2020届江苏省天一中学高三英语期中考试试卷及参考答案

2020届江苏省天一中学高三英语期中考试试卷及参考答案
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
AQUILA Children’s Magazine is the most intelligent read for curious kids. Full of enthusiastic articles and challenging puzzles, every issue covers science, history and general knowledge. AQUILA is a quality production, beautifully illustrated with contemporary artwork throughout.
● Intelligent reading for 8-12 year-olds
● Cool science and challenging projects
● Inspires self-motivated learning
● Exciting new topic every issue
AQUILA is created and owned by an independent UK company. It has 28 pages,printed on high-quality paper and there are no advertisements or posters. Instead it is full of well-written articles, thought-provoking ideas and great contemporary artwork. Each monthly issue is centred around a new topic.
AQUILA works as a superb learning extension to current primary (or KS2 and KS3) curriculum (课程), but it is much more than that! Entertaining and always surprising, AQUILA is recommended because it widens children’s interest and understanding, rather than encouraging them to concentrate only on their favourite subjects. It gives children a well-rounded understanding of the world, in all its complexity.
The concepts in AQUILA can be challenging, requiring good comprehension and reading skills. 8 years is usually a good age to start. Some gentle interest from an adult is often helpful at the start.
In 2020 AQUILA will have been in publication for 28 years, but it has never appeared in newsstands or shops. We are subscription only.
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UK: 12 Months £55 - 4 Months £30
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1.What is special about AQUILA?
A.It is available in shops.
B.It is for kids of all ages.
C.It has no advertisements.
D.It prints readers’ artworks.
2.What does AQUILA offer its readers?
A.Articles on modern art.
B.Family reading materials.
C.Ideas on improving readingskills.
D.Knowledge beyond school subjects.
3.AQUILA is intended for ________.
A.foreign language learners
B.children with learning difficulties
C.parent-child reading lovers
D.curious kids with good comprehension
B
A young female athlete in thePhilippinesrecently won many gold medals during a sports meet despite not having proper running shoes. Rhea Ballos, an 11-year-old student ofSalvationElementary Schoolin Balason,Iloilo, wasonly wearing bandages around her feet when she competed at the Iloilo Schools Sports Meet.
Facebook user Valenzuela posted pictures of the girl with her feet wrapped in bandages bearing the famous Nike logo. Ballos even wrote the word “NIKE” on the sides of her “shoe” to complete the “Nike running shoes” look. The bandages were tightly wrapped around her feet, creating a thin protective layer against the track. While she was actually barefoot during the races, she was still able to defeat her competitors who all more proper footwear intended for running,
According to the post, Ballos bagged the top awards in the 400-meter dash, the 800-meter run, and the 1500-meter run in the girls' categories in the inter school sporting event held in Iloilo, central Philippines.
When pictures of her “Nike” footwear become popular, Flipinos on social media praised her. Many noted that instead of falling into self-pity, she was even able to make light of the situation by drawing the Nike logo on her “running shoes”. Some of the commenters of Valenzuela's post expressed how the girl deserved to be recognized by Nike and that the brand should actually give her a new pair of real Nike shoes. Others started getting in touch with the American sports brand, as well as local basketball specialty store Titan 22.
It did not take long for Titan co-founder and Alaska Aces head coach Jeffrey Cariaso to take notice of Ballos'
outstanding achievement. Cariaso immediately made an effort to get in touch with the young track runner. The seven-time PBA champion has since talked to the student as well as her coaches in an apparent bid to help her out.
4. Why did Ballos wear bandages around her feet to compete?
A. She couldn't afford to buy shoes.
B. She wished to be noticed by Nike.
C. She wanted to draw public's attention.
D. She thought it fashionable and unique.
5. What's people's attitude to Ballos' story?
A. Surprised.
B. Confused.
C. Favorable.
D. Doubtful.
6. What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. Ballos will be recognized by Nike.
B. Ballos will be probably helped by Cariaso.
C. Ballos is bound to win more champions.
D. Ballos will become a great basketball player.
7. Which of the following can best describe Ballos?
A. Shy and lucky.
B. Kind and brave.
C. Clever and outstanding.
D. Gifted and optimistic.
C
After finishing his dinner, Lin Xu opened a WeChat mini-program called "Clear Plate" on his phone and took picture of the empty plates. He was then awarded 157 credit points after the image was uploaded and recognized by artificial intelligence.
“Users of the app can use their credit to buy gifts, such as books and cellphones to purchase charity meals donated to children in poor rural areas,” Lin said.
A nationwide "Clear Your Plate" campaign is gaining steam online. Efforts to stop food waste and promote thrift are also being made by restaurants that have been urged to create an environment in which consumers are reminded not to waste food. They are also encouraged to offer different portion sizes so that customers can have more choices.
The “Clear Plate” mini-program has become popular among young Chinese and currently has nearly 1 million users.
Liu Jichen, founder of the startup that developed the app, said that the idea popped up at a dinner in 2017, when Liu found that a restaurant would give diners who polished off their food a card and offer small gifts after a certain number of cards had been collected.
“Such an idea can be realized online,” Liu said. He formed a team to work on the project.
Yet it was quite challenge for the AI system to identify whether the uploaded photos showed empty plates.
To make the AI system smarter, Liu and his team, assisted by more than 1,000 others, spent half a year collecting over 100, 000 samples in canteens and restaurants across the country and used the data to train neural network. Dozens of enterprises, institutions and restaurants have contacted the startup to cooperate on the project.
Through the visualized mini-program, people can clearly see the good results of saving food, which will effectively reduce waste, he noted. "We hope our efforts can start a new trend among the younger generation, encouraging them to carry out the virtue of cherishing food and developing the habit of thrift, " Liu said
8. What is the main function of the APP "Clear Plate?
A. Awarding credit points.
B. Giving charity meals.
C. Showing the empty plates.
D. Encouraging saving food.
9. How is the "Clear Your Plate" campaign carried out?
A. Customers wasting food are punished.
B. People join in it on mini-program.
C. Restaurants limit customers' choices.
D. People are encouraged to buy gifts.
10. What was the most difficult when the app was created?
A. Getting other people to cooperate with the team.
B. Collecting samples in canteens and restaurants.
C. Ensuring the app to recognize empty plates.
D. Finding people to fund the app.
11. What is the purpose of the writing?
A. To introduce an app.
B. To promote saving food.
C. To praise a startup founder.
D. To raise fund for poor children.
D
Michele Gentile, an Italian bookseller, is offering free books to children in exchange for plastic bottles to recycle.
Michele owns Ex Libris Cafe in Polla，a small town in southern Italy. He said he thought of the recycling program, because he wanted to inspire children in the small town to read and pay attention to the environment.
''My goal is to spread the passion and love for books among those people in Italy who do not usually read while at the time helping the environment," Gentile explained.
The idea for the initiative (倡议) came after Gentile collaborated with a nearby middle school on an aluminum recycling project. Working together, the schoolchildren and Gentile collected enough cans to purchase books for an entire classroom. His new program too off from there and has already spread into northern Italy: Gentile's hopes his work will continue to make headlines and become a worldwide initiative.
The free books come from customers in Gentile's shop who have donated money to purchase a ''suspended" book. The idea comes from a World War II practice in which customers would buy two Coffees: one for themselves and another for the next person in line. Gentile has been using the extra books as part of his recycling initiative, While Gentile's program is a great way to recycle and get kids to read, it also brings awareness to the growing problem of plastic waste. Single-use plastics make up around 26 percent of all the plastics in the world, only 14 percent of which are recycled. Plastics that end up in landfills take around 500 years to decompose (分解),is a major concern for environmentalists.
Cutting down on plastic waste is important if we want to better the environment for future generations, and recycling programs like Gentile's book giveaway are a great way to meet that goal.
12. What is the purpose of Gentile's book giveaway?
A. To sell more coffee and books.
B. To attract more customers.
C. To collect money for a new project.
D. To inspire reading and recycling.
13. How did Gentile come up with the idea?
A. Working with a school to recycle cans.
B. Seeing school kids don't like reading.
C. Donating books for a local school.
D. Buying a “suspended” book for a child.
14. Who pay for the books of the project?
A. The local government.
B. Gentile himself.
C. Some publishers.
D. His customers.
15. Whichof the following is the best title for the text?
A. An Italian's Reading Initiative
B. Recycling Can Get Kids Free Books
C. Michele's Way of Doing Business
D. A New Way to Deal with Plastic Waste
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People who love to spend time in their kitchen know that after having a rough day it helps themto relieve
stress. Cooking up a favorite meal helps you forget about any of the issues you were focused on during the day.___16___Spending time alone in the kitchen after a long day at work allows you to simply recharge and enjoy the solitude of your kitchen.
Cooking can be a great way to put off a daily task, and those who love to cook know this all too well. Putting all your effort into making an elaborate meal or your favorite dessert is a great way to avoid anything that you have been dreading.
___17___Anyone who enjoys cooking knows that when you share a common interest like cooking with someone from a different culture, you can easily form a bond. They see this as an amazing opportunity to share recipes and dishes and learn from different cooking traditions and customs.
Eating out as a cook allows you to taste surprising ingredients in dishes.___18___Unusual flavors excite you and unique interpretations of dishes have you asking the waiter exactly what was added to make the food so flavorful. This might not excite your non-cook friends and family, but for you, it’s a great way to learn and improve.___19___
___20___As a cook, you have learned to add your own personal tastes to recipes through extensive trial and error. There are no limits for you when it comes to putting a new take on a traditional favorite, because, for you, cooking is all about creation.
A. Going out to eat becomes a whole other experience.
B. Instead, you concentrate on creating something delicious.
C. Cooking is also a universal language.
D. Moreover, cooking plays an important role in family life.
E. It is also likely to potentially inspire you to try to cook the meals in your own kitchen.
F. Mastering cooking skills helps you to become creative with food.
G. Cooking makes you a happy and popular 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
I used to believe in the American Dream, which meant a job, a mortgage (按揭), credit cards, success. I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else, allof us___21___chasing the same thing.
One year, through a series of unhappy events, it all___22___down I found myself homeless and alone. I only owned my truck and $ 56. I___23___ the countryside for some place I could rent for the ___24___ possible amount. I came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road___25___the Potomac River inWest
Virginia. It was ___26___, full of broken glass and rubbish. I found the owner, rented it, and___27___ a corner to camp in.
The locals knew nothing about me,___28___ slowly, they started teaching me the___29___of being a neighbor. They dropped off blankets, candles, and tools, and began___30___to chat. They started to teach me a belief in a ___31___American Dream—not the one of individual achievement but of___32___.
What I had believed in, all those things I thought were___33___ for a civilized life, were nonexistent in this place.___34___on the mountain, my most valuable possessions were my ___35___with my neighbors.
Four years later, I moved back into___36___. I saw many people were having a really hard time, ___37___their jobs and homes. I managed to rent a big enough house to___38___a handful of people. There are four of us now in the house, but over time I’ve had nine people come in and move on to other places. We’d all be in___39___if we hadn’t banded together.
The American Dream I believe in now is a___40___one. It’s not so much about what I can get for myself; it’s about what we can all get by together.
21. A. violently B. equally C. separately D. naturally
22. A. broke B. go C. fail D. cut
23. A. crossed B. left C. toured D. searched
24. A. fullest B. cheapest C. fairest D. largest
25. A. along B. through C. over D. round
26. A. occupied B. robbed C. emptied D. abandoned
27. A. turned B. cleared C. approached D. took
28. A. but B. although C. otherwise D. for
29. A. benefit B. lesson C. nature D. art
30. A. pausing B. working C. learning D. moving
31. A. different B. real C. wild. D. remote
32. A. friendliness B. happiness C. neighborliness D. kindness
33. A. unique B. expensive C. rare D. necessary
34. A. Up B. Down C. Deep D. Along
35. A. cooperation B. relationships C. satisfaction D. appointments
36. A. reality B. society C. town D. life
37. A. creating B. losing C. quitting D. offering
38. A. put in B. turn in C. take in D. get in
39. A. yards B. shelters C. camps D. cottages
40. A. individual B. successful C. unhappy D. shared
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
During festive occasions we often see a “lion”____41.____(crazy) shake its head, twist ears and scratch cheeks, accompanied with the sounds of gongs (锣) as well as drum beats. This traditional lion dance,____42.____(list) as a national intangible culture heritage in 2016, dates from the Three Kingdoms period (220-280). It’s been one of the____43.____(well) known among so many arts.
Breathtaking though, this challenging art can never____44.____(perform) easily. Dancing on poles shows far more than just caution and____45.____(brave). There’re 21 poles between 1.2 m and 2.5 m high, with up to 1.8 m in between. Any single false step leads to these dancers falling to the ground below.____46.____they don’t practise together every move hard enough, they end up sweating all over in vain.
Still, to younger generations, this ancient art seems less appealing than before. Besides funding, coaches are difficult to find, and that is____47.____it has become tougher for lion dancers to survive. Yet, nothing can ever keep them____48.____going forward. “We’re all struggling____49.____(pass) on the heritage,” Deng Minghua, a national inheritor of the cultural heritage,_____50._____(say) in an interview last week.
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。

Many people like to go shopping. My mom is no different. She likes to buy shoe. Once, my mother told me to go shopping with her, and so I do. However, after I got home, I made a decide that I would not go shopping with her some more. She always spends long time on window shopping. When I go shopping, I always rapid buy the things I want to. That doesn’t take her a lot of time. Some people shop not only to buy things, and also to look at things, which is call window shopping.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假设你是英语课代表，你发现许多同学英语基础较差，打算在明天英语课前的演讲中号召大家阅读英文小说。

请写一篇演讲稿，内容包括：
1.阅读的益处；
2.阅读的方法。

注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

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参考答案
1. C
2. D
3. D
4. A
5. C
6. B
7. D
8. D 9. B 10. C 11. A
12. D 13. A 14. D 15. B
16. B 17. C 18. E 19. A 20. F
21. C 22. A 23. D 24. B 25. C 26. D 27. B 28. A 29. D 30. A 31. A 32.
C 33.
D 34. A 35. B 36. C 37. B 38. C 39. B 40. D
41. crazily
42. listed 43. best
44. be performed
45. bravely
46. If 47. why
48. from 49. to pass
50. said
51.(1). shoe→shoes
(2). do→did
(3). decide→decision
(4). some→any
(5). long前面加a
(6). rapid→rapidly
(7). 去掉to
(8). her→me
(9). and→but
(10). call→called 52.略。