2020-2021学年深圳市盐田区外国语学校高三英语月考试卷及参考答案

2020-2021学年深圳市盐田区外国语学校高三英语月考试卷及参考答
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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
Artificial intelligence (Al) is practically everywhere today. There are so many products out there which use Al. Some are being developed, some are already in use, and some failed and are being improved, so it’s very difficult to name a few of them and regard them as the best.
Vi
It is an Al personal trainer which is mainly concerned with fitness and coaching. It, however, requires the use of bio-sensing earphones and other fitness tracking equipment! It can play your favourite music while you work out and all you have to worry about is the exercise you're doing.
Deep Text
Do you ever wonder how an ad appears suddenly just when you are looking for something similar? This is because of Deep Text. It uses real-time consumer information to produce data which in turn is used to target consumers. Thus, if you search online for flight tickets fromBangaloretoDelhi, it is very likely that an ad relating to hotels inDelhiwill soon follow.
Hello Egg
If you live alone and miss your mother because you always miss your breakfast or don’t know what to eat for dinner, then Hello Egg is exactly what you are looking for. A very healthy choice of the 2-minute noodles and oats, Hello Egg provides you with a detailed weekly meal plan about the needs of your body. It is truly a modern AI-powered home cooking tool for the young.
Wordsmith
You can put Mr. Smith into your Microsoft Excel using their free API, and let it write up detailed analysis of the stories behind your numbers. It can produce detailed reports on thousands of pages of spreadsheets in seconds.
1. What can we learn about Vi from the text?
A. It is an AI music player.
B. It is a bio-sensing earphone.
C. It doesn't work without bio-sensing earphones.
D. It can make you more energetic while you work out.
2. Which can help you improve cooking skill?
A. Deep Text.
B. Vi.
C. Wordsmith.
D. Hello Egg.
3. What can Wordsmith do for us?
A. Produce a detailed report.
B. Provide us with a detailed meal plan.
C. Book a ticket ahead of time.
D. Offer us information on hotels for traveling.
B
In sportthe sexes are separate. Women and men do not run or swim in the same races. Women are less strong than men.That at least is what people say.Women are called the weaker sex, or, if men want to please them, the fair sex. But boys and girls are taught together at schools and universities. There are women who are famous Prime Ministers, scientists and writers. And women live longer than men. A European woman can expect to live until the age of 74, a man only until he is 68. Are women’s bodies really weaker?
The fastest men can run a mile in under 4 minutes. The best women need 4.5 minutes. Women’s time is always slower than men’s, but some facts are a surprise. Some of the fastest women swimmers today are teenage girls. One of them swam 400 meters in 4 minutes 21.2 seconds when she was only 16. The first ‘Tartan’ in film was an Olympic swimmer, Johnny Weissmuller. His fastest 400 meters was 4 minutes 49.1 seconds, which is 37.9 seconds slower than a girl 50 years later! This does not mean that women are catching men up. Conditions are very different now and sport is much more serious. It is so serious that some women athletes are given hormone injections. At the Olympics a doctor has to check whether the women athletes are really women or not. It seems sad that sport has such problems. Life can be very complicated when there are two separate sexes!
4. Women are called the weaker sex because _________.
A. women do as much as men
B. people think women are weaker than men
C. sport is easier for men than for women
D. in sport the two sexes are always together
5. Which of the following is true?
A. Boys and girls study separately everywhere.
B Women do not run or swim in races with men.
C. Famous Prime Ministers are women.
D. Men can expect to live longer than women in Europe.
6. The underlined part “That at least is what people say” means people _________.
A. say other things, too
B. don’t say this much
C. say this but may not think so
D. only think this
7. In this passage the author implies that _________.
A. womenare weaker than men, but faster
B. women are slower than men, but stronger
C. men are not always stronger and faster than women
D. men are faster and stronger than women
C
A city inSouth Korea, which has the world’s largest number of people using smartphones, has placed flashing lights and laser beams at a road crossing to warn “smartphone zombies” to look up and drivers to slow down, in the hope of preventing accidents.
The designers of the system were motivated by growing worry that more pedestrians glued to their phones will become victims in a country that already has some of the highest road death and injury rates among developed countries. State-run Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) believes its system of flashing lights at zebra crossings can warn both pedestrians and drivers.
In addition to red, yellow and blue LED lights on the pavement, “smombies” - smartphone zombies - will be warned by laser beam projected from power poles and a warning sent to the phones by an app that they are about to step into traffic.
“Increasing number of smombie accidents have occurred in pedestrian crossings, so these zombie lights are essential to prevent these pedestrian accidents,” said KICT senior researcher Kim Jong-hoon. Drivers are warned by the flashing lights, which have shown to be effective 83.4 percent of the time in the institute’s tests involving about 1,000 vehicles.
In 2017, more than 1,600 pedestrians were killed in auto related accidents, which is about 40 percent of total traffic deaths, according to data from the Traffic Accident Analysis System. For now, the smombie warning system is placed only in Ilsan, a suburban city about30 kmnorthwest of the capital,Seoul, but is expected to go nationwide, according to the institute.
Kim Dan-hee, a 23-year-old resident of Ilsan, welcomed the system, saying she was often too absorbed in her phone to remember to look at traffic. “This flashing light makes me feel safe as it makes me look around again, and I hope that we can have more of these in town,” she said.
8. What do the underlined words “smartphone zombies” in paragraph 1 refer to?
A. Drivers driving after drunk.
B. Pedestrians buried in their phones.
C. Passengers crazy about phones.
D. Policemen in charge of traffic.
9. What do we know about the warning system?
A. It has reduced death rate by 83.4%.
B. It has been spread nationwide.
C. It gives a warning to the smartphones.
D. It is being tried out in many places.
10. What was the residents’ attitude to the traffic system?
A. Negative.
B. Unconcerned.
C. Disapproving.
D. Favorable.
11. What is the best title for the text?
A.South KoreaWarns Smartphone Zombies of Traffic
B. Flashing Lights Are Used to Prevent Accidents
C. Smartphone Zombies Are Causing Traffic Accidents
D.South KoreaUses a New Traffic System
D
If you've ever had a dog, you know just howdeep a connection you can develop with “man's best friend”. But a dog's life is much shorter than humans, about 12 to 15 years long, which means every dog owner has to go through the heart­breaking moment when their loving pet passes away.
Why not make a clone of that dog then? This is the solution offered by a South Korean company, Sooam Biotech Research Foundation. The company has already successfully cloned at least 400 dogs, mostly for US customers, ever since it pioneered the technique in 2005. Now, Sooam Biotech has introduced its business toUKdog owners as well, offering them dogs that look just like their lost ones.
To clone a dog, researchers first need to take a skin cell from a living dog or one that has just died. Meanwhile,another dog is selected to supply an egg. Researchers then replace the DNA in the egg with that from the skin cell and implant the egg into the womb (子宫) of a female dog. The egg grows into a puppy over the following two months. The whole process takes less than a day, but it comes at a shockingly high price — around ￡63,000.But if you can't afford it now, you can also save the cell in a laboratory andaccess it at a later date.
However, magical as cloning might sound, there is no guarantee that the cloned dog will be a perfect copy of the original one. Just like identical twins of humans, they share the exactly same DNA but there will still be small differences between them. “The spots on a Dalmatian (斑点狗) clone will be different, for example” Insung
Hwang, head of Sooam Biotech, told The Guardian.
Dog owners will also have to accept the fact that personality is not “cloneable”. Apart from genes, personality is also determined by upbringing and environment, which are both random elements that cloning technologies simply cannot overcome, Professor Tom Kirkwood atNewcastle University,UK, told The Telegraph.
Perhaps bringing our dogs back by cloning is not the best way to remember them after all.Kirkwood, a dog owner himself, pointed out, “An important aspect of our relationship with them is coming to terms with the pain of letting go.”
12. What service does Sooam Biotech Research Foundation offer?
A. Making copies of pet dogs.
B. Giving pet dogs identical twins
C. Helping dogs give birth to more puppies.
D.Helping dog owners love their dogs more.
13. Which order is correct in the dog cloning process?
a. An egg is taken from another dog.
b. A skin cell is taken from the pet dog.
c. The egg grows into a puppy in two months.
d. The egg is placed in the womb of a female dog.
e. The DNA in the egg is replaced by the DNA from the skin cell.
A.a→d→b→e→c.
B. a→e→b→d→c
C. b→a→d→e→c.
D. b→a→e→d→c.
14. What can we learn about dog cloning from the passage?
A. It has not been put into practice until recently.
B. It is very popular among US andUKpet owners.
C. It might not give the owners an exactlysame dog.
D. It is very expensive and usually takes half a year to complete.
15. What doesKirkwoodthink of dog cloning?
A. He disagrees with it.
B. He supports it.
C. He is curious about it.
D. He thinks it unbelievable.
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
How to Read More and Learn More
These days, more and more Chinese people enjoy sending and receiving messages on the phone. It can help them to get the latest news and communicate with friends. But I think we should read more books besides the textbooks, the more, the better. It can broaden our mind and improve our language skills.___16___. Here are some tips for you.
Clear your purpose of reading.
___17___Most people read for two main reasons, pleasure or knowledge. Clearing your reading purpose can not only help you choose the books you really need to read, but also remind you why reading these books are important to you, so you will keep reading and complete the books faster.
___18___
No matter what you are reading, it is important to enjoy what you read. Your friends tell you the books they love, but those books might not necessarily be the ones you enjoy.
Give up books that you don't enjoy.
You may have chosen books that you are interested in, and they serve your purpose. But while you are reading them, there may still be some books that you don't enjoy. Whenever you realize that you don't enjoy the book you are reading, give it up.___19___.
Set a reading goal.
It is interesting that I read the books borrowed from libraries faster than those I bought. The reason is that the books I bought don't have a due date! I don't need to return those books.___20___. Before you read each book, ask yourself when you can complete this book.
A. Read only what you are interested in.
B. Read the books borrowed from others.
C. Of course, it also helps us get good grades.
D. Remember reading should not be boring.
E.We need to get the latest news and communicate with friends.
F. Before you start reading, ask yourself why you read this book.
G. Having a reading goal helps you work out how much reading you need to do in a week or even a day.
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Last Saturday,I went out to have breakfast with a friend. It was____21____. But what wasn’t solovely was the
lady who took our____22____. She spoke in a way that was____23____, unhappy, certainly not friendly and sort of rude. Working in hospitality(服务行业) myself, I____24____. When it was my____25____to approach her and order, I thought to myself, “What can I do here to cheer her up, to appreciate her, to make her____26____?”
I had nothing.
Surely there must be____27____I could sincerely compliment(称赞) her on. Then I____28____instantly. It was her____29____. She had the most incredibly well-spoken and clear voice. It was SO good. And that was what I would______30______her for.
So after she took my order and gave me the same unfriendly attitude, I told her. I said: “I hope you don’t mind me saying so, but you have the most______31______voice. It’s so clear, well-spoken and sounds so______32______.” I told the lady her voice would be______33______for voice-overs(配音) and she could be a hostess for radio programs.
Her face______34______, and she smiled — the first time I had seen her do so, and I noticed her whole attitude______35______. The customer behind me received a totally different kind of______36______, abetter one. And it was all because of what I did. Something so______37______!
There was a time when this sort of thing would have______38______me, or I’d have been too shy and awkward to say such a thing. Not now. Now I must.
Why? Because I have the______39______. The power to completely change someone’s day by something as simple as a few kind______40______. And you have this power too. We all do.
21. A.exciting mon C.lovely D.surprising
22. A.seat B.order C.food D.menu
23. A.impatient B.cautious C.shy D.proud
24. A.understood B.ignored C.considered D.noticed
25. A.chance B.ability C.choice D.turn
26. A.listen B.smile C.talk D.respond
27. A.nothing B.everything C.anything D.something
28. A.remembered B.learned C.knew D.proved
29. A.voice B.hair C.face D.attitude
30. A.thank B.trust C.blame D.praise
31. A.reliable B.amusing C.amazing D.funny
32. A.enthusiastic B.interesting C.professional D.relaxing
33. A.clear B.perfect C.known D.normal
34. A.stayed dark B.lit up C.turned down D.went pale
35. A.change B.adjust C.worsen D.recover
36. A.service B.payment C.menu D.order
37. A.interesting B.different C.simple D.difficult
38. A.excited B.embarrassed C.confused D.touched
39. A.confidence B.passion C.ability D.power
40. A.words B.orders C.suggestions D.activities
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
Ball games are a big source of modern amusement. But they're nothing new. For instance, consider a 4,500-year-old ball___41.___(find) in a child's tomb in Egypt or 3.600-year-old rubber balls from Central America-where the competitors were asked to play the balls with their hips(臀部）.
So far, researchers___42.___(make) sure of a date of the oldest sporting balls in Europe or Asia: three balls, dug up from the tombs of horsemen in the deserts of northwesternChinaand crafted three thousand___43.___(year) ago.
＂We are quite sure they were used in some sort of bat-and-ball game."Patrick Wertmann is an expert at theUniversityofZurich___44.___analyzed the ancient sporting equipment. The balls are about three inches in diameter and filled___45.___leather hair. “And then, also,___46.___(look) at the Chinese character of "ball" itself, you'll find it quite___47.___(interest) because this character is made up of the ideograms(表意文字）of hair and leather.”
As for how this ancient ball-and-stick game___48.___（play)? “lt could be something like polo. But it could also be something like___49.___early form of golf.
Since we don't have any textural evidence and we don't have any sticks from the same period, we don't really know____50.____（exact).”
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。

I had a ticket to a show I couldn't attend any long. I was trying to sell it, but I was having a hard time find someone who would pay the full price. Then I notice a young man at the entrance, which was forbidden to enter. I went closer but found out someone had been sold him a false ticket and that he had no money for a new ticket.
I decided to give my ticket him for free. He was such grateful that he thanked me again and again. This expensive, yet simply act of kindness really made his day and me as well.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。

你所在的城市夏季台风频发，你班交换生Jim之前从未经历过台风，请你给他写封邮件，提醒他注意事项，内容包括：
1.台风的危害；
2.防范措施；
3.表示愿意提供帮助。

参考词汇：台风typhoon
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.邮件的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Jim,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. C
2. D
3. A
4. B
5. B
6. C
7. C
8. B 9. C 10. D 11. A
12. A 13. D 14. C 15. A
16. C 17. F 18. A 19. D 20. G
21. C 22. B 23. A 24. D 25. D 26. B 27. D 28. C 29. A 30. D 31. C 32.
C 33. B 34. B 35. A 36. A 37. C 38. B 39.
D 40. A
41. found
42. have made
43. years 44. that/who
45. with 46. looking
47. interesting
48. was played
49. an 50. exactly
51.(1).long→longer；
(2).find→finding；
(3).notice→noticed；
(4).which→who；
(5).but→and；
(6).把been去掉；
(7).在him前加to；
(8).such→so；
(9).simply→simple；
(10).me→mine
52.略。