1、宁夏六盘山市高级中学2021届高三英语下学期第一次模拟测试试题测试时间：120分钟 满分：150分第一部分 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。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. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. At the drugstore. B. At the barbers. C. At the laundry.2. When will th
2、e coats be finished?A. Thursday. B. Friday. C. Saturday.3. How does the woman feel?A. Worried B. Satisfied. C. Delighted.4. What does the woman suggest?A. They share one car to work.B. They come to work earlier.C. They get more work done.5. Why will the man go to Edinburgh?A. To do some sightseeing.
3、B. To drive the woman there.C. To meet some important people.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。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 does the woman ask to do at first?A. Try the gloves. B. Return the gloves. C. Chang
4、e the gloves.7. How much will the woman pay to get the gloves she prefers?A. $29.95. B. $35.25. C. $5.3.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. What do we learn about the couple?A. They are on vacation. B. They went on a trip last year. C. The wife doesnt like to travel.9. How long does the trip in the advertisement tak
5、e?A. 7 days. B. 14 days. C. 21 days.10. Why doesnt the wife like the trip in the advertisement?A. She prefers to stay in the same place.B. She doesnt like travelling by ship.C. She dislikes the food to be offered on the trip.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What is the advantage of the new product?A. To help se
6、ttle family problems.B. To bring convenience to peoples lives.C. To equip the house with different things.12. What is the robot programmed to do?A. Repairing and guarding. B. Shopping and cooking. C. Cleaning and washing.13. How does the woman like the product?A. It is safe enough. B. It is very pop
7、ular. C. It is too expensive.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Classmates. B. Colleagues. C. Guide and tourist.15. Where does the man live now?A. In the womans house. B. In his apartment. C. In a hotel.16. What impressed the man most in the park?A. People dancing
8、in public. B. The beautiful scenery. C. Lots of statues.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. When did Mr. Jones join the company?A. Five years ago. B. Thirty years ago. C. Forty years ago.18. What was Mr. Jones first promotion?A. Office manager. B. Head driver. C. Vice president of operations.19. How did Mr. Jones
9、 get his degree?A. By studying full-time. B. By studying with a team. C. By taking night classes.20. What is the purpose of the talk?A. To welcome Mr. Jones as a new employee.B. To celebrate Mr. Jones retirement.C. To congratulate Mr. Jones on his new job.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
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15、h the weekend with new deals. If an item is no longer at its deal or sold out, we cross it out. Besides, when you buy something using the links in our stories, we may earn a small commission (回扣). Here is how it works.21. Whats the original price of Apple AirPods Pro ?A. $205. B. $220. C. $235. D. S
16、250.22. What can we learn about the Beats Studio 3?A. It is the cheapest of the four headphones.B. Walmart doesnt discount the headphones.C. It is no match to Sony WH-1000XM3 in noise-canceling.D. It is the most recommended by the Gear reviews team this week.23. Where is the text most likely from?A.
17、 A website. B A magazine. C. A guidebook. D. A newspaper. BParents around the world often urge children over and over-wash your hands! It can be difficult, however, to get children to remember to wash. But what if washing hands was connected to a fun creative activity? What if instead of simply reac
18、hing for the soap, a machine could drop it right into your hands?Well, such a machine was recently built by a boy and his sister in the U.S. state of Maryland as part of a creative competition.The not-for-profit Rube Goldberg Organization is holding the competition.Every year, the Rube Goldberg comp
19、etition assigns a specific task, considering inventions that use complex systems to carry out a simple everyday task. At first, the task for 2020 was supposed to be “turn on a light.” But when the COVID-19 happened, the task was changed to “drop a bar of soap into someones hand.”Those taking part in
20、 the competition are schoolchildren. But with schools closed to slow the spread of the virus, organizers changed the rules. This year, the team can include any family members and people were asked to send in recordings of the machines to compete. One thing has not changed: The machine must complete
21、the task in less than 10 steps.In Maryland, the Diel family wanted to enter. So, Caitlin and her brother Ben designed and built their own Rube Goldberg machine. Next, they had to demonstrate that it could complete the task-throwing the soap just right to be caught in someones hand. After 106 failed
22、attempts, they finally had success. With their video demonstration, they can now enter the competition.Dr. Anne Glowinski teaches child psychiatry (精神病学) at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. She said that “creativity and play” connects with children. It is better than the messag
23、e. “We have to wash our hands because of this horrible virus”. Glowinski added.24What might be a task of inventions assigned by the Rube Goldberg competition?ASweeping the floor. BExploring nature.CWriting a novel. DPainting the house.25What change has been made to the rules of the competition this
24、year?AAll kinds of inventions are admitted. BA video of the entry is qualified to enter.CTeachers are encouraged to get involved. DThe task must be finished within 10 steps.26What does Glowinski think of the invention?APractical. BUnnecessary. CEconomical. DComplicated.27Whats the main idea of the t
25、ext?AThe habit of washing hands is very important.BIt calls on schoolchildren to compete in a contest.C. More inventions are encouraged from everyday items.DIt introduces a contest making handwashing fun for kids. CThere seems to be a general assumption that brilliant people cannot stand routine ; t
26、hat they need a varied , exciting life in order to do their best . It is also assumed that dull people are particularly suited for dull work . We are told that the reason the present-day young complain so loudly about the dullness of jobs is that they are better educated and brighter than the young
27、of the past .Actually , there is no evidence that people who achieve a lot desire , let alone live , colorful lives . The opposite is nearer the truth . Einstein worked out his theory of relativity while serving as a clerk in a Swiss patent office . Immanuel Kants（康德）daily life was a dull routine. T
28、he housewives of Konigsberg set their clocks when they saw him pass , on his way to the university . He took the same walk each morning , rain or shine . The greatest distance Kant ever traveled was sixty miles from Konigsberg .It may be true that work on the assembly line（流水线）dulls the abilities an
29、d empties the mind , and the cure is only fewer hours of work at higher pay . But during fifty years as a workingman , I have found dull routine coexisting with an active mind . While doing dull , repetitive work by the water , I could talk with my partners and compose sentences in my mind , all at
30、the same time . Chances are that had my work been too interesting I could not have done any thinking and composing at work or even on my own time after returning from work .People who find dull jobs unbearable are often dull people who do not know what to do with themselves at leisure . Children and
31、 mature people will get used to dull routine , while the adolescent , who has lost the childs ability for concentration and is without the inner resources of the mature , needs excitement and novelty to get rid of boredom .28It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that _ .Agreat minds hate to live color
32、ful livesBEinstein worked out his theory in a universityCKant only took the same walk on rainy and sunny daysDKant might pass Konigsberg every day at the same time29How does the author feel about his repetitive work by the water ?AIt made his mind empty . BIt was well-paid but too demanding .CIt wor
33、ked well with his active mind . DIt was too interesting to think of anything else .30The reasons why youngsters dislike dull work include the following EXCEPT that they _ .Aare not mature enough Bthink themselves smartCoften complain about others Ddont know how to spend spare time31What is the purpo
34、se of the passage ?ATo argue for the benefits of dull work .BTo present some facts about dull work .CTo share his own dull working experience .DTo persuade young people to live a dull life .D“A blue whales heart is as big as a Volkswagen Beetle(大众甲壳虫),” I told a group of wide-eyed, open-mouthed seco
35、nd-graders. “It is so big that you could walk around inside of it.” Then I asked a big question- “Why does a blue whale have such a big heart?”and let the adventure begin.I was bringing SOLE to my classroom-the Self-Organized Learning Environment. My students began their investigations and, after 40
36、 minutes, they shared their discoveries.“Blue whales can call to each other over almost a thousand miles.” said Heavenly. “They need a big heart to talk to each other.”“They swim all over the world,” said Kiara. “So they need a big heart to be their motor.”“They swim together in pairs.” said Amare.
37、“So they need huge hearts to care for each other.”“Yeah,” said Isaac. “Thats true. It takes a huge heart to care for somebody.”“Hmmm,” I said. “How can we have big hearts for each other instead of small hearts?”Then the students made a list of it.I was teaching compassion（同情）to model ways we can car
38、e for each other and other living things. This SOLE lesson took a beautiful turn when Amare connected the heart of the blue whale to community and to caring.Perri Klass, in a brief essay for the New York Times titled “Understanding How Children Develop Compassion”, writes about the importance of mod
39、eling compassion to children so those things are part of their experience long before they know the word.Around my school, however, nine out of 10 families live in a destructive poverty that makes it difficult to model compassion, to nurture community and caring. My students often come to school kno
40、wing more about the survival of the fittest than the survival of the kindest. Yet here were my 7 and 8-year-olds working together in a community, talking about caring for each other and exploring ways we can have big hearts instead of small hearts for each other.On that day, the blue whale and the s
41、econd-graders modeled compassion for all of us. This SOLE lesson brought heart to my classroom.32How did the students get the answer in the SOLE class?ABy looking at a blue whale. BBy finding the answer themselves.CBy questioning each other. DBy taking a dangerous a trip.33What was the list made by
42、the students about?AThe ways to care for each other. BThe ways to learn from each other.CThe disadvantages of having small hearts.DThe importance of having big hearts.34What does the underlined part “the survival of the fittest” imply?AThe students were used to SOLE lessons.BThe students were mostly
43、 from poor families.CThe students had too much to do at school.DThe students were fond of working together.35Which of the following can be the best title for the text?ASOLE Lessons-a Way to Care for Each OtherBDiscoveries about a Blue Whales HeartCHow Blue Whales Taught Children about CompassionDHow
44、 Children Learned Science in SOLE Lessons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。选项中有两项为多余选项 If youve been extra forgetful lately, you are not alone. Stress, anxiety and depression can cause forgetfulness, confusion and difficulty concentrating. But before you resign yourself to a fate of
45、permanent lost keys and forgotten names, here are some strategies for you.Figure out your own learning styleWe all have our own ways of learning and remembering. 36 ; others may have to write it down. Whatever your learning style is, embrace it and figure out a system that will work with it, whether
46、 it is written or audio notes or some other strategies.37 The more times you do something, the more likely you are to remember it. Repetition is what will help you shift details from short-term memory into long-term memory.It can feel a little silly writing down everything, or saying something to yo
47、urself 10 times in order to get through your day, but if thats what it takes, then go ahead and do it. 38 , and repetition is one of the strategies that can help you.Avoid unnecessary distractionsWith each day bringing a fresh attack of bad news, we have more distractions than ever before. 39 .One k
48、ey strategy is to put boundaries on your smart phone use. Some studies show Internet use is making our attention span shorter and our memory worse. Although its almost impossible to live without the Internet, putting some limits on usage can help.40 , which has also been shown to have an effect on m
49、emory retention (维持). The fewer distractions you have, the better off youll be. Reducing them as much as you can will help in the long run.ARepetition does help a lotBWere all just trying to get through our dayCBe impatient while doing the repeating workDAnother strategy is to limit multitaskingE. S
50、ome of us have to say something out loud to remember itF. However, there are still ways you can reduce the number of distractionsG. Some people may have difficulty figuring out an effective system第三部分语言知识运用（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。Once ther
51、e was a tailor who lived in a house on a side street in East Boston and 41 long hours each day to earn a poor living. But he 42 himself one luxury: a ticket each year on the Irish Sweepstakes. And each year he would 43 enthusiastically that this would be the winning ticket that would bring him his 4
52、4 . For fourteen years his life 45 in the same poor style, until one day there came a loud 46 . Two well-dressed gentlemen entered his shop and 47 him that he had just won the sweepstakes. The grand prize was $1,000, 000!The little tailor could hardly 48 his ears. He was rich! No longer would he hav
53、e to slave away making dresses. Now he could 49 live!He 50 his shop and threw the key into the Charles River. He bought himself a wardrobe 51 for a king, a new Rolls Royce, a suite of rooms at the Ritz. Night after night he partied until dawn, spending his money 52 each day were his last. Of course
54、the unavoidable thing 53 . One day the money was gone. 54 , he had nearly ruined his health. Disillusioned and extremely tired, he 55 to return to his little shop and set up 56 once more. And from force of 57 , once again each year he 58 from his savings the price of a sweepstakes ticket. Two years
55、later there came a second knock at his door. The same two gentlemen stood there once again. “This is the most 59 thing in the history of the sweepstakes,” exclaimed one. “You have won again!”The little tailor staggered to his feet with a complaint that could be 60 miles away. “Oh, no. Do you mean I
56、have to go through all that again?”41AescapedBworkedCwastedDwaited42AtrappedBchargedCcontrolledDallowed43AprovedBreportCprayDpretend44AfortuneBholidayClessonDwisdom45AcontinuedBimprovedCbrokeDstopped46AspeakerBnoiseCknockDvoice47ApromisedBwarnedCtaughtDinformed48AbelieveBfindCtouchDcover49AmerelyBre
57、allyChardlyDfairly50AdamagedBrepairedClockedDrented51AsorryBfamousCanxiousDfit52Aas ifBeven thoughCnow thatDso that53AdisappearedBchangedChappenedDmattered54AHoweverBOtherwiseCFurthermoreDTherefore55AdeterminedBrefusedChesitatedDfailed56AclassBbusinessCcompanyDjob57AhonestyBpositionCsuccessDhabit58A
58、gave awayBset asideCpicked upDwork out59AaccurateBbeneficialCcommonDunbelievable60ArecordedBheardCignoredDpassed第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Dressed in a flowing long robe 61._( decorate) with floral embroidery (花卉刺绣) from a past era, stylist Xiao Hang looks like she surf
59、aced from a time machine. She walks across the noisy Beijing subway, 62._ (attract ) curious glances and questions.China 63._ ( welcome) western fashion and futuristic technology during the last decades, 64._a growing number of young people like Xiao are looking to the past for their dressing choice
60、s. 65._(obvious), they prefer to put on traditional “hanfu”, or “ Han clothing”.These historic 66._(costume) of the Han ethnic majority are enjoying a renaissance because the government is promoting traditional culture. Period dramas have also contributed to a 67._(great) interest in traditional Chi
61、nese clothing and a higher demand for it.Xiao, who used to work at a state-owned machine manufacturing company, now runs her own hanfu business, 68._ she dresses customers for photo shoots and even plans hanfu- style weddings. However, there is some way before the style reaches wide 69._(accept) in
62、China. Many people say their hesitation is due to the odd looks they get when wearing hanfu 70._public.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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（），并在该句下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意
63、：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。 Yesterday I was walking around the park while I saw some rubbishes left on the ground. People just walk by as if they had not seen it. I thought I should do something differently. I picked up and put it into a nearby dustbin. I was felt nice because I saw s
64、omeone else doing a same thing as I had just done. I thought my kindness had affected him. Saving the Earth is save us humans. It is a good lesson what we should learn in life and together we can make the Earth a good place to live on.第二节:书面表达（满分25分）假如你是李华，现在有两张京剧贵妃醉酒（Drunken Concubine）的演出门票，想邀请你们班上
65、的英国留学生Jean观看。请你给她写一封英文的邀请信。写作要点： 1.京剧的简介； 2.提出邀请。注意：1.词数100左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 _ _ 宁夏六盘山高级中学 2020-2021学年第二学期高三第一次模拟试题英语答案听力1-5 BCAAC 6-10 BCBCA 11-15 BCCBA 16-20 ABACB阅读理解2123 DCA 2427 ABAD 2831 DCCA 3235 BABC 3640 EABFD完形填空41-45BDCAA 46-50CDABC 51-55 DACCA 56-60BDBDB语法填空61: decorated 62: attracti
66、ng 63:has welcomed/has been welcoming 64: but 65: Obviously66:costumes 67:greater 68:where 69:acceptance 70:in 短文改错1.while-when 2. rubbishes-rubbish 3. walk-walked 4.differently-different 5.picked后加it 6. felt 前去was 7.a same-the same 8. save-saving 9. what-which/that 10.good-better作文范文【普通范文】Dear Jean
67、， I know you are interested in Peking opera and it has a history of more than 200 years. I am sure you would like to see that a show， Drunken Concubine， will be performed in the national grand theatre on February 10.It is a famous drama in Peking opera and is popular with people. Luckily I have two
68、tickets and Id like to invite you to watch the show with me. It is well worth seeing and I sincerely hope that it can make you like traditional Chinese culture. Im looking forward to your early reply. Yours， Lihua【高级范文】Dear Jean， I know you are interested in Peking opera，a traditional art form， whic
69、h has a history of more than 200 years. I am sure you would like to see a show，Drunken Concubine，performed in the national grand theatre on February 10.It is a famous drama in Peking opera and is popular with people. Luckily I have two tickets and Id like to invite you to watch the show with me. I firmly believe that it is well worth seeing and it can arouse your interest in traditional Chinese culture. Im looking forward to your early reply. Yours， Lihua