2021普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（北京卷）
英 语
考生须知：1.本试卷满分100分。
2.在试卷和答题卡上准确填写学校、班级、姓名和学号。
3.试题答案一律填写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。
4.在答题卡上，选择题须用2B铅笔将选中项涂黑涂满，其他试题用黑色字迹签字笔作答。
5.考试结束时，将本试卷、答题卡一并交回。
第一部分 知识运用（共两节，30 分）
第一节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，共 15 分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的 A、B手发胀是什么原因造成的
、C、D 四个选项中，选出 最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Recently, I took a trip home by train. I got a at opposite a middle-aged man with sharp eyes, who kept 1 a young woman in a window at with a little boy on her lap. The woman’s eye fell on the man’s face, and she immediately looked down and 2 her scarf.
As the night wore on, people began to clo their eyes, but the ats were so uncomfortable that only a very heavy sleeper could manage to get any 3 . The woman looked over at the man. He was still staring at her. She looked back at him with fire in her eyes. I was beginning to get 4 , too.
The train moved on. The little boy was 5 awake on his mother’s lap, but the woman dropped off to sleep. A moment later, he began to 6 the half-open window—one leg went over it. The man jumped up and 7 the child just before he fell out.
The 8 woke up the woman. She emed to be in 9 , and then reality dawned (显现). “Your child has been looking for an opportunity to climb out of the window,” the man said as he gave the child back to her. “So I have been watching the whole time.” The woman was 10 , and so was I.
1．A．guiding B．bothering C．watching D．monitoring
2．A．adjusted B．changed C．packed D．waved
3．A．air B．joy C．space D．rest
4．A．nervous B．embarrasd C．angry D．disappointed
5．A．almost B．still C．hardly D．even
6．A．drag B．climb C．knock D．push
7．A．grabbed B．rocked C．touched D．picked
8．A．alarm B．quarrel C．risk D．noi
9．A．sorrow B．relief C．panic D．pain
10．A．astonished B．confud C．concerned D．inspired
第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，共 15 分）
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1 个恰当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。请在答题卡指 定区域作答。
A
Why do we dream? Scientists aren’t completely sure, and they have diver 11 (idea). Dreams might be a side effect of memory making. When you sleep, your brain sorts through everything 12 happened during the day, trying to link new experiences to old memories. As it 13 (connect) things, your brain turns them into a story, and you get a dream.
B
Sam is an in-real-life streamer (播主), and he live streams himlf just going about his day. While riding his bike home 14 a cold night, he came across a sad-looking elderly woman wandering the streets by herlf. The poor woman wasn’t able to give him any information about 15 she lived. Sam walked her to a nearby convenience store so that she could 16 (safe) wait for the police to take her home.
C
There 17 (be) a dramatic ri in the number of extreme weather events over the past 20 years, 18 (cau) largely by rising global temperatures, according to a new report from the United Nations. From 2000 to 2019, there were 7,348 major natural disasters around the world, 19 (result) in USD2,970 billion in economic loss. Much of this increa can be due to climate change. The findings show a critical need 20 (invest) in disaster prevention.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，38 分）
第一节（共 14 小题；每小题 2 分，共28 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，并 在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
If you are planning to start a career in the field of education, science, or culture, then an internship (实习) at UNESCO will be ideal for you.
Who can apply?
You have completed your full-time university studies; or
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r a master’s degree.
Applicants in technical assignme做薯片
nts must have reached the last year of their
studies in a technical institution.
What are the requirements?
You must be at least 20 years old.
You should have a good command (掌握) of either English or French.
You must have an excellent knowledge of office-related software.
You should be able to work well in a team and adapt to an international
working environment.
You should posss strong interpersonal and communication skills.
What do you need to prepare?
Visa: You should obtain the necessary visas.
Travel: You must arrange and finance your travel to and from the location
where you will do your internship.
Medical insurance: You must show proof of a comprehensive health insurance
valid (有效的) in the target country for the entire period of the internship. UNESCO will provide limited insurance coverage up to USD30,000 for the internship period.
