河北省衡水市桃城区第十四中学2020-2021学年高一英语下学期6月三调考试试题(含答案)

1、河北省衡水市桃城区第十四中学2020-2021学年高一英语下学期6月三调考试试题（试卷总分：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、准考证号填写在本试卷和答题卡相应位置。2回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔将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，将答案书写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3考试结束后，将答题卡和试卷交回。第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，请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

2、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。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。1What are the speakers looking at?AA photo.BA video.CA painting.2Why does the woman want to use a computer?ATo book a hotel.BTo book a flight.CTo book a train ticket.3Where has the man been for his holiday?ATo Paris.BTo L

3、ondon.CTo New York.4How much will the man pay for the red scarf?A$8.B$10.C$20.5What are the speakers mainly talking about?AA bad dentist.BThe cold weather.CThe mans toothache.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。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

4、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。6What color is the womans new car?ABlue.BWhite.CCream.7How often does the man wash his car?AEvery year.BEvery two years.CEvery five years.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8How many people will be playing tennis this afternoon?AThree.BFour. CFive.9Why doesnt the woman want to play

5、 tennis this afternoon?AShe has to get ready for a trip.BShe has to take care of her mother.CShe has to find the information about jobs.10What will the woman do tomorrow morning?AHave an interview.BLook after her mother.CGo to the park.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11What is the mans biggest problem working from

6、 home?AHe always gets up late.BThere is no manager to keep order.CHe has difficulty making himself work.12What does the man spend more money on at home?ATravelling.BFood. CHeating.13What is the probable relationship between the speakers?AHusband and wife.BFormer workmates.CBoss and worker.听第9段材料,回答第

7、14至17题。14Where are the speakers?AOn a train.BIn a taxi.COn a bus.15What is wrong with the man?AHe cant see anything.BHe feels sick.CHe feels lazy.16What are the speakers going to do?ATour the city.BClimb a mountain.CSee an exhibition.17What are the speakers talking about at the end of the conversati

8、on?AA doctor.BA tourist.CA tour guide.听第10段材料,回答第18至20题。18What is the main topic of the talk?AFurniture.BTechnology.COld days.19What is the speakers job?AHe makes things.BHe repairs things.CHe sells things.20How does the speaker feel if an old table has been repaired many times?AHe still loves it.BH

9、e will throw it away.CHe will care little about it.第二部分 阅读理解(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。AWe are a community center who aims to bring people together. Since we cannot do that in the traditional way, we are finding a “new normal”. We have begun to offer many

10、 ways for you to virtually connect with each other and us. We are offering classes, events and films that you can attend every Saturday. All are welcome!Guitar Lessons with Leah RoeschTime: 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.Price: $40.00From beginner to intermediate level. Learn basic chords and techniques, th

11、eory, and reading music, using folk songs, rock to jazz, and blues. No experience required.Spring Break Mini Cooking CampTime: 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.Price: $60.00Your kids are out of school and maybe you would like them out of the house for a little while? Join Kristin Freni at Gorton on March 23rd

12、and enjoy delicious breakfast items like puffed pancakes, bacon and muffins to bring home for the whole family to enjoy!Watercolors with Perlwlnkle StudiosTime: 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.Price: $50.00Make your paintings come alive with gentle details and layers of color. Join Jennifer Evans and learn to

13、 see a flower with new eyes, and capture its lovely shapes and lines. Finished piece can be framed to your liking. All materials provided.Passion For PlayTime: 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Price: $15.00In a world of “screen time”, how much “play time” does your child need? Erika Larson will explore the pur

14、pose of play, walk parents through the developmental stages of play skills, and offer strategies to improve a childs play skills.21Who is the text intended for?AThe general public.BCollege freshmen.CEducational experts.DHigh school students.22Which course can you take if you are free only on Saturda

15、y mornings?APassion For PlayBWatercolors with Periwinkle StudiosCGuitar Lessons with Leah RoeschDSpring Break Mini Cooking Camp23Whose course should you choose if you are interested in parenting?ALeah Roeschs.BKristin Frenis.CJennifer Evans.DErika Larsons.BIn 2006, Chris visited Honduras, a country

16、where more than half the population lives poorly. He returned home with a plan to go back and help. He and his brother, Will, came up with an idea. They would start a business in Honduras to create opportunities for people living there.But what kind of business would they start? They began by lookin

17、g for a resource the country had naturally. The brothers chose to use wood from Honduras thick forests. Next they had to decide what they would build with that wood. Eventually, they found their way into the toy industry.The brothers decided to make childrens blocks, drawing inspiration from the tra

18、ditional wooden toys they discovered on a trip to Germany. Will and Chris decided to call their company “Tegu”, short for Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras. Then they staffed their factory with Honduran citizens. “We found that our workers in the factory are super proud that the name of their cap

19、ital city is going out on their product and representing what theyre able to do,” said Will.In addition to giving Honduran citizens the opportunity to work and learn about running a business, Tegu is partnered with a school that helps educate the children of families that work at the Tegucigalpa tra

20、sh dump.But Will and Chris did not feel it was enough to simply help the people of Honduras they wanted to make sure they took good care of the land, too. They felt it was important to make toys using a natural resource in a way that is sustainable.In order to do their part for the environment, Tegu

21、 works with woodcutting cooperatives and plantation-growers to select trees responsibly. The company also plants one, two, or three trees in place of every toy set that is produced. Theyve already planted more than half a million trees since Tegu was founded.24What can we infer about Honduras accord

22、ing to the text?AIts short of natural resources.BIt is an underdeveloped country.CIt is famous for tourism.DIt has lots of foreign businesses.25What did Chris and Will decide to do to help Honduran people?ADonate money to them.BSet up a school.CSell wood for them.DEstablish a toy company.26Who were

23、the staff of Tegu?AVolunteers.BForeigners.CLocal people.DPoor students.27What do we know about Tegu from the last two paragraphs?AIts faced with a serious shortage of wood.BIt pays special attention to sustainable development.CIts making efforts to open its new market in the world.DIt focuses on pro

24、tecting the environment rather than making money.CA competition making up Versailles literature was launched on Sina Weibo recently. So, what is Versailles literature?Actually, the term has nothing to do with the French palace nor with literature. It came from The Rose of Versailles, a Japanese mang

25、a series about aristocratic (贵族化的) life at the palace of Versailles in France in the late 18th century, and was coined by a Chinese influencer earlier this year. Known as humblebragging, it is a boast (吹牛) disguised as a complaint. “I have too many houses. How can I decide which one to decorate?” an

26、d “I thought I lost weight this morning. So disappointed when I realized it was because I took off the huge diamond ring my boyfriend gave me last night” are some examples of Versailles literature. The intention is to show off - usually things of materialistic values, yet one ought to pretend thats

27、not the point.As the 19th century English author Jane Austen famously wrote, “Nothing is more deceitful (欺诈的) than the appearance of humility(谦逊).” The psychology behind humblebragging is to be recognized for ones successes and be liked by others at the same time, according to scholars. In her artic

28、le titled Why do people hate humblebragging? published in Psychology Today, psychologist Dr. Susan Krauss Whitbourne at the University of Massachusetts Amherst noted that humblebragging is a “strategy in pursuit of respect” because it draws attention to ones accomplishments in a circuitous way.Howev

29、er, studies on social media users show that humblebragging as a self-promotion strategy does not work. In the essay Humblebragging: A distinct and ineffective self-presentation strategy, the University of North Carolina researcher Ovul Sezer and Harvard University scholars Francesca Gino and Michael

30、 Norton concluded from their research that humblebraggers are perceived more negatively than straight braggers due to the formers insincerity. “The critical factor differentiating the two groups of people is sincerity. People dont like braggers, but they at least see them as more sincere than humble

31、braggers,” said Francesca Gino.So, how can we annoy humblebraggers back? “Just pretend you dont get whatever it is they try to show off,” a netizen advised. “And respond with genuine sympathy for their complaints.”28Which of the following statements is typical of “Versailles literature”?AYou know wh

32、o my father is? My father is Li Gang.BGot five offers to date. Im at a loss which to choose.CIts a headache how to make my son tidy up his room regularly.DIm fed up with living in the countryside with no shopping malls around.29What is the psychology behind humblebragging?ATo win others sympathy.BTo

33、 earn others admiration.CTo show his/her sincerity.DTo mask his/her complaint.30What does the underlined world “circuitous” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?AIndirectBComic.CObvious.DSharp.31What cant be inferred from the passage?ABraggers are relatively more sincere than humblebraggers.BHumblebragging

34、is an artificial appearance of being humble.CTo respond with real sympathy will discourage humblebraggers.DIf you want to be perceived positively, try using Versailles literature.D Visitors to Rome can now see one of the most important private collections of ancient Greek and Roman statues (雕像). The

35、 90 works from the Torlonia Collection opened this week in the newly rebuilt Palazzo Caffarelli, overlooking the Roman Forum.Among the works is a fountain (喷泉) that was made in ancient Greece. Experts on ancient Rome believe the fountain once stood in the garden of the general and statesman Julius C

36、aesar. It was already hundreds of years old.The 620-piece Torlonia Collection is believed to be the greatest private collection of classical art in the world. It was begun more than a century ago by Prince Alessandro Torlonia. He found many of the pieces on the grounds of his familys Roman garden Ri

37、ch from a business relationship with the Vatican (梵蒂冈), the family bought other well-known statue collections.In 1884, the prince built his own museum to show off his collection. When the museum closed in 1976, the pieces went into storage.“The reappearance of such a collection is a very important e

38、vent,” said art historian Salvatore Settis. “When I saw them for the first time, they were very emotional because I knew most of those pieces from books, but I had never seen them.”The Torlonia family chose Settis to help with the difficult job of deciding which works should be shown to the public.

39、Anna Maria Carruba helped prepare the statues for the show. “Many of these pieces were already restored from (the year) 1600 onwards. We didnt need to work on the structure of the statues but only on the surfaces, cleaning them,” she said.The show will stay open until June 29, 2021. It is the result

40、 of public and private cooperation among the culture ministry, the city of Rome, the Torlonia Foundation and the Roman jeweler Bvlgari.32Which of the following can describe the Torlonia family?AUnlucky.BWealthy.CHumorous.DUngenerous.33What did the prince think of his private statue collection?AIt is

41、 a matter of pride.BIt is not worth storing.CIt should not be made public.DIt should be recorded in books.34What was Settis requested to do by the Torlonia family?ARepair statues.BIntroduce statues.CSelect statues for show.DPut off the statue show.35What can be the best title for the text?AAn Art Sh

42、ow of Statues Was Held in 1976BPeople Look Forward to Seeing Famous StatuesCAncient Statues Reappear after Years in StorageDA Famous Fountain Dates Back to Ancient Greece第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分, 满分12.5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。Should you listen to music when you work? Some will say they lo

43、ve it, claiming that it improves their performance; others will say they cannot work effectively with music playing in the background. _36_ It just depends on what sort of work youre doing.In a recent study, we brought participants into our lab with a variety of tasks. They included an easy task sea

44、rching through word lists and crossing out words containing the letter “a” and a more difficult task memorizing word pairs and recalling the partner to each word. Some participants completed all of the tasks in silence, whereas others completed the tasks with instrumental music that was either loud

45、or soft, and either simple or complex, the latter meaning music with more instrumental tracks. _37_We found that participants who listened to simple music or no music performed about the same on the easy task. _38_Contrarily, participants performed worse on the more difficult task when they listened

46、 to any music, regardless of complexity or volume, compared to those who didnt listen to any music._39_ Not surprisingly, we typically need to use fewer of our mental resources when we perform easy tasks, whereas demanding tasks require more brainpower. However, because we might be less engaged duri

47、ng easier tasks, there s a greater risk of drifting off to sleep. Music might give us the extra boost we need to get refreshed. _40_ Listening to music can become overkill (过犹不及). So we have to strike a balance between the type of music and the type of task.AWhat should we make of these findings?BSe

48、veral key findings emerged from our study.CHowever, difficult tasks already demand a lot of our mental resources.DOur research has found that the effects of work may depend on our personalities.E. We want to develop a more comprehensive framework that could be applied broader.F. However, participant

49、s who listened to complex music performed best on the easy task.G. Interestingly enough, our research has found that both of these perspectives can be true.第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节, 满分30分）第一节（共15小题；每小題1分, 满分15分）It was a hot, wet summer day a few years ago. At a local gas station, I noticed two elderly ladies

50、 41 away from their car. There was a look of shock and 42 on their faces. I looked and saw what they saw. Five wasps (大黄蜂) had started to 43 a nest around the gas cap. My eyes 44 in surprise. I shared the ladies fear. The nest seemed to be forming.Wasps had never been 45 of mine. Several times wasps

51、 had 46 me while I was cutting my grass, bringing me a lot of pain 47 I was afraid to cut the grass for a long time.The most 48 time, however, was when I was a young boy. A friend of mine and I were running and playing in my backyard. I had 49 stepped on one of their hidden nests because before we k

52、new it, we were being run after and 50 over and over by the wasps. We ran to my mom with tears in our eyes. My mom immediately let us have a cold bath and put us in the 51 water before giving us medicine to fight all the 52 in our little bodies from the stings(刺毛).Recalling the past stings, I knew I

53、 couldnt let fear prevent me 53 others now. I reached into my back pocket for a paper towel and tore out the nest while the 54 wasps flew around me. The ladies finally thanked me and I said “Youre welcome!” with a smile and a(n) 55 heart.41Astanding BlaughingClyingDconflicting42Arespect BjoyCfaithDh

54、orror43Adestroy BrepairCremoveDbuild44Ahurt BwidenedCescapedDclosed45Afriends BpassengersCenemiesDpartners46Aignored BassistedCattackedDrecognized47Aas though Beven ifCin caseDso that48Aindependent BterribleClimitedDnormal49Adefinitely BflexiblyChardlyDgratefully50Abelieved BrejectedCbittenDdrawn51Ahot BdirtyCcoolDmild52Asmell BpoisonCmemoryDenergy53Ahelping BseekingCharmingDcarrying54Avirtual BfriendlyCannoyedDpleased55Aupset BheavyCcuriousDhappy第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下列材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。The teen years are not easy for parents and teens. Teens try