2020届陕西省咸阳市英语高考模拟试题

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2020
届陕西省咸阳市英语高考模拟试题

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From the tropical paradise of United States Miami to South Chinas innovative
（创新
的）

city Shenzhen
，
The Lonely Planet released a list of top 10 cities which are worth visiting
in
2019
．

It
covers
a
mix
of
well
﹣
known
and
less
﹣
known
destinations
．

Those
places
include second place Shenzhen
，

China
；

Novi Sad
．

Serbia in third place
；

Miami
，

Florida
in fourth place
，

and Kathmandu
，

Nepal rounding out the top five
．

Let
，
s have a brief look
at some of these attractive places
．





Copenhagen Denmark





With
its
modern
design
，

15
Michelin
﹣
starred
restaurants
and
highly
bike
﹣
friendly
culture
，

it is not surprising that Denmark's capital has topped lonely planet stop 10 cities list
．





Copenhagen's
street
food
scene
is
developing
fast in
Refshaleoen
，

a
former
industrial
area with a food

and craft market
，

Reffen
．





Novi Sad
，

Serbia





While
Novi
sad
is
not
as
noted
as
the
capital
of
Belgrade
，

it's
much
more
fashionable
．

It's home to the

country's
annual
EXIT!
Festival
，

which
is
held
each
July
at
the
18th
century
﹣
era
Petrovaradin Fortress
．





The
festival
contributes
to
a
vibrant
music
and
arts
scene
and
a
youthful
atmosphere
．

Next year 2019's European Youth Capital will be held in Novi Sad
．

It may be a
practice run for 2021
，

when the city will observe the important title of European Capital of
Culture
．





Kathmandu
，

Nepal





Three years after it was struck by a destructive earthquake
，

Kathmandu is welcoming
visitors to a city

which is much quieter
，

by design
．

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With
cars
banned
from
the
historic
center
and
motor
horns
：

banned
across
the
Kathmandu valley it's much quieter than it used to be in the past
．

Hall figures out
．





It will also host the South Asian Games in 2019
．


（
1
）
In which city can you enjoy highly bike
﹣
friendly culture
？






A
．

Shenzhen China

B
．

Kathmandu
，

Nepal

C
．

Novi sad
，

Serbia

D
．

Copenhagen
，

Denmark

（
2
）
In Novi Sad
，

Serbia you can





．

A
．

experience a quieter life style

B
．

visit the food and craft market
，

Reffen

C
．

try delicious food in Michelin
﹣
starred restaurants

D
．

enjoy a vibrant music and arts scene and a youthful atmosphere

（
3
）
Where does the passage most probably come from
？






A
．

A science report

B
．

A book review

C
．

A magazine

D
．

A realistic novel

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8
分）
Solar energy for your home is coming
．

It can help you as a single home owner
．

It
can
help
the
whole
country
as
well
．

Whether
or
not
solar
energy
can
save
your
money
depends on many thin things
．

Where you live is one factor
．

The type of home you have is
another
．

Things like insulation
（隔热材料）

add to energy costs
，

and the type of system
you buy are added factors
．





Using it can help save our precious fuel
．

As you know
，

our supplies of oil and gas are
very limited here is just not enough on hand to meet all our future energy needs
．

And when
Mother Nature says that's all
．

The only way we can delay hearing those words is by starting to
save energy now and by by using other sources
，

like the sun
．





We won't have to worry about the sun running out of energy for another several billion
years
or
so
．

Besides
being
an
endless
source
of
energy
，

the
use
of
the
sun
has
other
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advantages as well
．

The sun doesn't offer as many problems as other energy sources
．

For
example
，

fossil fuel plants add to already high pollution levels
．

With solar energy
，

we will
still need sources of energy
，

but we won't need as much
．

That means we can cut down on our
pollution problems
．





With
all
these
good
points
，

why
don't
we
use
more
solar
power
？

There
are
many
reasons for this
．

The biggest reason is money
．

Decades ago
，

it was just not practical for a
home owner to put in a solar unit There were cheaper sources of energy
．





All
that
is
changing
now
．

Solar
costs
are
starting
to
equal
the
costs
of
oil
and
electricity
．

Experts say that gas
，

oil and electricity prices will continue to rise
．

The demand
for
electricity
is
increasing
rapidly
．

But
new
power
plants
will
use
more
gas
，

oil
or
coal
．

Already in some places the supply of electricity being rationed
（定量配给）
．

Solar
energy is now in its infancy
．

It could soon grow to become a major part of our nation's energy
supply
．


（
1
）
What does the underlined word
？






A
．

Solar energy
．

B
．

Coal
．

C
．

Natural gas
．

D
．

Oil
．

（
2
）
What is the biggest reason for solar energy not being widely used in the past
？






A
．

Location of houses
．

B
．

People's attitude
．

C
．

The limit of technology
．

D
．

The cost of facilities
．

（
3
）
The text suggests that in the future solar energy will





．

A
．

run out shortly afterwards

B
．

become a major energy supply

C
．

pollute the environment

D
．

completely replace other energy

（
4
）
Which is main idea of the passage
？






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页（共
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页）



A
．

The future of solar energy
．

B
．

The history of solar energy
．

C
．

A brief introduction to solar energy
．

D
．

The barriers of solar energy
．

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8
分）
Traditional Chinese Medicine
（
TCM
）

has been greatly contributing to the treatment
of
the
COVID
﹣
19
，
which
changed
the
attitude
of
the
western
world
to
it
to
some
extent
．

However
，

in the past
，

foreigners knew little about it
．

According to a government
report
，

although TCM has been introduced into 183 countries and regions around the world
，

their understanding of TCM may be limited to acupuncture
（针灸）
，

cupping and massage
（按摩）
．

For instance
，

the purple
，

injury
﹣
like marks left on a U
．

S
．

famous swimmer's
back from cupping to relax his muscles and reduce pain became the center of attention during
the Rio Olympics in2016
．





In
fact
，

Chinese
herbs
（药草）

play
a
more
important
role
in
curing
diseases
and
keeping
the
body
in
good
condition
in
the
TCM
treatment
system
than
physical
treatment
．

Therefore
，

it
is
disappointing
to
know
that
although
103
world
Health
Organization member countries have given approval to the practice of acupuncture
，

not many
recognize Chinese herbal medicine
．

TCM is much less popular than Westem medicine partly
due to the slow development of Chinese herbs
．





Herbs can be made into pills
，

powder and soup
．

The kind of herbs used
，

their quality
，

quantity
and
the
processing
together
determine
the
effectiveness
of
the
prescription
（处
方）
．

Compared with Western medicine
，

which has standardized drug production processes
and treatment methods
，

TCM lacks standardization
．

The chemical composition and functions
of its medicine are still unclear and their effects are unstable
．

Fortunately
，

standardization
has improved in recent decades and a number of factories are increasingly producing patented
TCM drugs
．





Another
reason
why
ICM
prescription
drugs
have
developed
slowly
is
that
it
lacks
creativity
．

While Western medicine
﹣
making companies come up with new products every
year
，

TCM drug producers tend to make medicine according to prescriptions handed down
from
the
past
That
Chinese
chemist
Tu
Yoyo
won
the
2015
Nobel
Prize
in
Physiology
or
Medicine for her research into malaria
（痢疾）
treatment may drive creativity to some extent in
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11
页）



China's TCM industry
．





However
，

Rome was not built in a day
．

The current situation cannot be changed within
a short time
．


（
1
）
Why did the US swimmer attract the audience's attention in the 2016 Rio Olympics
？






A
．

The injury on his back
．

B
．

The golden cup he won in the games
．

C
．

His relaxed muscles and reduced pain
．

D
．

The purple
，

injury
﹣
like marks left on his back
．

（
2
）
What should we do to make TCM be recognized by more countries
？






A
．

Set standards and improve creativity
．

B
．

Increase functions and decrease production
．

C
．

Increase functions and improve creativity
．

D
．

Set standards and create more prescriptions
．

（
3
）
How does the writer feel about the future of TCM
？






A
．

Anxious
．

B
．

Negative
．

C
．

Disappointed
．

D
．

Positive
．

（
4
）
Westerners DONT think





．

A
．

acupuncture treatment is effective

B
．

cupping can cure some diseases

C
．

massage can relax body muscles

D
．

herbs can keep the body in good condition

14
．
（
8
分）
The following is excerpted
（节选）

from the speech given by the Queen of the UK
on April 5th
，

2020
．






you
at what
I know is an increasingly challenging time
．

A time of
disruption in the life of our country
：

a disruption that has brought grief to some
，

financial
difficulties to many
，

and enormous changes to the daily lives of us
．





I want to thank everyone on the NHS
（国家医疗服务体系）

front line
，

as well as care
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