山东省德州市2021届高三上学期期末考试英语试题 Word版含答案（无听力部分）

德州市2021届高三上学期期末考试 英语试题 本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ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。 A Some Phrases That Defined 2020 For 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 couldn't pick one, either. But here are some words and phrases that we think capture what it felt like to be alive in 2020, Blursday The 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 learning Farah Miller, an editor, shares her family's experience with remote learning this year. "Schools shuttered without a plan for how to teach homebound kids. My preschooler was given five worksheets and a list of activities she couldn't 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 the spring. Social distancing As 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. Zoom Up until around March of 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 declared. 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 2020 D. One is not sure what day it is. 2. What's the attitude of Farah Miller to remote learning? A. Indifferent. B. Doubtful. C. Curious. D. Satisfied 3. What does Zoom most probably function as? A. An online platform keeping people's 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 of people's health. B In 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 wasn't on my radar in the early stages of planning my honeymoon, but when learning that it wasn't far fro ... ...