河南省豫南九校2020-2021学年高二上学期第三次联考(11月)英语试卷 含答案

豫南九校2020—2021学年上期第三次联考高二英语试题（考试时间：100分钟试卷满分：120分）第一部分听力（略）第二部分阅读理解（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和D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

AHow to Be a Space Explorer$17.99Ships in 1-2 business daysBuckle up! How to Be a Space Explorer is a practical book for all aspiring （有抱负的） astronauts, packed with jaw-dropping stories from real-life space exploration. Learn how to navigate （导航）black holes, slingshot around Jupiter and survive the freezing depths of space. Suitable for children ages 8-12.Adventures in Cold Places$9.99Ships in 1—2 business daysBrrr, come and explore some of the coldest places in the world! Explore reindeer in Russia, penguins in Antarctica! Decorate real life locations, like the wintery scene in Montreal, chilly ice sculptures（雕塑）in China, polar bears in the North Pole and more cold places with over 250 reusable stickers. Suitable for children ages 3-5.My Travel Journal$12.99Ships in 1—2 business daysNever forget an adventure with this bright and bold journal from Lonely Planet Kids. Packed with writing topic suggestions, lists to complete, ideas for getting the creative juices flowing and lots more fill-in fun, this is the perfect way for young travelers to record their memories from a trip. Suitable for children ages 5-7.Adventures around the Globe$12.99Ships in 1—2 business daysCome and explore the ruins of Machu Picchu, the canals of Venice and the bright lights of New York. Decorate real-life locations, like the sacred river Ganges in India or the mosaics of Park Guell in Spain. With over 250 stickers, your globe-trotting adventure is about to begin! Enjoy hours of fun games, maps and puzzles. Suitable for children ages 3 -5.21. Who would like to read How to Be a Space Explorer?A. Astronauts who are young.B. Students who like travelling around.C. People who love reading very much.D. Children who are interested in space.22. The cheapest book mentioned in the text is _____________ .A. My Travel Journal.B. Adventures in Cold Places.C. How to Be a Space Explorer.D. Adventures around the Globe.23. What is special about My Travel Journal?A. It has space to write, draw and color.B. It offers a lot of popular destinations.C. It shows several great places of interest.D. It is packed with many records to listen to.BEver seen a great champion boxer like Manny Pacquiao? With his speed and power, he has conquered （征服）lots of other great boxers of the 21st century. In between fights, he keeps his training and strengthens it when another fight approaches.Just like a boxer, we too, come face to face with many competitors in the arena（竞技场）oflife―problems and difficulties. The bad news is that we don't really know when they occur.Here are several reasons why you should train yourself for success like a champion boxer!You don't practice in the arena ； that's where your skills and your abilities are evaluated. This also means that you don't practice solving problems and developing yourself when problems occur； you prepare yourself to face them long before you actually face them.Talent is good but training is even better. Back in college, one of my classmates in Political Science didn't bring any textbook or notebook in our classes ； he just listened and participated in discussions. What I didn't understand was how he became a top student! Obviously, he was gifted with a great memory and analytical skills. In short, he was talented.If you are talented, you maybe need less preparation and training time in facing life's challenges. But even for people who are talented, training and learning are important. Avoid the lazy person's maxim （格言）：“If it isn't broken, why fix it?” Why wait for your roof to leak in the rainy season when you can fix it right away?Training enables you to gain intuition （直觉）and reflexes （反应力）.Without training, you will mess up. Without training, you won't be able to anticipate how your enemy will hit you. You will lose control of your race car after the first lap. With training, you lower the possibility of these accidents.Keep in mind that training is borne out of self-command and strong will. Even if you meet with some setbacks in your training, if you keep at it and persevere, you will soon see results in your life and when problems come, you will be like the champion boxer who stands tall and fights until the final round is over and you're proclaimed as the champion!24. What does the text mainly tell us?A. To become a top boxer isn't easy.B. We should train ourselves for success.C. Life is full of problems and difficulties.D. Talent is more important than training for success.25. Why does the author mention his classmate?A. To introduce his classmates learning methods.B.T O prove an average person doesn't need more training.C. To prove even talented people also need training.D. To show respect for his classmate.26. Which is the closest in meaning to the underlined word “anticipate” in Paragraph 7?A. predictB. avoidC. understandD. defeat27. What can we know from the last paragraph?A. Victory depends on the positive attitude to training.B. Ifs normal to meet with some difficulties in training.C. Boxers often win the victory by persevering.D. Perseverance in training is very important.CAs with many etymologies（词源）,the exact root of this word is difficult to say with one hundred percent certainty. However, the leading theory is extremely believable and backed up by a fair bit of documented evidence. Specifically, it is thought that a dollar is called a “buck" thanks to deer.One of the earliest references of this was in 1748, about 44 years before the first US dollar was created, where there is a reference to the exchange rate for a cast （桶）of alcoholic drink traded to Native Americans being "5 bucks” , referring to deerskins.In yet another documented reference from 1748, Conrad Weiser, while traveling through present day Ohio, noted in his journal that someone had been “robbed of the value of 300 Bucks".At this time, a buck skin was a common medium of exchange. There is also evidence that a "buck" didn't simply mean one deerskin, but may have meant multiple skins, depending on quality. For instance, skins from deer killed in the winter were considered superior to those killed in the summer, due to the fur being thicker. It is thought that the highest quality skins generally had a one to one value with one skin equaling one buck. In contrast, for lower quality skins, it might take several of them to be valued at a single buck. The specific value for given sets of skins was then set at trading. In addition, when the skin was from another animal, the number of skins required to equal a buck varied based on the animal and the quality of the skins. For instance, there is one documented trade where twelve high-quality rabbit skins equaled one buck.This use of skins as a medium of exchange gradually died off over the next century as more and more Europeans moved in and built towns and cities. Once the US dollar was officially introduced after the passing of the Coinage Act of 1792 , it quickly became the leading item used as a medium of exchange, but the term "buck" stuck around and by the mid-nineteenth century was being used as an informal term for the dollar.28. What can be inferred from the text?A. The first dollar was made from a deerskin.B. A skin from any animal was valued at a buck.C. The quality of a deerskin varied with the change of seasons.D. Deerskins were the only medium for trading in 1970s.29. When did the use of skins as a common medium of exchange die off?A. As more and more Europeans settled in America.B. When the Coinage Act of 1792 was passed.C. When the bucks died out in the 1950s.,D. As the US dollar was officially introduced.30. How does the author mainly develop this text? ”A. By analyzing causes.B. By following the order of importance.C. By making comparison.D. By following the order of time.31 . What is the text mainly about?A. When the dollar first appeared.B. Why a dollar is called a buck.C. What a dollar was worth in the past.D. How the word dollar came into being.DA new device works like a solar panel, except it doesn't harvest energy from the sun. It captures energy from the cold night sky.A prototype （雏形）of the device produced enough electricity at night to power a small light bulb. A bigger version might one day light rooms or charge phones. It could also power electronics in remote or low-resource areas that lack electricity.The device makes use of the temperature difference between the earth and outer space to create electricity. As long as one side of it is cooler than the other, the generator can produce electricity. The cooler side faces the sky and is attached to an aluminum plate. That plate is sealed beneath a transparent cover and surrounded with insulation （隔热材料）to keep out heat. The bottom of the generator is attached to an exposed aluminum （铝）plate. That plate is warmed by the local air. At night, the top plate can get a couple of degrees Celsius cooler than the bottom of the generator.Researchers tested a 20-centimeter prototype one clear December night in Stanford University, California. The generator produced up to 25 milliwatts of power per square meter of the device. That was enough power to light a small light emitting diode （发光二极管），or a LED bulb. Further improvements might increase its production to at least 500 milliwatts per square meter. The system might need more insulation around the cool, top plate to do that.“The device could also help power remote weather stations or other environmental de vices, " says Aaswath Raman. He is a material scientist who works on the device at the University of California, Los Angeles. " This may be useful in polar regions where people can't see sunlight for months, “ Raman says. "If you have some low-power devices and you need to power them through three months of darkness, this might be a way. ”32. What does the author mainly talk about in Paragraph 3 ?A. Application fields of the device.B. The developing process of the device.C The working principle of the device.D Significant effects of the device.33 How can researchers make the device produce more electricity? A. By putting more insulation around thetop plate.B. By using it in extremely cold and clear nights.C. By attaching the bottom plate to a warm plate.D. By covering the top plate with a transparent lid.34.What's Raman's attitude to the new device?A. Doubtful.B. Hopeful.C. Negative.D. Ambiguous.35 . What could be a suitable title for the text?A. A Device Using the Cold Night Sky to Produce ElectricityB. A Device Bringing New Hope for Those in the Cold NightC. The Differences Between a Solar Panel and a New DeviceD. The Temperature Difference between the Earth and Outer Space第二节（共5小题;每小题2分，满分10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。