2019-2020学年长沙铁路第一中学高三英语上学期期中试题及答案解析

2019-2020学年长沙铁路第一中学高三英语上学期期中试题及答案解
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
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☑Easy On/ Off Button
☑Automatic Noise Reduction and Feedback Canceler
☑100% Money Back Guarantee
5 Star Reviews☑☑☑☑☑
Amazing!
"My sisters had all given up hope that our elderly mother would hear us clearly again. And then we took a chance. We're so glad we did. They've been amazing for her, and for our entire family."
-Karen M.
The new HearClear GO Rechargeable Digital Hearing Aids feature advanced digital technology at an unbelievably affordable price! The GO has the same key elements that all high-end digital hearing aids share while leaving out fancy bells and whistles that increase cost and require expensive adjustments. You'll be happier saving much money!
Your lightweight GO hearing aids are amazingly convenient! With the GO'S charging station, you won't have to keep replacing tiny hearing aid batteries, and the GO is pre-programmed for most mild to moderate hearing loss-no costly professional adjustments needed.
You can spend thousands on an expensive hearing aid, or you can spend just $ 239 on a hearing aid that's great for most mild to moderate hearing loss (only $ 199 each when you buy a pair). We're so sure you'll be happy with your new hearing aids.
1. Which is the feature of the GO?
A. It removes noises.
B. It has separate on/ off buttons.
C. It includes small batteries.
D. It focuses on practical functions.
2. Why does the author refer to Karen?
A. To prove the GO's popularity.
B. To explain the GO'S function.
C. To convey the family's amazement.
D. To show the GO'S high performance.
3. How much do you pay for a pair of the GO?
A. $ 199.
B. $ 239.
C. $ 398.
D. $ 478.
B
Japan is known to have higher than average rates of stomach cancer. Recently, the town of Kaneyama in Yamagata Prefecture decided to get its 6, 000 residents (居民) tested.
However, the frozen urine samples (尿样) are not tested in conventional ways. Instead, Professor Masao Miyashita and his team are using them in a trial to determine if specially trained cancer-sniffing dogs can accurately detect the disease. Though the study is still in its early stages, Miyashita is thrilled with the results. He said, “In our research so far, cancer detection dogs have been able to find signs of cancer with an accuracy of nearly 100 percent.”
Researchers have known about the animals’ superior sensory skills for decades. However, their ability to detect cancer in humans came to light in 1989, after a dog sniffed out early-stage malignant melanoma (恶性黑色素瘤) on a patient’s leg in London. Since then, scientists from many countries have conducted studies to test dogs’ great skill at identifying cancer chemicals.
While most dogs can be trained for the task researchers say the best candidates are dogs that are precise, quiet, and perhaps even a little shy. The training process is similar to how dogs are taught to learn any trick — by rewarding them with treats! However, it takes much longer because the dogs have to learn to separate the “cancer scent (气味)”from the thousands of organic compounds (有机化合物) in the human body. Researchers begin by exposing the dogs to urine samples from people with cancer, people with other diseases, and patients with no health issues, Once the dogs are able to accurately identify cancer, they are further trained to detect particular kinds of cancer.
Successful as they may be, experts think dogs are unlikely to replace conventional tests. For one, it takes about seven years and costs as much as $45,000 to train a single dog. Klaus Hackner, a researcher and physician who studies dogs detecting cancer in breath samples at Krems University Hospital in Austria, is also not convinced dogs can be relied upon alone. Patients, therefore, have to receive further tests to confirm if they have the disease.
4. What do we know about the cancer-sniffing dogs mentioned in Paragraph 2?
A. They have done a great job.
B. They are trained in a special way.
C. They can easily learn to distinguish cancer.
D. They can be seen in many Japanese hospitals.
5. What does the author intend to do in Paragraph 3?
A. Offer readers some advice.
B. Add some background information.
C. Summarize the previous paragraphs.
D. Introduce a new topic for discussion.
6. What kind of dog is suitable for the cancer-sniffing job?
A. Smart and brave.
B. Active and faithful.
C. Strong and patient.
D. Careful and peaceful.
7. What is Klaus Hackner’s opinion on cancer-sniffing dogs?
A. They should work as a team.
B. They need to receive more training.
C. They can replace doctors in detecting cancer.
D. They should be used together with traditional tests.
C
Japan's prime minister encouraged the decision to ban viewers, even family members, by issuing a state of emergency order in Tokyo earlier this month in response to rising COVID-19 case numbers.
From the perspective of sports psychologists, an Olympics without fans is a real-life science experiment that is helping researchers and clinicians to comb through the true impact of a crowd of fans on its players—and on viewers at home. The strange circumstances under which the games are held may place unexpected pressure on some athletes. On Tuesday, superstar gymnast Simone Biles dropped out of the women's team event, telling
teammates and reporters she wasn't in the right “headspace” to compete. “It's been really stressful this Olympic Games. There are a lot of different variables going into it,” Biles told the Washington Post.
The 2020 Summer Olympics bears similarities and differences to other major sporting events without viewers. The English Premier League supplemented (增加) game broadcasts with crowd noise from the soccer video game FIFA 20, mixed with game audio in real time. A Taiwanese baseball team and German soccer team began populating stands with cardboard cutouts of fans, and the trend caught on internationally.
Jamey Houle, the lead sports psychologist for Ohio State University Athletics and a former Al-American gymnast, says competitive athletes are trained in visualization— imagining performing a certain action or motion, such as doing a roundoff back handspring in gymnastics. Without moving a muscle, players using visualization can solidify neural (神经的) connections and activate their motor cortex (皮层). To visualize most effectively, Houle says, athletes working with sports psychologists will try to simulate as closely as possible the conditions of actual gameplay. Empty stadiums may thus have a measurable impact on players' performance. This phenomenon is grounded in a psychological concept called “social facilitation”, referring to a change in a person's performance that occurs when others are around compared to when a person is alone.
8. What caused Biles to drop out of the women's team event?
A. The poor physical condition.
B. The absence of the audience.
C. The fiercely competitive event.
D. The influence of crowds of fans.
9. What can be inferred from Paragraph 3?
A. The Taiwanese baseball team is a success.
B. The tendency mentioned is popular among some sporting events.
C. The 2020 Summer Olympics is stricter in preventing the pandemic.
D. The crowd noise plays a leading role in the English Premier League.
10. How does Houle explain the impact of empty stadiums on players' performance?
A. By doing a roundoff back handspring.
B. By simulating the conditions of actual gameplay.
C. By using the concept called social facilitation.
D. By changing the viewers of a player.
11. What message does the author mainly convey in the text?
A. Athletes should be trained in visualization.
B. Audience should be admitted to the Olympics.
C. Social facilitation is helpful to sporting events.
D. Viewers present may influence players' performance.
D
Plastic is piling up in ecosystems all over the world. Although its harmful impacts on both species and ecosystems have been documented, a few animals—like bowerbirds and hermit crabs—are doing what they can to recycle it. And according to a recent study, wild bees in Canada have joined the effort, which is a rare observation of behavioral flexibility in species especially insects, in increasingly plastic-rich environments.
The researchers found two species of leafcutter bees putting plastic into their nests. One of the bees they studied, the alfalfa leafcutter bee, normally bites off pieces of leaves and flowers while the second bee gathers sticky substances from trees. Leafcutter bees don't build big nests or store honey like honeybees, choosing instead small nests in underground holes, tree holes or cracks（裂缝）in buildings. But the researchers found that three of eight brood cells（育雏巢室）contained pieces of plastic bags, replacing 23 percent of the cut leaves in each cell on average.
While they don't make honey,alfalfa leafcutter bees still make money for theU. S. and Canadian farmers by pollinating（给......传授花粉）crops including alfalfa , carrots and melons. The European insects were introduced to North America in the 1930s for that purpose, and they've since become wild, joining the continent's many native species of leafcutter bees.
In a separate study conducted in Argentina between 2017 and 2018, researchers found a bee nest made entirely of plastic, which consisted of three separate cells. It's the first known example of such construction worldwide. Compared to the other nests the researchers examined, which were made of natural materials, this one had a pretty lower success rate of the bees' survival. One of the cells had a dead baby bee , another seemed to have housed an adult that had left the nest, and the third was unfinished.
12. What does the animals' use of plastic show according to the study?
A. How widely plastic is used.
B. How strange the behavior of wildlife is.
C. How some wildlife is adapting to plastic.
D. How plastic pollution has harmed them.
13. What do leaves mean to alfalfa leafcutter bees?
A. Food.
B. Shelter.
C A plastic substitute. D. Traditional nest materials.
14. Which is one characteristic of leafcutter bees?
A. They have great economic value.
B. They store honey like honeybees.
C. They prefer to live in tree holes.
D. They have evolved into a new species.
15. What was the nest made entirely of plastic like?
A. It might be warmer.
B. It might be unhealthy.
C. It might be easy to finish.
D. It might be recyclable.
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Thomas Derksen was born inGermanyin 1988 and married Chinese girl, Zhu Liping, in2014. After that, they chose to live inShanghai. One weekend he went to theSnakeArtificialIslandinShanghaito fish with his Chinese father-in-law._____16_____
On the journey to the island, Derksen's father-in-law, " old Zhu", called five of his friends one by one promising to give them each two fish. However, it proved difficult to catch more than the two fish which Derksen hooked.____17____In the end, to honor the promises, they went to a nearby market to buy a dozen fish.
Derksen describes this funny thing in his German book about his trying to win over his wife's tough Chinese father. The book published in April has sold more than 20 ,000 copies inGermany.____18____The book has been so far translated into Chinese , titled Meet the Tiger Father-in-Law. The first run of 5 ,100 copies has sold out.
What caused Derksen to write this book? In fact he had been thinking of how to let German people learn more aboutChina.____19____. So he wrote down all the funny things that he had experienced inChinato help German readers better know about Chinese culture.
____20____. Despite the convenience of the Internet and social media, it is common for people to harbor cultural stereotypes(刻板印象) of other countries. Derksen said, " To change people's stereotypical view of another country, one of the best ways is to visit the country in person , to take a look and to experience the local customs and traditions People often communicate with each other better when that is the case".
A. His friend suggested that he write a book.
B. There are many challenges in a mixed marriage.
C. They are very enthusiastic about the Chinese history.
D. He thought it was a good opportunity to improve their relationship.
E. It's popular for its vivid and amusing details about Chinese people and culture.
F. The unhappy father-in-law and the nervous son-in-law barely exchanged a word.
G. Understanding is key to the communication between people from different cultures.
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Ruby Kate, 11 likes to spend time with residents at the local nursing homes where her mother Amada works as a nurse.
Oneday last summer, Ruby___21___that a resident namedPearlwas staring out of the window and looking very___22___. Ruby and Amanda learnt thatPearl’s dog had just left. She couldn't___23___to have someone take care of her dog and it was basically homeless. After a little more___24___, Amanda and her daughter found out thatPearlonly gets $40 each month from her Medicaid check. Many of the other residents received just as little — if___25___— spending money at all.
Pearl’s story____26____Ruby. She wanted to do something to____27____her and the other residents. So she got out a____28____and wrote down a simple question: “What are three things you wish you had?”
Amanda was____29____of Ruby’s broad question. She didn't think her daughter would____30____with anything helpful. “In my adult mind, that question is not going to____31____” said Amanda. “They're going to tell you that they want things you can't give them.”
She went door to door at the nursing home,_____32_____residents to list their three wishes. When Amanda saw what her daughter wrote in her notebook, she was_____33_____that the list was filled with just____34____requests like new pillows, books, razors and peanut butter.
Ruby and Amanda____35____all of the items on the first list and that started a chain reaction of____36____and kindness. They launched a GoFundMe page to_____37_____money to fulfill more wishes. Soon after,Ruby's story went viral and she's now collected more than $250,000 and_____38_____her own nonprofit called Three Wishes for Ruby's Residents.
“I'd like it to go on____39____and ever and ever,” she said. “Because I just want it to go____40____and I want it to go around the states and even in different countries.”
21. A. warned B. noticed C. screamed D. worried
22. A. upset B. curious C. exhausted D. satisfied
23. A. expect B. bother C. afford D. agree
24. A. discussing B. examining C. sharing D. digging
25. A. any B. so C. not D. ever
26. A. moved B. struck C. changed D. depressed
27. A. comfort B. compensate C. help D. protect
28. A. brochure B. pen C. diary D. notebook
29. A. skeptical B. aware C. tired D. confident
30. A. put up B. bring up C. end up D. show up
31. A. matter B. work C. inspire D. arise
32. A. persuading B. ordering C. asking D. advising
33. A. delighted B. confused C. frightened D. shocked
34. A. simple B. demanding C. unreasonable D. strange
35. A. collected B. bought C. made D. removed
36. A. curiosity B. anxiety C. sympathy D. generosity
37. A. raise B. earn C. save D. borrow
38. A. managed B. founded C. advertised D. invested
39. A. temporarily B. cheaply C. forever D. efficiently
40. A. richer B. higher C. faster D. bigger
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
Goats are known for being sweet and lovable creatures and they can make humans smile____41.____(simple) by being cute. Now, a research team____42.____(make) up of scientists from the UK, Brazil, and Germany has concluded that goats can actually tell when humans are smiling and that goats greatly prefer happy faces____43.____angry ones.
The researchers wanted to see whether goad could read human expressions, even though they aren't bred to be companion animals. In going about this, the experts showed the goats two____44.____(picture) of an unfamiliar human, one with a happy face and the other____45.____(look) angry.
____46.____(complete) this study, the researchers used 35 goats____47.____had already spent time around humans. When the photos were placed in the goats' enclosure, it quickly became clear that the animals liked to be near and spend____48.____(much) time staying with the happy photo than the angry one.
After many trials, the researchers found that regardless of the person's age or gender, goals preferred humans with happy faces.
It turns out that animals that don't have a long history of domestication can still figure out when a human is happy____49.____sad. It should_____50._____(note) that the goats used in this study were cared for by some people, so they were used to being around humans. And the next set of trials has already been scheduled to take
place with goats that have not had much interaction with humans at all.
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.假定英语课课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。

错误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限一词。

只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Several days before New Year’s Day, when my dad and I went to a calendar store. We ended up bought two calendars, with each costing ten dollar. The store offered a discount, which allowed customers buy two calendars and get one freely. The old woman standing behind us was buying one. My dad noticed that but offered to pay for her calendar. She refused, feeling confused at the kindness shown by my dad who she has never met before. The salesgirl told the old woman that my dad could get it with her for nothing. She agreed and gave hers to my dad. When my dad handed them back to the woman, she said it was a surprised New Year gift.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假如你是李华，你的朋友莉莉给你来信说她最近很烦恼。

因为她妈妈在未征得她同意的情况下把她的照片发到微信朋友圈(WeChat Moments)。

请你写一封回信，内容如下：
1.你的建议：
2.你的理由。

注意：1.词数100左右；
2.书信格式已为你写好，不计入总词数。

参考答案
1. D
2. D
3. C
4. A
5. B
6. D
7. D
8. B 9. B 10. C 11. D
12. A 13. B 14. D 15. B
16. D 17. F 18. E 19. A 20. G
21. B 22. A 23. C 24. D 25. A 26. B 27. C 28. D 29. A 30. C 31. B 32.
C 33.
D 34. A 35. B 36. D 37. A 38. B 39. C 40. D
41. simply
42. made 43. to
44. pictures
45. looking
46. To complete
47. which##that
48. more 49. or
50. be noted
51.(1). 去掉when
(2). bought → buying
(3). dollar → dollars
(4). customers后加to
(5). freely → free
(6). but → and
(7). has→ had
(8). with → for
(9). them → it
(10). surprised → surprising
52.略。