2019-2020学年郑州市第一零一中学高三英语上学期期中试题及参考答案

2019-2020学年郑州市第一零一中学高三英语上学期期中试题及参考
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
Last summer, Katie Steller pulled off the freeway on her way to work inMinneapolis. She stopped at a traffic light, where a man was sitting with a sign asking for help. She rolled down her window and shouted. “Hey. I’m driving around giving free haircuts. Do you want one right now?” The man laughed, then paused. “Actually,” he said, “I was really hoping to get a haircut.” Steller pulled out a red chair from her car and helped the man cut his hair immediately. After the work was done, the man looked in a mirror. “I look good!” he said.
Up to now, Steller has given 30 or so such haircuts around the city to people with little influence, and she is strongly aware of the power of her cleanup job.
As a teen, she suffered from a severe disease, causing her hair to get thinned, so her mother arranged for Steller’s first professional haircut. “To sit down and have somebody look at me and talk to me like a person and not just an illness, it helped me feel cared about and less alone,” she says. After that, Steller knew she wanted to have her own barbershop so she could help people feel the way she’d felt that day. Not long after finishing cosmetology (美容术) school in 2009, she began what she now calls her Red Chair Project, reaching out to people on the streets. Her aim was that by doing some kind acts, others would be inspired to spread their own.
“Part of what broke my heart was just how lonely peoplelooked,” she said. “I thought maybe I’d go around and ask if people want free haircuts. I can’t fix their problems, but maybe I can help them feel less alone for a moment.”
It all began with a belief in simple acts of kindness, such as a free haircut. “The way you show up in the world matters,” said Steller. “You have no idea what people are going to do with the kindness that you give them.”
1. How does the writer begin the passage?
A. By making a comparison.
B. By giving a reason.
C. By raising a question.
D. By describing a scene.
2. What made Stellar start the Red Chair Project?
A. Her mother’s love for her.
B. Her interest in cosmetology.
C. Her care for those in need.
D. Her wish to fight severe diseases.
3. What did Stellar expect from the project?
A. To spread kindness.
B. To solve social problems.
C. To deal with relationships.
D. To make people look smarter.
B
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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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
7. 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
C
Japan's prime minister encouraged the decision to ban viewers, even family members, by issuing a state of emergency order in Tokyo earlier this month in response to rising COVID-19 case numbers.
From the perspective of sports psychologists, an Olympics without fans is a real-life science experiment that is helping researchers and clinicians to comb through the true impact of a crowd of fans on its players—and on viewers at home. The strange circumstances under which the games are held may place unexpected pressure on some athletes. On Tuesday, superstar gymnast Simone Biles dropped out of the women's team event, telling teammates and reporters she wasn't in the right “headspace” to compete. “It's been really stressful this Olympic Games. There are a lot of different variables going into it,” Biles told the Washington Post.
The 2020 Summer Olympics bears similarities and differences to other major sporting events without viewers. The English Premier League supplemented (增加) game broadcasts with crowd noise from the soccer video game FIFA 20, mixed with game audio in real time. A Taiwanese baseball team and German soccer team began populating stands with cardboard cutouts of fans, and the trend caught on internationally.
Jamey Houle, the lead sports psychologist for Ohio State University Athletics and a former Al-American gymnast, says competitive athletes are trained in visualization— imagining performing a certain action or motion, such as doing a roundoff back handspring in gymnastics. Without moving a muscle, players using visualization can solidify neural (神经的) connections and activate their motor cortex (皮层). To visualize most effectively, Houle says, athletes working with sports psychologists will try to simulate as closely as possible the conditions of actual gameplay. Empty stadiums may thus have a measurable impact on players' performance. This phenomenon is grounded in a psychological concept called “social facilitation”, referring to a change in a person's performance that occurs when others are around compared to when a person is alone.
8. What caused Biles to drop out of the women's team event?
A. The poor physical condition.
B. The absence of the audience.
C. The fiercely competitive event.
D. The influence of crowds of fans.
9. What can be inferred from Paragraph 3?
A. The Taiwanese baseball team is a success.
B. The tendency mentioned is popular among some sporting events.
C. The 2020 Summer Olympics is stricter in preventing the pandemic.
D. The crowd noise plays a leading role in the English Premier League.
10. How does Houle explain the impact of empty stadiums on players' performance?
A. By doing a roundoff back handspring.
B. By simulating the conditions of actual gameplay.
C. By using the concept called social facilitation.
D. By changing the viewers of a player.
11. What message does the author mainly convey in the text?
A. Athletes should be trained in visualization.
B. Audience should be admitted to the Olympics.
C. Social facilitation is helpful to sporting events.
D. Viewers present may influence players' performance.
D
I’ve long believedthat positive living isn’t about being optimistic every minute of every day. That kind of permanently happy state can’t be the goal, because it’s impossible to achieve.
It turns out that psychological research finds true happiness comes from authentic positivity, and authentic positivity comes from emotional flexibility.
Being flexible emotionally means being open to the full range of emotional experiences, including the challenging ones like anger, disappointment and sadness. Emotional flexibility means being able to shift behaviors and mindsets to meet different situational needs, and adapting when circumstances change.
However, emotionally flexible people are not chameleons (变色龙) whose outlook changes based on which way the wind is blowing. Instead, emotional flexibility is a skill that helps people judge the complexities of daily life, and stick to their deeply held values.
I’ve learned a new word that I’d like to share with you: Eudaimonia (幸福感). Eudaimonia is the opposite of hedonism (享乐主义), the idea that happiness comes from the constant pursuit of pleasure and avoidance of pain. Eudaimonia, by contrast, encourages us to pursue meaning and authenticity, growth and honest joy. Both are philosophical approaches to happiness, and recent psychological thought is leaning toward eudaimonia as a more sustainable, satisfying model.
Eudaimonia was first mentioned by Aristotle, who got the term from the Greek word “daimon,” which means “true nature.” Tome, walking a positive path means accepting that we each have positive true nature and permanent goodness. What we learn from the concept of eudaimonia is that we are best equipped to realize this nature when we are emotionally honest and flexible.
12. What is the author’s belief?
A. People should live alone.
B. People can’t always be happy.
C. People can’t always achieve their goals.
D. People should pursue true achievements.
13. What do enmotionally flexible people commit themselves to?
A. Their strongly believed values.
B. Their different needs.
C. Permanent happiness.
D. The pursuit of hedonism.
14. How can people gain eudaimonia according to the author?
A. By being honest to others.
B. By changing true nature.
C. By keeping realstically optimistic.
D. By pursuing pleasure constantly.
15. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?
A. What is the meaning of eudaimonia?
B. What should we do to keep positive?
C. How can we keep happy forever?
D. Why can’t people be happy all the time?
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Talking to yourself may seem a little shameful. According to the well-known saying, talking to yourself is the first sign of madness,___16___Talking to ourselves, whether out loud or silently in our heads, is a valuable tool for thought.
Far from being mentally ill, self-talk allows us to plan what we are going to do, manage our activities, regulate our emotions and even create a description of our experience.___17___
As children, according to the Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky, we use private speech to regulate our actions in the same way that we use public speech to control the behavior of others.___18___Psychological experiments have shown that the private speech can improve our performance on tasks ranging from judging what other people are thinking to sorting images into categories. One recent study suggested that self-talk is most effective when we address ourselves in the second person, as “you” rather than “I”.
___19___If you want proof, turn on the sports channel. You’re certain to see an athlete or two cheering themselves up with a bitter phrase or scolding themselves after a bad shot.
Conduct a dialogue with ourselves.___20___The private speech seems to be a particularly good way of solving problems and working through ideas. The to-and-fro between different points of view means our thoughts can end up in expected places, just like a regular dialogue can, and might turn out to be one of the keys to human creativity.
A. What is private speech?
B. But there is no need for embarrassment.
C. Psychologists refer to this as private speech.
D. Ask questions of the self and provide answers.
E. We do a lot of private speech when we are young.
F. As we grow older, we make the private speech become the way of blinking,
G. Although the private speech is effective, we never entirely put away the out-loud speech.
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
Lots of children want to know what to give their mom for Mother's Day. Of course, a handsome card is always great, but it's not___21___to come up with that extra something.
A few days before Mother's Day, my friend Ollie and I were discussing what___22___is good enough for his grandmother Abuela, who is pretty much like a___23___to him. Right then, Abuela walked inside with a tray of food.
“Sweetie, won't you___24___us for lunch? We're having sandwiches. It's my speciality. ” she said to me.
“This is delicious!” I said after taking a bite and then asked. "Speaking of___25___, what's the most delicious food you've ever eaten?”
She thought for a minute. "Well, nothing could match the special strawberry ice cream my grandmother___26___when I was a girl on certain occasions. We winked at each other, knowing that we had already found a Mother's Day___27___his grandmother would love.
Over the next few___28___, Ollie and I asked everyone we knew if they___29___to have a nice cream machine and old fashioned one___30___—but no luck. So my dad helped us___31___some recipes online, and fortunately we found a fun one that didn't require any___32___machine—just a couple of empty coffee cans in different sizes.
Mother's Day___33___arrived. We were very___34___to make the ice cream. Sitting outside,we all took___35___rolling the can while we sang the Mother's Day song for Abuela. We had to roll the can for half an hour.___36___, it was so much fun；When the___37___was finally ready, Abuela was the first to try it. "Mmm! The ice cream you made is even far better than I___38___!” Abuela smiled from ear to ear.
For Mother's Day,___39___time together while we made the ice cream was just as much fun as___40___it. It is company with love that means more than gifts.
21. A. hard B. comfortable C. easy D. funny
22. A. gift B. lesson C. exercise D. food
23. A. friend B. mom C. sister D. teacher
24. A. help B. abandon C. blame D. accompany
25. A. urgent B. delicious C. precious D. desperate
26. A. approved B. conveyed C. made D. predicted
27. A. surprise B. art C. toy D. honour
28. A. years B. months C. weeks D. days
29. A. attempted B. happened C. pretended D. agreed
30. A. over there B. or so C. as usual D. in particular
31. A. search for B. look after C. head for D. appeal to
32. A. strange B. specific C. actual D. expensive
33. A. obviously B. suddenly C. eventually D. oppositely
34. A. shocked B. satisfied C. tired D. excited
35. A. turns B. photos C. courage D. money
36. A. Though B. However C. Therefore D. Besides
37. A. can B. biscuit C. ice cream D. flower
38. A. sell B. lack C. judge D. remember
39. A. spending B. counting C. wasting D. saving
40. A. holding B. eating C. playing D. handling
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
China, which takes pride in four inventions in ancient times, has once again shown its ability___41.___(change) the world with its new four great inventions : high-speed railways, electronic payment, shared bicycles and online shopping.
Recently, the “new four great inventions”___42.___(improve) the quality of people’s lives. Thanks to online shopping and mobile payment, people can buy what they want___43.___(simple) with a tap on the phone indoors. High-speed trains have shortened___44.___journey from Beijing to the coastal city Tianjin to half an hour. As for the bikes, they themselves are not new. It is the operating model of bike-sharing___45.___(base) on the satellite navigation (导航) system, mobile payment as well as big data___46.___has surprised the world. Shared bicycles are bringing cycling back___47.___people’s lives and they are making public transport more___48.___(attract).
It is increasingly clear that China is no longer___49.___(copy), western , ideas and is leading in many new ways. A growing number of foreign___50.___(company) hope to promote the development in their home country by highlighting the need for technological achievements like that of China.
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.单句改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
（多改或不按格式要求改不得分）
下面每个句子都只有一处语言错误。

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（^），并在其下面写出该词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

Many parents lack of patience to tell their children why they should behave as told.
During the Second World War, thousands of people flee the country.
He has run out all the money his parents gave him.
It is bad manner to talk with your finger pointing at another person.
I had told them the reason, which I didn’t attend the meeting.
I dare not to go winter swimming alone.
In no circumstance should the will of the minority override the will of the majority of people.
What might he be doing at this time of night?
She insisted that she hear somebody in the house.
Anna has theory knowledge of teaching, but no practical experience.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.某中学生英文报正在进行征文比赛，主题是：我们该追什么星？请你写一篇短文去参赛，内容包括：
1.青少年“追星”现象；
2.你对此现象的看法；
3.你认为最值得崇拜(worship)的人并说明理由.
1.词数100左右：
2.短文题目己为你写好.
Who should we be fans of?
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________
参考答案
1. D
2. C
3. A
4. C
5. D
6. A
7. B
8. B 9. B 10. C 11. D
12. B 13. A 14. C 15. A
16. B 17. C 18. F 19. G 20. D
21. C 22. A 23. B 24. D 25. B 26. C 27. A 28. D 29. B 30. D 31. A 32.
B 33.
C 34.
D 35. A 36. B 37. C 38. D 39. A 40. B
41. to change
42. have improved
43. simply 44. the
45. based 46. that
47. into 48. attractive
49. Copying
50. companies
51.(1). 去掉of
(2). flee→fled
(3). out后加of
(4). manner→manners
(5). which 前加for
(6). 去掉to (7). circumstance→circumstances
(8). might→can/could
(9). hear→heard
(10). theory→theoretical/ theoretic
【81题详解】
考查动词用法。

句意：许多父母没有耐心告诉他们的孩子，为什么他们应该按照别人说的去做。

lack表示“缺乏”为及物动词，可以直接跟宾语。

故去掉of。

【82题详解】
考查时态。

句意：第二次世界大战期间，成千上万的人逃离了这个国家。

根据上文“During the Second World War”可知为一般过去时。

故flee改为fled。

【83题详解】
考查介词。

句意：他把父母给他的钱都花光了。

后跟名词作宾语，表示“花光”应用run out of。

故out后加of。

【84题详解】
考查名词的数。

句意：说话时用手指着别人是不礼貌的。

表示“不礼貌”短语为bad manners，应用复数形式。

故manner改为manners。

【85题详解】
考查定语从句。

句意：我已经把不参加会议的原因告诉他们了。

此处为非限制性定语从句修饰先行词reason，先行词在从句中作原因状语，可用why或for which引导。

which引导非限定性定语从句。

故which 前加for。

【86题详解】
考查固定用法。

句意：我不敢一个人去冬泳。

表示“不敢做某事”短语为dare not do sth.。

故去掉to。

【87题详解】
考查名词。

句意：在任何情况下，少数人的意志都不应凌驾于多数人的意志之上。

结合句意表示“在任何情况下”短语为in no circumstances。

故circumstance改为circumstances。

【88题详解】
考查情态动词。

句意：这么晚了他会在干什么呢？此处表推测，意为“会”应用can或could。

故might改为can/could。

【89题详解】
考查时态。

句意：她坚持说她听到房子里有人。

此处主句为一般过去时，宾语从句也应用相对应的时态，此处用一般过去时。

故hear改为heard。

【90题详解】
考查形容词。

句意：安娜有教学的理论知识，但没有实践经验。

修饰后文名词knowledge应用形容词theoretical/ theoretic，作定语。

故theory改为theoretical/ theoretic
52.略。