2020年江西省新余市第一中学高三英语上学期期末试卷及参考答案

2020年江西省新余市第一中学高三英语上学期期末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
Our Teen Summer Spanish Program is two weeks of fun, educational excitement that helps students learn Spanish fast. Our Spanish summer program allows our students to learn from highly trained, certified teachers and be absorbed in the language and theculture of Costa Rica.
Features include:
* Intensive(强化的) daily Spanish classes
* Extracurricular classes in dance, cooking, music, and handiwork
* Outdoor activities including hiking, camping, rafting, and ziplining(高空滑索)
* Homestay with a local Costa Rican family
* Volunteer work in needy neighborhoods
Our Teaching Methods:
We are proud to use TPRS---Total Physical Response Storytelling---in our curriculum. This innovative method uses strange and amusing stories to teach new vocabulary, increase fluency, and get students involved by giving them the opportunity to alter the details themselves. Because of the silliness, creativity, and repetition involved, TPRS allows students to learn easily and remember information effortlessly
Memorizing vocabulary and listening to lectures on grammar are slow, inefficient ways to learn a new language. The best way to truly learn and commit new material to memory is through conversation. In our Spanish classes, students can expect to speak up to 80% of each class. By speaking in the new language freely and consistently, students can see progress faster because they are using the new grammar and vocabulary that they have learned at the same time. This helps the brain remember the new words and grammar structures for future use, making it much easier to progress.
1.What does the program do?
A.It offers weekly Spanish classes
B.It focuses more on outdoor activities
C.It gives teachers a chance to receive training
D.It provides activities about the Spanish culture
2.What is the best way to learn a language according to the text?
A.Memorizing a larger vocabulary
B.Speaking more in the new language.
C.Mastering more grammar structures
D.Writing stories to share with others
3.What is the purpose of the text?
A.To employexperienced Spanish teacher
B.To hire foreign volunteers for a program
C.To attract teen foreigners to a program
D.To introduce language learning methods
B
The English language is changing, and you are responsible! Whether we consider changes in grammar, spelling, pronunciation, or the very vocabulary of the language, you have played your part and continue to do so.
When we first learned basic grammar and spelling, perhaps in elementary school, we might have gotten the impression that these things were sacred. The rules that apply to such things might have been presented as unchanging and unchangeable. While this way might be helpful for teaching children, it is far from accurate.
The English language, like many others, is a living, growing, ever-evolving thing. Like it or not, you are involved in this change. These changes take many forms. Grammar and spelling have changed greatly over the years and centuries, with the spelling differences in different countries today a reflection of this. While the language of a thousand years ago might be called English, most of us would hardly recognize it today as the same language.
The first involves changes in the pronunciation of words. Many are familiar with the differences between the British and American ways of pronouncing certain words. In addition to these differences, the pronunciation of many words has changed over the years because of how you have decided to pronounce them. For example, consider the word "err." The traditional pronunciation of this word rhymes with the word "her." Older dictionaries show this to be the primary or only pronunciation. However, in recent years, more and more people have been pronouncing it so that it sounds like "air." Another change in the language involves the addition and removal of words. The makers of dictionaries decide which words deserve to be officially adopted as part of the English language. Through the centuries, many words have come from other languages. In fact, English has probably done this more than any other language in the world, which is why spelling and pronunciation rules for English have so
many exceptions.
Of course, many slang words have been just short-lived fashions that have died out quickly. Others, though, have been adopted by mainstream society and become respectable, as have many technical terms. So then remember, the next time you repeat the newest expression to hit the street, or make up your own words, you may be contributing to the future of the English language.
4. When we begin to learn English, we think _________.
A. it is interesting to pick up a new language
B. English rules are wrongly presented in fact
C. grammar and spelling rules are unchangeable
D. only adults have the ability to affect a language
5. From paragraph 3 we can know that_________.
A. we can change the English language
B. many languages are changing over years
C. English has changed little in the past 1,000 years
D. there were main changes in grammar and pronunciation
6. Why is the pronunciation of words changing?
A. people speak in different ways
B. people have adopted foreign words
C. it has been affected by American English
D. makers of dictionaries often change them
7. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. Foreign words involved in English.
B. The British speaks differently from Americans.
C. English language is changing over years.
D. You can change the English language.
C
I am a part of the Windward Robotics team known as the Omnicats, one of the many clubs offered at my school. My eight teammates and I started out by watching the robotics qualifiers and finals of Chinese teams. We used these robotics videos for inspiration and drew up mind maps of what our team wanted to do.
We meet every day for two hours after school in order to build our robots. Typically, adultsoverseewhat students are building, but my school lets teens take control. It leaves room for more errors, but we're prouder of our final product.
Before our first real match, a practice was offered at the actual site. My sub-team had been further along than other teams but quickly fell behind. When we arrived on that big day, I immediately felt my teammates' nervousness. Our first match was in three minutes. All of us glanced around at each other since we were not prepared at all. Our robot was still sitting in a box. Two of our teammates rushed to take the robot for an official
examination as the rest of us discussed our strategy (策略).
Our team captain explained that we all should try driving the robot now, while it was early in the season. She gave me the remote. I had only driven for a limited amount of time in practice so I was extremely nervous. Our autonomous code (自动代码) beganto run almost immediately after our short discussion. Despite all the drama, we ended up winning the match.
Not too bad for the first match! I was so proud. I did not enjoy the pressure of driving but liked building the robot behind the scenes instead.
We have transferred to a different type of robotics at the end of the semester, which involves the whole team designing one giant robot with large tools. I am a part of the electrical team now, so I make sure the motherboard (母板) can supply the robot's energy needs. We have all enjoyed the rest of the season and learned that robotics it never dull!
8. What does the underlined word in paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. Inspect
B. Admire
C. Overlook
D. Assume
9. Why did her teammatesfed so nervous before first match?
A. Because it was really too difficult for them.
B. Because they didn't prepare for it at all.
C. Because they didn't know what the match would be like.
D. Because they didn't make full preparations before the match.
10. How did the author feel about their first robotics match?
A. It was tiring but exciting.
B. It was stressful but wonderful.
C. It was terrible but powerful.
D. It was boring but professional
11. What is the best title for the text?
A. A Girl Who Loves Robots
B. My First Robotics Match
C. Teamwork for Robots
D. Robotics Is Never Dull
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Why are some people successful and others aren’t? What’s the secret of success?___16___
Many of Gladwell’s ideas appear in his social psychology bestsellerOutliers.___17___Gladwellthinks that this is just an excuse for not trying… and if you really want to be good at something, you have to work at it. “Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good,” Gladwell writes. “It’s the thing you do that makes you good.”
Central to the book is the “10,000-hour rule”. It means that if you want to be among the best in the world, you need to practise something for 10,000 hours.___18___For example, the Beatles played live inHamburgmore than 1,200 times between 1960 and 1964, which is more than 10,000 hours of playing time. And when Microsoft chairman Bill Gates was 13, he was given access to a high school computer (one of the few available in the country), allowing him to practise computer programming for more than (Yes, you guessed it!) 10, 000 hours.
___19___Take the example of Christopher Langan, who’s mentioned in the book. He’s got an IQ of between 195 and 210 (Albert Einstein’s IQ was estimated to have been between 160 and 180). As a boy at school, Langan was able to take an exam in a foreign language he’d never studied and pass it after just skim-reading a text book for three minutes. However, Langan never graduated from university and worked in labour-intensive jobs his whole life. This proves that intelligence alone will not lead to success—you need hard work, support, finance and opportunities. Gladwell adds, “No one — not rock stars, not professional athletes, not software billionaires, and not even geniuses — ever makes it alone.”
___20___Even after you’ve put in your 10,000 hours of practice, you still need one other key ingredient — luck. So, you could be the most amazing guitarist in the world, but unless you’re lucky enough to play in front of a record company executive who sees a way of exploiting that talent, you aren’t going to be seeing your name in lights.
A. It isn’t just a question of time and support.
B. Author Malcolm Gladwell thinks he knows.
C. That’s equal to three hours a day for 10 years.
D. Of course, many people argue that you can create your own “luck”.
E. The popular view is that some of us are born talented and others aren’t.
F. The interesting thing is that success has nothing to do with intelligence.
G. Someone who’s willing to practise something for 10,000 hours is probably active.
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The other day, I truly saw a love at my work place that brought me to tears.
I work as a____21____at a hotel. That night this elderly white and wealthy couple____22____the restaurant My co-worker____23____them. We usually arrange____24____by ourselves, but because we were very____25____that night, we helped each other out. At one point the elderly couple gave me a____26____to come over.
The husband began____27____and started stuttering（结巴）to the degree that I5ve never heard before. It was very clear that he had a____28____disorder. I could tell that the wife had____29____her husband extensively （广泛地）what she wanted as a way for him to_____30_____ordering. It took a while for him to order._____31_____, she was sitting there and looked so_____32_____although her husband had stuttered.
_____33_____the whole thing just did something to me. It was beautiful and just made me realize that a huge part of love is to accept,_____34_____and support others. She could have made the order and made things a lot_____35_____for her husband and avoid the_____36_____from other tables, but she didn't. Instead she supported him and was proud to see him_____37_____it. Another thing I_____38_____was that life is difficult for all of us. I thought these_____39_____people had everything going for them and I'm sure they do, but it just reminded me that all of us have our own_____40_____.
21. A. maid B. waitress C. manager D. housekeeper
22. A. returned from B. headed for C. walked by D. came into
23. A. seated B. comforted C. suspected D. introduced
24. A. dishes B. tables C. flowers D. rooms
25. A. lazy B. busy C. lonely D. friendly
26. A. command B. detail C. signal D. warning
27. A. ordering B. quarrelling C. apologising D. bargaining
28. A. eating B. hearing C. speech D. eye
29. A. told B. found C. brought D. made
30. A. regret B. escape C. remember D. practise
31. A. Instead B. Besides C. Therefore D. Meanwhile
32. A. upset B. content C. surprised D. determined
33. A. Normally B. Unfortunately C. Honestly D. Strangely
34. A. serve B. reward C. impress D. tolerate
35. A. easier B. worse C. more valuable D. more stupid
36. A. stares B. cheers C. guidance D. influence
37. A. stop B. plan C. continue D. complete
38.A. expected B. suggested C. learned D. imagined
39. A. famous B. rich C. ordinary D. local
40. A. ways B. ideas C. problems D. mistakes
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
An Internet organization is trying to persuade people to take part in the International Internet-Free Day,____41.____will be held every year on the last weekend in January. The idea is that people will leave the virtual world and go out into the real world. One____42.____（support）of the idea said, "The Internet can be like addictive junk food: food you can never get enough of but which you don't____43.____（actual）want."
A spokesman for the Internet-Free Day team____44.____（explain）, "It's so easy to get____45.____（addict）to a half-life in a virtual world, and lose touch____46.____your family, friends and neighbors. Human beings need contact with the real world. Email and the Internet are just not enough."
So, put down your mouse and tum off your computer. The real world is open all day every day and____47.____（welcome）visitors. It offers you the chance____48.____（feel）human again. The Internet-free day will give you back your real life.
Imagine your perfect day, suggest the idea to some friends and find an____49.____（excite）event to take part in. Then go out into the world outside your window, and make your perfect day a_____50._____（real）!
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：在错的词下画一横线，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。

One day, my father and I were on the way home.While stuck at traffic, I noticed that a woman was crying in her car.She struggled to catch her breathe.I didn’t mean to stare at her, because I knew it was impolitely.As she drove ahead of me, I could still see him crying for quite a few minute.When we drove up beside her, I managed to get her attention by wave a little toy pig what was left by my younger brother that day.I gestured to her with my fingers, showing her my biggest smile at same time.She was wiped her tears, nodded, smiled, and gave me a thumb up! At that moment, the road was cleared and she drive off.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.五四青年节之际，某中学生英文报正征集中学生对未来的设想，请以“The Person I Want to Be”为题，写一篇短文投稿，内容包括：
1.你希望成为什么样的人；
2.你的理由。

注意：1.写作词数应为80左右，开头已为你写好，不计入总词数；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

The Person I Want to Be
Everyone has their dreams.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________
参考答案
1. D
2. B
3. C
4. C
5. B
6. A
7. D
8. A 9. D 10. B 11. C
12. A 13. B 14. B 15. A
16. B 17. E 18. C 19. F 20. A
21. B 22. D 23. A 24. B 25. B 26. C 27. A 28. C 29. A 30. D 31. D 32.
B 33.
C 34.
D 35. A 36. A 37. D 38. C 39. B 40. C
41. which
42. supporter
43. actually
44. explained
45. addicted
46. with 47. welcomes
48. to feel
49. exciting
50. reality
51.(1). at→in (2). breathe→breath (3). breathe→breath (4). him→her (5). minute→minutes (6). wave→waving (7). what→which/that (8). same前加the(9). 去掉was (10). drive→drove
52.略。