2019-2020学年枣庄市第八中学南校高三英语期末考试试卷及答案

2019-2020学年枣庄市第八中学南校高三英语期末考试试卷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
NAME: John
FAVORITE SPORT: Basketball FAVORITE SNACK: Pizza
HOBBY: Photography PET: Beagle named Max
FUNNIEST MOMENT: “On Max's birthday, we sang the ‘Happy Birthday’ song to him and he got a big treat. A month later, my family sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to me. Max got so excited because he remembered the song. He whined(嘀咕) when he didn't get a treat, so we gave him one.”
NAME: Sarah
FAVORITE SPORT: Track and field FAVORITE SNACK: Granola
HOBBY: Guitar PET: Cat named Lulu
FUNNIEST MOMENT: “One day in my kindergarten, I opened my snack bag and found a tennis ball and a sock! My little brother had played his first practical joke. Thanks, Bryan!”
NAME: Paul
FAVORITE SPORT: Baseball FAVORITE SNACK: Apple with peanut butter
HOBBY: Making comics PET: Tropical fish
FUNIEST MOMENT: “In a school play, I was supposed to say the line ‘Stop right there, cowboy!’ Devin was playing the cowboy, and 1 said, ‘Stop right there, Devin!’ It was supposed to be a serious part of the play, but Devin cracked up. Then everybody else laughed, too, including me.”
NAME: Scott
FAVORITE SPORT: Soccer FAVORITE SNACK: Bananas
HOBBY: Drawing dinosaurs
PET: Hermit crab named Hermie
FUNNIEST MOMENT: “One night, we were camping in a state park. I heard a loud thumping(砰砰作响) outside the tent. I was sure that it was a bear! I used my flashlight to look around the campsite(野营地) and saw a little toad hopping away, going thump, thump, thump!”
1.Whom will you get in touch with if you also like taking photos?
A.Scott.
B.Sarah.
C.John.
D.Paul.
2.Where did Sarah find the tennis ball and the sock?
A.At her friend's birthday party.
B.In her kindergarten.
C.In her school.
D.In a state park.
3.Outside the tent, what thumped that night?
A.A bear.
B.A cat.
C.A fish.
D.A toad.
B
When rescuers were called to rescue a “little owl”, they did not expect to find one that was too fat to fly. A concerned citizen first spotted the poor bird lying helplessly. Even Rufus Samkin, whose team then took the team in on Jan.3, believed the bird to be injured. There were no wounds to be found, however, causing experts to believe the female owl was simply too wet to fly.
But it was only after a thorough drying-off and complete checkup that they noted the real issue. The rescuers weighed the owl and concluded that she was “simply extremely obese” and couldn’t take off. This additional weight left her unable to fly, though experts began to wonder how she got so fat in the first place. Because it’s rather unusual for wild birds to reach such a state, they decided to keep her a few weeks and monitor her.
In the end, the rescuers assessed that it was simply a case of “natural obesity”. December 2019 was quite warm, which meant that there were many insects for the bird to feast upon. Indeed, the owl was discovered in a field that was “filled with field mice” due to the usual climate. “It’s been very mild here, and the owl is able to find foods easily,” Samkin explained. With the sudden food, “she ly ate much and got very fat. She had a lovely time, but went too far.”
The researchers consequently put the owl on a “strict diet” so she could shrink to a more “natural weight”. She was even put on a bit of exercise and encouraged to fly around. In the end, the bird was sent flying gracefully off into the British countryside at a much healthier and happier weight. Hopefully, this owl won’t come upon another feast of field mice—unless she wants another few weeks at the fat camp.
4. What did people think happened to the owl at first?
A. She was hurt.
B. She was trapped.
C. She was hungry.
D. She was wet.
5. Why was the bird unable to fly?
A. She needed a thorough checkup.
B. She should be given a drying-off.
C. She was completed overweight.
D. She was simply extremely strong.
6. What made the owl have enough foods?
A. The especially warm weather.
B. The reducing number of insects.
C. The rich fields growing crops.
D. The lovely time the bird enjoyed.
7. How did the owl loseits weight?
A. Going on a diet and exercising.
B. Flying in the British countryside.
C. Visiting that fat camp again.
D. Enjoying her wonderful feast freely.
C
Who is a genius? This question has greatly interested humankind for centuries.
Let's state clearly: Einstein was a genius. His face is almost the international symbol for genius. But we want to go beyond one man and explore the nature of genius itself. Why is it that some people are so much more intelligent or creative than the rest of us? And who are they?
In the sciences and arts, those praised as geniuses were most often white men, of European origin. Perhaps this is not a surprise. It's said that history is written by the victors, and those victors set the standards for admission to the genius club. When contributions were made by geniuses outside the club—women, or people of a different color1 or belief—they were unacknowledged and rejected by others.
A study recently published bySciencefound that as young as age six, girls are less likely than boys to say that members of their gender(性别)are “really, really smart.” Even worse, the study found that girls act on that belief: Around age six they start to avoid activities said to be for children who are “really, really smart.” Can our planet afford to have any great thinkers become discouraged and give up? It doesn't take a genius to know the answer: ly not.
Here's the good news. In a wired world with constant global communication, we're all positioned to see flashes of genius wherever they appear. And the more we look, the more we will see that social factors(因素)like gender, race, and class do not determine the appearance of genius. As a writer says, future geniuses come from those with “intelligence, creativity, perseverance(毅力), and simple good fortune, who are able to change the world.”
8. Whatdoes the author think of victors' standards for joining the genius club?
A. They're unfair.
B. They're conservative.
C. They're objective.
D. They're strict.
9. What can we infer about girls from the study inScience?
A. They think themselves smart.
B. They look up to great thinkers.
C. They see gender differences earlier than boys.
D. They are likely to be influenced by social beliefs
10. Why are more geniuses known to the public?
A. Improved global communication.
B. Less discrimination against women.
C.Acceptance of victors' concepts.
D. Changes in people's social positions.
11. What is the best title for the text?
A. Geniuses Think Alike
B. Genius Takes Many Forms
C. Genius and Intelligence
D. Genius and Luck
D
The idea of growing food in a desert would make most people laugh but this is quickly becoming a reality. There are currently two desert farms in the world where quality vegetables are being planted cheaply and easily.
Sundrop Farms, based in South Australia, uses experimental greenhouses to grow tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers. The biggest challenge of growing food in a desert, obviously, is the lack of available water. The researchers at Sundrop Farms have gotten aroundthis problemby using the sun to desalinate (淡化) sea water. It can also be used to control the temperature of the greenhouses.
Without depending on limited resources such as land and fresh water Sundrop Farms has made farming a practice. This can increase the world’s food supplies. Another benefit ofthis kind of farming is that it can be done anywhere, thus reducing the costs of transporting food to distant locations. Yet another benefit is that it reduces the need for pesticides (杀虫剂).
Another experimental desert farm is the Sahara Forest Project, which began in Qatar in December 2012. Greenhouses in the farm are cooled by saltwater. Solar power and other technologies are used together to help make vegetation (植被) grow in the desert environment. As deserts have expanded over recent years around the world due to global warming, this project could solve the problem.
The result form the Qatar project were better than expected and in June of 2014, Jordan agreed to host another one. This will be much bigger than the Qatar project and the project members will have even more
opportunities to test their experiments on a much larger scale. It is not clear yet that desert farming resents the future of farming but these projects have shown some success in the field.
12. What does “this problem” in paragraph 2 refer to?
A. Sea water is bard to purify.
B. The desert is short of water.
C. The temperature is high in the desert.
D. Desert farms aren’t fit to plant vegetables.
13. What is one of the characters of desert farming?
A. It needs more pesticides.
B. It saves delivery costs.
C. It has a location limit.
D. It solves food waste problems
14. What can we know about the Sabara Forest Project?
A. It lives up to expectations
B. It can help produce more food
C. It is started to prevent global warming
D. It uses technology to produce saltwater
15. What can be inferred about desert farming from the last paragraph?
A. It still has problems to solve.
B. It represents the future of farming.
C. Its early success has aroused interest in it.
D. Its aim is to create more job opportunities.
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Everybody yawns (打哈欠) – from unborn babies to great-grandparents. But why, exactly, do we yawn?_____16_____.
One theory (理论) is that when we are bored or tired, we just don’t breathe as deeply as we usually do. _____17_____.Therefore, yawning helps us bring more oxygen into the blood and move more carbon dioxide out of the blood.
Yawning, then, would be an action that we can’t really control to help us control our oxygen and carbon dioxide levels. Sounds good, but other studies have shown that breathing more oxygen does not make us yawn less. _____18_____. Hmmm. Now what?
_____19_____. Stretching (拉伸) and yawning may be a way to relax muscles and joints, increase heart rate, and feel more awake.
Other people believe that yawning is a protective way to redistribute (重新分配) the oil-like substance called surfactant that helps keep lungs from drying up.So, if we didn’t yawn, according to this theory, taking a deep breath would become harder and harder – and that would not be good!
But there is one idea about yawning that everyone knows to be true:_____20_____. If you yawn in class, you’ll probably notice a few other people will start yawning, too. Even thinking about yawning can get you yawning. How many times have you yawned while reading this article? We hope not many!
A.It seems to spread
B.Yawning seems to be common
C.No one knows for sure, but there are many theories
D.Another theory is that yawning stretches the lung and lung tissue
E.This theory indicates yawning, like a deep breath, helps us feel fresh
F.Likewise, breathing more carbon dioxide does not increase yawning
G.As this theory goes, our bodies take in less oxygen because our breathing has slowed
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′ve been farming sheep on a hillside for 54 years. I use a small tractor to get about. My dog Don always sits beside me in the passenger seat.
One morningI___21___a lost lamb when I was in the top field, near where a motorway cuts through my land. The lamb had become separated from its___22___, so I jumped out of the tractor to___23___it while Don stayed in his seat.
Lamb and mother___24___, I turned back to the tractor only to see it move suddenly away from me. This was so___25___because I had put the handbrake on when I jumped out.___26___Don had somehow made the___27___move
My heart froze in my chest as I___28___the tractor heading towards the___29___.I ran desperately but failed to____30____. It crashed through a wooden fence and disappeared. The____31____thing I saw was Don′ s face, looking calmly back at me. Heart in mouth, I____32____the fence and looked over. The tractor was____33____against the crashbarrier in the central reservation (中央分道带), having crossed the____34____road with fast-flowing traffic by a miracle. I couldn′t see Don, but as I____35____the tractor he
jumped out onto the road, apparently____36____, and dashed back to me.
The police____37____and the motorway ran normally again. I couldn′t quite believe my____38____. It turned out no one got badly hurt, but the outcome could have been____39____. Don was given a special____40____that night — I didn′t want him to think I was angry with him.
21. A. dropped B. carried C. spotted D. returned
22. A. kids B. friends C. owner D. mother
23. A. ask about B. tend to C. play with D. run into
24. A. freed B. switched C. reunited D. examined
25. A. unexpected B. dangerous C. embarrassing D. difficult
26. A. Fortunately B. Obviously C. Immediately D. Generally
27. A. lamb B. fence C. seat D. vehicle
28. A. saw B. stopped C. remembered D. drove
29. A. crowd B. motorway C. field D. hill
30. A. take off B. catch up C. hold back D. get out
31. A. real B. best C. basic D. last
32. A. reached B. noticed C. fixed D. closed
33. A. parking B. running C. resting D. turning
34. A. steep B. long C. rough D. busy
35. A. abandoned B. approached C. recognized D. repaired
36. A. unclean B. uncertain C. unhurt D. unhappy
37. A. arrived B. replied C. survived D. waited
38. A. ability B. dream C. luck D. idea
39. A. awful B. guilty C. desirable D. common
40. A. lesson B. test C. job D. meal
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
Family drama “A Love for Dilemma”, focusing____41.____China's education system and parent-child relationship, started airing on iQIYI on April 11, and____42.____(cause) a wide public concern among netizens ever since.
____43.____(base)on a novel, the drama centers around several____44.____(family) whose children are
about to enter middle school. Different generations of people hold different attitudes toward the children's education,____45.____leads to conflicts, misunderstandings and relationship crises.
The director of the drama,____46.____mother of two herself, admits she used to be anxious about her children's education like most mothers inChina.____47.____she wanted to give her children sweet memories and a happy childhood, she was worried their studies would fall behind without taking extra lessons. “I hope to remind the audience____48.____(give) children more time and patience, and set aside the anxiety and confusion," Zhou said, "Let nature take____49.____(it) course and everything that happens in life has its own meaning.”
A netizen commented that the drama encourages her to cherish every moment in life, even the ordinary ones. "The meaning of life is not to compete, but to experience, explore and fulfill one's_____50._____(responsible) for the world," she said.
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短文。

短文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。

错误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（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

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。

My parents were singers but none of them played a musical instrument.There was an old piano in my school.I loved it so much that I could keep my hands off,but it was clear that I didn’t know how I was doing.One day,a teacher realized that I wanted to learn how to play a piano.She ended up gave me lessons after school.At the end of the term,I performed at the school concert.Two years late,my music teacher said to me,“There's nothing much more to teach you.From now on,you needed a better teacher and a better piano.”I did as told.Eventual,I was admitted into a school of music for student.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，你的英国网友Harry发邮件询问你最喜欢的运动。

请你根据以下所给提示，向他介绍你最喜欢的运动。

内容包括：
1.何时开始喜欢上这项运动；
2.现在练习这项运动的情况；
3.你的理想。

注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当发挥，以使行文连贯。

参考答案
1. C
2. B
3. D
4. A
5. C
6. A
7. A
8. A 9. D 10. A 11. B
12. B 13. B 14. A 15. C
16. C 17. G 18. F 19. D 20. A
21. C 22. D 23. B 24. C 25. A 26. B 27. D 28. A 29. B 30. B 31. D 32.
A 33. C 34. D 35.
B 36.
C 37. A 38. C 39. A 40. D
41. on 42. has caused
43. Based 44. families
45. which 46. a
47. Although /Though /While
48. to give
49. its 50. responsibility
51.(1).none 改为neither
考查不定代词。

我的父母都不会乐器。

我的父母是两个人，“两者都不”，要用neither,而none是三者及以上“都不”，故要把none 改为neither。

(2).添加not
考查语境。

根据上文可知虽然作者的父母都不会乐器，但作者却非常喜欢学校里的那架旧钢琴以致于我手离不开它。

分析句子可知是不能离开，而不是能离开，故要加not。

(3).how 改为what
考查连词。

but it was clear that I didn’t know how I was doing本句中doing缺少宾语，所以不能用how,而要用what.。

因此要把how改为what。

(4).a 改为the.
考查定冠词。

Play the piano是固定用法，“弹钢琴”，故要把a 改为the。

(5).gave 改为giving.
考查固定用法。

End up doing sth，最终处于….状态。

最终在我放学后给我上钢琴课。

因此要把gave改为giving。

(6).late 改为later
考查固定用法。

Two years later为固定用法，“两年后”。

故把late改为later。

(7).删除much
考查语境。

我再没有什么可以教你了。

根据句意可知much多余，因此去掉。

(8).needed 改need
考查谓语动词的时态。

你现在需要一个更好的老师和一架更好的钢琴。

是现在而不是过去需要，故要用一般现在时，因此要把needed改为need.
(9).Eventual 改为Eventually
考查副词。

根据句意是最后我被一所音乐学校录取了。

可知是作状语的，故要用副词Eventually。

(10). students.
考查名词的复数。

我是音乐学院里的其中的一个学生。

是许多学生。

故要用students
52.略。