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1、2021年全国高考乙卷英语试题（使用地区：安徽、河南、陕西、山西、江西、甘肃、黑龙江、吉林、宁夏、青海、新疆、内蒙古）注意事项：1、答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。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；每 小题 1.5分，满 分 7.5 分）

2、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。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.【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】What is the man doing?A.Asking the way.B.Giving directionsC.Correcting a mistake.2.【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】What dress size does the woman want?A.8.B

3、.10.C.12.3.【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】What is the woman likely to do?A.Make a phone call.B.Handle the problem.C.Have a rest.4.【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】Which tour does the man seem to be interested in?第1页 共1 3页A.The evening tour.B.The half-day tour.C.The full-day tour.5.【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】Where are the speakers?A.At

4、a canteen.B.At a clinic.C.At a bank.第 二 节（共 15小题；每 小 题 1.5分，满 分 22.5分）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。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。听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】6.What does the woman think of the match?A.Entertaining.B.Discouraging.C.Boring.7.W

5、hat do the speakers plan to do on Tuesday afternoon?A.Watch a game.B.Play tennis.C.Go to the cinema.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】8 What does the man advise Mrs.White to do?A.Go on a diet.B.Do more exercise.C.Get enough sleep.9.Which can be included in Mrs.Whites breakfast?A.Eggs.B.Sausages.C.P

6、orridge.10.What is the man?A.A teacher.B.A physician.C.A chef.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】11.How does Nancy look to Daniel?A.Confused.B.Excited.12.Why does Daniel mention his performance in a play?A.To comfort Nancy.B.To express his regret.13.What is Nancy going to do next week?A.Take a schoo

7、l test.B.Have a check-up.14.What does Daniel offer to do for Nancy?C.Anxious.C.lb show his pride.C.Go in for a competition.第2页 共1 3页A.Rewrite her lines.B.Drive her to the theatre.C.Help her with the practice.听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】15.What was Prof.Stones grandfather afraid of?A.Leaving h

8、is home.B.Parting from his son.C.Taking early retirement.16.What does old age mean to many elderly Americans?A.Lack of moral support.B.Loss of self-worth.C.Change of living habits.17.What will Prof.Stone talk about next concerning elderly people?A.Public services they ask for.B.Health care available

9、 to them.C.Contributions they can make.听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】18.What does the speakers mother want her to be?A.A confident person.B.A warm-hearted person.C.A humorous person.19.Why did the speaker feel lonely in her childhood?A.She often traveled by herself.B.Her family moved frequently.C

10、.Her mother was busy working.20.What does the speaker mainly talk about?A.Importance of home schooling.B.Mother-daughter relationship.C.A role model in her family.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A、B、C和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AThe Biggest Stadiums in the WorldPeople have been pouring

11、into stadiums since the days of ancient Greece.In around 80 A.D.,the第3页 共1 3页Romans built the Colosseum,which remains the worlds best known stadium and continues to informcontemporary design.Romes Colosseum was 157 feet tall and had 80 entrances,seating 50,000people.However,that was small fry compar

12、ed with the citys Circus Maximus,which accommodatedaround 250,000 people.These days,safety regulations-not to mention the modern sports fans desire for a good view andcomfortable seat一tend to keep stadium capacities（容量）slightly lower.Even soccer fans tend tohave a seat each;gone are the days of thou

13、sands standing to watch the match.For the biggest stadiums in the world,we have used data supplied by the World Atlas list so far,which ranks them by their stated permanent capacity,as well as updated information from officialstadium websites.All these stadiums are still funtional,still open and sti

14、ll hosting the biggest events in world sport.Rungrado 1st of May Stadium,Pyongyang D.P.R.Korea.Capacity:150,000.Opened:May1,1989.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 17,1960.Ohio

15、 Stadium,Columbus,Ohio,U.S.Capacity:104,944.Opened:October 7,1922.Kyle Field,College Station,Texas,U.S.Capacity:102,512.Opened:September 24,1927.21.How many people could the Circus Maximus hold?A.104,944.B.107,601.C.About 150,000.D.About 250,000.22.Of the following stadiums,which is the oldest?A.Mic

16、higan Stadium.B.Beaver Stadium.C.Ohio Stadium.D.Kyle Field.23.What do the listed stadiums have in common?A.They host big games.B.They have become tourist attractions.C.They were built by Americans.D.They are favored by architects.BWhen almost everyone has a mobile phone,why are more than half of Aus

17、tralian homes stillpaying for a landline（座机）?These days youd be hard pressed to find anyone in Australia over the age of 15 who doesnt owna mobile phone.In fact plenty of younger kids have one in their pocket.Practically everyone can makeand receive calls anywhere,anytime.第4页 共1 3页Still,55 percent o

18、f Australians have a landline phone at home and only just over a quarter(29%)rely only on their smartphones according to a survey(调查).Of those Australians who still have alandline,a third concede that its not really necessary and theyre keeping it as a security blanket 19percent say they never use i

19、t while a further 13 percent keep it in case of emergencies.I think my homefalls into that category.More than half of Australian homes are still choosing to stick with their home phone.Age isnaturally a factor(因素)一only 58 percent of Generation Ys still use landlines now and then,compared to 84 perce

20、nt of Baby Boomers whove perhaps had the same home number for 50 years.Age isnt the only factor;Id say its 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 ahome phone rather than providing a mobile phone fbr eve

21、ry family member.That said,to be honest theonly people who ever ring our home phone are our Baby Boomers parents,to the point where we playa game and guess who is calling before we pick up the phone(using Caller ID would take the fun outof i t).How attached are you to your landline?How long until th

22、ey go the way of gas street lamps andmorning milk deliveries?24.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.25.What does the underlined word“concede“in paragraph 3 mean?A.Admit.B.Argue.C.Remember

23、.D.Remark.26.What can we say about Baby Boomers?A.They like smartphone games.B.They enjoy guessing callers5 identity.C.They keep using landline phones.D.They are attached to their family.27.What can be inferred about the landline from the last paragraph?A.It remains a family necessity.B.It will fall

24、 out of use some day.C.It may increase daily expenses.D.It is as important as the gas light.第5页 共1 3页cYouve heard that plastic is polluting the oceans 一 between 4.8 and 12.7 million tonnes enterocean ecosystems every year.But does one plastic straw or cup really make a difference?ArtistBenjamin Von

25、Wong wants you to know that it does.He builds massive sculptures out of plasticgarbage,forcing viewers to re-examine their relationship to single-use plastic products.At the beginning of the year,the artist built a piece called“StrawpocalypseJ a pair of 1 O-foot-tallplastic waves,frozen mid-crash.Ma

26、de of 168,000 plastic straws collected from several volunteerbeach cleanups,the sculpture made its first appearance at the Estella Place shopping center in Ho ChiMinh City,Vietnam.Just 9%of global plastic waste is recycled.Plastic straws are by no means the biggest source（来源）of plastic pollution,but

27、 theyve recently come under fire because most people dont need them todrink with and,because of their small size and weight,they cannot be recycled.Every straw thats partof Von Wongs artwork likely came from a drink that someone used fbr only a few minutes.Once thedrink is gone,the straw will take c

28、enturies to disappear.In a piece from 2018,Von Wong wanted to illustrate（说明）a specific statistic:Every 60 seconds,a truckloads worth of plastic enters the ocean.For this work,titled“Truckload of Plastic,Vbn Wongand a group of volunteers collected more than 10,000 pieces of plastic,which were then ti

29、ed togetherto look like theyd been dumped（倾倒）from a truck all at once.Vbn Wong hopes that his work will also help pressure big companies to reduce their plasticfootprint.28.What are Von Wongs artworks intended for?A.Beautifying the city he lives in.B.Introducing eco-friendly products.C.Drawing publi

30、c attention to plastic waste.D.Reducing garbage on the beach.29.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 for them.30.What effect would Truckload of

31、Plastic,9 have on viewers?A.Calming.B.Disturbing.C.Refreshing.D.Challenging.第6页 共1 3页31.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A.Artists Opinions on Plastic SafetyB.Media Interest in Contemporary ArtC.Responsibility Demanded of Big CompaniesD.Ocean Plastics Transformed into Sculpt

32、uresDDuring 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 amembership at the coworking space across the street so I can fbcus”.His comment struck me asstrange.After all,cowor

33、king spaces also typically use an open office layout（布局）.But I recentlycame across a study that shows why his approach works.The researchers examined various levels of noise on participants as they completed tests ofcreative thinking.They were randomly divided into four groups and exposed to various

34、 noise levels inthe background,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 decibelsgroup those exposed to a level of noise similar to background chatter in a coffee sho

35、p 一significantly outperformed the other groups.Since the effects were small,this may suggest that ourcreative thinking does not differ that much in response to total silence and 85 decibels of backgroundnoise.But since the results at 70 decibels were significant,the study also suggests that the righ

36、t 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 enoughto allow our imaginations to wander,without making it impossible to focus.This kind of distrac

37、tedfocus99 appears to be the best state fbr working on creative tasks.So why do so many of us hate our open offices?The problem may be that in our offices,we cantstop ourselves from getting drawn into others9 conversations while we9re trying to focus.Indeed,theresearchers found that face-to-face int

38、eractions 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.32.Why does the interviewer prefer a coworking space?A.It helps him concentrate.B.It blocks out background noise.第7页 共13页

39、C.It has a pleasant atmosphere.D.It encourages face-to-face interactions.33.Which level of background noise may promote creative thinking ability?A.Total silence.B.50 decibels C.70 decibels.D.8 5 decibels.34.What makes an open office unwelcome to many people?A.Personal privacy unprotected.B.Limited

40、working space.C.Restrictions on group discussion.D.Constant interruptions.35.What can we infer about the author from the text?A.Hes a news reporter.B.Hes an office manager.C.Hes a professional designer.D.Hes a published writer.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。Acco

41、rding to Jessica Hagy,author of How to Be Interesting,its not difficult to make yourselfinteresting at a dinner party.36、if youre out of your comfort zone or if youre wandering into somebodys house forthe first time.So the main thing is just to show up and be adventurous,trying different foods andta

42、lking to strangers.People love to talk about themselves.If you can start the conversation with a question other than“What do you do for a living?,youll be able to get a lot more interesting conversation out ofwhomever it is you9re talking to.37、it can bring in“I have this old,broken-down vehicle or

43、Irode the bus with these crazy people who were laughing at silly jokes in the back.It just opens upconversation.38?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 justremove the

44、m from the situation.39And 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）.40.Just quickly turn around and say,“This cake is extremely deliciou

45、s andyou have to tell me all about it.”So being interesting at a dinner party isnt that hard.第8页 共1 3页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

46、a topic where they have little to sayF.What about that person who had too much to drink or wont stop talkingG.He or she is the person who is feeling the weight of that awkwardness the most第三部分语言知识运用（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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Simply saying thank y

47、ou doesnt seem enough in certain situations.I was considering this whileworking as a 41 just a few weeks ago.And it came to me then how much easier it would be ifwe had a range of words that express different 42 of gratitude（感谢）.My thoughts were soon 43.We had a woman patient who was 44 from a kneer

48、eplacement operation.One afternoon,while 45 to get into bed she collapsed到下）from whatwas 46 discovered to be a heart attack.The collapse was disastrous,47 the emergencymedical team and good teamwork.But she recovered,though 48、and was ready fbrdischarge（出 院）after four weeks.She was 49 fbr everything

49、 that the medical and nursing team had done for her.On her day ofdischarge,we shared in her 50 at her recovery.As she was 5J she was eager tosay 52 to each of us in the nursing team.When she 53 one nurse,she tried topress a five-pound note into her hand.My colleague 54 to accept it,saying that we we

50、reall just 55 our job.The patient looked puzzled,and then 56:“Oh this isnt fbrthe 57 I had.I take that as a 58.No,this is for setting my hair yesterday.And there you have it.To many p e o p l e,59 lives is part of the job but styling hair is an60 and should be rewarded.account41.A.cleanerB.chemistC.