2020年东莞市东华高级中学高三英语下学期期中试题及参考答案

2020年东莞市东华高级中学高三英语下学期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
On the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party of China (CPC), red tourism has gained popularity among tourists who flood in to visit historic sites with a modern revolutionary heritage.
Jinggangshan
This is one of the most crucial and splendid chapters of history of establishing Red China as well as a unique and wonderful ecosystem, which is covered with rich forest, rugged peaks and several memorials to the Red Army. The best time to visit is between April and October, with the most temperature timing April and May when the large azaleas (杜鹃花) bloom.
Open: 8:00-17:00 (Feb. 16-Nov. 15). 8:00-16:30 (Nov. 16-Feb. 15)
Xibaipo
It is an old revolutionary base where the leadership of the Communist Party of China was stationed, drawing up the blueprint for a new country. A memorial hall was built to honor the memory of this site. The lake and the hill here add brilliance and beauty to each other and form pleasant scenery.
Open: Tuesdays to Sundays 9:30-17:00 (Xibaipo Memorial Hall)
The Nanhu Revolutionary Memorial Hall
A new exhibition is held with updated display approaches, including phantom imaging (全息影像) and oil painting, which are used to improve visitors' experiences. The exhibition shows four stages of the CPC from its establishment to its achievements.
Open: Tuesdays to Sundays 8:30-18:00 (closed on Mondays)
Former Site of the Editorial Department ofNew Youth
New Youthstarted the New Culture Movement and spread the influence of the May Fourth Movement. The site was briefly based in Beijing but moved back to Shanghai in 1920 and also served as the office for the Communist Party of China Central Committee in the 1920s.
Open: Thursdays to Tuesdays 9:00 - 11:30, 13:30 - 16:30 (closed on Wednesdays)
1. Where would visitors learn more about the history of the Red Army?
A. Jinggangshan.
B. Xibaipo.
C. The Nanhu Revolutionary Memorial Hall.
D. Former Site of the Editorial Department ofNew Youth.
2. What do we know about the Nanhu Revolutionary Memorial Hall?
A. It focuses on Chinese achievements in art.
B. It mainly advertises the coming anniversary.
C. It applies modernized methods to the exhibition.
D. It briefly introduces the rise and fall of Nanhu.
3. When can tourists visit Former Site of the Editorial Department ofNew Youth?
A. At 1:00 p.m. on Mondays.
B. At 9:00 a.m. on Wednesdays.
C. At 2:00 p.m. on Fridays.
D. At 5:00 p.m on Sundays.
B
A 10-year-old swimmer with sky-high dreams and a name to match them has broken a record previously held by Olympian Michael Phelps.
Clark Kent Apuada, whose friends call him“Superman", swam the 100-meter butterfly in 1:09.38 at the Far Western Long Course Championships in his home state of California this Sunday. That's a second faster than the record Phelps set at the same event in 1995 with a time of 1: 10. 48 in the same category of boys under 10.
Clark, a rising fifth-grader who is Filipino-American, told HuffPost he's been dreaming about breaking Phelps' record ever since he started swimming competitively at age 7."I was so motivated,"Clarksaid about his win."I was so happy that I was able to beat that record.”
Phelps competed in his first Olympics at age 15. He went on to become the mostdecoratedOlympian in history, with 28 medals overall. “Everyone in the crowd was excited when they realized what a special swim they had just seen when we announced the long-standing record had been broken,"Cindy Rowland,Pacific Swimming's director, wrote in an email.
Clarkwon first place for all the swimming events he competed in at this year's Far Western Championships. Pacific Swimming or PacSwim, a regional association that is part of USA Swimming, organizes the Far Western Long Course Championships. Cynthia Apuada,Clark' s mother,said that her child seems to be “living by his name at this point”。

Asked about the champion swimmer's unusual name,she said she'd always loved the nameClark. And her husband's favorite superhero just happened to be Superman. So when their child was born, they decided to give
him the name“ClarkKent". The nickname “Superman" appeared naturally.
4. What can be learned about Clark Kent Apuada?
A. He is in grade four now.
B. He dreams big and is promising.
C. He is a native American.
D. He broke Phelps' record at age 7.
5. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word“decorated”in Paragraph 4?
A. Being popular.
B. Being respected.
C. Being talked about most.
D. Being awarded medals.
6. How didClarkget his nickname?
A. His friends called him the name.
B. He lived by his name at that point.
C. His father named him after his superhero.
D. His mother loved the name.
7. What is the best title of the text?
A. A 10-Year-Old Beats Michael Phelps'Previous Swimming Record
B. A 10-Year-Old Swimmer with Sky-high Dreams
C. Phelps and His Amazing Swimming Record
D. Clark Kent-the Greatest Athlete of All Time
C
Chinese paleontologists (古生物学家) have determined that, about 47 million years ago, subtropical forests once existed on the high-altitude Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
The conclusion, which appears in a paper published on Tuesday, was drawn based on the large number of fossils found in theBaingoinBasinat an altitude of nearly 5,000 meters during the second comprehensive scientific expedition to the plateau.
A joint team from theXishuangbannaTropicalBotanical Gardenconducted the research on the fossils. By combining the findings and models, the team recreated the climate and altitude that existed 47 million years ago, showing that the central plateau had an altitude of just 1,500 meters and an annual average temperature of 19℃,
says Su Tao, a researcher from the tropical botanical garden and first author of the paper.
“It was covered by thick forest and was rich in water and grass. It is fair tocall it the ‘ShangriLa’ of ancient times,” Su adds.
The researchers have also found over 70 plant fossils, the majority of which are most closely related to plant life in today's subtropical or tropical regions.
“This is enough to show that the central part of the now high-altitude, freezing Qinghai-Tibet Plateau had flourishing subtropical plants 47 million years ago,” Su says.
The findings provide new evidence for the study of the evolutionary history of biodiversity and the evolution of the plateau's landscape, according to Zhou Zhekun, the paper's corresponding author and a researcher at the tropical botanical garden.
Chinalaunched the second comprehensive scientific expedition to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in June 2017, 40 years after the first. Lasting up to 10 years, the expedition will conduct a series of studies focusing on the plateau's glaciers, its biodiversity and ecological changes, and will also monitor the changes in climate.
8. How did the paper come to the conclusion?
A. Through the observation of the Baingoin basin.
B. Through the fossils found in scientific expedition.
C. Through the drawing of a large number of fossils.
D. Through the adventure on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.
9. What can be inferred according to Su Tao?
A. The average altitude of the plateau was 1,500 meters.
B. “Shangrila”means a place with abundant water and grass.
C. The flourishing subtropical plants have covered the plateau.
D. The fossils found by researchers are tropical or subtropical plants now.
10. Where might the passage come from?
A. The Times.
B. The Wall Street Journal.
C. Chinese National Geography.
D. The Economist.
11. What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To instruct.
B. To educate.
C. To persuade.
D. To inform.
D
To stay healthy and fit, Chinesestudents do group exercises every day at school. Most of you probably do the same set of exercises. But some school exercises have grown popular online due to their local and innovative designs.
Singing in Sichuan dialects with energetic movements and unique mask-changing is not just a Sichuan Opera performance. It’s the routine exercise for students of Mianyang Foreign Languages Experimental School in Sichuan province.
“Sichuan Opera is a local opera, and it is now facing a gap in inheritance (传承). Therefore, we cooperated with Mianyang Intangible Cultural Heritage Center to create a simple and easy-to-learn Sichuan Opera exercise,” said Shen Junhua, who is in charge of organizing the school’s exercise between classes.
According to Shen, this new type of exercise has been practiced since 2017 and has been popular among students. When students enroll (入学), they will spend several weeks practicing it. At present, almost all of the students and teachers have mastered it.
“In fact, we had hardly heard of Sichuan Opera before teachers taught us how to do the Sichuan Opera exercise,” said Li Yangwenwen, 14, an eighth grade student who also joined the school’s Sichuan Opera club out of interest. “It’s very different from normal exercises. After practicing it, we found it very beautiful and became interested in it. Now, almost all of the students look forward to our daily exercise time and feel excited to do it.”
“By combining opera with daily exercise, the daily class activity allows students to perceive and understand Sichuan Opera’s culture”, Shen said. “After years of continuous effort to spread the seeds of traditional culture, the younger generation is finally catching on.”
12. What do students in Shen’s school do during the group exercise?
A. They do normal exercise .
B. They sing pop songs in Sichuan dialects.
C. They do mask-changing in a Sichuan Opera performance.
D. They combine group exercise with Sichuan Opera.
13. Why do they adopt the new type of exercise?
A. To attract new students to the school.
B. To inherit local culture.
C. To create an easy-to-learn exercise.
D. To make the school’s group exercise popular.
14. How do teachers and students react to the group exercise?
A. Calm.
B. Indifferent.
C. Enthusiastic.
D. Uninterested.
15. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. Shen’s continuous effort is highly praised.
B. The younger generation will have a stronger body.
C. The students can better understand their local culture.
D. Students help to spread the seeds of traditional culture toyounger generation.
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
Ways to Be More Curious
Buried in the same daily routines and familiar surroundings, some people may lead an unhappy life．____16____It's a desire to know how and why and a combination of intelligence and hunger for new things. Here are some tips on how to improve curiosity.
You should communicate with others. There is a to-do list on Leonardo da Vinci's notebook. Out of the fifteen tasks on the list, at least eight involve consulting with others. Montaigne once wrote of how travel to different countries allows us to "polish our brains".____17____
Why not visit a library? It allows us to meet other unexpected information. You can enter it without purpose.____18____And just follow your curiosity to explore unexpected knowledge. The more you explore, the greater your curiosity will be.
____19____With ideas stored in mind, you can mix and re-mix ideas and themes, making new findings and spotting unusual patterns, until a creative breakthrough is achieved, which strengthens your curiosity. Anyone stopping learning for himself because he can search online later is making himself stupid.
Don't just focus on puzzles but on mysteries. Puzzles have clear answers. Once the missing information is found, it's not a puzzle anymore, with curiosity fading away.____20____Because the answers often depend on a complex set of factors（因素）,both known and unknown. The most beautiful thing we can experience is mysteries. In the process of finding the answers, they are the source of curiosity.
A. Start to search for the books you want or need.
B. Unlike puzzles, mysteries don't need answers.
C. Mysteries have questions that can't be answered clearly.
D. And that's how Leonardo polished his brain to remain curious.
E. Allow books or things on the bookshelves freely to attract your eye.
F. Putting ideas in your head rather than searching online plays an important part.
G. But we can achieve happiness and more meaning in life if we increase our curiosity.
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Long ago I came to the city near my hometown to find a job. I met all kinds of ___21___and so I used upall my money soon.
One day, I ___22___a bus quietly at dusk when most people got off work. Suddenly, a ___23___cried loudly, “Someone has___24___my money!” I felt___25___, because his money was in my___26___. Some people suggested the bus be ___27___to the police station, but some were against it___28___they were in a hurry to go back home. The whole bus was very ___29___. The driver then ___30___the bus by the road and turned on the lights to ___31___the money. At that time, one passenger said, “Turn off the lights and give the thief a chance to take out the money.” Then the bus got ___32___. When I was still struggling (斗争) in mind whether to take out the money or not, the lights were on again. There was no___33___on the floor. Someone said again, “Give him one more ___34___.” Then the lights were off again. My heart kept beating fast. The lights were on again but they got the ___35___result. The passengers were in heated discussion again. At that time, someone said again, “Give him the ___36___chance!” Suddenly I felt___37___and took out all the money when the lights were off again.
For many years I have felt___38___to the one who gave me three chances to___39___my mistake. When the first and second opportunities come, you may not be prepared well or don’t have enough___40___to act. When the third opportunity comes you should know clearly what you should do.
21. A. difficulties B. strangers C. dangers D. chances
22. A. got on B. waited for C. ran for D. passed by
23. A. thief B. driver C. passenger D. policeman
24. A. borrowed B. received C. paid D. stolen
25. A. sad B. calm C. nervous D. disappointed
26. A. mind B. bank C. house D. hand
27. A. pushed B. driven C. drawn D. carried
28. A. because B. though C. if D. once
29. A. noisy B. dirty C. bright D. empty
30. A. lost B. stopped C. missed D. found
31. A. take out B. give back C. search for D. throw away
32. A. cold B. dark C. clean D. crowded
33. A. money B. water C. paper D. space
34. A. reason B. way C. opportunity D. choice
35. A. strange B. exciting C. second D. same
36. A. last B. only C. fair D. good
37. A. upset B. awakened C. pleased D. interested
38. A. painful B. sorry C. lucky D. grateful
39. A. make B. try C. repeat D. correct
40. A. strength B. skill C. courage D. experience
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
Many of us have our own ways to make us feel better. This___41.___(refer) to as “self-care”.
One of the most popular self-care___42.___(activity) in China is “healing travel”. More Chinese tourists are going on meditation (冥想) or yoga retreats (瑜伽会所) in places like Japan, Bali and India. By___43.___(take) these trips, people can learn more about local culture and the way people in these countries live. Without a tour guide or___44.___(detail) plan, they allow their bodies and minds___45.___(relax) as they forget about daily stresses and noisy surroundings back home.
Having___46.___pet can also help to improve our mental health. Research has shown that pets and humans can heal each other. Strong human-to-animal bonds make both pets and their owners happier and___47.___(healthy). Chinese dog and cat owners___48.___(spend) over 5,000 yuan per pet on average in 2018.
More people are seeking out self-care activities simply___49.___they can finally afford to.____50.____fewer financial worries, they can slow down and take a closer look at their own inner worlds.
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.We middle school students have had many tests or exam. We have achieved success and suffer failure. Different students take different attitudes to failure.
Some is in low spirits when they don’t do well in the exams. They usually lose their heart and no longer study so harder as before. But most students take an active attitude towards failure. They encourage themselves to be confidently. They try to find out but analyse the causes so that they will no longer make same mistakes.
I agree with those which have active attitudes. As we all known, failure is the mother of success.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，是某国际学校的学生会主席。

你校将要举行食品安全知识竞赛，请根据提示写一则通知，内容包括：
1.竞赛目的；
2.竞赛时间和地点；
3.竞赛方式。

注意：1、词数100左右：
2、可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考答案
1. A
2. C
3. C
4. B
5. D
6. C
7. A
8. B 9. B 10. C 11. D
12. D 13. B 14. C 15. C
16. G 17. D 18. E 19. F 20. C
21. A 22. A 23. C 24. D 25. C 26. D 27. B 28. A 29. A 30. B 31. C 32.
B 33. A 34.
C 35.
D 36. A 37. B 38. D 39. D 40. C
41. is referred
42. activities
43. taking 44. detailed
45. to relax
46. a 47. healthier
48. spent 49. because
50. With
51.(1).exam→exams
(2).suffer→suffered
(3).is→are
(4).将their去掉
(5).harder→hard
(6).confidently→confident
(7).but→and
(8).在same前面加the
(9).which→who
(10).known→know 52.略。