2021年高考英语全真模拟预测试卷,(24)

1、2021年高考英语全真模拟预测试卷,(24) 一、单项选择（共 10 小题，每小题 0.5 分，满分 5 分） 1（.5 分）knowledge is weightless， _ treasure you can always carry easily（ ） aabancthed不填 2（.5 分）the wedding dress of the princess is noble and elegant_ is the beauty of this style that it will be popular with young women（ ） asuchbitcwhatdthat 3（.

2、5 分）i am always delighted when i receive an email from you _ the party on july 1st， i shall be pleased to attend（ ） aon account ofbin response to cin view ofdwith regard to 4（.5 分）animals of the cat family are very fierce，and they can"t be easily tamed unless _ young（ ） acatchingbhaving caught

3、ccaughtdto be caught 5（.5 分）the newlyfounded company is faced with lots of problems ， _ the financial problem is the worst（ ） awhichbof whichcto whichdwith which 6（.5 分）_ that it was already the fourth time that he _ abroad（ ） aso lucky was he； had traveled bso lucky he was； had traveled cso lucky w

4、as he； traveled dso lucky he was； traveled 7 （.5 分）after studying in a medical college for five years，jane _her job as a doctor in the countryside（ ） aset outbtook overctook updset up 8（.5 分）september 30 is the day _ which you must pay your bill（ ） abybforcwithdin 9（.5 分）it is in the village _ we us

5、ed to live _ the film was made（ ） athat； wherebwhere； that cwhich； thatdthat； which 10（.5 分）you needn"t have been in that hurrythe flight to wuhan due to the foggy weather（ ） acancelledbwas cancelling chad cancelleddwas cancelled 二、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） 11（6 分）depression

6、hurts， prozac can help depression isn"t just feeling down it"s a real illness with real causes depression can be triggered by stressful life events， like divorce or a death in the family or it can appear suddenly， for no apparent reason some people think you can try to get yourself out of

7、a depression that"s not true many doctors believe that one thing that may cause depression is an imbalance of serotonin a chemical in your body if this happens， you may have trouble sleeping feel unusually sad or irritable easily find it hard to concentrate lose your appetite lack energy or hav

8、e trouble feeling pleasure these are some of the symptoms that can point to depression especially if they last for more than a couple of weeks and if normal， everyday life feels like too much to handle to help fight depression， the medicine doctors now prescribe （开处方） most often is prozac prozac isn

9、"t a happy pill it"s not a tranquilizer （镇静剂） it won"t turn you into a different person some people do experience mild side effects， like upset stomach ， headaches ， difficulty sleeping ， sleepiness， anxiety and nervousness these tend to go away within a few weeks of starting treatmen

10、t， and usually aren"t serious enough to make most people stop taking it however， if you are concerned about a side effect， or if you develop a rash （皮疹）， tell your doctor right away and don"t forget to tell your doctor any other medicines you are taking some people should not take prozac，

11、especially people on mao inhibitors （单胺抑制剂） as you start feeling better， your doctor can suggest therapy or other means to help you work through your depression prozac has been carefully studied for nearly 10 years but remember， prozac is a prescription medicine， and it isn"t right for everyone

12、 only your doctor can decide if prozac is right for you or for someone you love prozac has been prescribed for more than 17 million americans chances are someone you know is feeling sunny again because of it （1）all the following are true except a it is easy to get rid of depression through tremendou

13、s determination b sleep disorder is characteristic of depression symptoms c depression can be caused by combination of factors d depression is a psychological state taking the form of low mood （2）what can we learn about prozac from this piece of information？ a prozac is a newly developed drug to tre

14、at depression b patients who take prozac can experience severe side effects c a medical prescription is necessary for prozac d over 17 million americans have been cured by prozac （3）this piece of information is most probably a an introduction to a scientific project b a part of prescription drug ins

15、tructions c a part of a research report in a medical journal d an advertisement of a medicine for depression 12（8 分）a taxi driver taught me a million dollar lesson in customer satisfaction and expectation motivational speakers charge thousands of dollars to give training to company executives and st

16、aff it cost me a 12 taxi ride i had flown into dallas for the purpose of calling on a customer time was limited and my plan included a quick turnaround trip from and back to the airport a spotless taxi pulled up the driver rushed to open the passenger door for me and made sure i was comfortably seat

17、ed before he closed the door as he got in the driver"s seat， he mentioned that the neatlyfolded wall street journal next to me was for my use he then showed me several tapes and asked me what type of music i would enjoy i could not believe the service i was receiving! i took the opportunity to

18、say， obviously you take great pride in your work you must have a story to tell you bet， he replied， i used to be in microsoft but i got tired of it， thinking my best would never be good enough i decided to find my position in life where i could feel proud of being the best i could be i knew i would

19、never be a rocket scientist， but i love driving cars， helping people and feeling like i have done a full day"s work and done it well i thought about my personal strengths and wham! i became a taxi driver one thing i know for sure， to be good in my business i could simply meet the expectations o

20、f my passengers but， to be great in my business， i have to go above the customer"s expectations! i like both the sound and the return of being great" better than just getting by being "average" （1）what does the writer really want to say in paragraph 1？ athe writer thought the dri

21、ver motivational bthe writer benefited a lot from the ride cthe writer was over charged for the ride dthe writer paid less for the ride （2）what caused the writer"s curiosity about the taxi driver？ ahis wonderful cd bhis touching speech chis highquality service dhis neatlyfolded journal （3）from

22、the last paragraph we know that the taxi driver ais enthusiastic about his work bexpects much from his work cthinks too highly of himself dgoes above his own expectations （4）which of the following is the taxi driver likely to agree？ abeing great is a must in life blife is not easy for all of us cdon

23、"t expect too much in life devery one of us has strengths 13 （8 分）given how valuable intelligence and automation are， we will continue to improve our technology if we are at all able to at a certain point， we will build machines that are smarter than we are once we have machines that are smarte

24、r than we are ， they will begin to improve themselves and then we risk what the mathematician ij good called an intelligence explosion the process could get out of control the concern is really that we will build machines that are much more competent than we are and the slightest divergence between

25、their goals and our own could destroy us just think about how we relate to ants we don"t hate them we don"t go out of our way to harm them in fact， sometimes we take pains not to harm them we step over them on the sidewalk but whenever their presence seriously conflicts with one of our goa

26、ls， we will kill them without hesitation the concern is that we will one day build machines that， whether they"re conscious or not， could treat us with similar disregard the bare fact is that we will continue to improve our intelligent machines we have problems that we desperately need to solve

27、 so we will do this， if we can the train is already out of the station， and there"s no brake to pull if we build machines that are more intelligent than we are， they will very likely develop in ways that we can"t imagine， and exceed us in ways that we can"t imagine so imagine we hit u

28、pon a design of super intelligent ai that has no safety concerns this machine would be the perfect labor saving device it can design the machine that can build the machine which can do any physical work， powered by sunlight， more or less for the cost of raw materials so we"re talking about the

29、end of human labour we"re also talking about the end of most intellectual work so what would apes like ourselves do in this circumstance？ what would some nations do if they heard that some company in silicon valley was about to deploy（配置） a super intelligent ai？ this machine would be capable of

30、 starting war， whether terrestrial （陆地的） or cyber， with unbelievable power given that the companies and governments building super intelligent ai are likely to perceive （感知） themselves as being in a race against all others， and that to win this race is to win the world， it seems likely that whatever

31、 is easier to do will get done first unless it is destroyed in the next moment but the moment we admit that information processing is the source of intelligence， we have to admit that we are in the process of building some sort of god now would be a good time to make sure it"s a god we can live

32、 with （1）when an intelligent machine becomes smarter than humanity， a it will make itself better and may go beyond human control b it will help people to the fullest， especially in physical work c it will threaten people by robbing them of jobs d it will view itself as human race （2）the underlined w

33、ord divergence in paragraph 2 almost means the same as a connection b hatred c competition d disagreement （3）how is the passage mainly developed？ a by making comparisons b by showing valid evidence c by giving assumptions d by analyzing statistics （4）which of the following is the best title of the p

34、assage？ a for the god"s sake， stop ai and be yourselves! b can we build ai without losing control over it？ c for or against ai， that is the question! d how does superintelligence serve the people？ 14（8 分）as humanity has got richer， animal"s roles have changed people need their services les

35、s than before fewer wolves and thieves meant less demand for dogs for protection； the internal combustion engine （内燃机） made horses unneeded； modern sanitation （卫生设备） kept rats in check and made cats less useful no longer necessities， domestic animals became luxuries petkeeping seems to kick in when

36、household incomes rise above roughly 5，000 it is booming the trend is not a new one archaeologists （考古学家） have found 10，000yearold graves in which dogs and people are buried together some cultures such as in scandinavia， where dogs have long been both working dogs and companions have kept pets for t

37、housands of years but these days the petkeeping urge has spread even to parts of the world which have no tradition of sinking into a comfortable chair with a furry creature the pet business is growing even faster than pet numbers， because people are spending more and more money on them no longer are

38、 they food waste recyclers， fed with the remains that fall from their masters" tables pet food shelves are full of delicacies crafted to satisfy a range of appetites， including ice cream for dogs and foods for pets that are old， diabetic or suffer from sensitive digestion； a number of internet

39、services offer food， tailored to the pet"s individual tastes in the business this is called pet humanisation the tendency of pet owners to treat their pets as part of the family this is evident in the names given to dogs， which have evolved from fido， rex and spot to in america bella， lucy and

40、max it is evident in the growing market for pet clothing， pet grooming and pet hotels people still assume that pets must be working for humanity in some way， perhaps making people healthier or less anxious but the evidence for that is weak rather， new research suggests that dogs have evolved those i

41、rresistible puppy dog eyes precisely to affect human emotions it has worked the species that once enslaved others now works very hard to pay for the care of its pets sentimental （多愁善感的） americans often refer to themselves not as catowners but as the cat"s mommy or daddy south koreans go one fur

42、ther， describing themselves as cat butlers watch an unlucky dogwalker trailing his hound （猎犬）， plastic bag in hand to pick up its mess， and you have to wonder： who"s in charge now？ （1）which of the following trends is not true according to the passage？ a people"s needs for animal services a

43、re decreasing b both the pet number and the pet business are growing c pets are increasingly making their owners less anxious d pet foods are more various and customized than before （2）which of the following is referred to as evidence of pet humanization？ a the names given to pets in american famili

44、es nowadays b pet"s inbuilt ability to affect emotions of their owners c human beings ever rising urge for petkeeping d pet"s roles as both working staff and companions （3）which of the following statements is the author most likely to agree with？ a pets should be treated as equals of their

45、 human masters b human beings are getting much benefit from their pets c petkeeping is still restricted within certain parts of the world d some pet owners spend too much money on their pets （4）which of the following might be the best title of the passage？ a the changing roles of animals b the urge

46、for petkeeping c who owns whom d love me， love my dog 第二节 （共 5 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 10 分） 15（10 分） the ban on trading ivory （象牙） is unfair but necessary as in some countries elephant population have recovered， there are competing proposals about how absolute the ban on elephant trading should be countries

47、seeking a modest relaxation have a strong case to make but it is not strong enough the ban must stay understandably， countries that have done a good job protecting their elephants feel this is unfair（1）and the real burden of all this is borne by poor local people who are in competition with wildlife

48、 for resources， and sometimes in conflict with itelephants can be destructive people and governments， so the argument goes， need to have an economic stake （利害关系） in the elephants"survival the ivory trade would give them one to understand why these reasonable sounding proposals should be rejecte

49、d， consider what has happened to elephant numbers since some legal trade was authorized， when botswana， namibia and south africa were allowed in 2021 to sell a fixed amount of ivory to japan（2） a survey conducted in 2021 15 estimated that elephant numbers had fallen by 30% across 18 countries since

50、2021 （3）in betterresourced national parks， drones （无人驾驶飞机） are used to make it easier for park keepers to spot illegal hunters dna testing of ivory can identify where they came from， and thus whether they are legal as prices of the technologies fall and countries get richer，（4） the objection to trad

51、e in products of endangered species is not moral when the world is confident that it will boost elephant numbers rather than wipe them out， the ivory trade should be encouraged （5）and until it does， the best hope for the elephantand even more endangered species， such as rhinoslies not in easing the

52、ban on trading their products， but in enforcing it better a regrettably， that point has not yet come b elephant numbers started falling c the existence of even a small legal market increases the opportunities for illegal trade d they point out that they have devoted huge resources to the elephant e

53、in the long run technology can help make trade coexist with conservation f one animal， as so often in the past， will attract much of the attention： the african elephant g both technologies are likely to spread 三、完形填空（共 20 小题，每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）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 16（30 分）i

54、was born legally blind of all the stories of my early childhood， the one about a （1）is my mother"s favorite i was only two when the （2）occurred we had just arrived home from a trip mom lifted me out of the car and （3）to speak to the driver i took advane of my brief （4）to dash across the lawn （草

55、坪） and hit a large maple tree! i was running so fast that i bounced off the trunk and （5）on my backside mom （6）me to start crying， but i just sat there for a minute then i （7）myself up and kept right on going mom always （8）here that， as many times as i （9）across the lawn after that， i never again （1

56、0）into that tree mom loves to use this story as an （11） it reminds her that children don"t enter life （12）to take risks or unwilling to（13）again when they fall down she never wanted me to lose that （14）as i grew older when i （15）my major life decisions， i was still that little girl tearing full

57、speed across the lawn i studied abroad and later moved away from my parents" home to look for a （16） through years of （17）， i have become a respected teacher in a school serving highneed students we are almost certain to get （18）at some point during the process of achieving our goal when that happens， don"t sit in the grass and （19） just get