2020-2021学年惠州市第八中学高三英语第一次联考试题及答案解析

2020-2021学年惠州市第八中学高三英语第一次联考试题及答案解析第一部分阅读（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 last thing Caitlin Hipp would have expected as she prepared to turn 28 years old was to be living at homewith her parents. But through working as a part-time skating instructor and restaurant server, she isn't able to earn enough to live anywhere other than home.
To some degree, multigenerational households have always been a part of American life. However, the number of young adults who have been moving back in with their parents — or never leaving home in the first place — has been growing steadily.
UBS Financial Services released a report that even suggests one reason for the growing number of young adultsstill living at home could be that their family doesn't want them to leave.
The report shows that 74 percent of millennials (千禧一代)get some kind of financial support from their parents after college. It finds that millennials have redefined the ties that connect parents and children. Millennials see their parents as peers,friends and instructors. Nearly three quarters talked with their parents more than once a week during college. In return, their parents happily provide financial support well into adulthood, helping fund everything for them.
Stuart Hoffman, chief economist for the PNC Financial Services Group in theUS, said the number of young adults striking out on their own fell during the Great Recession. Although job growth for millennials since 2014 has improved, that doesn't necessarily mean that millennials are starting to fly the nest. He said, “They may like living at home and being able to save money.
“ There's no doubt it has held back household formation and purchases of things people spend money on related to household formation and perhaps related to child-raising," Hoffman explained. "But they are probably traveling more and eating out more if they don't have a house expense or marriage. I don't know if it represents a change in moral values. But it's much more common for adult children to live in their parents’ homes because it's becoming part of the culture.
1. What can we learn from the UBS Financial Services' report?
A. Millennials are on good terms with their parents.
B. Millennials are financially independent after college.
C. Parents are unwilling to give their young adults allowance.
D. Parents want their kids to stay with them forever.
2. What does Hoffman think of young adults' living at home?
A. It increases the consumption of household products.
B. It may continue despite job growth.
C. It is a sign of shift in moral values.
D. It is new in American culture.
3. What is the author's purpose of writing this passage?
A. To introduce millennials' living habits.
B. To stress the importance of financial independence.
C. To explain why American young adults still live at home.
D. To inform people of a social trend in theUS.
B
A single toy catches a child's attention for a limited period of time, but a box of items that allows a child to build their own toys will catch their imagination for years to come. This brilliant idea already exists in real product form, and it's called Toyi.
Toyi is described as an eco-friendly creative building kit, and it recently won the well-known IF Design Award. It came from Istanbul, Turkish, where a young female designer named Elif Atmaca first came up with the idea for it when she wanted to help the kids living in disadvantaged areas. These children do not have access to the variety of interesting toys that wealthier children do.
Toyi Atmaca's design allows children to transform what are around them into clever toys. It consists of sticks, junction parts, flexible connectors, toy body parts like feet, eyes, hands, and wheels that can be used to turn old water bottles, cups, boxes, towels, etc. into cute, clever, and unique playthings. This toy kit upcycles(升级利用) materials that would otherwise go to waste, turning a recycling bin into a treasure container.
“Our initial target was to deliver Toyi kits to only disadvantaged children in Turkish,” Atmaca told the media. But during a research conducted with around300 children, .she realized that the restriction on being creative went beyond any boundary. “I saw that everything was planned and shaped by grown-ups, blocking the kids' imagination in a significant way,” said Atmaca.
Atmaca concluded that each kid needed space where he or she could freely create. She explained the entire process should be left to kids’ creativity, reminding teachers and all grown-ups that child-led play was an excellent
way for children to develop lifelong skills.
Toyi's creators are now considering distributing the kits to as many children as possible around the world through different international NGOs. Atmaca notes that for each Toyi kit sold out, they will also donate one kit to
a disadvantaged child through different partnerships around the world.
4. Why did Atmaca design Toyi at first?
A. To win the famous IF Design Award.
B. To help poor kids make their own toys.
C. To protect the environment in Istanbul.
D. To recycle all the waste in the dustbin.
5. Which is probably the product made with the toy kit of Toyi?
A. A new picture of a young boy.
B. A computer with high technology.
C. A treasure container from a dustbin:
D. A six-armed “robot” from a water bottle.
6. How do the toy kits help improve the children's ability?
A. It provides the kids various types of toys.
B. It offers space for the kids’ creative minds.
C. It changes the poor kids' living conditions.
D. It teaches the kids to share joys with others.
7. What is the new target for Atmaca and her partners?
A. Donating toykits to more poor children.
B. Selling toy kits to every kid in the world.
C. Designing new toy kits for kids and adults.
D. Doing further research on the kids' demands.
C
People from Britain and Ireland first came to live in Australia in 1788. They brought different dialects (方言) of English with them. These different kinds of English began to mix and change. The newcomers soon began to speak with their own typical accent (口音) and vocabulary. More and more people came to Australia during the Gold Rush in the 19th and 20th centuries. Some came from Britain and Ireland; others came from non-English speaking countries. Australian English continued to grow and change.
Australian English has also been influenced by American English. During the Second World War, there were many American soldiers staying in Australia. More importantly, American television shows and music have been
popular in Australia since the 1950s.
Australians use many words that other English speakers do not use. The famous Australian greeting, for example, is G’day! A native forest is called the bush and central Australia is called the outback. Many words were brought to Australia from Britain and Ireland. For example, mate means “friend”, and it is still used in Britain. Some of these words have changed in meaning. Some words have come from Australian original languages, many of which are names for animals, plants and places, like dingo and kangaroo.
Australian spelling comes from British spelling. In words like organise and realise, -ise is the expected and taught spelling method. In words like colour, favourite, -ouris the normal, but nouns such as the Labor Party and Victor Harbor are spelled with -or. Program, on the other hand, is more common than programme.
There are also differences in the definition (定义) of words Australians use in different parts of the country. For example, football means “rugby” in New South Wales and Queensland, but “Australian rules football" in everywhere else in Australia. In New South Wales, a swimming costume is called a cossie or swimmers, while in Queensland it is called togs and bathers in Victoria.
8. What does paragraph 1 mainly talk about?
A. Reasons why English is important.
B. Different dialects of Australian English.
C. Various aspects that Australian English has been influenced.
D. Changes of the accent and vocabulary in English.
9. According to the text, which of the following is spoken only by Australians?
A. Mate.
B. Outback.
C. Program.
D. Rugby.
10. Which is the following can best describe Australian English?
A. Confusing and interesting.
B. Multicultural and creative.
C. Crazy and boring.
D. Unchangeable and mixed.
11. What might be the best title for the text?
A. The History of Australia
B. The Birth of Australian English
C. The Development of Australian English
D Different Kinds of English Across the World
D
The market for tourism in remote areas is booming as never before. Countries all across the world are actively promoting their wilderness regions-such as mountains, Arctic lands, deserts, small islands and wetlands— to high-spending tourists. The attraction of these areas is obvious: by definition, wilderness tourism requires little or no initial investment. But that does not mean that there is no cost.
Once a location is established as a main tourist destination, the effects on the local community are profound. Hill-farmers can make more money from foreign travellers than working in their fields. It is not surprising that many o£ them give up their farm-work. In some hill-regions, this has led to a serious decline in farm output and a change in the local diet, because there is lacking labour to maintain terraces and irrigation systems. The result has been that many people in these regions have turned to outside supplies of rice and other foods.
InArcticand desert societies, year-round survival has traditionally depended on hunting animals and fish and collecting fruit over a ly short season. However, as some inhabitants become involved in tourism, they no longer have time to collect wild food; this has led to increasing dependence on bought food and stores. What should they do if these new sources of income dry up?
The physical impact of visitors is another serious problem associated with the growth in adventure tourism. Much attention has focused on erosion along major roads, but perhaps more important are the forest destruction and impacts on water supplies arising from the need to provide tourists with cooked food and hot showers. In both mountains and deserts, slow-growing trees are often the main sources of fuel and water supplies may be limited through heavy use.
12. Why are some countries promoting the wilderness regions to tourists?
A. The wildness regions are accessible to tourists.
B. The landscapes there are beautiful and unique.
C. Developing tourism there doesn't need much investment.
D. Lots of high-spending tourists prefer such remote regions.
13. What is the effect of tourism on the local community?
A. Many hill farmers have turned to outside supplies of foods.
B. There is enough labour to maintain terraces and irrigation systems.
C. Farm output there has increased and local diet has changed.
D. The local people's new sources of income will dry up soon.
14. Which might be the best title of the passage?
A. The future of wilderness tourism.
B. The impacts of wilderness tourism.
C. The destruction of wilderness tourism.
D. The disadvantages of wilderness tourism.
15. If there is one more paragraph following the last paragraph, what will it talk about?
A. The effects on local people.
B. The solutions tothese problems.
C. The choices of adventure tourists.
D. The reasons for visiting remote areas.
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Food is a deeply rooted expression of identity, values and ways of life.___16___That is, eating is an element of common ground in terms of human existence and an experience that brings people together. Food is family treasure in the way recipes are passed on from one generation to another, maintaining family connection and cultural and geographical ancestral links.
Food is an expression. What we cook is an expression of who we are and where we come from.___17___The traditional meals of a place touch on identity and ancestry. Every destination has a dish or cuisine associated with it, which is fixed on culture and identity.
You may not know it, but that is why experiencing the local dishes of a new place usually tops one's to do list in a foreign land.___18___It is one of the interactions and processes of connecting with the people.
Food is symbolic. Home is where the heart is and in sensory response to food, familiar flavor arouses homesickness.___19___The ordinary smell of food takes one back to particular times in the past. The beautiful and merry essence of eating with family and friends from home adds to the pleasant tastes of meals.
___20___Food and food habits serve as a culture channel of display of affection and emotional association and the sharing of delicious, nutritional food signals a bridge of closeness and acceptance.
A. Accepting food is hard.
B. Eating food is a universal experience.
C. Food is largely cultural as well as nutritional.
D. Food is therefore a reminder of fond memories of home.
E. Eating a local dish is a way to connect with the local people.
F. Food, however, sometimes gives us bad emotional experiences.
G. This is obvious in how seafood is popular with the coastal people.
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
Last Monday, to prepare a picnic, I decided to go into a superstore. I parked my car and went into the superstore, which was a____21____one. After 45 minutes of____22____to just get some tomatoes, cheese and 3 toothpicks, I got to the cashier line (收银员线), a bit____23____by the time I spent to get 3____24____. I wondered why I did not go to a small local store.
After 15 minutes of waiting in the line, the woman____25____me calls me, “Hey... you only have 3 articles?____26____before me, I have more items than you!”
It wasn’t the first time it happened to me.____27____her initiative (主动提议) was disarming, as well as was her____28____(she did not wear any____29____, so I could see it). Not knowing what else to do, I accepted her________30________. We chitchatted a bit waiting for the________31________ahead of us to finish—she was unbelievably________32________. Then I thanked her, giving her back my brightest smile.
Getting back in my car, I rethought about that________33________moment, and realized that she________34________my day. In the meantime, I wondered how to give it back to her. No doubt it was quite________35________, so I considered how to pay it forward to someone else.
While________36________, I realized that she saved me 10 minutes. And while I was driving at 70 mph, I reduced my________37________to 55 mph. My fuel consumption sharply________38________by 35%.
I________39________part of the 10 minutes that the woman offered me, but it was a way to________40________her and do a small thing for the environment.
21. A.huge B.empty C.well-decorated D.crowded
22. A.wandering B.driving C.shopping D.relaxing
23. A.excited B.tired C.unsatisfied D.embarrassed
24. A.boxes B.articles C.parcels D.choices
25. A.in front of B.next to C.beyond D.behind
26. A.Stop B.Cross C.Rush D.Pass
27. A.But B.So C.And D.Or
28. A.smile B.answer C.voice D.gesture
29. A.necklace B.mask C.earring D.makeup
30. A.permission B.excuse C.explanation D.offering
31. A.waiters B.customers C.cashiers D.neighbors
32. A.smart B.pleasant C.patient D.generous
33. A.good B.familiar C.important D.romantic
34. A.stole B.ruined C.made D.occupied
35. A.unbelievable B.unnecessary C.meaningless D.impossible
36. A.bargaining B.leaving C.packing D.driving
37. A.fuel B.price C.speed D.time
38. A.took off B.rose up C.dropped down D.cooled down
39. A.reused B.relost C.saved D.wasted
40. A.encourage B.thank C.remind D.repay
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
Games don't come with built-in rulebooks and uniforms. They develop over time from___41.___(activity) that people play for fun. For example, basketball___42.___(invent) to help American football players have fun and stay in shape in the cold winter months. Here is the story.
James Naismith had a problem. It was cold and snowy outside the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), in theUSA,___43.___he worked. Athletes on the football team were sitting around getting___44.___(bore) and out of shape. Naismith was asked to think up an indoor game___45.___(get) them in shape.
What would Naismith do? He went to the storeroom___46.___brought up a soccer ball. Then he asked the doorman to find two boxes to fix on the walls at opposite ends of___47.___(they) small gym. The doorman___48.___(can) not find any boxes, so he brought up two old peach baskets. They worked just fine. The first two points in the first basketball game ever were scored by___49.___overweight football player. He received a bounce pass (反弹传球)___50.___(perfect) from a friend and did a jump shot with a soccer ball into a peach basket.
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：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下而写出修改后的词。

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。

Linda Evans was my neighbor and best friend. When I was 13, my family moves away. Then we lost in touch.
Over the years, I missed Linda very much. There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Linda should fill.
One day I was reading a newspaper while I noticed a photo of a young woman who looked very much like Linda. So I decided to wrote to her. She called as soon as she got letter. She said excited, "The woman in the photo is my mother." Minutes late I heard a voice that I knew very well, even after 40 years. We laughed and cried and talking about each other's lives. Now the empty place in my heart has filled.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Jim发来邮件说他下周要来你所在的城市参加一个竞赛活动，询问能否借住你家。

请你用英语给他回封邮件，内容包括：1．表明意愿，并尽力做到让他在你家住得舒适；2．询问他参赛后的计划安排，并给他建议一些赛后的活动；3．说明你将去机场接他。

注意：1．词数80左右；2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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(4). while→when
(5). wrote→write
(6). got letter中间加the或者my
(7). excited→excitedly
(8). late→later
(9). talking →talked
(10). has 后加been或者has→is 52.略。