2021年西北大学附属中学高三英语下学期期末考试试题及答案.pdf

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1、2021 年西北大学附属中学高三英语下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 East Yorkshire has typical unpredictable British weather.So here are some ideas to keep everybody happy when the weather is not the most ideal.Williams Den,North Cave The outdoor and in

2、door areas are suitable for children of all ages to have fun.There are nests to explore,rope bridges to cross,a tree-house and a slide.The attached Kitchen provides fresh food made from locally sourced ingredients serving a selection of treats.East Riding Leisure Centres Known for a fun learner pool

3、 alongside an incredible fun zone with two slides as well,it is perfect for kids to find their feet in the water,have fun and explore.Its 6 climbing walls offer a different challenge on each.This place is suitable for anyone over the age of 4 and you can refuel at cafe with fresh food,snacks and cak

4、es.Sewerby Hall and Gardens When the weathers not sure,take cover in the Hall and learn how life was in the early 1900s for the residents and workers of the house.Then explore the zoo and meet the pigs,parrots and penguins!Kids of all ages are welcome.Withernsea Lighthouse Theres no limitation to th

5、e age of kids to climb Withernsea Lighthouse,which is 144 steps to the top,with full views of the East Yorkshire Coast at the top of it.Enjoy the museum on the ground floor and learn what life is like working and living in a lighthouse.The souvenir shop provides attractive gifts for visitors at a fa

6、ir price.1.Which one is unsuitable for kids of all ages?A.Williams Den,North Cave.B.East Riding Leisure Centres.C.Sewerby Hall and Gardens.D.Withernsea Lighthouse.2.Where can kids enjoy food?A.In Williams Den,North Cave and Sewerby Hall and Gardens.B.In East Riding Leisure Centres and Withernsea Lig

7、hthouse C.In Williams Den,North Cave and East RidingLeisure Centres.D.In Sewerby Hall and Gardens and Withernsea Lighthouse.3.Where does this passage probably come from?A.A geography textbook.B.A science report.C.A finance magazine.D.A travel brochure.B As a rider,Anna Kiesenhofes Olympics victory m

8、ight be a surprise.The winner of the road race at the Tokyo Olympics left the sport at the end of 2017 when she found herself out of contract(合同).She came into Tokyo without a professional team and left as an Olympic champion.The 30-year old began her cycling career in 2014 after running injuries th

9、at prevented her from continuing her pursuits of triathlon(铁人三项).She later joined a Catalan team and won the Spanish National Cup in 2016.The then-26 year old signedher first professional contract with Lotto Soudal Ladies for the following season.However,she ended her 2017 campaign in April and did

10、not sign a contract for 2018,eventually taking a year off the bike.In 2019,Kiesenhofer came back to the sport as a rider,winning the Austrian national road race.Despite her results,Kiesenhofer sill had no professional contract while going into the Tokyo Olympics.Kiesenhofer was the first rider to at

11、tack in the Olympic road race,eventually forming a breakaway along with Carl Oberholzer,Omer Shapira,Vera Looser and Anna Plichta,which went on to reach a gap of 11 minutes.After Looser and Oberholzer were dropped,Kiesnhofer ataced her two remaining breakaway companions.After Shapira and Plichta wer

12、e caught by the peloton(主车群),the rest of the riders seemed to believe that they were racing among themselves for Gold,not knowing that Remehofere was still in front.While it might be a misjudgment from the rest of the peloton that allowed Kiesenhofer to keep her lead of more than two minutes,other r

13、iders mistakes should not detract from the Austrians efforts.Off the bike the new Olympic Champion has a PhD in mathematics after studying at the Technical University of Vienne as well as at Cambridge University.She currently works at the University of Lausanne.4.Why did Anna give up triathlon?A.She

14、 got injured.B.She lost interest in it.C.She had to attend university.D.She never won a medal.5.Which is the right order of the following events?She ended her campaign.She took a year off the bike.She began her cycling career.She won the Austrian national road race.She won the Spanish National Cup.A

15、.B.C.D.6.What were the riders of the peloton unaware of at the Tokyo Olympics?A.The road race was so difficult.B.Anna was a new rider.C.They had caught up with Anna.D.Anna took the lead of them.7.What is Annas present job?A.A cycling coach.B.A university teacher.C A professional rider.D.A college st

16、udent.C We all use different ways to remember ideas,facts and things we need to store.Remembering is an extremely important part of our learning experience.Information process,storage and recall encourage purposeful learning.But the brain doesnt store everything we want or need for future use.It mak

17、es choices and tends to remember information that forms a memorable pattern.Things you learned recently can be particularly difficult to remember because they havent taken root in your mind.“Forgetting allows us to remember what is really important to our survival.We forget much of what we read,watc

18、h,and think directly every day.”writes John Medina in his book,Brain Rules.How do you avoid losing 90%of what youve learned?An inspiring writer and speaker Zig Ziglar once said:“Repetition is the mother of learning,the father of action,which makes it the architect of accomplishment.”Repetition has b

19、een a remembering skill for ages.When you hear or read something once，you dont really learn it-at least not well enough to store the new information for long.The right kind of repetition can do wonders for your memory.People learn or remember better by repeating things or getting exposed to informat

20、ion many times.Othersrepeat particular steps or processes deliberately a number of times or even years to become better at certain skills.Daniel Coyle explains in his book,The Little Book of Talent:“.closing the book and writing a summary,even short ones,forces you to figure out the key points,proce

21、ss and organize those ideas so they make sense,and write them on the page.When you pick it back up weeks later,reread all of your notes or highlights to strengthen the ideas even further.”People learn by repeating things.Better learning is a repetition process.Every time we repetitively access somet

22、hing we already know,we increase the memorys stored value.8.Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?A.The brain tends to store 90%of the things we learn.B.The fresher the information isthe easier to remember.C.Thinking is more important than remembering in study.D.The brain tends to

23、choose and keep what it thinks important.9.How does the writer prove his opinion?A.By giving examples.B.By listing numbers.C.By borrowing words of experts.D.By providing scientific finding.10.What does Daniel Coyle want to say in his book?A.You cant pay too much attention to repetition.B.Summarizing

24、 is a very effective learning tool.C.Forgetting forces human brain to make choices.D.Regular repetition helps to form good habits.11.Which do you think is the best title of the passage?A.How the Brain Works B.Reading for More C.Fighting Against Forgetting D.Repeat to Remember D Dolores Huerta has wo

25、rked hard most of her life to help other people.She has helped change things so that others can have a better life.Dolores grew up in California.She was a good student and liked school.After she finished high school,she went to college and studied to be a teacher.After college,she became a teacher.D

26、olores noticed that many of her students were not getting enough food to eat.Some of them wore very old clothes.Dolores wondered how she could help them.Dolores liked teaching but she decided to quit her job so that she could spend more time helping her students and their families.One thing she want

27、ed to do was to get more pay for their parents,farm workers.Thus they could buy their children what they needed.Dolores knew that many farm workers moved often from one place to another to help pick different kinds of fruits and vegetables,like grapes and tomatoes.She began talking and writing about

28、 these workers.Even people who lived far from California read what Dolores wrote.Getting higher pay for the farm workers was not easy.Dolores worked hard to make sure that farm workers got fair pay for their work.She knew that nothing would change unless new laws were made to help the workers.Throug

29、h all her hard work,new laws were passed that gave farm workers fair pay.Dolores Huerta has worked for more than 30 years in many different ways to make life better for working people.She has shown how much one person can change things.12.What did Dolores find about her students?A.They worked hard t

30、o make a living.B.They lived far away from schools.C.They had little time to play.D.They were hungry sometimes.13.Why did Dolores stop teaching?A.She wished to be a lawyer.B.She moved to another place.C.She wanted to help her students more.D.She got little money by teaching.14.Thanks to Dolores grea

31、t effort,the farm workers _.A.got better jobs B.got fair pay C.had more time off D.had a settled way of life 15.What is the main idea of the passage?A.One person can make big changes.B.One can change their jobs often.C.One person can work hard for others.D.One can make life better by themselves.第二节（

32、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 Our world is more connected than ever before thanks to technology._16_Indeed,it is becoming increasingly important that we all learn how to deal with this painfulfeeling.You should be determined to actively end your loneliness.We often

33、 end up passively waiting for someone else to make us feel less lonely.You may feel that your loneliness indicates that nobody is willing to connect with you.And there is nothing you can do about it.But that is far from the truth._17_ You should find reasons why you are lonely.We all feel lonely for

34、 different reasons.Some of us have no one to interact with on a consistent basis and thats why we feel lonely.You may feel that the people in your life dont share your thoughts and ideas._18_you need to identify it.And you know exactly how to handle your loneliness._19_People who are lonely tend to

35、fall into destructive mental habits.They try to avoid the pain of not being understood and being disconnected by not giving people an opportunity to understand and connect with them.So the solution is to share your thoughts and feelings with others and to do so openly and fearlessly.You should find

36、people who share your interests._20_everybody is interested in something.And just as there are many interests,there are many people who share those interests.Find what interests you and connect with others on that basis.A.Whatever the reason is,B.When you feel really lonely,C.If you want to make fri

37、ends with them,D.Whether its coin collecting or video games,E.You should be open about your thoughts,ideas and desires.F.Ending loneliness is something that you can and should pursue actively.G.However,more and more of us find ourselves having to stand loneliness.第二部分 语言运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节（共 20 小题；每小

38、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 I love parties.I always have.I also liked all different kinds of people.I_21_quitefit into one of the many little groups at my school,so I just kind of floated around,accumulating_22_from various cliques(小团体).There was an in crowd_23_the cool

39、 kids who had the power to rule the school-if a cool kid wore two different color1 ed socks to school one day,everyone thought it was_24_.Shannonwas one of my friends who seemed to unknowingly_25_the rules all the time.I dont know why she was targeted,but people found it_26_to make fun of her.Shanno

40、nwas a nice girl and wore pretty clothes,but was somewhat overweight and didnt talk much.She was_27_a lot.One year,to celebrate my birthday,my mom told me I could have a_28_at our house.Once I had chosen all the names,I made the_29_and handed them out to my friends at school.Why did you invite_30_?”

41、asked one of my_31_friends when it was discovered that I had invitedShannon.She insisted that I had made a big mistake and_32_me to tell her not to come.The day of my party,both Shannon and my other friends came,and all_33_happened was that we had a lot of fun together.I was_34_my high school twenty

42、-year reunion when a beautiful,_35_,very professional-looking woman walked up to me.She said,“Lindy,I am so_36_you came tonight.You are the reason I am here.Oh?I replied,not_37_her face at first.She pointed to her nametag that_38_,“Dr.Shannon Chatzky.”Shannoncherished the_39_of that birthday party f

43、rom so many years before.It was important to her that I had welcomed her into the fun,and it was a day when she felt_40_and part of group.21.A.always B.never C.often D.sometimes 22.A.experience B.money C.friends D.materials 23.A.made up B.made from C.made out of D.made up of 24.A.bad B.common C.surp

44、rising D.great 25.A.break B.obey C.make D.cancel 26.A.suitable B.reasonable C.acceptable D.considerable 27.A.picked up B.picked on C.picked out D.picked from 28.A.party B.picnic C.ball D.barbecue 29.A.calls B.invitations C.cakes D.decorations 30.A.him B.them C.us D.her 31.A.cool B.close C.good D.dea

45、r 32.A.proposed B.pressured C.persuaded D.permitted 33.A.which B.what C.that D.when 34.A.at B.in C.on D.up 35.A.overweight B.awkward C.elegant D.slim 36.A.upset B.amazed C.glad D.shocked 37.A.realizing B.watching C.remembering D.recognizing 38.A.wrote B.read C.responded D.answered 39.A.happiness B.l

46、uck C.memory D.entertainment 40.A.accepted B.welcomed C.excited D.relaxed 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 Chengdu has dozens of new millionaires,Asias biggest building,and fancy new hotels.But for tourists like me,pandas are its top_41._(attract).So it was a great hon

47、our to be invited backstage at the not-for-profit Panda Base,where ticket money helps pay for research.I_42._(allow)to get up close to these cute animals at the 600-acre centre.From tomorrow,I will be their UK ambassador.The title will be_43._(official)given to me at a ceremony in London.But my conn

48、ection with pandas goes back_44._my days on a TV show in the mid-1980s,_45._I was the first Western TV reporter_46._(permit)to film a special unit caring for pandas rescued from starvation in the wild.My ambassadorial duties will include_47._(introduce)British visitors to the 120-plus pandas at Chen

49、gdu and others at a research centre in the misty mountains of Bifengxia.On my recent visit,I held a lively three-month-old twin that had been rejected by_48._(it)mother.The nursery team switches him every few_49._(day)with his sister so that while one is being bottle-fed,_50._other is with mumshe ne

50、ver suspects.第四部分 写作（共两节，满分 40 分）第一节短文改错（满分 10 分）51.假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有 10 处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号()，并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用()划掉。修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；只允许修改 10 处，多者(从第 11 处起)不计分。To help you further understand Chinese culture,our scho