2020届合肥市一六八中学高三英语下学期期末试卷及参考答案

2020届合肥市一六八中学高三英语下学期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
NAME: John
FAVORITE SPORT: Basketball FAVORITE SNACK: Pizza
HOBBY: Photography PET: Beagle named Max
FUNNIEST MOMENT: “On Max's birthday, we sang the ‘Happy Birthday’ song to him and he got a big treat. A month later, my family sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to me. Max got so excited because he remembered the song. He whined(嘀咕) when he didn't get a treat, so we gave him one.”
NAME: Sarah
FAVORITE SPORT: Track and field FAVORITE SNACK: Granola
HOBBY: Guitar PET: Cat named Lulu
FUNNIEST MOMENT: “One day in my kindergarten, I opened my snack bag and found a tennis ball and a sock! My little brother had played his first practical joke. Thanks, Bryan!”
NAME: Paul
FAVORITE SPORT: Baseball FAVORITE SNACK: Apple with peanut butter
HOBBY: Making comics PET: Tropical fish
FUNIEST MOMENT: “In a school play, I was supposed to say the line ‘Stop right there, cowboy!’ Devin was playing the cowboy, and 1 said, ‘Stop right there, Devin!’ It was supposed to be a serious part of the play, but Devin cracked up. Then everybody else laughed, too, including me.”
NAME: Scott
FAVORITE SPORT: Soccer FAVORITE SNACK: Bananas
HOBBY: Drawing dinosaurs
PET: Hermit crab named Hermie
FUNNIEST MOMENT: “One night, we were camping in a state park. I heard a loud thumping(砰砰作响) outside the tent. I was sure that it was a bear! I used my flashlight to look around the campsite(野营地) and saw a little toad hopping away, going thump, thump, thump!”
1.Whom will you get in touch with if you also like taking photos?
A.Scott.
B.Sarah.
C.John.
D.Paul.
2.Where did Sarah find the tennis ball and the sock?
A.At her friend's birthday party.
B.In her kindergarten.
C.In her school.
D.In a state park.
3.Outside the tent, what thumped that night?
A.A bear.
B.A cat.
C.A fish.
D.A toad.
B
Smart speakers have proven to be handy devices in hospitals, allowing patients to control independently . And now, researchers from theUniversityofWashingtonhave developed an artificial intelligence system that enables these devices to monitor heartbeats.
Using technology to remotely monitor heart rates isn't new. These days most smartwatches and fitness trackers are capable of it. The good thing here is that researchers have figured out a way to use the microphones in smart speakers to do it without requiring physical contact.
In a study published inCommunications Biology, the researchers had the smart speakers send out signals that couldn't be heard which were then reflected off a person's body. They then analyzed these signals to identify small chest wall motions related to heartbeats, as well as separate those signals from surrounding noise and breathing.
For this particular proof — of — concept setup, the researchers tested this smart speaker on 26 healthy participants and 24 hospitalized patients with various heart conditions, including atrial fibrillation（心房颤动）and heart failure. In both cases, the smart speaker was within 28 -30 milliseconds of an ECG（心电图）,the gold standard used in hospitals to discover arrhythmia（心律不齐）.
Like smartwatches with advanced heart features, using smart speakers in this way opens up the possibility for passive, remote heart monitoring. ECGs, while highly accurate, require a visit to the doctor and several electrodes （电极）to be placed on the body. They,re not capable of continuous monitoring so you're limited to what it picks up at that exact moment in time ——one reason why heart arrhythmia can be so hard to discover.
Smartwatches are capable of passive, remote, continuous monitoring, but they require you to wear the device at all times to be effective. It's not something that's comfortable for everyone, especially when it comes to sleep and for those with highly sensitive skin. Another issue is that these advanced smartwatches are expensive, while smart speakers are much cheaper.
“If you have a device like this, you can monitor a patient on an extended basis and then develop corresponding care plans that satisfy the patient' s needs,“ said Dr. Arun Sridhar, co — senior author on the study. "And the beauty of using this kind of devices is that they are already in people's homes.”
4. What does the author focus on in Paragraph 3?
A. How the smart speaker works.
B. Why the smart speaker is useful.
C. The advantages of smart speakers.
D. The importance of the study.
5. Why is heart arrhythmia difficult to find?
A. ECGs are not highly accurate.
B. ECGs can't monitor continuously.
C. Doctors know little about heart arrhythmia.
D. An ECG test is hard to operate and expensive.
6. Which statement best explains the characteristics of smartwatches?
A. They are comfortable to wear.
B. They are friendly to sensitive skin.
C. They are effective and cheap.
D. They are able to monitor remotely.
7. What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. We need to invent more smart devices.
B. Care plans are vital to patients with heart failure.
C. Smart speakers could be contactless heart monitors.
D. Different devices are needed to meet patients,demands.
C
The idea of growing food in a desert would make most people laugh but this is quickly becoming a reality. There are currently two desert farms in the world where quality vegetables are being planted cheaply and easily.
Sundrop Farms, based in South Australia, uses experimental greenhouses to grow tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers. The biggest challenge of growing food in a desert, obviously, is the lack of available water. The researchers at Sundrop Farms have gotten aroundthis problemby using the sun to desalinate (淡化) sea water. It can also be used to control the temperature of the greenhouses.
Without depending on limited resources such as land and fresh water Sundrop Farms has made farming a practice. This can increase the world’s food supplies. Another benefit ofthis kind of farming is that it can be done anywhere, thus reducing the costs of transporting food to distant locations. Yet another benefit is that it reduces the need for pesticides (杀虫剂).
Another experimental desert farm is the Sahara Forest Project, which began in Qatar in December 2012. Greenhouses in the farm are cooled by saltwater. Solar power and other technologies are used together to help make vegetation (植被) grow in the desert environment. As deserts have expanded over recent years around the world due to global warming, this project could solve the problem.
The result form the Qatar project were better than expected and in June of 2014, Jordan agreed to host another one. This will be much bigger than the Qatar project and the project members will have even more opportunities to test their experiments on a much larger scale. It is not clear yet that desert farming resents the future of farming but these projects have shown some success in the field.
8. What does “this problem” in paragraph 2 refer to?
A. Sea water is bard to purify.
B. The desert is short of water.
C. The temperature is high in the desert.
D. Desert farms aren’t fit to plant vegetables.
9. What is one of the characters of desert farming?
A. It needs more pesticides.
B. It saves delivery costs.
C. It has a location limit.
D. It solves food waste problems
10. What can we know about the Sabara Forest Project?
A. It lives up to expectations
B. It can help produce more food
C. It is started to prevent global warming
D. It uses technology to produce saltwater
11. What can be inferred about desert farming from the last paragraph?
A. It still has problems to solve.
B. It represents the future of farming.
C. Its early success has aroused interest in it.
D. Its aim is to create more job opportunities.
D
With graduation days being celebrated all over the country, a student who has to use a wheelchair honored his mother on his graduation day in a special way. Easley High School graduate, Alex Mays surprised people present when he got up and walked across the stage at Clemson's Littlejohn Coliseum.
“I was really happy—it made me feel good,” Alex said.
Alex was not given a chance to live right from his birth. He was born at 25 weeks and weighed just 1 pound, 10 ounces at birth. When he was very young, he had a disease and lost the ability to walk. After his mother's death in 2013, Alex had several other difficult life changes until he came to live with his grandparents, Dousay and her husband, Dewayne. Dousay said that when Alex came to live with them, they decided to bring him up in the best possible way they could.
Last fall, Alex said that he would walk across the stage to get his diploma to honor his late mother. He practiced hard and worked with a physical therapist for 9 months to complete his plan.
The only help Alex got was from his mom's best friend, Tonya Johnson, who pushed his wheelchair to the stage wearing one of his mother's favorite shirts. “I had support from my family. I couldn't have done it without them,” Alex said.
“Alex made everyone in the building feel encouraged that day” Pickens County School District public information specialist John Eby said. “The school teachers knew he was going to get up to get his diploma, but the distance he walked was a surprise, even to them,” Eby said.
“Some of life's most important tests aren’t given in a classroom; Alex tested himself and passed with flying color1 s,” Eby added.
12. In what way did Alex honor his late mother on his graduation day?
A. By dressing like her.
B. By saying sorry to her.
C. By inviting her best friend.
D. By walking to get his diploma.
13. What can we learn from Paragraph 3?
A. Alex was born healthy.
B. Alex went through a lot.
C. Alex had a purpose in life as a child.
D. Alex has lived with his grandparents all the time.
14. What did Alex also express on his graduation day?
A. His big regret in life.
B. His feelings for hisschool.
C. His thanks for his family.
D. His will to complete his study.
15. Which of the following words can best describe Alex?
A. Strong-minded.
B. Warm-hearted.
C. Cool-headed.
D. Easy-going.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Everybody yawns (打哈欠) – from unborn babies to great-grandparents. But why, exactly, do we yawn?_____16_____.
One theory (理论) is that when we are bored or tired, we just don’t breathe as deeply as we usually do. _____17_____.Therefore, yawning helps us bring more oxygen into the blood and move more carbon dioxide out of the blood.
Yawning, then, would be an action that we can’t really control to help us control our oxygen and carbon dioxide levels. Sounds good, but other studies have shown that breathing more oxygen does not make us yawn less. _____18_____. Hmmm. Now what?
_____19_____. Stretching (拉伸) and yawning may be a way to relax muscles and joints, increase heart rate, and feel more awake.
Other people believe that yawning is a protective way to redistribute (重新分配) the oil-like substance called surfactant that helps keep lungs from drying up.So, if we didn’t yawn, according to this theory, taking a deep breath would become harder and harder – and that would not be good!
But there is one idea about yawning that everyone knows to be true:_____20_____. If you yawn in class, you’ll probably notice a few other people will start yawning, too. Even thinking about yawning can get you yawning. How many times have you yawned while reading this article? We hope not many!
A.It seems to spread
B.Yawning seems to be common
C.No one knows for sure, but there are many theories
D.Another theory is that yawning stretches the lung and lung tissue
E.This theory indicates yawning, like a deep breath, helps us feel fresh
F.Likewise, breathing more carbon dioxide does not increase yawning
G.As this theory goes, our bodies take in less oxygen because our breathing has slowed
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
A creative person without a sense of humor has a serious problem
A physicist, doctor, accountant, lawyer, garbage collector, etc. without a sense of humor can still be terrific at what they do. But a creative person____41.____is humorless could never produce consistently great work in communication with warmth and humanity to the vast majority of the people. Humor in____42.____(creative) is like humor in life. People often ask me, “Does humor work in advertising?” but that’s a stupid question. Does anyone____43.____ask, “Does humor work in life?” If humor is appropriate and funny, it should “work.” The question should be, “How can you___44.___(possible) create without humor?” Certainly, in all forms of communication, humor is a ____45.____(nature) way to win____46.____(someone) heart. In examining my work, lectures, and books I have written over the years, it’s difficult to isolate “humor” as a category because it____47.____(run) through almost everything I do—and through most of my____48.____(wake) hours. Humor disarms and makes one more accepting of____49.____(thought) and images that could be hard to take in serious discourse. Say something serious in a funny way,_____50._____you can win over people every time.
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。

I have learned that volunteers for Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games is needed. I’m writing to apply to this position. As a native of Beijing, I think it is a privilege and duty for me to offer the best voluntary service to our foreign guests and meanwhile promoting Chinese culture. I believe I’m equally to the job. I have good command of English and I’m confident in giving players guidance and help as requiring. What’s more, I have a knowledge of
winter sports, which they will prove helpful in communicating with players. However, I have been involved in several international exchange programs, but enjoy spreading our culture to foreigners.
I would appreciate it if you could offer me the opportunities. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua 第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，你的外国朋友Lily上周六过生日，邀请你去参加她的生日聚会，但是因为你的个人原因，未能参加她的生日聚会，也没有提前告知她。

请给Lily发一封电子邮件，向她道歉。

内容包括：
1.表达歉意；
2.说明原因；
3.希望对方原谅。

注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Dear Lily,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. C
2. B
3. D
4. A
5. B
6. D
7. C
8. B 9. B 10. A 11. C
12. D 13. B 14. C 15. A
16. C 17. G 18. F 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. who##that
42. creativity
43. ever 44. possibly
45. natural
46. someone’s
47. runs 48. waking
49. thoughts
50. and
51.(1). is→are
(2). to→for
(3). promoting→promote
(4). equally→equal
(5). good前加a
(6). requiring→required
(7). 去掉they
(8). However→Besides/Morever/Furthermore/Additionally
(9). but→and
(10). opportunities→opportunity
52.略。