2021年泉州一中高三英语上学期期中考试试卷及答案解析

2021年泉州一中高三英语上学期期中考试试卷及答案解析
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
Best of British：Outdoor Cinemas
Luna Beach Cinema, Brighton
On the beaches of Brighton this summer, you can enjoy the lapping of waves as you take inFinding Dory, Moana and Sharknadoover a month-long residency. This spot boasts the highest definition outdoor LED screen in the country. stretching to an impressive 33 feet!
Moonlight Flicks, Chester
The biggest outdoor cinema in the North West of England, Moonlight Flicks will be showing some serious blockbusters（大片）this summer, including A Star Is Born and singalong crowd-pleaser, The Greatest Showman. Cinephiles can gather on the lawn and plug into wireless headphones to ensure perfect sound quality.
Rooftop Film Club, London
Enjoy cult classics and family favorites while looking out on a view of London's skyline with the city's unique Rooftop Film Club. The current programme only runs until June 30 and our top picks include The Breakfast Club, Fargo and a special 65th anniversary showing of Rear Window.
Chirk Castle, Wrexham, North Wales
The 11th-century Chirk Castle was first built under the reign o£ Edward I, but now it's the destination for Silly Walk superfans, as they put on screenings of the cult classic, Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Has there ever been a more perfect surrounding to enjoy the comedy capers of King Arthur and his dozy squire?
1. What can you enjoy in the biggest outdoor cinema in the North West of England?
A.Finding Dory
B.A Star Is Born
C.The Breakfast Club
D.Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
2. Where can you enjoy a special anniversary show?
A. Luna Beach Cinema, Brighton.
B. Moonlight Flicks, Chester.
C. Rooftop Film Club, London.
D. Chirk Castle, Wrexham, North Wales
3. What's the purpose of writing the text?
A. To encourage summer activities.
B. To advertise several cult classics.
C. To recommend some blockbusters.
D. To introduce outdoor cinemas.
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
ElonMusk is a symbol of passion, hard work and success. A person may work hard in his life, but when hard work goes along with passion and a new idea, then something is created that astonishes the world. As the founder of big companies like PayPal, SpaceX, and Tesla Motors, Elon Musk is a guide and inspiration for the youth around the world.
Elon Musk was born on June 28,1971 inPretoria,South Africa. He was the eldest of three children. His father Errol Musk, a British-born South African, was an engineer. Musk spent his childhood inSouth Africaand at the age of 9, he got his first personal computer. This got Elon interested in programming and he started to learn on his own. At the age of 12, he made his first computer game, Blaster, which earned him $500 when he sold the source code to a magazine.
When he was 17, he decided to leave home and had wanted to move to theUnited Statesafter graduating from a secondary school inPretoria. However, he was unable to move to theUnited States. In 1989, Elon Musk moved toCanada, where his mother’s s lived. After obtaining Canadian citizenship, Musk went toMontreal. Due to a lack of money, he found a low-paying job. At the age of 19, he enteredQueensUniversityinKingston,Ontario, studying there for two years. Finally, in 1992, his dream came true—he moved to theUnited States.
As a teenager, Musk struggled with depression. But then he realized that the most important thing was presenting himself with the right questions. The day he started doing this, everything started to get easier.
Musk thought that a human being had to expand the limits of his consciousness—to ask the right questions and get answers to them; thus he asked the best question of all: what will have the greatest impact on the future of humans? Musk found that these things were the Internet and space exploration.
The life of Elon Musk is inspiring. He found success on the Internet, without much formal learning. By reading books and using his willpower and dedication, he reached a level of knowledge that is difficult to imagine. He did not give up until he achieved his dreams. Elon Musk truly stands out among other billionaires because of his
leadership abilities, positive attitude, ability to know when to take risks, and belief in futuristic technologies.
8. According to the passage, Elon Musk gained knowledge of computer by ________.
A. teaching himself
B. learning from his father
C. taking online courses
D. studying inQueensUniversity
9. What made things easier for Elon Musk when he suffered from depression?
A. Expanding knowledge by reading books.
B. Asking himself the right questions.
C. Achieving success on the Internet.
D. Designing computer games.
10. What can we learn from the passage?
A. It’s never too late to learn.
B. Youth means limitless possibilities.
C. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
D. He who doesn’t advance falls backward.
11. Which words can best describe Elon Musk according to the passage?
A. Optimistic and generous.
B. Ambitious and determined.
C. Independent and helpful.
D. Adventurous and realistic.
D
It was the first day of spring here but it didn't feel like it. The COVID-19 epidemic (流行病) was sweeping the globe and everywhere there were feelings of fear and loneliness. “Social Distancing” had become the new norm. Here the schools had been closed, the restaurant dining rooms had been shut, and people had been told to work from home whenever they could. Even the sheltered workshop where my oldest son worked had been closed until further notice. People had made a run on the stores and large areas of the shelves were bare. On the news the numbers of the sick and dead continued to rise. It felt like there was a weight on the souls of everyone in the world.
My family were staying at home as much as possible and as I looked out of my window I wondered how long this crisis would last. It was then, however, that I saw something that lifted that weight off of my soul, made me smile, and made my heart feel happy again. On the street below my house there was an old friend of mine from high school who was a teacher there. With him was my younger son's former aide from the high school as well. They were delivering the school lunches door to door to the hungry children who were stuck at home. Watching them made me think of something everyone's childhood television neighbor, Mr. Roger's once said: "In the bad times, always look for the helpers."
I have no doubt that this crisis will pass as all the crisis before. But it is our choice on whether it brings out the best in us or the worst in us. Let it bring out the best in you. Use it to strengthen your faith. Use it to free
yourself from fear. Use it to grow kinder, more giving, and more loving. Become a helper to all those in need and you will be a happy person today and all the days to come.
12. Why didn't the author like the first day of spring?
A. He had to work at home instead of at office.
B. There wasn't social distance between each other.
C. There was an epidemic everywhere in the world.
D. His own company had been closed for a long time.
13. How did people feel in the face of the epidemic?
A. Disappointed.
B. Tense
C. Confident.
D. Cheerful.
14. What made the author happy?
A. Seeing someone delivering lunches from door to door.
B. Talking with his old friend in the street.
C. Watching a childhood television at home.
D. Staying together with his family.
15. What do Mr. Roger's words actually mean?
A. It's not necessary for us to find helpers in bad times.
B. In good times we needn't do much to help others.
C. We should ask more people to help us in bad times.
D. We are supposed to help each other in bad times.
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Taiwan and New Zealand have been praised for the way they handled the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as shutting the doors to the threat of a second wave.
However, none of them are safe from the virus entirely, just like the rest of the world, but so far they have managed to keep the numbers low once the curve was flattened.
____16____.
Clear messaging and working together
In New Zealand, the government, under the helm of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, also started closing the borders early and imposing a strict lockdown unlike what Malaysia did.
____17____.
If you look at the country's COVID-19 website, you'd see a clear, comprehensive messaging not only about the disease itself but also about mental health, assistance for those facing domestic abuse and more.
There's even a sub-section on the website that explains to children about the corona-virus.
____18____.
We're not sure if this is an Asian thing, but Taiwan and Singapore are examples that are using face masks to prevent the spread of the virus.
Even before the WHO started encouraging the use of masks and when many countries were still contemplating the move,____19____.
In Singapore, those who venture out without their masks (except while exercising) will be fined SGD300 (RMB 924) for the first offence and SGD1,000 (RMB 3076) for subsequent offences. If still caught refusing to wear masks, they can be put into prison.
In Taiwan, the fine for not wearing a mask on public transportation is NT$15,000 (RMB 2,175).
____20____.
A. The amount can double if you take public transport but forget to wear a mask.
B. Here are some of the things that the countries did right and hopefully, we can learn from.
C. If you think that's too much, Qatar fines its citizens 200,000 riyal (RMB 225,000).
D. Taiwan made the wearing of masks, especially in public transportation, compulsory.
E. Strict enforcement
F. But they didn't stop at that.
G. Mask up—and make it Law!
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Writing my daughter a litter every year on her birthday has become part of my life I fill it with unforgettable things that happened to her on____21____days or happy days. I add to the letter photos and cards that would have____22____as the year passes.
I have a small____23____in which 1 keep the things that I want to send my daughter. Every week, I____24____short notes of what I can think of from the week's events. When her birthday approaches, I____25____that box and find it full of beautiful cards and____26____memories.
____27____the letter is written and all the treasures are put into the envelope, I seal (密封) it. It then becomes the____28____letter. On the envelope I always write: A litter to Ann from Daddy一to be opened when
you're twenty-one years old. It is a gift of____29____from Dad to her daughter. It is a lasting.____30____of my daughter's real life.
Nowadays, I have taken it my duty to____31____birthday litters to her. As Ann grows____32____, I can see that it is a growing and____33____part of her life, too. One day, we were talking about the____34____. I told Ann that on her 21st birthday, she will be____35____from university.“And I'll be____36____busy reading these litters." She said.“Yes, and you will be offered a good job soon; on your 31st birthday, you will be taking your own kids to school; on your 61st birthday, you will be____37____with your grandchildren and having fun with them.' One of my greatest____38____is to be alive and present to____39____that wonderful time in the future when those letters are____40____and the accumulated (积累) love walks into her life
21. A. common B. different C. unpleasant D. meaningful
22. A. reminded B. recognized C. left D. disappeared
23. A. package B. bottle C. box D. car
24. A. take B. bring. C. give D. finish
25. A. give out B. take out C. turn out D. work out
26. A. painful B. fragrant C. terrible D. bitter
27. A. Because B. Although C. Before D. After
28. A. new year. B. invitation C. birthday D. greeting
29. A. love B. luck C. hope D. friendship
30. A. courage B. challenge C. record D. discussion
31. A. write B. report C. print D. post
32. A. stronger B. richer C. smarter D. older
33. A. special B. ordinary C. negative D. unexpected
34. A. puzzle B. pressure C. future D. past
35. A. escaping B. graduating C. recovering D. traveling
36. A. well B. quite C. such D. little
37. A. playing B. fighting C. talking D. debating
38. A. beliefs B. wills C. comments D. achievements
39. A. calculate B. find C. waste D. witness
40. A. cleared B. locked C. selected D. opened
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
Without the usual smoggy days, local___41.___(resident) have been happy with the air quality since the heating season started. They open the window to air their homes. In social media, pictures of blue skies and white clouds_____42._____(frequent) appear,___43.___(show) people's excitement with the clear days.
In Shanxi,___44.___major coal production province, burning coarse coal(粗煤)for heating used to be a main source of air___45.___(pollute). The government has been striving to change all this. It has launched a campaign to replace coarse coal___46.___clean fuels for heating since 2017.
More than 38 percent of the heating companies-in Shanxi had applied advanced equipment with higher efficiency and___47.___(low) emissions (排放)by the end of 2019,____48.____(compare) with 25.5 percent at the end of20l7. It___49.___(estimate) that the number can reach 50 percent by the end of this year,_____50._____is the goal of the government.
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。

错误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：在错的词下划一横线，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，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Last Friday, the Student Council organize an activity to raise money for Zhang Lu, a student in Grade Two which is suffering from a rare bone disease in our library.
In order to treat Zhang Lu, her parents has spent all their savings. However, it is still far from enough to cure her with the serious illness. As her friends and schoolmates, a large number of student in our school took the part in the activity and donated their pocket money. The activity lasted for four hours in a peacefully way and 20000 yuan collected in the end.
We are proud of do what we can to help our schoolmate and we hope ZhangLu will get over their illness soon.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

续写的词数应为150左右。

“Okay,” said our teacher, Mrs. Woodland:“It's time for the gift exchange.” I wasactually a little excited. I knew what a lot of the girls had brought, and any of those giftswould be great, especially my best friend Sara's. She had made some candy and put it inthis super cute bear mug(马克杯).
Mrs. Woodland had us put our gifts on ourclassroom table. Then we opened the giftslike a game. We each drew numbers and we got to the table and chose a wrapped(包装好的)gift when our number was called. But we didn't necessarily have to. We could take a giftfrom somebody else that had already hadtheir number called-if we thought we'd like thatgift better than the wrapped ones.
When it was my turn, I didn't take a wrapped gift from the table. And I didn't takeSara's either though I really wanted to.I took the perfume(香水)Megan had broughtinstead. I didn't have enough money to get Mom something special, but the perfume wasreally nice. She might really like it.
I was busy thinking about the perfume and whether Mom would like it or not whenthere was a big commotion(嘈杂).It had been Hannah's turn to choose. She was the lastone. And unsurprisingly, she didn't go for the last wrapped gift on the table. Instead, she'dtaken Sara's gift from Lauren. Well,that meant Lauren had to take the wrapped gift. Shelooked a little upset when she got to the table. Everyone knew the last gift was from Kali.That was why no one had chosen it. Kali was really poor. And she always brought gifts thatno one ever wanted. This time,she brought a pair of old-fashioned crocheted potholders(编织的防烫套垫)！
＂I don't want these,"Lauren whined(哀怨）。

“I want my candy back.”
＂No way,"Hannah protested,keeping the mug of chocolate out of Lauren's reach.
“Then I want Megan's perfume."Lauren came over to take my perfume."Come on,Melanie,trade with me."
Paragraph 1:
Mrs. Woodland advised me to trade with Lauren since I had always been kind.
Paragraph 2:
"Here,”I said to my mom after I got home,handing her the potholders."They are an
early New Year gift.”
参考答案
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. A
5. C
6. D
7. B
8. A 9. B 10. C 11. B
12. C 13. B 14. A 15. D
16. B 17. F 18. G 19. D 20. C
21. C 22. D 23. C 24. A 25. B 26. B 27. D 28. C 29. A 30. C 31. A 32.
D 33. A 34. C 35. B 36. B 37. A 38. B 39. D 40. D
41. residents
42. frequently
43. showing
44. a 45. pollution
46. with 47. lower
48. compared
49. is estimated
50. which
51.(1).organize→organized (2).which→who/that (3).has→have (4).with→of (5).student→students (6).去掉第一个the (7).peacefully→peaceful (8).collected前面加was (9).do→doing (10).their→her
52.略。