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大庆实验中学
2020
届高三第二学期五月模拟
考试
英语学科卷
< br>第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分
40
分）
第一节（共
15
小题；每
小题
2
分，满分
30
< br>分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（
A
、
B
、
C
、和
D
）中，选出最佳选
项。
A
Questioning the existence of aliens is
something that scientists have done for decades.
In fact, most people do
believe that
aliens exist in some fashion. The main necessities
for life are water and some form of energy source.
Not surprisingly, there are some
planets, exoplanets and moons that fit the bill.
Here are several best chances at
finding life in the universe.
?
TRAPPIST-1
TRAPPIST-1 is a planetary system a few
dozen light-years away, whose discovery was
announced in early
2017. This system
consists of seven Earth-like exoplanets orbiting
an
finding possible life beyond our own
solar system.
?
Titan
Titan is the largest moon of Saturn,
the sixth planet from our Sun. This moon could
potentially harbor life but
possibly
not in the sense that we think. Titan does not
exactly fit the description of being in a typical
habitable
zone.
Titan has
water, and it has liquid. It just doesn't have
liquid water. The water on this moon is completely
solid
because of the extremely cold
temperature.
?
Europa
Europa is one of Jupiter's moons here
in our own solar system. It is another candidate
due to its potential to
hold liquid
water. Europa is thought to have all the
necessities for life including water, energy
sources, and the
right chemical build-
up.
?
Mars
The Red Planet, the fourth from the
Sun, is probably one of the most talked
—
about potential candidates
for
extraterrestrial
（外星的）
life and even for human
living. Despite some different voices, finding
extraterrestrial
life on Mars really is
a serious possibility.
We know by now
that we won't find little green men or any
intelligent form of life that we understand.
However, there is evidence that there
was and may still be microscopic life on the small
red planet.
21.
The common
point of these celestial bodies
（星体）
is that ______ .
A. each of them hasliving things on it
C. they all containliquid water
A. Titan.
C. Europa.
23.
What can we learn from
the text?
A.
Europa is the
most talked
—
about
potential candidate for extraterrestrial life.
B. solid water exists on them
respectively
D. life might exist on
each of them
B. TRAPPIST-1.
D. Mars.
22.
Which could have life different from
human imagination?
B.
TRAPPIST-1 is the only body that
contains life beyond the solar system.
C.
All the scientists do
believe that aliens exist in some manner.
D.
There is proof that life
existed on Mars.
B
When he was young, Louis Armstrong was
taking what was called
music, and
combining it with trumpeter Buddy Bolden, to
create what would eventually become today's jazz.
Armstrong accomplished
this
with almost no formal training. He
received little training before he was placed
in the New Orleans Colored Waif's Home
at the age of 12, after a run-in with the police.
The punishment turned
out to be a mixed
blessing, for he also had the opportunity to play
in a real band.
While at the Waifs,
Armstrong also got the chance to hear some of the
city's finest musicians. Comctist
Freddie Keppard performed in a nearby
club. So did trumpeter and bandleader King Joe
Oliver, who took the boy
under his wing
and taught him how to read music and work on his
playing technique.
When Oliver left for
Chicago, Armstrong chose to stay in New Orleans
and work with some of the other top
musicians of the day. In Chicago, King
Oliver offered him a place in his band in 1922. It
became Armstrong's
biggest challenge
yet
—
the band had no parts
written for trumpet, so he was forced to listen to
King Oliver and
improvise.
Soon, Armstrong's undeniable talent was
getting noticed. Even classically trained
musicians would come to
hear the
incredible sounds this young man created.
Lil Hardin, the band's piano player and
the future Mrs. Armstrong, explained that Oliver
kept Armstrong in
the second trumpet-
chair so that Oliver would still be
Armstrong moved to New York City in
1924 to join Fletcher Henderson's band and then
flew solo. In 1925,
Armstrong put
together the Hot Five, expanding his popularity
even more. Armstrong recorded his first
composition,
Cornet Chop
Suey,
one of the most copied jazz solos
of all time. This monumental 1928 recording
combines artistry, endurance and
showmanship that has rarely, if ever, been matched
in jazz.
24.
What does the
underlined word
A. To play dance music.
C. To play a jazz instrument well.
A. King Joe Oliver.
C. Buddy
Bolden.
B. To create modem jazz music.
D. To work with Buddy Bolden.
B. Lil Hardin.
D. Cometist
Freddie Keppard.
25.
Who
instructed Louis Armstrong in music in the early
time?
26.
Why did Louis
Armstrong Leave King Oliver's band?
A.
Because he wanted to get married in New
York.
B.
Because his talent
could not develop completely.
C.
Because he got a better opportunity in
New York.
D.
Because the man
forced him to leave the band.
27.
What is the text mainly about?
A.
The development of jazz.
B.
Information about modem
jazz.
C.
One of the greatest
jazz musicians.
D.
The
importance of talent in playing jazz.
C
Have you ever felt so tired after
staying up for a night that even coffee doesn't
give you the energy that you
need? You
may have an energy drink, but the benefits of
drinking one arc heavily outweighed by the risks.
In the past years, more and more
studies have found the deadly effects of energy
drinks on our bodies. The
sugar,
caffeine and energy supplements
(
补充
)in energy drinks make up
a deadly mixture of ingredients that can
affect your heart function and send you
to the hospital!
A study by the
University of Bonn, Germany found that frequent
consumption of energy drinks can greatly
change the way our heart functions. The
study went on to say that consuming energy drinks
often causes
significantly increased
heart contractions in adults, which has the
potential of putting you at risk for irregular
heartbeats.
It is possible
that many people are unconscious of the alarming
side effects of energy drinks because of the
way they are labelled. Most energy
drinks contain between 80 milligrams to over 350
milligrams of caffeine,
sugar and
energy supplements. When an energy drink is
marketed as a diet supplement, it may be
distributed
without a
if
energy drinks are Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) approved, they don’t have to show the number
of
supplements.
Energy
drinks may be widely available but they aren't the
healthiest or safest choice for your body. To stay
naturally energized, get organized and
stay on top of your work so that you aren't having
to stay up all night to
complete
assigned tasks. If you'd like a natural energy
boost, you could make time for a short workout,
which will
give you all of the energy
you need!
28. Which of the following is
the side effect of the energy drinks?
A.
Making people thinner.
B.
Making people's heart
bigger.
C.
Making people run
a risk of falling ill.
D.
Making people suffer from heart attack.
29.
Why are many people
unaware of the harmful effects of energy drinks?
A.
Because they don't read
the label carefully.
B.
Because FDA thinks they are healthy
drinks.
C.
Because the
harmful materials are not labelled.
D.
Because factories of energy drinks lie
to drinkers.
30. What is the last
paragraph mainly about?
A.
The benefits of doing exercise.
B.
The better choice of
right drinks.
C.
The way to
have enough energy.
D.
The
effects of energy drinks.
31 . What is
the best title for the text?
A.
Don't Drink Energy Drinks
B.
Many People Enjoy Energy Drinks
C.
The Materials Energy
Drinks Contain
D.
Energy
Drinks Could Send You to Hospital
D
The Illinois
Department of Natural Resources is returning a
fish called the alligator gar to the state's
rivers.
Some people call the fish a
“living fossil.
period more than 100
million years ago.
Randy Sauer is an
Illinois state fisheries biologist. He says the
fish disappeared from the state's rivers in the
1990s, although they have continued to
do well in southern states. Sauer says biologists
want to bring the fish
back to northern
rivers
（捕食者）
to balance the
species below
them,
Sport
fishermen like to try to catch the alligator gar.
Alligator gar are the second-largest freshwater
fish in
North America. They can grow as
large as 2,7 meters and weigh more than 136
kilograms. Sauer says their large
size
is one reason they disappeared in the 1990s.
Experts say alligator gars are '
means
they will eat almost anything
—
including small turtles or
ducks. They also eat invasive species such as
Asian silver carp. Sauer hopes the
reintroduction of the alligator gar will help the
state's efforts to control the carp.
Because alligator gar can live up to 60
years, the program will continue to increase for
many years.
Sauer notes that female
alligator gars do
years/' That means
the biologists will try to raise and release a lot
offish early in the program to reintroduce them.
“
We're probably going to
stock
（储备）
more heavily thsm
10 or 20 years down the road when hoDtfulIv
these fish will find each other and
start doing the iob
on
their
own.
Sauer says.
Small
devices have been placed in 7,000 of the fish so
they can be observed after they are released into
the
waterways of Illinois. As it rains
and floods, biologists expect some of the fish
will follow the rivers into the states
of Louisiana and Texas.
32.
Why people call the alligator gar
“living fossil
A.
They have existed for over 100 million
years.
B.
They can grow up
to 136 kilograms.
C.
Their
fossil can be found on earth.
D.
They can grow up to 2.7 meters.
33.
Biologists will
reintroduce the alligator gar to northern rivers
in order to __________ .
A.
increase the number of the alligar gar
B. help people make more money
C. help to protect the environment
D. keep the species' balance
34.
According to Randy
Sauer, alligar gar died out in northern rivers
because ___________ .
A. they ate
almost anything
B.
they were
very huge in size
C.
the
rivers were polluted then
D. they were
caught by sport fishermen
35.
What can we learn from the underlined
statement?
A.
10 or 20 years
will be needed to find these fish.
B.
It will be decades before these fish
produce young.
C. There is a long way
to go before the fish find each other