2020-2021学年江苏省溧水高级中学高三英语下学期期中考试试卷及答案解析

2020-2021学年江苏省溧水高级中学高三英语下学期期中考试试卷及
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
In Sweden, McDonald’s is building “bee hotels” on the back of its roadside billboards (广告牌) to help save the country’s decreasing bee population. It launched the campaign together with outdoor advertising giant JCDecaux. Six large wooden bee hotels, with drilled holes on the front, first appeared on the back of a north-facing billboard in Jarfalla in September.
“Without pollination (授粉) from bees, a thirdof the food we eat would be threatened.” McDonald’s said. But it turns out that at least 30 percent of the country’s wild bee population is endangered, according to the fast-food chain. A big problem is that they lack places to live. Based on data released by Chalmers University of Technology, we know Sweden owns 274 species of bees, of which 37 species are bumblebees, and more than a third are decreasing or face the risk of decreasing. Their natural habitats have been damaged by factors including the changes of agricultural activities and fast urbanization (城市化). Fortunately, most bees are able to survive in urban habitats, like the bee hotels.
Every McDonald’s authorized restaurant in Sweden will be allowed to order their own bee hotel billboards and design the messages by themselves, as the fast-food chain says. It is their hope that the number of hotels could grow to a greater extent in the near future. Great efforts in addition to that have been made by the company. On World Bee Day, May 20, it introduced “the world’s smallest McDonald’s”. McHive, which could function as an actual beehive (蜂箱). Designed by set designer Nilsson himself, the creation was sold for $10,000 at a charity fundraiser held for Ronald McDonald House Charities.
Beehives can be found on the rooftops of some McDonald’s restaurants in Sweden, too. This took place in certain areas but is now followed by an increasing number of participants. More McDonald’s restaurants are making an effort to improve the living conditions of wild bees by removing the grass round their restaurants to grow flowers and plants instead.
1. According to the passage, the challenge that wild bees are facing is ________
A. the fast process of industry.
B. the world's Large amount of trash.
C. the rapid development of urbanization.
D. the sharp growth of population.
2. How does McDonald's help wild bees in Sweden?
A. By providing shelters for bees.
B. By offering food to bees.
C. By advertising rescue activities.
D. By putting up more billboards.
3. What is the best title for the text?
A. Wild bees in danger
B. The loss of bees’ habitats
C McDonald’s bee hotels
D. The protection of wild bees
B
New Yorkis among the slowest cities during rush hour in the world, according to a report published in January. Crossing midtown by car is soul-destroying. The average speed is 4.7 miles per hour, not much quicker than a quick walk. But relief is in sight. On April 1st, state lawmakers agreed to introduce road charges, makingNew Yorkthe first big American city to do so. By next year vehicles will have to pay to enterManhattansouth of60th Street.
The details of the new rule, including how much drivers will have to pay, how they will pay and how often they will pay, haveyet to be decided. A “traffic mobility review board" will be set up to work all this out. New Yorkers living in the fee zone who make less than $60,000 a year will be exempt (获豁免) . Other drivers, including motorcyclists, the city' s civil servants, disabled drivers and the trucking industry, all want discounts or exemptions, which might not be a good sign.
If done right, road pricing could be expanded beyondManhattan.New Yorkcan learn from other cities.Singapore, for instance, which has had pricing for decades, adjusts prices regularly. It can also learn from mistakes.London, which rolled out its pricing in 2003, is only starting to charge on-demand car hires like Uber. Stockholm exempted too many vehicles, which caused a drop in revenues (收入) .
Other cities considering road charges, includingLos Angeles, Philadelphia Portland,San FranciscoandSeattle, are watchingNew York. "We really have t1o make a good example," says Nicole Gelinas of the Manhattan Institute, aNew Yorkthink tank.
4. What does the report find?
A.New Yorkhas terrible road traffic.
B.New Yorkoften introduces new laws.
C. New Yorkers prefer walking to driving.
D. New Yorkers face an increased cost of living.
5. What can be inferred about the new rule from paragraph 2?
A. It faces some potential problems.
B. It has clear and detailed fee standards.
C. It favors New Yorkers living in the fee zone.
D. It fails to win a traffic mobility review board s approval.
6. What doLondonandStockholmhave in common?
A. They learn a lot fromSingapore.
B. They have greatly increased revenues.
C. They charge on-demand car hires heavily.
D. They are bad examples of placing road charges.
7. What is the best title for the text?
A. How much does it cost to drive intoManhattan?
B.New Yorkapproves road pricing forManhattan
C. Drivers fear crossingManhattansouth of60th Street
D. Who will be exempt from road charges inManhattan?
C
For our official holidays, like the National Holiday, many people'd like to go on a visit to some places of interest. Yesterday our class had a heated discussion about whether we should travel during holidays.One man's meat is another man's poison.
Some students are for it. They think visitors can enjoy a good variety of scenery. Facing glorious(壮丽的) touristattractions, travelers may well broaden their eyes. At the same time, they can keep fit by walking on foot, and taste different delicious food that they can't get in their own hometowns. What's more, travelling can make a contribution to our economy development, mainly to the local economy development. Most travelers need to buy tickets to go to their destinations, thus traffic department will earn money. Travelers also need to sleep and eat, thus local hotels and restaurants also share benefits. Paying admission(门票费) benefits local governments. As for native farmers, they can benefit from selling local specialities to many travelers. In this case, money circulation(货
币流通) is speeded up.
On the other hand, other students are against it. They believe it's a waste of money. Some famous places of interest are too crowded, while those smaller ones are not worth visiting. Travelling may cause traffic jams here and there. What's worse, due to travelling here and there, there exist some accidents on the road. Besides, it's known that travelling can also pollute the local environment. In order to reduce air and waste pollution, people should have a rest to the full, reading books or watching TV at home. Recently, many have been afraid of being infected with COVID-19 in particular.
As far as I am concerned, travelling is a good choice to spend holidays. And the government should take some measures to solve the existing problems. More policemen should be on duty to deal with accidents in time. Can we make a small change to the period when people don't have to go to work in some provinces? Let's take the example of the National Holiday, if some provinces of our country spend this holiday mainly in late September, with the National Day coming to an end, rather than in earlyOctober, most famous places of interest will not become crowded. At the same time, visitors must obey traffic rules and shouldn't throw rubbish freely here and there. Last but not least, never should we travel when there is a pandemic(大流行病，瘟疫). It's our duty to prevent its spread.
8. What does the underlined sentence “One man's meat is another man's poison” in this passage mean?
A. Some persons like meat, while others don't.
B. Different persons taste meals differently.
C. A man mistakes meat for poison.
D. Different persons have different opinions on one thing.
9. How do travelers contribute to our economy development?
A. They buy all kinds of tickets.
B. They walk, sleep, eat and meet native farmers.
C. They speed up money circulation by spending money on transport, accommodations(膳宿), specialities and admission.
D. They only enjoy visiting many glorious tourist attractions.
10. Which sentence of the following is not true?
A. There's a need for more policemen.
B Some provinces can change the date of an official holiday completely.
C. Visitors must obey traffic rules and shouldn't throw rubbish freely.
D. People should never travel when there is a pandemic.
11. What the author's attitude to travel during holidays?
A. He doesn't show his opinion.
B. He doesn't agree at all.
C. He supports unconditionally.
D. He supports and makes some suggestions.
D
Narasimha Das is on his way to feed 169,379 hungry children. Das is in charge of a kitchen in Vrindaban. The town is about a three-hour drive fromIndia’s capital,New Delhi. Das gets to work at 3:00 a.m. Thirty workers are already working to make tens of thousands of rounds of bread. It will be brought to 1,516 schools in and around Vrindaban.
A Growing Problem
Going to school is difficult for more than 13 million children inIndia. They must go to work instead, or go hungry. That’s whyIndiabegan the Mid-Day Meal Scheme, the largest school-lunch program in the world. A free lunch encourages children to come to school and gives them the energy they need for learning. The program began in the 1960s.
The kitchen in Vrindaban is run by the Akshaya Patra Foundation. It is one of the lunch program’s biggest partners. “Just $11.50 can feed one child for an entire year,” said Madhu Sridhar, president of the Akshaya Patra Foundation.
Lunch Is Served!
The Akshaya Patra food truck arrives atGopalgarhPrimary School. Since the program started, the number of underweight children has gone down. The children get foods they need — as long as they finish what’s on their plates.
12. What does Narasimha Das do？
A. A waiter.
B. A salesman.
C. A cook.
D. A shopkeeper.
13. The kitchen in Vrindaban supplies food to ________.
A. the poor
B. school children
C. college students
D. the old
14. Why is it difficult for children to go to school inIndia?
A. Because they have to work to make money.
B. Because there are not enough schools.
C. Because there are not enough teachers.
D. Because their parents refuse to send them to school.
15. Which of the following about the Mid-Day Meal Scheme is NOT true?
A. It is to encourage children to go to school.
B. It has been carried out for about 50 years.
C. It is run by Narasimha Das.
D. It is the largest school-lunch program in the world.
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
Ways to Improve Yourself by 1% Each Day
Many people treat “life” as something that happens to them. They are the victim.____16____And then there are those who are clear on their goals. When something goes wrong, they are the first to admit where they went wrong. How can you live a life by design instead of by default?
Set goals and actually achieve them
____17____“New Year’s Resolutions” are the worst (or best) example of this. It’s easy to set goals, but very few people follow through with them to the end. People who live by design practice the habit of setting goals and actually achieving them. This constant practice is what allows them to set bigger and bigger goals and see them through to completion.
Surround yourself with people you want to be like
Choose your friends carefully. As they say, “____18____” Make sure that the individuals who occupy your life and time share your values. Ideally, these people should even be a little bit ahead of you, forcing you to stretch and continue to grow in the direction you’d like to go.
Don’t be afraid to go your own way
When you go your own way, everyone will tell you that you're wrong at first. Everyone will point and share their opinion and then somewhere down the line, they will all come back around.____19____And they will ask you how you did it.
Practice discipline
In order for you to get to where you know you can go, you have to say “no” a hundred times more than you say the word “yes”.____20____And the only way to do so is to have a strong sense of self-awareness and discipline.
A. Everybody sets goals.
B. They create the life they want to live.
C. Some people just don’t know when to quit.
D. Theywill see the life you’ve built for yourself.
E. You must be faithful to yourself and your goal.
F. When things go wrong, it’s someone else’s fault.
G. You are a reflection of those who you spend the most time with.
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It impressed me a lot. I never thought that little help would___21___out to be the most satisfying thing I have ever done. He was tired, and___22___to climb further. With a broad___23___, he asked if I could help him with some money. He was paralyzed in both legs and was___24___funds for some operation. He said that if operated successfully, he could___25___training guaranteeing him a job. I was full of___26___and even asked him to show his legs. I gave him the___27___money. After a few days, he again came at my doorstep asking for more money for accommodation. This time I was more or less___28___he is not cheating me. I gave him some and said this is all I had.
A year went by and I had moved to a(n)___29___place. One fine day I got a call from an unknown number. The caller called out his name but I didn’t___30___him. Then he said he is the very paralyzed person I helped a year ago.
I asked him how he is doing. He said, “ What, sir? Do you recognize me not by my name but by my___31___state? ”
Then he went on saying, “With your kind help I am now able to___32___on my legs without support. I was operated___33___. I am married to a beautiful lady and have a stable___34___.”
I don’t___35___remember if I gave him my phone number.___36___, what he said next was touching. He said he wanted to return my money so that I didn’t feel cheated and continued to help people___37___in the future. I don’t know whether he read my facial expression the day I helped him but tears were___38___down my face. That day I promised him I will continue to help people as i see a(n)___39___—small or big.___40___that changed my life.
21. A. send B. bring C. turn D. break
22. A. playing B. substituting C. struggling D. walking
23. A. look B. whisper C. view D. smile
24. A. raising B. finding C. seeking D. earning
25. A. pretend B. attend C. intend D. tend
26. A. doubts B. minds C. worries D. depression
27. A. remaining B. left C. hiding D. forgotten
28. A. informed B. outspoken C. convinced D. prepared
29. A. bad B. old C. systematic D. new
30. A. remind B. recognize C. replace D. repeat
31. A. disabled B. messed C. excited D. stressed
32. A. live B. stand C. focus D. base
33. A. surprisingly B. successfully C. hopefully D. naturally
34. A. reason B. promise C. character D. job
35. A. also B. even C. already D. only
36. A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. However D. Meanwhile
37. A. in favor B. in place C. in advance D. in need
38. A. running B. putting C. bringing D. pulling
39. A. behavior B. case C. accident D. opportunity
40. A. Strangely B. Truly C. Generally D. Originally
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
Many of van Gogh’s paintings were inspired by warm, yellow sunlight because he loved how it could light up the world in different ways. His paintingSunflowers, for example,____41.____(fill) with vivid yellows and browns. These color1 s give____42.____painting a feeling of warmth and well-being.____43.____, the sunflowers are actually dead and dying.
The result is a painting that combines the warmth of life that van Gogh loved with the feelings of sadness that were all around him. It is a painting that is warm, beautiful and sad, all at the same time.
Van Gogh’s most famous painting,The Starry Night, takes this____44.____(mix) of joy and sadness one step further. It is a landscape full of deep blues and shadows____45.____represent the sadness van Gogh was feeling as he____46.____(paint), rather than what he was actually seeing.
This is why van Gogh’s____47.____(image) in his painting look more imagined____48.____real. The stars and moon inThe Starry Nightare____49.____(unusual) bright, their light swirling (旋动) above the darkening hills. A tree that looks like black fire cuts through the view of the night,_____50._____(interrupt) its beauty.
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。

My classmates and I was to graduate the next month. We were determined to do something. Before a heated discussion, we decided on making a video to record our experiences at school.
It took us a whole week to collect materials, during that time we interviewed our teachers and took photo of every aspect of school life. The editing part was not easily. We discussed what to put it into the video. Although we had difficulty in do this, the video turned out perfect. Several days late, when the video was played at the graduation ceremony, it was well received. The teachers and students share a great time. That surely gave us sense of achievement.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写阿段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

At first glance she looked like any other old woman, plodding along in the snow ,alone,neglected,head bowed.
A young couple, smiling,taking,laughing, arms loaded with Christmas presents,took no notice of the old woman.
A mother with two small children hurried by, on their way to grandmother’s house. Like many others, they took no notice,either. If these people had noticed,they would have seen that the old woman wore no shoes. She walked bare foot in the ice and snow.
With both hands the old woman gathered her worn button-less overcoat at the collar to keep out the wind. She stopped and stood bent and bowed at the bus stop.A red and blue scarf covering her head, she waited for the downtown bus.
A gentleman carrying an Important looking briefcase waited near her,not too closely.After all,she could have something contagious (传染的）. A teenage girl also waited for the bus,She glanced repeatedly at the old woman's feet, but said nothing.
The bus arrived and the old woman slowly, painfully boarded.She sat on the sideways sent Just behind the driver.The gentleman and the teenage girl hurried to the back of the bus.A little boy pointed at the old
woman,"Look,Mother,that old lady is bare foot."The embarrassed mother slapped his hand down. "Don't point at people, Andrew. I's not polite to point." She looked out of the window.
＂She must have sons or daughters," a lady in a fur coat suggested, “her children should be ashamed of themselves." She felt morally superior,because she took good care of her mother.
A man seated near the middle of the bus steadied the bag of gifts on her lap. "Don't we pay enough taxes to handle situations like this?" he said to a friend seated beside him.
“People have to learn to save their money," a well-dressed young college man added. “If that old woman had saved when she was young, she wouldn't be suffering now. It's her own fault."
And all these vain(虚荣的）people beamed with satisfaction that they had all given such deep analysis,totally ignoring the old woman who badly needed a pair of shoes immediately.
注意：续写词数应为150左右
A vain businessman felt offended by those talking without acting and reached into his wallet.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________
At the next stop.a young man wearing expensive.new.brand-name shoes boarded the bus,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________
参考答案
1. C
2. A
3. C
4. D
5. B
6. D
7. C
8. D 9. C 10. B 11. D
12. C 13. D 14. A 15. B
16. F 17. A 18. G 19. D 20. E
21. C 22. C 23. D 24. A 25. B 26. A 27. A 28. C 29. D 30. B 31. A 32.
B 33. B 34. D 35. B 36.
C 37.
D 38. A 39. D 40. B
41. is filled
42. the/his
43. However
44. mixture
45. which/that
46. was painting
47. images 48. than
49. unusually
50. interrupting
51.(1).was→were
(2).Before→After
(3).that→which
(4).photo→photos
(5).easily→easy
(6).去掉it
(7).do→doing
(8).late→later
(9).share→shared
(10).sense前加a 52.略。