2019-2020学年邵阳市邵阳二中高三英语下学期期末试题及参考答案

2019-2020学年邵阳市邵阳二中高三英语下学期期末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
4 Best Drive--In Movie Theaters in the US
Colorado: Holiday Twin Drive--In
Address: 2206 S Overland Trail, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA
Phone: +1 970-221-1244
The theater, open since 1968 and currently the most popular drive-in in the US, provides various special foods. The menu there even amazes meat-free customers. But please remember the outside food is forbidden here. Besides, the Rocky Mountains provide a pastoral (田园式的) backdrop to screenings, and sunsets usually don’t disappoint either. It also offers lots of unique events that go beyond the big screen.
North Carolina: Hound’s Drive--In
Address: 114 Raven Cir, Kings Mountain, NC 28086, USA
Phone: +1 704-739-4424
Having only opened in 2016, it’s one of the newest theaters on the block. The drive-in features newer equipment and digital projection. People can bring their animal friends along.
Florida: Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop
Address: 3291 W Sunrise Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311, USA
Phone: +1 954-791-7927
The Florida favorite offers plenty ofways to have fun. With 14 screens, the self-proclaimed (自称的) world’s largest drive-in equals any indoor cinema in terms of capacity and programming. It also includes an 88-acre flea (跳蚤) market and a free Ferrari museum. It’s best to book tickets on the Internet ahead of time if you don’t want to wait in line.
California: Mission Tiki Drive -In
Address: 10798 Ramona Ave, Montclair, CA 91763, USA
Phone: +1 909-628-0511
Let’s have fun in the old-school outdoor cinema in Montclair, California. Remember tickets are available at the ticket office only. It alternates (交替) up to eight new releases on four screens and hosts almost daily swap
meets where people can exchange things they no longer need. It also organizes classic car and lowrider meet-ups.
1.What can people do in Holiday Twin Drive-In?
A.Participate in somespecial activities.
B.Enjoy the film with the latest equipment.
C.Learn about the benefits of being meat free.
D.Share home-made cookies while watching the film.
2.Which of the following theaters is friendly to visitors with pets?
A.Hound’s Drive- In.
B.Mission Tiki Drive-In.
C.Holiday Twin Drive-In.
D.Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop.
3.What do Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop and Mission Tiki Drive-In have in common?
A.Both feature old-fashioned styles.
B.Both allow booking tickets online.
C.Both provide free museum exhibitions.
D.Both offer chances to trade second-hand goods.
B
Every day, millions of shoppers hit the stores in full force, searching wildly for the perfect gift.Aside from purchasing holiday gifts, most people regularly buy presents for other occasions throughout the year, including weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, and graduations. This frequent experience of gift-giving cancause uncertain feelings in gift-givers. Many enjoy the opportunity to buy presents because gift-giving offers a powerful means to build stronger bonds, while many worry that their purchases will disappoint rather than delight the intended recipients (接受者).
Anthropologists describe gift-giving as a positive social process, serving various political, religious, and psychological functions. Economists, however, offer a less favorable view. According to Waldfogel, gift-giving represents an objective wasteof resources. People buy gifts that recipients would not choose to buy on their own, or at least not spend as much money to purchase (a phenomenon referred to as‘‘the deadweight loss of Christmas”).
What is surprising is that gift-givers have much experience acting as both gift-givers and gift-recipients, but nevertheless tend to overspend each time they set out to purchase a meaningful gift. In the present research, we propose a unique psychological explanation for this overspending problem — gift-givers link how much they spend with how much recipients will appreciate the gift. Though it seems natural to gift-givers, such an assumption may
be unfounded. Indeed, we propose that gift-recipients will be less likely to base their feelings of appreciation on the value of a gift than givers assume.
Why do gift-givers assume that gift price is closely linked to gift-recipients’ feelings of appreciation? Perhaps givers believe that more expensive gifts communicate a stronger sense ofthoughtfulness and consideration. According to Camerer and others, gift-giving represents a symbolic ritual (习俗), by which gift-givers attempt to signal their positive attitudes towards the recipient and their willingness to invest resources in a futurerelationship. In this sense, gift-givers may be motivated to spend more money on a gift in order to send a “stronger signal”. As for gift-recipients, they may not interpret smaller and larger gifts as representing smaller and larger signals of thoughtfulness and consideration.
The idea of gift-givers and gift-recipients being unable to account for the other party’s viewpoint seems confusing because people slip in and out of these roles every day. Yet, despite the experience as both givers and receivers, people often struggle to apply information gained from one role in another. In theoretical terms, people fail to use information about their own preferences and experiences to produce more efficient outcomes in their exchange relations. In practical terms, people spend hundreds of dollars each year on gifts, but somehow never learn to estimate their gift expense according to personal insight.
4. The author uses “the deadweight loss of Christmas” in Paragraph 2 to express ________.
A. gift-givers don’t spend much money during holidays
B. gift-givers don’t ask recipients what gifts they prefer
C. gift-givers buy improper and expensive gifts
D. gift-givers have difficulty in choosing gifts
5. According to the passage, people buy gifts to ________.
A. receive gifts in return
B. enjoy the feeling of shopping
C. help recipients to save money
D. better relationships with recipients
6. What can we learn from the passage?
A. People’s high living standards require expensive gifts.
B. Gift-givers buy gifts based on their experiences as recipients.
C. Anthropologists think gift-giving meets different human needs.
D. Recipients judge the depth of friendship according to the gift price.
7. Why did the author write this article?
A. To criticize people’s gift-buying habits.
B. To analyze people’s gift-giving behaviors.
C. To offer advice on how to improve relationships.
D. To remind people not to overlook others’ preferences.
C
Born in 1954, Oprah Winfrey is best known for her multi-award-winning talk show as the most influential woman in the world. It's no surprise that her recognition can bring overnight sales fortune that defeats most, if not all, marketing campaigns. The star features about 20 products each year on her "Favorite Things" show. There's even a term for it: the Oprah Effect.
Her television career began unexpectedly. When she was 16 years old, she had the idea of being a journalist to tell other people's stories in a way that made a difference in their lives and the world. She was on television by the time she was 19 years old. And in 1986 she started her own television show with a continuous determination to succeed at first.
TIME magazine wrote, "People would have doubted Oprah Winfrey's swift rise to host of the most popular talk show on TV. In a field dominated by white males, she is a black female of big size. As interviewers go, she is no match for Phil Donahue. What she lacks in journalistic toughness, she makes up for in plainspoken curiosity, rich humor and, above all understanding. Guests with sad stories to tell tend to bring out a tear in Oprah's eye. They, in turn, often find themselves exposing things they would not imagine telling anyone, much less a national TV audience."
"I was nervous about the competition and then I became my own competition raising the bar every year, pushing, pushing, pushing myself as hard as I knew. It doesn't matter how far you might rise. At some point you are likely to fall if you' re constantly doing what we do, raising the bar. If you' re constantly pushing yourself higher, higher the law of averages, you will at some point fall. And when you do, I want you to know this, remember this: there is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction" as Oprah addressed graduates at Harvard on May 30.
8. What does the Oprah Effect refer to in the first paragraph?
A. the influence on talk show hosts
B. the power of Oprah's opinions.
C. the effect on a business.
D. the audience of Oprah's talk show.
9. What can be inferred about Oprah's television career?
A. She must have been challenged a lot
B. She gained fame as planned.
C. It lives up to her parents' expectation.
D. She once gave up on her choice.
10. What message did Oprah give to Harvard graduates?
A. Success comes after failure.
B. Pushing physical limits makes no sense
C. Aiming higher hurts
D. Failure is part of life.
11. Which of the following best describes Oprah Winfrey?
A. Friendly.
B. Humorous
C. Determined.
D. Patient
D
A dog spentthe lastfour years of his life waitingat a crossroad in the Thai city ofKhon Kaenas if waiting for someone. People originally thought the dog had been abandoned, but then realized that he looked healthy, so people asked around about him. It turned out that the dog had indeed been spending most of his time around that crossroad, but a woman had been coming round regularly to bring him food and water.
One day, while photographing the dog everyone called Leo, a reporter met the woman who had been taking care of him. She had come to drop off some food. After learning the story about the dog and the woman, the reporter decided to share the story on social media. The post soonwent viraland the photos of Leo got shared hundreds of times. And the photos reached the eyes of Leo’s former old owner.
Nang Noi Sittisarn, a 64-year-old woman fromThailand’sRoiEtProvince, almost had a heart attack when her daughter showed her a photo of the beloved dog named BonBon she had lost during a car trip. When she learned that he had been waiting for her in the same spot for the last four years，her heart melted(融化).
Auntie Noi told her daughter to drive her to where the dog was waiting. When she got there and called his name. BonBon，the poor dog started wiggling(扭动)his tailand came to her，but when she tried to take him home with her, he was unwilling to follow. She didn’ t want to force the dog to come with her so she agreed to leave him with his new master. However, she and her daughter will come to visit him regularly.
12.Why did the dog look healthy after separation from his former owner?
A. He walked around the crossroad constantly.
B. He was kept at a woman’s home all the time.
C. A local reporter brought him food and water.
D. A woman looked after him on a regular basis.
13. What does the underlined phrase “went viral” in paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. Changed surprisingly.
B. Spread quickly.
C. Appeared gradually.
D. Fell directly.
14. How did Nang Noi Sittisam feel about the dog's waiting for her?
A. Shocked.
B. Regretful.
C. Touched.
D. Proud.
15. What can we mainly learn from the story about the dog?
A. Unbelievable success is worth waiting for.
B. We should adjust ourselves to environments.
C. We need to learn to be faithful and thankful.
D. No one knows the result until the last minute
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
Tips for Keeping Awake in Class
If youwant to keep awake during class, sleep the night before your class. Students who doze(打瞌睡)in class often missed sleep the night before. Getting enough sleep is your first line of defense when it comes to staying awake in class.____16____For most people, eight hours of sleep is enough to get through the day, but your body may require more.
____17____This will train your body to know when it needs to be asleep and when it is time to wake up. Allow yourself time to relax before heading to bed by putting away your phone, homework, and other things that keep your mind active. Getting enough high-quality sleep can help you.
Another way is to take a shower before class.___18___The warm water from your shower raises your body temperature. This also increases your heart rate so your blood travels around your body faster. Finally, it helps deliver oxygen to your important organs so your body can work at the best level of efficiency.
____19____When your body is exposed to cold water, your blood will flow at a higher pressure, meaning that your circulation(循环)is even further increased. The cold water will also help wake you up because it will shock your body, forcing you to breathe more deeply._____20_____And thus you will be more mentally sharp.
A. Having a warm meal also works.
B. This will increase your oxygen intake.
C. Perform a series of movements before sleep.
D. This helps you feel refreshed and awakens your senses.
E. For some extra energy, finish your shower with cold water.
F. Make sure to get some shut-eye if you have a class the next day.
G. Keep a regular sleep schedule by going to bed at the same time each night.
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
Surviving Mount Rainier
Bad luck and poor timing left Krasnitskiy and three climbers stuck on Mount Rainier for several long days. They faced mountain climbing’s_____21_____tests. One man suffered_____22_____sickness; ice and rockfall_____23_____down at night; cold nights in a_____24_____that got torn left them hypothermic(体温过低的). Calm confidence, skill and the courage to continue up the_____25_____route, despite illness and injury, likely saved their lives.
The climbers_____26_____on a Friday, camping low on the route the first night because they were_____27_____about rockfall after a climber had recently died in an accident at the route’s typical_____28_____camp.
On Saturday, at about 10,500 feet, one of the climbers became sick from the altitude, which began to slow them down.
By Sunday evening, the ill climber was_____29_____, and they had to make an unplanned camp on steep snow. A______30______wind, unexpected and strong, began to break their tent. It was a cold night.
On Monday, they called 911. For several______31______, they watched as high winds______32______rangers’(护林员) attempts at a helicopter rescue. Their food was______33______and they shared a single bottle of snowmelt(融雪水) each day.
Then the icefall______34______their tent platform and squeezed them together. It was impossible to climb down. On Wednesday, they decided to______35______their climb---______36______, carefully, resting when they were weak.
Krasnitskiy thought of all the people who loved him, and it really______37______him they must be worried. As he climbed, he just kept yelling out to his______38______, “We have to get there.”
However, on Thursday morning, their spirits began to______39______. They started to______40______they could continue. But then the helicopter arrived. They were rescued.
21. A. best B. toughest C. simplest D. fairest
22. A. altitude B. car C. radiation D. sleeping
23. A. slowed B. settled C. rained D. burned
24. A. cave B. hut C. village D. tent
25. A. challenging B. long C. beautiful D. southern
26. A. fell down B. gave up C. set out D. got back
27. A. concerned B. crazy C. guilty D. unhappy
28. A. winter B. training C. temporary D. high
29. A. bored B. exhausted C. recovered D. refreshed
30. A. bored B. warm C. favourable D. stiff
31. A. weeks B. minutes C. days D. hours
32. A. rushed B. prevented C. assisted D. protected
33. A. running out B. breaking down C. put away D. left over
34. A. missed B. exposed C. widened D. buried
35. A. make room for B. carry on with C. have a break from D. put a stop to
36. A. slowly B. secretly C. mentally D. casually
37. A. beat B. told C. hit D. taught
38. A. family B. friends C. students D. guides
39. A. lift B. rise C. sink D. harden
40. A. admit B. surprise C. believe D. doubt
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
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
Living a Life Full of Wild Adventures
Helen Skelton was brought up on a remote farm, and her family wasn't full of "runners and rock climbers". However, she has since travelled the world on____41.____series of record breaking adventures. The former Blue Peter presenter has kayaked（划皮划艇）down the Amazon River, cycled to the South Pole and done a tightrope walk between the chimneys of Batter-sea Power Station in London. Now, Skelton____42.____(share) the secrets of her success in a new book called Wild Girl: How to Have Incredible Outdoor Adventures.
____43.____she's got plenty of stamps in her passport, Skelton says you don't need to go to the Amazon or
Antarctica in order to have an adventure - there's plenty to do here in theUK. She grew up inCumbria, and would go bike-riding and skateboarding with her mum, as well as building rafts. She hopes to pass on these adventures to her own children.
Despite the title, Skelton says that the book isn't just for girls. She believes adventure is a leveller -an activity____44.____men and women are equal. Adventures____45.____also be educational. Skelton says when you're at the mercy of the elements you have to adapt and be flexible, which is a great lesson for life.
Of all the places she____46.____(be) to, Skelton says the South Pole was particularly hard. "It's like living in a freezer. It's the windiest, driest, coldest place on Earth." Skelton explains, "You can't even put up your tent, which is your only shelter,____47.____putting on huge gloves, otherwise you'll get a frostbite.____48.____(put) up a tent in oven gloves isn't easy."
Her advice to any aspiring adventurers would be to "not worry about____49.____comments other people might make. When I said I'm going to kayak the Amazon, people told me that's madness. And, if I had listened to them, I never would have done_____50._____of it. So just try."
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：在错的词下画一横线，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。

I feel proudly knowing your interest in Chinese literature. The phrase you asked for me means trying to help young plants grow by pull them up.
Once man was anxious about the slow grow of his young plants. One day, he goes to the field and pulled them up one by one. He came back tired and said to her family, “I’m exhausted today, for I have helped the young plants grow much tall at once.” Heard this, his son ran to look at them. To his horror, all of them had dried up and died.
This phrase means what growing against the law of development will make things worse.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，你校即将举办线上中文歌曲大赛。

你校留学生Alan目前在英国居家学习，请给他写
一封邮件，内容如下：
1.表示问候；
2.大赛情况（目的、形式……)；
3.发出参赛邀请。

注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Alan,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. A
2. A
3. D
4. C
5. D
6. C
7. B
8. C 9. A 10. D 11. C
12. D 13. B 14. C 15. C
16. F 17. G 18. D 19. E 20. B
21. B 22. A 23. C 24. D 25. A 26. C 27. A 28. D 29. B 30. D 31. C 32.
B 33. A 34. D 35. B 36. A 37.
C 38. B 39. C 40. D
41. a 42. is sharing
43. Although/ Though
44. where 45. can
46. had been
47. without 48. Putting
49. what 50. any
51.(1).proudly→proud (2).删掉for (3).pull→pulling (4).Once后加 a (5).grow→growth (6).goes→went (7).her→his (8). tall→taller (9).Heard→Hearing (10).what→that或者删掉what
52.略。