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1、2021 届上海进才实验中学高三英语期中试题及答案解析 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 Located inLos Angeles,UniversityofSouthern Californiais in the heart of a leading city.Although LA ranks highly in The Economists Safe Cities Index,navigating and city calls for certain sa
2、fety precautions(预防措施)along with practicing common sense.Mobile Safety App Powered by LiveSafe The Mobile Safety App powered by LiveSafe,manage by the USC Department of Public Safety and the USC Department of Emergency Planning,is a free downloadable app that mobile users can use to initiate contact
3、 with emergency responders around the campus.Features include:immediate“push button”calls to DPS,easy reporting for suspicious activity or crimes in progress,and location services to notify friends of your route through campus.Blue Light Phone Locations TheUniversity Parkhas multiple blue light phon
4、es that are strategically placed throughout campus.Take note of where the closest ones are on your route.They come in handy in case you lose your phone or in an emergency.These phones are directly connected to USCs Department of Public Safetys 24-hour communications center.Besides emergency needs,it
5、 can also be used to report suspicious activity,request for an escort(护送)if you feel unsafe and to report a crime.Trojans Alert Trojans Alert is an emergency notification system that allows university officials to contact you during an emergency by sending messages via text message or email.When an
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7、d to sign up for Trojans Alert.1.What do blue light phones do for students?A.Guide students through campus.B.Alert students to crime activities.C.Light up the way if students feel unsafe.D.Connect them with the safety department.2.How does USC send out instructions during an emergency?A.With blue li
8、ght phones.B.Via text message or email.C.Through mobile safe app.D.By calling all USC members.3.What is the purpose of the text?A.To encourage students to fight crime.B.To introduce USCs safety department.C.To provide safety services for USC students.D.To inform parents of safety risks on campus.B T
9、he United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO)included on December 17,2020 Chinas Tai Chi on the Representative List of the Intangible（无形的）Cultural Heritage of Humanity.The decision was announced during the online meeting of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the
10、Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage held from December 14 to19 inKingston,capital ofJamaica.“Born in the mid-17th century in a small village named Chenjiagou located in Central Chinas Henan province,Tai Chi is not only a kind of traditional Wushu integrated with slow movements and deep
11、breathing,but is also deeply rooted in many areas of Chinese culture,such as medicine and philosophy,”Zhu Xianghua says,who is the son of the famous Tai Chi master Zhu Tiancai.Although it has spread to more than 150 countries and regions,attracting more than 100 million people to practice,the idea t
12、hat Tai Chi is for the elderly has stopped many young people practicing the ancient Wushu.They think of it as a slow exercise,which is specially made and better suited for their grandparents.Instead,many young people are turning to the Indian practice of yoga（瑜伽）to relieve stress,which was placed on
13、 the UNESCOs List in 2019.In order to promote Tai Chi,joint efforts have been made from individuals and the Chinese government in the last decades.Xian Jiaotong University requires students to learn Tai Chi.Wang Yunbing,a professor in the universitys sports center,stressed that Tai Chi is not only g
14、ood physical exercise-researchers from the American College of Rheumatology find that it can help manage several diseases but is also conned ted to ancient Chinese eivilization.Since 2014,the World Tai Chi Championships have been held every two years by the International Wushu Federation.It provides
15、 a platform for communication and learning between the Tai Chi masters and Tai Chi lovers around the globe.In January 2020,Tai Chi became an official event in the 2026 Dakar Youth Olympic Games.4.What does Zhu Xianghua say about Tai Chi in paragraph 2?A.It originated from fast Kung Fu action.B.It wa
16、s born around the 1750s in a village.C.It is related to other cultural fields ofChina.D.It integrates Chinese medicine and western philosophy.5.Why do some young people choose to practice yoga instead of Tai Chi?A.They think it easier to practice yoga to keep fit.B.The elderly stop young people prac
17、ticing Tai Chi.C.They consider Tai Chi is custom-built for old people.D.Yoga was included in the world culture earlier than Tai Chi.6.What is the main purpose of the last paragraph?A.To promote contemporary Chinese civilization.B.To show many efforts made to popularize Tai Chi.C.To stress the import
18、ance of Chinese Tai Chi masters.D.To advise people to practise Tai Chi to cure diseases.7.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A.Tai Chi Steps on the UNESCOs List.B.Tai Chi isCompeting against Yoga.C.Tai Chi Has Regained populate Globally.D.Opinions Greatly Differ on Tai Chi and
19、Yoga.C The Native American of northern California were highly skilled at basketry,using the reeds,graeses,barks,and roots they found around them to fashion articles of all sorts and sizes-not only trays,containers,and cooking pots,but hats,boats,fish traps,baby carriers,and ceremonial objects.Of all
20、 these experts,none excelled the Pomo-a group who lived on or near the coast during the 1800s,and whose descendants continue to live in parts of the same region to this day.They made baskets three feet in diameter and othersno bigger than a thimble(顶针).The Pomo people were masters of decoration.Some
21、 of their baskets were completely covered with shell pendants；others with feathers that made the baskets surfaces as soft as the breasts of birds.Moreover,the Pomo people made use of more weaving techniques than did their neighbors.Most groups made al their basketwork by twining-the twisting of a fl
22、exible horizontal material,called a weft,around stiffer vertical strands of material,the warp.Others depended primarily on coiling-a process in which a continuous coil of stiff material is held in the desired shape with tight wrapping of flexible strands.Only the Pomo people used both processes with
23、 equal ease and frequency.In addition,they made use of four distinct variations on the basic twining process,often employing more than one of them in a single article.Although a wide variety of materials was available,the Pomo people used only a few.The warp was always made of willow,and the most co
24、mmonly used weft was sedge root,a woody fiber that could easily be separated into strands no thicker than a thread.For color1,the Pomo people used the bark of red-bud for their twined work and dyed bullrush root for black in coiled work.Though other materials were sometimes used,these four were the
25、staples in their finest basketry.If the basketry materials used by the Pomo people were limited,the designs were amazingly varied.Every Pomo basket maker knew how to produce from fifteen to twenty distinct patterns that could be combined in a number of different.8.The word“fashion”in paragraph 1 is
26、closest in meaning to _.A.maintain B.organize C.trade D.create 9.What is the authors main point in paragraph 2?A.The neighbors of the Pomo people tried to improve on the Pomo basket weaving techniques.B.The Pomo people were the most skilled basket weavers in their region.C.The Pomo people learned th
27、eir basket weaving techniques from other Native Americans.D.The Pomo baskets have been handed down for generations.10.According to the passage,the relationship between red-bud and twining is most similar to the relationship between _.A.bullrush and coiling B.weft and warp C.willow and feathers D.sed
28、ge and weaving 11.Which of the following statements about Pomo baskets can be best inferred from the passage?A.Baskets produced by other Native Americans were less varied in design than those of the Pomo.B.Baskets produced by Pomo weaves were primarily for ceremonial and religious purposes.C.There w
29、ere a very limited number of basket-making materials available to the Pomo people.D.The basket-making production of the Pomo people has been increasing over the years.D Cuckoos dont bother building their own neststhey just lay eggs that perfectly imitate those of other birds and take over their nest
30、s.But other birds are wishing up,evolving some seriously impressive tricks to spot the cuckoo eggs.Cuckoos are often know asparasites,meaning that they hide their eggs in the nest of other species.To avoid detection,the cuckoos have evolved so that eggs seem reproduction of those of their preferred
31、targets.If the host bird doesnt notice the strange egg in its nest,the little cuckoo will actually take the entire nest for itself after it comes out,taking the other eggs on its back and dropping them out of the nest.To avoid this unpleasant fate for their young,the other birds have evolved a few s
32、mart ways to spot the fakes,which were only now beginning to fully understand.One of the most amazing finds is that birds have an extra colour-sensitive cell in their eyes,which makes them far more sensitive to ultraviolet wavelengths and allows them to see a far greater range of colours than humans
33、 can.This allows cautious birds to detect a fake egg which might be exactly the same to our eyes.Fascinatingly,were actually able to observe different bird species at very different points in their evolutionary war with the cuckoos.For instance,some cuckoos lay their eggs in the nests of the redstar
34、ts.The blue eggs these cuckoos lay are practically alike to those of the redstarts,and yet they are still sometimes rejected.Compare that with cuckoos who target dunnocks.While those birds lay perfectly blue eggs,their cuckoo invaders just lay white eggs with brown irregular shaped spots.And yet dun
35、nocks barely ever seem to notice the obvious trick.Biologists suspect these more easily fooled species like the dunnocks are on the same evolutionary path as the redstarts,but they have a long way to go until they evolve the same levels of suspicion.Whats remarkable is that the dunnocks fakes are so
36、 bad and the redstart ones so good,and yet cuckoos are still more successful with the former than the latter.It speaks to just how thoroughly a species behavior can be changed by the pressures of natural selection,or it might just be a bit of strategic cooperation on the part of the dunnocks.Biologi
37、sts have suggested that these birds are willing to tolerate a parasite every so often because they dont want to risk accidentally getting rid of one of their own eggs.12.This passage can be most likely found in a _.A.science survey B.nature magazine C.zoo advertisement D.travel journal 13.What does
38、the underlined word“parasite”in paragraph 2 most probably refer to?A.Animals that work together to raise young.B.Small harmful animals such as worms or mice.C.Animals that can adapt to changing environments.D.Animals which live on or inside other host animals.14.Which of the following is TRUE about
39、the dunnock according to the passage?A.It is colour-blind and therefore cannot identify foreign eggs in the nest.B.It can easily remove cuckoo eggs from the nest because fakes are so bad.C.It is a host bird that is more likely to raise a cuckoo chick than the redstart.D.It is unable to evolve and he
40、nce accepts cuckoo eggs that appear in the nest.15.Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?A.Dunnocks may eventually learn to recognise foreign eggs.B.Redstarts seem to be less suspicious compared to dunnocks.C.Cuckoo birds are good at taking responsibility for their own young.D.It i
41、s very easy for cuckoos to imitate the colouring of the dunnocks egg.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 Everybody has days when they dont feel like working but still there are tasks that need to be completed.In this case,the below suggestions will help you get back
42、to your work.Make sure your workspace is organized before youbegin on a new task._16_In this way,you dont lose your focus when you start working on your task.Try to relax and refresh your mind to get ready.Listen to classical or jazz music to calm your soul.Also,if you can,open the window._17_ _18_T
43、his will help you manage your work better and as a result,you can measure your achievement as you easily complete your tasks one by one.Completing smaller tasks will also motivate you to start off others and so,finish the whole project.Increase your motivation by working with other people.Remember t
44、hose school days when you used to group study with your classmates._19_If you have a teammate or a coworker who can help you by giving inputs or who can motivate you,then,work with this person.Ignore everything else around you,just as Nike says,just do it!Dont forget that beginning is half finishing
45、._20_Get moving as soon as possible and you will realize that beginning is actually much easier than you think.A.Practice really makes perfect.B.The same holds for work as well.C.Divide your main task into smaller tasks.D.If not,clean out all the unnecessary things.E.Fresh oxygen will help your brai
46、n work better.F.So stop wasting your time and focus on the task.G.Motivation is very important when you start a new task.第二部分 语言运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节（共 20 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 A man was traveling in the mountains and stayed in a hotel for the night.He was a gre
47、at fighter and spent his lifetime fighting for freedom.He was_21_that in the hotel there was a beautiful parrot in a golden cage,continually_22_“Freedom!”The man thought,“I have seen many parrots,and I believe they all want_23_,but I have never seen such a parrot whose whole day is spent in_24_its d
48、ream.”Suddenly,he had a(n)_25_.In the middle of that night,when the hotel owner was_26_,he got up and opened the door of the cage.He_27_to the parrot,“Now get out.”Then,he was very_28_.The parrot was clinging(抓住)to the bars of the cage.He said to the bird again and again,“Have you_29_about freedom?J
49、ust get out!The door is_30_and your owner is asleep;nobody will ever_31_.You just fly intothe sky;the whole_32_is yours.”The parrot was clinging so deeply,so_33_that the man said,“What is the matter?Are you_34_?”He tried to take the parrot out with his_35_,but the parrot started pecking(啄)at him,and
50、 atthe same time it was still shouting“Freedom!”However,the man was also_36_.He pulled the parrot out and_37_it into the sky.He was very satisfied_38_his hand was hurt.In the morning,when the man was_39_,he heard the parrot shouting again.He thought perhaps the parrot was sitting on a tree or on a r