1、江苏省南通市部分学校2020-2021学年高三5月高考模拟考试英语试题学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、阅读理解In Africa, the honeyguide birds can respond to human calls to lead people to honeywhat scientists describe as a mutualistic interaction,or one that benefits both creatures. The birds tweet and fly from tree to tree to guide honey seekers to hi
2、dden bee nests, typically inside trees. Then, humans open the trees to find honey, and the birds can dine on beeswax, their favorite food.Dogs have an excellent sense of smell, which is why the folks at Penn Vet Working Dog Center are training dogs to identify the smell of cancer using tissue and bl
3、ood samples from people who suffer. The scientists hope to develop a way for dogs to screen samples first, then perform follow-up testing on the samples the dogs flaggeda system for spotting cancer in its early stages.Having a snake wrapped around your neck isnt necessarily what you usually expect.
4、But Monty, a 13-year-old snake has been helping customers relax with neck massages(按摩). Its unlikely he was trained to do the job and is just pulsating like any other snake would whenaround a persons neck. Regardless, this special snake books out a few weeks in advance.The Guide Horse Foundation has
5、 been training miniature horses (those standing 34 inches or less) as assistance animals for the visually damaged since 1999. Miniature horses are ideal service animals for people who feel uncomfortable with dogs or who want a guide animal with a longer life span. The horses typically live from 30 t
6、o 40 years.1According to the text, which animal can help you relax?AA snake.BA dog.CA honeyguide bird.DA miniature horse.2Miniature horses could serve _.Ablind people who dislike dogsBblind people who can live longerCanimal lovers who search for honeyDanimal lovers who suffer from cancer3The text is
7、 about animals _.Aspecial trainingBgreat potentialsCunique jobsDhigh intelligenceWith the worlds attention on vaccines (疫苗), now feels like a good moment to sing the praises of an often forgotten contribution to their development. Three hundred years ago this month, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu got her
8、 daughter inoculated (接种) against smallpox, making her child the first person in the West to be protected in this way. Without Montagus willingness to adopt a practice she had learned from other cultures, the introduction of vaccines around 80 years later would never have taken place.Montagu first w
9、itnessed inoculation when she accompanied her husband to Turkey in 1717. Inoculation had started in Asia, probably in China, as early as the 10th century ADMontagu observed how older women in Turkey took a tiny amount of pus (脓) from a person with smallpox. They then used needles to make cuts on peo
10、ples wrists and ankles and added the pus to their bloodstream. This helped people gain immunity from future infection.Like other visitors to the country, Montagu took steps to ensure that her son was inoculated in Turkey. This worked well, but she knew that trying it in England would be far more cha
11、llenging. Inoculation performed by unlicensed amateurs would threaten doctors professional standing and potentially rob them of valuable income. Churchmen also disagree with the practice, as they saw it as going against nature.Back in England, Montagu observed the increased severity of smallpox infe
12、ctions. Eventually, in April 1721, she decided to use the Turkish practice to have her daughter inoculated, because she believed that the rewards would outweigh the risks. After a safe time had passed following the inoculation, Montagu allowed doctors to examine her daughter.Doctors in Britain gradu
13、ally accepted the practice. About so years later, a pioneering physician found smallpox vaccines to destroy smallpox completely. As early as last century, academics argued that Montagu was no more than an enthusiastic amateur. In truth, she made a vital scientific contribution towards finding the cu
14、re for smallpox.4What is the second paragraph mainly about?AThe origin of smallpox inoculation.BMontagus first access to inoculation.CThe benefits from smallpox inoculation.DTurkish womens invention of inoculation.5Montagu found it difficult to try inoculation in England because _.Ait was against hu
15、man natureBit might harm doctors interestsCit was beyond doctors abilitiesDit might shake churchmens belief6What led doctors in Britain to accept inoculation?AThe increased severity of smallpox infections.BA physicians discovery of smallpox vaccines.CThe result of Montagus daughters inoculation.DMon
16、tagus focus on its rewards rather than its risks.7What might be the best title of the test?AAn unsung heroBNo limit to creationCDevelopment of vaccinesDA historic medical innovationThe first thing we notice about new people are their faces. The next time we see these people, we remember them because
17、 we remember their faces. This seems like a simple process. However, scientists found that it is not such a simple process. The section of the brain that is responsible for face recognition seems to work differently for different people. Some people have great difficulty remembering and recognizing
18、faces, while others almost never forget a face.Normal babies are born with a natural ability to recognize faces. In fact, their face recognition abilities are much better than their parents. Babies are highly skilled at face recognition at six months. But by nine months, they lose this skill, By nin
19、e months, a babys face-recognition skills are about the same as an adults.Unfortunately, some people are not born with this ability to recognize faces. The part of the brain that is responsible for face recognition doesnt work for them. This condition is called face blindness. People with very sever
20、e face blindness cannot even recognize their own faces. In fact, people with this condition can sometimes be frightened when they look in the mirror. They dont recognize their own face, so for a second they are startled when they see this unfamiliar face.Face blindness is not always severe. Scientis
21、ts believe up to 10 percent of the population may be affected by face blindness to some degree, yet many people with mild face blindness might not even know they have it. They have no reason to know they are different from anyone else until someone points it out. This is similar to people with color
22、 blindness.Colorblind people cant see the difference between certain colors such as red and green, until someone tells them that green and red are two different colors.There is no cure for face blindness. So for the time being. people with face blindness need to find simple techniques to compensate
23、for their problem. They can try to recognize people by their hairstyle, their voice, or their glasses. Hopefully, in the future as scientists learn more about this condition, they will find a cure.8The first paragraph is mainly about _.Athe way to improve ones face-recognition skillsBthe fact that s
24、ome people have face-recognition problemsCthe simple process of the brain to recognize others facesDthe importance of face recognition in human communication9When do people have the keen skills of face-recognition?AAt birth.BIn adolescence.CHalf a year old.DNine months old.10The bold word “startled”
25、 in the 3rd paragraph is closes in meaning to _.AconfusedBsurprisedCexcitedDdepressed11What does the author think of the problem of face blindness?APeople need to take it seriously.BIt affects a great number of people.CIt can be cured in the near future.DCertain techniques can make up for it.Over 40
26、0 human footprints preserved in volcanic sediment （沉淀物）provide a sign at social life among ancient hunter-gatherers. The impressions, found in northern Tanzania, add up to Africas largest collection of ancient human footprints, say evolutionary biologist Kevin Hatala of Chatham University in Pittsbu
27、rgh and colleagues. People walked across a muddy layer of volcanic ashes dating to between 19,100 and 5,760 years ago, the researchers reported on May 14 in Scientific Reports. Dating of a thin rock layer that partly overlaps （重 叠）the sediment narrows the footprints age to about 12,000 to 10,000 yea
28、rs ago.Hatalas team analyzed footprint sizes, distances between prints and which way prints pointed. One collection of tracks was made by 17 people walking southwest. Comparisons with modem prints suggest that this group consisted of fourteen women, two men and one young boy. The women may have been
29、 searching for foods while a few males visited or accompanied them, the researchers infer. Some present-day hunter-gatherers form lately female food-gathering groups.The study is a nice piece of work”, although its hard to specify what people were doing, says geologist Matthew Bennett of Bournemouth
30、 University in Poole, England.Many more sets of footprint tracks would be needed to argue convincingly that hunter-gatherers at that time had female food-gathering groups, Bennett says. And it would still be unknown if the women were gathering plants or hunting prey. Other footprint sites present es
31、pecially promising opportunities for studying ancient behavior, he says. He is involved in work in New Mexico that has uncovered tens of thousands of footprints of humans and other creatures from more than 10,000 years ago. Early results suggest that humans there hunted giant sloths （树 獭）.Bennett ex
32、pects those prints will yield more insights into Stone Age hunting.12What does the underlined word impressions” in the first paragraph mean?AThoughts about people or things.BCollections of volcanic ashes.CMarks left by creatures or something.DBehaviors of imitating someone-13What do the newly-discov
33、ered footprints suggest?AAncient hunters were socially organized.BAncient male hunters were admired by females.CFemale food-gathering groups were obviously formed.DMales played a more important role in finding food than females.14What can we learn according to the last paragraph?AThe females gathere
34、d plants or hunted prey in the Stone Age.BThe footprint tracks have proved female food-gathering groups existed.CThe footprint sites provide a good chance to further study ancient behaviorDThe footprints will hardly influence our understanding of Stone Age hunting.15Whats the best title of the text?
35、AHow Ancient Hunters Gathered FoodBWhat Ancient Hunan Footprints Were LikeCWhat Ancient Human Footprints Tell UsDHow Ancient Food-Gathering Groups Cooperated二、七选五If you think youre a pessimist and theres no hope of ever turning it around, then think again! According to mental health experts, it is a
36、ctually very possible to turn into a glass-half-full kind of person, and heres what you can do to see things in a brighter light._16_ Writing down your ideas of an optimistic tomorrow will make a huge difference when it comes to your overall attitude to life. You may also want to consider a serious
37、challenge you have in life right now, and simply sit back and think about all of the possible positive outcomes.Choose to be optimistic. Life is all about choices. You can choose to spend the entire day reading or cleaning. You can make the call youve been thinking about for a while or you can put i
38、t off for another day. Whats more, you can also choose to be positive or you can choose to simply carry on living as you are. _17_ And then carry on that way for the rest of your life.Extend positiveness to others. Making others feel good about themselves can have lasting positive effects on your ow
39、n life. Never forget to admire your family, friends, and colleagues for the good things which they are doing in their lives, even if they dont directly affect you. _18_Recognize your negative thought patterns. Its fine to acknowledge that bad things in life might happen at any time. _19_ Yet being o
40、verly negative can seriously ruin your chances of finding happiness in his life. Reframing your awkwardly negative thoughts into more realistic patterns may be the key to helping you maintain optimism.Practice gratitude. Spend some time thinking about all of the things you have to be thankful for. _
41、20_ You could even choose to keep diaries, where you can put down anything which makes you smile. If nothing else, take a moment every once in a while to stop, smile and be thankful for the positive things in life.AImagine a positive future.BForm the habit of keeping diaries.COf course, its also nec
42、essary to praise yourself.DIgnoring reality isnt the most helpful method either.EBeing optimistic starts with the decision to be positive.FIt will often provide you with an instant optimism boost.GTake a moment to work out how realistic your thoughts really are.三、完形填空Fatima grew up in rural Gohr Pro
43、vince, where there was no schooling available to girls. But she insisted on listening to BBC radio, which she could _21_ when high enough in the hills.“My sisters were forced to get married. I decided that I would not continue in their _22_. That was why I decided to _23_,” Fatima says.She joined Fa
44、cebook groups for history fans. _24_ of people who only related Afghanistan to conflicts, Fatima started writing _25_ about places that foreigners might not know about. Fatima started getting _26_ from online friends. A man reached out to her saying he was going to be_27_ in Afghanistan and asking w
45、hether she was interested in showing him around in Herat. She said yes. Later, he recommended her to someone else and _28_ Fatima came to the attention of a travel agency. The company _29_ her in late 2020, and she became her countrys first female _30_ tour guide.Of course, being a _31_ is never eas
46、y. Fatima says many people have told her that its too dangerous for a woman to work, especially if it means _32_ with men one-on-one. Fatima says that the _33_ of her employers and the people she has met through giving tours is what keeps her _34_. Theres also the implication（暗示）of what could happen
47、 if she does_35_:“If I give up, then other women will never start.”21Atake upBpick upCturn upDbuild up22AlifeBchoiceCtraditionDbusiness23AworkBliveCstudyDtravel24AAfraidBConvincedCCertainDTired25ApostsBlettersCnovelsDspeeches26AresponsesBdonationClessonsDguidance27AteachingBsettlingCtravellingDserving28AsimilarlyBobviouslyChopefullyDeventually29ApromotedBinstructedChiredDtrained30AintelligentBdevotedCefficientDprofessional31AresearcherBpioneerCspecialistDcelebrity32AplayingBinteractingCexploringDcooperating
