2020届上海松江区第二中学高三英语上学期期末考试试卷及答案

2020届上海松江区第二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
In his 402nd anniversary year, Shakespeare is still rightly celebrated as a great language master and writer. But he was not the only great master of play writing to die in 1616, and he is certainly not the only writer to have left a lasting influence on theater.
While less known worldwide, Tang Xianzu is considered one of Chinas greatest playwrights and is highly spoken of in that country of ancient literary and dramatic traditions.
Tang was born in 1550 inLinchuan,Jiangxiprovince. Unlike Shakespeare's large body of plays,poems and sonnets (十四行诗), Tang wrote only four major plays: The Purple Hairpin, Peony Pavilion (《牡丹亭》), A Dream under the Southern bough, and Dream of Handan. The latter three were constructed around a dream narrative, a way through which Tang unlocked the emotional dimension of human desires and ambitions and explored human nature beyond the social and political limits of that time.
Similar to Shakespeare, Tang's success rode the wave of a renaissance (复兴) in theater as an artistic practice. As in Shakespeare'sEngland, Tang's works became hugely popular inChinatoo. During Tang'sChina, his plays were enjoyed performed, and changed. Kunqu Opera, a form of musical drama, spread from southernChinato the whole nation and became a symbol of Chinese culture. Combining northern tune and southern music, kunqu Opera was known for its poetic language, music, dance movements and gestures. Tang's works benefited greatly from the popularity of kunqu Opera, and his plays are considered classics of kunqu Opera.
While Tang and Shakespeare lived in a world away from each other, there are many things they share in common, such e humanity of their drama, their heroic figures, their love for poetic language, a lasting popularity and the anniversary during which we still celebrate them.
1. Why is Shakespeare mentioned in the first paragraph?
A. To describe Shakespeare's anniversary.
B. To introduce the existence of Tang Xianzu.
C. To explain the importance of Shakespeare.
D. To suggest the less popularity of Tang Xianzu.
2. What's possibly one of the main theme of Tang's works?
A. Social reality.
B. Female dreams.
C. Human emotions.
D. Political environment.
3. What does the author mainly tell us in Paragraph 4?
A. The influence of Kunqu Opera on Tang's works.
B. Tang's success in copying Shakespeare's styles.
C. The way Kunqu Opera became a symbol of Chinese culture.
D. Tang's popularity for his poetic language and music.
B
It is that time of year when people need to lock their cars. It’ s not because there are a lot of criminals running around stealing cars. Rather, it’ s because of the good-hearted neighbors who want to share their harvest. Especially with this year’s large crop, leaving a car unlocked in my neighborhood is an invitation for someone to stuff it full of zucchini(西葫芦).
My sister-in-law, Sharon, recently had a good year for tomatoes. She and her family had eaten and canned so many that they began to feel their skin turn slightly red. That ’ s when she decided it was time to share herblessings.She started calling everyone she knew. When that failed, she began to ask everyone in the neighborhood like a politician, eventually finding a neighbor delighted to have the tomatoes. “ Feel free to take whatever you want,”Sharontold her. She felt happy that she could help someone and that the food didn’t go to waste.
A few days later,Sharonanswered the door. There was the neighbor, holding some bread. The neighbor smiled pleasantly, “I want to thank you for all of the tomatoes, and I have to admit that I took a few other things and hope you wouldn’t mind.”
Sharoncouldn’t think of anything else in her garden that had been worth harvesting and said so. “Oh, but you did,” the neighbor said. “You had some of the prettiest zucchini I’ve ever seen.”
Sharonwas confused. Zucchini in her garden? They hadn’ t even planted any zucchini. But her neighbor insisted that there really were bright-green zucchini in her garden. The two of them walked together into the backyard. When the neighbor pointed at the long green vegetables,Sharonsmiled, “ Well, actually, those are cucumbers that we never harvested, because they got too big, soft and bitter for eating or canning.”
The neighbor looked atSharon, shock written all over her face. Then she smiled, and held out the bread that she had shared all over the neighborhood, “I brought you a loaf of cucumber bread. I hope you like it.”
4. Why does the author suggest that people in the neighborhood should lock their cars?
A. They might be stolen by thieves.
B. They might be moved away by the police.
C. Their neighbors might fill them with their harvest.
D. Their neighbors might throw rubbish in them.
5. What does the underlined word “blessings” in the second paragraph mean?
A. Tomatoes.
B. God’s protection.
C.Helpful things.
D. Best wishes.
6. What did the neighbor do inSharon’s garden?
A. She harvested tomatoes only.
B. She harvested zucchini by accident.
C. She took some cucumbers mistakenly.
D. She stole something withoutSharon’s permission.
7. We can infer from the article that the neighbor’s bread would taste________.
A. bitter but tasty
B. strange and bitter
C. hard and sour
D. soft and sweet
C
Recently, I experienced a wonderful lesson in how little things still meana lot. My brother, mother and I live in Hawaii. Our farm is at least a dozen miles from even the most basic of services. Therefore, I take weekly trips to the shop to gel supplies. About a month ago, I finished loading up the car and was about to leave when a piece of paper on the ground caught my eye. I picked it up and read it carefully.Immediately, I was grateful that I had done that___4___
It was a receipt (收据) from the State Motor Vehicle Division, recording the owner's payment of her Vehicle's Registration fees. I put myself in his or her shoes and thought: no one would throw this away. I looked over the receipt for any personal data, perhaps a license plate (车牌) or telephone number, but failed. How could I find the owner in the busy, crowded parking lot? Had it been lying there for a few minutes or a week? So I checked the date, the fees paid and the name of the owner, who must live in our town. I decided that the best and easiest step to take was to put the receipt in an envelope and send it to the owner first the next morning.
By the end of the week, I received a beautiful “thank you” letter from a woman including a handwritten message and a card. In the letter, the woman explained how the wind took her receipt from a pocket in her car's passenger door. She had searched everywhere for quite some time before giving up.
It felt great to know I had helped someone avoid a loss by doing something that seemed little and unimportant.
8. What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 1 mean?
A. He was lucky to learn the lesson.
B. It was a good idea to do shopping that day.
C. He was right to pick up the paper.
D. It turned out the paper belonged to the writer.
9. What information did the writer get from the paper?
A The woman's license plate number.
B. The woman's phone number.
C. The woman's name.
D. The woman's address.
10. How did the woman lose the receipt?
A. She forgot where she had put it.
B. A strong wind blew it away.
C. It fell onto the floor.
D. She left it in the parking lot.
11. What can be the best title for the text?
A. A Lesson I Will Never Forget
B. Never Lose Heart or Give up
C. Little Things Still Mean a Lot
D. Think Carefully Before You Act
D
From skateboarding to Fleetwood Mac, TikTok users got creative in a pandemic (流行病) year with new songs, dances and shows in 60 seconds or less.
The social mediavideo app on Wednesday shared its list of top 100 videos, creators and trends in America during 2020. “These videos brought joy and inspiration to millions of Americans in the rough year,” said Kudzi Chikumbu, director of creator community at TikTok.
The platform has been widely associated with Generation Z (people born after 1996), millennials (people born in the 1980s or 1990s) and influencers who have started careers based on the shared videos.
The Weeknd'sBlinding Lightsand Jason Derulo's Savage Loveinspired TikTok dance challenges that made them among the top songs used on the app.
For some TikTok creators, the pandemic itself became inspiration to create a connection with other users. Comedian Caitlin Reilly used the app during quarantine (隔离) to make fun of those annoying coworkers for one of
the top liked videos. And singer Curtis Roach made an song for the endless days at home with his song Bored in the House.
The second most popular video was an Idaho man named Nathan Apodaca who shot to fame after coolly singing Dreams by Fleetwood Mac, while skateboarding on a highway.
But the most liked TikTok video was awarded to Bella Poarch with 45 million followers, who created a simple but interesting video with a few seconds of well-timed head nods and eye rolls.
While the app might be designed for youth, Chikumbu said that the growth of TikTok this year has pushed it more into mainstream culture. “You're seeing everyone from the teenager to the college students with their parents and then their grandparents all making videos,” said Chikumbu. “And now TikTok trulytranscendsgenerations, particularly in this year when people had a lot of time to dig in and not only watch, but try.”
12. What do we know about The Weeknd?
A. He created the famous song Dreams.
B. He started a career based on shared videos.
C. He is probably a popular singer on TikTok.
D. He organized the TikTok dance challenges.
13. What did Curtis Roach think of his life during quarantine?
A. Meaningful.
B. Peaceful.
C. Content.
D. Uninteresting.
14. The most popular TikTok video in 2020 was created by ______.
A. Caitlin Reilly
B. Curtis Roach
C. Nathan Apodaca
D. Bella Poarch
15. What does the underlined word “transcends” in the last paragraph mean?
A. Makes use of.
B. Goes beyond.
C. Calls on.
D. Takes charge of.
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___16___Well-designed office spaces help create a company’s image. They motivate workers, and they make an impression on people who visit and might be potential customers. They make business work better, and they are a part of the corporate culture to live in.
As we move away from an industrial-based economy to a knowledge-based one, office designers come up with designs different from the traditional ones of the past.___17___
As employee hierarchies(等级制度) have decreased, the design industry has moved away from a fixed office setup and created more flexible management environments.___18___Because of changes to methods of working, new design takes into account expansion or movement of desks, storage,and equipment within the workplace.
___19___Designers have improved by breaking the walls that separate workstations. Designers have also created informal gathering places and upgraded employees’ access to heavily trafficked areas such as copy and coffee rooms.
Office designers also face a number of demands, including fund limits, employees’ hierarchies and technological advances. These demands are often competing and must be well balanced, so that work spaces can enable employees to do their best.
All these elements of office design are related.___20___The well-designed office and the employees that occupy it are seemingly made for each other.
A. It is important that work spaces be well designed.
B. Another important design goal is communication.
C. The most successful office designs are like good marriage.
D. Office and work spaces often are not given to a person forever.
E. Designers also need to make sure that employees feel comfortable at work.
F. These new solutions are meant to support better organizational performance.
G. Whether designers’ ideas are put into practice depends on design approaches.
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When I was about 12, I had an enemy. A girl liked to point out my___21___. Week by week her___22___grew: I was very thin; I wasn’t a good student; I talked too much; I was too___23___, always feelingsuperior to others, and so on. I tried to hear all these as long as I could.___24___, I became very angry. I ran to my father with___25___in my eyes.
He listened to me___26___, and then he asked, “Are the things she says true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever___27___what you’re really like? Well, you now have that girl’s___28___Go and___29___a list of everything she said and mark the points that are____30____. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”
I did____31____he told me. To my great____32____, I discovered that about half the things were true. I couldn’t____33____some of them (like being very thin), but there were a good number I could — and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I had a fairly____34____picture of myself.
I brought the list back to Daddy. He____35____to take it. “That’s just for you,” he said. “You know the truth about yourself____36____than anyone else. But you have to learn to____37____, not just close your ears in____38____, feeling hurt who something said about you is true, and you’ll find it of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your affairs. Don’t____39____your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.”
Daddy’s advice has always____40____me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.
21. A. qualities B.weaknesses C.strengths D. marks
22. A. list B. body C. fear D. trouble
23. A. silly B. friendly C. dull D. proud
24. A. In other words B. Above all C. As a result D. At last
25. A. tears B. pains C. promises D. wishes
26. A. gratefully B. personally C. quietly D. hopefully
27. A. wonder B. prove C. learn D. doubt
28. A. excuse B. advice C. discussion D. opinion
29. A. take B. make C. create D. receive
30. A. wrong B. correct C. big D. true
31. A. as B. since C. before D. till
32. A. surprise B. delight C. relief D. sorrow
33. A. seek B. accept C. admit D. change
34. A. wonderful B. clear C. interesting D. beautiful
35. A. decided B. refused C. expected D. agreed
36. A. wider B. higher C. better D. worse
37. A. listen B. stand C. speak D. share
38. A. peace B. anger C. shyness D. silence
39. A. open B. keep C. shut D. turn
40. A. reminded B. warned C. disappointed D. excited
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
The world’s longest cross-sea bridge — Hongkong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge(HZMB) opened on October 24, 2018. The Guardian described it as one of the seven___41.___(wonder) of the modern world. The HZMB,___42.___links Hongkong andMacaoto the Chinese mainland city ofZhuhai, began in 2009 and cost about 120 billion yuan. It’s designed___43.___(have) a service life of 120 years, 20 years longer than most bridges. And it’s not only a bridge, but also part tunnel and part island.
In one section, the bridge turns into a 6.7km undersea tunnel that___44.___(pass) through two man-made islands. The tunnel is___45.___world’s longest undersea tunnel for road traffic, allowing large ships to continue passing through the sea area above the tunnel. The bridge’s engineers had to take many environmental factors___46.___consideration in order to protect the surrounding environment while___47.___(build) the bridge. Chinese white dolphins, an___48.___(endanger) species living in this area, were a particular concern. The HZMB will make___49.___much more convenient to shorten the travel time from HongKong to Zhuhai from four hours to about 45 minutes.
By drawing local cities and religions closer together, the bridge will aid the area’s development___50.___(great). It is expected to drive the economic development ofHongkong,Macaoand nineGuangdongcities.
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，并在该词下而写出修改后的词。

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。

Good morning everyone! Today I want to say something about my parent. My father is a honest businessman and has to support the whole family. He laugh so much that he can even give me a smile at the most difficult time in her life. He always tells me to taking a positive attitude towards everything because it's useless to cry. My mother is the most busiest person in the family, which always has a lot of housework to do. But she never complains. She treats another people with respect, so everybody likes her. Ordinarily as they are, they are truly my
best teachers and I am very proud them.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假设你是校报英文版的记者李华，你校高一年级和高二年级进行了一场足球比赛，请你根据以下要点对其进行报道：
1.比赛时间及地点；
2.比赛过程；
3.你的感想。

注意：1.词数80左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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参考答案
1. B
2. C
3. A
4. B
5. C
6. D
7. A
8. C 9. C 10. B 11. C
12. C 13. D 14. D 15. B
16. A 17. F 18. D 19. B 20. C
21. B 22. A 23. D 24. D 25. A 26. C 27. A 28. D 29. B 30. D 31. A 32.
A 33. D 34.
B 35. B 36.
C 37. A 38. B 39. C 40. A
41. wonders
42. which 43. to have
44. passes 45. the
46. into 47. building
48. endangered
49. it 50. greatly
51.(1).parent→parents
(2).a→an
(3).laugh→laughs
(4).her→his/our
(5).taking→take
(6).将most去掉
(7).which→who
(8).another→other
(9).Ordinarily→Ordinary
(10).在proud后面加of 52.略。