上海延安中学

2021届上海市延安中学高三英语下学期期中试卷及答案解析

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

Someoftheworld’ember10,the

centerhostedauniqueclassofstarmusicians:ngplayersarepartoftheWorldPeace

Orchestra,uphelditsfirstMusicforPeaceconcertinNewYorkCity,with134studentsfrommore

answerechonfromallovertheworld.

profitgroupbringskidstogetherusingthecommon

nsideredfortheorchestra,studentsfirsthadtoberecommendedbytheirteachers

on,professionalmusiciansandteachersthenworked

withtheplayerstoimprovetheirskills.

Someoftheyoungmusiciansplayedclassicalinstruments,played

mple,AmoldMugo,16,fromKenya,playedaninstrumentcalled

idhewasshockedwhenhelearnedhewaschon

fortheorchestra.“Ican’’saonceinalifetimeopportunity,”hesaid.

AdomasHendrixson,13,fromLithuania,theNewYorkCityperformance,

Hendrixsontalkedaboutwhathehopedtotakeawayfromtheevent.“Funandjoy--peoplesmilingandclapping,”

hesaid.“ThisisoneoftheonlytimesinyourlifethiscouldhappenandI'mveryexcited.”

MugosayshisfavoritepartoftheWPOismakingnewfriendsfromaroundtheworld.“IhopewhenIgo

home,IjusttakealittlebitofeveryfriendthatImadehere--Brazil,Portugal,Queens,”Mugosaid,“IhopethatI

takepartoftheirculturehomewithmesoIunderstandthemmore.”

ostlikelytohaveplayedfortheWPOaccordingtothispassage?

,16,astudentfromChina.

,44,ajudgefromAmerica.

,21,aclerkfromAustralia.

ine,32,ateacherfromEngland.

earnfromthelastparagraphthatMugo________.

medbestfortheWPO.

rnedsomeforeignculture.

ertobechonforacondtime.

edagreatawardforhisperformance.

uldbethebesttitleforthispassage?

regoodatplayingmusic.

kedmakingforeignfriends.

tswereplayedatLincolncentre.

usiciansplayedforpeace.

B

"Sorry,butIdon'tagreewithyou..."Thisisusuallyfollowedbyunbearablesilenceandangrytears.I'vealways

founditdifficulttodisagreewithsomeone,becauIdon'twanttoloafriend.I'vefounditevenharderto

acceptitwhensomeonedisagreeswithme,becaumyego（自尊心）ishurt.

Beforetheotherpersongetsachancetoexplainwhyshedisagreeswithme,myusualresponwouldbe,"If

youaren'tabletoemypointofview,thenwhatyouthinkisn'tworthmytimeorconsideration,either."Butnow

I'vecometorealizethatwhenafrienddisagreeswithme,sometimessheissimplysaying,"Idon'tagreewiththe

waythingsaredone."Shestillrespectsmeasaperson,andisonlypointingoutabetterwaytolookatamatter.

However,theremaybetimeswhenmyfrienddisagreeswithmebecauI''swhenneed

tolistentowhatshesays.

I'velearnedthatonewaytohelpmyfriendisformetobeopenandhonestwiththeothertovoicemy

ecan'tcontrolhowapersonwillrespondtoourviews,wemust

twill

helpustobelesmotional,ameway,wecanalso

stayopentofeedback（反馈）fromothers,knowingthatourfriendsmaybecorrectingusinlove.

Goodfriendshipsbuildeachotherup,I

don'tlikebeingdisagreedwith,I'mstartingtoethevalueofsuchdisagreements.

horhasfounditdifficulttodisagreewithsomeonebecau.

llyhideshisideas

stokeepthefriendship

rienddisagreedwithhim,theauthorudto.

iththefriend

nthingscalmly

horwilllistentoafriendwhen.

n'ttellthetruth

thingsinthewrongway

estheauthormainlytalkaboutinthetext?

voidhurtingafriend.

ealwithdisagreements.

C

Twoyearsago,sinthecityofAustin,asonmy

rearchtofindtheperfectplacetostudyin,Iconsideredmanyaspects:asafeplace,acitywheretherewere

companiesdevotedtomarketingortechnology,aplacewherespeakingSpanishandEnglishwasanadvantage

andaschoolwhereIcouldlearnaboutdigitalstrategies(数字策略).Aftercomparingandevaluatingmanycities

lydecidedonAustin.

SinceIarrivedinAustin,enlivinginsidetheuniversitywhereIhadaprivateroomandshared

sitylifewasnotverydifferentfromthelifeinMexicoandclass

r,intheUnitedStates,theclassweremorepracticaland

teacherncouragedyoutobelf-responsibleandcompleteyourtasks.

TheclassthatIwastakingwererelatedtosocialmedia,ry

excitedtobeabletostudytechnology-relatedcours.

WhatIlikedmostabouttheexperiencewasbeingabletolivewithstudentsfrommanyplaces,whichallowed

,internationalstudentrvicesusually

organizedeventsandtoursthathelpedmetogettoknowthecityandtheschool.

suscapableofunderstandingcultural

ally,Iwouldsuggestthatyoufirstdeterminewhatyourgoalsareby

goingabroad,rearchtheopportunitiesandlifestyle,evaluateyouruniversities,andfinallydecideontheone

whereyoufeelmorecomfortable,connectingwithyourvaluesandwayofeinglife.

fthefollowingcanbestdescribetheauthoraccordingtoparagraph1？

us.

urous.

estheunderlinedword“mblable”inparagraph2probablymean?

r.

detheauthormostplead?

ngSpanishandEnglishinAustin,Texas.

gasadesignerinatechnologycompany.

achancetolearnaboutdifferentcultures.

zingmanyeventsandtoursindependently.

ethestudentswhointendtostudyabroadadvidtodo?

fultochootheuniversitytostudyin.

imitsontheiracademicperformances.

herethey'refamiliarwitheverything.

personallifestylesfortheuniversity.

D

businesshaveappearedtomeetarisingdemandforquiet

time,fromsilentweekendgetawaystosilentdining,ecan

eissomething

almostradical(不同凡响的)abouttherecenttrendtowardnjoyingsilencewithstrangers.

Msbringtheirbooksand

meetinabar,wheretheyreadtogetherinsilenceforanhourorsometimestwoandthenputtheirbooksawayto

chatandhaveadrink.“Whenthereadingpartystarts,everythinggoesquiet,”saysMariel,“It’salittlebitsurreal

(超现实的),r,thereissomethingspecialaboutsharingthesilence

rsachancetoescapefromreality;everyoneissobusywithworkandwithtechnologybeing

tlikethisgivespeopletheopportunitytoescapethethingsforawhile.”

HoniResofthedinnerare:

notalking,nousingyourvoice,noreadingorwriting,tryingtomakeaslittlenoiaspossible,notconnecting

withtechnology,hehastakenhersilentdinnerprojecttoMexico,

theUS,AustraliaandChina.“It’videntthattheage-oldconnectionswemakeoverfooddonotdependonthe

ecreatesthespaceforthepeopleandplacesinvolvedtofillwithwhateverisneeded;itis

quitedifferentfromourusualsocialbehaviors.”

elotsofsilentbusinessappeared?

sfypeople’sdemandforsilence.

peoplegetclotoeachother.

altoyoungpeople.

gepeople’soldwayoflife.

nwelearnaboutMariel’ssilentreadingparties?

scanutheirvoicewhilereading.

scanbebusywiththeirwork.

scanconnectwithtechnology.

scanchatanddrinkafterreading.

erlinedword“it”inthelastparagraphrefersto.

nbeasuitabletitleforthetext?

ngBeingQuiet.

DiningProjects.

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

Someindividualsarebornwithagiftforpublicspeaking.___16___Doyouwanttobeagoodpublicspeaker?

Herearesomeprinciplesyoumustmaster.

Peoplewanttolistentosomeonewhoisinteresting,enwhenyoustandup

togiveaspeech,youfocusonthe“public”attheexpenofthe“speaking.”___17___

directlytoyouraudience,beyourlfandmakeaconnection.

,theonlyonewhocaresaboutanymistakeis

’,mostpeopleonlyabsorbabout20percent

ofaspeaker’,don’tstopspeakingwhenyoumakeamistakeunlessit’satrulyriousone.___18___

Yourgoalisnottobeaperfectpublicspeaker.___19___Andlikeeverythingelinlife,thattakespractice.

Remember,evenworldchampionathletespracticetheirskillsonaconsistentbasis.

___20___It’sraretohearsomeonesay,“Iwishthatspeakerhadspokenlonger.“Ontheotherhand,you

probablycan’tcountthetimesthatyou’vethought,“I’edtogoonforever!“So

’sbettertoleaveyour

listenerswishingformorethanshiftingrestlesslyintheiratswaitingforyourspeechfinallytoend.

pposite.

ttobeaneffectivepublicspeaker.

’tneedtoapologizeforaminorslip.

comestopublicspeaking,lessisusuallymore.

ectiveofmostspeechesistobenefittheaudience

efearoutofpublicspeakingbyfocusingonyourlisteners

r,themajorityofpeopleareeffectivespeakersbecautheytraintobe.

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

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Pettenatowas____21____breakfastwithherfamilyattheMetropolisDinerwhenshenoticedanotherfamilykept

ato____22____theywerelookingatherbecauofhershavedhead.

“Igot____23____,ntolf-consciousmodeaboutmy____24____.Itwasthefirsttime

I’dbeenoutsinceI’dshavedmyhead,”shesaid.“Butthencamethemomentthatchangedthemeaningoftho

glances____25____.Themom____26____andsitsnexttousandtoldmeshewasa13yearbreastcancersurvivor.

Sowe____27____forabitandshewishedmeluckwitheverythingI’mgoingthroughand____28____metostay

positive.”

Pettenatoandherfamilyfinished____29____andaskedforthecheck,butlearnedithadbeenpaidbythe

kind____30____.Theyalllookedatthewaitress_____31_____andshesaidthewomannexttothemhadpaid

_____32_____womanwhotookfiveminutesoutofhertimeto_____33_____Pettenatoandshare

herexperience.

Afterthe_____34_____hadbeensharedintheSachemmoms’Facebookgroup,afriendcalledandsaidhe

foundher_____35_____.ThewomanwrotePettenatoandsaid_____36_____theymightnotknoweachother,

theywere“bondedaspinksisters”andshe’dpaiditforwardbecausheknewhow_____37_____thestruggleis

forPettenatorightnow.

Pettenatosaysshe_____38_____herstorysootherswouldknowtheyarenotfacingthe_____39_____alone.

“Myjourney,”shesaid,“isgoingtobesomebodyel’itivityis_____40_____.”

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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

WorldEnvironmentDay(WED),____41.____isobrvedonJune5everyyear,isoneofthemostuniqueand

specialholidaysbecau____42.____donthefirstdayofthefirst-everUN

conference,WEDfocusonhumansandtheenvironment.

However,thisdidn'firstsuggested____43.____(have)suchaconferencein1968.

Andin1969,theUNagreedthatinthreeyearstheywouldhaveaconferenceinSwedenthatfocud

on____44.____(globe)environmentalproblems.

Finally,sfromaroundtheworld____45.____(sit)togethertodiscusshow

theycouldraiawarenesstoprotectourenvironment—oyears

later,thefirst-everWED____46.____(celebrate)withtheslogan(口号)“OnlyOneEarth”.

Eversincethen,WEDhasbeen____47.____(complete)mouspeople

aroundtheworldallencouragepeople,intheirownuniqueway,____48.____(do)theirpartandsavetheworld.

So,itdoesn'tmatterifyou’reafamousactor,anathlete____49.____astudentincollege:gatheryourfriends

andspendadayoutdoorsdoingfun_____50._____(activity)'llhave

greatfunandfeelmuchbetterafterward.

第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）

第一节短文改错（满分10分）

51.假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写以下作文。文中共有10处语言错

误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Nowadays,it’sacommonphenomenathatparentsdrivetheirchildrentoschool,whatIthinkisnotproper.

First,ourparents’drivingust’s

’sworst,it’sverylikelytocautrafficjamsifallparentsdrivetheir

therhand,itcanhavesomeofusdependonparentsallthetime,whichwasnotgood

forustolearntobeindependence.

Toconclude,Istronglyadvocatethatourstudentsgotoschoolonfootorbybike,benefitingfromourhealth

thiswaycanweimproveourabilitiestoovercomingproblemsonourown.

第二节书面表达（满分25分）

52.上周你校举办了英语戏剧TheMillionPoundBankNote的表演，听说非常成功，你是整个剧的负责人。

请你为学校写一篇短文，介绍这次活动，内容包括：

1．剧本简介；

2．表演过程（时间地点、演员表现、观众反应等）；

3．个人感受。

注意：词数100左右；题目已为你写好。

题目：AnUnforgettableDramaShow

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参考答案

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(2).what→which

(3).physical→physically

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(5).worst→wor

(6).was→is

(7).independence→independent

(8).our→we

(9).去掉benefiting后的from

(10).overcoming→overcome

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