四川省雅安市高三第三次诊断考试英语试题.docx

1、四川省雅安市高三第三次诊断考试英语试题2021年四川省雅安市高三第三次诊断考试英语试题学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、阅读选择British Museum Visitor RegulationsOpening hoursWe open the Museums galleries daily from 10：00 am until 17：30 pm. We keep selected galleries open until 20：30 pm on Fridays.The Museums Great Court is open from 9:00 am until 18:00 pm; exc

2、ept on Fridays when it remains open until 20:30 pm.You may be asked by your staff to begin leaving up to ten minutes before closing time.The Museum is closed 24-26 December and 1 January.AdmissionWe warmly welcome you on your visit to the Museum. In the interests of the security of all of our visito

3、rs we require you follow these regulations.Admission to the Museum is free, but we may charge for entry to some temporary exhibitions and events.Food and drinkYou arent allowed to consume food and drink inside the Museum, except in places such as the restaurant and cafes or the forecourt. Families w

4、ith children may use the Ford Centre for young visitors in the basement of the Museums Great Court at weekends and during school holidays.AnimalsIf you have a disability, you may be accompanied in the Museum by your guide, assistant or companion animal. You arent allowed to bring animals into the Mu

5、seum under any other circumstance.Film, photography and audio recordingExcept the place that are indicated by notices, youre permitted to use hand-held cameras (including mobile phones) with flash bulbs or flash units, and audio and film recording equipment not requiring a stand. You may use your ph

6、otographs, film and audio recordings only for your own private and non-commercial purposes.1When can visitors visit the Museum?AAt 18:30 pm on weekends. BAt 14:00 am on Christmas Day.CAt 19:00 pm on Fridays. DAt 11:00 am on New Years Day.2Who are the regulations mainly intended for?AThe visitors. BT

7、he staff.CThe parents. DThe children.3What can visitors do in the Museum?AEat and drink as they like. BTake along their pet dogs.CRecord films for sale. DTake photos for personal purpose. When I was small，my mother and I would walk to our local library in Franklin Square. As we didnt always have acc

8、ess to a reliable car，walking hand in hand was the most convenient way to get anywhere. It was at story time for children that both my mother and I made lasting friendships.Today，I am fortunate to live around the corner from the Cold Coast Public Library in Glen Head and a short walk to the Sea Clif

9、f Childrens Library. My 18-imonth-old son，Colin，and I find ourselves in Sea Cliff several times a week，meeting and making friends. Well，that is what many people dont understand-a library is more than books；its a community.Sure，the library in Franklin Square was the place where I was introduced to Ju

10、dy Blume novels. But it was also the place where I got my first email address in 1997. At the library，friends and I learned how to research colleges and search for scholarships on the Internet. The library was the place where we sometimes giggled（咯咯笑）too loudly，and where the librarians knew us by na

11、me. Their knowing our names wasnt a bad thing. When I came home from my first term at Binghamton University，Mary LaRosa，the librarian at the Franklin Square library，offered me my first teaching job.I now teach reading at Nassau Community College. My students are often amazed that they can check out

12、books via their smartphones and virtually（虚拟地）visit a variety of Long Island libraries. The app used by Nassau and Suffolk county public libraries，as well as the college library，makes their homework easier by helping them find resources. Even though they cant always easily visit their local librarie

13、s，the library is always with them.4Why does the author consider herself lucky today？AShe has become her mothers best friend.BShe has access to a reliable car now.CShe can meet friends at the library.DShe lives close to libraries.5What does the underlined word “that in Paragraph 2 refer to？ASocializi

14、ng in a library.BReading books in a library.CVisiting a library with a family member.DBuilding parent-child friendship in a library.6What is the authors attitude to her students way of visiting libraries？ACautious. BFavorable.CDoubtful. DDisapproving.7Why does the author write the text?ATo discuss w

15、hy libraries are important.BTo express her deep love for libraries.CTo explain how libraries change.DTo introduce her favorite libraries. NASA has a new job listing, and its no joke. The US space agency is looking for a joker to join their planned mission to Mars.A mission to Mars is no laughing mat

16、ter. On average, the red planet is 140 million. miles (225 million kilometers) away from Earth. A trip there would take around eight months in a small spacecraft. And Mars has a communications delay of 20 minutes. This means that astronauts will have to wait 20 minutes for a reply, when an emergency

17、 happens.When youre living with others in a confined space for a long period of time, such as on a mission to Mars, problems are likely to occur, Jeffrey Johnson, a scientist at the University of Florida, told The Guardian.This is probably why NASA wants an astronaut with a sense of humor. These are

18、. people that have the ability to pull everyone together, Johnson said.In stressful situations, perhaps humor is a way to know we arent alone. By laughing together, we share our stress. Then we can focus on our jobs instead of just worrying.There are other examples of team clowns. One example is the

19、 journey to the South Pole led by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. It was a difficult journey. full of danger. Adolf Lindstrom, a cook at Amundsens team, was a clown. He made people laugh through the whole journey. Amundsen later wrote that Lindstrom was the most valuable member of the team.But if

20、 youre hoping that your favorite TV comedian will fly to Mars, that probably wont happen.Being funny wont be enough to land somebody the job, Johnson said. They also need to be an excellent engineer.Besides, they must be in top physical condition.8What is NASAs new job listing?AA funny engineer. BA

21、talented clown.CA good cook. DA popular comedian.9What does “a confined space” in Paragraph 3 refer to？Aa full space Ban empty spaceCan open space Da small space.10How does the author think humor can help astronauts？AIt can stop them from feeling bored.BIt can promote teamwork on a mission.CIt can m

22、ake them feel less homesick.DIt can help them know themselves better.11Whats the authors purpose of giving the example of the cook？ATo tell us that what explorers eat on their journey is very important.BTo prove that an amateur can play a more important role than a professional.CTo make the point th

23、at humorous people can cheer people up in difficult situations.DTo reveal that a mission to Mars is more difficult than a journey to the South Pole. According to a team of researchers，an animals ability to perceive（感知）time is linked to their pace of life.“Our results lend support to the importance o

24、f time perception in animals where the ability to perceive time in a very short time may be the difference between life and death for fast moving creatures. commented lead author Kevin Healy from Trinity College Dublin.The study was done with a variety of animals using phenomenon based on the maximu

25、m speed of flashes of light an individual can see before the light source is seen as constant. Dogs，for example，have eyes with a refresh rate higher than humans.One example of this phenomenon at work，the authors say，is the housefly and its ability to avoid being hit. The research showed flies “obser

26、ve motion in a shorter time than our own eyes can achieve，which allows them to avoid being hit.Professor Graeme Ruxton of the University of St Andrews in Scotland，who worked jointly on the research project，said in a statement，“Having eyes that send updates to the brain at much higher frequencies tha

27、n our eyes do is of no value if the brain cannot process that information equally quickly. Thus，this work highlights the impressive abilities of even the smallest animal brains. Flies might not be deep thinkers，but they can make good decisions very quickly. ”In comparison，the tiger beetle（虎甲虫）runs f

28、aster than its eyes can keep up，basically becoming blind，which requires it to stop periodically to re-evaluate its preys（猎物）position.Our results suggest that time perception offers an as yet unstudied dimension along which animals can specialize and there is considerable range to study this system i

29、n more detail.12What is the research mentioned in the passage mainly about？APace of life of animals. BImpressive abilities of animals.CLifetime of small animals. DTime perception of animals.13What does Kevin Healys comment mean in Para.2？AThe survival of fast moving animals relies on their ability t

30、o perceive time.BAnimals with quicker pace of life have better perception of time.CThe ability of animals to perceive time depends on their high moving speed.DAnimals with poor ability of time perception have a shorter life.14Why can houseflies avoid being hit？AThey can think very deeply before they

31、 act.BThey can process the information as quickly as they receive it.CThey can fly much faster than their eyes can keep up.DThey can send information to brain more quickly than to their eyes.15What will a tiger beetle have to do to catch a moving prey？ASlow down to gain its time perception.BPrevent

32、itself from becoming blind.CStop occasionally to spot the prey again.DTry to run as fast as it can.二、七选五 Have you ever realised how much one moment of locking eyes can mean？As one of the best attributes（属性）of human expression，eyes can show a million different emotions in just one look.16 So its easy to answer why its good to practis