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1、2021 年茂名市茂港区第一中学高三英语模拟试题及答案 第一部分 阅读（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、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项 A HubeiProvincehas long been a favorite Chinese tourist destination because of its natural scenery,historic cities,and beautiful mountains.Here are some of the best places to visit inHubeiPr
2、ovince.YellowCraneTower YellowCraneToweris known as one of the Three Famous Towers South of Yangtze River,together withYueyangTowerinHunanand Tengwang Pavilion inJiangxi.The history ofYellowCraneTowerdates back to the Three Kingdoms period(220-280)in Chinese history.The tower was used as a watchtowe
3、r by the King of Wus army in the beginning.Enshi Grand Canyon Enshi Grand Canyon can beChinas answer to the Grand Canyon inArizona,theUnited Statesin beauty.The canyon runs 108 kilometers and occupies a land area of 3,000 square kilometers.The region where Enshi Grand Canyon is located used to be a
4、vast sea with many limestone deposits 230 million years ago.Shennongjia Scenic Area It is famous for its varied plant species as well as mountains.Regarded as the“Lungs of Central China,the forest coverage reaches over 90 percent of the area.Due to the special climate,it is neither too hot in summer
5、 nor too cold in winter.Sometimes clouds stretch around mountains,rewarding tourists with unforgettable views.Besides,the area is home to some rare animals such as golden monkeys,white bears and antelope.The Three-Gorge Tribe scenic spot Located in the area of the Xiling Gorge in the city ofYichang,
6、it has the beauty of landscape paintings.The spot is a“ProtectedCenterof the Popular Culture and Art of the Three Gorges”.Since ancient times,a lot of famous scholars have produced a great number of excellent poems praising the beauty of this place,some of which are carved on the stones along theYan
7、gtze River.1.What is special aboutYellowCraneTower?A.It has a long history.B.It offers a scenic view.C.It once served wars purposes.D.It is the best-known tower inChina 2.Why is the Grand Canyon inArizonamentioned?A.To explain its popularity inChina.B.To help readers know more about it.C.To prove th
8、e beauty of the Chinese canyon.D.To show differences between the two canyons.3.Which place will a Chinese literature lover probably visit?A.Enshi Grand Canyon.B.YellowCraneTower.C.Shennongjia Scenic Area.D.TheThree-Gorge Tribe scenic spot.B To Rehan Staton,his childhood was a life of privilege lovin
9、g parents,a supportive big brother and a pleasant,private school education.Everything changed when his mother left the country and his father lost his job.He had to sleep with a heavy jacket on when it was cold.He was always hungry.He said he couldnt concentrate at school and would sleep during clas
10、s.He went from straight.As to near the bottom of his class.A teacher told him he needed special education,which made him hate school.Staton spent his high school years as an excellent athlete,raining to become a professional boxer.He had won a lot of martial arts competitions.But a tragedy struck hi
11、m in his senior year when Staton suffered serious tendonitis(肌腱炎),in both shoulders.He couldnt lift either arm for months.His dream of becoming a professional player failed.He struggled to apply to colleges but was refused byall of them.Statons body slowly recovered from martial arts and he got a jo
12、b as a rubbish collector.Many co-workers couldnt help but ask him a simple question,“What are you doing here?Youre smart.You are too young to be here.Go to college.”It was the first time someone outside his family had spoken highly of his intelligence.It was the co-workers thatem enedhim to return t
13、o school.Several co-workers put Staton in touch with a professor atBowieStateUniversity.The professor was impressed with their conversation and persuaded the admissions board to change its former decision.Going to college forced Statons older brother,Reggie,to drop out.They both knew someone had to
14、be working full time along with their dad.It was a decision Reggie made on his own.After receiving a 4.0,Staton succeeded in becoming a student at theUniversityofMaryland.But he still had a long way to go to attend Harvard Law eventually.4.What finally changed Rehan Statons happy childhood?A.His bro
15、thers losing the job.B.His serious health problem.C.His fathers sudden death.D.His mothers leaving the country.5.What does the underlined word“em ened”in the fourth paragraph mean?A.Force.B.Direct.C.Encourage.D.Accompany.6.Why did Statons elder brother have to drop out of school?A.He wanted his brot
16、her to study further.B.His father asked him to leave school.C.He had lost interest in most lessons.D.He had to go out to find his mother.7.What will the writer mainly talk about next?A.What Rehan Staton planned to do after entering Harvard.B.How Rehan Staton managed to be admitted to Harvard.C.Why R
17、ehan Staton decided to choose to go to Harvard.D.When Rehan Staton would be successful in Harvard Law.C The first patient who died on my watch was an older man with a faulty heart.We tried to slow it down with treatment,but it suddenly stopped beating completely.Later,whenever I would have a case li
18、ke that one,I found myself second-guessing my clinical management.However,it turns out that thinking twice may actually cause more harm than good.In a working paper,Emory University researchers found that when doctors delivering a baby have a bad result,they are more likely to switch to a different
19、delivery method with the next patient,often unnecessarily and sometimes with worse results.Because doctors make so many decisions that have serious consequences,thefalloutfrom second-guessing appears especially large for us.A 2006 study found that if a patient had a bleed after being prescribed(开药)w
20、arfarin,the physician was about 20%less likely to prescribe later patients the blood thinner that prevents strokes(中风).However,if a patient was not on warfarin and had a stroke physicians were still no more likely to prescribe warfarin to their other patients.These findings highlight interesting beh
21、avioral patterns in doctors.In the blood-thinner study,doctors were more affected by the act of doing harm(prescribing a blood thinner that ended up hurting doctors were more affected by the act of doing harm(prescribing a blood thinner that ended up hurting a patient)and less affected by letting ha
22、rm happen(not prescribing a blood thinner and the patient having a stroke).Yet a stroke is often more permanent and damaging than a bleed.But this phenomenon is not unique to medicine.Overreaction to Fearsome Risks holds true for broader society.For instance,sensational headlines about shark attacks
23、 on humans in Florida in 2001 caused a panic and led the state to prohibit shark-feeding expeditions.Yet shark attacks had actually fallen that year and,according to the study,such a change was probably unnecessary given the extremely small risk of such an attack happening.Humans are likely to be in
24、fluenced by emotional and often irrational(不理性的)thinking when processing information,bad events and mistakes.As much as we dont want to cause an unfortunate event to happen again,we need to be aware that a worst situation that can be imagined doesnt necessarily mean we did anything wrong.When we ove
25、rthink,we fail to rely on thinking based on what we know or have experienced.Instead,we may involuntarily overanalyze and come to the wrong conclusion.I have treated dozens of patients who presented with the same illnesses as my first patient,who died more than a year ago.Instead of second-guessing
26、myself,I trusted my clinical instinct(本能)and stayed the course.Every one of those patients survived.You should trust your instinct in your life,too.8.The first two paragraphs suggest that_.A.bad medical outcomes affect doctors B delivering babies can be difficult work C.some doctors are not very exp
27、erienced D.doctors sometimes make silly mistakes 9.In the blood-thinner study,doctors_.A.tend to prescribe less effective medicine B.are more concerned about the patients safety C.become less confident in writing a prescription D.believe a stroke is more treatable than a bleeding 10.What does the un
28、derlined word fallout in Paragraph 3 probably mean?A.Result B.Benefit C.Difference D.Absence 11.The author will probably agree that_.A.we should not doubt our own decisions B.our experience will pave way for our future C.humans are emotional and irrational on the whole D.instincts dont necessarily l
29、ead to wrong directions D Long time no see.is a very interesting sentence.When I first read this sentence from an American friends e-mail,I laughed.I thought it was a perfect example of Chinglish.Obviously,it is a word-by-word literal translation of the Chinese greeting with wrong English grammar an
30、d structure!Later on,my friend told me that it is a standard American greeting.I was too surprised to believe her.Her words were unbelievable at all.So I did research onG.To my surprise,there are over 60 thousand web pages containing Long time no see.Though it is sort of informal,it is part of the l
31、anguage that Americans use daily.Interestingly,if you type this phrase in Microsoft Word,the software will tell you that the grammar needs to be corrected.Nobody knows the origin of this Chinglish sentence.Some people believe that it came from Charlie Chans movies.In the 1930s,Hollywood moviemakers
32、successfully created a worldwide famous Chinese detective named Charlie Chan on wide screens.Detective Chan liked to teach Americans some Chinese wisdom by quoting Confucius.Long time no see.was his symbol.Soon after Charlie Chan,Long time no see.became a popular expression in America thanks to the
33、popularity of these movies.Some scholars compare America to a hugemelting pot.All kinds of cultures are mixed in the pot together,and they change the colour and taste of each other.Language is usually the first thing to be influenced in the mixed pot.You can have some examples from other countries s
34、uch as pizza from Italian,sushi from Japanese,and dj vu from French etc.There is a long list!Since Americans admire Chinese culture more and more nowadays,I believe more Chinese words will become American English in the future.In this way,the Americans melting pot keeps adding richness and flavour.1
35、2.What did the writer himself feel surprised at?A.The Chinglish expression Long time no see.B.So many literal translations of the expressions used in America.C.Long time no see.is used as a standard American English greeting.D.Finding out Americans use the expression every day.13.What do the underli
36、ned words melting pot in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A.Confuciuss words.B.Culture mixture.C.A kind of cooked dish.D.American changing cultures.14.According to the passage,what can be inferred?A.Detectives translated the phrase Long time no see.B.Cultures cannot be changed in the huge melting pot.C.The
37、 huge melting pot greatly affects all kinds of languages.D.Hollywood made Long time no see.popular.15.What is the main idea of the passage?A.Some Chinese expressions are introduced into English.B.Youll not be surprised at a tofu and peanut butter hamburger in a restaurant in America.C.Some American
38、expressions can be used in China.D.American English keeps being enriched by different cultures.第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 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 Motivation plays a role in almost everything we do.From getting outof bed in the morning to dealing with a chore or going after a new ro
39、le at work,its finally the sense of motivation that drives us from beginning to completion of any task that life throws to us._16_They can complete daily tasks without a second thought and remain efficient from morning to evening.Others,however,may struggle to find a sense of motivation for differen
40、t reasons.Fortunately,here are a few ways you can introduce motivation into your daily routine.Create attainable goals.Feeling stressed because of a goal or a project is normal.Even if the task is a big one,you can break it down into small goals to work your way to the finish line.For example,if you
41、 have a difficult project coming up,dont wait until the last minute to begin._17_This will make you feel challenged,while also allowing you to feel as if youve completed important activities._18_By rewarding yourself one thing at a time or at the end of the day,you can also teach yourself to be a mo
42、re motivated person.This is about treating yourself for good work!Every time you complete a task,you know youre going to get a reward.Likewise,if you dont complete any task,you wont get a reward._19_ Create positive habits over time._20_In order to make motivation a positive habit,a person needs to
43、try and start completing activities every single day.Of course,it is fine to miss a day here and there but that should be done cautiously.A.Reward yourself.B.Assess rewards for different achievements.C.Some people find motivation easy to come by.D.Instead,make a list of achievable goals for each day
44、.E.It usually takes around two months to develop a habit.F.So over time,you associate rewards with beingmotivated.G.It is not difficult to develop a positive habit related to motivation.第二部分 语言运用（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，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项 My mom has always be
45、en my biggest inspiration.Shes a single parent of eight.Throughout the years,Ive seen my mom_21_many difficulties and overcome many life changing barriers.All those could easily_22_someone with little faith.The most difficult challenge was the_23_of my younger sister Tenesha at the age of 7.During t
46、he first three months of Teneshas life,doctors_24_if she would live to see the age of 1.This was_25_news,but my mom never lost_26_.Even though Teneshas_27_hospital visits hurt her at times,my mom never showed signs of_28_.Her strength always made Tenesha feel_29_there had been nothing to worry about
47、.This strength_30_Tenesha to live the life of a regular child.We almost_31_that she was sick.Unfortunately,after 5 years of a happy childhood,things began to_32_.Tenesha lost sight in her left eye,which was_33_by loss of sense in her left arm,eventually leaving her left side paralyzed(瘫痪的).My mom_34
48、_her job and attended to her every need.With my mom by her side.Tenesha went to bed with a _35_ every night.At the age of 7,Tenesha left us.Her_36_was over.It was a(n)_37_difficult time for us all.However,it wasalso the best learning experience.We now know that no matter how_38_our sufferings may ap
49、pear,we have a support system that will overcome it all.This is all because of the_39_person in the world-my mom.When we all felt weak,my mom grew stronger.At a time of_40_,my mom grew victorious.She is my heroine!21.A.record B.promote C.experience D.abandon 22.A.discourage B.impress C.distinguish D
50、.possess 23.A.disease B.missing C.mistake D.passing 24.A.asked B.doubted C.argued D.whispered 25.A.confusing B.disappointing C.embarrassing D.heartbreaking 26.A.hope B.interest C.courage D.confidence 27.A.aimless B.priceless C.countless D.meaningless 28.A.pity B.weakness C.preference D.apology 29.A.