2021届天水市第一中学高三英语上学期期中考试试卷及答案

2021届天水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
HubeiProvincehas long been a favorite Chinese tourist destination because of its natural scenery, historic cities, and beautiful mountains. Here are some of the best places to visit inHubeiProvince.
YellowCraneTower
YellowCraneToweris known as one of the Three Famous Towers South of Yangtze River, together withYueyangTowerinHunanand Tengwang Pavilion inJiangxi. The history ofYellowCraneTowerdates back to the Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history. The tower was used as a watchtower by the King of Wu's army in the beginning.
Enshi Grand Canyon
Enshi Grand Canyon can beChina's answer to the Grand Canyon inArizona, theUnited Statesin beauty. The canyon runs 108 kilometers and occupies a land area of 3,000 square kilometers. The region where Enshi Grand Canyon is located used to be a vast sea with many limestone deposits 230 million years ago.
Shennongjia Scenic Area
It is famous for its varied plant species as well as mountains. Regarded as the “Lungs of Central China", the forest coverage reaches over 90 percent of the area. Due to the special climate, it is neither too hot in summer nor too cold in winter. Sometimes clouds stretch around mountains, rewarding tourists with unforgettable views. Besides, the area is home to some rare animals such as golden monkeys, white bears and antelope.
The Three-Gorge Tribe scenic spot
Located in the area of the Xiling Gorge in the city ofYichang, it has the beauty of landscape paintings. The spot is a “ProtectedCenterof the Popular Culture and Art of the Three Gorges”. Since ancient times, a lot of famous scholars have produced a great number of excellent poems praising the beauty of this place, some of which are carved on the stones along theYangtze River.
1. What is special aboutYellowCraneTower?
A. It has a long history.
B. It offers a scenic view.
C. It once served war's purposes.
D. It is the best-known tower inChina
2. Why is the Grand Canyon inArizonamentioned ?
A. To explain its popularity inChina.
B. To help readers know more about it.
C. To prove the beauty of the Chinese canyon.
D. To show differences between the two canyons.
3. Which place will a Chinese literature lover probably visit?
A. Enshi Grand Canyon.
B.YellowCraneTower.
C. Shennongjia Scenic Area.
D. TheThree-Gorge Tribe scenic spot.
B
The grocerystore might not be your favorite place to visit when you're at home, but is it ever fun when you're in another country? Honestly speaking, they're one of those strange little destinations that I like to sniff out everywhere I go, much as other travelers head toward clothing stores, libraries, coffee shops or galleries.
The greatest beauty of the grocery store –– whether it's a supermarket or a tiny shop –– is that it gives you a glimpse into what local people buy to cook their own meals. This offers clues into their lifestyles and preferences, and into the agricultural and cooking practices of the country. I stare at the strange fruits and vegetables, the seafood, the cheese, the spices, the bread, and oh, the chocolate...always the chocolate!
Being the environmental nerd（呆子）I am, I like paying attention to packaging, which can reflect people's attitudes towards environmental protection. Italy, for example, has a habit of requiring customers to bag their fruits and vegetables in plastic for weighing, while Sri Lanka leaveseverything loose in bins. In Brazil, everything is prepackaged in a layer of plastic.
People in grocery stores tend to be friendlier. They smile, say hello, and sometimes ask questions, which can lead to great conversations. I had a further discussion with a teenaged cashier in Sri Lanka, over which bag of crunchy（松脆的）mix to buy. He insisted that the one labeled “spicy” would be too hot for me, but I told him I was willing to risk it. He laughed and we ended up talking about my favorite Sri Lankan foods for ten minutes.
It's interesting then to come home and look at one's own local grocery store through new eyes. What would a visitor think? What stands out, and what do the food displays say about us as a culture? You might be surprised by what you realize.
4. According to the author, what is the key benefit of visiting foreign grocery stores?
A. Learning to cook foreign dishes.
B. Making friends with local people.
C. Buying cheaper food and souvenirs.
D. Knowing local people and the country.
5. What does the author show by mentioning some countries in paragraph 3?
A. People's special lifestyles.
B. People's shopping habits.
C. People's environmental awareness.
D. People's packaging methods.
6. What can we infer from paragraph 4?
A. Sri Lankans know a lot about food.
B. Grocery stores are good social places.
C. Grocery stores vary in different countries.
D. Sri Lankans like to give strangers suggestions.
7. Which of the following shows the structure of text? (P: paragraph)
A. B.
C. D.
C
It was once a shoreline buried by enough garbage to make it invisible (看不见的), thus, given the unfortunate nickname "toilet bowl" . Now the Philippines' Manila Bay beach is totally different, compared with a few months ago. It happened so suddenly and extremely that it brought tears to the eyes of the local people.
The cleanup started on 27 January, when 5, 000 volunteers descended on Manila Bay to remove over 45 tons
(公吨) of garbage, marking the beginning of a nation-wide environmental campaign. But some two months before this great movement began, a quiet revolution was already underway.
During the first week of December 2018, Brooklyn- based Bounties Network collectedthree tons of garbage from Manila Bay aver two days through a project that paid a small group of people, mostly fishermen, with a digital currency (数字货币) based on the Ethereum system.
For the mostly non-bank -using Filipino fishermen, this was a first-ever experience with a digital currency. It's one that proves decisive in enabling poor communities around the world to take up arms in the fight against humanity's waste.
There are signs that this recycling-for-digital payment industry may be just about to take off. Earlier in September 2018, Plastic Bank, a Vancouver -based company powered by IBM technology, also started a similar project. They set up a project in Naga, a town in southern Luzon, the country's largest island, building a collection point to let people exchange plastic and recyclable materials for digital payouts through a system.
That both these pioneers have chosen the Philippines as their first location is not surprising considering the country's contribution to ocean waste. A Wall Street Journal study in 2015 revealed that the Philippines make the third-largest amount of plastic waste into global oceans.
8. Why did people call Manila Bay beach“toilet bowl” ?
A. It looked like a huge bowl.
B. There were plenty of toilets.
C. It was covered by rubbish.
D. People loved the toilets here.
9. What does the underlined phrase“descended on”in paragraph 2 mean?
A. Completely depended on.
B. Suddenly arrived at.
C. Occasionally decreased to.
D. Gradually disappeared from.
10. What made poor communities willing to fight against waste?
A. The benefits to their homeland.
B. The desire to make a difference.
C. The chance to escape ocean pollution.
D. The experience with a digital currency.
11. What is the best title for the text?
A. Online system helps endocean pollution.
B. Manila Bay beach is suddenly removed.
C. Plastic Bank is powerful in recycling waste.
D. Philippines make a great amount of waste.
D
If you travel inAthens, against popular belief, I would highly recommend saving the Acropolis for your secondday. As attractive as it is to head straight to the most famous building in the city, there are several reasons why you should hold off until later.Sunriseis the best time to see the ruins, and who wants to spend their first day in anew citywaking up at6 a.m.? On top of that, the Acropolis is going to make every other site inAthensless important in comparison, so I recommend not hitting it on your first day.
We got to the southeast gate at 7：30, half an hour before it opened at 8. When the gate opened, we rushed to the hill. Our plan paid off because we had the whole complex to ourselves for five minutes. In this age of overtourism, getting to the greatness of the Acropolis with nobody else around felt special and excited.
The Acropolis is the name given to the complex on top of the hill, and it’s made up of several buildings. There’s theTempleofAthena Nike, the Parthenon, the Old Temple of Athena, the Legendary Olive Tree of the Pandroseion, the Porch of the Caryatids at the Erechtheion... and on your way down, the Odeon of Herodes Atticus.
Something that sounds boring but isn’t is theAcropolisMuseum, and I recommend spending a couple of hours there. As someone who is a museum-avoider, I listened to the recommendations of everyone who had been, and made myself go inside. And I loved it. The museum houses tons of sculptures unearthed from the Acropolis, and it was interesting to check them out.
Head toSyntagma Squarenext to watch the changing of the guard. This takes place every hour on the hour, so try to time your visit perfectly. The guards wear fun clothes and make for interesting photos.
12. The author suggests visiting the Acropolis on the second day so that ___________.
A. it can save visitors a lot of time
B. it can save visitors from getting up early
C. it can make for a better travel experience
D. it can give visitors a better understanding ofAthens
13. How did the author feel when he ran to the top of the hill?
A. Bored.
B. Worried.
C. Relaxed.
D. Amazed.
14. With what may the author agree about theAcropolisMuseum?
A. It is so great that it should be visited last.
B. It is enjoyable and worth visiting.
C. It wastes a lot of time.
D. It should be avoided.
15. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To provide some advice on visiting the Acropolis.
B. To introduce the history of the Acropolis.
C. To call on people to protect historic sites.
D. To encourage people to travel around.
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How would you feel if you hadto give up your smartphone for nine days? In 2018, and again in 2021, philosophy professor and writer Ron Srigley offered extra credit to those who would give him keeping of their phones for nine days and write about the experience.
"What they wrote was remarkable, and remarkably consistent（一致的），" Srigley wrote. At first, all the students felt confused and frustrated.___16___,
They paid more attention to the people around them.
For one thing, they observed, for the first time, how much other people were using their phones, for example in the middle of a face - to - face conversation.
“___17___, but yet again, I find myself guilty of this sometimes because it is the norm（常态），" one student wrote. Another noted that as she walked by other people, they tended to pull out their phones "right before I could gain eye contact with them”.
They had better face — to — face conversations with family.
Two of the students were accustomed to using their phones to repeatedly message with their family members throughout the day, and they felt deprived（剥夺）of this contact. But when the students spent in -person time with their parents,___18___.
They were more afraid.
Some of the students reported that they were fearful of having no phones, wondering what they would do if they were kidnapped or attacked or had to call an ambulance for some reason. Srigley noted, " What's making known is that these students considered the world to be a very dangerous place”.
___19___. The city in which these students lived has one of the lowest crime rates in the world and almost no violent crime of any kind, yet they experienced a common, undefined fear."
"Without cellphones, life would be simple and real,___20___. "That's probably truer for all of us than we would like to admit.
A. This action is very rude and unacceptable
B. their conversations were constantly interrupted
C. Cellphones were seen as necessary to combat that danger
D. but we got things done quicker without the smartphones
E. but we may not be able to cope with the world and our society
F. But after a fewdays without smartphones, they began to notice other things too
G. the parents were mostly pleased because they suddenly had their children's undivided attention
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Tim Ma's parents came to the United States from Taiwan in the 1970s. They opened a___21___. It was a failure. However, they found___22___in computers and engineering in America. In part because of their own___23___Ma's parents hoped he would study to become an engineer.
They wanted___24___security for their child.
Growing up, Ma considered many___25___,like writer, fireman, even president. But he had a sense early on. He didn't want to be a(n)___26___.
Ma did well in math and science classes in high school. And he___27___choosing to study electrical engineering in college. Several engineering jobs later, though, Ma had a(n)___28___of heart.
His parents could not understand why he would want to___29___such a good job to open a restaurant. They had worked long hours___30___their own restaurant still failed. But Ma remained___31___. He was going to do things differently from his parents. He was able to learn from their one major___32___as restaurant owners - they knew very little about the art of cooking. Their chef___33___and opened a Chinese restaurant across the street which really put them in a bad situation.
So, at age 30, Ma left engineering and returned to school -cooking school. He received training in___34___cooking. In 2009, Ma opened his first restaurant, Maple Avenue, in Virginia. The restaurant___35___excellent cuisine.
At Maple Avenue, Ma worked long hours, seven days a week. His long hours___36___.
Ma opened his fourth restaurant last year, Kyirisan in Washington, D.C. He___37___his training in French cooking with his Chinese heritage (传承)to create___38___dishes.
“Kyirisan's success is due to the___39___menu and food”, Ma says. But a lot of it just comes from “pure hard___40___” .
21. A. company B. school C. hospital D. restaurant
22. A. interest B. help C. success D.progress
23. A. feelings B. manners C. predictions D. experiences
24. A. financial B. personal C. physical D. psychological
25. A. plans B. ideas C. measures D. professions
26. A. doctor B. chef C. engineer D. teacher
27. A. ended up B. gave up C. set about D. carried on
28. A. operation B. change C. peace D. attack
29. A. choose B. win C. quit D. get
30. A. though B. but C. if D. so
31. A. certain B. silent C. calm D. anxious
32. A. habit B. practice C. point D. mistake
33. A. came B. left C. escaped D. cheated
34. A. Chinese B. American C. French D. Mexican
35. A. serves B. studies C. promotes D. develops
36. A. took off B. paid off C. ran out D. worked out
37. A. mixed B. improved C. simplified D. ignored
38. A. local B. new C. strange D. traditional
39. A. abundant B. main C. simple D. creative
40. A. life B. challenge C. work D. status
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
Last week Meituan co-published a suggestion with a number of business organizations, calling on restaurants___41.___（stop）food waste and help form new____42.____（eat）habits for customers（顾客）.They suggest that consumers___43.___（offer）guidance to help them avoid food waste.
On Friday the China Cuisine（餐饮）Association____44.____（announce）that it had teamed up____45.____Ele.me, the Alibaba-owned food delivery platform, to launch a “half-dish plan”,____46.____（encourage）restaurants to provide customers with the choice to order smaller portions（份）.Now if users search certain key words like “eating show”，a message appears to remind them to value food and keep____47.____reasonable diet.
Across the country, about 40% of all the food____48.____Americans buy ends up in the trash. That food waste costs the average family of four about $1,500 a year.
The state of Vermont has long been a____49.____（lead）in environmental problems. Now it has tried even_____50._____（hard）to get Vermonters to rethink their relationship with food and waste.
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处错误，每句中最多有两处。

错误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(Λ)，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。

Tracy is a foreign student in our school. There is a pity that she is going to leave, which make us all very sad. She is a kind-hearted girl, but always offers to help us our English. I remembered when I am preparing for a speaking contest two month ago, Tracy spent her spare time teach me for almost three days. I won the first prize in the contest. When I said thanks to her, and she gave me a big smile. I hope that he can come to China again. I wish her a color1 fully and interesting life.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，你的外国朋友Lily上周六过生日，邀请你去参加她的生日聚会，但是因为你的个人原因，未能参加她的生日聚会，也没有提前告知她。

请给Lily发一封电子邮件，向她道歉。

内容包括：
1.表达歉意；
2.说明原因；
3.希望对方原谅。

注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Dear Lily,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. C
2. C
3. D
4. D
5. C
6. B
7. C
8. C 9. B 10. D 11. A
12. C 13. D 14. B 15. A
16. F 17. A 18. G 19. C 20. E
21. D 22. C 23. D 24. A 25. D 26. C 27. A 28. B 29. C 30. B 31. A 32.
D 33. B 34. C 35. A 36. B 37. A 38. B 39. D 40. C
41. to stop
42. eating 43. （should）be offered
44. announced
45. with 46. encouraging
47. a 48. that
49. leader 50. harder
51.(1). There 改为it
(2).make 改为makes
(3).but 改为and
(4).us 后加with
(5).am 改为was
(6).month 改为months
(7).teach 改为teaching
(8).去掉when 或者and
(9).he 改为she
(10).color1 fully 改为color1 ful
52.略。