2021届广东省中山纪念中学高三上学期10月月考英语试卷及答案

2021届广东省中山纪念中学高三上学期10月月考
英语试卷
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满分 120分考试时间120分钟
第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分 50 分）
第一节（共15题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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
LIONEL SHRIVER, PROPERTY
The author known for We Need to Talk About Kevin (2003)—and for her controversial remarks about the racial politics of fiction—has written her first collection of short stories. The book explores the dynamics that surround ownership, of both homes and possessions. Shriver brings the sharp detail and wit(机智) that define her novels to this reflection on the uniting forces of houses and humanity.
CURTIS SITTENFELD, YOU THINK IT, I'LL SAY IT
This is the first collection of short fiction by the Cincinnati-born author of five novels, including Prep (2005), American Wife (2008) and Eligible (2016). In 10 stories, Sittenfeld explores gender, and Trump-era politics with sharp insight.
LAUREN GROFF, FLORIDA
This dark short-story collection is the second from the New Yorker who is best known for her novel Fates and Furies(2015), the ambitious analysis of a marriage over 24 years. In Florida, Groff sets her sights on the so-called Sunshine State, where she boldly explores conflicts and connections between everything from humans and their natural surroundings to pleasure and pain.
JOSEPH O'NEILL, GOOD TROUBLE
The author of the Faulkner Award-winning novel Netherland(2008) returns his gaze to New York City in his first short-story collection. Through 11 tales, the
Irish-Turkish author observes a range of characters, from a husband who hides himself upstairs as his wife confronts a potential intruder (闯入者).
1. What do these four books have in common?
A. Their authors are all female.
B. They are all collections of short fiction.
C. They all explore the life in big cities.
D. All of them are the writers' first collection.
2. Which book will you possibly choose if you are wondering whether to buy a house in the future?
A. PROPERTY
B. YOU THINK IT, I'LL SAY IT
C. FLORIDA
D. GOOD TROUBLE
3. In which section of a newspaper will you find this passage?
A. Politics
B. Business
C. Features
D. Culture
B
English perfectly exemplifies（例证）the “network effects” of a global tongue: the more people use it, the more useful it is. English is the language of international business, law, science, medicine and entertainment. Anybody who wants to make their way in the world must speak it.
It is not surprising that there is a rapid increase in “English-medium” education all over the world. In some regions —such as East Asia and Latin America —the growth is principally among the rich. In others — Africa and South Asia — it is happening at all income levels. Parents' desire for their children to master English is spurring the growth of private schooling; parents in the slums(贫民窟) of Delhi buy English-medium education in the hope that their children will gain a university degree and obtain good jobs.
Where the private sector (私企) leads, governments are following. Some countries have long chosen to teach in English. Even where public schools teach children in their mother tongue, or a local language, education authorities are switching to English medium, in part to reduce the outflow of children into the private sector.。