2021年温州第十七中学高三英语模拟试题及参考答案

2021年温州第十七中学高三英语模拟试题及参考答案
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
The Orchard
I had a very nice meal at the Orchard restaurant．The food was lovely and the service was quite good．We chose to eat in the garden which was full of beautiful flowers and very relaxing．The only disappointment was the dessert — the apple piewas far too sweet and it was cold too．Apart from that it was an enjoyable evening．As for the price — what a bargain，excellent value for money！
Park Inn
The best thing about Park Inn was the service — it was excellent．There was a warm welcome when we arrived and the waiters were very helpful all evening．However，the food wasn’t as good．The menu looked interesting but the meals were rather tasteless．It’s not a cheap restaurant and I wasn’t happy to pay so much for boring food．
Richard’s Place
When we enteredthe restaurant，we were surprised by the lovely interior (内部的) design of it．So stylish，so modern！This is one of the most popular restaurants in town and it’s very easy to see why．The food was great and excellent value for money but it was ruined by very，very poor service！
TheRiverside
It was lovely sitting outside and looking over the river．There were lots of little lanterns (灯笼) and color1 ed lights everywhere and it all looked very pretty．The food was good，nothing very special but quite tasty．The service was OK; we didn’t have to wait too long for our food but the waiter never looked very happy！It’s quite an expensive place but with the view I think it’s quite good value for money．
1. In which restaurant can customers eat in the garden？
A. Park Inn．
B. TheOrchard．
C. The Riverside．
D. Richard’s Place．
2. What makes the customers of Park Inn most satisfied？
A. The food．
B. The price．
C. The service．
D. The environment．
3. In Richard’s Place，customers can ________．
A. receive good service
B. enjoy its moderndesign
C. listen to wonderful music
D. enjoy the beauty of a river
B
Bill Gates on how to fight future pandemics
WHEN HISTORIANS write the book on the covid-19 pandemic, what we've lived through so far will probably take up only the first third or so.The bulk of the story will be what happens next.
I believe that humanity will beat this pandemic, but only when most of the population is vaccinated(接种疫苗）.Until then, life will not return to normal.
As the pandemic slows in developed nations,itwill accelerate in developing ones.Their experience,however,will be worse.In poorer countries,where fewer jobs can be done remotely,distancing measures won't work as well.The virus will spread quickly,and health systems won't be able to care for the infected.
Wealthy nations can help.But people in rich and poor places alike will be safe only once we have an effective medical solution for this virus,which means a vaccine.
My hope is that,by the second half of 2021,facilities around the world will be manufacturing a vaccine.If that's the case,it will be a history-making achievement: the fastest humankind has ever gone from recognizing a new disease to immunizing（免疫）against it.
Apart from this progress in vaccines,two other big medical breakthroughs will emerge from the pandemic.One will be in the field of diagnostics.The next time a novel virus crops up,people will probably be able to test for it at home.Researchers could have such a test ready within a few months of identifying a new disease.
The third breakthrough will be in antiviral drugs.We haven't been as effective at developing drugs to fight viruses as we have those to fight bacteria.But that will Researchers will develop large diverse libraries of antivirals,which they'll be able to scan trough and quickly find effective treatments for novel viruses.
All three technologies will prepare us for the next pandemic by allowing us to intervene(干预）early when the number of cases is still very low.
Our progress won't be in science alone.It will also be in our ability to make sure everyone benefits from that science.In the years after 2021,I think we'll learn from the years after 1945. With the end of the Second World War, leaders built international institutions like the UN to prevent more conflicts.After covid-19, leaders will prepare institutions to prevent the next pandemic.
These will be a mix of national,regional and global organizations.I expect they will participate in regular"germ
games”in the same way as armed forces take part in War games.These will keep us ready for the next time a novel virus jumps from bats or birds to humans.
I hope wealthy nations include poorer ones in these preparations,especially by devoting more foreign aid to building up their primary health-care systems.This pandemic has shown us that viruses don't obey border laws and that we are all connected biologically by a network of microscopic germs,whether we like it or not.
The best analogy(类比）for today might be November 10th 1942.Britainhad just won its first land victory of the war,and Winston Churchill declared in a speech: “This is not the end.It is not even the beginning of the end.But it is,perhaps,the end of the beginning.”
4. What are the three technologies that will prepare us for the next pandemic?
①manufacturing a vaccine fast
②diagnosing a virus at home
③developing antiviral drugs
④allowing us to intervene early
A. ①②③
B. ①②④
C. ①③④
D. ②③④
5. As far as poorer countries areconcerned,which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?
A. pandemic disease is more likely to begin in poorer countries
B. Working from home can work well in poorer countries.
C. Health systems are sufficient to care for the infected in poorer countries.
D. Virus will cross borders if poorer countries fail to contain it.
6. Why is the Second World War mentioned in Para.8?
A. The fight against the COVID-19 is similar to the Second World War.
B. People are suffering just as they were in the Second World War.
C. We should cooperate globally just as we did after the Second World War.
D. Countries are fighting each other like in the Second World War.
7. What is the tone of this passage?
A. pessimistic
B. optimistic
C. neutral
D. indifferent
C
Every day, millions of shoppers hit the stores in full force, searching wildly for the perfect gift.Aside from
purchasing holiday gifts, most people regularly buy presents for other occasions throughout the year, including weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, and graduations. This frequent experience of gift-giving cancause uncertain feelings in gift-givers. Many enjoy the opportunity to buy presents because gift-giving offers a powerful means to build stronger bonds, while many worry that their purchases will disappoint rather than delight the intended recipients (接受者).
Anthropologists describe gift-giving as a positive social process, serving various political, religious, and psychological functions. Economists, however, offer a less favorable view. According to Waldfogel, gift-giving represents an objective wasteof resources. People buy gifts that recipients would not choose to buy on their own, or at least not spend as much money to purchase (a phenomenon referred to as‘‘the deadweight loss of Christmas”).
What is surprising is that gift-givers have much experience acting as both gift-givers and gift-recipients, but nevertheless tend to overspend each time they set out to purchase a meaningful gift. In the present research, we propose a unique psychological explanation for this overspending problem — gift-givers link how much they spend with how much recipients will appreciate the gift. Though it seems natural to gift-givers, such an assumption may be unfounded. Indeed, we propose that gift-recipients will be less likely to base their feelings of appreciation on the value of a gift than givers assume.
Why do gift-givers assume that gift price is closely linked to gift-recipients’ feelings of appreciation? Perhaps givers believe that more expensive gifts communicate a stronger sense ofthoughtfulness and consideration. According to Camerer and others, gift-giving represents a symbolic ritual (习俗), by which gift-givers attempt to signal their positive attitudes towards the recipient and their willingness to invest resources in a futurerelationship. In this sense, gift-givers may be motivated to spend more money on a gift in order to send a “stronger signal”. As for gift-recipients, they may not interpret smaller and larger gifts as representing smaller and larger signals of thoughtfulness and consideration.
The idea of gift-givers and gift-recipients being unable to account for the other party’s viewpoint seems confusing because people slip in and out of these roles every day. Yet, despite the experience as both givers and receivers, people often struggle to apply information gained from one role in another. In theoretical terms, people fail to use information about their own preferences and experiences to produce more efficient outcomes in their exchange relations. In practical terms, people spend hundreds of dollars each year on gifts, but somehow never learn to estimate their gift expense according to personal insight.
8. The author uses “the deadweight loss of Christmas” in Paragraph 2 to express ________.
A. gift-givers don’t spend much money during holidays
B. gift-givers don’t ask recipients what gifts they prefer
C. gift-givers buy improper and expensive gifts
D. gift-givers have difficulty in choosing gifts
9. According to the passage, people buy gifts to ________.
A. receive gifts in return
B. enjoy the feeling of shopping
C. help recipients to save money
D. better relationships with recipients
10. What can we learn from the passage?
A. People’s high living standards require expensive gifts.
B. Gift-givers buy gifts based on their experiences as recipients.
C. Anthropologists think gift-giving meets different human needs.
D. Recipients judge the depth of friendship according to the gift price.
11. Why did the author write this article?
A. To criticize people’s gift-buying habits.
B. To analyze people’s gift-giving behaviors.
C. To offer advice on how to improve relationships.
D. To remind people not to overlook others’ preferences.
D
At the age of 50, Nina Schoen expects to have a long lifeahead of her, but has thought a lot about death—and why people are so reluctant to talk about it: “It’s going to happen to all of us,” she says, “but it should be a more positive experience than the fear we put into it.”
When she first heard about a new end-of-life process that turns the body into compost (堆肥), “I was really moved by the idea,” says Schoen, who became one of the first to reserve a spot with a Seattle-based company called Recompose, the county’s first funeral home to offer human composting.
Last year Recompose began transforming bodies to soil, more formally known as natural organic reduction. Before that, end-of-life options in the U.S. were limited to burial or cremation (火化), both of which come with environmental costs—U.S. cremations alone dump 1.7 billion pounds of carbon dioxide into theatmosphere every year.
Katrina Spade pioneering the composting movement has spent a decade developing the process in hopes of offering people a greener option for death care. “I wondered, ‘What if we had a choice that helps the planet rather than harms it?’” Spade tells PEOPLE. “To know that the last gesture you’ll make will be gentle and beneficial and it just feels like the right thing to do.”
After she had her own two sons, she began to wonder what she might do with her body after death. A friend who knew her interest in the topic reminded her that farmers sometimes compost the body of cows, and thatsparkedan idea for her theory: “If you can compost a cow, you can probably compost a human,” she thought, and she set about designing a facility to do just that.
“This is about giving people another choice,” Spade says. “At first, people react with shock—‘You really can do that?’ But so many people today are looking at their impact on the Earth. This is a popular thing because when you die, you can give back to the planet.”
12. How do people react when it comes to death according to paragraph 1?
A. They are unwilling to comment.
B. They can face it without fear.
C. They feel it a positive experience.
D. They would like to compost their bodies.
13. What can we know about the company Recompose?
A. Its CEO is Katrina Spade.
B. It is located in Seattle.
C. It was founded to resist cremation.
D. It has spent 10 years composting bodies.
14. What does the underlined word “sparked” probably mean?
A. Changed.
B. Compromised.
C. Quitted.
D. Inspired.
15. What message does the author seem to convey in the text?
A. A little things in our life can bring in big outcomes.
B. We human beings should do all we can to help the earth.
C. Composting is so popular that we should reserve a spot soon.
D. We should reject burial because of its harm to environment.
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Everybody has days when they don't feel like working but still there are tasks that need to be completed. In this case, the below suggestions will help you get back to your work.
Make sure your workspace is organized before youbegin on a new task.____16____In this way, you don't lose your focus when you start working on your task.
Try to relax and refresh your mind to get ready. Listen to classical or jazz music to calm your soul. Also, if you can, open the window.____17____
____18____This will help you manage your work better and as a result, you can measure your achievement as you easily complete your tasks one by one. Completing smaller tasks will also motivate you to start off others and so, finish the whole project.
Increase your motivation by working with other people. Remember those school days when you used to group study with your classmates.____19____If you have a teammate or a coworker who can help you by giving inputs or who can motivate you, then, work with this person.
Ignore everything else around you, just as Nike says, just do it! Don't forget that beginning is half finishing.____20____Get moving as soon as possible and you will realize that beginning is actually much easier than you think.
A. Practice really makes perfect.
B. The same holds for work as well.
C. Divide your main task into smaller tasks.
D. If not, clean out all the unnecessary things.
E. Fresh oxygen will help your brain work better.
F. So stop wasting your time and focus on the task.
G. Motivation is very important when you start a new task.
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
My car and my best friend
For most, getting your first car opens up a new world of freedom and allows you to go wherever you want, whenever you want. Getting a car did___21___this for me, and it also brought my best friend and me___22___But then it tore us apart (分开).
My best friend lives three minutes from my___23___Since her___24___is in late summer, seven months behind
mine, I basically became her___25___when I turned16 inDecember.
And so I___26___her up for school and took her home. We made ice-cream___27___, went shopping and to the movies―all in my car. I would drive to her house just to sit on her bed, read magazines and have a good laugh. I went to her house so___28___that she gave me a key___29___her house.
A week after I got my license (驾照), she was with me___30___I had my first accident. She was there and___31___me and we kept it a___32___, since I didn’t want people to___33___From then on, through thick and thin (共患难), it was just me , my car and my best friend.
High school is a time of___34___, but I couldn’t___35___for a long time___36___we became so distant (疏远) after being so close. My friend waited three months after her birthday to get her dream car：a green 2004 Beetle. With its___37___,the passenger seat of my car became___38___Our car trips became less frequent (频繁的)___39___I didn’t even drive down her street.
It’s funny how a car can change a relationship so much. I had wanted her to get a car, but once she did, I___40___it. I wanted her friendship back, even if it couldn’t be the same.
21. A. some B. any C. none D. all
22. A. closer B. farther C. luckier D. happier
23. A. neighbor B. school C. home D. family
24. A. holiday B. birthday C. course D. job
25. A. guide B. follower C. partner D. driver
26. A. picked B. woke C. called D. hurried
27. A. parties B. trips C. plans D. classes
28. A. happily B. frequently C. hardly D. seldom
29. A. to B. on C. of D. for
30. A. while B. but C. when D. after
31. A. saved B. suggested C. advised D. comforted
32. A. favorite B. secret C. pride D. joke
33. A. help B. see C. know D. laugh
34. A. change B. disappointment C. friendship D. excitement
35. A. believe B. answer C. imagine D. understand
36. A. when B. where C. how D. what
37. A. arrival B. dream C. return D. beauty
38. A. broken B. crowded C. empty D. different
39. A. however B. until C. as D. before
40. A. lost B. received C. enjoyed D. regretted
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
On World Oceans Day, which falls on June 8, the US National Geographic Society announced it would recognize the Southern Ocean in Antarctica, bringing the global total to five.
Unlike the Arctic,Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans -which____41.____(define) by the continents that bound them - the Southern Ocean is instead characterized by the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC). According to the National Geographic,the Southern Ocean includes most of the waters____42.____(surround) Antarctica out to 60 degrees south latitude.
Rimmed (环绕) by the powerfully swift ACC, it is____43.____only ocean to touch three others and to____44.____(complete) embrace a continent rather than being embraced by them.
Those familiar with the Southern Ocean know it's unlike any other. “Anyone____45.____has been there will struggle to explain what's so fascinating about it, but they'll all agree that the glaciers are bluer,the air colder, and the landscapes____46.____(pretty) than anywhere else you can go,” Seth Sykora-Bodie, a marine scientist told National Geographic.
Due to the ecologically distinct environment of the Southern Ocean, it's home to thousands of unique species. The ocean also has wider ecological effects. For example, humpback whales are known to feed____47.____small shrimp off Antarctica during the summer____48.____they are migrating north to the warmer climates of Central and South America for the colder winter____49.____(month),according to the Daily Mail.
National Geographic hopes their revised maps will bring public_____50._____(aware) to the region, thereby encouraging Southern Ocean conservation.
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。

Kobe Bryant, 37, in April 14, 2016 played the final game of his 20-year career, ends an era with five championships, 18 All-Star game appearance. He showed an amazing 60 points in the Lakers victory over the Utah Jazz, that was unbelievable. The crazy crowd had great expectations of the final score, cheering and shouting every time when Bryant scored during her 42 minutes.
After a game, he was given a microphone, saying he couldn’t believe how fast 20 years has gone by and that it was crazy. He thought the most important part was the whole team stayed together all the time through the ups and downs.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是校英文报记者李华，报纸“Heroes in Harm's Way(身边的抗疫英雄)”一栏拟介绍你校张医生，请你写一封电子邮件，邀请他接受你的采访，内容包括:
1.写邮件目的；
2.邀请原因；
3.采访计划。

注意:
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Dear Mr.Zhang,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________
Yours sincerely
参考答案
1. B
2. C
3. B
4. A
5. D
6. C
7. B
8. C 9. D 10. C 11. B
12. A 13. C 14. B 15. C
16. D 17. E 18. C 19. B 20. F
21. D 22. A 23. C 24. B 25. D 26. A 27. B 28. B 29. A 30. C 31. D 32.
B 33.
C 34. A 35.
D 36. C 37. A 38. C 39. B 40. D
41. are defined
42. surrounding
43. the 44. completely
45. who 46. prettier## more pretty
47. on 48. before
49. months 50. awareness
51.(1). in→on (2). ends→ending (3). appearance→appearances (4). that→which (5).删除when (6). her→his (7). a→the (8). has→had (9). → ly (10).在the前加that
52.略。