2020届唐山市遵化市第一中学高三英语上学期期末试卷及答案

2020届唐山市遵化市第一中学高三英语上学期期末试卷及答案
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
Unique Lighthouses
August 7 is National Lighthouse Day. It's a day to celebrate the lights that guide us home and the historic importance of lighthouses and their keepers, who not only guided ships into harbor but also played key roles in naval battles across the globe. Check out these fantastic lighthouses across the globe as well as recommendations on the best places to stay near them.
Cape Byron Lighthouse, Byron Bay, Australia
The Cape Byron Lighthouse in Byron Bay, Australia was built in the early 20th century to help protect the Australian coastline. Today, it's a beautiful location to watch the sunrise. Within walking distance is the Watermark, a perfect place to stay and get some much-needed rest and relaxation from daily life.
Lighthouse of Chania, Crete, Greece
The Lighthouse of Chania, Crete is one of the oldest surviving lighthouses in the world, dating back to the sixteenth century. Travelers can take a walk along its long pier (码头) during the sunset. Located near the pier to the lighthouse is a hotel from 1890, which offers beautiful views of the bay.
Key West Lighthouse, Key West, Florida, USA
The Key West Lighthouse was built in 1825 to help guide ships entering the port. Travelers can enjoy climbing up the lighthouse to reach the wonderful sea views and can stay at the Kimpton
Lighthouse Hotel, with easy access to the lighthouse and the Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum.
Pigeon Point Lighthouse, Pescadero, California, USA
The Pigeon Point Lighthouse in Pescadero, California was built in1871 to help ships navigate (导航) the region's dangerous coastline. Today, the lighthouse is a state landmark, and the quarters where the lighthouse keepers lived have been turned into a hostel, making it a great home base to explore the outdoors, spot whales and watch the stars.
1. Why is National Lighthouse Day celebrated?
A. To show the hard life of lighthouse keepers.
B. To instruct how to guide ships into harbor.
C. To honor lighthouses and their keepers.
D. To stress the importance of light.
2. Of the following lighthouses, which is the oldest?
A. Cape Byron Lighthouse.
B. Lighthouse of Chania.
C. Key West Lighthouse.
D. Pigeon Point Lighthouse.
3. What do the listed lighthouses have in common?
A. They are all located in the USA.
B. They have becometourist attractions.
C. They offer accommodation to visitors.
D. They are good spots to watch the sunrise.
B
Ten years ago, I set out to examine luck. I wanted to know why some people were always in the right place at the right time, while others consistently experienced ill fortune. I placed advertisements in national newspapers asking for people who felt consistently lucky or unlucky. Hundreds of extraordinary men and women volunteered for my research. Over the years I have interviewed them, monitored their lives and had them take part in various experiments.
In one of the experiments, I gave both lucky and unlucky people a newspaper, asking them to look through it and tell me how many photographs were inside. I had secretly placed a large message halfway through the newspaper, saying, “Tell the experimenter you have seen this and you will win $50.” This message took up half of the page and was written in type that was more than two inches high. It was staring everyone in the face, but the unlucky people tended to miss it and the lucky people tended to spot it.
Unlucky people are generally more nervous than lucky people, and this anxiety affects their ability to notice the unexpected. As a result, they miss opportunities because they are too focused on looking for something else. They go to gatherings concentrating on finding their perfect partners and miss opportunities to make good friends. They look through newspapers determined to find certain types of job advertisements and miss other types of jobs.
Lucky people are more relaxed and open, and therefore see what is there rather than just what they are looking for. My research eventually showed that lucky people are skilled at noticing opportunities, make lucky decisions by listening to their intuition (直觉), are open to new experiences, and adopt a never-say-die attitude that transforms bad luck into good luck.
4. What’s the purpose of the author’s research?
A. To discover what luck means to people.
B. To find lucky people and unlucky people.
C. To distinguish between good luck and bad luck.
D. To figure out why people are always lucky or unlucky.
5. Why did the unlucky people miss the message in the experiment?
A. There was too much information to be read in detail.
B. They were too focused on looking for photographs.
C. It took too much time to go through newspapers.
D. The words were too small to be noticed.
6. What leads to lucky people’s good fortune?
A. Their ability to spot opportunities.
B. Their ability to become relaxed.
C. Their ability to communicate.
D. Their ability to make friends.
7. What’s the key message of the last paragraph?
A. What lucky people are looking for.
B. How lucky people generate good luck.
C. What lucky people can do with opportunities.
D How lucky people transform bad luck into good luck.
C
I had just delivered a memorable speech, and I was about to learn how the judges decided my performance. The audience leaned forward and a period of silence fell across the room. I felt the drum rolled in my heart.
The third-place winner was announced. The name was not mine. Then the second-place winner, still not me. At last, the moment of truth came. I was about to either enjoy the warmth of victory or regret the months’ preparation. My heart felt closer to the latter.
Losing is a part of life, and I have dealt with it on more than one occasion. However, it was an indescribable feeling to drive a 200-mile round trip, get up very early on a freezing Saturday morning, and yet still finish fourth out of four competitors in my group. After Lincoln lost the 1858 Illinois Senate race, he said, “I felt like the 12-year-old boy who kicked his toe. I was too big to cry and it hurt too bad to laugh.” Oh yeah, I could relate.
I had spent many hours in front of a computer and in libraries doing research for the Lincoln Bicentennial Speech Contest. After not placing in the first year of the contest, I really wanted to compete again. Lincoln had
many failures, but he never allowed them to defeat his spirit or ambition, so I was not going to give up on a second contest! I reworked my speech for the following year, but again I did not place.
I couldn’t accept the fact that I failed twice in something that I had worked so hard on, until I thought about my hero. Never mind the lost prize money and praise—through learning stories about Lincoln, I discovered that I can fail successfully.
8. How did the author feel after finishing his speech?
A. Delighted.
B. Annoyed.
C. Thrilled.
D. Nervous.
9. What can be inferred from Paragraph 3?
A. He was regretful about his not being fully prepared.
B. He felt upset for getting up early on a chilly morning.
C. He once kicked and hurt his toe when he was 12 years old.
D. He turned out to be the last one of his group in the contest.
10. Why did the author decide to enter the second contest?
A. He was eager to prove himself to be the best contestant.
B. He was inspired by the never-give-up spirit of Lincoln.
C. He was willing to enjoy the warmth and joy of victory.
D. He was determined to win the prize money and praise.
11. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. A memorable hero in my life
B. Never mind others’ judgments
C. Losing is an indescribable feeling
D. Stand up from where we tripped over
D
For years, life went something like this: We’d grow up in one place, head off to college, and then find a city to get a job and live there for a few years. The final goal was to find somewhere to settle down, buy a house, start a family, and begin the whole cycle all over again. But now some people are increasingly choosing to move from city to city throughout their entire lives, sometimes as frequently as every month.
Just ask Alex Chatzieleftheriou, who has had a front-row seat watching this evolution unfold. Six years ago, he launched a startup called Blueground that rents out beautifully designed, fully furnished apartments for a month at a time, at rates that are cheaper than hotels. And it aims to make each one feel unique and comfortable,rather than standardized, like what you might find in a traditional hotel.
Today, the company has 3,000 properties(房地产) in six U.S. cities, along with Dubai, Istanbul, London, Paris,
and Chatzieleftheriou’s native Athens, and a staff of 400. With the helpof the Series B round of funding, the company landed $ 50 million, plus its previous total of $ 28 million, to continue its rapid expansion. It hopes to have 50,000 properties in 50 cities over the next three years.
Chatzieleftheriou first came up with the idea for Blueground while he was working as a management consultant for McKinsey. “The accommodation of choice for consultants is the hotel,” he says. “I had to spend five years in hotel rooms, living in 12 different cities. I loved seeing the world, but I didn’t love feeling like I didn’t have a home.” And what’s more, hotels aren’t a particularly cost-effective solution for companies either. In Chatzieleftheriou’s case, McKinsey sometimes paid $ 10,000 or more for him to stay in a major city for a month.
12. What does the author intend to tell in the first paragraph?
A. A new lifestyle is appearing.
B. Life is just like a circle for people.
C. Most people are used to an easy life.
D. People live in different places in life.
13. What is the goal of Blueground?
A. To compete with hotels.
B. To create standardized hotels.
C. To make renters feel at home.
D. To rent out long-term apartments.
14. What do we know about Blueground?
A. It got a total investment of $ 78 million.
B. Its business is anything but satisfying.
C. It expanded to every corner of the world.
D. It has 50,000 properties in 50 cities.
15. What does the last paragraph focus on?
A. High costs of hotels.
B. Chatzieleftheriou’s former work.
C Strengths of Blueground.
D. The inspiration for Blueground.
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
Improve Your Relationships
Having stable and positive relationships in your life can make you happier and more fulfilled. Whether it's your friends, family, or significant other, improving a relationship can sometimes be confusing.____16____ Express your appreciation for the person.
____17____Notice the positive things that the person is doing and go out of your way to show your appreciation for them. You can also show your appreciation by remembering important events like anniversaries or birthdays.
____18____
If you hardly see each other or talk to each other, it can be difficult to maintain a relationship. Take extra time out of your day and devote it to the person that you want to improve relations with. Try to work around the other person's schedule so that you can spend the time together. You can share a meal, watch a show, listen to music, or go shopping with them.
Turn off distractions.
Distractions like a cell phone, social media, or video games can create a division in between you and another person. If you notice that you are always distracted, you should turn off your cell phone or computer and talk to them.____19____
Seek therapy(心理治疗)if you can't get along.
To fix or improve family relationships or relationships with your significant other, you can turn to therapy. If you notice that you and the person are always arguing over the same kinds of things, and nothing has worked, youshould consider seeking therapy with them.____20____And family therapy may be able to restore bonds between family members.
A. Spend more time with the person.
B. Maintain a relationship if possible.
C. People often like to be praised for achievements.
D. A specialist can help solve long­term issues in the relationship.
E. If they are the one always distracted, ask them if they can do the same.
F. Follow the tips and you can develop good relationships with your family.
G. Luckily, by adjusting your behaviour, you can improve any relationship in your life.
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As she pulled herself over the summit of EI Capitan, Emily Harrington knew she had made history.
It wasn't____21____.The US climber had powered on through the dark and dealt with a deep cut to her head to become the first woman to free____22____the difficult route in under 24 hours."
"I'd just____23____what it would be like and it was pretty much exactly what l pictured, “Harrington said excitedly.
"It was incredibly quiet. It was super____24____.All the stars were out. It was just this really peaceful experience. I keep telling people that when great sporting____25____happen, a lot of times there's an____26____or there's a stadium. With climbing, it’s not so much like that. It was just this really____27____special moment in this magical place. And it’s something I'll never____28____."
Free climbers use just their hands and feet to climb, with a rope to____29____them if they fall. Such a dangerous and_____30_____life-threatening_____31_____requires years of preparation, both mentally and physically.
Harrington had climbed this particular_____32_____over the course of six days in 2015 and had,_____33_____tried three times to complete it within 24 hours.
However an attempt last year ended in_____34_____after Harrington, fell 50 feet, hit her head on a ledge (岩架), and_____35_____concussion (脑震荡).
"It was very_____36_____. It was very serious initially and it_____37_____that I got really lucky and I did not suffer any long-term_____38_____，”she added.
"I's definitely a mental struggle, coming over that hurdle, coming back into this year and_____39_____again." Finally she_____40_____it.
21. A. crazy B. easy C. skeptical D. casual
22.A. climb B. run C. cycle D. walk
23. A. studied B. planned C. scheduled D. imagined
24. A. cheerful B. exciting C. dark D. fearful
25. A. improvements B. achievements C. surroundings D. reports
26. A. actor B. organizer C. official D. audience
27. A. quiet B. calm C. silent D. still
28. A. predict B. discover C. experience D. forget
29. A. throw B. fetch C. catch D. move
30. A. consequently B. potentially C. hardly D. finally
31. A. challenge B. obstacle C. trouble D. barrier
32. A. route B. corner C. rock D. road
33. A. frequently B. subsequently C. smoothly D. rarely
34. A. sadness B. doubt C. disaster D. anxiety
35. A. obtained B. acquired C. affected D. suffered
36. A. scary B. disappointed C. active D. funny
37. A. figured out B. found out C. turned out D. brought out
38. A. failures B. wounds C. damages D. injuries
39. A. defeating B. trying C. exploring D. competing
40. A. abandoned B. missed C. made D. controlled
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
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
InVenice, it is not uncommon to see tourists carry suitcases through waist-high water, or sit at tables in Piazza San Marco____41.____their swimsuits. Pictures ofVenicein the most dramatic flooding are really alarming.
We are used to thinking ofVeniceas a city in danger, a glorious relic of human creativity that is about to sink any day suddenly the end looks____42.____(close). However, as climate change makes extreme weather more frequent,Venicelooks less like a victim of the sea and more like an old survivor____43.____can teach the rest of the world now to live with wafer.
People barely notice____44.____smartly the art treasures ofVeniceare kept on the upper floors of palaces and museums, even on a dry summer day. It is also needless to worry about all the art in churches____45.____no other city has such a sharp awareness of protecting itself from water.
In their art, the people ofVeniceare as happy on water as on land. Vittore Carpaccio's painting Hunting on the Lagoon shows young Venetians standing easily balanced in low-sided boats____46.____(shoot) arrows at water birds. In a Gentile Bellini's painting, priests swim in the canal searching for a lost relic. Titian portrays ashot woman____47.____(bathe) in open water in his painting. Hunting and fishing, swimming and showing. Venetians always know how to enjoy water.
The palaces____48.____(build) inVeniceare also good examples of the prevention of flood.____49.____has its living spaces on upper floors, often with a courtyard on the ground floor that____50.____(drain) water instantly.
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:在错的词下面画一横线,，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 have been playing table tennis since I graduate from junior high school two and a half years before. It started when my father went the stadium to play with some of his friend. In those days, my father used to taking me with him, hoping that I would take part in the sport and keep health. I knew playing table tennis were popular, so I started to play it. We practised together every Sunday morning. Little by little, his skills improved. Though a bit tired, I found myself quite enjoying it, but I carried on. Now, if I have time at the weekend, I will play with my father for at the least two hours.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假如你是李华，你的英国朋友David是你校的一名交换生，六一儿童节期间他准备参加当地帮助残疾儿童的志愿者活动，他想给一些残疾儿童送一些礼物，发来邮件询问什么礼物合适。

请你根据下列要点回复，并表示感激。

1.感谢他尽己所能去帮助残疾儿童；
2.说明自己决定和他一起去；
3.建议送些水果或儿童书籍等，并说明理由。

注意：1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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参考答案
1. C
2. B
3. B
4. D
5. B
6. A
7. B
8. D 9. D 10. B 11. D
12. A 13. C 14. A 15. D
16. G 17. C 18. A 19. E 20. D
21. B 22. A 23. D 24. C 25. B 26. D 27. A 28. D 29. C 30. B 31. A 32.
A 33.
B 34.
C 35.
D 36. A 37. C 38. D 39. B 40. C
41. in 42. closer
43. that 44. how
45. because 46. to shot
47. bathing 48. built
49. each 50. drains
51.(1).graduate→graduated
(2).before→ago
(3).在went后加to
(4). friend→ friends
(5). taking→ take
(6). health→ healthy
(7). were→ was
(8). his→ my
(9). but→ and/so
(10).将the去掉
52.略。