2021年廣東省汕頭市高考英語二模試卷

第一部分 閱讀（共兩節(jié)，滿分37.5分） 第一節(jié)（共）5小題；每小題2.5分，滿分37.5分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

• 1．The quiz tries to test non-native English speaker's vocabulary size.New results show the largest proportion of participants know 4，500 words（in the range from 4，250 to 4，749），with the median vocabulary size of 7，826，under the influence of the following factors.
     Factors
     Academic performance：In class，how about your homework，study，exam，logic，etc.？
     Classroom participation：In class，how much did you participate，talking and asking questions？Natural ability：In class，how much do you feel about learning English？Is it easy or difficult？Outside of class：How much do you use English in real life，learning things outside of class？Being abroad：Did you travel to English-speaking countries？How much time did you spend？
     Findings
     Academic performance helps，up to doubling your vocabulary size.Classroom participation matters too，giving you up to a 50% increase in vocabulary.Outside of class is the biggest difference.Students who do lots of things in English outside of class have more than twice the vocabulary of those who don't.Being abroad brings the average student from around 7，000 to 10，000 words.
     Be aware that the results above are suggestive only.More research will tell.
  
  （1）What is the vocabulary size of most participants in the quiz？

  
  A．4，500.
  B．4，250.
  C．4，749.
  D．7，826.
  （2）Which factor helps to enlarge vocabulary most？

  
  A．Academic performance.
  B．Being abroad.
  C．Outside class activities.
  D．Classroom participation.
  （3）Where is the passage most likely from？

  
  A．An English poster.
  B．An English dictionary.
  C．A notice about a quiz.
  D．A survey of English learning.
  組卷：6引用：1難度：0.6

  解析

• 2．A boat floated peacefully on the crystal-blue water. "How fascinating! " Antonio told to his friends，who shared a passion for divjye.aig.In the following diving，unfortunately，he was trapped with his friend，who shared the oxygen with Antonio but died afterwards.Antonio breathed hard on his mouthpiece，but there was nothing left.He started to scream and kept screaming until he had no voice.As hours passed and Antonio failed to surface，his other friends rushed for help.
     Shortly the local divers came to rescue，but in vain.Years of experience told them，lost in the cave，one must be dead.They considered going back in but decided against it because of the incoming dark，the muddy water and the lack of help.Too risky.
     Asked for help，Peter，a chief frogman，began to plan the next morning's operations，knowing hurried preparation was deadly.He had narrow escapes from death.Each time，though，training and a cool head saved him.Suddenly，a thought struck him. "Who said he died？That guy may be alive!" The next morning，Peter was suited up.Before a dive，he prayed.
     Antonio "dreamed" he was drowning.He forced himself awake but couldn't feel his body.He was too tired to feel scared.Entering the cave，Peter found Antjye.aiio.On touching him，a hand closed around his left wrist Peter knew the young man must be kept from panicking.Gently he passed his mouthpiece to Antonio.He heard Antonio take a couple of breaths before handing the mouthpiece back.Antonio was trying to share oxygen with him，Peter realized.How unbelievable was that，after 17 hours in this hole，his mind still stayed cool!
     Antonio was treated in the nearest hospital.Doctors said he wouldn't have survived more than another hour in the cave.When Peter finally climbed back into his car，he doubled up，sobbing.He felt he took part in a miracle.Somehow an unseen hand that had guided Antonio to a tiny air pocket in the cave guided him there too.Where he should have found death，he had met life.
  
  （1）How did Antonio feel in the cave？

  
  A．Delighted.
  B．Cautious.
  C．Thrilled.
  D．Scared.
  （2）Why did Peter decide not to operate immediately？

  
  A．Because Antonio was believed to be dead.
  B．Because the conditions were risky.
  C．Because the hurried help couldn't help.
  D．Because the local divers achieved nothing.
  （3）What can we infer from Paragraph 4？

  
  A．Antonio didn't give in to the desperate situation.
  B．Antonio had a dream of drowning.
  C．Antonio longed to sleep tight.
  D．Antonio pulled Peter down with him.
  （4）What made Peter deeply touched in the end？

  
  A．Antonio's injury.
  B．Humans' desire to survive.
  C．Peter's own kindness.
  D．Antonio's friend's death.
  組卷：9引用：1難度：0.5

  解析

• 3．It appears to fit with most people's experience：how Christmas seems to come around quicker every year？Questionnaires by psychologists have shown almost everyone feels time is passing faster now compared to when they were half or a quarter as old.Most strikingly，lots of experiment have shown that，when older people are asked to guess how long the time is，or to 'reproduce' the length of periods of time，they guess a shorter amount than younger people.
     In 1877，Paul Janet suggested the proportional theory，where a child of 10 feels a year as I 10 of his whole life while a man of 50 as 1/50，so the subjective sense of the 50-year-old man is that：these are insignificant periods of time which gallop.
     There are also biological jye.aiories.The speeding up of time is linked to how our metabolism（新陳代謝）gradually slows down as we grow olden Children's hearts beat faster than They breathe more quickly.With their blood flowing more quickly，their body clocks "cover" more time within the space of 24 hours than ours do as adults.On the other hand，older people are like clocks that run slower than normal，so that they lag behind，and cover less than 24 hours.
     In the 1930s，the psychologist Hudson Hoagland found body temperature causes different perceptions of time.Once，when he looked after his ill wife，he noticed she complained he'd been away for a long time even if only away for a few moments.Therefore，Hoagland tested her perception of time at different temperatures，finding the higher her temperature，the more time seemed to slow down for her，and that raising a person's body temperature can slow down his sense of time passing by up to 20%，
     Time doesn't necessarily have to speed up as we get older though.It depends on how live our lives，and how we relate to our experiences.
  
  （1）What do the questionnaires and experiments find？

  
  A．Time now is shorter than before.
  B．Aging makes people think slowly.
  C．The old feel time flies faster than the young.
  D．The old value time more than before.
  （2）What does the underlined word "gallop" in Paragraph 2 mean？

  
  A．Fly swiftly.
  B．Pause briefly.
  C．Move slowly.
  D．Pass stably.
  （3）According to Hudson Hoagland，who may feel time go more slowly？

  
  A．A kid with slower metabolism.
  B．A child with low body temperature.
  C．A grown-up feeling freezing.
  D．An adult with a high fever.
  （4）What is the best title for the passage？

  
  A．How time flies!
  B．To live a full life!
  C．Why time passes at different speeds？
  D．How to save more time？
  組卷：6引用：1難度：0.5

  解析

第三部分 寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分15分）第一節(jié)（滿分15分）

• 8．假定你是李華，由于疫情（epidemic），你的英國留學(xué)生朋友Alan很長時(shí)間無法回國，近期剛好天氣不錯(cuò)，你寫信邀請(qǐng)他周末外出散心，要點(diǎn)如下：
  1.表達(dá)問候
  2.發(fā)出邀請(qǐng)（海濱路騎行，新津公園野餐等）
  注意：1.詞數(shù)80左右；2.可適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫；3.請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡的相應(yīng)位置作答。
  Dear Alan，
      How is everything going？_______
  Yours，
  Li Hua
  組卷：10引用：1難度：0.6

  解析

第二節(jié)（滿分25分）

• 9．閱讀下面材料，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容和所給段落開頭話續(xù)寫兩段，使之構(gòu)成一篇完整的短文。
      After an exhausting day.Jack wandered in the street，smiling while thinking of his students.Jack was a respectable and considerate teacher while his students took good care of him，too.
      Suddenly，a familiar figure flashed into Jack's eyes.It was Mark，his junior high school teacher.With thrill，Jack dashed forward，greeting enthusiastically，"Mark，how are you？" Taking out his presbyopia（老花鏡），Mark studied the passionate young man in front of him，hesitated for a moment，and got confused， "Sorry？Have we met before？ "
      Not disappointed at all，Jack introduced himself in delight，"Sorry，Mark.I'm Jack Smith，from Class 2，Grade 8，graduating from Kevin Junior High School in 2001.Now I'm a teacher？Hearing the words，Mark was puzzled but also delighted，asking a series of questions，"Why can't I remember you？Are you a teacher now？" In spite of poor eyesight，Mark did have such a brilliant memory that he could even remember almost all his students，
      "Well，in fact，you only took charge of our class for only one day，and something happened that day.I became a leach er because of your inspiration."
      The old Mark，curious，kept raising questions such as when they met，how he had inspired him to be a teacher，and so on.
      "One day，a friend of mine came in with a nice new watch.I was so crazy about it that I decided to take it and I did.After a short while，my friend found it disappear and immediately reported to the teacher，you，who happened to be in charge of our class for that day because our teacher was ill."
      A mixture of emotions floated in Jack's eyes on recalling the shameful history.That day，Mark came and told the whole class that someone in the class could not find his watch and whoever took it，please return it.Jack was too frightened to hand it in.
  注意：
  1.續(xù)寫詞數(shù)應(yīng)為150左右；
  2.請(qǐng)按如下格式在答題卡的相應(yīng)位置作答。
      Then，Mark closed the door and told all students to get up.__________
      But Mark kept searching everyone's pockets._______
  組卷：9引用：2難度：0.5

  解析