2020年成都七中高三英语下学期期末试卷及答案解析

2020年成都七中高三英语下学期期末试卷及答案解析
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
Twitter humorist and TV writer Jonny Sun is the author of the 2017 best-sellereveryone'sa aliebn when ur a aliebn too. This time, he recommends some emotionally powerful books.
The Book of Delightsby Ross Gay(2019)
Gay's collection of 102 short but emotional stories, begun in mid-2016 and written in the order of time over a year in America, focuses on the careful observation of ordinary delights in daily life. The writing is personal and grounded in thoughtful joy.
100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Writeby Sarah Ruhl(2014)
Seemingly a collection of essays on theater, Ruhl's book feels instead like the playwright's thoughts all of life. Her writing here is deeply personal, sharply argued but also playful. The book is actually a detailed description of the artist herself.
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Usby Hanif Abdurraqib(2017)
I am always so moved by Abdurraqib's writing. He combines cultural criticism and personal memory in such a beautiful way, making the two styles naturally bound.
Space Struckby Paige Lewis(2019 )
This poetry collection awakened emotions in me that I did not know existed, or that I could feel, or that one could ever put words to. Every line is playful, honest, complex, and gentle.
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1. Which book is a collection of short stories of daily happiness?
A. The Book of Delights.
B. 100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write.
C. They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us.
D. Space Struck.
2. Who is probably a poet?
A. Ross Gay.
B. Sarah Ruhl.
C. Hanif Abduraqib.
D. Paige Lewis.
3. Where is the text most likely from?
A. A diary.
B. A brochure.
C. A website.
D. A magazine.
B
Watching what you eat can be easier said than done, but a recent study shows it might not just be about what's on your plate — it could be about how quickly it disappears.
Japanese researchers followed 1,083 adultsfor five years, splitting them into three categories based on how quickly they ate: slow, normal, and fast. They also answered a questionnaire at the beginning of the study, sharing their diet, physical activity, and medical history. In the beginning, none of the volunteers had metabolic syndrome (新陈代谢综合征) - meaning at least three risk factors — which can lead to health problems like heart conditions and diabetes.
When the participants reported back five years later 84 had been diagnosed (诊断) with metabolic syndrome — and their eating speed was a major predictor, according to the results in the journal Circulation. The fast eaters were 89 percent more likely to have metabolic syndrome than slow and normal eaters. Just 2.3 percent of slow eaters received the diagnosis, compared to 11.6 percent of fast eaters. But that's not all. Fast eaters also saw more weight gain, larger waistlines, and higher blood sugar levels than slow eaters.
The researchers saygobblingmakes it easier not to take notice of fullness before your body has a chance to signal you to stop. “So when people eat fast they are more likely to overeat,” said Takayuki Yamaji, MD, study author and cardiologist at Hiroshima University in Japan in a statement.
Previous research backs up the weight benefits of slow eating, too. One study of New Zealand women found fast eaters have higher body-mass indexes (指数), and a Chinese study found that both healthy and fat men ate less when told to chew 40 times instead of 15 times before swallowing. Initial research even suggests chewing your food longer could bum more calories - up to about 1,000 extra every month.
4. What are the participants divided by?
A. Medical history.
B. Health condition.
C. Physical activity.
D. Eating speed.
5. Which may be the result of the study?
A. Fast eaters are 4 times more likely to have metabolic syndrome.
B. Normal and slow eaters don’t have metabolic illness.
C. 89% of fast eaters have higher blood pressure.
D. Slow caters are healthier than fast eaters.
6. What does the underlined word “gobbling” in Paragraph 4 best mean?
A. Tasting slowly.
B. Digesting quickly.
C. Eating greedily.
D. Cooking carefully.
7. What does the last paragraph tell us?
A. The importance of eating speed.
B. The advantage of eating slowly.
C. The result of a Chinese study.
D. Fast eating and overeating.
C
There will be more plastic than fish in the world’s oceans by 2050. That is what a new report from the World Economic Forum and Ellen MacArthur Foundation warns. If the current trend continues, the report said, oceans will contain one ton of plastic for every three tons of fish in 2025. By 2050, plastics will weigh more than fish. The problem is that each year at least 8 million tons of plastics end up in oceans around the world. This is the same as dumping the contents of one garbage truck into the ocean every minute.
Not all plastic ends up in the ocean because someone throws a plastic bottle into the water. Plastic containers and other trash thrown onto streets and sidewalks often are swept into oceans. Unlike other types of trash in the ocean, the plastic never bio-degrades. There is a way to slow the amount of plastics going into the oceans — people can recycle more. Currently only about 14 percent of plastics are recycled. Research in Europe shows as much as 53 percent of plastic could be recycled using available technology. The report says that another solution is using less plastic for packaging products. But that is not likely to happen.
“Given plastic packaging’s many benefits, both the possibility and desirability of an across-the-board dramatic reduction in the volume of plastic packaging used is clearly low, ”the report said. But the authors note reducing the use of plastics should be tried“where possible. ”For decades, scientists warned that plastics are killing fish. Research shows that fish are dying from choking after eating plastics. Another cause of death is that plastics cause“intestinal blockage and starvation, ”the environmental group said.
8. Why is the garbage truck mentioned in Paragraph 1 ?
A. To explain how plastics end up in the ocean.
B. To warn people against the ocean pollution.
C. To clarify the seriousness of the problem.
D. To point out some details of the report.
9. Why is plastic more dangerous than other types of trash?
A. There is too much of it.
B. It poisons the ocean water.
C. It is from different sources.
D. It is hard to break down.
10. What is the author’s attitude to the suggested solutions?
A. Pessimistic.
B. Curious.
C. Unconcerned.
D. Terrified.
11. What can we infer from the text?
A. People are not aware of the problem.
B. Recycling is limited by lack of technology.
C. Plastic packaging has become part of our life.
D. Fish in the ocean will be replaced by plastics.
D
In the northern part ofAustin there once lived an honest family by the name of Smothers. The family had John Smothers, his wife and their five-year-old daughter.
One night after supper the little girl was ill with a serious stomachache, and John Smothers hurried downtown to get some medicine. He never came back. The mother was very sad over her husband's disappearance, and it was nearly three months before she married again, and moved to San Antonio. The little girl recovered and in time grew up to womanhood. After a few years had rolled around, the little girl also married in time, and she also had a little girl of five years. She still lived in the same house where theydweltwhen her father had left and never returned.
By an unbelievable coincidence her little girl was taken with the same stomachache on the same night of the disappearance of John Smothers, who would now have been her grandfather if he had been alive. “I will go downtown and get some medicine for her,” said John Smith(for it was he whom she had married). “No, no, dear John,” cried his wife. “You, too, might disappear forever, and then forget to come back.” So John Smith did not go, and together they sat by the bedside of little Pansy. After a little while Pansy seemed to grow worse, and John Smith again wanted to go for medicine, but his wife would not let him.
Just then, the door suddenly opened and an old man with long white hair entered the room. “Hello, here is grandpa,” said Pansy. She had recognized him before any of the others. The old man drew a bottle of medicine from his pocket and gave Pansy a spoonful. She got well immediately. “I was a little late,” said John Smothers, “as I waited for a street car.”
12. What happened after John Smothers disappeared?
A. His daughter took some medicine.
B. His wife left for San Antonio.
C. Pansy immediately had a stomachache.
D. John Smith went for medicine.
13. What does the underlined word “dwelt” in paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. Lived.
B. Left.
C. Returned.
D. Married.
14. What is the relationship between John Smothersand Pansy?
A. Husband and wife.
B. Father and daughter.
C. Grandfather and granddaughter.
D. Father and son.
15. How could Pansy's mother feel when she saw John Smothers?
A. Worried.
B. Sad.
C. Uninterested.
D. Surprised.
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 become happier is what most of us are after. The things that we think will make us happier—bigger paychecks, nicer homes, slimmer bodies—____16____But practices such as exercising more, socializing, getting enough sleep, and being kind to others do.
____17____.
Exercise causes hormonal (荷尔蒙的)changes in the body that make us feel good and help interrupt negative thoughts. Anyone who has ever experienced a runner's high will surely agree.
Increase social connections
Reconnecting with a friend can boost happiness, but so can a meaningful encounter with a stranger.___18___. In fact, many studies have found that the more we use social media, the less happy we are.
Get enough shut-eye
___19___.
Perform acts of kindness
Volunteering to help someone or helping others pay for their bus tickets can make us happy. Giving others a hand takes the focus away from our own worries and problems, which can boost happiness.
These constant practices arc really what's required to boost our happiness. It's like a tire that we put air into. Occasionally it leaks, and we have to put more air into it. It's not one-time thing where we learn it and we're good.___20___. Anyone who adopts and practices the strategies can truly become happier.
A. Burn some calories
B. Prioritize free time
C. don't really matter in our lives
D. But Facebook friends don't count
E. don’t actually add joy to our lives
F. We actually have to put the work in
G.We can set an alarm to signal ourselves toget ready for bed
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
One morning in early fall, I spotted a pair of wild geese on our pond. The beautiful sight caught me by____21____because we’d never seen geese there before. Thinking they would soon leave, I_____22_____the chance to get close to them. I wondered where they came from and why they’d chosen our pond.
The next morning, the geese were still my____23____. I walked round to the mailbox, showing them I meant no harm.____24____, I couldn’t resist getting a____25____look. I hid behind some trees and____26____the handsome pair quietly through the branches. I was surprised to see they were staring at me, too!
As days passed, I started____27____to them on my trips to the mailbox. They craned their necks and raised their heads____28____, but seemed to realize I was their friend. By then, my curiosity about____29____they were staying so long on the pond changed to____30____. As they were feeling in the grass the other day, I discovered the reason for their____31____: the male had a broken left wing. He couldn’t____32____, and his faithful mate wouldn’t leave him behind.
I asked a biologist what to do. He explained that sometimes a____33____wing would heal by itself and suggested letting nature take its course.
On the first day of November, I was working in the neighborhood of the geese with my tractor. As I bent to fasten a chain from the tractor, I____34____some movement from the corner of my eye. Both geese were running towards the pond. Their wing were____35____like crazy, struggling for take-off. Gradually, they flew over the pond. They____36____enough altitude to fly past a neighbor’s house, and then circled back towards me, flying no more than 50 feet over my head as if to say goodbye. Then they were out of_____37_____.
The season’s first snowflake fell the very next day. The birds must have___38___that winter was coming, and it was time to go. I became fond of them during their____39____visit to our pond, and now I miss them. I’ll never forget their____40____to each other.
21. A. accident B. surprise C. nature D. fortune
22. A. increased B. created C. deserved D. valued
23. A. guests B. puzzles C. fellows D. friends
24. A. Instead B. Therefore C. Still D. Anyhow
25. A. closer B. quicker C. quieter D. broader
26. A. approached B. calmed C. observed D. protected
27. A. turning B. attending C. driving D. talking
28. A. firmly B. cautiously C. warmly D. proudly
29. A. why B. when C. how D. whether
30. A. sympathy B. rescue C. pleasure D. concern
31. A. companion B. visit C. settlement D. care
32. A. recover B. survive C. fly D. return
33. A. weak B. folded C. broken D. flightless
34. A. held B. caught C. directed D. made
35. A. spreading B. sweeping C. trembling D. beating
36. A. gained B. set C. discovered D. lost
37. A. reach B. sight C. control D. help
38. A. concluded B. indicated C. sensed D. confirmed
39. A. unexpected B. causal C. regular D. short
40. A. contribution B. promise C. treat D. devotion
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
Do you want to learn a foreign language? Choose one of the most____41.____(use) languages suggested below to learn.
In most countries all over the world, English is___42.___most widely used second language. Whether a person is traveling to a foreign country or communicating____43.____people from other_____44._____(country) for business purposes, English is one language which will come in handy at every step.
Spanish is the language of business in about twenty countries. There are many jobs in the United States as well as in many other countries, which specially ask for people_____45._____know how to speak and write Spanish.
The Chinese economy is booming! In the future, China____46.____(become) the economic world leader, which makes it the perfect time to learn Mandarin Chinese, a language_____47._____(speak) by millions of people.
French______48.______(recognize) as one of the top languages to learn,____49.____(simple) because it is a chief language in northern and western Africa. Anyone trying to understand European history can benefit a lot from_____50._____(learn) this language.
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'm Li hua, the local high school student. I'm writing to apply the job as a volunteer to work in the museum. I've been learning English for ten years, so I can communicate with other in English fluently. Beside, I'm outgoing and warm-hearted, that makes it easy for me to offer service to visitors from other countries. On top of that, I am strong interested in Chinese culture and had a good knowledge of Chinese relics. Therefore, I am confident in that I am qualified for the job. I would appreciate an interview at your convenient. I'm looking forward to receive your early reply.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。

你校将举办主题为“创意点亮校园”学生手工作品展。

请给你校的交换生Jim写一封邮件，邀请他参观展览。

内容包括：
1.介绍展览信息(例如：时间、地点、内容等)；
2.询问对方意向。

注意：1.词数100左右；
2.邮件的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

提示词：手工作品handicraft
Dear Jim,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. A
2. D
3. C
4. D
5. A
6. A
7. D
8. C 9. D 10. A 11. C
12. B 13. A 14. C 15. D
16. E 17. A 18. D 19. G 20. F
21. B 22. D 23. A 24. C 25. A 26. C 27. D 28. B 29. A 30. D 31. B 32.
C 33. C 34. B 35.
D 36. A 37. B 38. C 39. A 40. D
41. useful
42. the 43. with
44. countries
45. who/that
46. will become
47. spoken 48. is recognized
49. simply 50. learning
51.(1). the→a；(2).在apply后加for；(3). other→others；(4). Beside→Besides；(5). that→which；(6). strong→strongly；(7).had→have；(8).去掉confident 后的in；(9). convenient→convenience；(10). receive→receiving
52.略。