2019-2020学年杭州西湖高级中学高三英语下学期期末考试试题及参考答案

2019-2020学年杭州西湖高级中学高三英语下学期期末考试试题及参
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
Canadais one of the most beautiful countries in the world. Here are 4 attractive places worth your visit.
Churchill
Churchill is a town with the nickname "Polar Bear Capital of the World”, where tourists can safely view polar bears from special vehicles in the autumn and winter. Thousands of beluga whales, which move into the warmer waters of theChurchill Riverduring July and August, are a major summer attraction. Churchill is also a destination for bird watchers from late May until August.
Niagara Falls
Niagara Fallsis a group of three waterfalls, crossing the border betweenCanadaand theUnited States. The largest of the three is Horseshoe Falls, also known asCanadian Falls. Niagara Falls illumination（彩灯）is a must for any visitor! Every night of the year, the three waterfalls are illuminated in color1 s creating an attractive scene that can be viewed from near and far.
Vancouver
VancouverisCanada's third-largest city, always named as one of the top five worldwide cities for its comfortable environment and quality of life.Vancouverhas an active nightlife scene, whether its food and dining, or bars and nightclubs. From mid-June to early July, the Vancouver International Jazz Festival features 300 concerts, including a free opening Downtown Jazz Weekend.
Ottawa
The capital ofCanadais situated on the banks of theOttawa Riverand has a lot of
English buildings in it. It is a beautiful city which has the Parliament buildings on the banks and English influenced houses and parks around. There are museums and art galleries that will give you a complete knowledge of the English culture there. It is really the heart ofCanada. So if you are a history and art loverOttawais the best choice for your visit inCanada.
1. If you want to watch birds, which place will you choose to visit?
A. Churchill.
B.Niagara Falls.
C. Vancouver.
D.Ottawa.
2. What is the best season for visitingVancouver?
A. Spring.
B. Summer.
C. Autumn.
D. Winter.
3. What doNiagara FallsandVancouverhave in common?
A. They are both famous for natural scenery.
B. The best visiting time are both at nights.
C. They are both located inCanadaentirely.
D. The tickets there are both free at weekends.
B
To show empathy is to identify with another’s feelings. It is to emotionally put yourself in the place of another. The ability to empathize is directly dependent on your ability to feel your own feelings and identify them.
If you have never felt a certain feeling, it will be hard for you to understand how another person is feeling. If you have never put your hand in a flame, you will not know the pain of fire. If you have not experienced jealousy, you will not understand its power.Readingabout a feeling and intellectually knowing about it is very different than actually experiencing it for yourself.
Among those with an equal level of emotional intelligence, the person who has actually experienced the widest range and variety of feelings — the great depths of depression and the heights of fulfillment, for example, — is the one who is most able to empathize. On the other hand, when we say that someone “can’t relate” to other people, it is likely because they haven’t experienced, acknowledged or accepted many feelings of their own.
Once you have felt discriminated against, for example, it is much easier to relate with someone else who has been discriminated against. Our innate emotional intelligence gives us the ability to quickly recall those instances and form associations when we encounter discrimination again. We then can use the “reliving” of those emotions to guide our thinking and actions. This is one of the ways nature slowly evolves towards a higher level of survival.
For this process to work, the first step is that we must be able to experience our own emotions. This means we must be open to them and not distract ourselves from them or try to numb ourselves from our feelings through drugs, alcohol, etc.
Next, we need to become aware of what we are actually feeling — to acknowledge, identify, and accept our feelings. Only then can we empathize with others. That is one reason why it is important to work on your own emotional awareness and sensitivity — in other words, to be “in touch with” your feelings.
4. How does the author explain the feelings of empathy?
A. By giving examples.
B. By having classification.
C. By making comparison.
D. By providing data.
5. Which statement may the author agree with?
A. Low level of empathy leads to fewer varieties of feelings.
B. The deeper one’s feelings are, the more empathetic one is.
C. Empathy is a way we recently picked up for better survival.
D. Rich experiences may not go with a high level of empathy.
6. What’s the purpose of the last two paragraphs of the text?
A. To advise a sincere attitude to one’s experiences.
B To suggest a right understanding of empathy.
C. To require a realbond with one’s emotions.
D. To call for true acceptance of one’s feelings.
7. What is the best title for the text?
A. How Empathy Unfolds
B. Be Open to Your Emotions
C. Why Is Empathy Important
D. Accept Your True Self
C
If you easily make mistakes when in a hurry, a new study from Michigan State University—the largest of its kind to date-found that meditation (冥想) could help you improve the situation.
The research tested how open monitoring meditation (OMM)—or, meditationthat focuses awareness on feelings or thoughts as they unfold in one’s mind and body—alteredbrain activity in a way that suggested increased error recognition.
“People’s interest in meditation is outpacing what science can prove in terms of effects and benefits.” said Jeff Lin, MSU psychology doctoral candidate and study co-author. “But it’s amazing to me that we were able to see how one session of a guided meditation could produce changes to brain activity in non-meditators.”
“Some forms of meditation have you focus on a single object, commonly your breath, but open monitoring meditation is a bit different,” Lin said, “It has you tune inward and pay attention to everything going on in your mind and body. The goal is to sit quietly and pay close attention to where the mind travels without getting too caught up in the scenery.”
Lin and his MSU co-authors—William Eckerle, Ling Peng and Jason Moser—hired more than 200 participants to test how open monitoring meditation affected how people detect and respond toerrors.
The participants, who had never meditated before, were taken through a 20-minute open monitoring
meditation exercise while the researchers measured brain activity through electroencephalography (脑电图), or EEG. Then, they completed a computerized distraction (分心) test.
“The EEG can measure brain activity at the millisecond level, so we got precise measures of brain activity right after mistakes compared to correct responses,” Lin said. “A certain neural signal occurs about half a second after an error called the error positivity, which is linked to conscious error recognition. We found that the strength of this signal is increased in the meditators to controls.”
“These findings show what just 20 minutes of open monitoring meditation can do to improve the brain’s ability to detect and pay attention to mistakes,” Moser said.
8. What does the underlined word “altered” in paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. Changed.
B. Prevented.
C. Started.
D. Recorded.
9. Why is open monitoring meditation different?
A. It is just aimed at a single object.
B. It clears your mind of everything.
C. It gets too caught up in the scenery.
D. It focuses on where the mind travels.
10. What did the researchers do for the study
A. They hired people who had meditated before.
B. They measured the participants’ brain activity.
C. They reminded the participants to avoid errors.
D. They had non-meditators design a distraction test.
11. What is the best title for the text?
A. Turn to OMM to Avoid Acting in a Hurry
B. You’re Able to Recognize Errors Consciously
C. Meditators’ Brain Proves Much More Active
D. OMM Can Help You Make Fewer Mistakes
D
Rock and pop hitmaker Jim Steinman, who wrote and composed music for Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler, Celine Dion, and more, died Monday in Danbury, Connecticut. He was 73. Steinman's brother Billconfirmed that the cause of death was kidney (肾) failure.
A statement posted on Steinman's Facebook page read, “It's with a heavy heart that I can confirm Jim's passing. There will be much more to say in the coming hours and days as we prepare to honor this giant of a human being and his glorious legacy.”
Steinman's wholly unique career found him working as a composer, lyricist, and producer for many artists in a variety of styles. According to a biography on his website, the records he's worked on have sold more than 190 million copies worldwide. He was nominated (提名) for four Grammys, and won Album of the Year for his work on
Dion's 1996 smash,Falling Into You.
Steinman began his career in a musical theater while in college, writing and starring in a rock musical calledThe Dream Engine, which gained the attentionof New York theatrical producer Joe Papp. After graduating, Steinman worked at the Public Theater (which was established by Papp). In 1973, Yvonne Elliman recorded Steinman's song “Happy Ending”, which became Steinman's first commercially released tune. That same year, the Public Theater staged his musicalMore Than You Deserve.
One of the actors who auditioned forMore Than You Deservewas Meat Loaf, and he and Steinman soon struck up a close personal and professional relationship. The two began working on Meat Loaf's solo album,Bat Out of Hell, in the early 70s, but it wouldn't be released until 1977. It wasn't until about one year later — after Meat Loaf performed onSaturday Night Live— that the album became a hit.
“There is no other songwriter ever like him,” Meat Loaf said. “I can never repay him. He has been such an influence, in fact, the biggest influence on my life, and I learned so much from him that there would be no way I could ever repay Mr. Jim Steinman.”
12. What caused Jim Steinman's death?
A. A hit on the head.
B. A kidney problem.
C. A failed operation.
D. A lack of blood supply.
13. What is the correct order of the following events?
a. Meat Loaf performed onSaturday Night Live.
b. Jim released his first commercial tuneHappy Ending.
c. Jim and Meat Loaf released the albumBat Out of Hell.
d. Jim starred in a rock musical calledThe Dream Engin
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e. Jim's musicalMore Than You Deservewas put on show.
f. Jim won Album of the Year for his work onFalling Into You.
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B. dbcfae
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D. fbceda
14. Why was Jim Steinman important to Meat Loaf?
A. Because Jim was an extraordinary songwriter.
B. Because Jim allowed him not to repay his debt.
C. Because Jim was influential in the music industry.
D. Because Jim gave him friendship and career support.
15. What do we learn about Jim Steinman?
A. He mainly focused his career on acting in musicals.
B. He is a well-known and widely respected musician.
C. His closest friends were Bill, Papp and Meat Loaf.
D. He won four Grammys in the course of his career.
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Rather than having to operate home devices(设备) like your coffee maker and cleaner directly, you can now use them remotely from your phone, wherever you happen to be.
Warm up your house wherever you are.____16____But thanks to modern thermostats(恒温器), there’s no need to feel anxious. Now many smart systems enable you to control the heating remotely through your smart phone, so you can adjust the temperature while you’re at work or on the way home.
Cook while watching TV. Imagine an oven(烤箱)that just knows how long everything will take to cook.____17____And it’ll even produce a live video of the cooking, so you’ll know exactly when the food is starting to brown. What is more amazing is that some intelligent ovens even have Food ID software that can detect what you’re feeding into them and recommend a cooking program.____18____
Make a coffee from bed. It’s perfect for the winter months. With a wi-fi enabled smart coffee machine you can wake up, tap a button on your smart phone and get a message when your coffee is ready.____19____You can even schedule it remotely, so there’s a pot of hot coffee waiting for you when you get into your house.
____20____Smart home devices can save you time and money, but some can even save your life. For example, a smart smoke alarm will send a warning to your smart phone if it discovers danger or carbon monoxide(一氧化碳).For those false alarms set off by things like burned toast, you can silence the alarm via your smart phone, no more climbing on dinner chairs to shut the noise off.
A. You needn’t walk away from your favorite activities.
B. It’ll send progress information to your phone.
C. Energy bills often worry you deeply during the winter months
D. Check whether your home is safe from your phone
E. All you need to do is put the food in and hit “Start” button
F. Keep an eye on your things from anywhere in the world
G. It’s well worth the extra 15 minutes in 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 day, in ancient Greece, the great philosopher Socrates was walking leisurely around a community garden.
A neighbor walked up to him and said, “You are never in a million years going to____21____what I just heard about one of our neighbors…”
“Wait,” the great wise man____22____. “Before you continue with this story, your words must____23____the triple filter (三重过滤) test.” The neighbor was____24____and stared at him with a blank expression. Socrates told her that the first filter was to check the____25____of the story. The second filter was to____26____whether what she was about to say was good anyway. Before he could finish his____27____, Socrates asked the woman, “Is what you want to share useful?” The neighbor thought for a moment and then said, “No, I____28____it is not really…” “So, do you want to____29____something with me that may not be true, is probably not good, and is not_____30_____?” Socrates asked. The neighbor wordlessly._____31_____. “Well, you have no good reason to tell me this_____32_____, and you have no good reason to believe it yourself,” Socrates added, as the neighbor walked away_____33_____.
In reality, every single day, we_____34_____much time and energy in gossip (流言蜚语). Especially nowadays, many of us_____35_____social media in order to know something that is far from what is true, good and useful. But the mind-numbinggossip_____36_____wastes our time and even does harm to us. So don't fall into the_____37_____of being disturbed by gossip. Instead, we should take Socrates'_____38_____and simply focus on something that is true, good, and useful. It was_____39_____to people a couple thousand years ago, and I_____40_____you that it continues to work well for many people today.
21. A. observe B. discuss C. notice D. believe
22. A. interrupted B. paused C. continued D. repeated
23. A. witness B. pass C. mark D. illustrate
24. A. disappointed B. kind-hearted C. confused D. excited
25. A. value B. theory C. appearance D. truth
26. A. look through B. find out C. talk about D. take out
27. A. question B. debate C. lesson D. task
28. A. indicate B. confirm C. understand D. suppose
29. A. leave B. compare C. share D. connect
30. A. common B. advantageous C. attractive D. possible
31. A. nodded B. ignored C. stopped D. cried
32. A. joke B. lie C. legend D. story
33. A. secretly B. confidently C. embarrassedly D. cautiously
34. A. turn B. invest C. introduce D. push
35. A. make use of B. make up for C. take care of D. take notice of
36. A. also B. only C. still D. ever
37. A. promise B. battle C. trap D. expectation
38. A. advice B. proverb C. request D. proof
39. A. beneficial B. safe C. close D. familiar
40. A. encourage B. recommend C. remind D. guarantee
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
A supermarket employee in Illinois is being called a hero after____41.____(run) across the store’s parking lot to save a baby____42.____was in a runaway shopping cart(购物车).
Ben Mazur, who was a worker at a Schnucks supermarket in Alton, was pushing shopping carts____43.____he heard a car horn honking(喇叭鸣响) repeatedly. “It turns out, the owner of the car was trying to get someone’s attention because there was a runaway cart____44.____(roll) down the store’s parking lot,” according to the supermarket manager.
Mazur quickly noticed it wasn’t just a cart—there was also a baby placed in the child seat.
“The mom was putting her other kids in the car and didn’t realize____45.____was happening,” Mazur explained. “I stopped what I was doing,____46.____(run) across the lot and pulled the cart back before it rolled into a stop sign.”
Now, both the manager____47.____customers speak highly of Mazur.
“We have a slanting(倾斜的) parking lot so carts can get rolling fast,” said Alton Co-Manager Tom Moore. “Quick thinking on Ben’s part saved the baby. Congrats, Ben, you’re____48.____brave man!”
“Not all____49.____(hero) wear capes(披肩),”a customer added.
“You ran_____50._____(fast) than a speeding baby!” another joked. “Good job, Ben.”
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。

Some Senior 3 students can't study efficient because of staying up late. What's the more, many have anxiety, that also leads to the inefficiency of studying. In respect of the problem, I have some suggestion for them. First, they should have enough sleep, which is of great important. Besides, striking a balance between study and relaxation are necessary. Finally, it's a great idea for them to spend more time do sports. In my opinion, more attention should paid to Senior 3 students’ health. I suggest they take care of them so that they can stay healthy but study well.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假如你是学校英语社团的一名成员，为了增进友谊，英语社团上周日(6月13日)组织社团成员去人民公园进行了一次郊游活动。

请你写一篇英文稿件记录这次郊游活动，并且向校报投稿。

稿件内容包括：
1.活动的目的
2.集合的时间、地点、交通方式以及郊游期间的活动
3.你的感受
注意：1.词数100左右
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：一次郊游活动an outing
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________
参考答案
1. A
2. B
3. B
4. A
5. D
6. C
7. A
8. A 9. D 10. B 11. D
12. B 13. A 14. D 15. B
16. C 17. B 18. E 19. G 20. D
21. D 22. A 23. B 24. C 25. D 26. B 27. C 28. D 29. C 30. B 31. A 32.
D 33. C 34. B 35. A 36. B 37. C 38. A 39. A 40. D
41. running
42. who##that
43. when 44. rolling
45. what 46. ran
47. and 48. a
49. heroes 50. faster
51.(1).efficient→efficiently
(2).去掉the
(3).that→which
(4).suggestion→suggestions
(5).imporatnt→importance
(6).are →is
(7).do→doing
(8).should后接be
(9).them→themselves
(10).but→and
52.略。