08-2020年高考英语仿真冲刺卷(含答案解析)

1 2020年高考英语仿真冲刺卷（八）

第二部分 阅读理解(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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

RD Talks: Jan’s Journey to Peace

This is an inspiring podcast ( 播 客 ) from RD Talks. In this quick yet heartfelt story, a young

nurse gains inspiration from the courage of her patients. Despite living with her own cancer, she

helps her patients make themost out of every single day.

You Must Remember This

Love the Golden Age of Hollywood? You Must Remember This is the podcast exploring the

secret and/or forgotten histories of Hollywood’s first century. It is one of the top film podcasts

around. This podcast is a heavily-researched work of creative nonfiction.

Slow Burn

If you’re interested in political scandals ( 丑闻), you can listen to the first season of this podcast

by Leon Neyfakh, which covers the infamous 1970s Woodward and Bernstein’s “Watergate”

investigation.

Effortless English

The Effortless English Show with AJ Hoge teaches how to speak English powerfully. AJ is the

author of “Effortless English: Learn To Speak English Like A Native” and is known as “The

World’s English Teacher”.

Learn English. Learn English vocabulary. Learn about American culture.

1. What can we listen to on You Must Remember This?

A. Inspiring stories. B. Histories of Hollywood.

2 C. Political scandals. D. English Shows.

2. Who is known as an English teacher according to the text?

A. Leon Neyfakh. B. Woodward. C. Bernstein. D. AJ Hoge.

3. Which magazine is the text probably taken from?

A. Science. B. Travelling. C. Business review. D. Reader’s digest.

B

When I watched the film “The Farewell” recently, I found it not only reminded me of my

own family’s great lie, but it also reopened old wounds.

Its main characters tell lies that flow from their mouths smoothly. Billi, a Chinese-American

artist in New York, and her grandmother in China, tell lies to each other on the phone. Billi, in

cold wind, tells her grandma that she’s wearing a hat. She’s not. Her grandma says she’s visiting

her sister, while she’s actually ill in hospital. They’re lying to avoid worrying each other, but in

fact the grandma has lung cancer. The family know it but won’t tell her for fear that anxiety over

the diagnosis (诊断) could kill her before the cancer.

When I was a teenager girl, my parents, both immigrants, got divorced. We never had a

discussion about how things would change. We didn’t tell anyone. Instead, we pretended as if

nothing had happened. My father did not run away; he slept in a separate room. In the presence of

s, we acted as a close family. I was puzzled why we insisted on creating the illusion(假象) that

everything was O.K..

I asked a professor of multicultural psychology. “Asians tend to have indirect

communication,” he said, “In indirect communication, what’s not said is more important than what

is said. Eastern philosophy emphasizes balance and harmony, and indirect communication

minimizes conflict. So some Asian cultures value the ability to understand indirect messages.”

In the film, the family members show their love for grandma by keeping secret about her

condition. Similarly, perhaps my parents intended to save face and preserve harmony. As an

Asian-American, maybe all I’ll ever have is a secondhand understanding, and that’s the best I can

do.

4. Why does Billi’s grandma tell lies to her according to Paragraph 2?

A. Because she’s afraid of the diagnosis.

B. Because she knows she has lung cancer.

3 C. Because she doesn’t want Billi to worry.

D. Because she has been used to telling lies.

5. What did the author’s parents do after they got divorced?

A. They left their home. B. They kept secret in public.

C. They had a discussion. D. They asked s for help.

6. How did the author feel about her parents’ behavior when she was a teenager?

A. Confused. B. Skeptical.

C. Unconcerned. D. Annoyed.

7. According to the psychology professor what do Asian cultures attach importance to?

A. Severe conflicts. B. Ability of showing love.

C. Balance and harmony. D. Direct communication.

C

Sleep, considered a luxury by many, is essential for a person's wellbeing. Researchers have

found that insufficient sleep and tiredness increase a person's risk of developing severe medical

conditions, such as obesity (being very overweight), high blood sugar levels, and heart disease.

Now, a new study has found that getting sufficient sleep is also the key to improving academic

performance.

Jeffrey Gross, the university science professor who led the research, was not trying to find