2020-2021学年河南省内乡县第一高级中学高三英语上学期期末考试试题及答案

2020-2021学年河南省内乡县第一高级中学高三英语上学期期末考试
试题及答案
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
Sahara Marathon 2021-Around the World
The Sahara Marathon is organized by the Saharawi Ministry of Youth and Sports and a group of volunteers from different countries. During the last twenty years, thousands of runners from all continents have traveled to the Algerian desert to live the experience provided by this race and to bond with refugee families. In this unique edition of 2021, the experience will be different. The race will be held in a virtual way and the donations collected through the event will go to the most needy families in the Saharawi Camps of Tindouf.
Rules of the 2021 Sahara Marathon
Participation
All those people over 16 years of age (16 included) may take part in this virtual competition, as long as they are correctly registered, both in time and in form. The registered runner must download the Official Sahara Marathon APP to take the race.
Distance and Travel
The distance options selectable in the APP are: 5k, 10k, 21k and 42k. As it is a virtual test, it is very important to make sure that the chosen route allows good mobile coverage for the correct functioning of the GPS. Registration
Registration has a cost of 15 euros, which includes participation in the race and a donation of 5 euros to refugee families. Participants can, if they choose, purchase the official pack of the test (T-shirt, scar, and bib) for the price of 25 euros.
Acceptance
Registration is personal and non-transferable and implies acceptance of these regulations. Runners who are not registered or run without the APP will not be admitted.
1. What can we learn about the 2021 Sahara Marathon?
A. It is a big family event.
B. It provides a virtual tour.
C. It raises money for charity.
D. It will be held in the desert.
2. How much should a runner pay if he wants to register for the race?
A. 15 euros.
B. 20 euros.
C. 25 euros.
D. 40 euros.
3. What are runners required to do in the race?
A. Choose safe routes.
B. Wear casual clothes.
C. Run with the official app.
D. Transfer registration in time.
B
A nurse has fulfilled (实现) a promise she made to her patient four years ago to one day attend her daughter's graduation from nursing school.
Edina Habibovic, 22, graduated from Chamberlain University's College of Nursing in 2020. Her mother, Sevala Habibovic, 46, died in2017 after a two year fight with breast cancer.
“I thought the medical field wasn't for me. Then, my mom got sick and I had all the experience going in and out of the hospital, ” Edina toldGood MorningAmerica. “When my mom passed away, I thought, ‘I want to dothis.’”she said.
Sanja Josipovic, who at the time worked as a home health nurse with Northwestern Medicine in Winfield, Illinois, cared for Sevala inside her home. They often chatted and shared the latest news with each other over six months of care.
“She was most worried about Edina because she was young and hadn't finished school yet, ” Sanja said. “We are like sisters; we care about and trust each other. She was a powerful and strong minded woman. She wasn't scared to die; she was just worried about her kids and husband.”
Edina said her mother lived for being with her family and taking care of people. “When Sanja was working, my mom would still try to make her something to eat, no matter how sick she was, ” Edina added. When Sevala's life was coming to an end, she asked Sanja to take her place at her youngest daughter's nursing school graduation. “That was the only thing she was going to miss. Edina's graduation, ” said Sanja, who is a mother of three herself. She agreed.
Due to COVID -19, there was no graduation or pinning ceremony. Edina's manager at Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital decided to host a pinning ceremony for her and have Sanja present the pin. “Sanja has fulfilled her promise, ” Edina said.
Edina and Sanja are now caring for patients alongside one another as colleagues at Marianjoy.
4. What does the underlined word “this” in paragraph 3 refer to?
A. Leaving the hospital
B. Working as a nurse
C. Facing death positively
D. Caring for Edina's mother
5. What can be learned about Sanja and Sevala?
A. They enjoyed volunteering
B. They were cancer survivors
C. They had unhappy marriages
D. They developed a close bond
6. What would be Sevala's regret?
A. The loss of the chance to study medicine
B. Her absence from Edina's school graduation
C. Failing to keep the promise made to Sanja
D. Never cooking a good meal for her husband
7. How did Sanja fulfill her promise?
A. By taking care of Edina and her family
B. By helping Edina enter her dream hospital
C. By attending a special ceremony for Edina
D. By managing to become Edina's colleague
C
Chimps use loud calls and gestures to make their feelings known but until now, the exact meaning for individual movements has remained a mystery. Now researchers believe they have translated the key gestures used in the chimp community and identified their intentions for the first time.
From 4,351 gestures, experts were able to identify 66 that are used for 19 specific message meanings, including showing a foot to tell a child they can climb on their back. The researchers were able to narrow down these 66 gestures to 36 that are used intentionally to achieve 15 purposes. The translations were made by Dr Catherine Hobaiter and her colleagues at St Andrews University in Scotland.
Dr Hobaiter used behavior sampling and filmed all recorded cases of gestural communication. Other gestures include stomping their feet to ask another chimp to stop what they are doing, and slapping objects together to ask another to follow them. Of the 19 meanings,17 encouraged interactions to start, or to develop, such as “move closer,” and “change play”. Some of the gestures were found to have more than one meaning. and only 10 of the 66 gestures were used for only a single meaning.
Researchers collected a total of 471 video clips from two social groups of chimps at a shelter near Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. As well as identifying what the gesture means, they also discovered the technique needed to increase the chances of success.
“Human children use gestures to communicate before they produce their first words, and their earliest gestures typically appear around 10 months of age,” explained the researchers. “In great apes, there is good evidence that language-trained individuals are capable of acquiring and understanding signals, but this is far less clear in their natural communication. ”
8. Chimps slap the objects to____________.
A. tell others to stop what they are doing
B. ask others chimps to join them
C. gather other chimps to move closer
D. encourage interactions to start
9. What did researchers find after studying 471 video clips?
A. Chimps trained in language are good at understanding signals.
B. Two social groups of chimps live at a shelter near Kinshasa.
C. Language-trained individuals do well in natural communication.
D. Chimps’earliest gestures appear around 10 months of age.
10. How is the last paragraph developed?
A. By analyzing causes.
B. By examining differences.
C By making comparisons. D. By following time order.
11. What can be a suitable title for the text?
A A New Research on Chimps B. Human Children and Chimps
C. Getting the Chimps Trained for Language
D. Translating the Sign Language of Chimps
D
Did you know that horses talk? Well, they do, and you can lean to understand “horse talk” if you pay close attention to the horses you see.
When horses live in the wild, other animals try to eat them, so a lot of horse talk is about staying alive. Even now, when most horses live on farms, they watch for danger. For this reason, never walk behind a horse. If you surprise it, the horse might mistake you for a mountain lion or wolf and give a dangerous kick.
By watching the ears of a horse, you can get clues to what it's hearing. A horse can tum each ear in a different direction. For a wild horse, this trick is important for survival. The horse can hear something sneaking up behind it while also checking out a threatening noise in front. When a horse lets its ears down, it's feeling safe and relaxed. If horses becomeisolated, they neigh, or “whinny,” calling for company. They're saying, “Where are you? I'm over here!” If a horse snorts(哼) while holding its head high and staring at something, it's saying, “That looks dangerous. Get ready to run!” When two horses meet, they put their noses together and smell each other's breath. It's their
way of asking, “Are you a friend?” Horses nicker,too. Nickering is a quiet sort of sound. This friendly noise means they're feeling secure and saying, “Clad to see you.”
In the wild, horses live in herds, with all members watching for danger. In a herd, only one horse is the leader, the “boss hoss”. The “boss hoss” is usually an older female. She watches for threats and teaches younger horses how to behave. However, others may want her job. When that happens, she pins her ears back against her head and may even bite or kick to get challengers to back off. She's using body language to say, “Hey, I'm in charge here!” All horses know that the one who makes others move is the leader. Horses relate to people that way, too.
Horses have a language of their own. Now you know a bit of what they might be saying.
12. What is the general idea of this passage?
A. Horses can talk with their owners.
B. You can know a bit of horses' language.
C. Horses can “talk” in their own way.
D. Other animals can also learn language.
13. What does the underlined word “isolated” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. Lonely.
B. Glad.
C. Sad.
D. Frightened.
14. What will a horse do when he wants to know whether another horse is a friend?
A. He will let his ears down.
B. He and another horse will put their noses together and smell each other's breath.
C They both will hold their heads high and stare at something.
D. He will give another horse a dangerous kick.
15. How will the “boss hoss” deal with her challengers?
A. By warning or fighting.
B. By watching for threats.
C. By teaching younger horses how to behave.
D. By relating to people.
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Excellence is a form of currency(通货) While a commitment to excellence can help you gain true wealth and realize the inbuilt value of your potential, a lack of commitment devalues potential and reputation.
If you are to become the person you were meant to be on the day you were born, do whatever you do with all your might.___16___If you accept being average and ordinary, life will make you average and ordinary.
___17___But it has everything to do with decision, commitment and action. And excellence is a destination for anyone who appreciates, respects, and demonstrates hard work and good judgement!
We all have a range of career choices and opportunities. But we expand the range and quality of our choices when we practice excellence.___18___So attempt to make every opportunity one of importance because every opportunity counts.
What is considered excellent today will become the minimum cost of admission tomorrow.____19____Obviously the bar is constantly being raised. If you don't produce excellent results consistently, someone else will.
There is no mercy period for averageness, and you must have a zero tolerance policy for it. People expect the best.____20____. So never relax the rules of excellence. When you come to terms with quality, you suffer physical and emotional withdrawal from your goals. You should have the belief that the efficiencies of your business and life are infinite(极大的）, that everything can be improved upon,that every project can be completed in an excellent fashion. Why? Because when it comes to excellence, everything counts!
A. Being average is a choice.
B. You're only as good as your last performance.
C. It creates confidence and enhances peace of mind.
D. And we reduce them when we accept being average.
E. If they can't get it from you, they'll find it elsewhere.
F. You will never live longer than its importance and usefulness.
G. Being world-class has nothing to do with size,education,or bloodline.
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
完形填空(共20小题，每小题21.5分，满分30分)
There are all kinds of enemies, and one of the arts of living is to learn to tell them apart. There is a kind of enemy who___21___meant to be an enemy at all. He’s not mad at you; he’s mad at the world, and you are wandering around on his lonely battlefield and___22___lines of fire.
Let me tell you about one of them. Years ago, I___23___my two girls from South America and put them in school. They talked a___24___language that was neither English nor Spanish, and their___25___gave them a hard
time, especially Lolla.
Pat and Peggy came home___26___almost every day, so I decided to cheer them up by___27___a party. Their tears dried___28___. Right away they got___29___and offered many ideas. However, when I___30___which friends to invite, the tears started again. They said they had nothing but_______31_______. Then I had one of my rare___32___. “Let’s invite all your enemies and we’ll fill them up with ice cream and cake.” Little Pat and Peggy___33___knowing looks.
The party was a(n)___34___, and the best time was had by the___35___enemy, Lolla, who rolled on the floor and screamed with___36___. Pat and Peggy never came home crying from school anymore.
One day Lolla’s father___37___and said, “I came to thank you for asking my little girl to the party.___38___ever did it before.” His___39___left me deep in thought. Are the Lollas left out because they are enemies, or do they become enemies because they are left out? Love your enemies and do good to them, because___40___, it works!
22. A.only B.ever C.still D.never
23. A.jumping at B.getting into paring with D.running after
24. A.adopted B.examined C.adored D.prevented
25. A.formal B.beautiful C.strange D.modern
26. A.classmates B.tutors C.doctors D.neighbors
27. A.sleeping B.crying C.quarreling D.playing
28. A.attending B.requiring C.throwing D.supporting
29. A.magically B.hardly C.frequently D.casually
30. A.pretty B.grateful C.cautious D.creative
31. A.recalled B.mentioned C.recommended D.controlled
32. A.guests B.thoughts C.enemies D.thanks
33. A.illnesses B.inspirations C.excuses D.opportunities
34. A.exchanged bined C.discovered D.improved
35. A.explanation B.business C.attempt D.success
36. A.furthest B.slowest C.biggest D.newest
37. A.terror B.pride C.surprise D.delight
38. A.dropped in B.showed off C.gave up D.set out
39. A.Somebody B.Anybody C.Everybody D.Nobody
40. A.dreams B.words C.characters D.jokes
41. A.initially B.traditionally C.amazingly D.officially
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
Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
Sharing the sweetness
On the 25th of December, my mother expects her children to be present, exchanging gifts and eating turkey. When she pulls on that holiday sweater, everybody better gets festive. Of course, I would be the first Jones sibling___41.___(go)rogue(叛逆). As the middle, artist child, I was going to do my own thing, making some new traditions. From a biography of Flannery O’Connor, I drew inspiration— I would spend the holiday at an artist colony!
No one took my new idea seriously. From the way my mother carried on, you would think I was divorcing the family. Still I held my ground and made plans for my winter adventure inNew Hampshire. The MacoDowell Colony was ___42.___I could have wished for. About 25 to 30 artists were in attendance, and it was asartsy(艺术的) as I___43.___(imagine). It felt like my life had become a strange independent film.
By Christmas Eve, I had been at the colony for more than a week. The novelty of snowyNew Englandwas wearing off, but I would never admit___44.___. Everyone around me was having too much fun. Skiing! Deep conversation by the fireplace! What was wrong with me? This was the holiday ___45.___I’d always dreamed of. No artificial decoration. Not a Christmas sweater anywhere in sight. People here didn’t even say “Christmas,” they said “holiday.” Then why was I so sad?
Finally, I called home on the pay phone. My dad answered, but I___46.___barely hear him for all the good-time noise in the background. He turned down the volume on the holiday album and told me that my motherwas out shopping with my brothers. Now it was my turn tosulk(生闷气). They were having a fine Christmas ___47.___me.
Despite a heavy snowstorm, a large package showed up near my door at the artist colony on Christmas morning. Tayari Jones was written in my mother’s beautiful handwriting. I rushed to that parcel____48.____I were five years old. Inside was a gorgeous red-velvet cake, my favorite,___49.___(wrap) tightly in about 50 yards of bubble packaging. “Merry Christmas,” read the simple card inside. “We love you very much.”
As I sliced the cake, everyone gathered around. Mother had sent a genuine homemade gift. It was a minor Christmas miracle that one cake managed to feed so many. We ate it from paper towels with our bare hands,___50.___(satisfy) a hunger we didn’t know we had.
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，并在该词下而写出修改后的词。

注意：
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。

My job is model-making. I make small copy of large buildings. When I was at school it was which I wanted to do. But I chose a college course of woodwork. Now I've finished quite a little tasks. The toughest task I had was from Ireland. I was asked do a model of part of a large house that had been burnt down years before. Since then I had done all sorts of buildings. The one I liked most, though, was a theatre I rebuilt it. The originally building was gone, but fortunately I used the previously preparing drawings to finish it. My model is now showing in an exhibition in London.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。

你的英国好友Jim曾经在你校读书，想了解学校有哪些变化，发来邮件询问相关信息。

请你给他写一封邮件，内容包括：
1.学校的变化；
2.你的感受。

注意: 1.词数100左右；
2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

参考答案
1. C
2. A
3. C
4. B
5. D
6. B
7. C
8. B 9. A 10. C 11. D
12. C 13. A 14. B 15. A
16. A 17. G 18. D 19. B 20. E
21. D 22. B 23. A 24. C 25. A 26. B 27. C 28. A 29. D 30. B 31. C 32.
B 33. A 34. D 35.
C 36.
D 37. A 38. D 39. B 40. C
41. to go
42. what/everything
43. had imagined
44. it/ that
45. which/ that
46. could 47. without
48. as if/ as though
49. wrapped
50. satisfying
51.(1). copy → copies
(2). which → what
(3). But → So
(4). little → few
(5).在asked后面加to
(6). had → have
(7).去掉rebuilt的it
(8). originally → original
(9). preparing → prepared
(10). showing → shown
52.略。