2020届衡阳市成章实验中学高三英语上学期期中试题及答案解析

2020届衡阳市成章实验中学高三英语上学期期中试题及答案解析
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
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There are many useful things we can do each day to feel better. It may take some efforts and time to make a habit of drinking 8 glasses of water daily or thinking more positively, but it is well worth it. What things do you do every day to feel better?
Probably the healthiest thing you can do to feel better each day is to exercise early in the morning. You don't have to run the whole morning or spend a few hours in the gym. Even doing some easy exercise like walking, sit-ups or jumping the rope will help you feel better in no time!
Again, due to our busy schedules, we don't get enough sleep each night. If you have trouble falling asleep, avoid watching TV or surfing the Internet right before bed. Also, try to make healthy bedtime snack choices and don't drink tea or coffee too late in the day.
If you drink 3 glasses of water, 4 glasses of coffee or tea and a glass of soda each day and think that you drink enough water, think again. Your body needs water (not coffee or soda!) to function properly. Aiming to drink 7-8 glasses of water each day can make you feel better.
Being positive is the key to a longer life. Positive thoughts can help improve your overall heath. Life is full of stressful situations and it's hard to stay cheerful when everything goes wrong, but your positive attitude can help you solve any problem and fight any stress faster and easier. Your positive attitude is especially good for your heart health. Smile, stay positive and live a longer life!
4. In the author's opinion which can benefit us most in order that we feel better?
A. Sleeping enough.
B. Drinking enough water.
C. Thinking more positively.
D. Taking morning exercise.
5. Which of the following agrees with what is said in Paragraph 3?
A. Drinking tea or coffee makes us sleep less.
B. Drinking tea before bed makes it harder to fall asleep.
C. Watching TV or surfing the Internet leads to less sleep.
D. Our busy schedules cause more difficulty in falling asleep.
6. Why is water necessary to our body?
A. Because it can make us feel better.
B. Because it can have our body work smoothly.
C. Because in can do more good to our body thancoffee.
D. Because it can hep avoid feeling thirsty.
7. What do we need most when everything goes wrong?
A. Thinking positively.
B. Thinking out wise ways.
C. Having a right attitude.
D. Staying cheerful.
C
Some years ago a young man applied to a large United States optical firm for a job as a lens designer. He apologized for lack of training, but on announcing that he owned two copies of the classic Conrady's Applied Optics and Optical Design, one for his office and a second for his bedside table, he was hired on the spot. Perhaps the story will be repeated some day with Buchdahl's Introduction to Hamiltonian Optics as a similar certificate of qualification.
Hamiltonian theory describes with powerful generality the overall properties of optical systems considered as ‘black boxes’, although it does not describe the detailed structure needed to construct the systems and achieve these properties. Buchdahl's book is therefore on the subject of geometrical optics, but it is not about how to design lenses. It is, however a compact comprehensive account of the fundamentals of the theory written with the lens designer's needs very much in mind. Every lens designer worth his salt has at some time in his career attempted to apply the broad concepts of Hamiltonian optics to the solutions of practical problems. Success has been sufficiently rare that the theory, as such, has made little direct contribution to techniques for optical instrument design. The failures have been frustrating because of the obvious fundamental power of the theory and because of its conceptual elegance. The indirect effects have been large, however, both in contributing to an understanding of fundamental principles that govern the overall behavior of optical systems and in pointing the way to other, more practical, theoretical approaches.
Buchdahl approaches the subject not only as a capable mathematical physicist, but as one who with a
knowledge of practical optics has made a significant contribution to geometrical optical theory. Buchdahl's approach has, over the last decade, had a major impact on modern lens design with computers. Thus, he brings to this exposition of Hamiltonian optics a familiarity with practical optics not usually found in authors on this subject.
The author claims his book to be non-mathematical, and indeed it might be so viewed by a professional mathematician. From the point of view of many physicists and engineers, it will appear to be quite mathematical. Moreover, this is a tightly written book. The subject matter is developed with precision, and the author expects the reader, at very point, to be master of the preceding exposition.
8. Hamiltonian theory met with failures as a result of ______.
A. newer finding related to the wave particle nature of light
B. very complicated concepts too difficult to understand by most lens designers
C. too much mathematical detail in the theory
D. not enough practical information offered by the theory to allow for use by lens crafters
9. The author of this passage implies that Introduction to Hamiltonian Optics is necessary to ______.
A. the students who are major in mathematical geometry
B. those who want to grasp the basic principles of optical systems
C. the lens designers who look for instructions on practical designs
D. those who are interested in physics
10. The article points out that the great benefits of Hamiltonian optics have been found is ______.
A. indirect ways of learning mathematics
B. a fundamental power within the theory
C. the conceptual elegance of the theory
D. the practical applications of the theory in finding new approaches to old problems
11. This passage is probably excerpted from ______.
A. a review of a book
B. a chemistry textbook
C. an optician's essay
D. a general science text
D
About 12 years ago, Sandy Cambron noticed her mother, Pearl Walker, had become quiet after she moved into a nursing home for patients of Alzheimer's disease inKentucky.
“We tried everything — photos, old stories — but nothing worked,” she said. “It was really hard for everyone to see how she had changed.” Then one day whileSandywas in a toy store, she had an idea: Why not givePearla
baby doll so she could feel as if she were caring for something again? And why not give one to all the other care center seniors?
As soon asSandygavePearlthe doll, her mother's face lit up. “She started talking again and she never went anywhere without that baby,”Sandysaid. “She took 'baby' to the dining room with her and slept with her in her arms every night. When she passed away a year later, we even buried her with that well-loved baby doll.”
In the following 10 years, Sandy and her husband, Wayne Cambron, continued to buy dolls and hand them out to the elderly of care centers near their home every New Year. Now Pearl's Memory Babies is anonprofit (非营利) organization that has contributed more than 300 dolls to old people with Alzheimer's disease at nursing homes since February 2018.
Last year,Sandyposted New Year’s photos on Facebook, all of which are about seniors reacting to dolls thatshe and Wayne sent to a local nursing home. The post was shared more than 210,000 times overnight. People gave almost $15,000 online. That helped the group buy many dolls.
“The dolls offer treatment and comfort,” said Elise Hinchman, who works at a care center inKentucky, "Some seniors cry when they get a doll. And they always rock and talk to their dolls. People with Alzheimer might lose their memories, but they don't lose their ability to love.”
12. How did Pearl change after she moved to a nursing home?
A. She hardly talked.
B. She lost hope in life.
C. She felt bored.
D. She forgot everything.
13. How didPearlreact after receiving the doll?
A. She began to cry.
B. She was very delighted.
C. She played it with a baby.
D. She was unconcerned about it.
14. What's paragraph 5 mainly about?
A. What Sandy did for her mother.
B. People's reaction toSandy's post.
C. The rising needs for baby dolls.
D. HowSandybecame a celebrity.
15. What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Good News for Alzheimer's Patients
B. How to Remove Alzheimer's Disease
C. Baby Dolls Cheer up Alzheimer's Patients
D. Daughter Helps Mother Recover Memory
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Finding motivation, especially study motivation, is not always easy.___16___Here are some ways of doing it.
Offer yourself encouragement.
Yes, you should give yourself a prize or some kind of reward when you've done atask.___17___Remember, you have to know the exact conditions that you need to meet in order to receive the wonderful cake.
___18___
You need to feel confident about your studies. I am sure all of us have succeeded on several occasions. Remember these past successes and you will feel more motivated to continue!
Write down your goals.
Don't just think about them, don't just say them, write them down!___19___And that's why you find salesmen always want you to write something down before you actually buy something. By writing your name down, you are in a sense giving your support for their cause. If then you are asked to buy what they are selling, you are more likely to do that than if you hadn't signed the paper!
See your goals.
___20___Put them up on the wall and paste small post-it notes all over the place. You have to keep on reminding yourself of the purpose behind your studies and what type of results you're expecting to achieve.
A. Remember past successes.
B. The written word is very powerful.
C. Don't forget about buying yourself a gift.
D. Don't just write them down and leave them like that.
E. Moreover, talking about your goals with others helps a lot.
F. However, with a little effort we can learn how to increase our motivation.
G. It could be something as simple as sweets or something greater like a vacation.
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 my first day at school. I felt nervous and___21___.
I went to all my classes with no___22___. It felt like no one cared.
I listened___23___to all the lessons and waited for the lunch break at one. Then finally the bell___24___. It was time to talk and have fun.
In the lunch line I met a new friend who___25___a hijab（穆斯林女性戴的面纱）on her head, and___26___I
am Jewish, we got along well, and I was so___27___when she said, “Sit with us, at our table. " She___28___to the table next to the door.
So I___29___, and took my tray（托盘）and was about to___30___with her across the floor when suddenly I felt a push, "Hey, I saw you on the bus,“ said a tall girl in a long skirt, "I saw your Jewish star necklace. You should___31___with us. ”
At that moment I___32___, and that's when I noticed, to my___33___the nations of the world___34___themselves. That’s what I saw through my own eyes.
The Spanish only sat with the Spanish, the Hindus only with Hindus, the Russians always with Russians, and never the Arabs with the Jews.
I saw the reason why___35___gets started. Everyone___36___to their own kind. The___37___room was a map of the world. Why was everyone so___38___?
And so I turned down this girl, and went with the first, and there was no___39___. I built a bridge between two worlds when I sat with those who were___40___from me.
21. A. happy B. scared C. tired D. relaxed
22. A. teachers B. passions C. goals D. friends
23. A. anxiously B. carefully C. casually D. sadly
24. A. failed B. broke C. fell D. rang
25. A. designed B. wore C. made D. put
26. A. unless B. when C. though D. if
27. A. worried B. relieved C. angry D. grateful
28. A. led B. faced C. viewed D. pointed
29. A. ignored B. agreed C. refused D. promised
30. A. walk B. run C. communicate D. meet
31. A. joke B. learn C. talk D. sit
32. A. looked out B. looked down C. looked around D. looked on
33. A. disappointment B. horror C. surprise D. delight
34. A. enjoying B. isolating C. connecting D. helping
35. A. love B. help C. quarrel D. war
36. A. objects B. refers C. sticks D. adds
37. A. sitting B. living C. cafe D. lunch
38. A. cold B. blind C. bored D. mean
39. A. confidence B. hurt C. trouble D. demand
40. A. different B. separate C. far D. free
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 was nine years old when I leant to ride a bike. The bike was a birthday present from my uncle. You can imagine how excited I was when I saw the bike, and I___41.___(beg) my uncle to teach me how to ride it right away. However, before I got on the bike, I felt___42.___(extreme) nervous and I was afraid that I would fall off and hurt myself. My uncle held onto the seat and helped me to get on the bike. While I was riding, he was running along beside me, holding the seat___43.___I would not fall over. I was so grateful to him for his help.
As I was practicing, I became more and more confident. Then, I heard my uncle___44.___(shout), “You are riding it by___45.___(you) now!” I was both excited and scared. I was really riding by myself, but what if I fell off? Could I use the brakes___46.___(stop)? As I was wondering about this, my uncle ran after me and got hold of the bike. I slowed down and came to___47.___stop. My heart was still beating fast when I got off the bike.___48.___(late) that day, having learnt how to get on the bike and get off it, I felt like I was walking on air! I am still___49.___(thank) to my uncle for teaching me to ride a bike___50.___my ninth birthday.
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。

It was a cold afternoon and it was raining heavy. Without an umbrella, I had to stand still but wait for my father. Before long hours' waiting, my father finally arrived. I was about to go home while I found my English teacher, Miss Wang, was also waiting for the rain to stop. Then I gave my umbrella to him. Surprised and happy, she accepted it. See her walking in the rain with my umbrella, I smiled and sense of happiness came into my heart. As a famous saying went, happiness is only real when sharing. If we're willing to share, so we will find happiness everywhere.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

On a bright, warm July afternoon, Mac Hollan, a primary school teacher, was cycling from his home to Alaska with his friends. One of his friends had stopped to make a bicycle repair, but they had encouraged Mac to carry on, and they would catch up with him soon. As Mac pedaled (骑行) along alone, he thought fondly of his wife and two young daughters at home. He hoped to show them this beautiful place someday.
Then Mac heard quick and loud breathing behind him. “Man, that's a big dog!” he thought. But when he looked to the side, he saw instantly that it wasn’t a dog at all, but a wolf, quickly catching up with him.
Mac’s heart jumped. He found out his can of hear spray. With one hand on the bars, he fired the spray at the wolf. A bright red cloud enveloped the animal, and to Mac's relief, it fell back, shaking its head. But a minute later, it was by his side again. Then it attacked the back of Mac's bike, tearing open his tent bag. He fired at the wolf a second time, and again, it fell back only to quickly restart the chase (追赶).
Mac was pedaling hard now. He waved and yelled at passing cars but was careful not to slow down. He saw a steep uphill climb before him. He knew that once he hit the hill, he’d be easy caught up and the wolf’s teeth would be tearing into his flesh.
At this moment, Paul and Becky were driving their car on their way to Alaska. They didn’t think much of it when they saw two cyclists repairing their bike on the side of the road. A bit later, they spotted what they, too, assumed was a dog running alongside a man on a bike. As they got closer, they realized that the dog was a wolf. Mac heard a large vehicle behind him. He pulled in front of it as the wolf was catching up fast, just a dozen yards away now.
注意:
1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头已为你写好；
Paragraph 1:
The car abruptly stopped in front of him.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:
A few minutes later, the other two cyclists arrived.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
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参考答案
1. C
2. D
3. A
4. A
5. B
6. D
7. C
8. D 9. B 10. D 11. A
12. A 13. B 14. B 15. C
16. F 17. G 18. A 19. B 20. D
21. B 22. D 23. A 24. D 25. B 26. C 27. B 28. D 29. B 30. A 31. D 32.
C 33. C 34. B 35.
D 36. C 37. D 38. B 39. C 40. A
41. begged
42. extremely
43. so 44. shouting
45. yourself
46. to stop
47. a 48. Later
49. thankful
50. on
51.(1).heavy→heavily
(2).but→and
(3).Before→After
(4).while→when
(5).him→her
(6).See→Seeing
(7).sense前添加a
(8).went→goes
(9).sharing→shared
(10).去掉so
52.略。