河北省衡水中学2021届高三下学期第二次调研考试英语试题+答案

2020—2021学年度下学期高三年级二调考试
英语试卷

本试卷满分150分,考试时间120分钟。

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，你都布. 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. When will Mr. Brown have to be at the airport tomorrow?

A. By 8：30 a. m. B. By 9：30 a. m. C. By 10：30 d. m.

2. What will the woman do first?

A. See a dentist. B. Go to the bank. C. Prepare for a test.

3. Why did the woman have to go home?

A. To get her cheque. B. To get some cash. C. To fetch her ID card.

4. What did the man find hard when he first moved to France?

A. Making new friends.

B. Speaking French fluently.

C. Keeping in contact with his old friends.

5. What's the man's attitude to people running marathons to raise money?

A. Opposed. B. Supportive. C. Unconcerned.

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遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What season is it now in New York?

A. Summer. B. Autumn. C. Winter.

7. What does the woman think of the gift for Maria?

A. It's ridiculous. B. It's useful. C. It's expensive.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. Where can the woman use the computer?

A. In the computer labs. B. In the library. C. In her dorm.

9. What is the most important thing to do online for the man?

A. Checking e-mails.

B. Chatting with friends.

C. Getting information on studies.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题.

10. What was the foreigner's hair like?

A. It was dark. B. It was curly. C. It was long.

11. What color shirt did the foreigner wear?

A. Red. B. Blue. C. Black.

12. What's the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Boss and secretary. B. Customer and salesman. C. Policeman and witness.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What day is it probably today?

A. Wednesday. B. Thursday. C. Friday.

14. What is the weather like today?

A. Rainy. B. Sunny. C. Windy.

15. What are the speakers talking about?

A. A trip. B. A lake. C. The weather.

16. What can we know about the man?

A. He will pack lunch. B. He will travel alone. C. He will take a coat.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Why did the speaker plan to go to Kuala Lumpur?

A. To work. B. To travel. C. To study.

18. What did the speaker do before she left?

A. She bought some bags.

B. She borrowed some guide books.

C. She gave away her heavy clothes.

19. What happened to the speaker in the end?

A. She returned to her hometown.

B. She got another job luckily.

C. She refused the first job.

20. Where is the speaker now?

A. In Madrid. B. In Bangkok. C. In Kuala Lumpur.

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。

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A blog posted on Dec. 7, 2020 at 12 ： 17/）. tn. by Alanna Mallon

Alanna Mallon Is a Cambridge City Councilor.

Each year in November* I receive a furry of e-mails and texts from friends who want to volunteer with their families on Thanksgiving Day as a way to give back. I also field phone calls from organizations who want to donate to local programs that provide Thanksgiving meals.

However, as an official who still works in the nonprofit sector, I also feel deeply anxious because I know the other 51 weeks of the year, these critical programs that provide food access to residents in need are starving for both volunteers and donations. Hunger is a year- round problem, and each week volunteers are the necessary part to insure that programs are able to serve the community.

At Food For Free, we rely on about 100 volunteers per week, and each of those volunteers is extremely important to provide fresh, healthy food for people in the Greater Boston area who need it. School children who take backpacks of food home on Fridays, community college students who rely on our Family Meals program to thrive in class, elderly and disabled residents who receive twice monthly deliveries of food to their doors through our Home Delivery program-they all rely on us insuring enough volunteers show up to do the work.

These volunteers don't show up in your social media feeds, they don't win awards and no one writes about them in the local newspapers. But they are heroes. And you can be too.

If everyone made a promise to volunteer once a month, or even once a quarter. I know

that we could reduce some of the anxiety these organizations feel， as a more reliable volunteer network allows them to focus on helping people, not filling volunteer slots.

Here is a list of few organizations who are doing critical work in Cambridge to address food insecurity： Offer your time to an organization, they will be deeply grateful -and I am going to bet that you will feel pretty good about yourself too.

Food For Free ： http : // food for free, or g/•volunteer.

CEOC:http ://ceoccambridge. org food-pantry.

Harvard Square Homeless Shelter ： https : //hshshelter. org/volunteer.

Community Cooks ： https : //coimnunitycooks. org/join -us.

Margaret Fuller Neighborhood House ： http ：//Margaret fullerhouse, org

21. What can be learned from the first two paragraphs?

A. The food safety worries the author.

B. Volunteers are needed all year round.

C. Donations can be made through the Internet.

D. People like getting together on Thanksgiving Day.

22. What is paragraph 3 mainly about?

A. The need for fresh food. B. The duty of Food For Free.

C. The value of voluntary work. D. The difficult life of localpeople.

23. What is the purpose of this passage?

A. To call for action. B. To express thanks.

C. To advertise programs. D. To introduce website.

B

Maybe it's because it was our first purchase as homeowners. The salesman must nave spotted just how green we were, so he began persuading. And soon he led us to a classic leather chair. All these years later, I remember he used words like rich and handsome, the thing every living room needed.

So we bought that chair—just less than $ 100, a great deal in the 1970s for a young couple!

How we loved that chair! It always occupied a place of honor in our various living rooms, moving with us from our first tiny house to our beloved new house.

Somehow, conversations were better on that chair, and life was more fun around it. Three daughters spilled their secrets on it. Old friends seemed to be attracted by it on those wonderful occasions. Crazy as it sounds, that leather chair seemed to have-well, powers. All for good.

At first, we didn't really care that the leather was showing signs of wear or that it had lost its sheen（光泽）.But in our most recent move, when the chair was moved in our new living room, it suddenly looked terribly lonely sitting close to newly painted walls and a couple of shiny new tables.

My husband and I tried but sill we couldn't ignore the rough spots. Our chair had a skin disease. Even our adult kids raised their eyebrows, urging us to at least remove the chair to some dark corner of the room. Neither of us could imagine such a retirement for it.

So we had an inspired idea. We'd call in an upholsterer（家具装饰商）to give our old chair whole new life. Our friend Joe studied the chair and then took out a simple leather conditioner. He explained that although it wouldn't work miracles, it would definitely get our weary chair looking younger again. It certainly doesn't look new, but its seat and back are shining.

Best o£ all, it's back in the living room, looking like a wise old friend to the furniture around it. And, yes» there it will stay.

Because some things, like some people, just deserve a happy old age.

24. How did the salesman persuade the author into buying the chair?

A. By thinking highly of the author.

B. By saying that the author was green.

C. By describing how great the chair was.

D. By comparing the chair with others.

25. What is paragraph 4 mainly about?

A. Sweet memories with the chair.

B. Various functions of the chair.

C. People's comments on the chair.

D. Family activities and parties of friends.

26. Why did the author finally decide to repair the chair?

A. Because she was persuaded by Joe.

B. Because she didn't have enough money.

C. Because it showed signs of hardness.

D. Because it couldn't match her new house.

27. What can we learn from the text?

A. East or west, home is best.

B. From saving comes having.

C. It is never too late to mend.

D. Old friends and old wine arc best.

C

In May 1987 the Golden Gate Bridge had a 50th birthday party. The bridge was closed to motor traffic so people could enjoy a walk across it. Organizers expected perhaps 50,000 people to show up. Instead, as many as 800,000 crowded the roads to the bridge. By the time 250,000 were on the bridge, engineers noticed something terrible： the roadway was flattening under what turned out to be the heaviest load it had ever been asked to carry. Worse» it was beginning to sway （晃动）. The authorities closed access to the bridge and tens of thousands of people made their way back to land. A disaster was avoided.

The story is one of scores in Tu Forgive Design ： Understanding Failure, a book that is at once a love letter to engineering and a paean （赞歌）to its breakdowns. Its author, Dr. Henry Pctroski, has long been writing about disasters. In this book, he includes the loss of the space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, and the sinking of the Titanic.

Though he acknowledges that engineering works can fail because the person who thought them up or engineered them simply got things wrong, in this book Dr. Petroski widens his view to consider the larger context in which such failures occur. Sometimes devices fail because a good design is constructed with low quality materials incompetently applied. Or perhaps a design works so well that it is adopted elsewhere again and again, with seemingly harmless improvements, until, suddenly, it does not work at all anymore.

Readers will encounter not only stories they have heard before, but some new stories and a moving discussion of the responsibility of the engineer to the public and the ways young engineers can be helped to grasp them.

" Success is success but that is all that it is," Dr. Pctroski writes. It is failure that brings improvement.

28. What happened to the Golden Gate Bridge on its 50th birthday?

A. It carried more weight than it could.

B. It swayed violently in a strong wind.

C. Its roadway was damaged by vehicles.

D. Its access was blocked by many people.

29. Which of the following is Dr. Pctroski's idea according to paragraph 3?

A. No design is well received everywhere.

B. Construction is more important than design.

C. Not all disasters are caused by engineering design.

D. Improvements on engineering works arc necessary.

30. What does the last paragraph suggest?

A. Failure can lead to progress. B. Success results in overconfidence.

C. Failure should be avoided. D. Successcomes from joint efforts.

31. What is the text?

A. A news report. B. A short story.

C. A book review. D. A research article.

D

An amount of the best research on daily experience, according to some experts, is based on rates of positive and negative interactions, which has proved that being blindly positive or negative can cause others to be frustrated or annoyed or to simply tune out.

Over the last two decades, scientists have made remarkable predictions simply by watching people interact with one another and then scoring the conversations based on the rate of positive and negative interactions. Researchers have used the findings to predict everything from the likelihood that a couple will divorce to the chances of a work team with high customer satisfaction and productivity levels.

More recent research helps explain why these brief exchanges matter so much. When you experience negative emotions as a result of disapproval or rejection, for example, your body produces higher levels of the stress hormone, which shuts down much of your thinking and activates conflict and defense mechanisms. You assume that situations are worse than they actually are.

When you experience a positive interaction, it activates a very different response. Positive exchanges increase your body's production of oxytocin, a feel-good thing that increases your ability to communicate with, cooperate with and trust others. But the effects of a positive occurrence are less dramatic and lasting than how they are for a negative one.

We need at least 3 to 5 positive interactions to outweigh one negative exchange. Bad moments simply outweigh good ones. Whether you're having a conversation* keep this simple short cut in mind ： At least 80 percent of your conversations should be focused on what's going right.

Workplaces, for example, often see this. During performance reviews, managers routinely spend 80 percent of their time on weaknesses and **areas for improvement". They spend roughly 20 percent of the time on strengths and positive aspects. Any time you have discussions with a person or group, spend the vast majority of the time talking about what is working, and use the remaining time to address weaknesses.

32. What does the underlined phrase “tune out" in paragraph 1 probably mean?

A. Stop listening. B. Change one's mind.

C. Sing aloud. D. Be crazy.

33. What will happen if we experience negative emotions?

A. The situations are sure to become worse.

B. Much of our thinking will be prevented.

C. We will feel an urge to improve and become better.

D. We'll be motivated to settle conflicts with people.

34. What can we learn from paragraph 4?

A. We need a positive feeling to beat one negative feeling.

B. Positive interactions have greater effects than negative ones.

C. Our conversation should center on what needs improvement.

D. The effect of negative feelings lasts longer than that of positive ones.

35. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A. Harmful Negative Interactions

B. More Positive Interactions

C. How to Promote Workplace Productivity

D. Less Time on Strengths and Positive Aspects

第二节（共5小题；每小题2. 5分，共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。

Talking With Your Doctor

Talking freely with your doctor can make you feel better and gives your doctor the information she or he needs to give you the best care. Don't be afraid or embarrassed to discuss something that is bothering you. 36    .

Stay positive.

Go to your doctor's visits with a good attitude. 37 Think teamwork! Think positive!

Keep track of how you are feeling.

38 This will make it easier for you to answer questions about your symptoms and how medicines make you feel. It also makes it easier for you to bring up anything that you are worried about. Make sure to be honest about how you feel and how long you've felt that way.

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Your medical history is a list of your illnesses, treatments, what the doctors told you to do, and anything else you think your doctor should know. Also, if you are allergic （过敏）to any medicines, be sure to mention that to your doctor.

Ask questions.

Do not be afraid to ask your doctor any questions you have. To remember all the questions, you have when you are not in the doctor's office, write them down and bring the list with you to your appointment. 40 Remember — there's no such thing as a stupid

question. If you don't understand the answer to a question, ask the doctor to explain it again until you do understand.

A. This will make getting answers easier.

B. Here are some tips for talking with your doctor.

C. You can talk to another doctor if the treatments don't work.

D. Before your doctor's visit, keep notes on how you are feeling.

E. Remember, your doctor and other caregivers are on your side.

F. Bring your medical history, including a list of your current medicines.

G. Writing down what the doctor says will help you remember important information.

第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

The fall leaves are really starting to change now. It looks like the trees and mountains have become a canvas 41   by a loving artist. The bright» beautiful reds are shining in the sunlight and the yellows are glittering like gold. Some trees have only a few leaves changed, some are half-way and others have already completely 42   . Some of the leaves are falling to the ground too turning it into a colorful 43   . I am enjoying this so much because I am completely aware when winter arrives all of the trees will be 44 with the leaves down. It is always a little 45 to see but I know it is the circle of life. Those dead leaves will become the soil that nourishes the trees and 46    new life next spring.

Today I noticed a lovely little girl from our 47    picking up the fallen leaves from the ground. The prettiest reds, yellows, and oranges were picked up and 48 in her arms. Soon she had quite a pile and carefully carried them over to her mom and then with a smile gave them to her as if they were delicate flowers. Her mom accepted them with a smile and together they 49 them out on their porch and stared at them like the priceless  50     .

I watched this 51    from my living room window with a smile on my face as well. The world creates a circle of love as well as a circle of life. And I am 52    that the former like the latter will never end. It will 53 all through this life and into the next. Take your place in the circle. Give love. Receive love. Live every day of your life to the

54    with love. And your 55    will shine bright like the most beautiful tree in Autumn.

第二节(共10小题；每小题1. 5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，在空格处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Practice Makes Perfect

Jim Abbott was born without his right hand. He was a 56     (talent) athlete and

wanted to be a baseball pitcher, even though 57    (be) able to use two hands is 58    . (extreme) important in playing baseball.

A pitcher needs to throw the ball with one hand and 59    (wear) a baseball glove on the other-something that Jim couldn't do. However, he wasn't easily    60  (discourage). From the time he was four years old, Jim worked at overcoming this challenge. He practiced quickly moving the glove to his good hand 61    he had pitched the ball to his father. He was always forcing 62    (he) to get that glove 63     faster and faster.

Jim Abbott was determined to play. He loved the game so much that he invented his own method to do it with excellence. He 64    (go) on to be a Major League pitcher for the New York Yankees, and today is an inspiration 65    young athletes everywhere.

第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分) 第一节(满分15分)

假定你是李华，你校阅读俱乐部定于下周三举办英文阅读交流会。请你写封邮件，邀请你 校外教Adam参加。内容包括：

1.活动时间、地点；2.活动目的;3.活动安排。

注意：

1.词数80左右；2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Adam，

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Yours,

Li Hua

笫二节（满分25分）

阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写 的词数应为150左右。

When a tornado hit a small town nearby, many families were left homeless. Afterward, all the local newspapers carried stories of the families who suffered the hardest to appeal to people's attention and assistance.

One Sunday, a particular picture especially touched me. A young woman stood in front of a mobile home, a depressed expression on her face. A young boy, seven or eight years old. stood at her side, eyes downcast. Hiding behind her skirt was a tiny girl who stared into the camera, wide eyes with confusion and fear. The article below gave clothing sizes closely matched ours. This would be a good opportunity to teach my seven-year-old twins. Brad and Brett, and three-year-old Meghan to help those less fortunate than themselves.

“We have so much. And these poor people now have nothing，” I said. "We'll share what we have with them. " I brought three large boxes down from the room upstairs and placed them in the living room. Meghan watched seriously, as the boys and I filled one of the boxes with canned goods and foods. While I sorted through our clothes, I encouraged the boys to go through their toys and donate some of their less favorite things. The boys were pleased to join. Brad rose and went to his room fast. He came back bringing his action figures that he played with not so frequently. Brett also jumped up and ran to fetch some of his Matchbox cars and airplane models. Meghan watched quietly as the boys piled up abandoned toys.

The boys placed the objects they had chosen to donate into one of the boxes while I filled the third box with clothes. Meghan walked up with Lucy, her worn, faded, best-loved rag doll hugged tightly to her chest. "I'll help you find something for the little girl, too." I said to the little Meghan.

Para. 1 ： "Mommy, I will give Lucy to them,“ Meghan turned to me.                                                         .

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Para. 2： Recognizing what little Meghan's gesture meant, I removed my old jacket from the box of clothes.   

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