1、山东省济南市届高三下学期第二次模拟考试二模 英语 试题含答案绝密启用并使用完毕前2021年5月高考针对性训练英语试题本试卷共10页.满分120分。考试用时100分钟。注意事项:1.答题前,考生务必将自己的姓名、座号、考号填写在答题卡和试卷指定位置上。2.回答选择题时,选出每小题答案后,用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑.如需改 动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号.回答非选择题时,将答案写在答题卡上。写在 本试卷上无效.3.考试结束后,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分 阅读(共两节,满分50分) 第一节(共15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、
2、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。AWriting contests are a great way for high school students to showcase their creative skills. Here are some of the top free writing contests for high school students.Young Lions Fiction ContestAward Amount: $ 10,000Deadline: Usually in SeptemberThe Young Lions Fiction Contest was establ
3、ished in 2001 by the New York Public Library. Five finalists are recognized, with one taking home the grand prize of $ 10,000. To qualify, the author must be 25 or younger and submit a novel or a collection of short stories.53-Word Story ContestAward: Publication in Prime Number MagazineDeadline: 21
4、st of each monthHosted by Prime Number Magazine, writers are put to the test and have to respond to a prompt (提示)with a 53-word story. The prompt changes each month, and the responses must be 53 words exactly. Only stories are permitted and only one submission per writer per month is allowed.Signet
5、Essay ContestAward Amount; $ 1,000 to be used towards your higher educationDeadline: April 22, 2021I you are a Wuthering Heights fan, then the Signet Essay Contest is the one for you. Five high school juniors or seniors can win an award for their two to three page essays. You must select one of the
6、five prompts1 based on the events and characters in Wuthering Heights.Ocean Awareness ContestAward Amount: Scholarships up to $ 1,500Deadline: June 15, 2021The Ocean Awareness Contest aims to recognize writers while raising awareness about the climate crisis. Students can submit visual art, film or
7、music. Each category has specific qualifications, so make sure to check. 1. How many people can get the grand prize in Young Lions Fiction Contest?A. One. B. Five. C. Six. D. Ten.2. What is special about the 53-Word Story Contest?A. It is held on the last day of each month.B. The participants can ch
8、oose any topic.C. It awards winners a large sum of money.D. The entry must contain exactly 53 words.3. What do the four contests have in common?A. They are all free of charge.B. They provide scholarships. C. They accept various forms of works.D. They center on environmental issues.B School is still
9、out for the summer, but at Eastern Senior High School in Washington, D.C., students are hard at work outdoors. In a garden filled with flowers and beds bursting with vegetables and herbs, nearly a dozen teenagers are harvesting vegetables for the weekends farmers market.Roshawn Little is going into
10、her junior year at Eastern, and has been working in this garden for three years now. During the summer, Little gets paid to work Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a. m. until 2 p. m. with City Blossoms, a nonprofit that brings community gardens to schools in urban areas. She believes that working in t
11、he garden has taught her to try all sorts of new things, like eating different kinds of vegetables more often. And shes taken those healthy behaviors home with her and her eating habits have encouraged her family to buy more fruits and vegetables. City Blossoms is one of many groups across the count
12、ry teaming up with local communities to build school gardens, like the one at Eastern. It works with schools to create learning gardens and trains teachers on how to use them to get students engaged and boost academics. These gardens are really outdoor classrooms. For example, the gardens can be use
13、d for math lessons, like calculating the area of a plant bed or learning the science of how plants grow.For the students, the experience can be a nutritional eye-opener, which has totally changed their perceptions of where food comes from, and what it takes to produce food. Partner schools have also
14、 seen a 12 to 15 percent increase in the number of students passing standardized tests and 94 percent of teachers reported seeing increased engagement from their students, according to an independent evaluation conducted by PEER Associates.4. What does Roshawn Little think of the summer outdoor acti
15、vity?A, It is a good way to earn pocket money. B. It has improved her family relationship.C. It contributes to her healthy eating habit. D. It is helpful to her academic performance.5. What, is the purpose of the school gardens?. A. To provide a creative way of learning; B. To-promote teachers1 teac
16、hing skills.G. To get students interested in science. D. To invite students to care for plants. 6. What does the last paragraph focus on about the project of City Blossoms? A. Its strategies.B. Its outcomes.C. Its operations. D. Its participants.7. What can be a suitable title for the text? A. City
17、Blossoms: Team up with Local Community TeachersB. Happy Holiday, Sweet memory: How Kids Enjoy the HarvestC. Outdoor Classrooms: Get out for the Weekends Farmers MarketD. Healthy Eaters, Strong Minds: What School Gardens Teach KidsCThe. production and distribution of food accounts for around a third
18、of the worlds total greenhouse gas emissions(排放).But as a consumer? its difficult to measure the climate impact of what you eat.A Dublin-based startup called Evocco could soon make it much easier. It lets users track and improve the climate impact of your food purchases. Users simply photograph thei
19、r grocery receipts using the Evocco app, which identifies the food products by reading the printed text and using machine learning. It then calculates the carbon footprint based on the stores location and by checking the type, weight and origin o a food against a database. The database is maintained
20、 by Eaternity, a life cycle assessment company based in Switzerland. If the receipt doesnt contain enough data on a product, it will give an estimate based on similar products and reference points.The app is available for free on iOS and Android devices, which has been downloaded more than 1,000 tim
21、es since its launch at the end of last year. As well as the personal shopping app which Evocco hopes to launch in the United States by the end of this year - the company is developing a digital tool to sell to food storekeepers, e-commerce platforms and delivery apps that will track the climate impa
22、ct of a products journey through the supply chain. The aim is to help storekeepers provide climate impact information directly to consumers, and more importantly, to give Evocco access to product data to improve its app.The Evocco app is not the only app looking to reach this climate-conscious marke
23、t. Theres Capture, which estimates monthly CO2 emissions by asking users a series of questions on diet, transport and other factors, as well as Yayzy and My Carbon Action, which link to a users bank account, calculating their footprint from trade.8. What is the Evocco app designed to do?A. Confirm t
24、he origin of food products.B. Work out the climate effect of food.C. Collect varieties of grocery receipts.D. Monitor customers shopping practices.9. What does the underlined word it in Paragraph 2 refer to?A. The product. B. The receipt. C. Evocco. D. Eaternity.10. What do we know about the company
25、 Evocco from Paragraph 3?A. It profits a great deal from its app.B. It has launched its app in America. C. It is trying to get its app improved.D. It prefers to sell its app to storekeepers.,11. What does the last paragraph imply?.A. The Evocco app is still far from satisfactory.B. Smart tools make
26、tracking carbon footprint easier.C. Present digital markets should be strictly restricted D. Environmental awareness boosts food industry rapidly. DAbout seven years ago, Kristin and Josh Mohagen were honeymooning in Napa Valley in California, when they smelled something surprising in their glasses
27、of wine; green pepper. It was explained that the grapes in that bottle had ripened on a hillside alongside a field of green peppers. That was my first experience with terroir , Josh Mohagen says.It made an impression. Inspired by their time in Napa, the Mohagens returned home and launched a chocolat
28、e business based on the principle of terroir , often defined as sense of place”. The definition of terroir is somewhat fluid. Wine enthusiasts use the French term to describe the environmental conditions in which a grape is grown that give a wine its unique taste and smell. The soil, climate and eve
29、n the orientation(朝向)of a hillside or the company of neighboring plants, and insects play a role. Some experts expand terroir to include specific cultural practices for growing and processing grapes that could also influence taste.The idea of terroir is quite old. In the Middle Ages, the wine-makers
30、 in Burgundy, France, divided the countryside into different climate areas, according to differences in the landscape that seemed to translate into unique wine characteristics. Wines produced around the village of Gearey-Chambertin, for example, “are famous for being fuller-bodied, powerful arid mor
31、e tannic than most, says Joe Quinn, wine director of The Red Hen, a restaurant in Washington, D. C. In contrast, the wines from the village of Chambolle- Musigny, just a few miles south, are widely considered to be more fine, delicate and light- bodied.”A recent wave of scientific research suggests
32、that the environment and production practices can, in fact, produce a chemical or microbial (微生物的)signature so distinctive that scientists can use the signature to trace food back to its origin. And in some cases, these techniques are beginning to offer clues on how terroir can shape the smell and taste of food and drinks.12. What impressed the Mohagens most during their stay in Napa?A. The smell from the wine.B. The field of green peppers.C. The scenery of Napa Valley
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