河南省平頂山市舞鋼藝術(shù)中學(xué)2021年高三英語月考試卷含解析一、選擇題1.Youdon’tfeeltheweightofair____againstyourbodybecausethepressureitproducesononesideofyouisbalancedbythepressureontheoppositeside.

A.havingpressed

B.beingpressed

C.pressing

D.havingbeenpressed參考答案：B2.Footballfansarealwaysarguingoverthose______goalsintheWorldCup.A．confidential

B．controversialC．contemporary

D．contradictory參考答案：B考查形容詞辨析。A“機密的”；B“有爭議的”；C“當(dāng)代的”；D“矛盾的”。句意“足球球迷們總是因這些有爭議的得分而爭吵?！惫蔬xB。3.Wecouldn’teatinarestaurantbecause

ofushad

moneyonus．

A．a(chǎn)ll，no

B．a(chǎn)ny，no

C．none，any

D．noone，any參考答案：C4.Heisusedto

tohisofficeinspiteofbadweather.

A.towalk

B.walking

C.walked

D.haswalked參考答案：B略5.__________haveknowntheresultsoftheexam.A.Itseemedto

B.Itseemedtohimto

C.Heseemedthathe

D.Heseemedto參考答案：D6.TheeditionofLongmanDictionaryisuptodate.Thewordswhich_____intoEnglishfromtheoutsideworld_____about200pagesofthedictionary.A.wereimported;occupy B.areimported;haveoccupiedC.havebeenimported;occupy

D.wereimported;haveoccupied參考答案：C7.Believeitornot,nobreadeatenbyusisassweetas_______earnedbyourownlabor.Aone

B.that

C.such

D.what參考答案：B8.Johnlikestogive______,butnoneofuswilllistentohim.A．requests

B．a(chǎn)dvices

C．commands

D．honours參考答案：C9.Washenervouswhenfacingtheinterview?Notreally.Heis_____,forhewaswellprepared.A.downinthedumps B.flyingoffthehandle C.overthemoon D.ascoolasacucumber參考答案：D【詳解】考查習(xí)語辨析。句意：——面對采訪他緊張嗎？——一點都不。他非常冷靜，因為他做好了充分準(zhǔn)備，A.downinthedumps悶悶不樂；B.flyingoffthehandle大發(fā)脾氣；C.overthemoon樂翻了天；D.ascoolasacucumber非常冷靜。根據(jù)下文的forhewaswellprepared.可推出“他”非常冷靜。故選D項。10.Youneedabitofcoldwaterintheretomakeitcomfortable.Nottoocold._____.

Igotit. A.Youbet

B.Beyourself

C.Mindyou

D.Hurryup參考答案：C11.Haven’tseenyouforages!DoyoustillworkinBeijing?_____.It’syearssinceIworkedthere.A.No,Ihaven’t

B.No,Idon’t

C.Yes,Ido

D.Yes,Ihave參考答案：B28.—CouldyoutellmesomethingaboutHollandinEurope?

—Itisasmallcountry______sizeandpopulation.

A.infaceof

B.intermsof

C.inneedof

D.incaseof參考答案：B略13.Themostimportantthingaboutcottoninhistoryis

partthatitplayedin_____

IndustrialRevolution.A./;/

B.the;/

C.the;the

D.a;the參考答案：21解析：C考查冠詞。句意：在歷史上，關(guān)于棉花最重要的是它在工業(yè)革命中所起的作用。解答本題的關(guān)鍵分清定冠詞在語境中是泛指還是特指是。本題part意思是“作用”，特指工業(yè)革命時期所起的作用，是特指，普通名詞構(gòu)成的專有名詞，通常名詞前用the。略14.Ican’tsayI’mthebest.Ihaveonly_________mademoreeffortsthanothers.A.definitely

B.ly

C.obviously

D.certainly參考答案：B15.Comingintotheroom,Ifoundthem________atthetable,_________chess.A.seated;playing

B.seated;playingtheC.seating;playedthe

D.sitting;played參考答案：A16.Atfirstthemanrefusedtosayanythingbutwhenshowntheevidenceheandtoldeverything．

A．brokedown

B．brokeout

C．gaveup

D．gaveaway參考答案：A略17.Musicshouldbetaughtroutinelyinschoolsbecauseofthebenefits_____canhaveonthe

developmentofthebrainsofyoungchildren.A.which

B.that

C.it

D.one參考答案：C18.Istoppedtolisten,andmysonseemed_______himself_____inthelivingroom.A.toenjoy;toshut

B.tobeenjoying;shuttingC.tobeenjoying;shut

D.tohaveenjoyed;havingshut參考答案：C19.Whateverbackgroundyoucomefrom,youcanbe

successfulwithyourhardworklikemanyothers.A．equally

B．merely

C．mostly

D．hardly參考答案：A二、完型填空20.AsIheldmyfather’shandsonenight,Icouldn’thelpbutnoticetheircalluses(老繭)androughness.Hishandstellthestoryofhislifeasa___16___,includingallhisstruggles.Onesummer,Iremember,adrought(旱災(zāi))hitOntario,turningitintoa___17___desert.OnoneofthosehotmorningsIwaspickingsweetcomwithmydadtofillthelast___18___fromthegrocerystore.Fiftydozenwasallweneeded,which___19___tooktwentyminutes.Thatmorning,however,theprocessdidn’t___20___quickly.Afterfortyminutesofaimlesslywalkinginthefield,we___21___neededtwentydozen.Iwascompletelyfrustrated(挫敗的)and___22___.Droppingthebasketheavily,Ideclared,“Ifthestorewantsitslasttwentydozen,theycanpickitthemselves”.Dad___23___.“Justthink,mylittlegirl,onlytendozenleftforeachofusandthenwe’re___24___.”SuchisDadwhateverproblemhe___25___,henevergivesup.___26___,thebadeffectsofthedroughtwerefeltalloverourcounty.Itwasachallengingtimeforeveryone,___27___Dadremainedoptimistic(樂觀的).He___28___tobegratefulforotherthingslikegoodhealthandfoodonourplates.OnlythendidItrulybeginto___29___Dadandhisfaiththatguidedusthroughthehardtimes.Dadisalsoalivingexampleofreal___30___.Fromdawntodusk,heworkscountlesshoursto___31___ourfamily.Healwaysputsourhappiness___32___hisownandneverfailstocheermeonatmysportsgames___33___histirednessafterlongdays.Hislovingandselflessnaturehasencouragedmetobecomemoresympathetic(有同情心的)and___34___,puttingothersfirst.Dad,thelife___35___Ihavelearnedfromyouwillstaywithmeforever.Youaremyfather,teacher,friendand,mostimportantly,myhero.16.A.teacher B.gardener C.farmer D.grocer17.A.stormy B.lively C.disappearing D.burning18.A.order B.form C.room D.position19.A.repeatedly B.normally C.finally D.really20.A.go B.begin C.happen D.change21.A.yet B.still C.even D.nearly22.A.surprised B.nervous C.angry D.frightened23.A.apologized B.cried C.complained D.laughed24.A.lost B.done C.gone D.touched25.A.meetswith B.bringsup C.worksout D.thinksabout26.A.Thankfully B.Hopefully C.Unfortunately D.Strangely27.A.or B.for C.so D.but28.A.happened B.seemed C.continued D.looked29.A.face B.appreciate C.examine D.question30.A.love B.pride C.friendship D.honesty31.A.support B.settle C.start D.impress32.A.after B.before C.beside D.under33.A.inspiteof B.insupportof C.incontrolof D.inplaceof34.A.careful B.regretful C.considerate D.humorous35.A.history B.stories C.patterns D.lessons參考答案：16.C

17.D

18.A

19.B

20.A

21.B

22.C

23.D

24.B

25.A

26.C

27.D

28.C

29.B

30.A

31.A

32.B

33.A

34.C

35.D文章以與父親給商店送東西為線索，描述了記憶中跟爸爸在一起度過的時光和爸爸對待生活的樂觀態(tài)度以及對子女的無私的奉獻和愛?！?6題詳解】考查名詞辨析。A.teacher老師；B.gardener園藝者；C.farmer農(nóng)民；D.grocer雜貨商。根據(jù)下文adrought（旱災(zāi)）hitOntario以及sweetcorn可以判斷出作者的父親是一位在田地里工作的農(nóng)夫。故選C?！?7題詳解】考查形容詞辨析。A.stormy暴風(fēng)雨般的；B.lively生動的；C.disappearing消失的，不見的；D.burning燒灼的，灼燙的。根據(jù)前文因為發(fā)生了大旱災(zāi)，那么用burning來修飾desert最合適不過了。故選D。【18題詳解】考查名詞辨析。A.order訂單；B.form表格；C.gap間隔，分隔；D.position位置。因為作者父親本身是一位農(nóng)民，要給蔬菜店送蔬菜，所以這里表達的意思是我們送的最后一單。故選A。【19題詳解】考查副詞辨析。A.repeatedly反復(fù)地，再三地；B.usually通常地；C.finally最終地；D.really確實地，此題需要結(jié)合后面一句話去做，后一句的意思是“然而這一次，這個過程進展不快”，說明前面的二十分鐘是“通常情況”下所需要的時間，因此應(yīng)該用副詞usually。故選B?！?0題詳解】考查動詞辨析。A.go去，進展；B.begin開始；C.occur出現(xiàn)；D.change改變。根據(jù)上文however,theprocessdidn’t...說明這次出現(xiàn)情況，所以整個過程進展的不太順利。故選A?！?1題詳解】考查副詞辨析。A.yet尚且；B.still仍然，還要；C.even甚至；D.nearly機會，差不多。我們在經(jīng)歷了Afterfortyminutesofaimlesslywalkinginthefield之后，還要有20打的貨物。故選B?！?2題詳解】考查形容詞辨析。A.surprised驚訝的；B.nervous緊張的；C.angry生氣的；D.frightened害怕的。根據(jù)Iwascompletelyfrustrated...可以推斷出由于作者在室外干活干的太久了，產(chǎn)生疲勞感及厭煩心里，所以選擇C項?！?3題詳解】考查動詞辨析。A.apologize道歉；B.cry哭；C.complain抱怨；D.laugh笑。作者的父親看到自己的女兒不耐煩了，所以上前笑著安慰自己的孩子。故選D?！?4題詳解】考查形容詞辨析。A.lost迷失的；B.done完成的；C.gone消失的；D.touched感動的。作者的父親安慰作者說“你看，我們倆各分十個就完成任務(wù)了?！眀edone是固定用法，意思是“結(jié)束，做完了”。故選B?！?5題詳解】考查動詞短語辨析。A.meetwith碰到，遭遇；B.bringup提出，養(yǎng)育；C.workout解決，做出，鍛煉；D.thinkabout考慮。句意“這就是我的爸爸，無論遇到什么問題，他從不放棄?！惫蔬xA?！?6題詳解】考查副詞辨析。A.thankfully謝天謝地；B.hopefully充滿希望地；C.unfortunately不幸運地；D.strangely奇怪地。因為作者所在的國家發(fā)生了災(zāi)難性的干旱情況，所以這個是不幸的。故選C。【27題詳解】考查連詞辨析。A.or或者；B.for因為；C.so因此；D.but但是。后文Dadremainedoptimistic...而當(dāng)時作者所在的國家經(jīng)歷著大旱災(zāi)，所以前后是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。故選D。【28題詳解】考查動詞辨析。A.happen發(fā)現(xiàn)，遇到；B.seem看起來；C.continue繼續(xù)；D.aim旨在。根據(jù)文章的主題可知，父親對待生活持樂觀態(tài)度，樂觀的人會感激生活和所擁有的一切。上句Dadremainedoptimistic提示，在艱難的日子里，父親“依然樂觀”，“繼續(xù)”感恩已有的東西，如健康和盤中食物。故選C?！?9題詳解】考查動詞辨析。A.face面對；B.appreciate感激；C.examine檢查；D.question質(zhì)問。作者此時也開始感激爸爸的人生觀指導(dǎo)著作者的人生路。故選B?！?0題詳解】考查名詞辨析。A.love愛；B.pride驕傲；C.friendship友誼；D.honesty誠實。句意：爸爸真的是一個活生生的“真愛”的榜樣。這句話是本段落的主題句，從下文可以看出，“父親”對于家庭無私的奉獻以及對子女無私的愛，所以選擇love是最合適的。故選A?！?1題詳解】考查動詞辨析。A.support支持；B.settle安置；C.start開始；D.impress給……留下印象。父親每天工作很長時間來“養(yǎng)家”，所以應(yīng)該選擇support。supportone’sfamily維持一家人的生計。故選A。【32題詳解】考查介詞辨析。A.after在……之后；B.before在……之前；C.beside在……旁邊；D.under在……之下。他總是把我們的幸福放在他自己的“前面”。故選B?！?3題詳解】考查短語辨析。A.inspiteof盡管；B.intermsof...對……來說；C.incontrolof控制；D.inplaceof代替。盡管父親做了一天的工作感到疲勞，但是他從來未停止對我在體育比賽上的鼓勵。故選A。【34題詳解】考查形容詞辨析。A.careful仔細(xì)的；B.regretful后悔的；C.considerate體貼的；D.humorous幽默的。首先要明確這個短語：puttingothersfirst為他人著想，他的愛和無私激勵著我更加富有同情心和“更體諒人”，優(yōu)先考慮別人。解題關(guān)鍵是“puttingothersfirst”，這其實就是對considerate的解釋。故選C?！?5題詳解】考查名詞辨析。A.history歷史；B.motto箴言；C.patterns模式；D.教訓(xùn)。句中的Ihavelearnedfromyou是一個定語從句，空處就是它所修飾的先行詞，從句中的謂語動詞learned缺少賓語，空處就是它的賓語，這樣就是learn...fromyou，從四個選項中找一個詞填到這個省略號中作賓語，lessons是最合適的，意思是“我從你那里學(xué)習(xí)到的生活上的一些經(jīng)驗教訓(xùn)”。故選D。21.Recently,Istoppedbyaconveniencestoretogetanewspaperandabottleofdrink.Theyoungwomanatthecheckoutcountersaid,“That’llbefivedollars___21___

please,”Shethen___22___downatthepaperIwas___23___andsaid,“I’msickand___24___allthisnegative(消極)stuffonthefront___25___.Iwanttoreadsome___26___newsforachange,”She

thensaid,“Infact,Ithinksomeoneshouldjust___27___aGoodNewsnewspaperapaperwithwonderful,inspirational___28___aboutpeopleovercomingdifficultyanddoinggoodthingsfor___29___I’dbuyoneeveryday!”Shethen___30___meforcominginandsaid,“Maybewe’llgetsomegoodnews,”andshelaughed.Shemademyday.Thefollowingdayaftermybusinessappointments,I___31___thesamestoregainto___32___.bottledwaterandapieceofnewspaper,buta___33___youngladywasbehindthecounter.AsIchecked

outIsaid,“Goodafternoon”andhandedhermy

___34___.Shesaidnothing-notaword,notasmileornotagesture.Shejusthandedmemychangeand___35___anegativetoneordered…“Next！”Ithitmelightbetweentheeyes:“Twopeople,thesameage;___36___mademefeelgreat,andtheother,well,mademefeelthatIhadinconveniencedherby___37___.Everymorning,youshouldask___38___thisimportantquestion:“WhydoIwanttobetoday?‘TheGrouch(不高興)’

or‘TheGoodNewsGirl’Youanswerwilldogreatgoodto___39___thejoyandhappinessthatyouwillexperienceinyour___40___21.A.atall

B.inall

C.forall

D.allfor22.A.stared

B.glared

C.glanced

D.noticed23.A.carrying

B.taking

C.reading

D.buying24.A.tiredof

B.interestedin

C.concernedabout

D.fondof25.A.columns

B.editions

C.pages

D.parts26.A.bad

B.good

C.latest

D.interesting27.A.collect

B.print

C.sell

D.publish28.A.stories

B.ideas

C.concepts

D.experiences29.A.rewards

B.theothers

C.others

D.nothing30.A.praised

B.thanked

C.appreciated

D.criticized31.A.droppedout

B.droppedoff

C.droppedon

D.droppedby32.A.pickup

B.takeup

C.bringup

D.carryup33.A.beautiful

B.fantastic

C.different

D.stupid34.A.card

B.money

C.dollar

D.change35.A.with

B.at

C.through

D.in36.A.one

B.who

C.what

D.it37.A.movingup

B.goingaway

C.showingup

D.showingoff38.A.her

B.them

C.yourself

D.themselves39.A.creating

B.determining

C.enjoying

D.guaranteeing40.A.home

B.work

C.study

D.life參考答案：21.B

22.C

23.D

24.A

25.C

26.B

27.D

28.A

29.C

30.B

31.D

32.A

33.C

34.B

35.D

36.A

37.C

38.C

39.B

40.D試題分析：文章講述了作者兩次來到同一個商店買東西，所遭遇到的不同的服務(wù)態(tài)度，來闡述人生的幸?？鞓?，往往取決于你對生活的態(tài)度，你如何來決定你生活的幸福和快樂?！?1題詳解】A.atall根本，究竟，用于否定句

B.inall總共，合計C.forall盡管，雖然D.allfor完全贊成，急于得到根據(jù)句意：收銀員說“這些總共是5美元”故選B【22題詳解】A.stare…at凝視B.glared…at(厭惡地、氣憤地)瞪眼望著C.glanced…at對...看一眼，匆匆一瞥瞥

D.noticed注意到根據(jù)上下文應(yīng)該是她瞥了一眼我的報紙。故選C【23題詳解】A.carrying運送

B.taking拿C.reading閱讀

D.buying買。根據(jù)文章，作者在便利里，應(yīng)該是買的。故選D【24題詳解】A.tiredof厭煩B.interestedin對…有興趣C.concernedabout關(guān)心D.fondof喜歡，愛好。根據(jù)文章售貨員說她生病了，可知應(yīng)該是厭煩所有負(fù)面的東西。故選A【25題詳解】A.columns專欄B.editions版本

C.pages.頁數(shù)D.parts零部件onthefrontpage在頭版。文章說收銀員厭煩頭版的負(fù)面消息。故選C【26題詳解】A.bad壞的B.good好的C.latest最新的D.interesting有趣的.前文說厭煩負(fù)面的信息，可知，這里應(yīng)該是想要讀一些好的新聞改變一下。故選B【27題詳解】A.collect收集B.print印刷

C.sell出售D.publish出版。根據(jù)句意：事實上，有些人就應(yīng)該只出版一些好的新聞報紙。故選D【28題詳解】A.stories故事新聞報道B.ideas思想C.concepts思想

D.experiences經(jīng)驗。根據(jù)句意：報紙應(yīng)該寫一些美好的，鼓舞人心的報道。故選A【29題詳解】A.rewards獎勵B.theothers其余的C.others其他人

D.nothing什么也沒有。根據(jù)前文，新聞的內(nèi)容是人們克服了苦難和為他人做好事。故選C【30題詳解】A.praised表揚B.thanked感謝C.appreciated欣賞D.criticized批評，根據(jù)后文，她感謝我的光臨，thanksbfordoingsth,故選B.【31題詳解】A.droppedout退出B.droppedoff減少C.droppedon突然訪問

D.droppedby順便拜訪；根據(jù)句意，我在忙完工作后順便拜訪了同樣的一個店子，故選D.【32題詳解】A.pickup拾起，獲得B.takeup從事C.bringup提出，撫養(yǎng)D.carryup拿起；根據(jù)句意，作者我拿了一瓶水和一張報紙，故選A.【33題詳解】從最后一段得知，兩種不同人的比較可知，應(yīng)該是不一樣的人，故選C.【34題詳解】從后文Shejusthandedmemychange可知，我買完東西結(jié)賬，所以應(yīng)該是我遞上了我的錢，故選B.【35題詳解】inanegativetone以一種很消極的語氣，固定搭配，故選D.【36題詳解】從后文andtheother,well,mademefeelthatIhadinconveniencedher可知，一個…另一個one…theother，指人，故選A.【37題詳解】A.movingup上漲B.goingaway離開C.showingup出現(xiàn)D.showingoff炫耀，根據(jù)句意，一個對我熱情，另一個好像因為我的出現(xiàn)而打擾到她。故選C.【38題詳解】從后文WhodoIwanttobetoday?可知，應(yīng)該是每天早上要問你自己，故選C.【39題詳解】A.creating創(chuàng)造B.determining決定C.enjoying喜歡D.guaranteeing保證；根據(jù)句意，你的答案對于決定你生活的快樂和幸福起了很大的作用，故選B.【40題詳解】A.home家B.work工作C.study學(xué)習(xí)D.life生活；根據(jù)句意，你的決定，對于你在人生中所經(jīng)歷的快樂幸福起到了很重要的作用，故選D.考點：人生百味類記敘文點評：文章圍繞作者兩次進入同一商店的所見所聞所想來展開講述。解答此類文章需要對文章花兩分鐘過的時間進行瀏覽，把握作者寫作的大意，同時將自己設(shè)身處地的融入情節(jié)中，對于第一遍做不出的題目不要急于作答，將后續(xù)題目答完后再仔細(xì)作答。三、閱讀理解22.閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。Hotyogaisnotterriblydifferentfromregularyoga.Youwilldothesameposesandwillneedayogamat.However,thecatchisthatthetemperaturewillbeatleast100degreesFahrenheitandsometimeshigher.Theheatiswhatmakesthistypeofyoganotforeveryone.Regardlessofyouroverallhealth,talktoyourdoctorbeforetakingahotyogaclassandletyourdoctorknowthatyouplantotakeone.Ipersonallycannotdohotyogaduetoaconditionthatisgreatlyworsenedbytemperatureextremes,soIamanexampleofsomeonewhocannotdothisformofexercise.Idoregularyogajustfine,butthetemperatureof100degreesFahrenheitwouldbeseverelyuncomfortableandpossiblydangerous.Theclimateissaidtohelpwithmuscleflexibilityandyouwillsweatlikethereisnotomorrow—whichisbelievedtoforceoutmoretoxins(毒素).Itisimportanttokeepinmindthatevenifyouareingoodhealth,thehightemperaturescantakesomegettingusedto.Youmaywanttostartwithashorterclassandworkyourwayup.Youwillbesweatinggreatlyinhotyogatemperatures.Drinkplentyofwaterbefore,duringandafteryourclass.Itisalsoimportanttopayattentiontoyourbody.Ifyouarefeelingverytired,itistimetositdownandgetsomewater.Youshouldalsoremoveyourselffromthehotenvironment,butnotintoaverycoldenvironment.Forexample,justgointoahallway—aplacethatisatanormaltemperatureandstarttodrinksomewater.Thingslikeheatstroke（中暑）arepossiblewiththistypeofyoga.Theseissuesaremostoftenseeninthoseover60yearsofage,butyoungerpeoplewithchronic（慢性的）healthproblemsarealsoatrisk.Anyonecanfallvictimtoheatstroke.Childrenarealsoespeciallyvulnerable（脆弱的）toheatstroke,soleavethekidsathomewhileyouattendyouryogaclass.Ifduringclassyoueverstarttofeelbadorweak,immediatelystopandtellyourinstructorsothatheorshecangetyouhelp.Donottrytofinishtheclass.72.Hotyogaisdifferentfromregularyogain_________.A.itsposes

B.itstemperatureC.itsspecialclothes

D.itsspecialyogamat73.Theauthorwritesthesecondparagraphto_________.A.provenotallpeoplecandohotyogaB.explainhotyogaisn’tagoodwaytoexerciseC.suggestshethinkshotyogaunreasonableD.showshedoesn’tlikehotyogaverymuch74.Thefourthparagraphisdevelopedby_________.A.givingsomeadvice

B.makingacomparisonC.providingsomeexamples

D.analyzingcauses75.Whydopeopletakeuphotyoga?A.Itisthemostpopularandeffectiveexercise.B.Itworksthemusclesandforcesouttoxins.C.Itmakespeoplegetusedtohightemperature.D.Itpreventsheatstrokeandchronicdisease.參考答案：BAAB23.Grassehasalwaysbeenassociatedwithsmell.IntheMiddleAgesitsmeltparticularlyunpleasantduetoitsleathertanning(制革)industry.Thenoblesonlyrarelyvisitedtheprettyandcharmingtowntopickuptheirhandmadeleathergloves.Inspiteoftheirgrandlandsinthesurroundingcountryside?Grassewascertainlyanecessaryevilwithnoself-respectingnoblesowningbuildingsthere.Molinard,aGrassetanner(制革工人)himself,createdthefirstGrasseperfume.Wordspreadlikewildfireamongstthenoblesaboutthedesignerperfumedgloves.MolinardofferedapairofhisglovestoCatherinedeMedici(theQueen),whogaveplentyofpraisetoherGrasseperfumedgloves;shealmostassured(確保)Grasse’sreputationastheperfumecapitaloftheworld.ThankstoCatherinedeMedici,Grassemerchantswereencouraged