2021年辽宁省实验中学高三英语上学期期末试卷及参考答案

2021年辽宁省实验中学高三英语上学期期末试卷及参考答案
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
The Middler
by Kirsty Applebaum
Eleven-year-old Maggie lives in Fennis Wick, enclosed and protected from the outside world. Her brother Jed is the eldest, a hero. Her younger brother is Trig—everyone loves Trig. But Maggie's just a middler；she is left behind. In this book, we experience the sadness of being the forgotten middle child, the child with no voice, even in her own family.
Dennis in Jurassic Bark
by Nigel Auchterlounie
Beanotown is in trouble again, and this time the danger is Jurassic! Dennis，latest adventure is filled with fun, including Vikings, Victorians and soon, along with puzzles for you to finish. Can you help Dennis save Beanotown from the prehistoric invasion?
Little Book for Big Changes
by Karen Ng and Kirsten Liepmann
Including more than 100 activities, try-outs, games, puzzles and tips,Little Book for Big Changesoffers fun and creative ways to bring people together to help change the world. Understand more about big problems in the world such as inequality and climate change, and be empowered to help make the world a better place.
The Saga of Erik the Viking
by Terry Jones
In this illustrated story, Erik the Viking sets out with his trusty team of men in search of the land where the Sun goes at night. On his journey, he will meet adventures that will put his courage to the test.
1. Who told a story about an unseen child in a family?
A. Terry Jones.
B. Kirsty Applebaum.
C. Nigel Auchterlounie.
D. Karen Ng and Kirsten Liepmann.
2. Which book is proper for kids who love prehistoric-related stories?
A.The Middler.
B.Little Book for Big Changes.
C.Dennis in Jurassic Bark.
D.The Saga of Erik the Viking.
3. What is special aboutLittle Book for Big Changes"!
A. It is about two people.
B. It is an adventure book.
C. It has picturesinside to help kids read.
D. It teaches kids to care for the world.
B
Many teens may feel anxious sometimes. It’s the kind of nervousness that makes you bite your nails before a big test. We spend more time online than we should. We feel good about ourselves or bad based on how many Likes and Followers we get on social media. Young people are developing a false view of life.
On the screen, we see what people want to show us. People usually only post photos where they are looking their best. They are surrounded by friends and seem that they are having a great time. No one seems sad or lonely. In short, life isfabulous. But sooner or later, our young people compare their real life to it. They find that theirs doesn’t seem as fun or exciting and grow worried that they may be missing out.
No wonder teachers are reporting more anxious students. It’s reported that a lot more college students feel ―overwhelming anxiety. The percentage jumped from 50% in 2011 to 62% in 2016. Anxiety is now the most common mental-health problem in my country. It affects nearly one-third of teens and adults.
Certainly, we can’t blame it on social media alone. We expect toomuch from our children and a lot of these expectations aren’t reasonable. Their schedules are packed with sports, clubs and homework. They don’t have enough free time. We want our children to succeed, and we don’t care how much it costs.
As parents, we must have more balance. On one hand, we push too hard, and on the other hand, we make life too easy for children. We shouldn’t and can’t promise our children that they will always be happy. We shouldn’t try to protect them from the problems of everyday life. Let them solve the problems in person.
4. What is the text mainly about?
A. What causes teens’ nervousness.
B. How to deal with teens’ anxiety.
C. What a view of life means to people.
D. How to treat social media appropriately.
5. What does the underlined word “fabulous” in paragraph 2 mean?
A. Wonderful.
B. Encouraging.
C. Anxious.
D. Doubtful.
6. Why does the author mention the numbers in paragraph 3?
A. To draw teachers’ attention.
B. To show teachers’ mental problems.
C. To present the seriousness of teens’ anxiety.
D. To show adults have more problems than teens.
7. What should parents do to help their children out?
A. Try to meet their expectations.
B. Help them with their homework.
C. Give them more free time to play sports.
D. Allow them to solve their own problems in life.
C
When you walk on a sandy beach, it takes more energy than striding down a sidewalk — because the weight of your body pushes into the sand. Turns out, the same thing is true for vehicles driving on roads. The weight of the vehicles creates a very shallow indentation (凹陷) in the pavement (路面) — and it makes it such that it’s continuously driving up a very shallow hill.
Jeremy Gregory, a sustainability scientist at M.I.T. and histeam modeled how much energy could be saved — and green-house gases avoided — by simply stiffening (硬化) the nation’s roads and highways. And they found that stiffening 10 percent of the nation’s roads every year could prevent 440 megatons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions over the next five decades — enough to offset half a percent of projected transportation sector emissions over that time period. To put those emissions savings into context — that amount is equivalent to how much CO2 you’d spare the planet by keeping a billion barrels of oil in the ground — or by growing seven billion trees — for a decade.
The results are in the Transportation Research Record.
As for how to stiffen roads? Gregory says you could mix small amounts of synthetic fibers orcarbon nanotubes into paving materials. Or you could pave with cement-based concrete, which is stiffer than asphalt (沥青).
This system could also be a way to shave carbon emissions without some of the usual hurdles. Usually, when it comes to reducing emissions in the transportation sector, you’re talking about changing policies related to vehicles and also driver behavior, which involves millions and millions of people — as opposed to changing the way we design and maintain our pavements. That’s just on the order of thousands of people who are working in transportation agencies. And when it comes to retrofitting (翻新) our streets and highways —those agencies are where the rubber meets the road.
8. Why does the author mention “walk on a sandy beach” in paragraph 1?
A. To present a fact.
B. To make a contrast.
C. To explain a rule.
D. To share an experience.
9. What suggestion does the author give to reduce CO2 emissions?
A. Hardening the road.
B. Keeping oil in the ground.
C. Growing trees for decades.
D. Improving the transportation.
10. What is the advantage of this suggestion?
A. Gaining more support.
B. Consuming less money.
C. Involving more people.
D. Facing fewer usual obstacles.
11. What does the underlined part mean in the last paragraph?
A.Those agencies are likely to make more rules.
B. Those agencies will change some related policies.
C. Those agenciesmight put more rubber tires on the roads.
D. Those agencies will play a key role in making this happen.
D
The shade of a single tree can provide welcome relief from the hot summer sun. But when that single tree is part of a small forest, it creates a considerable cooling effect. According to a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, trees play a big role in keeping our cities cool.
According to the study, the right amount of tree cover can lower summer daytime temperatures by as much as 10 degrees Fahrenheit. And the effect is quite noticeable from neighborhood to neighborhood, even down to the scale of a single city block. “We knew that cities are warmer than the surrounding countryside, but we found that temperatures vary just as much within cities,” says Monica Turner, a professor in the department of Integrative Biology, Wisconsin-Madison University and a co-author of the study.
With climate change making extreme heat events more common each summer, city planners are working on how to prepare. Heat waves drive up energy demands and costs and can have big human health impacts. One potentially powerful tool, the study's authors say, are organisms that have been around long before human civilizations could appreciate their leafy benefits. And those trees may be the secret to keeping the places we live livable.
Essentially, says Turner, roads, sidewalks and buildings absorb heat from the sun during the day and slowly release that heat at night. Trees, on the other hand, not only shade those surfaces from the sun's rays, they also
release water into the air through their leaves, a process that cools things down.
To get the maximum benefit of this cooling service, the study found that tree cover must be more than 40 percent. In other words, an aerial picture of a single city block would need to be nearly half-way covered by a leafy green network of branches and leaves.
12. What can we infer from Paragraph 2?
A. Temperatures in cities mainly depend on their green coverage.
B. People living and working in cities must plant trees in summer.
C. Cities are warmer than the countryside because they don't have trees.
D. An area with more trees can be cooler than the other parts within a city.
13. Which of the following problems is caused by extreme heat events?
A. Severe damage of city facilities.
B. Serious human health problems.
C. Residents' growing demands for plants.
D. Unnecessary waste of energy resources.
14. Why are trees crucial to cities?
A. They help shade and cool the cities.
B. They make urban scenery beautiful.
C. They build up city cooling systems.
D. They essentially block and release heat.
15. What can city planners conclude from the study?
A. They should publish the study in a newspaper.
B. They should educate citizens to protect forests.
C. They should plant trees on roads and sidewalks.
D. They should cover nearly half the city with trees.
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 much time do you spend sitting every day?___16___Imagine sitting for nearly one-third of your life -to what degree would your health be affected? According to research, if one sits for long periods of time, the risk of diseases like obesity, diabetes and cancer will be greatly increased. A study in Australia even found that by reducing our sitting time to three hours a day, our lifespan(寿命) could be lengthened by two years!___17___ Now ask yourself, “Where do I normally spend long periods of time sitting?”___18___So what can we do to change that? One solution is that our classroom furniture could be changed to allow ourselves more standing time. It might seem absurd, but standing to learn is definitely an idea worth achieving.
To put this idea into practice, we have come up with a new idea-the Two-in-one sitting-standing- desk. How
does this new invention work? First, the desk has extendable(可延长)legs so that the height of the desktop can be adjusted according to students' needs.___19___That means students can easily switch between sitting and standing positions. Second, there are two swing bars at the bottom of the desk which allow students to exercise their legs when they feel restless.
Some people might worry that if students are allowed to stand in class, they will be easily distracted(分心) and move around. Yet research shows the opposite to be true. People tend to be more focused if they are allowed to work standing up.___20___It is for this reason that a pair of swing bars have been fixed to turn those restless moments into beneficial exercise without interrupting schoolwork.
If sitting is the new smoking, the Two-in-one standing desk is the way to go for a healthier and more effective classroom.
A. So it's not real hard to explain.
B. It also comes with a high chair.
C. Without doubt, that is at school.
D. Obviously standing is better than sitting.
E. Probably seven to eight hours, or evenmore.
F. Sometimes you need strength of mind to stand up.
G. Of course, it is unfair to ask students to remain ly still for hours.
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
完形填空(每小题1分，共20小题,学法题3分，满分23分)
In 2016, 60-year-old Marshall Reeves got onto his bike inCalifornia. He began the Race Across America, a 3,000-mile___21___that runs from coast to coast.
The goal was to___22___the finish line inMarylandin two weeks. This goal had___23___him twice already: In 2011 he made it toManchester,Ohio, and in 2014, he was forced to stop at West Union, West Virginia. But for his third___24___, Reeves had a new source of motivation: He was racing with 3,000 miles to a Cure, which raised money for brain cancer____25____
The race is one of the longest running and___26___respected events in the country. But it’s also one of the most___27___. Only about half the competitors are able to finish. Unlike other long-distance bike races that are done in timed___28___, it is continuous---once the clock starts inCalifornia, it doesn’t___29___untilMaryland. To stay on track, racers have to meet____30____time cutoffs(截止点)along the way.
Racers aretypically____31____in cars by a small crew. It’s the crew’s job to keep the racer not only physically____32____, but also mentally motivated. In the early days of the race, when Reeves had____33____to stop at a hotel, he would be____34____to a full-bodymassage（按摩）and a good night’s sleep. But after three days,____35____was a luxury（不常有的乐趣）as he raced to make the time cutoffs biking for more than 20 hours a day.
After crossing the two points where his____36____attempts had ended, Reeves entered a new, unknown area. With just 25 miles left, Reeves struggled to stay____37____, catching quick naps（小睡）in the car. At last, he crossed the finish line in 12 days, 13 hours, and 52 minutes.
This year, Reeves will____38____acrossAmericaagain, but this time, he’ll be working the other side of the race. Some of his road crew members will create arelay team（接力队）, and Reeves will____39____them as road chief,____40____the favor for his crew’s hard work.
21. A. width B. process C. journey D. record
22. A. cross B. touch C.draw D. kick
23. A. attracted B. defeated C. shaken D. reminded
24. A. choice B. plan C. decision D. attempt
25. A. meeting B. report C. research D. challenge
26. A. fully B. highly C. truly D. clearly
27. A. difficult B. exciting C. important D. wonderful
28. A. areas B. orders C. stages D. goal
29. A. change B. count C. continue D. stop
30. A. short B. strict C. long D. enough
31. A. followed B. protected C. linked D. taken
32. A. relaxed B. available C. effective D. healthy
33. A. luck B. time C. energy D. courage
34. A. determined B. adapted C. treated D. acquired
35. A. food B. bathing C. smiling D. rest
36. A. quick B. previous C. happy D. sudden
37. A. awake B. asleep C. amazed D. amused
38. A. set about B. set up C. set off D. set down
39. A. consider B. refuse C. recommend D. join
40. A. receiving B. returning C. thanking D. asking
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
School districts across the United States have reported the number of students failing classes____41.____(rise) many times higher than usual numbers since the pandemic broke out. Erik Jespersen is principal of McNary High School, Oregon. At his school, 38 percent of grades in late October were failing,____42.____(compare)with 8 percent in normal times.
____43.____(educate) see a number of reasons for the change. Students learning from home often miss assignments____44.____(complete). Internet availability is____45.____(limit)or not effectively established,____46.____(make) it difficult to complete and upload assignments. And teachers____47.____do not see their students in person have____48.____(few) ways to note who is falling behind. That is especially true with many students keeping their cameras off during online classes.
The increase____49.____failing grades has been seen in districts of all sizes throughout the country. Now, many schools have increased efforts to return to in-person learning. Other schools are changing their grading policies and giving students more time to complete assignments. Teachers have been instructed to give less homework____50.____urged to find different ways of teaching
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。

每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；
只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

I still remember how I became a good table tennis player. The first day I go to high school, I saw some of my classmates playing a table tennis. Amazing at how skillful they were, I was determined to be just as good. Later in, I often watched them careful to learn their techniques. Then I kept practicing until I became confident enough challenge the good players. At the end of the term, I became one of the best player in my class.
I am really proud of this experience, though it helps me realize that we all can fulfil our potential and achieve your goals through hard work. It also helps me well understand the proverb " Practice makes perfect. " than ever.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假如你是星光中学的学生李津，将参加主题为“My Chinese Dream”的英语演讲比赛，请你写一篇演讲稿，主要内容包括：
1.你梦想成为一名山村教师，帮助山村的孩子；
2.山区偏僻，教育落后；
3.父母和朋友都反对；
4.你会……
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。

Good morning, everyone!
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参考答案
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. B
5. A
6. C
7. D
8. C 9. A 10. D 11. D
12. D 13. B 14. A 15. D
16. E 17. D 18. C 19. B 20. G
21. C 22. A 23. B 24. D 25. C 26. B 27. A 28. C 29. D 30. B 31. A 32.
D 33. B 34. C 35. D 36. B 37. A 38. C 39. D 40. B
41. has risen
42. compared
43. Educators
44. completely
45. limited
46. making 47. who##that
48. fewer 49. in
50. and
51.(1). go→went (2).删去a (3).Amazing→Amazed (4).in→on (5).careful→carefully (6).在enough 后加to (7).player→players (8).though→because/and (9).your→our (10).well→better
52.略。