2021年广东省兴宁第一中学高三上学期期末考试英语试卷

2021年广东省兴宁第一中学高三上学期期末考试英语试卷学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

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When most people travel，they pick up all sorts of things: souvenirs，T-shirts，postcards and so on．However，Harry Loomer is 1 ．When he travels，he leaves something behind，something of lasting value — his 2 ．

Harry began donating blood at a college blood drive four decades ago．Since then，he has donated his blood 3 ．Not once or twice a year，but every 56 days — as often as the law 4 ．Even though he is now retired and 5 .extensively，it has not slowed him down at all．

For people who need blood，Harry is a/an 6 ．Since up to four people can 7 from a single pint of blood，Harry Loomer，with a 8 donation of 480 pints of blood，has played a big role in helping save hundreds of lives．

Connie Smith also gives blood regularly．She knows that donating blood requires little work and almost no 9 while helping to save a life．“People need to know how vital it is to have blood on hand，” she says．“There is absolutely no10 for it．”

Connie is participating in a Red Cross programme designed to pair closely 11 donors with people who need blood regularly because of long-term 12 ．She is paired with a child who needs a pint of blood every two weeks．To ensure an adequate 13 for this young patient，Connie and another donor donate their blood every 56 days．

“It’s not always14 ，” Connie admits，“but it’s more than worth it to know that I’m helping that precious child．I’m sure if other people know how vital blood donations are，they would be 15 to sacrifice too．”

1．A．unlucky B．strange C．different D．brave 2．A．help B．blood C．money D．smile 3．A．regularly B．monthly C．occasionally D．gradually 4．A．suggests B．allows C．requires D．believes 5．A．drives B．travels C．exercises D．researches 6．A．doctor B．father C．example D．hero 7．A．benefit B．suffer C．choose D．start

8．A．surprising B．fair C．generous D．reasonable 9．A．condition B．courage C．pain D．time 10．A．substitute B．access C．place D．reward 11．A．matched B．balanced C．linked D．involved 12．A．developments B．illnesses C．tests D．processes 13．A．support B．application C．supply D．attention 14．A．necessary B．helpful C．effective D．convenient 15．A．excited B．willing C．lucky D．able

二、阅读选择

Agatha Christie (1890-1976) was born Agatha May Clarissa Miller in Devon，England in 1890，the youngest of three children in a conservative，well-to-do family.Taught at home by a governess and tutors，as a child Agatha Christie never attended school.She became skillful at creating games to keep herself occupied at a very young age.A bashful child，unable to adequately express her feelings，she first turned to music as a means of expression and，later in life，to writing.

In 1914，at the age of 24，she married Archie Christie，a World War I fighter pilot. While he was off at war，she worked as a nurse. It was while working in a hospital during the war that Christie first came up with the idea of writing a detective novel. Although it was completed in a year，it wasn’t published until 1920，five years later.

“The mysterious Affair at Styles” gave the world the unique Hercule Poirot，a retired Belgian police officer who was to become one of the most enduring characters in all of fiction. With his waxed moustache and his “little grey cell，” he was “meticulous (careful to do things correctly)，a tidy little man，always neat，orderly and a bit absurd. ”

Christie wrote more than 30 novels featuring Poirot. Among the most popular were” The Murder of Roger Ackroyd”(1926)，“Murder on the Orient Expredd”(1934)，and “Death on the Nile” (1937).

Another of Christie’s most well-known and beloved characters was introduced in “Murder at the Vicarage” in 1930.Miss Jane Marple，an elderly single in the old- fashioned English village of St. Mary Mead，solved all manner of mysteries with intense concentration and instinct.

Christies ultimately (finally)became the acknowledged Queen of the Golden Age. In all，