2021年高三英语上学期期中测试卷01（新高考卷）.docx

1、 2020-2021 学年高三英语上学期期中测试卷学年高三英语上学期期中测试卷 01（新高考卷）（新高考卷） 第一部分第一部分 阅读阅读(共两节共两节, 满分满分 50 分分) 第一节第一节(共共 15 小题小题:每小题每小题 2.5 分分, 满分满分 37.5 分分) 阅读下列短文阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Tour operators have seasonal deals on holidays to Canada, Australia and other countries in a new year.

2、 Austravel Holidaymakers can save up to 30% on a trip to Australia with the Austravel sale, which runs for about a month. It also includes a fortnight-long trip to Perth and a west coast self-drive trip from 795pp including flights in May or July. Canadian Affair The leading UK tour operator to Cana

3、da will be offering savings of up to 140pp during its winter sale. This includes a three-night city break to Toronto, including return flights, for just 399, if you book before 24 December. Other deals continue until 31 December. Thomson and First Choice Some deals are being launched this week by Th

4、omson and First Choice, with early booking offers including free places for kids, lower deposits and up to 300 off per couple on a lot of destinations. thomson.co.uk, firstchoice.co.uk Eurocamp The camping company is offering thousands of Easter and May half-term holidays for under 350, such as an E

5、aster break at La Baume on the French Riviera for just 25 a night, based on a stay in a two-bedroom holiday home. Early bookers can save up to 25% and secure a holiday with a deposit of just 99. eurocamp.co.uk Kuoni Running from Christmas Eve, the Kuoni sale includes a wide range of offers. These of

6、fers include ten nights full board in the Maldives from 1,599 and seven nights in Phuket, Thailand from 999 per person - both including flights and transfers(换乘). kuoni.co.uk 1.What does the author say about Austravel? A.You may stay in Perth for 14 days. B.It requires a deposit of 99. C.It can save

7、 up to 795pp per person. D.It offers cheap return flights. 2.How many seasonal deals include flights? A.One. B.Two. C.Three. D.Four. 3.If you want to spend your holiday in an Asian country, which sale may help? A.Thomson and First Choice B.Kuoni C.Austravel D.Eurocamp. 【答案】【答案】 1.A 2.C 3.B 【解析】【解析】

8、这是一篇应用文。文章主要讲了在新的一年里，旅游运营商会为去加拿大、澳大利 亚和其他国家的旅游提供季节性优惠。作者对各个旅行线路进行了详细的介绍。 1.细节理解题。根据 Austravel 部分“It also includes a fortnight-long trip to Perth”（行程还 包括去佩斯为期两周的旅行）可知你可能会在佩斯停留 14 天。故选 A。 2.细节理解题。根据 Austravel 部分“It also includes a fortnight-long trip to Perth and a west coast self-drive trip from 795p

9、p including flights in May or July.” （还包括两周的佩斯之旅 和西海岸自驾游，起价 795 英镑(含 5 月或 7 月的机票)） ；Canadian Affair 部分“This includes a three-night city break to Toronto, including return flights, for just 399, if you book before 24 December. ”（如果你在 12 月 24 日前预订机票，价格仅为 399 英镑(含往 返机票)） ；Kuoni 部分“both including flight

10、s and transfers（包括航班和换乘）”可知 Austravel, Canadian Affair 和 Kuoni 涵盖了机票在内，因此答案是三家。故选 C。 3.细节理解题。根据 Kuoni 部分的“seven nights in Phuket, Thailand from 999 per person” 可知 Kuoni 提供了七晚的泰国普吉岛之旅，所以如果你想在亚洲国家度假，Kuoni 可能 有帮助。故选 B。 B For a scholar focusing on Australia s public diplomacy (外交活动), working as a recrea

11、tional manager in China may never be part of his career path. But Bradley does have lots to say now about his special experience at a resort in the picturesque tropical coastal city of Sanya in South Chinas Hainan province. The 33-year-old Australian is actually a student in international relations

12、completing his PhD through Griffith University. He came to Beijing for a cooperative research at Peking University less than two years ago. Such an academic life was just added color with a chance offered by the cultural exchanges project, Im in China. What I liked most about the experience was it w

13、as something completely different that you would never be able to do as a regular tourist, Bradley said in an interview. Bradley was chosen to work as a recreational manager for a Chinese wedding. The film crew took them to many amazing sites and the staff at the resort taught them a lot about how t

14、o incorporate modern Chinese features while still keeping traditional customs, Bradley said. I would have to say two things stick out as the most memorable: the helicopter ride and talking with the staff at the hotel about how they organize weddings here in China, he said. That was Bradleys first ti

15、me to be in a helicopter, and he was too absorbed with the stunning view of the beautiful coastline. I think it is so important to show other Australians the different landscapes China has to offer. I think so many Australians, when they think about China, imagine the historical sites of Beijing and

16、 the exciting things to see in Shanghai but have no idea about other beautiful places, llke Sanya or the many other places people have been taken to in this TV series, Bradley said. Im in China is a project sponsored by China Intercontinental Communication Centre and other institutions under the gui

17、dance of Chinas State Council Information Office. It invites foreign natives worldwide to experience unique jobs and participate in activities that one can find nowhere else except in China. More than 10,000 photos and articles were submitted from around the globe by over 6,00 applicants. 4.Bradley

18、actually is _. A.an Australian PhD student B.a regular Australian tourist C.a recreational manager D.an Australian diplomat 5.What does the underlined word incarporate in paragraph 4 mean? A.get rid of B.take advantage of C.take in D.keep off 6.What impressed Bradley most? A.The beautiful scenery of

19、 Sanya and special activities. B.Flying in a helicopter and organizing Chinese wedding. C.The historical sites of Beijing and the exciting things in Shanghai. D.Chinese traditional customs and many amazing sites. 7.From the last paragraph, we can infer that the project Im in China is _. A.unique but

20、 unattractive to foreigners B.special but helpless to know about China C.uninteresting and rejected by foreigners D.unique and popular with foreigners 【答案】【答案】 4.A 5.C 6.B 7.D 【解析】【解析】 这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了 33 岁的博士生 Bradley 在海南三亚参加一个名为“我 在中国”的项目，担任康乐部经理，体验了中国传统文化和现代元素的融合，这些经历 让他印象深刻。 4.细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“The 33

21、-year-old Australian is actually a student in international relations completing his PhD through Griffith University.”（这位 33 岁的澳大 利亚人实际上是格里菲斯大学国际关系专业的学生，正在完成他的博士学位）可知， Bradley 是一名正在格里菲斯大学读博士的学生。故选 A 项。 5.词句猜测题。根据第四段“The film crew took them to many amazing sites and the staff at the resort taught the

22、m a lot about how to incorporate modern Chinese features while still keeping traditional customs, Bradley said.”可知，这里要表示在对现代中国特色做出 “incorporate”的同时，仍然保留传统文化习俗，可推断出这里是要表达“融汇古今”，即 在保留传统的基础上，吸收、采用现代元素和特色。“incarporate” 意思是“吸收”。故选 C 项。 6.细节理解题。 根据第五段引述Bradley的话“I would have to say two things stick out as

23、 the most memorable: the helicopter ride and talking with the staff at the hotel about how they organize weddings here in China”（我不得不说，有两件事是最难忘的：乘坐直升机的经 历，以及与酒店员工谈论他们在中国是如何组织婚礼的）可知，让他印象最深的是直升 飞机之旅和与工作人员谈论策划中国婚礼。故选 B 项。 7.推理判断题。根据最后一段中“ It invites foreign natives worldwide to experience unique jobs a

24、nd participate in activities that one can find nowhere else except in China. More than 10,000 photos and articles were submitted from around the globe by over 6,00 applicants.” （它邀请世界各地的外国人体验独特的工作和参与活动，只有在中国才能找到。来自世 界各地的 600 多名申请者提交了一万多张照片和文章）可知，“我在中国”这一项目会邀 请外国人来体验独特的工作和中国独有的活动，也因此受到外国人欢迎，会收到来自世 界各

25、地大量的申请书。故选 D 项。 C Up to 40% of all food in the United States is wasted. Producing food that people dont consume swallows up roughly 20% of Americas cropland and agricultural water, and produces greenhouse gas emissions(排放物) equal to 37 million passenger vehicles each year. Yet, 37 million Americans

26、lack consistent access to adequate and nutritious food. NRDCs Food Matters Initiative partners cities to confront food waste. Food Matters is piloting all-round, cutting-edge strategies that are easy to follow and share. The first two strategies-and arguably the most critical ones-are to estimate a

27、local baseline level of food waste and then assess the potential for rescuing surplus food. A baseline is necessary in order to understand the scale and natural of the problem. It is also a prerequisite(先决条件) to assessing any progress made, which will help inform future program development. Using a

28、calculator tool NRDC developed based on the Food Matters research models ,the Atlantas Mayors Office of Resilience had a better understanding of the qualities of wasted food and where it was likely occurring. This allowed the city to focus the attention on the solutions that were more closely relate

29、d to the situation in Atlanta. As in many cities across the U.S., much of the food wasted in Atlanta occurs in households and consumer-facing businesses such as restaurants. Armed with this information, the Mayors Office of Resilience, creates a restaurant challenge encouraging restaurants to work o

30、n the entire system of reduction, rescue, and recycling. After 90 days and participation from 6 restaurants at Atlantas Hartsfield Jackson airport, the program rescue 21,000 meals and saved owners over $62000. Atlantas restaurant challenge is one of a handful of examples where cities have engaged(吸引

31、) consumer-facing food businesses to reduce their food waste. New York led the charge with a Mayors challenge to restaurants .Denver recently completed a series of neighborhood restaurant challenges. Nashville has an ongoing Mayors Food Saver Challenge including not just restaurants but other food b

32、usinesses as well. Several other cities and countries throughout the country have similar business engagement success stories. 8.What are the data mainly about in paragraph 1? A.the harm of food waste B.the cause of food pollution C.the importance of food safety D.the solution to food waste. 9.How d

33、oes Atlanta benefit from the calculator tool of NRDC? A.It makes new plans for banning food waste B.It helps the city better work on the solutions. C.It tests the work efficiency of the government D.It increases the potential for recycling food waste. 10.What is the restaurant challenge mainly about

34、? A.Inspiring customers to order food based on actual need B.Teaching waiters to deal with food waste in the greener way. C.Encouraging restaurants to reduce food waste in every process . D.Making restaurants compete with each other in waste recycling. 11.What can we learn from the last paragraph? A

35、.Restaurant challenges only work in America B.More and more cities are focusing on food waste . C.Food businesses are the main sources of food waste . D.It is difficult to complete the restaurant challenges. 【答案】【答案】 8.A 9.B 10.C 11.B 【解析】【解析】 本文是说明文。在美国，高达 40%的食物被浪费了。文章介绍了美国一些城市为应 对食品浪费所作出的努力。 8.推理

36、判断题。文章第一段中提到一系列的数据“高达 40%的食物被浪费了。生产并不 吃的粮食消耗了大约 20%的农作物耕地和农业用水，产生的温室气体排放物等于 3700 万车辆一年的排放量。而另一方面，3700 万美国人并不能持续获得充足和有营养的食 物。”由此可知，这些数据是说明食物浪费造成的损失。故选 A 项。 9.细节理解题。文章第二段中提到“the Atlantas Mayors Office of Resilience had a better understanding of the qualities of wasted food and where it was likely occu

37、rring. This allowed the city to focus the attention on the solutions that were more closely related to the situation in Atlanta.”；根据其中的“focus the attention on the solutions”可知，亚特兰大市通过使用 NRDC 的计算器工具，对浪费食物的性质和可能发生的地点有更好的了解，这有助于该 市更好地解决问题。 故选 B 项。 10.细节理解题。文章第四段中提到“the Mayors Office of Resilience, crea

38、tes a restaurant challenge encouraging restaurants to work on the entire system of reduction, rescue, and recycling.（市长办公室创造了一个餐馆挑战，鼓励餐馆在整个系统中减少，防止浪费和 回收。 ） ”。 由此可知， 餐馆挑战主要是鼓励餐馆在整个过程中减少食物浪费。 故选 C 项。 11.推理判断题。文章最后一段中提到“Atlantas restaurant challenge is one of a handful of examples where cities have en

39、gaged(吸引) consumer-facing food businesses to reduce their food waste.（亚特兰的餐厅挑战是吸引面向消费者的食品企业减少食物浪费的少数几个 城市的例子之一。 ） ”， 下文提到 New York、 Denver、 Nashville 以及 Several other cities and countries 等城市成功的做法，说明越来越多的城市致力于减少食物浪费。故选 B 项。 D Forty years ago, when Marilyn Loden, then 31 and a manager at a telephone

40、company, made a speech at the 1978 Womens Exposition, she didnt know that a phrase she came up with on that day would still be alive after all these years. It seemed to me there was an invisible barrier to advancement that people didnt recognize, Loden said at the expo when talking about how hard it

41、 was for women to climb the career ladder. And that barrier, according to her, could all be boiled down to one phrase- glass ceiling. Since then, there have been major advances in gender equality. Weve seen women achieving bigger and bigger things in cinema, education, politics and even business. Bu

42、t sadly, theres one field thats still run mainly by men: science. Thats why it was inspiring when Zhang Miman, 82, a professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was given a LOreaI-UNESCO For Women in Science award on March 22. According to China Daily, the number of women working in science around

43、 the world has increased by 12 percent in the past 20 years. But even so, the glass ceiling is still there. Indeed, less than 30 percent of researchers are women, and only 3 percent of Nobel Prizes for Science have been awarded to women. Of course, it has little to do with the stereotype (思维定势) that

44、 women are bad at science. In fact, a study found that nearly half of the highly qualified scientists and engineers in the US are women. Since so few are in the upper ranks, there arent female instructor to guide women through challenges and support them for promotions, wrote Tara Weiss on Forbes. M

45、ay 24 marks the 40th anniversary of the phrase glass ceiling. Even though the ceiling is still there, things are changing. And with Zhang winning her award, one more crack has been added to the ceiling. 12.Why does the author introduce Marilyn Loden at the beginning of the text? A.To attract readers

46、 attention. B.To introduce the topic of the text. C.To make Loden well-known. D.To amuse readers with Lodens story. 13.What does the underlined phrase glass ceiling in the first paragraph refer to? A.the good news for women to be promoted. B.the shortest way for women to succeed. C.the unseen barrie

47、rs for women to advance. D.the unknown advantages for women to develop. 14.What can be inferred from paragraph 4, 5 and 6? A.Women scientists have very high status in the world. B.Women are naturally not good at science at all. C.Womens liberation in science still has a long way to go. D.Women dont

48、like challenges in career. 15.What is the authors purpose in writing the text? A.To praise Zhang Miman. B.To remember Marilyn Loden. C.To encourage women to break the barrier. D.To introduce a phrase glass ceiling. 【答案】【答案】 12.B 13.C 14.C 15.C 【解析】【解析】 这是一篇议论文。文章借由 Marilyn Loden 在 40 年前提出的“玻璃天花板”一词，

49、阐 述了女性地位逐渐提升，但在科学领域却仍然难以获得应有的地位，尽管如此，女性科 研人员们还在努力改变这一现状。 12.推理判断题。根据第一段中“she didnt know that a phrase she came up with on that day would still be alive after all these years.她没有想到那天由她提出来的那个说法直到多年 后的今天依然还在”和“And that barrier, according to her, could all be boiled down to one phrase- glass ceiling据她说，那种障碍可以被