2020届广州市祈福英语实验学校中学部高三英语上学期期末考试试卷及答案解析

2020届广州市祈福英语实验学校中学部高三英语上学期期末考试试卷
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
Book reading is certainly one of the most absorbing habits. For young adults who love to read, finding some good books to read is very essential. Writing a book review can help you to improve your language and writing skills.
The Book Thief
Listed onThe New York Times Children’s Best Seller List for over 100 weeks, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is the story of a young girl in the Nazi camps set during World War II. So, if you love history and wish to learn how the life was during Adolf Hitler’s time, read this historic book.
The Diary of Young Girl
Even Anne Frank can not have imagined that her personal diary written during World War II would become such a popular book. It’s a must read that describes the situation of a family in the evils of wars through the eyes of a teenager.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm is one of the most popular books by George Orwell. It is just a reflection of the Stalin and World War II period that has been so creatively presented in this book. It is an interesting example of how literature can be used to present conditions common in the society.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of the great American novels in history, and is certainly a great pick for young adults. Young Huck Finn and his mischief along with the color1 ful description of people around theMississippi Rivermake this novel a great book to read.
1.Which book describes the author’s own experiences according to this passage?
A.The Book Thief
B.The Diary of Young Girl
C.Animal Farm
D.Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
2.What do the first three books have in common?
A.All of them are about wars.
B.All of them are about farms.
C.All of them are intended for history lovers.
D.All of them were written during World War II.
3.The purpose of this passage is to _________.
A.instruct youngsters how to improve skills
B.tell youngsters some wonderful reading habits
C.introduce several good books to youngsters
D.give youngsters advice on writing a book review
B
Cuckoos don’t bother building their own nests—they just lay eggs that perfectly imitate those of other birds and take over their nests. But other birds are wishing up, evolving some seriously impressive tricks to spot the cuckoo eggs.
Cuckoos are often know asparasites, meaning that they hide their eggs in the nest of other species. To avoid detection, the cuckoos have evolved so that eggs seem reproduction of those of their preferred targets. If the host bird doesn’t notice the strange egg in its nest, the little cuckoo will actually take the entire nest for itself after it comes out, taking the other eggs on its back and dropping them out of the nest.
To avoid this unpleasant fate for their young, the other birds have evolved a few smart ways to spot the fakes, which we’re only now beginning to fully understand. One of the most amazing finds is that birds have an extra colour-sensitive cell in their eyes, which makes them far more sensitive to ultraviolet wavelengths and allows them to see a far greater range of colours than humans can. This allows cautious birds to detect a fake egg which might be exactly the same to our eyes.
Fascinatingly, we’re actually able to observe different bird species at very different points in their evolutionary war with the cuckoos. For instance, some cuckoos lay their eggs in the nests of the redstarts. The blue eggs these cuckoos lay are practically alike to those of the redstarts, and yet they are still sometimes rejected. Compare that with cuckoos who target dunnocks. While those birds lay perfectly blue eggs, their cuckoo invaders just lay white eggs with brown irregular shaped spots. And yet dunnocks barely ever seem to notice the obvious trick.
Biologists suspect these more easily fooled species like the dunnocks are on the same evolutionary path as the redstarts, but they have a long way to go until they evolve the same levels of suspicion. What’s remarkable is that the dunnocks fakes are so bad and the redstart ones so good, and yet cuckoos are still more successful with
the former than the latter.
It speaks to just how thoroughly a species’ behavior can be changed by the pressures of natural selection, or it might just be a bit of strategic cooperation on the part of the dunnocks. Biologists have suggested that these birds are willing to tolerate a parasite every so often because they don’t want to risk accidentally getting rid of one of their own eggs.
4. This passage can be most likely found in a ________.
A. science survey
B. nature magazine
C. zoo advertisement
D. travel journal
5. What does the underlined word “parasite” in paragraph 2 most probably refer to?
A. Animals that work together to raise young.
B. Small harmful animals such as worms or mice.
C. Animals that can adapt to changing environments.
D. Animals which live on or inside other host animals.
6. Which of the following is TRUE about the dunnock according to the passage?
A. It is colour-blind and therefore cannot identify foreign eggs in the nest.
B. It can easily remove cuckoo eggs from the nest because fakes are so bad.
C. It is a host bird that is more likely to raise a cuckoo chick than the redstart.
D. It is unable to evolve and hence accepts cuckoo eggs that appear in the nest.
7. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. Dunnocks may eventually learn to recognise foreign eggs.
B. Redstarts seem to be less suspicious compared to dunnocks.
C. Cuckoo birds are good at taking responsibility for their own young.
D. It is very easy for cuckoos to imitate the colouring of the dunnock’s egg.
C
My family and I never talked about school as the ticket to a future. I was in theclassroom, but I wasn't there to learn to write, read or even speak. When it was my turn to read, I wanted to hide. I was 13 years old, but I already hated being who I was.
I had an English teacher, Mr.Creech, who knew I couldn't read. In one of my first lessons the teacher said that anyone who had a reading age below six had to stand up. I felt so embarrassed. But at the same time, it made me realize that I needed to change the situation. I was determined it wouldn't happen again. Later that day, Mr.Creech
encouraged me and promised he would try his best to help me learn to read. From then on, I never gave up practicing reading.
Then when I was 41 years old, one day, I planned to fly back toTexasto visit my friends and family. On my way from the airport, I saw Mr.Creech buying himself a drink. I rushed over and reached into my pocket to pay for him. “Do I know you？” he asked. “Yes, sir, you do know me，” I answered excitedly. “My name is Anthony Hamilton. You taught me English.” The look on his face told me that he remembered the boy he'd once encouraged.
“I'm so glad I had a chance to see you，” I said. “And Mr.Creech, I have great news to share.” I told him I had learned to read. But that wasn't all. I had become a published author and an active speaker. “The next time you get another Anthony Hamilton in your classroom, please encourage him to read as well，” I added.
The experts say what once worried me has a name：dyslexia(诵读困难). But I can tell you it was a lack of desire for education.
8. Why did the author want to hide?
A. Because he felt sorry for himself.
B. Because he hated being laughed at.
C. Because he couldn't read at all.
D. Because he didn't have a ticket.
9. Which of the following could best describe Mr.Creech?
A. Considerate and dutiful.
B. thoughtful and enthusiastic.
C. Emotional and devoted.
D. Friendly and wise.
10. Why couldn't the author read before meeting Mr.Creech?
A. Because his reading age was not long enough.
B. Because his parents didn't teach him how to read.
C. Because he was afraid of reading before the class.
D. Because he didn't have inner driving force to learn to read.
11. What can we infer from the passage?
A. Mr.Creech taught two students called Anthony Hamilton.
B. The author had become a published author and an active speaker.
C. Dyslexia was just the reason that made the author unable to read.
D. The author was grateful to Mr.Creech.
D
Why can friendships be hard? Because often people aren't as honest and open as they should be. Sometimes, people end up getting hurt.
Most problems with friendships come up because people are just too selfish to care about the things that their friends need. They care about their own needs much more, which makes it hard for friendships to work. However, being selfish is part of human nature. A person is put together in order to take care of himself and his own needs, not necessarily those needs of other people. Even though being selfish is something that all humans are born with, it is something that everyone should guard against.
The best thing to remember when you are a friend to anyone is that you need to treat your friend the same way as you'd like to be treated. This is wonderful advice for a friendship, because it is really the only way to make sure that you are giving your friend everything you would want to be given in a friendship. Whenever you have a question about how you should treat a friend, it is easy to find an answer simply by asking yourself what you would like your friend to do for you, if he or she is in your shoes.
Even if you're always thinking about how you'd like to be treated, and your friends are too, there are issues that come up from time to time in each friendship, and it is important to understand how to deal with these issues so that you can build stronger and healthier friendships. Issues like friends getting boyfriends or girlfriends and not spending enough time with their friends, or even friends finding new friends and leaving old friends behind are issues that will probably come up with one or more of your friendships. It is important to know how to deal with these issues so that you can keep your friends and make new ones. No one wants to have a broken friendship.
12. Why may problems with friendships appear?
A. One is selfish.
B. One is alone.
C. One is too anxious.
D. One is too busy.
13. What's the first and most important thing to be other people's friend?
A. Not to hurt your friends' feelings.
B. To give your friends whatever you have.
C. To treat your friends as fairly as possible.
D. Not to think of your own needs any more.
14. What is the text mainly about?
A. The Meaning of Friendships
B. The Importance of Friendships
C. The Advantages of Friendships
D. The Problems with Friendships
15. What may follow the last paragraph of the text?
A. How to make many friends.
B. How to keep friends happy.
C. How to treat friends correctly.
D. How to solve friendship issues.
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
Survival in the Wild
Plants and animals have the hard job of surviving in a very wild world. How do they do it?___16___Camouflage(保护色) is one way animals use to survive. For some animals, this means that their fur, scales, or skin are a similar color1 to the land around them. Deer, for example, have brown fur that match(和……相匹配)the trees, so it’s harder for hunters to see them. This saves them from becoming food to a larger animal.___17___Many people think of chameleons when they think of this type of camouflage, but rabbits are a great example as well. Some rabbits’ fur will change color1 s depending on the season. Their fur might be brown in spring, summer, and autumn to match the trees, but the brown fur will fall out and white fur will grow in the winter to match the snow.___18___
Some insects, instead of matching their environment, look like something else that will stop animals from eating them. A walking stick looks just like a stick so that hunters will pass it by without noticing it.
Some moths and butterflies have designs on their wings that make them look like snakes or owls, to frighten away their hunters.
___19___They want to be easily noticed to survive! Many plants grow flowers with color1 ful petals(花瓣) to attract bees. The bees help pollinate the flowers so that they can produce new flowers.
Instead of hiding, some plants and animals develop structures to hurt anything that tries to hurt them. Some plants develop thorns(刺)so that animals will not eatthem.___20___Hedgehogs even have spikes(尖刺), called quills or spines, covering their backs so animals won’t want to eat them!
There are many ways plants and animals have adapted to survive in the wild. Do you know of any other ways?
A. Some animals have extremely sharp teeth so they can fight off other animals.
B. Some animals can actually change color1 s to match their environment.
C. As a result, the rabbit has different color1 s in different seasons.
D. There are many ways plants and animals have used in order to survive.
E. This way the rabbit is safer from hunters year-round.
F. For some plants, however, they don’t want to match their environment.
G. But some plants survive in a quite different way.
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“Look down, Lisa,” my father said gently. “There is more than one way to the square. Life is like that. If you can’t get to the place where you want to go by one road,___21___another.”
In the years that followed, I often remembered the words my father___22___me. I know where I wanted to go in life. I wanted to be a fashion___23___. And on the way to my first small success I found the road blocked. What could I do? Accept the roadblocks and fail? Or use imagination and intelligence to find another road to my___24___.
I came to Paris, the center of the world of___25___, with my works. But none of the famous fashion designers seemed interested in buying them. Then one day I met a friend___26___a very beautiful sweater. The sweater was simple in color1 , but it had a(n)___27___knitting (编织) way.
I suddenly___28___a design knitted into such a sweater. I___29___a clear black and white butterfly picture and took it to Mrs. Vidian. She___30___it into a sweater. The result, I thought, was___31___. Then came the test. I___32___the sweater to a party which people in the fashion business would attend. To my joy, the sweater was___33___. In fact, the representative (代表) of a large New York store wanted 40 sweaters to be___34___in two weeks. I accepted the___35___and walked out on a cloud of___36___.
My cloud___37___, however, when I stood in front of Mrs. Vidian. “But it took me almost a week to knit that sweater,” she said. “Forty sweaters in two weeks? It is___38___.”
I was so close to success and then to be blocked!___39___, I walked away. All at once, it hit me that there must be___40___way. This knitting way did take special skill, but surely there must be someone else in Paris who knew how to do it. Luckily, I made it before the deadline.
21. A. quit B. try C. ask D. lead
22. A. devoted B. begged C. taught D. invested
23. A. reporter B. partner C. lawyer D. designer
24. A. journey B. goal C. apartment D. stage
25. A. fashion B. finance C. jewellery D. wildlife
26. A. on B. by C. in D. over
27. A. unusual B. brief C. ancient D. regular
28. A. borrowed B. pictured C. reflected D. solved
29. A. mixed B. cultivated C. spotted D. drew
30. A. dressed B. focused C. knitted D. took
31. A. wonderful B. puzzling C. slight D. terrible
32. A. impressed B. wore C. mastered D. permitted
33. A. criticized B. kept C. noticed D. overlooked
34. A. ready B. popular C. curious D. worthwhile
35. A. pressure B. bargain C. material D. order
36. A. anger B. sadness C. disappointment D. happiness
37. A. poured B. enhanced C. disappeared D. exposed
38. A. likely B. positive C. alike D. impossible
39. A. Typically B. Sadly C. Excitedly D. Mentally
40. A. another B. no C. others D. many
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 students may feel___41.___(stress) because of their parents. Most parents have good intentions,___42.___some of them aren't very helpful with the problems their sons and daughters have in___43.___(adjust) to college, and a few of then seem to go out of their way to add to their children’s___44.___(difficult).
For one thing, parents are often not aware of the kinds of problems their children face. They don't realize that the___45.___(compete) is stronger, that the required standards of work are___46.___(high), and that their children may not be prepared for___47.___change. They may be upset by their children’s poor grade.
At their kindest, they may___48.___(gentle) ask why John or Mary isn't doing better. Whether he or she is trying as hard as he or she should, and so on. At their worst, they may threaten___49.___(take) their children out of college or cut off living expenses.
Sometimes parents think it night and natural that they determine___50.___their children do with their lives. They forget that everyone is different and that each person must develop in his or her own way.
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 got extreme excited about my online graduation when I received emails from my school. The school has created a special website for the graduation and a number of activity to make us involved and amused. In the morning of July 15, I woke up early and entered the website for the graduation ceremony. First the school president gave a speech so as congratulate the graduates. Then, we watch the video messages from our family members and teachers instead of sit through several talks. Finally, we shared memories and promised to keep in the touch in the future. How an informal but meaningful ceremony! We all were delight with it.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.最近，某中学生英文报正在举办主题为“Cellphones on Campus”的征文活动。

假定你是攀枝花中学高三学生李华，请你向该报社投稿。

主要内容如下：
1.你校学生使用手机的情况；
2.学生在校内使用手机的利弊；
3.你自己的观点。

注意：1.词数：100词左右；
2.可根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考答案
1. B
2. A
3. C
4. B
5. D
6. C
7. A
8. C 9. A 10. D 11. D
12. A 13. C 14. D 15. D
16. D 17. B 18. E 19. F 20. A
21. B 22. C 23. D 24. B 25. A 26. C 27. A 28. B 29. D 30. C 31. A 32.
B 33.
C 34. A 35.
D 36. D 37. C 38. D 39. B 40. A
41. stressed
42. but/yet
43. adjusting
44. difficulties
45. competition
46. higher 47. the 48. gently 49. to take 50. what
51.(1).extreme → extremely
(2). has → had或去掉has
(3). activity → activities
(4).In → On
(5).as后加to
(6).watch → watched
(7).sit → sitting
(8).去掉the
(9).How → What
(10).delight → delighted
52.略。