1、潮州市2021届5月第二次模拟考试英 语本试卷共10页，由三部分组成。总分：卷面120分1312=130分，考试时间120分钟。注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号、考场座位号填写在答题卡上。 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，再选涂其它答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。4考试结束后，将答案卡交回。第一部分阅读（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。 APerformancesLet
2、s Face the MusicRia Jones, the world-famous star of Evita, Cats, and Les Miserables, returns home for two special concerts.Proving that there is more to her than a great gift for singing the great show songs, Ria invites you on a memorable journey that goes from musical to classical and from classic
3、al to pop. Songs from Miss Saigon perfectly mix with Disney favorites from Beauty and the Beast along with some popular standards for a great evening in the company of a very special vocal talent.Song RecitalJudy Coe performs widely as a soloist (独唱者) in America and is also a music teacher. The prog
4、ramme includes songs from Porgy and Bess, a successful American opera, with special solo piano arrangements by Katherine Morris. Judy ends the concert with songs whose texts are by Shakespeare, Yeats, Eliot, Oscar Wilde and Emily Dickinson. The concert will be framed by the singing of Welsh and Amer
5、ican music by the popular Gyrlais Male Voice Choir, directed by Meirwyn Thomas.Mayte MartinMayte Martin is easily the best-known Catalan singer. She has been very popular since her early twenties, when she won a string of prizes. She has taken part in Barcelonas WOMAD festivals and in the Gipsy King
6、s celebrated festival Mosaique Gitane at Nimes. She will be accompanied by her regular solo guitarist, two dancers and a clapper.The Adventure of MalicThis show is about the fantastically dangerous life of an imaginary Iberian character called Malic. In this show he visits China and gets into fights
7、 with dragons and then travels to Barcelona where he comes across many dangerous characters. The show is told using Chinese shadow puppets (皮影), beautifully handled, with a live narrator-musician who gives life to the show in English.1Who will perform Disney songs?ARia Jones. BJudy Coe. . CMayte Mar
8、tin. DKatherine Morris. 2In which performance can you enjoy famous writers works? ALets Face the Music. BSong Recital. CMayte Martin. DThe Adventure of Malic.3What do we know about The Adventure of Malic ?AIt was made in Chinese. BIt was shot in Barcelona. CIt is based on a true adventure story.DIt
9、is presented through a traditional Chinese art form. BMy violin is like a soul mate that whispers words of wisdom to me. Together, weve gone through both tears and happiness.About 12 years ago, I made acquaintance with it following an order from my mom. Many hours of boredom were spent practicing it
10、. And to make things worse, the disappointment in my teachers eyes as I played the wrong notes was like an invisible hammer, striking on my heart. One day, I finally decided: I hate it!By chance, things changed when I was seven. I was at home lying on the sofa, wondering how those famous violinists
11、dealt with this terrible dilemma. I searched online for the E-minor Concerto, a well-known violin work by German composer Felix Mendelssohn. and listened to it.A beautiful and mysterious sound came from the violin as the bow moved across it. It was like the music slid over the flowers, rose up, and
12、started to fill the air. The violins voice woke up the sun; made the trees green, and freshened the air. As the music changed, the sky turned back to gray. A gloomy shade covered the grass as all the sunshine disappeared. I could hear children crying and men shouting. It was like an invisible claw h
13、ad grabbed my heart tightly, making it unable to beat.That glorious day set off my passion and interest in violin - I grabbed mine and never let it go. Before the memories faded, I stared at my instrument. Without hesitating, I picked it up, rosined (用松香擦) the bow, and began to play. Peace filled my
14、 heart.My violin has been by my side for 12 years. When I feel happy, an energetic tune makes it even better; when Im deep in sorrow, a peaceful tune washes it away; when Im walking on air, feeling especially pleased with my achievements, solemn (庄严的 ) tunes calm me down. Gradually, it has become a
15、part of my life.My violin, shall I compare you to a summers day?4What further contributed to the authors dislike of violin-playing?AOrders from mum.BBoredom of practice. CLoss of passion for violin. DDisappointment in the teachers eyes.5What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?AThe authors feeling was
16、continuously influenced by the music. BThe sudden change made the authors heart unable to beat. CThe scenery outside the room was quite attractive. DThe weather actually changed because of the tune.6Why did the author pick up the violin again?AThe invisible hammer and claw are gone. BA famous tune a
17、roused his interest and passion. CThe beautiful imagination changed his attitude. DHe was crazy about Felix Mendelssohns works.7Which of the following can be the best title for the text? ADeep love for music. BAn inspiring story of violin. CMusical soul mate - violin. DMy dislike and like of violin.
18、CWhile the start of a new school year is always exciting, this year was even more so for some elementary school students in Auckland, New Zealand. They became the worlds first kids to be taught by a digital teacher. Before you start imagining a human-like robot walking around the classroom, Will is
19、just an avatar that appears on the students desktop, or smartphone screen, when ordered to come.The autonomous animation platform has been modeled after the human brain and nervous system, allowing it to show human-like behavior. The digital teacher is assigned to teach Vectors Be sustainable with e
20、nergy a free program for Auckland elementary schools.Just like the humans it replaced, Will is able to instantly react to the students responses to the topic. Thanks to a webcam and microphone, the avatar not only responds to questions the kids may have, but also picks up non-verbal cues. For instan
21、ce, if a student smiles at Will, he responds by smiling back. This two-way interaction not only helps attract the students attention, but also allows the programs developers to monitor their engagement, and make changes if needed.Nikhil Ravishankar believes that Will-like avatars could be a novel wa
22、y to catch the attention of the next generation. He says, I have a lot of hope in this technology as a means to deliver cost-effective, rich, educational experience in the future.The program, in place since August 2018, has been a great success thus far. Ravishankar says, What was fascinating to me
23、was the reaction of the children to Will. The way they look at the world is so creative and different, and Will really captured their attention.However, regardless of how popular it becomes, Will is unlikely to replace human educators any time soon.8What was special for some elementary school studen
24、ts in Auckland?AA digital teacher taught them. BThey first saw something digital. CThis was the start of a new school year. DThey could get close to smartphone screen.9What is the benefit of this two-way interaction? AIt can smile back. BIt can use microphone. CIt can change if necessary. DIt can ta
25、lk any topic for free.10Whats authors attitude to Wills replacing Human educators soon?AUnclear. BDoubtful. COptimistic. DDisapproving.11What might be the best title for the passage?ANew High-tech Contributes to Education. BNew Zealand Will Replace Teachers in Classrooms. CThe Worlds First Digital T
26、eacher, a Help to Students.DThe Worlds First Digital Teacher Appears in Classroom.DIf you believe that scientists and artists are most creative when theyre young, you are missing an important part of the story. A new study published in De Economist looked at Nobel Prize winners in the field of econo
27、mics. It found there are two different peaks of creativity. One comes early in a persons career, while another comes later.The research supports previous work by the authors that found similar patterns in the arts and other sciences.We believe what we found in this study isnt limited to economics, b
28、ut could apply to creativity more generally, said Bruce Weinberg, lead author of the study and professor of economics at The Ohio State University.Many people believe that creativity is exclusively associated with youth, but it really depends on what kind of creativity youre talking about.In the stu
29、dy, those who did their most groundbreaking work early in their careers tended to be conceptual innovators（创新者）.These type of innovators think outside the box, challenging conventional wisdom and suddenly coming up with new ideas. Conceptual innovators are not yet immersed (沉浸于) in the accepted theo
30、ries of their field, Weinberg said.But there is another kind of creativity, he said, which is found among experimental innovators. These innovators accumulate knowledge through their careers and find new ways to understand it. The long periods of trial and error for important experimental innovation
31、s come later in a Nobel laureates(荣誉获得者的) career.Whether you hit your creative peak early or late in your career depends on whether you have a conceptual or experimental approach, Weinberg said.The researchers took a novel, empirical(经验主义的) approach to the study, which involved 31 laureates. They ar
32、ranged the laureates on a list from the most experimental to most conceptual.This ranking was based on the laureates most important work, classifying them into conceptual or experimental .After classifying the laureates, the researchers determined the age at which each laureate made his most importa
33、nt contribution to economics and could be considered at his creative peak.They found that conceptual laureates peaked between ages 25 and 29. Experimental laureates peaked when they were roughly twice as old, in theirmid-50s. Our research suggests that when youre most creative is more about how you
34、approach your work.12What did the study published in De Economist find?AEconomists are more creative than artists and other scientists. BEconomists, artists and other scientists have much in common. CCreativity comes at any age, young or old. DCreativity tends to decrease as people get older.13What
35、does the underlined phrase think outside the box mean?AFigure out how to escape from a box. BFollow rules strictly. CExperiment on boxes. DBreak old thought patterns.14What do we know about experimental innovators?AThey make discoveries through constant trial and error. BThey usually come up with ne
36、w ideas all of a sudden. CThey make more contributions than conceptual innovators. DThe majority of them reach their creative peak in their twenties.15What do the researchers believe determines someones creative peak?AOnes personality type. BHow one handles their work. COnes attitude toward their wo
37、rk DWhat kind of job one takes.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。Competition is all around us and it makes the strong stronger and the weak weaker. It can also teach us how to survive in a fast-paced and stressful world. 16 How many of us have seen young boys weeping
38、 because their teams didnt win inter-school tournament? How many of us have seen young teenagers cheat just to win? 17 So its important to develop healthy competition among children.When it comes to encouraging healthy competition among children, the first thing to do is set goals for them to stick
39、to. 18 Since children may be easily affected by wrong ideas from popular media and the Internet, its up to you to develop the right kind of spirit in them. Team spirit will help them grow into human beings who arent easily annoyed by small losses or too excited by victories. 19 So give them examples
40、 where family members refused to cheat to win. 20 When they take an exam, dont ask about how much they expect to score; instead, ask what they wrote about. If your son played a cricket match at school, dont ask him whether his team won or lost; ask him how many runs he scored and encourage him to sc
41、ore higher next time instead. When you let your children know that youre more interested in how they performed rather than whether they lost or won, they will surely try to better themselves.AHowever, children can be hit by competition. BThese are the effects of unhealthy competition. CSending your
42、children the right signals is also important. DWe should also encourage healthy competition among children. EHowever, you mustnt push them too hard and burden them with too higha goal. FCare more about childrens performance rather than the results in a sports match.GIn addition, they may also not wa
43、nt to adopt just any method to win, like cheating or lying.第二部分 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。I grew up as the baby of my family. I was the 21 of three sons, My brothers were five and seven years older than me and 22 most of the small routine tasks that
44、 my mom and dad needed to do around the house. I spent most of my time riding my bike, playing basketball, walking in the woods, or reading books by the 23 in the cold winter. I spent my 24 with all the fun and none of the responsibility.By the time I entered my early teens, 25 , both of my brothers
45、 had moved out of our home. My dad had injured his back seriously and become 26 . Later, we moved to a mountain top house heated by a stove. I soon 27 that I did more work than I had ever done before. I 28 our garden in the spring and summer. In the fall I cut and piled wood up to keep us 29 in the
46、winter. And all year round I 30 heavy containers of water from a mountain spring back to our 31 so that we could have water to drink and cook with.At first I 32 and wasnt satisfied. After a while, I began to find 33 in helping my parents. I sang to myself while I piled wood up and smiled while I car
47、ried water. 34 found myself helping my mom with the dinner dishes and cleaning. I started to realize something that I would carry with me the rest of my 35 too: When your work is done in love, it isnt just work.21AsmartestBlaziestCyoungestDstrangest22AabandonedBhandledCremovedDweighed23AlorryBfenceC
48、treeDstove24AchildhoodBadulthoodCeffortsDmoney25AhoweverBthereforeCotherwiseDinstead26AdistinctBdisabledCdishonestDdistinguished27AfoundBrecommendedCindicatedDworried28AdestroyedBweededCvisitedDadvertised29AhealthyBapartCsafeDwarm30AdraggedBreturnedCpipedDstored 31Afarmland BhouseChotelDcamp32AliedB
49、quitCcomplainedDwandered33AhopeBpityCpainDjoy34AevenBseldomCaloneDagain35AfamilyBcashClifeDexpense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。Some 10,867,300 locals and foreigners travelled in Guangzhou during the seven-day Spring Festival holiday, 36 (contribute) 7.368 billion RMB to th
50、e citys tourism income.During this period, 15 key tourist attractions in Guangzhou 37 (receive)1,998,900 visitors in total. The citys museums and 38 (library) received 233,300 visitors in all. Among 39 (they), Guangzhou Chimelong Tourist Resort and Baiyun Mountain Scenic Area ranked first and third
51、40 (respective) in the number of reservations in Guangdong, 41 the total number of reservations for scenic spots in Guangzhou ranked first in the province as well. 42 addition, 5,890,100 tourists traveled to rural areas in Guangzhou during this holiday, 43 accounted for 54.20% of the visitors receiv
52、ed in the city. 44 (compare) with the same period in previous years, the proportion was more than 50% for 45 first time.第三部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）第一节（满分15分）假定你是李华，上周你班举行了一场以“How to protect the traditional Chinese cultures?”为题的讨论。请你为校英文报写一篇报道，内容包括：1讨论的目的； 2讨论的内容； 3你的看法。注意： 1写作词数应为80左右： 2请在答题卡的相应位置作答。How to p
53、rotect the traditional Chinese cultures? 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。 Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man called Ben was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain（排出）the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the ro
54、oms only window. The other man, Leo, had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation.And every afternoon when Ben could sit up, he
55、would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. Leo began to live for those one-hour periods where his world would be broadened and lightened by all the activity and color of the world outside.The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks an
56、d swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm among flowers of every color of the rainbow. Grand old trees graced the landscape, and a fine view of the city could be seen in the distance. As Ben described all this in detail, Leo would close his e
57、yes and imagine the beautiful scene.One warm afternoon Ben described a parade passing by. Although Leo couldnt hear the bandhe could see it in his minds eye as the gentleman by the window described it with descriptive words. Each time the nurse saw the warm and touching scene, she was always struck
58、by devoted friendship between these two men. Days and weeks passed.注意：1 续写词数应为 150左右 。2 请在答题卡的相应位置作答。One morning, the nurse arrived to check the two men, only to find the lifeless body of Ben.However, he could see nothing but a blank wall of another building.英语参考答案第一部分 阅读 (共两节，每小题2.5分，满分50分)1 3 ABD4
59、 7 DABC8 11 ACDD12 15 CDAB16 20 ABEGC第二部分 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)21 25 CBDAA26 30 BABDA31 35 BCDAC第二节 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)36.contributing 37. received 38. libraries 39.them 40. respectively 41. and 42. In 43. which 44. Compared 45. the 第三部分 写作 (共两节，满分40分)第一节 (满分15分) How to protect t
60、he traditional Chinese cultures?In order to encourage us students to protect the traditional Chinese cultures, a heated discussion was held in my class last week. The students hold different points of view about that. Some suggest resisting Western holidays due to their strong influence. Some argue
61、that we are supposed to hold some creative activities to celebrate traditional cultures so that we can have fun during Chinese festivals. Still others consider various competitions should be held at times, which provides more chances for the citizens to recite Chinese poems and practice calligraphy.
62、In my view, it is high time that we spared no effort to protect the traditional Chinese cultures. Otherwise we will regret one day.第二节 (满分25分)One morning, the nurse arrived to check the two men, only to find the lifeless body of Ben. After his death, the room was filled with dead silence. Lying in t
63、he bed, Leo couldnt help staring at the only window, tears pouring down his cheeks. Dying to see the view described by Ben, Leo asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable she left him alone. Painfully, he propped hi
64、mself up on one elbow and slowly turned to take his first look at the world through the window.He thought he would have the joy of seeing it for himself. However, he could see nothing but a blank wall of another building. Stunned and paralyzed, Leo couldnt believe what he thought was a beautiful sce
65、ne turned out to be just a blank wall. After all, Bens descriptions of the outside world were so convincing and vivid. When he asked the nurse what could have forced his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window, the nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall. She said, “Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you.”It was Bens devoted love to his dear friend that pictured an everlasting rainbow in Leos world.