2020年济南市第三中学高三英语上学期期末考试试题及答案

2020年济南市第三中学高三英语上学期期末考试试题及答案
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
It's just before l pm and hungry guests are starting to emerge out onto the wooden floor at the back of the Victoria Falls Safari Lodge in Zimbabwe. A few have already settled in for lunch, drinking beer and enjoying their sandwiches and salads in the sunshine. It's a normal setting until you look up. Overhead, the sky is filled with several hundred vultures (秃鹭).
They too have arrived for their midday snack. Every day the team at this hotel places last night's leftover meat out for the vultures to eat. They call it the "Vulture Restaurant" and it's a vital part of protecting these birds, who have become some of the most endangered species in Africa.
In Zimbabwe, where illegal hunting of elephants and rhinos is a major issue, poisoning poses a significant threat to the birds. "In recent years hunters have realized they can use poison to kill animals. It's effective because it's silent and therefore doesn't attract much attention.when the vultures eat the bodies of the dead animals they die too," says Roger Parry, Wildlife Manager at the Victoria Falls Wildlife Trust.
The Vulture Restaurant initiative is part feeding programme, part education programme. By attracting the birds to the Vulture Restaurant every day the team can ensure they're regularly getting a safe meal, and while the birds are there they can educate tourists from all over the world about these creatures.
“Lunch” is served by Moses Garira. He has the unenviable task of wandering out into the middle of the clearing with a box full of meat, dropping the contents onto the ground and running for his life as the vultures fly downward suddenly for their food. No one, surely, would volunteer for this role, but Garira rather enjoys it. Back in the safety of the viewing seats, he tells the onlookers about the importance of vultures. "They're hugely important in terms of their role of cleaning up the bodies of dead animals," says Garira. "Notably, they're safely able to digest bacteria like anthrax. Without vultures, there'd be a lot more disease in the world."
1. What's the biggest threat vultures facing in Zimbabwe?
A. Overhunting.
B. Unsafe food.
C. Loss of habitat.
D. A bird disease.
2. What would others think of Garira's job?
A. Scary.
B. Relaxing.
C. Well-paid.
D. Time-consuming
3. What do Garira's words mean?
A. Birds are human's best friends.
B. People know little about vultures.
C. Vultures are environmentally favorable.
D. Vultures are in urgentneed of protection.
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
Parents and math teachers regularly asked by their school-aged charges whether math matters inreal life now have an answer.
In a study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research this week, Harvard Kennedy School Policy Professor Joshua Goodman took a look at what happened to students whose high schools were required in the 1980s to increase the minimum level of coursework required to graduate. What he found is that the students were more likely to increase the number of math courses they took as a result of the change in standards and that translated into higher earnings down the line.
Put simply: About 15 years after they graduated, the high school graduates who went to school when these changes took effect saw their average earnings increase about 10% for every extra year of math coursework. The findings may add fuel to the steady drum of education experts, policy makers and others calling for an increased focus on science and math education.
The increase in required math courses didn’t necessarily produce rocket scientists, Goodman notes, because the extra coursework wasn’t at a particularly high level. But becoming familiar with and practicing ly basic math skills allowed high school graduates to pursue and excel at jobs that required some level of computational knowledge, he said.
Goodman acknowledged that the earnings boost for the students connected with the up tick （上升）in math education may be dependent on the state of the economy. When Goodman checked in the late 1990s and early 2000s on the earnings of the students who graduated in the late 1985，he found that their earnings increased significantly if they took more math.
8. What does Joshua Goodman’s study find?
A. High school graduates earn more.
B. High school students prefer math.
C. Math matters a lot in one’s income.
D. Math is a compulsory course in school.
9. Why is increase in required math courses useful?
A. It produced rocket scientists.
B. It makes high school students smarter.
C. It meets the requirements of the government.
D. It enables high school graduates to get better jobs.
10. What might be the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A. To give a warning to policy makers.
B. To seek help for high school students’ problems.
C. To show the great importance of learning math.
D. To tell a struggling history of high school students.
11. What could be the best title for the text?
A. Efforts matter most
B. Math makes money
C. Earnings of different graduates
D. Changes of high school courses
D
Rain is vital to life on Earth. However, rain isn’t just made of water anymore—it’s partly made of plastic.
Millions of tiny pieces of plastic, called microplastics, are wandering around Earth’s atmosphere and traveling across entire continents according to a study published in one journal on April 12.
Microplastics are plastic particles less than 5 millimeters in diameter and come from a number of sources. Plastic bags and bottles released into the environment break down into smaller and smaller bits. Some
microplastics are produced deliberately to provide abrasion(研磨)in products, such as toothpaste and cleansers. Another major source is your washing machine. When you wash clothing, tiny microfibers get washed away with the wastewater. Even though the water is treated by a wastewater plant, the microplastics remain,and they are released into the sea.
Plastic rain may remind people of acid rain, but the former is far more widespread and harder to deal with. The tiny particles, too small to be seen with the naked eye, are collected by the wind from the ground. They are so light that they stay in the air to be blown around the globe. As they climb into the atmosphere, they are thought to act as nuclei (核心) around which water vapor (水蒸气) combines to form clouds. Some of the dust falls back to land in dry conditions, while the rest comes down as rain.
Microplastics have been found everywhere you can imagine. From fish and frogs to mice and mosquitoes, their bodies have been found on average to contain 40 pieces of microplastic. As the top of the food chain, humans are exposed to microplastics, too. “We live on a ball inside a bubble,” microplastic researcher Steve Allen said. “There are no borders, there are no edges. It rains on the land and then gets blown back up into the air again to move somewhere else. There’s no stopping it once it’s out.”
12. What do we know about microplastics?
A. They have a diameter of over 5 millimeters.
B. They have become a threat to humans.
C. They are light and can be easily dealt with.
D. They cause acid rain and plastic rain.
13. What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?
A. Waysto deal with microplastics.
B. The wide use of microplastics.
C. Where microplastics come from.
D. How microplastics pollute water.
14. What does Steve Allen want to tell us in the last paragraph?
A. No place can be safe from microplastic pollution.
B. The atmosphere possesses the ability to self-cleanse.
C. Countries should work together to fight pollution.
D. Wind causes microplastics to move somewhere else.
15. The main purpose of the article is to________.
A. call on people to use fewer plastic products
B. warn people of the danger of microplastics
C. introduce the sources and effects of microplastics
D. make a comparison between acid rain and plastic rain
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It’svery common these days for people to take some sort of regular exercise each week. But if you’ve never done it before, what’s the best way to go about it?___16___He or she will create a personalized plan for you based on your aims.
However, each hourly session can be steep considering you have to pay both the personal trainer and membership of the gym, too. So what’s left? Well, if you have the courage to do it, you can make your own plan. It’s ly easy to do if you have the know-how.___17___
First, keep your fitness goal in mind. Are you looking to slim down or increase your abilities? Whatever it is, make sure the things you choose to do are achieving that goal. Next, do your research.___18___Watch as many of these as possible, but make sure to be a little critical of them — everyone has a different physique and what works for one may not work for another. Finally, keep your feet on the ground.___19___It takes at least three months to see any realistic body changes. And don’t be overzealous(过度热衷的) — never work in pain — a good workout is difficult and challenging, but never painful. Pain means you are damaging yourself.
If nothing else, focus on calisthenics (健身操).___20___Do as many of one exercise as you can without stopping, and then tryand repeat that number twice more — make sure you sweat, and don’t forget to rest for a minute in between each activity!
A. Be patient with yourself and set realistic goals.
B. But before you do, here are some basic pointers.
C. Well, many people make use of a personal trainer.
D. They just don’t want to design their own workout plan.
E. These days, social media is full of fitness videos and advice.
F. Find a way to make each exercise more difficult as you get in shape.
G. These are the basic body movements which everyone can do anywhere.
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Anna was a 9-year-old girl from a small village. She___21___primary school till 4th grade at her village. For the 5th grade on, she had to get a(n) ___22___to a school in a city nearby. She was very happy knowing that she
was___23___by a very famous school in a city.
Today was the first day of her school. Anna went to her___24___after asking fellow students for ___25___. Upon seeing her ___26___clothing and knowing she is from a small village, other students started ___27___her. Luckily, the teacher arrived in no ___28___. She asked everyone to keep ___29___. After that, the teacher_____30_____Anna to the class. Then she told everyone to write down the 7 wonders of the world. When everyone except Anna had _____31_____their answer paper, the teacher came and asked Anna, “What happened, dear?” Don’t _____32_____. Just write what you know as other students have _____33_____learned about it.”
Anna replied, “I was thinking that there are so many things, and which I should_____34_____to write?” When she handed in her answer paper, the teacher reading everyone’s answers and the majority (大多数) had answered it _____35_____.
The teacher was_____36_____as the students had remembered what she had taught them. At last the teacher _____37_____Anna’s answer paper and started reading. “The 7 Wonders are — To be able to see; To be able to hear; To be able to feel; To laugh; To think; To be kind; To love!”
The teacher stood_____38_____and the whole class was speechless. Today, a girl from a small village _____39_____us of the precious (珍贵的) gifts that God has given us, which is truly a _____40_____.
21. A. visited B. attended C. avoided D. left
22. A. gift B. award C. trial D. admission
23. A. rejected B. doubted C. accepted D. introduced
24. A. classroom B. dormitory C. library D. canteen
25. A. advice B. permission C. protection D. direction
26. A. special B. poor C. familiar D. tight
27. A. laughing at B. playing with C. pointing at D. talking with
28. A. way B. case C. time D. hurry
29. A. calm B. quiet C. safe D. friendly
30. A. explained B. announced C. introduced D. mentioned
31. A. submitted B. received C. prepared D. collected
32. A. challenge B. sigh C. pretend D. worry
33. A. even B. hardly C. already D. never
34. A. choose B. agree C. expect D. manage
35. A. timely B. independently C. unwillingly D. correctly
36. A. determined B. pleased C. relaxed D. exhausted
37. A. picked up B. made up C. relied on D. took in
38. A. nervous B. worried C. shocked D. delighted
39. A. warned B. reminded C. searched D. persuaded
40. A. trick B. lesson C. relief D. wonder
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
During the outbreak of COVID-19, online courses played___41.___key role for students. But how do parents feel about this approach?
A recent survey___42.___(conduct)by China Youth Daily has found that about 58.3 percent of Chinese parents of middle and primary school students have a positive attitude toward the___43.___(effect)of online courses. Of the 2, 470 parents of middle and primary school students___44.___were surveyed, 61.4 percent of those living in first-tier cities___45.___(satisfy) with online courses, while about half of those living in counties, villages and other remote areas felt otherwise.
About 74 percent of the parents said online courses have added an extra burden on them___46.___they have to spend more time taking care of and___47.___(assist) their children. One Beijing parent told CGTN: "Most of the courses are delivered through recorded videos rather than livestreaming(直播), so students do not deal____48.____(direct) with teachers. During classes, parents need to keep an eye on their children___49.___(ensure) they stay focused.”
About 70. 5 percent of the respondents complained that their children got distracted(分心的)during online studies, with 92.8 percent blaming it for a lack of____50.____(interact) they would have had in a classroom.
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 took the Harvard Summer School program in my vacation. During my stay there, I spent many time studying
in the main library Widener. I enjoyed myself in the ocean of knowledge, either doing research for my papers or read special edition books. The library, that is named after its donor Harry Widener, stands right next the Emerson building of philosophy. Opening a pair of heavy yet elegant metal door, I was immediately bathed in warm light. I wandered around the library, fascinating to find one treasure after other.
The library is a amazing place. Only if when one visits the library can he fully experience the academic atmosphere. For me, the library as well as the courses explain Harvard’s place as the home of devoted scholars.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，你校正在组织英语作文比赛。

请以身边值得尊敬和爱戴的老师为题，写一篇短文参赛，内容包括：
1.人物简介；
2.尊敬和爱戴的原因。

注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

The Teacher I Admire
There are many admirable teachers around us.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____
参考答案
1. B
2. A
3. C
4. B
5. A
6. D
7. C
8. C 9. D 10. C 11. B
12. B 13. C 14. A 15. B
16. C 17. B 18. E 19. A 20. G
21. B 22. D 23. C 24. A 25. D 26. B 27. A 28. C 29. B 30. C 31. A 32.
D 33. C 34. A 35. D 36. B 37. A 38. C 39. B 40. D
41. a 42. conducted
43. effects /effect
44. who/that
45. were satisfied
46. because
47. assisting
48. directly
49. to ensure
50. interaction
51.(1). many→much (2). read→reading (3).that→which (4). next后面加to (5). door→doors (6).fascinating→fascinated (7). other→another (8). a→an (9). if或者when去掉(10). explain→explains
52.略。