江苏省泰州市姜堰区2021届高三下学期期初联考试题-英语-Word版含答案.docx

2022-2021学年度其次学期高三期初考试
英 语 试 题

本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。共120分。考试用时120分钟。
留意事项：
答题前，考生务必将自己的学校、姓名、考试号写在答题卡指定区域内。考试结束后，将答题卡交回。

第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20分）
第一节 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。
1. Why does the man look worried
A. He has to attend an important meeting.
B. He will have an interview.
C. He has lost his job.
2. What did the woman do yesterday evening ?
A. She visited her cousin.
B. She rang the man up.
C. She had classes.
3. What will the boy do next ?
A. Do his homework. B. Turn on the TV. C. Go to bed.
4. What are the speakers talking about ?
A. An article. B. A country. C. A rainforest.
5. What does the woman mean ?
A. She doesn’t like Mexican food.
B. The man should taste Mexican food.
C. Mexican food may make the man sick.
其次节 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话前，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。每段对话读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。
6. What will the man do first after school ?
A. Prepare for a test. B. See a film. C. Buy a book.
7. Where will the man meet his friends ?
A. At a bookstore. B. At an ice-cream shop. C. At a cinema.
8. When will the man meet his friends ?
A. At 4:15. B. At 4:30. C. At 4: 45.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。
9. Why does the man call the woman ?
A. To invite her to a football game.
B. To get a ticket to the football game.
C. To ask the way to the football playground.
10. What should the man do when he arrives at the restaurant ?
A. Go south. B. Turn right. C. Turn left.
11. What does the woman advise the man to do ?
A. Leave home early. B. Buy his ticket early. C. Listen to the radio.
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
12. What does the man think of the play ?
A. Enjoyable. B. Disappointing. C. Creative.
13. Why does the man have little chance to go out ?
A. He has little children.
B. He is busy with his work.
C. He lives far away from the town.
14. What relation is Lily to the man ?
A. His sister. B. His daughter. C. His wife.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
15. Why don’t the man go to France by ship ?
A. It’s slow. B. It’s too expensive. C. It will make him uncomfortable.
16. How will the man pay ?
A. Bu credit card. B. In cash. C. By cheque.
17. Which train does the man choose ?
A. The 9:00 one. B. The 9:30 one. C. The 11:30 one.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. How did the woman know about her first job?
A. From the magazine. B. From the TV. C. From the Internet.
19. What gave the woman an advantage in applying for the job ?
A. Her university degree.
B. Her related work experience.
C. Her comunication and computer skills.
20. What will make people remember you according to the woman ?
A. Having a good sense of fashion
B. Showing yourself bravely.
C. Working hard.

其次部分 英语学问运用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. _____ slowing of economic growth over the past two years seems to have worsened _______ situation for migrant workers and increased employee-employer conflicts over payment of salaries.
A. The; the B. 不填；不填 C. The; 不填 D. 不填；the
22. At least 36 people died in a fatal stampede during New Year celebrations late Wednesday in Shanghai. Typically, problems arise _______caution is absent.
A. where B. in which C. that D. what
23. Life is not easy nowadays, when young people have tremendous pressure _______ schooling and employment.
A. on behalf of B. in terms of C. in honour of D. in defence of
24. —When shall we set out to handle the problem we came across last week?
—Not until _______ a chance to discuss it thoroughly.
A. we have had B. will we have had C. have we had D. we will have had
25. Another Malaysia Airlines plane went down in July in rebellion-torn eastern Ukraine, ______ all 298 aboard. It was believed ___ by a surface-to-air missile.
A. killing; to have been hit B. killed; to have been hit
C. killed; to be hit D. killing; to have hit
26. In our society, cars receive attention and study —whether the subject is buying and selling them, the traffic congestion they cause or the dangerous things we do in them, like texting and talking cellphones while driving.
A. conventional B. controversial C. confidential D. considerable
27. The single most shattering statistic about life in America in the late 1990s was tobacco killed more people than the combined total of those who died from AIDS, car accidents, alcohol, murder, suicide, illegal drugs and fire.
A. what B. when C. that D. where
28. By no means will we ______the unjust decision. Instead, we should try to defend against the actions that harm the interests of the migrant workers.
A. submit to B. correspond to C. cater to D. contribute to
29. —Do you have any idea if Alice is willing to go hiking with us ?
—_______, does it ?
A. It counts for nothing B. It doesn’t hurt to ask
C. You have me there D. Take it seriosly
30. Mini Cooper is a nice car, but ________too small for a family of five like mine.
A. pretty B. fairly C. rather D. quite
31. The reform and opening-up started in 1978, _______the whole of China has witnessed great changes in almost every field.
A. since when B. when C. during which D. since then
32. Being a teacher is not always easy, and being the teacher of a physically challenged student often carries with ______extra stress.
A. him B. them C. one D. it
33. President Putin of Russia is trying to __________the serious problmes arising from the Ukraine crisis.
A. pull out B. go about C. put out D. cope with
34. — When did Angela find her iPhone 6 Plus missing?
— It was not until she arrived at the shopping mall ________ she got ready to buy her father a gift.
A. before B. that C. where D. what
35. Our English teacher always reminds us to go over the marked test papers, where we ______otherwise make the same mistakes again.
A. will B. may C. might D. can
其次节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As many people hit middle age, they often start to notice that their memory and mental clarity are not what they used to be. We 36 can’t remember where we put the keys just a moment ago, or an old 37 name, or the name of an old band we used to love. As the brain 38 ,we refer to these occurrences as “senior moments.” While seemingly 39 , this loss of mental focus can potentially have a(n) 40 impact on our professional, social ,and personal health .
Neuroscientists, experts who study the nervous system, are increasingly showing that there’s actually a lot that can be done. It 41 out that the brain needs exercise in much the same way our muscles do, and the right mental 42 can significantly improve our basic cognitive（认知的） 43 .Thinking is essentially a 44 of making connections in the brain. To a certain extent, our ability to feature in making the connections that drive intelligence is inherited. 45 , because these connections are made 46 effort and practice, scientists believe that intelligence can 47 and change according to mental effort.
Now, a new Web-based company has taken it a step 48 and developed the first "brain training Program" 49 to actually help people improve and regain their mental 50.
The Web-based program allows you to 51 improve your memory and attention skills. The program keeps 52 of your progress and provides detailed feedback for your performance and 53. Most importantly, it 54 modifies and enhances(升级) the games you play to build on the strengths you are developing —much like a(n) 55 exercise routine requires you to increase resistance and vary your muscle use.
36. A. suddenly B. deliberately C. merely D. desperately
37. A. accountant’s B. acquaintance’s C. ancestor’s D. consultant’s
38. A. improves B. fades C. recovers D. collapses
39. A. consistent B. innocent C. subjective D.explicit
40. A. damaging B. limited C. beneficial D. positive
41. A. figures B. finds C. points D. turns
42. A. responses B. sufferings C. workouts D. breakthroughs
43. A. gravity B. criterion C. fraternity D. functions
44. A. channel B. dilemma C. process D. condition
45. A. However B. Moreover C. Otherwise D. Therefore
46. A. in B. through C. beyond D. without
47. A. expand B. extend C.deposit D. squeeze
48. A. further B. away C. apart D. aside
49. A. committed B. designed C. added D. scheduled
50. A.conscience B. stability C. flexibility D. sharpness
51. A. temporarily B. originally C. systmatically D. occasionally
52. A. record B. track C. order D. pace
53. A. compromise B. commitment C. improvement D. inspiration
54. A. constantly B.consitently C. irregularly D. initially
55. A. effecient B. familiar C. abnormal D. effective

第三部分 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
The decision of the American Medical Association (AMA) to classify obesity as a disease is great news for the pharmaceutical industry, as it is likely to increae pressure on the Food and Drug Administratio(FDA) to approve more weigh-loss drugs and increase the odds that insurance companies will reimburse their cost. But it is deeply misleading. Treating obesity as a disease implies that moving into the categroy of obesity, which for adults means moving from a body-mass index(BMI) of 29 to BMI of 30, is equivalent to contracting a disease. But that is simply not the case.
Yes, there are certain health risks associated with having an elevated BMI,such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease. More broadly, a higher BMI is aassoicated with a geater risk of cardiometabolic abnormalities. Nonetheless, almost one quarter of “normal weight” people also have metabolic abnormalities, and more than half of “overweight” and almost one third of “obese” people have normal profiles, according to a 2008 study. That’s 16 million normal-weight Americans who have metabolic abnormalities and 20 million obese( or 56 million overweight and obese) Americans who have no such abnormalities.
One explanation for this discrepancy is that physical fitness and /or nutrition — rather than weight per se —may be what really matters. Several stuides have shown that physically fit “obese” individuals have lower incidence of heart dieseae and mortality from all causes than do sedentary(久坐的) people of “normal” weight. A recent clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that adopting a Mediterranean diet reduced cardiovascular risk independent of weight loss.
Some assume that the problem lies with BMI as a measure, which does not distinguish between fat, muscle and bone. While BMI is indeed a flawed(有瑕疵的) measure, it is not clear that there are better ones. A 2009 study also found no systematic differences BMI and other variables. In other words, it is not just that BMI is a poor measure of obesity but that obesity is a poor predictor of health.
Some hope that designating obesity as a disease will remove the shame assoicated with it, and obese people will no longer be blamed for their condition. Yet already it is being called the “fork to mouth” disease, and the disease categorization may reinforce blame by rasing the stakes. If obesity is a disease, parents of fat children may not merely be silently judged as bad parents but also accused of neglect and child endangerment.
If the AMA’s goal is to address the serious disease of type 2 diabetes and heart disease, it would be more productive and accurate for the association to urge doctors to focus on cardiometabolic risk, recognizing that there are both metabolically healthy and metabolically unhealthy individuals in all categories of weight. Rather than promote weight loss per se, doctors should instead encourage their patients of all size to incorporate physical activity and a balanced diet into their lives.
56. According this passage, who are most likely to suffer from heart disease ?
A. Obese people who have no metabolic problem .
B. Obese people who are physically active and healthy.
C. Normal people who have a sedentary lifestyle
D. Normal people who have a Mediterranean diet
57. From the passage , what can we learn about BMI ?
A.The BMI calculation doesn’t take age into account .
B. There will be better tools to measure one’s health than BMI.
C. It can identify the exact amount of fat, muscle and bone in one’s body respectively.
D. It cannot be regarded as a reliable indicator of one’s health.
58. What is the author’s attitude towards AMA’s decision to recognize obesity as a disease ?
A. Critical. B. Suspicious. C. Pessimistic D. Optimistic
B
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