河南省郑州市示范性高中2021届高三阶段性考试（三）英语试题.docx

2020～2021年度河南省高三阶段性考试（三）
英语
考生注意：
1. 本试卷共150分，考试时间120分钟。
2. 请将各题答案填写在答题卡上。

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）
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. How many people are there in Bob’s family?
A. Five. B. Four C. Three.
2. What’s the man?
A. A teacher. B. A musician. C. A salesman.
3. What are the speakers going to do?
A. Go to the library together.
B. Take an exam separately.
C. Return a book together.
4. Which is the best season to visit the Fragrant Hills?
A. Summer. B. Winter. C. Fall.
5. Where are the speakers talking now?
A. On the phone. B. At the airport. C. In the flight.
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。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What do we know about the man?
A. He has worked the whole morning.
B. He has planted flowers in the garden.
C. He has made noodles for his mother.
7. What does the man want to eat?
A. Beef. B. Noodles. C. Tomatoes.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What’s the relationship between the speakers?
A. Father and daughter. B. Brother and sister. C. Mother and son.
9. Who is in the yard?
A. The man. B. The woman. C. The man’s grandparents.
听第8段材料回答第10至12题。
10. What the woman doing?
A. Looking for a suitable job.
B. Interviewing the man.
C. Talking with the man about her job.
11. What was the man’s previous job?
A. A market researcher. B. A sales manager. C. A salesman.
12. What will the man do next week?
A. Work as a manager.
B. Go to China for business.
C. Start his job in the new company.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Where are the speakers now?
A. In a school. B. In a restaurant. C. In a hotel.
14. What is the man busy doing now?
A. Eating something his room.
B. Packing his luggage.
C. Receiving the woman customer.
15. When is the man going to check out?
A. About a quarter to twelve.
B. About half past eleven.
C. Before having lunch.
16. What does the man feel about his stay?
A. Disappointed. B. Satisfied. C. Bored.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. How long will sunburn be usually recovered?
A. About half a month. B. Within seven days. C. At least seven days.
18. How can you treat your slight sunburn?
A. By drinking some boiled water.
B. By having warm bath.
C. By taking some foods with Vitamin E.
19. What might sunburn lead to?
A. Skin cancer. B. Getting old slowly. C. Turning black.
20. When might you get sunburnt more easily?
A. At 10 am, June. B. At 4 pm, July. C. At 3 pm, August.
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）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Songkran
Duration: from April 12 to 15, 2020 in Phuket (The dates vary depending on the regions).
Location: Songkran is the That New Year. The entire country gets a lot of days off, and most Thai people will be going back home to celebrate Songkran with their families. Just expect a lot of traffic jams on the road as everyone is out on pick-up trucks, throwing water at each other.
Details: Starting in the early morning on April 13th, the water ceremony will take many forms. Initially, you are only supposed to sprinkle (洒) your family with tiny cup of water at home. It’s good luck. Then you sprinkle a statue of Buddha very respectfully and do a little pray.
Later in the morning, the game starts to change. Because this is the hottest time of the year, sprinkling each other with water is a lot of fun. Add a little beer to that and Songkran turns into a country-wide water war.
It starts rather gently in Phuket Town around 10 am, turning to water dogfights in the afternoon in Patong, Kata and Karon, and ends full-scale wet war zone in Bangla Road until late at night.
Survival Tips:
★ Don’t drive a bike if you can avoid it. It’s slippery and the tendency to close eyes when water is thrown at you is dangerous.
★ Get a waterproof camera
★ Be aware of major traffic jams in towns, mostly in Patong Beach.
★ Don’t carry anything that doesn’t resist water.
★ Don’t wear expensive clothing.
★ Be aware of the sun!
★ Have fun! Don’t take it too seriously, it’s good.
21. Why do traffic jams happen during Songkran?
A. The road is slippery.
B. The entire country gets a lot of days off.
C. The people are throwing water at each other.
D. Everyone is sprinkling his family on the road.
22. What’s the first step to celebrate Songkran?
A. Doing a little pray.
B. Sprinkling a statue of Buddha.
C. Sprinkling family with a little water.
D. Sprinkling each other with much beer.
23. Which of the following is recommended during Songkran?
A. Wearing cheap clothes. B. Carrying an umbrella.
C. Bringing some cash. D. Riding a bicycle.
B
Four days of fun, sun and celebrities, as well as networking, career workshops and mentoring, were in store for two Long Island teens chosen to take part in the 12th annual Disney Dreamers Academy (DDA) at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando. Florida, Chosen from thousands of applicants, Tianna Gonzales of Lake Grove and Kaiya Simmons of Miller Place were part of group of 100 young people who marched in the Magic Kingdom parade and made conversation with Academy Award-winning costume designer Ruth Carter and actor Miles Brown.
Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Kaiya Simmons, 14, moved to Miller Place at the age of 3. A ninth grader at Miss Porter School in Farmington, Connecticut, Kaiya says she enjoys acting, art and science and is currently studying environmental science. “It is fun learning about the environment and different ways to help protect it.” Kaiya says, adding, “I am also learning different techniques to improve my acting on stage and in film.” After high school, Kaiya hopes to attend Yale University and undertake a career as a doctor.
Tianna Gonzales, a 10th grader at Sachem North High School, is interested in psychology and music and plays saxophone (an instrument) for the school’s marching band, orchestra and band. Other school activities include track, Model United Nations, foreign language and art club honor societies. “Once I graduate, I plan to undertake a career in the film world, hopefully attending New York University or New York Film Academy,” she says. “Through storytelling, we can shape this century to be an even stronger attraction for societal change.”
The Disney Dreamers Academy is aimed at helping to inspire young people during a critical time of their development, “Our goal is to help them see the unlimited possibilities and to inspire them to achieve their full purpose to become the heroes of their own stores,” say Tracey D. Powell, vice president of Walt Disney World Resort.
24. What can we know about the two Long Island teens?
A. They took part in a costume design competition.
B. They experienced four days of fun in a store.
C. They communicated closely with two celebrities.
D. They’re recognized as celebrities by the 12th annual DDA.
25. What is Kaiya’s dream after graduating?
A. To become a movie actress.
B. To study environmental science further.
C. To take up a profession as a doctor.
D. To return to her hometown Miller Place.
26. What can best describe Tianna?
A. Creative and serious.
B. Ambitious and responsible.
C. Straightforward but friendly.
D. Determined but conservative.
27. What is the purpose of the last paragraph?
A. To introduce the aim of the DDA.
B. To summarize the previous paragraphs.
C. To encourage more teens to take part in the DDA
D. To provide information about the participants of the DDA.
C
The rebuilt Notre Dame (巴黎圣母院) could feature futuristic glass design, solar power, and an urban farm that supports vulnerable and homeless Parisians, if one architecture firm’s vision is realized. In April, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced an international competition for architects to redesign the cathedral’s 19th century spire (尖顶), which fell down after a fire destroyed the 850-year-old Gothic landmark. Paris firm Vincent Callebaut Architectures (VCA) responded to the call with an eco-friendly design that supports the local population and produces more energy than it uses.
The Vincent Callebaut (VC) project is titled “Palingenesis”, a Greek concept of rebirth or recreation. The firm proposes a new roof made of glass, oak and carbon fiber, which connects “in one single curved stroke of pencil” to the sloping spire. The rooster which topped the original spire, regained from the remains after the fire, will resume its watch from the new glass design, while the cathedral’s choir will be “bathed in natural light”.
Beneath the spire, the roof will host a fruit and vegetable farm run by charities and volunteers, in order to produce free food for vulnerable local people. “Up to 21 tons of fruits and vegetables could be harvested and directly redistributed for free each year,” the firm said in a press release. “To that end, a farmers’ market would be held every week on the forecourt of Notre Dame.” The roof and spire will also produce electricity, heat and ventilation (air circulation) for the cathedral: an “organic active layer” within the glass will provide solar power, while the roof’s diamond-shaped “scales” will open to offer natural ventilation—a design inspired by termite mounds (白蚁丘). The spire will act as space in which hot air accumulates in winter.
“How can we write the contemporary history of our country, but also that of science, art and spirituality together?” the firm said a press release. “We seek to present a supreme project, a symbol of a lively and ecological future.” If the Vincent Callebaut design is selected, the firm said, the reborn Notre Dame will define “the new face of the Church in the 21st century”, presenting “a fairer symbiotic relationship between humans and nature”.
28. What can be learned about the design of Notre Dame by VCA?
A. It is focused on the theme of “green”.
B. It can recover Notre Dame’s original appearance.
C. It gets the most local support than the others.
D. It is from the most famous architect around the world.
29. What does the underlined part “resume its watch” in paragraph 2 mean?
A. Be made of high-tech materials.
B. Show people the right time again.
C. Be removed and placed somewhere else.
D. Overlook Notre Dame again at its original place.
30. What does paragraph 3 mainly talk about?
A. The inspiration of the design.
B. The function of the roof and the spire.
C. A detailed introduction of the VCA project.
D. The symbol of Notre Dame for the local people.
31. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A. The future of the new Notre Dame looks black
B. The VCA is confident about winning the competition.
C. The proposal for the Notre Dame has been approved.
D. The new design of Notre Dame will be a mix of history, science and art.
D
A new study published this week in the journal Nature Communications has concluded that a 100 percent change to organic food production in England and Wales would actually lead to a great increase in greenhouse gas emissions. In turn, this would contribute to further climate change.
Although organic farming directly pours out fewer emissions than conventional farming—around 20 percent lower for crops and 4 percent for farm animals—it produces notably less food. As to this study’s findings, total organic agriculture in England and Wales would produce 40 percent less food. With less food in the market, the countries would need to increase food imports, which would produce more global greenhouse gas emissions.
Organic farming also increases the amount of absorbing carbon, process where carbon dioxide (CO2) is “absorbed” out of the atmosphere and captured by plants and stored in the soil. However, even a total change to organic farming would only be equal to a tiny part of the higher emissions from overseas land use.
“We predict a drop in total food production of 40 percent under a fully organic farming process, compared to conventional farming, if we keep to the same national diet,” Dr Adrian Williams, lead author and reader in Agri-Environmental Systems at Cranfield University, said in a statement. “This results from lower crop quantity, because output is limited by a lower supply of nitrogen, which is mainly from other crops or solid waste from cattle on the grassland.”
Nevertheless, it is important to note that organic farming still holds some useful benefits for the environment, such as reducing exposure to chemicals and improving the varieties of creatures. In conclusion, the study suggests that organic farming will continue to play a key role in resolving the world’s environmental problems. However, it’s Just one part of a much wider solution.
32. What will total organic agriculture bring to England?
A. More main food. B. More food imports.
C. More species crop. D. More fresh oxygen.
33. How does organic farming increase the amount of absorbing carbon?
A. By taking in CO2. B. By changing CO2.
C. By giving off CO2. D. By producing CO2.
34. What is the last paragraph mainly about?
A. The ways to reduce organic farming.
B. The results caused by organic farming.
C. The solution to the environment problems.
D. The advantages of organic farming.
35. Which of the following is the best title of the text?
A. Organic farming, green food
B. Organic farming, our hope in future
C. Organic farming, a mistake we made
D. Organic farming, a double-edged sword
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空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
In an ancient folktale, a giant rock blocks the entrance to a cave filled with treasure. A door appears only for those who speak secret phrase aloud: “Open, sesame (芝麻)!” 36
Passwords have changed ever since. Now they safeguard digital treasures, such as pictures, messages, and documents. But the reason why the phrases exist is still the same: to keep the wrong people out. 37 And when they can figure out a person’s password, they can access private information. This allows them to play practical jokes, such as posting that information online. 38
There are passwords to avoid if you want to be safe online. The most popularly used password is 123456. This is the first guess hackers will make. They will then try to use public information about a potential target. 39 Hackers type this information into computer programs that can guess the target’s passwords.
One of the best ways kids can keep their information secure is by thinking up strong passwords. So how can you invent a password that’s easy for you to remember but hard for someone else to guess? 40 For example, a lyric from your favorite song, or the title of a book or movie. It’s best if the phrase is relevant to your life because you’ll be less likely to forget it. Then take the first letter or first couple of letters from each word in that phrase, and begin switching those letters to symbols o