2021年西安市财政会计学校高三英语上学期期中试题及答案.docx

2021年西安市财政会计学校高三英语上学期期中试题及答案第一局部阅读（共两节，总分值40分）第一节（共15小题；每题2分，总分值30分）阅读以下短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最正确选项AThree Things to Do Before You Are 18Are you bored with your daily life? Here are some things you should try before you are 18.HLearn to swimSeriously, this is so important that it can save your life. If you can't swim well, you won't be able to dowater sports like waterskiing, surfing and diving. Even taking a boat trip will be dangerous for you. Make sure you do it.0Try at least one kind of team sportsBeing a good team player is an important skill in life. You can't just think of yourself, but have to work well with other people. Other advantages of team sports like basketball, football and baseball are that they keep you fit and healthy, and they are also great fun. Teams usually have a good social life tooyou'll go to lots of parties and make many friends.HCollect somethingOne of the best hobbies for under-18s is collecting things. You could collect kinds of stamps, or you could collect things that make you remember what you have done, like cinema tickets for films you have seen or letters from friends. The best way to collect is to have a special album to put your collection in and to write what each thing means to you. That way you won't forget.1. The most important reason for learning to swim is that.A. you might feel wellB. it can make you healthyC. you might easily do lots of thingsD. it can save your life2. The writer tells us that one of the best hobbies is to.A. collect somethingB. do some water sportsC. send letters to your friendsD. play basketball with your friends23. The passage is mainly about before you are 18.A. good habits to keepB. skills to haveC. things to doD. things to doE. sports to playThe founder of Earth Day was Gaylord Nelson, a U.S. Senator fromWisconsin. During the late 1960s, Americans witnessed the uninvited side effects of high productivity. Factories and power plants were sending out smoke and industrial waste while Americans were using petrol for their massive（大量的）cars, making air pollution almostsynonymous withthe nation's development.What moved Senator Nelson to action was the 1969 massive oil spill inCalifornia, the largest in theUnited Statesat that time. The spill proved to be an environmental nightmare as it had a significant effect on marine life, killing about 3,500 sea birds, as well as marine animals such as dolphins, elephant seals and sea lions, fueling public anger. Inspired by the student antiwar movement at that period of time, Nelson found it an appropriate time to direct the energy of the students towards a fight for environmental protection. He decided that it was time to educate the Americans on the need to protect the environment. Thus Earth Day was born in 1970, and public environmentalawareness took centre stage.On 22ndApril 1970, millions of Americans took to the street and thousands of students marched to appeal for a healthy, sustainable environment. There was now a new synergy（协'同作用）among different groups which had previously been fighting their causes related to the environment. Their fight for environmental conservation became so overwhelming that affected businesses were forced to follow environmental standards if they wanted to continue their operations.As it became more apparent that environmental issues were not just localized ones but a global concern, the year 1990 saw Earth Day reach out to many more around the world. Earth Day 1990 helped pave the way for the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit inRio de Janeiro, bringing together many nations for a united effort towards protecting the environment.4. Which of the following can replace the underlined phrase "synonymous with“ in paragraph 1?A. familiar withB. opposite toC. different fromD. equal to5. Why did Nelson found Earth Day?A. To support students/ antiwar movement.B. To draw people/s attention to the seriousness of the oil spill.C. To arouse American's awareness of environmental conservation.D. To educate Americans to protect marine life threatened by oil spill events.6. What can be inferred from the passage?A. Businesses would like to follow environmental standards.B. Earth Day united people to fight for environmental protection.C. It was the side effects of high productivity that led Nelson to take action.D. The 1992 United Nations Earth Summit made Earth Day known to more countries.7. The passage mainly talks about.A. how Earth Day came into beingwhy Earth Day was so significantB. who the founder of Earth Day waswhat Earth Day meantto the worldCFew people are aware that Waterloo Bridge, crossed by thousands of daily commuters （每天长途上下班的 人）and celebrated as a London landmark, was mainly built by a female workforce.There are no written or photographic records ofthe women who built the bridge since the construction company that built it closed in the 1980s and with it went all the records. What's left is anecdotal evidence, kept alive by the tourist boat skippers who have called it theLadiesBridge.During the Second World War; with the majority of the active male labor-force away at the front, women increasingly took on traditionally male roles. By 1944, 25,000 women were working in the construction industry, carrying out back-breaking tasks. These women were permitted to carry out this exhausting and dangerous work on the basis that it would only be temporary and that their pay would be lower than that of men. So the surge （激 增）in women working in construction and engineering did not continue after the war.September sees a series of events celebrating the unknown work of the large female workforce. Musician Claudia Molitor has created a 45-minute musical entitled “theSingingBridge”, which runs at Somerset House from Sept9th. to Sept25th. In late September, the “Light up the Ladies Bridge" event saw the National Theatre's fly tower lit up by large scale photographic projections （投影片）of female construction workers working in construction during World War II.Let's all celebrate the women who have helped to build the cities in which we live.8. Why do few people know about the builders ofWaterlooBridge?A. The records of their work have been lost.B. Female workers received little attention.C. The construction took place long ago.D. Few people know about the bridge.9. What can we learn from the fourth paragraph?A. There are less female workers inLondon.B.WaterlooBridgeis popular among artists.C. The story ofWaterlooBridgeis better known.D. Many works of art were created during World War II.10. Why didLondonwomen do the construction work?A. It was a tradition inLondon.B. They wanted to get a steady job.C. Mostmen had gone to the battlefield.D. The company offered them better pay.11. Which can be the best title for the text?A. Female Workers on the RiseA Hidden Treasure inLondonB. ANew LondonLandmarkThe Story behind theLadiesBridgeDDid you know that the average child has heard the word "no" over 20,000 times before they turn the age of three? Ironically, it is also around this time that children begin to develop enough personal character to refuse to obey. The "terrible twos" are categorized by a lack of understanding. Somewhere between three and four, children begin to acquire the skills to reason. It is during this time they watch how other children and adults reason. If we're not careful, the children will watch us model a world of "NOs".By the time a person turns eighteen, how many times have they been told no? I haven't found any studies that even attempted to track this statistic, but I'm sure if the number is 20,000 by three, then at eighteen that number has multiplied. You can do the math.Anyway, I think I know why we say no. We say no to protect. We say no to direct. We say no to stop potential confusion. However, do we sometimes say no just for the sake of saying no? Do we say no because we have internalized（内在化）all of the "NOs" we've heard over the years and we feel it is finally our time to say no to someone else?The internalized no can damage the growth process of dreams in infancy as quickly as it can weaken a three-year-old. And we wonder why we run intopeople with big, un-accomplished dreams who have a bit of a chipon their shoulder. They have to take on the 20,000 NOs. However, the thing that keeps them going is the possibility of the power of ONE YES! Just as it only takes one book to make a writer a Pulitzer Prize Winner, it only takes one word to change the course of your day. That word is YES!12. What do we know about two- year- olds?A. They understand well.B. They often say no to others.C. They think logically.D. They don't do all they're told.13. What effect does saying no have on children?A. They lose all their dreams.B. They aren't easy to succeed.C. They don't make mistakes.D. They never say yes to others.14. Which word best describes the author's attitude to a world of "NOs"?A. Tolerant.B. Disapproving.C. Favorable.D. Carefree.15. What is the text?A. A how-to guide.B. A survey report.C. An opinion essay.D. Ashort story.第二节（共5小题；每题2分，总分值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正确选项。选项中有两项为多余选项Learning should never stop. The same way applies for self-improvement,16. Here are four reasons why self-improvement is important regardless of your age.Increase self-awarenessSelf-awareness is an ongoing journey.17, which make you more aware of your personality, thoughts and feelings. So, in order to be on the path of self-improvement, it is important to never lose touch with yourself.Enhance strengthsSelf-improvement lets you identify your personal strengths, from relationships to careersknowing your strengths is important for every aspect of your life. It gives you a better understanding of what you are seeking and where you are likely to be more excellent.18. After all, you can only achieve what you want when you know what you want.Overcome weaknesses19, you should come to terms with your weaknesses. Don't be ashamed of them, look at them as areas of improvement. We all have strengths and weaknesses that shape our personality. It is these imperfections that make us humans.20Choosing to work on improving yourself requires you to take your trip out of comfortable areas. It lets you face your fears, try new things, take risks and challenge yourself. There will be times when you will discover a new side of your personality but there will also be times when you will fail. A. Improve mental healthStep out of comfort zoneB. It also helps you set life goals and make them happenWhen you refuse to improve yourself in your daily lifeC. Though identifying strengths is an important aspect of self-improvementAs life progresses, you are met with different experiences and challengesD. That's to say, self improvement is of great importance no matter how old you are 第二局部语言运用（共两节，总分值45分） 第一节（共20小题；每题1.5分，总分值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正确选项My mother sewed dresses. She worked in a factory by 21 and brought home dresses at night. Shehad to 22 my brother, my sister, and me. My father had died when I was ten.Every night when she 23, I would meet my mother at the train stop and help her carry home a lot ofunsewn cloth. She'd start to 24 as soon as she got home. She'd stop to make us 25, and afterthat, while we kids read or listened to music, she would 26 over her sewing machine again to continuesewing dresses. Sometimes she'd get her thumb caught under the sewing 27. She'd cry out in painbut 28 a bandage and go back to work. Watching her made me 29 to be so good at something Iloved that my mother wouldn't have to work again.I sat next to my mother as she 30. Every now and then she/d 31 up pieces of new clothto be sewn, feel the dress between her fingers, and set it aside 32. She/d say, I only work on qualitydresses/' Our family needed 33. But my mother would not sew a 34 that was not up toher 35. She showed me that people should take 36 in what they do.I thought of my mother years later as I began my career, enjoyed 37, and faced setbacks. I wasdetermined to be so successful to make up for all my mother had 38 for us. But when a producer toldme to record a song I considered silly or 39, I'd think of my mother and tell him, “Sorry, I only workon 40 material/721. A. nightB. dayC.chanceD. choice22. A. supportB. impressC. attractD. comfort23. A. leftB. returnedC. escapedD. wandered24. A. restB. readC. sewD. cook25. A.supperB. lunchC. breakfastD. snack26. A. handB. takeC. runD. bend27. A. shelfB. boardC. needleD.head28. A. show upB. fill upC. hold onD. put on29. A. demandedB. determinedC. supposedD. reminded30. A. workedB. laughedC. talkedD. cried31. A. sumB. makeC. pickD. do32. A. quicklyB. silentlyC. privatelyD. happily33. A. helpB. moneyC. serviceD. hope34. A. collarB. buttonC. pocketD. dress35. A. standardsB. rulesC. spiritsD. preferences36. A. partB. comfortC. prideD. interest37. A. successB. funC.angerD. shyness38. A. offeredB. sacrificedC. experiencedD. abandoned39. A. harmlessB. carelessC. senselessD. hopeless40. A. quantityB. abilityC. authorityD. quality第二节(共10小题；每题1.5分，总分值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Stephen Hawking, who is the most famous physicist, was born inBritainon January 8th, 1942. As a child, he was enthusiastic about 41.(design) complicated toys but 42.(fortune), in his twenties, hesuffered 43.a disease that was impossible to be cured,44.was a great challenge for him.However; not only was he positive about the misfortunes 45.eventually he defeated all the obstacles butalso he was 46.(bury) in his research in the universe. In 1988, his best-sellerA Brief History of Timewaspublished,47.which he put forward the idea 48.time itself has a beginning, and that it willhave 49.end. In conclusion, he has made outstanding 50.(contribute) to the fields of cosmologyand quantum gravity. 第四局部写作(共两节，总分值40分)第一节短文改错（总分值10分）5L此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。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。请按以下要求改正：增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（八），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：L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。Last weekend, my brother and I went to a nursing home for voluntary works. We went there by bus. On the way, we discussed how we could do for the old there. The moment we arrived at there, we were greeted by a warmly welcome. Seeing that their rooms were dirty, my brother suggested we cleaned them. Two hours later, we had to wave goodbye to them, promise to come back again. We felt proud of us. We thought it was indeed unforgettable experience for both of us. I do believe unless all of us can do something for the old, we will real make a difference.第二节书面表达（总分值25分）52.假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Jim发来邮件说他下周要来你所在的城市参加一个竞赛活动，询问能 否借住你家。请