2021届高三上学期英语试卷精选汇编：七选五专题

1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上七选五专题北京市朝阳区20202021学年度第一学期期中质量检测第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Our Amazing HandsThe hand is where the mind meets the world. We use our hands to build fires, to fly airplanes, and to write. The human brain, with its open-ended creativity, may be the thing

2、that makes the human race unique. But without hands, all the ideas we think up would come to nothing. _36_ Study it carefully, you will find something interesting. The thumb (拇指) alone is controlled by nine separate muscles. The wrist is a group of bones and muscles connected with nerves (神经). The n

3、erves send branches into each fingertip, which makes the fingers extremely flexible. _37_ Early hands seemed more unusual and interesting than any hand today. Some animals had seven fingers. Others had eight. But by the time vertebrates (脊椎动物) appeared 340 million years ago, the hand had developed t

4、o only five fingers. _38_ Nevertheless, there are still many different types of hands in living animals. After years of research, scientists are beginning to understand the molecular (分子的) changes in hands. _39_ This makes the hands of different animals very similar. There is a network of many genes

5、 (基因) that builds a hand, and all hands are built on that network.The discovery has given scientists a deeper understanding of the development of hands. A birds wing and a lions paw (爪) may appear to have nothing in common. _40_ It may just be a little more of one protein (蛋白) here, a little less of

6、 another there. In the past, scientists could recognize only the outward signs that hands had developed from a common ancestor. Today scientists are uncovering the inward signs as well.A. Hands can often be used for a number of different purposes.B. They also see that all hands start out in much the

7、 same way.C. It has kept that number for reasons scientists dont yet know.D. No one would doubt that the five fingers are different with each other. E. But the difference between them may come down to a tiny change in form. F. The reason we can use our hands for so many things is their special struc

8、ture. G. So you can see a skilled watchmaker use his hands to set springs in place under a microscope.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）36F37G38C39B40E北京市海淀区2021届高三英语第一学期期中练习第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Is Managing Kids Screen Time a Good Idea?Screen time is a big topic of conver

9、sation in todays households, particularly during the pandemic when online education hours have multiplied for many students.36They hope to spare their kids from the countless challenges that technology can bring.Yet the challenges of screen time overuse seldom come from kids devices themselves, but

10、rather from the tense relationships that technology can bring to families.37But technology has positive benefits too. Since every child and family is different,managing screen time calls for joint family decision-making.If parents believe they can manage a childs screen time through adolescence, the

11、y are not only fooling themselves but also inviting relationship trouble with their teens. It is a myth to think that parents can or should manage their kids screen time through authoritarian restrictions,even during elementary school. 38 When children are left out of those decisions,they often beco

12、me lesscommunicative with parents and siblings. This is the opposite of what parents want to achieve.39 From early ages, children are quite capable of understanding that a good life involves awareness and balance. Just as they learn right from wrong,and good from bad, they can also learn to use tech

13、nology in healthy ways. Learning how to regulate oneself and develop healthy behaviors is one of the primary tasks of childhood and adolescence. What happens when an adult tries to regulate a child is that the child misses out on the opportunity to learn for themselves. Enforced restrictions can als

14、o make children feel helpless and less confident.To be clear, this article is not suggesting that families never use apps or trackers, or that there should be no restrictions on screen time.40Parents should give voice to children and involve them in the planning and decision-making process.A. Of cou

15、rse, there are websites that are unhealthy for kids to access.B. The alternative is to involve children in decisions that govern screen time.C. However,every family needs a family media plan between family members.D. The goal is to see, hear, feel,and understand how children view screen time.E. To m

16、anage childrens screen time, parents have invested in apps and trackers.F. To get children involved, parents should trust and develop kids self-awareness.G. What it is suggesting is that parents look at managing screen time in a different way.第二节36. E 37. A 38. B 39. F 40. G北京市密云区2021届高三上学期期中考试英语试题第

17、二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Claustrophobia Claustrophobia, or fear of enclosed spaces, is one of the most common fears. Claustrophobia can be deep fear or even panic as a result of being in a small space. Claustrophobia can develop after a troubling childhood exper

18、ience (such as being trapped in a small space during a childhood game), or from another unpleasant experience later on in life related to small spaces (such as being stuck in a lift). 36This response then becomes programmed in the brain, making an association between being in a tight space and feeli

19、ng anxious or out-of-control. As a result, the person often develops claustrophobia. According to Mark Powers, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology at Southern Methodist University, “Claustrophobia is a specific fear and not a type of panic disorder. The primary specific danger forecasts for cla

20、ustrophobia are that either the person will be trapped or run out of air.” 37 Claustrophobia symptoms can include: sweating, accelerated heartbeat, upset stomach, passing out, light-headedness, shaking, breathing problem, etc. Some common situations can cause anxiety in claustrophobia sufferers. The

21、 claustrophobia sufferer will look for an exit when inside a room, avoid driving on the highway or major roads where there is heavy traffic when inside a car, avoid taking lifts when inside a building, or stand near a door when at a party. 38 Claustrophobia can have harmful social and psychological

22、effects, since the patient will often avoid situations in which she thinks she will have an anxiety attack, leading to hiding and sadness. 39 According to Dr. Powers, “ Exposure treatment, a form of mind-behavioral treatment, usually results in a total reduction in anxiety symptoms if conducted prop

23、erly.” Flooding is a type of exposure treatment in which the person is exposed to a situation until the anxiety attack passes; a less extreme form of exposure treatment is counter-conditioning. Counter conditioning includes behavior treatment, as the person is taught visualization and relaxation tec

24、hniques before being slowly reintroduced to the cause situation. 40 Medications to help treat claustrophobia include things which help to ease the heart pounding often associated with anxiety attacks.A. The good news is that claustrophobia is very treatable.B. The past experience can trace back to t

25、he moment of birth.C. According to some doctors, claustrophobia is worse than the fear of heights.D. When a person experiences such an event, it can often cause a frightening panic attack.E. In extreme cases, the very sight of a closed door can lead to feelings of anxiety in a person.F. Treatment fo

26、r claustrophobia can also include medication or a combination of several treatments.G. When a person with claustrophobia finds herself in a restricted space, her body responds in certain ways.36-40 DGEAF北京市丰台区2021届高三上学期期中考试英语试题第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Getting L

27、ost in a Good Book Can Help Keep You HealthyIm a novelist and its obviously in my interest to encourage people to read. But theres increasing evidence that reading isnt just for pleasure, or merely a way of improving literacy skills and factual knowledge. 35 Firstly, reading helps to lengthen attent

28、ion spans in children and improves their ability to think clearly. 36 It is essential to learn this skill as a small child. The more they do it, the better they get at it. Also, reading can help people learn to empathize(产生共鸣). A recent study at the University of Michigan found that there had been a

29、 48% decrease in empathy among college students. 37 In a computer game, you might have rescued a princess, but you dont care about her, you just want to win. But a princess in a book has a past, present and future, she has connections and motivations. We can relate to her. We see the world through h

30、er eyes.As a matter of fact, reading is far from a passive activity. Reading exercises the whole brain. When we read and imagine the landscapes, sounds, smells and tastes described on the page, the various areas of the brain that are used to process these experiences in real life are activated, crea

31、ting new neural(神经) pathways. 38 This doesnt happen when were watching TV or playing a computer game.Getting sucked into a good novel appears to be beneficial to our mental health too. 39 Reading not only avoids feelings of loneliness, it helps us to wind down, de-stress and forget our own problems

32、for a while. A. Stories have a structure that encourages their brains to think in sequence, to link cause, effect and significance.B. In other words, our brains model real experiences, just as if we were living them ourselves.C. When we read a good book, were trying to find out its main idea. D. It

33、might actually be good for our mental and physical health too.E. But those who did not enjoy these activities had lots of loss.F. As the old saying goes, “ Youre never alone with a book.”G. Encouraging reading could overcome this. 35-39 DAGBF北京市第四十四中学20202021学年度第一学期高三英语10月月考试卷第二节 七选五 (共5小题;每小题2分，共10

34、分) Robot TeachersIf you think of the jobs robots could never do, you would probably put doctors and teachers at the top the list. _ (66) But are we underestimating what robots can do? In some cases, they already perform better than doctors at diagnosing illness. Also, some patients might feel more c

35、omfortable sharing personal information with a machine than a person. _ (67) British education expert Anthony Seldon thinks so. And he even has a date for the robot takeover of the classroom: 2027. He predicts robots will do the main job of transferring information and teachers will be like assistan

36、ts. _ (68) Then they will adapt the information to each student. Its not a popular opinion and its unlikely robots will ever have empathy (同理心)and the ability to really connect with humans like another human can. _ (69) A robot teacher is better than no teacher at all. In some parts of the world, there arent enough tea