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1、2021 年茂名市电白县电海中学高三英语月考试卷及参考答案 第一部分 阅读（共两节，满分 40 分）第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 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 A My wife Hilary andI were on the beach,with three of our children,taking pictures of shore birds near our home in Alaska when we saw a bear.The bear was thin and small,moving aimlessly.Ju
2、st a few minutes later,I heard my daughter shouting,“Dad!The bear is right behind us!An aggressive bear will usually rush forward to frighten away its enemy but would suddenly stop at the last minute.This one was silent and its ears pinned back the sign of an animal that is going in for the kill.And
3、 it was a cold April day.Thebear behaved abnormally,probably because of hunger.I held my camera tripod(三脚架)in both hands to form a barrier as the bear rushed into me.Its huge head was level with my chest and shoulders,and the tripod stuck across its mouth.It bit down and I found myself supporting it
4、s weight.I knew 1 would not be able to hold it for long.Even so,this was a fight I had to win:I was all that stood between the bear and my family,who would stand little chance of running faster than a brown bear.The bear hit at the camera,cutting it off the tripod.I raised my left arm to protect my
5、face;the beast held tightly on the tripod and pressed it into my side.My arm could not move,and I sensed that my bones were going to break.Drawing back my free hand,I struck the bear as hard as I could for five to six times.The bear opened its mouth and I grasped its fur,trying to push it away.I was
6、 actually wrestling with the bear at this point.Then,as suddenly as it had begun,the fight ended.The bear moved back towards-the forest,before returning for another attack the first time I felt panic.Obviously satisfied that we caused no further threat,the bear moved off,destroying a fence as it wen
7、t.My arm was injured,but the outcome for us could hardly have been better.Im proud that my family remained clear-headed when panic could have led to a very different outcome.1.How did the writer feel when faced with the brown bear?A.Fearful but confident.B.Nervous but brave.C.Upset but determined.D.
8、Awful but hopeful.2.The bear finally went away after it A.got injured B.felt safe C.found some food D.took away the camera 3.What does the author want to tell us?A.We should keep calm when troubles come B.We should rise to the challenge when faced with difficulties.C.We should not risk ourselves in
9、some dangerous areas.D.We should learn to take advantage of anything at hand when in trouble.B One day when I was 5,my mother criticized me for not finishing my rice and I got angry.I wanted to play outside and not to be made to finish eating my old rice.In my angry motion to open the screen door(纱门
10、)with my foot,I kicked back about a 12-inch part of the lower left hand corner of the new screen door.But I had no regret,for I was happy to be playing in the backyard with my toys.Today,I know if my child had done what I did,I would have criticized my child,and told him about how expensive this new
11、 screen door was,and I would have delivered a spanking(打屁股)for it.But my parents never said a word.They left the corner of the screen door pushed out,creating an opening,a crack in the defense against unwanted insects.For years,every time I saw that corner of the screen,it would remind me of my mist
12、ake from time to time.For years,I knew that everyone in my family would see that hole and remember who did it.For years,every time I saw a fly buzzing in the kitchen,I would wonder if it came in through the hole that I had created with my angry foot.I would wonder if my family members were thinking
13、the same thing,silently blaming me every time a flying insectentered our home,making life more terrible for us all.My parents taught me a valuable lesson,one that a spanking or stern(严厉的)words perhaps could not deliver.Their silent punishment for what I had done delivered a hundred stern messages to
14、 me.Aboveall,it has helped me become a more patient person and not burst out so easily.4.When the author damaged the door,his parents _.A.scolded him for what he had done B.left the door unrepaired C.told him how expensive it was D.gave him a spanking 5.How did the author feel every time he saw the
15、damaged door?A.He felt ashamed of his uncontrolled anger at that time.B.He found that his family members no longer liked him.C.He found it destroyed the happy atmosphere at his home.D.He felt he had to work hard to make up for(弥补)the damage.6.The experience may cause the author _.A.to hide his anger
16、 away from others B.not to go against his parents will C.to have a better control of himself D.not to make mistakes in the future 7.What of the following is the main idea of this passage?A.Adults should ignore their childrens bad behavior.B.Parents shouldnt educate their children.C.What is the best
17、way to become a more patient person?D.Silent punishment may have a better effect on educating people.C When I was a boy,there was but one permanent ambition among my comrades in our village on the west bank of Mississippi River.That was,to be a steamboat man.We had temporary ambitions of other sorts
18、,but they were only temporary.My father was a justice of the peace,and I supposed he possessed the power of life and death over all men and could hang anybody that offended him.This was distinction enough for me as a general thing；butthe desire to be a steamboat man kept intruding,nevertheless.One o
19、f our boys in town,who went away and was not heard of for-a long time,turned up as apprentice engineer on a steamboat.This thing shook the bottom out of all my Sundayschool teachings.That boy was notoriously worldly,and I was just the opposite.There was nothing generous about this fellow in his grea
20、tness.He would always manage to have a rusty nail to scrub while his boat stopped at our town,and he would sit on the inside guard and scrub it,where we could all see him.And wherever his boat was laid up he would come home and show off in the town in his blackest and greasiest clothes,so that nobod
21、y could help remembering that he was a steamboat man;and he used all sorts of steamboat technical terms in his talk,as if he were so used to them that he forgot common people could not understand them.This creatures career could produce but one result,and it was speedily followed.Boy after boy manag
22、ed to get on the river.Despite many choices,pilot was the grandest position of all.The pilot,even in those days of trivial wages,had a princely salaryfrom 150250 dollars a month,and no board payment.But our parents would not let us and our worry was the next year would find us hunting for jobs with
23、low pay again.So by and by I ran away.I said I never would come home again till I was a pilot and could come in glory.8.Why does the writer mention his fathers job in Paragraph 2?A.To show that his father was in power.B.To show that his father is cruel.C.To emphasize the job he prefers.D.To emphasiz
24、e his love for his father.9.Which of the following can best conclude the writers attitude toward the boy?A.He thought the boy was material but pitiful.B.He thought the boy was annoying but still envied him.C.He thought the boy was shallow but knowledgeable.D.He thought the boy was disrespectful but
25、still liked him.10.Which of the following statements is Not True?A.The boy talked in a way to make others feel jealous.B.The boys experience made other boys follow suit.C.The pilots salary was ly high but without meals covered.D.The writer was ambitious to make his childhood dream come true.11.What
26、rhetorical method does the underlined sentence have?A.Simile.B.Personification.C.Parallelism.D.Irony.D Elizabeth Spelke,a cognitive psychologist at Harvard,has spent her career testing the worlds most complex learning system-the mind of a baby.Babies might seem like no match for artificial intellige
27、nce(AI).They are terrible at labeling images,hopeless at mining text,and awful at video games.Then again,babies can do things beyond the reach of any AI.By just a few months old,theyve begun to grasp the foundations of language,such as grammar.Theyve started to understand how to adapt to unfamiliar
28、situations.Yet even experts like Spelke dont understand precisely how babies or adults learn.Consider one of the most impressive examples of AI,Alpha Zero,a programme that plays board games with superhuman skill.After playing thousands of games against itself at a super speed,and learning from winni
29、ng positions,Alpha Zero independently discovered several famous chess strategies and even invented new ones.It certainly seems like a machineeclipsinghuman cognitive abilities.But Alpha Zero needs to play millions more games than a person during practice to learn a game.Most importantly,it cannot ta
30、ke what it has learned from the game and apply it to another area.To some AI experts,that calls for a new approach.In a November research paper,Francois Chollet,a well-known AI engineer,argued that its misguided to measure machine intelligence just according to its skills at specific tasks.“Humans d
31、ont start out with skills;they start out with a broad ability to acquire new skills,”he says.“What a strong human chess player is demonstrating is not only the ability to play chess,but the potential to fulfill any task of a similar difficulty.”12.Compared to an advanced AI programme,a baby might be
32、 better at _.A playing games B.identifying locations C.labeling pictures D.making adjustments 13.What does the underlined word“eclipsing”in Paragraph 3 probably mean?A.Imitating.B.Beating.C.Limiting.D.Promoting.14.According to the text,Francois Chollet may agree that _.A.AI is good at completing cer
33、tain assignments.B.AI is likely to gain abilities with less training.C.AI lacks the ability of acquiring specific skills.D.AI performs better than humans in cognitive ability.15.Whichwould be the best title for this passage?A.What is exactly intelligence?B.Why is modern AI advanced?C.Where is human
34、intelligence going?D.How do humans face the challenge of AI?第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 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 Possibly the funniest day of the year is April Fools Day._16_On that day,people usually play tricks and jokes on friends and family,and sometimes strangers.The phrase to u
35、se is“April Fools!”after you complete a trick or joke.But there is much more to this day than these common facts.There is a mysterious history of this celebration.There is no real consensus(共识)on when the holiday officially or unofficially began.The earliest possible mention of April Fools Day is in
36、 Geoffrey ChaucersThe Canterbury Tales,written in 1392.In the story“Nuns Priests Tale”it is mentioned that“Syn March bigan thritty dayes and two”._17_However,modern scholars believe there was a misprint.The next piece of evidence about April Fools Day comes from the French poet Eloy dAmerval.He wrot
37、e about“poisson davril”._18_Some scholars say that April Fools Day started in the Middle Ages inEurope,where some people celebrated the New Year on April 1st.Those who had New Years Day on January 1st made fun of those who partook(共享)in the celebration on April 1st by sending people fish._19_In 1686
38、,writer and philosopher John Aubrey wrote about a celebration called“Fooles Holy Day”.It is certain that the celebration became popular throughGreat Britainin the 18th.InScotland,the tradition became a two-day event.As time went on and the celebration became more widespread,it became a one-day holid
39、ay.As you might have noticed,April Fools Day has a confusing history.There are multiple theories about its origins.It variously started in many different places.It may also have different meanings._20_ A.It means“fish of April”.B.This origin comes fromScotland.C.Lastly,we come back toGreat Britain.D
40、.Accepting it or not depends on your interest.E.It happenson the first day of April every year.F.One would have to be a fool to accept one theory.G.This seems like a jokey way of saying the first of April.第二部分 语言运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 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 W
41、e bought a microwave last week.Thismay not seem like big_21_,but we ve never owned one before.In aNew York Citykitchen with small counter space,a cubic foot is far too_22_to deserve occupation by a single appliance.But the convenience of heating food_23_finally outweighed the convenience of space.So
42、 this is a better_24_for us.I have_25_that there are different types of choices we get in life.The first is the good vs.good variety.That is,both choices will_26_us.Which flavor of ice cream tastes better?Which car do you_27_?Whichever option we select,the worst outcome is that our_28_isnt optimized
43、(使最优化).Not a problem.Next up is good vs.bad.These choices are either_29_or incredibly hard.Often we need to choose between short-term pleasure and long-term good.What feels the best today may be_30_five years from now,and whats the hardest at the moment may be whats optimal for the future.Good vs.ba
44、d choices_31_insight(洞察力)and sticking to our_32_ .Finally theres the least-worst option situation,where every possibility is_33_,and we have to_34_which is least harmful.Do we choose the dangerous operation or likely_35_?In which poor neighborhood do we raise our kids?Sometimes we have to face many_
45、36_of this sort and we must make a choice.My microwave purchase_37_falls in the good vs.good category_38_I had the privilege of weighing one convenience against another and making a choice.Though I now work around the monster presence in my mini-kitchen,I_39_the benefits it offers.Facing inconvenien
46、ce is not a problem;how you behave_40_ .21.A.news B.change C.loss D.trouble 22.A.common B.spacious C.precious D.hard 23.A.freely B.effectively C.quietly D.quickly 24.A.chance B.choice C.plan D.life 25.A.noticed B.agreed C.doubted D.admitted 26.A.affect B.confuse C.benefit D.inspire 27.A.hate B.prefe
47、r C.accept D.make 28.A.pleasure B.experience C.time D.fund 29.A.reasonable B.effortless C.right D.wise 30.A.comfortable B.harmful C.dangerous D.important 31.A.turn over B.put on C.call for D.take up 32.A.routines B.dreams C.habits D.values 33.A.painful B.useless C.helpful D.unnecessary 34.A.explain
48、B.show C.decide D.guess 35.A.death B.recovery C.survival D.injury 36.A.opportunities B.debates C.dilemmas D.barriers 37.A.hopefully B.finally C.nearly D.clearly 38.A.but B.if C.although D.because 39.A.stress B.enjoy C.ignore D.predict 40.A.works B.succeeds C.fails D.matters 第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分
49、15 分）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 Person of the Year in the Category of Cultural Influence Picture a young Chinese woman,_41._(dress)in traditional clothing,picking flowers in a field to create make-up for her cheeks,making a sofa from bamboo and cooking up all sorts of delicious Chinese food b
50、y herself.It may sound unreal,_42._such a person does exist in real life.Li Ziqi,30,has become one ofChinas most popular_43._(celebrity)with 9 million followers on YouTube,34 million on Douyin and 22 million on Weibo.Li Ziqis videos_44._(feature)her cooking and creating DIY products greatly attract