2020-2021学年石家庄第四中学高三英语上学期期中考试试题及答案

2020-2021学年石家庄第四中学高三英语上学期期中考试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
If you truly want to live, you need to get out and see the world. Traveling and living different adventures may become your favorite lifestyle. Here is a brief introduction about the top three destinations to visit in the world. Paris
First on the list is Paris, France. For some people, this shouldn’t be a surprise. For others, they might consider Paris overrated as it has a reputation for being dirty. Any major city in the world might be thought to be dirty by anyone not living in a city. It comes with the territory. The reason Paris is at the top of this list is not because of its famous attractions but because of its charm. You can spend the day walking around cobblestone streets and enjoy elegant cafes and high-end shopping. When you finish satisfying your appetite, you can relax on the banks of the Seine River.
Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park comes in second on the list. It is located in Montana, America. It will be well worth the effort thanks to snow-capped mountains, crystal blue lakes, seventy miles of hiking trails, and thirteen camping areas. If you visit during the summer, you can go swimming or white-water rafting. If you visit during the winter, you can go skiing or snowshoeing. But the real allure (诱惑力) and what you will always remember is the breathtaking scenery and fresh mountain air.
Bora Bora
The reason Bora Bora is the third on this list is that it’s expensive, which could limit your other travel plans. If you do make it to this small island paradise, you will find peaceful beaches, jungles, luxury accommodations, turquoise water, and some of the friendliest people you have ever met.
Other vacation destinations that should be on your list if you’re living the adventurous lifestyle include London, the South Island of New Zealand, Maui, Tahiti, Tokyo, Barcelona and New York City.
1. Tourists can ______ to appreciate the charm of Paris.
A. enjoy crystal blue lakes
B. visit its famous attractions
C. take a walk around cobblestone streets
D. meet the friendliest people you have ever met
2. Which of the following points in Glacier National Park will really attract tourists?
A. peaceful beaches.
B. White-water rafting.
C. Snow-capped mountains.
D. Fresh mountain air.
3. What’s the purpose of this passage?
A. to introduce the top three destinations.
B. to compare the top three destinations.
C. to encourage people to live an adventurous lifestyle.
D. to analyze the good and bad points of the three destinations
B
Many of us in China enjoy adding chilies (辣椒) toour food, but did you know that this spicy vegetable could also be dangerous? A 34-year-oldUSman recently ended up in hospital after eating a Carolina Reaper—the spiciest chili in the world. After taking just a single bite of one, the man suffered from serious headaches in the following few days, reported BBC News.
In fact, reports of stomachache and headache caused by eating spicy food are not something unusual. But if chilies are harmful, why is it that human beings are the only animals to eat this vegetable? According to the website Huanqiu, about 600 million Chinese people—almost half of the national population—are chili eaters. So what makes people love chilies so much? The human body reacts to the burning feeling that comes from eating chilies by releasing natural chemicals that “produce a sense of happiness” , noted BBC News.
And the benefits go even further than just personal enjoyment. A survey conducted by the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences found that the death rate of those who eat spicy food once or twice a week is 10 percent lower than those who eat it less than once a week. The number decreased to 14 percent for those who eat spicy food six to seven times a week. And another study done by theUniversityofVermontcame to a similar conclusion. “The data encourages people to eat more spicy food to improve health and reduce death risk at an early age,” Liu Qi, a nutritionist at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, told BBC News.
Chilies have anti-cancer quality and the ability to increase our metabolism (新陈代谢). So, don't worry if you love spicy food. It seems that chilies are actually good for us—except for the Carolina Reaper, perhaps.
4. The example of a 34-year-old American is mentioned in Paragraph 1 to prove ________.
A. chiliescan be beneficial
B. chilies are popular inAmerica
C. chilies can be dangerous
D. serious headaches can be dangerous
5. Eating chilies gives people a sense of happiness by_______.
A. decreasing death rate
B. releasing natural chemicals
C. curing serious headaches
D. providing enough nutrition
6. Which of the following statement is TRUE?
A. Human are the only animals to eat chilies.
B. Stomachache and headaches caused by chilies is something unusual.
C. The more chilies you eat, the healthier you are.
D. Chilies have anti-cancer quality but it can't increase our metabolism.
7. The writer wrote the passage to ________.
A. warn people of the dangers of chilies
B. ask people to eat Carolina Reaper
C. encourage people to eat more chilies
D. tell people the benefits of chilies
C
If our kids don’t fall, they don’t learn to get up. I still remember the day in high school that my mom forgot to pick me up from school. I’m the oldest of four children, and no doubt she’d had a long day with the other kids and it’d slipped her mind. After waiting at school for an hour, I walked the three miles home, and when I got to my house, I shut our front door with anger, stormed into the kitchen and screamed in my mom’s face that she’d forgotten me.
Later that night, my dad told me I no longer had a ride to school the next day. I figured my mom would still take me, but when the morning came, she refused. It was midterm, and as a straight-A student ready to start college applications, being late wasn’t an option (选择). In my mind, missing these tests would have been the end of my academic career. I begged my mom. I told her she was ruining my future and everything I’d worked for. But sheheld her ground, and that day, I walked to school. And I missed my tests.
My mom didn’t rescue me from failure. She let me suffer from it. She let me figure it out. She let me learn. Now, as a mom myself, I’ve realized that I want my kids to experience failure because failure is how we grow, learn and think outside of ourselves. It’s how we self-educate to learn what’s right and respectable, and what’s not. It’s how we become responsible and enthusiastic. Falling down makes us better because we learn how to get up.
8. What is one of the reasons that the author got angry that day?
A. She was tired.
B. She failed in a test.
C. She was late for school.
D. She had to walk home by herself.
9. How does the author feel about her childhood experience?
A. Terrible.
B. Meaningful.
C. Embarrassing.
D. Colorful.
10. The underlined phrase “held her ground” in Paragraph 2 probably means “________”.
A. gave in to me
B. said yes to me
C. stayed in the place
D. kept to her idea
11. What is the best title for the text?
A. My Way of Growing
B. The Value of Failure
C. My Love for Mother
D. Failure in My Life
D
Portraits as Art
According to a dictionary, portraiture is “a representation (描绘) of a person, especially of the face by drawing or painting alikeness.” However, this definition neglects the complexities of portraiture. Portraits are works of art that engage with ideas of identity rather than just a likeness. These concepts of identity involve social rank, gender, age, profession, character of the subject, etc. It is impossible to copy all the aspects of identity. Therefore, portraits reflect only certain qualities of subjects. Portrait art has also undergone significant shifts in artistic practice. The majority of portraits are the outcome of current artistic fashions and favored styles. Therefore, portrait art is an art category providing various engagement with social, psychological, and artistic practices and expectations.
Since portraits are different from other art categories, they are worthy of separate study. During their production, portraits require the presence of a specific person, or an image of the individual. In many instances, the production of portraiture has required sittings, which result in interaction between the subject(s) and the artist throughout the creation of the work. In certain instances, portrait artists depended on a combination of different involvement with their subjects. If the sitter can’t sit in the studio regularly, portraitists could use his or her photographs. InEurope, during the seventeenth and eighteenth century, the sitting time was sometimes decreased by focusing only on the head. Theoretically, portraitists could work from impressions or memories when creating a painting, but this rarely occurred according to documented records. Nonetheless, whether the work is based on model sittings, copying a photograph, or using memory, the process of painting a portrait is linked with the model’s attendance.
Furthermore, portrait painting can be distinguished from other artistic categories by its connection with
appearance, or likeness. As such, the art of portrait painting got a reputation for imitation instead of for artistic innovation. Based on Renaissance art theory, portraiture was related to the level of a mechanical exercise as opposed to a fine art. Michelangelo’s well-known protest against portraits is only one example. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the attitude to portraiture was critical. Even so, artists from around the globe persisted in painting portraits despite their theoretical objections. Picasso, for example, became widely-known forcubist still-life painting(立体派静物画) early in his career, but some of his early experiments in this new style were his portraits of art dealers.
12. What does paragraph 1 mainly tell us?
A. The changing definition of portraiture reflects shifting attitudes to it.
B. Most portraits reflect artistic fashions and favored styles when created.
C. Portraiture is a more complex art form than is defined in a dictionary.
D. Portrait art shouldn’t be seen as a distinct art category for its complexity.
13. Which of the following is a characteristic of portraiture mentioned in paragraph 2?
A. Portraiture typically takes much less time than other art forms.
B. Portraiture often requires frequent cooperation between artists.
C. Portraits show models in a more accurate way than other art forms.
D. Portraits generally involve interaction between subjects and artists.
14. According to paragraph 2, during portraits’ production, artists __________.
A. based their work on the subjects’ attendance
B. preferred models’ photographs to their presence
C. were more willing to use impressions or memories
D. reduced sitting time to concentrate on a sitter’s head
15. Picasso is chosen as an example by the author because he __________.
A. altered the way other artists felt about portrait art
B. created portraits in spite of his objection to portrait art
C. depended on portrait art to establish a higher reputation
D. had fewer theoretical objections to portraitures than others
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Are you bored with your daily life? Here are some things you should try before you are eighteen years old,
because after that it's too late!
Camp out in the garden.
If you don't have your own garden. find a fiend who has one! You will need: two or three friends, sleeping bags and warm clothes. Take a lot of food and drink with you and play games until it gets dark___16___You will need a torch (手电筒)or else you won't be able to see all your sweets, and it might get a bit frightening.
___17___
Seriously. this is so important that it could save your life. If you can't swim well, you won't be able to do water sports like waterskiing and surfing. Even taking a boat trip will be dangerous for you Make sure you do it.
Collect something.
One of the best hobbies for under-18s is collecting things.___18___The best way to collect is to have a special album to put your collection in and to write what each thing means to you. That way you won't forget.
Try at least one kind of team sport.
___19___You have to work well with other people. Other advantages of team sports are that they keep you fit, and they are great fun, Teams usually have a good social life too--- you'll go to lots of parties and make many friends.
Write your family tree.
When you are young. get to know all the older people in your family. Find out as much as you can about them when they were young___20___
A. Learn to swim.
B. Go out for fun.
C. It is an important skill to be a team player.
D. Running helps to train a person'scharacter.
E. Draw a family tree so that you won't forget.
F. You could collect stamps or emails from friends.
G. When it gets dark, tell stories and eat all your sweets.
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Anyone who has ever travelled on airplanes knows how annoying delays(延误) are. Not only do they ____21____ us from getting where we need to be ____22____, they are also really boring. That’s why some Southwest Airlines employees tried to ____23____ their passengers when they were hit with a two-hour delay by
holding a(n) ____24____ driver’s license photo contest (比赛)!
Kristen, a passenger, was ____25____ at first when her flight was delayed for several hours. However, her anger ____26____ when the gate agent announced the start of a(n) ____27____ game called “Win a prize forthe worst driver’s license picture”.
“My flight to Washington, D.C. had been delayed for almost two and a half hours and I was getting heated until this gate agent ____28____ playing games with everyone waiting to pass the time, after which I started thinking I’ll be willing to ____29____ here all night if you keep this up,” Kristen wrote in her post, adding the game was ______30______.
Kristen, who was ______31______ to Washington, D.C. from Orlando to visit friends, praised Southwest Airlines in her post, and someone from the company quickly ______32______.
“I’m glad our agent was able to make the delay a little more ______33______ for you all, Kristen! We ______34______ to have you on your way as soon as possible,” the spokesperson said, adding when Kristen asked the company to ______35______ the prize to the Orlando-based team, “send over your confirmation, and I’ll be sure they get the recognition they deserve!”
When Kristen later described her ______36______ to reporters, she said ______37______ for the worst photos included Southwest products and $25 vouchers (代金券) toward future flights.
“I was really annoyed that the flight kept getting delayed,” Kristen said. “Once he started playing games, I was ______38______ and having a great time and didn’t even ______39______ that the flight was delayed.”
No wonder so many people ______40______ Southwest!
21. A. prevent B. free C. separate D. rescue
22. A. in turn B. on purpose C. on time D. in short
23. A. announce B. entertain C. urge D. drop
24. A. best B. earliest C. largest D. worst
25. A. confused B. angry C. frightened D. patient
26. A. boiled B. returned C. disappeared D. remained
27. A. funny B. final C. different D. important
28. A. considered B. continued C. admitted D. started
29. A. sleep B. wait C. perform D. work
30. A. amazing B. challenging C. disappointing D. disturbing
31. A. moving B. running C. flying D. driving
32. A. doubted B. decided C. apologized D. replied
33. A. competitive B. bearable C. accessible D. practical
34. A. agree B. regret C. hope D. volunteer
35. A. show B. present C. win D. buy
36. A. imaginations B. condition C. concerns D. experience
37. A. prizes B. plans C. services D. appeals
38. A. waving B. shouting C. laughing D. dancing
39. A. know B. suspect C. mention D. mind
40. A. love B. understand C. need D. follow
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
I used to be so addicted____41.____computer games that I had little time for study and thus fell behind and my____42.____(fit) began to fail. My parents and teachers were greatly worried about me. It was what my English teacher said to me____43.____helped me out. She told me that I must have my own goal of life, otherwise my future would be hopeless and that playing computer games____44.____(be) fun but it would not guarantee me____45.____bright future. I finally realized that I must set up a goal and work hard towards it right away. In the days that____46.____(follow), whenever I felt tired or had a desire____47.____(play) computer games, I thought of my goal and soon regained strength.
Now I turn out to be a vital and diligent student and I never miss a class. Apart from this, I am____48.____(enthusiasm) about helping the other students. After having got rid of the bad habits, I have a whole new world view. While____49.____(return) to school every morning, I make up my mind to spare no effort to achieve my set goal and_____50._____(bright) the day of others.
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.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 am Li Hua, senior high school student. I had recently learnt on the Internet you are helping students with
spoken English by offer an online course. I am writing to ask you for some help.
I have learnt English for more than four years and I really like English. However, my spoken English is such poor that I can not communicate with foreigners free. My broken English always discourages you from opening my mouth. I am really worrying. I hope if you can help me with my spoken English. I believe that I can make many progress with your help.
I would appreciate it if you could agree to helping me. I am looking forward to your reply.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.2022年“北京——张家口冬奥会”正面向全国招募中学生志愿者。

假设你是新华中学高三学生李津，希望能为2022年冬奥会提供志愿服务。

请根据以下内容要点，用英语给该组织负责人写一封申请信，内容包括：
1.介绍个人身份及写信意图；
2.个人优势（如个人爱好或特长、语言、性格优势等）；
3.表达期望与感激。

注意：
词数100左右；开头句已经给出，不计入总词数；
可适当增加细节，使行文连贯；文中不能使用真实姓名和学校名称。

参考词汇：
冬奥会the 2022 Winter Olympic Games体育项目sporting events
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am Li Jin, a student fromXinHuaMiddle School.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________
Yours sincerely,
Li Jin
参考答案
1. C
2. D
3. A
4. C
5. B
6. A
7. D
8. D 9. B 10. D 11. B
12. C 13. D 14. A 15. B
16. G 17. A 18. F 19. C 20. E
21. A 22. C 23. B 24. D 25. B 26. C 27. A 28. D 29. B 30. B 31. C 32.
D 33. B 34. C 35. B 36. D 37. A 38. C 39. D 40. A
41. to 42. fitness
43. that 44. was
45. a 46. followed
47. to play
48. enthusiastic
49. returning
50. brighten
51.(1).senior前加a
(2).had→have
(3).offer→offering
(4).such→so
(5).free→freely
(6).you→me
(7).worry→worried
(8).去掉if/if→that
(9).many→much
(10).helping→help
52.略。