2020-2021学年龙海第一中学高三英语期中考试试卷及参考答案

2020-2021学年龙海第一中学高三英语期中考试试卷及参考答案
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
Don’t know where to enjoy yourself? Here are some choices for you.
Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park
PopUp Picnics in the park return for the fourth summer in a row, taking place on Thursdays. Take a break to enjoy tacos (墨西哥玉米薄饼卷). Prices changefrom $ 2 to $ 10. Cash only.
144 School Street June 13-August 15 Start at 11:30 am and end at 1:30 pm
The Crow’s Nest
Each summer on Thursday evenings the Crow’s Nest offers its Summer Beach Party series on the beach. The party starts at 5:30 pm each week and goes until sunset. Families are welcome, and there is no entrance fee. After the sun sets, the fun begins with dancing to the best live music of local bands.
2218 East Cliff Drive May 30-August 29 Start at 5:30 pm and end at 8:30 pm
Bargetto Winery
Join us for a beautiful weekend of art and wine. Bargetto Winery will be hosting their yearly gathering of artists and foodies（美食家）at their amazing Soquel winery. No entrance fee. Wine tasting with purchase of $ 15 festival glass. 3535 North Main Street
July 20 - July 21 Start at 11:00 am and end at 5:00 pm
Chaminade Resort & Spa
Chef Page takes guests on a journey showing the area rich fruits, vegetables, and meats. Dinner begins at 6:30 pm with a five-course menu and good wines. Seating booked is not a choice, as all guests are seated at large, connecting, beautifully set tables designed to invite open conversations among guests. Ticket price: $ 90 per person. Tickets can be gotten online.
Chaminade Lane July 26 Start at 6:00 pm and end at 9:00 pm
1. What can we know about PopUp Picnics in the park?
A. It lasts two days.
B. It is held on Thursdays.
C. It has been held twice.
D. It can be paid in credit card.
2. What can people do in the Crow’s Nest?
A. Enjoy tacos.
B. Talk with artists and foodies.
C. Watch the sunrise on the beach.
D. Watch the performance of the bands.
3. Which activity can be booked on the Internet?
A. The Crow's Nest.
B. Bargetto Winery.
C. Chaminade Resort & Spa.
D. Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park.
B
Guangzhououtbreak linked to strains inIndia
The gene sequencing of the COVID-19 outbreak inGuangzhou.Guangdongprovince, indicates it is very similar in structure to the mutatedstrains detected inIndia, a senior health official from the city said on Sunday.
“And it has the characteristic of quick spread.” Chen Bin, deputy director of the city's health commission, said at a news conference inGuangzhouon Sunday.
She urged relevant departments and medical staff to act quickly to block the chain of infection and control the spread of the coronavirus in the southern metropolis.
Zhang Zhoubin, deputy director of theGuangzhoucenter for disease control and prevention, said the strain of coronavirus spreads easily.
“The virus can be spread through a meal or through a short period of indirect contact,” he said.
The city reported five confirmed eases and 21 asymptomatic carriers as of 2 pm Sunday after the first con finned case was detected in the city's Liwan district on May 21, Chen said.
To prevent the virus from spreading, the city government tightened its disease control and prevention measures over the weekend. Six communities and housing estates previously designated as low-risk areas were raised to medium-risk ones, Chen said.
In addition to asking local residents to get vaccinated, the city has organized nucleic acid testing in Haizhu and Yuexiu districts starting from Sunday. Residents in specific areas of Tianhe, Baiyun and Panyu districts have also been required to take nucleic acid tests to expand the screening of suspected patients and asymptomatic carriers.
Liwan previously required all its residents to take nucleic acid tests.
As of Saturday, more than 2-25 million residents of the city have had samples collected for nucleic acid tests, Chen said. More than 10,000 medical workers from the entire city have been sent to Liwan to help vaccinate locals against COVID-19 and collect samples for nucleic acid testing.
Deng Wenjun, director of circulation section with Guangzhou Supply and Marketing Cooperative, said there are sufficient supplies of food and daily necessities in the medium-risk areas.
4. What is the characteristic of the COVID-19 which broke out inGuangzhou?
A. It disappears quickly.
B. It spreads fast.
C. It has a lot to do with temperature.
D. It has the same nature as the seasonal flu.
5. Which district have residents who have not been required to take nucleic acid tests?
A. Tianhe.
B. Haizhu.
C. Panyu.
D. Zengcheng.
6. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. The virus can hardly be spread through a short period of indirect contact.
B. There are 21 symptomatic carriers in the Liwan district as of 2 pm Sunday.
C. All the people living in Liwan district arc previously asked to take nucleic acid tests.
D. Supplies of food and daily necessities in the medium-risk areas arc still not enough.
7. Where can you probably find this article?
A. On a news website.
B. In a fashion magazine.
C. In a history book.
D. In a travel journal.
C
Someday soon an emoji (表情符号)might really save lives.
Hiroyuki Komatsu is a Google engineer who suggested adding a series of new emojis to the standard emoji library. It could help those with food allergies (过敏)understand what they are eating anywhere inthe world. Emojis should cover characters representing major food causing allergies. They make people understand what are used in foods even in foreign countries and safely select meals.
Emojis are universal because they are chosen and developed by the Unicode Consortium, a non-profit company that oversees, develops and maintains how text is represented. This is in regards to all software products and standards. It's thanks to the Unicode Standard that when you text a friend six pizza emojis, they’ll see those six pizza pieces on their phone. This is true regardless of whether they use an iPhone or an Android.
Because emojis are everywhere and visual(视觉的),they could be helpful for restaurants and food packaging designers. They can communicate whether a product is made with common causing-allergy food. But as Komatsu’s advice argues, many of the most common causing-allergy foods are missing or poorly represented by the present emoji library. For example, there is an emoji for octopus, but nothing for squid. There is a loaf of bread that could symbolize grain, but a picture of wheat could be clearer. The emojis can be more direct when symbolizing foods.
It’s not uncommon for the Unicode Consortium to add new emojis to the library: several food-related emojis were put into use last June, including some long-waited food emojis. Apple included support for multiracial emojis
in a recent iOS update. An artist even recreated Moby-Dick in emoji characters. Some might be sorry for the continuing death of the written word if Komatsu’s suggestion is accepted, but look on the bright side: if you ever see that happy poop on a box, you’ll know to stay away.
8. How will emojis save lives according to the text?
A. By showing what the food contains visually.
B. By telling the safest places in the world.
C. By teaching people how to treat allergies.
D. By adding standard emojis about safety.
9. What does paragraph 3 mainly tell us?
A. Emojis have the same meanings around the world.
B. The Unicode Consortium is a non-profit company.
C. What emojis represent is different in different places.
D. Different mobile operating systems have different emojis.
10. What can be the reason for Komatsu’s advice?
A. Emojis are easy to mix up.
B. Present emojis are not enough.
C. Emojis can't interest most users.
D. Emojis can't represent foods directly.
11. What is the author’s attitude to Komatsu's suggestion?
A. Doubtful.
B. Worried.
C. Supportive.
D. Uninterested.
D
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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. What effect would “Truckload of Plastic” have on viewers?
A. Calming.
B. Disturbing.
C. Refreshing.
D. Challenging.
15. 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
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
A great life doesn’t happen by accident. A great life is the result of allocating (分配) your time, energy and hard work towards what you want your life to be. Stop setting yourself up for stress and failure.____16____Make the following secrets fit your own needs and style, and start creating your own great life today!
A great life is the result of simplifying your life. People often misunderstand what simplify means.____17____Instead, it’s a way to free up your energy and time for the work that you enjoy and the
purpose for which you are here. In order to create a great life, you will have to make room for it first.
A great life is the result of removing distractions(分心之事). Up to 75% of your mental energy can be used in things that are not important but distracting you. Look around at someone’s life you admire. What do they do that you would like to adopt in your own life? Ask them how they did it.____18____
A great life is the result of your adjustments.____19____It may mean thinking about again how you spend your time, or choosing to spend your money in a different way. It may mean looking for new ways to spend your energy that agree with your particular definition of a great life.
____20____There’s the old saying everyone’s familiar with “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”. In order to even move from the couch to the refrigerator, you have to start. There’s no better time to start than today. It’s what you do TODAY that will make a difference in your life tomorrow.
A.A great life is the result of starting.
B.Start setting up your life to support success and ease.
C.A great life is the result of having intention.
D.So it requires that you should make some changes.
E.It’s not a way to remove work from your life.
F.It’s easy to spend your days on whatever gets your attention.
G.Then you will find ways to free up your mental energy for more important things.
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In American culture, you may find some very sensitive topics that require you to think again before you put them forward. They are as follows:
Age. It is a very sensitive___21___to many Americans. In this culture, the thought of growing older is a painful one and most of us, if___22___, would like to have nothing to do with it. So many Americans work hard to___23___a youthful appearance. The last thing they want to be asked is the unthinkable, “How old are you exactly?”
This question may result in a(an)___24___like: “How old do you think I am?” Anyhow, if you are___25___to know someone’s age, first you estimate（估计）their age by their___26___. Then you take ten years away from that estimation. With a big___27___, that person will probably say, “Thanks, but I am a few years older than that.”
Weight. This is one of the most sensitive subjects. InAmerica, it is ___28___to be thin but it is a huge___29___to be overweight. In any American fashion magazines, you’ll notice most are nothing more than
skin and bones.
Income. You should never ever ask how___30___someone’s___31___is. However, it’s perfectly ___32___to ask about their job title and what they do for a living. This information should give you some idea.
Matters of the Heart. This is a tricky（难处理的）one. Some people cannot wait to___33___their hearts out to you. Then there are those who make sure their___34___business stays behind closed doors. The general___35___is not to get too personal. You don’t want others to think that you are___36___their lives.___37___, try not to ask too many questions until you have a(an)___38___with this person.
Anyhow, it's difficult to always___39___an embarrassing conversation. So, be sensible,___40___your mouth and try not to open a can of worms（虫子）.
21. A. solution B. subject C. access D. approach
22. A. not B. possible C. ever D. necessary
23. A. make B. change C. decorate D. keep
24. A. reply B. consequence C. description D. explanation
25. A. likely B. eager C. afraid D. nervous
26. A. dress B. skin C. appearance D. accent
27. A. smile B. surprise C. prize D. gift
28. A. easy B. terrible C. desirable D. absurd
29. A. accident B. event C. excitement D. embarrassment
30. A. many B. much C. littie D. few
31. A. salary B. height C. weight D. age
32. A. awesome B. suitable C. foolish D. typical
33. A. pour B. cut C. mark D. test
34. A. rich B. foreign C. personal D. public
35. A. aspect B. rule C. idea D. concept
36. A. referring to B. contributing to C. looking into D. changing into
37. A. Somehow B. Besides C. Indeed D. However
38. A. appointment B. quarrel C. discussion D. friendship
39. A. avoid B. begin C. produce D. stop
40. A. ignore B. take C. watch D. notice
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
We all love to take photographs. it is a simple way to capture (捕捉) a special moment or_____41._____amazing view. Traditional cameras_____42._____(use)to take pictures in the past decades. But the biggest change has come___43.___the development of digital technology. Now we have the smartphone_____44._____has made taking photos 60____45.____(quick)and easier. It's enabled us to take a photo and review it instantly, to handle it using software and to share it like never before-___46.___(particular)on social media.
Does that mean the traditional camera will eventually become out-of-date?___47.___(figure)from Japan show shipments (运送) of digital cameras from companies like Canon and Nikon have dropped 39% year on year. But Phil Hall, editor of TechRadar, thinks there's nothing____48.____(worry)about because producers are looking at higher-end cameras.
Certainly, the____49.____(grow)of smartphones opens our eyes to the creative possibilities they provide. But whatever camera viewfinder (取景器) we end up_____50._____(look)through, it is important to remember the basics of photography and get your subject to say “cheese!”
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。

错误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。

I’ve been playing volleyball since three years before. It started when a teacher set up volleyball club in our school, hope that more students would join in the sport. The club was very popular that many students signed up for it. To be honestly, at that time I just followed them without thinking. We practiced together on every Saturday morning. However, some of the students soon began to get boring and dropped out of the club. So I found I was quite enjoying it and I carry on. After training for some time, I was selected for the school team. What excited and proud I was!
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，你校英文报将征集抗疫英雄事迹的稿件，请你写一篇关于武汉市金银潭医院院长——
张定宇的短文，内容包括：
1.患有渐冻症；疫情期间，日夜坚守，果断决策；
2.2020年9月8日，被授予“人民英雄”国家荣誉称号；
3.体现了意志坚强，勇担重任的精神。

参考词汇：ALS渐冻症COVID-19 pandemic新冠疫情the national honorary title国家荣誉称号
注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

A Hero
Zhang Dingyu is president of the Jinyintan Hospital in Wuhan.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________
参考答案
1. B
2. D
3. C
4. B
5. D
6. C
7. A
8. A 9. A 10. B 11. C
12. C 13. A 14. B 15. D
16. B 17. E 18. G 19. D 20. A
21. B 22. B 23. D 24. A 25. B 26. C 27. A 28. C 29. D 30. B 31. A 32.
B 33. A 34.
C 35. B 36. C 37. B 38.
D 39. A 40. C
41. an 42. have been used
43. with 44. which/that
45. quicker
46. particularly
47. Figures
48. to worry
49. growth 50. looking
51.(1).ago→before
(2).volleyball前加a
(3).hope→hoping
(4).very→so
(5).honestly→honest
(6).去掉together后的on
(7).boring→bored
(8).So→But
(9).carry→carried
(10).What→How
52.略。