2021届临沂市第二中学高三英语期中试题及答案.pdf

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1、2021 届临沂市第二中学高三英语期中试题及答案 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 Its the time of year when we start hiking.As you pack,remember to bring your smartphone.Whether youre going on a short walk or a long trip,there are a handful of apps that can help.MapMyHike

2、This app tracks where youre hiking so you have a mapof your route at the end of the hike.It can also track other fitness information like the distance traveled,speed,pace,and even calories burned.You can save the data for your hike,so you can always access the route you look as well as track improve

3、ments to your workout.GaiaGPS You dont always have cellphone service when hiking,but you always want to know where you are.The GaiaGPS app provides that information.Download maps of different parts of the world,and access the GaiaGPS app in the middle of even the most remote trails.The GPS function

4、makes using the maps simple,and the app will also point to areas of interest.Backpacking Checklist One of the worst things is being way out on a trail only to discover you left behind something important.Thats why checklists are the best.This checklist app helps you build a customized(定制的)list of th

5、ings to take with you.Organize different lists based on trail lengths or requirements.Track all your essential items by weight and where you can find them.WildObs Using WildObs,you can record your observations of plants and animals and add them to the database.You can ask the community to help you i

6、dentify something and keep track of everything youve met,and most importantly,you can become a citizen scientist.By recording what youve seen with this app,youre helping scientists keep track of whats happening to the natural world.1.What can you do with MapMyHike?A.Record your walking speed.B.Desig

7、n a suitable hiking route.C.Locate popular tourist attractions.D.Store the data of your daily activities.2.What is WildObs intended to do?A.To provide survival skills.B.To lead the way.C.To identify wildlife.D.To help make preparations.3.Which app is most useful before hiking?A.GaiaGPS.B.MapMyHike.C

8、.WildObs.D.Backpacking Checklist.B“Heavy hearts,like heavy clouds in the sky,are best relieved by the letting of a little water,the French writer Antoine de Rivarol wrote.This love letter to the cleansing beauty of a good cry is a comforting thought at atime when the continuing stress of the COVID-1

9、9 has added heaviness to each of our lives.Scientifically,de Rivarols poetic image doesnt,if youll forgive the words used in the poem,hold water.Theres limited research on crying,partly because of the difficulty of copying the behavior of real crying in a lab.But even within the previous studies,the

10、res little evidence to suggest that crying provides a physiological cleansing of poisons in peoples body.Psychologists believe the relief of a good cry connects with a different emotional process.“It seems that crying occurs just after the peak of the emotional experience,and crying is associated wi

11、th this return to homeostasis:the process of maintaining a stable psychological state,”said Lauren Bylsma.He also said holding back tears can have negative physical consequences,including headaches and muscle tension.Such restriction can also limit our experiences of joy,gratitude and other positive

12、 emotions if we avoid acknowledging our feelings.For me crying has been easier said than done during the COVID-19.Psychologists say its normal to feel stopped up by the stresses of the past year.We should find opportunities to release and process our emotions.Watching a tear-jerking movie,having an

13、emotional conversation with a close friend,and writing in a journal are healthy ways toelicita cry.Physical activity like light-footed walking or even dancing can also signal our bodies to release some emotional tightness.We can then open up to the flow of feelings that leave us feeling lighter and

14、refreshedlike a clear sky after a soaking rain.4.What is the weakness of the studies ever clone on crying?A.They were clone in a laboratory setting.B.They cared little about different forms of crying.C.They were always concentrated on peoples daily life.D.They showed little about the positive physic

15、al effect of crying.5.What is the function of crying according to Lauren Bylsma?A.Curing people of their diseases.B.Keeping emotionally balanced.C.Producing negative mental results.D.Expanding peoples experience of joy.6.What does the underlined word“elicit”in the last paragraph mean?A.Produce.B.Pos

16、tpone.C.Control.D.Repeat.7.What are people advised to do according to the text?A.Learn to hold back their tears wisely.B.Share their emotion with their colleagues.C.Have a good cry when necessary.D.Try to avoid admitting our feelings.C Haley Curfman,25,of Blackwell,Oklahoma,is a teacher at Blackwell

17、 Public School and last yearshe bought a plain(朴素的)white dress,which she set up a station in her classroom for her students to decorate,encouraging them to go and draw on the dress whenever they had free time.Haley set up a station at a table with the dress and some color1 ed markers so that her stu

18、dents could draw on it,having first seen the idea on Pinterest.After the kids had finished the design,she then surprised them all by wearing the dress to class,sharing pictures of herself in it on Facebook in a post that has since been shared over 200,000 times.For teachers looking to do something s

19、imilar for their own students,Haley said that she bought the dress off Amazon for less than$20 about six months ago and pre-washed the dress before she started the project.She used markers from Walmart.But she said these things can be bought in other places.She said,“To do the project,I set up a sta

20、tion at a table with the dress and markers.It takes anywhere from two weeks to a month to complete as we just work on it here and there when time allows.Youd better give the students enough time so they dont have to hurry.”“Teachers have been sharing their dresses,T-shirts,etc.with me that theyve be

21、en creating since the 1950s with the same idea.It is amazing,and I love the fact that you are sharing them with me!Thank you all so much for your kindness and support,”she wrote on Facebook.Asked why she came up with the idea,Haley told Scary Mommy.“We dont have art in our school,so,I always try to

22、do little creative projects when possible.”8.What did Haley use the plain white dress to do?A.To teach her students painting.B.To prepare for her presentation.C.To ask her students to draw on it.D.To help her students with their homework.9.What do we know about the finished dress?A.It took Haley by

23、surprise.B.It is kept by Haley at home.C.It is the product of a new idea.D.It has enjoyed popularity online.10.What should a teacher do if he or she wants to follow Haleys example?A.Buy the same dress online.B.Give the kids enough time.C.Buy the same markers in Walmart.D.Leave the finished work unto

24、uched.11.Why did Haley carry out the project?A.To teach art to her students.B.To show her idea on Pinterest.C.To share it with other teachers.D.To exciteher students creativity.D Last summer,Maria and her mother moved from their house in the countryside to a flat building in Chicago.Maria really lik

25、ed some things about the city,but she missed her house and yard in the countryside.One day,Maria was in her flat building when she noticed her neighbor,Mrs.Garcia,carrying a gardening tool and a bag of soil.Maria wondered how Mrs.Garcia was able to garden in the city.“My mom used to grow the most de

26、licious vegetables,and I know she misses her garden now that we dont have a yard,”said Maria.Mrs.Garcia laughed.“Ill show you,”she said.Maria thought that Mrs.Garcia would take her to the park,but she took her to the roof.When the door opened,Maria was surprised to see rows of flowers and vegetables

27、 on the roof.“What a wonderful garden!”said Maria.Mrs.Garcia told Maria that for a long time the roof was just an empty space.Then some of the people in the building asked the owners to turn it into a community garden.The building owners liked the idea because the plants not only helped to keep the

28、air clean,but they also helped to keep the building cooler during warmer weather.“I plant flowers in my own place,”Mrs.Garcia said,“but you would be surprised by how different the plants are up here.Some people grow vegetables just like your mom.You can do some of the same things in the city as in t

29、he countryside.You just have to be creative!”12.Where did Mrs.Garcia take Maria to one day?A.The park.B.The roof.C.The garden in front of her house.D.The countryside.13.Which of the following is NOT the good side of the community garden?A.It made the building stronger.B.It helped keep the air clean.

30、C.It helped keep the building cooler.D.It used the empty space well.14.After Maria visited the garden,she would most probably ask her mom to _.A.go back to the countryside B.pick flowers from the garden C show her around the park D.grow vegetables on the roof 15.What is the best title for this passa

31、ge?A.A Creative Lady B.An Empty Roof C.A Rooftop Garden D.A Special Building 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 This years holiday photos will have an undoubtedly pandemic feel:_16_.Santa is hosting drive-through events,attaching face shields to his hat and trading

32、with disposable gloves rather than his white cloth ones to protect himself and others.“_17_,”said Mark Brenneman,70,who has been playing the role of Santa for nearly five decades.“They want hope.They want normal.”Bass Pro Shops began offering free photos with Santa during the 2008 recession,when the

33、 country was in need of a collective pick-me-up._18_.Now the outdoors retailer is hoping to re-create some of that magic,even if Old Saint Nick is stuck behind a shield and elves are pulling double duty as“Santas sanitization squad.”The SoNo collection,a mall inNorwalk,Conn.,is offering virtual visi

34、ts this year for$25.But for those who would like to see Santa in the flesh,hell be greeting shoppers from inside an acrylic snow globe on the third floor.“_19_the Spanish flu,the bubonic plague and I just couldnt bring myself to tell my kids that he was afraid of covid-19,”said Kathryn Burgess,a pho

35、tographer who designed the snow globe and spent$10,000 producing it.“_20_.”Her acrylic barriers,which she sells for as much as$4,000,are being used by nearly 50 malls,schools and hospitals this holiday season.A.A visit to Santa Claus is always a big pleasure for children.B.It turned out to be an ove

36、rnight success C.Santa has survived so many things D.We find it difficult to deal with the situation E.But we had to come up with a creative plan to protect him F.No more sitting on Santa Clauss lap or whispering in his ear G.Santa cant give out hugs or candy canes this year,but people still want to

37、 see him 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 One dark morning during my walk,I fell and had my_21_broken.I received several_22_ over two years.It was no fun for a busy mother!More_23_,I was left with certain physical limitation.My doctor told

38、 me to live life to the_24_,but not to do things that would be too much for my arm.As I recovered from the last surgery,I fell in_25_ over all the things I would never get to do that I had wanted to try,like boating.However,I_26_ so much on what I couldnt do that I didnt_27_what I could do was right

39、 in front of me all along.My fourteen-year-old son,Matthew,was fond _28_ archery(射箭).I loved watching him shoot arrows and I had learned quite a bit about the_29_.I had never tried his bow.I was sure my arm would never allow for such_30_ equipment,anyway.Then during one of my sons _31_,the coaches h

40、ad a“fun day”and _32_ encouraged the typically sedentary（久坐的)parents to _33_ a bow.Before I realized what I was doing,I shot my_34_arrow.And it hit the_35_6 points!From then on,I often practiced.The more I did it,the more I knew I could do it.I realize that not only will my body not _36_ this new ad

41、venture,but neither will my familymy husband has taken up archery and my other son has tried it as well!I think the sport has made my family_37_ in some way.I never_38_ something like archery would be possible for me.I guess being faced with the concept of“limitations”pushed me forward.No more_39_ a

42、nd no more fears,I just had to take_40_and shootand find my way.21.A.head B.leg C.arm D.eye 22.A.operations B.occupations C.qualifications D.certifications 23.A.luckily B.importantly C.unfortunately D.happily 24.A.fairest B.fullest C.cheapest D.easiest 25.A.love B.sympathy C.embarrassment D.desperat

43、ion 26.A.depended B.figured C.insisted D.focused 27.A.appreciate B.realize C.confirm D.describe 28.A.of B.with C.in D.on 29.A.club B.sport C.job D.injury 30.A.interesting B.frightening C.challenging D.deserving 31.A.competitions B.vacations C.practices D.performances 32.A.enthusiastically B.patientl

44、y C.honestly D.violently 33.A.take away B.pick up C.break down D.sort out 34.A.first B.second C.third D.last 35.A.distance B.enemy C.air D.target 36.A.suffer from B.benefit from C.adapt to D.take to 37.A.busier B.clearer C.closer D.richer 38.A.suspected B.insisted C.concluded D.imagined 39.A.excuses

45、 B.responsibilities C.permissions D.motivations 40.A.care B.aim C.action D.defeat 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 Directions:After reading the passage below,fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct.For the blanks with a given word,fill

46、 in each blank with the proper form of the given word;for the other blanks,use one word that best fits each blank.When educators think of literacy the ability to read and write they often place more importance on students abilities to read and fully understand a piece of writing.But experts say crit

47、ical and creative writing skills are equally important.And,they say,they_41._(overlook)too often in the classroom.Compared to reading,writing is_42._(active).It helps students be independent thinkers,take ownership of their stories and ideas and communicate them clearly to others,says Elyse Eidman-A

48、adahl.She heads the National Writing Project,_43._offers help for teachers who want to push students to write more.Elyse said,“I have to say_44._we want an education system just_45._(focus)on making people consumers and not on helping them be producers,this emphasis on reading onlywhich does happen

49、in so many places is very short-sighted.”She said students writing work now usually centers on examining a text,_46._presenting a new idea.Writing,she said,should be“the central thing youre learning.Not writing on a test,not writing to demonstrate youre learning_47._someone has taught you.”Teaching

50、reading together with writing improves both skills,says Rebecca Wallace-Segall,who heads aNew York Citywriting center,Writopia Lab.She said writing affects a persons ability to read and more than 90 percent of young people in the Writopia program do not trust their writing abilities_48._they start.B