2021年广东仲元中学高三英语第一次联考试题及答案解析

2021年广东仲元中学高三英语第一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
The Internet can provide a wealth of educational resources for small children, if you know where to look.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted learning is a great website for children, and I know several teachers who rely on it for materials for their classrooms. Most of the information is free, but for $ 20.00 per year, you can purchase a membership that allows you to have access to the site without the advertising. The pages here are great. There are color1 ed pages and worksheets for toddlers (学步儿童) and school-age children.
Starfall
Starfall is another good educational website for small children. Teachers often use this website in classrooms. It emphasizes reading skills for early learners. The website is aimed at first-grade-level learners, but it has tools that can help all children from pre-K to second grade. The website has reading activities, worksheets to download, and a store where you can purchase educational materials for your children.
Sesame Street Workshop
Kids loveSesame Street, and it is always educational. This is one of the funniest websites online for children because it is very well animated and has great sound effects. The website has games and stories for small kids, and they can create letters at the post office and mail them to their favorite characters.
1. Why does Enchanted Learning offer purchasing memberships?
A. Charging for the information.
B. Charging for downloading materials.
C. Giving access to the site without the ads.
D. Providing unlimited search for more pages.
2. Where can you buy educational materials for your children?
A. Enchanted Learning
B. Starfall
C. Sesame Street Workshop
D. Colored pages
3. What is the purpose of this text?
A. To introduce.
B. To discuss.
C. To persuade.
D. To educate.
Jon Pedley is making a big change. He is giving up his life as a businessman for a life of helping others. He is trading his beautiful farmhouse in England for life in a mud hut in Uganda, East Africa.
Pedley admits that he has notalways led a very positive life. At times he drank too much and got in trouble with the law. “I’ve always put the pursuit of money in front of everything else. As long as I was all right, I didn’t care who I was hurting, ” says Pedley.
But a visit to Uganda in 2007 gave Pedley a new outlook on life. He was amazed at what he saw and how much the people there appreciated the work he was doing. “I worked there for a few days and these people who have nothing were thanking me by giving me bags of potatoes, which are a fortune for them,” he said.
Now Pedley is selling his business, his $1.5 million farmhouse, and his expensive car — and moving into a hut made of mud and boards in a small Ugandan village. There he will help run an organization that hopes to improve the quality of life for people in the village of Kigazi. He will help to build schoolrooms for children and tanks to hold clean water for villagers. Today, people in Kigazi must walk two miles to a hospital, so Pedley will help to build doctors’ offices, too.
Pedley’s organization will also work with English teenagers who are in trouble. The teens will be sent to a “camp” in Uganda that Pedley will run. The teens will live in mud huts and help to build water, health, and education facilities for kids in Kigazi, many of whom have lost their parents to poverty or disease. Pedley hopes the teens will see a side of life that might help them turn around their own lives and set them on a new and more positive path.
4. Which of the following best describes Pedley’s life in the past?
A. Negative.
B. Colorful.
C. Independent.
D. Selfish.
5. What will Pedley do in the small Ugandan village?
A. Do business with the local people.
B. Help farmers increase potato output.
C. Assist villagers with construction work.
D. Introduce tools to improve English teaching.
6. Why will Pedley work with English teenagers in trouble?
A. To encourage them to make friends with locals.
B. To inspire them to live a more positive life.
C. To train them to become doctors in the future.
D. To make them learn about different cultures.
7. What is the best title for the text?
A. From millionaire to mud hut
B. A life-changing adventure
C. A rich man becoming homeless
D. More money, more worries
You run into the grocery store to quickly pick up your item. You grab what you need and head to the front of the store. After quickly sizing up the check-out lines, you choose the one that looks fastest. You chose wrong. People getting in other lines long after you have already checked out and headed to the parking lot. Why does this seem to always happen to you?
Well, as it turns out, it's just math that is working against you. A grocery store tries to have enough employees at the checkout lines to get all their customers through with minimum delay. But sometimes, like on a Sunday afternoon, they get super busy. Because most grocery stores don't have the physical space to add more checkout lines, their system becomes overburdened. Some small interruption — a price check, a particularly talkative customer — will have downstream effects, holding up the entire line behind them.
If there are three lines at the store, these delays will happen randomly at different registers (收银台). Think about the probability. The chances of your line being that fastest one are only one in three, which means you have a two-thirds chance of not being in the fastest line. So it's not just in your mind: Another line is probably moving faster thanyours.
Now, mathematicians have come up with a good solution, which they call queuing theory, to this problem: Just make all customers stand in one long snaking line, called a serpentine line, and serve each person at the front with the next available register. With three registers, this method is about three times faster on average than the more traditional approach. This is what they do at most banks, Trader Joe's, and some fast-food places. With a serpentine line, a long delay at one register won't unfairly punish the people who lined up behind it. Instead, it will slow everyone down a little bit.
8. What phenomenon is described in the first paragraph?
A. Queuing in a line.
B. A shopping experience.
C. A rush in the morning.
D. Cutting in a line.
9. According to the article, what may cause delays in checking out?
A. The lack of employees in the grocery store.
B. Some unexpected delays of certain customers.
C. The increasing items bought by customers.
D. A worsening shopping system of the store.
10. What is the solution given by mathematicians?
A. Employing more workers for checking out.
B. Limiting the number of queuing people.
C. Making only one line available.
D. Always standing in the same line.
11. What's the principle behind the queuing theory?
A. To pursue the maximum benefit.
B. To leave success or failure to luck.
C. To avoid the minimum loss.
D. To spread the risk equally among everyone.
D
As is commonly known,Antarcticais an icy continent with extreme environment. However, a new study provides evidence that the area had a rainforest in the past.
The researchers collected a piece of Earth sediment from under the seafloor off the coast ofAntarctica. In the sediment, they discovered forest material that was estimated to be about 90 million years old. At that period, dinosaurs were the ruler animals of the land.
Johann Klages, a German geologist, was the lead writer of a study on the findings, published in the journalNature. He said the sediment was collected from a depth of about 30 meters below the ocean floor. Klages said an examination showed that the material didn’t form in the ocean.
The researchers estimate that the area — about 900 kilometers from the South Pole — had average yearly temperatures of about12°Cto13°C. The soil included fine dirt particles and hard clay, as well as substances linked to at least 65 different kinds of plants, the study found. Although no animal remains were found, Klages said there were likely dinosaurs, flying reptiles and many insects in the environment.
The research represents new evidence of the major climate changes Earth experienced in the past — and is currently undergoing today. The soil in the sediment dates back to the planet’s warmest period of the past 140 million years, with sea level about 170 meters higher than today. The researchers said that the rainforest environment inAntarcticawas especially surprising because each year, the area experiences a four-month polar night when there is no sunlight to fuel plant life. Klages said no ice sheets were present during the time, but seasonal snowfall was likely.
12. What can we learn about the sediment collected?
A. It formed in the age of dinosaurs.
B. It was found on theAntarcticaland.
C. Ancient forest material was found in it.
D. Some dinosaur remains were found in it.
13. How did the researchers reach their findings?
A. By analyzing the Earth sediment.
B. By exploring ice inAntarctica.
C. By collecting data on climate.
D. By researching special plants.
14. What can be indicated in the last paragraph?
A. Seasonal snowfall made the forest disappear.
B. Antarctica was much colder 140 million years ago.
C. Antarctica’s natural environment has changed greatly.
D. Polar nights inAntarcticaare getting shorter than before.
15. What is the main idea of the text?
A. Rainforest disappeared fromAntarctica.
B. Antarctica had a different history of climate.
C. Researchers studied a piece of Earth sediment ofAntarctica.
D.Antarcticahad an extreme environment containing ice and snow.
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
A good night’s sleep is one of the best things for your health. The following steps might help you enjoy a good sleep.
Create a nightly routine(惯例).
___16___It could be as simple as washing your face or brushing your teeth. As you begin to move into your “nightly routine”, your mind will know that it’s time to sleep.
Learn your body clock.
Someexperts believe sleepiness comes in cycles(周期性地). If you know the cycles in your body clock, you can use them to your advantage.____17____If not, it might be a long time before you’re ready for sleep again.
___18___
Put your clock under your bed or on the bottom shelf of your bedside cabinet(床头柜), where its light won’t disturb（干扰）you. That way ,if you wake up in the middle of the night, or have problems in sleeping, you won’t worry about how late it is and how much sleep you’re missing.
Paint your bedrooma relaxing color1
First, take any unnecessary things away from your bedroom---they stand in the way of a good night’s sleep.____19____It’s a reminder of sleep.
Choose the right pillow
One study found that neck pillows can actually improve the quality of your sleep as well as reduce neck pain.____20____It should provide neck support and be washable.
A. Hide your clock.
B. Change your habit
C. You probably can’t fall asleep very easily
D. When sleepiness comes, get to bed in time.
E. Then paint your room arelaxing color1 , like green.
F. The best neck pillow should be soft and not too high.
G. This is something you do every night before going to bed.
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
Yesterday,China's Liangzhu Ancient City 61 (add) to the List of World Heritage Sites byUNESCO's World Heritage Committee at its 43rd session inBaku, 62 capital ofAzerbaijan.
The site, 63 (lie)in Yuhang District in Hangzhou City in China's eastern ZhejiangProvince, shows the prehistoric(史前的)agricultural civilization between 3, 300 BC 64 2, 300 BC. The site provides strong evidence that Chinese civilization 65 (start)5,000years ago, 1, 000 years 66 (early) than previously thought, according to Colin Renfrew.He is a 67 (retire) professor of archaeology(考古学)at the University of Cambridge and afellow of the British Academy.
The World Heritage Committee, 68 has been meeting inBakusince June 30, addedLiangzhu to the UNESCO)
list in order to encourage better 69 (protect)and preservationof the site.
With this new addition, the World Heritage List now includes fifty-five sites acrossChina: thirty-seven cultural, fourteen 70 (nature) and four mixed ones.
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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.每处错误及修改均仅限一词。

只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

It started out as an ordinary day. I met the homeless person and decide to buy him some food. It felt like anything much to me. So his smile of thanks said it all! I then took two box of chocolates to the man whom worked at the bike shop as he had lent me his bike one day. He wasn’t expecting it and was happy receive it. I realized that I was actual being kind to myself, to my own soul, because the much more I gave, the better I felt. It’s true…the more you give, the more you get. Helping others are helping ourselves.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，是新华中学高二・2班学生。

你校最近举行了学校篮球赛，你班获得冠军。

请你给英国笔友Alan写一封邮件，介绍篮球赛决赛情况。

邮件内容包括：
1.比赛的经过；
2.你在比赛中担任的角色（如球员、观众等）；
3.你的感受。

注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.结尾已为你写好。

Dear Alan,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. C
2. B
3. A
4. D
5. C
6. B
7. A
8. A 9. B 10. C 11. D
12. C 13. A 14. C 15. B
16. G 17. D 18. A 19. E 20. F
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
51.(1).the→a
(2).decide→decided
(3).anything→nothing
(4).So→But
(5).box→boxes
(6).whom→who/that
(7).and→but
(8).在receive前加to
(9).actual→actually
(10).are→is
52.略。