湖南省届长郡十五校高三下第二次联考英语附答案.docx

1、湖南省届长郡十五校高三下第二次联考 英语附答案2021届长郡十五校高三联考第二次考试英语试卷第二部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分,满分37.5分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项.ADo you love outdoor challenges? And there are a bunch of really awesome hiking challenges out there now that will not only inspire you to get outside more and push yourself physi

2、cally- but also provide you access to an awesome community of hikers and often-times hiking groups focusing on the same challenges.1. THE 52 HIKE CHALLENGEThe goal of the 52 Hike Challenge is to get you outside moving every week for an entire year. The difficulty and length is entirely up to you. bu

3、t the point is to get out and to get moving! Register online now and the resources on their website allow you to track your journey as you complete each weekly hike and earn completion badges as you go.2. WE HIKE TO HEALWe I like to Heal is a month-long womens empowerment and wellness campaign that

4、organizes group hikes all over the world on the Iasi Saturday of March. The organizations mission is *to encourage women all over the world to tap into the healing and empowering influences within themselves and the Great Outdoors, You can join the movement for free in the link above and find free g

5、roup hikes that will be happening all over the world.3. CURE-SEARCH ULTIMATE HIKEThis event is put on by CureSearch on February 4th every year, a non-profit organization dedicated to finding a cure and a way to raise money for children s cancer. To join this event that supports an incredible cause,

6、you attend an informational session, register and get your own online fund-raising page and raise money to support your trek for childrens cancer research.4. THE 365 MILE CHALLENGEThis challenge is great because it is so simple. The goal is to get outside every day and walk a mile. This challenge fo

7、cuses on small efforts that, over time, have big results and focuses on, creating healthy habits to benefit your mind, body, and soul. To join all you have to do is register , join the Face book group, and start moving.21. Which of the hiking challenges is specially intended for women?A. We Hike to

8、HealB. The 52 Hike Challenge.C. Cure-search Ultimate Hike.D. The 365 Mile Challenge.22. What do all the challenges have in common?A. Money-raising. B. Badge-earning.C. Internet-related. D. Gender-based.23. How many challenges could you attend if you hope to work out regularly?A. Only one. B. Four. C

9、. Three. D. Two.BFor most people, graduation is an exciting day the celebration of years of hard work. My graduation day. was not.I remember that weekend two years ago. Family and friends had flown in from across the country to watch our class walk across that stage. But like everyone else in my gra

10、duating class, I had watched the economy turn from bad to worse. What I thought would take a week dragged into two. and then four, and 100 job applications later, I found myself in the exact same spot as 1 was before. And the due date to begin paying back my student loans was creeping ever closer.Yo

11、u know that feeling when you wake up and you are just consumed with fear? Fear about something you cant controlthat sense of approaching failure that remains over you as you hope that everything that happened to you thus far was just a bad dream? That feeling became a constant in my life. And the mo

12、st frustrating part was no matter how much 1 tried, 1 just couldnt seem to make any progress.So what did I do to maintain my sanity（理智）？ I wrote. Something about putting words on a page made everything seem a little clearera little brighter. Something about writing gave me hope. And if you want some

13、thing badly enough. sometimes a little hope is all you need! So I channeled my frustration into a childrens book. And then one day, without any sort of writing degree or contacts in the writing world just a lol of hard work and perseveranceI was offered a publishing contract for my first book! After

14、 that, things slowly began to fall into place. 1 was offered a second book deal. Then, a few months later, I got an interview with The Walt Disney Company and was hired shortly after.The moral of this story is. dont give up. Even if things look bleak now, dont give up. Things change If you work hard

15、, give it time, and dont give up, things will always get better Oftentimes all we need is the courage to push beyond the river.24. From Paragraph 2, we can learn that the author probably.A. was having an exciting graduationB. was getting into financial difficultiesC. missed the life in the universit

16、yD. had just applied for the student loans25. How did the author change the frustrating situation?A. By sending applications. B. By offering contracts.C. By keeping writing. D. By publishing books.26. Which of the following can replace the underlined word bleak in the last paragraph?A. unattractive

17、B. hopelessC. thrilling D. promising27. What is the passage mainly about?A. Success belongs to the persevering.B. A contented mind is a perpetual（长久的）feast.C. A smooth sea never makes a skillful mariner.D. Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.CThe Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will now be held on July 202

18、1 With less than three months to go. questions surrounding the safety have grown intense. How to do this safely with thousands of athletes and staff involved coming to Japan in the middle of the pandemic?A playbook released by the IOC and Tokyo organizers provided some insight. Besides masking up, a

19、voiding crowds and washing hands frequently, travelers will have to produce a test negative upon arrival. They will not have to quarantine, but arent allowed to go to public areas during their first 14 days. AJ1 travelers must submit a detailed route to Japanese authorities. They must submit details

20、 of their health and any symptoms they are experiencing into a mandatory（强制性的）mobile app. Anyone who breaks these rules could be sent back home.The IOC encourages athletes to get the vaccine if available, though not mandatory. Japan began vaccinating its citizens in mid February, so its likely many

21、Japanese wont have received dosage by the start of the Games. Dr. Angela Rasmussen, a virologist in Georgetown University, believed the best action the IOC could take to safely stage theGames would be a vaccination requirement. Many attendees from countries with out-of- control coronavirus transmiss

22、ion are a threat to the public health, she said. “It might be challenging as the access and availability of vaccines varies in different countries, but that might be the safest option for Japan.Despite many potential restrictions, nothing seems to stop the Olympics from taking place. First and forem

23、ost. money. Hosting the Olympics is quite costly and Japan has already spent over S 25 billion of mostly public finances. Even if fans arent allowed and athletes are heavily restricted in traveling outside of the grounds, this would still be an incredibly profitable event. Global broadcast rights ma

24、ke up roughly 73% of income generated from the Games, and sponsorships make up almost another 20%. Plus, Japan would still get major publicity.“The government is keen to hold the Olympics for the reputation and to celebrate Japans virtues and strengths. said Jeff Kingston, a professor at Temple Univ

25、ersity. It wants to reprise the glory of the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games and lift national and global spirits that have plummeted during the pandemic. It also hopes to stimulate a depressed economy.28. Attendees of the Olympics are required to do the following EXCEPT.A. get a negative test result upon

26、arrivalB. be quarantined during their first 14 daysC. report their travelling routes in detailD. input any symptoms through an app29. What can we infer from the passage about vaccination?A. All the athletes are supposed to get the vaccine before the Games.B. Rasmussen disapproved of the vaccinating

27、requirements by the IOC.C. The IOCs action to stage the Games will help local citizens get vaccinated.D. Attendees from some countries might have difficulty in getting vaccinated.30. Which of the below is NOT the benefit the Olympics could bring to Japan?A. Preventing the pandemic, B. Regaining the

28、previous glory.C. Enhancing peoples spirits. D. Boosting falling economy.31. Which column does the passage probably come from?A. Business. B. Education. C. Sports. D. Tourism.DPlastic pollution has long been a problem, but now its gotten to a new height literally . Microplastic, referring to plastic

29、 fragments and particles less than 5 millimeters in diameter, have been found on Mount Qomolangma as high as 8,440 meters above sea level, just 408. 86 meters below the peak of the mountain, according to a recent study published in the journal One Earth.These are the highest microplastics ever disco

30、vered so far. lead author Imogen Napper from the University of Plymouth, UK, said in a statement. Scientists collected snow and water samples from 19 different locations from 4,200 meters above sea level all the way up to the summit of Mount Qomolangma. They found microplastics in all the water samp

31、les and part of the snow samples. The most polluted sample was from the Base Camp in Nepal, where most human activities on the mountain are concentrated. Il had 79 particles of microplastics per liter of snow.But how have these fragments made it all this way and in such a great abundance? The answer

32、 is apparent human activities. It is climbers who bring plastic products to the mountain. Even if they dont litter, just walking for 20 minutes or opening a bottle of water can release microplastics into the environment.The harsh fact is that plastic pollution has reached even the most remote places on Earth. Researchers even found a plastic bag al the deepest point in the worlds oceans in the Mariana Trench. located in the Pacific Ocean. The bag is the same as the ones commonly used in grocery