2019-2020学年乐清市高级实验中学高三英语上学期期末试题及答案解析

2019-2020学年乐清市高级实验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
Kuala Lumpur is a capital city in Malaysia. Here are the top 4 budget hotels:
The Chinatown Inn (About $30 per night)
Just a block from the railway station, located in Chinatown’s open market. It has clean beds, central air conditioning, hot water forcoffee and tea, and a hall with a big screen TV. Wi-Fi is good except Floor 5. The guests’ complaint is that the air condition is too cold, so make sure you get a room with a window. You can open it to let some warmth in.
Ancasa Express (About $45 per night).
The hotel is above the sky-train station. That makes it convenient to get to other parts of the city. From the station, take the elevator to the 5th floor to reach the hotellobby(大厅). The rooms are clean and nice. There is a flat screen TV, the strongest Wi-Fi, and a very hot rainfall shower. The guests’ complaint is that the cafe is only open for breakfast and dinner, and not 24 hours.
Central Hotel (About $35 per night)
This hotel is just two blocks from the Central Station, which is the heart of all transportation in the city. From Central you can walk 2 blocks to the beautiful Central Hotel, in which rooms are small but clean, and have common Wi-Fi.
Ocean 77 (About $25 per night)
On Petaling Street in Chinatown, this brand new hotel is most spotlessly clean. There is a flat screen TV and good Wi-Fi in each room. The location is good, in the heart of the Petaling Street market. No cafe in the hotel, but many on the street.
1.In the Chinatown Inn you are told to choose a room with a window ________.
A.because the light in the room is dim
B.so that you can breathe the fresh air
C.so that you can let some warm air in
D.so that you can have a good view from it
2.If a guest likes surfing the Net, which of the following would be his first choice?
A.The Chinatown Inn
B.Central Hotel.
C.Ocean 77.
D.Ancasa Express
3.What is the unusual characteristic of Ocean 77?
A.It is the cheapest, newest and cleanest.
B.Its location is in the heart of the city.
C.It is located in the street in Chinatown.
D.There is a flat screen TV and good Wi-Fi.
B
ANew Zealandcouncil has announced a month-long road closure in order to allow a sea lion and her pup to reach the ocean safely.
John Wilson Ocean Drive in Dunedin will be closed after the New Zealand sea lions made their home at a nearby golf course and started "regularly crossing the road to get to the beach," according to a Facebook post from Dunedin City Council.
"You can still visit the area on foot or by bicycle, but please give the sea lions lots of space," continued the post.
Locals applauded the decision, and one even called for the closure to be made permanent.
"No dogs should be on the beach, either," wrote Gaylene Smith. "We need to protect our beautiful sea life."
Dogs are known to attack sea lions, and Chisholm Links Golf Course, where the sea lions have made their home, also posted advice to dog walkers in a Facebook update.
"We're lucky to have sea lions on our coastline and we need to share the space with them,as this is what makes our coastline so unique!" wrote the course on Facebook.
The council went on to explain thatNew Zealandsea lions are endangered, and are one of the world's rarest species of sea lion.
There are an estimated 12,000New Zealandsea lions left, according to the Department of Conservation. Under local law, anyone who kills a sea lion could face up to two years in prison or a fine of up to NZ$250,000(US$178,000).
4. What decision has the Dunedin City Council made?
A. Closing an ocean drive for a month.
B. Forbidding entry into a golf course.
C. Forbidding walking dogs outside.
D. Closing the nearby beach temporarily.
5. How did the City Council announce the decision?
A. By informing on TV.
B. By sending out notices.
C. By posting on Facebook.
D. By advertising in a newspaper.
6. What is the attitude of the local people toward the closure?
A. Doubtful.
B. Supportive.
C. Uncaring.
D. Critical.
7. What can we learn aboutNew Zealandsea lions from the text?
A. They are afraid of humans.
B. They are a common species.
C. They are being killed by dogs.
D. They are under legal protection.
C
Your house may have an effect on your figure.Experts say the way you design your home could play a role in whether you pack on the pounds or keep them off. You can make your environment work for you instead of against you. Here are some ways to turn your home into part of your diet plan.
Open the curtains and turn up the lights. Dark environments are more likely to encourage overeating, for people are often less self­conscious (难为情) when they’re in poorly lit places—and so more likely to eat lots of food. If your home doesn’t have enough window light, get more lamps and flood the place with brightness.
Mind the color1 s. Research suggests warm color1 s fuel our appetites. In one study, people who ate meals in a blue room consumed 33 percent less than those in a yellow or red room. Warm color1 s like yellow make food appear more appetizing, while cold color1 s make us feel less hungry. So when it’s time to repaint, go blue.
Don’t forget the clock—or the radio. People who eat slowly tend to consume about 70 fewer calories (卡路里) per meal than those who rush through their meals. Begin keeping track of the time, and try to make dinner last at least 30 minutes. And while you’re at it, actually sit down to eat. If you need some help slowing down, turn on relaxing music. It makesyou less likely to rush through a meal.
Downsize the dishes. Big serving bowls and plates can easily make us fat. We eat about 22 percent more when using a 12­inch plate instead of a 10­inch plate. When we choose a large spoon over a smaller one, total intake (摄入) jumps by 14 percent. And we’ll pour about 30 percent more liquid into a short, wide glass than a tall, skinny glass.
8. The text is especially helpful for those who care about ____________.
A. their home comforts
B. their body shape
C. house buying
D.healthy diets
9. A home environment in blue can help people ______________.
A. digest food better
B. reduce food intake
C. burn more calories
D. regain their appetites
10. What are people advised to do at mealtimes?
A. Eat quickly.
B. Play fast music.
C. Use smaller spoons.
D. Turn down the lights.
11. What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Is Your House Making You Fat?
B. Waysof Serving Dinner
C. Effects of Self­Consciousness
D. Is Your Home Environment Relaxing?
D
Identifying the chemical makeup of pigment (色素) used in ancient documents, paintings, and watercolor1 s is criticalto restoring and conserving the precious artworks. However, despite numerous efforts, scientists had been unable to determine the source of folium, a popular blue dye used to color1 manuscripts (手稿) in Europe during the middle ages — from the 5th to the 15th century. Now, a team of researchers fromPortugalhas finally uncovered the mysterious ingredient responsible for the gorgeous blueish-purple color1 that helped bring ancient illustrations and texts to life.
The research team began byporing overinstructions penned by European dye makers from the 12th, 14th, and 15th centuries. They found what they were seeking in a 15th-century text entitledThe Book on How to Make All the Color Paints for Illuminating Books. However, translating the instructions was no easy task. It was written in the now extinct Judaeo-Portuguese language, and though the source of the dye was traced back to a plant, no name was mentioned.
However, by piecing together suggestions from the text, the scientists were able to determine that the dye was made from the bluish-green berries of the chrozophora tinctoria plant. After an extensive search, the team found a few varieties of the plant growing along the roadside near the town ofMonsarazin southPortugal.
The detailed instructions gave the researchers critical clues — including the best time to pick the berries. “You need to squeeze the fruits, being careful not to break the seeds, and then to put them on linen (亚麻).” The scientist says the detail was important since broken seeds polluted the pigment, producing an inferior quality ink. The dyed linen, which was left to dry, was an efficient way to store and transport the pigment during ancient times. When needed, the artist would simply cut off a piece of the cloth and dip it with water to squeeze out the blue color1 .
Once the key ingredient had been identified, the researchers began to determine the dye’s molecular
structure. To their surprise, they found that folium was not like any other known permanent blue dyes — it was an entirely new class of color1 , one they named chrozophoridin. “Chrozophoridin was used in ancient times to make a beautiful blue dye for painting.” the team wrote in the study. “Thus, we believe that this will not be our final word on this amazing plant and its story and that further discoveries will follow soon.”
12. The primary purpose of the study is to ________.
A. restore and conserve ancient precious artworks
B. determine the substance making up the folium
C. prove the ancient dye-making technique was organic
D. identify which class of color1 folium belongs to
13. The underlined phrase “poring over”in the second paragraph means ________.
A. discussing publicly
B. testing repeatedly
C. passing directly
D. reading carefully
14. What can be learned about the blue dye folium?
A. It was essentially an inferior type of ink.
B. It was the only kind made from wild berries.
C. It could be carried and used easily.
D. It was carefully squeezed from broken seeds.
15. The article is mainly about _________.
A. how the mystery ofa thousand-year-old blue dye was solved
B. why the researchers took the trouble to recreate the dye
C. what needs to be done to make an organic dye from a plant
D. when and where the discovery of the dye was made
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Will Traditional TV Ever Be Replaced by Streaming?
For a long time, people had to listen to the radio to get news, drama, and music at home. This all changed with the development of the television in the early 20th century.___16___Since then, British TV viewers have enjoyed the launch of commercial TV, the addition of Channel 4, and then Channel 5, and finally the birth of paid services through satellite and cable.
A Slow Decline
While the uptake of TV ownership exploded, the decline of television's dominance has been slow and has been going on for the past decade.___17___Streaming services have given us access to more content than was ever possible, including back catalogues of classic shows and blockbuster movies.
Changing Viewing Habits
In theUK, adults are spending more time watching content on YouTube and streaming services than ever before. In 2018, these figures were 30 minutes and 26 minutes per day respectively.___18___ Still the King
___19___For example, in 2018UKadults continued to watch BBC One for an average of 41 minutes per day, more than any streaming service.
Average viewing time for all traditional TV channels continues to decline though, despite much larger quantities of original content being produced by these organisations.___20___
While the traditional TV networks have seen a decline, the television set itself doesn't look like it's going anywhere any time soon.
A. This has been the trend for the last couple of decades.
B. The original content has included massively popular shows.
C. Suddenly, we were able to see what was going on, not just listen along.
D. The traditional TV channels are taking away audiences from streaming services.
E. Most major TV channels have their own catch up streaming service.
F. While demand for streaming services is up, TV continues to be the most watched overall.
G. Today, we have the power to watch whatever, whenever, wherever we want.
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When I was in primary school, I got into a major argument with a boy in my class. I can't___21___what it was about, but I have never forgotten the___22___I learned that day.
I was___23___that I was right and he was wrong but he strongly believed that I was wrong and he was right. Our___24___decided to teach us a very important lesson and___25___a good idea. She____26____both of us up to the front of the class and placed him on one side of her desk and me on____27____. In the middle of her desk was a large, round object. I could____28____see that it was black. She asked the boy what____29____the object was. "White," he answered in a____30____voice. I couldn't believe he said the object was white,____31____it was obviously black! Another____32____started between my classmate and me, this___33___about the color1 of
the object.
The teacher told me to go to stand where the boy was standing and told him to come to stand where I had been. We changed____34____, and now she asked me what the color1 of the object was. I____35____answer, "White." It was then____36____I realized I was wrong. In fact, it was an object with two____37____color1 ed sides, and from his side it was white,____38____from my side was the color1 black.
My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day: You must____39____yourself in the other person's shoes and look at the____40____through their eyes in order to truly understand their view.
21. A. think B. remember C. forget D. determine
22. A. class B. speech C. text D. lesson
23. A. sure B. glad C. afraid D. upset
24. A. doctor B. parent C. partner D. teacher
25. A. kept up with B. went on with C. came up with D. got along with
26. A. woke B. brought C. advised D. came
27. A. the other B. other C. another D. others
28. A. clearly B. happily C. luckily D. nearly
29. A. height B. colour C. size D. shape
30. A. sweet B. loud C. fearful D. grateful
31. A. for B. unless C. if D. although
32. A. match B. fight C. argument D. conversation
33. A. day B. time C. chance D. month
34. A. desks B. seats C. attitudes D. places
35. A. hoped to B. needed to C. had to D. was able to
36. A. when B. before C. that D. since
37. A. loosely B. frequently C. differently D. surprisingly
38. A. or B. and C.but D. so
39. A. sit B. live C. lie D. put
40. A. performance B. movement C. effort D. situation
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
Science and Technology
Thanks to science and technology, we now live conveniently in houses____41.____(furnish) with modern household appliances; we can travel a long distance in the fraction of a second on planes, trains and cars____42.____(comfortable).
Science and technology____43.____(bring) us too many benefits so far. Take online services for example. We don’t have to wait for hours in queue to pay bills, withdraw money, or book hotels. All of these can be done at home,____44.____is really time-saving and labor-saving. A wide range of____45.____(product) can also be purchased online and then delivered at your doorstep and_____46._____is true that our way of living has been revolutionized and the lives of millions of people have been changed due to science and technology.
___47.___, many problems also arise with the_____48._____(develop) of science and technology. The environment is being polluted, resources are being over-exploited, and people suffer from great psychological pressure due to the fast pace of life.
Therefore, science and technology, viewed as____49.____two-edged sword, presents us with both conveniences and troubles. But shall we give up eating for fear of choking? It’s high time we took action to make______50.______(good) use of science and technology than now.
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。

Last week, I met a stranger who seemed to be losing. I offered to guide him to a place he wanted to go, but to my surprise, he refused my offer to helping. I asked him why not. He told me that he was afraid I would ask him money if I helped him in this way. Then I fell into deep thoughts: was it money which came between us? I agreed that money is becoming more and more important in our society, and it should not be everything. We should try my best to help others and trust each other. If everyone do it, our society will be better and better.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假如你是李华，是学生英文报“Advice”栏目的编辑。

你收到一封署名为Worried Friend的来信。

信中
该同学诉说了自己的困扰；进入高中后经常感到压力大，晚上睡不好，影响了正常的学习和生活。

请用英文给该同学写一封回信。

内容包括；
1.表示理解并给予安慰；
2.提出建议并说明理由。

注意：1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考答案
1. C
2. D
3. A
4. A
5. C
6. B
7. D
8. B 9. A 10. D 11. C
12. B 13. D 14. C 15. A
16. C 17. G 18. A 19. F 20. B
21. B 22. D 23. A 24. D 25. C 26. B 27. A 28. A 29. B 30. B 31. A 32.
C 33. B 34.
D 35. C 36. C 37. C 38. C 39. D 40. D
41. furnished
42. comfortably
43. have brought
44. which 45. products
46. it 47. However
48. development
49. a 50. better
51.(1). losing→ lost (2). a→ the (3). helping→ help (4). 去掉not (5). money前加for
(6). which→ that (7). agreed→agree (8). and → but (9). my → our (10). do →does
52.略。