2020届吉林市第一中学高三英语下学期期末试卷及答案解析

2020届吉林市第一中学高三英语下学期期末试卷及答案解析
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
A
Although Adrian Wood had already sent her three oldest children off toWhiteOakElementary SchoolinEdenton,North Carolina, she was anxious when it was her youngest son Amos's turn to start classes.Adriansaid, “Sending Amos to school was such a different path. He was 3 when he started school. He had autism(自闭症)and he didn't speak."
Amos struggled to make friends and fit in, but there was always one person there who was very happy to see him. Raymond Brown has worked at the school as a guard for the past 15 years. All of the students know and love him, and he's truly a friend to all. He started callingAdrian's son “Famous Amos” on day one. To the mom's surprise, Amos quickly began responding with a cheerful "Hey, Brown” whenever he saw him. "He wasn't even saying 'daddy' at home, so it was really something, "Adriansaid.
“Amos is a hard friend to have,"Adrianexplained, "He takes a lot more than he gives and that's tough for children. But those kids saw that he was popular and loved, and they started fighting over who would get to hold Amos' hand on the way to the classroom. It meant so much to me that he was favored by the other children at school, and Mr. Brown had a big hand in that.”
About a year ago, school officials nominated Mr. Brown forNorth Carolina's School Hero, a $20,000 prize. When the results came out and he didn't win,Adrianwas heartbroken. She couldn't let the disappointing results stand, so she took to Facebook and created an annual “Famous Amos” prize for Mr. Brown in their community. Her neighbors answered the call, donating $35,000 in just one week! Townspeople and school officials gathered in March to celebrate Mr. Brown and give him the money they'd raised. Principal Michelle handed him a giant check and thanked him for everything he does to help kids like Amos find their way.
1. What madeAdrianworried?
A. Her youngest son's bad behavior.
B. Her family's heavy financial burden.
C. Her youngest son's mental problem.
D. Her three sons' poor performance at school.
2. What change did Mr. Brown bring to Amos?
A. Amos became a top student at school.
B. Amos got more attention from other kids.
C. Amos learned to share and care about others.
D. Amos had a better relationship with his family members.
3. What did Mr. Brown get in the end?
A. The “Famous Amos” prize.
B. A check from the local government.
C.North Carolina's School Hero prize.
D. A small donation from the community.
B
According to the study posted onScienceDirect, gardening just two to three times a week increase the benefits of better well-being as much as possible and lower stress levels.
The research explored why residents engaged with gardening and the extent to which they recognized any health benefits from the activity.
A questionnaire was handed out electronically within theUK, with 5,766 gardeners and 249 non-gardeners responding. Data was collected on factors including garden typology（类型学）, frequency of gardening and individual awareness of health and well-being.
"This is the first time the dose response（剂量效应）to gardening has been tested and the evidence from the survey strongly suggests that the more frequently you garden, the greaterthe health benefits," said Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) lead author Dr Lauriane Chalmin-Pui. In fact, gardening every day has the same positive impact on well-being than undertaking regular and powerful exercise like cycling or running.
When gardening, our brains are pleasantly entertained by nature around us. Gardening takes our attention away from ourselves and our stresses, therefore, it helps restore our minds and reduce unfavorable feelings.
Improving health, however, was not the main motive power to garden, but rather the direct pleasure gardening brought to the participants.
"Gardening is like effortless exercise because it doesn't feel as exhausting and hard as going to the gym, for example, but we canexpendsimilar amounts of energy," Chalmin-Pui added.
Most people say they garden for pleasure and enjoyment, so people who like gardening may be easy to be addicted to it. However, this sometimes may become a piece of good news, from the aspect of mental health. "We hope all the millions of new gardeners will be getting their daily gardening and feeling all the better for it. "
Chalmin-Pui said in the interview.
4. What can be inferred about gardening from the survey?
A. Improving health is the aim of the participants.
BGardening makes no difference to health.
C. Health benefits from frequent gardening.
D. Too much gardening always does harm to health.
5. What does the underlined word "expend" mean in paragraph 7?
A. Consume.
B. Make use of.
C. Increase.
D. Save.
6. Why do so many participantslike gardening?
A. It isn't exhausting.
B. It is good for health.
C. It brings pleasure.
D. It is like going to the gym.
7. What is Chalmin-Pui's attitude to the new gardeners' gardening?
A. Carefree.
B. Supportive
C. Tolerant.
D. Indifferent.
C
You’ve heard that plastic is polluting the oceans — between 4.8 and 12.7 million tonnes enter ocean ecosystems every year. But does one plastic straw or cup really make a difference? Artist Benjamin Von Wong wants you to know that it does. He builds massive sculptures out of plastic garbage, forcing viewers to re-examine their relationship to single-use plastic products.
At the beginning of the year, the artist built a piece called “Strawpocalypse,” a pair of 10-foot-tall plastic waves, frozen mid-crash. Made of 168,000 plastic straws collected from several volunteer beach cleanups, the sculpture made its first appearance at the Estella Place shopping center in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Just 9% of global plastic waste is recycled. Plastic straws are by no means the biggest source（来源）of plastic pollution, but they’ve recently come under fire because most people don’t need them to drink with and, because of their small size and weight, they cannot be recycled. Every straw that’s part ofVon Wong’s artwork likely came from a drink that someone used for only a few minutes. Once the drink is gone, the straw will take centuries to disappear.
In a piece from 2018, Von Wong wanted to illustrate（说明）a specific statistic: Every 60 seconds, a truckload’s worth of plastic enters the ocean. For this work, titled “Truckload of Plastic,” Von Wong and a group of volunteers collected more than 10,000 pieces of plastic, which were then tied together to look like they’d been dumped（倾倒）from a truck all atonce.
Von Wong hopes that his work will also help pressure big companies to reduce their plastic footprint.
8. What are Von Wong’s artworks intended for?
A. Beautifying the city he lives in.
B. Introducing eco-friendly products.
C. Drawing public attention to plastic waste.
D. Reducing garbage on the beach.
9. Why does the author discuss plastic straws in paragraph 3?
A. To show the difficulty of their recycling.
B. To explain why they are useful.
C. To voice his views on modern art.
D. To find a substitute for them.
10. What effect would “Truckload of Plastic” have on viewers?
A. Calming.
B. Disturbing.
C. Refreshing.
D. Challenging.
11. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. Artists’ Opinions on Plastic Safety
B. Media Interest in Contemporary Art
C. Responsibility Demanded of Big Companies
D. Ocean Plastics Transformed into Sculptures
D
When I was a boy, there was but one permanent ambition among my comrades in our village on the west bank of Mississippi River. That was, to be a steamboat man. We had temporary ambitions of other sorts, but they were only temporary.
My father was a justice of the peace, and I supposed he possessed the power of life and death over all men and could hang anybody that offended him. This was distinction enough for me as a general thing；butthe desire to be a steamboat man kept intruding, nevertheless. One of our boys in town, who went away and was not heard of for-a long time, turned up as apprentice engineer on a steamboat. This thing shook the bottom out of all my Sunday—school teachings. That boy was notoriously worldly, and I was just the opposite. There was nothing generous about this fellow in his greatness. He would always manage to have a rusty nail to scrub while his boat stopped at our town, and he would sit on the inside guard and scrub it, where we could all see him. And wherever his boat was laid up he would come home and show off in the town in his blackest and greasiest clothes, so that nobody could help remembering that he was a steamboat man; and he used all sorts of steamboat technical terms
in his talk, as if he were so used to them that he forgot common people could not understand them.
This creature's career could produce but one result, and it was speedily followed. Boy after boy managed to get on the river. Despite many choices, pilot was the grandest position of all. The pilot, even in those days of trivial wages, had a princely salary—from 150—250 dollars a month, and no board payment.But our parents would not let us and our worry was the next year would find us hunting for jobs with low pay again. So by and by I ran away. I said I never would come home again till I was a pilot and could come in glory.
12. Why does the writer mention his father's job in Paragraph 2?
A. To show that his father was in power.
B. To show that his father is cruel.
C. To emphasize the job he prefers.
D. To emphasize his love for his father.
13. Which of the following can best conclude the writer's attitude toward the boy?
A. He thought the boy was material but pitiful.
B. He thought the boy was annoying but still envied him.
C. He thought the boy was shallow but knowledgeable.
D. He thought the boy was disrespectful but still liked him.
14. Which of the following statements is Not True?
A. The boy talked in a way to make others feel jealous.
B. The boy's experience made other boys follow suit.
C. The pilot's salary was ly high but without meals covered.
D. The writer was ambitious to make his childhood dream come true.
15. What rhetorical method does the underlined sentence have?
A. Simile.
B. Personification.
C. Parallelism.
D. Irony.
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
Tips on Learning a New Language Before Travelling
Whenever you travel to a foreign place, it is helpful knowing a bit of the local language.____16____But speaking the local language shows you care and it will help you mix with the locals easily. To learn a language, you do not have to take full time classes. You can follow some of the tips to pick up some basics quickly before that trip.
Practise. The more you study the language, the better.____17____Think of it like learning an instrument or training for a marathon. The amount of time you'll need depends on the language you're learning, how often you
practice and your learning style.
___18___One good way to practise is to use the language you’re learning. And who is better to speak a language with than a native speaker who can train you better and correct your mistakes? Find one on the internet or in real life and strike a conversation with them. There are some free language exchange websites where you can find native speakers to practise with._____19_____
Download a language app. Your app store offers a vast amount of options for language learning. Apps like Google Translate, Duolingo, Bilingual or Hi Native can help you to learn languages quickly._____20_____But they are not necessarily the best choice if you're short on time and trying to master the basics. They can also help a lot when you're struggling to communicate while on vacation.
A. Speak to native speakers.
B. Constantly use the language.
C. You can also find a private class to attend.
D. Trips can help make the process fun and easy.
E. Learning a language doesn't happen overnight.
F. Those apps can help you learn the language effectively.
G. You may not know how to pronounce the words correctly.
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Thomas Panek made history this week when he became the first blind person to complete the New York City Half Marathon with guide dogs and no human assistance.
With about two thousand people around___21___the game, a group of blind people____22____their New York City Marathon at 9:00 this Wednesday.___23___it was still a little cold as it was raining___24___,the people without their sight ran fast with the help of their____25____. Falling down sometimes, they____26____up and went on running, which was attractive,___27___and encouraging.
Of course, some few dogs didn't____28____their hosts in the right way. As a result, those___29___didn’t finish their task, but they were really____30____. In the end, only about twenty blind people____31____their destination. Among them, Panek did the_____32_____, who got the first place in the game.
With the____33____of his three dogs named Waffle, Westley and Gus, which_____34_____leading him throughout the 13.1-mile race, Panek____35____the finishing line in just over 2 hours 20 minutes.
The game_____36_____at about 12:00, and many people were so_____37_____by the sport spirit of the
blind people that they were not_____38_____to leave the spot. When asked about his feeling of the game, “no matter what_____39_____is, " said Panek, 48, who is CEO of Guiding Eyes for the Blind, "don't let_____40_____tell you that you can't."
21. A. supporting B. watching C. joining D. playing
22. A. started B. held C. caught D. registered
23. A. If B. Since C. Because D. Though
24. A. rarely B. sometimes C. slightly D. usually
25. A. assistants B. sticks C. dogs D. drivers
26. A. added B. looked C. climbed D. rose
27. A. striking B. tiring C. satisfying D. disappointed
28. A. carry B. lead C. require D. bear
29. A. persons B. viewers C. animals D. workers
30. A. sad B. worried C. great D. proud
31. A. sought B. reached C. found D. recognized
32. A. most B. least C. worst D. best
33. A. instruction B. exception C. help D. control
34. A. took turns B. went on C. gave up D. had trouble
35. A. left B. broke C. set D. crossed
36. A. lost B. ended C. continued D. began
37. A. confused B. bored C. pushed D. moved
38. A. sad B. willing C. happy D. satisfied
39. A. job B. position C. challenge D. aim
40. A. anyone B. someone C. everyone D. none
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
Have you ever wished your vacation could meet all your___41.___(expect)? Well, this is possible when you choose___42.___(go) on a cruise (游轮). Recently, cruises have become___43.___(popular) places than traditional forms of traveling.___44.___is not necessary to make reservations at different hotels, find places to dine, or arrange different transports in advance. Everything you can imagine is available whenever you want it on such___45.___cruise ship.
Cruise ships are like miniature (小型) cities on water. They are___46.___(full) loaded with restaurants serving all kinds of dishes. The staterooms (特等客舱) can be compared to rooms___47.___(find) in five-star hotels. The big difference is___48.___you get to have a moving ocean view. What’s more, there are activities designed for people of all ages and interests, and___49.___(vary) sports facilities like gyms and rock climbing walls as well as clubs and shops are also accessible. Quality entertainments like Broadway shows and live music___50.___(provide), too.
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。

High school is considered the most important stage in one’s life. As a senior three student, it won’t be long when I graduate. Now I have many things to share about my fellows. First of all, I’d like to express my thank to those who lent me a hand when I was disappoint. It was their kindness which helped me regain my self-confidence when I lost my heart. Besides, I anxious to clear up some misunderstandings with my friends in order to keep our friendships forever. The National College Entrance Examination approached, I strongly recommend that we could value time and redouble efforts to study so that we can get into an university that we have been dreaming of.
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。

A. J.shut the door of the truck. “Ready,” he said. Hisdadstarted thetruck. It was six o’clock and freezing, but the strong morning sun promised warmer temperatures. It had been colder than normal over the past week, and the ground and ponds were alreadyfrozen.
“After we check on the cows,” Dad said, “you should have some time to practice roping cattle.” A. J. wanted to enter the rodeos (牛仔竞技表演) in which cowboys rode wild horses, and caught cattle with ropes.
The best professionals could break from the gate on horseback,ropeacalf(小牛), and hog-tie the calf in less than ten seconds. So far, A.J. needed nearly a minute and a half, but he’d only been at it for a few months.
The truck bounced down the dirt road. In a few minutes, they passed through the field gate.
A. J. pulled a pair of telescopes. The black spots of cows on the far hill took shape. The cows gathered around thepond. A. J. guessed they wanted the water locked under the ice. Suddenly, they heard extremely frightened shouts from one cow. Dad stopped the truck, and he and A. J. stared at the frozen pond anxiously.
A calf lay on the ice in the middle of the pond. A cow, no doubt the calf’s mother, stood onshore, shouting desperately. The calfstruggledto get up but slipped and fell each time.
The morning sun seemed warmer. Too warm. A. J. knew that the situation was urgent. If the calf lay there too long, she could fall through the ice and drown. Dad eased the truck down the hill and stopped at the edge of the pond. “No telling how long she’s been there,” he said. “The ice could be about to melt. I don’t think we can risk it.” Dad shook his head, “It’s just not safe.”
注意：
1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2.应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

Paragraph 1:
A. J. watched the calf, whose eyes were wide with fright.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2:
It would be just like rodeo practice, A. J. thought, trying to stay calm.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________
参考答案
1. C
2. B
3. A
4. C
5. A
6. C
7. B
8. C 9. A 10. B 11. D
12. C 13. B 14. A 15. B
16. G 17. E 18. A 19. C 20. F
21. B 22. A 23. D 24. C 25. C 26. D 27. A 28. B 29. A 30. C 31. B 32.
D 33. C 34. A 35. D 36. B 37. D 38. B 39. C 40. A
41. expectations
42. to go 43. more popular
44. It 45. a
46. fully 47. found
48. that 49. various/varied
50. are provided
51.(1).when→before
(2).about→with
(3).thank→thanks
(4).disappoint→disappointed
(5).which→that
(6).删除my
(7).I 后加am
(8). approach→approaching
(9).could →should/或删除could
(10).an →a
52.略。