2020年山东省潍坊市高密市高考英语模拟试卷（二）

第一部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分37.5分）第一节 （共4小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）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．

• 1．Many college students want to look for seasonal，short-term or part-time jobs to get extra cash，to stay busy or to get working experience．
     Lifeguard
     The job is a great opportunity to build your fitness，keep people safe and be outdoors to enjoy some fun on the beach in the sun．The average hourly wage for lifeguards is ＄9.31，but those with certifications or previous experience may be able to earn a bit more．
     Nanny （保姆）
     Students can find plenty of positions as parents scramble （争抢） to arrange activities and find care for their children．Students who enjoy spending time with kids，staying active and being outdoors can spend their leisure time making money without even feeling like they're working．Nannies make ＄14.56 per hour．
     Camp Consultant
     Students who enjoy spending their time with children，being a leader and monitoring fun outdoor activities are perfect for camp consultant positions．The average hourly wage for camp consultants is ＄9.28，but those with many years' experience or specific academic backgrounds may be able to earn more．
     Food Server
      Although it may not seem like the most attractive way to spend a weekend，working as wait staff allows students to build up their social skills，stay active，enjoy free meals at work and possibly educate themselves about different cuisines．However，food servers need to be on their feet for hours at a time and must be able to multi-task like professionals，so take this into account before submitting an application．The average salary is ＄9.00 hourly，but trips can raise that number．
  
  （1）Who are the two jobs nanny and camp consultant most fit for？

  
  A．Students who want to develop their social skills．
  B．Students who love staying with children．
  C．Students who love traveling．
  D．Students who love camping．
  （2）What should you take into consideration before applying to be a food server？

  
  A．The way of cooking．
  B．The food you can enjoy．
  C．Long standing time at work．
  D．Skill in getting tips from customers．
  （3）What job can you do if you're good at swimming？

  
  A．A lifeguard．
  B．A nanny．
  C．A camp consultant．
  D．A food server．
  组卷：12引用：1难度：0.5

  解析

• 2．Connie Monroe clicks a button，flicks her wrist and watches as her neighborhood floods．The shorelines are first to go．Then，the baseball fields at Fleming Park．By the time seawater reaches the senior center，it has flooded streets and over a dozen brick homes．Monroe moves her head up and down，side to side，taking in the simulated （仿真的） view．This is what could happen to Turner Station，a historic African American community southeast of Baltimore，as sea levels rise．
     Climate change presents many challenges to coastal communities and to those trying to prepare for its impacts，but one of the most basic is also one of the most vexing：How do you show people and convince them of a possible future？
     Communicating the realness and immediacy of the climate threat is hugely important to climate researchers and those aiming to lessen its causes．But it's also the most important to communities faced with coming changes that are already unavoidable．These projects need public support and input．That's why Monroe and other residents （居民） are being directed to sit in metal chairs，put on virtual reality headsets and watch their homes flood．
     Turner Station，a community which gets flooded easily，is trying to prepare．It has partnered with the Port of Baltimore，a few nonprofits and a local landscape architecture firm to adopt a range of tools and ways to communicate climate change to the public，because every person is different and every place is different．
     The virtual reality program is only the most recent，and perhaps the most effective step．Virtual reality is an immersive experience that can trick the human brain into thinking it's real．But tricking people is not the goal of the sea level rise simulation being used at Turner Station，says Juiano Calil，one of the program's developers． "The goal，" he says， "is to start a conversation and help folks visualize the impacts of climate change and the solutions，and also discuss the trade-offs between them．"
  
  （1）Who is Monroe？

  
  A．A coastal community citizen．
  B．A climate researcher．
  C．An architect．
  D．AVR program developer．
  （2）What does the underlined word "vexing" mean in paragraph 2？

  
  A．Bothersome．
  B．Dramatic．
  C．Original．
  D．Convincing．
  （3）Why is VR technology employed here？

  
  A．It can cut down the risks of climate change．
  B．It can show severe results of climate change．
  C．It can introduce technology to the residents．
  D．It can predict the climate change accurately．
  （4）What is the purpose of the program？

  
  A．To trick more people to believe．
  B．To win the residents' cooperation．
  C．To advocate the application of VR．
  D．To inform the residents of the solutions．
  组卷：5引用：1难度：0.5

  解析

• 3．Before the end of the year，employees at Ubiquitous Energy，a company in Redwood City，Calif，will gather in a window-lined conference room to stare toward the future．That's because their new glass windows will offer more than an amazing view of the North California landscape．They will also be able to power the company's lights，computers and air conditioners．
     Several years in the making，Ubiquitous' energy-producing glass is a remarkable technological achievement．Its power lies in the layers of organic polymers （聚合物） between sheets of glass．As light enters the window，the flow of electrons between the polymer layers creates an electric current，which is then collected by tiny wires in the glass．
     "It's sort of like a transparent computer display run in reverse （反过来），" says Veeral Hardev，director of business development at Ubiquitous Energy． "Instead of electricity being shuttled to different points in a display to light them up，light is producing electricity to be shuttled out of different points in the window．"
     Right now the windows produce about a third as much electricity from a given amount of sunlight as the typical solar cells used in roof panels（板）．These windows，about half as transparent as ordinary glass，don't work as well as transparent ones．Hardev says the company is likely to improve the transparency significantly．As for the lower output of electricity，he notes that windows can cover a much greater surface area than a roof，so numerous windows will produce a surprisingly larger amount of electricity than the production from a rooftop full of higher-efficiency solar panels． "You could do both．" says Hardev． "But you'll get more from the windows．The biggest challenge，he adds，is increasing the windows from less than two square feet currently to about 50 square feet．"
  
  （1）What makes the new glass windows special？

  
  A．They can offer an amazing view．
  B．They are controlled by computers．
  C．They can power the conference room．
  D．They can help stare toward the future．
  （2）What is Hardev trying to explain in Paragraph 3？

  
  A．The source of light．
  B．The significance of different points．
  C．The similarity of computer and glass．
  D．The working principle of energy-producing glass．
  （3）What can affect power production according to the passage？

  
  A．The transparency of the glass．
  B．The quality of the rooftop．
  C．The height of the solar panels．
  D．The thickness of the glass．
  （4）Which of the following is the best title for the passage？

  
  A．Windows：A New Challenge of Technology
  B．Windows：No Longer Just for Letting in the Light
  C．Power：A Pressing Problem in the Near Future
  D．Power：Not Enough from Rooftop Solar Panels
  组卷：13引用：1难度：0.5

  解析

第三部分 写作（共两节，满分15分）第一节 （满分15分）

• 8．假定你是李华，下个月要参加某外国语大学入学英语面试，发邮件向你校外教Chris请教，内容包括：
  1．口语表达；
  3．面试技巧；
  4．注意事项．
  注意：
  1．词数80左右；
  2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯．
  组卷：42引用：8难度：0.6

  解析

第二节 （满分25 分）

• 9．阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文．续写的词数应为150左右．
      At Dana's yard sale，Tim chose a baseball from the toys spread on the card table and asked about the price．Dana told him everything was a quarter except Nezumi，a cotton toy rat．It was gray with some cotton sticking out from the hole where an ear had been torn off． "Nezumi is extra special，so he has ten dollars．He needs a safe new home，" Dana sighed．
      Tim laughed saying he didn't have ten dollars．Dana laughed，too and gave Nezumi to Tim as a free gift because he was her friend．When Tim whispered it was sort of old，Dana said old toys were the best．She then invited Tim to her birthday party the next evening，adding that her parents were giving her a real rat for her birthday．Tim was amazed and asked if it was a live rat． "Of course，" Dana said．
      At home，Tim's mother showed him the gift she had bought for Dana．It was a knitting spool （编织线轴） shaped like a mushroom．Mom said Dana could knit a scarf for her doll．Tim sighed that Dana wasn't a knitting kind of person but a rat kind of person．Mom laughed after knowing what had happened．Together they drove to the pet store，where Tim searched and searched and selected a clear plastic ball，one in which the rat could run around on the floor safe from cats and dogs．Tim thought of Nezumi's ear and decided Dana's new rat would need this ball．
      The next day，Dana brought cupcakes to class．When she handed a cupcake to Tim，she asked if Tim brought Nezumi to school as Nezumi liked to ride in backpacks．Tim was at a loss because Nezumi was at home on his bed．Then Dana asked what gift he was giving her．Tim replied it was a surprise．In silence they sat for a while before he heard Dana say her parents were giving her a new bike for her birthday instead of a live rat because they thought rats would bite things．
  注意：1．所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
  2．续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好．
  Paragraph 1：At home that afternoon，Tim stared at the plastic rat ball．_______
  Paragraph 2：All of a sudden，he had an idea．_____
  组卷：15引用：1难度：0.5

  解析