1、20202021学年度上学期高三第一次大练习英语注意事项：1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号填写在试卷和答题卡上，并将考生号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。2.选择题答案使用2B铅笔填涂，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号；非选择题答案使用0.5毫米的黑色墨水签字笔书写，字体工整、笔迹清楚。3.请按照题号在各题的答题区域(黑色线框)内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效。4.考试结束后，将答题卡交回。第I卷第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5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
2、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. How much did the woman spend on the cap?A. 60 dollars. B. 50 dollars. C. 40 dollars.2. What did the man do this morning?A. He went to a lecture. B. He saw a film. C. He went swimming.3. What do we know about the man?A. He is applying for a job. B. H
3、e is an employer. C. He works for the Evening Post4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. The weather. B. The weather report. C. The clouds.5. Where are the speakers most probably?A. In a doctors office. B. At school. C. In a restaurant.第二节(共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中
4、所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. What time is it now?A.7:00. B.7:15 C.6:10.7. How are the speakers going to the airport?A. By bus. B. By taxi. C. On foot.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In the post o
5、ffice. B. At the library. C. In a fruit shop.9. How much should the man pay altogether?A. 28 dollars. B. 23 dollars. C. 13 dollars.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What is Mr. Hurry?A. A manager. B. A professor. C. A doctor11. Who will treat the man?A. Mr. Brown. B. The woman. C. Mr. Hurry.12. When will the man
6、 get to Marys Dentist?A. At 3:30 this afternoon. B. Tomorrow afternoon. C. At 3:00 this afternoon.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Why does the man call the woman?A. To hire a car. B. To rent a house. C. To book a room.14. Where does the man want to go?A. To the mountain. B. To the island. C. To the countryside
7、.15. How much will the man pay in all?A. 200 dollars. B. 800 dollars. C.1,000 dollars.16. What does the woman not ask the man to offer?A. His name. B. His phone number. C. His address.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Why did the speakers friend go down into the street?A. To help the woman. B. To buy some gifts
8、. C. To meet her friends.18. What did the woman do as soon as she got into the speakers friends house?A. She ate something. B. She took a bath. C. She had a rest.19. Why did the speakers friend give a gift to the woman?A. Because it was the womans birthday.B. Because the woman was ill.C. Because it
9、was Christmas Day.20. What is the speakers friend like?A. Rich and beautiful. B. Kind and helpful. C. Young and clever.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，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AA book is a give -and -take between reader and author. Now Id like to introduce some books
10、 to you as follows.Cook Yourself YoungBy(author) Elizabeth Peyton-JonesWant to look and feel 10 years younger? Keen to remove bags under your eyes, and other unpleasant symptoms of ageing? Long to lose weight and stay slim? All you need is to change what you eat and to COOK YOURSELF YOUNG. In her re
11、volutionary new book, Cook Yourself Young, the health expert Elizabeth Peyton-Jones explains how simply by changing the way you cook you can make yourself look younger and live a healthier, more balanced life.Celebrations and Special DaysBy(author) Ellen LawrenceIn Celebrations and Special Days, you
12、ng readers will join children around the world as they celebrate religious festivals and special family days, such as weddings and coming of age ceremonies. From Holi to Hanukkah, Easter to Ramadan, readers will join families as they prepare special meals, decorate their homes, and take part in the
13、special times that shape our lives.The Story of the Lost ChildBy (author) Elena FerranteNothing quite like this has ever been published before, said The Guardian newspaper about the Neapolitan Novels in 2018, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, the third book in the series, was an international best
14、seller and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Its author was considered as one of the greatest novelists of our time by the New York Times Book Review. This fourth and final installment in the series raises the bar even higher and indeed confirms Elena Ferrante as one of the worlds best livi
15、ng storytellers.21. Which book should you buy if you want to look young?A. Cook Yourself Young. B. Celebrations and Special Days.C. The Story of the Lost Child. D. New York Times Book Review.22. Who is Celebrations and Special Days intended for?A. Old people B. All the people C. Young people D. Midd
16、le-aged people23. What can we learn about Elena Ferrante?A. She is the greatest novelist in the US.B. Her books sell best at the present time.C. She is the author of Celebrations and Special Days.D. She belongs to the best living storytellers.BThe great producer Tommy worked with many famous popular
17、 singers. However, one of his albums is a little different. Its classical music, made for children.He actually started as a child violinist, said Mark Nekrug, a famous classical composer who worked together with Tommy on the album, Sunken Cathedrals, after being introduced by Rock Posatino, a doctor
18、 with a special interest in musics value to medicine. The three of us all want to promote classical music to children.In the digital age when children develop surrounded by constant distractions, however, Nekrug sees a very particular value in classical music. Im concerned about a world in which the
19、re is an almost aggressive move to lower peoples attention spans, he said. Thats terrifying. How do you even absorb and learn things? How do you expect kids to do well in school?I think its really important to let kids build some kind of ability to focus, Nekrug said. Great music can do that, becaus
20、e youre drawn into what youre listening to, A Two or three-minute music may not seem so long to concentrate on, but its a good attention span for kids. he said, We picked the pieces very deliberately to be not too long.All of the pieces on the two-part album are unadapted, complete works of classica
21、l music. Tommy, Dr Rock and I were all completely convinced that we need little, short, beautiful pieces for kids. They happen to be really good for adults too, he pointed out, though the words Classics for Kids on the cover might scare some grown people off.This doesnt mean you should throw all of
22、our popular music albums away or trash all the screen devices in your home. Im not an advocate for disregarding the reality of living in this world, Nekrug said. I would say someone who grows up able to focus for an hour and equally able to use the smartphone with one hand, is fine.24. What did Mark
23、 Nekrug and Rock Posatino have in common?A. They had the same career. B. They had the same interest.C. They had the same number of children. D. They had the same circle of friends.25. What was Nekrug worried about?A. Peoples decreasing attention spans. B. Peoples low learning ability.C. People becom
24、ing too aggressive. D. People losing faith in school.26. Why did Tommy and Nekrug select short pieces for the album?A. To attract distracted adults. B. Because of their own preference.C. Because of kids mental characteristics. D. To include more pieces in the album.27. What does the text want to tel
25、l us?A. Popular music producers turned to classical music.B. Classical music can coexist with digital devices.C. Its never too late to listen to classical music.D. Kids can benefit from classical music.CIt has become a common observation that the coronavirus outbreak makes it feel like we are living
26、 in a dystopian(反乌托邦的)novel right now. Even the name COVID-19 sounds like something straight out of science fiction. It is an unwelcome new area for us, but humanity has written about it many times. It comes as no surprise that readers are returning to these works to make sense of the strange world
27、we currently find ourselves in.In France, Albert Camuss novel The Plague has tripled(三倍)its sales this year, as it has in Italy too. Published in 1947, the novel is a great work of pandemic fiction. It describes a bubonic plague epidemic(鼠疫流行病)in the Algerian town of Oran, which is immediately quara
28、ntined(隔离). Anyone stuck without a flight home currently can understand the character who observed that being separated from a loved one was the saddest experience of that long period.The pandemic is an enemy, but not a human one, so such events throughout history have enabled writers to capture a m
29、oment in time, such as Daniel Defoes 1722 novel A Journal of the Plague Year. It gave a detailed account of life during the bubonic plague epidemic in London. Curiously, the 1918 influenza pandemic(流行感冒)to which COVID-19 is being compared is under-represented in literature. Thats probably because ev
30、eryone was writing war novels, which had more dramatic potential.A pandemic is more central to the story of Mary Shelleys The Last Man, which was published in 1826 but is set in the 21st century. Amid political unrest, people seek shelter from a pandemic spreading across the world, until one of them
31、 becomes humanitys only survivor. Just as Frankensteins monster did at the end of Shelleys most famous novel, the survivor is destined(注定)to wander the world alone.A pandemic can also provide a novel with an appealing premise(前提), typically in the thriller genre(流派). Michael Crichtons 1969 novel The
32、 Andromeda Strain is about a micro-organism from outside the earth which does not need a human host to spread. Sure enough, Crichtons novel spread like wildfire, inspiring a movie, a TV series, and even a sequel(续篇)after his death.What about the future? We can soon expect to see books inspired by th
33、e COVID-19 outbreak, either directly addressing it or subtly disguised(掩饰).Dramatic times have always inspired great fiction, which will be one small relief when we come through this.28. Which of the following novels is most likely a good description of history?A. The Plague. B. The Last Man.C. The
34、Andromeda Strain. D. A Journal of the Plague Year.29. What did people feel when stuck in the long period of pandemic?A. depressed B. happy C. confused D. awkward30. What can we learn from the text?A. It was The Last Man that brought Mary Shelley fame.B. A number of war novels were created in the lat
35、e 1910s.C. The Andromeda Strain has regained popularity recently.D. All the four novels have been adapted for film or television.31. What is the best title of this passage?A. Pandemics in Literature B. The Outbreak of COVID-19C. The Last Man Set in the 21st Century D. Pandemics occurring in HistoryD
36、According to a recent article, e-sports are attracting a large number of audience.In e-sports, players and teams compete in popular video computer games such as Dota 2 and Overwatch. Fans fill arenas(场馆)to watch the action live on huge television screens.The games have gone way past kids playing aga
37、inst each other while sitting on a sofa at home. The International, a major competition for players of Dota 2, awarded $ 24 million in prizes, with the winner taking home almost $11million. A recent e -sports competition attracted more than 80, 000 fans to the Olympic Stadium in Beijing, China.I hav
38、e to admit that I am not a big fan of computer games. I know that some games can be educational, but I think too many kids spend too much time sitting in front of a screen shooting space aliens. I think it would be better if kids spent more time reading or playing real sports such as basketball, bas
39、eball and soccer.And please dont tell me that competitive gaming is a real sport because it requires hand eye coordination. According to my American Heritage Dictionary, a sport is an activity involving physical exertion and skill. I dont think anyone works up much of a sweat playing video games.Too
40、 often, regular sports send kids a kind of message. Competition starts early, when lots of kids are not ready for the ups and downs of games. Tryouts and travel teams come next, giving too many kids the message they are not good at sports. So lots of kids quit sports and start playing more video gam
41、es.Maybe everyone in youth sports, including coaches, parents and kids, should think more about the advantages of real sports.32. What are e-sports according to the text?A. Video computer game competitions. B. Easy sports games for kids.C. Sport events on television screens. D. The latest sports in
42、the Olympic Games.33. What might the author think of e-sports?A. They are not instructive. B. They should be banned at school.C. They need too much time and money. D. They have some negative influence on children.34. What does the underlined word exertion in Paragraph 5 mean?A. Fitness. B. Effort C.
43、 Force. D. Growth.35. What is the authors purpose in writing the text?A. To introduce a new kind of sport.B. To introduce a competition held in Beijing.C. To explain the importance of playing sports.D. To call on people to pay more attention to traditional sports.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
44、选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。In Daniel Pinks Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for yourself, he closes the book with a long, excellent list of Work Smarter Not Harder type advice for people who want to start working for themselves. 36 Below are my favorites.Make a to dont list. Prepare a list th
45、at contains all the things you shouldnt waste your time on-useless tasks, unnecessary meetings, worthless phone calls, and so on. 37 Carry a notebook and pen. Thomas Edison did it. Virginia Woolf did it. And so did Charles Darwin. They carried a notebook with them everywhere and wrote down ideas tha
46、t popped into their heads. 38 Trust me: This is a fantastic way to explore ideas and to weave creativity into the fabric of your life. 39 Become a learning machine. Ask questions. Take smart people to lunch Read. Read some more. Listen to audiobooks. Take classes. Added benefit: This makes life more
47、 interesting. Yet another benefit: Studies have shown that people who make constant learning part of their lives end up living longer.Guard your calendar. Make sure your time is focused on your one or two top priorities(优先). Ask yourself Is this how I want to be spending my time right now? Remember
48、: 40 So treat your calendar with respect.Respond to calls and a-mails quickly. Even if your response is, Ill get back to you, try to get back to people within 24 hours. Theyll appreciate the politeness.A. Learn.B. Be quick, but dont hurry.C. You are your calendar.D. Try to begin your day the same wa
49、y.E. Page through the notebook occasionally.F. Then place it next to your to do list and stick to it.G. Frankly, the list is so good that I think everyone would benefit from it.第三部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)第一节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Nowadays, we com
50、municate with each other more and more through online channels such as messaging, social media and video calls, often at the 41 of face-to-face dialogue. But is online communication 42 in todays world?To begin with, Id like to 43 the advantages of online communication. One of the main arguments in i
51、ts 44 is that it opens up the possibility of communicating with people in different places around the globe. This has considerable benefits in the workplace as meetings can 45 via videoconferencing between Stockholm, San Francisco and Shanghai without the need for 46 , exhausting business trips. Fur
52、thermore, it provides opportunities for 47 families and friends to keep in touch on a daily basis. Another point is that written online communication gives us the option of responding either immediately or at a time that 48 us as well as allowing us to edit and 49 our message.On the other hand, ther
53、e arc several 50 to over-reliance on online communication. Some experts are concerned that a (n) 51 of face-to-face interaction delays the development of vital social skills. Tara Kennedy-Kline, author of Stop Raising Einstein, feels that connecting primarily through social media actually 52 making
54、us socially awkward. Our kids dont know how to have conversations. she said. They are losing simple social skills 53 they only do things online. Also, the very 54 of conversation is different in the real world. When you talk face to face, you communicate with 55 words. You communicate with your eyes
55、, your hands, and your whole body. Your relationship with a person can grow much 56 when you communicate face to face. If short dialogues using too many emoticons(表情符号) 57 longer stretches of direct conversation with emotions expressed on real faces, were running the risk of losing the 58 of real co
56、nversation.On balance, I believe that online communication brings an overall advantage in todays 59 , global society. However, we should take care not to 60 the benefits of engaging in face-to-face dialogue.41. A. request B. expense C. mercy D. top42. A. easy B. preferable C. affordable D. accessibl
57、e43. A. have B. use C. outline D. get44. A. position B. way C. history D. favor45. A. show up B. catch up C. take charge D. take place46. A. occasional B. quick C. time-consuming D. energy-saving47. A. worse-off B. low-income C. long-distance D. well-to-do48. A. suits B. attracts C. satisfies D. rem
58、inds49. A. polish B. save C. delete D. send50. A. keys B. drawbacks C. approaches D. secrets51.A. manner B. attitude C. lack D. suggestion52. A. starts B. avoids C. ends up D. goes on53. A. so B. unless C. though D. because54. A. purpose B. volume C. speed D. nature55. A. less than B. more than C. r
59、ather than D. other than56. A. simpler B. stronger C. more formal D. more casual57. A. replace B. affect C. control D. disturb58. A. art B. topic C. choice D. advice59. A. divided B. traditional C. hard-won D. fast-paced60. A. overlook B. compare C. doubt D. argue第II卷第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面材料，在
60、空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。A city in Japan has adopted a new approach-QR code stickers-to help their elderly. Officials in Iruma, near Tokyo, are supplying tiny QR code stickers to 61 (family) with elderly relatives at risk of getting lost. The QR stickers, 62 dont get damaged by water and last abo
61、ut a month, can 63 (stick) onto a fingernail or carried around on a key holder.If the program is broadened to the whole country, people who come 64 the elderly population could scan their stickers with their smartphones, 65 (use) an app, and find out the wearers registration number, their hometown a
62、nd the telephone number of their city hall. 66 is hoped that the current program in Iruma city will connect a missing person to their family more easily. Japan has a (n) 67 (rapid) aging population and as many as 4.6 million people live with dementia(老年痴呆). The issue of elderly people going missing
63、68 (be) a problem Iruma wants to solve. The QR stickers will allow the police 69 (save) time and potential lives.While QR codes raise significant privacy concerns, as a matter of fact, great care has been taken to protect 70 (person) information. Even the police must always go through the city counc
64、il to obtain such information.第四部分 写作(共两节，满分35分)第一节 短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)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，并在该词下而写出修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。Dear Alice,I know you are very a
65、nnoying about your results in the midterm examination. Ive just read an useful article about how a positive attitude affect our behavior.Naturally, fail an examination can be very discouraging. If you think too many about the past, you will never be able to focus what is more important for now and t
66、he future. Life is full of difficulties, but anyone may suffer setbacks. We must take a positive attitude towards the things we had to deal with. Great dreams do come truly if we make an effort. Just work hard and prepare for another chance.Im sure you can make for it.Yours,Li Hua.第二节 书面表达(满分25分)假定你是李华，上周日你校组织学生去西安市临潼区兵马俑进行了一次研学活动(fieldtrip)。请你为站写一篇报道，内容包括：1.参加人员；2.活动内容；3.活动意义。注意：1.词数100词左右；2.适当增加细节，使行文连贯；3.开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。参考词汇：兵马俑Terracotta Warriors复制品replicasLast Sunday, our school organized a field trip to Terracotta Warriors in Xian.
