2021年中国科学技术大学附属中学高三英语下学期期末考试试卷及答案解析

2021年中国科学技术大学附属中学高三英语下学期期末考试试卷及答
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
Though online ordering is popular in the UK today，hands­on experience still attracts many buyers' attention.
Oxford Street
London is a shoppers' paradise，and most visitors head for Oxford Street.Halfway along is Selfridges，one of the world's first department stores where the architecture and window dressing impress you even before you go in.There are at least four other major stores on this street，plus Europe's largest music shop.In December the atmosphere is especially festive because of the Christmaslights which are always lighted by a politician，a great sportsman，or a super star.
Kensington High Street
A fashionable area for shopping is Kensington High Street.One of its department stores even has a roof garden—good for relaxing between purchases.There's also an organic food superstore.
Borough Market
You can't visit London without going to a supermarketOne of the oldest and best for food is probably Borough Market on the south bank of the Thames.Get off the underground at London Bridge and wander among fresh fish stalls，bakeries，and fruit and vegetable sellers.You can also buy specialities to take away，like cheeses，pork pies，mustard and chutney.
More places for bargains
Portobello Road Market on a Saturday is your best choice for jewelry or collector's items.It's a shortwalk from the underground station at Notting Hill Gate and you never know what you will find.For clothes，Camden Market is the place.It gets a little crowded at the weekends，though.Convent Garden Market offers great experience for the simple pleasure of looking at jewelry and gifts.
1.Oxford Street becomes special in December for ________.
A.the wonderful window dressing
B.the Europe's largest music shop
C.the lights lighted by a famous person
D.many bargains to choose from
2.To enjoy food，you can goto ________.
A.Camden Market
B.Borough Market
C.Kensington High Street
D.Portobello Road Market
3.Where is this passage probably taken from?
AA science book. B.A traveler's journal.
C.A news report.
D.A trip guide.
B
Scientists have recently discovered thatAndean condors (秀鹫)— some of the world’s largest birds——barely flap their wings at all while flying. Instead, they use rising air currents to remain in the air for hours.
The Andean condor is the world’s largest soaring bird. They can weigh up to 15 kilograms. Their wings, when spread out, measure up to three meters. Their main food source is the meat of large animals which have died. Soaring high in the sky allows condors to easily spot possible meals on the ground.
Scientists worked together to study the flight patterns of these huge birds and how much effort the birds use when flying. To study the birds while they were in the sky, the researchers attached special devices which could record every beat of their wings.
The scientists learned that most of the condors’ flapping— over 75%— came when the birds were taking off. Once in the sky, the birds flew for very long periods of time without flapping at all. In fact, they only flapped their wings for 1% of the time they were in the air. One bird flew for over five hours without flapping, covering nearly 117miles.
Soaring without flapping is important because birds bum energy every time they flap their wings.
The birds’ soaring isn’t magic. They use the fact that hot air rises to keep themselves up. As hot air rises, it often creates “thermals”— currents of warm air moving upward. The condors soar by making use of these thermals. The tricky part is finding thermals and moving between them.
When birds are forced to land and take off again often, it costs them a lot of energy. The researchers learned that to avoid having to land, the condors did most of their non-take-off flapping when they were closer to the ground and looking for a new thermal.
The scientists reported that even though all of the condors they studied were young, they knew well how to
take advantage of the air currents.
4. What can we learn about the Andean condor from the text?
A. They live mairly on small animals.
B. Their wingspan is at least three meters.
C. They rely on hot air to remain high in the sky.
D. They are the birds with the strongest flying ability.
5. Why was the equipment tied to the birds?
A. To measure how far they could fly without flapping.
B. To keep track of how often they flapped while flying.
C. To calculate the energy required for their flight.
D. To confirm their flight patterns.
6. Which of the following acts consumes the most energy for a condor?
A. Hunting for food.
B. Flying in the sky.
C. Getting off the ground.
D. Landing on the ground.
7. What can we infer from the text?
A. Condors flap the most when looking for a new thermal.
B. No condor can fly for more than five hours without flapping.
C. Condors don’t need to look for thermals when soaring in the sky.
D. Soaring by using thermals is probably a natural ability of condors.
C
Surfing the Internet for fun will make you a better employee, according to an Australian study.
The University of Melbourne study shows that people who use the Internet for their own reasons at work are about 9 percent more productive than those who do not. Study author Brent Coker said, “Surfing the Internet at times helps increase an employee's attention.”
“People need to relax for a bit to get back their attention,” Coker said on the university's website. “Having a short break, such as a quick surfing of the Internet, helps the mind to rest itself, leading to a higher total Internet attention for a day's work, and as a result, increases productivity (生产效率),” he said.
According to the study of 300 workers, 70 percent of people who use the Internet at work surf the Internet for their own reasons during office hours. Among the most popular surfing activities are searching for information about products, reading online news, playing online games and watching videos. “Firms spend a lot of money on
software toblocktheir employees from watching videos, using social networking sites or shopping online,” said Coker. “That's not always a good idea.”
However, Coker said the study looked at people who surfed the Internet in moderation (适度), or were on the Internet for less than 20 percent of their total time in the office. “Those who spend too much time surfing the Internet will have a lower productivity than those without.” he said.
8. What does the University of Melbourne study mainlyshow?
A. People who surf the Internet are good employees.
B. Not everyone surfs the Internet for fun during office hours.
C. The Internet is becoming more and more important in people's life.
D. Surfing the Internet for fun at times during office hours increases productivity.
9. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as one of the most popular surfing activities?
A. Watching videos.
B. Reading online news.
C. Reading online novels.
D. Playing online games.
10. The underlined word “block” in Paragraph 4 means “________”.
A. stop
B. organize
C. protect
D. separate
11. What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. Those who never surf the Internet have the lowest productivity.
B. Spending too much time surfing the Internet reduces productivity.
C. Most people don't surf the Internet in moderation during office hours.
D. People should spend as little time as possible surfing the Internet.
D
If you could travel back in time, which period of history would you visit? It’s a great question to ask your friends, and time travel is the subject of many science fiction films. Of course, sci-fi is familiar to most of us, butwhat is cli-fi? The simple answer is climate fiction which focuses on the subject of climate change.
Many of the cli-fi examples we watch tend to be disaster films. It could be solar flares (太阳耀斑), ice ages devastating (摧毁) the planet, extreme flooding swamping the earth with water, or super-storms that threaten life as we know it. While films and novels of this style are often subject to the typical images of a hero or heroine
battling to save the day, what sets it apart from most sci-fi films is that the plots will often draw on apparently reasonable outcomes in the near future.
Climate change and the potential threats have long been established. Some believe that the issue of climate change has even led to more fans watching films to learn more about what's happening to the world – seeing it as a form of edutainment. A study conducted by the Yale programme on Climate Change Communication tested the effects that two climate fiction novels can have on its readers and found “significant positive effects” in terms of their attitudes and beliefs towards the climate crisis – for example, understanding global warming will harm them and future generations.
Most climate films are not only extremely popular action films, but also cause our fear of what some see as the approaching end of the world. This sounds bad, but according to a study conducted on 310 adults in the US, watching such scary films can help us feel more prepared and less alone in situations such as the pandemic (疫情). So, it looks like cli-fi is hereto stay – and there seem to be some benefits. Whether it’s there to educate, entertain or prepare you for a climate crisis, it might have a role to play.
12. Which of the following may be the subject of cli-fi?
A. Time travel.
B. Global warming.
C. Weather forecast.
D. Economic climate.
13. What can we learn about cli-fi films from paragraph 2?
A. They are often about extreme natural disasters.
B. They want to show that man can conquer nature.
C. They usually have similar plots with sci-fi films.
D. They can show the true near future of the world.
14. Why is the study conducted by the Yale programme mentioned in paragraph 3?
A. To prove that climate change has potential threats.
B. To show that people like climate fiction novels.
C. To tell that cli-fi novels have positive effects on readers.
D. To explain how the climate crisis affect the human being.
15. What does the writer mainly want to tell us in the last paragraph?
A. Cli-fi films are very popular as action films.
B. A study was conducted on 310 adults in theUS.
C. The pandemic make people scared and alone.
D. Cli-fi films are useful and will be here to stay.
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What is your best study time? Do you feel most like studyingin the late hours of the night?______16______But that can be a problem for parents and school officials.
While some students like to get up early in the morning and study, most will say that late night studying is most productive. When it comes to brain power, students will say they perform better at night and the fact that parents might find surprising and interesting is that science seems to agree.
That can be a problem! School starts early in the morning for most students, so the benefits of studying at night can be reduced by the drowsiness (昏昏欲睡) of missing sleep!___17___
Here are a few tips for maximizing study time.
●______18______You might surprise yourself. Try getting up early to study and see if it works out.
● Have a talk with parents to tell them that teen brains do perform better at night, so you won’t have to deal with miscommunication.______19______You might be able to come up with a solution.
● Agree on an “start time” for studying if you need to study late. Turn off the TV! Your brain should be just fine at six or seven o’clock. You don’t need to start after dark.
● Agree on a solid deadline for closing books and getting to sleep.
●______20______You can do all of that early evening and get serious later in the evening if you’re a night owl.
●Upon occasion, you may be able to go to school a little late if you have to study for an afternoon test. As long as you are communicating with your parents, and as long as the tardiness doesn’t hurt your grades, you may be able to work this out.
A.Show them the science.
B.If so, you are not alone.
C.Don’t waste time on texts, games, and social media.
D.If not, adjust your study habits as quickly as you can.
E.Therefore, it’s a good idea to study early in the evening.
F.Figure out if you are a morning person or a night person.
G.Science also shows that the amount of sleep you get will affect your academic performance.
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I’ve never thought that a fundraiser could have had such a huge influence on my life. Back in 5th grade, our school announced a fundraiser and each class would get a box to fill it up withsmall____21____. To make my class to come to the first place in the fundraiser, I took two fifty-dollar bills____22____to school and tossed them into the box.
Two weeks later, my parents asked me about the____23____. They said they had discovered the truth and weren’t____24____, but I must do something to____25____it.
My dad had the perfect idea in mind. The day____26____Christmas, he took me to St. John’s Hospice and said we were going to be____27____in the kitchen, making meals for the 300—400____28____men that came in each day.
As the lunch began, I thought I could____29____this by playing with my new toys. But____30____the mealtime went on, I found these men were overjoyed at the____31____food they were receiving, which I couldn’t____32____. I considered it a fairly common winter meal. I had always heard about giving to the needy, but I never fully____33____it until that day. It was enlightening（富有启发性的）to see how thankful they were for something that I thought was____34____. I learned that I didn’t____35____need all the materialistic things I initially（最初）desired. On the drive home, my dad____36____McDonald’s for lunch and I immediately answered no. I knew that I didn’t____37____it.
That day I came to know how____38____the feeling is to help people in need. I now return to St John’s Hospice every year, trying to make a____39____. This is why I am becoming a doctor. I will make a difference in people’s lives just like my father____40____on that December 26th.
21. A.cloth B.cards C.change D.books
22. A.typically B.secretly C.seriously D.carefully
23. A.prize B.box C.present D.money
24. A.angry B.shy C.wise D.calm
25. e up with B.look back on C.make up for D.get back to
26. A.after B.from C.over D.for
27. A.eating B.working C.standing D.sleeping
28. A.homeless B.friendless C.disabled D.upset
29. A.succeed in B.wait for C.leave out D.get over
30. A.although B.unless C.as D.since
31. A.fast B.simple C.tasty D.healthy
32. A.avoid B.remember C.possess D.believe
33. A.understood B.accepted C.supported D.imagined
34. eless B.funny C.cheap D.silly
35. ually B.really C.merely D.roughly
36. A.admitted B.insisted C.required D.suggested
37. A.doubt B.notice C.need D.gather
38. A.familiar B.mature C.similar D.good
39. A.plan B.difference C.decision D.record
40. A.did B.took C.enjoyed D.promised
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
Sisters Who Make Waves focuses on female stars who are above 30. The eldest one is in her 50th. They____41.____(gain) fame for a long time, including Ning Jing, Wan Qian, Annie Shiizuka Inou, Zhang Yuqi, etc. They are unlike well-behaved girls____42.____always bow low in Produce 101 and Idol Producer.
Ning Jing, Annie Shiizuka Inou, and Christy Chung, who are all in their 50s, began on the path____43.____(fight) for a spot in a girl band, which is supposed to be a____44.____(choose) of young girls.
Lan Yingying, who struggles to be the best, always____45.____(burn) with ambition. She is hard-working,____46.____(effect), and shows positive energies in herself.
Actress Zhang Yuqi came for the spotlight even though she can’t sing or dance.____47.____she trained hard till her legs hurt so much.Without stereotyped young faces, they refuse to be defined by age. They are brave, fearless and they try their best to create a kind of “youth” who never fades____48.____public.
One comment that “Suddenly I’m not that afraid of getting old” gets the most____49.____(like). It is believed that Chinese women’s aesthetic orientation(美学观点), which has been narrowed for many years, is____50.____(final) welcoming a new day. We start to look at feminine charm beyond ages, looks, and even wrinkles.
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：把多余词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改的词。

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。

Today we had a chemistry test. I found the test difficulty, but I tried hardly to do it. Suddenly Mary, my best friend, asking me to let her to copy my answers. After think for some time, I let her copy my answers.But after the test, all of us were called to the teacher’s office. A teacher was angry because we had same answers in the test. We were warned not to cheat again otherwise she would ask your parents to go to the school. I was very upset. I didn’t cheat. I was just helping a friend. Why does she punish me?
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假设你是晨光中学的高一学生李津。

你的美国笔友David在学习汉语的过程中遇到了不少问题，有点气馁。

请根据以下要点给他写一封建议信：
(1)表示理解和安慰；(2)更好地学习汉语的建议；(3)预祝他汉语学习取得成功。

注意：①词数不少于100；②可增加适当内容，以使行文连贯。

参考答案
1. C
2. B
3. D
4. A
5. A
6. D
7. B
8. D 9. C 10. A 11. B
12. B 13. A 14. C 15. D
16. B 17. G 18. F 19. A 20. C
21. C 22. B 23. D 24. A 25. C 26. A 27. B 28. A 29. D 30. C 31. B 32.
D 33. A 34. C 35. B 36. D 37. C 38. D 39. B 40. A
41. have gained
42. who/that
43. to fight
44. choice 45. burns
46. effective
47. But 48. in
49. likes 50. finally
51.(1).difficulty→difficult (2).hardly→hard (3).asking→asked (4).去掉her后的to
(5).think→thinking (6).all → both (7).A→The (8).same前加the (9). your →our (10).does→did
52.略。