2019-2020学年清华大学附属中学高三英语期末试题及答案解析

2019-2020学年清华大学附属中学高三英语期末试题及答案解析
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
The Internet has revolutionized our lives to such an extent (程度) that for most people, the global network has become more than just a tool but rather an important aid in everyday life. More and more people go online as wireless networks have brought the Internet closer and closer: it’s on our mobile phones, in our cars and TV sets, in hospital surgery rooms and in fishing boats that battle the waves of the Atlantic.
And this revolution has brought along with it a new way of shopping. Both big and small, e-business websites have flooded the Internet by the hundreds of thousands. Anything you can buy from a brick and mortar store (实体店) you can also buy online: from food and clothes to toys, no matter what you’re looking for, you’re bound to find the right online store with just a few clicks of the mouse. You can use the Internet to find new suppliers, post buying requests or search for products and services.
This revolution has affected brick and mortar business owners greatly. And what was their reaction? They’ve opened online stores to go hand in hand with their conventional business.
But do the big players have reasons to be afraid? Are we going to start seeing ghostly, deserted Walmarts (沃尔玛) across the country? Probably not in the near future but the day will come when most people will just stop shopping offline anymore. A trip to Walmart wastes time, burns gas.
The recent advancements in mobile technology and the introduction of mobile phones with enhanced (提高的) web capabilities have even made some people order their groceries when they get out from work and have them delivered at their doorstep by the time they get home. And as “Time is money”, this practice is lifesaving for people whowork two jobs.
Technology will continue to advance and e-business will follow closely in its footsteps. Everything will become easier and less time consuming, leaving us more time to enjoy the things that really matter in life: the ones we love, our friends and hobbies.
1. What is Paragraph 1 mainly about?
A. The popularity of mobile phones.
B. The great influence of the Internet.
C. The importance of the Internet.
D. The function of the global network.
2. In response to the threat of online business, the brick-and-mortar store owners________.
A. have stopped their traditional business
B. have started their dislike of the Internet
C. have established their own website
D. have opened their online stores
3. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. A New Way of Shopping.
B. The Internet Revolution.
C. What is the Reaction to Online Shopping?
D. Is Online Shopping the Future of E-business?
B
Dear Jack,
I remember the moment— it truly hit me that your autism (自闭症) lasted forever. I had already mentally planned our trips up north with the boys. I was going to spend endless hours playing baseball with you— like Grandpa did with me.
When we said goodbye to kindergarten I knew it was real. I spent some time being sad. Now you are 8. You still have no words. We have never had one of those father-son moments I pictured when you were a baby. But I'm learning that's OK. I still have unbelievable things to offer as your dad, even if they weren't the things I originally expected.
You have taught me to be patient. You have taught me that it's OK to be different and to be sad when life doesn't go as planned. You have taught me that it is OK to talk about those feelings and fight for what is right. Stand up and say this is wrong, and encourage others to stand up for you and say the same.
My job on this earth is to create a world for you and other kids like you. Be the voice you don't have, and build the kind of community which I want to see you grow up in. I used to shy away from contacting people with disabilities or just not consider them. Before you were born, I was so caught up in my own world that I probably wouldn't have even noticed. Now, I see things differently. I notice. You did that for me. And hope my example will do that for others.
Your mom and I have spent 8 years trying to find your voice. And honestly, we don't know if we ever will. I promise you I will spend my life keeping you safe and making this world better for you.
4. To whom is the text written?
A. The author's son.
B. The author's wife.
C. The author's father.
D. The author's friend.
5. What can be learned about the author?
A. He's at a loss what to do to help Jack.
B. He's to blame for Jack s present condition.
C. He has changed his attitude to the disabled.
D. He hasn't accepted the reality up to now.
6. How does the author sound in the text?
A. Sympathetic.
B. Caring.
C. Regretful.
D. Indifferent.
7. In which section of a magazine may this text appear?
A. Science.
B. Entertainment.
C. Sports.
D. Relationship.
C
In a world simultaneously on fire and underwater thanks to climate change, scientists have announced some good news: Several important tuna (金枪鱼) species have stepped back from the edge of extinction.
The unexpectedly fast recovery speaks to the success of efforts over the past decade to end overfishing. But tuna are not the only species scientists are discussing at the 2021 World Conservation Congress in Marseille, France, which is organized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Researchers caution that many other marine species remainimperiled. For instance, more than a third of the world's sharks remain threatened with extinction due to overfishing, habitat loss, and climate change.
“I think the good news is that sustainable fisheries are possible,” says Beth Polidoro, a marine biologist at Arizona State University. “We can eat fish in a proper way and without driving the population to the point where it is on the road to collapse or extinction."At the same time, she warned that the changes in status should not be an reason to catch as many fish as we want.
The IUCN, which ranks the world's most endangered species on its Red List of Threatened Species and is backed by 16,000 experts across the globe, also announced at the meeting that some animals are moving in the other direction, onto the Red List. One notable example is the Komodo dragon, an island-living lizard at particular risk from climate change.
For the better part of two decades, Polidoro has been part of a specialist group tasked with assessing the statuses of more than 60 species of tuna and billfishes for the IUCN.Her team announced its first comprehensive findings in 2011, mentioning that a number of commercially fished tuna species were dangerously close to disappearing.According to the new data, the Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), once listed as endangered, now qualifies for a status of least concern. As does the yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) and albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga), which were both considered near-threatened the last time they were assessed.
8. What does the underlined word “imperiled” in paragraph 2 mean?
A. Endangered
B. Conserved
C. Extinct
D. Safe
9. What can we infer from Polidoro's words?
A. Too many fish are being eaten by human beings.
B. Eating fish does not necessarily lead to its extinction.
C. Fish species are on the edge of dying out if no action is taken.
D. The situation of underwater species are changing for the better.
10. Which of following statement is true according to the passage?
A. Some Tuna species are wiped out by overfishing.
B. Tuna are ranked as the world's most endangered species.
C. Climate change poses a threat to most species in water and on land.
D. Three tuna species have been saved from extinction according to the data.
11. What's the main idea of the passage?
A. Some tuna species are reported endangered recently.
B. IUCN has helped saved a great many marine species.
C. Improvement has been made in saving marine species.
D. Great efforts should be made to conserve species underwater.
D
The modern Olympics, which appeared in ancient Greece as many as 3,000 years ago, have become the world’s most important sporting competition. From the 8th century B. C. to the 4th century A. D., the the ancient Olympics were held every four years in Olympia in honor of the god Zeus. The first modern Olympics took place in1896 inAthens, and featured 280 participants from 13 nations, competing in 43 events. Since 1994, the Summer and Winter Olympic Games have been held separately every two years. The 2020 Summer Olympics, delayed one
year because of the COVID-19, was held in Japan in 2021.
The ancient Olympics were held every four years between August 6 and September 19 during a festival honoring Zeus. The Games were named for their location (位置) at Olympia, a place near the western coast in southern Greece. Their influence was so great that ancient historians began to measure time by the Olympic Games held every four years.
After the Roman Empire conquered (征服) Greece in the mid-2nd century B.C., the Games continued, but their standards and quality dropped. For example from 67 A. D., the Emperor Nero entered an Olympic horse race, announcing himself the winner even after he fell off hishorse during the event. In 393 A. D., Emperor TheodosiusⅠended the ancient Olympic tradition.
It was another 1,500 years before the Games rose again, largely thanks to the efforts of Baron Pierre de Coubertin (1863-1937) of France. Working hard at the development of physical education, the young man became inspired by the idea of creating a modern Olympic Games after visiting the ancient Olympic building. In November 1892, at a meeting of the Union des Sports Athlétiques in Paris, Coubertin suggested the idea of making the Olympics an international athletic competition held every four years. Two years later, he got the approval (批准) he needed to found the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ), which would become the governing body of the modern Olympic Games.
12. What do we know about the modern Olympics?
A. The modern Olympics became famous in the 18th century.
B. The first Winter Olympics was held in 1994.
C. The first modern Olympics dates back to 1896.
D. The latest Winter Olympics will delay for two years.
13. How often were the ancient Olympics held?
A. Every year.
B. Every other year.
C. Every three years.
D. Every four years.
14. When did the ancient Olympics end?
A. In 393 A. D.
B. In 67 A. D.
C. In the mid-2nd century B. C.
D. About 1,500 years ago.
15. What is the best title of the text?
A. The ancient Olympics
B. The modern Olympics
C. The Olympics developed through years
D. The Olympics are popular in modern time
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 can be very easy to stick with what you know, instead of trying to meet people who are different from you.___16___Here's what you can do:
Become self-aware.___17___This includes biases(偏见）about your own cultural background. It can be confronting, but by doing this you'll be able to think about how these traits might impact onyour approach to and understanding of differences. You could try: Think about what assumptions you make about your friends, peers, and people you work with.
Talk to someone from a different cultural background. Try and get to know someone from a different cultural background better.___18___You'll automatically find out more about their life and experiences. Just being curious and open-minded can be helpful.
Be more accepting. Sometimes, for one reason or another, it's not all that easy to understand some cultural differences.___19___In other words, you don't have to understand, or even agree with, someone in order to accept them.
___20___One of the biggest difficulties to overcome in understanding cultural differences is making judgments based on one opinion. You should do some research to actually learn about people, instead of making broad-brush assessments. Stereotyping(模式化）people from different cultural backgrounds can impact their quality of life and opportunities.
A. Do your own research.
B. Think beyond stereotypes.
C. Practice being sympathetic towards people.
D. Work out your own beliefs, values and personal biases.
E. Instead of asking them questions directly, treat them as friends.
F. And the best approach is to acknowledge people are different and to accept that's okay.
G. However, trying to understand people from other countries can help you experience more.
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
Right after the Second World War, aUSarmy officer and his wife lived inJapan. Unemployment____21____60%.
People came to the army wife's door daily seeking employment. One man said that he could do wonders for her garden if she would only give him a(an)____22____. So, for the first time in her life, this young army wife____23____a gardener. He spoke no English, but the wife gave him____24____through sign language, pencil and paper. He listened politely and___25___her directions exactly. The garden became a(an)____26____one in the neighborhood.
When she finally____27____that her new gardener knew far more about the matter than she, the wife____28____giving him directions and let him____29____take care of the garden. It was wonderful, indeed. Then one day the gardener came with an interpreter（口译译员）who expressed the____30____and the regrets of the gardener. "He will no longer be able to____31____your garden. He must leave."
The wife expressed her____32____and thanked him through the interpreter for making her garden such a fine one. Out of____33____, she asked the interpreter, "Where is he going?"
"He is____34____to his previous job as the professor of horticulture at theUniversityofTokyo," the interpreter____35____.
Can you imagine the____36____look that must have been on that army wife's face when she____37____that her gardener was the university professor of horticulture? No wonder he was____38____in gardening! Imagine taking advantage of having someone at your____39____with that amount of knowledge! What an attractive garden you could have! What a(an)____40____life you could have!
And yet, we have something far greater than what we often take for granted.
21. A. gathered B. approached C. gained D. deserved
22. A. purpose B. conclusion C. promise D. opportunity
23. A. employed B. greeted C. supported D. convinced
24. A. praise B. blame C. instructions D. commands
25. A. circulated B. explored C. analyzed D. followed
26. A. unique B. hopeful C. ordinary D. familiar
27. A. suspected B. realized C. admitted D. foresaw
28. A. forgot B. continued C. stopped D. regretted
29. A. freely B. privately C. roughly D. constantly
30. A. embarrassment B. depression C. enjoyment D. appreciation
31. A. sweep B. defend C. attend D. dispose
32. A. congratulations B. regrets C. disbelief D. displeasure
33. A. politeness B. habit C. pity D. mind
34. A. looking forward B. living up C. returning D. referring
35. A. argued B. complained C. whispered D. responded
36. A. surprised B. disappointed C. confused D. frustrated
37. A. announced B. discovered C. stated D. concluded
38. A. modest B. expert C. occupied D. absorbed
39. A. door B. entrance C. garden D. house
40. A. exhausting B. unsettled C. peaceful D. beautiful
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
John Henderson, 106, and his wife Charlotte, 105, fromAustin,Texasare the oldest living couple on Earth. They have 80 years of___41.___（marry）.
The couple, who met each other in 1934 while studying in the University of Texas, married in 1939. When___42.___（ask）about their years together, Charlotte said. "We have always cared for each other. It is just one of those things that___43.___（natural）comes to us."
Longhorn Village, the senior living community___44.___the Hendersons live, helped the couple celebrate their anniversary by___45.___（throw）huge party. At the party, the two lovebirds___46.___（surprise）by a 1920s car, similar to the one John used to drive to impress Charlotte when they first met.
The couple's grandson said, "They are___47.___wonderful couple and are glad to chat___48.___others to share stories of the past. They have been living healthy and___49.___（energy）life. Since 84 years ago, they___50.___（attend）at least one football game a year.
"I am thankful for life itself and being able to live full life," said John.
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学们交换修改作文，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。

错误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(Ⅰ)，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.每处错误及修改仅限一词
只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分
I love reading. So the library is my favorite place in my spare time. Whenever I am free, I will go there and bury me in the books, which makes me relaxing. One day I went to the library as usually. When I was selecting books, the little boy caught my attention. Stand in front of a shelf, he was doing his best to put a book back in place. However, he was so short to place it. I walk to him, asking him if he needed help. He thanked me and handed me the books. I said that I was glad to help him, a boy who thirsty for knowledge. Hearing of this, he smiled.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，你的外教Lucy对中国庙会很感兴趣，请你给她写封邮件，邀请她本周末一起去逛北京地坛庙会，内容包括：
1.时间地点；
2.庙会活动介绍（看传统艺术，吃传统小吃”）
注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右;
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头和结尾已给不计入总词数;
4.参考词汇：地坛庙会the Temple of Earth Fair
Dear Lucy,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____
Looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. B
2. D
3. D
4. A
5. C
6. B
7. D
8. A 9. B 10. D 11. C
12. C 13. D 14. A 15. C
16. G 17. D 18. E 19. F 20. B
21. B 22. D 23. A 24. C 25. D 26. A 27. B 28. C 29. A 30. D 31. C 32.
B 33. A 34.
C 35.
D 36. A 37. B 38. B 39. C 40. D
41. marriage
42. asked 43. naturally
44. where 45. throwing
46. were surprised
47. a 48. with
49. energetic
50. have attended
51.(1).me→myself
(2).relaxing→relaxed
(3).usually→usual
(4).the→a
(5).Stand→Standing
(6).so→too
(7).walk→walked
(8).books→book
(9).在who后加was
(10).删去of
52.略。