1、江苏省常熟中学2021届高三英语下学期5月三模考试试题第一部分听力（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。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. What is the weather like today?A. Dry.B. Rainy.C. Sunny.2. When did the woman first call?A. In the morning.B. ln the afternoon.C. In the evening
2、.3. What color is the car?A. Black.B. Grey.C. Blue.4. When did the boy start playing football?A. At 7 p.m.B. At 8 p.m.C. At 9 p.m.5.What are the speakers probably doing?A. Learning a line.B. Shooing a film.C. Buying a camera.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个选项中选出最佳 选项。听
3、每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5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.How many candles has the woman ordered?A. 5.B. 10.C.50.7.What will the man do to help the woman?A. Hell cancel the order. B. Hell take the candles back. C. Hell give the woman free candles. 听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. What is the main
4、topic of the conversation?A. The company is being sold.B. The company is turning a profit.C. The company is making job cuts.9. Who is the man speaking to?A. His boss.B. His client.C. His co-worker.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10.How many shops did the speakers mention at first?A. Two.B. Three.C. Four.11. What d
5、id the shop next to the post office once sell?A. Shoes.B. Food.C. Phones.12.How does the woman feel about the changes?A. Sad.B. Grateful.C. Optimistic.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Where are the speakers?A. In a museum.B. On a hill.C. In a park.14. Why is the man hot?A. He is ill.B. The weather is hot. C. He
6、 has been climbing.15. How does the woman feel about the museum?A. Interested.B. Bored.C. Upset.16. What does the woman suggest?A. Going home.B. Taking a photo.C. Going back down.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Who is allowed to start a student club?A. A 1st year student. B. A 3rd year student. C. A 5th year
7、student.18.What skill can you learn through participating in associations?A. Concentration.B. Time management.C. Administration.19.How much starting capital could a new association get previously?A. $1,000.B.$1.500,C.$2,0020. Who is probably giving the talk?A. A student.B. A president.C. A professor
8、.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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。AThe London Eye remains temporarily closed but in line with the Governments roadmap out of lockdown we plan to reopen from 17th May. You can pre-book now. Further information can be found here.What to ExpectThe London Eye so
9、ars 443 fee into the sky and views stretching25 miles every direction. Since opening i 2000,it has been used as a backdrop in countless films and is loved by Britons and visitors alike. This is the UK most popular visitor attraction, visited by over 3.5 million people a year.Each London Eye capsule
10、holds up to 25 passengers comfortably. All capsules are fully air-conditioned an rotate （旋转）on a special device designed to keep everyone upright as the wheel makes a slow but progressive rotation. The full rotation lasts 30 minutes of an ever changing view of this dynamic city.Opening Times Septemb
11、er to May 10:00am8:00pm daily June 10:00am9:00pm daily July 10:00am9:30pm daily August 10:00am-8:30pm daily Not open on Christmas Day or during maintenance period.Ticket PricesBooking line 9:00am to 5:00pm Monday to Sunday Telephone: 0870 5000 60021. Which of the following does the London Eye ride o
12、ffer?A. A 30-minute fast rotation.B. An insight into its long history.C. A 360 moving view of the city.D. A non-chargeable admission.22. When is the London Eye open in January?,A. 10:00am8:00pm.B. 100am9:00pm.C. 10:00am9:30pm.D. 10:00am8:30pm.23.Whats the charge for a young couple with a 5-year-old
13、boy who visit on the reopening?A.30B.31C,37.5D.38.75BIm a standup comic. One day, a woman from The Daily News called and said she wanted to do an article on me. When she had finished interviewing me for the article, she asked, What are you planning to do next? Well, at the time, there was absolutely
14、 nothing I was planning on doing next, so I asked her what she meant, pausing for a moment. She told me she was interested in me! So I thought Id better tell her something. What came out was, Im thinking about breaking the Guinness Book of World Records for Fastest-Talking Female.The newspaper artic
15、le came out the next day, and the writer had included my parting remarks about trying to break the worlds Fastest-Talking Female record. At about 5: 00 p.m. that afternoon I got a call from Larry King Live, which I had never heard of, asking me to go on the show. They wanted me to try to break the r
16、ecord, and they told me they would pick me up at 8: 00-because they wanted me to do it that night!Then I sat down to figure out what on earth I was going to do on the show. I called Guinness to find out how to break a fast-talking record. They told me I would have to recite something either Shakespe
17、are or the Bible. Shakespeare and I had never really gotten along, so 1 figured the Bible was my only hope. I began practicing and practicing, over and over again. I was both nervous and excited at the same time.Then I decided just to give it my best shot, and I did. I broke the record, becoming the
18、 Worlds Fastest-talking Female by speaking 585 words in one minute in front of a national television audience. I broke it again two years later, with 603 words in a minute. My career took off.People often ask me how I did that. I tell them I live my life by this simple philosophy: I always say yes f
19、irst; then I ask, Now, what do I have to do to accomplish that? Then I ask myself “What is the worst thing that can happen if I dont succeed? The answer is, I simply dont succeed! And whats the best thing that can happen? I succeed!What more can life ask of you? Be yourself; and have a good time!24.
20、 Why did the author pause before telling her next plan?A. She took little interest in the topic.B. She refused to share it with others.C. She didnt have any plan in her mind.D. She needed time to think over the plan.25. What happened to the author after the newspaper article came out?A. She was pers
21、uaded to set a Guinness record.B. She was invited to give comic performances.C. She succeeded in making a fortune overnight.D, She finally agreed to make her parting remarks.26. Which can indicate the authors career took off?A. She could recite the Bible.B. She received an interview.C. She broke the
22、 record twice.D. She developed her philosophy.27. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. Do nothing by halvesB. Practice for perfectionC. Just say yes to yourselfD. Always hope for the bestCJerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, suggested on Wednesday that improved child care support pol
23、icies from the government might help pull more women into the labor market.“Our peers, our competitors, advanced economy western countries, have a more built-up function for child care, and they wind up having much higher labor force participation for women, Mr. Powell said, “We used to lead the wor
24、ld in female labor force participation, a quarter-century ago, and we no longer do.”But Mr. Powell did voice qualified support for a few broader ideas. He made it clear that the labor market remained far from healed, that the pandemics economic outcome has largely hurt women and minorities since the
25、 winter of 2020, and that both Congress and the central bank have a role to play in supporting working-class families until the economy has recovered more fully. As Mr. Powell implied, adult women in the United States hold jobs or look for them at lower rates than women in some other major advanced
26、economies, such as Canada or Germany.Research has suggested that the change may be linked to child care policies. In a 2018 paper that asked why the share of Canadians who work or look for jobs had climbed even as United States labor force attachment had fallen, researchers at the Federal Reserve Ba
27、nk of San Francisco pointed out that most of the gap owed to different outcomes for women. And they pointed to caregiving policy differences as a likely reason.Parental leave policies in Canada provide strong motivation to remain attached to the labor force following the arrival of a new child, the
28、paper, written by the San Francisco Fed president, Mary C. Daly, and co-authors, pointed out “The contrast between the motivations Canada and the United States offer prime-age workers to remain attached to the labor force is clear.”The fact 出at child care responsibilities fall heavily on women in th
29、e United States has come under a brighter spotlight during the pandemic, which has shuttered schools and disproportionately left women bearing added child care responsibilities during the traditional workday.28.What can we learn from the second paragraph?A. The rate of American female employment was
30、 the highest five decades ago.B. Women in the USA are fed up with labor work.C. The USA has lost its leading status in female labor force participation.D. Advanced Western countries have lower rate of employment compared with that of the USA.29.According to the passage, who most need financial suppo
31、rt after being affected by COVID-19 in the US? A. the black females and childrenB. the working-class AmericansC. the high-income groupsD. the businessmen and politicians30.As for the different employment rate among advanced economies, what may be the main cause?A. different social statusB. the econo
32、mic incomeC. the child care policy D. government economic policy31. How can we describe the situation of American women during the pandemic?A. American women live under great pressure.B. American women live a carefree life.C. American women are hardworking and optimistic.D. American women are unempl
33、oyed and pressured.DTime to load up some popular games: new research indicates pigs possess the mental capability to play video games. The study, published in Frontiers In Psychology, tested the ability of four pigs（Hamlet, Omelette Ebony and Ivory） 10 play a simple joystick （操纵杆）game with their nos
34、es, moving a cursor（光标）to four targets on the screen. Although the animals didnt demonstrate the skills to win a round any time soon, they did show an understanding of some elementary games.Performing well above chance, the pigs appeared to recognize the movement of the cursor was controlled by the
35、joystick. The fact that they did so well despite a lack of flexible fingers is extraordinary, according to the researchers.It is no small achievement for an animal to grasp the concept that the behaviour they are performing is having an affect elsewhere. That pigs can do this to any degree should gi
36、ve us pause as to what else they are capable of learning and how such learning may impact them, said Purdue Universitys Dr Candace Croney, the studys lead author.Researchers also noted that while the pigs could be taught to play the game using food as positive motivation, they also responded well to
37、 social interaction. In fact, when the game was made more challenging and the pigs became unwilling to participate in, only oral encouragement by the experimenter would see training continue.These findings are the latest to highlight the intelligence of pigs. Not only have they been shown to use mir
38、rors to find hidden food, but studies have also demonstrated how pigs can be taught to come and sit after oral commands.As with any sentient （有感觉力的）beings, how we interact with pigs and what we do to them impacts and mattes to them, Croney said. We therefore have a moral duty to understand how pigs
39、acquire information, and what they are capable of learning and remembering, because it ultimately offer the potential for how they understand their interactions with us and their environments.32. What can we learn from Paragraphs 1 and 2?A. Pigs have the potential to play games well.B. Pigs have nos
40、es as flexible as human handsC. Pigs posses the mental ability we didnt know.D. Pigs know well about what they are playing33. What does the underlined word this in Paragraph 3 refer to?A. Playing joystick games so well.B. Realizing the effects of their acts.C. Carrying out tasks with their noses.D.
41、Following human oral commands.34. Which of the following can improve the performance of trained pigs?A. Less challenging video games.B. A nice treat before the experiment.C. Severe punishment if necessary.D. Inspiring words from experimenters.35. What does the author think of the research findings?A
42、. They reflect the needs to interact more with animals.B. They offer humans ideas of how to live with animals.C. They encourage us to explore how pigs interact with us.D. They show us how pigs interact with their environments.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的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。The yea
43、r 2020 marks the beginning of the decade of the yold, or the “young old”, as the Japanese call people aged between 65 and 75, who continue to work and stay socially engaged. 36 . The yold are more numerous, healthier and wealthier than previous generations of seniors.37 Of the 3.7 years of increased
44、 life expectancy（预期寿命）in rich countries between 2000 and 2015, says the WHO, 3. 2 years were enjoyed in good health. Working is one of the factors that are helping people stay healthy longer. A German study found that people who remain at work after the normal retirement age manage to slow the cogni
45、tive （认矢口的）decline. The yold are also better off, while the wealth of ail other age groups declined.The yold are not just any group of old people They are challenging the traditional expectations of the retired as who are wearing indoor shoes and look after the grandchildren. 38 They become one of t
46、he fastest rowing group for airline business. They spend much more, when taking a foreign holiday, than young adults. So they are vital to the Tourism industry. They are also changing education and finance Because of the importance of pensions, the yold are transforming insurance companies from pass
47、ive distributors of fired an nuities （年金）to financial service providers for customers who want to manage their pension pots more actively.39 They find that older workers have, if anything, slightly above-average productivity and that teams of workers from multiple generations are the most productive
48、 of all. Societies should be better off because public spending on health and pensions should be lower than expected, as people work longer and need less medical care.Today, some big things will have to change, under pressure from the yold themselves. The most important is public attitudes towards o
49、lder people and in particular the expectation that 60-somethings ought to quietly retire into the background. 40 The yold will demand that companies become more age-friendly and, in the process, help change attitudes towards aging itself.A. Healthy yold people will require great changes in health sp
50、ending.B. Many companies discriminate against older workers by offering training only to younger ones.C. The rise of the yold will definitely be a blessing to both culture and economy.D. Health worsens with age, but the yold are resisting the decline better than most.E. Many bosses think productivit
51、y falls with age, but studies in Germany suggest otherwise.F. That will disturb consumers, service and financial markets.G. The yold, in their new appearance as the young old, are expected to change the world. 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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。What
52、 are the foods that you can only taste in memories? Your mothers biscuits? The pies you made as a child? And what are the recipes that help you 41 your memories?This morning, for the first time in over a year, I made Dutch Babies, a kind of pancake. Im a poor cook whos always 42 to pull anything out
53、 of the oven that isnt burnt. But 43 , I get lucky.Making Dutch Babies brings to my mind some of the 44 memories of my life. Ive made Dutch Babies many times for sleepovers and 45 . They were always a hit, 46 I burned them.After my kids grew up, I didnt cook much for years, except for holidays or ot
54、her 47 occasions. When we had a family 48 , Id make Dutch Babies for breakfast.I cant recall the last time I made Dutch Babies, before today. I know it was 49 a year, before life was 50 for COVID-19, and we stopped having guests.So why did I make them this 51 for only my husband and me? Its been a（n
55、） 52 year for all of us, filled with things we couldnt do. I was 53 to celebrate being alive.Good food can feed a hungry crowd. But if its made with love and 54 . it can fill a（n） 55 with the hope of better days to come. So, add your own memories.41. A. shapeB. refreshC. expandD. share42. A. amazedB
56、. disturbedC. embarrassedD. disappointed43. A. rarelyB. occasionallyC. generallyD. frequently44. A. fantasticB. regretfulC. sorrowfulD. vague45. A. acquaintanceB. colleaguesC. guestsD. students46. A. as ifB. in caseC. in thatD. even if47. A. variousB. specialC, informalD. casual48. A. reunionB. prob
57、lemC. quarrelD. discussion49. A. less thanB. rather thanC. more thanD. other than50. A. broken downB. put downC. pulled downD. shut down51. A. eveningB. morningC. afternoonD. moment52. A. hardB. easyC. busyD. normal53. A. persuadedB. likelyC. eagerD. encouraged54. A. freedomB. giftsC. desireD. memor
58、ies55. A. bellyB. soulC. stomachD. brain第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词，或使用括号 中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置。Lantern Festival falls on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. This is the first full moon of the new year, 56(symbol) unity and perfection. Lantern Festiva
59、l is an important part of Spring Festival and _57 (mark)the official end of the long holiday. There are many legends concerning the origins of Lantern Festival.According to one legend, a celestial (天上的) swan came down to the world where it was shot down by a hunter. The Jade Emperor, the 58 (high) g
60、od in Heaven, vowed to avenge(为.报复)the swan. He planned to send a troop to Earth on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, with orders to kill all humans and animals._59 the other celestial beings disagreed with this course of action, risking their lives 60 (warn) the people of Earth. As a resu
61、lt, before and after the fifteenth day of the first month, every family 61 (hang) red lanterns outside their doors and set off firecrackers and fireworks, giving the impression 62 their homes were already burning. By successfully tricking the Jade Emperor in this way, humanity was saved from death.O
62、ver time, Lantern Festival 63 (gradual) evolved into its present form. When Buddhism was introduced to China during the Eastern Han Dynasty, the emperor commanded that on the night of the full moon of the first lunar month, lanterns should 64 (light) to honor Buddha, adding a new dimension to Lanter
63、n Festival. And according to Daoism, Lantern Festival is associated 65 the primitive Goddesses of Heaven and Fire, who were born on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. 第四部分写作(共两节，满分40分) 第一节应用文写作(满分15分)假如你是李华，上星期四你班举行了一个关于感恩父母的主题班会。请你为校英文报写一篇报道，内 容包括。1.班会目的；2.班会过程；3.班会反响。 注意：1.写作词数应为80左右；2.可以
64、适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。A Theme Class Meeting. . . . . . .第二节读后续写（满分25分）A boy named Ali had a large and harmonious family, happily living with his sisters, parents and grandmother. His grandmother loved everyone a lot and was respected by 11 family members. She was very old, yet sometimes she would recall thi
65、ngs from her past and share with them. Sometimes they would believe her but at other times they would think that Granny might be mixing up the facts due to her old age.One day, when Ali was in school, suddenly while knitting（编织），Granny remembered something and she couldnt contain her emotions so she
66、 got up to tell her son-Alis father. She walked as fast as she could to his room and said, “ You always asked about my birth date but do you know todays the day when I was born.”She looked at her son with an excited expression, expecting an immediate response. However, her son wondered how she could
67、 remember her date of birth in this old age when she forgot so many other things. So he didnt pay much attention to this. Disappointed at her sons reaction, Granny then went to Alis mother and Alis sister, but like Alis father, nobody believed her.Disheartened, she went and sat in the terrace（庭院）.Wh
68、en Ali returned from his school, he found his grandmother sitting alone with a sad expression. Ali asked his Granny about the matter, but she said there was nothing to worry about. After a lot of persuasion she revealed what was troubling her nobody seemed to care that it was her birthday today!Afte
69、r hearing what Granny said, Ali thought of a plan. Purely by chance, some of Alis friends were playing nearby so he shared his plan with them.注意：His friends were all willing to help Ali achieve what he planned.Ali was so happy to see his Granny with tears of joy shining in her eyes.1、续写词数应为150左右；2、请
70、按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。2021年江苏省常熟中学三模参考答案：一、听力BACAB CACAB AABCA BBCBC 二、阅读理解CAD CACC CBCA CBDC 三、七选五GDFEB四、完型填空BABAC DBACD BACDB五、语篇填空symbolizing marks highest But to warnhungthat gradually be lit with六、应用文：A Theme Class MeetingTo enhance the students awareness of gratitude, Class 5 Senior 3 held a theme
71、class meeting on being grateful to our parents last Thursday.The class meeting, composed of three parts, began with a touching video about a girl tending her sick mother. After that, we talked about the topic freely in groups. Finally, some students shared their personal feelings and experiences in
72、front of the class, which impressed us deeply.Through the class meeting, not only do we better understand our parents hardships in raising us, but also were determined to repay them with practical actions.读后续写：His friends were willing to help Ali achieve what he planned. Ali went to the market and b
73、ought a cake, candles and balloons. As he returned home, a couple of his friends were already waiting for him. They all decorated Als room together and lit the candles. Then Ali called Granny to his room. As she entered the room, Alis friends started clapping and singing. Happy birthday to you! ” Gr
74、anny was surprised to see that three kids managed to arrange such a wonderful little party for her birthday!Ali was so happy to see his Granny w 油 tears of joy shining I her eyes. He had never seen her smiling this way before. She hugged the kids and cut the cake. Just then, the cheerful noise made other family members come inside the room. All of them were surprised and felt ashamed for not believing Granny at first. Alis father was also happy and thanked Alis friends. Everyone praised Ali for being so considerate and innovative for caring about his grandmother and fulfilling her wish.
