2021届上海长宁国际学校高三英语一模试卷及答案解析

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2021届上海长宁国际学校高三英语一模试卷及答案解析

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第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

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What to See InHarbin

Parks inHarbin: Snow Sculpture Expo on theSunIslandPark: massive and beautifully carved sculptures of snow.

Ice Lantern Festival: where large ice buildings and statues constructed with lights inside that make them

anTigerPark: The park has several large caged areas where the tigers roam freely and live as they-would

in their natural environment. We enter these caged areas in a specially designed van with large windows to get a

look at these beautiful beasts. Live pheasants (雉) are let loose (if you pay) in order to show you the tigers' natural

hunting skills.

Russian Architecture: Blessed with grace and character, the city is famous for its unique, Russian-influenced

architecture. Remnants (残存) from the days when Harbin wasan important stop on the Russian Manchurian

Railroad, the dome-shaped structures remind people of pre-revolutionary Russia. The strong Russian flavor

continues to impact the city today due to new trade and tourism betweenHarbinandRussia.

TheCentral Avenue: Passers-by only street, a perfect remaining part of the busy international business

activities at the turn of the 20th century. The 1.4-km long street is a worthy museum of European architectural

styles, including Baroque and Byzantine facades, Jewish architectural wonders, little Russian bakeries, French

fashion houses, American snack food outlets, and Japanese restaurants.

Guogeli Avenue:Harbin's second biggest shopping district dotted with Russian buildings. A tram track is still

preserved in the centre of the road. The street is named after Nikolay (Vasilyevich) Gogol (1809-1852); great

Russian novelist, dramatist, satirist, founder of the so-called critical realism in Russian literature, best-known for

his novel MERTVYE DUSHI I-II (1842, Dead Souls).

Saint Sophia Church (built in 1903): The Orthodox church is a wonderful example of Russian Architecture. We

only tour the outside of the church. The inside has been turned into some painters' market and is a big

disappointment to all who visit it. You are welcome to venture into the church. Entrance fees are RMB20 per

person.

1. From where does the author look at the tigers?

A. Through the windows of his house. B. In the closed areas of tigers.

C. In the areas for walking. D. In their natural environment.

2. Where can visitors see the most diverse styles of architecture?

A. At Ice Lantern Festival. B. On the Russian Manchurian Railroad.

C. On TheCentral Avenue. D. OnGuogeli Avenue.

3. When walking in the city ofHarbin, what can visitors still strongly feel?

A. The Russian flavor. B. The influence of Guogeli's realism.

C. The damage to Saint Sophia Church. D. The mixture of American and Japanese cultures.

B

Spain's tourism industry is looking to Chinese tourists for its high-endmarket, according to Rafael Cascales,

president of the Spain-China Tourism Association (ATEC). “It is the kind of tourism that is not only interested in the

sun, beach and the “all-included” culture. They enjoy culture, wine, history and nature, and the new Chinese

tourists would also want to spend more money in Spain," said Cascales in a recent interview with Xinhua.

“They are younger, more women travel and they are more cosmopolitan (见多识广的).They also travel on

their own or in couples or in smaller groups. The old-fashioned large groups of visitors have not disappeared, but

this new form of traveling is becoming more important,55he said.

Speaking of the consumption pattern of the new kind of Chinese tourists, Cascales said, “The money they

spend is distributed better because they will book one flight with one airline, the hotel with another company and

the restaurant with another.” In his eyes, “Chinese tourists are very important because they combine two things:

there are a large number of them and they spend more money than anyone else — almost four times more than

tourists from other countries." They not only travel abroad in the summer months when Spain has to compete

with the sun and beaches in countries such as Turkey and Egypt, but also travel in the off-peak seasons of a year,

according to Cascales.

In 2017, Spain is the second most popular tourist destination in the world, only after France. It attracted

about 82 million visitors, 700,000 of them from China, a number which is estimated to rise to about 2.2 million by

2022.

“We are ready; we have the infrastructure (基础设施) at every level, especially in hotel capacity. Here those

visitors can find what they are looking for, including the luxury items which distinguish them,” Cascales noted.

4. What are the features of the new Chinese tourists according to Cascales?

A. They are cautious about spending money in Spain.

B. They are likely to travel in smaller groups now.

C. They are only interested in the sun and beach.

D. They are mainly male visitors of middle age.

5. What can we learn about the consumption pattern of new Chinese tourists?

A. They will reserve flights and hotels with different companies.

B. They will spend less money than tourists from other countries.

C. They will travel abroad only during the off-peak seasons.

D. They will spend the money in different cities.

6. What is done to meet the demands of Chinese tourists?

A. Local cultures in Spain are promoted.

B. Well-furnished hotels are provided.

C. Best and expensive items are offered for free.

D. More shopping sites are constructed.

7. What is the purpose of this text?

A. To introduce the tourism industry of Spain.

B. To show Spain's desire to attract Chinese tourists.

C. To describe the features of Chinese tourists.

D. To advertise Spain as a top tourist destination.

C

Scientists have long sought to prevent sharp memories from dulling with age, but the problem remains

unsettled. Now research published in Scientific Reports suggests virtual reality might help older people recall facts

and events based on specific details.

The study involved 42 healthy older adults from the San Francisco Bay Area. Half spent a dozen hours over

four weeks playing a virtual-reality game called Labyrinth; they wore headsets and walked in place, walking virtual

neighborhoods while completing small tasks. The other half, in the control group, used electronic tablets to play

games that did not require recalling details. After 15 sessions (期), the latter performed roughly the same as

before on a long-term memory test. But the Labyrinth players gain an improvement in memory through the VR

game. A scientist Peter Wais of the University of California said the improvements brought them up to the level of

another group of younger adults taking the same memory tests.

Meredith Thompson, an education researcher, studies learning through VR games but was not involved in the

new study. It would be great to actually follow people over time and see what this type of game does for

long-term memory. She says, adding VR can provide greater involvement than other games. Wais's team is now

investigating how long the observed effects last and which elements of the training have the most impact.

A cognitive (认知)psychologist, Daniel Simons, who was also not involved in the study, notes experiments

with other games that claim to train the brain have often failed to evaluate this. And it remains unclear how test

performance in a laboratorysetting might translate to real-world situations. The outcome, Simons notes, “needs to

be repeated, ideally with a much larger group, before it’s treated as a strong finding.”

For now, Wais says, the team hopes its studies with similar-sized groups will help draw funding to test the

game in a larger pool of participants.

8. What is the passage mainly about?

A. People's memory gradually fails as they age.

B. People of different ages should play VR games.

C. Virtual reality changes people's memory.

D. Virtual reality improves older adults' memory.

9. What is Meredith Thompson's attitude toward the research?

A. satisfied. B. enthusiastic.

C. cautious. D. concerned.

10. According to the scientists, the research needs to be improved due to ________.

A. the lack of financial support. B. the limited pool of participants.

C. the unsatisfying test performance. D. the impractical application in real world.

11. Where may the passage come from?

A. A novel. B. A review.

C. A magazine. D. A guidebook.

D

In the northern part ofAustin there once lived an honest family by the name of Smothers. The family had

John Smothers, his wife and their five-year-old daughter.

One night after supper the little girl was ill with a serious stomachache, and John Smothers hurried

downtown to get some medicine. He never came back. The mother was very sad over her husband's

disappearance, and it was nearly three months before she married again, and moved to San Antonio. The little girl

recovered and in time grew up to womanhood. After a few years had rolled around, the little girl also married in

time, and she also had a little girl of five years. She still lived in the same house where theydweltwhen her father

had left and never returned.

By an unbelievable coincidence her little girl was taken with the same stomachache on the same night of the

disappearance of John Smothers, who would now have been her grandfather if he had been alive. “I will go

downtown and get some medicine for her,” said John Smith(for it was he whom she had married). “No, no, dear

John,” cried his wife. “You, too, might disappear forever, and then forget to come back.” So John Smith did not go,

and together they sat by the bedside of little Pansy. After a little while Pansy seemed to grow worse, and John

Smith again wanted to go for medicine, but his wife would not let him.

Just then, the door suddenly opened and an old man with long white hair entered the room. “Hello, here is

grandpa,” said Pansy. She had recognized him before any of the others. The old man drew a bottle of medicine

from his pocket and gave Pansy a spoonful. She got well immediately. “I was a little late,” said John Smothers, “as I

waited for a street car.”

12. What happened after John Smothers disappeared?

A. His daughter took some medicine. B. His wife left for San Antonio.

C. Pansy immediately had a stomachache. D. John Smith went for medicine.

13. What does the underlined word “dwelt” in paragraph 2 probably mean?

A. Lived. B. Left. C. Returned. D. Married.

14. What is the relationship between John Smothersand Pansy?

A. Husband and wife. B. Father and daughter.

C. Grandfather and granddaughter. D. Father and son.

15. How could Pansy's mother feel when she saw John Smothers?

A. Worried. B. Sad. C. Uninterested. D. Surprised.

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

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the guidelines for physical activity that raises the heart rate and makes you breathe harder. However, most of

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found fat teens were less active than normal-weight girls and boys. Overweight girls were slightly less active than

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