2019-2020学年厦门市第十中学高三英语第四次联考试卷及答案

2019-2020学年厦门市第十中学高三英语第四次联考试卷及答案
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
The following 4 famous paintings, from Jan van Eyck’s portrait to Pablo Picasso’s masterpiece, have stood the test of time.
The Arnolfini Portrait
Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait, an oil painting on wood produced in 1434, is undoubtedly one of the masterpieces in the National Gallery,London. This painting is as visually interesting as it is famed. It is also an informative document on fifteenth-century society, through van Eyck’s heavy use of symbolism-while husbands went out to engage in business, wives concerned themselves with domestic duties.
The Starry Night
Vincent van Gogh painted The Starry Night, oil on canvas, a moderately abstract landscape painting of an expressive night sky over a small hillside village, during his 12-month stay at the mental hospital nearSaint-Remy-de-Provence,Francebetween 1889 and 1890. When theMuseumofModern ArtinNew York Citypurchased the painting from a private collector in 1941, it was not well known, but it has since become one of van Gogh's most famous works.
The Harvesters
The Harvesters is an oil painting on wood completed by Pieter Bruegel the Elder in 1565. It depicts the harvest time which most commonly occurred within the months of August and September. Nicolaes Jonghelinck, a merchant banker and art collector fromAntwerp, commissioned this painting. The painting has been at the Metropolitan Museum of Art inNew York Citysince 1919.
Guernica
Guernica,a large black-and-white oil painting, was painted by the Cubist Spanish painter, Pablo Picasso in 1937. The title ‘Guernica’ refers to the city that was bombed by Nazi planes during the Spanish Civil War. The painting depicts the horrors of war and as a result, has come to be an anti-war symbol and a reminder of the tragedies of war. Today, the painting is housed at the Museo National Centro de Arte ReinaSofiainMadrid.
1. What do the four paintings have in common?
A. They are oil paintings.
B. They are kept inNew York.
C. They show different people’s lives.
D. They are created during 10th century to 19th century.
2. What do we know about The Starry Night?
A. It shows the scenery of a small hillside village.
B. Van Gogh produced it when living in his home.
C. A private collector gave it away to the museum.
D. It was not famous before 1941.
3. Whose painting shows the destruction of war?
A. Jan van Eyck.
B. Vincent van Gogh.
C. Pieter Bruegel.
D. Pablo Picasso.
B
I waschecking out at the supermarket counter on Wednesday night, ready to pay for my bananas, when all of
a sudden, fear came upon me. My wallet was gone. And I could only have left it one place: the G9 bus, from which I had gotten off minutes earlier and which was now speeding to some stops. The moment of realizing it was gone was followed by mental math. How much time and money would it cost to replace the credit cards, the driver's license, the expensive lipstick ($ 55!).
Two hours after I was back at my house, I heard a knock on the door. My husband answered while I sat in the dining room on the phone with a credit card company. "Does Jennifer live here?" I heard someone say. In her hand was my wallet, without a penny missing. She left before I could offer my gratitude to her.
After I posted the story, I heard from her boyfriend, who identified the good citizen as Erin Ball, a 26-year-old girl working for a trade organization.
Once I figured out her, I called to thank her. She said she spotted my wallet and thought that it's more dangerous to go to a stranger's house than leaving the wallet with the driver, but she still decided to take the chance. "If I were in that situation, I would want someone to try to find me," she said. Ball doesn't find her actions particularly excellent. She added, "It's not hard to do small things for people."
After Ball found my wallet, she decided to post a picture of my driver's license online before going to my house, trying to see if anyone knew me. No sooner had she left my doorstep than I got emails from two neighbors who recognized my face, both offering to help me find my missing property.
Ball found my house on a bitterly cold night,for which I was extremely grateful. Looking back, I'm not surprised someone had wanted to help a stranger. A warm current of honesty and harmony is running through this town.
4. What do we know about the author according to paragraph 1?
A. She missed the G9 bus.
B. She paid for her bananas.
C. She replaced the credit cards.
D. She found she had left her wallet on the bus.
5. Who helped the author find Ball?
A. The G9 driver.
B. The girl's boyfriend.
C. The author's neighbors.
D. The author's husband.
6. What did Ball do first after finding the wallet?
A. Ball called the author.
B. Ball went to the author's house.
C. Ball gave the wallet to the bus driver.
D. Ball posted a photo of the author's driving license.
7. Which of the following best describes Erin Ball?
A. Humorous and kind.
B. Generous and demanding.
C. Honest and warm-hearted.
D. Caring and outgoing.
C
The Rise of Voice Technology
Voice technology has come a long way. Just a few years ago, it would have been unusable. But now, those who follow the technology know that it has got considerably better.
Writing with your voice raises several interesting questions. How difficult is it actually? Human speech involves a lot more starting and stopping with errors and the need for repairing broken sentences than you may think. Even gifted speakers make mistakes. To turn the spoken word into reasonable writing requires lots of planning. You’ll need some kinds of notes or other organisers to make it work.
Another question turning speech into writing raises is the style. How would writing make the change that people speak their writing rather than type? Chances are that it would come up with many more short sentences
and more concrete language, which is good. It would probably also rely on prepared phrases a lot more often, which is not available when you are speaking quickly.
To confirm this, a column was not written, but dictated (听写). It was composed from brief notes written down for structure only, and it was edited for length, with all of the original errors kept in. Here were the results. The first was that the literal accuracy was extremely high. There weren’t many cases wherethe software had heard one word incorrectly and written down another. But the other result was that the readability of this column was rather bad. Obviously, the blame is not with the technology at all, which turns out to be rather good. Speaking into writing relies on a better human brain than the one we currently possess. Writing is hard. There’s a reason it can’t be done at the speed of speech, in real time.
To clarify the matter, this time paragraph breaks were added after the whole writing. Punctuations (标点) had to be spoken aloud, and after a full stop, the first word in the new sentence was capitalized automatically. Some minor punctuation marks were added to make it clearer. To improve accuracy, people “trained” the software beforehand, reading a prewritten passage aloud. Actually it turns out to be more effective. All of these ensure the satisfactory completion of turning speech into writing.
Language is the most important tool for human interaction, and voice is one beautiful part of language. With the maturity of modern technology, it has given birth to a great change in the human-computer voice interaction.
8. According to the passage, which helps to turn speech into writing in terms of style?
A. There is careful planning in advance.
B. Errors and broken sentences are avoided.
C. People type words as fast as they say them.
D. The writing contains more prepared phrases.
9. To achieve better results, the author mentions some changes for ______.
A. processing errors in a column.
B. adding minor punctuation marks.
C. increasing the number of brief notes.
D. integrating short paragraphs in writing.
10. The author suggests that ______.
A. human brains are responsible for poor dictated writing.
B. writing with voice promises to improve the quality of writing.
C. writing is an unnatural act that can hardly be learned and improved.
D. technology has a long way to go in the human-computer voice interaction.
11. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Why people fully intend to turn speech into writing.
B. What role voice technology plays in improving readability.
C. Where the human-computer voice interaction is at an advantage.
D. How voice technology enables the change from speech into writing.
D
Following the Famous Silk Roads
The Silk Roads were a networkof ancient trade routes that extended from East Asia all the way to theMediterranean. A key section of the Silk Roads is the Chang’an-Tianshan corridor（走廊）, whichstretchesover a distance of around 5,000 kilometres through China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, covering a total of 8,700 kilometres of trade routes. The three countries jointly pursued an application for UNESCO World Heritage (遗产) status which contained detailed research on the 33 sites along the corridor. This made history as the first successful multinational World Heritage application.
The starting point of the corridor and the entire Silk Roads network isXi’an, inShanxiProvince. Further west on the Silk Roads, the geography gradually changes from wild deserts to high, snow-capped mountains to vast grasslands as the routes pass through theTianshanMountainsand emerge in the valleys ofCentral Asia. Although the Chang’an-Tianshan corridor of the Silk Roads ends here, the network continues westwards until it reaches theMediterranean.
The corridor began to develop in the 2nd century. Assigned by the emperor, the ambassador Zhang Qian journeyed from Chang’an toCentral Asia, seeking to build bridges between the Han Dynasty and the Western Regions. Following Zhang’s efforts, trade routes took shape and relationships were strengthened between the major powers of the time, with the routes network reaching as far as theRoman Empire.
Economic activities along the routes network were not limited to trade in silk. They contributed many other items to the marketplace of goods. The routes were busy with camels carrying loads of goods and businessmen selling everything imaginable.China’s exports included silk, porcelain, ironware and tea, while horses, jewellery, spices and grapes were all imported over vast distances from the West.
In addition to trade exchange, the network served as a bridge for cultural exchange which shaped the evolution of science, art, technology and many other areas in societies along the network. Astronomy and mathematics were introduced toChinafromIndiaandArabia; important Chinese inventions such as papermaking
and printing were brought to the West.
All of these activities contributed to a great age of expansion as trade and cultural exchanges gave people access to new goods,knowledge and ideas. These routes connected Eastern and Western civilizations, which achieved a shared development. The addition of the Chang’an-Tianshan corridor to the UNESCO World Heritage List is a milestone in recognition of the Silk Roads as a crucial part of humanity’s common heritage.
12. The key section of the Silk Roads is________.
A. the Mediterranean
B. Xi’an, inShanxiProvince
C.KazakhstanandKyrgyzstan
D. the Chang’an-Tianshan corridor
13. The underlined word “stretches” in Paragraph 1 is close in meaning to________.
A. stands
B. spreads
C. moves
D. flies
14. Zhang Qian travelled from Chang’an toCentral Asiato________.
A. export silk, porcelain, ironware and tea
B. purchase horses, jewellery, spices and grapes
C. seek help from the most powerful western countries
D. build bridges between his country and other countries
15. What was the role of the Silk Roads according to the passage?
A. It helped to change the wild deserts to grasslands.
B. It was recognized by the UNESCO asChina’s heritage.
C. It speeded up the development of the countries involved.
D. It started a trade competition between countries along the way.
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
Readingis an interesting and useful activity. You should like it.___16___. You will improve your brain power. This shouldn't come as a shock. Studies suggest reading makes you smart. Unlike watching television，which requires no thought process，reading is an active learning experience that will keep your mind sharp（even in old age）. ___17___Reading more books means you will have more knowledge. The more strategies and resources your brain will store, the more likely you will succeed.
You will absorb yourself in a new world.___18___At times like this，I like to dive into a good fiction book for an escape into another world，forgetting about my problems. Whether you want to travel to the land of the Hobbits，a galaxy far away or a tropical destination in a romance novel is up to you. You'll come back refreshed after a mini
﹣vacation to a fresh and exciting place in the world words.
You will improve your vocabulary.___19___I couldn't imagine how I would write articles like this if I didn't actively aim to expand my vocabulary.
You will entertain yourself for a low price. If you're looking for entertainment on a budget，you can't beat books.___20___It's never been easier to entertain yourself for hours at a time for the low cost of a few dollars.
A. Here are some good reasons for it
B. Reading helps you save more money
C. You will increase your chances of success
D. You're supposed to learn some practical tips for it
E. Electronic reading tools are becoming more popular
F. Sometimes our daily life can start to feel dull，dry or depressing
G. The more words you're able to use，the better you will be at expressing yourself
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After a tornado touched down in a small town nearby, all the local newspapers carried many stories on families who suffered the hardest. A particular photo especially___21___me. A young woman stood in front of a___22___mobile home, together with a young boy and a tiny girl standing before the ruins, eyes wide with___23___and fear. This would be a good___24___to teach my children to help those less___25___than themselves.
I held the___26___to my seven-year-old twins, Brad and Breit, and to three-year-old Meghan. “These___27___people now have nothing,” I said, “We are___28___to share what we have with them”. I brought three large boxes and asked the boys to___29___some of their less favorite things. The boys____30____the toys they had chosen into one of the boxes____31____I filled the third box with clothes. Meghan____32____quietly and then walked up with Lucy, her____33____but much-loved doll hugged tightly to her____34____“Oh , honey,”
I said, “You love her so much.” “Lucy makes me happy. Maybe she'll make that____35____girl happy, too.” Having watched their baby sister, Brad brought one of his favorite action figures, and Bret____36____some of his prized match-box cars from his room.
Taking the cue from my little one, I____37____my old jacket from the box of clothes. I____38____it with the new green one bought last week. True____39____is giving what you cherish most. I, who had____40____to teach, had been taught.
21. A. puzzled B. excited C. touched D. disappointed
22. A. decorated B. protected C. repaired D. destroyed
23. A. confusion B. amazement C. delight D. excitement
24. A. experience B. event C. purpose D. chance
25. A. thankful B. confident C. hopeful D. lucky
26. A. story B. box C. picture D. clothes
27. A. poor B. wealthy C. unhealthy D. injured
28. A. warned B. expected C. ordered D. forced
29. A. take up B. take away C. give away D. give up
30. A. kicked B. placed C. stored D. slid
31. A. so B. since C. until D. while
32. A. slept B. spoke C. watched D. moved
33. A. valuable B. worn C. pretty D. broken
34. A. chest B. leg C. arm D. head
35. A. good B. little C. kind D. shy
36. A. hid B. borrowed C. fetched D. supplied
37. A. removed B. caught C. held D. left
38. A. compared B. changed C. added D. replaced
39. A. sharing B. belonging C. trust D. friendship
40. A. managed B. meant C. failed D. refused
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
Living in a city can be stressful. But some people inBogota,Colombiahave found a place to help reduce stress and get a break from busy life.___41.___place is a park for hummingbirds(蜂鸟).
The park___42.___(sit) at the top of Monserrate Hill in a place known as the Paramuno corridor. The area contains a forest that has turned into a peaceful place for both people and birds.
As the hummingbirds fly from flower___43.___flower, some scientists concentrate on(集中于) the animals and study them, while others would like___44.___(take) pictures with their phones. Camilo Cantor is a worker in the park,___45.___job is to mix water and sugar along a 300 meter path. Cantor explains, “You can hear noise from the city, the producer of___46.___(pollute).” But, he adds, the park is a special place. It is a
place___47.___people can go to reduce stress and forget about the pressure of city life.
Ten years ago, the hill___48.___(destroy) completely, meaning there were not any trees left on it. But workers began to plant local trees and flowers again to bring the forest back to life. At present, there are a number of birds,___49.___(include) 18 kinds of hummingbirds and some migratory(迁徙的) species.
Hummingbirds are only found on the American continent andColombiais home to____50.____(vary) kinds of birds.
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，每句中最多两处。

错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加:在此处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出修改的词。

删除:把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改:在错的词下划一横线，并在其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11处起）不计分。

I went to buy some traditional Chinese medicine on last Sunday. Just before leaving the drugstore, I noticed that some foreigners seem to have difficulty communicate with the assistant. I went over to ask if I needed. The assistant told me that she couldn’t make herself understand about how to boil the mixture correctly. Learning that I could give them the hand, they were relieved. Without some trouble，I translated that the assistant wanted to say. Both sides expressed thanks to me. I was delighted to help other. More importantly，as a Chinese，I felt proudly to see foreigners try traditional Chinese medicine.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假如你是李华，为了缅怀中国杂交水稻之父袁隆平，你们学校上周五组织全体学生收看了电影《袁隆平》，并以班级为单位交流了观后感。

请你给学校英文报写一篇文章介绍这次活动。

内容包括：
1.活动简介；
2.同学们的感受。

注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：杂交水稻之父Father of Hybrid Rice
参考答案
1. A
2. D
3. D
4. D
5. B
6. D
7. C
8. D 9. B 10. A 11. D
12. D 13. B 14. D 15. C
16. A 17. C 18. F 19. G 20. B
21. C 22. D 23. A 24. D 25. D 26. C 27. A 28. B 29. C 30. B 31. D 32. C 33. B 34. A 35. B 36. C 37. A 38. D 39. A 40. B
41. The
42. sits 43. to
44. to take
45. whose 46. pollution
47. where 48. was destroyed
49. including
50. various
51.(1). last 前的on 删掉
(2). seem → seemed
(3). communicate → communicating
(4). I后加was
(5).understand → understood
(6).the → a
(7). some → any
(8).that → what
(9).other → others
(10). proudly → proud
52.略。