2020届北京高考英语二模试卷及参考答案(房山区).doc

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2020届北京高考英语二模试卷（房山区）

第一部分：知识运用（共两节，45分）

第一节语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）

阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

A

Mawasbornintoadoctor’sfamilyin1933andbecameamilitarydoctorin1947.She1(apply)tobecomeaparatrooperin1961,butherfirstapplicationfailedbecausetherewerenofemaleparatroopersatthattime.Butshelearnttoparachutebytraininghardinsecret.Finally,shebecameChina’sfirstfemaleparatrooper.Shesetanationalrecordastheoldestenlistedwomantodoaparachutejump2theageof51.Shecompletedover140parachutingjumpsoveraperiodof20years.In2018,Madonatedherentirelifesavingstoherhometown.This3(donate)wastosupportlocaleducationandpublicwelfare.

B

Shadowplays,theearliestof4startedover2000yearsago,haveenjoyedalonghistoryinChinaandconsistofmanystyles.OnefamousbranchdisplayedinmuseumiscalledTaianShadowPlay.ItisbelievedthatitoriginatedintheSongDynastywhenanemperorcametoMountTaitooffersacrifice.Inthepast,theauthenticshadowfigures5(make)ofdonkeyskin.Butnowadays，tosavethe6(life)ofmanydonkeys,theyhavefoundsomeman-madematerials,whichareusedforthefiguresinthehands-onarea.

C

Theoceansareavaluablesourceofnaturalresources.Someofthemare7(complete)newtous.MostnotableoftheseisChina’sdiscoveryofanice-likesubstance,8(know)as“fireice”,undertheSouthChinaSea.Inaddition,China’sunderwatervessels,suchastheJiaolongandShenhaiYongshi,havebeenexploringwatersatdepthsofthousandsofmetres.TheJiaolongevenholdstherecordforthedeepestdivebyamannedsubmarine,at7,062metres,9(give)Chinaitsplacealongsidetheworld’stopoceanexplorers.Theresearchconductedbythesevesselsisprovidingscientistswithabetterunderstandingof10theseabedwasformed,aswell