2020届沈阳市第五中学高三英语上学期期中试卷及答案

2020届沈阳市第五中学高三英语上学期期中试卷及答案
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
Overnight French Toast
What You’ll Need
•16-ounce loaf of French bread
•5 eggs
•1 1 /2 cups milk
•1/2 cup half-and-half
•1/3 cup maple syrup（枫糖浆）
•1/2 teaspoon salt
•foil（锡箔纸）
•2 tablespoons melted butter（for topping）
•2 tablespoons maple syrup（for topping）
What to Do
•With an adult’s help, cut the bread into 1-inch slices.
•Place the eggs, milk, half-and-half, maple syrup, and salt into a large bowl. Stir（揽拌）the mixture until blended（混合均匀）.
•Place the sliced bread into a baking dish. Pour the mixtureover the bread and press the slices into it. Cover the dish with foil and refrigerate overnight.
•Remove the dish from the refrigerator at least one hour before baking. Ask an adult for help to preheat the oven to 375°F. Bake the French toast for 35 minutes or until golden brown.
•For the topping, combine the melted butter and 2 tablespoons of maple syrup. Pour it over the French toast before serving.
1.How much salt will you need to make a French toast?
A.1/3 cup.
B.1/2 teaspoon.
C.2 tablespoons.
D.16 ounces.
2.How will you use foil?
A.Place the sliced bread
B.Cover the dish.
C.Remove the dish.
D.Eat the French toast.
3.Who is the passage written for?
A.Teachers.
B.Parents.
C.Cooks.
D.Kids.
B
The outbreak of the novel corona virus pneumonia (NCP) has disrupted the lives and work of nearly every Chinese person. However, a new trend has been on the rise: many have turned themselves into livestreaming users orfollowers.
According to Questmobile, a professional big data intelligence services provider in China, the audience for Douyin, Kuaishou and other livestreaming platforms surged to 574 million during the Spring Festival holiday, up 35 percent from 2019.
Confined at home, away from their friends and loved ones, people turn to livestreaming to reach out to the world. For them livestreaming can help them share their lives and interest with a global audience, which will give them the sense of being “in the moment”. Even as viewers, they can also engage immediately with livestreamers by commenting and making suggestions.
“When I comment on the livestreaming videos, I’m not simply an audience member, but also an active part of the program. That gives me a sense of engagement,” an Internet user named Wang Hao told People’s Daily.
Livestreaming is not only for fun, but also a new tool for many businesses. Affected by the pandemic, many businesses had to stop their sales in physical stores. To meet their business goals and survive during these trying times, many chose to livestream to revive their businesses.
Joyoung, a leading maker of small kitchen appliances, is a good example. The company not only added a number of broadcasts each day to advertise their products, but also shared the menus that were beneficial to health. “The responses to our livestreaming shows have been well beyond expectations,” Kang Li, who oversees the company’s livestreaming unit, told China daily. “It’s a natural opportunity to truly bond with our followers.”
Like it or not, livestreaming is likely to go mainstream in China for both entertainment and business.
4. What is the purpose of writing the second paragraph?
A. To introduce some popular livestreaming platforms in China.
B. To report data on the development of livestreaming in 2019.
C. To show that Chinese people spend too much time on livestreaming apps.
D. To prove that livestreaming are becoming increasingly popular in China.
5. What does Wang Hao think of commenting on livestreaming?
A. It is boring to make comments.
B. It is the only way to share viewers’ lives.
C. It makes people feel involved in the stream.
D. It helps livestreamers improve themselves.
6. What do paragraphs 5&6 mainly talk about?
A. Livestreaming replaced physical stores in many areas.
B. Many businesses turned to livestreaming platform for marketing.
C. Livestreaming platforms faced challenges during the pandemic.
D. Livestreaming platforms made changes to their services.
7. How does the author feel about thefuture of livestreaming？
A. Positive.
B. Uncertain.
C. Disappointed.
D. Confused.
C
One of the most popular street food found inChinais no doubt the barbecue. A new program, called Chinese Barbecue, tells the story of this popular food cooked over hot coals on just about every street corner in cities and towns across the country. Barbecued meat is an important part of people’s nightlife.
Shown on June 20, the program has had more than 25 million clicks on the video site . To find the most popular barbecue stalls (摊位), the production team travelled to more than 500 locations in 30 cities across the country. Some viewers compare Chinese Barbecue to Midnight Diner, a Japanese TV program telling stories from late night informal Japanese bars.
“I’m happy to hear this comparison because Midnight Diner is a good program, and we share the same topic― night food,” Chinese Barbecue’s director Chen Yingjie said. “However, they are quite different.” He said that Midnight Diner focused more on food itself, though there was someconversation while people were eating. However, the night food scene of Chinese people means joy and a more lively atmosphere. People eating these barbecue snacks develop a feeling of connection, which can be a cure for loneliness.
The barbecue, regarded as the most ordinary and common night street snack, is different from home-made food by mothers as that is a symbol of family and kinship. The barbecue is where you go to become connected to people in society. And unlike official business lunches, during which people are rather polite, the barbecue lets people relax with old friends and new friends, leaving a lasting impression of friendship.
The world, as a whole, holds deep-rooted good feelings toward the barbecue, either for the taste or the
warmth produced by fire. “What we should do is to present the Chinese barbecue just the way it is because with its special ingredients(食材)，ways of cooking and more importantly, the special environment and people, the world will recognize it and might fall in love with it just as we do.” said Chen.
8. What do we know about Chinese Barbecue?
A. It has been becoming very popular on the Internet.
B. It is thought highly of by most of the foreign tourists.
C. It mainly talks about the most famous Chinese food.
D. It shows the color1 ful nightlife in large cities ofChina.
9. In which way was Chinese Barbecue different from Midnight Diner?
A. It showed more kinds of food.
B. It focused more on the diners.
C. It showed the eating habits.
D. It was less popular than Midnight Diner.
10. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?
A. The importance of the barbecue to family.
B. The influence of the barbecue on people’s manners.
C. The influence of the barbecue on people’s lifestyle.
D. The role of the barbecue in people’s relationship.
11. Why did Chen Yingjie choose the barbecue as the topic of the series?
A. To show the feature of Chinese food.
B. To research a special way of cooking.
C. To help the world understandChina.
D. To introduce the history of the barbecue.
D
According to the study posted onScienceDirect, gardening just two to three times a week increase the benefits of better well-being as much as possible and lower stress levels.
The research explored why residents engaged with gardening and the extent to which they recognized any health benefits from the activity.
A questionnaire was handed out electronically within theUK, with 5,766 gardeners and 249 non-gardeners responding. Data was collected on factors including garden typology（类型学）, frequency of gardening and individual awareness of health and well-being.
"This is the first time the dose response（剂量效应）to gardening has been tested and the evidence from the survey strongly suggests that the more frequently you garden, the greaterthe health benefits," said Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) lead author Dr Lauriane Chalmin-Pui. In fact, gardening every day has the same positive
impact on well-being than undertaking regular and powerful exercise like cycling or running.
When gardening, our brains are pleasantly entertained by nature around us. Gardening takes our attention away from ourselves and our stresses, therefore, it helps restore our minds and reduce unfavorable feelings.
Improving health, however, was not the main motive power to garden, but rather the direct pleasure gardening brought to the participants.
"Gardening is like effortless exercise because it doesn't feel as exhausting and hard as going to the gym, for example, but we canexpendsimilar amounts of energy," Chalmin-Pui added.
Most people say they garden for pleasure and enjoyment, so people who like gardening may be easy to be addicted to it. However, this sometimes may become a piece of good news, from the aspect of mental health. "We hope all the millions of new gardeners will be getting their daily gardening and feeling all the better for it. " Chalmin-Pui said in the interview.
12. What can be inferred about gardening from the survey?
A. Improving health is the aim of the participants.
BGardening makes no difference to health.
C. Health benefits from frequent gardening.
D. Too much gardening always does harm to health.
13. What does the underlined word "expend" mean in paragraph 7?
A. Consume.
B. Make use of.
C. Increase.
D. Save.
14. Why do so many participantslike gardening?
A. It isn't exhausting.
B. It is good for health.
C. It brings pleasure.
D. It is like going to the gym.
15. What is Chalmin-Pui's attitude to the new gardeners' gardening?
A. Carefree.
B. Supportive
C. Tolerant.
D. Indifferent.
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The old-fashioned art of letter writing is at risk of disappearing altogether. Yet, to me, there is something about receiving a letter that can not be matched by any other form of communication.
____16____It probably began with the little notes I would write to my mother. My mother, also, always insisted I write my own thank-you letters. It didn’t matter how short or untidy they were as long as they were letters.
When I left home at 18 to train as a doctor in Landon I would write once a week, and so would my mother. My father would write once in a while..____17____,Of course, we also made phone calls but it is the letters that I remember most.
I love the letters that come with birthday or Christmas cards.____18____And it’s even nicer when it’s an airmail envelope with beautiful stamps. My overseas letters arrive fromSri Lanka, from someone I trained with over 20 years ago, and have a penfriend inAustraliaand another inVancouver.
My biggest letter-writing success, however, came this summer, when my family and I stayed with my American penfriend inTexas. We had been corresponding (通信) for 29 years but I had never met._____19_____The local press even considered the correspondence worth reporting on the front page.
_____20_____Like my mother, I insistedthey write their own thank-you letters.
However convenient communicating by email may appear to be, I strongly urge readers not to be, I strongly urge readers not to allow letter writing to become another “lost art”.
A. As it is, we now have a regular correspondence.
B. It was always a joy to receive his long, amusing letters.
C. I am pleased that my children are carrying on the tradition.
D. Everyone was amazed that a correspondence could last so long.
E. Letter writing had been part of my life for as longas I can remember.
F. Notes are appreciated, but how much better to have a year’s supply of news!
G. I found that I could often express myself more easily in writing than by talking.
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Recently, the idea that listening to classical music can increase intelligence, especially in___21___, has caught the attention of the media, researchers, and parents around the globe.In the early 1990s, researchers from France and the US published articles that said___22___Mozart for 10 minutes temporarily___23___performance on IQ tests and challenging tasks.
___24___, the media quickly began reporting on the “Mozart effect”.
In 1997, Don Campbell published a book about this___25___phenomenon.Campbell said that classical___26___could improve health and memory, prevent mental and physical disorders, and___27___stress and depression.He soon___28___withThe Mozart Effect for Children, as well as CDs and products for parents of young children.Today, a wide selection of similar products is___29___, includingBaby MozartandBaby Bach, two
bestselling DVDs in the popularBaby Einsteinseries.There are even music players specially___30___for expectant (预产期的) mothers to wear on their stomachs.___31___, babies can listen to classical music before they're even___32___.
___33___, there is some doubt surrounding the “Mozart effect”.Parents___34___whether it is a proven reality or just a fad (潮流) designed to make money.Frances H.Rauscher, a psychologist and author of one of the original studies, is___35___.Much of the original___36___pointed to temporary improvements on specific tasks.She___37___these findings have been incorrectly described as a general increase in___38___.“I don't think it can hurt,” Rauscher said.Yet she added that___39___may still want to think twice___40___spending a fortune trying to make a genius (天才) out of their baby.
21. A. scientists B. musicians C. adults D. babies
22. A. joining in B. dreaming of C. talking about D. listening to
23. A. improved B. measured C. provided D. enjoyed
24. A. On the whole B. As a result C. On the contrary D. In other words
25. A. common B. natural C. interesting D. alarming
26. A. literature B. music C. world D. education
27. A. cause B. place C. reduce D. limit
28. A. began B. dealt C. agreed D. followed
29. A. useless B. priceless C. available D. changeable
30. A. tested B. designed C. searched D. collected
31. A. By the way B. In this way C. On the way D. All the way
32. A. born B. lost C. trained D. invited
33. A. Besides B. Therefore C. Instead D. However
34. A. check B. question C. determine D. evaluate
35. A. real B. right C. normal D. doubtful
36. A. anxiety B. material C. research D. argument
37. A. cheers B. expects C. remembers D. believes
38. A. costs B. health C. disorders D. intelligence
39. A. teachers B. experts C. parents D. players
40. A. after B. unless C. before D. as
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
WeChat, China’s___41.___(popular) messaging and mobile payment app of all, added new emojis (表情符号) ___42.___its existing on November 18. Among these new emojis, “broken” i.e. lie kai or "split-off” is straight from Chinese online slang,___43.___could be used to signal frustration.
The new emojis have become a___44.___(heat) topic on Chinese microblogging platform Weibo, causing discussions about meanings behind these different faces. Some netizens think the new emojis are a perfect ___45.___ (explain) of a laborer's day,___46.___some hope WeChat can continue to introduce new emojis, such as a split dog.
As___47.___number of those born after 1995 increases online, generation Z has put new energy into the Internet. They do well in online language,___48.___(prefer) to use emojis to express their emotions and creating new definitions for___49.___. So far learning the new meaning of emojis___50.___(become) “compulsory course" for the older generations.
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申（∧），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。

Last Sunday in the library, there was an old woman in front of me check out several books. The librarian asked her that she wanted to pay the $4.25 fine on her account. She hesitated for several seconds or more, after what she said in a softly voice, “I can pay only one dollar today.”
I looked into mi purse and found a 5-dollar bills. I gave it to the librarian and said that I’d cover her fine with that. After the librarian handed me to my change, I pushed the woman’s dollar back to her and told her the fine had taken care of. She is amazed and thanked me. Then he walked away feeling good. I felt good, either.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，你的英国网友Peter上周在邮件中提到想阅读中国著名的小说，就此请你用英语给他写封回信。

内容包括：
1.推荐一本小说；
2.此书内容简介；
3.给出阅读建议。

注意:1.词数100左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Peter,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _________
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. B
2. B
3. D
4. D
5. C
6. B
7. A
8. A 9. B 10. D 11. C
12. C 13. A 14. C 15. B
16. E 17. B 18. F 19. D 20. C
21. D 22. D 23. A 24. B 25. C 26. B 27. C 28. D 29. C 30. B 31. B 32.
A 33. D 34.
B 35. D 36.
C 37.
D 38. D 39. C 40. C
41. most popular
42. to 43. which
44. heated 45. explanation
46. while/and
47. the 48. preferring
49. them 50. has become
51.(1). check → checking
(2). that →if/whether
(3). what →which
(4). softly → soft
(5).bills →bill
(6). 去掉to
(7). had后加been
(8). is →was
(9). he →she
(10). either →too 52.略。