2021届上海市九峰实验学校高三英语第四次联考试题及参考答案

2021届上海市九峰实验学校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
A 21-year-old female student has become the youngest womanever to be elected as Mayor (市长) after first entering politics to campaign about food.
Labor Party (工党) member Rosie Corrigan was elected as Mayor of Selby a market town in North Yorkshire, on Monday. The student’s election was unchallenged to the mayoralty, following a year serving as deputy mayor. Corrigan has just finished her second year studying politics at theUniversityofHull. A political activist since secondary school, lifelong Selby citizen Corrigan has always been ambitious. As a member of the UK Youth Parliament, she co-founded the Selby Youth council, and then went on to run for and win the local council election as a Labour candidate (候选人) aged just 18.
Corrigan plan to use her year in office to further encourage political awareness in the youth of Selby. By breaking a political record of being the youngest woman ever elected inUKhistory, Corrigan hopes this will break the misunderstanding of Selby being a sleepy town with old-fashioned views. “It’s an honor to be the Mayor of my lovely hometown,” Corrigan told a newspaper. “I plan on using the year to encourage children and young people to champion their communities.”
The politics student’s election has been supported whole heartedly by the politicians she has worked with throughout her early-developing career, including thebackingof former deputy Prime Minister (副首相) John Prescott. Simon Darvill said in an interview, “I hope that the success of Rosie and others like her encourages more young people to get involved in politics and change where they live for the better.”
1. Which statement is true according to Paragraph 2?
A. Corrigan is new to the political scene of Selby.
B. Corrigan became interested in politics in childhood.
C. Corrigan has been living in Selby since she was born.
D. Corrigan founded the Selby Youth council by herself.
2. What can we infer from Paragraph 3?
A. Corrigan plans to further her time in office by at least a year.
B. The people of Selby are passive and have out-of-date views.
C. Corrigan is the youngest person ever elected inUKhistory.
D. Corrigan intends to increase Selby’s youth’spolitical involvement.
3. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “backing” in Paragraph 4?
A. Approval
B. Appreciation
C. Praise
D. Support
B
Online education has grown fast over the past ten years. The explosion of technology has made teaching outside the traditional classroom possible for teachers and has provided learners with easy access to course materials. Its attractiveness, benefits, and challenges are addressed.
In April, 2005, I was approached by a student who was interested in our doctoral program. However, the first question out of her mouth was, “Do you offer any online courses?” Later that day, as I was reading the conference program guide trying for interesting presentations, I noticed many workshops on web-based learning and online education. I later attended two of those workshops and met several professors from different universities who had either taught online courses for quite some time or who were discovering the best practice for teaching online. These experiences helped me realize at least to some extent the degree of growth in online education.
My responsibilities for the term included gaining more understanding of online education. Consequently, I made several attempts to enrich my knowledge of distance learning and online teaching. I consulted with my colleagues who were teaching online courses. This helped me recognize the importance of getting materials prepared even before the start of a term. I also learned that online courses may consume more time than regular classroom teaching. And I attended several workshops regarding online education and established a network with those who were involved in online programs at other universities. I will consider these people as my consultants as I begin to design my own online course. Also, I conducted a brief survey with 15 students and two faculty members who had taken or taught an online course before to understand their experience. Eventually I completed a literature review which gave me the foundation and the background of understanding the need for online education.
4. What benefits the development of online education?
A. Teachers’ good teaching ability.
B. Lack of traditional classrooms.
C. Learners’ access to free courses.
D. The rapid advance of technology.
5. Why did the author take a student for example?
A. To show students’ love for the doctoral program.
B. To persuade learners of traditional education.
C. To explain the growing trend of online education.
D. To predict the future of the teaching career.
6. What caused the author to know more about online education?
A. The appetite for knowledge.
B. The professional responsibilities.
C. The requirement of research.
D. The colleagues’ encouragement.
7. What is the author’s attitude to online education?
A. Carefree.
B. Doubtful.
C. Supportive.
D. Unwilling.
C
“Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water, the French writer Antoine de Rivarol wrote. This love letter to the cleansing beauty of a good cry is a comforting thought at atime when the continuing stress of the COVID-19 has added heaviness to each of our lives.
Scientifically, de Rivarol's poetic image doesn't, if you'll forgive the words used in the poem, hold water. There's limited research on crying, partly because of the difficulty of copying the behavior of real crying in a lab. But even within the previous studies, there's little evidence to suggest that crying provides a physiological cleansing of poisons in people's body.
Psychologists believe the relief of a good cry connects with a different emotional process. “It seems that crying occurs just after the peak of the emotional experience, and crying is associated with this return to homeostasis: the process of maintaining a stable psychological state,” said Lauren Bylsma. He also said holding back tears can have negative physical consequences, including headaches and muscle tension. Such restriction can also limit our experiences of joy, gratitude and other positive emotions if we avoid acknowledging our feelings.
For me crying has been easier said than done during the COVID-19. Psychologists say it's normal to feel stopped up by the stresses of the past year. We should find opportunities to release and process our emotions.
Watching a tear-jerking movie, having an emotional conversation with a close friend, and writing in a journal are healthy ways toelicita cry. Physical activity like light-footed walking or even dancing can also signal our bodies to release some emotional tightness. We can then open up to the flow of feelings that leave us feeling lighter and refreshed—like a clear sky after a soaking rain.
8. What is the weakness of the studies ever clone on crying?
A. They were clone in a laboratory setting.
B. They cared little about different forms of crying.
C. They were always concentrated on people's daily life.
D. They showed little about the positive physical effect of crying.
9. What is the function of crying according to Lauren Bylsma?
A. Curing people of their diseases.
B. Keeping emotionally balanced.
C. Producing negative mental results.
D. Expanding people's experience of joy.
10. What does the underlined word “elicit” in the last paragraph mean?
A. Produce.
B. Postpone.
C. Control.
D. Repeat.
11. What are people advised to do according to the text?
A. Learn to hold back their tears wisely.
B. Share their emotion with their colleagues.
C. Have a good cry when necessary.
D. Try to avoid admitting our feelings.
D
After years of releasing e-readers that compete directly with Amazon’s Kindle, Rakuten Kobo’s latest device offers something totally different: theability to draw and write directly on the screen.
With a large 10.3-inch E-ink display, the Kobo Elipsa looks more like an electronic clipboard than the standard paperpack-sized e-reader. Although the ability to write on the screen is no big deal — especially given its high price tag of $ 600 — the overall package is impressively functional.
In terms of reading, the Elipsa packs just about everything you’d expect in a Kobo. You can purchase and download books from the store, read web articles you’ve saved online via Pocket, and connect to your local library to borrow e-books and magazines. It’s known that Kindle basically requires you to buy books from Amazon. Unlike Kindles, Kobos are pretty open with the formats they support; you can connect the Elipsa to a computer and transfer over any PDF books you have bought or downloaded from stores like Booktopia or Google Books.
You can fill your virtual notepads with notes using brush and pen types, and export them as PDFs or images to a PC. There’s also an “advanced” notebook that can turn your writing into typed and editable text for exporting to Microsoft Word format. You can also write directly onto documents themselves, with all your word circling and underlining saved as you go to review later. This is especially handy when it comes to PDFs, as changes you make are synced（同步）automatically when you have Wi-Fi, so you can move between your Elipsa, PC and phone and keep your notes.
With all that said, we can see it really appealing to e-reader fans who also tend to do a lot of work on paper. If
you ever print things out to mark them up, fill notepads with writing or drawing that you later have to transcribe or scan, or just wish you could write all over your library books, this could be the device for you.
12. Which of the following best describes the Elipsa?
A. Automatic.
B. Traditional.
C. Useful.
D. Standard.
13. How is a Kobo different from a Kindle in reading?
A. A Kindle has a larger screen.
B. A Kindle can support more formats.
C. A Kobo supports books from various sources.
D. A Kobo should be connected to local libraries.
14. What does paragraph 4 mainly tell us about Kobos?
A Their function in syncing. B. Their function in typing.
C. Their function in writing.
D. Their function in reading.
15. In which section of a newspaper can the text probably be found?
A. Education.
B. Technology.
C. Lifestyle.
D. Business.
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
How to Be Smart with Your Money
Money is a major worry for many people. It can be easy to overspend and be left with buyer's regret.____16____But don't worry. Here's a handful of ways that will help you use your money wisely without getting an MBA.
Prioritize your needs.Do you want to pay down debt?____17____Or are you just looking for clothes to be more beautiful? Identify your top priorities. Do not put any money toward non-essential expenses until all of your necessary living costs have been paid.
____18____It can be easy to get in the habit of shopping in the same place repeatedly, but taking time to shop in various places can help you find the best deals. Check in stores and online to look for the best prices for your needs. Look for stores that might be running sales or that specialize in discount.
Use cash instead of cards.For non-necessary expenses such as going out to eat or seeing a movie, set a budget. Withdraw the necessary amount of cash before you go out, and leave your cards at home.____19____ Monitor your spending.Finally, as long as you're not spending more than you bring in, you're on
target.____20____You may prefer to check your bank account every day, or you could sign up for a money-monitoring app to help you track your spending.
A.Shop online.
B. Shop around.
C. Are you saving for the rent?
D. Do you usually use your money smartly?
E. Being smart with money can seem like an impossible task.
F. This will make it more difficult to overspend while you are out.
G. Regularly monitor your spending in whatever way that works best for you.
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We climbed Mount Kinabalu the other day. It was our first____21____toSabah. It was a slow drive along country roads as we____22____Ranau. Ranau was a picturesque mountainside town where people____23____vegetables and fruit. At almost 5000 feet above sea level, the air was____24____cool.
The next morning, we were____25____and set off to a breakfast. Then we were assigned guides before our____26____, excited and fearful of what____27____ahead of us. By 6:30 a. m. , we were on a trail that climbed vertically into the jungle. The going was slow as we mounted up the narrow steep____28____. Although it was____29____, it wasn’t as bad as I had imagined. So I was in front of the group most of the_____30_____. There were exotic plants and curious monkeys that made the trip_____31_____.
As we climbed, we had to take several_____32_____regularly. Then finally we reached the hut at Panar Laban. The night we spent there was miserable but_____33_____as the temperature dropped to minus 1. We tried to sleep as we had to_____34_____the climb at 2:45 a.m. the next morning.
With only the comforting voice of_____35_____, we grabbed our torches and_____36_____our way up rocks in the dark. As the hours passed, we watched the night grow_____37_____and as we reached the summit, dawn_____38_____over the horizon like a scene from a National Geographic Special. I was_____39_____the clouds at 13,000 feet or more. This is a day I will always remember, the day I_____40_____Kinabalu.
21. A. meeting B. trip C. reply D. task
22. A. looked B. hoped C. headed D. longed
23. A. grew B. selected C. gathered D. tasted
24. A. hardly B. eventually C. occasionally D. pleasantly
25. A. shouted B. awakened C. caught D. raised
26. A. voyage B. ride C. reach D. climb
27. A. lay B. came C. roared D. drove
28. A. paces B. entrances C. paths D. cliffs
29. A. impossible B. tough C. disturbing D. hopeless
30. A. road B. mountain C. way D. distance
31. A. exciting B. convenient C. imaginary D. safe
32. A. places B. steps C. positions D. breaks
33. A. cold B. warm C. memorable D. tragic
34. A. continue B. quit C. interrupt D. experience
35. A. leaders B. guides C. villagers D. tourists
36. A. overlooked B. planned C. demonstrated D. felt
37. A. noisier B. quieter C. darker D. brighter
38. A. broke B. became C. started D. turned
39. A. below B. above C. against D. beyond
40. A. arrived B. left C. conquered D. expected
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
The water is sitting in around 1000 tanks at the former nuclear power station, but the amount is growing___41.___(day) as rainfall and groundwater___42.___(enter) the site continue to be polluted. With an average of 160 tonnes a day being added last year, the International Atomic Energy Agency expects existing capacity will be full by mid-2022.
That is___43.___the Japanese government is reportedly going to approve a strategy___44.___discharging the water to the ocean, as___45.___(recommend) by scientific advisers. The release would start in around 2022 and continue for decades.
The news sparked immediate___46.___(complain) from Japanese fishing groups and covering warnings that China___47.___(ban) Japanese seafood imports. But are people right to be worried about the___48.___(environment) and health effects of releasing such a large amount of contaminated water?
Much of the existing water___49.___(filter) already by a process designed to remove more than 62 radioactive contaminants. The Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the
firm____50.____runs the site, have emphasized that the main radionuclide(放射性核) remaining is tritium(氚). Francis Livens at the University of Manchester, UK, says this is very hard to separate because it is a radioactive isotope(同位素) of hydrogen, and so part of the water molecules themselves.
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.请体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问。

删除:把多余的词用斜线(\划掉。

修改:在错的词下面画一横线,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-词；
只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

In order to celebrated National Day and the Mid-AutumnFestival, and we had an 8-day holiday. After it, my classmates and I were talking about how to do during the holiday excitedly. Then we decided to go to help the farmers instead of stay at home. As soon as we arrived at farm, we were attracted by the apples hanging on the branches. We couldn't wait to pick the apples, which were the most interesting work. Particular, we were allowed to choose what we liked best and taste them. We didn't feel boring at all even though the job was tiring. We worked for 5 hours happily unless the sun set.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Peter发邮件告诉你他的家乡刚刚发生一场地震。

这场地震不仅造成了很大的损失，也给Peter留下了心理阴影。

请根据以下要点，写一封信安慰他。

内容包括：
1.写信的目的；
2.提出具体的建议；
3.你的愿望。

注意：1.词数80左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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参考答案
1. C
2. D
3. D
4. D
5. D
6. A
7. C
8. D 9. B 10. A 11. C
12. C 13. C 14. C 15. B
16. E 17. C 18. B 19. F 20. G
21. B 22. C 23. A 24. D 25. B 26. D 27. A 28. C 29. B 30. C 31. A 32.
D 33. C 34. A 35. B 36. D 37. D 38. A 39. B 40. C
41. daily
42. entering
43. why 44. of
45. recommended
46. complaints
47. would ban
48. environmental
49. has been filtered
50. that/which
51.(1). celebrated→celebrate (2). 删除（第一句中第二个）and (3). After→Before (4). how→what (5). stay→staying (6).farm前面the (7). were→was (8). Particular→ Particularly (9). boring→bored (10). unless→until
52.略。