2019-2020学年石家庄私立第一中学高三英语期中试卷及参考答案

2019-2020学年石家庄私立第一中学高三英语期中试卷及参考答案第一部分阅读（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
No one knows when the first printing press was invented or who invented it. but the oldest known printed text originated in China during the first millennium (千年) AD.The Diamond Sutra (《金刚经》), a Buddhist book from Dunhuang, China during the Tang Dynasty, is said to be the oldest known printed book.The Diamond Sutrawas created with a method known as block printing (雕版印刷), which used boards of hand-carved wood blocks in reverse.
It was said that the moveable type was developed by Bi Sheng. He was fromYingshan,Hubei,China, living from 970 to 1051 AD. His method replaced panels of printing blocks with moveable individual Chinese characters that could be reused. The first moveable Chinese Characters were carved into clay and baked into hard blocks that were then arranged onto an iron frame that was pressed against an iron plate.
The earliest mention of Bi Sheng’s printing press is in the bookDream Pool Essays, written in 1086 by Shen Kuo, who noted that his nephews came into possession of Bi Sheng’s typefaces (字体) after his death. Shen Kuo explained that Bi Sheng did not use wood because the texture is inconsistent (不一致的) and absorbs wetness too easily.
By the time of the Southern Song Dynasty, which ruled from 1127 to 1279 AD, books had become popular in society and helped create a scholarly class of citizens who had the capabilities to become civil servants. Large printed book collections also became a status symbol for the wealthy class.
1. When was Bi Sheng’s printing press first introduced in history?
A. After Bi Sheng died and his nephews owned his typefaces.
B. When books became popular in the Southern Song Dynasty.
C. After the block printing was replaced by the moveable type printing.
D. WhenThe Diamond Sutrawas printed into a book.
2. What can we infer from the passage?
A. Shen Kuo made great contributions to printing.
B. The moveable type printing was invented earlier than block printing.
C. Printed books were hard to get in the Song Dynasty.
D. By the Southern Song Dynasty, books had helped people get to higher social positions.
3. Why does the author write this passage?
A. To show that Buddhism was popular in the Tang Dynasty.
B. To introduce the early history of printing.
C. To memorize Bi Sheng, developing the moveable type printing.
D. To indicate the advantages of moveable type printing.
B
These days, football is one of the most popular sports in the world. Given that Neil Armstrong wanted to take a football to the Moon, we could even say that it is also the most popular sport out of this world! The history of the game goes back over two thousand years to Ancient China. It was then known as cuju (kick ball), a game using a ball of animal skins with hair inside. Goals were hung in the air. Football as we know it today started inGreat Britain, where the game was given new rules.
That football is such a simple game to play is perhaps the basis of its popularity. It is also a game that is very cheap to play. You don’t need expensive equipment; even the ball doesn’t have to cost much money. All over the world you can see kids playing to their hearts’ content with a ball made of plastic bags.
Another factor behind football’s global popularity is the creativity and excitement on the field. It is fun enough to attract millions of people. You do not have to be a fan to recognize the skill of professional players or to feel the excitement of a game ending with a surprising twist.
What’s more, football has become one of the best ways for people to communicate: it does not require words, but everyone understands it. It breaks down walls and brings people together on and off the field.
“Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, ...” said Bill Shankly, the famous footballer and manager. “I can tell you with certainty it is much, much more important than that.” This might sound funny, but one only has to think about the Earth to realize that our planet is shaped like a football.
4. What can we know from paragraph one?
A. Some people like to play football on the Moon.
B. The game called cuju was given new rules today.
C. Cuju is different from football as we know it today.
D. Many people like playing a ball made of plastic bags.
5. According to the author, there are ________ reasons why football became so popular in the world.
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
6. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A. Football is round.
B. Football is more than just a sport.
C. Our planet is shaped like a football.
D. What Bill Shankly said sounds funny.
7. What’s the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
A. To talk about the history of football.
B. To express his/her love of football.
C. To explain why football is such a popular game.
D. To prove that he/she is a professional football fan.
C
We all use different ways to remember ideas, facts and things we need to store. Remembering is an extremely important part of our learning experience. Information process, storage and recall encourage purposeful learning.
But the brain doesn’t store everything we want or need for future use. It makes choices and tends to remember information that forms a memorable pattern. Things you learned recently can be particularly difficult to remember because they haven’t taken root in your mind.
“Forgetting allows us to remember what is really important to our survival. We forget much of what we read, watch, and think directly every day.” writes John Medina in his book, Brain Rules.
How do you avoid losing 90%of what you’ve learned? An inspiring writer and speaker Zig Ziglar once said: “Repetition is the mother of learning, the father of action, which makes it the architect of accomplishment.”
Repetition has been a remembering skill for ages. When you hear or read something once，you don’t really learn it-at least not well enough to store the new information for long. The right kind of repetition can do wonders for your memory. People learn or remember better by repeating things or getting exposed to information many times. Othersrepeat particular steps or processes deliberately a number of times or even years to become better at certain skills.
Daniel Coyle explains in his book, The Little Book of Talent:“...closing the book and writing a summary, even short ones, forces you to figure out the key points, process and organize those ideas so they make sense, and write them on the page. When you pick it back up weeks later, reread all of your notes or highlights to strengthen the ideas even further.”
People learn by repeating things. Better learning is a repetition process. Every time we repetitively access something we already know, we increase the memory’s stored value.
8. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. The brain tends to store 90% of the things we learn.
B. The fresher the information isthe easier to remember.
C. Thinking is more important than remembering in study.
D. The brain tends to choose and keep what it thinks important.
9. How does the writer prove his opinion?
A.By giving examples.
B. By listing numbers.
C. By borrowing words of experts.
D. By providing scientific finding.
10. What does Daniel Coyle want to say in his book?
A. You can’t pay too much attention to repetition.
B. Summarizing is a very effective learning tool.
C. Forgetting forces human brain to make choices.
D. Regular repetition helps to form good habits.
11. Which do you think is the best title of the passage?
A. How the Brain Works
B. Reading for More
C. Fighting Against Forgetting
D. Repeat to Remember
D
On the night of September 19, 1961, Betty Hill and her husband Barney were driving home through the White Mountains from Niagara Falls. They were travelling on anearly deserted two-lane highway when Betty noticed a steady light in the sky that was getting bigger and brighter.
She thought it was a planet or a star. Barney, stimulated at her excitement, said it was probably just a wandering aeroplane. Whatever it was, it appeared to be following them.
They stopped their car for a closer look. What they said happened next, changed their lives. The flying object was noiseless. It appeared to be spinning. It was as big as a jet but shaped like a pancake.
So formed the tale of Betty Hill, a New Hampshire social worker who, with Barney, a postal worker, claimed to be kidnapped by aliens, who were from outer space, on a moonlit night about 60 years ago.
After reluctantly going public with her experience, Hill, who died of cancer at her New Hampshire home, aged 85, became a celebrity on the UFO circuit and was known as the “first lady of UFOs”.
Intriguingly, at the time of the incident, the Hills remembered nothing except that they had spied a strange object in the sky. Later, troubled by nightmares and other stress-related pains, the couple underwenthypnosis(催
眠) where the full story came out with the aid of Boston psychiatrist Benjamin Simon, an expert in medical hypnosis.
On their night of contact the Hills arrived homeat 5 a.m., unable to account for two lost hours. They were also confused by the odd marks on their telescopes, deep signs on the tops of Barney’s best shoes, Betty’s torn dress and strange circular markings on their car that made the needle of a compass jump wildly.
After seeing them for six months, the psychiatrist concluded the Hills’ lost memory about the hours they lost on that night in 1961 “appeared to involve an amazing experience on the part of both of the Hills”. Whether the experience had been fantasy or reality, Simon could not say, but he said he was convinced they had not been lying. He guessed that it had been a kind of shared dream.
Reports of aliens capturing humans and taking them aboard oddly shaped spacecraft were “comparatively rare” before 1975. After a movie, “The UFO Incident”, about the Hills came out, however, such stories increased.
12. When they saw the strange object in the sky, Barney and Betty Hill ______________.
A. were astonished at its strange flight and noise
B. regarded it as just a wandering car following them
C. realized immediately what the danger it might cause
D. showed curiosity in discovering what it really was
13. The word “Intriguingly” in paragraph 6 most probably means “______________”.
A. Ridiculously
B. Temporarily
C. Remarkably
D. Mysteriously
14. The Hills later sought the help of a psychiatrist because ______________.
A. they had lots of secrets in their lives after the strange experience
B. their lives were greatly disturbed by the unexpected experience
C. they wanted to share their unforgettable experience with the expert
D. they hoped to forget completely what had happened to them
15. This article was written in order to ______________.
A. describe an unusual event to the readers
B. convince readers of the existence of UFOs
C. record how people were caught by aliens
D. warn people of the dangers the UFOs cause
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
Wayswe can fed the world in 2050
Some estimates suggest our global population could reach a total of 10 billion people by 2050. It’s clear that
traditional agriculture has to change to fed that many people.___16___
Creating robot farmers
Such exploration has been done. The Small Robot Company inBritainhas created three small robots: Tom, Dick and Harry. Tom takes geography pictures of plants in the field, and sends them back for analysis. Then Dick spray(喷洒) crops with precision, avoiding unnecessary polluting and saving resources. Harry plants, completing with a robotic drill(机械钻).___17___These tasks are traditionally done by a human.
___18___
Ordinary heavy tractors(拖拉机) roll across the field, compacting(压实) the soil and squeezing the gaps inside. This compaction greatly affects the soil's ability to hold onto water and nutrients. Using smaller, lighter robots to do the jobs currently performed by tractors could hugely help reduce these issues, hence promoting to keep precious soil in good condition.
Giving waste a second chance
According to the United Nations, “An estimated third of all food produced ends up rotting in the dustbins of consumers and sellers." There are countless brilliant ideas and measures to help, but I advocate one brilliant approach—using app like“Too Good To Go".___19___These foods may be abandoned but still perfectly eatable.
Making smarter choices
We spend time with farmers, producers, sellers and consumers.___20___Building a worldfed by sustainable(可持续的) agriculture is a tough task, which requires changes to the whole model of growing, processing, transporting, storing and selling.
On the Whole, in order to ensure we have enough food in the future, farmers, scientists, engineers, sellers, business leaders, governments and individuals should come together to join the effort, taking action to value our food and its producer.
A. Preserving precious soil
B. Slowing the ageing process of food
C. We find it necessary to produce record quantities of food
D. We find our current ways of agriculture just aren't sustainable.
E. The App enables sellers to shift foods to customers at a lower price.
F. Together, they carry out the dull tasks with greater accuracy and less water.
G. Here are some potential solutions helping us get ready to feed the 10 billion.
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
Sharing a sense of style
When I woke up on Aug 4, 2016, there was only one thing on my mind: what to wear. A billion___21___raced through my brain in the closet. I didn't want to come off as trying too hard, but I also didn't want to be seen as a lazy and___22___girl. Not only was it my first day of high school, but it was my first. day of school in a new state; first impressions are___23___and it was important for me to___24___the people who I would spend the next four years with..
This was my third time being the___25___kid. But this time was___26___because my dad promised that I would start and___27___high school in the same place. This time mattered, and that made me___28___.
After carefully___29___my closet, I proudly came out in a____30____from Target. The soft cotton was____31____and the ruffled shoulders added a hint of fun. Yes, this outfit was the one. An hour later, I felt powerful as I____32____toward room 1136. But as I entered class, my jaw____33____to the floor.
Sitting at her desk was Mrs Hutfilz, my English teacher,____34____exactly the same dress as me. I kept my head____35____and walked to my seat silently. I made it through my brief introduction____36____until Mrs Hutfilz stood up, jokingly adding that she liked my style. Although this was the moment I had been____37____from the moment I walked in, all my anxiety surprisingly____38____, and the students paid attention as I shared my story. My smile grew as I laughed with the students. After class, I stayed behind and talked to Mrs Hutfilz, relieved to make a humorous and real connection.
Looking back four years later, the ten minutes I spent afraid of giving my speech were really not worth it. My first period of high school certainly made the day____39____in the best way and taught me that Mrs Hutfilz has an awesome sense of____40____!
21. A. thoughts B. reasons C. causes D. substitutes
22. A. particular B. untidy C. serious D. unkind
23. A. much B. nothing C. little D. everything
24. A. hit B. know C. recognize D. impress
25. A. new B. old C. ordinary D. special
26. A. similar B. difficult C. different D. easy
27. A. study B. finish C. drop out of D. end up in
28. A. happy B. relieved C. nervous D. excited.
29. A. searching B. tidying C. fixing D. ranging
30. A. skirt B. shirt C. coat D. dress
31. A. convincing B. comfortable C. heavy D. slight
32. A. drove B. slipped C. headed D. slid
33. A. dropped B. picked up C. opened D. faded away
34. A. sporting B. ironing C. putting on D. taking off
35. A. away B. up C. down D. off
36. A. paper B. speech C. lecture D. class
37. A. preparing B. proud of C. expecting D. afraid of
38. A. went up B. melted away C. Accelerated D. grew
39. A. lonesome B. embarrassing C. troublesome D. unforgettable
40. A. responsibility B. justice C. style D. humour
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
When Zhang Lingshan was a child, she would watch the Chinese perioddramaPalaceon television, attracted by the characters' ancient clothing. She didn't know what these beautiful clothes ___41.___ (call)-only that they were from some ___42.___ (distance) past. "They looked fairy-like, dreamy," she said. "I was completely drawn by the beauty of these clothes, and then ___43.___ (eventual) came to understand the culture of Hanfu, and I liked it more and more."
Now aged nineteen ___44.___ living in Beijing, Zhang is a member of China's growing "hanfu movement"-a renaissance(复兴)of the ancient clothing traditionally worn by ethnic-majority Han Chinese before ___45.___ Qing dynasty. Tight-knit Hanfu communities and university clubs often meet up for themed ___46.___ (activity). Zhang and her friends sometimes visit places with ancient architecture, likeBeijing'sForbidden City, ___47.___ emperors once lived, to take photos in costume and post them on social media.
Nowadays, Hanfu is seen as a way ___48.___ (celebrate) Chinese culture and improve national self-esteem. In the past few years, Hanfu clubs and social media platforms ___49.___ (help) bring the Han clothing hack under the spotlight. "It's the confidence of the younger people, the confidence of the country," said Christine Tsui, a fashion columnist and researcher ___50.___ (base) inShanghai.
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。

We all know the saying that “It is never too older to learn”, but only a little people can make it . Recently , it reported that an old man who was almost 80 become a schoolmate with his granddaughter . The girl went to the university in that her grandpa had studied when she was young . Her grandpa did not finish several course and didn’t graduate . So many years late , this old man decided to go back to continue his lessons . The girl posed a picture and congratulated on her grandpa . People admired an old man for his insistence. He showed the world that it is never too late to learn .
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是某国际中学高二学生李华。

期末临近，你的英语老师要求每位同学用英语写一篇简短的发言稿在英语课上演讲。

内容包括：
1.学年收获；
2.暑假计划；
3.高三展望。

注意：写作词数应为80左右。

Good afternoon, everyone! I'm so happy to give my speech here
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____
That's all. Thank you!
参考答案
1. A
2. D
3. B
4. C
5. B
6. B
7. C
8. D 9. C 10. B 11. D
12. D 13. D 14. B 15. A
16. G 17. F 18. A 19. E 20. D
21. A 22. B 23. D 24. D 25. A 26. C 27. B 28. C 29. A 30. D 31. B 32.
C 33. A 34. A 35. C 36. B 37.
D 38. B 39. D 40. C
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46.activities 47.where 48.to celebrate 49.have helped 50.based
51.(1).older→old (2).little→few (3).在reported前加was (4).become→became (5).that→which (6).she→he (7).course→courses (8).late→later (9).去掉on (10).an→the
52.略。