2020年天津市蓟县第一中学高三英语第一次联考试卷及参考答案

2020年天津市蓟县第一中学高三英语第一次联考试卷及参考答案
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
My mother and her best friend Martha were in their mid-80s when they saw each other for the last time.
They had been friends since they were 18, both of them students atWesleyanCollegeinMacon,Georgia. My mother was the dreamy one, who loved to read and dream herself as an actress. Martha, however, was more practical. I’m not sure what they had in common except that they trusted each other, helped each other, and stayed in touch even when life separated them.
Martha spent most of her adulthood inAtlanta, where she raised three kids. My mother, meanwhile, raised eight children, and moved many times during her financially and emotionally troubled marriage, which included several months living with her family inseedymotels.
I sensed my mother hid her troubles from most people, but not from Martha, and I knew from my mother that Martha carried her own sorrows. Their willingness to share sorrow without judgment was part of what bond them.
The best friendships can also withstand (抵挡) periods without communication. They didn’t communicate a lot — this was before the ease of emails and texts and yet I knew they were always in each other’s minds.
One day in 2008, 1 drove my mother to Martha’s house for their final visit. The moment my mother hobbled (蹒跚) into Martha’s house, they threw their arms around each other and went to sit out in the garden, laughing until they were dizzy. I snapped a photo, and spotted something joyous, young and free on my mom, which existed only in the presence of her best friend.
Two years later, my mother died. Of all the people I had to tell, Martha was the hardest because I felt it erased her past. After that, we lost touch. But I still think of her and how that friendship strengthened my mother.
1. What does the underlined word “seedy” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A. large
B. dirty
C. urban
D. bright
2. The author’s mother and Martha had a lasting friendship partly because they________.
A. were willing to share
B. were constantly in touch
C. had much in common
D. had a likeness in personality
3. What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A. To tell the importance of friendship.
B. To express his gratitude to his mother.
C. To share his standard of choosing a friend.
D. To praise the friendship between Martha and his mother.
B
Children's average daily time spent watching television or using mobile device increased from 53 minutes at age 12 months to more than 150 minutes at 3 years, according toan analysis by researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). By age 8, children were more likely to log the highest amount of screen time if they had been in home-based children or were born to first-time mothers.
“Our results indicate that screen habits begin early, ”said Edwina Yeung, an investigator in National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).“This finding suggests that interventions(干涉) to reduce screen time could have a better chance of success if introduced early.”
In the research, mothers of 4, 000 children responded to questions on their kids' media habits when they were 12, 18, 24, 30, and 36 months of age.
TheAmericanAcademyof Pediatrics recommends avoiding digital media exposure for children under 18 months of age, introducing children 18 to 24 months of age to screen media slowly, and limiting screen time to an hour a day for children from 2 to 5 years of age. In the current study, researchers found that 87% of the children had screen time exceeding (超过) these recommendations. However, while screen time increased throughout toddlerhood, by age 7 and 8, screen time fell to under 1.5 hours per day. The researchers believe this decrease relates to time consumed by school-related activities.
The study authors classified the children into two groups based on how much their average daily screen time increased from age 1 to age 3. The first group, 73% of the total had the lowest increase, from an average of nearly 51 minutes a day to nearly an hour and 47 minutes a day. The second group, 27% of the total, had the highest increase, from nearly 37 minutes of screen time a day to about 4 hours a day. Higher levels of parental education were associated with lower odds of inclusion in the second group.
4. Who use mobile device longest according to the NIH's analysis?
A. 10-year-old born to first-time mothers.
B. 3-year-old children in low income families.
C. 8-year-old children in home-based childcare.
D. 1-year-old children with parents poorly educated.
5. What does the research suggest according to Edwina?
A. Parents should stop their children using media.
B. Parents should limit the use of digital media themselves.
C. Parents should reduce their children's screen time earlier.
D. Parents should avoid their children using digital media at infancy (婴儿期).
6. Why does children's screen time fall when they age 7 and 8?
A. They are studying at school.
B. They can control themselves.
C. They are tired of using them.
D. They are forbidden to use them.
7. Which of the following may be the best title?
A. Keep Away from Media
B. Screen Habits Begin Early
C. Urgency of Parental Education
D. Harm of Home-based Childcare
C
It was five years ago that something unforgettable happened. My wife and I celebrated our 40thwedding anniversary that year. It was a lovely event hosted by our sons for us. My wonderful friends from the past surprised us with gifts and congratulations. Our gift to each other was a driving trip out west. We drove fromOntariointoAlberta, then southward intoGlacierNational ParkinMontana, and continued toYellowstoneNational Park.
It was a cold spring day, and theBeartooth Highwayhad opened for the season just days before. Alongside the road, there was still a great amount of snow there. The scenery was so impressive that we made lots of stops to record memories with my camera. At the highest point of the highway, I stopped at a lookout to catch the amazing views, with my wife in the centre of my camera lens.
There were not many cars on the road. Sometimes, cars with energetic young tourists passed by. And then we heard a motorcycle in the distance. The driver of the motorcycle, who wore dirty clothes, parked behind our cars. As he approached us, his only words were, “Give me your camera and get over there with your wife.” I must admit I felt nervous that we might be robbed where we just created some beautiful memories. Surprisingly, he just took a picture of us, handed back my camera and rode off before we could express our gratitude. The photo he took is one of the most valuable and prized of our trip.
I learned my lesson somewhere I least expected it. We should never judge a man by his appearance. If the motorcycle driver reads this story and remembers the situation, we would like to say “Thank you” to him.
8. According to the passage, what do we know about the trip?
A. It was taken by train to the west.
B. It was a suggestion from their friends.
C. It was in the late autumn five years ago.
D. It was a gift for their wedding anniversary.
9. Why was the author nervous when the motorcycle driver offered to take a picture?
A. He could have lost the camera.
B. His wife might not be satisfied with the view there.
C. The motorcycle driver would borrow the camera.
D. The motorcycle driver might not be good at the taking pictures.
10. Which of the following best describes the driver of the motorcycle?
A. Kind and straightforward.
B. Rich and generous.
C. Creative and capable.
D. Careful and admirable.
11. Which of the following can be concluded from the passage?
A. No pains, no gains.
B. Seeing is believing.
C. Don’t judge a book by its cover.
D. The longest journey begins with the first step.
D
Masks that helped save lives during the Covid-19 pandemic（疫情）are proving a deadly risk for wildlife, with birds and sea creatures trapped in many facial coverings in animal habitats.
Single-use masks have been found on the ground, waterways and beaches worldwide since countries required（heir use in public places to slow the pandemic's spread. Worn once, the thin protective materials can take hundreds of years to break down. "Face masks aren't going away any time soon-but when we throw them away, these items can harm the environment and the animals who share our planet," Ashley from anima! rights group PETA said.
Monkeys have been found playing with used masks in the hills outsideMalaysia's capitalKuala Lumpur. And in an incident inBritain, a seagull was saved inChelmsfordafter its legs got caught in an abandoned mask for a week.
However, the biggest influence is in the water. More than 1.5 billion masks made their way into the world's oceans last year, accounting for around 6200 extra tons of ocean plastic pollution, according to environmental group OceansAsia. “Masks and gloves are particularlyproblematicfor sea creatures," says George Leonard, chief
scientist from NGO. "When those plastics break down in the environment, they form smaller and smaller particles （颗粒）.Those particles then enter the food chain and influence the entire ecosystem,“ he added.
Campaigners have urged people to deal with masks properly after using them. OceansAsia has also called on governments to increase punishment for littering and encourage the use of washable masks.
12. What bring（s）a great danger to wildlife now?
A. Waste masks.
B. Covid-19.
C. Polluted water.
D. Damaged habitats.
13. What does the underlined word “problematic”in paragraph 4 mean?
A. Important.
B. Attractive.
C. Common.
D. Troubling.
14. What can we infer from the text?
A. Monkeys learned to wear masks from humans.
B. Plastics are less harmful after becoming particles.
C. Used masks have a worse effect on sea creatures.
D. Waste masks arc the main ocean plastic pollution.
15. How should we solve the problem from the last paragraph?
A. Keep masks after they' re used.
B. Call on governments to stop littering.
C. Punish those who wear single-use masks.
D. Put used masks in the recycling box.
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
Why you should stillwrite and send postcards
Are postcards still relevant in the selfie (自拍)generation? Surprisingly, yes! Postcards are a thoughtful way of showing a person that you care even while far away.____16____. But here are a few reasons it is still considered goodpractice to send postcards.
Show your care
____17____It will take you only a few minutes to write a message and a second to send it. But postcards are different, show effort and thoughtfulness. You need to find the right one, as well as handwriting your message and then send it to the person you love by slow mail. Imagine the time and effort you have to put in simply means the
recipient is someone you really care about.
Record your travels
You may use postcards as keepsakes of your travels. They can alsodouble as your travel journal.____18____. You can create a scrapbook (剪贴簿)of all the postcards you have collected from your travels.
Get one back
A postcard is a pleasant surprise. It is a fun gesture that brings great joy to others.____19____.
If you and your friends agree to send each other postcards, you can build up a great collection of amazing memories.
Last a lifetime
Postcards are unique and one of a kind, so they are great for safekeeping. Digital photos can get lost.____20____. They are something you can look back to in the future and be able to share with others as well.
A. Postcards can be sent instantly nowadays
B. Of course, there is the issue of sending them by slow mail
C. Don't expect the similar act from your friends and just send them one
D. Text is now the easiest and fastest way to communicate with someone
E. When you send somebody a postcard, they might send you one back later on
F. You can send one to your home address after you have experienced something wonderful
G. However, postcards can exist for a long time by being hung on walls or placed on a shelf
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 July I got a job at a theater I admire. I was feeling lucky. But something wasn’t____21____.
My daughter was going to leave for university in the fall and I wasn’t____22____for her to go. Our household is small and tight-knit（关系亲密的）. It’s just the two of us. I was excited for my daughter and I felt I had____23____her well. But no one had prepared me for this. I was____24____. I felt as though I were drowning （溺亡）.
Somehow, this feeling of drowning was what____25____me. One day as I was walking home, I____26____the university pool. I must have walked past it a million times. Swimming wasn’t something I usually did. And yet something____27____me to take it up.
The next morning I____28____the pool. I headed over to the shallow end, the area reserved for____29____like me. I walked down the cold steps into the poll and all of a sudden, I was in. I could touch the
floor, and that was reassuring（安心的）. I looked around to make sure the other people weren’t watching my awkward strokes. “No one is watching,” I____30____to myself. No one cares if you look like a baby elephant swimming for the first time. No one cares if your heart____31____when mydaughter packs up her things and____32____. Somehow, in that moment, this was____33____.
I swam slowly from one end to the other, feeling a____34____. I found myself crying. Thankfully, no one could tell my____35____from the water running down my face. Afterward, I headed for the changing room, smiling and feeling proud that I faced this____36____. When I got home, my daughter said that I looked____37____.
The next day, I was up early, swimming bag in hand I was____38____afraid of drowning. I wasbreathing easier.
I was feeling better.
Having “an empty nest” is an easy catchphrase（口头禅）for something that is impossible to describe. It is not just an empty room. It is a____39____part of who you are. And for me, swimming____40____a part of that hole.
21. A.special B.right C.true D.strange
22. A.afraid B.sure C.ready D.sorry
23. A.prepared B.treated C.cared D.planned
24. A.disappointed B.inspired C.panicking plaining
25. A.controlled B.improved C.bothered D.saved
26. A.examined B.overlooked C.noticed D.recognized
27. A.pushed B.expected C.ordered D.allowed
28. A.set apart from B.set out for C.get out of D.get away from
29. A.fighters B.volunteers C.losers D.beginners
30. A.repeated B.remembered C.recalled D.replied
31. A.races B.pounds C.stops D.breaks
32. A.appears B.leaves C.escapes D.fails
33. forting B.upsetting C.annoying D.confusing
34. A.connection B.release C.pressure D.conflict
35. A.rain B.blood C.tears D.sweat
36. A.hope B.surprise C.anger D.fear
37. A.tired B.pale C.happy D.healthy
38. A.once again B.no longer C.as usual D.so far
39. A.missing B.natural C.unique eful
40. A.touches B.forms C.involves D.fills
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
By the end of June this year, 55 BeiDou satellites___41.___(send) up, meaning the of completion of China’s self-developed BeiDou Navigation（导航）Satellite System (BDS).___42.___BDS appears later than America’s GPS, Russia’s GLONASS and EU’s Galileo, it can equal them. As one of the four global navigation satellite systems, BDS involves combined efforts of over 400 agencies and 300,000 research personnel and technicians.
Originally___43.___(draft) in the 1980s, the project represents a milestone in China’s space effort. BDS is comparable to GPS in terms of the___44.___(accurate) of positioning, which has been applied___45.___shared Hellobikes in Daqing. It also offers, short message communication, thus___46.___(provide) emergency communications in areas___47.___fail to pick up clear conventional communication signals occasionally. In an effort___48.___(improve) the quality of their positioning services, Apple and Samsung phones, among others, are already using BDS’ signals, and so is every Chinese brand.
The construction of complete BDS is___49.___huge technical achievement for China and can____50.____(true) pay off in the near future. Meanwhile, BDS’s remarkable contribution to promoting the world’s economic and social development as well as peaceful use of space has attracted the world’s attention.
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.假如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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下面划一横线，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。

My mother tongue is English, so I like Chinese. I believe that in a decade's time, Chinese will be important as English. Also, I hope to live in Beijing one day. To make my dream realize, I need to have a high level of fluent. And I must speak it accurate. At the moment, I make too much mistakes. The reason why I want to live in Beijing is that it's what my parents meet. My dad was working here and my mum was being traveling on her way to studying pandas in China.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，你校英国交换生Linda在昨晚的中文演讲比赛中未能获奖，心情沮丧。

请你给她写一封邮件安慰她。

包括以下要点：
1.表示安慰；
2.分析失败的原因；
3.提供帮助。

注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡相应位置作答。

Dear Linda.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. B
2. A
3. D
4. C
5. C
6. A
7. B
8. D 9. A 10. A 11. C
12. A 13. D 14. C 15. D
16. B 17. D 18. F 19. E 20. G
21. B 22. C 23. A 24. C 25. D 26. C 27. A 28. B 29. D 30. A 31. D 32.
B 33. A 34. B 35.
C 36.
D 37. C 38. B 39. A 40. D
41. had been sent
42. Though/While/Although
43. drafted
44. accuracy
45. to 46. providing
47. which/that
48. to improve
49. a 50. truly
51.(1). so→but
(2). important前加as
(3). realize→realized
(4). fluent→fluency
(5). accurate→accurately
(6). much→many
(7). what→where
(8). meet→met
(9). here→there
(10). 删掉being
52.略。