英语试卷
2021年1月
本试卷共12页，三部分，共100分。考试时间90分钟。考生务必将答案答在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。考试结束后, 将答题卡交回。 第一部分:知识运用(共两节，30分)
第一节 完型填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Kindness from a Stranger
When I was a teenager, I travelled with my friends in Europe. One night when we arrived in Berlin, my friends were tired and stayed in the hotel while I chose to __1__ this city. However, I got lost in Berlin.
That night I visited many attractions around the city. When the tiredness began to set in, I checked the time on my watch. I was ___2___ to see that it was two o’clock in the morning! On my way to the subway station, I walked past a bakery. __3____ I realized that it was my dad’s birthday. This would be the first birthday I couldn’t __4____ with him because he passed away a few months earlier. At that time, the train was about to leave. I dashed onto the train. At first, I was thankful to have __5____ it onto the train, _6__ it quickly turned to panic when I noticed that the train was headed in the wrong direction!
I looked around the nearly __7___ train. Only a young woman was sitting quietly by the window and I came up to her “Hi. Do you speak English? I’m lost. Can you help me?” I asked. She told me how to return to where I had first gotten on the train. I was too nervous to follow her ___8____. Without thinking, I blurted out. “Can you come with me? ” Her face froze at my sudden request. After a second of ___9____, she agreed to help me.
On the journey back to my train station, we shared our life stories, our heartaches and our hopes for the future. At my stop, I ____10____ her for accompanying me back. I
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gave her a hug for a stranger’s kindness.
1. A. inspect B. search C. explore D. observe 2. A. surprised B. worried C. confused D. puzzled 3. A. Eventually B. Fortunately C. Happily D. Suddenly 4. A. congratulate B. celebrate C. maintain D. select 5. A. made B. had C. left D. got 6. A. so B. for C. and D. but 7. A. new B. empty C. dangerous D. dark 8. A. introductions B. explanations C. expressions D. instructions 9. A. doubt B. anger C. hesitation D. excitement 10. A. thanked B. inspired C. educated D. attracted 第二节 语法填空 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分)
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。请将答案写在答题卡的相应位置。
A
What happens when you ask someone to draw a map of the world? The results can be very ____11____ (amuse). In fact, ____12____ the world looks like is not very clear in many people’s mind. You might expect some errors in the positions of countries. After all, this is a task ____13____ requires a certain skill with a pencil and a good memory. But many people do not even know the relative size of continents! They tend to enlarge them or make them ____14____ (small), according to their point of view. For this reason, usually the home continent is drawn too large. B
The University of Bologna in northern Italy is different from most North American universities. One major difference is its age. ____15____ (found) in the tenth century, it is the oldest university in Europe. Its ancient halls give students an appreciation of history. North American universities, on the other hand, are all____16____ (relative) new, and students are generally surrounded by more modern buildings. Another difference is the campus. Unlike the North American university campus, there are no open spaces for students ____17____ (meet) in near this old Italian institution. Instead, students meet on
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the streets or in cafes.
C
People can find various tests in different fields. Psychometric(心理测量的) tests, as they ____18____ (call), have become increasingly popular. Eager job-seekers may think the answers to these questions are obvious. For any statement, give a response that creates an image of a hard-working, cooperative worker. Of course, applicants care about their work, love cooperating with other people and pay careful attention to detail. But the people who set the tests know that candidates ____19____ (respond) this way. So questions are rephrased ____20____ many different ways to check that applicants are consistent and make it difficult for them to remember what they have already said. 第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，38分） 第一节（共14小题; 每小题2分，共28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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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In a year when time barely has any meaning, it should come as no surprise that the holidays are right around the corner. That happens fast! Anyway, it’s never too early to shop for presents, whether they’re for your parents, friends, significant other or even yourself.
Everyone deserves a little something for making it through 2020, so we’ve put together this list of presents to put a smile on anyone’s face. We combed the Internet and went into our testing archives to find the best gifts for him and gifts for her. For more ideas, check out our roundups(综述) of 5-star Amazon gifts and top-rated Nordstrom gifts.
Best gifts for him
Apple Watch Series 6 (starting at $479; amazon.com) Apple’s new smartwatch made a splash in September, when new colors, loops and blood oxygen monitoring capabilities were unveiled(发布). We tested it out and are happy to report it’s our pick for the best smartwatch of 2020. We’re sure it’s going to be a hot gift this year, so get yours early.
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Baboon Go-Bag Small ($111.75, originally $149; baboontothemoon.com)
If the guy in your life has been locked up inside the house, it might be time for a weekend getaway (while being safe and socially distant, of course). If that’s the case, he’ll love this small duffel bag from Baboon to the Moon, which is waterproof and made with super-durable OM Stardust Ballistic shell material. Need more than a weekend? It also comes in a larger size for a more extended escape. Best gifts for her
CRZ Yoga(瑜伽) Women’s High-Waist Yoga Pants(裤子) (starting at $24; amazon.com) If she needs a refresh to her work-from-home outfit, or just a pair of comfortable leggings to lounge around in, this pair from CRZ Yoga is the gift for her. They’re similar to Lululemon’s cult-favorite Align leggings, but for just $24 you can give her the buttery soft feel without draining your wallet.
Apple iPad 8th Generation (starting at $299, originally $329; amazon.com) Apple also released its newest iteration of the always-great iPad, bringing faster processing times and a good user interface with iPadOS. We tested it and thought the balance of price and performance was so excellent that we named it the best tablet(平板电脑) of 2020.
21. What might be a better alternative if you want to bring smooth feelings to your wife without spending too much money?
A. Apple Watch Series 6. B. Baboon Go-Bag Small. C. CRZ Yoga pants. D. Apple iPad 8th Generation. 22. Where would you most probably see this article?
A. On an advertisement website. B. In a brochure for Apple products. C. In a financial magazine. D. In a quality report.
B
At the Santos family’s apartment in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the doorbell is constantly ringing. All the friends and neighbors are there to hear what happened to two-year-old Carmelita. Her mother has tears in her eyes, but they are tears of relief, of thankfulness. Her Carmelita is smiling shyly, safe in her father’s lap.
The story could easily have ended very differently, not so happily. It all started this morning just before noon. Mrs. Santos was returning from the supermarket with her
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daughter and a friend, their neighbor. They stopped on the stairway of their building at their fifth-floor apartment. The neighbor opened her door first, and little Carmelita ran past her. She knew the apartment well, since she had visited it many times. The friend put down her keys and shopping bags, and turned back a moment to Mrs. Santos.
At that moment, there was a sudden gust of wind and the door to the apartment slammed shut. Carmelita was inside, alone.
Then the friend remembered that she had left her kitchen window open. She and Mrs. Santos rushed to the Santos apartment and telephoned the police. But there was no time to get help in opening the neighboring apartment. They could see that Carmelita was already leaning out of the kitchen window. She had climbed onto a chair, and soon she was climbing out onto the window sill(窗台).
Mrs. Santos called to Carmelita to go back inside. But the little girl did not understand the danger and did not want to go back. She only waved to her mother.
Then she lost her balance and her feet slipped off the window sill. She managed to hold on for a while with her hands, but she began to be afraid. Her mother screamed for help, and now Carmelita was crying desperately.
And then she could hold on no longer. Several people had run out into the street on hearing all the screaming. They saw the child hanging onto the window sill and got ready to catch her. Down she fell, five long stories and landed safe and sound in the arms of three strong men. They were Luis, Augusto, and Alfonso Nunes, father and sons. When they heard the screams, they ran from their auto repair shop across the street.
“I never thought we’d do it,” said Alfonso afterwards. “But I kept thinking, if we don’t catch her, she’ll die and I’ll feel sad and guilty all my life.”
All the neighbors want to shake hands with the three heroes. Carmelita’s parents cannot believe how close they came to losing their daughter. And how lucky they are to have her still.
23. Who saved Carmelita eventually?
A. The neighbors in the building. B. Men of an auto repair shop. C. Mrs. Santos’ friend. D. The nearby policemen. 24. What can we learn from the story?
A. Carmelita waved to her mother because her mother smiled at her.
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B. Carmelita was left alone in the apartment due to her father’s mistake. C. Carmelita couldn’t hold on the window sill for she was frightened and weak. D. Carmelita was rescued before she was falling from the window sill. 25. From what Alfonso said, we can tell that he was __________.
A. strong-willed. B. humorous. C. intelligent. D. responsible. 26. What’s the title of the passage?
A. An Unexpected Danger B. An Amazing Rescue C. A Naughty Girl D. A Careless Mother C
An audience of patients with Alzheimer’s(老年痴呆症) disease listens with concentrated attention as a young woman sings the French song “Beau Soir”. Despite his failing mind, one of the men in the crowd, Les Dean, translates the words into English for a friend.
Dean, 76, once taught music at Chicago’s Senn High School, invented and sold his own music education system and sang with the Chicago Symphony Chorus. Now, like many patients with Alzheimer’s, he is, to some extent, lost in the past, a stranger to the present. But when the music plays, he smiles and is transported to a place of beauty, where everything still makes sense.
In recent years, music therapy(疗法) has grown in popularity for its seeming ability to help calm people with dementia(痴呆) and reconnect them with their memories. Now a Northwestern University researcher is testing whether music played for residents of a suburban nursing home can be therapeutic, whether it can improve cognition（认知）, conversation and relationships.
A person with dementia can recede(倒退) so far that he or she is no longer responsive, suggesting personality and consciousness（意识）have been lost. But in his book Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, the well-known neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks wrote that he’d seen such patients shake or weep while listening to music. “Once one has seen such responses,” he wrote, “one knows that there is still a self to be called upon, even if music, and only music, can do the calling.”
For some people with dementia, music therapy has been shown to enhance attention
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and cognition to improve behavior while reducing the use of drugs and to reduce anxiety and depression. Singing songs can help refresh specific memories that otherwise might have been forgotten completely, experts say. Also, some patients are so nonresponsive, they may need music wake them up and get them moving.
Attracted by the potential benefits, Dr. Borna Bonakdarpour, a neurologist with Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, put together a music therapy study at Silverado Orchard Park Memory Care Community.
Each week for 12 weeks, the nonprofit Institute for Therapy Through the Arts held concerts for 10 Silverado residents. The musicians are specially trained to apply their skills to therapy, often by interacting with patients during performances and getting them to beat on drums, sing and dance.
A similar group of residents in another nursing home went without the therapy to compare results. Since finishing the initial study period, researchers are analyzing the results and hope to try the same treatment for the opposite group in the future.
“Music therapy is gaining more confidence now as an intervention(介入), so this is a very exciting time,” Bonakdarpour said. “We thought when people get Alzheimer’s, they’re done because there’s no medicine to cure it. But there's so much we can do to have an impact and improve their quality of life.” 27. Why is Les Dean mentioned at the beginning?
A. To present his amazing life before he got the Alzheimer’s disease. B. To inspire the people who also suffered from the disease. C. To tell the readers that he was
a music lover.
D. To show the surprising function of music.
28. Which of the following statement is true according to the passage?
A. Dr. Oliver Sacks believed music could call upon a self in Alzheimer’s patients. B. When patients are nonresponsive, music could hardly have any effect on them. C. Northwestern University has tested music can improve the patients’ conversation. D. It is obvious that singing can make the patients’ memories back to normal. 29. From Bonakdarpour’s research, we can learn that __________. A. the music therapy study has been successfully completed. B. the patients show no interest in music therapy.
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C. music therapy can help to improve the patients’ life quality.
D. music therapy have a negative effect on the patients as an intervention. 30. What does the author mainly want to tell us in the passage? A. The terrible disease can be cured by music therapy.
B. Music is beneficial to the people lost in Alzheimer’s darkness. C. People gradually realize the benefits of music. D. Everyone should fall in love with music.
D
This may be the 21st century but when it comes to information communication technology (ICT), the gender divide between boys and girls, shows no sign of closing. This is bad news for the ICT industry where men outnumber women by over five to one. The industry needs at least an extra million recruits(新成员) over the next five years. Obviously, women as well as men are going to have to fill these recruitment gaps. The ICT companies are worried about the shortage of men and women to fill their vacancies(空缺) in the future.
It is believed that women are very well suited to working in ICT. They enjoy working in teams and like looking for creative connections. Many women have the kind of personal skills which are considered essential in developing “new technology”. Professionals who work in Information Technology are constantly creating the world around us, and this can’t be done if you don’t know how people work and how they play. To come up with ideas that will actually make a difference to modern life, you have to understand how people live and work.
In spite of the fact that ICT jobs are well paid and women tend to do well in them, research shows that girls’ opinions of the industry are uniformly negative. Only 5% would consider entering the ICT industry compared to 14% for law and 26% for medicine. Up to the age of 11 girls see ICT as entertaining and interesting but after that age negativity sets in. By the age of 13 this negative view of ICT is confirmed.
After school activities encourage some girls to use Information Technology, and getting ICT staff and other teachers together helps to develop imaginative use of ICT. Imaginative use of ICT especially in music, art, drama, geography and media studies, all helps to open girls’ eyes to the fact that careers in computing can cut across so many
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different areas.
There is a significant difference in the learning styles between boys and girls. The ICT class in schools is often an exercise where every student completes the same class assignment largely by rote(死记硬背). Although girls follow successfully, they will achieve enjoyment and excellence if allowed to diversify and be creative. For girls, just pressing buttons is not enough.
Another initiative is setting up computer clubs aimed at younger girls aged 8 to 14. This is known to inspire girls to develop their ICT skills and to show them that ICT can be both creative and interesting.
We can’t afford to have girls missing out.
31. Why are girls fit for the job in information communication technology? A. Because they prefer independent and fresh working style.
B. Because they want to succeed and enjoy working with creative teammates. C. Because they like cooperating with teammates and exploring new things. D. Because they are interested in music, art, geography and media studies. 32. What is the attitude of girls to ICT by the time they become teenagers? A. positive. B. uninterested. C. serious. D. disappointed. 33. What does the underlined word “initiative” in Paragraph 7 probably mean? A. method B. skill C. behavior D. situation. 34. What can we infer from the passage?
A. We find more men in ICT industry mainly because of their interest. B. Now people can’t find difference between boys and girls in ICT industry. C. Girls aren’t willing to choose ICT as a career for they can’t get high salary. D. It is time for us to take measures to make more girls come into ICT fields. 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。
Fear of Missing Out
It’s a common experience: You’re scrolling through a social media page, and you see pictures of friends traveling or going to parties. Suddenly you start to wonder why you’re not doing those things. Are you missing out on something fun and exciting because
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you’re locked into everyday life? This experience has come to be known as the fear of missing out, sometimes abbreviated(缩写) FOMO. ____35____ But with the rise of social media, FOMO is becoming much more common.
Wanting to be in on the fun when exciting things are happening is completely normal. But for some people, it can lead to an addiction to checking their phones to find out what other people are doing. Even while doing things that are fun or necessary, people can feel like there’s something better going on elsewhere. This urge to connect can lead them to disconnect from the people they are actually with. ____36____It can even be dangerous; some people try to check messages while driving.
Remember that what people choose to post on social media does not necessarily reflect their life overall. People tend to pick and choose the things they share, so we only ever know a small part of anyone else’s life.
____37____ You cannot be everywhere and do everything that might be interesting or productive, and that’s OK.
It might even be necessary to turn off your phone or log out of social media for a while. ____38____You can even set particular times in your day to check email and social media. By stepping away for a time, you can help keep other people’s lives in perspective.
Finally, focus on the things in front of you. Enjoy them, do them well and let everything else go. ____39____
Don’t let the fear of missing out cause you to miss out on the good things you have in life. Relax, enjoy what you do and let other people enjoy their lives without envying them.
A．To some extent, people have always worried about missing out on things. B．Without the social media you will get unconnected with the whole world. C．It also prevents them from being satisfied with the good things in their lives. D．When you fully engage with life, you’ll worry less about what you’re not doing. E．Get rid of the constant reminders of everything that’s happening in the world. F．It’s difficult to connect with the reasons why you choose not to participate. G. It’s also important to be humble and acknowledge your limitations.
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第三部分：书面表达（共两节，32分）
第一节（共4小题；第1、2小题各2分，第3小题3分，第4小题5分，共12分）
阅读下面短文和问题，在答题卡相应题号后的横线上写下相关信息，完成对该问题的回答。
Mobile Translators
Not that long ago, portable(便携的) translation devices were only commonplace in works of science fiction. Travelers who headed to foreign countries took dictionaries or phrasebooks with them. But now people can access instant translation services almost anywhere they go.
Online translations are free, and when you use translation apps like Google Translate or iTranslate, sometimes you don’t even have to look things up! Just point your phone’s camera at some text, and a translation instantly appears. If you want to translate something being said aloud, just turn on your phone’s microphone. Some apps even have a conversation mode where you take turns speaking with someone in a different language.
Translation apps make foreign travel much easier than before. They are valuable when it comes to communicating with taxi drivers or hotel staff who don’t speak your language. But these apps are far from perfect. Sometimes a translation makes no sense, and you can only guess what it mainly means. Other times, you might not know that the translation has failed until you try it on a native speaker.
Although these apps are not perfect, you’ll still feel surprised when considering what’s happening underneath the app’s surface. You might not appreciate how advanced modern translation systems are! Translators use machine learning to compare millions of examples of human translated texts. That information helps the program reproduce more natural sounding translations based on real-world examples. People can flag incorrect or unhelpful translations and suggest better ones. This input is then used to make future translations better.
With programs like Google Translate, it can be hard to get good translations for single words because most words have multiple meanings. It’s better to try short sentences that provide context instead. But make the sentence straightforward. Anything too complicated or idiomatic will likely produce unusual results.
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As people continue to use translation services, translations will improve. One day you might not have to worry about a poor translation causing an embarrassing misunderstanding. But used wisely, they are still excellent aids for exploring and understanding the world around you.
40. How do the translation apps make foreign travel easier than before? 41. Please explain the underlined sentence in your own words.
42. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
Mobile translators use machine to process words, so the author worries about the efficient application of the translators in the future.
43. Please briefly write out what benefits mobile translators bring to you. (about 40 words)
第二节（20分） 书面表达
假设你是红星中学高三学生李华，你的英国笔友Jim在给你的邮件中提到他准备参加学校组织的“青少年健康生活论坛”，正在收集相关资料。他很想了解你对健康生活的看法，请你给Jim回信，内容包括： 1. 健康生活的益处； 2. 如何保持健康生活。
注意： 1. 词数不少于90；
2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
提示词：论坛 forum Dear Jim,
Yours, Li Hua
通州区2020-2021学年高三年级摸底考试
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英语试卷参考答案及评分标准 2021.1
第一部分：知识运用（共两节，30分）
第一节 完形填空（共10小题; 每小题1.5分，共15分） 1. C 2. A 3. D
4. B 5. A
6. D 7.B 8.D 9.C 10.A
第二节 语法填空（共10小题; 每小题1.5分，共15分） 11. amusing 12. what 13. that/which 14. smaller 15. Founded 16. relatively 17. to meet 18. are called 19. will respond 20.in 第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，38分） 第一节（共14小题; 每小题2分，共28分） A篇: 21. C 22.A
B篇: 23. B 24.C 25.D 26. B C篇: 27. D 28. A 29. C 30. B D篇: 31.C 32. B 33. A 34. D 第二节 (共5小题；每小题2分，共10分) 35. A 36. C 37. G 38. E 39. D 第三部分：书面表达（共32
分）
第一节（共4小题；第1、2小题各2分，第3小题3分，第4小题5分，共12分） 40. They are valuable when it comes to communicating with taxi drivers or hotel staff who don't speak your language.
41. The high level at which the modern translation systems are developing is beyond your imagination. / You can’t imagine how developed and advanced the modern translation systems are.
42. Mobile translators use machine to process words, so the author worries about the efficient application of the translators in the future. In the last paragraph, the author says “As people continue to use translation services, translations will improve. One day you might not have to worry about a poor translation causing an embarrassing misunderstanding”, so we can see the author holds an optimistic attitude towards the translators’ future.
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43. (答案略) 第二节（20分） One possible version: Dear Jim,
How is it going? In your email, you mentioned you wanted to participate in the “Adolescents’ Healthy Living Forum”, I’m very delighted to share my opinions with you.
I believe keeping a healthy life is beneficial to the adolescents. We are young and are growing up, so keeping a healthy life is good to build up our body. Besides, it can make us energetic and cheerful so that we can do better in all subjects learning.
When it comes to how to live a healthy life, I think we should develop a good living habit and try to keep it. Firstly, we should do more physical exercise, which will make us strong. There are many sports fit for us, such as jogging, swimming, climbing mountains and so on. Secondly, we shouldn’t eat more food rich in oil and sugar. Although some fried food or sweet drinks are tasty, we’d better stay away from them. In addition, regular schedule is necessary. Getting up early and not staying up late are helpful to us.
I hope my ideas are useful to you. Looking forward to your good news. Yours , Li Hua
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