1、 苏州市20202021学年第二学期期初调研卷 高 三 英 语 2021.2注意事项：1. 本卷分为第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题)，满分150分。调研时间120分钟。2. 请将第I卷的答案填涂在答题卡上，第II卷请直接在答题卡上规定的地方作答。答题前，务必将自己的学校、姓名、调研序列号等相关信息写在答题卡上规定的地方。第I卷 (选择题，共95分)第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)做题时，先将答案标在调研卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将调研卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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
2、个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在调研卷的相应位置。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 is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Student and teacher. B. Manager and customer. C. Fellow workers.2. What should the woman do on Nanjing Road? A. Go straight. B. Go back. C. Turn left.3. What seems to be the
3、 womans problem? A. She missed the deadline. B. She found no sources. C. She wrote too much.4. What does the man do? A. He is a pilot. B. He is a passenger. C. He is a salesperson.5. Why cant the man meet the woman on Monday? A. He will attend a conference. B. He will be in town. C. He will be elsew
4、here.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，并标在调研卷的相应位置。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。听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。6. When is glass collected? A. On Thursdays. B. On Wednesdays. C. On Fridays.7. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In
5、the service center. B. In front of the mans house. C. Over the telephone.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. Why does the man contact the woman? A. To inform her of a problem. B. To reschedule a party. C. To double-check the order.9. What does the woman choose to do? A. Get the money back. B. Change the menu. C. Dela
6、y the order.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What will Kates mother do in the talent contest? A. Tell jokes. B. Clear up. C. Play some music.11. Where will Kate be at 3 p.m. this Saturday? A. At work. B. At school. C. In the contest.12. What is Kates attitude toward the charity show? A. Unwilling.B. Supportive.
7、C. Unclear.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What does “Fitness Club” have? A. A football tournament.B. Jogging classes.C. The latest equipment.14. What does the man think of the schedule? A. Its tricky. B. Its diverse. C. Its tiring.15. Which sport is the woman fond of? A. Basketball. B. Volleyball. C. Tennis.1
8、6. How much does “Fitness Club” charge every month with a two-year membership? A. $ 30. B. $ 40. C. $ 50.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Which of the following can make our house a ripe target for thieves? A. The back door. B. Open windows. C. High-tech cameras.18. What does the speaker advise the holidaymake
9、rs to do? A. Make it obvious that they are away. B. Stop all the deliveries to the house. C. Ask a neighbor to stay in the house. 19. What should homeowners avoid when decorating their houses? A. Strong front and back gates. B. Good fences around the house. C. Supports on the outside wall.20. What i
10、s the speech mainly about? A. Crime investigation. B. Good guard dogs. C. Home security.【答案】1-5：CACCC 6-10： BCABC 11-15： ABCBC 16-20：ABBCC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。AAn online market for films and TV programs was launched in Shanghai on July 31, 202
11、0 during the 23rd Shanghai International Film Festival. The market aimed to create a more efficient platform for communication and business between film and TV companies during the COVID-19 pandemic (大流行病). It was well received and attracted more than 700 exhibitors, about half of which were from ov
12、erseas. Running through Aug 5, the market featured online exhibitions of films and TV programs, and a variety of online services, including copyright and insurance consulting.Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, the first movie in the popular Harry Potter series, returned to China with a 3D version
13、 on Aug 14, 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic eased in most parts of China and movie theaters gradually reopened in the countrys low-risk areas.The Bad Kids, a web drama adaptation of a popular mystery fiction by Chinese writer Zijin Chen, was released on the online streaming platform iQiyi on June 16,
14、 2020. It was about a murder crime witnessed by three children. The 12-episode mystery drama was streamed with two episodes each evening from Tuesday through Thursday every week.Disneys fantasy war drama film Mulan was postponed again to August amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The China-set live-
15、action film was first scheduled to hit US theaters on March 27 but was later rescheduled to July 24 due to the pandemic. Hollywood studios delayed nearly all of their big-budget movies in the United States and other countries as theaters were shut down in an effort to fight against the coronavirus.
16、21.What do we know about the online market for the 23rd Shanghai International Film Festival? A. It promoted film business successfully. B. It appealed to over 700 domestic exhibitors. C. It lasted more than one week. D. It aimed to protect films copyright. 【语篇解读】这是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了新冠病毒疫情之下上映的几部电影的介绍。【来
17、源】【答案】A【解析】根据第一段中的.it was well received and attracted more than 700 exhibitors. 可知，第23届上海国际电影节在线市场受到热烈欢迎，吸引了700多家参展商。从而可知，第23届上海国际电影节在线市场特别成功。故选A。22. What does the return of Harry Potter movie reflect? A. The theatres were opened nationwide. B. The COVID-19 pandemic was partly eased. C. The film was
18、 adapted from a web drama. D. The film is bound to be an international hit.【答案】B【解析】根据第二段中的.as the COVID-19 pandemic eased in most parts of China and movie theaters gradually reopened in the countrys low-risk areas.可知，哈利波特电影的回归反映出疫情部分缓解。故选B。23. Which of the following can best describe The Bad Kids?
19、A. A comedy. B. A thriller. C. A documentary. D. A war drama.【答案】B【解析】根据第三段中的.murder crime, mystery drama等关键词提示可知，这是一部提惊悚片。故选B。【词汇积累】a variety of. 各种各样的 stream vt. 用流式传输，流播 episode n. （电视连续剧或无线电广播剧的）一集【长难句分析】It was well received and attracted more than 700 exhibitors, about half of which were from o
20、verseas.句意：它受到热烈欢迎，吸引了700多家参展商。分析：which引导非限制性定语从句。BSan Francisco chef Cecilia Chiang, who was a pioneer of Chinese cuisine in the United States, died Wednesday. She was 100. Chiang was the owner, chef and mastermind behind the game-changing San Francisco restaurant, the Mandarin. She is widely credi
21、ted with bringing real Chinese food to America and was a celebrity chef before celebrity chefs were popularized.Chiang, who was born near Shanghai, came from an upper-class Chinese family. Although she wasnt shy about acknowledging her good fortune, she faced other difficulties. Convincing the dinin
22、g public that Chinese food didnt have to be Thursdays cheap take-out option, Chiang had her work cut out for her.“Most Americans, including American-born Chinese, they didnt know about Chinese food,” Chiang explained in an interview withCNN Travelin 2018. Never having been to China, they needed to b
23、e educated on the difference. The year was 1961, and Chiang insisted on showing diners the delicate side of Chinese food. The restaurants wine list, filled with Chinese cultural elements, was part of her strategy. Chiang said she wanted to upgrade the Chinese dining experience. To do this, she also
24、needed to be fully aware of aesthetics (美学).The Mandarin, which would later occupy a much larger space in Ghirardelli Square, wasnt like other Chinese restaurants. “Is this a Chinese restaurant?” Chiang said people asked her all the time. The Mandarin did not serve chop suey or chow mein, two standa
25、rd dishes on every Chinese restaurant in the US at the time. But this is exactly what Chiang wanted to avoid. In fact, her early brushes with Chinese food in America had left her unimpressed and determined to show San Francisco what Chinese food was really like.Not only was Chiang a woman trying to
26、run a restaurant in a male-controlled industry, but she was also attempting to educate diners. Changing peoples minds was complicated. And, Chiang, who had been retired some 20 years when she died, at one point remarked that not a single existing restaurant could compare to the Mandarin.24. What doe
27、s the underlined part mean in the second paragraph? A. Chiang had to give up her job. B. Chiang refused to be involved. C. Chiang faced a challenging task. D. Chiang achieved her aim with ease.【语篇解读】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了被誉为美国“中餐女王”Cecilia Chiang的生平以及她所取得的成就。【来源】【答案】C【解析】根据第二段中的.She faced other difficultie
28、s可知，划线句表示她面临一个有挑战力的任务。故选C。25. What strategy did Chiang take to upgrade the Mandarin? A. Taking full advantage of her family background. B. Combining dining experience with Chinese culture. C. Including two standard Chinese dishes on the menu. D. Expanding the Mandarin business in different areas.【答案
29、B【解析】根据第三段中的.The restaurants wine list, filled with Chinese cultural elements, was part of her strategy. Chiang said she wanted to upgrade the Chinese dining experience.可知，她用餐经历和中国文化相结合来升级。故选B。26. What is the authors main purpose in writing the text? A. To remember Cecilia Chiang and her contributi
30、ons. B. To introduce the Mandarin started by Cecilia Chiang. C. To promote Chinese cuisine culture in the USA. D. To change peoples minds toward Chinese restaurants.【答案】A【解析】文章最怀念后一段内容在讲述Cecilia Chiang所取得的成就以及所做出的贡献，从而可知，作者写这篇文章最主要的目的就是纪念Cecilia Chiang以及她的贡献。故选A。27. Which words can best describe Cec
31、ilia Chiang? A. Daring and generous. B. Capable and artistic. C. Ambitious and grateful. D. Noble and caring. 【答案】B【解析】根据文章内容可知，从Cecilia Chiang的成功将中餐水准提高的经历可知，她是有能力的；根据第三段中的.she also needed to be fully aware of aesthetics.可知，她是艺术性的。故选B。【词汇积累】mastermind n. （极具才智的）决策者；主谋；出谋划策者 be credited with.把.归功于.
32、complicated adj. 复杂的；难懂的【长难句分析】Not only was Chiang a woman trying to run a restaurant in a male-controlled industry, but she was also attempting to educate diners.句意：Chiang不仅试图在一个男性控制的行业里经营一家餐厅，她还试图教育就餐者。分析：not only.but also句型中，not only要进行部分倒装。CDespite the common appearing of tablet computers and e-
33、readers, we simply cannot break our addiction to paper. An estimated four billion trees are cut down every year to make paper or cardboard, an energy-consuming process with a vast environmental footprint. Now chemist Yadong Yin of the University of California, Riverside, and his colleagues have deve
34、loped “rewritable” paper that could help control that impact.Printed rewritable paper is made using Prussian blue nanoparticles (纳米粒子). The researchers coated conventional paper with nanoparticles of two chemicals: Prussian blue that gives blueprints their characteristic color, and titanium dioxide
35、二氧化钛), a substance used in sunscreens.UV light makes the titanium dioxide nanoparticles donate electrons (电子) to their Prussian blue neighbors, shifting its color from midnight blue to milky white.By shining that UV light through a transparent (透明的) screen marked with black text, the researchers “p
36、rinted” blue text on a white background. The text lasts about five days and then naturally fades away: “Every morning I could just push a button, and a printer would give me a fresh newspaper to read over breakfast,” Yin says.The paper can also be reset by heating and reused more than 80 times, a si
37、gnificant improvement over previous types of rewritable paper. “The key advantages are high reusability and stability, easy handling and low cost,” says Sean X. Zhang, a materials scientist at Jilin University in China, who was not involved in the study but has also worked on developing rewritable p
38、aper. By comparison, technologies such as electronic ink used for Amazons Kindle Paperwhite involve moving charged black-and-white particles around, which requires electronics.Since reporting their invention in Nano Letters early this year, the scientists have used a digital projector to replace the
39、ir transparent screen. They are now working on increasing the number of times the paper can be reused. Zhang says a key difficulty will be persuading companies to develop the unconventional UV control needed for widespread use. Even though commercialization could be a few years away, Yin says, “Weve
40、 had a lot of discussions with industry investors.” 28. What does the underlined “that impact” in the first paragraph refer to? A. Human beings addiction to paper. B. Common appearance of e-readers. C. Green and sustainable environment. D. A vast environmental footprint.【语篇解读】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了一项新的技术发明
41、可重复打印纸，并且详细介绍了这项发明的背后原理，以及它的好处-可以缓解生态上的问题。【来源】【答案】D【解析】文章第一段介绍了尽管有电子阅读的发展但是人类依旧无法摆脱对纸张的依赖，纸张的生产需要消耗大量能源并且带来环境破坏，而可重复打印的纸张可以减少纸张生产来减少环境破坏。那种影响就是指故选故选D。29. What are paragraphs 2-4 mainly about? A. Working principles of the new invention. B. Comparison between different papers. C. Key benefits of the n
42、ew invention. D. The function of UV light.【答案】A【解析】文章第2-4段主要介绍了可重复打印的纸是通过蓝色和二氧化钛两种纳米粒子在UV灯的照射后达到重复利用的目的。从而可知，其主要介绍了可打印纸张的工作原理。故选A。30. Sean X. Zhang probably agrees that the invention is _. A. expensive B. unreliable C. conventional D. eco-friendly【答案】D【解析】文章第五段.The key advantages are high reusabilit
43、y and stability, easy handling and low cost可知，其主要优点是高重复使用性、稳定性、易于操作和低成本。故选D。31. What might be the best title for the text? A. Print, wipe, rewrite B. The nanotech commercialized C. The history of paper D. Reduce, reuse, recycle【答案】A【解析】根据文章主要内容可知，打印、消除、再书写为可重复打印纸的特点，适合作文章的最佳标题。故选A。【词汇积累】conventional
44、 adj. 传统的 fade away 褪色 widespread use 广泛使用 commercialization n. 商业化【长难句分析】By comparison, technologies such as electronic ink used for Amazons Kindle Paperwhite involve moving charged black-and-white particles around, which requires electronics.句意：相比之下，亚马逊Kindle Paperwhite使用的电子墨水等技术需要移动带电的黑白粒子，这就需要电子
45、设备。分析：used为过去分词作后置定语；which引导非限制性定语从句。DThe vaccine (疫苗) news continues to seem very encouraging. Britain started its mass vaccination effort and the U.S. isnt far behind.But there is still one dark cloud hanging over the vaccines that many people dont yet understand.The vaccines will be much less eff
46、ective at preventing death and illness in 2021 if they are introduced into a population where the coronavirus is still severe as is now the case in the U.S.A vaccine is like a fire hose (消防龙头). A vaccine thats 95 percent effective, as Modernas and Pfizers versions appear to be, is a powerful fire hose. But the size of a fire is still a bigger determinant of how much destruction occurs.At the current level of infection in the U.S. (about 200,000 confirmed new infections per
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