2020-2021学年开平市忠源纪念中学高三英语下学期期末考试试题及参考答案

2020-2021学年开平市忠源纪念中学高三英语下学期期末考试试题及
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
When you grow up in Voss, outdoor adventures become a way of living. This is why visitors will find outdoor activities for all ages and levels. Many people get the impression that such activities as river sports, air sports and other extreme sports are only for the experts. Actually, you will find many outdoor adventures for those who simply want a taste of these elements in Voss.
◆River Kayaking
The river in Voss are great for river kayaking. If you are a beginner, we advise you to try an introduction course of 3 hours. A course of 2 days can be tested out if you really want to learn the sport of kayaking. Get a totally new experience with one of the best kayak centers inNorway.
Prices From NOK 850 per person
◆Rafting
The most popular summer activity in Voss. Thrilling, fun and suitable for beginners as well as those with experience! Includes transportation, safety instruction, swim test and about8kmof breathtaking rafting starting off in softer steams before getting on to the more exciting streams.
Season Daily May—October
Prices From NOK 1,120
Info All necessary equipment is provided. Please bring your own swimwear and towel.
◆Bavallsekspressen Chair Lift
Explore the mountain by riding the Bavallsekpressen chair lift all the way to the top to get immediate access to a great variety of hiking trails in beautiful scenery. The lift is also open for those who want to bring their bike or paraglider. Start and end: From Bavallen to Hangurstoppen.
Season: Sat/Sun 24 June—06 August 12:00-16:00
Prices Single trip: NOK 100 Day pass: NOK 250
◆Husdyrparken
At Husdyrparken, visitors get to experience Norwegian farm animals. You can participate in animal feeding
and farm competitions, or simply relax with an organic ice cream in the café. You can also visit a small museum with old farming equipment.
Season: Daily 18 June—21 August
Prices: Adults NOK 120 Children NOK 60 Senior NOK 60
Family Pass NOK 200 (For up to two adults and two kids)
1. Who are the intended readers of the passage?
A. Local residents.
B. Professional athletes.
C. Travel experts.
D. Common Tourists.
2. Which of the following activities provide instructions for beginners?
A. River Kayaking and Rafting.
B. Husdyrparken and River Kayaking.
C. Rafting and Bavallsekspressen Chair Lift.
D. Bavallsekspressen Chair Lift and Husdyrparken.
3. How much should Jan pay for a farm trip with her little son and her mother in Voss?
A. NOK 240.
B. NOK 200.
C. NOK 180.
D. NOK 120.
B
“Snowplow(扫雪机) parenting” is the newest parenting style that can include parents booking their adult children haircuts, calling their college kids to wake them up so that they don’t sleep through a test, and even calling their kids’ employers.
“‘Helicopter (直升机) parenting’ means monitoring their kids’ every activity,which is out of date.” Claire Cain Miller and Jonah Engel Bromwich wrote in The New York Times. “Some rich mothers and fathers now are more like snowplows: clearing any problems in their children’s path to success so that they don’t have to meet failure or lose opportunities.”
There is a mother who started a charity in her son’s name to try to raise his chances of being accepted to the college. Another parents spent years helping their daughter avoid foods with sauce, which she didn’t like. Once she got to college, she had problems with the food in her school because it was all covered in sauce.
A survey says that three-quarters of parents of children between the ages of 18 and 28 ask for doctor visits or haircuts for their children, and 11% say they would call their kids’ bosses whether their children are having an issue at work.
As reported, wealthy parents try to get their children into top colleges by giving a large amount of money to a school, such as paying for a building. This parenting has become the most popular way to raise children, whatever
the income, education, or race is.
Julie, a teacher at Stanford, told the Times that “snowplow parenting” is not a reasonable approach. “The parents should prepare the kid for the road, instead of preparing the road for the kid,” she said.
4. How does Julie like “snowplow parenting”?
A. It is unreasonable.
B. It is advanced.
C. It is accepted by teachers.
D. It is refused by rich people.
5. What is the character of “helicopter parenting”?
A. Parents make kids popular.
B. Parents provide little money for kids.
C. Parents ask kids to care for themselves.
D. Parents watch over kids’ every activity.
6. What should parents do according to Julie?
A. Do as wealthy parents do.
B. Make kids be prepared.
C. Make roads be prepared.
D. Do as little as possible.
7. What’s the best title for the text?
A. Helicopter Parenting.
B. The Similarity in Parenting.
C. A Research on Parenting.
D. A New Kind of Parenting.
C
Japan's prime minister encouraged the decision to ban viewers, even family members, by issuing a state of emergency order in Tokyo earlier this month in response to rising COVID-19 case numbers.
From the perspective of sports psychologists, an Olympics without fans is a real-life science experiment that is helping researchers and clinicians to comb through the true impact of a crowd of fans on its players—and on viewers at home. The strange circumstances under which the games are held may place unexpected pressure on some athletes. On Tuesday, superstar gymnast Simone Biles dropped out of the women's team event, telling teammates and reporters she wasn't in the right “headspace” to compete. “It's been really stressful this Olympic Games. There are a lot of different variables going into it,” Biles told the Washington Post.
The 2020 Summer Olympics bears similarities and differences to other major sporting events without viewers. The English Premier League supplemented (增加) game broadcasts with crowd noise from the soccer video game FIFA 20, mixed with game audio in real time. A Taiwanese baseball team and German soccer team began populating stands with cardboard cutouts of fans, and the trend caught on internationally.
Jamey Houle, the lead sports psychologist for Ohio State University Athletics and a former Al-American gymnast, says competitive athletes are trained in visualization— imagining performing a certain action or motion,
such as doing a roundoff back handspring in gymnastics. Without moving a muscle, players using visualization can solidify neural (神经的) connections and activate their motor cortex (皮层). To visualize most effectively, Houle says, athletes working with sports psychologists will try to simulate as closely as possible the conditions of actual gameplay. Empty stadiums may thus have a measurable impact on players' performance. This phenomenon is grounded in a psychological concept called “social facilitation”, referring to a change in a person's performance that occurs when others are around compared to when a person is alone.
8. What caused Biles to drop out of the women's team event?
A. The poor physical condition.
B. The absence of the audience.
C. The fiercely competitive event.
D. The influence of crowds of fans.
9. What can be inferred from Paragraph 3?
A. The Taiwanese baseball team is a success.
B. The tendency mentioned is popular among some sporting events.
C. The 2020 Summer Olympics is stricter in preventing the pandemic.
D. The crowd noise plays a leading role in the English Premier League.
10. How does Houle explain the impact of empty stadiums on players' performance?
A. By doing a roundoff back handspring.
B. By simulating the conditions of actual gameplay.
C. By using the concept called social facilitation.
D. By changing the viewers of a player.
11. What message does the author mainly convey in the text?
A. Athletes should be trained in visualization.
B. Audience should be admitted to the Olympics.
C. Social facilitation is helpful to sporting events.
D. Viewers present may influence players' performance.
D
Even plant can run a fever，especially when they're under attack by insects or disease．But unlike human，plants can have their temperature taken from 3，000 feet away straight up．A decade ago，adopting the infrared （红外线）scanning technology developed for military purposes and other satellites，physicist Stephen Paley came up with a quick wayto take the temperature of crops to determine which ones are under stress．The goal was to let farmers precisely（精确的）target pesticide（杀虫剂）spraying rather than rain poison on a whole field，which always includes plants that don't have pest problems．
Evenbetter，Paley's Remote Scanning Services Company could detect crop problems before they became visible to the eye．Fixed on a plane flown at 3，000 feet at night，an infrared scanner measured the heat sent out
by crops．The data were transformed into a color﹣coded map showing where plants were running "fevers"．Farmers could then spot﹣spray，using 50 to 70 percent less pesticide that they otherwise would．The bad news is that Paley's company closed down in 1984，after only three years．Farmers resisted thenew technology and long﹣term supporters were hard to find．But with the renewed concern about pesticides on produce and refinements（改进）in infrared scanning，Paley hopes to get back into operation．Agriculture experts have no doubt that the technology works．"This technique can be used on 75 percent of agricultural land in the United States，" says George Oerther of Texas A& M，who recently retired from the Department of Agriculture，thinks remote infrared crop scanning could be adopted by the end of the decade．But only if Paley finds the financial support which he failed to obtain 10years ago．
12. Plants will give out an increased amount of heat when they are ．
A. facing an infrared scanner
B. sprayed with pesticides
C. exposed to extreme sun rays
D. inpoor physical condition
13. In order to apply pesticide spraying precisely，we can use infrared scanning to ．
A draw a color1﹣coded map
B evaluate the damage to the crops
C. locate the problem area
D. measure the size of the affected area
14. The application of infrared scanning technology to agriculture met with some difficulties of ．
A. the lack of official support
B. its high cost
C. the lack of financial support
D. its failure to help increase production
15. Infrared scanning technology may be brought back into operation because of ．
A. full support from agricultural experts
B. the forceful promotion by the Department of Agriculture
C. the desire of farmers to improve the quality of their produce
D. growing concern about the over use of pesticides on crops
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Hand gestures can be used to communicate while speaking. There are many universal hand signs; such as holding up an index finger to speak or interrupt, putting a finger to the lips to ask for silence.___16___. But there are some hand gestures that might mean something different in another country.
Many differences.
___17___. This gesture consists of creating a circle with the thumb and index finger with other fingers extended. In most of the English-speaking cultures, it means ‘ok’. In Australia it means ‘zero’while in many Western countries it actually means‘three’and in China it is a way to indicate‘seven’.
Gestures with variation.
This sign has the index and middle finger extend up to make a‘V’. But there is a big difference in its meaning depending on which way the palm is facing. Palm Facing Out:___18___Palm Facing In: The sign is an insult similar to giving the middle finger, particularly in the UK and South Africa.
Harmless or offensive?
In the USA, the gesture of using your index finger to beckon someone to come to you is not a welcome gesture in Asia. In the Philippines, this should only be used to beckon dogs.___19___.
___20___
Of course it helps to prepare before you visit a country. But if you forget or make a sign out of habit, just remember to smile and apologize. And perhaps with an explanation, most people will be understanding.
A. Prepare and take care.
B The masters of hand gestures.
C. There are so many well-known gestures.
D. It is highly offensive to use it with humans.
E. Originally this sign communicated Victory.
F. These are generally understood all over the world.
G. The following gesture has more than just one alternative meaning.
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 walking home from school one day and it happened to be a particularly cold and windy day. It was____21____and I was crazy enough to forget my hats and scarf. You can imagine my cheeks were rosy____22____and my hands were as numb as they can be.
All of a sudden, an old lady____23____up beside me and asked if I would like a ride____24____. I said it was OK and her____25____smile melted (融化) away the thought that I should never talk to____26____! We had an amazing chat and she was just____27____a good woman. She told me her____28____and she dropped me off.
I didn’t see her or talk to her for about a month and one night as I____29____herkind gesture, I decided to return the favor. So, I made a lot of______30______and walked down to her house with my friend. At first I was a bit______31______she wouldn’t remember me or think that I was a bad man who poisoned cookies but luckily, I was______32______wrong. She was so happy, and she hugged me and kissed me and seemed so______33______that someone would do something like that!
When I got home my mom told me that she______34______and told my mom on the phone that she______35______because she was so touched. She said she would never______36______the kindness that was given to her! That filled me with such______37______! There really is nothing else joyful like helping______38______and making someone’s day______39______!
Let us never______40______the joy we get by giving others a hand!
21. A. blowing B. freezing C. flowing D. flying
22. A. red B. pure C. white D. pale
23. A. picked B. turned C. drove D. took
24. A. hospital B. family C. school D. home
25. A. warm B. easy C. simple D. strange
26. A. women B. drivers C. strangers D. neighbors
27. A. so B. such C. that D. as
28. A. numbers B. car C. family D. address
29. A. remembered B. forgot C. repeated D. regretted
30. A. bread B. salad C. cookies D. sweets
31. A. upset B. disappointed C. confused D. worried
32. A. generally B. completely C. hardly D. usually
33. A. puzzled B. surprised C. satisfied D. fearful
34. A. visited B. came C. drove D. called
35. A. cried B. slept C. left D. laughed
36. A. permit B. pardon C. forget D. imagine
37. A. sadness B. interest C. puzzle D. happiness
38. A. others B. the other C. another D. other
39. A. busier B. brighter C. easier D. harder
40. A. expect B. take C. forget D. misunderstand
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
Johann Sebastian Bach was a talented and influential composer and musician.____41.____(know) as the father of western music for his great works, Bach created over 1,000 pieces of music in his lifetime.
Bach was born in 1685 in a small town in Germany. His father taught him to play the violin and harpsichord(old piano) and____42.____addition, he learned to play the organ(管风琴) from his older brother.
Bach became a famous organist when he was young, working as a musician for a____43.____(various) of churches. He began to compose original works for all sorts of church services. However, most of this music was written to be performed only once and____44.____( eventual), only very little of his music was published——not many people really____45.____(appreciate) it.
Later, while working as an organist for a Duke(公爵), Bach received a better job offer. When he tried to leave to take____46.____new chance, the Duke put him in prison for a month. But Bach loved music so much that he didn't stop____47.____(create) music. He composed 46 pieces of music during his time in prison, many of____48.____are still performed today.
Bach's music wasn't truly accepted during his lifetime, but now he____49.____(consider) to be one of the_____50._____(great) composers in history.
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10处语言错误，每句最多有两处。

每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。

This summer, I attended a journalism-themed summer camp, where I learn a lot.
What impressed me most was the interviews carrying out in the street. In the beginning, I wasn’t used to talk to strangers. But with my teammates encouragement, I was able to communicate smooth with them. Then we were noticed most of the answers we got were brief. After a discussion, my teammates and I realized that was why
our questions weren’t open-ended enough. So we changed their questions and our interviewees were more willing to share their ideas with us in end.
From this experience I’ve gained several skill for interviewing people as a journalist.
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。

Everything about moving day was a puzzle. I didn't know anything about our new building on a new street. Our old life was broken into pieces and packed up in piled boxes. I wondered if it would ever fit back together again.
Mom introduced me to our new neighbours, the Chens. Mrs Chen worked with Mom at the job she'd just started. Mr Chen was a famous craftsman(匠人) from China.
Mom said it was a fresh start, but it felt broken to me. I just wanted things to go back to how they had been before.
After the first day at my new school, I walked home alone. Mom had told me she had to work. I was still hoping she'd meet me after the bell. I had to open the door myself with the new key. I felt a bit hungry and went straight into the kitchen, ripping tape from the packed boxes while I searched for a clean plate. My fingers slipped, and something went crashing to the ground.
“Benjamin” cried Mom from the doorway. I didn't hear her come in. “What just broke?” she asked, kneeling to pick up the pieces. In her hands, I recognized the shattered pieces. It was Grandma's bowl. “I can't believe you broke this,” she said.
“Well, I can't believe we have to live here now! I can't believe I have to switch schools, and I can't believe you didn't even meet me after my first day” I ran into my room, slamming the door behind me.
The broom swept across the kitchen floor. Then the click of Mom's bedroom door closed behind her. I sneaked out into the kitchen and found the fragments in the dustbin. There were so many pieces in here, but maybe I could put them back together. Turning the pieces, I tried to match them,but this bowl would never look the same again.
“I'm sorry I yelled,” said Mom, as she opened her door. “Please just throw out the pieces. We can't make a fresh start with broken things.”
As I wandered down the hall Mr Chen was emptying his garbage.
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你写好。

Paragraph 1：
“Are you sure you want to throw that out?” he asked.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________
Paragraph 2：
I brought the repaired bowl into her room.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________
参考答案
1. D
2. A
3. B
4. A
5. D
6. B
7. D
8. B 9. B 10. C 11. D
12. D 13. C 14. C 15. D
16. F 17. G 18. E 19. D 20. A
21. B 22. A 23. C 24. D 25. A 26. C 27. B 28. D 29. A 30. C 31. D 32.
B 33. B 34. D 35. A 36.
C 37.
D 38. A 39. B 40. C
41. Known
42. in 43. variety
44. eventually
45. appreciated
46. the 47. creating
48. which 49. is considered
50. greatest
51.(1). learn→ learned
(2). carrying→ carried
(3). talk→ talking
(4). teammates→ teammates’
(5). smooth→ smoothly
(6). 删除were
(7). why→ because
(8). their→ our
(9).在end前加the
(10). skill→ skills 52.略。