2021届中山市石岐区启发中学高三英语第二次联考试题及答案解析.pdf

2021 届中山市石岐区启发中学高三英语第二次联考试题及答案解析 第一部分 阅读（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 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项 A“Why do I feel cold when I have a fever?”“Why does the sun rise in the east?”I knew the day would come when my little girl Sophie would learn to talk and inevitably(不可避免地)start askingthose questions.The questions themselves werent worrying me.I was actually looking forward to seeing where her curiosity would lie.What was bothering(烦恼)me was whether or not I would know the answers.In the age of the smartphone,this may seem like a silly worry.The answers to almost everything would be just one Google away.Still,I struggled with how I was going to prepare to become an all-knowing mother.Then one day,it struck me:I didnt need to have all the answers.What a great example I could set if I let my daughter know that I,too,was still learning.And I realized how much more I could learn if I took another look at things I thought I already knew the answer to with the curiosity of a child.My little girls mind is a beginners mind-curious,open to new ideas,eager to learn,and not based on knowledge that already exists.I decided that I would deal with her questions with a beginners mind,too.Once I decided to become more curious,I started noticing that curiosity was becoming more important in the workplace,too.It seems that leaders dont need to have all the answers,but they do need to be curious.Curious about curiosity,I searched for answers and found Albert Einsteins famous words,“I have no special talent.I am only passionately(热情地)curious.”We mightquibble overthe view that Einstein had no special talent,but there is one thing for certain-he wouldnt have solved the puzzles of the universe without his passionate curiosity.Then I came across another Einstein quote,“The important thing is not to stop questioning.Curiosity has its own reason or existence.”1.The advantage of having a beginners mind is that _.A.people can learn much faster.B.people wont be afraid to make mistakes.C.people are willing to receive new things.D.people wont be expected to answer all questions.2.What does the example of Einsteins words show?A.Einstein was passionate about curiosity.B.Einsteins quotes are very famous.C.Curiosity is of great significance.D.Curiosity is more necessary than talent.3.What does the underlined phrase“quibble over”in the last paragraph probably mean?A.Fight against.B.Argue about.C.Work out.D.Agree with B This past year,Ive found myself returning again and again to lines of poetry by Emily Dickinson.Like many people,Ive needed the curing effects of reading more than ever.As scientists and psychologists will tell you,books are good for the brain and their benefits are particularly vital now.Books expand our world,providing an escape and offering novelty,surprise and excitement.They broaden our view and help us connect with others.Books can also distract us and help reduce ourmental chatter.When we hit the“flow state of reading where were fully lost in a book,our brains mode network calms down.Its a network of brain that is active and gets absorbed in thinking and worrying endlessly when we are not doing anything else.There is so much noise in the world right now and the very act of reading is kind of meditation.You disconnect from the chaos around you.You reconnect with yourself when you are reading.And theres no more noise.In 2020,the NPD Group recorded the best year of book sales since 2004.Yet even as people are buying more books,many are reporting theyre having a harder time getting through them.Its difficult for your brain to focus on a book when its constantly scanning for threats to keep you alive.Our fight-or-flight response has been consistently activated.Sometimes I picture my brain as a cartoon brain with little arms and legs,fighting with a book I am holding and screaming:“Cant you see Im busy!”Anxiety causes our brain to produce a flood of stress,which consumes our energy and makes it harder to concentrate.Then one day in December sitting on my couch,I remembered how much I like to readThe House of Mirth every few years around the holidays.The memory inspired me to pick up the familiar book,opened it up and started reading.I just kept going.The comfort and distraction and brain-opening experience gave me peace.So return to something familiar.4.What does the underlined part“mental chatter”in Paragraph 2 mean?A.Getting lost in a book.B.Non-stop inner anxiety.C.Chatting with the author.D.Powerful network of brain.5.What do we know about reading according to the text?A.It can treat our headache.B.It can calm down the noisy people.C.It forces us to concentrate.on thinking.D.It makes us communicate with ourselves.6.Why was it difficult for people to finish reading books in 2020?A.People bought too many books.B.The books were too difficult to understand.C.People just wanted to escape from the threat.D.The life threat disturbed peoples focus on books.7.Why is the authors experience mentioned in the last paragraph?A.To rid people of concern for safety.B.To present an effective reading way.C.To wake up memories of an old book.D.To recommend the book he/she reads.C Ive long believedthat positive living isnt about being optimistic every minute of every day.That kind of permanently happy state cant be the goal,because its impossible to achieve.It turns out that psychological research finds true happiness comes from authentic positivity,and authentic positivity comes from emotional flexibility.Being flexible emotionally means being open to the full range of emotional experiences,including the challenging ones like anger,disappointment and sadness.Emotional flexibility means being able to shift behaviors and mindsets to meet different situational needs,and adapting when circumstances change.However,emotionally flexible people are not chameleons(变色龙)whose outlook changes based on which way the wind is blowing.Instead,emotional flexibility is a skill that helps people judge the complexities of daily life,and stick to their deeply held values.Ive learned a new word that Id like to share with you:Eudaimonia(幸福感).Eudaimonia is the opposite of hedonism(享乐主义),the idea that happiness comes from the constant pursuit of pleasure and avoidance of pain.Eudaimonia,by contrast,encourages us to pursue meaning and authenticity,growth and honest joy.Both are philosophical approaches to happiness,and recent psychological thought is leaning toward eudaimonia as a more sustainable,satisfying model.Eudaimonia was first mentioned by Aristotle,who got the term from the Greek word“daimon,”which means“true nature.”Tome,walking a positive path means accepting that we each have positive true nature and permanent goodness.What we learn from the concept of eudaimonia is that we are best equipped to realize this nature when we are emotionally honest and flexible.8.What is the authors belief?A.People should live alone.B.People cant always be happy.C.People cant always achieve their goals.D.People should pursue true achievements.9.What do enmotionally flexible people commit themselves to?A.Their strongly believed values.B.Their different needs.C.Permanent happiness.D.The pursuit of hedonism.10.How can people gain eudaimonia according to the author?A.By being honest to others.B.By changing true nature.C.By keeping realstically optimistic.D.By pursuing pleasure constantly.11.Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?A.What is the meaning of eudaimonia?B.What should we do to keep positive?C.How can we keep happy forever?D.Why cant people be happy all the time?D Kenyan mother Beth Mwende heard her sleeping child cry out,but did not worry after the three-year-old quickly quietened down.The next morning,however,she found her daughter,Mercy,nearly unconscious with two bite marks in the neck.“I didnt know that it was a snake,”Mwende said.Although snakebites are common in her hometown,antivenom medication is difficult to get.Mwende lives about 160 kilometers east of Nairobi,Kenyas capital.So she took her daughter to a traditional healer.He placed stones over the bites.Mercy died within hours.She was one of about 700 Kenyans killed by snakebites each year,notes a report in the scientific publicationToxicon.The Kenya Snakebite Research and Intervention Center(KSRIC)is working to change that.The KSRIC hopes to have East Africas first antivenom medication on the market within five years.It estimates the cost will be about 30 percent of an imported product,which often sells for about US$30.More than 70,000 people are bitten in East Africa each year.Climate change and deforestation are worsening the problem as snakes get pushed out of natural surroundings into populated areas.Nearly 100 snakes live at the research center in a forest near Nairobi.Researchers take venom from snakes and study it before injecting small amounts into other animals,such as sheep.The animals then create antibodies that can be made into antivenom.“Up to now,no one has made any kind of antivenom in Kenya,said Geoffrey Maranga Kepha,a senior snake handler.Two effective antivenoms are available in Kenya,from India and Mexico,the center says.The center is teaching communities that using antivenom immediately after receiving a snakebite can save lives,said head researcher George Adinoh.“After seeing how people died in Kenya from snakebites I decided to devote my life to coming up with a rescue measure that will help or prevent people from dying from snakebites,”snake handler Kepha added.12.How does the author introduce the topic of the text?A.By telling a story.B.By listing figures.C.By referririg to documents.D.By making a comparison.13.Why did Mwende take her daughter to a traditional healer?A.She couldnt afford any modern treatment.B.She lived where antivenom medication is not available.C.The traditional way is very effective to treat snakebites.D.She believed a traditional healer could cure her daughter.14.What is causing more snakebites to happen in East Africa?A.Lack of antivenom medication.B.Environmental damage and climate change.C.Peoples low awareness of the danger of snakes.D.Peoples pursuit of traditional cures for snakebites.15.What do we know about antivenom in Kenya from the text?A.Itis taken from antibodies of sheep.B.There is only one effective antivenom available.C.KSRIC is trying to develop a local antivenom now.D.People refuse to use antivenom after being bitten by snakes.第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项 Columbus Day is on the second Monday of October,in the United States._16_.That means mostfederal offices are closed.The holiday honors the first visit to America by the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus.Columbus thought he could reach the Far East by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean from Europe.He was right,but he was also wrong.He thought the world was much smaller than it is._17_.Columbus and his crew arrived in October 1492 on an island they called San Salvador,in todays Bahamas.They explored that island and nearby islands now known as Cuba and Hispaniola._18_.That is why he called the people who lived on the islands“Indians”。_19_,even though local plants where he explored were unknown in Europe or Asia,and native people did not understand any languages spoken in the East.Columbus made several other trips to what was called the New World.He saw the coast of South America and the island of Jamaica.During his trips,Columbus explored islands and waterways,searching for a passage to the Indies.He never found it._20_.Yet,he always believed he had found the Indies.A.It is a federal holiday B.Columbus treated native people badly C.He refused to accept he was wrong about the geography D.Nor did he find spices or great amounts of gold as he had hoped E.Other European explorers did land inwhat is now the United States F.He did not imagine that another continent lay between Europe and East Asia G.Columbus believed these were the coastal islands of East Asia,then called the Indies 第二部分 语言运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项 When I was just out of college,I managed to get my dream job as a trader inNew York Cityon the floor of the American Stock Exchange.Though it was a proud_21_,the job was simply too physically_22_.I must stand in a crowd every day,which often_23_me in a mindset that held me back.Manhattanis a walking town and its difficult to_24_when you have a disability.Taxis are expensive and riding the subway_25_dozens of steep steps to get below_26_.This left me only one_27_ the bus.One night,after the_28_for my job,I was aching with my self-pity_29_it started to rain on my walk to the bus stop.I became more and more_30_without an umbrella,thinking Id never_31_it in this city and telling myself,this city is just too hard and maybe it is just not possible for a guy like me.And then,I_32_the most beautiful,short moment.A couple came rolling by on roller skates,hand_33_hand as they skated what seemed like the tango(探戈).They were all wet but they saw the_34_as an opportunity and romance.I suddenly became_35_ for waiting in the rain because I would have missed this beauty_36_if I had been in a taxi or on the subway.This,although_37_,wasan important moment on my journey to discovering the_38_of achieving health and happiness.When I change my mindset,_39_for a moment,to what is possible and work to get rid of the self-limiting beliefs that_40_my daily actions,I will be on the road to a healthier and happier life.21.A.adjustment B.achievement C.agreement D.treatment 22.A.tiring B.disappointing C.relaxing D.boring 23.A.reminded B.expected C.took D.left 24.A.go up B.get around C.set off D.show up 25.A.acquires B.supports C.requires D.surrounds 26.A.ground B.street C.town D.city 27.A.change B.chance C.idea D.choice 28.A.struggle B.work C.experience D.influence 29.A.before B.while C.when D.after 30.A.nervous B.curious C.scared D.upset 31.A.get B.make C.put D.watch 32.A.recalled B.intended C.witnessed D.realized 33.A.on B.by C.to D.in 34.A.rain B.tree C.wind D.cloud 35.A.astonished B.grateful C.anxious D.relaxed 36.A.exactly B.instantly C.entirely D.suddenly 37.A.strange B.small C.normal D.different 38.A.humor B.honesty C.power D.process 39.A.still B.yet C.also D.even 40.A.influence B.follow C.forbid D.harm 第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）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“Ding.”the alarm went off,John yawned_41._turned around,considering:“Sleep one more minute,one minute does no harm.”One minute_42._(late),John got up,washed his face quickly and went to school in a hurry.While_43._(reach)the crossroads,John saw the green light flash._44._,the light turned red before he could put his feet on the zebra line.“Oh,if only I could be a minute earlier.”he sighed.After several minutes_45._(wait),John finally went across the road.Then when he was rushing towards the coming bus,he pitifully saw the bus leaving in front of_46._(he)eyes.John sighed again:“If only I could be a minute earlier.”John wai