2021年湖南省長(zhǎng)沙市天心區(qū)長(zhǎng)郡中學(xué)高考英語(yǔ)適應(yīng)性試卷（四）

第二部分 閱讀（共兩節(jié)，滿分37.5分）第一節(jié) （共4小題；每小題2.5分，滿分37.5分）

• 1．Best-Selling Cookbooks of 2019 The Instant Pot Pressure Cooker Cookbook
     Have you joined the Instant Pot revolution？If you're one of the millions falling in love with pressure cooking，this cookbook by Laurel Randolph is for you.It serves up easy recipes for healthy and fast meals.Ideal for beginners，the 100+ recipes include prep time labels（標(biāo)簽）and easy-to-follow instructions.
     The Bread and Salt Between US
     Mayada Anjari and her family fled Syria's civil war and ended up in Jersey City.Then she cooked for a church.Now five years after leaving her country，she has a cookbook，the money from which will help her family and other poor people.The recipes are accessible and accompanied with explanations of Syrian cuisine.
     Coconuts and Collards
     Von Diaz，who moved to Atlanta from Peurto Rico as a child and back to Puerto Rico as an adult，wrote a book that is part biography，part cooking instructor and fully wonderful，especially when we could all stand to learn a little more of Puerto Rico.
     The 30-Day Guide to Health and Food Freedom
     Built on the idea that eating a clean and healthy diet for 30 days can transform your dining patterns，Whole 30 is the diet very popular today.Melissa Hartwig's program is clearly described within the pages of The 30-Day Guide to Health and Food Freedom.The book also contains recipes，detailed guidelines and a step-by-step plan.Plus，color photos will encourage you to try each and every recipe.
  
  （1）In what way is Randolph's book different from others'？

  
  A．Color pictures in it are appealing.
  B．Money from it will all go to the poor.
  C．It offers kid-friendly recipes for meals.
  D．It teaches beginners to cook fast meals.
  （2）What do we know about Von Diaz？

  
  A．He settles in Atlanta now.
  B．He included his stories in his book.
  C．He is a part-time cooking instructor.
  D．He contributed regularly to magazines.
  （3）Which book might help us form healthy eating habits in a month？

  
  A．Coconuts and Collards.
  B．The Bread and Salt Between Us.
  C．The Instant Pot Pressure Cooker Cookbook.
  D．The 30-Day Guide to Health and Food Freedom.
  組卷：6引用：1難度：0.5

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• 2．Sylvia Earle is called a "Hero for the Planet" by Time magazine，who has led more than a hundred expeditions（探險(xiǎn)），spent more than 7 000 hours underwater and set a record for solo diving in 1 000-metre depths.
     Earle describes her first meeting with the ocean，"I was three years old and I got knocked over by a wave.The ocean certainly got my attention!And since then，life in the ocean has fired my imagination."
     Former chief scientist of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration（NOAA）in the USA，Earle is the founder of Deep Ocean Exploration and Research Inc.jye.ai chair of Google Ocean，among many other roles.Her special focus is on developing a global network of areas on the land and in the ocean to safeguard the living systems that provide the foundations of global processes.She explains， "When I first went to the Gulf of Mexico in the 1950s，the blue sea appeared to be too wild to be harmed by anything that people could do.Then，in mere decades，the blue wilderness disappeared.By the end of the 20th century，up to 90 percent of the sharks，whales，and many other large creatures that lived in the Gulf for millions of years had disappeared due to overfishing and pollution."
     Earle explains that the ocean is the cornerstone（基石）of our life support system and the cornerstone of the ocean's life support system is life in the ocean.The ocean provides us with oxygen.Take away the ocean and we don't have a planet that works.
     Despite all of the problems seen in the Gulf of Mexico，Earle says， "I've found reasons for hope in clear，deep water far offshore from the mouth of the Mississippi River.It is full of life.Large areas of the Gulf have escaped damage."
  
  （1）What started Earle's interest in the ocean？

  
  A．Her love for diving.
  B．Her childhood experience.
  C．Her childhood ambition.
  D．Her strong responsibility.
  （2）What is Earle working at now？

  
  A．Improving her diving skills.
  B．Exploring the Mississippi River.
  C．Becoming a scientist of NOAA.
  D．Carrying out ocean conservation.
  （3）Why does Earle mention the Gulf of Mexico in Paragraph 3？

  
  A．To inform us of an unforgettable trip.
  B．To prove the ocean is the basis of our planet.
  C．To show the severe condition of the oceans.
  D．To analyze the cause of the creatures' disappearance.
  （4）How does Earle feel about the future condition of the ocean？

  
  A．Optimistic.
  B．Content.
  C．Worried.
  D．Amazed.
  組卷：9引用：1難度：0.5

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• 3．Most of Earth's freshwater sits underground.Worldwide，about 70 percent of the groundwater drawn to the surface goes for farming.But surface waters-rivers and streams-come from groundwater，too.Drawing too much groundwater over a short time can be harmful.Natural waterways can begin to empty.And that can hurt freshwater ecosystems.Scientists consider this a tipping point when small actions can begin making unusually big differences.
     A new study has found that 15 to 21 percent of tapped water（自來水）areas have reached this sort of tipping point.Most of those tapped rivers and streams are in dry areas.Farmers in these areas use groundwater to water their crops.At present drawing rates，the study predicts that 42 to 79 percent of water areas around the world where groundwater is drawn up for use at the surface will reach tipping points by 2050.
     A healthy groundwater aquifer（含水層）protects ecosystems against seasonal ups and downs in the use of water.That provides stability for area plants and animals.But if too much groundwater is drawn up from below，surface waters will begin to flow into the aquifer，which can harm what are living in rivers and streams.
     De Graaf and the study team set up a computer model.It linked groundwater drawing and water flows within rivers.The model covered fifty years，from 1960 to 2010.Then the researchers used climate forecasts to help the model predict what might happen in future years.Throughout，they kept groundwater drawing rates sustainable.More than half of drawn water areas are likely to cross this ecological tipping point before 2050，the model finds.
     "We need to be thinking about this now，not in 10 years，" De Graaf says. "Our study shows us where to target more sustainable efforts.
  
  （1）What does the underlined words "tipping point" in Paragraph 1 mean？

  
  A．End point.
  B．Breaking point.
  C．Freezing point.
  D．Boiling point.
  （2）Which of the following causes the "tipping point"？

  
  A．Water pollution.
  B．Overdrawing groundwater.
  C．Increasing population.
  D．Climate change.
  （3）What is the part the groundwater plays in the environment？

  
  A．Keeping the stability of natural water.
  B．Protecting ecosystems from pollution.
  C．Clearing surface waters to be drinkable.
  D．Providing stability for the local economy.
  （4）How did the researchers conduct the study？

  
  A．They predicted the result based on the old data.
  B．They happened to work out the result.
  C．They measured all the groundwater and surface water.
  D．They did questionnaire surveys on the water information.
  組卷：9引用：1難度：0.5

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第四部分 寫作（共兩小節(jié)，滿分15分）第一節(jié) （滿分15分）

• 8．假定你是學(xué)生會(huì)主席李華，你校將舉辦為期五天的中國(guó)書法作品展，請(qǐng)用英語(yǔ)給你校留學(xué)的外國(guó)學(xué)生寫一則通知。內(nèi)容包括：
  1. 舉辦目的；
  2. 時(shí)間和地點(diǎn)；
  3. 展覽內(nèi)容及活動(dòng)。
  注意：
  1. 詞數(shù)80左右；
  2. 可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫。
  Notice___________________
  The Student Union
  組卷：3引用：1難度：0.5

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第二節(jié) （滿分25分）

• 9．閱讀下面材料，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容和所給段落開頭語(yǔ)續(xù)寫兩段，使之構(gòu)成一篇完整的短文。續(xù)寫的詞數(shù)應(yīng)為150左右。
  The make-up Guy Dave was a make-up artist who regularly held makeup artistry classes at the local community college. He was well known as an excellent trainer and enjoyed great popularity. Usually， the majority of his students were middle-aged housewives， who wanted to line-tune their make-up skills so as make themselves more attractive. But this time， it was beyond him that his class was attended by a man as well.
      The new student was a gentleman in his best years with a seemingly boundless interest in make-up artistry. He was keen to learn as much as he possibly could and asked questions whenever and wherever possible. He was so absorbed in learning that he wouldn't stop until he was satisfied with the result of his work. Understandably， the man was the number one subject of conversation when the other women were alone. Speculations（猜測(cè)）quickly started to spread. Why did he learn make-up？ Was he to seek for a woman to be h life partner？ How about my neighbor's youngest daughter？ Why on earth would he attend such a woman class？ Who could it be？
      Doubts like this came crowding in. The community college was placed in a remote rural area， which was why the other participants were quite doubtful of the man's intentions.
      Throughout the lessons， ignoring the curious women around him， the man carefully listened and wrote everything down he learned， leaving the women more and more curious and puzzled. When the day and class were slowly coming to an end， the gossiping women simply could not hide their curiosity any longer， for they knew it was time to remove their doubts， otherwise…Finally， one of them couldn't resist her curiosity， so she picked up the courage and asked him why he was so interested in make-up artistry.
      What followed was a dead silence. Alter what seemed a century， he slowly opened his mouth and here came the most inspiring beautiful reply.
  Paragraph 1：
      He said his beloved wife partially lost her eyesight because of diabetes（糖尿病）and she was no longer able to apply her make-up.________________________
  Paragraph 2：
      So he decided to take the course to surprise his wife._______________________
  組卷：3引用：1難度：0.3

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