2020-2021学年南昌市第二十三中学高三英语上学期期末试卷及答案解析

2020-2021学年南昌市第二十三中学高三英语上学期期末试卷及答案
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
Best language learning apps
Duolingo
The app doesn't restrict how many languages you can try to learn at the same time. I use Duolingo to practice Spanish and German. In the app, you can access resources such as Duolingo Stories, which can allow you to check your comprehension skills as you go. I also subscribe to Premium for $10 per month which includes an ad-free experience and downloadable lessons.
Memrise
One of my favorite parts of Memrise is its short videos about how real locals express different phrases in conversation. A few lessons are available for free daily, but the full program is accessible if you subscribe to Memrise Pro. There are three plans—one month for $9, a year for $30 or three months for $19.
Busuu
When you sign up for Busuu, you select the language you want to learn, and the app helps you determine how advanced you are with it and why you want to learn it, and to what level. From there, you set a daily study goal. Premium costs about $6 per month for a year.
Lirica
If you listen to any song enough, you'll learn all the words through repetition, even if they're in a different language. But how do you figure out what they mean? This is where Lirica comes in. This app is unique in how it approaches teaching Spanish. Instead of traditional teaching methods for learning a language, Lirica uses popular music by Latin artists to help you learn the Spanish language and grammar. Lirica has a one-week free trial and then it's about $4 per month.
1. Which app is best for learning multiple languages at a time?
A. Lirica.
B. Busuu.
C. Memrise.
D. Duolingo.
2. How much should you pay for a quarterly subscription to Memrise Pro?
A. $9.
B. $19.
C. $28.
D. $30.
3. What is special about Lirica?
A. It offers a one-month free trial.
B. It helps users set a daily study goal.
C. It hires Latin artists to teach Spanish.
D. It enables users to learn Spanish through music.
B
A 24-year-old female space commander has become a viral sensation on Chinese social media for her work.
Zhou Chengyu was in charge of the rocket connector system---described as a vital role. Her story in particular has drawn the public’s attention given her young age. Social media users have been celebrating her brilliance and referring to her as pride of the country.
Being the youngest of the team, Zhou Chengyu was born in1996 intheprovinceofGuizhou. She is certainly not “old” enough compared with her colleagues, but she is known at work as "Big Sister” as a sign of respect. Once in a 3-km running contest, she actually beat half of her male counterparts. Although work shifts are not uncommon at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site, each shift requires tremendous courage because of the different background knowledge. However, for Zhou Chengyu, she experienced multiple positions in 5 launching tests and now she is the youngest commander at the site.
Despite carefulness and high responsibility at work, she is just like her peers in normal life. Eating snacks and shopping are her favorite free-time activities. Her high school teacher remembers her as tough and determined. “She always had a dream of becoming scientist,” said her physics teacher.
According to her colleague, Zhou Chengyu was very surprised when she found out shewent viralonline. She said that she was happy when she saw people online regarding her as the pride of the country, and yet she kept saying that she was “nobody but normal worker at a launch site” and there are a lot more people just like her going unnoticed while doing the hardest job to guarantee a better future for the Chinese space program. She also said that she wished to remain her current status and continue doing her work with or without the popularity.
4. What makes Zhou Chengyu the pride of the country?
A. Her young age.
B. Her vital role in her work.
C. Her great courage.
D. Her responsibility at work.
5. Which of the following words can best describe Zhou Chengyu?
A. Learned and confident.
B. Respectable and generous.
C. Patient and responsible.
D. Modest and determined.
6. Which of the following can replace the underlined words in paragraph 5?
A. took pride
B. made a contribution
C. became a hit
D. made an achievement
7. What can be the best title for the text?
A. A Young Pride
B. A Successful Colleague
C. An Extraordinary Dream
D. An Ambitious Commander
C
As one of the world’smost popular cultural mediums, cinema is at the leading position at the Taihu World Cultural Forum(论坛), an annual event that aims to improve cultural exchanges. So far this year, Chinese box office has already topped 58 billion yuan, the China Film Administration said. This indicates that China, the world’s second-largest movie market, is closing the gap with the United States, the world’s top cinema market.
Cao Yin, director of the program center at China Movie Channel, said that China has 67,000 cinema screens. the most of any country, and the number is expected to increase to 80,000 by the end of next year. Saying that China has signed coproduction agreements with 22 countries (including the United States, Canada, Japan. India etc.) ,Cao added it has deepened cinematic exchanges between Chinese filmmakers and their foreign counterparts (同行).
With the country’s huge native market, which produced more than 1,000 films in 2019, Hong Kong director Stanley Tong said he believes foreign filmmakers will increasingly seek cooperation with China. “International coproduction will become an important platform to send Chinese stories oversea and give us a broader vision of creation,” Tong said.
Recently, over 80 percent of the world’s top 100 highest box-office titles have been action films. Tong said the films, in which plots are basically secondary to shining stunts (特技), is one of the easiest ways to appeal to foreign audiences. But it has been a decades-long struggle for Chinese filmmakers to sell their stories overseas. When asked what kinds of Chinese films would have the most global appeal. Yan Zhaozhu, chairman of the Taihu World Cultural Forum, said stories that address universal issues, such as environmental protection and climate change, are perhaps the best options.
8. What is the purpose of the Taihu World Cultural Forum?
A. To strengthen cultural exchanges.
B. To build more cinemas in China.
C. To invite more tourists to Taihu.
D. To attract more international investment.
9. What can we infer about Cao Yin’s opinion in Paragraph 2?
A. Chinese box office has already overtaken the United States so far
B. The screens of Chinese cinemas will be world-leading in the future
C. China has signed the most coproduction agreements with other countries
D. There will be more and more cooperations between Chinese filmmakers and other countries.
10. How do Chinese filmmakers feel about selling their movies to the world right now?
A. Easy.
B. Disappointed.
C. Challenged.
D. Confused.
11. What is the best title for the text?
A. Box Office: Unclear Future
B. China: Top Second Movie Market
C. Cinema: The Leading Cultural Position
D. Chinese Filmmakers: Severe Competition Situation
D
Many of us in China enjoy adding chilies (辣椒) toour food, but did you know that this spicy vegetable could also be dangerous? A 34-year-oldUSman recently ended up in hospital after eating a Carolina Reaper—the spiciest chili in the world. After taking just a single bite of one, the man suffered from serious headaches in the following few days, reported BBC News.
In fact, reports of stomachache and headache caused by eating spicy food are not something unusual. But if chilies are harmful, why is it that human beings are the only animals to eat this vegetable? According to the website Huanqiu, about 600 million Chinese people—almost half of the national population—are chili eaters. So what makes people love chilies so much? The human body reacts to the burning feeling that comes from eating chilies by releasing natural chemicals that “produce a sense of happiness” , noted BBC News.
And the benefits go even further than just personal enjoyment. A survey conducted by the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences found that the death rate of those who eat spicy food once or twice a week is 10 percent lower than those who eat it less than once a week. The number decreased to 14 percent for those who eat spicy food six to seven times a week. And another study done by theUniversityofVermontcame to a similar conclusion. “The data encourages people to eat more spicy food to improve health and reduce death risk at an early age,” Liu Qi, a nutritionist at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, told BBC News.
Chilies have anti-cancer quality and the ability to increase our metabolism (新陈代谢). So, don't worry if you love spicy food. It seems that chilies are actually good for us—except for the Carolina Reaper, perhaps.
12. The example of a 34-year-old American is mentioned in Paragraph 1 to prove ________.
A. chiliescan be beneficial
B. chilies are popular inAmerica
C. chilies can be dangerous
D. serious headaches can be dangerous
13. Eating chilies gives people a sense of happiness by_______.
A. decreasing death rate
B. releasing natural chemicals
C. curing serious headaches
D. providing enough nutrition
14. Which of the following statement is TRUE?
A. Human are the only animals to eat chilies.
B. Stomachache and headaches caused by chilies is something unusual.
C. The more chilies you eat, the healthier you are.
D. Chilies have anti-cancer quality but it can't increase our metabolism.
15. The writer wrote the passage to ________.
A. warn people of the dangers of chilies
B. ask people to eat Carolina Reaper
C. encourage people to eat more chilies
D. tell people the benefits of chilies
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
There is a collection of positive habits that make a person so successful in class.______16______.
Here are some habits of top students that you can use as tips to do better at school:
First,_____17_____. In college, homework assignments generally make up 5-20% of your grade, but can be the biggest time- suck for most students. Working problems is one of the best ways to turn new concepts into working knowledge, but you’ll never see on an exam a large majority of those problems that take you hours and hours to work through.
Second, they never “read through” the textbook. Per time spent, reading the textbook is one of the least effective methods for learning new materials.______18______, but otherwise use Google, lecture notes, and old exams for study materials.
Third, they test themselves frequently. Testing yourself strengthens your brain’s connections to new materials. ___19___. Bottom line, repeated self-testing significantly improve long-term memory of new materials.
Last, they study in short bursts, not long marathons. Studying in short burst tends to help you focus strongly
because you know there is at least a short break coming.____20____, which makes studying continuously for multiple hours on end.
A. It helps relax our mind.
B. they always focus on their homework
C. they don’t always do all of their homework
D. Top students use examples and practice problems
E. This also fits in nicely with our natural activity or rest cycle of our bodies
F. It gives you immediate and clear feedback on whether you know something or not
G. An accumulation of such habits can combine to produce high-level academic performance
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When Charlie reached 13 years old, his father David introduced him to rock climbing. One day they___21___to set out for the wild Bighorn Crags and filled their packs with enough supplies to last two weeks.___22___during the second week, David had an accident and broke several bones.
Charlie___23___his father down to the base of the cliff(悬崖).It was dusk and David was shaking with cold and exhaustion. Charlie returned to their campsite, more than a mile down a steep slop(斜坡)，and___24___sleeping bags, warm clothes and energy bars. Worried that David would die if he fell asleep, Charlie kept the___25___going; they talked about past travels, the stars overhead and the accident.___26___Charlie allowed himself a very short___27___checking on his father each time he awoke.
When the sun rose, Charlie was___28___to see that his father was awake. They started down the slope and___29___their campsite around 4 p.m. David____30____Charlie to look for help the next morning. Charlie burst into tears, but he knew he didn't have a____31____Just after dawn, Charlie headed toward the volunteers’ house, determined to bring back a____32____that would carry his father to safety.
Charlie’s____33____was 12 miles away, where people had a two-way radio, which could be____34____to call for help. On his way, Charlie____35____voices in the distance. He blew his whistle and called out, and the voices____36____.Following his ears, Charlie____37____some people. Hearing the____38____in Charlie's voice, one man offered to run to the volunteers' house and Charlie followed him.
Sometime that evening, David awoke at a hospital, with Charlie at his____39____Father and son hugged. Charlie had kept his____40____He brought back a helicopter.
21. A. refused B. regretted C. remembered D. decided
22. A. Similarly B. Possibly C. Undoubtedly D. Unfortunately
23. A. invited B. knocked C. helped D. passed
24. A. brought back B. gave up C. looked at D. pointed at
25. A. movement B. conversation C. system D. adventure
26. A. Suddenly B. Strangely C. Immediately D. Eventually
27. A. walk B. sleep C. thought D. stop
28. A. happy B. hard C. able D. curious
29. A. toured B. examined C. decorated D. reached
30. A. led B. warned C. advised D. followed
31. A. chance B. choice C. plan D. right
32. A. car B. helicopter C. boat D. bike
33. A. destination B. school C. house D. exit
34. A. created B. replaced C. used D. attached
35. A. heard B. ignored C. added D. raised
36. A. disappeared B. softened C. answered D. argued
37. A. met B. hurt C. understood D. needed
38. A. anger B. humour C. pride D. urgency
39. A. airport B. bedside C. campsite D. hotel
40. A. record B. patience C. promise D. silence
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
Diego Maradona, the Argentine soccer great who scored the “Hand of God” goal in 1986 and___41.___(lead) his country to that year's World Cup title, has died. He was 60. Maradona’s spokesman, Sebastián Sanchi, said he died Wednesday of heart attack, two weeks after being released from a hospital in Buenos Aires___42.___(follow)brain surgery.
The office of Argentina’s president said it will decree(颁布法令) three days of national mourning,and the Argentine soccer association expressed___43.___(it) sorrow on Twitter.
Maradona captivated___44.___(fan) around the world over a two-decade career with a fascinating style of play. Although his reputation___45.___(influence)by an ill-fated spell in charge of the national team, he remained idolized(偶像) in Argentina___46.___“Golden Boy”.
“You took us to the top of the world,” Argentine President Alfredo Fernández said on social media. “You made us___47.___(incredible)happy. You were the greatest of all.”
The No.10 he wore on his shirt became synonymous with(同义)him, as it also had with Pele, the Brazilian great with___48.___Maradona was regularly paired as the best of all time.
“What sad news,” Pele said Wednesday. “I lost___49.___great friend and the world lost a legend. May God give____50.____(strong) to family members. One day, hope we can play ball together in the sky.”
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。

Sometimes our classmates talk about that we can do for our school before graduation. We have different kinds of advices. Some think it is a good idea donate some reference books but notebooks to the school library. By doing so, the fellow students will be able to read it if necessary. Others thought it good to plant trees next to teaching buildings to make the school more beautiful.
On my opinion, we can do something meaningfully in honor of our school life. For the example, we can do some voluntary work or send the school some pictures drawing by ourselves, which can remind us of the golden memories.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是你们班研究项目“Making a Travel Brochure about Our Country”的负责人，上周该项目获得了学校表彰，请你给校《英语报》写一篇稿件，介绍如何做好该项目的经验，内容包括：
1.项目的目的；
2.分享成功的经验；
3.你的祝愿。

注意:1.写作词数应为80左右;
2.请在答题卡的相应位置作答。

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How to Do the Project “Making a Travel Brochure about Our Country”
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________
参考答案
1. D
2. B
3. D
4. B
5. D
6. C
7. A
8. A 9. D 10. C 11. B
12. C 13. B 14. A 15. D
16. G 17. C 18. D 19. F 20. E
21. D 22. D 23. C 24. A 25. B 26. D 27. B 28. A 29. D 30. C 31. B 32.
B 33. A 34.
C 35. A 36. C 37. A 38.
D 39. B 40. C
41. led
42. following
43. its 44. fans
45. was influenced
46. as 47. incredibly
48. whom 49. a
50. strength
51.(1). that →what
(2). advices →advice
(3). 在donate前加to
(4). but →and/or
(5). it →them
(6). thought →think
(7). On →In
(8). meaningfully →meaningful
(9). 去掉For后面的the
(10). drawing →drawn
52.略。