2020届吉林市实验中学高三英语二模试题及答案解析

2020届吉林市实验中学高三英语二模试题及答案解析

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

A

Personal Time Off(PTO)is something my wife and I created after having kids. We learned that，over time，a full

life can leave little time for personal rest and for reflection，hanging out with friends，or just being“off. ”So，after

a number of years，we make a change. If I can persuade you to take your own PTO，then these might help.

■Schedule it

First of all，one of our favorite family sayings is“schedule it. ”Sounds easy enough，but life gets complicated

managing full-time work and full-time family. Put yourPTO time on the calendar and you make it a real thing.

■Be flexible and strict

If you can schedule PTO at the same time each week，then all the better. Because our calendar can get rather

full，flexibility in scheduling becomes a necessity. But being strict in actually taking the time each week is more

important. Skipping it once makes it easier to skip again.

■Take enough time

My typical PTO lasts a couple of hours or longer. Sometimes it might be half the day depending on what I’m

doing. The goal is to spend enough time away to1et your shoulders drop.

■Do what you want to do

Remember，PTO time is about personal time to do what you want to do，not what you have to do. PTO time

is about relaxation. Grab a friend and get a beer. Work can wait until tomorrow.

1.What can be the first step to take the PTO?

A.Persuade the family.

B.Have a personal rest.

C.Ask friends for advice.

D.Make a time plan.

2.What does the underlined part“let your shoulders drop”probably mean?

A.Get you more focused.

B.Have you feel relaxed.

C.Shake your shoulders often. D.Make you feel more stressed.

3.What does the text mainly talk about?

A.Tips on how to take your time off

B.Skills to manage work and family

C.Advice on how to free yourself

D.Ways of scheduling your work

B

Elizabeth Bishop is considered one of the best American poets of the 20th century. She was born in Worcester,

Massachusetts in 1911. Her dad died when she was just a baby and her mom never recovered from the loss. She

went to live with her grandparents in Nova Scotia, Canada when she was five. Eventually Bishop attended Vassar

College, where she began to write poetry.

At Vassar she discovered Marianne Moore's poetry and met Ms Moore and began their life-long friendship.

She later met poet Robert Lowell. She wrote tons and tons of letters to both of them, which is good for us because

we would otherwise know very little of her personal life.

Bishop published her first book of poetry in 1946 and wrote until her death in 1979. She would spend years

working on a single poem. Her poems are not the result of hasty scribbling (匆忙乱写) on paper while eating

breakfast. She would look through drafts of poems again and again and improve them until they were as close to

perfect as she could get them.

Reading Elizabeth Bishop is like being transported to the very place, the very moment she's writing about.

She leads us to a microscope so we can see every smallest part of the scene. It seems that she's always asking us

to notice more, and more until the poem is so clear in our minds that it's almost painful—like a light that's too

bright.

4. What do we know about Bishop's early life?

A. She was mainly brought up by her grandparents. B. She spent her childhood mainly in

Worcester.

C. She was always encouraged by her parents. D. She started to write poems at five.

5. Why are Bishop's letters to Moore and Lowell important?

A. They have a deep influence on other poets. B. They offer much information about her life.

C. They help us study Moore and Lowell's poetry. D. They prove she had friendships with famous

poets. 6. What can we say about Bishop's poetic creation?

A. She liked to write in the morning. B. She could write poems at high speed.

C. She tried her best to achieve perfection. D. She published hundreds of books of poetry.

7. Which word can be used to best describe the style of Bishop’s poems?

A. Enthusiastic. B. Romantic. C. Humorous. D. Exact.

C

First grader Gavin Clampett was diagnosed(诊断) with Tourette’s Syndrome at the age of five. Due to the

neurological(神经的) disorder, he always experiences a variety of sudden uncontrolled movements and sounds.

The uncontrollable actions mean that he often gets dirty looks from strangers in public and kids make cruel

comments on the school bus and in class. In an effort to prevent the unkind comments, Gavin’s mother,

32­year­old Rebecca Clampett helped him make a video with his sister Brynn, nine, and played it to pupils at his