1、唐山市2021年普通高等学校招生统一考试第二次模拟演练英 语注意事项：1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。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。第I卷（共95分）第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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
2、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 will the woman probably do?A. Do the laundry.B. Iron a shirt.C. Make a coffee.2. What does the woman like doing on sunny days?A. Being with friends.B. Exploring the city.C. Watching movies.3. Where does the conversation take place ?A. In a libr
3、ary.B. In a bookstore.C. In a classroom.4. Why does the man make the phone call?A. To make an apology.B. To cancel a meeting.C. To reschedule an appointment.5. How does the woman practise her English?A. By talking to natives,B. By viewing the websites.C. By going to the English Comer.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.
4、5分，满分22.5分）请听下面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、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 long did it take to build the monument?A. 37 years.B. 40 years.C. 65 years.7. What does the man do?A. He is a worker.B. He is a guide.C. He is a reporter.听第7
5、段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Why does the man feel sorry for the woman?A. Her train was delayed.B. The platform was hard to find.C. She was squeezed into the train.9. What happened to the woman during the subway trip?A. She missed her stop.B. She got off the train early.C. She found a seat on the train.听第8段材料，回答第
6、10至12题。10. What ticket has the man bought?A. First class.B. Second class.C. Business class.11. What is free on the train?A. Meals.B. Coffee.C. Snacks.12. When should the man reach the train station at the latest?A. At 8:30 a.m.B. At9:30 a.m.C. At 9:00 a.m.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What does the woman thi
7、nk about attending trainings at weekends?A. Unnecessary.B. Essential.C. Unreasonable.14. What are the trainings mainly for?A. Skill learning.B. Cultural awareness.C. Teamwork improvement.15. What benefit will a one year employee receive?A. A salary increase.B. A seven-day holiday.C. A possible promo
8、tion.16. What is the conversation mainly about?A. Company rules.B. Salary standards.C. Job trainings.听第10段独白，回答第17至20题。17. What is suggested by the speaker?A. Trying a learning app.B. Taking a language course.C. Going back into the classroom.18. How many features are talked about?A. 5.B.4.C. 3.19. W
9、hich is a feature of FluentU?A. All the lessons are free.B. The contents are quite broad.C. It slows down the sound of the videos.20. Why is FluentU very effective?A. The topics are very fascinating.B. Learners can choose proper levels.C. The videos can get anyone started quickly.第二部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一
10、节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AStudents, teachers, and local community members are strongly encouraged to register online to receive real-time information of emergency events from Columbia University.Text message warnings will only be used in rare cases where ongoing eve
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15、gn up by clicking on the “Register button on the registration page and entering their email and mobile number. Users will receive a confirmation code （密码）on their phone and will need to confirm their account via email.Users can choose not to use the Emergency Text Alert System at any time by texting
16、 STOP to 226787, calling 226789 or sending an email to lr27682cumc. Columbia. edu.21. Which is a possible situation where a text message will be sent?A. The temperature will drop slightly tomorrow.B. The campus will be closed during Christmas.C. The main railway system of the city is interrupted.D.
17、A bank robber is being sentenced in the court of the city.22. Which step comes before the others when teachers register?A. Selecting Campus Alert.B. Entering mobile numbers.C. Clicking under “Phone”. D. Selecting Faculty & Staff.23. How can users stop receiving text messages?A. By sending an email.B
18、. By texting STOP to 226789.C. By managing information online.D. By making a phone call to 226787.BIf a president, a philosopher, and one of the best-selling writers credited the same secret for their success, would you try to follow it too? What if the secret was something you already knew how to d
19、o? In fact, you probably do it every day. Heres what Friedrich Nietzsche wrote: It is only ideas gained from walking that have any worth. Thomas Jefferson: Walking is the best possible exercise. Charles Dickens: If I could not walk far and fast, I think I should just explode and die.”Researchers hav
20、e found quite a lot of connections between walking and producing ideas. A Stanford University study found that participants were 81 percent more creative when walking as opposed to sitting. According to the study, walking outside - compared with on a treadmill （跑步机）-produces the most novel and highe
21、st quality ideas.The movement aspect of walking is obviously key. Our creative thinking is triggered （触发） by physical movement, which is exactly why walking - with your dog, a friend, or alone - feeds creative thinking.The scenery is almost as important as the sweat. Breaking your routine with a wal
22、k can be a catalyst for fresh understanding of problems or projects. Just by going outside, you are stepping out of your familiar surroundings and your comfort zone, which is necessary if you want to open your mind to new possibilities. You can walk through a tree-filled neighborhood. You can walk t
23、hrough a park and observe people joking or birds singing. Being inside, youre more likely to be lifeless, which means you dont have enough energy to wonder or create.So instead of setting a fitness goal, why not set a creativity goal that starts with walking? Involve yourself more closely in your su
24、rroundings. Turn off your phone and give yourself the chance to be present in the world, to hear conversations and natural sounds, and to notice the way people move and the way the sun reflects in a puddle （小水坑）.24. How does the author introduce the topic?A. By providing background.B. By borrowing p
25、hrases from great minds.C. By giving definition.D. By presenting well-known examples.25. The underlined word in paragraph 4 means something.A. causing a changeB. stopping progressC. catching eyesD. interrupting creativity26. What can we learn from the passage?A. Nature exploration improves fitness.B
26、. Walking on a treadmill brings more energy.C. Working indoors makes people less creative.D. Familiar surroundings encourage novel ideas.27. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. Exercise in Nature.B. Train Your Brain.C. Develop Your Creativity.D. Walk for Wonder.CThe Tokyo Olympics have been
27、 postponed until 2021. That delay offers a chance for reflection. The International Olympic Committee wants to make the games more popular with young people. To that end, it is introducing new events, such as skateboarding, surfing and climbing. Why not go further and let national teams compete at v
28、ideo games? Electronic sports such as “Fortnite”, are vastly more popular than strange Olympic sports like curling （冰壶）.In fact, they are more appealing than most mainstream sports. Only 28% of British boys aged 16-19 watch any traditional live sports; 57% play video games.Some may complain that e-s
29、ports are not proper sports. Many parents, observing their teenagers sitting on the sofa all day shouting “Quick, pass me the shotgun!” at a screen, would agree. Yet video games are highly competitive, with professional teams that play to packed stadiums. There are perhaps only 200 tennis stars in t
30、he world who can make a living from playing in major competitions. By contrast, “League of Legends, a fantasy game played by teams of five, supports over 1,000 on good wages. Its World Championship final last year was watched by 44 million people.Those against e-sports offer moral objections, too. T
31、hey are addictive. Prince Hany has called for “Fortnite” to be banned for this reason. They are violent. At a time of global disharmony, it is a bad idea to make virtual （虚拟的）killing an Olympic sport. The Olympics aim to promote peace.Neither of these arguments is convincing. The idea that an activi
32、ty, rather than a material, can be addictive is controversial among doctors, as is the existence of a causal （因果的）link between gaming and violence. And the belief that warlike sports have no place in the Olympics is hard to agree with history. Wrestling was introduced in 708 BC. It is still there.28
33、. Why is the International Olympic Committee bringing in new events?A. To replace mainstream sports.B. To attract more young people.C. To make up for the delay.D. To show innovations.29. What are the figures in Paragraph 2 intended to show?A. E-sports are proper games.B. Tennis has declined greatly.
34、C. Tennis players5 salary is lower.D. E-sport players have achieved a lot.30. How does the author feel towards the causal link between gaming and violence?.A. Positive.B. Skeptical.C. Unconcerned.D. Discouraged.31, What is the purpose of the text?A. To introduce how e-sports develop.B. To show what
35、benefits e-sports can bring.C. To explain why young people like playing e-sports.D. To argue e-sports can be included in the Olympics.DA 293-million-mile journey of the NASA Perseverance rover （探测器）to Mars ended successfully on February 18, 2021, with a picture-perfect landing inside the Jezero Crat
36、er. The car-sized, six-wheeled rover, nicknamed Percy, is the US space agencys biggest and most advanced explorer to date. Its primary mission is to search for signs of ancient microbial （微生物的）life on Mars.Landing on Mars is extremely tricky. The Red Planets gravitational pull causes approaching spa
37、cecraft to go faster to high speeds, while its thin atmosphere - just 1 percent that of Earths - does little to help slow it down as it approaches the surface.The scientists had to reduce Percys 12,000 mph speed to a safe landing speed of less than five mph - in just six and a half minutes. The targ
38、et entry angle also had to be a precise 12 degrees - any steeper, and the spacecraft would burn up; any flatter, and it would get lost in space. It is no wonder that the final approach is often referred to as the seven minutes of terror.”Upon attaining a manageable speed, Percy briefly flew over the
39、 Martian surface to seek out the perfect landing spot. Its complex map-reading system rapidly scanned the area and matched it with maps in its database to find the best location.The NASA scientists will spend the next two months testing Percys scientific instruments. Once ready, the rover will begin
40、 to carry out its mission.Perseverance is the smartest robot ever made, but confirming that microbial life once existed carries an unusually large burden of proof, said Lori Glaze, director of NASAs Planetary Science Division. While well learn a lot with the great instruments we have aboard the rove
41、r, it may very well require the far more well-equipped laboratories and delicate instruments back here on Earth to tell us whether our samples （样本）carry evidence that Mars once harbored32. What is the extraordinary challenge for the rover to land on Mars?A. The speed reduction.B. The atmosphere anal
42、ysis.C. The location search.D. The time management.33. What is paragraph 3 mainly about?A. Ways to find the precise entry angle.B. Consequences of wrong entry degree.C. Factors to survive the seven minutes”.D. Reasons for the necessity of speed reducing.34. What does refer to in paragraph 4?A. The s
43、pot. B. The area.C. The system. D. The surface.35. What can be inferred from Lori Glazes words?A. Instruments aboard the rover are not quite reliable.B. Perseverance is able to collect enough evidence needed.C. Man still has a long way to go to prove life was on Mars.D. Samples of Mars will be retur
44、ned soon to our labs on the earth.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。Have you ever been labeled a “perfectionist? Or do you consider yourself to be one? Ifs inviting to see perfectionism as a desirable or positive quality. 36 Healthy perfectionists want to develop the
45、ir skills continually. Their standards are always rising, and they approach work with optimism, pleasure and a desire to improve. Unhealthy perfectionists, however, are never satisfied with what they achieve. 37 They may experience fear of failure, anxiety and other painful emotions.38 According to
46、a 2011 research, perfectionism is linked to health issues such as eating disorders and depression. Perfectionism can also seriously impact your creativity. This is because perfectionism can prevent you from leaving your comfort zone and taking risks. 39 You may avoid starting a new project until you
47、ve found the best way to approach it. You might also get caught up in minor details or repeat tasks that have already been completed. As a result, this wastes time that could have been spent on more important tasks.If you think that you have a problem with perfectionism, start by setting realistic g
48、oals. Think about your most important life and career goals. 40 Not only will this make it easier to reach your objectives, but youll also experience the thrill of achieving these smaller goals.Perhaps Theodore Roosevelt said it best - “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. Accept that this is the best you can do and dont try and make up some perfect world.A. If something isnt perfect, they refuse it.B. Perfectionism can lea
