湖南省五市十校2021届高三第一学期第二次大联考试题英语【含答案】

四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

Bruges,Belgium

If you've seen the movie“In Bruges”

，

you probably know a little bit about this

even though Colin Farrell's character keeps saying it's boring, you can't deny the beauty of this

medieval city. The Gothic architecture is just mesmerizing,all those pretty buildings wrapped in

vines that go all shades of crimson in the fall-it's a feast for your eyes. And the canals,you have

to take a boat ride through the canals when you're there-it's incredible. Plus,they have the most

charming open air markets that work all the way until the end of November,and it's also a great

opportunity to taste the best hot chocolate you'll ever have in your life.

Piedmont,Italy

If

you

like

wine

and

good

food,

autumn

is

your

peak

season

for

visiting

Italy.

Fall

is

vineyard harvest time so definitely go to Piedmont. They also have lots of different food festivals

in the autumn here,so if you want to try some mushrooms or truffles,chestnuts or chocolate-Italy

is waiting for you this fall.

Loire Valley, France

For those of you who want to witness the colorful displays of autumn with a glass of wine in

your hand-Loire Valley is your best destination. This region of France is famous for its vineyards

and late October is peak season if you want to see all the vineyards in a blaze or red, orange and

golden hues. It's truly a sight to behold.

Amsterdam,The Netherlands

Amsterdam is beautiful at any time of the year,but there's just something incredibly romantic

and picturesque about going on a bike ride in Amsterdam in the autumn. All the beautiful trees

covered in red and orange leaves,the maze of canals reflecting the golden rays of sun,beautiful

and charming architecture of the houses that stand alongside the canals look a bit magical in the

fall.

21. How many places can you enjoy wine according to the passage?

can visitors taste in both Bruges and Piedmont?

A. truffles

oms

ate

uts

23. Which activity can be included to your autumn trip?

A. Visit many historic sites in Piedmont.

the movie “In Bruges” in Belgium.

C. Take a boat ride through the cannels in Amsterdam.

D. Get the best view of the vineyards in Loire Valley in late October.

B

Every girl dreams and Li Xie is no exception. She has read dozens of books on how to be

a ballerina and Swan Lake is her favorite. She hopes one day her dream will come true. She has

taken ballet lessons and all her teachers confirm she is a good student.

One day,she saw an advertisement that a famous ballerina troupe will be performing in her

thoughts ran wild,“I must meet up with the leader of the troupe and show him

my

skills,

murmured

to

herself.

She

dressed

herself

in

her

ballerina

costume

and

managed

to

evade

the

guards and

hid in the

dressing room. To her luck,the leader entered and she

timidly

knocked at the bravely approached him and handed him a bunch of red roses and in her

excitement the thorns pricked her hand but she did not make much ado about the pain. The leader

observed

her

action

as

s

he

told

him

her

dream.

“Alright,

you

dance

and

I

will

give

you

my

verdict.

halfway

through

the

dance

he

stopped

her

and

said,“I'm

sorry.

You're

not

good

enough!”On hearing this, Li Xie ran as fast as her legs could carry her and was gave

up her dream.

Many years later,she heard that the same ballet troupe was performing in her town again. Bitter

memories of the leader's harsh words came flooding back to her. This time she was determined to

find

out

why

the

leader

had

told

her

she

was

not

good

enough

when

all

her

teachers

thought

otherwise.“I remember your gift of roses and how the thorns had pricked your fingers

but you

carried

on

bravely.

If

only

you

had

treated

ballet

like

that

and

had

not

given

up

so

easily;

therefore,you still deserve my

verdict!”

did all of Li Xie's teachers think of her?

A. She needs to be better.

was born a ballet dancer.

should be more persistent.

is qualified for ballet dancing.

25. Which of the following can best explain the underlined word

“evade” in paragraph 2?

ce

ch

26. What is Li Xie's reaction when the thorns stabbed her hand?

A. She didn't feel it at all.

B. She let out a painful cry.

C. She ignored it on purpose.

D. She attracted the leader's attention.

can we learn from the passage?

begun is half done.

B. Doing is better that saying.

that climbs high falls heavily.

D. Dreams belong to those who stick to them.

C

A Japanese startup called SkyDrive Inc. has begun conducting test flights of their prototype

（原型）

flying

car

with

a

human

pilot.

The

company

hopes

to

be

able

to

make

a

full

public

demonstration of the vehicle later this summer. The test flights are being conducted at a protected

indoor

facility

at

the

company's

research

flight

center

outside

of

have

been

a

number

of

previous

test flights,

but they

were

all conducted

via

remote

control

and

no human

pilot on board.

According

to

a

report

in

The

Asahi

Shimbun,SkyDrive

says

the

car

could

be

ready

for

a

limited

retail

release

as

early

as

2023,and

mass

production

by

ve

was

founded

by

former

engineers

from

Toyota

and

they

intend

their

vehicle

to

be

'the

world's

smallest

flying

car'.In

2017,Toyota

gave

the

company

an

infusion

of

around

$$350,000

to

help

develop

flying

vehicles. The company says it won't say more about how the test flights have been proceeding so

far,but says things are going well enough to continue making them.

While

concept

description

of

the

flying

car

present

a

glossy

and

slim

cabin

with

four

horizontal drone-style propellers at each corner,the testing vehicle looks more like a racing car.

The prototype is around five feet tall thanks to the roll bar and a little less than 12 feet long and

12 feet wide.

The

company

hopes

the

flying

vehicles

could

help

ease

traffic

jams,especially

in

busy

metropolitan cities like Tokyo. SkyDrive also believes flying vehicles could be helpful in search

and rescue missions,and during emergencies where conventional infrastructure becomes unusable.

The company is targeting top speeds of 62mph while in the air and 93mph while closer to the

company says the vehicle will be able to travel as low as three feet off the ground.

are the recent test flights different from the previous ones?

A. A human pilot plays a role in them.

B.A human astronaut is on board.

C. They are controlled by remote control.

are conducted at an unprotected indoor facility.

29. What can be inferred from paragraph 2?

A. The flying cars may be sold at wholesale in 2023.

B. We will be informed of the process of the test flights.

C. The flying cars will be produced in large quantities by 2026.

flying cars are bound to be the smallest flying cars in the world.

30. What is the flying car like?

A. It is shaped like a cart.

B. It is over five feet tall.

C. It is 11 feet wide and 11 feet long.

D. It has four drone-style propellers at each corner.

ing to the passage,the flying vehicle may be not helpful when

A. Two teenagers are lost in a forest

B. Connie is caught in a snowstorm

C. Some high students are trapped in an elevator

D. Tom is stuck in heavy traffic on his way to work

D

In

2017,the

United

Arab

Emirates

announced

its

ambition

to

colonize

Mars

within

the

next

100

years.

But

architects

are

already

imagining

what

a

Martian

city

might

look

like-and

planning to recreate it in the desert outside Dubai.

Mars

Science

City

was

originally

scheduled

to

cover

176,000

square

meters

of

desert-the

size of more than 30 football fields-and cost approximately 135 million dollars. To create a space

for Dubai's Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) to develop the technology needed to

colonize Mars,architects Bjarke Ingels Group were asked to design a prototype of a city suitable

for sustaining life on Mars- and then adapt it for use in the Emirati desert.

For this unique commission,the architects first had to overcome the immense challenges of

creating a design to make the severe environment of Mars habitable. Mars has a thin atmosphere

and

no

global

magnetic

field,so

there's

little

protection

from

harmful

radiation.

Temperature

is

another problem-the average on Mars is a chilly 63 degrees C. The thin atmosphere also means

there's

little

air pressure,so liquids

quickly evaporate into gas; despite freezing temperatures,an

unprotected human's blood would boil on according to Jonathan Eastwood,director of

the Space Lab at Imperial College London,the biggest challenge in terms of a sustained presence

on

Mars

is

not

the

engineering

or

scientific

challenge,but

the

human

and

personal

researches

need

to

be

done

to

test

the

effects

of

isolation

on

mental

and

physical

health

of

astronauts.

The MBRSC hopes that,in future,such research could take place in Mars Science is

going to be our platform where we can develop the science and the technology that will help us in

our future missions to Mars,said Adnan AlRais,Mars 27 Program Manager at MBRSC.

to come up with a totally new facility that will help the international community.”

32. What information can you get about the Martian city?

A. It is planned to be completed in the next 100 years.

occupies more than 30 football fields of Dubai.

C. It has been put into use in the desert outside Dubai.

serves as a prototype for sustaining life on Mars.

33. Which is not the challenge for living on Mars?

A.A thin atmosphere exposes people to harmful radiation.

B. High temperature makes unprotected human's blood boil.

air pressure causes liquid to turn into gas quickly.

D.A long period of isolation may affect physical health.

's the attitude of Adnan AIRais towards building MBRSC?

A. Positive

ive

al

cal

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

A. The research on the effects of living on Mars.

B. A Martian city designed for the desert outside Dubai.

C. The United Arab Emirates' ambition to colonize Mars.

challenges of surviving the inhabitable environment of Mars.

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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。

One

question has fascinated me

my entire adult life: what causes

some people

to become

world-class

leaders,performers,and

change-makers,while

most

others

remain

ordinary?

After

reading

thousands

of

biographies,academic

studies,I've

noticed

they

share

a

common

practice-

time management. 36

Stop wasting time on unimportant things

Make a detailed time list of your entire day from the minute you wake up till the time you go

to have to really see what your time is being spent on in order to see where you can cut

back and reallocate. Assign the amount of time you spend on each of those activities (including

time spent watching TV,on Social Media,and any extracurricular activities)._ 37 Add up the total

time,then re-allocate that time to your goal(s).

Cut your time spent on social media

The time you spend scrolling and liking should be limited unless you're using social media

to increase your business reach. 38 Cut your time spent on the Internet and redirect to activities

directly related to your goals.

39

It's always easy to list the reasons for not doing should we do about that?

For every excuse you give yourself,find an equally compelling reason to push s

are that you will come up with more reasons to do it than excuses not to.

Make a daily

Sometimes you're not going to get to everything on your list. And that's fine. Tomorrow is

another day and let what you didn't finish the day before be the first thing you work on the next

day.

So,keep

your

daily

to-do

lists

short

and focus

on

the

activities that

will

have

the

greatest

impact. 40 It's important to work hard, but it's also important to work smart. So focus on each

day,one day at a time.

A. List the reasons.

B. Don't make excuses.

C. The following tips may help you make good use of time.

one thing can have a greater impact than doing five.

E. Focus on daily activities rather than make lists for next month.

F. It is a huge time killer and provides no real substantial benefits.

start removing any activities that do not add value to your life.

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语言运用（共两节，满分< /p>

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第一 节（共

15

小题；每小题

1

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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。

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried 41 for hours as the farmer

tried to figure out what to do. Finally he decided to give up because the animal was 42

，

and the

well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to save the donkey. So he decided to

43 the donkey.

He invited all his neighbors to 44 and help him. They all grabbed a shovel(

铲）

and began to

shovel

45

into

the

well.

At

first,the

donkey

realized

what

was

happening

and

cried

horribly.

Then,to everyone's 46,he quieted down. A few shovel 47 later,the farmer finally looked down the

well. He was astonished at what he saw:With each shovel of dirt that hit his 48 ,the donkey was

doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up. As the farmer's neighbors

continued

to

shovel

dirt

on

top

of

the

animal,he

would

shake

it

off

and

take

a

step

up.

Pretty

soon,everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the 49 of the well and happily got out!

The donkey later came back and 50 the shovel out of the farmer who had tried to cover

wound from the bite got 51 ,and the farmer finally died in agony from septic shock.

Life is going to shovel dirt on you,all kinds of dirt. The 52 to getting out of the well is to

shake off dirt and take a step up. Each of our troubles is 53 . We can get out of the deepest wells

by not stopping, never giving up, shaking it off,and taking a step up!

Remember the three simple rules to be happy: free your heart from 54

－

forgive;live simply

and appreciate what you have; give more and expect 55

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D.a trial

53.A.a stepping stone

obstacle

s

C.a rock

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阅读下面短文，在空白处填入

1

个适当的单词 或括号内单词的正确形式。

To raise snails well, you need to spray water to the container every morning and evening,

56__________

（

change) soil every two weeks,and feed them with bok-choy and sweet fruits-this

is 57 _____________Sun Youxiang,a fourth-grade primary school student in Hangzhou, capital

city of east China's Zhejinang province,concluded after raising snails for one year.

From

three

white

jade

snails

at

the

very

beginning

to

more

than

60

snails

of

four

generations now,he has done a great job in his assignment for his science class. Witnessing the

reproduction

of

animals

58___________

(be)

a

precious

experience

for

kids.

Their

59

__________(create),patience,and respect for life will be stimulated as they learn to take care of

animals on their own. Sun's teacher said the assignment served 60__________ a good example of

life education. Practice is an essential step in learning,which will benefit the kids for a life time.

Life education allows kids to know how 61__________ (live) with nature and creatures in a

friendly ng from this year,science will become an 62 _____(equal) important subject as

Chinese and Math in primary schools, 63 __________aims to improve students' knowledge about

the surroundings. 64___________ (draw) by curiosity,more kids will be willing to observe and

think through practicing,which will add to our recognition of the world in 65_______ long run.

第四部分

写作（共两节，满分

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分）

第一节（ 满分

15

分）

假如你是李华，你们学校刚从英国来的外教

Peter

想找一 个人教他中文。请你写信推荐你

的同学徐亮，内容包括：

1.

写信目的；

2.

推荐理由；

3.

你的期待。

注意：

1 .

词数

80

左右；

2.

可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Peter,

Yours,

Li Hua

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分）

I remember the day Dad first brought the heavy accordion(

手风琴）

gathered

my mother and me in the living room and opened the case as if it were a treasure box.

is,

said. “Once you learn to play,it'll stay with you for life.

great pleasure,it was because I had prayed for a guitar. For the next two weeks,the accordion was

stored in the hall closet. Then one evening,Dad announced that I would start lessons the following

week.

Shortly after,my lessons began with Mr. Zelli at the Allegro Accordion my first

day,with straps(

手风琴皮带）

straining my shoulder,I felt clumsy in every way.

my

father

asked

when

it was

over.

“Fine

for the first lesson.”said

Mr.

Zelli. Dad

glowed

with

hope. I was ordered to practice half an hour every day,and every day I tried to get out of it. My

future seemed to be outside playing ball,not in the house mastering songs I would soon forget, but

my parents urged me to practice.

Gradually,to my surprise,I was able to string notes together and coordinate my hands to play

simple

songs.

Often,after

supper,my

father

would

reuest

a

tune

or

two.

As

he

sat

in

his

easy

chair,I

would

play

through

Lady

of

Spain

and

Beer

Barrel

Polka.

“Very

nice,

better

than

last

week,

With

the

fall

recital(

演奏会）

approaching,I

would

have

to

play

a

solo

on

a

local

movie

theater's

stage.I

wanted

to

skip

the

whole

thing.

Emotions

boiled

over

in

the

car

one

Sunday

afternoon.

“I

don't

want

to

play

a

solo,”I

said.

“You

have

to,”replied

my

fa ther.“Why?

shouted.

“Because you didn't get to play your violin when you were a kid? Why should I have to play this

stupid ins

trument when you never had to play yours?”Dad pulled the car over and pointed at me.

“Because you can bring people joy. You can touch their hearts. That's a gift I won't let you

throw away. ”He added softly,“Someday you'll have the chance I never had: you'

ll play beautiful

music for your family. And you will understand why you've worked so hard.”

I was speechless. I had rarely heard Dad speak with such feeling about anything, much less

the accordion. From then on,I practiced without parents' making me.

注意：

1 .

续写词数应为

150

左右；