普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语试题（全国乙卷）

2021年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语试题注意事项

1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上

2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效

3.考试结束后,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回第一部分听力（共两节，满分分）30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A、B、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一遍例How muchis theshirtA.£

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1.What isthe mandoingA.Asking the way.B.Giving directions.C.Correcting amistake.

2.What dresssize does the womanwantA.

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3.What isthe womanlikely to doA.Make aphone call.—so Ican focus.〃His commentstruck meas strange.After all,coworking spaces also typicallyusean open office layout（布局）.But Irecently cameacross astudy that shows whyhis approachworksTheresearchers examinedvarious levelsof noiseon participantsas theycompleted testsofcreative thinking.They wererandomly dividedinto fourgroups andexposed tovarious noiselevelsin the background,from totalsilence to50decibels（分贝），70decibels,and85decibels.The differencesbetween most of thegroups werestatistically insignificant;however,theparticipants in the70decibels group一those exposedto alevel ofnoise similarto backgroundchatterin a coffee shop-significantly outperformedthe othergroups.Since theeffects weresmall,this maysuggest thatour creativethinking doesnot differthat muchin responseto totalsilenceand85decibels of background noise.But sincethe resultsat70decibels weresignificant,the studyalso suggeststhat therightlevel ofbackground noise一not tooloud andnot totalsilence一may actuallyimprove onescreative thinkingability.The rightlevel ofbackground noise may interruptour normalpatternsof thinkingjust enoughto allowour imaginationsto wander,without makingit impossibletofocus.This kindof“distracted focusappears to be the best statefor workingon creativetasks.So whydo somany of us hateour openoffices Theproblem maybe that,in ouroffices,wecant stopourselves fromgetting drawninto othersconversations whilewe retrying tofocus.Indeed,the researchersfound thatface-to-face interactionsand conversationsaffect thecreativeprocess,and yeta coworking space oracoffeeshop providesa certainlevel ofnoisewhile alsoproviding freedomfrom interruptions.

32.Why doesthe interviewerprefer acoworking spaceA.It helpshim concentrate.B.It blocksout backgroundnoise.C.It has a pleasantatmosphere.D.It encouragesface-to-face interactions.

33.Which levelofbackgroundnoisemaypromote creativethinking abilityA.Total silence.B.50decibels.C.70decibels.D.85decibels.

34.What makesan openoffice unwelcometo manypeopleA.Personal privacyunprotected.B.Limited workingspace.C.Restrictions ongroup discussion.D.Constant interruptions.

35.What canwe inferabout the author fromthe textA.Hes anews reporter.B.He son officemanager.C.He，saprofessional designer.D.Hes apublished writer.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项选项中有两项为多余选项According toJessica Hagy,author ofHow toBe Interesting,its notdifficult tomakeyourself interesting at a dinner party.___36___,if youreout ofyour comfortzone orif you，re wanderinginto somebody，s houseforthe firsttime.So themain thingis justto showup andbe adventurous,trying differentfoodsand talkingto strangers.People loveto talk about themselves.If you can start the conversationwith aquestion otherthan“What doyou dofor aliving”,you，11be ableto geta lotmore interestingconversationout ofwhomever itis you，re talkingto.___________________________________________37____.it canbring in〃I havethis old,broken-down vehicle〃or〃I rodethe buswith thesecrazypeople whowere laughingat sillyjokes in theback.，z Itjust opensup conversation.38If youcan，t taketheir wineaway,you shouldcertainly tryto takeaway theirsoapbox（讲台）.If yourethe host,youcanask them to helpyou in the kitchenwith somethingandjust removethem fromthe situation.________________________________________39And what about thatother dinner-party killer:awkward silenceIf yourefaced withan awkwardsilenceatadinner party,the onlything thatalways getseveryone talkingagain isto givethehost acompliment（赞扬）._

40.Just quicklytun aroundand say,“This cakeis extremelydeliciousand you have totell meall aboutit.”So beinginterestingatadinnerparty isn,t thathard.A.How doyou knowthe hostB.The firststep isto goexploringC.If youask thequestion“How didyou gethere’,D.Be preparedto have awkward conversationswith strangersE.Or turnthe conversationinto atopic wherethey havelittle tosayF.What aboutthat person who hashad toomuch todrink orwon，t stoptalking G.He orshe isthepersonwhois feelingthe weightof thatawkwardness themost第三部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节（共20小题，每小题

1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项Simply sayingthank youdoesn，t seemenough incertain situations.I wasconsidering thiswhileworking as a_______________________________41_Just afew weeksago.And itcame tomethen howmuch easierit wouldbe ifwe hada rangeof wordsthat expressdifferent42of gratitude（感谢）.My thoughtswere soon______43___.We hada womanpatient whowas______44from akneereplacement operation.One afternoon,while_45___________to getinto bedshe collapsedd到下）from whatwas46discovered to be aheart attack.The collapsewasdisastrous,_____47the emergencymedical teamand goodteamwork.But sherecovered,though48,and wasready fordischarge（出院）after fourweeks.She was_49for everythingthat themedical andnursing teamhad donefor her.On herdayof discharge,we sharedin her__________________________50at herrecovery.As she was51shewaseager tosay_____________________________________52to eachofusinthenursing team.When she________________________________________________53one nurse,she triedto pressafive-pound noteinto herhand.My colleague54to acceptit,saying thatwe wereall just55our job.The patientlooked puzzled,and then_56:〃0h this isn，t forthe___________57Ihad.I takethat asa

58.No,thisisfor settingmy hairyesterday.JAnd thereyouhaveit.To manypeople,________59lives ispart of the jobbut

41.A.cleaner B.chemist C.nurse D.doctor

42.A.grades B.meanings C.needs D.styling hairis an______60and shouldbe rewarded.

43.A.brushed asideB.put to the testexpectationsB.escaping C.retiring D.

44.A.departingrecoveringB.choosing C.pausing D.

45.A.attemptingpromising

46.A.eventually B.fortunately C.casually D.secretly

47.A.assessing B.requiring C.forming D.C.brought underdiscussion D.taken intoaccount

48.A.slightly B.accidentally C.slowly D.happily

49.A.grateful B.thoughtful C.sorrowful D.fearful

50.A.surprise B.delight C.curiosityproving

51.A.operating B.thinking C.hesitating D.leaving

52.A.sorry B.hello C.goodbye

53.A.reached B.consulted C.introduced D.persuaded

54.A.wished B.pretended C.failed D.refused

55.A.enjoying B.doing C.securing D.starting

56.A.repeated B.recited C.replied D.reported

57.A.courage B.patience C.duty D.care

58.A.goal B.given c.push D.greeting

59.A.risking B.changing c.saving D.building

60.A.honour B.ability c.opening D.extra第二节共10小题每小题分，满分15分阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式Ecotourism iscommonly regardedas low impact影响travel toundisturbed places.It isdifferentfrom traditionaltourism because it allowsthe travelerto become61educate abouttheareas-both interms ofgeographical conditionsand culturalcharacteristics,and oftenprovidesmoney forconservation andbenefits the62develop ofthe localareas.Ecotourism has63it originwith the environmental movementofthe1970s.It wasnot widelyacceptedasatravel concept64the late1980s.During thattime,increasing environmentalawarenessmade itdesirable.Due to65growing popularityof environmentally-related and adventure travel,various types66trips arenow beingclassified asecotourism.Actually,a trueeco-friendly tripmust meetthe following principles:•Minimize theimpact of67visit theplace.•Build respectfor and awareness oftheenvironmentand culturalpractices.•Provide68finance aidand otherbenefits forlocal peoples.•Make surethat thetourism providespositive experiencesfor boththe visitorsand thehosts.Komodo NationalPark,officially recognizedin1980,is popularfor ecotourismbecause ofitsunique biodiversity.69activity thererange fromwhale watchingto hiking远足andaccommodations aim70have alowimpacton thenatural environment.第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加，删除或修改增加在缺词处加一个漏字符号

（八），并在其下面写出该加的词删除把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉修改在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词注意

1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分I lovedoing housework.I alwaysassist myparents indoing thedish aftermeals.I alsowaterthe flowersintheyard andtidying upmy ownbedroom whatevernecessary.In myopinion,studentscan benefit a lot doing somehousework.Firstly,doing houseworkwas helpfulfor ustobearesponsible person.Also,it givesour parentsmore timeto dowhat theyare likeand itimprovesthe familyrelationship.Whats most,doing houseworkcan bea formof mentallyrelaxation fromstudy.That sour viewon housework.And hopesthis caninspire morethinking on the topic!第二节书面表达（满分25分）你校将举办英语演讲比赛请你以Be smartonline learners为题写一篇发言稿参赛，内容包括

1.分析优势与不足

2.提出学习建议注意L词数100左右;已为你写好参考答案阅读21-23DCA24-27BACB28-31CABD32-ACDD36-40BCFEG完型41-45CABDA ABCABDCADB CDBCD语法填空61educated

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66.of67visiting68financial69Activities70to have改错Line1:dish一dishesLine2:tidying一tidy;whatever一wheneverLine3:benefit alotdoing一benefitalot fromdoingLine4:was—isLine5:are删掉Line6most—more;mentally—mentalLine7:our—my;hopes—hopeB.Handle theproblem.C.Have arest.

4.Which tourdoesthe man seemtobeinterested inA.The eveningtour.B.The half-day tour.C.The full-day tour.

5.Where arethe speakersA.At acanteen.B.At aclinic.C.At abank.第二节（共15小题，每小题L5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 doesthe womanthink ofthe matchA.Entertaining.B.Discouraging.C.Boring.

7.What dothe speakersplan to do onTuesday afternoonA.Watch agame.B.Play tennis.C.Go to the cinema.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题

8.What doesthemanadvise Mrs.White to doA.Go ona diet.B.Do moreexercise.C.Get enoughsleep.

9.Which can be includedin Mrs.White，s breakfastA.Eggs.B.Sausages.C.Porridge.

10.What isthe manA.A teacher.B.A physician.C.A chef.听第8段材料，回答第11至14题

11.How doesNancy lookto DanielA.Confused.B.Excited.C.Anxious.

12.Why doesDaniel mentionhis performancein aplayA.To comfortNancy.B.To expresshis regretC.To showhis pride.

13.What isNancy goingtodonext weekA.Take aschool testB.Have acheck-up.C.Go infor acompetition.

14.What doesDaniel offertodofor NancyA.Rewrite herlines.B.Drive her tothetheatre.C.Help herwith thepractice.听第9段材料，回答第15至17题

15.What wasProf.Stones grandfatherafraid ofA.Leaving hishome.B.Parting fromhis son.C.Taking earlyretirement.

16.What doesold agemean tomany elderlyAmericansA.Lack ofmoral support.B.Loss ofself-worth.C.Change ofliving habits.

17.What willProf Stonetalkaboutnext concerningelderly peopleA.Public servicesthey askfor.

8.Health careavailable tothem.C.Contributions theycan make.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题

18.What doesthe speakersmother wanthertobeA.A confidentperson.B.A warm-hearted person.C.A humorousperson.

19.Why didthe speakerfeel lonelyin herchildhoodA.She oftentraveled byherselfB.Her familymoved frequently.C.Her motherwas busyworking.

20.What doesthe speakermainly talkaboutA.Importance ofhome schooling.B.Mother-daughter relationship.C.A rolemodel inher family.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）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AThe BiggestStadiums inthe WorldPeoplehave beenpouring intostadiums sincethe daysof ancientGreece.In around8A.Q.,theRomans builtthe Colosseum,which remainsthe world，s bestknown stadiumare continuesto informcontemporarydesign.Rome sColosseum was157feet talland had80entrances,seating50,000people.However,that wassmall frycompared with the citys CircusMaximus,which accommodatedaround250,000people.These days,safety regulations-not tomention themodern sportsfan sdesire fora goodviewandacomfortable seat-tend tokeep stadiumcapacities（容量）slightly lower.Even soccerfanstend tohave aseat each;gone arethe daysof thousandsstanding towatch thematch.For the biggest stadiumsintheworld,we haveused datasupplied bythe WorldAtlas listsofar,which ranksthem bytheir statedpermanent capacity,as wellas updatedinformation fromofficialstadium websites.All thesestadiums are still functional,still openand stillhosting thebiggest eventsinworld sport.D.ungrado1stofMay Stadium,Pyongyang,D.P.R-Korea.Capacity.150,

000.Opened.May1,

1989.E.ichigan Stadium,Ann Arbor,Michigan,U.S.Capacity:107,

601.Opened.October1,

1927.F.eaver Stadium,State College,Pennsylvania,U.S.Capacity:106,

572.Opened:September17,I

960.G.hio Stadium,Columbus,Ohio,U.S.Capacity:104,

944.Opened:October7,

1922.H.yle Field,College Station,Texas,U.S.Capacity:102,

512.Opened:September24,

1927.

21.How manypeople couldthe CircusMaximus holdA.104,

944.B.107,

601.C.About150,

000.D.About250,

000.

22.Of thefollowing stadiums,which isthe oldestA.Michigan Stadium.B.Beaver Stadium.C.Ohio Stadium.D.Kyle Field.

23.What dothe listedstadiums havein commonA.They hostbig games.B.They havebecome touristattractionsC.They werebuilt byAmericans.D.They arefavored byarchitectsBWhen almosteveryone hasa mobilephone,why aremore thanhalf ofAustralian homesstillpaying fora landline（座机）These daysyoud behard pressedto findanyone inAustralia overthe ageof15who doesn,t owna mobilephone.In factplenty ofyounger kidshave onein theirpocket.Practically everyonecanmake andreceive callsanywhere,anytime.Still,55percent ofAustralians havea landlinephone athome andonly justover aquarter（29%）rely onlyon theirsmartphones,according toa survey（调查）.Of thoseAustralianswho stillhavealandline,a thirdconcede that its notreally necessaryand they，re keepingitasasecurity blanket-19percent saythey neveruseitwhile afurther13percent keepitin caseof emergencies.I thinkmy homefalls intothat category.More thanhalf ofAustralian homesarestillchoosing tostick withtheir homephone.Ageis naturallya factor因素-only58percent ofGeneration Ysstill uselandlines nowand then,compared to84percent ofBaby Boomerswho,ve perhapshad thesame homenumber for50years.Age isn，tthe only factor;Id sayits alsotodowiththemakeup ofyour household.Generation Xerswith youngfamilies,like mywife andI,can stillfind itconvenient tohavea homephone ratherthan providinga mobilephone forevery familymember.That said,tobe honesttheonlypeople whoever ringour homephone areour BabyBoomers parents,tothepointwhere weplay agame andguess whois callingbefore wepick upthe phoneusing CallerID wouldtakethe funout ofit.How attachedare youto yourlandline Howlong untilthey gothewayof gasstreet lampsandmorning milkdeliveries

24.What doesparagraph2mainly tellus aboutmobile phonesA.Their targetusers.B.Their widepopularity.C.Their majorfunctions.D.Their complexdesign.

25.What doesthe underlinedword〃concede inparagraph3meanA.Admit.B.Argue.C.Remember.D.Remark.

26.What canwe sayabout BabyBoomersA.They likesmartphone games.B.They enjoyguessing callersidentity.C.They keepusing landlinephones.D.They areattached totheir family.

27.What canbe inferredabout thelandline fromthe lastparagraphA.It remainsa familynecessity.B.It willfall out of usesome day.C.It mayincrease dailyexpenses.D.It isas importantas thegas light.CYou veheard thatplastic ispolluting the oceans一between

4.8and

12.7million tonnesenterocean ecosystemsevery year.But doesone plasticstraw orcup reallymake adifferenceArtist BenjaminVon Wongwants youto knowthatitdoes.He buildsmassive sculpturesoutof plasticgarbage,foreing viewersto re-examine theirrelationship tosingle-use plasticproducts.At thebeginning ofthe year,the artistbuilt apiece calleduStrawpocalypse,“a pairof10-foot-tall plasticwaves,frozen mid-crash.Made of168,000plastic strawscollected fromseveralvolunteer beachcleanups,the sculpturemade itsfirst appearanceat theEstella Placeshoppingcenter inHo ChiMinh City,Vietnam.Just9%of globalplastic wasteis recycled.Plastic strawsare byno meansthebiggestsource（来源）ofplasticpollution,but theyve recentlycome underfire becausemost peopledont needthemtodrink withand,because of their smallsize andweight,they cannotbe recycled.Every strawthatspart ofVon Wong，s artworklikely camefrom adrink thatsomeone usedforonly afew minutes.Once thedrink isgone,the strawwill takecenturies todisappear.In apiece from2018,Von Wongwanted toillustrate（说明）a specificstatistic:Every60seconds,a truckloadsworth ofplastic enterstheocean.For this work,titled Truckloadof Plastic,〃Von Wongandagroup ofvolunteers collectedmore than10,000pieces ofplastic,which werethen tiedtogether tolook likethey dbeen dumped（彳顷侄”）from atruck allatonce.Von Wonghopes thathisworkwill alsohelp pressurebig companiesto reducetheirplastic footprint.

28.What areVon Wongs artworksintended forA.Beautifying thecity helives in.B.Introducing eco-friendly products.C.Drawing publicattention toplastic waste.D.Reducing garbageonthebeach.

29.Why doestheauthordiscuss plasticstraws inparagraph3A.To showthe difficultyoftheirrecycling.B.To explainwhy theyare useful.C.To voicehis viewson modernart.D.To finda substitutefor them.

30.What effectwould TruckloadofPlastichave onviewersA.Calming.B.DisturbingC RefreshingD.Challenging.

31.Which ofthefollowingcanbethebesttitle forthe textA.Artists Opinionson PlasticSafetyB.Media Interestin ContemporaryArtC.Responsibility Demandedof BigCompaniesD.Ocean PlasticsTransformed intoSculpturesDDuring aninterview forone ofmy books,my interviewersaid somethingI stillthink aboutoften.Annoyed bythe levelof distraction（干扰）in hisopenoffice,he said,That swhy Ihavea membershipat thecoworkingspaceacross thestreet。