2020-2021学年湖北省宜都市第二高级中学高三英语第三次联考试题及答案

及答案

第一部分 阅读（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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项

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Top Music Festivals in 2021

Coachella

Selling out fast every year, the Indio desert becomes a fashionable place where the coolest bands are watched by trendy people and celebrities. Near the top of everyone's bucket list of festivals, Coachella is a constant source of annual expectation and a hotbed for musical discussion.

When &. where: April 9-11 &. 16-18, 2021; Indio Ultra Music Festival

Seen as the ultimate gathering for electronic music fans across the nation and globe, the streets of Miami turn into a and bumping party with popular DJs playing what will be the sounds of summer.

When & where: March 26-28, 2021; Miami South By South West

Regarded as the ultimate trend-setter and launcher of careers, SXSW is an annual showcase of music, films and interactive highlights enjoyed through performances, showcases, talks, screenings and more. Virtually taking over the city of Austin, everyone in the world of music from fans to media flock here to discover the next big thing.

When &, where: March 16-20, 2021; Austin The Governors Ball Music Festival

Another event which proves the music loving potential of Randall's Island Park is Governors Ball, an exciting and infectious mix of rock, hip-hop, electronic, pop and folk. Providing a variety of music and food tastes, whether you look to kick back and relax or dance to the beats, Governors Ball has what you want.

When & where: June 11-14, 2021; New York 1.Which music festival lasts the most days? A.Coachella B.Ultra Music Festival.

C.South By South West D.The Governors Ball Music Festival. 2.What is special about Ultra Music Festival?

A.It's held in a park. B.It features electronic music C.It's a gathering of popular DJs. D.It's the most popular in the country.

3.Which city could you go if you love both music and movies?

A.Indio. B.Miami. C.Austin D.New York.

B

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) says more than half of the world’s wildlife population has been lost, whichthe conservation group says has placed the health of the planet at risk.

The WWF recently released its 10th Flagship Living Planet Report. The group warns the condition of the world's animals is worse than its earlier reports showed, indicating worldwide action is needed.

The WWF is worried about the loss of and damage to Earth’s environment. The report provides information about more than 10,000 animal populations from 1970 to 2010. These populations are called “vertebrate species,” or animals with backbones — like fish, birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles. The report shows these populations have dropped by 52 percent in just 40 years. It warns freshwater species have fallen by 76 percent, which is almost twice the loss of land and ocean species. Most of these losses are in the tropics, with the biggest drop inLatin America.

Marco Lambertini, the WWF’s International Director-General said, “This is about losing natural habitats. This is aboutconvertingforests, grasslands, and wetlands into agriculture mainly, and it is about unsustainable use of wildlife. Illegal hunting has been actually increasing over the last 10 years, which definitely a driving force for extinction, particularly of large species.”

The report also notes what it calls the world’s “Ecological Footprint”, that is, the effect of human activities on the planet. Mr. Lambertini says there has been an increase in carbon dioxide gases and the pouring of nitrogen into oceans and rivers from fertilizers used in agriculture, which certainly cannot continue.

“We are consuming on average every year about the equivalent of about 1.5, one and a half times the resources available to the planet. That means we are cutting trees more quickly than they can be restored. We are fishing the oceans more quickly than fishing stocks can reproduce, and we are emitting in the atmosphere more CO2than the natural systems can actually absorb, which is clearly not sustainable.”

Mr. Lambertini warns climate change affects almost everyone on the planet and that whole species may disappear if the world does not reduce the effects of humans on the climate.

4. According to the passage, what kind of species faces the biggest drop in population? A. Land and ocean species. B. Animals with backbones.

C. Freshwater species inLatin America. D. Freshwater species in the tropics.

5. All the following can contribute to the loss of world’s wildlife population EXCEPT ________. A. turning wildlife habitats into agriculture land. B. making sustainable use of wildlife. C. hunting illegally.

D. emitting CO2 gases and pouring nitrogen.

6. Which does the underlined word “converting” in paragraph 4 mean? A. Conserving. B. Conveying. C. Exchanging. D. Transforming. 7. It can be inferred from the passage that _______.

A. Marco is much concerned about human’s current behaviors towards wildlife. B. what the planet provides now can satisfy human’s sustainable development. C. more than half of the world’s wildlife population has been lost.

D. if humans reduce the effects on the climate, the whole species will not disappear.

C

Mark Bertram, 46, lost the tips of two fingers at work in 2018 when his hand became trapped in a fan belt. “It's life-changing but it's not life-ending,” he says. “Doing work is harder now. Everything is just a little different.”

After two surgeries and occupational therapy, Bertram decided to make light of his condition by asking Eric Catalano, a tattoo (纹身) artist, to create fingernail tattoos. The idea made everyone in the studio laugh—until they saw the final result. “The mood changed,” Catalano recalls from his Eternal Ink Tattoo Studio. “Everything turned from funny to wow.”

When Catalano posted a photo of the tattoos, a pair of fingernails that looked so real that no one could believe their eyes, he had no idea the image would eventually be viewed by millions of people around the world.

The viral photo pushed Catalano, 40, further into the world of paramedical (辅助医疗的) tattooing. Now people with life-altering scars come from as far away as Ireland to visit his shop. They enter Eternal Ink looking for the artistic healing they saw online. Using flesh-toned (肉色的) inks and a needle, Catalano transforms his clients'

view of themselves.

Leslie Pollan, 32, a dog breeder in Oxford, was bitten on the face by a puppy in 2014. She underwent countless surgeries to correct a scar on her lip.

“Plastic surgery gave me no hope,” she says. “So I looked for other options.” She ultimately traveled six hours to meet with Catalano. He hid Pollan's lip scar, giving her back a piece of her confidence.“ You don't understand until you've been through it,” Pollan says. “It made me have a different look on life.”

Catalano performs up to eight reconstructive tattoos. While he charges $100 per regular tattoo, he doesn't charge for paramedical tattoos. “Financially, it doesn't make sense,” Catalano says. “But every time I see that emotion from my customers, I'm 100 percent sure this is something that I can't stop doing.” 8. What best describes people's attitude when first hearing of fingernail tattoos? A. Indifferent. B. Ridiculous. C. Confident. D. Surprised. 9. What did Catalano do to help Leslie Pollan? A. He drew an artistic puppy. B. He inked scars on her face. C. He created a lip tattoo.

D. He performed plastic surgeries on her. 10. What can we infer from the passage? A. Cosmetic surgery is of no use.

B. Tattoos earn Mark Bertram a good fame. C. Catalano is a kind and generous person. D. Fingernail tattoos are popular around the world. 11. What could be the best title for the text?

A. A Life-changing Event B. Miracle Tattoos C. An Amazing Artist D. A Promising Business

D

Compared to dogs, cats are often considered to be aloof（冷漠的）with respect to their human owners. It is usual for them to be indifferent（无动于衷的）when humans calltheir names. Are we sure that they don’t understand human voices at all?

A recent study published in the journal of Scientific Reports suggests that we’ve been fooled. Japanese

scientists found that cats can recognize their names if their owners regularly use them. In the study, scientists recruited 78 domestic cats. They played recordings of voices of their owners saying five words: the first four words were random nouns thatresembledtheir names while the final word was the cat’s name. Then they observed the cats’ responses, if there were any.

Most of cats moved their ears or heads when they heard their names, while they made no response to other words. That suggested, “cats were paying attention to you, what you say and what you do,” John Bradshaw, an expert on human-animal interactions（互动）at the University of Bristol, UK, told The Times. “And cats were just as good as dogs at learning,” she added.

In the study, when people called their names, cats often associated (联系) the words with rewards, such as food or play, or with “punishments” such as having a bath or going to the vet . This made cats sensitive (敏感的) to words. After the cats had been called several times, they could respond to the words. But the scientists added that while dogs have evolved（进化）to follow their owners’ orders, cats have not. Although cats appear to be distant, they do have special relationships with their owners.

According to study co-author Atsuko Saito, cats have evolved not to show their emotions as a survival method. One example is illness, which they tend to hide because “in the wild, no one can rescue them” and predators (捕食性动物) are more likely to pay attention to them, Saito explained.

However, technology may help bridge the communication gap between cats and us. There are now mobile apps available to explain what their meows mean. So, the next time you hear “meow, meow”,your cat may be telling you: “Hi, you haven’t cleaned my litter box recently.” 12. What did the recent study find about cats?

A. Cats can recognize their names. B. Cats are cleverer than dogs. C. Cats learn more slowly than dogs. D. Cats are willing to follow orders. 13. What does the underlined word“resembled”in paragraph 2 probably mean? A. were limited to B. were different from C. were similar to D. were away from 14. Why do cats appear distant to their human owners? A. They associate words with punishments. B. They want to protect themselves from harm. C. They are not sensitive to the human voice.

D. They don’t pay much attention to their surroundings.

15. What can be inferred from the last paragraph? A. It is difficult to understand cats’ meows. B. Interaction with your cats is very important. C. Cats do have good relationships with their owners. D. We may know cats better with the help of technology. 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入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项

An American study of10,000 students found that if you make more friends than the average person at school, you’ll receive a higher salary in later life. People need good social skills at work to work in a team successfully.___16___

On average, teenagers aged between 15 and 17 have 500 “friends” on their favorite social networking sites. Adults have 130. So if you believe this research, you might be very rich.

___17___Dunbar, a professor from theUniversityofOxford, studied the number of messages between users of a popular social networking website, each of whom had between 200 and 2,000friends. He found that they always communicate with a maximum of 150 people.

Among these 150, around 5 people are close friends.___18___They are probably old friends and you share all your good and bad experiences with them. Then there are 10 more friends. Although they’re close to you, you may not keep in touch with them every week. Next there are 35 people who you might spend time with because of a shared interest.___19___You see or speak to these people at least once a year, but you don’t know them well. Beyond this number,Dunbarsays, it’s impossible to make any relationship meaningful.

If you have a lot of online “friends”, try this experiment: First take away anyone you haven’t been in touch with for a year. Then remove those you cannot remember and, finally, take away friends who you wouldn’t mind losing touch with. How many have you left? How many of these people are actually good friends?___20___ A. You are not close to them.

B. And finally, there’s a large group of 100. C. You’ve most likely known them for long. D. However, it probably won’t make any difference.

E. These are the same skills we use to make friends at school. F. They’ve found that having good friends can help you live longer. G. According to the research, these are the only people that really matter.

第二部分 语言运用（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，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项

It was my first day at school. I felt nervous and___21___. I went to all my classes with no___22___. It felt like no one cared.

I listened___23___to all the lessons and waited for the lunch break at one. Then finally the bell___24___. It was time to talk and have fun.

In the lunch line I met a new friend who___25___a hijab（穆斯林女性戴的面纱）on her head, and___26___I am Jewish, we got along well, and I was so___27___when she said, “Sit with us, at our table. \" She___28___to the table next to the door.

So I___29___, and took my tray（托盘）and was about to___30___with her across the floor when suddenly I felt a push, \"Hey, I saw you on the bus,“ said a tall girl in a long skirt, \"I saw your Jewish star necklace. You should___31___with us. ”

At that moment I___32___, and that's when I noticed, to my___33___the nations of the world___34___themselves. That’s what I saw through my own eyes.

The Spanish only sat with the Spanish, the Hindus only with Hindus, the Russians always with Russians, and never the Arabs with the Jews.

I saw the reason why___35___gets started. Everyone___36___to their own kind. The___37___room was a map of the world. Why was everyone so___38___?

And so I turned down this girl, and went with the first, and there was no___39___. I built a bridge between two worlds when I sat with those who were___40___from me.

21. A. happy B. scared C. tired D. relaxed 22. A. teachers B. passions C. goals D. friends 23. A. anxiously B. carefully C. casually D. sadly 24. A. failed B. broke C. fell D. rang 25. A. designed B. wore C. made D. put 26. A. unless B. when C. though D. if 27. A. worried B. relieved C. angry D. grateful 28. A. led B. faced C. viewed D. pointed 29. A. ignored B. agreed C. refused D. promised 30. A. walk B. run C. communicate D. meet

31. A. joke B. learn C. talk D. sit

32. A. looked out B. looked down C. looked around D. looked on 33. A. disappointment B. horror C. surprise D. delight 34. A. enjoying B. isolating C. connecting D. helping 35. A. love B. help C. quarrel D. war 36. A. objects B. refers C. sticks D. adds 37. A. sitting B. living C. cafe D. lunch 38. A. cold B. blind C. bored D. mean

39. A. confidence B. hurt C. trouble D. demand 40. A. different B. separate C. far D. free 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式

The Teacher-Student Relationship

A good teacher-student relationship will make learning enjoyable and interesting for the students.

To set up a good teacher-student relationship, a teacher’s___41.___(behave) is important. The teacher should motivate (激发) the students so that they want to learn. A good teacher should be___42.___(patience), friendly and strict. However, being too friendly may cause students to become lazy and stop making progress. On___43.___other hand, being too strict may frighten the students. So a teacher should avoid___44.___(go) to extremes (极端) in treating his students. And teachers should encourage the students to think___45.___(independent) and learn to study by___46.___(they) .

As for the students, they must always respect their teachers. Students should be eager to learn as well as willing___47.___(work) hard. It’s important to listen with attention in class and it’s more important to learn to raise questions and work out problems___48.___new ways.

Above all, both students and teachers have to focus on___49.___they should do most, which means that the students have to study hard and teachers have to be responsible when teaching. Besides, students and teachers have to respect each other, which___50.___(be) a necessary basis of setting up a good teacher-student relationship.

第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节短文改错（满分10分） 51.Dear Jack,

I’m pleasing to hear from you and know that you had a greatly time working part-time in a fast-food

restaurant. Now I would like to share your working experiences with you during the past summer.

In the beginning of the summer vacation, I was hired as shopping guide in a big supermarket. I stood for ten hours a day and smiled to everyone I have met. Sometimes I was laughed at, and most of the time, I was praised for my wonderful works by many people.

Half a month passed quickly after I knew it, and I learned how to deal with different people. Above all, I have learned that smile is the key to solve any problem. Best wishes.

第二节书面表达（满分25分）

52.假定你是李华，你喜爱的Global Mirror周报创刊五周年之际征集读者意见。请你依据以下内容给主编写封信，内容包括：

1.说明你是该报的忠实读者； 2.说明该报的优点； 3.提出建议并祝福。

注意：1.词数80左右，开头语已为你写好； 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear Editor-in-chief,

Congratulations on the 5th anniversary of Global Mirror!

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

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(5).shopping前添加a (6).去掉have (7).and→but (8).works→work (9).after→before (10).solve→solving

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