2020-2021学年石家庄第二十三中学高三英语下学期期末试卷及参考答案

2020-2021学年石家庄第二十三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
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Brief Introduction
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) was acquired by the city of Brooklyn in 1854 along with the land that is Prospect Park.
There are so many gardens on display at the BBG that is honestly hard to keep count ofthem. There’s the Japanese Hill and Pond Garden, the Osborne Garden, the Shakespeare Garden... you get the point. Each garden that is displayed will be showing off a different group of amazing plants that come m all sorts of color1 s and sizes. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden offers something for the entire family. They even have a Children’s Garden for the little ones.
Attractions
Japanese Hill and Pond Garden
One of the most frequency visited gardens at BBG, the Japanese Hill and Pond Garden is certainly a favorite among visitors. This garden features a variety of styles as well as beautiful scenery with a viewing pavilion (亭子) and a waterfall. The Shogun Lantern featured in the Japanese Hill and Pond Garden is over 500 years old. It was given to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden as a gift from the city of Tokyo.
Children’s Garden
Children have been planting plants at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden since 1914 and continue their efforts today. Currently, there are over a thousand children contributing to the Children’s Garden.
Shakespeare Garden
For those who have fallen in love with the works of Shakespeare, this will be a garden that they can truly appreciate. Over 80 plants that have been mentioned in the writing of Shakespeare currently grow in the Shakespeare Garden.
Getting to Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Brooklyn Botanic Garden: 900 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225
Closest Subway: Prospect Park/ Eastern Parkway/ Franklin Avenue
Bus Tour Stops: Stop 34 or 35 Brooklyn route
Opening Times
15 March— 6 November：
Tuesday—Friday: 8:00 am—6:00 pm; Saturday—Sunday: 10:00 am—6:00 pm
8 November —11 March
Monday—Friday: 8:00 am—4:30 pm; Saturday —Sunday: 10:00 am—4:30 pm
1.Where can visitors enjoy a waterfall?
A.Osborne Garden.
B.Shakespeare Garden.
C.Children’s Garden.
D.Japanese Hill and Pond Garden.
2.How can visitors go to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden?
A.By taking a bus to Prospect Park.
B.By taking a bus to 34 Washington Avenue.
C.By taking the subway to Franklin Avenue.
D.By taking the subway to Stop 35 on the Brooklyn route.
3.When can Nancy visit the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in December?
A.5:00 pm on Thursday.
B.8:30 am on Wednesday.
C4:3 0 pm on Friday. D.9:00 am on Saturday.
B
There have been many fine films over the past several years aboutcharacters struggling with Alzheimer’s disease. But few of them have gone as deeply and frighteningly into the corners of adeterioratingmind as The Father,a powerful new drama built around a spellbinding performance from Anthony Hopkins.
At this point in his long career,Hopkinswould seem to have exhausted his ability to surprise us, but his work here is nothing short of astonishing. His character, also named Anthony, is 80 years old and has dementia. At the beginning of the movie, his daughter, Anne — played by Olivia Colman — stops by hisLondonapartment to check on him. Her father's condition has taken a turn for the worse, and his temper has become severe enough to send his latest live in nurse packing. Anthony is stubborn and defiant and insists that he can manage on his own. But that's clearly not the case, given his habit of misplacing his things and his inability to remember names and faces, Anne's included.
As The Father goes on, the more it becomes clear that it's his own mind that's playing tricks on him. What
makes the movie so unsettling is the way it wires us directly into his subjective experience, so that the foundations of the story seem to shift at random from scene to scene. A man suddenly appears in the apartment, claiming to be Anne's husband, which is odd, since just a few moments earlier, Anne seemed to be single. Anne goes out shopping for groceries, but when she returns, she's played not by Olivia Colman but by another actress, Olivia Williams. Even the apartment itself begins to shift. You notice puzzling differences-wasn't there a lamp on that hallway table just a moment ago?
The story in The Father may be complicated but it's also heartbreakingly simple: man grows old and loses his memory, and his daughter, after lifetime of love and devotion, must begin the long painful process of saying goodbye.Hopkinsshows us Anthony's struggle to keep his sense about him. It's a striking performance-and an impossible one to forget.
4. What does the underlined word “deteriorating” mean in the first paragraph?
A. Worsening.
B. Narrowing.
C. Recovering.
D. Improving.
5. What do we learn about the character Anthony in the movie?
A. He can take care of himself
B. He drives away the nurses.
C. He is easy-going and forgetful.
D. He lives with his daughter all the time.
6. The shift of scenes in the movie is designed to .
A. build the dramatic tension in the family.
B. show off the well-designed story line.
C. frighten the movie-goers with mysterious plot.
D. involve the viewers into thedisordered memories.
7. What does the author think ofHopkins?
A. He has run out of his talent.
B. He is not suitable for the role
C. He masterly plays the old man.
D. He presents an odd performance.
C
To stay healthy and fit, Chinesestudents do group exercises every day at school. Most of you probably do the same set of exercises. But some school exercises have grown popular online due to their local and innovative designs.
Singing in Sichuan dialects with energetic movements and unique mask-changing is not just a Sichuan Opera performance. It’s the routine exercise for students of Mianyang Foreign Languages Experimental School in Sichuan province.
“Sichuan Opera is a local opera, and it is now facing a gap in inheritance (传承). Therefore, we cooperated with Mianyang Intangible Cultural Heritage Center to create a simple and easy-to-learn Sichuan Opera exercise,” said Shen Junhua, who is in charge of organizing the school’s exercise between classes.
According to Shen, this new type of exercise has been practiced since 2017 and has been popular among students. When students enroll (入学), they will spend several weeks practicing it. At present, almost all of the students and teachers have mastered it.
“In fact, we had hardly heard of Sichuan Opera before teachers taught us how to do the Sichuan Opera exercise,” said Li Yangwenwen, 14, an eighth grade student who also joined the school’s Sichuan Opera club out of interest. “It’s very different from normal exercises. After practicing it, we found it very beautiful and became interested in it. Now, almost all of the students look forward to our daily exercise time and feel excited to do it.”
“By combining opera with daily exercise, the daily class activity allows students to perceive and understand Sichuan Opera’s culture”, Shen said. “After years of continuous effort to spread the seeds of traditional culture, the younger generation is finally catching on.”
8. What do students in Shen’s school do during the group exercise?
A. They do normal exercise .
B. They sing pop songs in Sichuan dialects.
C. They do mask-changing in a Sichuan Opera performance.
D. They combine group exercise with Sichuan Opera.
9. Why do they adopt the new type of exercise?
A. To attract new students to the school.
B. To inherit local culture.
C. To create an easy-to-learn exercise.
D. To make the school’s group exercise popular.
10. How do teachers and students react to the group exercise?
A. Calm.
B. Indifferent.
C. Enthusiastic.
D. Uninterested.
11. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. Shen’s continuous effort is highly praised.
B. The younger generation will have a stronger body.
C. The students can better understand their local culture.
D. Students help to spread the seeds of traditional culture toyounger generation.
D
Dad’s comb was jade green. I heard he bought it when he married Mum, which made the comb two years older than I was. Every night, he wouldsmile, hand me the comb and say, “Be a good girl and help Daddy clean it, OK?”
I was more than happy to do it. At age five this mundane task brought me such joy. I would excitedly turn the tap on, then brush the comb with a used toothbrush as hard as I could. Satisfied that I’d done a good job, I would proudly return the comb to Dad. He would smile at me and place the comb on top of his wallet.
About two years later, Dad left his sales job and started his own wholesale business. I started primary school. That was when things started to change. He didn’t come home as much as he used to – just a couple of times a week. And when he did come home, it was always late and I’d already be in bed. I started to get mad. I stopped waiting for him to come home, and stopped going downstairs to check on him.
Today, I’m no longer a kid. I’ve graduated from college and got a job. Dad’s business has got back on track. Things are better now. Yet the uncomfortable silence between Dad and me persisted.
Two days before my birthday last year, Dad came home early. As usual, I helped him carry his bags into his study. When I turned to leave, he said, “Hey, would you like to help me clean my comb?” I looked at him a while, then took the comb and headed to the sink.
I passed the clean comb back to Dad. He looked at it and smiled. But this time, I noticed something different. My dad has aged. He has wrinkles next to his eyes when he smiles, yet his smile is still as heartwarming as before. The smile of a father who just wants a good life for his family. Dad carefully placed his comb on top of his wallet.
After so many years, he still organizes his personal items in the same meticulous way. I guess some things never change. And for that, I’m glad.
12. What caused the uncomfortable silence between Dad and me?
A. Generation gap.
B. Dad’s failure in business.
C. My ignorance of Dad.
D. Dad’s absence from the family.
13. Which of the following can best describe Dad?
A. Gentle but strict.
B. Hardworking and caring.
C. Cautious and realistic.
D. Demanding but patient.
14. Why did Dad ask his daughter to clean his comb before her birthday?
A. To give her a lesson.
B. To follow his old habit.
C. To fix their relationship.
D. To praise her helpfulness.
15. Which saying concludes the text best?
A. Yesterday once more.
B. Let bygones be bygones.
C. Some things never change.
D. Like father, like daughter.
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It happens all the time-you are standing on a bus, listening to music, when you feel someone's breath on the back of your neck. You think to yourself: Is this person getting too close to me? The answer is yes. Everyone has a sense of personal space.____16____
According to a new study, the size of the space is different for different people,____17____reported Los Angeles Times. In the study, researchers from University College of London asked volunteers to hold their hands at different distances from their face. They then gave them an electric shock on their hand while measuring how often the volunteers blinked. The more they blinked(眨眼),___18___
The results among volunteers were a little different but the average personal space was 20 to 40 centimeters. Researchers also found that the more anxious a person was, the larger their personal space was because they were more sensitive.
Besides psychological factors,___19___. For example, a person who grew up in a country that hugs a lot has less of a problem with strangers getting too close than a person who grew up in one with more distance between people.
___20___"If you are chatting to someone in your living room, you won't have a large safety margin(界限)at all," explained researcher Gian Domenico Iannetti. "But if you are walking through a dangerous area, then that will be much bigger." Sadly, sometimes people just don't understand the idea of personal space and keep getting into yours. Whenever that happens, rather than trying to step backwards, researchers suggest that you "create a new space" by turning to wave at someone passing by or to get something out of your bag.
A.But how big is this space?
B.it shows that they are worried about their hands.
C.the more of a threat they felt the shock was to their face.
D.but generally it is between 20 to 40 centimeters in front of the face.
E.culture is also thought to be able to change your personal space.
F.People's senses of personal space also dependon the environments they are in.
G.It is clear that people's senses of personal space is considered to be very important.
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 was early into the coronavirus pandemic. Jenkins, a blood test doctor in Philadelphia, was___21___for her husband and their little twins when she got a___22___from a colleague tested positive (阳性) for the coronavirus.
Shortly after hanging up, Jenkins immediately stopped cooking and rushed to her bedroom, where she___23___herself away from the family. She remembers thinking, "OK. I've been___24___. It's very likely that I've been infected. And it's very likely that I've___25___my family. " Her husband, Jay Roux, 41, has stage IV lung cancer. Cancer treatments have weakened his heart. His body's___26___to the coronavirus are severely compromised (妥协) . "Perhaps I had been___27___for exposing Jay to the very thing that would___28___him."
Early next morning, the Jenkins drove to a testing site, and got a test result,___29___. It was a massive relief.____30____, she decided that as long as the pandemic dragged on, and as long as she was____31____patients with the coronavirus, she could not put her family through that experience again. She chose to____32____the sweet time with her family, moving out.
At one point, Leadership at the hospital____33____her a reasonable leave, so she wouldn't have to risk exposure to COVID-19. But she____34____considered the offer. Other doctors at her hospital, she says, are even____35____and at higher risk. And she felt the need to____36____during a public health emergency.
The day after Mother's Day when infection level was low enough, the couple decided to____37____places for her to see the kids. "When she came home, I already had all my____38____packed up in my truck," her husband says. "She came in____39____one door and saw kids and left the same door." "And I just kind of give her one of those air____40____and said I love her, you know?"
Sometimes, giving up doesn’t necessarily mean being bad. The wife gives up for the safety of a family and the nurse the safety of a city.
21. A. cooking B. cleaning C. calling D. washing
22. A. letter B. call C. email D. bill
23. A. hid B. trapped C. locked D. drove
24. A. diagnosed B. infected C. killed D. exposed
25. A. worsened B. fired C. poisoned D. infected
26. A. defenses B. strengths C. powers D. guards
27. A. helpful B. guilt C. responsible D. bound
28. A. scold B. kill C. cut D. worsen
29. A. positive B. negative C. active D. insecure
30. A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. Hence D. However
31. A. saving B. helping C. testing D. treating
32. A. give up B. give in C. turn up D. turn in
33. A. offered B. created C. excused D. applied
34. A. merely B. barely C. roughly D. simply
35. A. younger B. smarter C. older D. heavier
36. A. motivate B. donate C. affect D. contribute
37. A. switch B. turn C. access D. visit
38. A. clothes B. money C. stuff D. medicine
39. A. by B. through C. with D. between
40. A. words B. whistles C. gestures D. kisses
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
Cecilia Chiang, who had brought real Chinese food to America, died at 100 at her home in San Francisco on Wednesday. In the 1960s, her restaurant, the Mandarin,___41.___(introduce) Americans to ___42.___variety of real Chinese dishes.
Ms.Chiang came to the United States___43.___China as a daughter of wealth. Once in San Francisco, she managed___44.___(bring) Chinese dishes into the ones which are___45.___(tasteful) than before.
The Mandarin offered specialties at the time, like Chongqing-style spicy beef, peppery Sichuan eggplant and glacéed bananas. These were___46.___(tradition) cooking of the rich in Beijing, where local dishes as well as regional(地区的) ones from Sichuan, Shanghai and Canton___47.___( prepare) by family chefs.
Ms.Chiang’s father was an educated railway engineer. Her mother came from a wealthy family___48.___owned factories.___49.___(grow) up in the family, she did well in every aspect of her life. After her parents died, Cecilia Chiang took over the businesses___50.___(successful) .
“I think I changed what everyone knows about Chinese food,” Mrs. Chiang toldThe San Francisco Chroniclein
2007. “They didn’t know China was such a big country.”
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。

When you hear the name Hollywood, you probable think of lights, cameras and movie stars. Famous actor are not the only important people in the entertainment business. Directors or producers are also important. Today, Hollywood is full with producers and directors. However, only a few are so famous and successful as Hollywood's first motion picture businessman, Cecil.
Cecil was born in Ashfield, Massachusetts. Both his parents were writers of the plays. His father died when he is twelve years old. Her mother kept the family together by set up a theater company. Cecil joined in the company as an actor. He continued to work in his mother's theater company until 1913. Cecil gained a great deal fame with the movie telling a story of important events in history.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.成语是中国文化的重要组成部分，它能用简明的词语表达出丰富且深刻的寓意。

假定你是李华，请你给远在美国的笔友Peter写信，包括如下内容：
1.简单介绍成语的特点（四字组成）
2.说明成语是中文的重要组成部分以及学好成语的重要意义
3.分享自己学好成语的经验，方法和心得
成语Chinese idioms
注意：1.词数100左右；2.可以适当指加细节，以使行文连贯
Dear Peter,
I am glad that you are interested in Chinese idioms.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________
Yours,
LiHua
参考答案
1. D
2. C
3. B
4. A
5. B
6. D
7. C
8. D 9. B 10. C 11. C
12. D 13. B 14. C 15. C
16. A 17. D 18. C 19. E 20. F
21. A 22. B 23. C 24. D 25. D 26. A 27. C 28. B 29. B 30. D 31. C 32.
A 33. A 34.
B 35.
C 36.
D 37. A 38. C 39. B 40. D
41. introduced
42. a 43. from
44. to bring
45. more tasteful
46. traditional
47. were prepared
48. that/which
49. Growing
50. successfully
51.(1). probable→probably
(2). actor→actors
(3). or→and
(4). with→of
(5). so→as
(6). 删掉the
(7). is→was
(8). Her→His
(9). set→setting
(10). deal后加of
52.略。