2021届贵州遵义航天高级中学高三英语下学期期中试题及答案

2021届贵州遵义航天高级中学高三英语下学期期中试题及答案
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
What are you waiting for? A new series of movies shown this year can’t be missed. Have you enjoyed them already?
Frozen II
Frozen was the highest grossing (票房) animated film ever. In Frozen II Elsa, Anna, Olaf and Krist left off Arendelle to seek thesource of Elsa’s icy magic. Although the millions of children who loved the first film are older now, they might give it a reception.
Last Christmas
A festive romantic comedy, Emilia Clarke stars in Last Christmas as Bridget Jonesy , a shop assistant, whose life in London is a mess, and Henry Golding as the eligible bachelor(黄金单身汉)who tidies it up. The film’s director, Paul Feig, and co-writer, Emma Thompson, promise that the film is worth expecting.
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Tom Hanks stars in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood as the only American celebrity(名人) more famous than he is. As the host of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood for more than 30 years, Fred Rogers is a legend of pre-school children’s television, which appeals to a large audience.
Charlie’s Angels
Hollywoodaction movies starring women are rare. But have you seen a movie starred, written and directed by women, too? Charlie’s Angels is one of the first. A reboot (翻拍) of the 1970s TV series, not to mention the two films from 2000 and 2003, the new version is directed by Elizabeth Banks. She also plays Bosley, one of the female detectives who are employed by Charles Townsend to go on global adventures.
1. Which moviebecame the most popular cartoon film this year?
A. Frozen II.
B. Last Christmas.
C. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.
D. Charlie’s Angels.
2. Which character works on a TV station?
A. Krist.
B. Emilia Clarke.
C. Fred Rogers.
D. Bosley.
3. Which action movie was directed and starred by a woman?
A. Frozen II.
B. Last Christmas.
C. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.
D. Charlie’s Angels.
B
Be it from the mouths of foreigners who have lived here for a few years or from stories on travel websites, one of the most common qualities that people list about Shanghai is the infectious energy that courses through the city.
For some, this energy is defined by the way of life—Shanghai is a city that never sleeps. In the day, the streets arc always bustling with people from all over the world. After all, the city has long been China’s most cosmopolitan city, having been the epicenter of trade and cultural exchange between Chinese and foreigners since the city was forced to open its door to the world in 1843 after the First Opium War (1840-42).
Shanghai’s ubiquitous delivery people can be found on the roads even past midnight, rushing from point to point on their trusty electric scooters to satiate the hunger of night owls. Even before the break of dawn, pensioners can be found gathering in parks, ready to kick start their day with a tai chi session.
For others, this energy is generated from the friction between the contrasts the city has. Indeed, it does not take long for one to realize that Shanghai's charmlies in it being a binary of old and new.
Here, charming neoclassical architecture and art deco structures stand alongside modem buildings with shimmering glass and metal facades, rustic (质朴的)lane houses and shikumen buildings. Humble mom-and-pop shops that look stuck in time can often be found right next tohipdining venues or industrial-chic fashion stores selling designer apparel.
One of the best places to get an overview of these surreal contrasts is none other than the tallest building in the city — the Shanghai Tower in Lujiazui. Measuring a dizzying 632 meters in height, this architectural marvel boasts having the world's highest observation deck within a building or structure. It also comes with the world's fastest elevators which would get you from the bottom to the top at 20.5 meters per second.
On the other side of the Huangpu River is where you would find the Bund, which is home to magnificent neoclassical buildings. The Bund is to Shanghai what Times Square is to New York or what the Champs-61ysees is to Paris. A trip to Shanghai would not be complete without exploring this iconic waterfront promenade.
Autumn is the best time to experience Shanghai on foot, not merely because the weather is conducive for walking, but because this is when the roads and sidewalks in many areas are blanketed with a layer of color1 ful fallen leaves.
4. Why is the example of delivery man mentioned?
A. To make a contrast with pensioners’ biological clock.
B. To illustrate the vibrant energy of modern Shanghai.
C. To highlight the diligence and consideration of delivery man.
D. To feature the courier delivery service in full swing.
5. Which of the following is TRUE about the contrast of Shanghai?
A. The contrast mainly arises from the First Opium War.
B. The design of the Shanghai Tower stands for a contrast.
C. A marked contrast is shown in the use of building materials.
D. The dishes served in mom-and-pop shops represent the outdated flavor.
6. The underlined word “hip” in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to________.
A. photographic
B. modest
C. peculiar
D. stylish
7. Which of the following will be most probably discussed following the last paragraph?
A. Stunning views of the Shanghai skyline.
B. The best places to view the seasonal spectacle.
C. The walking path thathugs the Huangpu River.
D. Must-try dishes and food items typical of Shanghai.
C
Becoming famous is the dream of many, and Tian is getting closer to that dream.
Tian, 30, is a white-collar worker inBeijing. On short video application Douyin, Tian has more than 2,000 fans. So far, she has received more than 50,000 likes on the Dubsmash-like app. On her page on Douyin, Tian shares everything, from her son’s daily activities, to her pet dogs, to little skits (段子) made up by her and her husband. “Making funny videos, and combining them with music is really interesting,” Tian said. “Of course, I make the videos for fun because it is quite relaxing.”
China’s short video market has seen great growth, according to areport. The report said thatChina’s short video market was valued at 5.73 billion yuan ($900 million) in 2017, an increase of 184 percent. The industry value is expected to go up to the 30 billion mark in 2020. Companies like Tencent, Sohu and Iqiyi have all started providing short video content.
“Short videos are popular because they are an addition to traditional audio and video content on the internet,” said Sun Jiashan with the Chinese National Academy of Arts.
Fans say that the short videos help them “chill out” from a stressed-out lifestyle. “My favorite videos are all about pets,” said Zhou Na, a nurse inHefei, capital of East China’sAnhuiprovince. “After a whole day’s work, watching the 15-second videos makes me laugh, which reduces my pressure.”
8. Why does Tian make short videos in Douyin?
A. To get fun.
B. To become a well-known person.
C. To attract fans.
D. To record her family’s routine.
9. What’s Sun Jiashan’s opinion about short videos?
A. They have huge value.
B. They greatly reduce people’s pressure.
C. They make people’s star dreams come true.
D. They enrich internet audio and video content.
10. What does the underlined words “chill out” probably mean?
A. Catch a cold.
B. Feel cold.
C. Calm down.
D. Become concerned.
11. What does the passage mainly tell us?
A. Every Chinese is using Douyin.
B. China’s short video market is open.
C. Douyin brings the Chinese great happiness.
D.China’s short video market has developed rapidly.
D
Tofight for the conservation of forest ecosystem, several ecologists including Daniel Janzen convinced Del Oro, an orange juice producer, to donate part of their forestland to a national park. In return, Del Oro was allowed to throw large amounts of waste in the form of orangepeels(皮) on a 3-hectare piece of land within the national park at no cost. Dealing with tons of leftover peels usually involved burning them or paying to have them poured into a landfill, so the proposal was very attractive.
But a year later, another juice company challenged the deal in court, arguing that their competitor was "polluting a national park". They ended up winning, and the deal between Del Oro and the national park fell through.
Then in 2013, while discussing possible research avenues（途径，手段）with Timothy Treuer, Daniel Janzen mentioned the orange story. Feeling interested, Treuer decided to stop by that piece of land that had been
covered with fruit waste 15 years earlier. What he found shocked him.
"While I would walk over exposed rock and dead grass in the nearby fields, I'd have to climb through undergrowth and cut paths through walls ofvines(藤) in the orange peel site itself," said Timothy Treuer.
Treuer and his team spent months picking upsamples(样品), analyzing and comparing them. They found great differences between the areas covered with orange peels and those that were not. The area withorange waste had richer soil.
The effect that the orange peels had on the land is probably not that surprising to people familiar withcomposting(施肥), but what is really shocking is that a judge actually thought the waste of orange "mined" a national parkand stopped it from going forward. Now that Timothy Treuer's study has received worldwide attention, this type of "ruining" is being seriously considered as a way of bringing forests back to life.
12. What did Del Oro usually do with orange peels?
A. Add them to fuel.
B. Feed them to animals.
C. Burn or bury them.
D. Make them into cakes.
13. What can we know about the deal between Del Oro and the national park?
A. It lasted 15 years.
B. It was signed by Treuer.
C. It was made in about 1998.
D. It was broken by Del Oro.
14. What was Treuer's finding?
A. Orange peels contain much fibre.
B. Orange peels can make soil richer.
C. Orange peels rot away in a short time.
D. Orange waste ruined the national park.
15. What is the author's attitude toward the judge mentioned in the last paragraph?
A. Disapproving.
B. Positive.
C. Worried.
D. Admirable.
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Most people admit extreme nervousness at even the thought of giving a speech._______16_______Through speaking, we gain the power to share what we are thinking with others.
Actually, not only do most beginning speakers suffer anxiety at the thought of speaking in public, but even powerful speakers like Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D.Roosevelt were nervous before speaking._______17_______Some people tremble, sweat, and experience shortness of breath and increased heartbeat. As they go through their speech, they may be so preoccupied with themselves that they lose contact with the audience, jump back and forth from point to point, and on occasion forget what they have planned to
say._______18_______And they still go on to deliver a strong speech. The secret is not to get rid of all of your feelings but to learn to channel and control your nervousness.
Very few people are so bothered by anxiety that they are unable to proceed with the speech._______19_______Why? Because you must be a little more aroused than usual to do your best. A bit of nervousness gets the adrenaline (肾上腺素) flowing-and that brings you to speaking readiness.
Many speakers worry that others will notice how nervous they are-and that makes them even more self-conscious and nervous. A young woman reported that she broke out at home before each speech. She was amazed when other students said to her, “You seem so calm when you speak.”_______20_______Once you realize that your audience does not perceive your nervousness to the degree that you imagine, you will remove one unnecessary source of anxiety.
The more experience you get in speaking, the better you become at coping with nervousness. As time goes on, you will come to find that having a group of people listening to you alone is a very satisfying experience.
A. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
B. In fact, it would be harmful if you were not nervous.
C. Try getting feedback from your listeners after a speech.
D. The difference in nervousness among people is a matter of degree.
E. Yet you must learn to cope with nervousness because speaking is important.
F. Others, however, may get butterflies in their stomachs and feel weak in the knees.
G. Perhaps the most important time for coping with nervousness is shortly before the speech.
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Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses. Turning our weaknesses into strengths makes us____21____. A 12-year-old boy, Kim overcame his weakness by unknowingly making it his___22___.
Poor Kim___23___his left arm in a terrible accident and was___24___. To cheer him up, his father made him join a Judo（柔道）club. As the boy always wanted to learn Judo, his father thought this would make him___25___.
Everyone wondered how a single-armed boy could learn Judo.___26___, the master happily accepted him. Kim practiced nothing but a single stroke（击）.He trained for all 8 months in mastering a single stroke. The boy was___27___and sometimes annoyed as his master taught him only one stroke.
Yet, he said nothing. The boy mastered the stroke and grew in confidence as___28___could do that particular stroke better. The boy was___29___by the master to compete in a Judo championship tournament
Everyone___30___Kim and his master. Even the boy was not sure about why his master had chosen him.
To everyone's surprise, Kim easily___31___six competitors with his single stroke. He struggled a bit in the semi-finals but managed to win the match. Then the final match began. The opponent（对手）was very strong and the referee（裁判）___32___with Kim's master about stopping the match as he feared the opponent could___33___Kim. However, his master___34___and told Kim to continue the match. With a huge effort, Kim___35___the match.
Kim thought it was___36___and asked his master how he had become champion. His master told him “My dear boy, you learned the most___37___stroke in Judo that very few can master to perfection. If your opponent wants to beat you and___38___you from using the stroke, they should hold your left arm. This was the___39___behind your victory!'*
If the boy turned his weakness, the loss of his left arm, into such a great___40___. why can't we?
21. A. brave B. reliable C. powerful D. flexible
22. A. chance B. strength C. interest D. choice
23. A. bent B. raised C. broke D. lost
24. A. heartbroken B. impatient C. embarrassed D. angry
25. A. popular B. normal C. happy D. special
26. A. However B. Besides C. Therefore D. Otherwise
27. A. excited B. nervous C. ambitious D. surprised
28. A. somebody B. nobody C. everybody D. anybody
29. A. taught B. picked C. forced D. paid
30. A. feared B. admired C. knew D. doubted
31. A. shook B. hurt C. beat D. hit
32. A. discussed B. competed C. agreed D. quarreled
33. A. frighten B. blame C. harm D. move
34. A. struggled B. refused C. begged D. regretted
35. A. ignored B. organized C. watched D. won
36. A. unbelievable B. strange C. unacceptable D. satisfying
37. A. suitable B. standard C. terrible D. difficult
38. A. prevent B. protect C. save D. excuse
39. A. effort B. reality C. secret D. meaning
40. A. fun B. success C. challenge D. dream
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 crater (陨石坑) on Mercury sat quietly for millions of years.___41.___(surprise), it acquired a name—Li Qingzhao, a Chinese female poet. The International Astronomical Union named the first group of craters on___42.___planet after 310 famous writers and artists in human history, Li included.
What did she do___43.___(deserve) such an honor? Compared with other male poets in China，___44.___have left hundreds or even thousands of poems, she has only eighty-seven. However, her artistic creativity in her___45.___(survive) works has earned her a permanent place in the Chinese literary circle.
She grew up in a ly relaxed atmosphere but her maiden (少女) days were so limited that the regret could be felt in her poem：“Can’t you see? The green leaves thriving (旺盛) but the red flowers fading overnight.” The arrival and disappearance of spring is one of the most frequent themes in Chinese poetry.
Li had two___46.___(marry), both of which had ahuge impact on her. The first ended up her___47.___(abandon) during the war.___48.___(bad) still, she suffered physical abuse from her second husband. Bravely she charged him at the court and got the permission to divorce.
In the final stage of her life, even___49.___no one to rely on, she never gave up hope and created many literary works that____50.____(leave) for generations to appreciate to date.
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；
2,只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

My family was very poorly when I was a child. My parents lost their jobs and lived with heavy pressure. As result, I wanted to studying hard so as to have a different future. During my high school life, I spent all my time studying those difficult subject, which made me to one of the best students in our school. After graduation, I am admitted to a key university where I met a lot of interested friends. Now, I am working on a big company but I am able to afford anything I want. What's more, my parents also have found new jobs. So I believe that our dreams
will come true if you try our best.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.你校英文报“Growing Pains and Gains”栏目正在进行征文活动。

请高三的你写一篇短文投稿，内容包括：
1.你感受到的压力；
2.你如何看待并应对的。

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。

Live with Pressure
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________
参考答案
1. A
2. C
3. D
4. B
5. B
6. D
7. B
8. A 9. D 10. C 11. D
12. C 13. C 14. B 15. A
16. E 17. D 18. F 19. B 20. C
21. C 22. B 23. D 24. A 25. C 26. A 27. D 28. B 29. B 30. D 31. C 32.
A 33. C 34.
B 35. D 36. A 37. D 38. A 39.
C 40. B
41. Surprisingly
42. the/that
43. to deserve
44. who 45. surviving
46. marriages
47. being abandoned
48. Worse 49. with
50. have been left
51.(1).poorly→poor；
(2).在result前加a；
(3).studying→study；
(4).subject→subjects；
(5).去掉one前面的to；
(6).am→was；
(7).interested→interesting；
(8).on→in；
(9).but→and；
(10).you→we
52.略。