2020年南宁市宾阳县高级中学高三英语期中考试试卷及答案解析

2020年南宁市宾阳县高级中学高三英语期中考试试卷及答案解析
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
People in the Middle Ages did eat with their hands. Personal utensils (餐具) were mostly unheard of, especially forks. There were spoons to help serve, but only special guests would receive a knife from the host. Everyone else would be expected to bring their own. Of course, eating with one's hands can be quite a sticky situation, so towels were provided to help diners stay at least somewhat clean as they ate.
Still, dining was often a messy affair. At special occasions in the wealthiest households, women tended to dine alone, separate from the men. Women were expected to uphold a quality of grace. Eating greasy meat by hand would certainly not help! Once the men and women had finished their meals, they would come together to socialize.
Dietary scholars of the Middle Ages believed that the foods in a meal needed to be served and eaten in order of heaviness. The lightest and most easily digested foods, such as fruits and cheeses, were eaten first to help the digestive (消化) system get started. Once digestion was underway, greens and light meats, such as lettuce, cabbage and chicken, could be eaten. Last came the heavier vegetables and meats, such as carrots, beans, beef, pork, and mutton. This method was considered the most healthful way to eat.
The main and largest meal of the day was supper, and it was eaten at midday. Dinner was a light meal, and many of those in nobility (贵族) -the highest levels of the Middle Ages society-skipped breakfast altogether. Breakfast was considered unnecessary for those who did not perform physical work. Snacks and any other eating during the day were viewed the same way. Commoners, or the working class, were allowed to eat breakfast and small meals throughout the day.
1. What did people in the Middle Ages usually do at the dinner table?
A. They cleaned hands before meals.
B. They used personal utensils.
C. They had to use knives at dinner.
D. They ate mostly with hands.
2. What is the third paragraph mainly about?
A. The order of eating foods.
B. The weight of various foods.
C. The principles of digesting foods.
D. The list of healthy foods.
3. Why did the nobility avoid eating breakfast?
A. Breakfast was wasted for the nobility.
B. Breakfast was viewed as unnecessary.
C. Breakfast was considered as a light meal.
D. Breakfast was saved for commoners.
B
A young female athlete in thePhilippinesrecently won many gold medals during a sports meet despite not having proper running shoes. Rhea Ballos, an 11-year-old student ofSalvationElementary Schoolin Balason,Iloilo, wasonly wearing bandages around her feet when she competed at the Iloilo Schools Sports Meet.
Facebook user Valenzuela posted pictures of the girl with her feet wrapped in bandages bearing the famous Nike logo. Ballos even wrote the word “NIKE” on the sides of her “shoe” to complete the “Nike running shoes” look. The bandages were tightly wrapped around her feet, creating a thin protective layer against the track. While she was actually barefoot during the races, she was still able to defeat her competitors who all more proper footwear intended for running,
According to the post, Ballos bagged the top awards in the 400-meter dash, the 800-meter run, and the 1500-meter run in the girls' categories in the inter school sporting event held in Iloilo, central Philippines.
When pictures of her “Nike” footwear become popular, Flipinos on social media praised her. Many noted that instead of falling into self-pity, she was even able to make light of the situation by drawing the Nike logo on her “running shoes”. Some of the commenters of Valenzuela's post expressed how the girl deserved to be recognized by Nike and that the brand should actually give her a new pair of real Nike shoes. Others started getting in touch with the American sports brand, as well as local basketball specialty store Titan 22.
It did not take long for Titan co-founder and Alaska Aces head coach Jeffrey Cariaso to take notice of Ballos' outstanding achievement. Cariaso immediately made an effort to get in touch with the young track runner. The seven-time PBA champion has since talked to the student as well as her coaches in an apparent bid to help her out.
4. Why did Ballos wear bandages around her feet to compete?
A. She couldn't afford to buy shoes.
B. She wished to be noticed by Nike.
C. She wanted to draw public's attention.
D. She thought it fashionable and unique.
5. What's people's attitude to Ballos' story?
A. Surprised.
B. Confused.
C. Favorable.
D. Doubtful.
6. What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. Ballos will be recognized by Nike.
B. Ballos will be probably helped by Cariaso.
C. Ballos is bound to win more champions.
D. Ballos will become a great basketball player.
7. Which of the following can best describe Ballos?
A. Shy and lucky.
B. Kind and brave.
C. Clever and outstanding.
D. Gifted and optimistic.
C
Clara Daly was seated on an Alaska Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles when a flight attendant asked an urgent(紧急的) question over the loudspeaker: “Does anyone on board know American Body Language?” She knew she needed to help.
Clara, 15 at the time, pressed the call button. The flight attendant came by and explained the situation. “We have a passenger on the plane who’s blind and deaf,” she said. The passenger seemed to want something, but he was traveling alone and the flight attendants couldn’t understand what he needed, according to PEOPLE magazine.
Clara had been studying ASL for the past year to help with her dyslexia (阅读障碍) and knew she’d be able to spell on the man’s palm(手掌) by finger. So she unbuckled her seat belt, walked toward the front of the plane, and knelt by the aisle seat of Tim Cook, then 64. Gently taking his hand, she wrote, “How are you? Are you OK?” Cook asked for some water. When it arrived, Clara returned to her seat. She came by again a bit later because he wanted to know the time. On her third visit, she stopped and stayed for a while.
“He didn’t need anything. He was lonely and wanted to talk,” Clara said. So for the next hour, that was what they did. She talked about her family and her plans for the future (she wants to be a politician). Cook told Clara how he had gradually become blind over time and shared stories of his days as a traveling salesman. Even though he couldn’t see her, she “looked attentively at his face with such kindness”, a passenger reported.
“Clara was amazing,” a flight attendant told Alaska Airlines in a blog interview. “You could tell Cook was very
excited to have someone he could speak to, and she was such a warm-hearted girl.” Cook’s reaction: “Best trip I’ve ever had.”
Looking for ways to offer help? Start with this random(随时的) act of kindness that can change someone’s life right now.
8. The flight attendant asked an urgent question because ________.
A. the passenger was traveling alone
B. the plane was in a dangerous situation
C. the passenger asked for something suddenly
D. none of the flight attendants could communicate with the passenger
9. Why did Clara talk about her plans for the future?
A. Because the flight attendant asked her to do so.
B. Because she needed topics to go on talking with Cook.
C. Because Cook hoped to understand teenagers better.
D. Because she wanted to show her dream for the future.
10. Which of the following words can best describe Clara?
A. Kind and caring.
B. Warm-hearted and brave.
C. careful and calm.
D. opened-minded and confident.
11. The passage is mainly written to ________.
A. tell a touching story of an amazing girl
B. show the great importance of American Body Language
C. encourage readers to give a hand kindly and randomly
D. show how kind the flight attendant was to help Cook
D
William had worked hard to pass the exams to enter high school. When the term began, however, his father told him that there was no money to pay for his school fees because of the summer drought. Still, William wanted to learn.
He made the village library his school. One day, he found a book calledUsing Energy. On the book’s cover was a picture of windmills, tall steel towers with blades (叶片) spinning like giant fans. He learned that
wind—something of which his hometown had plenty—could produce electricity.
He couldn’t help picturing his own windmill in mind, but collecting the parts and tools he needed would take months. In a junkyard, he dug through piles of used metal, old cars, and worn-out tractors, searching for anything that might help him construct his machine. He made four-foot-long blades from plastic pipe, which he melted over a fire, flattened out, and hardened with bamboo poles.
Earning some money, he paid a blacksmith to attach the piston (活塞) to the pedal sprocket (踏板链轮) of an old bicycle frame. This would be the axle (轮轴) of the windmill. When the wind blew, the spinning blades would turn the bicycle wheel and spin a small dynamo (发电机), donated by his friend.
When he had collected all the parts, William began putting them together. He fixed the blades to the tractor fan he found, using washers (垫圈) he’d made from bottle caps. Next he pushed the fan onto the piston joint to the bicycle frame. With the help of his two best friends, Williambuilt a 16-foot-tall tower from trunks of trees and lifted the ninety-pound windmill to the top.
The big moments eventually came. He climbed up the tower and connected two wires that held a small bulb. As the wind whipped around him, the blades began to turn, slowly at first, then faster and faster. The light bulb flickered (闪烁), then flashed to life. The crowd cheered from below. “Wachitabwina (well done)!”
William’s machine now powered his house. And the story of the boy who’d built a power-generating windmill to rescue his family from the drought spread across the Internet.
12. After readingUsing Energy, what did William decide to do?
A. Make use of wind.
B. Enter a high school.
C. Build a village library.
D. Learn to survive a drought.
13. According to Para.3, which of the following word can best describe William?
A. Humorous.
B. Determined.
C. Cooperative.
D. Friendly.
14. What can you learn about William’s machine?
A. It was built by villagers.
B. It worked at the first attempt.
C. It took him years to complete it.
D. It was made from metal materials.
15. What is the besttitle for the passage?
A. Winds Of Hope
B. Ideas Worth Spreading
C. Learning from Experience
D. Windmills for Villages
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Reading is a valuable skill for children. It can help them learn and grow in many ways. But the love of reading can’t be forced. Pushing a child to learn before he is ready canmake learning to read frustrating. As a parent helping your child to enjoy reading at young age is one of the most important things.___16___ By far the most effective way to encourage your child to love books and reading is to read aloud to him and the earlier you start. the better. Eyen a baby of a few months can see pictures listen to your voice, and turn cardboard pages.___17___The more excitement you show when you read a book, the more your child will enjoy it.
___18___At this stage, encourage him to read to you some of the time. Take turns reading with your child to model more advanced reading skills. This can help build your child's confidence in his ability to read and help him enjoy learning new skills. Children who really enjoy learning are more likely to do well in school.
As your child begins elementary school, he will begin his formal reading education.___19___Besides reading books in class, keep in mind that the school library is an excellent source for a wide variety of materials. Encourage your child to bring home books from the school library for pleasure as well as for his studies.
___20___You are your child's first, and most important teacher. The encouragement and support you give your child as he learns to read will help him enjoy reading and learning even more.
A. Reading a child book vividly can be fun for you, too.
B. It's well worth the investment of your time and energy.
C. Most children learn to read without any major problems.
D. Most of all, make sure you give your child lots of praise!
E. Teachers use many methods to teach children how to read.
F. And don't stop reading aloud once your child learns to read.
G. The school librarian is knowledgeable about children's literature
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Suppose you are offered a job or an opportunity to study in another country. You are going to make___21___foryour big adventure. Preparations for culture shock are___22___things you should___23___. Your views may fight with different___24___, values, and traditions. You may have difficulty in getting used to a
new culture, which is not___25___to you. This is culture shock.
There are four stages（阶段）to culture shock which you will___26___.
In the first stage, you see the new culture in a___27___light. The new country seems___28___. The local habits are interesting and the people you come across are welcoming and___29___. Unfortunately this stage will finally come to a(n)____30____.
Usually around three months after arriving at the new____31____, differences between your own culture and the new culture begin to____32____. These differences often create anxiety. Excitement____33____feelings of stress and anger due to some unfavorable events. Loneliness begins to____34____a sense of disconnection.
As much as one year____35____, you become used to the new culture. You begin to see that even though the____36____of the culture are different from your own, it has something that you can learn to____37____.
Then, you are able to participate____38____in the host culture. This stage can be considered as bicultural where you keep many differences.
Obviously, culture shock is something you cannot____39____when living in a foreign country. However, when you have completely got used to a new culture you can more fully____40____it.
21. A.guesses B.preparations C.rules D.contributions
22. A.important B.silly C.perfect D.impressive
23. A.determine B.admit C.consider D.contrast
24. A.altitudes B.motivations C.approaches D.beliefs
25. A.important B.attractive C.familiar D.special
26. A.survive B.experience C.design D.arrange
27. A.favorable B.natural C.reliable D.unique
28. A.wonderful B.painful C.thankful eful
29. A.aggressive B.cautious C.friendly D.modest
30. A.conclusion B.announcement C.start D.end
31. A.position B.place C.decoration anization
32. A.replace B.disappear C.exist D.arise
33. A.lives up to B.gives way to C.goes back to D.holds on to
34. A.invent B.reduce C.keep D.emphasize
35. A.old B.apart C.ago ter
36. A.standards B.similarities C.expectations D.distances
37. A.defend B.reject bine D.appreciate
38. fortably B.responsibly C.awfully D.terribly
39. A.balance B.avoid C.involve D.forecast
40. A.promote B.shape C.enjoy D.celebrate
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
The Titanic was the largest and most advanced passenger ship of its day. It was considered unsinkable. But on 14th April 1912, on___41.___(it) maiden voyage (首航) from England to New York, the ship___42.___(strike) an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sank___43.___(short) after midnight. Of the 2,223 people on board, 1,517 drowned.
So why did so many people die in the tragedy? Firstly, the Titanic’s owners fitted the ship___44.___only 20 lifeboats. They believed any more would spoil the___45.___(appear) of the ship. But this meant there were only enough lifeboats for 1,178 passengers. Secondly, while___46.___(load) the lifeboats, the crew observed the “women and children first” rule. This was___47.___old custom that said women and children should be saved before men. Because at first men weren’t allowed in the lifeboats, many boats were lowered only half full.___48.___the lifeboats had been full, another 500 people might have been saved. In the end, 74% of women passengers survived, but only 20% of men. And many of the men___49.___survived were branded as cowards (懦夫) when they got home.
The wreck (残骸) of the Titanic____50.____(find) in 1985. It lies about four kilometres below the surface of the water at the bottom of the ocean.
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。

刪除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改:在错的词下画划一横线，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。

The number and species of fish had dropped sharply in the past few decades. It is human behavior which is to blame.Industrial and agricultural waste is pouring. into the ocean, which seriously pollutes the water. To make
things bad, overfishing destroys the balance of life in the ocean.
It is a high time that measures should be taken to deal with this situation. The government should make law to keep people overfishing. At the same time, anyone who causes water pollution should be strict punished. All of us should try our best to protecting the fish in the ocean. After all, that is everyone's duty to protect the environment around us.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是校学生会主席李华,你校足球队将与来自伦敦的学生进行一场友谊赛,请你代表全体师生用英语写一篇欢迎辞。

内容包括：
1.校队简介；
2.比赛意义；
3.表达祝愿。

注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：友谊赛a friendly match
Dear guests, teachers and fellow students,
I'm Li Hua, chairman of the Students' Union.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________
Thank you!
参考答案
1. D
2. A
3. B
4. A
5. C
6. B
7. D
8. D 9. B 10. A 11. C
12. A 13. B 14. B 15. A
16. B 17. A 18. F 19. E 20. D
21. B 22. A 23. C 24. D 25. C 26. B 27. A 28. A 29. C 30. D 31. B 32.
D 33. B 34. C 35. D 36. A 37. D 38. A 39. B 40. C
41. its
42. struck 43. shortly
44. with 45. appearance
46. loading
47. an 48. If
49. that / who
50. was found
51.(1).had→has
(2).which→that
(3). pouring→poured
(4). bad→worse
(5).去掉a
(6). law→laws
(7). people之后加from
(8). strict→sticky
(9). protecting→protect
(10). that→it
52.略。