2020-2021学年宜春市第三中学高三英语上学期期中试题及答案解析

2020-2021学年宜春市第三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
Bird migration is described as the regular, seasonal movement of bird populations from one place to another and back again.
The longer days and rich food of the northern summer provide greater chances for birds to feed their young. The longer daylight hours and enormous food resources allow birds to lay larger eggs than those of related non-migratory species that remain in the tropics all year round. As the days shorten in autumn and the breeding period is over, the birds return to warmer regions where the available food supply differs little with the seasons changing. The advantages of migration make up for the high stress, physical exertion（消耗）, and other risks of the migration.
Day length is the primary environmental factor that encourages birds to prepare for migration. They have an increased appetite which results in weight gaining, giving them the fat reserves that provide energy for their migratory flight. They also show more activity at night, which is when most birds migrate. While the length of day is the primary reason for migration, birds also respond to temperature changes. For example, if a spring is late and the temperature is lower than normal, birds delay migration; if a spring is early, birds also begin migration early.
The timing of the migratory cycle must allow birds to arrive on the breeding site so that there is time tobuild a breeding place, mate, lay the eggs, and hatch the young before the rich food is available to feed the young in the nest. Similarly, if birds wait until the climate in their northern breeding grounds becomes tolerable(可忍受的), there will be no time togain the necessary weight that provides the energy needed for their southbound migration.
1. Why do birds migrate to the north in spring?
A The temperature in the south has risen.
B. They like traveling and enjoy the journey.
C. The summer there is warmer than that in the south.
D. The environment there is more suitable for them to feed their baby birds.
2. What are the two factors that cause birds to migrate?
A. Day length and food supply.
B. Night length and high stress.
C. Temperature changes and daylength.
D. Food supply and temperature changes.
3. Which can be the best title for the text?
A. Birds' Life
B. Birds' Migration
C. Birds' Breeding Habits
D. Birds' Living Environment
B
What about your emotions? How do they help you to understand what you are reading?
In Jane Yolan'sOwl Moon,a girl explores with her father on a snowy night. She longs for this special night.And she's amazed when she sees an owl.Have you felt longing before? Amazement? Well, if you have, it helps you have a sense of agreement. When we can put ourselves inside a story we can understand it better. Our brain tells us,"Oh, this girl's experience is a bit like mine."And boom! We can relate to her.But this skill is not born in us.So young kids have to learn it.
Pictures and images help young readers to understand and recognize feelings.Readers feel joy when seeing the smiling faces of friends.They feel fear when turning the page to find a scary monster. They are just pictures,but the feelings are real. This skill, to understand the thinking and feeling of others, is what researchers call "theory of mind".
For example, think about the faces of people and animals in stories. The Big Bad Wolf's scary teeth. The 'o' shape of a surprised character's mouth. Or big, wide eyes like the girl inOwl Moon.By noticing the faces,readers can start to figure out what it feels like to be that character.And that helps to figure out how people feel and think in real life.
But most young readers don't go into deep,scary woods.And some may not go to the beach or play basketball.In the bookYo!Yes?two kids meet and play ball. The kids start the story on opposite pages.But as the story goes on,they get closer until they are together.Some young readers might not play basketball, but they can read the clues on the page to figure out how the kids are feeling.And some readers might not like the game,but they can feel excited for the characters because of how the characters look and move.
4. What can we learn from the second paragraph?
A.Owl Moontalks about the exploration of the Moon.
B. The feeling of"amazement"is a sense of agreement.
C. Readers are blessed with the ability to interpret others.
D. Readers with similar experience understand the story better.
5. Which of the following might help readers develop"theory of mind"?
A. True feelings.
B. Smiling faces.
C. Picture books.
D. Reading skills.
6. Young readers can go deeper into a story by________.
A. tracking the plot
B. developing new skills
C. sharing similar hobbies
D. analyzing the background
7. What is the text mainly about?
A. How thinking influences reading.
B. How readers improve reading skills.
C. How emotions help enhance reading.
D. How kids figure out the clues of stories.
C
When almost everyone has a mobile phone, why are more than half of Australian homes still paying for a landline（座机）?
These days you’d be hard pressed to find anyone in Australia over the age of 15 who doesn’t own a mobile phone. In fact plenty of younger kids have one in their pocket. Practically everyone can make and receive calls anywhere, anytime.
Still, 55 percent of Australians have a landline phone at home and only just over a quarter（29%）rely only on their smartphones according to a survey（调查）. Of those Australians who still have a landline, a thirdconcedethat it’s not really necessary and they’re keeping it as a security blanket — 19 percent say they never use it while a further13 percent keep it in case of emergencies. I think my home falls into that category.
More than half of Australian homes are still choosing to stick with their home phone. Age is naturally a factor （因素）— only 58 percent of Generation Ys still use landlinesnow and then, compared to 84 percent of Baby Boomers who’ve perhaps had the same home number for 50 years. Age isn’t the only factor; I’d say it’s also to do with the makeup of your household.
Generation Xers with young families, like my wife and I, can still find it convenient to have a home phone rather than providing a mobile phone for every family member. That said, to be honest the only people who ever ring our home phone are our Baby Boomers parents, to the point where we play a game and guess who iscalling before we pick up the phone（using Caller ID would take the fun out of it）.
How attached are you to your landline? How long until they go the way of gas street lamps and morning milk deliveries?
8. What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us about mobilephones?
A. Their target users.
B. Their wide popularity.
C. Their major functions.
D. Their complex design.
9. What does the underlined word “concede” in paragraph 3 mean?
A. Admit.
B. Argue.
C. Remember.
D. Remark.
10. What can we say about Baby Boomers?
A. They like smartphone games.
B. They enjoy guessing callers’ identity.
C. They keep using landline phones.
D. They are attached to their family.
11. What can be inferred about the landline from the last paragraph?
A. It remains a family necessity.
B. Itwill fall out of use some day.
C. It may increase daily expenses.
D. It is as important as the gas light.
D
You’re in a crowd of people who are all asking for the same thing. How do you make your voice heard above the rest? Be different. Don’t shout. Lisa, 25, was waiting to board a plane flying fromLondontoAustriafor Christmaswhen the flight was cancelled.
“There were about a hundred of us unable to leave,” she says. “Everyone else was shouting at the airport staff. Instead of joining in, I walked up to the man behind the ticket desk very quietly and said, ‘This must be so awful for you! I don’t know how you deal with these situations—it’s not even your fault. I could never handle it as well as you are.’ Without my even asking, he found me a seat on another airline with an upgrade to first class. He was happy to do a favor forsomeone who was appreciative instead of unfriendliness.”
Flattery (恭维) is an essential element of the sweet-talk strategy. “It’s human psychology that stroking a person’s ego (自我) with a few well-directed praises makes them want to prove you right,” says apsychologist. “Tell someone they’re pretty and they’ll instantly fix their hair; praise their sense of humor and they’ll tell a joke.”
You need help and there’s ly no reason that the person will want to lend a hand. Allison, 26. a lawyer, realized she’d made a huge mistake on a batch of documents. “The only way I could fix the problem was to get the help of
a colleague who I knew didn’t like me,” she said.
Allison then went to the woman’s office and explained her problem. “As I was saying to the boss the other day you’re the only person who would know how to handle a situation like this, what would you suggest I do?” “Feeling pumped up (鼓励), she set about helping me and we finished the job on time, and she was happy to help.” Allison said.
12. Whatwould have happened at the airport according to paragraph 1?
A. The departure hall was filled with noise.
B. Someone screamed just lo be different.
C. The passengers waited on board patiently.
D. The airport stuff were rude to the passengers.
13. Why did the man put Lisa on another airline?
A. He admired Lisa’s beauty.
B. He appreciated her attitude.
C. He was ready to help others.
D. He was blamed for the cancellation.
14. What is the third paragraph mainly about?
A. The potential benefits of ego.
B. The strategy to start small talk.
C. The great importance of flattery.
D. The value of humor in daily life.
15. What can we learn about Allison’s colleague?
A. She was a popular lawyer.
B. She was always ready to help others.
C. She always got praise from Allison.
D. She did a great favor for Allison eventually.
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The last year of living in a pandemic (疫情) has put many people under pressure, stretching (拉伸) their handling skills so thin that some of them may soon break down.____16____
Do those people experience less pressure? That's certainly possible. But it's also possible that they have mastered the art of seeing stress as a normal, acceptable and even positive part of life____17____.
____18____, according to the researchers. It is not stress itself but the belief that stress is harmful that is killing people. Evidence suggests the way people experience stress seems to have an impact on whether stress is really damaging or not.
To understand how that can be the case, consider what happens to the body under stress. The heart races, breathing quickens and the brain goes into high alert. Sense also heightens.____19____You get a burst of energy and sharper focus so you can deal with the threat and survive.
That “good” stress can give you an advantage in not only playing a competitive sport, but also speaking public, interviewing for a job or even adapting to a pandemic quarantine (隔离). Once the immediate threat is handled, your levels of stress hormones return to normal with no long-lasting effects____20____.
A. It is hard to tell whether the stressful situations arc harmful to people
B. But in fact many people somehow manage to deal with stress just fine
C. Experiencing stressful situation doesn't necessarily mean it is damaging
D. With that view, experts say, conics the ability to adapt to pressure
E. It would be a win-win if we saw it that way
F. Colors and sounds become more clear and vivid
G. Yet some people got through the pandemic under no pressure
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My mom only had one eye. I hated her. She was such a(n)____21____.
She____22____a small shop at a flea market and collected old clothes and other things to sell for the money we needed. Once during elementary school, my mom came. I was so embarrassed and____23____how she could do this to me. I____24____her a hateful look and ran out.
I told myself that I would become____25____in the future, so I studied very hard. Later I was____26____into the Seoul University. I left my mother and came to Seoul to study. I bought a house of my own. I was living____27____as a successful man.
Then, I got married. I had kids of my own. I was happy with my life, my kids and the____28____. Then one day, my mother came to visit me. She hadn't seen me in years and she didn't____29____meet her grandchildren.
When she stood by the door, my children laughed at her, and I yelled at her for coming over____30____. I screamed at her, “How dare you come to my house and scare my children! GET OUT OF HERE! NOW”
And to this, my mother quietly answered, “Oh, I'm so sorry. I may have gotten the wrong____31____.” and she disappeared out of sight.
One day, a letter____32____a school reunion came to my house. I went back to participate in the____33____. After that, I went down to the old____34____house where we used to live, just out of curiosity. There I found my
mom____35____on the cold ground, with a piece of paper in her hand. It was a letter to me.
My son,
I think my life has been____36____enough now, and I won't visit Seoul anymore. But I miss you so much.
You see, when you were very little, you got into an____37____and lost your eye. As a mom, I couldn't____38____watching you having to grow up with only one eye. So I gave you mine. I was so proud of my son to see a whole new world for me with that eye. I was never____39____at you for anything you did.
Don't____40____for me because of my death. I love you so much.
21. A. surprise B. shock C. embarrassment D. pity
22. A. sold B. bought C. entered D. ran
23. A. wondered B. imagined C. thought D. doubted
24. A. got B. took C. left D. threw
25. A. merciful B. wonderful C. successful D. ambitious
26. A. allowed B. admitted C. welcomed D. permitted
27. A. sadly B. excitedly C. happily D. gratefully
28. A. conveniences B. comforts C. wonders D. misfortunes
29. A. even B. still C. ever D. rather
30. A. unnoticed B. untouched C. unexplained D. uninvited
31. A. address B. name C. letter D. house
32. A. regarding B. including C. supposing D. considering
33. A. party B. celebration C. activity D. reunion
34. A. furnished B. equipped C. shabby D. splendid
35. A. laying B. lying C. sitting D. standing
36. A. short B. hard C. easy D. long
37. A. accident B. affair C. event D. matter
38. A. ignore B. stand C. enjoy D. help
39. A. excited B. amazed C. upset D. fulfilled
40. A. cry B. blame C. scold D. honor
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
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) --The heavy smoke from devastating Australian bushfires cloaked
Auckland,___41.___(turn) the city's skyline into strange, mysterious and frightening orange color1___42.___Sunday afternoon.
New Zealand meteorology service MetService forecast that___43.___upper level jet of westerly winds was driving the smoke across the Tasman Sea towards New Zealand. The smoke___44.___(expect) to arrive Sunday evening and was likely to be____45.____(large) gone by the morning.
It is the second layer of smoke coming from the Australian bushfires,____46.____is cloaking the North Island and upper parts of the South Island. Much of the South Island___47.___(awake) to reddish-brown skies on New Year's Day before the smoke spread to the North Island.
MetService said it is possible___48.___people would be able to smell and taste the smoke. However, long-lasting health____49.____(effect) are not expected.
On Friday, the New Zealand government pledged twenty two____50.____(many) firefighters to help fight the Australian bushfires.
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（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

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；
只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Looking back to the National English Speaking Competition I take part in several days ago, I have a lot to share to you.
Firstly, I feel real delighted that I’ve won the first prize in the competition, which makes me to understand the true meaning of the proverb “No pains, no gains”. Besides, I’ve established the friendship with students from all over our country, from which I’ve learned a lot. More importantly, participate in this competition has enabled me to overcome my fear of speaking in public, thus developing my self-confidence. Additionally, I owe much thanks to my teachers and judges. Without his help, I couldn’t have done such excellent job.
To sum up, I will always treasure this meaningful and memorable experiences.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

续写的词数应为150
左右。

I went out to have lunch this morning to meet an old friend. We made a date in a small and peaceful restaurant. We hadn’t seen each other for some time. So I was looking forward to it, and thought it would be a lovely lunch and a wonderful conversation. I dressed myself in my favorite dress and did my hair up. Everything seemed perfect.
When my old friend and I were seated, we first ordered our meal. But there seemed to be something wrong with the lady who took our order. Her expression was horrible and she said rudely, “What’s your order?” “A dish of fish and some rice”, I told her our order in a gentle voice. She took my order and gave me the same unfriendly attitude as she had given to others.
The woman’s bad attitude made me uncomfortable. Considering that I didn't want anything to destroy the happy moods that we had, I didn't say anything else.
As my friend and I were having our meal and talking about the things that happened before, my mind didn’t focus on our talking. I just noticed the lady’s behaviors to other customers. She was not in a good mood and she got into a fight with a customer but I didn’t know why.
When it came to my turn to approach her, I thought to myself, “What can I do here to make her mood changed and make her smile?” And I didn’t want her attitude to spoil the whole warm atmosphere in this small peaceful restaurant.
Surely there must be something I could sincerely compliment (赞扬) her on. Then there it was and I knew instantly.
I said to her, “Madam, I don’t know what made you so unhappy, but I know that you must have the most incredibly well spoken and clear voice. It is so good. Like incredibly good.” That was what I could compliment her on.
Paragraph 1:
When she heard what I had said, her whole face lit up.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____
Paragraph 2:
I went back to my seat and I noticed the lady’s whole attitude changed.
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参考答案
1. D
2. C
3. B
4. D
5. C
6. A
7. C
8. B 9. A 10. C 11. B
12. A 13. B 14. C 15. D
16. B 17. D 18. C 19. F 20. E
21. C 22. D 23. A 24. D 25. C 26. B 27. C 28. B 29. A 30. D 31. A 32.
A 33. D 34. C 35.
B 36. D 37. A 38. B 39.
C 40. A
41. turning
42. on 43. an
44. was expected
45. largely
46. which 47. awoke
48. that 49. effects
50. more
51.(1).take →took
(2).to →with
(3).real→ really
(4).去掉to
(5).which→whom
(6). participate → participating
(7).much→many
(8).his→ their
(9).such后加an
(10). experiences→ experience
52.略。