2021届河北定州中学高三英语模拟试卷及答案

2021届河北定州中学高三英语模拟试卷及答案

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

A

Swimming Holes in America

In America, these secret swimming holes are hidden and hard to reach but well worth the adventure.

Cummins Falls

Looking for the best place to escape the summer heat in the heartland of America? For more than 100 years,

Cummins Falls, a scenic,75-foot waterfall located in Jackson County, TN, has been a treasure for Tennessee natives.

But now, the secret is out! Although it’s a bit tough to get to, once in the park, the mountains and river provide

unmatched beauty on your way to taking a swim in Tennessee's eighth-largest waterfall.

Sliding Rock

A popular place to cool off during those hot North Carolina summers, Sliding Rock waterfall is located in the

Pisgah National Forest in Transylvania County. A flattened rock about 60 feet lies in a nearly 7-foot-deep pool at

the bottom, making this natural waterslide a great place to visit with people of all ages.

Mooney Falls

It is the tallest water feature in the Grand Canyon, rising 190 feet above the surface. Named after an explorer

in the 1800s, Mooney Falls is accessible only by crawling（爬）through 2 underground passages and then climbing

down a sheer cliff（峭壁）face with just a couple of chains to hold on to. Although it is tough to get to, the view and

the cool alone make it worth the trip.

Lihue Estate

A private swimming hole at the old Lihue Sugar Farm on Kauai, HI, was changed into an inner-tube water ride

by Kauai Backcountry Adventures in 2003 and opened to adults. The waters for this 2.5-mile journey, which come

from near the top of Mount Waialeale—one of the wettest spots in the world—are channeled through ditches（沟渠）that were hand-dug by farm workers over a century ago.

1. Which hole may be the favourable destination for families?

A. Lihue Estate. B. Sliding Rock. C. Mooney Falls. D. Cummins Falls.

2. What can we learn about Mooney Falls from the text?

A. It wasfound by an explorer. B. It was hand-dug in the 1800s. C. It is dangerous to arrive there. D. It is the tallest fall in the world.

3. What is special about Lihue Estate?

A. It is man-made. B. It is a private area.

C. Its water is from underground. D. It lies on the top of Mount Waialeale

B

Hardware in general,and smartphones in particular,have become a huge environmental and health problem

in the Global South's landfill sites(垃圾填埋场).

Electronic waste(e-waste) currently takes up 5 percent of all global waste,and it is set to increase rapidly as

more of us own more than one smartphone,laptop and power bank They end up in places like Agbogbloshie on

theoutskirts of Ghana's capital,Accra. It is the biggest e-waste dump in the world,where 10,000 informal workers

walk through tons of abandoned goods as part of an informal recycling process.They risk their health searching for

the precious metals that are found in abandoned smartphones.

But Agbogbloshie should not exist.The Basel Convention,a 1989 treaty,aims to prevent developed nations

from unauthorized dumping of e-waste in less developed countries.The e-waste

industry,however,circumventsregulations by exporting e-waste labelled as "secondhand goods' to poor countries

like Ghana,knowing full well hat it is heading for a landfill site.

A recent report found Agbogbloshie contained some of the most dangerous chemicals.This is not surprising:

smartphones contain chemicals like mercury（水银）,lead and even arsenic(砷).Reportedly, one egg from a

free-range chicken in Agbogbloshie contained a certain

chemical which can cause cancer and damage the immune system at a level that's about 220 times greater than a

limit set by the European Food Safety Authority(EFSA).Most worryingly,these poisonous chemicals are free to

pollute the broader soil and water system.This should concern us all, since some ofGhana's top exports are cocoa

and nuts.

Some governments have started to take responsibility for their consumers' waste.For example,Germanyhas

started a project that includes a sustainable recycling system at Agbogbloshie,along with a health clinic for

workers.However,governments cannot solve the problem alone, as there is an almost limitless consumer demand

for hardware,especially when governments' green policies are focused on issues like climate change.

Only the manufacturers can fix this.A more economically sustainable and politically possible solution is

through encouraging hardware manufacturers to make the repair, reuse and recycling of hardware profitable,or at

least cost-neutral