2021届湖北省武钢三中高三英语上学期期末试卷及参考答案

2021届湖北省武钢三中高三英语上学期期末试卷及参考答案
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
Citisport inNewport
We at Citisport aim to improve sports training and facilities inNewport, giving you more opportunities to try both new and traditional sports.
Golf
We are pleased to be able to offer lessons at Kingsway Golf Centre just outsideNewport. These are run by experienced golf professionals, and are held on an all-weather practice area. The adult lessons are open to anyone aged 13 and over, and are suitable for all levels from beginners upwards. These take place on Wednesdays from 3:00 to 4:00 pm over a period of six weeks. Children’s lessons for 7-12 year old are held from 2:00 to 3:00 pm on Saturdays during term time.
Tennis
The Citisport tennis courses provide an opportunity for local people to develop their skills on the brand-new indoor tennis court at Newport Leisure Centre. All equipment can be provided, but please feel free to use your own racket (球拍) if you prefer. Our Starter course is held on Mondays from 7:00 to 8:00 pm, and is for beginners of 12 years and over. Our Improver course, which takes place on Tuesdays from 8:00 to 9:00 pm, is for players with some experience.
Football for girls
By popular request, Citisport is holding another one-day girls-only football course. This aims to give local girls the chance to learn essential skills and develop more advanced ones. The course will take place on Saturday, 9th November from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, and is open to all girls aged 10-14 years living in theNewportarea.
Gymnastics
This course is for beginners aged 8-14 and will provide an introduction to basic skills. There is a maximum of six pupils per coach in each class. At the end of the course there is a demonstration for friends and family of all the skills learnt there. The course will take place on Thursdays from 6:00 to 7:00 pm.
1. What can we know about the Citisport golf lessons?
A. You can take lessons at Kingsway Golf Centre insideNewport.
B. The golf lessons can take place only in good weather.
C. Teenagers can attend golf lessons on Wednesday afternoons.
D. Children’s lessons usually last 2 or 3 hours on Saturday afternoons.
2. Which of the following statements is true about the Citisport tennis courses?
A. You can get the skills in an open-air court.
B. You must take your own racket during the course.
C. You can take the Monday course if you are a green hand.
D. You can become an experienced player after the courses.
3. Which course lasts only one day according to the text?
A. Golf.
B. Tennis.
C. Football for girls.
D. Gymnastics.
B
While the arts can' t stop the COVID-19 virus or the social unrest we see in the world today, they can give us insight into the choices we make when moving through crises and chaos. The arts invite everyone to think in new ways.
We often experience works of art as something that's pleasing to our senses without a full understanding of the creative effort. Great art often shows us contradictions and crises, and we can learn a great deal from their resolutions(解决). Through our understanding of art, we can gain a deeper understanding of how we might overcome our own challenges. In understanding extremes of contrast, we can see the beauty in art with themes that are not simply pleasing for their magnificent features or qualities.
Beethoven offers a wonderful example of moving artfully through crises and chaos. He composed his Symphony No. 9 as his hearing loss became more and more pronounced. The opening of the symphony seems to come out of nowhere, from near silence in the opening to a full expression of what many consider to be the joy of freedom and universal brotherhood with Schiller’s Ode to joy（欢乐颂). Beethoven appears to have created a work of art that not only freed him from his personal struggles, but one that also speaks to the joy of living together in peace and harmony.
Have a dialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they always start out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference—a oneness of the two opposingforces.The arts offer many lessons that can help us gain the knowledge we need to move more confidently in today’ s competitive and uncertain environment. An openness to arts-based solutions will give you more control over your future.
4. What value does art have beyond pleasing people's senses?
A. It brings people inner peace.
B. It contributes to problem-solving.
C. It reduces the possibility of crises.
D. It deepens understanding of music.
5. What can we learn about Beethoven's Symphony No. 9?
A. It celebrates freedom and unity.
B. It aims to show crises and chaos.
C. It opens with Schiller's Ode to Joy.
D. It is unfinished due to his hearing loss.
6. What is the author's suggestion on dealing with conflicting forces?
A. Leaving things as they are.
B. Making a choice between them.
C. Separating them from each other.
D. Engaging them in a conversation.
7. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. How COVID-19 changes art
B. Essentials of Symphony No. 9
C. Moving artfully through crises
D. Joy in the eyes of Beethoven
C
Portraits as Art
According to a dictionary, portraiture is “a representation (描绘) of a person, especially of the face by drawing or painting alikeness.” However, this definition neglects the complexities of portraiture. Portraits are works of art that engage with ideas of identity rather than just a likeness. These concepts of identity involve social rank, gender, age, profession, character of the subject, etc. It is impossible to copy all the aspects of identity. Therefore, portraits reflect only certain qualities of subjects. Portrait art has also undergone significant shifts in artistic practice. The majority of portraits are the outcome of current artistic fashions and favored styles. Therefore, portrait art is an art category providing various engagement with social, psychological, and artistic practices and expectations.
Since portraits are different from other art categories, they are worthy of separate study. During their
production, portraits require the presence of a specific person, or an image of the individual. In many instances, the production of portraiture has required sittings, which result in interaction between the subject(s) and the artist throughout the creation of the work. In certain instances, portrait artists depended on a combination of different involvement with their subjects. If the sitter can’t sit in the studio regularly, portraitists could use his or her photographs. InEurope, during the seventeenth and eighteenth century, the sitting time was sometimes decreased by focusing only on the head. Theoretically, portraitists could work from impressions or memories when creating a painting, but this rarely occurred according to documented records. Nonetheless, whether the work is based on model sittings, copying a photograph, or using memory, the process of painting a portrait is linked with the model’s attendance.
Furthermore, portrait painting can be distinguished from other artistic categories by its connection with appearance, or likeness. As such, the art of portrait painting got a reputation for imitation instead of for artistic innovation. Based on Renaissance art theory, portraiture was related to the level of a mechanical exercise as opposed to a fine art. Michelangelo’s well-known protest against portraits is only one example. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the attitude to portraiture was critical. Even so, artists from around the globe persisted in painting portraits despite their theoretical objections. Picasso, for example, became widely-known forcubist still-life painting(立体派静物画) early in his career, but some of his early experiments in this new style were his portraits of art dealers.
8. What does paragraph 1 mainly tell us?
A. The changing definition of portraiture reflects shifting attitudes to it.
B. Most portraits reflect artistic fashions and favored styles when created.
C. Portraiture is a more complex art form than is defined in a dictionary.
D. Portrait art shouldn’t be seen as a distinct art category for its complexity.
9. Which of the following is a characteristic of portraiture mentioned in paragraph 2?
A. Portraiture typically takes much less time than other art forms.
B. Portraiture often requires frequent cooperation between artists.
C. Portraits show models in a more accurate way than other art forms.
D. Portraits generally involve interaction between subjects and artists.
10. According to paragraph 2, during portraits’ production, artists __________.
A. based their work on the subjects’ attendance
B. preferred models’ photographs to their presence
C. were more willing to use impressions or memories
D. reduced sitting time to concentrate on a sitter’s head
11. Picasso is chosen as an example by the author because he __________.
A. altered the way other artists felt about portrait art
B. created portraits in spite of his objection to portrait art
C. depended on portrait art to establish a higher reputation
D. had fewer theoretical objections to portraitures than others
D
Over the years, NASA has successfully sent several rovers (飞行器) to Mars. While the science laboratories continue to provide important information on the Red Planet, they keep the space exploration rovers staying closeto the original landing place.To get a more comprehensive (详尽的) view of Mars, the US Space Agency plans to make a small test helicopter with the Mars 2020 Rover, which will be sent off in July 2020.
The football-sized “marscopter” weighs about four pounds.It can fly at about ten times the speed of helicopters on Earth. The light weight and fast speed are important for the helicopter to be able to fly in the thin Mars atmosphere, which is about just one percent of that of Earth. “To make it fly in that thin Mars atmosphere, we had to make everything ready, and make it as light as possible while being as strong and powerful as it can possibly be. “Mimi Aung, Mars helicopter project manager, said in a meeting.
Upon landing on the Red Planet, the Mars 2020 Rover will find a proper location to send of the helicopter. The helicopter will start with a short climb, no higher than 10 feet, and hover (盘旋) for just 30 seconds before landing back on the Mars surface. If all goes well, five more flights of longer distances, for 90 seconds each, will be conducted over the next 30 days. The short journeys will be recorded by a small camera and sent back to the scientists on Earth.
If the plan goes on well, the first helicopter to fly in another world, will open up a whole new way to explore Mars. The Mars helicopter's first flight will be a great invention. For those of us whose research is about flight, that would be a wonderful, historic moment.
12. To fly in thin Mars atmosphere，we should make the helicopter_______.
A. strong and heavy
B. heavy and fast
C. light and fast
D. strong and slow
13. How many times will the helicopter fly?
A. Three times
B. Four times
C. Five times
D. Six times
14. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. It’s interesting to fly in another world.
B. I' s important to fly in another world.
C. The plan to fly the helicopter goes on well.
D. The helicopters first flight is successful.
15. What may be the best title for the passage?
A. To send a helicopter to Mars in 2020
B. To send a rover to Mars in 2020
C. To live in the thin Mars atmosphere
D. To send back records to scientists
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
Why Drawing is Important for Your Child's Development
One of the first things a child can do is pick up a pencil and start drawing. And as new technologies are becoming much more accessible, they bring with them new ways to learn important creative skills.___16___Here are just some of the reasons why drawing is important for children's development.
Drawing makes children more expressive.
Children can't always express themselves using words and actions. And drawing is another important form of communication. You can understand your child's thoughts and feelings better through their drawings.___17___ Drawing develops your kid's problem solving skills.
When drawing, a child is faced with several decisions — whether it's “What colour should I use here?” or “How do I draw an animal and connect one part of its body to another?”___18___Try asking them why they used certain colours or why they drew certain parts the way they did. Then see what solutions they came to.
___19___
Each time they draw they access their imagination and make physical representations (再呈现) of what's in their mind. People's imaginations have allowed them to create all of the things that we use and are surrounded by every day.
Drawing gets your kids ready for school.
___20___Whether your child is still at home with you or at school already, drawing helps them prepare for understanding more difficult ideas. Learning these creative ways of thinking at an early age readies a child for future education.
A. Drawing makes your kids active physically.
B. Drawing lets your kids' imagination run wild.
C. Drawing is one of the early basics of thinking.
D. Being happy can increase problem solving skills.
E.All these questions require them to solve problems.
F. We see drawing as one of the most basic of these skills.
G. Being able to express what theyfeel also develops a child's EQ.
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For weeks the students had been engaged in careful preparation for the Parents' Night program. Now everything was___21___. The walls were filled with displays, the students with___22___and the tables with good things to eat.
The host was well under way. Then Jimmie Davis___23___to give his speech. This was the___24___he had looked forward to for many weeks. As he was on the stage, he caught a glimpse of his mother's beaming face and his father's___25___appearance. He started with a great burst of enthusiasm. He was___26___that his listeners were thinking highly of him by their careful attention. Then___27___happened. The world seemed to swim before him. He slowed down and stopped. His faceflushed (变红), his___28___sought each other crazily and in desperation he looked___29___towards his teacher, Mr. Smith.
And ever prepared, having heard the boyish masterpiece___30___again and again applied the missing words and the boy___31___. But somehow it was different now. Jimmie___32___again-and the teacher reminded him again. For the___33___two minutes, the speech seemed more the teacher's than the boy's.
But Jimmie finished it. There was a heavy___34___in the heart of the boy, knowing that he had failed. Embarrassment was clearly___35___on the face of the boys father and mother. The audience___36___in a perfunctory (例行公事的) way, sorry for and pitying the boy who they thought had___37___.
But the teacher was on his feet, saying: "I’m___38___to see a boy making a glorious victory out of what might have been a miserable failure. And I’m confident that you will never see a___39___demonstration of the spirit of playing the under difficulties!”
The crowd exploded into thunderous now. The old___40___of assurance (确信) was back on the face of the boy's father.
21. A. in turn B. in time C. in need D. inorder
22. A. panic B. calmness C. anxiety D. enthusiasm
23. A. turned B. rose C. showed D. got
24. A. way B. effect C. moment D. truth
25. A. assured B. satisfied C. worried D. embarrassed
26. A. awake B. hesitant C. doubtful D. conscious
27. A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing
28. A. hands B. ears C. eyes D. fingers
29. A. fearlessly B. aimlessly C. helplessly D. faithlessly
30. A. managed B. practiced C. conducted D. created
31. A. gave up B. broke in C. went on D. turned away
32. A. paused B. continued C. cried D. shocked
33. A. lost B. left C. remaining D. ending
34. A. sign B. mark C. relief D. load
35. A. written B. erupted C. saved D. placed
36. A. applauded B. shouted C. sighed D. approved
37. A. succeeded B. attempted C. failed D. missed
38. A. upset B. happy C. eager D. thirsty
39. A. simpler B. worse C. happier D. finer
40. A. figure B. look C. shape D. glance
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
By the end of June this year, 55 BeiDou satellites___41.___(send) up, meaning the of completion of China’s self-developed BeiDou Navigation（导航）Satellite System (BDS).___42.___BDS appears later than America’s GPS, Russia’s GLONASS and EU’s Galileo, it can equal them. As one of the four global navigation satellite systems, BDS involves combined efforts of over 400 agencies and 300,000 research personnel and technicians.
Originally___43.___(draft) in the 1980s, the project represents a milestone in China’s space effort. BDS is comparable to GPS in terms of the___44.___(accurate) of positioning, which has been applied___45.___shared Hellobikes in Daqing. It also offers, short message communication, thus___46.___(provide) emergency communications in areas___47.___fail to pick up clear conventional communication signals occasionally. In an effort___48.___(improve) the quality of their positioning services, Apple and Samsung phones, among others, are already using BDS’ signals, and so is every Chinese brand.
The construction of complete BDS is___49.___huge technical achievement for China and can____50.____(true) pay off in the near future. Meanwhile, BDS’s remarkable contribution to promoting the world’s economic and social development as well as peaceful use of space has attracted the world’s attention.
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:在错的词下划一横线，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11处起)不计分。

Our class joined in a meaningful activity during the winter vacation. First, we went to visit the old lady who lived all alone. Some chatted with her but others helped do a thorough cleaning for us. When the work was done, the house looked real neat and tidy. Then we went to the sport center, where all equipment needed polished. We set out to work at once. Everything was dust-free at no time. Having done all this, we saw a pleasant community than before. Tiring as we were, we felt happy as all of our work was paid off.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

Mike licked (舔) the last of the chocolate ice cream. It was almost time to leave. He jumped into the car with his parents and headed off to the Olympic-sized pool for the big swim meet. When his race came up, Mike was confident. He was strong and swift. Mike climbed out the pool, smiling. He had just won first place.
A week later, it was time for another swim meet. Like before, Mike decided to enjoy his favorite flavored ice cream before they left home. As Mike climbed out the pool, his teammates patted (拍) him on the back. He'd taken first place again in his race.
As it turned out, Mike decided to have some chocolate ice cream before every one of the next few swim meets that came up. He began to think of it as his lucky charm. After several months of being placed in the top positions of every race he swam, Mike was feeling unbeatable. And he wouldn't admit it, but he was also starting to feel a little uncomfortable. All that ice cream was adding a few pounds to his athletic swimmer's build.
It didn't take long after that for Mike to start coming in second place — and then third — and then last place in his races. The lucky chocolate ice cream had lost its magic. On the day of his next swim meet, his mother sat
down at the table with him.“Mike, I think we need to talk about this. We all love ice cream, but it's got lots of fat and sugar in it, and it's not healthy for your body to eat so much of it.”Mike reluctantly agreed. His father offered to go running with him a few days a week to help strengthen his muscles. The extra weight soon disappeared, and Mike found himself breathing easier at swim practices.
It was the last meet of the season, and Mike wasn't sure what to expect. He felt healthy again, but he didn't know if he still had any speed in the pool.
注意：
1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。

Paragraph 1:
As he dove into the water, he kicked his legs and stretched his arms as far as he could.
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Paragraph 2:
His jaw dropped as he realized he had beaten his own best time, and everyone else's too.
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参考答案
1. C
2. C
3. C
4. A
5. D
6. B
7. C
8. C 9. D 10. A 11. B
12. C 13. D 14. B 15. A
16. F 17. G 18. E 19. B 20. C
21. D 22. D 23. B 24. C 25. A 26. D 27. B 28. A 29. C 30. B 31. C 32.
A 33. C 34. D 35. A 36. A 37. C 38.
B 39. D 40. B
41. had been sent
42. Though/While/Although
43. drafted
44. accuracy
45. to 46. providing
47. which/that
48. to improve
49. a 50. truly
51.(1). visit the old lady→ an
(2). but→and/while
(3). cleaning for us→her
(4).real→really
(5). sport→sports
(6). polished→polishing
(7). at no time→in
(8). pleasant community前面加more
(9). Tiring→Tired
(10).our work was paid off删掉was 52.略。