河北省衡水中学2020┄2021届高三下学期第二次调研考试英语试题

1、河北省衡水中学2021届高三下学期第二次调研考试英语试题（03）本试卷分为第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非因举题）两部分第一卷（选择题共100分）注意事项：1 .答第一卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考号、考试科目用铅笔涂写在答题卡上。2 .每小题选出答案后，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 涂其它答案标号。第一部分：听力（共20小题；每小题L5分，共30分）第一节：（共5小题；每小题1.5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

2、。每段对话仅读 一遍。1. When will the man be at the meeting ?A.7:30.B. 8:00.C.8:30.2. What1 s the woman* s attitude toward Frank/ s complaint ?A. Angry.B. Understanding.C. Sad.3. What does the woman say about the manr s injury ?A. It does” t look too painful.B. He should go to the hospital.C. He should keep i

3、t from getting infected.4.What will John do ?A. Give up the trip.B. Get to the airport at 8:00 a.m.C. Give the woman a new schedule.5 .What s the relationship between the speakers ?A. Classmates.B. Colleagues.C. Teacher and student.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5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

4、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 .Where are the swimming stations ?A. In the hall.B. In the gym.C. In the VIP rooms of the hotel.7 .For how many hours are the station open each day ?A. 12 hours.B. 13 hours.C. 15 hours.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8 .Why does t

5、he woman need to leave early ?A. To meet a friend. B. To have a job interview.C. To talk to Prof. Sogard about her paper.9 . What is the woman most interested in right now ?A. Getting more experience.B. Earning more money.C. Helping others.听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。lO.Where did the woman get the personality

6、test questions ?A. From a magazine. B. From a psychology textbook. C. From the Internet.11. Why does the man refuse to answer the question ?A. He had done it before.B. He thinks it s useless.C. He has no time at the moment.12. What was the woman1 s major in college ?A. Accounting. B. Psychology.C. H

7、istory.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What does the man think about the spaghetti ?A. It' s not as good as most frozen food.B. The price is a little high.C. It1 s more delicious than his own cooking.14. How much does one serving cost ?A. About 2 dollars. B. About 4 dollars. C. About 6 dollars.15. What doe

8、s the woman offer to do for the man ?A. Give him a discount.B. Give him another free sample.C. Give him a bag of pasta for free.16. What do we know about the man ?A. He didnr t have lunch.B. He will buy some frozen pizzas.C. He is from Italy. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Why did the Spurs get fined ?A. The

9、 team refused to play an important game.B. Four of its players were taken out in the middle of a game.C. The team sent home four players without telling anyone.18. Who is NOT an NBA player ?A. Danny Green.B. Manu Ginobili. C. David Stern.19. What did David Stern say about the Spurs ?A. They played v

10、ery dirty.B. They were not being fair to the fans.C. They were very rude on the court.20. What did the NBA journalists say about the situation ?A. The coach should try to get the fine reduced.B. The coach wasn' t satisfied with the unfair timetable.C. The coach wanted to scare the Miami Heat.第二部

11、分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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。AThe Great Barn AdventureOne morning when I was llr I explored the town' s abandoned round grain barn （谷仓）.I found a chained sliding door that was wide enough for me to pass through.Inside, there was a heavy smell of dead mice in the d

12、ark. After my eyes adjusted, I noticed a shaft （升降机井）that rose all the way to the top of the barn. On one side was a one-man elevator with a long rope and roller.I stepped onto the platform and gave the rope a drag and the elevator began sliding up the shaft, but stopped halfway. After a brief panic

13、 attack, I noticed holes in the wall at regular intervals, forming a ladder. For reasons known only to an 11-year-old, I decided it would be better to go up than down. Sor with shaking hands, I began climbing the wall.After what seemed like forever, I reached the top of the shaft. I stood up, dusted

14、 myself off and found absolutely nothing of interest. It was just an empty room with a ladder leading up to the roof. I climbed all the way up here for this ? Then I noticed a fire extinguisher （灭火 器）,which r d always wanted to shoot off. So this was the chance of a lifetime. I tried it, and, much t

15、o my surprise, the thing worked! It shot out a thick cloud of powder that instantly filled the room. I couldn' t breathe. I was going to choke to death, and they1 d probably never even find my body.Luckily, I remembered the ladder to the roof. I climbed upr popped the straw roof and saw a bright

16、 blue sky.I suddenly realized the dust and powder pouring out of the top could draw attention. So when the dust had settled, I climbed down and slipped out of the chained door. F m not sure if I was more excited about being alive or about not being caught, but I ran all the way back home.21. When th

17、e author got inside the barn, he.A. noticed a man on the elevatorB. opened the chained sliding doorC. saw many dead mice in the darkD. found a sha代 leading to the top22. Which of the following is the right order of the author, s adventure ?a. The elevator stopped halfway.b. He entered the round grai

18、n barn.c. He climbed to the top of the shaft.d. He found a fire extinguisher and shot it off.A. b-a-c-dB. a-c-b-dC. c-a-d-bD. b-c-a-d23. After getting out of the chained doorf the author might feel.A. inspiredB. relievedC. surprisedD. disappointed1.1. From the passage, we can learn that the author w

19、as probably a boy full of.A. passionsB. dreams C. curiosityD. imaginationBEvening WorkshopsOptional evening workshops will be held at small restaurants or other meeting places near the conference hotel. Meals and other costs are not included but are also optional. Locations will be announced at the

20、conference site. Workshops are very loosely organized and most represent discussions that have been held at Society for Economic Botany ( SEB ) meetings over a series of years.Workshop 1: Student NetworkDateWednesday evening, Feb. SthChairsHugo de Boer and Arika VirapongseSponsorSociety for Economic

21、 BotanyDescriptionStudent members of the SEB hold a networking mixer each year in order to meet each other and to become familiar with a variety of educational programs and faculty advisors (大学指导老U巾).Faculty members who are part of training programs are encouraged to join the mixer to meet and talk

22、with students.Workshop 2 : Botanical Film MakingDateWednesday evening, Feb. 5thChairDavid StrauchSponsorUniversity of HawaiiDescriptionDigital film making is a particularly useful tool of linking cultural information to recognizable plants. This workshop is aimed towards increasing the quality of ma

23、terial recorded by giving participants greater control over the medium. We will cover technical aspects ( e.g. camera settings, audio ) z technical aspects (framing, lighting, focus ), and some ways of presenting the material. Experienced filmmakers are encouraged to attend, and participants are wel

24、come to bring their own camera equipment.Workshop 3 : Collections for Botany一 Collections Development and ManagementDateFriday evening, Feb. 7thChairJan SalickSponsorSociety for Economic BotanyDescriptionSEB is a network of researchers who have been developing standards for the development of collec

25、tions of artifacts, plant samples and related materials. Participants discuss successes, problems, and funding sources for solving management issues.25. One of the purposes of a networking mixer held each year is toA. provide students with greater control over the mediaB. link cultural information t

26、o recognizable plantsC. help the students to deal with most of the environment issuesD. help the students to be familiar with educational programs26. Which of the following is true according to the poster ?A. Evening workshops will be held at small restaurants with meals included.B. Participants hav

27、e more than one option on Feb.5th than another nightC. Workshops have nothing to do with the discussions held at SEB meetings.D. Faculty advisers can join the mixer without training experience.27. You are a college student, interested in plants and good at taking TV pictures. Which of the Evening Wo

28、rkshops is most suitable for you ?A. Botanical Film Making. B. Collections for Botany.C. Student Network.D. Society for Economic Botany.cThe extraordinary Eastgate Building in Harare, Zimbabwe' s capital city, is said to be the only one in the world to use the same cooling and heating principles

29、 as the termite mound （白 蚁堆）.Architect Mick Pearce used precisely the same strategy when designing the Eastgate Building, which has no air-conditioning and almost no heating. The buildingthe country' s largest commercial and shopping complex-uses less than 10% of the energy of a conventional bui

30、lding of its size. The Eastgate' s owners saved $3.5 million on a $36 million building because an air-conditioning equipment didn' t have to be imported.The complex is actually two buildings linked by bridges across a shady, glass-roofed atrium （天井）open to the air. Fans suck fresh air in fro

31、m the atrium, blow it upstairs through hollow spaces under the floors and from there into each office through baseboard vents （通风 ）. As it rises and warms, it is drawn out via ceiling vents and finally exists through forty-eight brick chimneys.During summer1 s cool nights, big fans blow air through

32、the building seven times an hour to cool the empty floors. By day, smaller fans blow two changes of air an hour through the building, to circulate the air which has been in contact with the cool floors. For winter days, there are small heaters in the vents.This is all possible only because Harare is

33、 1600 feet above sea level has cloudless skies, little dampness and rapid temperature changesdays as warm as 31 commonly drop to 14 at night. "You couldn' t do this in New York, with its hot summers and cold winters/ Pearce said.The engineering firm of Ove Arup&Partners monitors daily t

34、emperatures. It is found that the temperature of the building has generally stayed between 23 and 25r with the exception of the annual hot period just before the summer rains in October and three days in November, when a doorkeeper accidentally switched off the fans at night. And the air is fresh fa

35、r more so than in air-conditioned buildings, where up to 30% of the air is recycled.28. Why was Eastgate cheaper to be built than a conventional building ?A. It was designed in a smaller size.B. No air conditioners were fixed in.C. Its heating system was less advanced.D. It used rather different bui

36、lding materials.29. What does *"refer to in Paragraph 3 ?A. Fresh air from outside.B. Heat in the building.C. Hollow space.D. Baseboard vent.30. Why would a building like Eastgate Not work efficiently in New York ?A. New York has less clear skies as Harare.B. Its dampness affects the circulatio

37、n of air.C. New York covers a larger area than Harare.D. Its temperature changes seasonally rather than daily.31. The data in the last paragraph suggests Eastgatez s temperature control system.A. allows a wide range of temperaturesB. functions well for most of the yearC. can recycle up to 30% of the

38、 airD. works better in hot seasonsDMen are spending more and more time in the kitchen encouraged by celebrity （名人） chefs like Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver, according to a report from Oxford University.The effect of the celebrity role models, who have given cooking a more manly picture, has combine

39、d with a more general drive towards sexual equality and men now spend more than twice the amount of time preparing meals than they did in 1961.According to the research by Prof. Jonatahn Gershuny, who runs the Centre for Time Research at Oxford, men now spend more than half an hour a day cooking, up

40、 from just 12 minutes a day in 1961.Prof. Gershuny said, “The man in the kitchen is part of a much wider social trend. There has been 40 years of sexual equality, but there is another 40 years probably to come/Women, who a generation ago spent nearly two hours a day cooking, now spend just one hour

41、and seven minutesa great fall, but they still spend far more time in the kitchen than men.Some experts have named these men in aprons as J/Gastrosexuals ( men using cooking skills to impress friends )” , who have been inspired to pick up a kitchen knife by the success of Ramsay, Oliver as well as ot

42、her male celebrity chefs such as Hugh Fearnley-WhittingstalL Marco Pierre White and Keith Floyd.I was married in 1974. When my father came to visit me a few weeks later, I was wearing an apron when I opened the door. He laughed/ said Prof. Gershuny, "That would never happen now.”Two-thirds of a

43、dults say that they come together to share at least three times a weekr even if it is not necessarily around a kitchen or dining room table. Prof. Gershuny pointed out that the family meal was now rarely eaten by all of its members around a tablewith many “family meals" in fact taken on the sof

44、a in the sitting room, and shared by family members. "The family meal has changed a lot, and few of us eat-as I did when I was a child-at least two meals a day together as a family. But it has survived in a different format”32. What is one reason behind the trend that men spend more time cookin

45、g than before ?A. The improvement of cooks' status.B. The influence of popular female chefs.C. The change of female' s view on cooking.D. The development of sexual equality campaign.33. What does the author think about the time men and women spend on cooking ?A. Men spend more time cooking t

46、han women nowadays.B. Women spend much less time on cooking than before.C. It will take 40 years before men spend more time at the stove than women.D. There is a sharp decline in the time men spend on cooking compared with 1961.34. How did Prof. Gershuny see the family meal according to the passage

47、?A. It has become a thing of the pastB. It is very different from what it used to be.C. It shouldnJ t be advocated in modern times.D. It is beneficial to the stability of the family.35. Which is the best title for the passage ?A. The Changes of Family MealsB. Equality between Men and WomenC. Cooking

48、 into a New Trend for MenD. Cookinga Thing of the Past for WomenE第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的七个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。Americans use many expressions with the word "dog". People in the United States love their dogs and treat them well. 36 However; dogs without owners to care for t

49、hem lead a different kind of life. The expression, to lead a dogs life, describes a person who has an unhappy existence.Some people say we live in a dog-eat-dog world. 37 They say that to be successful a person has to work like a dog. This means they have to work very, very hard. Such hard work can

50、make people dog-tired. And, the situation would be even worse if they became sick as a dog.38 This means that every person enjoys a successful period during his or her life. To be successful people often have to learn new skills. Yet, some people say that you can never teach an old dog new tricks. T

51、hey believe that older people do not like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things.39 People who are unkind or uncaring can be described as meaner than a junkyard dog. Junkyard dogs live in places where people throw away things they do not want. Mean dogs are often used to guar

52、d this property. They bark or attack people who try to enter the property. However, sometimes a person who appears to be mean and threatening is really not so bad. We say his bark is worse than his bite.Dog expressions are also used to describe the weather. The dog days of summer are the hottest day

53、s of the year. A rainstorm may cool the weather. But we do not want it to rain too hard. 40A. Still, people say every dog has its day.B. We do not want it to rain cats and dogs.C. Some people are compared to dogs in bad ways.D. Dogs are their best friends and they are loyal to people.E. There are ma

54、ny other expressions waiting for you to explore.F. That means many people are competing for the same things, like good jobs.G. They take their dogs for walks, let them play outside and give them good food and medicalcare.第三部分：语言知识运用完形填空（共20小题；每小题L5分，共30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上

55、 将该项涂黑。Every fast-food employee knows that the drive-through window is the worst position. The window sticks with constant ice; the roar of engines hurts your 41 ; your words are lost in the howling wind.On a 42 afternoon, everything changed.Every once in a while, the sub-zero temperatures seal a 43

56、 windows shut. Drivers donf t exactly enjoy having to stand outside in the cold, 44 their orders into a speaker box, when they expect to drive through on their heated leather seats. In such cases, most customers tend to show their annoyance to the employees.This woman was 45 .T II get the next car1

57、s 46 as well/ she said as she came up to the window to pay. She stood outside, 47 much snow on her hair. Though she was obviously freezing, her bright 48 lit up her face like a fire.“You can' t 49 their drinks/ I said, confused and tired.“No, but T II buy them/ she said. "Pay it forward and all that/Completely puzzled, I charged her as 50 , and when the next customer arrived at the window I explained what had just happened. I watched as his 51 changed first angry to be out in the cold, then 52 at the random act of kindness, and finally, delighted by his 53 .“I suppose F II pay f