cooperat
56、e25. A. movedB. removedC. drivenD. flown26. A. herbalB. internalC. preventiveD. alternative27. A. SinceB. UnlessC. BeforeD. Provided28. A. combineB. compareC. pursueD. tolerate29. A. sureB. goodC. emptyD. sorry30. A. publishedB. lostC. releasedD. carried31. A. insuranceB. allowanceC. donationD. pens
57、ion32. A. visitB. goC. stayD. enjoy33. A. huggedB. wokeC. kissedD. followed34. A. decisionB. predictionC. excuseD. compromise35. A. passedB. gotC. tookD. talked36. A. finalB. acceptableC. generousD. conditional37. A. arrangementB. beliefC. bargainD. deal38. A. relationshipB. forceC. costD. subject39
58、. A. shameB. disappointmentC. embarrassmentD. concern40. A. ashamedB. fondC. proudD. confident第二节 （共10小题；每题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填写1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Windsor Castle is surrounded by a lot of green gardens in the English countryside. It looks out onto the River Thames and sits next 41._ a hunting gro
59、und. It was built just outside of London 42._ (protect) the capital from the enemies on the west side.Windsor Castle is the oldest and largest castle 43._ (occupy)in the world. The castle has a long, rich and troubled history. 44._ the castle walls could talk, theyd have many stories to tell.Kings w
60、ere born and 45._ (die) here. Its been used as the home of kings and queens for centuries. However, it was also used as a prison during the English Civil War II, the royal family 46._(secret) slept at Windsor Castle because it was safer than Londons urban areas.Today, Windsor Castle is the private h
61、ome of Queen Elizabeth II. When she doesnt meet guests at Buckingham Palace, she goes to Windsor Castle. 47._ thats not all. Windsor Castle is open to the public. It is now one of Englands most popular tourist 48._ (attract). Visitors can look at some of the finest artworks, 49._ (include) the paint
62、ings of Rembrandt as well as the well-kept gardens. Is there a better way to learn about England 50._ to enjoy some of the countrys finest scenery?第三部分 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
63、：把多余的词用斜线()划掉。修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。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。There are several ways improve our English writing kills, such as keeping a diary, learning some good writings with heart, doing a lot of reading, ect. As for me, I prefer keeping a diary. Comparing with other for
64、ms of writing, keeping a diary is easier and take less time. Beside, it can help us form the habit of thinking in English. If we can keep this practice, and we will gradually learn how to express us in English. Whats more, keeping a diary can be like talking about one of our close friend, sharing ou
65、r happiness or sadness. In the word, keeping a diary is a good way of improving our written English.第二节 书面表达（满分25分）假定你是李华，你的美国笔友打算参加湖南卫视举办的 “汉语桥” 大赛，请根据以下内容用英语给写一封信，介绍相关情况。主要内容：1. 报名时间：5月31号以前。2. 举办时间：9月10号。3. 参赛人员：非本土汉语使用者。 4. 比赛内容：汉语听、说、读、写能力、中国传统知识文化和技能。注意：1. 词数100左右。2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。3. 开头和结尾已为
66、你写好，不计入词数。Dear Jim,How are you recently? .YoursLi Hua山西大学附中20192020学年高二第二学期（总第二次）模块诊断英语参考答案阅读理解（每小题3分，共45分）1-3 DBC 4-7 BDCC 8-11 CBDB 12-15 CBDA 七选五（每小题3分，共15分）16-20 CGBED 完形填空（每小题2分，共40分） 21-25 CACBD 26-30 DACBD 31-35 ACBAD 36-40 CABDC语法填空（每小题1.5分，共15分）41. to 42. to protect 43. occupied 44. If 45.
67、died 46. secretly 47. But 48. attractions 49.including 50. than 短文改错（每小题1分，共10分）1. improve前加to 2. with-by 3. Comparing-Compared 4. take-takes 5. Beside-Besides 6.去掉and 7. us-ourselves 8. aboutwith/to9. Friend-friends 10. the-a书面表达（25分）One possible version:Dear Jim,How are you recently? Im glad to he
68、ar that you are going to take part in the contest, Chinese Bridge, which is to be held on September 10th this year. This contest is for non-native Chinese speakers only. The competitors will show their talents in listening, speaking, reading and writing, as well as in traditional Chinese culture and skills, like painting, Chinese Kung fu and the paper cutting.Be sure to sign up for the contest before the end of May. You still have a lot of time to practice before the contest starts.I do hope you will get a good result in the competition, Good luck!Yours,Li Hua
