高三高考模拟试题九 英语 含答案.docx

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高三高考模拟试题九英语含答案

2019-2020年高三高考模拟试题（九）英语含答案

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第一部分：

阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

TheGloriaBarronPrizehonorsAmericanyoungpeoplefrom8tol8whohaveshownleadershipandcourageinpublicservice.Eachyeartenwinnerseachreceive$2,000tosupporttheirhighereducationortheirservicework.

EllieWen,18,wasvolunteeringatamunitycenterinLosAngeles.Thecenterwassetuptohelpimmigrantfamilies.ShehappenedtomeetadultsinanEFL（Englishasaforeignlanguage）class.“WhenIsawthemstrugglinghard,IwonderedhowpeopleinpoorcountriescouldlearnEnglish,”Elliesaid.

SoshestartedaWebsite,“RepeatAfterUs”,wherepeoplecanlistentoEnglishandpracticetheiraccents.VolunteershavehelpedEllierecordmorethan6,600texts,includingAbrahamLincoln’s“GettysburgAddress”.

Hardworkpaysoff.ThereweresomanytimesthatElliewasdiscouraged,butshestucktoit.TheWebsitecrashedearlyon,andalltherecordingswerelost.Butvolunteersworkedtogethervigorouslytostartover,andthevisitorsreturnedtothesite.

“Justfollowyourideaandknowthattheworldissokind.Evenifyoudohavetrouble,peoplewillhelpyou,”Elliesaid.

“Iwasreallyexcitedthefirstmonth,whenwehad49visitors,”shesaid.Now,morethan480,000peoplefromallovertheworldhavevisitedthesite.“Igete-mailsfromChina,Egypt,India,andBrazil.”Theysay,“Thankyousomuchforthisresource,we’vebeenwaitingforitforsolong!

”Ellielovesknowingsheishelpingsomanypeople.

GloriaBarronPrizewinnerslikeEllieareenthusiasticabouttheworktheydo.Andtheyencourageotherstojoininiftheyseeaneed.Anybodycanbenegative,butitneedssomebodybravetobepositive.Areyouthebraveone?

1．Choosetherightorderofthefollowing.

a．ElliestartedaWebsite，RepeatAfterUs.

b．ElliehappenedtomeetadultsinanEFLclass.

c．Alltherecordingswerelost.

d．ElliebecameaGloriaBarronPrizewinner.

e．Morethan480，000peoplefromallovertheworldvisitedthesite.

A．c—b—a—e—dB．a—e—d—c—bC．b—a—c—e—dD．b—c—a—e—d

2．Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

A．TheGloriaBarronPrizehonorspeopleshowingleadershipandcourage.

B．EachyeartenwinnersshareUS$2,000tosupporttheirhighereducation.

C．EllieWenwasbadlypaidatamunitycenterinLosAngeles.

D．PeoplecanpracticetheirEnglishviaEllie’swebsite.

3.Thewritermainlytalksabout__________.

A．howtoopenupawebsitewiththehelpofothers

B．howtoteachimmigrantfamiliesEnglishviatheInternet

C．theGloriaBarronPrizeandthestoryofoneofitswinners

D．youngpeoplewhohelpothersinvariousways

B

Cellphones：

Isthereacancerlink?

Couldyourcellphonegiveyoucancer?

Whetheritcouldornot,somepeopleareworryingaboutthepossibilitythatphones,powerlinesandWi-Ficouldberesponsibleforarangeofillnesses,fromrashestobraintumors.

Somesaythereisevidencetosupportthegrowinganxieties.DavidCarpenter,aprofessorofenvironmentalhealthsciencesattheuniversityatAlbany,inNewYork,thinksthere’sagreaterthan95percentchancethatpowerlinescancausechildhoodleukemia（白血病）.Alsothere’sagreaterthan90percentchancethatcellphonescancausebraintumors.“It’sapparentnowthatthere’sarealrisk,”saidCarpenter.

Butothersbelievetheseconcernsarenotjustified.DrMarthaLinet,headofradiationepidemiology（流行病学）attheUSNationalCancerInstitute,haslookedatthesameresearchasCarpenterbuthasreachedadifferentconclusion.“Idon’tsupportwarninglabelsforcellphones,”saidLinet.“Wedon’thavetheevidencethatthere’smuchdanger.”

StudiessofarsuggestaweakconnectionbetweenEMFs（电磁场）andillness—soweakthatitmightnotexistatall.Amultinationalinvestigationofcellphonesandbraincancer,in13countriesoutsidetheUS,hasbeenunderwayforseveralyears.It’sfundedinpartbytheEuropeanUnion,inpartbyacellphoneindustrygroup.Thefinalreportshouldeoutlaterthisyear,butdatasofardon’tsuggestastronglinkbetweencellphoneuseandcancerrisk.

4．Fromthepassagewecanlearnthatsomepeopleareworriedbecause________.

A．theyhaveevidencethattheuseofcellphonescanleadtocancer

B．theyfeelsurprisedandalarmedaboutcellphoneuse

C．someexpertshavegivenawarning

D．cellphonesareresponsibleforbraintumors

5．Bysaying“Idon’tsupportwarninglabelsforcellphones,”DrMarthaLinethastheideathat_______.

A．theworryingisunnecessary

B．cancer—warninglabelsshouldbeoncellphones

C．thereisalinkbetweencellphonesandcancer

D．cellphoneshavenothingtodowithcancer

6．Whichofthefollowingbestdescribestheattitudeoftheauthortowardsthedebate?

A．Optimistic.B．Objective.C．Opposite.D．Casual.

7．Theunderlinedword“justified”inParagraph3isclosestinmeaningto_____．

A．explainedB．confirmedC．classifiedD．restricted

C

Canyoubelieveyoureyes?

Arecentexperimentsuggeststhattheanswertothatquestionmaydependonyourage.

MartinDoherty,apsychologistattheUniversityofStirlinginScotland,ledtheteamofscientists.Inthisexperiment,Dohertyandhisteamtestedtheperception（观察力）ofsomepeople,usingpicturesofsomeorangecircles.Theresearchersshowedthesamepicturestotwogroupsofpeople.Thefirstgroupincluded151childrenaged4to10,andthesecondgroupincluded24adultsaged18to25.

Thefirstgroupofpicturesshowedtwoorangecirclesaloneonawhitebackground.Oneofthecircleswaslargerthantheother,andthesepeoplewereaskedtoidentifythelargerone.Four-year-oldsidentifiedthecorrectcircle79percentofthetime.Adultsidentifiedthecorrectcircle95percentofthetime.

Next,bothgroupswereshownpictureswheretheorangecircles,againofdifferentsizes,weresurroundedbygraycircles.Here’swherethetricklies.Insomeofthepictures,thesmallerorangecirclewassurroundedbyevensmallergraycircles—makingtheorangecircleappearlargerthantheotherorangecircle,whichwasthereallargerone.Andthelargerorangecirclewassurroundedbyevenbiggergraycircles—soitappearedtobesmallerthantherealsmallerorangecircle.

Whenyoungchildrenaged4to6lookedatthesetrickypictures,theyweren’tfooled—theywerestillabletofindthebiggercirclewithroughlythesameaccuracyasbefore.Olderchildrenandadults,ontheotherhand,didnotdoaswell.Olderchildrenoftenidentifiedthesmallercircleasthelargerone,andadultsgotitwrongmostofthetime.

Aschildrengetolder,Dohertysaid,theirbrainsmaydeveloptheabilitytoidentifyvisualcontext.Inotherwords,theywillbegintoprocessthewholepictureatonce:

thetrickygraycircles,aswellastheorangecircleinthemiddle.Asaresult,they’remorelikelytofallforthiskindofvisualtrick.

8．Dohertyandhisteamofscientistsdidanexperimenttoevaluate_________.

A．Children’sandadults’eye-sightB．people’sabilitytoseeaccurately

C．children’sandadults’brainsD．theinfluenceofpeople’sage

9．Whenaskedtofindthelargercircle，__________.

A．childrenat6gotitwrong79％ofthetimewithnograyonesaround

B．onlyadultsover18gotitright95％ofthetimewithgrayonesaround

C．childrenat4gotitrightabout79％ofthetimewithgrayonesaround

D．adultsgotitrightmostofthetimewithgrayonesaround

10．Accordingtothepassage，wecanknowthat__________.

A．asmallerorangecircleappearsbiggeronawhitebackground

B．anorangecircleappearsbiggerthanagrayoneofthesamesize

C．acirclesurroundedbyothercircleslooksbiggerthanitsrealsize

D．acirclesurroundedbybiggeroneslookssmallerthanitsrealsize

11．Whyareyoungerchildrennotfooled?

A．Becausetheyaresmarterthanolderchildrenandadults.

B．Becauseolderpeopleareinfluencedbytheirexperience.

C．Becausepeople’seyesbeeweakerastheygrowolder.

D．Becausetheirbraincanhardlynoticerelatedthingstogether.

D

Asyouareprobablyaware,thelatestjobmarketsnewsisn’tgood:

Unemploymentisstillmorethan9percent,andnewjobgrowthhasfallenclosetozero.That’sbadfortheeconomy,ofcourse.Anditmaybeespeciallydiscouragingifyouhappentobelookingforajoborhopingtochangecareersrightnow.Butitactuallyshouldn’tmattertoyounearlyasmuchasyouthink.

That’sbecausejobgrowthnumbersdon’tmattertojobhuntersasmuchasjobstaff-turnover（人员流动）data.Afterall,existingjobsopenupeverydayduetopromotions，resignations，andretirements.（Yes，peopleareretiringeveninthiseconomy.）Inbothgoodtimesandbad，staff-turnovercreatesmoreopeningsthaneconomicgrowthdoes.EveninJuneofxx,whentheeconomywasstillboomingalong,jobgrowthwasonly132,000,whilestaff-turnoverwas4.7million!

Andasitturnsout,eventoday—withjobgrowthnearzero—over4millionjobhuntersarebeinghiredeverymonth.

Idon’tmeantoimplythatoveralljobgrowthdoesn’thaveanimpactonone’sabilitytolandajob.It’struethatiftotalemploymentwerehigher.Itwouldmeanmorejobsforallofustochoosefrom（andpetefor）.Andit'struethattherearecurrentlymorepeopleapplyingforeachavailablejobopening,regardlessofwhetherit’sanewoneornot.

Butwhatoftendistinguishesthosewholandjobsfromthosewhodon’tistheirabilitytostaymotivated.They’rewillingtodothehardworkofidentifyingtheirvaluableskills；becreativeaboutwhereandhowtolook;learnhowtopresentthemselvestopotentialemployers;andkeepgoing,evenafterrepeatedrejections.TheBureauofLaborStatisticsdatashowthat2.7millionpeoplewhowantedandwereavailableforworkhadn’thuntedfor