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1、2021 届东营区牛庄镇西范中学高三英语上学期期中考试试题及答案解析 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 As the MOOC craze continues to explode,anyone interested in taking an online course faces a tricky question:Which course to take?Here are five aspects that you should consider befor

2、e you start.(1)What is your learning style?Many MOOCs are video-based.Other courses use presentation formats.Some also require participation in group work.If you want to stay motivated during your course,think about how you enjoy learning.Are you a visual learner,preferring to use images to understa

3、nd a topic?If so,a video-based course will work well for you.If you are a verbal learner who gains new information by speaking and writing,try a text-based course with lots of note-taking.Social learners,meanwhile,will thrive in forum discussions and project-based assessment.(2)Are you ready to beco

4、me a full-time student?Be realistic about the time that you can commit to your online studies.Participating in an online course can take as much time and commitment as a class-based program.Check the course requirements and make a plan around your current schedule.(3)Does the course really meet your

5、 needs?Whether you are interested in a professional qualification or want to take a personal development course like yoga,there is a MOOC for you.Its easy to get caught up in the excitement of taking lots of free courses in everything that you ever wanted to learn.Before you start a course,think abo

6、ut the end goal.Is the course aimed at beginners or advanced learners?Why do you need this qualification?(4)Do you need a support group?Some people learn best from seeing how others approach the problem.If you are such as learner,you will need to supplement your online lessons with an in-person supp

7、ort group.(5)What kind of certification will you get?Take time to find out what kind of certification is available upon completion of the course,and how you can prove your learning to others-for example,certificates,transcripts or digital badges.1.What kind of MOOCs does the author recommend to verb

8、al learners?A.A video-based course.B.A text-based course.C.A forum-based discussion.D.A project-based assessment.2.What kind of learners need an in-person support group?A.Learners who prefer individual work.B.Learners who are in great need of a certificate.C.Learners who are too busy to become a ful

9、l-time student.D.Learners who learn best from observing how others address the problem.3.What is the passage mainly about?A.Picking the right MOOCs for you.B.Deciding your learning style.C.Taking the right course you need.D.Choosing a suitable support group.B There are 195 countries in the world tod

10、ay but almost none of them have purple on their national flag.So whats wrong with purple?Its such a popular color1 today.Why would no country use it in their flag?The answer is really quite simple.Purple was just for too expensive.The color1 purple has been associated with royalty power and wealth f

11、or centuries.Queen Elizabeth I forbade anyone except close members of the royal family to wear it.Purples high status comes from the rarity and cost of the dye(染料)originally used to produce it.Fabric traders got the dye from a small sea snail(海螺)that was only found in the Tyre region of the Mediterr

12、anean.More than 10,000 snails were needed to create just one gram of purple;not to mention a lot of work went into producing the dye,which made purple dye so expensive.Since only wealthy rulers could afford to buy and wear the color1,it became associated with the royal family.Sometimes,however,the d

13、ye was too expensive even for royalty.Third century Roman Emperor Aurelio famously wouldnt allow his wife to buy a scarf made from purple silk because it cost three times its weight in gold.A single pound of dye cost three pounds of gold,which equals 56,000 dollars today.Therefore,even the richest c

14、ountries couldnt spend that much having purple on their flags.The dye became more accessible to lower-class about a century and a half ago.In 1856,18-year-old English chemist William Henry Perkin accidentally created a man-made purple compound(化合物)while attemptingto produce an anti-malaria drug.He n

15、oticed that the compound could be used to dye fabrics,so he patented the dye,manufactured it and got rich.Purple dye was then mass-produced so everybody could afford it.Till now,a handful of new national flags have been designed and a few of them have chosen to use purple in their flag.So dont be ma

16、king any bets just yet.4.Why was color1 purple expensive in the past?A.Because only royal families were allowed to wear purple.B.Because it took a long time to get purple dye from gold.C.Because purple was worth as much as its weight in gold.D.Because purple dye used to be rare and hard to produce.5

17、.Why did Roman Emperor Aurelio forbid his wife to buy a purple scarf?A.Because of poor quality.B.Because of long tradition.C.Because of bad taste.D.Because of high price.6.What is purples situation now?A.Purple has been widely used on national flags.B.Purple dye is now affordable to ordinary people.

18、C.Royal family stop using purple because its toocommon.D.Fewer snails are used to produce purple dye than before.7.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A.No Purple Flags?B.Purple vs Gold C.How to Produce Purple Dye?D.The Birth of Purple Color C Portraits as Art According to

19、 a dictionary,portraiture is“a representation(描绘)of a person,especially of the face by drawing or painting alikeness.”However,this definition neglects the complexities of portraiture.Portraits are works of art that engage with ideas of identity rather than just a likeness.These concepts of identity

20、involve social rank,gender,age,profession,character of the subject,etc.It is impossible to copy all the aspects of identity.Therefore,portraits reflect only certain qualities of subjects.Portrait art has also undergone significant shifts in artistic practice.The majority of portraits are the outcome

21、 of current artistic fashions and favored styles.Therefore,portrait art is an art category providing various engagement with social,psychological,and artistic practices and expectations.Since portraits are different from other art categories,they are worthy of separate study.During their production,

22、portraits require the presence of a specific person,or an image of the individual.In many instances,the production of portraiture has required sittings,which result in interaction between the subject(s)and the artist throughout the creation of the work.In certain instances,portrait artists depended

23、on a combination of different involvement with their subjects.If the sitter cant sit in the studio regularly,portraitists could use his or her photographs.InEurope,during the seventeenth and eighteenth century,the sitting time was sometimes decreased by focusing only on the head.Theoretically,portra

24、itists could work from impressions or memories when creating a painting,but this rarely occurred according to documented records.Nonetheless,whether the work is based on model sittings,copying a photograph,or using memory,the process of painting a portrait is linked with the models attendance.Furthe

25、rmore,portrait painting can be distinguished from other artistic categories by its connection with appearance,or likeness.As such,the art of portrait painting got a reputation for imitation instead of for artistic innovation.Based on Renaissance art theory,portraiture was related to the level of a m

26、echanical exercise as opposed to a fine art.Michelangelos well-known protest against portraits is only one example.During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries,the attitude to portraiture was critical.Even so,artists from around the globe persisted in painting portraits despite their theoretical ob

27、jections.Picasso,for example,became widely-known forcubist still-life painting(立体派静物画)early in his career,but some of his early experiments in this new style were his portraits of art dealers.8.What does paragraph 1 mainly tell us?A.The changing definition of portraiture reflects shifting attitudes

28、to it.B.Most portraits reflect artistic fashions and favored styles when created.C.Portraiture is a more complex art form than is defined in a dictionary.D.Portrait art shouldnt be seen as a distinct art category for its complexity.9.Which of the following is a characteristic of portraiture mentione

29、d in paragraph 2?A.Portraiture typically takes much less time than other art forms.B.Portraiture often requires frequent cooperation between artists.C.Portraits show models in a more accurate way than other art forms.D.Portraits generally involve interaction between subjects and artists.10.According

30、 to paragraph 2,during portraits production,artists _.A.based their work on the subjects attendance B.preferred models photographs to their presence C.were more willing to use impressions or memories D.reduced sitting time to concentrate on a sitters head 11.Picasso is chosen as an example by the au

31、thor because he _.A.altered the way other artists felt about portrait art B.created portraits in spite of his objection to portrait art C.depended on portrait art to establish a higher reputation D.had fewer theoretical objections to portraitures than others D If youve ever had a dog,you know just h

32、owdeep a connection you can develop with“mans best friend”.But a dogs life is much shorter than humans,about 12 to 15 years long,which means every dog owner has to go through the heartbreaking moment when their loving pet passes away.Why not make a clone of that dog then?This is the solution offered

33、 by a South Korean company,Sooam Biotech Research Foundation.The company has already successfully cloned at least 400 dogs,mostly for US customers,ever since it pioneered the technique in 2005.Now,Sooam Biotech has introduced its business toUKdog owners as well,offering them dogs that look just like

34、 their lost ones.To clone a dog,researchers first need to take a skin cell from a living dog or one that has just died.Meanwhile,another dog is selected to supply an egg.Researchers then replace the DNA in the egg with that from the skin cell and implant the egg into the womb(子宫)of a female dog.The

35、egg grows into a puppy over the following two months.The whole process takes less than a day,but it comes at a shockingly high price around63,000.But if you cant afford it now,you can also save the cell in a laboratory andaccess it at a later date.However,magical as cloning might sound,there is no g

36、uarantee that the cloned dog will be a perfect copy of the original one.Just like identical twins of humans,they share the exactly same DNA but there will still be small differences between them.“The spots on a Dalmatian(斑点狗)clone will be different,for example”Insung Hwang,head of Sooam Biotech,told

37、 The Guardian.Dog owners will also have to accept the fact that personality is not“cloneable”.Apart from genes,personality is also determined by upbringing and environment,which are both random elements that cloning technologies simply cannot overcome,Professor Tom Kirkwood atNewcastle University,UK

38、,told The Telegraph.Perhaps bringing our dogs back by cloning is not the best way to remember them after all.Kirkwood,a dog owner himself,pointed out,“An important aspect of our relationship with them is coming to terms with the pain of letting go.”12.What service does Sooam Biotech Research Foundat

39、ion offer?A.Making copies of pet dogs.B.Giving pet dogs identical twins C.Helping dogs give birth to more puppies.D.Helping dog owners love their dogs more.13.Which order is correct in the dog cloning process?a.An egg is taken from another dog.b.A skin cell is taken from the pet dog.c.The egg grows

40、into a puppy in two months.d.The egg is placed in the womb of a female dog.e.The DNA in the egg is replaced by the DNA from the skin cell.A.adbec.B.aebdc C.badec.D.baedc.14.What can we learn about dog cloning from the passage?A.It has not been put into practice until recently.B.It is very popular am

41、ong US andUKpet owners.C.It might not give the owners an exactlysame dog.D.It is very expensive and usually takes half a year to complete.15.What doesKirkwoodthink of dog cloning?A.He disagrees with it.B.He supports it.C.He is curious about it.D.He thinks it unbelievable.第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）阅

42、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 Teenagers fitness is now a major concern and physicalexercise is very important._16_Exercise makes your body strong and helps you to keep the right body weight.Sports scientists offer the following advice to teenagers._17_Then you can design a programme that

43、will help you become healthier._18_“Overweight”means that the person gets very little exercise and often has a serious weight problem.“Inactive”means that the person does not join in many physical activities,but is not seriously overweight.“Active”refers to people who participate in sports and other

44、 physical activities,but do not have a high fitness level.According to experts,overweight teenagers should work out to keep healthy.Ride a bike,play volleyball or basketball for a while,and go for a twenty minute walk each day.All these will help to burn calories.Inactive teenagers should do similar

45、 activities,but add some bending and stretching exercises,such as push-ups and sit-ups,starting with twenty of each a day.Inactive people can take a little more exercise than overweight people because their bodies are stronger._19_ Experts also suggest one hour a week or more on running and other fo

46、rms of intensive exercises,together with fifteen minutes a day spent on stretching and bending activities._20_Some weight-training and other body-strengthening exercises could also be planned in the programme in order to increase peoples strength and safety.A.Its time to take part in sport.B.It redu

47、ces stress and improves fitness.C.Sports can make your life more color1 ful.D.First,find out your present level of fitness.E.The same rule is also suitable for active teenagers.F.They are really important in order to prevent injuries.G.There are three levels of fitness that need a change of lifestyl

48、e.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 A boy walked into a candy store with his father and since he was just 6 years old,he was surprised by so many candies on offer.“Its amazing.What should I_21_?”he asked himself.“Come on,son,we dont have mu

49、ch_22_.I have to attend an important meeting,”his dad said.“These are all my_23_and I dont know what to choose.”He picked up some bags and then put them_24_.He couldnt make up his mind.“_25_,son,we have no time.Im very_26_,”his dad said.So the boy ran around the store_27_again.His eyes moved from on

50、e bag to another,_28_ all of the sweets looked so good and he couldnt make up his mind._29_,the dad had enough.He caught his son by the hand and they_30_the store empty-handed.The boy_31_.He wanted them all,but ended up with_32_because he couldnt choose just one.Some of us are that boy.The_33_is tha