2020-2021学年邹城市实验中学高三英语期末试题及参考答案

2020-2021学年邹城市实验中学高三英语期末试题及参考答案
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
Kate Humble: Books that changed my life
Kate Humble is a writer and broadcaster specializing in science, wildlife and rural affairs. Together with her husband site runs Humble by Nature, a rural skills education centre on working farm near Monmouth intheWyeValley.
Winnie the Pooh
by A A Milne
My father used to read this to me when I was very young — he used different voices for all the animals. The characterization (角色设定) was so clever; we all know someone just like each inhabitant of the HundredAcre Wood: gloomy Eeyore; thick but loyal Pooh; enthusiastic Tigger.
A A Milne was masterful in exploring the way they got along together, opening my eyes to how society really works.
Last Chance to See
by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine
This book tells of the authors, adventures as they set out to find the rarest of animals, those on the edge of extinction.
Their travels are rather exciting and they share a wonderful humour, which really appealed to me. Yet underpinning (支撑) everything is the realization that we can't just sit back and allow species to disappear. PicturePalace
by Paul Theroux
I've always loved Theroux's travel writing, but this novel took my breath away. The words aren't long or complicated but, fromthat first paragraph, his writing grabs you by the nose hairs and drags you along. I had an art teacher who told me, “You're only an artist when you've found your own style, not when you're copying someone else, and Theroux represents this.”
1. Why did the author mention the characterization ofWinnie the Pooh?
A. To indicate the book has realistic values.
B. To show how adorable the characters are.
C. To persuade people to learn from the characters.
D. To prove the writer is good at creating characters.
2. What didLast Chance to Seestrike into Kate's heart?
A. Curiosity.
B. Responsibility.
C. Exploration.
D. Devotion.
3. Which writer does Kate Humble like for his original writing?
A. A A Milne.
B. Douglas Adams.
C. Mark Carwardine.
D. Paul Theroux.
B
As a rider, Anna Kiesenhofe’s Olympics victory might be a surprise. The winner of the road race at the Tokyo Olympics left the sport at the end of 2017 when she found herself out of contract (合同). She came into Tokyo without a professional team and left as an Olympic champion.
The 30-year old began her cycling career in 2014 after running injuries that prevented her from continuing her pursuits of triathlon (铁人三项). She later joined a Catalan team and won the Spanish National Cup in 2016.
The then-26 year old signedher first professional contract with Lotto Soudal Ladies for the following season. However, she ended her 2017 campaign in April and did not sign a contract for 2018, eventually taking a year off the bike. In 2019, Kiesenhofer came back to the sport as a rider, winning the Austrian national road race. Despite her results, Kiesenhofer sill had no professional contract while going into the Tokyo Olympics.
Kiesenhofer was the first rider to attack in the Olympic road race, eventually forming a breakaway along with Carl Oberholzer, Omer Shapira, Vera Looser and Anna Plichta, which went on to reach a gap of 11 minutes. After Looser and Oberholzer were dropped, Kiesnhofer ataced her two remaining breakaway companions.
After Shapira and Plichta were caught by the peloton (主车群), the rest of the riders seemed to believe that they were racing among themselves for Gold, not knowing that Remehofere was still in front. While it might be a misjudgment from the rest of the peloton that allowed Kiesenhofer to keep her lead of more than two minutes, other riders’ mistakes should not detract from the Austrian’s efforts.
Off the bike the new Olympic Champion has a PhD in mathematics after studying at the Technical University of Vienne as well as at Cambridge University. She currently works at the University of Lausanne.
4. Why did Anna give up triathlon?
A. She got injured.
B. She lost interest in it.
C. She had to attend university.
D. She never won a medal.
5. Which is the right order of the following events?
①She ended her campaign.
②She took a year off the bike.
③She began her cycling career.
④She won the Austrian national road race.
⑤She won the Spanish National Cup.
A. ③④①②⑤.
B. ②③④①⑤.
C. ③⑤①②④.
D. ④②③①⑤.
6. What were the riders of the peloton unaware of at the Tokyo Olympics?
A. The road race was so difficult.
B. Anna was a new rider.
C. They had caught up with Anna.
D. Anna took the lead of them.
7. What is Anna’s present job?
A. A cycling coach.
B. A university teacher.
C A professional rider. D. A college student.
C
Plastic is piling up in ecosystems all over the world. Although its harmful impacts on both species and ecosystems have been documented, a few animals—like bowerbirds and hermit crabs—are doing what they can to recycle it. And according to a recent study, wild bees in Canada have joined the effort, which is a rare observation of behavioral flexibility in species especially insects, in increasingly plastic-rich environments.
The researchers found two species of leafcutter bees putting plastic into their nests. One of the bees they studied, the alfalfa leafcutter bee, normally bites off pieces of leaves and flowers while the second bee gathers sticky substances from trees. Leafcutter bees don't build big nests or store honey like honeybees, choosing instead small nests in underground holes, tree holes or cracks（裂缝）in buildings. But the researchers found that three of eight brood cells（育雏巢室）contained pieces of plastic bags, replacing 23 percent of the cut leaves in each cell on average.
While they don't make honey,alfalfa leafcutter bees still make money for theU. S. and Canadian farmers by pollinating（给......传授花粉）crops including alfalfa , carrots and melons. The European insects were introduced to North America in the 1930s for that purpose, and they've since become wild, joining the continent's many native species of leafcutter bees.
In a separate study conducted in Argentina between 2017 and 2018, researchers found a bee nest made entirely of plastic, which consisted of three separate cells. It's the first known example of such construction worldwide. Compared to the other nests the researchers examined, which were made of natural materials, this one had a pretty lower success rate of the bees' survival. One of the cells had a dead baby bee , another seemed to have housed an adult that had left the nest, and the third was unfinished.
8. What does the animals' use of plastic show according to the study?
A. How widely plastic is used.
B. How strange the behavior of wildlife is.
C. How some wildlife is adapting to plastic.
D. How plastic pollution has harmed them.
9. What do leaves mean to alfalfa leafcutter bees?
A. Food.
B. Shelter.
C A plastic substitute. D. Traditional nest materials.
10. Which is one characteristic of leafcutter bees?
A. They have great economic value.
B. They store honey like honeybees.
C. They prefer to live in tree holes.
D. They have evolved into a new species.
11. What was the nest made entirely of plastic like?
A. It might be warmer.
B. It might be unhealthy.
C. It might be easy to finish.
D. It might be recyclable.
D
In many countries of the world, people can confidently tell youthe meaning of their town or city, but most people who live inManchester,OxfordorBirminghamwould not be able to explain what the name of their city means. The name of every British town and city, however, has a long history.
Two thousand years ago, most people living inBritainwere Celts. Even the word “Britain" is Celtic (凯尔特语).Then the Romans arrived and built camps which became cities called “castra". This is why there are so many place names inEnglandwhich end in "-chester" or “-caster"Manchester, for example.
The Romans never reachedWalesorScotland, and many placenames there are Celtic. For example,Welsh place names that begin with “Llan" come from the Celtic word for "church".
After the Romans leftBritain, it was attacked by the Anglo-Saxons who were from the area of Europe that is nowGermanyandHolland. The names of their villages often ended in “-ham" or “-ton". Some got their names from the leader of the village.SoBirminghamfor example, means "Beormund's village”
The Anglo-Saxons were farmers and the landscape was very important to them, so we have villages called Upton (village on a hill)——a good place to build a village and Moreton (“village by a lake”)where floods could make life hard. Place names that end in “-ford" (a place where you could cross a river) also describe the location of Anglo-Saxon villages.
Finally, in 1066EnglandbecameNorman—theNormansgave us the place name "grange", which means farm.
And how aboutLondon? Experts cannot agree. The Romans called the city Londinium, but they were not the first inhabitants (居民). People once believed that theUnited Kingdom’s capital city got its name from the castle of a King called Lud but this is very unlikely. Our best guess today is that the name comes from a Celtic word meaning a fast-flowing river. Like a number of British place names, its history is lost in time.
12. The origin of British place names is unfamiliar to many local people because of
A. the death of local languages
B. the long lost history of the names
C. their lack of interest in it
D. the frequent changes to the names
13. According to the article,Stratfordis most likely a town .
A. on a hill
B. near a castle
C. beside a river
D. with a church
14. Which of the following shows the correct order of the arrival of inhabitants inBritain?
A. The Celts—The Romans—TheNormans—The Anglo Saxons
B. The Celts—The Romans—The Anglo Saxons—TheNormans
C. The Romans—The Celts—The Anglo Saxons—TheNormans
D. The Romans―The Anglo Saxons—The Celts—TheNormans
15. What doesLondonmean in Celtic?
A. River
B. Londinium
C. Lud
D. Castle
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
Losing focus can be a result of a distracting (让人分心的) environment, not preparing yourself mentally for your work. Luckily, focusing is something we can learn and practice. It may take time to build up your focusing ability, but through repeating focusing skills, you can take back control of your own mind and become more effective.
____16____
First, you can prepare by writing out your to-do list the night before.____17____For example, instead of simply writing down “study Spanish," write down something like "remember 20 Spanish words. " This way, when it comes time to actually focus, you won't need to spend any time wondering what you need to do. You'll know the specific task you need to achieve, and you'll be able to get straight to work.
____18____Poor sleep can make it extremely difficult to achieve anything. Your mind doesn't have the energy it needs for intense (紧张的) periods of focus. If you really have to focus on a project even though you don't sleep well, try taking 10-minute naps in-between tasks so you can start to regain some of your energy.
Right before getting to work, take a few minutes to do some breathing exercises, and look over your to-do list.____19____Thinking over all your tasks and imagining completing each one can make getting started much easier.
Perhaps most importantly: turn your phone off and put it in another room or in a drawer somewhere you can't see it.____20____Like they always say: “Out of sight, out of mind.”
A. Next, make sure you get enough sleep.
B. Make sure this list is as specific as possible.
C. Prepare yourself mentally right before you start working.
D. Finally, remember that hours of focused work is an- unrealistic goal.
E. In fact, there are many simple things you can do right away to start seeing results.
F. Removing it from your space will help a lot when it comes to focusing on the task.
G. It can also be helpful to change your workspace in order to stimulate (刺激) your brain.
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
A post that shows University of Northern Iowa staff (全体员工) giving a student her own graduation ceremony after she experienced a flight delay has been spreading online, along with___21___about “Iowa nice”. On Saturday evening, Carley Johnston of Altoona was to___22___across the stage with 2,000 students to___23___her Master of Arts in the McLeod Center in Cedar Falls. But while she was___24___hunting out in
Gettysburg, Pa., the students learned that her flight was delayed. She was___25___to fly back to Iowa that day to___26___it to the graduation ceremony at 6 p.m.
___27___she arrived, the other students had___28___lined up to walk across the stage. Though the ceremony in Cedar Falls___29___around 7 p.m., after hearing about Johnston’s plane issues, President Bill Ruud, along with other teachers and staff,____30____to wait nearly an hour for her arrival. And they could give Johnston her own personal____31____with her family present. “We talk a lot about being a(n)____32____,” Johnston said. “That they can take 45 minutes of this evening, it just____33____so much.” As soon as Ruud heard that a student’s flight was____34____, Scott Ketelsen said there was no hesitation for them to____35____Johnston .
“It was a____36____whether everybody would stay. However, all of them agreed,” Ketelsen said. On Reddit, over 900 comments were made on the post,____37____ Midwestern kindness, saying, “This is Iowa nice.” Eric Boisen, who wrote the post, said he appreciated the____38____comments. “I thought it was perfect for posting it because it’s very____39____and unexpected,” Boisen said. “I have never heard of that____40____at a university before.” And luckily Carley Johnston was told later that she was given the job.
21. A. comments B. debates C. suggestions D. summaries
22. A. track B. walk C. slide D. advance
23. A. receive B. host C. win D. register
24. A. goal B. semester C. job D. chance
25. A. allowed B. requested C. advised D. supposed
26. A. set B. pack C. make D. carry
27. A. Before B. Despite C. Though D. Unless
28. A. still B. actually C. always D. already
29. A. failed B. finished C. stopped D. changed
30. A. preferred B. referred C. decided D. struggled
31. A. invitation B. champion C. solution D. ceremony
32. A. family B. organization C. partner D. empire
33. A. mattered B. meant C. rescued D. impressed
34. A. missed B. delayed C. cancelled D. quit
35. A. relate to B. look forward to C. wait for D. focus on
36. A. question B. challenge C. belief D. event
37. A. providing B. downloading C. thanking D. flashing
38. A. active B. positive C. effective D. creative
39. A. demanding B. confusing C. frightening D. encouraging
40. A. organizing B. striking C. erupting D. happening
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
For the third year in a row, two sisters inNorth Carolinaare raising money___41.___(provide) meals for families that can’t afford a Thanksgiving dinner.
Last year Alex, 9, and Caroline, 6,___42.___(raise) enough money to provide Charlotte Rescue Mission (CRM) with 130 Thanksgiving Food Boxes and 50 ___43.___(turkey).
This year they will be able to provide CRM with meals for 200 local families.
“We want to give a huge, heartfelt thank you to everyone___44.___has helped Alex and Caroline and reach their goal of___45.___feed) 50 families in need this Thanksgiving,” mom Lisa Fischer wrote on GoFundMe. "$1,142___46.___(earn) through their hard work from their lemonade stands and bake sales so far, which puts them just shy of $5,000 with your generous donations!"
The Thanksgiving Food Boxes cost___47.___(fair) close to $20 each. They contain green beans, com, sweet yams, cranberry sauce, stuffing, rice, pie crust and filling, a baking pan, and a frozen turkey.
The Fischer family buys all the food from___48.___(they) local grocery store and packs___49.___boxes, too.
"We are hoping to recruit some help from the neighbors to pack the boxes this year, rent out a truck and deliver the food____50.____Nov. 23,” Lisa explained.
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（∧）,并在其正下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（∧）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线,并在该词正下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均限一词,请严格按照要求格式修改。

只允许修改10处,多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Last month, I borrowed a English novel namedGreat Expectations. To tell the truth, it was the first time that I have read an English novel. It was difficultly because there were many new words. I had to spend much time looking up for new words. However, I forced myself read one page each day. Sometimes I tried guessing the
meanings of the words instead of turning to the dictionary, what seemed to help me remember the words better. In this way, I have gradual learnt many new word. I suggest you can read as many English books as you can because it’s a good way to improve my English.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假设你是红星中学高一学生李华。

你的英国朋友Jim在给你的邮件中询问你所钦佩的人。

请你给Jim 回信，内容包括：
1.你钦佩的人是谁；
2.你钦佩他/她的理由；
注意：开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。

Dear Jim,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. A
2. B
3. D
4. A
5. C
6. D
7. B
8. A 9. B 10. D 11. B
12. B 13. C 14. B 15. A
16. E 17. B 18. A 19. C 20. F
21. A 22. B 23. A 24. C 25. D 26. C 27. A 28. D 29. B 30. C 31. D 32.
A 33.
B 34. B 35.
C 36. A 37. C 38. B 39.
D 40. D
41. to provide
42. raised 43. turkeys
44. who/that
45. feeding
46. has been earned
47. fairly 48. their
49. the 50. by/on
51.(1).a→an (2). have→had (3). difficultly→difficult (4). 去掉for (5).在read前加to
(6). what→which (7). gradual→gradually (8). word→words (9). can→should或去掉can (10).my→your 52.略。