2020-2021学年东北育才学校高三英语期末试卷及答案解析

2020-2021学年东北育才学校高三英语期末试卷及答案解析
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
Ever wonder why there are so many people polluting the earth? Ever say to yourself：Hey, I wish that I could do more to help the environment? Have you ever thought about trying to help the earth but never really did it? Well, here are some pretty easyand skillful ideas for that green - earth desire inside you.
●Turn off your computer. By leaving it on all day you are creating more CO2than a regular passenger would, driving to and from work in one day.
● Ride your bike or carpool (合用汽车).Obviously, youare creating less CO2which will help the ozone(臭氧).
● Make a garden. Even simply grow some plants in your kitchen, which will help produce more oxygen while eating up some of that evil CO2.
● Buy local groceries. It creates less impact on the environment. Besides, you're supporting your local farmers.
● Recycle. You had to see this coming. But you have no idea how much you are helping the environment by simply reusing a water bottle instead of buying a huge pack at the store.
● Don't run the water while brushing. It saves you money and helps the water resources.
● Open the curtains. Natural light is much prettier and it will keep the energy usage down.
● Rechargeable batteries. You have no idea how much it takes to get rid of batteries. Do yourself a favor. Save some money and some energy.
1. If you don't want to create more CO2, you may_______.
A. turn off your computer or open the curtains
B. turn off your computer or ride your bike or carpool
C. make a garden or open the curtains
D. use rechargeable batteries or make a garden
2. Which of the following can best describe the function of the first paragraph?
A. Main body.
B. Argument.
C. Lead - in.
D. Conclusion.
3. The main idea of the passage is about________.
A. the importance of environmental protection
B. some ways about how to prevent pollution
C. some suggestions about how to save energy
D. some suggestions about environmental protection
B
Concrete is the world's most consumed material after water. Because it already surrounds us in the built environment, researchers have been exploring the idea of using concrete to store electricity—turning buildings into giant batteries. The idea has been gaining ground as we have come to increasingly rely on renewable energy from the wind and sun: rechargeable batteries are necessary when the breeze dies down or darkness falls.
Experimental concrete batteries have only managed to hold a small part of what a traditional battery does. But one team now reports in Buildings that it has developed a rechargeable original model that could represent a more than 900 percent increase in stored charge, compared with earlier attempts.
A live-in concrete battery might sound unlikely. Still, "you can make a battery out of a potato," notes Aimee Byrne. In a future where sustainability is key, she likes the idea of buildings that avoid waste by providing shelter and powering electronics.
Although the new design stores more than 10 times as much power as earlier attempts, it still has a long way to go: 200 square meters of it "can provide about 8 percent of the daily electricity consumption" of a typical U.S. home, Zhang says.
This is not enough to compete with today's rechargeable devices. "We're getting milliamps (毫安) out of concrete batteries—we're not getting amps (安培), "Byrne says." We're getting hours as opposed to days of charge." But she adds that" concrete batteries are completely in their childhood, compared to other battery designs." The earliest batteries were simple andbulky. Researchers experimented with new materials and designs for more than a century to develop today's small devices. Byrne suggests concrete-based energy storage could undergo a similar evolution. "The whole idea is that we're looking far into the future," she says. "We're playing the long game with it."
4. What can we learn about the concrete batteries?
A. They become increasingly renewable.
B. They are the most consumed batteries.
C. They are being developed by researchers.
D. They will replace energy from the wind and sun.
5. Why does Byrne mention a battery out of a potato?
A. To show it is easy to build concrete batteries.
B. To argue it is possible to develop concrete
batteries.
C. To make her statement more interesting.
D. To call on people to protect the environment.
6. What does the underlined word "bulky" in Paragraph 5 mean?
A. Heavy
B. Cheap
C. Efficient
D. Small.
7. What doesByrne think of concrete batteries?
A. They beat today's rechargeable devices.
B. They are simple and bulky.
C. They have a doubtful future.
D. They have a long way to go.
C
Understanding the link between a clean environment and human life is not a new concept. In fact, it was noticed as early as ancient Rome. Today we see how green living has infiluenced our everyday lives. There is a growing community of people who embrace a zero waste lifestyle and make changes to the way they live to reduce their carbon footprint.
Living a zero waste lifestyle means doing one’s best to achieve the aim of not sending anything to a landfill. People who adopt this lifestyle ultimately cut down on their waste by reducing what they need and want. They reuse what they own, sending few things to be recycled.
Many people who adopt the zero waste lifestyle claim to be frustrated by the many harmful chemical substances found in beauty and cleaning products. They also find the uses of disposable items and excessive packaging. For example, how many times have we had to peel away layers of plastic wrap and cardboard before finally taking out the item which we had bought? Instead of buying pre-packed food and goods, those who identify with the zero waste philosophy tend to shop in stores that allow them to make purchases and bring their own cloth bags and glass jars to store their purchases.
Many people may have the misconception that it is easier to live a zero waste lifestyle in the West. Nevertheless, Malaysian environmental journalist, Ms. Aurora Tin, has proven that a zero waste lifestyle is possible even in the Asian context. Instead of going to the supermarket to buy pre-packaged foods, Ms. Tin now visits the wet market and brings her own bags for vegetables. She has even stopped using store-bought toothpaste and makes her own toothpaste from coconut oil and baking soda. This lifestyle may be too big a change for the average person, but we could follow her suit to make gradual changes to our own lives.
8. Which of the following is a zero waste lifestyle?
A. Bringing a resuable container to take away food.
B. Choosing appliances that cost less money.
C. Turning off a device to stop using power.
D. Classifying the garbage before throwing it away.
9. What may disappoint a person who adopts a zero waste lifestyle?
A. Recycable carboard.
B. Excessive packaging.
C. Glass jars to store purchases.
D. Natural substances in cleaning products.
10. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. How do people live a zero waste lifestyle.
B. Why Ms. Tin chooses to live a zero waste lifestyle..
C. We can also practice a zero waste lifestyle in Asia.
D. It is easy to live a zero waste lifestyle in the West.
11. What is the best title of the passage?
A. Living a zero waste lifestyle.
B. Going green ismore than a fashion.
C. A zero waste lifetyle is easy to achieve.
D. Making environmentally-conscious decisions.
D
Kids ages 6 to13 inCape Town,South Africa, really do dig learning at school! With the help of the Earthchild Project, which is offered in schools in two townships, students make worm(蠕虫) farms. The worms break down food waste and make the soil richer. Kids grow seedlings(幼苗) in containers and learn about the importance of good nutrition.
The school program also offers yoga(瑜伽). Teachers find that the exercises help students focus better. The students enjoy Earthchild activities. “The children gets so excited”, says teacher Vuyelwa Rola.
“The society we are in has a lot of noise. When students are taking part in the Earthchild Project, they feel calm.”Director Janna Kretzmar came up with the idea for the project in 2005. She read about schools inIndiathat involved kids in yoga and learning outside the classroom. She developed the Earthchild Project to offer similar activities inCape Townschools.
“We hope the Earthchild Project can help students find solutions to all the challenges they are facing in the world today,” Kretzmar said. “The best place to create change is with the youth, through education.”
The Earthchild Project combines schoolwork with hiking, gardening, healthy living, and yoga. “We need more than just math and science to become happy, healthy, inspired, and active citizens of our communities,” says Kretzmar. In some communities inCape Town, children live in poverty. They must walk long distances to get clean drinking water. Life is hard. But according to the Earthchild Project’s Carly Appleby, the project works to give hope to every child. “Students who have hope,” she says, “aim for bigger goals”.
12. What do students benefit from yoga?
A. It helps them calm down.
B. It helps them concentrate.
C. They can learn some living skills.
D. They can learn about the importance of nutrition.
13. What are students’ attitude towards the Earthchild Project?
A. Uncaring.
B. Doubtful.
C. Supportive.
D. Negative.
14. What do you know about the Earthchild Project?
A. It was founded in 2005.
B. It only offers outside activities.
C. The idea came up by Vuyelwa Rola.
D. It is aimed at helping students find solutions to challenges.
15. What’s the best title of the passage?
A. Hard Life inSouth Africa.
B. Students’ school life inCape Town.
C. Hope from Earthchild Project inCape Town.
D. The differences between traditional lessons and Earthchild Project.
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Jealousy (嫉妒) is a horrible feeling that weeds its way into your life and relationships before you know it. You might want something someone else has, or feel like they’re happier than you. It might seem like an uncontrollable emotion.____16____
Remember your big accomplishments.
Your coworker gets the promotion you wanted.____17____List out your accomplishments and think about how you got them and what you’ve done since then. You’ll quickly find that you’re just as worthy as the person you’re envying!
____18____
Think of where you are in your life and how you got there. Did you just buy your first car? Are you able to save one paycheck each month? Are you surrounded by loving family and amazing friends? You have a lot of good things coming your way.____19____Then you’ll realize that you can better spend that energy on furthering your
own success and happiness.
Appreciate that others can do what you can’t.
How boring would life be if everyone was the same? What if the entire population of your city was applying for your job, and they all had the same qualifications?____20____Some people are better in powerful management positions, while maybe you’re better working with people. A friend might be an excellent artist—a quality you’re envious of, but don’t forget that you’re a great musician! Acknowledge that people need to be different, need to be better at various things.
A. But it’s truly not!
B. Appreciate your own good fortune.
C. Remember that everyone is different.
D. None of these can hold back envy.
E. You should stop letting jealousy eat you alive.
F. It certainly will not be accepted by everyone.
G. It doesn’t mean you haven’t done great work.
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“Ladies and gentlemen, the time train has arrived at the terminal!” It felt like I had woken up from a dream,___21___soon discovered I had come to 2035. Suddenly, I heard a strange___22___calling my name. I turnedaround, only to find a robot___23___to me enthusiastically. “I'll___24___you around the city in 2035!” I nodded immediately,___25___what the city would be like.
Once I walked out of the train station, many crossed air lanes came into view. The robot, seeing how___26___I was, explained the new traffic system to me. The system was put into place by many famous engineers using highly___27___technology. In fact, it eliminated (消除) the issue of traffic jams entirely.
Next we made our way to a___28___nearby. Just as I___29___that there was no menu, a waiter began to scan my body with a special___30___, which gave me a big fright, so I___31___out of my seat immediately. Therobot explained it was just a machine that was able to figure out___32___our body needed and chose the recipe (食谱) that___33___us most. The waiter then introduced me to the electronic___34___that allowed me to choose the environment according to my___35___. I pressed the “beach” button on the screen and___36___I felt a sea breeze. I couldn’t help but___37___at how rapidly technology had advanced.
We___38___returned to the train station. Just as I___39___the train, I heard a familiar voice calling my name.
I opened my eyes to see my mom standing over me. What a___40___dream!
21. A. but B. so C. if D. while
22. A. noise B. warning C. voice D. notice
23. A. singing B. screaming C. flying D. waving
24. A. show B. walk C. turn D. get
25. A. getting B. knowing C. wondering D. feeling
26. A. astonished B. scared C. bored D. moved
27. A. standard B. advanced C. unusual D. useless
28. A. square B. station C. supermarket D. restaurant
29. A. told B. heard C. realized D. reminded
30. A. button B. instrument C. engine D. function
31. A. took B. jumped C. left D. danced
32. A. why B. how C. what D. when
33. A. attracted B. offered C. provided D. suited
34. A. screen B. product C. dictionary D. mail
35. A. temperature B. place C. gene D. taste
36. A.sadly B. suddenly C. ly D. luckily
37. A. aim B. guess C. stare D. sigh
38. A. immediately B. hardly C. eventually D. occasionally
39. A. got on B. brought in C. put off D. looked into
40. A. terrible B. fantastic C. awful D. practical
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
The Chang'e 5 lunar probe (探测器) launched at 4:30 am on Nov 24, which plans to return with samples of the moon. The entire mission will last about 23 days. If this mission is___41.___(success), Chang'e 5 will be the first lunar sample-return spacecraft since 1976. As one of the most complex and difficult___42.___(mission), the Chang'e 5 mission aims to bring back a___43.___(large) sample than previous crafts and explore a new area of the moon.
“The three unmanned lunar probes of the former Soviet -Union Lunar 16, Lunar 20 and Lunar 24—___44.___(carry) out three lunar samplings and return missions, and the lunar soil samples brought back
were only about 330 grams,___45.___Chang'e 5 plans to bring back 2 kilograms of lunar samples," Pang Zhihao, a space activity researcher and author in Beijing said. The great increase___46.___sample weight can be attributed to Chang'e 5's lunar orbit (轨道) unmanned docking (对接) program. With the program, the ascender doesn't need a return cabin anymore. It only requires a small amount of fuel, so even a___47.___( ) heavier sampling will not affect the normal return of the spacecraft.
The highlight of the journey is Chang'e 5's lunar landing site — the northwest region of Oceanus Procellarum, also known as the Ocean of Storms - on the near side of the moon, where no probes have visited before. Chinese scientists and___48.___from other countries all have a chance___49.___(get) the lunar samples to be brought back by Chang'e 5 for research.
____50.____(base) on the idea of a community with a shared future for mankind,Chinahas signed cooperation framework agreements with the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs,Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos and the European Space Agency.
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.假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，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（∧），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；
只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Last Sunday, Jim took a bus home. On the bus, a young man is smoking. The smoke was such heavy that the old lady sitting in the front of him was coughing. Jim wanted to speak to the smoking man but he feared the man would get angrily. Finally, the old lady’s loud coughing helped Jim make up her mind. He came up to the young man and said, “Excuse me, do you mind stop smoking? There are many passenger on this bus, but we cannot stand it.” After hearing this, the young man felt sorry for that he had done and agreed put out the cigarette.Jim was praised by the old lady who was coughing.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

Michelle was eight years old when she heard her Mom and Dad talking about her little brother,Jack, now only an infant(婴儿). He was very sick and they were completely out of money. Only a very costly operation could save
Jack the baby now but there was no one to whom they could turn for the money needed. She heard Daddy say to her tearful Mom, “Only a miracle can save him now.”
At the words, Michelle went to her bedroom and took out all the coins from her little moneybox. After counting the coins three times, she slipped out the back door and made her way to the drug store six blocks away . . .
She waited for a long time before the pharmacist(药剂师）turned around and asked her. “And what do you want?”
“Well, it's' about my brother,” Michelle answered . “He's really, really sick . . . and 1 want to buy a miracle.”
“I beg your pardon?”said the pharmacist. “His name is Jack and he has something very bad growing inside his body and my Daddy says only a miracle can save him now. So how much does a miracle cost?”
“We don't sell miracles here, little girl .I'm sorry but I can't help you, ” the pharmacist said. “Listen, I have money to pay for it.” And with these words,Michpoured out all the coins from her pockets. At this time, a well-dressed man behind Michelle stooped down and ask the little girl. “I'm selling the miracle you want. Tell me how much money you have.”
“One dollar and eleven cents, ” Michelle answered in a low voice. “And it's all the money I have, but I can some more if I need to.”
“Well, ” smiled the man. “A dollar and eleven cents— the exact price of a miracle for little brothers. Show me the place where your brothers lives.”
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Paragraph 1 :
Holding the man's hand firmly , Michelle took him home.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2:
When asked why he chose to help the family, the man detailed,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________
参考答案
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. C
5. B
6. A
7. D
8. A 9. B 10. C 11. A
12. B 13. C 14. D 15. C
16. A 17. G 18. B 19. E 20. C
21. A 22. C 23. D 24. A 25. C 26. A 27. B 28. D 29. C 30. B 31. B 32.
C 33.
D 34. A 35. D 36. B 37. D 38. C 39. A 40. B
41. successful
42. missions
43. larger 44. carried
45. while 46. in
47. ly
48. those 49. to get
50. Based
51.(1).is→was
(2).such→so
(3).将the去掉
(4).angrily→angry
(5).her→his
(6).stop→stopping
(7).passenger→passengers
(8).but→and
(9).that→what
(10).在agree后面加to
52.略。