2020-2021学年长春市新朝阳学校高三英语期中试题及答案

2020-2021学年长春市新朝阳学校高三英语期中试题及答案
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
Vienna Concerts 2021
Every day, one to three dozen Vienna concerts are staged. You can use this checklist to find a fantastic Vienna concert that is worth its money.
Vienna Chamber Orchestra
The Vienna Chamber Orchestra has existed for more than 70 years. The international reputation of the Vienna Chamber Orchestra is documented by worldwide tours. The length is 65 minutes.
Date: 20th June
Location: Minoritenkirehe, Minoritenplatz 1, 1010 Vienna
Tickets: 30 Euros per adult and free admission for children
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
In 2021, famous conductor Gustavo Dudamel will lead the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Expect an amazing show with top quality classical music and fireworks. The concert lasts one and a half hours. You have to arrive at least 20 minutes early to find a place to sit.
Date: 4th and 5th October
Location: Schonbrunn Palace, palace gardens, in front of Naptune fountain, Schonbrunner Schlossstrasse 47, 1130 Vienna.
Tickets: 30 Euros（students, children and senior citizens will receive a 10% discount per ticket）
Mozart Piano Sonatas（奏鸣曲）
On Saturdays and Sundays, the St. Peter’s church opens its basement to a small group of Mozart fans. In simple but elegant surroundings, international pianists perform Mozart piano sonatas on a Steinway piano. The concerts start in the early evening and last 90 minutes.
Date: throughout the year
Location: St. Peter’s basement, Petersplatz 1, 1010 Vienna
Tickets: 29 Euros for adults and 16 Euros for children between 8 and 14（children below 8 can enterfor free.）Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
To point out Vivaldi’s connection to Vienna, the Italian violinist lived in the city for some time, and eventually died there. Closer to where he was buried, the church St. Charles Borromeo regularly stages The Four Seasons, Vivaldi’s main work. The concerts start at 8:15 pm on weekends and last 60 minutes. People can arrive and enter anytime during the performance.
Date: throughout the year
Location: Church St. Charles Borromeo（Karlskirche）, Kreuzherrengase 1, 1040 Vienna
Tickets: 25 Euros for all ages（free cancellation 24 hours before the event）
1.For a couple with their 10-year-old child, which is the cheapest?
A.Mozart Piano Sonatas.
B.Vienna Chamber Orchestra.
C.Vivaldi: The Four Seasons.
D.Vienna PhilharmonicOrchestra.
2.What do the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Mozart Piano Sonatas have in common?
A.They last one and a half hours.
B.They are held in closed surroundings.
C.They offer a discount for students and the aged.
D.They are suitable for people who prefer pop music.
3.What can we know about the concert—The Four Seasons?
A.It forbids people to enter after 8:15 pm.
B.It describes Vivaldi’s stories related to Vienna.
C.It allows you to return your ticket for free a day in advance.
D.It was created by the Church St. Charles Borromeo to memorize Vivaldi.
B
At the age of 50, Nina Schoen expects to have a long lifeahead of her, but has thought a lot about death—and why people are so reluctant to talk about it: “It’s going to happen to all of us,” she says, “but it should be a more positive experience than the fear we put into it.”
When she first heard about a new end-of-life process that turns the body into compost (堆肥), “I was really moved by the idea,” says Schoen, who became one of the first to reserve a spot with a Seattle-based company called Recompose, the county’s first funeral home to offer human composting.
Last year Recompose began transforming bodies to soil, more formally known as natural organic reduction. Before that, end-of-life options in the U.S. were limited to burial or cremation (火化), both of which come with environmental costs—U.S. cremations alone dump 1.7 billion pounds of carbon dioxide into theatmosphere every
year.
Katrina Spade pioneering the composting movement has spent a decade developing the process in hopes of offering people a greener option for death care. “I wondered, ‘What if we had a choice that helps the planet rather than harms it?’” Spade tells PEOPLE. “To know that the last gesture you’ll make will be gentle and beneficial and it just feels like the right thing to do.”
After she had her own two sons, she began to wonder what she might do with her body after death. A friend who knew her interest in the topic reminded her that farmers sometimes compost the body of cows, and thatsparkedan idea for her theory: “If you can compost a cow, you can probably compost a human,” she thought, and she set about designing a facility to do just that.
“This is about giving people another choice,” Spade says. “At first, people react with shock—‘You really can do that?’ But so many people today are looking at their impact on the Earth. This is a popular thing because when you die, you can give back to the planet.”
4. How do people react when it comes to death according to paragraph 1?
A. They are unwilling to comment.
B. They can face it without fear.
C. They feel it a positive experience.
D. They would like to compost their bodies.
5. What can we know about the company Recompose?
A. Its CEO is Katrina Spade.
B. It is located in Seattle.
C. It was founded to resist cremation.
D. It has spent 10 years composting bodies.
6. What does the underlined word “sparked” probably mean?
A. Changed.
B. Compromised.
C. Quitted.
D. Inspired.
7. What message does the author seem to convey in the text?
A. A little things in our life can bring in big outcomes.
B. We human beings should do all we can to help the earth.
C. Composting is so popular that we should reserve a spot soon.
D. We should reject burial because of its harm to environment.
C
A city inSouth Korea, which has the world’s largest number of people using smartphones, has placed flashing lights and laser beams at a road crossing to warn “smartphone zombies” to look up and drivers to slow down, in the hope of preventing accidents.
The designers of the system were motivated by growing worry that more pedestrians glued to their phones will become victims in a country that already has some of the highest road death and injury rates among developed countries. State-run Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) believes its system of flashing lights at zebra crossings can warn both pedestrians and drivers.
In addition to red, yellow and blue LED lights on the pavement, “smombies” - smartphone zombies - will be warned by laser beam projected from power poles and a warning sent to the phones by an app that they are about to step into traffic.
“Increasing number of smombie accidents have occurred in pedestrian crossings, so these zombie lights are essential to prevent these pedestrian accidents,” said KICT senior researcher Kim Jong-hoon. Drivers are warned by the flashing lights, which have shown to be effective 83.4 percent of the time in the institute’s tests involving about 1,000 vehicles.
In 2017, more than 1,600 pedestrians were killed in auto related accidents, which is about 40 percent of total traffic deaths, according to data from the Traffic Accident Analysis System. For now, the smombie warning system is placed only in Ilsan, a suburban city about30 kmnorthwest of the capital,Seoul, but is expected to go nationwide, according to the institute.
Kim Dan-hee, a 23-year-old resident of Ilsan, welcomed the system, saying she was often too absorbed in her phone to remember to look at traffic. “This flashing light makes me feel safe as it makes me look around again, and I hope that we can have more of these in town,” she said.
8. What do the underlined words “smartphone zombies” in paragraph 1 refer to?
A. Drivers driving after drunk.
B. Pedestrians buried in their phones.
C. Passengers crazy about phones.
D. Policemen in charge of traffic.
9. What do we know about the warning system?
A. It has reduced death rate by 83.4%.
B. It has been spread nationwide.
C. It gives a warning to the smartphones.
D. It is being tried out in many places.
10. What was the residents’ attitude to the traffic system?
A. Negative.
B. Unconcerned.
C. Disapproving.
D. Favorable.
11. What is the best title for the text?
A.South KoreaWarns Smartphone Zombies of Traffic
B. Flashing Lights Are Used to Prevent Accidents
C. Smartphone Zombies Are Causing Traffic Accidents
D.South KoreaUses a New Traffic System
D
Imaginary friends in childhood refer to the invisible beings that a child gives a personality to and plays with for over three months.
Crabbycrab（蟹）appeared on a holiday in Norway by running out of my four-year-old son Fisher's ear after a night of tears from an earache. Like other childhood imaginary friends, Crabby should be a sign thatFisher's mind is growing and developing positively. Indeed, research shows that imaginary friends can help develop children's social skills.
Research has shown that the positive effects of having imaginary friends as a child continue into adulthood. Adolescents who remember their imaginary playmates have been found to use more activecoping（应对）styles, such as seeking advice from loved ones rather than bottle things up inside. Even adolescents with behavioral problems who had imaginary friends as children have been found to have better coping skills through the teenage years.
Scientists thinkthis could be because these teens have been able to adjust themselves to the social world with imagination rather than choose to be involved in relationships with more difficult classmates. It could also be because the imaginary friends help to reduce these adolescents,loneliness.
These teens are also more likely to seek out social connections -they tend to turn to others for advice. Current research by Tori Watson is taking this evidence and looking at how adolescents who have imaginary friends as children deal withbullying（欺凌）at school. It is found that teens who remember their imaginary friends are better at dealing with bullying.
While we know a lot about childhood imaginary friends such as Crabby Crab and the positive effects they can have, there is still a lot to learn about imaginary friends.
12. What is Crabby crab?
A. It is a crab Fisher caught inNorway.
B. It is Fisher's imaginary friend.
C. It is a toy Fisher like much.
D. It is a cause of earache.
13. Why do children with imaginary friends have better coping skills?
A. Imaginary friends help improve their adjustment.
B. Having imaginary friends makes them smarter.
C. They have rich imagination.
D. They are no longer alone.
14. What will a child with imaginary friends probably do if he is bullied?
A. Escape from the bully.
B. Fight with the bully bravely.
C. Keep silent about being bullied.
D. Ask a parent or a teacher for help.
15. What is the author's attitude towards the effect of imaginary friends?
A. Concerned.
B. Doubtful.
C. Optimistic.
D. Indifferent.
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
How to Turn Your Hobby into Your Career（职业）
It's said that if you choose a job you love, you'll never work a day in your life.___16___. it is true that you can find many ways to turn yourhobby into a career. Here are some initial steps you can take to make it.
•Choose your favorite hobby. If you have more than one hobby, you will have a choice of which one you turn into a career.___17___. Then, follow a path to professionalism in that hobby.
•___18___. Turning your hobby into a career can be a rewarding experience. However, you'd better be aware of your own strengths first. Whether you are a designer, photographer, dancer or a singer, you have to find out what you are good at and devote every second of your life to it.
• Start small.___19___. Set short term goals and work towards completing those goals with
everything you've got. Starting small gives you the opportunity to discover your strengths and weaknesses.
• Don't fear failure. There is no shame in admitting your career switch didn’t work out. Even if you head into your new career confidently, it might not be as great as it first seems. You might struggle for years to get your new operation off the ground.___20___, don't be afraid to give up.
Start again.
A. Consider your advantages
B. Develop positive work habits
C. While this might sound a bit impractical
D. If your career doesn't work out as planned
E. Your dream job is something you want to do forever
F. Remember to always start small before starting anything
G. First, think about which one really inspires and excites you
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“Look down, Lisa,” my father said gently. “There is more than one way to the square. Life is like that. If you can’t get to the place where you want to go by one road,___21___another.”
In the years that followed, I often remembered the words my father___22___me. I know where I wanted to go in life. I wanted to be a fashion___23___. And on the way to my first small success I found the road blocked. What could I do? Accept the roadblocks and fail? Or use imagination and intelligence to find another road to my___24___.
I came to Paris, the center of the world of___25___, with my works. But none of the famous fashion designers seemed interested in buying them. Then one day I met a friend___26___a very beautiful sweater. The sweater was simple in color1 , but it had a(n)___27___knitting (编织) way.
I suddenly___28___a design knitted into such a sweater. I___29___a clear black and white butterfly picture and took it to Mrs. Vidian. She___30___it into a sweater. The result, I thought, was___31___. Then came the test. I___32___the sweater to a party which people in the fashion business would attend. To my joy, the sweater was___33___. In fact, the representative (代表) of a large New York store wanted 40 sweaters to be___34___in two weeks. I accepted the___35___and walked out on a cloud of___36___.
My cloud___37___, however, when I stood in front of Mrs. Vidian. “But it took me almost a week to knit that sweater,” she said. “Forty sweaters in two weeks? It is___38___.”
I was so close to success and then to be blocked!___39___, I walked away. All at once, it hit me that there must be___40___way. This knitting way did take special skill, but surely there must be someone else in Paris who knew how to do it. Luckily, I made it before the deadline.
21. A. quit B. try C. ask D. lead
22. A. devoted B. begged C. taught D. invested
23. A. reporter B. partner C. lawyer D. designer
24. A. journey B. goal C. apartment D. stage
25. A. fashion B. finance C. jewellery D. wildlife
26. A. on B. by C. in D. over
27. A. unusual B. brief C. ancient D. regular
28. A. borrowed B. pictured C. reflected D. solved
29. A. mixed B. cultivated C. spotted D. drew
30. A. dressed B. focused C. knitted D. took
31. A. wonderful B. puzzling C. slight D. terrible
32. A. impressed B. wore C. mastered D. permitted
33. A. criticized B. kept C. noticed D. overlooked
34. A. ready B. popular C. curious D. worthwhile
35. A. pressure B. bargain C. material D. order
36. A. anger B. sadness C. disappointment D. happiness
37. A. poured B. enhanced C. disappeared D. exposed
38. A. likely B. positive C. alike D. impossible
39. A. Typically B. Sadly C. Excitedly D. Mentally
40. A. another B. no C. others D. many
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
In 1956, Bike to Work Day, with___41.___aim of promoting the bicycle as a serious choice of getting to and from work, was started by the League of American Bicyclists. It is___42.___(annual)held acrossNorth Americaon the third Friday of May. In today's world___43.___global warming is a serious issue, the bicycle is a perfect way of reducing our carbon footprint. Cycling to work is___44.___(healthy)than driving or taking public transport. It can not only save you money but also___45.___(able)you to be more creative once you get to work, thus improving your performance.
Bicycles are the most common form of transport in the world and there are about two billion in use worldwide,___46.___(make)the bicycle the most popular invention ever. When we think of some countries,___47.___the Netherlands, we imagine hundreds of people cycling everywhere. Even in high-tech
Japan,___48.___is impossible not to see businessmen, farmers, mothers or workers in the streets on their bikes. Bicycles___49.___(invent)in the 19th century haven't changed much since. Today, we use bicycles for pleasure, fitness, Olympic competitions, mail___50.___(deliver)and lots more. Without the bicycle, much of the world might stop working!
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 best friend, Fang Qun, invited me to visit a farm three days before. We set out early in the morning and arrived there after about forty minutes bus ride. Variously beautiful flowers greeted us as we walked along the road led to the gate of the farm. On the farm we saw ripe peach on dozens of trees, which almost make our mouths water. With the farm owner's help, we picked some and couldn't help tasting it on the spot. Then we encouraged to learn how to grow beans from the farm workers. On a way back home, tired as we were, but we had a sense of joy and 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两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Everyone likes the beautiful Cinderella, but I like the ugly stepsister. The sidewalk was filled with shoppers as my mother and I hurried to the department store. I raised my neck for a look at the holiday window display, but at the age of six I was too small to see around the grown-ups with their winter coats and packages. When at last we reached the store, I stood with my eyes widened. “Look, Mother,” I shouted, pressing my hands against the glass, “Cinderella.” Before my eyes was the most beautiful doll I had ever seen! She wore a fairy princess suit made of shining red silk. I knew if I lifted her skirt I would find her crystal(水晶) shoes. The tiny tiara (冠状头饰) fastened to her silky golden hair shone.
“If only she were mine,” I dreamed. “We’d have tea parties, share secrets and dance with a handsome prince.” But to my disappointment, my mother guided me away from the window, explaining that she and my father could not afford such an expensive doll. “But there will be a very special gift under the tree for you on Christmas
morning, Madge,” she said. “I promise.” Later that week I leaned against Mother’s sewing machine, watching the needle flash up and down. “Bet you don’t know what this is!” she joked, holding up the cloth for me to see. “My Christmas doll!” I yelled. It was still in the early stages but I could make out the head, neck and body. “So much to my surprise!” Mother laughed as I danced around the room, already pretending Cinderella and I were at the ball. It wouldn’t be long now.
My excitement grew with each passing day. Mother continued to work on the doll, and whenever I walked into the room she would hide it under a pillow. I could tell by her smile she was pleased with her progress. On Christmas morning I jumped out of bed, ran down the hall and quickly arrived at the living room where the Christmas tree was placed.
注意：1.续写的词数应为150左右；
2.请按下列格式作答。

There, underneath the tree, was a beautifully packed gift box.
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But I could see Mother watching me, waiting for my response.
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参考答案
1. B
2. A
3. C
4. A
5. C
6. B
7. C
8. B 9. C 10. D 11. A
12. B 13. A 14. D 15. C
16. C 17. G 18. A 19. F 20. D
21. B 22. C 23. D 24. B 25. A 26. C 27. A 28. B 29. D 30. C 31. A 32.
B 33.
C 34. A 35.
D 36. D 37. C 38. D 39. B 40. A
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42. annually
43. where 44. healthier
45. enable 46. making
47. like 48. it
49. invented
50. delivery
51.(1). before→ago
(2). minutes→minutes’
(3). Variously→Various
(4). led→leading
(5). peach→peaches
(6). make→made
(7). it→them
(8). we后加were
(9). a→the/our
(10). 去掉but
52.略。