2020-2021学年日喀则地区第一高级中学高三英语下学期期中考试试卷及答案解析

2020-2021学年日喀则地区第一高级中学高三英语下学期期中考试试
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
Vienna Concerts 2021
Every day, one to three dozen Vienna concerts are staged. You can use this checklist to find a fantastic Vienna concert that is worth its money.
Vienna Chamber Orchestra
The Vienna Chamber Orchestra has existed for more than 70 years. The international reputation of the Vienna Chamber Orchestra is documented by worldwide tours. The length is 65 minutes.
Date: 20th June
Location: Minoritenkirehe, Minoritenplatz 1, 1010 Vienna
Tickets: 30 Euros per adult and free admission for children
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
In 2021, famous conductor Gustavo Dudamel will lead the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Expect an amazing show with top quality classical music and fireworks. The concert lasts one and a half hours. You have to arrive at least 20 minutes early to find a place to sit.
Date: 4th and 5th October
Location: Schonbrunn Palace, palace gardens, in front of Naptune fountain, Schonbrunner Schlossstrasse 47, 1130 Vienna.
Tickets: 30 Euros（students, children and senior citizens will receive a 10% discount per ticket）
Mozart Piano Sonatas（奏鸣曲）
On Saturdays and Sundays, the St. Peter’s church opens its basement to a small group of Mozart fans. In simple but elegant surroundings, international pianists perform Mozart piano sonatas on a Steinway piano. The concerts start in the early evening and last 90 minutes.
Date: throughout the year
Location: St. Peter’s basement, Petersplatz 1, 1010 Vienna
Tickets: 29 Euros for adults and 16 Euros for children between 8 and 14（children below 8 can enterfor free.）
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
To point out Vivaldi’s connection to Vienna, the Italian violinist lived in the city for some time, and eventually died there. Closer to where he was buried, the church St. Charles Borromeo regularly stages The Four Seasons, Vivaldi’s main work. The concerts start at 8:15 pm on weekends and last 60 minutes. People can arrive and enter anytime during the performance.
Date: throughout the year
Location: Church St. Charles Borromeo（Karlskirche）, Kreuzherrengase 1, 1040 Vienna
Tickets: 25 Euros for all ages（free cancellation 24 hours before the event）
1.For a couple with their 10-year-old child, which is the cheapest?
A.Mozart Piano Sonatas.
B.Vienna Chamber Orchestra.
C.Vivaldi: The Four Seasons.
D.Vienna PhilharmonicOrchestra.
2.What do the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Mozart Piano Sonatas have in common?
A.They last one and a half hours.
B.They are held in closed surroundings.
C.They offer a discount for students and the aged.
D.They are suitable for people who prefer pop music.
3.What can we know about the concert—The Four Seasons?
A.It forbids people to enter after 8:15 pm.
B.It describes Vivaldi’s stories related to Vienna.
C.It allows you to return your ticket for free a day in advance.
D.It was created by the Church St. Charles Borromeo to memorize Vivaldi.
B
When Jennifer Doudna was in sixth grade, she came home one day to find that her dad had lefta book titled The Double Helix on her bed. She put it aside, thinking it was one of those detective tales she loved.
On a rainy Saturday, she picked up the book. As she sped through the pages, she became fascinated by the drama, which encouraged her to explore nature's wonders. Even though her high school teacher told her that girls didn't become scientists, she decided she would.
She worked with a biologist, Charpentier, to turn a curiosity of nature into an invention—an easy-to-use tool that can edit DNA. Known as Crispr, the tool will transform the human race. James Watson, the author of The Double Helix, later told her it was the most important biological advance: since he and Francis Crick discovered the
structure of DNA.
For this achievement, Doudna and Charpentier were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020. Until now, only five women, beginning with Marie Curie in 1911, had won or shared the Nobel for Chemistry out of 184 award winners. When this year's prize was announced, Dr. Charpentier said it would provide a message specifically to young girls who would like to follow the path of science and to show them that women can also be awarded prizes.
A few decades from now, if it becomes possible and sate to edit DNA, should we allow parents to improve the IQ and physical strength of their kids? Should we let them decide eye color1 ? Skin color1 ? Height? After helping to discover Crispr, Dr. Doudna has become a leader in considering these moral issues. That's the main message we should take from this Nobel: New technologies can be a huge benefit to the human race, but in order to make sure they are used wisely, it's important for people to understand them.
4. Jennifer Doudna decided to become a scientist because,__________
A. her father pushed her
B. a book inspired her
C. her teacher encouraged her
D. James Watson motivated her
5. Dr. Doudna was awarded the Nobel Prize because,__________.
A. she wrote the book “The Double Helix"
B. she discovered the structure of DNA
C. she is a hardworking woman scientist
D. she helped invent a tool for editing DNA
6. According to passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. The two women's success will inspire more girls to be devoted to science.
B. Since 1911, there have been 184 people who won the Nobel for chemistry.
C. If girls follow the path of science, they will surely achieve their goals.
D. Crispr will make a big difference to the human race.
7. Which words can best describe Jennifer Doudna?
A. Determined and responsible.
B. Ambitious and humorous.
C. Cruel and indifferent.
D. Fearless and stubborn.
C
Salad plants have already been grown in old sheltersand tunnels. Urban farming is a regular topic of interest at places like the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, where leaders consider whether the world's food system, blamed for causing both obesity and malnutrition, can be fixed. There are already plenty of urban farming projects around the world, particularly in the US, Japan and the Netherlands, from urban fish and plant farms to vertical
farming.
“It's becoming an expanding industry,” said Richard Ballard, one of the founders of the farm Growing Underground. “There're several other businesses starting up in London in containers, and there are other vertical farms around the country now.”
Growing Underground is not a standard farm. The rows of crops could be in almost any tunnel, but these plants are 100 feet below Clapham High Street and show that urban agriculture is, in some cases at least, nota fad. The underground farm has occupied a part of the Second World War air-raid shelters for nearly five years, and Ballard is planning to expand into the rest of the space later this year.
Growing Underground supplies herb and salad mixes to grocery shops, supermarkets and restaurants. Being in London creates an advantage, Ballard says, as they can harvest and deliver in an hour.
He adds other advantages. Being underground means temperatures never go below 15℃surface greenhouses need to be heated. They can do more harvests: 60 crops a year, compared with about seven in a traditional farm. Electricity to power the lights is a major cost, but the company believes renewable energy will become cheaper.
Similar British companies include the Jones Food Company in Lincolnshire, while in the US AeroFarms has several projects in New Jersey, and Edenworks in Brooklyn.
8. What do we know about urban farming?
A. It leads to a healthier lifestyle.
B. It is rarely discussed at the WEF.
C. Different farming methods are used.
D. Local governments pay efforts to develop it.
9. Which of the following best explains "a fad" underlined in Paragraph 3?
A. A dream that's easy to realize.
B. A field controlled for a long time.
C. An approach to a serious problem.
D. A fashion that’s popular for a short time.
10. What can we learn about the underground farm?
A. It is more productive than a traditional farm.
B. It provides food directly to the customers.
C. Its major products are herbs and salads.
D. It uses less energy than a greenhouse.
11. What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Current food system causes health problems
B. Growing Underground attracts more people
C. Traditional farming will be replaced soon
D. Urban farming isstill thought costly and time-consuming
D
When John was growing up, other kids felt sorry for him. His parents always had him weeding the garden, carrying out the garbage and delivering newspapers. But when John reached adulthood，he wasbetter off than his childhood playmates. He had more job satisfaction, a better marriage and was healthier. Most of all, he was happier. Far happier.
These are the findings of a 40-year study that followed the lives of 456 teenage boys fromBoston. The study showed that those who had worked as boys enjoyed happier and more productive lives than those who had not. “Boys who worked in the home or community gained competence（能力）and came to feel they were worthwhile members of society, ” said George Vaillant, the psychologist（心理学家）who made the discovery. “And because they felt good about themselves, others felt good about them.”
Vaillant’s study followed these males in great detail. Interviews were repeated at ages 25, 31and 47. Under Vaillant, the researchers compared the men’s mental-health scores with their boyhood-activity scores. Points were awarded for part-time jobs, housework, effort in school, and ability to deal with problems.
The link between what the men had done as boys and how they turned out as adults was surprisingly sharp. Those who had done the most boyhood activities were twice as likely to have warm relations with a wide variety of people, five times as likely to be well paid and 16 times less likely to have been unemployed. The researchers also found that IQ and family social and economic class made no real difference in how the boys turned out.
Working—at any age—is important. Childhood activities help a child develop responsibility, independence, confidence and competence—the underpinnings（基础）of emotional health. They also help him understand that people must cooperate and work toward common goals. The most competent adults are those who know how to do this. Yet work isn't everything. As Tolstoy once said, “One can live magnificently in this world if one knows how to work and how to love, to work for the person one loves and to love one's work.”
12. What do we know about John？
A. He received little love from his family.
B. He had few childhood playmates.
C. He enjoyed his career and marriage.
D. He was envied by others in his childhood.
13. Vaillant’s words in Paragraph 2 serve as _______.
A. a description of personal values and social values
B. an analysis of how work was related to competence
C. an example for parents' expectations of their children
D. an explanation why some boys grew into happy men
14. Vaillant's team got their findings by _______.
A. recording the boys' effort in school
B. comparing different sets of scores
C. evaluating the men's mental health
D. measuring the men's problem solving ability
15. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A. Competent adults know more about love than work.
B. Emotional health is essential to a wonderful adult life.
C. Love brings more joy to people than work does.
D.Independenceis the key to one's success.
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 Do Languages Die?
How many languages do you think there are in the entire world? Altogether, people around the world speak about 6,000 languages. Does that surprise you?___16___Today, about half the world’s spoken languages are endangered. Experts say that another language becomes extinct (灭绝) every two weeks.
How do languages die? They die when people stop using them. But most people don’t just stop speakingtheir native language. It’s more complex than that. More often, they’re either pressured or forced to do so.___17___They’re often pressured to speak the area’s main language instead of their own. This leads many immigrants to stop using their native language. They might not even teach it to their children.
Slowly, the native language dies out.
Sometimes, languages shift or develop instead of becoming extinct. Have you ever heard that Latin is a dead language? In a way, it is. No one today speaks Latin as their native language.___18___People still use Latin in many ways. Scientists use it to name plants and animals.
___19___That means the death of a language hurts people’s ability to take part in cultural traditions. They might lose access to stories and knowledge that were passed down for many years. This is one reason why many people today are working to save dying languages.
How can languages be saved? Some young people learn the language of their ancestors as adults.
Linguists travel the world to record the last native speakers of dying languages___20___They do so in hopes
that future generations will bring the languages back to life. Many educational programs today also work to help preserve native languages and cultures.
A. There used to be many more!
B. You may have used it in school.
C. Language is extremely closely tied to culture.
D. But that doesn’t mean it disappeared completely.
E. One example is when people move to a different country.
F. Some native speakers write dictionaries in their language.
G. There are plenty of things to do to help protect languages.
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′ve been farming sheep on a hillside for 54 years. I use a small tractor to get about. My dog Don always sits beside me in the passenger seat.
One morningI___21___a lost lamb when I was in the top field, near where a motorway cuts through my land. The lamb had become separated from its___22___, so I jumped out of the tractor to___23___it while Don stayed in his seat.
Lamb and mother___24___, I turned back to the tractor only to see it move suddenly away from me. This was so___25___because I had put the handbrake on when I jumped out.___26___Don had somehow made the___27___move
My heart froze in my chest as I___28___the tractor heading towards the___29___.I ran desperately but failed to____30____. It crashed through a wooden fence and disappeared. The____31____thing I saw was Don′ s face, looking calmly back at me. Heart in mouth, I____32____the fence and looked over. The tractor was____33____against the crashbarrier in the central reservation (中央分道带), having crossed the____34____road with fast-flowing traffic by a miracle. I couldn′t see Don, but as I____35____the tractor he jumped out onto the road, apparently____36____, and dashed back to me.
The police____37____and the motorway ran normally again. I couldn′t quite believe my____38____. It turned out no one got badly hurt, but the outcome could have been____39____. Don was given a special____40____that night — I didn′t want him to think I was angry with him.
21. A. dropped B. carried C. spotted D. returned
22. A. kids B. friends C. owner D. mother
23. A. ask about B. tend to C. play with D. run into
24. A. freed B. switched C. reunited D. examined
25. A. unexpected B. dangerous C. embarrassing D. difficult
26. A. Fortunately B. Obviously C. Immediately D. Generally
27. A. lamb B. fence C. seat D. vehicle
28. A. saw B. stopped C. remembered D. drove
29. A. crowd B. motorway C. field D. hill
30. A. take off B. catch up C. hold back D. get out
31. A. real B. best C. basic D. last
32. A. reached B. noticed C. fixed D. closed
33. A. parking B. running C. resting D. turning
34. A. steep B. long C. rough D. busy
35. A. abandoned B. approached C. recognized D. repaired
36. A. unclean B. uncertain C. unhurt D. unhappy
37. A. arrived B. replied C. survived D. waited
38. A. ability B. dream C. luck D. idea
39. A. awful B. guilty C. desirable D. common
40. A. lesson B. test C. job D. meal
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
If you have learned some maths at school, you can quite quickly work out that one eleventh is about nine percent. However, do you know that nine percent is also the number of children_____41._____are not at school? That's right—one in eleven children is not_____42._____(study) and probably even cannot do the simple maths you just did very_____43._____(easy). They drop out of school because their_____44._____(family) are too poor and they have to work like adults. In 2013, millions of children and teenagers_____45._____(be) out of school. Most live in poor countries,_____46._____there are also some boys and girls unable to go to school in rich countries. If you are lucky enough_____47._____(go) to a senior high school, you should be grateful_____48._____the opportunity. So the next time you feel like you do not want to do_____49._____(bore), difficult homework or go to class, think about the unlucky children. They don't have the chance to get a school_____50._____(educate). Make the most of what you have learned and make the world a better place.
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(Λ)，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。

Last week, all of us were told prepare for an exhibition of our understanding of traditional Chinese culture. After knowing that, we had a heat discussion at the class meeting. Very soon, ideas like Peking Opera, Han Clothing, and Chinese Kung fu come to our minds. With the ideas gathering, we started to take the action. Some searched on the Internet for more details, when others set about draw pictures on the blackboard. Thanks to my hard work, our design finally won the head teacher’s approval. We were not only proud about our teamwork but also deep impressed by the great traditional Chinese culture.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，你和朋友决定本周日去城市郊区钓鱼。

请你写封邮件邀请你的英国朋友Tom参加，内容包括：
1.发出邀请及理由；
2.准备及约定见面时间、地点等。

注意：1.词数100左右；
2.信的开头和结尾已为你写好。

Dear Tom,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. B
2. A
3. C
4. B
5. D
6. C
7. A
8. C 9. D 10. A 11. B
12. C 13. D 14. B 15. B
16. A 17. E 18. D 19. C 20. F
21. C 22. D 23. B 24. C 25. A 26. B 27. D 28. A 29. B 30. B 31. D 32.
A 33. C 34. D 35.
B 36.
C 37. A 38. C 39. A 40. D
41. who##that
42. studying
43. easily 44. families
45. were 46. but##yet##while##whereas
47. to go 48. for
49. boring 50. education
51.(1). prepare前加to
(2). heat→heated
(3). come→came
(4). gathering→gathered
(5). 删去take the action中间的the
(6). when→while
(7). draw→drawing
(8). my→our
(9). about→of
(10). deep→deeply
52.略。