2021-2022年高三上学期期末考试(英语)

2021年高三上学期期末考试（英语）

本试卷共150分。考试时长120分钟。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。注意事项：

1．考生务必将答案答在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。

2．答题前考生务必将答题卡上的姓名、准考证号用黑色字迹的签字笔填写。

3．答题卡上选择题必须用2B铅笔作答，将选中项涂满涂黑，黑度以盖住框内字母为准，修改时用橡皮擦除干净。非选择题必须用黑色字迹的签字笔按照题号顺序在各题目的答题区域内作答，未在对应的答题区域内作答或超出答题区域作答的均不得分。

第一部分：听力理解（共三节，30分）

第一节（共5小题；每小题1．5分，共7．5分）

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你将有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话你将听一遍。

1．Where does the conversation take place?

A．In a bookstore．B．In a hospital．C．In a restaurant. 2．What is the weather going to be like?

A．Sunny．B．Snowy．C．Rainy．3．What does the man probably like doing best?

A．Playing football． B．Going to the cinema．C．Collecting bottles．4．How does the man usually get to the shopping center?

A．On foot．B．By bus．C．By car．5．What is the woman doing?

A．plaining．B．Giving a suggestion．C．Asking for permission．

第二节（共10小题；每题1．5分，满分15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，每小题将给出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至7题。

6．Where does the man work now?

A．In a school．B．In a factory．C．In a puter pany. 7．Why does the man want a new job?

A．To earn more money．

B．To try something different．

C．To improve his puter skills．

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8．Why did the woman make this phone call?

A．Because her house in New York City caught fire．

B．Because the firemen failed to put out the fire in time．

C．Because she wanted the fire to be reported by the media

9．What did the man tell the woman to do first?

A．Call the fire department．

B．Tell him the exact address．

C．Escape from the burning house．

听第8材料，回答第10至12题。

10．Where is the message from?

A．A radio．B．A mobile phone．C．An answering machine.

11．At what time next week will the movie Midnight Meeting be showing?

A．9: 00a．m．B．9: 15p．m．C．4: 30p．m．12．When will a student probably go to the cinema if he wants, a cheaper ticket?

A．On Monday．B．On Wednesday．C．On Friday．

听第9段材料，回答第13至15题。

13．What did the woman do before the conversation?

A．She read a newspaper．B．She planned a trip．C．She gave a concert．

14．What's the possible relationship between the two speakers?

A．Fan and musician．B．Husband and wife．C．Employer and employee.

15．What is the woman planning to do?

A．Receive further education．

B．Perform more beautifully．

C．Run a special school．

第三节（共5小题；每小题1．5分，共7．5分）

听下面一段对话，完成第16至第20五道小题，每小题仅填写一个词。听对话前，你将有20秒钟的时间阅读试题，听完后你将有60秒钟的作答时间。这段对话你将听两遍。

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节, 满分45分）

第一节：单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，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。

21．The Great Wall is the place ____ almost all tourists would like to visit when they e to Beijing．A．why B．which C．when D．where 22．The most delicious cake in the world ____ by Mom．Please wait an hour to enjoy it．A．makes B．is made C．is going to make D．is being made 23．—Why are you in such a hurry?

—Don't you remember that we ____ be home by 8p．m．to see our favorite TV show?

A．can B．would C．must D．may 24．After ____ seemed an endless wait, it was her turn to enter the personnel manager's office．

A．that B．how C．what D．why 25．—Let's play football together tomorrow afternoon．

—OK, but how I wish I ____ it as skillfully as you．

A．played B．have played C．had played D．will play 26．In xx, Forbes listed Mickey Mouse as the world's most valuable cartoon character, ____ $5．8 billion a year in sales worldwide．

A．made B．to make C．makes D．making 27．—Why does the steak smell so strange?

—I ____ it, it seems．

A．had burnt B．was burning C．have burnt D．will burn 28．No one can walk the wire in the air without a bit of fear unless ____ very young．A．having trained B．trained C．to be trained D．being trained 29．—Do you have ____ ready for the graduation ceremony, Ted?

—No, we still have to find a famous speaker．

A．everything B．something C．anything D．nothing 30．—Several hotels in this area are closing down．

—That's because tourism itself ____ since last year．

A．is declining B．declined C．had declined D．has been declining

31．____ you are familiar with the author's ideas, try reading all the sections as quickly as possible．

A．Now that B．Ever since C．In case D．As long as 32．—What will today's talk be about?

—In the lecture ____, the professor will tell us something about modem English usage．

A．following B．followed C．to follow D．to be followed 33．____ more energy to my study instead of being crazy about Internet Games, I would be sitting in a fortable office now．

A．If I devoted B．Had I devoted

C．Would I be devoted D．Should I be devoted

34．Why not take up some outdoor sports to relax ____ office work? It will also help keep you healthy．

A．for B．from C．on D．of

35．My friend's birthday is ing soon．I would like to go to ____ store, or some place close by to buy him ____ present．

A．the; the B．a; the C．不填; a D．the; a

第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30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，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。

The Keeper of the River

An old man had been working for many years for a town．His job was to clear away natural waste from the pool water in the hills, which made up the lovely river flowing through the town nearby．Quietly and 36 , the old man guarded the hills, 37 the leaves and branches, and cleaned up the dirt that would have 38 and polluted the fresh flow of water．The town soon became a popular attraction for tourists．Elegant swans （天鹅）floated along the clear river and the view was so beautiful 39 words．

Years passed．One evening the town 40 met．As they reviewed the budget, one man's 41 caught sight of the salary 42 being paid to the seldom seen keeper of the river．He asked, "Who is the old man? Why do we 43 to employ him? No one in town ever 44 him．For all we know, the strange keeper of the hills isn't doing his job．His position isn't 45 any longer．" Then they voted to 46 the man．

For several weeks, nothing changed ．．．

By early autumn, the trees began to 47 their leaves．Small branches broke off and fell into the pools of the hills, 48 the flow of the shining water．One afternoon, someone noticed a slight yellowish-brown 49 in the river．A few days later, the water was much 50 Within another week, an oily something covered some sections of the water along the banks, and a terrible 51 was soon sensed．Swans left, and so did the 52 The only thing that was now visiting the village was disease and sickness．

Quickly , the 53 town mittee called a special meeting．Realising their huge error in 54 , they rehired the old keeper of the river again, and within a few weeks, the river began to clear up．Swans and tourists came back again and new life returned to the small town in the Alps．

Never ignore the seeming smallness of a task, job, or life．They may all make a 55 . 36．A．regularly B．suddenly C．naturally D．actually 37．A．cut B．burned C．removed D．selected 38．A．carried B．poured C．changed D．blocked 39．A．beyond B．with C．in D．after 40．A．office B．association C．department D．mittee 41．A．eye B．care C．hand D．mind

42．A．list B．form C．figure D．account 43．A．promise B．continue C．stop D．tend 44．A．visits B．hires C．tells D．sees 45．A．powerful B．important C．necessary D．suitable 46．A．find B．fire C．support D．forget 47．A．lose B．miss C．fall D．grow 48．A．pulling B．speeding C．slowing D．pushing 49．A．fish B．color C．flower D．leaf 50．A．deeper B．cooler C．warmer D．darker 51．A．sound B．smell C．wave D．taste 52．A．managers B．passengers C．villagers D．tourists 53．A．embarrassed B．annoyed C．discouraged D．disappointed 54．A．arrangement B．assignment C．judgement D．amusement 55．A．suggestion B．difference C．progress D．decision

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40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

Dear Water Use It Wisely,

More and more water is getting wasted each day．I want to help out and teach people how to conserve water．Please continue reading because your organization is very influential．I had an idea that you could send some workers from your organization to schools all around the world, and they could inform the students about water usage．

Did you know that every minute, 1,000,000,000 （one billion）tons of water falls to the earth from rainfall? We are lucky to have rainfall water．It helps fill up our lakes．There is about 326, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000 （326 quintillion）gallons of water on Earth．Yes, this is tons, but it is getting wasted．I want to keep this number BIG．

Everyone needs water ?so why waste it? I think it is very irresponsible to let the water run when you are not at home．We can use water with respect by making good choices．Take a shower instead of a bath, use an automatic dishwasher instead of hand washing．You can buy Earth Friendly Cleaner Spray , so that our drinking water will not be polluted．If your washer isn't full then don't start it．With water being wasted every day, by the time we get to the 3000's we are going to have to survive on milk and juice! ! ! Won't that be boring?! ?! ? That means we will

have to give our dogs a bowl of juice instead of water with their food．I mean, e on, we're talking real life here! !

Water wasting needs to e to a stop and without delay．Water Use It Wisely, PLEASE inform people about their water usage! It plays a big role in my life．It would be really great if you take part in spreading the news about this! Thanks tons! !

An impatient fourth grader waiting for a reply,

Mya Oleksiak 56．Water Use It Wisely is most probably ____．

A．an organization B．a person's name

C．the title of a magazine D．a government department

57．It can be inferred from the second paragraph that ____．

A．water is not effectively saved

B．rainfall is the main source of fresh water

C．the amount of water from rainfall is increasing

D．we have 326 quintillion gallons of water each year

58．According to the passage, what is a proper way to save water?

A．Washing dishes by hand．B．Starting the washer with a full load．

C．Feeding our pets with juice and milk． D．Encouraging people to use cleaner spray. 59．This is basically a letter of ____．

A．fort B．plaint C．appeal D．remendation

B

A Lesson from the Elder

Grandfather was an elder Cherokee Native American who had a wrinkled, nut brown face and kind dark eyes．His grandson often came in the evening to sit on his knee and ask the many questions that children ask．

One day the grandson came to his grandfather with a look of anger on his face and the following story．"Father and I went to the store today and because I helped him, he bought me a present ?a jack-knife．I went outside to wait for father and to admire my new knife in the sunlight．Some town boys came by and saw me．They surrounded me and started saying bad things．They called me dirty and stupid and said that I should not have such a fine knife．The largest of these boys pushed me back and I fell over one of the other boys．I dropped my knife and one of them picked it up and they all ran away laughing．I hate them．I hate them all．The elder Cherokee, with eyes that have seen too much, lifted his grandson's face so his eyes looked into the boy's face．Grandfather said, " Let me tell you a story．I, too, at times, have felt a great hate for those who have taken so much with no sorrow for what they do．But hate wears you down and does not hurt your enemy．It is like drinking poison and wishing your enemy would die．I have struggled with these feelings many times．It is as if two wolves are inside me．．．

It is a terrible fight．

One wolf is good and does no harm．He lives in harmony with all around him and does not take offense when no offense was intended．It will only fight when it is right to do so and in the right way．This wolf stands for joy, peace, love, hope, sharing, modesty, kindness, friendship, sympathy, generosity, truth, and faith．

The other wolf is full of anger．The littlest thing will set off his fiercest temper．He fights everyone, all the time, for no reason．He cannot think because his anger and hate are so much．

It is helpless anger, for his anger will change nothing．This wolf represents fear, envy, greed, self-pity, guilt, lies, false pride and superiority．

Sometimes, it is hard to live with these two wolves inside me for both of them try to control my spirit．This same fight is going on inside you and inside every other person too．"

The boy looked into his grandfather's eyes and asked, "Which wolf will win?" The old Cherokee simply replied ．．．

"The one you feed．"

60．The boy was angry because ____．

A．he was not satisfied with his present

B．his back was badly injured in a fight

C．he had waited for his father for too long

D．his jack-knife had been taken away by some boys

61．The angry wolf would probably be described as ____．

A．aggressive B．sympathetic C．modest D．unsuccessful 62．We can learn from the third paragraph that ____．

A．"hate" is healthy B．"hate" hurts oneself

C．"hate" is plicated D．"hate" harms one's enemies 63．What did Grandfather mean by saying "The one you feed" in the last paragraph?

A．We should feed the two wolves equally．

B．Living in harmony with others is important．

C．Our feelings should be expressed at the right time．

D．The choices we make determine who we will bee．

C

Cell Phones Are the New Cigarettes

When you get in your car, you reach for it．When you're at work, you take a break to have a moment alone with it．When you get into a lift, you play with it．

Cigarettes? Cup of coffee? No, it's the third most addictive thing in modern life, the cell phone．And experts say it is being more difficult for many people to curb their longing to hug it more tightly than most of their personal relationships．

With its shiny surface, its smooth and satisfying touch, its air of plexity, the cell phone connects us to the world even as it disconnects us from people three feet away．In just the past couple of years, the cell phone has challenged individuals, employers, phone makers and counselors （顾问）in ways its inventors in the late 1940s never imagined．The costs are being even more evident, and I don't mean just the monthly bill．Dr．Chris Knippers, a counselor at the Betty Ford Center in Southern California, reports that the overuse of cell phones has bee a social problem not much different from other harmful addictions: a barrier to one-on-one personal contact, and an escape from reality．

Sounds extreme, but we've all witnessed the evidence: The person at a restaurant who talks on the phone through an entire meal, ignoring his kids around the table; the woman who talks on the phone in the car, ignoring her husband; the teen who texts messages all the way home from school, avoiding contact with kids all around him．

Is it just rude, or is it a kind of unhealthiness? And pardon me, but how is this improving the quality of life?

Jim Williams, an industrial sociologist based in Massachusetts, notes that cell-phone

addiction is part of a set of symptoms in a widening gulf of personal separation．He points to a study by Duke University researchers that found one-quarter of Americans say they have no one to discuss their most important personal business with．Despite the growing use of phones, e-mail and instant messaging, in other words, Williams says studies show that we don't have as many friends as our parents．"Just as more information has led to less wisdom, more acquaintances via the Internet and cell phones have produced fewer friends," he says．If the cell phone has truly had these effects, it's because it has bee very widespread．Consider that in 1987, there were only 1 million cell phones in use．Today, something like 300 million Americans carry them．They far outnumber wired phones in the United States．64．Which of the following best explains the title of the passage?

A．Cell phone users smoke less than they used to．

B．More people use cell phones than smoke cigarettes．

C．Cell phones have bee as addictive as cigarettes．

D．Using cell phone is just as cool as smoking cigarettes．

65．The underlined word "curb" in Paragraph 2 means ____．

A．control B．ignore C．develop D．rescue 66．The example of a woman talking on the phone in the car supports the idea that ．

A．women use cell phones more often than men

B．talking on the phone while driving is dangerous

C．cell phones make one-on-one personal contact easy

D．cell phones do not necessarily bring people together

D

Traffic Management

Traffic lights are key tools for regulating traffic How．They are not, however, perfect．Drivers exchange the traffic jams that would happen at unmanaged crossings for a pattern of stop-go movement that can still be annoying, and which bums more fuel than a smooth passage would．Creating such a smooth passage means adjusting a vehicle's speed so that it always arrives at the lights when they are green．That is theoretically possible, but practically hard．Roadside signs wired to traffic lights can help get the message across a couple hundred metres from a crossing, but such signs are expensive, and are not widespread．Margaret Martonosi and Emmanouil Koukoumidis at Princeton University, and Li-Shiuan Peh at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, however, have an idea that could make the process cheaper and more effective．Instead of a hardwired network of signs, they propose to use mobile-phone applications．

For a driver to benefit, lie must load the team's software , named SignalGuru, into his phone and then put it on a special thing attached to the inside of his car's windscreen, with the camera lens （镜头）pointing forward．SignalGuru is designed to detect traffic lights and track their status as red, yellow or green．It broadcasts this information to other phones in the area that are fitted with the same software, and —if there are enough of them ?the phones thus each know the status of most of the lights around town．Using this information, SignalGuru is able to calculate the traffic-light schedule for the area and suggest the speed at which a driver should travel in order to avoid red lights．

Tests in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where five drivers were asked to follow the same route

for three hours, and in Singapore, where eight drivers were asked to follow one of two routes for 30 minutes, revealed that SignalGuru was capable of predicting traffic-light activity with an accuracy of 98．2% and 96．3% respectively, in the two cities．This was particularly impressive because in Cambridge the lights shifted, roughly half-way through the test, from their unbusy schedule to their afternoon-traffic schedule, while in Singapore lights are adaptive, using detectors fixed under the road to determine how much traffic is present and thus when a signal should change．In neither case was SignalGuru fooled．

Fuel consumption fell, too —by about 20% ．SignalGuru thus reduces both annoyance and fuel use, and makes going back and forth to work a slightly less horrible experience．67．Roadside signs wired to traffic lights are not the best way to create a smooth passage because ,

A．they are expensive and easily break

B．they are too costly and not widely used

C．they are plex and confusing to drivers

D．they are theoretically possible but practically useless

68．SignalGuru is an application used on ____．

A．a camera B．a puter

C．a mobile phone D．a GPS system in one's car

69．With the information it collects and processes, SignalGuru is able to ____．A．help drivers avoid traffic accidents B．allow drivers to adjust their speed

C．change the traffic lights in advance D．send information to all cell phones 70．The tests in Cambridge and Singapore were impressive because SignalGuru ____．A．proved to be unreliable B．operated at a high speed

C．functioned rather stably D．understood drivers' schedules

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的七个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。

The Pleasing Sound of a Rainstick

A stick is a long tube that is carved out, with small sticks or

other

materials pushed inside so that it has a somewhat smooth surface on the outside,

but small barriers inside．These can be in a lined pattern, for a specific sound,

or placed at random for a more varied effect．It is then filled with a variety of

different things, like small stones, or beads （珠子）, or even rice, and the

ends are capped to provide a seal．71

The origins of rainsticks are not really known and so the stories are quite varied．Some people say that the ancient peoples of Chile created rainsticks from dried cactus （仙人掌）, with the sharp points taken off, pushed back inside and then filled with small stones．72 The Deaguita Indians survive even today, and they are still using them in many of their rain

ceremonies．They also make them as musical instruments．

73 Turning the stick over quickly will produce a higher sound, while turning it slowly will produce a deeper effect．How long the effect lasts depends on how long the instrument is．The tube also affects the quality of the rain sound as well．If you make them from some kind of absorbent material, like cactus or bamboo, you will hear it better than if you were to make it from cardboard tubing．

A rainstick can be made from almost any kind of material and the types of things that you can use as fillings can be even more varied．74 Usually, these school projects are made using a cardboard tube, like the center from a roll of toilet paper or a paper towel tube．Tooth picks are then inserted, with the exposed ends cut off and glued in place．75 A．You can even make your own rainsticks, and they are often part of school projects where they are used to help children learn the history of Indian peoples．

B．When turned upside down．these materials fall down through the tube, bouncing off of the

barriers to produce a calming rain-like sound．

C．These were then capped with pieces of wood on the ends and used in ceremonies to bring rain to their crops．

D．One end is capped off with poster board and filled with rice or beans, and then the other end is sealed．

E．You can get different rain sounds, depending on how fast you turn the rainstick itself．F．This rainstick can never be opened according to the scared writings of the ancients．G．They can be three feet or longer depending on what the tube itself is made from

第四部分：书面表达（共两节，35分）

第一节情景作文（20分）

假设你是红星中学高二（1）班的学生李华。最近你班组织了一次活动，寻找身边的雷锋。请根据下图提示将此次活动情况记录下来，并以“Looking for Lei Feng”为题向你校英语报刊投稿。

注意：1．文章题目已为你写好。

2．词数不少于60。

Looking for Lei Feng

第二节开放作文（15分）

请根据下面提示，写一篇短文。词数不少于50。

In your spoken English class, your teacher shows you the following picture．You are asked to describe the picture and explain how you understand it．