第 1 页 共 10 页 高考英语模拟试卷高考英语模拟试卷 题号IIIIIIIVV总分 得分 一 阅读理解 本大题共 10 小题 共 25 0 分 A It s almost 2 a m at Lightning in a Bottle a music festival in Bradley Calif The last song of the night is the Clean Up Song by Mr Nigel Friends Abruptly heads bow and backs bend as people pick up empty cups dirty forks and festival guides and drop them into cans It works laughs Jesse Shannon marketing director of Do LaB the organization that hosts Lightning in a Bottle It reminds people in an interesting and cute way not to leave everything on the dance floor The Clean Up Song has been a tradition at Lightning in a Bottle since the beginning It s just one of the innovative ways music festivals are trying to lessen their impact on the environment Outdoor festivals have been called environmental disasters A 2006 analysis conducted by Burning Man the annual gathering in the northwestern Nevada desert showed that the event produced 91 million pounds of carbon emissions 排放 or 1 400 pounds per person These events literally produce tons of waste anything from 60 tons at Lightning in a Bottle in 2015 to almost 550 tons at Bonnaroo in 2017 Burning Man has a strong Leave No Trace policy Lightning in a Bottle hosts talks from climate activists 积极分子 Outsides Lands Music and Arts Festival in San Francisco has worked with Clean Vibes to responsibly manage its waste In 2016 it diverted 使转 向 91 percent of all waste from landfill 垃圾填埋池 by encouraging recycling and reuse Festivals hope they can affect people s attitudes and awareness instead of simply reducing their own environmental effects People at a festival are exploring an alternative way of living and it s a great opportunity to reassess your relationship to waste Mr Shannon says People have been gathering for as long as there have been people Shannon says So it s not something we are going to stop doing It s more what we can do to reduce the impacts of these gatherings and at the same time have a positive effect We are confident we are helping people s mind change We still have a long way to go 1 What is unique about Lightning in a Bottle A It lasts all night B It is song themed C It makes people moved and bow D It is likely to benefit nature 2 What does the underlined word it in Paragraph 4 refer to A Leave No Trace policy B Lightning in a Bottle C Outsides Lands Music and Arts Festival D Clean Vibes 3 What does Mr Shannon s attitudes towards the festivals mentioned above A neutralB indifferentC brightD effortless 第 2 页 共 10 页 B Fortune cookies commonly served after meals at Chinese restaurants in the U S are characterized by a fortune which is written on a small piece of paper tucked inside the cookie There are several competing stories about the origin of the fortune cookie None of them however has been proven to be entirely true One of these stories traces 追溯 the cookie s origin back to 13th and 14th century China which was then occupied by the Mongols According to the legend 传说 notes of secrets plans for a revolution to overthrow the Mongols 蒙古人 were hidden in mooncakes that would ordinarily have been filled with sweet bean paste The revolution turned out to be successful and eventually led to the formation of the Ming Dynasty This story may sound highly credible but there seems to be no solid evidence that it inspired the creation of the treats we know of today as fortune cookies Another account claims that David Jung a Chinese immigrant living in Los Angeles created the fortune cookie in 1918 Concerned about the poor people he saw wandering near his shop he made cookies and passed them out free on the streets Each cookie contained a strip of paper inside with an inspirational quotation on it However the more generally accepted story is that the fortune cookie first turned up in either 1907 or 1914 in San Francisco created by a Japanese immigrant Makoto Hagiwara The fortune cookie was based on a Japanese snack but Hagiwara sweetened the recipe to appeal to American tastes He put thank you notes in the cookies and served them to his guests with tea Within a few years Chinese restaurant owners in San Francisco had copied the recipe and replaced the thank you notes with fortune notes Such fortune cookies became common in Chinese restaurants in the U S after World War II 4 What did the second and third legends have in common A The fortune cookies were made to help the poor B The fortune cookies were made by immigrants C The fortune cookies were totally Chinese D The fortune cookies became popular World War II 5 Which word can replace the underlined word overthrow in Paragraph 2 A defeatB helpC evolveD expand 6 Which of the following statements about the first legend is NOT RIGHT A Mongols dominated from 1300 to 1400 in China B The revolution witnessed the arrival of the Ming Dynasty C It seems that no specific evidence can be found to prove the legend D It is one of the half false stories about the fortune cookie 7 What is the main idea about article A The fortune cookie are gaining more a