2020-2021学年上海市七宝实验中学高三英语期中试题及答案

2020-2021学年上海市七宝实验中学高三英语期中试题及答案
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
Book reading is certainly one of the most absorbing habits. For young adults who love to read, finding some good books to read is very essential. Writing a book review can help you to improve your language and writing skills.
The Book Thief
Listed onThe New York Times Children’s Best Seller List for over 100 weeks, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is the story of a young girl in the Nazi camps set during World War II. So, if you love history and wish to learn how the life was during Adolf Hitler’s time, read this historic book.
The Diary of Young Girl
Even Anne Frank can not have imagined that her personal diary written during World War II would become such a popular book. It’s a must read that describes the situation of a family in the evils of wars through the eyes of a teenager.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm is one of the most popular books by George Orwell. It is just a reflection of the Stalin and World War II period that has been so creatively presented in this book. It is an interesting example of how literature can be used to present conditions common in the society.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of the great American novels in history, and is certainly a great pick for young adults. Young Huck Finn and his mischief along with the color1 ful description of people around theMississippi Rivermake this novel a great book to read.
1.Which book describes the author’s own experiences according to this passage?
A.The Book Thief
B.The Diary of Young Girl
C.Animal Farm
D.Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
2.What do the first three books have in common?
A.All of them are about wars.
B.All of them are about farms.
C.All of them are intended for history lovers.
D.All of them were written during World War II.
3.The purpose of this passage is to _________.
A.instruct youngsters how to improve skills
B.tell youngsters some wonderful reading habits
C.introduce several good books to youngsters
D.give youngsters advice on writing a book review
B
It was five years ago that something unforgettable happened. My wife and I celebrated our 40thwedding anniversary that year. It was a lovely event hosted by our sons for us. My wonderful friends from the past surprised us with gifts and congratulations. Our gift to each other was a driving trip out west. We drove fromOntariointoAlberta, then southward intoGlacierNational ParkinMontana, and continued toYellowstoneNational Park.
It was a cold spring day, and theBeartooth Highwayhad opened for the season just days before. Alongside the road, there was still a great amount of snow there. The scenery was so impressive that we made lots of stops to record memories with my camera. At the highest point of the highway, I stopped at a lookout to catch the amazing views, with my wife in the centre of my camera lens.
There were not many cars on the road. Sometimes, cars with energetic young tourists passed by. And then we heard a motorcycle in the distance. The driver of the motorcycle, who wore dirty clothes, parked behind our cars. As he approached us, his only words were, “Give me your camera and get over there with your wife.” I must admit I felt nervous that we might be robbed where we just created some beautiful memories. Surprisingly, he just took a picture of us, handed back my camera and rode off before we could express our gratitude. The photo he took is one of the most valuable and prized of our trip.
I learned my lesson somewhere I least expected it. We should never judge a man by his appearance. If the motorcycle driver reads this story and remembers the situation, we would like to say “Thank you” to him.
4. According to the passage, what do we know about the trip?
A. It was taken by train to the west.
B. It was a suggestion from their friends.
C. It was in the late autumn five years ago.
D. It was a gift for their wedding anniversary.
5. Why was the author nervous when the motorcycle driver offered to take a picture?
A. He could have lost the camera.
B. His wife might not be satisfied with the view there.
C. The motorcycle driver would borrow the camera.
D. The motorcycle driver might not be good at the taking pictures.
6. Which of the following best describes the driver of the motorcycle?
A. Kind and straightforward.
B. Rich and generous.
C. Creative and capable.
D. Careful and admirable.
7. Which of the following can be concluded from the passage?
A. No pains, no gains.
B. Seeing is believing.
C. Don’t judge a book by its cover.
D. The longest journey begins with the first step.
C
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) included on December 17, 2020 China's Tai Chi on the RepresentativeList of the Intangible（无形的）Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The decision was announced during the online meeting of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage held from December 14 to19 inKingston, capital ofJamaica.
“Born in the mid-17th century in a small village named Chenjiagou located in Central China's Henan province, Tai Chi is not only a kind of traditional Wushu integrated with slow movements and deep breathing, but is also deeply rooted in many areas of Chinese culture, such as medicine and philosophy,”Zhu Xianghua says, who is the son of the famous Tai Chi master Zhu Tiancai.
Although it has spread to more than 150 countries and regions, attracting more than 100 million people to practice, the idea that Tai Chi is for the elderly has stopped many young people practicing the ancient Wushu. They think of it as a slow exercise, which is specially made and better suited for their grandparents. Instead, many young people are turning to the Indian practice of yoga（瑜伽）to relieve stress, which was placed on the UNESCO's List in 2019.
In order to promote Tai Chi, joint efforts have been made from individuals and the Chinese government in the last decades. Xi'an Jiaotong University requires students to learn Tai Chi. Wang Yunbing, a professor in the university's sports center, stressed that Tai Chi is not only good physical exercise-researchers from the American
College of Rheumatology find that it can help manage several diseases but is also conned ted to ancient Chinese eivilization. Since 2014, the World Tai Chi Championships have been held every two years by the International Wushu Federation. It provides a platform for communication and learning between the Tai Chi masters and Tai Chi lovers around the globe. In January 2020, Tai Chi became an official event in the 2026 Dakar Youth Olympic Games.
8. What does Zhu Xianghua say about Tai Chi in paragraph 2?
A. It originated from fast Kung Fu action.
B. It was born around the 1750s in a village.
C. It is related to other cultural fields ofChina.
D. It integrates Chinese medicine and western philosophy.
9. Why do some young people choose to practice yoga instead of Tai Chi?
A. They think it easier to practice yoga to keep fit.
B. The elderly stop young people practicing Tai Chi.
C. They consider Tai Chi is custom-built for old people.
D. Yoga was included in the world culture earlier than Tai Chi.
10. What is the main purpose of the last paragraph?
A. To promote contemporary Chinese civilization.
B. To show many efforts made to popularize Tai Chi.
C. To stress the importance of Chinese Tai Chi masters.
D. To advise people to practise Tai Chi to cure diseases.
11.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. Tai Chi Steps on the UNESCO's List.
B. Tai Chi is Competing against Yoga.
C. Tai Chi Has Regained populate Globally.
D. Opinions Greatly Differ on Tai Chi and Yoga.
D
Ten years ago, I set out to examine luck. I wanted to know why some people were always in the right place at the right time, while others consistently experienced ill fortune. I placed advertisements in national newspapers asking for people who felt consistently lucky or unlucky. Hundreds of extraordinary men and women volunteered for my research. Over the years I have interviewed them, monitored their lives and had them take part in various
experiments.
In one of the experiments, I gave both lucky and unlucky people a newspaper, asking them to look through it and tell me how many photographs were inside. I had secretly placed a large message halfway through the newspaper, saying, “Tell the experimenter you have seen this and you will win $50.” This message took up half of the page and was written in type that was more than two inches high. It was staring everyone in the face, but the unlucky people tended to miss it and the lucky people tended to spot it.
Unlucky people are generally more nervous than lucky people, and this anxiety affects their ability to notice the unexpected. As a result, they miss opportunities because they are too focused on looking for something else. They go to gatherings concentrating on finding their perfect partners and miss opportunities to make good friends. They look through newspapers determined to find certain types of job advertisements and miss other types of jobs.
Lucky people are more relaxed and open, and therefore see what is there rather than just what they are looking for. My research eventually showed that lucky people are skilled at noticing opportunities, make lucky decisions by listening to their intuition (直觉), are open to new experiences, and adopt a never-say-die attitude that transforms bad luck into good luck.
12. What’s the purpose of the author’s research?
A. To discover what luck means to people.
B. To find lucky people and unlucky people.
C. To distinguish between good luck and bad luck.
D. To figure out why people are always lucky or unlucky.
13. Why did the unlucky people miss the message in the experiment?
A. There was too much information to be read in detail.
B. They were too focused on looking for photographs.
C. It took too much time to go through newspapers.
D. The words were too small to be noticed.
14. What leads to lucky people’s good fortune?
A. Their ability to spot opportunities.
B. Their ability to become relaxed.
C. Their ability to communicate.
D. Their ability to make friends.
15. What’s the key message of the last paragraph?
A. What lucky people are looking for.
B. How lucky people generate good luck.
C. What lucky people can do with opportunities.
D How lucky people transform bad luck into good luck.
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How would you feel if you hadto give up your smartphone for nine days? In 2018, and again in 2021, philosophy professor and writer Ron Srigley offered extra credit to those who would give him keeping of their phones for nine days and write about the experience.
"What they wrote was remarkable, and remarkably consistent（一致的），" Srigley wrote. At first, all the students felt confused and frustrated.___16___,
They paid more attention to the people around them.
For one thing, they observed, for the first time, how much other people were using their phones, for example in the middle of a face - to - face conversation.
“___17___, but yet again, I find myself guilty of this sometimes because it is the norm（常态），" one student wrote. Another noted that as she walked by other people, they tended to pull out their phones "right before I could gain eye contact with them”.
They had better face — to — face conversations with family.
Two of the students were accustomed to using their phones to repeatedly message with their family members throughout the day, and they felt deprived（剥夺）of this contact. But when the students spent in -person time with their parents,___18___.
They were more afraid.
Some of the students reported that they were fearful of having no phones, wondering what they would do if they were kidnapped or attacked or had to call an ambulance for some reason. Srigley noted, " What's making known is that these students considered the world to be a very dangerous place”.
___19___. The city in which these students lived has one of the lowest crime rates in the world and almost no violent crime of any kind, yet they experienced a common, undefined fear."
"Without cellphones, life would be simple and real,___20___. "That's probably truer for all of us than we would like to admit.
A. This action is very rude and unacceptable
B. their conversations were constantly interrupted
C. Cellphones were seen as necessary to combat that danger
D. but we got things done quicker without the smartphones
E. but we may not be able to cope with the world and our society
F. But after a fewdays without smartphones, they began to notice other things too
G. the parents were mostly pleased because they suddenly had their children's undivided attention
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I′ve been farming sheep on a hillside for 54 years. I use a small tractor to get about. My dog Don always sits beside me in the passenger seat.
One morningI___21___a lost lamb when I was in the top field, near where a motorway cuts through my land. The lamb had become separated from its___22___, so I jumped out of the tractor to___23___it while Don stayed in his seat.
Lamb and mother___24___, I turned back to the tractor only to see it move suddenly away from me. This was so___25___because I had put the handbrake on when I jumped out.___26___Don had somehow made the___27___move
My heart froze in my chest as I___28___the tractor heading towards the___29___.I ran desperately but failed to____30____. It crashed through a wooden fence and disappeared. The____31____thing I saw was Don′ s face, looking calmly back at me. Heart in mouth, I____32____the fence and looked over. The tractor was____33____against the crashbarrier in the central reservation (中央分道带), having crossed the____34____road with fast-flowing traffic by a miracle. I couldn′t see Don, but as I____35____the tractor he jumped out onto the road, apparently____36____, and dashed back to me.
The police____37____and the motorway ran normally again. I couldn′t quite believe my____38____. It turned out no one got badly hurt, but the outcome could have been____39____. Don was given a special____40____that night — I didn′t want him to think I was angry with him.
21. A. dropped B. carried C. spotted D. returned
22. A. kids B. friends C. owner D. mother
23. A. ask about B. tend to C. play with D. run into
24. A. freed B. switched C. reunited D. examined
25. A. unexpected B. dangerous C. embarrassing D. difficult
26. A. Fortunately B. Obviously C. Immediately D. Generally
27. A. lamb B. fence C. seat D. vehicle
28. A. saw B. stopped C. remembered D. drove
29. A. crowd B. motorway C. field D. hill
30. A. take off B. catch up C. hold back D. get out
31. A. real B. best C. basic D. last
32. A. reached B. noticed C. fixed D. closed
33. A. parking B. running C. resting D. turning
34. A. steep B. long C. rough D. busy
35. A. abandoned B. approached C. recognized D. repaired
36. A. unclean B. uncertain C. unhurt D. unhappy
37. A. arrived B. replied C. survived D. waited
38. A. ability B. dream C. luck D. idea
39. A. awful B. guilty C. desirable D. common
40. A. lesson B. test C. job D. meal
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
Kentucky Fried Chicken has launched a new themed branch in honor of Lei Feng, a legendary soldier___41.___(celebrate) in China for his___42.___(self) and modesty, in his hometown Changsha, Hunan province
The restaurant opened on Sunday, two days before the___43.___(office)remembrance day marked across the country every year on March 5___44.___people celebrate his spirits by showing goodwill and giving___45.___helping hand to others.
The restaurant will organize series of activities and also cooperate with the local Lei Fen Memorial Hall to___46.___( well promote Lei Feng’s spirits.___47.___the entrance to the restaurant stand two big Lei -like statues and its inner part___48.___(decorate) with Lei's cartoon portraits and quotes from his diary, with words from his poems playing in the background
He Min, general manager of KFC in Hunan province, told voc. com. en that in addition to the themed restaurant, they will also launch a project devoted to Lei’s virtues in 250 outlets(门店)across the province, including___49.___( provide ) free drinking water and resting___50.___( place) for gate guards
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.My school life is very interesting but meaningful. I usually get up at 6:15. After wash my face, I read English for about half hour. I think what it is a good habit. I always go to school by bike, to eat lunch at school and have a short sleep on the classroom. In the afternoon, school is over at 5:00. After school, us often play basketball or do some other sports on the playground happy. I go home at about 5:40. Having had supper, I watch TV for a while, and then I do my homeworks. I went to bed at about 9:30.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.人们对失败持有不同的态度。

面对失败，有人能够经得起考验，从失败中汲取教训，并努力去完成他们下定决心要做的事情。

然而，另一些人却丧失信心并退却了。

请你用几句话对此进行阐述，并谈谈你自己的看法。

There are successes and failures, which can hardly be avoided in people’s lives. Faced with failure, _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________
参考答案
1. B
2. A
3. C
4. D
5. A
6. A
7. C
8. C 9. C 10. B 11. A
12. D 13. B 14. A 15. B
16. F 17. A 18. G 19. C 20. E
21. C 22. D 23. B 24. C 25. A 26. B 27. D 28. A 29. B 30. B 31. D 32.
A 33. C 34. D 35.
B 36.
C 37. A 38. C 39. A 40. D
41. celebrated
42. selflessness
43. official
44. when 45. a
46. better 47. At
48. is decorated
49. providing
50. places
51.(1).but→and；
(2).wash→washing；
(3).在hour前加an；
(4).what→that；
(5).去掉eat前的to；
(6).on→in；
(7).us→we；
(8).happy→happily；
(9).homeworks→homework；
(10).went→go
52.略。