2021-2022學(xué)年廣東省揭陽市高三（上）期末英語試卷

第一部分 閱讀（共兩節(jié)，滿分37.5分）第一節(jié)（共4小題；每小題2.5分，滿分37.5分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

• 1．Most of us have dreamed of being a great inventor to create something great.However，just because someone's invented something，it doesn't mean that they're happy with the end result.
     Albert Einstein—The Atomic Bomb
     It's Albert Einstein's work that made the creation of the atomic bomb possible.
     However，years later Einstein regretted having signed a letter to President Roosevelt urging him to support the research into nuclear chain reactions，because he believed the Germans were already working on it. "Had I known that the Germans would not succeed in producing an atomic bomb，" he said， "I would have never lifted a finger."
     Ethan Zuckerman—The Pop-up Advertisement
     If you've ever found yourself yelling at your computer screen in frustration as yet another pop-up ad leaps into view，Zuckerman is the person to blame. "The business model that got us funded was advertising.The model was analyzing users' personal homepages so we could better target ads to them.Along the way，we ended up creating one of the most hated tools in the advertiser's toolkit：the pop-up ad，" Zuckerman explained.
     Bob Propst—The Office Cubicle
     In the 1960s，Bob Propst introduced the office cubicle to Americans.It was designed to "give knowledge workers a more flexible environment than the rat-maze boxes of offices".Companies saw his invention as a way to save money，doing away with individual offices and replacing them with open plans and cubicles.However，Propst came to complain his invention. "The cubiclizing of people in modem corporations is extremely mad and stupid，" he said.
  
  （1）What are the initial purpose of the inventions of the Pop-up Advertisement and the Office Cubicle？

  
  A．To save money.
  B．To entertain the users.
  C．To benefit the companies.
  D．To impress the companies.
  （2）What do the three inventions have in common？

  
  A．Their inventors regretted their creations.
  B．They are disliked by all those who use them.
  C．They have been widely used in our daily life.
  D．The inventions could save a lot of money.
  （3）In which section of a magazine may this text appear？

  
  A．Story.
  B．Business.
  C．Education.
  D．Technology.
  組卷：1引用：2難度：0.5

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• 2．I became a magician by accident.When I was nine years old，I learned how to make a coin disappear.I'd read The Lord of the Rings and gone into the adult section of the library to be buried in fantasy literature.I was young enough to still hold out hope that I might find a book of real，actual magic in the library.The book I found instead taught basic techniques，and I tried to practice.
     At first the magic wasn't any good.It was just a trick—a bad trick.I spent hours each day running through the secret moves in front of the mirror.I dropped the coin over and over，a thousand times in a day.After two weeks my mom got a carpet and placed it under the mirror to muffle the sound of the coin falling again and again.
     One day I made the coin disappear on the playground.We had been playing football and were standing in the field behind the school.A dozen people were watching.I showed the coin to everyone.Then it disappeared.The kids screamed.Everyone went crazy.
     A few years later，I staged an underwater escape in the river that flowed through the middle of the campus of the University of Iowa，where I went to school.I stood on a boat in the middle of the river wearing nothing but biking shorts.The sky was dead and gray，and the water was cold at the surface，and colder in the depths below.
     Technically，I succeeded.I jumped into the water，sank to the bottom，and escaped from the locks and the chains before swimming to the surface.But it didn't feel like a success.
  
  （1）What do we know about the author？

  
  A．He became a magician in one day.
  B．He found wonderful techniques in the library.
  C．He never stopped practicing in order to become a magician.
  D．He looked through every section of the library to search for a useful book.
  （2）What does the underlined word "muffle" in Paragraph 2 mean？

  
  A．To urge the author to lower his voice.
  B．To make the sounds less noisy.
  C．To prevent the coin from falling.
  D．To decrease the number of the coin.
  （3）How did the author make the kids scream？

  
  A．By making the coin disappear.
  B．By playing football with them.
  C．By practicing his techniques more frequently.
  D．By providing hands-on practice.
  （4）What can be a suitable title for the text？

  
  A．What Can Give You a Magic Life.
  B．A Nineteen-year-old Magician.
  C．The Magic Trick that Influenced My Life.
  D．A Brief Introduction to a Magician's Life.
  組卷：3引用：1難度：0.5

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• 3．With low temperatures，radiation and high-energy particles，the vacuum of space is nothing but severe.Can you imagine spending six hours walking in space？Chinese astronauts did just that on their latest spacewalk.
     On August 20th，2021，Chinese astronauts Liu Boming and Nie Haisheng went out on the second spacewalk of the Shenzhou XII mission.The pair set up and adjusted equipment，showed their spacesuits and tested the large robotic arm and other spacewalk-related devices.
     Despite the astronaut's skill，spacewalking is a challenging task.Luckily，their bulky spacesuits protect them.A spacesuit is like a small space station.It has everything astronauts need when they carry out a spacewalk.
     China's Feitian spacesuits have six layers.The innermost layer collects astronauts' urine.There are also four layers that help control the temperature and air pressure inside the suit.Spacesuits are filled with air，so they looked like they're puffed up.The sixth layer is made of special fibers that protect astronauts from radiation.Astronauts are connected to the space station with safety ropes.The suit has headphones and speakers for astronauts to communicate.There is also a mirror on the wrist that astronauts can use to check their suits.
     The first Feitian suit was made in 2008.Zhai Zhigang wore it to carry out China' first spacewalk，which lasted about 19 minutes.The suits Chinese astronauts wear today are the second generation of Feitian.They can support longer walks lasting up to 8 hours and can be used more often.The first generation could only be used 5 times within two years，while the second generation can be used 15 times within three years.Each suit costs around 30 million yuan，and it takes four months to make just one.
  
  （1）What can we learn about the spacewalk of the Shenzho XII mission from the passage？

  
  A．I was carried out this spring.
  B．I was China's first spacewalk.
  C．It lasted a total of six hours.
  D．It was completed by three astronauts.
  （2）How are China's Feitian spacesuits designed to protect astronauts？

  
  A．The innermost layer adjusts the temperature.
  B．The outermost layer protects astronauts from radiation.
  C．They include five layers with different functions.
  D．Three other layers control air pressure inside the suit.
  （3）According to the passage，what do Chinese astronauts need when carrying out spacewalks？

  
  a.headphones
  b.speakers
  c.mirror
  d.radar
  e.compass
  f.safety ropes
  A．a(chǎn)，b，c，f
  B．a(chǎn)，b，d，f
  C．a(chǎn)，b，e，f
  D．c，d，e，f
  （4）What does the last paragraph mainly talk about？

  
  A．Disadvantages of the first Feitian suit.
  B．The process of making the first Feitian suit.
  C．New technology applied to the second Feitian suit.
  D．Differences between the two generations of Feitian suits.
  組卷：2引用：1難度：0.5

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第三部分 寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分15分）第一節(jié)（滿分15分）

• 8．最近英語周刊Teens Senior以"如何正確對(duì)待中華優(yōu)秀傳統(tǒng)文化"為主題向中學(xué)生征稿。請(qǐng)你寫一篇英語短文，談?wù)勛约旱南敕ā?br />1.我們應(yīng)該保護(hù)和傳承中華優(yōu)秀傳統(tǒng)文化，并給出理由；
  2.呼吁社會(huì)共同參與。
  注意：寫作詞數(shù)應(yīng)為80左右。
  參考詞匯：傳承inherit
  組卷：2引用：1難度：0.5

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第二節(jié)（滿分25分）閱讀下面材料，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容和所給段落開頭語續(xù)寫兩段，使之構(gòu)成一篇完整的短文。

• 9．On Thursday，Mr.Burke announced there would be a unit test the next day and anyone who didn't pass would have to come to school on Saturday，most particularly me，since I didn't pass the last unit test.
      I did plan to study just to prove to him that I was plenty smart—which I was mostly except in math，which I'd be okay in if I'd memorize my times tables（乘法表）.Just when I was ready to work，Nicho，my 5-year-old brother，came into my room with our new rabbit and it jumped on my desk and knocked the flashcards all over the floor.
      I asked my mother to help me pick them up，but she said I was old enough to help myself.Anyway，Nicho and I took the rabbit outside and before long it was dinner.After dinner my father said I could watch a special on television if I'd done all my homework.
      Of course I said I had.
      That was the beginning.I felt terrible telling my father a lie about the homework so I couldn't even enjoy the special.
      Not much is important in our family.My friend Plummer had to do well in school and he was smart in math.And Andy had so many family rules to follow.My parents didn't bother making up a lot of rules.But we do have to tell the truth—even if it's bad.You can imagine how I didn't really enjoy the special and felt uneasy.
      I was nine o'clock when I got up to my room and that was too late to study for the test so I lay in my bed with the light off and decided what I would do the next day.But when I thought about Mr.Burke，it seemed perfectly sensible to cheat.Not passing the test was such a terrible thing that I just forgot my parents' big thing about telling the truth.
  注意：
  1.續(xù)寫詞數(shù)應(yīng)為150左右；
  2.續(xù)寫部分分為兩段，每段的開頭已寫好；
  3.請(qǐng)按如下格式在答題卡的相應(yīng)位置作答。
  Paragraph 1：
  In the morning，I went into class cheerfully as usual.                    
  Paragraph 2：
  "Mommy says you are sick and have been in your room since school，" my father asked.                      
  組卷：1引用：2難度：0.6

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