2021届浙江省宁波市效实中学高三9月月考英语试题学校_________ 班级__________ 姓名__________ 学号__________一、阅读选择1. Cycling has become more popular in the UK recently for a number of reasons. One of those must be the British cycling success at both the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 and the London Olympic Games in 2012. Sir Chris Hoy won three gold medals in Beijing and another two in London. He and Jason Kenny are the most successful Olympic cyclists of all time. The UK also won the Tour de Frances six times.Cycling is not just a sport though, and Tony is just one of the many people who like to cycle long distances because they want to enjoy the natural beauty of the UK. He belongs to Sustrans? a volunteer organization created in the 1980s. Sustrans has combined quieter roads and disused railway tracks to create the National Cycle Network of cycle-friendly routes. Cyclists follow these routes to raise money for charity, but also because they enjoy thescenery across England and like to get away from the busy city life.Connie lives and works in London and, like half a million Londoners every day，she travels to and from work by bike. Since the introduction of the Congestion Charge where drivers pay to bring a car into the center of London during working hours in 2003, the capital city has seen an almost 50 percent increase in the number of people traveling by bike. Cycling to work takes the same amount of time as it would by bus or tube. Connie says that cycling is cheaper and keeps her fit, too.Nigel is a campaigner. In addition to traveling to and from work by bicycle, doing some charity rides and generally enjoying cycling, Nigel runs a local campaigning group and helps organize the‘critical commute’ ---where cyclists gather every last Friday of the month and cycle into work together. For Nigel, cycling is about saving the planet, a cost-effective way of reducing our carbon footprint today.【小题1】All the factors have contributed to the growth in the number of cyclers in the UK except __________.A．the cycling success in big sports eventsB．the desire to join organizations and earn moneyC．the introduction of the Congestion ChargeD．the awareness of protecting the environment【小题2】What’s the main reason why Connie cycles to work?A．For health concern.B．For convenience.C．For financial considerations.D．For time management.【小题3】Who are nature lovers according to the text?A．Jason Kenny & Tony.B．Chris Hoy & Connie.C．Connie & Nigel.D．Tony & Nigel.2. My father had died when I was young, so if I didn't acknowledge my mother's birthday, likely no one would. On her birthday, I decided to bake her some cookies, take them to her house and leave them with a little note for her.But what to write about? My mother and I had not always been close. Pouring out words of love seemed insincere, but there were plenty of things I did appreciate, so I wrote a letter expressing my appreciation for what she had taught me. She taught me to live within our means, and not to go into debt. She taught me the color of someone's skin was irrelevant. She taught me helping others in need was its own reward. She taught me to value the elderly. She taught me how to see the shapes in the clouds. She taught me to appreciate the way the air smelled after a rain ...Having finished the letter, I sent the cookies and the handwritten letter to my mother. That evening, she called and thanked me, saying it was a wonderful birthday present.Two years later, she suffered a fatal heart attack. Whilecleaning out her house, I came across a photocopy of the birthday letter I had written to her in the drawer of the bedside table in the guest room. And then room after room, drawer after drawer revealed more photocopies of the same letter. There was one in the kitchen drawer and one taped to the inside of the kitchen cabinet. I also found one in a drawer in both bathrooms, another in the living room and two more in her bedroom.Finally, I opened the drawer beside her bed, where I found an old handkerchief and as I pulled it out, a wrinkled piece of paper fluttered to the floor. It was the original birthday letter. It had been smoothed over and over again. I realized at that moment thatthe best things I could have given my mother weren't really thingsat all.【小题1】What did the author learn from her mother?A．Live a happy life regardless of how much money one has.B．We should treat people of different skin colors differently. C．One can be rewarded a lot of money when helping others.D．It's of great importance to explore the beauty of nature.【小题2】How many photocopies of the birthday letter did the author find in her mother's house?A．Six. B．Seven. C．Eight. D．Nine.【小题3】What does the author mean by saying the underlined sentence in the last paragraph?A．What her mother value was her love not the gift itself.B．She should never have sent any present to her mother.C．Of all the gifts she had given her mother, nothing was best.D．No gift was better than what she had given her mother.3. A group of schoolchildren wear colorful jackets; holding hands, they leave for a woodland picnic. Elsewhere a young man leaps into his car and speeds off to work. Moments later he loses controlof the car and his spinning car kills each one of the cheery schoolchildren. The camera lingers on their dead hands and the now-empty classroom. Then an unpleasant voice explains that theyrepresent the children killed as a result of speeding in Northern Ireland since 2000.British road-safety ads are more shocking than those broadcast in America. The British have a preference for horror. It might reflect the nation's long tradition of public-service broadcasting, which seeks to entertain and inform at once. But do the ads work?Though bloody，shocking public-information films linger in people’s heads, they seem not to change behavior much. If the consequences seem too extreme, few may believe that disaster could happen to them or adjust their behavior accordingly. Tessa Langley of the University of Nottingham has compared the influence of two smoking campaigns. One showed tumors erupting out of cigarettes and the other showed more positive effects that also urged people to quit.The former proved more memorable, but the latter led more people to ring the national smoking helpline.The budget for public-information films is shrinking. The Central Office of Information, the government’s marketing department，was closed in 2011. In 2008-09 the Department for Transport (DfT) spent almost £3million on its drink-drive advertising campaign. In 2013-14 spending fell to less than £l million. Unable to afford as many spots on television, the producers hope their films will be shared onsocial media. And that is encouraging them to produce a great number of bloody ads. Less shocking ads might work better, but fewer people would see them.【小题1】What’s the purpose of writing paragraph 1?A．To share a terrible story with readers.B．To show the harmful effects of speeding.C．To offer an example of British bloody ads.D．To describe a car accident in Northern Ireland.【小题2】What message does the author mainly want to convey in paragraph 3?A．There are two different campaigns designed to urge people to quit smoking.B．Bloody public-information ads are more effective as they're more memorable.C．Explaining the growth of tumors is a good way to urge people to quit smoking.D．Showing the positive effects of giving up smoking can better persuade people to quit.【小题3】What does the underlined word “shrinking” in paragraph 4 probably mean?A．Continuing. B．Decreasing. C．Removing. D．Progressing. 【小题4】What can be a suitable title for this text?A．Do Shocking Ads Really Work?B．What Public-information Ads Bring Us?C．How Do the British Create Ads?D．Why Are British Ads So Shocking?二、七选五4. We certainly look different. The most obviousdifferences between boys and girls are our bodies, inside and out. For example, can men have babies? Can women grow beards? 【小题1】In the 1800s, scientists developed a theory called craniology (头骨学), which said that intelligence could be measured by skull size. Men have bigger skulls than women. So men must be smarter, people thought. 【小题2】 No one encouraged them to go on in school.Some doctors even said women who went to college would no longer be able to have children! Of course, now we know these beliefs aren’t true.In the 1950s, psychologists gave girls and boys science tests to see if they could tell who was smarter. On average, the girls did worse than the boys. 【小题3】 But is this really true? Instead of measuring natural ability, maybe the tests revealed something about the conditions under which children were being taught. Parents and teachers didn't expect girls to do well in math or science，and so they didn’t encourage them. In class, teachers focused theirattention on boys. 【小题4】As scientists continue to investigate, they have discovered that boys do seem to be better than girls at something called spatial rotation (空间转动）. Girls，on the other hand, do better on sometests of vocabulary and language. Why? 【小题5】 They often givegirls dolls to play with, while they more frequently give boys blocks. Playing with blocks helps children develop spatial skills. Sowithout meaning to, adults might be helping boys develop betterspatial skills. And maybe they talk to girls more, which helps girls with those vocabulary words.A．But how different are we really?B．Therefore, women were treated differently.C．This influenced how well boys learned and how poorly girls did. D．If our bodies differ, what does that say about our intelligenceand skills?E．Naturally，researchers concluded that boys are smarter than girlsin science.F．Studies have shown that parents treat boys and girls differentlyas soon as they’re born.G．According to psychologists, girls were less intelligent than boysin many aspects.三、完形填空5. As the sounds of a battle grew outside the town of Gettysburg in July, 1863, some residents hoped to _______ the worstof the fighting. Mrs. Schriver, fearing for the _______ of her children, decided to _______ to her father's house. On the way, she _______ at the home of the Pierces and suggested their 15-year-old daughter Tillie should be _______ to go with her. As it was considered a safer place than to _______ in town, the Pierces _______ agreed.The farmhouse of Weikert，to which Tillie and the Schrivers fled, _______ to be unsafe. They had just arrived when Union _______ began marching by the house. Tillie noticed that most of the men were________ and stopping at the spring on one side of the house. She quickly knew what to do. ''Obtaining a bucket，I ________ to the spring and carried water to our ________ soldiers. We continued doing so until night fell.'' Tillie Pierce later wrote.On the second day，the sound of cannon (大炮）was so loud that they could ________ hear themselves speak. By nightfall, the house was ________ wounded and dying men. ''That night, I made myself________ in doing whatever I could to ________ the nurses. I was busy spreading bread and medicine to the wounded. On the third day, the________ was even worse. As we passed on toward the house, we were forced to pick our ________ so that we might not tread (踩) on the bodies. ''Tillie did not return home until July 7. As an adult, Tillie Pierce wrote a book about her ________ during the battle. At Gettysburg: Or What a Girl Saw and Heard at the Battle was ________in 1889.【小题1】A．avoid B．control C．threaten D．greet【小题2】A．education B．benefit C．safety D．growth【小题3】A．travel B．stick C．climb D．flee【小题4】A．stopped B．met C．packed D．gathered 【小题5】A．ordered B．permitted C．reminded D．advised【小题6】A．play B．appear C．remain D．work【小题7】A．hesitantly B．willingly C．unbelievably D．strangely 【小题8】A．put on B．took up C．set off D．turned out 【小题9】A．troops B．farmers C．villagers D．hikers【小题10】A．upset B．thirsty C．cold D．hungry【小题11】A．hurried B．moved C．returned D．connected 【小题12】A．surprised B．pleased C．exhausted D．disappointed 【小题13】A．gradually B．barely C．eventually D．instantly 【小题14】A．ruled by B．exposed to C．known for D．Filled with【小题15】A．simple B．patient C．useful D．desperate 【小题16】A．respect B．disturb C．organize D．assist【小题17】A．activity B．reaction C．behavior D．scene【小题18】A．seats B．spot C．steps D．speed【小题19】A．experiences B．decisions C．suggestions D．wishes【小题20】A．translated B．published C．included D．described四、用单词的适当形式完成短文6. 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。