2019-2020学年宁波市第八中学高三英语上学期期末考试试卷及答案

2019-2020学年宁波市第八中学高三英语上学期期末考试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 question of whether our government should promote science and technology or the liberal arts in higher education isn’t an either / or one, although the current emphasis on preparing young Americans for STEM (science, technology, engineering, maths)-related fields can make it seem that way.
The latest congressional report acknowledges the critical importance of technical training, but also insists that the study of the humanities and social sciences must remain central elements of America’s educational system at all levels. Both areas are the key to producing citizens who can participate effectively in our democratic society, become innovative leaders, and benefit from the spiritual enrichment that the reflection on the great ideas of mankind over time provides.
Parents and students who have invested heavily in higher education worry about graduates’ job prospects as technological advances and changes in domestic and global markets transform professions in ways that reduce wages and cut jobs. Under these circumstances, it’s natural to look for what may appear to be the most “practical” way out of the problem; “major in a subject designed to get you a job” seems the obvious answer to some, though this ignores the fact that many disciplines in the humanities characterized as “soft” often, in fact, lead to employment and success in the long run. Indeed, according to surveys, employers have expressed a preference for students who have received a broadly-based education that has taught them to write well, think critically, research creatively, and communicate easily.
Moreover, students should be prepared not just for their first job, but for their 4th and 5th jobs, as there’s little reason to doubt that people entering the workforce today will be called upon to play many different roles over the course of their careers. The ones who will do the best in this new environment will be those whose educations have prepared them to be flexible. The ability to take advantage of every available tool and insight—picked up from science, arts, and technology—to solve the problems of the future, and seize the opportunities, will be helpful to them and the nation.
1. What does the latest congressional report suggest?
A. STEM-related subjects help students find jobs in the information society.
B. The humanities and STEM subjects should be given equal importance.
C. The liberal arts in higher education help enrich students’ spiritual life.
D. Higher education should be adjusted to the practical needs of society.
2. What is the main concern of students when they choose a major?
A. Their interest in relevant subjects.
B. The academic value of the courses.
C. The quality of education to receive.
D. Their chances of getting a good job.
3. What does the author say about the so called “soft” subjects?
A. They benefit students in their future life.
B. They broaden students’ range of interests.
C. They just improve students’ communication skills.
D. They are essential to students’ healthy growth.
B
There is nothing ordinary about this little boy's adorable experience with his musical heroes.5-year-old Taylor Hooper was just one of the 35,0000people who were attending the Foo Fighters concert in Belfast, Norther Ireland last week. Not only is the American rock group his favorite band, it was also his first ever concert.
Taylor's mother, Nikki Hooper, says that she and her husband have always been huge fans of the Foo Fighters. In addition to traveling far and wide to see their shows, they even named their son after the drummer, Taylor Hawkins. So when the band played in their home city, they decided it was finally time for their son to see their beloved rock and rockers in concert.
“He's been listening to them since he was born — mainly because his dad and I are super fans.” Mrs Hooper told BBC. “We called the event organizers and they said it would be no problem, but that we should know it would be a loud music event, so we gotTaylorsome special headphones. When we got there everyone was so welcoming to him.”
Throughout the show, the audience continuously madeTaylorand his parents move closer to the stage. Furthermore, Mrs. Hooper helped her son stand out from the crowd by making him a sign that said he was a 5-year-old attending his first concert.
When Foo Fighters front man Dave Grohl finally saw the sign and read it aloud into the microphone, the crowd began chanting for them to bring the youngster onto the stage. That's exactly what he did. When the stage managers brought the boy to the stage, Grohl asked Taylor to show the crowd how to dance．The small boy then danced to the whole song, making him an “Inter net wonder”.Taylordidn't just walk away from the show with memories, either;the band also invited him backstage to give him a number of gifts, including a pair of Taylor Hawkins's drumsticks.
4. What is Foo Fighters in the passage?
A. I's a music show.
B. It's a music band.
C. It's a pop song.
D. It's a music fan.
5. We can learn from Paragraph 3 that_______．
A. the organizers refused to let the child watch the show
B. there was nothing wrong for the child to watch the show
C. the organizers suggested the kid take care of the loud noise
D. the child felt so scared that he didn't want to go to the stage
6. How did 5-year-old Taylor Hooper cause people's attention?
A. By shouting loudly.
B. By running to the singers.
C. By holding a sign showing his age.
D. By dancing to the whole song.
7. How didTaylorfeel about his first ever concert?
A. Worried.
B. Scared.
C. Sorry.
D. Pleased.
C
Howdo you turn “dumb” headphones into smart ones? Rutgers engineers have invented a cheap and easy way by transforming headphones into sensors that can be plugged into (插入) smartphones, identify their users monitor their heart rates and perform other services.
Their invention, called HeadFi, is based on a small plug-in headphone adapter that turns a regular headphone into a sensing device (装置). Unlike smart headphones, regular headphones lack sensors. HeadFi would allow users to avoid having to buy a new pairof smart headphones with sensors to enjoy sensing features.
“HeadFi could turn hundreds of millions of existing, regular headphones worldwide into intelligent ones with a simple upgrade (升级),” said Xiaoran Fan, a HeadFi primary inventor.
A Rutgers-led paper on the invention, which results in "earable intelligence", will be formally published in October at MobiCom 2021, the top international conference on mobile computing and mobile and wireless networking. Headphones are among the most popular wearable devices worldwide and they continue to become; more intelligent as new functions appear, such as touch-based gesture control, the paper notes. Such functions usually rely on aiding sensors, such as accelerometers, gyroscopes and microphones that are availableon many smart headphones.
HeadFi turns the two drivers already inside all headphones into a versatile (多功能的) sensor, and it works by connecting headphones to a pairing device, such as a smartphone. It doesn't require adding aiding sensors and
avoids changes to headphone hardware or the need to customize headphones, both of which may increase their weight and size. By plugging into HeadFi, a converted headphone can perform sensing tasks and play music at the same time.
The engineers conducted experiments with 53 volunteers using 54 pairs of headphones with prices ranging from $2. 99 to $15 ,000. HeadFi can achieve 97. 2 percent to 99. 5 percent accuracy on user identification, 96.8 percent to 99. 2 percent on heart rate monitoring and 97. 7 percent to 99. 3 percent on gesture recognition.
8. What does Xiaoran Fan think of HeadFi?
A. Secure to operate.
B. Simple to use.
C. Easy to substitute.
D. Convenient to store.
9. What can we know about HeadFi according to the text?
A. It can't work with headphones alone.
B. It actually functions as a versatile sensor.
C. It makes headphones larger and heavier than usual.
D. It doesn't work when headphones are playing music.
10. The figures are listed in the last paragraph mainly to show_________.
A. the various functions of HeadFi
B. the wide popularity of headphones
C. the great complexity of headphones
D. the excellent performance of HeadFi
11. What can be the best title for the text?
A. How to Use Headphones Appropriately
B. Headphones Can Be Upgraded Instantly
C. How to Make Regular Headphones Intelligent
D. New Uses Have Been Found in Headphones
D
In life，once on a path，we tend to follow it，for better or worse.What's sad is that even if it's the latter，we often accept it anyway because we are so used to the way things are that wed don't even recognize that they could be different This is a phenomenon psychologist call functional fixedness.
This classic experiment will give you an idea of howitworks and a sense of whether you may have fallen into the same trap: People are given a box of tacks (大头钉) and some matches and asked to find a way to attach a candle to a wall so that it burns properly.
Typically, the subjects try tacking the candle to the wall or lighting it to fix it with melted wax. The
psychologists had, of course, arranged it so that neither of these obvious approaches would work. The tacks are too short, and the paraffin (石蜡) doesn't stick to the wall. So how can you complete the task? The successful technique is to use the tack box as a candle-holder. You empty it, tack it to the wall. and stand the candle inside it. To think of that, you have to look beyond the box's usual role as a receptacle just for tacks and re-imagine it serving an entirely new purpose. That is difficult because we all suffer to one degree or another from functional fixedness.
The inability to think in new ways affects people in every corner of society. The political theorist Hannah Arendt coined the phrase“frozen thoughts”to describe deeply held ideas that we no longer question but should. In Arendt's eyes, the self- content reliance on such accepted “truths”also made people blind to ideas that didn't fit their worldview, even when there was plenty of evidence for them.
Frozen thinking has nothing to do with intelligence, she said,“It can be found in highly intelligent people.”
12. What does the underlined word“it”in paragraph 2 refer to?
A. The experiment.
B. Functional fixedness.
C. The path.
D. The thinking.
13. Which way is hard to think of to complete the task?
A. Tacking the candle to the wall.
B. Fixing the candle with melted wax.
C. Using the tack box as a candle-holder.
D. Lighting the candle tostand it.
14. Which of the following statements will Hannah Arendt agree with?
A. People should question.
B. We should be used to the way things are.
C. People shouldn't accept the idea that doesn't fit their worldview.
D. The smarter people are，the more open to the new things they are.
15. What's the passage mainly about?
A. An interesting experiment
B. A psychological phenomenon.
C. A theory to be proved.
D. The opinion of Hannah Arendt.
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
Should schools report a student’s health to parents?
As if grades weren’t enough to worry about, some students now have weight on their minds too. The number of overweight children in theUnited Stateshas more than doubled in the past 20 years, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.____16____
As a result, schools in several states, fromCaliforniatoPennsylvania, have started sending home "BMI report cards". Those schools send home a report of a student’s body mass index (BMI). BMI is a calculation of weight and height that tells whether a person is overweight for his or her age.
____17____People on both sides of the debate are weighing in.
Some lawmakers say BMI reports warn parents of their children s health problem help fight against obesity. In 2003, former Arkansas Governor. Mike Huckabee helped launch the first program to report students’ BMI. ____18____Pechatrician Joe Thompson helped plan the BMI program for Arkansas schools. He explains that the reports in Arkansas are sent home separately from report cards. “The misconception is that students are being graded on their weight,” he toldWR News, “Just like a school screen for vision or hearing, this is a health approach to raise awareness about a risk.”
____19____Parents have complained that the reports damage their children’s self-respect. Some parents say kids also worry that they are being “graded” on their weight. ____20____They point out that many school cafeterias serve atty foods. Parent Brett Levy from Chicago, Illinois, believes that schools should teach kids to lead healthy lifestyles instead of reporting their BMIS. “Telling a boy or girl a BMI is not education,” he toldWR News. “It’s a fear strategy.”
A. Should schools send home BMI reports?
B. Obesity rates in that state have since stopped increasing.
C. Since then children with heart disease have received the reports.
D. Not everyone thinks that reporting students’ BMI is a good idea.
E. Schools agree that more activities are required for students to control weight.
F. Being obese, or severely overweight, can lead to health problems later in life.
G. Some people argue that schools that label students overweight are acting unfairly.
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Any dog’s love can feel like a miracle(奇迹). Mason is a strong____21____, and he may be the kind one that
can bring happy surprise on Earth. He____22____a storm last spring. His family thought he would be____23____there, but the storm broke the garage door and Mason____24____.
That day a lot of people____25____a lot. Mason’s family was____26____that they were just to be alive,____27____the storm had left their home broken. But they were____28____at the thought that their sweet friend had died. They____29____the neighbourhood, hoping to find him, but Mason didn’t______30______up.
Three weeks after the______31______, Mason’s family stopped by the house to collect some things that once______32______to them. There Mason sat on the front door, so______33______to see his family that his entire body was shaking. Where had Mason stayed during the storm? What did he eat for those long weeks? How did he______34______his way back home without any help from the others? There was no answer to those______35______and no time to think. Mason was thin and couldn’t stand well. The family quickly found the______36______and learned their dog had returned home on broken front legs. “He was______37______badly,” says Doster, who had spent days helping pets with their owners. He also got in touch with Dr. William, who______38______to perform the operation for free.
Mason was hurt so bad that he needed weeks to______39______. By the time he returned home to his family in September, he was jumping around like a______40______dog again. “It is really a miracle!” Doster says.
21. A. cat B. by C. dog D. horse
22. A. went through B. looked for C. died from D. fell into
23. A. safe B. lovely C. lonely D. brave
24. A. woke B. escaped C. disappeared D. starved
25. A. gained B. found C. enjoyed D. suffered
26. A. upset B. calm C. grateful D. dangerous
27. A. so that B. even though C. as if D. now that
28. A. honest B. certain C. special D. sorry
29. A. designed B. searched C. protected D. solved
30. A. get B. turn C. end D. pick
31. A. disaster B. miracle C. festival D. celebration
32. A. belonged B. went C. got D. fell
33. A. tired B. excited C. frightened D. determined
34. A. find B. decide C. prepare D. keep
35. A. stories B. reasons C. experiences D. questions
36. A. rest B. medicine C. result D. help
37. A. beaten B. hurt C. paid D. fixed
38. A. volunteered B. tried C. continued D. struggled
39. A. leave B. count C. recover D. develop
40. A. weak B. healthy C. clever D. hopeful
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
TheAntForestinitiative was launched by the Alipay app in 2016.___41.___about 200 million trees planted on 182,700 hectares of land, it has helped to___42.___(efficient) avoid almost 7.9 million tons of carbon emissions.
The initiative is in line with the Chinese government's strategy of transforming the nation into a "Green Economy". ___43.___(accomplish) this objective,Chinahas been taking aggressive action in expanding its green coverage.
For examplethe "Great Green Wall" was initiated in the northern region to restrict the ___44.___(expand) of theGobiDesert. The Forestry Administration's monitoring report mentioned that desert lands ___45.___(shrink) by 24,240 square kilometers in the past decade. Moreover,China only has a small percentage of vegetated area(植被面积).___46.___it has contributed to the increase in the world's green leaf area by almost 25% in the last two decades.
Our planet is at a tipping point,___47.___may result in natural disasters unless urgent actions___48.___(take)immediately. Here,AlipayAntForestshows that it is possible to rely on digital technology for a better and ___49.___(green) future. Several more initiatives, from not justChinabut all across the globe,___50.___(be) under way towards a sustainable future of the planet.
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。

Summer is one of everyone’s favourite seasons, and students feel them good to swim in the river. Our school
will hold a activity next Friday help us students learn some tips on avoiding drowning. The activity contain two parts. The first part is a lecture in the school hall that Mr. Evans, a famous coach, will talk about how we swim correct. In addition, he will introduce the ways of protect ourselves and helping others properly. In the second part, students can put the knowledges into practice. We can also ask about questions. The activity will start at 4 p.m. Please come here on time, but remember to be here with your notebooks and pens.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，你校拟举办“有氧健步行(Aerobic Brisk Walking)”活动。

请你为校英文报写一则英文通知，内容包括：
1.举办目的；
2.参与人员；
3.举办时间；
4.活动安排。

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。

Notice
Aerobic Brisk Walking
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________
参考答案
1. B
2. D
3. A
4. B
5. C
6. C
7. D
8. B 9. A 10. D 11. C
12. B 13. C 14. A 15. B
16. F 17. A 18. B 19. D 20. G
21. C 22. A 23. A 24. C 25. D 26. C 27. B 28. D 29. B 30. B 31. A 32.
A 33.
B 34. A 35. D 36. D 37. B 38. A 39.
C 40. B
41. With
42. efficiently
43. To accomplish
44. expansion / expanding
45. had shrunk
46. However
47. which 48. are taken
49. greener
50. are
51.(1).them→it；
(2).a→an；
(3).在help前加to；
(4).contain→contains；
(5).that→where；
(6).correct→correctly；
(7).protect→protecting；
(8).knowledges→knowledge；
(9).去掉about；
(10).but→and
52.略。