2022天津河东区高三下学期二模试卷英语试题

2022年河东区高考第二次模拟考试

英语试卷

本试卷分为第Ⅰ卷（选择题）、第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，共130分，考试时间100分钟。第Ⅰ卷1至8页，第Ⅱ卷9至10页。答题时，将第Ⅱ卷的答案填涂在答题卡上，将第Ⅱ卷答案填写在答题卡上。祝各位考生考试顺利！

第Ⅰ卷（选择题）

第一部分：英语知识运用

第一节：单项填空

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

例：Stand over there ______ you’ll be able to see it better.

A. or    B. and    C. but    D. while

答案是B.

1. —I’m afraid I can’t finish the work that I have never done before.

—______. It’s said that it will not be difficult.

A. Take your time B. Take it easy

C I can’t believe it D. Never mind

2. The newly-built school was much bigger than she ______ at first.

A. was thinking B. thought

C. had thought D. has thought

3. To know more about the Summer Palace, you can use the Internet or go to the library, or ______.

A. neither B. some C. all D. both

4. I wish to ______ the meeting as quickly as possible, for I have other things to do.

A. wind up B. turn up C. burn up D. look up

5. The young man is so ________ that he can make different pictures with sand.

A. common B. positive C. creative D. formal

6. When the ship was about to sink, the captain had no ________ but to give orders to abandon the ship.

A. time B. power C. option D. strength

7. This article is quite _____ me. There are too many new words.

A. above B. against

C. upon D. beyond

8. You can hardly imagine a child ______ so cruelly.

A. to treat B. to be treated C. treating D. being treated

9. ______ is a good meal and a good rest.

A. That you really need B. That you really need

C. What you really need D. What are you really needed

10. Tom, as well as his parents, ________ in China over the past five years.

A. have been living B. has been living C. are living D. is living

11. The solider ______ arms are missing in the battle has just got a first class merit.

A. whose B. who C. whom D. which

12. —You look so tired. You__________late last night.

—Yes, I had to finish an important report last night so I didn't sleep at all.

A. could sleep B. should have slept

C. may sleep D. must have slept

13. Mrs. Smith was cooking breakfast in the kitchen ________ she heard a loud knock at the door.

A. before B. since C. when D. while

14. If people are positive about their life, they will take the trouble to           the skills they need to succeed.

A. illustrate B. measure C. describe D. acquire

15.  —Do you think you will be able to finish your writing by five o’clock today?

— ______. I’ll be busy with experiments all day.

A. Not a chance B. Not a little

C. Not to mention it D. Not a big deal

第二节：完形填空

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by their own ____16____

I learned this lesson from a(n) ____17____ many years ago. I took the head ____18____ job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a weak football program.

It was a tradition for the school’s old team to play against the ____19____ team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didn’t even practice to _____20_____ the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to win, but to my disappointment we were defeated. I couldn’t ____21____ I had got into such a situation. Thinking hard about it, I came to ____22____ that my team might not be the number one team in Georgia, but they were _____23_____ me. I had to change my ____24____ about their ability and potential.

I started doing anything I could to help them build a little ______25______. Most important I began to treat them like ______26______. That summer, when the other teams enjoyed their ______27______, we met every day and _______28_______ passing and kicking the football.

Six months after suffering our _______29_______ on the spring practice field, we won our first game and our second, and continued to ______30______. Finally, we faced the number one team in the state. I felt that it would be a ______31______ for us even if we lost the game. But that wasn’t what happened. My boys beat the best team in Georgia, giving me one of the greatest ______32______ of my life！

From the experience I learnt a lot about how the attitude of the leader can ______33______ the members of a team. Instead of seeing my boys as losers, I pushed and _______34_______ them. I helped them to see themselves ______35______, and they built themselves into winners.

Winners are made, but born.

16. A. luck B. tests C. efforts D. nature

17. A. experiment B. experience C. visit D. show

18. A. operating B. editing C. consulting D. coaching

19. A. successful B. excellent C. strong D. new

20. A. cheer for B. prepare for C. help with D. finish with

21. A. believe B. agree C. describe D. regret

22. A. realize B. claim C. permit D. demand

23. A. reacting to B. looking for C. depending on D. caring about

24. A. decision B. attitude C. conclusion D. intention

25. A. pride B. culture C. fortune D. relationship

26. A. leaders B. partners C. winners D. learners

27. A. rewards B. vacations C. health D. honor

28. A. risked B. missed C. considered D. practiced

29. A. defeat B. decline C. accident D. mistake

30. A. relax B. improve C. expand D. defend

31. A. shame B. burden C. victory D. favor

32. A. chances B. thrills C. concerns D. offers

33. A. surprise B. serve C. interest D. affect

34. A. encouraged B. observed C. protected D. impressed

35. A. honestly B. individually C. calmly D. differently

第二部分：阅读理解

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Literary Festivals across the World

London Book Fair

Time: held annually in April for 3 days

Place: London, UK

The London Book Fair is a part of the London Book & Screen Week. Visitors include anyone who is involved with the creation, distribution, sale or treatment of content. Authors, talent scouts (星探), editors, designers and digital gurus (领袖人物) all walk the floor-meeting, talking, observing, discovering. It’s a great opportunity to meet all kinds of people.

BookExpo America

Time: held annually in May or June for 4 days

Place: various cities in the US

Unlike most book fairs, BookExpo America doesn’t have a base city. It moves to different places every year--mostly big cities such as New York, Washington, Los Angeles and Chicago.

It is the largest gathering in the United States of librarians, booksellers and industry professionals, as well as a great place to discover the latest trends in technology while networking with others in the business. Go to autograph and book signing sessions (签书会) with your favorite authors, and participate in panel discussions with top writers while you enjoy breakfast. With hundreds of participating authors, there’s lots to do, see and read.

Frankfurt Book Fair

Time: held annually in October for a week

Place: Frankfurt, Germany

The Frankfurt Book Fair is the world’s biggest and oldest book event with more than 500 years of history, yet it never stops developing with time.

Thematic tours are provided, during which trade visitors and the general public can learn more about the Frankfurt Book Fair. Led by experts, these topical tours take interested groups to stands and other locations around the fair that are relevant to specific themes, such as education, science, kids. With our Book Fair app, visitors have the possibility to take a time-independent, thematic tour.

Tokyo International Book Fair

Time: held annually in September for 3 days

Place: Tokyo, Japan

Being Asia’s leading book fair the Tokyo International Book Fair has several sub categories, including the Natural Sciences Book Fair, the Humanities & Social Sciences Book Fair, and the Children’s Books Fair.

One of the highlights of the event is the e-books expo, which shines a spotlight on the fact that people’s reading habits are switching from printed books to digital books.

Besides book products, the newest e-learning software and digital publishing technologies are also presented.

36. The largest and oldest book fair in the world is held in ________ every year.

A. April B. May or June C. October D. September

37. How is BookExpo America different from the other three book fairs?

A. It is held in different cities every year. B. It attracts many famous writers.

C. It displays the latest trends in technology. D. It is the longest annual book fair.

38. Which book fair provides tours of specific themes?

A. The London Book Fair.

B. BookExpo America.

C. The Frankfurt Book Fair.

D. The Tokyo International Book Fair.

39. What do we know about the Tokyo International Book Fair?

A. It is the most popular book fair in Asia.

B. It is a great place for e-book lovers.

C. It mainly focuses on natural science books.

D. It mainly displays printed books for schools.

40. Which of the following statement is Right?

A. You can meet all kinds of people in May when you walk around London.

B. BookExpo America is always held in the same city.

C. Visitors can’t see the newest e-learning software on Social Sciences Book Fair.

D. The Frankfurt Book Fair allows visitors to take a time-independent, thematic tour.

B

When you are little, the whole world feels like a big playground. I was living in Conyers, Georgia the summer it all happened. I was a second grader, but my best friend Stephanie was only in the first grade. Both of our parents were at work and most of the time they let us go our own way.

It was a hot afternoon and we decided to have an adventure in Stephanie’s basement. As I opened the basement door, before us lay the biggest room, full of amazing things like guns, dolls, and old clothes. I ran downstairs, and spotted a red steel can. It was paint. I looked beyond it and there lay even more paint in bright colors like purple, orange, blue and green.

“Stephanie, I just found us a project for the day. Get some paintbrushes. We are fixing to paint.” She screamed with excitement as I told her of my secret plans and immediately we got to work. We gathered all the brushes we could find and moved all of our materials to my yard. There on the road in front of my house, we painted big stripes (条纹) of colors across the pavement. Stripe by stripe, our colors turned into a beautiful rainbow. It was fantastic!

The sun was starting to sink. I saw a car in the distance and jumped up as I recognized the car. It was my mother. I couldn’t wait to show her my masterpiece. The car pulled slowly into the driveway and from the look on my mother’s face, I could tell that I was in deep trouble.

My mother shut the car door and walked towards me. Her eyes glaring, she shouted, “What in the world were you thinking? I understood when you made castles out of leaves, and climbed the neighbors’ trees, but this! Come inside right now!” I stood there glaring back at her for a minute, angry because she had insulted (侮辱) my art.

“Now go and clean it up!” Mother and I began cleaning the road. Tears ran down my cheeks as I saw my beautiful rainbow tum into black cement.

Though years have now passed, I still wonder where my rainbow has gone. I wonder if, maybe when I get older, I can find my rainbow and never have to brush it away. I guess we all need some sort of rainbow to brighten our lives from time to time and to keep our hopes and dreams colorful.

41. What did the writer want to do when his mother came home?

A. To show his artwork to her.

B. To introduce Stephanie to her.

C. To put the materials back in the yard.

D. To prevent her from seeing his painting.

42. In the mother’s eyes, the writer ________.

A was a born artist B. always caused trouble

C. was a problem solver D. worked very hard

43. The underlined word “rainbow” in the last paragraph refers to ________.

A. the rainbow in the sky

B. the stripes on the pavement

C. something imaginative and fun

D. important lessons learned in childhood

44. What did the writer feel when the rainbow was cleaned up?

A. Sad. B. Excited. C. Embarrassed. D. Curious.

45. It can be learned from the passage that parents should ________.

A. encourage children to paint

B value friendship among children

C. discover the hidden talent in children

D. protect rather than destroy children’s dreams

C

Robots in the art world are nothing new. In fact, for centuries, people have built robots as art objects--or simple machines that perform a series of movements--in ancient China and Japan. However, what’s different now is that artists and engineers are building robots that actually create art.

In 1973, British-born painter Harold Cohen wrote a computer program and called it AARON. At first, AARON only made simple outlines whose color and details Cohen would later add. Fifty years later, landscapes add just about anything else a human could paint. So can AARON be called an artist or creative? In 2010, Cohen addressed these questions. He explained, “AARON can generate unlimited numbers of images.” So according to Cohen, the simple answer is yes--AARON is creative.

It’s not just paintings that robots are creating, though. Last year, a robot called Shimon released its first album on Spotify. Shimon began life as a simple robot marimba, however, it’s learned how to jam, write original songs and compose lyrics. Shimon does this by analyzing huge amounts of music-roughly 50,000 rock.

It may be cool to hear a song created by a robot, but is there any other reason to build robots that can play music? According to Gil Weinberg, one of Shimon’s creators, he and his team “hope and believe that these new abilities would push human cooperators to new uncharted directions that could not be achieved in human-to-human cooperation.”

While questions about robots creating art are fun to think about, there are many other ways that robots can help artists in the way they create their works. For example, advancements in 3D-printing technology will allow artists to build more complex pieces for their sculptures.

46. What was AARON able to do at first?

A. Paint people and landscapes.

B. Prepare basic outlines for Cohen.

C. Draw pictures of itself and Cohen.

D. Color paintings under Cohen’s instructions.

47. What does the article tell us about Shimon?

A. It is both a marimba and guitar player.

B. It has created about 50,000 original songs.

C. It is expected to push humans to achieve more.

D. Its creators hope that it can outperform humans.

48. What does the author’s attitude towards robots that create art?

A. Positive. B. Worried. C. Neutral. D. Doubtful.

49. What might be the biggest challenge of creating songs by a robot?

A. Analyzing huge amounts of music.

B. Composing lyrics.

C. Playing guitar.

D. New abilities to new uncharted directions.

50. What could be the best title for the passage?

A. AARON and Shimon

B. Robots in the Real World

C. Programmed Creativity

D. Advancements in Technology

D

Without proper planning, tourism can cause problems. For example, too many tourists can crowd public places that are also enjoyed by the inhabitants of a country. If tourists create too much traffic, the inhabitants become annoyed and unhappy. They begin to dislike tourists and to treat them impolitely. They forget how much tourism can help the country’s economy. It is important to think about the people of a destination country and how tourism affects them. Tourism should help a country keep the customs and beauty that attract tourists. Tourism should also advance the well-being (health and happiness) of local inhabitants.

Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism grows too quickly people must leave other jobs to work in the tourism industry. This means that other parts of the country’s economy can suffer.

On the other hand, if there is not enough tourism, people can lose jobs. Businesses can also lose money. It costs a great deal of money to build large hotels, airports, air terminals, first-class roads and other support facilities needed by tourist attractions. For example, a major international-class tourism hotel can cost as much as 50 thousand dollars per room to build. If this room is not used most of the time, the owners of the hotel will lose money.

Building a hotel is just a beginning. There must be many support facilities as well, including roads to get to the hotel, electricity, sewers to handle waste, and water. All of these support facilities cost money. If they are not used because there are not enough tourists, jobs and money are lost.

51. Which of the following has most probably been discussed in the paragraph that goes before the passage?

A. It is extremely important to develop tourism.

B. Building roads and hotels is essential.

C. Support facilities are highly necessary.

D. Planning is of great importance to tourism.

52. Too much tourism can cause all these problems EXCEPT         .

A. a bad impact on other industries

B. a change of tourists’ customs

C. over crowded of places of interest

D. pressure on traffic

53. Not enough tourism can lead to          .

A. an increase of unemployment

B. a decrease in tourist attractions

C. the higher cost of support facilities

D. a rise in price and a fall in pay

54. It is good for local people to be well aware that tourism will         .

A. use up large amount of water B. weaken their economy

C. help establish their traditions D. help improve their life

55. The word “handle” in the last paragraph most probably means        .

A. carry away B. pick up

C. get in D. take down

第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）

第三部分：写作

第一节：阅读表达

阅读下面短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

Whenever I heard strangers singing out loud, whether it was in the supermarket or on the street, I used to think how annoying it was. That was until a few months ago.

Recently, my daughter Zoe started her second year of middle school with a new sense of awareness, asking me to fix the “little girl” pattern on her wheel-chair seat. Not wanting her to stand out at school, I spent hours filling in pale yellow stars with a black marker, eager to erase whatever childish signs I could.

Shortly after, Zoe got really sick and had to miss 20 days of school. This meant our days were filled with rushing between hospital appointments and meetings with the school, as we tried to make sure she didn’t fall behind on her schoolwork.

I felt pulled back to a time when she was little and her sickness was a huge part of her life. Back then, it seemed like Zoe lived in hospitals, as she spent so much time in them. No matter how sick she got, however, she always had a positive attitude.

But this was different: Zoe was no longer singing like she normally did. Zoe usually sings all the time, whether she’s playing, riding in the car, or just doing her homework. There was no need for a radio in our house; Zoe provided the music for us.

Consumed (被折磨) with my motherly worries, it was more concerning to me than her sickness.

One day, however, I heard her beautiful voice as I was cooking dinner. I stopped what I was doing and just smiled. “Pure delight,” I thought to myself. Her voice slowly grew stronger, and soon, both the car and the house were filled with her music once more.

How had I not noticed her singing had completely stopped, weeks and weeks ago? Now, thankfully, she’s back in school, smiling and singing, and I’m thankful for each and every song she sings.

These days, whenever I hear a stranger singing a song to themselves, I don’t get mad. Instead, I smile, as I know that by singing out loud, they’re simply sharing their happiness with the world.

56. How did the author use to feel when she heard strangers singing? (no more than 5 words)

57. What do you think Zoe was like? (no more than 10 words)

58. What does “it” in Paragraph 6 refer to? (no more than 10 words)

59. Why did the author say “There was no need for a radio in our house”? (no more than 15 words)

60. What does singing mean to people, according to the author? (no more than 15 words)

第二节：书面表达

61. 假如你是李津，有幸承担了北京冬奥运会的宣传员的志愿工作。学校公众号正在征集有意义的活动征文，请根据下面要点，写一篇报道，介绍你为了更好了解不同民族文化之间的差异，向外国友人介绍北京，参加冬奥宣传员工作培训的情况，并谈谈你对此项工作的感想。

要点：

1. 培训时间及方式：暑假期间为期一个月，网络培训；

2. 培训内容：强化英语，了解中西方文化及差异等；

3. 感想：……（至少两点）。

注意：1. 对所给要点逐一陈述，适当发挥，不要简单翻译。

2. 词数：不少于100词。开头已经写好，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：宣传员publicist

It was a great honor to be a publicist of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games.

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