2021年宁波镇海蛟川书院高三英语上学期期末试卷及答案

2021年宁波镇海蛟川书院高三英语上学期期末试卷及答案
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
Located besideLake Geneva, the Olympic Museum houses more than 10,000 artificial objects and hours of interactive contents highlighting some of the best moments during the Olympics. Here are some of the museum’s most moving moments.
The Olympic Park
The journey through the Olympic Museum begins in the Olympic Park, an 8,000-square-meter outdoor area in front of the museum overlooking Lake Geneva and theAlps. The park contains artwork and sculptures that show respect to the world of sport.
The first Olympic symbol
The “Olympic Rings” flag was designed by Coubertin in 1913. The rings represent the five continents that participate in the Olympics: Africa, Asia,America,AustraliaandEurope. The six color1 s include at least one color1 that is represented on the flag of every country.
The stadiums
The stadiums that host the Olympic Games are as much of a celebration of design as the games are a celebration of sportsmanship. Guests can explore plans and models of Olympic stadiums’ past and present, including one of the games’ most attractive stadiums, the Bird’s Nest from Beijing 2008 Olympics.
The Olympic medals
Have you ever wondered what an Olympic medal looks like? The Olympic Museum has a room that houses every bronze, silver, and gold medal from every Olympic Games dating back to the first modern Olympics of 1896. Each medal design is a unique representation of the year and location in which the games were held.
1.Which moment do you see first when exploring the Olympic Museum?
A.The Olympic Park.
B.The first Olympic symbol.
C.The stadiums.
D.The Olympic medals.
2.What do you know from The first Olympic symbol?
A.The first modern Olympics took place inGreece.
B.There are six color1 s on the flag of every country.
C.Australia used to be the largest continent on earth.
D.The “Olympic Rings” flag was created in 1913.
3.What can you do in the section of The stadiums?
A.Admire the view ofLake Geneva.
B.Meet some famous designers.
C.Enjoy the model of the Bird’s Nest.
D.Talk with guests of honour.
B
In the past, most people received their news from newspapers, magazines, radio and TV. But now, almost anyone can report and publish on the Internet and share it as news through social media. But the problemis that not all of the information is true and not all of the reporting is trustworthy.
Howard Schneider, a former editor of the newspapersNewsday,started the Center for News Literacy (素养) at Stony Book University in 2007. The center has multiple projects, but the most famous one is a course to teach news literacy. The course trains students to look for various details that may indicate the truth of the story.
Michelle Sheng is a third-year student at theUniversityofMichigan. Sheng finds that students either just stop reading the news or only take news from one source that they trust. "A lot of people are tired of the news. People are too busy to keep up with the news, and it is really easy to take whatever news is given to you because you don’t have the time to figure it out yourself,“ she says.
For her part, Sheng recently created a digital exhibit for the university library of images to educate students on steps they can take to better analyze the news.
It is important to educate an even larger audience, beyond American university students. The Center for News Literacy has developed teaching resources, as well as a free online news literacy course. It is also trying to reach a younger audience. It has partnered with several secondary schools in the American state ofNew Yorkto teach news literacy.
People should research and confirm what they read online. However, to change human behavior is a difficult thing, but that really is the only thing that is going to help. The biggest problem is not getting people to be able to recognize bad journalism or false news, but getting people to want to recognize it. Our brains are wired to the Internet to seek out information that agrees with our current beliefs.
4. What’s purpose of the course “News Literacy”？
A. To get rid of false information on the Internet.
B. To make people realize the risk on the Internet.
C. To train students to tell true information from the false.
D. To teach students good habits of using information online.
5. Why do students have difficulty judging the truth of news?
A. They are too lazy.
B. They are bored with news.
C. They lack news resources.
D. They lack time to check its realness.
6. What does the Center try to do besides teaching university students?
A. Educate the public.
B. Improve the service online.
C. Prevent children going online.
D. Set up several secondary schools.
7. What did the author suggest doing to solve the problem of false news?
A. Believing whatever you see.
B. Changing human behaviors.
C. Questioning all the news online.
D. Only trusting reliable information.
C
Scientists have long sought to prevent sharp memories from dulling with age, but the problem remains unsettled. Now research published in Scientific Reports suggests virtual reality might help older people recall facts and events based on specific details.
The study involved 42 healthy older adults from the San Francisco Bay Area. Half spent a dozen hours over four weeks playing a virtual-reality game called Labyrinth; they wore headsets and walked in place, walking virtual neighborhoods while completing small tasks. The other half, in the control group, used electronic tablets to play games that did not require recalling details. After 15 sessions (期), the latter performed roughly the same as before on a long-term memory test. But the Labyrinth players gain an improvement in memory through the VR game. A scientist Peter Wais of the University of California said the improvements brought them up to the level of another group of younger adults taking the same memory tests.
Meredith Thompson, an education researcher, studies learning through VR games but was not involved in the new study. It would be great to actually follow people over time and see what this type of game does for long-term memory. She says, adding VR can provide greater involvement than other games. Wais's team is now
investigating how long the observed effects last and which elements of the training have the most impact.
A cognitive (认知)psychologist, Daniel Simons, who was also not involved in the study, notes experiments with other games that claim to train the brain have often failed to evaluate this. And it remains unclear how test performance in a laboratorysetting might translate to real-world situations. The outcome, Simons notes, “needs to be repeated, ideally with a much larger group, before it’s treated as a strong finding.”
For now, Wais says, the team hopes its studies with similar-sized groups will help draw funding to test the game in a larger pool of participants.
8. What is the passage mainly about?
A. People's memory gradually fails as they age.
B. People of different ages should play VR games.
C. Virtual reality changes people's memory.
D. Virtual reality improves older adults' memory.
9. What is Meredith Thompson's attitude toward the research?
A. satisfied.
B. enthusiastic.
C. cautious.
D. concerned.
10. According to the scientists, the research needs to be improved due to ________.
A. the lack of financial support.
B. the limited pool of participants.
C. the unsatisfying test performance.
D. the impractical application in real world.
11. Where may the passage come from?
A. A novel.
B. A review.
C. A magazine.
D. A guidebook.
D
Think ofJapanin the spring and the image that comes to mind is likely the country’s famous cherry blossoms, also known as “Sakura” — white and pink flowers, blooming across cities and mountains.
The flowers, which experience a “peak bloom” that only lasts a few days, have been loved inJapanfor more than a thousand years. Crowds celebrate with viewing parties,flockingto the most popular locations to take photos and have picnics underneath the branches.
But this year, cherry blossom season has come and gone in the blink of an eye, in one of the earliest blooms on record. Scientists warn it’s a symptom of the larger climate crisis threatening ecosystems everywhere.
Yasuyuki Aono, a researcher atOsakaPrefectureUniversity, has gathered records fromKyotoback to 812 AD
from historical documents and diaries. In the central city ofKyoto, cherry blossoms peaked on March 26, the earliest in more than 1,200 years, Aono said. And in the capitalTokyo, cherry blossoms reached full bloom on March 22, the second-earliest date on record.
The peak bloom dates shift every year, depending on numerous factors including weather and rainfall, but have shown a general trend of moving earlier and earlier. InKyoto, the peak date stayed around mid-April for centuries, but began moving into early April during the 1800s. The date has only dipped into late March a handful of times in recorded history.
“Sakura blooms are very temperature sensitive,” said Aono. “Flowering and full bloom could be earlier or later depending on the temperature alone,” he said. “The temperature was low in the 1820s, but it has risen by about 3.5 degrees Celsius to this day.”
This year’s seasons in particular influenced the blossom dates, he added. The winter was very cold, but the spring came fast and unusually warm.
12. What is the best title of the passage?
A. Cherry blossom celebrations.
B. Warning of a climate crisis.
C. A strong love for cherry blossom.
D. Cherry blossom season coming earlier.
13. What does the underlined word “flocking” mean?
A. Blocking.
B. Flooding.
C. Running.
D. Following.
14. What can we infer from paragraph 5?
A. The peak blossom dates fall on a fixed date.
B. The cherry blossom rarely peaks in March.
C. The peak bloom dates mainly depend on weather and rainfall.
D. Cherry blossom peaks around mid-April inTokyo.
15. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
A. To inform people the date of cherry blossom.
B. To show a study on cherry blossom dates.
C. To present a Japanese tradition of cherry blossom celebration.
D. To make people aware of the influence of climate change on cherry blossom.
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Thinking about the past and worrying about the future makes it impossible to stay in the present moment. Worrying rarely solve anything, but many of us just can’t resist it whenever we should be doing something else.____16____And here’s how to get started.
Pick a 30-minute window
On your calender, set aside 30 minutes for worrying. You had better make it a consistent daily time.____17____Maybe you won’t need it all, maybe you’ll find you need more at first ,but try to contain it to a half hour.
___18___
If throughout the day you feel yourself worrying about something that isn’t immediately relevant, remind yourself that you have time to think about it later. Save it. Then try to reconnect with what’s happening around you in the moment.
Keep a notebook
When your half hour of worry time arrives, use a notebook to catalogue and process what’s causing you anxiety,___19___It might be helpful to also keep that notebook around during the day when you’re starting out: as a worry pops up, you can jot a note in it for later. You don’t want to worry about forgetting your worry!
Set a timer
When those 30 minutes are over, the timer will ding and you’ll be free of your worries for another 24 hours.___20___Over time, you will find that you have reduced your worry overall, feeling and sleeping better because these anxieties aren’t draining your mental strength all day. At the very least, it will give all that free floating fear a structure.
A.Get rid of worry quickly.
B.Don’t let worry interrupt.
C.Many people are simply caught in a worry loop.
D.And it’s best if it’s not too close to the time you go to sleep.
E.Sometimes seeing things written down helps relieve the stress.
F.Studies have shown scheduling worry into your day decreases anxiety over time.
G.Give the exercise two weeks and some results should begin to show themselves.
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
After I had pictured it over and over again in my mind, the big day___21___arrived: my first day at senior high! I woke up early and rushed to my new___22___. The campus was still___23___when I arrived, so I decided to___24___a bit. I was looking at the photos on the noticeboard when I___25___a voice behind me. “New here?”___26___, I saw a white-haired man. “Yes,” I replied. We chatted for a while___27___I left for the classroom. When my English teacher stepped into the classroom, I was___28___to see the same man I had met earlier.
“Good morning, everyone. Before we start, please___29___yourself to the class. I’llgo first,” said the teacher.
I tried to turn on my brain____30____the engine just wouldn’t start. I was organizing my words in my head when the girl next to me gave me a nudge (用肘轻推) “It’s your____31____!’’
With butterflies in my stomach, I____32____deeply.“Hi, I’m Meng Hao.”Everyone started_____33_____I looked at them in____34____. “Nice to know we____35____the same name,” said my new teacher. Although I was embarrassed, his words made me a lot more_____36_____. When we had all introduced ourselves, Mr Meng said, “Well done, everyone! I know this isn’t____37____for many of you.____38____like this at senior high might sometimes put you under pressure. But it all depends on____39____you do. Keep calm and be prepared.”
People say, “Well begun, half done.” I guess this was a good____40____to my new school life.
21. A. finally B. actually C. suddenly D. gradually
22. A. house B. school C. classroom D. garden
23. A. new B. quiet C. noisy D. lovely
24. A. run B. study C. explore D. move
25. A. sensed B. saw C. felt D. heard
26. A. Looking down B. Working out C. Giving up D. Turning around
27. A. as B. after C. before D. when
28. A. confused B. surprised C. curious D. annoyed
29. A. introduce B. identify C. register D. deliver
30. A. and B. but C. or D. so
31. A. place B. order C. turn D. right
32. A. wanted B. thought C. slept D. breathed
33. A. quitting B. requesting C. laughing D. pretending
34. A. charge B. fear C. pleasure D. trouble
35. A. share B. design C. offer D. promote
36. A. relaxed B. shocked C. responsible D. awkward
37. A. suitable B. easy C. obvious D. hard
38. A. Disasters B. Questions C. Challenges D. Traditions
39. A. when B. where C. that D. what
40. A. job B. impression C. ending D. beginning
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 year, two days before Christmas, my friends called, telling me their kitchen caught fire,_____41._____(destroy) everything in it. I drove to their house, taking all the food that I had. They were so happy to see me, but felt_____42._____(embarrass) having nothing to give me in return.
I went home, very upset._____43._____(actual), I was also in a hard place financially and unable to do_____44._____(much) for them. I called a friend of____45.____(I) about this, who responded, "These people mean a lot to you and I want to help them." Since he had never met them, he requested me_____46._____(go) to the grocery store, all on him. At the check-out, I noticed him lacking money, so that I had to have some items taken back.
We were walking away_____47._____I heard a voice behind me asking the clerk, "How much are those things? I decide to pay for them." I turned around,_____48._____(thank) the kind man and told him everything. He explained that he understood as he had lost his job the year before but now was working again._____49._____tears in our eyes, all of us went away. It was such______50.______wonderful feeling to see folks step up when someone needed help, even a total stranger.
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。

After supper, Li Hua came and asked me go and see the film with him. In our way to the cinema we saw a little girl sitting by the roadside cry. We bring her a cake to stop her crying. But when we asked where she had
lived, she said she didn’t know. So we took her to the police station and asked the police to take care of her. After this, we went to the cinema, but when we got there, the movie was near at its end. Though we missed the movies, we did a good deed. We felt very happily.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假如你是李华,你校的英语俱乐部将选举新一届主席，负责规划、组织俱乐部活动，你想要参选，请你用英语写一篇竞选演讲稿。

内容包括：
1.个人优势；
2.活动设想；
3.当选愿望。

注意：
1.词数80左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考答案
1. A
2. D
3. C
4. C
5. D
6. A
7. B
8. D 9. C 10. B 11. C
12. D 13. B 14. B 15. D
16. F 17. D 18. B 19. E 20. G
21. A 22. B 23. B 24. C 25. D 26. D 27. C 28. B 29. A 30. B 31. C 32.
D 33. C 34. B 35. A 36. A 37. B 38. C 39. D 40. D
41. destroying
42. embarrassed
43. Actually
44. more 45. mine
46. to go 47. when
48. thanked
49. With 50. a
通过作者的亲身经历，告诉我们要做善良的人，帮助那些需要帮助的人，甚至一个完全陌生的人。

51.(1).在me和go之间加to；(2).the→a；(3).In→On；(4).cry→crying；(5).bring→brought；(6).去掉had；
(7).this→that；(8).near→nearly；(9).movies→movie；(10).happily→happy
52.略。