2019-2020学年张家口市第一中学高三英语下学期期中试题及参考答案

2019-2020学年张家口市第一中学高三英语下学期期中试题及参考答
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
Personal Time Off(PTO)is something my wife and I created after having kids. We learned that，over time，a full life can leave little time for personal rest and for reflection，hanging out with friends，or just being“off. ”So，after a number of years，we make a change. If I can persuade you to take your own PTO，then these might help.
■Schedule it
First of all，one of our favorite family sayings is“schedule it. ”Sounds easy enough，but life gets complicated managing full-time work and full-time family. Put yourPTO time on the calendar and you make it a real thing.
■Be flexible and strict
If you can schedule PTO at the same time each week，then all the better. Because our calendar can get rather full，flexibility in scheduling becomes a necessity. But being strict in actually taking the time each week is more important. Skipping it once makes it easier to skip again.
■Take enough time
My typical PTO lasts a couple of hours or longer. Sometimes it might be half the day depending on what I’m doing. The goal is to spend enough time away to1et your shoulders drop.
■Do what you want to do
Remember，PTO time is about personal time to do what you want to do，not what you have to do. PTO time is about relaxation. Grab a friend and get a beer. Work can wait until tomorrow.
1.What can be the first step to take the PTO?
A.Persuade the family.
B.Have a personal rest.
C.Ask friends for advice.
D.Make a time plan.
2.What does the underlined part“let your shoulders drop”probably mean?
A.Get you more focused.
B.Have you feel relaxed.
C.Shake your shoulders often.
D.Make you feel more stressed.
3.What does the text mainly talk about?
A.Tips on how to take your time off
B.Skills to manage work and family
C.Advice on how to free yourself
D.Ways of scheduling your work
B
While the start of a new school year is always exciting, this year was even more so for some elementary school students inAuckland,New Zealand. They became the world’s first kids to be “taught” by a digital teacher.Before you start imagining a human-like robot walking around the classroom, Will is just an avatar that appears on the student’s desktop, or smartphone screen, when ordered to come.
The autonomous animation platform has been modeled after the human brain and nervous system, allowing it to show human-like behavior. The digital teacher is assigned to teach Vector’s “Be sustainable with energy”— a free program forAucklandelementary schools.
Just like the humans it replaced, Will is able to instantly react to the students’ responses to the topic. Thanks to a webcam and microphone, the avatar not only responds to questions the kids may have, but also picks up non-verbal cues. For instance, if a student smiles at Will, he responds by smiling back. This two-way interaction not only helps attract the students’ attention, but also allows the program’s developers to monitor their engagement, and make changes if needed.
Nikhil Ravishankar believes that Will-like avatars could be a novel way to catch the attention of the next generation. He says, “I have a lot of hope in this technology as a means to deliver cost-effective, rich, educational experience in the future.”
The program, in place since August 2018, has been a great success thus far. Ravishankar says, “ What was fascinating to me was the reaction of the children to Will. The way they look at the world is so creative and different, and Will really captured their attention.” However, regardless of how popular it becomes, Will is unlikely to replace human educators any time soon.
4. What was special for some elementary school students inAuckland?
A. A digital teacher taught them.
B. They first saw something digital.
C. This was the start of a new school year.
D. They could get close to smartphone screen.
5. What is the benefit of this two-way interaction?
A. It can smile back.
B. It can use microphone.
C. It can talk any topic for free.
D. It can change if necessary.
6. What’s Ravishankar’s attitude to Will’s replacing Human educators soon?
A. Optimistic.
B. Doubtful.
C. Unclear.
D. Disapproving.
7. What might be the best title for the passage?
A. New High-tech Contributes to Education
B. The World’s First Digital Teacher Appears in Classroom.
C. The World’s First Digital Teacher, a Help to Students
D.New ZealandWill Replace Teachers in Classrooms
C
There have been many fine films over the past several years aboutcharacters struggling with Alzheimer’s disease. But few of them have gone as deeply and frighteningly into the corners of adeterioratingmind as The Father,a powerful new drama built around a spellbinding performance from Anthony Hopkins.
At this point in his long career,Hopkinswould seem to have exhausted his ability to surprise us, but his work here is nothing short of astonishing. His character, also named Anthony, is 80 years old and has dementia. At the beginning of the movie, his daughter, Anne — played by Olivia Colman — stops by hisLondonapartment to check on him. Her father's condition has taken a turn for the worse, and his temper has become severe enough to send his latest live in nurse packing. Anthony is stubborn and defiant and insists that he can manage on his own. But that's clearly not the case, given his habit of misplacing his things and his inability to remember names and faces, Anne's included.
As The Father goes on, the more it becomes clear that it's his own mind that's playing tricks on him. What makes the movie so unsettling is the way it wires us directly into his subjective experience, so that the foundations of the story seem to shift at random from scene to scene. A man suddenly appears in the apartment, claiming to be Anne's husband, which is odd, since just a few moments earlier, Anne seemed to be single. Anne goes out shopping for groceries, but when she returns, she's played not by Olivia Colman but by another actress, Olivia Williams. Even the apartment itself begins to shift. You notice puzzling differences-wasn't there a lamp on that
hallway table just a moment ago?
The story in The Father may be complicated but it's also heartbreakingly simple: man grows old and loses his memory, and his daughter, after lifetime of love and devotion, must begin the long painful process of saying goodbye.Hopkinsshows us Anthony's struggle to keep his sense about him. It's a striking performance-and an impossible one to forget.
8. What does the underlined word “deteriorating” mean in the first paragraph?
A. Worsening.
B. Narrowing.
C. Recovering.
D. Improving.
9. What do we learn about the character Anthony in the movie?
A. He can take care of himself
B. He drives away the nurses.
C. He is easy-going and forgetful.
D. He lives with his daughter all the time.
10. The shift of scenes in the movie is designed to .
A. build the dramatic tension in the family.
B. show off the well-designed story line.
C. frighten the movie-goers with mysterious plot.
D. involve the viewers into thedisordered memories.
11. What does the author think ofHopkins?
A. He has run out of his talent.
B. He is not suitable for the role
C. He masterly plays the old man.
D. He presents an odd performance.
D
One rainy afternoon, I was on a crosstown bus when ayoung woman jumped on. She had a child with her who must have been about 3 or 4 years old.
The bus was full, bumpy, and it soon got noisy as her kid began crying because he couldn’t sit next to his mother. There were a couple of open seats, but they weren’t together. She wasflusteredand looked embarrassed.
Then another woman, a little older, stood up and moved so that the mother and child could sit together. The mom smiled as a thank-you. And then three words came out of the older woman’s mouth that elevated the entire energy of that bus ride: “I’ve been there”.
Simple, undramatic and honest. In that moment, it seemed to unite people. Why? Because almost all
experiences are shared human experiences. We forget that, as we forge (前进) through life, focused onour own troubles and needs—which are actually less unique than we think. How can these three words create more connection in your life? Ask yourself: “Where am I holding back?
One thing I know for sure is this: Healing others helps heal yourself. I noticed this recently with my friend, Tracy, who took a new friend who had suffered a miscarriage under her wing. Tracy had three of them before having her daughter two years ago. Our intellect needs a doctor to explain the medical side of things, yes. But our souls need human connection to help us along. No one can do that better than someone who has been exactly where you are.
Can the essence of these three words help you make a small difference right now? It can be as simple as volunteering your seat, sharing some helpful advice or even lightening the mood with a joke when you notice that someone’s uncomfortable—because we’re all in this together.
12. The underlined word “flustered” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to _______.
A. angry
B. anxious
C.scared
D. upset
13. What does the woman mean by saying “ I’ve been there”in the third paragraph？
A. The woman was on the bus and saw what had happened to the boy.
B. The woman got to her destination and was ready to get off the bus.
C. The woman once had the similar experience with that mother.
D. The woman took the exact seat that the boy was on just now.
14. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Everyone has his or her own unique problem that is difficult to solve.
B. Doctors can help us get through when we have mental or physical problems.
C. The author’s friend Tracy felt better after she was comforted by her new friend.
D. One can indeed make a difference to those in need of help by doing simple things.
15. The passage isintended to _______.
A. show a harmonious world by telling some touching stories
B. praise those who are willing to help others in emergencies
C. appeal to readers to give timely help to those in need
D. illustrate some ways of helping others in detail
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
If you've ever considered training for a marathon, but you are a bit scared by the idea of 26. 2 miles, here is some motivation.
A slow and steady six-month training program designed to gradually build up endurance, gave a group of novice (新手) runners , ages 21 to 69, an impressive boost to their heart health.____16____Using these images, researchers documented reductions in aortic artery stiffness (大动脉僵硬).
“As you get older, the normal aging process causes changes in your heart and your vessels,"the study author Dr. Bhuva says.“And hardening of the arteries increases the risk of many diseases."____17____Many studies have shown that exercise over a lifetime reduces aortic stiffness.
The training program was a slow build-up over six months. But it turned out that the older, slower runners saw the most benefits, in terms of reducing blood pressure and arterial stiffness. Even among people with existing heart disease, regular physical activity can help improve heart health.____18____
Ready to go? 2 tips to get started with your running goals.
Tip 1: Commit to a specific race or event.
18 million people in the U. S. participated in road races last year. If a marathon sounds frightening, aim for a half or a 5K.____19____Parkrun USA organizes timed 5K races around the country that are free and open to everyone.
Tip 2:____20____
“We normally tell our patients, look, you need to run or exercise, 150 minutes a week. But, of course, that's very boring for people to follow," Bhuva says. When you find a group or a partner to train with, it will be more likely that you'll stick with it.
A. The value of the new marathon study is to show how people can make improvements.
B. Each of the 138 runners received a scan at the beginning and end of the training.
C. And research shows that exercise can help ease anxiety，depression, even sleep disorders.
D. Most people can find a way to be more physically active, whether it is cycling or rowing,
E. But your lifestyle and habits can modify the rate and extent of these changes
F. Find a group or a partner.
G. The simple actof registering may motivate you to start training.
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Joella and Joanna are 20-year-old twins. On April 6, Joella____21____,on Facebook that Joanna was suffering
Leukemia, a type of cancer that____22____the blood and bone marrow（髓）. And she____23____shaved her head alongside her twin sister in a moving video, which has since gone viral.
____24____COVID-19 lockdown（封城）, Joanna was forced to begin her chemotherapy treatments alone in the hospital. ''Without her family there to____25____her hand and wipe her tears when she needs it," Joella said in the____26____. “The only contact we had with her was through video calls and messages," Joella shared. ''It is a(n）____27____time for my family but especially for my____28____"
When Joanna made the difficult decision to shave her head to make her____29____easier, Joella______30______her sister by doing the same. "I couldn't let her______31______it alone so I decided we'll do it together just like everything else we've done together in this______32______" Joella explained. " I______33______you so much, my beautiful sister. You are a fighter and we’ll fight this battle together."
The______34______video, which shows the entire family hugging and wiping away each other's tears as both sisters have their heads shaved, has been______35______by 11 million times, plus more than 140.000______36______from well-wishers around the globe. "Your sister is strong and beautiful," said one______37______. “She will fight this and win."
Joella later______38______a photo of the two sisters smiling, looking______39______with their newly shaven heads. "My first best friend," she______40______the picture. "By your side through it all."
21. A. landed B. found C. announced D. focused
22. A. absorbs B. affects C. cleans D. thickens
23. A. regretfully B. painfully C. hesitantly D. bravely
24. A. Duc to B. According to C. Regardless of D. Rather than
25. A. lift B. give C. shake D. hold
26. A. letter B. video C. interview D. hospital
27. A. special B. hard C. important D. happy
28. A. head . B. hair C. sister D. mother
29. A. treatments B. achievements C. feelings D. movements
30. A. called B. supported C. promised D. accompanied
31. A. go through with B. come up with C. get down to D. go in for
32. A. case B. aspect C. life D. campaign
33. A. love B. envy C. pity D. appreciate
34. A. amusing B. exciting C. amazing D. touching
35. A. noticed B. answered C. collected D. viewed
36. A. visits B. suggestions C. presents D. comments
37. A. user B. customer C. patient D. doctor
38. A. sent B. took C. shared D. compared
39. A. nervous B. happy C. shy D. embarrassed
40. A. signed B. mentioned C. captioned D. described
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
Nowadays 5G is very popular among customers，but China is looking past 5G and intending___41.___(build)a 6G network. China is starting research into 6G，___42.___(make) it one of the first countries to do so. The actual development of 6G wilt___43.___(official) begin in 2020，but the commercial use will have to wait.
The___44.___(arrive)of 5G has attracted a lot of people. It not only brings fast mobile Internet，but also___45.___(enable)us to connect with machines. So___46.___is 6G supposed to bring，especially for ordinary people? For one thing，___47.___will make mobile Internet work at a speed of 1 TB per second，which means you can download around 100 films ___48.___less than one second. For another，6G will connect our devices___49.___(efficiently) than 5G，which makes Internet coverage much wider.
Of course，there is a long way to go yet，_____50._____I believe tomorrow’s Internet is in our hands. Our life in the future will be wonderful and fantastic.
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。

We had a school trip on last Sunday. Hundreds of us took part in it excited.
At 8:00 am, we set out for the top of Jiuhuang Moutain in high spirits. All the way we were chatting,singing and laughing,enjoyed the fresh air and the beautiful sceneries.When someone fall behind,others would come or
offer help. About 2 hours later,we all reached the top.Seeing from there, the river below looked like a thin belt. We were very happy that we jumped and cheered with joy.
The activity benefited us a lot. Not only did we get close to nature, but also we relaxed myself.What wonderful time!
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假设你是李华，昨天你参加了学校组织的英语演讲比赛，并获得了一等奖。

由于刚回美国度假的外籍教师Broke为你的参赛提供了许多帮助，现在你想用英语给他写一封电子邮件。

要点包括：
1.介绍参赛情况；
2.告知获奖；
3.表达获奖感受。

注意：1.词数80左右（开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Brooke,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ______
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. D
2. B
3. A
4. A
5. D
6. D
7. B
8. A 9. B 10. D 11. C
12. D 13. C 14. D 15. C
16. B 17. E 18. C 19. G 20. F
21. C 22. B 23. D 24. A 25. B 26. B 27. B 28. C 29. A 30. D 31. A 32.
C 33. A 34.
D 35. D 36. D 37. A 38. C 39. B 40. C
41. to build
42. making 43. officially
44. arrival
45. enables
46. what 47. it
48. in/ within
49. more efficiently
50. but
51.(1).去掉on
(2).excited→ excitedly
(3).enjoyed→ enjoying
(4).sceneries→ scenery
(5).fall→fell
(6).or→and
(7).Seeing→Seen
(8).very→so。

(9).myself→ourselves。

(10).What 后加上a
52.略。