2020届扬州市教育学院附属中学高三英语上学期期末考试试卷及答案

2020届扬州市教育学院附属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
China has 410K5Gbase stations
China built 257,000 new 5G base stations in the first half of the year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
Shipments of 5G phones reached 8623 million unis in China, with 5G package users hitting 66 million by the end of June, said Wen Ku, head of information and communication at the ministry.
To give full play to the commercialization of 5G, more policies should be implemented to boost the vitality of the market, Wen said, adding that international cooperation in 5G technology, industry and application should be strengthened.
AG600 seaplane’s test flight
Kunlong, China’s homegrown AG600 large amphibious aircraft, conducted its first sea-based test flight on Sunday morning, marking a new milestone in the program.
The AG600 is China’s second amphibious aircraft, after the SH-5, which was developed in the 1970s for military purposes and has been retired for a long time.
These specifications make it the world’s biggest amphibious aircraft, surpassing Japan’s ShinMaywa US-2 and Russia’s Beriev Be-200.
Once in service, it will put an end to the absence of a large rescue aircraft in China and will be very useful in the national emergency rescue and disaster relief systems.
Beidou products land abroad
According to Ran Chengqi, director general of China Satellite Navigation Office, Beidou has been constantly deepening its compatibility, interoperability and cooperation with the US’ GPS, Russia’s GLONASS and the EU’s Galileo. It has also entered international organizations of civil aviation, maritime affairs, search and rescue satellites and mobile communication.
BDS-based services have been successfully applied in land mapping, precision farming, digital development and smart port construction in member countries of ASEAN, South Asia, Eastern Europe, West Asia and Africa.
1. What can we learn from this passage?
A. The total number of 5G phones has reached a new level.
B. Kunlong, unlike SH-5, is not just for military purposes.
C. Technologies mentioned above need more cooperation with others.
D. BDS-based services have been provided for users in many countries.
2. Which of the following is most probably related to agriculture?
A. 5G phones
B. BDS-based services
C. AG600 seaplane
D. Beriev Be-200
3. If your friend did a course in marketing management, he may choose a job in a ________.
A. 5G technology related market
B. large amphibious aircraft
C. BDS-based project
D. China Satellite Navigation Office
B
Scientists have long sought to prevent sharp memories from dulling with age, but the problem remains unsettled. Now research published in Scientific Reports suggests virtual reality might help older people recall facts and events based on specific details.
The study involved 42 healthy older adults from the San Francisco Bay Area. Half spent a dozen hours over four weeks playing a virtual-reality game called Labyrinth; they wore headsets and walked in place, walking virtual neighborhoods while completing small tasks. The other half, in the control group, used electronic tablets to play games that did not require recalling details. After 15 sessions (期), the latter performed roughly the same as before on a long-term memory test. But the Labyrinth players gain an improvement in memory through the VR game. A scientist Peter Wais of the University of California said the improvements brought them up to the level of another group of younger adults taking the same memory tests.
Meredith Thompson, an education researcher, studies learning through VR games but was not involved in the new study. It would be great to actually follow people over time and see what this type of game does for long-term memory. She says, adding VR can provide greater involvement than other games. Wais's team is now investigating how long the observed effects last and which elements of the training have the most impact.
A cognitive (认知)psychologist, Daniel Simons, who was also not involved in the study, notes experiments with other games that claim to train the brain have often failed to evaluate this. And it remains unclear how test performance in a laboratorysetting might translate to real-world situations. The outcome, Simons notes, “needs to be repeated, ideally with a much larger group, before it’s treated as a strong finding.”
For now, Wais says, the team hopes its studies with similar-sized groups will help draw funding to test the
game in a larger pool of participants.
4. What is the passage mainly about?
A. People's memory gradually fails as they age.
B. People of different ages should play VR games.
C. Virtual reality changes people's memory.
D. Virtual reality improves older adults' memory.
5. What is Meredith Thompson's attitude toward the research?
A. satisfied.
B. enthusiastic.
C. cautious.
D. concerned.
6. According to the scientists, the research needs to be improved due to ________.
A. the lack of financial support.
B. the limited pool of participants.
C. the unsatisfying test performance.
D. the impractical application in real world.
7. Where may the passage come from?
A. A novel.
B. A review.
C. A magazine.
D. A guidebook.
C
Ever wondered if dogs can learn new words? Yes, say researchers as they have found that talented dogs may have the ability to grasp new words after hearing them only four times.
While previous evidence seems to show that most dogs do not learn words, unless eventually very well trained, a few individuals have shown some extraordinary abilities, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports.
“We wanted to know under which conditions the gifted dogs may learn novel words” said researcher xuekw Claudia Fugazza from theEötvösLorándUniversityinHungary. For the study, the team involved two gifted dogs, Whisky and Vicky Nina. The team exposed the dogs to the new words in two different conditions.
In the exclusion-based task, presented with seven known toys and one new toy, the dogs were able to select the new toy when presented with a new name. Researchers say this proves that dogs can choose by exclusion when faced with a new word, they selected the only toy which did not have a known name.
However, this was not the way they would learn the name of the toy. In fact, when they were presented with one more equally new name to test their ability to recognize the toy by its name, the dogs got totally confused and failed.
The other condition, the social one, where the dogs played with their owners who pronounced the name of the toy while playing with the dog, proved to be the successful way to learn the name of the toy, even after hearing it only 4 times. “The rapid learning that we observed seems to equal children’s ability to learn many new words at a fast rate around the age of 18 months,” Fugazza says. “But we do not know whether the learning mechanisms(机制) behind this learning are the same for humans and dogs. ”
To test whether most dogs would learn words this way, 20 other dogs were tested in the same condition, but none of them showed any evidence of learning the toy names, confirming that the abilityto learn words rapidly in the absence of formal training is very rare and is only present in a few gifted dogs.
8. What was the purpose of the study published in Scientific Reports?
A. To better train dogs’ ability to learn new words.
B. To further confirm previous evidence about dogs.
C. To prove extraordinary memory abilities of gifted dogs.
D. To explore favorable conditions for gifted dogs’ new-word learning.
9. How did the dogs react when exposed to two new names in the first condition?
A. Slow to understand.
B. Quick to learn.
C. At a loss.
D. In a panic.
10. What was found about dogs’ new-word learning in the social condition?
A. Learning through playing applied to most dogs.
B. The social condition helped dogs learn new words.
CDogs’ new-word learning turned out to be less effective.
D. Dogs shared similar learning mechanisms with children.
11. Which of the following is the best title for the text?
A. Gifted Dogs Can Learn New Words Rapidly.
B. Dogs Identify Newly-named Toys by Exclusion.
C. Dogs Can Acquire Vocabulary through Tons of Training.
D. Gifted Dogs Have Similar Learning Abilities to Humans.
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Basic first aid is a very valuable skill to have when going on a camping trip.___16___
Cuts.With small cuts, you need to be careful to keep the area of the wound clean to avoid getting infected. ___17___ If the cut has not stopped bleeding, raise the wounded area above the heart and place pressure on the area to stop the bleeding.___18___ It should be held in place with tape, but should not be too tight.
Blisters.Blisters can turn a fun walk in the woods into a terrible experience. ___19___
Change your bandage and socks and keep the blistered area clean. Make sure that you pack different size bandages and first aid cream.
Sprains.If you have got a heavy pack on your shoulders, it can be very easy to twist your ankles. Walking sticks can be a traveler’s friend. ___20___ A good ACE bandage should be packed in case of a sprained ankle. This can help fix the sprained area until you can get medical attention.
After seeing the above dangers and treatments, it’s also helpful to pack a small basic first aid kit for your trip. Make sure that you include items that are unique to you and fit your environment (bleeding, bruise, snake bite, etc.).
A. They can help you keep balance on rough areas.
B. Wear comfortable shoes and socks during the trips.
C. Treat the cut with first aid cream to prevent infection.
D. They are an open wound and can get infected if not cared for.
E. Apply some cream and cover the wound with a dry, clean bandage.
F. Below is a brief list of less-severe injuries that you can prepare for.
G. Some climates can be very hot during the day and very cool at night.
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
A few years ago, my father arranged to send me a mail-order fruitcake at Christmastime. Although I had a___21___job and owned an apartment inManhattan, he always___22___my refrigerator might be empty.
He___23___me to have a particular brand of fruitcake. Made inTexas, it was famous among fruitcake___24___. “It makes me___25___my mother’s,” he told me in a phone call.
Ordering the fruitcake was his___26___of trying to take care of me from afar.___27___I was middle-aged, I was still his son.
The first week of December passed with no___28___of his fruitcake. Delayed (耽搁) by holiday mail, I thought, or a backlog of orders. The day before my flight toCalifornia, the fruitcake still had not___29___.
January, February, and March came and went____30____no fruitcake. Though my father____31____to ask about it, I never once considered____32____and telling him yes, the fruitcake had____33____arrived and was____34____. Instead I said, “That____35____is orbiting earth, and sooner or later it will____36____.” “That’s a good one!” he____37____.
Early last December, nearly a year after my father died from a failing heart, I got a(an)____38____from a staffer at the front desk of my apartment building.
“You____39____a package (包裹),” he said.
I went downstairs to____40____it up. The brown box had a FedEx label with a return address inTexas.
21. A. poorly-paid B. good C. new D. interesting
22. A. believed B. hoped C. feared D. guessed
23. A. forced B. encouraged C. asked D. wanted
24. A. lovers B. sellers C. markets D. shops
25. A. think over B. think of C. look for D. look around
26. A. suggestion B. experience C. attitude D. idea
27. A. Because B. Even though C. Whenever D. Before
28. A. sign B. call C. mail D. taste
29. A. sold B. gone C. arrived D. stayed
30. A. out B. for C. with D. off
31. A. continued B. forgot C. waited D. refused
32. A. replying B. keeping C. believing D. lying
33. A. quickly B. finally C. suddenly D. slowly
34. A. delicious B. broken C. ready D. famous
35. A. flight B. cake C. man D. box
36. A. leave B. disappear C. land D. fly
37. A. shouted B. cried C. answered D. said
38. A. message B. letter C. email D. call
39. A. have B. send C. make D. order
40. A. give B. look C. pick D. take
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
Invisible People
If you have the time, check out an amazing YouTube channel that I recently found____41.____(call) “invisible people”. It’s a channel with____42.____(hundred) of interviews of homeless people____43.____share their story and how they survive day to day.
The man who operates the channel____44.____(be) formerly homeless and has devoted his life to helping____45.____homeless. The name “invisible people” certainly suits the channel well. For indeed there are so many “invisible” beings who are suffering every day, both humans and animals, and yet our____46.____(social) either pays little for people to____47.____(cruel) treat and kill animals, or completely____48.____(ignore) those who are in desperate need.
Occasionally, someone who watches the videos posted on that channel is near one of the people interviewed and is able____49.____(help) in some way. Some of the videos are truly heart-breaking but it’s important to see what people are going____50.____. We can’t turn blind eye or treat them as if they’re invisible. We cannot behave as it’s been said, “Worship a homeless man on Sunday, and then ignore a homeless man on Monday.”
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：在错词下画一横线，并在该词下而写出修改后的词。

注意：
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。

Dear Sir or Madam,
I have learned of the poster that an exhibition of intelligent robots will held in your museum. Now, I'm writing to ask for more informations about it.
Firstly, could you please tell me how many robots will be on show but what the robots are main used for?
Secondly, I want to know if there will be any performances giving by the robots or any games in that we can play against the robots. What’s the more, I wonder whether I should booked tickets for the exhibition now.
I would be grateful whether you could give me an early reply.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua 第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

I still remember the sunshine that came in from the floor-to-ceiling windows of Pudong Airport on the morning of the 29th. It was brilliant and brilliant. The anxiety and excitement of careful thought were not obliterated（抹杀）by the three-hour rumbling sound, so that he almost lost his pass when he passed the customs.
The first thing I saw was the red double-decker airport bus, quietly nestling in the same bright sunshine in Hong Kong. The bus passed a bridge, followed by a green area, and then a bridge. On the sea were various cargo ships, unconsciously matching each other with color1 ful containers to create the color1 s of Hong Kong. The clouds are like cotton candy just out of the oven, densely crowded in the sky not too far away.
I started walking around on the first day. After packing my luggage at the hotel, I went to a small well-known "Yishun Milk Company" near Jordan. I ordered double skin milk and a portion of something else. I don’t remember the taste. I just remember that the uncles and aunts over there are very friendly. I sat under the air-conditioning blower silly to eat, and the uncle greeted me to change my seat and told me to be careful of catching a cold. It's really easy to have a good impression of a city. One sentence makes the mood as crystal clear as the weather in October.
Paragraph 1：
Then I went to the most prosperous area in Yau Ma Tei.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2：
Suddenly, it rained heavily in the sky.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________
参考答案
1. D
2. B
3. A
4. D
5. C
6. B
7. C
8. D 9. C 10. B 11. A
12. B 13. C 14. A 15. B
16. F 17. C 18. E 19. D 20. A
21. B 22. C 23. D 24. A 25. B 26. D 27. B 28. A 29. C 30. C 31. A 32.
D 33. B 34. A 35. B 36. C 37. D 38. D 39. A 40. C
41. called
42. hundreds
43. who/that
44. was 45. the
46. society
47. cruelly
48. ignores
49. to help
50. through
51.(1).of→from/in
(2).will后加be
(3).informations→information
(4).but→and
(5).main→mainly
(6).giving→given
(7).that→which
(8).删除the
(9).booked→book
(10).whether→if
52.略。