2020届赣州市宁都中学高三英语上学期期末试题及参考答案

2020届赣州市宁都中学高三英语上学期期末试题及参考答案
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
You’re becoming an adult; your friends are changing; school is more challenging; and your life has more ups and downs than it used to. These books are just for you.
Say Goodbye to Stressby Dr Jeff Brown
Kindle Edition $11.79
Paperback $16.95
Many have trouble getting their stress (压力) under control and want help. This new book will encourage stressed-out readers with its stories from people like them about how they resolved or rethought the stress in their lives, learned to let go of anxiety and worry, and improved their lives by dealing with stress.
Find Your Inner Strengthby Amy Newmark
Kindle Edition $7.99
Paperback $12.75
This powerful collection of stories will inspire (激励) you and help you find the inner strength to do with the challenges in your own life. We are stronger than we think.... when we have to be. These brave. courageous people are the role models that show us all what is possible.
Random Acts of Kindnessby Amy Newmark
Kindle Edition $12.99
Paperback $17.77
Make miracles happen for yourself and others. It’s easy. Just think outside the box and look around. There are so many ways that you can help—and it turns out the biggest beneficiary (受益人) may be you! Scientific studies have shown that “doing good” is not only good for others but also for the person doing it, making that person happier and healthier.
Be the Best You Can Beby Amy Newmark
Kindle Edition $10. 99
Paperback $15.67
This collection shows kids positive role models to follow in its stories about making good choices, having
confidence, and doing the right things. Parents and grandparents will enjoy discussing the stories with children, making it a family event.
1.How will you feel after reading Say Goodbye to Stress?
A.Anxious.
B.Awkward.
C.Relaxed.
D.Confused.
2.What is unique about Find Your Inner Strength?
A.It is written by a well-known author.
B.It is the cheapest of the four books.
C.It has role models for kids to follow.
D.It shows one how to do good deeds.
3.Which book is suitable for one who has no confidence?
A.Say Goodbye to Stress
B.Find Your Inner Strength
C.Random Acts of Kindness
D.Be the Best You Can Be
B
John Montefiore's path to graduation from theUniversityofTorontowas a little unusual. He recently completed his bachelor's degree(学士学位) which he started in1995.
Montefiore left university in 1996 and tried to tell himself that a degree wasn't necessary for personal success. But it remained unfinished businessuntil he made the decision to return in 2018 at the age 42. At that time, his job development stalled, so he made up his mind to go back to school in order to improve himself and work well in future.
The second time around, Montefiore never missed a class and always sat in the front row. He found many courses invaluable and he received the Award of Excellence twice. He found support services played an important role in his successful return. He said, “I hadn't written a paper for years, so I found the college writing centre to be of great use. Before I handed in a paper, they would give me feedback, which was really great. The university has so much built in to help students succeed and I'm so thankful for that.” But he also met difficulties this time. As a student much older than others, he found it harder to make friends with classmates.
However, no matter what had happened before, he finally got his bachelor's degree. He said, “After all these years, I had thought it wouldn't mean anything, but it means a lot. I totally understand the value of education now. It's not necessarily the value that other people see in it, but the value it gives me as a person, for my confidence and my self-esteem. It also helps me prepare well before I re-enter the workplace.”
4. Why was Montefiore's graduation unusual?
A. He had achieved personal success before.
B. He understood the importance of a degree.
C. He finished his degree at a much older age.
D. He began his university study at a young age.
5. What does the underlined word "stalled" in paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. Stopped.
B. Started.
C. Survived.
D. Succeeded.
6. What can we learn about Montefiore from the third paragraph?
A. He got good grades very easily.
B. He took his study seriously this time
C. He was thankful for his classmates' help
D. He had difficulty using support services.
7. What did Montefiore learn from his experience?
A. Confidence is important in one's life.
B. Others' opinions on education matter a lot.
C. Higher education is a must for personal success.
D. Education makes one feel better about himself.
C
It is a question people have been asking for ages. Is there a way to turn back the aging process?
For centuries, people have been looking for a “fountain of youth”. The idea is that if you find a magical fountain, and drink from its waters, you will not age.
Researchers in New York did not find an actual fountain of youth, but they may have found a way to turn back the aging process. It appears the answer may be hidden right between your eyes, in an area called the hypothalamus (下丘脑). The hypothalamus is part of your brain. It controls important activities within the body.
Researchers at New York’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine found that hypothalamus neural (神经的) stem cells also influence how fast aging takes place in the body.
What are stem cells(干细胞)? They are simple cells that can develop into specialized cells, like blood or skin cells. Stem cells can also repair damaged tissues and organs.
Dongsheng Cai is a professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He was the lead researcher in a study on aging in mice. He and his team reported their findings in the journal Nature, Cai explained when hypothalamus function is in decline, particularly the loss of hypothalamus stem cells, and this protection against the aging development is lost. it eventually leads to aging.
Using this information, the researchers began trying to activate, or energize, the hypothalamus laboratory
mice. They did this by injecting the animals with stem cells, Later, the researchers examined tissues and tested for changes in behavior. They looked for changes in the strength and coordination (协调) of the animals muscles. They also studied the social behavior and cognitive ability of the mice. The researchers say the results show that the treatment slowed aging in the animals, Cai says injecting middle-aged mice with stem cells from younger mice helped the older animals live longer.
But these results were just from studying mice in a laboratory. If the mice can live longer, does that mean people could have longer lives? The next step is to see if the anti-aging effects also work in.
8. In Paragraph 2 a “fountain of youth” is mentioned to ________.
A. introduce the main topic
B. show a hidden secret.
C. describe scientists research
D. recommend a way to stay young
9. Aging takes place in the body when _______.
A. stem cells develop into specialized cells
B. there are important activities within the body
C. hypothalamus neural stem cells fail to protect against aging
D. the hypothalamus fails to repair damaged tissues and organs
10. What do we know about the researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine from the text?
A. They did experiments to see how stem cells work.
B. They studied mice to find their connection with humans.
C. They have found a possible way to slow the aging progress.
D. They have found no changes in mice s behavior during the experiment
11. What will the researchers probably do next?
A. They will help some animals live longer.
B. They will announce the fountain of youth doesn’t exist
C. They will develop products to help people live a longer life immediately
D. They will do research to see if what they have found in mice will apply to humans.
D
If you go into the forest with friends, stay with them. If you don’t, you may get lost. If you get lost, this is what you should do. Sit down and stay where you are. Don’t try to find your friends—let them findyou. You can help
them find you by staying in one place. There is another way to help your friends or other people to find you. You can shout or whistle three times. Stop. Then shout or whistle three times again. Any signal given three times is a call for help.
Keep up shouting or whistling. Always three times together. When people hear you, they will know that you are not just making a noise for fun. They will let you know that they have heard your signal. They will give you two shouts or two whistles. When a signal is given twice, it is an answer to a call for help.
If you don’t think that you will get help before night comes, try to make a little house with branches(树枝). Make yourself a bed with leaves and grass.
When you need some water, you have to leave your little branch house to look for it. Don’t just walk away. Pick off small branches and drop them as you walk in order to go back again easily. When you are lost, the most important thing to do is to stay in one place.
12. If you get lost in the forest, you should _________.
A. try to find your friends in no time
B. stay in one place and give signals
C. walk around the forest
D. shout as loudly as possible
13. Which signal is a call for help?
A. Crying twice.
B. Shouting here and there.
C. Whistling everywhere in the forest.
D. Shouting or whistling three times together.
14. When you hear two shouts or two whistles, you know that _________.
A. someone needs your help
B. something terrible will happen
C. people will come to help you
D. someone is afraid of an animal
15. What’s the meaning of the last paragraph?
A. Use branches to make a bed.
B. Drop branches to look for water.
C. Pick off branches to build another house.
D. Leave branches to help you find your way back.
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It is amusing that yogurt, which was invented to make milk last longer before the days of refrigeration, now makes grocery shopping last longer. Full-fat, or nonfat? Greek, or regular?____16____
A key recommendation when it comes to fat is to choose low-fat or fat-free yogurt. That's because dairy fat is mostly saturated (饱和的), the type linked with increased risk of heart disease. Besides, full-fat dairy has more calories than nonfat.
This view, however, has been challenged by a few recent studies. Researchers think that full-fat dairy might offer some as-yet-unknown health benefits. It might also help with weight management because the fat in it makes it more satisfying, helping keep our appetite in check.
____17____Until there are further findings, it might be wiser to choose low-fat or fat-free yogurt and add healthy fat by topping it with nuts.
____18____Many of them also have a hard time deciding whether to buy Greek yogurt or regular yogurt. Greek yogurt, which was rare about a decade ago, dominates the store shelves with dozens of flavors today. It has become popular partly because it features a thick, creamy texture (口感) and contains more protein and less sugar than regular yogurt.
Greek yogurt has these qualities because of its unique liquid-removing process. Unfortunately, lots of nutrients, including calcium (钙), are sometimes drained, too. Therefore, thickened yogurt and regular yogurt offer different nutritional benefits.____19____
Finally, it is worth mentioning that it's the added sugar, not the naturally- occurring sugar (which is removed in Greek yogurt), that should be the cause of our concern. Fruit-flavored yogurts that appear to be healthy may have little actual fruit and plenty of added sugar instead.____20____
A. Consumers, however. are not confused only about fat.
B. Mixing them up and enjoying both might be a good idea.
C. With so many conflicting headlines about fat these days, it's no wonder people are confused when buying dairy products.
D. Our best bet might be to buy plain yogurt and sweeten it ourselves using fresh fruit.
E. There are so many choices that we often find it hard to decide which yogurt to buy.
F. They're naturally ''packaged'' with so many important nutrients that it would be misguided to avoid them.
G. Yet more research needs to be done for us to fully understand dairy fat’s health impact .
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
Surviving Mount Rainier
Bad luck and poor timing left Krasnitskiy and three climbers stuck on Mount Rainier for several long days. They faced mountain climbing’s_____21_____tests. One man suffered_____22_____sickness; ice and rockfall_____23_____down at night; cold nights in a_____24_____that got torn left them hypothermic(体温过低的). Calm confidence, skill and the courage to continue up the_____25_____route, despite illness and injury, likely
saved their lives.
The climbers_____26_____on a Friday, camping low on the route the first night because they were_____27_____about rockfall after a climber had recently died in an accident at the route’s typical_____28_____camp.
On Saturday, at about 10,500 feet, one of the climbers became sick from the altitude, which began to slow them down.
By Sunday evening, the ill climber was_____29_____, and they had to make an unplanned camp on steep snow. A______30______wind, unexpected and strong, began to break their tent. It was a cold night.
On Monday, they called 911. For several______31______, they watched as high winds______32______rangers’(护林员) attempts at a helicopter rescue. Their food was______33______and they shared a single bottle of snowmelt(融雪水) each day.
Then the icefall______34______their tent platform and squeezed them together. It was impossible to climb down. On Wednesday, they decided to______35______their climb---______36______, carefully, resting when they were weak.
Krasnitskiy thought of all the people who loved him, and it really______37______him they must be worried. As he climbed, he just kept yelling out to his______38______, “We have to get there.”
However, on Thursday morning, their spirits began to______39______. They started to______40______they could continue. But then the helicopter arrived. They were rescued.
21. A. best B. toughest C. simplest D. fairest
22. A. altitude B. car C. radiation D. sleeping
23. A. slowed B. settled C. rained D. burned
24. A. cave B. hut C. village D. tent
25. A. challenging B. long C. beautiful D. southern
26. A. fell down B. gave up C. set out D. got back
27. A. concerned B. crazy C. guilty D. unhappy
28. A. winter B. training C. temporary D. high
29. A. bored B. exhausted C. recovered D. refreshed
30. A. bored B. warm C. favourable D. stiff
31. A. weeks B. minutes C. days D. hours
32. A. rushed B. prevented C. assisted D. protected
33. A. running out B. breaking down C. put away D. left over
34. A. missed B. exposed C. widened D. buried
35. A. make room for B. carry on with C. have a break from D. put a stop to
36. A. slowly B. secretly C. mentally D. casually
37. A. beat B. told C. hit D. taught
38. A. family B. friends C. students D. guides
39. A. lift B. rise C. sink D. harden
40. A. admit B. surprise C. believe D. doubt
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
With smiling eyes, a quick wit and a good sense of humor, Jia Ling has long been a well-known female comedian for her___41.___(extreme) funny performances. But recently, she has gained another title.
Jia starred in and directed the filmHi, Mom,___42.___a time-travel story is told. The film___43.___(consider) as the leading dark horse among the movies released (上映) during the seven-day Spring Festival holiday is in memory___44.___her late mother Li Huanying, who encouraged Jia to pursue her artistic dreams. By Feb 23, 2021, it___45.___(earn) more than 4 billion yuan, enabling Jia to become the top box office grossing female film director in China. Now she is on the path to___46.___(become) an international name in the filmmaking industry.
So what is the secret behind Jia’s success? One factor may be her passion for comedy. Jia___47.___(admit) to Beijing’s Central Academy of Drama in 2001. In the last 20 years, she has performed crosstalk (相声) in___48.___(vary) competitions and shows. She has also played comedic roles in many comedies on the big screen. Besides, the approach to___49.___(make) the film also makes Jia Ling’s work stand out. We’ll wait and see whether Jia will become one of China’s____50.____(popular) directors.
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，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共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；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

In my opinion, love played an important role in our daily life. Life like a beautiful boat, and love is the wind. With the help of the wind, the boat can by no means go to the place what it wants to go. In my family, my parents both love me deep. It is love that makes me happy or warm. At school, all the students and teachers are friendly to me. They always motive me with inspired words, which have a significantly positive impact to me. In a short, I think love is something that we can’t describe well in any language. Love gives us a lot. So please value them.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。

你校英国交换生Jim给你发了一封邮件，告诉你暑假他想留在北京做志愿者工作（a volunteering job），希望你给他一些建议。

请你给他回封邮件，邮件内容需包括以下几点:
1.你所推荐的志愿者工作；
2.推荐的理由；
3.建议他做哪些准备
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Jim,
I am happy to hear from you.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________
……
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. C
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. A
6. B
7. D
8. D 9. C 10. B 11. D
12. B 13. D 14. C 15. D
16. E 17. G 18. A 19. B 20. D
21. B 22. A 23. C 24. D 25. A 26. C 27. A 28. D 29. B 30. D 31. C 32.
B 33. A 34. D 35. B 36. A 37.
C 38. B 39. C 40. D
41. extremely
42. where 43. considered
44. of 45. had earned
46. becoming
47. was admitted
48. various
49. making 50. most popular
51.(1). played→plays
(2). life 后加上is
(3). With →Without
(4). what →where
(5). deep →deeply
(6). or →and
(7). inspired →inspiring
(8). to → on
(9). a 去掉
(10). them→it
52.略。