2021年蕉岭县广福中学高三英语下学期期末试题及答案解析.pdf

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1、2021 年蕉岭县广福中学高三英语下学期期末试题及答案解析 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 Four Best Cities to Visit in Winter Cold rains,icy sidewalks and gray skies can make winter travel a trial.But here are four cities around the world that make for a great cold-weather de

2、stination:Prague,Czech Republic With its snow-capped spires and winding streets,Pragueis a fairytale city that remains ly tourist-free in winter.The amazing architecture looks even prettier under a sheet of snow,with one of the most beautiful areas being the old town,with its Romanesque vaults.Gas s

3、treet lamps have been placed throughout the city center,adding a romantic color1 to evenings.Cafes here are ideal for escaping the bitter cold.Salzburg,Austria With its Christmas songs and traditional markets,this is a perfect city for a winter break.“Silent Night”was performed for the first time in

4、 thechurchofOberndorfon the border ofSalzburgon Christmas Eve in 1818.The citys main market is held in the shadow ofSalzburgsHohensalzburgCastle,but the one held inMirabell Squareis especially popular with food lovers who come to taste local food such as haluskypieces of dumpling mixed with fried ba

5、con.Tromso,Norway Tromso is widely regarded asNorways most beautiful city and is a base for spoiling the northern lights.There are several attractive museums,including thePolarMuseum,which offers an insight into the history of Arctic expeditions,and theTromsoMuseum,which is famous for its Sami exhib

6、itions.Amsterdam,Netherlands In winter,Amsterdam s museums are much less crowded,making it the time to visit attractions such as Rijksmuseum or the Anne Frank House.Built originally to house a circus,the Royal Carre Theater is more than 130 years old.Children will love the spectacular performances.1

7、.What can you do inPrague?A.Enjoy the fascinating architecture.B.Taste local food halusky.C.Appreciate Sami exhibitions.D.Watch a circus performance.2.Where was“Silent Night”first performed?A.In thechurchofOberndorf.B.InHohensalzburgCastle.C.InMirabell Square.D.In the Polar Museum.3.Which city will

8、you choose if you want to see the northern lights?A.Prague.B.Salzburg.C.Tromso.D.Amsterdam.B Californias August Complex Fire tore through more than 1,600 square miles of forest last summer,burning nearly every tree in its path.It was the largest wildfire in the states recorded history,breaking the r

9、ecord previously set in 2018.After the fire,land managers must determine where to most efficiently plant new trees.A predictive mapping model called the Postfire Spatial Conifer Restoration Planning Tool recently described in Ecological Applications could inform these decisions,saving time and expen

10、se.The tool can“show where young trees are needed most,where the forest isnt going to come back on its own,where we need to intervene（干预）if we want to maintain forests,says lead author Joseph Stewart,an ecologist at the University of California,Davis.To develop the model,Stewart and his colleagues c

11、lassified data collected from more than 1,200 study plots in 19 areas that burned between 2004 and 2012.They combined these data with information on rainfall,geography,climate,forest composition and bum severity.Theyalso included how many seeds sample conifer trees（针叶树）produced in 216locations over

12、18 years,assessing whether the trees release different numbers of seeds after a fire.The tools potential benefits are significant,says Kimberley Davis,a conservation scientist at theUniversityofMontana,who was not involved in the study.Those managers will still have to make hard decisions,such as wh

13、ich species to plant in areas that may experience warmer and drier conditions resulting from climate change,but the model provides some research-based guidance to help the forests recover.4.What challenge do land managers face after the wildfire?A.Lack of wood supplies.B.Where to plant new trees bes

14、t.C.How to save the burned trees.D.Loss of trees and wild animals.5.Whats the main idea of paragraph 2?A.The function of the tool.B.The disadvantages of the tool.C.The improvement of the tool.D.The development of the tool.6.What does the underlined word They refer to?A.The study plots.B.The data.C.S

15、tewart and his colleagues.D.The seeds.7.What isDavis attitude towards the tool?A.Skeptical.B.Ambiguous.C.Tolerant.D.Optimistic.C It was once a shoreline buried by enough garbage to make it invisible(看不见的),thus,given the unfortunate nickname toilet bowl.Now the Philippines Manila Bay beach is totally

16、 different,compared with a few months ago.It happened so suddenly and extremely that it brought tears to the eyes of the local people.The cleanup started on 27 January,when 5,000 volunteers descended on Manila Bay to remove over 45 tons(公吨)of garbage,marking the beginning of a nation-wide environmen

17、tal campaign.But some two months before this great movement began,a quiet revolution was already underway.During the first week of December 2018,Brooklyn-based Bounties Network collectedthree tons of garbage from Manila Bay aver two days through a project that paid a small group of people,mostly fis

18、hermen,with a digital currency(数字货币)based on the Ethereum system.For the mostly non-bank-using Filipino fishermen,this was a first-ever experience with a digital currency.Its one that proves decisive in enabling poor communities around the world to take up arms in the fight against humanitys waste.T

19、here are signs that this recycling-for-digital payment industry may be just about to take off.Earlier in September 2018,Plastic Bank,a Vancouver-based company powered by IBM technology,also started a similar project.They set up a project in Naga,a town in southern Luzon,the countrys largest island,b

20、uilding a collection point to let people exchange plastic and recyclable materials for digital payouts through a system.That both these pioneers have chosen the Philippines as their first location is not surprising considering the countrys contribution to ocean waste.A Wall Street Journal study in 2

21、015 revealed that the Philippines make the third-largest amount of plastic waste into global oceans.8.Why did people call Manila Bay beach“toilet bowl”?A.It looked like a huge bowl.B.There were plenty of toilets.C.It was covered by rubbish.D.People loved the toilets here.9.What does the underlined p

22、hrase“descended on”in paragraph 2 mean?A.Completely depended on.B.Suddenly arrived at.C.Occasionally decreased to.D.Gradually disappeared from.10.What made poor communities willing to fight against waste?A.The benefits to their homeland.B.The desire to make a difference.C.The chance to escape ocean

23、pollution.D.The experience with a digital currency.11.What is the best title for the text?A.Online system helps endocean pollution.B.Manila Bay beach is suddenly removed.C.Plastic Bank is powerful in recycling waste.D.Philippines make a great amount of waste.D Kenyan mother Beth Mwende heard her sle

24、eping child cry out,but did not worry after the three-year-old quickly quietened down.The next morning,however,she found her daughter,Mercy,nearly unconscious with two bite marks in the neck.“I didnt know that it was a snake,”Mwende said.Although snakebites are common in her hometown,antivenom medic

25、ation is difficult to get.Mwende lives about 160 kilometers east of Nairobi,Kenyas capital.So she took her daughter to a traditional healer.He placed stones over the bites.Mercy died within hours.She was one of about 700 Kenyans killed by snakebites each year,notes a report in the scientific publica

26、tionToxicon.The Kenya Snakebite Research and Intervention Center(KSRIC)is working to change that.The KSRIC hopes to have East Africas first antivenom medication on the market within five years.It estimates the cost will be about 30 percent of an imported product,which often sells for about US$30.Mor

27、e than 70,000 people are bitten in East Africa each year.Climate change and deforestation are worsening the problem as snakes get pushed out of natural surroundings into populated areas.Nearly 100 snakes live at the research center in a forest near Nairobi.Researchers take venom from snakes and stud

28、y it before injecting small amounts into other animals,such as sheep.The animals then create antibodies that can be made into antivenom.“Up to now,no one has made any kind of antivenom in Kenya,said Geoffrey Maranga Kepha,a senior snake handler.Two effective antivenoms are available in Kenya,from In

29、dia and Mexico,the center says.The center is teaching communities that using antivenom immediately after receiving a snakebite can save lives,said head researcher George Adinoh.“After seeing how people died in Kenya from snakebites I decided to devote my life to coming up with a rescue measure that

30、will help or prevent people from dying from snakebites,”snake handler Kepha added.12.How does the author introduce the topic of the text?A.By telling a story.B.By listing figures.C.By referririg to documents.D.By making a comparison.13.Why did Mwende take her daughter to a traditional healer?A.She c

31、ouldnt afford any modern treatment.B.She lived where antivenom medication is not available.C.The traditional way is very effective to treat snakebites.D.She believed a traditional healer could cure her daughter.14.What is causing more snakebites to happen in East Africa?A.Lack of antivenom medicatio

32、n.B.Environmental damage and climate change.C.Peoples low awareness of the danger of snakes.D.Peoples pursuit of traditional cures for snakebites.15.What do we know about antivenom in Kenya from the text?A.Itis taken from antibodies of sheep.B.There is only one effective antivenom available.C.KSRIC

33、is trying to develop a local antivenom now.D.People refuse to use antivenom after being bitten by snakes.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选项 Think“art”.What comes to your mind?Is it sculptures in the Louvre,or Chinese painting in thePalaceMuseum?Or maybe,just maybe,i

34、ts a dancing pattern of lights?The artworks by American artist Janet Echelman look like color1 ful floating clouds when lit up at night.Visitors can not only enjoy looking at them,they can also interact with them literally._16_Exhibits such as these are certainly new and exciting,but are they really

35、 art?Whatever your opinion,people have been expressing their thoughts through art with various tools and technologies for thousands of years.Yet Michelangelo and others have been labelled as“artists”rather than“technicians”._17_ Today,however,technological advances have led to a combination of art a

36、nd technology.As a result,the art world is changing greatly._18_Take for example one ofChinas most famous paintings,Along the River During the Qingming Festival.As this artwork is rarely on display,people have sometimes queued a long time for a chance to see it.Thanks to technology however,millions

37、more people have been able to experience a digital version of it with 3D animation._19_Not only can we interact with art,but also take part in its creation.With new technological tools at our fingertips,more and more people have created exciting new art forms,such as digital paintings and videos.How

38、ever,such developments are making the line between art and technology less distinct.Is the artist the creator of the art itself,or the maker of the technology behind it?_20_But one thing is for surewith so many artists exploring new possibilities,we can definitely expect the unexpected.A.Now art is

39、more accessible to us than ever before.B.Where technology will take art next is anyones guess.C.Its not important whether they are artists or technicians.D.They do this by using their phones to change their color1 s and patterns.E.They watch as the different scenes change from daylight into nighttim

40、e.F.The art-tech combination is also changing our concepts of“art”and the“artist”.G.This means that art and technology have always been seen as two very separate things.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 My daughter has been crazy about rais

41、ing a pet for a long time.Last spring I bought two newly-hatched chickens for her.She got_21_and took good care of them._22_,a few days later,both chickens died.She_23_into tears because of their death.I helped her_24_the two chickens under a tree behind our house.I thought it would be the_25_of her

42、 ideas._26_,I was wrong.Children are children_27_.The failure hasnt_28_my daughter in any way.She still tried to keep a small animal or even a snail.One day lastwinter,I_29_under the eaves(屋檐)of the house a family of sparrows.My daughter and I could_30_the sparrows as our pets,but we didnt.So I told

43、 her to scatter(撒)the grains in the windowsill.A few minutes later,the sparrows came toland on the windowsill_31_and pecked(啄)at the rice.Suddenly my daughter asked me,“Mum,can we catch and_32_the sparrows,and let them live with us in the room?How_33_it is for them to live outside.”Oh,my dear,I do n

44、ot thinkits a good_34_.You know,I explained to her.“the sparrow is a bird that loves_35_.No one can keep them in a cage.If they are caught,they will_36_quickly.They are_37_to living outside.Moreover,they have warm nest under the eaves.From then on,we have set up a kind of relationship with the sparr

45、ow family.We feed them frequently and_38_them as pet birds.However,we dont need to posses them.We_39_seeing these little birds flying and jumping among branches,leaves and flowers in the_40_mornings.21.A.surprised B.excited C.disappointed D.amazed 22.A.Naturally B.Suddenly C.Unfortunately D.Finally

46、23.A.broke B.bore C.burst D.turned 24.A.bury B.put C.dig D.set 25.A.end B.beginning C.wish D.reality 26.A.Thus B.Then C.Therefore D.However 27.A.at last B.in all C.after all D.for fun 28.A.upset B.encouraged C.helped D.impressed 29.A.stared B.noticed C.sensed D.glared 30.A.look B.act C.catch D.feed

47、31.A.one after another B.one another C.every other D.each other 32.A.stay B.cage C.love D.watch 33.A.free B.happy C.cold D.warm 34.A.way B.idea C.plan D.advice 35.A.cage B.singing C.freedom D.worms 36.A.please B.starve C.suffer D.die 37.A.safe B.proud C.grateful D.used 38.A.think B.dream C.treat D.a

48、ppreciate 39.A.enjoy B.would like C.want D.consider 40.A.summer B.autumn C.winter D.spring 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 Of all the wonderful creatures living under the sea,perhaps the_41._(strange)are jellyfish.Some jellyfish species have a bad reputation for_42._(

49、scare)away tourists.But with more and more plastic rubbish ending up in these days you are as likely to swim in a plastic bag_43._a jellyfish.In the past few years,tiny pieces of plastic called micro plastics_44._(be)a significant problem for the worlds seas and oceans.Now the UN lists plastic pollu

50、tion as one of the worlds top environmental_45._(threat).Scientists are using jellyfish mucus(黏液),which is thick and_46._(stick)liquid produced in jellyfishs bodies,to breakdown micro plastics in the sea.Jellyfish mucus has the ability_47._(absorb)the particles that makeup micro plastics.By trapping