安徽省安庆市2021届普通高中英语高考模拟考试（一模）试题

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Santo Domingo City—Full Day Tour

Santo Domingo is a magical city, full of history, culture and amazing buildings. It is the first city founded in America. At the beginning of the day we will pick you up at your hotel. On the way to Santo Domingo you will have a tour guide who will explain incredible details about the history of the Dominican Republic. Upon arrival in Santo Domingo you will make a beautiful tour of the most important monuments. You will also be on a romantic street, the first in America, "The Ladies".

Duration: 6 hours

Hotel Pickup

Hotel pick-up is offered for this tour. Note: if you are booking within 24 hours of the tour/activity departure time, we cannot guarantee hotel pick-up. Once your purchase is complete, we will send you complete contact information (phone number, email address, etc.) for our local operator to organize pick-up arrangements.

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking

Not wheelchair accessible

Baby carriage accessible

Service animals allowed

Near public transportation

Babies must sit on laps

Baby seats available

Most travelers can participate

This experience requires good weather. If it's canceled due to poor weather, you'll be offered a different date or a full refund (退款)

This tour/activity will have a maximum of 150 travelers

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

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On October 3, 1945, a ten-year-old boy stood on stage at a contest. One of his teachers had encouraged him to enter the contest after hearing him sing one morning. He placed fifth.

A few months later, he received a guitar for his 11th birthday. What he really wanted was a bicycle. Two of his uncles gave him basic guitar lessons. But he didn't like singing in public. He was too shy.

Yet something inside kept pulling him back to music. In 1948, his family moved to Memphis, Tennessee. The boy would spend every moment of his free time on Beale Street, the heart of the Memphis Blues Scene. He'd often bring his guitar to school. Yet his eighth grade teacher gave him a C in music. She told him that he had "no gift for singing".

In 1953, the young man walked into the offices of Sun Records. But the record went nowhere. He tried out for a local singing group, but failed in theaudition. He told his father, "They told me I couldn't sing."

Then Sam Philips, the owner of Sun Records heard this young man's record. Sam invited him back to the studio and asked him to sing as many songs as he knew. Yet even then, it was not going well. The young man was about to go home when he suddenly picked up his guitar and started singing a 1946 Blues song,That's All Right. Philips immediately began taping; he knew this was the sound he'd been looking for. Sun Records released the album. No one had ever heard anything like it before.

Within three years Elvis Presley (猫王) was an international superstar.

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Next-generation fitness equipment and robots help you cook dinner. Those are a few of the countless new products expected to be shown next week at CES, the annual tech conference that typically sets the tone for the biggest trends of the year. Home automation, health and 5G will once again be hot topics, but many companies will also introduce pandemic-specific features to reflect our increased time at home.

Each year, reporters, exhibitors and investors typically explore Las Vegas showrooms filled with giant TVs, smart cars and robots, but CES will be online only for the first time in its 54-year history due to Covid-19.

The Consumer Technology Association, the nonprofit behind the four-day event starting Monday, said 1,800 exhibitors from around the world will fill its "digital venue" this year—a number that's down significantly from 4,000 in-person exhibitors last year. The move will allow tech companies from countries which have never attended before to take part in the online exhibition, but could also make it harder for smaller companies to get noticed without a physical showroom.

Registered attendees will be able to stream and re-watch keynotes from companies such as Verizon (VZ) and General Motors (GM), tune in to breakout sessions — about how, for example, technology is playing a role in vaccine deployment—and search through a registry of exhibitors to watch new product presentations.

It'll lack some of the signature ingredients of the trade show, such as hands-on time with the latest small machines and networking. But the technology that makes our lives more connected and convenient will still gain popularity.

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Research is done all the time and most of it goes straight by us, but sometimes we come across some results that are too interesting not to share. It can be fun to find out about new facts, but sometimes you come across things you'd rather not have known. Luckily, we've got some fun facts for you today! It turns out that your hand can tell you a lot about your personality. It's really quite strange. This research mostly focuses on your fingers.

The secret lies in your ring finger and index finger (食指). It can say a lot about what kind of man you are. Yes, this test only applies to men because the length of these fingers indicates the level of testosterone (睾酮)in men. There are three types: A, B and C.

A. The ring finger is longer than the index finger

We're talking about handsome men here. They're charming and can get along with everyone. Yet they are a little more aggressive and are quick to take risks. This also means that these people often make more money than their colleagues with a shorter ring finger.

B. The ring finger is shorter than the index finger

Men with these hands are very confident and can even be a little self-loving. These people have no trouble being alone often and don't like being disturbed. When it comes to love, they do not take a risk out there a lot. They're not the ones to make the first move.

C. The ring finger and index finger are the same lengths

Maybe this says enough already. Men with these hands are good mediators (调停者), devoted and loving. Everything is balanced with these people. They're calm and everything seems to run smoothly, as if it's all organised.

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How to Avoid Spreading a Cold or Other Virus?

It's more significant than before to ensure you're taking all of the steps you can to prevent spreading virus that can make you and your loved ones sick. Fortunately, some of the most effective steps for preventing the spread of disease are also the easiest.

Wash your hands often. The best way that you can help prevent the spread of virus is to wash your hands frequently with soap and water. Wash your hands for 20 seconds, making sure to scrub (擦洗) your palms, the backs of your hands and fingers, under your fingernails, and around your thumbs.

Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth. It can be really difficult.  That includes being careful not to rub your eyes, scratch your nose, or bite your nails, because virus can more easily enter your body from these areas.

 To protect yourself, avoid sharing items like clothing, makeup, drinks with anyone else, including members of your own household. That way, even if one person is sick, the virus will be less likely to spread to anyone else.

Practice social distancing. If there's an illness going around, like during cold and flu season, try to limit your contact with other people. Those types of virus are often spread when a person sneezes or coughs. And do the same if it's you that may be sick. That way, the virus will be less likely to spread.

A. It's smart to drink bottled water.

B. Don't share personal items with other people.

C. Wear a face mask if you have to be around others.

D. Then wash your hands with clean water thoroughly.

E. Here are some steps to prevent people from becoming ill.

F. So stay at least 6 ft (1.8 m) away from anyone who may be sick.

G. However, try to break the habit of touching your face throughout the day.

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The day I met Mr. Rupp was the first day of high school. I walked into his class with a T-shirt that 1, "Supermodels Suck". He gave me a lot of 2 over the next four years, like how I should get my eyes to Berkeley where I belonged. By the way, I'm 3 there. The same is true for him as well.

I 4 his full-sleeve tattoos (纹身), which the school made him hide 5 in the great heat of summer. However, he was more than 6 to tell us the story of each one, like constellations (星座) instead of stars.

I remember that he didn't 7 his standards and refused to give up on us. He was strict with us. Love is 8 sometimes.

The last time I 9 a letter to him, it was 2005—four years after I graduated. I had just become a 10, like him, and it had helped me again 11 the work he did with countless high school students over the years. He wrote me back and told me that his heart sang to 12 me. That's the kind of teacher he was—the kind whose heart sang for his 13.

It's hard to say what I'll miss the most about him. There are simply too many 14 to sort through from those four years, and it 15 me to think he'll never read this letter. I want to believe that he knew how much he 16 to his students, his community, his family and his colleagues.

He changed the 17 of everyone around him. Even now, he is reminding me to love life, and to tell the people I 18 how much they mean to me before it is too 19.

As my dear teacher and dear friend, he will be 20, but he will never be forgotten.

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

According to a long-history tradition, Chinese make lanterns and rice balls, representing reunion,  the Lantern Festival, the  (one) full moon of a new lunar year, which falls on Feb. 26 this year.

 used to take three days to accomplish all of the 30 plus steps needed  (finish) only one lantern, because the bamboo and paper  (be) the common materials. Today wire is used. The Lantern Festival marks the end of the Spring Festival celebrations.

Duan from a small village in Shanxi Province. He is one of the 400 (villager) who are in charge of taking a group photograph. In 2017, it was the first time the villagers (come) together to have their photograph taken.

As well as lion dances, some other folk performances, and lantern exhibitors, the villagers have prepared a zigzag (Z字型的) pathway with wood sticks. All the villagers have to walk along it, in  hope that the road ahead is (smoothly) in the new year.

In Fujian Province where the weather is much  (warm), people are preparing to plough (犁) the fields. In some villages, young men parade (游行庆祝) the fields praying for a harvest.

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

As one of the most important traditional festival in China, the Mid-Autumn Festival dated back to over 1,000 years ago. General speaking, people regard it a celebration of their hard work and harvest.

On Mid-Autumn Day, all family member spare no effort to go back home to have a dinner together wherever they are. After dinner, they appreciate the beautiful full moon while eat moon cakes, the traditional food for the festival, that is round in shape and means family reunion. Both of the moon, the moon cakes and the relaxed atmosphere combine to create a feeling of happiness in everyone's heart.

寒假期间，正好是你爸爸或妈妈的生日，请用英语写篇短文，内容包括：

1）庆祝活动；

2）你的感受。

注意：1）词数100左右；

2）短文题目已为你写好。

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