2019-2020学年昌吉州回民中学高三英语下学期期中试卷及答案解析

2019-2020学年昌吉州回民中学高三英语下学期期中试卷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
These wonderful NYC attractions offer pay — what — you — wish days, free entry hours/days and other great stuff for local families.
Staten IslandZoo
There are plenty of creatures who call NYC home—the Staten Island Zoo is one of them. Once you’ve finished learning about the wildlife in the animal nursery, reptile (爬行动物) side rooms, horse barn and other areas of the attraction, make sure to mark your schedule for fun seasonal happenings, such as the Easter Egg Games and the scary, crazy Halloween Shows.
Entry on Wednesdays is by suggested donation; children aged two and under free.
Children’s Museum of the Arts
The Children’s Museum of the Arts welcomes 135,000 little visitors each year through its doors. Once inside, the whole family can enjoy interactive programs, exhibitions (展览) and events that celebrate the changed power of the arts on youngsters and grown-ups alike.
Pay-as-you-wish Thursdays, 3-6 p. m.
Wave Hill
Everyone needs a few hours of calm now and then-kids included-and you’d be hard- pressed to find a more peaceful spot within city limits than Wave Hill the broad grounds located above the river, covering 28 acres of public gardens, plus woodlands and grasses to wander. Jump in on nature walks, story times and family art projects often led by local artists and free with general admission.
Pay — as — you — wish Tuesdays and Saturdays,9 a. m — noon.
New York Hall of Science
Naturally, kids love it when the New York Hall of Science pleases them with neat exhibits and fun hands-on activities. The museum’s playground is themost attractivetochildren A tube slide (管道滑梯) will give little ones the knowledge on science topics, while the climbing area mirrors a giant spider web. There are also wind pipes, metal drums, sand- boxes and much more. What better way to make the mostout of science?
Free entry Sep-Jun on Fridays, 2 — 5 p. m，and Sundays, 10 —11 a. m.
1. What can children do in Staten Island Zoo?
A. Feed injured animals.
B. Join in seasonal activities.
C. Build a home for creatures.
D. Deal with the donations to the zoo.
2. What do Children’s Museum of the Arts and Wave Hill have in common?
A. They both have peaceful spots.
B. They both are located by a river.
C. They both have public gardens.
D. They both have activities about arts.
3. Which place can be free of charge for all?
A. Wave Hill.
B.Staten IslandZoo.
C. New York Hall of Science.
D. Children’s Museum of the Arts.
B
Your best friend that follows you around when the sun comes out - your shadow - doesn’t serve an important function like your heart or brain, but what if you could use shadows to create electricity? When using solar panels (电池板) that are powered by light, shadows can be boring because it means electricity can’t be created. However, researchers from the National University of Singapore have engineered a way to create power from the shadows present everywhere.
A team of the university created a machine that can collect energy from shadows. It is created by placing a thin coating of gold onto silicon (硅). Like in a normal solar panel, when put in light, the silicon electrons (电子) become energized and the energized electrons then jump from the silicon to the gold. The voltage (电压) of the part of the machine that is placed in the light increases to the dark part and the electrons in the machine flow from high to low voltage. They are sent through an external circuit (外电路) creating a current that can be used to power another machine. The greater the contrast between light and dark, more energy is provided by the machine.
The team isworking on improving the performance of the machine, borrowing approaches from solar panels to gather light. Increasing the amount of light the machines can receive allows them to better make use of
shadows, as well as developing shadow energy collecting panels that can successfully gather from indoor lighting. The team is also researching the use of other materials other than gold to drop the price of the machine, meaning they would be more cost effective and easier to apply in society.
Shadows are present everywhere and perhaps one day in the future we will be able to collect energy from them by placing the shadow-effect energy machine around the world in places that have been considered unfit for solar panels to work, or indoors. “A lot of people think that shadows are useless,” Tan says, but “anything can be useful, even shadows.”
4. What is Paragraph 1 mainly about?
A. Your best friend always stays with you after the sunrise.
B. The shadow has the same function as the heart and brain.
C. Shadows can stop solar panels from creating electricity.
D. Researchers have found a way to create power from shadows.
5. What is the key working principle of the machine mentioned in the text?
A. The silicon produces electricity when it is in the light.
B. The gold produces power with the help of the silicon.
C. The energized electrons flow from high to low voltage.
D. An external circuit creates current using another machine.
6. How does the team improve the performance of the machine?
A. Using solar panels in the machine.
B. Increasing the amount of light received.
C. Developing light energy collecting panels.
D. Bringing down the price of gold.
7. Which of the following is the best place to apply the machine?
A. A gym.
B. A park.
C. A farm.
D. A playground.
C
Think ofJapanin the spring and the image that comes to mind is likely the country’s famous cherry blossoms, also known as “Sakura” — white and pink flowers, blooming across cities and mountains.
The flowers, which experience a “peak bloom” that only lasts a few days, have been loved inJapanfor more than a thousand years. Crowds celebrate with viewing parties,flockingto the most popular locations to take photos and have picnics underneath the branches.
But this year, cherry blossom season has come and gone in the blink of an eye, in one of the earliest blooms on record. Scientists warn it’s a symptom of the larger climate crisis threatening ecosystems everywhere.
Yasuyuki Aono, a researcher atOsakaPrefectureUniversity, has gathered records fromKyotoback to 812 AD from historical documents and diaries. In the central city ofKyoto, cherry blossoms peaked on March 26, the earliest in more than 1,200 years, Aono said. And in the capitalTokyo, cherry blossoms reached full bloom on March 22, the second-earliest date on record.
The peak bloom dates shift every year, depending on numerous factors including weather and rainfall, but have shown a general trend of moving earlier and earlier. InKyoto, the peak date stayed around mid-April for centuries, but began moving into early April during the 1800s. The date has only dipped into late March a handful of times in recorded history.
“Sakura blooms are very temperature sensitive,” said Aono. “Flowering and full bloom could be earlier or later depending on the temperature alone,” he said. “The temperature was low in the 1820s, but it has risen by about 3.5 degrees Celsius to this day.”
This year’s seasons in particular influenced the blossom dates, he added. The winter was very cold, but the spring came fast and unusually warm.
8. What is the best title of the passage?
A. Cherry blossom celebrations.
B. Warning of a climate crisis.
C. A strong love for cherry blossom.
D. Cherry blossom season coming earlier.
9. What does the underlined word “flocking” mean?
A. Blocking.
B. Flooding.
C. Running.
D. Following.
10. What can we infer from paragraph 5?
A. The peak blossom dates fall on a fixed date.
B. The cherry blossom rarely peaks in March.
C. The peak bloom dates mainly depend on weather and rainfall.
D. Cherry blossom peaks around mid-April inTokyo.
11. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
A. To inform people the date of cherry blossom.
B. To show a study on cherry blossom dates.
C. To present a Japanese tradition of cherry blossom celebration.
D. To make people aware of the influence of climate change on cherry blossom.
D
Dengue is a very painful illness spread by mosquitoes. In severe cases, dengue can even be deadly. Dengue is a serious disease affecting people in around 120 countries. It can cause high fevers, headaches, and severe pain. It’s caused by a virus spread by bites from mosquitoes. Therefore, dengue is more common in warm areas. Every year, roughly 390 million people get dengue, and as many as 25,000 die from it.
Now scientists seem to have found a way to protect humans from dengue by first protecting mosquitoes. Dengue fever is caused by a virus. Though it may seem strange to think of it this way, the mosquitoes that spread the dengue virus are also infected with it. But the virus doesn’t seem to hurt the mosquitoes.
Wolbachia is a kind of bacteria commonly found in many insects. In some insects, Wolbachia can keep some viruses fromduplicatingthemselves, which is how viruses grow inside a body. Wolbachia isn’t naturally found in mosquitoes. But by infecting these mosquitoes with Wolbachia, scientists can keep the mosquitoes from catching the dengue virus. Even better, the young mosquitoes coming from the eggs of the infected mosquitoes also carry Wolbachia.
Researchers working with the World Mosquito Program (WMP) ran a 27-month study in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. They split a 10-square-mile area up into 24 smaller areas. In half of the areas, the scientists did nothing. In the other half, they set out containers of eggs from mosquitoes that had Wolbachia. They did this every two weeks for just 4 to 6 months.
Ten months later, 80% of the mosquitoes in the treated areas carried Wolbachia. The researchers report the number of dengue cases in the treated areas was reduced by 77% and that the number of people needing hospital care for dengue dropped by 86%.
Because the results of the experiment were so good, the WHO has placed Wolbachia-infected mosquito eggs in all parts of Yogyakarta and surrounding areas. The WHO says that within a year, their efforts will protect 2.5 million people against dengue and that their efforts will be turned into a program that can be repeated worldwide.
12. What kind of disease is dengue?
A. It is likely to cause death.
B. It causes no pain but fevers.
C. It happens less often in hot areas.
D. It hurts both people and mosquitoes.
13. The underlined word “duplicating” in paragraph 3 most probably means “________”.
A. worsening the harm of
B. expanding the size of
C. increasing forces of
D. making copies of
14. What can be inferred about the method from the figures listed in paragraph 5?
A. Its wide use.
B. Its effectiveness.
C. Its complexity.
D.Its easy operation.
15. What’s the WHO’s attitude towards the method?
A. Ambiguous.
B. Positive.
C. Tolerant.
D. Skeptical.
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Many years ago，I was a college graduate with a degree but no job. My substitute teaching work ended and I got desperate.I had a family to feed. ____16____While I was grateful，my first day there was quite a blow to my ego(自尊). The job at the local wood mill paid less but was hard and back-breaking. It was full of bending，lifting，and carrying heavy wood for eight hours aday.___17___
When winter arrived my gloves tore and my fingers split and bled in the cold air. I found myself using more band aids than I ever thought I would just to keep my hands working.____18____At the end of two years only four other people had worked there longer than I had. Every morning I pulled myself out of bed and went to work knowing it was going to be another difficult day.
I tried my best to keep my spirits up but many times during those years I asked，"Why me? Why am I having to go through this? Why has my life not turned out the way I dreamed it would?" ____19____I think maybe in a way I needed those tough times. I needed them to shrink my ego. I needed them to become more caring，sympathetic，andloving.
___20___It is these times that make us mature. If you are going through some "Why Me?" times，don’t give up. Use them to become stronger，kinder and more loving.
A. Fortunately，my brother got me a job.
B. Now many years later I got the answer.
C.Every day I went home aching and tired.
D. The resigning rate at the mill became very high.
E. Maybe no one knew when the tough times would end.
F. Day after day，I wondered when I could realize my dream.
G. I think it is the "Why Me?" times of our livesthat make us grow the most.
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 phone rang, but I was annoyed to answer it. Seeing the____21____number, I supposed it was the endless_____22_____to sell me something I had ly no____23____in.
“Daddy.” It’s Alyce, my 12-year-old daughter. “Mommy was just in a car accident.” My heart____24____and then began pounding. A deep____25____came, “I’m all right, but Mommy...”
I sprinted (全速跑) a few blocks to what looked like a shoot for a____26____movie. Fire engines, police cars, and ambulances were____27____parked in the street; helicopters circled. A bus was on the wrong side of the road. In front of it were the____28____remains of Susan’s car. Susan was____29____under the dashboard (仪表盘). It____30____she had broken nearly every bone, and she spent three months in the____31____.
Two years later, we were attending an event in____32____of Martin Luther King when Alyce____33____at a woman, rushed to and returned with her. She told us she lived in the building by where the____34____had happened. That night, she rushed to the street, still in her bathrobe and saw Alyce standing by the wrecked car,____35____. She approached her, hugged her and took Alyce’s hand to her chest, saying, “Let’s pray together.” Alyce’s phone was out of____36____inside the car. So the woman lent Alyce her phone.
When saying goodbye, we realized we hadn’t been formally____37____, so I told her my name wasDouglas. She paused,_____38_____she hadn’t heard me. So I____39____. She looked at us and said, “Wait, your name is Susan?” Susan_____40_____. The woman put her hand over her heart, saying,“My name is Susan Douglas.”
21. A. regular B. simple C. strange D. concrete
22. A. attempts B. appeals C. appointments D. applications
23. A. interest B. faith C. confidence D. talent
24. A. beat B. rose C. broke D. stopped
25. A. scold B. cry C. scream D. ring
26. A. documentary B. comedy C. disaster D. detective
27. A. suddenly B. eventually C. illegally D. randomly
28. A. broken B. harmful C. tough D. unfit
29. A. bathed B. trapped C. buried D. involved
30. A. worked out B. figured out C. found out D. turned out
31. A. street B. school C. hospital D. church
32. A. memory B. need C. celebration D. consideration
33. A. glared B. glanced C. aimed D. concentrated
34. A. occasion B. mistake C. accident D. dilemma
35. A. rolling B. withdrawing C. choking D. trembling
36. A. control B. reach C. place D. date
37. A. greeted B. treated C. described D. introduced
38. A. as if B. even though C. due to D. in spite of
39. A. approved B. assessed C. repeated D. exchanged
40. A. waved B. nodded C. agreed D. replied
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
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word, for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
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。

Since astronomers confirmed the presence of planets beyond our solar system, called exoplanets, humans_________41._________(wonder) how many could harbor life.
Now, we're one step closer to ______42.______(find) an answer. According to the Kepler space telescope, about half the stars similar in temperature ______43.______our Sun could have a rocky planet capable of supporting liquid water on its surface.
Our galaxy holds at least an______44.______(estimate) 300 million of these potentially habitable worlds, based on even the most conservative interpretation of the results in a new study to be published in The Astronomical Journal.
This research helps us understand the potential for these planets______45.______(support) life. This is an essential part of astrobiology, the study of life's origins and future in our universe.
The study is authored by NASA scientists______46.______worked on the Kepler mission alongside collaborators from around the world. NASA retired the space telescope in 2018 after it ran out of fuel. Nine years of the telescope's observations revealed that there are billions of planets in our galaxy - more planets than stars.
______47.______this result is far from a final value, it’s extremely exciting that we calculated that these worlds are this common with such high confidence.
That's a wide range of different stars, each with ______48.______own particular properties impacting
whether the rocky planets in its orbit are capable of supporting liquid water. These complexities are partly why it is so difficult to calculate how many potentially habitable planets are out there, especially when even our______49.______(powerful) telescopes can just barely detect these small planets. That's_______50._______the research team took a new approach.
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。

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(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，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 was going home by bike in a cold afternoon when my bike broke down. As I was wondering how to do, an old man came over. He offered to help me and soon my bike repaired. I thanked him but asked how to reward him. She shook his head and then told me a story about how a boy had helped him two year before. His story moved me deep. I looked at the man, with my eyes filling with tears. I never thought he could keep such a little incident in the mind for years. Only then do I begin to believe that one good turn deserves another.
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，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

It was an evening just like any other in the Miller family apartment. Mr. and Mrs. Miller were tired from working all day and the children were busy playing on tablets (平板电脑).
“Mum, can you play a game with me now?” said Amy, "Dad, do you want to play battleships?” asked Ben.
Suddenly, the lights went off. The apartment went completely dark. "Oh no! We have lost all our electricity," cried Mr. Miller. "There must be a power cut in the city, " said Mrs. Miller.
"Is everybody okay?” asked Mr. Miller. "Yes, I'm okay," said Amy. "Wow!
It's so dark in here," said Ben. "I've never seen our house like this before."
Mr. Miller picked up his torch (手电筒) and turned it on. But there was only a small beam of light.
"Oh no!” complained Mr. Miller. "The batteries in this torch are not very good. I don't know how long this torchlight will last. " The Miller family looked out of their apartment window. Mrs. Miller pointed at the sky. "Look at all the stars. " “Wow! I can see so many," said Ben.
Then Mrs. Miller wiped her forehead. "I'm feeling very hot," she said. "So am I," said Amy. "Who turned the heater on?”Mr. Miller frowned. “The heater is not on. The machine that keeps us cool has stopped working," Mrs Miller answered. Oh no! The fridge is not working either and all the food will be ruined," she cried. And what about the freezer?” asked Ben. "The ice cream cake for Grandma is in there. It's a special treat for her.”
“That's a big problem, said Amy. "The ice cream cake will melt if it gets warm.”
Just then, the torch went out. "And now we have an even bigger problem," said Mr. Miller. "Oh dear! What do we do now?” Mrs. Miller asked. Amy saw her tablet glowing (发出暗淡的光) in the corner of the room. "I have an idea," she said.
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

She picked up her tablet and took it back into the kitchen.
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So the Miller family ate the cake and looked out of the window at the stars.
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参考答案
1. B
2. D
3. C
4. D
5. C
6. B
7. A
8. D 9. B 10. B 11. D
12. A 13. D 14. B 15. B
16. A 17. C 18. D 19. B 20. G
文章为记叙文，主要介绍了作者经历挫折坚持不放弃的人生感悟。

21. C 22. A 23. A 24. D 25. B 26. C 27. D 28. A 29. B 30. D 31. C 32.
A 33.
B 34.
C 35.
D 36. B 37. D 38. A 39. C 40. B
41. have wondered
42. finding 43. to
44. estimation
45. are supporting
46. who 47. Although 48. its 49. powerful 50. why
51.(1).in→on
(2). how→what
(3). repaired前添加was
(4).but→.and
(5). She→He
(6).years
(7). deep→-deeply
(8). filling→filled
(9).去掉the
(10). do→did
52.略。