2020届河南师范大学附属中学高三英语期中试题及参考答案

2020届河南师范大学附属中学高三英语期中试题及参考答案
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
A
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Brief Introduction
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) was acquired by the city of Brooklyn in 1854 along with the land that is Prospect Park.
There are so many gardens on display at the BBG that is honestly hard to keep count ofthem. There’s the Japanese Hill and Pond Garden, the Osborne Garden, the Shakespeare Garden... you get the point. Each garden that is displayed will be showing off a different group of amazing plants that come m all sorts of color1 s and sizes. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden offers something for the entire family. They even have a Children’s Garden for the little ones.
Attractions
Japanese Hill and Pond Garden
One of the most frequency visited gardens at BBG, the Japanese Hill and Pond Garden is certainly a favorite among visitors. This garden features a variety of styles as well as beautiful scenery with a viewing pavilion (亭子) and a waterfall. The Shogun Lantern featured in the Japanese Hill and Pond Garden is over 500 years old. It was given to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden as a gift from the city of Tokyo.
Children’s Garden
Children have been planting plants at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden since 1914 and continue their efforts today. Currently, there are over a thousand children contributing to the Children’s Garden.
Shakespeare Garden
For those who have fallen in love with the works of Shakespeare, this will be a garden that they can truly appreciate. Over 80 plants that have been mentioned in the writing of Shakespeare currently grow in the Shakespeare Garden.
Getting to Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Brooklyn Botanic Garden: 900 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225
Closest Subway: Prospect Park/ Eastern Parkway/ Franklin Avenue
Bus Tour Stops: Stop 34 or 35 Brooklyn route
Opening Times
15 March— 6 November：
Tuesday—Friday: 8:00 am—6:00 pm; Saturday—Sunday: 10:00 am—6:00 pm
8 November —11 March
Monday—Friday: 8:00 am—4:30 pm; Saturday —Sunday: 10:00 am—4:30 pm
1.Where can visitors enjoy a waterfall?
A.Osborne Garden.
B.Shakespeare Garden.
C.Children’s Garden.
D.Japanese Hill and Pond Garden.
2.How can visitors go to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden?
A.By taking a bus to Prospect Park.
B.By taking a bus to 34 Washington Avenue.
C.By taking the subway to Franklin Avenue.
D.By taking the subway to Stop 35 on the Brooklyn route.
3.When can Nancy visit the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in December?
A.5:00 pm on Thursday.
B.8:30 am on Wednesday.
C4:3 0 pm on Friday. D.9:00 am on Saturday.
B
Dogs are often referred to as “man's best friend”. But MacKenzie, a four-pound Chihuahua (奇瓦瓦狗), who was named winner of the 2020 American Hero Dog competition, is making the world a better place for humans and animals alike. Often called the “Oscars for dogs”, the award recognizes dogs who make great contributions to society.
This year's competition attracted over 400 competitors from across the country. While all were impressive, it was tiny MacKenzie who won the judges' hearts. Born at a rescue shelter in Hilton, New York, in 2013, she had a cleft palate (腭裂) that required her to be tube fed for the first year of her life. A life-saving operation, performed in 2014, gave her the ability to eat and drink independently, enabling the tiny dog to focus on doing what she loved most: taking care of others.
The seven-year-old Chihuahua is now gainfully “employed” by the Mid Foundation, a Rochester, New York-based non-profit organization that shelters and cares for animals born with disabilities. MacKenzie's official job is “to provide love and care for baby rescue animals born with birth defects”. The Chihuahua is good at her job
and hasnurturedmany different species-from puppies to kittens to turkeys, squirrels, birds and even a goat. She acts as their mother and teaches them how to socialize, play, and have good manners.
In addition to her role as an animal caretaker, MacKenzie also has the important job of greeting the foundation's volunteers and friends. The incredible dog, who has lost her ability to bark, also visits area schools to help children understand physical disabilities in both animals and people. Her heart-warming and inspiring story makes MacKenzie worthy of America's top dog honor!
4. What made MacKenzie American Hero Dog?
A. Being man's best friend.
B. Her struggle with disabilities.
C. Rescuing animals with disabilities.
D. Her contributions to a better world.
5. What can we infer about MacKenzie from Paragraph 2?
A. Her growth path was not easy.
B. She was deserted by her owner.
C. She was operated on at two years old.
D. She still needs taking care of by others.
6. What does the underlined word “nurtured” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. Trained.
B. Comforted.
C. Tended.
D. Abused.
7. Which can be a suitable title for the text?
A. MacKenzie—The Most Hard-working Dog
B. MacKenzie—America's “Most Heroic Dog”
C. Chihuahua—Inspiration of Positive Energy
D. Chihuahua—Appeal for Animals' Protection
C
When you walk with a backpack, do you know how the things inside move from side to side? Now scientists havefigured out how to tap into that movement to produce electricity.
Picture a pendulum (摆锤) fixed to a backpack frame and stabilized with springs on either side. The pack’s weight is attached to the pendulum, so the pendulum swings side to side as you walk.Then a machine is driven by that swinging movement, and spits out electrical current to charge a battery.
Volunteers carried the pack while walking on a running machine and wore masks to measure the flow of O2and CO2. Walking with the slightly swinging 20-pound load, the device (设备) did not significantly affect the volunteers’ metabolic (新陈代谢的) rate compared to when they carried the same weight fixed in place. In fact, the energy-harvesting pack reduced the forces of acceleration they’d feel in a regular pack, which might mean greater comfort for a long hike. And the device did produce a steady trickle (涓流) of electricity. If you up the load to 45 pounds, the swing of the pack could fully charge a smart phone only after 12 hours. The details are in the journal Royal Society Open Science.
The device produces electricity from human movement and has been identified as a workable solution to providing a renewable energy source for portable electronic devices. It is particularly useful for those who work in remote areas, as these people often carry a lot of weight in a backpack for their exploration.
But here’s a realconundrum: the energy-harvesting device currently weighs five pounds. The researchers say that’s about four pounds too many to be a smart alternative to batteries. So they hope that more research lets them lighten the load, to ensure the pack charges you up without weighing you down.
8. What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about?
A. How the device works.
B. What the device looks like.
C. Who the device is designed for.
D. Why scientists designed the device.
9. Which of the following describes the device?
A. It greatly affected the volunteers metabolic rate.
B. It harvested energy as the volunteers walk.
C. It failed to produce steady electricity.
D. It was useless for a long walk.
10. What does the underlined word “conundrum” in the last paragraph mean?
A. Problem.
B. Method.
C. Bond.
D. Decision.
11. What will the researchers try to do next?
A. Increase the charging speed of their device.
B. Find smarter alternatives to batteries.
C. Reduce the weight of their device.
D. Put their device on the market.
D
When I was a child, I attained high grades in my academic study. However, I was physically uncoordinated because I was running too slowly. But for future college application, sport was a must. So I took up fencing (击剑) because I thought it required more strategy than athletic ability.
Then I joined the school’s fencing team. My movements were clumsy compared to the seniors. One afternoon after a whole lesson’s failure, tears of frustration welled up in my eyes. One of my teammates approached me, “Could you tell me where your blade (剑) hit me?” She asked. I pointed to her right shoulder. She
nodded and patted my stomach, “That’s where I hit you.” She had begun to walk away when I blurted out, “Want to practice together? Again?”
We practiced until we both felt more confident. But it wasn’t just the two of us. All these girls were entirely willing to share their knowledge with everyone, helping each other to grow.
That afternoon, I watched a senior fencer execute a flawless attack admiringly. Something inside me suddenly bloomed. I realized later that it was love for both fencing and the fencing team.
During the city championship, I was selected to fence. My opponent was the best fencer on her school’s team. “Ready, fence.” The match began. Suddenly, my opponent’s blade hit me. The score was 1-0.
At the moment I could hear my teammates shouting, “Keep distance!” And the team captain’s voice was clear and commanding, “Parry, then disengage!”
Fencing, unlike academics, wasn’t something I could succeed in by myself—even during an individual match, my teammates were still giving me advice. Unathletic as I was, I was proud to be an athlete and a teammate.
I saw my blade tip bury itself into my opponent’s shoulder and the judge signaling that it was my point. I could taste the sweat on my lips, which were breaking out into a smile.
12. Why did the author start to learn fencing?
A. Because she needed to train her coordination.
B. Because she thought it would be easier for her.
C. Because she could not succeed in any other sport.
D. Because she wanted to enter the school fencing team.
13. How did the girls improve their fencing skills?
A. By observing flawless attacks.
B. By practicing on their own.
C. By offering guidance to each other.
D. By competing with other teams.
14. What distinguishes fencing from academics according to the author?
A. Strong determination.
B. Hard work.
C. Athletic strategy.
D. Team support.
15. How did the author feel when she got her point?
A. Unbeatable and respectful.
B. Sweaty and ashamed.
C. Energetic and secure.
D. Proud and thankful.
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 Make Sure Your Idea Doesn’t Die
Getting great ideas? It’s Easy. Following up on them is hard!____16____.
Ask “Why doesn’t this work”.
Although he might have had the idea for it, Steve Jobs didn’t just have the iPhone’s unique touch screen in a single night. Instead, he thought about the present situation of smart phones and continually asked a single question: “Why don’t they work?”____17____.
___18___.
A good routine often helps you put your ideas into action. Toni Morrison, an outstanding writer, has a more special routine centered on daylight. She rises at around 5:00 each morning to watch the dawn. For her, it’s important to wake before the light and observe the transition(转变) into day.____19____. Whatever you choose as your morning routine, consider it as the reliable framework that gives you the best idea.
Don’t fly alone.
When ideas meet in a shared physical or mental space, creative ideas are bound to happen—which is great. Working in a shared physical space just might help you find your ideal creative partners.____20____. Besides, they may provide detailed focus that might not be your strong suit. Of course, partners needn’t pursue everything together. A creative conversation is more useful, which can set up a series of goals toward which the individual team members are free to work on their own.
A.Make full use of your spare time
B.Never ignore the power of routine
C.They can strengthen your confidence and give some valuable suggestions
D.This one little question helped him get from an idea to a practical solution
E.He makes a great contribution to “the look and feel of the product”
F.Here are some tips to make sure your great idea becomes a reality
G.She considers it a special moment that inspires her to write
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Last July 4th, three police officers went into a supermarket to get something cold to drink.
Once inside, the cops were___21___by a store security guard who asked for___22___with a suspected thief. The woman in question didn’t have the look ofan___23___criminal. She was obviously scared, and her cheeks were wet with___24___.
The cops looked___25___her bag. “We just saw containers of___26___. Nothing else,” Mike told CBS New York.
“I’m hungry,” she explained___27___.
Being caught, the woman no doubt expected to be taken to jail for the___28___of being hungry while poor.___29___the cops had other ideas. “We’ll___30___for her food,” Sojo told the___31___security guard.
The three men had no discussion at all. It went___32___. Instead, each of them___33___out 10 dollars to pay the tab. She would not be arrested today.
The woman wept in___34___. Drying her eyes with a kerchief, she___35___, “Thank you, thank you.”
She wasn’t the only one touched by this act of___36___. “It was a very beautiful,___37___moment,” says Paul, who was at the store. He was so___38___by what he’d seen that he posted aphoto on Twitter for all to see.
But attention was___39___what the officers wanted. They were driven by a far more common emotion. As Sojo told CNN, “When you look at someone’s face and see that they need you and they’re actually hungry, it’s pretty___40___as a human being to walk away from something like this.”
21. A. questioned B. examined C. approached D. required
22. A. help B. information C. permission D. trouble
23. A. unskilled B. experienced C. intelligent D. active
24. A. paint B. water C. rain D. tears
25. A. outside B. inside C. around D. down
26. A. food B. fruit C. drinks D. sweets
27. A. anxiously B. shamelessly C. fearfully D. angrily
28. A. action B. mistake C. habit D. crime
29. A. And B. But C. So D. Still
30. A. pay B. look C. apologize D. account
31. A. annoyed B. excited C. surprised D. confused
32. A. unchanged B. uninformed C. unsaid D. uncalled
33. A. took B. brought C. worked D. pointed
34. A. delight B. sorrow C. regret D. gratitude
35. A. recalled B. repeated C. responded D. requested
36. A. thinking B. choosing C. sharing D. caring
37. A. brave B. genuine C. painful D. terrible
38. A. moved B. amazed C. bored D.influenced
39. A. sometimes B. finally C. never D. always
40. A. simple B. natural C. complex D. difficult
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
Are we alone in the universe?Scientists have spent years___41.___(search) deep into space for signs of life beyond our planet. Now they’ve discovered what might be life on Venus.
Venus is the second planet from the sun in our solar system. It’s one of the brightest___42.___(object) in the night sky. Several billion years ago, the surfaces of Venus and Earth may have been more similar___43.___now. But today, the surface of Venus is too hot for life. And until recently, Venus’s thick clouds were thought to be too poisonous for a living thing___44.___(survive) there.
___45.___September 14, in the journal Nature Astronomy, scientists reported the discovery of a chemical___46.___(call) phosphine(磷化氢) in the clouds of Venus. On Earth, phosphine gas___47.___(give) off by living things.Scientists aren’t yet able to prove that life on Venus is___48.___is producing the phosphine. But they can’t explain the source of the gas in any other way.
The discovery of life beyond Earth would teach us more about the universe___49.___our place in it. To Sousa-Silva, Harvard University astrochemist, it would say something about our____50.____(important). “I like finding out that we as humans aren’t that special,” she says.
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。

Miss Li, my senior middle school English teacher, is shining star in my life. When I began my senior middle school years, I had difficulty in learning English. I am afraid of speaking English aloud in public because of my poorly pronunciation. I could not get high mark and my grammar was not right at all. Afraid of being laughed at, I never put up his hand to answer questions with English class. When Miss Li found out my situation, she
encouraged me but lent me a hand, that rapidly improved my English. With her help, I became interesting in English and finally reached my goal. How do I miss my dear teacher, Miss Li!
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假设你是平谷区红星中学高二学生李华。

你的美国朋友Jim曾到过平谷，他听说2021世界休闲大会（2021 Word Leisure Congress）已经在平谷闭幕，他想了解平谷近几年的变化。

请给他回复邮件，内容包括：1变化（交通transportation,环境environment,……）；
2.原因；
3.欢迎他再来平谷。

注意：1.词数100左右；
2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Jim,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. D
2. C
3. B
4. D
5. A
6. C
7. B
8. A 9. B 10. A 11. C
12. B 13. C 14. D 15. D
16. F 17. D 18. B 19. G 20. C
21. C 22. A 23. B 24. D 25. B 26. A 27. C 28. D 29. B 30. A 31. C 32.
C 33. A 34.
D 35. B 36. D 37. B 38. A 39. C 40. D
41. searching
42. objects
43. than 44. to survive
45. On 46. called
47. is given
48. what 49. and
50. importance
51.(1). is后加a (2). am→was (3). poorly→poor (4). mark→marks (5). his→my
(6). with→in (7). but→and (8). that→which (9). interesting→interested (10). 去掉How后面的do 52.略。