2021年丰城市尚荘中学高三英语第四次联考试卷及参考答案

2021年丰城市尚荘中学高三英语第四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
AQUILA Children’s Magazine is the most intelligent read for curious kids. Full of enthusiastic articles and challenging puzzles, every issue covers science, history and general knowledge. AQUILA is a quality production, beautifully illustrated with contemporary artwork throughout.
● Intelligent reading for 8-12 year-olds
● Cool science and challenging projects
● Inspires self-motivated learning
● Exciting new topic every issue
AQUILA is created and owned by an independent UK company. It has 28 pages,printed on high-quality paper and there are no advertisements or posters. Instead it is full of well-written articles, thought-provoking ideas and great contemporary artwork. Each monthly issue is centred around a new topic.
AQUILA works as a superb learning extension to current primary (or KS2 and KS3) curriculum (课程), but it is much more than that! Entertaining and always surprising, AQUILA is recommended because it widens children’s interest and understanding, rather than encouraging them to concentrate only on their favourite subjects. It gives children a well-rounded understanding of the world, in all its complexity.
The concepts in AQUILA can be challenging, requiring good comprehension and reading skills. 8 years is usually a good age to start. Some gentle interest from an adult is often helpful at the start.
In 2020 AQUILA will have been in publication for 28 years, but it has never appeared in newsstands or shops. We are subscription only.
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1.What is special about AQUILA?
A.It is available in shops.
B.It is for kids of all ages.
C.It has no advertisements.
D.It prints readers’ artworks.
2.What does AQUILA offer its readers?
A.Articles on modern art.
B.Family reading materials.
C.Ideas on improving readingskills.
D.Knowledge beyond school subjects.
3.AQUILA is intended for ________.
A.foreign language learners
B.children with learning difficulties
C.parent-child reading lovers
D.curious kids with good comprehension
B
John Montefiore's path to graduation from theUniversityofTorontowas a little unusual. He recently completed his bachelor's degree(学士学位) which he started in1995.
Montefiore left university in 1996 and tried to tell himself that a degree wasn't necessary for personal success. But it remained unfinished businessuntil he made the decision to return in 2018 at the age 42. At that time, his job development stalled, so he made up his mind to go back to school in order to improve himself and work well in future.
The second time around, Montefiore never missed a class and always sat in the front row. He found many courses invaluable and he received the Award of Excellence twice. He found support services played an important role in his successful return. He said, “I hadn't written a paper for years, so I found the college writing centre to be of great use. Before I handed in a paper, they would give me feedback, which was really great. The university has so much built in to help students succeed and I'm so thankful for that.” But he also met difficulties this time. As a student much older than others, he found it harder to make friends with classmates.
However, no matter what had happened before, he finally got his bachelor's degree. He said, “After all these years, I had thought it wouldn't mean anything, but it means a lot. I totally understand the value of education now. It's not necessarily the value that other people see in it, but the value it gives me as a person, for my confidence and my self-esteem. It also helps me prepare well before I re-enter the workplace.”
4. Why was Montefiore's graduation unusual?
A. He had achieved personal success before.
B. He understood the importance of a degree.
C. He finished his degree at a much older age.
D. He began his university study at a young age.
5. What does the underlined word "stalled" in paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. Stopped.
B. Started.
C. Survived.
D. Succeeded.
6. What can we learn about Montefiore from the third paragraph?
A. He got good grades very easily.
B. He took his study seriously this time
C. He was thankful for his classmates' help
D. He had difficulty using support services.
7. What did Montefiore learn from his experience?
A. Confidence is important in one's life.
B. Others' opinions on education matter a lot.
C. Higher education is a must for personal success.
D. Education makes one feel better about himself.
C
Scientists have long sought to prevent sharp memories from dulling with age, but the problem remains unsettled. Now research published in Scientific Reports suggests virtual reality might help older people recall facts and events based on specific details.
The study involved 42 healthy older adults from the San Francisco Bay Area. Half spent a dozen hours over four weeks playing a virtual-reality game called Labyrinth; they wore headsets and walked in place, walking virtual neighborhoods while completing small tasks. The other half, in the control group, used electronic tablets to play games that did not require recalling details. After 15 sessions (期), the latter performed roughly the same as before on a long-term memory test. But the Labyrinth players gain an improvement in memory through the VR game. A scientist Peter Wais of the University of California said the improvements brought them up to the level of another group of younger adults taking the same memory tests.
Meredith Thompson, an education researcher, studies learning through VR games but was not involved in the new study. It would be great to actually follow people over time and see what this type of game does for long-term memory. She says, adding VR can provide greater involvement than other games. Wais's team is now investigating how long the observed effects last and which elements of the training have the most impact.
A cognitive (认知)psychologist, Daniel Simons, who was also not involved in the study, notes experiments with other games that claim to train the brain have often failed to evaluate this. And it remains unclear how test performance in a laboratorysetting might translate to real-world situations. The outcome, Simons notes, “needs to be repeated, ideally with a much larger group, before it’s treated as a strong finding.”
For now, Wais says, the team hopes its studies with similar-sized groups will help draw funding to test the game in a larger pool of participants.
8. What is the passage mainly about?
A. People's memory gradually fails as they age.
B. People of different ages should play VR games.
C. Virtual reality changes people's memory.
D. Virtual reality improves older adults' memory.
9. What is Meredith Thompson's attitude toward the research?
A. satisfied.
B. enthusiastic.
C. cautious.
D. concerned.
10. According to the scientists, the research needs to be improved due to ________.
A. the lack of financial support.
B. the limited pool of participants.
C. the unsatisfying test performance.
D. the impractical application in real world.
11. Where may the passage come from?
A. A novel.
B. A review.
C. A magazine.
D. A guidebook.
D
After finishing his dinner, Lin Xu opened a WeChat mini-programcalled "Clear Plate" on his phone and took a picture of the empty plates. He was then awarded 157 credit points after the image was uploaded and recognized by artificial intelligence. The credit points can be used to buy gifts, such as books, cellphones and red wine, or to purchase charity meals donated to children in poor rural areas.
The "Clear Plate" mini-program has become popular among young Chinese. Similar campaigns like an "empty plate challenge" are alsoon the horizonin many Chinese universities.
"Technological innovation is a good way to reduce food waste," said Liu Jichen. Founder of the start-up that developed the app. The idea popped up at a dinner in 2017, when Liu found that the restaurant owner would give diners who polished off their food a card and offer small gifts after a certain number of cards had been collected.
"Everyone who values food is bound to enjoy a sense of gain at a lower cost," Liu mentioned this case, noting that such an idea could potentially be realized online.
He formeda team to work on the project. Yet it was quite a challenge for the AI system to assess whether the uploaded photos showed empty plates. To make the AI system smarter，Liu and his team, assisted by more than 1, 000 others, spent half a year collecting over100,000 samples from canteens and restaurants across the country and analyzed the data. Dozens of enterprises, institutions and restaurants have contacted the start-up to cooperate on the project. Through the digitalized, visualized mini-program, people can clearly see the good results of saving food, which will effectively reduce food waste. "We hope our efforts can start a new trend among the younger generation, encouraging them to develop the habit of thrift(节约)," Liu said.
12. What does the underlined phrase "on the horizon" in paragraph 2 mean?
A. Likely to decrease.
B. Likely to succeed.
C. Likely to change.
D. Likely to appear.
13. What caused Liu Jichen to develop the "Clear Plate" app?
A. Food waste afterdinner.
B. The idea of the restaurant owner.
C. Small gifts sent by his friends.
D. Charity meals donated to children.
14. What was difficult for the project Liu's team worked on?
A. Making the AI system smarter.
B. Assessing the uploaded photos.
C. Collecting samples from canteens and restaurants.
D. Encouraging people to develop the habit of thrift.
15. What is the text mainly about?
A. AI programs becoming popular.
B. AI programs appearing in many Chinese universities.
C. AI programs encouraging diners toclear their plates.
D. AI programs collecting pictures of clearing diners' plates.
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What is life’s greatest gift? It ischoice. Choice is the ability to choose some actions from a set of things to achieve a goal.___16___The reason is that it turns us from dumb(笨的) animals into artists. Choice becomes the tool we use to sculpt(雕刻) our life. The tool doesn’t come free, however, for the price of choice is
responsibility(责任).___17___it is enjoyment.
Choice is power. Choice is at the heart of life. It’s the creative power of life. Life is always changing and we have to make lots of choices.___18___We often need to check where we are on our journey. We need to ask questions: Am I moving closer to my goals? If not, what action will I take now to make myself realize my goals?
___19___And our life becomes more convenient or comfortable because of them. For example, you decide which stores to shop at and which bus station to go on. But the decisions that we make to sculpt our lives are much more important than deciding where to shop. The more we understand the difference between small and big decisions, the more pleasure we willget.
Life is like a chess game.___20___All chess lovers realize that it isn’t necessary to win to enjoy the game. Make the best moves(一步) you can under the conditions. Then you can enjoy your life.
A. Why is choice so great?
B. The pleasure (快乐) is in the playing.
C. In fact, we have to make choices every day.
D. Choice is powerful and helpful.
E. Because making right choices is more important than working hard.
F. Every choice we make leads us closer to or farther from our goals.
G. But when we accept and carry it out, we get a great return(回报).
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My old college dorm room had no computer, no cell phone and no television. The heater never kept the room ___21___enough in thewinter either．I can____22____remember sitting and shaking in one of those hard chairs,____23____to read and understand Shakespeare with my half frozen feet____24____under my bed blankets．
Still, that tiny____25____was my home for several years. It was the place where my roommate, my friends and I would____26____to talk about the professors we liked, the classes we hated and what we hoped to do in our____27____. It was there that we discussed the____28____in understanding literature．Shakespeare even seemed____29____. It was there that we listened to music,____30____our families and helped each other laugh the____31____away．
Living in that little room for all those years____32____me a few things too．It showed me that no matter where you are, you can still____33____your home in your heart．Even during the hardest times there, the love of
my family lived____34____me．That love inspired me to do my best in school, to help my friends and to find____35____in each day．With____36____I found that the smallest hut became a home full of____37____, while without love the costliest castle would feel cold, empty and alone．
May you always carry your home____38____in your heart then．May you always fill each place you live with love,____39____and joy. The price of your place doesn't matter, but the love you____40____in it is priceless. That love will go on with you from room to room and house to house forever．
21. A.full B.cool C.empty D.warm
22. A.hardly B.ever C.still D.also
23. A.remembering B.struggling C.regretting D.waiting
24. A.buried B.waved C.injured D.washed
25. A.bag B.hotel C.room D.Container
26. A.agree B.gather C.choose D.plan
27. A.future B.dream C.college pany
28. A.experiences rmation C.difficulties D.messages
29. A.longer B.easier C.harder D.faster
30. A.persuaded B.visited C.calmed D.missed
31. A.craziness B.hardship C.uncertainty D.loneliness
32. A.taught B.passed C.threw D.cost
33. A.contact B.recognize C.see D.carry
34. A.within B.beyond C.by D.on
35. A.fault B.joy C.challenge D.shelter
36. A.inspiration B.family C.love D.heart
37. A.responsibility rmation C.business D.happiness
38. A.slightly B.deeply C.luckily D.bravely
39. ughter B.memory C.expectation D.sweetness
40. A.release B.describe C.share D.express
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
While it’s____41.____( ) natural and normal for humans to want routine, there’s much to be discovered out of our comfort zones. When we begin to see things differently around us, we can open____42.____(us) up to
new____43.____(possible) and new opportunities and clear out fear. It’s usually, the fear, or the energy of the fear, that is greater than____44.____we actually have to do and change.
It’s never too late to change your life. It is especially true to Scott Sharon,____45.____54-year-old man likeSaint Charles.Saint Charles, who____46.____(weigh) 360 pounds in his forties, lost more than 180 pounds after struggling with obesity for several years. Scott didn’t want to spend his whole life being sad, depressed and obese. He couldn’t stand it anymore and he knew____47.____he didn’t change, he was going to die. He wanted to be happy, healthy and full of love and life. From that aspect, he started on his journey to change how his mind thought and worked. He walked away from his real estate career to commit his life to____48.____(help) others change their lives and overcome their challenges. He became a public speaker. That was 15 years ago and he is now____49.____the best physical, mental and_____50._____(spirit) condition. He weighs 175 pounds and his life and career is helping people create and live out their dreams.
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。

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。

Dear Bob,
I’m delighting that you show an interest in the lecture. To help us grow up healthy, last Friday Professor Smith invited to give us a lecture. He not only offered us some advices on what we should eat, and also pointed out our eating problems.
Professor Smith’s speech has benefited from us greatly, make us realize the influence of our eating habits. As the saying goes,“we are what we eat”，so that is better for us to get into the healthy eating habit.
Now we are on a balanced diet and have meals regularly, because of what we are healthier and more energetic now.
Yours,
Li Hua
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假如你是星光中学的学生李津，将参加主题为“My Chinese Dream”的英语演讲比赛，请你写一篇演讲稿，主要内容包括：
1.你梦想成为一名山村教师，帮助山村的孩子；
2.山区偏僻，教育落后；
3.父母和朋友都反对；
4.你会……
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。

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参考答案
1. C
2. D
3. D
4. C
5. A
6. B
7. D
8. D 9. C 10. B 11. C
12. D 13. B 14. B 15. C
16. A 17. G 18. F 19. C 20. B
21. D 22. C 23. B 24. A 25. C 26. B 27. A 28. C 29. B 30. D 31. D 32.
A 33. D 34. A 35.
B 36.
C 37.
D 38. B 39. A 40. C
41. ly
42. ourselves
43. possibilities
44. what 45. a
46. weighed
47. if 48. helping
49. in 50. spiritual
51.(1). delighting→delighted；(2). healthy→healthily；(3).在invited前加was；(4). advices→advice；(5).and→but；
(6).去掉from；(7).make→making；(8).that→it；(9).the→a；(10).what→which
52.略。