山东省日照市2021届高三英语下学期5月校际联合考试试题.doc

1、山东省日照市2021届高三英语下学期5月校际联合考试试题2021.05本试卷共三部分，共10页。满分120分。考试时间100分钟。注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡和试卷指定位置上。2回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。3考试结束后，将答题卡上交。第一部分 阅读(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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。AThe Guide to Ridi

2、ng a San Francisco Cable CarCable Car HistoryThe cable car was introduced to San Francisco on August 2，1873Throughout the 1890s，eight companies operated 600 cars which covered 21 cable car routesThe 1906 earthquake destroyed most of the cable car systemNow，only 37 cable cars remain with three lines

3、in operationAll cars are artistic works as they are made and handled by hand!Cable cars arent just for tourists! They are an essential part of the citys public transport systemThey are the citys only moving historic landmarksThe Cable Car LinesPowell-mason Line(Yellow signs on car)：Begins at Market

4、Street turnaround，and ends at Fishermans Wharf East End(Bay Street turnaround)Stops：Downtown(Market Street)，Union Square，Nob Hill，Chinatown，Cable Car Museum，North Beach and Fishermans Wharf(Bay Street)Powell-hyde Line(Red signs on car)：Begins at Market Street turnaround and ends at Fishermans Wharf

5、West End(Hyde Street turnaround)Stops：Downtown(Market Street)，Union Square，Nob Hill，Chinatown，Cable Car Museum，Russian Hill，Fishermans Wharf(west end)，and Hyde StreetCalifornia Street Line：Runs East-west from Van Ness Avenue to the Financial DistrictStops：Van Ness Avenue，Polk Street，Nob Hill，Chinato

6、wnFaresTickets(single ride)：can be purchased at turnarounds or from the conductor with cash as you boardAdult &Youth：$7 each waySenior(ages 65+)Disabled：$3 each wayPasses：are perfect for visitors to the city，and allow unlimited riding for one，three，or seven days on MUNI cable cars，streetcars and bus

7、esOne Day：$23；Three Days：$34；Seven Days：$45Fastpasses(One Month)：allow unlimited riding for one month on MUNI cable cars，streetcars and busesAdult(ages 1864)：$78；Youth(ages 517)，Senior(ages 65+)and Disabled：$391What do we know about San Francisco cable cars?AThey operate automatically BThey are just

8、 available for touristsCThey have become a unique sightDThey have a history of over 200 years2What do the three cable car lines have in common?AThey end at the same stop BThey run through ChinatownCTheir cars are of the same colorDTheir routes are equal in length3How much will a couple of 70 pay for

9、 their fastpasses?A$23 B$39 C$45D$78BToni Morrison，an American writer who received the Nobel Prize in Literature，was admired as the countrys greatest living writer and died at age 88Her novels，Beloved，Song of Solomon，and others explored the way African-Americans search for freedom and identity in a

10、country obsessed(热衷)with skin colorShe published her first novel The Bluest Eye in 1970Eighteen years later，she won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel Beloved，the story of a mother who kills her baby daughter rather than permit her to be born into slavery(奴隶制)It became a best-seller and was later made

11、 into a film. The Nobel Prize committee described her writing as“language itself，a language she wants to liberate from race”Her novels discussed Americas past，focusing on black history and the effects of racism on individualsShe was born Chloe Ardelia Wofford in Lorain，Ohio，in 1931Her father worked

12、in a steel factory，and her mother was a maidShe attended Howard University，an all-black university in Washington，DCAt Howard，she read African，British and American literature，including writers William Faulkner and Virginia Woolf. “The writers who affect me the most were novelists who were writing in

13、Africa：Chinua Achebe，Things Fall Apart was a major education for me，”she told the Associated Press in 1998After a short marriage，she became a single mother of two sons and worked as a book editor in New YorkSeveral publishers rejected her first book，The Bluest Eye，but it impressed The New York Times

14、 book critic John Leonard who believed Morrison was an important new voice. He said her writing was“so charged with pain and wonder that the novel becomes poetry.”Morrison enjoyed her literary fame and was proud of her Nobel Prize.“Nobody was going to take that and make it into something elseI felt

15、representationalI felt AmericanI felt Ohioan. I felt blacker than everI felt more woman than everI felt all of that and put all of that together and went out and had a good time，”she said 4Which of the following is covered in Morrisons novels?AThe history of Blacks BAfricas pastCThe effects of Ameri

16、can freedomDEnglish literature5What can we learn from John Leonards words?AHe rejected Morrisons first book BHe appreciated Morrisons poemsCHe thought highly of The Bluest eyeDHe saw Morrisons language as a wonder6What can be inferred about Morrison from the last paragraph?AShe longed to be an Ameri

17、can BShe felt proud of her colorCShe changed her attitude to lifeDShe was crazy about her works7What is the purpose of the text?ATo remember a writer BTo promote some booksCTo introduce American lifeDTo fight against racial discriminationCFrance is getting tough with food waste with great determinat

18、ionA new law has been passed in the country that will ban grocery stores over 4，305 square feet from throwing away unsold foodIf its still safe to eat，the food must be donated to charity；if not，it goes to farmers for use as animal feed or compost(肥料)Supermarkets will no longer be allowed to destroy

19、unsold food intentionally in order to prevent people from eating itThere are many people who search for food in the garbage cans behind stores，wanting to take advantage of the perfectly edible(可食用)food that gets thrown away on a daily basis；and yet some stores try to stop this，either by locking the

20、garbage cans or pouring bleach(漂白剂)into them，a practice that Guillaume Garot，the former French food minister who proposed the new bill，describes as“scandalous”Food waste is a global problem，with an estimated 24 percent of calories produced for human consumption never getting eatenMost of this waste

21、happens at the final consumption stageIt is reported that“the average French person throws out 20 to 30 kilograms of food a year7kg of which is still in its wrapping”American shoppers throw away about one-fifth of everything they buy at the grocery store，according to a fascinating new documentary ca

22、lled“Just Eat It”The supermarkets arent happy about the new law because their food waste represents only 5 to 11 percent of the 7.1 million tons of food wasted annually in FranceBy contrast，restaurants waste 15 percent and consumers 67 percent“The law is wrong in both target and intention，”argues Ja

23、cques Creyssel，head of the distribution organization for big supermarkets“Big stores are already important food donors”Despite this，Frances new law is a move in the right directionWasting food absolutely needs to become a socially immoral thing to domuch like throwing garbage on the groundIf law is

24、whats needed to get people thinking about conservation and edibility，then its not a bad thing8How should supermarkets handle unsold food by the new law?AThey should leave it alone BThey should give it awayCThey should sell it at lower pricesDThey should drop it into garbage cans9What does the underl

25、ined word“scandalous”in Paragraph 2 mean?AInconvenient BChallenging CImpracticalDUnacceptable10What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?AThe seriousness of food waste BThe reasons for food wasteCThe consequences of food wasteDThe solution to food waste11What do the supermarkets think of the new law?AIt is s

26、trict BIt is ineffectiveCIt is unfairDIt is well-intentionedDAn interactive online map allows you to type in your home address and see where it falls during any given time periodThe map tracks how the earth has changed over 750 million yearsThe love-labor of software engineer Ian Webster，the map too

27、l is attached to the worlds largest digital dinosaur database，also created by Webster，who drew on geographical data from another resource called Ancient EarthAncient Earth was culmination(顶点)of work called the Paleomap projectThe project allows users to enter most towns，cities and countries into the

28、 search barA 3D globe will show you approximately where they were on a 750-million-year timelineAncient Earth comes with a variety of tools that allow you to learn interesting information，or select a time period based on the emergence of specific features，such as the first flower to ever bloom on Ea

29、rthGiven that Webster is an expert in dinosaurs，any location you enter in the search function will also provide you with a list of dinosaurs that would have been your neighborsall with inline links to that particular dinosaurs profile on Websters databaseThis represents an incredible educational res

30、ource for children and adults interested in geographyEven with modern GPS technology and programs like Google Maps，globes and 2D paper maps continue to shape our understanding of EarthAncient Each is a very good educational tool especially for kids，as they get to see their very own homes move around

31、 in the tectonic(构造的)dance thats been going on billions of years“Im amazed that experts collected enough data to actually build my home 750 million years ago，so I thought you all would enjoy it too，”Webster wrote in a comment“I chose this particular model because it covers the greatest length of tim

32、e”12What is the function of the interactive online map?AIt makes up part of Ancient EarthBIt shows what has happened to EarthCIt helps Ian Webster locate ones home easilyDIt provides the biggest digital dinosaur database13What can users do through Ancient Earth?ADo research on dinosaurs BSearch most

33、 places on the earthCDiscover what a place used to beDGain some information about timeline14How can children benefit from Ancient Earth?AThey can learn more about geographyBThey can get easier access to the NetCThey can buy rich educational resourcesDThey can develop an interest in dinosaurs15What d

34、oes the underlined word“it”in the last paragraph refer to?AThe data BThe Paleomap ProjectCThe Google MapDThe interactive online map第二节(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。We all know about the health benefits of swimming 16 If you dont mind getting wet，it can be fun tooBut

35、 who would enjoy swimming in freezing water? Well，many people are taking the plunge(跳入)，based on evidence that it can actually be good for us 17 Jumping in gives a short sharp shock to the body，but many participants say they get used to itA cold dip might wake you up，but research has found it can ha

36、ve much bigger benefits than that for your body and mindAs well as being good exercise，spending time outdoors and by water improves health 18 One man who suffered constant pain after surgery claimed he was cured by taking a plunge in cold open waterAnd another swimmer said jumping in just felt amazi

37、ngBut what is it that people al e gaining from this experience? 19 However，the more you do it，your reaction to stress is reducedIts also thought to have a strong anti-inflammatory(抗炎症的)effectBut there are bigger benefits to this stress-reducing exerciseSome experts believe cold-water swimming helps“

38、cross-adaptation”，where one form of stress prepares the body for another 20 So，if youre convinced that this is for you，take advice：approach it with caution，swim with a friend，and maybe start in the summer，when the water temperatures are higher!AIt shapes your characterBIt offers a great workout for

39、the bodyCDoctors say getting into cold water causes a stress responseDCold-water swimming usually involves swimming in natural areasEScientists think that jumping into cold water can reduce your stressFFor example，it also helps reduce the stress of exercising at high places GA research shows cold-wa

40、ter swimming has cured certain health conditions第二部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)第一节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。One day，when I woke up to go to school，my mother didntShe had 21 in her sleep during the nightAfter we laid my mother to rest，I went back to school，but I didnt 22 much to

41、 be thereMy English teacher，MrGoldberg，however noticed that something was 23 “You always seem 24 ，”he said“Your mind is always absent during class”I told him the 25 I came to school before was from my mother Now，I didnt really feel the 26 to go anymoreThen he said，“Well，just do me a 27 I want you to

42、 meet me in my 28 during the free period”So I met him，just to talkThis went 29 without missing a single dayI would help him 30 papers，and we would talk.It took me years 31 I realized what he had doneI graduated from high school in the top tenI was always 32 capable of thatBut at 15having lost my mot

43、her and not really seeing that 33 of educationI was in line to be a high school dropoutI realized that the reason I 34 to school every day was that somebody there was 35 to see me21Acried Bdreamt Chung out Dpassed away 22Aagree Bcare Cpromise Dworry23Aunusual Burgent Cunique Dunreasonable24Aupset Bn

44、ervous Clost Dscared25Apossibility Btime Creason Dbenefit26Aconfidence Badvantage Ccapacity Dpassion27Afavor Bdeed Chug D1ine28Aschool Boffice Cclass Dhome29Aover and over Bby and by Cup and down Don and on30Acopy Bclean Cgrade Dbuy31Abefore Bsince Cafter Dwhen32Aphysically Bmentally Cacademically D

45、historically33Apopularity Bvalue Copportunity Duse34Ashowed up Bmade up Cgave in Dbroke in35Atrying Brequiring Cpretending Dexpecting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。Scientists have exposed that around two-fifths of the worlds plants are at risk of extinctionA top botanist，Pr

46、ofessor Alexandre Antonelli，said，“We are living in 36 age of extinctionIts a very 37 (worry)picture of risk and urgent need for actionWere losing the race against time as species are disappearing faster 38 we can find and name themMany of them could hold important clues for solving some of the most

47、pressing 39 (challenge)of medicine and even perhaps of the emerging and current pandemics we are seeing today”There 40 (be)positive signs in the past few yearsMore than 4，000 species of plants and fungi(菌类) 41 (discover)in 2019，among which are potential future foods that could be a lifeline to milli

48、ons of people on Earth suffering from 42 (poor)and food insecurity. Professor Antonelli stressed 43 (firm)the importance of protecting these and all plant life on EarthHe said，“We would not be able 44 (survive)without plants and fungiall life depends on themEvery time we lose a species，we lose an op

49、portunity 45 humankind”Leading scientists will demand that the world leaders act against biodiversity loss第三部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)第一节(满分15分)假定你是李华，你所在的城市将举办“国际旅游博览会(the International Tourism Fair)”，计划招募志愿者，你希望报名参加。请你用英语写一封申请信，内容包括：1表达意愿；2你的优势。注意：1写作词数应为80左右；2可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。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

50、两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。“This Radio TwoThis is the one oclock newsA she wolf escaped from the Dorford Zoo this morning and is believed to be still at large in the Dorford areaIf hungry the wolf might be dangerousIf anyone sees this animal，please inform the nearest police-station”MrsClarke switched the radio

51、off：she wanted to make her middy lunch before her baby woke upShe pushed the pram(婴儿车)into the garden，left it under a tree out of the sun and went into the kitchenThen minutes later she came to the back door to see if everything was all rightA big dog was standing by the pram looking at the baby“Tha

52、ts the Johnsons dogIve told them they ought to keep that great animal in their own gardenThose dogs are a bit too much like wolves”Then MrsClarke went cold“WolvesWhat have I heard about wolves?”She was sure she had heard something about an escaped wolf on the radioShe looked hard at the creature by

53、the pramand the more she looked the more certain she becameIt wasnt the dog from next doorLike it，but differentIt was as big as the dog，but the color was greyer and it looked thinnerAt this moment the creature put its front legs on the side of the pram and looked at the sleeping baby，licking its fac

54、eThe baby woke up and began to cry quietlyMrsClarke wanted to scream，but she knew it would be wrong to do thatWhat should she do?“Inform the police，”the radio had saidBut that meant leaving the garden and going to the telephone near the front doorShe was sure that somehow she must get the wolf away from the promThe she remembered the piece of meat she had boughtIt was on the kitchen table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。Very quietly she slipped into the kitchen and came back with the meatHolding the baby to her in the kitchen，she telephoned the police