2020年山东省潍坊第一中学高三英语二模试卷及参考答案

2020年山东省潍坊第一中学高三英语二模试卷及参考答案

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

A

“Why do I feel cold when I have a fever?” “Why does the sun rise in the east?” I knew the day would come

when my little girl Sophie would learn to talk and inevitably (不可避免地) start askingthose questions. The

questions themselves weren’t worrying me. I was actually looking forward to seeing where her curiosity would lie.

What was bothering (烦恼) me was whether or not I would know the answers. In the age of the smartphone,

this may seem like a silly worry. The answers to almost everything would be just one Google away.

Still, I struggled with how I was going to prepare to become an all-knowing mother. Then one day, it struck

me: I didn’t need to have all the answers. What a great example I could set if I let my daughter know that I, too,

was still learning. And I realized how much more I could learn if I took another look at things I thought I already

knew the answer to with the curiosity of a child. My little girl’s mind is a beginner’s mind--- curious, open to new

ideas, eager to learn, and not based on knowledge that already exists. I decided that I would deal with her

questions with a beginner’s mind, too.

Once I decided to become more curious, I started noticing that curiosity was becoming more important in the

workplace, too. It seems that leaders don't need to have all the answers, but they do need to be curious.

Curious about curiosity, I searched for answers and found Albert Einstein’s famous words, “I have no special

talent. I am only passionately (热情地) curious.” We mightquibble overthe view that Einstein had no special talent,

but there is one thing for certain---he wouldn't have solved the puzzles of the universe without his passionate

curiosity. Then I came across another Einstein quote, “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has

its own reason or existence.”

1. The advantage of having a beginner’s mind is that ________.

A. people can learn much faster.

B. people won't be afraid to make mistakes.

C. people are willing to receive new things.

D. people won't be expected to answer all questions.

2. What does the example of Einstein’s words show?

A. Einstein was passionate about curiosity. B. Einstein’s quotes are very famous.

C. Curiosity is of great significance.

D. Curiosity is more necessary than talent.

3. What does the underlined phrase “quibble over” in the last paragraph probably mean?

A. Fight against. B. Argue about.

C. Work out. D. Agree with

B

Summer heat can be dangerous, and heat leads to tragedy far toooften. According to kidsandcars, org, an

average of 37 young children per year die of car heat in the US, when they are accidentally left in a hot vehicle.

For Bishop Curry, a fifth grader from Mckinney, Texas, one such incident hit close to home. A six-month-old

baby from his neighborhood died after hours in a hot car. After hearing about her death, Curry decided that

something needed to be done. Young Curry, who turned 11 this year, has always had a knack for inventing things,

and he drew up a sketch (草图) of a device he called “Oasis.”

The device would attach to carseats and watch the temperature inside the car. If it reached a certain

temperature in the car, and the device sensed a child in the carseat, it would begin to circulate cool air. Curry

alsodesigns the device using GPS and Wi-Fi technology, which would alarm the child’s parents and, if there was no

response from them, the police.

Curry’s father believes that the invention has potential. “The cool thing about Bishop’s thinking is none of this

technology is new,” he said. “We feel like the way he’s thinking and combining all these technologies will get to

production faster.” His father even introduced the device to Toyota, where he works as an engineer. The company

was so impressed that they sent Curry and his father to a car safety conference in Michigan.

In January, Curry’s father launched a campaign for the invention. They hope to raise money to finalize the

patent, build models, and find a manufacturer. Their goal was $20,000, but so many people believed in Oasis’

potential that they have raised more than twice that — over $46,000.

Curry’s father remembers the first time he saw his son’s sketch. “I was so proud of him for thinking of a

solution,” he said. “We always just complain about things and rarely offer solutions.”

4. What inspired Curry to invent Oasis?

A. His narrow escape from death after being locked in a car.

B. His knowledge of many children’s death because of car heat.

C. The death of his neighbor’s baby after being left in a hot car.