山东省济南市2021届高三5月高考针对性训练（二模）英语试题.docx

1、山东省济南市2021届高三5月高考针对性训练（二模）英语试题学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、阅读理解Writing contests are a great way for high school students to showcase their creative skills. Here are some of the top free writing contests for high school students.Young Lions Fiction ContestAward Amount: $10,000Deadline: Usually in SeptemberThe Y

2、oung Lions Fiction Contest was established in 2001 by the New York Public Library. Five finalists are recognized, with one taking home the grand prize of $10,000. To qualify, the author must be 25 or younger and submit a novel or a collection of short stories.53-Word Story ContestAward: Publication

3、in Prime Number MagazineDeadline: 21st of each monthHosted by Prime Number Magazine, writers are put to the test and have to respond to a prompt (提示) with a 53-word story. The prompt changes each month, and the responses must be 53 words exactly. Only stories are permitted and only one submission pe

4、r writer per month is allowed.Signet Essay ContestAward Amount: $1,000 to be used towards your higher educationDeadline: April 22, 2021I you are a Wuthering Heights fan, then the Signet Essay Contest is the one for you. Five high school juniors or seniors can win an award for their two to three page

5、 essays. You must select one of the five prompts1 based on the events and characters in Wuthering Heights.Ocean Awareness ContestAward Amount: Scholarships up to $1,500Deadline: June 15, 2021The Ocean Awareness Contest aims to recognize writers while raising awareness about the climate crisis. Stude

6、nts can submit visual art, film or music. Each category has specific qualifications, so make sure to check.1How many people can get the grand prize in Young Lions Fiction Contest?AOne.BFive.CSix.DTen.2What is special about the 53-Word Story Contest?AIt is held on the last day of each month.BThe part

7、icipants can choose any topic.CIt awards winners a large sum of money.DThe entry must contain exactly 53 words.3What do the four contests have in common?AThey are all free of charge.BThey provide scholarships.CThey accept various forms of works.DThey center on environmental issues.School is still ou

8、t for the summer, but at Eastern Senior High School in Washington, DC, students are hard at work outdoors. In a garden filled with flowers and beds bursting with vegetables and herbs, nearly a dozen teenagers are harvesting vegetables for the weekends farmers market.Roshawn Little is going into her

9、junior year at Eastern, and has been working in this garden for three years now. During the summer, Little gets paid to work Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a. m. until 2 p.m. with City Blossoms, a nonprofit that brings community gardens to schools in urban areas. She believes that working in the ga

10、rden has taught her to try all sorts of new things, like eating different kinds of vegetables more often. And shes taken those healthy behaviors home with her and her eating habits have encouraged her family to buy more fruits and vegetables. City Blossoms is one of many groups across the country te

11、aming up with local communities to build school gardens, like the one at Eastern. It works with schools to create learning gardens and trains teachers on how to use them to get students engaged and boost academics. These gardens are really outdoor classrooms. For example, the gardens can be used for

12、 math lessons, like calculating the area of a plant bed or learning the science of how plants grow.For the students, the experience can be a nutritional eye-opener, which has totally changed their perceptions of where food comes from, and what it takes to produce food. Partner schools have also seen

13、 a 12 to 15 percent increase in the number of students passing standardized tests and 94 percent of teachers reported seeing increased engagement from their students, according to an independent evaluation conducted by PEER Associates.4What does Roshawn Little think of the summer outdoor activity?AI

14、t is a good way to earn pocket money.BIt has improved her family relationship.CIt contributes to her healthy eating habit.DIt is helpful to her academic performance.5What is the purpose of the school gardens?ATo provide a creative way of learning.BTo-promote teachers1 teaching skills.CTo get student

15、s interested in science.DTo invite students to care for plants.6What does the last paragraph focus on about the project of City Blossoms?AIts strategies.BIts outcomes.CIts operations.DIts participants.7What can be a suitable title for the text?ACity Blossoms: Team up with Local Community TeachersBHa

16、ppy Holiday, Sweet memory: How Kids Enjoy the HarvestCOutdoor Classrooms: Get out for the Weekends Farmers MarketDHealthy Eaters, Strong Minds: What School Gardens Teach KidsThe production and distribution of food accounts for around a third of the worlds total greenhouse gas emissions (排放). But as

17、a consumer? Its difficult to measure the climate impact of what you eat.A Dublin-based startup called Evocco could soon make it much easier. It lets users track and improve the climate impact of your food purchases. Users simply photograph their grocery receipts using the Evocco app, which identifie

18、s the food products by reading the printed text and using machine learning. It then calculates the carbon footprint based on the stores location and by checking the type, weight and origin o a food against a database. The database is maintained by Eaternity, a life cycle assessment company based in

19、Switzerland. If the receipt doesnt contain enough data on a product, it will give an estimate based on similar products and reference points.The app is available for free on iOS and Android devices, which has been downloaded more than 1,000 times since its launch at the end of last year. As well as

20、the personal shopping app which Evocco hopes to launch in the United States by the end of this year the company is developing a digital tool to sell to food storekeepers, e-commerce platforms and delivery apps that will track the climate impact of a products journey through the supply chain. The aim

21、 is to help storekeepers provide climate impact information directly to consumers, and more importantly, to give Evocco access to product data to improve its app.The Evocco app is not the only app looking to reach this climate-conscious market. Theres Capture, which estimates monthly CO2 emissions b

22、y asking users a series of questions on diet, transport and other factors, as well as Yayzy and My Carbon Action, which link to a users bank account, calculating their footprint from trade.8What is the Evocco app designed to do?AConfirm the origin of food products.BWork out the climate effect of foo

23、d.CCollect varieties of grocery receipts.DMonitor customers shopping practices.9What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?AThe product.BThe receipt.CEvocco.DEaternity.10What do we know about the company Evocco from Paragraph 3?AIt profits a great deal from its app.BIt has launched i

24、ts app in America.CIt is trying to get its app improved.DIt prefers to sell its app to storekeepers.11What does the last paragraph imply?AThe Evocco app is still far from satisfactory.BSmart tools make tracking carbon footprint easier.CPresent digital markets should be strictly restricted.DEnvironme

25、ntal awareness boosts food industry rapidly.About seven years ago, Kristin and Josh Mohagen were honeymooning in Napa Valley in California, when they smelled something surprising in their glasses of wine； green pepper. It was explained that the grapes in that bottle had ripened on a hillside alongsi

26、de a field of green peppers. “That was my first experience with terroir,” Josh Mohagen says.It made an impression. Inspired by their time in Napa, the Mohagens returned home and launched a chocolate business based on the principle of terroir , often defined as “sense of place”.The definition of terr

27、oir is somewhat fluid. Wine enthusiasts use the French term to describe the environmental conditions in which a grape is grown that give a wine its unique taste and smell. The soil, climate and even the orientation (朝向) of a hillside or the company of neighboring plants, and insects play a role. Som

28、e experts expand terroir to include specific cultural practices for growing and processing grapes that could also influence taste.The idea of terroir is quite old. In the Middle Ages, the wine-makers in Burgundy, France, divided the countryside into different climate areas, according to differences

29、in the landscape that seemed to translate into unique wine characteristics. Wines produced around the village of Gearey-Chambertin, for example, “are famous for being fuller-bodied, powerful arid more tannic than most,” says Joe Quinn, wine director of The Red Hen, a restaurant in Washington, DC“In

30、contrast, the wines from the village of Chambolle- Musigny, just a few miles south, are widely considered to be more fine, delicate and light- bodied.”A recent wave of scientific research suggests that the environment and production practices can, in fact, produce a chemical or microbial (微生物的) sign

31、ature so distinctive that scientists can use the signature to trace food back to its origin. And in some cases, these techniques are beginning to offer clues on how terroir can shape the smell and taste of food and drinks.12What impressed the Mohagens most during their stay in Napa?AThe smell from t

32、he wine.BThe field of green peppers.CThe scenery of Napa Valley.DThe ripe grapes on a hillside.13What does the underlined word “fluid” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?AImpractical.BSpecific.CUncertain.DConventional.14Why did the author quote a wine director in Paragraph 4?ATo demonstrate the effect of

33、terroir.BTo introduce two types of grape wine.CTo prove the long history of terroir.DTo get a restaurant known to the public.15What can be learned about terroir from the text?AIts research is of little benefit.BIt gives food its unique features.CIts value needs to be further tested.DIt is a newly-ac

34、knowledged concept.Cheerleading is the fastest growing girls sport, yet more than half of Americans do not believe it is a sport. In addition, they fail to distinguish between sideline cheerleaders and competitive ones. Sideline cheerleaders main goal is to entertain the crowd and lead them with tea

35、m cheers, which should not be considered a sport._16_ A sport, according to the Association of Cheerleading Coaches and Advisors, is a physical activity or competition against an opponent, governed by rules and conditions, and the primary purpose of competition is a comparison of the relative skills

36、 of the participants. _17_Competitive cheerleading includes lots of physical activities. The “fliers” are thrown in the air, held by “bases” in different positions that require strength and cooperation with other teammates. And just as basketball and football have guidelines for competitive play, so

37、 does competitive cheerleading. _18_ And the cheerleaders are required to stay within a certain area._19_ Just like gymnasts, competitive cheerleaders are awarded points for difficulty, technique, and sharpness. The more difficult a mount, the sharper the motions, the better the score. Cheerleading

38、is a team sport, so without cooperation, the first place is out of reach.Some people argue cheerleaders are just “girls in skirts” with their only job to entertain the crowd. _20_Cheerleaders today compete against other teams and work as hard as other athletes. Cheerleading even appear in the Olympi

39、cs since cheerleaders are just as athletic and physically fit as those involved in the more accepted sports.ACheerleaders must learn to perform in public.BCompetitive cheerleaders goal is to be the best.CCheerleading follows these guidelines, so it is a sport.DHowever, competitive cheerleading is a

40、sport.ECheerleading is recognized as a sport by many schools.FThe whole routine has to be completed in less than 3 minutes and 15 seconds.GActually, cheerleading has become as well-known a sport as football and basketball.二、完形填空Chloe Smith is a 6-year-old. girl from Atlanta, Georgia. One day, while

41、taking a walk with her father near their home, she _21_ something shiny under a pile of rubbish. She picked up the _22_ to take home, as she often did on her treasure-hunting walks. Chloe was later _23_ to discover she had found a stolen Olympic gold medal.The medal belonged to former canoeist (划艇运动

42、员) Joe Jacobi, who won gold while _24_ for Team USA in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic games. The medal, along with other personal belongings, was _25_ in May of 2016 when someone broke into Jacobis can Though police managed to _26_ some of his stolen items, they hadnt been able to find his _27_ Olympic

43、medal. It may have been lost forever, if not for a 6-year-old girls treasure-hunting _28_.Chloes dad had seen Jacobis story on the news, and _29_ realized it was his stolen property. He found Jacobis email and sent him pictures of the treasure. After _30_ the medal, Jacobi was astonished, just speec

44、hless.Chloe was _31_ to give it back after speaking with Jacobi on the phone. _32_, Jacobi promised to speak to her class when school begins again this fall. The _33_ of this little girl reuniting an Olympian with his beloved possession is _34_. When we talk about character and doing the _35_ thing,

45、 Chloe represents the Olympic values in every sense of the word.21AsoughtBburiedCnoticedDdropped22AwasteBobjectCmaterialDantique23AembarrassedBsatisfiedCfrightenedDshocked24AcompetingBapplyingCcoachingDpreparing25AbrokenBstolenCreplacedDdeserted26ApurchaseBregisterCpreserveDrecover27AsecuredBprizedC

46、advertisedDpriced28AprojectBdecisionChabitDidea29AquicklyBgraduallyCreallyDcarefully30AidentifyingBobtainingCevaluatingDinvestigating31AsorryBeagerCupsetDhesitant32AIn additionBIn factCIn returnDIn advance33ApurposeBreportCattemptDstory34Aheart-warmingBbreath-takingCeye-catchingDlife-changing35Aimpo

47、rtantBsimpleCinterestingDright三、用单词的适当形式完成短文阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Restorers are working on the Great Wall of Chinas Jiankou section, _36_ (build) during the Ming Dynasty, and the job is intense-these workers are risking their lives.The Jiankou section sits on top of the mountain to _37_ vehicles have no access. Just getting to the twelve-mile section _38_ (take) forty minutes, and things dont get _39_ (easy) when the workers arrive at the destination. Where the floors a