2019-2020学年西安市庆华中学高三英语下学期期末试题及答案

2019-2020学年西安市庆华中学高三英语下学期期末试题及答案
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
Looking to the future, we are now focusing on next year's tours. We are not presently taking bookings, but if a specific tour lifts your spirits, why not mark your interest and we will contact you when the time is right.
Japan
October 2021
A centre for technology with natural beauty, Japan is a must-see destination for science and nature lovers. Join us on a special journey across the country during its fantastic autumn to see its amazing landscapes, visit leading scientific institutions and experience robotics and AI.
Antarctica
April to September 2021
Join us aboard the Magellan Explorer for an exciting adventure to South Georgia and the Antarctic Peninsula, exploring the world's largest ocean reserve and best ocean ecosystem. Follow in the footstepsof the great scientists while marveling（惊叹）at icebergs, ancient glaciers and ice flies onto volcanic beaches.
Italy
March and June 2021
Encounter the great scientific minds and discoveries of the Renaissance on a cultural adventure across two of its cities, Florence and Bologna. Enjoy beautiful surroundings as you take in the wonderful collections, buildings and churches that demonstrate the period across architecture and paintings.
Czech Republic
May and July 2021
Discover the legacy（遗产）of Kepler and Brahe in Prague, a city where astronomy, maths, medicine and architecture connect. Kepler became the father of modern astronomy supported by the observational data from Brahe.
1. What can travelers do in Japan?
A. Experience space travel.
B. Enjoy its spring landscape.
C. Visit its scientific institutions .
D. Learn about its traditional culture.
2. Which of the following can you choose if you are free in August?
A. Japan.
B. Italy.
C. Antarctica.
D. Czech Republic .
3. What do Italy and Czech Republic havein common?
A. Astronomy.
B. Architecture.
C. Paintings.
D. Medicine .
B
Babies who frequently communicate with their caregivers using eye contact and vocalisations(发声)at the age of one are more likely to develop greater languages skills by the time they reachtwo,according to new research.
In the study, researchers looked at 11-and 12-month-od babies' vocalisations. gestures and gaze behaviours ,and at how their caregivers responded to them.To measure he interactions ,the researchers videoed infants(婴儿)and caregiver at home,and asked them to play as usual.They took those recordings back to the university
The scientists then used statistical models to find that the best predictor of vocabulary at 24 months was when infants were seen to use vocalsatioms while looking at their caregiver's face when they were about a year old.The benefits were even greater when these interactions were followed by responses from the caregiver.
The statistics showed that at 19 months,children had an average of about 100 words.Those who exhibited the beneficial interactive behaviour earlier in life were seen to have an average of about 30 extra words.
"The message of this paper is thatitis the result of a joint effort; noticing what your child is attending to and talking to them about it will support their language development." said McGillion, a co-author of the work.
"The joy of this message is that that can happen in any context... across any part of your day.It's not something that requires special equipment or even lots of time.I can happen when you're doing the laundry,for example—when you're taking out the socks, you can talk about socks...in the park, in the car, at mealtimes,at bathtimes.This finding can be used in any context,"added McGillion.
"This is a developmental snapshot in the first year of life, but children are constantly growing and changing and so are their behaviours. It would be interesting to look at these sorts of behaviours again as children progress through the second year of life to see what's happening there,"said Donnellan,the lead author on the study.
4. How did the researchers get the findings?
A. By interacting with babies.
B. By asking babies to vocalize.
C. By analyzing relevant recordings.
D. By referring to the previous statistics.
5. What does he underlined word "it"in Paragraph 5 mean?
A. Infants' eye contact.
B. Infants' larger vocabulary.
C. The response from caregivers.
D. The best predictor of vocabulary.
6. What did McGilion say about infants' interactive behaviour?
A. I's easy to perform.
B. It's complex to understand.
C. It's difficult to copy.
D. It's interesting to video.
7. What might further studies be on?
A. Children's academic progress.
B. Children's growing environment.
C. Children's potential physical development.
D. Children's behaviours across more age ranges.
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
Why isn’t science better? Look at career incentive(激励).There are oftensubstantial gaps between the idealized and actual versions of those people whose work involves providing a social good. Government officials are supposed to work for their constituents. Journalists are supposed to provide unbiased reporting and
penetrating analysis. And scientists are supposed to relentlessly probe the fabric of reality with the most rigorous and skeptical of methods.
All too often, however, what should be just isn’t so. In a number of scientific fields, published findings turn out not toreplicate(复制), or to have smaller effects than, what was initially claimed. Plenty of science does replicate — meaning the experiments turn out the same way when you repeat them -but the amount that doesn’t is too much for comfort.
But there are also waysin which scientists increase their chances of getting it wrong. Running studies with small samples, mining data for correlations and forming hypotheses to fit an experiment’s results after the fact are just some of the ways to increase the number of false discoveries.
It’s not like we don't know how to do better. Scientists who study scientific methods have known about feasible remedies for decades. Unfortunately, their advice often falls ondeaf ears.Why? Why aren't scientific methods better than they are? In a word: incentives. But perhaps not in the way you think.
In the 1970s, psychologists and economists began to point out the danger in relying on quantitative measures for social decision-making. For example, when public schools are evaluated by students’ performance on standardized tests, teachers respond by teaching “to the test”. In turn, the test serves largely as of how well the school can prepare students for the test.
We can see this principle—often summarized as “when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure”—playing out in the realm of research. Science is a competitive enterprise. There are far more credentialed (授以证书的) scholars and researchers than there are university professorships or comparably prestigious research positions. Once someone acquires a research position, there is additional competition for tenure grant funding, and support and placement for graduate students. Due to this competition for resources, scientists must be evaluated and compared. How do you tell if someone is a good scientist?
An oft-used metric is the number of publications one has in peer-reviewed journals, as well as the status of those journals. Metrics like these make it straightforward to compare researchers whose work may otherwise be quite different. Unfortunately, this also makes these numbers susceptible to exploitation.
If scientists are motivated to publish often and in high-impact journals, we might expect them to actively try to game the system. And certainly, some do—as seen in recent high-profile cases of scientific fraud(欺诈). If malicious fraud is the prime concern, then perhaps the solution is simply heightened alertness.
However, most scientists are, I believe, genuinely interested in learning about the world, and honest. The problem with incentives is that they can shape cultural norms without any intention on the part of individuals.
12. Which of the following is TRUE about the general trend in scientific field?
A. Scientists are persistently devoted to exploration of reality.
B. The research findings fail to achieve the expected effect.
C. Hypotheses are modified to highlight the experiments' results.
D. The amount of science that does replicate is comforting.
13. What doesdeaf earsin the fourth paragraph probably refer to?
A. The public.
B. The incentive initiators.
C. The peer researchers.
D. The high-impact journal editors.
14. Which of the following does the author probably agree with?
A. Good scientists excel in seeking resources and securing research positions.
B. Competition for resources inspires researchers to work in a more skeptical way.
C. All the credentialed scholars and researchers will not take up university professorships.
D. The number of publication reveals how scientists are bitterly exploited.
15. According to the author, what might be a remedy for the fundamental problem in scientific research?
A. High-impact journals are encouraged to reform the incentives for publication.
B. The peer-review process is supposed to scale up inspection of scientific fraud.
C. Researchers are motivated to get actively involved in gaming the current system.
D. Career incentives for scientists are expected to consider their personal intention.
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Hand gestures can be used to communicate while speaking. There are many universal hand signs; such as holding up an index finger to speak or interrupt, putting a finger to the lips to ask for silence.___16___. But there are some hand gestures that might mean something different in another country.
Many differences.
___17___. This gesture consists of creating a circle with the thumb and index finger with other fingers extended. In most of the English-speaking cultures, it means ‘ok’. In Australia it means ‘zero’while in many Western countries it actually means‘three’and in China it is a way to indicate‘seven’.
Gestures with variation.
This sign has the index and middle finger extend up to make a‘V’. But there is a big difference in its meaning depending on which way the palm is facing. Palm Facing Out:___18___Palm Facing In: The sign is an insult similar
to giving the middle finger, particularly in the UK and South Africa.
Harmless or offensive?
In the USA, the gesture of using your index finger to beckon someone to come to you is not a welcome gesture in Asia. In the Philippines, this should only be used to beckon dogs.___19___.
___20___
Of course it helps to prepare before you visit a country. But if you forget or make a sign out of habit, just remember to smile and apologize. And perhaps with an explanation, most people will be understanding.
A. Prepare and take care.
B The masters of hand gestures.
C. There are so many well-known gestures.
D. It is highly offensive to use it with humans.
E. Originally this sign communicated Victory.
F. These are generally understood all over the world.
G. The following gesture has more than just one alternative meaning.
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When my family moved to Ohio over the summer, I feared attending another new school and knowing noone because I was able to expect what was coming. I had bright red hair and big glasses. In addition, I was___21___and not very sociable. Boarding the school bus that first day, I felt like all___22___on me. I could hear the whispers, "She's huge!” Obviously, the kids on the bus had known each other well. I spent that first bus___23___in silence.
The following day was even___24___I did not notice that a few boys had tied a shoelace across the aisle（走道)and thus fell down on the bus,___25___everything I was carrying.___26___I was embarrassingly gathering my supplies, I could hear the laughter, and then the___27___" That felt like an earthquake!" Anyway, I___28___to find a seat. Looking out of the window, I___29___the tears welling up in my eyes.
I began___30___the afternoon school bus___31___, walking home instead. Then,___32___, I started losing weight. And as I became___33___with myself, I began making friends.
One of my newly-found friends also___34___with her weight, wanting to be a "perfect" cheerleader. She lived near my neighborhood so we would meet and___35___together. This became a daily routine with talking and laughing___36___the way—different from the lonely walks I had taken. My friend said that I didn't have to
be___37___and I just had to be me, and be happy with myself.
While I would not want to relive that time of loneliness, sadness and embarrassment, I am___38___I made it through. Whenever I am struggling with any other problem in life, I always___39___the proverb "This too shall pass. " If you can find a path with no challenges, it probably doesn't___40___anywhere.
21. A.outgoing B.intelligent C.friendly D.overweight
22. A.smiles B.bags C.eyes D.stories
23. A.lift B.ride C.drive D.service
24. A.worse B.longer C.funnier D.duller
25. A.missing B.losing C.leaving D.dropping
26. A.Though B.While C.Since D.Because
27. A.arguments B.decisions C.words D.discussions
28. A.determined B.planned C.pretended D.managed
29. A.kept away B.took back C.held back D.put away
30. A.missing B.stopping C.catching D.searching
31. A.on purpose B.by chance C.in reality D.with excitement
32. A.uninterestedly B.uncertainly C.unexpectedly D.unfortunately
33. A.concerned B.happy C.angry D.disappointed
34. A.fought peted C.dealt D.lived
35. A.run B.study C.play D.walk
36. A.along B.across C.by D.in
37. A.thin B.perfect . C.sociable D.strict
38. A.excited B.upset C.regretful D.proud
39. A.remember B.create C.write D.borrow
40. A.know B.lead C.end D.stay
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
Clothes are like the wrapping on a____41.____. When you meet people____42.____the first time, you often make a____43.____about them____44.____on the way they are dressed, just as you might guess what is in a package according to the way it is____45.____. Your clothing tells others about your____46.____, your interests, and how you feel about yourself. Your____47.____to select your clothes carefully and keep
them____48.____good condition____49.____that you feel good about yourself and take pride in your_____50._____.
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；2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Last year I was the exchange student in the UK, and attended one of the Chinese culture course there. When I walked into the classroom, I was welcomed by curiously faces. They gave me presents, which moved and excited me. The lesson was about an ancient Chinese calligraphy naming xiao zhuan. The teacher explained it origin, how it worked in society, why it was promoted nationwide. After class, I felt proud of our Chinese culture but ashamed of that I knew almost nothing about them. As a senior high school student, I am going to read so many books as I can to open my mind. I hope every Chinese would understand the importance of learning about our own culture.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.你校正在组织英语作文比赛，请你以“My favorite invention”为题，写一篇短文参赛，内容包括：
1．发明简介；
2．喜爱的原因。

注意：1．词数100左右；
2．短文题目和首句已为你写好。

My favorite invention
With the development of science and technology, many new inventions have come into our life.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________
参考答案
1. C
2. C
3. B
4. C
5. B
6. A
7. D
8. D 9. A 10. A 11. C
12. A 13. A 14. B 15. D
16. F 17. G 18. E 19. D 20. A
21. D 22. C 23. B 24. A 25. D 26. B 27. C 28. D 29. C 30. A 31. A 32.
C 33. B 34. A 35.
D 36. A 37. B 38. D 39. A 40. B
41. package
42. for 43. judg(e)ment
44. based 45. wrapped
46. lifestyle
47. willingness
48. in 49. indicates
50. appearance
51.(1).the → an
(2).course→courses
(3).curiously→curious
(4).naming→named
(5).it→its
(6).在why前添加and
(7).去掉ashamed后面的of
(8).them→it
(9).so→as
(10).would→will
52.略。