2021届湖北省襄阳市五校（宜城一中、枣阳一中、襄州一中、曾都一中、南漳一中）高三上学期期中考试英语试题（学生版）

2021届湖北省襄阳市五校（宜城一中、枣阳一中、襄州一中、曾都一中、南漳一中）高三上学期期中考试英语试题（学生版）

宜城一中 枣阳一中 襄州一中 曾都一中 2020—2021 学年上学期高三期中考试英语试题 第一部分 听力(共两节，满分 30 分) 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂 到答题卡上。 第一节(共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分) 听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项， 并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一 小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 例：How much is the shirt? A. ￡19.15. B. ￡9.15. C. ￡9.18. 答案是 B。 1. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 Where did the man put the woman’s bike? A. In a garage. B. In a backyard. C. Under a street lamp. 2. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 Which floor is the Committee Room on? A. The second floor. B. The third floor. C. The fourth floor. 3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 How does the man feel about the article in the end? A. Satisfied. B. Bored. C. Annoyed. 4. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a library. B. In a bookstore. C. In a teaching building. 5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 Why does the man call the woman? A. To ask for a sick leave. B. To ask about English classes. C. To discuss tomorrow’s schedule. 第二节(共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分) 听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选中选 出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每 小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 6. How will the woman send the package? A. By air. B. By sea. C. By express mail. 7. How much should the woman pay? A. £20. B. £23. C. £26. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 8. What problem does the woman have? A. She’s lost. B. Her shoes are broken. C. Her feet are uncomfortable. 9. Why did the speakers come to the city? A. To make a tour. B. To buy some shoes. C. To attend a meeting. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 10. Why does the man want to get a summer job? A. To save for a trip. B. To pay his brother back. C. To save money for a course. 11. How will the woman get money? A. By asking her parents. B. By doing a part-time job. C. By borrowing from her brother. 12. What does the man decide to do in the end? A. Study in Spain. B. Get a job in Portugal. C. Go to Latin America with the woman. 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 13. What are the speakers discussing? A. How to form clouds. B. How to present their research. C. How to explain different types of clouds. 14. Why does the man suggest having small cards? A. To organize all the research. B. To remind him of what to say. C. To make the presentation more interesting. 15. What will the man do? A. Prepare the cards. B. Make the presentation slides. C. Look for pictures of clouds online. 16. What part will the woman do? A. The low-level clouds part. B. The medium-level clouds part. C. The high-level clouds part. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】 17. What problem will the motorway bring to the village? A. Fewer villagers will live there. B. The well-known beauty spot will be destroyed. C. Children will find it hard to go to the Streeve Beach. 18. What will be built on farmland? A. Houses. B. A steel factory. C. A swimming pool. 19. Where will the high-tech park be built? A. In the south of the village. B. In the north of the village. C. In the west of the village. 20. What is most villagers’ attitude towards the government plans? A. Fully satisfied. B. Rather worried. C. Quite unexpected. 第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分 50 分) 第一节(共 15 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 37.5 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 things that you can’t miss in Macao Macao Tower AJ Hackett Bungee Jump The Macao Tower, 338 meters is the world’s 10th highest tower, with a variety of activities, such as gambling, eating and entertainment. One of the acclaimed activities is the bungee jump. The AJ Hackett Macao Tower Bungee Jump is 233 meters high, making it the highest commercial bungee jump in the world. Raise your arms and off you go! If you are not daring enough to jump that height, you can try the skywalk on the 57th floor —it’s still remarkable. Grabbing a traditional Portuguese dinner Macao was colonized by Portugal before 1999. As a result, Portuguese culture is deeply immersed into many comers of Macao. Many Portuguese settled and opened Portuguese restaurants in the special administrative region, but the flavor is more adaptable to Chinese people. Marking at the Ruins of St Paul The Ruins of St. Paul is the significant landmark of Macao. The ruins consist of the St. Paul’s College and the Church of St Paul, built in 1583. However, after three intense fires in 1595, 1601 and 1835, the church was seriously damaged. It is beyond belief that after the vigorous cycles of rebuilding and fires, the huge surface and the front stairway remain unburned. Visiting a museum Macao, as a tiny city with only an area of 30.5 square kilometers, has 23 eye-catching museums. Due to its unique history, both eastern and western historical sites can be found. Many of them are preserved for cultural heritage, tourist spots or museum, such as the Grand Prix Museum, Maritime Museum and Wine Museum. 21. Which activity probably interests John, an adventure lover, when he visits Macao? A. Visiting a museum. B. Going Bungee Jumping. C. Marking at the Ruins of St Paul. D. Grabbing a traditional Portuguese dinner. 22. What do “Grabbing a traditional Portuguese dinner” and “Visiting a museum” have in common? A. Taking a selfie in it. B. Finding historical sites C. Enjoying a breathtaking experience. D. Feeling both eastern and western cultures. 23. What can we learn from the text? A. Macao Tower is the world’s highest tower. B. The Portuguese restaurants’ food in Macao is more suitable for Chinese. C. After three big fires, the Church of St Paul was completely destroyed. D. Many historical sites in Macao are not well protected. B I just counted how many foreign languages: it’s been twelve! I always follow my interests and find ways to put my language learning into things I’m already interested in. I like to read blogs in other languages. I found them the perfect learning tool because they’re usually written in oral language, so I don’t have to worry much about adopting strange terms that are only used in writing. Movies are also a really good tool, especially if you can find subtitles in the language you’re learning. Though they don’t always exactly match what’s being said, they will still keep your brain listening and reading in the same language. Music is another way to start listening to things in your new language. Personally, this doesn’t really work for me, but I have friends who learn a language through lyrics. Games are also an excellent way of studying a new language. A lot of language learning computer programs include games. I’m super competitive and if I play any of them, I can be hooked for hours. When the initial excitement of learning a new language begins to fade, it can be hard to stick with it. Ideally I will sign up to take a big language exam because then I’ll have to keep studying, and work to master the details that seem unimportant enough in everyday usage that I tend to just ignore them. Each time I start getting complacent, it’s time to take a new course or sign up for online lessons, or take up some sort of challenge that will require me to level up my skills. I also try to think in the language I’m learning. The best language class I’ve ever taken was my beginner’s Russian course at university where my professor never used any English. It got to the point where I would kind of just forget about English while in Russian class, which helped me to really immerse myself in the Russian language and do a lot with the limited Russian I had. 24. Why are blogs perfect learning tool according to the author? A. Because they only use oral language. B. Because they don’t use professional terms. C. Because they often use several languages. D. Because their language is usually informal. 25. What will author do if he loses passion when learning a new language? A. Take an exam. B. Stick with it. C. Sign up for online lessons. D. Choose a new course. 26. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “complacent ” in paragraph 4? A. bored B. discouraged C. self-satisfied D. self-disciplined 27. What’s the purpose of the text? A. To call on readers to learn new languages. B. To share personal language learning tips. C. To recommend some blogs and movies to language learners. D. To help deal with common problems in learning new languages. C It has been four years since the Flashfood App was set to hit Canadian grocery stores and make it easier for shoppers to buy soon-to-expiry (保质期) food at a discount. Much to my delight, I heard it advertised recently on a radio station and figured it’s time for an update, especially since people became more aware of food waste’s role in the climate crisis. The first thing I did was download the App. I hadn’t done it before because it was limited to a few locations, but now it’s all over Canada. I could see immediately that many brands of yogurt are all marked down 50 percent. Users pay for the food using the App, and then pick it up at a marked location in the store. There is no need for you to worry about them actually being bad. It makes sense for retailers to get behind this App because it offers a win-win situation for everyone involved. Flashfood sells 75% of the products made available through its App while saving consumers an average of 50% on those grocery items, and it has 300 000 active users right now. That number is expected to grow naturally as Flashfood partners with more grocers. “As a food retailer, we are in the business of providing food, not wasting it. The Flashfood program allows us to provide our customers with a convenient and environmentally sustainable (可持续的) way to purchase food. Loblaw sells 77% of the items it puts on Flashfood, moving an average of ＄800 to ＄1000 worth of goods weekly at each of its largest stores,” said Gord Chem, senior VP with Loblaw’s Real Canadian Superstores. I love looking for discount deals at the grocery store and always keep an eye out for the hot pink clearance stickers. But it’s always random, and I never know what I’m going to get from week to week. The appeal of Flashfood is that I can see what’s available, pre-purchase it, and leave it off my shopping list. 28. What can we know about the food on the Flashfood? A. It’s delivered directly to the customers. B. Users can pay for it in the marked store. C. Much of it is charged at half the price. D. It’ll be a month away before it goes bad. 29. According to Gord Chem, the Flashfood is ________. A. reliable B. doubtful C. creative D. beneficial 30. How is the advantage of Flashfood introduced in the last paragraph? A. By making a comparison. B. By listing some examples. C. By explaining the cause. D. By introducing the result. 31. What is the main idea of the text? A. Customers can buy much cheaper food on a recent app. B. Canadians have a smart approach to reducing food waste. C. A win-win situation has been set for Canadians involved. D. Canadians adopt a new way of protecting the environment. D Inflammation (炎症) is the body’s defense mechanism. You might have experienced it if you sustained physical injuries or had an infection, like the flu, which causes a sore throat. Inflammation can occur in any organ, but it is most common and easy to see in the skin. You will notice redness, heat and swelling. Usually this is a good thing, as it shows you have a healthy immune system that can kill pathogens (病原体) and repair damage. However, inflammation can be a double-edged sword as in some people it can target the body’s healthy cells, causing what is called an autoimmune disease. Given this danger, a new study from Cambridge University, UK, has been looking into brain conditions that are not usually linked to autoimmune diseases. The study found that inflammation of the brain — known as neuroinflammation (神经炎症) — has been linked to several forms of dementia (痴呆). In this new study, researchers scanned the brains of 31 volunteers with three different types of dementia. The first scan was to highlight neuroinflammation, and a second scan illuminated (阐明) poisonous proteins that are linked with dementia. The team also examined 12 post-mortem (after death) brains. These experiments showed similar patterns of poisonous protein build-up and neuroinflammation, suggesting a relationship between inflammation and dementia. “Even we were surprised by how tightly these two problems mapped on to each other. Now, the big question is what role this neuroinflammation plays in the decline of the mind associated with dementia,” said Thomas Cope, one of the authors of the study. Another of the study’s researchers, James Rowe, highlighted the importance of further research. He said the frequent presence of inflammation in neurodegenerative (神经退化的) diseases, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, “offers hope that immune-based treatments might help slow or prevent these conditions”. 32. Why is inflammation usually a good thing? A. It can defend our body against infection. B. It allows injuries to heal themselves. C. It gives long-term protection to healthy cells. D. It is a reflection of a healthy immune system. 33. What did the study from Cambridge University find? A. Neuroinflammation leads to dementia. B. Increased poisonous proteins in the brain cause dementia. C. There are links between neuroinflammation and dementia. D. Poisonous protein build-up and neuroinflammation have different patterns. 34. What is still unknown according to Thomas Cope? A. Why neuroinflammation is connected with dementia. B. How the decline of the mind is associated with dementia. C. How to prevent neuroinflammation from developing into dementia. D. To what extent neuroinflammation and dementia are linked with each other. 35. What can be inferred from James Rowe’s words? A. Inflammation is one of the causes of neuroinflammation. B. Immune-based treatments would be the best cure for dementia. C. Research on neuroinflammation could help treat neurodegenerative diseases. D. Further research will focus on methods of cutting poisonous proteins in the brain. 第二节(共 5 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 分) 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 An endangered species is a group of animals that could soon become extinct. ___36___ Many species are nearly extinct and could disappear off the face of the earth very soon if we don’t do anything to save them. There are many reasons why species become endangered. Habitat destruction is the main reason why animals become endangered and this happens in two ways. When humans move into a new area, the animals’ habitat is destroyed and there is nowhere for them to live and nothing to eat because humans chop down trees and build houses and farms. ___37___ Chemicals in rivers and poisons on farms cause the destruction of animals’ homes and food supplies. ___38___ Animals have been brought to the edge of extinction because they are killed for their highly-valued meat, fur, bones or skin, or just for sport. Overfishing has resulted in many large sea creatures like whales and sharks becoming endangered species. So what can individuals and governments do to protect endangered species? We should take care not to pollute natural areas, and farmers or companies who destroy animal habitats should face severe financial penalties. ___39___ Governments can help, too, by making it against the law to hunt, fish or trade in endangered species. ___40___ A. Animal habitats are also destroyed because of pollution. B. Endangered species are also the result of hunting and fishing. C. Eventually, all the creatures on Earth will enjoy being together. D. Recent changes, however, have helped to improve the situation. E. The public can help out by refusing to buy any products made from these animals’body parts. F. Extinction happens when the last of the species has died out and there will be no more. G. If we all cooperate and take these steps, we will protect these animals for future generations. 第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分 30 分) 第一节(共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分) 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳 选项。 For many years, I had a recurring (重复出现的) dream. I was a little girl again, rushing about, trying to get ready for school. Deep inside I knew where the ___41___came from. It was about some unfinished business in my life. As a kid, I loved everything about school. But at 15, I had to___42___because my parents couldn’t afford tuition. My hope of getting a diploma was ___43___. Pretty soon, I married and had three children. I wanted my children to be ___44___. But Linda, our youngest child, had juvenile arthritis (幼年型关节炎) in her hands and knees, which made it___45___for her to function in a normal classroom. I felt really sorry for her and I didn’t want her to live her life ___46___regret. One day, I saw an ad for evening courses. “That’s the answer,” I said to myself. Linda always feels ___47___in the evening, so I’ll just ___48___ her up for night school. Linda was busy___49___out enrollment (入学) forms when the secretary said: “Mrs. Schantz, why don’t you come back to ___50___?” I laughed: “There’s no ___51___! I’m 55!” But he persisted, and ___52___I knew what I had done, I was enrolled for classes in English and crafts. Anyway, my dream was still there in my heart. It was exciting to go to school again but it was no game. When I was down, Linda encouraged me. “Mom, you can’t ___53___now!” At last, I got my diploma. The unfinished___54___ in my dreams was ___55___ finished. 41. A. purpose B. ambition C. dream D. intelligence 42. A. check out B. drop out C. bring out D. turn out 43. A. affordable B. optional C. dead D. reasonable 44. A. educated B. separated C. examined D. employed 45. A. ridiculous B. reliable C. practical D. impossible 46. A. for B. with C. to D. on 47. A. better B. bitterer C. worse D. quieter 48. A. pick B. stay C. bring D. sign 49. A. leaving B. figuring C. handing D. filling 50. A. match B. game C. school D. course 51. A. way B. wonder C. good D. problem 52. A. since B. until C. after D. before 53. A. play B. give C. quit D. hold 54. A. journey B. business C. promise D. knowledge 55. A. extremely B. eventually C. hardly D. occasionally 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。 This year’s National Day holiday was a special one, as it not only coincided with the Mid-Autumn Festival, but it also was the _____56_____ (one) vacation after the country brought the COVID-19 pandemic _____57_____ control. For people in Wuhan, who _____58_____ (experience) a total lockdown of the city during the Spring Festival holiday due to disease prevention restrictions, this eight-day holiday was of particular _____59_____(significant). It was before the holiday _____60_____ a flash mob performance was staged at Wuhan’s train station. Participants included students, teachers, station workers, doctors, journalists and folk artists,___61___ gathered at the station and sang the song My Homeland. It is _____62_____ a popular song that almost all people in China know the lyrics. The train station, which was an empty shell during the _____63_____ (bad) of the outbreak, is filled with thousands of passengers _____64_____ (travel) to and from the capital of Hubei province. Wuhan’s city government said it had planned more than 140 events, including exhibitions and carnivals, ______65______ (bring) joy to the lives of residents and tourists during the holiday. 第四部分 写作(共两节, 满分 40 分) 第一节(满分 15 分) 66. 假如你是李华，打算寒假和家人一起去上海游玩，请你给你的好友王明写一封 e-mail，分享你的出行计 划。 要点：1. 出发、返回时间及交通工具； 2. 安排：迪士尼乐园游玩、登上东方明珠等。 注意：1. 词数 80 词左右； 2. 可适当增加细节，使行文连贯； 3. 信的开头和结尾已写好，不计入总词数。 参考词汇：迪士尼乐园 Disneyland 东方明珠 Oriental Pearl Tower Dear Wang Ming, How is everything going? I will have a four-day trip to Shanghai with my family in my winter holiday. Here is my plan. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ How about the plan for your winter holiday? I’m looking forward to your reply. Yours, Li Hua 第二节(满分 25 分) 67. 阅读下面材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段, 使之构成一篇完整的短文。 注意： 1. 续写词数应为150 左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 It was a beautiful sunny day when the moving van pulled onto the tree-lined street. Mark and Mindy stepped out of the van and looked at their new home with pride. They had both been saving for a long time to purchase their first house together and were very excited to go on a new venture. Within an hour they had unloaded a number of boxes and were pleased with their progress. The sky had begun to darken slightly, but the weather was still pleasant. Then Mindy heard it – even felt it. There was a large clap of thunder and then a bolt of lightning. Mindy and Mark immediately froze and looked at each other, then looked at the boxes scattered (分散) on their lawn. They hastily raced to get their belongings indoors, but not before getting caught in heavy rain. The couple stood in their living room, wet from head to toe, surrounded by what were now very wet boxes. Then, Mark noticed a pool of water in the hallway. He went to inspect and found that there was water dripping from the ceiling. “We can have someone fix it,” Mindy said. “I’ll grab a bucket to catch the water for now.” A moment later Mark heard a scream and raced into the kitchen just in time to see a mouse running across the floor. Mindy was frozen with fright. “Don’t worry. We can take care of that!” Mark said, trying to sound as reassuring (安心的) as possible. “Let’s go unpack some of the boxes. That will make us feel better.” Mark and Mindy made their way to the living room, but when they opened a box holding their kitchen utensils (器皿) and dishes, they found that all of their plates, bowls and cups were broken. They looked at each other in dismay (沮丧). “What do we do now?” Mindy asked. Their first day in their new home was not turning out to be the joyous occasion they had expected. Paragraph 1 Just then, there was a knock at the door. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Paragraph 2 Suddenly they heard a noise from the attic (阁楼). ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________