黑龙江省实验中学2021届高三上学期12月月考英语试题

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黑龙江省实验中学 2020-2021 学年度上学期高三年级 12 月月考

英语试题

考试时间：120 分钟总分：150 分命题人：张立营张鹏达

I 卷（选择题共 80 分）

第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）

第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2分，满分 30 分）

Welcome Aboard

This Ride Guide will help you navigate through the city. Inside, you will find important information on the

Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) streetcars, buses, subway trains and stations.

Streetcars

The TTC is planning its new, low-floor streetcars to replace its current streetcars. The streetcars entered

service in 2018 on 510 Spadina line. These new vehicles are large, fully-accessible, air-conditioned and more

comfortable with no internal steps.

Express & ‘Rockets’

The TTC operates express or limited-stop rocket services on 25 bus routes. All of the services operate during

peak periods from Monday to Friday, and some of the services also operate at off-peak times. Five of the routes

are premium-fare Downtown Express routes. Customers travelling on these routes pay a premium (额外费用) fare

that is double the regular TTC fare. All other express and rocket routes charge regular TTC fares.

Subway Service

TTC subways operate weekdays and Saturdays from approximately 6 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. Sunday service

operates from approximately 9 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. Holiday start times vary. Subway trains are fast and frequent

running every two to six minutes at all times of the week. Convenient connections are made at stations with TTC

buses and streetcars.

1. What is scheduled to be offered on the TTC?

A．Express service B．Low-floor streetcars

C．Subway service D．Rocket service

2. What service can a passenger receive on the TTC at present?

A．Non-stop rockets on 25 bus routes. B．Trains running around the clock.

C．Premium-fare Uptown Express routes. D．Streetcars with internal steps.

3. When is a subway train likely to run on Sundays?

A．4 p.m. B．3:30 a.m. C．6 a.m. D．7 a.m.

An obviously good cupboard simply sat by the dustbin in the parking lot. Probably it was something they

were getting rid of, I guessed.

My family was in need of all the extra storage space we could find at this point. We were living on top of one

another in the small house my husband, Martin and I owned. However, our younger son had stopped his college

courses and moved home. Hit hard by the bad economic situation, our elder son with his wife and my precious

grandchild moved back home too while he looked for work. This cupboard wouldn’t solve all our problems, but at

least the living room would look a little less chaotic (混乱的).

One of the nice things about the boys being back home was that their father and I never had to do the heavy

lifting. “Wesley, meet me behind the cupboard,” I told our younger son over the phone. Once he arrived we got the

cupboard loaded in my trunk（汽车后备箱). Then we opened the big box. Inside was a five-foot-tall dollhouse.

Even the little furniture was broken: a sofa and a lamp in baby blue, the color of my own living room at home.

“We should take this too,” Wesley said. “Luke might play with it when he gets a little older.” What a thoughtful

uncle Wesley was!

Late that same night, while everyone else was asleep, I went back to the living room to have a look again. A

house just like the neat dollhouse I was starting at now: everything neat and clean and in its proper place. “ When

I grow up, I’ll marry a prince and we’ll live in a nice house like that one,” I thought when I was a child. But now,

every one of us under this roof was at loose ends. It would take more than a new cupboard to get things in order

around here. I went to bed with the impression of that perfect dollhouse in my head.

The next evening I was getting everything ready for dinner. My daughter-in-law was setting the table. Wesley

and I were in the kitchen, getting the food just right. The others were in the study, watching the game. Suddenly I

felt so thankful. My two responsible sons, my kind-hearted daughter-in-law, my lovely grandchildren, and Martin,

my prince, were all under one roof. Maybe our house was a bit crowded, but in every free inch of space was love.

My dream had come true. I had the home I’d always wanted.

4．According to the passage, Luke was _________.

A．Martin’s grandson B．the author’s granddaughter

C．Wesley’s niece D．the store manager’s son

5．When the author was a child, she wished to _________.

A．live in a big family under one roof B．work at a drug store just like her mother

C．buy a five-foot-tall chaotic dollhouse D．have a neat house with everything in order

6．What does the underlined part “at loose ends” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．changeable B．satisfied C．confused D．free

7．What’s the best title for the passage?

A．Boomerang Kids（啃老族) B．An Unforgettable Dollhouse

C．A Home with Love D．A Dream Came True

It’s the ultimate dream for many—move to a big city and make a shining new life.

But as we all know, metropolitan ( 大都市的) living comes at a cost －especially if you pick Hong Kong,

Paris or Zurich, which are the world’s most expensive cities according to new research.

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)—which rates 133 global cities, and compares the price of a basket of

138 everyday items in each—has ranked them as joint top of the table.

The European cities have leapfrogged (超过) over Singapore and Osaka, which tied with Hong Kong in the

previous Worldwide Cost of Living Survey, carried out in March.

The changes are especially marked this time around, with the report doubling as an assessment of the impact

of the Covid-19 pandemic (流行病) on prices around the world.

Singapore and Osaka are now down to fourth and fifth respectively, with Tel Aviv tying with Osaka in fifth

place. An exodus of foreign workers during the pandemic is behind Singapore's drop—which saw its population

fall for the first time in 17 years－according to the EIU.

The top 10 is completed by Geneva, New York City, Copenhagen and Los Angeles.

The biggest rise is Tehran, which has climbed up the ladder from 106th to 79th, due to US sanctions ( 制裁)

impacting supplies. Reykjavik, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo show the biggest price drops. The EIU owes the

Brazilian cities’ rankings to “weak currency and rising poverty levels”. Brazil, of course, has suffered hugely

during the pandemic.

“The Covid-19 pandemic has caused the US dollar to weaken while western European and north Asian

currencies have strengthened against it, which in turn has shifted prices for goods and services” said Upasana

Dutt, head of worldwide cost of living at the EIU.

“The pandemic has transformed consumer behaviour, as lockdowns and trends such as working from home

have increased the prices of consumer electronics and meal-at-home kits have taken the place of restaurant dining

for middle-class families.”

As for the future, things don't look rosy. The EIU predicts that the trends will continue, with people cautious

about spending and sure to struggle to make ends meet during 2021.

8. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

A. Living in Hong Kong means living a happy life.

B. The pandemic forces people to work at home and eat meals at home.

C. People in Brazilian cities enjoy rising living standards because of the biggest price drop.

D. Singapore and Osaka used to tie with Hong Kong in the Worldwide Cost of Living Survey.

9. The underlined word “exodus” is close in meaning to _________

A. dramatic increase B. sudden input C. leave in mass D. journey out of Egypt

10. What is the root cause of the changes according to the research?

A. population fall B. the weaken US dollar

C. transformed consumer behaviour D. impact of the pandemic

11. What is the EIU’s attitude towards the future?

A. optimistic B. pessimistic C. indifferent D. cautious

One of the most recognizable symbols of Scotland is the kilt ( 百褶裙). Resembling knee-length skirts, kilts

originated in the 16th century as a common form of clothing for men and boys living in an area of northern

Scotland known as the Scottish Highlands. A special feature of kilts, even to this day, is the plaid ( 格子呢 )

patterns. These patterns were historically related to specific clans (家族), which are family groups that share a

relationship through ancestry (血统) or some other connections. Known as tartans (方格花纹), the plaid patterns

are of various colors. Because of their popularity in the Scottish Highlands, the wearing of kilts and any tartan

pattern in general was banned from 1746 to 1782 to try to control clans from that region that were opposed to the

king at the time. After clans were no longer considered a threat to the king, the clothing ban was removed.

Although the removal of the ban meant people could once again wear kilts with their clan’s tartan, they did

not become the regular dress of males there. Instead, they came to represent a traditional form of clothing, and be

symbolic of national pride. Tartans of all types can be seen on show all over the world on April 6, Tartan Day,

when people of Scottish ancestry celebrate their cultural treasure. Tartan Day originated in Canada in the mid-

1980s. It spread to other communities of the Scottish diaspora in the 1990s.

Nowadays, tartans have been specifically created for individuals, families, institutions, and companies.

Perhaps the best-known example of a tartan used by a company is that of the British company Burberry. Burberry

has used tartans on a variety of products, including scarves, handbags, clothing, and other accessories. Although in

2019, Burberry announced it would reduce the number of products it produced to focus more on handbags as a

way to increase profits, their iconic tartan continues to be a symbol of high fashion.

12．In which aspect are kilts special?

A．Plaid patterns are used in the kilts.

B．They are of the same color in Scotland.

C．People show respect for the king by wearing them.

D．They are designed for adult men.

13．Why do Scottish people exhibit different tartans in April?

A．To express tartans shouldn’t be ignored.

B．To spread this culture to the world.

C．To honor the end of the ban on tartans.

D．To celebrate a tradition.

14．Why does the author mention the company Burberry?

A．To stress tartans’ wide range of daily uses.

B．To prove the popularity of tartans.

C．To show the reduced number of tartan products.

D．To explain reasons for Burberry’s favoring tartans.

15．What is the best title for this passage?

A．Popularity of Scottish Kilts

B．History of Scottish Kilts

C．The Kilt and the Tartan

D．Special Scottish Clothing

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