1、2021年高三第三次月考英语试题 含答案I 语言知识及运用(共两节，满分45分)第一节 完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)Recently, I experienced a wonderful lesson that little things still mean a lot. I live on the Big Island of Hawaii. About a month ago, when I started my car and I 1 down at the roadside, a piece of paper caught my eye. I picked it u
2、p and 2 it carefully.The form turned out to be a 3 from the State Motor Vehicle Division, documenting the owners 4 of their vehicles registration fees. Quickly, I put myself in their 5 and figured：no one would throw this out, 6 if it was current. Although the form had been blown here, where in the b
3、usy, 7 parking lot would I find the owner? So I checked the date and noted the name of the 8 , who must be in our town. I thought that the best and easiest step to 9 was to put the form in an envelope addressed to the couple and 10 it by post. So I did it. On the weekend, a 11 couple called at my ho
4、use and brought me a big 12 . They said they had panicked and searched for the receipt(收据) 13 everywhere before giving up. Without it they would 14 $8, 000. It felt great to know Id helped someone 15 a major trouble by doing something which at first glance seemed minor.1. A. set B. glanced C. went D
5、. broke 2. A. saw B. read C. cleaned D. touched 3. A. receipt B. report C. decision D. message 4. A. plan B. development C. payment D. permission5. A. shirt B. clothes C. hat D. shoes 6. A. generally B. especially C. occasionally D. usually 7. A. crowded B. lonely C. narrow D. empty 8. A. host B. gu
6、est C. owner D. partner 9. A. bring B. have C. get D. take 10. A. fly B. sell C. mail D. carry 11. A. happy B. worried C. disappointed D. lucky 12. A. joy B. surprise C. form D. gift 13. A. madly B. quickly C. slowly D. curiously 14. A. get B. drop C. earn D. lose 15. A. defeat B. avoid C. meet D. o
7、vere 第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） The only survivor of an accident in which a ship was sunk at sea was washed up on a small island where nobody lived, He prayed excitedly that God would e to 16 rescue, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthing. 17 (disappoint), he even
8、tually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect himself and to store his few possessions. But then one day, after searching for food, he arrived home, only 18 (find) his little hut in flames, with the smoke rolling up to the sky. The worst had happened- everything was lost. He was f
9、illed 19 grief and anger. God, how could you do this to me! he cried. Early the next day, however, he was awakened by the sound of a ship that 20 (approach) the island. 21 had e to rescue him. How did you know I was here? asked 22 weary man of his rescuers. We saw your smoke signal, they replied. It
10、 is easy to get 23 (discourage) when things are going bad. 24 we shouldnt lose heart, because God is at work in our lives, even in the midst of pain and suffering. Remember, next time your little hut is burning to the ground it just may be a smoke signal that tells God to give love and kindness. For
11、 all the negative things 25 we have to say to ourselves, God has a positive answer for it.阅读(共两节，满分50分)第一节 阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)A It was Thanksgiving morning. I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags
12、 huddling together on the top step.“Any old papers, lady？” asked one of them.I was busy. I wanted to say “no” until I looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin little sandals, wet with heavy snow.“e in and Ill make you a cup of hot cocoa.”They walked over and sat down at the table. Their wet
13、 sandals left marks upon the floor. I served them cocoa and bread to fight against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started cooking.The silence in the front room struck me. I looked in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat voice, “Lady
14、, are you rich？”“Am I rich? Pity, no！”I looked at my wornout slipcovers(椅套). The girl put her cup back in its saucer (碟) carefully and said, “Your cups match your saucers.” They left after that, holding their papers against the wind. They had reminded me that I had so much for which to be grateful.P
15、lain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence. But they matched.I tasted the potatoes and stirred the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over our heads, my man with a regular job, these matched, too.I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The mud
16、dy marks of little sandals were still wet upon my floor. Let them be for a while, I thought, just in case I should begin to forget how rich I am. 26Which of the following would be the best title for the text?ADoes cups and saucers match well? BLady, are you rich?CA story of Thanksgiving Day DDont fo
17、rget how rich you are 27The writer let the two children e in and served them well because_.Ashe had the same experience as them in the pastBshe wanted to sell old papers to themCshe wanted to invite them to her Thanksgiving partyDshe showed great pity and care on them28Which of the following stateme
18、nts is NOT true according to the passage?AAfter hearing what they said, the writer seemed to understand what a rich life was.BThe girl thought the writer was rich just because she wanted to make the writer happy.CThe writer had thought she wasnt rich because her supplies were not expensive. DIf cups
19、 and saucers match well, they are a best pair even though cheap.29 The writer left the muddy marks of little sandals on the floor for a while to_.Aprove that she had understood what meant being richBshow that she was a kindhearted ladyCremind her that she shouldnt forget how rich she wasDleave room
20、for readers to think about what being rich is30It can be inferred from the text that whether you are rich depends on_.Ayour social relationship Bhow much money you have madeCwhat attitude you have had towards life Dthe way you help othersB No air-conditioning? How can you sleep? a friend asks, horri
21、fied. Ive just told him that my family has decided to shut the air-conditioner off, and cut our electric bill. On this first night of our cost-cutting adventure, its only eighty-five degrees. Were not going to suffer, but the three kids grumble anyway. Its too hot to sleep. my thirteen-year-old daug
22、hter plains. Im about to die from this heat. her brother says. Just try it tonight. I tell them. In truth, Im too tired to argue for long. My face is sweaty. But I lie quietly, listening to the cricket (蟋蟀) choirs (合唱) outside. That reminds me of childhood. I think about grandma, who lived to ninety
23、-two and was still in charge of my mothers garden until a few weeks ago before she died. And then Im back there in her house and the summer heat of my childhood. I moved my pillow to the foot of my grandmothers bed, and angled my face toward the open window. I turned the pillow over, hunting for the
24、 cooler side. Grandma saw me struggling, If you just watch for the breeze (light wind), she said, youll cool off and fall asleep. She cranked up (拉起) the Venetian blinds (百叶窗). I stared at the white curtain, wishing it to move. Lying still in waiting, I suddenly noticed life outside the window, the
25、bug (虫子) choruses, neighbors, porch-sitting late, speaking in soft words that forted me. Mom, did you hear that? my seven-year-old asks, I think its an owl (猫头鹰) family. Probably. I tell him, Just keep listening. Without the noisy air-conditioner, the house is strangely peaceful, and the night noise
26、s seem close enough to touch. I hope Im awake tonight, when the first breeze sneaks in.31. What does the underlined word grumble mean?A. lose temper B. shout C. plain D. give up 32. The author mentions her childhood to_.A. convince the readers of the possibility of life without air-conditioningB. me
27、morize her considerate and kind grandmotherC. suggest a way of handling a night without air-conditioningD. share her childhood experience of going without air-conditioning33. How did the authors grandmother help the author feel cooler?A. She persuaded the author to listen to the noise outside.B. She
28、 opened the windows and drew the curtains.C. She asked the author to observe the soft wind.D. She found the cooler side of pillow for the author.34. Finally, the children feel _ without the air-conditioner on.A. unimaginable B. peaceful C. intolerable D. bored 35. What is the best title of this pass
29、age?A. A childhood memory B. Life with no air-conditioner C. A night full of memory D. Waiting for the breeze C The government-run mand post in Tunis is staffed around the clock by military personnel, meteorologists and civilians. On the wall are maps, crisscrossed with brightly colors arrows that p
30、ainstakingly track the fearsome path of the enemy. What kind of invader gives rise to such high-level monitoring? Not man, not beast, but the lowly desert locust(蝗虫). In recent months, billions of the 3-inch-long winged warriors have descended on Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia, blackening the s
31、ky and eating up crops and vegetation. The insect invasion, the worst in 30 years, is already creating great destruction in the Middle East and is now treating southern Europe. The current crisis began in late 1985 near the Red Sea. Unusually rainy weather moistened the sands of the Sudan, making th
32、em ideal seedbed for the locust, which lays its eggs in the earth. The insect onslaught threatens to create yet another African famine. Each locust can eat its weight (not quite a tenth of an ounce) in vegetation every 24 hours. A good-size swarm of 50 billion insects eats up 100,000 tons of grass,
33、trees and crops in a single night. All 150 million may be needed this year. The U.S. has provided two spraying planes and about 50,000 gal. of pesticide. The European munity has donated 3.8 million in aid and the Soviet Union, Canada, Japan and China have provided chemical-spraying aircraft to help
34、wipe out the pests. But relief efforts are hampered by the relative mildness of approved pesticides, which quickly lose their deadly punch and require frequent replications. The most effective locust killer dieldrin has been linked to cancer and is banned by many Western countries and some of the af
35、fected African nations. More than 5 million acres have been dusted with locust-killing chemicals; another 5 million will be treated by the end of June. On May 30, representatives of Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Mauritania will meet in Algiers to discuss tactics to wipe out the ravenous swarm
36、s. The move is an important step, but whatever plan is devised, the locust plague promised to get worse before the insects can be brought under control.36. The main idea of the first sentence in the passage is that _. A. the mand post is stationed with people all the time. B. the mand post is crowde
37、d with people all the time. C. there are clocks around the mand post. D. the clock in the mand post is taken care of by the staff.37. The favorable breeding ground for the locust is _. A. rich soil. B. wet land C. paces covered crops and vegetationD. the Red Sea38. People are alert at the threat of
38、the locust because _. A. the insects are likely to create another African famine. B. the insects may blacken the sky. C. the number of the insects increases drastically. D. the insects are gathering and moving in great speed.39. Which of the following is true? A. Once the pesticides are used, locust
39、 will die immediately. B. Relief efforts are proved most fruitful due to the effectiveness of certain pesticides. C. Dieldrin, the most effective locust killer, has been widely accepted in many countries. D. Over 10 million acres of affected area will have been treated with locust-killing 40. The pu
40、rpose for affected nations to meet in Algiers on May 30 is _. A. to devise anti-locust plans. B. to wipe out the swarms in two years. C. to call out for additional financial aid from other nations.D. to bring the insects under control before the plague gets worse. D When you look at yourself in the
41、mirror, do you ever wonder why you look the way you do? No two faces look exactly alike, making a human face as unique as a fingerprint. Genetics obviously play a major role-no two faces share the same DNA. But even in identical twins, who have the same DNA, there are still small differences in thei
42、r appearances. So what is it that makes each face different? The answer lies in a small piece of you NDA called a gene enhancer, according to a study published in the journal Science. There are thousands of enhancers in the human genome (基因组), study leader Axel Visel, a research with Berkeley Lab, U
43、S, told Discovery. According to Visel, these DNA pieces act like switches, turning genes on and off and therefore determining whether a certain facial feature develops in a fetus (胎儿) while it is still in the womb (子宫). Whats interesting about gene enhancers is that they dont have to be found anywhe
44、re close to the genes they affect. They are able to control their targets from far away, which makes them even more influential. To test how powerful these special DNA pieces are in shaping the face, researchers deleted three of the gene enhancers in mice and pared them with normal mice at 8 weeks o
45、f age. The results showed that each enhancer deletion caused a distinct set of differences in the shape of the face-for example, causing an increase or decrease in facial length or width. In fact, scientists first noticed the existence of gene enhancer long ago, but they called them junk DNA back th
46、en because they didnt produce proteins and were thought to have no biological function. But now its increasingly clear that importantfunctions are deeply and firmly fixed in this junk, Visel told New Scientist. Understanding this may help scientists learn why and how things go wrong as a fetus develops, leading to facial defects (变异) such as cleft lips (唇腭裂). While some of these defects are caused by genetic mutations (变异), researchers want
