北京市海淀区2020届高三5月模拟考试英语试 Word版含答案.doc

1、 海淀区高三年级第二学期模拟考试 英语 2020.5 本试卷共 10页，120分。考试时长 100分钟。考生务必将答案答在答题纸上，在试卷上作答 无效。 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题纸一并交回。 第一部分：知识运用(共两节，45分) 第一节 语法填空(共 10小题；每小题 1.5分，共 15分) 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1个适当的单词，在给 出提示词 的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。 A At 8,1 started taking art lessons (improve) my painting skills. However, later, I fo

2、und that I focused too much on mastering different techniques. Eventually, I became more distressed when my expectations werent matched. So, in the 11th Grade, I returned to the basics. On 2 sketchbook I forced myself to draw whatever interested me. Over time, I have been released from the tight con

3、trol. I have learned that a good painting is not about having perfect technique. In fact, all I need to do is trust my 3 (create) talents and find moments of joy in life. B In recent years, trampolining (蹦床)has become a new craze among Chinese youths. Short videos 4 (show) peoples excitement about j

4、umping back and forth on the colourful trampolines are regularly uploaded to social media. Most videos feature teenagers, but adults too have jumped on the trend, hoping to relive their childhood. ：扩 Compared with soccer, basketball, tennis or any other competitive sports, 5 various injuries occur f

5、rom time to time, trampolining is relatively 6 (safe). However, preparation and safety always come first. You must do warm-up exercises before playing and you cant lose concentration during the movements. C A news report shows that Chinas urban pet consumer market 7 (expect) to break through the 200

6、 billion yuan threshold this year. Young people in big cities are the main contributors. Nowadays, with the cost of living rising, young people 8 (suffer) from greater loneliness and pressure. They are busy working all day in a competitive environment, leaving little time for fun and friends. That m

7、ay explain 9 more and more young people are choosing to keep pets 10 companionship. Apart from relieving loneliness, many scientific studies have shown that keeping a pet reduces stress and may even improve overall health. 第二节 完形填空(共 20小题；每小题 L 5分，共 30分) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并 在答题

8、纸 上将该项涂黑。 I was 11 when I asked my mum for piano lessons. We were in an economic crisis and shed recently been 11 off. She said a polite “no“. That didnt 12 me. I drew a keyboard onto a piece of paper and stuck it on my desk. I would 13 notes on an online keyboard and “play“ them back on my paper on

9、ekeeping the sound they made on the computer in my head. I spent six months playing without 14 a real piano. As my mum found I was 15 about it, she bought me 10 lessons with borrowed money. I still remember the first one. I was 16 by how organic the sound of the piano was, as I had become familiar w

10、ith the 17 electronic sound. The teacher was trying to explain where middle C was, but I could 18 play all the major and minor scales. I 19 my grade one after eight lessons and got distinction. By the time I started secondary school, we couldnt 20 lessons again, so I returned to my paper keyboard. I

11、 passed grade three, then grade five, practising only on my piece of paper. For the grades above that, there9s an 21 that you add a certain sensitivity into your playing. The music teacher at my school said I could practise on the schools grand piano. I would wake up at 5:30 am to get there in time

12、and play until lessons started. Id 22 lunch and then practise after school until the caretaker kicked me out. At home, Id have dinner, do three hours of revision, and then 23 practice until 1:00 am. My school didnt offer music A-level. I found the Purcell School for young musicians. The audition （试镜

13、） was extremely 24 , and I felt overwhelmed. To my amazement, I was offered a 25 . I had been told I had started playing too 26 to reach conservatoire （音乐学院）level, but when I left Purcell, I was awarded the senior piano prize. That was the point when I realized I wasnt behind everyone else. I am now

14、 at the Guildhall School in London, where I was offered a scholarship. I feel 27 : ifs been 10 years since I drew my paper piano and Im at one of the worlds 28 conservatoires. The irony is that I continue to do a lot of my practice away from the pianowhat we call mental practice. It 29 key areas of

15、the mind that are less readily accessed by piano playing alone. The paper piano helped stimulate my 30 about how music works. 11. A. laid B. pushed C. dropped D. knocked 12. A. annoy B. bother C. embarrass D. discourage 13. A. take B. sign C. click D. compose 14. A. seeing B. touching C. enjoying D.

16、 choosing 15. A. serious B. careful C. hesitant D. nervous 16. A. struck B. puzzled C. comforted D. inspired 17. A. natural B. artificial C. practical D. magical 18. A. only B. still C. hardly D. already 19. A. sat B.joined C. failed D. repeated 20. A. offer B. teach C. afford D. observe 21. A. atti

17、tude B. expectation C. opinion D. opportunity 22. A. avoid B. miss C. save D. skip 23. A. social B. mental C. mechanical D. physical 24. A. fascinating B. motivating C. frightening D. challenging 25. A. course B. reward C. place D. certificate 26. A. soon B. late C. hurriedly D. suddenly 27. A. prou

18、d B. lucky C. ambitious D. grateful 28. A. grand B. strict C. leading D. expensive 29. A. builds B. covers C. defines D. unlocks 30. A. prediction B. memory C. curiosity D. imagination 第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分） 第一节（共 15小题；每小题 2分，共 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，并在答题纸上 将该项涂 黑。 A What are some of you

19、r favourite memories of the University? In preparation for each falfs 50th reunion, members of the milestone class are asked to recall campus memories for an annual Memory Book. Heres a small selection of some memories from the Class of 1969. Phyllis Jo Baunach “.I cannot forget the endless hours st

20、udying, researching, and learning in the middle of the musty books in the stacks. We did everything by hand! But the joys of ideas coming to life and understanding thorny concepts are priceless. Additionally, I cannot forget the joyful hours of Co-Kast rehearsals fbr student-written-and- directed pl

21、ays, and the thrill of audiences5 responses to our efforts. Nor will I ever forget taking voice lessons at the Eastman School of Music. This course gave me confidence to try new musical approaches and to think on my feet., Paul Boehm “. many sweet and lasting memories 一 five feet of deep snow, getti

22、ng stranded on the Thruway, music at Hylie Morriss Alley, and, of course, I met my wife of 48 years, Ellen Blazer Boehm from the Class of 1972, when she was a freshman and I was a senior. As a five-year chemical engineering major, I had one elective to spare, and Ellen said, How about oceanography?9

23、 So, I enrolled in oceanography with Dr. Taro Takahashi （the famous climate scientist）, which awakened my environmental juices, and changed my professional direction., Farel Vella McClure “.I truly loved my four undergraduate years at the University of Rochester. In fact, I loved it so much that I s

24、tayed an extra year to get a masters degree! I was very fortunate to have been totally immersed in student life on campus. My memories include campaigning and winning a seat on the student government during my freshman year. Other irfemories include the Susan B. Anthony banquet, and sleeping in the

25、comfy chairs in the library. I was also privileged to be selected as a student representative on the design team for the new Wilson Commons. I. M. Pei, the famous architect who designed the Louvre Pyramid, was the architect for Wilson Commons. We even visited his offices in New York to see the “mast

26、er9 at work., 31. According to the passage, Paul Boehm . A. married Ellen Blazer in 1972 B. disliked his major in university C. became a famous climate scientist later D. discovered his interest in environmental science 32. What can we learn about Farel Vella McClure? A. She was a world-famous desig

27、ner. B. She was active in school activities. C. She had a hard time getting her masters. D. She once met I. M. Pei at the Louvre Pyramid. 33. The three people all talked about . A. their beloved professors B. their great friendship C. their learning experiences D. their beautiful campus B Early Febr

28、uary, I was flying up to Ohio. Well prepared, I had everything in my favour 一 fuel for five hours, charts in order, my flight plan on my lap, and a beautiful clear sky. I was wrong. I had heard about Alberta Clippers coming out of Canada. I knew all about themhow an entire air mass was streaming alo

29、ng at over sixty miles an hour. That morning, the Weather Briefer informed me that an Alberta Clipper was going over Chicago about,the time I got to the airport. Chicago was some 400 miles from my destinationnot a factor, or so I thought. That was the first hint I missed. The controller called and a

30、sked if I wanted to adjust my flight plan. I did the check and everything was in the green. So I told him no. Twenty minutes later the controller called again asking whether I wanted to adjust my flight plan. I checked everything. All was fine. I ignored that hint. I was fooled by the smooth air and

31、 limited experience with a rapidly moving air mass that was not changing violently. The Alberta Clipper was clipping along. The first blast of turbulence （气流）struck my plane. I got slammed into the roof, and then slammed sideways hitting the window with such force up my nose that I started bleeding.

32、 After a 2-hour flight of 100 miles, I realized fuel was now an issue. So was landing. I called Flight Following. We figured out the airport I could land. The engine stopped. So did my heart. There is no quiet as quietly stunning as this one at such an altitude. I had run out of fuel in the left tan

33、k, and only a little in my right tank. The engine quit fbr a second time. I declared an emergency. I was told that I might get another few minutes of fuel if I gently banked the airplane. Luckily, it worked. Then, the engine quit for the last time. I was a glider now. I made a long lazy spiral desce

34、nt. Down I went. I stopped at the very end of the runway. I made so many mistakes, missed so many clues, and showed my ignorance so much that I beat myself up over and over again in my mind. I learned textbook descriptions of Alberta Clippers and real-life experience with one are totally different.

35、I will never forget the sound of that silence. I flew home the next day. Older. Wiser. Humbler. Lucky. 34. We can know from the passage that Alberta Clippers . A. can bring snowstorms B. are quick-moving air masses C. are violently changing air pressure D. can lead to a sudden temperature drop 35. W

36、hat mainly led to the authors missing all the hints? A. His lack of flying experience. B. His poor preparation for the journey. C. His misjudgement about the air mass. D. His overconfidence in his piloting skills. 36. Which is the right order of the events? a. I declared an emergency. b. My airplane

37、 was running out of fuel. c. I insisted on carrying on my flight plan. d. I was thrown to the roof by the violent air mass. e. I slightly banked my airplane and made a landing. A. dcbea B. dceba 37. The passage describes . A. a rewarding training C. a painful exploration There is certainly evidence

38、that actors experience a blending of their real self with their assumed characters. For instance, Benedict Cumberbatch said, “My mum says Im much more impatient with her when Im filming Sherlock., Mark Seton, a researcher at the University of Sydney, has even coined the term “post-dramatic stress di

39、sorder, to describe the lasting effects experienced by actors who lose themselves in a role. “Actors may often prolong habits of the characters they have embodied,“ he writes. A recent finding doesnt involve acting, and it indicates that merely spending some time thinking about another person seemed

40、 to rub off on the volunteers5 sense of self led by Meghan Meyer at Princeton University. Across several studies, these researchers asked volunteers to first rate their own personalities, memories or physical attributes, and then to perform the same task from the perspective of another person. For i

41、nstance, they might score the emotionality of various personal memories, and then rate how a friend or relative would have experienced those same events. After taking the perspective of another, the volunteers scored themselves once again: the consistent finding was that their self-knowledge was now

42、 changedtheir self-scores had shifted to become more similar to those theyd given for someone else. For instance, if they had initially said the trait term “confident“ was only moderately related to themselves and then rated the term as being strongly related to a friends personality, when they came

43、 to rescore themselves, they now tended to see themselves as more confident. Remarkably, this morphing of the self with another was still apparent even if a 24-hour gap was left between taking someone elses perspective and C. cdabe 、D. cdbae B. a narrow escape D. a serious accident re-rating oneself

44、. “By simply thinking about another person, we may adapt our self to take the shape of that person/9 said Meyer and her colleagues. That our sense of self should have this quality might be a little discouraging, especially for anyone who has struggled to establish a firm sense of identity. Yet there

45、 is an optimistic message here, too. The challenge of improving ourselves 一 or at least seeing ourselves in a more positive lightmight be a little easier than we thought. By roleplaying or acting out the kind of person we would like to become, or merely by thinking about and spending time with peopl

46、e who embody the kind of attributes we would like to see in ourselves, we can find that our sense of self changes in desirable ways. “As each of us chooses who to befriend, who to model, and who to ignore/9 write Meyer and her colleagues, “we must make these decisions aware of how they shape not onl

47、y the fabric of our social networks, but even our sense of who we are.“ 38. The first two paragraphs mainly . A. state that acting requires skills B. explain the stress that an actor faces C. show that a role leaves a mark on the actor D. stress the importance of devoting oneself to a role 39. What

48、does the underlined phrase “rub off on” in Paragraph 3 probably mean? A. Influence. B. Strengthen. C. Confuse. D. Determine. 40. According to the study, taking the perspective of another person . A. brings changes to ones self-knowledge B. motivates one to better understand himself C. helps people d

49、eal with their identity problems D. produces temporary effects on ones character 41. What is the significance of the study? A. It offers instructions on making friends. B. It proposes a means to improve ourselves. C. It gives advice on adjusting ones emotions. D. It presents a way to deal with stress disorder. D In college, I was taught an elegant theory of chemical combination based on excess electrons going into holes in the orbital shell of a neighbouring atom. But what about diatomic compounds like oxygen gas? Dont ask; students arent ready to kn