2021年三水区西南二中高三英语第四次联考试题及参考答案

2021年三水区西南二中高三英语第四次联考试题及参考答案
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
When it comes to the greatest inventions of the world, China’s name is sure to be mentioned several times. There are hundreds of things which were invented by the Chinese.
Alcohol
Shocked? I was because when they said alcohol I thought about either the US or the UK. China had never crossed my mind. In China, alcohol was made by two legendary persons named Yi Di and Du Kang who belonged to the Xia Dynasty. This period was about 2000 BC - 1600 BC. Research says that in ancient China, beer with 4% alcoholic content was widely consumed by people.
Tea
China is the proud inventor of tea which was first drunk by Shen Nong, a Chinese emperor around 2737 BC. Tea production was rapidly developed, making tea a popular drink during the Tang and Song Dynasties.
The Mechanical Clock
Have you ever wondered what on earth we would be doing without any idea of time? A clock really is an invention without which things were incomplete. The credit of making the first mechanical clock goes to ancient China. The first mechanical clock was invented by Yi Xing in the Tang Dynasty. This was during 618 and 907.
Silk Fabric
Silk, the favorite fabric of many girls out there, is also a Chinese invention. Although we all know that silk is made by silkworms, it was Chinese people who first invented a way to harvest the silk and then use it to make clothes. The oldest silk which has been found so far is in Henan Province and dates back to 3630 BC.
1.We can learn from Paragraph 2 that ________.
A.people in the US like alcohol
B.beer was popular in the Xia Dynasty
C.Yi Di and Du Kang invented alcohol by accident
D.the author didn’t know alcohol is a Chinese invention
2.The author asks the question in Paragraph 4 to show ________.
A.ancient Chinese inventors were wiser
B.many things in our lives are incomplete
C.ancient Chinese people never wasted time
D.the invention of the mechanical clock is important
3.Which of the following invention has a longer history?
A.Tea.
B.Alcohol.
C.Silk fabric.
D.The mechanical clock.
B
If you could travel back in time, which period of history would you visit? It’s a great question to ask your friends, and time travel is the subject of many science fiction films. Of course, sci-fi is familiar to most of us, butwhat is cli-fi? The simple answer is climate fiction which focuses on the subject of climate change.
Many of the cli-fi examples we watch tend to be disaster films. It could be solar flares (太阳耀斑), ice ages devastating (摧毁) the planet, extreme flooding swamping the earth with water, or super-storms that threaten life as we know it. While films and novels of this style are often subject to the typical images of a hero or heroine battling to save the day, what sets it apart from most sci-fi films is that the plots will often draw on apparently reasonable outcomes in the near future.
Climate change and the potential threats have long been established. Some believe that the issue of climate change has even led to more fans watching films to learn more about what's happening to the world – seeing it as a form of edutainment. A study conducted by the Yale programme on Climate Change Communication tested the effects that two climate fiction novels can have on its readers and found “significant positive effects” in terms of their attitudes and beliefs towards the climate crisis – for example, understanding global warming will harm them and future generations.
Most climate films are not only extremely popular action films, but also cause our fear of what some see as the approaching end of the world. This sounds bad, but according to a study conducted on 310 adults in the US, watching such scary films can help us feel more prepared and less alone in situations such as the pandemic (疫情). So, it looks like cli-fi is hereto stay – and there seem to be some benefits. Whether it’s there to educate, entertain or prepare you for a climate crisis, it might have a role to play.
4. Which of the following may be the subject of cli-fi?
A. Time travel.
B. Global warming.
C. Weather forecast.
D. Economic climate.
5. What can we learn about cli-fi films from paragraph 2?
A. They are often about extreme natural disasters.
B. They want to show that man can conquer nature.
C. They usually have similar plots with sci-fi films.
D. They can show the true near future of the world.
6. Why is the study conducted by the Yale programme mentioned in paragraph 3?
A. To prove that climate change has potential threats.
B. To show that people like climate fiction novels.
C. To tell that cli-fi novels have positive effects on readers.
D. To explain how the climate crisis affect the human being.
7. What does the writer mainly want to tell us in the last paragraph?
A. Cli-fi films are very popular as action films.
B. A study was conducted on 310 adults in theUS.
C. The pandemic make people scared and alone.
D. Cli-fi films are useful and will be here to stay.
C
Imagine turning on the GPS and seeing an image of your car from above. As the car drives, the map follows along in real time, alarming you to any traffic, pedestrians,animals, or other things nearby. Routes and names of roads appear over the live stream. It's like the map has come to life.
This type of map isn't available yet. But it could be soon. In 2014, the Worldview-3 satellites was launched into space. Even though it orbits Earth at more than 370 miles（600 km）away, it can capture images of objects on Earth that are just 10 inches（25cm）across.Peeringall the way from outer space, it can make out a smartphone held in your hand. It can tell what types of cars are traveling down a road. But it can't identify your face or read the cars' license plate numbers . . . at least not openly.
According to some reports, this satellite and other US spy satellites have the technology to take even sharper images, with a resolution（分辨率）of up to around 4 inches（10cm）. ButUS law forbids making these super-sharp pictures public, to prevent enemies from using them. But the idea that anybody might be able to spy on the entire Earth in such detail may seem horrible. Live, high-detail satellite mapping could possibly be used to monitor anybody at any time. Ray Purdy of University College London told CNN that he is concerned about what this could mean for privacy. Most satellites are commercially owned, so if you have money you can buy that imagery. “It means anyone can spy on anyone,” he said.
At the same time, live, detailed maps of Earth's surface could be useful in amazing ways. Live maps of a disaster area could quickly discover people in need of rescue as well as the safest routes in or out. Satellite images are already helping catch illegal logging and fishing operations. Higher detail may make it possible to catch other criminals in the act. The images could also make it easier for farmers to watch over their crops.
What do you think? Do you wish everyone could access high-detail live maps of Earth's surface?
8. What does the underlined word in paragraph 2 mean?
A. Seeing
B. Standing
C. Walking
D. Hearing
9. Why does US law forbid making super-sharp pictures public?
A. to protect the technology.
B. for the sake of safety.
C. to protect the environment.
D. to threat other countries.
10. Which of the following statements is true according to the text?
A. This super-sharp map hasn't been put into market.
B. Worldview-3 satellites orbits the Earth at 370 km away.
C. Personal privacy is safely protected if you use the super-sharp map.
D. The super-sharp map should be completely forbidden.
11. How is this technology used in agriculture?
A. It can help improve the production of crops.
B. It can help kill pests.
C. It can help farmer to watch over their crops from far away.
D. It can help increase farm land.
D
Happiness is not a warm phone, according to anew study exploring the link between young life satisfaction and screen time. The study was led by professor of psychology Jean M. Twenge at San Diego State University (SDSU).
To research this link, Twenge, along with colleagues Gabrielle Martin at SDSU and W. Keith Campbell at the University of Georgia, dealt with data from the Monitoring the Future (MtF) study, a nationally representative survey of more than a million U. S. 8th-, 10th-, and 12th-graders. The survey asked students questions about how often they spent time on their Phones, tablets and computers, as well as questions about their face-to-face social interactions and their overall happiness.
On average found that teens who spent more time in front of screen devices — playing computer games,
using social media, texting and video chatting — were less happy than those who invested more time in non-screen activities like sports, reading newspapers and magazines, and face-to-face social interactions.
"The key to digital media use and happiness is limited use," Twenge said. "Aim to spend no more than two hours a day on digital media, and try to increase the amount of time you spend seeing friends face-to-face and exercising — two activities reliably linked to greater happiness."
Looking at historical trends from the same age groups since the 1990s, it's easy to find that the increase of screen devices over time happened at the same time as a general drop-off in reported happiness inU. S.teens. Specifically, young peopled life satisfaction and happiness declined sharply after 2012. That's the year when the percentage of Americans who owned a smartphone rose above 50 percent. By far the largest change in teens' lives between 2012 and 2016 was the increase in the amount of time they spent on digital media, and the following decline in in-person social activities and sleep.
12. Which method did Twenge's team use for the study?
A. Calculating students' happiness.
B. Asking students certain questions.
C. Analyzing data from a survey.
D. Doing experiments on screen time.
13. How does the author develop the finding of the study in paragraph 3?
A. By making a comparison.
B. By giving an example.
C. By making an argument.
D. By introducing a concept.
14. What is the purpose of the last paragraph?
A. To draw a conclusion from the study.
B. To offer some advice to the readers.
C. To prove social activities' importance.
D. To support the researchers' finding.
15. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. Quitting Phones Equals Happiness
B. Screen Time Should Be Banned
C. Teens' Lives Have Changed Sharply
D. Screen-addicted Teens Are Unhappier
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“I wonder by my troth, what thou and I did, till we loved?” those are the first words of a poem by John Donne that I learned at school and I still know the whole thing today. It’s just one of many poems I've stored in my memory, ready to recite andrelish whenever I please.
It seems that poetry learning has gone out of fashion, but I'm still a fan because it doesn't just breed a lifelong love of poetry.___16___So why not dig out a poem you love and use it to exercise and enrich your recall?
Step 1. Know that poems are designed to stick in your mind.___17___See how they leave you with memory-arousing images and how they surprise you by breaking the rules, and control your senses and emotions. These are all great ways to make information more memorable.
Step 2.___18___ When you're learning a poem, try linking the last word of one line to the first word of the next. In my John Donne poem, one line ends with “see”, and the next starts with “which”, so I pictured a “sea witch”. Making links like these can also help with learning names, and many other kinds of information.
Step 3. Put in a performance. When you're practising a poem, read it aloud, as dramatically and emotionally as you can.____19____
Step 4. Enjoy yourself. Learning poems gives your memory a workout, which improves your mood and gets you into good learning habits. So reap the rewards! Have fun putting rhymes into your shopping list, using rhythm to learn names, or “performing” revision notes before an exam.
___20___And, in the process, you'll be making your memory stronger for everything.
A.Learn through links since memory relies on connections.
B.It also boosts confidence and builds lasting memory skills.
C.So identify the tricks poets use - rhythm, rhyme and repetition.
D.Thus, short poems are good options because they are easily memorized.
E.Follow these steps to appreciate poems and enjoy them wherever you are.
F.Memory experts believe poetry learning can even cultivate an interest in study.
G.Adding gestures and moving around the room can also strengthen your learning.
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During the month I spent studying in England last summer,one day stood out.I was only 16 and I was loose on
the streets of London.The freedom was wonderful,___21___for someone who had lived in a small town all her life,the city represented a world of___22___.
This was not my first___23___to London.A year earlier,I had been there with my mother,trying to___24___all the major sightseeing attractions in merely three days.That trip was___25___but wonderful,but this time I was grateful to be able to simply enjoy the___26___and culture.
My friend and I discussed where we should go,and decided to go___27___.This led us to Covent Garden,home of the giant Doc Marten's store and trendy cafes.The market area is one of my favorite places in London.It's a great place to___28___: You can find everything from the latest fashions to souvenirs that can___29___be found in England.The street___30___,from classical musicians to magicians,were fully___31___.Many tourists gathered to___32___them.I did not linger（逗留）because I was___33___just to feel the activity in the street rather than become a___34___of it.
As the sun set,we headed to the River Thames.The river itself is___35___special to look at;the___36___often appears muddy,and no one would like to swim in it.But the view makes the visit___37___.From there,you can see it all: the Tower of London,the Houses: of Parliament,St.Paul's Cathedral and the Tate Modern Museum.
As I stood on the bridge taking in my___38___,I realized what an incredibly rich history the city had.Over the next hundred years,the city may change as older buildings will probably___39___bigger structures,but certain elements will___40___.
21. A. although B. because C. unless D. while
22. A. excitement B. wealth C. development D. challenge
23. A. access B. visit C. reaction D. introduction
24. A. pass B. know C. cover D. hear
25. A. boring B. tiring C. relaxing D. important
26. A. food B. education C. atmosphere D. economy
27. A. cycling B. eating C. climbing D. shopping
28. A. rest B. explore C. exercise D. develop
29. A. even B. nearly C. almost D. only
30. A. police B. judges C. performers D. dealers
31. A. courageous B. appealing C. noisy D. proud
32. A. assist B. question C. watch D. protect
33. A. satisfied B. anxious C. unwilling D. puzzled
34. A. guest B. group C. part D. tourist
35. A. something B. nothing C. everything D. anything
36. A. land B. water C. lake D. sea
37. A. practical B. worthwhile C. awful D. disappointing
38. A. findings B. feelings C. surroundings D. conditions
39. A. catch up with B. make use of C. take the place of D. give way to
40. A. appear B. exist C. remain D. burst
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
Writing instruction in early education should: be about more than letter formation and handwriting, argue Michigan University researchers,___41.___found preschool teachers didn’t often encourage writing for communication purposes.
So far, there___42.___(be) little research on how preschool teachers view writing in early education. But using writing as a communication tool is an effective way___43.___(strengthen) writing skills at an early age.
In___44.___recent study, researchers observed teachers ”material resources and practices to support writing. They then___45.___(interview) teachers to ask about beliefs and instruction. They found environmental supports were in place in 94% of classrooms.___46.___，while materials were available, there was limited discussion of how children were taught to use materials.
The most___47.___(wide) observed activities reflected a focus on handwriting, such as teachers reminding children to write their___48.___(name) on artwork ,and describing the procedure for creating a letter,___49.___(sign) in and tracing(描摹) something. Since Common Core standards for grade school students emphasize(强调) a____50.____(create) composition, could teachers be putting preschool students at a disadvantage? Maybe.
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.假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

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：在缺词处加一个漏子符号（∧）并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：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。

Neil Armstrong was an astronaut. He made history July 20, 1969. He was the first man to walk on the moon! While Armstrong step on the moon, he said, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Millions of people were watching this amazingly event on TV. It was a awesome thing to look it up at the moon that night and know that a man was walking around on it! For years, people had wondered that there would be moon creatures lived there. But the only things Armstrong found was moon rocks and moon dusty.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，你们班近期举行了建党100周年主题班会。

请你用英语为学校网站英语专栏写则简要报道，内容包括：
1.班会的时间、地点：
2.班会的过程：
3.班会的意义及你的感受。

注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请按如下格式作答。

建党100周年：the100 Anniversary of the Founding of the CPC
A Meaningful Class Meeting
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________
参考答案
1. D
2. D
3. C
4. B
5. A
6. C
7. D
8. A 9. B 10. A 11. C
12. C 13. A 14. D 15. D
16. B 17. C 18. A 19. G 20. E
21. B 22. A 23. B 24. C 25. B 26. C 27. D 28. B 29. D 30. C 31. B 32.
C 33. A 34. C 35. B 36. B 37. B 38. C 39.
D 40. C
41. who
42. has been
43. to strengthen
44. a 45. interviewed
46. However
47. widely 48. names
49. signing
50. creative
51.(1).July前加on;
(2).While→When
(3).step→stepped
(4).amazingly→amazing
(5).a→an
(6).删除look后的it
(7).that→if/whether
(8).lived→living
(9).was→were
(10).dusty→dust
52.略。