2021年成都龙泉二中高三英语上学期期中考试试题及参考答案

2021年成都龙泉二中高三英语上学期期中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
Juanito Estrella has been a housekeeping manager on the US-based large passenger ship Carnival Spirit for 18 months and feels he has found the suitable position in his career(职业). He has always wanted to travel. “I guess I am a really restless spirit.I like traveling, so when the chance came, I jumped at it,” he says.
The chance came in the form of a newspaper advertisement for work on cruise ships（游船）. At the time Estrella was the housekeeping manager at a Melbourne hotel. He applied and, after two interviews, a medical check and police clearance, the job was his.
Estrella is responsible(负责的)for the cleanliness of the ship, making sure that 160 crew work properly. “I enjoy it because there is no other work-you wake up each day in a different place anda different culture. It’s exciting when you go to the next country and you don’t understand the language,” he says.
Estrella likes being busy and getting to know people from all over the world. The 1,000 crew come from 94 countries, and Estrella has learnt Spanish and a little Croatian.
But there is adownside. “You cannot get really drunk...because you have safety responsibilities to yourself and others,” he says. “You don’t really think about home.You start to think about home only when you get closer to your vacation and wonder what you’ll be doing.”
Life on the ship is anything but cruising. Estrella and his fellows work at least 10 hours a day, seven days a week. He warns the job is not for everybody. “You have to love being busy and be prepared to work every day-and to give up drinking too much alcohol.” In his spare time, if the ship sails into a port, Estrella explores it, otherwise he works out in the crew’s gym, goes on the internet or calls home.
1.Which of the following is true?
A.He has been a housekeeping manager for 18 months.
B.He doesn’t drink wine now.
C.He cannot speak a foreign language.
D.He used to be a housekeeping manager.
2.The underlined word“downside”in paragraph 5 probably means ________ .
A.disappointment
B.disadvantage
C.failure
D.loss
3.In the last paragraph, the writer thinks that life on the ship is ________.
A.not a tiring journey at all
B.just an interesting voyage
C.far from a voyage for pleasure
D.more than a pleasant travel by sea
B
Itzhak Perlman was born in Tel Aviv, in whatwas thenPalestine, in 1945. Today he lives inNew York City. But his music has made him a citizen of the world. He has played in almost every major city. He has won many Grammy awards for his recordings. He has also won Emmy Awards for his work on television.
Itzhak Perlman suffered from polio (小儿麻痹症) at the age of four. The disease damaged his legs. He uses a wheelchair or walks with the aid of crutches (拐杖) on his arms. But none of this stopped him from playing the violin. He began as a young child. He took his first lessons at the Music Academy of Tel Aviv. Very quickly, his teachers recognized that he had a special gift.
At thirteen he went to the United Sates to appear on television. His playing earned him the financial aid to attend theJuilliardSchoolinNew York. In 1964 Itzhak Perlman won the Leventritt Competition in that city. His international fame had begun.
His music is full of power and strength. It can be sad or joyful, loud or soft. But critics (评论家) say it is not the music alone that makes his playing so special. They say he is able to communicate the joy he feels in playing, and the emotions that great music can deliver.
Anyone who has attended a performance by Itzhak Perlman will tell you thatit is exciting to watch him play. His face changes as the music from his violin changes. He looks sad when the music seems sad. He smiles and closes his eyes when the music is light and happy. He often looks dark and threatening when the music seems dark and threatening.
4. According to the passage, what do we know about Itzhak Perlman?
A. He is 75 years old today.
B. He was born inNew York City.
C. He has some achievements in music.
D. He was a rich citizen of the world.
5. When Itzhak Perlman first learned music, his teachers ________.
A. ignored his talents
B. thought he was fit to learn music
C. had pity on him
D. didn't want to accept him
6. What makes Itzhak Perlman's playing special according to critics?
A. The emotions he communicates in his playing.
B. The style in which he plays his music.
C. The kind of music he plays.
D. The power and strength in his music.
7. How do people feel when they hear Itzhak Perlman play?
A. Moved.
B. Calm.
C. Funny.
D. Excited.
C
The AI research arm of Alibaba created a machine learning model that received a higher score on the Stanford Question Answering Dataset than humans. The database consists of more than 100,000 questions to test reading comprehension.
In early January this year the Alibaba AI software machine scored 82.44 on the test while humans scored 82.304. Besides, computers and AI have already defeated humans, for example in games such as chess. However, it seemed that language skills were superior in humans as machines find languages hard to master.
A large number of call center employees, often in developing countries, may be out of work soon if the AI robots are cheaper and as effective as human labor. Soon when you phone a company for information the conversation will go like this: “ We are sorry but all our robots are busy right now. We value your call. Please stay on the line until a robot is free to serve you. There are just 12 callers ahead of you.” A robot will serve you some popular tunes while you wait.
Si Luo, who is a chief scientist of natural language processing at Alibaba’s AI research group noted that questions such as “What causes rain?” can now be answered with a high degree of accuracy by robots. Si Luo said, “ We believe the foundational technology can be gradually applied to a lot of applications such as customer service, museum tutorials, and online responses to inquiries from patients, freeing human efforts in a new way.”
Si Luo’s team is working closely with Ali Xiaomi, a mobile customer service chatbot. Ali Xiaomi can be customized to be used on Alibaba’s platforms such as Taobao and Tmall. The new AI robots could answer consumers’ questions as they did the Stanford questions. The robots would look for the answers from prepared information. However, there are limits to what the system will be able to do. If questions do not have clear-cut answers, or the questions asked are too unclear or ungrammatical, the robot may not be able to deal with them. 8. What can we learn about the Alibaba AI software machine?
A. It has been tested in some areas.
B. It has become popular since January.
C. It has offered a special learning style.
D. It has made people interested in reading.
9. What does the example in paragraph 3 show about the AI robots?
A. They should have better language skills.
B. They may replace humans in some fields.
C. They need to be customized to serve customers.
D. They will be widely used in developing countries.
10. How does Si Luo feel about the foundational technology?
A. Doubtful.
B. Worried.
C. Curious.
D. Confident.
11. What can we infer from the lastparagraph about Ali Xiaomi?
A. It needs to improve in some ways.
B. It is connected with another system.
C. It is a platform to show good service.
D. It can answer any questions accordingly.
D
Teens who have good, supportive relationships with their teachers enjoy better healthas adults, according to research published by an American research center.
“This research suggests that improving students' relationships with teachers could have positive and long-lasting effects beyond just academic success," said Jinho Kim, a professor atKoreaUniversityand author of the study."Itcould also bring about healthimplicationsin the long run.”
Previous research has suggested that teens' social relationships might be linked to health outcomes in adulthood. However, it is not clear whether the link between teen relationships and lifetime health is causal（因果的）-it could be that other factors, such as different family backgrounds, might contribute to both relationship problems in adolescence and to poor health in adulthood. Also, most research has focused on teens' relationships with their peers（同龄人）, rather than on their relationships with teachers.
To explore those questions further, Kim analyzed data on nearly 20,000 participants from the Add Health study, a national study in theU.S.that followed participants from seventh grade into early adulthood. The participant pool included more than 3,400 pairs of siblings（兄弟姐妹）. As teens, participants answered questions, like “How often have you had trouble getting along with other students and your teachers?" As adults, participants were asked about their physical and mental health.
Kim found that participants who had reported better relationships with both their peers and teachers in middle and high school also reported better physical and mental health in their mid-20s. However, when he
controlled for family background by looking at pairs of siblings together, only the link between good teacher relationships and adult health remained significant.
The results suggest teacher relationships are more important than previously realized and that schools should invest in training teachers on how to build warm and supportive relationships with their students. "This is not something that most teachers receive much training in," Kim said, “but it should be.”
12. What does the underlined word “implications" in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. Recipes.
B. Habits.
C. Benefits.
D. Risks.
13. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?
A. Poor health in adolescence.
B. Limitations of the previous research.
C. Teens' relationships with their peers.
D. Factors affecting health in adulthood.
14. What does Kim's research show?
A. Good adult health depends on teens' good teachers.
B. Good family background promises long-term adult health.
C. Healthy peer relationships leads to students' academic success.
D. Positive student-teacher relationship helps students' adult health.
15. Where does this text probably come from?
A. A health magazine.
B. A medical report.
C. A term paper.
D. A family survey.
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We have been worried those days from time to time. Life is short, and we all need to have a good recall to realize that life can be very good.____16____
Be optimistic.Think of life in the best aspect, and find the better side of any situation. You would be amazed at how much more positive sides three are in life than the usual negative sides.
____17____Don’t waste a single second being sad, or bored, or even lonely. Get out and dance, and sing as if your life depends on it. You never know how long it is going to last.
Be kind to everyone.Kindness is the true key to unlocking your own happiness and joy.____18____Make as many friends as you can, and help them when they are down, as you never know when you will need them when
time is hard.
Be quiet and think about life.Sometimes just sit or stand somewhere peacefully and think about what you have achieved, what you are about to achieve, or what you want to achieve.____19____You will feel more respectful of life.
Live in the present.Forget about the past.____20____Don’t worry about the future, as you build it with each present moment, and if you forget to live in the moment, you would be surprised at how quickly you’d missed the good time.
A. And sometimes your mind will hit you.
B. Changing your life attitude is necessary.
C. Live every present moment to the fullest.
D. Develop as many hobbies as possible.
E. The following suggestions may be helpful.
F. Because there is nothing you can do about it.
G. When others notice your kindness, they will pleasingly return it.
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
完形填空（每小题21.5分，共30分)
Many years ago I was on a bicycle trip through the beautiful countryside. Suddenly，dark clouds___21___overhead and rain began to fall，but several hundred yards___22___，the sun shone brilliantly. Riding，___23___，as rapidly as I could，I found it___24___to get into the clear.The clouds with their rain kept advancing faster than I could race forward.I continued this unequal competition for an exhausting half hour___25___realizing that I could not win my way to the bright area in front of me.
Then it___26___me that I was wasting my strength in unimportant hurry，while paying no attention to the scenery for the sake of which I was making the trip. The storm could not last forever and the discomfort was not___27___. Indeed，there was much to look at which might___28___have escaped me. As I looked around with sharpened___29___，I discovered the rain mists(薄雾)which now____30____the wooded hills and the fresh clearness of the different greens were fascinating(迷人的). My____31____at the rain was gone and my eagerness to____32____it disappeared. It had provided mewith a new view and helped me realized that the____33____of beauty and satisfaction may be found close at hand.
I understand there is no sense in my____34____ever to flee from circumstances which cannot be avoided but
which I might bravely____35____and turn to something good.I know that half the battle is____36____if I can face trouble with courage，____37____with high spirit, and triumph with humility. It has become ever____38____to me that danger is far from disaster，that temporary defeat may come as a sign of final____39____，and that，in the last analysis，all achievement is beyond your____40____unless you are willing to go through various challenges and difficulties in life.
22. A. piled up B. cleared up C. broke up D. picked up
23. A. behind B. ahead C. above D. beneath
24. A. therefore B. however C. besides D. meanwhile
25. A. unnecessary B. likely C. tough D. comfortable
26. A. before B. after C. while D. as
27. A. warned B. suspected C. hit D. noticed
28. A. unbearable B. acceptable C. valuable D. reliable
29. A. therefore B. consequently C. accordingly D. otherwise
30. A. confusion B. appreciation C. wisdom D. courage
31. A. crowned B. rolled C. swept D. floated
32. A. annoyance B. surprise C. excitement D. curiosity
33. A. enjoy B. embrace C. stop D. escape
34. A. secrets B. sources C. causes D. advantages
35. A. requesting B. waiting C. attempting D. expecting
36. A. meet B. avoid C. decline D. guarantee
37. A. won B. joined C. changed D. ignored
38. A. happiness B. joy C. disappointment D. anger
39. A. worse B. stranger C. clearer D. funnier
40. A. failure B. decision C. relief D. victory
41. A. control B. reach C. praise D. description
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
With the six solar terms (节气) in spring_____41._____(arrive) in order, everything wakes up from winter. Start of Spring is the first of the 24 solar terms,_____42._____is considered the beginning of spring. On this day, Chinese People have a custom of "biting spring", where they eat carrots or spring cakes to
celebrate_____43._____(it) arrival. A shower of Rain Water awakens hibernating creatures. The spring thunder surges (涌动) after Insects Awaken and then Spring Equinox falls, marking the true arrival of spring._____44._____follows is Clear and Bright, when the ever-changing temperature makes many people not very_____45._____(comfort). However, after finishing dates with blooming flowers, Grain Rain arrives. It indicates the hot summer is coming.
Traditional Chinese agricultural production_____46._____(guide) by solar terms and so has tea production. Picking tea leaves has been one of important spring activities inChina. According to data of the National Bureau of Statistics, in_____47._____rowChina's annual tea production has ranked first for years.Chinahas been a major tea producing country_____48._____ancient times. Tea culture covers a_____49._____(vary) of fields and is rich in content, so getting the Chinese tea culture known to the world is______50.______vital importance.
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：在错的词下面画一横线，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，多改（从第11处起）不计分。

The other day, I was late for an appointment scheduling for 6 p.m. To make matters worse, my phone ran out of power. It was raining heavy and I couldn’t figure out what to do. I notice what appeared to be a mother and her daughter talking over here. I walked over and interrupted, “Excuse me, may I use your phone?” She handed them to me, explaining it was close to be out of service. That was why she didn’t have money to pay the bill.
After hanging up, I pulled out bill of $20. I pressed it into the mother hand. Her daughter thanked for me and I felt pleased and left.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.Directions:Read the following passage. Summarize in no more than 60 words the main idea of the passage and how it is illustrated. Use your own words as far as possible.
According to an official report on youth violence.“In our country today, the greatest threat to the lives of children and adolescents is not disease or starvation or abandonment, but the terrible reality of violence.”Given that this is the case, why aren’t students taught to manage conflict the way they are taught to solve math
problems, drive cars, or stay physically fit?
First of all, students need to realize that conflict is unavoidable. It is reported that most violent incidents between students begin with a ly minor insult. For example, a fight could start over the fact that one student eats a peanut butter sandwich each lunchtime. Laughter over the sandwich can lead to insults, which in turn can lead to violence.
If the conflict occurs, students can practice the golden rule of conflict resolution: stay calm.
Once the student feels calmer. Once the student feels calmer. He or she should choose words that will calm the other person down as well. Rude words and accusations only add fuel to the emotional fire while soft words can put out the fire before it explodes out of control.
After that, they can use another key strategy for conflict resolution. Listening allows the two sides to understand each other. One person should describe his or her side: and the other person should listen without interrupting. Afterwards, the listener can ask non-threatening questions to clarify the speaker’s position. Then the two people should change roles.
Finally, students need to consider what they are hearing. An argument doesn’t mean trying to figure out the fault of the other person but means understanding what the real issue is. As the issue becomes clearer, the conflict often simply becomes smaller.(280 words)
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参考答案
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. C
5. B
6. A
7. D
8. A 9. B 10. D 11. A
12. C 13. B 14. D 15. A
16. B 17. C 18. G 19. A 20. F
21. A 22. B 23. B 24. C 25. A 26. C 27. A 28. D 29. B 30. A 31. A 32.
D 33. B 34. C 35. A 36. A 37. C 38. C 39. D 40. B
41. arriving
42. which 43. its
44. What 45. comfortable
46. has been guided
47. a 48. since
49. variety
50. of
51.(1). scheduling → scheduled
(2). heavy → heavily
(3). notice → noticed
(4). here → there
(5). them → it
(6). be → being
(7). why → because
(8). bill前加a
(9). mother → mother's
(10). for去掉
52.略。