2020-2021学年威海市城里中学高三英语上学期期末考试试题及参考答案

2020-2021学年威海市城里中学高三英语上学期期末考试试题及参考
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
Nothing beats live music, but the venue makes a difference. When you're able to score tickets to an incredible concert in an incredible place, you won't forget the experience. Here are some of the coolest music venues from around the world. If you haven't been to any of these, you've got some traveling to do.
Red Rocks, Morrison, the United States
Red Rocks might be the most beautiful and famous venue in the United States. At 6,450 feet above sea level, Red Rocks is a geologically formed natural stage. Its massive sandstone provides a perfect stage for jam bands. If you're into the blues and jazz, you'll have no trouble finding something in line with your interests.
Meet Factory, Prague, Czech Republic
Smallest venues on this list, Meet Factory is an art gallery, theater, and music venue. The venue only accommodates 1,000 people, so you won't see any huge names come through. Still, it's a great place to see up-and-coming local acts, and if you've got an eye for contemporary art, you'll love your time here.
Arena of NÎmes, NÎmes, France
Originally built around A. D. 70, the Arena of Nimes presents concertgoers with an interesting question: Should they enjoy the music, or marvel at the architecture? The Arena is, after all, one of the world's best-preserved Roman theaters. Many major touring acts plan stops at the Arena of Nimes, especially during the venue's annual festival.
Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia
The Sydney Opera House is one of the world's most famous performing venues. I's also one of the most distinctive buildings in Sydney, thanks to the breathtaking design by Danish architect Utzon. It hosts about 40 events per week, so whether you're into jazz, rock, classical music, or opera, you'll find something to watch.
1.Where can you enjoy music in natural beauty?
A.At Red Rocks.
B.At Meet Factory.
C.At Arena of Nimes.
D.At Sydney Opera House.
2.What is special about Meet Factory?
A.It enjoys breathtaking scenery.
B.It hosts both musical and artistic events.
C.It is the largest venue of all.
D.It is famous for contemporary music.
3.What do the listed music venues have in common?
A.They have a long history.
B.They are built near the sea.
C.They accommodate thousands of people.
D.They are beautiful tourist attractions.
B
Elizabeth Bishop is considered one of the best American poets of the 20th century. She was born in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1911. Her dad died when she was just a baby and her mom never recovered from the loss. She went to live with her grandparents in Nova Scotia, Canada when she was five. Eventually Bishop attended Vassar College, where she began to write poetry.
At Vassar she discovered Marianne Moore's poetry and met Ms Moore and began their life-long friendship. She later met poet Robert Lowell. She wrote tons and tons of letters to both of them, which is good for us because we would otherwise know very little of her personal life.
Bishop published her first book of poetry in 1946 and wrote until her death in 1979. She would spend years working on a single poem. Her poems are not the result of hasty scribbling (匆忙乱写) on paper while eating breakfast. She would look through drafts of poems again and again and improve them until they were as close to perfect as she could get them.
Reading Elizabeth Bishop is like being transported to the very place, the very moment she's writing about. She leads us to a microscope so we can see every smallest part of the scene. It seems that she's always asking us to notice more, and more until the poem is so clear in our minds that it's almost painful—like a light that's too bright.
4. What do we know about Bishop's early life?
A. She was mainly brought up by her grandparents.
B. She spent her childhood mainly in Worcester.
C. She was always encouraged by her parents.
D. She started to write poems at five.
5. Why are Bishop's letters to Moore and Lowell important?
A. They have a deep influence on other poets.
B. They offer much information about her life.
C. They help us study Moore and Lowell's poetry.
D. They prove she had friendships with famous
poets.
6. What can we say about Bishop's poetic creation?
A. She liked to write in the morning.
B. She could write poems at high speed.
C. She tried her best to achieve perfection.
D. She published hundreds of books of poetry.
7. Which word can be used to best describe the style of Bishop’s poems?
A. Enthusiastic.
B. Romantic.
C. Humorous.
D. Exact.
C
The Great Barrier Reef's outlook remains “very poor” despite coral (珊瑚) recovery over the past year, Australian government scientistssaid Monday, just days before a UNESCO ruling on the site's world heritage (遗产) status.
The United Nations cultural agency recommended last month that the world's largest reef (珊瑚礁) system be placed on its endangered list because of damage to the corals largely caused by climate change.
The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) said the corals were now in a “recovery window” after a decade of harmful heat stress and cyclones (旋风). But such opportunities were becoming rarer due to the influence ofclimate change, the government agency, which has monitored the reef for 35 years, said in its annual report released today. “The increasing emergence of climate-related extreme weather events and starfish outbreaks is causing more severe and frequent pressures, giving the reef fewer opportunities like this to recover,”CEO Paul Hardisty said. The scientists surveyed 127 reef sites in 2021 and found hard coral cover had increased at 69 of the 81 locations surveyed in the past two years.
Separate scientific research released last October found the 2, 300-kilometre (1, 400 miles) system had lost half its corals since 1995, with a series of ocean heatwaves causing mass coral death.
Britta Schaffelke, research program director at AIMS, said the latest findings provided a slight hope that the reef still has the power of recovering. But she added that its future is still very poor because of the dangers of climate change and other factors that are affecting the reef.
UNESCO has urged Australia to take urgent climate action but the government has long resisted calls to commit to net zero emissions (排放) by 2050. The government has said it hopes to meet the target “as soon as possible” without harming its economy, insisting dealing with climate change requires a global effort. The reef was worth about US $4. 8 billion a year in tourism for the Australian economy and there are fears that an “in danger” listing could weaken its tourist appeal.
8. What is the major cause of the damage to the corals?
A. The climate change.
B. Lack of money.
C. Over development.
D. Too many tourists.
9. What is mainly talked about in Paragraph 3?
A. The result of the survey.
B. The efforts AIMS has made.
C. The slight chance of the recovery.
D. The terrible situation of the climate.
10. What is Britta Schaffelke's attitude towards the future of the reef?
A. Unclear.
B. Positive.
C Intolerant. D. Anxious.
11. What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. Australia wants to put the reef on the endangered list.
B. The Australian government has ignored UNESCO's demand.
C. Australia hopes to keep a balance between emission target and its economy.
D. The Australian government refuses to take its share of responsibility of climate change.
D
A new study has discovered that meditation (冥想) and oxygen sport together reduce depression. The Rutgers University study found that this mind and body combination, done twice a week for only two months,reduced the symptoms for a group of students by 40 percent.
“We are excited by the findings because we saw such a meaningful improvement in both clinically depressed and non-depressed students,” said lead author Dr. Brandon Alderman. “It is the first time that both of these two behavioral ways have been looked at together for dealing with depression.”
Researchers believe the two activities have an interactive effect on combatingdepression. Alderman and Dr. Tracey Shors discovered that a combination of mental and physical training (MAP) enabled students with major depressive disorder not to let problems or negative thoughts defeat them.
Rutgers researchers say those who participated in the study began with 30 minutes of focused attention meditation followed by 30 minutes of oxygen sport. They were told that if their thoughts drifted to the past or the future they should refocus on their breathing, enabling those with depression to accept moment-to-moment changes in attention.
Shors, who studies the productionof new brain cells in the hippocampus—part of the brain involved in
memory and learning—says scientists have shown in animal models that oxygen sport exercise keeps a large number of certain cells alive.
The idea for the human intervention (干预) came fromher laboratory studies, she says, with the main goal of helping individuals acquire new skills so that they can learn to recover from stressful life events.
By learning to focus their attention and exercise, people who are fighting depression can acquire new learning skills that can help them process information and reduce the overwhelming recollection of memories from the past, Shors says.
“We know these treatments can be practiced over a lifetime and that they will be effective in improving mental health.” said Alderman. “The good news is that this intervention can be practiced by anyone at any time and at no cost.”
12. What made the research so different?
A. Adopting a way of meaningful talk.
B. Combining the two behavioral ways to treat depression.
C. Treating depression with special medicine.
D. Comparing the depressed with the non-depressed.
13. The underlined word “combating” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by ______.
A. fighting
B. identifying
C. distinguishing
D. examining
14. What did the participants do in the research?
A. They did oxygen sport half an hour before thinking.
B. They thought quietly and then took exercise.
C. They took exercise longer than they thought.
D. They took exercise while thinking quietly.
15. What is Shors’ main purpose of her studies?
A. To find out certain brain cells of humans.
B. To study the production of new brain cells.
C. To offer people a new method to treat stress.
D. To decide the links between stress and exercise.
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
Tiny homes are being used for housing in costly areas of theUnited States. InLos Angeles,California, tiny homes are now being used as temporary shelters for people, serving as a welfare for citizens.___16___Similar projects went up in otherCaliforniacities, includingSan JoseandSacramento, and also across theUnited StatesinSeattle,Washington;Minneapolis,Minnesota; andDes Moines,Iowa.
___17___That number is an increase of more than 12 percent from a year earlier. Over 150,000 people are homeless across the state ofCalifornia. The pandemic has forced even more people onto the streets. Homeless shelters had to turn away people to maintain social distancing rules. Thus, it’s urgent for officials to find a way out.
City officials selected the land onChandler Streetfor the tiny home village, because it could not be used for anything else.___18___The officials had to promise nearby neighbors that the village would be safe and clean. Ken Craft is head of the non-profit Hope of the Valley which operatesChandler Streetvillage. He asked worried neighbors if they would rather have the tents or the tiny homes on the land. He said the village offers services that can help people out of homelessness.___19___
The tiny homes cost $7,500 each. And the cost for the entire project was $5 million. Hope of the Valley is building two more villages inNorth Hollywood.___20___AtChandler Street, the housing is temporary, whose goal is for people to stay a few months and then move on to permanent housing.
A. More are planned in other neighborhoods.
B. The locals are in crucial need of tiny homes.
C. However, not everyone supported the plan.
D. In 2020, there were about 66,400 homeless people inLos Angeles.
E. They include mental health treatment, legal aid, and help with job searches.
F. A large number of citizens were recorded homeless in the country the year before.
G. The project is part of an emergency effort to solve the worsening homelessness crisis.
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
Surviving Mount Rainier
Bad luck and poor timing left Krasnitskiy and three climbers stuck on Mount Rainier for several long days. They faced mountain climbing’s_____21_____tests. One man suffered_____22_____sickness; ice and rockfall_____23_____down at night; cold nights in a_____24_____that got torn left them hypothermic(体温过低的). Calm confidence, skill and the courage to continue up the_____25_____route, despite illness and injury, likely saved their lives.
The climbers_____26_____on a Friday, camping low on the route the first night because they were_____27_____about rockfall after a climber had recently died in an accident at the route’s typical_____28_____camp.
On Saturday, at about 10,500 feet, one of the climbers became sick from the altitude, which began to slow them down.
By Sunday evening, the ill climber was_____29_____, and they had to make an unplanned camp on steep snow. A______30______wind, unexpected and strong, began to break their tent. It was a cold night.
On Monday, they called 911. For several______31______, they watched as high winds______32______rangers’(护林员) attempts at a helicopter rescue. Their food was______33______and they shared a single bottle of snowmelt(融雪水) each day.
Then the icefall______34______their tent platform and squeezed them together. It was impossible to climb down. On Wednesday, they decided to______35______their climb---______36______, carefully, resting when they were weak.
Krasnitskiy thought of all the people who loved him, and it really______37______him they must be worried. As he climbed, he just kept yelling out to his______38______, “We have to get there.”
However, on Thursday morning, their spirits began to______39______. They started to______40______they could continue. But then the helicopter arrived. They were rescued.
21. A. best B. toughest C. simplest D. fairest
22. A. altitude B. car C. radiation D. sleeping
23. A. slowed B. settled C. rained D. burned
24. A. cave B. hut C. village D. tent
25. A. challenging B. long C. beautiful D. southern
26. A. fell down B. gave up C. set out D. got back
27. A. concerned B. crazy C. guilty D. unhappy
28. A. winter B. training C. temporary D. high
29. A. bored B. exhausted C. recovered D. refreshed
30. A. bored B. warm C. favourable D. stiff
31. A. weeks B. minutes C. days D. hours
32. A. rushed B. prevented C. assisted D. protected
33. A. running out B. breaking down C. put away D. left over
34. A. missed B. exposed C. widened D. buried
35. A. make room for B. carry on with C. have a break from D. put a stop to
36. A. slowly B. secretly C. mentally D. casually
37. A. beat B. told C. hit D. taught
38. A. family B. friends C. students D. guides
39. A. lift B. rise C. sink D. harden
40. A. admit B. surprise C. believe D. doubt
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
From the first day I arrived in Kunming, I had my understanding of China____41.____(change). Far from being narrow-minded and hostile to____42.____(foreign)，people came up to talk to me the first time I went out on the street. It happened to be all in Chinese, so I didn’t understand much,____43.____it did cause me to rethink my assumptions.
As my Chinese improved, this continued throughout my stay, from my landlord introducing me to people who could help us learn Chinese to____44.____(get) to know the couple who ran a noodle restaurant nearby.
If you’re interested in other people, their culture, and their language, they’ll be____45.____(friend) to you. China isn’t____46.____exception. Don’t judge a country by its media coverage,____47.____(especial) some Western media, which have much prejudice.
I saw a very different kind of China with my own eyes. Kunming,____48.____I lived for most of my stay, wasn’t much polluted. I had frank conversations with Chinese people about almost everything. Still China is developing，but the economic____49.____(grow)means that most people_____50._____(see) their living standards improve rapidly in the last 20 years. People I spoke with were generally optimistic about the future.
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九文中共有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的增加、删除、或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(Λ，并在其下面写上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

注意：1.每次错误以及修改仅限一词；
只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

As we can see, some students in our school are in poor health, what deserves our attention. It is obvious that poor health is close related to bad living habits. Some students stay up late doing their homework and playing with their mobile phones. As result, they have difficulty concentrating on our lessons in class . Some students don't have a balanced diet. They always eat snacks instead of having healthy meal. Besides, some students never take exercise, which lead to weight problems.
It is time to reflecting on our way of life. Let's develop good living habits to keep fit. By having enough sleep, eat a balanced diet and taking regular exercise, we can live in healthily and happily.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假设你是晨光中学学生李林，你的美国朋友Chris从某网站得知中国外交部4月16日在吉林省举办了主题为“新时代的中国：活力吉林，走向世界”的全球推介活动，希望你能介绍相关情况。

为了让Chris更好地了解吉林省，请根据以下提示给他写一封电子邮件。

(1)简单介绍外交部举办的这次活动引起的反响；
(2)介绍吉林省的风景名胜和丰富多彩的历史文化；
(3)希望他有机会来访。

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参考答案
1. A
2. B
3. D
4. A
5. B
6. C
7. D
8. A 9. C 10. D 11. C
12. B 13. A 14. B 15. C
16. G 17. D 18. C 19. E 20. A
21. B 22. A 23. C 24. D 25. A 26. C 27. A 28. D 29. B 30. D 31. C 32.
B 33. A 34. D 35. B 36. A 37.
C 38. B 39. C 40. D
41. changed
42. foreigners
43. but 44. getting
45. friendly
46. an 47. especially
48. where 49. growth
50. have seen
51.(1).what→which
(2).close→closely
(3).and→or
(4).As后面加上a
(5).our→ their
(6).meal →meals
(7).lead→leads
(8).reflecting→reflect
(9).eat →eating
(10).去掉in
52.略。