2019-2020学年江西省莲花中学高三英语期中试卷及参考答案

2019-2020学年江西省莲花中学高三英语期中试卷及参考答案
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
Rome can be pricey for travelers, which is why many choose to stay in a hostel (旅社). The hostels in Rome offer a bed in a dorm room for around $25 anight, and for that, you’ll often get to stay in a central location (位置) with security and comfort.
Yellow Hostel
If I had to make just one recommendation for where to stay in Rome, it would be Yellow Hostel. It’s one of the best-rated hostels in the city, and for good reason. It’s affordable, and it’s got a fun atmosphere without being too noisy. As an added bonus, it’s close to the main train station.
Hostel Alessandro Palace
If you love social hostels, this is the best hostel for you in Rome. Hostel Alessandro Palace is fun. Staff members hold plenty of bar events for guests like free shots, bar crawls and karaoke. There’s also an area on the rooftop for hanging out with other travelers during the summer.
Youth Station Hostel
If you’re looking for cleanliness and a modern hostel, look no further than Youth Station. It offers beautiful furnishings and beds. There are plenty of other benefits, too; it doesn’t charge city tax; it has both air conditioning and a heater for the rooms; it also has free Wi-Fi in every room.
Hotel and Hostel Des Artistes
Hotel and Hostel Des Artistes is located just a 10-minute walk from the central city station and it’s close to all of the city’s main attractions. The staff is friendly and helpful, providing you with a map of the city when you arrive, and offering advice if you require some. However, you need to pay 2 euros a day for Wi-Fi.
1.What is probably the major concern of travelers who choose to stay in a hostel?
fort.
B.Security.
C.Price.
D.Location.
2.Which hotel best suits people who enjoy an active social life?
A.Yellow Hostel.
B.Hostel Alessandro Palace.
C.Youth Station Hostel.
D.Hotel and Hostel Des Artistes.
3.What is the disadvantage of Hotel and Hostel Des Artistes?
A.It gets noisy at night.
B.Its staff is too talkative.
C.It charges for Wi-Fi.
D.It’s inconveniently located.
B
Scientists have made great discoveries. But how have they influenced our personal lives? Do kids in your classroom even know when Einstein lived? You may be wondering: but why is it important to teachkids about modern-day scientists?
First, stories of scientists can encourage kids. Chris Hadfield is a Canadian who went to space, and he’s a real, guitar-playing person. He makes singing videos on YouTube! His story can make kids think scientists are also common people. Hearing scientists’ stories makes kids think “I can do that too!”
But not only that, the stories of famous scientists can encourage kids to never give up. Bill Nye was always refused when trying to be an astronaut. But today, he’s made a lot of successes in his role as a popular science educator and engineer. Besides, it’s no secret that scientific discoveries require trying, and trying again.
Another way some scientists can encourage kids is through their diversity. Neil deGrasse Tyson, for example, is an African-American, which is not common in his field. Such stories can make kids think anyone can be a scientist.
It’s important to know that scientists don’t need to be “gifted” or “good” at school. Often we consider a scientist as being an extremely smart kid at school. That doesn’t have to be true. They just need to have a great interest in science. Telling students stories of scientists can encourage them to show interest in science. As long as they’re interested, they are likely to become a scientist in the future.
Modern scientists teach kids that knowledge builds upon the foundation others have laid. This is important — no one can do it alone. Scientists’ stories can encourage today’s young scientists to keep trying. They’ll be encouraged not to give up on the dream of making discoveries. Even if they haven’t made important discoveries, their research may help the following scientists.
4. What can Chris Hadfield’s story tell students?
A. Scientists are interested in different things.
B. Students should have a hobby of their own.
C. Scientists can be ordinary like people around us.
D. Students should consider scientists as their models.
5. Which of the following would the author agree with?
A. African-Americans are more likely to become scientists.
B. Scientists are not necessarily very smart at school.
C. Not all scientists really show interest in science.
D. Scientists are usually good at their schooling.
6. The last paragraph shows us that ________.
A. scientists should help each other
B. a scientist should never give up trying
C. making discoveries is necessary for scientists
D. new scientific discoveries may be based on others’ findings
7. What is the text mainly about?
A. Why scientists are important to us.
B. Why students should be taught about scientists.
C. Why students love stories of scientists.
D. Why scientists can encourage students.
C
Many of us in China enjoy adding chilies (辣椒) toour food, but did you know that this spicy vegetable could also be dangerous? A 34-year-oldUSman recently ended up in hospital after eating a Carolina Reaper—the spiciest chili in the world. After taking just a single bite of one, the man suffered from serious headaches in the following few days, reported BBC News.
In fact, reports of stomachache and headache caused by eating spicy food are not something unusual. But if chilies are harmful, why is it that human beings are the only animals to eat this vegetable? According to the website Huanqiu, about 600 million Chinese people—almost half of the national population—are chili eaters. So what makes people love chilies so much? The human body reacts to the burning feeling that comes from eating chilies by releasing natural chemicals that “produce a sense of happiness” , noted BBC News.
And the benefits go even further than just personal enjoyment. A survey conducted by the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences found that the death rate of those who eat spicy food once or twice a week is 10 percent lower than those who eat it less than once a week. The number decreased to 14 percent for those who eat spicy food six to seven times a week. And another study done by theUniversityofVermontcame to a similar conclusion. “The data encourages people to eat more spicy food to improve health and reduce death risk at an early age,” Liu Qi, a nutritionist at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, told BBC News.
Chilies have anti-cancer quality and the ability to increase our metabolism (新陈代谢). So, don't worry if you love spicy food. It seems that chilies are actually good for us—except for the Carolina Reaper, perhaps.
8. The example of a 34-year-old American is mentioned in Paragraph 1 to prove ________.
A. chiliescan be beneficial
B. chilies are popular inAmerica
C. chilies can be dangerous
D. serious headaches can be dangerous
9. Eating chilies gives people a sense of happiness by_______.
A. decreasing death rate
B. releasing natural chemicals
C. curing serious headaches
D. providing enough nutrition
10. Which of the following statement is TRUE?
A. Human are the only animals to eat chilies.
B. Stomachache and headaches caused by chilies is something unusual.
C. The more chilies you eat, the healthier you are.
D. Chilies have anti-cancer quality but it can't increase our metabolism.
11. The writer wrote the passage to ________.
A. warn people of the dangers of chilies
B. ask people to eat Carolina Reaper
C. encourage people to eat more chilies
D. tell people the benefits of chilies
D
Plastic is piling up in ecosystems all over the world. Although its harmful impacts on both species and ecosystems have been documented, a few animals—like bowerbirds and hermit crabs—are doing what they can to recycle it. And according to a recent study, wild bees in Canada have joined the effort, which is a rare observation of behavioral flexibility in species especially insects, in increasingly plastic-rich environments.
The researchers found two species of leafcutter bees putting plastic into their nests. One of the bees they studied, the alfalfa leafcutter bee, normally bites off pieces of leaves and flowers while the second bee gathers sticky substances from trees. Leafcutter bees don't build big nests or store honey like honeybees, choosing instead small nests in underground holes, tree holes or cracks（裂缝）in buildings. But the researchers found that three of eight brood cells（育雏巢室）contained pieces of plastic bags, replacing 23 percent of the cut leaves in each cell on average.
While they don't make honey,alfalfa leafcutter bees still make money for theU. S. and Canadian farmers by pollinating（给......传授花粉）crops including alfalfa , carrots and melons. The European insects were introduced to North America in the 1930s for that purpose, and they've since become wild, joining the continent's many native
species of leafcutter bees.
In a separate study conducted in Argentina between 2017 and 2018, researchers found a bee nest made entirely of plastic, which consisted of three separate cells. It's the first known example of such construction worldwide. Compared to the other nests the researchers examined, which were made of natural materials, this one had a pretty lower success rate of the bees' survival. One of the cells had a dead baby bee , another seemed to have housed an adult that had left the nest, and the third was unfinished.
12. What does the animals' use of plastic show according to the study?
A. How widely plastic is used.
B. How strange the behavior of wildlife is.
C. How some wildlife is adapting to plastic.
D. How plastic pollution has harmed them.
13. What do leaves mean to alfalfa leafcutter bees?
A. Food.
B. Shelter.
C A plastic substitute. D. Traditional nest materials.
14. Which is one characteristic of leafcutter bees?
A. They have great economic value.
B. They store honey like honeybees.
C. They prefer to live in tree holes.
D. They have evolved into a new species.
15. What was the nest made entirely of plastic like?
A. It might be warmer.
B. It might be unhealthy.
C. It might be easy to finish.
D. It might be recyclable.
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For humans, ignorance (无知) is inevitable (不可避免的) : It's our natural state. There's too much complexity in the world for any individual to master. Ignorance can be frustrating, but the problem is not ignorance itself.____16____.
According to David Dunning, ignorant people don't know how ignorant they are. If you give a group of people a task to do and then ask them how well they think they've done on the task. Poor performers overestimate how well they've done; strong performers often underestimate their performance: This is because those who lack skills
also lack the knowledge of what skills they're missing.____17____Those who have skills know what skills they could improve on.
Our ignorance, in general, shapes our lives in ways we do not know about. Put simply, people tend to do what they know and fail to do what they don't know.____18____People fail to reach their potential simply because they are not aware of the possible.
This is a fact of life.____19____We won't missDisneylandif we don't know it's there. For many expensive things, the less you know about them, the less you'll miss them and the happier you'll be.
___20___If we don't know about birth control, then we won't use it. If we remain ignorant about the horrors that are going on next door, we won't do what's necessary to stop them. And if we are ignorant about the dangerous things our children are getting into, disaster can follow.
A. Ignorance means you have neither.
B. So they think they're pretty good.
C. It’s the trouble we get into by not recognizing it.
D. But ignorance has costs.
E. It's knowledge of possibilities that makes us miss them.
F. We can't choose what we don't know about.
G. In that way, ignorance channels the course we take in 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
完形填空（共20小题；每小题21.5分，满分30分）
We have, like in many more countries, refugees(难民)in our country. Through the years I have tried to ____21____without pay by teaching women our country's language as one of their____22____. They have to learn the language, and also our culture, for example, what to____23____when they have to go to the doctor, or how to express what's____24____in such a place like a farm.
Only by____25____the language will they be able to join in our society. Once a year, just before Christmas break, all the women from different countries make delicious food which are____26____for us all together.
Many____27____I have noticed that it seems____28____for women to accept any help than men, probably ____29____the children that they have to raise.
Problems with the kids_____30_____happen due to being in a_____31_____country with a different culture and another_____32_____. The women often miss their homes very much and feel_____33_____, because they
have to get used to this life as_____34_____as possible. I have seen the_____35_____and pain in their eyes. It is so good to give some comfort(安慰)in one way or another, even just to be there for them. And it is really_____36_____when you make friends.
They and many more new, people are trying to_____37_____up their new homes in this new country. Will we be able to get them out of_____38_____, for everyone? And nowadays, though at times their lives look almost broken, I_____39_____it won't always. Because wherever we_____40_____, we are together, as we are citizens of the world.
22. A. continue B. help C. escape D. explain
23. A. jobs B. tests C. tools D. signs
24. A. devote B. say C. forecast D. suffer
25. A. blowing up B. getting along C. showing up D. going on
26. A. learning B. speaking C. mastering D. expressing
27. A. served B. judged C. Organized D. rewarded
28. A. kinds B. times C. moments D. chances
29. A. calmer B. nicer C. sadder D. harder
30. A. in case of B. in front of C. because of D. instead of
31. A. mostly B. peacefully C. finally D. personally
32. A. mean B. cruel C. rich D. different
33. A. lifestyle B. accent C. attitude D. disaster
34. A. moved B. worried C. determined D. excited
35. A. carefully B. hurriedly C. quickly D. smoothly
36. A. Fear B. happiness C. support D. matter
37. A. generous B. legal C. surprising D. great
38. A. give B. burn C. set D. make
39. A. order B. trouble C. luck D. pleasure
40. A. Prove B. Doubt C. dream D. believe
41. A. Vote B. rescue C. go D. compete
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
Research showed 60% of middle school students in America___41.___(say) they had been bullied (霸凌) in
the past few months. Over 160,000 stayed home from school___42.___(avoid) bullying.
It also showed that over 50% of bullying decreased if the school had___43.___anti-bully program running. Those programs would help the bullies understand how much they hurt the person___44.___is being bullied. It would also be___45.___(help) if teachers kept an eye on students at all times. A bullying case usually occurs on the playground___46.___at the canteen, but only 25% of bullied students said that teachers noticed and stood up for them.
Another way is to talk to the bully. Tell them how much it hurts when they call you names or___47.___(physical) hurt you. You can also tell a trusted adult. Iť's one of the most commonly known___48.___(way) to stop a bully___49.___bullying you. Don't just sit on the sidelines and watch bullying. Stand up for the bullying victim and let___50.___(they) know they won't be alone.
Bullying is never, nor will it ever be an acceptable matter. Together we can stand up to bullying and make it disappear.
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.
It's important to have regularly meals with the whole family. Because my parents and I am busy, we seldom have a chance to eat together. However, we think we should enjoy meals together in evening. First we considered set three fixed days every week, and everyone was unhappy. Then Mom suggested we tell her our most convenient days and he chose the two best days. I thought it bored at first I'd rather to spend time with my friends. Gradually, though, I began to see these evening together as interesting. We laughed a lot. We discussed each other problems. Now we are able to build much stronger relationships in my family.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，上周五在学校参加了一场急救知识讲座。

请根据以下要点给你的英国朋友Alan写封邮件分享此事。

内容包括：
1.讲座内容；
2收获体会；
3.希望对方分享相关经历。

注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请按如下格式在相应位置作答。

Dear Alan,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. C
2. B
3. C
4. C
5. B
6. D
7. B
8. C 9. B 10. A 11. D
12. A 13. B 14. D 15. B
16. C 17. B 18. G 19. F 20. D
21. B 22. C 23. B 24. D 25. A 26. A 27. B 28. D 29. C 30. A 31. D 32.
A 33.
B 34.
C 35. A 36.
D 37. C 38. B 39. D 40. C
41. said
42. to avoid
43. an 44. who/that
45. helpful
46. or 47. physically
48. ways 49. from
50. them
51.(1).regularly→regular；(2).am→are；(3).在in和evening之间加the；(4).set→setting；(5).and→but/yet；
(6).he→she；(7).bored→boring；(8).把spend前的to去掉；(9). evening→evenings ；(10).other→other’s 52.略。