湖北省八市2021届高三下学期3月联考英语试题 Word版含答案.zip
2021 年湖北省八市高三(3 月)联考英语试卷第 1 页(共 10 页) 20212021 年湖北省八市高三年湖北省八市高三(3(3 月月) )联考联考 英语试卷英语试卷 2021.3 本试题卷共 10 页,67 题。全卷满分 150 分。考试用时 120 分钟。 视考试顺利 注意事项注意事项: : 1.答题前,先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试卷和答题卡上,并将准考证号条形码粘 贴在答题卡上的指定位置。 2.选择题的作答:每小题选出答案后,用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂 黑。写在试卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。 3.非选择题的作答:用黑色签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试卷、 草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。 4.考试结束后,请将本试卷和答题卡一并上交。 第一部分:听力(共两节,满分 30 分) 做题时,先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后,你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 第一节(共 5 小题;每小题 1.5 分,满分 7.5 分) 听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的 AB C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话 后,你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一-小题。每段对话仅读遍。 例:How much is the shirt? A. 19.15. B. 9.15.C. 59.18. 答案是 B。 1. What does the woman want to do? A. Watch TVB. Go for a walk.C. Access the Internet. 2. Where does the conversation probably lake place? A. At school.B. At a store.C. At a party. 3. What time will the woman reach Wuhan? A. 3:00 pm.B.4:00 pm.C.7:00 pm. 4. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. A job.B. A speech.C. A person. 5. What does Lily think of the math problem? A. Hard.B. Easy.C. Puzzling. 2021 年湖北省八市高三(3 月)联考英语试卷第 2 页(共 10 页) 第二节(共 15 小题;每小题 1.5 分,满分 22.5 分) 听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的 A、B.C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。 听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题 5 秒钟;听完后各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。 每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第 6 段材料,回答第 6、7 题。 6. What does the man think of the woman? A. She studies too much. B. She has a lot of experience. C. She should earn more money. 7. What will the speakers do in Hong Kong? A. Travel around by train. B. Create art on the internet. C. See some famous artworks. 听第 7 段材料,回答第 8、9 题。 8. Why does the man make the phone call? A. To hand in the lost keys. B. To claim his lost item. C. To report the loss of his luggage. 9. What will the man do after the phone call? A. Fill out a form. B. Wait for a delivery. C. Go to the Lost and Found. 听第 8 段材料,回答第 10 至 12 题。 10. What event does the man feel most confident in? A. The high jump.B. The one hundred meters. C. The four hundred meters. 11. Whats the possible relationship between the speakers? A. Coach and athlete. B. Teacher and student.C. Boss and employee. 12. How does the woman sound? A. Worrying.B. Encouraging. C. Amusing. 听第 9 段材料,回答第 13 至 16 题。 13. When did they meet the last time? A. Last year.B. A decade ago.C. At Amandas graduation. 14. What does the man do? A. He is a designer.B. He is a lawyer.C. He is a writer. 15. Where are the speakers now? A. In New York.B. In California.C. In Arizona 16. What time of year is it now? A. Fall.B. Winter.C. Summer. 2021 年湖北省八市高三(3 月)联考英语试卷第 3 页(共 10 页) 听第 10 段材料,回答多第 17 至 20 题。 17. When will the math exams be held this year? A. On Friday.B. On Thursday.C. On Wednesday. 18. What will the guest do? A. Listen to students suggestions. B. Take pictures with students. C. Take part in the Olympic Games. 19. Who will give an introduction on Tuesday? A. An athlete.B. The headmaster.C. The P. E teacher. 20. Why are parents reminded to arrive early to the concert? A. To take pictures.B. To get a place to sit.C. To find a place to park. 第二部分阅读理解(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 和 D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。 A Remember to study for knowledge and not study for getting good grades! This helped me a lot, and 50 might help you too. Keep your study area organized and comfortable. This helps you to concentrate better while studying by reducing unwanted distractions. Keeping all the required books, pens, and other instruments within reach helps. you to stayfocused on studying. You dont have to look around for any book you need. Discover ways to enhance your concentration. Concentration is unquestionably the most important attribute necessary to enjoy studying. Staying focused on what you are reading helps you to understand and absorb it. Therefore, it is absolutely essential for you to find out all the essentials that enhance your concentration. To enjoy studying, prepare in advance for tests. If you intend Lo truly enjoy studying, you must make it a habit to prepare well in advance for all your tests. You cannot enjoy studying when you are preparing on the last day prior to your test. This will make studying a painful experience for you. Ensure that your study area is free from disturbances. Ensure that outside noise and disturbances do not affect your studies. Your study table must be located in a silent area free from all external disturbances. Mark all important dates on a wall calendar. Remember to take short breaks. Taking short breaks during studying helps you in retaining more of what you have studied. Hence, short breaks are helpful during a long study session. 2021 年湖北省八市高三(3 月)联考英语试卷第 4 页(共 10 页) Manage your time in a wise way. Stay positive. Staying positive is necessary to enjoy studying. Think of all the benefits you can obtain from scoring high grades. This will motivate you 10 strive harder in your studies. Be prepared; remove fear of exams. 21. What helps you to stay focused according to the text? A. Enjoying studying. B. Preparing well in advance for you tests. C. Taking short breaks during studying. D. Keeping unnecessary distractions away. 22. If you want to keep in your memory as much 28 possible of what you have learned, what should you try to avoid? A. A long study session without taking short breaks. B. The essentials that enhance your concentration. C. The painful experience of taking exams. D. Preparation for your Lest on the last day. 23. What could be the best tile of this text? A. How to score the best grades? B. How to get rid of disturbances? C. How to improve your ability to study? D. How to make the best of your time? B Most Chinese know the story of the mythological Change, the Chinese goddess of the moon. Its a story about a woman who takes an immortality pill and flies to the moon. It is told every year during Chinas Mid- Autumn Moo Festival, so people cant hear the word “Chang e” without thinking of romantic images of a moon goddess. For this reason, Chinas mission to the moon was calling out for a strong female figure. Therefore,pictures of a 24-year-old female space commander have gone viral on Chinese social media for her work on the Change-5 Moo exploration programme with comments about how she is a “frontline soldier in the field of aerospace” that young Chinese can look up to. Ms Zhou, a 24-ycar-old lady of Tujia ethnic group, is Chinas youngest ever space commander. She was involved in the successful launch of the Change-5 lunar probe on 24 November, in charge of the rocket connector system, described as a key role. In Wenchang space launch site, though she is only 1.58 meters and looks “mini”, she is called “big sister” for her powerful “core and energy. Since senior high, she has dreamed of being a member of a space research team. With her great efforts, she was admitted to an aircraft system and engineering major of a domestic university in 2021 年湖北省八市高三(3 月)联考英语试卷第 5 页(共 10 页) 2014. making her aerospace dream come true. To grow into a commander, in two and a half years, she changed five positions to be familiar with multiple posts and types of work, each of which takes great courage and is full of challenges. In a working space with no air conditioning and narrow space to accommodate only three people, she worked for 60 days until the completion of “the Lang March 5 rocket goes around” battle. Her story has received attention from Chinese state-run media a3 well as overseas media outlets. However, it has not appeared to have had much of an effect on her. According to the media, she declined repeated requests for interviews 85 she does not wish to let fame get in the way of her work. 24. Why does the writer mention the myth of Change at the beginning of the passage? A. To introduce the topic.B. To give an example. C. To tell a romantic story.D. To spread Chinese culture. 25. What makes people think of Ms Zhou 8 a pioneer for the youth in aerospace? A. Her youth and beauty.B. Her pictures on the media. C. Her identity of Tujia Ethnic group. D. Her performance in the moon-landing program. 26. Why did Ms Zhou reject the medias invitation to interviews? A. Because she was too shy. B. Because she was not available. C. Because she feared her fame might affect her career. D. Because she considered fame nothing but a burden. 27. What can we learn from Ms Zhous story? A. Attitude is altitude.B. The early bird catches the worms. C. Many hands make light work.D. Diligence makes up for inability. C As the saying goes, time waits for no man. Time is always against us, and we just cant stop it. Maybe thats why some of us are always running late for appointments, But if timekeeping is not what youre good at, dont stress. There might be a good reason for your lack of punctuality. Peoples attitudes to being on time vary. Some clock-watch and make sure theyre exactly on time for a meeting. It is, after all, rude to be late, and if you can make it on time, why cant everyone else? But if, like me,you want to make every second count, you might try to squeeze as much as you can into the time you have available. However, when your schedule doesnt run to plan, your punctuality inevitably slips. People who lack promptness have been described as time benders. Author Grace Pacie told the BBC that “theyre the people who dont want t0 be late, but they have a strange resistance to being early, and they dont allow enough time.” They assume their journey to an appointment will always go smoothly, and the train will always be on time! Perceptions of unpunctual people are almost always negative even if sometimes wrong. Writing for the BBC, Laura Clarke says: Being consistently late might not be your fault. It could be your type. The punctually- 2021 年湖北省八市高三(3 月)联考英语试卷第 6 页(共 10 页) challenged often share personality characteristics, such as optimism, low levels of self-control, anxiety, or a preference for thrill-seeking, experts say. It is also possible that people are late so as not to be noticeable and to avoid the anxious wait for others to turn up. Maybe we latecomers should make more of an effort and follow the advice I heard to no try to be on time but decide to be on time. But I know if a meeting or a deadline really matters, then Ill be there. Otherwise relax, even if others are blaming you! 28. The text is meant to _. A. tell us to avoid being lateB. tell us why we are late C. tell us the importance of punctuality D. tell us to try 1o be early rather than late 29. “Time benders” refer to those _. A. who dont want to he late B. who dont allow enough time C. who have a strange resistance to being early D. who lack punctuality 30. According to experts, it is typical of time benders to _. A. be pessimisticB. be negative C. make every second countD. have low levels of self-control 31. I is quite possible that the writer is one of those _. A. punctual peopleB. unpunctual people C. trying to be on timeD. deciding to be on time D As the effects of climate change become more disastrous, well-known research institutions and government agencies are focusing new money and attention on an idea: artificially cooling the planet, in the hopes of buying humanity more time to cut greenhouse gas emissions. That strategy, called solar climate intervention(干预) or solar geoengineering, involves reflecting more of the suns energy back into space abruptly reducing global temperatures in a way that imitates the effects of ash clouds flowing out from the volcanic eruptions. The idea has been considered as a dangerous and fancied solution, one that would encourage people to keep burning fossil fuels while exposing the planet to unexpected and potentially threatening side effects, producing more destructive hurricanes, wildfires floods and other disasters. But. as global warming continues, producing more destructive hurricanes, wildfires floods and other disasters, some researchers and policy experts say that concerns about geoengineering should be outweighed by the imperative to better understand it, in case the consequence of climate change become so terrible that the world cant wait for better solutions. One way to cool the earth is by injecting aerosols(气溶胶) into the upper layer of the atmosphere. where those particles reflect sunlight away from the earth. That process works, according to Douglas MacMartin, a researcher 2021 年湖北省八市高三(3 月)联考英语试卷第 7 页(共 10 页) at Cornell University. “We know with 100% certainty that we can cool the planet,” he said in an interview. Whats still unclear, he added, is what happens next. Temperature, MacMartin said, is an indicator for a lot of climate effects. “What does it do to the strength of hurricanes?” he asked, “What does it do to agriculture production? What does it do to the risk of forest fires?” Another institution funded by the National Science Foundation will analyze hundreds of simulations of aerosol injection, testing the effects on weather extremes around the world. One goal of the research is to look for a sweet spot: the amount of artificial cooling that can reduce extreme weather events without causing broader changes in regional rainfall patterns or similar impacts. 32. Why do researchers and government agencies work on cooling the earth? A. To prevent natural disasters.B. To win more time t0 reduce gas emissions. C. To imitate volcanic eruptions.D. To encourage more people to bur fossil fuels. 33. What are researchers worried about in terms of global warming? A. More volcanoes will throw out. B. More solar energy will go into space. C. More disasters will endanger the future of the world. D. People will keep burning fossil fuels to keep warm. 34. What can be inferred from Douglas words in an interview? A. He thinks more research remains to be done. B. He is optimistic about the effect of cooling the earth. C. He is concerned about the reduction in agriculture production. D. He disapproves of the practice of solar climate intervention. 35. What does the underlined words “sweet spot” in the last paragraph mean? A. The rainfall pattern of a region. B. The modest drop in temperature. C. The number of extreme weather events. D. The injection amount of aerosol. 第二节(共 5 小题:每小题 2.5 分,满分 12.5 分)h 阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项,,选项中有两项为多余选项。 How to Choose Your Purpose-Filled Career When you think about choosing a career, you often do it in the following two ways. 36 . If you like writing or doing crafts, you might consider these things. This is not a bad way to go, of course, but you cant always make money doing things you like (like video games or drinking beer). And sometimes things you like are better as a hobby or side passion. Think about a well-paid job that you can do and doesnt sound so bad. Maybe a doctor, engineer or lawyer? Or maybe thats out of your educational reach, so you choose office or retail worker. 37 but often they are not 2021 年湖北省八市高三(3 月)联考英语试卷第 8 页(共 10 页) something youre really passionate about. Its kind of like just doing something because its there- not very inspired. However, theres another way that is perhaps better: 38 . For example. Taking care of c
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2021 年湖北省八市高三(3 月)联考英语试卷第 1 页(共 10 页) 20212021 年湖北省八市高三年湖北省八市高三(3(3 月月) )联考联考 英语试卷英语试卷 2021.3 本试题卷共 10 页,67 题。全卷满分 150 分。考试用时 120 分钟。 视考试顺利 注意事项注意事项: : 1.答题前,先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试卷和答题卡上,并将准考证号条形码粘 贴在答题卡上的指定位置。 2.选择题的作答:每小题选出答案后,用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂 黑。写在试卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。 3.非选择题的作答:用黑色签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试卷、 草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。 4.考试结束后,请将本试卷和答题卡一并上交。 第一部分:听力(共两节,满分 30 分) 做题时,先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后,你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 第一节(共 5 小题;每小题 1.5 分,满分 7.5 分) 听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的 AB C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话 后,你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一-小题。每段对话仅读遍。 例:How much is the shirt? A. 19.15. B. 9.15.C. 59.18. 答案是 B。 1. What does the woman want to do? A. Watch TVB. Go for a walk.C. Access the Internet. 2. Where does the conversation probably lake place? A. At school.B. At a store.C. At a party. 3. What time will the woman reach Wuhan? A. 3:00 pm.B.4:00 pm.C.7:00 pm. 4. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. A job.B. A speech.C. A person. 5. What does Lily think of the math problem? A. Hard.B. Easy.C. Puzzling. 2021 年湖北省八市高三(3 月)联考英语试卷第 2 页(共 10 页) 第二节(共 15 小题;每小题 1.5 分,满分 22.5 分) 听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的 A、B.C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。 听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题 5 秒钟;听完后各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。 每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第 6 段材料,回答第 6、7 题。 6. What does the man think of the woman? A. She studies too much. B. She has a lot of experience. C. She should earn more money. 7. What will the speakers do in Hong Kong? A. Travel around by train. B. Create art on the internet. C. See some famous artworks. 听第 7 段材料,回答第 8、9 题。 8. Why does the man make the phone call? A. To hand in the lost keys. B. To claim his lost item. C. To report the loss of his luggage. 9. What will the man do after the phone call? A. Fill out a form. B. Wait for a delivery. C. Go to the Lost and Found. 听第 8 段材料,回答第 10 至 12 题。 10. What event does the man feel most confident in? A. The high jump.B. The one hundred meters. C. The four hundred meters. 11. Whats the possible relationship between the speakers? A. Coach and athlete. B. Teacher and student.C. Boss and employee. 12. How does the woman sound? A. Worrying.B. Encouraging. C. Amusing. 听第 9 段材料,回答第 13 至 16 题。 13. When did they meet the last time? A. Last year.B. A decade ago.C. At Amandas graduation. 14. What does the man do? A. He is a designer.B. He is a lawyer.C. He is a writer. 15. Where are the speakers now? A. In New York.B. In California.C. In Arizona 16. What time of year is it now? A. Fall.B. Winter.C. Summer. 2021 年湖北省八市高三(3 月)联考英语试卷第 3 页(共 10 页) 听第 10 段材料,回答多第 17 至 20 题。 17. When will the math exams be held this year? A. On Friday.B. On Thursday.C. On Wednesday. 18. What will the guest do? A. Listen to students suggestions. B. Take pictures with students. C. Take part in the Olympic Games. 19. Who will give an introduction on Tuesday? A. An athlete.B. The headmaster.C. The P. E teacher. 20. Why are parents reminded to arrive early to the concert? A. To take pictures.B. To get a place to sit.C. To find a place to park. 第二部分阅读理解(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 和 D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。 A Remember to study for knowledge and not study for getting good grades! This helped me a lot, and 50 might help you too. Keep your study area organized and comfortable. This helps you to concentrate better while studying by reducing unwanted distractions. Keeping all the required books, pens, and other instruments within reach helps. you to stayfocused on studying. You dont have to look around for any book you need. Discover ways to enhance your concentration. Concentration is unquestionably the most important attribute necessary to enjoy studying. Staying focused on what you are reading helps you to understand and absorb it. Therefore, it is absolutely essential for you to find out all the essentials that enhance your concentration. To enjoy studying, prepare in advance for tests. If you intend Lo truly enjoy studying, you must make it a habit to prepare well in advance for all your tests. You cannot enjoy studying when you are preparing on the last day prior to your test. This will make studying a painful experience for you. Ensure that your study area is free from disturbances. Ensure that outside noise and disturbances do not affect your studies. Your study table must be located in a silent area free from all external disturbances. Mark all important dates on a wall calendar. Remember to take short breaks. Taking short breaks during studying helps you in retaining more of what you have studied. Hence, short breaks are helpful during a long study session. 2021 年湖北省八市高三(3 月)联考英语试卷第 4 页(共 10 页) Manage your time in a wise way. Stay positive. Staying positive is necessary to enjoy studying. Think of all the benefits you can obtain from scoring high grades. This will motivate you 10 strive harder in your studies. Be prepared; remove fear of exams. 21. What helps you to stay focused according to the text? A. Enjoying studying. B. Preparing well in advance for you tests. C. Taking short breaks during studying. D. Keeping unnecessary distractions away. 22. If you want to keep in your memory as much 28 possible of what you have learned, what should you try to avoid? A. A long study session without taking short breaks. B. The essentials that enhance your concentration. C. The painful experience of taking exams. D. Preparation for your Lest on the last day. 23. What could be the best tile of this text? A. How to score the best grades? B. How to get rid of disturbances? C. How to improve your ability to study? D. How to make the best of your time? B Most Chinese know the story of the mythological Change, the Chinese goddess of the moon. Its a story about a woman who takes an immortality pill and flies to the moon. It is told every year during Chinas Mid- Autumn Moo Festival, so people cant hear the word “Chang e” without thinking of romantic images of a moon goddess. For this reason, Chinas mission to the moon was calling out for a strong female figure. Therefore,pictures of a 24-year-old female space commander have gone viral on Chinese social media for her work on the Change-5 Moo exploration programme with comments about how she is a “frontline soldier in the field of aerospace” that young Chinese can look up to. Ms Zhou, a 24-ycar-old lady of Tujia ethnic group, is Chinas youngest ever space commander. She was involved in the successful launch of the Change-5 lunar probe on 24 November, in charge of the rocket connector system, described as a key role. In Wenchang space launch site, though she is only 1.58 meters and looks “mini”, she is called “big sister” for her powerful “core and energy. Since senior high, she has dreamed of being a member of a space research team. With her great efforts, she was admitted to an aircraft system and engineering major of a domestic university in 2021 年湖北省八市高三(3 月)联考英语试卷第 5 页(共 10 页) 2014. making her aerospace dream come true. To grow into a commander, in two and a half years, she changed five positions to be familiar with multiple posts and types of work, each of which takes great courage and is full of challenges. In a working space with no air conditioning and narrow space to accommodate only three people, she worked for 60 days until the completion of “the Lang March 5 rocket goes around” battle. Her story has received attention from Chinese state-run media a3 well as overseas media outlets. However, it has not appeared to have had much of an effect on her. According to the media, she declined repeated requests for interviews 85 she does not wish to let fame get in the way of her work. 24. Why does the writer mention the myth of Change at the beginning of the passage? A. To introduce the topic.B. To give an example. C. To tell a romantic story.D. To spread Chinese culture. 25. What makes people think of Ms Zhou 8 a pioneer for the youth in aerospace? A. Her youth and beauty.B. Her pictures on the media. C. Her identity of Tujia Ethnic group. D. Her performance in the moon-landing program. 26. Why did Ms Zhou reject the medias invitation to interviews? A. Because she was too shy. B. Because she was not available. C. Because she feared her fame might affect her career. D. Because she considered fame nothing but a burden. 27. What can we learn from Ms Zhous story? A. Attitude is altitude.B. The early bird catches the worms. C. Many hands make light work.D. Diligence makes up for inability. C As the saying goes, time waits for no man. Time is always against us, and we just cant stop it. Maybe thats why some of us are always running late for appointments, But if timekeeping is not what youre good at, dont stress. There might be a good reason for your lack of punctuality. Peoples attitudes to being on time vary. Some clock-watch and make sure theyre exactly on time for a meeting. It is, after all, rude to be late, and if you can make it on time, why cant everyone else? But if, like me,you want to make every second count, you might try to squeeze as much as you can into the time you have available. However, when your schedule doesnt run to plan, your punctuality inevitably slips. People who lack promptness have been described as time benders. Author Grace Pacie told the BBC that “theyre the people who dont want t0 be late, but they have a strange resistance to being early, and they dont allow enough time.” They assume their journey to an appointment will always go smoothly, and the train will always be on time! Perceptions of unpunctual people are almost always negative even if sometimes wrong. Writing for the BBC, Laura Clarke says: Being consistently late might not be your fault. It could be your type. The punctually- 2021 年湖北省八市高三(3 月)联考英语试卷第 6 页(共 10 页) challenged often share personality characteristics, such as optimism, low levels of self-control, anxiety, or a preference for thrill-seeking, experts say. It is also possible that people are late so as not to be noticeable and to avoid the anxious wait for others to turn up. Maybe we latecomers should make more of an effort and follow the advice I heard to no try to be on time but decide to be on time. But I know if a meeting or a deadline really matters, then Ill be there. Otherwise relax, even if others are blaming you! 28. The text is meant to _____. A. tell us to avoid being lateB. tell us why we are late C. tell us the importance of punctuality D. tell us to try 1o be early rather than late 29. “Time benders” refer to those _____. A. who dont want to he late B. who dont allow enough time C. who have a strange resistance to being early D. who lack punctuality 30. According to experts, it is typical of time benders to _____. A. be pessimisticB. be negative C. make every second countD. have low levels of self-control 31. I is quite possible that the writer is one of those _____. A. punctual peopleB. unpunctual people C. trying to be on timeD. deciding to be on time D As the effects of climate change become more disastrous, well-known research institutions and government agencies are focusing new money and attention on an idea: artificially cooling the planet, in the hopes of buying humanity more time to cut greenhouse gas emissions. That strategy, called solar climate intervention(干预) or solar geoengineering, involves reflecting more of the suns energy back into space abruptly reducing global temperatures in a way that imitates the effects of ash clouds flowing out from the volcanic eruptions. The idea has been considered as a dangerous and fancied solution, one that would encourage people to keep burning fossil fuels while exposing the planet to unexpected and potentially threatening side effects, producing more destructive hurricanes, wildfires floods and other disasters. But. as global warming continues, producing more destructive hurricanes, wildfires floods and other disasters, some researchers and policy experts say that concerns about geoengineering should be outweighed by the imperative to better understand it, in case the consequence of climate change become so terrible that the world cant wait for better solutions. One way to cool the earth is by injecting aerosols(气溶胶) into the upper layer of the atmosphere. where those particles reflect sunlight away from the earth. That process works, according to Douglas MacMartin, a researcher 2021 年湖北省八市高三(3 月)联考英语试卷第 7 页(共 10 页) at Cornell University. “We know with 100% certainty that we can cool the planet,” he said in an interview. Whats still unclear, he added, is what happens next. Temperature, MacMartin said, is an indicator for a lot of climate effects. “What does it do to the strength of hurricanes?” he asked, “What does it do to agriculture production? What does it do to the risk of forest fires?” Another institution funded by the National Science Foundation will analyze hundreds of simulations of aerosol injection, testing the effects on weather extremes around the world. One goal of the research is to look for a sweet spot: the amount of artificial cooling that can reduce extreme weather events without causing broader changes in regional rainfall patterns or similar impacts. 32. Why do researchers and government agencies work on cooling the earth? A. To prevent natural disasters.B. To win more time t0 reduce gas emissions. C. To imitate volcanic eruptions.D. To encourage more people to bur fossil fuels. 33. What are researchers worried about in terms of global warming? A. More volcanoes will throw out. B. More solar energy will go into space. C. More disasters will endanger the future of the world. D. People will keep burning fossil fuels to keep warm. 34. What can be inferred from Douglas words in an interview? A. He thinks more research remains to be done. B. He is optimistic about the effect of cooling the earth. C. He is concerned about the reduction in agriculture production. D. He disapproves of the practice of solar climate intervention. 35. What does the underlined words “sweet spot” in the last paragraph mean? A. The rainfall pattern of a region. B. The modest drop in temperature. C. The number of extreme weather events. D. The injection amount of aerosol. 第二节(共 5 小题:每小题 2.5 分,满分 12.5 分)h 阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项,,选项中有两项为多余选项。 How to Choose Your Purpose-Filled Career When you think about choosing a career, you often do it in the following two ways. 36 . If you like writing or doing crafts, you might consider these things. This is not a bad way to go, of course, but you cant always make money doing things you like (like video games or drinking beer). And sometimes things you like are better as a hobby or side passion. Think about a well-paid job that you can do and doesnt sound so bad. Maybe a doctor, engineer or lawyer? Or maybe thats out of your educational reach, so you choose office or retail worker. 37 but often they are not 2021 年湖北省八市高三(3 月)联考英语试卷第 8 页(共 10 页) something youre really passionate about. Its kind of like just doing something because its there- not very inspired. However, theres another way that is perhaps better: 38 . For example. Taking care of c
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