2020-2021学年南京大学附属中学高三英语上学期期中试卷及答案

2020-2021学年南京大学附属中学高三英语上学期期中试卷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
One day when I was 5, my mother blamed me for not finishing my rice and I got angry. I wanted to play outside and not to be made to finish eating my old rice. When angrily opening the screen door (纱门) with my foot, I kicked back about a 12-inch part of the lower left hand corner of the new screen door. But I had no regret, for I was happy to be playing in the backyard with my toys.
Today, I know if my child had done what I did, I would have blamed my child, and told him about how expensive this new screen door was, and I would have delivered a spanking (打屁股) for it. However, my parents never said a word. They left the corner of the screen door pushed out, creating an opening, in the defense against unwanted insects.
For years, every time I saw that corner of the screen, it would constantly make me think about my mistake. For years, I knew that everyone in my family would see that hole and remember who did it. For years, every time I saw a fly buzzing (嗡嗡) in the kitchen, I would wonder if it came in through the hole that I had created with my angry foot. Iwould wonder if my family members were thinking the same thing, silently blaming me every time a flying insect entered our home, making life more terrible for us all. My parents taught me a valuable lesson, one that a spanking or stern (严厉的) words perhapscould not deliver. Their silent punishment for what I had done delivered a hundred stern messages to me. Above all, it has helped me become a more patient person and not burst out so easily.
1. When the author damaged the door, his parents _______.
A. gave him a spanking
B. left the door unrepaired
C. told him how expensive it was
D. blamed him for what he had done
2. The experience may cause the author _______.
A. not to go against his parents’ will
B. to have a better control of himself
C. not to make mistakes in the future
D. to hide his anger away from others
3. What is the main idea of this text?
A. Parents is the best way to solve problems.
B. Parents are the best teachers of their children.
C. Adults should ignore their children’s bad behavior.
D. Silent punishment may have a better effect on educating people.
B
Conducting interviews for news stories is an important skill for any journalist. To start, do as much research as you can and prepare a list of questions to ask. Once the interview starts, try to develop a rapport(融洽的关系) with your "source"—anyone a journalist interviews, but don't waste your time. If your source starts to talk about things that are clearly of no use to you, don't be afraid to gently but firmly turn the conversationback to the topic at hand.
It's an old debate among journalists: Which works better when interviewing a source, taking notes (the old-fashioned way) or using a cassette or digital voice recorder? Both have their advantages and disadvantages. A reporter's notebook and a pen or pencil are the easy-to-use, time-honored tools of the interviewing trade, while recorders enable you to get everything someone says word for word. Which works better? It depends on what kind of story you're doing.
Many beginning reporters complain that with a notepad and pen, they can never take down everything a source says in an interview. But you don't have to note everything down. Keep in mind that you're probably not going to use everything they say in your story. So don't worry if youlet slipa few things.
So you've done a long interview with a source, you have pages of notes, and you're ready to write. But chances are you'll only be able to choose a few quotes from that information collected directly from the source. Which ones should you use? Reporters often talk about using only "good" quotes for their stories, but what does this mean? Broadly speaking, when someone says something interesting, and says it in an interesting way, that can make a good quote.
4. What is a journalist advised to do during an interview?
A. Be gentle with the source.
B. Carry on a long conversation.
C. Make the conversation interesting.
D. Prevent the conversation being off-topic.
5. What do the underlined words "let slip" in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. give away
B. leave out
C. get rid of
D. take up
6. What is considered as a good quote for a reporter?
A. A direct quote.
B. An important point of view.
C. A piece of basic information.
D. Something funny a source says interestingly.
7. What is the text mainly about?
A. The job of a journalist.
B. The process of interviewing.
C Some facts about interviewing. D. The relationship between a journalist and a source.
C
Put your hand over your heart and sit very still. You may notice that the sound of your heartbeat is similar to the beat of a drum. Your heart starts beating before you are born and continues throughout your life. For this reason, the beating of a drum stands for the rhythm of life for many people around the world.
InGhana, a country inAfrica, many schools use drums instead of bells to show the beginning and ending of class. Through the drum, the children ofGhanaalso learn about their history and culture. They hear old stories passed on through the music of the drum. The stories of the drum also teach children games, rules and lessons about behavior.
For thousands of years inAfrica, drums have been used to tell stories of daily life and history. Drums told the coming of a king, the start of a war, or the birth of a child. They also allowed people to share messages. But how does a drum tell a story?
InWest Africa, the most common drum used for communication is called a “talking drum”. By making higher orlower drum sounds, the drummer can make the drum “talk”.
In many African languages, words go up and down in pitch (高音) when they are spoken, almost like a song. Depending on the pitch or tone (音调), the same sound can have many different meanings. For example, when spoken with two low tones, the African word “ilu” means “drum”. When spoken with one high and one low tone, “ilu” means “town”.
Drum language works in the same way. Just as in spoken language, the word “ilu” has different meanings depending on how it’s drummed. When “ilu” is drummed with two beats using low tones, the word means “drum”. When “ilu” is drummed with two beats using one high and one low tone, it means “town”.
Drummers create “words” to build ideas, sentences and stories. The next time you hear a song, listen for the heartbeat within the music. Can you hear the story of the drum?
8. The first paragraph mainly tells us________.
A. drums beat like our hearts
B. drums have a long history
C. drums are widely used in the world
D. drums are important for many people worldwide
9. From the text, we learn that inGhanadrums________.
A. are not as useful as before
B. teach children a lot of things
C. help bring the war to an end
D. are used in class by teachers
10. The example of the African word “ilu” is used to show________.
A. how a word can have different sounds
B. how to speak African languages
C. how a drum tells stories
D. how to beat a drum
11. What would be the best title for the text?
A. Know the history of the drum
B. Listen to the story of the drum
C. Beat the drum of life
D. Love me, love my drum
D
William had worked hard to pass the exams to enter high school. When the term began, however, his father told him that there was no money to pay for his school fees because of the summer drought. Still, William wanted to learn.
He made the village library his school. One day, he found a book calledUsing Energy. On the book’s cover was a picture of windmills, tall steel towers with blades (叶片) spinning like giant fans. He learned that wind—something of which his hometown had plenty—could produce electricity.
He couldn’t help picturing his own windmill in mind, but collecting the parts and tools he needed would take months. In a junkyard, he dug through piles of used metal, old cars, and worn-out tractors, searching for anything that might help him construct his machine. He made four-foot-long blades from plastic pipe, which he melted over a fire, flattened out, and hardened with bamboo poles.
Earning some money, he paid a blacksmith to attach the piston (活塞) to the pedal sprocket (踏板链轮) of an old bicycle frame. This would be the axle (轮轴) of the windmill. When the wind blew, the spinning blades would turn the bicycle wheel and spin a small dynamo (发电机), donated by his friend.
When he had collected all the parts, William began putting them together. He fixed the blades to the tractor fan he found, using washers (垫圈) he’d made from bottle caps. Next he pushed the fan onto the piston joint to the bicycle frame. With the help of his two best friends, Williambuilt a 16-foot-tall tower from trunks of trees and lifted the ninety-pound windmill to the top.
The big moments eventually came. He climbed up the tower and connected two wires that held a small bulb. As the wind whipped around him, the blades began to turn, slowly at first, then faster and faster. The light bulb
flickered (闪烁), then flashed to life. The crowd cheered from below. “Wachitabwina (well done)!”
William’s machine now powered his house. And the story of the boy who’d built a power-generating windmill to rescue his family from the drought spread across the Internet.
12. After readingUsing Energy, what did William decide to do?
A. Make use of wind.
B. Enter a high school.
C. Build a village library.
D. Learn to survive a drought.
13. According to Para.3, which of the following word can best describe William?
A. Humorous.
B. Determined.
C. Cooperative.
D. Friendly.
14. What can you learn about William’s machine?
A. It was built by villagers.
B. It worked at the first attempt.
C. It took him years to complete it.
D. It was made from metal materials.
15. What is the besttitle for the passage?
A. Winds Of Hope
B. Ideas Worth Spreading
C. Learning from Experience
D. Windmills for Villages
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Fear of missing out or FOMO is characterized by “a desire to stay continually connected with what others are doing”.
Researchers have found that FOMO leads us to check social media more frequently, leading to a negative cycle that can be hard to break.____16____Your mood will be easily influenced by others and your life starts to be controlled by the outside world. However, the situation can be improved if you take the following advice.
____17____Try to reduce our screen time, focus on building your own path to success and do what you like. Live in the moment, you will find nothing is missing out in our life!
It is common to post on social media to keep a record of the fun things you do.____18____If this is the case, you may try to keep a personal journal of your best memories, either online or on paper. Keeping a journal can help you to shift your focus from public approval to private appreciation of the things that make your life great.____19____
You may find yourself seeking a greater connection when you are feeling depressed or anxious, and this is healthy. Feelings of loneliness are actually our brain’s way of telling us that we want to seek out greater connections with others and increase our sense of belonging.____20____Talking with families, making plans with a good friend, or creating a group outing that can help you to shake that feeling that you are missing out.
A. You actually can’t miss anything.
B. Especially the young are addicted to the social media.
C. Rather than focusing on what you lack, try noticing what you have.
D. This shift can sometimes help you to get out of the cycle of FOMO.
E. As a result, it will lead to feelings of depression, loneliness, and boredom.
F. However, you may find yourself noticing too much about people’s opinion on your experiences online.
G. Rather than connect with people on social media, why not arrange to meet up with someone in person?
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When I was two years old, I lost my father forever, who had a traffic accident and passed away. Three years later, my mother____21____from serious health problems, leaving me to care for her. This____22____reversed (翻转)our roles as child and caretaker. While I knew my mother was sick, I____23____that everything would be okay.____24____, in 1997 everything went terribly____25____, and my life changed forever.
Adoption(收养) is a(n)____26____word to a five-year-old child, but when I realized that my mother had signed me over to____27____, I felt it was the ultimate betrayal(背叛). I suffered from shock,____28____, and confusion as I attempted to____29____my new family. I did learn to love my new parents though I couldn't_____30_____my mother for betraying me. Hearing people tell me that she did it in my best interest and that she actually loved me, I felt even bitter. I firmly believed that_____31_____she had truly loved me she would have made it work for our little family.
However, the older I got, the more I began to understand how_____32_____our situation had been. We had been_____33_____boxes of noodles. I have started to understand the_____34_____she put me up for adoption, and that she really did save me.
Only recently have I begun to_____35_____how a mother could give her child to strangers, and Irealize now what a sacrifice(牺牲) it must have been for her to let me go. She was_____36_____, but even in her state she understood that she was pulling me down with her. She loved me_____37_____anything, so she wanted me to have a chance in life, one she realized she could no longer_____38_____me. When I look back now, I
am_____39_____to her. Even though I hated her for a long time, I now know my life has been a special gift only because she was_____40_____enough to give me up.
21. A. recovered B. suffered C. benefited D. prevented
22. A. connection B. direction C. occupation D. situation
23. A. recognized B. explained C. admitted D. believed
24. A. Otherwise B. Therefore C. However D. Besides
25. A. well B. wrong C. mad D. common
26. A. exact B. right C. warm D. foreign
27. A. strangers B. cousins C. friends D. neighbors
28. A. cold B. hunger C. tiredness D. anger
29. A. adjust to B. worry about C. give up D. search for
30. A. forgive B. convince C. represent D. consult
31. A. although B. If C. since D. unless
32. A. familiar B. simple C. terrible D. independent
33. A. throwing away B. charging for C. surviving on D. dreaming of
34. A. reasons B. risks C. rules D. results
35. A. remember B. understand C. ignore D. describe
36. A. upset B. polite C. sick D. calm
37. A. other than B. rather than C. more than D. less than
38. A. offer B. lend C. control D. teach
39. A. similar B. grateful C. equal D. rude
40. A. curious B. patient C. modest D. selfless
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
DunhuangCaves, which are____41.____(protect) ancient treasures in the Gobi desert in a remote part ofNorthwest China, are filled____42.____invaluable paintings and sculptures. This Buddhist artwork____43.____(create) over a period of around 1,000 years.
The good news for art lovers who cannot travel, and for the caves____44.____(they) is that scientists have created____45.____360-degree, 3D digital projection (投影) of the caves. The projection has interactive____46.____(feature) that make the artwork____47.____(come) alive. There is also a
function____48.____lets viewers zoom in (镜头拉近) and see the paintings and sculptures in____49.____(great) detail.
Digitising ancient art allows us to explore the practices of long ago. It also makes the art____50.____(access) to the world while protecting the original artworks for the future.
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处错误，每句中最多有两处。

错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加:在缺词处加一个漏词符号(Ʌ)，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限一词;
只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Today I'd like to talk about the approaches to express love to parents. Recently I have moved by an advertisement, that encourages people to go home more often. I think it doesn't cost too many to show our love to our parents.
First, do not just visit them during holidays or at weekends. Second, it is suggested that we must take them to travel, making them relaxed. Finally, we'd better to have a chat with them, hoping to exchange idea with them. With a word, it's never too late to express their love to parents. It's why our parents need care and love from us.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你叫李华，是班上的英语课代表。

你班外教Peter因外出开会请你代他在班上发一个关于课后作业的英语通知，内容如下：
1.写一篇关于中国茶文化的短文；
2.同学间交换并修改错误；
3.作业上交时间。

注意：1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考答案
1. B
2. B
3. D
4. B
5. A
6. B
7. B
8. D 9. B 10. C 11. B
12. A 13. B 14. B 15. A
16. E 17. C 18. F 19. D 20. G
21. B 22. D 23. D 24. C 25. B 26. D 27. A 28. D 29. A 30. A 31. B 32.
C 33. C 34. A 35. B 36. C 37. C 38. A 39. B 40. D
41. protected
42. with 43. was created
44. themselves
45. a 46. features
47. come 48. that##which
49. greater
50. accessible
51.(1). express → expressing
(2).have 后加been
(3). that → which
(4). many → much
(5). 删除must 或把must 改→ should
(6). 删除to
(7). idea → ideas
(8). With → In
(9).their → our
(10). why → because
52.略。