2019-2020学年临沂市第一中学高三英语期末试卷及参考答案

2019-2020学年临沂市第一中学高三英语期末试卷及参考答案
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
Come and enjoy Vivaldi's TheFour Seasonsperformed by live musicians!
Tickets
△Zone A Sating (Excellent Visibility, $75)
△Zone B Seating (Great Visibility, $60)
△Zone C Seating (Good Visibility, $45)
△Zone D Seating (Restricted Visibility, 30)
Zone A and Zone B audiences will get the chance to take pictures with the performers on the stage after the show.
Highlights
* A beautiful venue bathed in candlelight.
*Classical music performance by the Angel Strings quartet
*A safe and socially-distanced event, ensuring you are comfortable and at ease.
General Info
*Dates and times: Various dates, at 6:30 pm and 8:30 pm (select during purchase).
*How long: 65 minutes. Doors open 45 minutes before the start time. We recommend you arrive at least 30 minutes before the start of the event, as late entry is not permitted.
*Where: Events on Oxlade
*Age requirement: Must be 8 years old or older to attend. Anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
*Please note: The 6:30 pm seating will take place during daylight hours outdoors, and the space will not be that dark. In the case of rain, the event will be moved to the indoor area of the venue.
Description
Whether you're looking for a beautifully unique classical music performance or a romantic candlelit experience, this performance is for you. You don't need to know all things about Vivaldi to enjoy the evening; simply sit back and admire the wonderful atmosphere and the pieces you'll hear.
Join our musicians for an evening under the stars, and prepare to be taken into the clouds with Vivaldi' s most treasured masterpieces!
1.What can someone with a $45 ticket do?
A.Perform on the stage.
B.Enjoy good visibility.
C.Select a seat in Zone B.
D.Take photos with the musicians.
2.What should potential audiences keep in mind?
A.Arrive at the venue on time.
B.Learn about Vivaldi in advance.
C.The performance lasts 45 minutes.
D.The event will be canceled if it rains.
3.What do we know about the 8:30 p.m. performance?
A.It welcomes children under the age of 8.
B.Its performers differ on different dates.
C.Its stage will be decorated with candles.
D.It will be shown in the indoor area of the venue.
B
Tofight for the conservation of forest ecosystem, several ecologists including Daniel Janzen convinced Del Oro, an orange juice producer, to donate part of their forestland to a national park. In return, Del Oro was allowed to throw large amounts of waste in the form of orangepeels(皮) on a 3-hectare piece of land within the national park at no cost. Dealing with tons of leftover peels usually involved burning them or paying to have them poured into a landfill, so the proposal was very attractive.
But a year later, another juice company challenged the deal in court, arguing that their competitor was "polluting a national park". They ended up winning, and the deal between Del Oro and the national park fell through.
Then in 2013, while discussing possible research avenues（途径，手段）with Timothy Treuer, Daniel Janzen mentioned the orange story. Feeling interested, Treuer decided to stop by that piece of land that had been covered with fruit waste 15 years earlier. What he found shocked him.
"While I would walk over exposed rock and dead grass in the nearby fields, I'd have to climb through undergrowth and cut paths through walls ofvines(藤) in the orange peel site itself," said Timothy Treuer.
Treuer and his team spent months picking upsamples(样品), analyzing and comparing them. They found great differences between the areas covered with orange peels and those that were not. The area withorange waste had richer soil.
The effect that the orange peels had on the land is probably not that surprising to people familiar withcomposting(施肥), but what is really shocking is that a judge actually thought the waste of orange "mined" a national parkand stopped it from going forward. Now that Timothy Treuer's study has received worldwide attention, this type of "ruining" is being seriously considered as a way of bringing forests back to life.
4. What did Del Oro usually do with orange peels?
A. Add them to fuel.
B. Feed them to animals.
C. Burn or bury them.
D. Make them into cakes.
5. What can we know about the deal between Del Oro and the national park?
A. It lasted 15 years.
B. It was signed by Treuer.
C. It was made in about 1998.
D. It was broken by Del Oro.
6. What was Treuer's finding?
A. Orange peels contain much fibre.
B. Orange peels can make soil richer.
C. Orange peels rot away in a short time.
D. Orange waste ruined the national park.
7. What is the author's attitude toward the judge mentioned in the last paragraph?
A. Disapproving.
B. Positive.
C. Worried.
D. Admirable.
C
A team of researchersfrom theUniversityofColorado Boulderhave created a revolutionary type of robotic muscles. They are strong and flexible at the same time, can feel the movements they perform and, whenever they suffer damage, they can self-heal. However, what is best about them is probably the fact that they are extremely cheap to manufacture.
The robotic muscles have been called actuators, and have drawn inspiration from real-life muscles. By creating robots equipped with this kind of actuators, researchers would allowthem to perform movements just like human muscles.
To make the robotic muscles work, they filled some flexible material with electrodes(电极)and with liquid and oil. Then, they applied some electricity, and the liquid and oil started moving around the electrodes and powered them. This way, the robotic muscles started contracting and relaxing just like real muscles, but a lot quicker.
Researchers also took inspiration from the variety of human muscles, and created more types of actuators, each of them performing a different movement. They called these robotic muscles HASEL ( Hydraulically-Amplified Self-healing Electrostatic). However, they are superior to biological muscles as they are stronger, faster, and more
flexible.
Even the researchers were amazed they could develop such technology. Eric Acome, the author of one of the studies, explained what is unique about the robotic muscles.
“The ability to create electrically powered soft actuators that lift a gallon of water at several times per second is something we haven't seen before.”
These muscles are special because they are also self-healing. This property is given by the liquid placed inside of them, which also gives them a lot more advantages than those mechanisms (机械)using solids. In the end, the material which keeps the liquid, the oil and the electrodes is extremely cheap. It is a type of polymer (聚合物)similar to the one used for potato chips bags, and can be manufactures for only 10 cents.
8. What can we learn about actuators?
A. They can heal on their own.
B. They are biological muscles.
C. They can not move like human muscles.
D. They are slower to react than real muscles.
9. What do actuators use to directly power electrodes?
A. Solids.
B. Liquid and oil.
C. A type of polymer.
D. Potato chips bags.
10. What is the last paragraph mainly about?
A. The origin of actuators.
B. The opinions on actuators.
C. The advantages of actuators.
D. The significance of actuators.
11. In which part of a newspaper will the textmost probably appear?
A. Health.
B. Culture.
C. Education.
D. Technology.
D
“They’re harming your brain.” “They’re ruining your eyes.” “They’re turning you into a violent person.” The words said publicly against video games are so common, but are these worries founded on actual science? Countless studies have offered different opinions on whether video games are bad for you. We’ve rounded up the most notable reports and studies below, so you can weigh up the evidence for yourself.
In 2013,psychologist(心理学家) Simone Kuhn studied the influences of spending long hours on video games on the brains of young adults and found that several areas became bigger than before. These areas are connected with highercognitive functions(认知功能), memory formation andfinemotor(精细运动) function.
Last year, psychologists said that video game players who favour violent games are more likely to be violent when offline. Dr. Mark Appelbaum of the American Psychological Association said that there was a relation
between violent video game use and increases in violent behaviour.
Dr. Daphne Bavelier is an expert in the field of Brain & Cognitive Sciences. Bavelier presented the audience with a colour-word test, where non-gamers are easily puzzled by the test, and those who spend long periods playing on their computers are more likely to pass the test with flying colours.
“Actually, those video game players have many other advantages in terms of attention,” said Bavelier, “and one part of attention which is also improved for the better is our ability to follow the movements of objects.”
“So, in a sense, when we think about the influence of video games on the brain, it’s very similar to the influence of wine on the health. There are some very poor uses of wine. There are some very poor uses of video games. But when drunk in reasonable amounts, and at the right age, wine can be very good for health,” said Bavelier.
12. What can be learned from Simone Kuhn’s study？
A. Video games make you happier.
B. Video games make your brain grow.
C. Video games play a key role in memory.
D. Video games teach you how to learn fast.
13. What was Dr. Mark Appelbaum’s attitude towards video games？
A. He was against them.
B. He was hopeful of them.
C.He was in favour of them.
D. He was uncertain about them.
14. Which of the following may Dr. Daphne Bavelier agree with？
A. Video games fix attention problems.
B. Video games make kids do well in exams.
C. Video games encourage violent behaviour.
D. Video games help increase colour knowledge.
15. Why are the uses of wine mentioned in the last paragraph？
A. To remind people to avoid video games.
B. To show the disadvantages of video games.
C. To help people learn more about video games.
D.To ask people to make good use of video games.
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
How similar are language and music?
Language is part of our daily lives, no matter where we live in the world.___16___Both language and music play a huge role in our culture and here are some of their similarities.
Both language and music have a writing system.
In English we record language using the alphabet, which is a collection of letters. Similarly, we use notes（音符）to keep a record of music. Musicians read notes and create meaning in the form of music.___17___By writing pieces of text or music, we are able to share experiences through time. We can read the ideas or hear the composition（作品）of someone who lived hundreds of years ago.
___18___
You can make a good guess at where someone is from by listening to the language he uses. In the same way, we know that styles of music are different around the world, giving us the opportunity to explore many different cultures through their music and providing us with music for every situation.
Both share emotion.
___19___Of course you may be able to see it in my face, but you will know for sure through my words. Similarly, music can sound angry, sad or happy. Music can show you exactly how the composer was or is feeling, and allows us to share that emotion. Whenyou feel happy, you might want to sing and dance to a happy song to celebrate your happiness.___20___I think we have all used music to express or process our emotions, often combining it with language in the form of song lyrics（歌词）.
A.Both are expressive.
B.Both vary with culture.
C.How do you know that I am angry?
D.We use language to express our thoughts.
E.Similarly, music is part of many people’s lives.
F.So just as you read English, you can read music.
G.In contrast, you probably also listen to sad music when you are feeling down.
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
完型填空（共20小题，每小题21.5分，满分30分）
When 19-year-old Chloe Mitchell's senior trip was canceled due to the pandemic, she knew she couldn't just lie around the house. Not only is she a____21____volleyball player with an active lifestyle, she's also a teenager.
Being____22____in the house all day with your parents isn't ideal-no matter how much you love them.
“I was bored. I was really depressed because quarantine(隔离)had taken away my senior year,” she explained. “I needed something to____23____worries in my mind. I needed____24____labor. I needed space____25____my family.”
As a self-described DIY obsessive(痴迷者), Mitchell saw the shabby shed (破旧的棚屋)in the yard, arelaxing space to call her own. Unfortunately, as she set about____26____the forgotten shed into a stylish vacation home—'She Shed', Mitchell was upset that social-distancing rules meant she couldn't invite her friends over. So she decided to share the____27____with her 34 followers on TikTok,____28____close friends, letting them know every step she did during the following days .
Over the next 10 days, Mitchell began to____29____the contents of her small shed used as a storage barn(仓库)so that it could be cleaned easily. After that, she wiped down the original wooden beams(横梁)before giving them a fresh layer of white_____30_____. Once the paint had dried, she hung fairy lights,_____31_____the space with plants and added a television and refrigerator donated by neighbors. She_____32_____built herself a daybed (躺椅)and purchased a little bed for her dog, Lilly.
Happy to be out in the sun, putting her DIY skills to good_____33_____and sharing the experience with her friends, Mitchellcould never have_____34_____what happened next. Known as “she shed girl”, Mitchell now has a (an)_____35_____22.7 million followers on TikTok,_____36_____she shares DIY tips and snippets (片段) of her life as a freshman at Aquinas College in Michigan._____37_____by the success of her first project, Mitchell turned her attention to the family's pool house, imagining it as a charming pub shed.
Commenting on Mitchell's_____38_____shed renovation (翻新), the experts at My Tool Shed DIY said, “Stress levels have_____39_____in the last year due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now more than ever people need time to do something they love. Having a_____40_____space like a ‘she shed’ can be perfect for this.”
23. A. passionate B. kind-hearted C. selfless D. pessimistic
24. A. locked B. occupied C. stuck D. closed
25. A. give out B. take off C. pick up D. settle down
26. A. mental B. convenient C. casual D. physical
27. A. outside B. from C. inside D. opposite
28. A. building B. mending C. transforming D. exchanging
29. A. assignment B. project C. progress D. shed
30. A. mostly B. really C. hardly D. naturally
31. A. furnish B. prepare C. fix D. empty
32. A. wood B. paint C. sheet D. paper
33. A. filled B. put C. placed D. offered
34. A. still B. even C. yet D. too
35. A. position B. effect C. use D. practice
36. A. predicted B. reflected C. believed D. recognized
37. A. delighted B. depressing C. incredible D. horrible
38. A. which B. where C. whose D. when
39. A. Encouraged B. Frustrated C. Exhausted D. Satisfied
40. A. imperfect B. impressive C. important D. impossible
41. A. decreased B. declined C. raised D. skyrocketed
42. A. reflected B. limited C. relieved D. dedicated
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
Science experiments can help you to understand the reason behind anything and everything. As we grow up, we get to know many things which we would be___41.___(astonish) to see as kids.___42.___(make) a kid understand the difference between magic and reality, you need to show him the science behind it. You will not face any difficulty in doing so as they are always eager to know about it. It is a basic human ability to remember things which he___43.___(watch)and does by himself. Hence(因此)practical exercises are very important for children in their daily life.
Few things you should keep in mind while___44.___(select) the experiments for kids. The___45.___(much) important thing is to take a simple concept. If the concept is too difficult,___46.___will be difficult for children to finish that experiment. So you should select simple experiments which are right for their age. The other thing is that you need to choose___47.___experiments which are not poisonous and with easy___48.___(equip)and that can be handled___49.___(easy)by your kids. Child's safety should be your priority(优先考虑的事情). I am going to give you some science experiments____50.____will help you to make these small kids understand simple facts with complete safety in my next article.
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.短文改错
Dear Diary,
Here I am in the middle of a city, 350 miles far away from our farmhouse. Do you want to know why we move last week? Dad lost his job, and as Mom explained, “He was lucky to find other one.” His new job meant I had to say goodbye to my classmate, my school, or just everything else I love in the world. To make matters bad, now I have to share a room with my younger sister, Mia. Tomorrow is first day of school. I am awfully tiring, but I know I will never fall sleep.
Good night and remember, you, dear Diary, is my only souvenir from my past life and my only friend.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，你想邀请英国朋友John在暑假期间到你的家乡进行参观游览。

请你写一封邀请函，要点如下：
1.享受免费住宿；
2.游览名胜古迹；
3品尝特色小吃；
4.感受当地历史文化和风土人情。

注意：1.词数100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. B
2. A
3. C
4. C
5. C
6. B
7. A
8. A 9. B 10. C 11. D
12. B 13. A 14. A 15. D
16. E 17. F 18. B 19. C 20. G
21. A 22. C 23. B 24. D 25. B 26. C 27. C 28. A 29. D 30. B 31. A 32.
B 33.
C 34. A 35. C 36. B 37. A 38. B 39.
D 40. D
41. astonished
42. To make
43. watches
44. selecting
45. most 46. it
47. the 48. equipment 49. easily 50. that
51.(1).去掉far
(2).move→moved
(3).other→others
(4).classmate→classmates
(5).or→and
(6).bad→worse
(7).first前加the/my
(8).tiring→tired
(9).sleep→asleep
(10).is→are
52.略。