2021届东莞市虎门第三中学高三英语期末考试试题及答案解析.pdf

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1、2021 届东莞市虎门第三中学高三英语期末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 Dont know where to enjoy yourself?Here are some choices for you.Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park PopUp Picnics in the park return for the fourth summer in a row,taking place on Th

2、ursdays.Take a break to enjoy tacos(墨西哥玉米薄饼卷).Prices changefrom$2 to$10.Cash only.144 School Street June 13-August 15 Start at 11:30 am and end at 1:30 pm The Crows Nest Each summer on Thursday evenings the Crows Nest offers its Summer Beach Party series on the beach.The party starts at 5:30 pm each

3、 week and goes until sunset.Families are welcome,and there is no entrance fee.After the sun sets,the fun begins with dancing to the best live music of local bands.2218 East Cliff Drive May 30-August 29 Start at 5:30 pm and end at 8:30 pm Bargetto Winery Join us for a beautiful weekend of art and win

4、e.Bargetto Winery will be hosting their yearly gathering of artists and foodies（美食家）at their amazing Soquel winery.No entrance fee.Wine tasting with purchase of$15 festival glass.3535 North Main Street July 20-July 21 Start at 11:00 am and end at 5:00 pm Chaminade Resort&Spa Chef Page takes guests o

5、n a journey showing the area rich fruits,vegetables,and meats.Dinner begins at 6:30 pm with a five-course menu and good wines.Seating booked is not a choice,as all guests are seated at large,connecting,beautifully set tables designed to invite open conversations among guests.Ticket price:$90 per per

6、son.Tickets can be gotten online.Chaminade Lane July 26 Start at 6:00 pm and end at 9:00 pm 1.What can we know about PopUp Picnics in the park?A.It lasts two days.B.It is held on Thursdays.C.It has been held twice.D.It can be paid in credit card.2.What can people do in the Crows Nest?A.Enjoy tacos.B

7、.Talk with artists and foodies.C.Watch the sunrise on the beach.D.Watch the performance of the bands.3.Which activity can be booked on the Internet?A.The Crows Nest.B.Bargetto Winery.C.Chaminade Resort&Spa.D.Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park.B In a recent survey of 2000 Americans,housecleaning

8、was shown to have some mood-boosting effects but that doesnt mean everybody is willing to do it.The majority of respondents(受访者)said cleaning gave them a sense of accomplishment(65%)and helped them clear their mind(63%).Half of these adults said they are most often motivated to clean when theyre hap

9、py.In fact,63%of those surveyed find the experience of cleaning to be relaxing-even more so than getting fresh air(61%).But thats not the only reason people clean.A big 70%admitted that tidying their home was a way of putting off having to do other things,with the average procrastinator(拖延者)using th

10、at trick four times a week.The survey showed that 86%of respondents do feel on top of their housework,but the last deep clean of their kitchen happened over a week and a half ago.Thats no surprise because the kitchen is most terrible of all.Conducted by OnePoll on behalf of DishFish,the survey inves

11、tigated peoples attitudes toward dirty dishes and how they get through tricky task.More than two-thirds of people(69%)let their dishes pile up between washings with 20%saying“always”letting them be placed in the sink,which left them feeling stressed.More than any other room,the kitchen was rated as“

12、very difficult”to cope with.And most people enjoy cleaning their toilet or taking out the garbage more than washing dishes by hand.How do they get through it?66%listen to music while they clean.72%have a best-loved song that they sounded while tidying up their home,with“Uptown Funk,”“Read All About

13、It”and“Work”being the three favorite tunes on Americas cleaning playlist.4.What is the result of the survey?A.Housecleaning may contribute to a good mood to some extent.B.Housecleaning may strengthen peoples willingness to volunteer.C.Housecleaning may cause anxiety and concern for some people.D.Hou

14、secleaning may improve peoples motivation to other housework.5.What is the top reason why people undertake housecleaning?A.They can entertain themselves.B.They can take in fresh air.C.They get a sense of achievement.D.They can delay other things.6.What are respondents attitudes to dirty dishes?A.Man

15、y would rather wash dishes than throw out the rubbish.B.Half are under pressure with dirty dishes lying in the sink.C.A quarter will let dirty dishes pile up after their meals.D.Most prefer cleaning their toiletto washing dishes by hand.7.What column does the text belong to?A.Feature Story.B.Family

16、Life.C.Scientific Hotspot.D.Finance Focus.C Dengue is a very painful illness spread by mosquitoes.In severe cases,dengue can even be deadly.Dengue is a serious disease affecting people in around 120 countries.It can cause high fevers,headaches,and severe pain.Its caused by a virus spread by bites fr

17、om mosquitoes.Therefore,dengue is more common in warm areas.Every year,roughly 390 million people get dengue,and as many as 25,000 die from it.Now scientists seem to have found a way to protect humans from dengue by first protecting mosquitoes.Dengue fever is caused by a virus.Though it may seem str

18、ange to think of it this way,the mosquitoes that spread the dengue virus are also infected with it.But the virus doesnt seem to hurt the mosquitoes.Wolbachia is a kind of bacteria commonly found in many insects.In some insects,Wolbachia can keep some viruses fromduplicatingthemselves,which is how vi

19、ruses grow inside a body.Wolbachia isnt naturally found in mosquitoes.But by infecting these mosquitoes with Wolbachia,scientists can keep the mosquitoes from catching the dengue virus.Even better,the young mosquitoes coming from the eggs of the infected mosquitoes also carry Wolbachia.Researchers w

20、orking with the World Mosquito Program(WMP)ran a 27-month study in Yogyakarta,Indonesia.They split a 10-square-mile area up into 24 smaller areas.In half of the areas,the scientists did nothing.In the other half,they set out containers of eggs from mosquitoes that had Wolbachia.They did this every t

21、wo weeks for just 4 to 6 months.Ten months later,80%of the mosquitoes in the treated areas carried Wolbachia.The researchers report the number of dengue cases in the treated areas was reduced by 77%and that the number of people needing hospital care for dengue dropped by 86%.Because the results of t

22、he experiment were so good,the WHO has placed Wolbachia-infected mosquito eggs in all parts of Yogyakarta and surrounding areas.The WHO says that within a year,their efforts will protect 2.5 million people against dengue and that their efforts will be turned into a program that can be repeated world

23、wide.8.What kind of disease is dengue?A.It is likely to cause death.B.It causes no pain but fevers.C.It happens less often in hot areas.D.It hurts both people and mosquitoes.9.The underlined word“duplicating”in paragraph 3 most probably means“_”.A.worsening the harm of B.expanding the size of C.incr

24、easing forces of D.making copies of 10.What can be inferred about the method from the figures listed in paragraph 5?A.Its wide use.B.Its effectiveness.C.Its complexity.D.Its easy operation.11.Whats the WHOs attitude towards the method?A.Ambiguous.B.Positive.C.Tolerant.D.Skeptical.D A team of researc

25、hers from several institutions in the UK and one in Estonia has created a type of buoy（浮标）that has proven to be effective at frightening seabirds,thus preventing them from getting caught in gillnetsa type of vertical fishing net that is made of a material that makes it nearly invisible underwater.Ev

26、ery year,hundreds of thousands of seabirds die when they get caught in gillnets.Some estimates suggest that up to a half-million birds are caught in them each year.Over the years,researchers have created devices（装置）to prevent the birds from trying to catch fish near or in gillnets,but those didnt wo

27、rk well.To find a way that would work for all seabirds,the researchers first studied seabirds in a general sense,looking to find things that they would avoid.They noted that seabirds avoided eye contact with other creatures.Then the researchers came up with a simple ideathey put a small pole to a re

28、gular buoy and then attached a pair of googly eyes（金鱼眼）to the top of it.They made the eyes big enough so that even birds with poor eyesight,such as geese,would see them.Adding to the effectiveness of the device,waves made the eyes move back and forth.And the wind made the buoy spin very slowly,makin

29、g sure that birds from every direction would get a good look at the eyes.To test their idea,the researchers selected several sites near gillnets and counted how many birds approached and how many attempted to catch fish near the nets.They then set up their googly-eyed buoys and once again counted bi

30、rds.Over the course of 62 days,they found the number of birds that tried to catch fish near the gillnets dropped by approximately 25%for a distance of up to 50 meters.They also found that the birds were less likely to fish near where the buoys had been for up to three weeks after they had been remov

31、ed.12.What is the function of paragraph 2?A.Introducing a new topic to discuss.B.Providing background information.C.Summarizing the previous paragraph.D.Pointing out the main idea of the text.13.Why did the researchers make the googly eyes big?A.To ensure all the seabirds can see them.B.To clearly o

32、bserve seabirds eye contact.C.To allow them to survive the strong wind.D.To effectively identify the right direction.14.What does the researchers test result mainly suggest?A.The new device still needs improving B.Gillnets are a death valley for seabirds.C.Seabirds hardly catch fish near the nets.D.

33、The googly-eyed buoy proves effective.15.What is the text mainly about?A.A group of researchers interested in seabirds.B.A way to help seabirds catch fish effectively.C.A device keeping seabirds safe from gillnets.D.A googly-eyed buoy guiding seabirds to hunt.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

34、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 Nowadays people want to know your website._16_Your website is an electronic meeting place for your family,friends and potentially millions of people around the world.Best of all,you may not have to spend a cent.The web is filled with all kinds of free services and all it

35、 takes is some time and creativity.Think of your home page as the starting point of your website._17_Your site can have one or more pages,depending on how you design it.While web pages vary greatly in their design and content,most use a traditional magazine layout.At the top of the page is a banner(

36、横幅).Next comes a greeting and short description of the site.Pictures,texts and links to other websites follow.Before you start building your site,do some planning._18_Next,gather up the materials that you want to put on the site.While there are no rules you have to follow,there are a few things to k

37、eep in mind._19_If you want too much at the beginning,you may never get the site off the ground.You can always add to your site.Less is better.Most people dont like to read a lot of long texts online.Break it into small pieces.Since it can take a long time to download large files.Have the right.Dont

38、 put any material on your site unless you are sure you can do it legally._20_.A.Start simply.B.Make it color1 ful.C.Draw a rough layout on a sheet of paper.D.Think about whom the site is for and what you want to say.E.Always remember to get the permission from the writer first.F.Having a web address

39、 is almost as important as owing a street address.G.Like the table of contents of a book or magazine,the home page is the front door.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 We cant predict the future,but all we know for sure is thatlife will neve

40、r be the same.I had always been_21_about traveling,and in our 8 years together,we made full use of our_22_budget and time,traveling as often as we could near or far,even checkingHawaiioff the bucket list._23_,once my husband was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.I didnt go back to_24_ at all for over a

41、year.For 6 months,my life became about being the caretaker,personal doctor and wife I could possibly be.I lived and_25_for him because thats what he deserved and needed,and I wanted to spend every second I had_26_with him.Sadly,he was gone.I was_27_.At that time,a family member_28_their apartment in

42、Hawaiito me if I wanted to take some_29_for myself.I knew this was what I needed to do.Arriving inHawaiiby myself was quite possibly the_30_feeling ever,second only to leaving the hospital the day he_31_.But I rented a car,I walked the beach,I hiked to waterfalls,and I spent time with old friends wh

43、o lived there._32_,I learned I was my own good friend and I could_33_myself.Being alone with my thoughts and_34_was the hardest thing I could_35_,but I think at the time,it seemed_36_than going back to my old routine with a huge vacancy in my life.And pretty soon,I was on the go_37_.After numerous t

44、rips,I felt it was time to return to work.I started to live life to the_38_,experiencing things I would never have imagined.Now I dont want to wait to_39_my dreams and check things off my bucket list.I hope you dont_40_.21.A.crazy B.concerned C.anxious D.worried 22.A.limited B.equal C.enough D.prope

45、r 23.A.Anyway B.Besides C.However D.Therefore 24.A.hospital B.school C.exercise D.work 25.A.cried B.smiled C.shouted D.breathed 26.A.enjoyed B.left C.taken D.wasted 27.A.in amazement B.in shock C.at a loss D.at risk 28.A.received B.offered C.sold D.sent 29.A.money B.advice C.energy D.time 30.A.happi

46、est B.loneliest C.most awkward D.most embarrassing 31.A.died B.recovered C.passed D.returned 32.A.Actually B.Obviously C.Gradually D.Generally 33.A.depend on B.check on C.reflect on D.focus on 34.A.comments B.admiration C.surprise D.memories 35.A.forget B.hope C.face D.identify 36.A.harder B.easier

47、C.worse D.safer 37.A.continuously B.anxiously C.safely D.powerfully 38.A.least B.fullest C.busiest D.simplest 39.A.leave B.establish C.follow D.survive 40.A.too B.yet C.neither D.either 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 A series of major cultural events will be held lat

48、er this yearto celebrate100thanniversary of the_41._(found)of the Communist Party of China.Dramas,operas and concerts will be presented throughout this year_42._(review)the remarkable journey of China in the past century.The project will not only recall revolutionary history,but also reflect the ach

49、ievements_43._(make)by the CPC in recent years such as poverty alleviation(扶贫攻坚)and the fight against COVID-19.Nevertheless,classic revolutionary-themed works will also feature significantly in the program.For example,The White-Haired Girl,which_44._(be)first performed in 1945 in Yanan,Shaanxi provi

50、nce,then a major revolutionary base area of the CPC,will return to the stage.As well as famous original works,some of the items_45._display will be newly created ones focusing on key events and modern_46._(hero).“Red-themed”_47._(tour)plays a key role in displaying the Partys traditions and nurturin