2019-2020学年河源市第二中学高三英语上学期期末考试试题及答案解析

2019-2020学年河源市第二中学高三英语上学期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
You have to praise the smoothness（顺畅）of ants on the move. No matter how many of them are going toward a place, there's never a hold-up. A new research paper shows how ants keep traffic flowing by changing their behavior to meet changing conditions.
For their experiments, researchers from the University of Toulouse focused on Argentine ants, animals that often move from colony（群落）to colony depending on where the food is. Making use of Argentine ants' talent for fast travel, the researchers built bridges connecting their colonies. The bridges were different in width from a fifth to three-quarters of an inch. The colonies, too, were of different sizes, ranging from 400 to more than 25,000 ants.
Then the researchers sat back andmonitoredthe traffic. To their surprise, even when those narrower bridges were full of ants, there were no "traffic accidents". "When the number of ants on the bridge increased, ants seemed to be able to understand the situation and adjusted（调整）their speed accordingly to avoid making the traffic flow stop. "the authors note. "Moreover, ants avoided entering a busy road and made sure that the bridge was never too packed to cross.”
The lesson for humans? The traffic problem may lie in our inability to adjust our driving habits for the good of the whole. Driving is fun when there are few cars on the road. Then the traffic moves very slowly. And yet, some impatient driver still acts like he's alone on the road.
The research suggests that projects, like the ever-widening of highways, may never free us from traffic jams. As long as we drive along with our own habits, no matter how many other people are on the road, we'll always end up in a traffic jam. Indeed, less space may actually be a good thing. It leaves less room for individual choice and forces us to take a page from the driving book of ants.
1. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
A. The results of the experiments.
B. The purpose of the experiments
C. The preparation of the experiments.
D. The requirements of the experiments
2. What does the underlined word "monitor" in paragraph 3 probably mean?
A. watch and check.
B. seek and improve
C. design and plan
D. discuss and practise
3. What is the best title for the text?
A. Is widening highways a solution?
B. Why don't ants need traffic lights?
C. Can we learn safe driving from ants?
D. What can ants teach us about traffic jams?
B
When visitors enter Planet Word, a new museum in Washington, D. C , they will see Speaking Willow, a tall art piece representing a tree. As they pass under the artwork, they can hear recordings of speech in hundreds of languages coming from the tree. Most words sound foreign to the listeners. The different voices also speak at the same time. The resultingclamoris similar to that made in a crowded theater before a show begins.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer completed the piece last year. On his website, the artist says that Speaking Willow “reminds us that language is what defines our specific communities and connects our many cultures.” Lozano-Hemmer made the piece specially for the museum.
It is the first of many immersive (身临其境的) experiences for visitors at Planet Word, a museum all about words and language. The exhibits playfully explore the lager and complex subject of language.
In one room, a video plays, showing babies saying their first words. Another room, called “Where Do Words Come From”, teaches the history of some common English words. The space includes a 22-foot-tali “Wall of Words”, where visitors speak into devices and learn about the roots of the English language.
Another room invites listeners to speak and learn about different languages. Native speakers of 28 languages and two sign languages teach people sayings in those languages. They also explain how language shapes their understanding of the world and how words cannot be separated from culture.
Other rooms explore the different ways language is used — from humor and song writing to public speaking and advertising. Visitors can sing karaoke while learning about song writing, record a famous speech, play a joke-telling game, and teach a computer how to make cartoons. Almost every exhibit is interactive and most ask visitors to speak aloud.
One exhibit room is all about books. It is designed to look like an old, rich library. Books line the shelves. When a book is placed on the table, a recorded reading begins and pictures appear.
4. What does the underlined word “clamor” in paragraph 1 probably mean?
A. Scene.
B. Noise.
C. Language.
D. Appearance.
5. The SpeakingWillowwas created ______.
A specially B. accidentally
C. on request
D. out of curiosity
6. What can we learn from the video in the room?
A. Words and cultures.
B. Different languages.
C. The history of words.
D. The first words newborns say.
7. In which paragraph can you find the methods of using languages?
A. 3.
B. 4.
C. 6.
D. 7.
C
After a year at sea, 16-year-old Laura Dekker can finally say, “Missionaccomplished!” Last month, she finished a daring trip around the world aboard her 38-foot boat, Guppy. Dekker, who is from theNetherlands, traveled more than 30,000 miles all by herself. She is the youngest person ever to sail around the globe alone.
Dekker had wanted to lake on this challenge when she was even younger. She first tried to set sail at the age of 13, but a court in theNetherlandsstopped her. They said that she was too young to make such a risky trip by herself. But Dekker insisted she had the navigation skills and patience of an adult sailor.
She finally took off on January 20, 2011. During her trip, Dekker battled loneliness, storms, and worries about pirates. But she also got to surf, scuba dive, and started a new hobby: playing the flute. Although Dekker didn’t spend all of her time at sea—she stopped at ports along the way—she did spend her 16lh birthday on the open ocean. To celebrate, she ate doughnuts for breakfast.
But Dekker didn’t sail into the record books. Guinness World Records and the World Sailing Speed Record Council no longer recognize records for “youngest” sailors. They dropped the category in 2009 to discourage children fromattempting such dangerous feats (壮举). But that didn’t stop Dekker，who was born on a yacht during a seven-year world voyage undertaken by her parents.
Dekker doesn’t mind that she won’t hold an official record. She says it was a personal goal, and she is happy she achieved it.
“I am not disappointed at all that Guinness World Record won’t recognize my attempt.” Dekker wrote on her website. “I did not start on my trip to achieve any record…I did it just for myself.”
8. Dekker wasn’t allowed to sail at the age of 13 because .
A. people were concerned about her safety
B.she didn’t learn any sailing skills well
C. she had to continue her study at school
D. she didn’t have enough patience for long trips
9. What does the underlined word “accomplished” in Paragraph 1 mean?
A. Failed.
B. Completed.
C. Continued.
D. Started.
10. In 2009 records for youngest sailors were canceled in order to .
A. set a higher sailing standard for teen sailors
B. stop children entering Guinness World Records
C. encourage parents to sail with their children
D. prevent children making dangerous attempts
11. What could be the best title for this passage?
A. A New Guinness World Record in Sailing
B. A New Sailing Standard for Teen Sailors
C. A Teen Girl Sailing Alone Aroundthe World
D. The Youngest Sailor in Guinness World Records
D
Masks that helped save lives during the Covid-19 pandemic（疫情）are proving a deadly risk for wildlife, with birds and sea creatures trapped in many facial coverings in animal habitats.
Single-use masks have been found on the ground, waterways and beaches worldwide since countries required（heir use in public places to slow the pandemic's spread. Worn once, the thin protective materials can take hundreds of years to break down. "Face masks aren't going away any time soon-but when we throw them away, these items can harm the environment and the animals who share our planet," Ashley from anima! rights group PETA said.
Monkeys have been found playing with used masks in the hills outsideMalaysia's capitalKuala Lumpur. And in an incident inBritain, a seagull was saved inChelmsfordafter its legs got caught in an abandoned mask for a week.
However, the biggest influence is in the water. More than 1.5 billion masks made their way into the world's oceans last year, accounting for around 6200 extra tons of ocean plastic pollution, according to environmental group OceansAsia. “Masks and gloves are particularlyproblematicfor sea creatures," says George Leonard, chief
scientist from NGO. "When those plastics break down in the environment, they form smaller and smaller particles （颗粒）.Those particles then enter the food chain and influence the entire ecosystem,“ he added.
Campaigners have urged people to deal with masks properly after using them. OceansAsia has also called on governments to increase punishment for littering and encourage the use of washable masks.
12. What bring（s）a great danger to wildlife now?
A. Waste masks.
B. Covid-19.
C. Polluted water.
D. Damaged habitats.
13. What does the underlined word “problematic”in paragraph 4 mean?
A. Important.
B. Attractive.
C. Common.
D. Troubling.
14. What can we infer from the text?
A. Monkeys learned to wear masks from humans.
B. Plastics are less harmful after becoming particles.
C. Used masks have a worse effect on sea creatures.
D. Waste masks arc the main ocean plastic pollution.
15. How should we solve the problem from the last paragraph?
A. Keep masks after they' re used.
B. Call on governments to stop littering.
C. Punish those who wear single-use masks.
D. Put used masks in the recycling box.
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Personal profiles are an excellent way to express information into a simple format. Here are some basic steps that you'll want to follow.
Share positivethings, but not excessive. Everyone has problems, but no one wants to read a bunch of negative soul-searching. Don't complain, or endlessly describe your health problems, relationship dramas, kid problems, etc.___16___
Take pride in who you are and what you are all about. It isn't helpful to criticize yourself. It makes people uncomfortable and it's annoying to feel that you have to build up another person's value constantly.___17___No one can get close to you. The girl who says she is fat and shy relentlessly will turn people away.
___18___There are groups who believe that their jobs are to convert the world to their ways of thinking. Although it may seem urgent, the personal profile is not the venue to boast. It will not promote your message in a healthy way.
Don't advertise or sell.___19___The personal profile is about you and should not be used to make money. The sites you use may put ads on, but that is how they generate funds to keep the sites free.
___20___This is your own little message to the world. If you use other people's tips to make a profile, everyone can enjoy the benefits.
A. Write in outline format.
B. Don't say it in a long sentence.
C. It's important to seek help before writing.
D. Don't use your profile as a place to show off.
E. Self-criticism is really a form of control over others.
F. If you need customers, use a known business network.
G. People who do this have warning signs on their profiles.
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In one of my college classes, we were required to do an act of kindness. My project included _____21_____ lunch for an elderly person. When I _____22_____ the elderly person with the food I cooked, it never _____23_____ to me that it would result in a new friendship and the discovery of a _____24_____ .
The person I visited was Bill, who was unable to ____25____ much. A nurse came regularly to help him move to and from the wheelchair because he has no _____26_____. Bill said he was delighted to see me and it was a _____27_____ for him to eat a meal with me because he usually eats _____28_____ . He said the food was great, but he enjoyed having ____29____ even more than the food.
Bill had had a ______30______ life when working on the railroad and had many ______31______ stories to tell about his travels to many places. I was intending a trip____32____his stories. I had once ______33______ about traveling by train. However, I would ______34______ be going by train after meeting Bill.
Perhaps the biggest ______35______ of this project was that I suddenly realized that I am ______36______ of working with the elderly. Spending time with them was fun----they have so much life experience to ______37______ . On the one hand I am a good _____38_____ . On the other hand, older people want someone to know their inner world, so it is a perfect ______39______ . I decided to focus my studies on the
______40______ . Hopefully in the future, I will work with them to help even more people like Bill.
21. A. buying B. delivering C. packing D. preparing
22. A. called on B. came across C. picked up D. turned to
23. A. happened B. appealed C. occurred D. proved
24. A. travel plan B. career path C. holiday destination D. cooking skill
25. A. talk B. eat C. sit D. walk
26. A. money B. s C. neighbors D. time
27. A. treat B. fancy C. privilege D. waste
28. A. slowly B. little C. alone D. unhappily
29. A. family B. company C. fun D. health
30. A. painful B. hopeful C. peaceful D. color1 ful
31. A. adventurous B. fresh C. attractive D. satisfying
32. A. because of B. in spite of C. regardless of D. in addition to
33. A. argued B. hesitated C. thought D. cared
34. A. unbelievably B. undoubtedly C. unexpectedly D. unhurriedly
35. A. aim B. impression C. problem D. bonus
36. A. aware B. proud C. fond D. certain
37. A. share B. discuss C. treasure D. gain
38. A. student B. cook C. learner D. listener
39. A. choice B. deal C. match D. game
40. A. old B. poor C. disabled D. homeless
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
The 2021 Chinese New Year was an unusual one when hundreds of millions of people____41.____(stick) in cities around China during this Lunar New Year holiday, as COVID-19 put a stop to____42.____is usually the world’s largest travel season. Instead, people went to the movies, pushing the box office to a record.
“Detective Chinatown 3,”____43.____latest in a long-running series, earned____44.____(approximate) $397 million over three days, according to Maoyan, an app which____45.____(track) ticket sales in the country. That set a world record for the largest opening weekend in a single market.
The strong showing of “Detective Chinatown 3” was a____46.____(power) reminder of the force of the Chinese consumers. Now people are ready to spend, even____47.____a movie that is not so well received.
The Lunar New Year holiday has traditionally been a window greatly____48.____(desire) for film releases, and moviegoers have a more diverse____49.____(select) than in the past. Coming in second place over the weekend was “Hi. Mom,” a time-travel journey comedy with the profit totalling $161.9 million.
Quality aside,China’s____50.____(recover) box office offered a promising sign for the global film industry, which has seen movie theaters large and small deeply affected and has been concerned about the future of movie going.
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：在错的词下面划一横线，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。

Learning a foreign language is a challenged task, but it can be a very enjoyable experience. Here is a few tips on how to learn a foreign language well. Firstly, work at your own pace.
You'll find more effective to study for half an hour rather than try to do a whole unit at once. Secondly, using the language to communicate. Don’t worry about getting things wrong. The important thing is to build up your confident in speaking. Thirdly, build up our vocabulary. You should learn vocabulary by topics or in sentences, that is very effective. However, get used to listening to everyday language in normal speed. Listening to the course recordings frequently is a good choice. And above all, have a fun learning a foreign language.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使其构成一篇完整的短文。

Niesha could not forget the way she had frozen in front of the class today. Mr. Roberts had divided the class into groups to do presentations. Today had been Niesha’s turn. However, her hands had shaken so badly that she couldn’t read her notes. Her voice had become softer even to silence. Mr. Roberts had kindly ended Niesha’s part of the presentation even though she had clearly not finished. He had also asked Niesha to stay after class for a moment.
“Niesha, I know you’re shy, but you worked hard on this project. I’d hate to see you give up. on yourself.” Mr. Roberts had hesitated, “If I give you another chance until tomorrow, do you think you can find your courage?” Niesha had nodded, grateful for the chance. She had gone as quickly as she could to her next class. She had kept her head down and hoped the school day would end soon.
When she reached her back steps that afternoon, she could see an inviting light coming from the kitchen windows. Momma was baking. Momma studied Niesha’s face as she came into the kitchen. “What’s wrong, Niesha?”
Tears shone in Niesha’s brown eyes. She told her the whole story. Momma was silent for a moment, her hands still busy with the cake. “Why is it that you can talk to me about anything and everything, but you can’t talk to your class?” Momma asked. She set the timer and then said, “Let me show you something.”
Niesha followed Momma to her bedroom. There Momma showed her a book filled with newspaper clippings and pictures. In it there was a blue ribbon that said “First Place” and a picture of herself when she was very young, standing with her parents.
“I won it for public speaking. I started the school year as the shyest girl on the speech team, but I ended the year as the blue ribbon winner. It wasn’t easy at first- not sure of myself at all. I worked hard, and mostly I faced my fears. You just need to find your courage.”
注意：1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。

Paragraph 1:
Hearing Momma’s words, Niesha gazed at the precious blue ribbon, lost in thought.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____
Paragraph 2:
The next day Niesha again walked to the front of the classroom to give her presentation.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____
参考答案
1. C
2. A
3. D
4. B
5. A
6. D
7. C
8. A 9. B 10. D 11. C
12. A 13. D 14. C 15. D
16. G 17. E 18. D 19. F 20. C
21. D 22. A 23. C 24. B 25. D 26. B 27. A 28. C 29. B 30. D 31. C 32.
A 33.
B 34. B 35. D 36.
C 37. A 38.
D 39. C 40. A
41. were stuck
42. what 43. the
44. approximately
45. tracks 46. powerful
47. on 48. desired
49. selection
50. recovering
51.(1). challenged →challenging
(2). is → are
(3). find 后面加it
(4). using → use
(5). confident → confidence
(6). our → your
(7). that → which
(8). However → Besides/Furthermore/ Moreover/Additionally
(9). in → at /with
(10). a去掉
52.略。