重庆市第八中学2021届高三英语定时训练11

重庆八中高三英语定时训练11

一．阅读理解（共5小题；每小题2.5分，共12.5分）

Singles’ Day in China is the number one shopping day in the world, with historical numbers easily topping similar sales days in other countries. In 2019, Singles’ Day on Alibaba reached $38 billon.1.______ It’s no surprise that its sales holidays are also the largest. But what about this year? Will there be Covid-related developments or other changes?

First the good news.

—The fundamentals. 2.______ It is now operating normally, with 4.9% GDP growth in the third quarter, up from 3.2% growth in the previous quarter and -6.8% in the first quarter.

—E-commerce sales and consumer behavior. 3.______With cosmetics sales up 19% from a year earlier, and household appliances up 4% in the same period, Alibaba is boasting the participation of 250,000 brands and 800 million consumers.

Any clouds on this sunny day?

Covid means more activities will be virtual, such as the famous television gala(盛会).

4.______ They will not be able to join. The event promises to be quite a commercial success, but there will be less of a festive mood. What’s more, there is some pressure on brands. Some companies that could be participating are still working through Covid issues.

5. ______ There is more than a bit of irony(讽刺) in this approach, because increasingly entering the China market is not what you do after you recover, it is what you do so that you may recover all the faster.

A.It has a certain logic.

B.They seem to have completely rebounded.

C.They are more tentative about participation.

D.China’s economy has recovered well from Covid-19.

E.Similarly, it means fewer foreign celebrities and leaders.

F.Alibaba is pushing the international dimension of Singles’ Day.

G.The reason is that China is the largest e-commerce market in the world.

二．完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）

Once upon a time, there was a donkey. It was a stupid, stubborn old donkey and even

the farmer who owned it didn’t like him. One day he heard in the distance the loud, 6.________ “eye-ore, eye-ore” of the donkey.He 7.________ what the stupid donkey had done, so he looked around until he found the animal at the 8.________ of an old abandoned well.

He’d had enough of the stupid donkey, so he decided to bury it in the well. All of his friends 9.________ and together they started to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey protested 10.________, crying with all of his 11.________, but after about 10 minutes, he stopped. After a while, 12.________ decided to have a look into the well to see what happened to the donkey. What he saw 13.________ him. Instead of being buried, the donkey would avoid the incoming dirt, standing on the ever-increasing 14.________.

Now the 15.________ changed and the farmers tried to save him, 16.________ more dirt into the well until he jumped out of the top 17.________. Upon his release, the farmers all 18.________ the stubborn beast with a newfound admiration.

There are 19.________ in life as though we are that donkey. Trapped and feeling as though life is trying to bury us. Don’t go under. Find a way to overcome your 20.________ one at a time until victory emerges.

6. A. funny B. distinctive C. beautiful D. delightful

7. A. fancied B. wondered C. realized D. disbelieved

8. A. end B. surface C. bottom D. edge

9. A. looked over B. went over C. came over D. took over

10. A. loudly B. secretly C. abruptly D. seriously

11. A. attempt B. force C. strength D. method

12. A. no one B. someone C. everyone D. anyone

13. A. disappointed B. pleased C. struck D. astonished

14. A. hill B. height C. weight D. pile

15. A. donkey B. well C. result D. mission

16. A. loading B. shoveling C. throwing D. spreading

17. A. successfully B. slowly C. easily D. lightly

18. A. addressed B. applauded C. observed D. rewarded

19. A. times B. lessons C. opportunities D. obstacles

20. A. fears B. challenges C. failures D. enemies