2020届安徽省铜陵市第四中学高三英语上学期期末试题及答案解析

2020届安徽省铜陵市第四中学高三英语上学期期末试题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
Vienna Concerts 2021
Every day, one to three dozen Vienna concerts are staged. You can use this checklist to find a fantastic Vienna concert that is worth its money.
Vienna Chamber Orchestra
The Vienna Chamber Orchestra has existed for more than 70 years. The international reputation of the Vienna Chamber Orchestra is documented by worldwide tours. The length is 65 minutes.
Date: 20th June
Location: Minoritenkirehe, Minoritenplatz 1, 1010 Vienna
Tickets: 30 Euros per adult and free admission for children
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
In 2021, famous conductor Gustavo Dudamel will lead the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Expect an amazing show with top quality classical music and fireworks. The concert lasts one and a half hours. You have to arrive at least 20 minutes early to find a place to sit.
Date: 4th and 5th October
Location: Schonbrunn Palace, palace gardens, in front of Naptune fountain, Schonbrunner Schlossstrasse 47, 1130 Vienna.
Tickets: 30 Euros（students, children and senior citizens will receive a 10% discount per ticket）
Mozart Piano Sonatas（奏鸣曲）
On Saturdays and Sundays, the St. Peter’s church opens its basement to a small group of Mozart fans. In simple but elegant surroundings, international pianists perform Mozart piano sonatas on a Steinway piano. The concerts start in the early evening and last 90 minutes.
Date: throughout the year
Location: St. Peter’s basement, Petersplatz 1, 1010 Vienna
Tickets: 29 Euros for adults and 16 Euros for children between 8 and 14（children below 8 can enterfor free.）Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
To point out Vivaldi’s connection to Vienna, the Italian violinist lived in the city for some time, and eventually died there. Closer to where he was buried, the church St. Charles Borromeo regularly stages The Four Seasons, Vivaldi’s main work. The concerts start at 8:15 pm on weekends and last 60 minutes. People can arrive and enter anytime during the performance.
Date: throughout the year
Location: Church St. Charles Borromeo（Karlskirche）, Kreuzherrengase 1, 1040 Vienna
Tickets: 25 Euros for all ages（free cancellation 24 hours before the event）
1.For a couple with their 10-year-old child, which is the cheapest?
A.Mozart Piano Sonatas.
B.Vienna Chamber Orchestra.
C.Vivaldi: The Four Seasons.
D.Vienna PhilharmonicOrchestra.
2.What do the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Mozart Piano Sonatas have in common?
A.They last one and a half hours.
B.They are held in closed surroundings.
C.They offer a discount for students and the aged.
D.They are suitable for people who prefer pop music.
3.What can we know about the concert—The Four Seasons?
A.It forbids people to enter after 8:15 pm.
B.It describes Vivaldi’s stories related to Vienna.
C.It allows you to return your ticket for free a day in advance.
D.It was created by the Church St. Charles Borromeo to memorize Vivaldi.
B
Every day, millions of shoppers hit the stores in full force, searching wildly for the perfect gift.Aside from purchasing holiday gifts, most people regularly buy presents for other occasions throughout the year, including weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, and graduations. This frequent experience of gift-giving cancause uncertain feelings in gift-givers. Many enjoy the opportunity to buy presents because gift-giving offers a powerful means to build stronger bonds, while many worry that their purchases will disappoint rather than delight the intended recipients (接受者).
Anthropologists describe gift-giving as a positive social process, serving various political, religious, and psychological functions. Economists, however, offer a less favorable view. According to Waldfogel, gift-giving represents an objective wasteof resources. People buy gifts that recipients would not choose to buy on their own,
or at least not spend as much money to purchase (a phenomenon referred to as‘‘the deadweight loss of Christmas”).
What is surprising is that gift-givers have much experience acting as both gift-givers and gift-recipients, but nevertheless tend to overspend each time they set out to purchase a meaningful gift. In the present research, we propose a unique psychological explanation for this overspending problem — gift-givers link how much they spend with how much recipients will appreciate the gift. Though it seems natural to gift-givers, such an assumption may be unfounded. Indeed, we propose that gift-recipients will be less likely to base their feelings of appreciation on the value of a gift than givers assume.
Why do gift-givers assume that gift price is closely linked to gift-recipients’ feelings of appreciation? Perhaps givers believe that more expensive gifts communicate a stronger sense ofthoughtfulness and consideration. According to Camerer and others, gift-giving represents a symbolic ritual (习俗), by which gift-givers attempt to signal their positive attitudes towards the recipient and their willingness to invest resources in a futurerelationship. In this sense, gift-givers may be motivated to spend more money on a gift in order to send a “stronger signal”. As for gift-recipients, they may not interpret smaller and larger gifts as representing smaller and larger signals of thoughtfulness and consideration.
The idea of gift-givers and gift-recipients being unable to account for the other party’s viewpoint seems confusing because people slip in and out of these roles every day. Yet, despite the experience as both givers and receivers, people often struggle to apply information gained from one role in another. In theoretical terms, people fail to use information about their own preferences and experiences to produce more efficient outcomes in their exchange relations. In practical terms, people spend hundreds of dollars each year on gifts, but somehow never learn to estimate their gift expense according to personal insight.
4. The author uses “the deadweight loss of Christmas” in Paragraph 2 to express ________.
A. gift-givers don’t spend much money during holidays
B. gift-givers don’t ask recipients what gifts they prefer
C. gift-givers buy improper and expensive gifts
D. gift-givers have difficulty in choosing gifts
5. According to the passage, people buy gifts to ________.
A. receive gifts in return
B. enjoy the feeling of shopping
C. help recipients to save money
D. better relationships with recipients
6. What can we learn from the passage?
A. People’s high living standards require expensive gifts.
B. Gift-givers buy gifts based on their experiences as recipients.
C. Anthropologists think gift-giving meets different human needs.
D. Recipients judge the depth of friendship according to the gift price.
7. Why did the author write this article?
A. To criticize people’s gift-buying habits.
B. To analyze people’s gift-giving behaviors.
C. To offer advice on how to improve relationships.
D. To remind people not to overlook others’ preferences.
C
Teenagers from low-income families in particular are more likely than their middle-class peers（同龄人）to do less well in schoolwork and to drop out of school. Studies have shown, however, that a positive attitude towards schoolwork and the support and encouragement from their parents can help at-risk youngsters to overcome the economic barriersand lack of resources they face. Most of the evidence about the effects of parental involvement （参与）comes from research on mothers. Little is known, however, about how teenagers experience their fathers’ warmth and the beliefs and behavior that are most affected by it.
This new study is part of a large one focusing on low-income families conducted in four middle schools in the southwestern United States. Researchers asked 183 sixth-graders about how optimistic and motivated they were about their school work, and how they experienced their fathers' warmth. The students' maths and language arts grades were also gained. The research team took into account the influence that mothers have on their children’s well-being in their analyses.
Their findings show how fathers can support their teenagers in ways that result in greater optimism and higher achievement at school. “Low-income fathers affect their teenagers’ beliefs about themselves and their future, and these beliefs influence their achievement by increasing their determination to complete school tasks, “says Dr, Marie-Anne.
These positive effects extend to both sons and daughters, although in different ways. Experiencing their fathers’ warmth first influences daughters’sense of optimism, and thenspills overinto their feeling more determined and certain about their academic abilities. This in turn leads to better maths grades. There is a more
direct link between their fathers, love and boys' belief in their ability to succeed in academy.
8. What is more likely to happen to teenagers from low-income families?
A. They will be more determined to struggle.
B. They will have fewer happy things to share.
C. They will fail in their studies and quit school.
D. They will receive less love from their parents.
9. How is the new research different from the previous ones?
A. It only researches families in the north of America.
B. It only studies low-education families in the world.
C. It combines questionnaire data and students, grades.
D. It mainly focuses on the effects of fathers' involvement.
10. What can we know about fathers' warmth?
A. It is less effective than that of mothers.
B. It affects girls and boys in different ways.
C. It mainly applies to girls rather than boys.
D. It has a more direct effect on girls thanon boys.
11. Which of the following best explains "spills over" underlined in the last paragraph?
A. Spreads.
B. Changes.
C. Bursts.
D. Checks.
D
At any moment, about half the world’s population is wearing denim（牛仔布）clothes. But few realize tiny bits of denim have been adding up to a surprising amount of pollution in water, as a new study shows.
Sam Athey, one of the study’s authors, says, “Even though denim is made of a natural material—cotton, it contains chemicals.” Cotton fibers were treated with many types of chemicals, she notes. Some improve its durability and feel. Others give denim its distinctive blue color1 .
Athey and her team washed jeans and found that about 50,000 microfibers came off from each pair per wash. Not all of those fibers make their way into the environment. Wastewater treatment plants catch about 83 to 99 percent ofthem. Catching 99 percent may sound pretty good. But one percent of 50,000 is still 500 fibers per wash. And since every pair of jeans is washed again and again, it still adds up to lots of microfibers entering the water environment.
Denim microfibers showed up in sediment（沉淀物）from the Great Lakes. More of these fibers polluted a
series of shallow lakesin southern Ontario. They even turned up in sediment from the Arctic Ocean in northern Canada. The team found denim accounted for 12 to 23 percent of microfibers in the sediment. There were other microfibers too. But the team focused on denim because so many people wear jeans.
“Everyone wears jeans so they could be our largest input of microfibers into our streams and soils,” Athey says. “An easy way to limit that is by washing our jeans less often.” Athey grew up thinking she should wash her jeans after wearing them every couple of times, but most jean companies recommend washing them no more than once a month. “The solution is not that you shouldn’t wear jeans,” she says. “We need to buy fewer denim clothes and only wash them when they truly need it.”
12. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Chemicals are contained in natural cotton.
B. Chemicals can make denim color1 ful.
C. Chemicals prevent fibers from falling.
D. Chemicals can make the life of denim longer.
13. What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A. Denim.
B. Sediment.
C. Microfibers.
D. Chemicals.
14. What does the author mainly want to tell us through Athey’s words ?
A. To avoid wearing jeans.
B. To reduce denim consumption.
C. To wash jeans more often.
D. To limit input in denim production.
15. In which section of a magazine might the text be found?
A. Science.
B. Entertainment.
C. Tourism.
D. Geography.
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What brings you happiness?___16___Instead of just focusing on getting your wants, ifs much easier to find happiness by ridding yourself of the things that don't serve a beneficial purpose. Here are things you should let go of if you want to lead a happy life.
Pride isn't necessarily a terrible thing. It can bring you confidence and self-assurance, which are two great qualities that can help you lead a happy life.___17___It's essential to keep your pride in check and get rid of any overload that is no longer serving you.
___18___It often arises from judgment or criticism of yourself and other people. It causes unhappiness and becomes a burden on your life. As long as you are the most honest and authentic version of yourself, no one has
the right to judge you for it and that goes for you, too.
When you think about addiction, you might think of alcohol or drug addiction. But there are countless other forms of addiction, too. You could be addicted to work, sugar, video games, drama, or even a harmful relationship.___19___If you want to be happier, think about dropping your addictions.
It's also important to recognize that leaving your comfort zone is a good, although often unwanted idea. If you never leave your comfort zone, you'll never grow. Even though something can make you feel uncomfortable at first, it will benefit you in the long run.___20___
A.If you're in this situation, you,ll be much happier.
B.Always keep in mind that self-doubt has no benefits.
C.Drop the belief that your past will always be better than the future.
D.Whatever your desire is, it will always be a barrier to your happiness.
E.Many people believe if they fulfilled their desires,they would be satisfied.
F.However, your extreme pride can ruin your personal and professional relationships.
G.Ultimately, you'll expand your horizons on who you can be and what you can achieve.
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Jiang Taigong is a popular name for Jiang Ziya, statesman and strategist(战略家). As an outstanding___21___of King Wen of the Zhou State in___22___China, at the age of 80, he helped the young King Wu___23___the Shang dynasty(商朝) and establish the Zhou dynasty.
Jiang Ziya lived near the Weishui River about 3000 years ago. The area was the feudal estate(领地) of Count(候) Ji Chang. Jiang knew Ji was very___24___so he hoped to get Ji's attention.
He often went fishing___25___the Weishui River, but he would fish in an unusual way. He___26___a straight fishhook, without bait, three feet above the water. He often said to himself, “Fish, if you don't want to live any more, come and___27___the hook yourself.”
Soon his___28___way of fishing was reported to Ji Chang. Ji sent a soldier to fetch him. Jiang saw the soldier coming, but___29___him. Jiang just went on with his fishing, and was saying to himself, “Fishing, fishing, no fish has been hooked. A shrimp(虾) is up to mischief(胡闹，捣鬼).” The soldier reported this back to Ji Chang, who became more___30___Jiang.
Ji sent an official to___31___Jiang this time. But Jiang again ignored the invitation. He just carried___32___fishing, and was saying, “Fishing ,fishing , the big fish has not been hooked. A small one is up to
mischief.”
Then Ji realized Jiang may be a___33___talent(人才) so he went to invite Jiang___34___and brought many generous gifts with him. Jiang saw his___35___desire so decided to work for him.
Jiang___36___Ji Chang and his son to tum over the Shang dynasty and establish the Zhou dynasty. Then Jiang was given the___37___of “Taigong” so people called him Jiang Taigong.
Later on, “There are always fish willing to be caught by angler(垂钓者) Jiang Taigong”, an idiom, appeared. Today, people use this old idiom to describe someone who is___38___to fall into a trap or does something regardless of the result. For example, if someone sells something___39___a price 10 times its real value, the buyer insisting on buying it, without caring whether it is really___40___, and if it can bring him some interests(利益，好处), his situation could be described with this idiom.
21. A. guard B. follower C. adviser D. cook
22. A. ancient B. modern C. poor D. developing
23. A. stand by B. found C. stop D. overthrow
24. A. kind B. ambitious C. proud D. hard-working
25. A. in B. by C. over D. across
26. A. hung B. put C. made D. held
27. A. touch B. kiss C. push D. swallow
28. A. common B. strange C. obvious D. practical
29. A. greeted B. admired C. ignored D. encouraged
30. A. tired of B. interested in C. frightened at D. satisfied with
31. A. invite B. drag C. observe D. attract
32. A. on B. over C. with D. out
33. A. funny B. strong C. great D. beautiful
34. A. herself B. itself C. themselves D. himself
35. A. false B. sincere C. fast D. timely
36. A. helped B. led C. desired D. advised
37. A. name B. power C. title D. wealth
38. A. sure B. surprised C. willing D. afraid
39. A. for B. at C. to D. by
40. A. suitable B. terrible C. probable D. valuable
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
Over the past few months, some bloggers have been posting photos along with seemingly modest or casual statements___41.___(show) off their wealth, ability or beauty while, at the same time, trying to give the___42.___(impress) that they are just ordinary folks .
The term “Versailles literature”___43.___(create) to describe this humblebragging(谦虚自夸). For instance, despite being one of the world’s___44.___(rich) men, Jack Ma Yun wanted to be seen___45.___a simple man. “I never thought founding Alibaba would change my life,” he said. “I was just trying to run a small business, and it grew so big!” Another example is the CCTV presenter Sa Beining,___46.___got accepted to Peking University without even___47.___(have) to take thegaokao, but hesitated slightly as Beijing appeared to be too far away. In the end, he___48.___(choose) to go because “Peking University is not bad after all.”
Unfortunately, this strategy does not work very wellfor those of___49.___(we) who are not Ma Yun or Sa Beining, as humblebraggers tend to be seen ashypocritical(虚伪的) and insincere. The wiser thing to do, perhaps, is____50.____(simple) be honest about your achievements.
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( \ )划掉。

修改:在错的词下画横线，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词；
只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

The other day my brother and I went to the cinema by bicycle. My brother were riding with I sitting on the seat behind. As we got the first crossroads, a young man and a girl came up but stopped us. "We've found you at last," they say. But we didn't know them. Point to a policeman not far away, the young man explained, "He stopped us about half an hours ago and made us catch the next offender. Hope you don't have to wait as long as we did. Just be patience. Good a luck." We realized final that we had broken the traffic rules.
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”
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参考答案
1. B
2. A
3. C
4. C
5. D
6. C
7. B
8. C 9. D 10. B 11. A
12. D 13. C 14. B 15. A
16. E 17. F 18. B 19. D 20. G
21. C 22. A 23. D 24. B 25. B 26. A 27. D 28. B 29. C 30. B 31. A 32.
A 33. C 34. D 35.
B 36. A 37.
C 38. C 39. B 40. D
41. to show
42. impression
43. was created
44. richest
45. as 46. who
47. having 48. chose
49. us 50. simply
51.(1). were → was
(2). I → me
(3). got后加to
(4). but → and
(5). say → said
(6). Point → Pointing
(7). hours→ hour
(8). patience→ patient
(9). 去掉a
(10). final→ finally 52.略。