2021届沧州市第三中学高三英语期末考试试题及答案解析

2021届沧州市第三中学高三英语期末考试试题及答案解析
第一部分阅读（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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项
A
Brooklyn Children's Museum
Founded in 1899 as the country's first museum specifically made for children, today BCM is comprehensive, with a permanent collection of 30,000 objects, including musical instruments, masks and dolls. Kids love the interactive World Brooklyn, a small cityscape（城市风光）lined by stores where children can pretend to be working grown-ups.
Children's Museum of Manhattan
Looking for interactive art that welcomes curious minds? Then head to Inside Art, the current show up at CMOM, which lets your little ones climb in and over and all around the exhibits. It's ideas like this that make the 40,000-square-foot so special. Learning about culture, history and science is a pride for kids aged six and under. CMOM also hosts classes—like Gross Biology for kids who are interested in insects-all designed with the latest child-development research in mind.
DiMenna Children's History Museum
The hands-on displays at this kid-focused arm of the New York Historical Society transport children back through 350 years of US history, with a special focus on NYC. Children are encouraged to climb around and interact with exhibits that highlight the lives of kids who grew up to become famous doctors, athletes and political figures! Little New Yorkers can get in on sing-alongs and crafts. Other family programs include cookings classes, games and story hours.
Staten Island Children's Museum
Staten Island Children's Museum nurtures（培养）creativity. It offers hands-on experiences like the Block Harbor（plenty of blocks to play with!）, larger-than-life games like Connect Four and Dominoes, and even the opportunity to climb through a human-sized anthill or play firefighter at Ladder 11, so you'll find immersive（沉浸式的）fun around every corner. Don't forget to stop by Green Living Room powered by the wind energy where the kids can learn about ways to reduce our carbon footprint.
1. Which museum provides biology classes for kids?
A. Brooklyn Children's Museum.
B. Staten Island Children's Museum.
C. Children's Museum of Manhattan.
D. DiMenna Children's History Museum.
2. What can kids do in DiMenna Children's History Museum?
A. Play interesting games with great firefighters.
B. Know about famous people's childhood lives.
C. Run stores like adults in different small streets.
D. Cook delicious local food with foreign athletes.
3. Where can kids learn how to protect the environment?
A. At Ladder 11.
B. At the Block Harbor.
C In Green Living Room. D. On a human-sized anthill.
B
Where doyou usually put your toothbrush?Do you keep it in the bathroom? How’s your toothbrush looking these days? Even if you can’t see it with a naked eye, experts say it may be saturated(使饱和)with millions of toilet germs!
Dr. Charles Oerba, a germ expert, is amicrobiology professor at the University of Arizona. He says there are approximately 3 million bacteria per square inch in most toilet bowls, and every time you flush it without closing the lid, those millions of bacteria droplets spray into the air as far as twenty feet away and dirty everything in their path. And a common victim is your poor toothbrush, usually, left out on the bathroom sink, right?
So, what do we do? Dr. Gerba says it’s easy. Close the toilet lid before you flush—that’ll greatly cut downthe germs, which will otherwise float in the air. And wash your toothbrush every few days in mouthwash or peroxide to get rid of any germs hiding in it. You can even put it through the dishwasher to sanitize(消毒)it. And always store your toothbrush in a closed cabinet.
Here’s one more tip from Dr. Gerba, who says our kitchen sink is probably dirtier than our toilet. “If an alien came from space and studied the bacterial counts, he probably would conclude he should wash his hands in your toilet and go to the bathroom in your sink.” He says that’s because the kitchen sink is a great place where E. coli(大肠杆菌)to live and grow since it’s wet and damp. Bacteria feed on the food that people put down the drain or—that’s left on dishes in the sink. To reset your sink’s bacteria count back to zero, you’d better regularly wash it with hot water and sanitize yoursink with special chemicals. In fact, you may want to do it every day or before preparing dinner.
4. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To show how to brush your teeth.
B. To tell people the importance of health.
C. To warn people of the invisible germs.
D. To introduce a microbiology professor.
5. What can we learn from Paragraph 2?
A. Bathroom sinks are the dirtiest places.
B. Bacteria are bad for people’s health.
C. Why bacteria spread through the air.
D. How bacteria spread in the bathroom.
6. What does the underlined word“that”in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A. The food.
B. The toothbrush.
C. The sink.
D. The chemical.
7. Why does Dr. Gerba mention the example of an alien?
A. To tell us a fiction story of an alien studying bacteria.
B. To show our kitchen sink may be dirtier than our toilet.
C. To teach us how to reset sink’s bacteria count back to zero.
D. To prove coli prefers to live in the kitchen and the drain.
C
Some of the oldest art in human history is being damaged, scientists say. And climate change may be speeding up its loss. Newresearch reports that ancient rock art in Indonesian caves is degrading over time, as bits of rock slowly break off from the walls. It's a huge loss for human history.
Salt crystals（结晶）building up on the walls are a key part of the problem, the study suggests. These salt crystals go into the cave walls, changing sizes as temperatures rise and fall. This process causes the rock to slowly break down.
Salt crystals may become larger when exposed to repeated changes between wet conditions and periods of drought. These kinds of changes are expected to become more obvious as the climate continues to warm.
In particular, the researchers say, climate change may cause more intense El Nino（厄尔尼诺）events in the future. These events can strengthen the kinds of conditions that help salt crystals form Scientists are still debating the exact influence of climate change on El Nino, a natural climate cycle that drives changing patterns of warming and cooling in thePacific Ocean.
The new study, led by Jillian Huntley, examined 11 ancient cave art sites in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The researchers found evidence of salt formation at all 11 sites. It's merely a small part There are more than 300 known eave art sites around the region. The researchers note that salt crystals may indeed be part of the problem,
adding that climate change is a growing threat, one that deserves more attention.
8. What is the main cause of the rocks breaking off from the wall?
A. Weather patterns.
B. Salt crystals.
C. Wet conditions.
D. Drought Periods.
9. Which of the following may researchers agree with?
A. El Nino events prevent salt crystals forming.
B. Climate change makes little difference to El Nino.
C.Salt crystals may become much larger in wet conditions.
D. Constant warm weather may cause salt crystals to change size.
10. Which word best describes Huntley's attitude to climate change?
A. Worried.
B. Curious.
C. Doubtful.
D. Positive.
11. What can we learn from thelast paragraph?
A. The formation and patterns of salt crystals.
B. The impact of climate change on ancient rock arts.
C. The historical value of ancient rock art in cave sites.
D. The threats of human activities to ancient eave art sites.
D
Think ofJapanin the spring and the image that comes to mind is likely the country’s famous cherry blossoms, also known as “Sakura” — white and pink flowers, blooming across cities and mountains.
The flowers, which experience a “peak bloom” that only lasts a few days, have been loved inJapanfor more than a thousand years. Crowds celebrate with viewing parties,flockingto the most popular locations to take photos and have picnics underneath the branches.
But this year, cherry blossom season has come and gone in the blink of an eye, in one of the earliest blooms on record. Scientists warn it’s a symptom of the larger climate crisis threatening ecosystems everywhere.
Yasuyuki Aono, a researcher atOsakaPrefectureUniversity, has gathered records fromKyotoback to 812 AD from historical documents and diaries. In the central city ofKyoto, cherry blossoms peaked on March 26, the earliest in more than 1,200 years, Aono said. And in the capitalTokyo, cherry blossoms reached full bloom on March 22, the second-earliest date on record.
The peak bloom dates shift every year, depending on numerous factors including weather and rainfall, but have shown a general trend of moving earlier and earlier. InKyoto, the peak date stayed around mid-April for
centuries, but began moving into early April during the 1800s. The date has only dipped into late March a handful of times in recorded history.
“Sakura blooms are very temperature sensitive,” said Aono. “Flowering and full bloom could be earlier or later depending on the temperature alone,” he said. “The temperature was low in the 1820s, but it has risen by about 3.5 degrees Celsius to this day.”
This year’s seasons in particular influenced the blossom dates, he added. The winter was very cold, but the spring came fast and unusually warm.
12. What is the best title of the passage?
A. Cherry blossom celebrations.
B. Warning of a climate crisis.
C. A strong love for cherry blossom.
D. Cherry blossom season coming earlier.
13. What does the underlined word “flocking” mean?
A. Blocking.
B. Flooding.
C. Running.
D. Following.
14. What can we infer from paragraph 5?
A. The peak blossom dates fall on a fixed date.
B. The cherry blossom rarely peaks in March.
C. The peak bloom dates mainly depend on weather and rainfall.
D. Cherry blossom peaks around mid-April inTokyo.
15. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
A. To inform people the date of cherry blossom.
B. To show a study on cherry blossom dates.
C. To present a Japanese tradition of cherry blossom celebration.
D. To make people aware of the influence of climate change on cherry blossom.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项
Sleep to Lose Weight
A recent study foundthat people who sleep less tend to be fat. Experts said it’s time to find out if more sleep can fight obesity.
Nowadays the most popular method to keep fit is doing more exercise and eating less. Some people even
take weight-loss drugs to keep slim, which is unhealthy and harmful to your body. “___16___As a result, we’ve failed to recognize the value of good sleep,” said a physician.
Men sleep an average of 27 minutes less than women, and overweight and fat patients sleep less than patients with normal weights. In general, fat people just sleep about 1.8 hours less a week than those with normal weights.___17___Only an extra 20 minutes of sleep per night contributes to a lower BODY MASS INDEX (身体质量指数).
We caution that this study does not establish a cause-and-effect relationship between limited sleep and fatness. However, investigations of successful weight loss by sleeping more help prove such a connection.___18___
Here are some other advantages of sleeping more
•___19___
This isn’t just for children. Adults who get enough sleep also do better on tests of short-term memory.
• Better mood.
After getting enough sleep, you will find yourself feeling happy and delighted.
• Lower stress.
___20___With that people can better control their blood pressure.
A. Sleep can definitely reduce levels of stress.
B. You will be energized.
C. You’ll learn better.
D. Therefore, let’s stay thin by sleeping more.
E. The study is intended to offer a healthy way to help people sleep longer.
F. The experts suggest that too much extension of sleep time not be necessary.
G. We’ve put so much emphasis on diet and exercise.
第二部分语言运用（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，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项Once my dad and I had a very big___21___in a late evening when my mother was away. We were both very angry and said something___22___,and in the end I said, “I'm leaving.”
And he said with___23___, “Good. The sooner, the better. ”
I___24___a few things in the suitcase and closed the___25___behind me, but I didn't know where to go. After walking aimlessly, I stopped at a local___26___. A few___27___later, my phone rang. It was my mom calling.
She said, “Mary. Where are you? Dad said he___28___you.”
“How can he say that? I've been away for nearly half an hour,___29___he didn't call.” I said with annoyance. My anger returned and I remembered all the___30___words he'd shouted to me. “Listen, mom. You can tell Dad that I'm___31___. Tomorrow I'll___32___you.” I said and hung up.
I walked around the supermarket, trying to get my thoughts together. By the time I paid for my things, it had been much later than I used to be out alone. When I___33___the supermarket, I____34____a large piece of white paper. On the piece of white paper were these words, “Please come home! I___35___you and I'm worried about you!”
Then a car pulled up beside me. Hanging out of the window was my dad. Beside him, smiling gently, sat my___36___. And that's when I started laughing. I laughed so hard that I___37___. Despite my best efforts to run away from___38___, my father___39___managed to track me down. I couldn't leave now—with him___40___there with caring eyes.
21. A. dream B. argument C. journey D. plan
22. A. important B. terrible C. boring D. interesting
23. A. anger B. smile C. patience D. peace
24. A. looked for B. put up C. paid for D. packed up
25. A. box B. book C. door D. window
26. A. supermarket B. hospital C. office D. hotel
27. A. minutes B. hours C. months D. years
28. A. recognised B. looked after C. believed D. cared about
29. A. so B. or C. but D. if
30. A. difficult B. unpleasant C. impolite D. serious
31. A. fine B. clever C. healthy D. generous
32. A. love B. ask C. call D. find
33. A. attacked B. organized C. left D. moved
34. A. wrote B. noticed C. designed D. printed
35. A. forget B. hate C. support D. miss
36. A. mom B.teacher C. classmate D. boss
37. A. agreed B. cried C. thought D. succeeded
38. A. company B. club C. home D. school
39. A. hardly B. gradually C. calmly D. finally
40. A. sleeping B. running C. walking D. sitting
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5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
Do you feel a little weak today? If so, put on a game face. Game face is a look of great determination on the face of a game player.
Game face is a kind of___41.___(face) expression, which can positively influence personal deternination in overcoming chanlleges. But there was little scientific evidence___42.___(prove) game face really helped people handle physical or mental challengs.
So expert Richesin and several___43.___(colleague) did some research. They designed two tests, both of___44.___were simple to carry out.. For the first, they asked 62 people to put hands in ice-cold water for a few minutes. The second experiment required participants to figure out___45.___puzzle.
For each experiment, the participants___46.___(divide) in half. One group was told to keep their expressions serious and determined. The other group was permitted___47.___(let) their faces do whatever their faces felt like doing in the momnet.
What was the result? The crowd___48.___serious and determined exprssions, not only performed, on average, about 20%___49.___(good), but also recovered from stress more effectively.
“Our study shows making a game face indeed has the potential for improving performance. So go ahead and try one on,” Richesin said in a___50.___(conclude).
第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节短文改错（满分10分）
51.单句改错
They were presented with flowers at arrival at the airport.
Have you seen trees whose leaves open at the sunrise and close at night?
The jellyfish is a potential dangerous sea animal.
He is that you call a “walking dictionary”; he knows almost every word.
Pollen becomes attaching to the animal during its visit to a flower.
Whatever good you are at a subject, you might make mistakes if you are careless.
We believe exposed to advertisements constantly can help to change our opinions.
When it comes to learn English, she really has much to say.
The news which he intended to come gave us much pleasure.
As usual, the team was taking a shower after the match.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假设你是英语课代表，你发现许多同学英语基础较差，打算在明天英语课前的演讲中号召大家阅读英文小说。

请写一篇演讲稿，内容包括：
1.阅读的益处；
2.阅读的方法。

注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________
参考答案
1. C
2. B
3. C
4. C
5. D
6. A
7. B
8. B 9. D 10. A 11. B
12. D 13. B 14. B 15. D
16. G 17. F 18. D 19. C 20. A
21. B 22. B 23. A 24. D 25. C 26. A 27. A 28. D 29. C 30. B 31. A 32.
C 33. C 34. B 35.
D 36. A 37. B 38. C 39. D 40. D
41. facial
42. proving
43. colleagues
44. which 45. a
46. were divided
47. to let 48. with
49. better 50. conclusion
51.(1). at→on/upon
(2). 去掉the (3). potential→potentially
(4). that→what
(5). attaching→attached
(6). Whatever→However
(7). believe后添加being
(8). learn→learning
(9). which→that
(10). was→were
【66题详解】
考查介词。

句意：他们到达机场时，受到了鲜花的欢迎。

表示“一到达”短语为on /upon arrival。

故at改为on/upon 。

【67题详解】
考查固定短语。

句意：你见过树叶在日出时张开，在夜间闭合的树吗？结合句意表示“日出时”短语为at sunrise。

故去掉the。

【68题详解】
考查副词。

句意：水母是一种具有潜在危险的海洋动物。

修饰后文形容词dangerous应用副词potentially。

故potential改为potentially。

【69题详解】
考查表语从句。

句意：他就是你所谓的“活字典”；他几乎每个字都认识。

此处为表语从句，从句中缺少宾语，what“所......的”符合语法和句意。

故that改为what。

【70题详解】
考查形容词。

句意：在动物接触花朵时，花粉附着在动物身上。

结合句意表示“附着”应用形容词attached，作表语。

故attaching改为attached。

【71题详解】
考查连词。

句意：无论你多么擅长一门学科，如果你粗心，你都可能犯错误。

引导让步状语从句，表示“无论多么”应用however；whatever表示“无论什么”不符合语境。

故Whatever改为However。

【72题详解】
考查非谓语动词。

句意：我们相信，经常接触广告有助于改变我们的观点。

表示“接触”短语为be exposed to，此处作从句的主语，应用动名词形式。

故believe后添加being。

【73题详解】
考查非谓语动词。

句意：谈到学英语，她真是有很多话要说。

表示“谈到做某事”句型为when it comes to doing sth.。

故learn改为learning。

【74题详解】
考查同位语从句。

句意：他要来的消息使我们非常高兴。

此处为同位语从句，说明news的内容，从句不缺少成分，句意完整，故用that引导。

故which改为that。

【75题详解】
考查主谓一致。

句意：像往常一样，队员们在比赛后洗了个澡。

此处集合名词team强调个体，谓语应用复数形式。

故was改为were
52.略。