江苏省常州市金沙中学2021届高三上学期周练二英语试题含答案

金沙高级中学2020年秋学期高三英语双周练二第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1分；满分5分）听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. Who is the woman?A. A fast food waiter.B. A waiter in a restaurant.C. A customer.2. What does the man suggest the woman do?A. Put ice on her knees.B. Rest for several days.C. See a doctor.3. Why is the woman upset?A. The man broke his promise.B. The man took her to a scary movie.C. The man’s joke wasn’t funny.4. Who might Rufus be?A. A dog.B. A cat.C. The woman’s son.5. What do we know about the woman?A. She tried to cut in line.B. She arrived late for work.C. She asked to buy a ticket.第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What are the speakers discussing?A. A photograph.B. A drawing.C. A dress.7. How does the woman probably feel in the end?A. Shocked.B. Confused.C. Embarrassed.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Nurse and patient.B. Mother and son.C. Doctor and patient.9. According to the woman, why is the young man always tired?A. He doesn’t eat enough.B. His brain is changing.C. He is taller than he used to be.10. What did the young man show the woman?A. The hair on his face.B. The muscles on his body.C. The deepness of his voice. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. Why does the man want to buy a laptop?A. He wants something he can carry.B. He already has a desktop.C. Desktops don’t come in many colors.12. How are the two laptops similar?A. They use the same amount of power.B. They have the same amount of storage.C. The screens are the same size.13. What does the man ask the woman to do?A. Tell him the price of the MacBook Air.B. Show him the cheaper laptops.C. Give him a good discount.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. What might the man intend to buy at first?A. Nothing at all.B. Two bags of groceries.C. Five dollars’ worth of items.15. How much is the woman’s employee discount?A. One third off.B. One fifth off.C. One fourth off.16. What is wrong with t he man’s card?A. The machine can’t read it.B. A piece of the plastic came off.C. He doesn’t have enough money on it.17. How does the man pay in the end?A. With another card.B. With a personal check.C. With some cash.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. Wh at did the speaker’s parents want her to study?A. Medicine.B. Law.C. Politics.19. When did the speaker work for her neighbors?A. When she was very young.B. When she was in middle school.C. When she was an older teenager.20. What was the speak er’s parents’ attitude toward her going to Africa?A. Sad.B. Confused.C. Supportive.1-5 ABBAB 6-10 BCCBA 11-15 ACBCB 16-20 ACBBC第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）AParents who help their children with homework may actually be bringing down their school grades.Other forms of parental involvement,including volunteering at school and observing a child’s class,also fail to help,according to the most recent study on the topic.The findings challenge a key principle of modern parenting(养育子女)where schools expect them to act as partners in their children’s education.Previous generations concentrated on getting children to school on time,fed,dressed and ready to learn.Keith Robinson,the author of the study,said,“I really don’t know if the pub lic is ready for this but there are some ways parents can be involved in their kids’ education that leads to declines in their academic performance.One of the things that was consistently negative was parents’ help with homework.”Robinson suggested that ma y be because parents themselves struggle to understand the tasks.“They may either not remember the material their kids are studying now,or in some cases never learnt it themselves,but they’re still offering advice.”Robinson assessed parental involvement performance and found one of the most damaging things a parent could do was to punish their children for poor marks.In general,about 20% of parental involvement was positive,about 45% negative and the rest statistically insignificant.Common sense suggests it was a good thing for parents to get involved because“children with good academic success do have involved parents”,admitted Robinson.But he argued that this did not prove parental involvement was the root cause of that success.“A big surprise was that A sian-American parents whose kids are doing so well in school hardly involved.They took a more reasonable approach,conveying to their children how success at school could improve their lives.”21.The underlined expression“parental involvement”in Paragraph 1 probably means______.A.parents’ expectation on children’s healthB.parents’ participation in children’s educationC.parents’ control over children’s lifeD.parents’ plan for children’ future22.What is the major finding of Robinson’s study?A.Modern parents raise children in a more scientific way.B.Punishing kids for bad marks is mentally damaging.C.Parental involvement is not so beneficial as expected.D.Parents are not able to help with children’s homework.23.The example of Asian-American parents implies that parents should______.A.help children realize the importance of schoolingB.set a specific life goal for their childrenC.spend more time improving their own livesD.take a more active part in school managementBThe production of coffee beans is a huge,profitable business,but,unfortunately,full-sun production is taking over the industry and bringing about a lot of damage.The change in how coffee is grown fromshade-grown production to full-sun production endangers the very existence of certain animals and birds,and even disturbs the world’s ecological balance.On a local level,the damage of the forest required by full-sun fields affects the area’s birds and animals.The shade of the forest trees provides a home for birds and other species(物种)that depend on the trees’ flowers and fruits.Full-sun coffee growers destroy this forest home.As a result,many species are quickly dying out.On a more global level,the destruction of the rainforest for full-sun coffee fields also threatens(威胁)human li fe.Medical research often makes use of the forests’ plant and animal life,and the destruction of such species could prevent researchers from finding cures for certain diseases.In addition,newcoffee-growing techniques are poisoning the water locally,and ev entually the world’s groundwater.Both locally and globally,the continued spread of full-sun coffee plantations(种植园)could mean the destruction of the rainforest ecology.The loss of shade trees is already causing a slight change in the world’s climate,and studies show that the loss of oxygen-giving trees also leads to air pollution and global warming.Moreover,the new growing techniques are contributing to acidic(酸性的)soil conditions.It is obvious that the way much coffee is grown affects many aspects of life,from the local environment to the global ecology.But consumers do have a choice.They can purchase shade-grown coffee whenever possible,although at a higher cost.The future health of the planet and mankind is surely worth more than an inexpensive cup of coffee.24.What can we learn about full-sun coffee production from Paragraph 4?A.It limits the spread of new growing techniques.B.It leads to air pollution and global warming.C.It slows down the loss of shade trees.D.It improves local soil conditions.25.The purpose of the text is to______.A.entertainB.advertiseC.instructD.persuade26.Where does this text probably come from?A.An agricultural magazine.B.A medical journal.C.An engineering textbook.D.A tourist guide.27.Which of the following shows the structure of the whole text?(P:Paragraph)CWhen the dog named Judy spotted the first sheep in her life,she did what comes naturally.Thefour-year-old dog set off racing after the sheep across several fields and,being a city animal,lost both her sheep and her sense of direction.Then she ran along the edge of a cliff(悬崖)and fell 100 feet,bouncing off a rock into the sea.Her owner Mike Holden panicked and called the coastguard of Cornwall,who turned up in seconds.Six volunteers slid down the cliff with the help of a rope but gave up all hope of finding her alive after a90-minute search.Three days later,a hurricane hit the coast near Cornwall.Mr. Holden returned home from his holiday upset and convinced his pet was dead.He comforted himself with the thought she had died in the most beautiful part of the country.For the next two weeks,the Holdens were heartbroken.Then,one day,the phone rang and Steve Tregear,the coastguard of Cornwall,asked Holden if he would like his dog back.A birdwatcher,armed with a telescope,found the pet sitting desperately on a rock.While he sounded the alarm,a student from Leeds climbed down the cliff to collect Judy.The dog had initially been knocked unconscious(失去知觉的)but had survived by drinking water from a fresh stream at the base of the cliff.She may have fed on the body of a sheep which had also fallen over the edge.“The dog was very thin and hungry,”Steve Tregear said.“It was a very lucky dog.She survived because of a plentiful supply of fresh water,”he added.It was,as Mr. Holden admitted,“a minor miracle(奇迹)”.28.The dog Judy fell down the cliff when she was______.A.rescuing her ownerB.caught in a hurricaneC.blocked by a rockD.running after a sheep29.Who spotted Judy after the accident?A.A birdwatcher.B.A student from Leeds.C.Six volunteers.D.The coastguard of Cornwall.30.What can we infer from the text?A.People like to travel with their pets.B.Judy was taken to the fields for hunting.C.Luck plays a vital role in Judy’s survival.D.Holden cared little where Judy was buried.31.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A.Miracle of the Coastguard.B.Surviving a Hurricane.C.Dangers in the Wild.ing Back from the Dead.DWhy do Americans struggle with watching their weight,while the French,who consume richfood,continue to stay thin?Now a research by Cornell University suggests how lifestyle and decisions about eating may affect weight.Researchers conclude that the French tend to stop eating when they feelfull.However,Americans tend to stop when their plate is empty or their favorite TV show is over.According to Dr.Joseph Mercola,a health expert,the French see eating as an important part of their lifestyle.They enjoy food and therefore spend a fairly long time at the table,while Americans see eating as something to be squeezed between the other daily activities.Mercola believes Americans lose the ability to sense when they are actually full.So they keep eating long after the French would have stopped.Inaddition,he points out that Americans drive to huge supermarkets to buy canned and frozen foods for the week.The French,instead,tend to shop daily,walking to small shops and farmers’ markets where they have a choice of fresh fruits,vegetables,and eggs as well as high-quality meats for each meal.After a visit to the United States,Mireille Guiliano,author of French Women Don’t Get Fat,decided to write about the importance of knowing when to stop rather than suggesting how to avoid food.Today she continues to stay slim and rarely goes to the gym.In spite of all these differences,evidence shows that recent lifestyle changes may be affecting French eating habits.Today the rate of obesity—or extreme overweight—among adults is only 6%.However,as American fast food gains acceptance and the young reject older traditions,the obesity rate among French children has reached 17%—and is growing.32.In what way are the French different from Americans according to Dr.Joseph Mercola?A.They go shopping at supermarkets more frequently.B.They squeeze eating between the other daily activities.C.They regard eating as a key part of their lifestyle.D.They usually eat too much canned and frozen food.33.This text is mainly about the relationship between______.A.Americans and the FrenchB.lifestyle and obesityC.children and adultsD.fast food and overweight34.This text is mainly developed______.A.by contrastB.by spaceC.by processD.by classification35.Where does this text probably come from?A.A TV interview.B.A food advertisement.C.A health report.D.A book review.第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。