雅礼中学2020届高考第二次模拟卷英语试题及答案

1、雅礼中学2020届高考第二次模拟卷英语第二部分 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、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AMini Cooper introduced its fastest street legal model yet at the Los Angeles Auto Show this week.Mini has already decided that the car number 0001 will go to a customer in the United States, but hasn t dec

2、ided yet how to choose who will get it. It will not be decided through an auction （ 拍卖）.said Mike Peyton, Mini s vice president for the Americas.On this Mini John Cooper Works GP, the fender flares （ 轮眉）are made from carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic. The material is recycled waste left over from the

3、production of BMW i3 and i8. The rear wing is actually two wings combined and provides downforce at the back of the car to keep it pressed to the ground at high speeds. The turbocharged four-cylinder engine is the most powerful that has ever been used in a Mini. It has 75 horsepower more than the ne

4、xt most-powerful Mini John Cooper Works model.The John Cooper Works GP has a special eight-speed automatic transmission, according to the company. It also has paddle shifters （换档器）on the steering wheel so the driver can shift modes by hand. To save weight, the car only has front seats which are spec

5、ial light weight sports seats.There no choice of paint color on this Mini Cooper. The cars will be painted in Racing Gray, with the mirrors finished in Melting Silver.The cars are named for John Cooper, a racing driver and race car designer who worked with the British Motor Corporation to create per

6、formance versions of the original Minis in the 1960s. Those cars became extremely popular with car racers.Details:Engine power: 301 horsepowerTop speed: 165 miles an hourAmount: 3000Time of production: July, 2020Price: starting about: $45,000What makes this Mini Cooper environment friendly?Parts of

7、it are made from waste.It s completely powered by electricity.Its fender flares are produced by BMW.Its ownership won t be decided through an auction.The new Mini Cooper doesn t provide A. manual shiftersB. backseatsC. back wingsD. automatic modesWe can know from the passage that the new Mini Cooper

8、.is designed by John Coopermainly aims at car racersis not yet on the marketwill be produced in the British Motor CorporationBWhen Mike Mushaw decided to join the national bone marrow （骨髓）registry nearly three years ago, he never ready gave it a second thought. After all, he did it only because his

9、college, football coach had encouraged him and his teammates to register. But about six months after the sign-up, he did get a call. The now 21-year-old linebackerb0rse marrow matched a patient in Virginia. Mushaw had to decide whether to go all in. It wouldmean spending a night in the hospital and

10、unde rgoing general anesthesia, which carries some risk. And he never know whether his donation worked. Once they toolW7 viofsb（ood, I was like, All right this isreal. This is going to happen.His donation went to a five-month-old girl named Eleanor who was sick with a rare immune-deficiency disease

11、that was diagnosed when she was only three month old. Eleanor had rarely left her house other than to travel to the hospital or the doctor. Eleanowas going to die without a bone marrow transplant, her mother, Jessica, told NBC.Still, there was no guarantee of success. Eleanor s family had hoped that

12、 she woproveavsnsomefrom the transplant, enough to live a more normal, life. Instead, after a few weeks, the doctors at Children s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., came back with shocking news: Eleanor condition hadn tust improved Mushaw s bone marrow hd cured her.Mushaw didn know any of this

13、until months after his donation. In most cases, the donor and recipientremain anonymous to each other. But about six months after the procedure, Eleanor-maiparents sent hito thank him for saving her life.“Whenthey told me it was a little girl, I got a little choked up, “Mushaw says. But their surpri

14、sing connection was only beginning. Mushaw asked whether he and Eleanor could FaceTime regularly so he could check on her progress.It was amazing to watch her and be a part of her life,kept tabs on hemsays. Eleanortoo, by watching his football games on TV . Mushaw often invited her family to drive f

15、rom Virginia to Connecticut to meet at his games where tiny shouts of Mike! Mike! ” romothe beahdsrasf the little girl cheeredon her very own hero.“I had waited by that point well over a year to finally give a hug to this guy who saved my daughter Jessica says. We felt like we were on cloud nine all

16、 weekend getting to spend tim with him and have him be with Eleanor. In January, Mushaw reunited with Eleanor, this time in Virginia, to celebrate her birthday. It will likely be the first of many celebrations together. As a parent, it feels really great to watch kodmeone love yoas much as you do, J

17、essica says. We were two complete strangers, and now we ve become such a bigother s lives. ”What can we learn from the first paragraph?Mushaw decided to join the national bone marrow registry on his own.Mushaw was unwilling to donate his bone marrow.Mushaw at first wondered whether his donation woul

18、d work.Mushaw signed up the bone marrow registry at 21.What does the underlined phrase“ kept tabs on in paragraph 5 mean?A. pay a price toB. pay close attention toC. keep a record ofD. keep pace withWhat can we know about Eleanor from the article?Eleanor was often taken out to travel before deceivin

19、g the donation.Eleanor s family was certain that she could be cured with thenation.Eleanor was excited when watching Mike s football game.Eleanor first saw Mushaw when Mushaw went to Virginia to celebrate her birthday.Which is the best title for the article?A. A Little Life Saved, A Big Friend MadeA

20、 Medical MiracleA Lucky TransplantDonation Working, Girl SavedCOver the last 50 years, illegal trade in wildlife has become one of the greatest threats to our natural world. Traffickers （贩子）are exploiting communities in developing areas, driving them to illegally hunt down animals for their body par

21、ts. These criminal networks only pay a tiny portion of the final price they get for the animals they receive. Beautiful animals are shipped off to faraway markets, whole or apart.Angry? Wd vebarely started yet. The animal parts are being shipped along with weapons, drugs, even people. These heartles

22、s profiteers don t carssabouioththey cause. Live animals are hidden duringtransport with no thought for their survival. Many of them don t make it. Perhaps it s a mercy whchoose to kill and freeze the animals, before hiding them in the containers the size of a small bus. It two animals here and ther

23、e it ntiee species that we are seeing driven towards extinction, lost forever from our global heritage. And for one reason alone: to put more money in the pockets of these criminals whatever the cost.Now, humans reap as they have sown. COVID- 19 has “ affected us all. It s breaking our economies. It

24、 hassealed us in our homes and is attacking the weakest among us. In a short period? almost every person on the planet has been affected and we still don t know the final toll. The source could well be thesefceimrsialWe don t know for certain how the pandemic started. Some scientists suggest that th

25、e disease might have been transferred to a person from a pangolin （ 穿山甲）being traded illegally in one of these markets these are most trafficked mammals in the world, with over a million consumed by the trade since 2000.Yet we would never have imagined that these markets for body parts of wild anima

26、ls would affect us in this way. It s time to say “ enough ” . Dr, Rebecca Drury, Head of Wildlife Trade at FauiaaImerioitional （FFI） says, We would like to see stronger action to stop illegal hunting, trafficking and consumption of illegally- sourced wildlife. It is no longer an option to ignore the

27、 dangers of illegal and unregulated wildlife trade and consumption, to human health and to healthy, functioning ecosystems needed for life on earth to thrive. We must ensure that the lessons from COVID-19 pandemic are applied to prevent repeats of this global crisis.The governments of the world are

28、doing what they can. But while bans are put in place, the greedy individuals driving the trafficking will try to use their illegal networks to keep selling, lining their pockets until they are stopped. It s precisely because this is a trade that happens in the shadows, soswetopuit at source. That wh

29、y FFI is raising funds To help put a stop to this mean trade. To do so they are asking readers of The-Weekto make an urgent contribution today.e thet survitrip.What can we know from Paragraph 2?A. Most of the live animals canMost of the live animals were killed and frozen during the trip.Generally,

30、the animal parts won t shipped along with drugs or people.Traffickers will give it a second thought when considering the cost of the trafficking.What does the author want to convey mainly in Paragraph 3?Humans are paying a price for the illegal animal trafficking.COVID-19 has brought disasters to hu

31、mans.COVID-19 originates from the pangolin.Scientists have known the transferring path of COVID-19.Which of the following statement is TRUE?Dr Rebecca Drury suggests stopping the trade of wildlife.The most trafficked mammals in the world are the pangolin.FFI is trying to find the source of the illeg

32、al wildlife trade.Humans can prevent global crisis if they stop the illegal wildlife trade.What is the purpose of the article?To show us millions of endangered animals are being cruelly killed.To confirm illegal wildlife trade threatens some of our beloved animals.To discuss how to stop the traffick

33、ing.To call on immediate action to end the illegal wildlife trade.DThere is a truth generally acknowledged by drivers in India, honk your horn （ 按喇叭）loud enough and the traffic light will surely change to green. But, fed up with the drivers who have no patience and cause a deafening noise every time

34、 they are forced to stop, the police in Mumbai have come up with a new system to punish those people. The new system, said the police, was quite simple: Honk more, wait more. ”Known as “ thepunishing signal “the Mumbai police fixed a new traffic light system to deal with the problem of “ reckless ho

35、nkers ” , which resets the red traffic signal eveeysomed of car horns goes above 85 decibels. For particularly honk- happy drivers, it could mean a very long wait at the lights.Mumbai was recently listed as the fourth most congested city in the world, according to the TomTom traffic index, with 65%

36、congestion and drivers spending an average of eight days and 17 hours in traffic each year.Speaking to local media, Mumbai traffic police commissioner Madhukar Pandey said,“ Sadly, many Miare addicted to reckless honking which not only causes noise pollution, but hurts eardrums, increases heart rate

37、s, causes stress and adds to traffic disturbance.”He added, “ All recognize it, but do little to control it. With this, I am sure that our road discipline can become better and the new system ensures honk-less, noise-free and stress free travel on Mumbai roads.”The idea, which was tested in November

38、 and December, 2019, has already gained momentum and there is a plan for rolling it out in other cities in India. Across the country, Indian cities have the worst traffic in the world.Bangalore was recently named as the world s most congested city, with drivers spending an average of 10 daysstuck in

39、 traffic, while both Delhi and Pune were also in the top 10.From the passage, we can infer that.Mumbai s traffic jam is very seriousoverusing horns causes harm to the economyMumbai drivers doubt the new traffic light systemthe new traffic light system works as soon as drivers honkWhat information ca

40、n you get from Madhukar Pandey s words?The new traffic light system has many disadvantages.He thinks that the new traffic system is useful.It is too late to carry out the new traffic light system.It s difficult to deal with overuse of horns in Mumbai.According to the last paragraph, we can know that

41、.the new traffic system works wellDelhi s traffic condition is better than that of Punethe new traffic system will be spread around the worldpeople of Bangalore like to honk their horns when drivingWhat is the best title for this passage?Mumbai Rewarded Patient DriversMumbai Warns Honk-happy Drivers

42、 by Traffic LightsHonk-happy Drivers Will Have No Way to Drive Honk More. Wait More ” : Mumbai Tests Traffic. Lights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。Here are my favorite tips for staying physically, mentally and emotionally healthy during the winter months. Vacation not

43、included. 36Raise your vitamin D levels naturally （without pills or sunlight）. Wd veall heard about the marvels of vitamin D: heart health, skin health, immune health, mental health But you don t need to take pillscancer to get high vitamin D levels. The big secret is that vitamin D levels are assoc

44、iated with healthy lifestyle changes. For example, if you lose just 5 percent or more of your body weight, your vitamin D blood levels will shoot up. Vitamin D likes to stay in fatty tissue, so when you lose fat, the vitamin D levels in your blood go up. And when you eat your wild salmon, bake it ra

45、ther than fry it. Other good fooA sources are trout,mushrooms and egg yolks, and my favorite, plain Greek yogurt.Winter can be a tough time for many of us. All that darkness can take its toll on our mental health. The winter months can be very isolating for many people. My suggestion is that you and

46、 a close friend sign up for yoga, cooking or sewing class. 39 Eat more plants the ones that are sources of omega-3 fatty acids. Accordi ng to the famous Harvard Nurses Health Study, there was no relation between depression and intake of omega-3 fatty acids from fish, 40.And again, the wintertime is

47、when many people have a higher risk of depression.Take a class with a friendsbut they did find a reduced risk of depression in those with moderate intake of plant-based omega-3 fatty acidsIsolate yourself during wintertimeThe following three simple suggestions are things that anyone can do easily an

48、d inexpensively to stave off thewinter blues and sniffles （鼻塞）.Not only do these kinds of classes improve your mental and physical fitness, but they help to fill that social craving （渴望）that we have as human beings, tooand there was no evidence to show the benefit of plantsOther ways to increase vit

49、amin D naturally are to lower your cholesterol （ 胆固醇）exercise and eat more fatty fish, such as wild salmon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。Near the Nebraska border lies the little town of Monowi. It is so small that, if you know the mayor, the

50、treasurer （会计）,and the41, you would know the 42 town of Monowi. Not only that, but youwould know the one person that comprises （构成）the entire 43, Elsie Eiler.Monowi has not always been this 44 populated. 45 in 1902, the town s population was well over 100 people in the 1920s and 1930s. The town had

51、its own post office, two banks, a church, rows of houses, and 46 a high school. 47, Monowi lost farmers who could no longer 48during the Great Depression and were thus 49 to move to the places where they could make a living.Elsie moved to this town with her husband in 1971. At that time, there were

52、about 25 residents. Later, these50 moved out. More than two years ago, her husband, the 51 mayor of the town, died of cancer. Elsie, who is now in her seventies, decided to 52 here. Now she is the mayor, and also the 53 resident of the town.A white metal house is the only habitable building and is h

53、ome to the town library of 5,000 books. Elsie manages the library since to run a library was her husband54. Elsie; also55 a bar. Peoplewho 56 the town sometimes come for a 57. The work in the bar keeps Elsie busy. Elsie has ason named Jack, but Jack is living outside thetown with his family. People

54、often ask Elsie if her well said, “ Eis is living a perfect life.she feelsLiving in_58_, but one of her friends that 59Monowi, she knows what peace and _60_A.guideB. librarianA.wholeB.mysteriousA.populationB. classA.heavilyB. strangelyA.GatheredB. DestroyedA.evenB. stillA.ThereforeB. Otherwise_ is.1

55、C. headmasterD.lawyerC. poorD.separateC. industryD.societyC. independentlyD.thinlyC. FoundedD.InventedC. almostD.thenC. MeanwhileD.HoweverA. make it upB. make ends meetA. allowedB. forcedA. guestsB. visitorsC. make a differenceD. make a contributionC. attractedD. intendedC. neighborsD. relatives51.

56、A. formerB! would-beC. shortD. brave52. A. developB. leaveC. settle downD. stay53. A. oldestB. temporaryC. onlyD. extra54. A. careerB. wishC. choiceD. campaign55. A. relies onB. supportsC. operatesD. involves56. A. live inB. pass byC. belong toD. return to57. A. visitB. talkC. drinkD. date58. A. bor

57、edB. specialC. tiredD. lonely59. A. helpsB. admiresC. recognizesD. knows60. A. happinessB. lonelinessC. wealthD. depression第二节（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）阅读卜面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括v内单词的止确形式。The production of coffee beans is a huge, profitable business, but, unfortunately, full-sun production is taking over the i

58、ndustry and bringing about a lot of damage. The change 61 coffee is grown from shade-grownproduction to full-sun production endangers the very 62 (exist) of certain animals and birds, and even disturbs the world s ecological balance.floOn a local level, the damage 63 (cause) by full-sun fields affec

59、ts the ar ea s birds and animals. The shade of the forest trees provides a habitat 64 birds and other species that depend on the treesand fruits. Full-sun coffee growers destroy this forest home. As a result, many species are65 (quick)dying out. On a more global level, the destruction of the rainfor

60、est for full-sun coffee fields also threatens human life.Medical research often makes use of the forests plant and ar66al lifethe destruction of suchspecies prevents researchers from finding cures for certain diseases. In addition, new coffee-growing techniques are poisoning the local water and 67d