1、平罗中学20212022学年度第一学期第三次月考试卷高三英语 第I卷 （选择题，共100分）第一部分：听力理解(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 did the speakers do last night?A. They saw a film. B. They watched TV. C. They worked overtime.2. Why does
2、the woman agree to help?A. The pet looks lovely. B. She misses having a pet. C. It is easy to take care of a cat.3. When did the sales promotion end?A. On September 17th. B. On September 20th. C. On September 23rd.4. What does the man want to do first?A. Meet Kelly. B. Pick up the package. C. Buy co
3、ffee beans.5. What is the man probably?A. A security officer. B. A repairman. C. A flight attendant.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。听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。6. How long does Chad have mental h
4、ealth leave per year?A. Five days. B. Ten days. C. Fourteen days.7. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. A couple. B. Colleagues. C. Neighbors. 听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。8. Why will the woman go to Downey?A. To work there. B. To go on holiday. C. To visit her teacher.9. Where does the
5、 conversation take place?A. At a bus station. B. At a travel agency. C. At an office.听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。10. What does the man advise the woman to do?A. Check her information twice. B. Send her resume to directors. C. List language skills on her resume.11. What field is the woman likely to work in
6、?A. Education. B. Engineering. C. Resource management.12. What should the resume be like according to the man?A. Brief. B. Impressive. C. Delicate.听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。13. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Work projects. B. Various games. C. Team building.14. What is the womans attitude
7、 toward the activities at first?A. Negative. B. Positive. C. Indifferent.15. Which section does the man like best?A. The trust game. B. The personality tests. C. The group sports events.16. Where will the speakers have lunch?A. In the dormitory. B. In the dining hall. C. In the office.听下面一段独白，回答第17至
8、第20四个小题。17. What is Kindness actually?A. A group of educators. B. An experimental institution. C. A global nonprofit organization.18. Why is the kindlab set up?A. To shelter the homeless. B. To offer community service. C. To study and promote kindness.19. How many groups are the activities for kids
9、divided into?A. Four. B. Five. C. Six.20. What is the last part of the kindlab targeted at?A. Companies.B. Communities.C. Schools.第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题：每小题2分，满分40分）第一节：阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 ARome can be pricey for travelers, which is why many choose to stay in a hostel (旅社).
10、 The hostels in Rome offer a bed in a dorm room for around $25 a night, and for that, youll often get to stay in a central location with security and comfort.Yellow HostelIf I had to make just one recommendation for where to stay in Rome, it would be Yellow Hostel. Its one of the best-rated hostels
11、in the city, and for good reason. Its affordable, and its got a fun atmosphere without being too noisy. As an added bonus, its close to the main train station.Hostel Alessandro PalaceIf you love social hostels, this is the best hostel for you in Rome. Hostel Alessandro Palace is fun. Staff members h
12、old plenty of bar events for guests like free shots, bar crawls and karaoke. Theres also an area on the rooftop for hanging out with other travelers during the summer.Youth Station HostelIf youre looking for cleanliness and a modern hostel, look no further than Youth Station. It offers beautiful fur
13、nishings and beds. There are plenty of other benefits, too: it doesnt charge city tax; it has both air conditioning and a heater for the rooms; it also has free Wi-Fi in every room.Hotel and Hostel Des ArtistesHotel and Hostel Des Artistes is located just a 10-minute walk from the central city stati
14、on and its close to all of the citys main attractions. The staff is friendly and helpful, providing you with a map of the city when you arrive, and offering advice if you require some. However, you need to pay 2 euros a day for Wi-Fi.21. What is probably the major concern of travelers who choose to
15、stay in a hostel?A. Comfort. B. Security. C. Price. D. Location.22. Which hostel best suits people who enjoy an active social life?A. Yellow Hostel. B. Hostel Alessandro Palace.C. Youth Station Hostel. D. Hotel and Hostel Des Artistes.23. What is the disadvantage of Hotel and Hostel Des Artistes?A.
16、It gets noisy at night. B. Its staff is too talkative.C. It charges for Wi-Fi. D. Its inconveniently located. BWith three million residents, the Ajegunle district in Lagos, Nigeria is one of the countrys most densely populated slums (贫民窟). Its residents struggle to obtain clean water and sanitation
17、(卫生设备), resulting in rubbish that litters the streets. Access to education is also an issue for many families, and they are unable to afford the fees to send their children to school. But with the help of a new grassroots project, these problems are being settled all at once. Known as the Recycle Pa
18、y project, plastic waste acts as money to allow parents to pay a portion of their kids school fees.The organizations, African Clean Up Initiative and WeCyclers, created the Recycle Pay project and partnered with the Morit International School in Ajegunle to make it happen. Theyve made it easy for pa
19、rents to take advantage of this project. They simply need to bring a bag of plastic waste to a fixed spot and have it weighed. The weight is then translated into a value of money and deducted (扣除) from the fees owed to the school. Its a positive outcome for everyone-the environment is a little bit c
20、leaner and theres less financial hardship on the family.Parents are thrilled with the arrangement as it ensures that their children can continue their education. “I struggle to pay for school fees, sometimes I pay half the price and later pay the remaining balance,” explains parent Sherifat Okunowo
21、to the BBC. “But with the introduction of this project, the plastic has made it easy for me to pay school fees.”The schools principal says, “It has really reduced the burden on parents. We now collect fees faster-the school wins, the children win, the parents win, everybody wins.”24. The living situ
22、ation in this area is bad except .A. it is hard to walk safely at night. B. it is hard to get a healthy environment.C. it is difficult to have clean water. D. it is difficult to have complete education.25. What should parents do now to send their children to school? A. Sell the plastic rubbish to ge
23、t money. B. Take a bag of plastic rubbish to a fixed place. C. Pay all the school fees by selling plastic waste. D. Ask their children to take a bag of waste to school.26. What advantage does the project give to the area? A. The locals can get clean water. B. The environment can become tidy. C. Peop
24、le can earn some extra money. D. The school can get enough plastic.27. What can we infer from the principals words? A. The project is worth supporting. B. The students can hand in their fees on time. C. The school needs money to go on running. D. The school will win more matches in the future. CImag
25、ine reading a story titled “Pursuing Success”. That would be an inspiring story, wouldnt it? Maybe-but maybe not. It might well be the story of someone whose never-ending chase for more and more success leaves them unsatisfied and incapable of happiness. Though it isnt a conventional medical addicti
26、on, for many people success has addictive properties.The desire for success may be in humans nature, but specialness doesnt come cheap. Success is tough work, and it requires bearing the cost of losing. In the 1980s, the physician Robert Goldman famously found that more than half of ambitious athlet
27、es would be willing to take a drug that would kill them in five years in exchange for winning every competition they entered.Unfortunately, success is endless. The goal cant be satisfactory; most people never feel “successful enough”. The high only lasts a day or two, and then its on to the next goa
28、l. Psychologists call this the hedonic treadmill (享乐跑步机）, in which satisfaction wears off almost immediately and we must run on to the next reward to avoid the feeling of falling behind.People should get off the treadmill. But quitting isnt easy for addicts. For people hooked on substances, withdraw
29、al can be a painful experience, both physically and psychologically. Research finds that depression and anxiety are common among outstanding athletes after their careers end. Olympic athletes, in particular, suffer from the “post-Olympic blues”.Just like wine, success in and of itself is not a bad t
30、hing. Both can bring fun and sweetness to life. But both become bossy when they are a substitute for-instead of a complement to-the relationships and love that should be at the center of our lives.28. What can be inferred from the first paragraph?A. Success doesnt always bring positive results.B. A
31、traditional medical addiction leads to success.C. The passion for constant success is rarely praised.D. Success addiction has already drawn wide attention.29. Why did the author mention the research findings of Robert Goldman?A. To argue that athletes deserve more rewards. B. To illustrate success i
32、s a tough and cruel job.C. To describe the routine training of an ordinary athlete.D. To express his opinion on success: no pains, no gains.30. What can success bring to a success addict according to psychologists？A. Satisfaction and a sense of pride. B. Confidence and lifelong happiness.C. Anxiety
33、and short-lived happiness. D. Relaxation and endless motivation.31. What does the author suggest people do about pursuing success？A. Stop chasing success. B. Give up love and relationships.C. Chase success at any cost. D. Reflect on what matters in life.DA man in Laruns, southwestern France, whistli
34、ng as a form of speech. Like others in the Canary Islands and elsewhere, local people have learned to whistle their language to communicate across long distances. Linguists are studying whistled speech to help understand which sound elements are essential to comprehension.Whistled speech has arisen
35、in at least 80 languages around the world, especially in rugged, mountainous terrain or dense forest, where ordinary speech doesnt carry far enough.Whistled speech can be understood up to 10 times as far away as ordinary shouting can, Meyer and others have found. That lets people communicate even wh
36、en they cannot easily approach close enough to shout. On La Gomera, for example, a few traditional shepherds still whistle to one another across mountain valleys that could take hours to cross.Whistled languages work because many of the key elements of speech can be mimicked in a whistle, says Meyer
37、.Learning to whistle a language you already speak is relatively straightforward. Diaz Reyess Spanish-language whistling students spend the first two or three months of the course learning to make a loud whistle with different pitch. In the fourth or fifth month, they can make some words, he says. Af
38、ter eight months, they can speak it properly and understand every message.In essence, people listening to whistled speech are piecing together its meaning from fragments of the full speech signal. Linguists know surprisingly few details about how the brain does this.Despite their interest to both li
39、nguists and casual observers, whistled languages are disappearing rapidly all over the world, and some have already vanished. Modernization is largely to blame, says Meyer, who points to roads as the biggest factor. “Thats why you still find whistled speech only in places that are very, very remote,
40、 that have had less contact with modernity, less access to roads,” he says.32. Why are the linguists studying whistled speech?A. To think of it as a special language.B. To have a knowledge of how to use it.C. To know how people understand it well.D. To know the sound elements.33. How is paragraph 3
41、mainly developed?A. By giving examples. B. By making comparison.C. By analyzing facts. D. By introducing a topic.34. What do we know about whistled language from paragraph 5?A. Its a developed language. B. Its a widely-used language.C. Linguists are still studying it. D. Linguists find it easy to le
42、arn.35. What does the underlined word “vanished”mean in the last paragraph?A. Existed. B. Arisen.C. Disappeared. D. Improved.第二节（共5小题：每小题2分，满分10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。The transition from high school to college is a major one, and successful adjustment to college has lifelong infl
43、uences. Maybe you are about to make this transition yourself or have children who are about to leave the nest. 36 If you know someone who is making this transition or know parents guiding their soon-to-be adult kids through this time, please share this collection of research-based tips with them. 37
44、 Almost everyone is in the same boat as you are, hoping to make friends quickly. Your success in college depends, in part, on surrounding yourself with others who can support you and help you have fun.Dont be afraid to talk to your professors or teaching assistants. Successful adjustment is about re
45、aching out for help when you need it. This means trying to find the answers on your own first, but then contacting those who can help you when you cant. 38 Lean on your family. Family support can give you comfort when classes are hard or you are stressed about finals. 39 Strong support from family is linked to lower loneliness and depression during the first year of college and higher academic adjustment including motivation and concentration.Be confident. Feeling anxiety about communicating with fellows, professors, and speaking up in class is associated with lower adaptati
