福建省莆田市2021届高三英语下学期第二次教学质量检测试题.doc

福建省莆田市2021届高三英语下学期第二次教学质量检测试题

福建省莆田市2021届高三英语下学期第二次教学质量检测试题

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福建省莆田市2021届高三英语下学期（3月）第二次教学质量检测试题
注意事项：
1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号、座位号填写在答题卡上。
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，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）
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 much does Rose still owe the woman?
A. $10. B. $20 C. $30
2. What will the woman do in the afternoon?
A. Do some shopping B. Go to school with a friend. C. Watch a game with the man
3. Which is the man’s final bus stop?
A. Cheese Square B. Main Street C. Fox Bookstore
4. What does the woman mean?
A. Susan’s house is nearby.
B. Susan gave them the wrong directions.
C. She and the man will probably be late for lunch
5.What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. A theater. B. A date. C. A movie.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个 选项中选出佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟； 听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6.What does the man want the woman to do?
A. Book a room for him. B. Meet Him at the airport. C. Describe Royal Hotel.
7.What will the man probably do on Friday?
A.Go to a concert. B. Send the woman a fax, C. Buy tickets for a concert.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8.What was the largest expense?
A. The shoes. B. The dress. C. The house repair.
9. How much did the shoes cost the woman?
A.$ 895. B. $200. C.$149.
10.What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Husband and wife. B. Bank clerk and customer C. Shop assistant ami customer.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11.How do people treat animals?
A. Some people treat animals badly.
B. Most people arc cruel to animals.
C. Fewer and fewer people care about animals.
12. Why does the woman think zoos are good?
A. People can get close to animals there.
B. Animals can be belter protected there.
C. People can get animals for experiments easily.
13.What does the man suggest doing?
A. Building more zoos.
B. Growing better crops.
C. Finding other ways to do experiments.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14.What is the man doing?
A. Introducing the woman to his neighbors.
B. Showing the woman around the neighborhood.
C. Giving the woman advice on how find a flat.
15. What is the woman eager to do?
A. Jog in the high school. B. Visit the night market. C. Shop in convenience stores.
16. Why does the woman look for a library?
A. To get some information. B. To find a map of the city. C. To borrow some books.
17. Where will the speakers go next?
A. To a restaurant B. To a bookstore. C. To a park.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. What was the speaker's dream around the age of ten?
A. Being a pilot B. Being a teacher. C. Being a flight attendant.
19. What did the speaker learn at university?
A. Math. B. Science. G. Management.
20. What does the speaker like best?
A. Flying at night. B. Visiting wonderful places. C. Studying people management.
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
Do you ever have problems describing people? No worries! We’ll give you practical ways to define someone's personality using popular film characters to help you remember! So, join us at the cinema and learn the useful character adjectives!
1. Narcissistic
Meaning: If someone is narcissistic, they think-they're very special and more important than others.
Example： In the movie Beauty and the Beast directed by, Bill Condon , the villain Gaston is narcissistic. He admires himself and his appearance too much (he's always looking in the mirror) ,and he has a lack of sympathy for others.
2. Culculating
Meaning： If someone is calculating, they make careful plans so they can get what they want in life.
Example： In the movie The Lion King directed by Rob Minkoff and Roger Allers, the baddie Scar is extremely calculating. He plots a plan to kill his brother, King Mufasa. After doing that, he blames this on his nephew, Simba.
3. Demanding
Meaning: If someone is demanding, they have very high standards and want everyone else to have these standards too.
Example： In the movie The Devil Wears Prada directed by David Frankel, the boss Miranda Presley is very demanding. She has always worked very hard, and she expects everyone else to do the same.
4. Naive
Meaning： If someone is naive, they're very innocent and have a Jack of experience in life.
Example： In the movie Elf directed by David Berenbaum, Buddy is a naive character. He's a-human who grew up in the North Pole with elves (小精灵）. One day, he goes to New York City for the first time and soon realises that things are very different there.
21. Which character may help you remember the adjective "narcissistic”？
A. Buddy. B. Gaston. C. Miranda. D. Scar.
22. Which word can be used to describe someone who is not easily satisfied?
A. Narcissistic. B. Calculating. C. Demanding. D. Naive.
23. Who is the text intended for?
A. Teachers. B. Moviegoers, C. Film directors. D. Language learners.
B
Hayley Arceneaux, 29.will be the youngest person to go .to space when she joins Inspiralion4，a private mission led and funded by Jared Isaacman, a- billionaire businessman and pilot. The mission .which is scheduled to launch in October from Cape Canaveral, Florida, will be the first mission to include non-professional astronauts. For that , the crew are receiving training in areas such as the operations of the spacecraft and the rocket that .will launch it, working in microgravity, emergency preparedness and mission simulations (模拟）。
Arceneaux underwent treatment for bone cancer from the age of ten in St Jude Children's Hospital in Tennessee. She endured a dozen rounds of chemotherapy（化疗）and surgery to replace her left knee and thigh bone with titanium (钛) implants after her diagnosis nearly 20 years ago. She now works at the hospital as a physician's assistant.
“Honestly, I'm not nervous at all — I am just so excited," said Arcencaux, "I think having cancer made me tough." Dr. Michael Neel, who operated on Arceneaux, said, “Hayley's story will show people that not even the sky is the limit for what you can do, whether it's in medicine, commerce or life in general."
"Right now we are at step zero. The door is closed to persons with disabilities. With this pilot project, we have the ambition to open this door and make a leap, to go from zero to one,"the European Space Agency said.
24.What can we learn about Inspiralion4?
A. Arcencaux will command the mission.
B. The mission will be launched privately.
C. The crew prepare themselves in many areas.
D. The mission includes no professional astronauts.
25.What can people get from Hayley's story according to Dr. Michael Neel?
A. Confidence. B. Honesty. C. Ambition. D. Toughness.
25. What does “the door” in the last paragraph refer to?
A. A leap. B. A step. C. A solution. D. A chance.
27.What is the text mainly about?
A. Inspiration4 is to be launched in October from Cape Canaveral, Florida：
B. A cancer survivor is chosen as the youngest person to travel to space.
C. The ESA promises to employ professional astronauts with disabilities.
D. Jared Isaaeman funds a private spacecraft to travel in space.
C
My neighbor Mrs. Gargan first told me about it; " Have you seen the tree? she asked as was sitting in the backyard enjoying the October twilight.
"The one down at the corner," she explained. "It's a beautiful- all kinds of colors. You ought to see it."
I told her I would； But I soon forgot about the tree. Three days later；, I was jogging down the street, my mind swimming with worries, when a splash of bright orange caught my eye, For an instant, I thought someone’s ，house had caught fire. Then I remembered the tree.
As I approached it, I slowed down. There was nothing remarkable about the shape of the tree; a medium-sized maple. But Mrs. Gargan had been right about its colors. With its varied nation of color, this tree seemed to become a globe, embracing （拥抱）in its broad branches all seasons and continents： the spring and summer of the Southern hemisphere in the light-and dark greens, the autumn and winter of the Northern in the bunting yellows and bare branches.
As I wondered at this beauty, I thought of Ralph Waldo Emerson's words about the stars；If the stars appeared only once in a thousand years, he observed in Nature, imagine what an exciting event it would be. But because they're up there every night, we barely give them a look.
I felt the same way about the tree. And I had almost missed it.
Once when Emily Dickenson's father noticed a brilliant display of northern lights in the sky over Massachusetls， he lolled (鸣钟)a church bell lo alert townspeople. That’s what I felt like doing about the tree. I wanted to become a messenger of autumn, awakening the countryside to its wonder. I didn’t have a church bell, but as I walked home, I did ask each neighbor I passed the same simple question "Have you seen the tree?"
28. Why did the author forget about the tree?
A. He had a lot of worries. B. He was engaged in work.
C. He didn't take it seriously. D. He never passed by the corner.
29. What's special about the tree?
A. Its sinking size. B. Its rich colours.
C. Its amazing shape. D. I's broad branches.
30. What does the underlined word "observed" in paragraph 5 mean?
A. Commented. B. Obeyed. C. Noticed. D. Celebrated.
31. What did the author finally decide to do?
A. Ring the church bell. B. Awaken the townspeople.
C. Deliver the message of wonder. D. Check the answer to the question.
D
By four months of age, the cognitive(认知的)performance of ravens(渡鸦) in experimental tasks testing their social intelligence and understanding of the physical world parallels that of adult great apes (猿)according to a new study.
Previous studies have demonstrated impressive cognitive abilities in ravens. These birds are capable of considering the visual perspective of others, planning for the future, and insightful problem-solving. Ravens have even been called "feathered apes". But can they really compare with ,primates (灵长类动物)when it comes to higher cognition?
To put this question to the teal, Pika and colleagues adapted a battery of experimental tests designed for primates to meet the needs or ravens. They include both physical and social cognitive skills. Physical cognitive skills include special memory, understanding relative numbers and addition, and causal reasoning, while social cognitive skills include social learning, communication, and theory of mind.
Pika and colleagues conducted their tests with eight hand-raised ravens. The researchers found that, at four months old, ravens already possessed a full-blown set of cognitive skills and did not significantly change over the time period investigated.
Comparing the performance of the ravens with chimpanzees, Pika and colleagues found that, with the exception of special memory, the ravens' performance equalled that of the great apes. The findings strengthen the idea that ravens, like great apes, have evolved general, flexible cognitive skills, rather than being highly specialized in a few ones only.
However, the researchers caution that the performance of these eight ravens may not be representative of the species as a whole. The birds in this study were tested by two highly familiar people who had hand-raised them. Such socialization factors could affect how the birds perform in cognitive tests designed and administered by humans.
32. Ravens have been called "feathered apes" for their .
A. vision B. speed C. strength D. intelligence
33. What do we know about the tests?
A. Ravens' development lops out at four months.
B. Primates couldn't perform as well in the tests.
C. Pika laid emphasis on physical cognitive skills.
D. Ravens develop comprehensive cognitive skills.
34. What is the last paragraph mainly about?
A. Limitations of the study. B. Conclusion of the study.
C. Significance of the study. D. Expectation of the study.
35. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. The Raven： A Birdbrain Nevermore
B. The Raven： A Mystery to Be Solved
C. The Raven： A Superstar in Experiment
D. The Raven： A Representative of the Species
第二节（共5小题，每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
“Don’t judge a hook by its cover.” the popular saying goes. “All that glitters is not gold." is another. They remind us that something's appearance should not be the most important thing when we determine its value. 36 Many people still feel insecure about themselves and their appearance. So what can a person do to improve their own body positivity?
Not comparing your body to others’, particularly celebrities’, is a good first step, 37 Comparing only creates a standard we think we need to meet and leads to feelings of disappointment if we can't.
38 When someone says something nice, embrace it—don’t push it away or play it down. And compliment others too. If you think someone looks nice, or someone has a good idea, tell them, It can lift them up.
And finally, don’t forget that low self-esteem (自尊) and body confidence issues affect everyone. “There aren’t a lot of guys that are pushing this idea of body positivity,” David Fadd, a plus-size male model of two years told the BBC. 39
Ultimately, the only person who can truly affect your body positivity is you. 40 But don't give up. Remember that everyone is insecure sometimes. And as David Fadd says, “Love what you look like.”
A. Learn to take a compliment.
B. But it's easier said than done.
C. Appreciate your body for what it can do.
D. You can be an incredible human regardless of your shape or size.
E. He wants to remind us that body image and confidence affect men too.
F. We're surrounded by these idealised images of what it is to be beautiful.
C. Becoming comfortable with yourself is unlikely to be accomplished overnight.
第二部分
第一节 完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Every Sunday morning I take a light jog around a park near my home. There's a 41 located in one corner of the park. Each time I jog by is, I see the same elderly woman42 at its edge with a cage beside her.
This past Sunday my got the best of me, so I stopped jogging and to her. As I got that the cage was in fact a small trap. There were three turtles, surprisingly , slowly walking around the base of it. She had a fourth turtle in her lap that she was carefully with brush.
“Hello,” I bent down to her and asked.” If you don't mind my nosiness（爱打听），I'd love to know what you're doing with these turtles.” She 48 and replied.” I'm cleaning off their shells. Anything on a turtle's shell, like algae or scum, reduces ，the turtle's ability to absorb h