2021届唐山第一中学高三英语期中试题及答案

2021届唐山第一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
Fine art fairs（艺术博览会）are the trend of the 21st century, with new art and antique（古玩）fairs and festivals springing up in diverse parts of the world. Here is a list of four noteworthy art fairs.
Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
The granddaddy of art fairs, Art Basel, was established in 1970 by a group of local art gallerists and is the biggest contemporary art fair in the world. Art Basel takes place over a 5-day period each June in Basel, Switzerland. The high cost of renting space for gallery owners is offset（抵消）by the huge attendance at the fair. For example in 2010, about 60,000 visitors attended Art Basel.
Frieze Art Fair, London
“Frieze Art Fair was established in 2003 and is one of the few fairs to focus only on contemporary art and living artists.v"Thefair takes place every October in Regent's Park, London. It features over 170 of the most exciting contemporary art galleries in the world. ”
In addition to the fair which began in 2003, the fair owners Matthew Slotover and Amanda Sharp publish Frieze, an international art magazine established in 1991 and devoted to contemporary art.
TEFAF Maastricht, the Netherlands
Established in 1975 as The Pictura Fine Art Fair, and renamed The European Fine Art Foundation（TEFAF）, Maastricht in 1996, the fair includes 260 of the world's most famous art and antique dealers from 16 countries.
The 24th edition of the TEFAF fair held March 18 — 27, 2011 featured 260 dealers exhibiting approximately 30, 000 artworks and antiques with an overall value of $ US 1. 4 billion.
ARCO, Madrid
ARCO Madrid was established in 1982 and is one of Europe's leading and popular art fairs. In addition to the exhibiting galleries（in 2011, 197 international art galleries participated）, a seriesof lectures and specially focused exhibitions take place.
1.How does Art Basel cover the expense of renting space?
A.By selling tickets.
B.By selling expensive exhibits.
C.By donation from dealers.
D.By support from the government.
2.The owners of Frieze Art Fair are also in charge of____.
A.170 living artists.
B.An international art magazine.
C.30,000 artworks and antiques.
D.A series of lectures.
3.Which of the following has the longest history?
A.Art Basel
B.Frieze Art Fair
C.TEFAF
D.ARCO
B
At the World Economic Forum last month, President Trump drew claps when he announced the United States would respond to the forum's proposal to plant one trillion(万亿) trees to fight climate change. The trillion-tree idea won wide attention last summer after a study published in the journal Science concluded thatplanting so many trees was “the most effective climate change solution to date”.
If only it were true. But it isn't. Planting trees would slow down the planet's warming, but the only thing that will save us and future generations from paying a huge price in dollars, lives and damage to nature is rapid and considerable reductions in carbon release from fossil fuels, to net zero by 2050.
Focusing on trees as the big solution to climate change is a dangerous diversion(偏离). Worse still, it takes attention away from those responsible for the carbon release that are pushing us toward disaster. For example, in the Netherlands, you can pay Shell an additional 1 euro cent for each liter of regular gasoline you put in your tank, to plant trees to balance the carbon release from your driving. That's clearly no more than disaster slightly delayed. The only way to stop this planet from overheating is through political, economic, technological and social solutions that end the use of fossil fuels.
There is no way that planting trees, even across a global area the size of theUnited States, can absorb the huge amounts of fossil carbon released from industrial societies. Trees do take up carbon from the atmosphere as they grow. But this uptake merely replaces carbon lost when forests were cleared in the first place, usually long ago. Regrowing forests where they once grew can undo some damage done in the past, but even a trillion trees can't store enough carbon to head off dramatic climate changes this century.
In a sharp counter argument to last summer's Paper in Science, Justin Gillis wrote in the same journal in October that the study's findings were inconsistent with the dynamics of the global carbon cycle. He warned that “the claimthat global tree restoration(复原) is our most effective climate solution is simply scientifically incorrect and dangerously misleading”.
4. What do we know about the trillion-tree idea?
A. It was published in a journal.
B. It was proposed last summer.
C. It was put forward by Trump.
D. It drew lots of public attention.
5. What is paragraph 3 mainly about?
A. A drawback of the tree planting strategy.
B. An example of balancing carbon release.
C. An anecdote of making a purchase at Shell.
D. A responsibility for politicians and economists.
6. What was Justin Gillis's attitude towards global tree restoration?
A. Indifferent.
B. Opposed.
C. Hesitant.
D. Supportive.
7. What is the best title for the text?
A. Contradictory Ideas on Tree Planting.
B. A Trillion Trees Come to the Rescue.
C. Planting Trees Won't Save the World.
D. The Best Solution to Climate Change.
C
Newspapers in Great Britainvarygreatly in their ways of carrying the news. There are serious papers for those who want to know about important happenings everywhere, both at home and abroad. There are popular newspapers for those who prefer entertainment to information.
The London newspaper that is best known outside Great Britain is probably the Times. It began in 1785, and has a high reputation for believable news and serious opinions on the news. It calls itself an independent paper, which means that it does not give its support to a particular political party. Its leading articles give the opinions of the editors, not those of the owners of the paper.
Letters to the editor are printed in the newspaper. These parts of the Times are always interesting. Most of the letters are serious subjects. But from time to time there will be long letters on the subject which is not at all serious, perhaps on a new fashion of dress, or the bad manners of the young people, compared with manners of thirty years ago.
8. If you want to get pleasure, please buy yourself _________.
A. a serious newspaper
B. foreign newspaper
C. any independent paper
D. a popular newspaper
9. The Times has been famous to outside Great Britain for ________ years.
A. 19
B. 85
C. 236
D. 229
10. The Times is an independent paper because ________.
A. it supports no political parties
B. it is not controlled by the British Government
C. it gives special support to all the political parties.
D. the editor’s opinions are not examined by the owners of the paper
11. The underlined word “vary” in the passage probably means “_________”.
A. improve
B. compete with each other
C. are different
D. keep in touch with each other
D
Bertha von Suttner received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905—she was the first woman to receive it, and also the inspiration for the creation of the Nobel Prize.
She met Alfred Nobel, a rich millionaire, by answering hisnewspaper ad for a secretary. Although she only worked for him for a few weeks, she remained good friends with Alfred Nobel for the next 20 years. When she became involved in the peace movement inEurope, she promised to keep Nobel informed of its progress. When Alfred Nobel died in 1896, his will included the establishment of a peace prize, thanks to Bertha von Suttner’s influence.
Bertha von Suttner was born in an aristocratic (贵族) military family, but she spent the second half of her life working for peace. She wrote books, attended peace conferences, gave lectures and helped organize peace societies inAustria,GermanyandHungary, as well as the International Peace Bureau inSwitzerland. Her novel Lay Down your Arms, was one of the most influential anti-war books of all time, and helped to make her a leader of the peace movement in Europe. Its end to war theme was both the ambition (抱负) and the most important goal in the life of this great woman.
Bertha von Suttner worked so hard for peace because she believed that a terrible war would break out inEuropeif nations didn’t work hard to establish lasting peace institutions. She made many major achievements for a more peaceful world, but two months after she died, World War I broke out. A hundred years after she won the Nobel Peace Prize, nations still seem to view war as a choice to work out their problems. But like Bertha von Suttner did, many today are working hard around the world to help strengthen peace institutions and spread the
idea that it’s time to put an end to war.
12. Which of the following is true about Bertha von Suttner?
A. She worked for Alfred Nobel for 20 years.
B. She helped Alfred Nobel draw up his will.
C. She persuaded Alfred Nobel to join the peace movement.
D. She inspired Alfred Nobel to establish the Nobel Peace Prize.
13. Paragraph 3 is mainly about Bertha von Suttner’s _____________.
A. efforts and contributions to the peace movement.
B. family background and work experiences.
C. writing career and life experiences.
D. ambition and goals in life.
14. What do we know aboutLay Doun Your Arms?
A. It was based on a true story.
B. It recorded Bertha von Suttner’s daily life.
C. It was about an aristocratic military family.
D. It showed Bertha von Suttner’s wish for peace.
15. What can we infer about Bertha von Suttner from the last paragraph?
A. Her fight for peace is still shared by many.
B. She failed to found peace institutions.
C. She successfully predicted awar.
D. She lost her life in World War I.
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There’s no doubt that when it comes to friendships, you want positive people in your life and not negative ones.___16___
Support when you need it.
___17___They will be there for you without asking. In most cases, they will go out of their way to help you when you’re in trouble.
Health benefits of being positive.
The more positive friends you have, the better you will be at remaining optimistic yourself. As we all know,
there are many benefits of being optimistic.____18____Health benefits may include lower rates of depression, a greater ability to throw off colds, and a reduced risk of developing disease.
Bring out the best in you.
Your positive friends will inspire you to be the best you can be.____19____With positive people in your life, you’ll be willing to share your goals with your friends because your friends will give you the emotional push you need to go after what you want in life.
___20___
You naturally attract the kind of friends who are most like you. So if you’re a downer, you'll probably find that negative people flock to you. The same is true for being positive. The more you are able to maintain a positive attitude, the more like-minded people you’ll attract in return.
A. For example, it helps people to deal with stress and illness better.
B. Surround yourself with positive friends
C. Attract more positive friends.
D. With positive friends, you don’t need to beg for help when you need it.
E. Here are some benefits of spending time with positive friends.
F. This means trying new things, achieving goals, and having the kind of life you dreamed of for yourself.
G. Most of the time, you have to ask them to help you when in trouble.
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Once there was a farmer with a wife and two sons. He became quite____21____through hardworking. He wanted his children to have a(n)____22____life, so he and his wife did all the work and____23____made them do anything.
After some time, his wife died and____24____he didn’t want his children to____25____, so he did the field labor and all the housework. But as time went on, he became old and____26____, and started to worry about his____27____when he died.
So he thought about this for a long time and he____28____his sons and said, “Look, my inheritance (遗产) to you is a lot of gold. I’ve____29____all my gold in the fields, so it’s up to you to plough (耕作) them and____30____the gold.”
And he called his neighbors and said, “I’m going to____31____and my children don’t know how to____32____themselves. So please cook for them until they can take care of themselves.”
So the neighbors provided them with____33____for some time.
Certainly the brothers didn’t want to be robbed of the____34____so they did the digging themselves. They____35____one field after another and after they had dug all the fields, they found no gold.
So the brothers sat down and one____36____the other, “Do you think our father____37____us?”
But the other brother said, “No, I think our father was saying that the____38____is a golden profession. And if we dig up all the____39____we can become rich.”
So like all the other____40____, they sowed wheat in the fields they had dug and became very rich in the end.
21. A. rich B. strong C. clever D. busy
22. A. hard B. easy C. different D. ordinary
23. A. always B. often C. never D. sometimes
24. A. also B. thus C. ever D. still
25. A. work B. move C. study D. play
26. A. healthy B. sick C. foolish D. wise
27. A. brothers B. friends C. children D. s
28. A. showed B. taught C. visited D. called
29. A. lost B. hidden C. planted D. put
30. A. harvest B. find C. buy D. use
31. A. leave B. travel C. die D. disappear
32. A. look at B. look out C. look after D. look for
33. A. relief B. money C. water D. food
34. A. gold B. silver C. oil D. coal
35. A. dug B. piled C. operated D. searched
36. A. advised B. asked C. followed D. doubted
37. A. loved B. cared C. understood D. cheated
38. A. gardening B. fishing C. building D. farming
39. A. roots B. stones C. fields D. pipes
40. A. farmers B. workers C. fishers D. builders
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
You probably know that marine mammals, like whales and dolphins,breathe air as we do.___41.___,you may not know that they have developed some interesting sleeping habits to adjust___42.___their regular trips up to the surface for air.
Unlike our own breathing, which hardly requires any effort, marine mammals must consciously go to the surface of the water___43.___( breathe) through a blowhole on top of their heads. As a result,they don't sleep for___44.___solid 8 hours a night like we do.
Some marine mammals sleep while___45.___(swim). Whales take a nap for brief periods, during___46.___an alert friend guides them. In fact, a young whale must sleep alongside its mother because the mot her's slipstream actually pulls the calf along.
Others , like dolphins,sleep while floating on the surface of the water or take short catnaps while floating below the surface.___47.___( researcher) claim that when they sleep, their brain is always___48.___( partial) alert. Aside from these brief naps , dolphins are active most of the night.
Of course , marine mammals___49.___(equip) to cope with underwater sleeping. They have___50.___( large) lungs，exchange air more fully at each breath,and carry more oxygen in their blood than we do,so they can hold their breath long enough to sleep with the fishes.
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.假定英语课上英语老师要求同桌之间互相修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在该词下面写出该加的词。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1、每处错误及修改均仅限一词。

2、只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不计分。

This morning I found red wallet on the campus. Girls usual like red, so I believed the wallet was belonged to a girl student. I opened it, try to find out whose it was. Therefore, I found nothing but 300yuanin it. I was wondering what to do with it while suddenly my classmates Chen Yang passed by. She suggested she put up a Lost and Found notice and I did so. I wrote down my telephone number and ask the owner to call me after she saw it. Later, a girl came to claim it on 3 o’clock this afternoon.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假如你是你校学生会主席李华，为庆祝建党100周年，你校决定举办一场学生书画作品展，主题为“我
心中的祖国”，现向全校同学征集作品。

请你代表学生会写一则通知。

内容包括：
1.展览的时间、地点；
2.作品内容；
3.截止日期。

注意：1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：建党the founding of the CPC
Notice
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____
Student Union
参考答案
1. A
2. B
3. A
4. D
5. D
6. C
7. B
8. D 9. C 10. A 11. C
12. D 13. A 14. D 15. A
16. E 17. D 18. A 19. F 20. C
21. A 22. B 23. C 24. D 25. A 26. B 27. C 28. D 29. B 30. B 31. C 32.
C 33.
D 34. A 35. A 36. B 37. D 38. D 39. C 40. A
41. However
42. to 43. to breathe
44. a 45. swimming
46. which 47. Researchers
48. partially
49. are equipped
50. larger
51.(1).在red前加a；(2). usual→usually；(3).去掉belonged前的was；(4).try→trying；(5). Therefore→However；
(6).while→when；(7). classmates→classmate；(8).she→I；(9).ask→asked；(10).on→at
52.略。