高三质量检测英语试题.docx

1、高三质量检测英语试题上海市建平中学2020-2021学年高三5月质量检测英语试题学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、用单词的适当形式完成短文Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other bla

2、nks, use one word that best fits each blank.Theres a widely-accepted line of thinking, especially in 2019 that says the people and things we love will eventually let us down.Its never an if, always a when. So our heroes will inevitably to be trash monsters. Our favorite bands will in enter an experi

3、mental phase, even though no one asked them to. And our favorite TV shows will 1fail to reach greater heights, but they wont even come close to the same level of success they once had.It was with this cynical mentality 2 I approached the second season of 2018s breakout hit Killing Eve. How could a s

4、eries that was so well written, so well acted, and so fiercely addictive in freshman season possibly3 (maintain) the same level of quality in Season 2, especially since Phoebe Waller-Bridge,4developed the series for TV and wrote four of the first seasons eight episodes, wasnt involved in the writing

5、 of the second? It seemed like an impossible task.But then a strange thing happened: Killing Eves second season, at least the two episodes 5 (screen) in advance for critics, didnt let me down. The new episodes generated the same amount of joy I experienced 6 I watched Eve (sandra Oh) and Villanelle(

6、 Jodie Comer) dance around each other during the first go-around, only this time the stakes were considerably 7 (high).As Phoebe Waller-Bridged, noted “Killing Eve is a character study on two lives, two women and their circumstances, their homes, their wants, their fears and 8 keeps them from ending

7、 it all. Its just that 9happens to be an assasin (暗杀者) and the other a spy. If Ive done my job right, the audience 10 feel equally chilled as they are excited by the determination of these women, their journeys and how drawn they are to one another.二、选用适当的单词或短语补全短文Directions: Complete the following

8、passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.How to be a demanding readerThe rules for reading yourself to sleep are easier to follow than are the rules for staying awake while reading. Get into bed in a comfortable position,

9、make sure the light is 11 enough to cause slight eyestrain, choose a book that is either terribly difficult or terribly boring-in any event, one that you do not really care whether you read or not-and you will be asleep in a few minutes. Those who are experts in relaxing with a book do not have to w

10、ait for 12. A comfortable chair in the library will do any time.Unfortunately, the rules for keeping awake do not consist in doing just the 13. It is possible to keep awake while reading in a comfortable chair or even in bed, and people have been known to 14 their eyes by reading late in light too d

11、im. What kept the famous 15readers awake? One thing certainlyit made a difference to them, a great difference, whether or not they read the book they had in hand.Whether you manage to keep awake or not depends in large part on your goal in reading. If your aim in reading is to profit from itto 16 so

12、mehow in mind or spirityou have to keep awake. That means reading as actively as possible. It means making an effortan effort for which you expect to be 17.Good books, fiction or nonfiction, deserve such reading. To use a good book as a helper to fall asleep is pure waste. To fall asleep or, what is

13、 the same, to let your mind wander during the hours you planned to devote to reading for profitthat is, 18 for understandingis clearly to defeat your own 19.But the sad fact is that many people who can distinguish between profit and pleasurebetween understanding, on the one hand, and entertainment o

14、r the mere satisfaction of curiosity, on the other handnevertheless 20 to carry out their reading plans. They cant make it even if they know which books give which. The reason is that they do not know how to be demanding readers, how to keep their mind on what they are doing by making it do the work

15、 without which no profit can be earned.三、完形填空 Shortly after its opening on the first day of Chinese New Year, The Wandering Earth began to gain momentum. In a little over a week, it made 2.8 billion yuan in the 21 market alone. The films popularity and success has come as a 22 to many reviewers espe

16、cially since there hasnt been that much success for Chinese-produced science fiction in the past. Many agree that this film will change the 23 situation and bring in a new age for Chinese science fiction.As a genre (类型), Chinese science fiction has 24 general fiction in both the film and publishing

17、industries. Even Liu Cixins (the author who wrote the short story on which The Wandering Earth is based) The Three Body Problem-which is currently quite popular-didnt have many readers until it was translated into English and won the Hugo Award (雨果奖) in 2015 25 , I havent read much of any genre writ

18、ten in Chinese, but I do notice that there aret many separate sections of the bookstore dedicated to science fiction. I cannot speak for everyone, but some people seem to have 26 a regarding the genre.My parents were the type who tried to steer me in the direction of non-fiction and the classics. Th

19、ey believed that science fiction and fantasy were “unrealistic nonsense” and would 27 my brain”. 28 , great science fiction writers do their research. More often than not, one can learn a great deal about science and its possible development from reading science fiction. Sure, some of the concepts m

20、ay be confusing or technical in nature, but that is also part of the 29 . Things like the internet, electric cars and tablet computers were first theorized in science fiction before they were 30 . The author simply uses a 31 of science and his imagination to create worlds different from the Earth of

21、 today, from which we can get bits and pieces that can be turned into a 32 .The world is changing. There may very well be a time when Earth is no longer able to 33 the entire population. We could be living on Mars or in giant spaceships; perhaps we will be 34 to move Earth to a new solar system just

22、 like The Wandering Earth. Each of these scenarios(设想) has appeared in science fiction multiple times. 35 we are to be prepared for what is to come, we can 1ook into modern science fiction for a window into the future.21Aoutdoor Bdomestic Cdepressed Dglobal22Aachievement Bcompliment Csurprise Dprior

23、ity23Aembarrassing Bextreme Crisky Dcomplicate24Acontributed to Btaken over Cmade up Dlagged behind25APersonally BObviously CFortunately DHopefully26Aconfidence Bambitions Csuspicions Dmisunderstandings27Adamage Brot Cform Dswing28AIn addition BFor instance CIn fact DAs a result29Acompound Binvestig

24、ation Cmemory Dappeal30Aimagined Boperated Crestored Dinvented31Acombination Bperspective Cdefinition Dconsequence32Amystery Brestriction Cconnection Dreality33Aprotect Bsustain Cdouble Destimate34Awilling Bthrilled Cforced Dallowed35AThough BIf CSince DBefore四、阅读选择 The following sad but true tale c

25、oncerns my great-uncle, a wonderful, jolly, beloved man who was over six feet four and probably weighed close to three hundred pounds. He was also well-educated and in the early 1900s became a full-time Baptist minister. A kindly, gentle man despite his size, Uncle Alden Bentleys only real fault see

26、med to be that he was terribly clumsy. As a young minister, he was paying a pastoral call one day on a woman in Dillon, South Carolina, when he accidentally sat on her Chihuahua, Twinkle, and killed it. As the lady searched for and called for her dog throughout the house, Uncle Alden felt underneath

27、 his hip and, realizing what he had done, panicked and slipped the dead dog into his coat pocket. Although he was devastated, he could not bring himself to tell the woman what had happened.Five years later, he returned to the same home for an overnight visit and resolved to unburden himself by final

28、ly telling the woman exactly what had happened to Twinkie. She had just had the guest room prepared and had hung brand-new curtains. To make Uncle feel welcome, she had placed on the bedside table a large pitcher of ice water and a glass, as well as a pen and a bottle of ink, so he could work on his

29、 sermon before retiring.Uncle liked to sleep with the window open and got up in the night to open it. As he did, he knocked over what he assumed to be a full glass of water. Then, groping along the walls in an unsuccessful search for the light switch, he retraced his steps several times before raisi

30、ng the window and settling back on the bed for the night. When he opened his eyes the next morning, he was horrified. The fresh wallpaper on two walls was covered with great black stains. The crisp white curtains were thoroughly spoiled with the prints of Uncles huge paws. It had not been the water

31、glass hed overturned during the night-it had been the ink bottle.In a shaken state of mind and knowing he must face the hostess, Uncle dressed hurriedly and started down the stairs outside the guest room. As he approached the landing, his foot slipped.Are you hurt? His hostess cried as she rushed to

32、 Uncles side.No, said Uncle as he rose to his feet, but I have devastated your home. With that he quickly walked out the front door and, at the end of the walk, turned and said to his hostess with deep respect, Twinkie had a Christian burial.He then retired from the ministry and became a teacher of philosophy for many years at a private preparatory school in Massachusetts.36What was the job of Uncle Alden when he