1、届重庆巴蜀中学高三下学期高考适应性月考英语试题九巴蜀中学2021届高考适应性月考卷（九）英 语第一部分 听力 略第二部分 阅读（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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。AWondering where to send your kids for summer camp his year? The 2021 Guide to Summer Camps in Northeast Ohio is for you! Creative Arts Summer CampsReturn to creativity
2、! Summer Camps &Class are available in Dance,Visual Arts,Music,Theater,and Creative Arts Therapies.Grab a mask and join us at Beck Centers Campus for in-person,socially distanced learning in a safe,clean environment.Artistic experiences are available for a wide range of ages and all abilities. The O
3、dyssey ProgramWe offer a variety of summer camps for students aged 13-18.Live, eat,sleep,dream,and create films with the students and faculty of the School of Film & Media Arts at this three-week summer film camp that teaches storytelling,screenwriting,acting for the camera, directing, lighting, edi
4、ting and much more in a fun environment. Camp Your Way- In Person or At HomeEnergize your kids creativity and confidence with our new. Camp Invention program,Recharge!Campers in grades K-6 will work with friends in hands-on, open-ended STEM challenges. Theyll take apart a microphone to explore its i
5、nner workings, build and test a device to launch rubber ducks! Click here to request a virtual appointment.Roosevelt FirebirdAt Camp Roosevelt Firebird we create a caring and fun-filled community every summer. We are committed to diversity，inclusion，equity （公平）and opportunities for all kids； and the
6、 make-up of our community reflects this. And we see our campers becoming leaders, taking action and making the world a better place. 21. Which of the camps may attract a teenager interested in film-making?A. Creative Arts Summer Camps. B. The Odyssey Program.C. Camp Your Way. D. Roosevelt Firebird22
7、. What might kids enjoy at Camp Your Way?A. Working as volunteers. B. Learning to write creatively.C. Doing simple experiments. D. Interviewing famous artists.23. What is special about Roosevelt Firebird?A. It provides artistic experiences. B. It offers virtual camp opportunities.C. It is available
8、for children of all ages. D It encourages kids to become leaders.BMany students of the past and present would agree that their favorite thing on campus is the vending machine（自动售货机）.Whether its serving up snacks or drinks，beholding the grand machine full of popular options with the luxury of money i
9、n your pocket and the power to choose whatever suits you most in that moment is a cherished feeling. If only,so many people wonder, it was this easy and affordable for kids to get their hands on new books? Well.it could be, in fact. And thats why this school just opened its first Scholastic vending
10、machine. In a bid to get kids reading more,this school is taking a new approach:present the best-selling page-turners of the world in a kid-friendly package. With racing imaginations that never turn off and a hunger for any excuse to do anything except their homework, its more often than not that ki
11、ds just need to open up a book in order to get sucked in and start flipping through pages left and right. And pretty much no kid can resist the temptations of a vending machine. But this vending machine gets even better: the books inside are available through the purchase of tokens （代用币） -not money.
12、 And these tokens are earned through a system that rewards kids from visiting and finishing other books. Through a partnership with the local library, students can check out and return books there for free to qualify themselves for the book vending program, which prevents difficulties affording book
13、s independently from becoming an issue for these students. Once the students have earned a token, theyve earned a free book - from a machine stocked with S1.000 worth of books inside. The vending machine even features books from every genre（类型）to ensure that theres something for everyone. 24. What i
14、s the first paragraph mainly about?A. How a vending machine functions.B. What makes students excited on campus.C. What inspires the vending machine programD. How a vending machine brings convenience.25. What do we know about the new vending machine?A. It provides a limited category of books.B. Stude
15、nts earn its tokens by reading books.C. Children can borrow books from it for free.D. About 1000 books are available in each machine.26. Which words can best describe the Scholastic vending program?A. Advanced but complex. B. Traditional and effective.C. Pioneering but impractical. D. Creative and c
16、onsiderate.27. Whats the authors purpose in writing the text?A To advertise a vending machine that serves books.B. To introduce a new way to encourage children to read.C. To promote a system designed to improve reading ability.D. To suggest a new approach to dealing with learning difficulty.CAfter e
17、xactly a year of staying at home, we have adapted to socializing digitally, in short bursts of time.Remember in Before Times you could head to the gym after work and then get dressed for dinner and a night out？ The pandemic （疫情） has changed this. Our social batteries have run out of charge. Its been
18、 a long time since we had to perform our social role for an extended period. For 23-year-old Hafsa, the excitement of her friends and family to restart their social lives has left her astonished. “ At the minute my parents are planning a trip abroad and I keep postponing getting back to them with a
19、date,” she explains. “They dont know its because of all of this. Just the thought of being in a room full of people is scary, its like going back to school. ” Heather Garbutt, psychotherapist of the Counselling & Psychotherapy Centre says communication is key to recharging your unused social battery
20、. “Take it slowly and dont immediately organize a large get-together,” she advises. “Go for a walk with somebody for no more than half an hour and gently get used to being with people again. It may actually be a shock to our system which has been shut down to some degree to cope with absence. We may
21、 have that longing to be with others, but that doesnt mean we are free from anxiety. It would be good to start off with a conversation about what its going to be like when you are all together again.” She says finding some causal topics to discuss also works. Acknowledge that many of you may feel a
22、bit awkward after being physically apart for so long. Its a bit like learning to walk again after youve broken a limb. It may all be off-balance to begin with but you will find a new steadiness with practice. Whatever happens post-pandemic, your loved ones cant judge if you want to take it easy and
23、not engage in the festivities immediately. We are recovering from a post-pandemic stress disorder, after all. 28. What has become of us after a year of staying at home?A. We are addicted to chatting with people onlineB. We may feel it impossible to go back to normalC. We are quite looking forward to
24、 being with people.D. We may find it hard to socialize with others like be ore.29. How did Hafsa feel about restarting her social lifer.A. Anxious. B. Excited. C. Astonished. D.Guilty.30. What does Heather Garbutt advise us to do to get reconnected?A. Pay a visit to a close friend and stay over. B.
25、Hang out with your friends for several hours.C. Have a brief chat about your future get-togetherD. Ignore those who are anxious about connecting with others 31. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?A. What Can Help Repair Our Social Networks?B. How Can We Restore Our Social Batter
26、ies? C. When Can We Speed Up Our Reunion Plan? D. Why Did the Pandemic Mess Up Our Social Life? DCats dont avoid people who upset their owners, proving theyre just as disloyal as we always suspected, a new study confirms. The study will be a blow to enthusiastic cat lovers across the country, as the
27、ir kitty friends appear to have lived up to their reputation of being aloof and uncaring. But dog owners can cheer that mans best friend still has their back. Having previously showed that dogs avoided a person who behaved negatively towards their owner, researchers tried the same experiment with ca
28、ts to see how they reacted. For the study, cats watched as their owner tried unsuccessfully to open a transparent container to take out an object, and then requested help from a person sitting nearby. Some people helped the pet owner and others didnt, before they all offered food to the animals. In
29、the dog experiment, most dogs preferred not to take food from people who didnt help their owners. But cats werent phased and showed no preference between helpers and passive bystanders, eating food from whoever offered it. The studys lead author Hitomi Chijiiwa wrote: “One possible reason for domest
30、ic cats showing no sign of a negativity bias （偏见） might be that cooperation is not typical of this species. Whereas dogs are known to cooperate with humans and conspecifics（同类）in various real and experimental contexts， the same is not true of cats. Domestic cats originated from a less sociable ances
31、tor than did dogs, and they have not been subjected to artificial selection for cooperation with humans. However,group hunting did not evolve in small cats, because the size of their typical prey items remained unchanged even as cat communities grew bigger. “Thus,cats can be considered as at least p
32、otentially “social and flexible in terms of social structure, but not cooperative, The ability to evaluate others based on indirect experiences might be restricted to more cooperative species.” 32. What does the underlined word “aloof” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?A. Distant B. Aggressive C. Sensitive D. Greedy. 33. How do cats differ from dogs in the experiment?A. They tend to show no preference for food. B. They are likely to wait for food without doin
