精品解析：广东省汕头市潮阳区河溪中学2021-2022学年高三上学期第一次质检英语试题

河溪中学2021-2022学年度第一学期第一次质检 高三英语 本试卷共7 页，满分 120 分， 考试用时 120 分钟。 注意事项： 1. 答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、座位号填写在答题卡上。 用 2B 铅笔将试卷类型和考生号填涂在答题卡相应位置上。 2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应的题目选项的答案信息点涂黑;如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再填涂其他答案。 答案不能答在试卷上。 3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上;如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案，不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 4. 作答选做题时，请先用 2B 铅笔填涂选做题的题组号的信息点，再作答。漏涂、错涂、多涂的，答案无效。 5. 考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。 第一部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分50分) 第一节(共15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。 A Kiwis are unique in a lot of interesting ways. They have many characteristics that are not found in any other bird. It is assumed that the kiwi’s ancestor was able to fly and reached New Zealand. Once on the island, it lost its ability to fly and eventually became the kiwi known today. Kiwis have feathers that look like hair and very strong and muscular legs. They rule the ground instead of the air. They can smell very well. Kiwis are quite shy and usually only come out at night. Kiwis can live a long time, between 25 and 50 years. A female kiwi carries a huge egg about its body size. The kiwi is about the same size as a chicken but its egg is actually six times as large as a chicken’s egg. The reason for this is that the kiwi doesn’t have to fly, so there aren’t any limits on its weight. The female has to eat three times as much as usual to help the egg develop. Right before the egg is laid she can’t eat anything because the egg presses against her stomach, leaving no room for food. All kiwi species are endangered. On average, twenty-seven die each week. They have been affected most by deforestation and invasive mammals. Before humans came to New Zealand, the only mammals on the island were bats and seals. The kiwi never had to worry about predators before, but now since it cannot fly, and lays its eggs on the ground, it is pretty defenceless against invasive mammals such as rats and stoats. Stoats kill a lot of the chicks, while dogs kill a lot of adult birds, usually by accident, because they a