2019-2020学年北京市第三十九中学高三英语期中试卷及参考答案

2019-2020学年北京市第三十九中学高三英语期中试卷及参考答案
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
Songkran, Thailand
This festival marks the Thai New Year, which is celebrated in the second week of April. This is the hottest time of the year in Thailand, so it makes sense that the biggest Songkran tradition is to throw water on people. Thais of all ages join in water fights, using buckets, hoses (软管)and water guns to celebrate the event.
Boryeong Mud Festival, South Korea
Don't expect to come home clean after experiencing the Boryeong Mud Festival in South Korea. Famous for its mineral-rich mudflats, visitors rush to Boryeong in July to make themselves in mud, swim in grey pools and enjoy the party. There are even mudslides and a mud skiing competition for those who are seeking the extreme mud adventure!
La Tomatina, Spain
The festival dates back to a parade in which some naughty teenagers knocked one performer off his stilts (高跷)and caused a fight of throwing vegetables accidentally. It was once banned until 1957 when the locals held a protest with a funeral. They carried a coffin containing a huge tomato as bands played a funeral march. In the following decades, La Tomatina has become a popular event. If you join the event, be aware that you squash (压扁) the tomato before throwing it. Have a great time but avoid causing any injury.
Dia de los Muertos, Mexico
Beginning at the midnight of October 31 and lasting through November 2,it is a festival when families gather together to remember those loved ones who have died, aiming to help them on their spiritual journey. On these days, Mexican families prepare special tables in their homes. On top of them they'll put photos of the dead and their favorite food. They also visit the graves of their beloved ones to show their respect to the dead.
1.If you want to experience a special new year in a country, you can choose to visit ________.
A.Thailand
B.South Korea
C.Spain
D.Mexico
2.What may happen to you as a visitor in La Tomatina?
A.You can perform stilts.
B.Your can play funeral music in bands.
C.You may be covered with mud.
D.You may be attacked with tomatoes.
3.Which festival is similar to the Tomb Sweeping Festival in China?
A.Songkran.
B.Boryeong Mud Festival.
Tomatina.
D.Dia de los Muertos.
B
It all happened one afternoon in Carl's backyard a few years ago. We had just finished playing stickball, and I was about to go home.
“Wait a minute,” Carl yelled. He ran into his house and cameback with a book for me to take home and read. All he said was, “See if you like it.”
I said ly nothing. I kept the book for a couple of weeks and then returned it unread. Carl never asked me if I liked it or not. During the following two years Carl lent me three more books. Each time I returned them unread.
A few days after graduating from high school, Carl asked, “Benny, which college are you going to?”
“I'm not going to college.” I said.
“Why not?” he asked.
“Because my father can't afford the tuition (学费).” I answered.
“Is that it?” Carl asked. “Yes,” I said.
I lied. I had no intention of going back to school now that I was out. The following day, Carl knocked on my door and handed me a check for seventy-five dollars from his father along with the bookMartin Eden.“I think that should do it.” he said.
Once again I was in shock. I was working full-time in my brother's bakery. I attended two classes atWayneUniversitypart-time at night. Halfway through the semester, after receiving failing grades on exams and essays, I decided there was no way I would ever become a good student and get satisfactory grades. I dropped out of college.
One day, curious, I picked up the book, thinking Carl was trying to tell me something. Despite difficulty, I pressed on. By the time I finished the book, I understood why: the main character, Martin Eden, had my own poor educational background, but managed to educate himself and become a published author.
4. What do we know about the author?
A. He often told lies.
B. He quit school unwillingly.
C. He had thought little of education before.
D. He became a published author.
5. What kind of person is Carl?
A. Caring.
B. Emotional.
C. Stubborn.
D. Cautious.
6. What message does Carl want to convey?
A. Reading makes a rich man.
B. Reading is the journey of the soul.
C. Reading makes a person better known.
D.Readingopens up new opportunities.
7. What is the best title for the text?
A. A strong desire for college
B. A wish for better education
C. A wise friend
D. A wise book
C
It was the first day of spring here but it didn't feel like it. The COVID-19 epidemic (流行病) was sweeping the globe and everywhere there were feelings of fear and loneliness. “Social Distancing” had become the new norm. Here the schools had been closed, the restaurant dining rooms had been shut, and people had been told to work from home whenever they could. Even the sheltered workshop where my oldest son worked had been closed until further notice. People had made a run on the stores and large areas of the shelves were bare. On the news the numbers of the sick and dead continued to rise. It felt like there was a weight on the souls of everyone in the world.
My family were staying at home as much as possible and as I looked out of my window I wondered how long this crisis would last. It was then, however, that I saw something that lifted that weight off of my soul, made me smile, and made my heart feel happy again. On the street below my house there was an old friend of mine from high school who was a teacher there. With him was my younger son's former aide from the high school as well. They were delivering the school lunches door to door to the hungry children who were stuck at home. Watching them made me think of something everyone's childhood television neighbor, Mr. Roger's once said: "In the bad times, always look for the helpers."
I have no doubt that this crisis will pass as all the crisis before. But it is our choice on whether it brings out the best in us or the worst in us. Let it bring out the best in you. Use it to strengthen your faith. Use it to free yourself from fear. Use it to grow kinder, more giving, and more loving. Become a helper to all those in need and you will be a happy person today and all the days to come.
8. Why didn't the author like the first day of spring?
A. He had to work at home instead of at office.
B. There wasn't social distance between each other.
C. There was an epidemic everywhere in the world.
D. His own company had been closed for a long time.
9. How did people feel in the face of the epidemic?
A. Disappointed.
B. Tense
C. Confident.
D. Cheerful.
10. What made the author happy?
A. Seeing someone delivering lunches from door to door.
B. Talking with his old friend in the street.
C. Watching a childhood television at home.
D. Staying together with his family.
11. What do Mr. Roger's words actually mean?
A. It's not necessary for us to find helpers in bad times.
B. In good times we needn't do much to help others.
C. We should ask more people to help us in bad times.
D. We are supposed to help each other in bad times.
D
While the start of a new school year is always exciting, this year was even more so for some elementary school students inAuckland,New Zealand. They became the world’s first kids to be “taught” by a digital teacher.Before you start imagining a human-like robot walking around the classroom, Will is just an avatar that appears on the student’s desktop, or smartphone screen, when ordered to come.
The autonomous animation platform has been modeled after the human brain and nervous system, allowing it to show human-like behavior. The digital teacher is assigned to teach Vector’s “Be sustainable with energy”— a free program forAucklandelementary schools.
Just like the humans it replaced, Will is able to instantly react to the students’ responses to the topic. Thanks to a webcam and microphone, the avatar not only responds to questions the kids may have, but also picks up non-verbal cues. For instance, if a student smiles at Will, he responds by smiling back. This two-way interaction not only helps attract the students’ attention, but also allows the program’s developers to monitor their engagement, and make changes if needed.
Nikhil Ravishankar believes that Will-like avatars could be a novel way to catch the attention of the next generation. He says, “I have a lot of hope in this technology as a means to deliver cost-effective, rich, educational experience in the future.”
The program, in place since August 2018, has been a great success thus far. Ravishankar says, “ What was fascinating to me was the reaction of the children to Will. The way they look at the world is so creative and different, and Will really captured their attention.” However, regardless of how popular it becomes, Will is unlikely to replace human educators any time soon.
12. What was special for some elementary school students inAuckland?
A. A digital teacher taught them.
B. They first saw something digital.
C. This was the start of a new school year.
D. They could get close to smartphone screen.
13. What is the benefit of this two-way interaction?
A. It can smile back.
B. It can use microphone.
C. It can talk any topic for free.
D. It can change if necessary.
14. What’s Ravishankar’s attitude to Will’s replacing Human educators soon?
A. Optimistic.
B. Doubtful.
C. Unclear.
D. Disapproving.
15. What might be the best title for the passage?
A. New High-tech Contributes to Education
B. The World’s First Digital Teacher Appears in Classroom.
C. The World’s First Digital Teacher, a Help to Students
D.New ZealandWill Replace Teachers in Classrooms
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With the development of science and technology, teenagers' learning and working styles have changed accordingly. Some have had to change their habits, or usual ways of doing things. Some who used to go to school are now used to studying at home. Some have been trying to get in the habits of learning on their own.___16___ As teenagers, first of all, you can organize your surroundings in such a way that the clues of your new habits are very obvious.___17___That can help you get in the habits of learning English every day. You can also join a
group of other English learners at online meetings and let them see you sign every day.
Of course, there are something else you can do to help.
·Simplify your habits as much as possible. You can decrease the number of steps you have to take in order to study.___18___To be exact, you're suggested beginning your habits with limited, shorter time periods — two minutes.
·Make your habits satisfying.___19___If you study English for 15 minutes, you can reward yourself by listening to favorite songs. Or you can think about how much progress you have made since you first started learning English,
·___20___As you repeat the practice over time, you can go longer. You may have to repeat an action many times before it becomes a habit. But with time, careful planning and continued practice, you can make it.
A. Repeat the practice to build a new habit.
B. You can also try reducing your study time.
C. What will you do in order to develop science?
D. Habits are often developed without much difficulty.
E. Give yourself a reward after developing your new habits.
F. How might you make new habits connect with learning effectively?
G. For example, you can leave English books or notesin a very clear place.
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Last winter,we were on a vacationin Dubai. One day, we were ___21___Abu-Dhabi, traveling with a few passengers in a bus. At our first stop, we got out to___22___some pictures. At our second top, we___23___that we’d forgotten our shoulder bag at the first stop. The___24___part was that our passports and many other valuables were inside it. We were in great___25___, as we had to return to India in 2 days.
During the process of___26___our bag we met so many strangers who were quite concerned and helpful with our___27___.
A tour guide helped us stop a taxi so that we could travel back to the first stop to___28___our bag.
A taxi driver stayed with us for 3 hours. He took us to a mosque（清真寺）near the first stop,___29___that a cleaner might have found the bag and taken it to a___30___place. He took us to the nearest police station and helped us with our___31___with the policeman, who only spoke Arabic, He___32___comforted us by saying, “Nobody___33___their goods in our country. There’s no___34___for you to worry!”
A tourist who was walking outside the masque hail to be somewhere.___35___, he decided to lend us a helping hand.
A local man, who___36___found our bag，cheeked the bag and found a (n)___37___of a travel guide. He called him, so we got our bag back at last.
On that day t there was ___38___worry inside me and I was thinking of what would happen next all the time.
I’ll never forget those strangers. I’m grateful to them for their acts of___39___! The world needs more humane like them and I decide to try to___40___one of them.
21. A.following B.visiting C.evaluating D.distributing
22. A.enjoy B.purchase C.deliver D.take
23. A.realized B.ignored C.decided D.admitted
24. A.most test C.worst D.least
25. A.regret B.panic C.embarrassment D.disappointment
26. A.searching for B.aiming at ing across D.looking through
27. A.ambition B.dilemma C.situation D.expectation
28. ke over B.send for C.greet D.find
29. A.hoping B.remembering C.promising D.doubting
30. A.private B.safe C.busy D.new
31. A.relation B.negotiation C.discussion munication
32. A.eventually B.personally C.constantly D.immediately
33. A.leaves B.hides C.misses D.loses
34. A.time B.need C.chance D.luck
35. A.Besides B.Otherwise C.However D.Therefore
36. A.actually B.merely C.specially D.deliberately
37. A.address B.number C.certificate D.photo
38. A.real B.slight C.temporary D.innocent
39. A.bravery B.patience C.kindness D.generosity
40. A.benefit B.promote C.influence D.become
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
When an important holiday comes, I___41.___(usual) think of what gifts to buy or prepare for my
family____42.____(member). It is the act itself rather than the thing you buy that matters. Either a small present, a text message or a phone call can mean a lot to the receivers. However, I had never got anything from my son,___43.___is a university student. Parents never forget to celebrate their children's birthday, but___44.___(they) children seem to be very forgetful. They seldom do something in return.
Life is unpredictable(不可预测的), and you never know what will happen tomorrow. When my son came back during the summer vacation, my wife and I, as usual, met him at the station. When I____45.____(arrive) home, much to my____46.____(amaze), my son took out a wrist watch and gave it to me, saying it was a birthday gift for me. It is a very fashionable watch, which shows not only hours, minutes and seconds but days as well. You can imagine how surprised and____47.____(excite) I was at that moment.
Some people say children get too much care and love from their parents and just take them for granted. It is natural___48.___people to have such concerns and worries, but things may not turn out as badly as expected. We need___49.___(look) more at the positive side of life, as a famous writer once said, "Life is the____50.____(good) classroom one can never get.”
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；
只允许修改10处,多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Terry Fox, is born in 1958, studied physical education in university. At 19, his right leg was fitted with a artificial leg due to bone cancer. In 1980, he decided to run the “Marathon of Hope” across Canada, hoped to let people know about the suffering of cancer patients and to raise money for cancer research. On April 12, he start his run in Newfoundland. It was a difficult run, and he was very determined and kept running. Soon people were gathering along his route to cheer her on and to give money to his cause. The media began to report on his progresses. Terry had covered 5,373 kilometers before he had to stop because the spread of cancer. He dead in 1981, which great saddened the nation.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，校剪纸俱乐部（paper-cutting club）主席，想邀请外教Henry一起参观中国剪纸艺术
展。

请给他写封邮件，内容包括：
1、展览主题；
2、展览时间、地点；
3、展览内容。

注意：1、词数100左右；
2、可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Henry,
I'm Li Hua, the leader of the paper-cutting club in our school.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. A
2. D
3. D
4. C
5. A
6. D
7. C
8. C 9. B 10. A 11. D
12. A 13. D 14. D 15. B
16. F 17. G 18. B 19. E 20. A
21. B 22. D 23. A 24. C 25. B 26. A 27. C 28. D 29. A 30. B 31. D 32.
C 33.
D 34. B 35. C 36. A 37. B 38. A 39. C 40. D
41. usually
42. members
43. who 44. their
45. arrived
46. amazement
47. excited
48. for 49. to look
50. best
51.(1).删除is (2).a→ an (3). hoped→ hoping或者在hoped前面加上and (4). start→ started
(5). and→ but (6). her →him (7). progresses→ progress (8). because后面增加of (9). dead→ died (10). great→ greatly
52.略。