2021年湖南省益陽市沅江泗湖山鎮聯校高三英語上學期期末試題含解析一、選擇題1.

_________youwillcarryoutmyinstructionsorIwillofferthejobtosomeoneelse.A.Either

B.Unless

C.Until

D.Whether參考答案：A略2.Iwasuncomfortablethatday,otherwiseI

yourbirthdayparty.A.wouldtakepartin B.tookpartinC.hadtakenpartin D.wouldhavetakenpartin參考答案：D3.ItwasMrZhangthathelpedusoutofthetrouble.Withouthishelp,we______itsoeasily.A.can’tmanage

B.mustn’thavemanaged

C.couldn’thavemanaged

D.couldn’tmanage參考答案：C4.—Excuseme,isthistherightwaytoNo.1MiddleSchool?

—Sorry,I’mnotsure.Butit_________be.

A.can

B.might

C.must

D.need參考答案：B略5.

Catherinehasgonehome,butwe’rewonderingwhyshe

insuchahurry.

A.left

B.hasleft

C.hadleft

D.wasleaving參考答案：A6.Fortunately,withthehelpofsomelocalvillagers,rescuerswereabletogain________tothedisaster-hitareasoonenough.

A.track

B.access

C.means

D.passage參考答案：B略7.______issurprisingtousisthatTom,for______Englishwasonceboring,canspeakEnglishfluentlyasthoughhewereanativespeaker.A.What;whom

B.What;whose

C.It;whose

D.As;whom參考答案：A8.Wouldyoulikethere______ameetingtodiscussthematter?A.be

B.being

C.tobe

D.is參考答案：C9.Thepoorchildstoodthere,and__________whattodo,turnedtohisfatherforhelp.A.notknowing

B.notknew

C.nottoknow

D.notknow

參考答案：A10.Ifwe

adequatepreparations，theconferencewouldhavebeensuccessful．A.hadmade

B.made

C．didn’tmake

D．hadn’tmade參考答案：A11.-I'mterriblysorrytohaveputyouthroughsomuchtrouble.

-______.Iknowyoudidn'tmeanto.

A.Forgetit

B.Mypleasure

C.Allright

D.Goahead參考答案：A12.Howeverfrequently

,theworksofShakespearealwaysattractmanypeople.A、performed B、performing C、beingperformed D、tobeperformed參考答案：A28.Ilookedupandnoticedasnake_____itswayupthetreetocatchitsbreakfast.A.towind

B.wind

C.winding

D.wound參考答案：C略14.Chinahasintroducedanationaltwo﹣childpolicy______thechallengeofanagingpopulation．（）A．tomeet B．meet C．met D．meets參考答案：A根據句意，中國引進全民二胎政策的"目的是"應付人口老齡化的挑戰．這里用不定式做目的狀語．故選A．15.Youneedn'thaveapologizedforyourabsence_______,it'shardlyyourfault.

A.besides

B.therefore

C.however

D.meanwhile參考答案：A16.It’sreallycoldhere.Ihaveneverexperiencedsuchterribleweatherinmy

life.

A．full

B．entire

C．complete

D．total參考答案：B二、新的題型17.根據短文內容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。Longago，peoplebelievedthatinthefuturewewouldworkless，havemorefreetimeandgetmorerelaxed．71__Todayweworkharder，worklongerhoursandhavemorestressesthantenyearsago．walkWefaster，fasterandsleeplessthanpreviousgenerations．talkAndalthoughweusemachinesthatsaveustime，havelessfreetimethanourparentsandgrandparents．72

AnAmericanjournalistweJamesGleickinanewbook，saysthatpeoplearesufferingfrom“hurrysickness”－we’retrying9todomorethingsinlesstime．Asaresult，ourlivesarestressful．Hesaysthatifwedon’tslowdown，wewon’tliveaslongasourparents．73__Newspaperarticlestodayareshorterandtheheadlinesarebigger．Mostpeopledon’thaveenoughtimetoreadthearticles，theyonlyreadtheheadlines．TVandtheradio，soOnnewsreadersspeakmorequicklythantenyearsago．IntheUSA，thereisabookcalledOne－MinuteBedtimeStoriesforchildren．Theseareshorterversions（版本）oftraditionalstories，speciallywrittenfor“busyparents”whowanttosavetime!Someanswerphonesnowhave“quickplayback”buttonssothatwecanreplaypeople’smessagesfaster—wecan’twastetimelisteningtopeoplespeakingatthenormalspeed!_74Tenyearsagowhenpeoplewenttoartgalleriestheyspentsecondslookingateachpicture．Todaytheyspendjustthreeseconds!Nowadays，manypeoplepreferfasteranddynamicsportslikebasketball．

75Ourcarsarefasterbutthetrafficisworse．sowedrivemoreslowly．Wespendmoretimesittinginourcars，feelingstressed．Expertspredictthatintenyearstheaveragespeedontheroadincitieswillbeonly17km／h．A．Peopledidn’tfeelstressedtenyearsago．B．Butunluckily，thishasnothappenedyet．C．Evenwhenwerelaxwedoeverythingmorequickly．D．Butwhatisthisdoingtoourhealth?E．Formostpeople，fasterdoesn’tmeanbetter．F．Theonlythingthatisslowerthanbeforeisthewaywedrive．G．Noweverythingisfasterthanbefore，whichbringsusmoreconvenience．參考答案：71.B72.D73.E74.C75.F三、閱讀理解18.Fewthingscangetnormallycalmpeopleangrylikefindingaparkingticketattachedtothewindshieldoftheircars，especiallywhentheyseemundeserved．Butmostpeopledon’twanttoinvestthetimeandenergytobeatthem．NowanewiPhoneapp，Fixed，willtakeonthetaskofbeatingaticket：suggestingreasonsitmightbewrong，gatheringsupportingevidenceandsubmittingproperpaperworktogetdriversoutofthem.Ifthedriverbeatstheticket，theypayFixed25％ofwhatitwouldhavecost．“Whenyoumentionparkingticketstopeople，mostpeoplethinkthey’vereceivedanunfairone，”saidDavidHegarty，thedesignerofFixed，whocameupwiththeideaaftergettingsixparkingticketsinoneday．Whensomeonegetsaticket，theysnapaphotoofitontheiriPhoneandenterthecode．Theappwilltellthemwhatpercentageofthosetypesofticketsareusuallyoverturnedandthenshowalistofpossiblereasonsitcouldbefoundwrongsuchasatrafficsigncoveredbyaleafytreeorabrokenparkingmeter．Ifthemotoriststhinktheyhaveacase，theappwillremindthemtogetanyadditionalphotographicevidencewiththeirphoneandthendigitallysignaletter．Fixed’sbusinessmodelisn’tcompletelynew．TherearecompaniesthathandlesuchcasesforlargecompaniessuchasFedExandUPS．ThedifferenceisthatFixedismakingtheserviceavailabletoindividuals，thushelpinginanyareawherethefeeamountissmallenoughnottoprotestinperson，butstillbigenoughtomakesomeoneangry．“That’soursweetspot，”Davidsaid．56．Mostpeopleacceptparkingticketseveniftheyfeelunfairbecause

A．theydon’twanttospendtimeandenergyonthemB．theyneverhaveachancetoquestionthemC．theythinktheydeserveticketsfortheirmistakesD．theyhavenocouragetofacethetrafficpolic