2021年自贡市旭川中学高三英语上学期期末考试试题及答案.pdf

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1、2021 年自贡市旭川中学高三英语上学期期末考试试题及答案 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 Some of the worlds most talented musicians have played concerts atLincolnCenter.On September 10,the center hosted a unique class of star musicians:kids and teens.The young players are pa

2、rt of the World Peace Orchestra,or WPO.The group held its first Music for Peace concert inNew York City,with 134 students from more than 60 countries taking part.Musicians were chosen from all over the world.The World Peace Orchestra began in 2013.The nonprofit group brings kids together using the c

3、ommon language of music.To be considered for the orchestra,students first had to be recommended by their teachers and then audition online for a group of judges.Once chosen,professional musicians and teachers then worked with the players to improve their skills.Some of the young musicians played cla

4、ssical instruments,such as violins and flutes.Others played instruments unique to their home country.For example,Amold Mugo,16,fromKenya,played an instrument called the djembe.The drum is originally fromWest Africa.Mugo said he was shocked when he learned he was chosen for the orchestra.“I cant expr

5、ess how I felt.I was rolling on the floor.Its a once in a lifetime opportunity,”he said.Adomas Hendrixson,13,fromLithuania,played piano for the WPO.Before theNew York Cityperformance,Hendrixson talked about what he hoped to take away from the event.“Fun and joy-people smiling and clapping,”he said.“

6、This is one of the only times in your life this could happen and Im very excited.”Mugo says his favorite part of the WPO is making new friends from around the world.“I hope when I go home,I just take a little bit of every friend that I made here-Brazil,Portugal,Queens,”Mugo said,“I hope that I take

7、part of their culture home with me so I understand them more.”1.Who is most likely to have played for the WPO according to this passage?A.Li Ming,16,a student fromChina.B.Daniel,44,a judge fromAmerica.C.Edward,21,a clerk fromAustralia.D.Catherine,32,a teacher fromEngland.2.We can learn from the last

8、 paragraph that Mugo _.A.performed best for the WPO.B.has learned some foreign culture.C.was eager to be chosen for a second time.D.received a great award for his performance.3.What would be the best title for this passage?A.Kids were good at playing music.B.Mugo liked making foreign friends.C.Conce

9、rts were played atLincolncentre.D.Young musicians played for peace.B While space travel still gets lot of attention,not enough attention has been paid to the exploration of oceans,about which we know much less than the dark side of the moon.Ninety percent of the ocean floor has not even been recorde

10、d and while we have been to the moon,the technology to explore the oceans floors is still being developed.For example,a permanent partially-underwater sea exploration station,called the Sea Orbiter,is currently in development.The oceans play a major role in controlling our climate.But we have not le

11、arned yet how to use them to cool us off rather than contribute to our overheating.Ocean organisms are said to hold the promise of cures for a wide of the unique eyes of skate(ray fish)led to advances in conquering blindness,the horseshoe crab was important in developing a test for bacterial polluti

12、on,and sea urchins helped in the development of test-tube fertilization(人工授精).The toadfishs ability to regenerate its central nervous system is of much interest to neuroscientists.A recent Japanese study concluded that the drug Eribulin,which was taken from sea sponges,is effective in fighting with

13、breast,colon,and Urinary cancer.Given the approaching crisis of water insufficiency,we badly need to improve current methods,of desalinating(淡化)ocean water and make them more efficient and less costly.By 2025,1.8 billion people are expected to suffer from severe water shortage,with that number jumpi

14、ng to 3.9 billion by 2050-well over a third of the entire global population.If the oceansdo not make your heart go beating faster,how about engineering a bacterium that eats carbon dioxide and thus helps protect the world from overheating and produces fuel which will allow us to drive our cars and m

15、achines,without oil?I cannot find any evidence that people young or old,Americans or citizens of other nations would be less impressed or less inspired with such a breakthrough than with one more set of photos of a faraway galaxy or a whole Milky Way full of stars.4.What does the author think about

16、the ocean exploration?A.It is equal to the space exploration.B.It is well developed.C.It deserves more attention and devotion.D.It is beyond our knowledge.5.What technology has been developed to make use of the oceans?A.Curing human diseases with ocean organisms.B.Preventing the world getting warmer

17、.C.Mapping the global ocean floor.D.Removing salt from sea water.6.What does the author imply in the last paragraph?A.The temperature rise will be overcome by a bacterium.B.Solving the existing problems is more significant.C.The space exploration is worth the efforts.D.The ocean exploration is not i

18、nspiring.7.What is the best title of the passage?A.Oceans,the Last Hope.B.Oceans,the Hidden Treasure.C.Space,the Final Frontier.D.Space,the Faraway Dream.C Chinese archaeologists（考古学家）announced on Saturday that some new major discoveries have been made at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in Southwest China

19、,helping uncover another start of the Chinese civilization.Archaeologists have found six new sacrificial pits（祭祀坑）and unearthed more than 500 treasures dating back 3,000 years at the Sanxingdui Ruins in Sichuan Province.So far,archaeologists have unearthed masses of important cultural items from fou

20、r of the pits,including pieces of gold masks,gold foil,bronze（青铜）masks,bronze trees and large numbers of ivories.The rest of the newly discovered pits arc still being dug up.“Surprisingly,we have unearthed some never heard of before bronze items,said Lei Yu,from the Sichuan Archaeology Research Inst

21、itute.Tor instance,some large and well-made bronze items have strange-looking dragon or cow designs on them.”In another major discovery,relics of silk products were found for the first time at Sanxingdui,which shows“the ancient Shu Kingdom was one of the important starts of silk in ancient China acc

22、ording to Tang Fei,head of the digging team.The new pits sit next to two sacrificial pits discovered in 1986,with areas ranging between 3o square meters and 19 square meters.Together they form an area in which people of the ancient Shu civilization held ceremonies to offer sacrifices to heaven,earth

23、 and their forefathers,and prayed for good luck and peace.The Sanxingdui Ruins is regarded as one of the greatest archaeological finds of mankind in the 20th century.The site was accidentally discovered by a farmer in the 1920s.The ruins are located in the city ofGuanghan,about 60 kilometers fromChe

24、ngduand are believed to be the relics of theShuKingdom.8.What can we learn from the text?A.Totally there are 500 treasures unearthed.B.Six new sacrificial pits are under repair.C.The unearthed treasures date from 3000 years ago.D.There are six sacrificial pits at Sanxingdui.9.What does the discovery

25、 of the relics of silk products mean?A.Chinese civilization was widely influential.B.AncientShuKingdomwas also the home of silk.C.Chinese silk has a much longer history than known.D.ShuKingdombelonged toChinasince ancient times.10.What was the main function of the sacrificial pits?A.To celebrate fes

26、tivals.B.To store valuable items.C.To bury important figures.D.To hold sacrifice ceremonies.11.Who first discovered the Sanxingdui Ruins?A.A farmer.B.Lei Yu C.Tang Fei.D.Archaeologists.D In life，once on a path，we tend to follow it，for better or worse.Whats sad is that even if its the latter，we often

27、 accept it anyway because we are so used to the way things are that wed dont even recognize that they could be different This is a phenomenon psychologist call functional fixedness.This classic experiment will give you an idea of howitworks and a sense of whether you may have fallen into the same tr

28、ap:People are given a box of tacks(大头钉)and some matches and asked to find a way to attach a candle to a wall so that it burns properly.Typically,the subjects try tacking the candle to the wall or lighting it to fix it with melted wax.The psychologists had,of course,arranged it so that neither of the

29、se obvious approaches would work.The tacks are too short,and the paraffin(石蜡)doesnt stick to the wall.So how can you complete the task?The successful technique is to use the tack box as a candle-holder.You empty it,tack it to the wall.and stand the candle inside it.To think of that,you have to look

30、beyond the boxs usual role as a receptacle just for tacks and re-imagine it serving an entirely new purpose.That is difficult because we all suffer to one degree or another from functional fixedness.The inability to think in new ways affects people in every corner of society.The political theorist H

31、annah Arendt coined the phrase“frozen thoughts”to describe deeply held ideas that we no longer question but should.In Arendts eyes,the self-content reliance on such accepted“truths”also made people blind to ideas that didnt fit their worldview,even when there was plenty of evidence for them.Frozen t

32、hinking has nothing to do with intelligence,she said,“It can be found in highly intelligent people.”12.What does the underlined word“it”in paragraph 2 refer to?A.The experiment.B.Functional fixedness.C.The path.D.The thinking.13.Which way is hard to think of to complete the task?A.Tacking the candle

33、 to the wall.B.Fixing the candle with melted wax.C.Using the tack box as a candle-holder.D.Lighting the candle tostand it.14.Which of the following statements will Hannah Arendt agree with?A.People should question.B.We should be used to the way things are.C.People shouldnt accept the idea that doesn

34、t fit their worldview.D.The smarter people are，the more open to the new things they are.15.Whats the passage mainly about?A.An interesting experiment B.A psychological phenomenon.C.A theory to be proved.D.The opinion of Hannah Arendt.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

35、选项 Before there was the written word,there was the language of dance.Dance expresses love andhate,joy and sorrow,life and death,and everything else in between._16_We dance from Florida to Alaska,from north to south and sea to sea.We dance at weddings,birthdays,office parties and just to fill the tim

36、e.“I adore dancing,”says Lester Bridges,the owner of a dance studio in Iowa.“I cant imagine doing anything else with my life.”Bridges runs dance classes for all ages.“Teaching dance is wonderful._17_Its great to watch them.For many of them,its a way of meeting people and having a social life.”_18_“I

37、 can tell you about one young couple,”says Bridges.“Theyre learning to do traditional dances.They arrive at the class in low spirits and they leave with a smile._19_”So,do we dance in order to make ourselves feel better,calmer,healthier?Andrea Hillier says,“Dance,like the pattern of a beating heart,

38、is life.Even after all these years,I want to get better and better._20_I find it hard to stop!Dancing reminds me Im alive.”A.So why do we dance?B.Dance in the U.S.is everywhere.C.If you like dancing outdoors,come to America.D.My older students say it makes them feel young.E.I keep practicing even wh

39、en Im extremely tired.F.Dancing seems to change their feeling completely.G.They stayed up all night long singing and dancing.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 Timmy and Tammy loved playing the piano.They both practiced_21_,so they were gett

40、ing better and better.One day,their teacher had some_22_news.There was a concert coming up and they both had the _23_to play in public for the first time.Timmy and Tammy looked wide-eyed at each other with a mix of excitement and_24_.The big day arrived.As they sat in the audience,worrying that thei

41、r names would be_25_.Then Timmys name was _26_.His mum looked at him with _27_,but he sank lower and lower in his seat.“Come on,Timmy,its your turn,she encouraged him,but he shook his head,_28_he wouldnt be playing today.The teacher moved to the next_29_on the list,Tammy will now play for us.Come on

42、,Tammy,its your tum,her dad said.With a deep sigh,Tammy slowly_30_her way up to the piano on the stage.Her legs and fingers_31_;she was nervous.She wanted to escape from the stage so quickly at the end that she almost_32_to bow(鞠躬)，but she did it.After that Timmy and Tammy kept _33_,improving at the

43、 same rate and the teacher was pleased with their_34_.After a few months,the teacher announced there would be another concert.When the concert came around again,Timmy couldnt stand up from his seat_35_Tammy walked up to the stage with more_36_than last time.These two children show us an important_37

44、_.If you allow fear to_38_you once,itll be more likely to_39_you.But if you have the_40_to take action although you fear,youll feel more and more confident.21.A.normally B.easily C.naturally D.hard 22.A.different B.exciting C.boring D.strange 23.A.duty B.right C.chance D.dream 24.A.fear B.curiosity

45、C.doubt D.relief 25.A.discussed B.called C.replaced D.changed 26.A.recognized B.spread C.removed D.announced 27.A.hope B.shock C.anger D.mercy 28.A.instead B.however C.anyhow D.therefore 29.A.expression B.name C.order D.form 30.A.made B.lost C.judged D.marked 31.A.hurt B.rested C.recovered D.shook 3

46、2.A.refused B.stopped C.forgot D.returned 33.A.waiting B.practicing C.preparing D.writing 34.A.progress B.experience C.character D.invention 35.A.unless B.if C.after D.while 36.A.patience B.interest C.confidence D.pressure 37.A.purpose B.choice C.motto D.lesson 38.A.guard B.win C.discover D.miss 39.

47、A.hold B.record C.report D.check 40.A.freedom B.need C.courage D.honor 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 Chinahas named 24,126 primary and middle schools across the country as specialist football schools_41._(lead)youth football development,according to the Ministry of

48、Education.Its required that at least one football class_42._(offer)each week in these schools so that they can encourage their students to_43._(active)participate in football training and matches.“China aims to have 50,000 schools specializing in youth-football by the end of 2025,said Wang Dengfeng,

49、an official of the Ministry of Education,_44._(add)that to realize this goal,the ministry will take various measures that include building school football fields,training football coaches and providing extra funding and policy support._45._those measures in schools,47 football training camps have al

50、so been built in_46._effort to promote the sport among young people.And outstanding or_47._(gift)players will also have the chance to join inter-school teams for regional_48._(competition)and even national summer camps.In the past four years,local education departments have trained about 40,000 foot