2021年甘肅省張掖市民樂一中高考英語押題試卷（二）

第一部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分30分）第一節(jié)（共4小題；每小題6分，滿分30分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

• 1．Southern Texas is a wonderful spring time destination.The weather is warm and beautiful.During the month of May visitors will be able to choose from a variety of wonderful festivals and events held throughout the region.Here are some great options for May festivals in southern Texas.
     Dragonfly Days，Weslaco
     Insect enthusiasts should stop in Weslaco during the month of May.This time of the year is great for sitting dragonflies and damselflies.There are over 100 species in the region.Visitors can learn all about the different species while getting to see them as well.
     Songwriter's Showcase Art Festival，Port Aransas
     One way to enjoy some of the unique art and culture of Texas is to attend this festival.Visitors can enjoy a grand variety of music.It will be held in the evening at the Tarpon Inn Courtyard and visitors can enjoy the beautiful scenery and the music.Music genres range from Folk to Cajun to Rock.
     Blues on the Hill，Harlingen
     Blues fans should be sure to visit Harlingen on May 12，2020.It will be the first event in the summer series held in McKelvey Park.This event offers a variety of Blues artists.Visitors can attend the event for free，and get to enjoy the music while sitting on a blanket of lawn chair in the grass.
     Beach to Bay Relay Marathon，Corpus Christi
     This event will be held on May 19，2020.Running enthusiasts visiting Corpus Christi will have a wonderful time.It is a full marathon，26 miles，but it is a relay event.Six people run the marathon as a group.The route starts on North Pare Island and travels through Corpus Christi.
  
  （1）Which festival will you probably choose as a sports lover？

  
  A．Dragonfly Days，Weslaco
  B．Songwriter's Showcase Art Festival，Port Aransas
  C．Blues on the Hill，Harlingen
  D．Beach to Bay Relay Marathon，Corpus Christi
  （2）What does the underlined word "genres" mean in Paragraph 3？

  
  A．Types.
  B．Characters.
  C．Visitors.
  D．Artists.
  （3）Where is the text most likely from？

  
  A．A diary.
  B．A guidebook.
  C．A novel.
  D．A magazine.
  組卷：3引用：1難度：0.5

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• 2．Devon Gallagher，a college graduate from Philadelphia，wants the world to know exactly where she's been while she's on her worldwide vacation in a special way.The traveler，who was born with a bone disease，had her right leg amputated （截肢）at the age of four.Although the amputation caused inconvenience for Gallagher early on，she now sees it as nothing short of inspiration for living her best life.
     To spread that message.Gallagher has gone to social media，where she shares photos of her travels across the world，but instead of simply using a geo-tag（地理位置標(biāo)簽），she writes her location on her artificial leg before taking a picture.
     Now she has been taking pictures across the Continent， which show her cycling over the canal in Amsterdam relaxing on a wall overlooking the city of Barcelona，posing with a waffle in Brussels，taking in the beautiful Parthenon temple in Athens and enjoying a river ride in Budapest，all with the well-known locations written on her artificial leg.
     "I get a new leg every two years and I can choose the design on it.One day I had a sudden thought to get a chalk-board，" Gallagher said. "My mum and grandmother didn't like the idea，but my friends thought it was great and told me to go for it，so I did."
     Gallagher said people often stare when she's writing on her leg，but once she shares the photos，she receives only positive feedback（反饋），"My leg hasn't stopped me from doing anything I've wanted to do，" she said. "I don't know if it's my determination to prove to myself that I can do it，anyway I've been able to keep up with people at my age and lead a pretty great life."
     Gallagher shows us that you should never let anything stand in the way of your dreams.And if life gives you an artificial leg，make art.
  
  （1）What message did Gallagher want to spread in her special way？

  
  A．She enjoys her travelling across the globe.
  B．She suffers little from her leg's amputation.
  C．she looks on her misfortune as another form of blessing.
  D．She has exactly fallen in love with posting photos online.
  （2）What does the word "which" underlined in paragraph 3 refer to？

  
  A．the continent
  B．the pictures
  C．the leg
  D．the location
  （3）Gallagher can best be described as

  .
  A．helpful and ambitious
  B．friendly and generous
  C．determined and creative
  D．independent and sensible
  （4）Which of the following might be the best title for the text？

  
  A．Never Too Late to share
  B．A Special Artificial Leg
  C．An Outstanding Photographer
  D．Gallagher's Summer Holidays
  組卷：3引用：1難度：0.5

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• 3．Wearing a hearing aid can slow the progress of dementia（癡呆）by up to 75 percent，according to a new study.Scientists believe that keeping older people active by adopting the devices can significantly reduce age-related cognitive （認(rèn)知的）decline.
     They followed the progress of 2，040 people between 1996 and 2014，asking them to complete word memory tests at various stages and monitoring the rate of decline before and after getting a hearing aid.The research team found that while the aids did not halt cognitive decline，they slowed it down by three-quarters.Meanwhile，in a separate group of 2，068 who underwent cataract surgery （白內(nèi)障手術(shù)），decline slowed by around half.
     The team at the University of Manchester said the strength of the connection between hearing aids，cataract surgery and mental decline meant policy makers should consider hearing and sight loss screening（篩查）for all older adults.Dr.Piers Dawes said，"These studies underline just how important it is to overcome the barriers which stop people from accessing hearing and visual aids.It's not really certain why hearing and visual problems have an effect on cognitive decline，but I'd guess that separation，shame and the resultant lack of physical activity that are linked to hearing and vision problems might have something to do with it，" "And there are barriers to overcome-people might not want to wear hearing aids because of embarrassment attached to wearing them，or they feel the amplification（放大）is not good enough or they're not comfortable."
     The number of people in Britain suffering hearing problems will rise by 40 percent by 2035，a charity has forecast.The charity Action on Hearing Loss believes the number of people suffering such difficulties will rise from one in six to one in five，so it calls for more investment in treatment and research into hearing loss.
  
  （1）How does wearing hearing aids benefit old people？

  
  A．It improves their cognitive ability.
  B．It slows down their cognitive decline.
  C．It enables them to make more friends.
  D．It helps them overcome life barriers easily.
  （2）What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about？

  
  A．The result of the research.
  B．The principle of the research.
  C．The importance of the research.
  D．The participants of the research.
  （3）What does the underlined word "halt" in Paragraph 2 probably mean？

  
  A．Increase.
  B．Stop.
  C．Change.
  D．Help.
  （4）What do researchers suggest policy makers do？

  
  A．Provide hearing aids for people freely.
  B．Spend more on research into hearing loss.
  C．Screen all old people for hearing and sight loss.
  D．Encourage factories to produce good hearing aids.
  組卷：2引用：1難度：0.5

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第三部分 寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分10分）第一節(jié) 短文改錯(cuò)（共1小題；每小題10分，滿分10分）

• 8．假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請(qǐng)你修改你同桌寫的以下作文．文中共有 10 處語言錯(cuò)誤，每句中最多有兩處．每處錯(cuò)誤僅涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改．
  增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)（?），并在其下面寫出該加的詞．
  刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（/）劃掉．
  修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞．
  注意：1．每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞；
  2．只允許修改 10 處，多者（從第 11 處起）不計(jì)分．
      The first foreign language I never learnt was French，but it didn't go very well．My mother asked our neighbor teach me when I was seven．French wasn't his native languages，but he used to live in France，so he could speak a little．However，I learnt very little until I didn't feel it related to my daily life anyway．When I entered into senior high school，my attitude to language learning changed．I decided to learn Latin，that I've always been interested in because I want to study law．Learning Latin wasn't a struggle for myself for this reason．Soon I begin to read classic books in Latin．Read those books opened a window for me to another world or gave me a new point of view on my own world．
  組卷：138引用：2難度：0.6

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第二節(jié) 書面表達(dá)（滿分25分）

• 9．假定你是李華，你的英國(guó)筆友Jim發(fā)來郵件表示對(duì)中國(guó)農(nóng)歷牛年感興趣，請(qǐng)你回封郵件給他，內(nèi)容包括：
  1.簡(jiǎn)要說說"牛年"；
  2.簡(jiǎn)要闡述"牛精神"。參考詞匯：牛ox
  注意：
  1.詞數(shù)100左右；
  2.可適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)以使行文連貫；
  3.開頭和結(jié)尾已給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。
  Dear Jim，
  _______________.
  Yours，
  Li Hua
  組卷：5引用：3難度：0.6

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