1、20202021学年第一学期第三次考试高二 英语试卷总分：120分 时间：100分钟 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)ACompetitionsThe National Association of Teachers of Singing （NATS) celebrates the art of singing through a series of competitions. They are designed to discover talented singers or performers who are rising st
2、ars in the profession. NATSAA CompetitionThe competition takes place every other year and is only open to NATS members and students of NATS members. Preliminary competitions（初赛）are held at the regional level，with one winner from each of the 14 NATS regions.Entry Fee:$75Prizes: $13,000 for the winner
3、; $6,000 for the runner-upDeadline for Application: October 10,2021National Music Theater CompetitionIt is seeking the best soloists（独唱者，独奏者）who just want to move their careers forward. Players must be between 20 and 28 years old as of the application deadline.Entry Fee: $90(a half for students of N
4、ATS members)Prizes: $30,000. A half for the winner; one third for the runner-up; the rest for the third place.Deadline for Application: September 20, 2021 National Student Auditions（试音）The exciting experience of regional NATS Student Auditions is an annual national competition. It offers the opportu
5、nity to the top performers in each region to compete with other top artists from the Continent. Entry Fee:$75Prizes: Awards for 1st,2nd and 3rd place will total $35,000Deadline for Application: August 15,2021Songwriting CompetitionThe competition is open to any songwriter whose work meets the requir
6、ements. The winner will have a chance to perform at the next NATS National Conference.Entry Fee: $30 for professionals (a half for full-time students)Prizes:$2,000 for the winner; $1,000 for the runner-upDeadline for Application:November 30, 2021 21.A performer in the second place in National Music
7、Theater Competition will getA. $5,000 B. $10,000C. $12,500 D. $15,00022. When can a player apply for National Student Auditions?A. On August 10,2021. B. On October 1,2021. C. On September 15,2021. D. On November 20,2021.23. Which only allows NATS members or their students to compete?A. NATSAA Compet
8、ition. B. Songwriting Competition. C. National Student Auditions. D. National Music Theater Competition.BMy Side of the Mountain is a novel about a boy called Sam Gribley. 14-year-old Sam Gribley lives in his familys crowded New York apartment. Unsatisfied with the situation, Sam plans to run away t
9、o his great-grandfathers abandoned farm in the woods near the small town of Delhi.Sams father allows it. He strongly believes Sam will come back once he realizes what its liketo live without things like electricity and running Water.Then a bus takes Sam to Delhi. Sam uses fire to enlarge a trees ins
10、ide and makes it his home. To seek food, he makes traps. While checking his traps，Sam spots a falcon（猎鹰）hunting for animals. Wanting a falcon to help hunt, Sam studies falconry(训鹰术) at the towns library. He camps for days to ferret out the falcons nest. After finally piecing together its location, h
11、e steals a baby falcon and manages to train it to hunt for him. As winter approaches, Sam kills a deer for its skin and roasts deer meat for food.Spring arrives. Matt, a teenager reporter, arrives at Sams treehouse. Matt wants to write about Sams life on the Gribley farm and spends a week with Sam.
12、Matt is very excited to be there while Sam is suddenly sad. Matts coming reminds him too much of life in New York City. There are his close friends and family members who were once around him, accompanying him, listening to him and talking to him.In June, Sams father announces that the entire family
13、 is moving to the farm. Sam is happy but also upset. It is the end of freedom.My Side of the Mountain is called a pleasant flight from civilization，written with real feeling for the woods. By 1998, the book had been translated into numerous foreign languages, and visitors to Delhi often ask to see t
14、he farm where the novel is set.24.What does Sams father think of the life on an abandoned farm? A. Boring. B. Appealing. C. Care-free. D. Inconvenient. 25. What does the underlined phrase ferret outin Paragraph 3 mean? A. Build. B. Draw. C. Watch over. D. Track down. 26. Sam is in low spirits during
15、 the week with Matt probably because heA. achieves nothing in the woods. B. has no chance to read Matts article.C. misses his family and friends very much.D. finds Matt difficult to get along with.27. What can we infer about My Side of the Mountain?A. It is well recognized and popular.B. It was publ
16、ished in the early 2lst century.C. It features simple words and predictable plots.D. It records Sam and Matts painful growth process.COne of the greatest killers in the Western World is heart disease. The death rate from the disease has been increasing at an alarming speed for the past thirty years.
17、 Today in Britain, for example, about four hundred people a day die of heart disease. Medical experts know that people can reduce their chances of getting heart disease by exercising regularly, by not smoking, by changing their diets, and by paying more attention to reducing stress in their work. Ho
18、wever, Western health-care systems are still not paying enough attention to the prevention of the disease. There is a need for more programs to educate the public about the causes and prevention of heart disease. Instead of supporting such programs, however, the US health-care system is spending lar
19、ge sums of money on the surgical treatment of the disease after it develops. This emphasis on treatment clearly has something to do with the technological advances that have taken place in the past ten to fifteen years. In this time, modern technology has enabled doctors to develop new surgical tech
20、niques. Many operations that were considered impossible or too risky a few years ago are now performed every day in US hospitals. The result has been a huge increase in heart surgery. Although there is no doubt that heart surgery can help a large number of people, some people point out that the emph
21、asis on the surgical treatment of the disease has three clear disadvantages. First, it attracts interest and money from the question of prevention. Second, it causes the costs of general hospital care to rise. After hospitals buy the expensive equipment that is necessary for modern heart surgery, th
22、ey must try to recover the money they have spent. To do this, they raise costs for all their patients, not just those patients whose treatment requires the equipment. The third disadvantage is that doctors are encouraged to perform surgery-even on patients for whom an operation is unnecessary-becaus
23、e the equipment and expert skills are there. A government office recently stated that major heart surgery was often performed even though its chances of success were low. In one type of heart surgery, for example, only 15 percent of patients improved their conditions after the surgery. However, more
24、 than 100 000 of these operations are performed in the United States every year.28. What effect has modern technology had on medicine?A. It has reduced the costs of medical treatment.B. It has encouraged doctors to do more heart surgeries.C. It has helped save the lives of most patients.D. It has he
25、lped educate people about the prevention of heart disease.29.“To do this” (in Paragraph 3) means _.A. to help patients recoverB. to increase the number of heart surgeriesC. to buy new equipment for the treatment of heart disease D. to get back the money spent on the equipment30. The author would agr
26、ee that _.A. heart surgery has helped most patients improve their conditionsB. more money should be spent on the prevention of heart diseaseC. modern technology has made heart surgery more risky than beforeD. the public have known a great deal about the causes of heart disease31. What would be the b
27、est title for the passage?A. The Greatest Killer in the WestB. Heart Disease: Treat or PreventC. Modern Technology and Heart SurgeryD. Heart Surgery: Advantages and DisadvantagesDA group of blue-faced birds step through the grass shoulder to shoulder, red eyes looking around. They look like middle s
28、choolers seeking a cafeteria table at lunchtime. Perhaps theyre not so different.A new study, led by Damien Farine, an ornithologist who studies collective behaviour, shows that the vulturine guineafowl of eastern Africa, like humans, have multilevel societies. In the past, scientists assumed such s
29、ocial structures required a lot of brainpower. But the pea-brained guineafowl are revealing the faults in that assumption.These large birds wander across the landscape in packs, often walking so closely that their bodies touch. They may fight each other to maintain their strict hierarchies (等级制度), b
30、ut at other times they engage in friendly behaviours like sharing food.Suspecting the guineafowl might have a social structure, Dr. Farine and his colleagues began a thorough study of their society. For a whole year, they made daily observations of 441 birds. Coloured leg bands in unique combination
31、s let researchers tell the black-and-blue birds apart. They also attached GPS devices to the backs of 58 birds, which let them see exactly where every group went, 24 hours a day.The findings of the research suggest that the vulturine guineafowl(鹫珠鸡) have a multilevel society. There are groups within
32、 groups within the population as a whole. There even seem to be groups of friends within the small groups. This is the first time anyone has observed such a society in a bird.And Dr. Farine emphasizes this particular birds tiny brain size: “They dont only have small brains relative to mammals ( 哺 乳
33、动 物 ), they also have quite small brains relative to other birds,” he said.According to him, living in this kind of society might actually make it easier to keep track of the social order. For example, if groups are stable and a bird can identify just one or two individuals within a group, it knows
34、which group its looking atno need for a brain that can recognize every single animal. Multilevel societies also let animals adjust their group sizes based on whatever challenges theyre facing. Depending on what enemies or resources are around, it might make sense to travel in a combined group rather
35、 than a smaller one.“Having a multilevel structure may not require having a large brain,” Dr. Farine said. There may be more birds and other animals out there that, although small-brained, have societies as many-leveled as our own.32. According to the passage, what inspired Dr. Farine to carry out t
36、he study?A. The guineafowls social behavior.B. Previous assumptions about birds. CHis interest in animal brainpower. DThe errors in earlier research.33. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?AThe research subjects.BThe research equipment.CThe research findings.D The research methods.34. What can be learn
37、ed from the passage?A. Complex social systems can be a disadvantage to the guineafowl.B. The guineafowl are good at recognizing individuals in a group. C Small-brained animals can form multilevel societies.D Birds maintain social order by travelling in combined groups. 35. What is the main purpose o
38、f the passage?A. To explain the interaction patterns in multilevel societies.B. To present the findings of a study of the guineafowl.C. To introduce a new approach to observing the guineafowl.D. To uncover clues about how complex societies are formed.第二节(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处
39、的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。Smart watches and fitness trackers(健身追踪器)have gained popularity recently. These tools can record your daily steps, heart rates, etc. 36 If yes, it might be a sign that youve addicted to your fitness tracker.37_ If you keep setting unrealistic daily goals that involve working out fo
40、r too long, and if you begin to ignore friends and-responsibilities to make time for your workout, then youre most probably addicted to your fitness tracker.Its a struggle to overcome the addiction to fitness trackers. 38_ For example, the number in your smart watch showing how far youve come can gi
41、ve you a sense of achievement.Of course, failing to meet your daily goal can be discouraging. You might focus on your shortcomings rather than your progress. Another problem is that you might find yourself paying too much attention to the step number rather than how your body feels.39_ Therefore, if
42、 youre spending too much time looking at your smart watch, limit your daily step count to a comfortable level. 40_For example, concentrating on your hobbies or socializing with friends can be a great way to keep your mind on other things.A. Dont overuse your smart watch.B. It doesnt convey what your
43、e really feeling.C. After all, reaching a daily step count can be so appealing.D. How can you tell whether youre addicted to your fitness tracker?E. However, do you find yourself checking your steps and heart rates too often?F. Actually, this addiction to step count can be risky, mentally and physic
44、ally.G. Besides, you can find other things to do that dont involve checking your fitness tracker.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，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。It was in spring, 1968. I was standing beside a road, hoping someone could give me a 41 . I was heading back to campus t
45、hat was miles away and was considering 42 .Many drivers slowed down and then 43 after having a look at me. I didnt 44 them.Why would they pick up a bearded, long-haired stranger? My life was very 45 . I felt at a loss in college. I considered packing up my 46 when returning to my dormitory. Two hour
46、s passed. Finally a car 47 . I told the driver my destination. The college in Oneonta?Thats 48 . Get in, he said. Im Aaron. This is my wife, Sylvia. Im Dave, a junior, I said.Aaron asked what I was 49 in college. History, I said. Secondary education. So youll be a teacher, he said. I nodded. 50 ! He
47、 said excitedly. I was surprised by his reaction. Sylvia explained Aarons dream was to be a teacher. 51 , he couldnt afford college schooling. So he really 52 me.Aaron asked about my college life. I painted a positive picture of my 53. For the first time, I saw my future in front of me to be a good
48、teacher. I was filled with a sense of 54 .Thanks to the couple, I gave up the idea of discontinuing my studies and finally 55 a successful teaching career.41 Adirection Bchance Clift Djob42 Awalking forward Bdropping out Cmoving back D. checking in43 Aleft Bstopped Claughed Descaped44Atrust Bforget
49、Cknow Dblame45Amessy Bsimple Cordinary Dhealthy46Asurroundings Bbooks C. clothes Dbelongings 47Apulled in Bwent back Cpassed by Dbroke down48Aunheard Battractive Cuncompleted Ddistant49Alecturing Bmajoring Cworrying Dchallenging50ASurprising BFantastic CBoring DTerrible51AInstead BOtherwise CHowever
50、 DTherefore52Ahated Bsupported Cpitied Dadmired53Aschool B. college Cexperiences Dfamily54Apurpose Bachievement Csecurity Dhumor55Amissed Bbegan Creturned to Dput off第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。The Rainbow Bookstore, _56_(date ) back to 50 years ago, was closing, _57_ made me
51、 heartbroken. Because most of the young people_58_(prefer) reading e-books and chain stores and online discounts contributed to its tragedy. I could still _59_(memory) the owner of the bookstore, Casey, a warm-hearted elderly man .We kids would frequently drop by the store and spend hours reading ne
52、w books, _60_(seat)in the chairs , chatting with him and sharing ideas and comments _61_ the board.But to my _62_(relieve),several months later, the bookstore was still there, _63_(open). Because the community_64_(lead) by Jennifer Oakley worked together to save it and now she _65_(take ) over the b
53、ookstore from Casey, becoming the new owner. It has changed into a different world with varied functions.第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）第一节(满分15分)假定你是晨光中学的学生会主席李华，你校要开展“Clear Your Plate”Campaign,请你以学生会名义写一则倡议书，内容包括如下：1活动目的；2活动内容；3呼吁与希望。 注意： 1词数80左右；2可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。Dear students,_ Students uni
54、on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。Catherine never would have guessed her adopted rescue dog Khan would act out with aggression(攻击性)towards her young 17-month-old baby, Charlotte!The day began with the usual playtime outside. Although baby Charlotte had her parents watching from a dist
55、ance, they did not notice anything out of the ordinary. Charlotte and the new dog had been making a habit of playing like this. However, things were different that day. Catherine watched as Khan threw her baby across their backyard! Why was Khan acting as though a lovely child was a threat? Catherin
56、e watched him drag her child, hoping he would stop. Sadly, it seemed Catherine needed to immediately step in because this was only the beginning. He tightly clenched his jaws(咬紧牙关) into her diaper(纸尿裤)to throw her back and forth. This is when things got out of hand. Certainly, Catherine was angry wi
57、th Khan for throwing her girl. However, something deep down told Catherine there was more to this than what they were seeing. Little did she know, these doubts would turn out to be true.But her baby was still in great danger. Catherine noted that her baby seemed a target. That moment we mentioned wh
58、en the dog sunk his teeth into Charlottes diaper and used his strength to throw her baby like a doll. How terrifying! Luckily, those teeth did not go near her skin and especially face and the baby was actually quite calm. Perhaps, the baby understood something about Khans intentions.Catherine knew t
59、hat she needed to act fast and catch her poor child. Something happening to Khan next confused the whole family.While the baby stayed calm, others could not help but panic. Charlottes mother said, Had I not seen it with my very own eyes, Id never have believed it. Therefore, she ran to Charlotte and
60、 carried her to safety.注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。Paragraph1: While Catherine brought her baby to shelter, Khan barked madly and then fell down._Paragraph2: Finally, the whole family realized Khan was a hero of attacking a poisonous snake._答案阅读：21-23 BAA 24-27 DDCA 28-31 BDBB 32-35 ADCB七选五
61、：36-40 EDCFG 完形填空：41-45 CBADA 46-50 DADBB 51-55 CDCAB语法填空:56,dating 57,which 58,preferred 59,memorise/memorize 60,seated 61,on 62,relief 63,open 64,led 65,has taken 作文：Dear students, A campaign called “Clear Your Plate” will be launched in our school with the purpose of saving and treasuring grain.
62、As the name suggests, we are required to clear our plates while eating in the canteen. That means we shouldnt order more food than that we can eat up. In this way we can reduce food waste and save food for those in need. We must do so every day and call on your families to participate together.We do
63、 hope everybody can take an active part in this meaningful activity and contribute much to food waste. Students union续写：Paragraph1: He didnt just fall down for nothing as he began crying. No one understoodwhat was going on! The dog continued crying and then fell almost lifeless. Now this sent Cather
64、ine into panic mode. She focused on the dog, watching his dying eyes and realised it was clear he needed emergency care. And it occurred to her that Khan had been protecting her child instead of attacking her. Paragraph1: It turns out that Khan was protecting Charlotte from a poisonous, deadly snake
65、 even though living with the family only four days. Thus, it was lucky that Khan caught the snake and did really save the babys life, showing his unconditional love. With the rest of the family watching in shock, Catherine rushed Khan to the vets clinic. Thanks to the immediate treatment, Khan, this heroic animal, was saved and impressed even the vets with his rapid recovery and progress. Finally, the family could be united.
