1、2021级高二上学期模拟考试二英语试卷满分150分 考试用时120分钟 注意事项：1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考号填写在答题卡上和试卷指定的位置上。2. 回答选择题时，选出每题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，先用橡皮擦干净后，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，写在试卷上无效。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。结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案誊写到答题卷上。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，并标在试卷的相应位
2、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. Where will the man sit?A. Behind the woman. B. Next to the woman C. Next to the womans friend.2. How much does one ticket cost?A. $20. B. $80. C. $40.3. What will the man do this Tuesday?A. Deliver a speech.B. Meet his lawyer.C. Hold a conference.4. Wha
3、t can be inferred about the girl?A. She was ill in bed.B. She passed the exam.C. She is telling a lie.5. What would the woman like to do with the package?A. Wrap it by herself.B. Have it delivered.C. Take it with her.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）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，并标在试卷的相应位
4、置。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。听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。6. What is most probably the woman?A. A student. B. A mechanic.C. A saleswoman.7. What will the woman do next?A. Use the mans laptop.B. Buy a new computer.C. Ask Jim for help.听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。8. Where was the woman b
5、orn?A. In America.B. In Britain.C. In Argentina.9. What are the speakers probably doing?A. Catching up with each other.B. Having a job interview.C. Talking about travel experiences.听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。10. Whats the relationship between the speakers?A. Teacher and student.B. TV host and guest.C. Cl
6、assmates.11. What language is the woman studying now?A. Spanish.B. French.C. English.12. What helped the woman most in learning foreign languages?A. Listening to the radio.B. Studying in the university.C. Traveling in these countries.听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。13. How does the man feel about flying?A. Ex
7、cited.B. Bored.C. Scared.14. Who has a drivers license?A. The man.B. The woman.C. Neither of the speakers.15. What does the woman say about traveling by bus?A. Its unpleasant and inconvenient.B. Its great to see the scenery.C. Its exciting to meet other passengers.16. What means of transportation wi
8、ll the speakers take to get to Georgia?A. The plane.B. The train.C. The car.听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。17. What was the speakers feeling this morning?A. Excited.B. Tired.C. Nervous.18. When did the 100-meter freestyle begin?A. At 8:00.B. At 8:30.C. At 9:10.19. What was the speaker a little disappointed a
9、t?A. The result of her competition.B. Other swimmers behaviors.C. The judges instructions.20. What was the score of the speakers team?A. 47 points.B. 50 points.C. 53 points.第二部分 阅读理解 （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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AYou probably know who Marie Cur
10、ie was, but you may not have heard of Rachel Carson. Of the outstanding ladies listed below, who do you think was the most important woman of the past 100 years?Jane Addams(18601935)Anyone who has ever been helped by a social worker has Jane Addams to thank. Addams helped the poor and worked for pea
11、ce. She encouraged a sense of community(社区)by creating shelters and promoting education and services for people in need. In 1931, Addams became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.Rachel Carson(19071964)If it werent for Rachel Carson, the environmental movement might not exist toda
12、y. Her popular 1962 book Silent Spring raised awareness of the dangers of pollution and the harmful effects of chemicals on humans and on the worlds lakes and oceans.Sandra Day OConnor(1930present)When Sandra Day OConnor finished third in her class at Stanford Law School, in 1952, she coul
13、d not find work at a law firm because she was a woman. She became an Arizona state senator(参议员)and, in 1981, the first woman to join the U.S. Supreme Court. OConnor gave the deciding vote in many important cases during her 24 years on the top court.Rosa Parks(19132005)On December 1,1955, in Montgome
14、ry, Alabama, Rosa Parks would not give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger. Her simple act landed Parks in prison. But it also set off the Montgomery bus boycott. It lasted for more than a year, and kicked off the civil-rights movement. “The only tired I was, was tired of giving in,”said Parks
15、.21.What is Jane Addams noted for in history?A.Her teaching skills.B.Her social work.C.Her efforts to win a prize.D.Her community background.22.What was the reason for OConnors being rejected by the law firm?A.The discrimination against women.B.Her lack of proper training in law.C.Her little work ex
16、perience in court.D.The poor financial conditions.23.What can we infer about the women mentioned in the text?A.They are pioneers. B.They are highly educated.C.They are truly creative. D.They are peace-lovers.BFive years ago, when I taught art at a school in Seattle, I used Tinkertoys as a test at th
17、e beginning of a term to find out something about my students. I put a small set of Tinkertoys in front of each student, and said:“Make something out of the Tinkertoys. You have 45 minutes todayand 45 minutes each day for the rest of the week.”A few students hesitated to start. They waited to see wh
18、at the rest of the class would do. Several others checked the instructions and made something according to one of the model plans provided.Another group built something out of their own imaginations.Once I had a boy who worked experimentally with Tinkertoys in his free time.His constructions filled
19、a shelf in the art classroom and a good part of his bedroom at home. I was delighted at the presence of such a student. Here was an exceptionally creative mind at work. His presence meant that I had an unexpected teaching assistant in class whose creativity would infect(感染)other students.Encouraging
20、 this kind of thinking has a downside. I ran the risk of losing those students who had a different style of thinking.Without fail one would declare,“But Im just not creative.”“Do you dream at night when youre asleep?”“Oh,sure.”“So tell me one of your most interesting dreams.”The student would tell s
21、omething wildly imaginative. Flying in the sky or in a time machine or growing three heads.“Thats pretty creative. Who does that for you?”“Nobody. I do it.”“Reallyat night, when youre asleep?”“Sure.”“Try doing it in the daytime, in class, okay?”24.The teacher used Tinkertoys in class in order to.A.m
22、ake the lessons more exciting B.know more about the studentsC.raise the students interest in art D.teach the students about toy design25.What do we know about the boy mentioned in Paragraph 3?A.He liked to help his teacher. B.He preferred to study alone.C.He was imaginative. D.He was active in class
23、. 26.What does the underlined word“downside”in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A.Mistake. B.Difficulty. C.Drawback. D.Burden.27.Why did the teacher ask the students to talk about their dreams?A.To find out about their sleeping habits. B.To help them to improve their memory.C.To find out about their ways o
24、f thinking. D.To help them to see their creativity.CThere have been precious few positives during the COVID pandemic but British academics may have unearthed one: People look more attractive in protective masks.Researchers at Cardiff University were surprised to find that both men and women were jud
25、ged to look better with the lower part of their faces covered.Dr Michael Lewis, a reader from Cardiff Universitys school of psychology and an expert in faces, said research carried out before the pandemic had found that medical face masks reduced attractiveness because they were associated with dise
26、ase or illness. “We wanted to test whether this had changed since face coverings became common and understand whether the type of mask had any effect, so we began this research,”Lewis stated.The first part of the research was carried out in February 2021 by which time the British population had beco
27、me used to wearing masks in some circumstances. Forty-three women were asked to rate on a scale of 1 to 10 the attractiveness of images of male faces without a mask, wearing a plain cloth mask, a blue medical face mask, and holding a plain black book covering the area a face mask would hide.The part
28、icipants said those wearing a cloth mask were significantly more attractive than the ones with no masks or whose faces were partly covered by the book. But the blue medical mask made the wearer look even better. “At a time when we feel unprotected, we may find the wearing of medical masks safe and r
29、eliable and so feel more positive towards the wearer,”Lewis explained.Lewis said it was also possible that masks made people more attractive because they directed attention to the eyes. He said other studies had found that covering the left or right half of a face also made people look more attracti
30、ve, partly because the brain fills in the missing gaps and exaggerates the overall impact.The results of the first study have been published in the journal Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications. A second study has been carried out, in which a group of men look at women in masks;it has yet
31、to be published but Lewis said the results were broadly the same.28. Why was the research conducted?A. To test the effect the medical face masks have on peoples attractiveness during the pandemic.B. To test how the medical face masks work during the pandemic.C. To illustrate the importance of wearin
32、g medical face masks during the pandemic.D. To show wearing medical face masks reduces peoples attractiveness.29. How was the research conducted?A. By analyzing the data.B. By asking subjects questions.C. By rating the scale of the attractiveness.D. By referring to a theory.30. What can we infer fro
33、m Para.6?A. Masks distract peoples attention.B. The overall impact of people with masks may be beautified in ones brain.C. Covering the left face makes people the most attractive.D. The missing gaps make people look better.31. What can be the best title for the text?A. Protective masks are vital in
34、our daily life.B. Men look more attractive than women with masks.C. Protective masks make people reliable.D. Protective masks contribute to peoples attractiveness.DThe meaning of silence varies among cultural groups.Silences may be thoughtful, or they may be empty when a person has nothing to say. A
35、 silence in a conversation may also show stubbornness, uneasiness, or worry. Silence may be viewed by some cultural groups as extremely uncomfortable; therefore attempts may be made to fill every gap(间隙)with conversation. Persons in other cultural groups value silence and view it as necessary for un
36、derstanding a persons needs.Many Native Americans value silence and feel it is a basic part of communicating among people, just as some traditional Chinese and Thai persons do. Therefore, when a person from one of these cultures is speaking and suddenly stops, what may be implied(暗示) is that the per
37、son wants the listener to consider what has been said before continuing. In these cultures, silence is a call for reflection.Other cultures may use silence in other ways, particularly when dealing with conflicts among people or in relationships of people with different amounts of power. For example,
38、 Russian, French, and Spanish persons may use silence to show agreement between parties about the topic under discussion. However, Mexicans may use silence when instructions are given by a person in authority rather than be rude to that person by arguing with him or her. In still another use, person
39、s in Asian cultures may view silence as a sign of respect, particularly to an elder or a person in authority.Nurses and other care-givers need to be aware of the possible meanings of silence when they come across the personal anxiety their patients may be experiencing. Nurses should recognize their
40、own personal and cultural construction of silence so that a patients silence is not interrupted too early or allowed to go on unnecessarily. A nurse who understands the healing(治愈)value of silence can use this understanding to assist in the care of patients from their own and from other cultures.32.
41、What does the author say about silence in conversations?A.It implies anger. B.It is culture-specific.C.It promotes friendship. D.It is content-based.33.Which of the following people might regard silence as a call for careful thought?A.The French. B.The Mexicans.C.The Chinese. D.The Russians.34.What
42、does the author advise nurses to do about silence?A.Make use of its healing effects.B.Let it continue as the patient pleases.C.Break it while treating patients.D.Evaluate its harm to patients.35.What may be the best title for the text?A.Sound and Silence B.Silence to Native Americans C.What It Means
43、 to Be Silent D.Speech Is Silver; Silence Is Gold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处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 A garden thats just right for youHave you ever visited a garden that seemed just right for you, where the atmosphere of the garden appeared to total more than the sum(总和)of its parts?
44、36.But it doesnt happen by accident. It starts with looking inside yourself and understanding who you are with respect to the natural world and how you approach the gardening process.37Some people may think that a garden is no more than plants, flowers, patterns and masses of color. Others are conce
45、rned about using gardening methods that require less water and fewer fertilizers(肥料).38.However, there are a number of other reasons that might explain why you want to garden. One of them comes from our earliest years.Recall(回忆) your childhood memoriesOur model of what a garden should be often goes
46、back to childhood. Grandmas rose garden and Dads vegetable garden might be good or bad, but thats not whats important.39how being in those gardens made us feel. If youd like to build a powerful bond with your garden, start by taking some time to recall the gardens of your youth.40.Then go outside an
47、d work out a plan to translate your childhood memories into your grown-up garden. Have fun.A.Still others may simply enjoy being outdoors and close to plantsB.You can produce that kind of magical quality in your own garden, tooC.Find a good place for your own gardenD.Know why you gardenE.For each of those gardens, write down the strongest memory you haveF.Its our experience of the garden that mattersG.Its delightful to see so many beautiful flowers第三部分 英语知识运用（共三节，满分45分）第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（
