1、湖南省郴州市2021届高三英语上学期第二次质检试题第一部分听力(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。例: How much is the shirt?A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15.答案是C。1. Where is the man most probably around 5:00 pm?A. At home. B. At the library.
2、C. In the classroom.2. What has the woman forgotten. to bring?A. Her essay. B. Her pen. C. Her keys.3. How will the woman probably book the ticket?A. By phone. B. By post. C. On the Internet.4. What do the speakers think of Mary?A. Hardworking. B. Honest. C. Elegant.5. What are the speakers mainly t
3、alking about? A. A house. B. A plant. C. A pool.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至7题。6. What is the man dissatisfied with?A. The service. B. The price. C. The environment.7. Wha
4、t will the school board do?A. Add more dishes. B. Reduce the price. C. Open more windows.听第7段材料,回答第8至9题。8. What might the two speakers be?A. Doctors. B. Patients. C. Basketball players.9. What do you know about there. leader?A. He has got bird flu. B. He missed the important match. C. He has already
5、 come to life.听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。10. What do you know about the man?A. He is a foreigner. B. He doesnt like opera so much. C. He knows much about opera.11. What will they do to enjoy Peking Opera?A. Book the tickets. B. Call the theater. C. Go to Chang an Grand Theatre directly.12. What does the woman
6、 think of White Snake?A. A sad story. B. A moving play. C. The best opera.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What do we know about Mr. Yang?A. He has just won the marathon. B. He has lost a lot of weight.C. He has just joined a soccer club.14. How many hours does Mr. Yang do sports each week?A. About 10 hours. B.
7、 About 12 hours. C. About 14 hours.15. Which sport does Mr. Yang think is cheap and relaxing?A. Boxing. B. Swimming. C. Cycling.16. What does Mr. Yang think of soccer?A. Its interesting, fast and exciting.B. Its fun, fast but you may easily get injured.C. Its amusing, exciting and: good for breathin
8、g.听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。17. What is Task Rabbit?A. A service company.B. An old company with new ideas.C. A successful magazine that offers many services.18. What could a Task Rabbit worker do?A. Find you a job to do. B. Lend you money for rent. C. Help you move your furniture.19. Who founded the company
9、 Task Rabbit?A. Sally. B. Leah Busque. C. Neighbors.20. What is the theme of Task Rabbit?A. Making millions of dollars.B. Finding ways to help the elderly.C. Connecting neighbors to help each other.第二部分阅读 (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)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。AOn the ba
10、nks of the Macquarie River, Bathurst is an inviting town of pretty tree lined streets, beautiful parks and wonderful heritage buildings. Many activities are held there all year round. Here are some that are to be held in the following months.The Lazy Sunday AfternoonJanuary 1Join us for a lazy Sunda
11、y! afternoon as we show you local award -winning cool climate wines from Three. Views Vineyard. Enjoy wine tastings and a selection of cheeses. For those who do not want to drive, a pick -up is available from Courthouse to Bathurst Visitor Information Centre for an additional cost of AUD10. Bookings
12、 are essential; please phone.International Museum Selfie( 自拍) DayJanuary 15Celebrate International Museum Selfie Day with a selfie at. Bathurst Regional Council Museums with free entry. Win a prize for the most imaginative sefie- just use hashtag(题标) when you post on Facebook and Twitter.Bathurst Mi
13、niature RailwayFrom now on till February 16Bathurst- Miniature Railway: operates every third Sunday of the month. The Miniature Railway is located next to the Tennis Centre in Durham Street. The club started in 1977 and today operates and maintains nearly 600 meters of track at the John Mathew s spo
14、rting complex in Durham Street Bathurst. Over the years many buildings and a lot more track for your enjoyment have been added.Challenge BathurstFrom December 26 to March 31Challenge Bathurst is a great opportunity to drive your own street car or track racing car on the famous Mount Panorama Racing
15、Circuit this December. With the most exciting 6.2 kilometers of bitumen(沥青) on the planet open for your speeding enjoyment, you wont want to miss your chance to gain an unforgettable experience.21. If people love food ;and wines, they re likely to go toA. The Lazy Sunday Afternoon B. International M
16、useum Selfie DayC. Bathurst Miniature Railway D. Challenge Bathurst22. According to the text, when will you probably win a prize for your photo?A. On December 29. B. On January 15. C. On February 16. D. On March 2.23. W hat does Challenge Bathurst allow participants to do?A. Visit a museum. B. Enjoy
17、 driving fast. ，C. Take the Miniature Railway. D. Learn to build bitumen roads.BA decade ago, at the end of my first semester teaching at Captain, my student Jack stopped by for office hours. He sat. down and burst into tears. My mind started cycling through a list of events, that could make a colle
18、ge junior cry: His girlfriend had broken up with him; he had been accused of cheating in exams; he forgot to turn in papers before the deadlines.“I just got my first A minus, he said.Year after year, I watch in depression as students are crazy about getting straight As. Some sacrifice their health;
19、a few have even tried to charge their school after falling short. They believe top marks are a ticket to elite(精 英的) graduate schools and rewarding job opportunities. I was one of them. I started college with the goal of graduating with a GPA of 4.0. It would be a reflection of my brainpower and wil
20、lpower, showing that I had the right things to succeed. But I was wr0ng.The evidence is clear: Across industries, research shows that the association between grades and job performance is. modest in the first year after college and insignificant within a handful of years. For example, at Microsoft,
21、once employees are two or three years out of college, their grades have no bearing on their performance. (Of course, it must be said that if you got D s, you probably wouldnt end up at Microsoft)Academic grades rarely assess qualities like creativity, leadership and teamwork skills, or social, emoti
22、onal and political intelligence. Yes, straight A students master large amounts of information and reproduce it in exams. But career. success is rarely : about finding the right solution to a problem- -it s more about finding the right problem to solve. This might explain why Steve Jobs finished high
23、 school with a GPA of 2.65, and Martin Luther King Jr got only one A in his four years at Morehouse.24. Why did Jack feel sad?A. He failed to get. straight As B. He was caught cheating in exams.C. His girlfriend abandoned him. D. He didnt hand in his papers in time.25. What did the author once belie
24、ve?A. It was wrong to care too much about marks. B. Falling short was schools fault.C. Top marks meant well - paid job offers.D. Marks didnt reflect willpower and brainpower.26. Why are the employees at Microsoft mentioned?A. To indicate academic performance is important,B. To stress the company val
25、ues employees with top marks.C. To show academic excellence isnt a strong predictor of career performance.D. To introduce successful examples in the technology industry.27. According to the text, what should. people focus more on to succeed?A. How to solve a problem. B. What problem to be solved.C.
26、How to be a creative leader. D. What to do with detailed information.CWhen an editor called to ask if I could photograph a story about fireflies in Mexico, I didnt check my schedule before I said yes. Id seen these insects light up the forests in Tlaxcala once before, and I jumped at the chance to g
27、o back.While studying, I began exploring Mexico, crossing the country several times by bus. Now I work as a photojournalist in Mexico and along the border, documenting desperate situations that face everyday Mexicans. Though necessary and important, news stories dont reflect the Mexico that. I fell
28、:for and that is home to so many people I love. A task focused on the country s natural beauty was a welcome reprieve for me.I had three nights to film the magical scene in the forest. According to our guides, visitors are usually not allowed to photograph the fireflies because the presence of artif
29、icial light from electronics can affect their habits. As I started shooting, I adjusted my exposures constantly to account for the fading light. In order to get the composition that I wanted, I placed my tripod(三脚架) on a steep, rocky path and had to steady: it during the long exposures. Normally thi
30、s wouldnt be a big deal, but the fireflies were very interested in the . camera and，by extensi0n, in me. I stood completely still while they were all over me- my arms, my hair, my face. From what I observed, peak( 高峰时期的) fireflies presence lasts for only about 20 minutes each night, so I had time fo
31、r just a few tries.On the last night everything came together. The weather cooperated. I had improved my method for focusing and composing photos in the dark with quick flashes from a powerful flashlight- -and I d grown accustomed to insects on my face.I was rewarded with the image you see here. Eac
32、h dot of light is one of several bursts that a firefly makes as it travels within a 30-second exposure. You can track the insects paths: Some make small circles, like those in the bottom center of the frame, while others move steadily in one direction or another.28. How did the author feel about the
33、 editor s request?A. Nervous. B. Overjoyed. C. Confused. D. Regretful.29. What can best replace the underlined word “reprieve” in Paragraph 2?A. Memory. B. Idea. C. Victory. D. Relief.30. During the first two nights, the author intended toA. find the suitable spot and time to take photos B. learn ab
34、out the local travel rulesC. research the habit of the fireflies D. communicate constantly with the guides31. Why did the author write this article?A. To tell findings about fireflies. B. To record a travelling experience.C. To show the working conditions. D. To share the story behind a photo.DThe m
35、oon may shine white above us most nights of the year, but how much do we know about the earth 8 neighbor and what lies beneath its surface? Scientists are aiming to find out.On January 3, 2019, Chinas Change 4 spacecraft landed on the far side of the moon-a first for humanity. It released a small pr
36、obe(探测器)，Yutu 2, or Jade Rabbit 2, which began to search beneath the moon s surface using lunar Penetrating Radar(探测雷达). These radio signals can reach 40 meters underground, three times the depth of the Chang e 3 lunar probe launched in 2013 for the near side of the moon, China Daily reported.In a s
37、tudy published in the journal Science Advances, researchers found that the lunar soils top layer on the far side of the moon was much thicker than expected- -about 40 meters. Other scientists only expected about 6 millimeters of soil based on the NASA observations during the Apollo moon landings, ac
38、cording to The New York Times. Yutu 2 is specially exploring the Von Karman crator(大坑), a large hole thats 180 kilometers wide and: also the landing. site of Chang e 4. Its part of an even larger, older crater spanning more than 1,770 kilometers.“The surface at the Change 4 landing site is very comp
39、lex, said Li Chunlai, a research professor and deputy director - general of National Astronomical Observatories of Chinese Academy of Sciences. She pointed out the observations suggest that the surface material is totally different from the previous landing site of Change 3.Radar waves revealed vari
40、ous layers beneath the moons surface: grainy( 颗粒状的) material, boulder(岩石), and further layers of fine and coarse (粗糙的) particles. This information is helping scientists to gain new understanding of the moons history and formation, as well as volcanic activity and lunar impacts.Yutu 2 is the longest-
41、working rover(巡视器) on the moons surface, but it wont last forever. China plans to launch the Change 5 probe later this year, Xinhua News Agency reported.32. What do we know about the Chang e 4 probe?A. It explored areas. as wide as 1,770 kilometers.B. It was the first to land on the moons near side.
42、C. Its signals can reach 40 meters beneath the moon s surface.D. It is more than three times as large as the Chang e 3 lunar probe.33. What does the lunar soils top layer on the moons far side look like?A. It looks like a large hole. B. It goes farther down than expected.C. It is about 6 millimeters
43、 thick. D. It is covered mostly. by boulders.34. Which is NOT the purpose of revealing various, layers. beneath the moons surface?A. To have more knowledge of the Earths history.B. To better understand the moons formation.C. To help make the moons volcanic activities clearer.D. To gain information :
44、about lunar impacts.35. What does the article mainly talk about?A. The history of Chinese lunar missions.B. A comparison of the Change 3 and 4 probes.C. How Yutu 2 explored beneath the moons surface.D. The Chang e 4 probe s findings.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人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
45、Keeping Fish Helps Prevent LonelinessWhat typically .comes to; mind when you think of a lonely person? The most likely answer is an older person, who is socially isolated(孤立的)，leads a very quiet life and doesnt get out much. 36._Loneliness can affect people of all ages from all walks of life.Researc
46、hers carried out a study looking at the health benefits of viewing fish in tanks. They found that people, young or old, who spend time watching fish in tanks, could see improvements in their physical and mental well-being. 37._.Keeping fish means you will have a well- organized routine. 38._. You ne
47、ed to turn the light on, feed the fish, and carry out daily checks. There will also be weekly and monthly chores(琐事) which will need to be done, such as checking the. equipment.39._ This helps to get people out of the house. It ll involve talking with other people who have similar interests. Forming
48、 relationships and friendships with these people will be much easier and this would counter isolation and likely decrease loneliness.Many people, in spite of being lonely, are not allowed to have a“ traditional pet in their house or apartment. Either. due to allergies(过 敏) or landlord agreements, pe
49、ople are restricted to. having pets in their house or apartment. 40._. This is quite a g0od way to help them to have fun. Whats more important, they will say good -bye to loneliness forever.A. However, this isnt always the case.B. Doing all this requires visits to a pet store.C. That is to say, youl
50、l have a lot of work to. do.D. These are some of the largest freshwater fish kept as pets.E. Even with these restrictions, many people are allowed to keep fish.F. Make sure that the tank is big enough for the fish you are going to buy.G. In fact, it not only helped to reduce their heart rate, but al
51、so improved their feelings.第三部分 语言运用(共两节,满分30分)第一节(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)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。My father, a soldier, was deployed(调度) again. The ukulele I had, watched him play was 41 .The musical instrument sat there lifelessly.It came as a 42 because we had just mo
52、ved into the present duty station a few weeks before. Still, _ 43 was the thing that connected my father with Hawaii, a_ 44 of his home and culture. We learned about our ancestors and family traditions 45 through his music.This time, we were finally “home in Hawaii and expected to 46 a place that we
53、d only heard about in my parents stories. We were just arriving, but he was already 47 to leave again, this time without us. Suddenly, we were surrounded by strange relatives and a cultural tradition of which we only knew the surface. We were 48 in the family. The person who made us fit, our father,
54、 was gone. That was when 49 my father s ukulele. As I plucked(弹拨) the strings tunelessly, I felt 50 to him and our Hawaiian roots. So I picked up an old song book, and I_51 myself to play. I would play and 52 as if my father had been here.After my father returned, he was 53 that 1. had learned so mu
55、ch. But what I really gained 54 of was that music has the. 55 to do truly extraordinary things tying us to our culture and each other, our past and our present.41. A. polished B. abandoned C. repaired D. sold42. A. puzzle B. challenge C. joke D. surprise43. A. music B. time C. duty D. poetry44. A. w
56、ish B. note C. reminder D. change45. A. finally B. mostly C. closely D. secretly46. A. fit into B. search for C. talk about D. look up .47. A. disappointed B. excited C. frightened D. prepared48. A. foreigners B. visitors C. relatives D. customers49. A. needed B. noticed C. received D. recognized50.
57、 A. stranger B. closer C. superior D. warmer51. A. persuaded B. advised C. taught D. inspired52. A. sing B. dance . C. read D. write53. A. annoyed B、confident C. shocked D. regretful54. A. support B. knowledge C. popularity D. experience ;55. A. chance B. right C. sense D. power第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分1
58、5分)阅读下面材料,在空白处填人1个适当的单词或所给单词的正确形式。将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置。Writing instruction in early education should: be about more than letter formation and handwriting, argue Michigan University researchers, 56. found preschool teachers didnt often encourage writing for communication purposes.So far, there 57._(be) lit
59、tle research on how preschool teachers view writing in early education. But using writing as a communication tool is an effective way 58._(strengthen) writing skills at an early age.In 59._recent study, researchers observed teachers ”material resources and practices to support writing. They then 60.
60、_(interview) teachers to ask about beliefs and instruction. They found environmental supports were in place in 94% of classrooms. 61._，while materials were available, there was limited discussion of how children were taught to use materials.The most 62_(wide) observed activities reflected a focus on
61、 handwriting, such as teachers reminding children to write their 63._(name) on artwork ,and describing the procedure for creating a letter, 64._(sign) in and tracing(描摹) something. Since Common Core standards for grade school students emphasize(强调) a 65._ (create) composition, could teachers be putt
62、ing preschool students at a disadvantage? Maybe.第四部分写作 (共两节,满分40分)第一节(满分15分)假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Mike听说你的家乡成功地创建了全国文明城市(National Civilized City), 城市面貌发生了很大的变化，来信询问相关情况。请根据以下要点给他回信。内容包括:1.感谢来信;2.城市变化;3.你的感受。注意:1.词数80左右;2.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。Dear Mike,_Y ours,Li Hua第二节(满分25分)阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。Lo
63、ng, long ago, in a little village lived a humble(谦虚的) man named Ashwin. He went about making. ends meet by pulling a rickshaw(人力 车) and transporting passengers from one destination to another. Times were hard and he had to take the responsibility for supporting his family.One day, while returning fr
64、om work, a man who looked like a wealthy person coming from the city stopped his rickshaw. He quickly told Ashwin the place he wanted to visit. His car had broken down and he desperately needed to get to the mentioned address urgently. After an uneventful ride, they reached the destination, and the
65、passenger paid the fare.Ashwin, on returning home, found to his surprise that his passenger. just then had dropped a small bag in his rickshaw. On opening it, he found 50 gold coins in it. He showed it to his family who couldnt believe their luck. His wife said with joy, “Thank goodness. Now we find
66、 a solution to our problems.That night, Ashwin couldnt sleep. His conscience(良心) kept troubling him. At the crack of dawn, he woke his ,wife up. He said, “Lalita, I think its wr0ng to keep someone else s gold coins. I am going to search for the man and hand over the coins to him. Lalita was shocked
67、and cried, but Ashwin stuck to his word. He tried hard to find the man, but nothing seemed to work.Eventually when he was about to give up, he saw that wealthy passenger. Ashwin ran to him and thrust(塞) the bag in his hand, “Sir, you let this bag in my; rickshaw. I have been looking for you since then and I am so relieved to find you. Please take this, he said.注意:1.续写词数应为150字左右。2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。Paragraph 1;The man was surprised._.Paragraph 2:Ashwins children then got educated and did well._