宁夏六盘山市高级中学2021届高三英语下学期第一次模拟测试试题.doc

宁夏六盘山市高级中学2021届高三英语下学期第一次模拟测试试题

宁夏六盘山市高级中学2021届高三英语下学期第一次模拟测试试题

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宁夏六盘山市高级中学2021届高三英语下学期第一次模拟测试试题
测试时间：120分钟 满分：150分
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
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。
1. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. At the drugstore. B. At the barber’s. C. At the laundry.
2. When will the coats be finished?
A. Thursday. B. Friday. C. Saturday.
3. How does the woman feel?
A. Worried B. Satisfied. C. Delighted.
4. What does the woman suggest?
A. They share one car to work.
B. They come to work earlier.
C. They get more work done.
5. Why will the man go to Edinburgh?
A. To do some sightseeing.
B. To drive the woman there.
C. To meet some important people.
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 woman ask to do at first?
A. Try the gloves. B. Return the gloves. C. Change the gloves.
7. How much will the woman pay to get the gloves she prefers?
A. $29.95. B. $35.25. C. $5.3.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. What do we learn about the couple?
A. They are on vacation. B. They went on a trip last year. C. The wife doesn’t like to travel.
9. How long does the trip in the advertisement take?
A. 7 days. B. 14 days. C. 21 days.
10. Why doesn’t the wife like the trip in the advertisement?
A. She prefers to stay in the same place.
B. She doesn’t like travelling by ship.
C. She dislikes the food to be offered on the trip.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. What is the advantage of the new product?
A. To help settle family problems.
B. To bring convenience to people’s lives.
C. To equip the house with different things.
12. What is the robot programmed to do?
A. Repairing and guarding. B. Shopping and cooking. C. Cleaning and washing.
13. How does the woman like the product?
A. It is safe enough. B. It is very popular. C. It is too expensive.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Classmates. B. Colleagues. C. Guide and tourist.
15. Where does the man live now?
A. In the woman’s house. B. In his apartment. C. In a hotel.
16. What impressed the man most in the park?
A. People dancing in public. B. The beautiful scenery. C. Lots of statues.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. When did Mr. Jones join the company?
A. Five years ago. B. Thirty years ago. C. Forty years ago.
18. What was Mr. Jones’ first promotion?
A. Office manager. B. Head driver. C. Vice president of operations.
19. How did Mr. Jones get his degree?
A. By studying full-time. B. By studying with a team. C. By taking night classes.
20. What is the purpose of the talk?
A. To welcome Mr. Jones as a new employee.
B. To celebrate Mr. Jones’ retirement.
C. To congratulate Mr. Jones on his new job.

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。
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Amazon, Best Buy
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Apple AirPods Pro for $ 235 ($15 off)
Amazon
These are Apple’s newest AirPods, and we really like them. The discount isn’t the greatest, but it’s probably the best deal you’ll find on Airpods Pro this holiday season, since they’re brand new.
Four-Driver Earbuds for $ 146 ($7 off)
Amazon
Most headphones have a single driver that makes all the sound, but these have four, which helps them balance frequencies more steadily, creating a wider soundstage, and providing clearer separation between guitars, keyboards, and vocals(歌唱部分).
Beats Studio 3 Wireless Noise-canceling Headphones for $ 200 ($ 150 off)
Best Buy ($ 200), Amazon($ 250), Walmart($ 280)
They’re a little fancy, but if you are after some well-made, stylish, and functional headphones, the Beats Studio 3 is a good option. But with a $ 200 deal at Best Buy, and fairly steep discounts at Amazon and Walmart, they’re actually a pretty good value this weekend. Just don’t expect the same noise-canceling quality you’ll find on the Sony WH-1000XM3 above.
Note: We will update this post through the weekend with new deals. If an item is no longer at its deal or sold out, we cross it out. Besides, when you buy something using the links in our stories, we may earn a small commission (回扣). Here is how it works.
21. What's the original price of Apple AirPods Pro ?
A. $205. B. $220. C. $235. D. S250.
22. What can we learn about the Beats Studio 3?
A. It is the cheapest of the four headphones.
B. Walmart doesn’t discount the headphones.
C. It is no match to Sony WH-1000XM3 in noise-canceling.
D. It is the most recommended by the Gear reviews team this week.
23. Where is the text most likely from?
A. A website. B A magazine. C. A guidebook. D. A newspaper.
B
Parents around the world often urge children over and over-wash your hands! It can be difficult, however, to get children to remember to wash. But what if washing hands was connected to a fun creative activity? What if instead of simply reaching for the soap, a machine could drop it right into your hands?
Well, such a machine was recently built by a boy and his sister in the U.S. state of Maryland as part of a creative competition.The not-for-profit Rube Goldberg Organization is holding the competition.
Every year, the Rube Goldberg competition assigns a specific task, considering inventions that use complex systems to carry out a simple everyday task. At first, the task for 2020 was supposed to be “turn on a light.” But when the COVID-19 happened, the task was changed to “drop a bar of soap into someone’s hand.”
Those taking part in the competition are schoolchildren. But with schools closed to slow the spread of the virus, organizers changed the rules. This year, the team can include any family members and people were asked to send in recordings of the machines to compete. One thing has not changed: The machine must complete the task in less than 10 steps.
In Maryland, the Diel family wanted to enter. So, Caitlin and her brother Ben designed and built their own Rube Goldberg machine. Next, they had to demonstrate that it could complete the task-throwing the soap just right to be caught in someone’s hand. After 106 failed attempts, they finally had success. With their video demonstration, they can now enter the competition.
Dr. Anne Glowinski teaches child psychiatry (精神病学) at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. She said that “creativity and play” connects with children. It is better than the message. “We have to wash our hands because of this horrible virus”. Glowinski added.
24．What might be a task of inventions assigned by the Rube Goldberg competition?
A．Sweeping the floor. B．Exploring nature.
C．Writing a novel. D．Painting the house.
25．What change has been made to the rules of the competition this year?
A．All kinds of inventions are admitted. B．A video of the entry is qualified to enter.
C．Teachers are encouraged to get involved. D．The task must be finished within 10 steps.
26．What does Glowinski think of the invention?
A．Practical. B．Unnecessary. C．Economical. D．Complicated.
27．What’s the main idea of the text?
A．The habit of washing hands is very important.
B．It calls on schoolchildren to compete in a contest.
C. More inventions are encouraged from everyday items.
D．It introduces a contest making handwashing fun for kids.
C
There seems to be a general assumption that brilliant people cannot stand routine ; that they need a varied , exciting life in order to do their best . It is also assumed that dull people are particularly suited for dull work . We are told that the reason the present-day young complain so loudly about the dullness of jobs is that they are better educated and brighter than the young of the past .
Actually , there is no evidence that people who achieve a lot desire , let alone live , colorful lives . The opposite is nearer the truth . Einstein worked out his theory of relativity while serving as a clerk in a Swiss patent office . Immanuel Kant’s（康德）daily life was a dull routine. The housewives of Konigsberg set their clocks when they saw him pass , on his way to the university . He took the same walk each morning , rain or shine . The greatest distance Kant ever traveled was sixty miles from Konigsberg .
It may be true that work on the assembly line（流水线）dulls the abilities and empties the mind , and the cure is only fewer hours of work at higher pay . But during fifty years as a workingman , I have found dull routine coexisting with an active mind . While doing dull , repetitive work by the water , I could talk with my partners and compose sentences in my mind , all at the same time . Chances are that had my work been too interesting I could not have done any thinking and composing at work or even on my own time after returning from work .
People who find dull jobs unbearable are often dull people who do not know what to do with themselves at leisure . Children and mature people will get used to dull routine , while the adolescent , who has lost the child’s ability for concentration and is without the inner resources of the mature , needs excitement and novelty to get rid of boredom .
28．It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that __________ .
A．great minds hate to live colorful lives
B．Einstein worked out his theory in a university
C．Kant only took the same walk on rainy and sunny days
D．Kant might pass Konigsberg every day at the same time
29．How does the author feel about his repetitive work by the water ?
A．It made his mind empty . B．It was well-paid but too demanding .
C．It worked well with his active mind . D．It was too interesting to think of anything else .
30．The reasons why youngsters dislike dull work include the following EXCEPT that they __________ .
A．are not mature enough B．think themselves smart
C．often complain about others D．don’t know how to spend spare time
31．What is the purpose of the passage ?
A．To argue for the benefits of dull work .
B．To present some facts about dull work .
C．To share his own dull working experience .
D．To persuade young people to live a dull life .
D
“A blue whale's heart is as big as a Volkswagen Beetle(大众甲壳虫),” I told a group of wide-eyed, open-mouthed second-graders. “It is so big that you could walk around inside of it.” Then I asked a big question- “Why does a blue whale have such a big heart?”—and let the adventure begin.
I was bringing SOLE to my classroom-the Self-Organized Learning Environment.
My students began their investigations and, after 40 minutes, they shared their discoveries.
“Blue whales can call to each other over almost a thousand miles.” said Heavenly. “They need a big heart to talk to each other.”
“They swim all over the world,” said Kiara. “So they need a big heart to be their motor.”
“They swim together in pairs.” said Amare. “So they need huge hearts to care for each other.”
“Yeah,” said Isaac. “That’s true. It takes a huge heart to care for somebody.”
“Hmmm,” I said. “How can we have big hearts for each other instead of small hearts?”
Then the students made a list of it.
I was teaching compassion（同情）—to model ways we can care for each other and other living things. This SOLE lesson took a beautiful turn when Amare connected the heart of the blue whale to community and to caring.
Perri Klass, in a brief essay for the New York Times titled “Understanding How Children Develop Compassion”, writes about the importance of modeling compassion to children so those things are part of their experience long before they know the word.
Around my school, however, nine out of 10 families live in a destructive poverty that makes it difficult to model compassion, to nurture community and caring. My students often come to school knowing more about the survival of the fittest than the survival of the kindest. Yet here were my 7 and 8-year-olds working together in a community, talking about caring for each other and exploring ways we can have big hearts instead of small hearts for each other.
On that day, the blue whale and the second-graders modeled compassion for all of us. This SOLE lesson brought heart to my classroom.
32．How did the students get the answer in the SOLE class?
A．By looking at a blue whale. B．By finding the answer themselves.
C．By questioning each other. D．By taking a dangerous a trip.
33．What was the list made by the students about?
A．The ways to care for each other. B．The ways to learn from each other.
C．The disadvantages of having small hearts. D．The importance of having big hearts.
34．What does the underlined part “the survival of the fittest” imply?
A．The students were used to SOLE lessons.
B．The students were mostly from poor families.
C．The students had too much to do at school.
D．The students were fond of working together.
35．Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A．SOLE Lessons-a Way to Care for Each Other
B．Discoveries about a Blue Whale’s Heart
C．How Blue Whales Taught Children about Compassion
D．How Children Learned Science in SOLE Lessons
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
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
If you’ve been extra forgetful lately, you are not alone. Stress, anxiety and depression can cause forgetfulness, confusion and difficulty concentrating. But before you resign yourself to a fate of permanent lost keys and forgotten names, here are some strategies for you.
Figure out your own learning style
We all have our own ways of learning and remembering. 36 ; others may have to write it down. Whatever your learning style is, embrace it and figure out a system that will work with it, whether it is written or audio notes or some other strategies.
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The more times you do something, the more likely you are to remember it. Repetition is what will help you shift details from short-term memory into long-term memory.
It can feel a little silly writing down everything, or saying something to yourself 10 times in order to get through your day, but if that’s what it takes, then go ahead