1、惠州市届高三第二次调研考试英语试题惠州市 2021 届高三第二次调研考试英 语 （2020.10.29）试卷共 8 页，卷面满分 120 分，折算成 130 分计入总分。考试用时 120 分钟。 注意事项：1. 答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2. 选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂 黑。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡的非答题区域均无效。3. 非选择题的作答：用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试题卷、 草稿纸和答题卡的非答题区域均无效。4. 考试结束后，请将答题卡上交。第一部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分 50 分)第一节 （共 1
2、5 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 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AThings To Do in Los Angeles on Labor Day weekend, September 18-20, 2020Families will find fun things to do with your kids this weekend from September 18th to 20th. Make some art, visit a museum, enjoy a drive-in movie, and more!Bowers Mu
3、seum2002 N. Main St., Santa Ana, CA 92706The Bowers Museum is now open and ready to safely welcome your family. Current exhibitions include Inside the Walt Disney Archives: 50 Years of Preserving the Magic, a 10,000-square-foot traveling exhibit that features more than 400 objects. Timed tickets wil
4、l be required. Make your reservation online.The Virtual Orange County Childrens Book Festival 3857 Birch Street, Suite 414, Newport Beach, CA 92660The Virtual Orange County Childrens Book Festival begins on Monday, September 14th and continues until Saturday, September 26th. A variety of activities
5、are planned including story times, illustrating demonstrations, interactive activities, discussion panels, and much more. Check the website for a complete schedule of events.Sawdust Art Festival: An Outdoor Marketplace 935 Laguna Canyon Rd., Laguna Beach, CA 92651The Sawdust Art Festival: An Outdoor
6、 Marketplace opens this weekend on Saturday, September 19th from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. The Outdoor Marketplace will be open on weekends only, and advance tickets are required. Families will have the opportunity to safely shop, watch live art demonstrations, and enjoy outdoor dining and live music. Ti
7、ckets are available online. Admission is $10 for adults and free for kids 12 and under.Drive-In Movies at the Mall: The Princess Bride500 Lakewood Mall, Lakewood, CAEnjoy a drive-in screening of The Princess Bride at the Lakewood Center Mall on Saturday, September 19th. The movie starts at 8:00 pm a
8、nd the parking lot is not accessible until 7:00 pm. A free goody bag will be provided to each car. Tickets are available online.1.Which of the following does NOT require tickets?A.Bowers Museum. B. Sawdust Art Festival.C. Drive-In Movies at the Mall. D. The Virtual Orange County Childrens Book Festi
9、val.2.What can visitors do on Sawdust Art Festival?A.Appreciate live music. B. See drive-in movies.C. Enjoy dining indoors. D. Watch free art demonstrations.3.When should visitors arrive to enjoy The Princess Bride in full length?A.6:25 pm, September 19th. B. 7:25 pm, September 19th.C. 9:00 pm, Sept
10、ember 19th. D. 8:25 pm, September 19th.BGrandma was going to turn eighty-two on Friday. I heard Mom ordering a cake from the bakery over the phone. “Dont put any icing on it,” she said, “Just a plain angel cake.” Angel cake with fresh strawberries was her favorite. So Mum was ready.That afternoon wh
11、en Dad came home, he showed me the phone he had bought for Grandma. “It has speed-dialing,” he said. “She wont have to push so many buttons when she calls the doctors office or her sister.” Dad looked pleased. “Her fingers are so stiff with arthritis (关节炎)that the phone seems a good idea.”But what a
12、bout me? Here I was with only one dollar in my pocket and one night to think of a gift. Even though Mom always insisted that “its the thought that counts,” I had a big problem. My mind was even more empty of ideas than my wallet was empty of money.When I have a problem, it sometimes helps to shoot a
13、 few baskets in the driveway. Dribble, shoot, rebound.For a while I just played without even trying to think. I began to remember back before Granddad died, when we used to visit them in Kentucky, Granddad showed me how to do a jump shot. Thinking about Granddad made me sigh. Grandmas life was a lot
14、 happier when he was alive.Swish! Id made two in a row.Suddenly, I remembered a green glass dish in the shape of a leaf that Grandma used to keep on a table back in Kentucky. It was always full of those red-and-white-striped peppermint candies. I hadnt thought of that dish for a long time. Maybe it
15、was lost or broken when Dad rented the truck and brought Grandma and the belongings to Ohio.Just thinking about that candy dish made me taste the peppermint slowly dissolving on my tongue. I could almost hear Grandma saying，“Help yourself to a piece of peppermint, Burt.” That voice had a smile behin
16、d it. It was a voice I hadnt heard for a long time.Aha! I took one last shot, then dribbled to the back door, ran up the steps two at a time, andgrabbed my wallet.4.What do you know about the authors grandma?A.She has difficulty moving fingers. B. She loves high-tech products.C. She doesnt like a pl
17、ain cake. D. She has a sweet tooth.5.What does the underlined word “dissolving” mean in the last paragraph but one?A.Melting. B. Chewing. C. Swallowing. D. Fading.6.What would the writer probably buy in the end?A.Something decorative for candies. B. Something bringing good memories.C. Something conv
18、enient to use. D. Something to Grandmas taste.7.What is the best title of the text?A.The Good Old Days B. The Gift of GratitudeC. The Thought That Counts D. The Inspiration from BasketballCAwe is generally defined as the sense that you are in the presence of something larger and more consequential t
19、han yourself. According to a study called “awe walks”, people who took a fresh look at the world around them during brief, weekly walks felt more upbeat and hopeful in general than walkers who did not. Feeling a sense of awe also seems to up our overall feelings of gladness and improve health.Previo
20、us studies have linked increased physical activity to greater happiness and reduced risks for anxiety, depression and other mental illnesses. But no studies had looked into whether mixing awe and activity might increase the benefits of or, on the other hand, reduce them. So, for the new study, scien
21、tists concentrated on people in their 60s, 70s and 80s, an age when some people can face risks for declining mental health.The scientists asked 52 study volunteers to add a weekly 15-minute walk to their normal schedules. All of them were physically healthy and psychologically well-adjusted, with li
22、ttle anxiety or depression. Then they were randomly divided into two groups. One, as a control group, was asked to start walking, preferably outside, but given few other requirements. The other group was not only asked to walk once a week, but also were instructed in how to cultivate awe as they wal
23、ked. “Basically, we told them to try to go and walk somewhere new, since novelty helps to cultivate awe,” says Virginia Sturm, an associate professor who led the new study.Both groups were asked to take a few selfies (自拍) during their walks and upload them toa lab website and also complete a daily o
24、nline assessment of their current mood. After eight weeks, the scientists compared the groups responses and photos. Not surprisingly, the awe walkers felt happier, less upset and more socially connected than the control group members.The findings are subjective, though, since awe, like other emotion
25、s, is difficult to quantify, but Dr. Sturm thinks awe walks could be a simple thing for small wonders without any downside.8.What makes the new study different from the previous ones?A.It concentrated on older people.B.It found the solution to mental health.C.It associated physical exercise with hap
26、piness.D.It took both activity and awe into consideration.9.What can we learn from paragraph 3?A.The volunteers were suffering mental diseases.B.Only the control group practiced weekly walks.C.The study volunteers were divided by age.D.Novelty can produce awe feelings.10.Why are the findings regarde
27、d subjective?A.The number of volunteers is small.B.The awe emotion is hard to measure.C.The daily assessments are difficult to complete.D.The period of the experiment isnt long enough.11.What is the attitude of Dr. Sturm to “awe walks”?A.Skeptical. B. Supportive. C. Indifferent. D. Critical.DA NASA-
28、funded study used satellite to search for penguin poops (粪便) in Antarctica: funny at first sight though, it resulted in unique insights on the Adelie penguins diet and its future as the climate changes. The findings published recently unlocked the secrets about the species that can provide an early-
29、warning of threats to Antarcticas delicate ecosystem.Researchers from Stony Brook University used satellite images to see if the Adelie penguins diet has been changing in response to Antarcticas changing climate. Adelie penguin population has dropped greatly in some areas even as the global populati
30、on increases. The satellite images cannot show the penguins individually, but their presence can be detected by the stain (污渍) left on the ice by their waste, called guano.Male and female penguins take turns incubating (孵化) in the nest. The guano builds up in the same areas occupied by the nests. He
31、ather Lynch, associate professor at Stony Brook, along with his team, used the area of the colony as defined by the guano stain to work back to the number of pairs. A global survey for Adelie penguins turned up 3.8 million breeding pairs. Also,the satellite data can detect the color of the penguin g
32、uano, ranging from white to pink to dark red. White guano is from eating mostly fish; pink and red would be from eating mostly krill (磷 虾). The team found that while the Adelie penguins diet did show changes from year to year, no consistent pattern was obvious.“This was a big surprise, since the abundance and distribution of Adelie penguins has changed dramatically over the last 40 years and scientists had assumed that a change in diet might have played a role,” said Casey Youngflesh, a graduate student
