2020-2021学年北京工业大学附属中学高三英语期中试题及参考答案

2020-2021学年北京工业大学附属中学高三英语期中试题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
Stepping Out Into Nature
The classic road trip is more popular than ever. Here are several places to hit the open road.
Colo-road Trips
The Colorado Tourism Office has made it easy for road-trippers to explore the state’s 24 Scenic & Historic Byways.A new microsite includes-an interactive map that enables travelers to explore options by region, interest or season. Travelers seeking inspiration can also access insider tips and side-trip suggestions for historic attractions, active adventures and highlight cultural opportunities.
TheBeartooth Highway.
Visitors of this extraordinary byway experience the grand sights ofMontana,WyomingandYellowstonePark. The windy 68-mile stretch introduces road explorers to one of the most diverse ecosystems accessible by auto. Breathtakingly beautiful, this All-American Road showcases wide, high alpine plateaus（高原）, painted with ice blue lakes, forested valleys, waterfalls and wildlife.
SewardHighway,Alaska
The road that connectsAnchorageto Seward is 127-mile treasure of natural beauty, wildlife and stories of adventure. The drive begins at the base of theChugach Mountains, hugs the scenic shores of Turnagain Arm and winds through gold mining towns, national forests and fishing villages. Expect waterfalls, glaciers, eagles and some good bear stories.
The Lighthouse Trail,Maine
Travel the 375 miles betweenKitteryandCalais,Maine, visiting lighthouses along the way. Hear tales of shipwrecks（海难）and of the difficult and lonely life led by those who kept the lights burning brightly. If possible, visit theMaineLighthouseMuseum. where artifacts and hands-on exhibits for children provide an appealing break.
1.What makes Colo-road Tips special?
A.Good bear stories.
B.A scenic beach.
C.Hands-on exhibits.
D.An interactive map.
2.Where can you explore state of gold miners?
A.Colorado.
B.Montana.
C.Alaska.
D.Maine
3.Which place is suitable for a family with children?
A.Colo-road Trips.
B.TheBeartooth Highway.
C.Seward Highway.
D.The Lighthouse Trail.
B
Jennifer Mauer has needed more willpower than the typical college student to pursue her goal of earning a nursing degree. That willpower bore fruit when Jennifer graduated from University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and became the first in her large family to earn a bachelor's(学士) degree.
Jennifer grew up on a farm in a family of 10 children. Her dad worked at a job away from the farm, and her mother ran the farm with the kids. After high school, Jennifer attended a local technical college, working to pay her tuition(学费), because there was no extra money set aside for a college education. After graduation, she worked to help her sisters and brothers pay for their schooling.
Jennifer now is married and has three children of her own. She decided to go back to college to advance her career and to be able to better support her family while doing something she loves: nursing. She chose the UW-Eau Claire program at Ministry Saint Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield because she was able to pursue her four-year degree close to home. She could drive to class and be home in the evening to help with her kids. Jennifer received great support from her family as she worked to earn her degree: Her husband worked two jobs to cover the bills, and her 68-year-old mother helped take care of the children at times.
Through it all, she remained in good academic standing and graduated with honors. Jennifer sacrificed(牺牲) a lot to achieve her goal, giving up many nights with her kids and missing important events to study. “Some nights my heart was breaking to have to pick between my kids and studying for exams or papers,” she says. However, her children have learned animportant lesson, witnessing their mother earn her degree. Jennifer is a first-generation graduate and an inspiration to her family—and that's pretty powerful.
4. What did Jennifer do after high school?
A. She helped her dad with his work.
B. She ran the family farm on her own.
C. She taught her sisters and brothers.
D. She supported herself through college.
5. Why did she choose the program at Ministry Saint Joseph's Hospital?
A. To learn from the best nurses.
B. To take care of her kids easily at night.
C. To save money for her parents.
D. To find a well-paid job there.
6. What did Jennifer sacrifice to achieve her goal?
A. Her health.
B. Her chance of promotion.
C Her reputation. D. Her time with family.
7. What can we learn from Jennifer's story?
A. Hard work pays off.
B. Love breaks down barriers.
C. Time is money.
D. Education is the key to success.
C
Happiness is not a warm phone, according to a new study exploring the link between young life satisfaction and screen time. The study was led by professor of psychology Jean M. Twenge at San Diego State University (SDSU).
To research this link, Twenge, along with colleagues Gabrielle Martin at SDSU and W. Keith Campbell at the University of Georgia, dealt with data from the Monitoring the Future (MtF) study, a nationally representative survey of more than a million U. S. 8th-, 10th-, and 12th-graders. The survey asked students questions about how often they spent time on their Phones, tablets and computers, as well as questions about their face-to-face social interactions and their overall happiness.
On average found that teens who spent more time in front of screen devices — playing computer games, using social media, texting and video chatting — were less happy than those who invested more time in non-screen activities like sports, reading newspapers and magazines, and face-to-face social interactions.
"The key to digital media use and happiness is limited use," Twenge said. "Aim to spend no more than two hours a day on digital media, and try to increase the amount of time you spend seeing friends face-to-face and exercising — two activities reliably linked to greater happiness."
Looking at historical trends from the same age groups since the 1990s, it's easy to find that the increase of screen devices over time happened at the same time as a general drop-off in reported happiness inU. S.teens. Specifically, young peopled life satisfaction and happiness declined sharply after 2012. That's the year when the percentage of Americans who owned a smartphone rose above 50 percent. By far the largest change in teens' lives between 2012 and 2016 was the increase in the amount of time they spent on digital media, and the following decline in in-person social activities and sleep.
8. Which method did Twenge's team use for the study?
A. Calculating students' happiness.
B. Asking students certain questions.
C. Analyzing data from a survey.
D. Doing experiments on screen time.
9. How does the author develop the finding of the study in paragraph 3?
A. By making a comparison.
B. By giving an example.
C. By making an argument.
D. By introducing a concept.
10. What is the purpose of the last paragraph?
A To draw a conclusion from the study.
B. To offer some advice to the readers.
C. To prove social activities' importance.
D. To support the researchers' finding.
11. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. Quitting Phones Equals Happiness
B. Screen Time Should Be Banned
C. Teens' Lives Have Changed Sharply
D. Screen-addicted Teens Are Unhappier
D
Scientists have recently discovered thatAndean condors (秀鹫)— some of the world’s largest birds——barely flap their wings at all while flying. Instead, they use rising air currents to remain in the air for hours.
The Andean condor is the world’s largest soaring bird. They can weigh up to 15 kilograms. Their wings, when spread out, measure up to three meters. Their main food source is the meat of large animals which have died. Soaring high in the sky allows condors to easily spot possible meals on the ground.
Scientists worked together to study the flight patterns of these huge birds and how much effort the birds use when flying. To study the birds while they were in the sky, the researchers attached special devices which could record every beat of their wings.
The scientists learned that most of the condors’ flapping— over 75%— came when the birds were taking off. Once in the sky, the birds flew for very long periods of time without flapping at all. In fact, they only flapped their wings for 1% of the time they were in the air. One bird flew for over five hours without flapping, covering nearly 117miles.
Soaring without flapping is important because birds bum energy every time they flap their wings.
The birds’ soaring isn’t magic. They use the fact that hot air rises to keep themselves up. As hot air rises, it often creates “thermals”— currents of warm air moving upward. The condors soar by making use of these thermals. The tricky part is finding thermals and moving between them.
When birds are forced to land and take off again often, it costs them a lot of energy. The researchers learned that to avoid having to land, the condors did most of their non-take-off flapping when they were closer to the ground and looking for a new thermal.
The scientists reported that even though all of the condors they studied were young, they knew well how to take advantage of the air currents.
12. What can we learn about the Andean condor from the text?
A. They live mairly on small animals.
B. Their wingspan is at least three meters.
C. They rely on hot air to remain high in the sky.
D. They are the birds with the strongest flying ability.
13. Why was the equipment tied to the birds?
A. To measure how far they could fly without flapping.
B. To keep track of how often they flapped while flying.
C. To calculate the energy required for their flight.
D. To confirm their flight patterns.
14. Which of the following acts consumes the most energy for a condor?
A. Hunting for food.
B. Flying in the sky.
C. Getting off the ground.
D. Landing on the ground.
15. What can we infer from the text?
A. Condors flap the most when looking for a new thermal.
B. No condor can fly for more than five hours without flapping.
C. Condors don’t need to look for thermals when soaring in the sky.
D. Soaring by using thermals is probably a natural ability of condors.
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
How To Cultivate Your Confidence
Self-confidence, the combination of self-efficacy and self-esteem, is an essential part of humanity. A person
with self-confidence generally is willing to take risks to achieve his personal goals. Someone who lacks self-confidence, however, is less likely to feel that he can achieve his goals.___16___
Identify your negative thoughts,
Your negative thoughts might sound like this: “I can’t do that,” “I will surely fail”. This inner voice is pessimistic and unhelpful and will hold you back from achieving high self-esteem and greater self-confidence.
Turn your negative thoughts to positive thoughts.
___17___This may take the form of positive affirmations, such as “I am going to try it,” “I can be successful if I work at it,” or “people will listen to me.” Start with just a few positive thoughts a day.
Refuse to allow negative thoughts to occur more often than positive thoughts.
Eventually, your positive thoughts should be given more “brain space” than your negative thoughts.___18___ ___19___Avoid spending time around things that can make you feel bad about yourself again. These might be reminders from the past, clothing that no longer fits, or places that don’t fit with your new goals of gaining confidence. Though you may not be able to get rid of every negative source in your life, you can certainly think about how to cut your losses.___20___
A. Get away from your past.
B. Rid reminders of your negativity.
C. This will go a long way in building up your self-confidence.
D. This means that you can have an abundance of self-confidence.
E. The more your positive thoughts get, the less your negative thoughts get.
F. As you pay attention to your negative thoughts, turn them around to positive thoughts.
G. The good news is that self-confidence is something that you can build on your own.
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
A little girl, named Starry, was playing outside her grandmother's apartment building. Her mom, Marina, kept an eye on the___21___from a window. At about 4 pm, Starry walked around the cornerof the building to get her bike and___22___.
“I took my eyes___23___her for five minutes, and she was gone,” says Marina. “I knew something was___24___,” she adds,___25___when she saw that Starry's bike was___26___here and found an old credit card her daughter had been playing with___27___near the bike. Marina called 911.
Policemen came soon, blocking off streets and___28___the neighborhood. Officers handed out a photo of
the blond (金发) girl. Many people joined in.
Temar Boggs, 15, was with some friends helping his elderly neighbor when one searcher___29___them and asked if they'd seen the girl.____30____the boys, none of them had seen her. Temar was approached with a photo of Starry. “I____31____that I was going to find her,” he says. He borrowed a bike from a friend and sped away. The boy searched without a plan,____32____keeping a sharp eye out as he rode on.
Then Temar____33____a car driving down a side street and turning back,____34____the driver was unfamiliar with the neighborhood. He followed it. The car pulled an____35____U-turn at the top of a hill—a group of policemen had gathered there.
The car passed the boy as it circled back____36____the hill. Temar madeeye contact (接触) with the man behind the wheel, and spied a tiny blond girl in the passenger seat. Temar____37____knew “it was her, for sure.” The boy____38____fast after the car, but the driver kept moving, slowly winding his way through the neighborhood.____39____, the driver pulled the car to the street side a few hundred feet ahead of him and pushed open the passenger-side door. Starry____40____out of the car. The kidnapper (绑架者) sped away but was caught by the police the next day.
21. A. building B. girl C. bike D. policeman
22. A. hid B. escaped C. disappeared D. left
23. A. off B. for C. to D. above
24. A. wrong B. difficult C. special D. dangerous
25. A. unfortunately B. formally C. especially D. probably
26. A. yet B. even C. also D. still
27. A. enveloped B. abandoned C. brought D. presented
28. A. disturbing B. entering C. searching D. exploring
29. A. annoyed B. invited C. inspired D. approached
30. A. According to B. As a result of C. In spite of D. Depending on
31. A. learned B. agreed C. felt D. proved
32. A. hurriedly B. carefully C. properly D. simply
33. A. passed B. spotted C. missed D. followed
34. A. so that B. even though C. as if D. in case
35. A. sharp B. major C. awful D. vast
36. A. along B. around C. down D. toward
37. A. certainly B. ly C. immediately D. nearly
38. A. circled B. drove C. ran D. rode
39. A. Cautiously B. Finally C. Gradually D. Wildly
40. A. slipped B. ran C. cycled D. walked
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
"Rehabilitation (康复学)can be needed at some point in anyone’s lives after___41.___(injure) or surgery. Those___42.___(infect) by COVID-19 also need such medical treatment, said Guo Jingwei, chief physical therapist of the China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing.
At 8 :00 a. m. , Guo walks in the outpatient department, gently greeting___43.___senior citizen lying on a bed. After___44.___(thorough) checking with the patient about her situation, the therapist___45.___(start) guiding the woman to do some exercises. This is Guo's daily routine in the past two decades.
"Even now, many doctors and nurses misinterpret the rehabilitation treatment," said Guo, "considering it as massage, acupuncture___46.___physical treatment."
"In fact, rehabilitation is a larger field. It focuses on optimizing (优化)people's functioning and___47.___(reduce) disabilities through designed interventions. We aim to give patients a comparatively normal life, a life___48.___they can enjoy as a human."
Since the therapists' ability to communicate with the patients and to comfort them___49.___(require) during the treatment, the atmosphere is often very friendly. "In some way, the relationship between patients and medical workers in our department is the most____50.____( harmony) one in the hospital," Guo said.
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.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。

Dear Tom,
How is it going in the UK? I was planning a trip to London with my parents next month.
As the matter of fact, I intend to travel to London so as experience different cultures, which might be helpful
for me to broaden my horizon. Also, I am eager to improve my speaking English by communicating with foreigner. Most important, I will get a chance to meet you and enjoyed a different lifestyle. Despite of good hopes, I have no idea that is worth visiting or how to behave properly. Could you introduce some places of interest and some customs to me?
Looking forward to you early reply!
Yours,
Li Hua 第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是光明中学高二学生李华，你校将举行庆祝建校20周年音乐晚会。

请写封邮件邀请外教Allen 参加，内容包括：
1.时间、地点（周日晚上7:00-9:00,学校操场）；
2.活动安排（校长致辞、政府祝贺、节目表演）；
3.欢迎他表演节目。

注意：1.词数100左右；
2,可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3,开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Allen,
How has everything been recently?
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ Best wishes.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. D
2. C
3. D
4. D
5. B
6. D
7. A
8. C 9. A 10. D 11. D
12. A 13. A 14. D 15. B
16. G 17. F 18. E 19. B 20. C
21. B 22. C 23. A 24. A 25. C 26. D 27. B 28. C 29. D 30. A 31. C 32.
D 33. B 34. C 35. A 36. C 37. C 38. D 39. B 40. A
41. injury
42. infected
43. a 44. thoroughly
45. starts 46. or
47. reducing
48. that/which
49. is required
50. harmonious
51.(1). was→am
(2). the→a
(3). as后加to
(4). speaking→spoken
(5). foreigner→foreigners
(6). important→importantly
(7). enjoyed→enjoy
(8). 去掉of
(9). that→what
(10). you→your
52.略。