2021届江苏省苏州中学高三下学期四月月考英语试题（新高考）无答案
苏州中学2020-2021学年高三下四月月考试题（新高考）
英语 试题
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第一部分 阅读理解 ( 共两节, 满分 50 分 分) 第一节 (共 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 和 D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项。
A The Cariwest Festival It is one of Edmonton’s most colourful summer festivals! It’s three days of fun as Caribbean Canadians share their music, cuisine and carnival culture! Local performers bring you amazing dance, music and fun. Bring Cariwest atmospheres into your home this year with these amazing online events. When: August 7 — 9 Indigenous(本土的)Festival The annual Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival (SSIF) in Edmonton has done a wonderful job to make their annual off-line festival a number of online events this year because of COVID-19. The events take place from June 1—21. SSIF has partnered with BMO to provide Education Days for students to learn together about Indigenous history. These classes for which only a small fee will be charged include art workshops, book readings and museum tours. Bluegrass Festival Just 45 minutes from the heart of downtown Edmonton is the town of Stony Plain that
works hard to keep ties to its agricultural background, and here you’ll see old-styled lamp posts and historical wall paintings with a long history everywhere. It’s also the site of Western Canada’s largest bluegrass festival, which has been a main attraction for more than 25 years and in July every year draws in all the big names, including Grammy winners. Cowboy Festival You like poetry, music, art and cowboys? Then you can’t miss it. Heading into its 24th year, Cowboy Festival in Stony Plain in August is a showcase of the cowboy life. The events include good old-fashioned BBQ meals and some other entertainment. 1．What is special about SSIF? A．It takes place in two cities. B．It focuses on students. C．It is annually held online. D．It is free of charge. 2．What do we know about Stony Plain? A．It’s a city with modern appearance. B．It has produced many musicians. C．It has deep roots in agriculture. D．It often hosts national festivals. 3．Which festival will you be most interested in if you’re a poem lover? A．Cowboy Festival. B．Indigenous Festival. C．Bluegrass Festival. D．The Cariwest Festival.
B
As a geothermal scientist, I know that boiling rivers exist—but they are always near volcanoes. You need a lot of heat to make that much water boil. We were working in the volcanic gap, a 950-mile-long area that covers most of Peru, where there hasn’t been active volcanism for the past two million years. Yet we’d found the Shanaya, a name originated from “heating thing”. My measurements averaged 190°-195°F. The locals think it’s so hot because of the Yacumama, or “water mother”—a spirit who gives birth to waters—represented by a snake-head-shaped rock at the origin of the heated water. I had to cut my way through the bush at the side of the river to take temperature readings. All the while, right next to me was this very hot, fast-flowing body of water. A friend at the nearest village had told me, “Use your feet like eyes.” You can’t see heat, but you can feel it
when you step near it. I wore sandals(凉鞋）. I was at a part of the river measuring 210°F, standing on a rock the size of a sheet or paper, when the rain fell. It was like a curtain rising. The temperature differential between the rain and the river caused a whiteout. I couldn’t see, but I whistled to let my partner know I was OK. At 130°F flesh cooks, and the water around me was nearing twice that. My eyes would have cooked in less than a minute, and I couldn’t have seen how to get out. I saw rats fall in, their eyes turning milky white. I kept whistling. After 15 minutes the rain stopped and the steam cleared. A hard rain in most situations would have been nothing important. Here, for a matter of minutes, it thinned the line between researching and being boiled alive. 4．What do we know about boiling rivers? A．They are always found not far from volcanoes. B．They were discovered two million years ago. C．Geothermal scientists doubt their existence. D．Most of them can be found in Peru. 5．Why did the author wore sandals ? A．It was convenient to wear sandals in the river. B．He was advised to do so by his friend. C．He wanted to feel heat with his feet. D．The temperature was high there. 6．What happened to the author when it rained? A．He signaled to his partner for help. B．He was in danger of losing his life. C．He raised a curtain to protect himself. D．He fell down because of his blindness. 7．What is the best title for the text? A．Water near volcanoes. B．Milky white eyes. C．Boiling point. D．A hard rain.
C While the Mars and the moon are currently the hottest destinations for outer space exploration. Mercury (水星) might be another exciting choice. The inner planet Mercury is extremely difficult to see with the naked eye. It is “the innermost and smallest terrestrial planet in solar system.” noted the BBC． The European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft was successfully launched on Oct 20, marking the start of its seven-year trip to Mercury, the Guardian reported. The European Space Agency (ESA) has described the journey as one of the most complex interplanetary missions ever undertaken. Mercury is located just 58 million kilometers away from the sun. It follows a tight path to make one revolution (公转) around the sun, completing a full orbit every 88 days. Therefore, in order to get into Mercury’s orbit, BepiColombo has to stand the extremely strong gravity of the sun. In order to solve the problem, BepiColombo will use special flybys (近天体探测飞行) to get into Mercury’s orbit. According to ESA, Mercury’s temperature ranges from 450℃ on the sunward side to minus 180℃ on the dark side. In order to study the planet, the spacecraft “is going from one to the other over a few tens of minutes... our instruments have to operate around room temperature,” according to Suzanne Imber of the University of Leicester, UK. BepiColombo has been coated with temperature-resistant layers to keep it safe. If everything goes as planned, BepiColombo will travel through or solar system at 60 kilometers per second and reach Mercury in late December 2025. It will then split into two probes that will travel in different directions. “What this lets you do is look at the space environment around Mercury from two different directions at exactly the same time,” US planetary scientist Nancy Chabot told National Public Radio. 8．According to text, Mercury is ________. A．easily accessible B．well visible C．rarely explored D．extremely cold 9．What’s the use of the special flybys? A．To change the orbit. B．To escape the pull of the sun. C．To accelerate the spacecraft. D．To resist the high temperature.
10．What can we infer from Nancy’s words? A．Extreme temperatures will be a challenge. B．We can use gravitational forces to change direction. C．We may get clearer pictures of Mercury’s revolution. D．BepiColombo is likely to land on Mercury in the near future. 11．What is the text mainly about? A．The journey to Mercury. B．The mystery of Mercury. C．The environment around Mercury. D．The life on Mercury.
D Nowadays medical technology seems to be advanced enough for doctors to perform brain transplants (移植). Though this procedure has only been successfully performed on animals so far, doctors are still hoping to perform this procedure on humans. However, in my opinion, brain transplants should not be performed at all, especially not on humans because of the large number of problems and side effects that could come along with. Hopefully these dangerous side effects will convince doctors not to perform this procedure on humans. Despite many benefits technology brings, I do not think this medical technology of brain transplants will help. We were all born with one brain and through childhood to adolescence our mind developed into who we are, so if with a different brain we would no longer be unique. A person with a different brain would seem to be a total stranger and in many ways they would be. No one should steal our identity from us, even if we are seriously injured, and change it to a completely new one. Also for the people who have died with healthy brains, that was their identity and it should not be given to anyone else. Another problem with brain transplants is how doctors can choose what are “healthy” or “normal” brains. An elderly person who has died would have an aged brain that would not be as efficient as a younger person’s brain. Then would doctors have to find healthy brains of the same age as the person who needs it? This could also bring up other factors such as intelligence, gender, or physical problems that a person might have had before death. Also another problem might be how long a brain can be kept “alive” after death and how it can be kept “alive” without damage.
Overall, my feelings about this surgery are that it should not be done on humans until doctors have overcome all the problems and obstacles (障碍) that stand in their way of making human brain transplants successful. 12．Why does the author think brain transplants should not be performed at all? A．The cost of the surgery is extremely high. B．Doctors are not able to perform brain transplants. C．A good many problems and side effects may arise. D．This procedure has only been successful on animals. 13．What is the second paragraph mainly about? A．People shouldn’t give their healthy brains to others. B．Having a brain transplant means losing one’s identity. C．Transplanting brains is changing old brains into new ones. D．Having brain transplants indicates stealing identity from others. 14．What do we know about “healthy” brains? A．Aged brains aren’t healthy brains. B．Young brains are always healthy. C．Healthy brains cannot be kept “alive”. D．It’s very difficult to tell healthy brains. 15．What is the author’s purpose in ...