2020届天津市蓟县第一中学高三英语下学期期中考试试卷及参考答案

2020届天津市蓟县第一中学高三英语下学期期中考试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
Looking to the future, we are now focusing on next year's tours. We are not presently taking bookings, but if a specific tour lifts your spirits, why not mark your interest and we will contact you when the time is right.
Japan
October 2021
A centre for technology with natural beauty, Japan is a must-see destination for science and nature lovers. Join us on a special journey across the country during its fantastic autumn to see its amazing landscapes, visit leading scientific institutions and experience robotics and AI.
Antarctica
April to September 2021
Join us aboard the Magellan Explorer for an exciting adventure to South Georgia and the Antarctic Peninsula, exploring the world's largest ocean reserve and best ocean ecosystem. Follow in the footstepsof the great scientists while marveling（惊叹）at icebergs, ancient glaciers and ice flies onto volcanic beaches.
Italy
March and June 2021
Encounter the great scientific minds and discoveries of the Renaissance on a cultural adventure across two of its cities, Florence and Bologna. Enjoy beautiful surroundings as you take in the wonderful collections, buildings and churches that demonstrate the period across architecture and paintings.
Czech Republic
May and July 2021
Discover the legacy（遗产）of Kepler and Brahe in Prague, a city where astronomy, maths, medicine and architecture connect. Kepler became the father of modern astronomy supported by the observational data from Brahe.
1. What can travelers do in Japan?
A. Experience space travel.
B. Enjoy its spring landscape.
C. Visit its scientific institutions .
D. Learn about its traditional culture.
2. Which of the following can you choose if you are free in August?
A. Japan.
B. Italy.
C. Antarctica.
D. Czech Republic .
3. What do Italy and Czech Republic havein common?
A. Astronomy.
B. Architecture.
C. Paintings.
D. Medicine .
B
In Colombia a group, named WebConserva, is carrying out a project in the San Lucas Mountains with the help of coffee growers.
The San Lucas area is one of the most unexplored places in Colombia, which is home to many thousands of species of animals and plants. Yet gold mining and coca farming have dealt a blow to its ecosystem. To limit additional development in the San Lucas area, the group helps coffee growers by linking them with processors from around the country.
Colombia has more different kinds of living things than any other country except neighboring Brazil. In 2016, the Colombian government signed a peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia ending years of civil war. As a result, more land became accessible for use, with deforestation(毁林) coming along. Government information shows that in 2017, almost 220,000 hectares of forest were destroyed compared to around 124,000 hectares in 2015.
To date, the project includes 10 families who farm 400 hectares of coffee plants, which costs about $77,000 dollars a year. WebConserva hopes that, in time, 200 families will be included. At that level, 20,000 hectares of untouched forest could be protected. In San Lucas, the families promise not to cut down trees to expand their crops or to hunt wild animals from the forests. In return, they receive $ 250 to $ 300 per 125 kilograms of coffee, an enviable amount there. Arcadio Barajas is among those taking part. His new coffee plantation(种植园) makes a barrier between cattle farms and forests where wild animals like the jaguar live and hunt. In this way, he doesn't have to kill wild animals to protect his cattle.
Barajas said that pulling down the forest to plant coca and killing wildlife were against his will. Now he feels that growing coffee lets him be astewardof the land. "I'm taking care of the environment, the forest and the animals," he said.
4. Why does WebConserva set up the project?
A. To help local farmers make money.
B. To expand areas of coffee growing.
C. To link processors with coffee growers.
D. To conserve biodiversity in the Mountains.
5. What happened after Colombia’s civil war was over?
A. Colombia helped many needy families.
B. Colombia lost lots of areas of forests.
C. Colombia started to save damaged forests.
D. Colombia became more peaceful than Brazil.
6. Which is probably a function of Barajas's coffee plantation?
A. A method of protecting cattle and wildlife.
B. A substitute for hunting of wild animals.
C. A barrier between man and wild animals.
D. A shelter for cattle against human hunters.
7. What does the underlined word "steward" mean in the last paragraph?
A. Farmer.
B. Master.
C. Guardian.
D. Explorer.
C
With their tiny brains and excellent ability to memorize nectar locations, honeybees are a favorite model organism for studying learning and memory. Such research has indicated that to form long-term memories—ones that last a day or more—the insects need to repeat a training experience at least three times. By contrast, short-and mid-term memories that last seconds to minutes and minutes to hours, respectively, need only a single learning experience.
Exceptions to this rule have been observed, however. For example, in some studies, bees formed long-lasting memories after a single learning event. Such results are often regarded as circumstantial anomalies, says Martin Giurfa of the University of Toulouse. But the anomalous findings, together with research showing that fruit flies and ants can form long-term memories after single experiences, aroused Giurfa’s curiosity. Was it possible that honeybees could reliably do the same? Giurfa reasoned that the ability to form long-term memories might depend on the particular type of bee and the experience. Within a honeybee colony, there are nurses, who clean
the hive and feed the young; guards, who patrol and protect the hive; and foragers, who search for nectar.
While previous studies have tested bees as a whole, Ciurfa and his colleagues focused on foragers, tasking them with remembering an experience relevant to their role: an odor associated with a sugary reward.
The researchers observed that a single exposure to a reward-paired odor was enough for most forager bees to remember that specific odor the following day. Many foragers could even remember the odor three day later.
The results do not mean that all prior research was wrong, says André Fiala of the University of Göttingen. “People have done the experiments in a different way.” Still, the new results do show that “the commonly held belief that one needs multiple training trials to achieve long-term memory is not always true,” he says, and this “really advances the field.”
8. What does the author want to tell us through Paragraph 1?
A. A model for memory research.
B. The classification of memories.
C. New research on learning and memory.
D. Previous findings on memory formation.
9. Which factor might influence a bee’s memory of an experience, according to Giurfa’s research?
A. Whether the bee's role is related.
B. Whether the bee is introduced or native.
C. How often the bee repeats the experience.
D. How long the bee is exposed to the reward.
10. What is Andre Fiala’s attitude towards the new results?
A. Doubtful.
B. Favorable.
C. Intolerant.
D. Unclear.
11. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?
A. Learning and Memory: How Honeybees Remember
B. Honeybee Memory: Honeybee Knows What to Do
C. Honeybees Remember after Just One Lesson
D. Honeybees Use Memory for Communication
D
Self-esteem is an abstract concept, which refers to people’s beliefs about their own worth and value. American psychologist Abraham Maslow thought self-esteem was a basic human need and included self-esteem in his hierarchy of human needs. He described two different forms of “esteem”: the need for respect from others in the form of recognition, success, and admiration, and the need for self-respect in the form of self-love, self-confidence, and skill. Respect from others was believed to be more fragile and easily lost than inner self-esteem. According to Maslow, without the fulfillment of the self-esteem need, individuals will be driven to seek it and unable to grow and obtain self-realization.
Basically, high self-esteem is achieved through a series of real accomplishments, which is good for people. However, the excessive high self-esteem, based more on a sense of entitlement than on any accomplishment, is considered to be less psychologically healthy. And just as self-esteem can be too high, it can also be “under-inflated”. Those having poor self-esteem do have a basis for feeling good about themselves but they may not recognize their accomplishments and actions as meaningful.
To appreciate what it would be like to have high self-esteem, one can consider how they may feel about things in their lives that they value. For instance, some people really like cars. They take good care of their cars. They may even decorate the car and then show it off to other people with pride. Similarly, people with high self-esteem love, care for and feel proud of themselves. Take children for example. When they have high self-esteem, they believe they are valuable and important. They enjoy different activities and can handle criticism easily without taking it personally.
People need to develop positive self-esteem. This can convince them they deserve happiness. Besides, the development of positive self-esteem increases the capacity to treat other people with respect, thus favoring a variety of interpersonal relationships and avoiding destructive ones.
12. What can we infer from Abraham Maslow’s theory about self-esteem?
A. Self-esteem ensures us a successful life.
B. Self-esteem is essential to self-realization.
C. Self-esteem means little to psychological health.
D. Others’ respect is more important than self-respect.
13. What does the underlined word “under-inflated” in paragraph 2 mean?
A. Adequate.
B. Insufficient.
C. Moderate.
D. Lifelong.
14. How does the author explain the feelings of having high self-esteem?
A. By giving examples.
B. By analyzing causes.
C. By providing figures.
D. By making contrasts.
15. Which of the following does the author support?
A. Self-esteem ultimately leads to happiness.
B. Self-esteem earns you respect from others.
C. Positive self-esteem benefits people’s social lives.
D. Positive self-esteem helps people out of difficulties.
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
This Way to Dreamland Daydreaming means people think about something pleasant, especially when this makes them forget what they should be doing．Daydreamers have a bad reputation for being unaware of what’s happening around them．They can seem forgetful and clumsy．___16___They annoy us because they seem to be ignoring us and missing the important things．But daydreamersare also responsible for some of the greatest ideas and achievements in human history．___17___Can you imagine what kind of world we would have without such ideas and inventions?So how can you come up with brilliant daydreams and avoid falling over tree roots or otherwise looking like a fool?First, understand that some opportunities(机会) for daydreaming are better than others．Feeling safe and relaxed will help you to slip into daydreams．___18___And if you want to improve your chances of having a creative idea while you’re daydreaming, try to do it while you are involved in another task—preferably something simple, like taking a shower or walking, or even making meaningless drawings．It’s also important to know how to avoid daydreams for those times when you really need to concerntrate．“Mindfulness”, being focused, is a tool that some people use to avoid falling asleep．___19___Finally, you never know what wonderful idea might strike while your mind has moved slowly away．___20___Always remember that your best ideas might come when your head is actually in the clouds．
A. Having interesting things to think about also helps．
B. They stare off into space and wander by themselves．
C. Without wandering minds, we wouldn’t have relativity , Coke or Post-it notes．
D. At one time, daydreaming was thought to be a cause of some mental illnesses．
E. It involves slow, steady breathing for self-control that helps people stay calm and attentive．
F. Daydreams are often very simple and direct, quite unlike sleep dreams, which may be hard to understand．
G. Therefore, it’s a good idea to keep a notebook or voice recorder nearby when you’re in the daydream zone．
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Anthony was running to the field to play baseball with his friends, He_____21_____a boy with disheveled (凌乱的)hair. His shirt was not tucked into his trousers and there was even a hole in his schoolbag. Anthony was___22___that the boy did not seem to be bothered by how___23___he looked.
Suddenly someone ran past the boy, pushing him___24___. The boy fell on the ground. Everyone around just___25___the boy and laughed. Anthony himself stood by to watch with a（n）___26___of fascination and amusement as the boy put on his shoes which had___27___fallen off. He tried to___28___himself up. He was so
thin that the heavy schoolbag seemed to throw him off___29___. Having tried several times, he finally stood up. It was then that Anthony____30____ that the boy was limping (跛行). He was holding something black in his____31____. It was the sole (鞋底)of his left shoe. He had uneven (不平的)legs and one of shoes was thicker than the other.
Anthony walked towards the boy and____32____him to remove his left shoe. Anthony____33____the sole into the shoe for the boy and then walked away. How he wished his friends had witnessed his____34____!
Anthony ran to the toilet and tears welled up in his eyes. He looked down at one of his own shoes and____35____the additional sole glued (粘住)to the shoe____36____it would never fall out. In fact, nobody knew about his physical____37____.
“This is it! I am not going to____38____myself anymore!" declared Anthony. He took a deep____39____and went out, ready to face the world. He was____40____to accept his situation. "My friends need to know about my situation and accept me for who I am.”
21. A. noticed B. refused C. searched D. surveyed
22. A. depressed B. disgusted C. delighted D. devoted
23. A. untidy B. unlucky C. tired D. excited
24. A. smoothly B. differently C. roughly D. gently
25. A. called on B. took on C. shouted at D. stared at
26. A. chance B. mixture C. average D. purpose
27. A. merely B. hardly C. somehow D. somewhat
28. A. pick B. pack C. bring D. wake
29. A. ground B. balance C. support D. center
30. A. decided B. expected C. proved D. realised
31. A. leg B. foot C. head D. hand
32. A. allowed B. forced C. gestured D. ordered
33. A. changed B. accepted C. admitted D. slipped
34. A. belief B. kindness C. courage D. curiosity
35. A. tested B. threw C. checked D. chose
36. A. so that B. as if C. although D. because
37. A. power B. strength C. health D. disability
38. A. pity, B. addict C. forgive D. enjoy
39. A. risk B. nap C. breath D. smile
40. A. worried B. determined C. confused D. surprised
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
Huawei Technologies Co said___41.___Thursday that its in-house operating system HarmonyOS will be used in smartphones next year, marking a breakthrough in Chinese companies' efforts to commercialize（商业化）self-developed operating systems and to build___42.___（they）own globally competitive software ecosystems.
HarmonyOS___43.___（use）in smartwatches, personal computers and other internet of things devices（装置）later. As we saw during the event, HarmonyOS 2. 0 enables meetings in___44.___office to be organized using the WPS app on the HarmonyOS 2. 0 app. A power-point presentation can be___45.___（rapid）shared on your phone with a quick swipe（滑动）of the WPS app on your smart screen, with real-time comments and papers sharing. Feeling___46.___（disappoint）when you want to experience a big-screen multi-sensory（多人体感）game but don't have the equipment? With HarmonyOS 2. 0, you can play smart screen games just by picking up a Huawei phone___47.___can change into a controller in___48.___（second）, and your family can enjoy large-screen games together. Too small screen for online classes? VIPKid___49.___（allow）you to interact with a large screen and a small screen through the collaboration（协作）of the smart screen and the tablet, and the online classroom is just as___50.___（attract）as the on-site teaching.
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。

It is often the case, when having meals, waiting buses or at tending lectures, you can always find people addicted to their cellphones, completely ignoring others.
This is really a common phenomenon in our daily life. The reason is why smart phones nowadays can be used to playing mobile games and keep in touch with friends. However, too much exposure to phones are bad for people in terms of healthy. Moreover, people involving in phones fail to communicate well with these around
them.
As far as I am concerned , people should be wisely make use of their phones to help with their work and study. Meanwhile, they should care much about their family and friends than mobile phones.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.中国空间站(Chinese Space Station)预计在2022年前后建成，空间站核心舱（Core capsule of space station）于2021年4月30日成功发射。

请你以“China sends up the Core capsule of space station为题为校报英文版写一篇英文报道，内容包括：
1.“空间站核心舱"成功发射；
2.发射的影响；
3.你的感想。

注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

China sends up the Core capsule of space station
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参考答案
1. C
2. C
3. B
4. D
5. B
6. A
7. C
8. D 9. A 10. B 11. C
12. B 13. B 14. A 15. C
16. B 17. C 18. E 19. A 20. G
21. A 22. B 23. A 24. C 25. D 26. B 27. C 28. A 29. B 30. D 31. D 32.
C 33.
D 34. B 35. C 36. A 37. D 38. A 39. C 40. B
41. on 42. their
43. will be used
44. the 45. rapidly
46. disappointed
47. which/that
48. seconds
49. allows 50. attractive
51.(1). It→As
(2). 在waiting后加for
(3). why→that
(4). playing→play
(5). are→is
(6). healthy→health
(7). involving→involved
(8). these→those
(9). 删除be
(10). much→more 52.略。