广东省惠州市届高三下学期第一次模拟英语试题wd无答案.docx

1、广东省惠州市届高三下学期第一次模拟英语试题wd无答案广东省惠州市2021届高三下学期第一次模拟英语试题一、阅读选择() 1. The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms (节气). The Spring Equinox (春分), as the fourth term of the year, starts on March 20 and ends on April 3 this year. Here are things you may not know about the Spring

2、Equinox. Swallows flying north The ancient Chinese people divided the fifteen days of the Spring Equinox into three “hous”, or five-day parts. As the old saying goes, swallows fly back to the North in the first hou; thunder cracks the sky in the second hou; lightning occurs frequently in the third h

3、ou. It vividly reveals the climate feature during the Spring Equinox. Egg-standing games Standing an egg upright is a popular game across the country during the Spring Equinox. It is an old custom that dates back to 4,000 years ago. It is believed that if someone can make the egg stand, he will have

4、 good luck in the future. Flying kites The Spring Equinox is a good time to fly kites. In ancient times, people did not have good medical resources. To pray for health, they wrote their medical issues on a paper kite. When the kite was in the air, people would cut off the string to let the paper kit

5、e float away, symbolizing the flying away of diseases. Eating spring vegetables Eating spring vegetables during the Spring Equinox is a commonly practiced custom in many regions of China. Spring vegetables refer to seasonal vegetables that differ from place to place. The ancient teachings in the Chi

6、nese classic, Huangdi Neijing, suggest that people eat seasonal foods to help preserve health and bring good luck.【小题1】Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the Spring Equinox? ATime division.BClimate feature.CCustomary activities.DHistorical stories.【小题2】What would ancient Chinese people do

7、 to pray for health? AStand eggs.BFly kites.CEat spring vegetables.DObserve the immigration of birds.【小题3】Who are the target readers of the text? AThe general public.BChinese farmers.CCulture researchers.DWeather reporters. () 2. I can remember when my daughter Maggie, who is now six, used to crawl

8、into my lap and say, “Daddy, read me a story.” Last year she announced, “Daddy, Im going to read you a story.” Maggie was a television child. When she first became conscious of anything beyond eating and sleeping, the TV set was right there, and it soon commanded her attention. A few years ago, we w

9、ere worried not only that wed never get the children away from the set long enough to learn to read, but that wed forget how to read ourselves. But in 1955 there was not only more reading than before TV, but more reading than ever before in history. Clearly, reading has survived television as it has

10、 survived a lot of other things. When I was six, a wail went up about menaces (威胁) to reading at home: motor cars and cinema. When Maggie came along, there was television. The motorcar, the radio, the cinema and television do take up a lot of time. Well, weve got more time. When my mother was a girl

11、, people worked about 60 hours a week. Now its 44. When Maggie grows up, itll be 30. And therell be numerous gadgets to do her housework. Shell have to read. You cant watch TV all day. At present Maggie is reading about Johnny Woodchuck. Ahead of her and Im a little envious are her first brush with

12、Black Beauty, Alice stepping through the looking glass, Huck and Jim drifting down the Mississippi, the emotional storms of Shakespeare, the spiritual agonies of Tolstoy. For reading isnt all joy. Like life itself, its mixed with many moods, from ecstasy (狂喜) to despair. Maggie will learn to take th

13、e rough with the smooth, gathering fromthe ancient wisdom of long-dead genius a little fire to enrich her spirit. And some day, if shes lucky, shell get the biggest thrill of all, when a little girl climbs into her lap and announces, “Mummy, Im going to read you a story.”【小题1】Why do the young genera

14、tion like Maggie have more access to reading? AThey face less working pressure.BThere is more time available for reading.CTheir parents encourage them more often.DThey have a stronger desire for knowledge.【小题2】What makes the author envious of Maggie? AHer exposure to classic reading.BHer productive

15、works in writing.CHer wild imagination in daily life.DHer spiritual reflection on the books.【小题3】What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 6 imply? AMaggie has rich experiences.BMaggie has a good plan for reading.CMaggie will benefit a lot from reading.DMaggie is on the road to becoming a geniu

16、s.【小题4】What can be inferred from the last paragraph? AReading makes Maggie a fortunate girl.BMore girls like Maggie enjoy telling stories.CMaggies daughter brings her the biggest thrill.DIt is a blessing that reading can be passed down. () 3. At some point in our lives, most of us have attended a sc

17、hool or university lecture. These learning sessions give us some insightful and valuable knowledge or can be something we yawn through, trying to keep awake. Whatever our experience, lectures have been and still are the most common teaching method in education. But will they exist in the future? Wit

18、h the growth of the Internet and so much information at our fingertips, you may think there is no need to gather together at a fixed location holding a handful of textbooks. BBC journalist Matt Pickles says, “Research has shown that students remember as little as 10 percent of their lectures just da

19、ys afterwards.” Professor Carl Wieman, who campaigns against the traditional lecture, felt talking at students and expecting them to absorb knowledge was not that effective so he introduced “active learning” that encourages problem solving in small groups. He listens to them and guides their discuss

20、ions. The result has improved exam results. Other new alternatives to the lecture have included peer-to-peer learning and project-based learning that enable students to link up and work cooperatively on projects such as building a computer game. But new learning methods can come at a high financial

21、cost compared to the relatively cheap way of being taught face to face by an academic. The real issue according to Professor Dan Butin, founding dean of the school of education and social policy at Merrimack College in Massachusetts, is that “Academics put thousands of hours of work into their books

22、 and much less time into thinking about the effectiveness of their teaching style.” But he says, “The lecture has survived because research, not teaching, determines the success of a university and its academics.” So if research quality is a measure of a universitys success and money is tight, then

23、the lecture could be here for a little longer.【小题1】What may Matt Pickles agree with? AStudents have a poor memory.BStudents dont work hard enough.CLectures are not so effective as expected.DThe Internet offers far more information than lectures.【小题2】What does paragraph 3 mainly talk about? ATeaching

24、 projects.BLearning strategies.CAlternatives to lectures.DWays of communication.【小题3】Why will lectures still exist in the future according to Professor Dan Butin? AThey promote active learning.BThey call for the least memory work.CThey determine the success of a university.DThey contribute to academ

25、ic achievements.【小题4】How does the author develop the passage? ABy analyzing data.BBy listing opinions.CBy making comparison.DBy concluding general rules. () 4. Every four or five years, vast quantities of warm water build up along the west coast of South America. This phenomenon, El Nio (厄尔尼诺), crea

26、tes storms that cause devastating floods. The result is costly. In 2017, for instance, El Nio shut down northern Perus sugar-cane business. Modern farmers view El Nio stoically (坚忍地). They use money saved in good years to rebuild in bad ones. But history suggests it need not be like that. In a paper

27、 published recently, Ari Caramanica, an archaeologist at University of the Pacific, in Lima, shows how it used to be done. And the answer seems to be, “better”. Dr Caramanica and her colleagues have been studying the Pampa de Mocan, a coastal desert plain in northern Peru. Pampa de Mocan is not idea

28、l for farming. Its soil contains little organic matter and the annual rainfall in non-Nio years is usually less than two centimetres. Todays farmers therefore depend on canals to carry water from local rivers to their fields. It had been assumed that ancient farmers had a similar arrangement and so

29、they did. But Dr Caramanica also found eight canals that could carry water far beyond the range of modern farms. Since the climate was similar to the present days when these canals were dug, and the river no higher, she supposed that they were intended to guide the floodwater arriving during Nio yea

30、rs. Around a quarter of the ancient agricultural infrastructure (基础设施) of this area seems to have been built only for managing Nio-generated floodwater. Evidence reveals that Pampa de Mocan produced lots of crops in some years. Dr Caramanicas team also discovered two cisterns (蓄水池) in the area. Thes

31、e, possibly, were used to store floodwater. These findings suggest that, rather than resisting El Nio, early farmers in Pampa de Mocan were ready to make use of it when it arrived. Precisely how they managed their fields in Nio years remains to be discovered. But modern farmers might do well to learn from them.【小题1】What do we know about El Nio from the text? AIt can be used in farming.BIt is usually caused by floods.CIt has little influence on business.DIt is always resisted as a disaster.【小题2】What made the farms in Pampa de Mocan productive? ARich soil.BAgreeable climate.CAbu