2021年衡阳县第五中学高三英语上学期期中试卷及答案解析

2021年衡阳县第五中学高三英语上学期期中试卷及答案解析
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
Are you looking for somewhere special to go this weekend? Do you want to try something new?
Check out one of these hot new restaurants.
Fast Best
Fast food doesn't have to be junk food, as this café proves. Do you fancy a really good hamburger made with the best ingredients, or old-fashioned fish and chips fried to perfection, all on the table in super-quick time? Speed and quality are important here, and the prices aren't bad either.
Your Local Caff (小餐馆)
Remember when cafés served full English breakfasts—sausages, beans, fried bread, bacon and eggs—with a strong cup of tea? Well, this place still does and you can have your breakfast at any time you like during the day while you listen to your favourite tunes from the 1980s.
Last Days of the Raj
A centrally located Indian restaurant, perfect for eating before or after the cinema or a show. In summer enjoy your meal in the beautiful garden. The most popular dishes are lamb and chicken cooked with mild, medium or hot spices. For brave customers there is extra hot!
The Chocolate Box
The owner of this small café used to cook all kinds of food, but then she realised she preferred desserts to anything else. If you want meat or fish, don't come here. They only do desserts! Lots of different kinds of sweets. Chocolate lovers will be excited by the range of chocolate cakes.
1.Fast Best suits a person ______.
A.who has a sweet tooth
B.who loves spicy food
C.who wants to have good breakfast
D.who gets 30 minutes off for lunch
2.Which is true about Last Days of the Raj?
A.You can listen to great music in it.
B.It serves hot food with pepper.
C.It serves an all-day breakfast.
D.It is prefect for vegetarians.
3.Which restaurant serves only desserts and sweets?
A.Fast Best.
B.Your Local Caff.
st Days of the Raj.
D.The Chocolate Box.
B
YellowstoneNational ParkbecameAmerica's first national park in 1872. The National Park Service was formed 44 years later in 1916.Yellowstone, which is mostly in the state of Wyoming, is considered an example of the success of the National Park System.Humans have been present in Yellowstone for more than 11,000 years.
Yellowstone contains beautiful mountains, deep canyons(峡谷), lakes and rivers.The nameYellowstonecomes from the river running through the area. At first known as Rock Yellow River, it became known as theYellowstoneRiver.
Yellowstoneis host to many different species of plants. However, the park is most distinctive because of what lies underneath it. It sits on top of an ancient super volcano, known as The Yellowstone Caldera. The caldera is 48 by 72 kilometers. And it remains an active volcano.
It is believed that the last time the volcano erupted was one half million years ago. The area has had three major eruptions in the last three million years.Experts say it may erupt again in another 1,000 to 10,000 years. But each year, there are thousands of earthquakes atYellowstone. Most are too small to be felt by people visiting the park.
Yellowstoneis filled with the beauty of many hot water springs. hot water and gasses are trapped under the earth. they rush to the surface in the form of hot water and steam.Old Faithful is The most famous one .Iterupts about every hour or hour and a half. The eruption can last from one and a half minutes up to 5 minutes. The amount of hot water it expels（排出）in that time can be as much as 31,000 liters or more.
In addition to its beauty and wonder, Yellowstone is an animal sanctuary（保护区）. It is home to the largest group of wild animals in theUnited States. As you travel through the park, you can sometimes see them in their natural habitat and hear their calls .
4. What wasYellowstonenamed after?
A. RockYellow River
B. The amazing mountains.
C. The stones with yellow color1
D. The first discovery inwyoming.
5. What makesYellowstonequite unique?
A. The scenery is beautiful.
B. There are a lot of explorers.
C. It’s home to many plants.
D. Its location is very special.
6. What does the underlined word“It”in Paragraph 5 refer to?
A. The earth.
B. Yellowstone.
C.Old Faithful.
D. TheYellowstoneCaldera.
7. What can we infer from the text?
A. The Yellowstone Caldera has been dead for years.
B. Yellowstone is a shelter for the protected wildlife.
C. Big earthquakes happen frequently atYellowstone.
D.YellowstoneNational Parkhas attracted visitors for centuries.
C
Contrary to the long-held belief that plants in the natural world are always in competition, new research has found that in severe environments adult plants help smaller ones and grow well as a result.
The research, led by Dr Rocio, studied adult and seedling (幼苗)plants in the ecological desert in the south-east of Spain. Dr Rocio said, “If you're a seedling in a poor land — the top of a mountain or a sand hill, for example-and you’re lucky enough to end up underneath a big plant, your chances of survival are certainly better than if you landed somewhere on your own. What we have found, which was surprising, is an established large plant, called a ‘nurse’, protects a seedling; it also produces more flowers than the same plants of similar large size growing on their own.”
Other benefits of nurse-seedling partnerships include that more variety of plants growing together can have a positive effect on the environment. For example, vegetation areas with nurse plants with more flowers might be able to attract higher numbers of pollinators(传粉者)in an area, in turn supporting insect and soil life and even provide a greater range of different fruit types for birds and other animals.
“The biggest winner for this system of nursing a plant is biodiversity(生物多样性),” Dr Rocio said. “The more biodiversean area, the greater number of species of plants, insect life, mammals and birds, and the better the chances of long-term healthy functioning of the environment and ecosystems. ” This system is win-win for adult and seedling plants in unfavorable environments.
The research is of value to those who manage and protect plants in tough environments. Most home gardeners and farmers plan to ensure their soil and conditions are the best they can be for plant growth, but the findings might be of value to those who garden in bare places.
8. What is a common understanding of plants?
A. They can help each other.
B. They can survive ill conditions.
C. They compete with each other.
D. They grow well on their own.
9. What will happen to seedling plants if they grow under adult plants?
A. They will produce more flowers.
B. They will die owing to competition.
C. They will make adult plants larger.
D. They will get support from adult plants.
10. What is the effect of the nurse-seedling partnership?
A. It leads to unfavorable environments.
B. It produces long-term healthy chances.
C. It attracts higher and larger pollinators.
D It provides a more variety of plant types.
11. Who will benefit from the new research?
A. People studying organic farming.
B. People protecting plants on sand hills.
C. People wanting to change biodiversity.
D. People keeping more animals on the farm.
D
A company called Neuralink has shared a video where a monkey is playing a video game. That' s fairly unusual, but what makes the video even stranger is that the monkey is playing the video game with just his mind.
The monkey in the video is called Pager who has two of Neuralink's special "Link" devices(装置)inside his brain. The devices planted in Pager's brain are connected to 2,048 wires which lead to the parts of Pager's brain that control movements of the arms and hands.
Scientists taught Pager to play a video game. At first, Pager controlled the video game using a joystick it, which is a normal gaming controller. But as Pager played, his Link devices wirelessly sent out information about the signals his brain was using to control his arms and hands. Neuralink's scientists recorded all of these signals.
Then they used computers to match the signals from Pager's brain to the movements that his hands were actually doing. This was the most difficult work and the scientists counted on artificial intelligence ( AI) to help them decode(解码)Pager's brain signals.
The final step was to have a computer make moves inthe video game as if Pager had actually moved the joystick. If Pager thought about moving the joystick up, the computer would send an “up” signal to the video game.
At first, the researchers let Pager keep moving the joystick with his hand, even though it was no longer connected to the computer. But soon Pager was able to play the video game using just his brain.
Even though Neuralink's work right now focuses on animals and video games, there's a very serious purpose behind it. Neuralink wants to make it possible for humans who have lost the ability to make physical movements to interact with the world around them.
12. What are “Link” devices used to do?
A. To pick up the arms' and hands' signals.
B. To link the computer to the monkey's brain.
C. To send out information about the brain's signals.
D. To control movements of the arms and hands.
13. What challenged scientists most in the study?
A. Recording and sending out body signals.
B. Training Pager to use the joystick correctly.
C. Planting "Link" devices into Pager's brain.
D. Matching brain signals to body movements.
14. What is Neuralink's real purpose of the study?
A. To test artificial intelligence.
B. To help those without arms or legs.
C. To study how animals play video games.
D. To develop more complex video games.
15. What can be the best title for the text?
A. Video Games for Animals Are Developed.
B. Science Proves the Intelligence of Monkeys.
C. Monkey Plays Video Games Using His Mind.
D. Neuralink Is Leading the World in Technology.
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
Tips for taking care of friendships
Some people are meant to come and go from your lives quickly. Other friends may grow with you as your life changes. One way to keep friendships of any level strong is to take good care of them.
Send handwritten notes
Just find a note card, write something by hand, and then mail it.___16___Since electronic communication is
becoming popular these days, a handwritten note can really make an impression.
Be active in contacting friends
Many people call up friends only when they need something. The problem with this is it makes it look as if you don’t really care about your friend.___17___Regularly check in with your friends so they know you are sincere.
Call up friends
Electronic communication is great, but there is nothing like hearing your friend’s voice to give you a lift. Make a point to call up friends and check in with them.___18___. Just a few minutes every month can make a difference in your friendship.
Give meaningful gifts
Put some thought into the gifts you give a friend.___19___. In fact, often the smallest but most thoughtful ones are the biggest hit.
___20___
People who argue from time to time actually have healthier friendships than those who never discuss their points of conflict（冲突）. Learn how to argue in a healthy way and work through the issues in your friendship.
A. Talk things out
B. Get together with friends
C. The phone calls don’t have to belong
D. The presents don’t have to be large or expensive
E. This will really stand out in your friend’s mailbox
F. Discuss your issues with the goal of making your relationship healthier
G. Remember to call up friends or send an email to see how they are doing
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When I was 16, I wrote a list of things I wanted to do in my lifetime. Some things were easy, some difficult and some almost__21__. One of the things on the list was to do a____22____.
Two years ago I spent three months travelling with a friend and it was a great experience. One of the most____23____things we saw wasIguassuFalls. The day after we visited the waterfalls we were____24____in a hotel inBrazil, playing games when my friend____25____noticed an advertisement on the wall____26____“Skydive overIguassuFallstoday!”. I realized it was time to realize my____27____. Today would be
the day that we would jump out of a(n)____28____.
That afternoon we were____29____and taken to the SkydiveCentre. We put on our harnesses（跳伞装备）and helmets, were given some_____30_____and then took off into the air. My heart started to beat very fast and I felt very_____31_____.
Luckily, I was_____32_____to an instructor so I didn’t have to worry about anything; I just had to_____33_____myself. He asked me if I was ready to fall from the plane but_____34_____I had enough time to_____35_____, we fell to the ground at400 kman hour! After about 40 seconds of_____36_____, the parachute opened and everything slowed down. We_____37_____peacefully towards the earth, leaving the_____38_____behind us.
This was definitely one of the scariest but most exciting_____39_____of my life. I would do another skydive if
I had the_____40_____. I think that everyone should do something that scares them once in a while！
21. A. simple B. complex C. unnecessary D. impossible
22. A. deed B. favor C. skydive D. survey
23. A. amazing B. largest C. unbelievable D. adventurous
24. A. sleeping B. resting C. working D. volunteering
25. A. ly B. slowly C. suddenly D. gradually
26. A. writing B. printing C. announcing D. saying
27. A. dream B. potential C. value D. opportunity
28. A. rocket B. ship C. window D. airplane
29. A. picked up B. brought back C. showed around D. turned down
30. A. preparations B. instructions C. food D. praise
31. A. comfortable B. satisfied C. curious D. nervous
32. A. devoted B. tied C. sensitive D. useful
33. A. feel B. prove C. help D. enjoy
34. A. though B. after C. before D. until
35. A. promise B. reply C. refuse D. hear
36. A. falling B. flying C. testing D. learning
37. A. flowed B. floated C. ran D. rose
38. A. birds B. colleagues C. clouds D. friends
39. A. scenes B. journeys C. lessons D. experiences
40. A. time B. money C. opportunity D. wish
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
The Guardian gave us the bad news that red and processed meat can shorten life. But The Daily Telegraph provided the good news that exchanging one portion（部分）of red meat a day___41.___fish or nuts could cut the risk of early death by almost a fifth.
Both headlines___42.___（put）forward by a major new study into diet and health___43.___（outcome）. Researchers looked at changes in diet for more than 50, 000 women and 27, 000 men in the US, over 16 years.
They found that those___44.___had changed their diet to include more red meat___45.___（be）around 10% more likely to die during the study. While reducing red meat alone did not result in lower risk of death, eating other food such as fish or nuts did___46.___（slight）reduce the risk of death.
We still need to be___47.___（care）about the findings. This study cannot tell us for sure that red meat or changes in red meat___48.___（consume）are the direct cause of changes in length of life. But___49.___results support existing healthy eating advice____50.____（limit）red and processed meat, and to eat plenty of vegetables, fruit and other protein sources such as nuts and legumes（豆类）.
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。

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（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，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。

Helen Keller was one of the greatest woman in the 20th century. She was born in 1880 and dies in 1968. When she was 19 months old, she became blind and deaf because a serious illness. From then on she lived in darkness and silent.
When she was seven, her parents found out a teacher, Miss Sullivan, for her. Although Miss Sullivan had trouble teach her, they overcame all the difficulties which they met. With Helen's strongly will, she became a top student. Finally she received an university degree in English literature. Late on, she was devoted to helping the blind and deaf children.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.百度百科打算创建英文版的百度人物词条，请你结合以下信息，为袁隆平编写词条。

要点如下：
姓名：袁隆平
职业：科学家
出生：1930年，北京
毕业院校：西南农学院
爱好：听音乐，游泳
生活态度：生活简朴，淡泊名利
主要成就：
（1）提高水稻产量，消除世界饥饿
（2）杂交水稻之父
注意：1）词数100左右；
2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：
西南农学院Southwest Agricultural College；
杂交水稻之父Father of Hybrid Rice
参考答案
1. D
2. B
3. D
4. A
5. D
6. C
7. B
8. C 9. D 10. D 11. B
12. C 13. D 14. B 15. C
16. E 17. G 18. C 19. D 20. A
21. D 22. C 23. A 24. B 25. C 26. D 27. A 28. D 29. A 30. B 31. D 32.
B 33. D 34.
C 35. B 36. A 37. B 38. C 39.
D 40. C
41. for
42. were put
43. outcomes
44. who/that
45. were 46. slightly
47. careful
48. consumption
49. the 50. to limit
51.(1).woman→women
(2).dies→died
(3).because后加of
(4).silent→silence
(5).去掉out
(6).teach→teaching
(7). which→that或者去掉which
(8).strongly→strong
(9).an→a
(10).Late→Later
52.略。