2020年梅州市梅县高级中学高三英语第一次联考试题及参考答案

2020年梅州市梅县高级中学高三英语第一次联考试题及参考答案
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
East Yorkshire has typical unpredictable British weather. So here are some ideas to keep everybody happy when the weather is not the most ideal.
William's Den, North Cave
The outdoor and indoor areas are suitable for children of all ages to have fun.There are nests to explore, rope bridges to cross, a tree-house and a slide. The attached Kitchen provides fresh food made from locally sourced ingredients serving a selection of treats.
East Riding Leisure Centres
Known for a fun learner pool alongside an incredible fun zone with two slides as well, it is perfect for kids to find their feet in the water, have fun and explore. Its 6 climbing walls offer a different challenge on each. This place is suitable for anyone over the age of 4 and you can refuel at cafe with fresh food, snacks and cakes.
Sewerby Hall and Gardens
When the weather’s not sure, take cover in the Hall and learn how life was in the early 1900’s for the residents and workers of the house. Then explore the zoo and meet the pigs, parrots and penguins! Kids of all ages are welcome.
Withernsea Lighthouse
There’s no limitation to the age of kids to climb Withernsea Lighthouse, which is 144 steps to the top, with full views of the East Yorkshire Coast at the top of it. Enjoy the museum on the ground floor and learn what life is like working and living in a lighthouse. The souvenir shop provides attractive gifts for visitors at a fair price.
1.Which one is unsuitable for kids of all ages?
A.William’s Den, North Cave.
B.East Riding Leisure Centres.
C.Sewerby Hall and Gardens.
D.Withernsea Lighthouse.
2.Where can kids enjoy food?
A.In William’s Den, North Cave and Sewerby Hall and Gardens.
B.In East Riding Leisure Centres and Withernsea Lighthouse
C.In William’s Den, North Cave and East RidingLeisure Centres.
D.In Sewerby Hall and Gardens and Withernsea Lighthouse.
3.Where does this passage probably come from?
A.A geography textbook.
B.A science report.
C.A finance magazine.
D.A travel brochure.
B
On March 18, 34-year-old Lance Karlson was walking on the beach and looking for somewhere toswim in Geographe Bay when he saw what he thought was a stingray (黄貂鱼) leap from the water.
Realizing the creature was, in fact, an octopus (章鱼), he started filming it — just in time for the angry octopus to launch itself at him. He immediately felt a sharp pain across his left arm, followed by a second strike across his neck and upper back. His goggles (护目镜) fogged and the water around him turned dark with what he thought might have been octopus ink as he struggled back toward the shore.
"I was confused — it was more of a shock than a fright," said Karlson, "I might have hit on its home." Within a minute, a perfect imprint of an octopus tentacle (触手) appeared on Karlson's neck and back.
A former volunteer lifeguard, Karlson rushed back to his hotelroom to find something acidic to put on the wound. All his family could grab was Coca-Cola, which his wife poured over his back and the pain disappeared.
"The pain went away and more than anything since then, it's been more the physical hit that was painful.... The imprint on my neck is more from the physical hit, and I guess it makes complete sense when you look at the video I took," he said.
Karlson said he'd never seen an octopus that close before and watched Netflix documentary "My Octopus Teacher" after the incident to learn more about the species.
"They are beautiful creatures and I really hope this promotes more interest in octopuses as opposed to fear of them. I think this is a fascinating creature with clearly some very strong emotions just like we do as humans," he added.
4. When did the octopus attack Karlson?
A. When he was swimming in the bay.
B. When he was shooting the octopus.
C. When he was looking for some fish.
D. When he was fighting against the octopus.
5. What plays an essential role in reducing Karlson's pain?
A. The lifeguard's timely help.
B. Karson's wife's quick action.
C. The family members' efforts.
D. Karlson’s knowledge of first aid.
6. What does Karlson learn from his experience?
A. The octopus is dangerous.
B. People should get away from the octopus.
C. People need know more about the octopus.
D. The physical hit from the octopus is painful.
7. Which of the following might be the best title?
A. Pain from Strong Attack
B. First Aid for Octopus' Strike
C. Face to Face with Angry Octopus
D. Under Sea with Dangerous Creature
C
Nina Wygant, 11, sits in front of a long table in a classroom that looks more like a trendy coffee shop than an elementary school classroom. Some of her fifth-grade classmates at Hopewell Memorial Junior High School sit on high-top chairs at counters. Others choose to sit in club chairs or soft bean bags in comfortable. "I like it because it gives us an environment we like or need to settle down and read a book that we would like to concentrate on instead of having desks and being all quiet," said Vivian Garcia, 10. “You can just space out and have your own little area. I find it very amazing that you can pick your own books instead of being told what to read.”
That’s the end goal, said teacher Heather Shadish. Reading has always been a passion for this English language arts and science teacher, a passion she instills（灌输）in her pupils. Back then, in her literature class in graduate school at Chatham University, a professor read aloud the first chapter ofBecause of Winn-Dixieby Kate DiCamillo, a Newbery Medalist. "That was the moment I knew I wanted to some day teach reading. There was a spark there. I just felt these are the kind of books I need to share with kids ---the books that are going to make them feel something and make them fall in love with reading instead of reading being achore.”
But information in children's workbooks is limited, so they open tablets and connect to Epic - a digital library that's free to educators and librarians, but $7.99 a month for parents — giving kids unlimited access to approximately 35,000 books（both print and audio）, quizzes and videos to enhance learning.
“Epic gives students access to information not found in a textbook and presents it in a more interesting way,"
she said.
8. What does Vivian think of the reading experience?
A. She favors club chairs and free discussion.
B. She feels comfortable to be told what to read.
C. She enjoys the environment and reading choice.
D. She finds it easy to pick a book in a crowded area.
9. What does the underlined word “chore" in paragraph 2 mean?
A. Task.
B. Process.
C. Habit.
D. Skill.
10. What can children get from Epic?
A. Free audio books.
B. Tasks on reading levels.
C. Advice from educators.
D. Useful learning resources.
11. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A. A Teacher's New Reading Method
B. Pupils' love of Reading Room
C. Options of Teaching Reading
D. Easy Access to Digital Reading
D
Many of us in China enjoy adding chilies (辣椒) toour food, but did you know that this spicy vegetable could also be dangerous? A 34-year-oldUSman recently ended up in hospital after eating a Carolina Reaper—the spiciest chili in the world. After taking just a single bite of one, the man suffered from serious headaches in the following few days, reported BBC News.
In fact, reports of stomachache and headache caused by eating spicy food are not something unusual. But if chilies are harmful, why is it that human beings are the only animals to eat this vegetable? According to the website Huanqiu, about 600 million Chinese people—almost half of the national population—are chili eaters. So what makes people love chilies so much? The human body reacts to the burning feeling that comes from eating chilies by releasing natural chemicals that “produce a sense of happiness” , noted BBC News.
And the benefits go even further than just personal enjoyment. A survey conducted by the Chinese Academy
of Medical Sciences found that the death rate of those who eat spicy food once or twice a week is 10 percent lower than those who eat it less than once a week. The number decreased to 14 percent for those who eat spicy food six to seven times a week. And another study done by theUniversityofVermontcame to a similar conclusion. “The data encourages people to eat more spicy food to improve health and reduce death risk at an early age,” Liu Qi, a nutritionist at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, told BBC News.
Chilies have anti-cancer quality and the ability to increase our metabolism (新陈代谢). So, don't worry if you love spicy food. It seems that chilies are actually good for us—except for the Carolina Reaper, perhaps.
12. The example of a 34-year-old American is mentioned in Paragraph 1 to prove ________.
A. chiliescan be beneficial
B. chilies are popular inAmerica
C. chilies can be dangerous
D. serious headaches can be dangerous
13. Eating chilies gives people a sense of happiness by_______.
A. decreasing death rate
B. releasing natural chemicals
C. curing serious headaches
D. providing enough nutrition
14. Which of the following statement is TRUE?
A. Human are the only animals to eat chilies.
B. Stomachache and headaches caused by chilies is something unusual.
C. The more chilies you eat, the healthier you are.
D. Chilies have anti-cancer quality but it can't increase our metabolism.
15. The writer wrote the passage to ________.
A. warn people of the dangers of chilies
B. ask people to eat Carolina Reaper
C. encourage people to eat more chilies
D. tell people the benefits of chilies
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
How to Support a Friend Struggling with Their Mental Health?
Maybe you've noticed a friend is opening up to you for the first time about their anxiety. ____16____. Here is what you can do when supporting someone who's struggling with their mental health.
____17____
Instead of making assumptions about what would be helpful to your loved one，ask them directly，“How can I support you?”Remember what you may need when you're struggling maynot be what someone else needs when having a hard time.
Offer to help with everyday tasks
Many people struggling with their mental health may find it difficult to make basic decisions. Instead of using a common phrase“I'm here if you need me”，try to be specific about what you're offering.____18____
Celebrate their wins，including the small ones
When a person is struggling with their mental health，every day can be full of challenges. ____19____. This can help affirm their feelings of agency. This could look like thanking them for being so honest or congratulating them for going to work.
Read up on what they're struggling with
____20____. Take the time to educate yourself on what they're going through. For example，learning more about depression，so you can understand their lived experience and be aware of risky behaviors to look out for.
A. Ask what they need from you
B. Do check in with them regularly
C. So cheer on their accomplishments
D. You can learn about mental illness
E. It's challenging to know what to say or do
F. Not all mental health challenges look the same
G. Visiting them，look round and see what you can do—like wedding
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All my life, I have been overweight and never imagined I will start running. One night, surfing through Facebook, I____21____a picture of an old school friend. Obesity was no____22____to him back in the day. So imagine my____23____when I saw that he had shrunk to half the size I remembered.
I started my process of____24____myself the next day. I started____25____and began with walks, circling the shortest blocks I could find. In a while, my body burned and____26____, and nothing excited me more than the thought of quitting.____27____, I didn't give up and my walks expanded to several blocks’ worth.
On the fifth day, I thought I probably could run. Standing on the road, I____28____far down the road, about a tenth of a mile in length. “Way too far to run,” my aching body told me.____29____, another voice spoke, “I can do this.” My feet_____30_____without a second thought. Right away, familiar_____31_____pulsed through（充满）them, all the way up my legs. Soon, I was breathless, and desperate for_____32_____. I wanted to quit. “I can do this”, the_____33_____spoke again. In the end, I failed to reach my goal. Thirty feet or so_____34_____me from
my goal. But when I looked back, I couldn't believe my eyes. The_____35_____seemed farther than expected._____36_____the thirty feet, I had almost achieved my desire to be better in less than a_____37_____.
The next morning, I was ready to take on the_____38_____again. While I haven't completely_____39_____thoughts of giving up, they're quieter now. Quieter than the voice that_____40_____me forward — “I can do this.”
21. A. searched B. spotted C. figured D. realized
22. A. stranger B. wonder C. need D. good
23. A. sorrow B. excitement C. surprise D. delight
24. A. believing B. denying C. comforting D. bettering
25. A. slow B. fast C. right D. normal
26. A. waked B. moved C. ached D. trembled
27. A. Gradually B. Immediately C. Fortunately D. Abruptly
28. A. measured B. sensed C. walked D. stared
29. A. However B. Therefore C. Besides D. Otherwise
30. A. came out B. took off C. paid off D. fell out
31. A. burning B. breaking C. emotion D. passion
32. A. help B. water C. food D. air
33. A. coach B. voice C. mind D. body
34. A. threw B. interrupted C. connected D. kept
35. A. target B. dream C. distance D. task
36. A. Ignoring B. Considering C. Achieving D. Adding
37. A. month B. day C. week D. second
38. A. game B. challenge C. adventure D. duty
39. A. formed B. escaped C. accepted D. trapped
40. A. informed B. persuaded C. forced D. encouraged
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
Research showed 60% of middle school students in America___41.___(say) they had been bullied (霸凌) in the past few months. Over 160,000 stayed home from school___42.___(avoid) bullying.
It also showed that over 50% of bullying decreased if the school had___43.___anti-bully program running.
Those programs would help the bullies understand how much they hurt the person___44.___is being bullied. It would also be___45.___(help) if teachers kept an eye on students at all times. A bullying case usually occurs on the playground___46.___at the canteen, but only 25% of bullied students said that teachers noticed and stood up for them.
Another way is to talk to the bully. Tell them how much it hurts when they call you names or___47.___(physical) hurt you. You can also tell a trusted adult. Iť's one of the most commonly known___48.___(way) to stop a bully___49.___bullying you. Don't just sit on the sidelines and watch bullying. Stand up for the bullying victim and let___50.___(they) know they won't be alone.
Bullying is never, nor will it ever be an acceptable matter. Together we can stand up to bullying and make it disappear.
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（多第11处起）不计分。

The first time when I saw Suzy Khan, I knew I had to help her. She was real small for her age of 12. The boys in my class often joked about her and laughed their head off. She would open a book, pretended to read, without tears dropping on the open page.
All I knew was what she was the orphan from Africa. She adopted by a family in town who decided that the best way for him to learn American ways of life was to be with American kids. I looked down at this tiny girl and promise myself that somehow I would help her.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假设你是英语课代表，你发现许多同学英语基础较差，打算在明天英语课前的演讲中号召大家阅读英文小说。

请写一篇演讲稿，内容包括：
1.阅读的益处；
2.阅读的方法。

注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________
参考答案
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. B
5. D
6. C
7. C
8. C 9. A 10. D 11. A
12. C 13. B 14. A 15. D
16. E 17. A 18. G 19. C 20. D
21. B 22. A 23. C 24. D 25. A 26. C 27. C 28. D 29. A 30. B 31. A 32.
D 33. B 34. D 35. C 36. A 37. C 38. B 39. B 40. D
41. said
42. to avoid
43. an 44. who/that
45. helpful
46. or 47. physically
48. ways 49. from
50. them
51.(1).去掉when
(2).real→really
(3).head→heads
(4).pretended→pretending
(5).without→with
(6).what→that
(7).the→an
(8).She后添加was
(9).him→her
(10).promise→promised
52.略。