2019-2020学年洛阳市第三中学高三英语下学期期中考试试题及参考答案

2019-2020学年洛阳市第三中学高三英语下学期期中考试试题及参考
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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1.Who would most potentially apply for Summer Program?
A.Employees in companies.
B.International undergraduate and graduate students.
C.High school graduates.
D.Undergraduate and graduate students.
2.What can students do if they take Summer Courses?
A.Go on a field trip.
B.Visit famous artists.
C.Make some friends.
D.Earn some credits.
3.What are students required to do if they take Summer Start?
A.Live on one of the campuses.
B.Pay school fees in advance.
C.Read as many books as possible.
plete the courses on time.
B
California's August Complex Fire tore through more than 1,600 square miles of forest last summer,burning nearly every tree in its path. It was the largest wildfire in the state's recorded history, breaking the record previously set in 2018. After the fire, land managers must determine where to most efficiently plant new trees.
A predictive mapping model called the Postfire Spatial Conifer Restoration Planning Tool recently described in Ecological Applications could inform these decisions, saving time and expense. The tool can “show where young trees are needed most, where the forest isn't going to come back on its own, where we need to intervene（干预）if we want to maintain forests," says lead author Joseph Stewart, an ecologist at the University of California, Davis.
To develop the model, Stewart and his colleagues classified data collected from more than 1,200 study plots in 19 areas that burned between 2004 and 2012. They combined these data with information on rainfall, geography, climate, forest composition and bum severity.Theyalso included how many seeds sample conifer trees
（针叶树）produced in 216locations over 18 years, assessing whether the trees release different numbers of seeds after a fire.
The tool's potential benefits are significant, says Kimberley Davis, a conservation scientist at theUniversityofMontana, who was not involved in the study. Those managers will still have to make hard decisions, such as which species to plant in areas that may experience warmer and drier conditions resulting from climate change, but the model provides some research-based guidance to help the forests recover.
4. What challenge do land managers face after the wildfire?
A. Lack of wood supplies.
B. Where to plant new trees best.
C. How to save the burned trees.
D. Loss of trees and wild animals.
5. What's the main idea of paragraph 2?
A. The function of the tool.
B. The disadvantages of the tool.
C. The improvement of the tool.
D. The development of the tool.
6. What does the underlined word "They" refer to?
A. The study plots.
B. The data.
C. Stewart and his colleagues.
D. The seeds.
7. What isDavis' attitude towards the tool?
A. Skeptical.
B. Ambiguous.
C. Tolerant.
D. Optimistic.
C
Alex Wong, a junior atMarkKeppelHigh SchoolinAlhambra,California, is working hard on his application to a top college. His resume shows off his nearly straight A’s in difficult classes, experience at a summer program atStanfordUniversity, Eagle Scout project and time on the soccer team as well as the school choir. But his steady progress stopped unexpectedly this year. Aiming to open access to college-level Advanced Placement (大学预科) courses, his schoolbegan using a computer-based lottery to give out spaces. Alex got shut out of all three of the courses he requested.
The new system caused anger among families whose children failed to get into AP courses, which many consider important to develop advanced skills, improve grade-point averages and allow students to earn college credit, saving them and their families tuition dollars. Students and parents wrote to administrators to complain,
circulated a petition (请愿) and launched a Facebook group for trading classes. “I’M DESPERATE! I’LL GIVE YOU FREE FOOD,” one student, Kirk Hum, posted on the 210-member AP Flea Market Facebook group.
AP classes have long been held dear by the most talented and ambitious students.But now they are seen as positive for all students who are willing to push themselves – and schools are increasingly viewing access to them as a basic educational right. But this change has brought challenges.
Miracle Vitangcol, a junior atDowntownMagnetsHigh Schoolwith average grades and test scores, is failing her AP US history class. She said she can’t handle the rapid pace and volume of material she needs to remember. But she said she intends to stick it out because the class is teaching her to manage her time, take good notes and work hard. “I’m struggling to adjust,” she said. “But I keep telling myself: ‘It’s OK. You can do it. Just push yourself’.”
Some critics worry that the open-access movement is pushing too many unprepared students into AP classes, as shown by higher exam failure rates over the last decade. They also fear that open enrollment (录取) policies are encouraging teachers to weaken courses and give out high grades to students who don’t deserve them. “While expanding access is generally a good thing, we need to make sure we’re not watering down the experience for the high achievers,” said Michael Petrilli, executive vice president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a Washington-based educational policy organization.
8. The purpose of the new AP courses system at Alex Wong’s school is to ______.
A. make sure all students get access to the AP courses they desire.
B. ensure that students have a fair chance to get access to AP courses.
C. improve the academic performance of students in AP courses.
D. separate high achievers from average students through the new courses.
9. According to the article, the AP Flea Market Facebook group is a place where ______.
A. students’ parents send their complaints to school administrators.
B. students share tips about saving money for college.
C. students offer items to trade for the AP courses they need.
D. students can find support and guidance on their AP study.
10. Which of the following statements would Michael Petrilli agree with?
A. Opening AP courses to all students is a bad idea.
B. School administrators should maintain high academic standards for AP courses.
C. High schools should stop charging students for taking AP courses.
D. Access to AP courses is necessary for students applying for top American colleges.
11. The author used Miracle Vitangcol’s example to show that ______.
A. students need to remember too much in their AP courses.
B.AP courses pose a big challenge to unprepared students.
C. the secret to success in AP courses is to keep pushing yourself.
D. average students don’t deserve their places in AP courses.
D
We interviewed two people, one who went from the country to the city and one who did the opposite.
Janet Lincoln is a salesgirl who moved to St. Louisfive years ago. Here’s what Janet told us:
“Five years ago I used to live in a small town called Lemon Falls. I grew up and went to high school there. After I graduated I worked in a supermarket. Lemon Falls had a population of about 800 people, and I knew every single one of them. They all knew everything about me, too. You couldn’t do anything without everyone in town knowing about it. The first chance I got I moved to St. Louis and I love it. I don’t know as many people now as I used to, but that’s OK. I have a few good friends, and I see them when I want to. I kind of like beinganonymous. I’d never go back to Lemon Falls.”
Troy Henson had the opposite experience. He and his wife, Darla, and their two children moved from St. Louis to Bloomfield three years ago. Here’s what Troy told us:
“The best thing we ever did was get out of St. Louis. Don’t get me wrong; St. Louis is as good a place as any other city, I suppose — if you like cities, that is. We don’t. Both Darla and I grew up in St. Louis. We met at college and got married. Then the kids came along and life got difficult. We didn’t know any of our neighbors. We both had good jobs, but it always seemed like there was never enough money. That all changed when we moved to Bloomfield. I don’t make as much money as I used to, but then we don’t have as many expenses as we did. We know our neighbors. Life is good. We’d never leave Bloomfield.”
12. What troubled Janet when she was in Lemon Falls?
A. She had no friends.
B. There was no privacy.
C. There was a lot of competition.
D. She couldn’t find a well-paid job.
13. What does the underlined word “anonymous” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. Alone.
B. Prepared.
C. Sociable.
D. Unknown.
14. Different from Janet, Troy ________.
A. prefers country life
B. moved to a bigger city
C. grew up in a smaller town
D. knows little about his new neighbors
15. What is Troy’s opinion on living in Bloomfield?
A. It is a little boring.
B. It is quite comfortable.
C. It costs a lot of money.
D. It creates a safe environment.
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
How to Have a Healthy Brain
Staying fit is not just for your body.____16____Brain fitness is about keeping the mind sharp and preventing cognitive（认知的）disease. You have the ability to develop healthy brain through brain exercise and social interaction. No matter when you start, whether it’s early or late in life, following some simple practices can help in mental health.
Learn a new skill.____17____New skills not only improve memory, but they help the part of the brain that ensures protection of the memories. What’s more, new skills, particularly more difficult skills, are of more benefit to brain functions（功能）than easy ones.
____18____Brain games such as Sudoku（九宫格）and crossword puzzles have been shown to improve connections in the brain. They also affect short-term memory, and have been shown to be good to the brain health. So try to keep your mind as active as possible.
Practice memorization. Work with short goals first. And then try memorizing increasingly more difficult lists. It can be the states in the U. S., or the bones in the human body.____19____
Read and learn new works often. Reading a series of material—books, magazines or poetry exercises the brain.____20____And it has been shown to improve brain and enlarge brain activity in many different parts.
A. Play brain games.
B. Challenge your decisions.
C. It is also important to keep a fit brain.
D. Trying to memorize difficult lists helps the brain greatly.
E. It is a great way to improve your spirit and mental health.
F. Learning new words is similar to learning a new language.
G. Research has shown that new skills can improve brain functions.
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
A womanprofessor was giving a lesson to her students on____21____management. As she raised a glass of water,
everyone in the class___22___they would be asked the “half-empty or half-full” question.____23____, that was not the case. With a smile on her face, she asked the students, “How much do you think this glass of water weighs?”
Answers called out___24___from eight to twenty ounces (盎司).
She quieted the students down and then replied, “The weight doesn’t____25____. But it counts how long you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my____26____. If I hold it for a day, my arm will feel numb. In each case, the____27____of the glass of water doesn’t change, but the____28____I hold it, the heavier it becomes. Why?”
Lost in___29___, all the students kept silent and listened to the professor carefully.
“Our stresses and____30____in life are like that glass of water. If we____31____our burdens all the time, sooner or later, we will feel exhausted, even unable to____32____.”
____33____you have to do is put all your burdens down, as___34___in the evening as possible. Don’t carry them through the evening into the night; by doing this, we can get____35____next morning and are____36____to move forward. More often than not, life gets terrible when we____37____too much. And the moment you____38____your burdens, you’ll find yourself feeling so much more relaxed.
So rather than being upset and feeling____39____for yourself, start doing something about it. After all, life is too short to____40____yourself to anything that is not making you happy.
21. A. class B. emotion C. time D. stress
22. A. wondered B. expected C. agreed D. argued
23. A. However B. Meanwhile C. Anyhow D. Therefore
24. A. replied B. ranged C. read D. exchanged
25. A. exist B. change C. matter D. increase
26. A. head B. leg C. arm D. stomach
27. A. weight B. position C. shape D. size
28. A. better B. longer C. further D. deeper
29. A. fantasy B. dreams C. thought D. discussion
30. A. doubts B. joys C. surprises D. worries
31. A. carry B. show C. hide D. cover
32. A. break off B. work out C. pick up D. carry on
33. A. Something B. Nothing C. All D. Anything
34. A. eagerly B. early C. quickly D. naturally
35. A. depressed B. entertained C. refreshed D. amazed
36. A. ambitious B. able C. passive D. anxious
37. A. think B. fear C. rest D. get
38. A. catch up with B. look down on C. 1et go of D. put up with
39. A. sorry B. happy C. disappointed D. greedy
40. A. help B. treat C. drive D. abandon
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
China has landed lunar probe（探测器）on an unexplored area of the moon___41.___（successful）. The probe will remain on the moon collecting soil and rock samples until Thursday, guided by mission control on the ground. The robotic spacecraft___42.___（name）Chang'e 5 after the Chinese goddess of the moon drilled into the surface of the moon to collect soil early Wednesday.
It's the first attempt___43.___（get）rocks from the moon by any country since the 1970s. The samples, which___44.___（expect）to weigh about 2 kilograms, will be sealed（密封）into a container in the spacecraft.
If successful, the mission will make China___45.___third country to have got lunar samples, following the United States and the Soviet Union___46.___（decade）ago.
When the samples are returned to Earth, scientists will be able to analyze the structure___47.___material composition（组成）of the moon's soil. The mission may help answer questions such as how long the moon remained in space, and when the magnetic field（磁场）of it — key to protecting any form of life___48.___the sun — disappeared.
The spacecraft landed on an unvisited area of the moon, known as Oceanus Ocean of Storms. The landing___49.___（mark）the third time a Chinese lunar probe has landed on the surface of the moon,____50.____also makes the whole Chinese proud.
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。

每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。

I visited the Summer Palace with my friend Jack yesterday. We called a Didi taxi and it wasn’t longer before we arrived. Jack couldn’t wait to take up photos on seeing the wonderfully scenery there. It was then when he realized his camera was gone. He searched everywhere and couldn’t find it. Suddenly it strikes me that he must have left it in the taxi. Therefore, I got in touch the taxi firm at once. Half a hour later, the camera was sending back. All of us appreciated the driver. Jack and I enjoyed ourselves the rest of the day.
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。

Jack and Rose were sitting face to face. At this moment, the landlord came in and asked, “Are you sure you do not rent the house any more?” He kept silent and she only shook her head. They were going to divorce, so it was obvious that they would not continue renting the house any more.
Then the landlord began examining the house. After looking around,he screamed, “Goddamn! See how you have ruined my house? The walls are full of nails! How could I rent the house to others?"
Jack said,"The room is too small and can hardly accommodate all loads of our stuff. So we could only hang them on the walls."The landlord did not listen to him and turned around up to the floor.
Rose began looking around her familiar room. Four years ago, she became his bride here. On the night of their marriage, he felt deeply guilty to her, saying,“I feel so sorry for you for having you live in this small room. In the future I will earn a lot of money to buy our own house.”
The room was only 13 square meters with two nails on the wall next to the door, one for her to hang her bag and the other for hanging umbrellas. At that time,she threw all her stuff such as her bag and umbrella on the floor once she entered the room, staring at the whole mess and feeling terribly upset.
There were three nails on the left wall, on which he hung his clothes yesterday. After she lived in the room, he removed all the clothes boxes and bought her a desk in the spared room because he knew she loved writing and drawing.
There were four nails on the right wall that were used to fix their wedding photo frame. But now there were only four nails without the frame. She still remembered he got hurt on his fingers when trying to drive the nails home. It was her who pushed him to receive an injection against tetanus(破伤风)。

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 landlord tried to pry(撬动，撬开) the nails out when complaining at the same time.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________
They hung all the things back to the wall.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________
参考答案
1. C
2. D
3. A
4. B
5. A
6. C
7. D
8. B 9. C 10. B 11. B
12. B 13. D 14. A 15. B
16. C 17. G 18. A 19. D 20. F
21. D 22. B 23. A 24. B 25. C 26. C 27. A 28. B 29. C 30. D 31. A 32.
D 33. C 34. B 35. C 36. B 37. A 38. C 39. A 40. D
41. successfully
42. named 43. to get
44. are expected
45. the 46. decades
47. and 48. from
49. marks 50. which
51.(1).longer→long
(2).去掉up
(3). wonderfully→ wonderful
(4).when→that
(5).and→but
(6). strikes→struck
(7).在touch后加with
(8).a→an
(9).sending→sent
(10). All→Both
52.略。