2021届陕西省渭南市临渭区高三第二次模考英语试题

2021届陕西省渭南市临渭区高三第二次模考英语试题

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一、阅读理解

Famousbookstoresworldwide

LibreriaAcquaAlta,Venice

Ittranslatesto“highwaterbookshop^^.Thisbookstoretrieshardtopreventitsbooks

gettingflooded.Afterall,thebookstoreliesinacityfamousforitsfloods,anditopensright

ontoacanal.KateStormsays,“Unlikemanyotherbookstores,LibreriaAcquaAltastoresits

booksinbathtubs,varioustypesofboatsinadditiontohighshelves.Thismakesthe

bookstoreafamousoneworldwide.”

Powell's,Portland

PowelPsisthelargestindependentbookstoreworldwide.MichaelPowellStartedhis

firstbookstorebyborrowing$3,000in1970inChicago.Hisfather,WalterPowell,worked

withhimforasummerinhisChicagostoreandlikeditsomuch.Hisfatherlaterwenthome

toPortlandandopenedhisownbookstore,Powell's.Soon,Michaeljoinedhisfather,and

nowthestoreisrunbyMichael'sdaughter,Emily.

ElAteneoGrandSplendid,BuenosAires

BuiltbyarchitectsPeroandTorresArmengol,itfirstopenedasatheaterin1919,

particularlyfamousforitstangoperformances.Tenyearslater,itwasturnedintoacinema,

andwasthefirstinthecitytoscreenfilmswithsound.In2000,thetheaterwasindangerof

beingpulled-down.ButitwaspurchasedbyGrupoIlhsa,redecoratedandreopenedasa

bookstore,withthebeautifuloriginaloperaboxesandoriginalpicturesontheroofremaining.

Itnowdraws1millionvisitorsayear.

LivrariaLello,Porto

LivrariaLelloisfamousforitsold-worldgreatdecoration,likeitsspecialstairs.Itwas

openedin1906bybrothersJoseandAntonioLello-bythenalreadybooksellers—and

designedbyarchitectXavierEsteves.LivrariaLelloisnowsuchasuccessfultourist

attractionthattheycanchargealottogetin.

1.What'sLibreriaAcquaAltafamousforaccordingtoKateStorm?

A.Itsbooks5types.B.Itswayofstoringbooks.

C.ItsclosenesstoVenice.D.Itsshapeasaspecialboat.

2.WhatcanweknowaboutPowelfs?

A.It'safamilybusiness.B.Ithasa50-yearhistory.

C.It'sopenonlyinsummer.D.It'sthelargestbookstoreworldwide.

3.Whatdothelasttwobookstoresseemtohaveincommon?

A.Theyonceservedasagreatcinema.

B.TheybelongtoJoseandAntonioLello.

C.Theyhavehistoricandarchitecturalvalue.

D.Theyarefreefortouristswantingavisit.

ThedeadliestwildfireinCalifornia'shistorybrokeoutonNovember8,2018.Itburned

for17daysandconsumed153,336acres.Inallthefirecost$16.5billionindamage,

destroyingnearly19,000buildings,living50,000homesandkilling85.Thebeautyofthis

beautifullynamedplacewasgone.

ShaneGrammerworksasacreativedirectorforDisney'sthemeparks.Whenhis

childhoodfriendShaneEdwardspostedpicturesofhiswhitechimney--theonlypartofhis

housetosurvive---Grammerfeltverysad,butdidn'tknowhowtohelphim.Andthenhehad

anidea."Pvegottopaintthatchimney,'*hetoldInsideEdition."Anditwasanopportunity

formetoexpressmyselfandbeanartist."OnDecember31,Grammerspentthreehours

spray-paintingablack-and-whiteimageofawomanonthechimney--areminder,perhaps,

ofthebeautyoflife,orevenjustoflifeitself.

GrammerpostedtheimageonInstagram.Andmanyviewerssaidthathehadreally

broughtbeautyandhope.Suddenly,Grammerrealizedthatwhathehadthoughtwasthata

purelyartisticexpressionhadmorphedintosomethingdeeper,thenatureoftrueart."When

thefirstmural（壁画）movedsomanypeopleinthiscommunity,IknewIhadtocomeback

up,“GrammertoldKRCR-TV.Overaperiodofthreemonths,hereturnedeighttimes,

painting17portraitsofvictimsandfiguresoftheBibleonwalls,pickups,andbroken

buildings."Thereishope,"heexplains.nThereisbeautyintheashes.^^

GrammefsworkinParadisehasnowbecomeamovement.Hehastraveledtomany

placespaintingmuralsindarkplacesthatbadlyneededsomelight,anorphanageinTijuana,

Mexico,forexample."Iwanttodosomethingpowerfulandcreateartthatmovespeople,"he

says.

Thatfirstpainting,onthechimneyinParadise,survivedonlyafewmonths-the

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bulldozer（推土机）isacruelartcritic.Grammercouldn'tbemoredelighted.Itmeansthatthe

spiritofParadiseisrisingagain.

4.Whatisthefirstparagraphmainlyabout?

A.Thecauseofthefire.

B.Thedamagecausedbythefire.

C.Theeconomiclosswhichresultedfromthefire.

D.Thereasonwhythebeautifulplacewasgone.

5.Whatdoestheunderlinedpart"morphedinto^^inparagraph3probablymean?

A.Brokeout.B.Launchedout.

C.Movedinto.D.Turnedinto.

6.Whydidthepaintingonthechimneysurviveonlyafewmonths?

A.Somepeopledislikedit.

B.Grammerwasn'tsatisfiedwithit.

C.Thetownwasunderreconstruction.

D.Thebulldozerknockeditdownbyaccident.

7.WhichwordbestdescribesGrammer?

A.Caring.B.Casual.

C.Humorous.D.Indifferent.

Fromtalkingrobotstodriverlessvehicles,technologyhasbecomesoadvancedthatthe

previouslyimpossibleseemstooccuronadailybasis.Andyet-westillhavenocureforthe

commoncold.

Whycan'twestopthecommoncold?AccordingtoPeterBarlow,ascientistat

EdinburghNapierUniversity,themainchallengeliesinthemanydifferenttypesofcold

virusesthatbelongtotherhinoviruses（鼻病毒）.Thereareatleast160types.Theymulate（突

变）soeasilythattheyquicklybecomeresistanttodrugs,orlearntohidefromourimmune

systems.Inotherwords,asinglecureisn'tlikelytoworkoneverytypeofcold.

However,researchersfromStanfordUniversityandtheUniversityofCalifornia,San

Francisco,havefoundapossibleanswer.Theydiscoveredaprotein（蛋白质）thattheviruses

need.Alltheviruseswereunabletoreplicate（复制）insidecellswithoutagenethatproduces

aspecificproteincalledSETD3.

Toidentifythegenewhichproducesthespecificprotein,researchersusedagene-editing

techniquetotestallgenesinthehumangenome（基因组）.Namely,theyrandomlydisableda

singlegeneineachofthecells,sothatthecellslackedoneoranotherofeverygeneinour

genome.Thesegeneticallymodifiedcellswerethenexposedtotherhinoviruses,whichcause

thecommoncold.Theteamthenlookedatwhichgenewasmissingincellsthatcontinuedto

grow.Asitturnedout,theonethatstoodoutwasSETD3,whichmakesaproteinofthesame

name.

Carettesaidtheplanistofindadrugwhichcantemporarilydisabletheprotein,instead

ofproducinggeneticallymodifiedhumans.4€Wehaveidentifiedafantastictargetthatall

rhinovirusesrequireanddependon.Takethatawayandthevirusreallyhasnochance,“said

Carette.

8.WhichdoesPeterBarlowthinkisaproblemforfightingthecommoncold?

A.Thepoorimmunityofpatients.B.Thelargevarietyofviruses.

C.Thelackofenoughcures.D.Thesideeffectsofdrugs.

9.Whatdoweknowaboutthegene-editingstudyinParagraph4?

A.AllgeneticallymodifiedcellssurvivedB.Somegenesinourgenomewereignored

C.ItlocatedthegeneresponsibleforSETD3D.Itexposedtheharmoftherhinoviruses.

10.HowshouldwestayawayfromthecommoncoldaccordingtoCarette?

A.Applygene-editingtohumangenesB.Avoidcontactswithcoldspatients

C.PreventcoldvirusesfrommutatingD.DevelopadrugtoswitchoffSETD3

11.Whichofthefollowingisthebesttitleforthetext?

A.PotentialdefensefoundforcoldvirusesB.Secretsbehindthehumangenes

C.RealcausesofthecommoncoldD.Puzzlesoverrhinovirusessolved

Scientistshaveshownanewprintingprocessthatcanturnjustaboutanypieceofpaper

intoawaterproofkeyboard（防水键盘）thatyoucanfoldupandputinyourpocketandit

doesn'trequireapowersource.

Thetechniquemakesuseofaspecialcoatingthat*srepellent（排斥的）toliquidsanddust,

whichallowsmultiplecircuit（电路）layerstothenbeprintedontopofthepaperwithoutany

dirtbetweenthelayers.Ontheothersideofthepaper,standardinkprintingcanthenbeused

topointoutwherethepressurepoints（thebuttons）are,andwhattheyrepresent.Theselayers

canbeprintedinanydesignyouwant.What'smore,nobatteriesarerequiredtooperatethe

finishedkeyboard.It'sabletobefullypoweredfromthetouchoftheoperatorandthe

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mechanicalenergythat*sproduced.

“Thisisthefirsttimeaself-poweredpaper-basedelectronicdevicehasbeenshown,“

saysengineerRamsesMartinez,fromPurdueUniversity.Whentheprintedpartsofthepaper

getpressed,they'reabletosendsignalsoverBluetoothtoanotherdevicealaptop,for

example.You'vethengotalightweight,foldablekeyboardthatcanbetakenanywhereand

easilywipedcleanwhenneeded.

Thetechnologyisgreat.It'sgoodfortheenvironment(thepapercanbesimplyrecycled

again),andit'sflexible—aswellasbeingwater-resistantandcompletelycustomizable.

Thesepaperdevicesarecheaptoproduceaswell-lessthan$0.25each,accordingtothe

researchers.Potentialusesincludesmartpackaging,orwheretemporaryinputdevicesare

required.

“Iexpectthistechnologytohelptheuserinteractwithfoodpackagingcheckingwhether

thefoodissafetobeconsumed,orallowinguserstosignthepackagethatarrivesathomeby

draggingtheirfingersovertheboxtoproperlyidentifythemselvesastheownerofthe

package,saysMartinez.Additionally,ourgroupshowedthatsimplepapersheetsfroma

notebookcanbetransformedintomusicplayerinterfaces(界面)foruserstochoosesongs

andplaythem.

12.Whatdoesthekeyboardlooklikeaccordingtothetext?

A.Itconsistsofseverallayersofpaper.

B.Itisprintedonbothsidesofthepaper.

C.Itissmallerthananordinarykeyboard.

D.Ithasitsbuttonshiddenbehindthelayers.

13.Howisthekeyboardconnectedtootherdevices?

A.BygivingsignalsviaBluetooth.

B.Bybeingattachedtootherdevices.

C.Bygettinganypartofthepaperpressed.

D.Byusingthepowerproducedbyotherdevices.

14.Whatcanweinferaboutthekeyboardfromthetext?

A.Itisportableandbeautiful.

B.Itisconvenientandfashionable.

C.Itishigh-poweredandpermanent.

D.Itiseco-friendlyandeconomical.

15.WhatdoMartinez'swordsinthelastparagraphshow?

A.Thetechnologymakesfoodpackagingeasy.

B.Thetechnologyhasbeenusedinfoodindustry.

C.Thetechnologycanbeemployedinmorefields.

D.Thetechnologywillimprovethequalityoffood.

二、七选五

Yogaisanage-oldpracticethatstretchesthebodyandcalmsthemind.Byperforminga

seriesofposes,calledasanas,Yogapractitionersmakethemselvesmoreflexibleandrelaxed.

Theseresultsinlowerbloodpressure,adecreaseinstress,andhealthymuscles.16

Withposesrangingfromsimpletochallenging,yogagivesyourmindsomethingtothink

aboutwhileyouexercise.

Let'sgetstartedfromthemostbasicpose-MountainPose.Standingbarefootonan

anti-slipmat,putyourfeetsidebysidesothatthebasisofyourbigtoesaretouching.

17Asyoustandstraightanddownwithyourarmsatyoursides,feelthestrengthin

yourlegs.Practiceholdingyourheadandneckinastraightline.Relaxyourshoulders.

Breatheinandout,andfocusonyourbreathing.

18Thisisagreatwaytoloosenatightback,neckorshoulders.Beginonall

fourswithyourhandsunderyourshouldersandyourkneesunderyourhips.Holdyourspine

（脊椎）andneckinastraightline.Thendroptheheadandnecktowardyourmat,pullyour

stomachmusclesintight,androundyourbackuptowardstheceiling.19Asyou

exhale,returntothecenter,thendropyourbellytowardthemat,andtiltyourheadback

gentlysothatyoureyesmoveuptowardtheceiling.Feelyourspinemovemoredeeplyinto

yourbody.Breatheinandouthere.

20Graduallyaddmoreasanastoyourpractice.Beforelongyouwillnoticea

positivechangeinyourpost,yourstrengths,andyourflexibility.

A.Itcanbehardtobalanceinthisway.

B.Holdthatposeandbreatheinandout.

C.ThenyoucantryoutCattoCowPose.

D.Performtheseposeseveryday,ifyoucan.

E.Butbeyonditshealthbenefits,yogurthasalotoffun.

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F.Ifthestresshurtspullbackandliedownslowlyonthemat.

G.Standcomfortablyandadjustyourfeettilltheyfeelgoodagainstthemat.

三、完形填空

IgotoutofthecarthatrainyTuesday,alreadytired,andheadedtowardmycompany.It

hadbeena（n）21morningwithmyson,Adrian,whohassevereADD（多动症）.By

thebuildingentrance,somethingcaughtmy22.Achicken.

Amantoldmethechickenhadbeen23aroundthelastfewnights.Attheend

ofmy24、Isawherinthesamespot,coldand25.“Gofindyourfamily,n

Isaid.AllnightIwas26abouther.Whatifacoyote（郊狼）gother?

Itrainedthenextmorning.Nosignofthechicken.I27shehadgonehome.

ButthenIfoundher.Shewasthere,getting28onagain.I29hersome

bread.Sherefuseditandjuststoodthere,30upatme.Halfwayhomethat

evening,ImadeaU-turnandwentbacktomy3j.Ipickedupthechickenand

drovehomewithherinmylap,herbeak（喙）onmyshouldertheentire32.

I33onFacebook,askingifanyonehad34achicken.Butno

oneclaimedher.My35madeherselfathome—evenlayingeggsinmy

backyard.

ThebiggestsurprisewashowAdrian36her.HisADDmakeshimgetangry

easily.37notwiththechicken.She38himaroundthehouseandsits

inhislap.The39betweenthemhasbeensuchablessing.ThatrainyTuesday,I

toldthechickentofindher_____40_____.LittledidIknowitwouldturnouttobeus!

21.A.happyB.peacefulC.enthusiasticD.difficult

22.A.eyeB.earC.mouthD.nose

23.A.hangingB.askingC.lookingD.turning

24.A.tripB.doubtC-workD.car

25.A.dryB.fullC.wetD.content

26.A.curiousB.worriedC.askingD.talking

27.A.realizedB.dreamedC.regrettedD.guessed

28.A.dressedB.rainedC.changedD.injured

29.A.offeredB.lentC.bakedD.donated

30.A.standingB.sittingC.pushingD.staring

31.A.homeB.companyC.marketD.hospital

32.A.dayB.processC.rideD.morning

33.A.postedB・wroteC.expressedD.announced

34.A.foundB.sawC.lostD.bought

35.A.planB,motivationC.confidenceD.rescue

36.A.tookoutB.tooktoC.tookupD.tookdown

37.A.ThenB.ButC.AndD.So

38.A.showsB.movesC.followsD.tolerates

39.A.boundB.secretC.dilemmaD.action

40.A.zooB.gardenC.backyardD.family

四、用单词的适当形式完成短文

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。

AcomprehensiveexhibitiononSuShi,aChineseculturesymbolperson41

(live)inthe11thcentury,openedatChina'sPalaceMuseumonSeptember1st2020.

Atotalof78piecesorsetsofexquisiteworkswere42displayattheexhibition,

coveringcalligraphy,43(painting),epigraphyrubbings,objects,documentsand

raretexts.InadditiontoextensiveworksbySue44(he),someexhibitswerebyhis

mentorsandclosefriends,andothers45(create)inlatertimesbyartiststopay

tributetohim.