广东省汕头市届高三下学期第一次模拟考试英语试题 Word版含答案.docx

1、广东省汕头市届高三下学期第一次模拟考试英语试题 Word版含答案汕头市2021届普通高考第一次模拟考试英 语本试卷共8页，满分120分。考试用时120分。注意事项：1答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号和座位号填写在答题卡上。2作答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的 答案信息点涂黑；如需要改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案。答案不能答在试卷上。3非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，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。不按以上要求作答无效。4考生必须保证答题卡的整洁。考试结

2、束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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。AMost Asian people are familiar with pickled vegetables. Chinese pickles, which vary from regions, play a very important part in Chinese daily life. Not only are Chinese pickles easy to make and keep at home,

3、out also they are an excellent side dish. These pickles go great with a congee meal(粥). Here well make the delicious Chinese pickles together.Ingredients 1 carrot with fantastic taste and 2 cucumbers. Dont use the regular cucumbers, which are called Garden Cucumbers, as they are too watery and prett

4、y tasteless and have lots of seeds you have to get rid of. a Glass Jar for pickling, a teaspoon of sea salt, a cup of Rice Vinegar, a cup of Raw Sugar and 2 slices ginger.DirectionsPeel the carrot and wash the cucumbers. Slice everything into approximately 2 inch lengths by 1/4 inch thickness. Put i

5、nto a large bowl with salt and shake. Let stand for at least l/2 hour. Remove squeezed water until dry as possible. Place one of the ginger slices on bottom. Pack the vegetables into your pickling jar. Put the other ginger slices on top. Mix the sugar into the vinegar in a bowl and shake until the s

6、ugar is melted. Pour over the vegetables until covered. Pour in a bit more vinegar to top up if necessary. Close jar and put in the fridge overnight.Its ready to eat the next day but the flavor will improve as time goes by.Lets call it a day. See you this time tomorrow.1What can we know about Chines

7、e pickles?AThey are a Chinese meal similar in different provinces.BThey are an Asian an food easy to make but difficult to keep.CThey are a side dish made with Garden Cucumbers.DThey are a great match for congee meals.2Whats the next step after putting the vegetables into a jar?ADrown the vegetables

8、 with sugar and vinegar. BCover the vegetables with ginger slices.CSqueeze the water from the vegetables. DClose the jar and put in the fridge.3Where is the passage most likely from?AA food programme. BA gardening broadcast.CA cooking magazine. DA DIY reference book.BArguster grew up on his familys

9、farm in a remote village. Planting cash crop cotton, they were breaking even and had to make ends meet. In his childhood, there were nine kids at home. All the boys were in one room with two beds. Two slept at the head while two slept at the foot. Therefore, there was one thing about their feet wash

10、ing them before crowding onto the bed.When there was a hole in Argusters jeans, his mother would put a patch on it. However, the hole kept going. It was the naughty kids, Arguster included, that took the jeans out, hung them on a line and shot them to put holes. Aware of that, however, Ben, the fath

11、er, didnt rebuke them, knowing it might be the only way to bring laughter to his kids.Argusters first lesson in economics was taught by Ben. The childish kid had worked and made a little extra money. He couldnt help admiring himself, I make six dollars! Six dollars! Man! Im on the top of the world!

12、With a great thrill, Arguster decided to go to fair, where he played games, ate cotton candy. When asked by Ben how much he had spent, with his head down, Arguster replied, Daddy, I spent it all. Looking at his messy hair, Ben sighed, Boy, you spent all your money and haircuts gone up to 75 cents. I

13、m afraid. From then on, Arguster always kept enough money to get himself a haircut.Ben taught his kids how to do the right thing and wanted them to do the right thing, which Ben tried to pass on to his kids, in his own way. Ben started a syrup mill(糖坊). People in the community brought their cane and

14、 millet for Ben to grind up（磨碎） for syrup. When people paid with buckets of syrup, Ben refused. Arguster got confused, Daddy, why dont you let these people pay you?Because we got enough syrup to last for a long time! Son, these people dont have money to pay. Thats the only way they can pay.4Why shou

15、ld the kids wash their feet before going to bed? ABecause they turned dirty after playing on the farm.BBecause they crowded on a small bed with feet close to others heads.CBecause the beds were made of cotton which was easy to spot.DBecause they had to make ends meet, making them seldom bathe.5What

16、does the underlined word rebuke in Paragraph 2 probably mean?AQuestion. BOppose. CAmuse. DCriticize.6What might happen to Arguster after he spent all the money he earned?AHe worked and earned money again for his haircut.BHe had his hair cut with the money Ben gave him.CHe waited for the price of hai

17、rcut to decrease.DHe borrowed money from his mother for his haircut.7Whats Bens attitude towards people in the community?AStrict. BCasual. CConsiderate. DMean.CJennifer, a 33-year-old writer, has had more than 110 houseplants since she began collecting in January. Today, theyre an essential part of

18、her daily routine. Every morning, she rolls out of bed, heads to the living room and begins a 45-minute tour of all her plants. Even before brushing her teeth or feeding the dog, Jennifer inspects every leaf.Though she is a little extreme, Jennifer is just one of many plant enthusiasts spending hour

19、s a day and thousands of dollars cultivating plant collections in their homes. American gardeners spent a record $76.3 billion on garden last year. A quarter of that spending was attributed to people aged 18 to 34, whose spending on plants has grown at a higher rate than any other age group since 20

20、14.Houseplants should thank social media for their reappearance and growth in popularity. Thats how Jennifer was hooked first. Her inability to keep plants alive had always been a running joke. However, while surfing on the Internet, she happened upon an eye-catching photo posted by a plant lover. S

21、he followed that account, along with several others over the course of a month or two, and her desire to grow a collection of her own strengthened. Soon, she was fully buried in plant culture. Recently, Jennifer even attended her first local plant swap.Its no secret that millennials（千禧一代）are delayin

22、g major life milestones such as buying homes, getting married and having children, largely for financial reasons. “People are designed for connection and nurturing, but with more millennials waiting until later in life to have babies and settle down, young people are turning to plants,” said Lily Ew

23、ing. Plants often require less attention than other living things, such as pets, but still provide the opportunity to nurture something. Plants can provide a greater sense of fulfillment and purpose. Ewing added, Keeping plants around the home or office also allows people to bring nature to their im

24、mediate surroundings when it can be hard to find time to get away from the day-to-day busy work and escape to the outdoors.8Which one can best describe Jennifers behaviour towards houseplants? AReasonably affectionate. BSomewhat crazy.CLess enthusiastic. DSensibly cautious.9Why is Jennifer mentioned

25、 in the passage?ATo represent the millennials plant enthusiasts.BTo introduce a writer with special affection for plants.CTo compare with other gardeners.DTo show a writers life with plants.10Whats the main idea of Paragraph 3?AThe functions of social media.BJennifers inability to keep plants.CThe r

26、eason for Jennifers desire for plants. DThe reappearance and growth of plants in popularity.11Why are the millennials crazy about plants?ABecause they want to get exposed to nature.BBecause they have enough free time to stay indoors.CBecause plants bring them nature and help nurture something.DBecau

27、se plants can offer a greater sense of fulfillment than pets.DDogs and horses may not be the closest teammates, but the two animals can have their fair share of fun at times even playing together and mimicking（模仿）each others facial expressions, new research suggests. These findings, published in the

28、 journal Behavioural Processes, mark the first example of so-called rapid facial mimicry occurring between play partners of different species, and suggest the existence of a universal language of play.Though the purpose behind play remains unclear, scientists suspect the behavior is to help animals

29、develop hunting and social skills, relieve stress or promote relationships with each other. Learning more about the contexts in which different animals play together could tell researchers a lot about plays origins and development. But apart from a handful of studies featuring humans and their pets,

30、 scientists havent had many chances to analyze examples of interspecies plays.In 2018, when someone sent Palagi, an animal behaviorist, a video where a dog and horse play together, interacting with each other fluently, she took the chance to investigate further. The two species were good choices for

31、 study, because they both could recognize facial expressions in other animals. Gathering a team, Palagi began to collect and analyze hundreds of other videos where canines（犬类）and equids (马科动物) played together.At last, 20 videos were picked out: showing animals freely playing on their own, for at lea

32、st 30 seconds, without human involvement. In the videos, dogs and horses often mimicked each others moves, jumping, pushing and even biting slightly and naughtily at each other. They also put themselves in weak and easily attacked positions, such as rolling on their backs, displaying their throats and stomachs a strong sign that they were at ease and even showing their friendliness.The two c