2020-2021学年岳阳县第一中学高三英语下学期期中考试试卷及参考答案

2020-2021学年岳阳县第一中学高三英语下学期期中考试试卷及参考
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
In the 1994 filmForrest Gump, there’s a famous saying, “Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re gonna get.” The surprise is part of the fun. Now blind box toys are bringing the magic of surprise to online shopping.
A blind box toy is hidden inside uniform packaging but invisible from the outside. You don’t know what will be inside, although the toys typically come from pop culture, ranging from movies to comics and cartoons.
Blind boxes have caught on since they were first introduced fromJapantoChinain 2014. According to a 2019 Tmall report, the mini-series of Labubu blind box, designed byHong Kong-born Kasing Lung, was named Champion of Unit Sales with 55,000 sold in just 9 seconds during the Singles Day shopping event. Most customers for blind boxes are young people aged 18 to 35.
According to The Paper, blind box toys are popular in part because of their cute appearances. The typically cute cartoon figurines come in miniature sizes, making them suitable for display almost anywhere.
Even if blind boxes are not their top choice for decorations, the mystery and uncertainty of the process also attracts people. It’s the main reason why people buy blind boxes one after another.
“Fear of the unknown is always a part of the box-opening process,” said Miss Cao, 24, who lives and works inShenyang. Speaking to Sina News, she said: “Until you open all the boxes, you cannot know what it is inside.”
Opening a blind box is a delightful little surprise for our mundane daily lives, something small but fun to wait for each day, week or month. When people open this simple little box, they may be disappointed, but the uncertainty is part of the fun. People will open more blind boxes and hope for a better outcome.
When someone re-makesForrest Gump, don't be surprised if he says, “Life is like a blind box...”
1. Why is the famous saying in the filmForrest Gumpquoted at the beginning?
A. To arouse the readers’ interest.
B. To present the writer’s view.
C. To introduce the topic.
D. To highlight the fun of blind boxes.
2. Which of the following is the main feature that makes blind box so popular?
A. Miniature sizes.
B. Cute appearances.
C. Fear of the unknown.
D. Mystery and uncertainty.
3. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Blind box became popular in 2019 after being first introduced fromJapantoChina.
B. Blind box toys typically originated in pop culture, varying from movies to cartoons.
C. Blind box toys was designed and named by Hong Kong-born Kasing Lung.
D. When people open this simple little box, they will feel disappointed.
B
I dropped out of college after my first year. Three years later, I returned to college after having been stuck in a dead-end job, working at a department store. I saw school as my way out. But I quickly found myself up against the same problems that had caused me to give up before. I was in over my head with college-level algebra (代数) and a heavy workload of reading and writing homework. In addition, I was still unsure of my career (职业) direction。

After about a week in community college, I was feeling the same upset and fear I’d felt a few years earlier. I was ready to drop out again. Then a smartly dressed woman with grey hair walked confidently to the front of my English composition class. “Look at you! You’re here because you want to change your lives for the better. And you’re going to make it!”
Mrs. Peters didn’t know me from any of the other 40 faces in her classroom, yet I felt she was speaking directly to me. She knew exactly what I was feeling and what many of my classmates were probably feeling as well, and she lessened our fears. I came out of that class making up my mind to succeed.
Having trouble keeping up with the workload? Break it down into small manageable pieces, and set up a schedule that works for you, she told us. Professors teaching too fast for you to take notes? Interrupt (打断) them with a question so you can catch up on your notes before they continue, she advised. If college algebra is too difficult, drop back to introductory college math, she suggested. As for English composition which can be hard and boring, she gave us interesting writing homework.
She never let us lose sight of our dreams. “Go for the best: you’re worth it” she said when we graduated.
I left that community college with high grades and went on to do further studies. Mrs. Peters wouldn’t know that when she gave that talk, she made a huge difference in my life.
4. Why did the author go back to college?
A. He was out of a job.
B. He was dissatisfied with his job.
C. He tried to start his own business.
D. He hoped to learn more about algebra.
5. What troubled the author at college?
A. He did badly in recent exams.
B. He was forced to leave school.
C. He failed to manage his studies.
D. He was beaten by bitter memories.
6. How did Mrs. Peters affect the author?
A. By showing favor to him.
B. By talking with him directly.
C. By setting him extra homework.
D. By givinghim inspiration and skills.
7. What advice did Mrs. Peters offer to her students on their careers?
A. Have fun.
B. Start small.
C. Dream big
D. Think twice
C
Plastic is piling up in ecosystems all over the world. Although its harmful impacts on both species and ecosystems have been documented, a few animals—like bowerbirds and hermit crabs—are doing what they can to recycle it. And according to a recent study, wild bees in Canada have joined the effort, which is a rare observation of behavioral flexibility in species especially insects, in increasingly plastic-rich environments.
The researchers found two species of leafcutter bees putting plastic into their nests. One of the bees they studied, the alfalfa leafcutter bee, normally bites off pieces of leaves and flowers while the second bee gathers sticky substances from trees. Leafcutter bees don't build big nests or store honey like honeybees, choosing instead small nests in underground holes, tree holes or cracks（裂缝）in buildings. But the researchers found that three of eight brood cells（育雏巢室）contained pieces of plastic bags, replacing 23 percent of the cut leaves in each cell on average.
While they don't make honey,alfalfa leafcutter bees still make money for theU. S. and Canadian farmers by pollinating（给......传授花粉）crops including alfalfa , carrots and melons. The European insects were introduced to North America in the 1930s for that purpose, and they've since become wild, joining the continent's many native species of leafcutter bees.
In a separate study conducted in Argentina between 2017 and 2018, researchers found a bee nest made entirely of plastic, which consisted of three separate cells. It's the first known example of such construction worldwide. Compared to the other nests the researchers examined, which were made of natural materials, this one had a pretty lower success rate of the bees' survival. One of the cells had a dead baby bee , another seemed to have housed an adult that had left the nest, and the third was unfinished.
8. What does the animals' use of plastic show according to the study?
A. How widely plastic is used.
B. How strange the behavior of wildlife is.
C. How some wildlife is adapting to plastic.
D. How plastic pollution has harmed them.
9. What do leaves mean to alfalfa leafcutter bees?
A. Food.
B. Shelter.
C A plastic substitute. D. Traditional nest materials.
10. Which is one characteristic of leafcutter bees?
A. They have great economic value.
B. They store honey like honeybees.
C. They prefer to live in tree holes.
D. They have evolved into a new species.
11. What was the nest made entirely of plastic like?
A. It might be warmer.
B. It might be unhealthy.
C. It might be easy to finish.
D. It might be recyclable.
D
How much do consumers care about the carbon footprint of the products they buy? Would they care more if the goods were labeled with emissions（排放物）data?Does it matter at which stage in the lifecycle of a product the carbon is emitted? Research published in the International Journal of Environmental Policy and Decision Making offers a way to find out．
Study participants view a carbon footprint label as similar to labels that have appeared on some existing products．The label shows the carbon dioxide emissions connected with their production, transportation, usage and disposal（清理）, thus showing the buyer the likely effect on climate change of buying a particular product．In the first group of studies, the research team proved that carbon emissions and a carbon emissions label would indeed play a role in consumer product decisions, although not as great a role as price．In a second set of studies, the team found that emissions connected with usage were most important to consumers followed by the transportation and disposal stages．The carbon footprint of the producing process was considered less important to consumers than the other stages in the product's lifecycle because it is outside the consumer's control．That is, the participants felt they were less responsible for carbon emitted during producing process．Consumers value recycling a product, but the researchers found that, overall, the consumers would preferproducers to offset（补偿）
carbon emissions rather than having toaddressthe problem directly themselves．
Consumers are increasingly concerned with climate change problems, and already carbon labeling is appearing on some products．"We find that participantsnot only take the carbon label into account when making product decisions, but they want detailed information on the label," the researchers explain．They suggest that companies should prepare for how carbon emissions labels might affect future consumer choice．
12. Which of the following most affects consumer's choice?
A. Labels．
B. Price．
C Packaging． D. Carbon footprint．
13. About the carbon dioxide emissions in the product's lifecycle, which stage do consumers care most?
A. Usage stage．
B. Transportation stage．
C. Disposal stage．
D. Producing stage．
14. Which of the following can best replace the underlined word "address"?
A. Look into．
B. Point out．
C. Deal with．
D. Run into．
15. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A. Companies should take carbonemissions more seriously．
B. All products have been labeled with carbon emissions data．
C. Producers will attach less importance to carbon emissions labels．
D. Products labeled with carbon emissions data will have poor sales．
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Brain training is becoming a trend. There are formal courses,websites and books with programs on how to train your brain to work better and faster.___16___.
17. Meditation
Daily meditation is perhaps the single greatest thing you can do for your mind/body health.___18___. By creating a different mental state, you exercise your brain in new and interesting ways while increasing your brain fitness.
19. Read Something Different
Books are free from libraries and filled with interesting characters, information and facts.___20___. If you usually read history books, try a modem novel. Read foreign authors, the classics and random books. Not only will
your brain get a workout, you will also have interesting stories to tell about your reading.
21. Learn a New Skill
___22___. Your memory comes into play, you learn new movements and you connect things differently. Reading Shakespeare, learning to cook and building an airplane out of toothpicks all will challenge your brain and give you something to think about.
23. Make Simple Changes
We love our routines. But the more something is “second nature”, the less our brains have to work to do it.___24___, use your opposite hand to open doors and eat dessert first. All this will force your brain to wake up from habits and pay attention again.
A. Change ways to the grocery store
B. Branch out from familiar reading topics
C. Choose a variety of exercises to challenge your brain
D. Learning a new skill works various areas of the brain
E. We have hobbies and pastimes that we could do for hours on end
F. Meditation not only relaxes you, it gives your brain a workout
G. Try these ideas every day and your brain will be ready for anything
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
I was worried about my black-and-white paint horse, Storm. Twoweeks earlier her pasture (牧场)____21____, Lightning, died after breaking his leg. Since then, Storm hadn’t been herself. She didn't want to run like she used to. She just stood____22____in the pasture.
I____23____to find Storm a new companion. Money was____24____so buying a horse wasn’t a choice. I considered____25____one. One day I was out buying grain. The store owner____26____me about an old horse that needed a retirement____27____. The horse’s name was Kado, and he____28____in Michigan, which was 30 minutes away.
One spring afternoon I went to Michigan to____29____him. The owner took me to the pasture, where stood Kado. I____30____him slowly, not knowing how he might____31____a stranger. To my____32____, he came right up to me, putting his noseso close and I could feel his____33____, the equine (马的) way of saying____34____.
I visited him every week and our____35____grew. It was time to bring Kado to my farm so he and Storm could meet. The horses____36____noses and sniffed (嗅) each other briefly. Then Storm took off, running for the
first time since Lightning's____37____. They ran around the whole pasture together. I watched, crying. My girl was____38____again.
I have no doubt that God brought us all together. I’m____39____that Kado came into our lives when we needed him most. What____40____even more is that he needed us, too.
21. A. owner B. enemy C. mate D. leader
22. A. hopefully B. secretly C. honestly D. spiritlessly
23. A. gave up B. turned down C. set out D. settled down
24. A. enough B. tight C. helpful D. important
25. A. adopting B. buying C. borrowing D. saving
26. A. asked B. warned C. told D. charged
27. A. way B. chance C. situation D. home
28. A. died B. appeared C. lived D. studied
29. A. wait B. meet C. contact D. lend
30. A. approached B. watched C. trained D. punished
31. A. deal with B. adapt to C. depend on D. react to
32. A. surprise B. regret C. disappointment D. shame
33. A. pain B. breath C. energy D. pressure
34. A. hello B. no C. sorry D. goodbye
35. A. ability B. interest C. confidence D. friendship
36. A. felt B. pushed C. touched D. observed
37. A. injury B. death C. growth D. service
38. A. stressed B. strange C. crazy D. happy
39. A. worried B. thankful C. serious D. moved
40. A. counts B. challenges C. desires D. expects
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
I can still remember theafternoon when we climbed the mountain as if it were yesterday.
It was a sunny day. Eager to spend some time outside, I went up the mountain with my uncle. The mountain was hard ______41.______(climb) and had tough rocks and streams on it. In the end,______42.______(exhaust) and hot, I couldn’t go any further. So we went back down the mountain in the end.
On the way back down, my uncle asked me a question,_____43._____left me speechless for a second: “What’s your dream, young lady?”
“I have no idea,” I answered_____44._____thinking about it for a while. Then he smiled and told me about his story. He didn’t perform well at school when he was a student. Although nobody thought he could succeed, he knew clearly _______45._______his dream was-----to be a businessman. “I knew I wasn’t gifted when it came to studying, so I tried to buy snacks from a market and sell them after class,” he told me. After he left school, he started selling different items to find out which one was most attractive to customers. Of course, he often had no money in his pocket, but_______46._______tough life was, he never gave up.
“There is no doubt that a person who puts in a great deal of effort to reach his or her goal will have good luck at some point. The meaning of life is to chase your dream,” he said gently.
That night I_______47._______hardly fall asleep. I lay in bed tossing and turning, asking myself, “What’s my motivation?”
I once wanted to be a top student, but the hard work needed meant ______48.______(put) everything into following my passion. If I find myself lacking willpower, what should I do? Leaving home early the next morning, I climbed the mountain again by _______49._______. It made me think: If we don’t experience the climb, how can we get to see the scenery on the top of the mountain? In the end, I reached the top and _______50._______(fascinate) by the warm breeze and sunshine. Nothing could be more pleasant than that.
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.下面短文中共有10处错误,错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加:在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧）,并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

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。

When I were a child, I spent more than five years learning the violin. Therefore, I couldn’t find any fun in music. After I had graduated from high school a few years ago, a friend of mine suggested that we started to learn the guitar together. All of us thought it was cool. I will never forget the day that I went to buy my guitar in a guitar store. There I met one of my classmate. He helped me choose my guitar the different models. He also shared his understand of music. Since then we have been playing the guitar together and music has become a important part
of my life.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假如你叫李华,是一名中学生,非常喜欢看某档音乐类节目，你决定和朋友们组建一支乐队,请你写一篇英文演讲稿，内容包括：
1.你非常喜欢这档节目，它能给你带来很多欢乐；
2.正准备和朋友们组建一支乐队；
3.介绍乐队成员、歌曲风格、乐队的排练和演出计划等。

注意:1.词数100左右;2.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;3.开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。

Dear friends,
I’m very honored to give you a speech on music.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________
Thank you!
参考答案
1. C
2. D
3. B
4. B
5. C
6. D
7. C
8. A 9. B 10. D 11. B
12. B 13. A 14. C 15. A
16. G 17. F 18. B 19. D 20. A
21. C 22. D 23. C 24. B 25. A 26. C 27. D 28. C 29. B 30. A 31. D 32.
A 33.
B 34. A 35. D 36.
C 37. B 38.
D 39. B 40. A
41. to climb
42. exhausted
43. which 44. after
45. what 46. however
47. could 48. putting
49. myself 50. was fascinated
51.(1). were→was
(2). Therefore→However
(3).去掉had
(4). started→start
(5). All→Both
(6). that→when
(7). classmate→classmates
(8).在guitar后面加from
(9). understand→understanding
(10). a→an
52.略。