2020-2021学年淅川中学高三英语期中试题及答案

2020-2021学年淅川中学高三英语期中试题及答案
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
The Costa Book Awards consistently pick winners that are both of the moment and subsequently endure. It's our pleasure to confirm this year’s Category Winners.
First Novel Award Winner
Book: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
Author: Gail Honeyman
Eleanor is 31 years old; work finishes on a Friday and begins again on a Monday. Between, her only company will be two bottles of vodka and her own solitary, unique wit (机智). It is contentment, of a kind, but an unexpected shared experience suddenly opens the door to possibility. Challenging reader expectations with a living, breathing character, Gail Honeyman’s debut (初次登台、开张)is a funny and moving diamond.
Biography Award Winner
Book: In the Days of Rain
Author: Rebecca Stott
The Exclusive Brethren were aclosed community who believed the world is ruled by Satan. Into this is born Rebecca. Her father had been an influential Brethren Minister. As her father lay dying, he begged her to help him write the memoir. He wanted to tell the story of their family who for generations had all been members of a fundamentalist Christian sect.
Poetry Award Winner
Book: Inside the Wave
Author: Helen Dunmore
To be alive is to be inside the wave, always travelling until it breaks and is gone. These poems are concerned with the borderline between the living and the dead — the underworld and the human living world – and the acutely intense being of both.
Children's Award Winner
Book:The Explorer
Author: Katherine Rundell, Hannah Horn
Four children survive their aircraft plunging into the Amazon jungle, but for Fred and his friends it’s only the beginning of a cruel battle for survival. Brimming with adventure and a real command of character and incident, Rundell has few peers in superb children's fiction.
1.What kind of life does Eleanor lead?
A.boring and lonely.
B.funny and touching.
C.exciting and complex.
D.ordinary and happy.
2.Why did Rebecca Stott writeIn the Days of Rain?
A.To introduce beliefs of the Exclusive Brethren.
B.To help her father fulfill his last wish.
CTo share the life of fundamentalist Christians.
D.To pass on her family traditions.
3.For a young adventurous soul, which book seems more appealing?
A.Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
B.In the Days of Rain
C.Inside the Wave
D.The Explorer
B
The mass death of flying foxes in extreme heat in North Queensland last month underlines the importance ofUniversityofQueenslandwildliferesearch released today.The UQ research sheds light on how various species have responded to major climate events.
A study led by UQ School of Earth and Environmental Science researcher Dr Sean Maxwell has spent more than 70 years quantifying the responses of various species.
“The growing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events such as cyclones, droughts and floods is causing unpredictable and immediate changes to ecosystems and blocking existing management efforts,” Dr Maxwell said.“Some of the negative responses we found were quite concerning, including more than 100 cases of dramatic population declines and 31 cases of local population extinction following an extreme event.”
"Populations of critically endangered bird species inHawaii, such as the palia, have been annihilated due to drought, leaving none of its kind, and populations of lizard species have been wiped out due to cyclones in theBahamas."
Cyclones were the most common extreme event for birds, fish, plants and reptiles, while mammals and amphibians were most responsive to drought events, with drought leading to 12 cases of major population decline in mammals.Drought also led to 13 cases of breeding declines in bird populations and 12 cases of changes in the
composition of invertebrate communities.
UQ Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science director Professor James Watson said the detailed information would help inform ecosystem management.
“The research clearly shows species will respond, often negatively, to extreme events,” Professor Watson said.“As climate change continues to ensure extreme climate and weather events are more and more common,we now need to act to ensure species have the best chance to survive.Wherever possible, high quality and intact habitat areas should be retained, as these are the places where species are most resilient(易恢复的) to increasing exposure to extreme events.”
4. How was the UQ researchconducted?
A. By observing extreme weather events.
B. By protecting the endangered species.
C. By recording reactions of animals to extreme climate.
D. By analyzing the reason whymass animal death happened.
5. What does the underlined word “annihilated” in paragraph 4 probably mean?
A. destroyed
B. defeated
C. decreased
D. disappeared
6. Which of the following sentences is true about extreme weather events?
A. Drought caused 13 cases of distinctionin bird populations.
B. Drought caused 12 cases of population decline in mammals.
C. Birds and mammals are most responsive to cyclones.
D. Cyclones wiped out populations of lizard.
7. What can we infer from Professor Watson’s words?
A. Animals often show negative responses to extreme events.
B. The existing management ways for wildlife protection are limited.
C. Different methods should be adopted to ensure the survival of different species.
D. Complete and undamaged habitats are of great importance to species’ survival.
C
The Native American of northern California were highly skilled at basketry, using the reeds, graeses, barks, and roots they found around them to fashion articles of all sorts and sizes-not only trays, containers, and cooking pots, but hats, boats, fish traps, baby carriers, and ceremonial objects.
Of all these experts, none excelled the Pomo-a group who lived on or near the coast during the 1800's, and whose descendants continue to live in parts of the same region to this day. They made baskets three feet in diameter and othersno bigger than a thimble (顶针). The Pomo people were masters of decoration. Some of their baskets were completely covered with shell pendants；others with feathers that made the baskets’ surfaces as soft as the breasts of birds. Moreover, the Pomo people made use of more weaving techniques than did their neighbors. Most groups made al their basketwork by twining--the twisting of a flexible horizontal material, called a weft, around stiffer vertical strands of material, the warp. Others depended primarily on coiling-a process in which a continuous coil of stiff material is held in the desired shape with tight wrapping of flexible strands. Only the Pomo people used both processes with equal ease and frequency. In addition, they made use of four distinct variations on the basic twining process, often employing more than one of them in a single article.
Although a wide variety of materials was available, the Pomo people used only a few. The warp was always made of willow, and the most commonly used weft was sedge root, a woody fiber that could easily be separated into strands no thicker than a thread. For color1 , the Pomo people used the bark of red-bud for their twined work and dyed bullrush root for black in coiled work. Though other materials were sometimes used, these four were the staples in their finest basketry.
If the basketry materials used by the Pomo people were limited, the designs were amazingly varied. Every Pomo basket maker knew how to produce from fifteen to twenty distinct patterns that could be combined in a number of different.
8. The word “fashion” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. maintain
B. organize
C. trade
D. create
9. What is the author's main point in paragraph 2?
A. The neighbors of the Pomo people tried to improve on the Pomo basket weaving techniques.
B. The Pomo people were the most skilled basket weavers in their region.
C. The Pomo people learned their basket weaving techniques from other Native Americans.
D. The Pomo baskets have been handed down for generations.
10. According to the passage, the relationship between red-bud and twining is most similar to the relationship between ______.
A. bullrush and coiling
B. weft and warp
C. willow and feathers
D. sedge and weaving
11. Which of the following statements about Pomo baskets can be best inferred from the passage?
A. Baskets produced by other Native Americans were less varied in design than those of the Pomo.
B. Baskets produced by Pomo weaves were primarily for ceremonial and religious purposes.
C. There were a very limited number of basket-making materials available to the Pomo people.
D. The basket-making production of the Pomo people has been increasing over the years.
D
In the northern part ofAustin there once lived an honest family by the name of Smothers. The family had John Smothers, his wife and their five-year-old daughter.
One night after supper the little girl was ill with a serious stomachache, and John Smothers hurried downtown to get some medicine. He never came back. The mother was very sad over her husband's disappearance, and it was nearly three months before she married again, and moved to San Antonio. The little girl recovered and in time grew up to womanhood. After a few years had rolled around, the little girl also married in time, and she also had a little girl of five years. She still lived in the same house where theydweltwhen her father had left and never returned.
By an unbelievable coincidence her little girl was taken with the same stomachache on the same night of the disappearance of John Smothers, who would now have been her grandfather if he had been alive. “I will go downtown and get some medicine for her,” said John Smith(for it was he whom she had married). “No, no, dear John,” cried his wife. “You, too, might disappear forever, and then forget to come back.” So John Smith did not go, and together they sat by the bedside of little Pansy. After a little while Pansy seemed to grow worse, and John Smith again wanted to go for medicine, but his wife would not let him.
Just then, the door suddenly opened and an old man with long white hair entered the room. “Hello, here is grandpa,” said Pansy. She had recognized him before any of the others. The old man drew a bottle of medicine from his pocket and gave Pansy a spoonful. She got well immediately. “I was a little late,” said John Smothers, “as I waited for a street car.”
12. What happened after John Smothers disappeared?
A. His daughter took some medicine.
B. His wife left for San Antonio.
C. Pansy immediately had a stomachache.
D. John Smith went for medicine.
13. What does the underlined word “dwelt” in paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. Lived.
B. Left.
C. Returned.
D. Married.
14. What is the relationship between John Smothersand Pansy?
A. Husband and wife.
B. Father and daughter.
C. Grandfather and granddaughter.
D. Father and son.
15. How could Pansy's mother feel when she saw John Smothers?
A. Worried.
B. Sad.
C. Uninterested.
D. Surprised.
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
Fear of Missing Out
It’s a common experience: You’re scrolling through a social media page, and you see pictures of friends traveling or going to parties. Suddenly you start to wonder why you’re not doing those things. Are you missing out on something fun and exciting because you’re locked into everyday life? This experience has come to be known as the fear of missing out, sometimes abbreviated(缩写) FOMO.___16___But with the rise of social media, FOMO is becoming much more common.
Wanting to be in on the fun when exciting things are happening is completely normal. But for some people, it can lead to an addiction to checking their phones to findout what other people are doing. Even while doing things that are fun or necessary, people can feel like there’s something better going on elsewhere. This urge to connect can lead them to disconnect from the people they are actually with.___17___It can even be dangerous; some people try to check messages while driving.
Remember that what people choose to post on social media does not necessarily reflect their life overall. People tend to pick and choose the things they share, so we only ever know a small part of anyone else’s life.
___18___You cannot be everywhere and do everything that might be interesting or productive, and that’s OK.
It might even be necessary to turn off your phone or log out of social media for a while.___19___You can even set particular times in your day to check email and social media. By stepping away for a time, you can help keep other people’s lives in perspective.
Finally, focus on the things in front of you. Enjoy them, do them well and let everything else go.___20___ Don’t let the fear of missing out cause you to miss out on the good things you have in life. Relax, enjoy what you do and let other people enjoy their lives without envying them.
A. To some extent, people have always worried about missing out on things.
B. Without the social media you will get unconnected with the whole world.
C. It also prevents them from being satisfied with the good things in their lives.
D. When you fully engage with life, you’ll worry less about what you’re not doing.
E. Get rid of the constant reminders of everything that’s happening in the world.
F. It’s difficult to connect with the reasons why you choose not to participate.
G. It’s also important to be humble and acknowledge your limitations.
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One of the greatest things about getting out of the city is heading into nature and really communing with(与……融为一体)the Earth and wildlife. But sometimes, the____21____finds its way into the city.
A man named Tom Bell lives inLondon. When he went up to his rooftop to take a break one day, he realized he wasn’t____22____. But don’t worry. His____23____was of the fuzzy(毛茸茸的)variety.A wild fox had made its way up to the roof just in time to____24____the sunset. It was getting____25____and cold, but fortunately, there was a____26____laid out and ready for it! The tired fox just____27____to have a sleep.
Tom quickly____28____the event online with the world and received many____29____. People were obviously______30______by the truly unbothered fox.______31______the lucky man, the fox got up there through the fire escape. A man named Steve even played it some music to make sure the fox had the______32______evening!
In fact,Londonis home to many foxes,______33______not all of them are this cute and beautiful. They’ve come to be called urban foxes and they began to make themselves______34______in London back in the 1930s when the city’ s growth started______35______their natural territory(领地)．And they live in cities all overEngland. It is______36______that there’s a population of about 33,000 urban foxes in total in the country.
Once Tom shared his______37______house guest, others aroundLondonalso started______38______photos of their urban foxes! Well, it’s probably safe to say that we’re a little envious(羡慕的) of these lucky persons and their fuzzy visitors. It is______39______to see that people and the wilderness can live together______40______.
21. A. sunlight B. road C. photo D. wilderness
22. A. awake B. away C. alone D. alike
23. A. visitor B. neighbor C. friend D. audience
24. A. overlook B. follow C. catch D. mark
25. A. wet B. quiet C. risky D. dark
26. A. map B. blanket C. garden D. bed
27. A. wanted B. pretended C. happened D. continued
28. A. read B. found C. shared D. checked
29. A. likes B. tickets C. letters D. orders
30. A. encouraged B. attracted C. confused D. supported
31. A. Because of B. According to C. Instead of D. Expect for
32. A. perfect B. eventful C. stormy D. final
33. A. if B. and C. or D. but
34. A. out of danger B. above average C. on the site D. at home
35. A. enlarging B. entering C. surrounding D. dividing
36. A. recognized B. remembered C. supposed D. expected
37. A. imaginary B. trusted C. lifelong D. beloved
38. A. posting B. collecting C. editing D. printing
39. A. amusing B. important C. amazing D. common
40. A. legally B. peacefully C. informally D. confidently
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
At the time they were created, the Impressionist paintings were controversial, but today they___41.___(accept) as the beginning of___42.___we call "modern art”. This is because the Impressionists encouraged___43.___(art)to look at their environment in new ways. There are___44.___(score) of modem art styles, but without the Impressionists, many of these painting styles might not exist. On one hand, some modern art is abstract; that is, the painter does not attempt___45.___(paint) objects as we see them with our eyes, but instead concentrates___46.___certain qualities of the object,___47.___( use) color1 , line and shape to represent them. On___48.___other hand, some paintings of modem art are so___49.___( real) that they look like photographs. These styles____50.____(be ) so different. Who can predict what painting styles there will be in the future?
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。

Today is Sunday. The sky is full of sunshine, and so does my life. At about 9:00 a.m., I go to the bookstore with my friends. There were a lot of new book. I didn’t know what one to buy because these books were all usefully to me. At last, I chose two. At 10:00, we went to cinema. The film was about family life but many people were waiting outside. It took us about 3 hours to see it. Having seen the film, and everyone was deeply moving. Some friends even burst into tears. That’s a really wonderful film. It is very worth seeing again. What a happy day! I hope tomorrow I will be even happier!
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。

Michael goes to his grandparents once or twice every month, and he decided to go round to see them when he had a free evening the week before they went for a holiday.
“Come in, Michael,” his grandfather said. “I’m glad you’ve come round. Take your coat off and sit down for a minute. Let’s see the end of this programme on TV. Your grandmother and I watch it every week at this time of night.” So Michael sat in a comfortable chair, quietly waiting for the TV detective（侦探）to find out who the thief was.
Finally, his grandmother got up and turned the TV off. Then, she said, “I’m sorry, Michael, but I must go and see a friend for a few minutes. I’ll come back soon. But while I’m out, perhaps you can help your grandfather to bring down the big blue case from the attic（阁楼）.We want it for the holiday.”
They watched her going by. “Let’s go round to the pub（小店）for a drink, ” grandfather said. “That’s a good idea,” Michael answered, “but let me give you a hand with the case. Tell me where it is and I’ll get it out for you. It’s in the attic, isn’t it?”
Grandfather pulled down the corners of his mouth. “That’s the trouble. It’s not there. You can go up and look, but you won’t find it. Perhaps, I lend it to somebody, but I can’t remember. Your grandmother doesn’t know, but she’ll find out this week that we’ve lost our best case.” Michael laughed, “Don’t worry. You can use mine. If I go home now I can bring it back in half an hour.” And he went home quickly before the old man could say no.
When he got home, his father called, “What are you looking for, Michael? You’re throwing your things about, aren’t you?”
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。

But when Michael explained why he would lend his case to grandfather, his father suddenly felt ashamed.
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Michael’s grandmother came back from her friend’s at that moment.
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参考答案
1. D
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. D
6. B
7. D
8. C 9. D 10. C 11. B
12. B 13. A 14. C 15. D
16. A 17. C 18. G 19. E 20. D
21. D 22. C 23. A 24. C 25. D 26. B 27. A 28. C 29. A 30. B 31. B 32.
A 33. D 34. D 35.
B 36.
C 37.
D 38. A 39. C 40. B
41. are accepted
42. what 43. artists
44. scores 45. to paint
46. on 47. using
48. the 49. realistic
50. are
51.(1).does →is
(2).go→went
(3).book→books
(4).what→which
(5).usefully→useful
(6).to后加the
(7).but→and
(8).and去掉
(9).moving→moved
(10).very→well
52.略。