浙江省杭州第二中学等五校2021届高三英语上学期联考试题.doc

浙江省杭州第二中学等五校2021届高三英语上学期联考试题浙江省杭州第二中学等五校2021届高三英语上学期联考试题年级：姓名：12浙江省杭州第二中学等五校2021届高三英语上学期联考试题第卷（选择题部分）第一部分 听力（共两节）第一节听下面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。例如：你将听到以下内容：M: Excuse me. Can you tell me how much the shirt is?W: Yes, its nine fifteen.How much is the shirt?A$ 19.15 B$ 9.5 C$ 9.151Why is the woman going to Trader Joes now?ATo join the big crowds. BTo enjoy a special sale. CTo see the familiar folks.2What is the speakers main activity?AEating food. BTrying out furniture. CWatching a movie.3How does the woman probably feel?AHappy. BAngry. CShy.4What is the relationship between the speakers?ABoss and driver. BHusband and wife. CTaxi driver and passenger.5What does the man mean?AHe didnt put in any sugar.BHe added some natural flavor.CHe also thinks the coffee strange.第二节听下面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。听第6段材料，回答第6和7题。6Why did the man call USAA?AHis car needs to be started up.BHis car needs to be taken to a repair shop.CHis car needs to be taken to the gas station.7Where is the man now?AOn Melvin Street. BAt the freeway exit. CAcross from Ninth Avenue.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8Where did the man drop his phone?AIn the bathroom. BIn the kitchen. CIn the garage.9What was the man advised to do with the phone?ATo ask dad to repair it.BUse a hairdryer to dry it up.CLeave it in a bag of rice for a few minutes.10What worried the man most?AHe couldnt contact his friends.BHe wouldnt live without phone for 2 hours.CHis father would find out what happened to his phone.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11Where might the speakers be?AIn New Zealand. BIn Australia. CIn the U.S.12When might the mans daughter receive the package?AIn four to five days. BIn two or three weeks. CIn a month.13What happened to the woman during last Christmas?AShe got a package from Africa.BShe tried to send a present to her brother.CShe received something with a one-month delay.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14What does the man want to do?ACelebrate. BDine out. CCheck the mail.15When did the man finish his applications?ALast night. BLast week. CLast month.16Why did the man get excited?AHe received a letter from school.BHe got accepted by some schools.CHis parents took him out to dinner.17What did the mans brother tell him?AHe is on the waiting list.BThere are some forms to fill out.CA thick envelope is usually good news.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18Why did the woman make this speech?ATo introduce her successful book.BTo thank all the people that helped her.CTo share with others her writing career.19How did she feel before the book was finished?AAnxious and hesitant. BConfident and grateful. CDepressed and frightened.20What did her brother do for her?AHe cooked meals for her at midnight.BHe made comments on her book after reading the drafts.CHe was very tolerant of her when she was in a bad mood.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节）第一节阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A At eleven, I decided to learn to swim. There was a pool at the Y.M.C.A. offering exactly the opportunity. Mother continually warned against it, and kept fresh in my mind the details of each drowning in the river. But the Y.M.C.A. pool was safe. I had a childhood fear of water. This started when I was three years old and father took me to the beach. The huge waves knocked me down and swept over me. The pool was quiet. I was afraid of going in all alone, so I sat on the side of the pool to wait for others. Then came a big boy. He yelled, “Hi, Skinny! Howd you like to be ducked?” With that he picked me up and threw me into the deep end. I landed in a sitting position, and swallowed water. But I was not frightened out of my witswhen my feet hit the bottom, I would make a big jump, come out of the surface. It seemed a long way down. I gathered all my strength when I landed and made what I thought was a great spring upwards. Then I opened my eyes and saw nothing but water. I tried to yell but no sound came out. I went down, down, endlessly. When I came to consciousness, I found myself lying on the bed in the hospital. I never went back to the pool. I avoided water whenever I could. This misadventure stayed with me as the years rolled by. It deprived me of the joy of boating and swimming. Finally, I decided to get an instructor. Piece by piece, he built a swimmer. Several months later, the instructor was finished, but I was not. Sometimes the terror would return. This went on until July. I swam across the Lake Wentworth. Only once did the terror return. When I was in the middle of the lake, I put my face under and saw nothing but bottomless water. I laughed and said, “Well, Mr. Terror, what do you think you can do to me?” I had conquered my fear of water.21The authors original fear of water was caused by _.Ahis poor skill in swimming Bhis mothers warning of drowningCan outing to the beach with his father Dan unpleasant memory of the pool22Why was the author not scared to death when he was thrown into the water?AHe knew how to swim in the pool.BHe felt that the Y.M.C.A. pool was safe.CHe was waiting for others to save him.DHe came up with an idea to go upwards.23By “but I was not” in paragraph 5, the author probably means “_”.Ahe was still a poor swimmerBhe had not overcome the fear yetChe was not afraid of drowning any moreDhe was not satisfied with the swimming training24Which of the following is the best title for the text?AGoodbye, Mr. Terror BHello, Childhood FearCA Swimming Adventure DMy Passion for SwimmingB Remember back when virtual reality came out as the Next Big Thing? Videogame maker Sega developed a mass-market head-tracking VR system and showed it to reporters and industry representatives at the 1993 winter Consumer Electronics Show. It performed as advertised, carried an affordable $200 price tag and was set to launch the following year. Unfortunately, among other issues, testers reportedly developed headaches and motion sickness using the headset and the system was quietly shelved. A report just issued by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, suggests a similar problem could be found in self-driving cars. According to the studys authors Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle, thats because the three main factors that trigger motion sicknessspecifically, a conflict between balance and visual inputs, an inability to anticipate the direction of motion and a lack of control over the direction of motiontend to be increased in self-driving vehicles. The report suggests between six and ten percent of Americans riding in self-driving vehicles would be expected to always, or at least usually, suffer some degree of motion sickness. Whats more, the frequency and severity suffered can be expected to vary depending on what the person is doing at the time instead of driving. Those reading, watching movies or television, texting and working while on autopilot should suffer the most motion sickness, while those who steadfastly keep their eyes on the road are likely to endure the least measure of discomfort. Authors Sivak and Schoettle suggest automakers design self-driving cars specifically to help reduce it, including having large transparent windows to maximize visual field, and setting seats and displays so that riders are facing forward. Alternately, riders could always take anti-nausea（防呕吐）medications, though this is not a particularly practical solution for various reasons. Beyond that, riders could take a nap, or at least keep their eyes closed while the vehicle is in motion, which is said to help minimize motion sickness.25What is the function of Paragraph 1?ATo present the uncertain future of VR.BTo introduce the topic of motion sickness.CTo highlight the importance of VR and its system.DTo attract public attention towards hi-tech products.26According to the passage, which behavior can bring about the most motion sickness?ADriving and humming songs in rough condition.BViewing the scenery and talking with other riders.CKeeping absorbed in writing a paper along the way.DTaking photos of the buildings outside the car windows.27What can we learn from the passage?AThe head-tracking VR system was successfully launched the next year.BWhatever the riders do, they would be less likely to feel uncomfortable.CA clear window with forward-facing seats would relieve motion sickness.DThe visual influences on balance would lead to motion sickness in all vehicles.C Between adolescence and adulthood, you go through a host of changesjobs, unpleasant haircuts and relationships that come and go. But what about who you really are? As you grow older, does your personality change? Personality is the pattern of thoughts, feelings and behavior unique to a person. People tend to think of personality as fixed. But according to psychologists, thats not how it works. “Personality is a developmental phenomenon. Its not just something that youre stuck with and cant get over,” said Brent Roberts, a psychologist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Thats not to say that youre a different person each day you wake up. In the short term, change can be nearly imperceptible, Roberts told Live Science. Regular surveys on the personalities of participants over many years suggest that our personality is actually stable on shorter time scales. We come into the world with unique temperaments（性情）, and research suggests that our temperaments as children-for example, whether were easy-going or unwilling to approach strangerscorrespond to adult personalities. Throughout the years, our personality is still changing, but slowly, Roberts said. “Its subtle. You dont notice it on that five-to-ten-year time scale, but in the long term, it becomes apparent,” he added. Psychologists also pointed out that personality tends to get “better” over time. They call it “the maturity（成熟）principle.” People become more outgoing, emotionally stable and agreeable as they grow older. Over the long run, these changes are often apparent. Some individuals might change less than others, but in general, the maturity principle applies to everyone. That makes personality change even harder to recognize in ourselveshow your personality compares with that of your peers doesnt change as much as our overall change in personality, because everyone else is changing right along with you. “Theres good evidence that the average self-control of a 30-year-old is higher than a 20-year-old,” Donnellan said. “At the same time, people who are relatively self-controlled at 18 also tend to be relatively self-controlled at age 30.”28Which of the following can be learnt from the passage?APeoples personality usually remains unchanged in the long run.BPeople tend to be better balanced emotionally when they get older.CPeople experience apparent changes in personality every five to ten years.DPeoples temperaments as children have little to do with adult personalities.29What does the underlined word “imperceptible” in paragraph 3 mean?AUnnoticeable. BUnchangeable. CImpossible. DIncredible.30In which of the following magazines can you most probably find this text?AKids and Teens BFitness and HealthCWorld Culture DScientific American第二节根据短文内容，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。 I have sometimes given money to beggars. 31 Please let me explain why. First, for every dollar that we give to a beggar, the more profitable we make begging and, comparatively, the less profitable we make working. This is bad, for we want people to work, not beg. Working is productive while begging is at best neutral and often a burden. Second, the beggar who receives the money might spend it on alcohol or drugs. 32 When I went to elementary school, I remember that I was very moved by a song named “Streets of London”. The song tells a heartbreaking story about some of Londons poorest, an old man in particular. Not long ago, however, when I heard the song on the radio, it struck me that the man in the song does not live that horrible a life after all. Judging from the lyrics of the song, the man has shoes, and occasional access to a newspaper. 33 So why should you give money to the beggar in the developed world instead of the starving child in Africa? It might be harsh to claim that it is immoral to give money to Western beggars. After all, it seems reasonable that you can spend the money as you like. 34 If our aim is to benefit ourselves, then giving money to beggars is not suitable. If our aim is to benefit others, then giving money to beggars is also wasteful. In seeking to help others, we should not merely give to those who are geographically close to us and whose appearance arouses our sympathy. 35 To achieve this, we should first decide how much we are willing to spend helping others, and then donate money to the most efficient charity.AMany people die of hunger in Africa.BTrue as it might be, we should spend our money wisely.CWhy not donate money to those in need of financial aid?DUpon reflection, however, I have come to change my mind.EYou almost certainly spend money helping the wrong people.FIn a world where thousands die of hunger every day, thats a pretty comfortable life.GRather, we should aid those who are the least responsible for the situation theyre in.第三部分 语言运用（共两节）第一节阅读下面短文，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。 He came from somewhere south of Rome. I didnt know when or how he got to America, 36 maybe. But one evening I found him standing in the driveway, behind my garage, extremely thin. “My name Tony Trivionno and I mow（割）your lawn,” he said. It was hard to comprehend his 37 English. “I mow your lawn,” he said again and walked away. Yes, these Depression days were 38 , but how could I 39 a person who had come to me for help? When I got home the next evening, the lawn had been mowed, the walks 40 and the garden weeded. 41 , my wife assumed I had 42 him. I told her of my 43 the night before and we thought it strange that he had not asked for 44 . The next two days were busy, and I 45 about him. But on Friday, I saw him, behind my garage again and busy around. I managed to 46 some small weekly pay for him and each day he cleaned up the yard and took care of any little 47 . He was very helpful whenever there were any heavy objects to lift or things to fix in my factory. “I want to be an appren