2021年河北定州中学高三英语第三次联考试题及答案解析

2021年河北定州中学高三英语第三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
Obesity (肥胖症) is becoming a problem in our busy society, and almost one in three American adults is now considered to be obese. Children obesity is alsoat an all-time high.
Obesity means being very overweight. If you are obese, you have too much bodyfat. If you eat more food than your body can use, this will make you put on weight. Food that your body does not need will be stored as fat by your body.
The following are the major factors that increase the risk of obesity.
What you eat plays a major role in weight gain. Eating a lot of fast food such as hamburgers, sweet drinks, ice creams and other sweet food can increase the risk of becoming obese.
If you do not do enough exercise, you will put on weight as the food you eat is not being used to make energy for physical activities.
The chances of you being obese are greater if your parents are obese.
There are many psychological factors that cause people to eat too much. People who are worried, unhappy or bored will often eat to make themselves feel better. This is known as comfort eating.
Age is another factor, as you tend (趋于) to be less active when you get older. When you get older, you need to eat less, and if you do not eat less, you will put on weight. Obesity can cause many health problems such as heart problems, high blood pressure and many other serious medical conditions.
1. The underlined sentence in paragraph 1 means that ____.
A. obesity does not do harm to health.
B. there are more obese children than before.
C. all the American children are obese.
D. there are less obese children in the USA.
2. According to the passage, there are ____ major factors that increase the risk of obesity.
A. three
B. four
C. five
D. six
3. What will the writer most probably talk about after the last paragraph?
A. How to avoid obesity.
B. How to live in the busy USA.
C. What illnesses are caused by obesity.
D. How doctors treat heart problems.
B
Cuckoos don’t bother building their own nests—they just lay eggs that perfectly imitate those of other birds and take over their nests. But other birds are wishing up, evolving some seriously impressive tricks to spot the cuckoo eggs.
Cuckoos are often know asparasites, meaning that they hide their eggs in the nest of other species. To avoid detection, the cuckoos have evolved so that eggs seem reproduction of those of their preferred targets. If the host bird doesn’t notice the strange egg in its nest, the little cuckoo will actually take the entire nest for itself after it comes out, taking the other eggs on its back and dropping them out of the nest.
To avoid this unpleasant fate for their young, the other birds have evolved a few smart ways to spot the fakes, which we’re only now beginning to fully understand. One of the most amazing finds is that birds have an extra colour-sensitive cell in their eyes, which makes them far more sensitive to ultraviolet wavelengths and allows them to see a far greater range of colours than humans can. This allows cautious birds to detect a fake egg which might be exactly the same to our eyes.
Fascinatingly, we’re actually able to observe different bird species at very different points in their evolutionary war with the cuckoos. For instance, some cuckoos lay their eggs in the nests of the redstarts. The blue eggs these cuckoos lay are practically alike to those of the redstarts, and yet they are still sometimes rejected. Compare that with cuckoos who target dunnocks. While those birds lay perfectly blue eggs, their cuckoo invaders just lay white eggs with brown irregular shaped spots. And yet dunnocks barely ever seem to notice the obvious trick.
Biologists suspect these more easily fooled species like the dunnocks are on the same evolutionary path as the redstarts, but they have a long way to go until they evolve the same levels of suspicion. What’s remarkable is that the dunnocks fakes are so bad and the redstart ones so good, and yet cuckoos are still more successful with the former than the latter.
It speaks to just how thoroughly a species’ behavior can be changed by the pressures of natural selection, or it might just be a bit of strategic cooperation on the part of the dunnocks. Biologists have suggested that these birds are willing to tolerate a parasite every so often because they don’t want to risk accidentally getting rid of one of their own eggs.
4. This passage can be most likely found in a ________.
A. science survey
B. nature magazine
C. zoo advertisement
D. travel journal
5. What does the underlined word “parasite” in paragraph 2 most probably refer to?
A. Animals that work together to raise young.
B Small harmful animals such as worms or mice.
C. Animals that can adapt to changing environments.
D. Animals which live on or inside other host animals.
6. Which of the following is TRUE about the dunnock according to the passage?
A. It is colour-blind and therefore cannot identify foreign eggs in the nest.
B. It can easily remove cuckoo eggs from the nest because fakes are so bad.
C. It is a host bird that is more likely to raise a cuckoo chick than the redstart.
D. It is unable to evolve and hence accepts cuckoo eggs that appear in the nest.
7. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. Dunnocks may eventually learn to recognise foreign eggs.
B. Redstarts seem to be less suspicious compared to dunnocks.
C. Cuckoo birds are good at taking responsibility for their own young.
D. It is very easy for cuckoos to imitate the colouring of the dunnock’s egg.
C
According to the study posted onScienceDirect, gardening just two to three times a week increase the benefits of better well-being as much as possible and lower stress levels.
The research explored why residents engaged with gardening and the extent to which they recognized any health benefits from the activity.
A questionnaire was handed out electronically within theUK, with 5,766 gardeners and 249 non-gardeners responding. Data was collected on factors including garden typology（类型学）, frequency of gardening and individual awareness of health and well-being.
"This is the first time the dose response（剂量效应）to gardening has been tested and the evidence from the survey strongly suggests that the more frequently you garden, the greaterthe health benefits," said Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) lead author Dr Lauriane Chalmin-Pui. In fact, gardening every day has the same positive impact on well-being than undertaking regular and powerful exercise like cycling or running.
When gardening, our brains are pleasantly entertained by nature around us. Gardening takes our attention away from ourselves and our stresses, therefore, it helps restore our minds and reduce unfavorable feelings.
Improving health, however, was not the main motive power to garden, but rather the direct pleasure gardening brought to the participants.
"Gardening is like effortless exercise because it doesn't feel as exhausting and hard as going to the gym, for example, but we canexpendsimilar amounts of energy," Chalmin-Pui added.
Most people say they garden for pleasure and enjoyment, so people who like gardening may be easy to be addicted to it. However, this sometimes may become a piece of good news, from the aspect of mental health. "We hope all the millions of new gardeners will be getting their daily gardening and feeling all the better for it. " Chalmin-Pui said in the interview.
8. What can be inferred about gardening from the survey?
A. Improving health is the aim of the participants.
BGardening makes no difference to health.
C. Health benefits from frequent gardening.
D. Too much gardening always does harm to health.
9. What does the underlined word "expend" mean in paragraph 7?
A. Consume.
B. Make use of.
C. Increase.
D. Save.
10. Why do so many participantslike gardening?
A. It isn't exhausting.
B. It is good for health.
C. It brings pleasure.
D. It is like going to the gym.
11. What is Chalmin-Pui's attitude to the new gardeners' gardening?
A. Carefree.
B. Supportive
C. Tolerant.
D. Indifferent.
D
Many of us in China enjoy adding chilies (辣椒) toour food, but did you know that this spicy vegetable could also be dangerous? A 34-year-oldUSman recently ended up in hospital after eating a Carolina Reaper—the spiciest chili in the world. After taking just a single bite of one, the man suffered from serious headaches in the following few days, reported BBC News.
In fact, reports of stomachache and headache caused by eating spicy food are not something unusual. But if chilies are harmful, why is it that human beings are the only animals to eat this vegetable? According to the website Huanqiu, about 600 million Chinese people—almost half of the national population—are chili eaters. So
what makes people love chilies so much? The human body reacts to the burning feeling that comes from eating chilies by releasing natural chemicals that “produce a sense of happiness” , noted BBC News.
And the benefits go even further than just personal enjoyment. A survey conducted by the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences found that the death rate of those who eat spicy food once or twice a week is 10 percent lower than those who eat it less than once a week. The number decreased to 14 percent for those who eat spicy food six to seven times a week. And another study done by theUniversityofVermontcame to a similar conclusion. “The data encourages people to eat more spicy food to improve health and reduce death risk at an early age,” Liu Qi, a nutritionist at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, told BBC News.
Chilies have anti-cancer quality and the ability to increase our metabolism (新陈代谢). So, don't worry if you love spicy food. It seems that chilies are actually good for us—except for the Carolina Reaper, perhaps.
12. The example of a 34-year-old American is mentioned in Paragraph 1 to prove ________.
A. chiliescan be beneficial
B. chilies are popular inAmerica
C. chilies can be dangerous
D. serious headaches can be dangerous
13. Eating chilies gives people a sense of happiness by_______.
A. decreasing death rate
B. releasing natural chemicals
C. curing serious headaches
D. providing enough nutrition
14. Which of the following statement is TRUE?
A. Human are the only animals to eat chilies.
B. Stomachache and headaches caused by chilies is something unusual.
C. The more chilies you eat, the healthier you are.
D. Chilies have anti-cancer quality but it can't increase our metabolism.
15. The writer wrote the passage to ________.
A. warn people of the dangers of chilies
B. ask people to eat Carolina Reaper
C. encourage people to eat more chilies
D. tell people the benefits of chilies
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 Teach and Model MultipleReadingStrategies
Even students who seem to come to reading naturally and do it frequently in their free time require reading instruction.___16___Building successful readers involves providing them with opportunities for both guided and independent practice. Give students encouragement and feedback(反馈) so they can build on the strategies
learned in the classroom.
Before-Reading Strategies
Readingstrategies start before beginning to read a text. Activate(激活) students' previous experiences and knowledge they already have. Ask them what type of story they expectto read based on the title and pictures, and also if they have read or experienced anything similar.___17___Have students set a purpose for reading by stating what they want to learn from the text.
During-Reading Strategies
Teach students to monitor their own comprehension.___18___Model these strategies for the students. Successful readers also interact(互动) with the text. Reading specialist Kylene Beers developed an activity for actively involving students in reading called "Say Something." Students take turns reading aloud with a partner.___19___
After-Reading Strategies
Help students relate to the textthey have just read by asking them if the situation sounds familiar or reminds them of something.___20___ Beers suggests using scales(量表) so students can show their level of agreement with a statement that makes a generalization about the passage. Model the thinking process involved in reaching a level of agreement. Encourage students to discuss their answers, explaining to each other how they arrived at their conclusions.
A. Show them how to stop when they get to a difficult part, reread, go back or even read forward.
B. They pause periodically to make a comment or ask a question about the text.
C. Teaching reading strategies starts with direct instruction and modeling.
D. Start by naming a strategy and explaining how and why it works.
E. Model your thinking by sharing your thoughts out loud.
F. Reading comprehension strategies need to be taught.
G. Encourage students to discuss the text.
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My mom has always been my biggest inspiration. She's a single parent of eight.
Throughout the years, I've seen my mom___21___many difficulties and overcome many life changing barriers. All those could easily___22___someone with little faith. The most difficult challenge was the___23___of my younger sister Tenesha at the age of 7.
During the first three months of Tenesha's life, doctors___24___if she would live to see the age of 1. This was___25___news, but my mom never lost___26___.Even though Tenesha's___27___hospital visits hurt her at times, my mom never showed signs of___28___. Her strength always made Tenesha feel___29___there had been nothing to worry about. This strength___30___Tenesha to live the life of a regular child. We almost___31___that she was sick.
Unfortunately, after 5 years of a happy childhood, things began to___32___. Tenesha lost sight in her left eye, which was___33___by loss of sense in her left arm, eventually leaving her left side paralyzed (瘫痪的). My mom___34___her job and attended to her every need. With my mom by her side.Tenesha went to bed with a ___35___ every night.
At the age of 7, Tenesha left us. Her___36___was over. It was a(n)___37___difficult time for us all. However, it wasalso the best learning experience. We now know that no matter how___38___our sufferings may appear, we have a support system that will overcome it all. This is all because of the___39___person in the world-my mom. When we all felt weak, my mom grew stronger. At a time of___40___, my mom grew victorious. She is my heroine!
21. A. record B. promote C. experience D. abandon
22. A. discourage B. impress C. distinguish D. possess
23. A. disease B. missing C. mistake D. passing
24. A. asked B. doubted C. argued D. whispered
25. A. confusing B. disappointing C. embarrassing D. heartbreaking
26. A. hope B. interest C. courage D. confidence
27. A. aimless B. priceless C. countless D. meaningless
28. A. pity B. weakness C. preference D. apology
29. A. as if B. even if C. once D. unless
30. A. forced B. challenged C. persuaded D. enabled
31. A. hesitated B. forgot C. ignored D. avoided
32. A. take in B. clarify C. worsen D. fall out
33. A. followed B. approved C. caused D. accelerated
34. A. changed B. improved C. lost D. quit
35. A. wish B. smile C. reward D. dream
36. A. turning B. crime C. suffering D. adventure
37. A. universally B. extremely C. accurately D. properly
38. A. unstable B. unreliable C. unbelievable D. unbearable
39. A. strongest B. wisest C. healthiest D. proudest
40. A. sorrow B. tension C. defeat D. separation
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
As humans retreat into their homes as more and more countries go under coronavirus(疫情) lockdown, wild animals are clipping cover___41.___(explore) the empty streets of some of our biggest cities.
Groups of wild____42.____(goose) have been wandering freely on the streets of Oakland, California, while a puma(美洲狮) turned___43.___in the center of the Chilean capital, Santiago,___44.___is under control.
“This is the habitat they once had and that we’ve taken away from them,”___45.___(say) Marcelo Giagnoni, the head ofChile’s agricultural service. With the hunting season___46.___(withdraw) in several European countries, this promises to be a spring and___47.___(possible) a summer of love for the animal kingdom.
However, there are also downsides to the lockdown for nature. “Work to limit aggressive species has been slopped ,” cautioned Loic Obled of the French biodiversity(生物多样性) office, “as well as___48.___to help endangered species.” Birds that have nested in the yard of an___49.___(abandon) school or factory will find themselves disturbed, he warned. His further____50.____(explain) can be found inNature.
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.假如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c每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加:在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧）,并在其下面写出该加的同。

删除:把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改:在错的词下面划一横线，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。

An insect once bit my right hand. I run to my mom for help. But instead taking me to a doctor, my mom covered my hands with some cotton dipping in wine. Then she put a chopstick into my mouth and lit the cotton. Heat quickly began to roast my hand through the cotton. The sharply pain made me want to scream, and the chopstick prevented it. All we could do was to watch the fire unless my mom put it out. Ten years has been passed and my hand is fine. It's cool how the folk cure works, doesn't it?
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Travel does have some dangers, but there is a kindness that coats every corner of the world.
In almost every city, we have found kind-hearted people that have either opened their hearts or their homes. My friend Agelika is one of those people.
When I was a teenager, I got lost in a foreign country. I was inBerlin,Germanys, on my month-long overseas study tour inEurope. My team and I had one night to spend there. However, while most of my teammates decided to stay indoors and relax, I did not want to pass up the chance to exploreBerlin.
I visited many major attractions around the city that night. When exhaustion set in(开始), I checked the time on my watch. I was surprised to sec that it was two o'clock in the morning!
Quickly, I walked to a subway station. As I got a subway ticket back to the hotel, I realized that it was my father's birthday. This would be the first birthday I couldn't celebrate with him because he had passed away a few months earlier. Before I could begin reminiscing about(追忆)my father, I heard train wheels screeching(发出刺耳声)to a stop.
I dashed onto the train. At first, I was thankful to have made it onto the train. But that relief quickly turned to panic when I noticed that the train was headed in the wrong direction!
I looked around the nearly empty carriage and saw a girl about my age sitting quietly by the window and then I approached her.
"Hi, do you speak English? I'm lost. Can you help me?" I asked, showing my ticket to her.
It was good luck that the girl understood my problem. She tried to tell me how to return to where I had first gotten on the train. But my anxious mind couldn't follow her instructions.
Without thinking, I blurted out(脱口说出), "Can you come with me?"
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Her face froze at my ridiculous request.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _______
We shared our life stories, our heartaches and our hopes for the future.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
参考答案
1. B
2. C
3. A
4. B
5. D
6. C
7. A
8. C 9. A 10. C 11. B
12. C 13. B 14. A 15. D
16. C 17. E 18. A 19. B 20. G
21. C 22. A 23. D 24. B 25. D 26. A 27. C 28. B 29. A 30. D 31. B 32.
C 33. A 34.
D 35. B 36. C 37. B 38. D 39. A 40. C
41. to explore
42. geese 43. up
44. which 45. said
46. withdrawing
47. possibly
48. that 49. abandoned
50. explanation
51.(1). run→ran (2). 在instead 后加of (3). hands→hand
(4). dipping→dipped (5). sharply→sharp (6). and→but/yet
(7). we→I (8). unless→until/till (9). 去掉been (10). doesn't→isn't
52.略。