1、2021 北京丰台高三(上)期末 英 语 202101 考 生 须 知 1答题前，考生务必先将答题卡上的学校、年级、班级、姓名、准考证号 用黑色字迹签字笔填写清楚，并认真核对条形码上的准考证号、姓名，在答题卡 的“条形码粘贴区”贴好条形码。 2 本次考试所有答题均在答题卡上完成。 选择题必须使用 2B 铅笔以正确填 涂方式将各小题对应选项涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦除干净后再选涂其它选项。 非选择题必须使用标准黑色字迹签字笔书写，要求字体工整、字迹清楚。 3请严格按照答题卡上题号在相应答题区内作答，超出答题区域书写的答 案无效，在试卷、草稿纸上答题无效。 4本试卷满分共 100 分，作答时长 90
2、 分钟。 第一部分：知识运用(共两节，30 分) 第一节 完形填空(共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，共 15 分) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项， 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Helping Paws Craig Cook has a very special service partnera twenty-five-year-old female capuchin monkey named MinnieIn 2012，when he was thirty years old，Craig was in a car 1 that left h
3、im a quadriplegic，someone whose arms and legs dont work properlyFor several years，Craig needed help from other people for such basic needs 2 getting a drink of waterThen Minnie came to Craig through the Helping Hands Organization Minnie was born at Southwicks Zoo in New YorkAs part of the special He
4、lping Hands program，while she was a baby，she was given to a foster(寄养)family 3 cared for her and helped her learn to live with peopleShe learned basic 4 such as turning off lights and fetching on command Next， Minnie 5 the Helping Hands Monkey College for two years At the college， she learned tasks
5、that would help a(n) 6 person These included taking food out of a refrigerator， turning pages in a book one at a time，and picking up objects that had been droppedIt is a long 7 process，but capuchin monkeys can live to be forty-five years old So they can be 8 to provide service for many years Craig s
6、aid， “Living with Minnie is like living with a good friend And since she s been with me，Minnies learned 9 more neat things to do，like making popcorn in the microwave(微波 炉) Thanks to Minnie， I can live 10 with caregivers only coming in for a short time each day And， when I go out，instead of being see
7、n as the guy in the wheelchair，Im now the guy with the monkey ” 1Aaccident Bpark Csale Drace 2Aup Bas Cfor Dto 3Awhen Bwhy Cwho Dwhat 4Aideas Bskills Cprinciples Drights 5Areturned Bvisited Csupported Dattended 6Aelderly Bpoor Cdisabled Dlonely 7Adecision-making Btraining Cplanning Drisk-taking 8Aba
8、sed on Bturned on Cfed on Dcounted on 9Aeven Bonce Cjust Dyet l 0Ahappily Benergetically Cindependently Dsafely 第二节 语法填空(共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，共 15 分) 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空，在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1 个适当的单词，在 给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。 A The British must have really high standardsI was part of a student exchange programme
9、 between a university in England and my university in C6hinaI had spent days in 11(prepare)for my first English paperI knew I did a good job and was looking forward 12 getting a positive comment When I got the paper back， I found that my teacher 13(write)the comment “Not bad!” Not bad? But there wer
10、ent any 14(mistake)in my paper B The college entrance examination is just around the cornerHomework and tests will keep many of you up late at night，and you may plan to make up for your lost sleep during the weekends15 is it useful? A study published in the journal Current Biology completely has cha
11、nged 16 people used to thinkIt shows that the habit of sleeping in on weekends doesnt fix the damage done by a lack of sleep during the weekEven 17(bad)，it may damage your health C The International Day of Families， which 18(name)by the United Nations in 1993， is held on May 15th every year The day
12、celebrates the 19 (important)of families It aims 20(develop)people s understanding of issues that are related to familiesWith a different theme each year，the day is observed with a wide range of events that are organized at local，national and international levels 第二部分：阅读理解(共两节，38 分) 第一节 阅读理解(共 14 小题
13、；每小题 2 分，共 28 分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡 上将该项涂黑。 A Dont you think robots are a part of your life? In factories，robots put together everything from toys to cars Some homes have robots that sweep floors or mow the lawn(剪草坪) And more robots are soon to come Experts predict that by 2025
14、 we could have robots in every household! You might be living or working with one of them every day ! 21By moving its face，Nexi might show its_ Afeelings Bpower Cinterest Dopinions 22If a patient needs assistance out of bed，which may be a good helper? ANexi BAP CNao DRIBA 23According to the passage，
15、a robotic fish might be used for_ Adiscovering fish Bpicking up rubbish Cstudying sea creatures Dfinding out pollution 24Which subtitle can be filled in the blank? AHousehold Helpers BProgramme Designers CHotel Cleaners DGame Players B The Party of Their Lives In Los Angeless infamous Skid Row，there
16、 are hundreds of children living on the streets or in sheltersIts a place where dreams go to dieBut one couple is determined to use their own experience with loss to foster a sense of hope In 2013，Mary Davis and her husband lost their first unborn kidRefusing to let the heartbreak break them，they be
17、came volunteers in a Skid Row homeless shelterThey found that many of the kids there had never had a single birthday party before，so they decided to throw a birthday party for those homeless kidsThey took over a room in the Union Rescue Mission and filled it with streamers，gifts and a cakeThe kids w
18、ere so excited that they made their own musicsinging and clapping and，of course，laughing Since then， the couple have thrown a party each and every month They routinely attract 250 kids and their parentsA hour before each party，volunteers arrive to set up the decorations and activities：face painting，
19、balloon artists，a DJ，cake，and pizzaThere are small presents for the kids celebrating their birthdays，but the Davis make sure there are more than enough to go around “I remember a mom came with her kid， ” Mary says“It was their first night at the shelter， and her child had a birthday. We had an extra
20、 gift for herpink headphonesThe little girl was so excited And her momshe s crying I never imagined we would ever need to be in a shelter I didnt know what to expectBut I really didnt expect a birthday party for my child she cried with happiness ” Doing her best to normalize these kidslives is both
21、heartwarming and bittersweet，Mary says “If you look outside，you see homeless person after homeless person on the street，and it reminds you that these kids dont get to leave this area after the party ” It may be why， after throwing 88 parties， she still cries after each one She credits the kids in th
22、e shelter with helping her hold on to hope“We didn t realize how much joy they were going to bring us ”she told CBS News “And it was so healing for both kids and us ” 25In Skid Row，hundreds of kids_ Awere homeless Blost their parents Cdropped out of school Dwere crazy about parties 26How did the cou
23、ple help the kids? AThey raised much money BThey rented many houses CThey hosted birthday parties DThey made birthday presents 27According to the passage，which can best describe Mary? AHonest and generous BCaring and generous COutgoing and caring DOutgoing and honest 28What does the story intend to
24、tell us? AWell begun，half done BEast or west，home is best CWhat goes around comes around DWhere there is love，there is hope C Wildfires have recently mined regions across the world ， and their severity is increasingHoping to reduce harm，researchers led by Yapei Wang，a chemist at Renmin University of
25、 China，say they have developed an inexpensive device to detect such fires earlier and with less effort Current detection methods rely heavily on human watchfulness，which can delay an effective response Most wildfires are reported by the general public， and other warnings come from routine foot patro
26、ls(巡逻队)and watchtower observers Passing planes and satellites also occasionally spot something， but “the fire first appears on the ground， ” Wang says“When you see the fire from the sky，it is too late ” The team says its new device can be placed near tree trunks bases and send a wireless signal to a
27、 nearby receiver if there is an unusual temperature increaseThe key is molten salts(熔盐) liquids：a sudden temperature change causes electrons(电子)to travel within the liquids，creating electrical energy that causes electrodes to send the signalThe team printed the substances onto ordinary paper to crea
28、te a sensor Jessica McCarty， a geographer at Miami University， who was not involved in the study， says places where wildland and city meet could potentially benefit from such a deviceShe says， “When a fire breaks out，the homeowner will know before the fire agency may have detected it ” But improving
29、 integration among the different agencies involved in firefighting is even more vital to address， says Graham Kent， a seismologist at the University of Nevada， who was also not part of the study “The whole way that you respond to a fire until its put out is like a ballet， ”he says “Youd have to chor
30、eograph(编舞)it just so， ”with resources distributed at precisely the right time and place from detection to confirmation to dispatch(派遣)to extinguishing “Fire detection is just step one；if you blow steps two through 98，all that technologyjust doesnt matter ” Wang says his teams next steps are to exte
31、nd the devices signal range beyond the current 100 meters，which can limit practical use，and to develop a protective wall for itThe devices effectiveness，McCarty notes，will also need to be tested in the field 29What can we learn about the new device? AIt can spot fire from the sky BIt can send timely
32、 warning of fire CIt uses molten salts to test the signal DIt receives signals from tree trunksbases 30According to Graham Kent，what is the key to firefighting? AThe time for detection BThe provided new technology CPrecisely distributed resources DCooperation of different departments 31What would be
33、 the best title for the passage? AFighting Fire with Paper BFire Is under Control CFighting Fire in the Forest DFirefighting Is a Matter of Urgency D Humans have a habit of delaying their own progressFrom coffee to refrigerator to genetically changed food，history is filled with innovations that caus
34、ed resistance before they become necessity in everyday lifeCalestous Juma，a professor of Harvard University，explores this phenomenon in his latest book，Innovation and Its Enemies：Why People Resist New Technologies Among Juma s claims is that people do not fear innovation simply because the technolog
35、y is new，but because innovation often means losing a piece of their identity or lifestyle，and separating people from nature or their sense of purpose Juma identified in his research three key sources of opposition to innovation：those with commercial interests in existing products，those who identify
36、with existing products，and those who might lose power as a result of changeThe first group is perhaps the most obviousMany industries have been affected by innovationJust take a look at the pointless efforts of music publishers to stop the change to digital musicSome consumers might oppose an innova
37、tion because the existing product is deeply rooted in their identity，culture or customsThe British preferred tea time at home to sitting in a coffee shop，for exampleFinally，the rise of new technologies can also result in a change redistributing wealth and influence away from some groups，and toward o
38、thersThe expansion of harvesters and other mechanical equipment reduced the need for farm labor，and the change in population away from rural areas had significant political consequence Humans make decisions about new innovations with their instinct(直觉) rather than evidenceOpponents and enthusiasts o
39、f a new technology will often make shocking claims to support their arguments Juma said beneath those arguments was typically obvious concern of new technologies，rather than a reasoned responseJuma said， “People see a new product and there is an emotional reaction to that product because it challeng
40、es their outlook on the worldThis has been the story with almost every new product ” Historically，technologists have been more concerned with the functionality of the products they create，paying less attention to the consequence it may have on society at large，Juma claimsFortunately，that may be star
41、ting to change 32According to Para2 and 3，what is the key reason why people resist innovation? AThe reliability of the existing technologies BThe difficulties of mastering new technologies CThe concern over the development of technologies DThe fear for the changes caused by new technologies 33What i
42、s the authors attitude to peoples opposition to innovation? AUncertain BDisapproving CSupportive DNeutral 34What does the passage imply? ATechnologieseffect on society should be valued BThe use of new products reduces the need for labor CEnthusiasts of the technologies are more reasonable DThe funct
43、ionality of new products causes more worries 第二节(共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，共 10 分) 根据短文内容， 从短文后的七个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。 What is your recovery rate? How long does it take you to recover from actions and behaviors that upset you? Minutes? Hours? Days? Weeks? Briefly，the longer it takes you to recover，t
44、he more influence that incident has on your actions，and the less able you are to perform to your personal best35 You are well aware that you need to exercise to keep the body fit and， no doubt， accept that a reasonable measure of health is the speed in which your heart and respiratory system(呼吸系统) r
45、ecovers after exerciseLikewise the faster you let go of an issue that upsets you，the faster you return to calm，the healthier you will be 36 They know that the faster they can forget an incident or missed opportunity and get on with the game，the better their performance Similarly，imagine yourself to
46、be an actor in a play on the stage 37 You have been given a script and at the end of each sentence is a full stopEach time you get to the end of the sentence you start a new oneAlthough the next sentence is related to the last it is not affected by itYour job is to deliver each sentence to the best
47、of your ability So，it is unnecessary to live your life in the past38 Thoughts of the past shouldnt be allowed to reduce your personal bestBeing present is a gateway to recover quickly 39 Reflect on your recovery rate each dayEvery day before you go to bed，look at your progress When you are lying in
48、bed， you shouldn t blame yourself for having done this wrong or not having done that better，but look at your day and note when you made an effort to place a full stop after an incident In this way， you are taking control of your life and achieve the aim： reduce the time spent in recovery AYoure unde
49、rtaking real changes here BRemember：Rome wasnt built in a day CHere are some cases where you can learn about it DYour aim is to play your part to the best of your ability EInstead of the past，it is the present that you have to focus on FThe best example of this behavior is found with professional sportspeople GIts said that the average time for sportspeople to win the game is 30 minutes 第三部分 书面表达(共两节，32 分) 第一节 阅读表达(共 4 小题：第 1、2 题各 2 分，第 3 题 3 分，第 4 题 5 分，共 12 分)。 阅读下面短文，根据题目要求回答问题。 Balancing Trees and CO2 Tree planting used to be regarded as an effective means of reducing c
