2020届东莞市南开实验学校高三英语上学期期中试卷及答案解析

2020届东莞市南开实验学校高三英语上学期期中试卷及答案解析
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
A medical capsule robot is a small,often pill-sized device that can do planned movement inside the body after being swallowed or surgically inserted. Most models use wireless electronics or magnets or a combination of the two to control the movement of the capsule. Such devices have been equipped with cameras to allow observation and diagnosis, with sensors that “feel,” and even with mechanical needles that administer drugs.
But in practice, Biomechatronics engineer Pietro Valdastri has found that developing capsule models from scratch (从头开始) is costly, time-consuming and requires advanced skills. “The problem was we had to do them from scratch every time,” said Valdastri in an interview. “And other research groups were redeveloping those same modules from scratch, which didn’t make sense.”
Since most of the capsules have the same parts of components: a microprocessor, communication submodules, an energy source, sensors, and actuators (致动器), Valdastri and his team made the modular platform in which the pieceswork in concertand can be interchanged with ease. They also developed a flexible board on which the component parts are snapped in like Legos. The board can be folded to fit the body of the capsule, down to about 14 mm. Additionally, they compiled (编译) a library of components that designers could choose from, enabling hundreds of different combinations. They arranged it all in a free online system. Designers can take the available designs or adapt them to their specific needs.
“Instead of redeveloping all the modules from scratch, people with limited technological experience can use our modules to build their own capsule robots in clinical use and focus on their innovation,” Valdastri said.
Now, the team has designed a capsule equipped with a surgical clip to stop internal bleeding. Researchers at Scotland’s Royal Infirmary of Edinburg have also expressed interest in using the system to make a crawling capsule that takes images of the colon(结肠). One research group, led by professors at the Institute of Digestive Disease of the Chinese University of HongKong, is making a swimming capsule equipped with a camera that pushes itself through the stomach.
One limitation of Valdastri’s system is that it’s only for designing models. Researchers can confirm their hypotheses (假设) and do first design using the platform, but will need to move to a custom approach to develop their capsules further and make them practical for clinical use.
1. According to the passage, Valdastri and his team created the platform to ________.
A. adopt the latest technologies
B. make their robots dream come true
C. help build specialized capsule robots
D. do preciser observation and diagnosis
2. What does the underlined phrase “work in concert” mean in Para.3?
A. Perform live.
B. Run independently.
C. Act in a cooperative way.
D. Carry on step by step.
3. What can be learnt from the passage?
A. Valdastri’s system can’t provide a complete capsule creation.
B. The modular platform is more useful than a custom approach.
C. The capsules can move in human’s body automatically.
D. It costs more to module the capsules on the board.
B
To show empathy is to identify with another’s feelings. It is to emotionally put yourself in the place of another. The ability to empathize is directly dependent on your ability to feel your own feelings and identify them.
If you have never felt a certain feeling, it will be hard for you to understand how another person is feeling. If you have never put your hand in a flame, you will not know the pain of fire. If you have not experienced jealousy, you will not understand its power.Readingabout a feeling and intellectually knowing about it is very different than actually experiencing it for yourself.
Among those with an equal level of emotional intelligence, the person who has actually experienced the widest range and variety of feelings — the great depths of depression and the heights of fulfillment, for example, — is the one who is most able to empathize. On the other hand, when we say that someone “can’t relate” to other people, it is likely because they haven’t experienced, acknowledged or accepted many feelings of their own.
Once you have felt discriminated against, for example, it is much easier to relate with someone else who has been discriminated against. Our innate emotional intelligence gives us the ability to quickly recall those instances and form associations when we encounter discrimination again. We then can use the “reliving” of those emotions to guide our thinking and actions. This is one of the ways nature slowly evolves towards a higher level of survival.
For this process to work, the first step is that we must be able to experience our own emotions. This means we must be open to them and not distract ourselves from them or try to numb ourselves from our feelings
through drugs, alcohol, etc.
Next, we need to become aware of what we are actually feeling — to acknowledge, identify, and accept our feelings. Only then can we empathize with others. That is one reason why it is important to work on your own emotional awareness and sensitivity — in other words, to be “in touch with” your feelings.
4. How does the author explain the feelings of empathy?
A. By giving examples.
B. By having classification.
C. By making comparison.
D. By providing data.
5. Which statement may the author agree with?
A. Low level of empathy leads to fewer varieties of feelings.
B. The deeper one’s feelings are, the more empathetic one is.
C. Empathy is a way we recently picked up for better survival.
D. Rich experiences may not go with a high level of empathy.
6. What’s the purpose of the last two paragraphs of the text?
A. To advise a sincere attitude to one’s experiences.
B To suggest a right understanding of empathy.
C. To require a realbond with one’s emotions.
D. To call for true acceptance of one’s feelings.
7. What is the best title for the text?
A. How Empathy Unfolds
B. Be Open to Your Emotions
C. Why Is Empathy Important
D. Accept Your True Self
C
Thereare two days that set you on your path in life: the day you’re born, and the day you realize why you were born.
Growing up south of Chicago in Harvey, Illinois, most people just had their heads down trying to make it from point A to point B. I was the same way, just going with the flow. I played basketball in high school because I was good at it and because other people thought I should until I discovered my talent.
I give up basketball and started doing speeches. It wasn’t a popular decision but my grandfather told me to do what made me happy. I fell in love with comedy and performing. And when I discovered the passion, I realized why I was born.
I knew I had something to offer —I knew that not only am I powerful, but I can make a difference.
I realized a long time ago that my dream is not to be famous or rich. My talent is to entertain. But it’s more than that. I have the chance to reach people, to brighten days, to bring laughter and positive energy into lives and inspire. And I am grateful forit.
Acting putting myself out there and having doors closed on me time and time again has taught me a lot about myself. I have learned to trust what I have to offer the world over momentary doubt. I’ve learned to put my faith over my feelings. And I've grown a tough skin. More importantly, I have learned there is a long way towards our goals and that when we put our talents and passion to work, we determine our value.
Like a lot of places across the country, there’s poverty, crime, violence and unemployment in Harvey. And growing up there, a lot of people have tragically low expectations for life. But I know that with the right opportunity and with help along the way, everyone can find their passion and go after it. My life is proof.
8. What was the author born to do according to the text?
A. Be a basketball player.
B. Act and perform.
C. Make speeches.
D. Teach people.
9. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 5 refer to?
A. Chance.
B. Energy.
C. Days.
D. Laughter.
10. What is the author’s purpose of writing this text?
A. To help others find their talents.
B. To prove his decision was right.
C. To inspire people to follow their dreams.
D. To encourage people to set a goal.
11. What can be the best tile for the text?
A. Success Lies in Hard Work.
B. How to Achieve the Dream Is Important.
C. The Two Important Days in Life.
D. The Day I Realized What I Was Born to Do.
D
If you ever get the impression that your dog can "tell" whether you look delighted or annoyed, you may be onto something. Dogs may indeed be able to distinguish between happy and angry human faces, according to a new study
Researchers trained a group of 11 dogs to distinguish between images(图像)of the same person making either a happy or an angry face. During the training stage, each dog was shown only the upper half or the lower half of the person's face. The researchers then tested the dogs' ability to distinguish between human facial expressions by showing them the other half of the person's face on images totally different from the ones used in training. The researchers found that the dogs were able to pick the angry or happy face by touching a picture of it
with their noses more often than one would expect by random chance.
The study showed the animals had figured out how to apply what they learned about human faces during training to new faces in the testing stage. "We can rule out that the dogs simply distinguish between the pictures based on a simple cue, such as the sight of teeth," said study author Corsin Muller. "Instead, our results suggest that the successful dogs realized that a smiling mouth means the same thing as smiling eyes, and the same rule applies to an angry mouth having the same meaning as angry eyes."
"With our study, we think we can now confidently conclude that at least some dogs can distinguish human facial expressions," Muller toldLive Science.
At this point, it is not clear why dogs seem to be equipped with the ability to recognize different facial expressions in humans. "To us, the most likely explanation appears to be that the basis lies in their living with humans, which gives them a lot of exposure to human facial expressions and this exposure has provided them with many chances to learn to distinguish between them." Muller said.
12. The new study focused on whether dogs can_________.
A. distinguish shapes
B. make sense of human faces
C. feel happy or angry
D. communicate with each other
13. What can we learn about the study from paragraph 2?
A. Researchers tested the dogs in random order.
B. Diverse methods were adopted during training.
C. Pictures used in the two stages were different
D. The dogs were photographed before the lest.
14. What is the last paragraph mainly about?
A. A suggestion for future studies.
B. A possible reason for the study findings.
C. A major limitation of the study
D. An explanation of the research method.
15. In which section is the text most likely to be found in a newspaper ?
A. Entertainment
B. Economy
C. Science
D. Nature
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
Five steps to better handwriting
Some kids love handwriting, but others hate when it’s time to put their pen to paper. Maybe they are worried about their handwriting. Are you one of them?____16____Here are five steps that really work!
Get a great grasp
Try this — hold your pencil at the top and try to write your name. Pretty hard? But when you hold your pencil the correct way, writing is much easier.____17____Hold it in place with your thumb, and your index (食指) and middle fingers.
Let the lines be your guide
Lined paper is your friend! Those lines can help you create letters that are the right size and proportion (均衡).____18____Also be sure to fill up the lined space completely. Those capital letters shouldbe from the bottom line to the top one.
Slow down
If your writing is hard to read, try slowing down a little. If you rush, it’s hard to control where you stop and start your letters.
Lower the pressure
____19____That makes it harder to make the smooth lines. Try easing up and don’t hold the pencil too tightly.
____20____
Lots of games require you to write or draw pictures. So even though it’s not schoolwork, you’re still using the skills you need to control your pen better.
A. Play games
B. Ask for more advice
C. So “a” should be half the height of a capital “A”.
D. You’ve been writing since you were a little kid.
E. Some kids press down really hard when they write.
F. The good news is that just about everyone can improve their handwriting.
G. The best way to hold a pen or pencil is to let it rest next to the base of your thumb.
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Once there was a farmer with a wife and two sons. He became quite____21____through hardworking. He
wanted his children to have a(n)____22____life, so he and his wife did all the work and____23____made them do anything.
After some time, his wife died and____24____he didn’t want his children to____25____, so he did the field labor and all the housework. But as time went on, he became old and____26____, and started to worry about his____27____when he died.
So he thought about this for a long time and he____28____his sons and said, “Look, my inheritance (遗产) to you is a lot of gold. I’ve____29____all my gold in the fields, so it’s up to you to plough (耕作) them and____30____the gold.”
And he called his neighbors and said, “I’m going to____31____and my children don’t know how to____32____themselves. So please cook for them until they can take care of themselves.”
So the neighbors provided them with____33____for some time.
Certainly the brothers didn’t want to be robbed of the____34____so they did the digging themselves. They____35____one field after another and after they had dug all the fields, they found no gold.
So the brothers sat down and one____36____the other, “Do you think our father____37____us?”
But the other brother said, “No, I think our father was saying that the____38____is a golden profession. And if we dig up all the____39____we can become rich.”
So like all the other____40____, they sowed wheat in the fields they had dug and became very rich in the end.
21. A. rich B. strong C. clever D. busy
22. A. hard B. easy C. different D. ordinary
23. A. always B. often C. never D. sometimes
24. A. also B. thus C. ever D. still
25. A. work B. move C. study D. play
26. A. healthy B. sick C. foolish D. wise
27. A. brothers B. friends C. children D. s
28. A. showed B. taught C. visited D. called
29. A. lost B. hidden C. planted D. put
30. A. harvest B. find C. buy D. use
31. A. leave B. travel C. die D. disappear
32. A. look at B. look out C. look after D. look for
33. A. relief B. money C. water D. food
34. A. gold B. silver C. oil D. coal
35. A. dug B. piled C. operated D. searched
36. A. advised B. asked C. followed D. doubted
37. A. loved B. cared C. understood D. cheated
38. A. gardening B. fishing C. building D. farming
39. A. roots B. stones C. fields D. pipes
40. A. farmers B. workers C. fishers D. builders
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
Some love to cycle for the speed, some for the___41.___（fit）, some for the environmental protection and___42.___for the freedom of the open road. To maintain social distance to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the two-wheel business, already gaining popularity in recent years,___43.___（witness）a boom around the world. US adult leisure bike sales jumped 121 percent in March___44.___a yearly basis and many other countries like the UK, Canada and Germany added new, wider bike lanes（车道）for people to cycle. For many people, cycling has also become___45.___symbol of freedom in the pandemic. During lockdown, people___46.___were unable to go to their gyms look for other ways to keep kids active. The trend also brings other advantages. The environmental___47.___（benefit）are obvious.___48.___（cycle）cuts your fuel completely and provides a cleaner form of transportation___49.___cars, buses or other forms of public transportation. Increased biking can boost local economy too.____50.____（Compare）with drivers, cyclists tend to spend more money in stores, bars and restaurants, for they are lingering（流连）longer and stopping in more stores.
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；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

It was Mid-autumn Day on last Thursday and it happened to be Chinese National Day. My parents had
prepared the gifts for my grandparents three days ago. In the morningmy parents and I got up early and set out to see his grandparents in the countryside. Our arrival made them extremely delight. At noon, we had a big dinner cooking by my mother and grandma. In the evening, with the moon up the sky, we sit in the yard, admiring the moon and enjoy the moon cakes. I really enjoy the company of my parents and grandparents, which fills my family with love and happy. I am also proud that our motherland is growing increasingly strong and powerfully. Festivals let us enjoy the life, be proud of our customs and forget the work for while.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

I had moved to Arizona about two weeks before the start of my junior year of high school, so not only was this a new school for me, but also a new state and I did not know anyone.
On the first day of school at lunch after getting my meal, I sat down at a table in the courtyard. As I began to eat, I looked around at the other tables and saw another girl sitting alone, so I decided to go and sit with her. Anyway, there was no reason for me to have a whole table to myself, and who knew maybe I could make a friend. I walked to check and said, “Excuse me, do you mind if I sit with you?” She was surprised at first, but then smiled and said, “No, I don't!”
We hit it off immediately and became close friends throughout the next two years. Towards the end of our senior year, she told me that she had been accepted to an out - of - state college and would be moving away after graduation. I was sad that I would miss her but at the same time was really happy for her.
She then shared with me something very moving. “Do you remember the first day of school when you came over and sat down with me during lunch?” she asked. “Of course! Why do you ask?” I replied.
She continued, “I want to let you know how special you are and that you make a difference. I was severely depressed that day, because something unhappy had happened to me that morning. I had been being sad since the morning and nobody realized my sadness. It had just broken me down. If you hadn't appeared, I would be probably in deep sadness for a long time after I got home from school.”
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Then, she told me something more I hadn't known before.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________
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Both of us gained a lot from the incident.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____
参考答案
1. C
2. D
3. A
4. A
5. D
6. C
7. A
8. B 9. A 10. C 11. D
12. B 13. C 14. B 15. C
16. F 17. G 18. C 19. E 20. A
21. A 22. B 23. C 24. D 25. A 26. B 27. C 28. D 29. B 30. B 31. C 32.
C 33.
D 34. A 35. A 36. B 37. D 38. D 39. C 40. A
41. fitness
42. others 43. has witnessed
44. on 45. a
46. who 47. benefits
48. cycling
49. than 50. Compared
51.(1).去掉on
(2).ago→before
(3).his→my
(4).delight→delighted
(5).cooking→cooked
(6).sit→sat
(7).enjoy→enjoying
(8).happy→happiness
(9).powerfully→powerful
(10).while前加a
52.略。