2021届重庆市万州第二中学高三英语下学期期末试题及答案

2021届重庆市万州第二中学高三英语下学期期末试题及答案
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
How to Look at Shape
Take a seat at the virtual(虚拟的) table. At our new, monthly membership program, you'll join MoMA staff and fellow members for lively discussions about our collection and exhibitions. Ask questions, share your thoughts, and broaden the mind. A live Q&A, with Michelle Kuo and Anny Aviram, about shape and its role in MoMA's collection is also arranged.
Draw, Write, and Connect with Others
Experiment with drawing and writing exercises as ways to connect with others, even when physically distant, in this 45-minute online workshop. This workshop is part of the Creativity Lab at Home plan. This session is led by Francis Estrada, Assistant Educator, and Hannah Fagin, Coordinator. Ifs open to anyone, but registration is limited and space is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Storytelling Through Art
There are many ways to tell a story — through words through theater and dance, or through visual art, for example. Discover how artist Jacob Lawrence shared the history of an important event by combining words and art in a series of paintings calledThe Migration Series. For kids ages seven to fourteen. Parent participation is encouraged in this online event. Don' miss the opportunity to spend meaningful time with them.
The Human Shelter
In 2016, MoMA opened Insecurities: Tracing Displacement and Shelter, an exhibition that examined how contemporary architecture arid design addressed ideas of shelter in light of global refugee(难民) emergencies. Danish Boris Benjamin Bertram documented the exhibition, and the result is a movie by him asking what makes a home, and, perhaps more importantly, when shelter becomes home. This online event is part of Member events.
1.What is special about How to Look at Shape?
A.It provides an interactive part.
B.It is accessible to everyone.
C.It is organized by Michelle Kuo.
D.It focuses on MoMA's new collection.
2.Which event is family-friendly?
A.The Human Shelter.
B.How to Look at Shape.
C.Storytelling Through Art.
D.Draw, Write, and Connect with Others.
3.In which aspect might Bertram do well?
A.Shelter design.
B.Storytelling.
C.Art education.
D.Film-making.
B
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (麻省理工学院) have turned spider webs into music——creating an strange soundtrack that could help them better understand how the spiders output their complex creations and even how they communicate.
The MIT team worked with Berlin-based artist Tomas Saraceno to take 2D (two-dimensional) laser (激光) scans of a spider web, which were linked together and made into a mathematical model that could recreate the web in 3Din VR (virtual reality). They also worked with MIT’s music department to create the virtual instrument.
“Even though the web looks really random (随机)，there actually are a lot of inside structures and you can visualize (可视化) them and you can look at them, but it’s really hard to grasp for the human imagination or human brain to understand all these structural details,” said MIT engineering professor Markus Buehler, who presented the work on Monday at a virtual meeting of the American Chemical Society.
Listening to the music while moving through the VR spider web lets you see and hear these structural changes and gives a better idea of how spiders see the world, he told CNN. “Spiders use vibrations (振动) as a way to locate themselves, to communicate with other spiders and so the idea of thinking really like a spider would experience the world was something that was very important to us as spider material scientists,” Buehler said.
Spiders are able to build their webs without shelves or supports, so having a better idea of how they work could lead to the development of advanced new 3D printing techniques. “The reason why I did that is I wanted to be able to get information really from the spider world, which is very weird and mysterious,” Buehler explained. In addition to the scientific value, Buehler said the webs are musically interesting and that you can hear the sounds the spider creates during construction. “It’s unusual and eerie and scary, but finally beautiful.” he described.
4. What have MIT scientists done according to the passage?
A. They have translated spider webs into sounds.
B. They have made a mathematical model to produce webs.
C. They have created a soundtrack to catch spiders.
D. They have known how spiders communicate.
5. What can we know about spider webs from paragraph 3?
A. Their structures are beautiful and clear.
B. Professor Markus Buehler knows them well.
C. The American Chemical Society presents the result.
D. They are complex for people to figure it out.
6. In which field will the study be helpful?
A. virtual reality
B. printing
C. painting
D. film-making
7. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. It tells us that the music created by spiders is scary.
B. It shows how the researchers carry out the experiment.
C. It presents a new and creative way to study spiders.
D. It explains why scientists did the experiment.
C
Watching what you eat can be easier said than done, but a recent study shows it might not just be about what's on your plate — it could be about how quickly it disappears.
Japanese researchers followed 1,083 adultsfor five years, splitting them into three categories based on how quickly they ate: slow, normal, and fast. They also answered a questionnaire at the beginning of the study, sharing their diet, physical activity, and medical history. In the beginning, none of the volunteers had metabolic syndrome (新陈代谢综合征) - meaning at least three risk factors — which can lead to health problems like heart conditions and diabetes.
When the participants reported back five years later 84 had been diagnosed (诊断) with metabolic syndrome — and their eating speed was a major predictor, according to the results in the journal Circulation. The fast eaters were 89 percent more likely to have metabolic syndrome than slow and normal eaters. Just 2.3 percent of slow eaters received the diagnosis, compared to 11.6 percent of fast eaters. But that's not all. Fast eaters also saw more weight gain, larger waistlines, and higher blood sugar levels than slow eaters.
The researchers saygobblingmakes it easier not to take notice of fullness before your body has a chance to signal you to stop. “So when people eat fast they are more likely to overeat,” said Takayuki Yamaji, MD, study author and cardiologist at Hiroshima University in Japan in a statement.
Previous research backs up the weight benefits of slow eating, too. One study of New Zealand women found fast eaters have higher body-mass indexes (指数), and a Chinese study found that both healthy and fat men ate less
when told to chew 40 times instead of 15 times before swallowing. Initial research even suggests chewing your food longer could bum more calories - up to about 1,000 extra every month.
8. What are the participants divided by?
A. Medical history.
B. Health condition.
C. Physical activity.
D. Eating speed.
9. Which may be the result of the study?
A. Fast eaters are 4 times more likely to have metabolic syndrome.
B. Normal and slow eaters don’t have metabolic illness.
C. 89% of fast eaters have higher blood pressure.
D. Slow caters are healthier than fast eaters.
10. What does the underlined word “gobbling” in Paragraph 4 best mean?
A. Tasting slowly.
B. Digesting quickly.
C. Eating greedily.
D. Cooking carefully.
11. What does the last paragraph tell us?
A. The importance of eating speed.
B. The advantage of eating slowly.
C. The result of a Chinese study.
D. Fast eating and overeating.
D
The far side of the moonis a strange and wild region, quite different from the familiar and mostly smooth face we see nightly from our planet. Soon this rough space will have even stranger features: it will be crowded with radio telescopes.
Astronomers are planning to make the moon's distant side our newest and best window on the cosmic(宇宙的) dark ages, a mysterious era hiding early marks of stars and galaxies. Our universe was not always filled with stars. About 380,000 years after the big bang, the universe cooled, and the first atoms of hydrogen formed. Gigantic hydrogen clouds soon filled the universe. But for a few hundred million years, everything remained dark, without stars. Then came the cosmic dawn: the first stars flickered, galaxies came into existence and slowly the universe's large­scale structure took shape.
The seeds of this structure must have been present in the dark­age hydrogen clouds, but the era has been impossible toprobeusing optical(光学的) telescopes—there was no light. And although this hydrogen produced long­wavelength(or low­frequency) radio emissions,radio telescopes on Earth have found it nearly impossible to detect them. Our atmosphere either blocks or disturbs these faint signals; those that get through are drowned out
by humanity's radio noise.
Scientists have dreamed for decades of studying the cosmic dark ages from the moon's far side. Now multiple space agencies plan lunar missions carrying radio­wave­detecting instruments—some within the next three years—and astronomers' dreams are set to become reality.
“If I were to design an ideal place to do low­frequency radio astronomy, I would have to build the moon,”says astrophysicist Jack Burns of the University of Colorado Boulder. “We are just now finally getting to the place where we're actually going to be putting these telescopes down on the moon in the next few years.”
12. What's the purpose of building radio telescopes on the moon?
A To research the big bang. B. To discover unknown stars.
C. To study the cosmic dark ages.
D. To observe the far side of the moon.
13. What does the underlined word “probe” in Paragraph 3 possibly mean?
A. Explore.
B. Evaluate.
C. Produce.
D. Predict.
14. Hydrogen radio emissions can't be detected on Earth because ________．
A. there was no light in the dark ages
B. they cannot possibly get through our atmosphere
C. gigantic hydrogen clouds no longer fill the universe
D. radio signals on Earth cause too much interference
15. What can we infer from theunderlined sentence in the last paragraph?
A. Scientists have to rebuild the moon.
B. We will finally get to the moon's distant side.
C. The moon is a perfect place to set up radio telescopes.
D. A favorable research environment will be found on the moon.
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Have you ever observed the streets in the morning? You will see some people walking on the street or a few vehicles passing by. There might be some people in their gym clothes going to their gym and there might be some coming out for a normal morning walk.____16____It is because many people choose to exercise in the morning. There are many advantages of a morning workout. A few of these advantages are discussed below.
One of the advantages of a morning workout is that your remain fresh all throughout the day. The workouts
may be anything like a walk，gym，dance or yoga. You no longer feel tired or sleepy.____17____ People who exercise regularly in the morning are observed to have healthy diet habits. Also，it is observed that the diet options of people who work out in the morning are healthy.____18____Morning workouts are beneficial if you are suffering from indigestion.
Once you start exercising in the morning you put a schedule to your day.____19____Everybody has a busy schedule and it becomes hard to spare time for exercising. Morning time is the only best option available for exercising to a lot of people.
____20____Exercising with light stomach is very good and has more effects than exercising after lunch or breakfast. The morning air is very fresh and has more oxygen compared to the rest of the day.
A.Morning workouts hardly take you a lot of time.
B.The workouts make you have less time to rest than before.
C.The food digestion is proper and the body functions better.
D.This particular scene is quite evident in the mornings.
E.The advantage is that you are more regular than before.
F.The morning workouts are usually before breakfast.
G.The morning workouts keep your skin and face fresh as well.
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
On Saturday morning，a heavy snowfall covered the ground of the nursing home．It was___21___without all the other patients and medical workers．I enjoyed working as the charge nurse on these___22___men．My Big Boys，as I called them，were sitting there___23___watching TV．I loved the___24___these retired men of various occupations told．They also___25___the questions I asked them about their___26___．My question today was，“Did you like to play in the snow when you were young?”
Their eyes lighted up as they___27___the excitement．
“I haven’t felt snow in many years，”said Stanley from his wheelchair，gazing___28___the large picture window．“___29___won’t last long．”said another．
Dared I…?But why not? I might get____30____．but I would not get fired．
So I gathered up some huge____31____．I went out the back door and filled them with snow．I took the first container of snow inside to Stanley．“Do you remember____32____a snowball?”
Stanley smiled，reaching out his___33___hands，took a handful of the snow and began forming a____34____．
“Who would you like to throw it at···?”I asked．
“Tom!”Stanley shouted____35____as he threw the ball at the man near the door．Then all the men got into the action．
“Better duck!”one shouted．
“Catch this one!”another____36____．
Laughter filled the whole nursing home．____37____also became a victim and soon found myself fighting，too．The____38____lasted until the snow began to melt．Their laughter，smiles and energy____39____the whole day．I saw the____40____inside these Big Boys．
21. A. worse B. quieter C. simpler D. heavier
22. A. elderly B. serious C. painful D. poor
23. A. peacefully B. proudly C. stably D. eagerly
24. A. ideas B. 1ies C. stories D. differences
25. A. argued B. missed C. doubted D. enjoyed
26. A. dreams B. ages C. friends D. youths
27. A. accepted B. experienced C. recalled D. recognized
28. A. outside B. inside C. upon D. over
29. A. Frost B. Rain C. Wind D. Snow
30. A. hurt B. scolded C. trapped D. 1ost
31. A. stones B. containers C. courage D. strength
32. A. throwing B. taking C. making D. hitting
33. A. flexible B. trembling C. graceful D. free
34. A. ball B. habit C. toy D. team
35. A. naturally B. nervously C. desperately D. excitedly
36. A. tried B. suggested C. challenged D. whispered
37. A. He B. They C. I D. We
38. A. break B. fights C. business D. exercises
39. A. brightened B. started C. happened D. finished
40. A. True Love B. Determined Gentlemen C. Human Curiosity D. Little Boys
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
I can still remember the afternoon when we climbed the mountain as if it were yesterday.
It was a sunny day. Eager to spend some time outside, I went up the mountain with my uncle. The mountain was hard ______41.______(climb) and had tough rocks and streams on it. In the end,______42.______(exhaust) and hot, I couldn’t go any further. So we went back down the mountain in the end.
On the way back down, my uncle asked me a question,_____43._____left me speechless for a second: “What’s your dream, young lady?”
“I have no idea,” I answered_____44._____thinking about it for a while. Then he smiled and told me about his story. He didn’t perform well at school when he was a student. Although nobody thought he could succeed, he knew clearly _______45._______his dream was-----to be a businessman. “I knew I wasn’t gifted when it came to studying, so I tried to buy snacks from a market and sell them after class,” he told me. After he left school, he started selling different items to find out which one was most attractive to customers. Of course, he often had no money in his pocket, but_______46._______tough life was, he never gave up.
“There is no doubt that a person who puts in a great deal of effort to reach his or her goal will have good luck at some point. The meaning of life is to chase your dream,” he said gently.
That night I_______47._______hardly fall asleep. I lay in bed tossing and turning, asking myself, “What’s my motivation?”
I once wanted to be a top student, but the hard work needed meant ______48.______(put) everything into following my passion. If I find myself lacking willpower, what should I do? Leaving home early the next morning, I climbed the mountain again by _______49._______. It made me think: If we don’t experience the climb, how can we get to see the scenery on the top of the mountain? In the end, I reached the top and _______50._______(fascinate) by the warm breeze and sunshine. Nothing could be more pleasant than that.
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：在错的词下画---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，多者（从第∧处起）不计分。

The zheng (筝)，a traditional Chinese musical instrument, already has a history of 2,000 years. But we also call “Guzheng”. As a widespread instrument, it enjoyed an unmatching popularity in the Qin Dynasty. The guzheng has strings varied from 6 to 23. That is the most commonly used is the 21-string guzheng. However, some musicians still used the 16-string guzheng now, main in the coastal provinces of China.
The sounds from the guzheng create a sense of harmonious and peace, relieving of stress. Now the guzheng together with many popular elements bring a fantastic feeling.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假如你是新华高中的新生李华，你在新学校的第一天给你留下了美好的印象，请以“My First Day at Senior High”为题，写一篇日记。

内容包括：
1.校园美景；
2.印象深刻的一件事；
3.对高中新生活的畅想。

注意：
1.词数：100左右；
2.可适当加入细节，使内容充实，行文连贯；
3.标题和日记格式已给出，不计入总字数。

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参考答案
1. A
2. C
3. D
4. D
5. A
6. C
7. C
8. D 9. A 10. A 11. D
12. C 13. A 14. D 15. C
16. D 17. G 18. C 19. A 20. F
21. B 22. A 23. A 24. C 25. D 26. D 27. C 28. A 29. D 30. B 31. B 32.
C 33. B 34. A 35.
D 36. C 37. C 38. B 39. A 40. D
41. to climb
42. exhausted
43. which 44. after
45. what 46. however
47. could 48. putting
49. myself 50. was fascinated
51.(1). But→So
(2). 在call后面加it
(3). unmatching→unmatched
(4). varied→varying
(5). That→What
(6). used→use
(7). main→mainly
(8). harmonious→harmony
(9). 去掉relieving后的of
(10). bring→brings
52.略。