湖北省宜昌市第二中学2021届高三英语上学期期中试题

湖北省宜昌市第二中学2021届高三英语上学期期中试题

（考试时间：120分钟  试卷满分：150分）

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。

1. What are the speakers talking about?

A. The radio.    B. The weather.   C. The weekend.

2. What is the woman going to do?

A. See her aunt.   B. Go shopping.   C. Deliver milk.

3. Where are the speakers?

A. On the road.   B. In the hospital.   C. At the man’s home.

4. Why does Lucy refuse the man’s offer?

A. She is very busy.   B. She is poorly paid.  C. She is unconfident.

5. What will Bob probably do next time?

A. Avoid skating again.

B. Warm up in advance.

C. Take a training course.

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。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、7题。

6. What does the man agree to do?

A. Tour the city.   B. Visit a museum.   C. Take a boat trip.

7. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Neighbours.   B. Strangers.    C. Friends.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What does the woman do?

A. She’s a salesperson.  B. She’s a receptionist.  C. She’s a bank clerk.

9. What is the discount for the man?

A. 10%.     B. 15%.     C. 20%.

10. How will the man pay finally?

A. By card.    B. By cash.    C. By check.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. Why does Vivian call Roger?

A. To ask for help.   B. To express thanks.  C. To make an apology.

12. What is the problem with Vivian’s apartment?

A. It’s too expensive.  B. It has no furniture.  C. It’s not near school.

13. What is Roger going to do after class today?

A. Visit an apartment.  B. Go to meet Vivian.  C. Stay at the school.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. What is the man probably doing?

A. Reading a newspaper.   B. Playing a video game.  C. Driving in the country.

15. Why does the town decide to change its name for a month?

A. To attract more tourists.  B. To be famous on the Internet. C. To call drivers’ attention to safety.

16. Who suggested the idea of changing the name of the town?

A. A local farmer.    B. A transport company.   C. A government department.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Where is the talk being given?

A. On the phone.    B. At the cinema.    C. In the classroom.

18. How does the film in Room 1 seem to be?

A. Boring.     B. Frightening.    C. Relaxing.

19. When is the film in Room 2 showing for the last time today?

A. 9:00.             B. 10:00.       C. 11:45.

20. Which of the following films is shown in Room 3?

A. Ships In The Night.   B. Don’t Open The Door.  C. Streetmatch — The Return.

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Street Photography 2020 Contest by Blank Wall Gallery

Street Photography Contest for 2020 has opened. Here are some details for you.

☆ All photographers, amateurs and professionals who are over 18, are qualified to participate in the contest.

☆ Each photographer can participate with up to 5 files.

☆ We only accept digital submissions. Each image file should be RGB, JPG Format, 1,800 pixels (the longest side) on 72 dpi.

Entry Fee: Free to enter

Contest Category: Street Photography

Prizes:

The artists who will be chosen to participate in the exhibition and be presented at the web page of Blank Wall Gallery, will have to pay the amount of $35, if their photo is printed, and $15 if their work is displayed on the digital screen.

This way, only the photographers who will exhibit their work will pay a small fee for participating in the exhibition. All the other artists will not be charged.

The photographs exhibited at the gallery will be printed at the labs of Blank Wall Gallery free of charge. In case an artist wishes to send us the printed photos, they are free to do it.

The exhibitions organized by Blank Wall Gallery last for 2 weeks and everything needed for the realization of the exhibition (printing of your photographs on 260 gsm paper, framing, hanging of the photos, press releases, invitations, opening night and supervision) are provided by our gallery without any additional charge.

Submission Deadline: March 19

Exhibition Time: May 1—May 14, 2020

Copyright Information: You are the only copyright owner and creator of the photographs.

21. What is the requirement of joining in the contest?

A. Reaching a certain age. B. Paying entry fees online.

C. Submitting at least 5 files. D. Getting the photos printed.

22. When will the exhibition of photographs close?

A. March 19. B. May 1. C. May 14. D. May 19.

23. How much will you pay to get your work displayed on the digital screen?

A. $ 0.    B. $ 15.    C. $ 35.    D. $ 260.

B

My family and I never talked about school as the ticket to a future. I was in the classrooms, but I wasn’t there to learn to write, read or even speak. When it was my turn to read, I wanted to hide. I was 13 years old, but I already hated being who I was.

I had an English teacher, Mr. Creech, who knew I couldn’t read. In one of my first lessons the teacher said that anyone who had a reading age below six had to stand up. I felt so embarrassed. But at the same time, it made me realize that I needed to change the situation. I was determined it wouldn’t happen again. Later that day, Mr. Creech encouraged me and promised he would try his best to help me learn to read. From then on, I never gave up practicing reading.

Now I was 41 years old. One day, I planned to fly back to Texas to visit my friends and family. On my way from the airport, I saw Mr. Creech buying himself a drink. I rushed over and reached into my pocket to pay for him. “Do I know you?” he asked. “Yes, sir, you do know me,” I answered excitedly. “My name is Anthony Hamilton. You taught me English.” The look on his face told me that he remembered the boy he’d once encouraged.

“I’m so glad I had a chance to see you,” I said. “And Mr. Creech, I have great news to share.” I told him I had learned to read. But that wasn’t all. I had become a published author and an active speaker. “The next time you get another Anthony Hamilton in your classroom, please encourage him to read as well,” I added.

The experts say what once worried me has a name: dyslexia (诵读困难症). But I can tell you it was a lack of desire for education.

24. Why did the author want to hide?

A.Because he felt sorry for himself. B.Because he hated being laughed at.

C.Because he couldn’t read at all. D.Because he didn’t have a ticket.

25. Which of the following could best describe Mr. Creech?

A.Considerate and dutiful. B.Demanding and enthusiastic.

C.Emotional and dedicated. D.Friendly and ambitious.

26. Why couldn’t the author read before meeting Mr. Creech?

A.Because his reading age was not long enough.

B.Because his parents didn’t teach him how to read.

C.Because he was afraid of reading before the class.

D.Because he didn’t have inner driving force to learn to read.

27. What can we infer from the passage?

A.Mr. Creech taught two students called Anthony Hamilton.

B.The author had become a published author and an active speaker.

C.Dyslexia was the underlying reason that made the author unable to read.

D.The author was grateful to Mr. Creech.

C

Slowly but surely, we’re moving closer and closer to 5G world. From smart-home security to self-driving cars, all the internet-connected devices in your life will be able to talk to each other at lightning-fast speeds with reduced delay, Objectively speaking, the fastest 4G download speeds in the U. S. top out at an average of 19.42 Mbps. But by comparison 5G promises gigabit (千兆) speeds.

“5G is one of those signs, along with artificial intelligence, of this coming data age,” said Steve Koenig, senior director of market research for the Consumer Technology Association. “The self-driving vehicle is a great emblem of this data age, and that is to say, it is a sign of time, because with one single task, driving, you have massive amounts of data coming from the vehicle itself, and a variety of sensors are collecting a lot of information to model its environment as it moves. It’s pulling in data from other vehicles about road conditions down the lane. It could be weather information, but also connected infrastructure (基础设施) construction. There’s lots of data behind that task, which is why we need high speed.

Augmented reality glasses and virtual headset haven’t yet broken the mainstream, but tech companies are joyfully betting that these devices will eventually replace our smart-phones. With 5G, that could actually happen. This is notable because companies such as Apple are reportedly developing AR glasses to assist — or perhaps even replace — smartphones.

Ericsson stated at February’s Mobile World Congress how smart glasses could become faster and lighter with a 5G connection, because instead of being weighed down with components, the glasses could rely on hardware for processing power.

But don’t get too excited. There’s still a lot of work to be done in the meantime, including various trials to make sure the radios play nicely with hardware and infrastructure construction so 5G isn’t concentrated only in big cities.

28. What does the author want to stress in Paragraph 1?

A. The lighting-fast speed of 5G. 

B. The expectation of 5G world.

C. The difference between 4G and 5G 

D. The internet-connected devices in our life.

29. What does the underlined word “emblem” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A. Exhibition. B. Success. C. Symbol. D. Explanation.

30. what can we infer from the text?

A.5G world won’t come without AR glasses

B.5G helps to create the artificial intelligence vehicle

C. Apple company is developing AR glasses worldwide

D. Tech companies will face the fact that smartphones may be replaced

31. What will the author probably tell us next?

A. How to fully expand 5G coverage. 

B. Smart glasses will become faster and lighter.

C. Why 5G isn’t concentrated in big cities. 

D. The importance of infrastructure construction.

D

There are a number of approaches to mastering the art of deep work —— be it focusing on a specific task; developing a daily habit; or taking a ‘journalistic’ approach to seizing moments of deep work when you can throughout the day. Whichever approach, the key is to determine your length of focus time and stick to it.

One approach to getting more done in less time is to rethink how you arrange your day —— in particular how we make our to-do lists. Tim Harford, a famous writer, points to a study in the early 1980s that divided undergraduates into two groups: some were advised to set out monthly goals and study activities; others were told to plan activities and goals in much more detail, day by day.

While the researchers assumed that the well-structured daily plans would be most effective, they were wrong: the detailed daily plans discouraged students. Harford argues that frequent distractions (分心) often make the daily to-do list ineffective, while leaving room for flexibility in such a list can achieve the best results.

In order to make the most of our focus and energy, we also need to accept downtime (休息), or as someone suggests, “be lazy.”

Srini Pillay, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, believes this link between downtime and productivity may be due to the way our brains operate. When our brains shift between being focused and unfocused on a task, they tend to be more efficient.

Hence, the key to being productive might be found by accepting the slumps in our day —— those moments when your productivity begins to disappear gradually, usually in the midmorning, directly after lunch or midafternoon.  

32. What is most important for deep work?

A. Being efficient.    B. Staying focused.

C. Arranging your day.

D. Making a practical plan.

33. What did the study in the early 1980s show?

A. Detailed plans do not work so well.

B. Daily plans are more efficient.

C. Short-term goals are harder to reach.

D. Distractions achieve the best results.

34. Which of the following can be closest to Srini Pillay’s idea?

A. Don’t work harder, work deeper.

B. If the brain sows not corn, it plants weeds.

C. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.

D. Work while you work, play while you play.

35. What is the text mainly about?

A. Approaches to getting more done in less time

B. Ways to relieve the tension of busy life

C. The key to decreasing distractions

D. The cause of the lack of focus time

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人空白处的最佳选项。选项有两项为多余选项。

Exam Anxiety

Has this ever happened to you? You’ve been studying hard for your midterm, but when you walk into your exam, your mind goes blank, your heart races fast, you get sweaty palms and find it hard to breathe. 36________

Everyone feels stressed during exams. Usually, it results from a fear of failure, lack of adequate preparation time and bad experiences taking tests in the past. This is normal and often helps you work harder, think faster and generally improve your performance. 37_______You may also feel that other people are managing the exam better than you. This can cause you to feel that your mind has “gone blank” on information you know you have revised.

38_______Some choose to ignore the problem, while others don’t review because they think they will do badly anyway and even miss exams due to the anxiety. It can also be really easy to think that if you don’t try and then you fail, you won’t feel as bad as if you fail after trying really hard.

 So what can you do to fight against the negative mindset and stay calm before and during your test? 39________Yes, this seems obvious, but it’s worth repeating. If you feel confident that you’ve prepared thoroughly, you’ll feel more confident walking into the test. The second tip is simple: just start. The blank page can maximize your anxiety. 40________ You can always go back and change things later if needed, but a few quick answers can get the ball rolling. Besides, allocating(分配) your time is equally important. Look through the whole test before getting started. Mentally allocate how much time you’ll spend on each section. If there’s time to recheck, even better.

A. The first thing you should do is to be prepared.

B. People often deal with exam stress in many unhelpful ways.

C. If these classic signs of exam anxiety sound familiar, you’re not alone!

D. Therefore, people need an appropriate amount of pressure to help deal with exams.

E. Realizing time is almost up and that there’s still a lot of blank space will make you desperate.

F. However, if you are overly anxious about the result, you may be unable to focus on your work.

G. After you get the paper, dive right in by getting some questions done to build up your confidence.

第三部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节    完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I’m Alina Morse, a fifth grader from Michigan. I have always wanted to      41     my own business. Since I was about four years old, I have been writing a journal of business ideas.

    During a trip to the bank with my dad, a teller      42     me a sugary lollipop(棒棒糖). I love candy.     43    , my dad had told me that too much sugar was bad for my teeth. So I asked, “Why can’t we make some     44     lollipops?” At last, I     45     my family 一 both of my parents have professional experience in sales and marketing — to get my idea    46    off the ground.

    Our first step was research. We spoke to     47    and food scientists. We went into stores and searched online for information. We     48     that tooth decay(蛀牙) was being a serious problem in America. Then we decided to make lollipops with the teeth cleaning materials at home but it didn’t     49    . So we found a factory.

    The idea quickly     50    . I started a company that sells Zollipops, a kind of sugar-free lollipop, to help     51     the risk of tooth decay. Its sales were topping $ 70,000 in 2014 and increasing more than four times in 2015,     52     $ 300,000. We have been working to make the lollipops more stable and less     53     in hot or wet environments.  We are very     54     because the  new Zollipops will be     55     out later this year.     

41. A.set up       B.carry on       C.put off                                              D.take over

42. A.bought      B.awarded       C.ordered                                 D.offered

43. A.However      B.Instead       C.Otherwise                   D.Besides

44. A.tasty       B.healthy       C.popular                                 D.good-quality

45. A.attended to      B.fought against      C.relied on                                              D.stood by

46. A.idea       B.job        C.belief                                 D. chance

47. A.dentists      B.physicists       C.chemists                                              D.psychologists

48. A.suspected      B.assumed       C.concluded                   D.complained

49. A.end       B.act        C.fail                                  D.work

50. A.make sense      B.paid off       C.turn up                                              D. come back

51. A.reduce      B.remove       C.avoid                    D.involve

52. A.costing      B.valuing       C.making                                 D.hitting

53. A.harmful      B.sticky       C.sweet                    D.poisonous

54. A.astonished      B.confused       C.appreciative                                D.excited

55. A.helping       B.sending        C.coming                    D.giving

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。

The major construction work on the world’s   56   (long) cross-sea bridge was completed Tuesday,   57   connects Zhuhai with Hong Kong and Macao. A ceremony was held in Zhuhai   58   (celebrate) completion of the 55-km cross-sea route. More than 400,000 tons of steel had been used, enough to build 60 Eiffel Towers. Construction began in December 2009 at Zhuhai.   59   Y-shaped bridge starts from Lantau Island in Hong Kong with   60   (branch) to Zhuhai and Macao. The bridge cut travel time from Hong Kong to both Zhuhai and Macao from previous 3 hours by road   61   30 minutes’ drive. This was the first time that China   62   (build) an immersed(浸入的) tube tunnel in open waters. Two floating cranes(起重机), with a load capacity(容量) of 3,200 tons and 2,300 tons   63   (separate), worked together to lift and roll the tower,   64   (make) a world record. The “China technology” and “China standard”   65   (establish) by the HongKong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge will influence the world market.

第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）

第一节(满分15分)

假定你是李华,你校准备面向在华外籍高中生举办主题为“中文的魅力”的演讲比赛。请你给在你市国际学校就读的好友William发一封电子邮件,告知此事,并鼓励他参赛,内容包括:

1.介绍比赛相关内容(时间、地点、参加者等);

2.比赛的要求(用中文演讲,时间不超过5分钟,内容积极向上)。

注意:

1.词数80左右;

2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。

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第二节 (满分25分)

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。续写的词数应为150左右。

The Make-up Guy

Dave was a make-up (化妆) artist who regularly held makeup artistry classes at the local community college. He was well known as an excellent trainer and enjoyed great popularity.

Usually, the majority of his students were middle-aged housewives, who wanted to fine-tune their make-up skills so as to make themselves more attractive. But this time, it was beyond him that his class was attended by a man as well.

The new student was a gentleman in his best years with a seemingly boundless interest in make-up artistry. He was keen to learn as much as he possibly could and asked questions whenever and wherever possible. He was so absorbed in learning that he wouldn’t stop until he was satisfied with the result of his work. 

Understandably, the man was the number one subject of conversation when the other women were alone.

Speculations (猜测) quickly started to spread. Why did he learn make-up? Was he to seek for a woman to be his life partner? How about my neighbor’s youngest daughter? Why on earth would he attend such a woman class? Who could it be?

Doubts like this came crowding in.

The community college was placed in a remote rural area, which was why the other participants were quite doubtful of the man’s intentions.

Throughout the lessons, ignoring the curious women around him, the man carefully listened and wrote everything down he learned, leaving the women more and more curious and puzzled.

When the day and class were slowly coming to an end, the gossiping women simply could not hide their curiosity any longer, for they knew it was time to remove their doubts, otherwise …

Finally, one of them couldn’t resist her curiosity, so she picked up the courage and asked him why he was so interested in make-up artistry.

What followed was a dead silence. After what seemed a century, he slowly opened his mouth and here came the most inspiring beautiful reply.

Paragraph 1:

He said his beloved wife partially lost her eyesight because of diabetes (糖尿病) and she was no longer able to apply her make-up.

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Paragraph 2:

So he decided to take the course to surprise his wife.

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期中英语试题参考答案

听力部分

1—5 BABAC  6—10 BCBCA  11—15 ACAAC  16—20 CABBC

阅读理解：

21-23 ACB  24-27 CADD 28-31 ACDA 32-35 BADA 36—40 CFBAG

完形填空

41—45 ADABC   46—50 AACDB   51—55 ADBDC 

语法填空

61. longest   62. which  63. to celebrate  64. The

65. branches   66. to   67. had build   68. separately

69. making   70. established

书面表达

第一节：应用文

Dear William,

How are things going? To promote foreign high school students' understanding of Chinese, our school is starting a speech contest intended for them. I'm writing to tell you some details.

The contest will be held in our school hall, located in the west of our school. It will start at 8 o'clock next Sunday morning and last for three hours. The theme of the speech is “The Charm of Chinese”. You have to speak in Chinese and the performance is limited to 5 minutes. What's more, the selected material ought to be positive and inspiring.

Looking forward to your reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

第二节：读后续写

He said his beloved wife partially lost her eyesight because of diabetes and she was no longer able to apply her make-up. Fearing being laughed at, she locked herself in her room, abandoning herself to great grief. She was absolutely beautiful even without make-up. But what upset her was that she simply felt not comfortable leaving the home without make-up. "Sensing her loneliness in a colorless world, I was also at a loss as to what to do. Once informed of this class, I determined to learn make-up without hesitation, hoping to make a difference".

So he decided to take the course to surprise her. Without a pause, he shared his story. He mastered a wide range of practical skills, allowing him to help her take on a new look. Surely, being enveloped by an atmosphere of love, his beloved wife at present was deeply affected. I not only want to learn how to apply her make-up; I want her to wear the most beautiful make-up so her inner beauty also shines on the outside." he announced, "It is her smile that touches most my heart, not the make-up."