2020-2021学年格致中学高三上英语一次月考练习题

高三年级   英语试卷（共12页）

（测试120分钟内完成，总分140分，试后交答题卷）

I. Listening Comprehension

Section A

Directions:  In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.[来源:学科网ZXXK]

1. A. At a shop   B. In a car   C. In a plane   D. On a farm
2. A. A travel agent       B. An office secretary 

C. A sales manager       D. A hotel receptionist

3. A. $2     B. $1.5    C. $3    D. $3.5

4. A. The next bus is coming soon.

  B. The bus will wait a few minutes at the stop.

  C. There are only two or three passengers on the bus. 

  D. They can catch this bus without running.

5. A. She decided to paint it later.

  B. She finally had time to paint it.

  C. Someone painted it for her.

  D. Some friends will help paint it.

6. A. He wants to go early to avoid the traffic jam.

  B. He wants to get to the theatre early.

  C. He doesn’t know the way to the theatre.

  D. He doesn’t usually leave his office at 8:00.[来源:学|科|网Z|X|X|K

7. A. He is shy.        B. He is heroic.

  C. He is dangerous.       D. He is awkward.

8. A. It’s delayed.        B. It’s overcrowded.

  C. It’s nearly empty.       D. It’s cancelled.

9. A. The assignment looks easy but actually it’s quite hard.

  B. The assignment is too difficult for them to complete on time.

  C. They can’t finish the assignment before Thursday.

  D. They have plenty of time to work on the assignment.

10. A. She was running a fever.

   B. She had to run a long way to the meeting.

   C. She was involved in a car accident.

   D. She had her car stolen near the supermarket.[来源:学科网]

Section B

Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.

Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.

11. A. Learning children’s ideas of Lego.   B. Attracting adults to Lego.

   C. Designing Lego bricks.     D. Building Lego models.

12. A. Having them communicate more freely.

   B. Removing the barriers on their way to success.

   C. Bringing them back to normal.

   D. Making them more intelligent.

13. A. They can stick to commonly-held views.

   B. They can present their ideas naturally.

   C. They can form their own thoughts.

   D. They can modify their voices properly.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

14. A. To take medicine.       B. To sleep more.

   C. To work less.        D. To go travelling.

15. A. They are not harmful to the brain.

   B. Their benefits have been ignored.

   C. They are not priced reasonably.

   D. Their effects come at a cost.

16. A. They damage a person’s mental health.

   B. They reduce a person’s chance of recovery.

   C. They slow down a person’s reaction to changes.

   D. They worsen a person’s existing trouble.

Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

17. A. She thinks it will be fun.

   B. She views it as a useful opportunity.

   C. She feels nervous about it.

   D. She prefers it to writing papers.

18. A. It acts as a food source for other fungi(真菌).

   B. It grows well on wind farms.

   C. It can be used as an alternative source of energy.

   D. It produces chemicals that destroy poisonous substances.

19. A. To illustrate the relationship between fungi and mushrooms.

   B. To show how the environment can affect growth rates.

   C. To provide an example of the effects of pesticides.

   D. To give an example of how a wind farm replaced a fruit farm.

20. A. To get advice about what information to include in a paper she is writing.

   B. To ask for permission to change the topic of the oral presentation.

   C. To pick up tips on what to talk about in the coming presentation.

   D. To discuss the results of research she has done for a paper she is writing.

II. Grammar and vocabulary

Section A

Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Buy a Gift from History

Gift shops in museums used to be the last stop of each visit, where people would buy souvenirs for themselves and their friends. But what happened last month when the British Museum opened its online store on Chinese e-commerce website Tmall says otherwise.

 The store has become so popular since its launch on July (21) __________ some of its items have already sold out. It’s even more interesting considering the fact (22) __________ many of its customers in China have probably never been to the museum before.

 Perhaps French museum expert Diane Drubay made a good point when she said that gift shops have become “a point of entry (23) __________ the museum” instead of being the last place people go after a visit.

 But you are probably still wondering: (24) __________ is it about museum gift shops that makes them so different?

 Each museum product contains a small piece of history. For example, in the British Museum store there are different kinds of sticky tape (25) __________ (print) with patterns inspired by the famous Rosetta Stone. Known as the “key to ancient Egyptian writing”, the stone (26)__________(discover) in 1799, and contains an inscription(碑铭) that helped historians better understand some of the most mysterious Egyptian scripts.

 And with the design （27）__________(evolve) over the years, museum products are no longer limited to exhibition catalogs on the bookshelf or duplicates of famous paintings (28) __________ (hang) on the wall. They now mean items that we can put to use every day--- glasses, jewelry, cushion covers --- (29) __________ means we’re able to not only “own” a piece of history, but also hold it in our hands, wear it on out neck, or even sleep on it.

 Indeed, museum shops are no longer just about selling things. As US museum store consultant Geoff Walsky once told Gift Shop Magazine, “  A great museum gift shop is an extension of the museum (30) __________.

Section B

Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

“You can’t pay cash here”: how our newly cashless society harms the most vulnerable

It had taken so much for Tina, 47, to get to the supermarket; to go home empty-handed left her in tears. At the till, the checkout assistant _____31______ Tina's items and waved her cash away. "You can't pay cash in here," she told Tina.

Tina is one of the many people who have struggled to purchase ____32_______ during the coronavirus pandemic, as retailers _____33______ refuse to take cash.

The UK has been moving towards a cashless economy for some time, with ATM usage _____34______ at about 6% to 10% a year. But Covid-19 supercharged this transition. "During lockdown, cash _____35______ from ATMs were down about 60%," says Natalie Ceeney of the Access to Cash Review. "That's a huge drop."

But for the approximately 1.2 million people living in the UK who are _____36______, buying essentials became a herculean undertaking.

"People without legal immigration status in the UK are not _____37______ allowed to open a bank account," says James Tullett of the migrant and refugee charity Ramfel. When shops refuse to take cash from these people, they are likely to use _____38______ services, which are more open to being _____39______, Tullett adds.

It is not only unbanked people who will have struggled during the pandemic. Domestic abuse survivors often squirrel away emergency cash. Many abusers _____40______ bank transactions, leaving survivors reliant on cash.

"Cash is really the bicycle of payments," says Brett Scott, author of 'The Heretic's Guide to Global Finance'. "We need to have a multimodal form of payment systems …   cash hand card working together, just as bicycle and car lanes go together."

III. Reading Comprehension

Section A

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

 Google is to start displaying fact-checking labels in its search results to highlight news and information that has been checked and show whether it is considered to be true or false, as part of its efforts to help fight against the spread of misinformation and ____41____ news.

 The fact-checking ____42_____, which was first introduced to Google News in the UK and the US in October, will now be displayed as an information box in general search results as well as news search results globally.

 The small pieces display ____43_____ about the claim made by a particular page or site and who made the claim, as well as the results of fact checking on the highlighted claim. The fact checks are not performed by Google, but by named ____44_____ publishers and fact-checkers using an open system to ____45_____ claims as having been checked.

 With thousands of new articles published online every minute of every day, the amount of content facing people ____46_____ can be enormous. And ____47_____, not all of it is factual or true, making it hard for people to distinguish fact from ____48_____. As we make fact checks more visible in search results, we believe people will have an easier time reviewing and ____49_____ these fact checks, and making their own ____50______ opinions.

 The expansion comes after heavy criticism of US technology firms for their ____51_____ over the spread of misinformation and fake news, particularly around high-profile topics such as the US election. The UK government recently urged US firms to do more to police their platforms and remove illegal and extremist ____52_____.

 The spread of false information is not a new problem, but has been enlarged by the _____53____ of publishing and the vast reach provided by search engines and expansive social networks. The ____54_____ to entry is small and the volume of content high, leading to an expanding ____55_____ across multiple platforms and outlets.

41.  A. central    B. fake    C. sad    D. terrible

42.  A. feature    B. point    C. degree    D. benefit

43.  A. declaration   B. application   C. complaint   D. information

44.  A. educational   B. big    C. interested   D. trusted

45.  A. abandon    B. challenge   C. mark    D. deny

46.  A. generously   B. online    C. internationally  D. locally

47.  A. unfortunately  B. interestingly  C. contrarily    D. luckily

48.  A. fiction    B. reality    C. truth    D. mistake

49.  A. remembering  B. adjusting   C. assessing   D. investigating

50.  A. divided    B. shared      C. formed     D. informed 

51.  A. selfishness    B. inaction     C. ambition     D. alternative 

52.  A. speech    B. content     C. behavior     D. symbol 

53.  A. burden     B. site       C. case      D. ease

54.  A. gate     B. entrance     C. barrier    D. approach 

55.  A. issue       B. economy     C. area     D. market 

Section B

Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.

(A)

In spring, chickens start laying again, bringing a welcome source of protein at winter's end. So it's no surprise that cultures around the world celebrate spring by honoring the egg.

Some traditions are simple, like the red eggs that get baked into Greek Easter breads. Others elevate the egg into a fancy art, like the heavily jewel-covered "eggs" that were favored by the Russians starting in the 19th century.

One ancient form of egg art comes to us from Ukraine. For centuries, Ukrainians have been drawing complicated patterns on eggs. Contemporary artists have followed this tradition to create eggs that speak to the anxieties of our age: Life is precious, and delicate. Eggs are, too.

"There's something about their delicate nature that appeals to me," says New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast. Several years ago, she became interested in eggs and learned the traditional Ukrainian technique to draw her very modern characters. "I've broken eggs at every stage of the process—from the very beginning to the very, very end."

But there's an appeal in that vulnerability. "There's part of this sickening horror of knowing you're walking on the edge with this, that I kind of like, knowing that it could all fall apart at any second" Chast's designs, such as a worried man alone in a tiny rowboat, reflect that delicateness.

Traditional Ukrainian decorated eggs also spoke to those fears. The elaborate patterns were believed to offer protection against evil.

"There's an ancient legend that as long as these eggs are made, evil will not prevail in the world," says Joan Brander, a Canadian egg-painter who has been painting eggs for over 60 years, having learned the art from her Ukrainian relatives.

The tradition, dating back to 300 B. C., was later incorporated into the Christian church. The old symbols, however, still endure. A decorated egg with a bird on it, given to a young married couple, is a wish for children. A decorated egg thrown into the field would be a wish for a good harvest.
56. Why do people in many cultures prize the egg?

   A. It is a welcome sign of the coming of spring.

   B. It is their major source of protein in winter.

   C. It can easily be made into a work of art.

   D. It can bring wealth and honor to them.

57. What do we learn about the decorated "eggs" in Russia?

A. They are shaped like jewel cases.

B. They are cherished by the rich.

C. They are heavily painted in red.

D. They are favored as a form of art.

58. Why have contemporary artists continued the egg art tradition?

A. Eggs serve as an enduring symbol of new life.

B. Eggs have an oval shape appealing to artists.

C. Eggs reflect the anxieties of people today.

D. Eggs provide a unique surface to paint on.

59. Why does Chast enjoy the process of decorating eggs?

A. She never knows if the egg will break before the design is completed.

B. She can add multiple details to the design to communicate her idea.

C. She always derives great pleasure from designing something new.

D. She is never sure what the final design will look like until the end.

(B)

60. By using the app released by SOLEIF, people can ________.

 A. watch a video about the statue’s history

 B. appreciate the exhibits in the museum

 C. view the statue from different angles

 D. see a life-size model of the statue

61. Where can we find both apps and popular videos?

 A. tinyurl.com  B. uefa.com   C. Apple’s iPad   D. SOLELF

62. The following words can be used to describe the Xploro app EXCEPT _______.

A. entertaining  B. interactive  C. informative  D. sensitive

 (C)

    When a company takes on the task of providing financial services to people overlooked by large banks, that would seem to be a good thing: Such customers need bank accounts, debit cards, and credit just like everyone else. In 2016, nearly 10 million American households didn't have any interaction with a bank, and nearly 25 million households had bank accounts but used alternative financing options (such as prepaid debit cards, alternative credit cards, or payday loans) to make ends meet.

One would hope that financial offers geared toward the under-banked--who often have low credit scores, histories of financial instability, and limited education—would include modest interest rates, easily decipherable (简单易懂的) language, and enough oversight (监管) to ensure that already-struggling families don't get taken advantage of. But that is often not the case. For examples, payday lenders frequently charge astronomically high interest rates for those who are unable to quickly pay off their debts, and prepaid-card companies often include additional fees that owners of standard debit cards don't have to deal with, such as charges for simply loading money onto their cards.

These practices can leave people, who are already struggling to get their finances in order, in even worse shape than they were when they signed up for a new product. The problem isn't that companies targeting the under-banked exist at all, but that many exploit a lack of financial knowledge and alternative options to extract excess money from their customers.

    Credit-card issuers that target those with poor credit scores are another group with questionable practices, according to a recent report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. In its research, the CFPB found that the costs of cards issued by these companies are significantly higher than the costs of cards issued by more traditional competitors. These specialized lenders are much more likely to approve not just subprime individuals (次级贷款人), but the deepest subprime individuals-those with credit scores that fall below 600.

Why isn't a higher approval rate for those with very bad credit a good thing? Isn't that more inclusive? Not always. Some credit-card companies' business models depend on charging their customers high fees — people who are unlikely to be able to afford them. These increased fees are for things that are inescapable, such as monthly account maintenance. (Major credit-card companies, on the other hand, are making most of their money from collecting late payments and interest, not recurring fees.) Customers of these subprime companies don't need to do anything unusual to rack up fees-that's just a part of signing up.

But perhaps worse than the high costs of the cards is the way that these companies recruit customers. They target them by mailing pre-approved offers that contain intentionally opaque, high-level financial language and agreements that are, on average 70 percent longer than card agreements from other lenders, according to the CFPB.

“Despite offering longer and more complex credit-card terms than mass market issuers, they send those mailings disproportionately to consumers with lower levels of formal education,” the CFPB report found. “Specifically, agreements for credit-card products marketed primarily by subprime specialist issuers are particularly difficult to read.” According to the report, making sense of these statements would typically require at least two years of college or post-high-school education. Less than half of the people targeted by these lenders have any college education, and the number of such households sent direct mail by these lenders doubled between 2016 and 2018.

63. The examples cited in paragraph 2 are intended to show that ______________.

A. payday loans are no better product than prepaid debit cards

B. American large banks often ignore the already-struggling families

C. financial company should provide high-quality service to poor families

D. poor American households are exploited by the financial companies

64. According to the third paragraph, the under-banked may be subjected to __________.

A. a lack of update for economic information

B. a greater personal financial loss

C. the sign-up of a new financial product

D. the exploitation of alternative choices

65. According to paragraph 6, the author believes the companies' promoting behavior is _______________.

    A. useful for its professional content

B. convincing for its pre-approved format

C. misleading for its vague instruction

D. objective for its high-level financial language

66. Which of the following can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A. Poorly educated consumers are welcomed by the financial company.

B. Complex credit-card terms are needed for the lender’s safety.

C. Credit card could be issued only to people with college education.

D. There might be a boom for financial company between 2012 and 2014.

Section C

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the sentences in the box. Each sentence can only be used once. Note that there are two sentences more than you need.

Interpreted Theater

Deaf people should enjoy a play as much as the hearing audience. ___67___ Theatre producers, on the other hand, are beginning to realize that theater interpretation makes their product attractive to a wider audience – with considerable financial rewards.

The most important technical aspect of theater interpretation for the deaf is the location of the interpreter. Placement strategies can be categorized into three styles: “placed,” “zoned,” and finally, “shadowed”.

The “placed” style of interpreting in the theater is by far the most common. The interpreters are side-by-side and face the audience（although some interpreters interact with each other as appropriate）.The location of the interpreter is generally in one of three places: stage right or stage left, or on the floor of the house.

The ‘zoned’ style of interpreting is a happy medium between the ‘placed’ and ‘shadowed’ styles. ___68___ Usually, they change position on stage from scene to scene – or from act to act – in order to be within the same “zone” as the majority of the action. Zone placement makes it easier for the deaf patron to see the interpreters and actors at the same time.

___69___ It involves placing the interpreters directly within the action—nearly making them “sign language actors”. The interpreter are “blocked” into each scene, and literally shadow the actors. The advantage of this is clear: the interpreter is in such close proximity to the actor that the deaf patron need not make a decision about whom to watch—be or she can watch both at the same time. In the best of cases, the deaf patron mentally blends the interpreter with the actor, and forgets that the actor does not sign.

Theater interpreters for the deaf are dedicated professionals who take great pride in their work. “Theater,” says Ian, “is the art of communicating beautiful ideas in interesting ways. ___70___. Thankfully, instead of seeing us as additions, producers nowadays think of interpreters for the deaf as a new avenue to creativity.”

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IV. Summary Writing

71. Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.

External rewards: yes or no?

Some argue that students' interests should emerge organically and genuinely from their own investigations of the world. The educational philosopher John Dewey warned teachers against artificially "making things interesting", and a long line of research has shown that providing "extrinsic", or external, rewards for an activity can weaken students' "intrinsic", or internal, motivation to engage in that activity.

But research also shows that, done carefully, the intentional elicitation (引出) of interest has many positive effects, and does not produce the negative results that educators may fear. Especially for academically unmotivated students, it's of primary importance that the adults in their lives create environments that allow them to find and develop their interests. And parents and educators can promote the development of kids' interests by demonstrating their own passion for particular subjects.

Two more thoughts on intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation: although research has convincingly established the value of intrinsic interest, in the real world most of us are driven by a combination of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. High-achieving students learn for learning's sake, but also to get A's; successful business people are driven to create useful products or productive organizations, but also to enjoy financial rewards. There is nothing wrong with this mixing of motives.

Second, when intrinsic motivation is entirely absent, there's nothing to weaken with an external incentive. Parents and teachers are sometimes reluctant to offer a reward to a young person for doing something he or she "should" like for its own sake---a monetary bonus for reading a book, for example. But if the kid shows no interest in reading the book in the first place, there's no intrinsic motivation to weaken. And if the student does read the book in order to get the money---and discovers that reading is actually pretty fun---that's a win for everybody.[

In short, while motivation is more complex than we sometimes assume, there is clearly a role for parents and educators to push young people's interests gently along.

V. Translation

Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.

72. 我们非常感激他们为保护上海方言所付出的努力。（appreciate）
73. 正如这本小册子介绍的那样，这里的司机都有礼让行人的习惯。（As）
74. 每周三，这些大学生都会雷打不动地去孤儿院做志愿者，教孩子们剪纸和编制。（rule）
75. 这首歌在今年的艺术节上首发时，因其旋律欢快，风格诙谐引起轰动，但只是昙花一现。（when）

VI. Guided Writing

76. Directions: Write an English composition in 120—150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

你是启明中学李华，看到电视台有报道说很多超市有大量临近保质期的食物，针对这些食物如何处理想征集观众意见，你很有感触遂写信给电台表达想法，信件内容包含：

1. 对如何处理这些临近保质期的食品提出建议；
2. 提出这些建议的理由。

参考答案

1. that    2. that    3. to    4. what    5. printed   

6. was discovered    7. evolving    8. to be hung    9. which    10. itself

11. I    12. A    13. J    14. B    15. H    16. F   

17. K    18. E    19. D    20. G

21. B    22. A    23. D    24. D    25. C    26. B    27. A    28. D    29. C    30. D    31. B    32. B    33. D    34. C    35. A

36. A    37. D    38. C    39. A

40. C    41. A    42. D

43. D    44. B    45. C    46. A

47. C    48. F    49. B    50. E

概要写作：

1. Some argue that students' interests should emerge organically and genuinely from their own investigations of the world.

2. But research also shows that, done carefully, the intentional elicitation (引出) of interest has many positive effects, and does not produce the negative results that educators may fear.

3. Two more thoughts on intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation: although research has convincingly established the value of intrinsic interest, in the real world most of us are driven by a combination of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.

4. when intrinsic motivation is entirely absent, there's nothing to weaken with an external incentive.

5. In short, while motivation is more complex than we sometimes assume, there is clearly a role for parents and educators to push young people's interests gently along.

52.We really appreciate their efforts to protect the Shanghai dialect.

53. As that leaflet introduces, all the drivers there give way to/yield to pedestrians habitually/out of habit.

54. Every Wednesday，these university students make it a rule to do volunteer service in the orphanage, teaching children paper-cutting and knitting.

55. The song became/was a hit/caused a sensation for its joyful/cheerful rhythm and witty style when (it was) first performed at the Art Festival this year, but its popularity didn’t last long /but it is just like a flash in the pan.