1、江苏省常州市2021届高三教育学会学业水平监测英语1. 本试卷共8页,共四部分,满分150分,考试时间120分钟。2. 答题前,考生务必将学校、班级、姓名写在密封线内。第一部分听力(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。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 does the man think of the movie?A. Exciting.B. Boring.C. Just so-so.() 2. When w
2、ill the man get to the womans party?A. At about 6:30.B. At about 7:00.C. At about 7:30.() 3. Where is the woman ordering her food?A. On her phone.B. From her car.C. From inside the restaurant.() 4. What does the woman mean?A. She doesnt like the horse.B. Brians choice i
3、s in vain.C. A man should earn much money.() 5. What does the man really need?A. A way to store his passwords.B. An app to buy a laptop.C. A new user name to use online.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。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
4、遍。听第6段材料,回答第6、7题。() 6. Who will pay for the lunch?A. The man.B. The woman.C. The mans boss.() 7. How will the speakers go for the lunch?A. By car.B. On foot.C. By taxi.听第7段材料,回答第8至10题。() 8. What will the man do this morning?A. Eat a cake.B. Buy a present.C. Lecture in class.() 9. What does
5、 the man think of speaking in public for him?A. Honourable.B. Fearful.C. Fair.()10. What does the woman advise the man to do?A. Do more preparation.B. Have more confidence.C. Make no complaint.听第8段材料,回答第11至13题。()11. How did the woman know the wanted job position?A. By reading a newspaper ad.B. By ca
6、lling an employment service.C. By listening to the radio news.()12. Why did the woman find the job appealing?A. She could improve her foreign language.B. The job suited her very well.C. Her family wanted her to return home to work.()13. What was the woman asked to do in the end?A. To prepare for an
7、interview in a couple of days.B. To read the advertisement again for more details.C. To send in a written application as soon as possible.听第9段材料,回答第14 至16题。()14. Why did the woman come to the mans office?A. To ask for his signature.B. To ask for his advice.C. To seek his support.()15. What
8、 courses does the woman think easy to learn?A. Chemistry and calculus(微积分).B. Economics and music.C. American novels and Romantic poetry.()16. Why did the man ask the woman to see him after the first week of classes?A. To be sure she is in good health.B. To examine what she has learned.C. To make su
9、re the courses arent heavy for her.听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。()17. How has social media changed our life?A. People are more confused than ever.B. People are more connected than before.C. People are not as happy as they used to be.()18. Why might social media be an affective tool for small companie
10、s?A. It encourages social discussions.B. It changes the way we get our news.C. It provides a cheap way to advertise.()19. What is one of the negative aspects of social media?A. No honest talks between people.B. Spreading incorrect information.C. The damage to peoples computers.()20. What i
11、s the speakers attitude towards social media?A. Positive.B. Negative.C. Objective.第二部分阅读(共两节,满分50分)第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分,满分37.5分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。ADillion, Would you like to deepen your understanding of diversity, equality, and inclusion(DEI) as it relates to the field of Englis
12、h language teaching? Youre invited to join online conversations on these topics as part of a new reading club in the Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion Community, accessible through myTESOL. Each week there will be a new article used as a basis for the discussion.In Week 1, August 915, we
13、will discuss “Black Teachers of English in South Korea: Constructing Identities as a Native English Speaker and English Language Teaching Professional” with author Quanisha D. Charles. Throughout the week, the author will post questions for discussion for participants to discuss within the discussio
14、n group.In Week 2, August 1622, we will discuss “On Issues of Discrimination and Prejudice: What Can TESOL Practitioners Do to Support and Advocate for Refugee Students?” with author Chatwara Suwanamai Duran. Suwanamai will post the initial question(s) for discussion and will take part in the discus
15、sion.To participate, join the online community in myTESOL. More details can be found at TESOL International Association website https:/www.tesol.org/dei-reading-club.We look forward to having many meaningful and thoughtful exchanges with you.()21. This piece of information is sent by . A. DEIB. TESO
16、L International AssociationC. Quanisha D. CharlesD. Chatwara Suwannamai Duran()22. What is this e-mail aimed at?A. Asking Dillion to learn how to teach English.B. Asking Dillion to become a TESOL Practitioner.C. Inviting Dillion to take part in online discussions.D. Inviting Dillion to exchange thou
17、ghts about myTESOL.()23. What will be talked about with Suwannamai?A. Becoming a TESOL practitioner.B. Identities as an English teacher.C. Helping refugee students.D. Discrimination in South Korea.BBorn into a poor family, Lin Bu studied hard and grew up to be a learned scholar. He had travelled ext
18、ensively across China before living the carefree life of a hermit(隐士).He was a good poet and writer but he never kept any of his writings, tearing them up right after penning them.“Why wont you keep them for later generations?” people asked.“Im a forest hermit,” he said. “If I se
19、ek no praise now, why should posthumous(死后的) fame matter to me?”The most extraordinary thing about Lin Bu was his Plum Blossom Wife and Crane Son, meaning that he had a plum blossom(梅花) as his wife and a crane as his son. This fascination puzzled his friends. “Why plum blossoms, of all flowers?” the
20、y asked.“Plum blossoms alone flower during the coldest of days, unbending to the freezing falling snow. It is the character of these Gentlemen of the Flowers that attracts learned gentlemen, as well as hermits like myself,” he replied.After Lin Bu died, the Flying Crane Pavilion(亭子) was built in his
21、 memory. People would come to admire the hundreds of plum trees, appreciating the form and character of Lin Bus beloved “wife” and “son”.One day, two scholars had a discussion. “Isnt it a shame that a competent person justifying his official ranks settle for a hermits l
22、ife in the depths of the mountains?” one asked. “Whats so bad about fame and fortune that they have escaped it?”“Its true that all people wish for fame and fortune, but they must suffer a great deal to obtain them. The darkest side of human nature is almost always revealed in the
23、se struggles for fame and fortune.”“Thats why a hermit would flee from all worldly cares, maintaining his noble character, just as the plum blossoms quietly flower in the depths of winter!” Their discussion ended, but the two remained in the pavilion for a long time.()24. Why did Lin Bu de
24、stroy his own writings?A. Because he travelled a lot as a learned scholar.B. Because he was not satisfied with their quality.C. Because he cared nothing about fame and fortune.D. Because he didnt care about later generations.()25. What is special about plum blossoms in Lin Bus ey
25、es?A. They symbolize beauty and peace.B. They symbolize bravery and independence.C. They symbolize happiness and long life.D. They symbolize purity and good luck.()26. What does the last sentence of this article indicate?A. The debate on Lin Bus choice would last for a long time.B. The two
26、 scholars would maintain their noble characters long.C. The Flying Crane Pavilion would attract more Chinese scholars.D. Lin Bus story would have a lasting influence on Chinese scholars.()27. What can we mainly learn from this article?A. Chinese culture valued living in harmony with Nature
27、.B. Nature played an important role in Chinese scholars daily life.C. Hermits in China generally compared themselves to plum blossoms.D. Material success meant nothing to scholars with a noble character in China.CThe discovery that the universe is expanding was one of the great intellectua
28、l revolutions of the twentieth century. With hindsight(回过头看), it is easy to wonder why no one had thought of it before. Newton, and others, should have realized that a static(静止的) universe would soon start to shrink under the influence of gravity. But suppose instead the universe is expanding. If it
29、 was expanding fairly slowly, the force of gravity would cause it eventually to stop expanding and to start shrinking. However, if it was expanding at more than a certain critical rate, gravity would never be strong enough to stop it, and the universe would continue to expand forever.This is a bit l
30、ike what happens when one fires a rocket upward from the surface of the earth. If it has a fairly low speed, gravity will eventually stop the rocket and it will start falling back. On the other hand, if the rocket has more than a certain critical speed, gravity will not be strong enough to pull it b
31、ack, so it will keep going away from the earth forever.This behaviour of the universe could have been predicted from Newtons theory of gravity at any time in the nineteenth, the eighteenth, or even the late seventeenth centuries.Yet so strong was the belief in a static universe that it per
32、sisted into the early twentieth century. Even Einstein, when he formulated(构想) the general theory of relativity in 1915, was so sure that the universe had to be static that he modified his theory to make this possible, introducing a so-called cosmological constant(宇宙常数) into his equations. When Hubb
33、les study of nearby galaxies showed that the universe was in fact expanding, Einstein regretted modifying his elegant theory and viewed the cosmological constant term as his “greatest mistake”.()28. What does the passage mainly talk about?A. The discovery of the expanding universe theory.B
34、. The differences between two universe theories.C. Scientists unwillingness to abandon a widely accepted theory.D. Scientists doubts about the theory that the universe is expanding.()29. Which of the following can be inferred about the expanding universe?A. It did not agree with
35、a theory widely accepted in the nineteenth century.B. Most scientists nowadays believe that the idea is no longer acceptable.C. The existence of gravity makes it impossible for the universe to expand.D. Einstein discovered it when working with the general theory of relativity.()30. The author mentio
36、ns Newton in order to .A. show respect for his great scientific work of gravityB. provide evidence that the universe is not expandingC. give one example of a supporter of the expanding universe theoryD. show that the expanding universe theory might have been discovered earlier()31. What can we know
37、from the last two paragraphs?A. The author mentions a rocket to prove the theory of a static universe.B. The force driving the universe to expand is similar to that driving the rockets upward.C. Einstein used the term “cosmological constant” to challenge Newtons gravity theory.D. Einstein&
38、#1049011;s mistake is used to show the authors doubt whether the universe is expanding.DLord Robert Winston was sitting on a train, when he found himself becoming steadily angry. Winston is normally a fairly amiable man. What was driving him slowly insane was the particular behaviour of an
39、other passenger. Ignoring the child with her, the woman had picked up her phone and begun what would become a very loud conversation filled with boring facts.Winston did try to ignore it, but there is something fundamentally unignorable about a loud, one-sided conversation. It was then that Lord Win
40、ston made a mistake. He began to tweet(网上发文) about the woman. He took photos of her and sent them out to his more than 40,000 followers.When the train had finally arrived at its destination, Winston quickly ran off. He had had enough of what he described as her “rudeness”. But the woman faced an unu
41、sual surprise. The press had picked up on Winstons tweets. They were waiting for her on the platform.When they excitedly showed her Winstons messages, the womans face fell. She also suddenly found herself using just one word to describe Winstons actions: “rude
42、”.We find ourselves living at a time of incredible rudeness. Social media has taught the world that it needs to have an opinion, on everything, at all times. Reality television has taught us to celebrate meanness(不友好), so long as that meanness is delivered as “honesty”. So what can we do about the r
43、ising tide of rudeness?Winston shone a spotlight on that womans behaviour, but he did not confront it, and he did not stop it. Instead, that spotlight was shone weakly from afar, shaming her by taking an almost rudimentary(原始的) form of revenge. Often, the trick to handling rudeness is far
44、more elegant, and can be done with the gentle delivery of a sentence as simple as “just stop”.When we see it happen in a store, we must step up and say, “Just stop.” If it happens to a colleague, we must point it out. Because once a rude person has had the looking glass held up to them and can see t
45、heir actions through the eyes of others, they are far more likely to end that behaviour themselves.()32. Whats the best title of this article?A. Before You Are RudeB. When Someone Is RudeC. If They Can End ItD. Unless You Can Stop Rudeness()33. What does the underlined word “amiable” most
46、probably mean?A. Selfless.B. Cooperative.C. Mild-mannered.D. Open-minded.()34. Which of the following does the author agree with?A. The woman shouldnt have ignored Winstons anger over her behaviour.B. Winston is actually as rude as the woman with his behaviour.C. Being rude is wi
47、dely accepted as being honest in the society.D. Winston should have pointed out the womans rudeness to her face.()35. What is the purpose of this text?A. To argue against a point of view.B. To introduce a social phenomenon.C. To offer solutions to a social problem.D. To express concerns ov
48、er a social problem.第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分,满分12.5分)阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Look Inward for Better Career AdviceSometimes we turn to others for advice on major career decisions. 36 Warren Buffetts father discouraged him from entering the securities(证券) business. Walt Disneyh
49、9011;s brother and wife both tried to talk him out of making Snow White.Why does so much career advice end up being misguided? 37 We often listen to the wrong sources. Ive watched many students rely on their parents and grandparents for guidance, forgetting that they were raised in an area when it was common to spend an entire career in o
