安徽省桐城中学2020届高三下学期第一次模拟考试英语试卷

安徽省桐城中学2020届高三下学期第一次模拟考试英语试卷

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英语试题

学校：___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

一、阅读理解(本大题共15小题，共30.0分)

Guinness World Records Set by Kids

The youngest club DJ

Oratilwe A J Hongwane likes putting in more efforts when

playing music for a crowd． In 2012， he became the youngest

club DJ-he was five when he played a one- hour set to 100 people

at a bar in South Africa． Known in the business as DJ Arch Jnr，

he broke the record previously held by a six-year-old in

Japan．?The most viewed video game-unboxing video

Kids love watching someone unbox a new purchase-especially if it's something they can't get themselves． Maybe

that's why more than 25 million people have watched YouTube

HD． What's really cool about Evan is that he actually donates

most of the toys to those in need． He also uses his popular

YouTube channel to draw people's attention to worthy

organizations for helping the poor．

The youngest drummer

The rules of Guinness World Records say a drummer must

record a real song and be paid for his skills and that the drummer

must give at least 20 concerts of

45 minutes or longer within five years． At the age of just

four Julian Pavone

met all those qualifications．

The fastest assembly （组装）of 10，000 Lego pieces and the longest Lego chain

A group of school kids in New Jersey went for their world

records to increase

public awareness about a fellow student who is suffering

from a rare and deadly disease． The group put together 10，000 Lego pieces in just three hours， breaking the old one by five

hours． They also set the record for the longest Lego chain，which ended up at 947 meters， beating the old record by 40．

1. Who is devoted to charity？ ______

A. Oratilwe A J Hongwane．

B. Eva．

C. DJ Arch

Jnr．

D. Julian

Pavone．

2. What do we know about the youngest drummer？ ______

A. He has recorded 20 real songs．

B. He gave at least 20 concerts at five．

C. He must earn a lot of money by recording．

D. He was qualified for the Guiness World Reords at four．

3. Why did the school kids set the world record？ ______

A. To help a sick schoolmate．

B. To inspire team spirit．

C. To prevent a rare disease．

D. To make their school famous．A letter to the editor

complained about someone stringing toilet paper on their

trees． That letter brought a flood of responses defending this

act as being harmless to friends： " It's an honor to get toilet

papered"， said one writer，

"and good fun for teenagers．" Reading these letters brought me chuckles （轻声笑）and

then tears as they woke old memories of my mother's ninety-second year． She was seriously ill that autumn． And I watched，

powerless．

A decade before， I helped her break out" of the nursing

home． It was a fine place with a caring staff． But Mom didn't

want skilled care： she wanted to live on her own and just

needed some assistance to do so． Being in a more restrictive

environment than necessary was bad for her condition． The risk

paid off， and I was rewarded by seeing my mother once again

enjoying her life．

Ten years later， Mom's health declined， and my care-giving duties increased． One evening， for some unexplainable

reason， I invited my mother to go toilet papering!

This outing would push my mother to her physical

limits． Was I making a mistake？Secretly we went to my

brother's home． In his backyard， I handed Mom a roll of toilet

paper． Without hesitation she shot it skyward…

Mom papered a dozen trees in four family yards that

unforgettable evening． The day after our big adventure， Mom

and I sent a card to each of our victim， signed "From your

decorators"． We laughed all the way home from the post office，

like two schoolgirls．

My mother's last year was marked by physical

decline． However， we shared some simple fun each

day． Those light-hearted moments were like a salve （慰藉），and they are the ones I'll always remember． Toilet papering has

taught us that play is powerful medicine!

4. Why did the author cry when reading the letter？ ______

A. She was blamed for toilet papering． B. It brought her childhood memory．

C. She thought of her sick

mother．

D. It was very stressful．

5. The author helped her leave the nursing home in order

that ______ ．

A. Mom could enjoy a free life

B. Mom could get more skilled home care

C. the nursing cost could be cut

down

D. they could avoid taking risk

6. What can we learn from the mother's experience of toilet

papering？ ______

A. They did some damage to four family yards．

B. They were made to apologize for their mistakes．

C. Toilet papering made her illness worsened．

D. Toilet papering brought them much pleasure．

7. What would be the best title for the text？ ______

A. A Letter of Complaint