江苏省淮安市涟水县第一中学2021-2022学年高三12月份阶段检测英语试卷含解析

这是一份江苏省淮安市涟水县第一中学2021-2022学年高三12月份阶段检测英语试卷含解析，共20页。
1. Where des the cnversatin prbably take place?
A. At the wman’s hme. B. In a clthing shp. C. In a she shp.
2. What will the speakers prbably d?
A. Have a walk. B. G swimming. C. Ride a bike.
3. Hw much will the man pay fr the tickets?
A. $18. B. $20. C. $28.
4. Why des the wman prefer t g by car?
A. It is fast. B. It is cheap. C. It is cnvenient.
5. Hw des Jack feel nw?
A. Cnfident. B. Discuraged. C. Pleased.
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. Hw did the wman lse weight?
A. She did sme sprts.
B. She had a healthy diet.
C. She skipped sme meals.
7. What des the man suggest ding?
A. Buying sme cheap fd.
B. Starting a healthy fd club.
C. Bringing vegetables frm hme.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. What did the man think f their trip t Iceland?
A. Great. B. Bring. C. Expensive.
9. What prblem did the man prbably have in Iceland?
A. The language. B. The rute. C. The accmmdatin.
10. What is wrth buying accrding t the man?
A. Fashinable bags. B. Wl sweaters. C. Warm glves.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. Hw did the man get the infrmatin f the apartment?
A. On the Internet. B. Frm a friend. C. In a newspaper.
12. Why des the wman want t rent the apartment?
A. She is ging t mve t anther city.
B. She is ging t live with her parents.
C. She is ging t further her study abrad.
13. What des the wman prbably mind the man ding?
A. Keeping pets. B. Watching TV. C. Having visitrs.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14. Where is the art exhibitin held?
A. At the Exhibitin Centre.
B. At the Ppular Art Gallery.
C. At the City Shpping Centre.
15. What is the wman mst interested in?
A. Mdern paintings. B. Shrt mvies. C. Sculptures.
16. Which sectin is the mst ppular?
A. The vide sectin.
B. The painting sectin.
C. The phtgraphy sectin.
17. What is the prbable relatinship between the tw speakers?
A. Fan and artist. B. Shpper and assistant. C. Friends.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. Where d Indnesians put their garbage?
A. In frnt f their huses.
B. In the public garbage cans.
C. In the fficial garbage bags.
19. What clred cans d Germans put metals?
A. Yellw. B. Blue. C. Gray.
20. What d we knw abut the garbage bags in Krea?
A. Their price depends n the type f waste.
B. They are prvided by the gvernment fr free.
D. Different districts have different fficial garbage bags.
第二部分 阅读理解 (共两节，满分50分)
A
Here are fur bks which will make yung readers want t cntinue turning the pages.
Outrun the Mn by Stacey Lee
Outrun the Mn tells the stry f a fifteen-year-ld girl and her determinatin t succeed, even in the face f disaster. Mercy Wng’s life is cmpletely turned upside dwn when an earthquake destrys her hme and schl. Mercy is determined t help her brken city heal. Outrun the Mn is a heartwarming stry abut the determinatin f a teenage girl. It’s the winner f the Asian/Pacific American Award fr Literature.
OCDaniel by Wesley King
This first-persn narrative is tld frm the perspective f Daniel, a 13-year-ld wh tries t hide his bsessive cmpulsive disrder as he struggles t fit int the wrld f middle schl. Then he gets a nte that puts him in the middle f a mystery that may change everything. Full f heartbreak and jy, as well as imprtant lessns and themes, OCDaniel is a thrilling nvel that will definitely make yu cheer fr Daniel and eagerly turn the pages.
Amal Unbund by Aisha Saeed
With dreams f becming a teacher ne day, the main character, Amal, is living a simple, rdinary life in her Pakistani village until a terrible incident frces her t becme a servant fr the village’s landlrd (地主). Her new life is a struggle, at times heartbreaking, but she stays strng. After many struggles, she finally returns t her lved nes and wrks twards her gals.
Harbr Me by Jacqueline Wdsn
This nvel tells the tale f six students wh meet weekly t speak frm their hearts abut issues that are affecting them, frm race, prejudice and privilege t immigratin. As they express the feelings and fears that they hid frm thers and try t make sense f the wrld arund them, the kids shw the effectiveness f talking t thers.
1. What is Outrun the Mn abut?
A. A by has difficulty fitting int the wrld.
B. Sme students have a free talk every week.
C. A girl helps repair her city after the disaster.
D. A wman tries her best t becme a teacher.
2. Which f the fllwing nvels shws the imprtance f cmmunicatin?
A. Outrun the Mn.B. OCDaniel.
C. Amal Unbund.D. Harbr Me.
3. What d the fur bks share?
A. They are the bestsellers.
B. They are suitable fr teenagers.
C. They are award-winning bks.
D. They are based n true stries.
B
Max Mathews has been called the father f cmputer music. He created electrnic tls s that peple culd use cmputers as musical instruments. He had a great influence n the develpment f electrnic music and hw it is written, recrded and played.
In 1957, Mathews wrte the first cmputer prgram that enabled a cmputer t create sund. At that time, he was wrking as an engineer at Bell Labratries in New Jersey. His cmputer prgram enabled a large IBM cmputer t play a 17 secnds piece f music that he had written. The cmputer was s slw that it wuld have taken an hur t play the piece f music in 17 secnds. Fr that reasn, Mathews mved the wrk t a tape player, which culd be sped up t play the music at a nrmal speed. He later said that the sund quality f the musical ntes was nt great, but the technical imprtance f the music was huge.
Mathews cntinued creating ther versins f the music prgram. He became interested in hw cmputers culd help musicians utside recrding studis. The Grve prgram he develped was the first cmputer prgram made fr live perfrmances.
He als develped an electrnic device he called the Radi Batn. The device lks like tw drum sticks. It enables the user t cntrl the speed and sund levels f rchestral music playing n a cmputer. The user des this by mving the tw sticks n a special electrnic surface.
Mathews believed mdern musicians are nt making full use f the pwer f cmputer music. He said a vilin always sunds like a vilin. But with a cmputer, the way a vilin sunds is unlimited. He said he didn’t want cmputer sunds t replace live music. But he said he hped laptp cmputers wuld ne day be cnsidered serius instruments.
4. What d we knw abut Mathews’s first piece f cmputer music?
A. It tk several minutes t play this music.
B. It was written in the middle f the 1950s.
C. It made the IBM cmputer wrk s slwly.
D. It had the same gd quality as ther music.
5. Mathews made the Grve prgram in rder t _________.
A. imprve the sund quality f music
B. create a recrd fr recrding studis
C. imprve the live perfrmances
D. develp the cmputer music
6. Frm the text we knw that the Radi Batn is _________.
A. a cmputer prgram
B. a piece f cmputer music
C. an electrnic device
D. a recrding studi
7. Accrding t the text, Mathews hped that _________.
A. cmputer sunds wuld take the place f live music
B. mdern musicians wuld make gd use f cmputer music
C. cmputers wuld change the musical instruments
D. cmputers wuld be cnsidered serius instruments
C
Fr many peple, wrrying is their life. They’re als anxius ver things. They are anxius fr family, friends, relatives and mankind. They fret (烦恼) abut the past, the present and the future. I was nce ne f thse peple. Here’s sme advice n hw t stp wrrying.
Let there be n crisis befre its time. Dn’t wrry abut smething that’ll take place in a week, a day r even an hur. The variables (可变因素) will be different then. If yu’ve t make a decisin n Friday, wait until Friday. Squash (压制) unnecessary wrry with ne questin. If the answer is “n”, stay in the present mment, write the thught quickly and then let it g.
Dn’t let pssessins pssess yu. Dn’t let bjects rule yu. Dn’t give them the pwer t spil yur day. Wrrying ver a prblem after the fact can’t restre r bring anything back. The less yu have, the less anxiety yu bring int yur life.
Set wrry limits. If yu can’t get wrry under cntrl right away, then establish limits. Set a timer r a watch alarm fr 15 minutes. When the time is up, the alarm will be a tangible (切实的) reminder t let the wrry g. Schedule this time when yu’ve smething imprtant t d, s yu’ll have t drp wrry and refcus fast. Wrrying is a chice, and yu can chse nt t d it.
Dn’t cntrl thers with yur wrries. Wrrying abut lved nes wastes lts f time and pens up the dr t permanent estrangement (疏远). Let peple be wh they are. Stp frcing thers t d what will make yu feel better, instead f what they want. Dn’t manipulate (操纵) them int eating what yu want them t eat, ging where yu want them t g, r ding what yu want them t d under the guise (伪装) f lve. Give peple credit fr having half a brain and knwing what’s gd r bad fr them. Yu’ll cut yur wrrying in half.
8. What d yu think f the authr?
A. She was willing t wrry abut thers.B. She was much t wrried ne.
C. She was anxius fr dealing with thers’ wrry.D. She was t nervus t deal with wrry.
9. What shuld be ur attitude t crisis?
A. Just deal with the present crisis and let thers g.
B. Wrry abut smething that’ll take place.
C. Stay in the present mment.
D. Think ut ways t deal with it ahead f time.
10. What shuld yu be f life accrding t Paragraph 3?
A. Witness.B. Inspectr.C. Slave.D. Owner.
11. In fact, wrrying can _________.
A. nt be under cntrlB. be cntrlled by time
C. be limited and chsenD. be drpped randmly
D
Tday’s artificial intelligence may nt be that clever, but it just gt much quicker in understanding. A learning prgram designed by three researchers can nw recgnize and draw handwritten characters after seeing them nly a few times, just as a human can. And the prgram can d it s well that peple can’t tell the difference.
The findings, published in the jurnal Science, represent a majr step frward in develping mre pwerful cmputer prgrams that learn in the ways that humans d.
Althugh cmputers are excellent at string and prcessing data, they’re less-than-stellar students. Yur average 3-year-lds culd pick up basic cncepts faster than the mst advanced prgram.
In shrt, “Yu can generalize,” said cauthr Jshua Tenenbaum. But there’s smething else humans can d with just a little expsure — they can break an bject dwn int its key parts and dream up smething new. “T scientists like me wh study the mind, the gap between machine-learning and human-learning capacities remains vast,” Tenenbaum said. “We want t clse that gap, and that’s ur lng-term gal.”
Nw, Tenenbaum and his clleagues have managed t build a different kind f machine learning algrithm (算法) — ne that, like humans, can learn a simple cncept frm very few examples and can even apply it in new ways. The researchers tested the mdel n human handwriting, which can vary sharply frm persn t persn, even when each prduces the exact same character.
The scientists built an algrithm with an apprach called Bayesian Prgram Learning, r BPL, a prbability-based prgram. This algrithm is actually able t build cncepts as it ges.
In a set f experiments, the scientists tested the prgram using many examples f 1,623 handwritten characters frm 50 different writing systems frm arund the wrld. In a ne-sht classificatin challenge, peple were quite gd at it, with an average errr rate f 4.5 percent. But BPL, slightly edged them ut, with a cmparable errr rate f 3.3 percent. The scientists als challenged the prgram and sme human participants t draw new versins f varius characters they presented. They then had human judges determine which nes were made by man and which were made by machine. As it turned ut, the humans were barely as gd as chance at figuring ut which set f characters was machine-prduced and which was created by humans.
The findings culd be used t imprve a variety f technlgies in the near term, including fr ther symbl-based systems such as gestures, dance mves and spken and signed language. But the research culd als shed fresh light n hw learning happens in yung humans, the scientists pinted ut.
12. What is the passage mainly abut?
A. An advance in artificial intelligence.B. A special learning prgram fr students.
C. The applicatin f artificial intelligence.D. A new apprach f develping prgrams.
13. By “less-than-stellar students” in Paragraph 3, the authr means _______.
A. students are better at prcessing dataB. cmputers are incmparable t students
C. students are less smart than cmputersD. cmputers are less clever in sme aspects
14. In the experiments testing BPL, what did the scientists find ut?
A. Humans were slw at recgnizing characters.
B. BPL wrte characters in a quite different manner.
C. BPL culd identify and write characters as humans.
D. Humans culd create mre characters than cmputers.
15. What can be inferred frm the passage?
A. Cmputers learn in the same way as humans.
B. The findings may help imprve human-learning.
C. Machine-learning is superir t human-learning.
D. Yung humans can understand algrithms quickly.
第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
D yu believe in aliens? During the 1980s, hundreds f mysterius circles appeared in fields all ver England. Many peple thught they were created by aliens frm uter space. What were these circles?____16____
Scaring Circles
Hundreds f gemetrical patterns appeared in the middle f English wheat fields like magic. The mst cmmn thery was that they were made by spaceships. Tw scientists, Pete Delgad and Clin Andrews, became crazy abut the subject. ____17____ By the end f the 1980s, crp circles had becme a mystery; and there were regular reprts in the press and n televisin.
Cnflict
____18____ Sme believed the circles had been caused by animals such as deer, while thers claimed the circles were caused by helicpters. Specialists thught the symbls were frm ancient writings. Hwever, n ne culd really ffer a cnvincing explanatin. Eventually, the Kestler Fundatin ffered 5,000 punds fr a definitive slutin.
The Peak
1990 was the glden year fr the crp circles. Delgad and Andrews released their bestseller “Circular Evidence”. And a team f scientists arrived t recrd circle-making in actin. That year, the crp circles were even mre cmplex than the nes befre. The hit f the year came n 12th July when a huge circle appeared in a field at Altn Barnes. ____19____ But the mystery was abut t be settled.
An Explanatin
One day that same year, a grup f famus circle experts set up mnitring equipment n a hill in Wiltshire. ____20____ Amazingly, the next day six circles appeared in a field just belw them, withut the team recrding anything. Wrse still, when the researchers entered the circles, they fund man-made tls in the centre f each circle, which seemed t prve that the circles had been made by humans.
A. And wh had made them?
B. The answers puzzled many peple.
C. Crp specialists were as cnfused as ever.
D. Since then, a great many mre crp circles have appeared.
E. They were hping t recrd the frmatin f a crp circle.
F. Apart frm the alien theries, there were ther suggestins t.
G. They were cnvinced the circles were the wrk f an “unknwn intelligence”.
第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
The brken pt
A man had tw large water pts. One pt had a crack (裂缝) in it, but the ther was perfect and always carried a (an) ____21____ pt f water.
At the end f the lng walk frm the river t the huse, the cracked pt arrived ____22____ half full, with the man ____23____ ne and a half pts full f water t his huse.
The pr cracked pt was ashamed and ____24____ that it was able t d nly half f what it had been made t d.
After tw years f a ____25____ it believed t be, it spke t its wner ne day. “I am ashamed and I want t aplgize because this crack in my side ____26____ water t leak ut all the way. Because f my crack, yu ____27____ t d a lt f this wrk, and yu dn’t get full value frm yur ____28____.”
The man said t the pt, “Did yu ____29____ that there were flwers nly n yur side f the path, but nt n the ther pt’s side? That’s ____30____ I have always knwn abut yur ____31____, and I planted flwer seeds n yur side, and every day while we walk back, yu’ve ____32____ them. Fr tw years I have been able t ____33____ these beautiful flwers t decrate the table. ____34____ yu being just the way yu are, there wuld nt be this beauty t grace the huse.”
Mral (寓意):
We’re all cracked pts, but it’s the cracks that make ur lives s interesting and rewarding. ____35____ t appreciate all the different peple in yur life!
21. A. cleanB. fullC. emptyD. large
22. A. rightB. hardlyC. nlyD. nearly
23. A. findingB. drinkingC. usingD. carrying
24. A. satisfiedB. afraidC. sadD. cnfident
25. A. failureB. practiceC. surpriseD. success
26. A. helpsB. drivesC. causesD. invites
27. A. cntinuedB. hadC. decidedD. planned
28. A. actsB. cntributinsC. effrtsD. tasks
29. A. imagineB. realizeC. expectD. ntice
30. A. whenB. becauseC. whyD. while
31. A. respnsibilityB. secretC. techniqueD. crack
32. A. wateredB. watchedC. prtectedD. reminded
33. A. enjyB. thankC. pickD. buy
34. A. FrB. WithC. BeyndD. Withut
35. A. RememberB. StpC. PrepareD. Cme
第二节 语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
When Zhang Lingshan was a child, she wuld watch the Chinese perid drama Palace n televisin, attracted by the characters’ ancient clthing. She didn’t knw what these beautiful clthes ____36____ (call) — nly that they were frm sme ____37____ (distance) past. “They lked fairy-like, dreamy,” she said. “I was ____38____ (cmplete) drawn by the beauty f these clthes, and then eventually came t understand the culture f Hanfu, and I liked it mre and mre.”
Nw aged nineteen and ____39____ (live) in Beijing, Zhang is ____40____ member f China’s grwing “hanfu mvement” — a renaissance(复兴) f the ancient clthing traditinally wrn by ethnic-majrity Han Chinese befre the Qing dynasty. Tight-knit Hanfu cmmunities and university clubs ften meet fr themed activities. Zhang and her friends smetimes visit places with ancient architecture, like Beijing’s Frbidden City, ____41____ emperrs nce lived, t take ____42____(pht) in cstume and pst them n scial media. They have mre than 20,000 fans wh ften ask them ____43____ mre pictures.
Nwadays, Hanfu is seen as a way ____44____ (celebrate) Chinese culture and imprve natinal self-esteem. In the past few years, Hanfu clubs and scial media platfrms ____45____ (help) t bring the Han clthing back under the sptlight. “It’s the cnfidence f the yunger peple, the cnfidence f the cuntry,” said Christine Tsui, a fashin clumnist and researcher in Shanghai.
第四部分写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
为了提升学生的写作能力，学校英语报社下周准备举行原创小说大赛，假设你是学生会长李华，请你代表学生会写一则书面通知告知学生参与。
主要内容包括：
1. 小说必须原创，能反映学生的真实生活，字数500以内；
2. 作品截止日期：2021年1月30日；
3. 外教会作为评委
4. 获奖者将颁发证书。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文流畅
第二节，读后续写（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。
Last year at Christmas time, my wife, three children and I were n ur way frm Paris t Nice. Smehw everything went wrng. Our htels were “turist traps” and ur rented car brke dwn. On Christmas Eve, when we checked int a dirty htel in Nice, there was n Christmas spirit in ur hearts.
It was raining and cld when we went ut t eat. We fund a small restaurant prly decrated fr the hliday. Only five tables in the restaurant were taken. There were tw German cuples, tw French families, and an American sailr, by himself. They were eating in stny silence except the sailr. He was writing a letter, and a half-smile lighted his face. In the crner a pian player was listlessly (无精打采地) playing Christmas music.
All f us were interrupted by an ld French flwer wman thrugh the frnt dr. She had a wrn vercat and her ld shes were wet. Carrying her basket f flwers, she went frm ne table t anther. N ne bught any. Exhausted and frustrated, she sat dwn at a table.
The sailr finished his meal and gt up t leave. Putting n his cat, he walked ver t the flwer wman’s table.
“Merry Christmas,” he said, smiling and picking ut a handful f flwers. “Hw much are they?” “Tw francs, sir.”
The sailr put a twenty franc nte in the wman’s hand.
“I dn’t have change, sir,” she said. “I’ll get sme frm the waiter.”
“N, ma’am,” said the sailr, leaning ver and kissing the ancient cheek. “This is my Christmas present fr yu.”
注意：1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。
Paragraph 1:
Then the sailr headed fr ur table with the flwers in his hand.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:
The pian player came alive and pleasant music filled the whle rm.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
听力答案：1. A 2. B 3. C 4. C 5. B 6. B 7. B 8. A 9. A 10. B 11. B 12. C 13. A 14. C 15. A 16. C 17. C 18. A 19. A 20. C
【答案】1. C 2. D 3. B
【解析】这是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了四本令年轻人想要继续翻看的书籍，并且对四本书的主要情节进行了简要概述。
1. 细节理解题。根据文章Outrun the Mn by Stacey Lee部分的“Mercy Wng’s life is cmpletely turned upside dwn when an earthquake destrys her hme and schl. Mercy is determined t help her brken city heal.”（一场地震摧毁了她的家和学校，使她的生活发生了翻天覆地的变化。梅西决心帮助她破碎的城市恢复。）可知，Outrun the Mn是关于一个女孩在灾后帮助修复她的城市的故事。故选C。
2. 细节理解题。根据文章Harbr Me by Jacqueline Wdsn部分的“As they express the feelings and fears that they hid frm thers and try t make sense f the wrld arund them, the kids shw the effectiveness f talking t thers.”（当他们表达自己对他人隐瞒的感觉和恐惧，并试图理解周围的世界时，孩子们展示了与他人交谈的有效性。）可知，Harbr Me这本书表明了沟通的重要性。故选D。
3. 细节理解题。根据文章第一段“Here are fur bks which will make yung readers want t cntinue turning the pages.”（这里有四本书，会让年轻读者想要继续翻动书页。）可知，这四本书将使年轻读者想继续翻页，所以这四本书适合青少年。故选B。
【答案】4. B 5. C 6. C 7. D
【解析】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了电脑音乐之父马克斯·马修斯，他创造了电子工具，帮助人们把电脑当作乐器来使用，对电子音乐的发展产生了巨大的影响，并讲述了其过程与经历。
1. 细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“In 1957, Mathews wrte the first cmputer prgram that enabled a cmputer t create sund.（1957年，马修斯编写了第一个计算机程序，使计算机能够创造声音。）”可知，马修斯第一首电脑音乐作品是在1957年创作的，即选项B中的“in the middle f 1950s（20世纪50年代中期）”。故选B项。
2. 细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句“The Grve prgram he develped was the first cmputer prgram made fr live perfrmances.（他开发的Grve程序是第一个为现场表演制作的计算机程序。）”可知，Grve程序是为了现场表演而开发的。故选C项。
3. 细节理解题。根据第四段第一句“He als develped an electrnic device he called the Radi Batn.（他还开发了一种名为“无线电指挥棒”的电子设备。）”可知Radi Batn是一种电子设备。故选C项。
4. 细节理解题。根据本文最后一句“But he said he hped laptp cmputers wuld ne day be cnsidered serius instruments.（但他说，他希望笔记本电脑有一天会被视为重要的乐器。）”可知，马修斯希望电脑能被用作重要的音乐设备，与选项D相符。故选D项。
【答案】8. B 9. A 10. D 11. C
【解析】本文是说明文。焦虑是人性正常状况的一部分，但过度焦虑既费时又伤神。控制焦虑也是有很多办法的。
1. 细节理解题。由第一段“Fr many peple, wrrying is their life. They’re als anxius ver things. They are anxius fr family, friends, relatives and mankind. They fret (烦恼) abut the past, the present and the future. I was nce ne f thse peple. Here’s sme advice n hw t stp wrrying.（对许多人来说，担忧就是他们的生活。他们也会对事情感到焦虑。他们为家人、朋友、亲戚和人类感到焦虑。他们为过去、现在和未来而烦恼。我曾经也是这样的人。这里有一些关于如何停止担忧的建议。）”可知，作者以前是一个忧心忡忡的人。故选B。
2. 推理判断题。由第二段“Let there be n crisis befre its time. Dn’t wrry abut smething that’ll take place in a week, a day r even an hur. The variables (可变因素) will be different then.（不要让危机提前发生。不要担心一周、一天甚至一小时后会发生的事情。可变因素就不同了。）”，可知，我们应该着手处理当前的危机，对于没有到来的危机不必担忧而且应该放手。故选A。
3. 细节理解题。由第三段“Dn’t let pssessins pssess yu. Dn’t let bjects rule yu. Dn’t give them the pwer t spil yur day.（不要让财产占据你。不要让物体支配你。不要让它们破坏你的一天。）”可知，不要让其他的事情控制你，因此你应该做生活的主人。故选D。
4. 推理判断题。由第四段第一句“Set wrry limits.”、最后一段的主题句“Dn’t cntrl thers with yur wrries.（不要用你的担忧控制别人。）”以及文章最后一句“Yu’ll cut yur wrrying in half.（这样你的忧虑就减半了。）”，可知，担忧是能够被控制和选择的。故选C。
【答案】12. A 13. D 14. C 15. B
【解析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了一个由三位研究人员设计的学习程序，它可以像人类一样识别和绘制手写字符。
1. 概括大意题。通读全文，特别是根据第一段中的“A learning prgram designed by three researchers can nw recgnize and draw handwritten characters after seeing them nly a few times, just as a human can.”可知，一个由三位研究人员设计的学习程序可以像人类一样识别和绘制手写字符，由此可知，本文介绍的是人工智能的一个新进展，故A项正确。
2. 词义猜测题。根据划线词后的“Yur average 3-year-lds culd pick up basic cncepts faster than the mst advanced prgram.”可知，普通的3岁孩子都比最高级的程序学习基本概念的速度要快，这说明计算机在某些方面并不聪明，因此此处是说尽管计算机在存储和处理数据方面很出色，但它们在某些方面并不突出，由此可知划线词词义为“在某些方面并没那么聪明”，故D项正确。
3. 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“In a ne-sht classificatin challenge, peple were quite gd at it, with an average errr rate f 4.5 percent. But BPL, slightly edged them ut, with a cmparable errr rate f 3.3 percent.”可知，在一组实验中，科学家们用来自世界各地50个不同书写系统的1623个手写字符的例子测试了BPL，在分类挑战中，人们很擅长这一项，平均错误率为4.5%，但BPL的错误率更低一些，为3.3%，由此可知，研究人员发现BPL可以像人类一样识别和绘制人类手写的字符，故C项正确。
4. 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“But the research culd als shed fresh light n hw learning happens in yung humans, the scientists pinted ut.”可知，科学家们指出，这项研究也可以为年轻人学习的方式提供新的线索，由此可知，这些发现可能有助于提高人类的学习能力，故B项正确。
【答案】16. A 17. G 18. F 19. C 20. E
【解析】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了20世纪80年代，英国各地出现的数百个神秘的圆圈，以及人们对这些怪圈的猜测和科学家们的研究。
1. 根据上文“Many peple thught they were created by aliens frm uter space. What were these circles?”（许多人认为它们是由外太空的外星人创造的。这些圆圈是什么？）推知，下文会继续提出问题：是谁创造了这些圆圈，A选项And wh had made them（又是谁创造了它们）切合题意，故选A。
2. 根据上文“Tw scientists, Pete Delgad and Clin Andrews, became crazy abut the subject”（两位科学家，皮特·德尔加多和科林·安德鲁斯，对这个课题非常着迷）推知，空处会继续说这两位科学家的想法或做法，G选项They were cnvinced the circles were the wrk f an “unknwn intelligence”（他们确信这些圆圈是“未知智能”的杰作）表明了他们的想法，切合题意，they指代上文提到的两位科学家。故选G。
3. 根据下文“Sme believed the circles had been caused by animals such as deer, while thers claimed the circles were caused by helicpters”（一些人认为这些圆圈是由鹿等动物造成的，而另一些人则声称这些圆圈是由直升机造成的）和小标题Cnflict“争议”推知，空处应提出除了一种说法外，还有其他的解释。F选项Apart frm the alien theries, there were ther suggestins t（除了外星人理论，还有其他的意见）切合题意，其他的意见即指这些圆圈是由鹿或直升机造成的。故选F。
4. 根据上文“That year, the crp circles were even mre cmplex than the nes befre. The hit f the year came n 12th July when a huge circle appeared in a field at Altn Barnes.”（那一年，麦田怪圈比以前更加复杂。这一年年最轰动的事件发生在7月12日，奥尔顿巴恩斯的一块空地上出现了一个巨大的圆圈。）可知，在谜团还未解开的情况下，又出现了麦田怪圈，这肯定会让专家们感到困惑。C选项Crp specialists were as cnfused as ever（作物专家们一如既往地感到困惑）中的Crp specialists与空格前的crp circles相互呼应，因此C选项切合题意，故选C。
5. 根据上文“One day that same year, a grup f famus circle experts set up mnitring equipment n a hill in Wiltshire”（同年的一天，一群著名的圆圈专家在威尔特郡的一座山上安装了监控设备）推知，设空处应说明他们这么做的目的是什么。E选项They were hping t recrd the frmatin f a crp circle（他们希望可以记录麦田怪圈的形成）切合题意，recrd the frmatin和前面的mnitring equipment相互呼应。故选E。
【答案】21. B 22. C 23. D 24. C 25. A 26. C 27. B 28. C 29. D 30. B 31. D 32. A 33. C 34. D 35. A
【解析】本文为记叙文，文章讲述了一个人有两个罐子，其中一个罐子有了裂缝，虽然每次只能盛一半的水，但却可以浇灌路边的花。所以，有时不完美会使人生更有意义。
1. 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：一个人有两个大水罐。一个罐子有一条裂缝，但另一个完美无缺，总是装着满满一壶水。A. clean干净的；B. full满的；C. empty空的；D. large大的。根据下文的At the end f the lng walk frm the river t the huse, the cracked pt arrived ________ half full可知，罐子里装了满满的一罐水。故选B。
2. 考查副词词义辨析。句意：河边到房子的这段路走到尽头，有裂缝的罐子只装满了一半，而那个人则提着一罐半的水到家了。A. right正确的；B. hardly几乎不；C. nly仅仅；D. nearly几乎。根据句意可知，此处是指其中一只壶只有一半的水。故选C。
3. 考查动词词义辨析。句意同上。A. finding发现；B. drinking喝；C. using使用；D. carrying携带。此处是with的复合结构，with+名词+宾补，结合句意可知，是带着罐子。故选D。
4. 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：可怜的有裂缝的罐子感到既惭愧又伤心，因为它只能完成一半的任务。A. satisfied满意的；B. afraid害怕的；C. sad伤心的；D. cnfident自信的。and连接并列成分，根据and前的ashamed并结合句意可知，用sad最合语境。故选C。
5. 考查名词词义辨析。句意：两年后，它认为自己是个失败者，有一天它与它的主人对话。A. failure失败，故障；B. practice练习；C. surprise吃惊；D. success成功。根据后文它对主人说的话“I am ashamed and I want t aplgize because this crack in my side”可知，身上有裂缝的罐子认为自己是个失败者。故选A。
6. 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我感到很羞愧，我想向你道歉，因为我侧面的裂缝导致水一路漏出去。A. helps帮助；B. drives驾驶；C. causes造成；D. invites邀请。罐子上有裂缝自然会导致漏水。故选C。
7. 考查动词词义辨析。句意：因为我的裂缝，你不得不做很多这样的工作，你不能从你的努力中得到全部的价值。A. cntinued继续；B. had有；C. decided决定；D. planned计划。have t d sth.“不得不做某事”，结合句意。故选B。
8. 考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A. acts行动；B. cntributins贡献；C. effrts努力；D. tasks任务。根据上文yu ________ t d a lt f this wrk可知，是付出很大的努力。故选C。
9. 考查动词词义辨析。句意：那个人对罐子说：“你有没有注意到，只有你这边的小路上有花，而在另一边却没有？”A. imagine想象；B. realize意识到；C. expect期待；D. ntice注意。根据句意可知，此处是主人问罐子有没有注意到。故选D。
10. 考查连词词义辨析。句意：那是因为我一直都知道你有裂缝。A. when当……时候；B. because因为；C. why为什么；D. while当……时候。根据下文“I planted flwer seeds n yur side, and every day while we walk back, yu’ve _______ them. Fr tw years I have been able t ________ these beautiful flwers t decrate the table.”可知，主人早就知道罐子上有裂缝，结合上文有裂缝的罐子的小路边有花可知，此处用because引导表语从句。故选B。
11. 考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A. respnsibility责任；B. secret秘密；C. technique技巧；D. crack裂缝。根据上文语境可知，是罐子上有裂缝漏水浇了花。故选D。
12. 考查动词词义辨析。句意：我在你那边种下了花籽，每天我们走回去的时候，你都给它们浇水。A. watered浇水；B. watched观看；C. prtected保护；D. reminded提醒。结合语境可知，罐子有裂缝漏水，因此可以顺便浇水。故选A。
13. 考查动词词义辨析。句意：两年来，我才一直可以摘这些美丽的花来装饰桌子。A. enjy欣赏；B. thank感谢；C. pick摘；D. buy买。在路边种了花，用花装饰桌子需要把花摘来。故选C。
14. 考查介词词义辨析。句意：如果你不做你自己，就不会有这种美来装饰房子。A. Fr为了；B. With和；C. Beynd越过；D. Withut没有。根据语境及句意可知，此处是指“如果没有你的裂缝”。故选D。
15. 考查动词词义辨析。句意：记住要欣赏你生命中所有不同的人。A. Remember记住；B. Stp停止；C. Prepare准备；D. Cme来。根据上文讲述的故事可知，让我们记住去欣赏身边所有不同的人。故选A。
【答案】36. were called
37. distant
38. cmpletely
39. living 40. a
41. where 42. phts
43. fr 44. t celebrate
45. have helped
【解析】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了汉服的复兴。
1. 考查动词的时态、语态和主谓一致。句意：她不知道这些漂亮的衣服叫什么，只是知道它们来自遥远的过去。分析句子结构可知，动词call与主语clthes之间是被动关系，此处应用被动语态；knw后面是宾语从句，主语时态为一般过去时，从句也用相应的过去的时态，此处应用一般过去时；且clthes是复数，谓语动词也应用复数形式。故填were called。
2. 考查形容词。句意同上。此处应用形容词修饰名词past。故填distant。
3. 考查副词。句意：我完全被这些衣服的美丽所吸引，后来最终了解了汉服的文化，且越来越喜欢它。 此处应用副词修饰动词drawn作状语。故填cmpletely。
4. 考查非谓语动词。句意：现在19岁的张住在北京，她是中国汉服运动的一员。设空处在句中作非谓语，和句子的逻辑主语Zhang之间是逻辑的主动关系。故填living。
5. 考查冠词。句意见上题解析。设空处后面为可数名词单数，此处表示泛指，且member发音以辅音音素开头。故填a。
6. 考查定语从句。句意：张和她的朋友们有时会去参观有古建筑的地方，比如北京的紫禁城，皇帝曾经住过的地方，穿着古装拍照，并在社交媒体上发布。分析句子结构可知，空格处引导定语从句，先行词是Bejing’s Frbidden City，表示地点；关系词在从句中作地点状语，此处应用where引导该从句。故填where。
7. 考查名词。句意见上题解析。pht为可数名词，且前无冠词修饰，应用复数的形式。take phts“拍照”。故填phts。
8. 考查介词。句意：他们有2万多名粉丝，经常向他们索要更多照片。ask sb. fr sth.“向某人索要某物”。故填fr。
9. 考查非谓语动词。句意：如今，汉服被视为庆祝中国文化和提高民族自尊心的一种方式。设空处在句中作非谓语，并作定语修饰名词way，应用动词不定式的形式。故填t celebrate。
10. 考查动词的时态和主谓一致。句意：在过去的几年里，汉服俱乐部和社交媒体平台将汉服的之风推到了聚光灯下。由上文中的in the past few years可知，此处应用现在完成时；且主语为Hanfu clubs and scial media platfrms，谓语动词应用复数形式。故填have helped。
【答案】
Ntice
With the purpse f prmting students’ writing skills, a fictin writing cntest will be held by the schl English Newspaper next week.
Thse wh intend t participate are required t finish an riginal fictin with n mre than 500 wrds, reflecting the real life f students. Besides, what yu are required t keep in mind is that the deadline f this activity is Jan. 30th, 2021, after which all the fictins will be carefully and fairly judged by ur freign teachers. If yu are frtunate enugh t win this cntest, yu will be awarded a certificate as an encuragement fr yur accmplishment.
We are lking frward t yur participatin.
Students’ Unin
Jan. 20th, 2021
【解析】
【分析】本篇书面表达属于应用文。为了提升学生的写作能力，学校英语报社下周准备举行原创小说大赛，要求考生代表学生会写一则书面通知告知学生参与。
【详解】1. 词汇积累
促进，提高：imprve→prmte
比赛：match/cmpetitin→cntest
打算做某事：plan t d→intend t d
幸运的：lucky→frtunate
授予：grant→award
2. 句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句：With the purpse f prmting students’ writing skills, a fictin writing cntest will be held by the schl English Newspaper next week.
拓展句：A fictin writing cntest, which aims t prmte students’ writing skills, will be held by the schl English Newspaper next week.
【点睛】[高分句型1]
Thse wh intend t participate are required t finish an riginal fictin with n mre than 500 wrds, reflecting the real life f students.（运用了wh引导的定语从句）
[高分句型2]
Besides, what yu are required t keep in mind is that the deadline f this activity is Jan. 30th, 2021, after which all the fictins will be carefully and fairly judged by ur freign teachers.（运用了what引导的主语从句，that引导的表语从句和介词+which引导的非限定性定语从句）
[高分句型3]
If yu are frtunate enugh t win this cntest, yu will be awarded a certificate as an encuragement fr yur accmplishment.（运用了if引导的条件状语从句）
【答案】
Paragraph 1:
Then the sailr headed fr ur table with the flwers in his hand. He picked ut a red flwer and placed it n ur table. “Merry Christmas!” he greeted us in a cheerful vice. Befre we culd say “Thank yu”, he went t ther tables. In an instant, everyne in the rm was presented with flwers, including the waiter and the pian player. In the bright light, the flwers were glwing in full blm. These magical flwers melted ur frustrated hearts and blew away all the unpleasant mds.
Paragraph 2:
The pian player came alive and pleasant music filled the whle rm. A festival atmsphere drwned all f us. We merrily danced t the jyful music, singing, laughing and wishing each ther gd luck. The ld flwer wman als jined us, unable t cnceal her excitement and gratitude. The spirit f Christmas came back t us again. It brught all f us tgether in this small restaurant n a freign land. All this was due t a yung American sailr, wh, thrugh his kindness and genersity, brightened ur paths.
【解析】
【分析】本篇书面表达是读后续写。
【详解】通过阅读所给文章可知，去年圣诞节期间作者一家从巴黎前往尼斯，但是包括旅馆、汽车在内的一切都出现了状况，令大家感受不到圣诞精神。出去吃饭的时候，又找了一家装修得很差的小餐馆。餐厅里除了水手以外，其他人都沉默不语，连钢琴师都没有精神。这时水手去买了卖花老妇人的花。
续写部分分为两段，第一段开头是：然后，那个水手手里拿着花朝我们的桌子走来。所以应该写水手把一朵花给了我们桌，也给了其他桌的客人，包括钢琴师和服务员。这些花发挥了强大的作用，驱散了大家不愉快的心情等。第二段开头是：钢琴演奏者活跃起来，整个房间充满了美妙的音乐。本段应该写餐厅里的人都恢复了愉快的心情庆祝圣诞节，大家跟着欢快的音乐跳舞，唱歌，大笑，互相祝福好运。是水手的善良感染了大家。
续写时要求所续写短文的词数应为150左右，按要求完成写作任务。
【点睛】本文描写详略得当，使用了高级词汇和高级句子。如：be presented with，blw away，cme back t等高级词汇；In an instant, everyne in the rm was presented with flwers, including the waiter and the pian player.使用了现在分词作状语；All this was due t a yung American sailr, wh, thrugh his kindness and genersity, brightened ur paths.使用了非限定性定语从句等高级句式。