2021年呼和浩特市第一中学高三英语上学期期中考试试卷及答案

2021年呼和浩特市第一中学高三英语上学期期中考试试卷及答案
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
The Internet has revolutionized our lives to such an extent (程度) that for most people, the global network has become more than just a tool but rather an important aid in everyday life. More and more people go online as wireless networks have brought the Internet closer and closer: it’s on our mobile phones, in our cars and TV sets, in hospital surgery rooms and in fishing boats that battle the waves of the Atlantic.
And this revolution has brought along with it a new way of shopping. Both big and small, e-business websites have flooded the Internet by the hundreds of thousands. Anything you can buy from a brick and mortar store (实体店) you can also buy online: from food and clothes to toys, no matter what you’re looking for, you’re bound to find the right online store with just a few clicks of the mouse. You can use the Internet to find new suppliers, post buying requests or search for products and services.
This revolution has affected brick and mortar business owners greatly. And what was their reaction? They’ve opened online stores to go hand in hand with their conventional business.
But do the big players have reasons to be afraid? Are we going to start seeing ghostly, deserted Walmarts (沃尔玛) across the country? Probably not in the near future but the day will come when most people will just stop shopping offline anymore. A trip to Walmart wastes time, burns gas.
The recent advancements in mobile technology and the introduction of mobile phones with enhanced (提高的) web capabilities have even made some people order their groceries when they get out from work and have them delivered at their doorstep by the time they get home. And as “Time is money”, this practice is lifesaving for people whowork two jobs.
Technology will continue to advance and e-business will follow closely in its footsteps. Everything will become easier and less time consuming, leaving us more time to enjoy the things that really matter in life: the ones we love, our friends and hobbies.
1. What is Paragraph 1 mainly about?
A. The popularity of mobile phones.
B. The great influence of the Internet.
C. The importance of the Internet.
D. The function of the global network.
2. In response to the threat of online business, the brick-and-mortar store owners________.
A. have stopped their traditional business
B. have started their dislike of the Internet
C. have established their own website
D. have opened their online stores
3. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. A New Way of Shopping.
B. The Internet Revolution.
C. What is the Reaction to Online Shopping?
D. Is Online Shopping the Future of E-business?
B
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said yesterday he would use the autumn spending review to increase Britain’s￡12bn-a-year aid budget towards humanitarian(人道主义的) causes in the wake of the European refugee(难民) crisis.
Britainpromised to spend 0.7 percent of state general product on aid, meaning the budget could rise sharply by the end of the decade as the economy grows.
Mr Osborne also said more of the aid budget could be given to help local government with housing costs for incomers, without breaking international guidelines.
“We will use the foreign aid budget to help with the costs of these refugees. People ask about the pressure on public services; we’ll have extra money to help with that.”
The government was unable to give a figure for how much aid money could be handed to local authorities: it would depend on how many refugees are accepted.
David Cameron, Prime Minister, will set out his position on aid for refugees today. It is reported thatBritainwill accept at least 10,000 extra people from camps on theSyriaborder. He will use a statement in the House of Commons to flesh out plans — announced inMadridon Friday — to take more people.
A report inThe Sunday Timesthat the UK would take 15,000 Syrians, not far from the 18,000 figure demanded by the EU, was described by “Downing Street” as a “guess”.
TheUKwill offer to resettle Syrians directly from refugee camps inJordan,LebanonandTurkey— but not those who have already reached the EU.
4. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Britain tried to help refugees.
B. People doubtBritain’s kindness.
C. Britain tried to explain its behavior.
D. Refugees like to live inBritain.
5. What can we infer from the first two paragraphs?
A. Britain’s economy grows rapidly.
B. Britain will use little of its money to help refugees.
C. Most countries are not willing to help refugees.
D.Britainwill use more money to help refugees.
6. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Britain will use foreign money to help refugees.
B. Britain helps refugees following international guidelines.
C. Britain will use foreign money to develop themselves.
D. People ask to use public service money to help refugees.
7. What can we know from the passage?
A. Britain can hold 10,000 refugees at most.
B. The number of refugees to be received is uncertain.
C. House of Commons declare a general plan.
D.Britaincan hold 15,000 refugees at most.
C
Move over, helicopter parents. “Snowplow (扫雪机) parents” are the newest reflection of an intensive (强化的) parenting style that can include parents booking their adult children haircuts, texting their college kids to wake them up so they don’t sleep through a test, and even calling their kids’ employers.
Helicopter parenting the practice of wandering anxiously near one’s children, monitoring their every activity, is so 20th century. Some rich mothers and fathers now are more like snowplows: machines moving ahead, clearing any difficulties in their children’s path to success, so they don’t have to suffer failure, frustration (挫折) or lose opportunities.
It starts early, when parents get on wait lists for excellent preschools before their babies are born and try to make sure their kids never do anything that may frustrate them. It gets more intense when school starts: running
forgotten homework to school or calling a coach to request that their children make the team.
Rich parents may have more time and money to devote to making sure their children don’t ever meet with failure, but it’s not only rich parents practicing snowplow parenting. This intensive parenting has become the most welcome way to raise children, regardless of income, education, or race.
Yes, it’s a parent’s job to support the children, and to use their adult wisdom to prepare for the future when their children aren’t mature enough to do so. That’s why parents hide certain toys from babies to avoid getting angry or take away a teenager’s car keys until he finishes his college applications.
But snowplow parents can take it too far, some experts say. If children have never faced a difficulty, what happens when they get into the real world?
“Solving problems, taking risks and overcoming frustration are key life skills,” many child development experts say, “and if parents don’t let their children experience failure, the children don’t acquire them.”
8. What do we know about snowplow parenting?
A. It appeared before helicopter parenting.
B. It costs parents less than helicopter parenting.
C. It was a typical phenomenon of the 20th century.
D. It provides more than enough services for children.
9. What is mainly discussed about snowplow parenting in Paragraph 4?
A. Its cost.
B. Its benefits.
C. Its popularity.
D. Its ending.
10. Why does the author mention parents’ taking away car keys?
A. To show teenagers are no better than babies.
B. To advise teenagers not to treat their cars as toys.
C. To advise parents not to buy cars for their teenagers.
D. To show it’s appropriate to help children when necessary.
11. What’s the possible result of snowplow parenting according to the experts?
A. Children lacking problem-solving ability in reality.
B. Children mastering more key life skills than parents.
C. Children gaining great success in every aspect of life.
D. Children meeting no problems or frustration after growing up.
D
In the old days, when you had to drive to a movie theater to get some entertainment, it was easy to see how
your actions could have an impact（影响）on the environment. After all, you were jumping into your car, driving across town, coughing out emissions（产生排放）and using gas all the way. But now that we're used to staying at home and streaming movies, we might get a littleproud. After all, we're just picking up our phones and maybe turning on the TV. You're welcome. Mother Nature.
Not so fast, says a recent report from the French-based Shift Project. According to "Climate Crisis: The Unsustainable Use of Online Video", digital technologies are responsible for 4% of greenhouse gas emissions, and that energy use is increasing by 9% a year. Watching a half-hour show would cause 1. 6 kilograms of carbon dioxide emissions. That's like driving 6. 28 kilometers. And in the European Union, the Eureca project found that data centers（where videos are stored）there used 25% more energy in 2017 compared to just three years earlier, reports the BBC.
Streaming is only expected to increase as webecome more enamored ofour digital devices（设备）and the possibility of enjoying entertainment where and when we want it increases. Online video use is expected to increase by four times from 2017 to 2022 and account for 80% of all Internet traffic by 2022. By then, about 60% of the world's population will be online.
You're probably not going to give up your streaming services, but there're things you can do to help lessen the impact of your online use, experts say. For example, according to Lutz Stobbe, a researcher from the Fraunhofer Institute in Berlin, we have no need to upload 25 pictures of the same thing to the cloud because it consumes energy every time. If instead you delete a few things here and there, you can save energy. Moreover, it's also a good idea to stream over Wi-Fi, watch on the smallest screen you can, and turn off your Wi-Fi in your home if you're not using your devices.
12. What topic is the first paragraph intended to lead in?
A. The environmental effects of driving private cars.
B. The improvements on environmental awareness.
C. The change in the way people seek entertainment.
D The environmental impacts of screaming services.
13. What does the underlined phrase become more enamored of" in paragraph 3 probably mean?
A. Get more skeptical of.
B. Become more aware of.
C. Feel much crazier about.
D. Get more worried about.
14. What can we infer about the use of streaming services?
A. It is being reduced to protect the planet.
B. Its environmental effects are worsening.
C. It is easily available to almost everyone.
D. Its side effects have drawn global attention.
15. Which of the following is the most environmentally-friendly?
A. Watching downloaded movies on a mobile phone.
B. Downloading music on a personal computer.
C. Uploading a lot of images of the same thing.
D. Playing online games over mobile networks.
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
Slash(斜杠)Careers
What is your job? Are you a teacher or a businessperson? Or maybe you are a lawyer/writer or a teacher/photographer.____16____The term “slash career” comes from the punctuation mark(标识符)—a slash that comes between job titles.
People with slash careers often have a primary job that provides for most of their needs. The primary job usually comes before the slash.____17____This secondary job can help supplement the person’s income.
Why would anyone want more than one job? Some people look to their jobs for opportunities to develop their interests. But most people have too many interests for one job. Secondary jobs can be enjoyable if they include interests that the primary job doesn’t touch. Some people who encourage slash careers say they actually help with work-life balance.____18____
On the other hand, a slash career can be dangerous for work-life balance.____19____One might give up necessary things like relaxation, exercise or time with one’s family. People with slash careers need to think carefully about how they use their time. This includes knowing when to stop working.
The clear advantage to slash careers is the extra income that secondary jobs provide. It’s always helpful to have a little extra money to spend or to save.
____20____With a slash career losing one’s job does not mean losing one’s entire income. Or a secondary job may be so successful that it can turn into one’s primary job.
If your interests stretch beyond your ordinary job, a slash career may work for you.
A. Slash careers provide extra money.
B. Slash careers also make one’s life more stable.
C. Working more than one job can fill up all of your time.
D. If you have more than one job, you have a slash career.
E. It shows the person is creative and willing to work hard.
F. The job after the slash is often based on a person’s interests.
G. That’s because they can give people an opportunity to express themselves.
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Madagascarwas not the paradise I expected. A reporter and I were___21___there to find out who was helping with drought relief and the prevention of famine(饥荒).
After a three-hour ride in a van, we___22___in the small town ofAmbovombe.Peterimmediately headed over to the hospital to speak with a local___23___on our topics of interest. Since I didn't need to photograph the background___24___with the doctor, I wandered out to the road.
I raised my___25___to get some images before the sun went down. I've___26___been toMadagascarbefore, and until you've actually photographed in a place, you don't know how people will___27___to the camera.
I___28___a handsome man who was leaning against a wall in the golden light of dusk. No reaction. I took a breath. After a while, everyone within a 20-yard radius had___29___me. Some called out to each other, playfully teasing those I'd___30___.
Soon after, a mother encouraged me to photograph her young children.I___31___a moment. They were dressed in___32___clothes. One of them may not have even had any pants on---not because her parents were neglectful, but because they couldn't____33____them.
Their mother really___34___me to photograph them. This happens everywhere I go. Parents,___35___of their children, ask me to take a photo. I'd taken this photo of cute smiling children over andover. I don't usually save____36____，but I saved this one.
Why? The children's____37____.It's something so powerful yet so___38___that we sometimes miss it. This mom, despite all the____39____obvious to an outsider's eyes, found in her children something she wanted a photograph to remember. That's because she saw a(n)___40___picture: She saw them with a mother's heart. As should we all.
21. A. expected B. assigned C. allowed D. persuaded
22. A. arrived B. explored C. searched D. camped
23. A. reporter B. nurse C. doctor D. patient
24. A. discussion B. interview C. program D. practice
25. A. paper B. hand C. head D. camera
26. A. just B. seldom C. never D. already
27. A. respond B. adapt C. return D. contribute
28. A. discovered B. greeted C. asked D. photographed
29. A. caught B. noticed C. found D. suspected
30. A. helped with B. stared at C. referred to D. focused on
31. A. watched B. regretted C. hesitated D. choked
32. A. beautiful B. funny C. dirty D. color1 ful
33. A. serve B. afford C. choose D. bring
34. A. wanted B. informed C. reminded D. paid
35. A. afraid B. sure C. aware D. proud
36. A. images B. cards C. gifts D. words
37. A. clothes B. kindness C. mother D. expectation
38. A. emotional B. changeable C. sensitive D. common
39. A. adventures B. disadvantages C. curiosity D. support
40. A. different B. natural C. broad D. interesting
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
Hanfu, meaning “Han clothing”, is based on the costumes____41.____(wear) by China's Han ethnic (种族的) group in the past. Some of the most popular styles are from the Ming, Song and Tang____42.____(dynasty).
In recent years, it____43.____(become) popular though there are some opposite views. About three-quarters of Hanfu lovers are between 16 and 24 years old. Members of this generation often see it____44.____a way to rediscover Chinese traditional culture. It's pretty exciting____45.____(see) young Chinese people building up their self-confidence and developing their individuality to show the world what they love. For more Chinese, this dress style might become a good starting point to____46.____(far) explore the beauty ofChina's long history and rich culture.
Li Siting, president of the Hunan Hanfu Culture Promotion Association, often communicates with people from____47.____(variety) places. Last year, she attended the 7th Chinese music conference inWuhan,____48.____she met overseas Chinese culture lovers____49.____(come)
fromJapan,France,Argentinaand other places for the first time. Many people think Hanfu is not only the perfect bridge for young people to connect with Chinese culture,_____50._____a medium to promote Chinese culture.
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；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Your kids often pay for attention to the things you do and look forward to make friends with you. Do you know what to teach kids about friendship? One extreme easy way to teach kids about friendship was to let them see you being a good friend. Modeling friendship will give them a example of how friend act. Modeling friendship will also let them know some of the things you teach us about friendship. You can allow them hear you talking with a friend warmly, or tell your kids, “My friend is a little sadness, so I need to be a good friend and try to make him happy."
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．
On a steamy morning in July, Clay and Acaimie Chastain arrived at the base of Mount Liamuiga on the Caribbean island of St．Kitts, ready to spend a day of their honeymoon climbing Mount Liamuiga．The highest point on St．Kitts, Liamuiga is also a dormant（休眠的）volcano that starts in the clouds and plunges down to meet the sea．
They couldn't find a visitor centre or hire a guide, so they set off on their own．They reached the peak around noon and ate their sandwiches looking out over the ocean and surrounding islands．
That's when Clay saw it: a small trail that led into the volcano's crater（坑）, a bowl of green with cloud forest giving way to green grass．A series of screw eyes（螺钉孔）had been drilled into the rocks, with ropes that led down．Clay wanted to go down and take some pictures．Acaimie followed him a little way, but she was very cautious and quite scared of heights；so Clay went on alone．
A few minutes later, she heard a crash——a noise that sounded like a large branch snapping, followed by the sound of something big rolling downhill．"Clay?" she called．Silence．
Uneasy, she waited a minute and shouted again——still nothing．And then, from somewhere much further down, she heard a weak cry for help．This time she was certain: It was Clay calling for help from deep within the crater．
As she looked over the lip of the volcano, she tried to stop some of her worst worries．Her phone wasn't getting a signal, and her cries for help were met with only silence．"Clay!" she shouted as loud as she could．"Clay, are you OK?"
Acaimie grasped the rope and began climbing down the trail．When the path became too steep, she slid on her butt, her legs and arms getting bruised and scraped in the process．Then, just off the trail, she saw a flash of red．It was Clay's scarf．And next to it was his cell phone．
She grabbed both and continued down, screaming for Clay all the way．
"Help," he said in that strange voice．
"I'm coming! Stay where you are," she said．
注意：
1．续写词数应为150左右；
2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答．
Finally, she spotted Clay．
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Acaimie had to push those thoughts away and focus on what she could do．
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参考答案
1. B
2. D
3. D
4. A
5. D
6. B
7. B
8. D 9. C 10. D 11. A
12. D 13. C 14. B 15. A
16. D 17. F 18. G 19. C 20. B
21. B 22. A 23. C 24. B 25. D 26. C 27. A 28. D 29. B 30. D 31. C 32.
C 33. B 34. A 35.
D 36. A 37. C 38. D 39. B 40. A
41. worn
42. dynasties
43. has become
44. as 45. to see
46. further
47. various
48. where/ and
49. coming 50. but
51.(1).去掉for
(2).make→making
(3).what→how
(4).extreme→extremely
(5).was→is
(6).a→an
(7).friend→friends
(8).us→them
(9).them后加to
(10).sadness→sad
52.略。