2021届奉化市高级中学高三英语期中考试试题及答案

2021届奉化市高级中学高三英语期中考试试题及答案
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
Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation
by Stuart Gibbs
The CIA is on a task to find an equation (方程式) called Pandora, which could destroy the world if the wrong people get it. For help, they turn to Charlie, a 12-year-old girl who's as smart as Albert Einstein. People who like action-packed mysteries will enjoy reading this exciting book.
AstroNuts
by Jon Scieszka and Steven Weinberg
In AstroNuts, the Earth has been destroyed by humans for thousands of years. Four animals set out from Mount Rushmore, the headquarters (总部) of NNASA. Their task is to find a new planet fit for human life. Finally, they discover one: Plant Planet. The story's theme (主题) is simple: Don't harm the planet. Readers who love fantasy will enjoy AstroNuts.
Stargazing
by Jen Wang
Christine hears that Moon, who's new in town, is the kind of kid who beats people up for fun. But Moon and her mum come to live with Christine's family, and the two kids become best friends. Moon even shares a big secret with Christine. Stargazing is based on author Jen Wang's experiences as a child. The story is about the power of friendship and how people are able to change.
Roll with It
by Jamie Sumner
Roll with It is a story about a 12-year-old girl named Ellie. She has difficulty walking on her own and uses a wheelchair. When Ellie and her mum move to another state to take care of Ellie's grandpa, she must learn to navigate (处理) a new school and new friendships. This page-turner is a must-read for everyone. It's a heartwarming story that really shows the value of familyand how being different is special.
1. Which book tells readers to protect the place we live in?
A.AstroNuts
B.Stargazing.
C.Roll with It.
D.Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation.
2. What makes Stargazing different from the other three books?
A. It talks about friendship.
B. It tells stories about animals.
C. It contains lots of scientific knowledge.
D. It was written according to the author's experiences.
3. What happened to Ellie?
A. She had difficulty in making friends.
B. She had an accident which left her in a wheelchair.
C. She went to a new school and had to start all over again.
D. She lost her mum and was taken care of by her grandpa.
B
Nowadays organic food hasbecome a fashion. Organic food sales reached a record of $ 45.2 billion in 2017, making it one of the fastest-growing parts of American agriculture. Some people may buy organic food for these reasons like resource cycling and biodiversity, but most people may choose organic food because they think it's healthier. While a small number of studies have shown relationships between eating organic food and reducing risks of being ill, no studies, up to now, have answered the question whether eating organic food can improve health.
According to the United States Department of Agriculture(USDA), organic food does not suggest anything about health. In 20155 Miles McEvoy, then chief of the National Organic Program for the USDA, refused to admit any health benefits of organic food, saying the question has nothing to do with the National Organic Program. Instead, the USDA thinks that organic refers to a production method that increases cycling of resources keeps ecological balance, and protects biodiversity.
I'm an environmental health scientist who has spent over 20 years studying pesticides that do harm to human beings. Several years ago, I was part of the study on whether an organic diet can reduce pesticide exposure. This study focused on a group of pesticides which have always been harmful to children's brain development. We found that children who ate traditional diets had nine times higher exposure to these pesticides than children who ate organic diets.
Last month, I published a small study that suggested a path forward to answering the question whether eating organic food actually improves health. My study got a lot of attention. While the results were novel, they didn't answer the big question. As I toldThe New York Timesin 2003, “What does this really mean for the safety of my kids? But we don't know. Nobody does. It was true then, and it's still true now.”
4. Why do most people prefer to buy organic food?
A. For its health benefits.
B. For biodiversity.
C. For its delicious taste.
D. For resource cycling.
5. What does the USDA suggest about organic food?
A. It can improve people's health.
B. It is produced in an environment-friendly way.
C. It can reduce risks of being ill.
D. It has nothing to do with the National Organic Program.
6. What can be concluded from the author's study?
A. Pesticides don't harm children's brain.
B. Traditional diets benefit people's health.
C. Organic diets can reduce pesticide exposure.
D. The results are meaningful to children's safety.
7. What is the best title for the text?
A.What Is Organic Food?
B. Is Organic Food Healthier?
C. How Should We Avoid Pesticides?
D. What Are the Benefits of Organic Food?
C
At Aizo Chuo Hospital in Japan, employees greet newcomers, guide patients to and from the surgery area, and print out maps of the hospital for confused visitors. They don’t take lunch breaks or even get paid. Why? They’re robots!
Robots have long worked in factories, helping to build cars and electronic appliances. But today’s robots don’t just do the jobs of people－they actually look and act a lot like people.
Kansei, arobot from Japan, has a plastic face covering 19 movable parts. The robot can make 36 facial expressions in response to different words. Kansei shakes in fear at the word “war” and smiles when it hears the word “dinner”.
Researchers in Europe are going even further with iCub, a “baby” robot. They are teaching it to speak and hold conversations.
The ability to interact is crucial for robots that will one day work closely with humans says robotics professor ChrisAtkeson. “ This will require robots to understand what you say and how you are feeling and respond with appropriate emotions, ” he told WR News.
Japanese scientist Minoru Asada agrees. He is building a robot called CB2 that acts like a real baby. “ Right now, it only goes, ̒Ah, ah. ̓But as we develop its learning function, it will start saying more complex sentences and moving on its own, ” Asada says. “ Next-generation robots need to be able to learn and develop by themselves.”
Intelligent robot will become more important in the future, as populations age and the number of human workers declines in many countries. “ We’re going to have many more old people and not enough young people to care for them,” says robot researcher Matthew Mason. “ Technology can help the old people live at home longer, instead of going to nursing homes.”
8. According to the passage, what jobs have robots already performed?
A. Giving advice, answering customer questions and planning events.
B. Producing factory goods, building cars and greeting customers.
C. Greeting customers, producing factory goods and performing surgery.
D. Building cars, driving passengers and providing directions.
9. The second paragraph in this passage is mainly about?
A. To explain how a robot works.
B. To define what a robot is.
C. To describe the functions of modern robots.
D. To predict the future uses of robots.
10. How does the Kansei robot react on the word “fire”?
A. Use languages to warn nearby humans.
B Back up its memory files.
C. Activate an automatic fire alarm.
D. Produce a worried look on his face.
11. In Asada’s opinion, the next step for robots will be to develop_______.
A. the ability to learn independently
B. the ability to understand human commands
C. the capacity to interact with humans
D. the willingness to work together
D
The shade of a single tree can provide welcome relief from the hot summer sun. But when that single tree is
part of a small forest, it creates a considerable cooling effect. According to a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, trees play a big role in keeping our cities cool.
According to the study, the right amount of tree cover can lower summer daytime temperatures by as much as 10 degrees Fahrenheit. And the effect is quite noticeable from neighborhood to neighborhood, even down to the scale of a single city block. “We knew that cities are warmer than the surrounding countryside, but we found that temperatures vary just as much within cities,” says Monica Turner, a professor in the department of Integrative Biology, Wisconsin-Madison University and a co-author of the study.
With climate change making extreme heat events more common each summer, city planners are working on how to prepare. Heat waves drive up energy demands and costs and can have big human health impacts. One potentially powerful tool, the study's authors say, are organisms that have been around long before human civilizations could appreciate their leafy benefits. And those trees may be the secret to keeping the places we live livable.
Essentially, says Turner, roads, sidewalks and buildings absorb heat from the sun during the day and slowly release that heat at night. Trees, on the other hand, not only shade those surfaces from the sun's rays, they also release water into the air through their leaves, a process that cools things down.
To get the maximum benefit of this cooling service, the study found that tree cover must be more than 40 percent. In other words, an aerial picture of a single city block would need to be nearly half-way covered by a leafy green network of branches and leaves.
12. What can we infer from Paragraph 2?
A. Temperatures in cities mainly depend on their green coverage.
B. People living and working in cities must plant trees in summer.
C. Cities are warmer than the countryside because they don't have trees.
D. An area with more trees can be cooler than the other parts within a city.
13. Which of the following problems is caused by extreme heat events?
A. Severe damage of city facilities.
B. Serious human health problems.
C. Residents' growing demands for plants.
D. Unnecessary waste of energy resources.
14. Why are trees crucial to cities?
A. They help shade and cool the cities.
B. They make urban scenery beautiful.
C. They build up city cooling systems.
D. They essentially block and release heat.
15. What can city planners conclude from the study?
A. They should publish the study in a newspaper.
B. They should educate citizens to protect forests.
C. They should plant trees on roads and sidewalks.
D. They should cover nearly half the city with trees.
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
Is Managing Kids' Screen Time a Good Idea?
Screen time is a big topic of conversation in today's households, particularly during the pandemic when online education hours have multiplied for many students.___16___They hope to spare their kids from the countless challenges that technology can bring. Yet the challenges of screen time overuse seldom come from kids' devices themselves, but rather from the tense relationships that technology can bring to families.___17___But technology has positive benefits too. Since every child and family is different, managing screen time calls for joint family decision-making.
If parents believe they can manage a child's screen time through adolescence, they are not only fooling themselves but also inviting relationship trouble with their teens. It is a myth to think that parents can or should manage their kids' screen time through authoritarian restrictions, even during elementary school.___18___When children are left out of those decisions, they often become less communicative with parents and siblings. This is the opposite of what parents want to achieve.
___19___From early ages, children are quite capable of understanding that a good life involves awareness and balance. Just as they learn right from wrong, and good from bad, they can also learn to use technology in healthy ways. Learning how to regulate oneself and develop healthy behaviors is one of the primary tasks of childhood and adolescence. What happens when an adult tries to regulate a child is that the child misses out on the opportunity to learn for themselves. Enforced restrictions can also make children feel helpless and less confident.
To be clear, this article is not suggesting that families never use apps or trackers, or that there should be no restrictions on screen time.___20___Parents should give voice to children and involve them in the planning and decision-making process.
A. Of course, there are websites that are unhealthy for kids to access.
B. The alternative is to involve children in decisions that govern screen time.
C. However, every family needs a family media plan between family members.
D. The goal is to see, hear, feel, and understand how children view screen time.
E. To manage children's screen time, parents have invested in apps and trackers.
F. To get children involved, parents should trust and develop kids' self-awareness.
G. What it is suggesting is that parents look at managing screen time in a different way.
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One dark morning during my walk, I fell and had my___21___broken. I received several___22___ over two years. It was no fun for a busy mother! More_____23_____, I was left with certain physical limitation. My doctor told me to live life to the______24______, but not to do things that would be too much for my arm. As I recovered from the last surgery, I fell in_______25_______ over all the things I would never get to do that I had wanted to try, like boating. However, I_____26_____ so much on what I couldn’t do that I didn’t___27___what I could do was right in front of me all along.
My fourteen-year-old son, Matthew, was fond _____28_____ archery(射箭). I loved watching him shoot arrows and I had learned quite a bit about the____29____. I had never tried his bow. I was sure my arm would never allow for such____30____ equipment, anyway. Then during one of my son’s ________31________, the coaches had a “fun day” and ________32________ encouraged the typically sedentary（久坐的)parents to ________33________ a bow. Before I realized what I was doing, I shot my___34___arrow. And it hit the___35___—6 points!
From then on, I often practiced. The more I did it, the more I knew I could do it. I realize that not only will my body not _____36_____ this new adventure, but neither will my family—my husband has taken up archery and my other son has tried it as well! I think the sport has made my family___37___ in some way. I never______38______ something like archery would be possible for me. I guess being faced with the concept of “limitations” pushed me forward. No more______39______ and no more fears, I just had to take___40___and shoot—and find my way.
21. A. head B. leg C. arm D. eye
22. A. operations B. occupations C. qualifications D. certifications
23. A. luckily B. importantly C. unfortunately D. happily
24. A. fairest B. fullest C. cheapest D. easiest
25. A. love B. sympathy C. embarrassment D. desperation
26. A. depended B. figured C. insisted D. focused
27. A. appreciate B. realize C. confirm D. describe
28. A. of B. with C. in D. on
29. A. club B. sport C. job D. injury
30. A. interesting B. frightening C. challenging D. deserving
31. A. competitions B. vacations C. practices D. performances
32. A. enthusiastically B. patiently C. honestly D. violently
33. A. take away B. pick up C. break down D. sort out
34. A. first B. second C. third D. last
35. A. distance B. enemy C. air D. target
36. A. suffer from B. benefit from C. adapt to D. take to
37. A. busier B. clearer C. closer D. richer
38. A. suspected B. insisted C. concluded D. imagined
39. A. excuses B. responsibilities C. permissions D. motivations
40. A. care B. aim C. action D. defeat
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
A Chinese v-logger (视频博主)____41.____has millions of international fans has given rise to debate on the methods used____42.____(promote) Chinese culture overseas.
Liziqi,____43.____Chinese internet celebrity (名人), has found herself at the center of Chinese social media as netizens discussedher contributions in promoting Chinese culture overseas. On Weibo, the topic of “whether Liziqi is promoting Chinese culture”____44.____(attract) 760 million views and 62,000 engagements since Monday.
Li’s videos focus on traditional Chinese food and country lifestyles of Chinese farmers. Li’s YouTube channel has 7.43 million followers, more than BBC.
____45.____(globe) audiences have expressed their love for her videos and admiration for her rural life. Many have started referring to her____46.____a spokesperson for the Chinese country lifestyle.
Many Chinese fans recognize her success in promoting Chinese traditional culture. “Her videos show the beauty of Chinese culture____47.____(gentle) and vividly, which is much better than some traditional cultures products,” said one Chinese netizen. One of her videos____48.____(introduce) Chinese paper-making that____49.____(begin) to exist during the Han Dynasty has been viewed 7.07 million times on YouTube.
“Cultural promotion via official ways and civil recreational channels are equally important. We need to present good____50.____(story) about China from multiple dimensions (多维度)” Liang Yanmin, a professor at Beijing Language and Culture University, told the Times.
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。

Joy,a friend of me, was fed up with his increasing weight. All the times he kept thinking of ways to reduce his weight. One day, he went to the shopkeeper and said, "I've come to find a book that tells how reduce weight. Please give me a copy of that book." The shopkeeper said, “Sir, the last copy of that book got been sold just a few minutes ago. So I have other good book that tells how to gain weight.” Joy said, “You’re kidding! I want to reduce weight, not increasing it.” The shopkeeper replied, “It’s so easily to solve the problem! Just don’t do that is written in the book.”
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华,你的英国好友Peter想了解你的高中学校,请你给他写封邮件,介绍一下你的校园。

内容包括:
1.学校的位置;
2.学校的设施;
3.你对学校的印象。

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。

Dear Peter,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. A
2. D
3. C
4. A
5. B
6. C
7. B
8. B 9. C 10. D 11. A
12. D 13. B 14. A 15. D
16. E 17. A 18. B 19. F 20. G
21. C 22. A 23. C 24. B 25. D 26. D 27. B 28. A 29. B 30. C 31. C 32.
A 33.
B 34. A 35. D 36. B 37.
C 38.
D 39. A 40. C
41. who##that
42. to promote
43. a 44. has attracted
45. Global 46. as
47. gently 48. introducing
49. began 50. stories
51.(1). me→mine
(2). times→time
(3). shopkeeper前the→a
(4). reduce前面加to
(5). got been sold 中的been去掉
(6). So→But
(7). other→another
(8). increasing→increase
(9). easily→easy
(10). that →what
52.略。