甘肅省武威第六中學(xué)2021屆高三英語上學(xué)期第二次過關(guān)考試試題

1、甘肅省武威第六中學(xué)2021屆高三英語上學(xué)期第二次過關(guān)考試試題（考試時間：100分鐘 滿分：120分）第一部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分 40 分） 第一節(jié)（共 15 小題；每小題 2 分，滿分 30 分） 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（a、b、c 和 d）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該選項涂黑。athe best and worst things to buy in marchfrozen foodgrocery store ads arent the only places to find deals on freezer-section treats. to take advant

2、age of the deepest discounts, combine coupons (優(yōu)惠券) from sponsoring brands, such as dole, green giant and tyson foods, with grocery store sales. plus, look for printable savings on coupons. com and easyhorem. brands participating in national frozen food month will offer more than 180, 000 co

3、upons that make frozen food among the best things to buy in march.boxed chocolatesif you desire to give a gift to a friend in march, consider chocolate. two minor holidays in march provide the perfect excuse: national chocolate caramel day on march 19 and national chocolate-covered raisin day on mar

4、ch 24. you can discover chocolate deals online as well as in stores. head to sites like retailmen to find discount coupons for boxed chocolate savings of 10 percent or more.new carswith the latest car models filling dealers lots, youll have a hard time finding discounted models from the year b

5、efore. car dealerships are less motivated to offer steep discounts from march through may. instead, plan to buy your car during the fall or winter. you should also research the auto you want at truecar before heading for the dealership. the site offers information on how much the previous buyers pai

6、d for the vehicles you want.spring clothingwhen warm weather makes you want to head outdoors, resist the urge to do so wearing the latest fashions. you wont find march deals on swimsuits, easter dresses or other spring items. to find discounts on clothes of this spring, hold off until memorial day w

7、eekend. you can also look for online and in-store savings at amazon, macys, saks fifth avenue and other retailers.1which things offer discounts in march?afrozen food and new carsbboxed chocolates and new cars.cfrozen food and boxed chocolates.dboxed chocolates and spring clothing.2what are the vehic

8、le buyers advised to do?aregister on a site in advance. bget discounts from car dealers.cconsult some previous buyers.dmake purchases at the right time.3where is the passage most likely from?aa journalba guidebookca cataloguedan advertisementbstaying connectedwhen central bucks south became one of t

9、he first philadelphia-area high schools to close because of the fear of novel corona-virus(冠狀病毒) exposure in early march, 16-year-old sophomore andrew chen knew that things were not going to return to normal as quickly as some of his peers hoped.but still, the change from seeing his friends on the s

10、wim team during daily practices to learning alone at home was jarring.“i only have three years here at south, and it pains me to see one of them being wasted,” chen said.the corona-virus has changed everyones lives, but for students, the disruption feels particularly serious. schools closed and grad

11、uation ceremonies were put off. summer plans, such as camps, are up in the air.but right now, many students are trying to stay connected, struggling with false information, and finding out the best ways they can help through online method.for josh harycki, 17, a senior student at the shipley school

12、in philadelphia, the best way to help was to create a “social distancing promise” for young people.“i saw a lot of young people not paying attention,” he said. “they were still going out, hanging out with others. i thought that there had to be a way to reach younger people, who were possibly not wat

13、ching the news.”harycki started a call to action on social media and then built a website with a map that followed and kept the locations of people whod signed the promise. the site also shares links to accurate sources of information like the us centers for disease control and prevention.harycki kn

14、ows that his peers are worried they cant connected with their friends in the same way, so he created the social distancing promise to strengthen that although everyone might be physically distant, theyre still connected.“part of what were showing is that you might feel like youre the only one taking

15、 this seriously, but our map shows that youre not alone,” he said.4what does the underlined word “jarring” in paragraph 2 probably mean?anaturalbnecessarycworryingdreasonable5who does harycki mainly want to reach?afriends who are worried and bored.byoung people not aware of the situation.cyounger st

16、udents trying to help. dpeople taking the corona-virus seriously6whats haryckis purpose in creating the “social distancing promise”?ato order young people to stay at home.bto follow those infected with the corona-virus.cto tell young folks of latest news about the corona-virus.dto show young people

17、that they are still connected.7why does the author describe andrew chens experience in the text?ato explain what worried students most when schools closed.bto show the different views of students toward the corona-virus.cto show how the corona-virus affected students lives.dto explain the proper rea

18、ction to the close of school.caccording to the study abroad trend report for 2018, conducted by chinese education website eol. cn, the number of chinese students who study abroad to gain a bachelors degree or below is rising, and the current group of chinese overseas students is younger than those i

19、n the past years.du xiying, a beijing-based study-abroad agent, has first-hand experience working with this younger crop of students. “when i started this job some 10 years ago, almost all cases were filed by college graduates trying to apply for a masters degree in the us, uk, australia and canada,

20、” said du. “now quite a number of my clients are high school graduates, and my company even employed some experienced consultants to satisfy the increasing need of college-bound chinese students.” however, in the eyes of du, most of them are not ready to put themselves in a completely different cont

21、ext at such a young age. although there are no statistics available, according to dus observations, college-bound high school graduates from china fall into two groups. there is a group of students from well-off families, with good grades and excellent command of english, and there is another group

22、who did not do very well in their college entrance exams, so they seek to study abroad as a solution to their troubles. “in recent years, with the financial ability of chinese families growing with the countrys development, buying into college is very common,” said du.complaints come from both desti

23、nation schools in the us and parents of students. going abroad at a young age needs a great deal of discipline(自律),and college students dont usually live at home-stays so they are free from management. a considerable quantity of students have ended with being dismissed(開除).as to the dismissal issue,

24、 du said its inevitable due to the large number of students crowding abroad. its just not easy to ensure quality. but she does think both students and parents should be responsible for their own investment of both time and money. “the worst case is that a family throws out 1 million yuan for their c

25、hild to come home with nothing, not even fluent english,”said du.8what change is mentioned in paragraph 1 and paragraph 2?athe age of chinese students studying abroad is getting younger.bmore chinese students studying abroad are getting a masters degree.cexcellent students prefer studying abroad to

26、taking college entrance exams.dchinese students grades are improving due to professional consultants help.9which opinion does du probably agree with?amost young students are qualified to study abroad.bbuying into schools could be a good solution to students problems.cdestination schools should be re

27、sponsible for the management of students.dparents and students should be cautious about the decision to study abroad.10why do some students fail in their oversea study?athey are not financially supported.bthey are rejected by destination schools.cthey cant live up to their parents expectations.dthey

28、 cant live and study abroad independently.11what does the underlined word “inevitable” in paragraph 4 mean?acant be avoided.bcant be ignored.ccant be realized.dcant be predicted.dat 9: 30 am. on a wednesday morning, i received a notification (通知) that id already picked up my phone 30 times that day!

29、 “11 left until you go over your goal of 41 pickups,” my screen read. “put your phone down until 9: 52 a. m. ! enjoy your time living in the moment.”these updates were sent via moment, an app that tracks my screen time, created by kevin holesh in 2014 to fight his own device addiction. he was workin

30、g as an independent app developer, spending hours each day staring at screens. after work, holesh found that he was looking mindlessly online instead of talking to his wife or taking his dogs for a walk.“i wanted a way of seeing how much time i was sinking into my phone,” he said. “so i came up with

31、 something that could monitor my screen time.” holesh found that he was spending 75 minutes on his phone a day. he added a function to the app that informed him whenever his screen time was more than 40 minutes. “my phone would make a sound like a bee, and id go and do something else. it was like a

32、little angel on my shoulder pushing me in the right direction,” he said. holesh figured that if the system worked for him, it would work for others, and later that year he made moment a free app. to date, it has been downloaded 8 million times.besides, moment also has a “coach” function, offering gu

33、ided programs to help users focus and be more productive, for $ 7. 99 a month.“i am so much happier, i sleep better, i read more, i take better care of myself, and most of all i am present in my day-to-day life,” jack, a user said. similar comments on moment reflect a growing consciousness around “d

34、igital wellness”, the name given to lifestyle practices that encourage healthy device use.12 what does the inspiration of moment come from?athe creators own experience.bthe sound made by honey bees.ccomplaints from family members.dthe widespread digital addiction.13what does moment do at the expecte

35、d screen time?amonitor the screen and keep a record.bmake a noise to remind the user.cturn off the phone immediately. dforce the user to take a rest.14 what does the author intend to do in paragraph 4?a persuade readers to buy the app. b provide readers with some advice.c recommend a coach to the re

36、aders. d introduce more information of the app.15 in which part of a website will you find this text?afashion and business.bsports and entertainment.chealth and lifestyle.dart and design.第二節(jié)（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）閱讀下面短文，從短文后的選項中選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。we certainly look different. the most obvious diff

37、erences between boys and girls are our bodies, inside and out. for example, can men have babies? can women grow beards? _16_in the 1800s, scientists developed a theory called craniology (頭骨學(xué)), which said that intelligence could be measured by skull size. men have bigger skulls than women. somenmust

38、be smarter, people thought. _17_ no one encouraged them to go on in school. somedoctors even said women who went to college would no longer be able to have children! ofcourse, now we know these beliefs arent true.in the 1950s, psychologists gave girls and boys science tests to see if they could tell

39、 who was smarter. on average, the girls did worse than the boys. _18_ but is this really true?instead of measuring natural ability, maybe the tests revealed something about the conditionsunder which children were being taught. parents and teachers didnt expect girls to do well inmath or science，and

40、so they didnt encourage them. in class, teachers focused their attentionon boys. _19_as scientists continue to investigate, they have discovered that boys do seem to be better than girls at something called spatial rotation (空間轉(zhuǎn)動）. girls，on the other hand, do better on some tests of vocabulary and l

41、anguage. why? _20_ they often give girls dolls to play with, while they more frequently give boys blocks. playing with blocks helps children developspatial skills. so without meaning to, adults might be helping boys develop better spatialskills. and maybe they talk to girls more, which helps girls w

42、ith those vocabulary words.abut how different are we really?btherefore, women were treated differently.cthis influenced how well boys learned and how poorly girls did.dif our bodies differ, what does that say about our intelligence and skills?enaturally，researchers concluded that boys are smarter th

43、an girls in science.fstudies have shown that parents treat boys and girls differently as soon as theyre born.gaccording to psychologists, girls were less intelligent than boys in many aspects.第二部分：英語知識運用（共三節(jié) 滿分50分）第一節(jié):完形填空 (共20小題,每小題1.5分, 滿分30分) 閱讀下面短文從短文后各題所給的四個選項(abc和d)中,選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項,并在答題卡上將該項涂黑

44、two of the saddest words in the english language are “if only”. i live my life with the 21 of never having to say those words. the two words 22 regret, lost opportunities, mistakes, and 23 . and sometimes the words “if only” go with 24 disasters. think about how many times you have heard about somet

45、hing awful happening, 25 by if only he had called her back to make sure she was okay.” or“if only i had 26 that noise.” my father-in-law is 27 in our family for saying, “ 28 an extra minute to do it right. ” he must be doing something 29 , since he is 91 years old and still doing things right.i alwa

46、ys 30 to live by the “extra minute” rule. sometimes it only takes seconds to make sure i write the words down 31 , or check some information on the internet, or move an object 32 before it trips（絆倒） someone.and of course when my children were young and 33 to cause all kinds of troubles, i lived and

47、stuck to the “extra minute” 34 . i always thought about what i could do to 35 an“if only” moment, whether it was something simple like moving a cup full of hot coffee away from the edge of a counter, or something that required a little more work such as taping padding(襯墊) onto the 36 corners of a gl

48、ass table.i know there will still be 37 when i have to say “if only” about something, but my life is surely more peaceful because of my principle of doing everything possible to avoid that 38 . and even though it takes an extra minute to do something right, or it occasionally takes an hour or two in

49、 my busy schedule to 39 a personal connection, i know that by doing the right thing, im buying myself peace of mind and thats the best kind of 40 for my emotional health.21aresultbluckcgoaldrole22aconveybhandlecexperiencedraise23apreparationbdisappointmentcadaptationdamazement24aharmfulbshamefulchan

50、dfuldterrible25afollowedbtreatedccontributeddinspired26aheardbignoredcexamineddshut27aacceptablebrespectablecsensitivednegative28arequirebdemandcchargedspend29awisebfamiliarcraredpassive30apromisebattemptcafforddhesitate31afrequentlybnormallycaccuratelydfluently32ain a waybby the waycon the waydin t

51、he way33aprobableblikelycaveragedordinary34asignalbtheorycnoticedprinciple35apreventbreflectcadmitdregret36anarrowbdustycsharpdwide37alocationsbconditionscoccasionsdevents38arecordbendingcplotdmemory39akeepbremindctransformddeliver40aprogrambbargaincpurposedinsurance第二節(jié):語法填空(共10小題,每題1分,共10分)閱讀下面材料,在

52、空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容(1個單詞)或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式the united states has a wide _41_(various) of institutions that provide higher education. there are so many options that it can be difficult for international students _42_ (understand) the different choices. one of the more common questions _43_ (ask) byinternational stud

53、ents is: what is the difference between a public and a private university?a public university _44_ (fund) by the public through the government of that state, while a private university is not. the most obvious difference is the price. public universitiesare _45_(expensive) than private universities.

54、 private universities can cost well over $100,000 for a four-year degree. but compared to public universities, private universities tend to be more geographically “diverse”, _46_ (draw) students from many different statesas well as other countries because the tuition is _47_ same price for students

55、regardless ofwhether or not they live in the state _48_ the university is located.there are many _49_(high) reputable private and public universities throughout america. according to us news best colleges rankings, the first 19 institutions are private universities. that does not mean that there arent reputable public universities inthe usa. thus, dont focus only _50_ the rankings.第三節(jié):用單詞的正確形式填空(共10小題,每題1分,共10分)51after graduation