2021年西安市财政会计学校高三英语期中试题及答案解析.docx

2021年西安市财政会计学校高三英语期中试题及答案解析第一局部阅读（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AMembership CardFighting Fit is a members-only club. When you first join, we give you a computerized card. It has your name, photo and membership number on.Please have your card with you every time you use the club. The card is for your use only, and there is a small charge to provide a new one if you lose it. Members are permitted to bring guests to use the facilities at the club. A visiting guest fee is charged for each guest.Fitness ProgramsYour Fitness Program includes a meeting with one of our skilled instructors. This will happen two or three weeks after you have joined. The instructor looks at your health, your current needs and the way you live, and organizes a program suitable for you.GymnasiumOur gymnasiums are the most modem in the area and have high quality exercise equipment. For safety reasons, you must wear sportswear and trainers while exercising, and please remember to take a small towel too. It is one of our rules that you wipe the equipment after use.There is no limit to how long you spend in the gymnasiums, but we ask you to respect other members by only spending 20 minutes on each piece of equipment. There are experienced staff helping you in the gymnasiums at any time.Locker RoomsWe have large male and female locker rooms. Please ensure that your property is kept in your locker at all times. Any belongings which are found in a locker overnight will be removed and taken to Lost Property.CafeThe Cafe offers free tea, coffee and soft drinks.Suggestion BoxMembers' suggestions are always welcome, and the suggestion box and forms can be found at reception. We try to respond within two days.第二节书面表达（总分值25分）52.假定你是李华，你校即将举办线上中文歌曲大赛。你校留学生Alan目前在英国居家学习，请给他写 一封邮件，内容如下：1 .表示问候；2 .大赛情况（目的、形式）；3 .发出参赛邀请。注意：1 .词数100左右；4 .可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。Dear Alan,Yours,Li Hua参考答案1. C2. B3. B4. D5. A6. A7. C8. C 9. D 10. C 11. B12. A13. D14.B15. C16. G17. D18.A19. E20. F21. B22. A23.A24. C25. B26. D 27. B 28. C 29. A 30. D 31. C 32.B 33. A 34. D 35. C 36. C 37. B 38. D 39. D 40. Amade41. by 43. mainlytheir 45. existing/existent46. distantdiscoveries47. whom 49. have been built. or50 .(1).在 best 前加 the. thing玲things(2) . usefully玲useful. orfand(5), Have玲Having.interestingfinterested(7) . isfare. Since玲So(8) . allowed玲allow.去掉 their 前面 with52 .略l.What does the Fighting Fit Health Club provide for its members?A.A personalized program on their first visit.B.A second membership card for free.C.Help from the staff all the time.D.Certain kinds of clothes and towels.2. At the Fighting Fit Health Club, you can_.A.share your membership cardB.have free drinks in the CafeC.leave personal items in the locker for 24 hoursD.spend as long as you like on all equipment3. Where is the information most probably from?A.A news report.B.A notice board.C.A guide book.D.A reference book.BThe herd of elephants moving north after leaving the Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve in Yunnan province has drawn widespread public attention, with tens of millions of people following its movement on TV programs and social media platforms.But this is not because it's the first time wild Asian Elephants have wandered away from their habitat and headed northward, but for only this time the herd has traveled more than 400 kilometers as far as Kunming. Photographs, videos and stories of the herd's movement have sparked widespread discussions even overseas.However, there is a need to go behind the "cute photos" and the seemingly “fantastic" event and identify the reasons why wild elephants are leaving their habitat, and find ways to establish harmonious human-animal relationship within habitats and the surrounding forests and human settlements. It is important to scientifically mark the limits of the habitats for elephants and other animals in Xishuangbanna and elsewhere in the country for ecological reasons as well.Planting trees is a key and fundamental step toward restoration of nature. Yet long-term investment and a more scientific approach are needed to maintain the remaining forests as well as to extend the forest cover and strengthen conservation.Nevertheless, tree cover alone doesn't mean a suitable habitat for all animals, for different species need different types of vegetation to survive and breed. The elephant herd in Yunnan is a reminder that we have to scientifically conserve the existing forests and turn them into suitable habitats for different species of animals and birds, which will ultimately benefit humans.More ambitious targets should be set to rebuild or improve the food chain, and measures taken to ensure forest resources help wildlife flourish, in order to establish a harmonious human-animal relationship.Forests around the globe are still shrinking, particularly those in tropical and developing countries. The next decade therefore will be extremely important for the world's forests and wildlife, and China can play a leading role in saving them by better protecting its forests and expanding its forest cover.4. Why has the herd of elephants caused so much public interest?A. There exist heated discussions in the whole country even overseas.B. TV programs and social media platforms want to benefit from them.C. They are the first wild Asian 日ephants to leave their natural habitat.D. The elephants has traveled a long distance and lived in harmony with humans.5. What can we infer from the third paragraph about the “fantastic" event?A. More research on the reasons behind the event is required.B. Scientists need to limit the habitats for elephants and other animals.C. People should find ways to have a good relationship with elephants.D. There's an urgent demand for detailed information about the elephants.6. Which method is provided in the passage to restore nature?A. Expanding the coverage of forest.B. Getting the government/s policy support.C. Bringing up various ways to protect the forests.D. Offering more kinds of vegetation to all animals.7. What does this event of elephants leaving their habitats remind us to do?A. To set more goals to change the food chain.B. To be aware of the situation of the existing forests.C. To realize harmonious coexistence of human and nature.D. To reduce the destruction of the forests around the globe.CParents and math teachers regularly asked by their school-aged charges whether math matters inreal life now have an answer.In a study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research this week, Harvard Kennedy School PolicyProfessor Joshua Goodman took a look at what happened to students whose high schools were required in the1980s to increase the minimum level of coursework required to graduate. What he found is that the students were more likely to increase the number of math courses they took as a result of the change in standards and that translated into higher earnings down the line.Put simply: About 15 years after they graduated, the high school graduates who went to school when these changes took effect saw their average earnings increase about 10% for every extra year of math coursework. The findings may add fuel to the steady drum of education experts, policy makers and others calling for an increased focus on science and math education.The increase in required math courses didn't necessarily produce rocket scientists, Goodman notes, because the extra coursework wasn't at a particularly high level. But becoming familiar with and practicing ly basic math skills allowed high school graduates to pursue and excel at jobs that required some level of computational knowledge, he said.Goodman acknowledged that the earnings boost for the students connected with the up tick （上升）in math education may be dependent on the state of the economy. When Goodman checked in the late 1990s and early 2000s on the earnings of the students who graduated in the late 1985, he found that their earnings increased significantly if they took more math.8. What does Joshua Goodman's study find?A. High school graduates earn more.B. High school students prefer math.C. Math matters a lot in one's income.D. Math is a compulsory course in school.9. Why is increase in required math courses useful?A. It produced rocket scientists.B. It makes high school students smarter.C. It meets the requirements of the government.D. It enables high school graduates to get better jobs.10. What might be the author's purpose in writing the text?A. To give a warning to policy makers.B. To seek help for high school students' problems.C. To show the great importance of learning math.D. To tell a struggling history of high school students.11. What could be the best title for the text?A. Efforts matter mostMath makes moneyB. Earnings of different graduatesChanges of high school coursesDSam, I say to myself as I start across the bridge, you must stop these thoughts and start thinking about what to do now that you have lost your falcon, Frightful.Life, my friend Ban do once said, is meeting problems and solving them whether you are an amoeba or a space traveller. I have a problem. I have to provide my younger sister Alice and myself with meat. Fish, nuts, and vegetables are good and necessary, but they don't provide enough fuel for the hard physical work we do. Although we have venison now, I can't always count on getting it. So far this year, our venison has been only road kill from in front of Mrs Strawberry's farm.I decide to take the longest way home, down the flood plain of the West Branch of Delaware to Spillkill, my own name for a fast stream that cascades down the south face of the mountain range I'm on. I need time to think. Perhaps Alice and I should be like the early Eskimos. We should walk, camp and hunt, and when the seasons change, walk on to new food sources. But I love my tree and my mountaintop.Another solution would be to become farmers, like the people of the Iroquois Confederacy who once lived here. They settled in villages and planted corm and squash, bush beans and berries. We already grow groundnuts in the damp soil and squash in the poor land. But the Iroquois also hunted game. I can't do that anymore.I'm back where I started from.Slowly I climb the Spillkill. As I hop from rock to rock beneath shady basswoods and hemlocks, I hear the cry of the red-tailed hawk who nests on the mountain crest. I am reminded of Frightful and my heart aches. I can almost hear her call my name, Cree, Cree, Cree, Car-ree.Maybe I can get her back if I beg the man who is in charge of the peregrines at the university. zzBut it's the law/ he would say. I could write to the president of the United States and ask him to make an exception of Alice and me. That won't work. The president swore to uphold the Constitution and laws of the United States when he took office.I climb on. I must stop thinking about the impossible and solve the problem of what to do now. I must find a new way to provide for us. Frightful is going to be in good hands at the university, and she will have young.A. Delicate mental activities.C. Everchanging story events.13. What is Sam's first worry?A. How to get back quicklyC. How to ensure the safety of Frightful.D. How to provide meat for Alice and himself.I smile at the thought of little Frightfuls and lift my reluctant feet.When I am far above the river, I take off my clothes and moccasins and bathe in a deep, clear pool until I am refreshed and thinking more clearly. Climbing up the bank, I dress and sit down. I breathe deeply of the mountain air and try to solve my problem more realistically.12. What does this excerpt main describe?B. Unique story environment.D. Complicated character relationship.B. How to get enough venison.14. What do we know about Frightful?A. He Ie代 Sam and Alice due to lack of food.B. He helped Sam hunt before being taken away.C. He is living with the red-tailed hawk happily.D. He has given birth to babies in the university.15. Which of the following can best describe Sam?A. Humorous.B. Aggressive.C. Responsible.D. Unrealistic.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A good night/s sleep is one of the best things for your health. The following steps might help you enjoy a good sleep.Create a nightly routine（惯例）.16 It could be as simple as washing your face or brushing your teeth. As you begin to move into your“nightly routine： your mind will know that it's time to sleep.Learn your body clock.Someexperts believe sleepiness comes in cycles（周期性地）. If you know the cycles in your body clock, you can use them to your advantage.17 If not, it might be a long time before you're ready for sleep again.18Put your clock under your bed or on the bottom shelf of your bedside cabinet（床头柜）,where its light won't disturb （干扰）you. That way ,if you wake up in the middle of the night, or have problems in sleeping, you won't worry about how late it is and how much sleep you're missing.Paint your bedrooma relaxing colorlFirst, take any unnecessary things away from your bedroom- they stand in the way of a good night's sleep.19 It's a reminder of sleep.Choose the right pillowOne study found that neck pillows can actually improve the quality of your sleep as well as reduce neck pain.20 It should provide neck support and be washable.A. Hide your clock.B. Change your habitYou probably can't fall asleep very easilyC. When sleepiness comes, get to bed in time.D. Then paint your room arelaxing colorl, like green.E. The best neck pillow should be soft and not too high.F. This is something you do every night before going to bed.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In the 1960s, Douglas McGregor, one of the key thinkers in the art of management, developed the mow famous Theory X and Theory Y. Theory X is the idea that people instinctively dislike work and will do anythingto 21 it. Therefore most people must be forced with the threat of punishment to work towardsorganisational objectives.Theory Y is the view that everyone has the 22 to find satisfaction in work. Both ofthem are still referred to commonly in the field of management and motivation, and whilst more recent studies have questioned the rigidity（僵化）of the model.In any case, despite so much evidence to the 23, many managers still agree to Theory X. Theybelieve,24, that their employees need constant supervision if they are to work effectively, or that decisions must be imposed fromabove without 25. This, of course, makes for autocratic （专制的）managers.Different cultures have different ways of managing people. Unlike 26 management, some cultures,particularly in Asia, are well known for the consultative 27 of decision-ma