2021年宁波市镇海中学高三英语下学期期中考试试题及答案解析

2021年宁波市镇海中学高三英语下学期期中考试试题及答案解析
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
TheBest Placeto Camp in Each State
Washington-SecondBeach, Olympic National Park
Campers put up their tents right on the sand of thisPacific Northwestbeach. Make a campfire, photograph sunset over the sea and try to absorb this charming spot with your entire being.
Alaska-Bartlett Cove Campground, Glacier (冰川) Bay National Park
In a state full of natural riches,Glacier Bayis a wonder, home to high peaks, whales, 700 miles of coastline, and light blue glaciers that flow directly into the sea. Set within temperate rainforest along Bartlett Cove, the park's only campground is impressively green and an easy jumping-off point for boat tours.
Arizona-Havasupai Campground, Havasupai Reservation
Getting to Havasupai is a challenge. Permits are snatched (剥夺) up almost instantly, and even if you get one it's a 10-mile hike from the border to reach this rural campground that hugs Havasu Creek. Make the journey, however, and you're rewarded with a series of great waterfalls and natural pools.
Arkansas-BuffaloNationalRiver
America's first national river travels 135 miles through the Ozark Mountains, winding its way over rapids, forming peaceful pools and passing rocky cliffs topped by green forest. Plan a float trip and absorb the scenery at
a leisurely pace, pausing for hikes to visitLostValley's caves or the 200-foot waterfalls.
1.Which state may attract people preferring glaciers?
A.Alaska.
B.Washington.
C.Arizona.
D.Arkansas.
2.What makesArizonaa popular camp choice among tourists?
A.The blue glaciers and green rainforests.
B.The winding national river and cliffs.
C.The soaring peaks and long coastline.
D.The beautiful waterfalls and pools.
3.What can you do when camping inArkansas?
A.Take a long trip on foot.
B.Visit caves and waterfalls.
C.Put up a well-equipped tent.
D.Enjoy a view of sunset.
B
In the U. S., speaking more than one language fluently is not very common except in Los Angeles, California.
The city has one of the largest population in the U. S. of young people between the ages of 18 and 34. This generation is often called millennials (新千年一代). More than half of millennials in Los Angeles are bilingual (双语的), which means they speak more than one language.
Maria Elena Burgos is cooking a Mexican breakfast. She says making Mexican food is just one of the many traditions in her home. Another is speaking Spanish to her children.
“We want them to be bilingual. We want to keep the Spanish somewhere in their learning too, not only at home.”
When Ms Burgos first came to the United States from Mexico, she learned English. She knew her children would learn English quickly. So she wanted them to speak Spanish at home and study the language at school.
She says being bilingual will give them more opportunities in the future. Knowing Spanish also means the children can talk with their s in Mexico.
“When we had our children, one of the decisions we as parents made was to name them with a name that was easily pronounced in English and Spanish.”
Elizabeth wants to know her family’s culture.” “The culture-to go back to our roots because that’s part of who we are.”
Monica wants to pass on the culture to her children
“It’s nice to know our culture and then to be able to pass it onto our children and grand-children and everyone to let them know where we come from.”
And, Monica says she does not speak only English and Spanish. She has even learned some Korean in school.
4. Which of the following is a tradition of Maria?
A. Cooking breakfast for her s.
B. Talking with her children in Spanish.
C. Talking with her s in Spanish.
D. Forcing her children to speak Spanish.
5. What can be inferred from Monica’s words?
A. She doesn’t care where she comes from.
B. She looks forward to learning Spanish.
C. Everyone should know his own culture.
D. She doesn’t like American culture.
6. Which of the following is mentioned about children speaking more languages?
A. It can give children more chances in the future.
B. It can make children feel proud before their friends.
C. It can give the children a chance to go to a good college.
D. It can let children go to the places where they want to go.
7. What’s the main purpose of this passage?
A. To entertain the readers with a funny story.
B. To inform the readers of a shocking experiment result.
C. To encourage more persons to learn a second language.
D. To tell a truth that many people in Los Angeles are bilingual.
C
Chinese archaeologists（考古学家）announced on Saturday that some new major discoveries have been made at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in Southwest China, helping uncover another start of the Chinese civilization.
Archaeologists have found six new sacrificial pits（祭祀坑）and unearthed more than 500 treasures dating back 3,000 years at the Sanxingdui Ruins in Sichuan Province. So far, archaeologists have unearthed masses of important cultural items from four of the pits, including pieces of gold masks, gold foil, bronze（青铜）masks, bronze trees and large numbers of ivories. The rest of the newly discovered pits arc still being dug up.
“Surprisingly, we have unearthed some never — heard — of — before bronze items," said Lei Yu, from the Sichuan Archaeology Research Institute. 'Tor instance, some large and well-made bronze items have strange-looking dragon or cow designs on them.”
In another major discovery, relics of silk products were found for the first time at Sanxingdui, which shows “the ancient Shu Kingdom was one of the important starts of silk in ancient China" according to Tang Fei, head of the digging team.
The new pits sit next to two sacrificial pits discovered in 1986, with areas ranging between 3o square meters and 19 square meters. Together they form an area in which people of the ancient Shu civilization held ceremonies to offer sacrifices to heaven, earth and their forefathers, and prayed for good luck and peace.
The Sanxingdui Ruins is regarded as one of the greatest archaeological finds of mankind in the 20th century. The site was accidentally discovered by a farmer in the 1920s. The ruins are located in the city ofGuanghan, about 60 kilometers fromChengduand are believed to be the relics of theShuKingdom.
8. What can we learn from the text?
A. Totally there are 500 treasures unearthed.
B. Six new sacrificial pits are under repair.
C. The unearthed treasures date from 3000 years ago.
D. There are six sacrificial pits at Sanxingdui.
9. What does the discovery of the relics of silk products mean?
A. Chinese civilization was widely influential.
B.AncientShuKingdomwas also the home of silk.
C. Chinese silk has a much longer history than known.
D.ShuKingdombelonged toChinasince ancient times.
10. What was the main function of the sacrificial pits?
A. To celebrate festivals.
B. To store valuable items.
C. To bury important figures.
D. To hold sacrifice ceremonies.
11. Who first discovered the Sanxingdui Ruins?
A. A farmer.
B. Lei Yu
C. Tang Fei.
D. Archaeologists.
D
Cycling has long been a sport where a competitive edge is pursued, often at any cost. Cycling shorts, however, were an area that technology had yet to enter. Little was added to them apart from, perhaps, some padding to protect a rider.
Now, however, new cycling shorts are being equipped with sensors to help riders defeat opponents easily. A British start-up has created a pair of shorts that uses electric sensors and artificial intelligence to shape and strengthen cyclists' muscles while they are moving. It plans to also adapt this product next year for joggers and people at the gym.
The shorts, created by Devon Lewis, a PhD student at theUniversityofSouthampton, are able to send out tiny electric currents into a user's muscles to improve their cycling technique. Mr Lewis, 27, came up with the idea after studying a connection between the brain and muscles that sends chemical signals from motor neurons to muscle fibres to make the muscle contract and strengthen.
The shorts, created by Mr Lewis's start-up bypass this connection using electric cur rents to build muscle strength directly, without relying on the brain to send out signals. “We have a limited ability to control our muscles
naturally,” Mr Lewis said. “You can control them more exactly, get more from your muscles and contract them more strongly, if you stimulate them directly with electricity.” Electric wires in the shorts send out currents that activate the muscle. “For those worried about getting a shock while cycling,” Mr Lewis said, “It's sort of the same thing as when you have spicy food and you get that little rush. It feels strange when you first start using it but then you adapt to it quite quickly.”
His idea has received support from Future Worlds, a start-up accelerator atSouthamptonUniversity. The product is being shown next week at the technology conference CES, held digitally this year.
12. What's the strength of the newly invented cycling shorts ?
A. They help cyclists perform better.
B. They last longer than normal ones.
C. They can keep a balanced comfort.
D. They have tools to make good figures.
13. Why can the cycling shorts help the runners and joggers?
A. They are made of quality cotton materials.
B. They are created by world-top designers.
C. They can make running or jogging less boring.
D. They are made intelligently with electric sensors.
14. What may be some people's worry about the shorts?
A. They may spend more than they can afford.
B. They get little help from the new shorts.
C. They may get shocked by the electricity.
D. The new shorts can't function well enough.
15.What's the best title of the text?
A. The Special CyclingShorts
B. Waysto Be a Good Runner
C. How Shorts Benefit You
D. Some Tips about Running Fast
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 Do Languages Die?
How many languages do you think there are in the entire world? Altogether, people around the world speak about 6,000 languages. Does that surprise you?___16___Today, about half the world’s spoken languages are endangered. Experts say that another language becomes extinct (灭绝) every two weeks.
How do languages die? They die when people stop using them. But most people don’t just stop speakingtheir native language. It’s more complex than that. More often, they’re either pressured or forced to do so.___17___They’re often pressured to speak the area’s main language instead of their own. This leads many
immigrants to stop using their native language. They might not even teach it to their children.
Slowly, the native language dies out.
Sometimes, languages shift or develop instead of becoming extinct. Have you ever heard that Latin is a dead language? In a way, it is. No one today speaks Latin as their native language.___18___People still use Latin in many ways. Scientists use it to name plants and animals.
___19___That means the death of a language hurts people’s ability to take part in cultural traditions. They might lose access to stories and knowledge that were passed down for many years. This is one reason why many people today are working to save dying languages.
How can languages be saved? Some young people learn the language of their ancestors as adults.
Linguists travel the world to record the last native speakers of dying languages___20___They do so in hopes that future generations will bring the languages back to life. Many educational programs today also work to help preserve native languages and cultures.
A. There used to be many more!
B. You may have used it in school.
C. Language is extremely closely tied to culture.
D. But that doesn’t mean it disappeared completely.
E. One example is when people move to a different country.
F. Some native speakers write dictionaries in their language.
G. There are plenty of things to do to help protect languages.
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It was a few days before Christmas many years ago. It looked like it would be a(n)___21___one for my family. The factory where I was working had laid off(解雇) many of us workers, so we didn’t have much___22___. My wife and I had saved to buy our young children some toys,___23___an unexpected car repair had taken most of our cash. We decided that we could only___24___to get one small gift for each of our children.
We arrived at the___25___, walked down the parking lot and saw people putting gifts into their___26___. We searched all through the store___27___to find one thing each of our small children would like.___28___, we were able to get one for each of them. We___29___the checkout (结账台), bought the toys and were___30___that we even had a few dollars___31___finning. As we walked out of the store into the winter___32___, I stopped and dropped those___33___into the charity box. I didn’t have a dime (一角硬币) left
but that didn’t___34___. Suddenly, it felt like Christmas.
I think the___35___actress Dale Evans___36___it best when she said: “Christmas, my child, is love in___37___.” It doesn’t have to be a gift of money, either. When we___38___our smile, it’s Christmas. When we give others our___39___and compassion (同情), it’s Christmas. When we do anything at any time to___40___another, it’s Christmas. May you do all you can to make it Christmas every day of the year and every day of your life here.
21. A. color1 ful B. poor C. early D. exciting
22. A. time B. energy C. noise D. money
23. A. but B. or C. so D. if
24. A. refuse B. remember C. afford D. hesitate
25. A. store B. station C. gym D. hospital
26. A. offices B. bedrooms C. cars D. houses
27. A. forgetting B. agreeing C. pretending D. hoping
28. A. Immediately B. Thankfully C. Sadly D. Strangely
29. A. headed for B. gave up C. turned off D. kept off
30. A. discouraged B. worried C. puzzled D. surprised
31. A. watched over B. looked over C. left over D. taken over
32. A. air B. forest C. cave D. season
33. A. gifts B. books C. dollars D. fruits
34. A. work B. bend C. stop D. matter
35. A. lucky B. wonderful C. foolish D. proud
36. A. put B. broke C. threw D. cleaned
37. A. force B. control C. action D. silence
38. A. hide B. share C. change D. support
39. A. truth B. power C. kindness D. health
40. A. choose B. hold C. enjoy D. help
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
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) --The heavy smoke from devastating Australian bushfires cloaked Auckland,___41.___(turn) the city's skyline into strange, mysterious and frightening orange
color1___42.___Sunday afternoon.
New Zealand meteorology service MetService forecast that___43.___upper level jet of westerly winds was driving the smoke across the Tasman Sea towards New Zealand. The smoke___44.___(expect) to arrive Sunday evening and was likely to be____45.____(large) gone by the morning.
It is the second layer of smoke coming from the Australian bushfires,____46.____is cloaking the North Island and upper parts of the South Island. Much of the South Island___47.___(awake) to reddish-brown skies on New Year's Day before the smoke spread to the North Island.
MetService said it is possible___48.___people would be able to smell and taste the smoke. However, long-lasting health____49.____(effect) are not expected.
On Friday, the New Zealand government pledged twenty two____50.____(many) firefighters to help fight the Australian bushfires.
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.下面每个句子都只有一处错误.每处错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

多改或不按格式要求改不得分。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧,）并在其下面写出该词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

Last month we bought some new equipments for the labs.
Tom failed his exams last termand from then on his parents have stopped him from playing computer games.
At the festival, have fun means eating and dressing up.
It is typical for her to help the people in need.
The study was conducted overaperiod of decade.
Festivals are becoming more and more commercial, with business taken advantage of the celebrations Thestaffsinthis shopare veryhelpful.
China is the first developing country send man-made spaceship into the space.
Lin Qiaozhi was named a chief resident physician, a position where usually took four years to achieve.
Paint in dark color1 s , the room needs some bright lights.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假设你是晨光中学的李津，将参加主题为“Let’s Ride Bicycles”的英语演讲比赛。

请撰写一份演讲稿，要点如下：
1．目前汽车带来的空气污染和交通堵塞等问题；
2．骑自行车的益处，如节能环保、有利健康等。

参考词汇：低碳生活(low-carbon life)；节能的(energy saving)
注意：1．词数：不少于100；2．演讲稿开头和结尾已给出，该部分不计入总词数。

Good morning, everyone,
I’m Li Jin, a student from Chenguang Middle School. I am honored to
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Thank you.
参考答案
1. A
2. D
3. B
4. B
5. C
6. A
7. D
8. C 9. B 10. D 11. A
12. A 13. D 14. C 15. A
16. A 17. E 18. D 19. C 20. F
21. B 22. D 23. A 24. C 25. A 26. C 27. D 28. B 29. A 30. D 31. C 32.
A 33. C 34. D 35.
B 36. A 37.
C 38. B 39. C 40. D
41. turning
42. on 43. an
44. was expected
45. largely
46. which 47. awoke
48. that 49. effects
50. more
51.(1). equipments--- equipment (2). 去掉have (3). have---having (4). for---of
(5). decade---decades或a∧decade (6). taken---taking (7). staffs—staff
(8). send---to send (9). where---that/which (10). Paint---Painted
52.略。