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1、2021 届大连女子学院高三英语二模试卷及参考答案 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 The Origins of Famous Brands Our lives are full of brand names and trademarked products that we use every day.Although many brand names are simple acronyms(首字母缩略词)or versions of their founde
2、rs names,some of the companies we trust every day actually have fascinating and surprising back stories.Starbucks It seems fitting that the most famous coffee brand in the world would take its name from one of the worlds greatest works of literature.The inspiration for the name of the coffeehouse ca
3、me from Herman MelvillesMoby Dick.The founders original idea was to name the company after the Captain Ahabs ship,but they eventually decided that Pequot wasnt a great name for coffee,so they chose Ahabs first mate,Starbucks,as the name instead.Google Google was originally called Backrub,for it sear
4、ched for links in every corner of the Web.In 1997,when the founders of the company were searching for a new name showing a huge amount of data for their rapidly improving search technology,a friend suggested the word“googol”.When a friend tried to register the new domain(域)name,he misspelled“googol”
5、as“google”.Nike Originally founded as a distributor for Japanese running shoes,the company was originally named BRS,or Blue Ribbon Sports.In 1971,BRS introduced its own soccer shoe,a model called Nike,which is alsothe name for the Greek goddess of victory.In 1978,the company officially renamed itsel
6、f as Nike,Inc.The right name is essential to a companys success,and a great origin story is just as important as a great product.An attractive origin story is one more thing that keeps customers guessing,wondering,and buying its products.1.What is the name of the Captain Ahabs ship?A.Moby Dick.B.Sta
7、rbucks.C.Pequot.D.Herman Melville.2.Why did the founders of the Google want to change its name?A.They mistook their name.B.They wanted new customers.C.The companys original name was too long.D.The companys search technology was improving rapidly.3.Where does the importance of the origin story of one
8、 company lie in?A.It can change the companys image.B.It can add myth to the company.C.It explains the development of the company to customers.D.It makes customers imagine and purchase its goods.B A team of researchers from several institutions in the UK and one in Estonia has created a type of buoy（
9、浮标）that has proven to be effective at frightening seabirds,thus preventing them from getting caught in gillnetsa type of vertical fishing net that is made of a material that makes it nearly invisible underwater.Every year,hundreds of thousands of seabirds die when they get caught in gillnets.Some es
10、timates suggest that up to a half-million birds are caught in them each year.Over the years,researchers have created devices（装置）to prevent the birds from trying to catch fish near or in gillnets,but those didnt work well.To find a way that would work for all seabirds,the researchers first studied se
11、abirds in a general sense,looking to find things that they would avoid.They noted that seabirds avoided eye contact with other creatures.Then the researchers came up with a simple ideathey put a small pole to a regular buoy and then attached a pair of googly eyes（金鱼眼）to the top of it.They made the e
12、yes big enough so that even birds with poor eyesight,such as geese,would see them.Adding to the effectiveness of the device,waves made the eyes move back and forth.And the wind made the buoy spin very slowly,making sure that birds from every direction would get a good look at the eyes.To test their
13、idea,the researchers selected several sites near gillnets and counted how many birds approached and how many attempted to catch fish near the nets.They then set up their googly-eyed buoys and once again counted birds.Over the course of 62 days,they found the number of birds that tried to catch fish
14、near the gillnets dropped by approximately 25%for a distance of up to 50 meters.They also found that the birds were less likely to fish near where the buoys had been for up to three weeks after they had been removed.4.What is the function of paragraph 2?A.Introducing a new topic to discuss.B.Providi
15、ng background information.C.Summarizing the previous paragraph.D.Pointing out the main idea of the text.5.Why did the researchers make the googly eyes big?A.To ensure all the seabirds can see them.B.To clearly observe seabirds eye contact.C.To allow them to survive the strong wind.D.To effectively i
16、dentify the right direction.6.What does the researchers test result mainly suggest?A.The new device still needs improving B.Gillnets are a death valley for seabirds.C.Seabirds hardly catch fish near the nets.D.The googly-eyed buoy proves effective.7.What is the text mainly about?A.A group of researc
17、hers interested in seabirds.B.A way to help seabirds catch fish effectively.C.A device keeping seabirds safe from gillnets.D.A googly-eyed buoy guiding seabirds to hunt.C ElonMusk is a symbol of passion,hard work and success.A person may work hard in his life,but when hard work goes along with passi
18、on and a new idea,then something is created that astonishes the world.As the founder of big companies like PayPal,SpaceX,and Tesla Motors,Elon Musk is a guide and inspiration for the youth around the world.Elon Musk was born on June 28,1971 inPretoria,South Africa.He was the eldest of three children
19、.His father Errol Musk,a British-born South African,was an engineer.Musk spent his childhood inSouth Africaand at the age of 9,he got his first personal computer.This got Elon interested in programming and he started to learn on his own.At the age of 12,he made his first computer game,Blaster,which
20、earned him$500 when he sold the source code to a magazine.When he was 17,he decided to leave home and had wanted to move to theUnited Statesafter graduating from a secondary school inPretoria.However,he was unable to move to theUnited States.In 1989,Elon Musk moved toCanada,where his mothers s lived
21、.After obtaining Canadian citizenship,Musk went toMontreal.Due to a lack of money,he found a low-paying job.At the age of 19,he enteredQueensUniversityinKingston,Ontario,studying there for two years.Finally,in 1992,his dream came truehe moved to theUnited States.As a teenager,Musk struggled with dep
22、ression.But then he realized that the most important thing was presenting himself with the right questions.The day he started doing this,everything started to get easier.Musk thought that a human being had to expand the limits of his consciousnessto ask the right questions and get answers to them;th
23、us he asked the best question of all:what will have the greatest impact on the future of humans?Musk found that these things were the Internet and space exploration.The life of Elon Musk is inspiring.He found success on the Internet,without much formal learning.By reading books and using his willpow
24、er and dedication,he reached a level of knowledge that is difficult to imagine.He did not give up until he achieved his dreams.Elon Musk truly stands out among other billionaires because of his leadership abilities,positive attitude,ability to know when to take risks,and belief in futuristic technol
25、ogies.8.According to the passage,Elon Musk gained knowledge of computer by _.A.teaching himself B.learning from his father C.taking online courses D.studying inQueensUniversity 9.What made things easier for Elon Musk when he suffered from depression?A.Expanding knowledge by reading books.B.Asking hi
26、mself the right questions.C.Achieving success on the Internet.D.Designing computer games.10.What can we learn from the passage?A.Its never too late to learn.B.Youth means limitless possibilities.C.Where theres a will,theres a way.D.He who doesnt advance falls backward.11.Which words can best describ
27、e Elon Musk according to the passage?A.Optimistic and generous.B.Ambitious and determined.C.Independent and helpful.D.Adventurous and realistic.D Ten years ago,I set out to examine luck.I wanted to know why some people were always in the right place at the right time,while others consistently experi
28、enced ill fortune.I placed advertisements in national newspapers asking for people who felt consistently lucky or unlucky.Hundreds of extraordinary men and women volunteered for my research.Over the years I have interviewed them,monitored their lives and had them take part in various experiments.In
29、one of the experiments,I gave both lucky and unlucky people a newspaper,asking them to look through it and tell me how many photographs were inside.I had secretly placed a large message halfway through the newspaper,saying,“Tell the experimenter you have seen this and you will win$50.”This message t
30、ook up half of the page and was written in type that was more than two inches high.It was staring everyone in the face,but the unlucky people tended to miss it and the lucky people tended to spot it.Unlucky people are generally more nervous than lucky people,and this anxiety affects their ability to
31、 notice the unexpected.As a result,they miss opportunities because they are too focused on looking for something else.They go to gatherings concentrating on finding their perfect partners and miss opportunities to make good friends.They look through newspapers determined to find certain types of job
32、 advertisements and miss other types of jobs.Lucky people are more relaxed and open,and therefore see what is there rather than just what they are looking for.My research eventually showed that lucky people are skilled at noticing opportunities,make lucky decisions by listening to their intuition(直觉
33、),are open to new experiences,and adopt a never-say-die attitude that transforms bad luck into good luck.12.Whats the purpose of the authors research?A.To discover what luck means to people.B.To find lucky people and unlucky people.C.To distinguish between good luck and bad luck.D.To figure out why
34、people are always lucky or unlucky.13.Why did the unlucky people miss the message in the experiment?A.There was too much information to be read in detail.B.They were too focused on looking for photographs.C.It took too much time to go through newspapers.D.The words were too small to be noticed.14.Wh
35、at leads to lucky peoples good fortune?A.Their ability to spot opportunities.B.Their ability to become relaxed.C.Their ability to communicate.D.Their ability to make friends.15.Whats the key message of the last paragraph?A.What lucky people are looking for.B.How lucky people generate good luck.C.Wha
36、t lucky people can do with opportunities.D How lucky people transform bad luck into good luck.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 When I was 16 years old,a boy gave me an important gift._16_It was the early autumn of my first year at a junior high school,and my old s
37、chool was far away._17_I was very lonely,and afraid to make friends with anyone.Every time I listened to other students talking and laughing,I felt my heart break.I couldnt talk with anyone about my problems.And I didnt want my parents to worry about me.Then one day,my classmates talked happily with
38、 their friends,but I sat at my desk unhappily as usual._18_I didnt know who he was.He passed me and then turned back.He looked at me,with a smile on his face.Suddenly,I felt the touch of something bright and friendly.It made me feel happy,lively and warm._19_I started to talk with other students and
39、 made friends.Day by day,I became closer to everyone in my class.The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now!One day,I asked him why he smiled that day,but he said he couldnt remember smiling at me!_20_I believe that the world is what you think it is.If you think it lonely,you might a
40、lways be alone.So smile at the world and it will smile back.A.At that moment,a boy entered the classroom.B.Hes living in Australia now and he loves it.C.It doesnt matter because all the dark days have gone.D.It was a smile.E.That smile changed my life.F.Its practically impossible to make friends her
41、e.G.As a result no one knew who I was.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 I spent many childhood afternoons looking at airplanes passing over my house.I_21_what the pilots were doing in those silver_22_.I hoped to fly an airplane one day,but
42、people said that was only mens_23_.After earning my drivers license,I drove to a local_24_.For twenty dollars,I took an introductory flying lesson and flew up into the sky with an instructor.Such lessons were_25_,though.I was only a student.Then,I had an_26_.I applied to the school owner to_27_for t
43、hem in exchange(交换)for flying lessons.He_28_.Soon,I was busy behind the front desk after school,working hard to_29_my time in the air.Flying airplanes made me feel alive in a way I never knew was_30_.But away from the airport,I was so afraidof being_31_that I kept my flying lessons a secret._32_,eve
44、ryone knew girls couldnt be pilots;it would be_33_to even try.I fell in deeper love with flight with every_34_into the sky,but that joy was not what_35_allowed me to break free from both the_36_and self-imposed(自我强加的)limits I had long_37_.What freed me to believe I could do anything was the way I wa
45、s_38_at the airport.There,I was surrounded by people who believed in me and supported me,and for the first time I believed in myself,too.One simple_39_to the airport led me to the unexpected journey to become a woman_40_,whose number is small in the man-charged airline industry.21.A.experienced B.no
46、ticed C.imagined D.recorded 22.A.systems B.machines C.spaceships D.gardens 23.A.hope B.attitude C.job D.style 24.A.supermarket B.park C.factory D.airport 25.A.expensive B.valuable C.common D.difficult 26.A.interest B.idea C.achievement D.application 27.A.fight B.perform C.work D.cheer 28.A.left B.fa
47、iled C.stopped D.agreed 29.A.earn B.spend C.save D.manage 30.A.free B.easy C.possible D.simple 31.A.given up B.turned down C.left behind D.laughed at 32.A.In turn B.After all C.By the way D.As a result 33.A.silly B.hard C.illegal D.impolite 34.A.look B.trip C.turn D.change 35.A.personally B.usually
48、C.equally D.finally 36.A.cultural B.physical C.natural D.global 37.A.dreamed B.accepted C.passed D.broken 38.A.treated B.prepared C.led D.remembered 39.A.way B.door C.guide D.drive 40.A.instructor B.headmaster C.pilot D.supporter 第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式 New Ye
49、ar was just around the corner.I was second grade then,7 years old.One day,on my way home from school,a lady gave mea piece of paper_41._(say)that the neighborhood was asking people to give New Year presents to those_42._needed them.When I showed my mom this paper,she encouraged me to take part in it
50、 and spread_43._(kind)to others less fortunate than us.She said we would become“Neighborhood Angels”.Several days later,my mother_44._(drive)me to the store and gave me$20 to pay for neighborhood present.Then she said,“Ill see you outside in the car.”She left me alone to do the shopping.I was not us