2020年上海复旦实验中学高三英语期中考试试题及答案解析

2020年上海复旦实验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
AQUILA Children’s Magazine is the most intelligent read for curious kids. Full of enthusiastic articles and challenging puzzles, every issue covers science, history and general knowledge. AQUILA is a quality production, beautifully illustrated with contemporary artwork throughout.
● Intelligent reading for 8-12 year-olds
● Cool science and challenging projects
● Inspires self-motivated learning
● Exciting new topic every issue
AQUILA is created and owned by an independent UK company. It has 28 pages,printed on high-quality paper and there are no advertisements or posters. Instead it is full of well-written articles, thought-provoking ideas and great contemporary artwork. Each monthly issue is centred around a new topic.
AQUILA works as a superb learning extension to current primary (or KS2 and KS3) curriculum (课程), but it is much more than that! Entertaining and always surprising, AQUILA is recommended because it widens children’s interest and understanding, rather than encouraging them to concentrate only on their favourite subjects. It gives children a well-rounded understanding of the world, in all its complexity.
The concepts in AQUILA can be challenging, requiring good comprehension and reading skills. 8 years is usually a good age to start. Some gentle interest from an adult is often helpful at the start.
In 2020 AQUILA will have been in publication for 28 years, but it has never appeared in newsstands or shops. We are subscription only.
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1.What is special about AQUILA?
A.It is available in shops.
B.It is for kids of all ages.
C.It has no advertisements.
D.It prints readers’ artworks.
2.What does AQUILA offer its readers?
A.Articles on modern art.
B.Family reading materials.
C.Ideas on improving readingskills.
D.Knowledge beyond school subjects.
3.AQUILA is intended for ________.
A.foreign language learners
B.children with learning difficulties
C.parent-child reading lovers
D.curious kids with good comprehension
B
For 30 years we have been told how temperatures have been rising rapidly to unheard of levels. This is causing polar ice to melt, sea-levels to rise and has brought about adangerous increase in extreme weather events. These intense climatic changes would likely present challenges to our society and environment.
The causes of climate change are mainly anthropogenic (人为的) in nature. Since the industrial revolution, human activities have increased the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The increased amount of gases which absorb heat has led to more heat being kept in the atmosphere, causing global warming.
The certainty of global warming can be seen through some of the natural phenomena like the effect on crops and extreme weather conditions around the world. The most recent assessment report says that the earth’s average temperature has risen by 0. 74 degrees in the period from 1906 to 2005, and that the average temperature will continue to rise. There have also been more violent downpours, sea levels have risen and the ice at the world’s poles and on its mountains is melting. The rising sea level is flooding the low-lying countries inAsiaand small islands in the Pacific. This may lead to the displacement of millions of people, loss of millions of land and consequently billions of dollars.
Troubled by the serious situation, world leaders came together for the 2015 United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference inParis. The climate talks led to 196 countries reaching a landmark agreement that will, for the first time, commit nearly every country to lowering planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to address global
climate change. That was certainly an encouraging step forward for our earth and mankind!
As the world leaders continue to commit themselves to monitor our sick planet, we need to continue to take small steps to heal the world. We are left with not much of a choice. If only we could just pack our bags and migrate to Mars!
4. What does paragraph 2 mainly talk about?
A. The information of industrial revolution.
B. The greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
C. The reasons of climate change.
D. The result of extreme weather events.
5. What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. We have made great achievements.
B. Some measures are still required to take.
C. Mars is suitable for people’s living.
D. Some countries will receive urgent aid.
6. Which can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Long Live Planet Earth!
B.Environment Changes Rapidly!
C. What Serious Global Warming!
D. How Important the UN Agreement Is!
7. Which of the following shows the structure of the whole text?
A. B.
C. D.
C
When you walk on a sandy beach, it takes more energy than striding down a sidewalk — because the weight of your body pushes into the sand. Turns out, the same thing is true for vehicles driving on roads. The weight of the vehicles creates a very shallow indentation (凹陷) in the pavement (路面) — and it makes it such that it’s continuously driving up a very shallow hill.
Jeremy Gregory, a sustainability scientist at M.I.T. and histeam modeled how much energy could be saved — and green-house gases avoided — by simply stiffening (硬化) the nation’s roads and highways. And they found that stiffening 10 percent of the nation’s roads every year could prevent 440 megatons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions over the next five decades — enough to offset half a percent of projected transportation sector emissions over that time period. To put those emissions savings into context — that amount is equivalent to how much CO2 you’d spare the planet by keeping a billion barrels of oil in the ground — or by growing seven billion trees — for a decade.
The results are in the Transportation Research Record.
As for how to stiffen roads? Gregory says you could mix small amounts of synthetic fibers orcarbon nanotubes into paving materials. Or you could pave with cement-based concrete, which is stiffer than asphalt (沥青).
This system could also be a way to shave carbon emissions without some of the usual hurdles. Usually, when it comes to reducing emissions in the transportation sector, you’re talking about changing policies related to vehicles and also driver behavior, which involves millions and millions of people — as opposed to changing the way we design and maintain our pavements. That’s just on the order of thousands of people who are working in transportation agencies. And when it comes to retrofitting (翻新) our streets and highways —those agencies are where the rubber meets the road.
8. Why does the author mention “walk on a sandy beach” in paragraph 1?
A. To present a fact.
B. To make a contrast.
C. To explain a rule.
D. To share an experience.
9. What suggestion does the author give to reduce CO2 emissions?
A. Hardening the road.
B. Keeping oil in the ground.
C. Growing trees for decades.
D. Improving the transportation.
10. What is the advantage of this suggestion?
A. Gaining more support.
B. Consuming less money.
C. Involving more people.
D. Facing fewer usual obstacles.
11. What does the underlined part mean in the last paragraph?
A.Those agencies are likely to make more rules.
B. Those agencies will change some related policies.
C. Those agenciesmight put more rubber tires on the roads.
D. Those agencies will play a key role in making this happen.
D
Thefirst thing we notice about new people are their faces. The next time we see these people, we remember them because we remember their faces. This seems like a simple process. However, scientists found that it is not such a simple process. The section of the brain that is responsible for face recognition seems to work differently for different people. Some people have great difficulty remembering and recognizing faces, while others almost never forget a face.
Normal babies are born with a natural ability to recognize faces. In fact, their face recognition abilities are much better than their parents. Babies are most highly skilled at face recognition at six months. But by nine months, they lose this skill. By nine months, a baby’s face-recognition skills are about the same as an adult’s.
Unfortunately, some people are not born with this ability to recognize faces. The part of the brain that is responsible for face recognition doesn’t work for them. This condition is called face blindness. People with very severe face blindness cannot even recognize their own faces. In fact, people with this condition can sometimes be frightened when they look in the mirror. They don’t recognize their own face, so for a second they are startled when they see this unfamiliar face.
Face blindness is not always severe. Scientists believe up to 10 percent of the population may be affected by face blindness to some degree, yet many people with mild face blindness might not even know they have it. They have no reason to know they are different from anyone else until someone points it out. This is similar to people with color1 blindness. Colorblind people can’t see the difference between certain color1 s such as red and green, until someone tells them that green and red are two different color1 s.
There is no cure for face blindness. So for the time being, people with face blindness need to find simple techniques to compensate for their problem. They can try to recognize people by their hairstyle, their voice, or their glasses. Hopefully, in the future as scientists learn more about this condition, they may find a cure.
12. What is the first paragraph mainly about?
A. The way to improve one’s face-recognition skills.
B. The simple process of the brain to recognize others’ faces.
C. The fact that some people have face-recognition problems.
D. The importance of face recognition in human communication.
13. When do children have the best face-recognition skills?
A. At birth.
B. Half a year old.
C. Nine months old.
D. In adolescence.
14. What does the underlined word “startled” in the 3rd paragraph probably mean?
A. Depressed.
B. Confused.
C. Embarrassed.
D. Surprised.
15. What does the author think of the problem of face blindness?
A. People need to take it seriously.
B. Certain techniques can make up for it.
C. It will be cured in the near future.
D. It has the same effect with color1 blindness.
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
3 Ways to Create Stronger Connections
Technology has changed the way we communicate. We send e-mails, not letters, text messages, not phone calls. We order delivery instead of cooking dinners in our kitchen. All in the name of efficiency (高效). Technology has made it easier to communicate.___16___Still, we have ways to improve the condition. Here come some tips for establishing sincere connections on the job.
Write a letter. Writing handwritten notes to thank people for advice is necessary.___17___Some advice for writing a thank-you letter is to really make it clear to the person that you're writing to the impact that they have had on your life. Talk about something specific. Like “Thank you for the advice that you gave me. It's because of the advice you gave me that I am now doing well.”
___18___A video conference over a phone call would always be highly recommended. That's when you can see the real personality come out. When you're on video, you're forced to be present. It's almost a forcing mechanism to be in the moment.
Answer questions with honesty. You know how it feels when you go into an elevator and someone says, “How was your weekend?” It could have been the best weekend ever, you could have met the love of your life, and you would say, “Good, how was yours?”___19___.
Nobody succeeds alone.___20___, the more you're going to be able to realize your dreams.
You're going to be able to take big risks and know that there's a network of people to cheer you on and to support your efforts.
A.Turn the video on
B.Try to use video as much as possible
C.The more you are willing to take big risks
D.The more you can take time to develop true relationships
E.If you want to connect with people, then you have to open up
F.But it hasn't made it easier to connect with other human beings
G.It just puts that extra effort to showsomeone that you really care
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Last year I decided to do some volunteer work. I began to____21____on the Internet and discovered Volunteer USA. Three months later I____22____myself on a plane toPhoenix,Arizona. I was____23____at the thought of living with loads of new people for three months. However, within fifteen minutes of____24____, my worries had gone. Everyone was so____25____and like-minded that it was very____26____to feel at home.
I was sent to theCoronadoNational Forestfor my first 8-day____27____. We had to____28____everything we needed and walk three miles to where we worked. It may not seem like a____29____way but in 35℃heat and with a heavy pack, my legs were on fire.
My job was to____30____a stairway out of rock. This____31____climbing up and down the side of a mountain inhabited (栖息) by mountain lions, although I should say they were only heard,never____32____.
Three days later,a beautiful stairway came into being. The____33____of knowing that my____34____will be on that mountainside for years to come is massive.
But on the last night we were____35____in a thunderstorm. I woke up at midnight to find a swimming pool in my tent. The temperature was close to____36____. I had to spend the rest of the night trembling in the only____37____part of my tent.
____38____, I suffered a lot. But I know whatever I have to face in my life I was there and I____39____. I think I am much____40____for having taken part in the project.
21. A. calculate B. negotiate C. advertise D. research
22. A. imagined B. introduced C. enjoyed D. found
23. A. annoyed B. surprised C. scared D. excited
24. A. arriving B. sleeping C. thinking D. walking
25. A. confident B. friendly C. energetic D. curious
26. A. funny B. good C. lucky D. easy
27. A. tour B. project C. campaign D. course
28. A. drop B. make C. carry D. buy
29. A. nice B. safe C. long D. quick
30. A. build B. test C. clean D. guard
31. A. helped B. ended C. allowed D. meant
32. A. hunted B. trained C. seen D. fed
33. A. satisfaction B. ambition C. expectation D. intention
34. A. work B. memory C. record D. story
35. A. left B. caught C. attacked D. separated
36. A. boiling B. average C. normal D. freezing
37. A. tidy B. dry C. new D. soft
38. A. By the way B. Regardless of that C. Needless to say D. In either case
39. A. survived B. resisted C. escaped D. recovered
40. A. smarter B. stronger C. happier D. busier
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
If you look around your city, you might spot girls wearinghanfuin subways____41.____people wearing T-shirts with Chinese characters on the streets. A new trend is taking hold in China－guochao, or “China-chic". According to a recently published report, searches related toguochaoonDianping,____42.____lifestyle information platform,____43.____(rise) by 170 percent from the same period last year. China-chic has expanded the concept of “Made in China", which has been recognized as the____44.____(represent) of Chinese culture and aesthetics (美学) offered by homegrown Chinese brands.
China-chic received attention in 2018，____45.____Chinese sportswear brand Li-Ning changed things up. During the 2018 New York Fashion Week, Li-Ning introduced its Taoism-inspiredWu Daocollection. It immediately grabbed attention____46.____home and abroad. As a result, the company recorded 20 percent revenue (收益) growth in 2018,____47.____(mark) the brand's revenue hit the 10-million-yuan mark since its founding.
The trend to embrace domestic brands has since spread rapidly to____48.____(vary) sectors and products. No matter____49.____theguochaotrend evolves, there's one thing that won't change:
Behind the craze is people's positive attitude towards the country's development and
their_____50._____(recognize) of and growing confidence in national culture.
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。

With Gaokao draw near, I was concerned and nervous. However, I couldn’t be absorbed in study, which resulted my failure in exams. I got very discouraging. Just then, my teacher, Miss Zhang, approach me. She said, “In life we all have moment when we can’t achieve what we want. Don’t allow those moments to weaken you. Instead of, let them inspire you.” These words provided her with courage to smile at life. Eventually, I gained that I deserved. So it’s a optimistic attitude that matters.
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. C
2. D
3. D
4. C
5. B
6. A
7. D
8. C 9. A 10. D 11. D
12. B 13. C 14. D 15. A
16. F 17. G 18. A 19. E 20. D
21. D 22. D 23. C 24. A 25. B 26. D 27. B 28. C 29. C 30. A 31. D 32.
C 33. A 34. A 35. B 36.
D 37. B 38. C 39. A 40. B
41. or 42. a
43. have risen
44. representation##representative
45. when 46. at##from
47. marking
48. various
49. how 50. recognition
51.(1). draw→drawing
(2). However→Therefore
(3). my前加in
(4). discouraging→discouraged
(5). approach→approached
(6). moment→moments
(7). 删除of
(8). her→me
(9). that→what
(10). a→an
52.略。