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2021届珠海市第一中学高三英语一模试卷及参考答案

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第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

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A

Conservation Volunteering in New Zealand

Whether you are a student, professional or a retiree (退休者), anyone is welcome to make a difference and

contribute to protecting some of the most beautiful islands in the world. Choose a suitable city and travelout to

your conservation (保护) site to work with local people!

Duration: 1-12 weeks Dates: Throughout the year

Arrival day: Friday Return day: Friday

Requirement: General level of fitness Age: 18+

What will I be doing?

Volunteer in New Zealand and enjoy conserving the environment through activities such as:

·Tree planting

·Walking trail construction

·Protect native birds, insects, fish and penguins

·Seed collection

·Weed control

You, and a group of up to 10 volunteers, will work under the guidance of a conservation team leader. Your

team leader will give you regular safety instructions, inform you of the project aims and assist you with working

effectively.

No previous experience is necessary to join the project. All you need is a love of the environment and a fairly

good level of fitness to help out!

can sign up for this conservation volunteering project?

A.A retired maths teacher. B.A primary school student.

C.A scientist with heart disease. D.A businessman in a wheelchair.

can you do on the volunteer trip?

t cultural sites and go shopping.

local sightseeing and go fishing.

t weeds and build roads.

t seeds and plant trees.

which is the text probably taken?

A.A history book. B.A travel magazine.

C.A research paper. D.A novel.

B

Most teenagers are still trying to find their passion and purposes in life. However, not Gitanjali Rao. The

15-year-old girl has been coming up with innovative solutions to worldwide problems since she was ten. It is,

therefore, not surprising that the teenager has won the honor of “America's Top Young Scientist”.

In the third grade, Rao was inspired to build a device after witnessing the shocking story unfold in Flint,

Michigan, where cost-cutting measures led to the use of a polluted river as the city's primary water supply and

incredibly high levels of lead made their way into people's drinking water.

After two months' research, Rao designed a small and portable device that used sensors to instantly detect

lead in water. Called Tethys, after the Greek Goddess(女神) of freshwater, it attaches to a cellphone and informs

the residents via an app if their drinking water contains lead. The design earned her the 3M Young Scientist

Challenge in 2017. She is currently working with scientists and medical professionals to test Tethys' potential and

hopes the device will be ready for commercial use by 2022.

Later, Rao took on another social issue-drug addiction. Her app, called Epione, which won the Health Pillar

Prize at the TCS Ignite Innovation Student Challenge in May 2019, is designed to catch drug addiction in young

adults before it's too late.

More recently, the teenager has developed an app named Kindly, which usesartificial intelligence technology

to detect possible signs of cyberbullying(网上欺凌). When users type in a word or phrase, Kindly is able to pick it

up if it's bullying, and then it gives the option to edit it or send it the way it is. It gives them the chance to rethink

what they are saying so that they know what to do next time.

All kinds of awesome, Gitanjali Rao has been selected from 5,000 equally impressive nominees(被提名人) for

TIME Magazine's first-ever “Kid of the Year”.

4. What gave Rao the idea of inventing the device Tethys?

A. The incident of lead pollution.

B. The issue with drug addiction.

C. The shortage of water supplies.

D. The high cost of purifying water.

5. What is Rao expecting of Tethys?

A. It'll remove metal from water.

B. It'll make it to market soon.

C. It'll win her a higher prize.

D. It'll be fitted to cellphones.

6. What will Kindly allow users to do?

A. Receive pre-warning signals of threat.

B. Input words into a computer automatically.

C. Choose from secure social networking sites.

D. Weigh their words before posting them online.

7. Which of the following can best describe Gitanjali Rao as a young scientist?

A. Ambitious and humble. B. Optimistic and adventurous.

C. Talkative and outstanding. D. Creative and productive.

C

More than 10,000 people were made homeless in Ternang when the Sungai Mas overflowed its banks

yesterday after six days of continuous heavy rain.

The wooden bridge across the river has been washed away. The town is cut off by flood waters. At the fifth

mile, Jalan Tengkn, the water is two meters deep. It is closed to all traffic. Flooding first happened at

mid-afternoon yesterday along the river banks. People trying to get to higher ground were just in time to escape

the destroying of the flood. Most of the flood victims(受害者) had to leave all their things behind.

The National Flood Relief(救济) Center was reported to give its help and by early evening the whole town

was moved out, helped by the army, police, Red Cross Society and volunteers(志愿者).

The flood victims are now housed in different simple relief centers in the nearby town of Ternang.

“Everything possible is being done to help the unlucky people,” a government spokesman said, “In fact, money,

food and clothing have begun to come in from public organizations and helpful people. A Disaster Relief Fund(救

灾基金会) will be started as soon as possible.”

According to the latest reports it is still raining heavily at Ternang. The whole town is expected to be wholly

covered by the water. So far no deaths have been reported.

8. This passage is probably taken from______.

A. a storybook B. a textbook

C. a magazine D. a newspaper

9. It seems that the flood happened just because ______.

A. the banks were too low B. the wooden bridge is solid (坚固)

C. the river was too narrow D. they had had wet days for some time

the passage we know that ______.

A. though the town was flooded, you could still go there by bus

B. as soon as the water flowed over the banks, people began to go to higher lands

C. the government and the whole society are taking great care of the flood victims

D. the flood hasn't brought a large loss to the town as nobody died in the flood

11. What is the best title for this passage?

A. A Big Flood B. Ternang Is destroyed

C. Over 10,000 People Are Homeless D. Rescue Team Arrived

D

The race skywards began inAmerica. In the late1800s, industrialization had driven urban populations and land

prices up, making tall buildings increasingly cost-effective, according to Carol Willis, director of

theSkyscraperMuseuminNew York, “The very first tall buildings were office buildings that concentrated a work

force, piled one on top of the other in order to make business very efficient, ”she says.

Like all major changes in architecture, the trend wasunderpinnedby engineering. The development of steel

framework, which could be used instead of load-bearing stones, made it easier and cheaper to build tall. The

coming of the elevator, meanwhile, made living on higher floors far more convenient.

Though similar in shape, today's skyscrapers (摩天大楼) look little like those built in the first half of the

20thcentury. This is mostly thanks to architecture's next major technological shift：the curtain wall.

Postwar developments in manufacturing meant that huge panes of glass could be produced quickly and

uniformly, and glass windows soon became the front of choice for high-rises. As well as allowing for greater floor

space and more natural light, glass exteriors (外部) help. buildings resist greater windloads.

There are now 191 completed skyscrapers that are at least 300 meters tall. But that doesn't mean our cities

will grow taller indefinitely. While each additional story adds sellable floor space, construction costs also rise. All

buildings reach a point where adding an extra floor will cost more money than it brings.

“Every city wants to have this landmark that gives that sense of distinct culture, ”but it also needs places for

people to live and work in urban settings“without the city sprawling (无序扩张), ”explains Hong Kong architect

Simon Chan.

The next big challenge facing architects goes beyond height：At a time when buildings and their construction

account for more than a third of the world's energy consumption and contribute about 40% of greenhouse gas

emissions(排放), there are new costs to consider.

Whether it's employing more energy-efficient materials, encouraging natural air or using buildings

themselves to generate solar or wind energy, reducing carbon emissions is the new frontier for many skyscraper

architects.

12. What does the underlined word“underpinned” in paragraph 2 probably mean?

A. Created. B. Prepared.

C. Suggested. D. Supported.

13. What made living on higher floors much more convenient?

A. The development of steel framework. B. Load-bearing stones.

C. The use of the elevator. D. The curtain wall.

14. What can we know from paragraph 5?

A. Our cities will grow taller definitely.

B. All skyscrapers are at least 300 meters tall.

C. Construction cost rises as the stories increase.

D. The profit for builders will be greater as the building becomes higher.

15. What's the next big challenge facing architects?

A. How to build the greenest building.

B. How to build the strongest building.

C. How to build the tallest building in the world.

D. How to build the most comfortable building.

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

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