辽宁省黑山县黑山中学2021届高三英语上学期第二次月考试题

1 辽宁省黑山县黑山中学 2021 届高三英语上学期第二次月考试题 （试卷满分：120 分 考试时间：100 分钟） 选择题部分 第一部分 阅读理解（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 和 D 四 个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。 A Top Music Festivals Summer festival season is just kicking off, and there is a lot to look forward to in the upcoming months. Pitchfork Music Festival Anyone who likes indie(独立的)music and up-and-coming artists will have an amazing time at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago’s Union Park. This is an indie rock haven that explores more underground and lesser-known bands than the other big Chicago summer festival, Lollapalooza. Date: July 14—16, 2018 Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA Music Type: Indie rock Price: $126- $2, 700 Essence Music Festival No matter what time of the year it is, New Orleans is a slapping place if you love live music. The Essence Music Festival is a celebration of well-known artists like Diana Ross, Chaka Khan and Mary J. Blige.2 Date: June 29—July 2, 2018 Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Music Type: R& B, soul, rock Price: $75- $365 Sziget Festival Budapest knows how to hold a party, and Sziget is one of the biggest celebrations of music and culture in all of Europe. You can expect to find favorite artists like Bad Religion and Mac DeMarco taking the stages here during this three-day festival. Date: August 9-11, 2018 Location: Budapest, Hungary Music Type: Indie rock Price: $70- $296 Flow Festival The Flow Festival is a great excuse to explore the city of Helsinki. Artists including Lana Del Rey and The XX will be playing, among many others. Come to this festival to enjoy a relaxing atmosphere with an earth-friendly belief. Date: August 11-13, 2018 Location: Helsinki, Finland Music Type: Rock, soul, jazz Price: $106- $199 1. What is the meaning of the underlined word “slapping” in the passage? A. strange. B. wonderful. C. humorous. D. imaginable3 2. What can we do during the Sziget Festival? A. Hold different parties.. B. Take photos with Lana Del Rey. C. Learn about some culture D. Perform ourselves on the stage. 3. What kind of music can we all enjoy in the four festivals?? A. Jazz B. R&B C. Rock. D. Soul B A seven-year-old boy who loves toys has now become a toy himself. Ryan, a first-grade student, has been making YouTube videos for three years. The videos usually show him opening a toy, playing with it and then waving goodbye to viewers. His most watched video, in which Ryan hunts for large plastic eggs, has more than 1.5 billion views. And his YouTube channel, Ryan Toys Review, has more than 16 million subscribers. Toy makers have paid Ryan and his parents to show their products. The financial magazine Forbes estimated that his YouTube channel brought in $11 million last year. Ryan's parents did not confirm or deny that report. They have also kept secret their last name and where they live for safety reasons. The large American store Walmart hopes to use Ryan's popularity to sell more toys. Last month， Walmart started selling Ryan's action figures for $9. It also sells clothing, toy animals and French fry-shaped toys under the name Ryan's World. Jim Silver of the toy review site TTPM called Ryan a ”celebrity". He said, “Kids watch his videos. He's entertaining." But Silver said it "all comes down to the toy”. Still, Ryan's many followers could prove profitable for Walmart. A video of the boy searching for Ryan's World toys in Walmart has nearly 10 million views in a month. His parents mention Ryan spends about 90 minutes a week recording YouTube videos. They said he helped with the creation of some of the toys, like the evil version of himself for the action figure.4 Unlike his action figures, Ryan will grow up. And his parents note they are prepared to follow his interests, as he gets older. ”We can change,” they said. 4. Why do toy makers pay Ryan and his parents? A. To test their products. B. To help the boy and his family. C. To promote their products D. To develop their products. 5. What can we learn about Walmart from the text? A. Walmart started selling Ryan’s toys for $9. B. It only sells toys under the name Ryan’s World. C. It has cooperated with Ryan for three years. D. Ryan’s popularity will help it make a great profit. 6. What can Ryan’s parents do according to the text? A. Let the followers know their names and address. B. Be ready to follow Ryan's interests. C. Record videos and release them on YouTube. D. Deny Ryan's YouTube channel. 7. What's the best title of the text? A . A Boy Loves Toys and Becomes a Celebrity B. Walmart Cooperates with the Boy C. How a Boy Records YouTube Videos D. Parents Should Follow Kids' Interests C Women have put up with jibes(嘲笑) about their driving for decades. Now a report claims to have finally put an end to the debate ----with conclusive(确凿的) evidence that women really are better drivers than men. Men are four times more likely to end up in court for motoring crimes and twice as likely 5 to make insurance claims, it reveals. This is reflected in the fact that men typically pay £92 a year more than women for their insurance. The average premium(保险费) for women is £701, with men paying £793, according to comparison website Confused.com, which published the report. Official figures reveal that 585.000 drivers in England were taken to court last year for motoring offences. Just under eight in ten of those were men---outnumbering women by almost four to one. Some 23 percent of these offences were men caught speeding---- significantly higher than women at 7 percent. Men also outweighed women by five to one when it came to drink-driving offences and were twice as likely to be driving without either tax or insurance as women. And male drivers cost insurers more when it comes to claims payouts, suggesting they have been in more accidents than women. In 2017, two out of three insurance claims were made by men, of which 17 percent were fault claims. In comparison, only one in three claims last year came from women ----9 percent of which were at fault. And not only do men make more claims, but they tend to be a little more expensive. They claimed £3,271 per payout on average, while typical payouts for women were slightly cheaper at £3,121. This could be down to the fact that men often own more expensive cars, with an average value of £8,654. Women, however, are driving around in cars with a value of £7,090. 8. How many women drivers were taken to court last year in England? A.585.000. B.468.000. C.117.000. D.351，000. 9. How many times do men outweigh women as to drink-driving offences? A. Four times. B. Five times. C. Twice. D. Three times 10. What can we learn about insurance claims according to the text? A. Insurers will pay more on male drivers. B. Female drivers made more accidents.6 C. Two thirds were made by females D. 17 percent of female claims were fault ones. 11. Why do men drivers’ claims tend to be more expensive? A. Men often drink after driving. B. Women drive without tax. C. Men often own more expensive cars. D. Men often repair their cars using claims. D Sleeping badly or working night shifts could be making you fat, weak and more likely to become diabetic. A study has revealed short or restless sleep changes the way people's DNA works and makes the body more dedicated to storing fat. Muscles get smaller and fat stores begin to rise when people lose as little as one night's sleep, the experts find. Although midnight snacks or being too tired to exercise could be blamed for tired people getting fatter, there may now be a more scientific reason. Researchers have linked losing sleep to weight gain in the past but have found it difficult to explain 一 now they reveal it could be linked to the body clock. And a tired body also becomes less able to handle sugar in the blood which raises the risk of someone developing type 2 diabetes（二型糖尿病）. Sleep researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden did a study on 15 people who they tested after a full night's sleep and after a sleepless night. They took fat and muscle tissue samples and collected blood from the healthy weight participants and found the way their DNA worked had changed. The researchers say their findings are important because high levels of body fat increase the risk of the world's biggest causes of death: cancer, heart diseases and strokes. People's sensitivity to blood sugar is also dampened when they're tired, which suggest those who don't sleep well are at higher risk of type 2 diabetes. “We saw that the (fatty) tissue is attempting to increase its capacity to store fat following sleep loss,” said Dr Cedernaes, "whereas we observed signs of breakdown of skeletal muscle. We also noted changes in levels of proteins involved handling blood glucose(葡萄糖), and this could help explain why the participants’ glucose sensitivity 7 was impaired(伤害) following sleep loss.” Taken together, these observations may provide at least partial insight(了解) as to why chronic sleep loss and shift work can increase the risk of adverse weight gain as well as the risk of type 2 diabetes. 12. What's the new scientific reason for people's getting fatter? A. Midnight snacks. B. Lack of exercise. C. The body clock. D.The gene. 13. Why do the researchers think their findings are important? A. Their research will make a great profit B. Too much body fat leads to deadly disease. C Their research will improve the quality of sleep. D. They can change the genes of the human body. 14. What can be learned from Dr.Cedernaes’s statement? A. Sleep loss increase muscle. B. Sleep loss increase glucose sensitivity. C. Sleep loss makes the tissue store less fat. D. Sleep loss may lead to type 2 diabetes. 15. What’s the best title for the text? A. Sleeping Badly Will Make You Fat B. Heart Disease and Sleep Loss C. The Death Rate and Sleep Loss D. How to Have a Good Sleep 第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Change is hard for many people to accept. However it's worth keeping in mind that one 8 part of growing as a person requires you to accept that life is constantly changing. 16 . You need to be able to deal with these changes in a positive way. First of all, you should understand that change is an unavoidable part of life. Before the time comes for you to accept change, learn that it is necessary for old things to go and new things to come. 17 . The entire history of the world and the history of human progress are decided by change and development 18 . Even though change can have a negative effect on your life, in most cases, there is always something positive to look at. Use this as an opportunity to turn the negative change into an opportunity. Last of all, try to understand why change upsets you so much. 19 , it is hard to change and accept it. Think about it and you might understand it finally. This, as a result, might help stop some of your anxiety about change. 20 ：Does social change give you a feeling of uncertainty? Does the change make you feel like everything you know about the world is falling apart? Does breaking up with a significant one make you feel as if you're too emotionally fragile and lacking a support system? A. When you return B. Consider the following C. If you're unclear why it makes you so unsettled D. You must learn to look on the bright side as well E. You should turn to others for help if it is necessary F. Most of the time, the transition from the old to the new will bring you energy G. You might lose your jobs, lose your loved ones, or experience other life-changing things9 第二部分 语言运用（共两节，满分 30 分） 第一节 完形填空（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项， 并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。 Simeon Ford is the owner of the old Grand Union Hotel in New York. He once said，”You don’t need to know anything about 21 a hotel. You just open up and the 22 will tell you how to run it.” That must be 23 of other businesses, too. I heard of a newspaper editor who called in her assistant and handed him a pile of 24 . ”These are suggestions sent in by subscribers on how to run our paper. Make sure you 25 them out,” she said. He did. He carried them out and 26 them in the dustbin. Many people are quick to suggest，and quicker to criticize(批评)．When asked why she was always so 27 , one woman said,” I guess I just have a 28 for seeing other people’s faults!” This is a gift I think she should 29 . Critics are not hard to 30 . What the world needs are people who 31 us. Not more people to find faults, but people to point out strengths and encourage us to do better than others. The most successful people look for 32 qualities. They see potential where others see 33 . Mark Twain put it like this:” Keep away from people who try to look down on your ambitions. Small people 34 do that, but the really great people make you feel that you too, can become 35 .” Who do you spend time with? Critics or inspirators? Surround yourself with those who believe in you. Make your life full of hope and courage.10 21. A. booking B. building C. running D. describing 22. A. customers B. waiters C. managers D. servants 23. A. new B. true C. proper D. exact 24. A. books B. magazines C. goods D. letters 25. A. lend B. pick C. carry D. sell 26. A. dropped B. buried C. wrapped D. covered 27. A. nervous B. angry C. hungry D. critical 28. A. desire B. reason C. gift D. wish 29. A. accept B. hide C. contribute D. improve 30. A. recognize B. prove C. identify D. find 31. A. disturb B. annoy C. teach D. encourage 32. A. positive B. poor C. top D. negative 33. A. courage B. faith C. failure D. fame 34. A. even B. always C. ever D. never 35. A. great B. wise C. rich D. strong 非选择题部分 第二节（共 10 小题：每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分） We humans like to conquer. For this reason, mountaineers dream of reaching the highest peak on the planet 一 Mount Qomolangma, 36 is tall about 8,844 meters above sea level. Everybody wants to stand on top of the world. However, in recent years this desire to conquer 11 37 (become) so strong that we have begun to travel in the wrong 38 (direct). During this year's climbing season―from March to May—at least 11 climbers died in the Himalayas, 39 (make) it one of the worst seasons on record. And the fact that many of the climbers were inexperienced is one of the major 40 (factor) contributing to the tragedy. They don't train very hard. There are lots of climbers who just want to check the box so that they can say they've been to the top of the world. Apart from 41 (put) their own lives at risk, this ignorant attitude of climbers also leads to other problems. The mountain's cleaning group collected 12 tons of trash 一 including food wrappers， and oxygen tanks 一 left behind this climbing season. This once 42 (peace) corner of the world has lost its magic. Perhaps 43 we should do now is restore meaning to the activity itself—real meaning. The meaning doesn't come with the summit itself, 44 with everything that leads you up to it. Standing on top of a mountain doesn't change you and doesn't change the world. It's 45 (real) about the journey. The journey is the most important thing on any mountain. 第三部分 写作（共两节，满分 40 分） 第一节 应用文写作（满分 15 分） 假定你是李华,对源自爱尔兰的 St Patrick’s Day 很感兴趣,想了解并向同学们介绍这个节日。 请你给爱尔兰的朋友 Peter 写一封信,询问关于 St Patrick’s Day 的一些信息。 内容包括: 1.写信原因; 2.需要的帮助; 3.你的感激之情。 注意：1. 词数 80 左右；12 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 第二节 读后续写（满分 25 分） 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。 注意：1. 所续写短文的词数应为 l50 左右； 2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好； I pulled the car into the garage and got out, just like every night for the past 16 years. The difference was that I wouldn’t have a job to take in the morning. I used to be a VP(副总裁) in technology for a national bank until it was closed. I’d put my heart and soul into my job. Not only did I work long hours, but I was on call 24 hours a day, including weekends and holidays. My kids joked that though they were the teenagers, I was the one who was glued to the cell phone and had to be told not to text at the dinner table. My wife, Michelle, went back to work full-time once my job was threatened. But our kids would be going to college—our son, John, was a high school senior, and the girls, Sarah and Tara, were in ninth grade—and I wanted to give them the education and opportunities they deserved. “God, if I can’t provide for my family,” I asked, “what good am I?” A ray of light streamed through the window, as if beckoning(召唤) me. I opened the door and stepped out into our yard. The lawn, the maple tree planted when I was young and the flower beds were overrun with weeds. They needed pruning(修剪). Treasure this time. The thought came out of nowhere. But clear, clear as it could be. I shook my head. I couldn’t get distracted by random thoughts. The clock was ticking. I needed to get busy finding a new job. I went up to the house. “I’m sorry, Dad,” John said. “I know how much your job meant to you.” His concern was mirrored in the girls’ faces. Then Michelle added, “It’s going 13 to be okay. We’ll get through this together. Maybe you should consider this time as a break. You deserve one.” A break? Was she kidding? There was no time to rest. If anything, I needed to work even harder. Paragraph 1: The next morning I got up before everyone else and opened my laptop.________________ Paragraph 2: Just a few hours here and there, the new lawn began to take shape and so did I. ___________________________14 高三英语试题答案 1-5 BCCCD 6-10 BACBA 11-15 CCBDA 16-20 GFDCB 21-25 CABDC 26-30 ADCBD 31-35 DACBA 36. which 37. has become 38. directions 39. making 40. factors 41. putting 42. peaceful 43. what 44. but 45. really 应用文写作 Dear Peter, I’m writing to ask you for a huge favour. We are learning about festivals around the world and I’m fascinated by St Patrick’s Day, but unfortunately I cannot find much information about it. I know it originates in your country, so I’m wondering if you could help me out by telling me something about this festival, especially why and how people celebrate it. I’d appreciate it if you could write back to me soon. Yours, Li Hua15 读后续写 The next morning I got up before everyone else and opened my laptop. To find a new job, I searched job sites, and companies with big technical departments, and e-mailed friends with connections. Then Michelle and the kids were up; the house was bustling. However, by midmorning the quiet of the house was driving me crazy. I walked to our yard to clear my head. My gaze fell on those overgrown flower beds. As least that was a problem I could do something about. Then I settled into a new routine. I still applied for jobs, but I took a break to do things I’d neglected. Just a few hours here and there, the new lawn began to take shape and so did I. With the physical labour, the extra weight and concern dropped off, and I felt healthier. Maybe God had answered a prayer I hadn’t even said. He gave me this time to treasure, to be the husband and father my family needed. And I also had the chance to find a healthy balance between work and home—a balance that I will be sure to keep even after I land a new position with a great company.