2020-2021学年广州市玉岩中学高三英语月考试卷及答案解析

2020-2021学年广州市玉岩中学高三英语月考试卷及答案解析
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
Located besideLake Geneva, the Olympic Museum houses more than 10,000 artificial objects and hours of interactive contents highlighting some of the best moments during the Olympics. Here are some of the museum’s most moving moments.
The Olympic Park
The journey through the Olympic Museum begins in the Olympic Park, an 8,000-square-meter outdoor area in front of the museum overlooking Lake Geneva and theAlps. The park contains artwork and sculptures that show respect to the world of sport.
The first Olympic symbol
The “Olympic Rings” flag was designed by Coubertin in 1913. The rings represent the five continents that participate in the Olympics: Africa, Asia,America,AustraliaandEurope. The six color1 s include at least one color1 that is represented on the flag of every country.
The stadiums
The stadiums that host the Olympic Games are as much of a celebration of design as the games are a celebration of sportsmanship. Guests can explore plans and models of Olympic stadiums’ past and present, including one of the games’ most attractive stadiums, the Bird’s Nest from Beijing 2008 Olympics.
The Olympic medals
Have you ever wondered what an Olympic medal looks like? The Olympic Museum has a room that houses every bronze, silver, and gold medal from every Olympic Games dating back to the first modern Olympics of 1896. Each medal design is a unique representation of the year and location in which the games were held.
1.Which moment do you see first when exploring the Olympic Museum?
A.The Olympic Park.
B.The first Olympic symbol.
C.The stadiums.
D.The Olympic medals.
2.What do you know from The first Olympic symbol?
A.The first modern Olympics took place inGreece.
B.There are six color1 s on the flag of every country.
C.Australia used to be the largest continent on earth.
D.The “Olympic Rings” flag was created in 1913.
3.What can you do in the section of The stadiums?
A.Admire the view ofLake Geneva.
B.Meet some famous designers.
C.Enjoy the model of the Bird’s Nest.
D.Talk with guests of honour.
B
Texas has been one of the most restrictive gun-rights states in America.Thanks to a new law,however,the state will be one of the most relaxed,to the degree that police are discouraged from even asking about someone's guns. And if they do, they may not have much power to do anything if the person refuses to show a license.
To be sure, the law is strict in its own way,offering a model for regulation. Under the law, open-carry citizens have to be licensed, a process that includes safety and shooting tests. They also have to show no prior psychological problems, and they have to be at least 21 years old.
It is true that gun violence dropped sharply after restrictive laws were put in place in countries like Great Britain and Australia. However,the US public seems more interested than ever in weapons and the power they convey,despite gun control groups' concern over the increase of violence. Most states in America have steadily expanded gun rights since the end of a 10-year assault(攻击)weapons ban in 2004. Black Friday this year saw the biggest gun cache(贮存)ever purchased in one day.
Considering those trends,there's a heated debate about whether the new Texas law is a model piece of legislation(立法)for a changing America,or a walking disaster just begging for trouble. As the law doesn't provide any punishment for those who refuse to show a license to a police officer, critics fear that officers may find it tough to handle potentially deadly situations. After all, armed citizens will no longer be considered suspicious, even though a lot of people might be alarmed by the sight. Most police in Texas have been told to not engage gun carriers unless they are doing something questionable or appear drunk.
For sure,New Year's Day will be an exciting one for Texas gun owners. What's not yet known is how the rest of Texas will respond.
4. All of the following are required in the new Texas law for open carry EXCEPT
A. age limit
B. mental condition
C. online registration
D. gun-operating skills
5. What is mainly talked about in Paragraph 3?
A. The reason for putting forward the new Texas law.
B. The present situation of gun possession in America.
C. The impact of the assault weapons ban in 2004.
D. The inaction of the US government as to gun control.
6. What do critics think the new Texas law will probably lead to?
A. Heavier workload for policemen.
B. Disrespect for officers.
C. Lack of trust among citizens.
D. Difficulty in crime prevention.
7. What is the author's attitude towards the new Texas law?
A. Negative.
B. Cautious.
C. Indifferent.
D. Approving.
C
Have you ever been on social media and seen your favorite celebrity talking about a product? These promotions might not be totally random, and are actually seen as a vital part of the marketing process. The question is: How do social media influencers ‘influence’ what you buy?
Human desire for status and making friends, combined with our need to belong to a group, makes us receptive to being ‘socially influenced’. Companies often use that desire to have a similar lifestyle to a celebrity we admire to sell or launch a product. So, what do these promotions actually do?
Firstly, they can be used to build brand awareness. A social media influencer should have a strong understanding of the platform they operate on, and therefore can create appealing content that not only sticks to the brand image, but sparks their followers’ interests in a product they might never have seen before.
Secondly, influencers can improve a company or product’s relationship with their customer base. According to InMoment’s 2018 US Retail CX Trends Report on customer loyalty, 77% of buyers have been brand loyal for more than ten years. This is also true of 60% of millennials. A popular celebrity can target key customers and talk or blog about a product, which can create an instant and lasting bond with them.
Lastly, influencers can improve customer buying habits with seemingly ‘unbiased opinions’. We are more
likely to respond to ‘peer recommendation’ than traditional ads, meaning the fact we see an influencer as a ‘friend’ can make us less likely to be doubtful about what we are seeing.
So, the next time you see a celebrity talking about a product, you might want to consider that this could be a carefully worked-out marketing strategy designed to target your core needs. If you find yourself examining a product you’ve seen on social media, you may well have been influenced.
8. Why do companies invite celebrities to launch products?
A. Because celebrities can improve the companies’ public images.
B. Because consumers like to share similarity with celebrities.
C. Because celebrities want to make more money.
D. Because consumers can make friends with celebrities.
9. According to the passage, which strategy is often used by influencers?
A. Setting up operation platforms.
B. Sending gifts to customers.
C. Improving relationship with the company.
D. Taking advantage of their popularity.
10. To customers, the recommendations of influencers seem to be ________.
A. offensive
B. subjective
C. objective
D. misleading
11. The passage is mainly about ________.
A. how social media make ads
B. how social media influence our lifestyle
C. how social influencers affect our buying
D. how celebrities earn fame
D
More than 10,000 people were made homeless in Ternang when the Sungai Mas overflowed its banks yesterday after six days of continuous heavy rain.
The wooden bridge across the river has been washed away. The town is cut off by flood waters. At the fifth mile, Jalan Tengkn, the water is two meters deep. It is closed to all traffic. Flooding first happened at mid-afternoon yesterday along the river banks. People trying to get to higher ground were just in time to escape the destroying of the flood. Most of the flood victims(受害者) had to leave all their things behind.
The National Flood Relief(救济) Center was reported to give its help and by early evening the whole town was moved out, helped by the army, police, Red Cross Society and volunteers(志愿者).
The flood victims are now housed in different simple relief centers in the nearby town of Ternang. “Everything possible is being done to help the unlucky people,” a government spokesman said, “In fact, money, food and clothing have begun to come in from public organizations and helpful people. A Disaster Relief Fund(救
灾基金会) will be started as soon as possible.”
According to the latest reports it is still raining heavily at Ternang. The whole town is expected to be wholly covered by the water. So far no deaths have been reported.
12. This passage is probably taken from______.
A. a storybook
B. a textbook
C. a magazine
D. a newspaper
13. It seems that the flood happened just because ______.
A. the banks were too low
B. the wooden bridge is solid (坚固)
C. the river was too narrow
D. they had had wet days for some time
14.From the passage we know that ______.
A. though the town was flooded, you could still go there by bus
B. as soon as the water flowed over the banks, people began to go to higher lands
C. the government and the whole society are taking great care of the flood victims
D. the flood hasn't brought a large loss to the town as nobody died in the flood
15. What is the best title for this passage?
A. A Big Flood
B. Ternang Is destroyed
C. Over 10,000 People Are Homeless
D. Rescue Team Arrived
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The Psychology of Spending
Have you ever stayed up “chopping your hands” during the Double Eleventh Shopping Festival? Does possessing the latest iPhone 12, designer purse or limited sneakers really brighten your day?___16___ Dr. Thomas Gilovich, psychology professor atCornellUniversity, has studied the topic for over 20 years. According to Dr. Gilovich, “We buy things to make us happy, and we succeed, but only for a while. New things are exciting to us initially, but then we adapt to them.”___17___
Dr. Gilovich has found that our satisfaction with possessions fades over time. Yet our happiness over things we’ve experienced increases.
Why experiences are the better investment?
18.___19___
A trip, an adventure or a hobby etc. tend to bring the participants together and unite them over a shared
interest. According to Gilovich, “We consume experiences directly with other people.” As a result, these experiences typically create a positive link and good feelings toward the other person or people.
20. Your experiences become a part of your identity.
You might be someone who loves taking cooking classes.___21___They won’t know you as someone who owns the latest kitchen equipment.
22. Experiences provide lasting memories.
Planned experiences are frequently something we expect. Then when the moment arrives, if we enjoy the time involved in the activity, we’re left with fond memories. These memories will often last a lifetime. Even our worst trips, on many occasions, are later committed to memory with laughter.
Materialism VS Meaningful Experiences
___23___Why not spend them on things that will make the greatest difference to our lives — meaningful experiences?
A. More than likely, you’ll strike your friends and family as a great cook.
B. Most of us possess limited resources.
C. The research showed that people who spent money on experiences instead of possessions were happier.
D. Activities can bond individuals.
E. He has concluded that we are spending our money on the wrong things.
F. Old questions as they seem, one psychologist thinks that he might have the answer.
G. In other words, once the novelty(新鲜感) of our newest purchase wears off, we begin looking for something else to buy to make us happy.
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Some of the greatest problems we face today are concerned with the gradual destruction of our environment. Brown clouds; wildlife___21___; polluted water. These___22___all seem so huge. So my family does what we can. We take cloth bags to stores instead of using plastic bags. We walk where we don’t have to___23___.
But does it do any good?
I recently learned something about flamingos (火烈鸟). These beautiful birds gather in ___24___groups of athousand or more. Every year, when the time___25___for migration, a few flamingos start the process by taking off from the lake. But___26___of the others seem to notice, so the tiny group returns.
However, the next day they___27___again. This time a few more struggle along with them, but the vast
majority still___28___no attention, so these pioneers come back.
The___29___continues for several more days. Every time a few more birds join in but,___30___the thousands of others still take no___31___, the great migration plan is once again___32___.
Then one day something___33___. The same small group of birds takes wing and a tiny number more join in, just as before. And this time their total number, though still quite___34___, is enough to tip the balance. As one, the whole group takes flight and the migration___35___. What a___36___sight it must be – thousands of flamingos taking to the sky at once!
A few can make a___37___. It’s true that all of the great problems of the world have been solved because of the___38___efforts of a few.
If you believe in a cause (事业), don’t___39___! Others will someday take notice and together we will___40___even our greatest problems.
21. A. protection B. extinction C. migration D. separation
22. A. questions B. costs C. examples D. problems
23. A. drive B. run C. cycle D. stand
24. A. tiny B. different C. huge D. similar
25. A. comes B. passes C. varies D. moves
26. A. all B. any C. none D. most
27. A. gather B. try C. sing D. appear
28. A. attract B. require C. escape D. pay
29. A. plan B. trend C. activity D. movement
30. A. since B. though C. unless D. while
31. A. responsibility B. notice C. chance D. measure
32. A. put off B. cut off C. carried out D. worked out
33. A. approaches B. works C. changes D. disappears
34. A. significant B. reasonable C. adequate D. small
35. A. continues B. delays C. finishes D. begins
36. A. familiar B. strange C. magnificent D. unrealistic
37. A. point B. decision C. difference D. mistake
38. A. useless B. tireless C. extra D. special
39. A. give up B. give in C. give away D. give out
40. A. identify B. understand C. predict D. solve
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 world’s longest cross-sea bridge — Hongkong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge(HZMB) opened on October 24, 2018. The Guardian described it as one of the seven___41.___(wonder) of the modern world. The HZMB,___42.___links Hongkong andMacaoto the Chinese mainland city ofZhuhai, began in 2009 and cost about 120 billion yuan. It’s designed___43.___(have) a service life of 120 years, 20 years longer than most bridges. And it’s not only a bridge, but also part tunnel and part island.
In one section, the bridge turns into a 6.7km undersea tunnel that___44.___(pass) through two man-made islands. The tunnel is___45.___world’s longest undersea tunnel for road traffic, allowing large ships to continue passing through the sea area above the tunnel. The bridge’s engineers had to take many environmental factors___46.___consideration in order to protect the surrounding environment while___47.___(build) the bridge. Chinese white dolphins, an___48.___(endanger) species living in this area, were a particular concern. The HZMB will make___49.___much more convenient to shorten the travel time from HongKong to Zhuhai from four hours to about 45 minutes.
By drawing local cities and religions closer together, the bridge will aid the area’s development___50.___(great). It is expected to drive the economic development ofHongkong,Macaoand nineGuangdongcities.
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。

Dear Jim,
I'm happy to receive your letter but know you're coming to China.
Of the two trips for the Yangtze River and Mount Tai, all are highly recommended. Personal, I prefer the tour along the Yangtze, the longest river and one of the mother rivers of Chinese civilization. You can learn a lot of
about the history of China and Chinese people. Moreover, the scenery along the river is amazed, with many well-known sightseeing spot. That's why I thought the trip along the Yangtze will be a good choice.
I hope you'll have good time in China.
Yours,
Li Hua 第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

A city child’s summer is spent in the street in front of his home, and all through the long summer vacations I sat on the edge of the street and watched enviously the other boys on the block play baseball. I was never asked to take part，even when one team had a member missing — not out of special cruelty, but because theytook it for granted I would be no good at it. They were right, of course.
I will never forget the wonderful evening when something changed. The baseball ended when it grew dark. Then it was the custom of the boys to retire to a little stoop (门廊) that stuck out (突出)from the candy store. There the boys would sit, mostly talking about the games played during the day and of the game to be played tomorrow. Suddenly, one of the boys raised a question to me. “What’s in those books you’re always reading?” he asked casually. “Stories,” I answered. “What kind?” asked somebody else without much interest.
Nor did I know what drove me to behave as I did, for usually I just sat there in silence;but this time I told them for two hours about the story Iwas reading at the moment. The book wasSister Carrie. They listened, bug-eyed and breathless. I must have told it well, but I thought there was another and deeper reason that made themkeep an audience. I was offering them a new and exciting experience, one that they didn’t know existed.
The books they themselves read were the ones I had long left behind. Being alone so much, I had become an enthusiastic reader and I had gone through the books-for-boys series. In those days there was no reading material between children’s and grownups’. I had gone right fromTom Swift and His FlyingLabto Theodore Dreiser andSister Carrie. Dreiser had hit my young mind, and they listened to me tell the storywith some of the wonder that I had had in reading it.
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。

The next night and many nights thereafter, a kind of unspoken ritual(仪式)took place.________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________
I enjoyed the long summer evenings until school began in the fall.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____
参考答案
1. A
2. D
3. C
4. C
5. B
6. D
7. B
8. B 9. D 10. C 11. C
12. D 13. D 14. C 15. A
16. F 17. G 18. D 19. A 20. B
21. B 22. D 23. A 24. C 25. A 26. C 27. B 28. D 29. B 30. A 31. B 32.
A 33. C 34. D 35. D 36. C 37. C 38.
B 39. A 40. D
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42. which 43. to have
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46. into 47. building
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49. it 50. greatly
51.(1).but→and
(2).for→to
(3). all→both
(4).Personal→Personally
(5).删除of
(6).amazed→amazing
(7).spot →spots
(8).thought →think
(9).good →better
(10).have 之后加a
52.略。