2021屆石家莊市第二十四中學(xué)高三英語期末試題及答案

1、2021 屆石家莊市第二十四中學(xué)高三英語期末試題及答案第一部分閱讀（共兩節(jié)，滿分40 分）第一節(jié)（共15 小題；每小題2 分，滿分30 分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D 四個選項中選出最佳選項ASome colleges have started offering their own gap year programs to support students who want to take a year off in a meaningful way. Below, we ll look at four of these programs.American University

2、Gap ProgramWhen to apply: By July 15 or November 15 Is there funding available? No.In American University Gap Program, students spend three days per week witha governmentor business organization in the city. Students go on field trips, listen to guest speakers, take part in hands-on lessons and work

3、 on service projects as a group. Students who complete the program can earn seven credits.Duke University Gap Year ProgramWhen to apply: By early May of each yearIs there funding available? Yes, $5,000 to $15,000.Though Duke University has no course of study or experience for its gap year program, i

4、t encourages students to have an independentplan for their year off, particularlyone that promotespersonal growth.Independent experiences may include community service, personalized experiential learning opportunities and others.Florida State University Gap Year When to apply: By February 24Is there

5、 funding available? Yes, up to $5,000.Florida State University offers gap year funding to students wishing to work or volunteerbefore starting college. In order to get the momey, students must explain their plans for their gap year. The experience must lastover one year.St Norbert College Bridge Yea

6、r Experience When to apply: not specifiedIs there funding available? Not specified.Students taking part in the Bridge Year Experience can travel to locations such as New Mexico, Wisconsin and Guatemaladuringthefallterm,wheretheylearnaboutthelocal cultures,take courses and get serviceopportunities.1.

7、 What does Duke University advise students to do during their gap year?A.Focus on their personal growth.B.Be independent of their parents.C.Apply before the end of November.D.Contact some off -campus organization. 2.How can students get gap year funding from Florida State University?A. By having ext

8、ra credits.B.By organizing several projects. C.By showing their gap plans.D.By doing volunteer work.3. If you are interested in travelling, you can choose. A.Florida State University Gap YearB. American University Gap ProgramC. Duke University Gap Year ProgramD. St. Norbert College Bridge Year Exper

9、ienceBThe climate change is already eating into the output of the world's agriculturalsystems, with productivity much lower than it would have been if humans hadn't rapidly heated the planet, new research has found.Advances in technology, fertilizer ( 化肥 )use and global trade have allowed fo

10、od production to keep pace withan increasing global population since the 1960s. But rising temperatures in this time have acted as a handbrake( 手 剎 ) to farming productivity of crops, according to the new research, published in Nature Climate Change. Productivity has actuallyslumpedby 21% since 1961

11、, compared to if the world hadn't been affected by global heating.Withtheglobal populationset to rise to morethan9 billionby 205, the UN'S Food and Agriculture Organization has estimated that food production will have to increase by about 70%,with annual crop production increasing by almost

12、1 billion tons and meat production by more than200mtons a year by this point. Meanwhile, global temperatures are rising at a rate that scientists warn is extremely dangerous for human civilization.“ Theimpactalreadyis largerthanIthoughtitwouldbe, ”saidArielOrtiz-Bobea,an economistatCornellUniversity

13、wholed the research. “ Itwas a big surprise to me. The worry I have is that research and developmentin agriculturetakes decades totranslateintohigherproductivity.The projectedtemperature increase is so fast that I don't know if we are going to keep pace with that.”Weston Anderson, a researcher o

14、f food security (安全) and climate at Columbia University who didn't takepart in the study, said the new research provides fresh insight into the importance of the impact upon agriculture.“ The regionsthatthispaperhighlightsasexperiencingthelargestreductionsinagricultural productivity -CentralAmer

15、icaand theSahel - contain some of the least food secure countries in the world, which is a real concern,” he said.4. What does the underlined word“ slumped ” in paragraph 2 mean?A. Fallen.B. Gathered.C. Approached.D. Benefited.5. What is Ariel Ortiz -Bobea worried about?A. Fertilizer is used in food

16、 production.B. Population will rise to over 9 billion.C. Global temperatures are rising too fast.D. Agricultural research needs many years.6. What can we learn about Weston Anderson?A. He puts forward a different solution.B. He proposes carrying on with the research.C. He pays more attention to food

17、 insecure regions.D. He supports improving agricultural productivity.7. What is the best title for the text?A. The Impact of Growth in Farm ProductivityB. Productivity in Agriculture is GrowingC. Causes and Effects of Global HeatingD. Rapid Global Heating is Hurting Farm ProductivityCOne Sunday morn

18、ing, my family and I went to a popular restaurant for breakfast. As soon as we walked into Restaurant Happy Meal, a young waitress showed us to a table.We ordered our food and soon after, our food came. Just as we were about to begin our meal, we heardsomeone shouting for the boss.“ What is this? A

19、dead fly in my food! a man w疤 it)haacrdoesesphisscfaarc(e shouted angrily. He strongly hit his fist on the table and swept the plates and cups off it.Thesecame crashing to the floor, breaking into pieces.His companion, a huge man with a tattoo on his arm, stared angrily at the boss who stood nervous

20、ly in front of the two gangsters ( 歹徒 ).The boss apologized repeatedly to the angry customers and tried to calm them down by offering to replace their food. He even told them that they could have their meal for free.The commotion( 混 亂 ) affected the business of the restaurant. Fearing that aquarrel

21、wouldhappen, many customers quickly paid for their meals and left the restaurant hurriedly. Some of them had not even finished theirbreakfast.My father told us to eat our food quickly and not to look at the two angry men. We obeyed him and finished our food within minutes. That was probably the quie

22、test and fastest breakfast my family ever had.Although my father warned us not to look at the two unruly (任性的 ) customers, I could not help stealing a glance at them.I saw that the boss had managed to calm the two angry customers. Fresh food and drinks were brought to their table. They sat down agai

23、n and continued their breakfast. Meanwhile the waitress who had shown us to our table earlier swept up the broken china.8. What does the underlined word“ These ” refer to?A. Tables.B. Cups and plates.C. Two angry customers.D. Dead fly and the food.9. What can we know about the owner from paragraph 4

24、?A. He was sorry for what had happened.B. He was angry with the two customers.C. He was pardoned by the two customers.D. He was disappointed that the men caused problems here.10. What can we infer about the writer and his family?A. They might often talk while they ate.B. They ordered a lot of food e

25、ach time they ate out.C. They often ate silently and that day was no exception.D. They usually did not like to be disturbed while they ate.11. What did the writer think of the boss?A. Foolish.B. Active.C. Hardworking.D. Wise.DWhile space travel still gets lot of attention, not enough attention has b

26、een paid to the exploration of oceans, about which we know much less than the dark side of the moon.Ninety percent of the ocean floor has not even been recorded and while we have been to the moon, the technology to explore the ocean's floors is still being developed. For example, a permanent par

27、tially-underwater sea exploration station, called the Sea Orbiter, is currently in development.The oceans play a major role in controlling our climate. But we have not learned yet how to use them to cool us off rather than contribute to our overheating. Ocean organisms are said to hold the promise o

28、f cures for a wide of the unique eyes of skate (ray fish) led to advances in conquering blindness, the horseshoe crab was important indeveloping a test for bacterial pollution, and sea urchins helped in the development of test-tube fertilization( 人工授 精 ). The toadfish's' ability to regenerat

29、e its central nervous system is of much interest to neuroscientists.A recent Japanese study concluded that the drug Eribulin, which was taken from sea sponges, is effective in fighting with breast, colon, and Urinary cancer.Given the approaching crisis of water insufficiency, we badly need to improv

30、e current methods, of desalinating( 淡 化 ) ocean water and make them more efficient and less costly. By 2025, 1.8 billion people are expected to suffer from severe water shortage, with that number jumping to 3. 9 billion by 2050 -well over a thirdof the entire global population.If the oceansdo not ma

31、ke your heart go beating faster, how about engineering a bacterium that eats carbondioxide and thus helps protect the world from overheating and produces fuel which will allow us to driv cars and machines, withoutoil? I cannot find any evidence that people young or old, Americans or citizens ofother

32、 nations would be less impressed or less inspired with such a breakthrough than with one more set of photos of a faraway galaxy or a whole Milky Way full of stars.12. What does the author think about the ocean exploration?A. It is equal to the space exploration.B. It is well developed.C. It deserves

33、 more attention and devotion.D. It is beyond our knowledge.13. What technology has been developed to make use of the oceans?A. Curing human diseases with ocean organisms.B. Preventing the world getting warmer.C. Mapping the global ocean floor.D. Removing salt from sea water.14. What does the author

34、imply in the last paragraph?A. The temperature rise will be overcome by a bacterium.B. Solving the existing problems is more significant.C. The space exploration is worth the efforts.D. The ocean exploration is not inspiring.15. What is the best title of the passage?A. Oceans, the Last Hope.B. Ocean

35、s, the Hidden Treasure.C. Space, the Final Frontier.D. Space, the Faraway Dream.第二節(jié)（共5 小題；每小題2 分，滿分 10 分）閱讀下面短文，從短文后的選項中選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項What can help us when we fail?Failure is a partoflifesince ourearliestmomentoflife.We oftenthinkof failureas something bad.16,whichis neither bad nor good

36、. However, what can help us when we fail? Don't be afraid of failure 17. If we never fail at something, we probably haven't learned all that life has to teach us. So failure means taking something away from the experience. Never stop tryingTrying or learning something new is often half the b

37、attle, don't give up trying. You may get disappointed because of failure.18 19 Nobody can be our safety nets all the time in our livesonly we can act as our own safety nets . Become your own best friend, do everything that you can possibly do for yourself. Don't look backWe spend too much of

38、 our lives looking back. There's nothing back there to see.20and I'm sure that you'II find yourself in a better position.A. Try to avoid failureB. Failure is how we learnC. Learn to depend on ourselvesD. We are often unwilling to accept our failureE. But failure is a normal and natural p

39、art of lifeF. But if you give up, your progress will come to an endG. Spend just 10 percent more of your time looking forward to what life holds for you in the future第二部分語言運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分45 分）第一節(jié)（共20 小題；每小題1.5 分，滿分30 分）閱讀下面短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D 四個選項中選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項Each of us struggles for self-respect and self-

40、worth to some degree. I spent much time tryingto achieve perfection in every aspect of my life.I was a happy kid with a lot of friends and a supportive family. But growing up was really21and evenscary sometimes.During my childhood,I was constantlyinvolvedin somethingthatincludedpeople'sviews abo

41、utmyachievements or my22. I wanted everyone's praise and acceptance, but I was my own toughestcritic(挑剔的人 ).After I graduated from high school, my23tobe "thin"began to troubleme. I began trying to diet by24my food.In the beginning, I felt great attractive and successful, almost superhu

42、man. I even thought that I was betterthan everyoneelse. What I didn't see was that I was slowly25myself.People around me began to26myweightloss. They said with concern."You're losing too much weight." "Elisa,you're so thin." All their words only suggested that I was g

43、etting closer to "27".Sadly, I took my physical28as the first importantthing in my life,29thatit was the way tobecome successful and accepted.Then I cut down on my30more and more, until a31day consisted of half a teaspoon of nonfat yogurt in the morning and a cup of grape juice at night.Bu

44、t my poor32began to cause me to lose33. Then one night, like many nights before, I couldn't sleep, and felt as though my heart might beat out of my chest. I tried to34, but I couldnbecame so rapid and so strong that I could no longer35. What I had done to diet nearly caused me to havea heart att

45、ack. I stood up, and immediatelyfell down.I was really36, and I knew I needed help. My roommate rushed me to the37, and then I began the long road to my38. It took a lotnurses, nutritionists, food supplements.And more importantly, a sense of what was true about myself got my life back on track with

46、reality. I realized that, with my39of trying to be "perfect" on the40, I had sacrificed who I was on the inside. What I know now is, we are each and every one of us already perfect.21. A.naturalB.easyC.hardD.rapid22. A.performancesB.backgroundsC.scoresD.failures23. A.problemB.desireC.wayD.

47、promise24. A.controllingB.checkingC.collectingD.balancing25. A.killingB.forgettingC.askingD.questioning26. A.helpB.acceptC.rejectD.notice27. A.perfectionB.devotionC.ambitionD.attention28. A.strengthB.exerciseC.appearanceD.examination29. A.believingB.realizingC.pretendingD.declaring30. A.expenseB.mov

48、ementC.foodD.travel31. A.pleasantB.difficultC.typicalD.different32. A.memoryB.nutritionC.knowledgeD.taste33. A.weightB.hopeC.sleepD.heart34. A.relaxB.walkC.cryD.talk35. A.breatheB.resistC.wakeD.remember36. A.scaredB.annoyedC.discouragedD.disappointed37. A.bedB.hospitalC.schoolD.office38. A.gloryB.di

49、scoveryC.recoveryD.victory39. A.skillB.decisionC.experienceD.deal40. A.wholeB.faceC.mindD.outside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(nèi)單詞的正確形式No matter whether you're a woman or a man, shoes are perhaps41.most important accessories that you use in your daily life. A group of shoes

50、of high quality can be the best part of your cupboard. Your shoes showyourtasteandyourstyle.Butatthesame time,theycan bringdiscomfortandpainiftheyare notchosen42.(proper).You may ignore the pain43.(cause) by a pair of wrongly chosen shoes considering the situation and your44.(appear), but that will

51、surely bring blister and pain to your feet. And that is why you must be careful about45.(choose) the right shoes that not only make you look good, but also keep your feet comfortable.There are a large number of companies46.specialize in comfortable and fashionable leather' shoes for both men and women.Wearing47.(comfortable) shoes can result in walking disorder, so you are to blame48.it. Theycontinuouslyrequire the body,