1、浙江省2021年普通高校1月招生选考英语测试卷一、阅读选择（共3题；共25分）1.阅读选择 More than 25 years ago, Saroo Brierley lived in rural（农村）India. One day, he played with his brother along the rail line and fell asleep. When he woke up and found himself alone, the 4-year-old decided his brother might be on the train he saw in front of
2、him-so he got on. That train took him a thousand miles across the country to a totally strange city. He lived on the streets, and then in an orphanage（孤儿院）. There, he was adopted by an Australian family and flown to Tasmania. As he writes in his new book, A Long Way Home, Brierley couldnt help but w
3、onder about his hometown back in India. He remembered landmarks, but since he didnt know his towns name, finding a small neighborhood in a vast country proved to be impossible. Then he found a digital mapping program. He spent years searching for his hometown in the programs satellite pictures. In 2
4、011, he came across something familiar. He studied it and realized he was looking at a towns central business district from a birds-eye view. He thought, “On the right-hand side you should see the three-platform train station”and there it was. And on the left-hand side you should see a big fountain-
5、and there it was. Everything just started to match. When he stood in front of the house where he grew up as a child, he saw a lady standing in the entrance. Theres something about me, he thoughtand it took him a few seconds but he finally remembered what she used to look like. In an interview Brierl
6、ey says, My mother looked so much shorter than I remembered. But she came forth and walked forward, and I walked forward, and my feelings and tears and the chemical in my brain, you know, it was like a nuclear fusion（核聚变）. I just didnt know what to say, because I never thought seeing my mother would
7、 ever come true. And here I am, standing in front of her. ”（1）Why was Brierley separated from his family about 25 years ago? A.He got on a train by mistake.B.He got lost while playing in the street.C.He was taken away by a foreigner.D.He was adopted by an Australian family. （2）How did Brierley find
8、his hometown? A.By analyzing old pictures.B.By travelling all around India.C.By studying digital maps.D.By spreading his story via his book. （3）What does Brierley mainly talk about in the interview? A.His love for his mother.B.His reunion with his mother.C.His long way back home.D.His memory of his
9、hometown. 2.阅读选择 At the start of the 20th century, an American engineer named John Elfreth Watkins made predictions about life today. His predictions about slowing population growth, mobile phones and increasing height were close to the mark. But he was wrong in one prediction: that everybody would
10、walk 10 miles a day. Today, in Australia, most children on average fall 2, 000 steps short of the physical activity they need to avoid being overweight. In the early 1970s, 40 per cent of children walked to school, while in 2010, it was as low as 15 per cent. The decline is not because we have all b
11、ecome lazy. Families are pressed for time, many with both parents working to pay for their house, often working hours not of their choosing, living in car-dependent neighborhoods with limited public transport. The other side of the coin is equally a deprivation: for health and well-being, as well as
12、 lost opportunities（机会）for children to get to know their local surroundings. And for parents there are lost opportunities to walk and talk with their young scholar about their day. Most parents will have eagerly asked their child about their day, only to meet with a “good”, quickly followed by Im hu
13、ngry. This is also my experience as a mother. But somewhere over the daily walk more about my sons day comes out. I hear him making sense of friendship and its limits. This is the unexpected and rare parental opportunity to hear more. Many primary schools support walking school-bus routes（路线）, with
14、days of regular, parent-accompanied walks. Doing just one of these a few times a week is better than nothing. It can be tough to begin and takes a little planning-running shoes by the front door, lunches made the night before, umbrellas on rainy days and hats on hot ones-but its certainly worth tryi
15、ng.（1）Why does the author mention Watkins predictions in the first paragraph? A.To make comparisons.B.To introduce the topic.C.To support her argument.D.To provide examples. （2）What has caused the decrease in Australian childrens physical activity? A.Plain laziness.B.Health problems.C.Lack of time.D
16、.Security concerns. （3）Why does the author find walking with her son worthwhile? A.She can get relaxed after work.B.She can keep physically fit.C.She can help with her sons study.D.She can know her son better. 3.阅读选择 Researchers say they have translated the meaning of gestures that wild chimpanzees
17、(黑猩猩) use to communicate. They say wild chimps communicate 19 specific messages to one another with a vocabulary of 66 gestures. The scientists discovered this by following and filming groups of chimps in Uganda, and examining more than 5,000 incidents of these meaningful exchanges. Dr Catherine Hob
18、aiter, who led the research, said that this was the only form of intentional communication to be recorded in the animal kingdom. Only humans and chimps, she said, had a system of communication where they deliberately sent a message to another group member. Thats whats so amazing about chimp gestures
19、, she said. Theyre the only thing that looks like human language in that respect. ”Although previous research has shown that apes and monkeys can understand complex information from another animals call, the animals do not appear to use their voices intentionally to communicate messages. This was a
20、significant difference between calls and gestures, Dr Hobaiter said. Chimps will check to see if they have the attention of the animal with which they wish to communicate. In one case, a mother presents her foot to her crying baby, signaling: Climb on me. The youngster immediately jumps on to its mo
21、thers back and they travel off together. The big message from this study is that there is another species (物种) out there. that is meaningful in its communication, so thats not unique to humans, said Dr Hobaiter. Dr Susanne Shultz, an evolutionary biologist from the University of Manchester, said the
22、 study was praiseworthy in seeking to enrich our knowledge of the evolution of human language. But, she added, the results were a little disappointing. The vagueness of the gesture meanings suggests either that the chimps have little to communicate, or we are still missing a lot of the information c
23、ontained in their gestures and actions, she said. Moreover, the meanings seem to not go beyond what other animal convey with non-verbal communication. So, it seems the gulf remains. （1）What do chimps and humans have in common according to Dr Hobaiter? A.Memorizing specific words.B.Understanding comp
24、lex information.C.Using voices to communicate.D.Communicating messages on purpose. （2）What did Dr Shultz think of the study? A.It was well designed but poorly conducted.B.It was a good try but the findings were limited.C.It was inspiring but the evidence was unreliable.D.It was a failure but the met
25、hods deserved praise. （3）What does the underlined word gulf in the last paragraph mean? A.Difference.B.Conflict.C.Balance.D.Connection. （4）Which of the following is the best title for the text? A.Chimpanzee behaviour study achieved a breakthroughB.Chimpanzees developed specific communication skillsC
26、.Chimpanzees: the smartest species in the animal kingdomD.Chimpanzee language: communication gestures translated 二、七选五（共1题；共10分）4.七选五 You run into the grocery store to pick up one bottle of water. You get what you need, head to the front, and choose the line that looks fastest. You chose wrong. Peop
27、le who you swear got in other lines long after you are already checked out and off to the parking lot. _It turns out, its just math working against you; chances are, the other line really is faster. Grocery stores try to have enough employees at checkout to get all their customers through with minim
28、um delay._Any small interruption - a price check, a chatty customer-can have downstream effects, holding up an entire line. If there are three lines in the store, delays will happen randomly at different registers. Think about the probability:_So its not just in your mind: Another line probably is m
29、oving faster. Researchers have a good way to deal with this problem. Make all customers stand in one long, snaking line- called a serpentine line - and serve each person at the front with the next available register._This is what they do at most banks and fast-food restaurants. With a serpentine lin
30、e, a long delay at one register wont unfairly punish the people who lined up behind it. Instead, it will slow down everyone a little bit but speed up checkout overall. _It takes many registers to keep one line moving quickly, and some stores cant afford the space or manpower. So wherever your next w
31、ait may be: Good luck.A. Why does this always seem to happen to you?B. So why dont most places encourage serpentine lines?C. Some of the may have stood in a queue for almost an hour.D. The chances of your line being the fastest are only one in three.E.How high is the probability that you are in the
32、fastest waiting line?F.With three registers, this method is much faster than the traditional approach.G.But sometimes, as on a Sunday afternoon, the system gets particularly busy.三、完形填空（共1题；共30分）5.完形填空 Last year I decided to do some volunteer work. I began to 1 on the Internet and discovered Volunte
33、er USA. Three months later I 2 myself on a plane to Phoenix, Arizona. I was 3 at the thought of living with loads of new people for three months. However, within fifteen minutes of 4 , my worries had gone. Everyone was so 5 and like-minded that it was very 6 to feel at home. I was sent to the Corona
34、do National Forest for my first 8-day 7 . We had to 8 everything we needed and walk three miles to where we worked. It may not seem like a 9 way but in 35 heat and with a heavy pack, my legs were on fire. My job was to 10 a stairway out of rock. This 11 climbing up and down the side of a mountain in
35、habited (栖息) by mountain lions, although I should say they were only heard,never 12 . Three days later, a beautiful stairway came into being. The 13 of knowing that my 14 will be on that mountainside for years to come is massive. But on the last night we were 15 in a thunderstorm. I woke up at midni
36、ght to find a swimming pool in my tent. The temperature was close to 16 . I had to spend the rest of the night trembling in the only 17 part of my tent. 18 , I suffered a lot. But I know whatever I have to face in my life I was there and I 19 . I think I am much 20 for having taken part in the proje
37、ct.1. A. calculateB. negotiateC. advertiseD. research2. A. imaginedB. introducedC. enjoyedD. found3. A. annoyedB. surprisedC. scaredD. excited4. A. arrivingB. sleepingC. thinkingD. walking5. A. confidentB. friendlyC. energeticD. curious6. A. funnyB. goodC. luckyD. easy7. A. tourB. projectC. campaign
38、D. course8. A. dropB. makeC. carryD. buy9. A. niceB. safeC. longD. quick10. A. buildB. testC. cleanD. guard11. A. helpedB. endedC. allowedD. meant12. A. huntedB. trainedC. seenD. fed13. A. satisfactionB. ambitionC. expectationD. intention14. A. workB. memoryC. recordD. story15. A. leftB. caughtC. at
39、tackedD. separated16. A. boilingB. averageC. normalD. freezing17. A. tidyB. dryC. newD. soft18. A. By the wayB. Regardless of thatC. Needless to sayD. In either case19. A. survivedB. resistedC. escapedD. recovered20. A. smarterB. strongerC. happierD. busier 四、用单词的适当形式完成短文（共1题；共15分）6.阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的
40、内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 In a study of 33 years of trends in Body Mass Index (体重指数) across 200 countries, the scientists found that people worldwide are getting heavier _ that most of the rise is due to gains in BMI in rural areas.BMI is an internationally recognized measurement tool_gives an indication
41、 of whether someone is a healthy weight. It is calculated by dividing a _(person) weight in kg by their height in meters squared. and a BMI of between 19 and 25 _(consider) healthy.The study found that between 1985 and 2017, average rural BMI increased _ 2.1 in women and men. In cities, however, the
42、 gain _ (be) 1.3 in women and 1.6 in men. The researchers described “striking changes” in the geography of BMI. Tn 1985，urban men and women in more than three quarters of the countries _ (study) had higher BMIs than men and women in rural areas. But 30 years later, the BMI difference between urban a
43、nd rural people in many countries had narrowed _(sharp).This may be due to some disadvantages for people _ (live) in the countryside, including _ (low) levels of income and education, higher costs of healthy foods, and fewer sports facilities.五、提纲类作文（共1题；共15分）7.假定你是李华，下周有新西兰学生访问你校，你将作为学生代表致欢迎辞。请为此写一
44、篇发言稿，内容包括： 1）表示欢迎；2）介绍活动安排；3）表达祝愿。注意：1）词数80左右；2）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。六、读后续写（共1题；共25分）8.阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。 Pumpkin (南瓜) carving at Halloween is a family tradition. We visit a local farm every October. In the pumpkin field, I compete with my three brothers and sister to seek out the biggest pump
45、kin. My dad has a rule that we have to carry our pumpkins back home, and as the eldest child I have an advantage-I carried an 85-pounder back last year.This year, it was hard to tell whether my prize or the one chosen by my 14-year-old brother, Jason, was the winner. Unfortunately we forgot to weigh
46、 them before taking out their insides, but I was determined to prove my point. All of us were hard at work at the kitchen table, with my mom filming the annual event. Im unsure now why I thought forcing my head inside the pumpkin would settle the matter, but it seemed to make perfect sense at the time.With the pumpkin resting on the table, hole uppermost, I bent over and pressed my head against the opening. At first I got jammed just above my eyes and then, as I went on with
