2021年银川唐徕回民中学高三英语上学期期中考试试卷及参考答案

2021年银川唐徕回民中学高三英语上学期期中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
We are proud to present a showcase for kid inventions from children chosen from the Kid's Forum at Blue Print Earth. We hope you enjoy the ideas expressed here and join us in supporting the next generation.
Eater of Natural Disasters
My invention cansave your home by sucking up all-natural disasters. The government will not own this machine, but by you so there will be no taxes on it. Order Now! The Eater of Natural Disasters will run on renewable batteries. It will cost 50 dollars to make and I will sell it for just $ 75.
Created by Matthew Szekeresh —Mt.WashingtonElementary, 5th Grade.
Pick-up-Pollution Bomb
My invention is called the Pick-up-Pollution Bomb. It will just pick up pollution and it won't hurt anything else like people, animals, property, playgrounds, and parks. The reason why I made it is that I think there is too much pollution on the Earth. It sells for $100 apiece, and if you buy this now, I will send you another one for free.
Created gratefully by Lauren Newberry — Mt. Washington Elementary, 5th Grade
Flying House
My invention is a home that will blast off in space. For example, if there were an earthquake people would immediately blast off, or if there were a flood it would take off. Only for $ 400.99.
Created by David Turner —Mt.WashingtonElementary, 5th Grade
Bug Robot
My invention is a robot that catches little bugs, eats little bugs, sucks up pollution, sucks up natural disasters, and turns them into food solving the problems of too many little bugs, natural disasters, pollution and starvation. My product is worth $500. My invention works on 2 triple — A batteries. And if you order one today I'll throw in 4 rechargeable triple-A batteries.
Created by Cassie Courtey —Mt.WashingtonElementary, 5th Grade
1. Why is the Flying House created?
A. To explore the space.
B. To clean the air.
C. To prepare people for earthquakes.
D. To help people escape from natural disasters.
2. Which invention can turn pollution into food?
A. The Bug Robot.
B. The Pick-up-Pollution Bomb.
C. The Flying House.
D. The Eater of Natural Disasters.
3. What can we infer about the four inventions?
A. They are very easy to build.
B. They are ideas from kids in the same school.
C. They are expensive but of practical use.
D. They are being used by people.
B
A trip to thelibrary was like a great journey to a different country. To get there, we had to walk a mile. But our weekly journeys to the library were a piece of perfection. I had around me at one time all the people I loved best-my father and mother and brothers and sister--and all the things I loved best- quiet, space and books.
I read a lot of books about science: not the spaceships my brothers preferred, but the birds and the bees--literally. I brought home a book of birds and searched the trees for anything other than robins (知更鸟). I went through a phrase of loving books with practical science experiments and used up a whole bottle of white vinegar by pouring it on the sides of our apartment building to prove that it was constructed of limestone (石灰石).
One Saturday, as I wandered through the young adult section, I saw a title: Little Women, by Lousia May Alcott. I had learned from experience that titles weren’t everything. A book that sounded great on the shelf could be dull once you got it home. So I sat in a chair near the shelves to skim the first paragraphs.
I read and read and read Little Women until it was time to walk home, and, except for a few essential interruptions like sleeping and eating, I did not put it down until the end. Even the freedom to watch weekend television held no appeal for me in the wake of Alcott' s story. It was about girls, for one thing, girls who could almost be like me, especially Jo. I had found someone who thought and felt the way I did.
4. What can we say about the author’s family?
A. They enjoyed traveling abroad.
B. They were library frequenters.
C. They were very fond of walking.
D. They led a perfectly quiet life.
5. What does the author mainly want to show in paragraph 2?
A. Her different hobbies from her brothers.
B. How she conducted science experiments.
C. Why she loved books about the birds and the bees.
D. Her reading interests during a particular period of time.
6. What opinion does the author hold on books?
A. Book titles can sometimes be misleading.
B. Science books are as interesting as novels.
C. The first few paragraphs of a book are attractive.
D. Books seem duller when read in libraries than at home.
7. How would the author describe Little Women?
A. It helped her to discover her true character.
B. It made her forget about food and sleep.
C. It inspired confidence in her.
D. It kept her absorbed.
C
We have most friends at the age of 26 afterhaving spent the first quarter of our lives building up our friendship circle, new research has claimed.
The research into friendship shows that our social circle peaks at 26 years and 7 months, at which we typically have five close friends. Women are most popular at 25 years and 10 months, with men hitting the highest friendship point a little later at 27 years and 3 months.
The research, by Forever Friends, shows that about a third of adults meet their closest friends while at school, with about a fifth saying they meet them at work.
Social networks such as Facebook and Twitter now also play a major role in building new friendship. The research points out that 25 to 34-year-olds make 22 friends via Facebook, compared to 18 to 24-year-olds who make 12, and 35 to 44-year-olds who make just four.
Forever Friends' relationship coach Sam Owen says, “It is no coincidence that over a third of us meet our best friends at school. It is a key time in our lives when friendship is growing through sharing notes, giving gifts, seeing each other regularly and laughing a lot. As adults we can often forget how powerful these small things are and how the little things can make a difference."
Later in life we find ourselves losing friends. Over half of us lose friendship through moving, while 36% say that over time they grow apart from close pals. Having children also causes 19% todrift away fromchildhood friends.
With growing pressure being put on friendship these days, it's important to make time for our friendship.
8. How many friends can a 20-year-old college student make via Facebook?
A. 22.
B. 18.
C. 12.
D. 4.
9. In Paragraph 5, the author is trying to tell the readers ________.
A. how important making friends is
B. school time is an important period to develop friendship
C. how much has been done to keep friendship
D. that friendship is not easy to keep
10. The underlined phrase "drift away from" in Paragraph 6 means ________.
A. make sense of
B. make up with
C. feel sorry for
D. lose touch with
11. This passage is mostprobably taken from ________.
A. a newspaper
B. an advertisement
C. a textbook
D. Facebook or Twitter
D
In order to develop the pandemic-stricken economy, China recovered the street vendors（商贩）in a new nation-wide method known as “street stall economy'', allowing residents to set up open-air shops on the sidewalks or other available public spaces.
Street vendors were once an important part ofChina's economy and urban landscape. However, sinceChina's economy took off in the last decade, street vendors have gradually disappeared from the streets and many of them opened shops of their own.
Fast forward to today, street vendors have come into our sight again after cities such asChengduand Yantai succeeded in creating hundreds of thousands of jobs by giving street stalls permission to operate.China's tech industry was quick to jump on the street vendor trend, with tech giants including Alibaba, Tencent, Meituan and flocking todish outcheap loans, offer support and payment solutions to millions of owners of newly established small businesses.
Ant Financial, Alibaba's fintech arm, promised its mobile wallet app Alipay will give interest-free loans to 30 million vendors, and 70 billion RMB of interest-free credit line to consumers to make purchases everywhere, including street vendors.
provided 50 billion RMB worth of quality goods for street vendors, and provided each one of them with a maximum 100,000 RMB interest-free loan to stock up.
Tencent's WeChat announced to offer payment solutions, marketing supports and even training for up to 50
million street vendors, with the end goal of digitally transforming them to increase their income.
Guangzhoucity partnered with WeChat this month to hold a live streaming shopping festival to improve sales of local produce. In attempts to promote various live streaming platforms, many tech CEOs also made their own live streamed e-commerce debuts（首次亮相）selling goods coming from all over the country.
12. What does the underlined part “dish out" in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. turn down.
B. provide with.
C. pay off.
D. apply for.
13. Compared with and Tencent, what unique measure did Ant Financial take?
A. It provides interest-free loans for vendors.
B. It offers interest-free credit line to customers.
C. It provides quality goods for street vendors.
D. It offers marketing support to businessmen.
14. What's the purpose of the cooperation between WeChat andGuangzhoucity?
A. To volunteer to train street vendors.
B. To give away free goods to the poor.
C. To promote to develop the local economy.
D. To help CEOs make their own streaming platforms.
15. What can be the best title for the text?
A. Chengdu and Yantai Succeeded in Creating Job Opportunities
B. "Street Vendor Economy” Greatly Increases People's Income
C. The Whole Nation Are Involved in a New Economy Model
D.China's Major Tech Companies Are Helping With "Street Vendor Economy”
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
Teenagers and Grammar
Say the word “grammar” to teenagers and you might be met by yawns (哈欠) or icy looks in their eyes._____16_____Here are some ideas for making grammar teaching more teen-friendly.
Break down negativity (消极性).
If your students are unwillingto learn grammar, show them why it’s necessary. Record someone (yourself or a teen) using correct words and phrases but confusing grammar. And then ask them what the problem
is._____17_____And then ask them to make sense of them.
Use texts.
Present grammar in the context of a reading text. This way it’s easier to see how the language is used and work out the meaning from the context._____18_____Therefore, choose a text which will interest your learners.
_____19_____
Whenever possible, find interesting ways to practice grammar such as online games and videos. Grammar can be presented in an animated (动画的) video and explained in a conversation-style text. There are also online practice exercises.
Choose the right level.
Often teenagers get bored if tasks are too easy, or lose interest if they are too difficult._____20_____In a mixed-ability class this might mean having different tasks prepared for stronger and weaker students, which means a bit more extra preparation time on the teacher’s part, but the pay-off is usually well worth it.
Working on grammar with teenagers can be challenging, but with a bit of preparation it can be very rewarding, for them and for you!
A. Find interesting ways to practice.
B. Ask students how they prefer to learn.
C. Getting the level of challenge right is necessary.
D. Often the key to inspiring a class is an interesting topic.
E. Be careful how you treat mistakes while playing grammar games.
F. But don’t lose heart — the experience can be positive, or even fun.
G. You could also give them written messages without any grammar words.
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Dustin and I were both exhausted, living through the first few weeks of caring for our new baby Randy. We were lacking in___21___and trying to get used to our life as___22___. Caring for the new baby was proving to be more___23___than anyone could have prepared us for.
Last night, we had___24___closed our eyes and were falling asleep when Randy___25___for one of his nighttime feedings. I complained to Dustin that I was much more tired, and___26___him to prepare the milk. Little did I know how exhausted Dustin___27___was that night.
Dustin seemed to be spending a very long time in the___28___so I called out to him to see if he was okay.
He___29___back impatiently that he was, but he couldn't____30____the bottle and was trying to find another one. Finally, he made it back to the room and____31____the baby.
The next morning, as I was washing the____32____, I noticed a flashlight and batteries,____33____from each other, among the dirty dishes. I called Dustin to ask if he knew____34____the flashlight and its batteries were in the sink.
After hearing my doubt, he was also____35____Suddenly, he began to laugh,____36____that the "broken" bottle he was dealing with the night before was not a bottle____37____He said he would put in the milk, put on the Lop, and then turn it over to check the____38____(in case it's too hot for the baby) , but each time he did, it would____39____all the milk out. He made up the baby's milk in this "bottle" several times, thinking each time that the top was just not ____40____enough. We laughed after learning the truth.
21. A.sleep B.money C.patience D.safety
22. A.couples B.s C.families D.parents
23. A.rewarding B.satisfying C.relaxing D.challenging
24. A.finally B.secretly C.cautiously D.occasionally
25. A.came in B.woke up C.jumped down D.went away
26. A.allowed B.invited C.required D.encouraged
27. A.especially B.obviously C.actually D.hardly
28. A.yard B.kitchen C.bedroom D.bathroom
29. A.looked B.shouted C.rushed D.smiled
30. A.fix B.wash C.break D.empty
31. A.trained B.greeted C.protected D.fed
32. A.bottles B.cars C.dishes D.clothes
33. A.free B.separate C.absent D.far
34. A.why B.when C.where D.whether
35. A.confused B.upset C.content D.bored
36. A.predicting B.imagining C.realizing D.insisting
37. A.at least B.before long C.at all D.any longer
38. A.date B.amount C.price D.temperature
39. A.clear B.figure C.find D.pour
40. A.strong B.tight C.loose D.big
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 Argentina Football Association confirmed Maradona's death on Wednesday and expressed the deepest sorrow for the___41.___(lose) of the country’s legend.
___42.___( regard) as the best player in the history of the game , Maradona became a household name after he___43.___(lead) his country to World Cup glory in 1986. He took center stage at the tournament with a memorable performance against England where he scored an iconic(具有讽刺意义的) goal___44.___was described as the "Hand of God". Later in___45.___same match, he scored one of the best___46.___(goal) in history after weaving his way past seven English defenders.
Argentina's President announced three days of national mourning___47.___(show) the sadness for the passing away of the superstar, and posted a tribute(悼念) to Maradona on Twitter. "You took us to the top of the world. You made us feel___48.___(incredible) happy. You were the greatest of all. Thank you for having existed."
Maradona will lie atArgentina's presidential palace where his fans will have the chance to say goodbye to their hero. Meanwhile, a minute's silence___49.___(observe) ahead of all European matches this week____50.____honor of him.
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:在缺词处加一个漏词符号(Ʌ)，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限一词;
只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Today I'd like to talk about the approaches to express love to parents. Recently I have moved by an advertisement, that encourages people to go home more often. I think it doesn't cost too many to show our love to our parents.
First, do not just visit them during holidays or at weekends. Second, it is suggested that we must take them to travel, making them relaxed. Finally, we'd better to have a chat with them, hoping to exchange idea with them. With a word, it's never too late to express their love to parents. It's why our parents need care and love from us.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假如你是李华，你的英国朋友Mike下学期将作为交换生来你校学习。

最近他在来信中表达了对中国画的浓厚兴趣，想请你就学习国画这一主题，给出建议。

请你用英语回信，要点如下：
1.介绍国画；
2.提出建议至少两条；
3.表达祝愿。

注意：
1.词数80左右。

2.可以适当添加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Mike,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. D
2. A
3. B
4. B
5. D
6. A
7. D
8. C 9. B 10. D 11. A
12. B 13. B 14. C 15. D
16. F 17. G 18. D 19. A 20. C
21. A 22. D 23. D 24. A 25. B 26. C 27. C 28. B 29. B 30. A 31. D 32.
C 33. B 34. A 35. A 36. C 37. C 38.
D 39. D 40. B
41. loss
42. Regarded
43. led 44. which/that
45. the 46. goals
47. to show
48. incredibly
49. will be observed
50. in
51.(1). express → expressing
(2).have 后加been
(3). that → which
(4). many → much
(5). 删除must 或把must 改→ should
(6). 删除to
(7). idea → ideas
(8). With → In
(9).their → our
(10). why → because
52.略。