2021屆第一次診斷性英語模擬考試英語試題

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英語

-、聽短對話

本題共5小題，每小題1.5分，共7.5分。聽下面5段對話，每段對話后有一個小題,

從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項。

1.WhatisChristinagoodat?

A.Ridingabike.B.Ridingahorse.C.Skiing.

2.Whatwillthemanprobablydotoday?

A.Gotoaconcert.B.Pickupthetickets.C.Workathome.

3.Wherearetheman'ssunglasses?

A.Onthesofa.B.Bythedoor.c.Onthetopofthe

television.

4.Whatarethespeakersdoing?

A.Paintingthewalls.B.Havinganinterview.c.Takingpictures.

5.Whatisblue?

A.Thesweater.B.Thebag.c.Theskirt.

-、聽對話或獨白

本題共15小題，每小題1.5分，共22.5分。聽下面對話或獨白，從題中所給的A、

B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項。

聽第6段材料，回答下列小題。

6.What'stherelationshipbetweenthespeakers?

A.Neighbors.B.Schoolmates,C.Teacherand

student.

7.Whatdoestheman'ssisterprobablydo?

A.Ateacher.B.Adoctor.C.Abankclerk.

聽第7段材料，回答下列小題。

8.Whatdoesthemanneedthesuitfor?

A.Aclass.B.Alecture.C.Ameeting.

9.Wheredoestheconversationprobablytakeplace?

A.Inthehotel.B.Inthehospital.C.Inthepostoffice.

聽第8段材料，回答第下列小題。

10.WhenisSophie'sbirthday?

A.InJuly.B.InSeptember.C.InNovember.

11.Whatisthewoman'sflatlike?

A.Old.B.Big.C.Small.

12.Whatwillthewomanprobablydoforherbirthday?

A.Haveapartyathome.

B.Haveapicnicwithherfriends.

C.Treatherfriendsatarestaurant.

聽第9段材料，回答下列小題。

13.WhydidAmymakethecall?

A.Tocanceltheirappointment.B.Toaskthewaytothecinema,C.Totellwherethey

willmeet.

14.HowwillthespeakersgotoAmy'sapartment?

A.Onfoot.B.Bybus.C.Bycar.

15.Whenwillthemanhaveatest?

A.OnMonday.B.OnTuesday.c.OnWednesday.

16.Howmanypeoplearegoingtogether?

A.Two.B.Three.c.Four.

聽第10段材料，回答下列小題。

17.Whatisthebuildingthey'vejustleftbehind?

A.TheAdministrationBuilding.B.Thecomputercenter.c.Thelibrary.

18.Whatdothestudentsneedtodotousethestudyrooms?

A.Fillinaformonline.B.Reserveinadvance.c.Paysomefees.

19.WhatkindofclassesmaybeheldinCarterHall?

A.Languages.B.Chemistry.c.Physics.

20.WhatistheStudentCenterusedfor?

A.Meetings.B.Relaxation.c.Lectures.

—、閱讀理解

本題共15小題，每小題2分，共30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。

A

Volunteersgivetheirtimeandmoneytohelpthoseinneed.Nonprofitorganizations

aroundtheworldseekvolunteerstofeedthehomeless,buildhousesandencouragepeople

whosuffer.Thosewhocannotgivetimeareencouragedtogivedonationstovolunteer

organizations.

HabitatforHumanity

Foundedin1942,HabitatforHumanityhasbuiltover400,000homesandservedmore

than2millionpeo-piearoundtheworld.Ithelpscreateaffordablehomesforthoseaffectedby

naturaldisastersandhomelessness.Itsgoalistoremovepovertyandhomelessnessfromthe

world.

PeaceCorps

Over200,000PeaceCorpsvolunteershaveworkedin139hostcountriesaroundtheworld.

Thisvolunteerorganizationbeganin1960,workingonAIDSrelief,businessdevelopmentand

informationtechnologyaroundtheworld.In2011,37%ofitsvolunteerswereservingin

Africa,24%inLatinAmericaand21%inEasternEuropeandCentralAsia.Itaimsto

promoteworldpeaceandfriendship.

MakeaWishFoundation

TheMakeaWishFoundationisagloballyknownvolunteerorganizationseekingtohelp

childrenwithlife-threateningmedicalconditions.Theorganizationwasfoundedin1980and

hasreachedmorethan193,000childrenaroundtheglobe.Childrenwithlife-threatening

medicalconditionsareselectedtohaveapersonalwishcometrue.Thisorganizationcreates

anunforgettableexperienceforachildinneed.

VolunteersofAmerica

VolunteersofAmericaisanonprofitorganizationthathashelpedover2millionpeople

intheUS.It'sfamousintheUSforitshumanservicesprogramsforat-riskyouths,theelderly

andhomelesspeople.Approx-imately70,000volunteershelpthisorganizationreachitsaim.

Forover115years,ifsbroughtmeals,medicineandwarmthtopeopleinneedintheUS.

21.What'sthetextmainlyintendedfor?

A.Advertisingforvolunteersanddonations,B.Promotingsomebenefitsof

volunteering.

C.Tellinghowvolunteerorganizationswork,D.Introducingsomevolunteer

organizations.

22.Whichofthefollowinghastheshortesthistory?

A.HabitatforHumanity.B.PeaceCorps.

C.MakeaWishFoundation.D.VolunteersofAmerica.

23.WhatmakesVolunteersofAmericadifferentfromtheotherthree?

A.Thedepthofitsinfluence.B.Therangeofitsservicearea.

C.Thenumberofitsvolunteers.D.Thenumberofpeoplebenefited.

B

TwosummersagoIwasabouttoturnfiftyandwantedtodosomethingI'dneverdone

before.MydaughterBaileythoughtskydivingwouldbeperfectforme.Icanpromiseyouthat

ofallthethingsIwasthinkingofdoing,jumpingoutofanairplanenevercamecloseto

makingthelist.AsIage,Iseemtohavedevelopedagrowingfearofheights.

Afterseveralrequestsfrommydaughter,Ifinallysaidyesandshelookedalmostshocked.

Itoldafriendwhatweweredoing,andshewantedtogo.Wehada3-hourdrivetothejump

site.Wedrovethroughsome

beautifulcountryside,butthenwepassedasmallcemetery（墓地）.Thenwepassedanother

cemeteryand

anotherone.Iaskedifsomanypeoplediedofjumpingoutofairplanesinthisareathatthey

neededtokeepbuildingmorecemeteriestoburyallthebodies!

Aswepiledintothelittleplane,ItightlyheldtherighthandofmypartnerRonnie.The

shortrideintotheairwascruelforme.AsBaileysteppedtothedoor,shelookedbackatme

andsaid44YougoodDad?”withthethumbsup.Isaidyesastheyrolledout.Iimmediately

lookedbehindmeandsaid,“Ronnie,Iamnotfeelinggood!^^Hesaid,"It'sgoingtobegreat.

Besides,it'stoolatenowanyway."Thenwejumpedout.

Thenextfiveminutesweresomeofthemostamazingofmylife.Itwassobeautifuland

peaceful—except

forthepartswhereIwasscreaming.Iprayedfortheparachute（降落傘）toopen,butmostlyI

feltthankfulformylife.

24.Whatcanbeinferredabouttheauthorfromthetext?

A.Hejumpedtoexperienceexcitement.

B.Heskydivedforthefirsttimeattheageof48.

C.Theolderhegets,thelessfearfulofheightsheis.

D.Neverhadheconsideredattemptingtodoskydiving.

25.WhydoestheauthormentioncemeteriesinParagraph2?

A.Totellhowdeterminedhewas.B.Toshowhowroughthetripwas.

C.Toexpresshowscaredhewasthen.D.Toprovehowlonelythejumpsite

was.

26.WhatdidBaileydoforherfatherbeforesheskydived?

A.SherequestedRonnietohelphim.B.Shegavehimencouragement.

C.Shepreparedtheparachuteforhim.D.Sheofferedhimusefulguidance.

27.Howdidtheauthorbehaveafterjumpingoutoftheairplane?

A.Heenjoyedhimself.B.Hestayedcalmalltheway.

C.Hefeltdepressed.D.Hefearedforhissafety.

C

We'veallhadtheexperienceofwantingtogetaprojectdonebutputtingitoffforlater.

Sometimeswewaitbecausewejustdon'tcareenoughabouttheproject,butothertimeswe

carealot一andstillendupdoingsomethingelse.I,forone,endupcleaningmyhousewhenI

havealotofpaperstograde,eventhoughIknowIneedtogradethemfirst.

Sowhydoweprocrastinate（拖延）？Arewebuilttooperatethiswayatsometimes?Is

theresomethingwrongwiththewaywe'reapproachingwork?

Thesequestionsarecentraltomyresearchonreachingagoal,whichcouldoffersome

cluesfromscienceaboutwhyweprocrastinate-andhowtoovercomethistendency.

Itallstartswithasimplechoicebetweenworkingnowonagivenprojectanddoinganything

else:workingonadifferentproject,doingsomethingfunordoingnothingatall.

Thedecisiontoworkonsomethingisdrivenbyhowmuchwevalueaccomplishingthe

projectinthatmoment-whatpsychologistscallsubjectivevalue（主觀價值）.And

procrastination,inpsychologicalterms,iswhathappenswhenthevalueofdoingsomething

elseoutweighsthevalueofworkingnow.

Thiswayofthinkingsuggestsasimpletricktodefeatprocrastination:Findawaytoincrease

thesubjectivevalueofworkingnow,relativetothevalueofotherthings.Youcouldincreasethe

valueoftheproject,decrease

thevalueofthedistraction（干擾）,orsomecombinationofthetwo.

Forexample,insteadofcleaningmyhouse,Imighttrytofocusonwhygradingis

personallyimportanttome.Inaddition,Icouldthinkabouthowunpleasantcleaningcan

actuallybe——especiallywhensharingahousewithachild.

Ifssimpleadvice,butstickingtothismethodcanbequitedifficult,mainlybecausethere

aresomanyforcesthatdiminishthevalueofworkinginthepresent.

28.Whatdoweknowabouttheauthorfromthefirstparagraph?

A.Shelikesdoinghouseworkbetter.

B.Shedoesn51takepapersseriously.

C.Shecaresalotaboutgradingpapersactually.

D.Shethinksgradingpapersandcleaninghouseareofequalimportance.

29.Whatdotheproblemsofprocrastinationresultfrom?

A.Makingachoice.B.Gettingachance.

C.Findinganexcuse.D.Overcomingatendency.

30.Whatshouldwedotodealwithprocrastination?

A.Getridofallthedistractionsaroundus.

B.Getencouragementfrompeoplearoundus.

C.Realizetheimportanceoftheprojectinourmind.

D.Changeotherpeople'sviewsonthevalueoftheproject.

31.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“diminish“inthelastparagraphmean?

A.Create.B.Reduce.C.Change.D.Improve.

Thebiggestandthesmallestoftheworld'sanimalsaremostatriskofdyingout,

accordingtoanewanalysis.Actionisneededtoprotectanimalsatbothendsofthescale（規(guī)模）,

scientistssay.

“Thelargestvertebrates仔手椎動物）aremostlythreatenedbydirectkillingbyhumans,,9

saidateamledbyProfRippleofOregonStateUniversityinCorvallis,US.Theresearchadds

toevidencethatanimalsaredyingoutonsuchascalethatasixthextinctionisconsidered

underway.Researchonbirdsandmammalshas

shownthatthosewithlargerbodiesaremorelikelytogoextinct.Yet,whentheresearchers

madeadatabaseofthousandsofbirds,mammals,andfishatriskofextinction,theyfound

disproportionate（不成比例的）lossesatthelargeandsmallendsofthescale.

Totheresearchers?surprise,theyfoundthatnotonlythelargestofallvertebrateanimal

speciesaremostthreatened,buttheverytiniestonesarealsohighlythreatenedwithextinction.

Largeanimals,suchaselephants,andlionshavelongbeenthetargetofprotectionefforts.

However,smallspeciesatrisk-suchasfrogs-receiveverylittleattention."Ithink,forthe

smallestspecies,firstofallweneedtobringhigherawarenesstothem,becausethelargerones

getalotofattention,butthesmalleronesgetverylittle,saidProfRipple.Vertebrateswith

thesmallestandthelargestbodieswerefoundtobemostatriskofdisappearing,whetherthey

wereonlandorlivinginoceans,streamsorrivers.

Theresearcherssaythatwhiledifferentapproachesareneededfortheconservationof

largeversussmallspecies,thereisanurgentneedtostepupeffortsforboth.Largeranimals

arethreatenedmainlybyhunting,whilesmalleronesarelosingouttopollutionandcutting

downforests.Reducingglobalconsumptionofwildmeatisakeystepnecessarytoreduce

negativeimpactsofhumanhunting,fishing,andtrappingontheworld'svertebrates.

32.Whatcanbeinferredfromthefirsttwoparagraphs?

A.Keydriversofanimals,extinctionareunknown.

B.Middle-sizedanimalsareunderprotection.

C.Alargenumberofanimalsaredyingout.

D.Biganimalsarenearlydyingout.

33.WhafsProfRipple'ssuggestiononprotectingsmallspecies?

A.Findingwaystomakethemproducemore.B.Takingmeasurestostopkilling

them.

C.Transformingoutlivinghabits.D.Increasingawarenesstothem.

34.Whichofthefollowingbringsthegreatestthreattovertebrates?

A.Lossofforests.B.Climatechange.

C.Humanactivities.D.Environmentalpollution.

35.Whatwouldbethebesttitleforthepassage?

A.Sizematterswhenitcomestoextinctionrisk

B.Largeanimalsarebadlyinneedofprotection

C.Whyagreatnumberofanimalsaredyingout

D.Whatweshoulddotoprotectendangeredspecies

四、閱讀理解七選五

本題共5小題，每小題2分，共10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。

GuidetoChoosingCollegeMajors

Weknowthatchoosingacollegemajorcanbedifficult.Buthavenofear!3611

willhelpleadyoutotheidealmajor.

CareerPreparation

Chooseamajorbecauseitwillprepareyouforaspecificcareerpath.37Beforeyou

declare,takeaclassortwointherelevantdiscipline（專業(yè)）andtalktostudentsinthe

departmentofyourchoice.Makesureyou'rereadyforthecourseworkrequiredforthecareer

ofyourdreams.

SubjectsYouLove

38Ifyoulovewhatyou'restudying,you'remorelikelytofullyworkonyourclasses

andcollegeexperience,andthatcanmeanbettergradesandgreatrelationshipswithothersin

yourfield.Ifyourcallingis

philosophy（哲學）,don'twriteitoffjustbecauseyou'renotsureaboutwhatthejobmarket

holdsforphiloso-

phers.39

Undecided?ExploreYourInterests.

Ifyoutrulyhavenoideawhatyouwanttostudy,that'sokay.Manyschoolsdon't

requirestudentstodeclareamajoruntilthesecondyear.40Makethemostofanyrequired

generaleducationcourses-chooseonesthatinterestyou.Talktoprofessors,advisors,

departmentheads,andotherstudents.Findaninternshipoffcampus.Exploringyourinterests

willhelpyoufindyourbestfitmajor——andmaybeevenyouridealcareer.

五、完形填空

本題共20小題，每小題1.5分，共30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。

OneeveningIwasvisitingmyfriendnearmyschool.AsIdidn'tliveinthearea,Inever

41anyofmystudentsoutsideofclass.Onthis42evening,myfriendandIcametothe

localvideostoretopicksome43.

Whileinside,Iglancedoutandsawoneofmythird-graders.Ithoughtshewas44her

parenttothestore.Asweleftthestore,Isawheragain,stillstandingjustinfrontofthe45.

“Hey,girl,what'sgoingon?Areyougoingto46somemovies?^^Iasked."NoJshe

replied47.Ilookedinherhandsand

48thatshewasstandingtheresellingflowers,49toearnsomeextramoneyforhervery

poorfamily.Myheartsank.Shebecame50.Ididn'taskanymoreandmadean51to

pretendeverythingwasfine.ThenIsaid52good-byetoherandleft.

Onthewaybacktomyfriend'shome,athousandthoughts53mymind.Iwasextremely

sadthatthislittlegirl54insuchatoughlifecircumstances.

Thenextmorning,asIdrovetoschool,Istillthoughtaboutthe55oftheeveningbefore.

Icouldn'tchangethelifecircumstancesfbrthislittlegirl,butaslongasshewasmystudent,I

hadthe56tomakeadifference,toaffectherlife57,toencouragehertolearnandmaybeto

58herreachingherbiggestdream.

Today,IbelievefirmlyinwhatIdo.Ibelieveinthegreat59thatagoodteachercan

haveonastudentandItryhar