2021年西大附中高三英语月考试卷及参考答案

2021年西大附中高三英语月考试卷及参考答案
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
What are you waiting for? A new series of movies shown this year can’t be missed. Have you enjoyed them already?
Frozen II
Frozen was the highest grossing (票房) animated film ever. In Frozen II Elsa, Anna, Olaf and Krist left off Arendelle to seek thesource of Elsa’s icy magic. Although the millions of children who loved the first film are older now, they might give it a reception.
Last Christmas
A festive romantic comedy, Emilia Clarke stars in Last Christmas as Bridget Jonesy , a shop assistant, whose life in London is a mess, and Henry Golding as the eligible bachelor(黄金单身汉)who tidies it up. The film’s director, Paul Feig, and co-writer, Emma Thompson, promise that the film is worth expecting.
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Tom Hanks stars in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood as the only American celebrity(名人) more famous than he is. As the host of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood for more than 30 years, Fred Rogers is a legend of pre-school children’s television, which appeals to a large audience.
Charlie’s Angels
Hollywoodaction movies starring women are rare. But have you seen a movie starred, written and directed by women, too? Charlie’s Angels is one of the first. A reboot (翻拍) of the 1970s TV series, not to mention the two films from 2000 and 2003, the new version is directed by Elizabeth Banks. She also plays Bosley, one of the female detectives who are employed by Charles Townsend to go on global adventures.
1. Which moviebecame the most popular cartoon film this year?
A. Frozen II.
B. Last Christmas.
C. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.
D. Charlie’s Angels.
2. Which character works on a TV station?
A. Krist.
B. Emilia Clarke.
C. Fred Rogers.
D. Bosley.
3. Which action movie was directed and starred by a woman?
A. Frozen II.
B. Last Christmas.
C. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.
D. Charlie’s Angels.
B
Did you know that horses talk? Well, they do, and you can lean to understand “horse talk” if you pay close attention to the horses you see.
When horses live in the wild, other animals try to eat them, so a lot of horse talk is about staying alive. Even now, when most horses live on farms, they watch for danger. For this reason, never walk behind a horse. If you surprise it, the horse might mistake you for a mountain lion or wolf and give a dangerous kick.
By watching the ears of a horse, you can get clues to what it's hearing. A horse can tum each ear in a different direction. For a wild horse, this trick is important for survival. The horse can hear something sneaking up behind it while also checking out a threatening noise in front. When a horse lets its ears down, it's feeling safe and relaxed. If horses becomeisolated, they neigh, or “whinny,” calling for company. They're saying, “Where are you? I'm over here!” If a horse snorts(哼) while holding its head high and staring at something, it's saying, “That looks dangerous. Get ready to run!” When two horses meet, they put their noses together and smell each other's breath. It's their way of asking, “Are you a friend?” Horses nicker,too. Nickering is a quiet sort of sound. This friendly noise means they're feeling secure and saying, “Clad to see you.”
In the wild, horses live in herds, with all members watching for danger. In a herd, only one horse is the leader, the “boss hoss”. The “boss hoss” is usually an older female. She watches for threats and teaches younger horses how to behave. However, others may want her job. When that happens, she pins her ears back against her head and may even bite or kick to get challengers to back off. She's using body language to say, “Hey, I'm in charge here!” All horses know that the one who makes others move is the leader. Horses relate to people that way, too.
Horses have a language of their own. Now you know a bit of what they might be saying.
4. What is the general idea of this passage?
A. Horses can talk with their owners.
B. You can know a bit of horses' language.
C. Horses can “talk” in their own way.
D. Other animals can also learn language.
5. What does the underlined word “isolated” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. Lonely.
B. Glad.
C. Sad.
D. Frightened.
6. What will a horse do when he wants to know whether another horse is a friend?
A. He will let his ears down.
B. He and another horse will put their noses together and smell each other's breath.
C They both will hold their heads high and stare at something.
D. He will give another horse a dangerous kick.
7. How will the “boss hoss” deal with her challengers?
A. By warning or fighting.
B. By watching for threats.
C. By teaching younger horses how to behave.
D. By relating to people.
C
Music is said to be a universal language. But for Chase Burton, a deaf filmmaker fromTexas, music has always been a totally different experience.
“When I was a kid, I’d lie on the floor so I could feel the vibrations (震动，颤动) from my brother’s band rocking out below my body, ” the 33-year-old man said. “That was one of the first times I began building a relationship with music.”
In 2016, his ability to experience music changed dramatically, thanks to California-based technology company Not Impossible Labs. It designed a vibrating suit that enables deaf people to “feel” music through their skin. Consisting of a body harness (背带), ankle and wrist belts, the suit translates audio into a range of vibrating pulses that are felt at 24 contact points.Burtonhas been trialing the suit for four years.
“The sound hits different parts of your body, ” saidBurton. “Maybe it will strikeme down in my ankles first. And then I’ll start to feel the vibrations in my back. And then I’ll feel some pulsations in my wrist.”
The creators want to extends the tactile (触觉) musical experience beyond the deaf community. In 2018, they gave out 150 of the suits at a rock concert inLas Vegaswhere half the audience members were deaf and half were able to hear.
Since then, Not Impossible Labs has been working to improve the technology and says it’s ready to go to market soon. Eventually, the creators want the suit to become a consumer product, accessible to all. The company’s talent and business development director, Jordan Richardson, said that the technology could be used in live sports broadcasts, video games and theme parks.
As a writer and director who’s been working to make the movie world more accessible,Burtonhopes that the vibrating suit will be available to his film audiences in the future. He believes the suit canenhanceemotions while watching a movie – for hearing as well as deaf people. “I see the tech as a real opportunity to help people understand that music for movies doesn’t always need to be enjoyed through the ears”.
8. Why would Chase Burton lie on the floor when he was a kid?
A. To feel some pulsations in his wrist.
B. To feel the vibrations from his brother’s band.
C. To expand the tactile musical experience.
D. To begin building a bond with films.
9. What do we know about Not Impossible Labs from the passage?
A. It was started by Chase Burton in 2016.
B. Its products have been used in live sports broadcasts.
C. It is a technology company based inCalifornia.
D. Its administrative director is Jordan Richardson.
10. Which can replace the underlined word “enhance” in the last paragraph?
A. create
B. express
C. cover
D. strengthen
11. What is the best title for the passage?
A. Vibrating Suit Allows Deaf People to “Feel” Music
B. Tech Company Provides Free Suits for Deaf People
C. Deaf People Enjoy Rock Music with Free Suit
D. Movies Need to Be Enjoyed Through the Ears
D
Have you ever been sad because of failure? Please remember, for quite often achieving what you set out to do is not the most important thing.
A boy decided to dig a deep hole behind his house. As he was working, a couple of older boys stopped by to watch. “What are you doing?” asked one of the visitors. “I want to dig a hole all the way through the earth!” the boy answered excitedly. The older boys began to laugh, telling him that digging a hole all the way through the earth was impossible. After a while, the boy picked up a jar. He showed it to the visitors. It was full of all kinds of stones and insects. Then he said calmly and confidently, “Maybe I can’t finish digging all the way through the earth, but look at what I’ve found during this period!”
Theboy’s goal was far too difficult, but it did cause him to go on. And that is what a goal is for－to cause us to move in the direction we have chosen, in other words, to cause us to keep working!
Not every goal will be fully achieved. Not every job will endup with a success. Not every dream will come true. But when you fall short of your aim, maybe you can say, “Yes, but look at what I’ve found along the way! There are so many wonderful things having come into my life because I tried to do something!” It is in the digging that life is lived. It is the unexpected joy on the journey that really makes sense.
12. The older boys laughed at the boy because he was thought to be______.
A. brave
B. impolite
C. foolish
D. warm-hearted
13. Why did the boy show the jar to the older boys?
A. To drive them away.
B. To show what he had found in digging.
C. To show how beautiful the jar was.
D. To attract them to join him in the work.
14. What can be learnt from the fourth paragraph of the text?
A. No dream can come true.
B. All work will end successfully.
C. Goals shouldn’t be set too high.
D. Goals will make us work harder.
15. The best title for the text should be______.
A. A Boy Dug a Hole
B. Joy in the Journey
C. No Pain, No Gains
D. Failure Is the Mother of Success
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
Leonardo da Vinci and Nature
In the modern world, art and science are two very separate activities, but in Leonardo’s time they were
closely connected. Science meant mathematics and medical studies.___16___Mathematics included practical work like surveying land for making maps as well as measuring the movements of the stars in the sky. An artist might need to measure the different parts of the body. He could also use mathematics to place things in relationship to each other in a drawing or painting so the scene looked correct.___17___
Mathematics was also connected to music because musical sounds have a fixed relationship with each other that can be described in numbers.___18___More than this, though, Leonardo believed that numbers were a part of all things in the world, including music, and he said that “without them nothing can be done.”
“Nature has kindly given us things everywhere to copy,” wrote Leonardo. In all his activities, Leonardo was trying to discover the rules that control nature. In his search for those rules, he looked very carefully at a lot of examples and details. Actual experience was more important to him than opinion, and he worked from facts to ideas.___19___His purpose was to examine the world so he could copy it in beautiful paintings and sculptures. He also wanted to learn from the clever solutions of nature.
___20___His quick little sketches (素描), often done while wandering outside, helped him to catch a movement or a shape. More careful drawings would be done at a desk with a pen and ruler. In July 2001, a small drawing by Leonardo was sold for $12 million. It was the most expensive drawing in the world.
A. Leonardo was always drawing.
B. How could these be connected with art?
C. Leonardo’s ideas were vastly ahead of his time.
D. Mathematicians and doctors worked to discover the unknown.
E. Above all, Leonardo wanted to understand how and why things worked.
F. You will seea good example of such positioning in the painting of The Last Supper.
G. Leonardo himself was a very good musician and liked to play an instrument and sing.
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Real financial security and freedom is not in our job but in our passion (激情). It’s easy to decide and____21____a man by his pursuit (追求).
In life, we always do one of the two things: either making a living or making a____22____Pensions and salaries stop many from pursuing excellence while passion____23____hidden potentialsthat____24____us for challenges and chances. A job helps us make a living while passion enables us to make a difference.
I want to help change the misguided____25____among workers that a job is a means of livelihood. Rather, it
should be a means to____26____our passion. The____27____you realize the truth of life, the more clearly you can____28____ yourself in living a valuable life .
The success of KFC shows how____29____it is to pursue your passion instead of your pension. Its founder Colonel Sanders, didn’t realize this until he received his first social security_____30_____of 105 dollars. But he decided there_____31_____was something to do for himself and other people_____32_____living on that small pension. So he was_____33_____to devote himself to some_____34_____things. Drawing_____35_____from his mother’s special recipe for fried chicken, he invented “finger-licking” seasoning with eleven spices and herbs(草药). Regardless of much_____36_____, he managed to promote the company’s rapid expansion to_____37_____6,000 locations.
Sanders’ life pointed towards two_____38_____about making a difference: one, there is no age that is too_____39_____to make a difference; two, there is nothing too small or_____40_____to make a difference with, as long as it is your passion.
21. A. elect B. greet C. evaluate D. think
22. A. difference B. fortune C. list D. plan
23. A. does B. unlocks C. helps D. folds
24. A. get B. salute C. leave D. equip
25. A. tip B. equality C. relief D. belief
26. A. create B. fuel C. intend D. resign
27. A. better B. sharper C. earlier D. closer
28. A. position B. squeeze C. stand D. adopt
29. A. considerate B. potential C. holy D. meaningful
30. A. check B. bill C. note D. fine
31. A. hardly B. simply C. merely D. surely
32. A. because of B. instead of C. in search of D. regardless of
33. A. designed B. appointed C. determined D. strengthened
34. A. valuable B. suitable C. reasonable D. comfortable
35. A. virtue B. justice C. inspiration D. admiration
36. A. agreement B. consumption C. rejection D. sentence
37. A. less than B. more than C. other than D. better than
38. A. facts B. principles C. theories D. thoughts
39. A. young B. smart C. stupid D. old
40. A. unconscious B. insignificant C. unhappy D. incorrect
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
Many people think the novel coronavirus will disappear as the temperature___41.___(go) up. However, whether it will or not is still uncertain. Experts have warned that it is unwise to bet on the hot weather___42.___(stop) the spread of the virus.
An official of the WHO Health Emergencies Program stated that___43.___present there is no clear evidence____44.____(suggest) COVID-19 will disappear in the summer. “We still have no idea how the virus will behave and spread in different climatic___45.___ (condition),” said the official, warning against the prediction that the virus would just disappear by___46.___(it) in the summertime like other typical flu virus.
A professor fromHarvardUniversitydisagrees with those____47.____believe that changes in weather will make____48.____difference in how the virus spreads. “COVID-19 has now been documented around the world. If the virus is anything like a typical flu virus, it may worsen____49.____(great) in Southern Hemisphere regions(南半球地区) as the seasons change.” Another professor fromPekingUniversityalso has the opinion that although warmer temperatures disadvantage virus spread, people shouldn’t count on it. “Compared with the unreliable theories, taking personal protective measures_____50._____(be) much more practical and effective.”
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（Ʌ），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政后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一个词；
只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分
Many people say I looked like my sister Wei Li because all of us have brown eyes and dark hair. However, with actual fact, we are quite differently in character. She likes hanging around with his friends, while I prefer staying at home alone. She always gets up late and do not do her lessons. As for me, I am always full of energy and I enjoy finish all my homeworks by myself. At school, our teachers say that I'm intelligent than her. Anyhow, in spite of the differences between us, but we love each other very much.
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。

续写的词数应为150左右。

Growing up, I understood one thing about my dad: He knew everything. This was our relationship: I asked him questions and he told me the answers.
In my teen years, he taught me things I’d need to know to survive in the real world. When I moved out on my own, I called him usually when something broke into my apartment and I needed to know how to fix the toilet, the air-conditioner or the wall.
But then, eventually, I needed him less. For everything, I had Google. I don’t know when it happened, but when I called our conversations developed into six words. Me: “Hi, Dad”. Him: “Hi, sweets. Here’s Mom.” I loved my dad, of course, but I wondered at times if maybe he had already shared everything I needed to know.
Then, this past summer, I moved in with my parents for three weeks while my house was being repaired. They own a lake house, and Dad asked me to help him rebuild the bulkhead(隔板）at their dock(船坞）.
“How do you know how to build a bulkhead?”
“I spent a summer in college building them on the Jersey shore.”
“You did?” I thought I knew everything about my dad. I knew about the summer at the manufacturing plant that burned his hands raw, and even the tiny little kitchen, where he learned how to make the best pancake. But I never knew this.
“Yes. Now come up here and let me teach you how to use this circulars saw (圆锯).” All of a sudden, I realized that maybe it’s not that there’s nothing left to say. Maybe it’s just that I’ve spent my life asking him the wrong questions.
We ended up our talking but I was lost in thought.______________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________
“Wait, Dad,” I said, “How are you?_________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________
参考答案
1. A
2. C
3. D
4. C
5. A
6. B
7. A
8. B 9. C 10. D 11. A
12. C 13. B 14. D 15. A
16. B 17. F 18. G 19. C 20. A
21. C 22. A 23. B 24. D 25. D 26. B 27. C 28. A 29. D 30. A 31. D 32.
B 33.
C 34. A 35. C 36. C 37. B 38. A 39.
D 40. B
41. goes
42. to stop
43. at 44. suggesting
45. conditions
46. itself 47. who
48. a 49. greatly
50. is
51.(1).looked→look
(2).all→both
(3).with→in
(4).differently→different
(5).his→her
(6).do→does
(7).finish→finishing
(8).homeworks→homework
(9).intelligent前添加more
(10).去掉but
52.略。