山西省大同市古店镇中学2021年高三英语期末试卷含解析

山西省大同市古店镇中学2021年高三英语期末试卷含解析一、选择题1.—Didyoufinishreadingthatlongarticlewrittenbythefamousscientist?—No,Iusedupmy.It’stoolongandIonlystoppedhalfway.A.determination B.devotion C.patience D.strength参考答案：C考查名词。——你读完那个著名科学家写的很长的文章了吗?——没有,我没有耐心了。它太长了,我只看完一半便放弃了。patience意为"耐心",符合语境。2.Nextdoortoours_________,whohasjustreturnedformabroad.

A.wherelivesanoldman

B.wheredoesanoldmanlive

C.livesanoldman

D.doesanoldmanlive参考答案：C3.Theoldladydied,leavinghissonanorphan.Butthemoneysheleft_____forlife.

A.puthimup

B.puthimaway

C.sethimup

D.sethimaside参考答案：C4.Thewaterwillbefurtherpollutedunlesssomemeasures_______.A.willbetaken

B.aretaken

C.weretaken

D.hadbeentaken参考答案：B5.---Brain,didyouhaveagoodtimeduringtheNationalDay?---___________

Ihadtodomyhomeworkmostofthetime.

A.Nodoubt.

B.Whynot?

C.Forgetit.

D.Notreally.参考答案：D略6.Look!Here’saphoto______inmyclassroomatprimaryschool.Canyourecognizemeinit?A.taken

B.takingC.totake

D.beingtaken参考答案：A考查非谓语动词。句意：看！这里有一张在小学教室里拍的照片。你能认出我来吗？此处是过去分词做后置定语，故答案为A。7.WhenIgottotheplayground,ourclassteam____thegamewithabigadvantageandonlyafewminutestogo.A.won

B.waswinning

C.hadwon

D.havewon参考答案：B8.Astheworld’sbiggestdevelopingcountry,ChinatheUSAasthelargestconsumersofnaturalresources.A.describes B.joins C.recommends D.considers参考答案：B句意:作为世界上最大的发展中国家,中国与美国一道成了自然资源的最大消耗国。join在此处意为"和……一起/一道"。9.______wehaverealizedthedangerofover-consumption,somemeasuresshouldbeadoptedassoonaspossible.

A.Nowthat

B.Aslongas

C.Inorderthat

D.Evenif参考答案：A略10.Accordingtothelatestreport,building________65percentoftotalU.Selectricityuse.A.showsup

B.sortsout

C.cutsdown

D.accountsfor参考答案：D略11.－Haveyoufinishedyourexperimentreport,Jane?－Oh,myGod.I’ve_______forgottenallaboutthat. A.strongly B.extremely C.entirely D.freely参考答案：C12.Youcanneverbe_____careful;theroadisicyandslippery.A.very

B.too

C.quite

D.rather参考答案：B13.﹣﹣HasBillyfinishedhishomeworktoday？﹣﹣Ihavenoidea．He______itthismorning．（）A．woulddo B．wasdoing C．hasdone D．haddone参考答案：B根据Ihavenoidea可知我不知到Billy是否已经做完今天的作业了，所以后句表示他今天上午一直在写，所以答案是B表示过去一段时间一直做的事．14.Successcomestothosewhoarewillingtoriskmakingmistakesinthe______oftheirgoalsandambitions,andwhoareabletolearnfromthosemistakes.A.pursuit

B.preference

C.procedure

D.progress参考答案：A15.—

workinfuture?

—Ihavenoidea.

A．Wheredoyouthinkwillpeople

B．Wheredoyouthinkpeoplewill

C．Doyouthinkwherewillpeople

D．Doyouthinkwheredopeople参考答案：B33.---Whydidyoudropthechanceofearningbigmoney?---______.Youknow,Idon’twanttogetrichbytakingrisks.A.Alliswellthatendswell

B.Oneman’smeatisanother’spoisonC.Bettersafethansorry

D.Nosweetwithoutsweat参考答案：C17.Mary_____towritingclasseseverynightsinceJuneandthecoursewillendthisweek．（）A．hadgone B．hasbeengoingC．isgoing D．went参考答案：B．自从六月份以来Mary每天晚上都去上写作课，这门课程将于这一周结束．根据句中的时间状语sinceJune可知，前面的句子应该使用现在完成时，又根据后面的句子thecoursewillendthisweek，说明这一动作还没有结束，所以使用现在完成进行时表示动作还将进一步持续下去，故选B．本题考查现在完成进行时，表示从过去某个时间点开始的动作，一直持续到现在，还可能继续下去．做题时，重点体现一种强烈的情感．18.NowI’mworkinginBeijing.I____inShanghaifor8years.

A.hadworked

B.worked

C.haveworked

D.wasworking参考答案：B二、单词拼写19.He

（继任）hisfatherasthemanagerwhenheretired．参考答案：succeeded．他接替他的父亲继任经理．本题考查语境中选用恰当的词；succeedvi．成功；vi．/vt．继任，继位；随…之后；根据句中时间状语从句可知用一般过去时态，故答案是succeeded三、阅读理解20.Oneformofsocialprejudiceagainstolderpeopleisthebeliefthattheycannotunderstandorusemoderntechnology.Activitieslikeplayingcomputergames,goingontheNetanddownloadingMP3sareonlyfortheyoungsters.Isn’titunfairthatolderpeopleenjoyingacomputergameshouldbefrowned（皱眉）uponbytheirchildrenandgrandchildren?Nowadaysolderpeoplehavemorecontrolovertheirlivesandtheyplayafullpartinsociety.Moreover,betterhealthcarehasleftmorepeopleintheirsixtiesandseventiesfeelingfitandactiveafterretirement.Mentalactivity,aswellasphysicalexercise,cancontributetobetterhealth.Playingcomputergamesisaveryeffectivewayofexercisingthebrain.Whenpersonalcomputerswerefirstintroduced,mostolderpeopledidn’tbelievetheywouldeverfamiliarizethemselveswithit.Nowcomputershavebeenaroundforafewgenerationsandretiredpeoplehavegraduallybecomemorerelaxedaboutusingthemforfun.Gamersover65preferplayingpuzzlegamesandcardgames.KateStevens,aged72,says:“Ifinditveryrelaxing.It’snotverydemanding,butyoustillneedtoconcentrate.”Anotherdevelopmentthathasfavored“greygames”isachangeinthetypeofvideogamesavailableonthemarket.There’sagreatervarietyofgamestochoosefrom,includingmoreintellectualandcomplexstrategy（策略）andsimulation（模拟）games.InternetChessandTrainSimulatorareamongthemostpopularofthese.TrainSimulatorisbasedonreal-worldrailactivities.Playerscanchoosefromavarietyofchallengers,suchaskeepingtoastrict-timetableandusinghelperenginesduringawinterstorm.Somepeoplearguethat“greygamers”simplydon’thavetheskillsrequiredforcomputergames,andthatteenagersarebetter.Thiscouldn’tbefurtherfromthetruth.Mostcomputergamesrequirethekindofanalyticalthinkingthatimproveswithpractice,whichmeansthatthe“greygamers:maywellbefarbetterthangamershalfacenturyyoungerthanthem.Ingameswherespeedisthemainconsideration,olderpeoplewouldbeatadisadvantagebecausetheymayhaveslowerreactiontime.Ontheotherhand,“greygamers”haveapreferenceforshowerpaced,mindchallenginggames.4.Thesecondparagraphisintendedto________.A.showthebestwaytoexercisethebrain

B.stresstheimportanceofgoodhealthC.explainwhygreygamersexist

D.teachhowtoplayvideogames5.Whatwasolderpeople’sattitudetowardspersonalcomputersatfirst?A.Doubtful

B.ConcernedC.Enthusiastic

D.Supportive6.ThemethodtheauthorusestodevelopParagraph4is________.A.offeringanalyses

B.givingexamplesC.makingcomparisons

D.providingdetails7.Bysaying“Thiscouldn’tbefurtherfromthetruth.”inParagraph5,theauthormeans________.A.mindchallenginggamesarenotsuitableforolderpeopleB.childrenshouldimprovetheirskillswithpracticeC.playingcomputergamesrequiresanalyticalthinkingD.olderpeoplecanperformwellinsomecomputergames参考答案：4.C

5.A

6.B

7.D试题分析：玩电脑游戏是锻炼大脑的一种非常有效的方法。通过本文可知年纪大的人在一些电脑游戏中表现得会很好。【小题1】C推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句Playingcomputergamesisaveryeffectivewayofexercisingthebrain.玩电脑游戏是锻炼大脑的一种非常有效的方法。可知第二段的目的是解释为什么