2020届洛阳市东方二中高三英语上学期期中试卷及答案解析

2020届洛阳市东方二中高三英语上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
What to See InHarbin
Parks inHarbin: Snow Sculpture Expo on theSunIslandPark: massive and beautifully carved sculptures of snow. Ice Lantern Festival: where large ice buildings and statues constructed with lights inside that make them glow.SiberianTigerPark: The park has several large caged areas where the tigers roam freely and live as they-would in their natural environment. We enter these caged areas in a specially designed van with large windows to get a look at these beautiful beasts. Live pheasants (雉) are let loose (if you pay) in order to show you the tigers' natural hunting skills.
Russian Architecture: Blessed with grace and character, the city is famous for its unique, Russian-influenced architecture. Remnants (残存) from the days when Harbin wasan important stop on the Russian Manchurian Railroad, the dome-shaped structures remind people of pre-revolutionary Russia. The strong Russian flavor continues to impact the city today due to new trade and tourism betweenHarbinandRussia.
TheCentral Avenue: Passers-by only street, a perfect remaining part of the busy international business activities at the turn of the 20th century. The 1.4-km long street is a worthy museum of European architectural styles, including Baroque and Byzantine facades, Jewish architectural wonders, little Russian bakeries, French fashion houses, American snack food outlets, and Japanese restaurants.
Guogeli Avenue:Harbin's second biggest shopping district dotted with Russian buildings. A tram track is still preserved in the centre of the road. The street is named after Nikolay (Vasilyevich) Gogol (1809-1852); great Russian novelist, dramatist, satirist, founder of the so-called critical realism in Russian literature, best-known for his novel MERTVYE DUSHI I-II (1842, Dead Souls).
Saint Sophia Church (built in 1903): The Orthodox church is a wonderful example of Russian Architecture. We only tour the outside of the church. The inside has been turned into some painters' market and is a big disappointment to all who visit it. You are welcome to venture into the church. Entrance fees are RMB20 per person.
1. From where does the author look at the tigers?
A. Through the windows of his house.
B. In the closed areas of tigers.
C. In the areas for walking.
D. In their natural environment.
2. Where can visitors see the most diverse styles of architecture?
A. At Ice Lantern Festival.
B. On the Russian Manchurian Railroad.
C. On TheCentral Avenue.
D. OnGuogeli Avenue.
3. When walking in the city ofHarbin, what can visitors still strongly feel?
A. The Russian flavor.
B. The influence of Guogeli's realism.
C. The damage to Saint Sophia Church.
D. The mixture of American and Japanese cultures.
B
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.
4. 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.
5. 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
6. 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.
7. What’s the WHO’s attitude towards the method?
A. Ambiguous.
B. Positive.
C. Tolerant.
D. Skeptical.
C
I had very good parents. My mother came toAmericafromScotlandby herself when she was 11, and she didn’t have much education. My dad was kind of a street kid, and he eventually went into the insurance business, selling nickel policies door to door.One day, my dad asked his boss, “What's the toughest market to sell?” and the insurance guy replied “Well, black people. They don’t buy insurance.” My dad thought, but they have kids; they have families. Why wouldn’t they buy insurance? So he said, “Give meHarlem.”
When my dad died in 1994, I talked about him onThe Tonight Show. I told the story of how he worked in Harlem and how he always taught us to be open-minded and not to say or think things of racism (种族主义). Then one day, I got a letter from a woman who was about 75 years old.
She wrote that when she was a little girl, a man used to come to her house to collect policies. She said this man was the only white person who had ever come to dinner at their house. The man was very kind to her, she said, and his name was Angelo—was this my father?
The letter made me cry. I called her up and said yes, that was in fact my dad, and she told me how kind he had been to her family. Her whole attitude toward white people was based on that one nice man she met in her childhood, who always treated her with kindness and respect and always gave her a piece of candy. From this experience, I learned a valuable life lesson: never judge people and be open-minded and kind to others.
8. What did my father do after knowing what was the toughest market to sell?
A. He asked his boss to give him some insurance.
B. He went toScotlandto improve his education.
C. He specially went to white families with kids.
D. He choseHarlemto face the toughest challenge.
9. What can we learn from the third paragraph?
A. It was rare that a businessman had dinner in his customer's house.
B. Angelo was the only white person to sell insurance inHarlem.
C. The little girl admired Angelo very much.
D. Racism was a serious problem inAmericaat that time.
10. Which of the following can best describe the author’s father?
A. Stubborn and generous.
B. Patient and intelligent.
C. Determined and open-minded.
D. Confident and romantic.
11. What can be the best title of the passage?
A. Memories from a TV Show.
B. A Letter from an Old Lady.
C. Life Lessons from My Father.
D. My Father's Experience inHarlem.
D
UK physicist Isaac Newton once said, ''Nature is pleased with simplicity and nature is no dummy (傻子). '' Indeed, Mother Nature can provide almost everything human beings need if we follow her rules. But if we break the rules, she is likely to be cruel andlash out at us.
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus pneumonia (新型冠状病毒肺炎, NCP) in China and some other countries at the beginning of this year is an example. According to Xinhua News Agency, the new coronavirus is similar to a virus found in a bat in 2017 and probably has an intermediate host (中间宿主). It's believed that the virus originated from the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan, Hubei province, where live wild animals were sold.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Dr Peter Daszak, president of the US-based health organization EcoHealth Alliance, said, ''This outbreak is a lesson for us. On a global scale, human population density, wildlife diversity, and land use change are what drive new pandemics (流行病). ''
In ancient times, people needed to rely on nature to survive so they held it in awe (敬畏). For example, the American Indians believed that humans are a part of nature and nature is a part of humans. Chinese ancients always pursued the harmony between nature and human beings.
However, as human beings master more knowledge and make more advanced tools, people try to change and even conquer nature. They use more land to make buildings, genetically modify (改变) plants, capture some wild and rare animals to suit their own needs. In this process, humans gradually lose contact with nature and even
throw it out of balance. For example, cutting a large number of forests means carbon dioxide must build up in the atmosphere and it contributes to global warming.
Although we don't know for sure what first caused the NCP outbreak, Brian Lamacraft at Medium said it's time for people to ''reflect on our relationship with our planet'' and ''reconnect with this world and everything that we've been given''. After all, according to US poet Gary Snyder, ''Nature is not the place to visit. It's our home. ''
12. What does the phrase ''lash out at'' in Paragraph 1 probably mean?
A. punish
B. control
C. test
D. challenge
13. What lesson did Daszak think human beings should learn from the NCP outbreak?
A. Bats are one of the most dangerous wild animals.
B. It's impossible to prevent new pandemics globally.
C. We should stop the wildlife trade around the world.
D. Humans should live peacefully with nature.
14. What is the main idea of Paragraph 5?
A. How human beings become their own masters.
B. How human activities cause global warming.
C. How human beings break the balance of nature.
D. How humans use technology to improve their lives.
15. What is the author's purpose in writing this article?
A. To reflect on the NCP outbreak.
B. To explain what led to the NCP outbreak.
C. To describe experts' predictions on new pandemics.
D. To compare ancient and modern attitudes toward nature.
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
Dealing With Strict Parents
Sometimes parents set rules because they fear for their children's safety, because they don't think that their children can make it for themselves or even to stay in control or to bring about a desired outcome or simply because they can. Regardless of why parents set rules, teens must learn to live within these
guidelines,____16____?
Meet in the middle
Often teenagers don't recognize that they have strict parents until they brush up against a rule that they don't like.____17____, don't bother yelling and screaming about the unfairness of it all because chances are your parents will ignore you until you yell yourself hoarse（嘶哑的）. Instead, meet your parents in the middle. Ask them to sit down with you to discuss.
____18____
If your past behaviour leaves your parents rolling their eyes at your level of responsibility, offer to show that you are serious about the compromises that you have suggested.____19____, but rather let your parents see your intentions in your actions.
Stay calm and focused
In order to succeed in dealing with strict parents, you'll need to show not only that you are serious about changes in their rules,____20____. Stay calm and focused at all times when discussing your parents' rules.
A. If this is the case for you
B. Show that you are serious
C. if you are dealing with strict parents
D. Don't just give them empty promises
E. but that you can be a seriousteen as well
F. But what happens if parents are overly strict
G. Are there any mistakes that you should avoid
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“Ladies and gentlemen, the time train has arrived at the terminal!” It felt like I had woken up from a dream,___21___soon discovered I had come to 2035. Suddenly, I heard a strange___22___calling my name. I turnedaround, only to find a robot___23___to me enthusiastically. “I'll___24___you around the city in 2035!” I nodded immediately,___25___what the city would be like.
Once I walked out of the train station, many crossed air lanes came into view. The robot, seeing how___26___I was, explained the new traffic system to me. The system was put into place by many famous engineers using highly___27___technology. In fact, it eliminated (消除) the issue of traffic jams entirely.
Next we made our way to a___28___nearby. Just as I___29___that there was no menu, a waiter began to
scan my body with a special___30___, which gave me a big fright, so I___31___out of my seat immediately. Therobot explained it was just a machine that was able to figure out___32___our body needed and chose the recipe (食谱) that___33___us most. The waiter then introduced me to the electronic___34___that allowed me to choose the environment according to my___35___. I pressed the “beach” button on the screen and___36___I felt a sea breeze. I couldn’t help but___37___at how rapidly technology had advanced.
We___38___returned to the train station. Just as I___39___the train, I heard a familiar voice calling my name.
I opened my eyes to see my mom standing over me. What a___40___dream!
21. A. but B. so C. if D. while
22. A. noise B. warning C. voice D. notice
23. A. singing B. screaming C. flying D. waving
24. A. show B. walk C. turn D. get
25. A. getting B. knowing C. wondering D. feeling
26. A. astonished B. scared C. bored D. moved
27. A. standard B. advanced C. unusual D. useless
28. A. square B. station C. supermarket D. restaurant
29. A. told B. heard C. realized D. reminded
30. A. button B. instrument C. engine D. function
31. A. took B. jumped C. left D. danced
32. A. why B. how C. what D. when
33. A. attracted B. offered C. provided D. suited
34. A. screen B. product C. dictionary D. mail
35. A. temperature B. place C. gene D. taste
36. A.sadly B. suddenly C. ly D. luckily
37. A. aim B. guess C. stare D. sigh
38. A. immediately B. hardly C. eventually D. occasionally
39. A. got on B. brought in C. put off D. looked into
40. A. terrible B. fantastic C. awful D. practical
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
Wherever you look these days, something's looking back at you. There are video cameras on
street___41.___(corner), vehicles and our own front doors.
A Chicago company___42.___(call)Cooler Screens believes that you won't mind if they put cameras into the display cases(展柜)in stores. The cameras aren't placed there___43.___(prevent)you from stealing. Instead, they're part of a system that tries to guess___44.___you will buy next, based on how you look.
The doors on the cases___45.___(be)video screens that show images of the goods, so a customer can see what's available inside. The screens also show vivid ads. They decide which ads to show by___46.___(study) video images of the customers.
A camera feeds images of each customer into a computer___47.___guesses his or her sex and age.In addition, the system tracks___48.___(exact)where the customer is looking. Do the eyes come to rest___49.___a bottle of Red Bull, or does the shopper fancy Coca Cola? The Cooler Screens system instantly___50.___(analyze)all of this data, and then starts showing ads on the cooler door.
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一下作文。

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：把多余的词作斜线（\）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。

The other day,I was praising by my teacher at the class meeting. He says before the whole class that only if we put our heart into our lessons could we make a great progress. He also said I had set a good example to all of my classmate, and that I had memorized all the words of Unit 1 as if I was not good at English. He also added that anyone should learn from me. Heard what the teacher said,I was more than glad and my heart beat wild. At the same time,I made my mind to study harder. From my own experience, I've learned that several words of praise can makes a great difference.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，你的好友Jack听闻你校即将举办70周年校庆（anniversary），他对此很感兴趣。

请给他回信，告诉他活动的相关事宜，内容包括：
1.活动时间、地点；
2.活动内容（精彩的文艺表演等）；
3.欢迎届时来观看演出。

注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节。

参考答案
1. B
2. C
3. A
4. A
5. D
6. B
7. B
8. D 9. D 10. C 11. C
12. A 13. D 14. C 15. A
16. F 17. A 18. B 19. D 20. E
21. A 22. C 23. D 24. A 25. C 26. A 27. B 28. D 29. C 30. B 31. B 32.
C 33.
D 34. A 35. D 36. B 37. D 38. C 39. A 40. B
41. corners
42. called 43. to prevent
44. what 45. are
46. studying
47. that/which
48. exactly
49. on/upon
50. analyzes
51.(1).praising→praised
(2).says → said
(3).将a去掉
(4).classmate→classmates
(5).as→even
(6).anyone→everyone
(7).Heard→Hearing
(8).wild→wildly
(9).在made后加up
(10).makes→make
52.略。