2020-2021学年重庆市杨家坪中学高三英语下学期期中考试试题及参考答案

2020-2021学年重庆市杨家坪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
A
Best Online Bachelor's Programs
An online college degree may appeal to those who want to take lasses while working full time. Choosing where to sign up online will likely be challenging, but below you'll find advice and other resources to make your search easier.
•ArizonaStateUniversity
ASU relies upon cutting-edge technology and world-class educators to offer degree programs that fit into any lifestyle. Its courses employ advanced technology, such as our virtual labs, adaptive learning and virtual community, to provide real-world experiences to prepare graduates for their chosen industry.
ADMISSION: 15,321
TUITION: S413
•UniversityofIllinois
UI is a top-ranked, diverse research institution and an approved SARA institution. For UTs degree completion programs, students transfer with an associate degree or 57-60 credits. All of the online classes arc recorded so students can access lecture material at their convenience.
ADMISSION: 385
TUITION: S462
•UniversityofFlorida
UF Online is a fully-online degree pathway giving students access to the same teachers in UF. Courses arc designed and taught by UF's well-known teachers. Students feel connected, frequently communicating with teachers and their fellow students.
ADMISSION: 3,340
TUITION: $500
•OhioStateUniversity
The courses of OSU online bachelor's programs are all related to health science. The online programs are
flexible providing students with the knowledge to enter professional medical practice or prepare them for more advanced roles in their fields.
ADMISSION: 542
TUITION: 5642
1. What's special aboutArizonaStateUniversity?
A. It is an approved SARA institution.
B. It provides the most expensive programs.
C. It offers some technology-assisted courses.
D. It admits fewer students than other universities.
2. Which university’s, online programs favor medical students?
A.ArizonaStateUniversity.
B.UniversityofIllinois.
C.UniversityofFlorida.
D.OhioStateUniversity.
3. What's the purpose of this passage?
A. To advertise free online programs.
B. To call on people to sign up online.
C. To introduce some best online programs.
D. To provide access to the best universities.
B
Have you ever imagined that your simple T-shirt could cool you down by up to5℃on these hot summer days? Thanks to a recent discovery, the possibility is getting closer. While there are many alternatives that manage to keep the body warm, this amazing invention aims to offer real relief for those who are eager to feel comfortable and fresh in the outdoors on extremely hot days.
Its inventors, engineers Ma Yaoguang of Zhejiang University and Tao Guangming of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China, look a completely innovative approach. They designed a special textile dial can absorb body heat and re-emit its energy into space as mid-infrared radiation (MIR). This textile cools both the objects and their surroundings through a technique that is known as radiative cooling, Science reveals. This means that even when it looks like you are wearing a regular shirt, you are actually wearing a device that works like a mirror.
Research conducted at Stanford University in 2017 had already managed to cool the wearer by 3℃, but this previous trial was limited. So researchers still need to test the new approach to determine how effectively the new
fabric cools while the wearers are standing or walking, and not directly facing the sky, like in their trials. They also need to examine and measure how well it works when T-shirts are not in close contact with the skin.
Inventors Yaoguang and Guangming are now looking out for textile manufacturers and clothing brands that are interested in using their fabric. They estimate that the new material will increase clothing manufacturing costs by just 10 percent. “We can make it with mass production which means everybody can get a T-shirt and the cost is basically the same as theirs,” old Yaoguang said.
So if you are an athlete or simply someone that has to deal with the extremely high temperatures, be patient because your days of feeling hot and bothered may be corning to an end!
4. What is the purpose of the new invention?
A. To warm up people's body.
B. To cool people off in hot weather.
C. To detect the wearers' temperature.
D. To protect clothes from becoming wet.
5. How does the special product work?
A. By turning sunlight into energy.
B. By sending out absorbed heat.
C. By keeping heat out completely.
D. By using light color1 s to reflect sunlight.
6. What is the main idea of paragraph 3?
A. The invention needs further testing.
B. The previous studies lack evidence.
C. The new fabric has a good cooling effect.
D. The new fabric applies to various situations.
7. The invention of the T-shirt may hean example of ________.
A. barking up the wrong tree
B. robbing Peter to pay Paul
C. killing two birds with one stone
D. pulling the cart before the horse
C
Researchers at CU Boulder have developed a wearable device that changes the human body into a biological battery. The device is stretchy(弹性的) enough that you can wear it like a ring, sport band or any other thing that touches your skin. It also taps into a person's natural heat-employing thermoelectric generators to change the body's internal temperature into electricity. "In the future, we want to be able to power your wearable electronics without having to include a battery," said Jianliang Xiao, an associate professor at CU Boulder.
The concept may sound like something out of The Matrix film series, in which a race of robots have enslaved humansto harvest their precious organic energy. Xiao and his colleagues aren't that ambitious: Their devices can generate about 1 volt (伏特) of energy for every square centimeter of skin space-less volt per area than what most existing batteries provide but stillenough to power electronics like watches or fitness trackers.
Scientists have previously experimented with similar wearable devices, but Xiao's is stretchy, can heal itself when damaged and is fully recyclable-making it a cleaner alternative to traditional electronics. "Whenever you use a battery, you're depleting(消耗) that battery and will, eventually, need to replace it," Xiao said. "The nice thing about our device is that you can wear it, and it provides you with constant power."
Just pretend that you're out for a jog. As you exercise, your body heats up, and thatheat will radiate out to the cool air around you. Xiao's device captures that flow of energy rather than let it go to waste. "The thermoelectric generators are in close contact with the human body, and they can use the heat that would normally be sent into the environment," Xiao said.
8. What does Xiao expect of his device at present?
A. It will be used for medical purposes.
B. It will be made smaller and wearable.
C. It will change natural power into electricity.
D. It will supply constant power to wearable devices.
9. Why does the author mentionThe Matrixseries in the text?
A. To give an explanation.
B. To make a comparison.
C. To introduce a topic.
D. To analyze the cause.
10. What does the third paragraph mainly talk about?
A. The strengths of Xiao's device.
B. The convenience of using a battery.
C. The replacement of wearable devices.
D. The development of traditional electronics.
11. What do we know about Xiao's device from the text?
A. It operates with plenty of power.
B. It is designed for practical use.
C. It benefits people's health in a way.
D. It's based on traditional electronics.
D
Earthquake can disrupt whales’ hunting for food for up to a year,according to a new study.
On November 14, 2016, the Kaikoura earthquake struck New Zealand’s South Island, causing a destructive tsunami. Under the surface, the earthquake caused strong currents that swept away and mostly killed off diverse
ecosystems of creatures living along the Kaikoura underwater canyon.
As a result, whales had to dive deeper and longer to find food—“a major shift” in their behavior, says co-author Liz Slooten, a marine biologist at the University of Otago in New Zealand.
The impact earthquakes have on land animals has been well documented, but scientists know ly little about what happens underwater. Such research is important for government agencies, which may need to take recent earthquakes into consideration when considering fishing quotas（限额）, notes Rochelle Constantine, a marine mammal ecologist at the University of Auckland.
The canyon’s upper reaches are rich in creatures, supplying food for the fish that make up the whales’ diet. So when these smaller life forms were washed away, it had “severe consequences for the community around there”, says study co-author Will Rayment. “That effect flowed all the way through the food chain.”
As part of their ongoing study, the scientists were tracking 42 individual whales. After the earthquake, in all, the team managed to record data on 40 whales, showing that the abundance of whales in the general area didn’t change after the earthquake. However, the whales changed how they used their habitat.
A year after the earthquake, the researchers observed the whales returning to their previous surface-breathing intervals. This could have been because the communities of animals that make up the whales’ food began to recover. “It gives you an idea of how resilient（有复原力的）these deep-sea communities are,” says Rayment.
But he and his colleagues will continue long-term monitoring to see if there are effects they missed. Whale activity in the area had already been declining, though it’s unknown whether it is due to natural changes in food abundance, whale-watching tourism, fishing, or warming ocean temperatures. “There is something going on in Kaikoura,” says Rayment.
12. What happened after the Kaikoura earthquake in the Kaikoura canyon?
A. Several destructive tsunamis struck the area.
B. Whales had to swim to other oceans to find food.
C. Nearly all marine creatures in Kaikoura were killed off.
D. Strong currents washed away many smaller creatures.
13. Which is one of the findings of the study?
A. Earthquakes can make it easier for whales to find food.
B. The whales changed their habitat after the earthquake.
C. It usually takes whales a year to adapt to their new diet.
D. The number of whales in the area dropped sharply after the quake.
14. What does Rochelle Constantine think of the study?
A. It can help government agencies to make some decisions about fishing.
B. It can help government agencies to solve problems in the fishing industry.
C. It is a breakthrough in research on what happens underwater after an earthquake.
D. It offers a detailed description of the impact earthquake have on marine mammals.
15. What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. Something is affecting the whale activity in Kaikoura.
B. Fishing quotas have been increasing in recent years.
C. The team missed some effects in the research process.
D. The scientists will continue studying earthquakes.
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Do people make a face at some unpleasant stuff that you have cooked? Do you feel hopeless in the kitchen?___16___
Change what you've been cooking. If all you've been doing is opening cans and tearing packages of instant food, it's time to get daring and dip your fingers into food from scratch(从零开始）．___17___ Basics cookbooks are very good books to begin with. These books tend to explain terms and techniques, as well as providing samples of simple but essential recipes. You can learn a lot from even just one such book, and then graduate onto cookbooks that seem like favorites to you.
___18___There are bound to be some you love because they cook food you like and share interesting anecdotes that make reading their blogs worthwhile. You can usually subscribe to such blogs to get regular updates and when you're game for cooking, you can also share comments about your experiences of the recipes they're suggesting.
Don't wait and get started today. It doesn't matter if it doesn't work. You're learning and you'll learn faster by doing than by thinking about it. Expect to make mistakes and some stuff that doesn't taste so great.___19___Indeed, some people never get beyond how it tastes, and that is just fine because everyone loves good-tasting food!
Find a brave friend or family member to taste your new creations. Ask this person to give you honest feedback and to make suggestions for changes.___20___
A. Don't try anything that requires expensive materials.
B. Get to know the food bloggers.
C. Follow these steps, and next time people may thumb up when it's your turn to cook!
D. In order to oe a great cook, you need to be confident.
E. Be prepared to accept constructive advice, without which you couldn't improve your skills.
F. Don't worry-there are plenty of recipes which explain exactly what to do in order to create tasty food.
G. And for now, don't worry about how it looks-workon how it tastes to begin with.
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How do you present yourself to the world? If you are a person of inferiority (自卑), you willthink that others will___21___you. However, the___22___is that the person who devalue you most in the world is yourself.
A few years ago, I met a girl at Claremont:___23___outline and ordinary-looking. But when you get together with her, you always feel the sun — the breath from her heart overflows self-confidence and___24___.
A friend couldn’t___25___asking, “Why are you so confident?” The girl laughed, “There is a___26___in my room.”
At the corner of her room is a mirror.___27___out from the mirror, her body can appear to be slimmer than itself. Moreover, the image of the mirror and the light makes her face look___28___.
Before going out every day, she___29___to the mirror, “This is my image in the eyes of others!” Every day she goes out with good____30____and smile to others. Then she gains more self-confidence from others’____31____glances.
The girl says, “I know that my image is not good enough, but if we bury ourselves in self____32____, we will be more gray. I don’t! I want to look my best!”
____33____she is, all she wants to see is the image in the mirror. So she never____34____others’ looks, and always looks at others____35____.
A philosopher in the east once said, “with brass as a mirror, you can dress yourself; with history as a mirror, you can know the rise and____36____; with people as a mirror, you can know gain and loss.” And with a____37____in your heart, you can identify yourself.____38____, the mirror is not only in the girl’s room, but deeply____39____in the girl’s heart. How you present yourself to others is the way others____40____you.
21. A. look down upon B. look into C. look up to D. look after
22. A. purpose B. matter C. fact D. reason
23. A. thin B. high C. short D. fat
24. A. pressure B. optimism C. bravery D. relaxation
25. A. help B. bear C. keep D. stand
26. A. secret B. model C. photograph D. note
27. A. Shining B. Looking C. Making D. Moving
28. A. uglier B. paler C. softer D. rounder
29. A. points B. turns C. waves D. smiles
30. A. health B. mood C. makeup D. care
31. A. annoying B. frightening C. admiring D. pleasing
32. A. reliance B. anger C. punishment D. pity
33. A. Whatever B. Whenever C. Wherever D. Whoever
34. A. controls B. escapes C. rejects D. approves
35. A. eagerly B. willingly C. confidently D. shyly
36. A. death B. ruin C. fall D. balance
37. A. mirror B. light C. way D. sight
38. A. Instead B. Additionally C. However D. Actually
39. A. covered B. stamped C. folded D. exposed
40. A. respect B. assist C. present D. see
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
There is a common expression in the English language___41.___(refer) to a blue moon. When people say something happens “ only once in a blue moon”, they actually intend to indicate the___42.___(frequent) of it. This expression has been around for at least a century and a half; there are references to this expression that___43.___(date) from the second half of the nineteenth century.
The expression “a blue moon” has come to refer to___44.___second full moon occurring in any given calendar month. A second full moon is called a blue moon not because it is___45.___(particular) blue or is any different in hue (色彩)___46.___the first full moon of the month. Instead, it is called a blue moon because it is so rare. The moon needs a little more than 29 days___47.___(complete) the cycle from full moon to full moon. Because every month except February has more than 29 days, every month has at least one full moon, except February, which has a full moon___48.___there is a full moon at the end of January and another full moon at the end of March. It
is on the occasion___49.___a given calendar month has a second full moon that a blue moon occurs. It happens only three or four____50.____(time) in a decade.
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( \ )划掉。

修改:在错的词下画横线，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词；
只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

The other day my brother and I went to the cinema by bicycle. My brother were riding with I sitting on the seat behind. As we got the first crossroads, a young man and a girl came up but stopped us. "We've found you at last," they say. But we didn't know them. Point to a policeman not far away, the young man explained, "He stopped us about half an hours ago and made us catch the next offender. Hope you don't have to wait as long as we did. Just be patience. Good a luck." We realized final that we had broken the traffic rules.
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。

Joan excitedly packed her bags for her upcoming trip with her family. They were driving from New York to Virginia to go on a brief visit to their distant s. She was bursting with impatience to play with her cousins and chat away with her aunt and uncle.
After all of the suitcases had been loaded into the car, Tonny, Joan’s father, looked to Joan and her mother, Flora. “Is everyone ready for our road trip?” They both smiled and nodded.
It was going to be quite a long journey, and within a couple of hours Joan had already begun to feel tired. She began to nod off when she noticed the car veering off the road, sharply to the left.
Tonny managed an emergency stop, got out and walked around the car. He scratched his head, looking confused. Then, he gave a great sigh. “We have a flat tire(轮胎), ”he said to Flora.
“Use the spare tire in the trunk. Then we can replace it when we reach Virginia, ”she suggested. Tonny looked down at his feet sheepishly. “I…haven’t had the spare tire replaced since the last time we had a flat.”Flora seemed upset, but tried to remain positive. “Maybe we can call a service,”she suggested. But a quick glance at their cellphones told them that there was no signal in the area. Joan looked at her mother in the front seat, and her
father still staring blankly at the flat tire outside. Both of them looked concerned.
Joan began to get worried. No other cars had passed by in a while and it seemed like they were far away from a town center. She looked out the window, wondering if they would have to sleep in the car or if there was any way they could possibly find someone to help them. Would they ever make their way to Virginia?Her s would surely be worried about them.
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。

When Joan looked out the window, she saw a car approaching.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ It began to rain and Joan became more worried.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________
参考答案
1. C
2. D
3. C
4. B
5. B
6. A
7. C
8. D 9. B 10. A 11. B
12. D 13. B 14. A 15. A
16. C 17. F 18. B 19. G 20. E
21. A 22. C 23. D 24. B 25. A 26. A 27. A 28. C 29. D 30. B 31. C 32.
D 33. C 34. B 35. C 36. C 37. A 38. D 39. B 40. D
41. referring
42. infrequency/ infrequence
43. date 44. the
45. particularly
46. from 47. to complete
48. unless 49. when
50. times
51.(1). were → was
(2). I → me
(3). got后加to
(4). but → and
(5). say → said
(6). Point → Pointing
(7). hours→ hour
(8). patience→ patient
(9). 去掉a
(10). final→ finally 52.略。