2020-2021学年景德镇第三中学高三英语三模试卷及答案解析

2020-2021学年景德镇第三中学高三英语三模试卷及答案解析
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
You have to praise the smoothness（顺畅）of ants on the move. No matter how many of them are going toward a place, there's never a hold-up. A new research paper shows how ants keep traffic flowing by changing their behavior to meet changing conditions.
For their experiments, researchers from the University of Toulouse focused on Argentine ants, animals that often move from colony（群落）to colony depending on where the food is. Making use of Argentine ants' talent for fast travel, the researchers built bridges connecting their colonies. The bridges were different in width from a fifth to three-quarters of an inch. The colonies, too, were of different sizes, ranging from 400 to more than 25,000 ants.
Then the researchers sat back andmonitoredthe traffic. To their surprise, even when those narrower bridges were full of ants, there were no "traffic accidents". "When the number of ants on the bridge increased, ants seemed to be able to understand the situation and adjusted（调整）their speed accordingly to avoid making the traffic flow stop. "the authors note. "Moreover, ants avoided entering a busy road and made sure that the bridge was never too packed to cross.”
The lesson for humans? The traffic problem may lie in our inability to adjust our driving habits for the good of the whole. Driving is fun when there are few cars on the road. Then the traffic moves very slowly. And yet, some impatient driver still acts like he's alone on the road.
The research suggests that projects, like the ever-widening of highways, may never free us from traffic jams. As long as we drive along with our own habits, no matter how many other people are on the road, we'll always end up in a traffic jam. Indeed, less space may actually be a good thing. It leaves less room for individual choice and forces us to take a page from the driving book of ants.
1. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
A. The results of the experiments.
B. The purpose of the experiments
C. The preparation of the experiments.
D. The requirements of the experiments
2. What does the underlined word "monitor" in paragraph 3 probably mean?
A. watch and check.
B. seek and improve
C. design and plan
D. discuss and practise
3. What is the best title for the text?
A. Is widening highways a solution?
B. Why don't ants need traffic lights?
C. Can we learn safe driving from ants?
D. What can ants teach us about traffic jams?
B
Everyone can be angry. But if you take the time to actually examine your anger instead of just “feeling” angry, you’ll have a better understanding of yourself. Knowing why you feel so angry can provide you with some surprising answers. These answers can enable you to suddenly grow spiritually and mentally.
I can give you a personal example. I went to a meeting once and I was verbally attacked over an application I supported at my workplace. Various people went on and on about how terrible this system was and that it never worked. That didn’t bother me that much. I was used to that but one of the comments that was said was, “Your job is pointless.” This really upset meand at the time, I was ly furious(发怒地) with that comment.
I was so angry and upset that they would treat me that way. Once I took the time to think about what was really making me so mad. I learned a lot. I realized that the comment was more truethan I wanted to admit. In the big scheme of things, my job was pointless. It wasn’t what I really wanted to be doing with my life and this was what frustrated me the most. Here I was pouring part of my heart and soul into a job I didn’t even really want to do. I was using it as a crutch(拐杖) because I didn’t have the confidence in myself to take the scary road towards what I really wanted to do. As soon as I realized that, a lot of my anger just melted away. I also realized that I needed to start focusing on what I really wanted to do.
I now consider this incident as a great gift It got me back on track to moving in the direction I wanted to go with my life. I probably wouldn’t be where I am today if I hadn’t taken the time to figure out why I was really so angry.
4. What made the author angry at the meeting?
A. The system of the company was terrible.
B. Someone said his job is insignificant.
C. The policy of the company didn’t work.
D. The application he supported was of no effect.
5. What brought down the anger of the author?
A. The apology someone made at the meeting.
B. The crutch he used to take the scary road.
C. His awareness of the fact that the comment was true.
D. The courage he had to overcome the challenges.
6. Why did the author consider the incident as a gift?
A. It brought him back on track to the goal.
B. It helped him get promoted to a higher position.
C. It helped him change his character since then.
D. It provided him with confidence in his career.
7. What can be the best title of the passage?
A. How to Cope with Verbal Attack in a Company
B. Avoid Being Pointless at Work
C. Anger Is Harmful to Health
D. Understanding Yourself Better Through Anger
C
Michele Gentile, an Italian bookseller, is offering free books to children in exchange for plastic bottles to recycle.
Michele owns Ex Libris Cafe in Polla，a small town in southern Italy. He said he thought of the recycling program, because he wanted to inspire children in the small town to read and pay attention to the environment.
''My goal is to spread the passion and love for books among those people in Italy who do not usually read while at the time helping the environment," Gentile explained.
The idea for the initiative (倡议) came after Gentile collaborated with a nearby middle school on an aluminum recycling project. Working together, the schoolchildren and Gentile collected enough cans to purchase books for an entire classroom. His new program too off from there and has already spread into northern Italy: Gentile's hopes his work will continue to make headlines and become a worldwide initiative.
The free books come from customers in Gentile's shop who have donated money to purchase a ''suspended" book. The idea comes from a World War II practice in which customers would buy two Coffees: one for themselves and another for the next person in line. Gentile has been using the extra books as part of his recycling initiative, While Gentile's program is a great way to recycle and get kids to read, it also brings awareness to the growing problem of plastic waste. Single-use plastics make up around 26 percent of all the plastics in the world, only 14 percent of which are recycled. Plastics that end up in landfills take around 500 years to decompose (分解),is a major concern for environmentalists.
Cutting down on plastic waste is important if we want to better the environment for future generations, and
recycling programs like Gentile's book giveaway are a great way to meet that goal.
8. What is the purpose of Gentile's book giveaway?
A. To sell more coffee and books.
B. To attract more customers.
C. To collect money for a new project.
D. To inspire reading and recycling.
9. How did Gentile come up with the idea?
A. Working with a school to recycle cans.
B. Seeing school kids don't like reading.
C. Donating books for a local school.
D. Buying a “suspended” book for a child.
10. Who pay for the books of the project?
A. The local government.
B. Gentile himself.
C. Some publishers.
D. His customers.
11. Whichof the following is the best title for the text?
A. An Italian's Reading Initiative
B. Recycling Can Get Kids Free Books
C. Michele's Way of Doing Business
D. A New Way to Deal with Plastic Waste
D
Haley Curfman, 25, of Blackwell, Oklahoma, is a teacher at Blackwell Public School and last yearshe bought a plain(朴素的) white dress, which she set up a station in her classroom for her students to decorate, encouraging them to go and draw on the dress whenever they had free time. Haley set up a station at a table with the dress and some color1 ed markers so that her students could draw on it, having first seen the idea on Pinterest.
After the kids had finished the design, she then surprised them all by wearing the dress to class, sharing pictures of herself in it on Facebook in a post that has since been shared over 200, 000 times.
For teachers looking to do something similar for their own students, Haley said that she bought the dress off Amazon for less than $ 20 about six months ago and pre-washed the dress before she started the project. She used markers from Walmart. But she said these things can be bought in other places. She said, “To do the project, I set up a station at a table with the dress and markers. It takes anywhere from two weeks to a month to complete as we just work on it here and there when time allows. You'd better give the students enough time so they don't have to hurry.”
“Teachers have been sharing their dresses, T-shirts, etc. with me that they've been creating since the 1950s with the same idea. It is amazing, and I love the fact that you are sharing them with me! Thank you all so much for your kindness and support,” she wrote on Facebook.
Asked why she came up with the idea, Haley told Scary Mommy. “We don't have art in our school, so, I always
try to do little creative projects when possible.”
12. What did Haley use the plain white dress to do?
A. To teach her students painting.
B. To prepare for her presentation.
C. To ask her students to draw on it.
D. To help her students with their homework.
13. What do we know about the finished dress?
A. It took Haley by surprise.
B. It is kept by Haley at home.
C. It is the product of a new idea.
D. It has enjoyed popularity online.
14. What should a teacher do if he or she wants to follow Haley's example?
A. Buy the same dress online.
B. Give the kids enough time.
C. Buy the same markers in Walmart.
D. Leave the finished work untouched.
15. Why did Haley carry out the project?
A. To teach art to her students.
B. To show her idea on Pinterest.
C. To share it with other teachers.
D. To exciteher students' creativity.
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As my husband and I drove down a country road, we passed a fire station with a sign that read, “Are you ready for the next storm?” Our area had just been in the path of Hurricane Irma, causing downed trees and power off.____16____
We have had our share of storms in the past--a snowstorm and other heavy snows that knocked down trees, sometimes up to a week at a time.____17____It made later storms easier to bear.
____18____We bought a battery-operated radio to keep up with the news. We stocked up on batteries so that we’d have plenty for extended power failures. We make sure our grill is ready and its tank is full, and we purchase food that can be easily prepared and then cooked or heated on the grill. And we don’t forget to buy emergency chocolate! We have book lights to read in the dark. We keep our car gas tanks full and have emergency cash on hand.
We’re ready for the next storm, but we wouldn’t have learned to do all those things if we hadn’t encountered a storm in the past.____19____Those little storms in our lives are never fun, but they prepare us for the big trials coming to us. They can teach us some valuable lessons.
Are you ready for the next storm?____20____
A. Thanks to all those storms.
B. The same is true spiritually.
C. Now is the time to get ready.
D. Everywhere we saw, there was nothing but ruins.
E. We were stuck in the dark and cut off from the outside world.
F. Those days weren’t fun, but we learned so much from those early storms.
G. Now we have stored as many necessities as possiblein case of potential storms.
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
完形填空（共20小题；每小题21.5分，满分30分）
Bringing a baby home is always a special moment, but it was made even sweeter for Dustin and Caren Moore on a Southwest Airlines flight. When the new parents flew home with their adopted newborn daughter, they were___21___to a special baby shower(迎婴派对).
Sharing details of what happened, Dustin___22___to bring some positivityto Twitter and remind people there is___23___in this world.
On Nov. 8. 2019, theMooresflew fromColoradotoCalifornia. As first-time parents, they felt___24___but determined in their new___25___. When their daughter needed a diaper (尿布)change, a flight attendant named Jenny___26___space in the back of the plane to make it___27___for them. Then, Jenny and another passenger praised their beautiful daughter and___28___asked why they took such a(n)___29___baby on the plane. Dustin gave them the shortened adoption story, to which they offered____30____, and shared a few more kind____31____. Suddenly, they heard the____32____, “Ladies and gentlemen, there’s a very special guest on the flight today. She’s only 8 days old and she’s____33____home with her parents.”
Flight attendants then____34____napkins(餐巾纸) and asked passengers to share any words of____35____they may have for the new parents. Finally, 60 napkins were handed to the Moores, who were____36____by the kindness of strangers. And someof the tips have already been____37____.
Dustin really likes the one that says get sleep when the baby sleeps. Another____38____that the family adopt a dog, which is something Dustin would love to do.
“Those____39____helped us realize everything will be____40____,” Dustin said. “We believe our daughter will live a good life and be a wonderful person.”
22. A. delivered B. referred C. treated D. interrupted
23. A. hesitated B. intended C. demanded D. regretted
24. A. desire B. sorrow C. burden D. goodness
25. A. depressed B. threatened C. nervous D. guilty
26. A. role B. edge C. skill D. record
27. A. occupied B. cleared C. displayed D. explored
28. A. obvious B. different C. worthwhile D. convenient
29. A. thankfully B. hopefully C. politely D. definitely
30. A. young B. ordinary C. sick D. moody
31. A. congratulations B. chances C. rewards D. codes
32. A. reviews B. remarks C. choices D. programs
33. A. explanation B. protest C. argument D. announcement
34. A. accompanying B. contacting C. leaving D. traveling
35. A. passed out B. knock out C. hold out D. find out
36. A. forgiveness B. wisdom C. justice D. welcome
37. A. relieved B. confused C. impressed D. abandoned
38. A. enough B. shocking C. optional D. helpful
39. A. suggested B. determined C. required D. replied
40. A. attendants B. strangers C. s D. audiences
41. A. messy B. ready C. fine D. true
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
You might think that good-looking men have every advantage in life.____41.____a new study suggests that being handsome may not always work in a man's favor — at least____42.____it comes to his career. The research claims that attractive men are____43.____(little) likely to be given a job in a competitive workplace because they threaten____44.____(boss). “It's not always an advantage to be pretty,” says Marko Pitesa,____45.____assistant professor at the University of Maryland. “It can backfire (适得其反) if you____46.____(consider) as a threat.”____47.____(interesting), in Pitesa’s study, it was male attractiveness in particular, rather than female beauty, that made the most____48.____(different).
If the interviewer expected____49.____(work) with the candidate as part of a team, then
he______50.______(prefer) good-looking men.
However, if the interviewer saw the candidate as a potential competitor, the interviewer discriminated in favor of unattractive men.
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.改错（格式要求）
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11处起）不计分。

There was an art festival in our school last weekend. A majority of students take an active part in it. I was so excited, for it was first time for me to join in such a festival.
Early in the morning, there were much people coming to our school, make the art festival so lively. We gave a warmly welcome to the guests. I walked around and appreciated the painting. All the works were from the students and I was so impressing by them. There were also some handcrafts, which was so creative. Though we were busy with our studies most of the time, some students still managed to developing their hobbies. I should learn from them and develop a hobby as well as.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.你校英语社团计划在暑期开展“保护海龟义工之旅” (Sea Turtle Conservation Voluntour)，活动范围在惠东海龟国家级自然保护区及双月湾景区。

假如你是英语社团负责人，请你写一篇招募启示。

1.活动安排；
2.报名要求及方式（满16周岁）；
3.呼吁参加。

参考词汇：惠东海龟国家级龟自然保护区Huidong Sea Turtle National Nature Reserve
双月湾the Double-moon Bay
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。

Voluntourists Wanted
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
English Society
参考答案
1. C
2. A
3. D
4. B
5. C
6. A
7. D
8. D 9. A 10. D 11. B
12. C 13. D 14. B 15. D
16. E 17. F 18. G 19. B 20. C
21. C 22. B 23. D 24. C 25. A 26. B 27. D 28. C 29. A 30. A 31. B 32.
D 33. D 34. A 35. B 36. C 37. D 38. A 39. B 40. C
41. But##Yet
42. when 43. less
44. bosses 45. an
46. are considered
47. Interestingly
48. difference
49. to work
50. preferred
51.(1). take—»took
(2). first 前加the
(3). much→many
(4). make-making
(5). warmly→warm
(6). painting→paintings
(7). impressing→impressed
(8). was→were
(9). developing→develop
(10).删除第二个as
52.略。