浙江高考英语真题和解析.docx

1、浙江高考英语真题和解析2021年1月普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（浙江）英语选择题部分第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分35分） 第一节（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸 上将该项涂黑。AMore than 25 years ago, Saroo Brierley lived in niral （农村）India. One day, he played with his brother along the rail line and fell asleep. When he woke up and found hi

2、niself alone, the 4-year-old decided his brother might be on the train he saw in front of him so he got on.That train took him a tliousaiid miles across the country to a totally strange city. He lived on the streets, and then in an orphanage 丿 U皖）.There, he was adopted by ail Australian family and f

3、lown to Tasmania.As he writes in his new book. A Long Way Home. Brierley couldnt help but wonder about his hometown back m India. He remembered landmarks, but since he didnt know his towns name, finding a small neigliborhood in a vast country proved to be mossible.Then he found a digital niappmg pro

4、gram. He spent years searchuig for his hometown in the programs satellite pictures. In 2011, he came across somethmg familiar. He studied it and realized he was lookmg at a towns central business district from a birds-eye vi 已 w. He thoughtOn the right-hand side you should see the three-platform tra

5、m station and there it was. And on the lefbhand side you should see a big fbuntam、一 and there it was. Ewrythmg just started to match.When he stood in front of the house where he grew up as a child, he saw a lady standing in die entrance. Theres somethuig about me, he thought and it took him a few se

6、conds but he filially remembered what she used to look like.In an interview Brierley says, My mother looked so much shorter than I remembered. But she came forth and walked fbnvard、and I walked fbnvard, and my feelings and tears and the chemical in my brain, you know, it was like a nuclear fiision （

7、核聚变）.I just didnt know what to say, because I never thouglit seemg my mother would ever come true. And here I am, standing in front of her. 21.Why was Brierley separated from his family about 25 years ago?A.He got on a train by mistake. B. He got lost while playing in the street.C. He was taken away

8、 by a foreigner. D. He was adopted by an Australianfamily.23.What does Brierley mainly talk about in the interview?A.His love for his mother. B. His reunion with his motlier.C. His long way back home.D. His memory of his hometown.At the start of the 20th century, ail American engineer named Jolm Elf

9、retli Watkins made predictions about life today. His predictions about slowing population growth mobile phones and mcreasiiig height were close to die mark. But he was wrong in one prediction: that everybody would walk 10 miles a day.Today ill Australia, most children on average fall 2.000 steps sho

10、rt of the physical activity tliey need to avoid being overweight. In the early 1970s, 40 per cent of children walked to school, while in 2010, it was as low as 15 per cent.The decline is not because we lia-e all become lazy. Families are pressed for time, many with both parents workmg to pay for the

11、ir house, often working hours not of tlieir choosing, living in car-dq）endent neigliborhoods with limited public transport.The other side of the com is equally a deprivation: for health and well-being, as well as lost oppomuiities （机会）for children to get to know their local surroundings. And for par

12、ents there are lost opporttimties to walk and talk with then young scholar about their day.Most parents will hax*e eagerly asked their child about their day only to meet with a 八good、， quickly followed by Tm hungry This is also my experience as a mother. But somewhere over die daily walk more about

13、my sons day comes out. I hear lmn making sense of &lendship and its limits. This is the luiexpected and rare parental opportunity to hear more.Many primary schools support walking school-biis routes （乍各线），with days of regular, parent-accompained walks. Doing just one of tliese a few tunes a week is

14、better than notlmig. It can be tougli to begin and takes a little plaimmg running shoes by the front door, lunches made tlie xuglit before, umbrellas on rainy days and hats on hot ones but its certainly worth trying.24.Why does the author mention Watkins predictions in the first paragraph?A.To make

15、comparisons. B. To introduce the topic.C.To support her argument. D. To provide examples.25.What has caused the decrease in Australian childrens physical activity?A. Plam laziness. B. Health problems.C. Lack of time. D. Security concerns.26.Why does the author find walking with her son worthwhile?A.

16、 She can get relaxed after work. B. She can keep physically fit.C. She can help witli her sons study. D. She can know her son better.Researchers say they ha-e translated the meamiig of gestures that wild chimpanzees （黑猩猩） use to communicate. They say wild clumps communicate 19 specific messages to o

17、ne another with a vocabulary、of 66 gestures. The scientists discovered this by following and filming groups of chinas in Uganda, and examining more than 5,000 incidents of these meaiiingfiil exchanges.Dr Catlierme Hobaiter, who led the research, said tliat tliis was the only form of intentional comm

18、unication to be recorded in the animal kingdom. Only humans and chimps, she said, had a system of communication where tliey deliberately sent a message to another group member.Thats whats so amazmg about clump gestures/ she said. Theyre the only thing that looks like hiunan language in that respect.

19、Althougli previous research has shown that apes and monkeys can understand complex iiifbnnation from another animafs call, the animals do not appear to use their voices intentionally to communicate messages. This was a significant difiereiice between calls and gestures. Dr Hobaiter said.Chinas will

20、check to see if tliey have the attention of die anmial witli which they wish to comnnuiicate. In one case, a mother presents her foot to her crying baby, sigiiallmg: “Climb on me/ Tlie youngster munediately jumps on to its mothers back and they travel off together. fcHie big message &om this study i

21、s that there is aiiotlier species （物种）out there that is meaiimgfiil in its coinmiimcation. so thats not unique to humans, said Dr Hobaite匸Dr Susaime Shultz, ail evolutionary biologist &om die University of Manchester, said the study was praiseworthy in seeking to enrich our knowledge of tlie evoluti

22、on of human language. But, she added, the results were a little disappointing：The vagueness of tlie gesture meanings suggests either that the chimps have little to communicate, or we are still missing a lot of die information contained in their gestures and actions/ she said. “Jdoreovei; the meaning

23、s seem to not go beyond what other animals contey with non-verbal communication. So, it seems the gulf remains/27.What do chimps and hiuiians hate in common accordmg to Dr Hobaiter?A. Memorizing specific words. B. Understanding complex infbnnation.C. Using voices to commumcate. D. Communicating mess

24、ages on purpose.28.What did Dr Shultz tlmik of the study?A.It was well designed but poorly conducted.B.It was a good try but the findings were limited.C.It was inspiring but the evidence was unreliable.D.It was a failure but the methods deserved praise.29.What does the underlined word gulf in the la

25、st paragraph mean?A. Difference. B. Conflict. C. Balance. D.Connection.30.Which of the following is the best title for the text?A.Chimpanzee behaviour study achie-ed a breaktlirougliB.Chimpanzees developed specific communication skillsC.Chimpanzees: die smartest species in the animal kmgdomD.Chimpan

26、zee language: communication gestures translated第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余 选项。You run mto the grocery store to pick up one bottle of water. You get what you need, head to die front, and choose the line that looks fastest.You chose wrong. People who you swear got ill o

27、ther lilies long after you are already checked out and off to die parking lot. 31It turns out. its just math workmg against you; chances are, the otlier line really is faster.Grocery stores try to hate enough employees at checkout to get all their customers through with mmimum delay. 32 Aliy small i

28、nterruption a price check, a chatty customer can have downstream effects, lioldmg up an entire line.If there are tliree lines in die store, delays will happen randomly at different registers. Think about the probability: 33 So its not just in your niind: Another line probably is moving faster.Resear

29、chers have a good way to deal witli this problem. Make all customers stand in one long, snaking line called a serpentine line and serve each person at the with die nextavailable register. 34 Tliis is what they do at most banks and fast-food restaurants. With a serpentine line, a long delay at one re

30、gister won I unfairly punish the people who lined up beliind it. Instead, it will slow down everyone a little bit but speed up checkout overall.35 It takes many registers to keep one line moving quickly and some stores cant afiord die space or nianpowe匚 So wherever your next wait may be: Good luck.A

31、.Why does tliis always seem to happen to you?B.So why dont most places encourage serpentme lines?C.Some of them may have stood in a queue for almost ail hourD.The chances of your line being the fastest are only one in three.E.How high is the probability that you are in the fastest waiting line?F.Wit

32、h three registers, this metliod is much faster than the traditional approach.G.But sometimes, as on a Sunday afternoon, the system gets particularly busy.第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处 的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。Last year I decided to do some vohmteer work. I began to 36 on the Internet and discovered Vohmteei USA. Tliree montlis later I 37 myself on a plane to Phoenix. Arizona. I was 38 at the thought of living witli loads o