2020届秦皇岛市第三中学高三英语下学期期中试卷及答案解析

2020届秦皇岛市第三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
Many workers have had no choice but to adapt to working from home in recent months since offices shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic (新冠疫情). And the noisy situation and endless housework may result in a terrible emotion. A new option is waiting foryou. That is WFH: work from a hotel.
Hotel Figuero
A special program titled Work Perks aims to reposition some of 94-year-old Hotel Figuero’s 268 rooms as day-use offices.
According to Managing Director Connie Wang, the set-up launched in June and is a great opportunity to get out of their houses with high-speed Wi-Fi, unlimited printing privileges and free parking. The 350-square-foot rooms sell for $ 129 per day, with an option to extend to an overnight stay for an additional $ 20.
The Wythe
A boutique hotel in Brooklyn. The hotel recently announced a partnership with co-working office space company Industrious through which it is recycling 13 second-story guest rooms to serve as offices for up to four people.
Each of the rooms has a small outdoor platform, and dogs are welcome. Pricing starts at $ 200 and goes up to $ 275, depending on how many people use the space.
The Sawyer
The Sawyer, in Sacramento, California, is offering pool cabanas (更衣室) for use as outdoor offices, complete with fast Wi-Fi, free parking and catered lunch for $ 150 per day.
HotelsByDay
Yannis Moati founded HotelsByDay back in 2015. That company has grown to include more than 1,500 hotels, and has seen a significant increase in the number of inquiries for day-use bookings lately.
Moati said the current situation will force hotels to upgrade themselves to stay alive, and he predicted that offering rooms for day-use only is one of the directions they will go.
1.How much should one pay for a 24-hour stay in Hotel Figuero?
A.$ 129.
B.$ 149.
C.$ 150.
D.$ 200.
2.Which hotel allows pets in?
A.The Wythe.
B.The Sawyer.
C.HotelsByDay.
D.Hotel Figuero.
3.What do we know about Yannis Moati?
A.He started a program titledWork Perks.
B.He has upgraded at least 1,500 rooms.
C.He usually predicts everything correctly.
D.He is optimistic about the WFH trend.
B
The COVID-19 vaccination（接种疫苗）rate in the US has fallen to newlows in recent weeks, threatening President Joe Biden’s goal of having 70 percent of American adults with at least one shot by July 4.
With just less than one month from July 4, the current vaccination rate will put the US at somewhere between 67 percent and 68 percent of the adult population with at least one dose（剂量）by Independence Day. To reach 70 percent by July 4, around 1.6 percent of the population needs to get their first dose per week from now until July 4.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention（CDC）reported last week that 63 percent of adults hadreceived their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. That was up slightly from 62 percent from the report a week before. The additional 1 percent of adults completing their first dose is the lowest since the CDC started tracking the vaccination rate in mid-February.
On average, fewer than 1 million shots are given out per day, a decline of more than two-thirds from the peak of 3.4 million in April, The Washington Post reported. In South Carolina, about 71,000 residents got a shot in the week leading up to June 3, compared to a high of nearly 300,000 in one week in early April, according to data from the CDC.
The slowdown is moreprominentacross the South and Midwest. Twelve states have seen vaccinations fall to 15 daily shots per 10,000 residents. Less than a quarter of black Americans had received their first COVID-19 shot as of June 7.
James Hildreth, CEO of Meharry Medical College, told Politico, “We need to make a stronger effort to bring the vaccine to the communities, rather than relying on the communities to come to vaccination centers.”
The sharp decline in vaccination began in mid-April when federal officials temporarily stopped the use of the Johnson＆Johnson vaccine while they investigated rare blood-clotting（凝血）reactions.
The “low-hanging fruit—thosepeople who ly want to get vaccinated without you telling them anything” have already been vaccinated, which has led to the slowdown, Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on a White House-organized call with community leaders last week, according to the Post.
4. What can we learn from the text?
A. Dr Anthony Fauci is in charge of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
B. In South Carolina, about 300,000 residents got a shot in the week leading up to June 3
C. In mid-April federal officials temporarily suspended the Johnson＆Johnson vaccine.
D. Less than one fourth of Americans had received their first COVID-19 shot by June 7.
5. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “prominent” in Para. 5?
A. Meaningful.
B. Obvious.
C. Inspiring.
D. Complex.
6. How can America increase the COVID-19 vaccination rate according to James Hildreth?
A. By giving the vaccine shot at the communities.
B. By offering the vaccine to the public for free.
C. By frequently informing the public of the vaccine.
D. By urging the communities to come to vaccination centers.
7. What can be the best title for the text?
A. Biden wishes to have 70% of adults with one shot by July 4
B. CDC has been trackingthe vaccination rate since mid-February
C. Some Americans need to get vaccinated without telling them to
D. Biden’s July 4th vaccine goal may be missed
C
We use what is known as inner speech, where we talk to ourselves, to evaluate situations and make decisions. Now, a robot has been trained to speak aloud its inner decision-making process, giving us a view of how it responds to contradictory demands.
Arianna Pipitone and Antonio Chella at the University of Palermo, Italy, programmed a humanoid robot named Pepper, with software that models human cognitive(认知的)processes, which allowed Pepper to retrieve (检索)relevant information from its memory and find the correct way to act based on human commands, as well as a text — to — speech processor. It allowed Pepper to voice its decision-making process while completing a task, "With inner speech, we can better understand what the robot wants to do and what its plan is," says Chella.
The researchers asked Pepper to set a dinner table according to etiquette (礼仪)rules they had programmed into the robot. Inner speech was either enabled or disabled to see how it affected Pepper's ability to do what was instructed.
When instructed to place a napkin on a fork with its inner speech enabled, Pepper asked itself what the etiquette required and concluded that this request went against the rules it had been given. It then asked the researchers if putting the napkin on the fork was the correct action. When told it was, Pepper said, "OK, I prefer to follow your desire," and explained how it was going to place the napkin on the fork.
When asked to do the same task with inner speech disabled, Pepper knew this contradicted etiquette rules, so it didn't perform the task or explain why.
With the potential for robots to become more common in the future, this type of programming could help the public understand their abilities and limitations, says Sarah Sebo at theUniversityofChicago. "It maintains people's trust and enables cooperation and interactions between humans and robots," she says. However, this experiment only used a single human participant, says Sebo. "It's unclear how their approach would compare across a wide range of human participants," she says.
8. Why does the author mention how people make decisions in the first paragraph?
A. To introduce the topic.
B. To make comparisons.
C. To provide an example.
D. To support his argument.
9. How did Pepper react to the contradictory instruction with its inner speech enabled?
A. It failed to complete the task.
B. It followed the etiquette rules.
C. It made a random decision.
D. It communicated with the researchers.
10. What did Sarah Sebo think of the research?
A. It was creative but worthless.
B. It was a good try but the result was a failure.
C. It was inspiring but needed further evidence.
D. It was carefully designed but poorly performed.
11. Which of the following is the best title for the text?
A. Robot Taught To Be Polite
B. Robot Can Explain Its Decision
C. Robot Making Decisions: No Longer A Dream
D. Robot-Human Communication: No Longer A Problem
D
Cycling has long been a sport where a competitive edge is pursued, often at any cost. Cycling shorts, however, were an area that technology had yet to enter. Little was added to them apart from, perhaps, some padding to protect a rider.
Now, however, new cycling shorts are being equipped with sensors to help riders defeat opponents easily. A British start-up has created a pair of shorts that uses electric sensors and artificial intelligence to shape and strengthen cyclists' muscles while they are moving. It plans to also adapt this product next year for joggers and people at the gym.
The shorts, created by Devon Lewis, a PhD student at theUniversityofSouthampton, are able to send out tiny electric currents into a user's muscles to improve their cycling technique. Mr Lewis, 27, came up with the idea after studying a connection between the brain and muscles that sends chemical signals from motor neurons to muscle fibres to make the muscle contract and strengthen.
The shorts, created by Mr Lewis's start-up bypass this connection using electric cur rents to build muscle strength directly, without relying on the brain to send out signals. “We have a limited ability to control our muscles naturally,” Mr Lewis said. “You can control them more exactly, get more from your muscles and contract them more strongly, if you stimulate them directly with electricity.” Electric wires in the shorts send out currents that activate the muscle. “For those worried about getting a shock while cycling,” Mr Lewis said, “It's sort of the same thing as when you have spicy food and you get that little rush. It feels strange when you first start using it but then you adapt to it quite quickly.”
His idea has received support from Future Worlds, a start-up accelerator atSouthamptonUniversity. The product is being shown next week at the technology conference CES, held digitally this year.
12. What's the strength of the newly invented cycling shorts ?
A. They help cyclists perform better.
B. They last longer than normal ones.
C. They can keep a balanced comfort.
D. They have tools to make good figures.
13. Why can the cycling shorts help the runners and joggers?
A. They are made of quality cotton materials.
B. They are created by world-top designers.
C. They can make running or jogging less boring.
D. They are made intelligently with electric sensors.
14. What may be some people's worry about the shorts?
A. They may spend more than they can afford.
B. They get little help from the new shorts.
C. They may get shocked by the electricity.
D. The new shorts can't function well enough.
15.What's the best title of the text?
A. The Special CyclingShorts
B. Waysto Be a Good Runner
C. How Shorts Benefit You
D. Some Tips about Running Fast
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
A year ago, I had one of the most important interviewsof my life.____16____I could say what I thought the members of the interview wanted to hear. I'm so-good at multitasking that I would be able to shoulder the various responsibilities. That might be true, yet it seemed to be unreal. The more honest answer was that I knew it would be difficult, but I wanted to try anyway.
____17____
This tough situation led me to hesitate during the interviews. It also recalled my past experience of being interviewed when an interviewer asked me to give an example of a time when I had been caring. The answer that came to mind was that I volunteered at a nursing home and felt honored to sit with the patients and listen to their stories. But I didn't think that was dramatic enough to impress the interviewers. So, instead I told them about when one of the residents threw up, I cleaned it up.____18____That wasn't caring and it suggested that my best quality was skillful at using mop(拖把)
Back to my most recent interview and the question about how to shoulder the multiple responsibilities of the role.____19____I had learned the significance of being true to myself. So I answered simply, "With difficulty". To my relief, the review members nodded knowingly and smiled. This exam can test my honesty and I can come up with appropriate answers.
I've come to realize that interviews don't have "right" or "wrong" answers. I still see them as exams, but they're not testing my ability to copy somebody else's answers. Actually, the exam is about something I am well familiar with: me.____20____
A. I hesitated but not for long.
B. I immediately felt embarrassed.
C I wasn't sure which answer to give.
D. Never give the interviewers wrong answers.
E. It seemed the interviewers were quite satisfied.
F. It's not about "right" answers but about being yourself.
G. At the end, I was asked how to balance the different parts of the role.
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Shopping is an important part of Christmas preparations.____21____find it more exciting than us grown-ups so they participate in Christmas shopping with special____22____.
One little girl was doing just that when she____23____saw Santa walking by. Or, that's at least what she____24____! Thinking the tall stranger with a grey beard was Santa Clause, she____25____him and asked what he got for her for Christmas.
“Santa? I've been told many times,” the man said as he knelt and____26____the little girl. “Have you been a good girl this year?” he asked her, upon which she____27____proudly.
The____28____that unfolded was sweet and heartwarming. Having stepped into the____29____of Santa, the man asked the girl if she was____30____for Christmas, which she undoubtedly was!
In her____31____, Santa came straight from the North Pole, with Rudolf and his reindeers, and was not a____32____she met at the supermarket! So she was surprised to meet Santa and she told him her Christmas wishes. The man was____33____to help and soon they began talking about what she was going to prepare for Santa and Rudolf!
“Can I____34____them all?” Santa asked, eagerly expecting to try the cookies the girl____35____to prepare for him.
The girl cheerfully said “yes” and then she told Santa that reindeers ate grass. Santa then____36____his little friend of the fact that grass was hard to find at the North Pole. Some details having been____37____, it was now time for Santa to return to his hard work of preparing____38____with his countless Christmas elves, up far in the North Pole.
For now, she and Santa had to go their____39____ways until Christmas Eve, when Santa would return to pay her a visit and make her____40____come true.
21. A. Kids B. Customers C. Salesmen D. Adults
22. A. honesty B. elegance C. enthusiasm D. generosity
23. A. unluckily B. temporarily C. purposefully D. unexpectedly
24. A. ordered B. thought C. heard D. cared
25. A. ignored B. approached C. appreciated D. defeated
26. A. faced B. dressed C. condemned D. adopted
27. A. rejected B. explained C. nodded D. questioned
28. A. invitation B. dream C. history D. scene
29. A. award B. burden C. diet D. role
30. A. late B. famous C. ready D. sorry
31. A. eyes B. steps C. home D. battle
32. A. kind helper B. random stranger C. specific partner D. crazy shopper
33. A. eager B. curious C. astonished D. tired
34. A. sell B. buy C. eat D. cook
35. A. begged B. promised C. failed D. hesitated
36. A. reminded B. cheated C. accused D. broke
37. A. hidden B. spread C. missed D. exchanged
38. A. meals B. presents C. bargains D. decorations
39. A. challenging B. same C. separate D. unclear
40. A. lies B. doubts C. predictions D. wishes
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
World Environment Day (WED) ,____41.____is observed on June 5 every year, is one of the most unique and special holidays because____42.____its history and its many firsts. Created on the first day of the first-ever UN conference , WED focuses on humans and the environment.
However, this didn't happen overnight.Swedenfirst suggested____43.____(have) such a conference in 1968.
And in 1969, the UN agreed that in three years they would have a conference inSwedenthat focused on____44.____(globe) environmental problems.
Finally, it all came together in 1972. Leaders from around the world____45.____(sit) together to discuss how they could raise awareness to protect our environment — and it was then that WED was made. Then two years later, the first-ever WED____46.____(celebrate) with the slogan(口号)“Only One Earth”.
Ever since then, WED has been____47.____(complete) accepted by people everywhere. Many famous people
around the world all encourage people, in their own unique way,____48.____(do) their part and save the world.
So, it doesn't matter if you’re a famous actor, an athlete____49.____a student in college: gather your friends and spend a day outdoors doing fun_____50._____(activity) towards protecting this beautiful planet. You'll have great fun and feel much better afterward.
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。

My sister got married with Tom three years ago, and now their kid is one year old. Last week, my sister was such busy that she asked me to take a care of her child for half a day. I agreed without hesitation because I thought it was a very simply thing. And it turned out to be wrong, for my nephew was always moving. My nephew too young to walk, so he crawled everywhere. He needed to pay more attentions. Once he left my sight, something bad will happen. Although I sat on the chair, I couldn't do anything, thus make me very tired. When my sister came back, I got free finally.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假设你是晨光中学的高一学生李津。

你的美国笔友David在学习汉语的过程中遇到了不少问题，有点气馁。

请根据以下要点给他写一封建议信：
(1)表示理解和安慰；(2)更好地学习汉语的建议；(3)预祝他汉语学习取得成功。

注意：①词数不少于100；②可增加适当内容，以使行文连贯。

参考答案
1. B
2. A
3. D
4. A
5. C
6. D
7. B
8. A 9. D 10. C 11. B
12. A 13. D 14. C 15. A
16. G 17. C 18. B 19. A 20. F
21. A 22. C 23. D 24. B 25. B 26. A 27. C 28. D 29. D 30. C 31. A 32.
B 33. A 34.
C 35. B 36. A 37.
D 38. B 39. C 40. D
41. which
42. of 43. having
44. global 45. sat
46. was celebrated
47. completely
48. to do 49. or
50. activities
51.(1). with→to (2). such→so (3). 删除a (4). simply→simple (5). And→But或Yet (6). too前加was (7). He→I (8). attentions→attention (9). will→would或might或could (10). make→making.
52.略。