2020年清华中学高三英语上学期期末考试试题及答案

2020年清华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
You haven’t truly visited a city until you’ve experienced its nightlife. Watching a big city likeLondongradually turn dark and darker into the night is a beautiful journey of time and light. So how about taking a historical evening walk and touchingsome of the nicest areas in centralLondon? Let’s get started.
6:30 pm
The walk starts on theMillenniumBridge. On the bridge, watch the scenic city across the River Thames with the skyscrapers gradually lighting up against the darkening skies.
TheMillenniumBridgehas been featured in many London-based films, includingHarry Potter, and the filmGuardians of the Galaxy.
7:30 pm
It’s getting dark. A fifteen-minute walk northwest fromSt Paul’s Cathedral takes you to the historic Borough Market. During the evenings, you find a lot of restaurants around the market. This is an excellent time to get your dinner.
9:00 pm
The next stop isLondonBridge. This is about 6 minutes’ walk from the Borough Market. As you join other onlookers and mentally go through the nursery school rhyme of “LondonBridgeis Falling Down”, you get lost again in history. Why does the song sayLondonBridgeis falling and who is the fair lady?
During theLondoncity fire of 1897,LondonBridgeserved an important role in fire control. It was one of the major structures that prevented the fire from crossing over to the other side ofLondon.
11:30 pm
Londonnever sleeps; it’s a few minutes to midnight and everywhere is still filled with people moving around. About four minutes away from the Golden Jubilee Bridges isTrafalgar Square, our next stop.
12:00 am
It’s been a beautiful evening, hasn’t it?
1. Where can you visit aGuardians of the Galaxyfilming location?
A. In theSt Paul’s Cathedral.
B. On theMillenniumBridge.
C. In the Borough Market.
D. On the Golden Jubilee Bridges.
2. What can be learned about the Borough Market?
A. It is far fromLondonBridge.
B. It is related to a famous song.
C. It is an ideal place for dinner.
D. It is a modern open-air market.
3. What is the main purpose of the text?
A. To showLondon’s color1 ful culture.
B. To introduce the scenery inLondon.
C. To ask people to do outdoor activities.
D. To recommend a night tour inLondon.
B
Once a rich and clever boy had practically everything a boy could want, so he was not interested in most toys. But he couldn't get a very old mirror, and heconvinced his parents to buy it from mysterious（神秘的）old man. When the mirror arrived home, the boy went to see his reflection in it. His face looked very sad indeed. He tried smiling and making funny faces, but his reflection continued with its sad expression. "What a terrible mirror! It's the first time I've seen a mirror that didn't work properly!" the boy jumped violently.
That same afternoon he went into the street to play and bought a few toys, but on his way to the park he saw a little girl who was crying her heart out. The girl was crying so much and looked so lonely that the rich boy went over to help her and to see what had happened. The little girl told him that she had lost her parents.
Together the two set off in search of the parents. As the little girl wouldn't stop crying, the boy spent his money buying her sweets to cheer her up. Finally, after much walking, they found her parents who were much worried and were looking for her everywhere.
The rich boy said goodbye to them. As it was getting late, he decided to head for home, without being able to play. At home, he went to his room, and noticed a shining light in the corner, the same corner he had left the mirror in. Seeing this, he went over to the mirror, and realised that the light was coming from his own body, so radiant（闪亮的）with happiness he had become.
And so he understood the mystery of that mirror, the only mirror which could faithfully reflect the true joy of its owner. He realised it was true. He felt very happy at having helped that little girl. And since then, each morning when he looked in that mirror and failed to see a special shine, he knew what he had to do to bring it back.
4. How did the boy feel when he first looked into the mirror?
A. Embarrassed.
B. Angry.
C. Worried.
D. Delighted.
5. Why was the little girl crying so hard?
A. She couldn't find her parents.
B. She couldn't get the mysterious mirror.
C. Her parents couldn't buy toys for her.
D. The boy refused to give his toys to her.
6. What could the boy see in the mirror after he went back from the park?
A. A shining toy.
B. A broken mirror.
C. His happy face.
D. The lovely girl.
7. What is the purpose of this text?
A. To tell us a horrible story.
B. To introduce to us a strange mirror.
C. To warn us not to be selfish.
D. To encourage us to help others.
C
The secrets of dreaming are always interesting psychologists. It is generally acknowledged in the field that dreams people have during this time betweenchildhood and full adulthood, that’s around 30, are the strongest and most influential. Yet not enough is known about the repeated patterns of dreaming. Researchers are still trying to answer a basic question: How does dreaming relate to the life experiences and developmental challenges?
G. William Domhoff and Adam Schneider, at theUniversityofCalifornia, help to answer this question by examining the lengthy dream series of two individuals, “Izzy” and “Jasmine”. Izzy provided a collection of 4, 329 dream reports from between the ages of 12 and 25, while Jasmine provided 664 dreams recorded between the ages of 14 and 25.
Large collections of dreams like these pose challenges to researchers. Until recently, the means of studying dream series was to employ a team of recorders who take the time to code each dream for a predetermined(预先确定的)number of content categories, and then compare their results. Nowadays, digital technologies enable the analysis of language usage in dreams with high speed, accuracy, and objectivity. This marks a revolutionary advance in the science of dreaming. However,itcan only lead so far.
To gain more specific and detailed insights, Domhoff and Schneider tailored word strings(词串)for each dreamer, mixing elements of traditional research with digital tools for analyzing large data sets. For Izzy these word strings included “family and s”, “celebrities” and “fantasy”, while the word strings they created for Jasmine included “familiar places,” electrical equipment” and “music”. The researchers used these word strings to identify connections between their dreams and real lives. Surprisingly, the results of the analysis revealed a great deal of consistency(一致性)and continuity in both sets of dreams. Izzy pays much attention to pop culture, and has
affection for famous actors. Jasmine is an accomplished musician and performer.
“The frequencies of dream elements show the intensity(强度)of the dreamer’s personal concern with that element in waking thought,” Domhoff and Schneider conclude. For anyone who still claims dreaming is merely random nonsense from the brain and mental world, these findings are hard to explain away.
8. What do psychologists agree with about dreams?
A. Dreams are influenced by life experiences.
B. Dreaming is never nonsense from the brain.
C. Dreams in one’s teens and twenties are strongest.
D The patterns of dreaming are usually repeated.
9. What does “it” underlined in paragraph 3 refer to?
A. The collection of dreams.
B. Research into dreaming.
C. The digital method.
D. The challenge for psychologists.
10. How do the researchers conduct their study?
A. By analyzing large data sets.
B. By developing individualized word strings.
C. By identifying the patterns of dreaming.
D. By making comparison with traditional research.
11. Which can be the best title for the text?
A. New tech, new finding
B. Dreams: reflections of waking reality
C. Lives, languages, dreams
D. Life experiences: elements of mental world
D
Chinese archaeologists（考古学家）announced on Saturday that some new major discoveries have been made at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in Southwest China, helping uncover another start of the Chinese civilization.
Archaeologists have found six new sacrificial pits（祭祀坑）and unearthed more than 500 treasures dating back 3,000 years at the Sanxingdui Ruins in Sichuan Province. So far, archaeologists have unearthed masses of important cultural items from four of the pits, including pieces of gold masks, gold foil, bronze（青铜）masks,
bronze trees and large numbers of ivories. The rest of the newly discovered pits arc still being dug up.
“Surprisingly, we have unearthed some never — heard — of — before bronze items," said Lei Yu, from the Sichuan Archaeology Research Institute. 'Tor instance, some large and well-made bronze items have strange-looking dragon or cow designs on them.”
In another major discovery, relics of silk products were found for the first time at Sanxingdui, which shows “the ancient Shu Kingdom was one of the important starts of silk in ancient China" according to Tang Fei, head of the digging team.
The new pits sit next to two sacrificial pits discovered in 1986, with areas ranging between 3o square meters and 19 square meters. Together they form an area in which people of the ancient Shu civilization held ceremonies to offer sacrifices to heaven, earth and their forefathers, and prayed for good luck and peace.
The Sanxingdui Ruins is regarded as one of the greatest archaeological finds of mankind in the 20th century. The site was accidentally discovered by a farmer in the 1920s. The ruins are located in the city ofGuanghan, about 60 kilometers fromChengduand are believed to be the relics of theShuKingdom.
12. What can we learn from the text?
A. Totally there are 500 treasures unearthed.
B. Six new sacrificial pits are under repair.
C. The unearthed treasures date from 3000 years ago.
D. There are six sacrificial pits at Sanxingdui.
13. What does the discovery of the relics of silk products mean?
A. Chinese civilization was widely influential.
B.AncientShuKingdomwas also the home of silk.
C. Chinese silk has a much longer history than known.
D.ShuKingdombelonged toChinasince ancient times.
14. What was the main function of the sacrificial pits?
A. To celebrate festivals.
B. To store valuable items.
C. To bury important figures.
D. To hold sacrifice ceremonies.
15. Who first discovered the Sanxingdui Ruins?
A. A farmer.
B. Lei Yu
C. Tang Fei.
D. Archaeologists.
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As a child grows up，you may wonder how you can teach him to become a respectful adult.____16____A child who learns to respect not only learns to receive respect from others in kind，but also learns to respect himself.
◆Show himrespect.
This is the best way to teach your child how to respect others. Listen to your child attentively and he will learn to listen to you，understanding how important this is in communication.
◆____17____
The more you say“please”and“thank you”to your child, the more likely he will learn to use them.Politeness then becomes a normal part of any conversation.
◆Agree to disagree
____18____Explain your decision so that he will understand you and expect respectful responses. Disagreeing with you doesn’t necessarily mean disobedience.
◆Control your impulse(冲动) to overreact.
When a situation arises，stay calm and keep in mind that you are supposed to be modeling correct behavior.____19____
◆Praise，praise，praise!
So much is focused on what a child does wrong andhow to correct it that his accomplishments are not celebrated enough.____20____
A. Try to remember that a child won’t always agree with you.
B. Respectful behavior is always accompanied by bad behavior as a child.
C. If he sees you lose your temper, he is more likely to respond that way in future.
D. Respect is necessary for a meaningful and successful life.
E. A child may act as he pleases, and he will live a happy life.
F. Seeing a child exhibit respectful behavior, make sure he knows how proud you are of him.
G. Teach manners by using polite requests and responses.
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
I was at the market at 5 p.m. to pick up a few essentials: Cream forcoffee, eggs for breakfast and Advil for my___21___. After rushing all day doing jobs, I did not want to be___22___, to say the least. But I told myself it
was my___23___stop before going home to put my feet up.
So I___24___a parking place, grabbed a bag from the trunk and found a shopping cart. That’s when I saw her. She was___25___in a shopping cart. She looked to be maybe 9-months old, short blond curls, blue eyes. I couldn’t take my___26___off her. Then I did what I always do with___27___: I gave her my best smile. It may have looked a bit mad,___28___it comes from my heart.
That’s a(an)___29___I formed long ago when I became a mother. It started with my child, in that___30___, life-changing moment of her birth.
At times, my smile would fade to a look of___31___or worry, but it never left my face for long. I’ve learned that everyone needs a___32___sometimes, young and old, friends and___33___, even those at the market in a rush to get home.
She took her___34___deciding just what to make of my smile. But finally, she___35___. I wish you could have seen her. I laughed and waved goodbye. And she___36___me a kiss. That put a smile on my face that got a smile___37___from every shopper I passed. I was___38___smiling when I got home and realized I’d forgotten to get Advil.___39___, I didn’t need it. My headache was gone.
Somehow, in that simple___40___of smiles, this weary old world becomes a better place. If you’re lucky, maybe they’ll even blow you a kiss and make your headache go away.
21. A. headache B. toothache C. cough D. cold
22. A. walking B. working C. driving D. shopping
23. A. first B. best C. last D. worst
24. A. spotted B. bought C. got D. drew
25. A. sitting B. sleeping C. lying D. standing
26. A. breath B. eyes C. hands D. bag
27. A. shoppers B. children C. girls D. strangers
28. A. because B. so C. and D. but
29. A. hobby B. memory C. experience D. habit
30. A. familiar B. imaginary C. unforgettable D. bitter
31. A. fear B. warmth C. curiousness D. fantasy
32. A. comfort B. smile C. greeting D. respect
33. A. strangers B. families C. enemies D. s
34. A. turn B. toys C. courage D. time
35. A. spoke up B. lit up C. stood up D. backed up
36. A. blew B. waved C. hugged D. gave
37. A. in surprise B. with care C. with fear D. in return
38. A. always B. ever C. still D. just
39. A. Regularly B. Sadly C. Luckily D. Frankly
40. A. discussion B. exchange C. creation D. bargain
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 last time Tokyo hosting the Summer Olympic Games was in 1964.____41.____(welcome) athletes and fans from around the world,some75,000people roared with applause at the opening ceremonies. The athletes snaked through crowds of fans____42.____(wave)flags during the torch relay(火炬传递).
But this year,Tokyo looked and felt nothing____43.____those Games—or any other Olympics of the past. There were no spectators in____44.____Tokyo area. For the first time,an Olympics____45.____(postpone) due to the coronavirus pandemic(流行病)____46.____has spread throughout the world.The 2020 Tokyo Olympics,as it is still branded despite being held in summer2021,was____47.____(large)a virtual and muted（无声的）affair. With a summer resurgence(复苏)of COVID cases in Tokyo and the global rise of the delta variant(变异), Olympics officials in early July decided no ticketed spectators would be allowed at____48.____(compete)in and around Tokyo.
Brand new Olympic venues remained vacant of fans as athletes competed. Marathon runners and race walkers competed in____49.____(silent)without any crowds cheering them on. Perhaps the_____50._____(different) part was that fans could click the“Cheer” button on the Olympics virtual-viewing platform.
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.短文改错
In recently years, the sandstorm in the northern part of China has become more and more common natural disaster. The strong wind blows up some sand, making them difficult for people to go out. Sandstorms are cause by a variety of reason. First, in the past, people feed a great number of sheep. As a result, the sheep ate so many grass that the land turned into deserts. Second, people were not concerning about protecting forests, and cut down many trees, that caused the loss of soil. When it comes to improve the situation, the government starts to stress at the importance of the environment. I believe final the problem will be solved in the near future.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，上周参观了一个机器人展览。

请你给英国朋友Andy写封邮件，和他谈谈此事，内容包括：
1.时间和地点；
2.你的所见所闻；
3.你的收获。

注意：1.词数100左右；
2.开头和结尾已为你写好。

参考答案
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. B
5. A
6. C
7. D
8. C 9. C 10. B 11. B
12. C 13. B 14. D 15. A
16. D 17. G 18. A 19. C 20. F
21. A 22. D 23. C 24. C 25. A 26. B 27. B 28. D 29. D 30. C 31. A 32.
B 33. A 34. D 35. B 36. A 37. D 38.
C 39. C 40. B
41. To welcome
42. waving 43. like
44. the 45. was postponed
46. which##that
47. largely
48. competitions
49. silence
50. most different
51.(1). become后加a
(2). them→it
(3). reason→reasons
(4). feed→fed
(5). many→much
(6). concerning→concerned
(7). that→which
(8). improve→improving
(9). at去掉
(10). final→finally
52.略。