2020届南安市实验中学高三英语上学期期中试题及答案解析

2020届南安市实验中学高三英语上学期期中试题及答案解析
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
Located inLos Angeles,UniversityofSouthern Californiais in the heart of a leading city. Although LA ranks highly in The Economist’s Safe Cities Index, navigating and city calls for certain safety precautions (预防措施) along with practicing common sense.
♦Mobile Safety App Powered by LiveSafe
The Mobile Safety App powered by LiveSafe, manage by the USC Department of Public Safety and the USC Department of Emergency Planning, is a free downloadable app that mobile users can use to initiate contact with emergency responders around the campus. Features include: immediate “push button” calls to DPS, easy reporting for suspicious activity or crimes in progress, and location services to notify friends of your route through campus.
♦Blue Light Phone Locations
TheUniversity Parkhas multiple blue light phones that are strategically placed throughout campus. Take note of where the closest ones are on your route. They come in handy in case you lose your phone or in an emergency. These phones are directly connected to USC’s Department of Public Safety’s 24-hour communications center. Besides emergency needs, it can also be used to report suspicious activity, request for an escort (护送) if you feel unsafe and to report a crime.
♦Trojans Alert
Trojans Alert is an emergency notification system that allows university officials to contact you during an emergency by sending messages via text message or email. When an emergency occurs, authorized USC senders will instantly notify you with real-time updates, instructions on where to go, what to do (or what not to do), whom to contact and other important information. All members of the USC community, as well as parents and regular visitors to campus, are strongly encouraged to sign up for Trojans Alert.
1. What do blue light phones do for students?
A. Guide students through campus.
B. Alert students to crime activities.
C. Light up the way if students feel unsafe.
D. Connect them with the safety department.
2. How does USC send out instructions during an emergency?
A. With blue light phones.
B. Via text message or email.
C. Through mobile safe app.
D. By calling all USC members.
3. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To encourage students to fight crime.
B. To introduce USC’s safety department.
C. To provide safety services for USC students.
D. To inform parents of safety risks on campus.
B
Spain's tourism industry is looking to Chinese tourists for its high-endmarket, according to Rafael Cascales, president of the Spain-China Tourism Association (ATEC). “It is the kind of tourism that is not only interested in the sun, beach and the “all-included” culture. They enjoy culture, wine, history and nature, and the new Chinese tourists would also want to spend more money in Spain," said Cascales in a recent interview with Xinhua.
“They are younger, more women travel and they are more cosmopolitan (见多识广的).They also travel on their own or in couples or in smaller groups. The old-fashioned large groups of visitors have not disappeared, but this new form of traveling is becoming more important,55he said.
Speaking of the consumption pattern of the new kind of Chinese tourists, Cascales said, “The money they spend is distributed better because they will book one flight with one airline, the hotel with another company and the restaurant with another.” In his eyes, “Chinese tourists are very important because they combine two things: there are a large number of them and they spend more money than anyone else — almost four times more than tourists from other countries." They not only travel abroad in the summer months when Spain has to compete with the sun and beaches in countries such as Turkey and Egypt, but also travel in the off-peak seasons of a year, according to Cascales.
In 2017, Spain is the second most popular tourist destination in the world, only after France. It attracted about 82 million visitors, 700,000 of them from China, a number which is estimated to rise to about 2.2 million by 2022.
“We are ready; we have the infrastructure (基础设施) at every level, especially in hotel capacity. Here those
visitors can find what they are looking for, including the luxury items which distinguish them,” Cascales noted.
4. What are the features of the new Chinese tourists according to Cascales?
A. They are cautious about spending money in Spain.
B. They are likely to travel in smaller groups now.
C. They are only interested in the sun and beach.
D. They are mainly male visitors of middle age.
5. What can we learn about the consumption pattern of new Chinese tourists?
A. They will reserve flights and hotels with different companies.
B. They will spend less money than tourists from other countries.
C. They will travel abroad only during the off-peak seasons.
D. They will spend the money in different cities.
6. What is done to meet the demands of Chinese tourists?
A. Local cultures in Spain are promoted.
B. Well-furnished hotels are provided.
C. Best and expensive items are offered for free.
D. More shopping sites are constructed.
7. What is the purpose of this text?
A. To introduce the tourism industry of Spain.
B. To show Spain's desire to attract Chinese tourists.
C. To describe the features of Chinese tourists.
D. To advertise Spain as a top tourist destination.
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
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.
12. 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.
13. Which district have residents who have not been required to take nucleic acid tests?
A. Tianhe.
B. Haizhu.
C. Panyu.
D. Zengcheng.
14. 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.
15. 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.
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If you see humor as a form of entertainment, you’re missing some of its biggest benefits: Humor makes average-looking people look cute and uninteresting people entertaining.____16____Best of all, humor raises your energy, and that can have an effect on everything you do at school, at work, or in your personal life. The increase of energy will even make you more willing to exercise, and that will raise your overall energy even more.
____17____Humor lets you better understand life and sometimes helps you laugh at even the worst of your problems. So it will be useful to include some humor tips for everyday life.
You don’t have to be the joke teller in the group in order to show your sense of humor. You can be the one who directs the conversation of fun topics that are ripe for others to add humor. Every party needs a straight person.____18____
When it comes to in-person humor, effort counts a lot. When people see you trying to be funny, it frees them to try it themselves.____19____People need permission to be funny social settings because there’s always a risk that comes with humor. For in-person humor, quality isn’t as important as you might think. Your attitude and effort count a lot.
Some people — and I was one of them — believe that humorous complaints about the little problems of life make humor, and sometimes that is the case.____20____One funny observation about a problem in your life can be funny, but five is just complaining, no matter how smart you think you are. Funny complaints can wear people out.
A. You’ll appear fun and funny by association.
B. But not all senses of humor are created equal.
C. Humor also transports your mind away from your daily troubles.
D. Studies show that a good sense of humor even makes you seem smarter.
E. The problem comes when you start doing too much complaint-based humor.
F. You have to be at least a bit self-assured to laugh at yourself in front of others.
G. So even if your efforts at humor fail, you might free the hidden humor in others.
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
I spent many childhood afternoons looking at airplanes passing over my house. I____21____what the pilots were doing in those silver____22____. I hoped to fly an airplane one day, but people said that was only men's____23____.
After earning my driver's license, I drove to a local____24____. For twenty dollars, I took an introductory flying lesson and flew up into the sky with an instructor.
Such lessons were____25____, though. I was only a student. Then, I had an____26____. I applied to the school owner to____27____for them in exchange(交换) for flying lessons. He____28____. Soon, I was busy behind the front desk after school, working hard to____29____my time in the air. Flying airplanes made me feel alive in a way I never knew was____30____. But away from the airport, I was so afraidof being____31____that I kept my flying lessons a secret.____32____, everyone knew girls couldn't be pilots; it would be____33____to even try.
I fell in deeper love with flight with every____34____into the sky, but that joy was not what____35____allowed me to break free from both the____36____and self-imposed(自我强加的) limits I had long____37____. What freed me to believe I could do anything was the way I was____38____at the airport. There, I was surrounded by people who believed in me and supported me, and for the first time I believed in myself, too.
One simple____39____to the airport led me to the unexpected journey to become a woman____40____, whose number is small in the man-charged airline industry.
21. A. experienced B. noticed C. imagined D. recorded
22. A. systems B. machines C. spaceships D. gardens
23. A. hope B. attitude C. job D. style
24. A. supermarket B. park C. factory D. airport
25. A. expensive B. valuable C. common D. difficult
26. A. interest B. idea C. achievement D. application
27. A. fight B. perform C. work D. cheer
28. A. left B. failed C. stopped D. agreed
29. A. earn B. spend C. save D. manage
30. A. free B. easy C. possible D. simple
31. A. given up B. turned down C. left behind D. laughed at
32. A. In turn B. After all C. By the way D. As a result
33. A. silly B. hard C. illegal D. impolite
34. A. look B. trip C. turn D. change
35. A. personally B. usually C. equally D. finally
36. A. cultural B. physical C. natural D. global
37. A. dreamed B. accepted C. passed D. broken
38. A. treated B. prepared C. led D. remembered
39. A. way B.door C. guide D. drive
40. A. instructor B. headmaster C. pilot D. supporter
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
Toys still hold the first place in the hearts of children, despite(尽管) the popularity of digital____41.____(equip). In fact, Mr. Potato Head and Play Doh are classic toys that rank the____42.____(high) in history. Other toys such as teddy bears are still starring in American homes and continue to entertain kids after decades of familiarity.
Board games have proven to be timeless, as well.____43.____you grew up in the '70s, '80s, or '90s, families can't get enough of classic board games, some of____44.____ranked in the top 30 of toys. They were played with by both parents and, later, their children. The survey___45.___(carry) out by Mr. Potato Head showed that adults are still kids-at-heart who love playing with these toys.
Kids are playing with their parents' favorite childhood toys nowadays.____46.____(near) half of parents said their favorite childhood toy is still on the market. 84%___47.___(buy), or plan to buy, that toy for their own child.
When____48.____comes to buying a child any toy, parents are on the lookout for a certain set of qualities. Three____49.____five parents want a toy with the ability____50.____(make) their kid laugh. Fifty-nine percent are on the hunt for a color1 ful toy, while 56% look for something interactive(互动).
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。

I'll never forget the last winter holiday in my hometown. On the way to my grandpa, my father drove very carefully or slowly all the way, for it was snowing heavily. When we arrived, my cousin Maomao grabbed my arm at once, inviting me collect snow with our grandpa. We felt not a little excitedly. After a while, in the yard was some snowmen, all look funny. "Look, here's another snowman," shouted Maomao, joyfully clapping his hand. It was our grandpa who grey hair was blowing in the wind. We laughed, which made our grandpa a kind of awkward. How I wish I can go back there next year!
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.上周你校举办了英语戏剧The Million Pound Bank Note的表演，听说非常成功，你是整个剧的负责人。

请你为学校写一篇短文，介绍这次活动，内容包括：
1．剧本简介；
2．表演过程（时间地点、演员表现、观众反应等）；
3．个人感受。

注意：词数100左右；题目已为你写好。

题目：An Unforgettable Drama Show
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参考答案
1. D
2. B
3. C
4. B
5. A
6. B
7. B
8. C 9. A 10. B 11. D
12. B 13. D 14. C 15. A
16. D 17. C 18. A 19. G 20. E
21. C 22. B 23. C 24. D 25. A 26. B 27. C 28. D 29. A 30. C 31. D 32.
B 33. A 34. B 35. D 36. A 37. B 38. A 39. D 40. C
41. equipment
42. highest
43. Whether
44. which 45. carried 46. Nearly 47. have bought 48. it 49. in
50. to make
51.(1).grandpa→grandpa’s
(2).or→and
(3).在collect前加to
(4).excitedly→excited
(5).was→were
(6).look→looking
(7).hand→hands
(8).who→whose
(9).删掉a
(10).can→could
52.略。