〖附21套中考模拟卷〗广东省佛山市顺德区2019-2020学年中考英语模拟试卷含解析

顺德区2019-2020学年度第二次教学质量检测九年级英语试卷参考答案一、听力理解1-5 BABCC 6-10 CACAB 11-15 CACAB 16-20 BCCAB21-25 ACABC 26. speak 27. languages 28. 190829. Physics / physics 30. northeast二、语法填空31-40 BCDBA BDACA三、完型填空41-50 DABBC ADBCB四、阅读理解51-65 ACDCB ABCDB CEFAD五、短文填空66. enough；67. The 68. filled；69. However/Unluckily/Unfortunately；70. for71. son；72. later；73. lives；74. heard；75. their；A. 回答问题76. When did schools start the new term by online education?Schools started the new term (by online education) early this February.77. According to Simon, which way of teaching is good for children?(According to Simon,) Traditional school is good for children.78. How did Kaka attend classes 17 years ago when SARS was hitting China?Kaka attended classes with masks (17 years ago when SARS was hitting China).76.Besides knowledge, what do students need to do to gather first-hand experience?(Besides knowledge,) Students need to take part in different class activities (to gather first-hand experience)77.According to Olivia, why do schools use online education during the outbreakperiod?Because schools want to catch up with progress and provide more resourcesfor students.B.书面表达Dear Minister，I hope this email finds you in good health.I’m a ninth grader and writing to share my feelings about online education and my suggestions with you.Due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, we had to stay at home to protect ourselves against the virus. Luckily, the online education makes it possible for us to keep studying with teachers and classmates. It’s not only safe, but also convenient.However, online education has shown its disadvantages as well. More and more students and teachers begin to have serious health problems because they have to sit for long period in front of computers. For the greater good over the long term, I suggest that a more proper timetable should be made.I am looking forward to your reply．Best regards，Li Hua。

顺德区2018—2019 学年度第三次教学质量检测九年级英语试卷说明：1．全卷共 10 页，满分为 120 分，考试用时为 100 分钟。

2．答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔在答题卡指定区域填写自己的准考证号、姓名、考场号、座位号。

用 2B 铅笔把对应该号码的标号涂黑。

3．选择题每小题选出答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的信息点涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试题上。

4．非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。

不按以上要求作答的答案无效。

5．考生务必保持答题卡的整洁。

考试结束时，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。

—、听力理解（本大题分为A、B、C、D 四部分，共30 小题，每小题1 分，共30 分）A. 听单句（本题有5 小题，每小题1 分，共5 分）根据所听到的话和卷面的问题, 选择符合题意的图画回答问题, 并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。

每小题听一遍。

1. What did Little Alice lose last weekend?2. Where did Peter go yesterday afternoon?3. Why is the boy going to see the doctor?4. Which girl is the speaker talking about?5. How would the speaker like to keep in touch with his friends?B. 听对话（本题有10 小题，每小题1 分，共10 分）根据所听内容, 回答每段对话后面的问题，在每小题所给的三个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。

每段对话听两遍。

听第一段对话，回答第6 小题。

6. How many people are there in Lucy’s family?A. Four.B. Five.C. Seven.听第二段对话, 回答第7 小题。

2019-2020学年九上英语期中模拟试卷含答案（）卷首语：亲爱的同学，如果这份试卷是海，相信你就是海中的鱼；如果这份试卷是船，相信你就是船上的帆。

请放松你的心情，顺利地驶向那成功的彼岸！温馨提示：1.全卷共六题，82小题，满分为120分。

考试时间为100分钟。

请用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔在“答题卷”上先填上学校、班级、姓名和准考证号。

2.全卷分为卷I（选择题）和卷II（非选择题）两部分，全部在“答题卷”上作答，答案必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔在“答题卷”相应位置上。

卷I （选择题共85分）一、听力（共15小题，第1-10小题每题1分，第11-15小题每题2分，共20分）第一节：听小对话，从A, B ,C 三个选择中选择符合对话的内容的选题，回答问题。

1.Where does Jim study English?A. At homeB. At schoolC.We don’t know.2.What do you know from the talk?A. Michael has lost a gameB.Michael is out of work.C. Michael is missing his friends.3.What does the woman want to buy ?A. FoodB. BooksC. CDs.4. Where is the nearest hospital?A. Next to the police station.B. opposite the schoolC. In front of the cinema.5.What does the woman think of the new house ?A. It’s bigB.It’s not expensiveC.It’s clean.第二节：听长对话，从A, B ,C 三个选择中选择符合对话的内容的选题，回答问题。

顺德区2018—2019学年度第三次教学质量检测九年级英语试卷说明：1．全卷共10页，满分为120分，考试用时为100分钟。

2．答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔在答题卡指定区域填写自己的准考证号、姓名、考场号、座位号。

用2B铅笔把对应该号码的标号涂黑。

3．选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的信息点涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试题上。

4．非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。

不按以上要求作答的答案无效。

5．考生务必保持答题卡的整洁。

考试结束时，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。

一、听力理解（本大题分为A、B、C、D四部分，共30小题，每小题1分，共30分）A.听单句（本题有5小题，每小题1分，共5分）根据所听到的话和卷面的问题,选择符合题意的图画回答问题,并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。

每小题听一遍。

1.What did Little Alice lose last weekend?2.Where did Peter go yesterday afternoon?3.Why is the boy going to see the doctor?4.Which girl is the speaker talking about?5.How would the speaker like to keep in touch with his friends?B.听对话（本题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分）根据所听内容,回答每段对话后面的问题，在每小题所给的三个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。

每段对话听两遍。

听第一段对话，回答第6小题。

6.How many people are there in Lucy’s family?A.Four.B.Five.C.Seven.听第二段对话,回答第7小题。

广东省顺德区七校联考2019-2020学年中考英语模拟试卷Ⅰ. 单项选择1、—Dad, I am afraid I can’t pass the exam.—If you keep on studying hard, you will make it.A．succeed B．fail C．produce2、— Would you mind my using your camera?—Sorry, there’s _______ with it.A．wrong something B．wrong anythingC．anything wrong D．something wrong3、— Who did it better, Bill or Henry?— I think Bill did just _______ Henry.A．as well as B．as good asC．as better as D．more badly than4、—Could I your iPad, Alice?—Of course. Here you are.A．lend B．keep C．borrow D．return5、When I was your age, I a lot of housework to do after school.A．will have B．am having C．have D．had6、2300 libraries _______ in the Hope Primary Schools in five years.A．are built B．were built C．will be built D．must be built7、We can’t trust him. He always some excuses for doing something wrong.A．makes up B．sets up C．takes up D．puts up8、---Remember to give my best wishes to your parents．---______A．OK, I will B．It doesn't matterC．It's hard to say D．Y es, please9、The train went through _______800-meter-long tunnel (隧道) at _______ high speed.A．a; a B．an; / C．an; the D．a; /10、- The government has taken many actions to prevent pollution.- I hope that in the future there will be _____ pollution and a lot _____ clear, blue skies.A．less; more B．more; less C．fewer; more D．less; manyⅡ. 完形填空11、There are always top students around us. Let's take Jenny as an example. As the monitor, she spends a lot of time working for our class, but she still gets good grades in all subjects. How can she do that? Here is some of her advice. Hard work is not the whole story. It's not how long you sit at the desk. It's 1 you do while you are sitting.Studying is a matter of personal preference（偏爱）. Some people like working late at night when thehouse is 2 ，while others like doing their work 3 in the morning. No matter which way you use, try to do your best.Studying is your business and business comes after entertainment（娱乐）. When you are studying, phone calls should go unanswered, TV shows unwatched, snacks uneaten. Studying is the only thing in your mind. 4 should pull you away from what you are studying.Studying is like 5 . You chew（咀嚼）it one bite at a time. You can plan what to do today, but don't do too much. On the other hand, you will not study well without a good plan. It all depends on how you 6 your time.Maybe she is right, so why not have a try?1．A．what B．why C．how D．that2．A．clean B．beautiful C．quiet D．big3．A．alone B．lonely C．quickly D．early4．A．Something B．Anything C．Nothing D．Everything5．A．drinking. B．eating C．sleeping D．dancing6．A．realize B．cost C．take D．arrangeⅢ. 语法填空12、A long time ago, there was an emperor. He had a beautiful garden. In the garden, there was a little nightingale(夜莺) singing very1．(beauty).One day the emperor heard about this little bird's beautiful voice. He asked his guards to bring her to him. As soon as the emperor heard the nightingale's voice, he said, "Put her in a golden cage, 2．she can stay and sing for me whenever I want to hear her. "The little bird was so3．(happy) about being kept in the cage that she4．(stop) singing one day. The emperor was very angry. He ordered the scientists in his palace to make a robot bird 5．him. The bird could sing very beautifully,6．. The emperor was pleased.Soon the robot bird became old. It no longer sang beautiful songs. Just at that time, the emperor became very weak. One morning, while7．(lie) in bed, the emperor wanted it to sing once again.8．the robot bird couldn't sing any more. Suddenly the nightingale landed on the window. She began to sing her9．beautiful song. The emperor was very happy! He became better and better each day.After the emperor was well，he changed a lot and became kind to his people. From then on, all his people cherished(爱戴) him for his love and10．(kind).Ⅳ. 阅读理解A13、South Africa’s former president Mandela died of illness on December 5th,2013, and his funeral(葬礼) was held in his hometown on Dec. 15,2013.Born on July 18,1918 in a small village in South Africa, Mandela was one of the 13 children of a chief(酋长). Having finished his education, he joined the African National Congress(ANC) in 1943 and later formed the Youth League of the ANC．In 1948, when the National Party won the national election(选举), Mandela started to fight against the party’s apartheid policy(种族隔离政策). He was put into prison in August,1962 when he was 43 years old. While he was in prison, many people at home and abroad supported him, and the government had to give back his freedom(自由) on Feb. 11, 1990. It was in the next year that Mandela was chosen as the president of the ANC．He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. The next year, he was elected(选举) South Africa’s president. As a president, he worked hard to improve the people’s lives and won the people’s love. In 1999, he left office.As South Africa’s first black president after more than three centuries of the white rule, Mandela was thought as “father” of his country. His birthday, July 18,was made an annual(每年的) international Mandela Day by the UN in 2009 to honor his 67 years’ struggle(奋斗) for social justice and world freedom.1．Mandela had spent_______ years in prison.A．29 B．27 C．43 D．672．When did Mandela become South Africa’s president?A．In 1990. B．In 1993. C．In 1994. D．In 1999.3．The best title for the passage is_______.A．Mandela’s life in prisonB．The great life of MandelaC．Mandela’s life in his hometownD．Mandela and his familyB14、Fred Astaire was born in Nebraska in 1899. Fred and his sister, Adele, learned to dance when they were very young. Their mother took them to New Y ork to study dance. They performed in their first professional （专业的）show when Fred was ten years old and Adele was twelve. Later, as teenagers, the two danced in many shows throughout the United States. Their first big success was on Broadway in 1917.The Astaires -- as they were known -- quickly became Broadway stars. During the nineteen twenties, they sang and danced in eleven different shows. They also performed in England. In 1932, Adele Astaire marrieda British man, and stopped performing. But Fred did not____his dream. He would go on alone, in the movies.Fred Astaire had the best skill among all dancers in history. He danced up walls and on the ceiling in the film Royal Wedding. He danced on rooftops in The Belle of New York. He danced on roller skates in Shall We Dance?Fred Astaire made all this look easy. But it was not. He said: "Dancing is a sweaty job. You cannot just sit down and do it. You have to get up on your feet. It takes time to get a dance right, to create something memorable. I always try to get to know my dance so well that I do not have to think.”In 19, Fred Astaire won a special award for his film work from America's Motion Picture Academy. He also won awards from the television industry for a number of his television programs.Fred stopped dancing in 40. He was more than seventy years old at the time. He said a dancer could not continue dancing forever. He said he did not want to disappoint（使失望）anyone, even himself. He danced again in public only once after that. It was with another great male dancer, Gene Kelly, in the movie "That's Entertainment, Part Two".Fred Astaire and his first wife, Phyllis, had three children. Phyllis died in 24. Twenty-five years later, Fred married race horse rider Robyn Smith. Fred Astaire died on June 22, 1987. He was eighty-eight years old. He was called the greatest dancer in the world. His dancing was called perfect. And moviegoers everywhere will remember him as a great performer whose work will live forever in his films.1．The first paragraph is mainly about_________.A．Fred Astaire’s first success B．Fred Astaire’s educationC．Fred Astaire’s early life D．Fred Astaire’s family2．What does the underlined word “ forgo” in Paragraph 2 mean?A．Get over B．Set up C．Go ahead D．Give up3．What Fred Astaire said in Paragraph4 shows that ___________.A．he knew his dance was wonderfulB．he thought dancing was not difficultC．he devoted much time and effort to danceD．he had ways to make people remember him4．What is the correct time order of the following events?a .Fred Astaire’s first wife died.b .Fred’s sister Adele stopped performing.c .Fred Astaire performed with Gene Kelly in a movie.d .Fred Astaire won an award from America’s Motion Picture Academy.A．abcd B．bdac C．dcba D．cbadC15、Victor had to stay late at the hospital that night to do an operation. He finally left at about 11 p.m. He drove home slowly because the weather was terrible--the wind was blowing and it was raining heavily. He was turning into a road when a man suddenly ran in front of his car. Victor almost hit the man, but he stopped just in time. Victor was afraid and the man looked afraid too. Victor got out of the car but the man ran away before Victor could ask if he was all right. It was very strange.When Victor got home, the lights were on but it was very quiet. He called his wife but there was no answer. Then Victor remembered that she was out at a concert.Victor was still very upset about what happened on the road, so he made himself a drink. Then he went upstairs to have a bath. He saw that the window in bedroom was open. This was strange because his wife always locked the doors and windows before she went out. She was afraid of burglars. When he went to close it, he found Ellen. She was lying on the floor. He rushed over and felt for her pulse(脉搏) but she was dead. He sat on the floor beside her body and was too afraid to do anything.1．What did Victor do?A．A doctor. B．A policeman. C．A judge. D．A taxi driver.2．What happened when Victor was turning into a road that night?A．A man stopped him and asked him the way.B．His wife called him from the concert hall.C．A man suddenly ran in front of his car.D．A man hit his car with a big stone and ran away.3．What did Victor find when he got home?A．The bedroom window was closed. B．A burglar was in his house.C．Ellen was waiting for him. D．Ellen was lying on the floor.4．What did Victor do when he found Ellen dead?A．He called the police at once.B．He called out for help.C．He tried to find out who killed his wife.D．He sat beside his wife's body without knowing what to do.D16、Like many people, I have no clear idea about heroes. At some point, we all wonder if we need a hero and what a hero really is.Although there are a lot of differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics (特点) which give us courage and make us want to learn from them.A hero does something worth talking about. A hero has a special story to tell and people think highly of it. But a hero is not just the person with great fame (声誉) .A hero has powers (力量) larger than himself. Some people want to live like a hero, and they have to experience life with new and further meaning. A sure test for would-be heroes is what or whom they serve. What do they want to live and die for? If the answer suggests they serve only their own fame, they may be famous persons but not heroes.A hero has a vision from the mountaintop. He has the power to move people. He creates new possibilities. Without Gandhi, India might still be part of Britain. Without Martin Luther King, Jr., Americans might take different buses, eat in different restaurants, go for walks in different parks, and shop in different stores because of the different colors of their skin.There might be changes in society without a hero, but the speed of change would be rather slow. Thanks to heroes in history, they make the society develop so rapidly.1．According to this passage, a hero is a person who always .A．gives us courage B．thinks highly of othersC．shares great fame D．stands on the mountaintop2．If you want to live like a hero, you should .A．experience a new and meaningful life B．listen to something worth talking aboutC．serve your own fame and try to be famous D．know where and how you want to live3．The underlined word “vision” in the passage means “”.A．风景B．想象C．远见D．形象4．Black people in America used to before Martin Luther King, Jr.A．shop at the white’s stores B．take buses with the whiteC．take walks in the white’s parks D．eat in restaurants without the white5．What can we learn from the passage?A．We don’t need heroes anymore at some point now.B．Heroes are all the same though different in cultures.C．People get power from heroes to move to a new place.D．Our society has developed faster because of heroes in history.E17、Michelle, a famous lady, has found that more than 25% students are too fat in her country. It is a very serious problem. So she starts a health program to deal with it. The health program is to reduce the amount(数量)of fat students today and in the future.The program will get families, schools, newspapers, magazines and TVs to join together and deal with the students’ obesity(肥胖症) so that students will be at a healthier weight. The program includes: Food storesshould sell healthier foods. Schools should serve healthier meals with less fat and should also offer gym classes.The lady is trying to fight the students’ obesity all over the country because it can cause illnesses and higher health cost. She wants the students to eat right, exercise more and control their weight. She also wants the students to understand it is important to have less sweet food, and drink water, milk and fresh juices, but not to choose cokes. At the same time she has also set a good example by planting a vegetable garden. She hopes that the garden will encourage more people to plant one, too.The health program is really helpful to the students today and in the future. As she says, we cannot always build the future for youth, but we can build our youth for the future.1．In Michelle’s country over of the students are too fat.A．75% B．a quarter C．a half D．15%2．What does the lady want the shops to do?A．To offer gym classes.B．To plant a vegetable garden.C．To serve meals with less fat.D．To sell healthier foods.3．Michelle encourages fat students to have .A．more vegetables B．sweet foodC．many cokes D．much fat4．What’s the main idea of the passage?A．The lady introduces healthy drinks.B．The lady cares about food cost.C．The lady fights obesity in students.D．The lady feel worried about the height.F18、Earlier this year, China achieved a new milestone in space exploration. On Jan 3, Chang’e 4 became the first space probe in hi story to successfully land on the far side of the moon, People’s Daily reported.From Earth, we can only see one side of the moon. The other side has been a mystery. Scientists have long wondered what lies on this side of the moon.Chang’e 4 has sent back photos of the far side of the moon. It is also being used to carry out experiments, such as growing seeds in a low-gravity environment.The data collected from these experiments could be used to help us build a base on the moon in the future.The success of the Chang’e 4 mission is a major achievement for China’s space program. It marks a new stage in China’s deep space exploration, said Wu Yanhua, deputy head of China National SpaceAdministration.China launched its lunar exploration program in 2004, namin g it Chang’e. Chinese scientists set three goals –“orbiting , landing and sample returning” – referring to launching probes that could circle around the moon, touch down on its surface and bring lunar materials back to Earth.Chang’e 4 has realized the second goal. The third will be achieved during the Chang’e 5 mission , which is set to take place before the end of this year, China Daily reported.Following the success of the Chang’e missions, Chinese scientists are looking even farther into our solar sys tem . China’s first Mars mission is expected to be carried out by 2020, Wu said.In addition to the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon, the Chang’e 4 mission has achieved many other firsts. One of them is international cooperation and joint exploration.The experiments will provide valuable data for the scientists .1．What hasn’t Chang’e 4 done so far?A．It has built a base on the moonB．It has landed on the far side of the moon.C．It has carried out experiments on the moon.D．It has taken photos of the far side of the moon.2．What does the underlined “it” refer to in Paragraph 4?A．The Chang’e 4 probe.B．A base on the moon in the future.C．China’s space program.D．The success of the Chang’e 4 mission.3．What is Chang’e 5 expected to do?A．Circle around the moon. B．Land on the surface of the moon.C．Bring lunar materials back to Earth. D．Send people to the moon.4．What can we infer from the story?A．Chang’e 4 has discovered the secrets of the far side of the moon.B．China’s space exploration program started 15 years ago.C．China has not launched any space probes to Mars so far.D．Chang’e 5 will be China’s last lunar exploration program.Ⅴ.书面表达19、有个中文网站提出“走路去上学”的倡议，请你就这一话题写一篇约90个单词的英文短文。

2020年广东省佛山市实验学校中考模拟英语试题一1．What do you want to be in ________ future? How about ________ ice-cream taster? A．a; a B．the; a C．the; an D．the; the 2．Mike’s parents were away on business. Mike had to look after ________ for two days. A．him B．his C．himself D．themselves 3．Don’t run ________ meals. It’s bad for your health to run with a full stomach. A．before B．after C．for D．at4．Our plane will have a ________ stop at the airport in Omaha.A．two hour B．two hours C．two-hour D．two-hours 5．We’re still very good friends ________ we don’t see each other very often. A．because B．while C．if D．although 6．Do you know the person ________ first invented the umbrella?A．what B．whom C．which D．who7．The football game was so popular that its tickets were________ within hours.A．set out B．sold out C．paid off D．gave away 8．Everything ________ with sand after the strong wind last night.A．covers B．is covered C．was covered D．covered 9．Farmers depend on good weather ________ their crops.A．grow B．to grow C．growing D．to growing 10．You rode a bike in such a bad weather. ________ thing to do!A．What a silly B．What silly C．How a silly D．How silly 11．— Get your bike and show me around the town.— Sorry, I ________ today. I am looking after my little sister.A．can’t B．mustn’t C．may not D．needn’t 12．I’ve taken some medicine, but I am feeling ________ now. Please take me to the hospital. A．good B．better C．bad D．worse 13．— What do you think of the new book of Jeff Harter?— Oh, sorry. I ________ the chance to read it yet.A．didn’t get B．haven’t got C．don’t get D．won’t getA．how I go to the city library B．how do I go to the city libraryC．how I went to the city library D．how did I go to the city library 15．— Mrs. Grady, very sorry for breaking your window.— ________.A．Be careful next time B．Not at allC．I don’t care D．That’s all rightNormand Gallant is a common person that we should remember.He lives in a small village far from the 16 hospital. So when his wife got cancer several years ago, he had to drive four and a half hours there for his wife’s treatment (治疗). That meant lots of money for meals, gas (汽油), hotels and so on. But 17 the cancer took his wife away.Normand was very 18 about his wife’s death, but when he realized t hat many other people were facing the same 19 , he wanted to help. But he didn’t want to give 20 to the charities (慈善结构) because he didn’t know how much of it would actually get to the families. So he started to give parties in his house.During the parties Normand tells 21 about a poor family he has found who can’t afford a cancer patient’s treatment far from home. Then he passes a honey-pail (桶) around to 22 money. Every cent (分) of it goes 23 to that family. The people at the party enjoyed themselves and the family were happy to get help.Normand’s idea to help came out of his 24 , but for those who have received the money, it is an act of love.It would be 25 if we had more people in the world like Normand Gallant. They make world a better place.16．A．largest B．newest C．busiest D．nearest 17．A．luckily B．certainly C．surprisingly D．finally 18．A．sad B．angry C．nervous D．disappointed 19．A．illness B．difficulty C．chance D．mess 20．A．time B．energy C．money D．power 21．A．doctors B．guests C．neighbours D．patients 22．A．spend B．make C．collect D．borrow 23．A．directly B．easily C．quietly D．hardly25．A．nice B．possible C．necessary D．enoughMovie DetailsPG Warner Bros. Pictures I Release Date: July 28, 2006Summary: When a boy used his water gun to fill an ant hill with water, he finds himself change to ant size and forced to deal with his victims — ants.Voice Actors: Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage, Paul GiamattiDirector: John A．DavisLanguage: EnglishRunning time: 1 hour 25 minutesPrices: Weekdays—$30 $15 (Children under 7)Weekends—$40 $20 (Children under 7)Audience (观众) ReviewI really enjoyed this movie. It’s a fun movie for the whole family. I had really good laughs and enjoyed being there. — JamesI went to see this movie with my daughter (aged 8) this Tuesday, really without knowing too much about it before. My daughter and I were pleasantly surprised at how funny it was. We just couldn’t help laughing. I would recommend this movie to the whole family. — MaryI liked the movie because it was cool and funny. I liked when the boy turned tiny. The ants gave the boy a good lesson: don’t be unkind to them. I liked the animation (动画) very much. My family liked it too! I recommend this movie to all children and parents. — Maxk This cartoon is pretty good. It has lessons on protecting the environment and workingtogether. — Red Lats26．The passage is probably a(n) ________.A．advertisement B．letter C．diary D．instruction 27．According to audience review, the movie is fit for ________.A．children under 7 B．familyC．teachers and students D．parents28．What does the underlined word “recommend” probably mean in Chinese?A．宣传B．评论C．建议D．推荐29．How much did it cost Mary to watch the movie with her daughter?A．$45. B．$50. C．$60. D．$80. 30．According to the audience review, the story the movie tells is ________.A．funny and meaningful B．true and funnyC．sad but meaningful D．strange but interestingGetting the chance to hold a butterfly is a truly magical experience. Butterflies are sky, so you should consider yourself lucky if you get one to stay on your hand. Holding butterflies requires great care.Wash and dry your hands. Chemicals will do h arm to butterflies’ scales (鳞片), wings, and bodies. So if you put on any sunscreen (防晒霜) before you go off to catch your butterfly, wash it off under the running water before touching them.Use sugar water. Butterflies have a sweet tooth. You may be able to get a butterfly to land on you without a net by making butterfly nectar. You can make butterfly nectar by mixing 4 parts water and I part sugar together. While watching butterflies near flowers or plants, put a little bit of the sugar water on your hand. They may soon be attracted by the sweet smell and fly to your hand to feed.Remain very still. Butterflies are very skittish and will get frightened (惊吓) easily. If you want one to land on your hand and stay there for a while, be still and avoid any sudden movements.Be careful when holding a butterfly. While the butterfly is sitting on your hand, avoid petting it. Just try to watch its beauty without touching. Butterfly’s wings are covered in tiny scales. These scales give them their wing patterns (图案), and make them more aerodynamic(流线型的) when flying. When you touch their wings, they lose scales. If they lose these scales, they can still fly. However, the more scales they lose, the less aerodynamic they will be when flying.31．How many suggestions does the writer give on holding a butterfly?A．Three. B．Four. C．Five. D．Six. 32．What’s the reason for washing hands before holding a butterfly?A．Because butterflies like clean hands.B．Because it can stop people getting sick.C．Because sunscreen keeps butterflies away.D．Because sunscreen is harmful to butterflies.33．Butterfly nectar is probably a kind of ________.A．plant B．magic C．water D．Body. 34．What is important for a butterfly to fly aerodynamically according to the last passage? A．Scales. B．Wings. C．Wing patterns. D．Body. 35．What can be the best title of this passage?A．Magical Experience with Butterflies. B．Advice on Holding a Butterfly. C．Fun of Playing with Butterflies. D．Ways of Holding a Butterfly.配对阅读左栏是五个人物的描述，右栏是七部小说的故事简介，请根据这五个人的描述，选出他们喜欢的小说，并将答题卡对应题目所选的选项涂黑。

2019-2020学年佛山顺德区三洲学校高三英语模拟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AJuanito Estrella has been a housekeeping manager on the US-based large passenger ship Carnival Spirit for 18 months and feels he has found the suitable position in his career(职业). He has always wanted to travel. “I guess I am a really restless spirit.I like traveling, so when the chance came, I jumped at it,” he says.The chance came in the form of a newspaper advertisement for work on cruise ships（游船）. At the time Estrella was the housekeeping manager at a Melbourne hotel. He applied and, after two interviews, a medical check and police clearance, the job was his.Estrella is responsible(负责的)for the cleanliness of the ship, making sure that 160 crew work properly. “I enjoy it because there is no other work-you wake up each day in a different place anda different culture. It’s exciting when you go to the next country and you don’t understand the language,” he says.Estrella likes being busy and getting to know people from all over the world. The 1,000 crew come from 94 countries, and Estrella has learnt Spanish and a little Croatian.But there is adownside. “You cannot get really drunk...because you have safety responsibilities to yourself and others,” he says. “You don’t really think about home.You start to think about home only when you get closer to your vacation and wonder what you’ll be doing.”Life on the ship is anything but cruising. Estrella and his fellows work at least 10 hours a day, seven days a week. He warns the job is not for everybody. “You have to love being busy and be prepared to work every day-and to give up drinking too much alcohol.” In his spare time, if the ship sails into a port, Estrella explores it, otherwise he works out in the crew’s gym, goes on the internet or calls home.1.Which of the following is true?A.He has been a housekeeping manager for 18 months.B.He doesn’t drink wine now.C.He cannot speak a foreign language.D.He used to be a housekeeping manager.2.The underlined word“downside”in paragraph 5 probably means ________ .A.disappointmentB.disadvantageC.failureD.loss3.In the last paragraph, the writer thinks that life on the ship is ________.A.not a tiring journey at allB.just an interesting voyageC.far from a voyage for pleasureD.more than a pleasant travel by seaBThese days, football is one of the most popular sports in the world. Given that Neil Armstrong wanted to take a football to the Moon, we could even say that it is also the most popular sport out of this world! The history of the game goes back over two thousand years to Ancient China. It was then known as cuju (kick ball), a game using a ball of animal skins with hair inside. Goals were hung in the air. Football as we know it today started inGreat Britain, where the game was given new rules.That football is such a simple game to play is perhaps the basis of its popularity. It is also a game that is very cheap to play. You don’t need expensive equipment; even the ball doesn’t have to cost much money. All over the world you can see kids playing to their hearts’ content with a ball made of plastic bags.Another factor behind football’s global popularity is the creativity and excitement on the field. It is fun enough to attract millions of people. You do not have to be a fan to recognize the skill of professional players or to feel the excitement of a game ending with a surprising twist.What’s more, football has become one of the best ways for people to communicate: it does not require words, but everyone understands it. It breaks down walls and brings people together on and off the field.“Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, ...” said Bill Shankly, the famous footballer and manager. “I can tell you with certainty it is much, much more important than that.” This might sound funny, but one only has to think about the Earth to realize that our planet is shaped like a football.4. What can we know from paragraph one?A. Some people like to play football on the Moon.B. The game called cuju was given new rules today.C. Cuju is different from football as we know it today.D. Many people like playing a ball made of plastic bags.5. According to the author, there are ________ reasons why football became so popular in the world.A. 3B. 4C. 5D. 66. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A. Football is round.B. Football is more than just a sport.C. Our planet is shaped like a football.D. What Bill Shankly said sounds funny.7. What’s the author’s purpose in writing the passage?A. To talk about the history of football.B. To express his/her love of football.C. To explain why football is such a popular game.D. To prove that he/she is a professional football fan.CSummer 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.”8. 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.D. The injury of 37 children in his school in a car accident.9. What would Oasis do if it was hot in a car with a child?A. It would inform the parents or even the police.B. It would pump out the hot air in the car.C. It would sound the alarm attached to the car.D. It would get the window open to save the child.10. What does Curry’s father think is cool about Curry’s invention?A. It used some of the most advanced technology.B. It simply combined technologies that existed.C. It could accelerate production of new technology.D. It is the most advanced among similar products.11. Why did Curry’s father start a campaign to raise money?A. To conduct experiments to test the invention.B. To get other children devoted to inventions.C. To support a charity of medical aid for children.D. To get the patent and bring it to production.DNowadays medical technology seems to be advanced enough for doctors to perform brain transplants (移植). Though this procedure (程序) has only been successfully performed on animals so far, doctors are still hopingto perform this procedure on humans. However, in my opinion, brain transplants should not be performed at all, especially not on humans because of the large number of problems and side effects that could come along with. Hopefully these dangerous side effects will convince doctors not to perform this procedure on humans.Despite many benefits technology brings. I do not think this medical technology of brain transplants will help. We were all born with one brain and through childhood to adults our mind developed into who we are, so if with a different brain we would no longer be unique. A person with a different brain would seem to be a total stranger and in many ways they would be. No one should steal our identity from us, even if we are seriously injured, and change it to a completely new one. Also for the people who have died with healthy brains, that was their identity and it should not be given to anyone else.Another problem with brain transplants is how doctors can choose what are “healthy” or “normal” brains. An elderly person who has died would have an aged brain that would not be as efficient as younger person’s brain.Then would doctors have to find healthy brains of the same age as the person who needs it? This could also bring up other factors such as intelligence, sex, or physical problems that a person might have had before death. Also another problem might be how long a brain can be kept “alive” after death and how it can be kept “alive” without damage.Overall. my feelings about this operation are that it should not be done on humans until doctors have overcome all the problems and challenges that stand in their way of making human brain transplants successful.12. Why does the author think brain transplants should not be performed at all?A. The cost of the operation is extremely high.B. Doctors are not able to perform brain transplants.C. A good many problems and side effects may arise.D. This procedure has only been successful on animals13. What is the second paragraph mainly about?A. People shouldn’t give their healthy brains to others.B. Having a brain transplant means losing one’s identity.C. Transplanting brains is changing old brains into new ones.D. Having brain transplants indicates stealing identity from others.14. What is the writers’ attitude towards brain transplants an humans?A. indifferentB. favorableC. disapprovingD. objective15. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?A. To encourage brain donation.B. To stress the importance of brain operation.C. Toargue against brain transplants on humans.D. To introduce the technology of brain transplants.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

2019-2020学年佛山市顺德区北滘中学高三英语模拟试题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AThe Rechargeable Go!☑The digital sound processing chip(芯片) provides clear sound and makes speech easier to understand with less whistling sound☑Never replace batteries again!Full Charge Gives 16 Hours of Use! (Free Charging Station Included)☑Easy On/ Off Button☑Automatic Noise Reduction and Feedback Canceler☑100% Money Back Guarantee5 Star Reviews☑☑☑☑☑Amazing!"My sisters had all given up hope that our elderly mother would hear us clearly again. And then we took a chance. We're so glad we did. They've been amazing for her, and for our entire family."-Karen M.The new HearClear GO Rechargeable Digital Hearing Aids feature advanced digital technology at an unbelievably affordable price! The GO has the same key elements that all high-end digital hearing aids share while leaving out fancy bells and whistles that increase cost and require expensive adjustments. You'll be happier saving much money!Your lightweight GO hearing aids are amazingly convenient! With the GO'S charging station, you won't have to keep replacing tiny hearing aid batteries, and the GO is pre-programmed for most mild to moderate hearing loss-no costly professional adjustments needed.You can spend thousands on an expensive hearing aid, or you can spend just $ 239 on a hearing aid that's great for most mild to moderate hearing loss (only $ 199 each when you buy a pair). We're so sure you'll be happy with your new hearing aids.1. Which is the feature of the GO?A. It removes noises.B. It has separate on/ off buttons.C. It includes small batteries.D. It focuses on practical functions.2. Why does the author refer to Karen?A. To prove the GO's popularity.B. To explain the GO'S function.C. To convey the family's amazement.D. To show the GO'S high performance.3. How much do you pay for a pair of the GO?A. $ 199.B. $ 239.C. $ 398.D. $ 478.BSome years ago I was offered a writing assignment that would require three months of travel through Europe.I had been abroad a couple of times, but I could hardly claim to know my way around the continent. Moreover, my knowledge of foreign languages was limited to a little college French.I hesitated. How would I, unable to speak the language, totally unfamiliar with local geography or transportation system？It seemed impossible, and with considerable regret. Suddenly a thought ran through my mind: you can't learn if you don't try. So I accepted the assignment.There were some bad moments. But by the time I had finished the trip I was an experienced traveler. And ever since, I have never hesitated to head for even the most remote of places, without guides or even advanced bookings, confident that somehow I will manage.The point is that the new, along with the different, is almost scary by definition. But each time you try something, you learn, and as the learning piles up, the world opens to you.I've learned to ski at 40, and flown up the Rhine River in a balloon. And I know I'll go on doing such things. It's not because I'm braver or more daring than others. I'm not. But I'll accept anxiety as another name for challenge and I believe I can accomplish wonders.4. The author accepted the assignment because_________.A. he had never travelled abroad beforeB. he hardly knew any foreign languagesC. he was familiar with any other country in EuropeD. he would learn something new and different by trying5. Which of the following statements is TRUE？A. The author had been abroad only twice.B. The author thought the trip was hard but worthwhile.C. The author admitted that anything different was terrible.D. The author must be good at doing research and making interviews.6. We can infer from the text that the author is_______.A. awkwardB. generousC. stubbornD. brave7. What's the best title of the text？A. An Interesting Trip AbroadB. My First Writing AssignmentC. Ready to Try and ChallengeD. How to Be Daring and Brave.CIn 2015, a man named Nigel Richards memorized 386, 000 words in the entireFrench Scrabble Dictionaryin just nine weeks. However, he does not speak French. Richards’ impressive feat is a useful example to show how artificial intelligence works — real AI. Both of Richard and AI take in massive amounts of data to achieve goals with unlimited memory and superman accuracy in a certain field.The potential applications for AI are extremely exciting. Because AI canoutperformhumans at routine tasks — provided the task is in one field with a lot of data — it is technically capable of replacing hundreds of millions of white and blue collar jobs in the next 15 years or so.But not every job will be replaced by AI. In fact, four types of jobs are not at risk at all. First, there are creative jobs. AI needs to be given a goal to optimize. It cannot invent, like scientists, novelists and artists can. Second, the complex, strategic jobs — executives, diplomats, economists — go well beyond the AI limitation of single-field and Big Data. Then there are the as-yet-unknown jobs that will be created by AI.Are you worried that these three types of jobs won’t employ as many people as AI will replace? Not to worry, as the fourth type is much larger: jobs where emotions are needed, such as teachers, nannies and doctors. These jobs require compassion, trust and sympathy — which AI does not have. And even if AI tried to fake it, nobody would want a robot telling them they have cancer, or a robot to babysit their children.So there will still be jobs in the age of AI. The key then must be retraining the workforce so people can do them. This must be the responsibility not just of the government, which can provide funds, but also of corporations and those who benefit most.8. What is the main purpose of paragraph 1?A. To introduce the topic.B. To mention Nigel’s feat.C. To stress the importance of good memory.D. To suggest humans go beyond AI in memory.9. Which of the following best explains “outperform” underlined in paragraph 2?A. Be superior toB. Be equal toC. Be similar toD. Be related to10. Which of the following jobs is the most likely to be replaced?A. The writer.B. The shop assistant.C. The babysitter.D. The psychologist.11. What does the text suggest people do about job replacement of AI?A. Limit the application of AI to a certain degree.B. Get more support from the government.C. Apply for the donation from companies.D. Upgrade themselves all the time.DWe have most friends at the age of 26 afterhaving spent the first quarter of our lives building up our friendship circle, new research has claimed.The research into friendship shows that our social circle peaks at 26 years and 7 months, at which we typically have five close friends. Women are most popular at 25 years and 10 months, with men hitting the highest friendship point a little later at 27 years and 3 months.The research, by Forever Friends, shows that about a third of adults meet their closest friends while at school, with about a fifth saying they meet them at work.Social networks such as Facebook and Twitter now also play a major role in building new friendship. The research points out that 25 to 34-year-olds make 22 friends via Facebook, compared to 18 to 24-year-olds who make 12, and 35 to 44-year-olds who make just four.Forever Friends' relationship coach Sam Owen says, “It is no coincidence that over a third of us meet our best friends at school. It is a key time in our lives when friendship is growing through sharing notes, giving gifts, seeing each other regularly and laughing a lot. As adults we can often forget how powerful these small things are and how the little things can make a difference."Later in life we find ourselves losing friends. Over half of us lose friendship through moving, while 36% say that over time they grow apart from close pals. Having children also causes 19% todrift away fromchildhood friends.With growing pressure being put on friendship these days, it's important to make time for our friendship.12. How many friends can a 20-year-old college student make via Facebook?A. 22.B. 18.C. 12.D. 4.13. In Paragraph 5, the author is trying to tell the readers ________.A. how important making friends isB. school time is an important period to develop friendshipC. how much has been done to keep friendshipD. that friendship is not easy to keep14. The underlined phrase "drift away from" in Paragraph 6 means ________.A. make sense ofB. make up withC. feel sorry forD. lose touch with15. This passage is mostprobably taken from ________.A. a newspaperB. an advertisementC. a textbookD. Facebook or Twitter第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

2019-2020学年佛山市顺德区北滘中学高三英语模拟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AIf you had the opportunity to live forever, would you take it? Keeping your body alive indefinitely still seems like an impossibility, but some scientists think that digital technology may have the answer: creating a digital copy of your “self” and keeping it “alive” online long after your physical body has ceased to function.In effect, the proposal is to clone a person electronically. Unlike the familiar physical clones — children that have identical features as their parents, but that are completely separate organisms with a separate life — your electronic clone would believe itself to be you. How might this be possible? The first step would be to mapthe brain.How? One plan relies on the development of nanotechnology (纳米技术). Ray Kurzweil — one of the kings of artificial intelligence — predicts that within two or three decades we will have nano transmitters that can be put into the bloodstream. Inthe capillaries (毛细血管) of the brain, they would line up alongside the neurons and detect the details of the cerebral (大脑的) electronic activity. They would be able to send that information to a receiver inside a special helmet, so there would be no need for any wires sticking out of the head.As a further step, Ray Kurzweil also imagines the nano transmitters being able to connect you to a world of virtual reality on the Internet, similar to what was shown in the film “Matrix”. With the nano transmitters in place, by thought alone, you could log on to the Internet and instead of the pictures coming up on your screen, they would play inside your mind. Rather than send your friends e-mails you would agree to meet up on some virtual tropical beach.Some peoplebelieve that they can enjoy life after death. But why wait for that when you could have a shot of nanobots (纳米机器人) and upload your brain onto the Internet and live forever as a virtual surfer?One snag: to exist on the net you will have to have your neural network parked on the computer of a web-hosting company. These companies want real money in real bank accounts every year or they will wipe your bit of the hard disc and sell the space to someone else. With your body six feet underground how will you pay?1. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. Nano transmitters can help map the human brain.B. Electronic clones recreate the original human body.C. Electronic clones may put their physical selves into movies.D. Nano transmitters use a helmet to detect the cerebral activities.2. What is the author’s attitude towards electronic clones?A. Optimistic and careful.B. Interested and unconvinced.C. Excited and confused.D. Assured and critical.3. The author asks “how will you pay?” at the end of the article, because ________.A. you can’t pay to exist on the Internet if you are physically deadB. you can’t pay for hard disc space if you don’t have a bank accountC. you can’t pay for a special service if too many people want to use itD.you can’t pay the web-hosting company if you don’t have a neural networkBBlood donations save lives. But blood can only be stored by freezing for up to six weeks. “Because of that limitation, people have to continually donate blood to meet the needs. But also, in places where freezing may not be available, that can also be a challenge. It’s difficult to have blood available when needed.”“Thedisruptionsto regular blood donations due to COVID-19 have put stress on the blood supply, and the pandemic emphasizes the need for more reliable long-term storage methods.” UniversityofLouisvillebioengineer Jonathan Kopechek said.Kopechek’s team has developeda method of preserving blood so it can be stored in a dehydrated state at room temperature. They turned to an unusual preservative: a sugar called trehalose（海藻糖）, which is a common ingredient in donuts... to help make them look fresh even when they mightbe months old, and you wouldn’t know the difference.The researchers chose trehalose because, in nature, it’s made by hardy animals like tardigrades and sea monkeys—aka brine shrimp—famous for their ability to survive dehydration.So these animals can dry out completely for a long period of time and then be rehydrated and resume normal function. First, the researchers had to get trehalose into blood cells. They used ultrasound（超声波）to drill temporary holes in the cell membranes—which let some trehalose get in. And they need to have sufficient levels of trehalose on both the inside and the outside of the cell in order to survive the dehydration and rehydration process. At that point, the blood could be dried and made into a powder. And then we can rehydrate the blood and have it return back to normal.“The technique could be ready for clinical test in three to five years. If successful, it could be used to createstores of dried blood in case of future pandemics or natural disasters. Maybe medicine bag on the Red Planet will include dried red blood cells.” Kopechek said.4. Why do people have to continually donate blood to meet the needs?A. Because blood donations aren’t popular.B. Because the blood needs can’t be met.C. Because blood storage by freezing has time limit.D. Because blood freezing is a challenge in many places.5. What does the underlined word “disruptions” in paragraph 2 mean?A. pauseB. damageC. endD. distribution6. According to the research of Kopechek’s team, what can we learn about?A. Blood can be preserved in a dehydrated state by freezing.B. Trehalose is only made by hardy animals like tardigrades.C. Trehalose can help make donuts look fresh for a long time.D. The technique of blood dehydration has been applied in clinical test.7. How did trehalose get into blood cell?A. By the process of dehydration and rehydration.B. By being dried and made into a power.C. By rehydrating the blood returning back to normal.D. By the temporary holes drilled by ultrasound.CMy entire life has been influenced by the fact that I stand way above the average height for both men and women. I was born two weeks late. When I finally entered the world I weighed 11 pounds 10 ounces and was 24 inches long. When my mom told my grandmother my measurements, she asked in amazement, "Are you okay?!"I was healthy, but very shy as a child and into my teens. I'm from a small town, and I grew up and graduated with the same 50 people. I started playing basketball in third grade every Saturday, but I didn't have any control over my awkward body. (I didn't even score a point in a game until many years later.) I was 5-foot-10 in fourth grade. I had a small group of friends in elementary school, but sometimes the boys picked on me, calling me a bean pole or the Jolly Green Giant. I still remember my embarrassment when they laughed at me, and how badly I wanted to be invisible.In high school I got more involved in sports, but I spent most days in the art room. By this time everyone atmy school was used to my height (by ninth grade I was 6-foot-3), but if I went out of town people would stare at me and comment about my appearance.I was forced into the spotlight wherever I went.With high school came more confidence. I had success in school, the arts and sports. I played basketball, but my true passion was track and field. During my senior year I was the conference champion in high jump and the 400-meter run. The friendships I gained through my involvement in high school boosted my confidence and helped me develop a sense of humor. Now when a stranger told me I was tall I would smile and nod or, if I was feeling determined, I would pretend to feel shocked and thank them for telling me. I had no idea!Still, society keeps me aware of my status as something rare. And even though people tell me I'm beautiful and I should be a model, there are times when I would trade in my long legs for a small frame and tiny feet. I often wish people weren't so rude. I'm a minority only in the sense of height. I like to think that those who have insulted me didn't intend to. I do believe that most people are basically good, but they can be insensitive.8. What can be inferred from Para.1?A. The writer's height has something to do with her late birth.B. Grandmother was unwilling to have the writer as her grandchild.C. The writer failed to have a successful life because of her unusual height.D. The writer was heavier and bigger compared with other babies when she was born.9. By saying 'I was forced into the spotlight', the author probably means that she ________.A.was criticized by othersB. caught public attentionC. was threatenedD. felt inferior10. Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned as the writer's experiences in high school?A. She quit playing basketball and joined the track and field team.B. She no longer felt upset when facing her height problem.C. She had a passion for some sports events.D. She built up more confidence.11. What does the last sentence imply?A. People enjoy making fun of others.B. People are bad andcannot be trusted.C. People tend to bully those who are weaker.D. People sometimes care little about how others feel.DThe Gata used to look annoyed when they received power bills that routinely topped $200. Last September the couple moved into a 1,500-square-foot home in Premier Gardens, an area of 95 “zero-energy homes” (ZEH) just outside town. Now they're actually eager to see their electricity bills. The grand total over the 10 months they've lived in the three-bedroom house: $75. For the past two months, they haven’t paid a cent.ZEH communities are the leading edge of technologies that might someday create houses that produce as much energy as they consume. Premier Gardens is one of a half-dozen subdivisions (住宅开发项目) in California where every home cuts power consumption by 50%, mostly by using low power appliances and solar panels.Aside from the panels on the roof, Premier Gardens looks like a community of traditional homes. But inside, special windows cut power bills by blocking solar heat in summer and keeping indoor warmth winter.The rest of the energy savings comes from the solar units. They don't just feed the home they serve. If they generate more power than the home is using, the excess flows into the utility's power grid(电网). The residents are billed by “net metering”: they pay for the amount of power that they get from the grid, minus the kilowatts(千瓦) they feed into it. If a home generates more power than it uses, the bill is zero.That sounds like a bad deal for the power company, but it's not. Solar homes produce the most power on the hot sunny afternoons when everyone rushes home to turn up the air conditioner. "It helps us lower usage at peak power times," says solar expert Mike Keesee. “That lets us avoid building costly plants or buying expensive power at peak usage time.”What’s not to like? Mostly the costs. The special features can add $25,000 or more to the purchase price of a house. Tax breaks bring the cost down, especially in California, but in many states ZEHs can be extremely expensive. For the consumer, it's a matter of paying now for the hardware to save later on the power bill.12. Why is the Gata eager to see their electricity bills now?A. They want to cut down their utility' expenses.B. They want to know if they are able to pay.C. They want to see how much they have saved.D. They want to avoid being overcharged.13. What is special about the ZEH communities?A. They are built in harmony with the environment.B. They have created cutting edge technologies.C. They are subdivided into half a dozen sections.D. They aim to be independent in power supply.14. What does the "net metering" practice mean to the power company?A. More pressure at peak timeB. Reduced operational costs.C. Increased electricity output.D. Less profits in the short term.15. The author believes that buying a house in a ZEH community __________.A. is a worthy investment in the long runB. is but a dream for average consumersC. gives the owner great tax benefitsD. contributes toenvironmental protection第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

2019-2020学年佛山市顺德区北滘镇城区高级中学高三英语模拟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AI started working with my hands at a young age. The youngest of five brothers, I took on the role as a “maintenance (维修) man” at an early age for our family’s small grocery store. Often my dad wouldn’t give me a clear idea of how something shouldbe done, so I just had to figure it out by researching or through trial and error.Fast forward to 2016 and those problem-solving skills would become the focus of Tippecanoe High School’s Homebuilding class. I knew I wanted to teach the students skills that went beyond just being able to hammer nails or cut pieces of two-by-fours. The problem was that we didn’t have the resources at the time to do much else. The idea of attracting some type of funding seemed very important. Designing, building and selling a tiny house on wheels seemed like the perfect project to accomplishthe task. I reached out to a number of local businesses and most of them responded with the greatest support for what x k w we were doing.This year we added a new element to the program. Through one of our partners, we were able to connect with the nonprofit Veteran’s Ananda Incorporated. Students in the Homebuilding class are leading the design and production of micro houses to be donated to this organization. The new partnership gives the students another focus to consider when designing and building the houses.There has been no shortage of students since our first year. Three years ago we had 41 students, the next 191, and this year it was limited to just over 160 students so we could have a safe and manageable classroom environment. The number of girls taking the class has risen steadily over the last few years as well. This class offers something for everyone and the skills are universal.1. How can we describe the young author?A. He opened a small grocery store.B. He did a lot of research in the lab.C. He enjoyed doing hands-on activities.D. He learnt about maintenance from his father.2. What do the underlined words “the task” in paragraph 2 refer to?A. Getting some financial support.B. Selling a tiny house on wheels.C. Reaching out to many local businesses.D. Offering the students some problem-solving skills.3. What can be inferred about the Homebuilding class from the last paragraph?A. Its size needs increasing.B. Itis popular with the students.C. It has caused some safety concerns.D. Its classroom environment is hard to manage.BWhen you walk with a backpack, do you know how the things inside move from side to side? Now scientists havefigured out how to tap into that movement to produce electricity.Picture a pendulum (摆锤) fixed to a backpack frame and stabilized with springs on either side. The pack’s weight is attached to the pendulum, so the pendulum swings side to side as you walk.Then a machine is driven by that swinging movement, and spits out electrical current to charge a battery.Volunteers carried the pack while walking on a running machine and wore masks to measure the flow of O2and CO2. Walking with the slightly swinging 20-pound load, the device (设备) did not significantly affect the volunteers’ metabolic (新陈代谢的) rate compared to when they carried the same weight fixed in place. In fact, the energy-harvesting pack reduced the forces of acceleration they’d feel in a regular pack, which might mean greater comfort for a long hike. And the device did produce a steady trickle (涓流) of electricity. If you up the load to 45 pounds, the swing of the pack could fully charge a smart phone only after 12 hours. The details are in the journal Royal Society Open Science.The device produces electricity from human movement and has been identified as a workable solution to providing a renewable energy source for portable electronic devices. It is particularly useful for those who work in remote areas, as these people often carry a lot of weight in a backpack for their exploration.But here’s a realconundrum: the energy-harvesting device currently weighs five pounds. The researchers say that’s about four pounds too many to be a smart alternative to batteries. So they hope that more research lets them lighten the load, to ensure the pack charges you up without weighing you down.4. What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about?A. How the device works.B. What the device looks like.C. Who the device is designed for.D. Why scientists designed the device.5. Which of the following describes the device?A. It greatly affected the volunteers metabolic rate.B. It harvested energy as the volunteers walk.C. It failed to produce steady electricity.D. It was useless for a long walk.6. What does the underlined word “conundrum” in the last paragraph mean?A. Problem.B. Method.C. Bond.D. Decision.7. What will the researchers try to do next?A. Increase the charging speed of their device.B. Find smarter alternatives to batteries.C. Reduce the weight of their device.D. Put their device on the market.CNarasimha Das is on his way to feed 169,379 hungry children. Das is in charge of a kitchen in Vrindaban. The town is about a three-hour drive fromIndia’s capital,New Delhi. Das gets to work at 3:00 a.m. Thirty workers are already working to make tens of thousands of rounds of bread. It will be brought to 1,516 schools in and around Vrindaban.A Growing ProblemGoing to school is difficult for more than 13 million children inIndia. They must go to work instead, or go hungry. That’s whyIndiabegan the Mid-Day Meal Scheme, the largest school-lunch program in the world. A free lunch encourages children to come to school and gives them the energy they need for learning. The program began in the 1960s.The kitchen in Vrindaban is run by the Akshaya Patra Foundation. It is one of the lunch program’s biggest partners. “Just $11.50 can feed one child for an entire year,” said Madhu Sridhar, president of the Akshaya Patra Foundation.Lunch Is Served!The Akshaya Patra food truck arrives atGopalgarhPrimary School. Since the program started, the number of underweight children has gone down. The children get foods they need — as long as they finish what’s on theirplates.8. What does Narasimha Das do？A. A waiter.B. A salesman.C. A cook.D. A shopkeeper.9. The kitchen in Vrindaban supplies food to ________.A. the poorB. school childrenC. college studentsD. the old10. Why is it difficult for children to go to school inIndia?A. Because they have to work to make money.B. Because there are not enough schools.C. Because there are not enough teachers.D. Because their parents refuse to send them to school.11. Which of the following about the Mid-Day Meal Scheme is NOT true?A. It is to encourage children to go to school.B. It has been carried out for about 50 years.C. It is run by Narasimha Das.D. It is the largest school-lunch program in the world.DI started out in life with few advantages. I didn't graduate from high school. I worked at menial (不体面的) jobs. I had limited education, limited skills and a limited future.And then I began asking, "Why are some people more successful than others?" This question changed my life.Over the years, I have read thousands of books and articles on the subjects of success and achievement(成就). It seems that the reasons have been discussed and written about for more than two thousand years, in every possible way. One quality that most philosophers, teachers and experts agree on is the importance of self-discipline (自律). As Al Tomsik summarized it years ago, "Success is tons of discipline."Some years ago, I attended a conference in Washington. It was the lunch break and I was eating at a nearby food fair. The area was crowded and I sat down at the last open table by myself, even though it was a table for four.A few minutes later, an older gentleman and a younger woman who was his assistant came along carrying trays of food, obviously looking for a place to sit. With plenty of room at my table, I immediately invited the older gentleman to join me. He was hesitant (犹豫), but I insisted. Finally, thanking me as he sat down, we began to chat over lunch.It turned out that his name was Kop Kopmeyer. As it happened, I immediately knew who he was. He was alegend in the field of success and achievement. Kop Kopmeyer had written four large books, each of which contained 250 success principles that he had obtained from more than fifty years of research and study. I had read all four books from cover to cover, more than once.After we had chatted for a while, I asked him the question that many people in this situation would ask, "Of all the one thousand success principles that you have discovered, which do you think is the most important?”He smiled at me, as if he had been asked this question many times, and replied, without hesitating, "The most important success principle of all was stated by Thomas Huxley many years ago. He said, 'Do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.'"He went on to say, "There are 999 other success principles that I have found in my reading and experience, but without self-discipline, none of them work."12. Why did the writer ask the question in Paragraph 2 ?A. Because he wasn't satisfied with himself.B. Because he was a person of self-discipline.C. Because he dislike those successful people.D. Because he wanted to share his idea on success.13. What made the writer invite the older gentleman to join him ?A. His great kindness.B. The gentleman's fame.C. His eagerness for success.D. The gentleman's habit.14. What are the four large books about ?A. Personal changesB. The secret of successC. Sayings of wisdomD. The gentleman's manners.15. What's the best title for the text ?A. The Magic of ReadingB. An Unexpected ConversationC. A Question that Changed MyLifeD. The Power of Self-discipline第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。