2020年南昌大学附属中学高三英语下学期期末试题及答案

2020年南昌大学附属中学高三英语下学期期末试题及答案
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
Membership Card
Fighting Fit is a members-only club. When you first join, we give you a computerized card. It has your name, photo and membership number on.
Please have your card with you every time you use the club. The card is for your use only, and there is a small charge to provide a new one if you lose it. Members are permitted to bring guests to use the facilities at the club.
A visiting guest fee is charged for each guest.
Fitness Programs
Your Fitness Program includes a meeting with one of our skilled instructors. This will happen two or three weeks after you have joined. The instructor looks at your health, your current needs and the way you live, and organizes a program suitable for you.
Gymnasium
Our gymnasiums are the most modem in the area and have high quality exercise equipment. For safety reasons, you must wear sportswear and trainers while exercising, and please remember to take a small towel too. It is one of our rules that you wipe the equipment after use.
There is no limit to how long you spend in the gymnasiums, but we ask you to respect other members by only spending 20 minutes on each piece of equipment. There are experienced staff helping you in the gymnasiums at any time.
Locker Rooms
We have large male and female locker rooms. Please ensure that your property is kept in your locker at all times. Any belongings which are found in a locker overnight will be removed and taken to Lost Property.
Cafe
The Cafe offers free tea, coffee and soft drinks.
Suggestion Box
Members' suggestions are always welcome, and the suggestion box and forms can be found at reception. We try to respond within two days.
1.What does the Fighting Fit Health Club provide for its members?
A.A personalized program on their first visit.
B.A second membership card for free.
C.Help from the staff all the time.
D.Certain kinds of clothes and towels.
2.At the Fighting Fit Health Club, you can_.
A.share your membership card
B.have free drinks in the Cafe
C.leave personal items in the locker for 24 hours
D.spend as long as you like on all equipment
3.Where is the information most probably from?
A.A news report.
B.A notice board.
C.A guide book.
D.A reference book.
B
Move over, helicopter parents. “Snowplow (扫雪机) parents” are the newest reflection of an intensive (强化的) parenting style that can include parents booking their adult children haircuts, texting their college kids to wake them up so they don’t sleep through a test, and even calling their kids’ employers.
Helicopter parenting the practice of wandering anxiously near one’s children, monitoring their every activity, is so 20th century. Some rich mothers and fathers now are more like snowplows: machines moving ahead, clearing any difficulties in their children’s path to success, so they don’t have to suffer failure, frustration (挫折) or lose opportunities.
It starts early, when parents get on wait lists for excellent preschools before their babies are born and try to make sure their kids never do anything that may frustrate them. It gets more intense when school starts: running forgotten homework to school or calling a coach to request that their children make the team.
Rich parents may have more time and money to devote to making sure their children don’t ever meet with failure, but it’s not only rich parents practicing snowplow parenting. This intensive parenting has become the most welcome way to raise children, regardless of income, education, or race.
Yes, it’s a parent’s job to support the children, and to use their adult wisdom to prepare for the future when their children aren’t mature enough to do so. That’s why parents hide certain toys from babies to avoid getting angry or take away a teenager’s car keys until he finishes his college applications.
But snowplow parents can take it too far, some experts say. If children have never faced a difficulty, what happens when they get into the real world?
“Solving problems, taking risks and overcoming frustration are key life skills,” many child development experts say, “and if parents don’t let their children experience failure, the children don’t acquire them.”
4. What do we know about snowplow parenting?
A. It appeared before helicopter parenting.
B. It costs parents less than helicopter parenting.
C. It was a typical phenomenon of the 20th century.
D. It provides more than enough services for children.
5. What is mainly discussed about snowplow parenting in Paragraph 4?
A. Its cost.
B. Its benefits.
C. Its popularity.
D. Its ending.
6. Why does the author mention parents’ taking away car keys?
A. To show teenagers are no better than babies.
B. To advise teenagers not to treat their cars as toys.
C. To advise parents not to buy cars for their teenagers.
D. To show it’s appropriate to help children when necessary.
7. What’s the possible result of snowplow parenting according to the experts?
A. Children lacking problem-solving ability in reality.
B. Children mastering more key life skills than parents.
C. Children gaining great success in every aspect of life.
D. Children meeting no problems or frustration after growing up.
C
When you think of the icy Arctic Ocean, do you picture cold blue waters, on which float (漂浮) icebergs home to animals and fish not seen elsewhere on the planet? Think again, or rather add 300 billion pieces of plastic (塑料) to your picture. That's the amount of plastic that scientists believe is floating around the Arctic Ocean. Most of the plastic is in the area to the east of Greenland and north of Scandinavia.
Where did it come from? After all, the lands near the Arctic are not really full of people. It turns out that ocean currents are carrying plastic thrown into the ocean all the way to the Arctic. An ocean current is an unending movement of sea water from one point to another. It is caused by several things including heat from the Sun, wind and movement of the Earth.
Many of these plastic pieces seem to have travelled for years before reaching the Arctic. This was worked out by scientists studying the plastic problem after they observed the condition of the pieces. While much plastic
floats on top of the water, a lot also may be on the sea floor.
Plastic has been widely used for 60 years on Earth and our careless throwing of plastic things is slowly turning the once perfectly clean Arctic into a dangerous place. Unlike food waste and plant waste, plastic doesn't break down so easily. In fact the United States Environment Protection Organization reports that “every bit of plastic ever made still exists”.
What's the effect? Seabirds, sea turtles and other ocean creatures could get hurt and die when they accidentallyswallowplastic. Plastic waste affects fishing, affecting people who earn money through fishing. Plastics can let out dangerous poisons (毒物) into the water. These may be swallowed by fish, and when these fish are caught and eaten by people or bigger animals, they could get poisoned too!
8. What can we learn from the passage?
A. The Arctic Ocean is heavily polluted.
B. The plastic is mostlyin the area in the east of Greenland.
C. An ocean current is just caused by the movement of the earth.
D. Much more plastic floats on top of the water.
9. Which of the following doesn't contribute to the plastic ocean?
A. Humans throw away plastic things at will.
B. Ocean currents carry plastic things everywhere.
C. Plastic can let out harmful things into the water.
D. Plastic is hard to break down.
10. What does the underlined word “swallow” in the last Paragraph mean?
A. Break down.
B. Take in.
C. Accept.
D. Touch.
11. What's the best title of the text?
A. Are Men to Blame for Plastic Ocean?
B. Arctic Ocean and Its Future!
C. Is Plastic Harmful?
D. Arctic Ocean or Plastic Ocean?
D
Concrete is the world's most consumed material after water. Because it already surrounds us in the built environment, researchers have been exploring the idea of using concrete to store electricity—turning buildings into giant batteries. The idea has been gaining ground as we have come to increasingly rely on renewable energy from the wind and sun: rechargeable batteries are necessary when the breeze dies down or darkness falls.
Experimental concrete batteries have only managed to hold a small part of what a traditional battery does. But one team now reports in Buildings that it has developed a rechargeable original model that could represent a more than 900 percent increase in stored charge, compared with earlier attempts.
A live-in concrete battery might sound unlikely. Still, "you can make a battery out of a potato," notes Aimee Byrne. In a future where sustainability is key, she likes the idea of buildings that avoid waste by providing shelter and powering electronics.
Although the new design stores more than 10 times as much power as earlier attempts, it still has a long way to go: 200 square meters of it "can provide about 8 percent of the daily electricity consumption" of a typical U.S. home, Zhang says.
This is not enough to compete with today's rechargeable devices. "We're getting milliamps (毫安) out of concrete batteries—we're not getting amps (安培), "Byrne says." We're getting hours as opposed to days of charge." But she adds that" concrete batteries are completely in their childhood, compared to other battery designs." The earliest batteries were simple andbulky. Researchers experimented with new materials and designs for more than a century to develop today's small devices. Byrne suggests concrete-based energy storage could undergo a similar evolution. "The whole idea is that we're looking far into the future," she says. "We're playing the long game with it."
12. What can we learn about the concrete batteries?
A. They become increasingly renewable.
B. They are the most consumed batteries.
C. They are being developed by researchers.
D. They will replace energy from the wind and sun.
13. Why does Byrne mention a battery out of a potato?
A. To show it is easy to build concrete batteries.
B. To argue it is possible to develop concrete batteries.
C. To make her statement more interesting.
D. To call on people to protect the environment.
14. What does the underlined word "bulky" in Paragraph 5 mean?
A. Heavy
B. Cheap
C. Efficient
D. Small.
15. What doesByrne think of concrete batteries?
A. They beat today's rechargeable devices.
B. They are simple and bulky.
C. They have a doubtful future.
D. They have a long way to go.
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 Increase Walking Stamina (耐力)
If you’ve decided you want to improve your fitness, walking is a good choice. It’s free, simple, and adaptable to your schedule.____16____If you don’t have the patience for that, there are a few other tricks you can try to help you reach your goals faster.
●Walk for at least 30 minutes 3 to 5 days a week. Going for regular walks improve your cardiovascular (心血管的) fitness gradually, but don’t sweat it if you can’t walk this long initially.____17____
●Go on a longer walk at least one day a week. Plan a longer walk for at least one of your sessions so you can gradually push your endurance. When you first start, the distance will likely be ly short.____18____Don’t worry about where you start - just focus on improving a little each week.
●Walk at a brisk pace of about 3 miles(4.8km) per hour. This pace is faster than a stroll, but likely not the fastest you can walk.____19____There are some smart phone apps, such as PaceDJ and RockMyRun, that will help you plan your playlist to include songs with the correct numbers of beats per minute to keep you on pace.
●____20____If you only have a short period of time to walk, add resistance to work on your stamina. You can buy ankle and wrist weights at sportinggoods or department stores (or online), but this type of equipment isn’t strictly necessary. You can also simply put a few books or solid objects in a backpack and carry that. After you’ve been walking with weight for a few weeks, try walking without the weight and see how much further you can go.
A.Carry weight while walking.
B.However, as you progress, the distance will grow.
C.Listening to music while you walk can help you keep the pace.
D.Over time, you body will get used to a certain level of activity.
E.Keep track of the amount of weight you’re carrying so you can increase it.
F.If you download a step app for your smart phone, it will help you keep pace.
G.If you walk a little further every day, your walking stamina gradually improves.
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While getting into Harvard Law School is not easy for anyone, Rehan, a sanitation worker (环卫工人) from Bowie, Maryland, worked hard to achieve it. And he doesn’t take all the___21___either — he gives most of it to the people around him.
Whenhe was 8, his mother left the family and his father had to___22___to support it. Rehan’s grades dropped.___23___, his high school grades were so poor that he was___24___by many colleges. So he took a job
at Bates Trucking and Trash (垃圾). For many people, getting the job would feel like a low point.___25___, for Rehan, it was a really___26___time when his life began to turn around.
“It was the first time in my life that people who weren’t my father or my brother really just___27___me to feel confident, told me I was___28___.” His coworkers urged him to go back to school, and the company owner, Brent Bates, helped him get___29___inBowieStateUniversity. Rehan earned a 4.0-grade point_____30_____and was able to go to theUniversityofMarylandfor further_____31_____.
During his junior year atMaryland, his father was ill. To_____32_____their family, Rehan had to return to work at Bates._____33_____dropping out of school, he woke each day at 4 a.m. to finish his_____34_____before class. He scored very well in his LSAT test, and_____35_____HarvardLawSchool. That school charges a high price. Luckily, the young man found another_____36_____. Carmie McCook, a communications coach, started a GoFundMe page to help him with the_____37_____. The goal was $75,000, but it rose to over $185,000 in_____38_____, which helped make his dream_____39_____. While most people heading toHarvardLawSchoolhave the grades and the financial support, Rehan just had his own_____40_____story to stand on — the same story that makes him an inspiration.
21. A. view B. credit C. emotion D. strategy
22. A. struggle B. compete C. organize D. suffer
23. A. Curiously B. Luckily C. Actually D. Obviously
24. A. investigated B. refused C. attracted D. preferred
25. A. Therefore B. Moreover C. However D. Anyway
26. A. amazing B. confusing C. plain D. anxious
27. A. recognized B. reminded C. forgave D. encouraged
28. A. smart B. worthwhile C. responsible D. unusual
29. A. admired B. registered C. promoted D. exchanged
30. A. challenges B. comments C. honor D. average
31. A. experiments B. contents C. studies D. arrangements
32. A. observe B. affect C. improve D. save
33. A. Because of B. Instead of C. Other than D. Rather than
34. A. work B. issue C. lecture D. summary
35. A. adapted to B. contributed to C. applied to D. referred to
36. A. partner B. volunteer C. master D. supporter
37. A. cost B. stress C. limit D. rent
38. A. accommodations B. donations C. sources D. means
39. A. work out B. fall apart C. come true D. give up
40. A. awkward B. graceful C. suitable D. painful
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 are all familiar with songs getting____41.____(stick) in our head while we are awake, but it turns out that this can happen during sleep as well. A new study investigating the phenomenon____42.____(medicate) that earworms invading our brains at night can cause problems getting to sleep and staying asleep.
"Our brains continue to process music even when none is playing, including apparently while we are asleep," says neuroscientist Michael Scullin from Baylor University. He and his colleagues used____43.____(survey) from 199 people, as well as conducting a sleep lab test involving 50 volunteers, to measure____44.____listening to music before bedtime affects sleep.
In the survey part of____45.____study, participants who frequently listened to music during the day were more likely to report persistent nighttime earworms,____46.____then had a negative effect on sleep quality through the night.____47.____(uprising), the instrumental versions of the songs caused about twice____48.____many earworms as the vocal versions. Soullin, suggests____49.____(avoid) listening to music right before bed to limit the chance of a_____50._____(catch) tune taking hold in our minds.
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。

With Gaokao draw near, I was concerned and nervous. However, I couldn’t be absorbed in study, which resulted my failure in exams. I got very discouraging. Just then, my teacher, Miss Zhang, approach me. She said, “In life we all have moment when we can’t achieve what we want. Don’t allow those moments to weaken you. Instead of, let them inspire you.” These words provided her with courage to smile at life. Eventually, I gained that I
deserved. So it’s a optimistic attitude that matters.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假如你是李华，上星期四你班举行了一个关于感恩父母的主题班会。

请你为校英文报写一篇报道，内容包括。

1.班会目的;
2.班会过程;
3.班会反响。

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 Theme Class Meeting
参考答案
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2. B
3. B
4. D
5. C
6. D
7. A
8. A 9. C 10. B 11. D
12. C 13. B 14. A 15. D
16. G 17. D 18. B 19. C 20. A
21. B 22. A 23. C 24. B 25. C 26. A 27. D 28. A 29. B 30. D 31. C 32.
D 33. B 34. A 35. C 36. D 37. A 38. B 39. C 40. D
41. stuck
42. indicates
43. surveys
44. whether/if
45. the 46. which
47. Surprisingly
48. as 49. avoiding
50. catchy
51.(1). draw→drawing
(2). However→Therefore
(3). my前加in
(4). discouraging→discouraged
(5). approach→approached
(6). moment→moments
(7). 删除of
(8). her→me
(9). that→what
(10). a→an 52.略。