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2021届江西省赣县第三中学高一英语12月月考试题
2020.12.
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（ 共5小题；每题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，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. What troubles the man?
A. The phone rings. B. The poor service. C. The TV noise.
2. What is Jack’s house like?
A. It is small. B. It is messy. C. It is clean.
3. Which shirt will the man probably wear?
A. The blue one. B. The orange one. C. The white one.
4. What does the woman suggest the man do?
A. Rest at home. B. Go outdoors. C. Watch a football match.
5. What does the woman mean?
A. She will take a boat tour.
B. She will work on the ship.
C. She will be busy this summer.
第二节 （共15小题；每题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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。
听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。
6. What was the man doing?
A. Making a plan. B. Having a party. C. Calling his friend.
7. Who is the woman probably?
A. The man’s friend. B. The man’s neighbor. C. A policewoman.
听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。
8. What happened to the woman this morning?
A. She got up late. B. She lost her bike. C. She quarreled with her brother.
9. How did the woman go to school today?
A. On foot. B. By bike. C. By bus.
10. What did the woman leave at home?
A. Her wallet. B. Her keys. C. Her schoolbag.
听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。
11. How many tickets does the woman want?
A. 2. B. 3. C. 5.
12. When should the woman arrive at the theater?
A. At 2:30. B. At 3:00. C. At 3:15.
13. What does the woman want to know about at last?
A. Information about Children’s Club.
B. The prices of the tickets.
C. The show time.
听下面一段对话，回答第14至第16三个小题。
14. What is the man doing?
A. Doing a survey. B. Applying for a job. C. Sharing his reading habits.
15. What does the woman spend two or three hours every week doing?
A. Reading newspapers. B. Reading textbooks. C. Reading novels.
16. What is the woman busy doing at night these days?
A. Preparing for an exam. B. Reading novels. C. Taking a class.
听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。
17. Whom does London Teenagers’ Help raise donations for?
A. Children. B. Women. C. Old people.
18. How many people were killed in the great floods?
A. At least 242. B. About 5,000. C. Around 18,600.
19. What are the flood victims badly in need of?
A. Food. B. Clothes. C. Water.
20. How can people contact London Teenagers’ Help?
A. By writing letters.
B. By going to the office directly.
C. By phone or through the Internet.
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项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Roommate Needed!
3-bedroom Oxford apartment from January 1.
Large living room and garden for smokers.
1-min walk to supermarket, 10-min walk from university, 15-min walk to city centre.
Rent (租金): £550 a month.
Are you quiet, clean and easy-going?
Then it’s certainly the place for you!
Phone 7344 5967 533
To Rent
Large furnished (配备家具的) double room
Shared house in Victoria Street with 3 other students, 18-22.
3 bathrooms, kitchen, near town centre.
No smokers, please.
£350 per month.
Minimum (最低限度) of 6 months.
Call Emily on 0771 8551 334
Room for Rent in Shurley
Single room to rent in large 4-bedroom house.
Furnished with single bed, large desk, 2 chairs, drawers, shelves and TV.
Big kitchen and nice living room. Very friendly, easy-going housemates (all college students).
Available (可利用的) from 28th June to end of August.
£80 a week.
Call David on 0770 9885 301
New Modern Apartment to Rent near Colney Hatch Lane
10 minutes by bike from the city centre and only five minutes away from supermarket.
Lovely, large room with new furniture.
Bathroom with shower and bath.
Share with 2 other college students.
£80 per week.
Ready to move in from the beginning of August?
Prepared to stay for a year at least?
Call 0897 2670 428
21. How much should you pay for half a year if you are prepared to rent Emily’s house?
A. £350. B. £700. C. £1,050. D. £2,100.
22. Which place is good for somebody who needs a room only for the summer?
A. The house in Victoria Street.
B. The 4-bedroom house in Shurley.
C. The 3-bedroom Oxford apartment.
D. The modern apartment near Colney Hatch Lane.
23. If you want to rent a room near Colney Hatch Lane, which number should you call?
A. 7344 5967 533. B. 0771 8551 334.
C. 0897 2670 428. D. 0770 9885 301.
B
The Pharos, the great lighthouse of Alexandria, was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It stood on the island of Pharos, in the harbor (港口) of the city of Alexandria. In 290 B.C, Ptolemy I Soter, the ruler of Egypt, ordered the building of the lighthouse. Twenty years later, it was finished — the first lighthouse in the world and the tallest building on Earth, besides the Great Pyramid of Egypt.
The Pharos was designed by Sostrates, a Greek architect (建筑师). Sostrates wanted to leave his name on the base of the lighthouse. But Ptolemy refused, ordering that only his own name appear on the building. But Sostrates found a way to do that. At the base of the Pharos, Sostrates left a message containing his own name. Then he covered it with plaster (建筑石膏) and left Ptolemy’s name over it. After many years, the plaster disappeared and people knew the true architect of the lighthouse.
In 1302 and 1323, two strong earthquakes hit Alexandria, damaging the lighthouse. In 1326, it finally fell into the sea. Much of what we know about the lighthouse comes from the writings of Arabs who once visited the Pharos.
The Pharos was about 384 feet tall, the same height as a modern 40-story building. At the top of the lighthouse stood a large statue of Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea. Under it was a beacon, the source of light for the lighthouse. The Pharos used two kinds of beacons. At night, a large fire created the light. During the day, a huge mirror made use of the sunlight to create the light.
It was said that the mirror was also used to set enemy ships on fire as they entered the harbor by directing the sun’s rays (sunlight) at them. While the idea is interesting, it is also clearly impossible.
24. Why did Sostrates use plaster at the base of the Pharos?
A. To follow Ptolemy’s orders. B. To hide his name left on the base.
C. To protect the base from damage. D. To make the lighthouse more beautiful.
25. How long had the Pharos stayed standing?
A. For about 800 years. B. For about 1,000 years.
C. For about 1,600 years. D. For about 2,000 years.
26. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A. The lighthouse. B. The statue. C. A large fire. D. A huge mirror.
27. What’s the main purpose of the text?
A. To explain why the Pharos was built. B. To find more secrets about the Pharos.
C. To offer some basic facts about the Pharos. D. To introduce the true architect of the Pharos.
C
I’ll never forget the day when Mary came into my office and said, “ I am too old to learn how to use a computer.” I shook my head. Here was a woman who had raised 6 children and who had made great progress in her career telling me that she was too old to learn something new. I told her that I always believed people were never too old to learn.
Mary followed my advice and did learn how to use the computer. Now, she is retired and leading a very active life volunteering in her community, using her computer skills and helping anyone that needs help.
When she was in her sixties, one day she called me and said she had played the piano for others all her life, and she was going to make a CD of her own. My mind flashed back to the day when she told me she was too old to learn. You can imagine my surprise and delight.
To produce the CD, she had a lot of things to learn. It was not just sitting at the piano and playing. She had to research the songs, learn about copyright, and learn about marketing. It was pretty amazing for someone who once said she was too old to learn. And finally she made it. Now she has her own CD.
Most of you probably have heard about some people who have gone back to university in their seventies and have also graduated. They are on their way again to charging themselves with a new skill and a new attitude towards life. The point is that you are unable to learn anything at any age if you believe you are too old. On the contrary, you can achieve anything at any age if you believe you can.
28. When Mary said she was too old to learn, how did the author react to it?
A. He became disappointed with her. B. He felt sad and decided to help her.
C. He did not agree with her. D. He thought what she had said was true.
29. Why did Mary call the author one day in her sixties?
A. To ask him for some help. . B. To talk about her new CD.
C. To ask him to make a CD. D. To tell him about her plan.
30. What was the author’s attitude towards Mary making a CD?
A. He thought it was impossible. B. He thought it was difficult.
C. He thought it was unnecessary. D. He thought it was interesting.
31. What does the text mainly tell us?
A. We’re never too old to learn. B. We should always learn new skills.
C. Interest is the best teacher. D. Some people succeed for a reason.
D
Does a grasshopper taco (墨西哥蚂蚱卷饼) sound delicious? If you were living in another part of the world — say, Mexico or Thailand or Kenya — the idea of eating insects might not seem strange to you at all. For thousands of years, insect-eating has been common practice among many of the world’s people. According to insect-eaters around the world, insects are tasty. “When I traveled in Mexico, I tried grasshoppers and found them really delicious,” Arnold van Huis, an insect scientist from Wageningen University in the Netherlands told TFK.
Insect fans say insects are not only tasty, they are also nutritious (有营养的). Arnold van Huis is working with other scientists to encourage insect-eating in areas where it is already common, as well as in Europe and North America, where people are more likely to kill an insect than eat it.
According to the United Nations, the planet’s population is now almost 7 billion. It is expected to reach 9 billion before 2050. By that time, people’s need for meat is expected to double. Raising livestock (家畜) requires large areas of farmland, and feeding the animals can be expensive. “We have to find something else to take the place of meat,” Arnold van Huis says. “One very good choice is using insects.”
Raising insects would require less land, says Arnold van Huis. Insects would also be cheaper to feed. “We throw away one-third of our food,” he says. “Insects could feed on that.”
For insect-eating to become popular in the U.S., Brian Fisher, an insect scientist at the California Academy of Sciences, says people must be careful with ready-to-eat insects. There are more than 1,700 types of insects that are safe to eat. But do not even think of eating insects from your backyard, since there is no way of knowing if they are dangerous! If you really want to eat insects, it is possible to order insect cuisine (烹饪) at a handful of U.S. restaurants.
Arnold van Huis is working with chefs in the Netherlands to develop delicious insect recipes. For one experiment, his team prepared two types of meatballs: some made with meat and others made with mealworms and meat. In a blind taste test, nine out of 10 people preferred the mealworm meatballs.
In the future, will eating insects be common practice for people in Europe and North America? “I’m completely sure it will,” says Arnold van Huis.
32. What can we learn about insect-eating in Thailand or Kenya?
A. It is not allowed. B. It is not common.
C. It is very popular. D. It is rather strange.
33. According to Arnold van Huis, what would be an advantage of eating more insects?
A. It would save more livestock.
B. It would solve environmental problems.
C. It would provide more nutrition for people.
D. It would help feed the world’s growing population.
34. Why does Brian Fisher advise people to go to restaurants to eat insects?
A. Insect cuisine ordered there is delicious.
B. Insects cooked there taste more like meat.
C. Insects cooked there are safe enough to eat.
D. Different insect cuisine can be chosen there.
35. How might Arnold van Huis feel about the experimental result mentioned in Paragraph 6?
A. Fearful. B. Satisfied. C. Doubtful. D. Surprised.
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。
China is making great efforts to protect its cultural relics. In early May, National Cultural Heritage Administration(NCHA) added 1,943 immovable cultural relics sites to the list. So the number of these sites on this list increased to 4,295. 36 .
The newly added sites were reviewed by more than 130 experts. They spread around Shanxi, Henan, Hunan, Hebei, Jiangsu etc, including 795 pieces of ancient architecture and 516 ancient ruins. 37 . In an interview, the head of the NCHA said that new types of cultural relics sites have been newly listed to get protection at first, including industrial relics, rural architecture and cultural landscapes. 38 . For example, some are in the north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Despite great achievements during the years of effort, problems still exit. 39 . Historic relics get stolen and antiques are taken abroad secretly. The head of the NCHA said that people have faced a challenge to the protection of cultural relics for a long time. So, balancing the relationship between economic development and protection of history is important. 40 . He also used good examples of protection, describing how some cultural relics sites have become education bases for young people and popular tourist places, where a lot of people spend their holiday.
A.All of them need protecting as quickly as possible.
B.They also include outstanding modern architecture.
C.The NCHA has found a total of 4,295 cultural relics.
D.Many relics have been destroyed in the process of urban construction
E.Cultural relics sites should become positive factors to improve economic development.
F.When talking about protecting the cultural relics, the head of NCHA ordered some to be saved.
G.Moreover, many of the new sties also include valuable cultural relics from ethnic minority regions(少数民族地区).
第三部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分 45 分)
第一节(共20小题:每小题1,5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B 、C、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。
Make the Most of What You Have Got
For Nick Vujicic, life was going to be difficult from the day he was born. When Nick arrived into this world, he 41 everyone. He was not like the other babies. And it was 42 obvious to his parents and to the doctors in the hospital.
There was no 43 answers for his condition. Nick was born without any limbs--- that is, he was born without any arms or legs. But despite being physically 44 he was mentally 45 and the rest of his body was functioning fine.
46 he had loving parents, Nick would find school hard as he would often be looked down upon by the other children and at the young age of 10, he considered 47 his life by drowning himself in a bathtub. These dark thoughts were 48 by his negative attitude to being disabled and at the time, he thought that he would never be able to do 49 by himself, that he would never have a job and that he would always have to 50 on his parents for help. Nick was wrong.
As an adult, Nick is a successful public speaker and is famous for his motivational 51 which focus on life with a disability, hope and finding meaning in life worldwide. He 52 so many people with the story of his life, how he has 53 so many difficulties and most importantly how he is happy every day.
Despite having no arms or legs, Nick lives 54 , even finding ways to do almost 55 things like brushing his teeth on his own and swimming. He has to work harder than an able-bodied person and he achieves his goals.
At the first impression, you may look at Nick and feel 56 . You may feel sad that this man has no arms or legs and you might feel his 57 and upset that he could find everyday situations difficult. But we should 58 Nick, as he is extremely positive and he gets on with life. He 59 every day and makes the best of what he has: a positive attitude, a creative mind and a powerful 60 . he also has a very kind and very beautiful wife and they are truly happy and in love.
41. A.shocked B.pleased C.inspired D.accepted
42. A.nervously B.painfully C.hopefully D.cautiously
43. A.surprise B.worry C.explanation D.apology
44. A.active B.sick C.disabled D.abandoned
45. A.disturbed B.challenged C.calm D.normal
46. A.Since B.If C.Although D.Unless
47. A.changing B.ending C.risking D.sharing
48. A.expressed B.collected C.given D.driven
49. A.something B.nothing C.everything D.anything
50. A.call B.rely C.agree D.look
51. A.lessons B.poems C.speeches D.posters
52. A.assists B.touches C.puzzles D.judges
53. A.fought with B.lived with C.came across D.got over
54. A.independently B.comfortably C.hopelessly D.lonely
55. A.impossible B.dangerous C.crazy D.regretful
56. A.pain B.guilt C.panic D.pity
57. A.anger B.selfishness C.courage D.confidence
58. A.encourage B.admire C.comfort D.correct
59. A.cries B.shouts C.smiles D.struggles
60. A.voice B.body C.family D.position
第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
David Hanson believes that if AI (Artificial Intelligence) technology looks and sounds human, people will be more willing to relate to it 61. ________ a similar way to how humans relate to each other. Why does he think this is important? He sees robots as companions (同伴) for people 62. ________ are alone in society, such as the elderly. If AI can communicate in a humanlike way it can 63. ________ (real) help those who cannot get on with computers so that they can keep in touch with their relatives and society. Through his company Hanson Robotics in Hong Kong, he has created some twenty 64. ________ (intelligence) robots, complete with humanlike artificial skin and facial expressions.
Sophia is Hanson’s latest robot 65. ________ (base) in appearance on his wife and actress Audrey Hepburn. Sophia has cameras in her eyes and facial and voice recognition abilities. Sophia means wisdom, explains Hanson, and Sophia has been designed to learn and develop. 66. ________ (it) goal is to become more humanlike. She runs on AI that analyzes (分析) her conversations, which in theory 67. ________ (help) her improve future responses. She still has 68. ________ long way to go, however. Sometimes she can be very humanlike, says Hanson, but sometimes she just doesn’t get it. In media interviews some of her 69. ________ (reply) don’t make any sense at all but at other times audiences have been shocked by her ability 70. ________ (deal) with difficult questions.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分35分)
第一节 短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及修改均仅限一词； 2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
I was raised by my grandparent. They have taught me so much things about life. However, the one thing that has always stayed with me is to always be friendly and nicely. My grandpa always tells me no matter where life leads you, remembering your values. He was a pilot for twenty years and then became businessman and owned his own company for other twenty years. Now, he works for a volunteer in our community, help those in need. He has taught me that it doesn’t matter what you do or have been done. What matters are who you are. He really does teach by example.
第二节 书面表达（共25分）
最近，你班同学在英语课堂上就“电子书是否会取代纸质书”这一话题进行了讨论。请根据表格提示用英语写一篇短文介绍此次讨论情况，并发表在你校英语论坛上。
会 电子书容量（capacity）大、方便携带、节约纸张
不会 纸质书对视力损害小、有助于记忆（memory）、具有收藏价值
你的观点 ？
注意: 1. 词数100左右（开头已给出，但不计入总词数）； 2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Recently our class had a discussion about whether e-books will replace printed books.
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