1、绝密启用并使用完毕前 2021 年年 5 月高考针对性训练月高考针对性训练 英语试题英语试题 本试卷共 10 页.满分 120 分。考试用时 100分钟。 注意事项： 1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、座号、考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 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
2、所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A 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 Contest Award Amount： $ 10,000 Deadline： Usually in September The Young Lions Fiction C
3、ontest 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 Contest Award： Publication in Prime Number M
4、agazine Deadline： 21st of each month Hosted 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 responsesmust be 53 words exactly. Only stories are permitted and only one submission per writer per mont
5、h is allowed. Signet Essay Contest Award Amount； $ 1,000 to be used towards your higher education Deadline： April 22, 2021 I 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 essays. You
6、 must select one of the five prompts1based on the events and characters in Wuthering Heights. Ocean Awareness Contest Award Amount： Scholarships up to $ 1,500 Deadline： June 15, 2021 The Ocean Awareness Contest aims to recognize writers while raising awareness about the climate crisis. Students can
7、submit visual art, film or music. Each category has specific qualifications, so make sure to check. 1. How many people can get the grand prize in Young Lions Fiction Contest? A. One.B. Five.C. Six.D. Ten. 2. What is special about the 53-Word Story Contest? A. It is held on the last day of each month
8、. B. The participants can choose any topic. C. It awards winners a large sum of money. D. The entry must contain exactly 53 words. 3. What do the four contests have in common? A. They are all free of charge. B. They provide scholarships. C. They accept various forms of works. D. They center on envir
9、onmental issues. B School is still out for the summer, but at Eastern Senior High School in Washington, D.C., 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 m
10、arket. Roshawn Little is going into her 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 a
11、reas. She believes that working in the garden 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
12、 one of many groups across the country teaming 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.
13、 For example, the gardens can be used for 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 pr
14、oduce food. Partner schools have also seen 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. 4. What does Roshawn L
15、ittle think of the summer outdoor activity? A, It is a good way to earn pocket money. B. It has improved her family relationship. C. It contributes to her healthy eating habit. D. It is helpful to her academic performance. 5. What, is the purpose of the school gardens?. A. To provide a creative way
16、of learning； B. To-promote teachers1 teaching skills. G. To get students interested in science. D. To invite students to care for plants. 6. What does the last paragraph focus on about the project of City Blossoms? A. Its strategies. B. Its outcomes. C. Its operations. D. Its participants. 7. What c
17、an be a suitable title for the text? A. City Blossoms： Team up with Local Community Teachers B. Happy Holiday, Sweet memory： How Kids Enjoy the Harvest C. Outdoor Classrooms： Get out for the Weekends Farmers Market D. Healthy Eaters, Strong Minds： What School Gardens Teach Kids C The. production and
18、 distribution of food accounts for around a third of the worlds total greenhouse gas emissions（排放）.But as 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 o
19、f your food purchases. Users simply photograph their grocery receipts using the Evocco app, which identifies 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
20、food against a database. The database is maintained by Eaternity, a life cycle assessment company based in 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 de
21、vices, which has been downloaded more than 1,000 times since its launch at the end of last year. As well as 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 platform
22、s and delivery apps that will track the climate impact of a products journey through the supply chain. The aim 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 o
23、nly app looking to reach this climate-conscious market. Theres Capture, which estimates monthly CO2emissions by 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.
24、8. What is the Evocco app designed to do? A. Confirm the origin of food products. B. Work out the climate effect of food. C. Collect varieties of grocery receipts. D. Monitor customers shopping practices. 9. What does the underlined word it in Paragraph 2 refer to? A. The product.B. The receipt.C. E
25、vocco.D. Eaternity. 10. What do we know about the company Evocco from Paragraph 3? A. It profits a great deal from its app. B. It has launched its app in America. C. It is trying to get its app improved. D. It prefers to sell its app to storekeepers., 11. What does the last paragraph imply?. A. The
26、Evocco app is still far from satisfactory. B. Smart tools make tracking carbon footprint easier. C. Present digital markets should be strictly restricted D. Environmental awareness boosts food industry rapidly. D About seven years ago, Kristin and Josh Mohagen were honeymooning in Napa Valley in Cal
27、ifornia, 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 alongside a field of green peppers. That was my first experience with terroir , Josh Mohagen says. It made an impression. Inspired by thei
28、r 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 terroir is somewhat fluid. Wine enthusiasts use the French term to describe the environmental conditions in which a grape is grown that
29、 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. Some experts expand terroir to include specific cultural practices for growing and processing grapes that could also influence taste. Th
30、e 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 in the landscape that seemed to translate into unique wine characteristics. Wines produced around the village of Gearey-Chambertin,
31、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, D. C. In contrast, the wines from the village of Chambolle- Musigny, just a few miles south, are widely considered to be more fine, delicat
32、e 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）signature so distinctive that scientists can use the signature to trace food back to its origin. And in some cases, these techniques a
33、re beginning to offer clues on how terroir can shape the smell and taste of food and drinks. 12. What impressed the Mohagens most during their stay in Napa? A. The smell from the wine. B. The field of green peppers. C. The scenery of Napa Valley. D. The ripe grapes on a hillside. 13 What does the un
34、derlined word “fluid in Paragraph 3 probably mean? A. Impractical. B. Specific.C. Uncertain.D. Conventional. 14. Why did the author quote a wine director in Paragraph 4? A. To demonstrate the effect of terroir. B. To introduce two types of grape wine. C. To prove the long history of terroir. D. To g
35、et a restaurant known to the public. 25. What can be learned about terroir from the text? A. Its research is of little benefit. B. It gives food its unique features. C. Its value needs to be further tested. D. It is a newly-acknowledged concept. 第二节（共 5 小题;每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白
36、处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余 选项。 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
37、team cheers, which should not be considered a sport. 16A 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 skill
38、s 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 d
39、oes competitive cheerleading. 18And the cheerleaders are required to stay within a certain area. 19Just 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 is a te
40、am 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 Olympics since
41、 cheerleaders are just as athletic and physically fit as those involved in the more accepted sports. A. Cheerleaders must learn to perform in public. B. Competitive cheerleaders goal is to be the best. C. Cheerleading follows these guidelines, so it is a sport. D. However, competitive cheerleading i
42、s a sport. E. Cheerleading is recognized as a sport by many schools. F. The whole routine has to be completed in less than 3 minutes and 15 seconds. G. Actually, cheerleading has become as well-known a sport as football and basketball. 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
43、的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Chloe Smith is a 6-year-old. girl from Atlanta, Georgia. One day, while taking a walk with her father near their home, she 21 something shiny under a pile of rubbish. She picked up the 22to take home, as she often did on her treasure-hunting walks. Chloe was later 23to
44、 discover she had found a stolen Olympic gold medal. The medal belonged to former canoeist（划艇运动员）Joe Jacobi,who won gold while 24for 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
45、managed to , 26some of his stolen items, they hadnt been able to find his 27 Olympic 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
46、 pictures of the treasure. After 30the medal, Jacobi was astonished, just speechless. Chloe was 31to 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 33of this little girl reuniting an Olympian with his beloved po
47、ssession is 34When we talk about character and doing the 35thing, Chloe represents the Olympic values in every sense of the word. 21. A. soughtB. buriedC. noticedD. dropped 22. A. wasteB. objectC. materialD. antique 23. A. embarrassedB. satisfiedC. frightenedD. shocked 24. A. competingB. applyingC.
48、coachingD. preparing 25, A. brokenB. stolenC. replacedD. deserted 26. A. purchaseB. registerC. preserveD. recover D. recover 27. A. securedB. prizedC. advertisedD. priced 28. A. projectB. decisionC. habitD. idea 29. A. quicklyB. graduallyC. reallyD. carefully 30. A. identifyingB. obtainingC. evaluat
49、ingD. investigating 31. A. sorryB. eagerC. upsetD. hesitant 32. A. In additionB. In factC. In returnD. In advance 33. A. purposeB. reportC. attemptD. story 34. A. heart-warmingB. breath-takingC. eye-catchingD. life-changing 35. A. importantB. simpleC. interestingD. right 第二节(共 10 小题;每小题 1.5 分，满分 15
50、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。 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 mountain9to 37 vehicles have no access. Just getting to
