2021届高三第三次模拟考试卷 英语（一）学生版.docx

此卷只装订不密封班级 姓名 准考证号 考场号 座位号 此卷只装订不密封班级 姓名 准考证号 考场号 座位号 2020-2021学年高三第三次模拟考试卷英 语 （一）注意事项：1.答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。2.选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。3.非选择题的作答：用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。4.考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）略第二部分 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）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWhen youre having a hard time with your homework or when youre preparing for your term paper, these student-focused websites can help you with just about anything you need. The key to getting the most out of these online resources is to know how they can best be used to your advantage. FacebookAlthough Facebook can be one of your biggest time-wasters and distractions when you are supposed to be getting work done, it can also be one of your most valuable resources. Most of your classmates will probably have a Facebook account, so anyone you need to connect with about a class you missed or about a problem is usually just a few clicks away. SparkNotesWith a free library of history timeline, philosophy study guides and library summaries, SparkNotes has covered just about any reading-related jam you find yourself in. Just run a search for the book, play, or short summary of the material you are supposed to read. ADo you finish every term with many expensive textbooks you will never open again? Instead of letting the money spent go to waste, get back some of your cash by selling your books on Amazon. RateMyPChoosing new classes can sometimes be like trying to pick out your clothes in the dark, a total guessing game. Which teacher gives out the hardest problem sets? How much homework will that history professor give you every week? At RateMyP, students all over the country rate their professors on quality helpfulness, and how hard their classes are. WikipediaWhile Wikipedia isnt aimed specifically at students, it is difficult to think of another website that does more to reduce the pain of paper writing and researching. Wikipedia gives you a quick way to find sources and get the details of almost any topic you need to research all without walking to the library.21. While you are taking great pains to write a research report, _ can most probably be a help.A. FacebookB. SparicNotesC. AD. Wikipedia22. RateMyP is a place _.A. where you can make friends all over the countryB. where you can communicate with your professorsC. that gives you information about professors in advanceD. that gives tips on how to get along with your professors23. Which of the following will you most probably refer to, if you need brief ideas or discussion in reading?A. Wikipedia.B. Facebook.C. SparkNotes.D. ABEarl Forlales, a graduate in Materials Science and Engineering, took inspiration from the bamboo hut his grandparents lived in outside Manila and created a house made of bamboo that can be put together in four hours to solve the chronic(长期的) shortage of affordable accommodation in the Philippines. His design won a £50,000 top prize from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors(RICS) in its Cities for our Future competition.His house, known as Cubo, could be produced in a week, constructed in four hours and costs £60 per square meter. Its use of bamboo which releases 35% more oxygen into the environment than trees was praised by the judges. The ability of the houses to be constructed in any bamboo-producing area was one of the key attractions.“The worlds cities are growing all the time and there is a real need to make sure they are safe, clean and comfortable places to live in,” John Hughes, the competitions head judge and then president at RICS, said. “As we look at our competitors, who are our next generation of leaders, I believe that real progress will be made in tackling the worlds biggest issues.”Forlales has already identified a suitable area of land to start building his Cubo houses. He plans to begin the work next year with experts from the RICS in an attempt to help relieve the huge pressure on housing in Manila, where a third of the 12 million population live in poor districts. He said, “I would like to thank RICS for the opportunity, and look forward to working with them to put this money to good use in Manila and then hopefully elsewhere around the world.”24. What contributes most to Forlales winning the prize?A. The material of his house.B. The shape of his house.C. The design of his house.D. The expense of his house.25. Which word can best replace the underline word “tackling” in Paragraph 3?A. Facing.B. TreatingC. Covering.D. Handling.26. What can we infer about the Cubo house?A. It is created by Forlales and his parentsB. It is environmentally friendly and economical.C. It has already been built in Forlales hometown.D. It can be constructed in a week.27. Which of the following can be a suitable title?A. A Competition in House BuildingB. A Man Devoted to City DevelopmentC. The Bamboo House Winning a top PrizeD. The Way to Solve Housing ShortageCEver walked to the shops only to find, once there, youve completely forgotten what you went for? Or struggled to remember the name of an old friend? For years weve accepted that a forgetful brain is as much a part of aging as wrinkles and gray hair. But now a new book suggests that weve got it all wrong.According to The Secret Life of the Grown-up Brain, by science writer Barbara Strauch, when it comes to the important things, our brains actually get better with age. In fact, she argues that some studies have found that our brain hits its peak between our 40s and 60s much later than previously thought.Furthermore, rather than losing many brain cells as we age, we keep them, and even produce new ones well into middle age. For years its been assumed that brain, much like the body, declines with age. But the longest, largest study into what happens to people as they age suggests otherwise.This continuing research has followed 6,000 people since 1956, testing them every seven years. It has found that on average, participants performed better on cognitive(认知的) tests in their 40s and 50s than they had done in their 20s. Specifically, older people did better on tests of vocabulary, verbal memory(how many words you can remember) and problem solving. Where they performed less well was number ability and perceptual speed how fast you can push a button when ordered. However, with more complex tasks such as problem-solving and language, we are at our best at middle age and beyond. In short, researchers are now coming up with scientific proof that we do get wiser with age.Neuroscientists are also finding that we are happier with aging. A recent US study found older people were much better at controlling and balancing their emotions. It is thought that when were younger we need to focus more on the negative aspects of life in order to learn about the possible dangers in the world, but as we get older weve learned our lessons and are aware that we have less time left in life: therefore, it becomes more important for us to be happy.28. Barbara Strauch probably agrees that _.A. the young are better at handling important thingsB. wrinkles and gray hair are the only symbols of agingC. aging leads to the decline of the function of the brainD. peoples brains work best between their 40s and 60s29. The continuing research has found older people perform better on _.A. vocabulary testsB. number abilityC. perceptual speedD. body balance30. People are happier with aging because _.A. they know how to share feelingsB. they learn to value the time leftC. they cannot focus on negative aspectsD. they do not realize the possible dangers31. What is the main idea of the passage?A. People get happier with age.B. People get more forgetful with age.C. People get wiser with age.D. People get more self-aware with age.DLaurie Santos greeted her Yale University students with slips of paper that explained: No class today.It was mid-semester(学期). With exams and papers coming, everyone was exhausted and stressed. There was one rule: They couldnt use the one hour and a quarter of unexpected free time to study, and they had to just enjoy it. Nine students hugged her. Two burst into tears.Santos, a professor of psychology, had planned to give a lecture about what researchers have learned about how important time is to happiness, but she created a special class on the psychology of living a joyful, meaningful life and she wanted the lessons to stick. All semester, she explained why we think the way we do. Then, she challenged students to use that knowledge to change their own lives.On that spring afternoon, nearly a quarter of the undergraduate students were enjoying an unexpected break at the same time. No, not just enjoying it really loving the gift they had been given. Skyler Robinson, a sophomore, had been confused for a moment by all the possibilities it opened up. He felt very, very happy. Then, he took a nap. “That nap,” he said, “was fantastic.”Santos designed this class after she realized, as the head of a residential college at Yale, that many students were stressed out and unhappy, struggling through long days that seemed to her far more crushing(惨重的) and joyless than her own college years.Santos said students were most skeptical of the idea that good grades arent essential to happiness. And when she joked she was going to teach them that by giving everyone “D”, she was flooded with calls from frightened students and parents. Santos told them she was creating a center for the good life at the college she leads at Yale. As for the good life, she told them they already know how to live it they just have to practice and put in hard work.So many students have told her the class changed their lives. “If youre really grateful, show me that.” she told them. “Change the culture.”32. What did Santos ask her Yale students to do that day?A. Study for the coming exams.B. Enjoy the free time in her class.C. Apply their way of thinking to life.D. Realize the importance of time.33. What does Santos think of her Yale students?A. They care nothing about grades but happiness.B. They are stressed into a hopeless generation.C. They are living a joyful and meaningful life.D. They suffer great pressure from learning.34. How was Santos special class that day?A. Popular.B. Discouraging.C. Humorous.D. dull35. What is the best title for the text?A. Yale has a special course about social life.B. Yale teaches its students about good grades.C. Yale has a course all about living happily.D. Yale helps its students reduce learning pressure.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分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。Some people are so rude. Who sends an e-mail or a text message that just says “Thank you?” Who leaves a voice mail message rather than texts you? Who asks for a fact easily found on the Internet? 36 Maybe Im the rude one for not appreciating lifes little courtesies(礼节). But many social norms(规范) just dont make sense to people drowning in digital communication.Take the thank-you note. Daniel Post Senning, a coauthor of Emily Posts Etiquette, asked, “At what point does showing appreciation outweigh the cost?” 37 Think of how long it takes to listen to one of those messages. In texts, you dont have to declare who you are or even say hello. E-mail, too, is slower than a text. The worst are those who leave a voice mail and then send an e-mail message to tell you they left a voice mail.This isnt the first time technology has changed our manners. 38 Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor, suggested that people say, “Ahoy!” Finally, hello won out, and the victory sped up the greetings use in face-to-face communications.In the age of the smart phone, there is no reason to ask once-acceptable questions about: the weather forecast, a businesss phone number, or directions to a house, a restaurant, or an office, which can be easily found on a digital map. 39 And when you answer, they respond with a thank-you e-mail.How to handle these differing standards? Easy: Consider your audience. Some people, especially older ones, appreciate a thank-you message. 40 In traditional societies, the young learn from the old. But in modern societies, the old can also learn from the young. Heres hoping that politeness never goes out of fashion but that time-wasting forms of communication do.A. Then there is voice mail.B. Others, like me, want no reply.C. But people still ask these things.D. Dont these people realize that theyre wasting your time?E. Wont new technology bring about changes in our daily life?F. Face-to-face communication makes comprehension much easier.G. When the telephone was invented, people didnt know how to greet a caller.第三部分 英语知识运用（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。For hours I had been traveling up the Nile Valley,from Luxor to Cairo, on a train jammed with Egypts working Poor.At 1 a.m. I reached Cairo and took a taxi to Tahrir Square, the citys center. The taxi 41 me off across the street from Hardees. Just as I was about to open the restaurant door, two street 42 pounced on me with cries for 43 .In my broken Arabic I asked when they had last eaten. “About 16 hours ago,” they said.I asked them to wait while I went inside. Since I was traveling on a 44 budget and was even 45 meals on occasion, part of me 46 the childrens hunger. But mostly, the children reminded me how 47 I really was.I ordered two hamburgers for the boys. Then 48 my remaining stinginess(小气), I bought them one of Hardees delicious, big chocolate chip cookies.I brought the food out, and as they took the 49 , they 50 me with 30 seconds of nonstop blessings.After they finished, I 51 the bag and pulled out the cookie, extending it for them to take. Both boys fell 52 , and then tears welled up in their eyes as they 53 this was too much.They 54 the cookie six times.I knelt down beside them, 55 their eyes, and amazed at what was before me: two destitute(一无所有的) boys asked 56 for what they needed, 57 to take a crumb(一点，少量) more.On the seventh 58 , after a long and silent pause, they held out their hands and took the cookie.I had seen many 59 in Egypt the Pyramids, the Aswan High Dam, the Valley of the Kings, the treasures of King Tu