2020年北京师范大学附属实验中学分校高三英语上学期期中考试试卷及参考答案

2020年北京师范大学附属实验中学分校高三英语上学期期中考试试卷
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
Students, teachers, and local community members are strongly encouraged to register online to receive real-time information of emergency events fromColumbiaUniversity.
Text message warnings will only be used in rare cases where ongoing events causean immediate threat or have a significant influence. Possible situations include severe weather conditions, emergency campus closures, crimes in progress that may endanger the community, and major transportation interruptions.
Read instructions on how to sign up for emergency notifications（通知）.
Columbiastudents
Columbiastudents can easily register for text message notifications. Simply enter Student Services Online, click on "Text Message Enrollment" and add your cellphone number. Students can register parents or family members by following the instructions for the public below.
Columbiateachers
Columbiateachers can register for text message notifications by following the step by step instructions below:
● Register with your UNI and password .
● Select "Faculty & Staff"at the top of the page.
● Select "Contact Details".
● Click the "+" under "Phone".
● Select "Campus Alert 1".
● Enter your mobile number.
To receive emergency information on additional mobile phones, you may follow the above instructions for "Campus Alert2" and "Campus Alert 3" for a total of three.
Community/General Public
Community/General Public interested in receiving emergency information fromColumbiacan sign up by clicking on the "Register" button on the registration page and entering their email and mobile number. Users will receive confirmation code（密码）on their phone and will need to confirm their account via email.
Users can choose not to use the Emergency Text Alert System at any time by texting STOP to 226787, calling 226789 or sending an email tolr27682@.
1.Which is a possiblesituation where a text message will be sent?
A.The temperature will drop slightly tomorrow.
B.The campus will be closed during Christmas.
C.The main railway system of the city is interrupted.
D.A bank robber is being sentenced in the court of the city.
2.Which step comes before the others when teachers register?
A.Selecting Campus Alert.
B.Entering mobile numbers.
C.Clicking "+" under "Phone".
D.Selecting "Faculty& Staff".
3.How can users stop receiving text messages?
A.By sending an email.
B.By texting STOP to 226789.
C.By managing information online.
D.By making a phone call to 226787.
B
Whena person in the United States gets the COVID-19 vaccine (疫苗), the person receives a small piece of paper called a “COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card”.
It is a piece of paper with the logo of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, and the name and date of the vaccine. Because it is so simple, it could be easy to fake.
Many people in theU.S.are still unsure about getting the vaccine. As universities, workplaces and other places are requiring proof of vaccination, some people are now buying fake vaccination cards without getting a shot.
The Associated Press reports that students and teachers at universities around theU.S.are worried about fake cards. Sellers are using social media apps like Instagram to advertise fake vaccination cards. The prices range from $25 to $200. The AP notes that many college students seem interested in buying the cards. On the site Reddit, one person wrote, “I need one, too, for college. I refuse to be a guinea pig.”
It is reported that more than 700 universities and colleges require proof of vaccination. Most schools simply ask their students to take a photo of their card and send it to a school website. Benjamin Mason Meier is a professor at theUniversityofNorth CarolinaatChapel Hill, UNC. He studies international health policy. He said, unlike some countries, theU.S.is not using a digital system to record vaccine status. He said theU.S.is depending on
“aflimsypaper card”, and students have told him they knew of others who had used fake vaccination cards. Rebecca Williams also works at UNC. She is a researcher at the school’s Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. She said she was not surprised that people were worried about fake vaccination cards. “This is why I think the development of a reliable national digital vaccine passport app is very important,” she said.
There is a law that should prevent people from making false vaccination cards. If someone uses the CDC logo without permission, they can be lined and punished by up to five years in prison. The U.S. Department of Justice recently charged a person inCaliforniawith making fake vaccination cards.
College students who already have the vaccine are criticizing those who would rather spend money to buy a fake than get a free shot. Maliha Reza is an electrical engineering student atPennsylvaniaStateUniversity, She called those students “dumb”. “I’m angry about that,” she said. “Like, there is more anger than I could describe now.”
4. Why do some college students buy fake vaccination cards?
A. They are easy to get.
B. Many Americans are still uncertain about getting the vaccine.
C. Students have an interest in the fake vaccination cards.
D. To get a vaccine shot is expensive.
5. Which of the following measures can NOT be used to stop the fake cards?
A. Having a law that should prevent people from making false vaccination cards.
B. Developing a reliable national digital vaccine passport app.
C. Using a digital system to record vaccine status.
D. Having all the students take a photo of their vaccination card and send it to the school website.
6. What does the underlined word “flimsy” probably mean?
A. Weak.
B. Effective.
C. Detailed.
D. Professional,
7. What might be the writing purpose for the news report?
A. To promote a digital system to record the vaccination shots.
B. To explain why theU.S.should prevent making the fake vaccination cards.
C. The stress the influence of the COVID-19 vaccination.
D. To reduce theU.S.university leaders’ worry about fake vaccination cards.
C
When almost everyone has a mobile phone, why are more than half of Australian homes still paying for a landline（座机）?
These days you’d be hard pressed to find anyone in Australia over the age of 15 who doesn’t own a mobile phone. In fact plenty of younger kids have one in their pocket. Practically everyone can make and receive calls anywhere, anytime.
Still, 55 percent of Australians have a landline phone at home and only just over a quarter（29%）rely only on their smartphones according to a survey（调查）. Of those Australians who still have a landline, a thirdconcedethat it’s not really necessary and they’re keeping it as a security blanket — 19 percent say they never use it while a further13 percent keep it in case of emergencies. I think my home falls into that category.
More than half of Australian homes are still choosing to stick with their home phone. Age is naturally a factor （因素）— only 58 percent of Generation Ys still use landlinesnow and then, compared to 84 percent of Baby Boomers who’ve perhaps had the same home number for 50 years. Age isn’t the only factor; I’d say it’s also to do with the makeup of your household.
Generation Xers with young families, like my wife and I, can still find it convenient to have a home phone rather than providing a mobile phone for every family member. That said, to be honest the only people who ever ring our home phone are our Baby Boomers parents, to the point where we play a game and guess who iscalling before we pick up the phone（using Caller ID would take the fun out of it）.
How attached are you to your landline? How long until they go the way of gas street lamps and morning milk deliveries?
8. What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us about mobilephones?
A. Their target users.
B. Their wide popularity.
C. Their major functions.
D. Their complex design.
9. What does the underlined word “concede” in paragraph 3 mean?
A. Admit.
B. Argue.
C. Remember.
D. Remark.
10. What can we say about Baby Boomers?
A. They like smartphone games.
B. They enjoy guessing callers’ identity.
C. They keep using landline phones.
D. They are attached to their family.
11. What can be inferred about the landline from the last paragraph?
A. It remains a family necessity.
B. Itwill fall out of use some day.
C. It may increase daily expenses.
D. It is as important as the gas light.
D
There is an old army joke about an officer who asks some soldiers whether any of them are interested in music. When four hands go up, the officer says, “Right, men. You can carry this grand piano down to the officers mess.”
Job recruitment has become more complicated since that story first did the rounds. Today's careers require a lot more than just raw music but that sometimes makes jobs hard to define. An unfortunate result is a form of “adjective inflation” in recruitment ads as employers attempt to make routine tasks sound exciting.
Candidates must sometimes wonder whether they are applying for a 9-to-5-role or to become a member of the Marvel “Avengers”. On Indeed, a job-bunting website, a bar was recently looking for "bartenders who are people focused, quality-driven, and have superhero hospitality powers". The ability to give customers the correct change was not mentioned.
Another British company advertised for “a call-centre ninja, a superhero in people", a Job description which sounds a little over-the top for what was in fact a role at an insurance company in Isleworth. In case you think that ad was not typical. Indeed also had jobs demanding “ninja-like attention to detail". Short of turning up for the interview dressed head-to-toe in black, and then sneaking up behind the managing director at his desk, it is hard to see how candidates could show their ninja qualities.
Not all companies require candidates to possess the qualities of a ninja, of course. Some require applicants to be passionate. The Bluewater shopping mall in southeastEnglandwas looking for “passionate sales-driven brand ambassadors” while “passionate crew members” were needed at a bakery in westLondonfor a wage of just £8. 23 an hour. In fact, passion is pretty hard to keep consistently for 40 hours a week, month after month. Job applicants should find some information from the kind of ads that companies place. If a job ad talks about passion or superheroes, run away faster than a speeding Batmobile. Being a ninja should be reserved for teenage mutant ninja turtles.
12. Why does the author mention the joke in Paragraph 1?
A. To show that officers enjoy playing tricks on soldiers.
B. To introduce the topic of overstated job ads.
C. To explain the origin of complex job ads.
D. To describe soldiers' everyday life.
13. Which of the following offers a job demanding ninja qualities?
A. The bar.
B. The bakery.
C. The insurance company.
D. The Bluewater shopping mall.
14. What does the author say about the ads requiring passion?
A. They are unrealistic.
B. They are typical of want ads.
C. They are appealing to applicants.
D. They are uncommon on Indeed.
15. How does the author sound when talking about today’s job ads?
A. Curious.
B. Hesitant.
C. Humorous.
D. Sympathetic.
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Give yourself a test. Which way is the wind blowing? How many kinds of wildflowers can be seen from your front door? If your awareness is as sharp as it could be, you’ll have no trouble answering these questions.
Most of us observed much more as children than we do as adults. A child’s day is filled with fascination, newness and wonder.____16____But distinctions that were sharp to us as children become unclear; we are numb to new stimulation (刺激), new ideas. Relearning the art of seeing the world around us is quite simple, although it takes practice and requires breaking some bad habits.
The first step in awakening senses is to stop predicting what we are going to see and feel before it occurs.____17____One chilly night when I was hiking in the Rocky Mountains with some students, I mentioned that we were going to cross a mountain stream. The students began complaining about how cold it would be. We reached the stream, and they unwillingly walked ahead. They were almost knee-deep when they realized it was a hot spring. Later they all admitted they’d felt cold water at first.
____18____I saw bird watchers who spotted a bird, immediately looked it up in field guides, and said, a "ruby-crowned kinglet" and checked it off. They no longer paid attention to the bird and never learned what it was doing.
The pressures of "time" and "destination" are further blocks to awareness. I encountered many hikers who were headed to a distant camp-ground with just enough time to get there before dark.____19____They never take a moment to see what’s around them. I asked them what they’d seen. "Oh, a few birds," they said. They seemed bent on their destinations.
____20____Next time you take a walk, no matter where it is, take in all the sights, sounds and sensations. Wander in this frame of mind and you will open a new dimension to your life.
A.This blocks awareness.
B.They don’t know what awareness is.
C.Curiosity gave us all a natural awareness.
D.It seldom occurred to them towander a little bit.
E.Nature seems to unfold to people who watch and wait.
F.Being sharp doesn’t mean we have to stay alert all the time, though.
G.Another block to awareness is the obsession many of us have with naming things.
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My grandpa was not tall. But to me, a five-year-old child, he was a giant. We would sit side by side, watching the sun go down behindthe gas station across the busy street, a street that I was never____21____to cross____22____accompanied(陪伴) by an adult.
One day we sat____23____the traffic, counting cars and trying to guess the color1 of the next one to turn the corner.
Suddenly Grandpa asked, “____24____?"
"Yes," was my reply." How would you like to run over to the gas station there and get____25____a bottle of Coke?"
I couldn't believe my____26____. Had I heard right? Was he talking to me? On my family's modest（卑微的）income, Cokewas not a part of our diet. A few sips(小口抿) was all I had ever had, and certainly never my own bottle.
I replied shyly, "Okay," already wondering how I would get across the____27____. I thought Grandpa was going to go with me.____28____, after he gave mea dime(硬币), he said to me, "Okay, I'm going to stay____29____and tell you when it's safe to cross. You go over to the Coke machine, get your Coke and walk back._____30_____me to tell you when it's safe to cross back."
I was very both excited and nervous when Grandpa_____31_____my hand tightly. Together we looked_____32_____the street and down, and up again. When he told me it was safe to cross, he_____33_____my hand and I ran. I ran faster than I had ever run before. The street seemed_____34_____. I wondered if I would_____35_____it to the other side. Reaching the other side, I_____36_____to find Grandpa
still standing exactly where I had left him,_____37_____proudly.
……
Coke in hand, I proudly marched back out into the early evening dusk, seeing Grandpa was waiting_____38_____.
"Stop right there!" he yelled(喊). One or two cars sped by me, and once again, Grandpa yelled, "Come on now, run!" At last I crossed the street safely. "Don't ever do that_____39_____," he warned.
One long swallow(吞，咽)of the cold Coke cooled my sweating body. I_____40_____felt so proud.
21. A. hoped B. expected C. dared D. allowed
22. A. if B. when C. unless D. whether
23. A. watching B. noticing C. seeing D. finding
24. A. Happy B. Funny C. Hungry D. Thirsty
25. A. you B. ourselves C. me D. yourself
26. A. eyes B. ears C. brain D. words
27. A. Coke B. station C. cars D. street
28. A. Though B. However C. Because D. Therefore
29. A. home B. here C. in D. there
30. A. Ask for B. Search for C. Wait for D. Look for
31. A. took B. shook C. held D. put
32. A. down B. back C. up D. upwards
33. A. took hold of B. let go of C. lost hold of D. controlled over
34. A. narrow B. smooth C. long D. wide
35. A. take B. make C. have D. see
36. A. turned B. had C. began D. came
37. A. smiling B. singing C. crying D. calling
38. A. angrily B. impatiently C. carefully D. patiently
39. A. again B. once C. alone D. though
40. A. never B. still C. ever D. also
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
In the past ten years, we’ve seen technology develop at a high speed. It is sad to see that new technologies
introduced to make our lives easier____41.____(make) life more difficult for some people,____42.____(most) elderly people. For example, many offices require users to operate some services on their smart-phones,____43.____what if an elderly citizen does not use a smart-phone? Many banks require their customers to pass a facial____44.____(recognize) test, but what if that is difficult for a customer to do?
Technology should serve the people. Elderly people also need bank accounts and they have____45.____right to use of not use the services____46.____(require) by some offices. The authorities should think about____47.____more when making rules and procedures.
____48.____doing so, they will be serving everyone. Earlier this year, the train station atWuxi,Jiangsuprovince,____49.____(open) a special counter for those who have no health code, or do not use a smart-phone or those_____50._____phones have run out of battery. This is a good example for others to learn from.
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。

每处错误仅涉及二个单词的增加、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。

My parents have decided to take me to pay visit to Britain. I am excited, hope to make good use of this opportunity. Firstly, I will talk to native speaker as much as I can to improve on my English. Secondly, there are many attractions that interest me a lot, among which is Big Ben. Besides, football, that is popular in England, is my favorite sport. They have been dreaming of watching a live football match there but now the dream will come true. My friend Alice lived in London. I will probable meet her. However I do, I am sure I will have a good time.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，上周与交换生Henry一起参加为期三天的社区志愿者活动，但Henry因故缺席了最后一天的活动，请根据以下要点向他介绍相关情况：
1表示慰问；
2.活动内容及流程；
3.个人感受。

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. C
2. D
3. A
4. A
5. D
6. A
7. B
8. B 9. A 10. C 11. B
12. B 13. C 14. A 15. C
16. C 17. A 18. G 19. D 20. E
21. D 22. C 23. A 24. D 25. D 26. B 27. D 28. B 29. B 30. C 31. C 32.
C 33. B 34.
D 35. B 36. A 37. A 38. D 39. C 40. A
41. are making
42. mostly 43. but
44. recognition
45. the 46. required
47. them 48. By
49. opened 50. whose
51.(1).在visit前加a (2).hope→hoping (3).speaker→speakers (4).去掉on (5).that→which (6). They→I (7).but→and (8).lived→lives (9).probable→probably (10).However→Whatever
52.略。