2020届广西钦州二中高三英语第三次联考试题及答案

2020届广西钦州二中高三英语第三次联考试题及答案
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
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
Scientists often compare coral reefs(珊瑚礁) to underwater rainforests, yet unlike the leafy plant base of a forest, corals are animals. The soft creatures are naturally half-transparent and get their brilliant color1 from algae(藻类) living inside them. When corals experience stress from hot temperatures or pollution, theyhaltthe interdependent relationship with algae, typically pushing them out and turning white. Corals are still alive when they are white, but they're at risk and many eventually die, turning dark brown.
Scientists around the world are looking for means to protect and maybe increase corals. One common option is to create more protected areas — essentially national parks in the ocean. Beyond nature preserves, some conservationists are looking to more hands-on methods. One research center in the Florida Keys is exploring a form of natural selection to keep corals remaining. The reef system in the Keys has been hit hard by climate change and pollution, which is especially tough, because corals there help support fisheries worth $ 100 million every year.
To keep the wild ecosystem alive, Erinn Muller, the center's director, and her team are harvesting samples of the corals that survived the environmental stress naturally, keeping them to make them reproduce, and then reattaching them to the reef. They have 46,000 corals on plastic frames under the sea. So far, the center has regrown over 70,000 corals from five different species on damaged reefs.
In The Bahamas, Ross Cunning, a research biologist at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium, focuses on corals with genes that could make them natural candidates for restoration projects. He published a study of two Bahamian
reefs, one that survived an extreme 2015 heat wave, and one that didn't. "We think their ability to deal with these higher temperatures is built into their genes," says Cunning. There's evidence of corals evolving more quickly to resist rapidly warming climate. The big question scientists need investigate, adds Gunning, is how much more heat corals can adapt to.
8. What does the underlined word "halt" in the first paragraph mean?
A. End.
B. Develop.
C. Strengthen.
D. Weaken.
9. What do Muller and her team do to save corals?
A. Restore the damaged reefs.
B. Grow corals by hand underwater.
C. Create more protected areas.
D. Move corals to unpolluted areas.
10. What do Gunning's words suggest?
A. Many corals have been genetically improved.
B. Cooling down the waters is key to rescuing corals.
C. Reasons for corals surviving heat waves are shocking.
D. The highest temperature corals can survive is unclear.
11. Which can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Relationship between corals and algae
B. Efforts made to save corals
C. Impact of climate warming on corals
D. Survival crisis faced by coral reefs
D
On World Oceans Day, which falls on June 8, the US National Geographic Society announced it would recognize the Southern Ocean in Antarctica, bringing the global total to five.
Unlike the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian and PacificOceans—which are defined by the continents that bound them—the Southern Ocean is instead characterized by the Antarctic Circumpolar Current（南极洋流）. According to the National Geographic, the Southern Ocean includes most of the waters surrounding Antarcticaout to 60 degrees south latitude（纬度）.
"Encircled by the powerfully swift ACC, it is the only ocean to touch three others and to completely embrace a continent rather than being embraced by them," Sylvia Earle, a marine biologist and oceanographer, told the Daily Mail.
Those familiar with the Southern Ocean know it's unlike any other. "Anyone who has been there will struggle to explain what's so charming about it, but they'll all agree that the glaciers are bluer, the air colder, the mountains more awful and the landscapes morecaptivatingthan anywhere else you can go," Seth Sykora-Bodie, a marine
scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, told National Geographic.
National Geographic hopes their revised maps will bring public awareness to the region, thereby encouraging Southern Ocean conservation—but its significance is beyond that.
"We think it's really important from an educational standpoint, as well as from a map-labeling standpoint, to bring attention to the Southern Ocean as a fifth ocean," Alex Tait, National Geographic Society geographer, told The Post. "So when students learn about parts of the ocean world, they learn it's an interconnected ocean, and they learn there are these regions called oceans that are really important, and there's a distinct one in the icy waters around Antarctica."
12. Why is the Southern Ocean different from other oceans?
A. It has never been explored before.
B. It surrounds the Antarctic all around.
C. It is enclosed by the fast-flowing ACC.
D. It has ecologically distinct environment.
13. What does the underlined word "captivating" in paragraph 4 probably mean?
A. Strange.
B. Unusual.
C. Attractive.
D. Informal.
14. What does the National Geographic think of the Southern Ocean?
A. It will be instructive for students.
B. It will promote tourism development.
C. It will encourage public to treasure water.
D. It will draw scientists to study in the Antarctic.
15. What is the best title for the text?
A. World Oceans Day
B. Revised Antarctic Maps
C. Adding a New Ocean
D. New Discovery under the Sea
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Have you ever planted potatoes at home? Like tomatoes, the taste of fresh potatoes is different from those bought in the store.___16___Below are some tips for growing your own potatoes.
___17___Cut the potatoes before planting. If your potatoes are small, you can simply plant them. When you cut your potatoes, make sure you have at least two eyes on each piece. It’s also recommended that each weighs at
least 50 grams. Most of us have no idea how heavy 50 grams is and there’s no need to weigh it, just use your best guess.
Water your newly planted potatoes well.___18___Stick your finger at least an inch into the soil. If it feels dry, it’s time to water. If it’s very hot or windy, you may have to water your potato container gardens more than once a day. Make sure to water deeply by waiting until water runs out of the bottom.
Add soil to your potatoes as they grow. Once your potato plants have grown about six inches, you need to put more soil on the container in case they will break. This is done by adding a couple of inches of soil around your potato plants.___19___You can also stop once the soil reaches the top of your container.
Harvest your homegrown potatoes. After the plants have flowered, you can dig out your potatoes to eat. You can pullout a few potatoes at a time.___20___
A. Prepare potatoes for growing.
B. Check the container at least once a day.
C. Make sure your container is big enough.
D. Be careful not to break the plants in the process.
E. You can find the soil become richer in the container.
F. By growing your own, you also have the opportunity to plant unusual varieties.
G. You can also wait until the plants turn yellow and then harvest all of the potatoes at once.
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
I love parties. I always have. I also liked all different kinds of people. I____21____quitefit into one of the many little groups at my school, so I just kind of floated around, accumulating____22____from various cliques (小团体).There was an "in" crowd____23____the cool kids who had the power to rule the school - if a cool kid wore two different color1 ed socks to school one day, everyone thought it was____24____.
Shannonwas one of my friends who seemed to unknowingly____25____the rules all the time. I don't know why she was targeted, but people found it____26____to make fun of her.Shannonwas a nice girl and wore pretty clothes, but was somewhat overweight and didn't talk much. She was____27____a lot.
One year, to celebrate my birthday, my mom told me I could have a____28____at our house. Once I had chosen all the names, I made the____29____and handed them out to my friends at school.
"Why did you invite_____30_____?” asked one of my_____31_____friends when it was discovered that I had invitedShannon. She insisted that I had made a big mistake and_____32_____me to tell her not to come.
The day of my party, both Shannon and my other friends came, and all_____33_____happened was that we had a lot of fun together.
I was_____34_____my high school twenty-year reunion when a beautiful,_____35_____, very professional-looking woman walked up to me. She said, “Lindy, I am so_____36_____you came tonight. You are the reason I am here." "Oh? I replied, not_____37_____her face at first. She pointed to her nametag that_____38_____, “Dr. Shannon Chatzky.”
Shannoncherished the_________39_________of that birthday party from so many years before. It was important to her that I had welcomed her into the fun, and it was a day when she felt_________40_________and part of group.
21. A. always B. never C. often D. sometimes
22. A. experience B. money C. friends D. materials
23. A. made up B. made from C. made out of D. made up of
24. A. bad B. common C. surprising D. great
25. A. break B. obey C. make D. cancel
26. A. suitable B. reasonable C. acceptable D. considerable
27. A. picked up B. picked on C. picked out D. picked from
28. A. party B. picnic C. ball D. barbecue
29. A. calls B. invitations C. cakes D. decorations
30. A. him B. them C. us D. her
31. A. cool B. close C. good D. dear
32. A. proposed B. pressured C. persuaded D. permitted
33. A. which B. what C. that D. when
34. A. at B. in C. on D. up
35. A. overweight B. awkward C. elegant D. slim
36. A. upset B. amazed C. glad D. shocked
37. A. realizing B. watching C. remembering D. recognizing
38. A. wrote B. read C. responded D. answered
39. A. happiness B. luck C. memory D. entertainment
40. A. accepted B. welcomed C. excited D. relaxed
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
Chinese kite makers have a lot to worry____41.____these days. As China becomes more modern a new generation is playing video games instead of____42.____(attach) painted silk to bamboo frames (支架). The only kite makers____43.____remain are growing old quickly____44.____nearly all of them are men.
Han Fuling has been making____45.____(tradition) kites for nearly all of his 82 years. He can remember the special feeling when he____46.____(build) his first kite at the age of 7.
Yet these days, Han doubts that any of his____47.____(child) will carry on his kite making. “Not only____48.____my son decide not to make kites, but also he says I am old and I should rest now,” Han said. “But kites are my passion. How can I stop making kites?”
The slow downfall of kite making is part of a larger story in China. Historic architecture, crafts and music are being overwhelmed by China's____49.____(grow). It has become quite difficult_____50._____(preserve) its older way of life.
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 writing to introduce one of my new teacher who have impressed me a lot. Mrs Hu, who teaches maths, is a middle-aged woman with bright eyes. She is easy get along with, making him popular among students. Although she is well-prepared for lessons and has clearly instructions, we gain much from her lessons. But she can always find ways to make lessons interested. When we make progress, it seem that she is happier than us. I think of I have learned a lot with her help.
I’m thankful to have such a excellent teacher.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，贵校在学生中征集意见，询问学生是否赞成开设iPad课堂（iPad classrooms）。

你支持开设iPad课堂；请给校长写一封建议信，要点如下：
1.资源丰富；
2.促进交流；
3.利于环保；
4.其他理由。

注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头语已为你写好。

Dear Headmaster,
We have been asked about our opinions on opening iPad classrooms.
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. D
2. A
3. B
4. D
5. B
6. A
7. C
8. C 9. D 10. A 11. A
12. B 13. C 14. A 15. C
16. F 17. A 18. B 19. D 20. G
21. B 22. C 23. D 24. D 25. A 26. C 27. B 28. A 29. B 30. D 31. A 32.
B 33.
C 34. A 35.
D 36. C 37. D 38. B 39. C 40. A
41. about
42. attaching
43. that/who
44. and 45. traditional
46. built 47. children
48. does 49. growth
50. to preserve
51.(1). teacher→teachers
(2).在easy后面添加to
(3).him→her
(4).Although→Because/When
(5).clearly→clear
(6).But→And
(7).interested→interesting
(8).seem→seems
(9).去掉of
(10).a→an
52.略。