2020～2021学年度第一学期期末七校联考
高三英语
出题学校： 宝坻一中 杨村一中
本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分, 共150分, 考试用时120分钟。
第I卷（选择题，共115分）
第一部分：听力 (共两节, 满分20分)
第一节：（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
听下面五段对话。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,你将有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 will the man do first?
A. Wash his hands. B. Do some typing. C. Move the sofa.
2. Where will the boy go after school?
A. The post office. B. The teahouse. C. His sister’s house.
3. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. A dish. B. An artist. C. A country.
4. Why does Alice feel excited?
A. She has won the first race.
B. She has been chosen for the race.
C. She has got a pair of running shoes.
5. What does the woman mean?
A. She will buy a new car.B. She can’t find the garage.C. She dislikes the service.
第二节：听下面几段材料。每段材料后有几个小题,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。听每段材料前,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。每段材料读两遍。
听下面一段对话,回答第6至第8三个小题。
6. What does the man want the woman to do for him?
A. Arrange a holiday. B. Cancel a trip. C. Find a hotel.
7. Why won’t the man go to the island?
A. No entertainment is included.
B. There are too many people.
C. It’s far from the hotel.
8. How does the man sound in the end?
A. Rather excited.B. Quite grateful.C. A bit disappointed.
听下面一段对话,回答第9至第11三个小题。
9. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. On the phone. B. At the office. C. In a restaurant.
10. What is the key to the whole operation in the woman’s view?
A. Having early studies.
B. Producing a good product.
C. Getting a good import agent.
11. What does the woman decide to do?
A. Meet the chief designer.
B. Sell the product in Africa.
C. Help the man with the report.
听下面一段独白,回答第12至第15四个小题。
12. What is the speaker doing?
A. Giving a lecture. B. Leading a tour. C. Hosting a talk show.
13. What does the factory produce?
A. Fruits. B. Cakes. C. Candies.
14. What can people see on the first level?
A. Workers are building the jelly bean sculpture.
B. There are lots of unwanted materials.
C. Robots are creating different statues.
15. What happened to many of the workers replaced by the robots?
A. They were fired.
B. They were given other jobs.
C. They were sent to another factory.
第一节：单项填空 (共15小题: 每小题1分, 满分15分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
16. —I love the Internet. I’ve come to know many friends on the Net.
—______. Few of them would become your real friends.
A. That’s for sure B. It’s not the case
C. I couldn’t agree more D. I’m pleased to know that
17. The parking rules in public places should be ________ strictly, otherwise you would get a ticket.
A. realized B. recognized C. consulted D. observed
18. In the past few years, he has collected a lot of ancient coins, __________date back to the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
A. most of themB. most of which C. most of that D. most of whom
19. This discovery helped researchers conclude that these two drugs, when ___ together, could lead to heart disease.
A. taken B. taking C. to take D. having taken
20. More highways have been built in China, _____ it much easier for people to travel from one place to another.
A. making B. made C. to make D. having made
21. I’m tired out. I _____ all afternoon and I don’t seem to have finished anything.
A. shopped B. have shopped
C. had shopped D. have been shopping
22. The organization is ___ smaller class size, because it believes this can promote better student performance.
A. in memory of B. in place of C. in favor of D. in need of
23. It is not always easy for the public to see ____ use a new invention can be of to human life.
A. whose B. what C. which D. that
24. —What is the news about?
—According to the new law, people who are guilty of drunken driving ______ face a fine of up to 2000 yuan.
A. will B. may C. shall D. can
25. Generally speaking, students’ inner motivation with high expectations from others____ essential to their development.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
26. Experiments of this kind ______ in both the U.S. and Europe well before the Second World War.
A. have conductedB. have been conducted
C. had conducted D. had been conducted
27. If you set up your goal and start your preparations as early as possible, you will achieve your ______ to become one of the most famous scientists in the future.
A. amusement B. ambition C. appointment D. agriculture
28. _______ I’m willing to help, I don’t have much time available.
A. As B．While C．As though D．Since
29. Some insects______ the color of their surroundings to protect themselves.
A. take in B. take off C. take on D. take out
30. — I want to make a kite to fly.
—_____You can easily buy one on the market.
A. Why not? B. Good idea! C. Why bother? D. No way!
第二节：完形填空 (共20小题：每小题1.5分, 满分30分)
阅读短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出最佳选项。
“I can’t fix people’s problems, but I can help them feel less lonely,” said Katie Steller, a salon owner. 31 her chair and scissors around the city, Steller gives out-of-luck 32 the gift ---one free haircut at a time.
Last summer, Steller 33 off the freeway on her way to her salon. She 34 at a traffic light, where a man was sitting with a sign asking for help. She 35 her window. “Hey! ” she shouted. “I'm 36 around to give free haircuts. If I go and bring my 37 , do you want one right now?” Hearing Steller’s 38 , the man, who was in his sixties, was very surprised. “ 39 , I was really hoping to get a haircut.” he said. Steller hurried to her salon 40 , and loaded a red chair into her car. Then she drove back and gave the man a new haircut. Soon the man looked good again and was 41 with Steller’s skill.
So far, Steller has given about thirty free haircuts to people around the city. She knows that a haircut can change a 42 because one haircut once changed hers. As a teen, she suffered from a serious disease, and her hair 43 terribly. Seeing this, her mother, for the first time, took her to a famous salon and she got a 44 haircut. “Sitting down and having somebody look at me and 45 with me like a normal person instead of a sick one helped me feel 46 and less lonely.” she recalled.
After that, Steller 47 to help people feel the 48 she’d felt that day. Not long after 49 cosmetology (美容)school, she began what she now calls her Red Chair Project, 50 out to people on the streets to spread the kindness.
31. A. wheeling B. lending C. collecting D. decorating
32. A. relatives B. friends C. strangers D. neighbors
33. A. paid B. pulled C. sent D. took
34. A. glared B. crossed C. parked D. stopped
35. A. knocked on B. looked through C. rolled down D. rolled up
36. A. distributing B. turning C. gathering D. driving
37. A. tire B. chair C. assistant D. design
38. A. offer B. demand C. comment D. promise
39. A. Actually B. Hopefully C. Naturally D. Fortunately
40. A. eventually B. immediately C. cautiously D. automatically
41. A. concerned B. disappointed C. satisfied D. familiar
42. A. life B. reality C. dream D. decision
43. A. exploded B. colored C. thinned D. darkened
44. A. simple B. complex C. casual D. professional
45. A. argue B. chat C. compare D. differ
46. A. relied on B. cared about C. turned down D. called on
47. A. failed B. preferred C. attempted D. determined
48. A. appreciation B. relief C. pride D. warmth
49. A. finishing B. attending C. quitting D. skipping
50. A. figuring B. trying C. reaching D. carrying
第三部分：阅读理解 (共20小题：每小题2.5分, 满分50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。
A
Still seeking a destination for your weekend break? There are some places which are probably a mere walk away from your college.
King’s Art Centre
A day at the Centre could mean a visit to an exhibition of the work of one of the most interesting contemporary artists on show anywhere. This weekend sees the opening of an exhibition of four local artists. You could attend a class teaching you how to learn from the masters or get more creative with paint—free of charge. The Centre also runs two life drawing classes for which there is a small fee.
The Botanic Garden
The Garden has over 8,000 plant species; it holds the research and teaching collection of living plants for Cambridge University. The multi-branched Torch Aloe here is impressive. The African plant produces red flowers above blue-green leaves, and is not one to miss. Get to the display house to see Dionaea muscipula, a plant more commonly known as the Venus Flytrap that feeds on insects and other small animals. The Garden is also a place for wildlife-enthusiasts. Look for grass snakes in the lake. A snake called “Hissing Sid” is regularly seen lying in the heat of the warm sun.
Byron’s Pool
Many stories surround Lord Byron’s time as a student of Cambridge University. Arriving in 1805, he wrote a letter complaining that it was a place of “mess and drunkenness”. However, it seems as though Byron did manage to pass the time pleasantly enough. I’m not just talking about the pet bear he kept in his roans. He spent a great deal of time walking in the village. It is also said that on occasion Byron swam naked by moonlight in the lake, which is now known as Byron’s Pool. A couple of miles past Grantchester in the south Cambridgeshire countryside, the pool is surrounded by beautiful circular paths around the fields. The cries of invisible birds make the trip a lovely experience and on the way home you can drop into the village for afternoon tea. If you don’t trust me, then perhaps you’ll take it from Virginia Woolf —over a century after Byron, she reportedly took a trip to swim in the same pool.
51. As mentioned in the passage, there is a small charge for_______.
A. attending the masters’ classB. learning life drawing
C. working with local artistsD. seeing an exhibition
52. “Torch Aloe” and “Venus Flytrap” are_______.
A. common insectsB. rarely-seen snakes
C. impressive plantsD. wildlife-enthusiasts
53. We can infer from the passage that Byron seemed_______.
A. to fear pet bearsB. to like walking
C. to be a heavy drinkerD. to finish university in 1805
54. In the passage Byron’s Pool is described as a lake_______.
A. surrounded by fieldsB. owned by Lord Byron
C. located in GrantchesterD. discovered by Virginia Woolf
55. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Some places for weekend break.
B. A way to become creative in art.
C. The colorful life in the countryside.
D. Unknown stories of Cambridge University.
B
What makes a gift special? Is it the price you see on the gift receipt? Or is it the look on the recipient’s face when they receive it that determines the true value? What gift is worth the most?
This Christmas I was debating what to give my father. My dad is a hard person to buy for because he never wants anything. I pulled out my phone to read a text message from my mom saying that we were leaving for Christmas shopping for him when I came across a message on my phone that I had locked. The message was from my father. My eyes fell on a photo of a flower taken in Wyoming and underneath a poem by William Blake. The flower, a lone dandelion standing against the bright blue sky, inspired me. My dad had been reciting those words to me since I was a kid. That may even be the reason why I love writing. I decided that those words would be my gift to my father.
I called back. I told my mom to go without me and that I already created my gift. I sent the photo of the cream-colored flower to my computer and typed the poem on top of it. As I was arranging the details another poem came to mind. The poem was written by Edgar Allan Poe; my dad recited it as much as he did the other. I typed that out as well and searched online for a background to the words of it. The poem was focused on dreaming, and after searching I found the perfect picture. The image was painted with blues and greens and purples, twisting together to create the theme and wonder of a dream. As I watched both poems passing through the printer, the white paper coloring with words that shaped my childhood. I felt that this was a gift that my father would truly appreciate.
Christmas soon arrived. The minute I saw the look on my dad’s face as he unwrapped those swirling black letters carefully placed in a cheap frame, I knew I had given the perfect gift.
56. The idea for a special gift began to form when the author was________.
A. doing shopping B. having a debate
C. reading a message D. leaving for Wyoming
57. The author’s inspiration for the gift came from________.
A. a photo of a flower B. a story about a kid
C. a call from the mother D. a text about Christmas
58. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refers to a poem by________.
A. the father B. Edgar Allan Poe
C. William Blake D. the author
59. The author made the gift by_________.
A. searching for the poems online B. drawing the background by hand
C. painting the letters in three colors D. matching the words with pictures
60. What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To show how to design images for gifts.
B. To explain how computers help create gifts.
C. To suggest making gifts from one's heart.
D. To describe the gifts the author has received.
C
No one is sure how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids near Cairo. But a new study suggests they used a little rock “n” roll. Long-ago builders could have attached wooden poles to the stones and rolled them across the sand, the scientists say.
“Technically, I think what they’re proposing is possible.” physicist Daniel Bonn said.
People have long puzzled over how the Egyptians moved such huge rocks. And there’s no obvious answer. On average, each of the two million big stones weighed about as much as a large pickup truck. The Egyptians somehow moved the stone blocks to the pyramid site from about one kilometer away.
The most popular view is that Egyptian workers slid the blocks along smooth paths. Many scientists suspect workers first would have put the blocks on sleds(滑板). Then they would have dragged them along paths. To make the work easier, workers may have lubricated the paths either with wet clay or with the fat from cattle. Bonn has now tested this idea by building small sleds and dragging heavy objects over sand.
Evidence from the sand supports this idea. Researchers found small amounts of fat, as well as a large amount of stone and the remains of paths.
However, physicist Joseph West thinks there might have been a simpler way, who led the new study. West said, “I was inspired while watching a television program showing how sleds might have helped with pyramid construction. I thought, ‘Why don’t they just try rolling the things?’ ” A square could be turned into a rough sort of wheel by attaching wooden poles to its sides, he realized. That, he notes, should make a block of stone “a lot easier to roll than a square”.
So he tried it.
He and his students tied some poles to each of four sides of a 30-kilogram stone block. That action turned the block into somewhat a wheel. Then they placed the block on the ground.
They wrapped one end of a rope around the block and pulled. The researchers found they could easily roll the block along different kinds of paths. They calculated that rolling the block required about as much force as moving it along a slippery(滑的) path.
West hasn’t tested his idea on larger blocks, but he thinks rolling has clear advantages over sliding. At least, workers wouldn’t have needed to carry cattle fat or water to smooth the paths.
61. It’s widely believed that the stone blocks were moved to the pyramid site by ________.
A. rolling them on roads B. pushing them over the sand
C. sliding them on smooth paths D. dragging them on some poles
62. The underlined part “lubricated the paths” in Paragraph 4 means __________.
A. made the path wet B. made the path slippery
C. made the path wide D. made the path hard
63. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 7 refer to?
A. rolling the blocks with poles attached. B. rolling the blocks on wooden wheels.
C. rolling poles to move the blocks. D. rolling the blocks with fat.
64. Why is rolling better than sliding according to West?
A. Because more force is needed for sliding.
B. Because rolling work can be done by fewer cattle.
C. Because sliding on smooth roads is more dangerous.
D. Because less preparation on path is needed for rolling.
65. What is the text mainly about?
A. An experiment on ways of moving blocks to the pyramid site.
B. An application of the method of moving blocks to the pyramid site.
C. An introduction to a possible new way of moving blocks to the pyramid site.
D. An argument about different methods of moving blocks to the pyramid site.
D
Recently, a Scottish grocery store employed a robot. The robot, named Fabio, was part of an experiment conducted by the Heriot-Watt University, which explores the combination of men and machines. Elena Margiotta, co-owner of the Margiotta supermarket chain, says, “We thought a robot was a great addition that could show the customers that we are always wanting to do something new and exciting.”
Fabio’s job was to make customers feel welcome and assist them in locating grocery items if asked. Things seemed to start off well. The almost 4-foot-tall humanoid robot greeted customers, talked intelligently about the weather, and even gave hugs and high-fives. Later, its friendliness appeared to wane when a shopper needed help but received a vague answer. Therefore, store visitors began to seek out human employees for help.
Believing it might be better at a job that required more socializing, the shop assigned Fabio to hand out sausage samples. Unfortunately, things did not go well. While a human employee managed to attract 12 customers to try the food in 15 minutes, the robot attracted just two.
Since Fabio was not trained for any other job, the grocery store management decided to “fire” the robot a week after it had first reported for duty. The director of the Interaction Lab at Heriot-Watt says, “When we had to put it back in the box, one of employees started crying because they had become emotionally attached to it. It was good in a way because we had thought they would feel threatened by it as it was competing for their job. ” As he later discovered, the tears were not out of fondness for Fabio, but it was because the robot freed the human employees from the dull task of responding to customers’ questions.
Although Fabio appears to be different within its family, thousands of other quite similar Pepper humanoid robots employed at various Japanese stores and some stores in America seem to be extremely popular with customers.
66. According Elena Margiotta, the shop employed a robot to ______.
A. reduce the cost of running the shop
B. carry out an experiment
C. show the intention to change
D. deliver and place the groceries
67. What does the underlined word “wane” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. become weaker. B. become more popular.
C. become more obvious. D. become less sincere.
68. When handing our sausage samples, Fabio _____.
A. didn’t get along well with human employees
B. failed to be understood by customers
C. couldn’t clearly tell the samples’ strengths
D. was no match for human employees
69. According to the passage, the store employees may agree that_________.
A. Fabio performed well in its job
B. they benefited from Fabio’s help
C. robots competed with them for the job
D. robots could respond well to customers’ questions
70. What can be implied from the last paragraph?
A. Other Pepper humanoid robots are superior to Fabio.
B. Robots-based customer service has a long way to go.
C. Scottish people are particular about robot employees.
D. People’s acceptance of robots may vary from culture to culture.
第Ⅱ卷（共35分）
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第四部分：写作 (共两节, 满分35分)
第一节：阅读表达（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
“Tennis – I’m saying goodbye.” With these words, Russian tennis superstar Maria Sharapova, 32, has announced her retirement.
“How do you leave behind the only life you’ve ever known?” she asked herself. Several reasons played a role in Sharapova leaving the tennis court for good.
Over the last couple of years, she’s dealt with an injury in her right shoulder and inflammation (炎症) in her forearms that may have prevented her from returning to top form. In more recent news, the death of her longtime friend, US basketball legend Kobe Bryant, also played a factor in her decision to retire.
“As I think you’ve seen throughout my career, my perseverance (毅力) has been my greatest tool, my greatest strength,” Sharapova said in an interview. “But I’ve started feeling like it was becoming a weakness, because the stubbornness (执着) that was keeping me going was keeping me going for wrong reasons.”
Sharapova rose to stardom (明星身份) at age 17 when she won Wimbledon in 2004. She won a total of four Grand Slam singles titles: the 2006 US Open, the 2008 Australian Open, and the 2012 and 2014 French Open. She also earned the Fed Cup title in Russia in 2008 and an Olympic silver medal in singles in 2012, among many other accomplishments.
For 16 straight years from 2004, Sharapova was the world’s highest-earning female athlete, according to Forbes. Apart from making money from her achievements in tennis, she started her own candy company.
“Tennis showed me the world --- and it showed me what I was made of.” Sharapova wrote on Facebook on Feb 26, alongside a photo of herself as a young girl with a tennis racquet (球拍). “It’s how I tested myself and how I measured my growth. And so in whatever I might choose for my next chapter, my next mountain, I’ll still be pushing, I’ll still be climbing，I’ll still be growing.”
71．What made Maria Sharapova decide to retire at the age of 32? (no more than 10 words)
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72．What does Para. 5 mainly talk about? (no more than 10 words)
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73．How did Maria Sharapova become the world’s highest-earning female athlete? (no more than 20 words)
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74．What does the underlined sentence mean in the last paragraph? (no more than 10 words)
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75．Do you think perseverance is always our greatest tool? Give your reasons. (no more than 20 words)
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第二节：书面表达：（满分25分）
76.假设你是晨光中学学生李津。你校上周举办了主题为太空探索的科技周（Science and Technology Week）活动，请你给你的英国朋友Mike写一封邮件，跟他聊聊这次活动。内容要点如下：
1. 邀请了张教授做关于嫦娥五号（Chang’e 5 Lunar Probe）的讲座；
2. 举办了太空探索图片展，了解中国航天史和航天英雄们的事迹；
3. 你的收获...
参考词汇：航天space exploration
Dear Mike,
How is everything going recently?___________________________________
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Yours sincerely
Li Jin