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1、2021 届常州市武进区横山桥高级中学高三英语二模试题及答案 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 What to See InHarbin Parks inHarbin:Snow Sculpture Expo on theSunIslandPark:massive and beautifully carved sculptures of snow.Ice Lantern Festival:where large ice buildings and statues
2、constructed with lights inside that make them glow.SiberianTigerPark:The park has several large caged areas where the tigers roam freely and live as they-would in their natural environment.We enter these caged areas in a specially designed van with large windows to get a look at these beautiful beas
3、ts.Live pheasants(雉)are let loose(if you pay)in order to show you the tigers natural hunting skills.Russian Architecture:Blessed with grace and character,the city is famous for its unique,Russian-influenced architecture.Remnants(残存)from the days when Harbin wasan important stop on the Russian Manchu
4、rian Railroad,the dome-shaped structures remind people of pre-revolutionary Russia.The strong Russian flavor continues to impact the city today due to new trade and tourism betweenHarbinandRussia.TheCentral Avenue:Passers-by only street,a perfect remaining part of the busy international business act
5、ivities at the turn of the 20th century.The 1.4-km long street is a worthy museum of European architectural styles,including Baroque and Byzantine facades,Jewish architectural wonders,little Russian bakeries,French fashion houses,American snack food outlets,and Japanese restaurants.Guogeli Avenue:Ha
6、rbins second biggest shopping district dotted with Russian buildings.A tram track is still preserved in the centre of the road.The street is named after Nikolay(Vasilyevich)Gogol(1809-1852);great Russian novelist,dramatist,satirist,founder of the so-called critical realism in Russian literature,best
7、-known for his novel MERTVYE DUSHI I-II(1842,Dead Souls).Saint Sophia Church(built in 1903):The Orthodox church is a wonderful example of Russian Architecture.We only tour the outside of the church.The inside has been turned into some painters market and is a big disappointment to all who visit it.Y
8、ou are welcome to venture into the church.Entrance fees are RMB20 per person.1.From where does the author look at the tigers?A.Through the windows of his house.B.In the closed areas of tigers.C.In the areas for walking.D.In their natural environment.2.Where can visitors see the most diverse styles o
9、f architecture?A.At Ice Lantern Festival.B.On the Russian Manchurian Railroad.C.On TheCentral Avenue.D.OnGuogeli Avenue.3.When walking in the city ofHarbin,what can visitors still strongly feel?A.The Russian flavor.B.The influence of Guogelis realism.C.The damage to Saint Sophia Church.D.The mixture
10、 of American and Japanese cultures.B Sophie became friends with the gray squirrels during her first week atPennState,after spotting them running around and wondering what they would look like with tiny hats on their heads.Today,everyone at the university knows her as the“Squirrel Girl”.Sophie tried
11、bringing them food,and gradually they began to trust her.She managed to put a hat on a squirrel and take a picture.Thinking that her colleagues could do with something to lift their spirits,she started posting similar photos on Facebook.The response was greatly positive,and before long Sophie and he
12、r squirrels became an Internetsensation.Growing up in a neighborhood outside ofState College,Sophie was always fond of birds and animals around her home,but she didnt interact with people very much.She was later diagnosed(诊断)with Aspergers syndrome,but the squirrels changed that.“The squirrels help
13、me break the ice,because Ill be sitting here patting a squirrel and other people will come over and well just start like feeding the squirrels together and chatting about them,”she said,“I am a lot more outgoing.”And in case youre wondering how Sophie is able to get the squirrels to do what she want
14、s for her photos,it has a lot to do with food.For example,whenever she wants them to hold or play with something,she puts peanut butter on the prop(道具),and theyll grab it.In the beginning,she would throw peanuts up the trees on campus and invite the squirrels to come down and get them,but they hesit
15、ated to approach her.She had the patience to earn their trust,though.This year,Sophie is graduating with a degree in English and wildlife sciences.She wants to be a science writer and educate people on how to preserve the environment.As for her furry friends,Sophie plans to stay in the area and visi
16、t them as often as she can.4.What does the underlined word“sensation”in paragraph 2 mean?A.Event.B.Hit.C.Service.D.Addiction.5.What can we learn about Sophie according to paragraph 3?A.She got lots of friends due to squirrels.B.She used to be a popular girl in her childhood.C.She lived in the far co
17、untryside when young.D.She was more outgoing than before.6.How did Mary manage to take photos of squirrels wearing hats?A.By attracting them with food.B.By putting them in cages.C.By playing music to them.D.By dressing like squirrels.7.What do you think of Sophie?A.Tolerant and capable.B.Sociable an
18、d aggressive.C.Patient and caring.D.Indifferent and appreciative.C Pigeons inLondonhave a bad reputation.Some people call them flying rats.And many blame them for causing pollution with their droppings.But now the birds are being used to fight another kind of pollution in this city of 8.5 million.“T
19、he problem for air pollution is that its been largely ignored as an issue for a long time,”says Andrea Lee,who works for the London-based environmental organization Client Earth.“People dont realize how bad it is,and how it actually affects their health.”Londons poor air quality is linked to nearly
20、10,000 early deaths a year.Lee says,citing(引用)a report released by the city manager last year.If people were better informed about the pollution they re breathing,she says,they could pressure the government to do something about it.Nearby,on a windy hill inLondons Regents Park,an experiment is under
21、way that could helpthe first week of flights by the Pigeon Air Patrol.It all began when Pierre Duquesnoy,the director for DigitasLBi,a marketing firm,won a London Design Festival contest last year to show how a world problem could be solved using Twitter.Duquesnoy,fromFrance,chose the problem of air
22、 pollution.“Basically,I realized how important the problem was,”he says.“But also I realized that most of the people around me didnt know anything about it.”Duquesnoy says he wants to better measure pollution,while at the same time making the results accessible to the public through Twitter.“So”,he
23、wondered,“how could we go across the city quickly collecting as much data as possible?”Drones were his first thought.But its illegal to fly them overLondon.“But pigeons can fly aboveLondon,right?”he says.“They liveactually,they are Londoners as well.So,yeah,I thought about using pigeons equipped wit
24、h mobile apps.And we can use not just street pigeons,but racing pigeons,because they fly pretty quickly and pretty low.”So it might be time for Londoners to have more respect for their pigeons.The birds may just be helping to improve the quality of the citys air.8.What can we infer aboutLondons air
25、quality from Paragraph 2?A.Londoners are very satisfied with it.B.The government is trying to improve it.C Londoners should pay more attention to it.D.The government has done a lot to improve it.9.Duquesnoy attended the London Design Festival to _.A.entertain Londoners.B.solve a world problem.C.desi
26、gn a product for sale.D.protect animals like pigeons.10.Why did Duquesnoy give up using drones to fly acrossLondon?A.Because they are too expensive.B.Because they fly too quickly.C.Because they are forbidden.D.Because they fly too high.11.Which can be the best title for the text?A.Clean air inLondon
27、.B.Londons dirty secret.C.Londons new pollution fighter.D.Causes of air pollution inLondon.D Parents and math teachers regularly asked by their school-aged charges whether math matters inreal life now have an answer.In a study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research this week,Harvard K
28、ennedy School Policy Professor Joshua Goodman took a look at what happened to students whose high schools were required in the 1980s to increase the minimum level of coursework required to graduate.What he found is that the students were more likely to increase the number of math courses they took a
29、s a result of the change in standards and that translated into higher earnings down the line.Put simply:About 15 years after they graduated,the high school graduates who went to school when these changes took effect saw their average earnings increase about 10%for every extra year of math coursework
30、.The findings may add fuel to the steady drum of education experts,policy makers and others calling for an increased focus on science and math education.The increase in required math courses didnt necessarily produce rocket scientists,Goodman notes,because the extra coursework wasnt at a particularl
31、y high level.But becoming familiar with and practicing ly basic math skills allowed high school graduates to pursue and excel at jobs that required some level of computational knowledge,he said.Goodman acknowledged that the earnings boost for the students connected with the up tick（上升）in math educat
32、ion may be dependent on the state of the economy.When Goodman checked in the late 1990s and early 2000s on the earnings of the students who graduated in the late 1985，he found that their earnings increased significantly if they took more math.12.What does Joshua Goodmans study find?A.High school gra
33、duates earn more.B.High school students prefer math.C.Math matters a lot in ones income.D.Math is a compulsory course in school.13.Why is increase in required math courses useful?A.It produced rocket scientists.B.It makes high school students smarter.C.It meets the requirements of the government.D.I
34、t enables high school graduates to get better jobs.14.What might be the authors purpose in writing the text?A.To give a warning to policy makers.B.To seek help for high school students problems.C.To show the great importance of learning math.D.To tell a struggling history of high school students.15.
35、What could be the best title for the text?A.Efforts matter most B.Math makes money C.Earnings of different graduates D.Changes of high school courses 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 How to Encourage a Teenager to Take up a Hobby Having a hobby can greatly enrich
36、a teenagers life.Hobbies can increase physical activity and socialinteraction,provide stress relief and teach valuable skills._16_Even so,you can use some gentle guidance to help your teens to explore their interests and find their perfect hobbies.You can ask your teens what makes them feel good abo
37、ut themselves.One way to help a teenager find a hobby is to focus on their strengths and what makes them feel good.Many teens may only focus on weaknesses or things they have failed at._17_ You can determine if your teens already participate in hobbies.Teenagers spend much of their life away from th
38、e eyes of parents and dont always offer up information._18_Your children may be developing hobbies away from home,so you may not have to encourage them to adopt new ones.Instead,you can support their current hobbies._19_After brainstorming(头脑风暴),have your teens write down a list of interests they wo
39、uld like to pursue or be curious about.Then,have the teens rank the interests on a scale from 1 to 10,with I being most likely to try and 10 being least likely.You can analyze the teens personality._20_Think about your teens.What are their character traits(特点)?What things do they get in trouble for
40、doing?What do they gravitate towards?The answers to these questions can help them come up with ideas.A.You can have the teens make aninterest list.B.However,many teens are unwilling to try a hobby.C.Because their parents force them to do what they hate.D.You can search for opportunities you think yo
41、ur teens might like.E.A persons personality can help them figure out hobbies or interests.F.So what you should do is to pay attention to what they enjoy doing.G.As a result,sometimes adults are not entirely aware that teenagers are developing hobbies.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
42、 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 live in a rural community in the United States.A rural area is different from a city because there are_21_people.My home is deep in a valley_22_by mountains that are rocky and covered in trees._23_many farms are located in rural areas because they requi
43、re large plots of land to grow food or_24_farm animals,in my community the mountains and_25_soil make it difficult to farm.This is one_26_why few people live in my area.Whats it like to live in the mountains?Since we have a lot of_27_,we get to have horses and chickens.My family_28_eggs from the chi
44、ckens for breakfast.We also lose electricity a lot because the trees fall on power lines whenever theres a_29_In my community,people keep battery-powered flashlights and oil lamps stored in case the lights_30_.Some people also use a generator-a machine that generates electricity from gasolinewheneve
45、r there are_31_ Going to school in a rural area means having fewer classmates and_32_longer distances.To get to my high school,I must drive forty miles to the_33_city.This means I must get up much earlier than my_34_classmates in order to be on time.The roads in my community arent paved with asphalt
46、(沥青)either,so during storms they_35_become too muddy or snowy to pass.In cities a snowplow(扫 雪机)_36_quickly,but areas where fewer people live arent the priority(优先),so days can pass before a snowplow_37_theroad.Sometimes I must miss school because storms make it_38_to drive.I am not sure_39_if I wan
47、t to live in the country or in the city when I grow up.I like being in nature,hearing the creek and the birds,and having a big yard.I also like being in the city,though,where I can go howling or skating,or see my friends.It can get_40_in the country,although I do love being around our animals.21.A.f
48、ew B.many C.fewer D.more 22.A.surrounded B.hidden C.shadowed D.enriched 23.A.When B.While C.Because D.If 24.A.feed B.grow C.train D.house 25.A.rich B.muddy C.rock D.snowy 26.A.explanation B.cause C.excuse D.reason 27.A.space B.room C.place D.land 28.A.lays B.harvests C.buys D.picks 29.A.storm B.thun
49、der C.lighting D.shower 30.A.put out B.wear out C.run out D.go out 31.A.dangers B.risks C.emergencies D.incidents 32.A.walking B.running C.driving D.traveling 33.A.nearby B.distant C.nearest D.farthest 34.A.rural B.city C.old D.new 35.A.can B.may C.must D.should 36.A.comes by B.comes about C.comes t
50、o D.comes out 37.A.cleans B.digs C.clears D.covers 38.A.likely B.necessary C.improper D.impossible 39.A.still B.yet C.even D.as 40.A.quiet B.lonely C.alone D.busy 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 A student is learning_41._（speak）British English.He wonders：Can I communi