1、 1 常熟市 2021 届高三上学期阶段性抽测英语试卷 注意事项： 1.本调研卷分为第 I卷（选择题）和第 II卷（非选择题），满分 150分。答题时间 120分钟。 2.请将第 I卷的答案填涂在答题卡上，第 II卷请直接在答题卡上规定的地方作答。答题前，务必将自己的 学校、姓名、调研序列号等相关信息写在答题卡上规定的地方。 第 I卷 选择题（共 95分） 第一部分：听力（共两节，满分 30分） 做题时，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 段对话，每段对话后有一个小题。从题中所
2、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 did Cindy do at the weekend? A.She went boating. B.She prepared for a speech. C.She attended a competition. 2.How did the man get to the place? A.By car. B.By train. C.By subway. 3.What does the woman say about the
3、shoes? A.Too soft. B.Quite long. C.A bit tight. 4.What is the relationship between the two speakers? A.Boss and employee. B.Salesman and customer. C.Teacher and student. 5. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A.A prize. B.A dinner. C.A TV show. 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
4、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.What is the rental money for a Santana? 2 A. 400 a day. B. 300 a day. C. 200 a day. 7.Which of the following is true according to the conversation? A.The man is on busine
5、ss in the city. B.The man has decided to hire a Jetta for 3 days. C.Jettas are the most popular. 听第 7段材料，回答第 8至 10题。 8.What does the woman need now? A.Towels. B.Sheets. C.Lamps. 9.When will the woman get back? A.In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C.In the evening. 10.Where does this conversation t
6、ake place? A.In a laundry. B.In a restaurant. C. In a hotel room. 听第 8段材料，回答第 11至 13题。 11. Where will they start the trip? A.From San Francisco. B. From Portland. C.From Seattle. 12.How long will it take them to drive to Vancouver? A.12 hours. B.15 hours. C.18 hours. 13.Why does the man want to fly
7、to Vancouver? A.It saves time. B.It costs less. C.Its fun. 听第 9段材料，回答第 14至 16题。 14.How does the man get information about the apartment? A.From TV advertisements. B.From advertisements in the newspapers. C.From radio advertisements. 15.How many bedrooms has the apartment got? A.One. B.Five. C.Four.
8、16.How much will the man pay for the rent per month if he wants to include management and parking as well? A.$500. B.$450. C.$550. 听第 10段材料，回答第 17至 20题。 3 17.Why was the lake famous over the past decade? A.Text books introduced it. B.A sports game was held here. C.A Chinese singer sang a song about
9、it. 18.How long is the journey on the lake? A.About 42 kilometers. B.About 150 kilometers. C.About 2005 kilometers. 19.What attracts people to the journey on the lake? A.The wide space. B.The cold climate. C.The beautiful landscape. 20.What does the speaker mainly talk about? A.Extreme weather in Si
10、beria. B.The best time to visit Lake Baikal. C.The loneliest marathon in the world. 第二部分：阅读理解（共 20小题；每小题 2.5分，满分 50分） 第一节（共 15小题；每小题 2.5分，满分 37.5分） 请阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的 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。 A Looking for confirmed reviews of Travelocity in Mexico?Well,look no further and you can find Trave
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12、 the best stories,and do their very best to keep you eating until you explode.Not only will you gobehind the scenes and see the deliciousness made for tourists,youll also learn about Mexican culture and history. Las Caletas Beach Hideaway Spend a relaxing day at Las Caletas Beach.The use of diving g
13、ear,canoe,and stand-up paddle boards is all available,as well as a scenic nature walk and admission to Kids Adventure Park for the young ones.Away from the beach,you can seek out plenty of other fun activities including cooking classes and jungle walks. Jungle Zipline(索道）Tour 4 Cheer and scream as y
14、ou zip across the Rio Cuale and above the jungle along 11 lines that run from treetop to treetop.The ziplines get progressively longer and allow plenty of time to take in the tropical scenery from the air.When you reach the Tom and Jerry lines,prepare to race against a friend as you will be able to
15、fly at speeds up to 60 miles per hour. Rhythms of the Night-Sunset Cruise(游船） As a blanket of stars covers the sky,enjoy authentic Mexican cuisine by candlelight.The buffet-style menu offers a wide variety of items such as freshly grilled steak,tender chicken, grilled fish,pasta salad,and a mixture
16、of fresh fruit and vegetables.And more importantly, watch the lively performance of ancient ceremony and learn historical and religious stories. Book a place in advance and enjoy your night. 21.In which tour can the tourists experience a sense of flying? A.Signature Taco Day Tour. B.Las Caletas Beac
17、h Hideaway. C.Jungle Zipline Tour. D.Rhythms of the Night-Sunset Cruise. 22.What is the feature of Signature Taco Day Tour? A.Serving large groups. B.Enjoying Mexican food. C. Visiting the industry area. D.Learning rural Mexican culture. 23.How does Rhythms of the Night-Sunset Cruise differ from the
18、 other tours? A. It needs reservation. B.It provides Mexican food. C.It offers some history classes. D.It allows visitors to take part in the play. B I visited Elba last June,joining Mary and John on a bicycling vacation.They made the arrangements for the car,hotel and bicycles.I studied the history
19、 of the island,which of course particularly features Napoleon. Napoleon(now I know)picked Elba as a place for peace when he was forced to give up the throne(王权）as Emperor of France in 1814.Far from being a prison island,Elba is beautiful with towering mountains,thick forests and sweeping bays and be
20、aches. It is also an island filled with treasure.Very early on this island,the locals discovered rich deposits of iron.Soon outsiders,too,discovered the iron and 150 other valuable minerals on this little piece of land.Long before Etruscans and other Greeks set foot on it,Dorians had moved in by the
21、 tenth century B.C.and were mining the island.The Romans ruled next,obtaining the minerals and building grand houses overlooking the sea.From the 5 twelfth century until the nineteenth,the island was traded back and forth and was passed to France in 1802.Then came Napoleon,the new ruler of Elba. I w
22、as eager to visit his house in Portoferraio.The Emperor lived with his court and his mother,but his wife,Marie Louise had ensconced herself in the splendid Viennese palace of her father,Emperor of Austria.She lived safely there and showed little interest in visiting her husband in his mini-kingdom.A
23、pparently,Napoleon wasnt troubled much by this.He was too busy riding everywhere on horseback,building roads,modernizing agriculture and,above all, sharpening his tiny army and navy into readiness for his escape. In the formal gardens behind the house,it seemed to me that I could imagine the exiled(
24、流亡的）conquerors anxious thoughts.He might gaze over where I stood now,toward the lighthouse of the Stella fort,the sandy bay,and across it,the green mountains of the Tuscan coast.Napoleon spent only ten months here before making his victorious return to France and the throne. 24.What did the author d
25、o for the visit to Elba? A.He did research on its past. B.He arranged transportation. C.He planned bicycling routes. D.He booked accommodation. 25.Who might be the earliest outsiders to Elba according to the text? A.Napoleon and his army. B.Etruscans and other Greeks. C.Dorians. D.Romans. 26.What do
26、es the underlined wordensconcedprobably mean? A.Settled. B.Locked. C.Cured. D.Controlled. 27.What came to the authors mind during his visit to Napoleons gardens? A.Beautiful views on Elba. B.Terrible living conditions on Elba. C.Napoleons ambition to regain power. D.Hardship of Napoleons return to F
27、rance. C 6 I read somewhere that we spend a full third of our lives waiting.But where are we doing all of this waiting,and what does it mean to an impatient society like ours?To understand the issue, lets take a look at three types ofwaits. The very purest form of waiting is the Watched-Pot Wait.It
28、is without doubt the most annoying of all.Take filling up the kitchen sink as an example.There is absolutely nothing you can do while this is going on but keep both eyes fixed on the sink until its full.During these waits,the brain slips away from the body and wanders about until the water runs over
29、 the edge of the counter and onto your socks.This kind of wait makes the waiter helpless and mindless. A cousin to the Watched-Pot Wait is the Forced Wait.This one requires a bit of discipline. Properly preparing packaged noodle soup requires a Forced Wait.Directions are very specific. Bring three c
30、ups of water to boil,add mix,simmer(炖）three minutes,remove from heat,let stand five minutes.I have my doubts that anyone has actually followed the procedures strictly. After all,Forced Waiting requires patience. Perhaps the most powerful type of waiting is the Lucky-Break Wait.This type of wait is u
31、nusual in that it is for the most part voluntary.Unlike the Forced Wait,which is also voluntary, waiting for your lucky break does not necessarily mean that it will happen. Turning ones life into a waiting game requires faith and hope,and is strictly for the optimists among us.On the surface it seem
32、s as ridiculous as following the directions on soup mixes,but the Lucky-Break Wait well serves those who are willing to do it.As long as one doesnt come to rely on it,wishing for a few good things to happen never hurts anybody. We certainly do spend a good deal of our time waiting.The next time your
33、e standing at the sink waiting for it to fill while cooking noodle soup that youll have to eat until a large bag of cash falls out of the sky,dont be desperate.Youre probably just as busy as the next guy. 28.While doing a Watched-Pot Wait,we tend to A.keep ourselves busy B.get absent-minded C.grow a
34、nxious D.stay focused 29.What is the difference between the Forced Wait and the Watched-Pot Wait? A.The Forced Wait requires some self-control. B.The Forced Wait makes people passive. C.The Watched-Pot Wait needs directions. D.The Watched-Pot Wait engages body and brain. 30.What can we learn about t
35、he Lucky-Break Wait? A.It is less voluntary than the Forced Wait. B.It doesnt always bring the desired result. 7 C.It is more fruitful than the Forced Wait. D. It doesnt give people faith and hope. 31.The author supports his view by. A.exploring various causes ofwaits B.describing detailed processes
36、 ofwaits C.analyzing different categories ofwaits D.revealing frustrating consequences ofwaits D After years of observing human nature,I have decided that two qualities make the difference between men of great achievement and men of average performance:curiosity and discontent.I have never known an
37、outstanding man who lacked either.And I have never known an average man who had both.The two belong together. Together,these deep human urges(驱策力）count for much more than ambition.Galileo was not merely ambitious when he dropped objects of varying weights from the Leaning Tower at Pisa and timed the
38、ir fall to the ground.Like Galileo,all the great names in history were curious and asked in discontent,Why?Why?Why? Fortunately,curiosity and discontent dont have to be learned.We are born with them and need only recapture them. The great man,said Mencius(孟子），is he who does not lose his childs heart
39、.Yet most of us do lose it.We stop asking questions.We stop challenging custom.We just follow the crowd. And the crowd desires only the calm and restful average.It encourages us to occupy our own little corner,to avoid foolish leaps into the dark,to be satisfied. Most of us meet new people,and new i
40、deas,with hesitation.But once having met and liked them,we think how terrible it would have been,had we missed the chance.We will probably have to force ourselves to waken our curiosity and discontent and keep them awake. How should you start so as not to become discouraged?I think of one friend who
41、 couldnt arrange flowers to satisfy herself.She was curious about how the experts did it.Now she is one of the experts,writing books on flower arrangement. One way to begin is to answer your own excuses.You havent any special ability?Most people dont;there are only a few geniuses.You havent any time
42、?Thats good,because its always the people with no time who get things done.Harriet Stowe,mother of six,wrote parts of Uncle Toms Cabin while cooking.Youre too old?Remember that Thomas Costain was 57 when he published his first novel,and that Grandma Moses showed her first pictures when she was 78. H
43、owever you start,remember there is no better time to start than right now,for youll never be more alive than you are at this moment. 32.In writing Paragraph 1,the author aims to A.propose a definition 8 B.make a comparison C. reach a conclusion D.present an argument 33.What does the example of Galil
44、eo tell us? A.Trial and error leads to the finding of truth. B.Scientists tend to be curious and ambitious. C.Creativity results from challenging authority. D.Greatness comes from a lasting desire to explore. 34.What can we learn from Paragraphs 6 and 7? A.Gaining success helps you become an expert.
45、 B.The genius tends to get things done creatively. C.Lack of talent and time is no reason for taking no action. D.You should remain modest when approaching perfection. 35.What could be the best title of the passage? A.Curious Minds Never Feel Contented. B.Reflections on Human Nature. C.The keys to A
46、chievement. D. Never too Late to Learn. 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，并在答题卡上将该 项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Anxiety Disorders Everybody worries or feels nervous from time to time.36 But for people with anxiety disorders,those fears and worries arent temporary.Their anxiety persists,a
47、nd can even get worse over time. Anxiety disorders can severely impair a persons ability to function at work,school and in social situations._ 37 Fortunately,though,there are effective treatments for anxiety. In some cases,medications have a role in treating anxiety disorders.Yet research shows beha
48、vioral treatment,alone or in combination with medication,is a highly effective treatment for most people with an anxiety disorder. Understanding Anxiety Anxiety disorders are common in both adults and children.About 18 percent of U.S. adults and 25 percent of adolescents age 13 to 18 will experience anxiety,according to the National Institute of Mental Health.38 9 There are several major types of anxiety disorders:general