2020-2021学年苏州市常熟市新港中学高三英语月考试卷及答案解析

2020-2021学年苏州市常熟市新港中学高三英语月考试卷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 Middler
by Kirsty Applebaum
Eleven-year-old Maggie lives in Fennis Wick, enclosed and protected from the outside world. Her brother Jed is the eldest, a hero. Her younger brother is Trig—everyone loves Trig. But Maggie's just a middler；she is left behind. In this book, we experience the sadness of being the forgotten middle child, the child with no voice, even in her own family.
Dennis in Jurassic Bark
by Nigel Auchterlounie
Beanotown is in trouble again, and this time the danger is Jurassic! Dennis，latest adventure is filled with fun, including Vikings, Victorians and soon, along with puzzles for you to finish. Can you help Dennis save Beanotown from the prehistoric invasion?
Little Book for Big Changes
by Karen Ng and Kirsten Liepmann
Including more than 100 activities, try-outs, games, puzzles and tips,Little Book for Big Changesoffers fun and creative ways to bring people together to help change the world. Understand more about big problems in the world such as inequality and climate change, and be empowered to help make the world a better place.
The Saga of Erik the Viking
by Terry Jones
In this illustrated story, Erik the Viking sets out with his trusty team of men in search of the land where the Sun goes at night. On his journey, he will meet adventures that will put his courage to the test.
1. Who told a story about an unseen child in a family?
A. Terry Jones.
B. Kirsty Applebaum.
C. Nigel Auchterlounie.
D. Karen Ng and Kirsten Liepmann.
2. Which book is proper for kids who love prehistoric-related stories?
A.The Middler.
B.Little Book for Big Changes.
C.Dennis in Jurassic Bark.
D.The Saga of Erik the Viking.
3. What is special aboutLittle Book for Big Changes"!
A. It is about two people.
B. It is an adventure book.
C. It has picturesinside to help kids read.
D. It teaches kids to care for the world.
B
As an eco-minimalist, Su Yige has maintained an environmentally friendly and sustainable lifestyle for the past three years while studying in Canada. She takes her own bag when she goes grocery shopping and uses second-hand items as often as possible. She avoids almost all paper-related products unless she has to use a public toilet while away from home.
Diligence and thrift are time-honored traditional Chinese virtues. Su's family is a good example of this, according to the native of Weihai, Shandong province. Although they have little formal “green” knowledge, her parents lead a very environmentally friendly life.
For example, the family has used the same hair dryer for more than a decade, and Su remembers many of her mother's clothes from as far back as kindergarten. “As long as something can still be used, my mother will not replace it with a new item,” she said.
“I frequently asked my father to bring the plastic bag back home after dumping our waste in the trash bin. He was unhappy, and argued that instead of making that request, I should go downstairs to dump the waste myself” she said. In another move, her father criticized her for doing too much shopping online. Eventually, they both made steps toward becoming better environmentalists. Her father brings the bag back for reuse and she has only bought two pieces of clothing online in the past six months.
Back in Canada, Su is looking forward to finding a job related to sustainable development in China after she graduates as a computer science major in the summer.
4. Which of the following best describes Su Yige?
A. Conservative.
B. Nostalgic.
C. Economical.
D. Productive.
5. What can be found about Su's mother according to the third paragraph?
A. She has a lot of formal green knowledge.
B. She regards using the same items as a lifestyle.
C. She always wears old clothes due to lack of money.
D. She will not replace the old items until they are out of style.
6. What can be inferred about Su and her father?
A. Both of them like to criticize each other.
B. Su's father is particular about her clothes.
C. The relationship between them is very tense.
D. They urge each other to become more environmentally friendly.
7. What can we learn about the author soon after she graduates in Canada?
A. She will stay there to look for a job.
B. She will put effort into computer science.
C. She will devote herself to her motherland's future.
D. She will come back to China to stay with her parents.
C
It’s a big change from homeless teen to Yale (耶鲁)medical school student, butperseverancepaid off for Chelesa Fearce of Clayton County, Georgia.
Fearce was a fourth grader when her mom was diagnosed (诊断) with Lymphoma (淋巴瘤).That began a hard time for the family. They had to move in and out of shelters,hotels and even the family car.
“I know I have been made stronger. I was homeless. My family slept on the floor and we were lucky if we got more than one full meal a day. Getting a shower, food and clean clothes was an everyday struggle,” Fearce said in a speech she gave at her high school graduation ceremony. Fearce overcame her day-to-day struggles by focusing on a better day. “I just told myself to keep working, because the future will not be like this anymore. And that helped me get through,” she told WSBTV.
Fearce was determined to be a good role model for her younger sister. She found inspiration in her late grandmother, struggling with deadly diseases, who gave Fearce emotional support. In her junior and senior year, Fearce took both high school and college courses, missing out on the free meals she depended on so she could get to her college classes. Despite having to use her cellphone to study after the shelter lights were turned off at night, she not only graduated as valedictorian (毕业生代表) of her 2013 class with a 4.5 grade average, but was also given a ride scholarship—including a meal plan to Spelman College in Atlanta.
After graduation, she worked full time for two years at the National Institutes for Health inBethesda,Maryland,doing research on drugs. Last fall, she entered Yale and set a course to earn both a PhD and medical degree.
8. What does the underlined word “perseverance” in paragraph 1 refer to?
A. instant passion.
B. continuous efforts.
C. great patience.
D. selfless ambitions.
9. How did Fearce feel facing the sufferings?
A. Sad and disappointed.
B. Stressed and defeated.
C. Determined and confident.
D. Joyous and contented.
10. What can we know about Fearce’s learning experience?
A. Her grandma encouraged her to study medicine.
B. Her high school offered her free meals and courses.
C. She failed to study late due to frequent power cut.
D. She gained remarkable high school achievement.
11. What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. From Homeless to Yale
B. Meet American’s Top Girl
C. Disabled but not Defeated
D. Chelesa Fearce: A Girl of Many Talents
D
In a recent survey of 2000 Americans, housecleaning was shown to have some mood-boosting effects — but that doesn't mean everybody is willing to do it.
The majority of respondents (受访者) said cleaning gave them a sense of accomplishment (65%) and helped them clear their mind (63%). Half of these adults said they are most often motivated to clean when they're happy. In fact, 63% of those surveyed find the experience of cleaning to be relaxing - even more so than getting fresh air (61%).
But that's not the only reason people clean. A big 70% admitted that tidying their home was a way of putting off having to do other things, with the average procrastinator (拖延者) using that trick four times a week. The survey showed that 86% of respondents do feel on top of their housework, but the last deep clean of their kitchen happened over a week and a half ago. That's no surprise because the kitchen is most terrible of all.
Conducted by OnePoll on behalf of DishFish, the survey investigated people's attitudes toward dirty dishes and how they get through tricky task. More than two-thirds of people (69%) let their dishes pile up between washings with 20% saying “always” letting them be placed in the sink, which left them feeling stressed. More than any other room, the kitchen was rated as “very difficult” to cope with. And most people enjoy cleaning their toilet or taking out the garbage more than washing dishes by hand.
How do they get through it? 66% listen to music while they clean. 72% have a best-loved song that they sounded while tidying up their home, with “Uptown Funk,”“Read All About It” and “Work” being the three favorite tunes on America's cleaning playlist.
12. What is the result of the survey?
A. Housecleaning may contribute to a good mood to some extent.
B. Housecleaning may strengthen people's willingness to volunteer.
C. Housecleaning may cause anxiety and concern for some people.
D. Housecleaning may improve people's motivation to other housework.
13. What is the top reason why people undertake housecleaning?
A. They can entertain themselves.
B. They can take in fresh air.
C. They get a sense of achievement.
D. They can delay other things.
14. What are respondents' attitudes to dirty dishes?
A. Many would rather wash dishes than throw out the rubbish.
B. Half are under pressure with dirty dishes lying in the sink.
C. A quarter will let dirty dishes pile up after their meals.
D. Most prefer cleaning their toiletto washing dishes by hand.
15. What column does the text belong to?
A. Feature Story.
B. Family Life.
C. Scientific Hotspot.
D. Finance Focus.
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
Learning to Give a Pep Talk（打气）
Everyone wants to be the type of person who gives the critical talk that turns around a friend's outlook. However, giving a good pep talk isn't easy.___16___. You need to not only listen and understand, but also stress the other person's strengths. You also need to know when to stop talking.
"A lot of people think they are giving a pep talk, but they are just saying what they would want to hear," says
Stacy Kaiser, a psychotherapist（心理治疗师）in Los Angeles.
Instead of instantly telling someone what to do, ask him what actions he has thought about taking and why he thinks they will be beneficial. “Don't jump right in and insist 'You'll be fine,'" says Kaiser.___17___, Repeat the person's concerns out loud, so he feels heard. Then, show your friend that you believe in him and that he has what it takes to get through this hard time. Stress his strengths.
___18___. You can't! guarantee success, but you can remind the person that he has been through a tough time before and has gotten through it
At last, Kaiser says you must know when to stop. “___19___. Don't argue if the person disagrees with what you are saying. Instead, tell him 'I am sorry you are having such a hard time,' And then back down."
Kaiser says he has learned to give good pep talks by giving bad ones. He lost a number of loved ones during a short period. “Timing is everything." There is a time to give a pep talk, and there is a time to just listen.___20___ .
A.Let your friend have his moment
B.Give your pep talk and then shut up
C.Arguing with your friend makes no sense
D.Show your friend that you understand why he is sad
E.He isn't interested in what his best friends really need
F.It requires an understanding of whatyour audience needs
G.It is also important to remember that pep talks are about hope
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He came from somewhere south ofRome. I didn't know when or how he got toAmerica,____21____maybe. But one evening I found him standing in the driveway, behind my garage, extremely thin.
＂My name Tony Trivionno and I mow（割）your lawn. "he said. It was hard to comprehend his___22___English. "I mow your lawn, "he said again and walked away. Yes, these Depression days were___23___，but how could I_____24_____a person who had come to me for help? When I got home the next evening, the lawn had been mowed, the walks_____25_____and the garden weeded.____26____, my wife assumed I had_____27_____him. I told her of my____28____the night before and we thought it strange that he had not asked for_____29_____。

The next two days were busy, and I_____30_____about him. But on Friday, I saw him, behind my garage again and busy around.
I managed to_____31_____some small weekly pay for him and each day he cleaned up the yard and took care of any little_____32_____. He was very helpful whenever there were any heavy objects to lift or things to fix in my factory.
＂I want to be an apprentice（学徒），”he said one day._____33_____we had a good Prentice school that trained laborers, I doubted whether he had the ability to____34____blueprints and micrometers（千分尺）.Therefore, he took a_____35_____in pay to become an apprentice.
Many years later, I found him in our____36____ meeting spot, much_____37_____than he used to be and taking on a look of_____38_____. He wasa millionaire now!
Tony came toAmericaseeking the American Dream. But he did not find it-he____39____it himself. Tony didn't begin on the bottom rung（横档）of the ladder. He began in the_____40_____. Tony' s affairs were tiny, and all he had were 24 hours a day. He wasted none of them and succeeded finally.
21. A. swam B. cycled C. drove D. jogged
22. A. repeated B. broken C. strange D. simple
23. A. special B. boring C. ordinary D. difficult
24. A. give away B. turn away C. pick up D. cheer up
25. A. swept B. decorated C. blocked D. marked
26. A. Hopefully B. Fortunately C. Apparently D. Secretly
27. A. hired B. warned C. scared D. promoted
28. A. impression B. experience C. doubt D. anxiety
29. A. trouble B. award C. pay D. leave
30. A. wandered B. thought C. worried D. forgot
31. A. bring in B. leave out C. work out D. take in
32. A. tasks B. kids C. animals D. arguments
33. A. Now that B. In case C. Even if D. Ever since
34. A. read B. record C. copy D. draw
35. A. rise B. cut C. step D. break
36. A. casual B. memorable C. formal D. familiar
37. A. happier B. luckier C. heavier D. paler
38. A. astonishment B. confidence C. amusement D. confusion
39. A. discovered B. acknowledged C. deserved D. created
40. A. office B. school C. hotel D. basement
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
Every insect has its own way of finding____41.____unique kind of food. So do bees though they seem to fly aimlessly when searching for the____42.____(sugar) liquid called nectar (花蜜). Flowers act as the insects’ air-traffic controllers and give bees clues about how much a plant can offer. Those clues can be the color1 , the type and the smell of petals, all of which tell bees whether____43.____(land) or not. Among them the color1 s play the most significant role. The insects keep track of the color1 of the flowers that are____44.____(extreme) rich in nectar.
However, color1 can’t guarantee bees a good meal as it may change according to the angle of sunlight____45.____(hit) its petals. A yellow flower, for example, may look somewhat blue from one angle and red from another.
Beverley Glover, a biologist at the University of Cambridge in England, together with her colleagues,____46.____(study) the effect of the color1 of petals on the flight of bees for many years, guessing that the____47.____(strong) of petals’ iridescence (色彩斑斓) might____48.____(relate) to how bees find the petals. Glover and her colleagues tested their assumption in the lab.____49.____their surprise, they found that bees felt confused sometimes when the petals were very iridescent_____50._____bees had no problem finding the flowers with more nectar when the petals were not very iridescent.
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，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：
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。

With the development of the Internet, we have a new place which we can enjoy ourselves, finding information and communicate with others. Some people think the Internet will take place of the traditional library in the future. Surely enough, the Internet brings great convenient to our life. It is much easy to find a book we
need with the search engine than before.
In my opinion, libraries create a better atmosphere for studying. With all the students absorbing in their studies, I can concentrate on my books. Beside, reading books give me a different taste and a better experience. So I would rather to use libraries more frequently.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你在伦敦某校做交换生。

学校准备成立一个以中国文化为活动主题的俱乐部，请你用英语写一篇短文，向同学们介绍你希望成立的俱乐部。

内容包括：
1.情况简介；
2.目的和意义；
3.你的期待。

注意：1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

What I have in mind is
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________
参考答案
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. C
5. B
6. D
7. C
8. B 9. C 10. D 11. A
12. A 13. D 14. D 15. B
16. F 17. D 18. G 19. B 20. A
21. A 22. B 23. D 24. B 25. A 26. C 27. A 28. B 29. C 30. D 31. C 32.
A 33. C 34. A 35.
B 36. D 37.
C 38. B 39.
D 40. D
41. a 42. sugary
43. to land
44. extremely
45. hitting
46. has studied
47. strength
48. be related
49. To 50. while
51.(1). which→where
(2). finding→find
(3). take后加the
(4). Surely→Sure
(5). convenient→convenience
(6). easy→easier
(7). absorbing→absorbed
(8). Beside→Besides
(9). give→gives
(10).删除to
52.略。