江苏省南通、连云港等七市2021届高三英语下学期3月模拟考试试题

1、江苏省南通、连云港等七市2021届高三英语下学期3月模拟考试试题江苏省南通、连云港等七市2021届高三英语下学期3月模拟考试试题年级：姓名：16江苏省南通、连云港等七市2021届高三英语下学期3月模拟考试（一模）试题本试卷分四个部分。满分150分，考试用时120分钟。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. what does the man want to

2、 do?a. go sightseeing. b. go on a business trip. c. go shopping in china.()2. what is different about kathy?a. she looks younger. b. she smiles more. c. she is thinner.()3. when will the movie end?a. 8：00. b. 10：00. c. 11：00.()4. why is the man looking in the drawer?a. he lost his passport. b. he ne

3、eds a pen. c. he wants some gloves.()5. where are the speakers?a. in a car. b. in a bakery. c. in a house.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. who was at the door?a. a frien

4、d. b. a neighbor. c. a delivery man.()7. what will the woman do tonight?a. buy a dress. b. visit her neighbor. c. hang out with her friend.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。()8. what is the first matter on the agenda today?a. welcoming a new employee.b. removing old food from the fridge.c. doing market researching.()

5、9. what is the relationship between jon and the man?a. former classmates. b. former friends. c. former colleagues.()10. who is the woman in the company probably?a. a researcher. b. a manager. c. the owner.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。()11. how far did the woman run?a. one kilometer. b. four kilometers. c. five

6、kilometers.()12. which sport will the woman try?a. soccer. b. volleyball. c. swimming.()13. what does the woman think about team sports?a. theyre stressful. b. theyre too difficult. c. theyre not competitive.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。()14. when did the man stop calling his friends?a. in 1995. b. in 2010. c.

7、in 2015.()15. which is the womans least favorite communication method?a. phone calls. b. text messages. c. voice messages.()16. what company did the man apply to?a. acme corporation. b. sds limited. c. dynamic tech.()17. why did the woman join her new company?a. the salary is great. b. the people ar

8、e nice. c. the location is convenient.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。()18. why did the speaker want to build a house?a. to save money. b. to learn new skills. c. to give it to his children.()19. what should you learn about before construction?a. computer science. b. building laws. c. mathematics.()20. what does

9、the speaker want to explain in the talk?a. people should build houses.b. people should learn many skills.c. people should challenge themselves.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和d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。a4 uk campsites with availability for summer 2021caravan parkright on a sandy bea

10、ch, this site has wideopen views of the sea. choose from gentle walks exploring the coast to exciting hikes in the torridon mountains. the team can arrange boating, surfing and other water sports on the river or sea. bikes can be hired.22 fortent, carand 2 adults, 3 child.swanns glampingfor a backto

11、nature stay with creature comforts, swanns glamping is a good choice. its surrounded by impressive scenery. theres a choice of furnished yurts, bell tents and cabinswhich come with real beds and towels, so guests can travel light.cabinssleep75 anight, yurtssleep90, belltentssleep95.lings meadowthis

12、campsite on a familyrun farm offers a real escape, with plentiful animals to spot. with a maximum of 25 people on the site at one time, everything centres around nature: waste water is recycled on the farm.camping12/6 anightforadult/child, under3sfree, 20% offstaysofsevennightsorlonger.walesby fores

13、twalesby forest is a nonprofit outdoor adventure centre which usually hosts school groupsbut this year is offering public camping in woodland surroundings. the huge choices of activities offered, from watersports to climbing, make it a great choice for families.campingfrom10 anightadult, 8 child, un

14、der4sfree.()21. which is suitable for those who prefer to travel light?a. caravan park. b. swanns glamping.c. lings meadow. d. walesby forest.()22. whats the charge for a couple with their 5yearold boy if they stay in lings meadow for seven nights?a. 210. b. 168. c. 126. d. 100.8.()23. what can camp

15、ers do in both walesby forest and caravan park?a. water sports. b. hiking. c. cycling. d. climbing.bhaving worked for more than a decade in finance in the oil industry in canada, tori fahey found herself wanting more from life. but it wasnt through desperation that her circumstances changed: “i didn

16、t get fed up and storm off, nothing like that; it was curiosity about other interests and wanting to experience something new.”fahey left her job and completed an mba before setting up a move to new york to begin a degree. however, the opportunity of an open year between the mba and the degree came

17、up, and as a keen touring cyclist, fahey realised that a much dreamedabout adventure was now becoming a possibility: “the ride in africa had been on my fantasy list. it was a moment when i realised that i could do anything, so i should.”fahey rode across africa, a 7，500mile trip that took four month

18、s. the whole experience had a lifechanging impact. fahey said: “bicycles provide a literal freedom. you dont allow yourself to feel like that in everyday life because there are so many distractions. but when youre out on the bike and theres nothing else, youre really free to experience what life is.

19、”postdegree, fahey worked on projects with the undp(united nations development project) in montenegro with the aim of bringing investment to rural communities.it was while working on these projects that the seeds were sown for the next new investment. “it was through my trip across africa that i dis

20、covered pannier and rack(挂篓) systems inconvenient and i was never going to use them again.” little did she know this would lead her to start up her own company.in 2013, apidura was born, producing storage solutions for people looking to travel the world by bike, race across continents and carry all

21、they need to do so. its now a successful global brand, but fahey remains reflective about what else the company can do for people.()24. why did fahey leave her job in canada?a. she was bored with the job.b. she was disappointed with life.c. she wanted to add new dimensions to her life.d. she found i

22、t hard to adjust to the circumstances.()25. which can best describe faheys ride experience in africa?a. demanding. b. liberating. c. eventful. d. dangerous.()26. why did fahey launch apidura?a. to encourage bicycle travelling.b. to make her investment profitable.c. to help cyclists carry traveling s

23、tuff.d. to increase the pleasure of riding bikes.()27. what is the passage mainly about?a. a tough path to fame. b. an adventure across africa.c. the benefits of green travelling. d. the story behind the birth of apidura.cfolk tales have saddled(使承担) the moon with major responsibilities: moods, incr

24、eases in crime and even mental disorders are blamed on the earths only constant natural satellite. but could the “lunar effect” disturb sleep?scientists have long understood that human activity is facilitated by light, be it sunlight, moonlight or artificial light. but a recent study suggests our ab

25、ility to sleep is distinctly affected by the lunar cycle, even when taking into account artificial sources of light.using wrist monitors, researchers tracked sleep patterns in 98 individuals living in three local communities in argentina over the course of one to two months. one rural community had

26、no electricity access，a second rural community had limited access to electricity, while a third community was located in an urban setting and had full access to electricity.participants in all three communities showed the same pattern of sleep oscillations(波动) as the moon progressed through its 29.5

27、day cycle, with sleep duration changing by between 20 and more than 90 minutes, and bedtimes varying by 30 to 80 minutes.in each community, the peak of participants sleeping less and staying up later occurred in the threetofiveday period prior to full moon nights, and the opposite occurred on the ni

28、ghts before the new moon, the authors found.unsurprisingly, data showed the “lunar phase effect” on sleep appeared to be stronger the more limited access to electricity was.“the result strongly suggests that human sleep is synchronized(同步) with lunar phases regardless of ethnic and sociocultural bac

29、kground and of the level of urbanisation，” the researchers wrote in the journal scienceadvances.de la iglesia added: “we humans tend to believe that we managed to somehow control nature, and the use of artificial light is a great example of that. but it turns out that there are some forces of nature

30、 that we cannot get away from.”derkjan dijk, a professor of sleep and physiology and the director of a sleep research centre at the university of surrey, described the study as exciting but noted that the researchers had not addressed internal influences such as body clocks that could affect sleep p

31、atterns.()28. what is the recent study mainly about?a. the harm of lunar effect. b. the reliability of folk tales.c. the function of artificial light. d. the effect of the lunar cycle on sleep.()29. when did the participants in the experiment sleep least?a. on the full moon night. b. on the new moon

32、 night.c. on the night after the new moon. d. on the night before the full moon.()30. what does the underlined word “that” in the last paragraph but one refer to?a. controlling nature. b. the level of urbanisation.c. the escape from forces of nature. d. synchronizing with lunar phases.()31. what did

33、 derkjan dijk think of the research findings?a. groundless. b. persuasive. c. incomplete. d. impressive.dhighpitched(高音的) and yet distinct，the sound of a voice calling the name “amy” is unmistakable. but this isnt a human cryits the voice of a killer whale called wikie.new research reveals that orca

34、s(杀人鲸) are able to imitate human speech, saying words such as “hello”， “one, two” and “bye bye”. the study also shows that the creatures are able to copy unfamiliar sounds produced by other orcas.writing in the journal biologicalsciences, researchers from institutions in germany, uk, spain and chile

35、, describe how they carried out the latest research with wikie, a 14yearold female orca living in an aquarium(水族馆) in france.after first brushing up wikies grasp of the “copy” command, she was trained to imitate three familiar orca sounds made by her 3yearold moana. wikie was then additionally expos

36、ed to five orca sounds she had never heard before, including noises sounding like a creaking(嘎吱响) door. finally, wikie was exposed to a human making three of the orca sounds，as well as six human sounds，including “hello”， “amy”， “ah ha”， “one, two” and “bye bye”the team found that wikie was often qui

37、ckly able to copy the sounds, whether from an orca or a human, with all of the novel noises copied within 17 trials. whats more, two human sounds and all of the humanproduced orca sounds were managed on the first attemptalthough only one human sound “hello” was correctly produced more than 50% of th

38、e time on subsequent trials.the creatures are already known for their ability to copy the movements of other orcas, with some reports suggesting they can also copy the sounds of bottlenose dolphins and sea lions after several trials.scientists say the discovery helps to cast light on how different g

39、roups of wild killer whales have ended up with distinct accents, adding weight to the idea that they are the result of imitation between orcas.()32. what is the authors main purpose in writing the text?a. to analyze orcas speech abilities.b. to highlight the conservation of the orca.c. to inform us

40、of orcas ability to imitate sounds.d. to convince us of the intelligence of the orca.()33. whats the main idea of the fourth paragraph?a. the process of the research. b. the outcome of the research.c. the purpose of the research. d. the significance of the research.()34. which of the following was t

41、he easiest for wikie to copy?a. the six human sounds. b. all the new orca sounds.c. humanproduced orca sounds. d. dolphin and sea lion sounds.()35. what may the discovery help explain?a. why orcas imitate human speech.b. why orcas have different accents.c. how orcas copy others movements.d. how orca

42、s communicate with others.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。we are taught from childhood that warming up is a must in preparation for any exercise. it allows us to prepare our muscles for the strain(拉力) we are about to place on them and prevent injury. _36_ these all

43、 prepare for an effective workout._37_ it prevents dizziness, helps return the heart rate back to normal and prevents chronic venous insufficiency(cvi). also known as “blood pooling”， cvi occurs when the blood in blood vessels(血管) expands during prolonged exercise, making it difficult for it to retu

44、rn to the heart from the legs.according to many health and fitness instructors, the total cooldown period should last 3 to 10 minutes, or until you are ready to stop. _38_ for example, if you have been working your legs, you will need to do lower body stretches or a slow walk. there are many helpful

45、 tutorials online.the best way to measure whether you have cooled down effectively is purely based on common senseif you feel your heart rate has reduced, thats enough. there is no research to prove stretching after a session will help reduce pain, but if you feel it helps, do so. _39_cooling down m

46、ethods, including foam rollers, a sports massage or dry needling, are worth investigating. _40_ if the pain is there the next day, consult your doctor, and, more importantly, warm up more thoroughly next time.a. it is down to personal preference.b. fast walking is the simplest exercise.c. if you are

47、 not flexible, lower your upper body.d. if you experience any pain when stretching, stop.e. but cooling down is as important as warming up.f. areas to target depend on which part of the body you have trained.g. more importantly, it steadily increases the heart rate and blood flow.第三部分语言运用(共两节，满分30分)

48、第一节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)阅读下面短文，从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。im a geologist. i have been researching changes in the antarctic ice sheets to help governments plan for floods and other _41_ of a changing climate.i first met tom on the tip of antarctica. he is a professional mountaineer who _42_ geol

49、ogists with their research. we were _43_ here together, hundreds of miles from anyone else, for a twomonth _44_. my task was simple: to _45_ rock samples from as many peaks as possible. it is physically exhausting work, and not without _46_， as some of the crevasse(裂缝) fields we crossed left me shak

50、ing. i relied on tom for my _47_； my life was in his hands.trust quickly grew between us, and our _48_ did, too. within a week wed _49_ deep topics: the meaning of life, and what follows death.when i got the date for my return journey, i started to feel _50_. i didnt want our time there to _51_. we

51、felt we had to make the most of the final few days to plant _52_saying goodbye to each other was a(n) _53_. i was heading off to start another mission, so i was _54_ the man whod been through it with me. i looked down at him as my plane took off, knowing what we had just been through together was _5

52、5_ in time.()41. a. advantages b. consequences c. tendencies d. causes()42. a. instructs b. familiarizes c. assists d. presents()43. a. stuck b. deserted c. locked d. arrested()44. a. holiday b. treatment c. mission d. sentence()45. a. distribute b. carve c. display d. collect()46. a. danger b. plea

53、sure c. shame d. reward()47. a. health b. safety c. board d. future()48. a. friendship b. confidence c. experience d. hardship()49. a. sorted b. shifted c. avoided d. discussed()50. a. peaceful b. considerate c. emotional d. embarrassed()51. a. last b. work c. matter d. end()52. a. doubts b. memorie

54、s c. talents d. complaints()53. a. option b. struggle c. honour d. routine()54. a. leaving behind b. picking up c. taking in d. appealing to()55. a. filmed b. frozen c. mentioned d. forgotten第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。chocolate is everywhere, but science is still sorting

55、 out this adored product. in 2018, plantamedica published a review of previous research on chocolates effect _56_ mood.the authors found that few of the studies _57_(analyze) chemically the chocolate consumed by participants. that matters, said the authors, because chemicals present in chocolate var

56、y widely based on how it _58_(process), such as roasting temperature and time. also，one specific chemical, interaction between multiple chemicals or something else may _59_(entire) affect health. our brains naturally produce anandamide(大麻素). and its also found in chocolate, _60_ leads to claims that the sweet stuff is the ultimate feelgood food. but, as the 2018 rev