2020届随州一中高三英语上学期期中试卷及参考答案

2020届随州一中高三英语上学期期中试卷及参考答案
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
These wonderful NYC attractions offer pay — what — you — wish days, free entry hours/days and other great stuff for local families.
Staten IslandZoo
There are plenty of creatures who call NYC home—the Staten Island Zoo is one of them. Once you’ve finished learning about the wildlife in the animal nursery, reptile (爬行动物) side rooms, horse barn and other areas of the attraction, make sure to mark your schedule for fun seasonal happenings, such as the Easter Egg Games and the scary, crazy Halloween Shows.
Entry on Wednesdays is by suggested donation; children aged two and under free.
Children’s Museum of the Arts
The Children’s Museum of the Arts welcomes 135,000 little visitors each year through its doors. Once inside, the whole family can enjoy interactive programs, exhibitions (展览) and events that celebrate the changed power of the arts on youngsters and grown-ups alike.
Pay-as-you-wish Thursdays, 3-6 p. m.
Wave Hill
Everyone needs a few hours of calm now and then-kids included-and you’d be hard- pressed to find a more peaceful spot within city limits than Wave Hill the broad grounds located above the river, covering 28 acres of public gardens, plus woodlands and grasses to wander. Jump in on nature walks, story times and family art projects often led by local artists and free with general admission.
Pay — as — you — wish Tuesdays and Saturdays,9 a. m — noon.
New York Hall of Science
Naturally, kids love it when the New York Hall of Science pleases them with neat exhibits and fun hands-on activities. The museum’s playground is themost attractivetochildren A tube slide (管道滑梯) will give little ones the knowledge on science topics, while the climbing area mirrors a giant spider web. There are also wind pipes, metal drums, sand- boxes and much more. What better way to make the mostout of science?
Free entry Sep-Jun on Fridays, 2 — 5 p. m，and Sundays, 10 —11 a. m.
1. What can children do in Staten Island Zoo?
A. Feed injured animals.
B. Join in seasonal activities.
C. Build a home for creatures.
D. Deal with the donations to the zoo.
2. What do Children’s Museum of the Arts and Wave Hill have in common?
A. They both have peaceful spots.
B. They both are located by a river.
C. They both have public gardens.
D. They both have activities about arts.
3. Which place can be free of charge for all?
A. Wave Hill.
B.Staten IslandZoo.
C. New York Hall of Science.
D. Children’s Museum of the Arts.
B
Humans have found an easy way to tell if others are lying. Recent research shows that the best way so far is being clever at how you ask questions and listen to the answers.
Much of this research is based on the idea that telling a lie is simply harder mental work than telling the truth. Making up a story takes more effort than simply recording something that happened. And like a writer, a liar has to keep all the unreal details in his memory and sound believable when he explains them.
One method that seems to work is asking them to tell their story in reverse order. This is harder when the story isn't true and makes it easier for you to tell they are lying. An even more basic way that helps is to just ask more questions, especially unexpected ones. Truth-tellers can easily find more to say, but it's a challenge for a liar to come up with something that's not in his prepared story.
Researchers suggest that you shouldn't lay all your cards on the table at the start, but only gradually present what proof you have. The liars' stories may not agree with that proof, making it clear that they're lying.
So it looks like there are ways to increase the chances of catching a liar; we've just been basing our methods on the wrong stories. Low-tech ways of causing people to make mistakes in conversation seem to work better than any science about eye movement or machines used to recognize a liar. To find a liar, watch less and listen more.
4. Why does the author mention the writer?
A. To show it's hard to make up lies.
B. To show it's hard to recognise a liar.
C. To show writers know liars best.
D. To show writers are very clever.
5. What do we know about liars?
A. They often have much to say.
B. They often ask many questions.
C. They usually prepare a made-up story.
D. They usually feel good about themselves.
6. What advice is given to help people catch liars?
A. Asking them to set their stories down.
B. Presenting your proof one by one.
C. Telling different stories to them.
D. Letting them ask questions.
7. Which can be the best title for the text?
A. Why People Lie
B. How to Stop People Lying
C. Low-tech Ways to Find a Liar
D. LiarsAre Smarter than Thought
C
I don’t want to talk about being a woman scientistagain. There was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what it’s like to work in a field dominated (controlled) by men. I was never very good at telling those stories because truthfully I never found them interesting. What I do find interesting is the origin of the universe, the shape of space, time and the nature of black holes.
At 19, when I began studying astrophysics (天体物理学), it did not bother me in the least to be the only woman in the classroom. But while earning my Ph.D. at MIT and then as a post-doctor doing space research, the issue started to bother me. My every achievement — jobs, research papers, awards — was viewed through the lens (镜片) of gender (性别) politics. So were my failures. Sometimes, when I was pushed into an argument on left brain versus (相对于) right brain, or nature versus nurture (培育), I would instantly fight fiercely on my behalf and all womankind.
Then one day a few years ago, out of my mouth came a sentence that would eventually become my reply to any and all provocations (挑衅): I don’t talk about that anymore. It took me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realize that I didn’t want to deal with gender issues. Why should curing sexism be yet another terrible burden on every female scientist? After all, I don’t study sociology or political theory.
Today I research and teach at Barnard, a women’s college in New York City. Recently, someone asked me how many of the 45 students in my class were women. You cannot imagine my satisfaction at being able to answer, 45.
I know some of my students worry how they will manage their scientific research and a desire for children. And I
don’t dismiss those concerns. Still, I don’t tell them “war” stories. Instead, I have given them this: the visual of their physics professor heavily pregnant doing physics experiments. And in turn they have given me the image of 45 women driven by a love of science. And that’s a sight worth talking about.
8. Why doesn’t the author want to talk about being a woman scientist again?
A. She is fed up with the issue of gender discrimination (歧视).
B. She feels unhappy working in male-dominated fields.
C. She is not good at telling stories of the kind.
D. She finds space research more important.
9. From Paragraph 2, we can infer that people would attribute (把……归因于) the author’s failures to ________.
A. the burden she bears in a male-dominated society
B. her involvement in gender politics
C. her over-confidence as a female astrophysicist
D. the very fact that she is a woman
10. What did the author constantly fight against while doing her Ph.D. and post-doctoral research?
A. Lack of confidence in succeeding in space science.
B. Unfair accusations from both inside and outside her circle.
C. People’s fixed attitude toward female scientists.
D. Widespread misconceptions about nature and nurtured.
11. What does the image the author presents to her students suggest?
A. Women students needn’t have the concerns of her generation.
B. Women can balance a career in science and having a family.
C. Women have more barriers on their way to academic success.
D. Women now have fewer problems pursuing a science career.
D
Nowadays medical technology seems to be advanced enough for doctors to perform brain transplants (移植). Though this procedure (程序) has only been successfully performed on animals so far, doctors are still hopingto perform this procedure on humans. However, in my opinion, brain transplants should not be performed at all, especially not on humans because of the large number of problems and side effects that could come along with. Hopefully these dangerous side effects will convince doctors not to perform this procedure on humans.
Despite many benefits technology brings. I do not think this medical technology of brain transplants will help.
We were all born with one brain and through childhood to adults our mind developed into who we are, so if with a different brain we would no longer be unique. A person with a different brain would seem to be a total stranger and in many ways they would be. No one should steal our identity from us, even if we are seriously injured, and change it to a completely new one. Also for the people who have died with healthy brains, that was their identity and it should not be given to anyone else.
Another problem with brain transplants is how doctors can choose what are “healthy” or “normal” brains. An elderly person who has died would have an aged brain that would not be as efficient as younger person’s brain. Then would doctors have to find healthy brains of the same age as the person who needs it? This could also bring up other factors such as intelligence, sex, or physical problems that a person might have had before death. Also another problem might be how long a brain can be kept “alive” after death and how it can be kept “alive” without damage.
Overall. my feelings about this operation are that it should not be done on humans until doctors have overcome all the problems and challenges that stand in their way of making human brain transplants successful.
12. Why does the author think brain transplants should not be performed at all?
A. The cost of the operation is extremely high.
B. Doctors are not able to perform brain transplants.
C. A good many problems and side effects may arise.
D. This procedure has only been successful on animals
13. What is the second paragraph mainly about?
A. People shouldn’t give their healthy brains to others.
B. Having a brain transplant means losing one’s identity.
C. Transplanting brains is changing old brains into new ones.
D. Having brain transplants indicates stealing identity from others.
14. What is the writers’ attitude towards brain transplants an humans?
A. indifferent
B. favorable
C. disapproving
D. objective
15. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
A. To encourage brain donation.
B. To stress the importance of brain operation.
C. Toargue against brain transplants on humans.
D. To introduce the technology of brain transplants.
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Starting high school means changes in your life. Most teenagers look forward to the first day of high school, but still feel a little bit nervous.____16____
Learn all that you can about your first day before the first school day. Take part in some activities that are held at the school for new students to know the school better. If parents are invited to the activities, take yours with you. Carefully look over all the materials (材料) you receive.____17____
____18____Buy the things suggested on your teachers’ supply lists and place your materials for each class separately.
Keep pace with your high school workload (工作量). If you find you’re not doing well in a subject, make use ofafter-school study groups or ask your teacher to help you with your schoolwork.____19____ There are more after-class activities in high school than in middle school, such as clubs, music and theatre groups, the students’ union, and sports teams. Make friends and take part in such school activities.____20____Ask someone in the school office about chances to take part in school activities if you don’t know how. This is a good time to do what you like and a chance to try new things. Who said school has to be all work and no play?
A. There is no useful information.
B. Get the things you will need for class.
C. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
D Make sure of the location of the school’s buildings.
E. Consider private lessons to get you through a difficult time.
F. Join a club or other organizations to meet people and develop friendship.
G. In order to make your high school life easier, you can follow these tips.
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
完形填空(共20小题；每小题21.5分，满分30分)
Jenna had graduated from her middle school and was lucky enough to be admitted toWestwoodCollege. She was ready for new ___21___at the college and filled with confidence. ___22___, she didn’t expect it that college life was quite ___23___. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts for cheerleaders. She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be ___24___for her to be selected. Two hours later, the ___25___read a list
of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart ___26___as the list ended without her name. Feeling ___27___, she walked back to her dormitory carrying her schoolbag full of homework.
Arriving at the dormitory, she started with ___28___. She had always been a good math student, but now she was ___29___. She moved on to English and history, and was ___30___to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to ___31___math for the time being.
The next day Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school___32___. Mrs. Biden wasn’t as enthusiastic as Jenna. "I’m sorry, ___33___we have enough ___34___for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then." Jenna smiled ___35___and left. "Why is college so different?" she sighed.
Later in math class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much ___36___. By the end of the class, she understood how to get them right. As she gathered her books, Jenna decided she’d ___37___to try to fit in with her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d ___38___, but she knew she had to try. College was just as her mom had said, "You will feel like a small fish in a big pond ___39___a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the ___40___fish you can be."
22. A. decisions B. challenges C. problems D. exercises
23. A. However B. Therefore C. Besides D. Otherwise
24. A. normal B. necessary C. different D. desperate
25. A. simple B. troublesome C. certain D. difficult
26. A. editor B. judge C. boss D. candidate
27. A. stopped B. jumped C. sank D. changed
28. A. awful B. lonely C. happy D. strange
29. A. English B. history C. science D. math
30. A. working B. struggling C. complaining D. improving
31. A. bothered B. ashamed C. pleased D. shocked
32. A. show up B. make for C. give up D. prepare for
33. A. committee B. team C. newspaper D. radio
34. A. and B. so C. or D. but
35. A. writers B. players C. speakers D. readers
36. A. brightly B. weakly C. widely D. happily
37. A. courage B. lack C. hope D. sorrow
38. A. hesitate B. refuse C. continue D. attempt
39. A. succeed B. complete C. agree D. accompany
40. A. in the hope of B. in honor of C. in case of D. instead of
41. A. tallest B. best C. hardest D. gentlest
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 novel coronavirus (新型冠状病毒), now officially___41.___(name) COVID-19, is a new illness and scientists are still studying the best ways to control it. Defeating COVID-19,___42.___, is not only the job of scientists and doctors. People have an important role to play in the battle. The best way to help prevent the virus spreading is by protecting___43.___(you) and staying healthy.
Scientists are now sure that COVID-19 is passed between people through coughing and sneezing. The virus,___44.___travels through the air, can be breathed in by people nearby. It may also land___45.___surfaces such as tables and chairs. If these surfaces___46.___(touch), the virus may be on your hands. Touching your eyes or mouth without washing hands can let the virus enter your body.
___47.___(protect) yourself and others, wear a mask at all times when out in public. This stops healthy people from breathing in COVID-19 and___48.___(take) the amount of the virus ill people send into the air. Most importantly, wash your hands carefully and frequently, especially when you are outside your home. COVID-19 is undoubtedly___49.___serious social problem, but if we all behave____50.____(responsible), it is one that we can overcome.
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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧）,并在其下面写出该加词。

删除：把多余词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，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。

Last summer, my friend and I went to his hometown in bus to spend the vacation. It was a seaside village, one of the more popular tourist attractions in the area. When we arrived there, I deeply impressed by its beauty. In the morning, we got up early and took a walk on the beach, which a lot of tourists were taking photo. In the afternoon, we often go swimming and played the volleyball with some local kids. In the evening, we always sat on the softly
sand, watching waves coming and going. It was quite a relaxed holiday. We enjoyed us very much.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，你的好友Jack听闻你校即将举办70周年校庆（anniversary），他对此很感兴趣。

请给他回信，告诉他活动的相关事宜，内容包括：
1.活动时间、地点；
2.活动内容（精彩的文艺表演等）；
3.欢迎届时来观看演出。

注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节。

参考答案
1. B
2. D
3. C
4. A
5. C
6. B
7. C
8. A 9. D 10. C 11. B
12. C 13. B 14. C 15. C
16. G 17. D 18. B 19. E 20. F
21. B 22. A 23. C 24. D 25. B 26. C 27. A 28. D 29. B 30. C 31. D 32.
C 33.
D 34. A 35. B 36. D 37. C 38. A 39. D 40. B
41. named
42. however
43. yourself
44. which 45. on
46. are touched
47. To protect
48. taking 49. a/one
50. responsibly
51.(1).in→by
(2).more→most
(3).在impressed前加was
(4).which→where
(5).photo→photos
(6).go→went
(7).去掉volleyball前的the
(8).softly→soft
(9).relaxed→relaxing
(10).us→ourselves 52.略。