2021届扬州邗江区实验学校高三英语上学期期中试卷及参考答案.pdf

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1、2021 届扬州邗江区实验学校高三英语上学期期中试卷及参考答案 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 Bob and Sue Harvey spent nine years as resident fellows in a dormitory at Sanford and in their bookVirtual Reality and The College Freshman,they write“The Freshman oftenfaces an identi

2、ty problem during the first semester.”College is a more pressured environment than it used to be,in part because the academic gap between high school and college has increased.Many college freshmen have never had to make independent decisions about sex,drugs and alcohol.Most dont know how to manage

3、their time or money.They often feel lonely and overwhelmed,resulting in anxiety and depression.Nancy Corbin,director of clinical service for student-counseling(咨询)services at Iowa State University,says her office is seeing a significant increase in requests for counseling from freshmen who are havin

4、g trouble making the adjustment to college life.She says older teenagers increasingly lack the skills to deal with personal problems that arent easily defined or fixed.And they get homesick but have a hard time admitting it.Parents and high schools can make things easier on freshmen by preparing the

5、m differently.For example,by teaching them to budget their hours and dollars.The Harveys think high schools should offer a college-life course.“Parents need to focus more on relationship and personal issues and less on how many sheets and towels to take,”they say.Many homesick freshmen think theyll

6、be regarded as failures if they come home before Thanksgiving.So parents can help by letting them know theyre welcome to return if they feel the need.In the meantime,parents have to find new ways to keep in touch with their college kids.One of the best ways is e-mail.Its less unpleasant and less exp

7、ensive than constant phone calls and is more likely to be answered than a handwritten letter.1.Why is the first semester difficult for freshmen in college?A.Because they often fail in exams.B.Because they lack time and money.C.Because they are too homesick to make new friends.D.Because they have to

8、settle personal issues on their own.2.In the last paragraph,it is suggested that _.A.parents should stop buying anything for their kids B.parents should develop a good relationship with their kids C.parents should be taught how to send e-mails to their kids D.parents should work with high schools in

9、 college-life courses 3.Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?A.Hard Life of College Freshmen B.Approaches to Trouble in College C.Freshmens Adaptation Problems D.A Strange Phenomenon in College B A Virginia teen is doing his part to make sure frontline health care workers a

10、re getting the meals they need to help them take care of themselves and others.Arul Nigam,17,of Tysons Corner,Va.,has had to make several adjustments since his school year ended abruptly in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic(新冠疫情).“We didnthave any classes for like over a month and then after

11、 that there were a lot of technical difficulties.So I started to have a lot more free time,”he tells Yahoo Life.“It was really saddening,but it was also something that really surprised me,that our health care workers are facing something like that,”Nigam says.“So I wanted to see what I could do to h

12、elp them because obviously,theyre sacrificing so much and giving so much for all of us.”In late March,the teen started fundraising efforts with the help of friends and family to help these health care workers receive much-needed meals.He also began doing research about what hospitals had the most am

13、ount of coronavirus cases,so he could prioritize those places first.He was also arranging for the orders to be fulfilled at local family-owned restaurants impacted by shutdown orders.So far,Nigam has delivered over 1,000 meals to 22 hospitals in 13 states,including New York,Massachusetts and Marylan

14、d.Nigams efforts have not only helped health care workers,but restaurants as well.With quarantine restrictionstaking a toll onthe food industry,places like Best Coast Burrito in Oakland,Calif.,have lost business over the last few weeks.Best Coasts owner,Alvin Shen,tells Yahoo Life that being able to

15、 partner with Arul and others in efforts to feed those on the frontline has been a big help.4.What would Nigam probably do according to his words?A.Study at home by himself.B.Spend the more free time playing.C.Donate some money to health care workers.D.Do something helpful for health care workers.5.

16、What is Nigams priority when delivering food?A.The urgency of meals.B.The severity of the virus.C.The number of doctors.D.The position of hospitals.6.What does the phrase“taking a toll on”in the last paragraph mean?A.Turning a blind eye to.B.Keeping an eye on.C Causing lots of damage to.D.Answering

17、completely for.7.Where can you probably read this text?A.Science fiction.B.Fashion magazine.C.Life magazine.D.Entertainment newspaper.C This year researchers expect the world to snap 1.35 trillion photographs,or about 3.7 billion per day.All those pixels(像素)take up a lot of room if they are stored o

18、n personal computers or s phones,which is one reason why many people store their images in the cloud.But unlike a hard on drive which can be encrypted to protect its data,cloud storage users have to trust that a tech platform will keep their private pictures safe.Now a team of Columbia University co

19、mputer scientists has developed a tool to encrypt(加密)images stored on many popular cloud services while allowing authorized users to browse and display their photographs as usual.Malicious(恶意的)attempts to access or leak cloud-based photographs can expose personal information.In November 2019,for exa

20、mple,a bug in the popular photograph storage app Google Photos mistakenly shared some users private videos with strangers.Security experts also worry about employees at cloud storage companies on purpose accessing users images.So the Columbia researchers came up with a system called Easy Secure Phot

21、os(ESP),which they presented at a recent conference.“We wanted to see if we could make it possible to encrypt data while using existing services,”says computer scientist Jason Nieh,one of the developers of ESP.“Everyone wants to stay with Google Photos and not have to register on a new encrypted-ima

22、ge cloud storage service.”To overcome this problem,they created a tool that preserves blocks of pixels but moves them around to effectively hide the photograph.First,ESPs algorithm(算法)divides a photograph into three separate files,each one containing the images red,green or blue color1 data.Then the

23、 system hides the pixel blocks around among these three files(allowing a block from the red file,for instance,to hide out in the green or blue ones).But the program does nothing within the pixel blocks,where all the image processing happens.As a result,the files remain unchanged images but end up lo

24、oking like grainy black-and-white ones to anyone who accesses them without the decryption(解密)key.8.Whats probably the main purpose for people to store images in the cloud?A.To save storage room.B.To make photos beautiful.C.To try a new storage way.D.To keep their privacy safe.9.Why might employees i

25、n cloud storage companies be distrusted by experts?A.They sell users passwords.B.They have invented new tools.C.They often let out personal information.D.They may steal a glance at users images.10.Whats the advantage of ESP?A.It can provide clear images.B.It can decrease the upload time.C.It can cla

26、ssify images automatically.D.It can encrypt data on the original platform.11.What does paragraph 4 mainly talk about?A.Method of decryption.B.Image-processing technique.C.Separate files of images.D.Data analysisof color1 s.D There have been many fine films over the past several years aboutcharacters

27、 struggling with Alzheimers disease.But few of them have gone as deeply and frighteningly into the corners of adeterioratingmind as The Father,a powerful new drama built around a spellbinding performance from Anthony Hopkins.At this point in his long career,Hopkinswould seem to have exhausted his ab

28、ility to surprise us,but his work here is nothing short of astonishing.His character,also named Anthony,is 80 years old and has dementia.At the beginning of the movie,his daughter,Anne played by Olivia Colman stops by hisLondonapartment to check on him.Her fathers condition has taken a turn for the

29、worse,and his temper has become severe enough to send his latest live in nurse packing.Anthony is stubborn and defiant and insists that he can manage on his own.But thats clearly not the case,given his habit of misplacing his things and his inability to remember names and faces,Annes included.As The

30、 Father goes on,the more it becomes clear that its his own mind thats playing tricks on him.What makes the movie so unsettling is the way it wires us directly into his subjective experience,so that the foundations of the story seem to shift at random from scene to scene.A man suddenly appears in the

31、 apartment,claiming to be Annes husband,which is odd,since just a few moments earlier,Anne seemed to be single.Anne goes out shopping for groceries,but when she returns,shes played not by Olivia Colman but by another actress,Olivia Williams.Even the apartment itself begins to shift.You notice puzzli

32、ng differences-wasnt there a lamp on that hallway table just a moment ago?The story in The Father may be complicated but its also heartbreakingly simple:man grows old and loses his memory,and his daughter,after lifetime of love and devotion,must begin the long painful process of saying goodbye.Hopki

33、nsshows us Anthonys struggle to keep his sense about him.Its a striking performance-and an impossible one to forget.12.What does the underlined word“deteriorating”mean in the first paragraph?A.Worsening.B.Narrowing.C.Recovering.D.Improving.13.What do we learn about the character Anthony in the movie

34、?A.He can take care of himself B.He drives away the nurses.C.He is easy-going and forgetful.D.He lives with his daughter all the time.14.The shift of scenes in the movie is designed to .A.build the dramatic tension in the family.B.show off the well-designed story line.C.frighten the movie-goers with

35、 mysterious plot.D.involve the viewers into thedisordered memories.15.What does the author think ofHopkins?A.He has run out of his talent.B.He is not suitable for the role C.He masterly plays the old man.D.He presents an odd performance.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

36、为多余选项 Its the start of a new year,when your fitness goals are set and you engage in the challenge._16_Their standards of“too big”are not even achievable in their lifetime,let alone a few months of training,which brings my tips.Set realistic goals!The process of building muscle is an ly slow one that

37、 requires strong will to gain.Consistently causing protein synthesis（合成）in specific muscle fibers will allow muscle to develop.However,all individuals are not equal in the process._17_Gaining muscle will happen quickly to a new gym-goer,but take a long time for someone that has been training for yea

38、rs.Stick to specific training for the goals you set to achieve._18_This will require you to restrict the diet,and it will prevent you gaining muscle.Diet reflects the training load.The training reflects your goals.Its like swimming upstream,think strong,fast and flexible.If you are running a maratho

39、n,the goals are different and train accordingly!_19_Fat has taken some time to develop,so it will not be lost overnight.Allow the hormonal triggers（生理诱因）in the body to work more efficiently to regulate volume of food.Taking out additional sugars is one of the most important steps to regulate volumes

40、 of food to switch off desire for food.Once a goal is reached,do not go back to what you did before.When people finish their transformation,the hormone profile is very weak to fat deposition（沉积）。Every training session should be a step toward a lasting transformation,with a diet improving the level o

41、f exercise._20_ A.Dont try to achieve too much at once.B.Why do so few people see their goals through?C.Give yourself a realistic timeline when it comes to fat loss.D.Keeping running slowly leads to very big changes over time.E.Appreciate that you are taking time for your own development.F.Place res

42、trictions on your diet and follow good food eating patterns.G.Also,it depends on how long you have been training to achieve muscle growth.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 Like many writers,Im an expert at procrastination(拖延).When I ought t

43、o be working on a(n)_21_,Ill sit there watching pointless videos.According to traditionalthinking,my problem is_22_management.Increasingly,however,psychologists are_23_this is wrong.Tim Pychyl at Carleton University in Canada has proposed that procrastination is an issue with_24_our emotions,not tim

44、e.The task were_25_is making us feel bad-perhaps its too boring,too difficult or were too_26_failing-and to make ourselves_27_better in the moment,we start doing something else,like watching videos.One of the first_28_to inspire the emotional effect of procrastination was published in the early 2000

45、s by researchers at Case Western Reserve University,Ohio.Researchers first made people feel bad by asking them to read sad stories and showed that this_29_their possibility to procrastinate before an intelligence test.The further research has also highlighted the_30_of procrastination.A recent study

46、 has shown that_31_procrastination can affect mental and physical health due to a build-up of guilt and frustration over avoiding important work.Over time,high_32_and poor health behaviors are well known to have an effect on health as they can increase the_33_of serious and chronic health conditions

47、 such as heart disease,diabetes,arthritis and even cancer.All of the following means of_34_procrastination could have a major positive effect on your life.The next time you feel_35_to procrastinate,make your focus as simple as“Whats the next_36_-a simple next step-I would take on this task if I were

48、 to get started on it now?”said Pychyl.“_37_this takes your mind off your feelings and onto_38_achievable action.Our research and personal experience has_39_us very clearly that once we get started,were typically able to keep going.Getting_40_is everything.”21.A.task B.protect C.issue D.job 22.A.emo

49、tion B.time C.motivation D.preference 23.A.assuming B.supposing C.wishing D.realizing 24.A.accessing B.managing C.using D.voicing 25.A.going over B.taking on C.going through D.putting off 26.A.tired of B.worried about C.ready for D.concerned with 27.A.look B.live C.feel D.get 28.A.cases B.experiment

50、s C.investigations D.proofs 29.A.increased B.proved C.lessened D.ignored 30.A.development B.dangers C.process D.types 31.A.occasional B.regular C.accidental D.monthly 32.A.stress B.expectation C.load D.requirement 33.A.cure B.limit C.risk D.treatment 34.A.recognizing B.studying C.identifying D.overc