2021年湖北省黄冈市迎集中学高三英语上学期期末试卷含解析

2021年湖北省黄冈市迎集中学高三英语上学期期末试卷含解析一、选择题3.Yearsagowedidn’tknowthis,butrecentscience______thatpeoplewhodon’tsleepwellsoongetill.A.showed

B.hasshown

C.willshow

D.isshowing参考答案：B略2.

You______television.Whynotdosomethingmoreactive?

A.alwayswatch

B.arealwayswatching

C.havealwayswatched

D.havealwaysbeenwatching参考答案：B3.---Let’sgotoplayfootball,shallwe?

---____________ThisiswhatIwantedtosay.A.I’msorry.

B.Whynot?

C.Sowhat?

D.Welldone!参考答案：B4.Icant’tbelievethatyougotfinedforspeeding.I

ofyouasacarefuldriver.

A．think

B．amthinking

C．thought

D.havethought参考答案：C5.–-MissSmith,woulditbeallrightifImissedtheEnglishtestnextweek?--________oryou’llhavetotakethecourseagain.

A.Oh,comeon!

B.It’suptoyou

C.Ok.

D.I’mafraidnot.参考答案：D略6.Mysisterhassometrouble______spellingsomeofthewordsinAmericanEnglish,whileIhavesomedifficulty________mypronunciation．A．with;with

B．in;with

C．with;in

D．in;in参考答案：B7.—Albert’sbirthdayisonnextSaturday,andI’mplanningasurprisepartyforhim.—__________.I’llbringsomewine.A.Soundslikefun

B.ItdependsC.Justaminute

D.Youarewelcome参考答案：A8.一I’veheardthatMissXuehasbeenawardedfirstprizeinthecompositioncontest.Whataboutyou?—Oh,actually,it’sapieceofcakeforherbutforme.A.child’splay B.aseasyaspie C.acupoftea D. ahardnuttocrack参考答案：D考查情景交际。句意为：——我听说薛老师在作文大赛中获得了第一名，你呢？——是的，这对她来说是小菜一碟，但对我来说是很难的事。child’splay表示“小儿科、轻而易举”；aseasyaspie表示“小事一桩”；acupoftea表示“小意思”；ahardnuttocrack表示“很棘手的事情”，故D项正确。9.—David,thewindowsofthehouseareverydirty.________Ihavethemcleanedbeforewe

movein?—Ofcourse.A.Will

B.Would

C.Shall

D.Do参考答案：34.C考查情态动词。shall用来征求别人的意见。略10.—Arethetwodressesofthesamesizeandprice?—Yes.Youmaytake

,ifyoulike.A.everyone B.all C.each D.either参考答案：D11.Normally,aforestfireandthedamage_______causescanbeveryextensive，especiallywhenyouconsiderthefinancialandphysicallosses.A.which

B.that

C.this

D.it参考答案：D本题较难。句意：沙漠大火和其引起的破坏可能是巨大的，特别是经济和物质损失。此处的it代替的是theforestfire此题容易错误选为A/B.【考点】考查代词。26._________wepointedouttheirfaulttothemdidtheyrealizeit.\o"点击发音"/A.Until

B.Before

C.After

D.Notuntil参考答案：D略13.—Wasitbycuttingdownstaff

_

_shesavedthefirm?

—No,itwasbyimprovingworkefficiency.

A.when

B.what

C.how

D.that参考答案：D略14.

isobviouslyrightistogiveallchildrenequalopportunitiestodeveloptheirspecialgift.A.Which B.As C.That D.What参考答案：D考查主语从句。句意：明显正确的做法就是给所有的孩子提供平等发展特殊才能的机会。连接词引导一个主语从句，并在主语从句中做句子的主语，故选D项。15.Girlsusedtotakefeweradvancedmathcoursesthanboysbutnowtheyaretakingjust_______.A.asmuch

B.somuch

C.asmany

D.somany参考答案：C16.HarrisonFordisthoughttobeoneofthefewmoviestars______asacarpenterbefore.

A.towork

B.tobeworking

C.tohaveworked

D.tohavebeenworking参考答案：C考查非谓语动词。句意为“哈里森?福特被认为是为数不多的曾经做过木匠的电影明星之一。”“做过木匠”这事发生在过去，不定式应当用完成式，表示发生过，排除A、B项。因为现在是明星，排除D项，选C。二、完型填空17.阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

Itwashergigglingthatdrewmyattention.Notetakingreallywasn’tallthatfunny.

Walkingovertheoffender,Iaskedforthe__1__.Frozen,sherefusedtogiveittome.Iwaited,allattentionintheclassroomonthequiet__2__betweenteacherandstudent.Whenshefinallyhandeditovershewhispered,“Okay,butIdidn’tdrawit.”

Itwasahand-drawnpictureofme,teethblackenedandthewords“I’mstupid”comingoutofmymouth.Imanagedto__3__itupcalmly.Mymind,however,wasworkingangrilyasIstrugglednottocry.IfiguredIknewthetwomost_

4_candidatesfordrawingthepicture.Itwoulddothemsome__5_toteachthemalesson,andmaybeitwashightimethatIdidit!

___6___,Iwasabletokeepmyselfcontrolled.

Whentherewereaboutsixminutesremaining,Ishowedtheclassthepicture.TheywereallsilentasItoldthemhow___7_thiswasforme.Itoldthemtheremustbeareasonbehindandnowwastheirchancetowritedownanythingtheyneedtotellme.ThenIletthemwritesilentlywhileIsniffedinthebackoftheclassroom.

AsIreadthenoteslater,manyofthemsaidsomethinglike,“I’vegotnothingagainstyou,”or“We’re__8_ofyou.”Buttwonotes,fromthegirlswhoI__9__werebehindthepicture,hadalistofissues.Iwastoomean,toostrict…

Readingthosenotes,Irealizethatoverthecourseofthisyear,insteadof_10_mystudents,Ihadbeguncommandingthemto_11_.WhereIthoughtIwasdrivingthemtosuccessIwas__12__drivingthemaway.

Ihadsomeapologizingtodo.Butthenextdayintheclassroom,oneboyandonegirleachhandedmeacard.Theone___13__byalltheboysexpressedsincereregretfortheuglyjoke.Theonefromthegirlsaskfor__14____.

Thiswasalessonforboththekidsandme.Forgivenessdoesnotchangethepast,butitdoesenlargethe__15_.1A.adviceB.noteC.reasonD.help2A.conversationB.competitionC.argumentD.battle3A.foldB.takeC.cutD.throw4A.unusualB.disappointingC.likelyD.annoying5A.goodB.harmC.favorD.punishment6A.ThankfullyB.InterestinglyC.ImmediatelyD.Sadly7A.meaningfulB.regretfulC.hurtfulD.forgetful8A.proudB.fondC.afraidD.ashamed9A.promisedB.concludedC.confirmedD.figured10A.forcingB.encouragingC.comfortingD.teaching11A.appreciateB.achieveCobeyD.apologize12A.actuallyB.normallyC.immediatelyD.generally13A.decoratedB.offeredC.boughtD.signed14A.thankfulnessB.forgivenessC.adviceD.communication15A.friendshipB.educationC.futureD.knowledge

参考答案：1-5BDACA

6-10ACCDB

11-15BADBC三、阅读理解18.ThethreebiggestliesinAmericaare:(1)“Thecheckisinthemail.”(2)“OfcourseI’llrespectyouinthemorning.”(3)“Itwasacomputererror.”Ofthesethreelittlewhitelies,theworstofthelotbyfaristhethird.It’stheonlyonethatcanneverbetrue.Today,ifabankstatementcheatsyououtof$900thatway,youknowwhattheclerkissuretosay:“Itwasacomputererror.”Nonsense.Thecomputerisreportingnothingmorethanwhattheclerktypedintoit.Themostannoyingcaseofalliswhenthecomputerizedcashregisterinthegrocerystoreshowsthatanitemcostsmorethanitactuallydoes.Iftheinnocentbuyerpointsoutthemistake,thechecker,baggerandmanagerallcometogetherandofferthefamiliarexplanation:“Itwasacomputererror.”Itwasn’t,ofcourse.Thathigh-techcashregisterisreallynothingmorethananelectriceye.TheeyereadstheUniversalProductCode—thatribbonofblackandwhitelinesonthepackage—andthenchecksthecodeagainstapriceliststoredinmemory.Ifthepricelistisright,you’llbechargedaccurately.Grocerystoresupdatethepricelisteachday—thatis,somebodysitsatakeyboardandtypesintheprices.Ifthepricetheytypeinistoohigh,thereareonlytwoexplanations:carelessnessordishonesty.Butsomehow“acomputererror”issupposedtoexcuseeverything.Onereasonweletpeoplehidebehindacomputeristhecommonmisunderstandingthathuge,moderncomputersare“electricbrains”with“artificialintelligence.”Atsomepointtheremightbeamachinewithintelligence,butnoneexiststoday.Thesmartestcomputeronearthrightnowisnomore“intelligent”thanyouraveragescrewdriver(螺丝刀).Atthispointinthedevelopmentofcomputers

theonlythinganymachinecandoiswhatahumanhasinstructedittodo.

72．Wearetoldthatahigh-techcashregisterisreallyjust

.

A．asimpleaddingmachine

B．anelectricinstrumentofsight

C．awaytokeepemployeeshonest

D．anexpensivepieceofwindowdressing73．Grocerystorepricelistsareupdatedby

.

A．anemployee

B．atelephonereceiver

C．anaddingmachine

D．atypewriter74．Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

A．Thathigh-techcashregisterisanythingbutanelectriceye.

B．Thegrocerystoresupdatethepricelisteveryotherday.

C．Thereisnomachinewithintelligencetoday.

D．TherearefourbiggestliesinAmerica.75．Whichofthefollowingdescribesthemainideaofthepassage?

A．Computersarestupidandinefficient.

B．Computererrorsarebasicallyhumanerrors.

C．Computerscanhelpdepartmentstoresupdatethepricelist.

D．Supermarketpriceerrorsareoftenmadethroughdishonesty.

参考答案：

72.B

73.A

74.C

75.B19.阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。Launchedin1935,SocialSecurityisafederalprogramthatprovidesmoneyforretirees,thedisabledandlivingfamilymembersofworkerswhohavedied.

SocialSecuritybenefitsarefundedthroughaSocialSecuritytaxthatmostU.S.employeespay.However,themoneythatemployeespayisnotheldinapersonalaccountthattheycanlaterdrawfrom.Instead,thetaxtheypaynowisbeingusedtopaypeoplewhoarecurrentlyreceivingbenefits.

AlthoughmostofthepeoplereceivingSocialSecurityareretirees,manyothersareeligibleforassistance.Theserecipients(接受者)includethedisabled,aspouse(配偶)orchildofsomeonewhogetsSocialSecurity,aspouseorchildofaworkerwhodied,oradependentparentofaworkerwhodied.

Dependingoncircumstances,peoplemaybeeligibleforSocialSecuritybenefitsatanyage.AccordingtotheU.S.SocialSecurityAdministration,85centsofeverydollarSocialSecurityisusedforcurrentretiresandtheirfamilies,aswellassurvivingspousesandchildrenofworkerswhohavedied.Theother15centsisusedforpeoplewithdisabilitiesandtheirfamilies.

WhenemployeesarereadytoreceivertheirSocialSecurity,paymentsarebasedonhowmuchtheyearnedduringtheircareer,withhigherlifetimeearningsresultinginhighermonthlybenefits.

Benefitsamountsarealsoaffectedbytheageatwhichanemployeedecidestoretire.Payme