2021石嘴山三中高三第四次模拟考试英语试题

石嘴山三中2021届高三年级四模考试

英语试卷

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第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）

做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节：（共5小题）

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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。

例：How much is the shirt?

A. £ 19.15.                 B. £ 9.18.                 C. £ 9.15.

答案是C。

1 What does Mrs Lamb want William to do?

A Paint the wall.             B. Pay for the glass.         C. Help cut the grass.

2. How much will the man pay?

A. $5.                     B. $10.                     C. $20.

3. What does the woman want to do with the washing machine?

A. Throw it away.             B. Have it repaired.         C. Sell it to Nelson.

4. Which flight will the man take?

A. 10:20.                 B. 11:00.                     C. 11:45.

5. What is Jennifer going to do?

A. Buy some paper.         B. Check her work.         C. Start a business.

第二节（共15小题）

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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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. Where does the conversation probably take place?

A. At a bus stop.            B. At an activity centre.         C. At an information desk.

7. What will the man probably do?

A. Buy a book.             B. Go to a festival.             C. Visit the woman.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. Where are the speakers?

A. At the theater.             B. At the hospital.             C. At the railway station.

9. What does the woman do?

A. She's a driver.             B. She's a singer.             C. She's a doctor.

10. What did the man do to help the woman?

A. Book the hotel.             B. Look after Alan.             C. Play in the concert.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What is the woman doing?

A Asking for advice.         B. Chairing a meeting.         C. Hosting a program.

12. When was Bergen founded?

A. In 1070.                 B. In the 1200s.             C. In the 1830s.

13. What does Mr Wilson suggest people do in Bergen?

A. Read a fairy tale.         B. Walk around the city.         C. Buy a wooden house.

听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Strangers.                 B. Roommates.             C. Neighbours.

15. Where did Paul get the information about the flat?

A. From a good friend.         B. From Mrs Hamilton.         C. From the newspaper.

16. How many bedrooms are there in the flat?

A. Three.                 B. Two.                     C. One.

17. What does the woman ask Paul to do?

A. Pay the rent first.         B. Come to see the flat.         C. Call her this afternoon.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. Who has become the Union Party leader?

A. Robert Tennen.             B. Harry Johnson.             C. Jim Hardy.

19. What will happen to 10th Street tomorrow?

A. It will be closed.         B. It will be cleaned.         C. It will be rebuilt.

20. What will the weather be like tomorrow?

A. Sunny.                 B. Snowy.                 C. Rainy.

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节）

第一节（共15小题）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

The London Eye remains temporarily closed but in line with the Government's roadmap out of lockdown we plan to reopen from 17th May.You can pre-book now. Further information can be found here.

What to Expect

The London Eye soars 443 fee into the sky and views stretching25 miles every direction.Since opening in 2000,it has been used as a backdrop in countless films and is loved by Britons and visitors alike.This is the UK's most popular visitor attraction,visited by over 3.5 million people a year.

Each London Eye capsule holds up to 25 passengers comfortably. All capsules are fully air-conditioned and 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

■September to May 10:00am—8:00pm daily

■June 10:00am—9:00pm daily

■July 10:00am—9:30pm daily

■August 10:00am—-8:30pm daily

■Not open on Christmas Day or during maintenance period.

Ticket Prices

Booking line

■9:00am to 5:00pm Monday to Sunday

■Telephone: 0870 5000 600

1. Which of the following does the London Eye ride offer?

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.

2. When is the London Eye open in January?

A. 10:00am—-8:00pm.

B. 100am-9:00pm.

C. 10:00am-—9:30pm.

D. 10:00am—8:30pm.

3. What's the charge for a young couple with a 5-year-old boy who visit on the reopening

A. ₤30 B. ₤31 C. ₤37.5 D. ₤38.75

【答案】1. C    2. A    3. D

B

Having worked for more than a decade in finance in the oil industry in Canada, Tori Fahey found herself wanting more from life. But it wasn't through desperation that her circumstances changed: “I didn't get fed up and storm off, nothing like that; it was curiosity about other interests and wanting to experience something new.”

Fahey left her job and completed an MBA before setting up a move to New York to begin a degree. However, the opportunity of an open year between the MBA and the degree came up, and as a keen touring cyclist, Fahey realised that a much dreamed-about adventure was now becoming a possibility: "The ride in Africa had been on my fantasy list. It was a moment when I realised that I could do anything, so I should."

Fahey rode across Africa, a 7,500-mile trip that took four months. The whole experience had a life-changing impact. Fahey said: “Bicycles provide a literal freedom. You don't allow yourself to feel like that in everyday life because there are so many distractions. But when you' re out on the bike and there's nothing else, you' re really free to experience what life is.”

Post-degree, Fahey worked on projects with the UNDP(United Nations Development Project) in Montenegro with the aim of bringing investment to rural communities.

It was while working on these projects that the seeds were sown for the next new investment. “It was through my trip across Africa that I discovered pannier and rack systems inconvenient and I was never going to use them again.” Little did she know this would lead her to start up her own company.

In 2013, Apidura was born, producing storage solutions for people looking to travel the world by bike, race across continents and carry all they need to do so. It's now a successful global brand, but Fahey remains reflective about what else the company can do for people.

4. Why did Fahey leave her job in Canada?

A. She was bored with the job. B. She was disappointed with life.

C. She wanted to add new dimensions to her life. D. She found it hard to adjust to the circumstances.

5. Which can best describe Fahey's ride experience in Africa?

A. Demanding. B. Liberating. C. Eventful. D. Dangerous.

6. Why did Fahey launch Apidura?

A. To encourage bicycle traveling. B. To make her investment profitable.

C. To help cyclists carry traveling stuff. D. To increase the pleasure of riding bikes.

7. What is the passage mainly about?

A. A tough path to fame. B. An adventure across Africa.

C. The benefits of green travelling. D. The story behind the birth of Apidura.

【答案】4. C    5. B    6. C    7. D

C

Despite the common appearing of tablet computers and e-readers, we simply cannot break our addiction to paper. An estimated four billion trees are cut down every year to make paper or cardboard, an energy-consuming process with a vast environmental footprint. Now chemist Yadong Yin of the University of California, Riverside, and his colleagues have developed “rewritable” paper that could help control that impact.

Printed rewritable paper is made using Prussian blue nanoparticles (纳米粒子). The researchers coated conventional paper with nanoparticles of two chemicals: Prussian blue that gives blueprints their characteristic color, and titanium dioxide (二氧化钛), a substance used in sunscreens.

UV light makes the titanium dioxide nanoparticles donate electrons (电子) to their Prussian blue neighbors, shifting its color from midnight blue to milky white.

By shining that UV light through a transparent (透明的) screen marked with black text, the researchers “printed” blue text on a white background. The text lasts about five days and then naturally fades away: “Every morning I could just push a button, and a printer would give me a fresh newspaper to read over breakfast,” Yin says.

The paper can also be reset by heating and reused more than 80 times, a significant improvement over previous types of rewritable paper. “The key advantages are high reusability and stability, easy handling and low cost,” says Sean X. Zhang, a materials scientist at Jilin University in China, who was not involved in the study but has also worked on developing rewritable paper. By comparison, technologies such as electronic ink—used for Amazon’s Kindle Paperwhite—involve moving charged black-and-white particles around, which requires electronics.

Since reporting their invention in Nano Letters early this year, the scientists have used a digital projector to replace their transparent screen. They are now working on increasing the number of times the paper can be reused. Zhang says a key difficulty will be persuading companies to develop the unconventional UV control needed for widespread use. Even though commercialization could be a few years away, Yin says, “We’ve had a lot of discussions with industry investors.”

8. What does the underlined “that impact” in the first paragraph refer to?

A. Human beings’ addiction to paper.

B. Common appearance of e-readers.

C. Green and sustainable environment.

D. A vast environmental footprint.

9. What are paragraphs 2-4 mainly about?

A. Working principles of the new invention.

B. Comparison between different papers.

C. Key benefits of the new invention.

D. The function of UV light.

10. Sean X. Zhang probably agrees that the invention is_______________.

A. expensive B. unreliable C. conventional D. eco-friendly

11. What might be the best title for the text?

A. Print, wipe, rewrite

B. The nanotech commercialized

C. The history of paper

D. Reduce, reuse, recycle

【答案】8. D    9. A    10. D    11. A

D

Researchers at MIT and in China developed a simple, solar-powered water desalination (脱盐) system. They have made a breakthrough in getting fresh drinking water from sea water by using sunlight.

As the research paper published in Energy & Environmental Science explains, equipment applied in this system includes several layers of flat evaporators (蒸发器) that turn water sources into fresh water through solar energy, as well as condensers (冷凝器) that cool the gas into the liquid. The authors of the paper are MIT students Lenan Zhang and Lin Zhao, Professor Evelyn Wang, and nine other researchers at MIT and at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China.

How the system uses each of the multiple stages to remove salt from the water is critical to its efficiency. The heat released per stage will be used by the next stage. In this way, the team's device can convert the energy of sunlight into the energy of water evaporation with an efficiency of 385 percent.

The device can be considered as a multilayer solar still. The heat is absorbed by its flat panels and then transferred to make water evaporate. The vapor then cools down and turns into liquid water on the next panel. As the water is collected, the released heat is transferred to the next layer.

The team's 10-stage system produces pure water. Its quality is above the city drinking water standards. It also has the highest yield compared to other similar systems, at a rate of nearly six cubic decimeter per hour for every square meter of the solar collecting area. The system is distinguished from some others by the fact that there is no accumulated salt to be got rid of. Most materials of the demonstration unit don't cost much and are easy to get.

Further experiments will be carried out on the device to optimize (优化) the choices of materials and test its durability under realistic conditions. Researchers will also work on the design of the device to make it more consumer-friendly. It is expected that the system could finally help developing regions that are short of electricity supplies but rich in sea water and sunlight handle water crises.

12. What contributes most to the high efficiency of the device?

A. The choice of materials. B. The simplicity of the structure.

C. The recycling of released heat. D. The use of multilayer equipment.

13. What is the main idea of Paragraph 4?

A. What the device is for. B. What makes the device.

C. How the device works. D. How solar energy is collected.

14. What makes the device different from other systems?

A. Its zero accumulation of salt. B. Its stable and high production level.

C. The low cost of the materials. D. The quality of water it produces.

15. Why will researchers carry out further experiments on the device?

A. To reduce its cost. B. To check its performance in labs.

C. To make it environment-friendly. D. To make it suitable for use by consumers.

【答案】12. C    13. C    14. A    15. D

第二节（共5小题）

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。

Your success as a manager can be determined by how you interact with people. The role of a manager as a leader is an important part of these interactions. Leadership involves influencing colleagues so that they follow a given direction or goal.______16______

The first is the “people function” Here leadership helps to hold a group together and maintain the motivation of the group._______17_______In this role the leader will ensure the group has sufficient funds to carry out its tasks. So a leader should be seen to have influence both outside the group and within the group.

Next comes the “task function”. Here leadership involves deciding what the tasks of the group of employees are and then making sure that they are carried out successfully.

The third is the “strategic function.” ______18______A group of workers that knows what they are trying to achieve will be more efficient and better motivated than a group that doesn’t know what it’s supposed to be doing.

______19______For example, how much power the manager has over the group, how well the manager knows the systems present in an organization and how many personal contacts the manager has within the organization.

Good communication is another crucial element to successful leadership. A good leader is aware both of the message to be communicated and of the importance of effective communication to influence members of the group. _______20_______It is essential to be a role model for the policies you advocate. And remember, always accept responsibility for your mistakes and don’t blame colleagues for things that you do badly. No one is perfect. Just remember this when you interact with colleagues.

A. A leader should act as an ambassador for the group.

B. Leadership here helps with the development of a sense of purpose and direction for the group.

C. It is often stated that leadership has three main functions within groups.

D. A manager’s ability to influence people depends on a range of factors.

E. Networking includes the ability to make and maintain useful contacts.

F. This shows that you are aware of the effort colleagues are putting into their work.

G. A manager’s behavior is a vital component of the message they communicate to colleagues.

【答案】16. C    17. A    18. B    19. D    20. G

第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节）

第一节：（共20小题）

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。

The lazy beach vacations and study-abroad years are gone because of the pandemic （流行病）. Many, who believe travel is in their genes, find it ____21____ to be kept in the same place for so long. My friend James is one of them and is growing bored and upset, ____22____ for the old travelling days. How to pull through the depressing situation? There are many ways to answer the question, but “ being ____23____ is not one of them.

People always have a strong ____24____ to be on the go. However, it shows our true ability when that demand can't be ____25____ instantly. Travel is a good way to meet new people and____26____ new things, but we have ____27____ if we can't make it.

We can go off the ____28____ path and travel in the off-season. By connecting with communities and spending our money in ways that support ____29____, it will be a more meaningful way to _____30_____ the differences that make the world colorful.

We can plan a trip instead while we can't _____31_____ be there. “Expectations play a _____32_____ role in our life. And our future — mindedness can be a source of _____33_____ if we know good things are_____34_____ In every way, travel is a great thing to _____35_____, ” said Matthew Killingsworth, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. So _____36_____ a trip is nearly as enjoyable as actually taking one. Making plans is its own _____37_____ It makes us remember there is a big, _____38_____ world out there.

Many of us, me included, have taken what we have for granted. Tom Swick, a travel writer, tells me he_____39_____ to view travel as a routine. "Now, I look forward to experiencing it as a_____40_____, ” says he.

21. A. unbearable B. unpredictable C. unreliable D. uncertain

22. A. heading B. competing C. switching D. longing

23. A. optimistic B. active C. desperate D. hesitant

24. A. pressure B. sorrow C. fancy D. desire

25. A. reserved B. satisfied C. explained D. ignored

26. A. experience B. recover C. risk D. provide

27. A. curiosity B. alternatives C. advances D. regret

28. A. hidden B. broken C. beaten D. frozen

29. A. hobbies B. shelters C. fictions D. locals

30. A. refuse B. appreciate C. decrease D. avoid

31. A. mentally B. rarely C. physically D. merely

32. A. negative B. mild C. valueless D. significant

33. A. concern B. chaos C. independence D. joy

34. A. off the track B. in the way C. around the comer D. to the point

35. A. look forward to B. look down on C. look out for D. look back at

36. A. canceling B. plotting C. adjusting D. denying

37. A. reward B. focus C. price D. form

38. A. frightening B. rolling C. appealing D. resting

39. A. used B. hoped C. agreed D. wanted

40. A. service B. gift C. trend D. play

【答案】21. A    22. D    23. C    24. D    25. B    26. A    27. B    28. C    29. D    30. B    31. C    32. D    33. D    34. C    35. A    36. B    37. A    38. C    39. A    40. B

第二节：（共10小题）

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Chinese net users have found a new way to battle desertification by playing virtual planting games Ant Forest. which is under Ant Financial of the Alibaba Group, told the Global Times that they had planted over 50 million trees ____41____ （cover）about 507 square kilometers across China from 2016 to 2019.

Ant Forest is the first such game in China. In the Ant Forest plan, any activity ____42____ （consider） low carbon , including walking , taking public transport and online payments, will be converted into virtual “green energy ” The energy will be used to grow a virtual tree in the “ forest ” of the ____43____ （user）. They exchange ____44____ for a real tree by paying the corresponding energy. Ant Forest will plant the real trees in spring and autumn each year ____45____ the help of local authorities in the desert areas. This way of planting trees ____46____ （recognize） on October 23,2018 by the National Afforestation Committee as ____47____ means for citizens to fulfill their obligation of planting trees.

The Chinese government attaches great ____48____ （important）to the protection of ecosystems. China aims ____49____ （increase）the forest cover to 23 percent by 2020, and to 26 percent by 2035. A new study using data from NASA satellite shows that the Earth becomes ____50____ （green）as a result of ambitious tree-planting programs in China.

【答案】41. covering   

42. considered   

43. users    44. it   

45. with    46. was recognized   

47. a    48. importance   

49. to increase   

50. greener

第四部分：写作（共两节）

第一节：短文改错（共1小题）

51. 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：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），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。

John went shopping in a store, and he forgot to bring a bag. So he buys a shopping bag. After arriving home, it occurred him that he could make a bag by using his old trousers. Several hours late, he made himself a very nice bag. His mother was amazing at what he had done. Avoiding spending money unnecessarily is a way of saving. And making a good use of things is an approach to protect the environment. What's more, it is helpful for you to improve the ability to make thing by hand. It not only brings us pleasure but reduce waste around us.

【答案】1.and→but
2.buy→bought
3.occurred后加to
4.late→later
5.amazing→amazed
6.删除a
7.protect→protecting
8.you→us
9.thing→things
10.reduce→reduces

第二节：书面表达

52. 户外运动（活动）愉悦身心，是减压良方。请你用英文记述一次让你轻松、愉快的户外运动（活动）。内容包括：

1. 户外运动（活动）的过程；

2. 你的感受。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯。

【答案】Aiming to relax the students, our school organized a mountain-climbing last week.

It was a beautiful sunny day. The sky was blue with just a few fluffy white clouds. Kissed by the breeze, we were so relaxed and pleased while walking along the road to Xiang Shan. About 9:00 am, we arrived and set out for the top in high spirits. All the way we were chatting, singing and laughing, enjoying the breathtaking scenery. About 2 hours later, we all reached the top. Bathed in sunshine, we jumped and cheered with joy.

I like this outdoor activity very much. Not only did it offer me a precious chance to get close to nature but also gave me relaxation from heavy school work.