2021年湖南省株洲市第二中学高三英语第二次联考试卷及答案解析

2021年湖南省株洲市第二中学高三英语第二次联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
Some of the world’s most talented musicians have played concerts atLincolnCenter. On September 10, the center hosted a unique class of star musicians: kids and teens. The young players are part of the World Peace Orchestra, or WPO. The group held its first Music for Peace concert inNew York City, with 134 students from more than 60 countries taking part. Musicians were chosen from all over the world.
The World Peace Orchestra began in 2013. The nonprofit group brings kids together using the common language of music. To be considered for the orchestra, students first had to be recommended by their teachers and then audition online for a group of judges. Once chosen, professional musicians and teachers then worked with the players to improve their skills.
Some of the young musicians played classical instruments, such as violins and flutes. Others played instruments unique to their home country. For example, Amold Mugo, 16, fromKenya, played an instrument called the djembe. The drum is originally fromWest Africa. Mugo said he was shocked when he learned he was chosen for the orchestra. “I can’t express how I felt. I was rolling on the floor. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity,” he said.
Adomas Hendrixson, 13, fromLithuania, played piano for the WPO. Before theNew York Cityperformance, Hendrixson talked about what he hoped to take away from the event. “Fun and joy-- people smiling and clapping,” he said.“This is one of the only times in your life this could happen and I'm very excited.”
Mugo says his favorite part of the WPO is making new friends from around the world. “I hope when I go home, I just take a little bit of every friend that I made here-- Brazil, Portugal, Queens,” Mugo said, “I hope that I take part of their culture home with me so I understand them more.”
1. Who is most likely to have played for the WPO according to this passage?
A. Li Ming, 16, a student fromChina.
B. Daniel, 44, a judge fromAmerica.
C. Edward, 21, a clerk fromAustralia.
D. Catherine, 32, a teacher fromEngland.
2. We can learn from the last paragraph that Mugo ________.
A.performed best for the WPO.
B. has learned some foreign culture.
C. was eager to be chosen for a second time.
D. received a great award for his performance.
3. What would be the best title for this passage?
A. Kids were good at playing music.
B. Mugo liked making foreign friends.
C. Concerts were played atLincolncentre.
D. Young musicians played for peace.
B
Dengue is a very painful illness spread by mosquitoes. In severe cases, dengue can even be deadly. Dengue is a serious disease affecting people in around 120 countries. It can cause high fevers, headaches, and severe pain. It’s caused by a virus spread by bites from mosquitoes. Therefore, dengue is more common in warm areas. Every year, roughly 390 million people get dengue, and as many as 25,000 die from it.
Now scientists seem to have found a way to protect humans from dengue by first protecting mosquitoes. Dengue fever is caused by a virus. Though it may seem strange to think of it this way, the mosquitoes that spread the dengue virus are also infected with it. But the virus doesn’t seem to hurt the mosquitoes.
Wolbachia is a kind of bacteria commonly found in many insects. In some insects, Wolbachia can keep some viruses fromduplicatingthemselves, which is how viruses grow inside a body. Wolbachia isn’t naturally found in mosquitoes. But by infecting these mosquitoes with Wolbachia, scientists can keep the mosquitoes from catching the dengue virus. Even better, the young mosquitoes coming from the eggs of the infected mosquitoes also carry Wolbachia.
Researchers working with the World Mosquito Program (WMP) ran a 27-month study in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. They split a 10-square-mile area up into 24 smaller areas. In half of the areas, the scientists did nothing. In the other half, they set out containers of eggs from mosquitoes that had Wolbachia. They did this every two weeks for just 4 to 6 months.
Ten months later, 80% of the mosquitoes in the treated areas carried Wolbachia. The researchers report the number of dengue cases in the treated areas was reduced by 77% and that the number of people needing hospital care for dengue dropped by 86%.
Because the results of the experiment were so good, the WHO has placed Wolbachia-infected mosquito eggs in all parts of Yogyakarta and surrounding areas. The WHO says that within a year, their efforts will protect 2.5
million people against dengue and that their efforts will be turned into a program that can be repeated worldwide.
4. What kind of disease is dengue?
A. It is likely to cause death.
B. It causes no pain but fevers.
C. It happens less often in hot areas.
D. It hurts both people and mosquitoes.
5. The underlined word “duplicating” in paragraph 3 most probably means “________”.
A. worsening the harm of
B. expanding the size of
C. increasing forces of
D. making copies of
6. What can be inferred about the method from the figures listed in paragraph 5?
A. Its wide use.
B. Its effectiveness.
C. Its complexity.
D.Its easy operation.
7. What’s the WHO’s attitude towards the method?
A. Ambiguous.
B. Positive.
C. Tolerant.
D. Skeptical.
C
What acts of kindness will make us the happiest, and who tends to benefit the most? A newly-published review of decades of kindness research provides some answers.
In this paper, researchers analyzed the results from 126 research articles looking at almost 200, 000 participants from around the world. The studies they chose measured well-being in various ways, including both mental and physical health. Some were experiments, where people did a kindness practice to observe its effects, while others just surveyed people about how kind and happy they were.
As expected, people who were kind tended to have higher well-being. Lead researcher Bryant Hui wasastoundedthat the relationship wasn't stronger than it was, but he was still encouraged by the results.
One thing Hui and his colleagues found was that people who performed random, informal acts of kindness, like bringing a meal to a sad friend, tended to be happier than people who performed more formal acts of kindness, like volunteering in a soup kitchen.
The researchers also found that people who were kind tended to be higher in "eudaimonic happiness"(a sense of meaning and purpose in life) more than "hedonic happiness"(a sense of pleasure and comfort). Perhaps this makes sense, given that being kind takes effort, which reduces comfort but could make people feel better about themselves and their abilities, which would provide a sense of meaning.
Being kind came with greater eudaimonic happiness for women than for men, too. According to Hui, this could be because, in many cultures, women are expected to be kinder than men; so, they may have more to gain
from it. And younger participants experienced more happiness when they were kind than older participants, perhaps for developmental reasons, he says.
Hui isn't sure why acting kind might have these different effects on different groups, but he points to theories put forth by researcher Elizabeth Midlarsky: Being kind may make us feel better about ourselves as a person or about the meaning of our lives, help us forget our own troubles and stresses, or help us be more socially-connected with others.
8. What does the data in the second paragraph intend to show?
A. The recent paper is worthy of being read.
B. The recent paper gives convincing results.
C. Kindness is always a hot topic of research.
D. Kindness is closely linked to one's well-being.
9. What does the underlined word "astounded" in paragraph 3 mean?
A. Afraid.
B. Certain.
C. Excited.
D. Surprised.
10. Which of the following acts of kindness can make one feel happier according to paragraph 4?
A. Volunteering in a hospital.
B. Cleaning a community.
C. Returning a lost item to its owner.
D. Collecting donations for the poor.
11. What do the researchers find from the paper?
A. Being kind has different effects on different groups.
B. Eudaimonic happiness makes people feel comfort.
C. The younger experienced more happiness than the older.
D. Female participants are kinder than male ones.
D
Many Americans experience surprise (or disappointment) when they wake up on Christmas Day. They might be surprised or disappointed by a family member’s actions. They might be happy or unhappy about a Christmas gift. Imagine a child expects to get an Xbox or PlayStation for Christmas. On Christmas morning, they quickly open their gift. Inside is an English grammar book. They might feel disappointed. The Everyday Grammar team would prefer the new English grammar book. But if you are like most young people, you would probably rather have a new video game.
Today, we are going to explore those feelings-feelings of surprise and disappointment. In other words, we are going to explore how speakers show that reality was better or worse than their expectations.
Many languages use words to express expectation. Speakers also use words to express how events are not happening as expected. This idea is known as “counter expectation”.
Do not worry about the term. Just remember that it means that speakers use words to show that reality is countering their expectations.
English has many words that serve this purpose. Three of the most common are the words “even”, “still” and “actually”. You will often hear them in informal, everyday speech. Speakers use these words to show disappointment. The pitch of their voice tells you what they mean. Let’s study examples of each word.
Speakers often use the word "even” to show disappointment or surprise. Imagine a young child that expects a phone call from a family member-perhaps an uncle or grandparent. The phone call never comes. The child might say the following: “What’s wrong with him? He didn’t even call me on Christmas day.” Americans sometimes use “still” for showing how reality does not quite meet their expectations: “You’re still here? It’s over! Go home. Go!” Another common word that shows surprise or disappointment is “actually”: “I can’t believe it! Uncle Bob actually stole her Christmas gift.”
12. What might most young Americans prefer as a Christmas gift according to paragraph 1?
A. A newly made video game.
B. An English grammar book.
C. A new designed school bag.
D. A unique jacket from their parents.
13. What does the underlined phrase “counter expectation” in paragraph 3 mean?
A. Expression of disappointment.
B. Something expected to happen.
C. The same with one’s expectation.
D. A result against what is expected.
14. What do the three words “even”, “still” and “actually” have in common?
A. They are easy to understand.
B. They express disappointment.
C. They show delighted feelings.
D. They are used most at Christmas.
15. What’s the last paragraph mainly about?
A. Expectations from loved ones.
B. Different uses of the three words.
C. Examples of the use of the three words.
D. Emotions of disappointment and surprise.
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Do you want to know how to learn from failures? Your journey starts this second. It takes courage for people to realize that they help on how to learn from features. These following steps will assist you in learning from your mistakes and move on with your life.
36 Alittle bit of humility goes a long way. You know you did something wrong; and while you want to defend your mistakes, you had better keep your emotions in check.Accept that your plans don’t go as well as you want
and apologize to those who are under influence.
Humility is the first step to mend broken ties and relationships. 37 Who you were before, or whatever your status might have been—those are no longer significant. This is not the time for you to start another war, but the time for you to reflect on what you have done.
Observe and report. If you want to learn from failures, then you need to stay quiet and start listening to other people. 38 You might not have noticed these things before. Now that you’re given the opportunity to observe them, you might be able to pick up a thing or two. This is your chance to learn how you can help straighten things out.
Make things right. It’s not the most pleasant task to do, especially when you’re cleaning up your mess. But making things right is extremely important to your redemption (补救). If you’re not yet certain of what youcan do, ask. 39 Instead, you can start by helping out in little ways. Getting coffee for those who are under the influence, for example, is one way you can choose.
Knowing how to learn from your failures is very important. 40
A. Humility helps.
B. Control your feelings.
C. This is the only way you can grow as a person.
D. Watch how your friends and colleagues are handing matters.
E. Ignore other people who are talking about you behind your back.
F. People will be more than happy to help if youshow up with a smile.
G. You don’t have to come up with one solution that will take care of everything.
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The disease had slowed me down. Then my granddaughter sent a cat to me. Honestly speaking, I fell in love with the cute little thing___21___when I first saw her.
"I'll___22___you Rainbow,” I said with a smile.
The next day I___23___some cat food and two toy mice in a pet shop. Rainbow went crazy over those___24___: she got them stuck under the desk or the sofa. Then she wouldn't stop meowing (喵喵叫)___25___I got them back for her. She'd bring the mice to me and demand that I throw them for her over and over again—she never felt___26___. She couldn’t feel the pain in my___27___.
Rainbow always got into troubles. She kept knocking over my plants or___28___my cups. I had to deal with
the “___29___”. My back____30____with all the ups and downs of trying to keep up with Rainbow. But what was I supposed to do? I couldn’t bear the____31____of sending her away.
One day, I felt there was something____32____on my cheek. Rainbow，licking (舔) me, wanted breakfast. “OK, I get the____33____,” I said. I tried to lower my body to put her____34____in the bowl on the floor,____35____pain to spread from my back through my body. But it didn't. I felt____36____, After she finished eating, I bent down and____37____her bowl without having to hold on to the desk. She looked up at me and meowed, as if to say, "See? I'm____38____what the doctor ordered!”
Three years later, Rainbow still kept me moving and I began to____39____her play. I didn't want a cat, but someone knew I____40____one.
21. A. frequently B. gradually C. finally D. immediately
22. A. return B. show C. call D. offer
23. A. cooked B. bought C. made D. borrowed
24. A. mice B. cats C. pets D. patients
25. A. when B. until C. if D. because
26. A. confused B. frightened C. bored D. annoyed
27. A. mouth B. eye C. head D. back
28. A. breaking B. repairing C. placing D. selling
29. A. topics B. expressions C. accidents D. diets
30. A. changed B. improved C. relaxed D. ached
31. A. preparation B. thought C. joke D. freedom
32. A. wet B. cold C. painful D. distant
33. A. guidance B. answer C. letter D. message
34. A. wood B. food C. toy D. medicine
35. A. expecting B. warning C. allowing D. forcing
36. A. taller B. smarter C. better D. fatter
37. A. cared about B. cleaned C. recognized D. picked up
38. A. still B. ever C. just D. never
39. A. avoid B. enjoy C. respect D. design
40. A. needed B. ignored C. earned D. saved
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
Ateam of biologists studied rain frogs in the forests of northern Ecuador. While doing so, they made a surprising___41.___(discover): a Mindo harlequin toad(丑角蟾).It was 30 years since the creature___42.___(see) alive. The scientists couldn't believe their eyes.
The Mindo harlequin is the latest harlequin toad species to come back from the dead. Since 2003, eight others have ken found, three of them in Ecuador. Until___43.___(recent), 13 of the 25 species of harlequin toads in Ecuador have gone unseen since the 1980s or early 1990s. Scientists thought most of them had been wiped out by a disease___44.___(call) chytrid, which is especially___45.___( harm) to the harlequin toad. The Mindo harlequin may have developed a resistance (抵抗力)to the disease,___46.___would explain their reappearance. And it could spell good news forother harlequins. Since discovering the first one, the team have found five___47.___(many). They were all tested for the disease but none of them had. But that doesn’t mean the survival of the species is guaranteed. The harlequin toad is still endangered.
Biologists are developing a conservation plan together___48.___a zoology museum in Ecuador. They want to make sure the Mindo harlequin toad doesn't fall back into extinction. Each reappearance gives us___49.___second chance to develop better conservation ways. Not every day do we have the opportunity____50.____(save) a species that we believed to be extinct.
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：在错的词下画一横线，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。

Dear Chris,
I learn that some people laugh at me for being overweight. Don’t be so worried about your figure.
I know a group calling HOOP from the Internet, which is established to be the voice of the overweight persons. It made up of a group of friendly and supportive people, all understanding the struggle of being overweight. So you will not feel lonely when you exercise. There are a plenty of activities and trainer who don’t push you to do what you dislike. With their support and encourage it’s easy for you to leave your comfort zone
and try something new.
I would high recommend HOOP to you. Whether it’s to complete a personal challenge and start a healthier lifestyle, HOOP can really help you become the best version of you. Although you keep exercising, your figure will be good than before. Best wishes!
Yours,
Vivian 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。

One never knows what one is going to find when one steps out into the world. Even something as simple as a walk through your neighborhood can result in either mild excitement or unusual adventure if the cards are right.
On a sunny afternoon, Mike journeyed into the construction site near his home. Suddenly, he heard something coming from around the side of a nearby building. It sounded like the whining(悲嚎声)cries of an animal. He curiously turned the corner, only to see a small dog standing on its back legs and wagging its tail pitifully. He then noticed that the poor thing seemed to be stuck at the waist between a small concrete wall and an even smaller broken wooden fence.
The poor animal's difficult situation was pretty obvious and Mike knew that if he did nothing and left the dog there, it might not survive. He had no idea how long the animal had been there up until that point. It might not have eaten or drunk anything in days. Determined to help, he looked around to find a stick, proceeded to climb up onto the cement slab and pointed his stick back at the clog. He was trying to pry(撬动)above the animal by insert the stick between the cement wall and the smaller, broken wall, but the terrified animal obviously didn't know his intention and attempted to bite at the tool and barked at him fearfully. The fright in its eyes said everything.
After at least a minute or so of trying to free the dog, Mike found his plan much more difficult in practice than it had stayed inside his own head. The hot sun was beating down. Drops of sweat running down his face, Mike sat clown on the ground and scratched his head with annoyance, thinking about what in the world his next move was going to be. Beside him, the dog curled up into a ball, whining miserably.
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。

Paragraph 1:
Then Mike went around to the other side of the wall and grabbed hold of the stick.
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Paragraph 2:
Eventually, with the few well-positioned pieces of wood, Mike managed to insert his stick in the right way.
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参考答案
1. A
2. B
3. D
4. A
5. D
6. B
7. B
8. B 9. D 10. C 11. A
12. A 13. D 14. B 15. C
A E D G C
语篇类型：说明文主题语境：人与自我
[语篇解读]
21. D 22. C 23. B 24. A 25. B 26. C 27. D 28. A 29. C 30. D 31. B 32.
A 33. D 34.
B 35. A 36.
C 37.
D 38. C 39. B 40. A
41. discovery
42. had been seen
43. recently
44. called 45. harmful
46. which 47. more
48. with 49. a
50. to save
51.(1).me→you.考查代词。

此处是给朋友Chris的信，别人嘲笑Chris因为他胖。

指代Chris用you,故me→you.
(2). calling →called.考查非谓语动词。

句中a group和动词call是被动关系用过去分词表被动，指这个团队被叫做HOOP.故calling →called.
(3).it后加is/was.考查动词。

此处指HOOP由一群友好支持的人组成，此处表被动，be made up of“由…组成”，故it后加is/was.
(4).去掉a.考查固定短语。

plenty of “许多，大量”是固定短语，前面不加冠词a，故去掉a.
(5). trainer →trainers.考查名词。

根据There are 和plenty of可知都表示复数，名词也用复数。

故trainer →trainers.
(6). encourage →encouragement.考查名词。

由their修饰，和and前的support并列用名词，故encourage
→encouragement.
(7). high →highly.考查副词。

此处修饰动词recommend用副词，表示强力推荐，故high →highly.
(8). and →or.考查连词。

此处指是要完成个人挑战还是开始一个更健康的生活方式，Whether …or…表示“是…还是…”，故and →or.
(9). Although →Once/If/When.考查连词。

此处指一旦/如果/当你不断地锻炼时，你的体形会比以前好许多。

不是“尽管”应该用“一旦/如果/当…时”，故Although →Once/If/When.
(10).good→better.考查形容词最高级。

根据句中than before可知是含有比较的意思，指比以前更好，所以用比较级。

故good→better
52.略。