河北省武邑中学2021届高三英语12月月考试题

河北省武邑中学2020届高三英语12月月考试题河北省武邑中学2020届高三英语12月月考试题第卷第一部分 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，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. For which subject does the woman feel well prepared?A.English. B. Math. C. Physics.2. Who is using Toms notes now?A. Linda. B. Ivan. C. Paul.3. What will the speakers probably do tomorrow?A. Clean the garage. B. Tidy the yard. C. Do some shopping.4. What sport does the woman like best?A. Basketball. B. Volleyball. C. Tennis.5. What are the speakers talking about?A. A professor. B. A report. C. An animal.第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. How many awards did the man have to complete?A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.7. What is not a requirement for the gold award?A. Playing a sport. B. Showing driving skills.C. Doing community service.请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What color was the hall before?A. Silver. B. Grey.C. White.9. Which place will be finished soon?A. The ticket office. B. The snack bar.C. The bookstore.请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What did the man find disappointing about the first car?A. Its size. B. Its cost. C. Its color.11. How much did the Mazda sports car cost?A. $6,000. B. $8,000. C.$9,000.12. What kind of car does the man like best?A. Mazda. B. Ford.C. Honda.请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. How long does each class last?A. For one hour. B. For two hours.C. For three hours.14. When will the first art program start?A. On December 18. B. On December 23. C. On December 24.15. What material will be used in the first art program?A. Cloth. B. Clay. C. Paper.16. What is the topic of the second art program?A. Forest. B. Ships.C. Buildings.请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What time will Battle of the Bands start playing?A. At 7. B. At 8. C. At 9.18. What type of music will be played on Tuesday?A. Classical music. B. Jazz music.C. Country music.19. When can people meet some local DJs?A. On Wednesday.B. On Thursday.C. On Friday.20. What activity will be held on Saturday?A. Unplugged Night.B. Rave Night.C. Open-micro Night. 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。AI was in the garden with Augie, my grandson, watching the bees. “How do they make honey?” Augie asked. “Actually, Augie, I dont know,” I replied. “But, Grandma, you have your phone,” he said. For Augie, holding a smartphone almost means knowing everything.During my childhood I was crazy about books. Over time, reading hijacked my brain, as large areas once processing the real world adapted to processing the printed word. As far as I can tell, this early immersion (沉浸) didnt prevent my development.Many parents worry that “screen time” will damage childrens development, but recent research suggests that most of the common fears about children and screens are unfounded. There is one exception: looking at screens before bed really disturbs sleep, in people of all ages. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) used to recommend strict restrictions on screen exposure. Last year, the organization examined the relevant science more thoroughly and changed its recommendations. The new guidelines stress that what matters is what children watch and with whom.New tools have always led to panic guesses. The novel, the telephone, and the television were all declared to be the End of Civilization, particularly in the hands of the young. Part of the reason may be that adult brains require a lot of focus and effort to learn something new, while childrens brains are designed to master new environments naturally. New technologies always seem disturbing to the adults attempting to master them, while attractive to those children like Augie.When Augies father got home, Augie rushed to meet him and said in excitement. “Daddy, Daddy, look,” he said, reaching for my phone. “Do you know how bees make honey? Ill show you”21. Which of the following can best replace the underlined word “hijacked” in Paragraph 2? A. occupied.B. damaged.C. improved.D. relaxed.22. What do the new guidelines of AAP focus on about “screen time”? A. The harm to children.B. The content and context. C. Childrens sleep.D. Peoples fears.23. What might be the authors attitude towards “screen time”? A. Opposed.B. Doubtful.C. Disappointed.D. Favorable.BPassenger pigeons(旅鸽) once flew over much of the United States in unbelievable numbers. Written accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries described flocks(群) so large that they darkened the sky for hours.It was calculated that when its population reached its highest point, there were more than 3 billion passenger pigeons a number equal to 24 to 40 percent of the total bird population in the United States, making it perhaps the most abundant bird in the world. Even as late as 1870 when their numbers had already become smaller, a flock believed to be 1 mile wide and 320 miles (about 515 kilometers) long was seen near Cincinnati.Sadly, the abundance of passenger pigeons may have been their undoing. Where the birds were most abundant, people believed there was an ever-lasting supply and killed them by the thousands. Commercial hunters attracted them to small clearings with grain, waited until pigeons had settled to feed, then threw large nets over them, taking hundreds at a time. The birds were shipped to large cities and sold in restaurants.By the closing decades of the 19th century, the hardwood forests where passenger pigeons nested had been damaged by Americans need for wood, which scattered (驱散) the flocks and forced the birds to go farther north, where cold temperatures and spring storms contributed to their decline. Soon the great flocks were gone, never to be seen again.In 1897, the state of Michigan passed a law prohibiting the killing of passenger pigeons, but by then, no sizable flocks had been seen in the state for 10 years. The last confirmed wild pigeon in the United States was shot by a boy in Pike County, Ohio, in 1900. For a time, a few birds survived under human care. The last of them, known affectionately as Martha, died at the Cincinnati Zoological Garden on September 1, 1914.24. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, passenger pigeons _.A. were the biggest bird in the worldB. lived mainly in the south of AmericaC. did great harm to the natural environmentD. were the largest bird population in the US25. The underlined word “undoing” probably refers to the pigeons _.A. escapeB. liberation C. ruinD. evolution26. What was the main reason for people to kill passenger pigeons?A. To make money. B. To save other birds. C. To seek pleasure. D. To protect crops.27. What can we infer about the law passed in Michigan?A. It was ignored by the public.B. It was declared too late.C. It was unfair.D. It was strict.C Some of the most powerful companies in the world have co-founders. For example, Google (Sergey Brin and Larry Page), Apple (Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs), and Microsoft (Bill Gates and Paul Allen) and so on. Having partners can help to deal with the pressure and the failures that come with running a business. No matter how down on your luck you feel they may provide emotional support. They may have extra skills, and be on hand to help out with the day-to-day. And an alternate point of view may help to broaden your mind and aid the risk of mistakes being overlooked. Everybody knows Samsungs Galaxy Note 7. When the phone was launched in 2016, customers praised it for its storage, design and usability, and it may well have been a hit if it werent for the fact that it occasionally caughtfire and exploded. It was soon banned immediately from flights, and Samsung had no choice but to recall the entire model. The shortcoming reportedly cost the company $1 billion, and a further $17 billion in lost sales. But remember, based on the lesson, the Galaxy Note 8 and the Galaxy Note 9 are well received in the world! Now we know that failing is part of business success. One thing that all great companies have in common is that they have failed many timesand luckily, they bounced back. Take Sarah Blakely, founder of shapewear brand Spanx, for example. She credits her business success specifically to her failures. “Id get kicked out of buildings all day long,” she remembered. “People would tear up my business card in my face. But my friends and I knew I could sell and I knew I wanted to sell something I had created. I learned that no doesnt always mean no, and that you may get 30 nos before you get the one yes. People told me no with Spanx for two years.” Spanx is worth just over $ I billionit was a company that Blakely who took a degree in a law school started with just $ 5000!28. Whats the main idea of the first paragraph? A. Constant dropping wears away a stone. B. Two heads are better than one. C. God helps those who help themselves. D. All things are difficult before they are easy.29. Why does the author mention Samsungs Galaxy Note 7, 8 and 9? A. To explain that failures dont spell the end. B. To argue customers always follow the new trends. C. To prove Samsung is responsible for customers. D. To show Samsung paid for its product failure. 30. What mainly contributed to Sarah Blakelys success? A. Her friends help. B. Her good luck. C. Her will power. D. Her education background.31. How does the author develop the passage? A. By contrast. B. By classification. C. By giving numbers. D. By giving examples. DRescue workers had collected 820 birds from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the majority of them already dead. The current spill promises to be the largest in US history, and as cleanup efforts stretch across the summer, its clear that more oiled birds will be found, stuck and suffering in the black stick liquid. And as they do with every oil spill, rescue workers will go to great lengths to capture and clean the survivors hoping to restore them to their natural habitat.Is it worth the effort? Some scientists arent so sure. Because the stress of being captured and bathed is as significant as the horror of being immersed in oil, and because research suggests that many rescued birds die shortly after being released, some experts say euthanasia (安乐死) is a more humane option.Clean bird feathers repel water (防水) and regulate body temperature while dirty ones dont. Oil in particular makes feathers heavier and decreases their ability to trap air, which in turn makes birds weak and become easier to drowning, overheating and organ damage. Of course, being captured and cleaned is no picnic either. Some birds wind up returning to their destroyed habitats only to fall victim to the oil again. And those who manage to avoid a second oil bath suffer dramatically shortened life spans (跨度) and lower reproductive success. Of the thousands of birds that were rescued from the Prestige oil spill off the coast of Spain in 2002, only 600 were released into the wild; most of the rest died after just a few days in captivity.However, bird rescuers say they have learned a lot about how to best help oil-soaked birds, and that therefore, survival rates stand to increase this time around. In the past, birds were cleaned right away, and volunteers often worked through the night bathing rescued birds. But now, captured birds are left to rest for a day or two before being cleaned, and only washed during the day, so as not to disrupt their circadian (生理的) rhythms. But part of that increase may be due to greater selectivity on the part of rescuers. The workers do blood tests right in the field now and birds that are loaded with hydrocarbons (碳氢化合物) or dont look like theyre going to make it are put down right away, rather than subjected to the stress of captivity and cleaning.And so far, while release rates may be improving, there is little evidence of better medium or long-term survival, especially for the more-difficult-to-save species. There still arent good protocols (协议) for repairing the internal organ damage. Anyway, rescue efforts will continue in large part because the public demands that. Euthanasia is a difficult thing to do, especially for people who have built their lives around saving animals.32. Why do some scientists doubt the effort to rescue oiled birds?A. Because it has cost too much time and money.B. Because human may be infected with the bird virus.C. Because it is torture followed by death to birds.D. Because migrant birds may broaden the pollution.33. The case of Spain coast spill is mentioned to indicate _.A. thousands of birds were polluted by oilB. the survival rate of oiled birds was very lowC. the efforts to rescue oiled birds were ineffectiveD. captivity is an impractical method to rescue binds34. Why do the survival rates of oiled birds increase?A. Oiled birds are kept in warm water for one or two daysB. The second cleaning of the oiled birds in daytime is not permittedC. The rescuers often select the birds that are likely to surviveD. Hydrocarbons are removed to rescue the oiled birds35. Why does oiled birds rescue remain a controversial problem?A. Oiled birds internal organ damage is permanent.B. Euthanasia is a difficult and heart-aching operation.C. The more-difficult-to-save species will die by cleaning.D. The rescue is oiled birds suffering while seeing them die is cruel.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人空白处的最佳选项。有两项为多余选项。Todays students are surrounded by information. The ability to figure out exactly why authors writeand not accept every opinion as factis a key skill. _36_ The following strategies teach them how to figure out why authors really write.Start with why. “Why did the author write this piece?” is the key question asked to identify authors purpose. To help students expand their understanding of “why,” post various types of nonfiction (an advertisement, opinion article, news article, etc.) around your classroom and have students quickly identify a purpose for each. _37_Talk about structure. Authors use different structures for different purposes. For example, one author may use time order to explain an event, while another author uses compare and contrast to put that event into context._38_Often when authors write, theyre trying to get readers to feel a certain way. Perhaps the author of an article about whale conservation wants readers to feel sad about the difficult situation of whales. Or the author of a letter may want to make the recipient feel better about a situation. After students read a text, stop and ask: How do you feel? And how did the author get you to feel this way?Connect it to students own writing. Writing and reading go hand in hand. _39_ When students are asked to write about a topic that they think everyone should know about, to explain a procedure or to share a personal memory, theyll become more conscious of how authors approach writing.Observe how purpose changes within a text. Authors purpose is often studied through the text as a whole, but authors have different reasons for writing within texts as well. _40_ Then, they may launch into a list of facts that make the reader feel discouraged about the situation. And finally, they may conclude with an appeal. Take a short article and break it apart, identifying the different purposes so that students see how authors purpose changes as they read.A. Get to the heart.B. Identify the topic.C. The readers may get more advanced in their work with informational text.D. For example, they may include a funny anecdote (轶事) to draw the readers in.E. In particular, theyll need to figure out authors purpose and draw their own conclusions.F. Expand students awareness of why people write by having them write for different purposes.G. Or keep a running Authors Purpose board with a list of the various reasons that authors write.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。“Growth requires discomfortIf you stick with what is 41 ，youre 42 any hope of surprising yourself，of finding greatness，of having the best experiences human life has to 43 ” Thomas OppongMany people agree that the magic starts to 44 the instant we step outside of our comfort zonesThe second you decide to go 45 what is safe，you will have planted a seed 46 ，if watered daily，will bloom into something that you would have 47 expected to come to fruitionFor me，one of the most important things we should always keep in mind is that，by no means，can 48 and comfort coexistFive years ago，I decided to move overseas and I havent lived in the United States sinceAll throughout high school，I wanted to live in a Latin American 49 and become fluent in Spanish through 50 cultural immersion(沉浸)Obviously the chances of this happening while living in the US were 51 So，halfway through my undergraduate，I switched over to the online version of my degree and bought a one-way 52 to Argentina， 53 I 54 the last two years of my degree before flying back home for graduationI currently still live here，and I can personally say that 55 what I wanted years ago and taking the necessary steps to make it a 56 was one of the most important things I could have done for myselfThe 57 that came along with the initial culture shock，using my second language and learning to live life 58 from the way we do things in the US has 59 an extremely enriching (丰富的) 60 41A.realisticB.comfortableC.sensibleD.reasonable42A.giving inB.bringing outC.giving upD.putting off43A.faceB.valueC.solveD.offer44A.happenB.disappearC.changeD.continue45A.intoB.throughC.afterD.beyond46A.itB.thatC.whatD.who47A.everB.alwaysC.neverD.already48A.growthB.difficultyC.pleasureD.failure49A.museumB.forestC.countryD.workshop50A.easyB.simpleC.severeD.full51A.bigB.slimC.pureD.fair52A.tripB.roadC.ticketD.course53A.whereB.whenC.whichD.how54A.wastedB.startedC.quittedD.finished55A.designingB.recognizingC.ignoringD.commenting56A.realityB.habitC.desireD.routine57A.doubtB.satisfactionC.responsibilityD.discomfort58A.freelyB.differentlyC.absentlyD.safely59A.turned overB.turned upC.turned outD.turned down60A.experienceB.projectC.appointmentD.lesson第II卷 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）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，并填在答题卡的相应位置。Chinese high-speed railways are a very comfortable way to travel. They are clean, quiet and 61 (efficiency). China 62 (lead) other developing countries and even some developed ones in this field since the first high-speed train came into use in 2008.The stations are 63 (main) built outside the town center, but local transport has been lengthened 64 (connect) the high-speed network. The 65 (facility) on the train are new and the staff are well trained. Even the second class chairs provide plenty of space. The passages are wide and you can move easily, not 66 (disturb) anyone. You can use your mobile phone or work on your laptop, having access 67 the Internet. There is also a restaurant car, though the kinds of food 68 (be) limited. The toilets arc large, clean and user-friendly t