2020-2021学年佛山市三水实验中学高三英语下学期期末试卷及参考答案

2020-2021学年佛山市三水实验中学高三英语下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
Staying-at-home proves to be effective in slowing the spread of the virus, but loneliness can be tough for many. Luckily, in the age of social media, we are never truly alone. And with the extra time spent indoors, artists are stepping up to help us all with the following clubs.
Drawing from Distance by Sarah Beth Morgan
Let’s shine some light during this trying time and encourage social distancing! I’m starting this tomorrow myself — but from what I offer, take whatever you please. No rules! Just have fun!
Stayathome Art Club byCarsonEllis
Hello! I’ll be posting art homework here every weekday morning when I can. They’ll be designed for kids and grownups alike. Here is your first homework: Draw a picture of yourself from the shoulders up. You can follow some useful examples. If you want to share or see other people’s self-picture, use these hashtags: #Stayathomeartclub# QACselfportrait
30-Day indoor Art by Danielle Krysa
One month of avoiding crowds? I’m in! I challenge you to use this time inside to make one piece every day from now until mid April. Please join me in playing around with some painting ideas that have been rolling around in my head but haven’t found their way onto paper yet. Stay at home, make art, save someone’s life.
DIY from Illustoria Magazine
We have been so inspired to see our community come together to provide easy art projects for families during this stay-at-home-time! DIY is actually a fantastic way tosparkyour imagination without breaking a sweat. A video every day will teach you how to DIY something.
1. What do we know about Sarah Beth Morgan?
A. She is a strict artist.
B. She aims at training more artists.
C. She prefers to work at home office.
D. She will provide a wide range of choices.
2. What are you expected to do if you join Stayathome Art Club?
A. Hand in homework every day.
B. Share other people’s pictures.
C. Draw a picture of yourself.
D. Show up in person occasionally.
3. What does “spark”in the last paragraph probably mean?
A. Set off.
B. Set down.
C. Set aside.
D. Set about.
B
If you have ever been disappointed because you don’t have a good gardener ,the clever robot may one day become the helper of your indoor plants
The Hexa Plant is a six-legged robot that has been specially made to care for the potted plant that carries on top of its head .Using light and heats sensors (传感器) the robot has the ability to carry its plant in and out the daylight .If the houseplant needs more sun，the Hexa will walk into the sunlight ;and if the houseplant is getting too hot , the Hexa will go back into the area that blocks direct light The Hexa Plant will even do a little dance when it senses that the plant needs to be watered to warn its owner .
The robot was developed by Vincross engineer and founder Sun Tianqi after he saw a dead sunflower sitting in the darkness in a room back in 2014 .” Plants only receive an action without responding ,”SunTianqi wrote in a blog post .” Whether they are being cut ,bitten ,burned or pulled from the earth ,or when they haven’t received enough sunshine ,water ,or are too hot or cold ,they will hold still and take whatever is happening to them .
According to Sun Tianqi ,for billions of years ,plants have never experienced movement of any kind ,not even the simplest movement .In their whole lives ,they stick to where they were born .Sun Tianqi continued ,” Do they want break their own settings or have a tendency towards this ?I do not know the answer ,but would love to try to share some of this human tendency and technology with plants With the help of the robot ,plants can experience the move”.
The Hexa Plant model robots are not for sale ,though Vincross does sell a Hexa robot model .It is said that in the near future the robots can open up a new market to watch over our household plants
4. What can we learn about the Hexa Plant?
A. It helps people do some gardening .
B. It waters the plants through dancing
C. It helps indoor plants get proper sunlight
D. It carries the potted plant with its hands
5. What does the author try to show through Paragraph 3?
A. The way plants spend their whole lives
B. The common way people deal with plants
C. The difference between plants and humans
D. The cause of making the indoor plants’ helper.
6. What does Sun Tianqi try do using this technology?
A. To develop gardening skills.
B. To draw people’s attention plants
C. make plants experience move
D. study the living conditions of plants
7. What can be the best title for the text?
A. A New Market for robots
B. An Indoor Plants’ Helper
C. An Important Development in Gardening
D The Tendency of Gardening in the Future
C
For years, life went something like this: We’d grow up in one place, head off to college, and then find a city to get a job and live there for a few years. The final goal was to find somewhere to settle down, buy a house, start a family, and begin the whole cycle all over again. But now some people are increasingly choosing to move from city to city throughout their entire lives, sometimes as frequently as every month.
Just ask Alex Chatzieleftheriou, who has had a front-row seat watching this evolution unfold. Six years ago, he launched a startup called Blueground that rents out beautifully designed, fully furnished apartments for a month at a time, at rates that are cheaper than hotels. And it aims to make each one feel unique and comfortable,rather than standardized, like what you might find in a traditional hotel.
Today, the company has 3,000 properties(房地产) in six U.S. cities, along with Dubai, Istanbul, London, Paris, and Chatzieleftheriou’s native Athens, and a staff of 400. With the helpof the Series B round of funding, the company landed $ 50 million, plus its previous total of $ 28 million, to continue its rapid expansion. It hopes to have 50,000 properties in 50 cities over the next three years.
Chatzieleftheriou first came up with the idea for Blueground while he was working as a management consultant for McKinsey. “The accommodation of choice for consultants is the hotel,” he says. “I had to spend five
years in hotel rooms, living in 12 different cities. I loved seeing the world, but I didn’t love feeling like I didn’t have a home.” And what’s more, hotels aren’t a particularly cost-effective solution for companies either. In Chatzieleftheriou’s case, McKinsey sometimes paid $ 10,000 or more for him to stay in a major city for a month.
8. What does the author intend to tell in the first paragraph?
A. A new lifestyle is appearing.
B. Life is just like a circle for people.
C. Most people are used to an easy life.
D. People live in different places in life.
9. What is the goal of Blueground?
A. To compete with hotels.
B. To create standardized hotels.
C. To make renters feel at home.
D. To rent out long-term apartments.
10. What do we know about Blueground?
A. It got a total investment of $ 78 million.
B. Its business is anything but satisfying.
C. It expanded to every corner of the world.
D. It has 50,000 properties in 50 cities.
11. What does the last paragraph focus on?
A. High costs of hotels.
B. Chatzieleftheriou’s former work.
C Strengths of Blueground.
D. The inspiration for Blueground.
D
It might have been Jimmy Kimmel, or any other sharp-tongued talk show hosts of late-night TV. In this instance, it was Samantha Bee, stating her opposition to childhood vaccinations humorously. “Who are you going to believe?” she asked. “Leading authorities on medical science, or 800 comments on your cousin’s Facebook page?”
Joking about science can have serious effects, according to studies by communication scholars. Accordingly, since 2013, Paul, a psychological professor, has conducted studies of how satire (讥讽) can influence people’s
beliefs about science, which have shown that if you want to interest people in science and shape their views on hot-button science issues, satirical humor can work better.
Many Americans pay little attention to science. Even people who regularly watch TV news receive only scraps of science information in their media diet, because mainstream media outlets devote so little airtime to the subject. On top of that, some Americans may regard science as inaccessible.
Yet satirical humor can reach viewers who would never watch NOVA or read — well, National Geographic. Millions of people watch late-night television programs live, and videos of these shows get millions of views on streaming services. In 2016, a vote conducted by the University of Delaware Center indicated that nearly one in 10 said they learned about science from late-night television shows.
Late-night hosts may occasionally poke fun at scientists. More often, however, the hosts promote a positive image of science. By making science entertaining to audience with little knowledge of the topic, late-night television could spark science engagement. Furthermore, the researchers concluded that satirical shows had the biggest impact among the least educated viewers, thus helping to narrow a gap in attention to science. Though late-night satirical humor can boost science interest and awareness, it has its limits. Science is complex, and conveying that complexity in a few minutes while telling jokes can be a challenge.
12. What does Paul’s studies of joking about science indicate?
A. It may do serious damage to science.
B. It can effectively popularize science.
C. It totally changes people’s attitude to science.
D. It will shift people’s attention from entertainment to science.
13. Why do TV watchers receive a little science information?
A. Because they enjoy watching entertainments.
B. Because science is not easy to come up with.
C. Because they find no interest in science issues.
D. Because science is scarcely seen on mainstream media.
14. What do we know about the late-night shows involving science?
A. The hosts get used to playing tricks on scientists.
B. The hosts’ aim is to build a positive image of science.
C. Education gap can be bridged through late-night shows.
D. Science participation can be promoted among their viewers.
15. What’s the author’s attitude towards combining science with satire?
A. Critical.
B. Objective.
C. Positive.
D. Negative.
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Doctors have successfully kept a heart beating in a container for 24 hours, bringing hope to thousands of patients across the world in need of a life-saving transplant.
___16___However, the "game-changing" device can preserve a heart up to six times longer than existing methods. It provides the heart with oxygen and vital nutrients, allowing more time to transport it.
The device, named ULiSSES, fits into a carry-on box, so hearts can be flown around the world.___17___And it is expected to cost under $ 100,000. University of Texas researchers have successfully tested on pig hearts, which are similar to ours.___18___
Dr. Rafael Veraza presented the findings on pig hearts at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Seattle.
"___19___Many years later, it is done much the same way," Dr. Veraza said. "Donated hearts generally remainviable(可存活的) for around four hours using traditional preservation methods.___20___Being able to keep a heart viablefor 24 hours means you could transport it almost anywhere in the world, and this could save many lives."
A.It is expected to come into use soon.
B.The extra time could bring more hope to patients.
ually, a donated heart can only last about four hours.
D.It works without being affected by temperature or air pressure.
E.The pig hearts remained viable for 24 hours after they were removed.
F.The first heart was transported more than 50 years ago by putting it on ice.
G.They plan to test it on human hearts in three months and put it on the market within a year.
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 plan for the annual Christmas Dinner for Those Alone and Homeless started between two churchmembers who happened to share a plane ride back toSpringfield.
Springfieldphysician F. T. “Hogan” H’ Doubler Jr. told Gary Ellison he was___21___about those who he knew
were___22___during the upcoming holidays. He wanted to help them.
He said, “If you don’t have___23___with you, the fact that everything, at Christmas is ‘family this and family that’ can be___24___Wouldn’t it be great___25___our church could have a big Christmas dinner-free of___26___?”
If they wanted the big dinner held in thechurch, admission of the preacher (牧师) was very necessary. Therefore, H’ Doubler asked Ellison if he could___27___the preacher to allow the dinner. H’ Doubler would put up a sizable___28___. “He imagined a nice event with no strings (附加条件) attached,” said Ellison.
With the physician___29___the main course, other church members offered side dishes and desserts.
After a few years, the church picked up the expenses. “The first____30____may have drawn 200 people,” Ellison said, “but some years it may draw close to 700.”
In order that the church can____31____for the right size crowd, people who want to____32____are asked to call an answering service and select the time they will come in advance. Ellison said church members would do their best to make everyone feel____33____. Over the years he’s enjoyed seeing strangers socialize.
H’ Doubler always smiled when he read or heard reports of the event’s____34____, his daughter Sarah Muegge said. “He was very____35____with the way it developed,” said Ellison. “It’s____36____the way H’ Doubler expected it: no strings attached. Just fun and good____37____,” said Ellison.
H’ Doubler preferred to keep secret his role in____38____the event, but he____39____recently at the age of 85. Ellison asked H’ Doubler’s daughter if it was OK to tell people that it was H’ Doubler’s____40____and money that started the tradition. And she said yes.
21. A. concerned B. confused C. curious D. doubtful
22. A. abnormal B. abroad C. alone D. asleep
23. A. family B. friends C. neighbors D. children
24. A. exciting B. obvious C. interesting D. painful
25. A. unless B. until C. though D. if
26. A. cost B. time C. charge D. game
27. A. force B. warn C. convince D. order
28. A. service B. building C. table D. donation
29. A. showing up B. paying for C. deposit D. lending to
30. A. tour B. dinner C. contest D. show
31. A. plan B. possess C. remind D. refuse
32. A. buy B. attend C. help D. watch
33. A. confident B. welcome C. ignored D. proud
34. A. problem B. challenge C. success D. chance
35. A. busy B. familiar C. patient D. pleased
36. A. only B. just C. even D. still
37. A. food B. scene C. story D. report
38. A. starting B. recording C. celebrating D. ending
39. A. left B. appeared C. died D. returned
40. A. turn B. visit C. excuse D. idea
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
When I was in my second year of senior high school, a girl___41.___(call) Jeanie in my class made a big name for herself. She had successfully passed___42.___interviews for a famous women's university in the USA.
When I heard the news, I told the girl that I admired her very much. Then, she smiled at me and said the words___43.___would never be forgotten: "You can also do it ! ___44.___you have dreams, you should realize them. Without action, dreams are still dreams." Her words gave me so much___45.___(encourage). She encouraged me to take action to realize my dreams. From then on, I spent a lot of time____46.____(prepare) an article for a competition.
After several days' hard work, I finished it and handed it in. I kept waiting day after day,___47.___I heard nothing. I was very____48.____ (disappoint) then.
One day, however, a classmate of mine pointed to an English newspaper and said____49.____(excited), "Emma, your name is in the newspaper!” My heart beat wildly. With shock and joy, I picked up the newspaper. The thing that I thought was____50.____(possible) had really happened.
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。

Cantonese is a variety of Chinese. It dated back to more than 2000 years ago. The term “Cantonese” came from Canton, a name formerly used for Guangzhou, that is the capital of Guangdong Province. In China, Cantonese is mainly speaking in Guangdong Province, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Hong Kong, or Macau. It is also wide used by Chinese people living in Southeast Asia and Western country.
Cantonese is ancient variety and it is also modern. Compared with other Chinese varieties, Cantonese is more difficult to understand it. So it sometimes causes puzzlement and even misunderstanding among people. But, many people show great interest to it.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.新高考全国卷中的新作文题型——读后续写对大部分同学来说极具挑战性，请你以高三学生李华的身份给外教Helen写一封信，咨询她关于读后续写的建议。

内容包括：
1.写信原因；
2.题型简介；
3.你的困难。

注意：
1.词数80词左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Helen,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________
Sincerely,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. D
2. C
3. A
4. C
5. D
6. C
7. B
8. A 9. C 10. A 11. D
12. B 13. D 14. D 15. B
16. C 17. D 18. G 19. F 20. E
21. A 22. C 23. A 24. D 25. D 26. C 27. C 28. D 29. B 30. B 31. A 32.
B 33. B 34.
C 35.
D 36. B 37. A 38. A 39. C 40. D
41. called
42. the 43. that/which
44. If 45. encouragement/courage
46. preparing
47. but 48. disappointed
49. excitedly
50. impossible
51.(1). dated→dates
(2). that→which
(3). speaking→spoken
(4). or→and
(5). wide→widely
(6). country→countries
(7). ancient前加an
(8).去掉it
(9). But→However
(10). to→in
52.略。