2021屆英語周測試題-含答案

廣州市第八十六中學(xué)2021屆周測

第一部分閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分50分）

第一節(jié)（共15小題;每小題2.5分，滿分37.5分）

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。

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Anincreasingnumberofstudentsworldwideareconsideringstudyingabroad.Theapplicationprocessvaries

fromcountrytocountry.Ifyou'relookingforauniversitywithastronginternationaloutlookbutfeelsweptoverby

alltheapplicationoptions,hereissomeguidancetogetyoustarted.

UK

InternationalstudentsmustapplytouniversitiesintheUKthroughasystemknownasUcas.Thissystem

allowsstudentstoapplytouptofiveuniversitieswithjustoneapplication.Itcosts￡20forasinglechoiceor￡25

formorethanonechoice.

Theapplicationconsistsofaseriesofquestionstodeterminethestudent'sschoolingandpredictedgrades.The

biggestpartoftheapplicationformisthepersonalstatement,inwhichapplicantsshoulddescribetheirpersonal

interestsandrelatedexperiences.

Switzerland

Switzerlandhasfourofficiallanguagesandisborderedbyfivecountriessoitisnosurprisethatitsuniversities

areamongthemostinternationalintheworld.Internationalapplicantsmayneedtotakeanentranceexamifthey

haveaforeignschoolcertificate,andmustalsoprovethattheyhaveagoodgraspoftheFrenchlanguage,usually

throughtakingalanguageexam.Thefullapplicationcosts50SwissFrancsfbraholderofaSwissdiplomaand

150SwissFrancsforholdersofforeigndiplomas.

Canada

Internationalapplicantshavetowriteupapersonalprofileaspartoftheirapplication,whichisverysimilar

tothepersonalstatementrequiredfbraUKuniversityapplication.Studentswillalsohavetoprovetheir

English-languagecompetency-thereareninewaystomeettheEnglishLanguageAdmissionStandard,whichare

listedonmanyuniversitywebsites.

Singapore

TheprocessofapplyingtoaSingaporeanuniversityisverymuchalike,butoverseasstudentsmaybe

delightedtofindthatthedomesticapplicantshavetocoverthesameprocedures：fillingoutanonlineapplication

formandsubmitidentificationdocuments,supportingdocumentsandanapplicationfeeofS$20.

1.WhichcountryrequiresinternationalapplicantsknowFrenchwell?___

A.UK.

B.Switzerland.

C.Canada.

D.Singapore.

2.WhatpartoftheapplicationissimilarbetweentheUKandCanada?_

A.Theapplicationsystem.

B.Thenumberofuniversities.

C.Theapplicationcost.

D.Thepersonalstatement.

3.What'sspecialabouttheapplicationprocessinSingapore?_

A.Applicantsneedtopayalot.

B.Itismuchsimplerthanelsewhere.

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C.Ifsnodifferentfornativestudents.

D.Thecompetitionisevenmorefierce.

B

Dodderisanunusualandunwantedplantthatattacksotherplants.Exceptforitsflowers,theplantlookslike

spaghetti,akindofnoodlesintheshapeoflongthinpiecesthatlooklikestringwhentheyarecooked.Itsalmost

leafless,thread-likestems(莖)hangdownontopofotherplantsthatdodderneedstostayalive.Dodderdoesnot

produceitsownfood.Instead,itstealsfoodfromotherplants.Itfeedsbysuckingjuicesfromtheplantwhichis

wrappedaround,oftenmakingitshostveryweakorevenkillingit.

Doddercanfindotherplantsbytheirsmell.Whenayoungdodderplantstartsgrowing,itfollowsthesmellof

plantsitprefers,liketomatoplants,potatoplants,orotherfarmcrops.Unlikemostplantsthatusuallygrowinthe

directionoflightorwarmth,adodderplantwillgrowinthedirectionof,forexample,tomatosmell——ifatomato

happenstobegrowingnearby.

However,ayoungdodderplantmustfindahostplantquickly.Itnolongerneedsitsrootonceitisattachedto

thehostandwrappedaroundit.Ifitcannotcatchasmellofapotentialhostwithinafewdays,itwilldryupand

disappear-evenifthereisplentyofwateraround.Onceitfindsahost,theyoungdodderplantwillattachitselftoit

andstartgrowingfaster.Atthatpointthedodderplantwilldropitsroot.

Dodderisthusadifficultweedtomanageandarealheadacheforfarmers.Whenitdoesgetoutofhand,

doddercangreatlyreduceafarmer^harvestorevendestroycropscompletely.Beforesowingtheirproduce,

especiallyfarmersinwarmpartsoftheworldoftenchecktomakesurenounwanteddodderseedshavemixedwith

theircropseeds.Thisisagoodwaytostopdodderplantsfrommakingtheirwaytoacropfieldsecretly.

4.Whydoestheauthormentionspaghettiinthefirstparagraph?

A.Toanalyzethecontentofsomefood.

B.Todescribetheshapeofdodderplants.

C.Toexplainwherethedodderplantscomefrom.

D.Toarguethatdodderplantscanbeused.

5.Whatwillhappenifadodderplantstartsgrowingwheretherearenootherplantsaround?

A.Itwilldiesoonerorlater.B.Itwillgrowdeeproots.

C.Itwillattractotherplants.D.Itwillcovertheentireareaofsoil.

6.Whatcanbeinferredfromthepassage?

A.Dodderdoesnotproduceitsownfood.

B.Doddercanaffectfarmers9income.

C.Doddercanonlysurviveintheshade.

D.Dodderonlygrowsinthewarmareas.

7.Whatisthemaintopicofthepassage?

A.Anewvarietyoffarmcrops.

B.Plantsthatareharmfultohumans.

C.Thespecialabilitiesofadangerousplant.

D.Recentimprovementsinfarmingmethods.

C

HereisarecordofthediscussionaboutAI(artificialintelligence)conductedbyseveralscientists:

ScientistA:IwouldsaythatwearequitealongwayoffdevelopingtheAI,thoughIdothinkitwillhappen

withinthenextthirtyorfortyyears.Wewillprobablyremainincontroloftechnologyanditwillhelpussolvemany

oftheworld'sproblems.However,noonereallyknowswhatwillhappenifmachinesbecomemoreintelligentthan

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humans.Theymayhelpus,ignoreusordestroyus.1tendtobelieveAIwillhaveapositiveinfluenceonourfuture

lives,butwhetherthatistruewillbepartlyuptous.

ScientistB:Ihavetoadmitthatthepotentialconsequencesofcreatingsomethingthatcanmatchorgobeyond

humanintelligencefrightenme.Evennow,scientistsareteachingcomputershowtolearnontheirown.Atsome

pointinthenearfuture,theirintelligencemaywelltakeoffanddevelopatanever-increasingspeed.Humanbeings

evolvebiologicallyveryslowlyandwewouldbequicklysubstituted.Intheshortterm,thereisthedangerthat

robotswilltakeovermillionsofhumanjobs,creatingalargeunderclassofunemployedpeople.Thiscouldmean

large-scalepovertyandsocialunrest.Inthelonetermmachinesmightdecidetheworldwouldbebetterwithout

humans.

ScientistC:I'mamemberoftheCampaigntoStopKillerRobots.Forgetthemovieimageofaterrifying

Terminatorstampingonhumanskulls（頭骨'）andthinkofwhatshappeningrightnow:militarymachineslike

drones,gunturretsandsentryrobotsarealreadybeingusedtokillwithverylittlehumaninput.Thenextstepwillbe

autonomous“murderbots“followingordersbutfinallydecidingwhotokillontheirown.Itseemscleartomethat

thiswouldbecompletelyunethicalanddangerousfbrhumans.Weneedtobeverycautiousindeedaboutwhatwe

askmachinestodo.

8.WhatisScientistBworriedabout?

A.AItechnologywilldestroytheearth.

B.Computerscan'tthinkbythemselves.

C.Robotswilltaketheplaceofhumans.

D.Humanswillbeunhappywithoutmachines.

9.Whatdoestheunderlinedword"this”inthelastparagraphreferto?

A.TheCampaigntoStopKillerRobots.

B.ThemovieimageofaterrifyingTerminator.

C.”Murderbots"can'tdecidebythemselves.

D.”Murderbots”willbeagainsthumans,orders.

10.WhichstatementisCORRECTaccordingtotherecord?

A.ScientistAthinksAItechnologywillneverdevelop.

B.TheemploymentwillbeaffectedbyAItechnologyinthefuture.

C"Murderbots“willfollowtheordersoftheirmanufacturersinthewars.

DAllthethreescientistsagreethatAItechnologywillbenefithumanbeings.

11.Whoagree（s）AIhasmorenegativeaspectsthanpositiveaspects?

A.ScientistA.B.ScientistB.

C.ScientistsB&C.D.ScientistsB&A.

D

Thefirstdrawingsonwallsappearedincavesthousandsofyearsago.LatertheAncientRomansandGreeks

wrotetheirnamesandprotestpoemsonbuildings.ModerngraffitiseemstohaveappearedinPhiladelphiainthe

early1960s,andbythelatesixtiesithadreachedNewYork.Thenewartformreallytookoffinthe1970s,when

peoplebeganwritingtheirnames,or“tags”,onbuildingsalloverthecity.Inthemid-seventiesitwassometimes

hardtoseeoutofasubwaycarwindow,becausethetrainswerecompletelycoveredinspraypaintingsknownas

masterpieces.

Intheearlydays,the“taggers“werepartofstreetcrowdswhowereconcernedwithmarkingtheirterritory（領(lǐng)

地）.Theyworkedingroupscalled“crews”andcalledwhattheydid“writing"?theterm“graffiti“wasfirstusedby

TheNewYorkTimesandthenovelistNormanMailer.ArtgalleriesinNewYorkbeganbuyinggraffitiintheearly

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seventies.Butatthesametimethatitbegantoberegardedasanartform,JohnLindsay,thethenmayorofNew

York,declaredthefirstwarongraffiti.Bythe1980sitbecamemuchhardertowriteonsubwaytrainswithoutbeing

caught,andinsteadmanyofthemoreestablishedgraffitiartistsbeganusingroofsofbuildings.

Thedebateoverwhethergraffitiisartordeliberatedamageisstillgoingon.PeterVallone,aNewYorkcity

councilor,thinksthatgraffitidonewithpennissioncanbeart,butifitisonsomeoneelse'spropertyitbecomesa

crime."Ihaveamessagefbrthegraffitidestroyersoutthere,“hesaidrecently,“andyourfreedomofexpression

endswheremypropertybegins."Ontheotherhand,Felix,amemberoftheBerlin-basedgroupReclaimYourCity,

saysthatartistsarereclaimingcitiesforthepublicfromadvertisers,andthatgraffitirepresentsfreedomandmakes

citieslivelier.

Fordecadesgraffitihasbeenaspringboardtointernationalfameforafew.Jean-MichelBasquiatbegan

sprayingonthestreetinthe1970sbeforebecomingarespectedartistinthe80s.TheFrenchmanBlekleRatandthe

BritishartistBanksyhaveachievedinternationalfamebyproducingcomplexworkswithstencils（模板），often

makingpoliticalorhumorouspoints.WorksbyBanksyhavebeensoldfbrover￡100,000.Graffitiisnow

sometimesbigbusiness.

12.Whywastheseventiesanimportantdecadeinthehistoryofgraffiti?

A.Thatwaswhenmoderngraffitifirstappeared.

B.Thatwaswhenmoderngraffitifirstbecamereallypopular.

C.ThatwaswhengraffitifirstreachedNewYork.

D.Thatwaswhengraffitifirstappearedonsubwaycarwindows

13.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“taggers"inthesecondparagraphmean?

A.Namesofpeoplewhograffitied.

B.Buildingwherepaintsweresprayed.

C.Peoplewhomarkedsurfacewithgraffiti.

D.Peoplewhowereinterestedingraffiti.

14.Whatcanweknowfromthethirdparagraph?

A.NewYorkersthinkgraffitiisart.

B.Graffitiwasacceptedbyofficialscompletely.

C.Buildingscanbecoveredwithgraffitifreely.

D.Therewereonceadvertisementsoncitysurface.

15.Whatistheauthor'sfinalopinionaboutgraffiti?

A.Graffitihasnowbecomemainstreamandcanbenefitartists.

B.Graffitiisnotagoodwaytobecomearespectedartist.

C.Somepopulargraffitiartistsendupbeingignoredbytheartworld.

D.Somegraffiticausedinconveniencetothelocalenvironment.

第二節(jié)（共5小題，每小題2.5分，滿分12.5分）

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

Languageispartofourdailylives,nomatterwhereweliveintheworld.Itisthesamewithmusic,whether

youlistentoitontheradioonyourdrivetoworkorsitbeforeanorchestra.Bothlanguageandmusicplayahuge

roleinourculture.16

Bothlanguageandmusichaveawritingsystem.InEnglishwerecordlanguageusingthealphabet,whichisa

collectionofletters.Inthesameway,weusenotestokeeparecordofmusic.Justasyouarereadingthiscollection

oflettersonthescreenandfindmeaninginit,musiciansreadnotesandcreatemeaningintheformofmusicwhich

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wecanhear.17Bywritingpiecesoftextormusic,weareabletoshareexperiencesthroughtime.Icanreadthe

ideasorhearthecompositionofsomeonewholivedhundredsofyearago,whichisreallyquiteexciting.

18Youcanmakeagoodguessatwheresomeoneisfrombylisteningtothelanguagetheyuse.Inthe

sameway,weknowthatstylesofmusicaredifferentaroundtheworld,givingustheopportunitytoexploremany

differentculturesthroughtheirmusicandprovidinguswithmusicforeverysituation.19Evenifyoudon5tlike

Britpopmelodies,youmaylovetheenergyofLatinAmericansalsamusic.

Bothshareemotion.HowdoyouknowthatIamangry?Ofcourseyoumaybeabletoseeitinmyface,but

youwillknowforsurethroughmywords.20Musiccanshowyouexactlyhowthecomposerwasorisfeeling,

andallowsustoshareinthatemotion.Whenyoufeelhappy,youmightwanttosinganddancetoahappysongto

celebrateyourhappiness.Incontrast,youhaveprobablyalsolistenedtosadmusicwhenyouwerefeelingdown.I

thinkwehaveallusedmusictoexpressorprocessouremotions,oftencombiningitwithlanguageintheformof

songlyrics.

A.Bothvarywithculture.

B.Herearesomeoftheirsimilarities.

C.Theyhavesomedistinguishingcharacteristics.

D.SojustasyoureadEnglish,youcanreadmusic.

E.Similarly,musiccansoundangry,sadorhappy.

F.Thisalsomeansthatthereissomethingforeveryone!

GThisalsomeanseveryonecanlearnlanguageandmusicwell!

第二部分英語知識運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分30分）

第一節(jié)（共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分）

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并

在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

“MygreateststrengthisthatIam21somepeoplecall'disabled,Isaid,answeringthetypicaljob

interviewquestion,44Whatisyourgreateststrength?^^

Mylastinterviewwasfiveyearsagowhenasearchcommitteewas22thenextpresidentandCEOof

MAPInternational,a/an23thatprovidesmedicineandhealthsuppliestothoseinneedaroundtheworld.In

someways,itwasa24madeinheaven.

Yousee,IwalkwithcrutchesbecauseIhadpolioasachild.Mylifewouldbedifferentifthepolio

vaccine—25about20cents—wouldhavebeen26tomeandmyfamilyinKoreawhereIwasbom.

Mypassioninlifeistohelpotherchildren27themedicinetheyneedlo28life-longillnessoreven

death.

SowhenItoldthecommitteeinterviewingmeaboutmystrengthsandweaknessesIcould29saythatI

hadalifetimetoprepareforthejobofhelpingbringmedicinetothoseinneed.Iknewfirsthandwhatitmeant

to30becauseaninexpensivedoseofvaccinewasnotavailable.

ButIalsoknowthat31mychallengeseachandeverydaymakesmeabetterleader.It*struethatmy

dailylifeismoredifficultthanmost32Asimpleflightofstairs,arockypath,adoorwithadifficult

handle-thesearetypical33thataremajorobstaclesforme.YetIhavetopreparemyselfeachdaytoface

the34

Yourweaknesscanbecomeyourstrength.35yourweaknessis,embraceittoday.

21.A.whomB.whoC.whatD.such

22.A.surveyingB.lookingforC.searchingD.findingout

23.A.hospitalB.workshopC.pharmacyD.organization

24.A.matchB.trialC.miracleD.game

25.A.takingB.spendingC.payingD.costing

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26.A.manageableB.achievableC.availableD.affordable

27.A.reachB.receiveC.takeD.accept

28.A.treatB.avoidC.ridD.cure

29.A.honestlyB.humblyC.deliberatelyD.secretly

30.A.waitB.walkC.sufferD.live

31.A.overlookingB.overcomingC.rememberingD.forgetting

32.A.peopleB.disabledC.people'sD.others'

33.A.phenomenaB.occurrencesC.conditionsD.sights

34.A.unthinkableB.unexpectedC.unfamiliarD.unsuitable

35.A.WhereverB.HoweverC.WheneverD.Whatever

第二節(jié)(共10小題；每小題1.5分，滿分15分)

閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入1個適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。

Chopsticksareshapedpairsofequal-lengthsticksthathavebeenusedinthekitchenandonthetableinalmost

allofEastAsiaforover6,000years.First36(use)bytheChinese,chopstickslaterspreadtootherlocations

37(include)Japan,Korea,Malaysia,Singapore,ThailandandVietnam.

InancientChina,itwassaid38chopstickssignifiedfarmorethantoolsthattakefoodtothemouth,and

theyalsosignifiedstatusandrules"can"and"can't”.DuringtheNorthernSongDynasty,39officialnamed

TangSuoncehaddinnerwiththeemperor.Hewasnotwellinformedinnobletablemannersand40(lay)

downhischopstickshorizontallyonthetablebeforetheemperordid.Asaresult,hewassenttoafrontierareaasa

41(punish).

Actually,therewereoveradozentaboosconcerningchopsticks.Forexample,theycouldnotbeplaced42

(vertical)intoadish,asthiswasawayofmakingsacrificestothedead.Dinerscouldnottap43pushadish

withchopsticks,noruseachopstickasafork.Whentakingfood,theycouldnotlettheirchopsticksgofromone

dishtoanotherorcrossover44ofothers.Whendinerswanted45(put)downtheirchopsticksduringa

meal,theywouldplacethemlengthwaysonachopstickholderorontheplateontheirright-handside.Manyof

thesechopsticktaboosarevalidtothisday.

第三部分寫作（40分）

第一部分（滿分15分）

假設(shè)你是李華，你的好友Peter今天上午來你家找你陪他練習(xí)漢語口語。你因臨時有急事外出，讓他撲

了個空。請根據(jù)以上情景，給Peter寫一封信。內(nèi)容如下：

1.表示歉意；

2.解釋具體原因，并希望他能諒解；

3.告訴他下次練習(xí)的時間、地點及話題。

注意：I.詞數(shù)80左右；

2.可適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫；

3.書信的開頭和結(jié)尾已給出，不計入總詞數(shù)。

DearPeter,

Yours,

LiHua

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第二部分續(xù)寫（滿分25分）

閱讀下面材料?，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容和所給段落開頭語續(xù)寫兩段，使之構(gòu)成一篇完整的短文。續(xù)寫的詞數(shù)應(yīng)為150左

右。

IopenedthedoorandwasgreetedasusualbyShredder.Heboundedtowardsme,jumpedupandputapawon

myshoulder."Okay,boy,"Isaid,rubbinghisearsthewayheliked.Hewaggedhistailcontentedly.Iusuallyplayed

withhimallday.Butwithsomanythingsonmyschedulethesedays——meetings,dinners,manyhousestoclean—I

didn*thavetime.ItoldShreddertoliedown."Ihavetogettoworknow,“Isaid.Iheadeddownstairstocleanthe

bedroom.AHofasudden,painshotthroughmyhead.ItwasunlikeanythingVdeverfelt-10timesworse.Things

slippedoutofmyhands,andIfelltomyknees.Iknewsomeonewhohaddiedfr