2021年漳州市第三中学高三英语第二次联考试卷及参考答案

2021年漳州市第三中学高三英语第二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
Bored with your life? Dreaming of something different? I always wonder what life would be like400 kmabove my head. That's where the International Space Station orbits the earth, with six astronauts living and working on board, for months at a time.
How do they sleep? They spend the night floating in a sleeping bag inside a small cubicle (小隔间) on the ceiling. American astronaut Sunita Williams explains, “It's like a little phone booth, but it's pretty comfortable and it doesn't matter if I turn overand sleep upside down. I don't have any sensation (感觉) in my head that tells me I'm upside down.”
Brushing your teeth in a place where you can't have a tap or a sink can be a challenge. Can you imagine the mess that running water would make in zero gravity? Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield uses a straw to put a big blob of water from a sealed bag onto an ordinary toothbrush and adds a little toothpaste which he has to swallow when he's done.
Daily exercise is essential. The lack of gravity makes bones more fragile and muscles lose strength — so astronauts are encouraged to work out for at least two hours a day.
The role of astronauts in the International Space Station is to act as lab technicians for scientists back on earth. So they spend their time maintaining their environment and performing and monitoring experiments in a confined space about the size of a Boeing 747. Almost every task is carefully planned by mission control — although most astronauts spend their first days losing things until they get used to sticking everything they use to the walls with Velcro, duct tape (强力胶带) or clips (夹子)．
One of their most valued perks (额外待遇) is the view from “the office”, dominated by that gigantic blue ball down there, sitting in the darkness of space. Wow! Absolutely breathtaking!
1. When they sleep upside down, the astronauts willnot get dizzy because ________.
A. they don't feel it
B. they sleep in the daytime
C. they sleep in special sleeping bags
D. they are trained to adapt to the conditions of weightlessness
2. What parts become weak if astronauts don't exercise?
A. Their teeth and bones.
B. Their brains and bones.
C. Their bones and muscles.
D. Their teeth and muscles.
3. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The Problems We Met in Space.
B. Living and Working in Space.
C. How to Become an Astronaut.
D. The International Space Station.
B
Being a teacher is a rewarding career when it comes to changing lives, but it’s obviously one that comes with plenty of stresses and difficulties too.
Seeking help for a child who is so obviously in need isn’t easy. Often, you feel ignored by the government. You feel upset that there isn’t anything you could personally do to help a needy and sensitive member of your class.
That’s exactly how Chelsea Haley, aged 24 at the time, felt when she met fourth-grade student Jerome Robinson while working for Teach forAmericainLouisianafor the first time.
The pair didn’t get off to the best start, with Jerome, the “problem child”, almost drivingChelseafrom teaching. But whenChelseaput her foot down and became determined to work more closely with Jerome, she learned the cause of his rude behavior: a bad home situation.Chelseawas eager to help Jerome, and realized that he needed more than just academic support.
By 2016, a year after meeting him, Chelsea had adopted (收养) Jerome and his brother Jace.
Adopting a child doesn’t come cheap, andChelseaspent all the money in her bank to see the process through.
In her first few years of raising the boys, she lived on credit cards and postponed her student loan.
AsChelsealived with her two adopted sons, she worked hard to repay her debts. She took on extra tutoring jobs outside of school hours, moved in with her parents, and even delivered groceries for cash. Along the way, she was learning how to be the best mom to Jerome and Jace, cooking for them and cheering them on at football matches.
And now, just five years later,Chelseacan proudly say that she has paid off nearly $50, 000 of debt. Now that she’s finally out of debt,Chelseahas plans to buy a house and save up for the boys’ college education.
“It allows me to focus on the boys’ future,” she said. “Saving money for them, and not spending it on my past.”
4. What do we know from paragraph 4?
A. Jerome’s family was less fortunate.
B. The brothers were in the same class.
C. When helping Jerome,Chelseafelt hopeless.
D.Chelseagot along well with Jerome from the very start.
5. What didChelseado to pay off her debts?
A. Borrow money from her parents.
B. Do part-time jobs.
C. Train students to play football.
D. Cook for customers.
6. How old wasChelseawhen she paid off nearly all of her debts?
A. 24.
B. 28.
C. 29.
D. 30.
7. Which of the following can best describeChelsea?
A. Lucky and lovely.
B. Sensitive and ambitious.
C. Selfless and determined.
D. Warmhearted and strict.
C
Watching what you eat can be easier said than done, but a recent study shows it might not just be about what's on your plate — it could be about how quickly it disappears.
Japanese researchers followed 1,083 adultsfor five years, splitting them into three categories based on how quickly they ate: slow, normal, and fast. They also answered a questionnaire at the beginning of the study, sharing their diet, physical activity, and medical history. In the beginning, none of the volunteers had metabolic syndrome (新陈代谢综合征) - meaning at least three risk factors — which can lead to health problems like heart conditions and diabetes.
When the participants reported back five years later 84 had been diagnosed (诊断) with metabolic syndrome — and their eating speed was a major predictor, according to the results in the journal Circulation. The fast eaters were 89 percent more likely to have metabolic syndrome than slow and normal eaters. Just 2.3 percent of slow eaters received the diagnosis, compared to 11.6 percent of fast eaters. But that's not all. Fast eaters also saw more weight gain, larger waistlines, and higher blood sugar levels than slow eaters.
The researchers saygobblingmakes it easier not to take notice of fullness before your body has a chance to signal you to stop. “So when people eat fast they are more likely to overeat,” said Takayuki Yamaji, MD, study author and
cardiologist at Hiroshima University in Japan in a statement.
Previous research backs up the weight benefits of slow eating, too. One study of New Zealand women found fast eaters have higher body-mass indexes (指数), and a Chinese study found that both healthy and fat men ate less when told to chew 40 times instead of 15 times before swallowing. Initial research even suggests chewing your food longer could bum more calories - up to about 1,000 extra every month.
8. What are the participants divided by?
A. Medical history.
B. Health condition.
C. Physical activity.
D. Eating speed.
9. Which may be the result of the study?
A. Fast eaters are 4 times more likely to have metabolic syndrome.
B. Normal and slow eaters don’t have metabolic illness.
C. 89% of fast eaters have higher blood pressure.
D. Slow caters are healthier than fast eaters.
10. What does the underlined word “gobbling” in Paragraph 4 best mean?
A. Tasting slowly.
B. Digesting quickly.
C. Eating greedily.
D. Cooking carefully.
11. What does the last paragraph tell us?
A. The importance of eating speed.
B. The advantage of eating slowly.
C. The result of a Chinese study.
D. Fast eating and overeating.
D
Why isn’t science better? Look at career incentive(激励).There are oftensubstantial gaps between the idealized and actual versions of those people whose work involves providing a social good. Government officials are supposed to work for their constituents. Journalists are supposed to provide unbiased reporting and penetrating analysis. And scientists are supposed to relentlessly probe the fabric of reality with the most rigorous and skeptical of methods.
All too often, however, what should be just isn’t so. In a number of scientific fields, published findings turn out not toreplicate(复制), or to have smaller effects than, what was initially claimed. Plenty of science does replicate — meaning the experiments turn out the same way when you repeat them -but the amount that doesn’t is too much for comfort.
But there are also waysin which scientists increase their chances of getting it wrong. Running studies with
small samples, mining data for correlations and forming hypotheses to fit an experiment’s results after the fact are just some of the ways to increase the number of false discoveries.
It’s not like we don't know how to do better. Scientists who study scientific methods have known about feasible remedies for decades. Unfortunately, their advice often falls ondeaf ears.Why? Why aren't scientific methods better than they are? In a word: incentives. But perhaps not in the way you think.
In the 1970s, psychologists and economists began to point out the danger in relying on quantitative measures for social decision-making. For example, when public schools are evaluated by students’ performance on standardized tests, teachers respond by teaching “to the test”. In turn, the test serves largely as of how well the school can prepare students for the test.
We can see this principle—often summarized as “when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure”—playing out in the realm of research. Science is a competitive enterprise. There are far more credentialed (授以证书的) scholars and researchers than there are university professorships or comparably prestigious research positions. Once someone acquires a research position, there is additional competition for tenure grant funding, and support and placement for graduate students. Due to this competition for resources, scientists must be evaluated and compared. How do you tell if someone is a good scientist?
An oft-used metric is the number of publications one has in peer-reviewed journals, as well as the status of those journals. Metrics like these make it straightforward to compare researchers whose work may otherwise be quite different. Unfortunately, this also makes these numbers susceptible to exploitation.
If scientists are motivated to publish often and in high-impact journals, we might expect them to actively try to game the system. And certainly, some do—as seen in recent high-profile cases of scientific fraud(欺诈). If malicious fraud is the prime concern, then perhaps the solution is simply heightened alertness.
However, most scientists are, I believe, genuinely interested in learning about the world, and honest. The problem with incentives is that they can shape cultural norms without any intention on the part of individuals.
12. Which of the following is TRUE about the general trend in scientific field?
A. Scientists are persistently devoted to exploration of reality.
B. The research findings fail to achieve the expected effect.
C. Hypotheses are modified to highlight the experiments' results.
D. The amount of science that does replicate is comforting.
13. What doesdeaf earsin the fourth paragraph probably refer to?
A. The public.
B. The incentive initiators.
C. The peer researchers.
D.
The high-impact journal editors.
14. Which of the following does the author probably agree with?
A. Good scientists excel in seeking resources and securing research positions.
B. Competition for resources inspires researchers to work in a more skeptical way.
C. All the credentialed scholars and researchers will not take up university professorships.
D. The number of publication reveals how scientists are bitterly exploited.
15. According to the author, what might be a remedy for the fundamental problem in scientific research?
A. High-impact journals are encouraged to reform the incentives for publication.
B. The peer-review process is supposed to scale up inspection of scientific fraud.
C. Researchers are motivated to get actively involved in gaming the current system.
D. Career incentives for scientists are expected to consider their personal intention.
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
Helpful tips for college-bound seniors
Researching a college is one of the most time-consuming tasks that you'll encounter.___16___For example, what classes and facilities the college has to offer, and what sports it offers. After narrowing your choices to a group of colleges, you'll have to start to research these in depth.___17___He or she may be able to help you find things about the colleges that you could not get yourself.
Knowing what you want to study is another key to looking for a college.___18___By knowing what I want to do, I can then look at colleges that I've been thinking about applying to and narrow my choices down. If a college doesn't have the courses I need, then it's definitely out of the picture.
Another key thing to look for is the college's testing requirements.___19___Some colleges also require an SAT II test in certain areas, for example English or Math. Remember to look at a college’s GPA requirements, too. You may find a college where there's everything you want, but your GPA isn't high enough to be considered. In this case you may need to attend a junior college for one or two years.
___20___At this point you may want to have a long discussion with your parents, and find out how much they're willing and able to spend on college. If it isn't enough to cover your full tuition, then you may want to apply for financial aid or a scholarship. And your final option maybe looking for a college that doesn’t cost as much.
A. All colleges require an SAT or an ACT test.
B. And lastly, but definitely not the least, is tuition.
C. Look for a college now if you plan on attending one.
D. You need to find out many basics about possible colleges.
E. If you will be a senior in the near future, this article is for you.
F. I plan to major in business management and minor in computer applications.
G. If you have a college counselor at your school, this would be a good time to ask for advice.
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 on Father's Day, 20. 17. When I climbed up the final hill of the 13,0. 41 -foot-highGrandTraversePeak, my new running____21____, Merle - a one-year-old shepherd dog — was____22____to be seen.
I felt a terrifying attack as I____23____my way down the hill, still seeing no____24____of him. Then, several hundred feet____25____down, I saw his____26____on a five-foot-wide snow. I followed them carefully until they____27____off a steep chute（斜坡）.About 80. 0. feet below, the chute ended in a rock field and a massive cliff（悬崖）.Below that, I could see a wide, empty, snow-covered____28____There was no sign of Merle in the rock field. Then____29____I saw something running in the basin below me. "There he is!" I ran down. Merle was running downhill away from me. I couldn't follow his_____30_____without technical climbing_____31_____, so I needed to find a safer way down. I could hear the bells on Merle's collar（项圈），but I couldn't see him. Ispent another hour_____32_____around until the bells on the collar and Merle's heavy breathing disappeared. That day, I went home with deep_____33_____
Three weeks later, a woman named Dana Gumber_____34_____a poor dog outside her yard, weak and extremely thin. Luckily, Gumber found the dog still had a collar. That afternoon, she_____35_____a message on my cellphone: "I have Merle. Please_____36_____me. I called her back and got a（n）_____37_____answer : Merle was still alive.
I drove him to the animal hospital from Gumber's house. Merle was skinny weak after the long_____38_____with wounds, but, surprisingly, none of his_____39_____were broken. Over the next week Merle_____40_____beautifully.
21. A. racer B. partner C. traveler D. staff
22. A. everywhere B. anywhere C. somewhere D. nowhere
23. A. picked B. arranged C. lost D. forced
24. A. attention B. belt C. sign D. shelter
25. A. later B. longer C. higher D. farther
26. A. legs B. figures C. footprints D. sledges
27. A. took B. disappeared C. sank D. turned
28. A. house B. basin C. hill D. river
29. A. In turn B. As well C. In addition D. All at once
30. A. route B. words C. goal D. instructions
31. A. organization B. training C. equipment D. preparation
32. A. searching B. coming C. sticking D. getting
33. A. excitement B. sadness C. shock D. confusion
34. A. fed B. treated C. noticed D. heard
35. A. received B. took C. wrote D. left
36. A. help B. appreciate C. record D. call
37. A. extraordinary B. distant C. amazing D. anxious
38. A. journey B. voyage C. adventure D. transport
39. A. spirits B. bones C. goods D. functions
40. A. recovered B. grew C. screamed D. benefited
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
I’ve always been attracted by the____41.____(beautiful) of Chinese culture and its long history. When we first arrived inChina, my friend Tony and I expected a big city____42.____(fill) with modern buildings, busy streets and a crowded transport system. But we were pleasantly surprised.
The thing____43.____impressed us first was the space. Yes,Beijingis indeed huge, but its wide streets and green spaces made every area feel less crowded.Tian’anmen Squarewas the perfect example of this. TheForbidden Citywas____44.____(surprising) clean and well protected. Everywhere we looked, there were people____45.____(tidy) and cleaning, which really left an____46.____(impress) of national pride. We____47.____(concern) that few people would speak English, even inBeijing. But we found____48.____common for Chinese people to know a few words of English. The most exciting part of our visit was riding around in the sunshine and exploring____49.____city on bikes.
It was great_____50._____(experience)Beijing’s landmarks in person after admiring them for so many years. This was our first visit toChina, but certainly not our last.
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 Jack,
Welcome to my school! Upon your arrival, there will be a party for you organizing by my classmates. You may attend to English classes to feel a differently learning style. After that, you can go to your host family that you can experience the Chinese way of life. You can have meals together chatting about whatever interest you.
The host family will also show you off some famous scenic spots. You can see people selling kites everywhere because our city was home to kites．There are varieties of kites to choose. So isn’t that a good idea to buy some for your friends? Write to me unless you have any questions about the schedule．
Yours,
Li Hua 第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华。

你的英国朋友Lynn来信说她即将上大学，而她的妈妈担心她的生活自理能力。

她不知该如何消除妈妈的顾虑。

请你给Lynn回一封信，内容包括：
1.表示理解；
2.提出建议并说明理由。

注意：
1.词数80左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考答案
1. A
2. C
3. B
4. A
5. B
6. D
7. C
8. D 9. A 10. A 11. D
12. A 13. A 14. B 15. D
16. D 17. G 18. F 19. A 20. B
21. B 22. D 23. A 24. C 25. D 26. C 27. B 28. B 29. D 30. A 31. C 32.
A 33.
B 34.
C 35.
D 36. D 37. C 38. A 39. B 40. A
41. beauty 42. filled 43. that/which 44. surprisingly 45. tidying
46. impression 47. were concerned 48. it 49. the 50. to experience
51.(1).organizing→organized
(2).attend 去掉to
(3).differently→different
(4).that→where
(5).interest→interests
(6).off→around
(7).was→is
(8). choose 后加from
(9). that→it
(10). unless→if/when
52.略。