1、北京精华学校2021届高三三模考前测试英语试题学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、完形填空Last year at Christmas time my wife and I were in France. For five wretched (恶劣的) days everything had gone _1_. On Christmas Eve, there was no Christmas _2_ in our hearts.It was raining and cold when we went out to eat. Only five tables in the restaurant
2、were _3_.There were two German couples, two French families, and an American sailor, by himself. In the comer a piano player _4_ played Christmas music.I looked around and noticed that the other customers were eating in stony _5_.The only person who seemed happy was the American sailor, who was writ
3、ing a letter, and a half-smile lighted his face.Then came an old flower woman. Carrying her basket of flowers, she went from one table to the other. But no one bought any.Before the young sailor left, he walked over to the flower woman.Happy Christmas, he said, smiling and picking out two flowers. P
4、ressing the smaller flower flat, he put it into the _6_ he had written, then handed the woman a twenty franc note.I dont have change. she said.No, maam, said the sailor, leaning over and kissing the _7_ cheek. This is my Christmas present to you._8_ the other flower in front of him, he came to our t
5、able. In one quick motion he gave my wife the flower, wished us a Merry Christmas, and departed.Everyone had been watching the sailor. A few seconds later, Christmas _9_ throughout the restaurant like a bomb.The miserable evening _10_ being the very best Christmas Eve we had ever experienced just be
6、cause of a young sailor who had Christmas spirit in his soul. He gave us Christmas.1AsmoothlyBquicklyCwrongDwell2AdinnerBpartyCtreeDspirit3AoccupiedBwipedCclearedDleft4AbeautifullyBunenthusiasticallyCbrilliantlyDpoorly5AsilenceBexcitementCdespairDastonishment6AapplicationBletterCpoemDresume7ArosyBsm
7、oothCancientDunshaven8AShakingBMovingCHoldingDPacking9AcaughtBtouchedCaffectedDexploded10Aturned upBended upCset upDtook up二、用单词的适当形式完成短文阅读下列短文，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。There are six solar terms in summer. With the passing of each solar term, the hot period is coming, t
8、he crops grow vigorously, _11_ it enters a busy season for farming. Entering the Start of Summer temperatures rise significantly. When it _12_(be)Grain Buds, the grains of summer crops grow full. During Grain in Ear, people harvest summer crops and sow autumn crops, _13_(make)it the busiest time of
9、the year.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。This is the right book for right now. Yes, learning requires focus. But, unlearning and relearning requires much more it requires choosing courage _14_ comfort. In Think Again, Adam Grant _15_（weave）together research and storytel
10、ling to help us build the intellectual and emotional muscle we need to stay curious enough about the world to actually change it. Ive never felt so hopeful about _16_ I dont know.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。The _17_(remain) of a gold mask are among a huge cache of 3
11、, 000-year-old artifacts found at an archaeological site in Chinas Sichuan province. Weighing about 280 grams and estimated to be made from 84% gold, the ceremonial mask is one of over 500 items _18_(unearth) from six newly discovered sacrificial pits, according to official sources. The finds were m
12、ade at Sanxingdui, a 4. 6-square-mile area outside the provincial capital of Chengdu. Some experts say the items may shine _19_(far) light on the ancient Shu state, a kingdom _20_ ruled in the western Sichuan basin until it was conquered in 316 BC.三、阅读理解There is a lot to look forward to this year, a
13、nd some may even be available as scheduled.The release of A Quiet Place Part II has been delayed twice due to the pandemic, but perhaps this will fuel anticipation. The dystopian horror, starring Emily Blunt and directed by her husband John Krasinski, is now due for release in April 2021. The Abbott
14、 family live in an apocalyptic landscape plagued by monsters that hunt by sound, and they are about to discover there are other dangers out there too.Bios, also pushed back from 2020 and due out in April, stars Tom Hanks as the ailing creator of a robot intended to care for his beloved dog after he
15、dies, in the American Midwest destroyed by a cataclysmic solar event.In October, Denis Yilleneuves much anticipated Dune, the second film adaptation of Frank Herberts bestselling novel about feudal interstellar society, is due out.Come December, Dont Look Up is set to be one of the biggest ever Netf
16、lix films, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence as astronomers trying to warn the world about a giant meteorite heading towards Earth as a fumbling president downplays the dangers. It is being filmed in socially distanced conditions in Boston, and the cast includes Timothe Chalamet, Cate
17、 Blanchett, Meryl Streep and Jonah Hill.On the small screen, there is a smattering of prestige reruns of David Attenboroughs series, plus other climate change documentaries, including I Am Greta, about climate change activist Greta Thunberg. This had a brief cinema release but will air on the BBC in
18、 January.Hawking, a new documentary from Sky（release date not yet available）aims to shed new light on the life of the late physicist through previously unseen private family archives（档案）.21Which of the following films is adapted from Frank Herberts bestselling novel?AA Quiet Place Part BBiosCDuneDI
19、Am Greta22According to the passage, _.ADont Look Up stars Tom HanksBthere will be two films to be released in AprilCHawking talks about a climate change activistDseven films are briefly introduced23Where is the passage most probably taken from?AA magazine.BAn essay.CA report.DA textbook.A Teachers L
20、ife Saving CallIn the midst of the COVID-9 pandemic, Julia Koch began what was only her second year as a first-grade teacher in a virtual classroom at Edgewood Elementary School in Muskegon Heights, Michigan. One September afternoon a few weeks into the school year, she received a call from Cynthia
21、Phillips, who was having technical difficulties with her granddaughters tools for online learning.Koch immediately knew something was wrong with Phillips. The two women had spoken numerous times before, but Koch had never heard the grandmother sound quite like this. Her words were so jumbled that Ko
22、ch could barely understand her, though she was able to make out that Phillips had fallen four times that day. Koch called her principal, Charlie Lovelady, who assured her that he would call and check on Phillips himself.Just like Koch, Lovelady could barely understand Phillips. He suspected she migh
23、t be having a stroke he recognized the signs from when his own father had suffered one. Lovelady was able to make out the word kids and immediately became concerned that Phillipss two grandchildren, ages six and eight, were probably home alone with her she is their primary guardian and scared. Lovel
24、ady asked his office manager to send an ambulance to the grandmothers home. Then Lovelady called Vandiebilt Mathews and Keytria Burt-Walker, two deans in the school district, to tell them what was going on. Both of them dropped everything and drove to the familys home.When they pulled up less than t
25、en minutes later, the EMTs were treating Phillips while the two girls, looking visibly shaken, were outside with a neighbor. The quick response from Koch and Lovelady saved Phillipss life. She arrived at the hospital in time to get treatment and before chronic damage occurred.“If it wasnt for them,
26、I wouldnt be here,” said Phillips from her hospital bed about a month after her stroke. Thanks to an extended stay in the hospital, she has regained most of the movement throughout her body except for one hand and a portion of her mouth, which affects her speech.Virtual learning has been a challenge
27、 across the country, but ifs fair to say that in Muskegon Heights it has helped the community grow closer. Many teachers there gave their personal phone numbers to students and families in case they needed extra help. In this case, the exchange was literally life-altering.24When Koch received Philli
28、pss call, she found _.APhillips had difficulties with online learningBPhillips could barely understand herCPhillips had fallen for a long timeDPhillips couldnt express herself clearly25How did Lovelady help to save Phillipss life?AHe sent an ambulance to her home.BHe offered her treatment in time.CH
29、e drove her to the hospital immediately.DHe made a quick response to her disease.26What is one of the bad effects the stroke left on Phillips?AShe could not move about properly.BShe could not speak clearly.CShe could not have meals properly.DShe could not use her hands as before.Roughly 100 m farmer
30、s in several tropical countries depend on coffee for their livelihoods. Unfortunately for them, and for the many other coffee drinkers around the world, coffee bushes grow best in a rather narrow range of temperatures, so their cultivation is threatened by a changing climate. But a chance discovery
31、by Aaron Davis of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in Britain, published in Nature Plants, may offer a way out. Dr Davis and his colleagues report that they have tracked down a type of wild coffee which is both pleasant to taste and tolerant of higher temperatures.The existing coffee market is domina
32、ted by Coffea arabica and Coffea canephora. Coffea arabica prefers temperatures of 18-22 CRecent work suggests that Coffea canephora does not flourish above 24 CMany other coffee species, indeed, grow in places warmer than those preferred by canephora and arabica. But all were thought to have poorer
33、 flavours, smaller beans and lower yields. Dr Davis, however, came across a paper written in 1834 by George Don, a Scottish botanist, which described a species from the lowland hills of Sierra Leone. Don dubbed（给起绰号）it Coffea stenophylla, and wrote that it had a flavour superior to arabicas.This piq
34、ued Dr Daviss interest, for stenophylla still grows, he discovered, in parts of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast that have temperature ranges between 24 and 26 CHe and his colleagues also learned that stenophylla was farmed up until the 1920s, after which canephora, which had higher yields, took
35、 over. Stenophylla was then gradually forgotten.That history of previous cultivation did, however, suggest stenophylla was worth looking into. The crucial question was Dons praise for its flavour justified? To find out, Dr Davis arranged a competition involving 18 professional coffee tasters who ass
36、essed, in a blind comparison, a set of samples that included stenophylla, two types of arabica and one of canephora.Stenophylla performed well. It was rated as having higher fruitlike qualities than a Brazilian arabica and an Indonesian canephora, and also a more favourable acidity and more complex
37、flavour profile, though slightly less of these qualities than an Ethiopian arabica. When asked if what they were tasting was arabica, the judges said yes 81% for samples of stenophylla, compared with 98% for the arabica from Ethiopia.These results suggest that Dons report from 1834 is correct. Steno
38、phylla does taste like arabica. And, crucially, it tolerates higher temperatures than either arabica or canephora. The rediscovery of stenophyllas qualities offers hope not only to coffee growers who might otherwise have had their businesses harmed by rising temperatures, but also to the worlds caff
39、eine addicts, who need now worry less about the future supply of their drug of choice.27Why are coffee yields threatened?AThe number of coffee drinkers is decreasing.BGlobal temperature is rising.CLess farmers plant coffee bushes.DFarmers choose other crops for their livelihood.28What can we learn f
40、rom the passage?ACoffea stenophylla was first found in 1834.BCoffea arabica grows in places warmer than many other coffee species.CCoffea stenophylla had lower yields than canephora.DCoffea stenophylla is still favoured by farmers.29The research conducted by Dr Davis reveals that _.AStenophylla has
41、the same qualities as an Ethiopian arabicaBAn Ethiopian arabica tastes like stenophyllaCA Brazilian arabica tastes better than stenophyllaDThe flavour of stenophylla is like arabicas30What is the main purpose of the passage?ATo explain a study method on coffee species.BTo introduce a new species of
42、coffee.CTo stress the importance of coffee growing.DTo propose a new way to increase coffee crops.The pandemic is being used as a pretext to push unproven artificial-intelligence tools into workplaces and schools. Technology companies have been pitching their emotion-recognition software for monitor
43、ing workers and even children remotely.In fact, there is growing scientific concern about the use and misuse of AI technologies. Last year, Rosalind Picard, who co-founded an artificial intelligence（AI）start-up called Affectiva in Boston said she supports regulation. Scholars have called for mandato
44、ry（强制的）, rigorous auditing of all AI technologies used in hiring, along with public disclosure of the findings. In March, a citizens panel（座谈小组）convened（召集）by the Ada Lovelace Institute in London said that an independent, legal body should oversee development and implementation of biometric technolo
45、gies. Such oversight is essential to defend against systems driven by what I call the phrenological impulse: drawing faulty assumptions about internal states and capabilities from external appearances, with the aim of extracting more about a person than they choose to reveal.Countries around the wor
46、ld have regulations to enforce scientific rigour in developing medicines that treat the body. Tools that make claims about our minds should be afforded at least the same protection. For years, scholars have called for federal entities to regulate robotics and facial recognition; that should extend t
47、o emotion recognition, too. It is time for national regulatory agencies to guard against unproven applications, especially those targeting children and other vulnerable populations.A formative figure behind the claim that there are universal facial expressions of emotion is the psychologist Paul Ekm
48、an. In the 1960s, he travelled the highlands of Papua New Guinea to test his controversial hypothesis that all humans exhibit a small number of universal emotions that are innate, cross-cultural and consistent. Early on, anthropologist Margaret Mead disputed this idea, saying that it discounted context, cu
