2020年江苏省锡山高级中学高三英语下学期期中考试试题及答案

2020年江苏省锡山高级中学高三英语下学期期中考试试题及答案
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
AQUILA Children’s Magazine is the most intelligent read for curious kids. Full of enthusiastic articles and challenging puzzles, every issue covers science, history and general knowledge. AQUILA is a quality production, beautifully illustrated with contemporary artwork throughout.
● Intelligent reading for 8-12 year-olds
● Cool science and challenging projects
● Inspires self-motivated learning
● Exciting new topic every issue
AQUILA is created and owned by an independent UK company. It has 28 pages,printed on high-quality paper and there are no advertisements or posters. Instead it is full of well-written articles, thought-provoking ideas and great contemporary artwork. Each monthly issue is centred around a new topic.
AQUILA works as a superb learning extension to current primary (or KS2 and KS3) curriculum (课程), but it is much more than that! Entertaining and always surprising, AQUILA is recommended because it widens children’s interest and understanding, rather than encouraging them to concentrate only on their favourite subjects. It gives children a well-rounded understanding of the world, in all its complexity.
The concepts in AQUILA can be challenging, requiring good comprehension and reading skills. 8 years is usually a good age to start. Some gentle interest from an adult is often helpful at the start.
In 2020 AQUILA will have been in publication for 28 years, but it has never appeared in newsstands or shops. We are subscription only.
AQUILA Subscription
UK: 12 Months £55 - 4 Months £30
Europe: 12 Months £60 -4 Months £35
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Birthdays
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1.What is special about AQUILA?
A.It is available in shops.
B.It is for kids of all ages.
C.It has no advertisements.
D.It prints readers’ artworks.
2.What does AQUILA offer its readers?
A.Articles on modern art.
B.Family reading materials.
C.Ideas on improving readingskills.
D.Knowledge beyond school subjects.
3.AQUILA is intended for ________.
A.foreign language learners
B.children with learning difficulties
C.parent-child reading lovers
D.curious kids with good comprehension
B
Michele Gentile, an Italian bookseller, is offering free books to children in exchange for plastic bottles to recycle.
Michele owns Ex Libris Cafe in Polla，a small town in southern Italy. He said he thought of the recycling program, because he wanted to inspire children in the small town to read and pay attention to the environment.
''My goal is to spread the passion and love for books among those people in Italy who do not usually read while at the time helping the environment," Gentile explained.
The idea for the initiative (倡议) came after Gentile collaborated with a nearby middle school on an aluminum recycling project. Working together, the schoolchildren and Gentile collected enough cans to purchase books for an entire classroom. His new program too off from there and has already spread into northern Italy: Gentile's hopes his work will continue to make headlines and become a worldwide initiative.
The free books come from customers in Gentile's shop who have donated money to purchase a ''suspended" book. The idea comes from a World War II practice in which customers would buy two Coffees: one for themselves and another for the next person in line. Gentile has been using the extra books as part of his recycling initiative, While Gentile's program is a great way to recycle and get kids to read, it also brings awareness to the growing problem of plastic waste. Single-use plastics make up around 26 percent of all the plastics in the world, only 14 percent of which are recycled. Plastics that end up in landfills take around 500 years to decompose (分解),is a
major concern for environmentalists.
Cutting down on plastic waste is important if we want to better the environment for future generations, and recycling programs like Gentile's book giveaway are a great way to meet that goal.
4. What is the purpose of Gentile's book giveaway?
A. To sell more coffee and books.
B. To attract more customers.
C. To collect money for a new project.
D. To inspire reading and recycling.
5. How did Gentile come up with the idea?
A. Working with a school to recycle cans.
B. Seeing school kids don't like reading.
C. Donating books for a local school.
D. Buying a “suspended” book for a child.
6. Who pay for the books of the project?
A. The local government.
B. Gentile himself.
C. Some publishers.
D. His customers.
7. Whichof the following is the best title for the text?
A. An Italian's Reading Initiative
B. Recycling Can Get Kids Free Books
C. Michele's Way of Doing Business
D. A New Way to Deal with Plastic Waste
C
Losing your ability to think and remember is pretty frightening. We know the risk of dementia (痴呆症) increases with age. But if you have memory slips you probably needn’t worry. There are pretty clear differences between signs of dementia and age-related memory loss.
After age 50, it’s quite common to have trouble remembering the namesof people, places and things quickly, says Dr. Kirk Daffner of Brigham and Women’s Hospital inBoston.
The brain ages just like the rest of the body. Certain parts become smaller, especially areas in the brain that are important to learning, memory and planning. Changes in brain cells can affect communication between different regions of the brain. And blood flow can be reduced as blood vessels narrow.
Forgetting the name of an actor in a favorite movie, for example, is nothing to worry about. But if you forget the plot of the movie or don’t remember even seeing it, that’s far more concerning, Daffner says.
When you forget entire experiences, he says, that’s “a red flag that something more serious may be involved”. Forgetting how to operate a familiar object like a microwave oven, or forgetting how to drive to the house of a friend you’ve visited many times before can also be signs of something going wrong
But even then, Daffner says, people shouldn’t panic. There are many things that can cause confusion
andmemory loss, including health problems like temporary stoppage of breathing during sleep, high blood pressure, or depression, as well as medications (药物) like antidepressants.
You don’t have to figure this out on your own. Daffner suggests going to your doctor to check on medications, health problems and other issues that could be affecting memory. And the best defense against memory loss is to try to prevent it by building up your brain’s cognitive(认知的) reserve, Daffner says.
“Read books, go to movies, take on new hobbies or activities that force one to think in novel ways, ” he says. In other words, keep your brain busy and working. And also get physically active, because exercise is a known brain booster
8. Why does the author say that one needn’t be concerned about memory slips?
A. Not all of them are related to one’s age.
B. Not all of them are symptoms of dementia.
C. They occur only among certain groups of people.
D. They are quite common among fifty-year-old people.
9. Which memory-related symptom should people take seriously
A. Totally forgetting how to do one’s daily routines.
B. Inability to recall details of one’s life experiences
C. Failure to remember the names of movies or actors
D. Occasionally confusing the addresses of one’s friends.
10. What should people do when signs of serious memory loss show up?
A. Check the brain’s cognitive reserve.
B. Stop medications affecting memory.
C. Turn to a professional for assistance.
D. Exercise to improve their well-being
11. What is Dr. Daffner’s advice forfight against memory loss?
A. Having regular physical and mental checkups.
B. Taking medicine that helps boost one’s brain.
C. Engaging in known memory repair activities.
D. Staying active both physically and mentally
D
Over 180 teenage girls from LixianCounty No. 1 Middle School in Longnan city, Gansu province, listened
carefully to a lecture about neuroscience (神经科学). It was delivered by a director of the experimental surgery department at The Second Affiliated Hospital of the Air Force Medical University in Xi’an.
The students also joined a science class to make paper rockets to launch into the sky. A plastic bottle was connected with a long pipe joined to the end of the rocket, and students stepped heavily on the middle of the bottle so hard that the air pressure shot the rocket upward.
The program started in 2016 as a one-week summer camp in Beijing that invited female students to take science courses and to interact with women in science. It aims to stir (激发) an interest in science and technology among female students.
“I’m excited to take the opportunity because it’s been my biggest wish to popularize science among students. They can broaden their eyes and hopefully some of them will devote themselves to the field of neuroscience,” the director says. “It’s necessary to bring more of these activities on campus. I’m willing to communicate with teenagers, some of whom ask deep and thoughtful questions that I would never think of.”
The key to science popularization is to imbue (灌输) others with the spirit of science. Some scientific and technological workers have devoted themselves to a job in a certain field and they enjoy the pleasure of scientific research. Female Chinese scientific and technological workers sometimes have to double their efforts to receive the same treatment or recognition as those male scientific workers. However, after years of continued effort, the situation will improve, showing the increasing number of female scientists in China.
12. What is the purpose of the program?
A. To praise the efforts of women scientists.
B. To find out how much girls love science.
C. To develop interest in science among girls.
D. To show love for students in Western China.
13. How does the director think of the program?
A. Important.
B. Challenging.
C. Confusing.
D. Serious.
14. What is the most important in science popularization?
A. Enjoying the fun of scientific research.
B. Filling people with the spirit of science.
C. Holding more scientific activities on campus.
D. Forcing students to choose scientific subjects.
15. What can we learn from the text?
A. One can go anywhere if he/she learns science well.
B. People have a stronger sense of science than before.
C. Male scientists are much easily recognized than female ones.
D. Thedirector graduated from Lixian County No. 1 Middle School.
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To be effective in today’s highly competitive job market, you have to get out there and skillfully promote yourself to employers who can appreciate your value and are able to hire you.____16____Here’s how to simplify the process and accelerate your progress to lessen this burden and find your next challenges swiftly.
____17____
Understand that there is work to be done and no easy way out of it. It’s up to you to put your best forward by preparing for the meeting: research the company and the individual you are meeting and figure out how you can add value to the company by solving problems with your unique skills and characteristics.
Don’t overextend yourself.
The key to success is focusing your job search on a limited number of target companies that you determine need your talents: then figuring ways to “get inside” these organizations to present yourself as a prospective employee.____18____So make sure that each approach is targeted and thorough, so that you don’t wear yourself out spinning your wheels pursuing lost causes.
Be generous.
In today’s job market, doing a sample project is one of the most effective ways to establish credibility and gain an element critical to hiring decisions: trust. Allowing an employer to see the quality of your work before making a hiring decision decreases the employer's risk, increases goodwill, and often accelerates the hiring process.
Be pound wise, not penny foolish.
If you are questioned about your salary, put your pride aside for a moment and think about dollars and cents.____19____Be sure to keep your eye on your bigger financial picture, and keep in mind how much each day of unemployment is costing you.
By following these tips and pacing yourself through the challenge of a job search, you’ll be interviewing with hiring managers in no time.____20____
A. Prepare for the project.
B. Get a great resume prepared.
C. Stay focused and best of luck in the job search.
D. But this kind of campaign is based on quality, not quantity.
E. You have to rely on your own personal intention to open doors.
F. Yetself-promotion can be a huge challenge for many job-seekers.
G. Once you are working, you stand a better chance of proving that you are worth more.
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It was just the three of us—my parents and me. My dad is a truck driver, and was gone most of the time,___21___supplies around theMidwest. So my mother was always like a___22___mother. We moved there on my third birthday. My first memory is our next-door___23___Arlene and her husband Bill, to whom I was always talking. I think what drew me to Arlene and Bill is that they never___24___listening to me. I also think Arlene saw a lot of herself in me-we were both lonely, anxious kids. Bill too. And that may be___25___she always took the time to listen to me. It was a wonderful___26___.
One day, my parents asked Bill and Arlene whether they’d___27___me while they went out on a date. This worked well, so it became a monthly___28___.When I was about five, I had an idea, “What if Bill and Arlene___29___me as their granddaughter?” The next day, I knocked on their door, sat down in their living room, and asked, “Will you guys be my grandparents?” They started crying and___30___accepted. Soon after they printed an adoption certificate, and___31___it on their living room wall from then on. I was surprised that they took my offer so___32___. They could have___33___it off. Thinking of that moment still brings tears to my eyes. There is something truly___34___about a child offering up her love and adults being so excited to accept it.
Over the years, Bill and Arlene___35___me in all my dreams. They encouraged me to apply for college. And when I got accepted toColoradoStateUniversity, they presented me with a___36___. They told me they’d been putting away money for me.
Since I’ve become an adult, I’ve learned more about my grandparents. Both of them grew up poor. Their lives weren’t as___37___as they appeared to be. But the two of them always seemed genuinely happy in each other’s___38___.
Arlene passed away in 2013. Bill gave me the ring he’d___39___to Arlene on their 25thwedding anniversary which I wear on my ring finger as a___40___of the kind of love I wish to put into this world.
21. A. providing B. carrying C. producing D. delivering
22. A. lonely B. single C. desperate D. young
23. A. friends B. neighbors C. colleagues D. s
24. A. get tired of B. get rid of C. get away with D. get on with
25. A. what B. how C. why D. where
26. A. devotion B. appreciation C. connection D. contribution
27. A. watch B. see C. observe D. monitor
28. A. existence B. occurrence C. preference D. consequence
29. A. treat B. make C. appoint D. adopt
30. A. gently B. ly C. eventually D. enthusiastically
31. A. painted B. hung C. removed D. held
32. A. secretly B. flexibly C. seriously D. automatically
33. A. smiled B. teased C. dropped D. laughed
34. A. admirable B. beneficial C. ambitious D. satisfactory
35. A. supported B. favoured C. conducted D. congratulated
36. A. bank B. figure C. fund D. picture
37. A. specific B. casual C. perfect D. tough
38. A. company B. way C. commitment D. appearance
39. A. sent B. gifted C. donated D. lent
40. A. warn B. sign C. message D. reminder
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
Chinaearlier on Thursday successfully launched Tianhe from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site,___41.___(start) a series of key launch missions___42.___aim to complete the construction of the station by the end of next year.
The construction of the space station and a state-level space lab,___43.___(be) key goal to fulfilling the three strategic steps in China’s manned space program and___44.___important leading project for building China’s___45.___(strong) in science, technology and aerospace.
China’s most adventurous space attempt, the multimodule space station named Tiangong, will have three main components－a core module___46.___(attach) to two space laboratories－with a combined weight of nearly 70 tons. The core capsule, named Tianhe, is 16. 6 meters long___47.___has a diameter(直径) of 4. 2 meters.
The craft’s weight is equal___48.___the combined weight of 15 standard-size automobiles.
The capsule will be___49.___(centre) to the space station’s future operations, given that astronauts will live there and control the entire station from inside. It will____50.____(use) to host scientific and technological experiments too. The entire station is expected to become fully operational around the end of 2022 and is set to work for about 15 years.
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’m writing to introduce one of my new teacher who have impressed me a lot. Mrs Hu, who teaches maths, is a middle-aged woman with bright eyes. She is easy get along with, making him popular among students. Although she is well-prepared for lessons and has clearly instructions, we gain much from her lessons. But she can always find ways to make lessons interested. When we make progress, it seem that she is happier than us. I think of I have learned a lot with her help.
I’m thankful to have such a excellent teacher.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。

你校英国交换生Jim给你发了一封邮件，告诉你暑假他想留在北京做志愿者工作（a volunteering job），希望你给他一些建议。

请你给他回封邮件，邮件内容需包括以下几点:
1.你所推荐的志愿者工作；
2.推荐的理由；
3.建议他做哪些准备
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,
I am happy to hear from you.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________
……
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. C
2. D
3. D
4. D
5. A
6. D
7. B
8. B 9. A 10. C 11. D
12. C 13. A 14. B 15. C
16. F 17. A 18. D 19. G 20. C
21. D 22. B 23. B 24. A 25. C 26. C 27. A 28. B 29. D 30. D 31. B 32.
C 33.
D 34. A 35. A 36. C 37. C 38. A 39. B 40. D
41. starting
42. which/that
43. is 44. an
45. strength
46. attached
47. and 48. to
49. central
50. be used
51.(1). teacher→teachers
(2).在easy后面添加to
(3).him→her
(4).Although→Because/When
(5).clearly→clear
(6).But→And
(7).interested→interesting
(8).seem→seems
(9).去掉of
(10).a→an
52.略。