福建省莆田市2021届高三毕业班第三次教学质量检测英语试题

福建省莆田市2021届高三毕业班第三次教学质量检测英语试

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一、阅读理解

Travelistheonlythingthatwillreallymakeyouricher.Whileit'sveryvalid,there're

manytimeswhenwearesimplyunabletotravelforcertainreasons.However,there'sstilla

greatandaffordablewaytoexperiencenewplaces:books.

Wild

WildisCherylStrayed'sbeautifullywrittenstoryofhikingthePacificCrestTrailfor

1,100milesallbyherself.Herjourneyofself-discoveryandfacingherpainfulpastis

fascinatingandwillkeepyoufascinatedfromthefirstpageupuntilthelast.Youwillfeellike

you'rehikingalongsideStrayedthewholetime.

OntheRoad

JackKerouac'sclassicnovelin1957isamasterpiecefromtheBeatGeneration,which

tellsthetimelesstaleofbeingyoung,confused,andjustgettingontheroadtotrytofigureit

allout.ThebooktellsthepersonaldevelopmentalstoryofSal,whoisstronglybasedon

Kerouachimself,leavingNewYorkCityandtravelingaroundthecountry.Thebookensures

madness,alongwithcolorfulcharactersandheartbreakingmoments.

TheCaliph'sHouse

ThisbookiswrittenbyauthorTahirShah,whoseexperienceofvacationinginMorocco

ofAfricaduringhischildhoodgrowingupledhimtomovewithhisfamilyfromLondonto

Morocco,wherehelearnedalot.Hiswritingisrichandfascinatingandtellsanincredible

storyoftheirtimeoflivingthere.

TheGreatRailwayBazaar

PaulTheroux'sbooknarrateshisfour-monthexperiencein1973travelingbytrainfrom

LondontoEurope,theMiddleEast,theIndiansubcontinentandSoutheastAsia,aswellashis

returntripontheTrans-SiberianRailway,enrichingandimprovinghimself.Therouxexplored

povertyandignorancethroughoutthebook,whichisoftenconsideredasaclassicinthe

travelwritingworld.

I.Whichbooktellsoftheauthor'slongjourneyonfoot?

A.Wild.B.OntheRoad.

C.TheCaliph'sHouse.D.TheGreatRailwayBazaar.

2.WhatisthemaincontentofTheCaliph'sHouse?

A.Theauthor'srichwritingexperience.

B.ThestoryofBritishchildreninAfrica.

C.ThevacationofanAfricanfamilyinLondon.

D.Theauthor'schildhoodexperienceinMorocco.

3.Whatarethefourbooksmainlyconcernedwith?

A.Madnessandsadness.B.Travelandself-growth.

C.Povertyandconfusion.D.Childhoodandignorance.

Teachersinpoorareasarealwaysbeingaskedtodomorewithless.TheyYegiven

smallerbudgetsandlargertasksinschoolsthatemployfewerteachersandtakeinmore

students.Butnoneofthesestrugglescanquitecomparetothechallengesfacedbya

computingteacherAkotoinGhanawhoteacheshisstudentshowtousecomputers.

Akotorecentlypostedphotosofhisclassroom,andthey'vegottenquitearesponse.

Akotoisaninformationandcommunicationtechnology(ICT)teacherwhohasbeenassigned

toteachhisstudentswithoutusinganactualcomputer.Solikeanygoodteacher,Akoto

teachesthembydrawingpicturesofacomputerontheblackboard.

Akotorecentlysharedimagesofoneofhiscomputerlessons,inwhichhecanbeseen

usingmulti-coloredchalktodrawthefeaturesofMicrosoftWordsoftwareontheblackboard.

Inoneofthephotos,youcanseehisstudentsdrawingthesameimagesintheirnotebooks.

Onemightask,nWhydotheybothertotakesuchachallengingcourse?"Buthere'sthe

reason:EventhoughthestudentsatAkoto'sschooldon'thavecomputers,theyarestill

requiredtopassanationalexamthatincludesasectiononcomputingskillsbeforetheymove

ortohighschool.

SoAkotodoeswhatheneedstodotoensurethathisstudentsunderstandthematerialHe

hasdrawnpicturesmanytimesforhisstudentsoverhissixyearsandjusthappenedtoshare

thepicturesthistimeonFacebook.Hesayshehashisownpersonallaptop,butitisdifferent

fromtheoneAkotoisrequiredtoteach.Hedoesn'tbringittoclassforfearofconfusingthe

kidswithacomputerthattheyhaveneverseen.

ThegoodnewsisthatthoseFacebookpicturesmadetheirwaytotherightplace.

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MicrosoftAfricapromisedtogivehimsomeproperresources.Othersalsosteppeduptothe

plateandhelpedoutAkoto.NOTGhana,aninformationtechnologytraininginstitution,

donatedfivecomputerstoAkoto'sschoolandoneforAkotohimself.APhDstudentatthe

UniversityofLeedsintheU.K.inspiredbyAkotoalsodonatedacomputer.

4.WhichofthefollowingbestdescribesthestateofAkoto'sschool?

A.Well-funded.B.Underdeveloped.C.Full-equipped.D.Unattended.

5.HowdoAkoto'sstudentsreacttohisclasses?

A.Theymodelafterhisbehaviorinclass.B.Theylearntoidentifymulti-colored

chalk.

C.Theyusuallytakephotosofthecomputers.D.Theyoftenshareimagesoftheirlessons

online.

6.WhydoesAkotochoosenottobringhisownlaptoptohisclasses?

A.Heisunwillingtoshareit.B.Heisconfusedbyitssystem.

C.Heisuncertainaboutitsfunction.D.Heisafraidtopuzzlehisstudents

7.Whatcanweconcludefromthelastparagraph?

A.Tostandstillistomoveback.B.Actionsspeaklouderthanwords.

C.Greatthingscanbeachievedbyjointeffort.D.Abirdinthehandisworthtwointhe

bush.

Ashockingnewsreporthasrevealedthatmorethanoneinfivespeciesofmapletrees

facesextinction,warningthat75%ofthethreatenedspeciesare"geographicallyrestricted^^in

theirnativeregions.

Thetreesareexperiencingavastdeclineinhabitat,duetourbandevelopment,wood

harvestingandagriculturalexpansion.Timeisrunningoutfortheworld'sbiodiversity.Every

recentsurveyofplantsandanimalsinthewildpointstothis.Thisishappeningnearly

everywhererarermaplesexist.Andbecauseofclimatechange,thenarrowhabitatsthat

supportspeciesattheedgesofdryplacesandatthetopsofmountainsarequickly

disappearing.

Thetreescanbefoundinsubtropicalandtropicalregions,asfarsouthasIndonesia.The

onlyspeciesfoundintheUK,thefieldmapleisnotunderthreat.Notonlyarethetreesa

popularattractivefeatureinparksandpublicspaces,buttheyareakeypartofthenatural

ecosysteminwoodlands,aswellasbeinganimportantwoodcropinseveralcountries.

AlthoughthesugarmapleinNorthAmerica,whichproducesmaplejuice,isnotendangered,

twooftheclosestrelativestothespeciesareendangered.

Thereportnotesthatconservingat-riskspeciesintheirnaturalhabitatisthebest

conservationtactic.Butcollectionsinbotanicalgardensandseedbanks-called"exsitu

collections"canactasinsurancepoliciesagainstextinction.Therearecurrently14speciesof

maple,includingfourthatarecriticallyendangered,whichareabsentfromthesetypesof

collections.

OnespeciesinMexico,theAcerbinzayedii,isin"desperateneedof

conservationu,,despiteonlybeingdiscoveredin2017.“Itisatriskfromclimatechangeinits

cloudforesthabitatandthreatenedbyloggingandforestfireswhileitisalsoabsentfrom*ex

situcollections',thereportadds.Thereportrecommendsdevelopingconservationplans,

monitoringspeciescurrentlynotatrisktoensurepopulationsaremaintained,andadding

thosemissingmaplespeciestoseedbanks.

8.Whatisparagraph2mainlyabout?

A.Actiontoprotectmapletrees.B.Thedangeroussituationofmapletrees.

C.Variousmapletrees*habitatsintheworld.D.Theconditionsfordiversityinmaple

trees.

9.Whatdothefieldmapleandthesugarmaplehaveincommon?

A.Theycannotproducejuice.B.TheyarefoundinAmerica.

C.Theyarenotatriskofextinction.D.Theyhavetwoendangeredrelatives.

10.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“tactic“inparagraph4probablymean?

A.Topic.B.Approach.C.Result.D.Conclusion.

11.What'sthemainpurposeofthereport?

A.Toofferaproposal.B.Torecommendaproduct.

C.Tointroducemaplespecies.D.Towarnpeopleofdisasters.

Whenyouhearthebeginningofyourfavoritesongfromtheradio,suddenlyyourneck

iscoveredingoosebumps.

It'ssuchathingthatagroupofscientistscall“skinexcitement”——afeelingofcold

causednotbyadropintemperatureorsuddenscare,butbythesenseofbeauty.uSkin

excitement“cancomefromasong,apainting,amovingmoviescene,orevenabeloved

memory-prettymuchanythingthatcausesthegivingoutofpleasure-soakeddopaminein

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yourbrain.Butitdoesnotcomeforallofus.

Yourfavoritemusicuncoversalotaboutyourpersonality,andsodoeshowyourespond

tothatmusic.Studiessupposethatasfewas55percentofpeopleexperience”skin

excitement“whenlisteningtomusic.Andifyoucountyourselfamongthisgroup,thegoose

bumpsonyourskinaren'ttheonlygiveaway-scientistscanreaditinyourbrain,too.Ina

newstudypublishedinthejournalSocialCognitiveandAffectiveNeuroscience,Harvard

researchersperformedbrainscanson10studentswhosaidtheyreliablygotcoldwhen

listeningtomusic,and10studentswhodidn't.Theyfoundthatthecold-pronebrainsmay

reallybeexcitedbystrongeremotions.

Cold-pronebrainsaregenerallymorelikelytoshowstrongeremotionalintelligencethan

no-coldbrains.Cold-pronemindstendtohaveunusualactiveimagination,reflectmore

deeplyontheiremotions,andappreciatenatureandthebeautyofmusicandarttoastronger

degreethanno-coldbrains.

So,whattypeofmusiccausesthechills?Itseemsthatthetypeisnotsoimportant;

participantsinthenewstudyreportedgettingcoldfromsongsofeverykind.Andanysong

connectedwithastrongemotionalmemoryofthelistenercanproducethemostreliable

results.Forme,that'sthesongSailingtoPhiladelphiabyMarkKnopfler,whichIlistenedto

asakidinthecarwithmydad,onthewaytothesummercamp.

12.Whatcanwelearnabout“skinexcitement“inthetext?

A.Ithelpstoproducedoparmine.B.Itiscausedbythepainintheskin.

C.Itcanbeexperiencedbyeverymusiclistener.D.Itisthehumanbody'sreactionto

somethingnice.

13.WhatdoesthenewstudybyHarvardresearchersmainlyfind?

A.Thepercentageofmusicloversinstudents.

B.Thesolutionstothegoosebumpsonone'sskin.

C.Thedifferencesbetweencold-proneandno-coldbrains.

D.Therelationshipbetweenone'smusicpreferenceandpersonality.

14.Whatarepeoplewithcold-pronebrainslike?

A.Beautifulandintelligent.B.Emotionalanddishonest.

C.Imaginativeandsensitive.D.Braveandstrong-minded.

15.Whichofthefollowingcanbethebesttitleforthetext?

A.ResponsestoMusicVaryamongPeopleB.AFeelingofColdIsCausedbyHorrible

Music

C.YourFavoriteMusicRevealsYourPersonalityD.FavoriteMusicMayBringForth

GooseBumps

二、七选五

Tohelpyoubepersistent（坚持不懈的）inthefaceof"noesninthejobinterview,I'dlike

toshareafewrulesthatTvelearned.

16.It'sjustaninterview.Pullemotionoutofnnoesnanddon'tallowyourselfto

feelrejectedbecausesomeoneonlyrejectsyourapplication.A"no"doesnotmeanthatyou

weren'tqualifiedfbrajob.AsImentionedearlier,itmighthavebeenacaseofbadtiming.

Don'tshyawayfrombeingpersistent.Persistenceinthefaceofchallenges,failuresand

unexpectedsituationsisthemarkofagoodemployee-andfutureemployersnotice

that.17.

Berespectful.Youwon'tgetanywhereifyourespondtoa"no"withahurtorbitter

response.18.Don'tburnbridges.Anddon'tberudeandcontactemployersorpeople

inchargeeveryfiveminutes.Thisadviceisespeciallyimportantnowbecausetherewill

likelybeevenmore"noesHduringthisperiod,aswellasadelayedtimelineonresponses.In

timesofcrisis,youshouldwaitevenlongertofollowupwithprospectiveemployers.Evenso,

youshouldbeevenmorerespectfulinyourresponses.19.lettheotherpartyknow

thatyouarestillinterestedinworkingwiththeminthefuture.

Iwillcontinuetoreceive"noes"throughoutmylife,aswillyou.20Pvebuilt

upmyresistanceto"noes"bybeingpersistent-andforme,that'sbeenanimportantelement

ofmycareeradvancementandprofessionaldevelopment.

A.Honoremployers

B.ButI'mnotafraidofthem

C.Don'ttakerejectionpersonally

D.Evenifthefinalresponseis"no"

E.WheneverIgeta"no”,Iwillgetimpatient

F.IncasQyoumakethewrongchoiceinthejobinterview

G.There'snothingwrongwithsendingthemafollow-upemail

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三、完形填空

There'remanyordinarypeoplewhohavebeenvolunteeringfordecades.When

SholapurkargotacallfromtheRedCross21whetherhecouldhelpgetintouchwith

some22donors,hesaid"Yes!"andactedimmediately.

Hestartedcontactingvoluntarydonorsandconvincedscoresofpeopletogototheblood

bankanddonatetheirblood.''Thereis23intheairwhenpeoplethinkofdonating

bloodSoit'smytasktohelpthemovercomefear,24confidenceinthemandtellthem

thatit*ssecuretodonateblood,HSholapurkarsays.

Sholapurkarhasbeendonatingbloodfbrmorethan40years-163timestobe

25."AsIcomplete90daysafteradonation,Ifeelmybodyandmind26me

towardsabloodbank,'1Sholapurkarlaughs.

ForSholapurkar,regularblooddonationisnotonlyahealthy27,butalsoone

wayofshowingthatyou28others."Voluntaryblooddonationisjusta(n)29

thing.Nobodycanforceyoutodoitandyoujustdoit30lovefbrotherpeople.It

actuallybringsyouasenseofsatisfaction/1Healso31hisfirstdonationexperience,

"Mymotherwasratherupsetfirst,butshevoiced32whenIexplainedtoherhow

blooddonationhelped/'

Sholapurkarhasdevotedmostofhistime33themessageofthesignificanceof

blooddonation.Hetellspeoplenottobeunderthe34thatblooddonationhasside

effects.Actually,adonorwillremainhealthyandcontributetootherpeople'sfitness

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21.A.enquiringB.assessingC.guessingD.stating

22.A.helplessB.passiveC.willingD.curious

23.A.joyB.faithC.sorrowD.horror

24.A.expressB.inspireC.shakeD.regain

25.A.honestB.guiltyC.considerateD.exact

26.A.forgivingB.draggingC.leavingD.delaying

27.A.practiceB.originC.themeD.source

28.A.dependonB.watchoverC.careforD.wakeup

29.A.abstractB.publicC.intentionalD.personal

30.A.awayfromB.farfromC.outofD.regardlessof

31.A.admittedB.relatedC.plannedD.regretted

32.A.impatienceB.complaintC.supportD.defence

33.A.editingB.collectingC.evaluatingD.spreading

34.A.principleB.impressionC.responsibilityD.direction

35.A.insteadB.