2020年广州市第十中学高三英语期末考试试题及答案解析

2020年广州市第十中学高三英语期末考试试题及答案解析
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
People in the Middle Ages did eat with their hands. Personal utensils (餐具) were mostly unheard of, especially forks. There were spoons to help serve, but only special guests would receive a knife from the host. Everyone else would be expected to bring their own. Of course, eating with one's hands can be quite a sticky situation, so towels were provided to help diners stay at least somewhat clean as they ate.
Still, dining was often a messy affair. At special occasions in the wealthiest households, women tended to dine alone, separate from the men. Women were expected to uphold a quality of grace. Eating greasy meat by hand would certainly not help! Once the men and women had finished their meals, they would come together to socialize.
Dietary scholars of the Middle Ages believed that the foods in a meal needed to be served and eaten in order of heaviness. The lightest and most easily digested foods, such as fruits and cheeses, were eaten first to help the digestive (消化) system get started. Once digestion was underway, greens and light meats, such as lettuce, cabbage and chicken, could be eaten. Last came the heavier vegetables and meats, such as carrots, beans, beef, pork, and mutton. This method was considered the most healthful way to eat.
The main and largest meal of the day was supper, and it was eaten at midday. Dinner was a light meal, and many of those in nobility (贵族) -the highest levels of the Middle Ages society-skipped breakfast altogether. Breakfast was considered unnecessary for those who did not perform physical work. Snacks and any other eating during the day were viewed the same way. Commoners, or the working class, were allowed to eat breakfast and small meals throughout the day.
1. What did people in the Middle Ages usually do at the dinner table?
A. They cleaned hands before meals.
B. They used personal utensils.
C. They had to use knives at dinner.
D. They ate mostly with hands.
2. What is the third paragraph mainly about?
A. The order of eating foods.
B. The weight of various foods.
C. The principles of digesting foods.
D. The list of healthy foods.
3. Why did the nobility avoid eating breakfast?
A. Breakfast was wasted for the nobility.
B. Breakfast was viewed as unnecessary.
C. Breakfast was considered as a light meal.
D. Breakfast was saved for commoners.
B
Joy Mangano is now an American inventor. She was divorced and had three kids under age 7 when she was 33, and was barely keeping up payments on her small two-bedroom home by working extra hours as a waitress. “There were times when I would lie in bed and think. I didn't know how I was going to pay that bill,” Mangano says.
But she had a special ability for seeing the obvious thing. She knew how hard it was to mop the floor. “I was tired, of bending down, putting my hands in dirty water, wringing (拧) out a mop,” Mangano says. “So, There's gotta be a better way.”
How about a “self-wringing” mop? She designed a special tool you could twist in two directions at once, and still keep your hands clean and dry. She set out to sell it, first a few at flea markets.
Then Mangano met with the media. But would couch potatoes (电视迷) buy a mop? The experts on shopping TV were less than certain. They gave it a try, and it failed Mangano was sure it would sell if they'd let her do the on-camera display. She said, “Get me on that stage, and I will sell this mop because it's a great item.”
So QVC, a multinational corporation specializing in televised home shopping, took a chance on her. “I got onstage and the phones went crazy. We sold every mop in minutes.”
Today she's president of Ingenious Designs, a multimillion-dollar company, and one of the stars of HSN, the Home Shopping Network. Talking about the household invention, Mangano says, “It is as natural for me as it is for
a parent to talk about their child.”
4. What is the first paragraph mainly about?
A. Mangano's small home.
B. Mangano's work experience.
C. Mangano's unhappy marriage.
D. Mangano's hard living conditions.
5. Mangano sold the mop successfully with the help of ________.
A. HSN
B. QVC
C. couch potatoes
D. experts on shopping TV
6. What does Mangano think of her invention?
A. Normal.
B. Special.
C. Unsatisfactory.
D. Unbelievable.
7. What can we learn from the text?
A. HSN is a business organization that sells goods on the Internet.
B. The experts on shopping TV were confident about Mangano's mop.
C. Mangano got the idea of self-wringing mop from her own experience.
D Mangano once had to work seven days a week to support her family.
C
Hundreds of millions of people watched on television on July 20, 1969, when American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to land on the moon. Back then, businesses sold many products connected to the event and many such products are now on sales again — in celebration of the moon landing’s 50th anniversary.
A limited number of Omega’s gold Speedmaster watches — the same kind that Buzz Aldrin wore on the moon — will be sold at $34,600. Omega Speedmaster watches have been an important part of space travel since NASA chose them for its moon landing in 1965. Other watches had failed required tests. Omega gave its gold Speedmasters to the astronauts at a dinner in 1969 before the landing. Another less costly type of silver Speedmasters will be sold at $ 9,650. It carries a picture of Aldrin stepping down from the moon lander.
Something for children-as well as adults — is the NASA Apollo 11 moon lander set. Made by Lego, it is a group of small pieces to put together to make a model of the moon lander.
Other things for sale include the anti-gravity Fisher Space Pens,developed just for the Apollo 11 mission. They work even when writing upside down. Now Fisher Space Pen Company has a limited-edition pen for sale at anout-of this-worldprice: $700, with real material from the Apollo 11 spacecraft.
Back in 1969, companies were quick to show their Apollo 11 connections with media and advertisements. The food company Stouffer’s made sure consumers knew it provided food for Apollo 11 astronauts once they returned to Earth. It started the ad campaign “Everybody who’s been to the moon is eating Stouffer’s”. Fifty years
later, the company is celebrating with a media campaign to share some recipes from 1969.
Marketing experts David Meerman Scott says, “Since 1972,we’ve gone around and around the earth many times, and it is not interesting to people any more. I’m not sure whether they can accept such crazy prices. Now NASA has had plans to go to Mars in the 2030s and marketing efforts for a NASA Mars mission should be in development.”
8. What can we learn about the gold Speedmaster watch?
A. It will be sold at $34,600.
B. NASA bought itats9,650.
C. It has Aldrin’s picture inside.
D. It was chosen by NASA in 1969.
9. What does the underlined word “out-of-this-world” in paragraph 4 mean?
A. Extremely fair.
B. Surprisingly high.
C. Really low.
D. Truly worthwhile.
10. What does David Meerman Scott mean?
A. It is a waste of money to go around and around the moon.
B. People will be interested in the products connected to Apollo.
C. Since 1972,governments have lost interest in moon explorations.
D. The event of going to Mars will be another good chance to advertise.
11. What is the author’s main purpose in writing the text?
A. To show how to design the best advertisement.
B. To forecast the sales of the products in the text.
C. To introduce some of the products connected to Apollo 11.
D. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.
D
Have you ever been on social media and seen your favorite celebrity talking about a product? These promotions might not be totally random, and are actually seen as a vital part of the marketing process. The question is: How do social media influencers ‘influence’ what you buy?
Human desire for status and making friends, combined with our need to belong to a group, makes us receptive to being ‘socially influenced’. Companies often use that desire to have a similar lifestyle to a celebrity we admire to sell or launch a product. So, what do these promotions actually do?
Firstly, they can be used to build brand awareness. A social media influencer should have a strong understanding of the platform they operate on, and therefore can create appealing content that not only sticks to
the brand image, but sparks their followers’ interests in a product they might never have seen before.
Secondly, influencers can improve a company or product’s relationship with their customer base. According to InMoment’s 2018 US Retail CX Trends Report on customer loyalty, 77% of buyers have been brand loyal for more than ten years. This is also true of 60% of millennials. A popular celebrity can target key customers and talk or blog about a product, which can create an instant and lasting bond with them.
Lastly, influencers can improve customer buying habits with seemingly ‘unbiased opinions’. We are more likely to respond to ‘peer recommendation’ than traditional ads, meaning the fact we see an influencer as a ‘friend’ can make us less likely to be doubtful about what we are seeing.
So, the next time you see a celebrity talking about a product, you might want to consider that this could be a carefully worked-out marketing strategy designed to target your core needs. If you find yourself examining a product you’ve seen on social media, you may well have been influenced.
12. Why do companies invite celebrities to launch products?
A. Because celebrities can improve the companies’ public images.
B. Because consumers like to share similarity with celebrities.
C. Because celebrities want to make more money.
D. Because consumers can make friends with celebrities.
13. According to the passage, which strategy is often used by influencers?
A. Setting up operation platforms.
B. Sending gifts to customers.
C. Improving relationship with the company.
D. Taking advantage of their popularity.
14. To customers, the recommendations of influencers seem to be ________.
A. offensive
B. subjective
C. objective
D. misleading
15. The passage is mainly about ________.
A. how social media make ads
B. how social media influence our lifestyle
C. how social influencers affect our buying
D. how celebrities earn fame
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Live Every Day Like It’s AHoliday
We feel great on holiday because we let go of everyday stresses and strains.____16____So whether or not you’re going away this summer, there’s plenty you can do to make sure you benefit from that holiday feeling.
Sleep like a holidaymaker
Sleep like a baby when you’re on your holidays but stay awake when you’re in your usual routine?____17____To reset your sleep pattern, avoid bringing problems to bed. That includes your phone, TV or laptop. Make sure the room is dark and cool. Aim for at least seven hours’ —just as you would on holiday.
Get moving
____18____Given that exercise is cheap, healthy and reduces stress, it makes sense to build it into your day.
A walk will release happy hormones, and eases anxiety and mild depression.
____19____
Part of the joy of going away is lingering over delicious food with families. Take up the holiday habit of sitting down as a family for at least one meal a day. Families who eat together experience less anxiety, less depression and less obesity, research has found.
Be a tourist in your own city
Part of the thrill of a holiday is the novelty of discovering a new place and doing new things.____20____At weekends, check out a new music venue, visit a different museum or have a drink in that interesting-looking pub you’re always walking past. It will get you out of routine and make you feel alive. A bit like a holiday, really.
A. Make your meals a celebration.
B. Carve out some dedicated quiet time.
C. If so, you might need to examine your sleep habits.
D. Just make sure you schedule it into your day or week.
E. But it’s also easy to be a holidaymaker in the place you live.
F. Research has even shown that vacations help health and well-being.
G.When you’re travelling, you walk around new cities without a second thought.
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The moment happened 30 years ago but it was still fresh in my memory. I was a college freshman and had____21____up most of the night before laughing and talking with friends. Just before my first___22___of the day my eyelids (眼皮) were feeling heavier and heavier and my head was drifting down to my desk to make my textbook a___23___. A few minutes’ nap (小睡) time before class couldn’t____24____, I thought.
BOOM! I lifted my head suddenly and my eyes opened wider than saucers. I looked around with my___25___beating wildly trying to find the cause of the____26____. My young professor was looking at me with a boyish smile on his face. He had____27____dropped the textbooks he was carrying onto his desk. “Good
morning!” he said still____28____. “I am glad to see everyone is____29____. Now let’s get started. ”
For the next hour I wasn’t_____30_____at all. It wasn’t from the shock of my professor’s textbook alarm clock. It was instead from the_____31_____discussion he led. With knowledge and good______32______he made the material come______33______. His insight was full of both wisdom and loving-kindness. And the enthusiasm and joy that he____34____with were contagious (有感染力的). I_____35_____the classroom not only wide_____36_____but a little smarter and a little better as well.
I learned something far more important than not_____37_____in class that day too. I learned that if you are going to do something in this life, do it well, do it with_____38_____. What a wonderful place this world would be if all of us did our work joyously and well. Don’t sleepwalk through your_____39_____. Wake up! Let your love fill your work. Life is too_____40_____not to live it well.
21. A. took B. divided C. stayed D. put
22. A. class B. test C. task D. lecture
23. A. platform B. pillow C. carpet D. wall
24. A. benefit B. help C. last D. hurt
25. A. heart B. mind C. thought D. head
26. A. trouble B. noise C. failure D. incident
27. A. angrily B. carelessly C. purposely D. accidentally
28. A. smiling B. talking C. complaining D. shouting
29. A. active B. curious C. present D. awake
30. A. excited B. sleepy C. awake D. panicked
31. A. fascinating B. boring C. confusing D. frightening
32. A. gesture B. sense C. humor D. design
33. A. strange B. natural C. handy D. alive
34. A. taught B. collected C. struggled D. started
35. A. explored B. filled C. left D. entered
36. A. asleep B. awake C. negative D. unfamiliar
37. A. discussing B. speaking C. cheating D. sleeping
38. A. joy B. speed C. aim D. determination
39. A. job B. life C. journey D. college
40. A. hard B. complex C. short D. simple
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
Up to June 23rd , 2020, 55 BeiDou satellites___41.___(send) up，meaning the completion of China's self-developed BeiDou Navigation(导航) Satellite System (BDS). BDS appears later___42.___America's GPS,Russia's GLONASS and EU's Galileo, but it can match them. As one of the fourth___43.___(globe) navigation satellite systems, BDS involves efforts of over 400 agencies and 300,000 research personnel and technicians.
Originally___44.___(plan) in the 1980s, the network represents a milestone inChina's space effort. BDS is comparable to GPS in terms of the___45.___(accurate) of positioning. It also offers short message communication and thus can provide emergency communications in areas___46.___conventional communication signals are poor.___47.___an effort to improve the quality of their positioning services, Apple and Samsung phones, among others, are already using BDS's signals, and so___48.___(be) every Chinese brand.
The construction of complete BDS is a huge technical achievement forChinaand can___49.___(easy) pay off in the near future. Meanwhile, BDS's great contribution to____50.____(promote) the world's economic and social development as well as the peaceful use of space has attracted the world's attention.
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。

Sometimes our classmates talk about that we can do for our school before graduation. We have different kinds of advices. Some think it is a good idea donate some reference books but notebooks to the school library. By doing so, the fellow students will be able to read it if necessary. Others thought it good to plant trees next to teaching buildings to make the school more beautiful.
On my opinion, we can do something meaningfully in honor of our school life. For the example, we can do some voluntary work or send the school some pictures drawing by ourselves, which can remind us of the golden memories.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，上周日你父母带你去爬山。

请你写一封邮件与外国网友Chris分享这次经历，内容包括：
1.爬山的过程；
2.你的收获。

注意：
1.词数100左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。

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参考答案
1. D
2. A
3. B
4. D
5. B
6. A
7. C
8. A 9. B 10. D 11. C
12. B 13. D 14. C 15. C
16. F 17. C 18. G 19. A 20. E
21. C 22. A 23. B 24. D 25. A 26. B 27. C 28. A 29. D 30. B 31. A 32.
C 33.
D 34. A 35. C 36. B 37. D 38. A 39. B 40. C
41. have been sent
42. than 43. global
44. planned
45. accuracy
46. where 47. In
48. is 49. easily
50. promoting
51.(1). that →what
(2). advices →advice
(3). 在donate前加to
(4). but →and/or
(5). it →them
(6). thought →think
(7). On →In
(8). meaningfully →meaningful
(9). 去掉For后面的the
(10). drawing →drawn
52.略。