2020届新泰市第一中学高三英语下学期期末试卷及答案

2020届新泰市第一中学高三英语下学期期末试卷及答案
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
Watching what you eat can be easier said than done, but a recent study shows it might not just be about what's on your plate — it could be about how quickly it disappears.
Japanese researchers followed 1,083 adultsfor five years, splitting them into three categories based on how quickly they ate: slow, normal, and fast. They also answered a questionnaire at the beginning of the study, sharing their diet, physical activity, and medical history. In the beginning, none of the volunteers had metabolic syndrome (新陈代谢综合征) - meaning at least three risk factors — which can lead to health problems like heart conditions and diabetes.
When the participants reported back five years later 84 had been diagnosed (诊断) with metabolic syndrome — and their eating speed was a major predictor, according to the results in the journal Circulation. The fast eaters were 89 percent more likely to have metabolic syndrome than slow and normal eaters. Just 2.3 percent of slow eaters received the diagnosis, compared to 11.6 percent of fast eaters. But that's not all. Fast eaters also saw more weight gain, larger waistlines, and higher blood sugar levels than slow eaters.
The researchers saygobblingmakes it easier not to take notice of fullness before your body has a chance to signal you to stop. “So when people eat fast they are more likely to overeat,” said Takayuki Yamaji, MD, study author and cardiologist at Hiroshima University in Japan in a statement.
Previous research backs up the weight benefits of slow eating, too. One study of New Zealand women found fast eaters have higher body-mass indexes (指数), and a Chinese study found that both healthy and fat men ate less when told to chew 40 times instead of 15 times before swallowing. Initial research even suggests chewing your food longer could bum more calories - up to about 1,000 extra every month.
4. What are the participants divided by?
A. Medical history.
B. Health condition.
C. Physical activity.
D. Eating speed.
5. Which may be the result of the study?
A. Fast eaters are 4 times more likely to have metabolic syndrome.
B. Normal and slow eaters don’t have metabolic illness.
C. 89% of fast eaters have higher blood pressure.
D. Slow caters are healthier than fast eaters.
6. What does the underlined word “gobbling” in Paragraph 4 best mean?
A. Tasting slowly.
B. Digesting quickly.
C. Eating greedily.
D. Cooking carefully.
7. What does the last paragraph tell us?
A. The importance of eating speed.
B. The advantage of eating slowly.
C. The result of a Chinese study.
D. Fast eating and overeating.
C
Bob, a Burroughs junior high school football player, always had his mom cheering him on. He didn’t play exciting positions. He played as a linebacker(中后卫球员). Sadly, he often found himself at the bottom of the piles, where everyone would jump onto each other at the end of every play. Bob's mom realized it was hard for her son to hear her cheering. She hadto find a solution, but couldn't find one.
Then one day the coach from the school team asked him if he wanted to join the team. Bob wasecstatic, because he was only a ninth grader. His mom was also excited, since she loved football and especially loved watching her son play. She kept considering a way for him to hear her. A cowbell! That was it. Now from the bottom of the piles Bob would hear his mom shaking her cowbell crazily, knowing she was there for him.
Bob's team finally made it to the state championship game. What exciting time to play at Busch Stadium under the lights! This experience made Bob appreciate all the years that his mom had sacrificed everything to get him to practice every day, to wash his uniforms, and to never miss a game. He had to do something.
On the night of the state championship game, the loudspeakers introduced Bob, and as he walked onto the field his mom shook the cowbell, hard. However, it didn’t sound right. She looked its inside, and found a note saying,”Thank you, Mom.” Bob had left her a note expressing his appreciation for always being with him, filling her heart with warmth.
Finally Burroughs claimed the title of State Champion. While others were cheering and admiring the state championship cup, Bob' s mom clutched(紧握) her cowbell happily.
Years later, Bob’s mom died. While digging through her belongings, he found the cowbell with the note. Bob
took it to his mom's funeral and rang it, whispering, "Thank you, Mom.”
8. What does the underlined word "ecstatic” mean in Paragraph 2?
A. Curious
B. Disappointed
C. Anxious
D. Delighted
9. Why did Bob's mom want to get a cowbell?
A. To amuse her cow.
B. To teach her cow
C. To attract his attention.
D. To make him hear her
10. What can be learned from Paragraph 3?
A. Bob's mom devoted much time to him
B. Bob was the best player in his team
C. Bob owed his success to his coach
D. Bob's mom was a football player at college
11. Why didn’t the cowbell sound as usual that night?
A. The mother was very weak.
B. Bob had put a note inside the bell.
C. The weather became terrible suddenly
D. The bell had been broken deliberates.
D
Barred owls(大林鸮猫头鹰) are a large species native to eastern North America, but they began moving west at the start of the 20th century. By 1973,large numbers of barred owls had arrived in the western state ofWashington. Later they moved south intoOregonandCalifornia.
In parts of thePacific Northwest, the owls are now believed to be causing a drop in the population of a smaller, less aggressive bird: the northern spotted owl. In many ways, the barred owl is the spotted owl's worst enemy. The barred owl has more babies per year and eats the same animals, like squirrels and wood rats. And their numbers are now larger in many parts of the spotted owl's traditional territory.
David Wiens is a biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, a federal agency that studies the Earth and its natural resources. He and other officials are doing something unusual to protect spotted owls: killing barred owls. It is a controversial, experimental program. More than 2,400 barred owls have already been shot.
Wiens is the son of a well-known bird expert and grew up with the fascination for birds. He has mixed feelings about the program. "It's a little distasteful, I think, to go out killing barred owls to save another owl species," he
says. But he adds, “We knew that barred owls were out competing spotted owls and their numbers were growing too fast."
To catch barred owls, officials put digital bird callers on the ground. Then they step back and wait as several sounds from the devices fill the air. All of this happens in the dark of night. Barred owls dislike other birds in their territory, so they will fly down and chase other owls out. That is when Wiens and his team try to shoot them.
12. What's the main problem with spotted owls?
A. They are being starved to death.
B. They have more babies each year.
C. They are invaded by another bird.
D. They are hunted by man.
13. Why are barred owls being killed?
A. They are eating the spotted owls.
B. They are killing each other to survive.
C. They are putting the spotted owls in danger.
D. They are destroying large areas of forests.
14. Why did the officials release the bird sounds?
A. To kill barred owls.
B. To puzzle barred owls.
C. To protect barred owls.
D. To frighten barred owls.
15. What can be the best title for the text?
A. Killing One Animal to Save Another.
B. Keeping the Balance of Nature.
C. Protecting Birds in Danger.
D. Preventing Birds from Playing Fair.
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
Survival in the Wild
Plants and animals have the hard job of surviving in a very wild world. How do they do it?___16___Camouflage(保护色) is one way animals use to survive. For some animals, this means that their fur, scales, or skin are a similar color1 to the land around them. Deer, for example, have brown fur that match(和……相匹配)the trees, so it’s harder for hunters to see them. This saves them from becoming food to a larger animal.___17___Many people think of chameleons when they think of this type of camouflage, but rabbits are a great example as well. Some rabbits’ fur will change color1 s depending on the season. Their fur might be brown in spring, summer, and autumn to match the trees, but the brown fur will fall out and white fur will grow in the winter to match the snow.___18___
Some insects, instead of matching their environment, look like something else that will stop animals from eating them. A walking stick looks just like a stick so that hunters will pass it by without noticing it.
Some moths and butterflies have designs on their wings that make them look like snakes or owls, to frighten away their hunters.
___19___They want to be easily noticed to survive! Many plants grow flowers with color1 ful petals(花瓣) to attract bees. The bees help pollinate the flowers so that they can produce new flowers.
Instead of hiding, some plants and animals develop structures to hurt anything that tries to hurt them. Some plants develop thorns(刺)so that animals will not eatthem.___20___Hedgehogs even have spikes(尖刺), called quills or spines, covering their backs so animals won’t want to eat them!
There are many ways plants and animals have adapted to survive in the wild. Do you know of any other ways?
A. Some animals have extremely sharp teeth so they can fight off other animals.
B. Some animals can actually change color1 s to match their environment.
C. As a result, the rabbit has different color1 s in different seasons.
D. There are many ways plants and animals have used in order to survive.
E. This way the rabbit is safer from hunters year-round.
F. For some plants, however, they don’t want to match their environment.
G. But some plants survive in a quite different way.
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Scott, 72, an elderly woman lives inMassachusettswhose home was in badly need of repairs. "There were___21___in the ceiling, and some wild animalswere getting in,” Kinney, the electrician___22___, adding the lady also didn't have running water and her kitchen sink was____23____and leaking.
After___24___the job, Kinney went home, but he kept thinking about Scott, and that she lived alone and couldn't___25___ other repairs.
So the electrician decided to___26___-first,by working on Scott's home by himself for free. But he didn’t___27___there. After cleaning up and doing a ton of yard work for Scott, Kinney decided to___28___Facebook fundraiser（资金募集）to offer more___29___. Within hours, the fundraiser received more than $3500. Today, since their______30______first began, more than $105,000 has been______31______to help Kinney pay for materials.
“The______32______kept growing and support kept pouring in,“ he told CNN, adding that local restaurants have even donated______33______to the skilled volunteers. So far, the volunteers have managed to fix a（an）
______34______electrical system, heating system, roof；windows, paint job in Scott'shome, and also______35______new grasses in her backyard.
“She's been here by herself for over 10 years, so I'm______36______it's a big change for her, but she's warmed up to everybody," he explained. "She's so______37______; she got all types of new friends. She's out here making lunch for us, laughing joking. It's just a______38______to witness."
The electrician said he______39______wants to offer services to other elderly people in the same______40______and hopefully, around the country.
21. A. holes B. roofs C. nests D. windows
22. A. hesitated B. sobbed C. remembered D. understood
23. A. cheap B. broken C. plastic D. different
24. A. forgetting B. refusing C. slowing D. completing
25. A. like B. allow C. afford D. require
26. A. make a deal B. set a goal C. take notes D. take measures
27. A. stop B. check C. regret D. wait
28. A. find B. create C. mend D. tell
29. A. materials B. water C. help D. volunteers
30. A. meetings B. discussions C. repairs D. wishes
31. A. raised B. spent C. wasted D. lent
32. A. ambition B. official C. project D. mood
33. A. money B. clothes C. power D. meals
34. A. advanced B. new C. expensive D. stainless
35. A. planted B. cut C. bought D. painted
36. A. worried B. sure C. excited D. embarrassed
37. A. happy B. upset C. sick D. confused
38. A. story B. test C. play D. wonder
39. A. hardly B. even C. always D. fortunately
40. A. website B. nation C. community D. house
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 education authority in Northeast China's Liaoning province has joined a handful of others
in___41.___(ban) teachers from asking parents to grade students' homework after the practice set off an outcry on social media platforms. Teachers at primary and middle schools___42.___do not grade students' homework___43.___(they) will not be qualified for promotion or awards, according to the guideline issued by the provincial education department on Tuesday. Teachers will not___44.___(allow) to use the WeChat or QQ messaging apps to assign homework___45.___assign punishing or repetitive homework, the guideline said.
In a video___46.___(post) on Sina Weibo recently, a father in East China's Jiangsu province scolded teachers for asking parents to grade children's homework in a parent-teacher WeChat group before exiting the group. The video quickly gave rise to an angry reaction toward the teacher and an outpouring of support___47.___parents, with the heading "All it needs to break a grown-up___48.___(be) a parent-teacher WeChat group" being viewed more than 760million times.
In fact on the way to grow up, parents, teachers and students should take their own___49.___（responsible）and play their own roles. Only when parents behave like parents, teachers like teachers, can the education be____50.____（succeed）.
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。

It is often the case, when having meals, waiting buses or at tending lectures, you can always find people addicted to their cellphones, completely ignoring others.
This is really a common phenomenon in our daily life. The reason is why smart phones nowadays can be used to playing mobile games and keep in touch with friends. However, too much exposure to phones are bad for people in terms of healthy. Moreover, people involving in phones fail to communicate well with these around them.
As far as I am concerned , people should be wisely make use of their phones to help with their work and study. Meanwhile, they should care much about their family and friends than mobile phones.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，你的外国朋友Lily上周六过生日，邀请你去参加她的生日聚会，但是因为你的个人原因，未能参加她的生日聚会，也没有提前告知她。

请给Lily发一封电子邮件，向她道歉。

内容包括：
1.表达歉意；
2.说明原因；
3.希望对方原谅。

注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Dear Lily,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. B
2. C
3. A
4. D
5. A
6. A
7. D
8. D 9. D 10. A 11. B
12. C 13. C 14. A 15. A
16. D 17. B 18. E 19. F 20. A
21. A 22. C 23. B 24. D 25. C 26. D 27. A 28. B 29. C 30. C 31. A 32.
C 33.
D 34. B 35. A 36. B 37. A 38. D 39. B 40. C
41. banning
42. who 43. themselves
44. be allowed
45. or 46. posted
47. from 48. is
49. responsibilities
50. successful
51.(1). It→As
(2). 在waiting后加for
(3). why→that
(4). playing→play
(5). are→is
(6). healthy→health
(7). involving→involved
(8). these→those
(9). 删除be
(10). much→more 52.略。