江苏省南通市海安县南莫中学2022年高三第六次模拟考试英语试卷含答案

1、2021-2022高考英语模拟试卷考生请注意：1答题前请将考场、试室号、座位号、考生号、姓名写在试卷密封线内，不得在试卷上作任何标记。2第一部分选择题每小题选出答案后，需将答案写在试卷指定的括号内，第二部分非选择题答案写在试卷题目指定的位置上。3考生必须保证答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1Betty was feeling pretty blue for a while, but shes better now._.AOh, thats kind of you BCongratulations COh, Im glad

2、 to hear thatDIts my pleasure2Looking people in the eye _ sometimes make them nervous and embarrassed.AmustBcanCshouldDmight3The teacher told the children _ quiet in the museum.A keep B kept C keeping D to keep4The doctors treatment has worked marvels: the patient has completelyArepeatedBreturnedCre

3、coveredDreminded5Scientists have come to the conclusion _ the temperature on Earth is getting higher and higher.AWhatBthatCwhichDwhen6. Some people say more but do less _ others do the opposite.AonceBwhenCwhileDas7The young violinist is very excited because the concert given by him has never been _.

4、AsuccessfulBmore successfulCmost successfulDthe most successful8Being happy is a skill that can be learned, and one way to _ ourselves to be happy is to write down the little things that cheer us up each day.AconveyBappealCtrainDattempt9The disaster-stricken village was inaccessible _ by helicopter,

5、 and the storm added to the rescuers difficulty.Ainstead ofBother thanCrather thanDregardless of10In front of the whole audience, Premiere Li made his promise _ the government would try its best to solve the problem of poverty in China.Awhat BwhichCwhether Dthat11The TV station will be _ the game li

6、ve on Saturday afternoon, and we cant miss it.AcoveringBimprovingChandlingDcanceling12I will fix your printer right now. Oh, _. Im in no hurry.Atake your time Bthats a great ideaCyou are welcome DId like to13 I like your new shoes! Thanks. I had to try on almost a dozen pairs _ I decided to get them

7、.AasBwhenCafterDbefore14Since you are my daughters classmate, wed like to _ you _ tonight.Aput ; downBput ; inCput ; offDput ; up15I was expecting a present from her, so I was disappointed I didnt receive _.AitBoneCthatDthe one16The farmer said the PLA men came to rescue timely when they _in the sno

8、wstorm.Awere trapping Bwere being trappedCare trapping Dare being trapped17Did you watch the basketball match yesterday?Yes，I did.You know，my brother _ in the match.Ais playing Bwas playingChas played Dhad played18The problem lies in_ were now giving him a fish, not teaching him how to fish.AwhatBth

9、atCwhichDif19Good news! We didnt spend we had expected.Aas half much money asBmuch money as half asCas much money as halfDhalf as much money as20When Paul _ for the final game of the basketball season, his fans let out shouts of cry.Amade up Bshowed upCcaught up Dheld up第二部分 阅读理解（满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的

10、A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。21（6分） Many youths want to lean how to drive cars. This year one sixth of undergraduates in Beijing have registered at driving school. The students, mostly from majors such as business management or imitational trade, will finish their driving courses within 20 days or so.Trainin

11、g costs have dropped to 4, 500 yuan for students, according to the Haidian Driving School in Beijing. The price is not really low, but students will accept it, seeing it as an investment (投资) in their future. Familiarity with the operation of computers and fluent English are the basic skills graduat

12、ing students need to find a job. But a driver s permit has become another factor (因素).“In the job market, owning a drivers permit sometimes strengthens a graduating students competitiveness for a good position,” says Li Hua, an undergraduate at the China University of Political Science and law.Cars

13、will become a necessary part of many peoples lives in the coming years, and it is difficult to get a permit out of campus because of the pressures on working peoples time. “Having a full-time job after graduation offers limited time to learn to drive. We senior students have plenty of spare time, pl

14、enty of oppurtunity to learn,” says another undergraduate at the university.Wu Dong, an official at the driving school, said undergraduates were very able and serious, and could grasp in an hour what ordinary people took four hours to learn. In this driving school, middle-aged people, young women an

15、d college students are the main customers.From March 1, 2018, to get a drivers permit, a beginner is now required to have at least 86 hours practice before the final road test.1、Why do the undergraduates learn to drive?AThey are the students from special subject or course.BThey like to drive cars ve

16、ry much.CThey want y become full time drivers after graduation.DThey need this skill to find a good job in the future.2、What is Wu Dongs opinion of students learning to drive?AIt would make the life more interesting.BYouths would have an advantage in learning to drive.CIt is a waste of money and tim

17、e to learn to drive.DIt would be better to learn it at college than at work.3、To get the permit, the student _.Arequires some time to practice before the final road testBmust pay more money before the final road testCmust practice more to learn to drive when having a jobDrequires to learn some more

18、other subjects to drive22（8分）A recent study led by researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has found a clear link between the color of a taxi and its accident rate. An analysis of 36 months of detailed taxi, driver and accident data from two fleets of yellow and blue taxis in Sin

19、gapore suggested that yellow taxis have fewer accidents than blue taxis. The higher visibility (能见度) of yellow makes it less difficult for drivers to avoid getting into accidents with yellow taxis, leading to a lower accident rate.The study was led by Prof Ho. To test whether there was a relationshi

20、p between the color of a taxi and the number of accidents the taxi had, the research team analysed data collected by the largest taxi company in Singapore. The researchers found that yellow taxis have about 6. 1 fewer accidents per 1,000 taxis per month.They also studied the economic effect of chang

21、ing the color of the entire fleet of taxis to yellow. The Singapore taxi company involved in the study owns about 16,700 taxis in a ratio(比例) of one yellow to three blue taxis. If a commercial decision is made to switch from blue to yellow taxis, 76.6 fewer accidents will occur per month or 917 fewe

22、r accidents per year.Assuming an average repair cost of $1,000 per car and a downtime of six days, the color of all taxis to yellow could produce an annual saving of $ 2 million.“We are eager to continue to validate (证实) the findings of our study by looking at the use of yellow in other types of pub

23、lic transport, such as school buses. For example, we hope to compare the accident rates of yellow school buses against those of other colors to find out if yellow is indeed a safer color for school buses. Besides, were also interested to look at private-hire vehicles and do a comparison of the accid

24、ent rates of vehicles that are of different colors.” Explained Prof Ho.1、Why do yellow taxis result in fewer accidents?ABecause yellow can be seen more easily.BBecause yellow signals a warning of danger.CBecause drivers tend to be more careful in yellow taxis.DBecause people act more quickly in yell

25、ow surroundings.2、Whats Prof Hos study based on?APhysical risks taxi passengers experience.BThe economic effect of changing taxi color.CData from Singapores largest taxi company.DPersonal reports from taxi drivers worldwide.3、What do Prof Hos words in the last paragraph suggest?ASchool buses should

26、be painted yellow.BTheir findings are worth popularizing.CTheir study will be furthered.DYellow should be widely used in public transport.4、What can be the best title for the text?ACaution: yellow taxis ahead BSafer to ride in yellow taxisCWhy are yellow taxis preferred? DHow can colors help prevent

27、 accidents?23（8分） Fairy tales perform many functions. They entertain, encourage imagination and teach problemsolving skills. They can also provide moral lessons, highlighting the dangers of failing to follow the social codes that let human beings coexist in harmony. Such moral lessons may not mean m

28、uch to a robot, but a team of researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology believes it has found a way to use the fairy tales as moral lessons that AI (artificial intelligence) can take to its cold, mechanical heart.The collected stories of different cultures teach children how to behave in social

29、ly acceptable ways with examples of proper and improper behavior in fables, novels and other literature. We believe story comprehension in robots can prevent the intelligent robots from killing humanity which was predicted and feared by some of the biggest names in technology including Stephen Hawki

30、ng and Bill Gates. This system is called “Quixote” (堂吉诃德). It collects story plots from the Internet and then uses those stories to teach robots how to behave.The experiment done by the designers involves going to a drugstore to purchase some medicine for a human who needs to get it as soon as possi

31、ble. The robot has three options. It can wait in line; it can interact with the store keeper politely and purchase the medicine with priority; or it can steal the medicine and escape. Without any further directives(指令), the robot will come to the conclusion that the most efficient means of obtaining

32、 the medicine is to steal it. But Quixote offers a reward for waiting in line and politely purchasing the medicine and a punishment for stealing it. In this way, the robot will learn the moral way to behave on that occasion.Quixote would work best on a robot that has a very limited function. Its a b

33、aby step in the direction of teaching more moral lessons into robots. We believe that AI has to be trained to adopt the values of a particular society, and in doing so, it will strive to avoid unacceptable behavior. Giving robots the ability to read and understand our stories may be the most efficie

34、nt means.1、What function do fairy tales perform in the robots?AThey entertain robots.BThey highlight dangers.CThey make robots more intelligent.DThey enable robots to behave morally.2、What is “Quixote” in the text?AA punishment systemBA character in literatureCA big name in technologyDA software edu

35、cating robots.3、What does the designer expect robot to do in the experiment?ATo take advantage of its privilege.BTo finish the task most efficiently.CTo perform in a good mannered way.DTo be rewarded by the storekeeper14、Which of the follow can best express the authors opinion?ARobots will definitel

36、y have more functions.BRobots with humans emotions are perfect.CTraining robots to be socially acceptable is necessary.DThe development of robots is still in a baby step.24（8分）Historian Tom Holland is the award-winning author of Rubicon, Persian Fire and Millennium. He appears regularly on radio, TV

37、 and in print. His latest book Dynasty is published in paperback by Abacus.Moominsummer MadnessBy Tove JansoonWhat I love about this book, as a child and still today, is its mix of the fantastical and normal. On the one hand, its about a family and their friends all enjoying themselves, quite happy

38、not doing much. On the other hand, its about characters that can change into odd shapes, magicians coming down from the moon and peculiar creatures emerging from the roof. That mix of the familiar and the extraordinary informs all my writing.The HistoriesBy HerodoTusBy the time I was 12, I was obses

39、sed by Ancient Greece and Rome. At first, I found the early section of The Histories a real grind because its like a long shaggy dog story that never gets to the point.In the second half I was rewarded with the stories Id been waiting for, like the battles of Marathon, Salamis and Thermopylae. Over

40、the years, I come to value the infectious curiosity of the first half and the portrait of the world in the fifth century BC seen through the eyes of this extraordinary Greek historian.A Distant MirrorBy BarBara W TucHmanTuchmans book The Guns of August won the Pulitzer Prize, but its this slightly l

41、ess well-known work that provided me with a role model for my own writing. Both scholarly and interesting, its a portrait of the 14th century in Western Europe and vividly evokes medieval civilization buffeted by cataclysms: the Black Death, the Peasants Revolt and the Great Papal Schism. I felt I k

42、new what it was to die of the plague or to have a sword put through me real stories told remarkably436、Tom Holland now finds the first half of The Histories _.Aoff the pointBculture-centeredCreally boringDquite entertaining1、Which book does Tom Holland appreciate and try to copy its style?AThe Histo

43、riesBA Distant MirrorCThe Guns of AugustDMoominsummer Madness25（10分） In the famous fairy tale, Snow White eats the Queens apple and falls victim to a curse(诅咒);in Shakespeares novel, Romeo drinks the poison and dies; some ancient Chinese emperors took pellets(药丸)that contained mercury(水银), believing

44、 that it would make them immortal, but they died afterward.Poison(毒药) has long been an important ingredient in literature and history, and it seems to always be associated with evil, danger and death. But how much do you really know about poison?An exhibition, The Power of Poison, opened last month

45、at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, intended to give the audience a more vivid understanding of poison.The museum tour starts in a rainforest setting, where you can see live examples of some of the most poisonous animals: caterpillars(毛毛虫), frogs and spiders. Golden poison frogs,

46、for instance, arent much bigger than a coin, but their skin is covered with a poison that can cut off the signaling power of your nerves, and a single frog has enough venom to kill 10 grown humans.Poisons can be bad for some things, Michael Novacek, senior vice president of the museum, told NBC News

47、. Yet they can also be good for others.A poisonous chemical found in the yew tree is effective against cancer, which is what led to the invention of a cancer-fighting drug called Taxol.The benefits from natural poisons are not limited to just medicine. Believe it or not, many substances(物质)that we r

48、egularly ingest(摄入)-chili, coffee and chocolate-owe their special flavors or stimulating(提神的)effects to chemicals that plants make to poison insects.1、What does the underlined word immortal in Paragraph 1 mean?AhappyBnot moralCliving foreverDsick2、What is the main purpose of the exhibition The Power

49、 of Poison?ATo give people more in-depth knowledge about poison.BTo teach people how to handle poisonous animals.CTo inform people about which animals are the most poisonous.DTo show how poison has been used for medical treatment.3、Which of the following statements about the Golden poison frog is TR

50、UE according to the article?AIts skin can cut off the signaling power of your nerves.BIts about the size of a coin.CIts the most poisonous animal on display.DYou can only see it in a rainforest setting of the museum.4、The stimulating effects of coffee come from _.Anatural poison made by the plantBth

51、e substances that we regularly ingestCchemicals produced by poisonous insects Dits special flavor第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节）第一节（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26（30分） I used to be a very self-centered person, but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think abo

52、ut other people 1 I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a 2 person:I think my 3 started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my 4 , and be left alone. I thought I was smarter everyone else, so I hardly ever 5 to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first seme

53、ster, I was really, 6 . It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So tried a(n) 7 . I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I 8 to help. That was really a big 9 for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and tw

54、o of 10 are still my best friends today.A bigger cause of my new 11 , however, came when I took a part-time job at a Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer s disease became my 12 . Every time I came into her room, she was so 13 because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daugh

55、ter never 14 her, so I took her place. She let me 15 . That making others feel good make me feel good, too. When she died, I was 16 , but I was very grateful to her.I think I am a much 17 , person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not 18 these experiences. They have 19 e to care about other

56、 people more than about myself. 20 who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.1、AsinceBbeforeCorDunless2、AfamousBsimpleCdifferentDskilled3、AeducationBcareerCtourDchange4、AbalanceBhomeworkCdegreeDinterest5、AtalkedBwroteCliedDreported6、AcarefulBlonelyCcuriousDguilty7、AargumentBgameCexper

57、imentDdefence8、AdaredBofferedChesitatedDhappened9、AdreamBproblemCdutyDstep10、AusBwhichCthemDwhom11、AattitudeBhobbyChopeDluck12、AfriendBpartnerCguideDguest13、ApoliteBhappyCstrangeDconfident14、AbotheredBansweredCvisitedDtrusted15、AexplainBguessCdeclareDsee16、AhomelessBheart brokenCbad-temperedDhopeles

58、s17、AquieterBbusierCbetterDricher18、AforgetBfaceCimproveDanalyze19、AforcedBpreferredCorderedDtaught20、AmissBlikeCwonderDexpect第二节（每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。27（15分）Why is pink or purple a color for girls and blue or brown for boys?The answer depends largely 1cultural values as wel

59、l as personal experiences. To the Egyptians, green was a color 2 represented the hope and joy of spring, while for Muslims, it means heaven. Red is a symbol of good luck in many cultures. During the Spring Festival in China, children 3 (give) money in a red envelope to bring good fortune in the New

60、Year. For many nations, blue is a symbol of protection and religious beliefs. Greek people often wear a blue necklace hoping to protect4against evils（灾祸）.Peoples 5 (choose) of colors is also influenced by their bodies reactions toward them. Green is said to be 6 most restful color. It has the abilit