2020-2021學(xué)年廣東省湛江市雷州三中高三（上）月考英語(yǔ)試卷（12月份）
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第一部分閱讀（共兩節(jié)，滿(mǎn)分37.5分）第一節(jié)（共4小題；每小題2.5分，滿(mǎn)分37.5分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。
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1．A few books recommended by Bill Gates Reading is my favorite way to indulge （放縱）my desire to know the world.Although I get to meet with a lot of interesting people and visit fascinating places through my work，I still think books are the best way to explore new topics that interest you.Here are four amazing books I read recently：
Evicted：Poverty and Profit in the American City，by Matthew Desmond.If you want a good understanding of how the issues that cause poverty are twisted （交織）together，you should read this book.Desmond gave me a better sense of what it is like to be poor in this country than anything else I have read.
Energy and Civilization：A History，by Vaclav Smil.Smil is one of my favorite authors，and this is his most famous book.He presents clearly how our need for energy has shaped human history.It's not the easiest book to read，but at the end you'll feel smarter and better informed about how energy innovation changes the course of civilizations.
The Best We Could Do，by Thi Bui.This novel explores what it means to be a parent and a refugee （難民）.The author's family fled Vietnam in 1978.After giving birth to her own child，she decides to learn more about her parents' experiences of growing up in a country tom apart by foreign occupiers.
Believe Me：A Memoir of Love，Death，and JazzChickens，by Eddie Izzard.Izzard's personal story in this book is attractive：he survived a difficult childhood and worked continuously to overcome his lack of natural talent and become an international star.If you're a huge fen of him like I am，you'll love this book.His written voice is very similar to his stage voice，and I found myself laughing out loud several times while reading it.
（1）What does Matthew Desmond try to explore？
A．Different causes of poverty.
B．The struggle of poor people.
C．How to escape from poverty.
D．Ways to live in a poor country.
（2）The book Energy and Civilization：A History fells into the category of.
A．economy
B．education
C．literature
D．history
（3）What do the last two books have in common？
A．They are popular around the world.
B．They are expected to inspire readers.
C．They focus on lives of ordinary people.
D．They are based on personal experiences.組卷：2引用：3難度：0.7 -
2．One dilemma that the super famous face is balancing the needs of privacy and recognition.
For some stars privacy is an overvalued thjye.aig.In 1919，Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford went on their European honeymoon.The two international idols had divorced their previous spouses （配偶）and were concerned about how they would be greeted.They needn't have worried.In London their car was surrounded by admiring women who pulled Mary out of the car to shake her hand，still grateful after two years for her efforts selling war bonds.In Paris they couldn't get any sleep with crowds gathering below their hotel room to sing and play for them.In Amsterdam they attended a party and were mobbed（包圍）by other guests who wanted to get close to jye.aim.The athletic Fairbanks placed his wife on his shoulder and escaped through the window.Finally，they found privacy in Hamburg，where their movies were not shown because of World War I.For an hour the famous newly-married couple walked the streets unnoticed until the bored Mary turned to her husband and said， "Doug，I'm sick of this.Let's go back to one of those countries where they mob us."
Joan Crawford had similar feelings.Once in the 1930s she was staying in New York getting over her breakup with Clark Gable.Tired of staying around her hotel feeling so down she told her entourage（隨從）they should go out and get some fresh air.The entourage，who had trouble keeping up with the star's quick pace，were shocked when she walked away from their planned road. "Oh my God.She's going into Grand Central Station!" Someone shouted， "Look，it's Joan Crawford!And she was mobbed.It took them thirty minutes to escape the crowd and get back to their hotel suite.Her hair disheveled （凌亂），her dress tom and her face scratched，Crawford leaned against the door out of breath. "Oh，oh my.That was wonderful.Let's do it again!"
（1）What did Douglas and Mary worry about before going to Europe？
A．Nobody would greet them.
B．They wouldn't be welcomed.
C．Their war bonds wouldn't sell well.
D．Their schedule would be made public.
（2）What does Mary's words in the second paragraph suggest？
A．Hamburg was too quiet a place for her.
B．Her movies weren't shown in Hamburg.
C．She fell ill after arriving in a new place.
D．She didn't really enjoy privacy so much.
（3）What did Joan Crawford think of her being mobbed in New York？
A．Amusing.
B．Enjoyable.
C．Dangerous.
D．Embarrassing.
（4）The author tells stories about the movie stars to show that.
A．they may feel down from time to time
B．they deserve people's love and respect
C．they need both privacy and public attention
D．they are not always popular around the world組卷：3引用：3難度：0.6 -
3．The next time your brain refuses to recall a simple fact or name，be thankful.That could be a sign that your brain is getting rid of unnecessary information so that it can operate more efficiently，and help you make better decisions.
Researchers who study how the brain stores information find that when neurons （神經(jīng)元）are connected to the hippocampus - a region of the brain that plays a significant role in learning and remembering - they overwrite （覆蓋）old memories，making them harder to access.
Why does the brain spend so much energy erasing memories？Researchers believe that forgetting old information makes the brain more efficient.In a 2016 study，a team of scientists taught a group of mice to locate a maze（迷宮）.The researchers erased the memories of some mice with drugs and moved the maze.The mice who still had memories of its original location had a harder time finding the new site than those that had no memory.
Additionally，the team believes that keeping too much detail could prevent people from making good decisions.In fact，evolution has shaped our memory not to win a game of unimportant matters，but to make intelligent decisions.And when we look at what's needed to make intelligent decisions，we would argue that that it's healthy to forget some things.
The scientists say what the brain decides to forget is determined by our daily life.The memories the brain decides to lose are exactly those details from your life that don't actually matter and that may be keeping you from making good decisions.
So the next time you are unable to recall a seemingly important fact，don't be hard on jye.aiself.Your brain is making room for information that can contribute to making you smarter!Remember，even Albert Einstein was absent-minded!
（1）What does the underlined word "them" in Paragraph 2 refer to？
A．Old memories.
B．New memories.
C．Neurons.
D．Researchers.
（2）What does the 2016 study suggest？
A．Old memories affects decision-making.
B．Old memories can't be erased by drugs.
C．Mice can't locate a maze without memories.
D．Drugs make mice smarter in locating a maze.
（3）What does the last sentence of the text imply？
A．It isn't easy to make intelligent decisions.
B．Einstein was as ordinary as normal people.
C．It's normal for people to forget small things.
D．Einstein is a good example of absent-mindedness.
（4）Which is the best title for the passage？
A．How Does Your Brain Work？
B．How Can We Become Smarter？
C．Forgetting Makes You Smarter
D．Brain Chooses What To Memorize組卷：3引用：2難度：0.5
第三部分寫(xiě)作（共兩節(jié)，滿(mǎn)分15分）第一節(jié)（滿(mǎn)分15分）
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8．你校下周五晚的英語(yǔ)戲劇表演活動(dòng)（English Drama Show）由英語(yǔ)戲劇社組織。假定你是戲劇社的負(fù)責(zé)人，請(qǐng)你寫(xiě)一份英文通知，在校廣播站的"English Time"欄目播出，邀請(qǐng)學(xué)生觀看，內(nèi)容包括：
1.時(shí)間和地點(diǎn)；
2.表演內(nèi)容；
3.活動(dòng)目的。
注意：
1.寫(xiě)作詞數(shù)應(yīng)為80左右；
2.請(qǐng)按如下格式在答題卡的相應(yīng)位置作答。
Dear fellow students，
__________組卷：0引用：2難度：0.5
第二節(jié)（滿(mǎn)分25分）閱讀下面材料，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容和所給段落開(kāi)頭語(yǔ)續(xù)寫(xiě)兩段，使之構(gòu)成一篇完整的短文。
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9．閱讀下面材料，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容和所給段落開(kāi)頭語(yǔ)續(xù)寫(xiě)兩段，使之構(gòu)成一篇完整的短文。
Being a single parent can be extremely difficult.I recently went through a rough time while raising my four daughters on my own.Things had not been going well for me ever since we decided to take care of ourselves.My financial situation was not great since I had four growing girls to feed on my own.As a result of that，my family car was left in bad shape.As it broke down from time to time，I only used the car when it was absolutely necessary to do so.
But one rainy night，we desperately needed groceries so the five of us went for a quick run to the store.Once we had loaded groceries to the car，it wouldn't start no matter how I tried.I was helpless in the parking lot with my four daughters aged 9，5，2 and a 6-weeks old.To make matters worse，I was not able to call anyone because my phone was disconnected.
One of my girls had mistakenly left a light on，and my battery was dead.I had no family to speak to and was on my own.I must have asked more than twenty people for help during the two hours.They all ignored me.Not even a no.They just acted like I didn't exist.My 5-year-old was melting down.My newborn screaming，my two-year-old crying she was hungry，and my oldest desperately trying to help.I was crying and felt like the worst mom ever.
When everything seemed hopeless，an elderly man，most probably in his 70s，came over and gave me a plate of chicken strips，biscuits and some water.He asked me to feed my girls and myself.He also said that he arranged for a tow truck to come get my car and his wife was on the way to fetch us back home.The tow truck came，the old man's wife arrived to fetch us and we were finally back home.
注意：
1.續(xù)寫(xiě)詞數(shù)應(yīng)為150左右；
2.請(qǐng)按如下格式在答題卡的相應(yīng)位置作答。
The next morning，the old man appeared at my front door along with a mechanic （修理工）._______
After the mechanic left，I tried to find the old man._________組卷：1引用：3難度：0.5