2020年兰州市第六十五中学高三英语上学期期末考试试题及参考答案

2020年兰州市第六十五中学高三英语上学期期末考试试题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
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Must-see Musicals
Ready to get back to the theater and enjoy some toe-tapping show tunes? Whether you're a Londoner or just visiting the capital for a day, you're sure to find a good night out from our selection of must-see musicals. Book your ticketsin advance to catch the hottest shows!
●TINA- The Tina Turner Musical
From humble beginnings in Nutbush, Tennessee, to her transformation into global Queen of Rock n' Roll, Tina Turner didn't just break the rules, she rewrote them. This new stage musicalreveals the story of a woman who dared to defy the bounds of her age, gender and race. TINA—The Tina Turner Musical is written by Oliver Award-winning playwright Katori Hall and directed by Phyllida Lloyd.
Performance times: Monday 7 pm; From June 3, 2021 until June 26, 2022
Venue: Aldwych Theater, 49 Aldwych, London, WC2B 4DF
●The Lion King
Taking the famous story of Simba and his ascension to king, the stage show is a one-way ticket to Pride Lands. With fascinating scenery drawing you in, you'll almost feel like you're part of the action as you journey through Simba's world. To bring The Lion King to life, the show's original director, Julie Taymor, combined live performers and creative props. Creating a visual feast that's since redefined how musicals could and should look, The Lion King really is an all singing, all-dancing affair.
Performance times: Tuesday—Saturday 7: 30 pm; From June 1, 2021 until April 3, 2022
Venue: Lyceuwm Theater, 21 Wellington Street, London WC2E 7RQ
●The Prince of Egypt
Journey through the wonders of Ancient Egypt as two young men, raised together as brothers in a kingdom of privilege, find themselves suddenly divided by a secret past. One must rule as Pharaoh, but the other must rise up and free histrue people; both face a destiny that will change history forever.
With a huge cast and orchestra of almost 60 artists, this “truly phenomenal production” is based on the classic Dream Works Animation film and features the international best-selling, Academy Award-winning song
When You Believe.
Performance times: Monday—Saturday 7: 30 pm; From July 1, 2021 until January 8, 2022
Venue: Dominion Theater, 268—269 Tottenham Court Rd, Fitzrovia, London W1T 7AQ
1. Who is the author of TINA—The Tina Turner Musical?
A. Oliver Award.
B. Katori Hall.
C. Phyllida Lloyd.
D. Tina Turner.
2. What is special for The Lion King?
A. It is written by a famous director.
B. It reveals a conflict between two brothers.
C. It offers a lifelike feast for eyes.
D. It shows the importance of protecting lions.
3. If you prefer the songWhen You Believe, which theater should you go to?
A. Dominion Theater.
B. Lyceuwm Theater.
C. Aldwych Theater.
D. Egypt Theater.
B
With their tiny brains and excellent ability to memorize nectar locations, honeybees are a favorite model organism for studying learning and memory. Such research has indicated that to form long-term memories—ones that last a day or more—the insects need to repeat a training experience at least three times. By contrast, short-and mid-term memories that last seconds to minutes and minutes to hours, respectively, need only a single learning experience.
Exceptions to this rule have been observed, however. For example, in some studies, bees formed long-lasting memories after a single learning event. Such results are often regarded as circumstantial anomalies, says Martin Giurfa of the University of Toulouse. But the anomalous findings, together with research showing that fruit flies and ants can form long-term memories after single experiences, aroused Giurfa’s curiosity. Was it possible that honeybees could reliably do the same? Giurfa reasoned that the ability to form long-term memories might depend on the particular type of bee and the experience. Within a honeybee colony, there are nurses, who clean the hive and feed the young; guards, who patrol and protect the hive; and foragers, who search for nectar.
While previous studies have tested bees as a whole, Ciurfa and his colleagues focused on foragers, tasking them with remembering an experience relevant to their role: an odor associated with a sugary reward.
The researchers observed that a single exposure to a reward-paired odor was enough for most forager bees to remember that specific odor the following day. Many foragers could even remember the odor three day later.
The results do not mean that all prior research was wrong, says André Fiala of the University of Göttingen. “People have done the experiments in a different way.” Still, the new results do show that “the commonly held
belief that one needs multiple training trials to achieve long-term memory is not always true,” he says, and this “really advances the field.”
4. What does the author want to tell us through Paragraph 1?
A. A model for memory research.
B. The classification of memories.
C. New research on learning and memory.
D. Previous findings on memory formation.
5. Which factor might influence a bee’s memory of an experience, according to Giurfa’s research?
A. Whether the bee's role is related.
B. Whether the bee is introduced or native.
C. How often the bee repeats the experience.
D. How long the bee is exposed to the reward.
6. What is Andre Fiala’s attitude towards the new results?
A. Doubtful.
B. Favorable.
C. Intolerant.
D. Unclear.
7. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?
A. Learning and Memory: How Honeybees Remember
B. Honeybee Memory: Honeybee Knows What to Do
C. Honeybees Remember after Just One Lesson
D. Honeybees Use Memory for Communication
C
I cried the first time I saw the Notre Dame（巴黎圣母院）years ago. I'd waited my entire life to see this great French architecture, and experienced it in its full glory on a bright sunny day. Last night, I again cried for the centuries-old church while watching it burn.
I hadn't expected to spend my evening that way. My friend and I were having dinner at a cafe a block or so away from the Notre Dame, choosing to skip going inside with the intention to go back the next day.
However, we heard that it caught fire, so we left the cafe and ran towards the church, following heavy smoke from it, and soon we joined a nearly silent crowd. Some were praying, some were crying, but most were staring in disbelief at the disaster happening before us. The fire continued to get worse. About 400 firefighters were working to control the fire. We could see their flashlights shining as they inspected the front from a balcony.
The Notre Dame is part of the heartbeat ofParis, I reflected on the experiences I've had there, from attending a bread market out front to admiring the beautiful windows and architecture inside. It is a spot that helps makeParismagical. And here we were, watching it burn down. It was too much to handle, but it was impossible to look away.
About 9：30 pm, the gathered crowd spontaneously（自发地）began to sing Hymns（圣歌）to the church.
We sang along with the group, feeling at once less like tourists and more like members of them. I hadn't imagined all that before.
For hundreds of years, the Notre Dame hasseen the most joyous and the most terrible moments in the lives of both France and her people. And when everyone was able to become one emotional force, it showed that even in her darkest hour, the Notre Dame was still there to bring us all together.
8. Why did the author cry for the Notre Dame for the first time?
A. She was touched by its greatness.
B. She was sorrowful to watch it burn.
C. She was regretful for missing its glory.
D. She was excited about French cultures.
9. What was the author doing when the Notre Dame caught fire?
A. Heading for a faraway cafe.
B. Visiting a church with a friend.
C. Eating nearby with a friend.
D. Wandering along the street alone.
10. What can we know about the fire scene?
A. People expressed their sadness in different ways.
B. People were nervously rushing in different directions.
C. Hundreds of volunteers joined in putting out the fire.
D. Firefighters kept people away with shining flashlights.
11. What impressed the author most?
A. The church allowed visitors to gaingreat experiences.
B. Many foreign tourists became members of the church.
C. The church survived disasters for hundreds of years.
D. People were brought together to sing to the church.
D
Shanghairesidents passing through the city’s eastern Huangpu district in Octobermight have astonished at an unusual sight: a “walking” building. An 85-year-old primary school has been lifted off the ground in its entirety and relocated using new technology named the “walking” machine.
In the city’s latest effort to preserve historic structures, engineers used nearly 200 mobile supports under the five-story building. The supports act like robotic legs. They’re split into two groups which in turns rise up and down, imitating the human step. Attached sensors help control how the building moves forward.
TheLagenaPrimary School, which weighs 7,600 tons, faced a new challenge — it’s T-shaped, while previously relocated structures were square or rectangular. Experts and technicians met to discuss possibilities and test a
number of different technologies before deciding on the “walking machine”.
Over the course of 18 days, the building was rotated 21degrees and moved 62 meters away to its new location. The old school building is set to become a center for heritage protection and cultural protection. The project marks the first time this “walking machine” method has been used inShanghaito relocate a historical building.
In recent years,China’s rapid modernization has seen many historic buildingsrazedto clear land for skyscrapers and office buildings. But there has been growing concern about the architectural heritage loss as a result of destruction across the country.
Shanghaihas beenChina’s most progressive city when it comes to heritage preservation. The survival of a number of 1930s buildings in the famous Bund district and 19th-century “Shikumen” houses in the repaired Xintiandi neighborhood has offered examples of how to give old buildings new life. The city also has a track record of relocating old buildings. In 2018, the city relocated a 90-year-old building in Hongkou district, which was then considered to beShanghai’s most complex relocation project to date.
12. How did the primary school get moved?
A. By reducing the weight of it.
B. By using movable supports.
C. By dividing it into several parts.
D. By using robotic legs.
13. What does the underlined word “razed” probably mean in Paragraph 5?
A. Replaced.
B. Burnt.
C. Protected.
D. Destroyed.
14. What can we infer about the heritage preservation inChina?
A. The use of advanced technology leads to growing concern.
B. Shanghai is the pioneer in preserving architectural heritage.
C.A number of old buildings have been given new life.
D. Many historic buildings will be relocated.
15. What is the passage mainly about?
A. New preservation campaigns are launched inChina.
B. New technology gives new life to historic buildings.
C. A building inShanghai“walks” to a new location.
D. “Walking machine” makes heritage protection simpler.
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
Survival in the Wild
Plants and animals have the hard job of surviving in a very wild world. How do they do it?___16___Camouflage(保护色) is one way animals use to survive. For some animals, this means that their fur, scales, or skin are a similar color1 to the land around them. Deer, for example, have brown fur that match(和……相匹配)the trees, so it’s harder for hunters to see them. This saves them from becoming food to a larger animal.___17___Many people think of chameleons when they think of this type of camouflage, but rabbits are a great example as well. Some rabbits’ fur will change color1 s depending on the season. Their fur might be brown in spring, summer, and autumn to match the trees, but the brown fur will fall out and white fur will grow in the winter to match the snow.___18___
Some insects, instead of matching their environment, look like something else that will stop animals from eating them. A walking stick looks just like a stick so that hunters will pass it by without noticing it.
Some moths and butterflies have designs on their wings that make them look like snakes or owls, to frighten away their hunters.
___19___They want to be easily noticed to survive! Many plants grow flowers with color1 ful petals(花瓣) to attract bees. The bees help pollinate the flowers so that they can produce new flowers.
Instead of hiding, some plants and animals develop structures to hurt anything that tries to hurt them. Some plants develop thorns(刺)so that animals will not eatthem.___20___Hedgehogs even have spikes(尖刺), called quills or spines, covering their backs so animals won’t want to eat them!
There are many ways plants and animals have adapted to survive in the wild. Do you know of any other ways?
A. Some animals have extremely sharp teeth so they can fight off other animals.
B. Some animals can actually change color1 s to match their environment.
C. As a result, the rabbit has different color1 s in different seasons.
D. There are many ways plants and animals have used in order to survive.
E. This way the rabbit is safer from hunters year-round.
F. For some plants, however, they don’t want to match their environment.
G. But some plants survive in a quite different way.
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One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw Kyle from my class walking home from school. He was___21___with masses of books. I thought to myself, "Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? Nerd!" I had quite a weekend planned, so I ___22___my shoulders and went on.
As I was walking, a bunch of kids bumped into him purposely and ___23___him. His glasses went flying. He looked up and I saw terrible ___24___in his eyes. Out of sympathy I jogged over to him and as he ___25___looking for his glasses,tears welled up.
Handing him his glasses, I said, "Those guys are jerks." He looked at me and said, "Hey, thanks!" There was a big smile on his face. It was one of those smiles that showed real ___26___. We talked all the way home,delighted.He even___27___my invitation to play football occasionally.
Over the next four years, Kyle and I became close friends. When we were seniors, he became the___28___in the class and was___29___to give a speech at the graduation ceremony. I___30___him all the time about being a nerd with no malice.Kyle wasvaledictorian（荣誉致辞生）of our class, so he had to prepare the speech for graduation.
On graduation day,as he started his speech, he____31____his throat, and began. "Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you make it through those____32____years. Yourparents, your teachers, your siblings, maybe a coach…, but mostly your friends. I am here to tell you that being a friend to someone is the best gift you can give him or here.
I just_____33_____at my friend with disbelief as he told the story of the first day we met. Kyle had planned to kill himself over the weekend. He talked of how he had cleaned out his locker(寄存柜),____34____,his Mom wouldn't have to do it later and was carrying his stuff home. "____35____, I was saved. My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable." I heard the gasp go through the crowd as this boy told us all about his____36____moment. Whenhis eyes_____37_____mine, I was able to see tears shimmering in his smiling eyes.
I smiled back in tears. Kyle finished his speech and walked towards me. With no more words, he gave me a firm hug. Not until that moment did I realize what a big difference one small_____38_____had made to my friend Kyle.
Not until that moment did I realize its depth. It_____39_____me that never should we underestimate the
power of our random act of kindness. With one small gesture, we can change a person's life. For better or for worse. No act of kindness, however small, will ever_____40_____.
21. A. struggling B. discriminating C. associating D. purchasing
22. A. stoked B. shrugged C. spotted D. shared
23. A. disrupted B. interrupted C. sneered D. tripped
24. A. annoyance B. sorrow C. enthusiasm D. aspiration
25. A. turned around B. wandered about C. crawled around D. stood rooted
26. A. apology B. contentment C. determination D. appreciation
27. A. approved B. discouraged C. opposed D. abolished
28. A. most brilliant B. most gorgeous C. most fashionable D. most suspicious
29. A. voted B. prized C. selected D. begged
30. A. sniffed B. endured C. knew D. teased
31. A. cleared B. hurt C. swept D. raised
32. A. rewarding B. tough C. contradictory D. idyllic
33. A. gazed B. scoffed C. glanced D. winked
34. A. however B. though C. hence D. admittedly
35. A. Fortunately B. Miraculously C. Apparently D. Promptly
36. A. weakest B. maturest C. smallest D. truest
37. A. promoted B. caught C. searched D. stung
38. A. hesitation B. empathy C. gesture D. incident
39. A. dawned on B. drew upon C. mattered with D. accounted for
40. A. came along B. faded away C. fallen apart D. go wasted
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
The Titanic was the largest and most advanced passenger ship of its day. It was considered unsinkable. But on 14th April 1912, on___41.___(it) maiden voyage (首航) from England to New York, the ship___42.___(strike) an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sank___43.___(short) after midnight. Of the 2,223 people on board, 1,517 drowned.
So why did so many people die in the tragedy? Firstly, the Titanic’s owners fitted the ship___44.___only 20 lifeboats. They believed any more would spoil the___45.___(appear) of the ship. But this meant there were only enough lifeboats for 1,178 passengers. Secondly, while___46.___(load) the lifeboats, the crew observed the “women and children first” rule. This was___47.___old custom that said women and children should be saved before men. Because at first men weren’t allowed in the lifeboats, many boats were lowered only half full.___48.___the lifeboats had been full, another 500 people might have been saved. In the end, 74% of women passengers survived, but only 20% of men. And many of the men___49.___survived were branded as cowards (懦夫) when they got home.
The wreck (残骸) of the Titanic____50.____(find) in 1985. It lies about four kilometres below the surface of the water at the bottom of the ocean.
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。

Of all the people I have encountered in my life, a person I admire most is my English teacher. Working for our class teacher, she has to work around the clock to take good care of us as well as giving lectures and grade homework. She always walks towards the bus stop, carrying a bag full of notebook or a big folder with assessment reports she makes the night before. She is the one we spend major part of our day and she is the one who constant encourages us to break barriers and to be extraordinary. We owe all of our success to him. I will not forget her instructions but I would like to express my the deepest gratitude to her.
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。

Anna took her first baby-sitting job in Peter Smith’s and played games with Peter’s three children until the bedtime. Mr. Smith praised her for the great work. After Mrs. Smith had pressed the money into her hand, Anna didn’t even look at the money and then walked out of the house. She’d expected ten dollars. Now she saw that it was a one-hundred-dollar bill!
Anna imagined her parents’ faces when she handed them the one hundred dollars.
Things hadn’t been easy for Anna’s family since Anna’s dad had lost his engineering job a year ago. There had been no new clothes or movies in the last year. They no longer went out to eat on Fridays. Anna didn’t really mind, as long as her family was together. But now she could help. One hundred dollars! That was enough to fill the car with gas or to buy a bag of groceries.
Her excitement faded as she wondered if Mrs. Smith realized how much money she had given her. Could she have made a mistake? Anna felt bad as she remembered that Mrs. Smith had simply pulled the money from her purse without looking at it.
Anna thought, “Maybe Mrs. Smith meant to give me the one-hundred-dollar bill. Baby-sitting three children is a lot of work.” Soon Anna remembered that the Smiths didn’t seem to have much money, either. But, she silently argued with herself. “They gave me the money. I didn’t steal it.”
She found her parents in the living room. Anna took a deep breath and told them what had happened. “I wanted to give the money to you to help out the family, but I think Mrs. Smith made a mistake.” She continued. “I’m going to give it back to her.”
Dad settled his big hand on her shoulder. “You just gave us the best gift, Anna.” Mom kissed her. “We’re proud of you, sweetheart.”
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。

The next morning, Anna went to Mrs. Smith’s house again.
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Mrs. Smith opened her purse and counted out ten dollars.
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参考答案
1. B
2. C
3. A
4. D
5. A
6. B
7. C
8. A 9. C 10. A 11. D
12. B 13. D 14. B 15. C
16. D 17. B 18. E 19. F 20. A
21. A 22. B 23. D 24. B 25. C 26. D 27. A 28. A 29. C 30. D 31. A 32.
B 33. A 34.
C 35. A 36. A 37. B 38. C 39. A 40. D
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42. struck 43. shortly
44. with 45. appearance
46. loading
47. an 48. If
49. that / who
50. was found
51.(1). a→the
(2). for→as
(3). giving→give
(4).notebook→notebooks
(5).makes→made
(6).day后加with
(7).constant→constantly
(8). him→her
(9). but→and
(10). 删除my后的the或删除the 前的my
52.略。