2020届保定市第一中学高三英语上学期期中考试试卷及答案

2020届保定市第一中学高三英语上学期期中考试试卷及答案
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
Ever wonder why there are so many people polluting the earth? Ever say to yourself：Hey, I wish that I could do more to help the environment? Have you ever thought about trying to help the earth but never really did it? Well, here are some pretty easyand skillful ideas for that green - earth desire inside you.
●Turn off your computer. By leaving it on all day you are creating more CO2than a regular passenger would, driving to and from work in one day.
● Ride your bike or carpool (合用汽车).Obviously, youare creating less CO2which will help the ozone(臭氧).
● Make a garden. Even simply grow some plants in your kitchen, which will help produce more oxygen while eating up some of that evil CO2.
● Buy local groceries. It creates less impact on the environment. Besides, you're supporting your local farmers.
● Recycle. You had to see this coming. But you have no idea how much you are helping the environment by simply reusing a water bottle instead of buying a huge pack at the store.
● Don't run the water while brushing. It saves you money and helps the water resources.
● Open the curtains. Natural light is much prettier and it will keep the energy usage down.
● Rechargeable batteries. You have no idea how much it takes to get rid of batteries. Do yourself a favor. Save some money and some energy.
1. If you don't want to create more CO2, you may_______.
A. turn off your computer or open the curtains
B. turn off your computer or ride your bike or carpool
C. make a garden or open the curtains
D. use rechargeable batteries or make a garden
2. Which of the following can best describe the function of the first paragraph?
A. Main body.
B. Argument.
C. Lead - in.
D. Conclusion.
3. The main idea of the passage is about________.
A. the importance of environmental protection
B. some ways about how to prevent pollution
C. some suggestions about how to save energy
D. some suggestions about environmental protection
B
There is an old army joke about an officer who asks some soldiers whether any of them are interested in music. When four hands go up, the officer says, “Right, men. You can carry this grand piano down to the officers mess.”
Job recruitment has become more complicated since that story first did the rounds. Today's careers require a lot more than just raw music but that sometimes makes jobs hard to define. An unfortunate result is a form of “adjective inflation” in recruitment ads as employers attempt to make routine tasks sound exciting.
Candidates must sometimes wonder whether they are applying for a 9-to-5-role or to become a member of the Marvel “Avengers”. On Indeed, a job-bunting website, a bar was recently looking for "bartenders who are people focused, quality-driven, and have superhero hospitality powers". The ability to give customers the correct change was not mentioned.
Another British company advertised for “a call-centre ninja, a superhero in people", a Job description which sounds a little over-the top for what was in fact a role at an insurance company in Isleworth. In case you think that ad was not typical. Indeed also had jobs demanding “ninja-like attention to detail". Short of turning up for the interview dressed head-to-toe in black, and then sneaking up behind the managing director at his desk, it is hard to see how candidates could show their ninja qualities.
Not all companies require candidates to possess the qualities of a ninja, of course. Some require applicants to be passionate. The Bluewater shopping mall in southeastEnglandwas looking for “passionate sales-driven brand ambassadors” while “passionate crew members” were needed at a bakery in westLondonfor a wage of just £8. 23 an hour. In fact, passion is pretty hard to keep consistently for 40 hours a week, month after month. Job applicants should find some information from the kind of ads that companies place. If a job ad talks about passion or superheroes, run away faster than a speeding Batmobile. Being a ninja should be reserved for teenage mutant ninja turtles.
4. Why does the author mention the joke in Paragraph 1?
A. To show that officers enjoy playing tricks on soldiers.
B. To introduce the topic of overstated job ads.
C. To explain the origin of complex job ads.
D. To describe soldiers' everyday life.
5. Which of the following offers a job demanding ninja qualities?
A. The bar.
B. The bakery.
C. The insurance company.
D. The Bluewater shopping mall.
6. What does the author say about the ads requiring passion?
A. They are unrealistic.
B. They are typical of want ads.
C. They are appealing to applicants.
D. They are uncommon on Indeed.
7. How does the author sound when talking about today’s job ads?
A. Curious.
B. Hesitant.
C. Humorous.
D. Sympathetic.
C
Ask a classroom of children to draw a scientist, and you’ll see plenty of color1 ed lab coats and glasses. The image (画像) hasn't changed much since the 1960s, but the person wearing the lab coat is changing.
A new analysis finds that more female scientists have appeared in kids? drawings in recent decades — going from nearly nonexistent in the 1960s to about a third in 2016.
The first of many “ draw-a-scientist ’’ studies asked nearly 5,000 children to draw a scientist between 1966 and 1977. Of those 5,000 drawings, only 28 drew female scientists. That was just 0.56 percent. Today, female scientists are being presented more in the media. For example, in a content analysis, 13 percent of people pictured in science feature stories of the 1960s were women or girls, compared with 44 percent in the 2000s. “That might really affect children’s idea on what a scientist should be like, ” says Miller, a Ph. D. candidate in psychology.
To look for changes in children'sperceptionover time, the researchers conducted a meta-analysis ,combining data from 78 studies that included a total of more than 20,000 children from kindergarten to the 12th grade.On average, 28 percent of children drew female scientists in studies conducted from 1965 to 2016.
What hasn’t changed much: kids pick up stereotypes (模式化观念）by gender (性别）as they grow up. At age 6, about 70 percent of the girls in the more recent studiesdrew female scientists. By age 16, 75 percent drew male scientists. This is an important period in which kids are learning stereotypes. It’s important that teachers and parents present diverse examples of both male and female scientists.
8. What’s the picture of scientists drawn by a 1960s, kid like?
A. A man with long curly hair.
B. A woman with lab glasses.
C. A woman in a formal lab suit.
D. A man in a color1 ed lab coat.
9. What may contribute to the changes in kids’ drawings?
A. The improvement of women^ social status.
B. The kids are affected by teachers and parents.
C. More female scientists appear in the media.
D. The increasing number of female scientists.
10. What does the underlined word “ perception” in Paragraph 4 most probably mean?
A. Belief.
B. Idea.
C. Habit.
D. Growth.
11. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that .
A. it's a stereotype that scientists are generally males
B. girls are more influenced by stereotypes than boys
C. some children are born with certain stereotypes
D. most children tend to prefer female scientists
D
Kenyan mother Beth Mwende heard her sleeping child cry out, but did not worry after the three-year-old quickly quietened down. The next morning, however, she found her daughter, Mercy, nearly unconscious with two bite marks in the neck. “I didn’t know that it was a snake,” Mwende said.
Although snakebites are common in her hometown, antivenom medication is difficult to get. Mwende lives about 160 kilometers east of Nairobi, Kenya’s capital. So she took her daughter to a traditional healer. He placed stones over the bites. Mercy died within hours. She was one of about 700 Kenyans killed by snakebites each year, notes a report in the scientific publicationToxicon.
The Kenya Snakebite Research and Intervention Center (KSRIC) is working to change that. The KSRIC hopes to have East Africa’s first antivenom medication on the market within five years. It estimates the cost will be about 30 percent of an imported product, which often sells for about US $ 30.
More than 70, 000 people are bitten in East Africa each year. Climate change and deforestation are worsening the problem as snakes get pushed out of natural surroundings into populated areas.
Nearly 100 snakes live at the research center in a forest near Nairobi. Researchers take venom from snakes and study it before injecting small amounts into other animals, such as sheep. The animals then create antibodies that can be made into antivenom.
“Up to now, no one has made any kind of antivenom in Kenya,’’ said Geoffrey Maranga Kepha, a senior snake handler.
Two effective antivenoms are available in Kenya, from India and Mexico, the center says.
The center is teaching communities that using antivenom immediately after receiving a snakebite can save lives, said head researcher George Adinoh.
“After seeing how people died in Kenya from snakebites I decided to devote my life to coming up with a rescue measure that will help or prevent people from dying from snakebites,” snake handler Kepha added.
12. How does the author introduce the topic of the text?
A. By telling a story.
B. By listing figures.
C. By referririg to documents.
D. By making a comparison.
13. Why did Mwende take her daughter to a traditional healer?
A. She couldn’t afford any modern treatment.
B. She lived where antivenom medication is not available.
C. The traditional way is very effective to treat snakebites.
D. She believed a traditional healer could cure her daughter.
14. What is causing more snakebites to happen in East Africa?
A. Lack of antivenom medication.
B. Environmental damage and climate change.
C. People’s low awareness of the danger of snakes.
D. People’s pursuit of traditional cures for snakebites.
15. What do we know about antivenom in Kenya from the text?
A. Itis taken from antibodies of sheep.
B. There is only one effective antivenom available.
C. KSRIC is trying to develop a local antivenom now.
D. People refuse to use antivenom after being bitten by snakes.
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Many years ago，I was a college graduate with a degree but no job. My substitute teaching work ended and I got desperate.I had a family to feed. ____16____While I was grateful，my first day there was quite a blow to my ego(自尊). The job at the local wood mill paid less but was hard and back-breaking. It was full of bending，lifting，
and carrying heavy wood for eight hours aday.___17___
When winter arrived my gloves tore and my fingers split and bled in the cold air. I found myself using more band aids than I ever thought I would just to keep my hands working.____18____At the end of two years only four other people had worked there longer than I had. Every morning I pulled myself out of bed and went to work knowing it was going to be another difficult day.
I tried my best to keep my spirits up but many times during those years I asked，"Why me? Why am I having to go through this? Why has my life not turned out the way I dreamed it would?" ____19____I think maybe in a way I needed those tough times. I needed them to shrink my ego. I needed them to become more caring，sympathetic，andloving.
___20___It is these times that make us mature. If you are going through some "Why Me?" times，don’t give up. Use them to become stronger，kinder and more loving.
A. Fortunately，my brother got me a job.
B. Now many years later I got the answer.
C.Every day I went home aching and tired.
D. The resigning rate at the mill became very high.
E. Maybe no one knew when the tough times would end.
F. Day after day，I wondered when I could realize my dream.
G. I think it is the "Why Me?" times of our livesthat make us grow the most.
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It impressed me a lot. I never thought that little help would___21___out to be the most satisfying thing I have ever done. He was tired, and___22___to climb further. With a broad___23___, he asked if I could help him with some money. He was paralyzed in both legs and was___24___funds for some operation. He said that if operated successfully, he could___25___training guaranteeing him a job. I was full of___26___and even asked him to show his legs. I gave him the___27___money. After a few days, he again came at my doorstep asking for more money for accommodation. This time I was more or less___28___he is not cheating me. I gave him some and said this is all I had.
A year went by and I had moved to a(n)___29___place. One fine day I got a call from an unknown number. The caller called out his name but I didn’t___30___him. Then he said he is the very paralyzed person I helped a year ago.
I asked him how he is doing. He said, “ What, sir? Do you recognize me not by my name but by my___31___state? ”
Then he went on saying, “With your kind help I am now able to___32___on my legs without support. I was operated___33___. I am married to a beautiful lady and have a stable___34___.”
I don’t___35___remember if I gave him my phone number.___36___, what he said next was touching. He said he wanted to return my money so that I didn’t feel cheated and continued to help people___37___in the future. I don’t know whether he read my facial expression the day I helped him but tears were___38___down my face. That day I promised him I will continue to help people as i see a(n)___39___—small or big.___40___that changed my life.
21. A. send B. bring C. turn D. break
22. A. playing B. substituting C. struggling D. walking
23. A. look B. whisper C. view D. smile
24. A. raising B. finding C. seeking D. earning
25. A. pretend B. attend C. intend D. tend
26. A. doubts B. minds C. worries D. depression
27. A. remaining B. left C. hiding D. forgotten
28. A. informed B. outspoken C. convinced D. prepared
29. A. bad B. old C. systematic D. new
30. A. remind B. recognize C. replace D. repeat
31. A. disabled B. messed C. excited D. stressed
32. A. live B. stand C. focus D. base
33. A. surprisingly B. successfully C. hopefully D. naturally
34. A. reason B. promise C. character D. job
35. A. also B. even C. already D. only
36. A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. However D. Meanwhile
37. A. in favor B. in place C. in advance D. in need
38. A. running B. putting C. bringing D. pulling
39. A. behavior B. case C. accident D. opportunity
40. A. Strangely B. Truly C. Generally D. Originally
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
Robotic age draws closer
These days, robots are____41.____(common) than you might think. Consider the Roomba,____42.____robotic vacuum cleaner (真空吸尘器) which cleans floors on its own.
“We wanted to make something simple____43.____people could use every day,” says Greiner, co-founder of iRobot, the company that makes the smart vacuum cleaner.“And that's what inspired us to build the Roomba.”
Some robots like the Roomba are already very common in many US households.
iRobot makes everything from the Roomba to robots that someday might become a part of us.
“You can have robotics____44.____(equip) into your body, to get back that arm or leg that you've lost, either in some accident or disease,”says Greiner.
Although robots have been developed mainly for military____45.____(apply), civilian uses for the technology are growing, according to Michael Toscano, president of the Association for Unmanned(自控的) Vehicle Systems International.
Unmanned systems allow human beings to do their tasks____46.____an extension of their hands, their eyes and their ears,”
“We can put them in the ocean and they____47.____(swim) for eight or nine months, collecting data and monitoring ocean pollution,”says Hudson of iRobot.
Recently the US government's Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) displayed a“robotic man”.
Instead of depending on the remote control, DARPA's “robotic man”can____48.____(actual) look at some blocks, find one with a special pattern, and move it to a new location. Mandelbaum, DARPA's project manager, says more____49.____(challenge) tasks lie ahead.
Someday, a DARPA robot might find a hidden bomb or help a disabled person select a shirt and button_____50._____.
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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），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。

Recently I have moved by an advertisement which encourage people to go home more often. I don't think it costs too many to show love for our parents. First, do not just visit them during holidays or at weekends and try to accompany them as much as possible. Second, if time permits, it does them well to take them to travel. Traveling is a good way for us to get relaxed and enjoyed the beautiful scenery outdoors. Finally, we'd better have a chat with them, so they can exchange ideas for us and know that what is going on in our life. Anyway, better later than never.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，上周日你父母带你去爬山。

请你写一封邮件与外国网友Chris分享这次经历，内容包括：
1.爬山的过程；
2.你的收获。

注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Dear Chris,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. B
5. C
6. A
7. C
8. D 9. C 10. B 11. A
12. A 13. B 14. B 15. C
16. A 17. C 18. D 19. B 20. G
文章为记叙文，主要介绍了作者经历挫折坚持不放弃的人生感悟。

21. C 22. C 23. D 24. A 25. B 26. A 27. A 28. C 29. D 30. B 31. A 32.
B 33. B 34. D 35. B 36.
C 37.
D 38. A 39. D 40. B
41. more common
42. a 43. that
44. equipped
45. applications
46. with 47. will swim
48. actually
49. challenging
50. it
51.(1).在moved前面加been
(2). encourage → encourages
(3). many → much
(4). and → but
(5). well → good
(6). us → them
(7). enjoyed → enjoy
(8). for → with
(9).去掉that
(10). later → late
52.略。