2020年江苏省姜堰中学高三英语上学期期末考试试题及答案解析

2020年江苏省姜堰中学高三英语上学期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
Twitter humorist and TV writer Jonny Sun is the author of the 2017 best-sellereveryone'sa aliebn when ur a aliebn too. This time, he recommends some emotionally powerful books.
The Book of Delightsby Ross Gay(2019)
Gay's collection of 102 short but emotional stories, begun in mid-2016 and written in the order of time over a year in America, focuses on the careful observation of ordinary delights in daily life. The writing is personal and grounded in thoughtful joy.
100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Writeby Sarah Ruhl(2014)
Seemingly a collection of essays on theater, Ruhl's book feels instead like the playwright's thoughts all of life. Her writing here is deeply personal, sharply argued but also playful. The book is actually a detailed description of the artist herself.
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Usby Hanif Abdurraqib(2017)
I am always so moved by Abdurraqib's writing. He combines cultural criticism and personal memory in such a beautiful way, making the two styles naturally bound.
Space Struckby Paige Lewis(2019 )
This poetry collection awakened emotions in me that I did not know existed, or that I could feel, or that one could ever put words to. Every line is playful, honest, complex, and gentle.
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1. Which book is a collection of short stories of daily happiness?
A. The Book of Delights.
B. 100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write.
C. They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us.
D. Space Struck.
2. Who is probably a poet?
A. Ross Gay.
B. Sarah Ruhl.
C. Hanif Abduraqib.
D. Paige Lewis.
3. Where is the text most likely from?
A. A diary.
B. A brochure.
C. A website.
D. A magazine.
B
Where doyou usually put your toothbrush?Do you keep it in the bathroom? How’s your toothbrush looking these days? Even if you can’t see it with a naked eye, experts say it may be saturated(使饱和)with millions of toilet germs!
Dr. Charles Oerba, a germ expert, is amicrobiology professor at the University of Arizona. He says there are approximately 3 million bacteria per square inch in most toilet bowls, and every time you flush it without closing the lid, those millions of bacteria droplets spray into the air as far as twenty feet away and dirty everything in their path. And a common victim is your poor toothbrush, usually, left out on the bathroom sink, right?
So, what do we do? Dr. Gerba says it’s easy. Close the toilet lid before you flush—that’ll greatly cut downthe germs, which will otherwise float in the air. And wash your toothbrush every few days in mouthwash or peroxide to get rid of any germs hiding in it. You can even put it through the dishwasher to sanitize(消毒)it. And always store your toothbrush in a closed cabinet.
Here’s one more tip from Dr. Gerba, who says our kitchen sink is probably dirtier than our toilet. “If an alien came from space and studied the bacterial counts, he probably would conclude he should wash his hands in your toilet and go to the bathroom in your sink.” He says that’s because the kitchen sink is a great place where E. coli(大肠杆菌)to live and grow since it’s wet and damp. Bacteria feed on the food that people put down the drain or—that’s left on dishes in the sink. To reset your sink’s bacteria count back to zero, you’d better regularly wash it with hot water and sanitize yoursink with special chemicals. In fact, you may want to do it every day or before preparing dinner.
4. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To show how to brush your teeth.
B. To tell people the importance of health.
C. To warn people of the invisible germs.
D. To introduce a microbiology professor.
5. What can we learn from Paragraph 2?
A. Bathroom sinks are the dirtiest places.
B. Bacteria are bad for people’s health.
C. Why bacteria spread through the air.
D. How bacteria spread in the bathroom.
6. What does the underlined word“that”in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A. The food.
B. The toothbrush.
C. The sink.
D. The chemical.
7. Why does Dr. Gerba mention the example of an alien?
A. To tell us a fiction story of an alien studying bacteria.
B. To show our kitchen sink may be dirtier than our toilet.
C. To teach us how to reset sink’s bacteria count back to zero.
D. To prove coli prefers to live in the kitchen and the drain.
C
Preparations for the Tokyo Olympics have suffered another challenge after a survey found that 60% of people in Japan want them to be cancelled,less than three months before the Games are scheduled to open.
Japan has extended a state of emergency in Tokyo and several other regions until the end of May as it struggles to control a fast increase in COVID-19 cases caused by new, more catching variants（变异体）with medical staff warning that health services in some areas are on the edge of breaking down.
The Olympics, which were delayed by a year due to the pandemic, are set to open on 23 July, with the International Olympic Committee（IOC）and organizers insisting that measures will be put in place to ensure the safety of athletes and other visitors, as well as a nervous Japanese public.
The survey, conducted between 7 and 9 May by the conservative Yomiuri Shimbun, showed 60% wanted the Games cancelled as opposed to 39% who said they should be held. “Postponement” — an option abandoned by the IOC — was not offered as a choice.
Of those who said the Olympics should go ahead, 23% said they should take place without audience. Foreign audience have been banned but a final decision on native attendance will be made in June.
Another poll conducted at the weekend by TBS News found 65% wanted the Games cancelled or postponed again, with 37% voting to give up the event altogether and 28% calling for another delay. A similar poll in April conducted by Kyodo news agency found 70% wanted the Olympics cancelled or postponed.
The IOC's vice president, John Coates, said that while Japanese sentiment about the Games “was a concern”, he could foresee no situation under which the sporting events would not go ahead.
8. How many Japanese wish the Olympics would not be held in Tokyo according to the survey?
A. 60%.
B. 28%.
C. 37%.
D. 70%.
9. What should be put into consideration if the Olympics open?
A. The economic crisis.
B. The urban transport.
C. The safety of athletes.
D. The health condition of citizens.
10. What is some people's attitude towards foreign spectators in Paragraph 5?
A. Welcome.
B. Unfriendly.
C. Cold.
D. Unsupported.
11. What can we conclude from John Coates'words?
A. The Olympics will be stopped this year.
B. The Olympics will be put off.
C. The Olympics will be held normally.
D. The Olympics will take place in other place.
D
A 25-year-old American with a university degree can expect to livea decade longer than a peer who dropped out of high school. Although researchers have long known that the rich live longer than the poor, this education gap is less well documented. And although the average American’s expected span(预期寿命) has been smooth in recent year—and, shockingly, even fell between 2015 and 2017—that of the one-third with a bachelor’s degree has continued to lengthen.
This gap in life expectancy is growing, according to new research published in the report of the National Academy of Sciences. Anne Case and Angus Deation ofPrincetonUniversityfound that the lifespans of those with and without a bachelor’s degree started to become different in the 1990s and 2000s. This gap grew even wider in the 2010s.
What is the link between schooling and longevity(长寿)? Some argue that better-educated people develop healthier lifestyles: each additional year of study reduces the chances of being a smoker and of being overweight. The better-educated earn more, which in turn is associated with greaterhealth.
Ms Case and Mr Deaton argue that changes in labor markets, including the rise of automation and increased demand for highly-educated workers, coupled with the rising costs of employer-provided health care, have decreased the supply of well-paid jobs for those without a degree. This may be contributing to higher rates of alcohol and drug use, suicide and other “deaths of despair”.
The authors argued that the educational gap in mortality(致死率) will widenin the wake ofthe covid-19 pandemic. ForAmerica’s overall life expectancy to start climbing again, improvements will be needed across all
social groups, not just among the privileged few.
12. When did the lifespans of people with and without a degree vary greatly?
A. In the 1990s.
B. In the 2020s
C. In the 2000s
D. In the 2010s
13. According to the article, changes in labor markets reduce jobs for those without a degree. Which change is NOT included?
A. The rising spending of employer-provided health care.
B. The gap in life expectancy.
C. Raised request for better-educated workers.
D. The development of automation.
14. What does the underlined phrase “in the wake of” probably mean ?
A. after
B. until
C. before
D. while
15. What is the best title for the text?
A. Changes in labor market.
B. Quit bad habits by Further study
C. Educated Americans live longer.
D. Highly-educated people develop healthier lifestyles.
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
Music therapy
Music therapy（疗法）is a form of therapy which utilizes music._____16_____
Humans have been making music for thousands of years, and many doctors throughout history have proved the idea that music is beneficial to the mind and body, in addition to being enjoyable.
_____17_____Listening to and making music appears to reduce heart rate and blood pressure, and provide people with a sense of calmness, safety, or security.
_____18_____Most practitioners have studied psychology or psychiatry along with music. Music therapists work in hospitals, clinics, residential facilities, private practices, and homes.
Some specific applications for music therapy include: pain management, stress management, behavioral therapy, treatment for substance abuse,and work with people who have developmental disabilities._____19_____And they can include a variety of things, from listening to a piece of music and talking
about the feelings it evokes（激发）to playing an instrument or writing songs as a method of personal expression.
Like other expressive therapies such as art therapy and dance therapy, the focus of music therapy is not on the end product, such as a musical composition, and people do not need to have prior experience with music to benefit from this type of therapy._____20_____
A. This type of therapy has a number of benefits
B. The measures are tailored to the need of the patient
C. People can practice music therapy in a variety of ways.
D. This type of therapy may involve making music or listening to music
E. But there are still many fields of music therapy needing to be changed
F. In the 20th century, the practice of music therapy improved as researchers conducted studies to learn how music acted on the brain and body.
G. What is more focused on is the process of listening to, creating, or thinking about music.
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
A little girl, named Starry, was playing outside her grandmother's apartment building. Her mom, Marina, kept an eye on the___21___from a window. At about 4 pm, Starry walked around the cornerof the building to get her bike and___22___.
“I took my eyes___23___her for five minutes, and she was gone,” says Marina. “I knew something was___24___,” she adds,___25___when she saw that Starry's bike was___26___here and found an old credit card her daughter had been playing with___27___near the bike. Marina called 911.
Policemen came soon, blocking off streets and___28___the neighborhood. Officers handed out a photo of the blond (金发) girl. Many people joined in.
Temar Boggs, 15, was with some friends helping his elderly neighbor when one searcher___29___them and asked if they'd seen the girl.____30____the boys, none of them had seen her. Temar was approached with a photo of Starry. “I____31____that I was going to find her,” he says. He borrowed a bike from a friend and sped away. The boy searched without a plan,____32____keeping a sharp eye out as he rode on.
Then Temar____33____a car driving down a side street and turning back,____34____the driver was unfamiliar with the neighborhood. He followed it. The car pulled an____35____U-turn at the top of a hill—a group of policemen had gathered there.
The car passed the boy as it circled back____36____the hill. Temar madeeye contact (接触) with the man
behind the wheel, and spied a tiny blond girl in the passenger seat. Temar____37____knew “it was her, for sure.” The boy____38____fast after the car, but the driver kept moving, slowly winding his way through the neighborhood.____39____, the driver pulled the car to the street side a few hundred feet ahead of him and pushed open the passenger-side door. Starry____40____out of the car. The kidnapper (绑架者) sped away but was caught by the police the next day.
21. A. building B. girl C. bike D. policeman
22. A. hid B. escaped C. disappeared D. left
23. A. off B. for C. to D. above
24. A. wrong B. difficult C. special D. dangerous
25. A. unfortunately B. formally C. especially D. probably
26. A. yet B. even C. also D. still
27. A. enveloped B. abandoned C. brought D. presented
28. A. disturbing B. entering C. searching D. exploring
29. A. annoyed B. invited C. inspired D. approached
30. A. According to B. As a result of C. In spite of D. Depending on
31. A. learned B. agreed C. felt D. proved
32. A. hurriedly B. carefully C. properly D. simply
33. A. passed B. spotted C. missed D. followed
34. A. so that B. even though C. as if D. in case
35. A. sharp B. major C. awful D. vast
36. A. along B. around C. down D. toward
37. A. certainly B. ly C. immediately D. nearly
38. A. circled B. drove C. ran D. rode
39. A. Cautiously B. Finally C. Gradually D. Wildly
40. A. slipped B. ran C. cycled D. walked
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
The 1918 Spanishflu was the most deadly outbreak in history. It___41.___(cause) by an H1N1 virus found in genes of birds' origin. Although there is no universal agreement regarding where the virus___42.___(actual) originated, it spread worldwide during 1918-1919. In theUnited States, it was first identified in the army
in___43.___spring of 1918.
It was estimated that about 500 million people___44.___one-third of the world's population of that time became infected with this virus. The number of___45.___(death)was estimated to be at least 50 million worldwide with about 675,000 occurring in theUnited States. The death rate was high in people younger than 5 years old, 20-40 years old, and 65 years and___46.___(old). The high death rate in___47.___(heath) people, including those in the 20-to 40-year-old age group, was a unique feature of this disease.
While the 1918 H1N1 virus has been produced and evaluated by modern science, the features that have made it so deadly are got well understood. With no vaccine to protectagainst influenza infection and no medicine___48.___(treat) secondary bacteria infections, control efforts worldwide were limited to non-medical methods,___49.___separation, quarantine(检疫),good personal hygiene, and ban on public gatherings,_____50._____were applied in heavily infected areas.
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(\)画掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，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；2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

A city，whether big and small，should be clean. Only when we live in a clean city we live a happy life. As we know，a clean city，that disease may be reduced and people's health may be better，are good both to our mind and body. No one believes people lived in a dirty city with waste everywhere can live happy. However，as more and more people moving into our city，it is not easy to keep our city clean. Beside，some factories will pour waste into the air，the river and onto the ground，making it is hard to keep our city clean. To make our city the better place to live in，we still have a lot to do.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，请给你的英国朋友Jenson写一封邮件，邀请他本周六给你校学生做一场关于如何提高英语口语的在线培训。

写作词数应为80左右；
注意：
1.写清楚写信的目的；
2.写清楚时间和地点可适当补充其他内容以使行文连贯。

Dear Jenson,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. A
2. D
3. C
4. C
5. D
6. A
7. B
8. A 9. C 10. D 11. C
12. D 13. B 14. A 15. C
16. D 17. F 18. C 19. B 20. G
21. B 22. C 23. A 24. A 25. C 26. D 27. B 28. C 29. D 30. A 31. C 32.
D 33. B 34. C 35. A 36. C 37. C 38. D 39. B 40. A
41. was caused
42. actually
43. the 44. or
45. deaths 46. older
47. healthy
48. to treat
49. like/including
50. which
51.(1).and→or
(2).when后添加can/will
(3).that→where
(4).are→is
(5).lived→living
(6).happy→happily
(7).moving→move
(8).Beside→Besides
(9).去掉is
(10).the→a
52.略。