英语--德州市2021届高三上学期期末考试试题.doc

英语--德州市2021届高三上学期期末考试试题
高三英语试题
20xx.1
本试卷分第I卷〔选择题〕和第II卷〔非选择题〕两部分。
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第I卷〔满分65分〕
第一部分阅读理解〔共两节，满分50分〕
第一节〔共15小题；每题2.5分，满分37.5分〕
阅读以下短文，从每题所给的四个选项〔A、B、C和D〕中，选出最正确选项，并在答题卡
上将该选项涂黑。
A
Some Phrases That Defined 20xx
For the first time since 2004, when Oxford Languages the publisher of the O.E.D.. started
choosing a Word of the Year 20xx, it declined to pick just one. We couldn't pick one, either. But here
are some words and phrases that we think capture what it felt like to be alive in 20xx.
a Blursday
The passage of time itself became seemingly unreliable this year, as some days fell like a week
while some months flew by in an instant. Our friends even launched a newsletter called What Day Is
It?〞
Remote learning
Farah Miller, an editor, shares her family's experience with remote learning this year. u Schools
shuttered without a plan for how 〔o 〔each homebound kids. My preschooler was given five worksheets
and a list of activities she couldn't possibly do on her own. Or are 〔hey really remotely learning? That
was the question I, along with parents across the US found myself asking in the spring."
ASocial distancing
As experts learned more about the spread of the virus, "6 feet" became the golden number： the
distance we should stay away from others to prevent the spread of COVID-19, yes, but also a
shorthand for how to navigate socialization in the new world.
Zoom
Up until around March of this year, Zoom was unknown to the public. Then the home became the
office for millions of Americans, and our social lives moved entirely online. Almost overnight Zoom
emerged as the go-to platform for private citizens, religious services and universities. "We Live in
Zoom Now, 〞 The Times even declared.
In what situation can the word " blursday 〞 be used according to the passage?
One is anxious about humans' future.
One misses the good old days.
One fails to choose a word to define 20xx

一应用简单的语句间连接成分，使全文内容连贯。
整体而言，基本达到了预期的写作目的。
第二档
〔4~6 分〕
未适当完成试题规定的任务。
一漏掉或未描述清楚一些主要内容，写了一些无关内容。
一语法结构单调、词汇项目有限。
一有一些语法结构或词汇方面的错误，影响了对写作内容的理解。
一较少使用语句间的连接成分，内容缺少连贯性。
信息未能清楚地传达给读者。
第一档
〔1~3 分〕
未完成试题规定的任务。
一显然遗漏主要内容，写了一些无关内容，原因可能是未理解试题要求。
一语法结构单调、词汇项目有限。
一较多语法结构或词汇方面的错误，影响对写作内容的理解。
一缺乏语句间的连接成分，内容不连贯。
信息未能传达给读者。
。分
未能传达给读者任何信息：内容太少，无法评判；写的内容均与所要求内容无关
或所写内容无法看清。
三、核心要点
对活动时间、地点交代明确，活动内容完整、连贯，语法错误较少，符合字数要求，就视
为完成了指定写作任务，得分应不低于12分。
第二节〔满分25分〕
一、评分原则
本题总分为25分，按七个档次给分。
评分时，应主要从内容、语言〔词汇语法〕和篇章结构三个方面合计，具体为：
〔1〕续写内容的质量、完整性以及与原文情境的融洽度。
〔2〕应用语法结构和词汇的准确性、恰当性和丰富性。
〔3〕与所给短文及段落开头的衔接程度，上卜?文的衔接和全文的连贯性。
评分时，应先依据所续写短文的整体状况确定其所属的档次、然后以该档次的要求来综合衡
量，确定或调整档次，最后给分。
二、各档次的给分范围和要求
档次
描述
第七档
〔22-25 分〕
一创造了新颖、丰富、合理的内容，富有逻辑性，续写完整，与原文情境融洽度
高；
一使用了多样旦恰当的词汇和语法结构，表达流畅，语言错误很少，且完全不影
响理解；
一自然有效地使用了段落间语句间的衔接手段，全文结构清楚，前后呼应，意义
连贯。
第六档
〔18-21 分〕
一创造了比较丰富、合理的内容，比较有逻辑性，续写比较完整，与原文情境融
洽度较高；
一使用了比较多样且恰当的词汇和语法结构，表达比较流畅，有各别错误，但不
影响理解；
一比较有效地使用了语句间衔接手段，全文结构比较清楚，意义比较连贯。
第五档
-创造了基本合理的内容，有一定的逻辑性，续写基本完整，与原文情境相关；

〔15-17 分〕
一使用了比较恰当的词汇和语法结构，表达方式不够多样性，表达有些许错误，
但基本不影响理解；
一使用了语句间衔接手段，全文结构比较清楚，意义比较连贯。
第四档
〔11?14分〕
一创造了基本完整的故事内容，但有的情节不够合理或逻辑性不强，与原文情境
基本相关；
一使用了简单的词汇和语法结构，有部分语言错误和不恰当之处，各别部分影响
理解；
一尚有语句衔接的意识，全文结构基本清楚，意义基本连贯。
第三档
〔6-10 分〕
一内容和逻辑上有一些重大问题，续写不够完整，与原文有一定程度脱节：
一所用的词汇有限，语法结构单调，错误较多且比较低级，影响理解；
一未能有效地使用语句间衔接手段，全文结构不够清楚，意义欠连贯。
第二档
〔1~5 分〕
一内容和逻辑上有较多重大问题，或有部分内容抄白原文，续写不完整，与原文
情境基本脱节；
一所使用的词汇非常有限，语法结构单调，错误极多，严重影响理解；
一几乎没有使用语句间衔接手段，全文结构不清楚，意义不连贯。
第一档
〔0分〕
未作答；所写内容太少或无法看清以致无法评判；所写内容全部抄自原文或与题
目要求完全不相关。
三、核心要点
本次考试中，第一段同学要构思“雪山脱险〞。第二段展开联想，构思“被救者表示感谢〞等。
评卷教师不要受原文影响，同学构思的情节有?定逻辑性，就符合要求。灵活掌握评价标准,
就高不就低。
情节合情合理，语言通顺，语法错误少的作品，得分不少于20分。
One is not sure what day it is.
What's the attitude of Farah Miller to remote learning?
Indifferent.B. Doubtful.C. Curious.D. Satisfied
What does Zoom most probably function as?
An online platform keeping people's social activities.
An app reminding people of "6 feet" social distance.
A newsletter to update the information of COVID-19.
A hi-tech instrument to keep track of people's health.
B
In the first days of my honeymoon, I travelled to Vasto, a small town with its beautiful landscape
in central Italy, to retrace the same steps my great-grandmother Filomena walked after her own
wedding, almost 100 years earlier.
Vasto wasn't on my radar in the early stages of planning my honeymoon, but when learning that it
wasn't far from the month-long route, I considered a visit. How could I be so close and not see where
Filomena came from? Anyway, I'd been so busy planning my own wedding that I didn't have much
time to think about what it meant to be married. As I was trying to figure out what a new family might
look like, it also made sense to turn to the past.
The story of my family I knew started when Filomena set foot in New York by ship in 1922. But
after I travelled to Vasto where she grew up, the starting point of her story shifted. I began to consider
Filomena as a young, adventurous woman planning a new life far from home. Her husband,
Domenico, had already gone ahead to work there. She had no other family in the US, and yet she was
prepared to get on a boat in Naples and sail into the unknown. Her willingness to see what could
remind me of marriage： you don't have to know what's coining next, you just need to want to go.
Then we visited (he edge of a valley near Filomena's house. In 1956, part of the world Filomena
grew up in almost disappeared during a landslide. When she returned for visits later in life, she saw a
landscape different from what she had remembered. Even the things wc expect to be permanent aren't
always so.
A few days spent walking in Filomena's footsteps, knowing all the unexpected turns that life
threw at her over five decades of marriage, I realized that you can never plan for life's uncertainties or
crave an outline for the future. If that kind of anxiety somehow creeps back in, I'll think of Filomena
on the deck of a steam ship, uncertain, but moving forward anyway.
Why did the author go to Vasto during her honeymoon?
To find out what (he lifestyle was like there.
To explore the true meaning of marriage
To reunite with her great-grandmother there
To enjoy the scenic beauty of Italy
What did the author find about her great-grandmother?
She never expected a life abroad.
She felt scared of the marriage
She dared to challenge a new life ahead.
She knew well what her future was like
What inspiration did the changed landscape bring to the author?
Humans need to protect the nature.

The power of nature is hard to control.
Things always go smoothly as expected.
Life is always full of uncertainties.
How will the author react to the misfortunes in her life after the visit to Vasto?
Check the situation and make plans for it
Follow Filomena's footsteps and keep going.
Predict how things will go and avoid the bad.
Evaluate the uncertainties and change them.
C
China launched a large robotic spacecraft on Nov. 24, 20xx at (he Wenchang Space Launch
Center in South China's Hainan province, tasking it with landing on the moon and bringing back lunar
samples, 44 years after the last time such substances were brought back to Earth.
If everything proceeds smoothly, about 2 kilograms of stones and soil will be collected and
packed in a vacuum metal container. The entire mission is scheduled to last about 23 days, according
to the China National Space Administration. Considering these highly so—histicatcd operations,
Chang'e 5 will be more difficult and challenging than previous Chinese lunar expeditions, designers
have said
According to a statement published by the space administration, the Chang'e 5 mission is intended
to fulfill several objectives. In terms of space engineering, it will demonstrate technical plans and
apparatus for autonomous lunar sampling and packing and moon-based launching, as well as lunar
orbital docking. In the scientific field, it will investigate the landing site's features, and enable
scientists to analyze the lunar samples' structure and physical traits so (hey can deepen their research
into lhe moon's origin and evolution. It added that (he mission also will help to foster the country's
knowledge technology and talent pool for its future manned missions to the moon and other
deep-space expeditions.
Pei Zhaoyu, spokesman for the Chang'e 5 mission, said if the mission becomes successful, it will
be a milestone in the nation's lunar exploration and will show the world China's scientific?
technological and engineering capabilities.
Furthermore, Chang'e 5 will strengthen lhe nation's status and influence in the intemacional space
community, pave the way for the country's future lunar expeditions and boost its space science, and
will offer more opportunities to lunar researchers around the world. Scientists around the world are
welcome to participate in the research related to the lunar samples brought back by the mission. China
will publish a set of guidelines about the use and distribution of the samples after the mission.
What can we learn about the mission of Chang'e 5?
It was exactly the same as 44 years ago.
It will help to complete space walking.
It aims to bring back lunar samples.
It will try to land on the moon for the first time.
What does the underlined word u sophisticated M mean in Para 2?
impossibleB. complexC. ambitiousD. effective
What will (he success of the Change 5 convey to the world according to Pei?
The first nation to bring lunar samples back in the world.
A further step in understanding (he evolution of lhe earth

More competition in lunar expeditions with other countries.
Chinas scientific, technological and engineering abilities.
What's the best title of the passage?
The landmark mission of Chang'e 5.
A new guideline from the moon samples.
New opportunities to lunar researchers.
China's scientific contributions.
D
It was decades ago, but it's still one of the most memorable conversations of my life. On a long,
slow train rattling north, with nothing to do but watch the rain, the guy sitting opposite began trying to
talk to me. Like most young women who have learned the hard way to be cautious of strangers, I
reacted coldly. But curiosity took over when he said that he was just bored, and liked talking.
So that's what we did, for hours and hours, since he turned out to be very talkative. When the train
eventually pulled in, we didn't swap numbers—it was a conversation strictly of its time—but I still
think about it occasionally on long, boring journeys, before getting a phone out and scrolling silently
like everyone else. Rarely can a person cheerfully break the social taboo 〔禁忌〕about talking to
strangers without any trace of ill intention but life would be more interesting if more of us knew how
to do it.
And that's why I feel it ridiculous about a campaign launched this week to heal bitter national
divides by encouraging Britons to talk to each other. Obviously, i〔 takes more than a small talk over
garden fences to unite a divided nation now. More people live alone than they did a generation ago,
and we socialise increasingly through screens instead of bothering to call. In reality? social media
platforms designed to bring people together have unknowingly fueled the division.
It is true that the44 tube chat "campaign of a few years back failed in its attempt to make Londoners
talk to each other on public transport. But even city residents who would normally die rather than make
eye contact with strangers still happily join the large crowds of people by the Thames for the New
Year's Eve fireworks. They would gel a far belter view at home on TV—it's not really about the
fireworks? but being part of social engagement.
There's no guarantee that this latest attempt to reconnect will succeed, but 1 hope that my
temporary train friend then is still talking, wherever he is now.
What led the author to start the talk with the guy on the train?
Her growing interest in communication.
Her typical easygoing personality
Her habit of chatting with strangers.
The intention of the train journey.
What has made talking to strangers a social taboo among the Britons?
A lack of basic communicating skills.
The absence of common topics.
The concern for personal safety.
The addiction to social media
How does technology affect people's mutual connection?

It is bringing people together in a larger sense.
It is positively helping break the national boundaries.
It has made people more divided than connected.
It is the key driving force of removing divisions .
What does the highly-attended firework show indicate?
Tube chat campaign can never make it.
TV programs al home are not appealing.
The charm of the fireworks is hard to resist.
People's desire to connect is still alive.
第二节〔共5小题；每题2.5分,满分12.5分〕
依据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最正确选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂
黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
We all do it. We put off that annoying task for five more minutes, then for thirty minutes, then fbr
hours, until it doesn't get done at all. 16 We spend so much time stressing over the unfinished
task. Caught up in the cycle of procrastination 〔拖延〕，we almost forget how to effectively tackle hard
tasks. However, there is something you can do 〔o nip procrastination in the bud and take back control
over your daily life.
17 We only have a limited supply of willpower. Once it's been used up for the day, chances
of us tackling hard tasks are pretty slim. Dive into your hardest task when your energy level is at its
highest. This will ensure the best results.
Divide the task into smaller tasks. We tend to get overwhelmed when a giant project comes ahead
of us? not knowing where to start. Keep in mind that forests are made up of individual trees. Though
unable to take down a whole forest at once, you could certainly start with one tree or even a branch
18 Complete a small step each day, and you'll feel less worried with each new task you accomplish.
Schedule your tasks on the calender. 19 To avoid〔his, create a practical plan. It will help
you move past the initial paralysis you feeL Instead of just writing the tasks down in a to-do list* take it
a step further and identify when and how you'll accomplish it. This will help avoid a large part of what
holds you back. 2〔〕
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