2021屆江蘇省如皋高三上學期英語期中考試試題

1、2021屆江蘇省如皋高三上學期英語期中考試試題第二部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分50分）第一節(jié)（共15小題；每小題2.5分，滿分37.5分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。ATop Things to Do With Kids in LondonPlay at the Museum of London DocklandsAddress: No. 1 Warehouse,London E14 4AL, the UKThe Museum of London Docklands has a great play area called "Mudlarks.&

2、quot; Everything is themed around life in the London docks, so big kids can weigh goods or put tea sets into a model ship while the smaller kids get to move around and play with large foam(泡沫） bananas and London buses or pretend to drive a DLR (Docklands Light Railway) train.Take a Picture in Kensin

3、gton GardensAddress: London W22UH, the UKStop by the bronze statue of the fictional character Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, which is located next to Hyde Park, for the opportunity to take a photo and even read one of the famous Peter Pan stories by J.M.Barrie. The exact location of the statue was

4、 chosen by Barries,who lived close to Kensington Gardens and published his first Peter Pan story in 1902 using the park for inspiration.Explore the London DungeonAddress: The Queen's Walk, London SE1 7PB, the UKThe London Dungeon calls itself "the world's most famous horror attraction&q

5、uot;. The new London dungeon, which moved from Tooley Street to its new home near County Hall and the London Eye and cost millions of pounds to build, features live actors dressed in scary clothes as historical figures, realistic special effects and two breathtaking rides to bring back a thousand ye

6、ars of London's dark past.See the Animals at the London ZooAddress: Outer Circle,London NW1 4RY, the UKThe London Zoo is an excellent family day out for kids and adults, and once you're inside you can easily spend a whole day there. Daily events include a tropical bird tour, the Megabugs Liv

7、e show, a showcase of big fish, and an event known as Giraffe High Tea as well as shows with birds and small animals at the Animals in Action Amphitheatre.21.What can you learn about the Museum of London Docklands?A.It provides Mudlarks for parents to rest.B. Its play area is suitable for kids of al

8、l ages.C. Big kids can make foam bananas for small kids there.D. Kids can have the chance of driving a Docklands Light Railway train.22. When exploring the London Dungeon, visitorsA. would learn more about London's historyB.could understand the reason and process of its relocationC.will experien

9、ce two breathtaking rides around LondonD.can dress up as historical figures to create London's history23. If you want to enjoy a tropical bird tour, you can go toA. The Queen's Walk,London SE1 7PB, the UKB.London W22UH,the UKC.Outer Circle,London NW1 4RY, the UKD.No.1 Warehouse,London E14 4A

10、L,the UKBMatthew Whitaker has been blind since birth. His parents were told that he only had a 50% chance of survival, and he experienced 11 operations before he was even two years old.Despite being faced with these terrible situations, he survived. Not only that, he exhibited an excellent gift for

11、playing the piano; by the time he was 3 years old, he was playing two-handed piano compositions and writing his own songs without ever having a teacher. At the age of 5, he even could play the songs completely after hearing them one time.Dalia Sakas, the director of New York's Filomen M. D Agost

12、ino Greenberg Music School,recalls the moment she decided to take Matthew on as a student when he was five years old, making him the youngest person to ever attend the school. Now only 18 years old,Whitaker has since toured the world,headlined famous sites from Carnegie Hall to Kennedy Center,and wo

13、n a number of music awards.Such is the height of Whitaker' s talent that he caught the attention of Dr. Charles Limb, a neurologist who also happens to be a fellow musician. Dr.Limb was attracted by what might have been going on inside Whitaker' s brain, so with the permission of the musicia

14、n and his family, Whitaker took two MRI exams - first while being exposed to different stimuli,including music,and then while he played on a keyboard.What Dr.Limb was surprised to find was that Whitaker' s brain seemed to have repurposed its own disused visual cortex(視覺皮質）in order to build other

15、 neurological(神經系統(tǒng)的）pathways. Even when Whitaker was simply listening to one of his favorite music, his entire visual cortex lit up.When Dr.Limb presented Whitaker with his brain scans showing how his brain lit up when he listened to music, the musician was amazed. "I didn't even know that

16、that was happening." When asked about why his brain was inspired in such a way, he simply said "I love music”。24. What can we learn about Matthew Whitaker from Para.3?A. He was the youngest disabled piano player in the school.B.Dalia Sakas helped him tour the world to play the piano.C.He h

17、ad visited a lot of tourist attractions by the time he was 18.D. He has achieved great success in music when he is just eighteen.25.What was Dr. Limb probably interested in about Matthew?A.His brain's reaction to music.B.The terrible condition of Matthew.C.The special structure of his brain.D. T

18、he wonderful performance of Matthew.26. What do you know about the result of Whitaker' s brain scans?A.It showed that Whitaker was just a common boy.B.Dr. Limb and Whitaker both felt unexpected about it.C.Dr.Limb thought that it wasn't reasonable and complete.D.It explained how Whitaker reme

19、mbered the songs after listening.27.What is the best title for the text?A.A Scientist Is Studying an 18-Year-old Piano PlayerB.An 18-Year-Old Blind Piano Player Is Studying His BrainC.A Scientist Studies an 18-Year-old Blind Piano Player's BrainD.An 18-Year-Old Piano Player Helps Scientists With

20、 MusicCDenmark is only about half the size of South Carolina, but it produces more of its electricity from wind than any other country in the world. That's not because it's a particularly breezy country; it has pretty ordinary average wind speeds. The reason the Danes now get 47% of their el

21、ectricity from wind,with more to come,comes down to a combination of history and policy.First, the history: Paul la Cour was a scientist and inventor who experimented with and engineered early wind power machines at the start of the 20th century. So it's not surprising that Denmark spent money d

22、eveloping wind power early, beginning at a national level in the 1970s.In the 1980s,due to a strong grassroots movement disagreeing with nuclear power plants, Denmark increased production before many other countries were even considering it.Denmark has also had significant government support for win

23、d-energy projects, as well as support from the country's technology-focused universities. Even back in 2002, the country was taking climate change warnings seriously, aiming to cut fossil-fuel emissions by 20 percent, which it did via renewable energy investment and implementation.Some of the wo

24、rld's largest companies in the area - including Vestas, which builds turbines, and Orsted, which specializes in offshore wind projects - are Danish,so the country has an impact beyond its borders.The great impact of Denmark's wind-energy business is important because it's a small country

25、, so while an almost 50% rate of electricity from wind is admirable, it's also small in terms of overall global impact.While Denmark gets almost half of its electricity needs covered from 5,758 megawatts (MW) of capacity, Spain's 23,000 MTW covers just 18 percent of its electricity supply as

26、 it's a much bigger country. China is the leader in wind energy at 221,000 MW,and the U.S. comes second in the world at about 96,000 MW.Denmark's long support for wind-energy technology and its policies made in support of wind energy have proven this approach can work to decarbonize the econ

27、omy, even on a bigger scale.At the end of 2019, lawmakers in Denmark set a new goal: increasing the percentage of electricity sourced from renewable power to 100%.28.What can we learn about Denmark in developing wind power?A. It has the advantage of strong winds.B. Its weather conditions are unfavor

28、able.C. It is experienced in this area.D. It met with strong disagreement at first.29.The fourth paragraph mentions two companies to showA. the bright future of the wind power businessB. the fierce competition in the area of wind powerC. Denmark's dependence on the wind-energy businessD.Denmark&

29、#39;s international status in the wind-energy business30. Which country produces the most wind power?A.The U.S.B.Denmark.C.Spain.D. China.31. What is indicated in the last paragraph?A. A hopeful future of the green economy.B. The urgent need to develop wind energy worldwide.C. A long way to go to fu

30、ll dependence on clean energy.D. Wind energy's leading role as a form of renewable power.DIn an interview in 1958, Ermest Hemingway made an admission that has inspired novelists ever since:The final words of "A Farewell to Arms", his wartime classic, were rewritten “39 times before I w

31、as satisfied."Those endings have never been published together in their entirety, according to his longtime publisher, Scribner.A new edition of "A Farewell to Arms", will be released soon, including all the different endings, with early drafts of other passages in the book. The new e

32、dition concludes that the 39 endings that Hemingway referred to are really more like 47. They have been kept in the Ernest Hemingway Collection at the John F.Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston since 1979. The endings are named and gathered in an appendix in the new edition, a 330-page

33、 book whose cover uses the novel's original artwork.For readers of Hemingway the endings are a fascinating look into how the novel could haveended with different endings. And since most modern authors produce their work on computers, the new edition also serves as an artifact,with handwritten no

34、tes and long passages crossed out,giving readers a sense of an author's process.Hemingway also left behind a list of titles, like "World Enough and Time," "Of Wounds and Other Causes,""The Enchantment,"and etc,which are reprinted in the new edition. Patrick Hemingwa

35、y,Ernest Hemingway's only surviving son, said that when Scribner suggested the raw material be published, he agreed. "They do give insight into how Hemingway was thinking, but no matter how much you analyze a classic bit of writing,you can never really figure out what makes talent work.&quo

36、t;said Patrick Hemingway,who is 84.Susan Moldow, the publisher of Scribner, says that Hemingway is an all-time strong seller. After reading the various endings,Ms.Moldow added, she didn't question the author's decision; the ending has stood the test of time. She said,"I think we have to

37、 be glad that he chose the ending in line with his Style."32.What can we know about "A Farewell to Arms"?A. It is a novel written during the times of wars.B.Scribner has never published Hemingway's works.C.Hemingway tried to write a satisfying ending for it.D.Other writers rewrite

38、 their works mostly because of its success.33. What can't readers find in the new edition according to the passage?A.47 endings of the book.B.Handwritten notes by Hemingway.C.Different unused names of the book.D.A picture of an artifact made by Hemingway.34.What can we know from Patrick Hemingwa

39、y's Words?A. Publishing the new edition is thought to be a good idea.B.It is difficult to find a writer as talented as Ernest Hemingway.C.Readers never really understand Ernest Hemingway's works.D. The drafts of the novels are valued more than the novels.35.What does Susan Moldow think of th

40、e final ending of the book?A. Ironic.B.Classic.C.Average.D.Interesting.第二節(jié)（共5小題；每小題2.5分，滿分12.5分）根據短文內容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。A few years ago,a Finnish app took the mobile gaming world by storm. Its set-up was simple and its idea illogical:Angry Birds was little more than a shooting game,

41、with birds instead of bullets and green pigs in place of targets. 36 Shortly after Angry Birds took off,audiences found a new distraction in Fruit Ninja,a game where the object was to chop falling produce,and then Candy Crush.37 That was their charm, after all: They were knowingly ridiculous or illo

42、gical,an attack into mindless amusement. In games like Angry Birds, players found an escape from reality.Fast forward to 2016, and there's now an Angry Birds movie, here to fill you in on all the details you never wished to know. The birds have been given personalities, motives and back-stories,

43、and so have the evil green pigs. Meanwhile, the game's nonsense had to be made sense of due to a necessary plot for a movie. 38_Hollywood has made an industry of answering the questions no one ever thought to ask; to the point of even giving a brand of toy blocks its own story in 2014's The

44、Lego Movie._39 Viewers no longer have the luxury of imagining back-stories for their favorite characters, or debating the open-ended questions in a film's source materials:An endless flow of prequels(前傳），sequels(續(xù)傳）and spin-offs(衍生產品）fill in those blanks for them.40 They'll know.Everything w

45、ill be determined for them:According to the movie, the main bird Red gets picked on for his bushy eyebrows,and that leaves him feeling isolated and, well,angry.In some ways, Hollywood has taken on the role of fan fiction writers,by expanding and exploring every comer of its fictional universes. But

46、when these universes expand too widely,what will be left to imagine?A.Angry Birds is not alone in having its gray areas sketched in for the big screen.B.In its efforts to feed the audience's curiosity, Hollywood may in fact be killing it.C.Never mind that these games made absolutely no sense fro

47、m a narrative viewpoint.D.When children today play Angry Birds, they won't wonder why the birds are so ill-tempered.E.It led the way for a number of other equally silly, equally addictive games to invade cell phoneseverywhere.F.Lego,by putting forward education solutions, is now striving to help

48、 kids to stand up to a problem and solve it.G. Hollywood is actually such a power featuring its creativity, imagination and efficiency in giving rise to its entertainment products.第三部分 語言知識運用（共三節(jié)，滿分30分）第一節(jié) 完形填空（共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分）閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。What's the first thing

49、that comes to mind when you think of the word “culture”？ Do you think of different groups of people across the world with various _41_and clothing? What about animals?Sam Williams,executive director of the Macaw(金剛鸚鵡）Recovery Network in Costa Rica, helps to 42_the impact of the decline of macaw popu

50、lations by taking birds that were born_43_and releasing them into the wild. But this process is very 44In a cage,you can't45_them to know where,when and how to find that food, or about trees with good nest sites," Williams told ecologist and writer Carl Safina for the Guardian. In the wild,

51、 the parents would be the ones to teach them this important 46This type of knowledge is known as cultural knowledge. Cultural knowledge can be_47 from the older generation to the newer one. For many species,cultural knowledge is necessary for 48_Culture helps animals to_49_different habitats.For exa

52、mple,some crows(烏鴉）have learned to put nuts in the middle of the road for cars to drive over. And in other areas, they have learned to do this at intersections so they can_50_get the food when the cars stop at red lights.Other important parts of cultural knowledge include things like group identity,

53、 using different tools,taking different_51_routes and using different socializing methods.These traditions can especially be seen in chimpanzee communities. Cat Hobaiter,who studies chimpanzees in Uganda,said:"It's not just the_52_of populations of chimps that worries me.I find_53_the possi

54、bility of losing each population's unique culture. That's permanent.”Culture isn't just for_54_.Culture is also an important part of life in the wild from using toolsto_55_.41.A.communitiesB.zonesC.traditionsD.divisions42.A.squeezeB.reduceC.wrestleD.delete43.A.encagedB.enlargedC.encourag

55、edD.ensured44.A.tentativeB.slowC.lameD.abrupt45.A.electB.swapC.assessD.train46.A.brochureB. seminarC.frameworkD.information47.A.passed downB.taken upC.followed upD.put together48.A.managementB. survivalC.currencyD.cooperation49.A.cater toB. push forC.adapt toD.dive in50.A.safelyB.desperatelyC.surpri

56、singlyD.hopefully51.A.irrigationB. migrationC.suspensionD.collision52.A.lossB.dilemmaC.adjustmentD.prevention53.A.enterprisingB.flexibleC.artificialD.terrifying54.A.animalsB.plantsC.humansD.nails55.A.refreshingB.weepingC.negotiatingD.socializing第二節(jié)（共10小題；每小題1.5分，滿分15分）閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入1個適當?shù)膯卧~或括號內單詞的正確形式

57、。The Sad Zither(錦瑟） is a famous seven-verse poem written by Tang Dynasty poet Li Shangyin (813-858).Due to its rich imagery, the poem is regarded as one of the 56._（hard) poems to explain and translate.In the beginning of the poem, the poet looks at his zither and recalls the death of his beloved wi

58、fe. The big number of strings,which might not be the real number, 57._（be) mentioned to show his feeling. With so many strings,his zither creates complicated tones, 58._（suggest) the sorrow and depression the poet feels. The reality is so cruel that he wishes everything 59. _happened was untrue. In

59、this part, he uses four Chinese ancient 60._（myth) and legends:Zhuangzi,a philosopher, dreams of being a butterfly and couldn't distinguish dream 61. _reality; the ancient emperor Wang becomes a cuckoo and always cries; mermaid's tears become pearl and vapor of jade from Lantian County can be seen in the sunlight. The first three stories all create 62. _sad atmosphere. Though the last legend describes a beautiful scene, it's hard 63._（reach), impli