2021届中国人民大学附属中学高三英语期中试题及参考答案

2021届中国人民大学附属中学高三英语期中试题及参考答案
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
Thank you. It’s my great honor to be given this award.
You cannot imagine that I have always been a late starter. Years ago, when I was 16, I took an important exam — GCE(General Certificate of Education), which turned out to be a failure. My dad was reading my report card and saw that my position in class was 29th, but the number in class was 29. It meant that I had achieved the distinction of being bottom of my class.
I wasn’t lazy, and I was really trying. You can picture how I felt. Dad put his hand on my shoulder and said, “You can only do the best you can, but whatever you decide to do, make sure you love it.” He was a really sweet guy and a great man. I knew his attempt to hide his disappointment with some of his encouraging words. I was depressed for a week, but his advice was a wake-up call.
Fortunately I love working with my hands, and I was good at two things: woodwork and art, and I really loved to draw and paint. I was quite talented. Dad strongly encouraged me to go to art school, which in those days wasn’t the obvious place that a father would suggest.
So I got into Hartlepool College of Art. The college was a revelation (出乎意料), the passionate teachers there, who were extremely interested in the students, not just tolerating them but actually engaging with them. It was a world apart from my schooling until then. It’s extraordinary what an enthusiastic teacher can do, drawing the student out, lighting independence, and encouraging a design of your own future, rather than waiting for something to happen. I’m honored to have become one of these passionate teachers years later.
My teachers inspired me, and thanks to my dad, here I am tonight. I think I should mention all the talents I have worked with over time, and to my kids and my wife Giannina, thank you.
Thank you for this great award. I shall find a very special place for it.
1. How did the author feel after taking GCE?
A. Happy.
B. Upset.
C. Tired.
D. Relieved.
2. What didHartlepoolCollege of Art impress the author most?
A. The teachers were strict with students.
B. The students set good examples for each other.
C. The teachers inspired students’ passion for learning.
D. The students got prepared for their lessons independently.
3. The author gave this speech to ________.
A. share his career choice
B. explain his teaching methods
C. describe his life experience
D. show his appreciation
B
British sculptor Jason Taylor has made it his mission to use his talent to conserve our ecosystems by creating underwater museums. Over the years, the environmentalist has put over 850 massive artworks underwater worldwide. On February 1, 2021, Taylor launched his latest work — The Underwater Museum of Cannes.
―The main goal was to bring attention to the fact that our oceans need our help,‖ Taylor told Dezeen. ―Ocean ecology has been destroyed by human activity in the Mediterranean over the past few decades, and it is not obvious what is taking place when observing the sea from afar.‖
The Underwater Museum of Cannes contains 6 sculptures featuring local residents of various ages. They range from Maurice, an 80-year-old fisherman, to Anouk, a 9-year-old student. Towering over 6-feet-tall and weighing 10 tons, the faces are sectioned into two parts, with the outer part like a mask. The mask indicates that the world’s oceans appear powerful and unbeatable from the surface but house an ecosystem that is extremely fragile to careless human activities.
Though the waters surrounding the sculptures now appear a pristine blue, the seabed was filled with old boat engines, pipes, and other human-made trash when the project began about four years ago. Besides removing the trash, Taylor also restored the area’s sea grass. Just one square meter of the sea grass can generate up to 10 liters of oxygen daily. The sea grass also helps prevent coastal erosion and provides habitats for many ocean creatures.
―The idea of creating an underwater museum was to draw more people underwater and develop a sense of care and protection,‖ Taylor told Dezeen. ―If we threw unwanted waste near a forest, there would be a public outcry. But this is happening every day in our surrounding waters and it largely goes unnoticed.
4. Why does the outer part ofthe sculptures look like a mask?
A. To popularize the features of the locals.
B. To remind people to protect themselves.
C. To reflect people’s protection of the ocean.
D. To stress the sensitiveness of the ecosystem.
5. What’s paragraph 4 mainly about?
A. How the project was started.
B. How the sea grass was restored.
C. What recovery effort the project made.
D. Why the surroundings were improved.
6. What can we infer from what Jason Taylor said in the last paragraph?
A. The situation of the ocean is easily ignored.
B. The destruction caused to the ocean is noticeable.
C. Forests play a more important role in ecosystems.
D. People have zero tolerance to damage done to nature.
7. What might be the best title for the text?
A. The Underwater Museum, a long way to go.
B. The Underwater Museum, a big difference to the sea.
C. The Underwater Museum, an appeal to conserve ecosystems.
D. The Underwater Museum, a masterpiece of Jason Taylor.
C
Flying someone one-way fromLondontoNew Yorkproduces nearly a ton ofcarbon dioxide or CO2. That's alot of this climate-warming greenhouse gas. But there are ways to cut the climate impact of flying, one of which is to ask planes to surf high-altitude winds every chance they get.
It's not something they've been allowed to do. But that may change—and soon.
Most jets crossing the Atlantic Ocean follow one of several fixed paths that are widely spaced because radar (雷达) had not been able to track aircraft everywhere above the Atlantic. But a new network of satellites could soon change that.
Wells was part of a team inEnglandthat calculated the fastest possible routes for passenger planes. According to them , traveltime a plane takes when flying across theAtlanticvaries with the winds that a plane meets. For instance, eastbound (向东的) flights can get a powerful push. Westbound routes miss that benefit. Faster flights burn less fuel. And less burning gives off fewergreenhouse gases.
The airline industry knows it has a high " carbon footprint." But it takes decades and many billions of dollars
to design, test and fly new planes. Changing a flight path, in contrast, can cut costs and energy right away.
The new study doesn't show how well such wind surfing would work for all planes, in all skies and the world over. Bui it does suggest that making flight routes more flexible could cut both fuel use and CO2in some places.
However, if flight times vary depending on the wind, scheduling connecting flights and managing runways and gates would become more complicated. The researchers would have to work out the best flight paths that take such scheduling issues into consideration. They may also want to see if flying at different altitudes gives a wider choice of flexible routes at the times most people want to fly.
National Air Traffic Services (NATS) which provides air-traffic control for theUnited Kingdomsaid it would temporarily disband its flight-paths system and work to allow airlines to choose flexible routes that would best limit their fuel use.
8. What happens to east bound flights when crossing theAtlantic?
A. They consume more fuel.
B. They use less time and energy.
C. They produce more greenhouse gases.
D. They are against a stronger wind.
9. What should be done to make adopting flexible flight routes possible?
A. Calculating the flight time.
B. Finding the best flight paths.
C. Adjusting the size of jets.
D. Adding more runways and gates.
10. Which word can best replace the underlined word "disband” in the last paragraph?
A. Stop.
B. Copy.
C. Handle.
D. Restore.
11. What can we infer from the text?
A. Planes are producing the most carbon dioxide.
B. New fuel is benefiting airline industries greatly.
C. Carbon footprint is a serious problem in theUK.
D. Surfing the winds can make air travel greener.
D
The Jewish(犹太人）family-had-just finished supper and the woman had placed the dishes in the sink.The kitchen was quite damp and even gloomier than in the main room.It was their third apartment since the start of the war,they had abandoned the other two in a hurry.The woman came back into the room and sat down again at the table.The 3-year-old boy sat with his back straight,his eyes fixed on his father,but it was obvious that he was so sleepy that he could barely sit up.
The man was smoking a cigarette.His eyes were blood-shot and he kept blinking in a funny way.This blinking
had begun soon after they fled the second apartment.
It was late,past ten o'clock and they could have gone to sleep,but first they had to play the game that they had been playing every day for two weeks.Even though the man tried his best and he moved very quickly,the fault was his and not the child's.The boy was.marvelous.Seeing his father put out his cigarette,he opened his blue eyes even wider.The woman,who didn't actually take part in the game, stroked the boy's hair.
“We'll play the key game just one more time only today.Isn't that right?"she asked her husband.
He didn't answer because he was not sure.They were still two or three minutes off.He arose and walked towards the bathroom door.Then the woman called out softly,“Ding-dong."At the sound of the bell ringing so musically from his mother's lips,the boy jumped up from his chair and ran to the front door,which was separated from the main room by a narrow corridor.
“Who's there?"he asked.
The woman,remaining in her chair,shut her eyes tight as if feeling a sudden, sharp pain.
“I'l1 open up in a minute,I'm just looking for the keys,"the child called out. Then he ran back to the main room,making a lot of noise with his feet.He ran in circles around the table,pulled out one of the sideboard drawers,and slammed it shut.
“Just a minute,I can't find them,I don't know where Mama put them,"he yelled,then dragged the chair across the room,climbed onto it,and reached up to the top of the shelf.
“I found them!”he shouted triumphantly.Then he got down from the chair, pushed it back to the table,and calmly walked to the door and opened it.
“Shut the door,darling,"the woman said softly."You were perfect.”
The child didn't hear what she said.He stood in the middle of the room,staring at the closed bathroom door.
“Shut the door, the woman repeated in a tired flat voice.Every evening she repeated the same words,and every evening he stared at the closed bathroom door.
At last it opened.The man was pale and his clothes were streaked with lime and dust.He stood there,eyes blinking in that funny way.
“Well?How did it go?"asked the woman.
“I still need more time.He has to look for them longer.I slip in sideways allright,but then...It's so tight in there that when I turn...And he's got to make more noise-he should stamp his feet louder."
The child didn't take his eyes off him.
“Say something to him,"the woman whispered.
＂You did a good job,little one,"he said mechanically.
“That's right,”the woman said,“you're really doing a wonderful job,darling. You act just like a grown-up.And you do know that if someone should really ring the doorbell when Mama is at work,everything will depend on you?And what will you say when they ask you about your parents?”
“Mama's at work.”
“And Papa?"He was silent.
“And Papa?"the man screamed in terror.The child turned pale.
“And Papa?”the man repeated more calmly.
“He's dead,”＂the child answered and threw himself at his father,who was standing right beside him,but already long dead to the people who would really ring the bell.
12. What does the underlined sentence in Para.5 mean?
A. The family needed to practise the game for another 2 or 3 minutes.
B. There was still 2 or 3 minutes left before someone knocked at the door.
C. They would become too sleepy to play the game 2 or 3 minutes later.
D. The father needed 2 or 3 more minutes before the kid opened the door.
13. Why did the boy make a lot of noise when he was looking for the key?
A. Because he needed to drown out the noise caused by his father.
B. Because he was too little and just couldn't control his footsteps.
C. Because he was too anxious to find the key to open the door with.
D. Because he met many barriers on his way to where the key was.
14. In Para.12,why did the mother repeat“shut the door”in a tired,flat voice, instead of the previous soft one?
A. She was angry because her son didn't close the door as he had been told to.
B She felt anxious because she knew her husband would be annoyed at the boy again.
C. She was disappointed because the boy's movement betrayed again where her husband was.
D. She was impatient because she was asked to repeat these words again and again every evening.
15. What is the best title of the passage?
A. A Scary Night
B. The Key Game
C. My Father Is Dead
D. An Innocent Boy
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
Readingis an interesting and useful activity. You should like it.___16___. You will improve your brain power. This shouldn't come as a shock. Studies suggest reading makes you smart. Unlike watching television，which requires no thought process，reading is an active learning experience that will keep your mind sharp（even in old age）. ___17___Reading more books means you will have more knowledge. The more strategies and resources your brain will store, the more likely you will succeed.
You will absorb yourself in a new world.___18___At times like this，I like to dive into a good fiction book for an escape into another world，forgetting about my problems. Whether you want to travel to the land of the Hobbits，a galaxy far away or a tropical destination in a romance novel is up to you. You'll come back refreshed after a mini ﹣vacation to a fresh and exciting place in the world words.
You will improve your vocabulary.___19___I couldn't imagine how I would write articles like this if I didn't actively aim to expand my vocabulary.
You will entertain yourself for a low price. If you're looking for entertainment on a budget，you can't beat books.___20___It's never been easier to entertain yourself for hours at a time for the low cost of a few dollars.
A. Here are some good reasons for it
B. Reading helps you save more money
C. You will increase your chances of success
D. You're supposed to learn some practical tips for it
E. Electronic reading tools are becoming more popular
F. Sometimes our daily life can start to feel dull，dry or depressing
G. The more words you're able to use，the better you will be at expressing yourself
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 many, public speaking is a huge headache. As someone who is very shy, I never thought I could perfectly___21___a speech until I decided to___22___an English speaking competition.
One day when I entered the classroom, my eyes were immediately drawn to a sign___23___that an English speaking competition would be hold next month.
Giving a speech in front of a large audience would be a huge challenge for me.____24____, I really didn’t want to miss this opportunity to help___25___my confidence and cultivate (培养) my ___26___speaking skills.
I was torn between my desire of participating and my___27___of speaking in public. In the end, I___28___myself to sign up and to take on the challenge. I didn’t want to be shy any more.
I carefully chose a suitable topicand constantly polished my speech to___29___it. I also practiced my pronunciation and every gesture in front of the mirror over and over again.____30____, the big day arrived. I heard he hot say, "Let's welcome contestant number 9." I stepped onto the stage and saw that the hall was completely____31____with people. A burst of fear took over me. I could feel my heart pounding and my palms(手掌) began to____32____and got wet. My legs trembled and I felt as cold as ice. To make matters worse, my mind went____33____and I couldn't remember what I was going to say.
I was at the point of giving up when I suddenly____34____my English teacher in thecrowd, who was standing in the corner and smiling at me. Seeing her warm smile, I felt that a sense of____35____immediately replaced the mounting fear and anxiety in my mind. My only thought was that I needed to calm down and enjoy this cheerful moment on stage.
I took a deep breath, calmed down and started my speech. I focused all of my attention on every word so I wouldn't make any mistakes. I gradually became____36____in my speech and my nervousness transformed into confidence and excitement.
It turned out that my speech was nothing but success. I____37____from the other competitors. I took my____38____at the podium(领奖台) to receive a shining medal for my speech.
From what I have experienced, I know nothing is____39____. We will face many difficulties in life. These difficulties are like climbing a mountain. It might be difficult at first, but overcoming the difficult will take you to new____40____. The view is definitely worth it.
21. A. deliver B. prepare C. arrange D. write
22. A. host B. participate in C. organize D. check out
23. A. announcing B. promising C. claiming D. saying
24. A. Therefore B. So C. However D. Instead
25. A. rely on B. express C. restore D. build up
26. A. public B. personal C. favorite D. usual
27. A. motivation B. surprise C. disappointment D. fear
28. A. appealed B. devoted C. persuaded D. advised
29. A. perfect B. remember C. record D. shorten
30. A. Instantly B. Eventually C. Unexpectedly D. Constantly
31. A. concerned B. packed C. disabled D. covered
32. A. seize B. numb C. sweat D. ache
33. A. wrong B. mad C. blank D. dead
34. A. met B. missed C. recalled D. spotted
35. A. strength B. loss C. duty D. direction
36. A. interested B. absorbed C. panicked D. stuck
37. A. benefited B. broke away C. stood out D. differed
38. A. prize B. place C. offer D. address
39. A. important B. practical C. realistic D. impossible
40. A. heights B. paths C. challenges D. cases
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
Many people have dogs in their homes. Dogs are very affectionate animals. They are also very sensitive to the feelings of the people with____41.____they live, and it seems quite____42.____(nature) to have them in our houses. Maybe some people are____43.____(puzzle) by the great similarity between dogs and wolves. Some scientists hold the____44.____(believe) that many different types of dogs come from one species of animal—the grey wolf. These wild animals came into villages 12000 years ago, looking for food and____45.____(get) rid of hunger. People discovered that wolves could help in the daily struggle for survival____46.____preventing their homes from being disturbed(打扰) by other animals and hunting wildlife to kill and eat.____47.____, people kept them in their homes to make them accept the human care and reduce the wolf nature. Today in some very old parts of Northern Canada, the skin of some very old dogs____48.____(be) still used to make warm clothes. Dogs are useful, and many people are____49.____(satisfy) with dogs and love them—that is_____50._____they are often called “man’s best friend”.
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.单句改错
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。

Only if we do enough self-protection, we stay away from Covid-19.
I’m working on my essay. Would you mind turn down your music a little bit?
Sometimes, I start the second declaration first and sometimes, I start the first declaration the second time. Simon is such responsible a boy that he is chosen chairman of the Student Union.
As time going by, the virus will probably become weaker and less active.
We are still in the middle of 2020, that is considered to be an eventful year.
Apart from self-protection, we have no choice but wait for the vaccine.
To avoid be trapped in heavy traffic at the rush hour, I usually take the subway to work.
Henry became addictive to online games, which had a bad effect on his schoolwork.
Quite a lot of species have been died out so far, resulting from urbanization.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，你的英国笔友David下周三将来你所在的城市旅游，但你有事无法去机场接他。

请你给他发一封电子邮件，要点如下：
1.表示歉意并说明理由；
2.安排他人接机。

注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总次数。

Dear David，
I am very happy to know that you are coming to visit my city next Wednesday.___________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________
Yours
Li Hua
参考答案
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. D
5. C
6. A
7. C
8. B 9. B 10. A 11. D
12. D 13. A 14. C 15. B
16. A 17. C 18. F 19. G 20. B
21. A 22. B 23. D 24. C 25. D 26. A 27. D 28. C 29. A 30. B 31. B 32.
C 33. C 34.
D 35. A 36. B 37. C 38. B 39. D 40. A
41. whom
42. natural
43. puzzled
44. belief 45. getting
46. by 47. Therefore/Thus
48. is 49. satisfied
50. why
51.(1). 在if后加will
(2). turn→turning
(3). 最后一个the→a
(4). such→so
(5). going→goes
(6). that→which
(7). 在but后加to
(8). be→being
(9). addictive→addicted
(10). 去掉been
【81题详解】
考查部分倒装。

句意：只有我们做足够的自我保护，我们才能远离Covid-19。

分析句子，only if 译为“只要……就，只有”，放句首时后面的句子要部分倒装(助动词/be 动词/情态动词+主语)。

分析句意，此处的时态应用一般将来时，所以此处需在主语前加将来时的助动词will。

故在if和we之间加will。

【82题详解】
考查固定短语。

句意：我正在写我的论文。

你介意把音乐关小一点吗? would you mind doing sth 介意做某事吗，是固定短语。

故将turn改为turing。

【83题详解】
考查冠词。

句意：有时，我先开始第二次声明，有时，我再次开始第一次声明。

分析句子,the +序数词表示第……；a/an+序数词表示再一,又一。

根据句意，后句应表示“再次开始第一次声明”。

故将第二the 改为a。

【84题详解】
考查副词。

句意：西蒙是一个很负责任的男孩，他被选为学生会主席。

分析句子，such的词性是形容不可修饰responsible(负责的)；副词可以修饰形容词。

故将such改为so。

【85题详解】
考查时态。

句意：随着时间的推移，病毒可能会变得越来越弱，越来越不活跃。

as译为“随着”后接句子，动词要体现时态。

分析句子，此处表示客观实在性。

所以go的时态要用一般现在时。

go的主语是不可数名词。

故将going改为goes。

【86题详解】
考查非限制性定语从句。

句意：我们还处在2020年年中，被认为是多事之秋。

分析句子，逗号后为非限制性定语从句，而关系代词that不能引导“非限”，此处先行词指物。

故将that改为which。

【87题详解】
考查固定短语。

句意：除了自我保护，我们别无选择，只能等待疫苗。

分析句子，have no choice but to do sth 译为“别无选择只能……”是固定短语。

故在but和wait间加to。

【88题详解】
考查固定短语。

句意：为了避免在高峰时间被困在拥挤的交通中，我通常乘地铁去上班。

avoid doing sth 译为“避免做某事”是固定短语。

故将be改为being。

【89题详解】
考查固定短语。

句意：亨利沉迷于网络游戏，这对他的学业造成了不良影响。

be/ become addicted to (doing) sth 译为沉迷（做）某事。

是固定短语。

故将addictive改为addicted。

【90题详解】
考查主动语态。

句意：由于城市化，到目前为止已经有很多物种灭绝了。

分析句子，die out 译为“灭绝；消失”没有被动语态。

故been多余，应去掉
52.略。