2021届成都龙泉二中高三英语上学期期中考试试卷及答案

2021届成都龙泉二中高三英语上学期期中考试试卷及答案
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
Our Teen Summer Spanish Program is two weeks of fun, educational excitement that helps students learn Spanish fast. Our Spanish summer program allows our students to learn from highly trained, certified teachers and be absorbed in the language and theculture of Costa Rica.
Features include:
* Intensive(强化的) daily Spanish classes
* Extracurricular classes in dance, cooking, music, and handiwork
* Outdoor activities including hiking, camping, rafting, and ziplining(高空滑索)
* Homestay with a local Costa Rican family
* Volunteer work in needy neighborhoods
Our Teaching Methods:
We are proud to use TPRS---Total Physical Response Storytelling---in our curriculum. This innovative method uses strange and amusing stories to teach new vocabulary, increase fluency, and get students involved by giving them the opportunity to alter the details themselves. Because of the silliness, creativity, and repetition involved, TPRS allows students to learn easily and remember information effortlessly
Memorizing vocabulary and listening to lectures on grammar are slow, inefficient ways to learn a new language. The best way to truly learn and commit new material to memory is through conversation. In our Spanish classes, students can expect to speak up to 80% of each class. By speaking in the new language freely and consistently, students can see progress faster because they are using the new grammar and vocabulary that they have learned at the same time. This helps the brain remember the new words and grammar structures for future use, making it much easier to progress.
1.What does the program do?
A.It offers weekly Spanish classes
B.It focuses more on outdoor activities
C.It gives teachers a chance to receive training
D.It provides activities about the Spanish culture
2.What is the best way to learn a language according to the text?
A.Memorizing a larger vocabulary
B.Speaking more in the new language.
C.Mastering more grammar structures
D.Writing stories to share with others
3.What is the purpose of the text?
A.To employexperienced Spanish teacher
B.To hire foreign volunteers for a program
C.To attract teen foreigners to a program
D.To introduce language learning methods
B
At the World Economic Forum last month, President Trump drew claps when he announced the United States would respond to the forum's proposal to plant one trillion(万亿) trees to fight climate change. The trillion-tree idea won wide attention last summer after a study published in the journal Science concluded thatplanting so many trees was “the most effective climate change solution to date”.
If only it were true. But it isn't. Planting trees would slow down the planet's warming, but the only thing that will save us and future generations from paying a huge price in dollars, lives and damage to nature is rapid and considerable reductions in carbon release from fossil fuels, to net zero by 2050.
Focusing on trees as the big solution to climate change is a dangerous diversion(偏离). Worse still, it takes attention away from those responsible for the carbon release that are pushing us toward disaster. For example, in the Netherlands, you can pay Shell an additional 1 euro cent for each liter of regular gasoline you put in your tank, to plant trees to balance the carbon release from your driving. That's clearly no more than disaster slightly delayed. The only way to stop this planet from overheating is through political, economic, technological and social solutions that end the use of fossil fuels.
There is no way that planting trees, even across a global area the size of theUnited States, can absorb the huge amounts of fossil carbon released from industrial societies. Trees do take up carbon from the atmosphere as they grow. But this uptake merely replaces carbon lost when forests were cleared in the first place, usually long ago. Regrowing forests where they once grew can undo some damage done in the past, but even a trillion trees can't store enough carbon to head off dramatic climate changes this century.
In a sharp counter argument to last summer's Paper in Science, Justin Gillis wrote in the same journal in
October that the study's findings were inconsistent with the dynamics of the global carbon cycle. He warned that “the claimthat global tree restoration(复原) is our most effective climate solution is simply scientifically incorrect and dangerously misleading”.
4. What do we know about the trillion-tree idea?
A. It was published in a journal.
B. It was proposed last summer.
C. It was put forward by Trump.
D. It drew lots of public attention.
5. What is paragraph 3 mainly about?
A. A drawback of the tree planting strategy.
B. An example of balancing carbon release.
C. An anecdote of making a purchase at Shell.
D. A responsibility for politicians and economists.
6. What was Justin Gillis's attitude towards global tree restoration?
A. Indifferent.
B. Opposed.
C. Hesitant.
D. Supportive.
7. What is the best title for the text?
A. Contradictory Ideas on Tree Planting.
B. A Trillion Trees Come to the Rescue.
C. Planting Trees Won't Save the World.
D. The Best Solution to Climate Change.
C
Itzhak Perlman was born in Tel Aviv, in whatwas thenPalestine, in 1945. Today he lives inNew York City. But his music has made him a citizen of the world. He has played in almost every major city. He has won many Grammy awards for his recordings. He has also won Emmy Awards for his work on television.
Itzhak Perlman suffered from polio (小儿麻痹症) at the age of four. The disease damaged his legs. He uses a wheelchair or walks with the aid of crutches (拐杖) on his arms. But none of this stopped him from playing the violin. He began as a young child. He took his first lessons at the Music Academy of Tel Aviv. Very quickly, his teachers recognized that he had a special gift.
At thirteen he went to the United Sates to appear on television. His playing earned him the financial aid to
attend theJuilliardSchoolinNew York. In 1964 Itzhak Perlman won the Leventritt Competition in that city. His international fame had begun.
His music is full of power and strength. It can be sad or joyful, loud or soft. But critics (评论家) say it is not the music alone that makes his playing so special. They say he is able to communicate the joy he feels in playing, and the emotions that great music can deliver.
Anyone who has attended a performance by Itzhak Perlman will tell you thatit is exciting to watch him play. His face changes as the music from his violin changes. He looks sad when the music seems sad. He smiles and closes his eyes when the music is light and happy. He often looks dark and threatening when the music seems dark and threatening.
8. According to the passage, what do we know about Itzhak Perlman?
A. He is 75 years old today.
B. He was born inNew York City.
C. He has some achievements in music.
D. He was a rich citizen of the world.
9. When Itzhak Perlman first learned music, his teachers ________.
A. ignored his talents
B. thought he was fit to learn music
C. had pity on him
D. didn't want to accept him
10. What makes Itzhak Perlman's playing special according to critics?
A. The emotions he communicates in his playing.
B. The style in which he plays his music.
C. The kind of music he plays.
D. The power and strength in his music.
11. How do people feel when they hear Itzhak Perlman play?
A. Moved.
B. Calm.
C. Funny.
D. Excited.
D
Distinguished Baltimore artist John D. Ferguson died Sept 16. The Catonsville resident was 81.
“His artist eye was in everything he did. His life was art and his family,” said Jennifer C. Jackson, who was Mr. Ferguson's friend for nearly three decades.” He was a lovable man who was always willing to talk about any topic he was interested in. At shows, people would go crazy for his work,” Ms. Jackson said. “He was also an enthusiastic
sailor who loved nothing more than being on the water.” “His sculptures were just memorable,” said Mr. Lund, a Washingtonian. “I used to say, ‘Ferguson, I don't think you know how to do anything that is less than monumental.’”
Mr. Ferguson earned a bachelor's degree in 1961 at Holy Cross University, where he developed an interest in painting. He served in the Army for two years until being discharged in 1963, and after studying briefly at the Boston Museum School, registered at the Chicago Art Institute, where he studied until 1966, when he entered the University of Illinois Chicago, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in 1966 in fine arts. Mr. Ferguson developed his interest and skills as a sculptor after moving to Baltimore to do further studies at the Maryland Institute College of Art's Rinehart School of Sculpture, from which he graduated in 1971 with a master's degree in fine arts.
“Over the years my work has moved gradually in the direction of elegance and simplicity,” Mr. Ferguson wrote in his artist statement. “Heavy, bulbous forms have been replaced by dancing, winglike forms. The welding process and respect for the qualities of the materials are interrelated and affect the final piece. “Most of the sculptures that are pictured in my works are made from steel, silicon bronze, and to Cor-Ten steel; shaped to create these beautiful and unique pieces of art. As you can see, my sculptures range in size anywhere from 12 inches to 30 feet or larger.”
Through the years, his work found its way into such major public and private collections. “They encourage optimism, for they show strength and affirmation; there's nothing negative, depressing or anxiety-ridden about them”, wrote the late art critic John Dorsey in a 1997 exhibition review.
12. What did Mr. Lund think of Ferguson?
A. Likeable.
B. Ordinary.
C. Unwelcome.
D. Interesting.
13. What did Mr. Ferguson do first after serving in the army?
A. He studied at the Boston Museum School.
B. He got a bachelor's degree in fine arts.
C. He entered the University of Illinois Chicago.
D. He continued his studies at the Maryland Institute College.
14. What influences the final sculptures?
A. An even larger scale than before.
B. The material comprised of metals
C. The shape of elegance and simplicity.
D. Welding process as well as material quality.
15. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?
A. A stylish, stubborn old man
B. Sculptures towering into the clouds
C. John
D. Ferguson—a famous sculpturer D. The evolution of the sculptural style
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People born in August walk in the light! They have some amazing qualities that make them such outstanding personalities. Not only are they good in looks but have avery attractive personality. They are popular for that straightforward character that can shock people sometimes.____16____
They are not very good in expressing
They are not really comfortable in sharing their struggles with others and keep their pain and suffering to themselves.____17____, when it comes to expressing emotions. ,
August born are very dull when it comes to people
____18____They are not good with names and forget them quite frequently if they find that person boring. Their attention is very rarely focused on something and once focused they never forget that focus point.
They are all misers（吝啬鬼）in their own way
Wasting money is something they hate. Their high self-esteem and self-respect make them quite self-sustainable.____19____. They are only dependent on themselves which makes them very good money managers which is why they are able to manage finance so easily.
____20____
Though August born are usually very nice people but mood swings make them really unpleasant and they might talk all sense of rude things that their closed ones don't want to listen. They get unstable by small things that happen around them and don't let their feelings out readily but their mood is evident on their face.
A.They are rather perfect
B.They are very restricted people
C.It takes a lot to keep them entertained
D.Good qualities can be good to all of them
E.And sometimes they never ask for money from anyone
F.Their mood swings make them very rude sometimes
G.Following are some amazing characters of people born in August
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He could have placed it in a corner or could have sold it to a friend down the street or a stranger on a shopping website.___21___Dave Kellner, of Riegelsville, decided to share his beloved cello(大提琴)with a young musician with ability and ambition who didn't___22___one.
On Friday, the 69-year-old man___23___the Easton Area Middle School to___24___present his cello to Anna Smith, a seventh- grader who plays in the school orchestra(管弦乐队).
Kellner___25___the cello nine years ago when he retired and decided to start a___26___.He spent two years trying to improve his skills, but the effects of arthritis(关节炎) made it___27___for him to go on practising.
He could have___28___the cello to the district's music programme. But he wanted it in the hands of a talented,serous-minded local___29___who couldn't afford to purchase a cello. Donna Palmer, director of the school orchestra, said it was difficult to____30____after narrowing down the field to three worthy students.____31____,the instrument was given to a 13-year-old who says she hopes to____32____the cello for the rest of her life.
Because of his kind act, Kellner will be able to experience the____33____of hearing it played at spring musical concert. And knowing she has another fan in the____34____could help keep Smith motivated to practise and perhaps eventually____35____the cello.
Kellner's____36____to reach out and improve the life of a talented, young musician is____37____. A good cello can cost roughly $2, 000. That's a high____38____for many poor families. In the hands of a child with talent and determination, it can____39____a life. Here's hoping that there are more Dave Kellners out there who understand the value of passing on a(n)____40____musical instrument.
21. A. But B. So C. And D. Or
22. A. need B. accept C. deserve D. have
23. A. stayed at B. arrived at C. passed by D. moved into
24. A. secretly B. personally C. anxiously D. normally
25. A. borrowed B. discovered C. bought D. advertised
26. A. school B. company C. hobby D. programme
27. A. unnecessary B. probable C. suitable D. difficult
28. A. donated B. reported C. added D. connected
29. A. teacher B. friend C. actor D. student
30. A. decide B. explain C. stop D. discuss
31. A. By all means B. In the end C. At least D. Above all
32. A. buy B. borrow C. keep D. play
33. A. life B. effect C. joy D. loss
34. A. hospital B. army C. classroom D. audience
35. A. master B. sell C. return D. miss
36. A. decision B. plan C. goal D. permission
37. A. interesting B. disappointing C. satisfying D. inspiring
38. A. level B. price C. quality D. risk
39. A. save B. end C. change D. live
40. A. expensive B. traditional C. beloved D. useless
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
Music is everywhere nowadays. Music plays___41.___important part in daily life and there are different types of music in the world, such as Blues, Black music, Rock& Roll, Dance music of Punks, Disco, Jazz, Classical music, Rap, Pop-music and so on.
Music is___42.___great use in many fields. It___43.___(use) in advertising, radios, TV, films and the supermarkets in___44.___people are always attracted by the sweet-sounding music. So, you can see that it helps the companies make some money.
Why do so many people enjoy music? In my opinion,___45.___(usual) we prefer expressing through music, so we can share many___46.___(feel) with other people. Music is one of the most___47.___(power) things in our life. When we are tired after work or when we are nervous, listening to music makes us feel more___48.___relax) and better. Listening to music___49.___(help) us face the difficulties we meet in____50.____(we) life and makes us forget some problems. Besides, we can learn more about the cultures of different countries and then learn about the world better.
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，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，错误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同。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其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。

Five years ago, my mom got sick and my dad had to gave up his bread business. After my mom became better, my dad chose to get back into the bread business again. He worked hardly to set up his shop and get everything ready, so no one came to buy bread. I decide to encourage people stop by the shop to buy some bread and cheer my dad up. So I created a post on the Internet say, “My dad is sad because no one is coming to his new bread shop.” Where I stopped by my dad's shop the following day, the line was very long that people were standing outside. My post got shared many time and my dad's business soon got much more bigger than I expected.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假设你是李华，三峡博物馆将在下月举办故宫文物展，你的朋友Andy非常热爱中国传统文化，精给他写一封邮件，邀请他一起参观。

信的内容包括：
1.展览的时间、地点；
2.参观的注意事项。

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。

参考词汇：三峡博物馆the Three Gorges Museum；文物cultural relics：故宫the Forbidden City
Dear Andy,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ______
Yours，
Li Hua
参考答案
1. D
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. D
6. C
7. B
8. C 9. B 10. A 11. D
12. A 13. A 14. D 15. C
16. G 17. B 18. C 19. E 20. F
21. A 22. D 23. B 24. B 25. C 26. C 27. D 28. A 29. D 30. A 31. B 32.
D 33. C 34. D 35. A 36. A 37. D 38. B 39. C 40. C
41. an 42. of
43. is used
44. which 45. usually
46. feelings
47. powerful
48. relaxed
49. helps 50. our
51.(1).gave→give
(2).hardly→hard
(3).so→but
(4).decide→decided
(5).people后添加to
(6).say→saying
(7).Where→When
(8).very→so
(9).time→times
(10).去掉more
52.略。