2021届湖南省浏阳市一高高三下学期模拟预测卷英语试题 Word版含答案（无听力试题）

浏阳市第一中学2021届高三模拟预测卷英语试题 本试卷满分120分，考试时间100分钟。 第一部分 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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 A ??? As the leaves start to change color and the autumn air turns fresh, sometimes nothing is more appealing than the attraction of a good book. Here are our four top picks for the best books. ??? The Most Fun We Ever Had ??? By Claire Lombardo ??? Doubleday ??? David and Marilyn have been married for more than 40 years. Four kids and decades later, they're still as in love as the day they met. Lombardo paints an extraordinary picture of a family in what could well be one of the best novels published that year. ??? The Shadow King ??? By Maaza Mengiste ??? W. W. Norton & Company ??? Set during Mussolini's1935 invasion of Ethiopia, The Shadow King focuses on the female soldiers who take up arms in World War?II. In beautiful prose (散文), Mengiste shines a light on those whose lives are not often noticed. ??? Someone We Know ??? By Shari Lapena ??? Pamela Dorman Books ??? A quiet suburban town is shaken by a series of break-ins and a body that turns up in the trunk of a car in this latest psychological thriller by the author of The Couple Next Door. How are the crimes related? And what does the intruder know? ??? The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 ??? By Garrett M. Graff ??? Avid Reader Press ??? Journalist Grafif puts together an oral history of 9/11 from the perspective of nearly everyone involved. Every single line is breathtaking and heartbreaking, weaving together the story of previously unimaginable and tragic events that changed history. 1. Which of the following published the book about the army? A. Doubleday. B. Norton & Company. C. Pamela Dorman Books. D. Avid Reader Press. 2. Which author is good at writing the stories of suspense? A. Claire Lombardo. B. Maaza Mengiste. C. Shari Lapena. D. Garrett M. Graff. 3. Which of the following is TRUE about The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11? A. It's about some true stories in 9/11. B. It's about some female soldiers in World War II. C. It's about a journalist's experience in 9/11. D. It's about a single tragic event in 9/11. B As a child, Jane Goodall had a natural love for the outdoors and animals. And at age 23, she left for Nairobi, Kenya. There, Jane met famed Dr. Louis Leakey, who offered her a job at the local natural history museum. She worked there for a time before Leakey decided to send her to the Gombe Stream Game Reserve in Tanzania to study wild chimpanzees. He felt her strong interest in animals and nature, and her knowledge as well as high energy made her a great candidate to study the chimpanzees. ??? In December 1958, Jane returned home to England and Leakey began to make arrangements for the expedition(考察), securing the appropriate permissions from the government and raising funds. In May 1960, Jane learned that Leakey had ... ...