2020年昆明市官渡区第一中学高三英语上学期期中试题及参考答案

2020年昆明市官渡区第一中学高三英语上学期期中试题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
Sheffield
Lincoln College of English
Classes for foreign students at all levels.
3 months, 6 months, 9 months and one year course.
Open all year.
Small class (at most 12 students).
Library, language laboratory and listening center.
Accommodation (住宿)with selected families.
25 minutes from London.
Course fees for English for one year are￡1,380 with reduction for shorter periods of study.
1.This passage is probably taken from _______.
A.an advertisement
B.a notice
C.a poster
D.a piece of news
2.Who will be accepted by this college?
A.Both foreign and native students.
B.Only foreign beginners and the advanced.
C.Foreign students from beginners to the advanced.
D.Only foreign students advanced.
3.While you stay there, who will take care of you?
A.Your parents.
B.Your classmates.
C.The school where you study.
D.The family you have chosen.
B
Imagine turning on the GPS and seeing an image of your car from above. As the car drives, the map follows along in real time, alarming you to any traffic, pedestrians,animals, or other things nearby. Routes and names of roads appear over the live stream. It's like the map has come to life.
This type of map isn't available yet. But it could be soon. In 2014, the Worldview-3 satellites was launched into space. Even though it orbits Earth at more than 370 miles（600 km）away, it can capture images of objects on Earth that are just 10 inches（25cm）across.Peeringall the way from outer space, it can make out a smartphone held in your hand. It can tell what types of cars are traveling down a road. But it can't identify your face or read the cars' license plate numbers . . . at least not openly.
According to some reports, this satellite and other US spy satellites have the technology to take even sharper images, with a resolution（分辨率）of up to around 4 inches（10cm）. ButUS law forbids making these super-sharp pictures public, to prevent enemies from using them. But the idea that anybody might be able to spy on the entire Earth in such detail may seem horrible. Live, high-detail satellite mapping could possibly be used to monitor anybody at any time. Ray Purdy of University College London told CNN that he is concerned about what this could mean for privacy. Most satellites are commercially owned, so if you have money you can buy that imagery. “It means anyone can spy on anyone,” he said.
At the same time, live, detailed maps of Earth's surface could be useful in amazing ways. Live maps of a disaster area could quickly discover people in need of rescue as well as the safest routes in or out. Satellite images are already helping catch illegal logging and fishing operations. Higher detail may make it possible to catch other criminals in the act. The images could also make it easier for farmers to watch over their crops.
What do you think? Do you wish everyone could access high-detail live maps of Earth's surface?
4. What does the underlined word in paragraph 2 mean?
A. Seeing
B. Standing
C. Walking
D. Hearing
5. Why does US law forbid making super-sharp pictures public?
A. to protect the technology.
B. for the sake of safety.
C. to protect the environment.
D. to threat other countries.
6. Which of the following statements is true according to the text?
A. This super-sharp map hasn't been put into market.
B. Worldview-3 satellites orbits the Earth at 370 km away.
C. Personal privacy is safely protected if you use the super-sharp map.
D. The super-sharp map should be completely forbidden.
7. How is this technology used in agriculture?
A. It can help improve the production of crops.
B. It can help kill pests.
C. It can help farmer to watch over their crops from far away.
D. It can help increase farm land.
C
Volunteer Day
What better way is there to enjoy your own hobbies while helping others at the same time? Come to Volunteer Day and choose which activity you’d like to join for the day. See below for a schedule of events on Volunteer Day.
Volunteer Day schedule:
7:30am.: Meet at the Community (社区) Center for juice and bagels.
8:00—8:30 a.m.: Choose which activity you’d like to help with for the day.
8:30 a.m.: Board the bus to your activity site.
9:00 a.m.—3:30 p.m.: Work as a volunteer.
3:30 p.m.: Board the bus that will take you back to the Community Center.
See below for a list of volunteer opportunities for Volunteer Day so you can begin thinking about which activity you might want to join.
A list of volunteer activities:
Paint houses: Do you enjoy making art? If so, this volunteer opportunity might be just right for you! Happy Homes is a local organization that provides home repairs for needy people in the form of painting. For elderly or physically disabled people who cannot do repairs to their homes, Happy Homes provides volunteer painters to repaint old homes; outside or in. Happy Homes also provides painters to create beautiful wall paintings inside schools or community centers.
Plant flowers: Do you enjoy being outside in nature? City Parks Association has many great opportunities for people who love to be outdoors. Help plant flowers and bushes in city parks; help lay paths at Cave Springs Park, or help pick up rubbish around the river banks. These activities are very active, so remember to be prepared with plenty of drinking water!
Read to children: Do you enjoy working with young children? Do you like books? Love and Learning is an organization that provides volunteers to help children with learning disabilities. Read books out loud to groups of children four to six years old, or read one-on-one with struggling readers seven to eight years old.
Play with animals: Do you love animals? Lovely Friends is an organization that visits local animal shelters and provides volunteers to spend time with the animals while their cages are being cleaned. Play with puppies,
snuggle with cats, or hand-feed rabbits.
8. At what time do volunteers leave for their activity sites?
A. 7:30 a.m..
B. 8:00 a.m.
C. 8:30 a.m.
D. 9:00 a.m.
9. An outdoor lover probably takes part in ______.
A. Plant flowers
B. Paint houses
C. Read to children
D. Play with animals
10. What do Lovely Friends volunteers do?
A. Read books to children.
B. Spend time with animals.
C. Help plant bushes in parks.
D. Pick up garbage along the river.
11. The purpose of the passage is to _________.
A. educate children
B. attract volunteers
C. comfort the elderly
D. encourage the disabled
D
Scientists often compare coral reefs(珊瑚礁) to underwater rainforests, yet unlike the leafy plant base of a forest, corals are animals. The soft creatures are naturally half-transparent and get their brilliant color1 from algae(藻类) living inside them. When corals experience stress from hot temperatures or pollution, theyhaltthe interdependent relationship with algae, typically pushing them out and turning white. Corals are still alive when they are white, but they're at risk and many eventually die, turning dark brown.
Scientists around the world are looking for means to protect and maybe increase corals. One common option is to create more protected areas — essentially national parks in the ocean. Beyond nature preserves, some conservationists are looking to more hands-on methods. One research center in the Florida Keys is exploring a form of natural selection to keep corals remaining. The reef system in the Keys has been hit hard by climate change and pollution, which is especially tough, because corals there help support fisheries worth $ 100 million every year.
To keep the wild ecosystem alive, Erinn Muller, the center's director, and her team are harvesting samples of the corals that survived the environmental stress naturally, keeping them to make them reproduce, and then reattaching them to the reef. They have 46,000 corals on plastic frames under the sea. So far, the center has regrown over 70,000 corals from five different species on damaged reefs.
In The Bahamas, Ross Cunning, a research biologist at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium, focuses on corals with
genes that could make them natural candidates for restoration projects. He published a study of two Bahamian reefs, one that survived an extreme 2015 heat wave, and one that didn't. "We think their ability to deal with these higher temperatures is built into their genes," says Cunning. There's evidence of corals evolving more quickly to resist rapidly warming climate. The big question scientists need investigate, adds Gunning, is how much more heat corals can adapt to.
12. What does the underlined word "halt" in the first paragraph mean?
A. End.
B. Develop.
C. Strengthen.
D. Weaken.
13. What do Muller and her team do to save corals?
A. Restore the damaged reefs.
B. Grow corals by hand underwater.
C. Create more protected areas.
D. Move corals to unpolluted areas.
14. What do Gunning's words suggest?
A. Many corals have been genetically improved.
B. Cooling down the waters is key to rescuing corals.
C. Reasons for corals surviving heat waves are shocking.
D. The highest temperature corals can survive is unclear.
15. Which can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Relationship between corals and algae
B. Efforts made to save corals
C. Impact of climate warming on corals
D. Survival crisis faced by coral reefs
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
I have met many westerners who do not feel anything to put their feet on the table while sitting on the chair.____16____They don't feel like it is a strange or rude thing to do it. And I-know that they don't mean to be ill-behaved. However, in the eyes of a Myanmarese, it is really a very rude thing.
For Myanmarese, the head is the most sacred（神圣的）part of the human body while the feet are the most inferior part.____17____They touch ground, dirt, mud and garbage. Just think of all the dirty things lying on the ground. So the Myanmarese regard feet as the most dirty and smelly part of one's body.
____18____When you put that dirty part of your body onto other people's clean table, it is like an insult（侮辱）to that person if that person is a Myanmarese. There is nothing more insulting to a Myanmarese than to point your feet towards him.
So, if you want to win the heart of your Myanmarese friends, next time when you drop in on him or he visits
you, try not to put your feet on the living room table or point your feet towards him. Indeed, your feet should never be pointing to the direction of a person or a sacred place.____19____
Possibly, your Myanmarese friend will not say anything even if you do it. But it does not mean that he is OK with your behavior or approves of your behavior.____20____Even if that person is your employee or your house maid, you should never do it to him or her.
A. This seems a normal habit to them.
B. In his heart he will consider you as a rude person.
C. Whatever you do, don't touch the head of a Myanmarese.
D. This is the rule that you must strictly follow in Myanmar.
E. Being the lowest part, they are also considered the dirtiest part.
F. For Myunurese，the dirty part should only bein the lowest place.
G. Myannmarese people do not express themselves as directly as Westerners.
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In July, I took my kids on vacation to Los Angeles. A month after our trip, I found myself under a lot of stress; I just wanted to get away and____21____for a while.
While I was sitting by the pool, an idea suddenly____22____me.
I'd always wanted to see the Greek island of Santorini. Therefore, the idea of a two-week European vacation alone was____23____. It was____24____I never thought I'd be planning this soon in my life. I had always thought, if it did ever____25____, it would be when I was____26____and old.
I would lie if I said I wasn't____27____. I'd driven alone across the US before, from California to New Jersey, but traveling to other____28____whose languages weren't the same as mine terrified me. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to____29____with anyone, especially if I got_____30_____somewhere. But I soon realized that if I wanted to_____31_____my dreams, I had to step out of my comfort zone. And it_____32_____on me that I was scared, and if I let fear take_____33_____of me, I'd never get anywhere.
As I searched for other_____34_____to visit on my trip, I found Mykonos, Greece, which I realized I liked just as much as I liked Santorini. When I arrived in Europe, it was like I was_____35_____a dream. I couldn't believe what I was seeing and what I was_____36_____.
The best part was the bus ride to Venice. As I rode on the bus and_____37_____at every new thing I saw, I was having the time of my life. It was nice to see people, young and old,_____38_____their bikes to wherever
they needed to go. I thought the_____39_____of the houses and the buildings was so charming, but seeing people doing their routine was the_____40_____part for me.
21. A. hesitate B. relax C. risk D. cry
22. A. broke in B. woke up C. happened to D. came to
23. A. born B. persuaded C. filled D. introduced
24. A. nothing B. anything C. something D. everything
25. A. happen B. exist C. appear D. end
26. A. mature B. curious C. retired D. lucky
27. A. grateful B. delighted C. sorrowful D. scared
28. A. cities B. countries C. villages D. towns
29. A. cooperate B. communicate C. greet D. connect
30. A. lost B. abandoned C. caught D. locked
31. A. recover B. consult C. escape D. follow
32. A. dawned B. relied C. cast D. centered
33. A. charge B. control C. care D. advantage
34. A. friends B. s C. schools D. places
35. A. above B. beneath C. inside D. across
36. A. experiencing B. waiting C. building D. saving
37. A. glanced B. gazed C. glared D. laughed
38. A. replacing B. repairing C. carrying D. riding
39. A. furniture B. decoration C. architecture D. equipment
40.A. worst B. hardest C. best D. wisest
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
TheUnited Statesis primarily an English-speaking country. Although people pronounce the English words in several different ways, they can understand each other.____41.____, not everyone in theUSspeaks English. There’re hundreds of areas in the US____42.____English is not the most commonly____43.____(use) language. Spanish, Chinese, Italian, German and French are all spoken in theUS. In fact, Spanish is____44.____(wide) spoken inNew Yorkand across the southern part of the country,____45.____(make) it the second most commonly spoken language after English.
For speakers of other language, it’s of great____46.____(important) to learn English, but in the past, teaching people to speak English as____47.____second language was given little attention. Non-English speakers were expected to pick up the language through daily life. Recently, this____48.____(change). Today, most public schools have ELS____49.____(program), which have different English lessons for different students and lay emphasis on communication in language learning instead of focusing_____50._____the grammar and translation.
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。

A man walked into a bar and had a few drinks. Before leaving, he asked the bartenderhow his bill was. The bartender replied that it is $40.
Hearing this, the man said, "Let's make the bet. If you win, I will give you twice the amount of my bill. If I win, I won’t pay anything. I bet whether I can bite my own eye. ” The bartender was curiously and accepted. Then, the man pulled his glass eye out and bit it.
The man decided have more drinks. And the man bet the bartender he could bite his another eye. The bartender accepted again, know the man couldn't possibly have two glass eyes. To his surprising, the man took out his false tooth and bit his other eye.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.Directions:Read the following passage. Summarize in no more than 60 words the main idea of the passage and how it is illustrated. Use your own words as far as possible.
According to an official report on youth violence.“In our country today, the greatest threat to the lives of children and adolescents is not disease or starvation or abandonment, but the terrible reality of violence.”Given that this is the case, why aren’t students taught to manage conflict the way they are taught to solve math problems, drive cars, or stay physically fit?
First of all, students need to realize that conflict is unavoidable. It is reported that most violent incidents between students begin with a ly minor insult. For example, a fight could start over the fact that one student eats
a peanut butter sandwich each lunchtime. Laughter over the sandwich can lead to insults, which in turn can lead to violence.
If the conflict occurs, students can practice the golden rule of conflict resolution: stay calm.
Once the student feels calmer. Once the student feels calmer. He or she should choose words that will calm the other person down as well. Rude words and accusations only add fuel to the emotional fire while soft words can put out the fire before it explodes out of control.
After that, they can use another key strategy for conflict resolution. Listening allows the two sides to understand each other. One person should describe his or her side: and the other person should listen without interrupting. Afterwards, the listener can ask non-threatening questions to clarify the speaker’s position. Then the two people should change roles.
Finally, students need to consider what they are hearing. An argument doesn’t mean trying to figure out the fault of the other person but means understanding what the real issue is. As the issue becomes clearer, the conflict often simply becomes smaller.(280 words)
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参考答案
1. A
2. C
3. D
4. A
5. B
6. A
7. C
8. C 9. A 10. B 11. B
12. C 13. D 14. A 15. A
16. A 17. E 18. F 19. D 20. B
21. B 22. D 23. A 24. C 25. A 26. C 27. D 28. B 29. B 30. A 31. D 32.
A 33.
B 34. D 35.
C 36. A 37. B 38.
D 39. C 40. C
41. However
42. where 43. used
44. widely 45. making
46. importance
47. a 48. has changed
49. programs
50. on /upon
51.(1).how→what
(2).is→was
(3).the→a
(4).whether→that
(5).curiously→curious
(6).decided后添加to
(7).another→other
(8).know→knowing
(9).surprising→surprise
(10).tooth→teeth 52.略。