黑龙江省大庆市实中2021届高三上学期期中考试跟进测试英语试题 Word版含答案（无听力部分）

大庆实中2021届高三上学期期中考试跟进测试
英语试题
第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
A
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ( the Hall of Fame for short ) is a fantastic destination for everyone from lifelong basketball fans to families with children who are just beginning to explore the world's most popular sport. Each year, several thousand visitors crowd into this birthplace of basket-ball.
Dates and Hours of Operation
The Hall of Fame is open Wednesday through Sunday from late November through March 31 and daily the rest of the year. Hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Friday through Sunday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.). Because it may close for private functions, it is wise to confirm hours of operation ahead of your visit. Just call 1-877-466-6752.
Ticket Information
Admission to the Hall of Fame (as of 2019) is $24 for people aged over 16, $16 for youths aged from 5 to 16 and free for children under age 5. Since the number of visitors is limited each day, you are advised to make a reservation in advance. For more information, please call 1-877-466-6831.
Travelling from All Directions
The Hall of Fame is conveniently located within driving distance from Boston (in the east), Albany (in the west), Vermont (in the north) and New York (in the south) and is right off of MA Route 91. For those who prefer to travel by air, the museum is not far from Logan International Airport and Bradley International Airport. For more information about the transportation, call 1-877-446-6755.
A Friendly Reminder
1. No food and beverage inside of the hall.
2. Backpacks and any large bags are not permitted inside of the hall unless needed for medical reasons.
3. If you wish to participate in shooting on Center Court, please wear appropriate footwear. Also, contests of any kind and half court shots are not allowed for everyone's safety.
4. For anything you don't know for sure, call 413-781-6500.
1. When can visitors visit the Hall of Fame?
A. At 11:00 a.m., Monday, Nov. 30th. B. At 3:00 p.m., Friday, Mar. 12th.
C. At 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, Apr.1st. D. At 5:30 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 20th.
2. What is the purpose of the fourth paragraph of the text?
A. To tell about the location of the Hall of Fame.
B. To introduce several cities near the Hall of Fame.
C. To stress the easy accessibility to the Hall of Fame.
D. To encourage people to reach the Hall of Fame by car.
3. What are visitors advised to do in the Hall of Fame?
A. Join in shooting contests on Center Court.
B. Take some snacks in case they are hungry.
C. Take care of their backpacks during the visit.
D. Wear suitable shoes if they want to try shooting.
B
Grandma was going to turn eighty-two on Friday. I heard Mom ordering a cake from the bakery over the phone. “Don’t put any icing on it,” she said, “Just a plain angel cake.” Angel cake with fresh strawberries was her favorite. So Mum was ready.
That afternoon when Dad came home, he showed me the phone he had bought for Grandma. “It has speed-dialing,” he said. “She won’t have to push so many buttons when she calls the doctor’s office or her sister.” Dad looked pleased. “Her fingers are so stiff with arthritis (关节炎) that the phone seems a good idea.”
But what about me? Here I was with only one dollar in my pocket and one night to think of a gift. Even though Mom always insisted that “it’s the thought that counts,” I had a big problem. My mind was even more empty of ideas than my wallet was empty of money.
When I have a problem, it sometimes helps to shoot a few baskets in the driveway.
Dribble, shoot, rebound.
For a while I just played without even trying to think. I began to remember back before Granddad died, when we used to visit them in Kentucky, Granddad showed me how to do a jump shot. Thinking about Granddad made me sigh. Grandma’s life was a lot happier when he was alive.
Swish! I’d made two in a row.
Suddenly, I remembered a green glass dish in the shape of a leaf that Grandma used to keep on a table back in Kentucky. It was always full of those red-and-white-striped peppermint candies. I hadn’t thought of that dish for a long time. Maybe it was lost or broken when Dad rented the truck and brought Grandma and the belongings to Ohio.
Just thinking about that candy dish made me taste the peppermint slowly dissolving on my tongue. I could almost hear Grandma saying, “Help yourself to a piece of peppermint, Burt.” That voice had a smile behind it. It was a voice I hadn’t heard for a long time.
Aha! I took one last shot, then dribbled to the back door, ran up the steps two at a time, and grabbed my wallet.
4. What do you know about the author’s grandma?
A. She has difficulty moving fingers. B. She loves high-tech products.
C. She doesn’t like a plain cake. D. She has a sweet tooth.
5. What does the underlined word “dissolving” mean in the last paragraph but one?
A. Melting. B. Chewing. C. Swallowing. D. Fading.
6. What would the writer probably buy in the end?
A. Something decorative for candies. B. Something bringing good memories.
C. Something convenient to use. D. Something to Grandma’s taste.
7. What is the best title of the text?
A. The Good Old Days B. The Gift of Gratitude
C. The Thought That Counts D. The Inspiration from Basketball
C
People often plan to receive medical exam but don't, resulting in increasing health care cost. A surprising number of citizens mean to complete tax forms in time but forget to, forcing them to pay unnecessary fines. Many families miss the government deadline to complete financial aid forms, losing out on aid available for child care.
How can policymakers help people follow through on important tasks? They use carrots and sticks: bonuses, late fees, or regulations. These methods can be clumsy, and often aren't effective for the situation at hand. Reminding people to form simple plans, however, provides a low-cost, simple, and powerful tool.
Evidence is growing that providing prompts, which push people at key times to think through how and when they will follow through, make people more likely to act on tasks of importance. In one early randomized study on tetanus vaccination rates, for example, a team of social psychologists showed that 28% of Oxford University seniors got the shot after being encouraged to review their weekly schedules and to select a possible time to stop by the health center. They were also given a list of times when shots were available and a map showing the health center's location. Only 3% of the seniors got the shot when simply informed about how effective the shots were.
People who make a plan gain an advantage from their psychological forces. Specifically, they can overcome the tendency to put off as well as the tendency to be overly optimistic about the time it will take to accomplish a task. Imagine Sarah who wants to renew a car insurance, but it will require two hours of travel to and from a garage. Making a plan may lead her to take two hours off and have her responsibilities covered by her colleagues while she is away. Moreover, she will be less likely to underestimate the time needed to accomplish the task—a particularly common problem for complex tasks.
People mistakenly believe that their strong intentions are enough to push them to perform desired behaviors. These psychological research results stress the need for policy decisions that encourage plan making and improve social welfare.
What phenomenon is described in paragraph 1?
Heavy burden of daily chores. B. Lack of task management skills.
C. Disappointment of over-ambitions. D. Failure to achieve original intentions.
9. What does the randomized tetanus vaccination study show?
A. People need to think deeply before they act.
B. Specific reminders help people accomplish plans.
C. Awareness of task significance matters in planning.
D. Seniors need encouragement to have vaccination shots.
10. What psychological benefit can people get from making a plan?
A. They are realistic in the time required.
B. They are optimistic about the outcome.
C. They are confident to overcome hardship.
D. They are careful with task arrangements.
11. Who may be the intended readers of this text?
A. Medical staff. B. Government officials.
C. Ordinary people. D. Social psychologists.
D
Hardware in general, and smartphones in particular, have become a huge environmental and health problem in the Global South's landfill sites (垃圾填埋场).
Electronic waste (e-waste) currently takes up 5 percent of all global waste, and it is set to increase rapidly as more of us own more than one smartphone, laptop and power bank. They end up in places like Agbogbloshie on the outskirts of Ghana's capital, Accra. It is the biggest e-waste dump in the world, where 10, 000 informal workers walk through tons of abandoned goods as part of an informal recycling process. They risk their health searching for the precious metals that are found in abandoned smartphones.
But Agbogbloshie should not exist. The Basel Convention, a 1989 treaty, aims to prevent developed nations from unauthorized dumping of e-waste in less developed countries. The e-waste industry, however, circumvents the regulations by exporting e-waste labelled as "secondhand goods" to poor countries like Ghana, knowing full well that it is heading for a landfill site.
A recent report found Agbogbloshie contained some of the most dangerous chemicals. This is not surprising: smartphones contain chemicals like mercury (水银), lead and even arsenic(砷). Reportedly, one egg from a free-range chicken in Agbogbloshie contained a certain chemical which can cause cancer and damage the immune system at a level that's about 220 times greater than a limit set by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). Most worryingly, these poisonous chemicals are free to pollute the broader soil and water system. This should concern us all, since some of Ghana's top exports are cocoa and nuts.
Some governments have started to take responsibility for their consumers' waste. For example, Germany has started a project that includes a sustainable recycling system at Agbogbloshie, along with a health clinic for workers. However, governments cannot solve the problem alone, as there is an almost limitless consumer demand for hardware, especially when governments green policies are focused on issues like climate change.
Only the manufacturers can fix this. A more economically sustainable and politically possible solution is through encouraging hardware manufacturers to make the repair, reuse and recycling of hardware profitable, or at least cost-neutral.
12. What can we infer from Paragraph 2？
A. Electronic products need improving urgently.
B. Electronic waste is too complex to get fully recycled.
C. Electronic waste requires more landfill sites across Ghana.
D. Electronic pollution is a burning question in Agbogbloshie.
13. What does the underlined word "circumvents" in Paragraph 3 mean？
A. Tightens. B. Abolishes. C. Gets around. D. Brings in.
14. What should be the biggest concern according to the text？
A. The violation of EFSA's standards.
B. The lack of diversity in Ghana's exports.
C. The damage to chicken's immune system.
D. The threat of polluted food around the world.
15. What does the author think is the best solution to the e-waste problem？
A. Manufacturers' developing a sustainable hardware economy.
B. Governments' adjusting their green policies about e-waste.
C. Reducing customers' demands for electronic products.
D. Letting governments take on the main responsibility.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Develop Note-Taking Skills
Speech students are often amazed at how easily their teacher can pick out a speaker’s main points, evidence, and techniques. Of course, the teacher knows what to listen for and has had plenty of practice. But the next time you get an opportunity, watch your teacher during a speech. Chances are she or he will be listening with pen and paper. ____16____
Unfortunately, many people don’t take notes effectively. Some try to write down everything a speaker says. They view note taking as a race, pitting their handwriting agility(敏捷) against the speaker’s rate of speech. ____17____ But soon the speaker is winning the race. The speaker pulls so far ahead that the note taker can never catch up. Finally, the note taker admits defeat and spends the rest of the speech grumbling in frustration.
____18____They arrive armed with pen, notebook, and the best of intentions. They know they can’t write down everything, so they settle comfortably in their seats and wait for the speaker to say something that grabs their attention. Every once in a while the speaker rewards them with a joke, a dramatic story, or a startling fact. Then the note taker seizes pen, jots down a few words, and leans back dreamily to await the next fascinating tidbit(趣闻). By the end of the lecture the note taker has a set of tidbits—and little or no record of the speaker’s important ideas.
As these examples illustrate, they don’t know what to listen for, and they don’t know how to record what they do listen for. ____19____ But once you know what to listen for, you still need a sound method of note taking.
Although there are a number of systems, most students find the key-word outline best for listening to speeches. As its name suggests, this method briefly notes a speaker’s main points and supporting evidence in rough outline form. By separating main points from sub-points and evidence, the outline format shows the relationships among the speaker’s ideas. ____20____But with a little effort you will become a better note taker.
A. Perfecting this note taking requires practice.
B. Some people go to the opposite extreme.
C. As the speaker starts to talk, the note taker starts to write.
D. Taking effective notes usually helps you receive higher grades.
E. Most inefficient note takers suffer from one or both of two problems.
F. When note taking is done properly, it is sure to keep track of a speaker’s ideas.
G. The solution to the first problem is to focus on a speaker’s main points and evidence.
第二部分：完形填空（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
My Perfect Imperfect Life
A few years ago, I was standing at the barre (扶手杠) waiting for my adult ballet class when I heard a voice behind me, "So, do you have this perfect life? "
My first reaction was to __21__ who was being asked such an odd question. Then I remembered there were only two of us in the room. When I turned __22__, the other woman was looking straight at me.
I had no idea how to answer it. Was she __23__? Who has a perfect life? Sure, occasionally I did find the perfect dress or the perfect pair of shoes, __24__ never would I use that word to describe anything about me or my life. I felt a twinge of guilt for somehow giving her that __25__.
She watched me. I finally __26__ to whisper a quick "No".
By then, the teacher had entered the room and turned on the music to start class. With a sigh of __27__, I moved my feet into the best position. But as soon as my knees bent for our first pose, I realized my __28__ had been disturbed. This woman's words wouldn't __29__ echoing in my thoughts.
I wanted to know how she came up with her very mistaken __30__. If she knew anything about my life, she never would have had the __31__ to ask me that question.
I did my best to do our floor exercises in front of the mirror. For a few moments, I didn't see the usual __32__ of my older self attempting to use a beautiful art form to __33__ my gracefulness. I only saw the little girl whose father died when she was two, the child who walked home from elementary school every day to an empty house, who learned to sew her own clothes to __34__ money.
Perfect. My life had been far from it.
When those memories __35__, I was left with a vision of the woman I had become, the woman __36__ by all those things I considered imperfect. I now saw the woman who had learned to be self-reliant, who __37__ her family and her friends, who didn't take life for granted. Was that “the perfect” this woman had detected?
I still don't know, but I no longer feel __38__ or feel like I must keep track of all the difficult times to prove my life isn't __39__. If ever again asked whether my life is perfect, I would have a different __40__. Because now I see that, despite all its imperfection, it is.
A. notice B. understand C. wonder D. expect
A. up B. away C. over D. around
A. fair B. serious C. anxious D. wise
24. A. but B. or C. for D. and
25. A. intention B. instruction C. impression D. information
26. A. learned B. managed C. agreed D. planned
27. A. sadness B. surprise C. pleasure D. relief
28. A. concentration B. patience C. confidence D. effort
29. A. escape B. keep C. stop D. stand
30. A. idea B. advice C. reason D. theory
31. A. right B. urge C. excuse D. honor
32. A. reflection B. preference C. appearance D. expression
33. A. experience B. describe C. replace D. improve
34. A. collect B. earn C. spend D. save
35. A. faded B. failed C. floated D. flashed
36. A. buried B. shaped C. watched D. followed
37. A. changed B. welcomed C. valued D. protected
38. A. worried B. guilty C. cautious D. desperate
39. A. comfortable B. ordinary C. perfect D. meaningful
40. A. solution B. message C. approach D. answer
第三部分：单句语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
I saw Li Lei yesterday, but we ______ (not see) each other for years.
______ has been put forward at the conference, the government should motivate the graduates to set up their own business.
The computer, ______ birth marks the arrival of information age, should be counted as one of the most important inventions in the 20th century.
_____ (draw) upon his abundant experience in politics, Joe Biden, who was elected US president on November 8, 2020, ______ (predict) to carry out a sequence of sweeping reforms in the near future.
It also offers short message communication, thus _____ (provide) emergency communications in areas _____ there is no easy access to clear conventional communication signals occasionally.
Drivers who park their cars illegally deserve _______ (punish).
The project represents a milestone in China’s space effort, which ______ (draft) in the 1980s.
Unfortunately, my version of reality didn’t quite line up ______ the imaginary expectation.
After a few decades of frustration without the _____ (desire) results, we eventually come to terms with how our lives turned out, even if it falls far short _____ our youthful expectations.
I?heard?the voices,?but?couldn't?make?______ what?they?were?saying.
第四部分：单句改错（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
Such a simple explanation never strikes to me.
He was walking along the street while a car hit him suddenly.
Journey to the West is an incredible story setting in the Tang Dynasty.
It was not until they overcame all the difficulties when they successfully attained the scriptures.
So appealing is the story that it is referred to a classic by us Chinese.
Using?computers?has?a?benefit?effect?on?children's?learning.
I don’t question the theory of committing extraordinary and considerable efforts to develop one’s professional knowledge.
The users of smart watches have brought up some doubt that their privacy will be violated.
Although we may think it feels good to complain, yet complaining has some bad effects associating with it.
I am convinced you will be carried away by plenty of fascinating plot in this book.
阅读理解 BCD AABC DBAB DCDA FCBGA
完形填空 CDBAC BDACA BADDA BCBCD
单句填空 1. hadn’t seen 2. As 3. whose 4. Drawing; is predicted
providing; where 6. punishment/punishing/to be punished 7. was drafted
with 9. desired, of 10. out
单句改错 1. 去掉to 2. while改成when 3. setting改成set
when改成that 5. to后加as 6. benefit改成beneficial
develop改成developing 8. that改成whether 9. associating改成associated
10. plot改成plots