2020届毛坦厂中学高三英语上学期期中试题及答案解析

2020届毛坦厂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
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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The opening ceremony for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games was held at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on July 23, 2021 after a year of waiting due to the pandemic. Let's take a look at the highlights which make this opening ceremony unique.
No spectators
There are no spectators during the opening ceremony in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus infections. About 950 people, including officials and journalists, will watch in the main stadium, organizers said. Fewer athletes are expected to attend the ceremony because many are not allowed to stay for the entire Games due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Male and female flag-bearers
The International Olympic Committee has actively encouraged all delegations toselect two flag-bearers at the opening ceremony, including one woman, as women's participation in the Tokyo Games reaches 48.8 percent, making it the most gender-balanced Olympics in the history of the event.
Oath (宣誓) session updated
One of the most symbolic parts of the opening ceremony—the Olympic oath—has been significantly adapted in order to “highlight the importance of solidarity, inclusion, non-discrimination and equality”. The number of oath-takers is also extended from three to six—two athletes, two coaches and two judges.
Simplified ceremony
In the 30-second video showing the rehearsal of the opening ceremony released to the public, the performances are integrated with dances, scenery and other display elements used in Japanese traditional festival activities.
In order to prevent and control the COVID-19 pandemic and manage the cost, the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee said that the performances of the ceremony will be greatly simplified, with more light and shadow technology used instead of real decorations at the scene.
1.Why isn't there any spectator during the opening ceremony?
A.To limit the number of people present.
B.To highlight the spirit of the Olympic Games.
C.To control the spread of an infectious disease.
D.To make room for the athletes all over the world.
2.Why is each delegation encouraged to select one woman as a flag-bearer in Tokyo Olympics?
A.Women will be in a leading position in sports.
B.Women athletes make up a larger percentage than ever.
C.Women will play a more important part in society.
D.More and more women will take part in the Olympic Games.
3.Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?
A.Oath-takers are made up of six athletes.
B.Tokyo uses more real decorations to cut the cost.
C.About 950 people watch the entire games in the Tokyo Games.
D.The opening ceremony presents the traditional culture of Japan.
B
Mikah Frye, a 9-year-old boy, was walking down the streets with his grandmother discussing Christmas gifts when he saw some homeless people struggling to stay warm in the cold night. Then he was thinking about a way to help the homeless to spend a warm Christmas.
That thought stayed in Mikah Frye’s mind and when he reached home, Mikah informed his parents not to buy the Microsoft XBox gaming device he had asked for earlier. Mikah realized that by not buying the $300 device, he could instead donate over 30 blankets to the homeless. He knew how much it meant to be warm in the cold holiday season.
Three years ago, Mikah and his parents were the ones living in a homeless shelter. Having suffered a financial crisis, they too had lost their house, not knowing where their next meal would come from and sharing a blanket every night. Mikah was six years old then but he remembered what it was like to have to give back that precious blanket every morning.
Reaching out to the emergency shelter programme that looked after them 3 years ago, the family donated 60 blankets in the end, each with a personalized message of hope in Mikah’s handwriting stating: “They gave me a blanket, but I had to leave it. That’s why I want you to have your own blanket. Today, I live in my own house, and someday you will too. Your friend, Mikah.”
The homeless people at the shelter may not have been able to give Mikah a Christmas gift in return but his gesture was noted by the billion dollar company Microsoft who made sure that Mikah was fooled into visiting their store so that Santa Claus could personally deliver an XBox from the company to him as a reward for making the top of “Santa’s list of nice boys” that year.
4. Why did Mikah give up his Christmas gift?
A. The device was out of date.
B. His parents had a tight budget.
C. He wanted to spend a warm Christmas.
D. He decided to do something charitable.
5. What made Mikah have a better understanding of the situation of the homeless?
A. His own experience.
B. His parents’ education.
C. His visiting to the emergency shelter.
D. The cold weather during the holiday season.
6. What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?
A. The homeless gave Mikah a gift in return.
B. He finally got the gift he wanted on Christmas.
C. The company Microsoft fooled Mikah into buying an Xbox.
D Mikah wrote a thank-you note to the emergency shelter he lived in.
7. What might be the best title for the text?
A. Mikah’s Precious Christmas Gift
B. Mikah’s Giving Warmth on Christmas
C. Microsoft Rewarded Nice Boys on Santa’s List
D. The Homeless Needed Blankets on a Cold Christmas
C
There are 8.8 million blind people in India. In fact, there are 36 million blind people worldwide and a quarter of them are in India; however, many cases of blindness in India are curable. The poor in India have limited access to primary eye healthcare and often do not eat foods rich in micronutrients, like vitamins and minerals, which play an important role in maintaining good eye health.
Many people worldwide are not even aware that they may have a vision (视力) problem simply because they do not get their eyes tested every year with a doctor, who tests for the functioning of the eye muscles (肌肉), as well as common diseases like night blindness. This exam is strongly recommended by experts because some changes in vision, which the patient may take longer to notice, can be found easily in this way.
Certain simple changes in diet and lifestyle can ensure better eye health for you. These include drinking
plenty-of water, not smoking, and eating brightly color1 ed and leafy fruit and vegetables. Wearing sunglasses protects your eyes from the sun, which damages otherwise healthy eyes. Learn about your family's eye disease history, and be on the lookout for any problem about your vision. Make sure that you see a doctor immediately for early intervention(干预) if you see any of these signs of worsening eye health.
If you or a loved one needs to cure blindness or other eye diseases, turn to a crowdfunding (众筹) platform. A group of eye health caregivers have fundraised with crowdfunding platform ImpactGuru to raise money to perform operations on the eyes of blind women in south Asia. Running an online fundraiser enables both doctors and patients to find a way out of the dark. If you want eye care to develop, start a fundraiser today.
8. Why are there so many blind people in India?
A. There is a lack of eye hospitals in India.
B. People pay no attention to their eyes at all.
C. Poor Indians lack food good for eye health.
D. The environment damages their eyes.
9. What does the author suggest in Paragraph 2?
A. Examining your eyes annually.
B. Strengthening muscles every day.
C. Raising the awareness of physical health.
D. Attaching importance to self-examination.
10. Which of the following may do harm to your eyes?
A. Smoking a lot.
B. Wearing sunglasses.
C. Drinking much water.
D. Watching brightly-color1 ed pictures.
11. What does the author want to show in the last paragraph?
A. How to start a fundraiser online.
B. The importance of raising money.
C. The role of crowdfunding in eye care.
D. What should bedone to raise money.
D
What do you think of 80s pop music? Do the names George Michael, Madonna and Michael Jackson sound familiar? Well, these are just some of the names that were well-known in the music scene of the 80s and early 90s. The 80s pop musicscene was an important step to the popularity (普及) of present-day music. A new wave in the
music scene was introduced, which made such music styles as punk rock, rap music and the MTV popular. Although it was an end to the old 60s and 70s styles, it was also the beginning of something big. The popularity of music videos meant that artists now replaced their guitar-based music with visual displays. A new wave of artists came on the scene and the entire industry developed quickly.
The most famous 80s pop music video is Michael Jackson’s Thriller. Introduced in 1982, few people can forget the video not only because of its never-be-foreseen images, but also because of the popularity it received. Think of how 80s pop music changed the lives of people who grew up in the 80s. Ask a young man today to tell you the names of the “New Kids on the Block” and he will start talking about the neighbor kids who just moved in. These are not the answers you might have heard in the 80s. Though today’s young men do not recognize how cool 80s pop music was, most people will always remember it for what it was and these are happy memories they will always love.
Some of the 80s pop music legends (传奇人物) include Madonna, U2, AeroSmith and of course the King of Pop Michael Jackson. Let’s not forget Prince, Tina Turner, Phil Collins and Motown’s Lionel Ritchie. Some of these musicians played music that has stood the test of time. Undoubtedly, the 80s pop music scene will live on for many more years to come.
12. What is the text mainly about?
A. The characters of 80s pop music.
B. What made 80s pop music popular.
C. 80s pop music’s steps to popularity.
D. The effects of 80s pop music.
13. 80s pop music mainly includes the following styles EXCEPT ________.
A. guitar-based music
B. the MTV
C. rap music
D. punk rock
14. Michael Jackson’s Thriller impressed people so deeply mainly because ________.
A. it changed the lives of people
B. he sang it in a special style
C. it was made into a music video
D. it left people with happy memories
15. The purpose of the last paragraph is to tell readers that ________.
A. 80s pop music is and will remain popular
B. 80s pop music has many faults
C. 80s pop music is now out of date
D. we shouldn’t forget the great musicians of the 80s
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Learning a new language can be tough, and there is no magical way to go about it.___16___
Know your learningstyle. This is the single most important thing you need to know when starting to learn a
language .___17___You will need to figure out if you learn best through repetition, through writing down or listening to a native speaker.
Learn pronunciation.___18___Just ask a Polish person how to pronounce the letters"cz". It will help to learn IPA, the International Phonetic Alphabet, as most dictionaries use it. Besides, the Foreign Service Institute offers free online language learning materials, which include audio recordings that help with learning pronunciation.
___19___This is probably the most important part of the language besides the vocabulary. "Paul want Mary go store" may communicate an idea, but it is not at all correct English. If you do not pay attention to grammar, you can sound equally incomprehensible in another language.
Memorize 30 words and phrases each day. Within 90 days this means you will have memorized about 80% of the language. Memorization is half the battle and there are many different ways to memorize.
Practice the alphabet. Especially if you are learning a language which operates in a different alphabetical system, you will need to know what the letters look like and how they operate .
___20___In doing so , your brain will have an easy path to remembering the letter and the sound that accompanies it .
A.Pay attention to grammar.
B.Start with the most common words.
C.Therefore, there are really no secrets or shortcuts.
D.Try associating images with each letter and sound.
E.Everyone learns differently, especially when it comes to language.
F.Nevertheless, with certain techniques you will be fluent in no time.
G.Even if a language has the same alphabet as yours, the pronunciation is not always the same.
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It was just after sunrise on a June morning. “Nicolo,” whose real name cannot be____21____to the public because of Italy's privacy laws, finished working thewhole____22____at a factory in Turin. As he often did, he slopped by the “after work auction（拍卖）”____23____by the Italian police where things found on the trains were sold to the____24____bidder（竞拍者）. There，among many other things, Nicolo____25____twopaintings he thought would look nice above his dining room table. Nicolo and another bidder____26____until Nicolo finally won the paintings for $32.
When Nicolo retired and wentto live in Sicily, he brought the paintings with him. They were____27____above
the same table he had moved from Turin. His____28____,age 15,who had____29____an art appreciation class, thought that there was something_____30_____about the one with a young girl sitting on a garden chair. It was signed “Bonnato” or so he thought, but when he_____31_____it, he only found“Bonnard,”a(n)_____32_____painter he hadn't heard of at all. He bought a book and was_____33_____to find a picture of the artist Pierre Bonnard sitting on the same chair in the same_____34_____as his father's painting.
“That's the garden in our picture.” The son told his father. They_____35_____learned that the painting they_____36_____was called"The Girl with Two Chairs". They studied_____37_____painting and learned that it was_____38_____Paul Gauguin's “Still Life of Fruit on a Table with a Small Dog.”The_____39_____called the Italian Culture Ministry; the official confirmed that the two paintings were_____40_____and worth as much as $50 million.
21. A. exposed B. shared C. attached D. subscribed
22. A. noon B. afternoon C. dusk D. night
23. A. attended B. cancelled C. reserved D. run
24. A. highest B. lowest C. quickest D. slowest
25. A. hid B. spotted C. observed D. robbed
26. A. battled B. debated C. discussed D. bargained
27. A. held up B. set up C. pushed up D. put up
28. A. brother B. son C. nephew D. neighbor
29. A. missed B. failed C. taken D. led
30. A. fond B. unusual C. addictive D. natural
31. A. computed B. witnessed C. researched D. treasured
32. A. capable B. brilliant C. unknown D. significant
33. A. amazed B. expected C. anxious D. prepared
34. A. room B. kitchen C. hall D. garden
35. A. frequently B. confidently C. eventually D. mentally
36. A. owned B. borrowed C. sold D. ruined
37. A. others B. another C. the one D. the other
38. A. entirely B. actually C. particularly D. specifically
39. A. girl B. artist C. family D. police
40. A. copies B. originals C. models D. presents
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
Tianwen-1, whose name____41.____( mean)“Quest for Heavenly Truth"，sent back a black andwhite picture of the red planet, which was taken____42.____the probe (深测器) was around 2. 2 million kilometers away from Mars, the CSA said.
Launched in July last year, the probe is China's first mission to Mars. Tianwen-1____43.____( orbit) the planet before landing a rover (登陆车) on the surface, with the hope that it can gather____44.____( importance ) information about geological structure，environment and atmosphere.
The unmanned probe is around 184____45.____( million) km from Earth and 1. 1 million km from Mars, the CSA said on Friday，adding that the craft____46.____(fly) some 197 days and more than 465 million kilometers____47.____( reach) the planet. According lo the scientific team behind Tianwen-1, the probe is “going to orbit, land and release a rover all on the very first try". Tianwen-1 was one of the biggest Mars missions____48.____were launched last July, along____49.____NASA's Perseverance rover, and the United Arab Emirates' Hope Probe. All three missions were launched simultaneously owing to an alignment (成直线) between Mars and Earth on____50.____same side of the sun.
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.句中最多有两处。

每处错误仅涉及---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;
只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

My exchange year was a great experience for me. I successfully enhanced their language skills. To be precise, my speech experience helped me develop my English speaking skills, thus allow me to understand more about how to make presentations in the public. Besides, I meet all kinds of helpful people there and had fun. I thanked those people which helped me. I learned to think about things from a different point view. Meanwhile, I learned to give back to societies and serve others without expect anything in return. In shortly, I did gain something value from the trip abroad.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假如你是李华，你的英国朋友Mike下学期将作为交换生来你校学习。

最近他在来信中表达了对中国画的浓厚兴趣，想请你就学习国画这一主题，给出建议。

请你用英语回信，要点如下：
1.介绍国画；
2.提出建议至少两条；
3.表达祝愿。

注意：
1.词数80左右。

2.可以适当添加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Mike,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. C
2. B
3. D
4. D
5. A
6. B
7. B
8. C 9. A 10. A 11. C
12. B 13. A 14. C 15. A
16. F 17. E 18. G 19. A 20. D
21. A 22. D 23. D 24. A 25. B 26. A 27. D 28. B 29. C 30. B 31. C 32.
C 33. A 34.
D 35. C 36. A 37. D 38. B 39. C 40. B
41. means
42. when#as#while
43. will orbit
44. important
45. million
46. had flown
47. to reach
48. that 49. with
50. the
51.(1).their→my
(2).allow→allowing
(3).去掉public前的the
(4).meet→met
(5).which→who/that
(6).在view前加of
(7).societies→society
(8).expect→expecting
(9).shortly→short
(10).value→valuable 52.略。