2019-2020学年铜仁市第一中学高三英语下学期期中考试试卷及答案

2019-2020学年铜仁市第一中学高三英语下学期期中考试试卷及答案第一部分阅读（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
Plan Your Visit to the British Museum
We've made a few changes to ensure you can safely enjoy your visit:
How to book tickets
·Tickets for the permanent collection can only be hooked online in advance.
·To book tickets for exhibitions, visit our exhibition pages. If you want to guarantee your visit to the permanent collection as well as the exhibition on your visit, you will need to book a separate ticket.
·We are limiting numbers of people in the museum to ensure there is room for you to safely enjoy your visit. Everyone, including members and volunteers, will therefore need to book a free, timed ticket in advance.
Important information about your ticket booking
·You can book up to six tickets for people who live in the same family.
·We will email yourticket to you, and you will need to show it either printed out or on your device (设备) when you arrive.
·Please arrive at the time stated on your ticket-we cannot guarantee admission before or after it.
Following the route
We have created a new one-way route through the museum which will allow you to safely explore world cultures from the Mediterranean to the Middle East and from the Americas to Africa.
·View a map of the route (Open in a new window).
·Our audio guides (音频指南) are not available. However, youcan pay to download the audio introductions from iTunes (Open in a new window) or Google Play (Open in a new window) to each of the galleries and listen on your own device. Please remember to bring along your own headphones.
1.Why does the museum offer timed tickets?
A.To earn more money.
B.To hire more volunteers.
C.To save room for collections.
D.To control the number of visitors.
2.How can a visitor learn about the new route in advance?
A.View an online map.
B.Buy a new headphone.
C.Buy audio guides from the museum.
D.Download video introductions from iTunes.
3.Where can you probably find the text?
A.In a newspaper.
B.In a magazine.
C.On a website.
D.In a report.
B
A teenager in Georgia will no longer have to walk 7 miles to work after school thanks to one woman’s act of kindness.
Jayden Sutton, a high school senior, went on foot each day from school to his job at a restaurant and then back home. Sutton was determined to work and make enough money to eventually buy his own vehicle.
Sutton said he’d leave school at 3:30 pm, then walk miles to his job at the restaurant. After his work, which usually lasted six to eight hours, he walked home, sometimes not arriving back until almost midnight.
That all changed when Myers saw him walking down the road in the rain in December. “The young man was insistently in a rush walking to work, saying ‘I can’t be late,’” Myers said. “He begged me to give him a ride. I told him I could take him as far as I was going. I began to create small talk along the way. It wasrevealedto me that his name was Jayden, 12th grader, worked 40 hours a week, walked 5 miles to work immediately after school, got off at 10:30 pm at night and walked back home another 5 miles if co-workers didn’t offer a ride.”
After dropping Sutton off, Myers said his heart and determination filled her with tears. “He was smiling in good spirits and that’s a child worth blessing,” she told Fox News. So, Myers shared Sutton’s story on the GoFundMe page, which raised more than $ 9, 000 from 186 donors.
She surprised Sutton with a new car after she managed to convince the general manager to drop the price of the vehicle to meet the budget.
4. Why did Sutton work so hard in his spare time?
A. To gain working experience.
B. To pay for his education.
C. To own a car.
D. To support his family.
5. What difficulty did Sutton have in his work at the restaurant?
A. He worked longer than other workers.
B. His work was too tiring.
C. His job was much less paid.
D. He had to walk to work.
6. What does the underlined word “revealed” in paragraph 4 mean?
A. Known.
B. Attached.
C. Believed.
D. Limited.
7. What do we know about the money donated online?
A. It could buy more than a new car.
B. It was not enough to buy a new car.
C. It was given to Myers to buy herself a new car.
D It mainly came from a car sales manager.
C
Did you know that the average child has heard the word "no" over 20,000 times before they turn the age of three? Ironically, it is also around this time that children begin to develop enough personal character to refuse to obey. The "terrible twos" are categorized by a lack of understanding. Somewhere between three and four, children begin to acquire the skills to reason. It is during this time they watch how other children and adults reason. If we're not careful, the children will watch us model a world of "NOs".
By the time a person turns eighteen, how many times have they been told no? I haven't found any studies that even attempted to track this statistic, but I'm sure if the number is 20,000 by three, then at eighteen that number has multiplied. You can do the math.
Anyway, I think I know why we say no. We say no to protect. We say no to direct. We say no to stop potential confusion. However, do we sometimes say no just for the sake of saying no? Do we say no because we have internalized(内在化)all of the "NOs" we've heard over the years and we feel it is finally our time to say no to someone else?
The internalized no can damage the growth process of dreams in infancy as quickly as it can weaken a three-year-old. And we wonder why we run intopeople with big, un-accomplished dreams who have a bit of a chip on their shoulder. They have to take on the 20,000 NOs. However, the thing that keeps them going is the possibility of the power of ONE YES! Just as it only takes one book to make a writer a Pulitzer Prize Winner, it only takes one word to change the course of your day. That word is YES!
8. What do we know about two- year- olds?
A. They understand well.
B. They often say no to others.
C. They think logically.
D. They don't do all they're told.
9. What effect does saying no have on children?
A. They lose all their dreams.
B. They aren't easy to succeed.
C. They don't make mistakes.
D. They never say yes to others.
10. Which word best describes the author's attitude to a world of "NOs"?
A. Tolerant.
B. Disapproving.
C. Favorable.
D. Carefree.
11. What is the text?
A. A how-to guide.
B. A survey report.
C. An opinion essay.
D. A short story.
D
The English language is changing, and you are responsible! Whether we consider changes in grammar, spelling, pronunciation, or the very vocabulary of the language, you have played your part and continue to do so.
When we first learned basic grammar and spelling, perhaps in elementary school, we might have gotten the impression that these things were sacred. The rules that apply to such things might have been presented as unchanging and unchangeable. While this way might be helpful for teaching children, it is far from accurate.
The English language, like many others, is a living, growing, ever-evolving thing. Like it or not, you are involved in this change. These changes take many forms. Grammar and spelling have changed greatly over the years and centuries, with the spelling differences in different countries today a reflection of this. While the language of a thousand years ago might be called English, most of us would hardly recognize it today as the same language.
The first involves changes in the pronunciation of words. Many are familiar with the differences between the British and American ways of pronouncing certain words. In addition to these differences, the pronunciation of many words has changed over the years because of how you have decided to pronounce them. For example, consider the word "err." The traditional pronunciation of this word rhymes with the word "her." Older dictionaries show this to be the primary or only pronunciation. However, in recent years, more and more people have been pronouncing it so that it sounds like "air." Another change in the language involves the addition and removal of words. The makers of dictionaries decide which words deserve to be officially adopted as part of the English language. Through the centuries, many words have come from other languages. In fact, English has probably done this more than any other language in the world, which is why spelling and pronunciation rules for English have so many exceptions.
Of course, many slang words have been just short-lived fashions that have died out quickly. Others, though, have been adopted by mainstream society and become respectable, as have many technical terms. So then remember, the next time you repeat the newest expression to hit the street, or make up your own words, you may be contributing to the future of the English language.
12. When we begin to learn English, we think _________.
A. it is interesting to pick up a new language
B. English rules are wrongly presented in fact
C. grammar and spelling rules are unchangeable
D. only adults have the ability to affect a language
13. From paragraph 3 we can know that_________.
A. we can change the English language
B. many languages are changing over years
C. English has changed little in the past 1,000 years
D. there were main changes in grammar and pronunciation
14. Why is the pronunciation of words changing?
A. people speak in different ways
B. people have adopted foreign words
C. it has been affected by American English
D. makers of dictionaries often change them
15. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. Foreign words involved in English.
B. The British speaks differently from Americans.
C. English language is changing over years.
D. You can change the English language.
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For humans, ignorance (无知) is inevitable (不可避免的) : It's our natural state. There's too much complexity in the world for any individual to master. Ignorance can be frustrating, but the problem is not ignorance itself.____16____.
According to David Dunning, ignorant people don't know how ignorant they are. If you give a group of people a task to do and then ask them how well they think they've done on the task. Poor performers overestimate how well they've done; strong performers often underestimate their performance: This is because those who lack skills also lack the knowledge of what skills they're missing.____17____Those who have skills know what skills they could improve on.
Our ignorance, in general, shapes our lives in ways we do not know about. Put simply, people tend to do what they know and fail to do what they don't know.____18____People fail to reach their potential simply because they are not aware of the possible.
This is a fact of life.____19____We won't missDisneylandif we don't know it's there. For many expensive things, the less you know about them, the less you'll miss them and the happier you'll be.
___20___If we don't know about birth control, then we won't use it. If we remain ignorant about the horrors that are going on next door, we won't do what's necessary to stop them. And if we are ignorant about the dangerous things our children are getting into, disaster can follow.
A. Ignorance means you have neither.
B. So they think they're pretty good.
C. It’s the trouble we get into by not recognizing it.
D. But ignorance has costs.
E. It's knowledge of possibilities that makes us miss them.
F. We can't choose what we don't know about.
G. In that way, ignorance channels the course we take in life.
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Many little kids dream of changing the world, but how does someone so____21____make a difference to a place so big? This 5-year-old boy from the UK may have found a____22____.
Toby is reaching out to every country through letters. He’s___23___to contact at least one person from each country --and get a____24____. Toby’s mission began with a___25___assignment from school. His mother, Sabine, said.
He was asked to read a book called A Letter to New Zealand, which____26____the journey a letter takes.____27____reading it, he asked, “Mummy, can I write a letter to New Zealand?” And while I was still trying to____28____how to answer that, he said, “Can I write a letter to the____29____world?”
At first she thought his_____30_____for the project would_____31_____, but 239 letters later, Toby is still going strong._____32_____he’s written to 187 countries and received many replies. But Toby’s project won’t_____33_____there. The 5-year-old also wants to find a way to help the people he’s_____34_____with.
“When we started writing letters, we_____35_____with easily accessible First World countries,” his mother added. “Suddenly, we got a(n)_____36_____in Somalia. When we researched the country, Toby was_____37_____and asked what he could do to help. Together, we_____38_____a charity whose work was accessible to children.”
Toby chose the ShelterBox, a charity that provides for families and children who have_____39_____everything due to disasters. Just today, Toby met his_____40_____of raising $ 950. “I want the world to be a better place,”Toby said.
21. A. small B. noisy C. lovely D. clever
22. A. partner B. skill C. friend D. way
23. A. careful B. determined C. satisfied D. proud
24. A. response B. story C. permit D. result
25. A. speaking B. writing C. listening D. reading
26. A. begins B. describes C. explains D. completes
27. A. Until B. Before C. After D. Despite
28. A. show B. understand C. prepare for D. figure out
29. A. free B. new C. whole D. other
30. A. support B. concern C. enthusiasm D. sympathy
31. A. return B. spread C. fade D. develop
32. A. After all B. However C. So far D. Therefore
33. A. pass B. end C. apply D. expand
34. A. connected B. stayed C. played D. competed
35. A. kicked off B. negotiated C. worked D. caught up
36. A. idea B. address C. question D. deal
37. A. scared B. excited C. happy D. sad
38. A. looked for B. set up C. headed for D. dropped into
39. A. requested B. lost C. recorded D. provided
40. A. standard B. match C. challenge D. goal
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
The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided that the novel corona virus outbreak is considered as an international public health emergency,___41.___(set) off the global action to prevent the spread of the virus. It is the sixth time that WHO___42.___(declare) such an emergency since 2005.
"The declaration is necessary because human-to-human infection has been confirmed in other countries.___43.___virus has now been found in several other Asian nations and reached Australia, the United States and Europe as well”WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, "We would have___44.___(probable) seen many more cases and deaths outside China by now without Chinese government's efforts and the progress they have made___45.___( protect) their own people and the people around the world."
"The speed with which China raced to the outbreak and isolated the virus is very___46.___(impress) and beyond words,The Chinese government is to be congratulated for the extraordinary measures it has taken to control the outbreak despite the negative economic influence those measures are having___47.___the whole
Society.In many ways, China is actually setting a new standard for virus outbreak___48.___,(respond), and this is not an exaggeration (夸大),”he add WHO will offer member states a seriesof suggestion___49.___are aimed at controlling the spread of the disease and giving support to____50.____(affect) areas.
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，请你修改你同桌写以下作文。

文中共有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。

A cosmetic company's quirky(古怪的) video advert has backfired with customer saying they will refuse to buy its products.
Purcotton, the Chinese company owned by Winner Medical Co., released the video on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok. The video starts with a woman walking along and being followed by a man who face is covered. Looking concerned, the woman produces a Purcotton wet wipe and removes his makeup. When the man taps her shoulder, she turns out and a man's face is shown.
"What’s up, brother?” asks the woman, in a manly voice. Vomiting sounds and visual effects have been added.
More than 3,000 commented, mainly offended by how acceptable the video is, stated it’s appalling that they should normalize stalking(骚扰). A female Weibo user said it was really not funny that a woman’s looks were being made fun.
China Women’s News condemned Purcotton and comment that the video was full of bias, gender stereotypes and ignorance.
Purcotton has withdrawn the video and apologized for the discomfort caused to women, saying future advertising content will be strict examined.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假设你是李华，有外国友人到你校参观，想了解你们英语学习的情况。

请你代表学校用英语发言，要点如下：
1.表示欢迎并简要介绍学校情况；
2.说明英语学习情况(课堂、活动等)；
3.征求对方学好英语的建议。

注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Dear friends，
Welcome to our school!
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________
That’s all. Thank you.
参考答案
1. D
2. A
3. C
4. C
5. D
6. A
7. B
8. D 9. B 10. B 11. C
12. C 13. B 14. A 15. D
16. C 17. B 18. G 19. F 20. D
21. A 22. D 23. B 24. A 25. D 26. B 27. C 28. D 29. C 30. C 31. C 32.
C 33. B 34. A 35. A 36. B 37.
D 38. A 39. B 40. D
41. setting
42. has declared
43. The 44. probably
45. to protect
46. impressive
47. on 48. response/respond
49. that/which
50. affected
51.(1). customer→customers
(2). the→a
(3). who→whose
(4). his→her
(5). 删除out
(6). acceptable→unacceptable
(7). stated改为stating
(8). fun后加of
(9). comment→commented
(10). strict→strictly
52.略。