届山东省德州市高三上学期期末英语试题.docx

1、届山东省德州市高三上学期期末英语试题2021届山东省德州市高三上学期期末英语试题2021.1本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。注意事项：1. 答第I卷前考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2. 选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号框。3. 全部答案在答题卡上完成，答在试卷上无效。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；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。ASome Phr

2、ases That Defined 2020For the first time since 2004, when Oxford Languages, the publisher of the O.E.D., started choosing a Word of the Year 2020, it declined to pick just one. We couldnt pick one, either. But here are some words and phrases that we think capture what it felt like to be alive in 202

3、0,BlursdayThe passage of time itself became seemingly unreliable this year, as some days felt like a week while some months flew by in an instant. Our friends even launched a newsletter called What Day Is It?Remote learningFarah Miller, an editor, shares her familys experience with remote learning t

4、his year. Schools shuttered without a plan for how to teach homebound kids. My preschooler was given five worksheets and a list of activities she couldnt possibly do on her own. Or are they really remotely learning? That was the question I, along with parents across the US, found myself asking in th

5、e spring.”Social distancingAs 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. ZoomUp until around March o

6、f 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 decla

7、red. 1. In what situation can the word blursday be used according to the passage?（ ）A. One is anxious about humans future. B. One misses the good old days. C. One fails to choose a word to define 2020D. One is not sure what day it is. 2. Whats the attitude of Farah Miller to remote learning? （ ）A. I

8、ndifferent. B. Doubtful. C. Curious. D. Satisfied3. What does Zoom most probably function as? （ ）A. An online platform keeping peoples social activities. B. An app reminding people of 6 feet social distance. C. A newsletter to update the information of COVID-19. D. A hi-tech instrument to keep track

9、 of peoples health. BIn 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 wasnt on my radar in the early stages of pla

10、nning my honeymoon, but when learning that it wasnt far from the month-long route, I considered a visit. How could I be so close and not see where Filomena came from? Anyway, Id been so busy planning my own wedding that I didnt have much time to think about what it meant to be married. As I was tryi

11、ng 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 Filomen

12、a 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: y

13、ou dont have to know whats coming next, you just need to want to go. Then we visited the edge of a valley near Filomenas 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 sh

14、e had remembered. Even the things we expect to be permanent arent always so. A few days spent walking in Filomenas footsteps, knowing all the unexpected turns that life threw at her over five decades of marriage, I realized that you can never plan for lifes uncertainties or crave an outline for the

15、future. If that kind of anxiety somehow creeps back in, Ill think of Filomena on the deck of a steam ship, uncertain, but moving forward anyway. 4. Why did the author go to Vasto during her honeymoon? （ ）A. To find out what the lifestyle was like there. B. To explore the true meaning of marriageC. T

16、o reunite with her great-grandmother thereD. To enjoy the scenic beauty of Italy5. What did the author find about her great-grandmother? （ ）A. She never expected a life abroad. B. She felt scared of the marriageC. She dared to challenge a new life ahead. D. She knew well what her future was like6. W

17、hat inspiration did the changed landscape bring to the author? （ ）A. Humans need to protect the nature. B. The power of nature is hard to control. C. Things always go smoothly as expected. D. Life is always full of uncertainties. 7. How will the author react to the misfortunes in her life after the

18、visit to Vasto? （ ）A. Check the situation and make plans for itB. Follow Filomenas footsteps and keep going. C. Predict how things will go and avoid the bad. D. Evaluate the uncertainties and change them. CChina launched a large robotic spacecraft on Nov. 24, 2020 at the Wenchang Space Launch Center

19、 in South Chinas 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 contain

20、er. The entire mission is scheduled to last about 23 days, according to the China National Space Administration. Considering these highly sophisticated operations, Change 5 will be more difficult and challenging than previous Chinese lunar expeditions, designers have saidAccording to a statement pub

21、lished by the space administration, the Change 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

22、 field, it will investigate the landing sites features, and enable scientists to analyze the lunar samples structure and physical traits so they can deepen their research into the moons origin and evolution. It added that the mission also will help to foster the countrys knowledge, technology and ta

23、lent pool for its future manned missions to the moon and other deepspace expeditions. Pei Zhaoyu, spokesman for the Change 5 mission, said if the mission becomes successful, it will be a milestone in the nations lunar exploration and will show the world Chinas scientific, technological and engineeri

24、ng capabilities. Furthermore, Change 5 will strengthen the nations status and influence in the international space community, pave the way for the countrys future lunar expeditions and boost its space science, and will offer more opportunities to lunar researchers around the world. Scientists around

25、 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. 8. What can we learn about the mission of Change 5? （ ）A. It was exactly the same as

26、 44 years ago. B. It will help to complete space walking. C. It aims to bring back lunar samples. D. It will try to land on the moon for the first time. 9. What does the underlined word sophisticated mean in Para 2? （ ）A. impossible B. complex C. ambitious D. effective10. What will the success of th

27、e Change 5 convey to the world according to Pei? （ ）A. The first nation to bring lunar samples back in the world. B. A further step in understanding the evolution of the earthC. More competition in lunar expeditions with other countries. D. Chinas scientific, technological and engineering abilities.

28、 11. Whats the best title of the passage? （ ）A. The landmark mission of Change 5. B. A new guideline from the moon samples. C. New opportunities to lunar researchersD. Chinas scientific contributions. DIt was decades ago, but its still one of the most memorable conversations of my life. On a long, s

29、low 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 t

30、hats what we did, for hours and hours, since he turned out to be very talkative. When the train eventually pulled in, we didnt swap numbersit was a conversation strictly of its timebut I still think about it occasionally on long, boring journeys, before getting a phone out and scrolling silently lik

31、e 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 itAnd thats why I feel it ridiculous about a campaign launched this week to heal bitter national div

32、ides by encouraging Britons to talk to each other. Obviously, it 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 the tube chat campaign of a few years back failed in its a