2021届南阳市第一中学高三英语第四次联考试题及答案

2021届南阳市第一中学高三英语第四次联考试题及答案
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
Find Your Chicago Architecture Tour
Chicago is known around the world for its architecture. Whether you tour downtown or a neighborhood, our guides will tell you the stories behind the buildings.
Must-see Chicago
Must-see Chicago is a fast-paced, 90-minute tour to Chicago featuring(以…为特色) some of its most famous buildings, including the Wrigley Building, Tribune Tower and more! Get a brief overview of more than a dozen buildings—as well as Chicago landmarks like Millennium Park, the Loop and the Chicago River.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Price: $ 26 public, free for CAC members
Architecture Highlights
Discover the exciting diversity(多样性) of Chicago architecture, which traces the city’s development from its founding through present day. We cover about 30 miles of Chicago design, passing through the Loop and the Gold Coast, as well as Hyde Park and other areas of the South Side. We’ll see two university campuses and several parks.
Duration: 3.5 hours
Price: $ 55 public, free for CAC members
Historic Treasures of Chicago’s Golden Age
Learn about the great architectural landmarks of Michigan Avenue and State Street, with views inside beautiful buildings from the 1890s〜1930s. The most memorable parts include the amazing interiors(内部) of the Palmer House Hotel and the Chicago Cultural Center.
Duration: 2 hours
Price: $ 26 public, free for CAC members
Elevated Architecture: Downtown “L” Train
Explore Chicago’s amazing architecture from the unique view of elevated trains and station platforms. Learn the history behind the famous “L” system and hear how it has shaped the development of buildings within the
Loop. The city’s first elevated train started making trips in 1892. Now considered one of Chicago’s most wonderful features, the “L” offers impressive views of downtown.
Duration: 2 hours
Price: $ 26 public, free for CAC members
1.Which tour can you choose if you want to see Millennium Park?
A.Must-see Chicago.
B.Historic Treasures of Chicago’s Golden Age
C.Architecture Highlights.
D.Elevated Architecture：Downtown “L” Train.
2.When visiting Architecture Highlights, a couple should pay ______.
A.$55
B.$ 110
C.$ 165
D.$ 220
3.What can you see on the third tour?
A.The Chicago River.
B.The Gold Coast.
C.The elevated trains.
D.The Palmer House Hotel.
B
An unmanned Chinese spacecraft left the earth on a trip to the planet Mars on Thursday. The launch（发射）marks the start of one of China's most important space explorations. China's national space agency launched the spacecraft called Tianwen-1 fromthe Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Center on Hainan Island.
The name Tianwen means “Questions to Heaven” in Chinese. The spacecraft took off on China's largest carrier rocket, the Long March 5, and about 36 minutes later, the spacecraft, including an orbiter（轨道飞行器）and a rover（漫游车），was sent into the Earth-Mars orbit. It is expected to reach the orbit of the red planet next February. Tianwen-1 will finish three scientific goals—orbiting the red planet, landing on the Mars and sending a rover to the landing site.
Tianwen-1 carries several scientific instruments to observe the planet's atmosphere and surface. It will do a series of scientific researches on the planet's soil, geological structure, environment, atmosphere and water. Besides its daily work of exploring the surface of Mars for 90 days, it will also report back to the earth about its experiences on the red planet, which is millions of miles away. According to experts, discovering signs of life will be its first and most important scientific goal.
Tianwen-1's successful landing will make China the second nation to place a spacecraft on Mars. The United States has landed eight vehicles on Mars since 1976. China will be the first to successfully orbit, land and place a
vehicle in the same mission. This is China's first independent mission to Mars. The task in 2011 failed when a Russian rocket carrying a Chinese orbiter had problems after launch, and was unable to escape the Earth orbit. Last year, China's Chang e-4 spacecraft became the first to make a landing on the far side of the moon.
4. When will Tianwen-1 enter the orbit of Mars?
A. 36 minutes later.
B. Next Thursday.
C. In 90 days.
D. Next February.
5. What is the main task of Tianwen-1 according to experts?
A. Orbiting the Mars.
B. Landing on the Mars.
C. Discovering signs of life.
D. Sending a rover to the landing site.
6. Which of the following statements is mentioned in the text?
A. Tianwen-1 is the second vehicle landed on the Mars.
B. The United States is the first to land vehicles on the Mars.
C. Russia helped China place Tianwen-1 on the Mars.
D. Chang，e-4 was the first to make a landing on the moon.
7. Where can you find this article?
A. In a newspaper.
B. In a diary.
C. In a sci-fi novel.
D. In a guide book.
C
When you think of the icy Arctic Ocean, do you picture cold blue waters, on which float (漂浮) icebergs home to animals and fish not seen elsewhere on the planet? Think again, or rather add 300 billion pieces of plastic (塑料) to your picture. That's the amount of plastic that scientists believe is floating around the Arctic Ocean. Most of the plastic is in the area to the east of Greenland and north of Scandinavia.
Where did it come from? After all, the lands near the Arctic are not really full of people. It turns out that ocean currents are carrying plastic thrown into the ocean all the way to the Arctic. An ocean current is an unending movement of sea water from one point to another. It is caused by several things including heat from the Sun, wind and movement of the Earth.
Many of these plastic pieces seem to have travelled for years before reaching the Arctic. This was worked out by scientists studying the plastic problem after they observed the condition of the pieces. While much plastic floats on top of the water, a lot also may be on the sea floor.
Plastic has been widely used for 60 years on Earth and our careless throwing of plastic things is slowly turning
the once perfectly clean Arctic into a dangerous place. Unlike food waste and plant waste, plastic doesn't break down so easily. In fact the United States Environment Protection Organization reports that “every bit of plastic ever made still exists”.
What's the effect? Seabirds, sea turtles and other ocean creatures could get hurt and die when they accidentallyswallowplastic. Plastic waste affects fishing, affecting people who earn money through fishing. Plastics can let out dangerous poisons (毒物) into the water. These may be swallowed by fish, and when these fish are caught and eaten by people or bigger animals, they could get poisoned too!
8. What can we learn from the passage?
A. The Arctic Ocean is heavily polluted.
B. The plastic is mostlyin the area in the east of Greenland.
C. An ocean current is just caused by the movement of the earth.
D. Much more plastic floats on top of the water.
9. Which of the following doesn't contribute to the plastic ocean?
A. Humans throw away plastic things at will.
B. Ocean currents carry plastic things everywhere.
C. Plastic can let out harmful things into the water.
D. Plastic is hard to break down.
10. What does the underlined word “swallow” in the last Paragraph mean?
A. Break down.
B. Take in.
C. Accept.
D. Touch.
11. What's the best title of the text?
A. Are Men to Blame for Plastic Ocean?
B. Arctic Ocean and Its Future!
C. Is Plastic Harmful?
D. Arctic Ocean or Plastic Ocean?
D
"Sorry, but I don't agree with you..."This is usually followed by unbearable silence and angry tears. I've always found it difficult to disagree with someone, because I don't want to lose a friend. I've found it even harder to accept it when someone disagrees with me, because my ego（自尊心）ishurt.
Before the other person gets a chance to explain why she disagrees with me, my usual response would be," If you aren't able to see my point of view, then what you think isn't worth my time or consideration, either." But now I've come to realize that when a friend disagrees with me, sometimes she is simply saying, "I don't agree with the
way things are done." She still respects me as a person, and is only pointing out a better way to look at a matter. However, there may be times when my friend disagrees with me because I'm against the truth. That's when need to listen to what she says.
I've learned that one way to help my friend is for me to be open and honest with the other to voice my thoughts and listen to the other carefully. While we can't control how a person will respond to our views, we must learn to disagree with our friends in love. We will never feel that we are better than the other person.And that will help us to be less emotional, and more objective in the way we express our opinions.In the same way, we can also stay open to feedback（反馈）from others,knowing that our friends may be correcting us in love.
Good friendships build each other up, sometimes through disagreements and honest opinions. Though I don't like being disagreed with, I'm starting to see the value of such disagreements.
12. The author has found it difficult to disagree with someone because .
A. he is a friendly person
B. he usually hides his ideas
C. he has no mind of his own
D. he wants to keep the friendship
13. When a friend disagreed with him,the author used to .
A. be unhappy
B. argue with the friend
C. break up with the friend
D. explain things calmly
14. The author will listen to a friend when .
A. he is against the truth
B. he doesn't tell the truth
C. he is respected by a friend
D. he does things in the wrong way
15. What does the author mainly talk about in the text?
A. How to keep friendship.
B. How to avoid hurting a friend.
C. How to express disagreements.
D. How to deal with disagreements.
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Be on time. It's a simple command, and one you've probably heard since you were a child.____16____But, as an adult, if you're habitually late, you run the risk of ruining your professional reputation-no matter how smart, competent, or capable you might be.____17____Here are some reasons why it definitely does—along with my tips for making punctuality a priority.
It Shows You Care
We live in an extraordinarily busy world. We schedule meetings and appointments back-to-back, constantly
surrounded by phone calls, emails, and texts that need to be answered "immediately." Getting to a meeting or appointment on time shows that it's important to you, and something for which you've planned.___18___ It Shows You're Responsible
Your co-workers, clients, and partners want to know that they can trust you to get the job done-and being punctual is an easy way to demonstrate that you can.____19____Conversely, flying down the hallway, showing up breathless to a meeting, then hurrying for your papers and notes gives an impression of chaos and disorder-not exactly the message you want to send.
It Reduces Stress
You know how stressful being late can be. But constantly rushing and scrambling to catch up not only makes you feel being in a panic—____20____Making sure that you show up on time prevents all that anxiety in the first place (yours and theirs!). Instead of panicking about the clock, you can focus your attention on what really matters—your job.
A. Being late can cost you friends.
B. And, of course, one you've likely ignored before.
C. it also makes everyone around you anxious and uncomfortable.
D. it also makes you earn a reputation of being someone others can count on.
E. It indicates that you're organized, responsible, and in control of your time.
F. If you think punctuality doesn't matter, think again.
G. Being late, however, sends the message that your time is more valuable than everyone else's.
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Life from birth to death is an unbroken chain of ever-increasing, unavoidable struggles. Struggles are a kind of___21___with which Nature forces humanity to develop, expand and progress. The education we___22___from the struggles we face is gradually increasing. We get it a little at a time from every___23___we encounter.
Face struggles and master them.___24___you will have the strength and wisdom for all your needs.
The strongest trees in the forest aren't those most___25___.They are those that must struggle against the___26___conditions and other trees and overcome them to survive.
My grandfather was a wagon（四轮马车）maker. In___27___his land for crops, he always left a few oak trees standing in the open fields where they were___28___to the full force of the sun and strong winds. The trees that struggled against Nature were far stronger and___29___than the protected ones deep in the forest. It was timber
（木材）from the trees which had struggled____30____he used for the wagon wheels,____31____fear that they would break, because they had struggled and grown strong enough to____32____the heaviest loads.
Struggles force us to move when we would otherwise stand____33____. And they lead us eventually to the full realization that____34____comes only through struggles.____35____worthwhile in life is ever achieved without a struggle.
Once we understand the broad purpose of life, we are____36____to accept the circumstances that force us to struggle.____37____, we accept struggles for what they are -____38____, and it's so rewarding when you get inspirations from struggles to live your life to the____39____and a chance to enjoy the life which you are making so many____40____to get.
21. A.rule B.tool C.barrier D.behavior
22. A.offer B.update C.receive D.discover
23. A.inconvenience B.experience C.question D.examination
24. A.Then B.Still C.Yet D.Even
25. A.prevented B.endangered C.affected D.protected
26. A.unreasonable B.unfavorable C.unfamiliar D.beneficial
27. A.planting B.turning C.ruining D.clearing
28. A.exposed B.connected C.accustomed D.addicted
29. A.tougher B.weaker C.drier D.prettier
30. A.which B.what C.that D.when
31. A.for B.despite C.without D.through
32. A.bear B.increase C.remove D.lessen
33. A.outside B.straight C.apart D.still
34. A.reputation B.success C.courage D.independence
35. A.Anything B.Everything C.Something D.Nothing
36. A.willing B.afraid C.ashamed D.surprised
37. A.On the contrary B.For instance C.As a result D.In particular
38. A.discouragement B.ambition C.opportunities D.drawbacks
39. A.richest B.fairest C.easiest D.fullest
40. A.mistakes B.sacrifices C.decisions D.arrangements
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 Internet has changed our lives. Jan Tchamani, an English teacher in Birmingham, UK, suddenly developed____41.____illness and had to quit her job. She found____42.____(her) out of work and stuck at home. Later she found she could do almost everything by____43.____(surf) the Internet. She also____44.____(join) an online group where she could talk about her problems and get advice from others. She realized that one of the greatest____45.____(benefit) of the Internet was that it could remove the distance between people.____46.____(inspire) by the people she met online, she started an IT club and helped people____47.____need. With the help of the club, a 61-year-old woman____48.____was living alone has started a small online company with two friends. She no longer feels lonely, and her company has become quite____49.____(success).
Jan believes that it is_____50._____(high) important to bridge the digital divide and make sure that everyone has access to the Internet. Her next goal is to start a charity website to raise money for children in poor countries.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。

I still remember how I became a good table tennis player. The first day I go to high school, I saw some of my classmates playing a table tennis. Amazing at how skillful they were, I was determined to be just as good. Later in, I often watched them careful to learn their techniques. Then I kept practicing until I became confident enough challenge the good players. At the end of the term, I became one of the best player in my class.
I am really proud of this experience, though it helps me realize that we all can fulfil our potential and achieve your goals through hard work. It also helps me well understand the proverb " Practice makes perfect. " than ever.第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，暑期在纽约学习，得知当地博物馆要举办中国瓷器(china)展。

请写一封信申请做志愿者，内容包括：
1.写信意图；
2.应征目的、优势。

注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
Dear Sir,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________
Yours sincerely
Li Hua
参考答案
1. A
2. B
3. D
4. D
5. C
6. B
7. A
8. A 9. C 10. B 11. D
12. B 13. A 14. C 15. D
16. B 17. F 18. G 19. E 20. C
21. B 22. C 23. B 24. A 25. D 26. B 27. D 28. A 29. A 30. C 31. C 32.
A 33. D 34.
B 35. D 36. A 37.
C 38. C 39.
D 40. B
41. an 42. herself
43. surfing
44. joined 45. benefits
46. Inspired
47. in 48. who/that
49. successful
50. highly
51.(1). go→went (2).删去a (3).Amazing→Amazed (4).in→on (5).careful→carefully (6).在enough 后加to (7).player→players (8).though→because/and (9).your→our (10).well→better
52.略。