福建省安溪一中、养正中学、惠安一中、泉州实验中学2021届高三上学期期中联考英语试题(无答案)

安溪一中、养正中学、惠安一中、泉州实验中学2020年秋季

高三年期中联考英语试卷

满分：150分考试时间：120分钟

第一部分听力（共两节, 满分30分）

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。

1. Where does the woman want to go?

A. To Oxford.

B. To Liverpool.

C. To London.

2. How many people will go to the tennis game?

A. 2.

B. 3.

C. 4.

3. What does the woman ask the boy to do after school?

A. Put away his school bag.

B. Move the kitchen table.

C. Hang up his coat.

4. What do we know about Linda Rivera?

A. She went traveling.

B. She started a company.

C. She was fired.

5. What does the man mean?

A. He prefers cold weather.

B. He has had a difficult week.

C. The temperature was good last week.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三个选项中选出最佳选项，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。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. How will the man choose the music?

A. By letting a person decide on it.

B. By asking people for their advice.

C. By allowing everyone to bring a piece.

7. What is the woman going to do?

A. Help prepare for the party.

B. Tell the man a phone number.

C. Ask Sonia for some information.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What will the woman do first?

A. Wash a car.

B. Go shopping.

C. Do her homework.

9. When does the conversation take place?

A. On Friday.

B. On Saturday.

C. On Sunday.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What is the relationship between the speakers?

A. Colleagues.

B. Schoolmates.

C. Brother and sister.

11. What does the woman think of the show?

A. Inspiring.

B. Unusual.

C. Cool.

12. Which part did the woman like best about the show?

A. Designer wear.

B. Clothes recycling.

C. Live models.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. French music.

B. French clothes.

C. French teens.

14. What does Veronique like to do in her spare time?

A. Collect albums.

B. Visit music stores.

C. Enjoy French songs.

15. What does Veronique usually have for lunch?

A. Hamburgers.

B. Sandwiches.

C. Chips.

16. Why does Veronique like the silver jacket?

A. It’s up-to-date.

B. It’s classic and lovely.

C. It’s unique

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is being held in the new sports stadium?

A. A match.

B. A concert.

C. A meeting.

18. What is the disadvantage of the City Theatre?

A. It has limited space.

B. It’s too old to look good.

C. Its air-conditioning doesn’t work.

19. Which place is normally out of the route of the City tours bus?

A. Victoria Park.

B. The City Theatre.

C. The Market Place.

20. What does the speaker recommend visitors do in the end?

A. See animals in the city centre.

B. Go to the High Street.

C. Visit some shops.

第二部分阅读理解（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, 从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

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?Logic and Leadership Academy

The Leadership Society of Arizona (LSA) has created a fun leadership program based on 25 years of professional development research conducted at ASU. For registering on http：//leadaz. org/summer-program/, LSA is providing you with a discount of $ 25.

Date, Location and Cost

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Registration opens on April 1, 2021.

Registration deadline is May 1, 2021.

?High School App Camp

This program focuses on teaching the fundamentals of programming and computational thinking through iPhone app development. Course material will be covered using a hands-on approach that helps participants to learn challenging concepts through practice.

Date, Location and Cost

July 8--12 Tempe Campus $ 625

Registration opens on March 1, 2021.

Registration deadline is June 24, 2021.

?High School Game Camp

Why just play video games when you can learn to create and produce your own? If you are entering

grades 9--12, this two-week video game design and art camp will teach you cutting-edge 3D art production.

Date, Location and Cost

June 3--14 Tempe Campus $ 650

Registration opens on March 1, 2021.

Registration deadline is June 1, 2021.

21. If you register online for the leadership course starting on June 10, how much should you pay?

A. $ 325.

B. $ 350.

C. $ 375.

D. $ 400.

22. What do we know about the High School App Camp?

A. It is a learning-by-doing program.

B. It takes place at several campuses of ASU.

C. Participants should register before March 1, 2021.

D. Participants can invite their family along on the last day of the camp.

23. Where will the two-week program be located?

A. West Campus.

B. Polytechnic Campus.

C. Tempe Campus.

D. Chandler Innovation Center.

B

I was eleven years old standing outside in just my underwear while I watched the house that I grew up in rapidly burn to the ground.

A few minutes earlier I had been in bed when a scream woke me up. My grandma's bedroom was just next to mine and my elder brother's. A fire had broken out there and awakened her. Hearing her scream, my elder brother jumped to action, running from room to room quickly to wake everyone in the house. However, before we could do anything, the fire had consumed the old and wooden house.

I stood there shivering while the fire destroyed my books, clothes, and toys. I watched helplessly while my Mom cried and my Dad sighed. I wondered what was going to happen to us now that we had lost all of our things. As I looked around, though, I realized something for the first time: What matters aren't things. I saw my elder brother running across the swinging bridge by our house to get help. I saw my eldest brother who was on crutches（拐杖）from an earlier accident standing unsteadily on one leg. I saw my grandma and dad wrapped in each other's arms and my mum holding our little dog. I realized at that moment that we were all alive. Everything that was essential had survived the fire. Our lives would continue. We would survive without the “stuff” that was burning. We would all be around to love each other for many years to come. And

that was all that mattered.

I still think of that fire at night. It helped me to become who I am today. It showed me for the very first time what is truly essential in life. It helped me to learn that the love we share is far more important than the things we possess.

Live your life then for the things that matter, not for the things you own. Love others. Let the fire inside of you make this world a warmer place. Let your soul shine bright.

24. Who first found the house was on fire?

A. The author.

B. The grandma.

C. The elder brother.

D. A passer-by.

25. What did the author do when they all made it outside?

A. Crying and running quickly.

B. Sighing and discussing what to eat.

C. Shaking and thinking about the future.

D. Freezing and trying to find warm clothes.

26. What does the underlined sentence “the fire inside of you” in the last paragraph refer to?

A. Anger towards the fire.

B. The fear of love.

C. A life-lesson he learnt.

D. The love of life.

27. What could be the best title for the passage?

A. We all have each other

B. The magic of a fire

C. Growing up with memory

D. Ways to be a better man

C

It took Sheperd Doeleman nearly a decade to pull off the impossible. As the director of the Event Horizon Telescope(EHT), a project involving hundreds of international researchers, he spent years flying suitcases full of hard drives around the globe to coordinate observations between radio telescopes on four continents. On April 9, 2019, the coordination at last released the fruits of their labors and the world got the first image of a black hole.

The feat-which pioneering black hole theorist James Bardeen called hopeless in 1973-represented a towering achievement of astronomical technology. “It took everyone a little by surprise that they got such a good image so fast,” says Andrew Strominger, a theoretical physicist at Harvard University.

Now Strominger and other researchers are back with a wild answer, which appeared last week in Science

Advances. With a distance enough telescope, the EHT coordination could see multiple reflections of light streaming from around the black hole. By sorting through the precise pattern in these rays, astronomers could study black holes and test Einstein’s theory of gravity like never before. Basically, they hope black holes will become more like stars and planets: not just objects to think about, but to directly observe.

The team did pencil-and-paper calculations using Einstein’s theory of General Relativity and some simulations(模拟) to analyze what black holes do to light. “Black holes, they’re just kind of the best at everything they do,” Lupsasca says. “And that includes bending light rays into loops(圈、环).”

28. What did Sheperd Doeleman achieve according to paragraph 1?

A. An international project.

B. An image of a black hole.

C. Suitcases full of hard drives.

D. Radio telescopes on four continents.

29. Who believed it was impossible to get any image of black holes?

A. James Bardeen.

B. Albert Einstein.

C. Sheperd Doeleman.

D. Andrew Strominger.

30. Why did Strominger and his team do so many calculations?

A. To bend light rays into loops.

B. To observe black holes directly.

C. To design a distance enough telescope.

D. To analyze black holes’ impact on light.

31. Where is this text most likely from?

A. A diary.

B. A novel.

C. A magazine.

D. A guidebook.

D

The eastern Siberian landscape is not normally like hell. In winter it is blanketed in snow: in summer, its forests are lush(苍翠繁茂的). This year, however, the region is on fire, as are large parts of the Arctic Circle.

The fires began in June, caused by an extremely hot and dry early summer. It was the hottest June on record globally. In the regions that are burning, temperatures peaked at 8-10℃warmer than the average from 1981 to 2010. This has dried out the landscape, producing tinder(易燃物)for natural forest fires.

So far, hundreds of above-ground fires have been recorded by satellites in the Arctic and sub-Arctic. It is estimated that fires within the Arctic Circle have produced more than 100m tonnes of carbon dioxide in a

year. That is a lot. But burnt vegetation can regrow within a decade, and in doing so reabsorbs much of the released carbon dioxide. It is what is happening below ground that most worries ecologists and climate scientists.

Global warming will melt Arctic permafrost(永久冻土), releasing large amounts of stored greenhouse gases. But if fires in the region become more common, that could have even bigger consequences. Wildfires will release much faster and bigger amounts of carbon, rather than melting permafrost. The fires also produce black carbon which, if dropped on the Arctic sea ice by favorable winds, will darken its surface, making it more likely to absorb sunlight and melt. This decreases the reflectivity of the region and further increases Arctic warming.

Smog from the fires is blanketing much of Siberia. "What is scary about the Arctic fires is that they are driven by climate change, and there's very little you can do," says Thomas Smith. Few natural fires this big have ever been successfully managed. The only way to deal with the spread of these fires is to slow the rate of global warming. Don't hold your breath.

32. What do we know about the wild fires in the Arctic Circle?

A. They result from extreme weather.

B. They destroy Siberian landscape.

C. They are common yearly phenomena.

D. They come earlier than usual this year.

33. What does the underlined word “That” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A. Hundreds of above-ground fires.

B. Satellite distribution in the Arctic.

C. Burnt plant life within a decade.

D. over 100m tonnes of carbon dioxide.

34. What is the fourth paragraph mainly about?

A. The causes of fires

B. The working principles of global warming.

C.T he consequences of fires.

D. The characteristics of Arctic warming.

35. Which word best describes the author's attitude toward the Arctic fires?

A. Objective.

B.W orried.

C. Optimistic.

D. Indifferent.

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, 并在答题卡上将相应的选项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Have you ever seen a rushing car without a driver? ___36___ Companies like Google and Tesla have

been designing and testing these cars.

So how do they work? The cars have sensors all around which can detect other cars and obstacles in the road. Sensors on the wheels also help when parking, so the car knows how far it is from the kerb (马路牙子) or other parked cars. Road signs are read by cameras, and satellite navigation systems are used so the car knows how to get to your destination. ___37___.

Sound like your idea of heaven? Sitting back, looking out of the windows and even watching a film or reading a book while “driving” would be possible with this new technology. ___38___ They would drive more safely than people and they have quicker reaction times in case of an emergency.

___39___ For example, computers would have difficulties making ethical (伦理的) decisions: if a child ran into the road, would the computer choose to hit the child or swerve(突然转向) and potentially kill the car’s passengers?

Although being driven around by a machine would perhaps mean that no one needs a driving license, saving money for everyone, many people would be put out of a job by the dawn of driverless cars. ___40___ I’m not convinced I’d want a driverless car - but it’s only a matter of time before they’ll become more affordable and commonplace on our roads.

A. All you have to do is type in the address!

B. There would also be many legal decisions to be made.

C. However, there are many disadvantages of driverless cars.

D. Driverless cars have many advantages as well as disadvantages.

E. It sounds crazy, but driverless cars will soon be filling roads near you.

F. In addition, computers are generally more efficient drivers than humans.

G. Bus, taxi, train and tram drivers as well as driving instructors would be made unnecessary.

第三部分英语知识运用（共两节, 满分30）

第一节完形填空（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四个选项（A、B、C和D）中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When I was growing up, we still did Christmas gift exchanges at school. ___41___letting us pick who we brought a gift for, we were paired by drawing a classmate’s ___42___out of a hat(随机). One year, when I was six or seven, I was ___43___with a boy named Gordon. Even at that age, we were all very ___44___that Gordon’s family didn’t have much money, and when he gave me a small, seemingly ___45___gift at our gift exchange, a bunch of my classmates started making fun of him. I hate to admit it, but I ___46___them.

When I got home from school that day, I showed my mother the gift and told her what had happened. She explained to me that the present Gordon had given me was probably far more ___47___for his family to buy than the one I had given him. Then I felt ___48___that something I had said had more than likely really ___49___someone, and I just couldn’t live with myself.

The next day at school, I found Gordon and ____50____him for the present and told him I really liked it. Not because my mother told me I should, but because I knew in my heart it was the right thing to do.

That is one of those ____51____that still sting(刺疼) a little bit all these years later, because I was so ____52____in the way I acted. You see, my mother was the absolute best ____53____of someone who could always find good in people, and she worked to ____54____everyone she came into contact with. Hers were big shoes to fill, so when I ____55____to emulate(模仿) her, I was extremely hard on myself—not because

I let her down, but because I let myself down.

41. A. In spite of B. Apart from C. Regardless of D. Instead of

42. A. face B. name C. family D. gift

43. A. arranged B. appointed C. invited D. paired

44. A. aware B. surprised C. curious D. confused

45. A. practical B. extraordinary C. unimpressive D. attractive

46. A. blamed B. refused C. spotted D. joined

47. A. smart B. expensive C. difficult D. meaningful

48. A. urgent B. angry C. horrible D. proud

49. A. frightened B. hurt C. destroyed D. bothered

50. A. praised B. respected C. congratulated D. interested

51. A. jokes B. memories C. choices D. opportunities

52. A. disappointed B. frustrated C. excited D. annoyed

53. A. educator B. sample C. participant D. example

54. A. build up B. give up on C. bring up D. think for

55. A. wanted B. hurried C. failed D. learned

第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分,满分15分）

阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

On a bench in Regen’s Park London, on October 7, 1970, a young man___56___(study) for MBA degree at London Business School met an Irish girl who first arrived in London. The young man was going to become___57___engineer at Chrysler Corporation.

However, his life was about to change because of the girl in front of him. The two of them fell in love___58___first sight and married a year later. Normally, they would___59___(probable) each get a stable job and live a middle-class life day in and day out. But they thought they wanted more___60__(free) in their life. As a result, the young couple___61___(buy) a small car a year later and started an overland journey through Europe and Asia. Eventually, they crossed the whole Oceania and arrived in Australia. Here they met with many other people wanting to travel on their own, all of___62___were eager to know the details of their travels. So the couple published a book to share___63___(them) travel experiences, in the end, they opened a company that popularized all kinds of travel knowledge and experience and thus became a most___64___(success) backpackers in the world. The young man____65____(call) Tony Wheeler, and the Irish girl is Mauren Wheeler. That is how Lonely Planet was born.

第四部分写作（共两节, 满分40分）

第一节应用文写作（共1小题；满分15分）

假定你是李华，为全面迎接开学，你市将邀请钟南山院士举办有关“抗疫”知识的在线讲座。请写信通知目前在某酒店隔离的你校英国留学生Mike参加，内容包括：

1.写信目的；

2.主讲人简介；

3.时间和方式：下周五下午3点到5点，钉钉(Ding Talk)在线。

参考词汇：COVID-19新型冠状病毒；anti-epidemic防疫

注意：

1.写作词数应为80左右；

2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Dear Mike,

Yours,

Li Hua

第二节书面表达（满分25分）

阅读下面材料，根据所给内容进行续写，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Whether we notice it or not, our child is a little reflection of ourselves. They grow up looking more and more like us. They even have similar personalities and hobbies. And in some cases, the standard of choosing a good friend.

One day, my 10-year-old Jane said, “Mom, I made a new friend at school today. Can she come over tomorrow?” Her words made me extremely happy because Jane was a shy girl and I wanted her to make some friends to bring her out of her shell.

“Sure, honey, that sounds great.” I said, thinking back to my own childhood best friend, Susan. We lived across the street from each other in Washington Heights, New York. We met at the age of 10, too. Like my daughter. I was shy and had trouble making friends at that time. But Susan drew me out of the situation and accompanied me to meet every challenge. She was one of the friendliest people in school, with shiny black hair and a mile-wide smile. Thanks to Susan, I was happy every day.

In senior high school, Susan went on a trip to Florida. This was the first time we had to be away from each other for a few days. “I’ll be back soon and I will write to you as soon as I arrive.” she told me. But I didn’t get her phone call nor receive any mail from her. Soon, my family moved to New Jersey, making my hope of seeing Susan impossible.

Whenever I thought of her, tears came into my eyes.

The next day Jane brought her new friend home. “Hi, Mrs. Smith.” the little girl said. Her hair was so shiny and black and she gave me a big smile. “My name is Jo. My mom will pick me up 2 hours later.”

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。

Paragraph1:

I was puzzled because my daughter’s new friend looked so familiar.

Paragraph 2:

Two hours passed really quickly and there was a knock on the door.