2020届泉州实验中学高三英语期中试卷及答案

2020届泉州实验中学高三英语期中试卷及答案
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
In his 402nd anniversary year, Shakespeare is still rightly celebrated as a great language master and writer. But he was not the only great master of play writing to die in 1616, and he is certainly not the only writer to have left a lasting influence on theater.
While less known worldwide, Tang Xianzu is considered one of Chinas greatest playwrights and is highly spoken of in that country of ancient literary and dramatic traditions.
Tang was born in 1550 inLinchuan,Jiangxiprovince. Unlike Shakespeare's large body of plays,poems and sonnets (十四行诗), Tang wrote only four major plays: The Purple Hairpin, Peony Pavilion (《牡丹亭》), A Dream under the Southern bough, and Dream of Handan. The latter three were constructed around a dream narrative, a way through which Tang unlocked the emotional dimension of human desires and ambitions and explored human nature beyond the social and political limits of that time.
Similar to Shakespeare, Tang's success rode the wave of a renaissance (复兴) in theater as an artistic practice. As in Shakespeare'sEngland, Tang's works became hugely popular inChinatoo. During Tang'sChina, his plays were enjoyed performed, and changed. Kunqu Opera, a form of musical drama, spread from southernChinato the whole nation and became a symbol of Chinese culture. Combining northern tune and southern music, kunqu Opera was known for its poetic language, music, dance movements and gestures. Tang's works benefited greatly from the popularity of kunqu Opera, and his plays are considered classics of kunqu Opera.
While Tang and Shakespeare lived in a world away from each other, there are many things they share in common, such e humanity of their drama, their heroic figures, their love for poetic language, a lasting popularity and the anniversary during which we still celebrate them.
1. Why is Shakespeare mentioned in the first paragraph?
A. To describe Shakespeare's anniversary.
B. To introduce the existence of Tang Xianzu.
C. To explain the importance of Shakespeare.
D. To suggest the less popularity of Tang Xianzu.
2. What's possibly one of the main theme of Tang's works?
A. Social reality.
B. Female dreams.
C. Human emotions.
D. Political environment.
3. What does the author mainly tell us in Paragraph 4?
A. The influence of Kunqu Opera on Tang's works.
B. Tang's success in copying Shakespeare's styles.
C. The way Kunqu Opera became a symbol of Chinese culture.
D. Tang's popularity for his poetic language and music.
B
Coke was introduced by the Coca Cola company in 1886, making it a rather true andtested favorite of generations of people in over 200 countries. This list should give you some ideas on how to get more from your coke than usual.
. Coca Cola is an excellent rust buster (除锈剂). If you have a bunch of small rusty objects, put them in coke overnight and give them a goodscrubin the morning. Coke helps to break down the rust, making cleaning much easier. Be sure to throw out the used coke when you are done with it or you might be taking a trip to the doctor.
. Like the previous item, the citric acid (柠檬酸) in coke makes for an excellent window cleaner. This is especially useful for car windows. Pour a can of coke over the window and rub the window, then wipe it off with a wet cloth to remove any sugary matter from the sugar in the drink. As coke is fullof sugar, you should clean the sticky matter off the window glasses, or it will be not a cleaner but a dirt.
. For those of you who live in areas where skunk (臭鼬) smells can be an issue from time to time, one can of coke added to water with detergent (清洁剂) really helps to break the smell down. If you have been sprayed, stand in the shower and cover yourself from head to toe with coke — wait for a few minutes, then wash yourself with a shower. Coke is an excellent hair treatment so you get two tips for the price of one with this item!
. Pots can sometimes get black on the bottom. The black is almost impossible to remove; this is caused by over-cooking. To remove the black and renew your pot, pour in a can of coke (or as much as you need to cover the blackened area by an inch) and put it on the stove on a low heat. After an hour or so, wash the pot as normal.
4. What does the underlined word “scrub”in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. Start.
B. Cleaning.
C. Shake.
D. Example.
5. What is important while using coke to clean car windows?
A. Use a dry cloth.
B. Rub the window lightly.
C. Don’t pour too much coke.
D. Clean the sugary matter thoroughly.
6. For which purpose does coke have to be mixed with other material?
A. To get rid of the black on the pot.
B. To breakdown the rust,
C. To remove smells.
D. To clean windows.
7. What type of writing is this text?
A. An advertisement.
B. A review.
C. A news report.
D. A practical guide.
C
Paper is one of our oldest, simplest and most important inventions. But it also presents a danger to the world in two important ways. First, the making of paper requires the loss of many millions of trees each year. And worldwide use of paper is expected to double in the next 40 years. Clearly, the planet cannot stand such a high rate of forest loss. The second great problem with paper is what happens once it is no longer useful. A large amount of wastepaper ends up in landfills, where it can produce harmful gases and finally contribute to global climate change.
One simple solution can greatly reduce both of these problems: paper recycling. Instead of cutting down trees, recycle existing paper to feed the paper-making process.
Paper is mainly made from cellulose (纤维素)，which can be used repeatedly in papermaking. Unfortunately, it also means that paper waste takes a surprisingly long time to break down in landfills. So far, trees are the only source(来源) of cellulose that can fill the great demand for paper products. Therefore, recycling paper is simply one of the best ways to save trees. Thanks to advances in processing, recycled paper need not be the dark-color1 edstuff many of us are familiar with. It now can offer the same print performance as non-recycled paper.
Effective recycling requires a continuous effort from everyone at all levels of society. The way to begin is with education and understanding. Once enough people realize the need for recycling, more effective recycling systems can be developed.
The need is real. The massive loss of trees affects everybody on earth. Everyone should do their part to recycle paper and encourage government and industry to do the same. The world will be a better place for it!
8. What can we infer from the text?
A. The use of recycled paper will double in 40 years.
B. Recycling paper helps relieve global climate change.
C. Wastepaper can easily break down in landfills.
D. There are not enough landfills for wastepaper.
9. What makes recycled paper more acceptable?
A. The great demand of trees.
B. The low processing cost.
C. Its dark-color1 ed feature.
D. Its improved print performance.
10. What does the author propose?
A. Punishing the act of cutting trees.
B. Recycling paper.
C. Improving recycling system.
D. Promoting paper industry.
11. How is the text mainly developed?
A. By analyzing causes and effects.
B. By offering research plans and data.
C. By discussing problems and solutions.
D. By comparing strengths and weaknesses.
D
It’s 13:30 and 28-year-old Marten Pella 's smart phone starts pinging, a signal that it’s time for us to stop working around his living room table and instead start our workout routine together. A cartoon character wearing bright red shorts on video begins instructing us to do star-jumps and sit-ups around his apartment.
Pella, a research assistant at Stockholm University, is part of the Hoffice movement, which invites workers-freelancers（自由职业者）or full-time employees who can do their jobs remotely—to work at each other’s homes to increase productivity and enjoy an active social life.
Those attending Hoffice events advertised on Facebook are typically asked to work silently in 45-minute blocks, before taking short breaks together to exercise, or simply chatting over a coffee. In addition, each participant shares daily objectives with the rest of the group upon arrival, and is invited to report back on whether or not they have achieved them at the end of the day.
“Often when I am alone, I can work focused for a couple of hours but then I’m easily distracted（分心）.The help of others makes me so much more disciplined.” says Pella, who attends Hoffice events as both a guest and a host. Lunches mean networking and connecting with new contacts. “People are coming from really different areas and have different professions so there can be really interesting discussions,” he says.
The Hoffice movement has grown quickly since it was founded in 2014 by Swedish psychologist Christofer
Franzen, now 37. He had been giving lectures on the benefits of collective（集体的）intelligence, but realised he was spending most of his own time working alone at his kitchen table. “I wanted to test more structured home co-working with friends in similar situations,” he says.
Franzen says that holding events in houses and apartments creates a unique atmosphere, because there’s a sense of community and desire to contribute. He’s looking for ways to expand the social value of Hoffice, by matching up members with relevant skills to share and even encouraging jobseekers to join its gatherings.
12. Where is Pella when his smart phone starts pinging?
A. In his own home.
B. In his office.
C. In another person’s home.
D. At Stockholm University.
13. What do people attending Hoffice events do first when they meet?
A. Watch an exercise video.
B. Work silently for 45 minutes.
C. Tell each other their daily plans.
D. Report what they have achieved.
14. What does Franzen really mean by saying “friends in similar situations”?
A. They usually work alone.
B. They often give lectures.
C. They study collective intelligence.
D. They have to work at a kitchen table.
15. What is the best title for the text?
A. Sharing Comfortable Workplaces
B. A New Way to Make New Friends
C. Benefits of Collective Intelligence
D. Working from Others’ Homes
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
Teach your teens to be safety-minded passengers
Over half of teens who die in car crashes are not behind the wheel, and teens’ chances of being in a deadly accident rise obviously if they ride with a teen driver. Teen passengers canlower this risk by limiting distractions (分心), respecting the driver and always wearing a seat belt.
Here are some quick tips for teaching your teens to be safety-minded passengers:
16.____17____ Distractions are a major cause of crashes,and passenger distractions are especially dangerous for new drivers. Discuss helpful passenger behaviors, such as reading directions when asked and respecting the driver by not talking loudly, talking on a cell phone, playing loud music, or acting wildly.
18. Insist on seat belts. Most teen passengers who died in accidents were not wearing seat belts. ____19____ In a crash, a body without a safety belt can hurt others in the car.
20. Don’t let your teens ride with a driver who has less than a year of experience. Most teen crashes are the result of “rookie (新手)” mistakes. ____21____
22. Pay attention. To help your teens make good safety decisions, keep the lines of communication open. ____23____ Provide alternatives (可能的选择), like rides, to allow them to avoid unsafe driving situations.
24. Create a code (密码) word. Help your teens get out of unsafe situations by calling or texting you with a previously agreed-upon code word that signals trouble. ____25____
A. Lead by example.
B. Talk about how to be a safe passenger.
C. Seat beltswill help protect their friends’ lives as well as their own.
D. When you hear or see the word, pick them up right away.
E. Parents play an important role in teen driving safety.
F. Know where they are going and discuss how they will get there.
G. Even the most grown-up teen needs time to gain driving experience through driving.
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It is impossible to perform consistently in a manner inconsistent with the way we see ourselves. In other words, we usually act in direct___21___to our self-image. Nothing is more difficult to___22___than changing outward actions without changing inward feelings.
One of the best ways to___23___those inward feelings is to have some "success" under your belt (在以往的经历中). My daughter Elizabeth has a___24___to be shy and wants to hold back on new experiences. But once she has___25___to a situation, it's "full steam ahead". When she was in first grade, her school had a candy bar___26___. Each child was given thirty candy bars and was___27___to sell every one of them.___28___I picked upElizabethfrom school, she was holding her "challenge" and needed some___29___encouragement. It was time for a sales meeting with my new salesgirl.
All the end of the day, I____30____each teaching point with half a dozen "You can do it ---your smiles will____31____them over --- I believe in you" phrases. By the end of our fifteen-minute____32____, the young lady sitting beside me had become a____33____saleslady.
At the end of the day, all thirty bars had been sold. She excitedly____34____as I tucked (把...被子掖好) her
into bed that night:" Oh God, thanks for the candy sale at school. It's great."
Elizabeth's prayer reflects the heart's____35____of every person. We all want to be winners. The next dayElizabethcame home____36____another box of candy bars. She'd exhausted the____37____of friendly neighbors, and she was thrown into the cruel world of the unknown buyers.____38____I offered encouragement and a few more selling tips. And she did it. The experience____39____two days of selling, two sold-out performances, two happy people and one boosted (提高)____40____. How we see ourselves reflects how others see us.
21. A. opposition B. contrast C. preference D. response
22. A. acknowledge B. accomplish C. appreciate D. announce
23. A. improve B. control C. injure D. follow
24. A. chance B. competence C.tendency D. need
25. A. turned B. warmed C. complained D. quit
26. A. sale B. delivery C. present D. bargain
27. A. forced B. ordered C. challenged D. warned
28. A. When B. While C. If D. Because
29. A. negative B. further C. rough D. positive
30. A. decorated B. surrounded C. rewarded D. classified
31. A. get B. take C. win D. look
32. A. complaint B. quarrel C. amusement D. drive
33. A. committed B. nervous C. frightened D. pretty
34. A. wrote B. prayed C. recommended D. recalled
35. A. humor B. impression C. desire D. justice
36. A. toward B. without C. for D. with
37. A. wealth B. emotion C. supply D. quantity
38. A. Again B. Desperately C. Eventually D. Instead
39. A. added to B. amounted to C. catered for D. came to
40. A. self-help B. self-study C. self-respect D. self-image
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
Tea is one of the___41.___(much) popular drinks in the world. You make it by pouring hot water over the
dried leaves of a tea plant. For___42.___(hundred) of years people believed that tea could cure illnesses, and they used___43.___as medicine. Today scientists know that tea contains chemicals that prevent cells from dying. Most teas have caffeine in them,___44.___makes you feel more active. Some people have problems___45.___(drink) tea because it can cause sleeplessness.
The tea plant____46.____(grow) best in tropical and temperate places where rain falls throughout the year. Teas can be grown from sea level____47.____about 2,000 metres, but the best quality grows in higher regions.
Tea comes from the leaves and buds of tea plants. Wild plants can be up to 9 metres high, however, on tea plantations,___48.___( pull ) the leaves____49.____(easy) , people cut them back to a bush of about a metre in height. It takes a plant three to five years before it is ready for picking.
A picker can harvest about 20 kg of tea___50.___day. On large tea plantations the leaves are harvested by machines, but the quality of tea is higher when the leaves are picked by hand.
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。

Here is good news for you which a writing competition about “Chinese Dream” is organizing by the Students’ Union. Everyone is welcome to take an actively part in the competition. You are required to writing a story about “Chinese Dream” within 400 word. We had already invited four of our English teachers to be the judges. Of course, your hard work will pay off. The student who wins the one prize will be given a set of famous ancient Chinese works. In a addition, your story will be filmed into a video. As for the deadline, we are expected to hand your story before December 20.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华。

你的英国朋友Lynn来信说她即将上大学，而她的妈妈担心她的生活自理能力。

她不知该如何消除妈妈的顾虑。

请你给Lynn回一封信，内容包括：
1.表示理解；
2.提出建议并说明理由。

注意：
1.词数80左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考答案
1. B
2. C
3. A
4. B
5. D
6. C
7. D
8. B 9. D 10. B 11. C
12. A 13. C 14. A 15. D
16. B 17. C 18. G 19. F 20. D
21. D 22. B 23. A 24. C 25. B 26. A 27. C 28. A 29. D 30. B 31. C 32.
D 33. A 34. B 35. C 36. D 37. C 38. A 39. B 40. D
41. most
42. hundreds
43. it 44. which
45. drinking
46. grows 47. to
48. to pull
49. easily 50. a/per
51.(1). which→that
(2). organizing→organized
(3). actively→active
(4). writing→write
(5). word→words
(6). had→have
(7). one→first
(8). 删除a
(9). we→you
(10). 在hand后加in
52.略。