广东省华南师范大学附属中学2020-2021学年高三上学期第三次调研考试英语试题

广东省华南师范大学附属中学学年高三上学期第2020-2021三次调研考试英语试题学校:姓名班级考号

一、阅读理解The Cambridge Science FestivalCuriosity ChallengeDareto Takethe Curiosity Challenge!The CambridgeScience FestivalCSF ispleased toinform youof thesixth annualCuriosityChallenge.The challengeinvites,even daresschool studentsbetween theages of5and14tocreate artworkor apiece of writing thatshows theircuriosity howit inspiresthem toexplore theirworld.Students arebeing daredto drawa picture,write anarticle,take aphoto orwrite apoem thatshowswhat they are curiousabout.To enterthe challenge,all artworkor piecesof writingshould besentto theCambridgeScienceFestival,MIT Museum,265Mass Avenue,Students whoenter theCuriosityChallenge andare selectedas winnerswill behonor ata specialceremony duringtheCSF onSunday,April21st.Guest speakerswill alsopresent prizesto thestudents.Winning entrieswill be publishedin abook.Student entrieswill exhibitedand prizeswill begiven.Families ofthose who take part will be includedin celebration and brunchwillbeserved.Between March10th andMarch15h,each winnerwillbegiven thespecifics of the closingceremonyand theCuriosityChallengecelebration.The programguidelines and other relatedinformationare availableat:http://cambridgesciencefestival.org.

1.Who cantakepartin theCuriosity ChallengeA.Cambridge locals.B.School students.C.CSF winners.D.MIT artists.

2.When willthe prize-giving ceremonybe heldA.On February8th.B.On March10th.C.On March15th D.On April21st.

3.What typeofwritingis thistextA.An exhibitionguide.B.An artshow review.C.An announcement.D.An officialreport.“Being agarbage man...I mean,is adifficult andenormously usefuljob.We shouldall begratefulto Mr Harris.Where wouldwe bewithout himUp toour carsin garbage,thafs where.How wouldyoulike that”Its notfbnnyj Mr Swales wenton.Garbage is a seriousmatter.I thinkyou allowe Jodieanapology.And afterthat,youre allgoing towrite Jodies father,MrHarris,a niceletter totell himhowmuch youappreciate whathe doesfor all of us.In otherwords,keeping ourcity clear.,,注意续写词数应为左右；

1.15请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答

2.Everyone said“Sorry,Jodie”,but Jodiecould tellthey didntreally meanit.Jodiesfathercame towalk herhome from school asusual.The weatheris gettinghotter.You arethirsty playingbasketball orriding homefromschool.Acold drinkmay bejust thething.But becareful whatyou aredrinking.Something thatlooks coolmaynot begood foryour health.There areplenty of energy drinks^^on themarket.Most of themhave beautifulcolors andcool names.The listson themtell youthey are helpful toyour health.Sounds great!（咖啡But after a carefulcheck youmay findthat most energy drinkshave lots of caffeine因）in them.These drinksare especiallyaimed atyoung people,students,busy peopleand sportsplayers.Makers sometimessay theirdrinks makeyou better at sportsand cankeep youawake.Butbe carefulnot todrink toomuch.Caffeine makesyour heartbeat fast.Because ofthis,the（）（限制）International OlympicCommittee OChas limitedits use.Caffeine inmostenergy drinksis at least asstrong asthat in a cupof coffeeor tea.Possible healthdangers havesomething to dowith energy drinks.Just onebox ofenergydrinkcan makeyou nervous,have difficultysleeping andcaneven causeheart problems.Scientists saythat teenagersshould bediscouraged fromtakingdrinks with a lot of caffeinein them.

4.What doesthe underlinedword discouraged“in Paragraph2mean A.Encouraged.B,Stopped.C.Helped.D.Disliked.

5.What canwe learnfrom the passageA.Advertisements areimportant ingetting peopleto buyenergy drinks.B.Energy drinksarehelpfulto teenagers5study.C.Sports playersneed todrink alot ofenergy drinks.D.Energy drinksare especiallyaimed atteenagers.

6.Many peoplelike drinkingenergydrinksbecause of the followingEXCEPT that.A.they havebeautifulcolors andcool namesB.they havelots ofcaffeineC.they cankeep themawake andbetteratsportsD.theyaresaid tobe helpfulto health

7.Which of the followingcan be the besttitle ofthe passageA.Whats theUse ofEnergy DrinksB.Who CanDrink EnergyDrinksC.Whafs Thatin EnergyDrinksD.Why CantWe BuyEnergy DrinksSciencecant explain the powerof pets,but manystudies haveshown that the companyof pets（血压）can helplower blood pressure andraise chancesof recoveringfrom aheart attack,reduceloneliness andspread all-round goodcheer.Any ownerwill tellyou howmuch joya petbrings.For some,an animalprovides morecomfortthan ahusband/wife.A2002study byKaren AllenoftheState Universityof NewYork（紧张）一measured stresslevels andblood pressurein peoplehalf of them petowners——while（算术）they performed5minutes ofmental arithmeticor helda handin icewater.Subjectscompleted thetasks alone,with ahusband/wife,a closefriend orwitha pet.People with pets diditbest.Those testedwith theiranimal friendshad smallerchange inbloodpressureand returnedmostquickly tobaseline heartrates.With petsin theroom,people alsomade fewermath mistakesthan（放松）when doingin frontof othercompanions.It seemspeople feelmore relaxedaround pets,says Allen,who thinksit maybe becausepets dontjudge.A studyreported lastfall suggeststhat havinga petdog notonly raisesyour spiritsbut mayalsohave aneffect onyour eatinghabits.Researchers atNorthwestern MemorialHospital spentayear studying36fat peopleand theirequally fatdogs ondiet-and-exercise programs;a separategroupof56people withoutpets wereput ona dietprogram.On average,people lostabout11pounds,or5%of theirbody weight.Their dogs did evenbetter,losing an average of12pounds,more than15%of theirbody weight.Dog ownersdidnt loseany moreweight thanthose withoutdogsbut,say researchers,got moreexercise overall—mostly withtheir dogs-and foundit worthdoing.

8.What doesthe textmainly discussA.What petsbring totheir ownersB,How petshelppeople calmdown C.Peoples opinionsof keepingpets.D.Pefs valuein medicalresearch.

9.We learnfrom thetext thata personwith heartdisease hasa betterchance ofgetting wellif.A.he hasapetcompanionB,he hasless stressof workC・he oftendoes mentalarithmetic D.he istaken careof byhis family

10.According toAllen,why didthe peopledo betterwithpetsaround whenfacing stressfultasksA.They havelower bloodpressure.B,They becomemore patient.C.They areless nervous.D.They arein higherspirits.

11.The researchmentioned in the lastparagraph reportsthat.A.people withdogsdidmore exerciseB,dogs lostthe sameweight aspeople didC.dogs likedexercise muchmore thanpeople didD.people withoutdogs foundthe programunhelpfulUniversity-the bestdays ofmy life!I madelots offriends inmy studentdorm,went togreatparties,joined thedebating society...and,well,I didsome worktoo-but Imust admitmy lecturers（拖拉）.were verypatient withmy tardinessItseasy to look back at ouruniversity daysthrough rose-tinted spectaclesbut thetruth is thatwhen wefirst arrived on campus,most ofus wereout ofour comfortzone.In fact,a surveyof studentsat ImperialCollege Londonhas revealedthat3out of4studentsexperience highlevels ofstress,or amental healthcondition,during theirtime atcollege.Thesurvey,completed byover athousand students,also foundthat70%of thosethat experiencestressdo soatleastonce aweek,and9%of studentsfeel stressedconstantly.Kirsty,a studentat ExeterUniversity,didn*t enjoyher first days incollege.She saysnWhenI firstgot touniversity Idont thinkFd realizedthat Idforgotten how to makefriends.Fd beenwiththe sameschool friendsfor sevenyears,and soI wastrying tobalance socialsuccess withacademicsuccess whilelearning how tolookafter myselfat quitea youngage.nDr RuthCaleb ofthe counselingservice atBrunel Universityin Londonhas sometips thatshouldmake lifeeasier forstudents before they setoff foruniversity.She saysnCertain thingsthatI thinkit wouldbe veryhelpful forstudents to have putin placeare anability to do thepracticalthings oflife—to dothe washing,to dothe cleaningand so on-being able to cook.Budgeting isextremelyimportant inuniversity life,And CalebaddsYou shouldlearn howto spendtime onyourown comfortably.”I graduated and learnt howto take careof myselfthe hardway.I hopethat new students thesedaysremember toacquire somelife skillsbeforetheymake thebig jump.

12.What didKirsty findmost difficultto doduring herfirstdaysin collegeA.Not knowinghowtomake newfriends.B.Not realizingthe importanceof makingfriends.C.Looking afterherself atquite anearly age.D.Trying toachieve academic success.

13.Which ofthe followingtips arehelpful orimportant EXCEPTaccording toDr.Ruth CalebA.having theability tocook B.being abletodothe cleaningC.learning howto spendmoney onones ownD.balancing socialsuccess andacademicsuccess

14.Which ofthe followingcan beinferred fromthepassageA.During the first fewdays atcollege fornew students,most ofthem feltcomfortable.B.According toa survey,most studentsat ImperialCollege Londonsuffered fromstress atcollege.C.The lecturersare alwaystolerant ofcollege students1improper behavior.D.Acquiring somelife skillsisnt thatimportant tonewstudents.

15.What doesthe authorprobably meanby saying]graduatedandlearnthowtotakecare ofmyselfthe hardwayA.He quicklyadapted tothe newenvironment whenhefirstarrivedoncampus.B.He graduatedfrom collegewith manyachievements.C.It mighthave takenhim sometime to get usedto collegelife.D.It mighthave madehim proudby leadingan independentlife atcollege.

二、七选五iPads vsTextbooksWhat ifyou couldhave yourwhole backpackatthetouch of your fingertipsIn thefirst monthofthe AppleiPads release,25million weresold!People allover the world useiPads forall sortsofdifferent things,but oneof theirfinest qualitiesis theability tobe atextbook.16To beginwith,iPads areless expensive.Textbooks becomeoutdated andschools have to buynewbooks,but withan iPadschools canupdate themfor free.17Schools donthavetospend$500every yearfor iPadsbecause theylast awhile andcan beupdated.18Students usuallyhave multipleclasses,which resultsin multipletextbooks.Heavybackpacks filledwith bookscan causeback problem.A solutionto that is aniPad,which onlyweighs

1.33pounds andcan holdall of a studentstextbooks.Third,schools shouldget ridof theirtextbooks andget iPadsbecause theyhave morecapabilities.Some mightthink alloftheapps aredistracting,but theapps actuallymake iPads moreefficient.19Textbooks cannotdo thosetasks,but iPadscan easilydo themwith justa tapof thefingertip.Lastly,iPads area betterchoice forschools insteadof textbooksbecause thesedevices allowstudentsto accesstheir learninganywhere at any time.20With iPads,they findit easiertogettheirhomework done.In conclusion,schools shouldget ridof theirclumsy textbooks and switch to iPads.iPads haveallowedthis generationtohavetheir entirebackpack in the palmof theirhands.A.Second,iPads costless andare morepopular.B・These tabletsare perfectfor busystudents.C.Therefore,they canuse thesaved moneyfor otherprograms.D.Moreover,in highschool,textbooks have anaverageof

4.8pounds each.E.iPads have already replacedtextbooks inover600American counties.F.Schools haveevery reasontodoaway withtheir schoolbooksandswitchtoiPads.G.iPads absorbthe need to buycalculators,dictionaries,andotheritems thatare foundwithinthe device.

三、完形填空Online deceptionis nowso commonplacethat criminalgangs areusing itas partofawiderrange ofactivities tomake moneyout ofthe public.Theres beena rapidnormalisation ofonline aspeoplesee how21it canbe.You seethe industryadjusting tofight againstthat Jsays Downey,security leadat paymentcompany Braintree.This wasmade22in Maythis yearwhen therewas anunparalleled attackon thousandsofcomputer systemsaround theworld,afteraworm,named WannaCry,attacked computersin morethan150countries,with paymentsof$300-$600to restoreaccess.There werean estimated45,000attacks acrossthe UK,Russia,Ukraine,India,China,Italy,Egypt andbeyond,with majorcompanies

23.One ofthe reasonsthese attacksspread so24isthatbusinesses and consumers dontupdatetheir softwareonaregular basis.Downey25it toa situationin whicha caris leftinagarage andathief triesallofthe doorsto seeif onehas beenleft unlocked:People dontrealize theyare leavingthatproverbial carunlocked becausethey dontunderstand thenature ofthese26attacksAt theheart ofthe problemis the27of organizedcrime.Criminals canalso be an expertatbusiness.They dontwant justone trickto bringin allof theirincome;it maybe28,they mayhavea slowmonth andthen theyllhaveacashflow problem,“says Downey.Hacks andthe threatof informationtheft haveled toan29ofe-commerce amongsome ofthepopulation,says Downey.To fightthat unease,simple measuresneedtobe adoptedby零售商retailers inorder tomaintain thepublics trust.30this canbe achievedby ensuringtheycreate atrustworthy environmentfor consumers,such asby servingwebsites throughSSL,whichestablishes asecure andconnection betweenthe31and business.But fbrboth businessesandconsumers,one simplething remains32:thosewhocankeep boththeir securityup todate andtheir passwordssecure willbe aheadofthecrowd,saysDowney.You willthen befar aheadofthecurve ofthe averagebusiness orconsumer.,,So dontuse variationsof onepassword onlots of33,If criminalshack adatabase withyourlog-in permit,they willthen beableto34your passwordson otheraccounts.Make sureyourletters.35obvious dictionarywords,and importantlymake eachofyourpasswordscompletely different.

21.A.boring B.profitable C・dangerous D.surprising

22.A.evident B,mysterious C.peculiar D.infectious

23.A.updated B.transformed C.established D.infected

24.A.moderately B,easily C.cautiously D.gradually

25.A.compares B.implies C,devotes D.limitspasswords havelotsofcharacters andinclude numbers,symbols andcapital

26.A.personal B,targeted C-random D.surprising

27.A.variety B,timing C.punishment D.detection

28.A.thrown awayB.take inC.shut downD.carried out

29.A.exhaustion B・result C.disappearance D.mistrust

30.A.For exampleB.By comparisonC.What9smoreD.In summary

31.A.hacker B,customer C・retailer D.website

32.A.unchanged B・varying C,unpredictable D.avoidable

33.A.curves B・characters C-dictionaries D.accounts

34.A.record B・suspend C,crack D.ruin

35.A.Investigate B.Consult C.Avoid D.Guarantee

四、用单词的适当形式完成短文语法填空It isknown toall36the Chinesediet isconsidered tobethe37healthy intheworldbecauseit38contain alotoffruit andgreen vegetables.It isrich39fiber andlow insugar andfat.How40the Westernfood Ithas toomuch fatinthe form41potato chips,chocolate andsoon.It isalso richinsugar intheformof cakes,soft drinks,etc.As42result,the43west usuallybecome veryfat andhavebad44tooth,and manyofthemeven dieatanearly agefrom heart45ill.

五、其他应用文.假定你是李华，你向在你校学习的美国交换生借了一本英文小说，但不慎丢46Adam失，一时又买不到请给他写一封电子邮件，说明情况要点包括表示歉意；

1.说明物品丢失的经过；

2.提出可能的解决方案

3.注意词数个左右；

1.80可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯

4.

六、读后续写.阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文47Its funnythat youcan alwaystell whensomebodys laughingbehind yourback.Jodie hadntreallyheard anything,maybe awhisper,but whenshe turnedaround,the girls inthe back rowof theclasswere lookingat her,trying tohide smilesand laughs.She lookedbackather teacher.MrSwales wastalking aboutwhat peopledo allday.He alsowanted tofind outwhat hisstudentswanted tobe whenthey grewup.He calledon Billy Miter first.“My daddyworks ina bank,BillyMitersaid.I guessI want towork ina banktoo.Theres lotsof moneyinthebank.^^My parentshaveagrocery store/9EmmyDisal said.Papas behindthe counterand Mamakeeps thecash register.But I wanttobeanairlinepilot.”Jodie likedit whenMr Swalesasked themquestions likethis.He wasabout tocall onJodiewhen thegirlsinthebackrow burstout laughing.Shirley Danesyelled,“Jodies daddyisagarbage man!^^Everybody inthe classlaughed outloud.Everybody exceptJodie,thatis.She felther faceturnbright red.She lookedaround thewhole classroom.Everyone waslaughing.Some kidswere evenholdingtheir noses.Jodie lookedat MrSwales.He wasangry.He almostnever raisedhis voice,but nowhe did.Silence!Iwanteverybody toquiet downthis instant/9The laughterstopped immediately.The soundof carsand peoplegoing byout onthe streetcamethrough thewindows.You shouldbe ashamedof yourselves,“MrSwalessaid.。