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1、2021 年苏州市城西中学高三英语下学期期中考试试卷及答案解析 第一部分 阅读（共两节，满分 40 分）第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 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 A Information on school visits to Kew Gardens Enjoy yourselves in a wonderland of science with over 50,000 living plants and a variety of educational events or amusing activities.Here is
2、 essential information about planning a school visit to Kew.Educational course prices You can plan a self-led visit or book one of our educational courses.Students will take part in the educational courses in groups of 15.Prices vary according to different situations.EYFS(Early Years Foundation Stag
3、e)to Key Stage 4:45-minute course:35/group 90-minute course:70/group Key Stage 5:Half day(one course):80/group Full day(two courses):160/group Teachers and adults:Up to required key stage proportions(比例):Free Adults needed for 1:1 special educational needs support:Free Adults above the required prop
4、ortions:11/person The payment will due within 28 calendar days of making the booking.Health and safety Required supervising(监护)adult-student proportions:Key Stage 1:1:5 Key Stage 2:1:8 Key stage 3:1:10 Key Stage 4:1:12 Key Stage 5:1:12 The group sizes should be controlled if you are visiting potenti
5、ally busy areas such as the glasshouse and other attractions.The maximum number of students visiting the glasshouses is 15 per group and each group to Kew shops should include no more than 10 students.If there is an emergency,please contact the nearest Kew staff member or call Constabulary on 0208 3
6、2 3333 for direct and quick support.Please do not call 999.Planning your visit Your tickets and two planning passes will be sent to you upon receipt of your payment.You can complete your risk assessment with the passes,ensure you bring your tickets and the receipt document and show them to the staff
7、 members at the gate on the day of your visit.Recommended timings The Kew Gardens opens at 10 am.You are recommended to spend at least three to five hours on your visit.The closing time varies throughout the year.But the earliest is 3:30 pm.We have a fixed schedule for educational courses,which is f
8、rom 10:30 am to 2:20 pm.1.How much should a group of 15 Key Stage I students and 4 teachers pay for a 45-minute course?A.35 B.46 C.57 D.81 2.What should one do in an emergency?A.Check the risk assessment.B.Call 999 immediately.C.Ask adults or teachers for help.D.Seek help from the staff member nearb
9、y.3.What is the purpose of the text?A.To introduce Kew Gardens.B.To give tips on visiting Kew Gardens.C.To attract potential visitors to Kew Gardens.D.To inform coming activities in Kew Gardens.B Emojis are very popular among mobile phone and social media users.While there are emojis of almost every
10、 kind imaginable,from dinosaurs to joyful tears and eggplants,there is no emoji for forgiveness.Seeing the need to show understanding,aFinnish group decided it was time for a forgiveness emoji.Every year,the Unicode Consortium,which sets the standards,adds new emojis to the emoji keyboard on mobile
11、phones and computers.In 2019,the Forgivemoji campaign was launched.Forgivemojis site made an open call to the public to give their designs for a new forgiveness emoji,with the goal of presenting the symbol to the Unicode Consortium and getting it accepted by people.Tuomo Pesonen,communications direc
12、tor of the Unicode Consortium,explained why the forgiveness emoji isindispensablein todays world.“In our modern communication culture,emojis are an important way of expressing human feelings beyond words.”The campaign gained popularity,reaching over two million people around the world.They received
13、many designs,including a bandaged heart,two holding hands,and people from different cultures hugging.After hundreds of people offered their ideas for this emoji,the winner was announced in February 2020.Former Finnish president Tarja Halonen was selected to choose the winner as she has been importan
14、t in building bridges between people.The emoji that will be presented to the Unicode Consortium is an image of two hands giving a thumbs-up symbol in front of a heart.If the Unicode Consortium accepts the design,it will become available to the public in late 2021.The Forgivemoji campaign goes far be
15、yond having a strong influence on social media.The message of showing forgiveness and understanding is helpful for the world at large.4.Whats the idea behind the Fogivemoji campaign?A.people develop pleasant habits.B.To get people more friendly to each other.C.To pick a forgiveness emoji for the pub
16、lic to use.D.To make mobile phones and computers more convenient to use.5.What does the underlined word“indispensable”in Paragraph 3 mean?A.Necessary.B.Different.C.Changeable.D.Interesting.6.Why was Tarja Halonen selected to choose the winner for the campaign?A.She launched the campaign herself.B.Sh
17、e designed the most popular emoji.C.She was familiar with the emoji history.D.She played an important role in relating people.7.What can be the best title for the text?A.Forgiveness is important for people B.Emoji for forgiveness is on the way C.Emojis are becoming interestingly popular D.Finnish pe
18、ople explore the stories of emojis C The idea of growing food in a desert would make most people laugh but this is quickly becoming a reality.There are currently two desert farms in the world where quality vegetables are being planted cheaply and easily.Sundrop Farms,based in South Australia,uses ex
19、perimental greenhouses to grow tomatoes,peppers and cucumbers.The biggest challenge of growing food in a desert,obviously,is the lack of available water.The researchers at Sundrop Farms have gotten aroundthis problemby using the sun to desalinate(淡化)sea water.It can also be used to control the tempe
20、rature of the greenhouses.Without depending on limited resources such as land and fresh water Sundrop Farms has made farming a practice.This can increase the worlds food supplies.Another benefit ofthis kind of farming is that it can be done anywhere,thus reducing the costs of transporting food to di
21、stant locations.Yet another benefit is that it reduces the need for pesticides(杀虫剂).Another experimental desert farm is the Sahara Forest Project,which began in Qatar in December 2012.Greenhouses in the farm are cooled by saltwater.Solar power and other technologies are used together to help make ve
22、getation(植被)grow in the desert environment.As deserts have expanded over recent years around the world due to global warming,this project could solve the problem.The result form the Qatar project were better than expected and in June of 2014,Jordan agreed to host another one.This will be much bigger
23、 than the Qatar project and the project members will have even more opportunities to test their experiments on a much larger scale.It is not clear yet that desert farming resents the future of farming but these projects have shown some success in the field.8.What does“this problem”in paragraph 2 ref
24、er to?A.Sea water is bard to purify.B.The desert is short of water.C.The temperature is high in the desert.D.Desert farms arent fit to plant vegetables.9.What is one of the characters of desert farming?A.It needs more pesticides.B.It saves delivery costs.C.It has a location limit.D.It solves food wa
25、ste problems 10.What can we know about the Sabara Forest Project?A.It lives up to expectations B.It can help produce more food C.It is started to prevent global warming D.It uses technology to produce saltwater 11.What can be inferred about desert farming from the last paragraph?A.It still has probl
26、ems to solve.B.It represents the future of farming.C.Its early success has aroused interest in it.D.Its aim is to create more job opportunities.D The race skywards began inAmerica.In the late1800s,industrialization had driven urban populations and land prices up,making tall buildings increasingly co
27、st-effective,according to Carol Willis,director of theSkyscraperMuseuminNew York,“The very first tall buildings were office buildings that concentrated a work force,piled one on top of the other in order to make business very efficient,”she says.Like all major changes in architecture,the trend wasun
28、derpinnedby engineering.The development of steel framework,which could be used instead of load-bearing stones,made it easier and cheaper to build tall.The coming of the elevator,meanwhile,made living on higher floors far more convenient.Though similar in shape,todays skyscrapers(摩天大楼)look little lik
29、e those built in the first half of the 20thcentury.This is mostly thanks to architectures next major technological shift：the curtain wall.Postwar developments in manufacturing meant that huge panes of glass could be produced quickly and uniformly,and glass windows soon became the front of choice for
30、 high-rises.As well as allowing for greater floor space and more natural light,glass exteriors(外部)help.buildings resist greater windloads.There are now 191 completed skyscrapers that are at least 300 meters tall.But that doesnt mean our cities will grow taller indefinitely.While each additional stor
31、y adds sellable floor space,construction costs also rise.All buildings reach a point where adding an extra floor will cost more money than it brings.“Every city wants to have this landmark that gives that sense of distinct culture,”but it also needs places for people to live and work in urban settin
32、gs“without the city sprawling(无序扩张),”explains Hong Kong architect Simon Chan.The next big challenge facing architects goes beyond height：At a time when buildings and their construction account for more than a third of the worlds energy consumption and contribute about 40%of greenhouse gas emissions(
33、排放),there are new costs to consider.Whether its employing more energy-efficient materials,encouraging natural air or using buildings themselves to generate solar or wind energy,reducing carbon emissions is the new frontier for many skyscraper architects.12.What does the underlined word“underpinned”i
34、n paragraph 2 probably mean?A.Created.B.Prepared.C.Suggested.D.Supported.13.What made living on higher floors much more convenient?A.The development of steel framework.B.Load-bearing stones.C.The use of the elevator.D.The curtain wall.14.What can we know from paragraph 5?A.Our cities will grow talle
35、r definitely.B.All skyscrapers are at least 300 meters tall.C.Construction cost rises as the stories increase.D.The profit for builders will be greater as the building becomes higher.15.Whats the next big challenge facing architects?A.How to build the greenest building.B.How to build the strongest b
36、uilding.C.How to build the tallest building in the world.D.How to build the most comfortable building.第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项 People may have some unclear memories of their childhood，but almost everyone will remember the beautiful princess and the cruel q
37、ueen in Snow White，the innocent little girl and the greedy big gray wolf in Little Red Riding Hood_16_For example，True love can overcome anything，and Even a frog can turn into a princeHowever，at a certain age，we start to learn new things about life，particularly that love doesnt always win，and that a
38、 frog isjust a frog _17_Just look at animated films like The Lion King and Frozen，which have millions of fans young and oldAnd this years Lucerne Festival in Switzerland-a classical music festival-will also feature the themes of Childhood and Fairy tales Fairy tales endure because they are the stori
39、es of our lives in their most stripped down form，wrote US author Laura Packer They are stories of love and loss，desire and death，riches and ruin _18_But if children only see just oneside of reality，adults usually see the otherFor example，in the movie Maleficent，were told the tale of Sleeping Beauty
40、from the perspective of the evil queen_19_Instead，she suffers great losses growing up，leading to the creation of her evil sideAnd in US author James Finn Gamers book Politically Correct Bedtime Stories，he tells the classic story of Little Red Riding Hood，but with a modem touch _20_They may usually s
41、tart with Once upon a time but as we grow older，we learnthat every story doesnt always need a happily ever after to be a good one A.Fairy tales are all about reality B.But somehow，our love for fairy tales never dies C.Most of us get our earliest life lessons from fairy tales D.The theme of fairy tal
42、es is to teach people courage and kindness E.Fairy tales have been adapted into versions suitable for children F.It looks like fairy tales arent just stories our parents read us at bedtime G.Unlike the childrens version of the story，we see that the queen wasnt born evil 第二部分 语言运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节（共 2
43、0 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项 Raju was an honest and kind-hearted boy.One day Raju was returning home from school on foot.Suddenly he saw a few boys throwing_21_at a puppy（小狗）.The poor puppy was crying bitterly as he was_22_injured.Seeing the incident,Rajus heart w
44、as filled with_23_.Then he told them that he would_24_the matter to their parents.On hearing it,the boys_25_.Then Raju_26_the injured leg of the puppy with a handkerchief to stop bleeding.When Raju got home,he told his parents what had happened and_27_them to allow him to pet the puppy.With great ca
45、re the puppy was_28_quickly.He named the dog Tom and soon they became close friends.Every time Tom saw his little_29_,he would become very happy and wagged（摇摆）his tail.Months passed and Tom grew up.One_30_morning when Raju started for school,he said goodbye to Tom and Tom_31_Raju by wagging his tail
46、.The school ended after the second period_32_the increasingly heavy rain.When Raju arrived home，he_33_Tom.Hearing his masters call,Tom ran to Raju happily.But all of a sudden，Tom saw a_34_just five yards away from Raju and it attempted to bite him.To_35_ his master，Tom rushed to the snake and they f
47、ought a terrible fight.The snake was_36_at last.After some time,_37_,Tom fell down,bleeding.Raju called his little friend by his name,Tom,again and again.But Tom did not_38_.He_39_of the poison（毒）of the snake.For little Tom_40_ran down Rajus face like the showers of rain.21.A.erasers B.coins C.stone
48、s D.flowers 22.A.badly B.slightly C.hardly D.nearly 23.A.happiness B.sadness C.envy D.pride 24.A.report B.introduce C.whisper D.explain 25.A.stayed B.laughed C.escaped D.shouted 26.A.pulled B.tied C.touched D.pushed 27.A.forced B.ordered C.persuaded D.warned 28.A.moved B.hidden C.found D.cured 29.A.
49、father B.teacher C.master D.assistant 30.A.foggy B.windy C.sunny D.rainy 31.A.taught B.frightened C.begged D.greeted 32.A.except for B.because of C.according to D.as for 33.A.called B.hurt C.hit D.beat 34.A.dog B.rat C.cat D.snake 35.A.hug B.save C.comfort D.delight 36.A.killed B.kicked C.fooled D.c
50、heated 37.A.therefore B.otherwise C.however D.instead 38.A.refuse B.respond C.permit D.promise 39.A.thought B.heard C.dreamed D.died 40.A.tears B.sweat C.water D.blood 第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式 My friend had a chance to make a trip to Hong Kong_41._August 15,201