2021年全国普通高等学校招生统一考试英语试卷（全国乙卷).pdf
绝密启用前2021年高中英语试卷学校：姓名：班级：考号：一、阅读理解l.The Biggest Stadiums in the WorldPeople have been pouring into stadiums since the days of ancient Greece.In around 8 A.Q.,theRomans built the Colosseum,which remains the worlds best known stadium are continues to informcontemporary design.Romes Colosseum was 157 feet tall and had 80 entrances,seating 50,000 people.However,that was small fry compared with the citys Circus Maximus,which accommodated around250,000 people.These days,safety regulations-not to mention the modem sports fans desire for a good view and acomfortable seat-tend to keep stadium capacities（容量）slightly lower.Even soccer fans tend to have aseat each;gone are the days of thousands standing to watch the match.For the biggest stadiums in the world,we have used data supplied by the World Atlas list so far,whichranks them by their stated permanent capacity,as well as updated information from olficial stadiumwebsites.All these stadiums are still functional,still open and still hosting the biggest events in world sport.Rungrado 1st of May Stadium,Pyongyang,D.P.R-Korea.Capacity.150,000.Opened.May 1,1989.Michigan Stadium,Ann Arbor,Michigan,U.S.Capacity:107,601.Opened.October 1,1927.Beaver Stadium,State College,Pennsylvania,U.S.Capacity:106,572.Opened:September 17,I960.Ohio Stadium,Columbus,Ohio,U.S.Capacity:104,944.Opened:October 7,1922.Kyle Field,College Station,Texas,U.S.Capacity:102,512.Opened:September 24,1927.1.How many people could the Circus Maximus hold?A.104,944.B.107,601.C.About 150,000.D.About 250,000.2.Of the following stadiums,which is the oldest?A.Michigan Stadium.B.Beaver Stadium.C.Ohio Stadium.D.Kyle Field.3.What do the listed stadiums have in common?A.They host big games.B.They have become tourist attractionsC.They were built by Americans.D.They are favored by architects2.When almost everyone has a mobile phone,why are more than half of Australian homes still payingfor a landline（座机）These days youd be hard pressed to find anyone in Australia over the age of 15 who doesnt own amobile phone.In fact plenty of younger kids have one in their pocket.Practically everyone can make andreceive calls anywhere,anytime.Still,55 percent of Australians have a landline phone at home and only just over a quarter（29%）relyonly on their smartphones,according to a survey（调查）.Of those Australians who still have a landline,athird concede that its not really necessary and theyre keeping it as a security blanket-19 percent say theynever use it while a further 13 percent keep it in case of emergencies.I think my home falls into thatcategory.More than half of Australian homes are still choosing to stick with their home phone.Age is naturally afactor（因素）-only 58 percent of Generation Ys still use landlines now and then,compared to 84 percent ofBaby Boomers whove perhaps had the same home number for 50 years.Age isnt the only factor;Id sayits also to do with the makeup of your household.Generation Xers with young families,like my wife and I,can still find it convenient to have a homephone rather than providing a mobile phone for every family member.That said,to be honest the onlypeople who ever ring our home phone are our Baby Boomers parents,to the point where we play a gameand guess who is calling before we pick up the phone（using Caller ID would take the fun out of it）.How attached are you to your landline?How long until they go the way of gas street lamps andmorning milk deliveries?1.What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us about mobile phones?A.Their target users.B.Their wide popularity.C.Their major functions.D.Their complex design.2.What does the underlined word“concede in paragraph 3 mean?A.Admit.B.Argue.C.Remember.D.Remark.3.What can we say about Baby Boomers?A.They like smartphone games.B.They enjoy guessing callers*identity.C.They keep using landline phones.D.They are attached to their family.4.What can be inferred about the landline from the last paragraph?A.It remains a family necessity.B.It will fall out of use some day.C.It may increase daily expenses.D.It is as important as the gas light.3.Youve heard that plastic is polluting the oceans-between 4.8 and 12.7 million tonnes enter oceanecosystems every year.But does one plastic straw or cup really make a difference?Artist Benjamin VonWong wants you to know that it does.He builds massive sculptures out of plastic garbage,forcingviewers to re-examine their relationship to single-use plastic products.At the beginning of the year,the artist built a piece called Strawpocalypse,1 a pair of 10-foot-tallplastic waves,frozen mid-crash.Made of 168,000 plastic straws collected from several volunteer beachcleanups,the sculpture made its first appearance at the Estella Place shopping center in Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam.Just 9%of global plastic waste is recycled.Plastic straws are by no means the biggest source（来源）ofplastic pollution,but theyve recently come under fire because most people dont need them to drink withand,because of their small size and weight,they cannot be recycled.Every straw thats part of VonWongs artwork likely came from a drink that someone used fbr only a few minutes.Once the drink isgone,the straw will take centuries to disappear.In a piece from 2018,Von Wong wanted to illustrate（说明）a specific statistic:Every 60 seconds,atruckloads worth of plastic enters the ocean.For this work,titled Truckload of Plastic,Von Wong and agroup of volunteers collected more than 10,000 pieces of plastic,which were then tied together to looklike they*d been dumped（倾倒）from a truck all at once.Von Wong hopes that his work will also help pressure big companies to reduce their plastic footprint.1.What are Von Wongs artworks intended for?A.Beautifying the city he lives in.B.Introducing eco-friendly products.C.Drawing public attention to plastic waste.D.Reducing garbage on the beach.2.Why does the author discuss plastic straws in paragraph 3?A.To show the difficulty of their recycling.B.To explain why they are useful.C.To voice his views on modern art.D.To find a substitute fbr them.3.What effect would Truckload of Plastic have on viewers?A.Calming.B.DisturbingC.Refreshing D.Challenging.4.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A.Artists1 Opinions on Plastic SafetyB.Media Interest in Contemporary ArtC.Responsibility Demanded of Big CompaniesD.Ocean Plastics Transformed into Sculptures4.During an interview for one of my books,my interviewer said something I still think about often.Annoyed by the level of distraction（干扰）in his open office,he said,Thats why I have a membership atthe coworking space across the street so I can focus.His comment struck me as strange.After all,coworking spaces also typically use an open office layout（布局）.But I recently came across a study thatshows why his approach worksThe researchers examined various levels of noise on participants as they completed tests of creativethinking.They were randomly divided into four groups and exposed to various noise levels in thebackground,from total silence to 50 decibels（分 贝）,70 decibels,and 85 decibels.The differencesbetween most of the groups were statistically insignificant;however,the participants in the 70 decibelsgroupthose exposed to a level of noise similar to background chatter in a coffee shop-significantlyoutperformed the other groups.Since the effects were small,this may suggest that our creative thinkingdoes not differ that much in response to total silence and 85 decibels of background noise.But since the results at 70 decibels were significant,the study also suggests that the right level ofbackground noise-not too loud and not total silence-may actually improve ones creative thinkingability.The right level of background noise may interrupt our normal patterns of thinking just enough toallow our imaginations to wander,without making it impossible to focus.This kind of distracted focusappears to be the best state for working on creative tasks.So why do so many of us hate our open offices?The problem may be that,in our offices,we cant stopourselves from getting drawn into others conversations while were trying to focus.Indeed,theresearchers found that face-to-face interactions and conversations affect the creative process,and yet acoworking space or a coffee shop provides a certain level of noise while also providing freedom frominterruptions.1.Why does the interviewer prefer a coworking space?A.It helps him concentrate.B.It blocks out background noise.C.It has a pleasant atmosphere.D.It encourages face-to-face interactions.2.Which level of background noise may promote creative thinking ability?A.Total silence.B.50 decibels.C.70 decibels.D.8 5 decibels.3.What makes an open office unwelcome to many people?A.Personal privacy unprotected.B.Limited working space.C.Restrictions on group discussion.D.Constant inteiTuptions.4.What can we infer about the author from the text?A.Hes a news reporter.B.He*s on office manager.C.Hes a professional designer.D.Hes a published writer.二、七选五5.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According to Jessica Hagy,author of How to Be Interesting,its not difficult to make yourselfinteresting at a dinner party.,if youre out of your comfort zone or if you*re wandering into somebodys house for the firsttime.So the main thing is just to show up and be adventurous,trying different foods and talking tostrangers.People love to talk about themselves.If you can start the conversation with a question other than Whatdo you do for a living?,youll be able to get a lot more interesting conversation out of whomever it isyoure talking to.it can bring in I have this old,broken-down vehicle or I rode the bus withthese crazy people who were laughing at silly jokes in the back.*It just opens up conversation.?If you cant take their wine away,you should certainly try to take away their soapbox（讲台）.If youre the host,you can ask them to help you in the kitchen with something and just remove them fromthe situation.And what about that other dinner-party killer:awkward silence?If youre faced with an awkwardsilence at a dinner party,the only thing that always gets everyone talking again is to give the host acompliment（赞扬）.Just quickly turn around and say,This cake is extremely delicious and youhave to tell me all about it.”So being interesting at a dinner party isnt that hard.A.How do you know the hostB.The first step is to go exploringC.If you ask the question How did you get here?D.Be prepared to have awkward conversations with strangersE.Or turn the conversation into a topic where they have little to sayF.What about that person who has had too much to drink or wonrt stop talkingG.He or she is the person who is feeling the weight of that awkwardness the most三、完形填空6.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。Simply saying thank you doesnt seem enough in certain situations.I was considering this whileworking as a Just a few weeks ago.And it came to me then how much easier it would be if we had arange of words that express different 2 of gratitude（感谢）.My thoughts were soon 3.We had a woman patient who was 4 from a knee replacement operation.One afternoon,while5 to get into bed she collapsed（倒下）from what was 6 discovered to be a heart attack.The collapsewas disastrous,7 the emergency medical team and good teamwork.But she recovered,though 8,andwas ready for discharge（出院）after four weeks.She was 9 for everything that the medical and nursing team had done for her.On her day ofdischarge,we shared in her 10 at her recovery.As she was 11 she was eager to say 12 to each of usin the nursing team.When she 13 one nurse,she tried to press a five-pound note into her hand.Mycolleague 14 to accept it,saying that we were all just 15 our job.The patient looked puzzled,andthen 16:Oh this isnt for the 17 I had.I take that as a 18.No,this is for setting my hair yesterday.And there you have it.To many people,19 lives is part of the job but styling hair is an 20 andshould be rewarded.1.A.cleanerB.chemistC.nurseD.doctor2.A.gradesB.meaningsC.needsD.expectations3.A.brushed asideB.put to the testC.brought under discussionD.taken into account4.A.departingB.escapingC.retiringD.recovering5.A.attemptingB.choosingC.pausingD.promising6.A.eventuallyB.fortunatelyC.casuallyD.secretly7.A.assessingB.requiringC.formingD.proving8.A.slightlyB.accidentallyC.slowlyD.happily9.A.gratefulB.thoughtfulC.sorrowfulD.fearful10.A.surpriseB.delightC.curiosityD.disappointment11.A.operatingB.thinkingC.hesitatingD.leaving12.A.sorryB.helloC.goodbyeD.yes13.A.reachedB.consultedC.introducedD.persuaded14.A.wishedB.pretendedC.failedD.refused15.A.enjoyingB.doingC.securingD.starting16.A.repeatedB.recitedC.repliedD.reported17.A.courageB.patienceC.dutyD.care18.A.goalB.givenC.pushD.greeting19.A.riskingB.changingC.savingD.building20.A.honourB.abilityC.openingD.extra四、语法填空7.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。Ecotourism is commonly regarded as low impact（影响）travel to undisturbed places.It is different fromtraditional tourism because it allows the traveler to become（educate）about the areas-both interms of geographical conditions and cultural characteristics,and often provides money for conservationand benefits the(develop)of the local areas.E cotourism has(it)origin with the environmental movement of the 19 70s.It was not widelyaccepted as a travel concept the late 19 8 0s.During that time,increasing environmentalawareness made it desirable.Due to growing popularity of environmentally-related and adventure travel,varioustypes trips are now being classified as ecotourism.Actually,a true eco-friendly trip must meetthe following principles:M inimize the impact of(visit)the place.Build respect for and awareness of the environment and cultural practices.Provide(finance)aid and other benefits for local peoples.M ake sure that the tourism provides positive experiences for both the visitors and the hosts.Komodo N ational Park,officially recognized in 19 8 0,is popular for ecotourism because of its uniquebiodiversity.(activity)there range from whale watching to hiking(远足)and accommodationsaim(have)a low impact on the natural environment.五、短文改错8.假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换作文，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(A),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。I love doing housework.I always assist my parents in doing the dish after meals.I also water theflowers in the yard and tidying up my own bedroom whatever necessary.In my opinion,students canbenefit a lot doing some housework.F irstly,doing housework was helpful for us to be a responsibleperson.Also,it gives our parents more time to do what they are like and it improves the familyrelationship.Whats most,doing housework can be a form of mentally relaxation from study.Thats ourview on housework.And hopes this can inspire more thinking on the topic!六、书面表达9.你校将举办英语演讲比赛。请你以Be smart online learners为题写一篇发言稿参赛，内容包括：1.分析优势与不足；2.提出学习建议。注意：1.词数100左右；2.题目和首句已为你写好。七、听力题10.What is the man doing?A.Asking the way.B.Giving directions.C.Correcting a mistake.11.What dres
