届高三英语第三次模拟考试题二.docx

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届高三英语第三次模拟考试题二

2020届高三第三次模拟考试卷

英语

（二）

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第Ⅰ卷

第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）（略）

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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

FourFreeMobileAppstoHelpYouLearnEnglishFaster

HaveyourealizedthatyoucanputyoursmartphonetoreallygooduseforlearningEnglish?

Hereare4freemobileappsthatwillhelpyoudojustthat.

HelloEnglish

Itcoversalltheaspectsoflanguagelearning,includingvocabulary,translation,grammar,spellings,spokenandreadingskills.ItusesinteractivegamestoteachdifferentEnglishlessonsandoffersnewaudiobooks,latestnews,andbooks.However,youshouldalreadyunderstandbasicEnglishstructuresandalphabets,fortheappcan’thelpyoulearnEnglishfromscratch（从零开始）.

Duolingo

IfyouwanttolearnEnglishfromscratch,thenthisistheappyouarelookingfor.DuolingousesinteractivegamestohelpyoulearnEnglish.Forbeginners,theappfocusesonhelpingyoulearnverbs,phrasesandsentences.

Lingbe

Ifyouarereadytopracticeyourspokenskillsinthereal-world,you’llneedLingbe.It’sacommunity-basedappwherepeoplehelpeachotherandsharetheirnativelanguages.ItconnectsyouwithrealpeopleoncallwhoarenativeEnglishspeakers.

HelloTalk

HelloTalkissimilartoLingbeasitconnectsyouwithnativespeakerstohelpimproveyourlanguageskills.However,itaddsafewextrafunctionsthatmightinterestyou.Youcanviewtheinformationaboutuserstofindamatchthatinterestsyou.Additionally,youcanalsosendtextandaudiomessages,andevendovideocallswithotherpeople.

Ifyouareabeginner,startfromDuolingoandthenuseHelloEnglishtotakefullcommandoverthelanguage.ForfluentspokenEnglishlearners,youcantryoutLingbeorHelloTalk.

21.WhatshouldyoualreadyunderstandtouseHelloEnglish?

A.Goodreadingandwritingskills.

B.Basiclisteningandspeakingtips.

C.DifferentEnglishlessonsandbooks.

D.Englishlettersandbasicstructures.

22.WhichappisthebestchoiceforanEnglishbeginneratfirst?

A.HelloEnglish.

B.Duolingo.

C.Lingbe.

D.HelloTalk.

23.WhatcanyoudoonLingbe?

A.Readthelatestnews.

B.Enjoytheinteractivegames.

C.PracticeyourspokenEnglish.

D.Talkwithnativespeakersintheflesh.

B

Whenadriverslamsonthebrakestoavoidhittingapedestriancrossingtheroadillegally,sheismakingamoraldecisionthatshiftsriskfromthepedestriantothepeopleinthecar.Self-drivingcarsmightsoonhavetomakesuchethical（道德的）judgmentsontheirown—butsettlingonauniversalmoralcodeforthevehiclescouldbeatoughtask,suggestsasurvey.

Thelargesteversurveyofmachineethics,calledtheMoralMachine,laidout13possiblesituationsinwhichsomeone’sdeathwasunavoidable.Respondentswereaskedtochoosewhotospareinsituationsthatinvolvedamixofvariables:

youngorold,richorpoor,morepeopleorfewer.Within18months,theonlinequizhadrecorded40milliondecisionsmadebypeoplefrom233countriesandterritories.

Whentheresearchersanalysedtheseanswers,theyfoundthatthenationscouldbedividedintothreegroups.OnecontainsNorthAmericaandseveralEuropeannationswhereChristianityhasbeenthedominant（占支配地位的）religion;anotherincludescountriessuchasJapan,IndonesiaandPakistan,withstrongConfucianorIslamictraditions.AthirdgroupconsistsofcountriesinCentralandSouthAmerica,suchasColombiaandBrazil.Thefirstgroupshowedastrongerpreferenceforsacrificingolderlivestosaveyoungeronesthandidthesecondgroup,forexample.

Theresearchersalsoidentifiedrelationshipsbetweensocialandeconomicfactorsinacountry.Theyfoundthatpeoplefromrelativelywealthycountrieswithstronginstitutions,suchasFinlandandJapan,moreoftenchosetohitpeoplewhosteppedintotrafficillegallythandidrespondentsinnationswithweakerinstitutions,suchasNigeriaorPakistan.

Peoplerarelyfacesuchmoraldilemmas,andsomecitiesquestionwhetherthepossiblesituationsposedintheonlinequizarerelevanttotheethicalandpracticalquestionssurroundingdriverlesscars.Buttheresearchersarguethatthefindingsrevealculturaldifferencesthatgovernmentsandmakersofself-drivingcarsmusttakeintoaccountiftheywantthevehiclestogainpublicacceptance.

AtleastBarbaraWege,whoheadsagroupworkingonautonomous-vehicleethicsatAudiinIngolstadt,Germany,sayssuchstudiesarevaluable.Wegearguesthatself-drivingcarswouldcausefeweraccidents,proportionally,thanhumandriversdoeachyear—butthatpeoplemightfocusmoreoneventsinvolvingrobots.

SurveyssuchastheMoralMachinecanhelptobeginpublicdiscussionsabouttheseunavoidableaccidentsthatmightdeveloptrust.“Weneedtocomeupwithasocialconsensus,”shesays,“aboutwhichriskswearewillingtotake.”

24.Whyisitdifficulttosetuniversalmoralrulesforprogrammingself-drivingcars?

A.Socialvaluesalwayschangewiththetimes.

B.Moralchoicesvarybetweendifferentcultures.

C.Drivershaveapreferenceforsacrificingtheweak.

D.Carmakersarefacedwithdecisionsoflifeordeath.

25.Theresearchersconductedthestudyby_____.

A.usingamassiveonlinequizworldwide

B.comparingdifferentculturesandcustoms

C.dividingtherespondentsintothreegroups

D.performingaseriesofcontrolledexperiments

26.Accordingtothestudy,inwhichcountryaredriversmorelikelytohitapedestriancrossingtheroadillegally?

A.Nigeria.B.Colombia.

C.Finland.D.Indonesia.

27.BarbaraWegewouldprobablyagreethat_____.

A.Self-drivingcarswillgreatlyimprovethetrafficenvironment

B.Accidentscausedbyself-drivingcarsmightreceivemoreattention

C.Problemsinvolvingself-drivingcarsmightshakethepublictrustinsociety

D.Carmakersneedn’ttaketheriskofsolvingself-drivingcarethicaldilemmas

C

Sixty-four-year-oldPierreDeomhasspenthisentirelifeclosetothewoodsandfieldsthatheloves.Twiceayear,hismagazine,LaHulotte,focusesonananimalorplantnativetotheFrenchcountryside.

The100theditionwaspublishedinNovember.Themagazinecountsmorethan150,000subscribersinmanycountries,andisdoingverywellfinancially.DeomsaysitallbeganinJanuary1972,whenhewasteachingscienceinaone-roomschoolhousehere.“Itupsetmehowtheforestsandswampswerebeginningtoberuined.Theword‘ecology’（生态学）didn’treallyexistyet.SomefriendsandIwantedtocallattentiontotheissue.Sowesaid,let’seducatethekids.They’rereadytohearourmessage.”Sohetookastepintotheunknown,planningtopublishhisnaturejournal.

Deomdoesalltheresearchandwritingandtheillustrations（插图）ofthemagazinebyhand.Hecombinesscienceandhumorinhiswritinganddrawingtodescribethedailylifeandsufferingsofhiscreatures.AnimalsyoumightoverlookorconsiderdullaremagicallyandvividlybroughttolifeinLaHulotte.“ItrytowriteaboutanimalsandplantsthatareeasytofindbecauseIwantkidstoputonboots,takeamagnifyingglass,gotothewoodsandfieldstoobserveandbeamazedbywhattheyfind,”Deomsays.

Anditseemstowork.BiologistJeromeFournierbegansubscribingtoLaHulottewhenhewasjusteightyearsold.“FormeitwasthefirstcontactwithnaturewhenIwasachild.Andmaybeit’sthebeginningformylifeofscientist.Ithinkso.”

What’samazingisitsapproach.Themagazinehasrealisticdrawingsandalsoalittlecastofcartooncreatureswhocommentonthingsandgiveadifferentviews.Youcanreaditasanadultorachild;itcanbeunderstoodontwodifferentlevels.Soscientists,regularpeopleandchildrenallgetsomethingoutofit.“It’sextraordinary.”Fourniersays,whoworksattheMuseumofNaturalHistoryinParis,wherehesaysLaHulottehasacrazyfollowing.

28.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“subscribers”inParagraph2probablymean?

A.Readers.B.Editors.

C.Sellers.D.Collectors.

29.What’sthepurposeofcreatingthemagazine?

A.Tomakealotofmoney.

B.Tofinishthetaskofteaching.

C.Toenlargetheareasofforests.

D.Topromotepeople’sawarenessofecology.

30.WhichwordscanbestdescribethemagazineLaHulotte?

A.Scientificandinteresting.B.Magicalanddull.

C.Vividandunreal.D.Hardtounderstand.

31.Whatcanwelearnfromthelastparagraph?

A.Themagazineisacartoonone.

B.Adultsfindthemagazinetooeasy.

C.Manyscientistsarethefansofthemagazine.

D.Themagazineisnotfitforregularpeopletoread.

D

GoldisoneoftherarestmaterialsonEarthandhasalwaysbeenconsideredavaluableandpreciousresource.It’sverylikelythatsomeoneinyourfamilyownssomethingmadeofgold,especiallysinceChinaisoneoftheworld’sbiggestbuyersofgoldjewellery.It’seveninoursmartphones—theycontainpartsmadefromthisexpensivematerial.

Butwheredoesthisbeautifulmetalactuallycomefrom?

Theanswer:

outerspace.

ThisAugust,Chinesescientistsbecamethefirstintheworldtowitnessgravitationalwaves（引力波）causedbythecollisionofneutron（中子）stars,reportedXinhuaNewsAgency.

ThesightwaswitnessedatChina’sKunlunAntarcticStationattheSouthPole,andInsight,China’sfirstX-rayastronomicalsatellite,alsocontributedtothediscovery.

Althoughcollisionsofblackholeshavebeenrecordedbefore,thiswasthefirsttimethattwoneutronstarswereknowntohavecollided.It’sbelievedthatsuchcollisionsleadtohugeexplosionsofenergy,and