2019-2020学年常州湖塘实验中学高三英语下学期期中考试试题及参考答案

2019-2020学年常州湖塘实验中学高三英语下学期期中考试试题及参
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
Sevenhugs HugOne
Do you want to improve the quality of your sleep? Sevenhugs has created HugOne that tracks different sleep patterns to help families consistently rest better. There are dozens of devices and tools devoted to monitoring the sleep. But, HugOne is the world’s first family smart home sleep system, which integrates a calculation rule for sleep patterns of children and adults.
HugOne is a well-designed product, full of a sense of science and technology. It connects to a number of smaller sensors called “minihugs”, which are placed on the edge of each bed. They monitor the sleep patterns and other data coming from the person sleeping in that bed. The data arethen sent to an app on the smartphone.
● The benefits of HugOne include:
* Having a smart alarm clock on the app as HugOne learns your sleep cycle and automatically sets and sounds to when the best moment in your sleep cycle is identified.
* Monitoring temperature and humidity in your bedroom as well as indoor air quality for the main living space.
* Linking with smart lamps and thermostats, allowing users to fall asleep with sunset light and preferred nighttime temperatures, and wake up to sunrise light and preferred daytime temperatures.
* Ensuring safety from electronic transmissions when you sleep-when the minihug senses a presence in bed, it shuts off its electronic transmissions and starts recording sleep data and sending them to the app.
● The following are selected from customers’ comments:
I prefer HugOne, since it’s convenient to use. I simply place the minihug in the corner of my bed under the sheet and it goes to work monitoring my sleep cycle. It’s really good.
—Robert Compton
● HugOne available for purchase includes:
I think HugOne is a humanized product. It’s shareable, and I’ve connected eight minihugs to the HugOne base in my house. All my family members think highly of it.
—Chris Hanawalt HugOne will provide maximum protection for your sleep. If you want to get more detailed information, please call the sellers at 1-800-576-1899 or .
Style: Sleep Tracking System＋2 Sleep Sensors
Colour: Blue＋Rose
1. How does HugOne effectively work?
A. It controls sleep patterns automatically.
B. It creates smart systems for a better sleep.
C. It collects sleep data through the minihugs.
D. It makes a calculation of the data sensors need.
2. According to the passage, HugOne can ______.
A. adjust temperature, humidity and air quality in bedrooms
B. update the sleep cycles by aid of an alarm clock on the app
C. record sleep data when there are electronic transmissions in bed
D. help users fall asleep and wake up naturally with preferred temperatures
3. The passage is made more believable by ______.
A. providing statistics
B. drawing a comparison
C. giving a demonstration
D. using recommendations
B
A male tiger was rescued in Mishan city, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, on Friday. A tiger was recently seen on the Siner Russian border（边界），but there is no evidence to suggest this is the same tiger or that it had lost its way from Russia.
Wherever it may have come from, cross-border protection of endangered species is a problem. According to Ma Jianzhang, a senior wild animal researcher in China, tigers know no borders, which have been built to stop humans from illegally crossing over. However, these borders also stop the free movement of tigers, thus preventing their breeding（繁殖）and exchange of genes.
The Sino-Russian border alsocomes in the way ofprotecting tigers in the region. Data show about 500 to 550 Siberian tigers, or over 90 percent of the species, live in the wild in Russia; 27 live in the wild in China, and 50 inthe border region. Sometimes tigers lose their way across the border and that is hindering（妨碍）efforts to stop illegal hunting and protecting them.
Fortunately, both China and Russia have realized this problem and are working toward solving it. As early as 2010, the two countries established a cross-border protection network aimed at strengthening communication on protecting tigers in the northeast. The countries have also held anti-poaching（反偷猎）activities together. In 2019, two national parks from the two countries signed a three-year deal to share research data on tigers, greatly improving the living conditions of Siberian tigers in the wild.
However, much more needs to be done to protect the species. It is necessary to combine the tiger protection areas in the two countries. That will require greater efforts from both sides and some difficulties might remain even then. Fortunately, both countries have been taking effective measures to provide the endangered species a better home.
4. What's the original purpose of setting up the Sino-Russian borders?
A. To ban people from illegal crossings.
B. To help protect tigers in the region.
C. To protect tigers from losing their way.
D. To stop tigers' breeding and exchange of genes.
5. What does the underlined phrase “comes in the way of” probably mean?
A. keeps from.
B. is on the way to
C. is aimed at
D. keeps up
6. What is the focus of Paragraph 4 ?
A. Recent studies and researches on tigers.
B. Joint efforts by China and Russia to protect tigers.
C. The possible effects of establishing a network
D. Reasons for improving the living conditions of tigers.
7. What's the author's purpose in writing the text?
A. To inform the possible dangers of tiger protection.
B. To cover the news about a missing tiger on the border.
C. To put forward suggestions on finding the missing tiger.
D. To report the problems and measures of cross-border tiger protection.
C
Dad’s comb was jade green. I heard he bought it when he married Mum, which made the comb two years older than I was. Every night, he wouldsmile, hand me the comb and say, “Be a good girl and help Daddy clean it, OK?”
I was more than happy to do it. At age five this mundane task brought me such joy. I would excitedly turn the tap on, then brush the comb with a used toothbrush as hard as I could. Satisfied that I’d done a good job, I would proudly return the comb to Dad. He would smile at me and place the comb on top of his wallet.
About two years later, Dad left his sales job and started his own wholesale business. I started primary school. That was when things started to change. He didn’t come home as much as he used to – just a couple of times a week. And when he did come home, it was always late and I’d already be in bed. I started to get mad. I stopped waiting for him to come home, and stopped going downstairs to check on him.
Today, I’m no longer a kid. I’ve graduated from college and got a job. Dad’s business has got back on track. Things are better now. Yet the uncomfortable silence between Dad and me persisted.
Two days before my birthday last year, Dad came home early. As usual, I helped him carry his bags into his study. When I turned to leave, he said, “Hey, would you like to help me clean my comb?” I looked at him a while, then took the comb and headed to the sink.
I passed the clean comb back to Dad. He looked at it and smiled. But this time, I noticed something different. My dad has aged. He has wrinkles next to his eyes when he smiles, yet his smile is still as heartwarming as before. The smile of a father who just wants a good life for his family. Dad carefully placed his comb on top of his wallet.
After so many years, he still organizes his personal items in the same meticulous way. I guess some things never change. And for that, I’m glad.
8. What caused the uncomfortable silence between Dad and me?
A. Generation gap.
B. Dad’s failure in business.
C. My ignorance of Dad.
D. Dad’s absence from the family.
9. Which of the following can best describe Dad?
A. Gentle but strict.
B. Hardworking and caring.
C. Cautious and realistic.
D. Demanding but patient.
10. Why did Dad ask his daughter to clean his comb before her birthday?
A. To give her a lesson.
B. To follow his old habit.
C. To fix their relationship.
D. To praise her helpfulness.
11. Which saying concludes the text best?
A. Yesterday once more.
B. Let bygones be bygones.
C. Some things never change.
D. Like father, like daughter.
D
Trees are “social creature” that communicate with each other in cooperative ways that hold lessons for humans, too, ecologist Suzanne Simard says. Simard grew up in Canadian forests as a child of loggers before becoming an ecologist. She's now a professor of forest ecology at theUniversityofBritish Columbia.
Trees are linked to neighboring trees by a network of fungi below the surface of the earth that resembles the nervous networks in the brain, she explains. In one study, Simard watched as a Douglas fir tree that had been injured by insects appeared to send chemical warning signals to a pine nearby. The pine tree then produced defense enzymes to protect against the insect.
“This was a breakthrough,” Simard says. The trees were sharing “information that actually is important to the health of the whole forest.”
In addition to warning each other of danger, Simard says that trees have been known to share nutrients at critical times to keep each other healthy. She says the trees in a forest are often linked to each other via an older tree she calls a “mother” or “hub” tree.
“In connecting with all the trees of different ages, the mother trees can actually ease the growth of these young trees,” she says. “The young trees will link into the network of the old trees and benefit from that huge resource capacity. And the old trees would also pass a little bit of carbon and nutrients and water to the young trees, at crucial times in their lives, that actually help them survive.”
The study of trees took on a new resonance for Simard when she suffered from breast cancer. During her treatment, she learned that one of the medicines she relied on was actually obtained from what some trees produce for their own mutual defense. She explains her research on cooperation in the forest, and shares her personal story in the new bookFinding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of theForest.
12. How could a Douglas fir tree send chemical warning signals to a pine nearby?
A. By an underground network of fungi.
B. By the nervous networks in the brain.
C. By making cooperation with each other.
D. By holding lessons to it as human beings.
13. According to Simard, what was a breakthrough?
A. Simard was-brought up in Canadian forests.
B. She became a professor of forest ecology.
C. The pine tree produced defense enzymes.
D. Vital information was shared among trees.
14. What helped Simard understand trees further?
A. Her rich knowledge of trees.
B. Her childhood in the forest.
C. Her medicine gained from trees.
D. Her research on cooperation.
15. In Simard's book we may discover the wisdom of the forest except .
A. communicating cooperatively
B. warning each other of danger
C. sharing nutrientsat critical times
D. sacrificing mother trees for survival
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Do you want to know how to learn from failures? Your journey starts this second. It takes courage for people to realize that they help on how to learn from features. These following steps will assist you in learning from your mistakes and move on with your life.
36 Alittle bit of humility goes a long way. You know you did something wrong; and while you want to defend your mistakes, you had better keep your emotions in check.Accept that your plans don’t go as well as you want and apologize to those who are under influence.
Humility is the first step to mend broken ties and relationships. 37 Who you were before, or whatever your status might have been—those are no longer significant. This is not the time for you to start another war, but the time for you to reflect on what you have done.
Observe and report. If you want to learn from failures, then you need to stay quiet and start listening to other people. 38 You might not have noticed these things before. Now that you’re given the opportunity to observe them, you might be able to pick up a thing or two. This is your chance to learn how you can help straighten things out.
Make things right. It’s not the most pleasant task to do, especially when you’re cleaning up your mess. But making things right is extremely important to your redemption (补救). If you’re not yet certain of what youcan do, ask. 39 Instead, you can start by helping out in little ways. Getting coffee for those who are under the influence, for example, is one way you can choose.
Knowing how to learn from your failures is very important. 40
A. Humility helps.
B. Control your feelings.
C. This is the only way you can grow as a person.
D. Watch how your friends and colleagues are handing matters.
E. Ignore other people who are talking about you behind your back.
F. People will be more than happy to help if youshow up with a smile.
G. You don’t have to come up with one solution that will take care of everything.
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
Yassin Terou owns a restaurant in downtown Knoxville. One morning, he___21___early, only to find someone had attempted to rob his shop. A rock was___22___thrown through the window and broken pieces were seen everywhere. But since the food is made___23___each morning and the cash registers are___24___every night, the thief went away empty-handed.
After realizing the person who broke in was probably___25___in some way, Yassin, instead of being___26___, put up a sign that read “If you are hungry or need emergency money, just___27___till we open! We are more than happy to___28___you when weare open!”
Sounds unbelievable, right? But to people who know Yassin, it is not___29___at all.
When he first arrived in the U.S. as a refugee（难民）, he struggled to find his_____30_____because of discrimination. But he quickly discovered the best way tofight the_____31_____he felt was to be loving. With the help of local community（社区）,Yassin_____32_____a restaurant. He welcomes everyone into his restaurant, regardless of their_____33_____. He knows and greets hundreds of_____34_____by name daily,and the relaxed and_____35_____atmosphere makes visiting feel like seeing family. At one point, Yassin was accused of “stealing_____36_____from Americans” by someone who was laid off. Despite the fact that he is a_____37_____citizen of this country and that he should just have ignored him, he calmly offered to_____38_____the man who charged him.
Yassin’s restaurant was_____39_____with the title of “Nicest Place of America” by Reader s Digest in 2018. His success comes from the kindness, love and_____40_____he shows in everything he does. And of course, the food is delicious too!
21. A.dropped in B.slipped away C.showed up D.moved out
22. A.apparently B.carelessly C.casually D.narrowly
23. A.delicious B.fresh C.attractive D.healthy
24. A.checked B.cleaned C.removed D.emptied
25. A.hiding promising C.suffering D.cheating
26. A.disappointed B.annoyed C.relieved D.delighted
27. A.wait B.continue C.escape D.search
28. A.forgive B.accompany C.treat D.help
29. A.satisfying B.amusing C.surprising D.challenging
30. A.place B.strength C.interest D.style
31. A.sympathy B.hate C.loneliness D.anxiety
32. A.inspected B.visited C.decorated D.started
33. A.appearances B.ages C.differences D.characters
34. A.residents B.customers C.tourists D.neighbours
35. A.friendly rmal C.traditional D.quiet
36. A.money B.food C.dreams D.jobs
37. A.foreign B.legal C.former D.wealthy
38. A.promote B.understand C.employ D.praise
39. A.presented B.associated C.equipped D.covered
40. A.courage B.enthusiasm C.confidence D.acceptance
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
The Lunar New Year____41.____(celebrate) by around 1.5 billion people across the world.
Lunar New Year____42.____(vary) in different countries, but celebrations usually involve families gathering together for feasts. Schools and____43.____(business) shut for a few days as the celebrations take place. Traditional foods include dumplings, rice cakes and noodle soup,____44.____are thought to bring happiness and wealth. Spreading good fortune is a major theme, and firecrackers are lit____45.____(drive) evil spirits away. Parents and grandparents give children money in envelopes. There are parades (游行) and performances,____46.____(include) lion dances and dragon dances. Chinese New Year is the____47.____(large) Lunar New Year celebration, and takes place over 15 days, ending in a lantern festival.
The Chinese zodiac (十二宫) is divided____48.____12 blocks. Each block lasts a year and is represented by____49.____animal. This year is the Year of the Ox. The date for Lunar New Year is worked out through the traditional Chinese Lunar calendar, which is based on the Moon's____50.____(move). It depends on the new moon arriving in Asia between January and February.
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；2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Last year I was the exchange student in the UK, and attended one of the Chinese culture course there. When I walked into the classroom, I was welcomed by curiously faces. They gave me presents, which moved and excited me. The lesson was about an ancient Chinese calligraphy naming xiao zhuan. The teacher explained it origin, how it worked in society, why it was promoted nationwide. After class, I felt proud of our Chinese culture but ashamed of that I knew almost nothing about them. As a senior high school student, I am going to read so many books as I can to open my mind. I hope every Chinese would understand the importance of learning about our own culture.第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.暑假即将来临，你将如何安排自己的暑期学习生活？假如你是李华，请你以“快乐暑假，健康生活”为主题，根据下面的要点，用英语给全校写一封建议信。

1.生活要平衡饮食，适当运动，呼吸新鲜空气，少用空调；
2.学习上要完成作业，查缺补漏，多读有意义的书籍；
3.你的建议：兴趣，旅游……
注意：1.词数100左右；可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

3.参考词汇：空调air condition
参考答案
1. C
2. D
3. D
4. A
5. A
6. B
7. D
8. D 9. B 10. C 11. C
12. A 13. D 14. C 15. D
A E D G C
语篇类型：说明文主题语境：人与自我
[语篇解读]
21. C 22. A 23. B 24. D 25. C 26. B 27. A 28. D 29. C 30. A 31. B 32.
D 33. C 34. B 35. A 36. D 37. B 38. C 39. A 40. D
41. is celebrated
42. varies 43. businesses 44. which 45. to drive
46. including
47. largest
48. into 49. an
50. movement##movements
51.(1).the → an
(2).course→courses
(3).curiously→curious
(4).naming→named
(5).it→its
(6).在why前添加and
(7).去掉ashamed后面的of
(8).them→it
(9).so→as
(10).would→will
52.略。