2021届江苏省太仓高级中学高三英语月考试题及答案解析

2021届江苏省太仓高级中学高三英语月考试题及答案解析
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
Bob and Sue Harvey spent nine years as resident fellows in a dormitory at Sanford and in their bookVirtual Reality and The College Freshman, they write “The Freshman oftenfaces an identity problem during the first semester.” College is a more pressured environment than it used to be, in part because the academic gap between high school and college has increased. Many college freshmen have never had to make independent decisions about sex, drugs and alcohol. Most don’t know how to manage their time or money. They often feel lonely and overwhelmed, resulting in anxiety and depression.
Nancy Corbin, director of clinical service for student-counseling (咨询) services at Iowa State University, says her office is seeing a significant increase in requests for counseling from freshmen who are having trouble making the adjustment to college life. She says older teenagers increasingly lack the skills to deal with personal problems that aren’t easily defined or fixed. And they get homesick but have a hard time admitting it.
Parents and high schools can make things easier on freshmen by preparing them differently. For example, by teaching them to budget their hours and dollars. The Harveys think high schools should offer a college-life course. “Parents need to focus more on relationship and personal issues and less on how many sheets and towels to take,” they say. Many homesick freshmen think they’ll be regarded as failures if they come home before Thanksgiving. So parents can help by letting them know they’re welcome to return if they feel the need. In the meantime, parents have to find new ways to keep in touch with their college kids. One of the best ways is e-mail. It’s less unpleasant and less expensive than constant phone calls and is more likely to be answered than a handwritten letter.
1. Why is the first semester difficult for freshmen in college?
A. Because they often fail in exams.
B. Because they lack time and money.
C. Because they are too homesick to make new friends.
D. Because they have to settle personal issues on their own.
2. In the last paragraph, it is suggested that ________.
A. parents should stop buying anything for their kids
B. parents should develop a good relationship with their kids
C. parents should be taught how to send e-mails to their kids
D. parents should work with high schools in college-life courses
3. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
A. Hard Life of College Freshmen
B. Approaches to Trouble in College
C. Freshmen’s Adaptation Problems
D. A Strange Phenomenon in College
B
Last summer, Maria and her mother moved from their house in the countryside to a flat building in Chicago. Maria really liked some things about the city, but she missed her house and yard in the countryside.
One day, Maria was in her flat building when she noticed her neighbor, Mrs. Garcia, carrying a gardening tool and a bag of soil. Maria wondered how Mrs. Garcia was able to garden in the city.
“My mom used to grow the most delicious vegetables, and I know she misses her garden now that we don’t have a yard,” said Maria.
Mrs. Garcia laughed. “I’ll show you,” she said.
Maria thought that Mrs. Garcia would take her to the park, but she took her to the roof. When the door opened, Maria was surprised to see rows of flowers and vegetables on the roof.
“What a wonderful garden!” said Maria.
Mrs. Garcia told Maria that for a long time the roof was just an empty space. Then some of the people in the building asked the owners to turn it into a community garden. The building owners liked the idea because the plants not only helped to keep the air clean, but they also helped to keep the building cooler during warmer weather.
“I plant flowers in my own place,” Mrs. Garcia said, “but you would be surprised by how different the plants are up here. Some people grow vegetables just like your mom. You can do some of the same things in the city as in the countryside. You just have to be creative!”
4. Where did Mrs. Garcia take Maria to one day?
A. The park.
B. The roof.
C. The garden in front of her house.
D. The countryside.
5. Which of the following is NOT the good side of the community garden?
A. It made the building stronger.
B. It helped keep the air clean.
C. It helped keep the building cooler.
D. It used the empty space well.
6. After Maria visited the garden, she would most probably ask her mom to ________.
A. go back to the countryside
B. pick flowers from the garden
C show her around the park D. grow vegetables on the roof
7. What is the best title for this passage?
A. A Creative Lady
B. An Empty Roof
C. A Rooftop Garden
D. A Special Building
C
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (麻省理工学院) have turned spider webs into music——creating an strange soundtrack that could help them better understand how the spiders output their complex creations and even how they communicate.
The MIT team worked with Berlin-based artist Tomas Saraceno to take 2D (two-dimensional) laser (激光) scans of a spider web, which were linked together and made into a mathematical model that could recreate the web in 3Din VR (virtual reality). They also worked with MIT’s music department to create the virtual instrument.
“Even though the web looks really random (随机)，there actually are a lot of inside structures and you can visualize (可视化) them and you can look at them, but it’s really hard to grasp for the human imagination or human brain to understand all these structural details,” said MIT engineering professor Markus Buehler, who presented the work on Monday at a virtual meeting of the American Chemical Society.
Listening to the music while moving through the VR spider web lets you see and hear these structural changes and gives a better idea of how spiders see the world, he told CNN. “Spiders use vibrations (振动) as a way to locate themselves, to communicate with other spiders and so the idea of thinking really like a spider would experience the world was something that was very important to us as spider material scientists,” Buehler said.
Spiders are able to build their webs without shelves or supports, so having a better idea of how they work could lead to the development of advanced new 3D printing techniques. “The reason why I did that is I wanted to be able to get information really from the spider world, which is very weird and mysterious,” Buehler explained. In addition to the scientific value, Buehler said the webs are musically interesting and that you can hear the sounds the spider creates during construction. “It’s unusual and eerie and scary, but finally beautiful.” he described.
8. What have MIT scientists done according to the passage?
A. They have translated spider webs into sounds.
B. They have made a mathematical model to produce webs.
C. They have created a soundtrack to catch spiders.
D. They have known how spiders communicate.
9. What can we know about spider webs from paragraph 3?
A. Their structures are beautiful and clear.
B. Professor Markus Buehler knows them well.
C. The American Chemical Society presents the result.
D. They are complex for people to figure it out.
10. In which field will the study be helpful?
A. virtual reality
B. printing
C. painting
D. film-making
11. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. It tells us that the music created by spiders is scary.
B. It shows how the researchers carry out the experiment.
C. It presents a new and creative way to study spiders.
D. It explains why scientists did the experiment.
D
The man who invented the World Wide Web a few decades ago is calling for major changes to make it better for humans. In an open letter published on Tuesday, Berners-Lee said that the web was used by half the world's population.
Berners-Lee said the web had clearly created great opportunities for humans to progress and had made life easier for millions of people. Actually, it also has offered opportunities to groups traditionally not heard a new voice in society. However, he added that the web had also provided new ways for cheats to commit crimes (犯罪).
“Against the background of news stories about how the web is misused, it's understandable that many people feel afraid and unsure if the web is really a force for good,” he wrote.
Berners-Lee created a group called the World Wide Web Foundation. He islooking for help from governments, companies and people to become more involved in shaping the web to do more good for humans. His actual plan is called the “Contract (合同) for the Web”.
Under this contract, governments are called on to take steps to makesure all people can connect to the Internet and that personal privacy is respected. Businesses are asked to keep the Internet prices low so more people can use the web. In addition, companies should respect privacy and develop technologies that aim to put people first.
The plan also calls on people to create materials for the web and work with others to make sure that is rich, quality information for everyone. Besides, people should seek to “build strong communities that respect personal speech and human equality.” “The path to make the Internet better is the responsibility of everyone who uses it,” Bermers-Lee added, “Making big changes will not be easy, but will be very well worth it in the end.”
12. What does Berners-Lee think of the World Wide Web?
A. It is his greatest regret.
B. It stops the progress of humans.
C. It needs improving.
D. It does more harm than good.
13. What's wrong with the web according to Berners-Lee?
A. It is misused for bad purposes.
B. It is misunderstood by all people.
C. It blocks out a new voice in society.
D. It is expensive for half the world’s population.
14. What are governments called on to do under the “Contract for the Web”?
A. Put technology first.
B. Create materials for the web.
C. Popularize the Internet.
D. Make the Internet free of charge.
15. What should people do with the Internet in Berners-Lee's opinion?
A. Be responsible for it.
B. Absolutely reject it.
C. Completely rely on it.
D. Be unconcerned about it.
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 Encourage a Teenager to Take up a Hobby
Having a hobby can greatly enrich a teenager's life. Hobbies can increase physical activity and socialinteraction, provide stress relief and teach valuable skills.____16____Even so, you can use some gentle guidance to help your teens to explore their interests and find their perfect hobbies.
You can ask your teens what makes them feel good about themselves. One way to help a teenager find a hobby is to focus on their strengths and what makes them feel good. Many teens may only focus on weaknesses or things they have failed at.____17____
You can determine if your teens already participate in hobbies. Teenagers spend much of their life away from the eyes of parents and don't always offer up information.____18____Your children may be developing hobbies away from home, so you may not have to encourage them to adopt new ones. Instead, you can support their current hobbies.
____19____After brainstorming(头脑风暴), have your teens write down a list of interests they would like to
pursue or be curious about. Then, have the teens rank the interests on a scale from 1 to 10, with I being most likely to try and 10 being least likely.
You can analyze the teens' personality.____20____Think about your teens. What are their character traits(特点)? What things do they get in trouble for doing? What do they gravitate towards? The answers to these questions can help them come up with ideas.
A. You can have the teens make aninterest list.
B. However, many teens are unwilling to try a hobby.
C. Because their parents force them to do what they hate.
D. You can search for opportunities you think your teens might like.
E. A person's personality can help them figure out hobbies or interests.
F. So what you should do is to pay attention to what they enjoy doing.
G. As a result, sometimes adults are not entirely aware that teenagers are developing hobbies.
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Timmy and Tammy loved playing the piano. They both practiced____21____, so they were getting better and better. One day, their teacher had some____22____news. There was a concert coming up and they both had the ____23____to play in public for the first time. Timmy and Tammy looked wide-eyed at each other with a mix of excitement and____24____.
The big day arrived. As they sat in the audience ,worrying that their names would be____25____.Then Timmy's name was ____26____. His mum looked at him with ____27____, but he sank lower and lower in his seat. “Come on, Timmy, it's your turn," she encouraged him, but he shook his head,____28____he wouldn't be playing today. The teacher moved to the next____29____on the list, "Tammy will now play for us ". "Come on, Tammy, it's your tum," her dad said. With a deep sigh, Tammy slowly____30____her way up to the piano on the stage. Her legs and fingers____31____; she was nervous. She wanted to escape from the stage so quickly at the end that she almost____32____to bow (鞠躬)，but she did it.
After that Timmy and Tammy kept ____33____, improving at the same rate and the teacher was pleased with their____34____. After a few months, the teacher announced there would be another concert. When the concert came around again, Timmy couldn't stand up from his seat____35____Tammy walked up to the stage with more____36____than last time. These two children show us an important____37____. If you allow fear to____38____you once, it'll be more likely to____39____you. But if you have the____40____to take action
although you fear, you'll feel more and more confident.
21. A. normally B. easily C. naturally D. hard
22. A. different B. exciting C. boring D. strange
23. A. duty B. right C. chance D. dream
24. A. fear B. curiosity C. doubt D. relief
25. A. discussed B. called C. replaced D. changed
26. A. recognized B. spread C. removed D. announced
27. A. hope B. shock C. anger D. mercy
28. A. instead B. however C. anyhow D. therefore
29. A. expression B. name C. order D. form
30. A. made B. lost C. judged D. marked
31. A. hurt B. rested C. recovered D. shook
32. A. refused B. stopped C. forgot D. returned
33. A. waiting B. practicing C. preparing D. writing
34. A. progress B. experience C. character D. invention
35. A. unless B. if C. after D. while
36. A. patience B. interest C. confidence D. pressure
37. A. purpose B. choice C. motto D. lesson
38. A. guard B. win C. discover D. miss
39. A. hold B. record C. report D. check
40. A. freedom B. need C. courage D. honor
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
China’s Wukong, a____41.____(full) autonomous submersible(潜水器)that was developed by Harbin Engineering University, has reached a maximum underwater depth of 7, 709 meters,____42.____(set) a new diving record for domestic autonomous underwater vehicles.
Wukong returned to its home port of Qingdao, Shandong Province on Thursday after completing____43.____third phase of its deep-sea trial.
During this year’s deep-sea scientific expedition(探险)in the Western Pacific Ocean____44.____(organize) by the National Deep Sea Center of China from February 24 to April 1, Wukong had successfully reached a maximum
deep-sea diving depth record of 7, 709 meters,____45.____broke its previous record of 5, 213 meters.
Capable____46.____full-ocean depth, it dived 5, 000 meters and 7, 000 meters respectively during the sea trials and retrieved(回收) water samples, laying a solid____47.____(found) for 11, 000-meter submersible tests. This is the second____48.____(deep)record in the world after the one set by the Russian Vityaz-D AUV.
Wukong, 2 meters long, 1 meter wide and 1.3 tons in weight, completed two sea trials at a 1, 500-meter depth in 2019.
Autonomous underwater vehicles____49.____(see) as one of the key emerging technologies in future naval warfare. But so far the complexity of this solution______50.______(mean) that no country in the world has fielded them operationally.
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.短文改错
Dear Diary,
Here I am in the middle of a city, 350 miles far away from our farmhouse. Do you want to know why we move last week? Dad lost his job, and as Mom explained, “He was lucky to find other one.” His new job meant I had to say goodbye to my classmate, my school, or just everything else I love in the world. To make matters bad, now I have to share a room with my younger sister, Mia. Tomorrow is first day of school. I am awfully tiring, but I know I will never fall sleep.
Good night and remember, you, dear Diary, is my only souvenir from my past life and my only friend.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是你校英语诗社的负责人。

请你写一则启事，发布到学校英文小报，介绍诗社并欢迎大家加入，内容包括：
1.诗社成立的时间和目的；
2.诗社日常活动.
注意:
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请在答题卡的相应位置作答。

参考答案
1. D
2. B
3. C
4. B
5. A
6. D
7. C
8. D 9. A 10. C 11. C
12. C 13. A 14. C 15. A
16. B 17. F 18. G 19. A 20. E
21. D 22. B 23. C 24. A 25. B 26. D 27. A 28. C 29. B 30. A 31. D 32.
C 33. B 34. A 35.
D 36. C 37. D 38. B 39. A 40. C
41. fully
42. setting
43. the 44. organized/organised
45. which 46. of
47. foundation
48. deepest
49. are seen
50. has meant
51.(1).去掉far
(2).move→moved
(3).other→others
(4).classmate→classmates
(5).or→and
(6).bad→worse
(7).first前加the/my
(8).tiring→tired
(9).sleep→asleep
(10).is→are
52.略。