2021年淄博市第二中学高三英语期末考试试卷及参考答案

2021年淄博市第二中学高三英语期末考试试卷及参考答案
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
Artificial intelligence (Al) is practically everywhere today. There are so many products out there which use Al. Some are being developed, some are already in use, and some failed and are being improved, so it’s very difficult to name a few of them and regard them as the best.
Vi
It is an Al personal trainer which is mainly concerned with fitness and coaching. It, however, requires the use of bio-sensing earphones and other fitness tracking equipment! It can play your favourite music while you work out and all you have to worry about is the exercise you're doing.
Deep Text
Do you ever wonder how an ad appears suddenly just when you are looking for something similar? This is because of Deep Text. It uses real-time consumer information to produce data which in turn is used to target consumers. Thus, if you search online for flight tickets fromBangaloretoDelhi, it is very likely that an ad relating to hotels inDelhiwill soon follow.
Hello Egg
If you live alone and miss your mother because you always miss your breakfast or don’t know what to eat for dinner, then Hello Egg is exactly what you are looking for. A very healthy choice of the 2-minute noodles and oats, Hello Egg provides you with a detailed weekly meal plan about the needs of your body. It is truly a modern AI-powered home cooking tool for the young.
Wordsmith
You can put Mr. Smith into your Microsoft Excel using their free API, and let it write up detailed analysis of the stories behind your numbers. It can produce detailed reports on thousands of pages of spreadsheets in seconds.
1. What can we learn about Vi from the text?
A. It is an AI music player.
B. It is a bio-sensing earphone.
C. It doesn't work without bio-sensing earphones.
D. It can make you more energetic while you work out.
2. Which can help you improve cooking skill?
A. Deep Text.
B. Vi.
C. Wordsmith.
D. Hello Egg.
3. What can Wordsmith do for us?
A. Produce a detailed report.
B. Provide us with a detailed meal plan.
C. Book a ticket ahead of time.
D. Offer us information on hotels for traveling.
B
A satellite is about to demonstrate a new way of capturing space junk with magnets for the first time. With the frequency of space launches dramatically increasing in recent years, the potential for a disastrous collision above Earth is continually growing. Now, Japanese orbital clean-up company Astroscale is testing a potential solution.
The firm's End-of-Life Services by Astroscale demonstration mission is scheduled to lift off on 20 March aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket. It consists of two spacecraft: a smal “client” satellite and a larger “servicer” satellite, or “chaser”. The smaller satellite is equipped with a magnetic (磁力的) plate which allows the chaser todock withit.
The two stacked spacecraft will perform three tests once in orbit, each of which will involve the servicer satellite releasing and then recapturing the client satellite. The first test will be the simplest, with the client satellite drifting a short distance away and then being recaptured. In the second test, the servicer satellite will set the client satellite tumbling before catching up with it and matching its motion to grab it.
Finally, if those two tests go well, the chaser will live up to its name by letting the client satellite float a few hundred metres away before finding it and attaching to it. All of these tests will be performed autonomously, with little to no human input once they are set in motion.
“These kinds of demonstrations have never been done before in space - they are very different to, say, an astronaut controlling a robotic arm on the International Space Station,” says Jason Forshaw at AstroscaleUK.“This is more of an autonomous mission.” At the end of the tests, both spacecraft will burn up in Earth's atmosphere.
If companies wanted to use this capability, they would have to attach a magnetic plate to their satellites so they could be captured later. Because of the growing space garbage problem, many countries now require firms to have a way to bring back their satellites once they run out of fuel or fail, so this could be a fairly simple likely plan,
Forshaw says. Right now, each chaser can only nab one satellite, but Astroscale is working on a version that could drag three or four out of orbit at once.
4. Which of the following can replace the underlined word "dock with" in Paragraph 2?
A. Deal with.
B. Keep up with.
C. Join together.
D. Crash.
5. Why many countries now require firms to have a way to bring back their satellites?
A. Because of the growing space waste problem.
B. Because the frequency of space launches are dramatically increasing.
C. Because they can earn large profits from it.
D. Because Astroscale has found a new method of capturing the space garbage.
6. What will Astroscale do to solve the space junk problem?
A. An astronaut controls a robotic arm on the International Space to capture the “client” satellite.
B. Through a magnetic plate remotely controlled by humans on the ground to catch the “client” satellite.
C. Finding the "client "satellite and attaching to it with a magnetic plate automatically.
D. Tumbling to match the motion of “client satellite the drag three or four satellites out of its orbit into atmosphere.
7. What can we infer from the passage?
A. People will bum the space junk up in Earth's atmosphere in the future.
B. Japan andRussiawill conduct space debris cleanup experiment together.
C. These kinds of demonstrations have never been done before.
D. The demonstration mission will be divided into three phases.
C
A 24-year-old female space commander has become a viral sensation on Chinese social media for her work.
Zhou Chengyu was in charge of the rocket connector system---described as a vital role. Her story in particular has drawn the public’s attention given her young age. Social media users have been celebrating her brilliance and referring to her as pride of the country.
Being the youngest of the team, Zhou Chengyu was born in1996 intheprovinceofGuizhou. She is certainly not “old” enough compared with her colleagues, but she is known at work as "Big Sister” as a sign of respect. Once in a 3-km running contest, she actually beat half of her male counterparts. Although work shifts are not uncommon at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site, each shift requires tremendous courage because of the different
background knowledge. However, for Zhou Chengyu, she experienced multiple positions in 5 launching tests and now she is the youngest commander at the site.
Despite carefulness and high responsibility at work, she is just like her peers in normal life. Eating snacks and shopping are her favorite free-time activities. Her high school teacher remembers her as tough and determined. “She always had a dream of becoming scientist,” said her physics teacher.
According to her colleague, Zhou Chengyu was very surprised when she found out shewent viralonline. She said that she was happy when she saw people online regarding her as the pride of the country, and yet she kept saying that she was “nobody but normal worker at a launch site” and there are a lot more people just like her going unnoticed while doing the hardest job to guarantee a better future for the Chinese space program. She also said that she wished to remain her current status and continue doing her work with or without the popularity.
8. What makes Zhou Chengyu the pride of the country?
A. Her young age.
B. Her vital role in her work.
C. Her great courage.
D. Her responsibility at work.
9. Which of the following words can best describe Zhou Chengyu?
A. Learned and confident.
B. Respectable and generous.
C. Patient and responsible.
D. Modest and determined.
10. Which of the following can replace the underlined words in paragraph 5?
A. took pride
B. made a contribution
C. became a hit
D. made an achievement
11. What can be the best title for the text?
A. A Young Pride
B. A Successful Colleague
C. An Extraordinary Dream
D. An Ambitious Commander
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While most of us are familiar with the fun and excitement of taking a vacation with family or friends, far fewer people have set out on a holiday by themselves. There are plenty of benefits to plan a solo(单独的) travel as your nextgetaway.___16___We've got a whole list of reasons why you should consider travelling alone.
• You' re in charge of the itinerary(行程)
Did you ever have the unfortunate experience of being dragged to a crowded tourist trap with your family or miss out ona one-of-a-kind destination because none of your friends were interested? That all goes out the window when you're in complete control of the itinerary.___17___Travelling solo provides the perfect opportunity to visit the sequestered(隐蔽的) sites you'vehad marked on a map for years.
• Plenty of chances to meet new people
When visiting a new place alone, you really have no choice but to communicate with new people.___18___Locals not only have insider information that you won't find in a guidebook, but speaking with someone native to the country is a great way to learn about their culture.
• Expand your comfort zone
___19___Between practicing your real-world conversation skills in a foreign language and trying unfamiliar food, travelling alone forces you to face a variety of new situations. When you only have yourself to rely on, you have a real opportunity to learn what you're capable of.
• A chance to stop and reflect
Whether you plan on getting close to nature or just spending an afternoon daydreaming at a sidewalk cafe, travelling alone offers a unique chance to pause and see things from a new view. Add in the experience of a new culture and the chance to interact with people of different backgrounds.___20___
A. Not convinced yet?
B. Everyone has unique interests.
C. Step out of your comfort zone and achieve your goal.
D. Gelling outside of your comfortable box is tough at first.
E. Spending time alone in a new place forces you to try new things.
F. And you'll come back from a solo vacation with a new outlook on life.
G. It might seem frightening, but talking to local people has many benefits.
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Cecilia Chiang died on Wednesday at her home inSan Francisco. She was 100. HerSan Franciscorestaurant, the Mandarin,____21____American diners in the 1960s to the richness and____22____of authentic Chinese cuisine.
Ms. Chiang was born in a____23____family. When she was little, children were not allowed in the____24____, but she paid close attention on trips to the____25____markets with her mother and listened
carefully as____26____instructions were given to the cooks. After her parents died, she____27____the family business in her teens.
After the Japanese occupiedBeijingin 1939, she was____28____to join s in Chongqin, where she married Chiang Liang, a professor.
Ms. Chiang sailed toSan Franciscoin 1960 to help her sister. There she met two women who wanted to____29____a restaurant that_____30_____Chinese diets. Later, when the two women_____31_____ , Ms. Chiang decided to open a restaurant herself. The early days were_____32_____But little by little, customers came_____33_____for hot and sour soup and pan-fried potstickers. One evening, Herb Caen, the popular columnist forThe Chronicle,_____34_____at the restaurant. In a_____35_____column, Herb Caen_____36_____it “a little hole-in-the wall” that was offering “some of the best Chinese food east of the Pacific.”
Overnight the_____37_____filled. The Mandarin was on its way. In 1968, Ms. Chiang moved the restaurant to_____38_____quarters, where she could_____39_____300 diners.
“I think I_____40_____what average, people know about Chinese food,” Ms. Chiang toldThe Chroniclein 2007, “They didn't know China was such a big country.”
21. A. attached B. introduced C. presented D. opposed
22. A. patent B. trend C. variety D. fashion
23. A. wealthy B. poor C. typical D. powerful
24. A. kitchen B. restaurant C. market D. hotel
25. A. countryside B. food C. talent D. city
26. A. lame B. formal C. valid D. detailed
27. A. handed over B. handed up C. took up D. took over
28. A. forced B. warned C. trapped D. split
29. A. support B. open C. promote D. attain
30. A. ate B. ordered C. served D. learned
31. A. gave out B. broke down C. backed out D. carried on
32. A. difficult B. acute C. explicit D. lucky
33. A. fluently B. regularly C. relevantly D. sincerely
34. A. invested B. explored C. dined D. cooperated
35. A. rebuilding B. foreseeing C. voting D. following
36. A. showed B. told C. allocated D. called
37. A. targets B. bills C. tables D. counters
38. A. smaller B. larger C. tighter D. cleaner
39. A. accelerate B. participate C. guarantee D. accommodate
40. A. changed B. approved C. identified D. disconnected
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
When I was a little girl, every time my dad was repairing something____41.____(break), he would ask me to hold the hammer, and meanwhile, have a conversation with me. I never saw my dad drinking or taking a night out. All he did after work was taking care____42.____his family.
I grew up and left home for college and since then, my dad had been calling me every Sunday morning. Several years later I bought a house,____43.____my dad painted by himself for three days in the summer heat. All he asked was for me to talk to him. But I was always busy, unable____44.____(find) any time for a conversation with him.
One Sunday morning we had a telephone talk as usual. I noticed that my dad had forgotten some things we discussed lately. I was in____45.____hurry, so our conversation was short. Later that day came a call____46.____(say) my father was in hospital.____47.____(immediate) I bought a ticket for a flight and on my way I was thinking about all the missing____48.____(chance) to have a talk with my dad.
By the time I____49.____(get) to hospital, my father had passed away. Now it was he who did not have time for a conversation with me. I realized how little I knew about my dad,_____50._____(he) deepest thoughts and dreams. After his death I learned more about him, and even more about myself.
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。

There is an old man who have a shoe repair shop outside our community and his shop always opens till midnight. Many neighbor wonder why he works so late since there are a few customers at that time. One cold and
snow night, I went home such late that the street lamps had already gone out. When I was approaching my community gate, I spotted the old man sitting on a chair. On his hand, there was a lamp. Heard someone coming, he lifted his lamp light the way. I final understood him. He doesn't do it for money, but offers help to these who need it.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Tony想在平时参加一些志愿者活动，但担心因此而影响学习。

请你给Tony写一封邮件，内容包括：
1.你的看法；
2.你的理由.
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯.
Dear Tony，
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. C
2. D
3. A
4. C
5. A
6. C
7. D
8. B 9. D 10. C 11. A
12. C 13. C 14. B 15. A
16. A 17. B 18. G 19. E 20. F
21. B 22. C 23. A 24. A 25. B 26. D 27. D 28. A 29. B 30. C 31. C 32.
A 33.
B 34.
C 35.
D 36. D 37. C 38. B 39. D 40. A
41. broken
42. of 43. which
44. to find
45. a 46. saying
47. Immediately
48. chances
49. got 50. his
51.(1).have→has
(2).neighbor→neighbors
(3).去掉a
(4).snow→snowy
(5).such→so
(6).On→In
(7). Heard→Hearing
(8). light前加to
(9).final→finally
(10).these→those
52.略。