2021年沈阳市第十一中学高三英语第三次联考试卷及参考答案

2021年沈阳市第十一中学高三英语第三次联考试卷及参考答案
第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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
The question of whether our government should promote science and technology or the liberal arts in higher education isn’t an either / or one, although the current emphasis on preparing young Americans for STEM (science, technology, engineering, maths)-related fields can make it seem that way.
The latest congressional report acknowledges the critical importance of technical training, but also insists that the study of the humanities and social sciences must remain central elements of America’s educational system at all levels. Both areas are the key to producing citizens who can participate effectively in our democratic society, become innovative leaders, and benefit from the spiritual enrichment that the reflection on the great ideas of mankind over time provides.
Parents and students who have invested heavily in higher education worry about graduates’ job prospects as technological advances and changes in domestic and global markets transform professions in ways that reduce wages and cut jobs. Under these circumstances, it’s natural to look for what may appear to be the most “practical” way out of the problem; “major in a subject designed to get you a job” seems the obvious answer to some, though this ignores the fact that many disciplines in the humanities characterized as “soft” often, in fact, lead to employment and success in the long run. Indeed, according to surveys, employers have expressed a preference for students who have received a broadly-based education that has taught them to write well, think critically, research creatively, and communicate easily.
Moreover, students should be prepared not just for their first job, but for their 4th and 5th jobs, as there’s little reason to doubt that people entering the workforce today will be called upon to play many different roles over the course of their careers. The ones who will do the best in this new environment will be those whose educations have prepared them to be flexible. The ability to take advantage of every available tool and insight—picked up from science, arts, and technology—to solve the problems of the future, and seize the opportunities, will be helpful to them and the nation.
1. What does the latest congressional report suggest?
A. STEM-related subjects help students find jobs in the information society.
B. The humanities and STEM subjects should be given equal importance.
C. The liberal arts in higher education help enrich students’ spiritual life.
D. Higher education should be adjusted to the practical needs of society.
2. What is the main concern of students when they choose a major?
A. Their interest in relevant subjects.
B. The academic value of the courses.
C. The quality of education to receive.
D. Their chances of getting a good job.
3. What does the author say about the so called “soft” subjects?
A. They benefit students in their future life.
B. They broaden students’ range of interests.
C. They just improve students’ communication skills.
D. They are essential to students’ healthy growth.
B
When an animal species is considered endangered, it means that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has evaluatedit as nearly extinct, which means that a majority of its population has already died off and the rate of birth is lower than the species’death rate. Today, more and more animal and plant species are on the way to extinction because of a variety of major factors that cause a species to become endangered, and as you might expect, humans play a role in quite a few of them — in fact, the biggest threat to endangered animals is human encroachment (侵入) on their habitats.
Every species needs a habitat, where an animal finds food, raises its young. Unfortunately, humans destroy animal habitats in a number of different ways: building houses, clearing forests to getlumberand to plant crops, draining rivers to bring water to those crops, and making streets and parking lots.
In addition, human development pollutes the environment with all kinds of chemicals, which destroys food sources and shelters for the creatures and plants of that area. As a result, some species die out while others are pushed into areas where they can’t find food and shelters — to make matters worse, when one animal population suffers, it affects many other species in its food web, so more than one species’population is likely to decrease.
Habitat destruction is the number one reason for animal endangerment, which is why conservation groups work hard to repair the effects of human developments — many non-profit groups like the Nature Conservancy are taking measures to clean up coastlines and establish nature preserves to prevent further harm to native environments and species around the world.
4. A species is considered endangered________.
A. when the IUCN has noticed its population change
B. when most of its population has died off
C. when the species’ birth rate is close to its death rate
D. when the species is losing its habitat
5. What does the underlined word “lumber” probably mean?
A. Gas.
B. Food.
C. Chemicals.
D. Wood.
6. What is being done to protect the endangered species?
A. Calling for human development.
B. Raising money.
C. Establishing nature preserves.
D. Educating people.
7. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Habitat destruction causes animal endangerment.
B. Animals die out due to environment pollution.
C. Measures need to be taken to increase species.
D. Non-profit groups are making great contributions.
C
For years video games have been criticised for making people more antisocial, overweight or depressed. Bui now researchers are finding that video games can actually change us for the better and improve both our body and mind.
Games can help to develop physical skills. Pre-school children who played interactive games have been shown to have improved motor skills, for example they can kick, catch and throw a ball better than children who don’t play video games. A study found that those who played video games were 27 percent faster and made 37 percent fewer errors than those who didn't.
Games also benefit a variety of brain functions, including decision-making. People who play action-based games make decisions 25 percent faster than others, according to one study. It was also found that the best gamers can make choices and act on them up to six times a second, four times faster than most people. In another study by researchers from the University of Rochester in New York, experienced gamers were shown to be able to pay attention to more than six things at once without getting confused, compared with the four that most people can normally keep in mind.
There is also evidence that gaming can help with psychological problems. At the University of Auckland in New Zealand, researchers asked 94 young people diagnosed with depression to play a 3D fantasy game called SPARX and in many cases, the game reduced symptoms of depression more than conventional treatment.
8. In what way playing video games benefits very young children?
A. Muscle control.
B. Social interaction.
C. Decision-making.
D. The ability to focus.
9. Which type of video game improves the decision-making speed?
A. Interactive games.
B. Action-based games.
C. 3D fantasy games.
D. Violent games.
10. What is the authors attitude to video games?
A. Indifferent.
B. Objective.
C. Worried.
D. Critical.
11. What is the text mainly about?
A. The effects of different types of video games.
B. The negative effects of playing video games.
C. The beneficial effects of playing video games.
D. The effects of games on people's behavior.
D
When a fire broke out in my home in the middle of the night, I knew I'd do anything I could to save my family. The medicine that I take for my rheumatoid arthritis causes me to wake up inthe middle of the night with a dry mouth. January 15, 2016, was no different. I, Indiana, US, awoke at 2:30am needing water.
I was walking back upstairs from the kitchen when I heard my bulldog , Rock. Whatever Rock was doing down there, it made enough noise for me to go to him. By the time I made it to the bottom of the stairs, he was running up, and he never came up the stairs, no matter what. I think that was his way of telling me, "We've got to go back up. "When I got to the top of the stairs, I turned around and saw a light on, but I didn't remember leaving one on. I walked downstairs again, and that's when I saw fire. I immediately shouted to my wife to wake up and get our three kids. I grabbed a knife and cut out the plastic that covered the window to the porch roof. I then pried open the window and kicked out the screen. I started screaming for help. But help never came. I got everybody out on the roof and threw a blanket out there so we wouldn't slip off. It was cold, January cold. Then I started screaming for help. But help never came.
Now, I'm scared of heights and have physical issues, what with my rheumatoid arthritis, but I couldn't let my family burn up. So I jumped off the roof. I didn't scoot to the edge; I just jumped and got the wind knocked out of me when I landed. I found our ladder, placed it against the house, and climbed back up to the roof. I wrapped my arms around my daughter and carried my nine - month - old with my teeth, by his little sleeper. Then I climbed down the ladder. Once on the ground, I had my little girl hold her brother, and I went back up to the roof to get my other daughter. Then I went back up again and got my wife. I tried to get my dog, but he just disappeared in the black smoke. I never saw him alive again,
I'm no hero. I'm just an ordinary person who'd help anybody. This happened to be the time when I helped my own family. I live to protect my family. Just likeRock—he lived to protect us.
12. What made the author wake up at 2:30am?
A. My dog's barking
B. The medicine's effect
C. A burning fire
D. A noise downstairs
13. How did Rock tell the author the danger downstairs?
A. He turned on a light downstairs.
B. He ran to the author's room upstairs.
C. He kept barking and running up to stairs.
D. He made some noise at the bottom of the stairs.
14. What did the author do after his family all stood on the roof?
A. He placed a blanket to keep warm.
B. He started screaming for help.
C. He jumped off the roof.
D. He broke open the window and kicked out the screen
15. Which ofthe following best describe the author?
A. Courageous and responsible
B. Caring and selfish
C. Loyal and brave
D. Strong and considerate
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项As my husband and I drove down a country road, we passed a fire station with a sign that read, “Are you ready for the next storm?” Our area had just been in the path of Hurricane Irma, causing downed trees and power off.____16____
We have had our share of storms in the past--a snowstorm and other heavy snows that knocked down trees, sometimes up to a week at a time.____17____It made later storms easier to bear.
____18____We bought a battery-operated radio to keep up with the news. We stocked up on batteries so that we’d have plenty for extended power failures. We make sure our grill is ready and its tank is full, and we purchase food that can be easily prepared and then cooked or heated on the grill. And we don’t forget to buy emergency chocolate! We have book lights to read in the dark. We keep our car gas tanks full and have emergency cash on hand.
We’re ready for the next storm, but we wouldn’t have learned to do all those things if we hadn’t encountered a storm in the past.____19____Those little storms in our lives are never fun, but they prepare us for the big trials
coming to us. They can teach us some valuable lessons.
Are you ready for the next storm?____20____
A. Thanks to all those storms.
B. The same is true spiritually.
C. Now is the time to get ready.
D. Everywhere we saw, there was nothing but ruins.
E. We were stuck in the dark and cut off from the outside world.
F. Those days weren’t fun, but we learned so much from those early storms.
G. Now we have stored as many necessities as possiblein case of potential storms.
第二部分语言运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项It was early into the coronavirus pandemic. Jenkins, a blood test doctor in Philadelphia, was___21___for her husband and their little twins when she got a___22___from a colleague tested positive (阳性) for the coronavirus.
Shortly after hanging up, Jenkins immediately stopped cooking and rushed to her bedroom, where she___23___herself away from the family. She remembers thinking, "OK. I've been___24___. It's very likely that I've been infected. And it's very likely that I've___25___my family. " Her husband, Jay Roux, 41, has stage IV lung cancer. Cancer treatments have weakened his heart. His body's___26___to the coronavirus are severely compromised (妥协) . "Perhaps I had been___27___for exposing Jay to the very thing that would___28___him."
Early next morning, the Jenkins drove to a testing site, and got a test result,___29___. It was a massive relief.____30____, she decided that as long as the pandemic dragged on, and as long as she was____31____patients with the coronavirus, she could not put her family through that experience again. She chose to____32____the sweet time with her family, moving out.
At one point, Leadership at the hospital____33____her a reasonable leave, so she wouldn't have to risk exposure to COVID-19. But she____34____considered the offer. Other doctors at her hospital, she says, are even____35____and at higher risk. And she felt the need to____36____during a public health emergency.
The day after Mother's Day when infection level was low enough, the couple decided to____37____places for her to see the kids. "When she came home, I already had all my____38____packed up in my truck," her husband says. "She came in____39____one door and saw kids and left the same door." "And I just kind of give her one of those air____40____and said I love her, you know?"
Sometimes, giving up doesn’t necessarily mean being bad. The wife gives up for the safety of a family and the
nurse the safety of a city.
21. A. cooking B. cleaning C. calling D. washing
22. A. letter B. call C. email D. bill
23. A. hid B. trapped C. locked D. drove
24. A. diagnosed B. infected C. killed D. exposed
25. A. worsened B. fired C. poisoned D. infected
26. A. defenses B. strengths C. powers D. guards
27. A. helpful B. guilt C. responsible D. bound
28. A. scold B. kill C. cut D. worsen
29. A. positive B. negative C. active D. insecure
30. A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. Hence D. However
31. A. saving B. helping C. testing D. treating
32. A. give up B. give in C. turn up D. turn in
33. A. offered B. created C. excused D. applied
34. A. merely B. barely C. roughly D. simply
35. A. younger B. smarter C. older D. heavier
36. A. motivate B. donate C. affect D. contribute
37. A. switch B. turn C. access D. visit
38. A. clothes B. money C. stuff D. medicine
39. A. by B. through C. with D. between
40. A. words B. whistles C. gestures D. kisses
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
Tianjin is an important stop on one of the eight major bird-migration routes___41.___Nouth Asia to Australia, and many species rest in Beidagang’s coastal area before flying to Australia or New Zealand. The birds will return to Tianjin on their northward migrations that go as far___42.___the North Pole. Beidagang Wetland___43.___(cover) nearly 350 square kilometers, including an area of about 115 sq km, in the southeast of the Binhai New Area. The wetland is essential for the birds’ breeding and growth. “Without it, they may be in danger during their migrations,” experts say.
Beidagang Wetland Management Center deputy director Sun Baonian says they’ve made great efforts to
improve rare — bird protection in recent years.___44.___total of 1,347 Oriental storks have been identified in the wetlands,___45.___(account) for nearly 45 percent of I he species’____46.____(globe) migration population, he says. They prefer to nest in high trees and buildings. Since Beidagang doesn't have enough high trees, the center has set up 20 artificial nesting areas on poles, 13 of___47.___have been used by the waterfowl (水禽). And 17 chicks were born in the wetlands late last year.
The center also offers “homes” for volunteers and tourists, who come to learn more about wetland protection and enhance their___48.___(aware) about how to protect the wetlands and birds.
The project___49.___(support) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature since 2012, following a high-level meeting in South Korea. In 2016, the IUCN encouraged China____50.____(apply) for UNESCO status for the sites.
第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节短文改错（满分10分）
51.作文中共有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；
只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Today I took part in an English singing competition in our school. Most of the singers and audience have been there when I arrived at the hall. See the large audience, I started to feel little nervous. After some times, it was your turn to sing. When the host read my name out, the audience burst into a great cheer, and my heart began to beat really fastly. The song I sing was Country Road, that is a very famous piece of American country music. I had practiced for it many times, and I didn’t think I had done a very good job. Anyway, I was still very excited because participating was the most important thing.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.你校正在组织英语作文比赛。

请以身边值得尊敬和爱戴的人为题，写一篇短文参赛，内容包括:
1.人物简介；
2.尊敬和爱戴原因。

注意:
1.词数100左右；
2.短文题目和首句已为你写好。

The person I respect
We have a lot of respectable people around us.
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参考答案
1. B
2. D
3. A
4. B
5. D
6. C
7. A
8. A 9. B 10. B 11. C
12. B 13. C 14. B 15. A
16. E 17. F 18. G 19. B 20. C
21. A 22. B 23. C 24. D 25. D 26. A 27. C 28. B 29. B 30. D 31. C 32.
A 33. A 34.
B 35.
C 36.
D 37. A 38. C 39. B 40. D
41. from
42. as 43. covers
44. A 45. accounting
46. global 47. which
48. awareness
49. has been supported
50. to apply
51.(1). have → had
(2). See → Seeing
(3).在little前加a
(4). times → time
(5).your → my
(6). fastly → fast
(7). sing → sang
(8).that → which
(9). 去掉for
(10).and → but
52.略。