1、甘肃省平凉市庄浪县紫荆中学2021届高三英语上学期一模考试试题（考试时间：100分钟 试卷满分：120分）注意事项：1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3. 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分 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）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ADunbar Town House Museum
2、 and GalleryWith its distinctive hat tower and its bell, clock and sun dials, the Town House has been the focus of town life since the 16th century. Our staff are always on hand to chat about the town and the history of the building.The building is home to a museum and gallery on the ground floor wi
3、th changing historical and art exhibitions as well as a local history display area and research room.The display areas are fully accessible.Visitors can see the Council Chamber and an atmospheric jail cell during a tour. On the upper floors there is now a community(社区) room, available to council and
4、 community groups for meetings and events, in addition to the Council Chambers, which can bebooked for meetings, civil marriages and other functions. Please get in touch to discuss your requirements and for information about the current room hire charge rates.We welcome group visits and would be del
5、ighted to discuss your requirements with you.The Museum isfreeto enter although there may be a small charge for some events and activities.If you are here for the day there is a good selection of places to eat and drink with something to offer every taste within a short walk.Opening HoursMonday Sund
6、ay, 1pm - 5pm (April to September)Open at weekends October to March, 2pm - 4pm, with the support of Dunbar and District History SocietyChristmas 2018: the museum willbe openat weekends over the Christmas break 2pm to 4pm as above1.What is the museum famous for?A. Various activities. B. The tower and
7、 bell. C. The community room. D. The research room. 2.What can we infer about the museum?A. Free activities are often held in the museum.B. Some display areas are not open to visitors. C. Some areas can be reserved for meetings.D. Group visits enjoy a discounted admission fee.3. When can people visi
8、t the museum in November?A. 1pm. B. 9am. C. 3pm. D. 5pm.BSunshine on a rainy dayHave you ever had a day when everything seemed to go wrong, and nothing seemed to go right? Not too long ago I was having one of those days. I was discouraged, weary, and sad. My focus was on me, me ,me. After all, no on
9、e else was experiencing the same trials as I was.I expressed my downcast state to my mother, hoping for some pity. Instead, she said, “I hear that Jamie was having a difficult day too. Why dont you make her some cookies and well take them to her this afternoon?” I didnt really want to, but decided t
10、hat I didnt want to go back to my other problems just yet. I made the cookies and arranged them on a little plate. Then I made a card with a sunflower on it and wrote a note of empathy.That afternoon we dropped in my friends house. I went to the door and rang the bell. Soon, Jamie came to the door a
11、nd looked at me in surprise for the unexpected visit. Before she could say anything I rushed, “I heard you were having a hard day and decided to bring you something. I hope your day goes better.” The look that came over Jamies face was one that I could never put into words. It was as if a darkened s
12、ky was suddenly lit with the golden rays of the sun; it was as if in that small act, her day was brightened.I got back into the car and for some amazing reason, I felt a lot better myself. That day I experienced the truth that James Barrie attempted to describe. “Those who bring sunshine to the live
13、s of others, cannot keep it from themselves.”4. Why did the writer feel discouraged? A. Because everything she did went wrong.B. Because she had quarreled with her friends.C. Because she always focused on herself.D. Because she had some trials.5. What was the mothers react when the writer went to he
14、r for help? A. She showed great pity. B. She didnt care at all. C. She laughed about it. D. She made a good suggestion.6. Which of the following has the closest meaning of the underlined word “empathy”? A. Message B. Thanks C. Comfort D. Visit7.Where do you think the “small act” as the writer said c
15、ome from? A. Hardship. B. Care of others.C. Cruelty D. Worries from others.CIn New York, students at 18 schools participate in a program called We Future Cycle. Started by Anna Giordano in 2019, it teaches kids to recycle, compost(堆肥), and reduce food waste.Lunch areas at the participating schools a
16、re equipped with three clearly marked bins compost, recycle and share. While the first two are common in schools, the third is rare, where kids can put their unwanted drinks, fruits, and even untouched sandwiches. Items in the container are available for any student that wants them. Whatever remains
17、 at the end of the day is donated to the food bank. Giordano says the three bins have helped reduce the number of trash bags from an average of 22 to just 2!To ensure kids adopt similar habits at home, the non-profit has created extensive curriculum（课程）to educate families about the importance of sor
18、ting waste into the proper streams of recycling, composting, trash and food to donate. They also urge parents to have open conversations with their kids about food choices.But, as were all aware, kids arent the only ones that waste food - Adults are equally bad, if not worse! To prevent that, Josh T
19、reuhaft founded Salvage Supper club in 2019. The occasionally organized dinners promise people a tasty multi-course meal for a mere $50 USD per person. It is also a plan to save waste because the delicious food is made from vegetables that are past their prime and, therefore, headed for the trash bi
20、n.The other catch? Customers have to eat their meals inside a dumpster（大型垃圾装卸车）! The place, of course, is totally clean. It is just a symbolic gesture. In addition to helping people rethink their actions, Treuhaft also helps them do good by donating part of the profits to non-profits devoted to figh
21、ting against food waste. 8. What is the aim of We Future Cycle?A. To collect money and food for poor children. B. To educate children to treasure and save food.C. To encourage children to share food with others.D. To inspire children to learn agriculture knowledge.9. Which word can be used to descri
22、be We Future Cycle?A. Successful. B. Official. C. Impractical. D. World-famous.10. What do we know about Salvage Supper club?A. It is mainly aimed for adults. B. It is founded by Anna Giordano.C. It provides free supper for people.D. It has enjoyed great success in many schools.11. What is the reaso
23、n for people eating in a dumpster?A. It is money- saving. B. People like to be unique. C. It can remind people of food waste problem.D. A dumpster is much cleaner than a restaurant.DThe loss of a job can have a very serious impact on the individual. The immediate effect, of course, is a sharp drop i
24、n income. Unemployment benefits(失业津贴)typically offer less than half the individuals previous earnings, and many people are not even entitled to these benefitsfor example, the self-employed, recent graduates who have not held a steady job in the previous year, but people who have been unemployed for
25、a long period. The economic pressure on the jobless is very severe, particularly for those who have young children or long-term commitments for expenses for houses and education.But the effects of unemployment are not merely financial; they are also social and psychological. As one out-of-work teach
26、er puts it: “Its difficult when you strip away(去掉)all the things that supposedly hold you together in terms of an identity. Your work, your money, whatever is power to you, whatever is responsibility, whatever means freedom and choice.” I had to ask myself, “Who am I now? What will I do now?” All to
27、o often, long-term unemployment may thrust the individual into boredom, despair, ill-temper, and perhaps, conflict with other family members. Even those who keep their jobs are affected by rates of unemployment, for they begin to fear for own future. Lacking the confidence that workers have in times
28、 of full employment, they negotiate less aggressively for improvements in pay or working conditions, for they and the employers know that if they do not like the job as it is, others will gladly take it. Unemployment is always accompanied, in fact, by underemployment-the situation in which people ar
29、e working either for extremely low wages or at jobs below their level of skill.12It can be inferred from the passage that unemployment benefits are given to _.Apeople who are self-employed but now unemployedBrecent graduates who have not held a steady job in the previous yearCpeople who have been un
30、employed for a long period Dpeople who have been unemployed for a short period13According to the passage, _ .Athe loss of a job can have little impact on the individualBunemployment benefits are normally about the same as a persons previous earningsCunemployment benefits are normally less than half
31、of a persons previous earningsDthe economic pressure on the jobless is typically not very severe14By “underemployment”(Line 12, Para. 2), the writer means the situation in which _.Apeople are unemployed or low skills are requiredBsome people are unemployed and poorly paid Cpeople are working for les
32、s than eight hours a dayDpeople are working for low wages or at jobs below their level of skill 15The best title for the passage would be _ .AThe Financial Effect of Unemployment BThe Social Effect of UnemploymentCThe Psychological Effect of Unemployment DThe effects of Unemployment第二节：(共5小题；每小题2分，满
33、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。What is a big dream? _16_ Or, is a big dream something that provides only entertainment? Children dream big dreams, but there are three barriers to realizing dreams. They often kill them before they ever have a chance to grow.The SelfImmediately followin
34、g the birth of a big dream, a negative selftalk takes over and gives all the reasons why it cannot happen. This inside voice is the ego (自我). Its there for protecting and should be listened to. _17_ Most people are influenced by the inside voice. Thats why only a handful of people make their dream c
35、ome true._18_Family and friends are a lot like the ego. They want to protect those they love, so they will often list all the reasons why the big dreams wont come true. Sometimes, family and friends destroy dreams of those they love most, out of their own fear of being left behind.The WorldIf one ge
36、ts past the first two barriers, one has to face the world. _19_ In the past, big dreamers were locked up and sometimes even killed when they were shown to the world. Fortunately, in most of the world today, big dreamers just get laughted at.The way to realize a big dream is with confidence and actio
37、n. When children have confidence and then take action, they will be ready to accept any failure. The truth is that every great dreamer whose dreams have never seen the light of success knows failure well. _20_AFamily and FriendsBHow Big Dreams Die?CDoes a big dream show ones future?DThey simply fail
38、 until they succeed.EIt is the last and the most terrible barrier.FSometimes it is right, but more often it is wrong.GAnd their big dream is to be a rock star or a famous artist.第二部分：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四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。That holiday morning I di
39、dnt have to attend school. Usually，on holidays，mother _21_ me to sleep in. And I would certainly take full advantage of it. On this particular morning, _22_，I felt like getting up early.I stood by my window overlooking the _23_， having nothing better to do. But as it turned out, I was soon to learn
40、about something _24_ in life.As I watched several people go by，get into their cars and drive off，I _25_ an old man on a bicycle with a bucket on its _26_ and a basket of rags and bottles on its backcarriage. He _27_ from one car to another, washing and cleaning them. From the water on the ground, it
41、 seemed that he had already _28_ washing and cleaning about a dozen or more cars. He must have begun to work quite early in the morning.Several thoughts _29_ my mind as I watched him work. He wasnt welldressed. He had on a pair of shorts and a(n) _30_ Tshirt. The bicycle he rode was not by any means
42、 the kind modern _31_ would want to be seen riding on. But he seemed _32_ with life. There he was, working hard at his small business, _33_ at passersby and stopping to chat now and then _34_ elderly men and women on their way to the market nearby.There was a noticeable touch of _35_ in the way he s
43、eemed to be doing things_36_ the windscreen , then standing back to admire it; cleaning the wheels and _37_，standing back to see what they looked like after the scrub.It was a _38_ to learn，I felt. At no age need one have to beg for a _39_ if one has good health and is willing to work hard. For a wh
44、ile I felt _40_ of myself. Young as I amjust sixteen，and there was this old man who must have been usefully engaged perhaps before the sun appeared above the horizon.21. Aforces Ballows Ccauses Dforbids22. Aotherwise Btherefore Chowever Dbesides23. Aparking lot Bbus stop Cschool Dmarket24. Ainterest
45、ing Bsurprising Cawful Duseful25. Anoticed Brecognized Ccalled Dassisted26. Aback Bhandle Cwheel Dseat27. Asearched Bleft Cmoved Dwandered28. Astopped Bstarted Cintended Dfinished29. Acrossed Bslipped Cdisturbed Dinspired30. Aattractive Bshiny Csimple Dexpensive31. Arepairmen Bbusinessmen Cdrivers D
46、cyclists32. Abusy Bcontent Ccareful Dbored33. Awaving Blooking ClaughingDpointing34. Aabout Bfor Cwith Dlike35. Aworry Brespect CsympathyDpride36. AcleaningBfixing Creplacing Dcovering37. Astill Byet Cagain Dsoon38. Alesson Bsubject Cskill Dfact39. Abusiness Bliving Csuccess Dright40. Atired Bdoubtf
47、ul Cfearful Dashamed第二节（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号里单词的正确形式。（请在答题纸上作答，该处作答不计入总分）President Xi Jinping signed a presidential order on Tuesday to award four people national medals and honorary titles for their outstanding contributions 41_ fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.Zhong Nan
48、shan, 84. 42_ excellent disease expert, was awarded the Medal of the Republic, the highest national honor, for his outstanding work in fighting COVID-19 in China. Three others were also awarded the “Peoples Hero” national honorary title for helping fight against the novel coronavirus (新冠病毒) . They a
49、re Zhang Boli, a 43_ (tradition) Chinese medicine expert ; Zhang Dingyu, head of Wuhans Jinyintan Hospital; and Chen Wei, a medical scientist 44_ made major achievements in COVID-19-related basic research.Zhong also has long been devoted to the research, prevention and 45_ (treat) of major infectiou
50、s and chronic respiratory diseases (慢性呼吸病) , and has a long record of 46_ (achievement). He was a major figure in the fight against the severe acute respiratory syndrome（综合症状） outbreak in 2003 in China.47_ (follow) the COVID-19 outbreak, the Chinese government encouraged the country 48_(contain) the
51、 disease in Wuhan. Hubei province, after the city was locked down in late January. More than 42.000 medical workers from across the country 49_ (send) to Hubei to fight the disease. The pandemic has been 50_ (effective) placed under control on the Chinese mainland since early March.第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分
52、）第一节：短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）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：把缺词处加一个漏符号（），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：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 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。 3. 请在答题纸上作答，此处作答不计分。Time fly like an arrow. Im already in the second half of Senior Grade 3 before I realize
53、d it. It is only a little more than three months before I graduate middle school. At the present，Im busy review my lessons in order to take the College Entrance Examination. I hope to go to Beijing University, that is one of the best university not only in China but also in the world. Ill try my bes
54、t to turn your dream into reality. Most of my classmates are also studying very hardly to realize their dreams. I do believe everyone will be able to enter an university or college.第二节：书面表达（满分25分）中国结（Chinese knot）是中国的传统工艺之一，请用简短的语言把它介绍给你的笔友Tom。要点包括：1.外观（尺寸、颜色、材料）2.象征意义3.价格注意：1.词数100-120； 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
