2019-2020学年长沙铁路第一中学高三英语二模试卷及答案解析

2019-2020学年长沙铁路第一中学高三英语二模试卷及答案解析

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

Songkran, Thailand

This festival marks the Thai New Year, which is celebrated in the second week of April. This is the hottest time

of the year in Thailand, so it makes sense that the biggest Songkran tradition is to throw water on people. Thais of

all ages join in water fights, using buckets, hoses (软管)and water guns to celebrate the event.

Boryeong Mud Festival, South Korea

Don't expect to come home clean after experiencing the Boryeong Mud Festival in South Korea. Famous for

its mineral-rich mudflats, visitors rush to Boryeong in July to make themselves in mud, swim in grey pools and

enjoy the party. There are even mudslides and a mud skiing competition for those who are seeking the extreme

mud adventure!

La Tomatina, Spain

The festival dates back to a parade in which some naughty teenagers knocked one performer off his stilts (高跷)and caused a fight of throwing vegetables accidentally. It was once banned until 1957 when the locals held a

protest with a funeral. They carried a coffin containing a huge tomato as bands played a funeral march. In the

following decades, La Tomatina has become a popular event. If you join the event, be aware that you squash (压扁)

the tomato before throwing it. Have a great time but avoid causing any injury.

Dia de los Muertos, Mexico

Beginning at the midnight of October 31 and lasting through November 2,it is a festival when families gather

together to remember those loved ones who have died, aiming to help them on their spiritual journey. On these

days, Mexican families prepare special tables in their homes. On top of them they'll put photos of the dead and

their favorite food. They also visit the graves of their beloved ones to show their respect to the dead.

1.If you want to experience a special new year in a country, you can choose to visit ________.

A.Thailand B.South Korea C.Spain D.Mexico

2.What may happen to you as a visitor in La Tomatina?

A.You can perform stilts. B.Your can play funeral music in bands.

C.You may be covered with mud. D.You may be attacked with tomatoes. 3.Which festival is similar to the Tomb Sweeping Festival in China?

A.Songkran. B.Boryeong Mud Festival.

Tomatina. D.Dia de los Muertos.

B

Avi Loeb, a scientist, believes that we are not alone in the universe. The belief fits withLoeb's alien spaceship

theory that at least one alien spaceship might be flying over the orbit of Jupiter, which won the international

attention last year.

Astronomers inHawaiifound the first known interstellar object in late 2017. It was a bit of light moving so fast

past the sun that it could only have come from another star. Almost every astronomer on the planet was trying to

figure out how the object, called “Oumuamua” got to our far-away part of the Milky way galaxy. “One possibility is

that ‘Oumuamua’ is debris from an advanced technological equipment,” Loeb said. “Technology comes from

another solar system just showed up at our door. ”

“‘Oumuamua’ is not an alien spaceship,” Paul Sutter, another scientist wrote. He suggested Loeb was seeking

publicity. Most scientists think “Oumuamua” is some sort of rock. They think it could be an icy wandering comet.

Loeb says that “Oumuamua's” behavior means it can't be a block of rock shaped like a long photo. He thinks

it's more likely an object that's very long and thin, perhaps like a long pancake or a ship's sail. Loeb says that if

someone shows him evidence thatcontradictshis beliefs, he will immediately give in.

Loeb believes himself a truth-teller and risk-taker in an age of very safe, too-quiet scientists. “The worst thing

that can happen to me is that I would be relieved of my management duties, and that would give me even more

time to focus on science,” Loeb says. He said he wouldn't mind giving up all the titles he had and returning to the

Israeli farming village where he grew up.

4. What does Loeb say about “Oumuamua”?

A. It is an icy comet. B. It looks like a long photo.

C. It is actually some sort of rock. D. It may come from another alien civilization.

5. What does the underlined word “contradicts” in paragraph 4 probably mean?

A.Goes against. B. Relies on. C. Turns to. D. Searches for.

6. What do you think of Loeb?

A. He is foolish. B. He is unsatisfied with his titles.

C. He is a firm believer in scientific truth. D. He is uncertain about his career future.