1、广东省普宁市大长陇中学2021届高三英语下学期第一阶段考试试题广东省普宁市大长陇中学2021届高三英语下学期第一阶段考试试题年级:姓名:5广东省普宁市大长陇中学2021届高三英语下学期第一阶段考试试题(无答案)第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分50分)第一节 (共15小题;每小题2.5分,满分37.5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。A One day a student was walking with his teacher in the countrysideAs they went along,they saw a pai
2、r of old shoes lying in the pathThey were a pool farmers,who was working in the nearby fieldThe student turned to the teacher saying:“We will hide his shoes,and hide ourselves behind those trees,and wait to see what he will do”“My young friend”answered the teacher,“we should never make fun of the po
3、or. Why not put a coin in each shoe,and then we will hide ourselves and watch?”The student did so and they both hid themselves behind the trees. The poor man soon finished his work,and came across the field to the path where he had left his coat and shoes. After putting on his coat,he put his foot i
4、nto one of his shoes,and felt something hardThen he bent (弯腰) down to feel what it was,and found the coin. Surprised,he looked at the coin,turned it around and looked at it againHe then looked around,but no person was seenHe put the money into his pocket, and continued to put on the other shoe. His
5、surprise was doubled on finding the other coinHe couldnt control his feelings and fell to his knees,looked up to the sky and expressed his thanks. Then he spoke of his wife,sick and helpless,and his children without breadHe said the help would save them from dying.The student stood there deeply move
6、d,and his eyes filled with tears“Now,”said the teacher, “Are you not much happier than if you had hidden the shoes?”21. When the student saw the shoes,he wanted to_A. steal them B. play a joke on the owner C. find their owner D. give the owner some money22According to the passage,the teacher is_Aqui
7、et and honest B. kind and friendly C. patient and clever Dstrict and careful23. When the farmer saw the second coin, he_A. was surprised and decided to find the owner B. was worried and looked up at the skyCwas very excited and grateful Dspoke of his difficulties and asked for more help24 .What can
8、we learn from the passage?ATrue happiness comes from helping others B .All good things come to an endC. Where there is a will,there is away D. It is never too late to learnBI work in a nursing home and my job is to take care of the elderlyThis year, a very sweet old lady that I cared for,Alice, had
9、gone through a difficult time .She got dementia and so she had been in the hospital twice .In November I was finally able to get her back to her“home”Alice had thought her daughter was coming to visit her on Christmas day and that they were going to have the whole family together like the old days.
10、When she finally realized that that happy moment was not going to happen,she was very sadKnowing that her daughter was coming after Christmas was not enough to make her feel happy,I hated the idea of her being alone on the holiday!On Christmas Eve,I gave her a surprise by asking if she could like to
11、 go to a candlelight service at church that night Instead of taking her to my church,I took her to her old neighborhood church where all her friends were. We got there early and I got her a seat where her friends could see her as they came inThen soon some of her friends came to the church and they
12、rushed over to greet her and sit with herThe candlelight service was beautiful and Alice got a lot of love from her old and new friends there. The truth of the story is that I am the one who got the best gift: the smile on Alices face25.The underlined word“dementia”in Paragraph 2 probably is_Aa hous
13、e Ba letter Can illness Da plan26. Where did Alice spend her Christmas Eve according to the story?A. In her old house B. In her old neighborhood churchCIn the nursing homeD. In the hospital27. What was the best gift that the author got on Christmas Eve?AThe candlelight service BPraise from Alices fr
14、iendsCAlices happiness DThanks from Alice s daughter28What is the best title for this passage?AA special candlelight Christmas Eve BThe dream of all old lonely ladyCMy special job D . The true loveCIn a computer age,a broadband Internet connection is very popular nowWhether cable or mobile broadband
15、,todays connections are many times faster than those in the early days. Videos play smoothly, complex websites load quickly,and files download much faster than ten years agoAnd the files are much bigger tooTheres a hidden problem:You have to live near enough to a major city to get broadband Internet
16、. If you dont,its slow dial-up access for you. And for those living really far out,there may be no Internet access at a11Technology experts often talk about the “last mile” problem, which refers to the difficulty of bringing Internet access to remote locationsIn cities and suburbs(郊区),its relatively
17、 easy to provide access for everyoneIt is much more difficult to deliver access to those living far from cities,especially in developing countriesInternet service providersfor their part,have been reluctant to provide access to sparsely(稀疏地)populated areasThe handful of Internet users they would rea
18、ch wouldnt cover the expense.But every year, technological advancements allow of more and more Internet users. Most broadband connections today run over existing cable TV and telephone lines although these technologies arent available everywhereSome companies have delivered the Internet over standar
19、d power lines. Advancements in cheaper more efficient fiber optics cables(光纤电缆)promise to bring extremely fast Internet connections to more usersStillthe“last mile”problem remains hard to deal withThere will always be somewhere that doesnt have an affordable broadband connectionBut someday that migh
20、t not matterIf the rapid progress in cell phone technology is any indication,it may not be too long before an Internet connection simply follows you wherever you go.29. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?AInternet connections have been popular everywhereBInternet service provide
21、rs are willing to care about rural(农村的)customersC. The problem of Internet access hasnt been completely dealt withD. Computer cant become popular in developing countries30.Paragraph 4 mainly tells us that technological advancements_.Amake TV and telephone available everywhereBbring great change to p
22、eoples everyday lifeC. bring faster Internet connections to usersD. make it possible for more people to use the Internet31What may eventually settle the“last mile”problem?A. The broadband connections getting fasterBThe rapid progress in cell phone technologyCMore and more Internet connectionsD. More
23、 and more Internet users32. The best title for this passage may be_AInternet Connection Problems BInternet Connections Need ImprovingC. Progress in Internet Connections DInternet Connections TodayDA good deal of fascinating research has been done about the reading patterns of young people,and it is
24、surprising to discover at what an early age children start expressing preferences for particular kind of books. A recent report,which examined in detail the reading habits of primary-school childrenshowed that even seven-year-old boys and girls have clear views about what they want to read. Girls,in
25、 general,read more,and far more girls than boys preferred reading stories. Boys were showing a taste for the more instant appeal of picture stories,or else books about their hobbiesThese tastes continue unchanged until the children are teenagers. Apparently girls read more in general,but more fictio
26、n in particular .You could say that there are more opportunities for girls to read fiction:magazines encourage the fiction habit in girls in their early teens,and by their late teens they have probably moved on to the adult womens magazinesTeenage boys tend to buy magazines about their hobbies:motor
27、cycles,heavy transport and to onAdult reading tastes are also the subject of researchAgain the number of women who read for pleasure is considerably higher than the number of men. It seems that the majority of women still want love storiesThere has also been some analysis of what men actually read A
28、pparently only 38 percent of men read anything,but 50 percent of what they read is fiction in the form of action-packed(内容丰富有趣的)stories of space or gunmen33. What has the recent research into childrens reading show?A. Children begin to read very fast at an early ageB. Children examine in detail what
29、 they read at schoolCChildren can read clearly in primary schoo1D. Children form their reading tastes by the time they are seven34. If we have a close look at the reading habits of boys and girls well find that_A .girls are more interested in fiction than boysB. girls are more interested in action-p
30、acked stories than boysC .boys read much more than girlsDboys have no interest in fiction35 .It can be inferred from the passage that_Aboys change their reading tastes more often than girlsBpeople usually do not change their reading tastes when they grow upCboys and girls form their reading habits b
31、y reading magazinesD. people have no definite(确切的)reading tastes第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分,满分12.5分)Organizing Your TimeYou can set a budget for your time just as you can set a budget for your money. Since youre trying to reduce worry rather than increase it,go into this process with a focus on maximizing(使最大化
32、)your personal time,rather than cramming(塞满) as much as you can into each day. Set a sleep schedule 36 Give yourself a one-hour target window for bedtime in the evening,and set a strict time to get up in the morningBe sure that the space between your bedtime and the start of your day gives you rough
33、ly an hour more than the amount of sleep you actually need37Take care of tasks at the same time every day. Plan time for daily health care, commuting(乘公交下上班),work,shopping,eating,and chores(家务).Add in time for anything else you do most days,such as homework,exercise,or an active hobby. 38 All the ti
34、me left over is your free time,to use for relaxation or whatever else you want 39 For example,you might plan to go, dropping on your way home from work, to save the extra tripFor many people,an irregular work schedule make this kind of budgeting difficult40A. However, you can still plan to work arou
35、nd your schedule in the same order every dayBStick to it,even on weekendsCTry to combine trips outside the home to maximize your free timeDDifferent days call for different approachesEThereforeyou wont lay down and start worrying about whether or not youll fall asleep on timeFSit comfortably and foc
36、us on your breathing until the rest of your thoughts become quiet.GPut them in a specific order that works for you第三部分 英语知识运用 (共两节,满分30分)第一节 完形填空(共15小题:每小题1分,满分15分)In an old city of Hungary, there used to be a boy who was very rich and clever but nothing could make him feel happyHe had almost everyt
37、hing a boy could ever want,so he was only 41 in the most rare objects. One day his parents bought him a very strange 42 When the boy went to see his reflection(映像)in it,he looked very 43 He tried smiling, 44 his reflection continued with its sad expression.45 ,the boy went off to buy sweets and lots
38、 of toysHe came home as happy as he could be,but he 46 looked sad in that mirror, “What a(n) 47 mirror! Its the first time Ive seen a mirror that didnt 48 properly!”That afternoon he went out to buy some toys and on his way he saw a little girl who was 49 The boy went over to see what had 50 to her.
39、 The little girl said that she couldnt find her parents.Together the two children set off 51 them. As the little girl wouldnt stop crying,the boy spent all of his money buying her sweets to 52 her upAfter much walking,they found her parents who were looking for her,very worried .Then the boy said go
40、odbye to the familyWhen seeing the time, he 53 to head for homewithout toys and without moneyIn his room,to his great surprise,he found a(n) 54 face in the mirror. And so he understood the 55 of that mirror. The mirror could only reflect the true feelings of its owner. He felt really happy at having
41、 helped that little girl41Aconfident Binterested Cskilled Drich41Amirror Bbook CsweetDtoy43Ashy Bexcited Csad Dbeautiful44A for Bor Cand Dbut45A Proud BHungry CSurprised DSatisfied46Aalready Bstill Conce Dnever47A terrible Bnice Cbig Dexpensive48Awork Bmove Cchange Dappear49Astudying Bplaying Csleep
42、ing Dcrying50Adevoted Breferred Chappened Dturned51Ain need of Bin honor of Cin search of Din charge of52Aput Bcheer Cdress Dbring53Arefused Bagreed Cpretended Ddecided54Ared Bdark Cangry Dhappy55Ameaning Bwonder Cgame Dreason第二节:(共10小题每小题1.5分,满分15分) 阅读下面材料。在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 W:Jackhow
43、 have your two sons been doing at school recently? M:Dont ask! Mark never starts studying,and Jason never stops 56_ (study) W:Youre joking! I hear that Jason is likely 57_ (be)at the top of his class after exam this year M:Yes,so his teacher sayHes been 58_ (work)very hard at his books every evening
44、 for months on end recentlyHe is hoping to59 _Harvard University W:GreatMaybe hell become a university professor 60_(he)in the future M:MaybeBut sometimes I wish hed go out and enjoy himself 61 _ a change W:YesWhat about the younger one? M:Well,Marks teachers say he has abililty,bur he 62_ (rare)doe
45、s his bestHe does his homework in ten minutes every day and then 63 _ (rush)out to play football. W: Perhaps he can make his fortune at football. People can make 64_ (plenty)of money from sports now M:My wife always worries about their future W:Perhaps you can have a talk with him now to find out 65
46、_ he is thinking about his studies and future plans M:Good ideaIll take your advice第四部分 写作(共两节,满分40分)第一节:应用文写作 (满分15分) 假定你是李芳,你的美国好友Jane数学学得不好,对自己失去了信心,产生了厌学情绪。请你给她发一封电子邮件开导她,要点如下: 1没有必要过于伤心; 2要振作起来,尽量减少焦虑心理: 3和老师交流有助于你改善: 4探索适合自己的有效学习方式。注意:l词数80左右:2可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。第二节:读后续写(满分25分) 阅读下面短文,根据所给情节进行续写,使之构成一个完整的故事。Theeight-year-oldCarollivedwithherfatherDavid,MotherMayandelderbrotherRob.Thelittlefamily happilylivedinabeautifulvillage surroundedwithbeautifulnature.Thevillage