2021年珠海市桃园中学高三英语上学期期中考试试题及答案解析

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

Theatre and film fans will be excited about what's on stage and on screen. THEATRE

☆Take in a Broadway show at Mirvish Venues. The Grand Theatre hosts plays and musicals in London, Ontario. The building dates back to 1901 and starts a rare architectural feature.

☆In the heart of Ontario's bread-basket, treat yourself to uniquely Canadian modern productions at the Blyth Festival in Goderich.

☆Ontario becomes popular on the stage as theatre festivals. The Stratford Festival produces classic productions mainly on Shakespeare in Stratford. Works by Bernard Shaw, the founder of social realism in English literature enrich the stage at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

FILM

☆Expand your mind with great modem, independent film during the Reel Asian FilmFestival or visit the TIFF Bell Lightbox for exhibitions related to film and theatre.

☆Making productions that don't reach half an hour by new filmmakers, the Breakthroughs Film Festival provides some of the most video movies.

☆Five amazing programs feature films from across the globe during the Durham Region International Film Festival.

☆One of the top film festivals in the world, the 'Toronto International Film Festival features everything from mainstream Hollywood productions to international cinema.

COMEDY

☆For a laugh, head to a comedy club. Absolute Comedy, Second City and Yuks Yuks all specialize in finding your funny bone.

☆The Toronto Alliance for the Peforming Arts will keep you up to date on what 's playing on

Toronto's stages; you can look through their “TOnight” for on-the-go performing arts tickets, reviews and searches on your mobile.

1. Where should those preferring realistic dramas go?

A. London. B. Stratford.

C. Goderich. D. Niagara-on-the-Lake. 2. What does the Breakthroughs Film Festival focus on? A. Short films. B. Films across the world. C. Modern films. D. Films by young directors. 3. What might “TOnight” be?

A. A comedy. B. An application. C. A guidebook. D. An organization.

B

According to a survey, the wasteof food on the dining table occupies 10% of the total grain output.

Last week, Meituan, a giant online food ordering platform, co-published a proposal with a number of business organizations, calling on restaurants to stop food waste and help develop new eating habits for customers. Following the proposal, merchants are asked to offer guidance for consumers, including reminding them during the ordering process about the taste of the ingredients, portion sizes and other information about the dishes, to helpthem avoid excessive ordering and food waste.

Catering（餐饮)associations in more than 18 provinces have also joined the campaign to remove food waste. The Wuhan Catering Association proposed an “NT\" ordering code for restaurants in which a group of 10 diners would only order enough for nine people. More food is only brought to the table if required. On Friday, the China Cuisine Association announced that it had teamed up with Ele. me, the Alibaba Group Holding-owned food delivery platform, to launch a \"half-dish plan,\" encouraging restaurants to provide customers with the option to order smaller portions.

Tang Zhisong, a professor at Southwest University Education School, said \"Evaluating how much you can eat, how much you should buy and how to deal with the leftover is a way for young people to improve their self-management. It's also a means to teach them sharing food, caring about others, and more importantly, developing a mindset of suitability. \"

4. What's the purpose of the proposal mentioned in the passage? A. To change customers' attitude toward life. B. To promote a new policy on food delivery. C. To spread the idea of healthy eating.

D. To encourage restaurants to reduce food waste.

5. What does the underlined word “excessive\" in Paragraph 2 prolably mean? A. More than enough. B. Less than required. C. Better than ever. D. Worse than before. 6. Paragraph 3 is mainly developed by.

A. offering analyses B. presenting a survey C. giving examples D. making comparisons 7. What do Tang's words suggest? A. Sharing food is caring about others. B. Young people should have self-discipline. C. Reducing food waste has all-round benefits. D Saving food contributes to a sustainable society.

C

When rescuers were called to rescue a “little owl”, they did not expect to find one that was too fat to fly. A concerned citizen first spotted the poor bird lying helplessly. Even Rufus Samkin, whose team then took the team in on Jan.3, believed the bird to be injured. There were no wounds to be found, however, causing experts to believe the female owl was simply too wet to fly.

But it was only after a thorough drying-off and complete checkup that they noted the real issue. The rescuers weighed the owl and concluded that she was “simply extremely obese” and couldn’t take off. This additional weight left her unable to fly, though experts began to wonder how she got so fat in the first place. Because it’s rather unusual for wild birds to reach such a state, they decided to keep her a few weeks and monitor her.

In the end, the rescuers assessed that it was simply a case of “natural obesity”. December 2019 was quite warm, which meant that there were many insects for the bird to feast upon. Indeed, the owl was discovered in a field that was “filled with field mice” due to the usual climate. “It’s been very mild here, and the owl is able to find foods easily,” Samkin explained. With the sudden food, “she ly ate much and got very fat. She had a lovely time, but went too far.”

The researchers consequently put the owl on a “strict diet” so she could shrink to a more “natural weight”. She was even put on a bit of exercise and encouraged to fly around. In the end, the bird was sent flying gracefully off into the British countryside at a much healthier and happier weight. Hopefully, this owl won’t come upon another feast of field mice—unless she wants another few weeks at the fat camp. 8. What did people think happened to the owl at first?

A. She was hurt. B. She was trapped. C. She was hungry. D. She was wet. 9. Why was the bird unable to fly?

A. She needed a thorough checkup. B. She should be given a drying-off. C. She was completed overweight. D. She was simply extremely strong. 10. What made the owl have enough foods?

A. The especially warm weather. B. The reducing number of insects. C. The rich fields growing crops. D. The lovely time the bird enjoyed. 11. How did the owl loseits weight?

A. Going on a diet and exercising. B. Flying in the British countryside. C. Visiting that fat camp again. D. Enjoying her wonderful feast freely.

D

“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-19 has added heaviness to each of our lives.

Scientifically, de Rivarol's poetic image doesn't, if you'll forgive the words used in the poem, hold water. There's 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, there's little evidence to suggest that crying provides a physiological cleansing of poisons in people's 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 with 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 emotions if we avoid acknowledging our feelings.

For me crying has been easier said than done during the COVID-19. Psychologists say it's 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 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 refreshed—like a clear sky after a soaking rain.

12. 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 people's daily life. D. They showed little about the positive physical effect of crying. 13. 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 people's experience of joy. 14. What does the underlined word “elicit” in the last paragraph mean?

A. Produce. B. Postpone. C. Control. D. Repeat. 15. 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.

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

How to Teach kids About Setting Goals

___16___It can become an easy process for a lifetime if kids are taught goal setting at anearly stage. They need to be offered a project to make them work on accomplishing something personal.

Set smart goals. A goal needs to be measurable, specific, realistic and timely in order to be effective. Kids prefer generalizing(泛化)when it comes to goalsetting. For example, one may want to be the best basketball player in the team.___17___What exactly does a goal like this mean? You need to ask them to be specific. Begin with scoring two baskets in each game (or however many; just something measurable!) so that they can continuously push the barriers to accomplish greater goals.

Write down goals.___18___Recent studies show that when goals are written down, the individual is likely to achieve them.

___19___Kids have the habit of choosing goals that just seem impossible to achieve. You need to teach them the concepts of short and long-term goals and give your child reality checks.

Set up review points. You can ask them to write their main goal on the poster and mention the steps they

would take for attaining their goal.___20___It is important to help your children have their own checkpoint systems that actually work for them.

A. Goals can’t be accomplished ly unless they are written down. B. This tip is supported by science as well. C. How isa goal like this measured?

D. Ask them to track their progress once a week or month. E. Face goals that are not realistic. F. Is it a really big goal?

G. It is essential for everybody especially for kids, to set goals in life.

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

While getting into Harvard Law School is not easy for anyone, Rehan, a sanitation worker (环卫工人) from Bowie, Maryland, worked hard to achieve it. And he doesn’t take all the___21___either — he gives most of it to the people around him.

Whenhe was 8, his mother left the family and his father had to___22___to support it. Rehan’s grades dropped.___23___, his high school grades were so poor that he was___24___by many colleges. So he took a job at Bates Trucking and Trash (垃圾). For many people, getting the job would feel like a low point.___25___, for Rehan, it was a really___26___time when his life began to turn around.

“It was the first time in my life that people who weren’t my father or my brother really just___27___me to feel confident, told me I was___28___.” His coworkers urged him to go back to school, and the company owner, Brent Bates, helped him get___29___inBowieStateUniversity. Rehan earned a 4.0-grade point_____30_____and was able to go to theUniversityofMarylandfor further_____31_____.

During his junior year atMaryland, his father was ill. To_____32_____their family, Rehan had to return to work at Bates._____33_____dropping out of school, he woke each day at 4 a.m. to finish his_____34_____before class. He scored very well in his LSAT test, and_____35_____HarvardLawSchool. That school charges a high price. Luckily, the young man found another_____36_____. Carmie McCook, a communications coach, started a GoFundMe page to help him with the_____37_____. The goal was $75,000, but it rose to over $185,000 in_____38_____,

which

helped

make

his

dream_____39_____.

While

most

people

heading

toHarvardLawSchoolhave the grades and the financial support, Rehan just had his own_____40_____story to stand on — the same story that makes him an inspiration.

21. A. view B. credit C. emotion D. strategy 22. A. struggle B. compete C. organize D. suffer 23. A. Curiously B. Luckily C. Actually D. Obviously 24. A. investigated B. refused C. attracted D. preferred 25. A. Therefore B. Moreover C. However D. Anyway 26. A. amazing B. confusing C. plain D. anxious 27. A. recognized B. reminded C. forgave D. encouraged 28. A. smart B. worthwhile C. responsible D. unusual 29. A. admired B. registered C. promoted D. exchanged 30. A. challenges B. comments C. honor D. average 31. A. experiments B. contents C. studies D. arrangements 32. A. observe B. affect C. improve D. save

33. A. Because of B. Instead of C. Other than D. Rather than 34. A. work B. issue C. lecture D. summary

35. A. adapted to B. contributed to C. applied to D. referred to 36. A. partner B. volunteer C. master D. supporter 37. A. cost B. stress C. limit D. rent

38. A. accommodations B. donations C. sources D. means 39. A. work out B. fall apart C. come true D. give up 40. A. awkward B. graceful C. suitable D. painful 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

It's not uncommon for teenagers to get into heated____41.____(argue) and cold silences with their parents. There are several reasons____42.____this situation. For one thing, teenagers' physical changes are likely to give rise to family tensions. For another,____43.____(enter) a strange middle ground, you may find____44.____tough to keep your developing mental needs____45.____(balance).

____46.____, you can take action to improve the situation. Most____47.____(importance), you can create regular and honest communication with your parents..

It's better for you and to parents____48.____(work) together to improve your relationship. Everything will turn out all right in the end,____49.____the struggles you have been going through______50.______(prepare)

you for adulthood.

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。文有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每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：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，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；

2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Tourists climb for two hours to reach the top of a mountain in Peru, struggled for breath. But they are happy to see the beautiful sceneries there. Lines of rich color1 s form that has become known as “Rainbow Mountain”. The color1 s come from special rock remains. It’s five years since the world has learned of the existence of this natural wonder.

Many people come to see them. To villagers who take up their traditional transport trade, the bigger difference is that they now move tourists instead goods. Tourism has provided much-needed economic help for an area. Environmentalists, besides, fear tourists will destroy everything which makes this place distinctive. 第二节书面表达（满分25分）

52.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。

After watching my son Todd run in an annual race. I made my usual comment. “Todd I could walk faster than those women run.” Todd laughed as he knew I wasn't a runner. “Listen, Mom. I want you to show by your actions. How about you running with me next year at this race?” Without thinking, I quickly agreed to this challenge.

But when it was almost time for this race to occur, Todd wasn't going to be running. He was sent to Africa as a soldier for three years. A few of his friends knew this challenge I had agreed to with Todd. They started to encourage me to run the race. I hadn't trained or anything. Quite frankly, I had almost forgotten I said I would do it.

I decided I should keep my promise to Todd and run the race. The first thing I did was go out and buy some running clothes. I might as well look good was my thought. even though I hadn't trained at all.

The day of the race came. I was not well prepared, but I started. It wasn't long before some guy on the roadside started to talking next to me. I wasn't in the talking mood. However, this guy was very talkative. He kept making remark on how tired he was, and I must be tired too. The race was over, and this guy's wife won! I was just

happy to finish and keep my promise to Todd.

I came home, and my neighbor asked about the race. I told him what had happened and how this guy would not shut up his negative talk. My neighbor laughed and set me straight,\" Kay. don't you know what this guy was doing? He thought you were the competition by the way you were dressed. He wanted his wife to win \"Oh really!”

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。 This guy's attitude built a fire in me for the next race!

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The race began on a cold day and I saw this guy and his wife.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

参

1. D 2. A 3. B

4. A 5. C 6. C 7. D

8. A 9. C 10. A 11. A

12. D 13. B 14. A 15. C

16. G 17. C 18. B 19. E 20. D

21. B 22. A 23. C 24. B 25. C 26. A 27. D 28. A 29. B 30. D 31. C 32. D 33. B 34. A 35. C 36. D 37. A 38. B 39. C 40. D 41. arguments

42. for 43. entering 44. it 45. balanced 46. However 47. importantly 48. to work

49. and 50. will prepare

51.(1). struggled→struggling (2). sceneries→scenery (3). that→what

(4). 去掉learnt前面的has

(5). them→it/this (6). bigger→biggest

(7). 在instead后加of (8). an→the/this

(9). besides→however/nevertheless (10). which→that 52.略