2020年漳州市第三中学高三英语二模试题及参考答案

2020年漳州市第三中学高三英语二模试题及参考答案

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

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If you are planning to visit the historic capital city of Scotland, Edinburgh, a travel destination that people

crowd to from around the world, and want to attend one Festival while you are there, keep on reading to discover

more information.

AKA. Imaginate Festival When: 22 May – 2 June 2021

Where: Traverse Theater, Assembly Roxy

A festival where kids take overEdinburgh. With a whole range of free pop-up performances, take your kids to

see some of the most inspiring theatre and dance from a whole range of talented performers.

EdinburghInternational Film Festival When: 19 June – 29 June 2021

Where: Film House, Festival Theater

Originally the very best in international film, it was established in 1947. The dynamic programme features

everything from documentaries to shorts, along with a range of experimental cinema, in an attractive setting with

a spray of red carpet charm.

EdinburghArt Festival When: 25 July – 25 August 2021

Where: City ArtCenter, The Scottish Gallery

With over 40 exhibitions to attend, the Edinburgh Art Festival is theUK’s largest visual arts event where you

can see everything from historical works to contemporary masterpieces.

The RoyalEdinburghMilitary Tattoo When: 2 – 24 August 2021

Where:EdinburghCastle

With a different theme every year, over 200,000 visitors crowd toEdinburghto see the military bands and the

symbolic piper set against the backdrop ofEdinburghCastle.

1. Who is the AKA. Imaginate Festival intended for?

A. Children. B. Talented performers.

C. Parents. D. Dancers.

2. What’s special about Edinburgh Art Festival?

A. It includes all forms of arts. B. It is about great works in history.

C. It is the largest festival in the world.

D. It lasts for the longest time.

3. Which Festival offers performances by soldiers?

A. Edinburgh Art Festival

B. AKA. Imaginate Festival

C. The RoyalEdinburghMilitary Tattoo

D.EdinburghInternational Film Festival

B

There will be more plastic than fish in the world’s oceans by 2050. That is what a new report from the World

Economic Forum and Ellen MacArthur Foundation warns. If the current trend continues, the report said, oceans

will contain one ton of plastic for every three tons of fish in 2025. By 2050, plastics will weigh more than fish. The

problem is that each year at least 8 million tons of plastics end up in oceans around the world. This is the same as

dumping the contents of one garbage truck into the ocean every minute.

Not all plastic ends up in the ocean because someone throws a plastic bottle into the water. Plastic containers

and other trash thrown onto streets and sidewalks often are swept into oceans. Unlike other types of trash in the

ocean, the plastic never bio-degrades. There is a way to slow the amount of plastics going into the oceans —

people can recycle more. Currently only about 14 percent of plastics are recycled. Research in Europe shows as

much as 53 percent of plastic could be recycled using available technology. The report says that another solution is

using less plastic for packaging products. But that is not likely to happen.

“Given plastic packaging’s many benefits, both the possibility and desirability of an across-the-board dramatic

reduction in the volume of plastic packaging used is clearly low, ”the report said. But the authors note reducing

the use of plastics should be tried“where possible. ”For decades, scientists warned that plastics are killing fish.

Research shows that fish are dying from choking after eating plastics. Another cause of death is that plastics

cause“intestinal blockage and starvation, ”the environmental group said.

4. Why is the garbage truck mentioned in Paragraph 1 ?

A. To explain how plastics end up in the ocean.

B. To warn people against the ocean pollution.

C. To clarify the seriousness of the problem.

D. To point out some details of the report. 5. Why is plastic more dangerous than other types of trash?

A. There is too much of it. B. It poisons the ocean water.

C. It is from different sources. D. It is hard to break down.

6. What is the author’s attitude to the suggested solutions?

A. Pessimistic. B. Curious. C. Unconcerned. D. Terrified.

7. What can we infer from the text?

A. People are not aware of the problem.

B. Recycling is limited by lack of technology.

C. Plastic packaging has become part of our life.

D. Fish in the ocean will be replaced by plastics.

C

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