2020年南阳市第一中学高三英语下学期期末考试试卷及参考答案

2020年南阳市第一中学高三英语下学期期末考试试卷及参考答案
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
Juanito Estrella has been a housekeeping manager on the US-based large passenger ship Carnival Spirit for 18 months and feels he has found the suitable position in his career(职业). He has always wanted to travel. “I guess I am a really restless spirit.I like traveling, so when the chance came, I jumped at it,” he says.
The chance came in the form of a newspaper advertisement for work on cruise ships（游船）. At the time Estrella was the housekeeping manager at a Melbourne hotel. He applied and, after two interviews, a medical check and police clearance, the job was his.
Estrella is responsible(负责的)for the cleanliness of the ship, making sure that 160 crew work properly. “I enjoy it because there is no other work-you wake up each day in a different place anda different culture. It’s exciting when you go to the next country and you don’t understand the language,” he says.
Estrella likes being busy and getting to know people from all over the world. The 1,000 crew come from 94 countries, and Estrella has learnt Spanish and a little Croatian.
But there is adownside. “You cannot get really drunk...because you have safety responsibilities to yourself and others,” he says. “You don’t really think about home.You start to think about home only when you get closer to your vacation and wonder what you’ll be doing.”
Life on the ship is anything but cruising. Estrella and his fellows work at least 10 hours a day, seven days a week. He warns the job is not for everybody. “You have to love being busy and be prepared to work every day-and to give up drinking too much alcohol.” In his spare time, if the ship sails into a port, Estrella explores it, otherwise he works out in the crew’s gym, goes on the internet or calls home.
1.Which of the following is true?
A.He has been a housekeeping manager for 18 months.
B.He doesn’t drink wine now.
C.He cannot speak a foreign language.
D.He used to be a housekeeping manager.
2.The underlined word“downside”in paragraph 5 probably means ________ .
A.disappointment
B.disadvantage
C.failure
D.loss
3.In the last paragraph, the writer thinks that life on the ship is ________.
A.not a tiring journey at all
B.just an interesting voyage
C.far from a voyage for pleasure
D.more than a pleasant travel by sea
B
Recently, I experienced a wonderful lesson in how little things still meana lot. My brother, mother and I live in Hawaii. Our farm is at least a dozen miles from even the most basic of services. Therefore, I take weekly trips to the shop to gel supplies. About a month ago, I finished loading up the car and was about to leave when a piece of paper on the ground caught my eye. I picked it up and read it carefully.Immediately, I was grateful that I had done that___4___
It was a receipt (收据) from the State Motor Vehicle Division, recording the owner's payment of her Vehicle's Registration fees. I put myself in his or her shoes and thought: no one would throw this away. I looked over the receipt for any personal data, perhaps a license plate (车牌) or telephone number, but failed. How could I find the owner in the busy, crowded parking lot? Had it been lying there for a few minutes or a week? So I checked the date, the fees paid and the name of the owner, who must live in our town. I decided that the best and easiest step to take was to put the receipt in an envelope and send it to the owner first the next morning.
By the end of the week, I received a beautiful “thank you” letter from a woman including a handwritten message and a card. In the letter, the woman explained how the wind took her receipt from a pocket in her car's passenger door. She had searched everywhere for quite some time before giving up.
It felt great to know I had helped someone avoid a loss by doing something that seemed little and unimportant.
4. What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 1 mean?
A. He was lucky to learn the lesson.
B. It was a good idea to do shopping that day.
C. He was right to pick up the paper.
D. It turned out the paper belonged to the writer.
5. What information did the writer get from the paper?
A The woman's license plate number.
B. The woman's phone number.
C. The woman's name.
D. The woman's address.
6. How did the woman lose the receipt?
A. She forgot where she had put it.
B. A strong wind blew it away.
C. It fell onto the floor.
D. She left it in the parking lot.
7. What can be the best title for the text?
A. A Lesson I Will Never Forget
B. Never Lose Heart or Give up
C. Little Things Still Mean a Lot
D. Think Carefully Before You Act
C
I dropped out of college after my first year. Three years later, I returned to college after having been stuck in a dead-end job, working at a department store. I saw school as my way out. But I quickly found myself up against the same problems that had caused me to give up before. I was in over my head with college-level algebra (代数) and a heavy workload of reading and writing homework. In addition, I was still unsure of my career (职业) direction。

After about a week in community college, I was feeling the same upset and fear I’d felt a few years earlier. I was ready to drop out again. Then a smartly dressed woman with grey hair walked confidently to the front of my English composition class. “Look at you! You’re here because you want to change your lives for the better. And you’re going to make it!”
Mrs. Peters didn’t know me from any of the other 40 faces in her classroom, yet I felt she was speaking directly to me. She knew exactly what I was feeling and what many of my classmates were probably feeling as well, and she lessened our fears. I came out of that class making up my mind to succeed.
Having trouble keeping up with the workload? Break it down into small manageable pieces, and set up a schedule that works for you, she told us. Professors teaching too fast for you to take notes? Interrupt (打断) them with a question so you can catch up on your notes before they continue, she advised. If college algebra is too difficult, drop back to introductory college math, she suggested. As for English composition which can be hard and boring, she gave us interesting writing homework.
She never let us lose sight of our dreams. “Go for the best: you’re worth it” she said when we graduated.
I left that community college with high grades and went on to do further studies. Mrs. Peters wouldn’t know that when she gave that talk, she made a huge difference in my life.
8. Why did the author go back to college?
A. He was out of a job.
B. He was dissatisfied with his job.
C. He tried to start his own business.
D. He hoped to learn more about algebra.
9. What troubled the author at college?
A. He did badly in recent exams.
B. He was forced to leave school.
C. He failed to manage his studies.
D. He was beaten by bitter memories.
10. How did Mrs. Peters affect the author?
A. By showing favor to him.
B. By talking with him directly.
C. By setting him extra homework.
D. By givinghim inspiration and skills.
11. What advice did Mrs. Peters offer to her students on their careers?
A. Have fun.
B. Start small.
C. Dream big
D. Think twice
D
Many teens may feel anxious sometimes. It’s the kind of nervousness that makes you bite your nails before a big test. We spend more time online than we should. We feel good about ourselves or bad based on how many Likes and Followers we get on social media. Young people are developing a false view of life.
On the screen, we see what people want to show us. People usually only post photos where they are looking their best. They are surrounded by friends and seem that they are having a great time. No one seems sad or lonely. In short, life isfabulous. But sooner or later, our young people compare their real life to it. They find that theirs doesn’t seem as fun or exciting and grow worried that they may be missing out.
No wonder teachers are reporting more anxious students. It’s reported that a lot more college students feel ―overwhelming anxiety. The percentage jumped from 50% in 2011 to 62% in 2016. Anxiety is now the most common mental-health problem in my country. It affects nearly one-third of teens and adults.
Certainly, we can’t blame it on social media alone. We expect toomuch from our children and a lot of these expectations aren’t reasonable. Their schedules are packed with sports, clubs and homework. They don’t have enough free time. We want our children to succeed, and we don’t care how much it costs.
As parents, we must have more balance. On one hand, we push too hard, and on the other hand, we make life too easy for children. We shouldn’t and can’t promise our children that they will always be happy. We shouldn’t try to protect them from the problems of everyday life. Let them solve the problems in person.
12. What is the text mainly about?
A. What causes teens’ nervousness.
B. How to deal with teens’ anxiety.
C. What a view of life means to people.
D. How to treat social media appropriately.
13. What does the underlined word “fabulous” in paragraph 2 mean?
A. Wonderful.
B. Encouraging.
C. Anxious.
D. Doubtful.
14. Why does the author mention the numbers in paragraph 3?
A. To draw teachers’ attention.
B. To show teachers’ mental problems.
C. To present the seriousness of teens’ anxiety.
D. To show adults have more problems than teens.
15. What should parents do to help their children out?
A. Try to meet their expectations.
B. Help them with their homework.
C. Give them more free time to play sports.
D. Allow them to solve their own problems in life.
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Criticism from others can be difficult to take, especially if theperson delivering the criticism isn’t exactly subtle(含蓄的)about it. So how should we deal with it?___16___
Try to separate the criticism from the environment in which it was given.___17___However, you should also try to calmly look at what’s being saidand see if there are clues for your personal growth. Pretend the person isn’t talking about you, and try to read between the lines.
___18___This is where you listen and say“okay, that makes sense, ”or“I can come up with a plan to do that. ”Remember, haters gonna hate, but even they sometimes hate for reasons worth considering. All you need to do is keep what’s applicable and ignore the rest.
Turn those useful opinions into goals.___19___If someone complains that your writing is too long, for example, set a to-do to remove the fat from your work. If your boss complains you always wait until the last minute to complete tasks, set your due-dates a day earlier than they’re really due, so you get to work sooner.
Adjust your attitude. You can do all of this and still get depressed when someone tells you how you can improve. Attitude is the key here.___20___It’s easier said than done, but knowing your strengths and being ready to hear and accept your weaknesses is the most powerful thing you can do.
A. Focus on the meaningful part of the criticism.
B. Look at criticism as a chance to grow and get better.
C. Here are some ways you can get benefits from criticism.
D. Vaw your reaction to criticism depending on its intention.
E. It’s important to never let the opportunity for criticism pass you by.
F. It’s normal to be defensive when criticized and to react accordingly.
G. Once you have specific, practical tips, turn them into measurable to-dos.
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
Many kinds of music can stir imagination and produce strong feelings. For some people,___41.___(romance) composers such as Chopin and Tchaikovsky improve feelings of love and sympathy. Religious and spiritual music can help some people feel peace or lessen their pain. But one musician seems to have___42.___unique ability of healing (治愈) the human body—Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Scientists have found Mozart's music to be remarkable in its ability___43.___(calm) its listeners. It can also increase their perceptions, and help them express themselves more___44.___(clear).
Many amazing cases have been documented using Mozart___45.___a healing aid. For example, a tiny premature(早产的) baby___46.___( name) Krissy, who weighed just 1.5 pounds at birth, was on total life support. Doctors thought she had little chance of survival. Her mother insisted on playing Mozart for Krissy, and thought it would save her daughter's life. Krissy lived,___47.___she was very small for her age and slower than the average child. At the age of four, she showed an interest in music and her parents gave her violin lessons. To
their___48.___(astonish), Krissy was able to play musical pieces from memory___49.___were far beyond the ability of an average four-year-old child.____50.____(play) music helped her improve in all areas of her life.
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。

Many people like to go shopping. My mom is no different. She likes to buy shoe. Once, my mother told me to go shopping with her, and so I do. However, after I got home, I made a decide that I would not go shopping with her some more. She always spends long time on window shopping. When I go shopping, I always rapid buy the things I want to. That doesn’t take her a lot of time. Some people shop not only to buy things, and also to look at things, which is call window shopping.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，为庆祝“七一”中国共产党成立一百周年，你校篮球队计划和实验中学篮球队举行一场友谊赛。

请给你的交换生朋友John写一封电子邮件，要点包括：
1.比赛目的；
2.比赛时间和地点；
3.邀请他观看比赛。

注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇:中国共产党the Communist Party of China
参考答案
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. C
5. C
6. B
7. C
8. B 9. C 10. D 11. C
12. B 13. A 14. C 15. D
16. C 17. F 18. A 19. G 20. B
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. romantic
42. a 43. to calm
44. clearly
45. as 46. named
47. but 48. astonishment
49. that/which
50. Playing
51.(1). shoe→shoes
(2). do→did
(3). decide→decision
(4). some→any
(5). long前面加a
(6). rapid→rapidly
(7). 去掉to
(8). her→me
(9). and→but
(10). call→called
52.略。