2020-2021学年奉化市高级中学高三英语期中考试试题及答案解析

2020-2021学年奉化市高级中学高三英语期中考试试题及答案解析第一部分阅读（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
Are you looking for some new and exciting places to take your kids to? Try some of these places.
★Visit art museums.They offer a variety of activities to excite your kids' interest. Many offer workshops for making hand-made pieces, traveling exhibits, book signings by children's favorite writer, and even musical performances and other arts.
★Head to a natural history museum.This is where kids can discover the past from dinosaur(恐龙) models to rock collections and pictures of stars in the sky. Also, ask what kind of workshops and educational programs are prepared for kids and any special events that are coming up.
★Go to a Youtheater.Look for one in your area offering plays for child and family visitors.
Pre-show play shops are conducted by area artists and educators where kids can discover the secret about performing arts Puppet(木偶)making and stage make-up are just a couple of the special offerings you might find.
★Tryhands-on science.Visit one of the many hands-on science museums aroundthe country.
These science play-lands are great fun for kids and grown-ups alike. They'll keep your child mentally and physically active the whole day through while pushing buttons, experimenting, and building. When everyone is tired, enjoy a fun family science show, commonly found in these museums.
1.If a child is interested in the universe, he probably will visit _____.
A.a Youtheater
B.an art museum
C.a hands-on science museum
D.a natural history museum
2.What does "hands-on science" mean in the last paragraph?
A.Science games designed by kids.
B.Learning science by doing things.
C.A show of kids' science work.
D.Reading science books.
3.Where does this text probably come from?
A.A museum guide.
B.A tourist map.
C.A science textbook.
D.A news report.
B
I come to theUnited Statesten year ago. I would always say that I was trying to study, but there were always
things like work and my kids that would not allow me to start.
Now I realized that those were only excuses. What stopped me was that I was afraid to start studying again. I always believed I would learn by myself.
One day, however, my son told me that he was sad because his friends would come over and I didn’t understand them because I didn’t speak English. He was also sad because I could never help him with his homework. That same day, I told myself, “Rocio, you have to start believing in yourself and you will see you can make it.”
The next day, I went downtown to look for a big banner (横幅) in front of the school which said that they offered classes for adults. I came in to see if I could join, but the classes were closed already. That night I took the kids to the movies, and on the way back, I told them we would take a new route. I ended up getting lost. That’s the way I foundChaffeyCollege. The following Monday, I went to ask for information. They told me that summer school was starting that week.
That’s how I started studying English last summer. It is difficult, but I have had great rewards. My daughter had to write a story for school. It was about the female they most admired and why . She wrote that I was the person she most admired because I had started going to College. I will never forget this.
4. According to the passage, the author probably is a .
A. teacher
B. doctor
C. father
D. mother
5. What made the author make up her mind to study English?
A. What her son said.
B. What her daughter said.
C. Thinking about herself.
D. Thinking about her daughter.
6. How did they findChaffeyCollege?
A. On the way to the movies.
B. They took a new route and got lost.
C. Ask a stranger for information.
D. According to the banner.
7. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The author came to theUnited Statesfrom another country.
B. The author had two children at least including one daughter.
C. What really changed the author’s life was she believed in herself.
D. The author wrote that she was the person her son most admired.
C
I dropped out of college after my first year. Three years later, I returned to college after having been stuck in a dead-end job, working at a department store. I saw school as my way out. But I quickly found myself up against the same problems that had caused me to give up before. I was in over my head with college-level algebra (代数) and a heavy workload of reading and writing homework. In addition, I was still unsure of my career (职业) direction。

After about a week in community college, I was feeling the same upset and fear I’d felt a few years earlier. I was ready to drop out again. Then a smartly dressed woman with grey hair walked confidently to the front of my English composition class. “Look at you! You’re here because you want to change your lives for the better. And you’re going to make it!”
Mrs. Peters didn’t know me from any of the other 40 faces in her classroom, yet I felt she was speaking directly to me. She knew exactly what I was feeling and what many of my classmates were probably feeling as well, and she lessened our fears. I came out of that class making up my mind to succeed.
Having trouble keeping up with the workload? Break it down into small manageable pieces, and set up a schedule that works for you, she told us. Professors teaching too fast for you to take notes? Interrupt (打断) them with a question so you can catch up on your notes before they continue, she advised. If college algebra is too difficult, drop back to introductory college math, she suggested. As for English composition which can be hard and boring, she gave us interesting writing homework.
She never let us lose sight of our dreams. “Go for the best: you’re worth it” she said when we graduated.
I left that community college with high grades and went on to do further studies. Mrs. Peters wouldn’t know that when she gave that talk, she made a huge difference in my life.
8. Why did the author go back to college?
A. He was out of a job.
B. He was dissatisfied with his job.
C. He tried to start his own business.
D. He hoped to learn more about algebra.
9. What troubled the author at college?
A. He did badly in recent exams.
B. He was forced to leave school.
C. He failed to manage his studies.
D. He was beaten by bitter memories.
10. How did Mrs. Peters affect the author?
A. By showing favor to him.
B. By talking with him directly.
C. By setting him extra homework.
D. By givinghim inspiration and skills.
11. What advice did Mrs. Peters offer to her students on their careers?
A. Have fun.
B. Start small.
C. Dream big
D. Think twice
D
The Native American of northern California were highly skilled at basketry, using the reeds, graeses, barks, and roots they found around them to fashion articles of all sorts and sizes-not only trays, containers, and cooking pots, but hats, boats, fish traps, baby carriers, and ceremonial objects.
Of all these experts, none excelled the Pomo-a group who lived on or near the coast during the 1800's, and whose descendants continue to live in parts of the same region to this day. They made baskets three feet in diameter and othersno bigger than a thimble (顶针). The Pomo people were masters of decoration. Some of their baskets were completely covered with shell pendants；others with feathers that made the baskets’ surfaces as soft as the breasts of birds. Moreover, the Pomo people made use of more weaving techniques than did their neighbors. Most groups made al their basketwork by twining--the twisting of a flexible horizontal material, called a weft, around stiffer vertical strands of material, the warp. Others depended primarily on coiling-a process in which a continuous coil of stiff material is held in the desired shape with tight wrapping of flexible strands. Only the Pomo people used both processes with equal ease and frequency. In addition, they made use of four distinct variations on the basic twining process, often employing more than one of them in a single article.
Although a wide variety of materials was available, the Pomo people used only a few. The warp was always made of willow, and the most commonly used weft was sedge root, a woody fiber that could easily be separated into strands no thicker than a thread. For color1 , the Pomo people used the bark of red-bud for their twined work and dyed bullrush root for black in coiled work. Though other materials were sometimes used, these four were the staples in their finest basketry.
If the basketry materials used by the Pomo people were limited, the designs were amazingly varied. Every Pomo basket maker knew how to produce from fifteen to twenty distinct patterns that could be combined in a number of different.
12. The word “fashion” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. maintain
B. organize
C. trade
D. create
13. What is the author's main point in paragraph 2?
A. The neighbors of the Pomo people tried to improve on the Pomo basket weaving techniques.
B. The Pomo people were the most skilled basket weavers in their region.
C. The Pomo people learned their basket weaving techniques from other Native Americans.
D. The Pomo baskets have been handed down for generations.
14. According to the passage, the relationship between red-bud and twining is most similar to the relationship between ______.
A. bullrush and coiling
B. weft and warp
C. willow and feathers
D. sedge and weaving
15. Which of the following statements about Pomo baskets can be best inferred from the passage?
A. Baskets produced by other Native Americans were less varied in design than those of the Pomo.
B. Baskets produced by Pomo weaves were primarily for ceremonial and religious purposes.
C. There were a very limited number of basket-making materials available to the Pomo people.
D. The basket-making production of the Pomo people has been increasing over the years.
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Whether you’re attending a dinner party or spending a few nights with afamily member or friend, knowing and following proper manners for guests is necessary.
____16____. If you receive the invitation in writing, follow up with a reply in writing. A verbal invitation can be answered either with a note or phone call. Get in touch with the host as soon as possible.
It’s always a good idea to arrive within 10 to 15 minutes of the appointed time on the invitation. If you get there too early, you might be in the way during party preparations. Conversely, if you get there an hour late, you might miss something important.____17____, such as a concert, wedding, funeral or graduation.
Respect your host’s personal space. This means you should never break into a room with a closed door or interrupt a conversation. Don’t expect your host to want to spend the entire day with you.____18____. And that includes your generous host.
All parties, personal visits, and overnight stays should end while you’re still having a nice time. Therefore, you should know to leave. Besides, you should always send a thank-you note after a party, long visit, or overnight stay. Do this as soon as you get home. Thank the host, make a positive comment about some aspect of the visit, and end with a note about looking forward to seeing him or her again.____19____.
Being a guest with good manners means much more than just showing up and being the life of the
party.____20____, so you need to show your appreciation by being kind and polite.
A. Everyone needs a little time alone
B. The host tries to invite and entertainyou
C. You should always respond to an invitation
D. Awkward situations happen from time to time
E. You might even offer an invitation to your home
F. Always be thoughtful and keep your host in mind
G. There are times when it’s necessary to be on time
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My mother sewed dresses. She worked in a factory by____21____and brought home dresses at night. She had to____22____my brother, my sister, and me. My father had died when I was ten.
Every night when she____23____, I would meet my mother at the train stop and help her carry home a lot of unsewn cloth. She’d start to____24____as soon as she got home. She’d stop to make us____25____, and after that, while we kids read or listened to music, she would____26____over her sewing machine again to continue sewing dresses. Sometimes she’d get her thumb caught under the sewing____27____. She’d cry out in pain but____28____a bandage and go back to work. Watching her made me____29____to be so good at something I loved that my mother wouldn’t have to work again.
I sat next to my mother as she_____30_____. Every now and then she’d_____31_____up pieces of new cloth to be sewn, feel the dress between her fingers, and set it aside_____32_____. She’d say, “ I only work on quality dresses.” Our family needed_____33_____. But my mother would not sew a_____34_____that was not up to her_____35_____. She showed me that people should take_____36_____in what they do.
I thought of my mother years later as I began my career, enjoyed_____37_____, and faced setbacks. I was determined to be so successful to make up for all my mother had_____38_____for us. But when a producer told me to record a song I considered silly or_____39_____, I’d think of my mother and tell him, “Sorry, I only work on_____40_____material.”
21. A. night B. day C. chance D. choice
22. A. support B. impress C. attract D. comfort
23. A. left B. returned C. escaped D. wandered
24. A. rest B. read C. sew D. cook
25. A. supper B. lunch C. breakfast D. snack
26. A. hand B. take C. run D. bend
27. A. shelf B. board C. needle D. head
28. A. show up B. fill up C. hold on D. put on
29. A. demanded B. determined C. supposed D. reminded
30. A. worked B. laughed C. talked D. cried
31. A. sum B. make C. pick D. do
32. A. quickly B. silently C. privately D. happily
33. A. help B. money C. service D. hope
34. A. collar B. button C. pocket D. dress
35. A. standards B. rules C. spirits D. preferences
36. A. part B. comfort C. pride D. interest
37. A. success B. fun C. anger D. shyness
38. A. offered B. sacrificed C. experienced D. abandoned
39. A. harmless B. careless C. senseless D. hopeless
40. A. quantity B. ability C. authority D. quality
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
I____41.____(appoint) as a volcanologist twenty years ago. The job is exciting but___42.___(occasional) dangerous. I don’t mind the danger because I help protect ordinary people from the volcanoes.____43.____I do is to collect database aboutMountKilauea, an active volcano inHawaii. Having collected and evaluated the information, I help other scientists to predict where lava from the volcano will flow next and how fast.
When____44.____(boil) rock erupts from a volcano and crashes back to earth, it causes___45.___(little) damage than you might imagine. The reason is____46.____no one lives near the top of the mount, where the rocks fall. However, the lava can bury everything in its path under the____47.____(melt) rock.
Once I was lucky enough____48.____(have) a much closer look at the volcano the day after its____49.____(erupt) with two other scientists. We had to wear protective suits that covered our whole body. We made our way_____50._____the edge of the crater and collected some lava for later study. That was my first experience.
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。

Last Sunday, I went boating with my classmate. It was fine and there were many boats, among that one boat caught my attention. The two women in that boat were all in red, singing and laughing loudly. And they busy taking photos all the time. It was obviously that they were struck by the beautiful scenery. Their joy affected the four of us. All of the sudden, something unexpected happened. One woman's smartphone fell in the water. Unable to swim, so she could do nothing but shouting with tears in her eyes. At that moment, a boy jumped in and helped her recovered her smartphone. The people around burst into applause.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假设你是晨光中学的学生李津。

你正参加与法国巴黎友好校以“畅想奥运盛事”为主题的线上英语交流活动。

友好校的学生Chris得知新近发布的2022年北京冬奥会的主题口号(official motto)是“一起向未来（Together for a Shared Future）”，认为这个口号非常棒。

他请你进一步谈谈看法。

请你根据以下提示进行发言:
（1）向Chris表示感谢并认同他的看法；
（2）你对口号的理解（体现奥运精神、同享共创未来、中国发出邀请等）；
（3）对2022年北京冬奥会及2024巴黎奥运会筹备工作表达祝愿。

注意：
（1）词数不少于100；
（2）可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯；
（3）开头已给出，不计入总词数。

Hi, Chris; Hi, everybody,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________
______
Thank you.
参考答案
1. D
2. B
3. A
4. D
5. A
6. B
7. D
8. B 9. C 10. D 11. C
12. C 13. D 14. C 15. B
16. C 17. G 18. A 19. E 20. B
21. B 22. A 23. B 24. C 25. A 26. D 27. C 28. D 29. B 30. A 31. C 32.
D 33. B 34. D 35. A 36. C 37. A 38. B 39. C 40. D
41. was appointed
42. occasionally
43. What 44. boiling
45. less 46. that
47. molten 48. to have
49. eruption
50. to
51.(1).classmate→classmates
(2).that→which
(3).all→both
(4).busy前加were
(5).obviously→obvious
(6).the→a
(7).in→into
(8).去掉so
(9).shouting→shout
(10).recovered→recover
52.略。