1、2021 年江西省九所重点中学高三联合考试英语试卷 第 页 共 4 页 1 分宜中学分宜中学 玉山一中玉山一中 临川一中临川一中 2021 年江西省年江西省 南城一中南城一中 南康中学南康中学 高安中学高安中学 高三联合考试高三联合考试 彭泽一中彭泽一中 泰和中学泰和中学 樟树中学樟树中学 英语试卷 命题：高安中学、分宜中学、彭泽一中 注意事项： 1 本试卷分第本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分卷（非选择题）两部分.满分满分 150 分分.考试时间为考试时间为 120 分钟分钟. 2 本试卷分试题卷和答题卷，第本试卷分试题卷和答题卷，第卷（选择题）的答案应填在答题卷
2、卷首相应的空格内，做在第卷（选择题）的答案应填在答题卷卷首相应的空格内，做在第卷的无效卷的无效. 3 答题前，考生务必将自己答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填涂在答题卡相应的位置。的姓名、准考证号填涂在答题卡相应的位置。 第卷 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（共第一节（共5小题；每小题小题；每小题1.5分，满分分，满分7.5分）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
3、有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What are the speakers probably talking about? A. A musical. B. A book. C. A movie. 2. What does the woman plan to do next? A. Watch a TV program. B. Finish her homework. C. Go to a local concert. 3. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Husband and wife.
4、 B. Neighbors. C. Driver and passenger. 4. How does the man find the restaurant? A. Unworthy. B. Wonderful. C. Cheap. 5. When is the basketball game? A. On Thursday. B. On Saturday. C. On Friday. 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
5、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. Which clothes does the man need earlier? A. The coat. B. The pants. C. The shirt. 7. Where does the conversation take place? A. At a tailors. B. At a clothing shop. C. At a laundry. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8. What does the woman spend most of h
6、er spare time doing? A. Watching movies. B. Listening to music. C. Going to the gym. 9. What kind of films does the woman like best? A. Thrillers. B. Action films. C. Art films. 10. Where does the woman usually watch movies? A. In the cinema. B. At home. C. At an Internet bar. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11.
7、What problem did Jack meet in Florida? A. There were too many tourists. B. The weather was changeable. C. He got sunburnt badly. 12. With whom did the woman go to Queenstown? A. Her father. B. Her husband. C. Her friend. 13. What will the woman do for Jack next? A. Teach him how to dive. B. Show him
8、 some pictures. C. Give him a gift. 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。 14. What does the woman say about this apartment? A. It is on the 5th floor. B. It doesnt have a dishwasher. C. Its location is not bad. 15. What are excluded about the bills for this apartment? A. Heating and water. B. Cable TV and electricity.
9、C. Water and electricity. 16. What are the two speakers talking about? A. Buying the apartment. B. Renting the apartment. C. Repairing the apartment. 17. What is the disadvantage of the studio? A. It is noisy at night. B. There is no elevator. C. It is too far from the city. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. H
10、ow did Jack Hawken become wealthy? A. By growing crops. B. By developing tourism. C. By exporting wool. 19. How long did the Hawken family own Haybridge Hall? A. For around 50 years. B. For around 10 years. C. For around 200 years. 20. What do we know about Haybridge Hall? A. It was once used by the
11、 army. B. It changed a lot in the last 500 years. C. It was Built in the fourteenth century. 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节第一节 （共共15小题小题；每小题每小题2分分，满分满分30分分） 启用前绝密（3 月 18 日） 2021 年江西省九所重点中学高三联合考试英语试卷 第 页 共 4 页 2 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。 A In this most unusual year, the gift of giving will feel esp
12、ecially good. These tips can help make the season merry and bright for everyone. Whats Different This Year Hot Ticket Items May Be Extra Hot: Some companies have scaled back their holiday ordering this year to trim inventory, so popular products might sell out fast in stores and online. So if you se
13、e a good price for an item on your list, be sure to grab it. And plan to ship gifts at least two weeks before Christmas Eve. Online Sales Will Start Early This year, it maybe more like Cyber Season, with online promotions and sales starting right after Halloween. With concerns about crowds, retailer
14、s will likely save a lot of their inventory for online sales. To avoid parking lot chaos, try to pick up your purchases first thing in the morning or later in the evening, when wait times should be shorter. Outlets Are Online Too If one of your holiday shopping traditions is a trip to the outlets, y
15、ou can still experience the thrill of the bargain huntfrom home. S is the virtual version of the countrys largest outlet company. In someways, its even better than an in-person trip because you can shop by item or category and immediately see what different retailers have in stock, rather than going
16、 store to store . When to Shop Not on Thanksgiving: Many stores that opened their doors on the holiday last year have announced that they will be closed this year. One upside for shoppers is rock-bottom prices as some stores liquidate (清仓). The downsides: They might not be around if you need to retu
17、rn something or use a gift card. In other words: Bankruptcy buyers beware. 21. Which is the best time to send gifts? A. October 30. B. December 9. C. December 15. D. December 24. 22. What can we learn about holiday shopping this year? A. Shoppers can only buy items online. B. Shopping on Thanksgivin
18、g is the best choice. C. Popular products might sell out fast only in stores. D. Shoppers may see a good price for an item right after Halloween. 23. Who will be most interested in this passage? A. People who are money-less. B. People who like shopping at home. C. People who are retailers. D. People
19、 who are fond of bargains. B During the first half of the year 2020, Australia experienced an extreme drought followed by disastrous bushfires and heavy rainfall that brought massive flooding. Next came the pandemic （流行病） . With people not coming in to the lab or staying only long enough to conduct
20、their experiments, we lost our sense of interpersonal connection. Then, in July, our director shared that she had been diagnosed with a rare and aggressive cancer. In the wake of that shocking announcement, one of the centers group leaders suggested we send our director weekly good news to keep her
21、informed and to try to lift her spirits. One week later, we sent the first email. The effect of this simple newsletter which went to our director and all the group members as well as leaders was significant. “I love good news time,” a colleague wrote, “It really is uplifting.” These days, we solicit
22、 good news every Wednesday and send out an email every Friday. The process and format are simple and no-frills, making the newsletter sustainable. Good news includes securing grants and fellowships, much-needed new computers arriving, a student submitting their thesis, publishing papers, becoming pa
23、rents, turning 40, and of course growing roses on ones balcony. Last month, one group leaders good news was that, after breaking his arm, he finally had his cast （石膏） removed. The next week, he reported that his daughter broke her arm, saying that the number of broken bones in his family is a conser
24、ved quantity. It wasnt exactly good news, but it did make me laugh quietly. Equally important, sharing it helps us stay connected in these difficult times. Regardless of what the future holds, we plan to continue to share our good news. 24. In which respect do the author and his members benefit from
25、 the news in the text? A. Improving working efficiency. B. Creating a competitive atmosphere. C. Strengthening each others bond. D. Being reminded of positive things. 25. What is the main purpose of paragraph 1? A. To lay the foundation for academic research. B. To describe how unlucky they were in
26、2020. C. To provide background for sharing good news. D. To stress the necessity of cheering up the unfortunate. 26. How can we find the news listed in paragraph 4? A. No good news is too small to share. B. Good news helps sweep away tragedies. C. News making you laugh is good news. D. Never ignore
27、the positive side in bad news. 27. Which word can best describe the the group leader mentioned in paragraph5? A. Humorous. B. Easy-going. C. Sympathetic. D. Open-minded. C Every woman dreams of receiving a huge, sparkling and priceless diamond. Now scientists have discovered the largest diamond in t
28、he universe. But its well beyond the reach of the most lovestruck men 50 light years to be precise. Space scientists revealed that they had discovered a ten billion trillion trillion carat gem. Measuring 2,500 miles across and weighing five million trillion trillion pounds, the rock was found on Val
29、entines Day buried in the core of a white dwarf star (白矮星）in the constellation Centaurus（人马座）. “Its the mother of all diamonds,” said Travis Metcalfe, who led the team of researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics in America. “You would need a jewellers loupe (放大镜) the size of th
30、e Sun to grade this diamond.” Named Lucy, after the Beatles song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, the rock has sent a ripple of excitement through the scientific world. The largest diamond found on earth was the 3,106-carat (克拉) Cullinan. It was cut into nine major stones, including the 530-carat Star
31、 of Africa, now a part of the Crown Jewels. Diamonds were first discovered in India more than 2,800 years ago. The Ancient Romans believed that the stones were splinters of stars that had tumbled to earth. In Ancient Egypt, diamonds were symbols of eternity and were used in funeral rites. In the Mid
32、dle Ages, men wore them to symbolize their courage and virility. The tradition of giving them as love tokens dates from 1477, when Archduke Maximilian of Austria gave a diamond ring to Mary of Burgundy. 2021 年江西省九所重点中学高三联合考试英语试卷 第 页 共 4 页 3 28. The largest diamond in the universe_. A. was found 50 y
33、ears ago. B. was in the centre of a white dwarf star. C. was too large to measure. D. could be graded by a common jewellers loupe. 29. What can we infer from Paragraph 5-6? A. Diamonds have symbolized love since 1477. B. The largest diamond on earth was found 2,800 years ago. C. The Crown Jewels was
34、 totally made of the 530-carat Star of Africa. D. At present, men wear diamonds to symbolize their courage and virility. 30. Which of the following best serves as the title? A. Diamond a must on important occasions B. Love the symbolism of diamonds C. Discovery the largest diamond in the world D. Di
35、amond the dream of women 31. You can probably read the passage in _. A. a tour guide. B. a poster. C. an official document. D. a magazine. D Ever wonder how your brain works when making decisions bigger than medium versus (与.相对）spicy salsa, like buying a car or accepting a job offer? Researchers fro
36、m the University of Dundee in Scotland conducted a study that clarifies why you may want to have a small bite before making that big decision. Benjamin Vincent from the University of Dundees Psychology department and his co-author Jordan Skyrnka tested 50 people two times: once when they followed th
37、eir normal eating patterns and once when they did not eat anything during the day. Using three different types of rewards (food, money, and song downloads), the team discovered when presented with the choice of receiving the reward now versus double the award at some point in the future, participant
38、s would usually volunteer to wait for 35 days to earn a larger bounty, but when they were hungry, they said they would only wait three days. “We wanted to know whether being in a state of hunger had a specific effect on how you make decisions only relating to food or if it had broader effects, and t
39、his research suggests decision-making gets more present-focused when people are hungry,” Vincent said in a story about the study on the universitys website. “You would predict that hunger would impact peoples preferences relating to food, but it is not yet clear why people get more present-focused f
40、or completely unrelated rewardsHunger is so common that it is important to understand the non-obvious ways in which our preferences and decisions may be affected by it,” he said. In an earlier study of the subject by a team at Cambridge University in England, the researchers noted that serotonin (血清
41、素) plays a major role in the decision-making process. “Since the raw material for making serotoninan amino acid called tryptophan （色氨酸） only comes from diet, levels of the chemical decline between meals,” reports a piece in the Telegraph about the study. “This can lead to aggressiveness and impulsiv
42、eness,” say the team. 32. How did Benjamin Vincent and Jordan Skyrnka carry out their research? A. By analyzing reasons. B. By making comparison. C. By giving examples. D. By filling questionnaires. 33. The underlined word “bounty” in paragraph 2 can be best replaced by _. A. bonus. B. quantity. C.
43、income. D. fortune. 34. What conclusion can we draw from Vincent study? A. Its common to make a wrong decision if you are hungry. B. Make sure you are not hungry before making a big decision. C. The more hungry you are, the quicker you will make a decision. D. Being hungry drives you to make a decis
44、ion connected with food. 35. What is the last paragraph mainly about? A. What should be eaten to make a wise man. B. How can we get enough serotonin from our diet. C. What other factors will influence ones decision-making. D. How does a chemical function in the course of making a decision. 第二节第二节 （共
45、（共 5 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2 分，满分分，满分 10 分）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。 How to Bake Absolutely Anything If youve never baked before, this guide will explain the basic foundations of baking, offer tips for baking specific food groups, and suggest a few recipes to get you started baking. 36 Rea
46、d the whole recipe before you start. Weve all gotten half-way through a recipe only to find we dont have any buttermilk. Plus, a quick read can help you prepare for whats ahead, particularly if there are any techniques with which youre not familiar. Use butter at the right temperature. 37 It is the
47、right consistency （粘稠度） for creaming with sugar. Biscuit and pie pastry recipes call for ice-cold butter in order to create the flakiest layers. If your butter isnt the correct temperature, your bakes wont mix up the way they should. 38 When it comes to baking, its always preferable to measure your
48、ingredients by weight rather than volume. This ensures you get exactly the right proportions. It may not be critical for something simple like a pan of cake, but its important with picky baked items, such as macarons. Freeze cookie dough(面团面团). We know how tempting it is to get your cookies in the o
49、ven the second youre done mixing up your dough. 39 And it prevents cookies from spreading too much. Do not skip this step! Cool cakes completely before frosting. Always let your cakes, cupcakes, and cookies cool completely before frosting them. If they are too warm, the frosting will slide right off the top of your cake or melt and dip in. 40 If you dont have one, take the cover off your ironing board and use the board as a cooling shelf. A. Use the right butter. B. Weigh all your ingredients. C. If they are cool, it will be great. D. Cooling shelves speed up the process. E.
