广东省揭阳市2019届高三英语第二次模拟考试试题(含解析)

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2019年高三英语下学期第二次模拟试卷附参考答案

B C高三 2019 届英语下学期第二次模拟试卷英语本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。

第Ⅰ卷 1 至 12 页。

第Ⅱ卷 13 至 14 页。

考试结束，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

第Ⅰ卷注意事项：1. 答题前，考生在答题卡上务必用黑色签字笔将自己的姓名、准考证号填写清楚，并贴好条形码。

请认真核准条形码上的准考证号、姓名和科目。

2. 每小题选出答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号，在试题卷上作答无效。

第一部分听力(共两节，满分 30 分)做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。

录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节（共 5 小题;每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分）听下面 5 段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A 、、三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1.What does County Community College offer?A.It offers classes known as “English as a Second Language ”.B.It offers English conversation classes for English speakers.C.It can only help some VIPs.2.What does the woman imply?A. She also found the book difficult.B. She has learned a lot about names.C. She read a different book.3.What is the man ’s name? A. Gaques Cellinde. B. Jaques CellindA.C. Jaque Cillenda.4.How many persons can share a standard room? A. Two. B. Three. C. One.5.What is the passage mainly about?A. Tips for applying for online vacancies (空缺).B. How to write applicationforms.B CC. How to submit (提交) online application forms.第二节(共 15 小题;每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分)听下面 5 段对话。

揭阳市高三第二次高考模拟英语试卷（2）

揭阳市高三第二次高考模拟英语试卷(2)东北三省四市高三第三次模拟英语试卷阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AThe Disney theme park, its first on the Chinese mainland and the second in Greater China, after Hong Kong Disneyland, will open in Shanghai on June 16, a Thursday. Tickets on sale will begin on March 28, 2016.A standard single day ticket for the Shanghai Disney Resort costs 370 yuan ($56.2), while a peak-day ticket for festival and holiday periods will be sold for 499 yuan, the resort announced on February 3rd.Children between 1 and 1.4 meters tall and seniors aged over 65 years old can enjoy a 25% discount on the ticket price. A two-day ticket will be available at a 5 percent discount.Tickets can be booked on the official websiteor through the hotline 400-180-0000.In comparison with the other five Disney parks around the world, a one-day ticket for the Hong Kong Disney costs 539 Hong Kong dollars ($69.2) for adults aged 16 to 64 years old, while that for the theme park in Tokyo is being sold at 6,900 yen ($58).Disney says the park will also reflect Chinese culture. The combination of Disney and Chinese cultures will be seen in many classic Chinese designs, such as a teahouse?Wandering Moon. Celebrations of seasonal festivals and stage shows will also include Chinese language, performers, theatrics and acrobatics(杂技).The resort is expected to bring 5 million new passengersannually to the Pudong International Airport after it opens. It is also expected to attract 10 million visits a year.21. How much will a couple pay if they visit the park with a1.3-meter tall kid on National Day?A. About 830 yuan.B. About 1020 yuan.C. About 1120 yuan.D. About 1370 yuan.22. According to the text, what makes the Shanghai Disney Resort special?A. Its ticket system.B. Its Chinese characteristics.C. The size of the park.D. The entertaining equipment.23. Which is TRUE about the Shanghai Disney Resort?A. 10 million visits are expected a year.B. Its single day admission is the highest.C. Tickets are available only on the website.D. It is the first theme park on the Chinese mainland.BHarper Lee, whose 1961 novel To Kill a Mockingbird on the racial troubles of the American deep south, has died at the age of 89.Until last year, Lee had been something of a one-book literary legend. To Kill a Mockingbird sold more than 40 million copies around the world and earned her a Pulitzer prize, remaining a towering presence in American literature. Another novel, Go Set a Watchman, was controversially published in July 2015 as a “sequel” to Mockingbird, though it was later confirmed to be Mockingbird’s first draft.But from the moment Mockingbird was published to almost instant success, the author consistently avoided public attention. Lee had lived for several years in a nursing home near the house in which she had grown up in Monroeville, Alabama—the settingfor Maycomb of her famous book. Her neighbor for 40 years, Sue Sellers, said, “She was such a priv ate person. All she wanted was privacy, but she didn’t get much. There was always somebody following her around.”James Naughtie, BBC Books Editor, commented on the novels of Harper Lee: “I think she stands, particularly among American readers, as someone who shone a light into a very dark place. She was writing at a time when people were beginning to lift the lid on everything in the South which they’d chosen not to understand. That all changed in the 1960s. So I think her status for writing that book in i ts extraordinarily direct way will remain.”24. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 probably mean?A. Lee became successful with stories on American south.B. People owe Lee’s success to luck to some degree.C. Mockingbird makes Lee a wonder in American literature.D. Mockingbird was a bestseller by selling 40m copies.25. What does “Maycomb” in Paragraph 3 probably refer to?A. A nursing home.B. Lee’s hometown.C. A fictional place.D. A main character.26. Which best describes Americans’ attitud e towards racial troubles before the 1960s?A. Tolerant.B. Unconcerned.C. Sympathetic.D. Dissatisfied.27. What can we learn from the text?A. Lee based all her stories on her life.B. Lee had to avoid being followed by her fans.C. Lee wrote Go Set A Watchman before Mockingbird.D. Lee lived in the house where she grew up for the whole life.CThese days, young people in some English-speaking countries are speaking a strange language, especially when communicating on social media.Look at these words chosen by The Washington Post: “David Bowie dying is totes tradge,” and “When Cookie hugged Jamal it made me totes emosh.” Or this sentence: “BAE, let me know if you stay in tonight.”What on earth do they mean? Well, “totes” is a short form of “totally”. Similarly, “tradge” means “tragic” and “emosh” means “emotional”. It seems that, for millennials(千禧一代), typing in this form is not only time-saving but fashionable.As you can see, many millennial slangs(俚语)are formed by so-called “totesing”—the systematic abbreviation(缩写)of words. The trend might have started with “totally” becoming “totes”, but it now has spread to many other English words.The origins of other millennial slangs are more complex than “totesing”. “Bae”, for example, has been widely used by African-Americans for years. It can be an expression of closeness with one’s romantic partner or, like “sweetheart”, for someone without romantic connection. After pop singer Pharrell used the word in his work, “bae” became mainstream.Some people might think millennial slangs lower the value of the English language, but Melbourne University linguist(语言学家)Rosey Billington doesn’t agree. She says when people are able to use a language in a creative way, they show that they know the language rules well enough to use words differently. Two other linguists, Lauren Spradlin and Taylor Jones, share the same view. The two analysed hundreds of examples of totes-speak and discovered totesing has complex roots. It isn’t simply an adult version of baby talk, nor a clever way to minimize your word count. Rather, it is a highly organized system that relies on a speaker’s mastery of English pronunciation. It is about sounds, follows sound system of English and has strict rules.28. Why do young people like using e-slangs?A. They are time-consuming.B. They are in fashion.C. They are complex.D. They are in order.29. What’s the author’s purpose of mentioning “Bae” in Paragraph 5?A. To support that totesing is no baby talk.B. To analyse the usage of millennial slangs.C. To inform people how it became mainstream.D. To explain the complex origins of millennial slangs.30. Which statement may Rosey Billington agree with?A. Totesing is a loosely organized system.B. Millennial slangs lower the value of English.C. It’s si mply a clever way to reduce the word count.D. Totes-speak requires a good command of English.31. What’s the best title of the passage?A. E-slangs Catch on Among YouthB. Linguists Disapprove of TotesingC. Millennial Slangs Take the LeadD. English Has Greatly ChangedDThere’s a “culture of walking and texting” on the Utah Valley University campus, according to conversations with students, but that’s not the main reason Matt Bambrough, the creative director at UVU, came up with an idea to paint a “texting lane” on a staircase leading up to the Wellness Center.According to Bambrough, it’s first and foremost a design project—the texting lane was a tongue-in-cheek(戏谑)reference to the college-wide epidemic(流行)of kids walking around with their faces buried in their iPhones.“You have 18–24-year-olds walking down the hall with smart phones. You’re almost bound to run into someone somewhere; it’s something we’re dealing with in this day and age,” Bambrough said. “But preventing collisions isn’t the reason we did it—we did it to arouse the students’ attention. It’s meant to be there for people to look at and enjoy.”Still, when talking to Utah Valley students, it sounds like texting and walking can be quite the annoyance.Robbie Poffenberger, an assistant news editor at the UVU Review, said that most collisions he witnesses aren’t human-on-human; rather, it’s generally human-on-inanimate-object. “They walk into barriers—chairs on the side of the hallway, or railings,” Poffenberger said, “I’m sure they’re fairly embarrassed.”32. What do we learn about the “texting lane” from the text?A. It is a special campus culture in Utah Valley University.B. It is used to encourage the campus culture.C. It is painted on a staircase leading to everywhere.D. It is popular with students in universities.33. According to Bambrough, ______.A. the “texting lane” is to attract students’ attentionB. we don’t have to face the problem in this ageC. what they did is to prevent the collisionsD. students enjoy looking at each other34. How do students feel about texting and walking?A. They are worried.B. They are annoyed.C. They are puzzled.D. They are surprised.35. What would most students run into from what Robbie said?A. Students in the same direction.B. Teachers opposite to them.C. Barriers on campus.D. Grass on campus.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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

2019年揭阳市第五中学高三第二次月考英语试卷(含答案)

2019年揭阳市第五中学高三第二次月考英语试卷（满分150）I.听力(共两节，满分35分)第一节听力理解每段播放两遍。

各段后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。

请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的Ａ、Ｂ、Ｃ项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

听第一段对话，回答1—3小题。

1.W hy doesn’t the man want to go to the New State s?A.Because there isn’t enough time to go there.B.Because he doesn’t like the actor in the movie there.C.Because he has a lot of work to do.2.When will Ed and Jean come to dinner?A. Friday nightB.TonightC.Saturday night3 .What is the man going to do on Saturday morning?A.He is going to the movies.B.He is going to play tennisC.He is going to prepare a big dinner.听第二段对话，回答4—6小题4．What’s the relationship between the two speakers?A. Mother and son B .Teacher and student C.Friends5 .What does the man interested in ?A.JokingB.StudyingC. Playing6. What does the woman suggest the man do?A.Following your own course,and letting people talkB.Talking to the teacher and asking for helpC.Having a friendly talk with his classmates and doing things with them听第三段对话，回答7-9小题7. What is Jake’s trip for?A.It is for studyB.Iit is for visiting relativesC.It is for sightseeing8.How long will Jake stay there?A.Just for the springB.Just for the summer C .For a whole year9.Why doesn’t Jake buy a coat now?A.Because the climate where he is going is warmB.Because there isn't enough room for a coat in his suicase.C.What he needs most is a raincoat other than a coat听第四段对话，回答10--12小题10.What is the date today?A.December 15th B .December 18th C .December 25th11.How much does the man’s family usually spend on Chrismas?A.About＄275B.About＄550C. About＄110012.Which of the follow statement is tTRUE according to the conversation?A.The woman may have made full preparations for Christmas.B.The man begins to love Christmas after talking with the woman.C.The man hates Christmas for he likes being quiet.听第五段对话，回答13--15小题13.How did the man get the room at last?A.the conference was cancelled.B. a newly-weds cancelled their reservationC.the manager gave his own room to the man.14.what did the clerk say about the breakfast in the hotel?A.it is free all the timeB.it is only free on weekends.C.the man had to pay for the breakfast by himself.15.How much does the man have to pay for the room at last?A.＄150B.＄135C.127.5 ＄第二节听取信息听下面一段独白，请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答题卡标号为16-20的空格中，听录音前，你将有10秒钟的阅题时间，录音读两遍。

广东省揭阳一中2019届高三上学期第二次段考英语

揭阳一中2019学年度高三第一学期阶段考试（二）英语Ⅰ语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）第一节完形填空（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

To know just what the effects of global warming will be in the future is extremely difficult, if not impossible.Scientists use computer models to study the __1__ of global warming. These computer models have been fairly consistent in __2__ general future trends, but often __3__ greatly when looking at the specifics.Some scientists say global warming has already been going on for a while. Others say that we do not have enough information now to know for sure. Despite the __4__, most scientists are convinced that greenhouse gases are __5__ the Earth. What they are still trying to figure out is how __6__ temperatures are rising, and what will happen as a result.The climate changes that will result from global warming are extremely __7__ to predict. The weather is determined by so many factors that it is often compared to chaos (complete disorder) by scientists. Changing the __8__ will likely have some effect on the planet’s weather, but just what that effect will be is __9__ impossible to predict.If temperature do rise significantly, the most important __10__ would be that some part of the polar ice caps would melt, __11__ global sea levels.The rise in sea levels would be __12__ for some places. Islands would __13__ , meaning their millions of inhabitants would have to move to other places. __14__ would occur along coastlines all over the world, forcing more people to move and ruining cropland.In the case of major global warming and __15__ ice caps, some countries might simply stop existing. Global warming, if uncontrolled, could cause a major catastrophe.1. A. causes B. trends C. specifics D. effects2. A. controlling B. changing C. predicting D. determining3. A. differ B. match C. change D. compare4. A. agreements B. disagreements C. changes D. information5. A. warming B. cooling C. melting D. raising6. A. greatly B. extremely C. quickly D. slowly7. A. unlikely B. possible C. easy D. difficult8. A. prediction B. temperature C. model D. trend9. A. nearly B. completely C. simply D. generally10. A. case B. disorder C. meaning D. result11. A. lowering B. raising C. moving D. affecting12. A. destructive B. significant C. impossible D. likely13. A. sink B. rise C. disappear D. exist14. A. Drought B. Disorder C. Melting D. Flooding15. A. melted B. hardened C. parted D. ruined第二节语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格上填入一个适当的词或者使用括号中词的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16-25的相应位置上。

2019广东二模英语试题及答案

2019年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试广东省英语模拟试卷(二)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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AYou may have your favorite family spots on Long Island where you frequently take the kids. But there may be unexpected places you haven't explored yet.American Air power MuseumA nonprofit organization, AAM's mission is to preserve the legacy(遗产)of all Americans who sacrificed themselves to defend our liberties. They seek educate new generations about their courage, bravery and heroism by presenting aircraft and armor(盔甲)in tire museum through displays, exhibits and programs.Telephone: 020 7841 3600Cradle of Aviation MuseumThe Cradle of Aviation Museum features more than 75 planes and spacecraft, a dozen cockpits and 30 hands- on exhibits in nine galleries. A favorite among kids is the Sesame Street show featuring Big Bird, Elmo and more as they learn about the Big Dipper, the North Star the sun and the moon.Telephone: 020 7414 3428Tackapausha MuseumHead to Tackapausha Museum in Seafaford and get in touch with nature. Each month, the museum has scheduled presentations and live exhibits featuring preying birds, reptiles，amphibians and new Egyptian fruit bats. The museum also offers environmental education programs and opportunities to get involved in community service projects.Telephone: 020 7967 1066Long Island Children's MuseumParents looking for educational fun can head to the Long Island Children's Museum. At the Bricks &. Sticks exhibit, kids can build and discover more about our 3-D world through playing with blocks and interactive software. At Climb It, kids can play all day in a two-story climbing structure. The Communication Station will allow kids to learn all about every different aspect of communication from how news is broadcast to how their favorite cartoon characters are created.The most popular exhibit is the large bubble (泡泡) area where kids can blow bubbles and evenstep inside one giant bubble.Telephone: 020 7405 212721. Which museum offers a chance to appreciate the diversity of wildlife?A. American Air power MuseumB. Cradle of Aviation Museum.C. Tackapausha Museum.D. Long Island Children' Museum.22. Whet is an astronaut lover likely to call for further information?A.020 7841 3600.B.020 7414 3428.C.020 7967 1066.D.020 7405 2127.23. What can the kids do at the Long Island Children's Museum?A. Test out a 3-D printer.B. Blow colorful bubbles.C. Play with blocks at virtual reality.D. Be dressed up as cartoon characters.BRachel Harrington wants her children to have nutritious packed lunches enjoy at school, butshe gets discouraged Trying tn create them."Making lunches for my kids is one of my least leastfav orite activities. I’d like to do it the night before but that never happens," said the mother of two"There are a lot complaint "It's hard work. She's happy to outsoure (外包) two days a week to atimes I forgot that it was a Redbusiness“Having two days off is like a dream," she said.“SomeApple Lunch day. When I realize 1 do not have to make lunches, I'm so happy.Families around the country are finding new options for their children's lunches, thanks to agrowing number of delivery options meeting the demands of students. Some deliver to the schools,others to homes. As for teens calling in their own food deliveries, some schools allow it and othersdon't. Lisa Farrell launched Red Apple Lunch after market research proved her doubt that lunchpacking was a“stress point " for parents.“You only have so much time in the day," she said.customers didn't like what was offered at the school. Folks just needed another option.”S her team pack healthy lunches, combining local food when possible and deliver them to homes sothat kids can take them to school the next two days The company delivers two lunches on Monday and two on Wednesday.When Spencer Wood's daughter forgot her lunch last spring he arrange a 1ot red Applecalled the school to make sure it was OK，and they said families do Lunch to deliver her a meal. “Ｉit all the time," said Mr Wood, of Canal Winchester,Ohio. "They were very he driver." His 12-year-old helpful, telling me when to have it sent and reminding me to tip the he said.daughter, Madison, loved the special delivery of macaroni and cheese.24. What does Rachel Harrington think of making lunches for her kids:A. Enjoyable.B. Tiring.C. Meaningful.D. Scaring.25. Why did the Red Apple Lunch come into existence?A. To enrich food diversities in school.B. To offer healthier lunches to students.C. To develop a new program for its company.D. To ease the stress of preparing lunches on parents.26. Which of the following best describe Lisa Farrell?A. Experienced and helpful.B. Generous and adventurous.C. Practical and sharp minded.D. Enthusiastic and warm-hearted.27. What can be the best title of the text?A. Advantages of School Lunch PackingB. The Change for the School CafeteriaC. An Alternative to the School Lunch PackingD. The Founding of Red Apple Lunch CompanyCThe Mona Lisa effect describes the phenomenon where the eyes in a portrait seem to follow the person looking at it, no matter where the person stands in the room. The effect was obviouslynamed after Leonardo da Vinci s famous painting featuring the woman with the mysterious smileand the steady stare. But ironically (讽刺地), a new study/ finds that Mona Lisa may not be allthat interested in tracking her observers. Two researchers from Bielefeld University in Germanyfound that the famous subject of the painting, also known, as "La Gioconda"，is actually lookingjust over your right shoulder.For the experiment , Horstmann and his research assistant Sebastian Loth gathered two dozenparticipants to take a look at the eyes of the painting. But they didn't just ask them if they thoughtMona Lisa was looking their way. Instead they displayed part of her face on a computer screen,then asked volunteers to measure her stare using a carpenter's ruler that was held horizontallybetween them and the screen.Although the computer screen and the participants stayed in the same spot, the ruler wasmoved closer and farther from the screen during the trial. In addition, the researchers modified thesize of Mona Lisa 's face and how much of her features were visible to see if that changed theperception of her stare. I he images showed varying degrees of rise一from 30 to70 percent withsome showing her entire face and others showing just her eyes and nose.The researchers also moved the images several centimeters to the left and to the right, so theParticipants wouldn’t just pick the same measurement on the ruler each time.Horstmann and Loth published their results in the journal i-perception where they were veryclear in their conclusion.“We conclude from the measurements that the; lack of evidences due tothe declaration being objectively false: Mona Lisa does not stare at the viewer ,” they bt about the existence of the Mona Lisa effect---it just does not occur withwrote.“There is no douMona Lisa herself.28. What does the new study find?A. The Mona Lisa effect does exist.B. The reason for Mona Lisa smile.C. What is the origin of the real Mona Lisa.D. Mona Lisa is not Straightly looking at the viewer.29. What were the participants required to do during the experiment?A. To operate a computer as they moved.B. To measure the direction of the stare with a ruler.C. To count the direction of the stare with a computer.D. To evaluate the distance between each participant.30. Which can best replace the underlined word“"modified” in paragraph 3?A. Estimated.B. Changed.C. Enlarged.D. Described.31. What do Horstmann and Loth think of the new finding?A. It's reasonable and clear.B. It's beyond expectation.C. It's short of solid evidence.D. It's consistent with previous studies.DWe have all been there. In a rush to leave the house we grab ou phone6 a head out of the door, realizing all too late that the battery is dead because we forgot 1oprog it into the table cloth. Orperhaps we have not. But this could be be future that scientists hope to explore with eletr6nicsheets that charge our Mobile phones, laptops and other equipment by harvesting energy from theworld around us.In a step in that direction, scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT)havecreated super- thin，bendy materials that absorb wireless Internet and other electromagnetic wavesin the air and turn them into electricity. The lead researcher, Tomas Palacios, said thebreakthrough smoothed the way for energy- harvesting covers ranging from table cloths to giantpacking for buildings that catch energy from the environment to power sensors and otherelectronics.Palacios and his colleagues connected a bendy antenna(天线)to a flexible semiconductor(半导体)layer only three atoms thick. The antenna picks up wifi and other radio frequency signalsand turns them into a current. This flows into a special semiconductor, where it is changed into adirect electrical current. Researchers have made energy-harvesting“rectennas ( rectifyingantenna )”before,but existing equipment is made from conventional semiconductors which are inflexible, fragile and practically impossible to make in large sheets.The wi-fi signals can fill an office with more than 100 microwatts of power that is ripe to becollected by energy-harvesting equipment. The MIT system has an efficiency (效率) of between30% and 40%，producing about 40 microwatts when exposed to signals bearing 150microwatts ofpower in laboratory tests.“It doesn't. sound like much compared with the 60watts that a computergn a wide range of sensors,needs, but you can still do a lot with it,” Palacios said. “ You can desifor environmental monitoring or chemical and biological sensing, which operate at the singlemicrowatt level.”Medical equipment is another potential application. Because wi-fi and similarradio-frequency signals pass through people, energy-harvesting covers could be applied toimplanted sensors to provide them with enough power to send out health data to an outsidereceiver.32. What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 1 refer to?A. The phoneB. The door.C. The sheetD. The table.33. What is special about the new breakthrough?A. It can harvest wi-fi energy.B. It is super thin and flexible.C It can power all the electronicsD. It smooths the way of receiving signals34. What can be inferred from paragraph 4?A The team will focus on improving efficiency of the new equipment.B. A single device can harvest half of the energy in an office.C. Palacios is pleased with the fie of the new。

揭阳市2019届高中毕业班高考第二次模拟考试(英语)

揭阳市2019届高中毕业班高考第二次模拟考试英语注意事项：1. 本试卷分为三个部分。

2. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卷和答题卡相应的位置上。

3. 全部答案应在答题卷和答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。

4. 考试结束后，将本试卷、答题卷和答题卡一并交回。

第一部分阅读理解（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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AGolden Gate BridgeLocated in San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge started in the year 1933 to connect the San Francisco Peninsula with Marin County. It was finally thrown open to public traffic in 1937. It cost $25.7 million in the construction. Till the year 1957, the Golden Gate Bridge, at a length of 2,737 meters, was the longest suspension bridge in the world.Brooklyn BridgeThe Brooklyn Bridge is located in Brooklyn. It is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States, having been opened in the year 1883. The length of the bridge is 1,843 meters. The bridge has been featured in several Hollywood movies.George Washington BridgeAlso known as the Hudson River Bridge and the Columbus Bridge, the George Washington Bridge which connects Fort Lee to Manhattan came into use in 1931 after a construction period of almost 4 years. It is a two level suspension bridge that cost about $52 million to build.Mackinac BridgeThis is the third biggest suspension bridge in the world at a length of 8,038 meters. The architect of this bridge was Dr. David B. Steinman, who directed the construction of the bridge which started in the year 1954 and opened to the public in 1958. People using this bridge are charged a certain amount of money.Navajo BridgeLocated in Arizona, this bridge crosses the Colorado River and is almost 250 meters long. The construction of this bridge started in the year 1927, ending two years later, costing $390,000. In the 1990s, a second bridge was built which was opened to the public in 1994. The first bridge is now used only by pedestrians.21. What do we know about the Golden Gate Bridge?A. It consists of two bridges.B. It costs the least of the five bridges.C. It is the longest suspension bridge in the world.D. It takes about 4 years to complete the construction.22. Which of the following bridges was built the earliest?A. Golden Gate Bridge.B. Brooklyn Bridge.C. George Washington Bridge.D. Navajo Bridge.23. What will you do if you drive across Mackinac Bridge?A. Have to pay some money.B. Use the second bridge.C. Cover nearly 250 meters.D. See the statue of Dr. David B. Steinman.BI once complained to my friend Mike, “I often cycle two miles from my house to the town center but unfortunately there is a big hill on the route.” He replied, “You mean fortunately.” He explained that I should be glad of the extra exercise that the hill provided.My attitude to the hill has now changed. I used to complain as I approached it but now I tell myself the following. This hill will exercise my heart and lungs. It will help me to lose weight and get fit. It will mean that I live longer. This hill is my friend. Finally I comfort myself with the thought of all those silly people who pay money to go to a gym and sit on stationary exercise bicycles when I can get the same value for free. I have a smile of satisfaction as I reach the top of the hill.Problems are there to be faced and overcome. We cannot achieve anything with an easy life. Helen Keller was the first deaf and blind person to gain a university degree. Her activism and writing proved inspirational. She wrote, “The character cannot be developed with ease. Only through experiences of suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.”One of the main determinants of success in life is our attitude towards adversity. From time to time we all face hardships，problems，accidents and difficulties. Some are of our making but many are no fault of our own. While we cannot choose adversity, we can choose our attitude towards it.Douglas Bader was 21 when in 1931 he had both legs cut off following a flying accident. He was determined to fly again and went on to become one of the leading flying aviators in the Battle of Britain with 22 aerial victories over the Germans. He was an inspiration to others during the war.He said, “Don’t listen to anyone who tells you that you can’t do this or that. That’s nonsense. Make up your mind, and you’ll never use crutches or a stick, and then have a go at everything. Go to school, and join in all the games you can. Go anywhere you want to. But never, never let them persuade you tha t things are too difficult or impossible.”The biographies of great people are full of examples of how they took steps to overcome the difficulties they faced. The common thread is that they did not become depressed. They chose their attitude. They chose to be positive. They took on the challenge. They won. Nevertheless, there is still the problem of how you change your attitude towards adversity.24.Which of the following is TRUE according to the author of the passage?A. One who wants to achieve success can’t expect to live an easy life.B. Climbing hills on bicycles is the best way to take exercise.C. Going to a gym is greatly beneficial to people’s health.D. People’s attitude to hardships is the only factor of their success.25.What does the author intend to tell us by quoting what Douglas Bader said?A. Failure is the mother of success.B. A bad workman quarrels with his tools.C. If you risk nothing, you will have nothing.D. Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.26.What will the author further talk about in the following paragraph?A. How his friend helped him to change his attitude towards the challenge he faced.B. Why it is important to keep optimistic in the face of trouble.C. What steps to take to change your attitude towards the difficulties you face.D. What great people have in common.27.Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A. Different attitudes towards misfortuneB. Face difficulties with a smileC. Nothing is impossibleD. Life is full of adversityCA biologist once criticized for stealing eggs from the nests of the rarest bird in the world has been awarded the “Nobel Prize” of conservation after his methods saved nine species from extinction.Professor Carl Jones won the 2016 Indianapolis Prize --- the highest accolade in the field of animal conservation --- for his 40 years of work in Mauritius, where he saved an endangered kestrel from becoming the next Great Auk.When the 61-year-old first travelled to the east African island in the 1970s, he was told to close down a project to save the Mauritius kestrel. At the time there were just four left in the wild, making it the rarestbird on Earth. However, he stayed, using the techniques of captive breeding (人工繁殖), which involved snatching eggs from the birds’ nests and hatching（孵化）them under incubators, prompting the mothers to lay another set of eggs in the wild.A decade later, the number of Mauritius kestrels had soared to over 300 and today there are around 400 in the wild. The biologist has also been necessary in efforts to bring other rare species back from the edge of extinction, including the pink pigeon, echo parakeet and Rodrigues warbler.Prof Jones was awarded the $250,000 (£172,000) prize at a ceremony in London.“As a young man in my 20s, I certa inly didn't enjoy the stress and the tension of the criticism I received,” reflecting on the start of his career, he said the Maurutius kestrel project had been seen as a “dead loss” at the time. In the 1970s there was fierce opposition to the captive bree ding techniques, with critics arguing that they were too risky and took the emphasis off breeding in the wild.Prof Jones has devoted his whole life to his work, only becoming a father for the first time eight years ago, at 53. He said receiving the prize was particularly important to him, because it proved that his work to save birds was right.28. What does the underlined word “accolade” mean in Paragraph 2?A. returnB. levelC. honorD. research29. According to the passage, Great Auk is ________.A. an endangered birdB. an extinct birdC. a popular birdD. a fierce bird30. What can we know from the figures in Paragraph 4?A. Taking eggs from the nests has worked well.B. The wild environment for kestrel has changed a lot.C. Kestrel has adapted to the life in the wild.D. It’s difficult to protect kestrel.31. Prof Jones’ idea of taking eggs from the birds’ nests ________.A. was proved of no useB. was widely acceptedC. was promoted officiallyD. was criticized by some peopleDMany of us have reached in our pockets, feeling a vibration (振动), wrongly believing our mobile phones have just rung. The phenomenon even has a name: ‘phantom (幻觉的) vibration syndrome’—and found it is surprisingly common.Now scientists believe that we are so alert (警觉) for phone calls and messages we are misinterpreting slight muscle spasms (痉挛）as proof of a call. Robert Rosenberger, an assistant professor at the Georgia Tech Institute of Technology has studied the delusional calls. He said sufferers describe a vague tingling feeling which they think is their mobile phone indicating it has received a text message or call while on ‘silent’. But when the device is retrieved, there was no one on the other end.Dr. Rosenberger said he found so many people say, “This happens to me, but I thought I was the only one. I thought I was odd.” It seems that the syndrome particularly affects people at the beck and call of mobile phones or pagers. A 2010 study by Michael Rothberg and colleagues found that nearly 70 per cent of doctors at a hospital in Massachusetts suffered phantom vibrations.A more recent study of US college students found the figure was as high as 90 per cent.While the odd feeling is widespread, it does not seem to be considered a grave problem. Dr. Rosenberger said: “It’s not actually a syndrome in a technical sense. That’s just the name that’s got stuck to it.” He added,” Only 2 per cent of people consider it a problem.”While this phenomenon is widespread, the scientific community has not yet invested much effort in getting to the bottom of why we suffer phantom calls.Dr. Rosenberger said: “People are guessing it has something to do with nervous energy. The cognitive（认知的）scientists are talking about brain chemistry, cognitive pathways changing. But it's not like they have brain scans to go on.” He said: “We have a phone call in our pocket all the time and it becomes sort of an extension of ourselves. We have this sort of readiness to experiencea call. We feel something and we think, OK, that could be a call.”32. Why do some people mistake slight muscle spasms for a call?A. They all have a vivid imagination.B. They are sensitive to calls and messages.C. There are few calls and messages in their life.D. Slight muscle spasms affect them more than other people.33. Which of the following are more likely to have phantom vibration syndrome than others?A. Doctors.B. University professors.C. College students.D. The cognitive scientists.34. In Dr. Rosenberger’s opinion, phantom vibration syndrome.A. isn’t a kind of disease actuallyB. is considered a problem by most peopleC. is a serious problem ignored by peopleD. has something to do with brain chemistry35. What does the text mainly talk about?A. Most people have phantom vibration syndrome.B. How to keep away from phantom vibration syndrome.C. How to reduce phantom phone vibrations.D. People care too much about phantom phone vibrations.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。

广东省揭阳市2019届高三第二次模拟考试英语试题(含答案)

揭阳市2018-2019学年度高三级高考第二次模拟考试英语注意事项：1. 本试卷分为三个部分。

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AGolden Gate BridgeLocated in San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge star ted in the year 1933 to connect the San Francisco Peninsula with Marin County. It was finally thrown open to public traffic in 1937. It cost $25.7 million in the construction. Till the year 1957, the Golden Gate Bridge, at a length of 2,737 meters, was the longest suspension bridge in the worl d.Brooklyn BridgeThe Brooklyn Bridge is located in Brooklyn. It is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States, having been opened in the year 1883. The length of the bridge is 1,843 meters. The bridge has been featured in several Hollywood movies.George Washington BridgeAlso known as the Hudson River Bridge and the Columbus Bridge, the George Washington Bridge which connects Fort Lee to Manhattan came into use in 1931 after a construction period of almost 4 years. It is a two level suspension bridge that cost about $52 million to build.Mackinac BridgeThis is the third biggest suspension bridge in the world at a length of 8,038 meters. The architect of this bridge was Dr. David B. Steinman, who directed the construction of the bridge which started in the year 1954 and opened to the public in 1958. People using this bridge are charged a certain amountof money.Navajo BridgeLocated in Arizona, this bridge crosses the Colorado River and is almost 250 meters long. The construction of this bridge started in the year 1927, ending two years later, costing $390,000. In the 1990s, a second bridge was built which was opened to the public in 1994. The first bridge is now used only by pedestrians.21. What do we know about the Golden Gate Bridge?A. It consists of two bridges.B. It costs the least of the five bridges.C. It is the longest suspension bridge in the world.D. It takes about 4 years to complete the construction.22. Which of the following bridges was built the earliest?A. Golden Gate Bridge.B. Brooklyn Bridge.C. George Washington Bridge.D. Navajo Bridge.23. What will you do if you drive across Mackinac Bridge?A. Have to pay some money.B. Use the second bridge.C. Cover nearly 250 meters.D. See the statue of Dr. David B. Steinman.BI once complained to my friend Mike, “I often cycle two miles from my house to the town center but unfortunately there is a big hill on t he route.” He replied, “You mean fortunately.” He explained that I should be glad of the extra exercise that the hill provided.My attitude to the hill has now changed. I used to complain as I approached it but now I tell myself the following. This hill will exercise my heart and lungs. It will help me to lose weight and get fit. It will mean that I live longer. This hill is my friend. Finally I comfort myself with the thought of all those silly people who pay money to go to a gym and sit on stationary exercise bicycles when I can get the same value for free. I have a smile of satisfaction as I reach the top of the hill.Problems are there to be faced and overcome. We cannot achieve anything with an easy life. Helen Keller was the first deaf and blind person to gain a university degree. Her activism and writing proved inspirational. She wrote, “The character cannot be developed with ease. Only through experiences of suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achiev ed.”One of the main determinants of success in life is our attitude towards adversity. From time to time we all face hardships，problems，accidents and difficulties. Some are of our making but many are no fault of our own. While we cannot choose adversity, we can choose our attitude towards it.Douglas Bader was 21 when in 1931 he had both legs cut off following a flying accident. He was determined to fly again and went on to become one of the leading flying aviators in the Battle of Britain with 22 aerial victories over the Germans. He was an inspiration to others during the war. He said, “Don’t listen to anyone who tells you that you can’t do this or that. That’s nonsense. Make up your mind, and you’ll never use crutches or a stick, and then have a go at everything. Go to school, and join in all the games you can. Go anywhere you want to. But never, never let them persuade you that things are too difficult or impossible.”The biographies of great people are full of examples of how they took steps to overcome the difficulties they faced. The common thread is that they did not become depressed. They chose their attitude. They chose to be positive. They took on the challenge. They won. Nevertheless, there is still the problem of how you change your attitude towards adversity.24.Which of the following is TRUE according to the author of the passage?A. One who wants to achieve success can’t expect to live an easy life.B. Climbing hills on bicycles is the best way to take exercise.C. Going to a gym is greatl y beneficial to people’s health.D. People’s attitude to hardships is the only factor of their success.25.What does the author intend to tell us by quoting what Douglas Bader said?A. Failure is the mother of success.B. A bad workman quarrels with his tools.C. If you risk nothing, you will have nothing.D. Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.26.What will the author further talk about in the following paragraph?A. How his friend helped him to change his attitude towards the challenge he faced.B. Why it is important to keep optimistic in the face of trouble.C. What steps to take to change your attitude towards the difficulties you face.D. What great people have in common.27.Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A. Different attitudes towards misfortuneB. Face difficulties with a smileC. Nothing is impossibleD. Life is full of adversityCA biologist once criticized for stealing eggs from the nests of the rarest bird in the world has been awarded the “Nobel Prize” o f conservation after his methods saved nine species from extinction.Professor Carl Jones won the 2016 Indianapolis Prize --- the highest accolade in the field of animal conservation --- for his 40 years of work in Mauritius, where he saved an endangered kestrel from becoming the next Great Auk.When the 61-year-old first travelled to the east African island in the 1970s, he was told to close down a project to save the Mauritius kestrel. At the time there were just four left in the wild, making it the rarest bird on Earth. However, he stayed, using the techniques of captive breeding (人工繁殖), which involved snatching eggs from the birds’ nests and hatching（孵化）them under incubators, prompting the mothers to lay another set of eggs in the wild.A decade later, the number of Mauritius kestrels had soared to over 300 and today there are around 400 in the wild. The biologist has also been necessary in efforts to bring other rare species back from the edge of extinction, including the pink pigeon, echo parakeet and Rodrigues warbler.Prof Jones was awarded the $250,000 (£172,000) prize at a ceremony in London.“As a young man in my 20s, I certainly didn't enjoy the stress and the tension of the criticism I received,” reflecting on the start of his career, he said the Maurutius kestrel project had been seen as a “dead loss” at the time. In the 1970s there was fierce opposition to the captive breeding techniques, with critics arguing that they were too risky and took the emphasis off breeding in the wild.Prof Jones has devoted his whole life to his work, only becoming a father for the first time eight years ago, at 53. He said receiving the prize was particularly important to him, because it proved thathis work to save birds was right.28. What does the underlined word “accolade” mean in Paragraph 2?A. returnB. levelC. honorD. research29. According to the passage, Great Auk is ________.A. an endangered birdB. an extinct birdC. a popular birdD. a fierce bird30. What can we know from the figures in Paragraph 4?A. Taking eggs from the nests has worked well.B. The wild environment for kestrel has changed a lot.C. Kestrel has adapted to the life in the wild.D. It’s difficult to protect kestrel.31. Prof Jones’ idea of taking eggs from the birds’ nests ________.A. was proved of no useB. was widely acceptedC. was promoted officiallyD. was criticized by some peopleDMany of us have reached in our pockets, feeling a vibration (振动), wrongly believing our mobile phones have just rung. The phenomenon even has a name: ‘phantom (幻觉的) vibration syndrome’—and found it is surprisingly common.Now scientists believe that we are so alert (警觉) for phone calls and messages we are misinterpreting slight muscle spasms (痉挛）as proof of a call. Robert Rosenberger, an assistant professor at the Georgia Tech Institute of Technology has studied the delusional calls. He said sufferers describe a vague tingling feeling which they think is their mobile phone indicating it has received a text message or call while on ‘silent’. But when the device is retrieved, there was no one on the other end.Dr. Rosenberger said he found so many people say, “This happens to me, but I thought I was the only one. I thought I was odd.” It seems that the syndrome particularly affects people at the beck and call of mobile phones or pagers. A 2010 study by Michael Rothberg and colleagues found that nearly 70 per cent of doctors at a hospital in Massachusetts suffered phantom vibrations. A more recent study of US college students found the figure was as high as 90 per cent.While the odd feeling is widespread, it does not seem to be considered a grav e problem. Dr. Rosenberger said: “I t’s not actually a syndrome in a technical sense. That’s just the name that’s got stuck to it.” He added,” Only 2 per cent of people consider it a problem.”While this phenomenon is widespread, the scientific community has not yet invested much effort in getting to the bottom of why we suffer phantom calls.Dr. Rosenberger said: “People are guessing it has something to do with nervous energy. The cognitive（认知的）scientists are talking about brain chemistry, cognitive pathways changing. But it's not like they have brain scans to go on.” He said: “We have a phone cal l in our pocket all the time and it becomes sort of an extension of ourselves. We have this sort of readiness to experience a call. We feel something and we think, OK, that could be a call.”32. Why do some people mistake slight muscle spasms for a call?A. They all have a vivid imagination.B. They are sensitive to calls and messages.C. There are few calls and messages in their life.D. Slight muscle spasms affect them more than other people.33. Which of the following are more likely to have phantom vibration syndrome than others?A. Doctors.B. University professors.C. College students.D. The cognitive scientists.34. In Dr. Rosenberger’s opinion, phantom vibration syndrome.A. i sn’t a kind of disease actuallyB. is considered a problem by most peopleC. is a serious problem ignored by peopleD. has something to do with brain chemistry35. What does the text mainly talk about?A. Most people have phantom vibration syndrome.B. How to keep away from phantom vibration syndrome.C. How to reduce phantom phone vibrations.D. People care too much about phantom phone vibrations.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。

2019-2020学年揭阳市第三中学高三英语二模试题及参考答案

2019-2020学年揭阳市第三中学高三英语二模试题及参考答案第一部分阅读（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AThe last thing Caitlin Hipp would have expected as she prepared to turn 28 years old was to be living at homewith her parents. But through working as a part-time skating instructor and restaurant server, she isn't able to earn enough to live anywhere other than home.To some degree, multigenerational households have always been a part of American life. However, the number of young adults who have been moving back in with their parents — or never leaving home in the first place — has been growing steadily.UBS Financial Services released a report that even suggests one reason for the growing number of young adultsstill living at home could be that their family doesn't want them to leave.The report shows that 74 percent of millennials (千禧一代)get some kind of financial support from their parents after college. It finds that millennials have redefined the ties that connect parents and children. Millennials see their parents as peers,friends and instructors. Nearly three quarters talked with their parents more than once a week during college. In return, their parents happily provide financial support well into adulthood, helping fund everything for them.Stuart Hoffman, chief economist for the PNC Financial Services Group in theUS, said the number of young adults striking out on their own fell during the Great Recession. Although job growth for millennials since 2014 has improved, that doesn't necessarily mean that millennials are starting to fly the nest. He said, “They may like living at home and being able to save money.“ There's no doubt it has held back household formation and purchases of things people spend money on related to household formation and perhaps related to child-raising," Hoffman explained. "But they are probably traveling more and eating out more if they don't have a house expense or marriage. I don't know if it represents a change in moral values. But it's much more common for adult children to live in their parents’ homes because it's becoming part of the culture.1. What can we learn from the UBS Financial Services' report?A. Millennials are on good terms with their parents.B. Millennials are financially independent after college.C. Parents are unwilling to give their young adults allowance.D. Parents want their kids to stay with them forever.2. What does Hoffman think of young adults' living at home?A. It increases the consumption of household products.B. It may continue despite job growth.C. It is a sign of shift in moral values.D. It is new in American culture.3. What is the author's purpose of writing this passage?A. To introduce millennials' living habits.B. To stress the importance of financial independence.C. To explain why American young adults still live at home.D. To inform people of a social trend in theUS.BThis is Scientific America's 60-Second Science. I am Christopher Intagliata.The Apollo missions brought back 842 pounds of rock and soil from the moon, that's nearly 2200 different samples. But the most interesting one, according to a scientist Meenakshi Wadhwa, is a sample named "Apollo 1-0-0-8-5collected by Neil Armstrong on Apollo 11.“He was about to step back into the lunar module(登月舱) when he turned around and saw there were little spaces in the rock box. He knew that geologists on earth would be just so excited to study these materials, so he just scooped up nine scoops(勺) of soil and put it into the box." Wadhwa explained.It was one of the most well studied samples of the Apollo missions. And a geologist named John Wood noticed white flecks(微粒) of rock in the soil, which inspired him to dig deeper into the moon's ancient past.“This was quite a leap of imagination — he proposed that the whole of the moon had been almost covered with a magma(岩浆) ocean nearly 4.5 billion years ago. This was a revolutionary idea at the time, because people had thought the moon had formed cold, so it completely changed our idea how the moon formed.”But Wadhwa has a more personal reason to appreciate this sample. She met her husband Scott Parazynski also because of this rock sample. Scott, a mountaineer at that time, wanted to climbMount Everestwith a moon rock while Wadhwa was the chairman of the NASA committee that gives access to the samples for scientific purposes.Neil Armstrong's last-minute scoop of moon dust brought two people together here on Earth and upturnedour understanding of how the moon — and the Earth itself-got here.Thank you for listening for Scientific American's 60-Second Science.4. It can be learned from Paragraph 3 that ________ .A. Neil Armstrong was excited to find the soilB. the spaceship was about to land on the moonC. Sample "Apollo1-008-5" was collected at the last minuteD. scientists were not satisfied with the samples brought back by Neil5. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?A. Scott made a new proposal about the moon's origin.B. The Apollo missions brought back 842 rock samples.C. "Apollo 1-0-0-8-5" brought new evidence to the moon's formation.D. Wadhwa and her husband climbedMount Everestwith a moon rock.6. What is this text?A. A short interview.B. An introduction to a scientist.C. An inspiring speech.D. A broadcast story of a program.7. What is the text mainly about?A. A romantic story of a moon rock.B. A big leap made by Neil Armstrong.C. An unusual task for Apollo missions.D. An unexpected discovery in moon exploration.CWhile the start of a new school year is always exciting, this year was even more so for some elementary school students inAuckland,New Zealand. They became the world’s first kids to be “taught” by a digital teacher.Before you start imagining a human-like robot walking around the classroom, Will is just an avatar that appears on the student’s desktop, or smartphone screen, when ordered to come.The autonomous animation platform has been modeled after the human brain and nervous system, allowing it to show human-like behavior. The digital teacher is assigned to teach Vector’s “Be sustainable with energy”— a free program forAucklandelementary schools.Just like the humans it replaced, Will is able to instantly react to the students’ responses to the topic. Thanks to a webcam and microphone, the avatar not only responds to questions the kids may have, but also picks upnon-verbal cues. For instance, if a student smiles at Will, he responds by smiling back. This two-way interaction not only helps attract the students’ attention, but also allows the program’s developers to monitor their engagement, and make changes if needed.Nikhil Ravishankar believes that Will-like avatars could be a novel way to catch the attention of the next generation. He says, “I have a lot of hope in this technology as a means to deliver cost-effective, rich, educational experience in the future.”The program, in place since August 2018, has been a great success thus far. Ravishankar says, “ What was fascinating to me was the reaction of the children to Will. The way they look at the world is so creative and different, and Will really captured their attention.” However, regardless of how popular it becomes, Will is unlikely to replace human educators any time soon.8. What was special for some elementary school students inAuckland?A. A digital teacher taught them.B. They first saw something digital.C. This was the start of a new school year.D. They could get close to smartphone screen.9. What is the benefit of this two-way interaction?A. It can smile back.B. It can use microphone.C. It can talk any topic for free.D. It can change if necessary.10. What’s Ravishankar’s attitude to Will’s replacing Human educators soon?A. Optimistic.B. Doubtful.C. Unclear.D. Disapproving.11. What might be the best title for the passage?A. New High-tech Contributes to EducationB. The World’s First Digital Teacher Appears in Classroom.C. The World’s First Digital Teacher, a Help to StudentsD.New ZealandWill Replace Teachers in ClassroomsDKids ages 6 to13 inCape Town,South Africa, really do dig learning at school! With the help of the Earthchild Project, which is offered in schools in two townships, students make worm(蠕虫) farms. The worms break down food waste and make the soil richer. Kids grow seedlings(幼苗) in containers and learn about the importance of goodnutrition.The school program also offers yoga(瑜伽). Teachers find that the exercises help students focus better. The students enjoy Earthchild activities. “The children gets so excited”, says teacher Vuyelwa Rola.“The society we are in has a lot of noise. When students are taking part in the Earthchild Project, they feel calm.”Director Janna Kretzmar came up with the idea for the project in 2005. She read about schools inIndiathat involved kids in yoga and learning outside the classroom. She developed the Earthchild Project to offer similar activities inCape Townschools.“We hope the Earthchild Project can help students find solutions to all the challenges they are facing in the world today,” Kretzmar said. “The best place to create change is with the youth, through education.”The Earthchild Project combines schoolwork with hiking, gardening, healthy living, and yoga. “We need more than just math and science to become happy, healthy, inspired, and active citizens of our communities,” says Kretzmar. In some communities inCape Town, children live in poverty. They must walk long distances to get clean drinking water. Life is hard. But according to the Earthchild Project’s Carly Appleby, the project works to give hope to every child. “Students who have hope,” she says, “aim for bigger goals”.12. What do students benefit from yoga?A. It helps them calm down.B. It helps them concentrate.C. They can learn some living skills.D. They can learn about the importance of nutrition.13. What are students’ attitude towards the Earthchild Project?A. Uncaring.B. Doubtful.C. Supportive.D. Negative.14. What do you know about the Earthchild Project?A. It was founded in 2005.B. It only offers outside activities.C. The idea came up by Vuyelwa Rola.D. It is aimed at helping students find solutions to challenges.15. What’s the best title of the passage?A. Hard Life inSouth Africa.B. Students’ school life inCape Town.C. Hope from Earthchild Project inCape Town.D. The differences between traditional lessons and Earthchild Project.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。

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广东省揭阳市2019届高三英语第二次模拟考试试题（含解析）注意事项：1. 本试卷分为三个部分。

2. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卷和答题卡相应的位置上。

3. 全部答案应在答题卷和答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。

4. 考试结束后，将本试卷、答题卷和答题卡一并交回。

【1题详解】考查推理判断。

根据第一段中的“the Golden Gate Bridge started in the year 1933 to connect the San Francisco Peninsula with Marin County.It was finally thrown open to public in 1937.”可推知，金门大桥的建筑时间约有四年，故D项正确。

【2题详解】考查细节理解。

由题干关键词“was built the earliest”定位到每座大桥的建筑时间；根据文中各座大桥的建筑时间可知，布鲁克林大桥是最古老的大桥，故B项正确。

【3题详解】考查细节理解。

根据第四段尾句“People using this bridge are charged a cer tain amount of money.”可知，使用麦基诺大桥的人会被收取一定量的钱，故A项正确。

【点睛】阅读理解所设试题主要考查细节查找，做题关键是找出原文的根据，认真核查题支和原文的异同，常犯错误有：绝对化语言，范围扩大或缩小，以偏概全，张冠李戴等。

考生首先要浏览短文后的小题题干，标出关键词（组），带着问题去阅读，能够做到心中有数，目的明确；然后再仔细阅读短文，完整了解信息，准确把握细节信息，并标出能得出答案的有效信息。

如第1小题“What do we know about the Golden Gate Bridge?”，题干要求找出有关金门大桥正确的信息。

根据文章第一段Located in San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge started in the year 1933 to connect the San Francisco Peninsula with Marin County. It was finally thrown open to public in 1937. It cost more than $35 million in the construction. （排除B）Till the year 1957, the Golden Gate Bridge, at a length of 2,737 meters, was the longest suspension bridge in the world.（排除C），而A项第一段文章没有提到。

而在最后一段Navajo Bridge桥中提到。

根据建造时间可知D正确。

BI once complained to my friend Mike, “I often cycle two miles from my house to the town center but unfortunately there is a big hill on the route.” He replied, “You mean fortunately.” He explained that I should be glad of the extra exercise that the hill provided.My attitude to the hill has now changed. I used to complain as I approached it but now I tell myself the following. This hill will exercise my heart and lungs. It will help me to lose weight and get fit. It will mean that I live longer. This hill is my friend. Finally I comfort myself with the thought of all those silly people who pay money to go to a gym and sit on stationary exercise bicycles when I can get the same value for free. I have a smile of satisfaction as I reach the top of the hill.Problems are there to be faced and overcome. We cannot achieve anything with an easy life. Helen Keller was the first deaf and blind person to gain a university degree. Her activism and writing proved inspirational. She wrote, “The character cannot be developed with ease. Only through experiences of suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.”One of the main determinants of success in life is our attitude towards adversity. From time to time we all face hardships，problems，accidents and difficulties. Some are of our making but many are no fault of our own. While we cannot choose adversity, we can choose our attitude towards it.Douglas Bader was 21 when in 1931 he had both legs cut off following a flying accident. He was determined to fly again and went on to become one of the leading flying aviators in the Battle of Britain with 22 aerial victories over the Germans. He was an inspiration to others during the war. He said, “Don’t listen to anyone who tells you that you can’t do this or that. That’s nonsense. Make up you r mind, and you’ll never use crutches or a stick, and then have a go at everything. Go to school, and join in all the games you can. Go anywhere you want to. But never, never let them persuade you that things are too difficult or impossible.”The biographies of great people are full of examples of how they took steps to overcome the difficulties they faced. The common thread is that they did not become depressed. They chose their attitude. They chose to be positive. They took on the challenge. They won. Nevertheless, there is still the problem of how you change your attitude towards adversity.4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the author of the passage?A. One who wants to achieve success can’t expect to live an easy life.B. Climbing hills on bicycles is the best way to take exercise.C. Going to a gym is greatly beneficial to people’s health.D. People’s attitude to hardships is the only factor of their success.5. What does the author intend to tell us by quoting what Douglas Bader said?A. Failure is the mother of success.B. A bad workman quarrels with his tools.C. If you risk nothing, you will have nothing.D. Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.6. What will the author further talk about in the following paragraph?A. How his friend helped him to change his attitude towards the challenge he faced.B. Why it is important to keep optimistic in the face of trouble.C. What steps to take to change your attitude towards the difficulties you face.D. What great people have in common.7. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A. Different attitudes towards misfortuneB. Face difficulties with a smileC. Nothing is impossibleD. Life is full of adversity【答案】4. A 5. D 6. C 7. B【解析】本文为议论文。