【20套试卷合集】山东省德州市2019-2020学年英语高三上期中模拟试卷含答案

like any doctor I’d ever known. He never yelled at us for playing in his yard, but was always very 31 . When Doctor Gibbs wasn’t 32 lives, he was planting trees. His house 33 on ten acres of land, and his life’s 34 was to turn this land into a forest. The good doctor had some 35 theories about planting trees. He believed in the principle“No pain, no gain”. He never watered his new trees, a(n) 36 which is contrary to 37 wisdom. Once I asked why and he told me that watering plants 38 them because it made them grow weaker. He said you have to make things tough for the trees so that only the strongest 39. He talked about how watering trees made them develop 40 roots and how, if they were not watered, trees would grow deep roots 41 moisture(水分).So Doctor Gibbs would plant an oak(橡树)and, instead of watering it every morning, he’d beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree’s 42. Doctor Gibbs died a couple of years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I’d watched him 43 some 25 years ago. They were tall and 44 . I planted a couple of trees myself a few years ago. Two years of coddling(溺爱)these trees meant they grew up weak. Whenever a cold wind blew, their branches 45 .Adversity (逆境)seemed to benefit Doctor Gibb’s trees in ways comfort and ease 46 could.

Every night before I got to bed, I 47 my two sons. I stand over them and watch their little bodies. I often pray that their lives will be easy. But lately I’ve been thinking that it’s time to 48 my prayer. I know my children are going to 49 hardships. There’s always a cold wind blowing somewhere. What we need to do is to pray for deep roots so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we won’t be 50. 31. A. cruel 32. A. living

B. mean B. saving B. located B. goal

C. kind C. wasting C. sat

D. grateful D. helping D. existed

33. A. depended 34. A. work

C. value C. funny C. trend C. original

D. belief

D. abnormal

35. A. interesting 36. A. rule

B. complicated B. attitude

D. principle

D. reasonable

37. A. current 38. A. spoiled 39. A. support 40. A. shallow

B. conventional B. restored

C. strengthened D. discouraged

C. insist

D. continue

B. survive

B. strong C. slim D. deep D. in search of

41. A. in need of B. in spite of C. in view of

42. A. attention 43. A. grow 44. A. weak 45. A. waved 46. A. never

B. interest B. plant B. colorful B. danced B. always

C. injury C. bring

D. improvement D. destroy D. strong

D. trembled D. almost D. check on

D. change

C. beautiful

C. swung

C. sometimes C. watch out

C. stop

47. A. look through 48. A. improve

B. care for B. correct

49. A. experience 50. A. cut down

B. challenge B. held up

C. beat D. reach D. torn apart

C. taken over

第三部分阅读理解（共20小题; 每小题2分, 满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

It is common sense that children who walk or cycle to school have a lower risk of obesity than those by car. But driving your youngsters to the gates could also cause their academic work to suffer.

Researchers found children who were driven to school, or who took public transport, had poorer concentration levels than those who took a more active route such as walking or cycling.

The joint study by researchers at two Danish universities found the regular exercise could advance a student up to half a year in their studies. Children who were driven to school, or who took public transport, performed less well in a test measuring concentration levels, than those who had walked or cycled.

The results surprised the researchers, as their hypothesis(假设) originally focused on the effects of eating breakfast and lunch on pupils’ ability to concentrate.

“The exercise one uses to transport oneself to school is reflected in the level of concentration one has about four hours later,” Niels Egelund, a co- author of the report said. “The results showed that having breakfast and lunch has an impact, but not very much compared to having exercise.”

“As a third-grade pupil, if you exercise and bike to school, your ability to concentrate increases to the equivalent of someone half a year further in their studies,” he added.

In the survey, taken by 19, 527 pupils aged five to 19 years old, participants were asked about their exercise habits and were then given a basic test measuring their concentration.

“Most people know the feeling of being refreshed after having exercised, but it is surprising that the effect lasts for so long,” Egelund said.

Previous research from the university of Montreal has found that exercise helps our brains make better use of oxygen. It may also reduce mental fatigue(疲劳) and sharpen your thinking in between gym sessions. And last week Swedish researchers said they found that muscular boys will live longer than their weaker friends.

And even if they are overweight by the time they get to adulthood, those with stronger muscles tend to live longer.

51. What is the best title of this passage? A. Exercise —— Refresh you C. Exercise —— Live longer

B. Exercise —— Look slim

D. Exercise —— Learn faster

52. Which of the following is NOT the result of the research from the University of Montreal?

A. Exercise helps our brain make the most of oxygen. B. Exercise can improve the level of concentration. C. Exercise can make you sharp- minded. D. Exercise can decrease mental fatigue.

53. According to the passage, which of the following statements is correct?

A. Having breakfast and lunch has a greater impact on concentration than having

exercise.

B. Children driven to school perform worse in all tests. C. Having exercise can refresh us but it doesn’t last long.

D. Eating breakfast and lunch can affect children’s ability to focus.

54. Children driven to school performed badly in their academies work in that . A. they are too lazy C. they are not focused

B

J.. Rowling set children’s imaginations on fire. Can the creator of Harry Potter do the same for a grown-up audience?

The British author will find out on September 27, when more than 2 million hardcover(精装书) copies of her first novel for adults hit bookstores in the U and the US, along with the digital edition.

B. they are not healthy D. they are not smart

Set in a little English town, The Casual Vacancy is about an election held after an unexpected death.

Michael Pietsch, Rowling’s US publisher, says the novel reminded him of Dickens “because of the humanity, the humor, the social concerns, the intensely real characters”. No magic though, apparently “This book isn’t Harry Potter”, says Pietsch. “It is a completely different concern”. As with Harry Potter, there are no advance copies for the media, no early reviews. To date, the seven-book series has sold more than 450 million copies worldwide, and it became one of the most successful movie franchises in July 21, 2007. Back then, fans could buy books at midnight parties hosted by bookstores. But recent years have seen a great challenge for brick-and-mortar bookstores.

People are still buying books, indeed more books than in 2007, according to figures released by the Association of American Publishers. But they are reading them in a new format—the e-book..

The Harry Potter series just became available digitally for the first time in April. It will be different for The Casual Vacancy, with the publisher simultaneously releasing an e-book. For Rowling fans who once queued up for Harry Potter, this means that instant satisfaction is now only a click away.

Moving from children’s books to adult literature is a big transition. Will Rowling’s new book be successful?

Arthur Levine, the US co-editor of the Harry Potter books, seems confident “If you read or re-read the Harry Potter books, you can see that Rowling has all the strengths she needs for great success as a fiction writer –you have great characters, an involving plot, a sense of humor and great empathy”.

55. What do Harry Potter and The casual Vacancy have in common? A. They both have magic in them. B. They are both intended for children.

C. They both don’t have the digital edition when first published. D. Readers can’t catch a glimpse of them in the media in advance.

56. Which of the following words has the closest meaning with the underlined word “simultaneously”? A. willingly

B. meanwhile C. especially

D. eventually

57. What can we infer from the passage?

A. The new book will be as popular as Harry Potter.