2021湖北省年上学期武汉市部分学校高三英语月起点质量检测试题

1、只做精品湖北省2021年上学期武汉市部分学校高三英语9月起点质量检测试题本试卷共四部分，共8页。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。注意事项： 1答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡和试卷指定位置上。 2回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。 3考试结束后，将答题卡上交。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，并标在试卷的相

2、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. Where did the man work before June? A. In a school. B. In a restaurant. C. In the army.2. What does the woman think of her university life?A. Boring. B. Challenging. C. Interesting.3. When will the woman go to work?A. On February 18. B. On February 22

3、. C. On February 14.4. Whats the possible relationship between the speakers? A. Coach and athlete. B. Doctor and patient. C. Husband and wife.5. How will they go for the meeting? A. By taxi. B. By bus. C. By subway.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，并标在试卷的相应位置

4、。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。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. Whats Mrs. Roberts doing now? A. Eating her breakfast. B. Trying her new recipe. C. Preparing a chemistry paper. 7. What kind of person is John?A. A creative cook. B. A kind teacher. C. A hard-working student.听第7段材料，回答第8、9

5、题。 8. What does the man suggest to stop speeding? A. Making new rules. B. Giving drivers a fine. C. Setting speed cameras.9. What is the possible reason for the Germans driving responsibly? A. Better education. B. Less powerful cars. C. Stricter speed limits.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. What is the womans

6、key to staying young? A. Keeping active. B. Taking exercise. C. Pursuing dreams.11. What does the woman do? A. She runs a computer store. B. She teaches biology at school. C. She works at a medical college.12. What is the mans dream? A. To be a biologist. B. To be a doctor. C. To be a businessman.听第

7、9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. Who might be the woman speaker? A. A bus driver. B. A travel agent. C. A hotel manager.14. Why did the man wait in the heat for two hours? A. The bus broke down. B. The bus driver felt sick. C. The hotel rooms were full.15. What does the man complain about? A. Impolite hotel clea

8、ners. B. Rude people living downstairs. C. Upsetting noise and terrible food.16. How did the man feel about the womans offer? A. Unacceptable. B. Understandable. C. Sincere.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. Why did Donna join the Green Group? A. To help people. B. To make money. C. To continue her project.18.

9、Where did Donna grow up? A. In a village. B. On a farm. C. In a town.19. How did Donna help the local villagers in Brazil? A. Teach them history. B. Organize a watering project. C. Advise them to plant trees.20. What made Donna decide to return to Brazil? A. Her love for the country. B. Her interest

10、 in its culture. C. Her desire to be a teacher.第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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。A Whats on your travel list for 2021? Ive consulted several travel experts to find out the top places in the USA worth visiting in 2021.Where: New Orleans, Louisiana Why: New O

11、rleans is known for its music and food scene-not to mention the festivals. It has about 130 festivals each year so theres really no bad time to visit. Bourbon Street is the obvious choice for food, drink and jazz and its definitely a must-visit location, especially for first-timers to the city.Why:

12、Vail is the perfect destination for travelers looking to find almost everything in one central spot. Stay at the amazing Four Seasons Resort and Residences Vail to be steps away from Vail Village, a popular town with cobblestone(鹅卵石）streets for wandering leisurely. The countrys largest free transpor

13、tation system runs frequently, making it easy to access almost anywhere from Vail Village to Lionshead Village.Where: Hudson Valley, New York Why: The Hudson Valley is where New Yorkers go to escape the city when they need a healthy dose of nature and relaxation. Just an hour and half north of New Y

14、ork City, the Hudson Valley is made up of small, impossibly charming towns, where the air is fresher and things do move slower in the mountains.21. You can enjoy different things in New Orleans except A. scenery B. music C. festivals D. food 22.Which place would you prefer if you like wandering leis

15、urely? A. Bourbon Street. B. Vail Village. C. Lionshead Village. D. New Orleans.23. What can New Yorkers enjoy in the Hudson Valley? A. Ancient towns. B. Healthy diets. C. Slow movement. D. Inner peace.B Twenty years ago, I became involved in pet therapy(治疗）work. As digging deeper into the job, I ha

16、d an urge to be a recorder of their daily work to let more and more people know their efforts and contributions. After all, they could not say our languages. It was when I got familiar with the work that I got my golden retriever puppy (金毛寻回犬），whom I named Angel. As she matured and went through obed

17、ience training, I realized that she would be a good partner. Angel is ten now and still works every week. As a rule, she visits two hospitals, a day care for the elderly, and our librarys PAWS for Reading program. Angel has also helped out at a childrens special-needs camp. She is so popular that ev

18、erywhere we go people recognize her, especially the kids she has worked with. We have seen some very special things through our pet therapy work. I brought Angel to our local hospital to visit a woman who was completely paralyzed(瘫痪的）on her right side from a stroke. One day, my husband, Jack asked h

19、er if she wanted to give Angel a treat. She nodded and gently took the treat, raised her right hand and started petting Angel. Her friend was in the room and said, “She hasnt been able to move that hand since she had her stroke!” Somehow it seems appropriate that when Angel visits the hospital, she

20、also performs tricks for the patients with her paws. The best one is when she crouches on the floor and crosses her paws. She stays still and doesnt move until Jack says Best wishes. Its the best wishes for all the people Angel meets as well as for her.24. Why does the author want to be a recorder?

21、A. Pets cannot record themselves. B. Pets should be highly praised. C. Pets labor should be made aware of. D. Pets daily work is important.25. How is Angels work? A. Busy but rewarding. B. Interesting but tiring. C. Funny and amusing. D. Important and demanding.26. What did Angel do for the paralyze

22、d woman? A. She cured her disease. B. She visited her at times. C. She gave her best wishes. D. She played tricks on her.27. What is the best title for the passage? A. A loyal dog. B. Selfless love. C. A silent angel. D. Great devotion.C When you really love a book, or have just scored a new one tha

23、t youre dying to read, it can be exciting to pick up a smooth, shiny hardcover copy that creaks a little bit when you open it. But those hardcover books can be heavy, and new ones arent cheap, either. Sometimes, youd just rather have a portable paperback-but if its a new book youre after, you might

24、have to wait a full year or so to get it in paperback form. Why are books released as hardcovers first? Not so long ago, hardcover books were the only type of books. Before the appearance of mass production, print runs were limited, and books were hard-bound and expensive. Around the 1930s,that chan

25、ged with the production of mass-produced paperback books, which consisted with a huge surge in reading as a leisure activity around World War l.Paperback books were more affordable and cheaper to produce, which still holds true today. Despite the seeming advantages of paperbacks, there are several r

26、easons why the hardcover has persisted（持续）.Because of its history, it conveys a bit more legitimacy(正统性）in the book world than the paperback does. The hardback is a mark of qualityit shows booksellers and reviewers that this is a book worth paying attention to, Philip Jones, editor at the Bookseller

27、, explains to The Guardian. But the major reason why books come out as hardeovers is that people buy them, despite their higher cost. The Economist compares it to movies being released in theaters several months before they arrive on DVD. Just as film fans like to see films on the big screen, collec

28、tors enjoy the hardbacks superior quality, according to The Economist. And because theyre profitable, publishers can gain more from hardcovers, which will often sell at twice the price of their paperback equivalent(相等物）but do not cost twice as much to produce,” Jones explains.28. What can we learn a

29、bout hardcover books from paragraph1? A. They appeal to real book-lovers. B. They are heavy but not expensive. C. They take a long time to come out. D. They are not preferred by book-lovers.29. What does the underlined word “surge” in paragraph 2 mean? A. Drop. B. Success. C. Blow. D. Increase.30. W

30、hy are hardback books still printed today? A. They are brilliantly edited. B. They are worth collecting. C. They convey correct information. D. They sell better than paperbacks.31. What is the main purpose of the passage? A. To introduce hardcover books. B. To present a new social finding. C. To exp

31、lain a confusing problem. D. To encourage people to read books.D Never play games with a bot(robot)-it will find a way to cheat if it can. A team from OpenAI, an artificial intelligence lab in San Francisco, has developed artificially intelligent bots that taught themselves to cooperate by playing h

32、ide-and-seek. The bots also learned how to use basic tools to help them win. Bowen Baker at Open AI and his colleagues wanted to see if the team-based dynamics of the OpenAI Five could be used to produce skills that could one day be useful to humans. The researchers set their bots loose in a simulat

33、ed(模拟的）environment filled with fixed walls, movable boxes and ladders, and left them to play team games of hide-and-seek. The bots each had their own view of the world and couldnt communicate with each other directly. At first, the hiders simply ran away. But they soon worked out that the quickest w

34、ay to stop the seekers was to find objects in the environment to hide themselves from view. The seekers learned that they could move boxes around and use them to climb over walls. The bots then discovered that being a team-player -passing objects to each other or cooperating on a hideout -was the qu

35、ickest way to win. But the real surprise came when the bots started making use of problems or faults. Seekers found that if they pushed a ladder towards a wall, they could launch themselves into the air and spot hiders from above. Hiders found that they could get rid of the ladders by pushing them a

36、side. It shows that Als are able to find solutions that humans miss, says Baker.“Maybe theyll even be able to solve problems that humans dont yet know how to. However, it is a large leap （跳跃）from virtual hide and seek to real problem-solving.“The main limitation is that it is in simulation,” says Ch

37、elsea Finn at Stanford University.32. Why did Bowen and his colleagues conduct the research? A. To teach bots to play games. B. To train bots to use basic tools. C. To find if bots may cheat like humans.D. To see the potential of bots cooperation.33. Whats the third paragraph mainly about? A. The to

38、ols of the research. B. The design of the research. C. The competitors of the game. D. The environment of the game.34. What does the underlined word “It in the last paragraph refer to? A. Passing objects. B. Moving boxes around. C. Making use of faults. D. Hiding themselves from view.35. What does C

39、helsea think of the finding of the research? A. It can bridge a gap in the AI research. B. It will not be influenced by the real world. C. It will definitely help the real problem-solving.D. It may not be realized out of the virtual world.第二节 （共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5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

40、项为多余选项。So often we find ourselves on autopilot-waking up in the same home, putting on the same clothes and taking the same transportation to the same-old job._ 36_ And while its perfectly natural for humans to stick to routine, theres much to be discovered beyond the limits of our comfort zones.Ther

41、e is no exception to a man aged 53._37_ He knew it was going to be hard to find another job. He also knew it was now or never to pursue his lifelong dream of owning his own restaurant. But he was too old to compete with the young and too weak to do any labor work._38_He didnt want to spend his rest

42、life sitting around and feeling pity for himself. Also, Mrs. Mockenhaupt actively encouraged him to move on, considering it a perfect chance for two of them to start their own business with plenty of time and without the disturbance of children. _39_ Brian found just what he wanted eight blocks from

43、 home-an existing cafe that was underperforming and whose owner was highly motivated to get out of his lease(租期）._40_ But the problem was that he had never financially planned for this day. He had to borrow money from friends and relatives. After that, he changed the name to Black Dog Coffee, and ma

44、de it alive again. Eighteen years later, theyre still there and doing better than ever. Brian says hes extremely grateful for the decision to make a change. A. Then came the opportunity. B. The thought filled him with anxiety. C. That was exactly what Brian needed. D. Even our New Years decisions to

45、 change hardly make it. E. With the support of his family, he took a job in the local cafe. F. Several weeks after consideration, he decided to have a change.G. Brian Mockenhaupt got laid off from a senior management position.第三部分 语言运用（共两节, 满分30分）第一节（共15小题；每小题1分, 满分15分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选

46、出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 My journey to isolation(隔离）was somewhat accidental. I saw an advertisement for a job as a leader for an expedition(探险）to Antarctica-and I have to 41 it was the penguin in the ad that 42 my attention. The ad noted that they were looking for someone to lead a 43 of expeditioners in one

47、of the most 44 and isolated places on the planet. I took part in an 45 and then got a job that I knew I would regret if I didnt 46 it. Leading 18 strangers for a full year-through months of darkness and with no 47 from the freezing cold -I learned some 48 lessons. After the journey, I wrote two best

48、-selling books and became a motivational speaker. Being in isolation meant I had to do lots of self 49 .I kept a 50 ,and every day I would think 51 of how I had operated as a leader. That discipline of 52 myself taught me how to tell right from wrong.I often think back to 53 I saw the picture of the

49、 penguin that 54 me to look at the ad for the job. Its a moment that 55 my life completely.41.A. admitB. believeC. indicateD. realize42.A. demandedB. deservedC. caughtD. needed43.A. floodB. coupleC. teamD. handful44.A. awfulB. remoteC. promisingD. disturbing45A. experimentB. interviewC. electionD. i

50、nvestigation46.A. make forB. prepare forC. register forD. go for47.A. escapeB. departureC. protectionD. defence48.A. hardB. powerfulC. privateD. terrible49.A. serviceB. repairC. studyD. reflection50.A. petB. secretC. journalD. promise51.A. clearlyB. carefullyC. highlyD. badly52.A. evaluatingB. forgi

51、vingC. behavingD. enjoying53.A. whereB. whyC. whenD. how54.A. enabledB. permittedC. allowedD. inspired55.A. improvedB. formedC. endedD. changed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1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Like many, Dean once viewed surfing as a lifestyle, not a sport. He came to it several years 56 ea

52、rning his graduate degree and going to work at a clinic. As I surfed more frequently, he says, I started to think about it 57 (different)-what do I need to do to catch more waves 58 make more turns?” Deans clinical background was the key factor 59 led him to begin reconsidering those ideas. When his

53、 son started catching waves with friends, he asked 60 (many) questions: Why dont surfers train the way football players do? He 61 (assess) the boys movements on the water and developed conditioning plans involving unstable surfaces. He reviewed hours of video footage, 62 (focus) on how their techniques could be improved.Dean opened a surf club in 2010.Over the 63 (year) he has trained Simpson, a US Open championship 6