2020年唐县实验中学高三英语上学期期中考试试卷及参考答案

2020年唐县实验中学高三英语上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
Located besideLake Geneva, the Olympic Museum houses more than 10,000 artificial objects and hours of interactive contents highlighting some of the best moments during the Olympics. Here are some of the museum’s most moving moments.
The Olympic Park
The journey through the Olympic Museum begins in the Olympic Park, an 8,000-square-meter outdoor area in front of the museum overlooking Lake Geneva and theAlps. The park contains artwork and sculptures that show respect to the world of sport.
The first Olympic Symbol
The “Olympic Rings” flag was designed by Coubertin in 1913. The rings represent the five continents that participate in the Olympics: Africa, Asia,America,AustraliaandEurope. The six color1 s include at least one color1 that is represented on the flag of every country.
The Stadiums
The stadiums that host the Olympic Games are as much of a celebration of design as the games are a celebration of sportsmanship. Guests can explore plans and models of Olympic stadiums’ past and present, including one of the games’ most attractive stadiums, the Bird’s Nest from Beijing 2008 Olympics.
The Olympic Medals
Have you ever wondered what an Olympic medal looks like? The Olympic Museum has a room that houses every bronze, silver, and gold medal from every Olympic Games dating back to the first modern Olympics of 1896. Each medal design is a unique representation of the year and location in which the games were held.
1.Which moment do you see first when exploring the Olympic Museum?
A.The Olympic Park.
B.The first Olympic Symbol.
C.The Stadiums.
D.The Olympic Medals.
2.What can you do in the section of The Stadiums?
A.Celebrate the glory of a sportsman.
B.Meet the designers of the stadiums.
C.Explore the future stadiums.
D.Enjoy the model of the Bird’s Nest.
3.In which column of a newspaper may this text appear?
A.Entertainment.
B.Science.
C.Travel.
D.Business.
B
Summer heat can be dangerous, and heat leads to tragedy far toooften. According to kidsandcars, org, an average of 37 young children per year die of car heat in the US, when they are accidentally left in a hot vehicle.
For Bishop Curry, a fifth grader from Mckinney, Texas, one such incident hit close to home. A six-month-old baby from his neighborhood died after hours in a hot car. After hearing about her death, Curry decided that something needed to be done. Young Curry, who turned 11 this year, has always had a knack for inventing things, and he drew up a sketch (草图) of a device he called “Oasis.”
The device would attach to carseats and watch the temperature inside the car. If it reached a certain temperature in the car, and the device sensed a child in the carseat, it would begin to circulate cool air. Curry alsodesigns the device using GPS and Wi-Fi technology, which would alarm the child’s parents and, if there was no response from them, the police.
Curry’s father believes that the invention has potential. “The cool thing about Bishop’s thinking is none of this technology is new,” he said. “We feel like the way he’s thinking and combining all these technologies will get to production faster.” His father even introduced the device to Toyota, where he works as an engineer. The company was so impressed that they sent Curry and his father to a car safety conference in Michigan.
In January, Curry’s father launched a campaign for the invention. They hope to raise money to finalize the patent, build models, and find a manufacturer. Their goal was $20,000, but so many people believed in Oasis’ potential that they have raised more than twice that — over $46,000.
Curry’s father remembers the first time he saw his son’s sketch. “I was so proud of him for thinking of a solution,” he said. “We always just complain about things and rarely offer solutions.”
4. What inspired Curry to invent Oasis?
A. His narrow escape from death after being locked in a car.
B. His knowledge of many children’s death because of car heat.
C. The death of his neighbor’s baby after being left in a hot car.
D. The injury of 37 children in his school in a car accident.
5. What would Oasis do if it was hot in a car with a child?
A. It would inform the parents or even the police.
B. It would pump out the hot air in the car.
C. It would sound the alarm attached to the car.
D. It would get the window open to save the child.
6. What does Curry’s father think is cool about Curry’s invention?
A. It used some of the most advanced technology.
B. It simply combined technologies that existed.
C. It could accelerate production of new technology.
D. It is the most advanced among similar products.
7. Why did Curry’s father start a campaign to raise money?
A. To conduct experiments to test the invention.
B. To get other children devoted to inventions.
C. To support a charity of medical aid for children.
D. To get the patent and bring it to production.
C
Rock and pop hitmaker Jim Steinman, who wrote and composed music for Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler, Celine Dion, and more, died Monday in Danbury, Connecticut. He was 73. Steinman's brother Billconfirmed that the cause of death was kidney (肾) failure.
A statement posted on Steinman's Facebook page read, “It's with a heavy heart that I can confirm Jim's passing. There will be much more to say in the coming hours and days as we prepare to honor this giant of a human being and his glorious legacy.”
Steinman's wholly unique career found him working as a composer, lyricist, and producer for many artists in a variety of styles. According to a biography on his website, the records he's worked on have sold more than 190 million copies worldwide. He was nominated (提名) for four Grammys, and won Album of the Year for his work on Dion's 1996 smash,Falling Into You.
Steinman began his career in a musical theater while in college, writing and starring in a rock musical calledThe Dream Engine, which gained the attentionof New York theatrical producer Joe Papp. After graduating, Steinman worked at the Public Theater (which was established by Papp). In 1973, Yvonne Elliman recorded Steinman's song “Happy Ending”, which became Steinman's first commercially released tune. That same year, the Public Theater staged his musicalMore Than You Deserve.
One of the actors who auditioned forMore Than You Deservewas Meat Loaf, and he and Steinman soon
struck up a close personal and professional relationship. The two began working on Meat Loaf's solo album,Bat Out of Hell, in the early 70s, but it wouldn't be released until 1977. It wasn't until about one year later — after Meat Loaf performed onSaturday Night Live— that the album became a hit.
“There is no other songwriter ever like him,” Meat Loaf said. “I can never repay him. He has been such an influence, in fact, the biggest influence on my life, and I learned so much from him that there would be no way I could ever repay Mr. Jim Steinman.”
8. What caused Jim Steinman's death?
A. A hit on the head.
B. A kidney problem.
C. A failed operation.
D. A lack of blood supply.
9. What is the correct order of the following events?
a. Meat Loaf performed onSaturday Night Live.
b. Jim released his first commercial tuneHappy Ending.
c. Jim and Meat Loaf released the albumBat Out of Hell.
d. Jim starred in a rock musical calledThe Dream Engin
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e. Jim's musicalMore Than You Deservewas put on show.
f. Jim won Album of the Year for his work onFalling Into You.
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10. Why was Jim Steinman important to Meat Loaf?
A. Because Jim was an extraordinary songwriter.
B. Because Jim allowed him not to repay his debt.
C. Because Jim was influential in the music industry.
D. Because Jim gave him friendship and career support.
11. What do we learn about Jim Steinman?
A. He mainly focused his career on acting in musicals.
B. He is a well-known and widely respected musician.
C. His closest friends were Bill, Papp and Meat Loaf.
D. He won four Grammys in the course of his career.
D
It’s 13:30 and 28-year-old Marten Pella 's smart phone starts pinging, a signal that it’s time for us to stop
working around his living room table and instead start our workout routine together. A cartoon character wearing bright red shorts on video begins instructing us to do star-jumps and sit-ups around his apartment.
Pella, a research assistant at Stockholm University, is part of the Hoffice movement, which invites workers-freelancers（自由职业者）or full-time employees who can do their jobs remotely—to work at each other’s homes to increase productivity and enjoy an active social life.
Those attending Hoffice events advertised on Facebook are typically asked to work silently in 45-minute blocks, before taking short breaks together to exercise, or simply chatting over a coffee. In addition, each participant shares daily objectives with the rest of the group upon arrival, and is invited to report back on whether or not they have achieved them at the end of the day.
“Often when I am alone, I can work focused for a couple of hours but then I’m easily distracted（分心）.The help of others makes me so much more disciplined.” says Pella, who attends Hoffice events as both a guest and a host. Lunches mean networking and connecting with new contacts. “People are coming from really different areas and have different professions so there can be really interesting discussions,” he says.
The Hoffice movement has grown quickly since it was founded in 2014 by Swedish psychologist Christofer Franzen, now 37. He had been giving lectures on the benefits of collective（集体的）intelligence, but realised he was spending most of his own time working alone at his kitchen table. “I wanted to test more structured home co-working with friends in similar situations,” he says.
Franzen says that holding events in houses and apartments creates a unique atmosphere, because there’s a sense of community and desire to contribute. He’s looking for ways to expand the social value of Hoffice, by matching up members with relevant skills to share and even encouraging jobseekers to join its gatherings.
12. Where is Pella when his smart phone starts pinging?
A. In his own home.
B. In his office.
C. In another person’s home.
D. At Stockholm University.
13. What do people attending Hoffice events do first when they meet?
A. Watch an exercise video.
B. Work silently for 45 minutes.
C. Tell each other their daily plans.
D. Report what they have achieved.
14. What does Franzen really mean by saying “friends in similar situations”?
A. They usually work alone.
B. They often give lectures.
C. They study collective intelligence.
D. They have to work at a kitchen table.
15. What is the best title for the text?
A. Sharing Comfortable Workplaces
B. A New Way to Make New Friends
C. Benefits of Collective Intelligence
D. Working from Others’ Homes
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
A Great Wayto Teach Children to Take Responsibility
As parents, one of the most important things to teach children to take responsibility is to include chores as a part of their daily routine. In order to make a family function smoothly, every member must contribute. Teaching your children to take responsibility at an early age makes it easier for them to shoulder greater responsibilities as they grow older.
___16___If your children leave their crayons lying on the table after drawing, picking up those crayons is not a chore. It is cleaning up a mess they have created.___17___
___18___. For example, if it is to feed the dog every day, make sure the children understand that if they fail in their responsibility, the dog will go hungry.
Make rewards and punishments a part of the lesson. Together decide whether they will be rewarded or not.___19___Some parents make their reward a monetary payment, while others choose to reward with certain privileges, such as extra television viewing time.
Children need to be taught that there are punishments for their actions in case of not doing their assigned chores. Decide and agree from the start what the punishment will be.
Teaching your children the importance of contributing to the family is of great importance.___20___By taking this step, you have done a wonderful thing for your children by providing them with life skills they can take with them into society.
A. A chore is a specific task a child has been assigned which helps improve the life of the entire family.
B. And what punishment they will receive if a chore isn’t done.
C. Actually you are taking a critical step in empowering them for their future.
D. Start by teaching children the difference between a chore and cleaning up after themselves.
E. Teach children the importance of each assignment, and why it matters.
F. Children will not be rewarded at all for merely cleaning up.
G. And if so, what the reward will be for a job well done.
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
Clara Dalywas____21____on an Alaska Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles when an air hostess asked a(n)____22____question over the loudspeaker, “Does anyone on board____23____American Sign Language?” Clara, 15 at the time,____24____the call button. The air hostess came by and explained the situation, “we have a passenger on the plane who’s____25____and deaf,” she said. The passenger seemed to want something, but he was travelling____26____and the air hostesses couldn’t understand what he needed.
Clara had been studying ASL for the past years,____27____she unfastened her seat belt, walked toward the front of the plane, and____28____by the aisle seat of Tim Cook, who was in his sixties. Gently taking his hand, she____29____, “How are you? Are you OK?” Cook asked for some water. When it arrived, Clara returned to her seat. She_______30_______again a bit later because he wanted to know the time. On her_______31_______visit, she stopped and stayed a while.
“He didn’t need anything. He was________32________and wanted to talk,” Clara says. So for the next hour, she talked about her family and her________33________for the future. She wanted to be a politician. Cook told Clara how he had________34________become blind over time and shared stories of his days________35________a travelling salesman. Even though he couldn’t see her, she looked________36________at his face with such kindness.
“Clara was________37________,” the air hostess told Alaska Airlines in a blog________38________. “You could tell Tim was very excited to________39________someone he could speak to, and she was such an angel.” And for Cook, it was________40________the best trip he’d ever had.
21. A.placed B.seated C.boarded D.taken
22. A.anxious B.dangerous C.urgent D.important
23. A.know B.tell C.speak D.study
24. A.removed B.spotted C.found D.pressed
25. A.blind B.disabled C.sick D.unconscious
26. A.along B.apart C.alone D.aside
27. A.but B.so C.and D.for
28. A.knelt B.stood C.sat y
29. A.showed B.whispered C.expressed D.signed
30. A.marched on B.came by C.walked about D.wandered through
31. A.third B.second C.other D.extra
32. A.shy B.anxious C.painful D.lonely
33. A.opinions B.preparations C.plans D.views
34. A.suddenly B.gradually C.abruptly D.unbelievably
35. A.as B.like C.for D.by
36. A.directly B.curiously C.attentively D.cautiously
37. ual B.awful C.ordinary D.amazing
38. A.event B.interview C.meeting D.activity
39. A.get B.accompany C.have D.face
40. A.indeed B.naturally C.simply D.extremely
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 traditional practice of telling stories in a series of images___41.___( date) back to ancient civilizations.In China, a series of____42.____(painting) describing stories about Buddhism were found in the Dunhuang frescos(壁画)of the Mogao Grottoes, which___43.___(produce) between the fourth and 14th centuries, in Gansu province.
From the 19th to early 20th century, a large number of picture-story books were published in Shanghai,___44.___as an open harbor had the most advanced printing technologies in China,according to Xu Mingsong,___45.___Shanghai-based scholar of art history.
These publications, with black-and-white drawings of___46.___(vary)styles and compositions(组成)，featured social events that took place at home and abroad, as well as literary (文学的) and theatrical subjects. In the early 1900s, these serial picture-story books became _____47._____(extreme)popular with the masses.
In 1952, the East China People's Arts Publishing House was founded. It changed___48.___(it)name to Shanghai People's Arts Publishing House in 1955.
Studios and editorial teams were later established to create lianhuanhua, and artists such as HeYouzhi, Cheng Shifa and Zheng Jiasheng joined the institution.____49.____(know)as the"108 generals", these artists joined hands______50.______(push) fianhuanhua to its golden age, which spanned(贯穿) the1960s to the early 1980s, when television and new forms of entertainment overshadowed (使失色)the art.
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。

The traffic problem in our city has caused wide concern. To solve this problem, the experts had held a meeting recently and had a fully discussion on the matter. They point out that the number of private cars are increasing these years. So they suggest that government should call on people use public transportation. Another problem what deserves our serious consideration is that too many cars from other city park along the roadside. To avoid so inconvenience, these cars should not be admitted into a city center in the daytime. Transportation is important for the development of your city, which cannot be stressed on too much.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

续写的词数应为150左右。

A water bearer had two large pots, each hung on each end of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk from the stream to the master's house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.
For a full two years, this went on daily, with the bearer delivering only one and a half pots full of water in his master's house. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments, perfect to the end for which it was made. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection and miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it had been made to do.
After two years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream. "I am ashamed of myself, and I want to apologize to you". The bearer asked, "Why? What are you ashamed of? " The pot replied, "For these past two years I am able to deliver only half of my load because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your master's house. Because of my flaws, you don't get full value for your efforts".
The water bearer felt sorry for the old cracked pot, and in his compassion, he said, "As we return to the master's house, I want you to notice the beautiful flowers along the path." As they went up the hill, the old cracked pot took notice of the sun warming the beautiful wild flowers on the side of the path, and this cheered it somewhat. But at the end of the trail, it still felt bad because it had leaked out half its load, and so again it
apologized to the bearer for its failure.
Paragraph 1:
“Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of your path, but not on the other pot's side? ” The bearer said to the pot.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:
We're all cracked pots and each of us has our own unique flaws.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________
参考答案
1. A
2. D
3. C
4. C
5. A
6. B
7. D
8. B 9. A 10. D 11. B
12. A 13. C 14. A 15. D
16. D 17. A 18. E 19. G 20. C
21. B 22. C 23. A 24. D 25. A 26. C 27. B 28. A 29. D 30. B 31. A 32.
D 33. C 34. B 35. A 36. C 37. D 38. B 39. C 40. A
41. dates
42. paintings
43. were produced
44. which 45. a
46. various
47. extremely
48. its 49. Known
50. to push
51.(1).had→have
(2).fully→full
(3).are→is
(4).people后添加to
(5).what→that/which
(6).city→cities
(7).so→such
(8).a→the
(9).your→our
(10).去掉on
52.略。