炎德 英才大联考湖南长沙市一中2021届高三月考试卷(七) 英语试题 含答案

1 炎德·英才大联考长沙市一中 2021 届高三月考试卷(七) 英语 时量：120 分钟 总分：150 分 第二部分 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、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Phuket, Thailand As its dry season stretches from November to April with little rain, there are few more reliable destinations for a sunny escape than Phuket in winter. Thailand’s biggest island is a holiday icon, starting as a backpacker bolt-hole and now a mainstream favorite. Besides blue water, fine beaches, palm trees and massage, the sunsets from Phromthep Cape at the southern tip are marvelous. Alaska, the United States Alaska has a natural landscape that seems at times untouched by humanity. Anchorage, the state’s largest city, has the Dog Race, which alone is worth a trip to see. Head over to the city of Fairbanks to witness the amazing spectacle of Northern Lights. Don’t forget to explore the incredible Mendenhall Ice Caves, located near the capital of Alaska, Juneau. Lake Baikal, Russia Lake Baikal in Siberia holds the distinction of being the world’s deepest lake and also for being labeled one of the clearest and oldest lakes known to man. The serenity experienced here during the winter is priceless. Combined with breathtaking views of the frozen lake and sunny skies. Lake Baikal is a hidden diamond unknown to many tourists and foreigners. Ice fishing and ice-skating are popular activities here. Xinjiang, China Xinjiang is increasingly attracting visitors for its extraordinary natural beauty and fascinating culture. Near the border of Kirgizstan. Mongolia and Russia, there lies the Kanas Lake, around which lives the Tuwa tribe. The brave ethnic group has a long history and many customs. Hemu village, covered in snow and hidden in forests, is like a fairyland in winter. It was ranked by the China National Geography as one of the six most beautiful villages in the country. 21. Which month is the best time for travel in Phuke? A. March. B. May. C. July. D. October. 22. Which destination should you go if you like winter games? A. Phuket. Thailand. B. Alaska, the United States. C. Lake Baikal. Russia. D. Xinjiang. China. 23. What can you do in Xinjiang, China? A. Watch the Dog Race. B. Know about the culture of the ethnic group. C. Appreciate views of the frozen lake and sunny skies. D. Enjoy blue water, fine beaches, palm trees and massage. B Hi, I’m Therese, a business development manager living in Berlin. Germany. Last month. I managed to read over 100 nonfiction titles in psychology, politics, and leadership. I know it sounds crazy, but I really did. 2 Here’s how. It started with a bet. A colleague challenged me to read Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers: The STORY of SUCCESS in two hours. As determined as I was. I just couldn’t meet the deadline. I got through the first few chapters relatively quickly but found it impossible to finish the book in the designated 2 hours, so I lost the bet, but it gave me an idea! I needed to find a better way to consume nonfiction books. I found several websites, blogs and apps that transform books into “bite-sized” content. But in the end. I chose the Blinkist app. I wanted to read more nonfiction books—I found it really useful to read the key points from lots of books to help me get a feeling for what’s an absolute must for my to-read list! As one of the first services to condense (压缩) nonfiction books into quick reads, the Blinkist app has over 2,500 best-selling nonfiction titles in its library (including Outliers: The STORY of SUCCESS-----the book that defeated me!). To be honest, I was skeptical at first, but I learned some things that put my mind at ease. For example. I learned that in order to produce quality insights from every book, they have over 100 literary experts hard at work. I also loved it that the app has an audio function which allows me to listen to great ideas throughout the day. So, with this cool new friend, I set a fresh goal for myself----to read the key insights from 100 books in just one month. I’m very competitive like that! 24. What motivated the author to try to read many books in a short time? A. A desire. B. A hobby. C. Curiosity. D. A failure of a bet. 25. Which of the following can explain the underlined part in Paragraph 2? A. Long. B. Small. C. Eatable. D. Important. 26. What do we know about the Blinkist app? A. It is an app for people to listen to stories. B. It serves as an instructor of reading novels. C. It offers abstracts of many nonfiction books. D. It contains thousands of complete nonfiction books. 27. What is the author’s attitude to the app at first? A. Objective. B. Critical. C. Favorable. D. Doubtful. C The Rwandan government is sending officials across the country to enforce its ban on skin-lightening and bleaching (漂白) products. The African country is leading a campaign against skin bleaching and poor-quality make-up, particularly products that include hydroquinone, a spokesman from the Rwanda Standards Board told CNN. President Paul Kagame sparked discussions on the need to ban the sale of skin “whiteners” on social media in November. In response to a post from a woman calling for the government to crack down on skin bleaching, Kagame said on Twitter that bleaching creams are unhealthy, and he called on the country’s Ministry of Health and police to control this very quickly”. Government officials and police are now checking markets in the capital, Kigali, and in provinces across the African nation, seizing skin lightening and bleaching products. Last month, the country’s Standards Board warned the public about the alternative names for hydroquinone, one of the prohibited ingredients in ordinary commercial cosmetics. “All the ingredients that can help in body bleaching, skin bleaching, are banned,” a government spokesperson told CNN. “We are now putting much effort, like educating people, going around and seizing those illegal 3 products,” Francois Uwinkindi, director of the cancer unit at the Ministry of Health, told Rcuters news agency. Rwandan police said they seized more than 5,000 banned bleaching products —including lotions, oils, soaps and sprays—from beauty shops across the country last month. according to local media, New Times. Skin whitening creams are sold in many African countries without restriction, despite increasing push-back from the public and governments on the continent. Skin-lightening products contain chemicals which can cause liver damage, reduce resistance to bacterial and fungal infections, and increase anxiety, depression and psychosis, according to the World Health Organization. Around 25% of women in Mali, 77% of women in Nigeria, and 59% in Togo regularly use skin-lightening products, according to a 2011 report by the World Health Organization Ghana made a ban on skin lightening creams in 2017, following Cote d’ivoire’s ban in 2015. 28. Why do Rwandan government ban the skin-lightening products? A. Because they do great harm to health. B. Because people easily get addicted to them. C. Because some businessmen sell them illegally. D. Because they don’t work well enough as expected. 29. What can be inferred from the passage? A. Rwandan police arrested some skin-lightening products sellers. B. Skin-lightening lotions, oils, soaps and sprays are allowed to be sold. C. More than half African countries have banned skin-lightening products. D. A woman’s post stepped up the ban on skin-lightening products in Rwanda. 30. How do the chemicals contained in skin-lightening products affect health? A. They cause liver cancer. B. They stimulate the increase of fungal infections. C. They reduce the ability to resist bacterial infections. D. They make people feel anxious and sometimes excited. 31. What can be the best title for the passage? A. Dying to be white B. Harms of skin lightening C. Bans on skin-lightening products D. Skin lightening winning more popularity D The second experiment on how to grow crops on Mars and moon soil simulant (模拟装置) has given a surprising outcome. As a result of what the researchers of Wageningen University & Research centre in the Netherlands learned from their first experiment, they were able to grow ten different crop species. Tomatoes, peas, rye, garden rocket, radish and garden cress were harvested. A few improvements have been made since the first experiment. Researcher Wieger Wamelink said “We used trays instead of original small pots and added organic material (fresh cut grass) to the Mars and moon soil simulant. This solved the problem we had with watering in the first experiment and also added manure (肥料) to the soils,” In particular the crop growth on the moon soil simulant showed improvement. While in the first moon soil experiment most plants died, in the next round they flourishes, and the researchers could harvest from the same species as on the Mars soil simulant 4 and the Earth potting compost (混合肥料) control. The production of biomass (生物量) on the Mars soil simulant was lower than on Earth control, but it was a minor difference and caused by one of the trays that showed less growth. It was also not statistically different from the Earth control. “That was a real surprise to us.” comments Wamelink. “It shows that the Mars soil simulant has great potential when properly prepared and watered. The biomass growth on the moon soil simulant was less than on both other soils, about half of the biomass. Only the spinach showed poor biomass production.” Although the Wageningen researchers harvested several eatable crops, they did not eat them. Wamelink said. “The soils contain heavy metals like lead, arsenic and mercury and also a lot of iron. If the components become available for the plants, they may be taken up and find their way into the fruits, making them poisonous. Further research on this is necessary and that is one of the reasons why a crowdfunding (众筹) campaign has been started to finance the third experiment that will be all about food safety. If the crops prove to be safe enough to eat, the funders will be invited for dinner where a ‘Martian meal’ will be served that includes the harvested crops; at least for those who dare!” 32. What do the researchers gain from the first experiment? A. They can harvest ten crop species. B. They learn what the organic material is. C. They’re sure that they will succeed next time. D. They learn they have to change the plant containers. 33. What do you think is mainly discussed in Para. 3? A. The biomass growth on the moon soil simulant was the worst. B. In spite of some drawbacks, the Mars soil simulant has great potential. C. The reasons why the production of biomass on the Mars soil simulant was lower. D. The production of biomass on the Mars soil simulant is obviously different from that on the Earth control. 34. Why didn’t the researchers eat the products harvested in the experiment? A. What they harvested was not eatable. B. They haven’t got enough funding support. C. The crops may contain various poisonous substances. D. The production of the crops was lower than that on the Earth control. 35. What’s the specific purpose of the third experiment? A. It aims to make it clear whether the crops are safe enough to be eaten. B. It is to provide the basis for growing crops on Mars and the moon. C. It aims to increase the production of biomass on the Mars soil simulant. D. It aims to find a way to protect the plants from the poisonous environment. 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。 Good volunteers bring a lot of energy to the project. The efforts of volunteers prove invaluable for worthy causes such as helping the needy at soup kitchens or digging a well to provide an undeveloped village with fresh water. But there may be such a volunteer who wanders around with his head buried in his smartphone, which is not much better than having no volunteers at all. ____36____ 5 Empathy (同情心) First and foremost, a volunteer should care about the people —or animals —who need his help. This means the volunteer looks past cultural, religious and social differences and is only concerned that his efforts are making a positive impact on the lives of others. ____37____ Lending a hand at homeless shelter, for example, doesn’t give a volunteer the right to discuss the situations of the people who need the shelter outside of the volunteer group. Passion Passion is an important quality that a good volunteer should possess. ____38____ It’s something he looks forward to doing, something he feels a need to do. His enthusiasm is so genuine that he tells other people about the work he does and encourages other people to get on board. A volunteer with this kind of passion can be a one-person advertising agency for a worthy cause. Professionalism ____39____ He treats volunteering with the same level of professionalism that he does his job. and he respects the rules that come with it. He does what he says he’s going to do and fights through obstacles to make it happen. He also doesn’t lower his level of quality output because he isn’t being paid for it; he puts his best effort forward because his reward is the difference he’s making. Team Player It’s important for a volunteer to be a self-starter, but it’s equally important for him to know how to work as part of a team. ____40____ No matter what differences in personality, upbringing or outlook, everyone involved is in it for the same purpose: to help those who are unable to help themselves. A. What inspires someone to be a volunteer? B. A good volunteer is reliable and dependable. C. What qualities does a good volunteer need to possess? D. He must also respect the privacy of the people he helps. E. He knows how to cooperate with other volunteers with passions. F. Volunteering for his favorite cause isn’t just another way to spend a Saturday. G. Volunteering is still in great need even though more and more people take on board 第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节，满分 30 分) 第一节(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。 In college, we were required to do an act of kindness, including preparing lunch for an elderly person. When I ____41____ the elderly person with the food, it never ____42____ to me that it would result in a new friendship and the discovery of a ____43____. Bill was unable to ____44____ much. A nurse came regularly to help him move to and from the wheelchair ____45____ he has no relatives. Bill said he was delighted to see me and it was a ____46____ for him to eat a meal with me because he usually eats ____47____. He said the food was great, but he enjoyed having ____48____ even more. Bill had many ____49____ stories to tell about his travels to many places when working on the railroad. I was ____50____ a trip but hesitated about traveling by train. However, I would ____51____ be going by train after meeting Bill. Perhaps the biggest ____52____ of this project was that I suddenly realized that spending time with the elderly was fun. On the one hand. I am a good ____53____. On the other hand, older people 6 want someone to know their inner world, so it is a perfect ____54____. I decided to focus my studies on the ____55____. Hopefully in the future, I can help even more people like Bill. 41. A. called on B. came across C. picked up D. turned to 42. A. happened B. appealed C. occurred D. proved 43. A. travel plan B. career path C. holiday destination D. cooking skill 44. A. talk B. eat C. sit D. walk 45. A. but B. because C. though D. so 46. A. treat B. fancy C. privilege D. waste 47. A. slowly B. little C. alone D. happily 48. A. family B. company C. fun D. health 49. A. adventurous B. fresh C. absorbing D. satisfying 50. A. intending B. pretending C. allowing D. requiring 51. A. unbelievably B. undoubtedly C. unexpectedly D. unhurriedly 52. A. aim B. impression C. problem D. bonus 53. A. student B. cook C. learner D. listener 54. A. choice B. deal C. match D. game 55. A. old B. poor C. disabled D. homeless 第二节 (共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分) 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。 If you feel depressed, alone, or are having troubles you can’t solve, you need to look ____56____ help and support. If you can, it’s best ____57____ (turn) to your parents. It may seem hard to share your ____58____ (person) feelings with parents, because you may not be really sure what’s going on. Sometimes parents can offer ____59____ new angle that helps you figure things out. Just ____60____ (talk) about it might help you see things more clearly. Some people worry about ____61____ parents might react. Will Mom be mad? Will Dad be disappointed It’s natural to worry, but most parents are ____62____ (support) when they realize what’s going on. If you ____63____ (be) like most people, you probably wish your parents would start the conversation. Sometimes they will ask what’s wrong, but sometimes they also have too many troubles of ____64____ (they) own. If you reach out to your mom or dad and it turns out your mom or dad can’t help, go to other adults whom you trust. Don’t give up until you get someone ____65____ can help you. It’s important for your growth. 第四部分 写作(共两节，满分 40 分) 第一节 (满分 15 分) 假如你是李华，你之前在网上为你校交换生 Jack 预定了下周六晚上 7：30 的花鼓戏演出， 现该演出被宣布取消，请给他写一封邮件，内容要点如下： 1.告知演出取消； 2.后续事项处理； 3.其他活动建议。 注意： 1.写作词数应为 80 左右； 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 _________________________________________________________________________________ 7 _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 第二节(满分 25 分) 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 Asad was a 13- year-old boy who was very honest and hardworking. Recently, he had entered a new school, so he had no friends yet. On Monday morning, he was nearly late for school. The night before, his family attended his cousin’s wedding and reached home late, which was why he couldn’t get up on time as usual. At school. Asad could not pay attention to anything and wanted the bell to ring so that he could buy something to eat. After a few hours, when the bell rang. Asad quickly opened his schoolbag to find his money, but just then he remembered that he had left for school in a hurry in the morning and forgotten to take money. He looked under his books, hoping to find some money but there was nothing. Not knowing what to do, he walked out of the classroom and sat on a bench in front of the canteen, He saw a few of his classmates there, among them was Fahad. He was one of the richest kids in his class, but he was a very arrogant boy who thought everyone else was a loser. But as Asad was new, he didn’t know much about Fahad. When he went towards Fahad and asked if he could borrow some money for his lunch, Fahad laughed a lot and said, “I knew you were a loser, maybe a beggar?” Fahad laughed out so loud that other kids also heard and made fun of the situation. He didn’t answer Fahad, and slowly walked back towards an empty bench. When he reached the bench, he noticed something lying near it. It was a wallet. He picked it up and recognized it as Fahad’s, as he remembered Fahad showing it to his friends and telling that his uncle bought it for him from the UK. There was quite a lot of money inside for a kid. 注意： 1、续写词数应为 150 左右； 2、请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 At first. Asad wanted to keep it a secret and punished Fahad. _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ Then Fahad said. “Why are you giving it back?” _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 8 _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 炎德·英才大联考长沙市一中 2021 届高三月考试卷(七) 英语参考答案 21-23 ACB 24-27 DBCD 28-31 ADCC 32-35 DBCA 36-40 CDFBE 41-45 ACBDB 46-50 ACBCA 51-55 BDDCA 56. for 57. to turn 58. personal 59. a 60. talking 61. how 62. supportive 63. are 64. their 65. that