2019-2020学年云浮市新兴县惠能中学高三英语下学期期中考试试题及答案解析

2019-2020学年云浮市新兴县惠能中学高三英语下学期期中考试试题
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
“Why do I feel cold when I have a fever?” “Why does the sun rise in the east?” I knew the day would come when my little girl Sophie would learn to talk and inevitably (不可避免地) start askingthose questions. The questions themselves weren’t worrying me. I was actually looking forward to seeing where her curiosity would lie.
What was bothering (烦恼) me was whether or not I would know the answers. In the age of the smartphone, this may seem like a silly worry. The answers to almost everything would be just one Google away.
Still, I struggled with how I was going to prepare to become an all-knowing mother. Then one day, it struck me: I didn’t need to have all the answers. What a great example I could set if I let my daughter know that I, too, was still learning. And I realized how much more I could learn if I took another look at things I thought I already knew the answer to with the curiosity of a child. My little girl’s mind is a beginner’s mind--- curious, open to new ideas, eager to learn, and not based on knowledge that already exists. I decided that I would deal with her questions with a beginner’s mind, too.
Once I decided to become more curious, I started noticing that curiosity was becoming more important in the workplace, too. It seems that leaders don't need to have all the answers, but they do need to be curious.
Curious about curiosity, I searched for answers and found Albert Einstein’s famous words, “I have no special talent. I am only passionately (热情地) curious.” We mightquibble overthe view that Einstein had no special talent, but there is one thing for certain---he wouldn't have solved the puzzles of the universe without his passionate curiosity. Then I came across another Einstein quote, “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason or existence.”
1. The advantage of having a beginner’s mind is that ________.
A. people can learn much faster.
B. people won't be afraid to make mistakes.
C. people are willing to receive new things.
D. people won't be expected to answer all questions.
2. What does the example of Einstein’s words show?
A. Einstein was passionate about curiosity.
B. Einstein’s quotes are very famous.
C. Curiosity is of great significance.
D. Curiosity is more necessary than talent.
3. What does the underlined phrase “quibble over” in the last paragraph probably mean?
A. Fight against.
B. Argue about.
C. Work out.
D. Agree with
B
For years, life went something like this: We’d grow up in one place, head off to college, and then find a city to get a job and live there for a few years. The final goal was to find somewhere to settle down, buy a house, start a family, and begin the whole cycle all over again. But now some people are increasingly choosing to move from city to city throughout their entire lives, sometimes as frequently as every month.
Just ask Alex Chatzieleftheriou, who has had a front-row seat watching this evolution unfold. Six years ago, he launched a startup called Blueground that rents out beautifully designed, fully furnished apartments for a month at a time, at rates that are cheaper than hotels. And it aims to make each one feel unique and comfortable,rather than standardized, like what you might find in a traditional hotel.
Today, the company has 3,000 properties(房地产) in six U.S. cities, along with Dubai, Istanbul, London, Paris, and Chatzieleftheriou’s native Athens, and a staff of 400. With the helpof the Series B round of funding, the company landed $ 50 million, plus its previous total of $ 28 million, to continue its rapid expansion. It hopes to have 50,000 properties in 50 cities over the next three years.
Chatzieleftheriou first came up with the idea for Blueground while he was working as a management consultant for McKinsey. “The accommodation of choice for consultants is the hotel,” he says. “I had to spend five years in hotel rooms, living in 12 different cities. I loved seeing the world, but I didn’t love feeling like I didn’t have a home.” And what’s more, hotels aren’t a particularly cost-effective solution for companies either. In Chatzieleftheriou’s case, McKinsey sometimes paid $ 10,000 or more for him to stay in a major city for a month.
4. What does the author intend to tell in the first paragraph?
A. A new lifestyle is appearing.
B. Life is just like a circle for people.
C. Most people are used to an easy life.
D. People live in different places in life.
5. What is the goal of Blueground?
A. To compete with hotels.
B. To create standardized hotels.
C. To make renters feel at home.
D. To rent out long-term apartments.
6. What do we know about Blueground?
A. It got a total investment of $ 78 million.
B. Its business is anything but satisfying.
C. It expanded to every corner of the world.
D. It has 50,000 properties in 50 cities.
7. What does the last paragraph focus on?
A. High costs of hotels.
B. Chatzieleftheriou’s former work.
C Strengths of Blueground.
D. The inspiration for Blueground.
C
From skateboarding to Fleetwood Mac, TikTok users got creative in a pandemic (流行病) year with new songs, dances and shows in 60 seconds or less.
The social mediavideo app on Wednesday shared its list of top 100 videos, creators and trends in America during 2020. “These videos brought joy and inspiration to millions of Americans in the rough year,” said Kudzi Chikumbu, director of creator community at TikTok.
The platform has been widely associated with Generation Z (people born after 1996), millennials (people born in the 1980s or 1990s) and influencers who have started careers based on the shared videos.
The Weeknd'sBlinding Lightsand Jason Derulo's Savage Loveinspired TikTok dance challenges that made them among the top songs used on the app.
For some TikTok creators, the pandemic itself became inspiration to create a connection with other users. Comedian Caitlin Reilly used the app during quarantine (隔离) to make fun of those annoying coworkers for one of the top liked videos. And singer Curtis Roach made an song for the endless days at home with his song Bored in the House.
The second most popular video was an Idaho man named Nathan Apodaca who shot to fame after coolly
singing Dreams by Fleetwood Mac, while skateboarding on a highway.
But the most liked TikTok video was awarded to Bella Poarch with 45 million followers, who created a simple but interesting video with a few seconds of well-timed head nods and eye rolls.
While the app might be designed for youth, Chikumbu said that the growth of TikTok this year has pushed it more into mainstream culture. “You're seeing everyone from the teenager to the college students with their parents and then their grandparents all making videos,” said Chikumbu. “And now TikTok trulytranscendsgenerations, particularly in this year when people had a lot of time to dig in and not only watch, but try.”
8. What do we know about The Weeknd?
A. He created the famous song Dreams.
B. He started a career based on shared videos.
C. He is probably a popular singer on TikTok.
D. He organized the TikTok dance challenges.
9. What did Curtis Roach think of his life during quarantine?
A. Meaningful.
B. Peaceful.
C. Content.
D. Uninteresting.
10. The most popular TikTok video in 2020 was created by ______.
A. Caitlin Reilly
B. Curtis Roach
C. Nathan Apodaca
D. Bella Poarch
11. What does the underlined word “transcends” in the last paragraph mean?
A. Makes use of.
B. Goes beyond.
C. Calls on.
D. Takes charge of.
D
More than 10,000 people were made homeless in Ternang when the Sungai Mas overflowed its banks yesterday after six days of continuous heavy rain.
The wooden bridge across the river has been washed away. The town is cut off by flood waters. At the fifth mile, Jalan Tengkn, the water is two meters deep. It is closed to all traffic. Flooding first happened at mid-afternoon yesterday along the river banks. People trying to get to higher ground were just in time to escape the destroying of the flood. Most of the flood victims(受害者) had to leave all their things behind.
The National Flood Relief(救济) Center was reported to give its help and by early evening the whole town
was moved out, helped by the army, police, Red Cross Society and volunteers(志愿者).
The flood victims are now housed in different simple relief centers in the nearby town of Ternang. “Everything possible is being done to help the unlucky people,” a government spokesman said, “In fact, money, food and clothing have begun to come in from public organizations and helpful people. A Disaster Relief Fund(救灾基金会) will be started as soon as possible.”
According to the latest reports it is still raining heavily at Ternang. The whole town is expected to be wholly covered by the water. So far no deaths have been reported.
12. This passage is probably taken from______.
A. a storybook
B. a textbook
C. a magazine
D. a newspaper
13. It seems that the flood happened just because ______.
A. the banks were too low
B. the wooden bridge is solid (坚固)
C. the river was too narrow
D. they had had wet days for some time
14.From the passage we know that ______.
A. though the town was flooded, you could still go there by bus
B. as soon as the water flowed over the banks, people began to go to higher lands
C. the government and the whole society are taking great care of the flood victims
D. the flood hasn't brought a large loss to the town as nobody died in the flood
15. What is the best title for this passage?
A. A Big Flood
B. Ternang Is destroyed
C. Over 10,000 People Are Homeless
D. Rescue Team Arrived
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From the time my kids were little, I was determined to teach them the value of a dollar.____16____Ifthey didn't do their housework, they didn't get their allowance（零花钱）. And if they didn't have money, they couldn't buy anything. It's kind of like real life.
There was only one problem — me.____17____And then, when they occasionally would want to buy something that they couldn't quite afford, I would sometimes let them borrow from the next week's allowance. But then I'd forget how much they'd borrowed and we'd end up arguing about just how much I owed them.____18____
Obviously I'm not alone — both in wanting to teach my kids financial responsibility and in needing help.____19____Gregg Murset, a financial planner who has six kids of his own, created MyjobChart — a website that helps you keep track of the jobs your kids are doing and determine how much they’re owed.
____20____My 22-year-old daughter recently explained how her emergency fund, built up by saving financial gifts and working during school, allowed her to live independently while continuing her education.
So perhaps the thing to remember is that kids learn about handling money from their parents. Save, spend responsibly and try to explain why and they might just end up getting the message.
A. In short, I was an unsuccessful banker.
B. It is helpful in teaching my kids about money.
C. I'd forget to check if they'd completed their housework.
D. I chose to take responsibility and saved money for them all.
E. The kids can sign in and record when they’ve completed their work.
F. So I gave them housework and an allowance when they were ly young.
G. Now some parents working on technologies have come up with ways to solve this problem.
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When my family moved to Ohio over the summer, I feared attending another new school and knowing noone because I was able to expect what was coming. I had bright red hair and big glasses. In addition, I was___21___and not very sociable. Boarding the school bus that first day, I felt like all___22___on me. I could hear the whispers, "She's huge!” Obviously, the kids on the bus had known each other well. I spent that first bus___23___in silence.
The following day was even___24___I did not notice that a few boys had tied a shoelace across the aisle（走道)and thus fell down on the bus,___25___everything I was carrying.___26___I was embarrassingly gathering my supplies, I could hear the laughter, and then the___27___" That felt like an earthquake!" Anyway, I___28___to find a seat. Looking out of the window, I___29___the tears welling up in my eyes.
I began___30___the afternoon school bus___31___, walking home instead. Then,___32___, I started losing weight. And as I became___33___with myself, I began making friends.
One of my newly-found friends also___34___with her weight, wanting to be a "perfect" cheerleader. She lived near my neighborhood so we would meet and___35___together. This became a daily routine with talking and laughing___36___the way—different from the lonely walks I had taken. My friend said that I didn't have to
be___37___and I just had to be me, and be happy with myself.
While I would not want to relive that time of loneliness, sadness and embarrassment, I am___38___I made it through. Whenever I am struggling with any other problem in life, I always___39___the proverb "This too shall pass. " If you can find a path with no challenges, it probably doesn't___40___anywhere.
21. A.outgoing B.intelligent C.friendly D.overweight
22. A.smiles B.bags C.eyes D.stories
23. A.lift B.ride C.drive D.service
24. A.worse B.longer C.funnier D.duller
25. A.missing B.losing C.leaving D.dropping
26. A.Though B.While C.Since D.Because
27. A.arguments B.decisions C.words D.discussions
28. A.determined B.planned C.pretended D.managed
29. A.kept away B.took back C.held back D.put away
30. A.missing B.stopping C.catching D.searching
31. A.on purpose B.by chance C.in reality D.with excitement
32. A.uninterestedly B.uncertainly C.unexpectedly D.unfortunately
33. A.concerned B.happy C.angry D.disappointed
34. A.fought peted C.dealt D.lived
35. A.run B.study C.play D.walk
36. A.along B.across C.by D.in
37. A.thin B.perfect . C.sociable D.strict
38. A.excited B.upset C.regretful D.proud
39. A.remember B.create C.write D.borrow
40. A.know B.lead C.end D.stay
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
Water doesn't currently exist on Mars' surface, but it used to. About 4 billion years ago, something happened to Mars' atmosphere, and most of the liquid water___41.___（disappear）due to harmful radiation. But some of___42.___may still be underground. Could those ancient water holes contain life?
China's Tianwen-1 mission will search___43.___the existing water by radar fixed on the rover（月球车）.The
European Space Agency's spacecraft found evidence for subsurface water,___44.___（use）radar from space, but this will be the first time a rover has searched from the ground.
Tianwen-1 will also give China___45.___（value）Mars experience and lay foundation for a sample return mission planned for____46.____end of the 2020s. Getting Martian samples back to Earth is a top priority for the scientific community. Despite the impressive advances___47.___（make）in placing science instruments on spacecraft, only the technology on Earth,___48.___can test samples accurately, is to verify the presence or absence of life in a sample.
As of 2020, only NASA has landed and operated spacecraft on Mars___49.___（successful）. More countries exploring Mars means more___50.___（opportunity）for global cooperation. Space exploration brings out the best in us all. When more nations work together, everyone wins.
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处错误,每句中最多有两处。

错误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；2、只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Three years ago I failed a important exam in my life and became a student in an ordinary school. Disappointing as I felt at the shabby campus and the poorly-equipped classroom, but I found the teachers patient and considerate. Besides, I enjoyed the friendly atmosphere in class.I decided make the best of it. I worked hard and get along well with my teachers and classmates. Whenever I had difficulties, they were always availably. Soon, I became one of the top student in my class, which greatly increased my confidence and got him motivated. My experience tell me that it is not what you are given but how you make use for it that determines who you are.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假设你是红星中学高二学生李华。

你的英国朋友Jim因为转到新的学校有一些苦恼，向有过同样经历的你寻求帮助。

请你给他写一封回信，内容包括：
1.你曾经在新学校遇到过的困难；
2.你是如何克服困难的。

注意：词数不少于80。

Dear Jim,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. C
2. C
3. B
4. A
5. C
6. A
7. D
8. C 9. D 10. D 11. B
12. D 13. D 14. C 15. A
16. F 17. A 18. C 19. G 20. B
21. D 22. C 23. B 24. A 25. D 26. B 27. C 28. D 29. C 30. A 31. A 32.
C 33. B 34. A 35.
D 36. A 37. B 38. D 39. A 40. B
41. disappeared
42. it 43. for
44. using 45. valuable
46. the 47. made
48. which 49. successfully
50. opportunities
51.(1). a→an
(2). Disappointing→Disappointed
(3). but去掉
(4). decided后加to
(5). get→got
(6). availably→available
(7). student→students
(8). him→me
(9). tell→tells
(10). for→of
52.略。