2020年黑龙江省实验中学高三英语期末考试试题及答案解析

2020年黑龙江省实验中学高三英语期末考试试题及答案解析
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
In the 1994 filmForrest Gump, there’s a famous saying, “Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re gonna get.” The surprise is part of the fun. Now blind box toys are bringing the magic of surprise to online shopping.
A blind box toy is hidden inside uniform packaging but invisible from the outside. You don’t know what will be inside, although the toys typically come from pop culture, ranging from movies to comics and cartoons.
Blind boxes have caught on since they were first introduced fromJapantoChinain 2014. According to a 2019 Tmall report, the mini-series of Labubu blind box, designed byHong Kong-born Kasing Lung, was named Champion of Unit Sales with 55,000 sold in just 9 seconds during the Singles Day shopping event. Most customers for blind boxes are young people aged 18 to 35.
According to The Paper, blind box toys are popular in part because of their cute appearances. The typically cute cartoon figurines come in miniature sizes, making them suitable for display almost anywhere.
Even if blind boxes are not their top choice for decorations, the mystery and uncertainty of the process also attracts people. It’s the main reason why people buy blind boxes one after another.
“Fear of the unknown is always a part of the box-opening process,” said Miss Cao, 24, who lives and works inShenyang. Speaking to Sina News, she said: “Until you open all the boxes, you cannot know what it is inside.”
Opening a blind box is a delightful little surprise for our mundane daily lives, something small but fun to wait for each day, week or month. When people open this simple little box, they may be disappointed, but the uncertainty is part of the fun. People will open more blind boxes and hope for a better outcome.
When someone re-makesForrest Gump, don't be surprised if he says, “Life is like a blind box...”
1. Why is the famous saying in the filmForrest Gumpquoted at the beginning?
A. To arouse the readers’ interest.
B. To present the writer’s view.
C. To introduce the topic.
D. To highlight the fun of blind boxes.
2. Which of the following is the main feature that makes blind box so popular?
A. Miniature sizes.
B. Cute appearances.
C. Fear of the unknown.
D. Mystery and uncertainty.
3. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Blind box became popular in 2019 after being first introduced fromJapantoChina.
B. Blind box toys typically originated in pop culture, varying from movies to cartoons.
C. Blind box toys was designed and named by Hong Kong-born Kasing Lung.
D. When people open this simple little box, they will feel disappointed.
B
If there is no difference in general intelligence between boys and girls, what can explain girls’ poor performance in science and math?
It hasbeen suggested that girls do not take math courses, not because they are difficult, but for social reasons. Girls do not want to be in open competition with boys because they are afraid to appear less feminine (女性的) and attractive (有魅力的).
However, there are still more high-achieving boys than girls when taking math exams. This difference appears to be worldwide. Biological explanations have been offered for this, but there are other explanations too.
Perhaps the difference which comes out during the teenage years has its roots in much earlier experiences. From their first days in kindergarten, boys are encouraged to work on their own and to complete tasks. Facts show that outstanding mathematicians and scientists have not had teachers who gave answers.
Besides, there can be little doubt that teachers of math and science expect their boy students to do better at these subjects than their girl students. They even appear to encourage the difference between boys and girls. They spend more time with the boy students, giving them more time to answer questions and working harder to get correct answers from them. They are more likely to call on boys for answers and to allow them to take the lead in classroom discussion. They also praise boys more frequently. All of this seems to encourage boys to work harder in science and math and to give them confidence that they are able to succeed.
Such a way of teaching is not likely to encourage girls to take many math and science courses, nor is it likely to support girls who do. When it comes to these subjects it seems certain that school widens the difference between boys and girls.
4. Why does the author raise a question in paragraph 1?
A. To find differences between boys and girls.
B. To explain the poor performance of girls.
C. To ask readers a question.
D. To introduce the topic.
5. The text mainly discusses ________ reasons for the difference between boys and girls in scientific achievements.
A. biological
B. personal
C. social
D. historical
6. What does the text say about great mathematicians?
A. Their teachers did not offer answers to them.
B. They started learning math at an earlier age.
C. They showed mathematical abilities in their teenage years.
D. Their success resulted from their strong interest in math.
7. The author would probably agree that ________.
A. boys and girls learn in the same way
B. boys and girls are equal in general intelligence
C. girls are more confident in themselves than before
D. girls should take fewer science courses than boys
C
Every racehorse has different abilities．Like humans，some are short- distance runners，while others are marathoners．Figuring out which is which and how to pace them can be the difference between failure in the finish and taking the award home．Jockeys（赛马骑师）and trainers have traditionally relied on centuries of experience and data from previous races to plan their races．
Amandine Aftalion，a mathematician in Paris，thought she could add to that．Since 2013，she has been analyzing the performances of world champion runners like Usain Bolt．She has found that short-distance runners tend to win when they start strong and gradually slow down toward the finish line．Butin medium-distance races，runners perform better when they start strong，settle down，and finish with a burst of speed．Her model shows how those winning strategies maximize the energy output of muscles reliant on two different pathways：powerful aerobic（有氧的）ones that require oxygen，which can be in limited supply during a race，and anaerobic ones，which don't need oxygen but build up waste products that lead to tiredness．
Aftalion wondered which strategy would be best for horses．So she and Quentin Mercier，anothermathematician，took advantage of a new GPS tracking tool inserted in French racing saddles（马鞍）．The two studied patterns in many races at the Chantilly racetracks north of Paris and developed a model that accounted for winning strategies for three different races：a short one(1，300 meters)，a medium one (1,900 meters)，and a slightly longer one (2,100 meters)，all with different starting points on the same track．The model
takes into account not just different race distances，but also the size or friction fromthe track surface．The results might surprise jockeys who hold horses back early for bursts of energy in the last finish．Instead，a strong start leads to a better finish，the team found．“That doesn't mean those jockeys are wrong，though．If the start is too strong，it can bedevastatingas well，leaving the horse tired by the end，” Aftalion says．
8. What should a runner do to get an award according to the text?
A. Make a good start．
B. Plan for the race early．
C. Run slowly on the starting line．
D. Try runningquickly all the time．
9. What formed the basis for Aftalion's studying horse race?
A The experience and data from previous horse races．
B. The benefit of knowing horses' different abilities．
C. The success in studying runners' winning strategies．
D. The performance of horses on different race distances．
10. What does the underlined word“devastating”in the last paragraph mean?
A. Boring．
B. Damaging．
C. Astonishing．
D. Puzling．
11. What can we infer from the text?
A. Runners have the same energy output of muscles．
B. Aftalion's findings may help horses to win the race．
C. What Jockeys and trainers do makes no sense to horses．
D. World champion runners made a contribution to the study．
D
Pigeons inLondonhave a bad reputation. Some people call them flying rats. And many blame them for causing pollution with their droppings. But now the birds are being used to fight another kind of pollution in this city of 8.5 million.
“The problem for air pollution is that it’s been largely ignored as an issue for a long time,” says Andrea Lee, who works for the London-based environmental organization Client Earth. “People don’t realize how bad it is, and how it actually affects their health.”London’s poor air quality is linked to nearly 10,000 early deaths a year. Lee says, citing(引用)a report released by the city manager last year. If people were better informed about the pollution they’ re breathing, she says, they could pressure the government to do something about it.
Nearby, on a windy hill inLondon’s Regent’s Park, an experiment is underway that could help—the first week of flights by the Pigeon Air Patrol. It all began when Pierre Duquesnoy, the director for DigitasLBi, a marketing firm,
won a London Design Festival contest last year to show how a world problem could be solved using Twitter. Duquesnoy, fromFrance, chose the problem of air pollution.
“Basically, I realized how important the problem was,” he says. “But also I realized that most of the people around me didn’t know anything about it.” Duquesnoy says he wants to better measure pollution, while at the same time making the results accessible to the public through Twitter.
“So”, he wondered, “how could we go across the city quickly collecting as much data as possible?” Drones were his first thought. But it’s illegal to fly them overLondon. “But pigeons can fly aboveLondon, right?” he says. “They live—actually, they are Londoners as well. So, yeah, I thought about using pigeons equipped with mobile apps. And we can use not just street pigeons, but racing pigeons, because they fly pretty quickly and pretty low.”
So it might be time for Londoners to have more respect for their pigeons. The birds may just be helping to improve the quality of the city’s air.
12. What can we infer aboutLondon’s air quality from Paragraph 2?
A. Londoners are very satisfied with it.
B. The government is trying to improve it.
C Londoners should pay more attention to it.
D. The government has done a lot to improve it.
13. Duquesnoy attended the London Design Festival to _________.
A. entertain Londoners.
B. solve a world problem.
C. design a product for sale.
D. protect animals like pigeons.
14. Why did Duquesnoy give up using drones to fly acrossLondon?
A. Because they are too expensive.
B. Because they fly too quickly.
C. Because they are forbidden.
D. Because they fly too high.
15. Which can be the best title for the text?
A. Clean air inLondon.
B. London’s dirty secret.
C. London’s new pollution fighter.
D. Causes of air pollution inLondon.
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There is no way to make somebody stop smoking, and just like with users of any drug, it is very unlikely that a person will stop unless he or she wants to.____16____.
Step One:Make observations
Smoking can affect memory and make it difficult for smokers to focus at work or school. Other bad effects that you may notice include:____17____? Is she getting sick more often than she used to?
Step Two: Approach the person
Write down your concerns using “I” statements, such as “I feel sad that when you smoke, you give up your artwork.” It's best to approach the person in this manner instead of using attacking “you” statements like,____18____”.
Express your concerns using the statements you wrote down. Tell him you will be there to support him if and when he decides to give up smoking. He will likely give you one of three responses:
He wants to quit.
He doesn't want to quit.
He wants to stop, but not yet.
____19____. If he says he does want to stop, go on with the next step. If not, they will have to be revisited later when he is ready.
Step Three:____20____
People can become physically dependent on smoking. However, symptoms only appear after some time of quitting smoke, since the nicotine can stay in the system for a long period of time. This causes some who are addicted to believe that they are not actually addicted and to start using again.
A.Give them more time to relax
B.Prevent him giving up halfway
C.Does he realize the harm of smoking
D.Does this person appear more nervous
E.You are lazy because you smoke too much
F.You must be willing to calmly accept any of these responses
G.But there are steps you can take to support a friend or family member
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My life turned a corner two years before. I realized, my first and real enthusiasm is writing___21___. As a child, I was introvert (内向的) , and basically a bookworm. The only thing I wished for, was___22___, and I used to finish them as quickly as I could. Along with reading, I loved___23___— but at that time, it was mainly prose (散文)! My love for writing started with writing journals, and___24___. Even before my teens, I had___25___in many
countries, and then technology wasn't as___26___as it isnow. I guess my letters were quite poetic and charming, because my pen-friends told me that they___27___my letters even after I stopped writing to them as___28___was expensive!
Then my following life wasn't poetic anymore! I___29___pouring my emotions in journals or diaries. Many years passed! Was poetry my passion? Probably! One day two years earlier, one of my childhood friends wrote to me, “Hi there! How many books have you____30____ever since?”
That communication suddenly____31____me up, and lit my dream that I was eager to publish my own collection of poems. The____32____from my childhood came back, I____33____who I was. At that moment, I felt very excited and within a (n)____34____moment, I wrote my first poem! That poem was actually____35____, may be one of the best of what I have written so far!
After that first____36____, I realized what my real passion was! And poems started coming one after another! Sometimes I got up at____37____, and thought about some lines! And I had to write them____38____, otherwise these lines will slide away!
The terrible epidemic (流行病)____39____me to write several poems, which may____40____indescribable sufferings of people.
21. A.songs B.novels C.poems D.journals
22. A.books B.pictures C.toys D.clothes
23. A.drawing B.dancing C.swimming D.writing
24. A.reports B.articles C.letters D.words
25. A.pen-friends B.classmates C.s D.workers
26. A.backward B.convenient C.important D.simple
27. A.burned B.threw C.tore D.preserved
28. A.price B.postage C.water D.gas
29. A.forgot B.avoided C.missed D.enjoyed
30. A.bought B.sold C.published D.learned
31. A.picked B.woke C.turned D.brought
32. A.memories B.trouble C.sufferings D.happiness
33. A.treasured B.admitted C.remembered D.challenged
34. A.hard B.proud C.long D.emotional
35. A.strange B.dull C.good D.disappointing
36. A.experience B.job C.meeting D.conversation
37. A.table B.noon C.home D.midnight
38. A.nervously B.calmly C.immediately D.slowly
39. A.inspired B.advised C.told D.introduce
40. A.achieve B.reduce C.strengthen D.develop
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
Do you know why autumn has two names? Actually, "autumn" appeared first in English in the 1300s, coming from the Latin word "autumnus". "Autumn" caught on quickly, likely because it replaced the_____41._____(origin) name –"harvest". As you might imagine, when crops were collected from the fields, calling the season "harvest" might make people_____42._____(confuse) because "harvest" is also the name for the act_____43._____(it).
So "autumn" appeared instead of "harvest". Then the term, "autumn",_____44._____was referred to the season between summer and winter, lasted for a couple of_____45._____(century). "Fall" as a name for the season came about sometime in the 1500s, a shortened version of the very poetic phrase for "the fall of leaves". The English phrase had true meaning of the season without leading_____46._____any confusion. Not even a century later, the phrase became a simple word: fall.
Around this same time, the English language_____47._____(travel) across the globe as Britain expanded, and it was going through some changes, as many languages did. This was_____48._____(particular) true in the American colonies. Some English words changed in the US, whether in terms of spelling_____49._____in terms of generalusage. In the mid-1800s, British and American English speakers further developed in different ways and "fall" was the common word for "autumn" in the US, while autumn______50.______(regard) as the word for fall in England.
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。

I am from Wisconsin, and while we meet someone for the first time, we usually shake hand. Well, I had big surprise in Belgium. When I was introduced to my friend ’s brother, something was happened, which made me felt uncomfortable. I said “Hi” to him, extending his hand and he came up to me and kissed me on the cheek, not once, and three times, going from one cheek with the other! Of course, I went red and they started laugh at me. In Belgium, it’s common to greet someone by kissing three times. How vastly differently kissing traditions are across the world!
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假如你是李华，你的英国好朋友Tom来信说，每次遇到重要考试,他都会感到不安，想让你给他提一些建议。

请你用英语给他写一封回信，信的内容应包括以下要点：
1.考前制定好复习计划；
2.考试期间正常作息；
3.睡前洗热水澡、喝热牛奶等有助于睡眠。

注意:
1.根据以上内容写一篇短文，不要逐字翻译，可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。

2.词数100左右。

Dear Tom,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. C
2. D
3. B
4. D
5. C
6. A
7. B
8. B 9. C 10. B 11. B
12. C 13. B 14. C 15. C
16. G 17. D 18. E 19. F 20. B
21. C 22. A 23. D 24. C 25. A 26. B 27. D 28. B 29. D 30. C 31. B 32.
A 33. C 34. D 35. C 36. A 37. D 38. C 39. A 40. B
41. original
42. confused
43. itself 44. which
45. centuries
46. to 47. was traveling
48. particularly
49. or 50. was regarded
51.(1). while→when
(2). hand→ hands
(3). big前加a
(4).去掉happened前的was
(5). felt→feel
(6). his→my
(7). and→but
(8). with→to
(9). started后加to
(10). differently→different 52.略。