2021届滨州市惠民县第一中学高三英语上学期期末考试试卷及参考答案

2021届滨州市惠民县第一中学高三英语上学期期末考试试卷及参考答
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
You haven’t truly visited a city until you’ve experienced its nightlife. Watching a big city likeLondongradually turn dark and darker into the night is a beautiful journey of time and light. So how about taking a historical evening walk and touchingsome of the nicest areas in centralLondon? Let’s get started.
6:30 pm
The walk starts on theMillenniumBridge. On the bridge, watch the scenic city across the River Thames with the skyscrapers gradually lighting up against the darkening skies.
TheMillenniumBridgehas been featured in many London-based films, includingHarry Potter, and the filmGuardians of the Galaxy.
7:30 pm
It’s getting dark. A fifteen-minute walk northwest fromSt Paul’s Cathedral takes you to the historic Borough Market. During the evenings, you find a lot of restaurants around the market. This is an excellent time to get your dinner.
9:00 pm
The next stop isLondonBridge. This is about 6 minutes’ walk from the Borough Market. As you join other onlookers and mentally go through the nursery school rhyme of “LondonBridgeis Falling Down”, you get lost again in history. Why does the song sayLondonBridgeis falling and who is the fair lady?
During theLondoncity fire of 1897,LondonBridgeserved an important role in fire control. It was one of the major structures that prevented the fire from crossing over to the other side ofLondon.
11:30 pm
Londonnever sleeps; it’s a few minutes to midnight and everywhere is still filled with people moving around. About four minutes away from the Golden Jubilee Bridges isTrafalgar Square, our next stop.
12:00 am
It’s been a beautiful evening, hasn’t it?
1. Where can you visit aGuardians of the Galaxyfilming location?
A. In theSt Paul’s Cathedral.
B. On theMillenniumBridge.
C. In the Borough Market.
D. On the Golden Jubilee Bridges.
2. What can be learned about the Borough Market?
A. It is far fromLondonBridge.
B. It is related to a famous song.
C. It is an ideal place for dinner.
D. It is a modern open-air market.
3. What is the main purpose of the text?
A. To showLondon’s color1 ful culture.
B. To introduce the scenery inLondon.
C. To ask people to do outdoor activities.
D. To recommend a night tour inLondon.
B
Richard Campbell is a secondary school student. He is15 years old. He lives in a small town in the north ofEngland. Every morning, he gets up at eight o’clock, puts on his uniform and walks to school.
One hour later, the lessons start. The students usually study maths, English, history and geography in the morning. They usually study music and drawing and they play sports after lunch. They have a ten-minute break between classes. They also spend a long time in the school library, reading books and doing their homework.
Richard likes his school very much. His favourite subjects are English and geography, but he doesn’t like maths because he is not good at it.
Richard and all his friends spend the whole day at school. Lunch is at one o’clock. He doesn’t like the food that the school serves. This is why he often brings a packed lunch from home. He always has his lunch in the dining hall, but some of his friends sometimes eat in the courtyard or outside the school gate.
At weekends, he always goes out with his friends because he doesn’t go to school. On Saturday, he always goes to the cinema or to the sports centre. On Sunday, he just goes for a walk with his dog.
4. What time do Richard’s lessons begin in the morning?
A. At 8:00.
B. At 8:30.
C. At 9:00.
D. At 9:10.
5. What does Richard like best?
A. Maths and English.
B. English and geography.
C. History and maths.
D. Geography and history.
6. Where does Richard have lunch on weekdays?
A. In the dining hall.
B. At home.
C. In the courtyard.
D. Outside his school gate.
7. What does Richard always do on Saturday?
A. He reads and does homework.
B. He goes to see films or does sports.
C. He walks his dog or does exercise.
D. He spends a long time in the library.
C
At the age of 50, Nina Schoen expects to have a long lifeahead of her, but has thought a lot about death—and why people are so reluctant to talk about it: “It’s going to happen to all of us,” she says, “but it should be a more positive experience than the fear we put into it.”
When she first heard about a new end-of-life process that turns the body into compost (堆肥), “I was really moved by the idea,” says Schoen, who became one of the first to reserve a spot with a Seattle-based company called Recompose, the county’s first funeral home to offer human composting.
Last year Recompose began transforming bodies to soil, more formally known as natural organic reduction. Before that, end-of-life options in the U.S. were limited to burial or cremation (火化), both of which come with environmental costs—U.S. cremations alone dump 1.7 billion pounds of carbon dioxide into theatmosphere every year.
Katrina Spade pioneering the composting movement has spent a decade developing the process in hopes of offering people a greener option for death care. “I wondered, ‘What if we had a choice that helps the planet rather than harms it?’” Spade tells PEOPLE. “To know that the last gesture you’ll make will be gentle and beneficial and it just feels like the right thing to do.”
After she had her own two sons, she began to wonder what she might do with her body after death. A friend who knew her interest in the topic reminded her that farmers sometimes compost the body of cows, and thatsparkedan idea for her theory: “If you can compost a cow, you can probably compost a human,” she thought, and she set about designing a facility to do just that.
“This is about giving people another choice,” Spade says. “At first, people react with shock—‘You really can do that?’ But so many people today are looking at their impact on the Earth. This is a popular thing because when you die, you can give back to the planet.”
8. How do people react when it comes to death according to paragraph 1?
A. They are unwilling to comment.
B. They can face it without fear.
C. They feel it a positive experience.
D. They would like to compost their bodies.
9. What can we know about the company Recompose?
A. Its CEO is Katrina Spade.
B. It is located in Seattle.
C. It was founded to resist cremation.
D. It has spent 10 years composting bodies.
10. What does the underlined word “sparked” probably mean?
A. Changed.
B. Compromised.
C. Quitted.
D. Inspired.
11. What message does the author seem to convey in the text?
A. A little things in our life can bring in big outcomes.
B. We human beings should do all we can to help the earth.
C. Composting is so popular that we should reserve a spot soon.
D. We should reject burial because of its harm to environment.
D
One of the greatest challenges in caring for such intelligent animals as chimpanzees(猩猩)is providing them with enriching experiences. Every day, the chimpanzees at Project Chimps receive morning and evening food-based enrichment devices, but caregivers are always looking for more ways to keep the chimps mentally engaged. With 79 chimpanzees, each with their distinctive personality, care staff often find that different chimps react differently to new enrichment.
Last year, we began inviting musicians to perform for chimps to see what they may respond. A violin performance received quite the response. Additional musicians were lined up to visit but the coronavirus has stopped the activities, which we hope toresumein the near future.
This past week, we brought an electric piano for the chimps to investigate. Some chimps, like twins Buttercup and Clarisse, were immediately interested and could not wait to tap out a few notes. Others, like Emma, were more interested in trying to take it apart.
29- year-old Precious has very little tolerance for the piano. She sat off to the side for a few minutes, but
eventually she decided that was enough. She called an end to the enrichment session by throwing a handful of waste at the piano. Receiving her message loud and clear, we removed the piano.
We could never have guessed how 33-year-old Luke would react to it. As with many retired lab chimpanzees Luke has some anxiety issues. He seems particularly distrustful of anything new, including people, food, and enrichment. But when we presented the chimps with the piano, Luke was the first to investigate. We could not believe our eyes — this usually anxious chimpanzee bravely chose to explore something new!
To us at Project Chimps, this is what it is all about: giving chimpanzees the freedom to choose. We are honored to be part of their journey.
12. Why do chimpanzees respond differently to new enrichment?
A. They are of different genders.
B. They have natural curiosities.
C They are as intelligent as humans. D. They have their unique characters.
13. What does the underlined word “resume” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. Continue.
B. Suspend.
C. Monitor.
D. Regulate.
14. Who showed the least interest in the piano?
A. Buttercup and Clarisse.
B. Emma.
C. Precious.
D. Luke.
15. What is the text mainly about?
A. How caregivers care for the retired chimpanzees.
B. What care staff do to enrich chimpanzees' daily life.
C. How chimpanzees are trained through various enrichment.
D. What Project Chimps does to observe and study wild chimps.
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Food is a deeply rooted expression of identity, values and ways of life.___16___That is, eating is an element of common ground in terms of human existence and an experience that brings people together. Food is family treasure in the way recipes are passed on from one generation to another, maintaining family connection and cultural and geographical ancestral links.
Food is an expression. What we cook is an expression of who we are and where we come from.___17___The traditional meals of a place touch on identity and ancestry. Every destination has a dish or cuisine associated with
it, which is fixed on culture and identity.
You may not know it, but that is why experiencing the local dishes of a new place usually tops one's to do list in a foreign land.___18___It is one of the interactions and processes of connecting with the people.
Food is symbolic. Home is where the heart is and in sensory response to food, familiar flavor arouses homesickness.___19___The ordinary smell of food takes one back to particular times in the past. The beautiful and merry essence of eating with family and friends from home adds to the pleasant tastes of meals.
___20___Food and food habits serve as a culture channel of display of affection and emotional association and the sharing of delicious, nutritional food signals a bridge of closeness and acceptance.
A. Accepting food is hard.
B. Eating food is a universal experience.
C. Food is largely cultural as well as nutritional.
D. Food is therefore a reminder of fond memories of home.
E. Eating a local dish is a way to connect with the local people.
F. Food, however, sometimes gives us bad emotional experiences.
G. This is obvious in how seafood is popular with the coastal people.
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Real financial security and freedom is not in our job but in our passion (激情). It’s easy to decide and____21____a man by his pursuit (追求).
In life, we always do one of the two things: either making a living or making a____22____Pensions and salaries stop many from pursuing excellence while passion____23____hidden potentialsthat____24____us for challenges and chances. A job helps us make a living while passion enables us to make a difference.
I want to help change the misguided____25____among workers that a job is a means of livelihood. Rather, it should be a means to____26____our passion. The____27____you realize the truth of life, the more clearly you can____28____ yourself in living a valuable life .
The success of KFC shows how____29____it is to pursue your passion instead of your pension. Its founder Colonel Sanders, didn’t realize this until he received his first social security_____30_____of 105 dollars. But he decided there_____31_____was something to do for himself and other people_____32_____living on that small pension. So he was_____33_____to devote himself to some_____34_____things. Drawing_____35_____from his mother’s special recipe for fried chicken, he invented “finger-licking” seasoning with eleven spices and herbs(草
药). Regardless of much_____36_____, he managed to promote the company’s rapid expansion to_____37_____6,000 locations.
Sanders’ life pointed towards two_____38_____about making a difference: one, there is no age that is too_____39_____to make a difference; two, there is nothing too small or_____40_____to make a difference with, as long as it is your passion.
21. A. elect B. greet C. evaluate D. think
22. A. difference B. fortune C. list D. plan
23. A. does B. unlocks C. helps D. folds
24. A. get B. salute C. leave D. equip
25. A. tip B. equality C. relief D. belief
26. A. create B. fuel C. intend D. resign
27. A. better B. sharper C. earlier D. closer
28. A. position B. squeeze C. stand D. adopt
29. A. considerate B. potential C. holy D. meaningful
30. A. check B. bill C. note D. fine
31. A. hardly B. simply C. merely D. surely
32. A. because of B. instead of C. in search of D. regardless of
33. A. designed B. appointed C. determined D. strengthened
34. A. valuable B. suitable C. reasonable D. comfortable
35. A. virtue B. justice C. inspiration D. admiration
36. A. agreement B. consumption C. rejection D. sentence
37. A. less than B. more than C. other than D. better than
38. A. facts B. principles C. theories D. thoughts
39. A. young B. smart C. stupid D. old
40. A. unconscious B. insignificant C. unhappy D. incorrect
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 Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge,the world's___41.___(long) cross-sea bridge, enters the history of human engineering and connection as a point of pride upon___42.___（it) opening to traffic at 9 am on Oct.24, 2018.
One day after the opening was announced at a ceremony___43.___(hold) in Zhuhai , the bridge's ports in three different administrative regions started serving travelers around-the-clock , opening 24 hours a day, seven days a week.___44.___(ensure) faster boundary crossings for passengers, the Macao and Zhuhai ports jointly use a one-off immigration clearance model,___45.___allows travelers to queue up only once to finish both exit and entry procedures of the two cities in about 30___46.___(second).
Apart___47.___ private cars, taxis and goods vehicles, two types of public transportation -shuttle bus（班车）and cross-boundary coach --can also run on the HZMB.___48.___frequency of shuttle buses is about 5-10minutes during peak hours. Booking tickets for the shuttle bus online in advance___49.___（be）available since 9 am on Tuesday. With the bridge now in service, the traveling time between Zhuhai and Hong Kong International Airport will____50.____( shorten) from four hours to 45 minutes, and the time between Zhuhai and Hong Kong’s Container Terminals will be cut from 3. 5 hours to 75 minutes.
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。

Of all the people I have encountered in my life, a person I admire most is my English teacher. Working for our class teacher, she has to work around the clock to take good care of us as well as giving lectures and grade homework. She always walks towards the bus stop, carrying a bag full of notebook or a big folder with assessment reports she makes the night before. She is the one we spend major part of our day and she is the one who constant encourages us to break barriers and to be extraordinary. We owe all of our success to him. I will not forget her instructions but I would like to express my the deepest gratitude to her.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.你校将举办英语演讲比赛，主题为The Book That Inspires Me Most，请以此为题写一篇演讲稿参赛，要点包括：
1．书的内容；
2．鼓舞你的理由。

注意：1．词数100左右；
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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参考答案
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. C
5. B
6. A
7. B
8. A 9. C 10. B 11. C
12. D 13. A 14. C 15. B
16. B 17. G 18. E 19. D 20. C
21. C 22. A 23. B 24. D 25. D 26. B 27. C 28. A 29. D 30. A 31. D 32.
B 33.
C 34. A 35. C 36. C 37. B 38. A 39.
D 40. B
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(2). for→as
(3). giving→give
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(5).makes→made
(6).day后加with
(7).constant→constantly
(8). him→her
(9). but→and
(10). 删除my后的the或删除the 前的my
52.略。