2020-2021学年合肥八一学校高三英语期中试卷及参考答案

2020-2021学年合肥八一学校高三英语期中试卷及参考答案
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
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● Intelligent reading for 8-12 year-olds
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● Inspires self-motivated learning
● Exciting new topic every issue
AQUILA is created and owned by an independent UK company. It has 28 pages,printed on high-quality paper and there are no advertisements or posters. Instead it is full of well-written articles, thought-provoking ideas and great contemporary artwork. Each monthly issue is centred around a new topic.
AQUILA works as a superb learning extension to current primary (or KS2 and KS3) curriculum (课程), but it is much more than that! Entertaining and always surprising, AQUILA is recommended because it widens children’s interest and understanding, rather than encouraging them to concentrate only on their favourite subjects. It gives children a well-rounded understanding of the world, in all its complexity.
The concepts in AQUILA can be challenging, requiring good comprehension and reading skills. 8 years is usually a good age to start. Some gentle interest from an adult is often helpful at the start.
In 2020 AQUILA will have been in publication for 28 years, but it has never appeared in newsstands or shops. We are subscription only.
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1.What is special about AQUILA?
A.It is available in shops.
B.It is for kids of all ages.
C.It has no advertisements.
D.It prints readers’ artworks.
2.What does AQUILA offer its readers?
A.Articles on modern art.
B.Family reading materials.
C.Ideas on improving readingskills.
D.Knowledge beyond school subjects.
3.AQUILA is intended for ________.
A.foreign language learners
B.children with learning difficulties
C.parent-child reading lovers
D.curious kids with good comprehension
B
Kids often admire well-known celebrities, putting posters of their favorite musicians, movie stars and athletes on their bedroom walls. But rarely does a young person get to meet or talk to their idol. Yet for one young tennis player - Coco Gauff - her chance to do just that happened in an amazing way!
Coco was born on March 13, 2004. At the age of 4, she developed an interest in tennis after watching Venus Williams win the Australian Open on TV. Coco began playing at 7 and showed a real talent for the sport. When young Coco turned 10, she began training at a tennis centre run by Venus's coach, Patrick Mouratoglou. He still remembers the first time he met Coco. He says, “She impressed me with her determination and fighting spirit. ” Convinced of her talent, Mouratoglou sponsored（资助）Coco to attend his academy in France. While she was preparing to go to the academy in 2019, she received a call that would change her plans and her life!
Wimbledon（温布尔顿网球比赛）organizers called and offered Gauff entry to the tournament（联赛）as a wildcard（外卡选手）.This madeher one of the youngest players to ever qualify. Before she knew it she was on her way to London. After arriving, she received another surprise. For her Wimbledon debut（首次登场），she would be playing her lifelong hero, Venus Williams! The tennis legend is 24years older than Gauff.
The world watched with amazement as young Gauff beat Venus in two straight sets! Afterwards, Gauff shook Venus's hand, thanked her and said, “I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you. " After the match, Venus said of Gauff, “I think the sky is the limit；it really is. " Venus said, “I feel honored that I was on her wall [as a poster] at some
point in her life. Soon she will be on other girls' walls. It's nice because it will keep going from the next generation to the next generation. "
4. What can we learn about Coco from the text?
A. She took up tennis as career at the age of 4.
B. She went to academy at the age of 7.
C. She had played against William before 10.
D. She beat William at the age of 15
5. Which of the following can best describe Coco?
A. Talented and modest.
B. Lucky and responsible.
C. Proud and hard-working.
D. Respectful and cheerful.
6. What can we infer from Venus's words?
A. Coco had reached her limits.
B. Coco would rise to fame after the match.
C. Coco's poster would be passed on.
D. Coco had once visited her home.
7. What can be a suitable title for the text ?
A. Coco Gauff：Tennis's Next Superstar.
B. Coco Gauff：A Poster on the Wall.
C. What Posters Mean to a Young Girl.
D. The Significance of Admiring an Idol.
C
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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
D
What acts of kindness will make us the happiest, and who tends to benefit the most? A newly-published review of decades of kindness research provides some answers.
In this paper, researchers analyzed the results from 126 research articles looking at almost 200, 000
participants from around the world. The studies they chose measured well-being in various ways, including both mental and physical health. Some were experiments, where people did a kindness practice to observe its effects, while others just surveyed people about how kind and happy they were.
As expected, people who were kind tended to have higher well-being. Lead researcher Bryant Hui wasastoundedthat the relationship wasn't stronger than it was, but he was still encouraged by the results.
One thing Hui and his colleagues found was that people who performed random, informal acts of kindness, like bringing a meal to a sad friend, tended to be happier than people who performed more formal acts of kindness, like volunteering in a soup kitchen.
The researchers also found that people who were kind tended to be higher in "eudaimonic happiness"(a sense of meaning and purpose in life) more than "hedonic happiness"(a sense of pleasure and comfort). Perhaps this makes sense, given that being kind takes effort, which reduces comfort but could make people feel better about themselves and their abilities, which would provide a sense of meaning.
Being kind came with greater eudaimonic happiness for women than for men, too. According to Hui, this could be because, in many cultures, women are expected to be kinder than men; so, they may have more to gain from it. And younger participants experienced more happiness when they were kind than older participants, perhaps for developmental reasons, he says.
Hui isn't sure why acting kind might have these different effects on different groups, but he points to theories put forth by researcher Elizabeth Midlarsky: Being kind may make us feel better about ourselves as a person or about the meaning of our lives, help us forget our own troubles and stresses, or help us be more socially-connected with others.
12. What does the data in the second paragraph intend to show?
A. The recent paper is worthy of being read.
B. The recent paper gives convincing results.
C. Kindness is always a hot topic of research.
D. Kindness is closely linked to one's well-being.
13. What does the underlined word "astounded" in paragraph 3 mean?
A. Afraid.
B. Certain.
C. Excited.
D. Surprised.
14. Which of the following acts of kindness can make one feel happier according to paragraph 4?
A. Volunteering in a hospital.
B. Cleaning a community.
C. Returning a lost item to its owner.
D. Collecting donations for the poor.
15. What do the researchers find from the paper?
A. Being kind has different effects on different groups.
B. Eudaimonic happiness makes people feel comfort.
C. The younger experienced more happiness than the older.
D. Female participants are kinder than male ones.
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The Qingming Festival is celebrated with a three-day national holiday, whose name originates from the saying “Plants start to revive and prosper at Qingming in a clean and bright way. Thus, the festival is called Qingming,” which means clean and bright.___16___. Tomb sweeping aims to commemorate family ancestors while going on a spring outing allows everyone the chance to enjoy the beautiful scenery and enjoy the season.
Traditional customs
Tomb sweeping.___17___on this day, the whole family gathers in front of their ancestral tombs. They offer fruit and wine to their ancestors and clean the weeds from around the tomb. Finally, they kowtow and pray, hoping for their ancestors' blessing for the rest of the year.
Spring outing. The time around the Qingming Festival is one of the most suitable seasons fora spring outing, as plants are thriving and flowers are blooming. People can have a great time outdoors with their friends and family.___18___
Traditional food
Qingtuan, a green rice ball tiny enough to fit into your hand, is also called Qingmingguo or Aiguo.___19___It is a mixture of sticky rice powder and green vegetable juice. stuffed with sweetened bean paste, Qingtuan tastes sweet with the fresh fragrance of Aicao, a green spring vegetable, In celebration of Qingming, people fromShaanximake steamed buns, known as Huamo, made into different shapes.___20___Some are for peaceful family life while others represent the wish for health.
A. With each different look comes a good blessing.
B. The tradition of tomb sweeping originates from the Qin Dynasty.
C. The two main activities over the festival include tomb sweeping and going on a spring outing.
D. Family members gather together to celebrate and taste the food.
E. Playing football and flying kites are popular activities.
F. Many traditional customs are practiced to show respect for our ancestors.
G. It is popular in the southern regions of theYangtze River.
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My old college dorm room had no computer, no cell phone and no television. The heater never kept the room ___21___enough in thewinter either．I can____22____remember sitting and shaking in one of those hard chairs,____23____to read and understand Shakespeare with my half frozen feet____24____under my bed blankets．
Still, that tiny____25____was my home for several years. It was the place where my roommate, my friends and I would____26____to talk about the professors we liked, the classes we hated and what we hoped to do in our____27____. It was there that we discussed the____28____in understanding literature．Shakespeare even seemed____29____. It was there that we listened to music,____30____our families and helped each other laugh the____31____away．
Living in that little room for all those years____32____me a few things too．It showed me that no matter where you are, you can still____33____your home in your heart．Even during the hardest times there, the love of my family lived____34____me．That love inspired me to do my best in school, to help my friends and to find____35____in each day．With____36____I found that the smallest hut became a home full of____37____, while without love the costliest castle would feel cold, empty and alone．
May you always carry your home____38____in your heart then．May you always fill each place you live with love,____39____and joy. The price of your place doesn't matter, but the love you____40____in it is priceless. That love will go on with you from room to room and house to house forever．
21. A.full B.cool C.empty D.warm
22. A.hardly B.ever C.still D.also
23. A.remembering B.struggling C.regretting D.waiting
24. A.buried B.waved C.injured D.washed
25. A.bag B.hotel C.room D.Container
26. A.agree B.gather C.choose D.plan
27. A.future B.dream C.college pany
28. A.experiences rmation C.difficulties D.messages
29. A.longer B.easier C.harder D.faster
30. A.persuaded B.visited C.calmed D.missed
31. A.craziness B.hardship C.uncertainty D.loneliness
32. A.taught B.passed C.threw D.cost
33. A.contact B.recognize C.see D.carry
34. A.within B.beyond C.by D.on
35. A.fault B.joy C.challenge D.shelter
36. A.inspiration B.family C.love D.heart
37. A.responsibility rmation C.business D.happiness
38. A.slightly B.deeply C.luckily D.bravely
39. ughter B.memory C.expectation D.sweetness
40. A.release B.describe C.share D.express
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
Experience China, a popular week-long holiday program, took place online for the first time on Monday. It was organized by the Confucius Institute in Frankfurt____41.____the Chinese language and some Chinese culture are taught.____42.____(design) for German children who are interested in the Chinese language and culture, this year’s program has been simplified____43.____(adapt )to children’s online attention span (持续时间) and habits. It has fewer events of dancing and martial arts____44.____more real-time video chat with Chinese youth in China. The Institute’s online classes will gradually take____45.____place of traditional ones in late March.Various after-class activities, such as attending reading clubs and Tai Chi lessons, are____46.____(access) to its students. “The feedback on our online classes____47.____(be) very good so far. We have no complaints about the sudden switch to online classes,”Christina Werum-Wang,____48.____(direct) of the Institute, told Xinhua. “Even more, most people are very happy that we don’t stop classes, and they are____49.____(simple) grateful that the program goes so smoothly,” Werum-Wang added. “Whether some online events should be kept in the future is still_____50._____discussion.”
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.短文改错
After shopping, Mother and I went to a restaurant for lunch. I notice Mother looking at a nearby table occupy by an elderly woman and young couple. They were silent, and it was clearly that things were not going well. As we left, Mother stopped on their table. “Excuse me,” she said, put her arm around the unhappy old woman. “You remind me so many of my mother. May I hug you?” The woman smiled happily as she accepted to it. After we left, I said, “That was very nice of you, Mother. So I didn’t think she looked like Grandma.” “Neither did me.” said
Mother cheerfully.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，你校刚刚举办了每年一次的诗歌创作大赛。

请你为校英文报写一篇报道，内容包括：
1．介绍参赛情况；
2．感谢同学参与；
3．宣布结果和领奖地点。

注意：
1．写作词数应为80左右；
2．请按照如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

The English Poetry Creation Contest
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________
参考答案
1. C
2. D
3. D
4. D
5. A
6. B
7. A
8. D 9. C 10. A 11. C
12. B 13. D 14. C 15. A
16. C 17. B 18. E 19. G 20. A
21. D 22. C 23. B 24. A 25. C 26. B 27. A 28. C 29. B 30. D 31. D 32.
A 33. D 34. A 35.
B 36.
C 37.
D 38. B 39. A 40. C
41. where
42. Designed
43. to adapt
44. but 45. the
46. accessible
47. has been
48. director
49. simply 50. under
51.(1).notice →noticed
(2).occupy→occupied
(3).young前加a
(4).clearly→clear
(5).on →by/at
(6).put→putting
(7).many→much
(8).删除to
(9).So→But
(10).me→I
52.略。