1、湖北省2020年高考英语模拟试题及答案（试卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟）考生注意事项：1.答卷前，着生务必将自已的姓名、准考证号填写在答題卡上。2.回蓉选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答題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。第一部分 听力(共20小题；共两节，满分30分) （略）第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节 (共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、BC和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A72 hours in BeijingTraveling to
2、 China is no longer a luxury for many foreign passport holders. The Chinese government has permitted a 72-hour visa-free policy that offers access to visitors from 53 countries including the US, France and Austria. Lets start with the capital of China, Beijing Heres a pick of the best in Beijing!Mut
3、ianyu Great WallYour trip to Beijing isnt really complete without seeing one of the “New Seven Wonders of the World”, the Great Wall of China, The Mutianyu section of the Great Wall is by far the most well-preserved of all. Taking a one hour bus ride, Mutianyu would be your ideal location for a half
4、-day of hiking away from the large crowds in the city. Also, the authorities have allowed tourists to paint graffiti on a specific section of the Great Wall since 2014. The Great Wall was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987.798 Art ZoneThis would be on the top of my list! Named after the
5、 798 factory that was built in the 1950s, the art zone is home to various galleries, design studios, art exhibition spaces, fashionable shops and bars. You could easily spend half your day wandering around the complex, feeling the contrast of the present and the past.Summer PalaceLocated in northwes
6、tern Beijing, the Summer Palace is by far the citys most well-preserved royal park. With its huge lake and hilltop views, the palace offers you a pastoral escape into the landscape of traditional Chinese paintings. The Summer Palace was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1998.Sichuan Provinc
7、ial RestaurantWhile in Beijing, apart from trying the citys best-known Peking duck, the Sichuan provincial restaurant is one of places where you can enjoy regional delicious food. It offers one of Chinas eight great cuisines, Sichuan, which ranges from Mapo tofu to spicy chicken.21. Which of the fol
8、lowing is true about the Mutianyu Great Wall?A. It is the most well-preserved part of the Great Wall.B. You can paint graffiti anywhereC. You need a half-day to get there.D. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 201422. When was the Summer Palace added to the UNESCO World Heritage List?A
9、. In1950.B. In 1987C. In 1998D. In2014.23. Which place is the authors first choice when visiting Beijing?A. Mutianyu Great Wall.B. Summer Palace.C. 798 Art ZoneD. Sichuan Provincial Restaurant.BTRAIL SAFE! is a unique safety training program designed specifically for National Park Service (NPS) Trai
10、l Volunteers, but is useful to everyone! Its based upon NPS Operational Leadership Training, where the human factor of safety is explored. TRAIL SAFE! captures (捕捉) the core learning objectives of the 16-hour Operational Leadership course while allowing volunteers to learn from their own homes onlin
11、e.The TRAIL SAFE! series includes eight video lessons, each ranging in length from 18 to 40 minutes long. Watch them over the course of multiple days, or “binge watch” the entire series in three hoursits up to youbut please watch them in order from Lesson 1 through Lesson 8. After viewing the lesson
12、s, send your training verification (验证) emails to register your participation. When you have viewed and registered for all eight individual lessons, each participant will receive a TRAIL SAFE! pin and a SPE/GAR card in the mail for use in the field. Thank you for helping to make Sleeping Bear Dunes
13、one of the safest work environments for NPS Trail Volunteers like yourself.Ready to start?Click on this link to access all TRAIL SAFE! videos: https:/www.nps.gov/iatr/trail-safe.htmIf you require Audio Descriptive versions of TRAIL SAFE!, the link to those videos is also available on the Ice Age Tra
14、il site.Record your participationIn order to receive credits for your participation, please fill in your answers to the following questions and email to: Matthew_mohrmannps.gov.Which video lesson did you just complete viewing?Name of the Trail where you volunteer.Your name and full mailing address,
15、so we may send your course completion materials to you.Names and addresses of others if you are viewing this lesson in a group setting.Optional: Please let us know any comments or suggestions you have about this lesson.Upon registering your completion for the entire eight lesson series, youll receiv
16、e your TRAIL SAFE! pin and risk assessment card via mail.24. What is the aim of TRAIL SAFE!?A. To develop volunteers operational leadership.B. To offer links to the websites for learning.C. To provide credits for viewing.D. To pass the risk assessment.25. How long does it take the participants to wa
17、tch the eight videos at a time?A. 18 minutes.B. 40 minutes.C. 3 hours.D. 16 hours.26. What should the participants do to get a SPE/GAR card?A. Watch and register for all the series.B. Give some comments on the lessons.C. Send and receive training mails.D. Answer all of the questions.27. What can be
18、inferred about the job of NPS Trail Volunteers?A. It is popular with everyone.B. It can be dangerous.C. It shall be completed online.D. It needs NPS working experience.C“Anything you want, anytime you need it.”The message appeared on computer screens across the country at the same time, on the same
19、day: December 12th, at 12 p.m. Simultaneously, important looking envelopes containing cards with the same message were hand-delivered to the offices of all the major news companies.One found its way to the desk of Chris Lin, a business reporter at The Post. The card was beautifully designed a black
20、background with the words printed out in crisp white letters. There was no explanation on the back, just a website address.Chris went to the website. Its style was identical to the cards and said: “Anytime: Starting Tomorrow.”The next day websites and blogs were filled with articles theorising about
21、 Anytime. Was it a shopping website like Tao Bao or Amazon? A joke? Something illegal? Anytimes marketing had worked it was a household name before itd even made a single sale.When the opening came, that day at noon, the Anytime website suddenly had a single field that read, “What do you want?” All
22、you had to do was type the words into that box, and then specify how quickly you wanted your item delivered: within one, ten, or twenty-four hours.Bloggers were the first to test the service. And their reviews were glowing. Within weeks, Anytime had become a part of daily life. Nobody used other del
23、ivery sites or the post anymore as Anytime was much cheaper and faster.Chris still wondered what exactly Anytime was. He tried to find out who owned the company, but it was registered in a small country that did not require such information to be made public. He did find some interesting facts, thou
24、gh. Anyone who challenged the company, it seemed, met with serious trouble. A government official critical of Anytime for avoiding tax was forced to leave his position after news stories suddenly appeared claiming he was dishonest. The head of another company taking Anytime to court died in a car ac
25、cident just days before the case was to begin.Chris began making a list of all the people who had something terrible happen to them after opposing or criticising Anytime. By lunch, he had more than one hundred examples. Something was definitely wrong. Chris worked on his list the rest of the day, em
26、ailing people who could provide more information and looking through newspaper records. After working through the night, an exhausted Chris finally fell asleep at his desk at 4 a.m.When he woke a few hours later, there was a message flashing on his computer screen: “Stop making trouble.” Chris smile
27、d. He had no intention of stopping now that he knew he was on the right track.28. What was on the front of the card sent to Chris Lin?A. An invitation to a company opening.B. The website address of a new company.C. The words “Anytime: Starting tomorrow”.D. The words “Anything you want, anytime you n
28、eed it”.29. Why did the company choose to send the cards to many news reporters?A. Because it didnt have enough money for traditional advertising.B. Because it wanted to attract the reporters as customers.C. So the reporters would write stories about the new company.D. So people would find the new c
29、ompany interesting.30. What did Chris s research suggest about Anytime?A. It may be very dangerous.B. Its popularity would soon decrease.C. It was doing business all over the world.D. It was being widely criticised by journalists.31. How did Chris feel at the end of the story?A. Scared that he would
30、 get into trouble.B. Confident that he would find the truth.C. Nervous about what the company would do.D. Satisfied that he had discovered the companys secret.DConnecting with people has become so much easier with advancing technology. Tasks that once required a postage stamp or carrier pigeon are n
31、ow as simple as tapping a name or even a face on your screen, and youre connected. But also easier is unconsciously getting caught up in a dilemma by violating certain new rules for communicating. A big one for some: Dont call until youve texted to confirm its OK to call. But thats just the beginnin
32、g.“Im usually pretty mild and not much bothers me,” said Mark Angielle, a 29-year-old office manager from White Plains, New York. But the one thing that he hates more than anything else in life is the terrible one-word message “K.” “At the very least reply with, Got it.” he said “At least give me a
33、few words here. Youre not that busy.”There are hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of others who have taken Lo social media to express their distaste for people who dont follow the unwritten rules of digital communication.“These rules are simply a new display of a phenomenon weve seen in the past,” sa
34、id James Ivory, professor of communication a Virginia Tech. In the same way that generations and small groups of friends have their own slang and customs, internet culture has given birth to technology-dependent beings that have their own unique set of routine.But not everyone gets the point. Unlike
35、 language, digital communication can be filled with ambiguous clues (线索、迹象) that the person on the other end of the call, text or email may or may not easily understand.“As soon as people arent talking face to face, the first thing that gets lost is some of the richness of the body language,” Ivory
36、said, “People immediately fill that gap by using emoji (表情符号) to sum up a feeling in seconds.“Theres great potential for danger,” Ivory warned. “Whats considered polite in one form might be inappropriate or rude in another occasion.”32. What can you infer about Mark from Paragraph 2?A. He is a busin
37、essman with a bad temper.B. He complains about social manners.C. He cant bear one- word messages.D. He dislike a busy business life.33. According to the text, which of the following breaks the rules for communicating?A. John says “I got it.” to his boss face to face.B. Jim calls Bill without confirm
38、ing in advance.C. Mary texts Lily to make sure if she can call her.D. Jack sends “Thanks a lot” to his business friends.34. Why may people misunderstand each other during digital communication?A. Emoji cannot sum up feelings.B. People use their own slang and customs.C. There are large quantities of
39、written rules.D. People gets wrong messages without clear clues.35. What are people expected to do after reading tie passage?A. To obey their own digital communication rules.B. To be aware of rules during digital communication.C. To use advancing technology even with disadvantages.D. To keep pace wi
40、th digital communication development.第二节 (共5小题;每小题2分，满分10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。Whats the purpose of building patience abilities? In a word, happiness. Better relationships, more success. But indeed it takes efforts to build them successfully. _36_. Thus, when the big ones come,
41、we will have developed the patience we need for hard times.Understand the addictive nature of anger and impatience. We, human beings, are still constructed with our old reptilian (爬行动物似的) brain that protects our physical and emotional survival. On the emotional survival side, we want our way to get
42、ahead, to achieve, to “look good.” Lets just face it. _37_ So the first step in growing patience is to get in touch with the addictive quality of the opposite of patienceanger, impatience, blaming and shaming. We all have them. And we can grow beyond them.Upgrade our attitude towards discomfort and
43、pain. Pain has its purposes and pushes us to find solutionswe try to change the other person, situation or thing that we think is causing our discomfort. But the problem is that it is not the outside thing thats the source of our pain, but how our mind is set. _38_Pay attention when the impatience o
44、r pain starts. Most of us dont really realize it when we are feeling even the smallestbut very presentpainful feelings. _39_ But to really care for ourselves, get curious about whats actually happening in the moment inside you. Focusing on whats actually happening, you can notice the worry of not wa
45、nting whats happening, the resistance._40_ When you find yourself impatient, or angry with yourself, you can remind yourself that you are growing, and that, “Sure, this is understandable; this is what happens to me when Im bothered.” You can say to yourself, “Its true. I dont like this; this is unco
46、mfortable, but I can tolerate it.”A. Practice positive self-talk.B. So the solution to pain is an inside job.C. Patience abilities benefit you in many ways.D. Learn to forgive yourself for being impatient in hard times.E. We ignore the fact that were in pain and focus completely on fixing the proble
47、m.F. The urge to protect ourselves and what we consider valuable is absolutely habit-forming.G. Effective ways are recommended to train ourselves to work with little pains and annoyances.第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节，满分45分第一节 (共20小题;每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。When you think of frien
48、ds, you often think of those who accompany you for a long time. But there is another kind of _41_ -one that does not unfold over a _42_period of time but springs entirely from a particular_43_In my eighth grade，there was Jenny. I_44_to stay at her farmhouse with cats and dogs. Eighth grade was a terrible year. We both_45_ it，but we didnt talk about it. On cold winter days，she _46_ me how she lied on her pony Redwings back. Then we would _47_on long journey，riding and walking，She left in ninth grade an
