2020年山西省运城市康杰中学高三英语上学期期末试题及答案

2020年山西省运城市康杰中学高三英语上学期期末试题及答案
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
National Disability Insurance Scheme (方案)
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will transform the way Queenslanders with disability are supported and change the way disability services are funded and delivered.
Under the scheme, Queenslanders with disability will have choice and control over how they access support and who delivers them. They will also have certainty that they will be supported throughout their lifetime to achieve their personal goals.
The NDIS will have an effect on the following programs.
School Transport Assistance Program for Students with Disability
The NDIS will not disrupt existing services for qualified students. The Queensland Government will also continue to provide school transport assistance for students with disability who are not qualified to receive funding via the NDIS.
For more information about the School Transport Assistance Program, and to check your qualification, visit the Education and Training website.
Taxi Subsidy (补助金) Scheme
The Queensland Governmenthas lengthened the Taxi Subsidy Scheme (TSS) membership for NDIS qualified members to 31 October, 2022. This will allow more time to solve transport support arrangements under the Commonwealth’s NDIS.
You can find more information about the TSS and your qualification on the TransLink website.
Disability Parking Permit Scheme
No changes will be made to the Disability parking permit scheme when the NDIS is introduced inQueensland. Current arrangements for this scheme will be maintained.
You can find more information on this scheme, and check your qualification, on the Queensland Government website.
Public Transport Concessions for People with Disability
There will be no change to concessions on public transport for people with disability when the NDIS is
introduced inQueensland. TransLink will continue to ensure concessions are provided for disabled persons travelling on public transport inQueenslandwhen the NDIS is introduced.
You can find more information about public transport discounts for people with disability, and check your qualification, on the TransLink website,
1.Which program helps drive the disabled to and from school?
A.Taxi Subsidy Scheme.
B.Disability Parking Permit Scheme.
C.Public Transport Concessions for People with Disability.
D.School Transport Assistance Program for Students with Disability.
2.What can we learn about Taxi Subsidy Scheme?
A.The scheme is for parking permit.
B.The existing membership can be effective for longer time.
C.There is no change to current arrangements for the scheme.
D.The NDIS will not break off existing services for qualified students.
3.What do the four programs have in common?
A.They are all related to transport.
B.They are all largely affected by NDIS.
C.They all can be checked on the same website.
D.They all provide discounts for disabled persons.
B
Concerns about health, animals and the environment are leading more people to remove meat from their diet. Plant-based meat alternatives (替代品) increasingly appear in supermarkets and restaurants. But what some people call clean meat-meat grown from cells in a laboratory—is still an idea that is just beginning.
More than 24 companies are testing lab-grown fish, beef and chicken. These businesses hope to enter the alternative meat market, which could be worth $140 billion by 2029. One of the companies, Shiok Meats, grows its product by taking shrimp cells and keeping them at a fixed temperature. They are then given nutrients in a solution (溶液). The cells become meat in four to six weeks.
This lab-grown meat’s price is high. One kilogram of it now costs $5,000, said Shiok Meats’ chief executive Sandhya Sriram. At that cost, a single pork and shrimp dumpling could be as much as $300. Sriram, avegetarian, hopes to cut the cost to $50 for one kilogram by the end of this year. “We are looking at next year, so we might be
the first ever company to launch a cell-based meat product in the world,” Sriram said. “Shiok Meats still needs approval from the city’s food regulator, and that matters the most at present.”
Although people increasingly demand meat alternatives, cell-based meat companies still faceresistance(抵制) to their products. In Singapore, some people said they would give lab grown meat a second thought. “I may not exactly dare to eat it, but I do find the idea appealing because the animals in the oceans are declining,” said 60-year-old Pet Loh, while sheshopped for shrimps in a Singapore market.
Any alternative way of making animal protein without harming the environment is positive, said Paul Teng, a specialist in agriculture technology at Nanyang Technological University. But, he added, more studies are needed to understand any negative result of making cellular protein.
4. Why are more people eating less meat?
A. Because lab-grown meat has more nutrition.
B. Because plant-based food is getting popular.
C. Because meat in the market is increasingly expensive.
D. Because health and the environment are their concerns.
5. What is the most important for Shiok Meats at present according to Sriram?
A. Bringing down the price.
B. Gaining consumers’ acceptance.
C. Obtaining official permission.
D. Getting ahead of other companies.
6. Which word best describes Pet Loh’s attitude towards lab-grown meat?
A. Doubtful.
B. Uncaring.
C. Negative.
D. Positive.
7. What is the text mainly about?
A. A new way to make a fortune.
B. Negative results of lab-grown meat.
C. New research findings on healthy diet.
D. A meat alternative grown in labs.
C
If you struggle to fall asleep quickly, you’re not alone! Fortunately, thereare plenty of solutions you can try. With a few changes, you can fall asleep fast every night!
Keep your room dark. Turn off all the lights above your head when you go to bed. Any bright light can make you believe it is too early in the day for sleep. If you want to read or write before bed, try using a small book light. Now that blue lights can keep you awake, red ones are a great choice.
If you can, keep noise in and around your room the lowest at night. If you have an old clock that ticks loudly
and keeps you awake, replace it with a silent one. If you share your home with anyone else, request that they keep noises like talking, music, or TV shows at the lowest while you are trying to sleep. It is difficult to fall asleep if you live near a busy road or hear other boring sounds after bedtime. You could get a white noise machine or play recordings of nature sounds, like waves or whales’ singing. You could also listen to soft, relaxing music.
Read a book in bed if you have difficulty in falling asleep. Staying in bed doing nothing when you’re having trouble falling asleep may keep you wide awake. While reading in bed may be slightly harmful to your eyes, it can distract (分散) you from your thoughts and help you feel sleepy. But remember to read from a print book rather than something with a screen. The light from electronic screens can keep you awake.
Lowering your body temperature helps you sleep, so set the room temperature between 15.5℃-21℃could do the trick.
8. What color1 book light should you choose toread before bed?
A. Red.
B. Blue.
C. White.
D. Orange.
9. What is the author’s attitude towards reading in bed?
A. Doubtful.
B. Worried.
C. Favorable.
D. Uncaring.
10. What can we inferred from the text?
A. Reading on cellphones sometimes helps you fall asleep.
B. The lower your temperature while sleeping is, the better.
C. Bright lights are better for your reading before going to bed.
D. Playing recordings like birds’ singing can improve your sleep.
11. How does the author organize the text?
A. By givingexamples.
B. By asking questions.
C. By offering suggestions.
D. By listing research results.
D
Smart speakers have proven to be handy devices in hospitals, allowing patients to control independently . And now, researchers from theUniversityofWashingtonhave developed an artificial intelligence system that enables these devices to monitor heartbeats.
Using technology to remotely monitor heart rates isn't new. These days most smartwatches and fitness trackers are capable of it. The good thing here is that researchers have figured out a way to use the microphones
in smart speakers to do it without requiring physical contact.
In a study published inCommunications Biology, the researchers had the smart speakers send out signals that couldn't be heard which were then reflected off a person's body. They then analyzed these signals to identify small chest wall motions related to heartbeats, as well as separate those signals from surrounding noise and breathing.
For this particular proof — of — concept setup, the researchers tested this smart speaker on 26 healthy participants and 24 hospitalized patients with various heart conditions, including atrial fibrillation（心房颤动）and heart failure. In both cases, the smart speaker was within 28 -30 milliseconds of an ECG（心电图）,the gold standard used in hospitals to discover arrhythmia（心律不齐）.
Like smartwatches with advanced heart features, using smart speakers in this way opens up the possibility for passive, remote heart monitoring. ECGs, while highly accurate, require a visit to the doctor and several electrodes （电极）to be placed on the body. They,re not capable of continuous monitoring so you're limited to what it picks up at that exact moment in time ——one reason why heart arrhythmia can be so hard to discover.
Smartwatches are capable of passive, remote, continuous monitoring, but they require you to wear the device at all times to be effective. It's not something that's comfortable for everyone, especially when it comes to sleep and for those with highly sensitive skin. Another issue is that these advanced smartwatches are expensive, while smart speakers are much cheaper.
“If you have a device like this, you can monitor a patient on an extended basis and then develop corresponding care plans that satisfy the patient' s needs,“ said Dr. Arun Sridhar, co — senior author on the study. "And the beauty of using this kind of devices is that they are already in people's homes.”
12. What does the author focus on in Paragraph 3?
A. How the smart speaker works.
B. Why the smart speaker is useful.
C. The advantages of smart speakers.
D. The importance of the study.
13. Why is heart arrhythmia difficult to find?
A. ECGs are not highly accurate.
B. ECGs can't monitor continuously.
C. Doctors know little about heart arrhythmia.
D. An ECG test is hard to operate and expensive.
14. Which statement best explains the characteristics of smartwatches?
A. They are comfortable to wear.
B. They are friendly to sensitive skin.
C. They are effective and cheap.
D. They are able to monitor remotely.
15. What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. We need to invent more smart devices.
B. Care plans are vital to patients with heart failure.
C. Smart speakers could be contactless heart monitors.
D. Different devices are needed to meet patients,demands.
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In June 9, 1870, Charles Dickens died at the age of 58. The next day, a headline in The New York Times read: “Death of the Great Novelist...Mourned by the People of Two Continents.”
___16___Even today, the British novelist is loved by readers all over the world. Dickens created some of the most unforgettable characters in English literature. You must have heard of or even read some of his novels: Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol and A Tale of Two Cities.____17____Since 1897, there have been more than 300 film and television adaptations of Dickens’ works.
Natalie McKnight is a literature professor who studies Dickens and his works. She explains why the novelist has remained so popular. One important reason, she says, is that Dickens wrote from his heart.____18____A Christmas Carol, for example, was written to make every reader think about how they could make a difference to their society. People always enjoy works that make them laugh out loud, cry and think.____19____However, few of them worked as hard as Dickens to attract readers' minds.
Dickens wrote about situations and emotions that still interest people today. He used his pen to fight social inequality and gave voice to the poor.____20____.
This year marks the 150th year of Dickens’ death.It’s another chance to remember this great writer. Will you read (or re-read) some of his most famous works?
A. He tried hard to produce emotional effects among his readers.
B. His work led to many important social changes.
C. Dickens’ early life was very hard.
D. A Tale of Two Cities has sold more than 200 million copies.
E. The headline was not overstating the fame of Dickens.
F. Their works became the best sellers of that time.
G. Many other 19th century novelists wrote entertaining works.
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 had to work as a substitute teacher (代课老师) before finding a full-time teaching job. One day, I____21____my first substitute job at a school.The___22___said that I had to arrive at school at 8:00 am when I would sign in.
As it was my___23___day at this school, I made sure of leaving plenty of___24___to get to school. I got up early so I___25___at the school at about 7:50 am. I sat in my car for ten minutes playing with my phone to___26___time. Then I walked into the teaching building and up to the reception (接待) desk at 8:00. When I told the receptionist my___27___, she shouted at me for being___28___and said that the headmaster was managing the class until I___29___.
I said the email I received____30____told me to arrive at school at 8:00, but the receptionist said what I said was a(n)____31____. I finally gave up trying to____32____with her, went up to the classroom, and took over the class from the____33____.
During the____34____, I was sitting in the office when the headmaster____35____and asked why I was late. I____36____that the email had given the wrong information. He said that even though that was what the email said, I____37____should have gotten to school before 8:00 am because that’s what____38____people do, in case something unexpected might happen.
The headmaster’s____39____had a strong influence on me, and then I____40____to become a smart person. Since then I have never been late for school.
21. A.created B.lost C.did D.got
22. A.email B.pack C.call D.report
23. A.busy B.big C.first D.hard
24. A.power B.time C.money D.space
25. A.arrived B.taught C.pointed D.shouted
26. A.set B.check C.save D.kill
27. A.survey B.number D.address
28. A.polite B.careless C.strong te
29. A.gave in B.looked around C.showed up D.dropped out
30. A.clearly B.repeatedly C.openly ually
31. A.trap B.result C.excuse D.fact
32. A.agree B.argue C.go pare
33. A.guard B.student C.professor D.headmaster
34. A.rest B.training C.study D.meeting
35. A.stopped B.escaped C.entered ughed
36. A.remembered B.explained C.guessed D.hoped
37. A.only B.still C.even D.almost
38. A.funny B.honest C.kind D.clever
39. A.spelling B.words C.suffering D.books
40. A.decided B.happened C.failed D.refused
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
Goats are known for being sweet and lovable creatures and they can make humans smile____41.____(simple) by being cute. Now, a research team____42.____(make) up of scientists from the UK, Brazil, and Germany has concluded that goats can actually tell when humans are smiling and that goats greatly prefer happy faces____43.____angry ones.
The researchers wanted to see whether goad could read human expressions, even though they aren't bred to be companion animals. In going about this, the experts showed the goats two____44.____(picture) of an unfamiliar human, one with a happy face and the other____45.____(look) angry.
____46.____(complete) this study, the researchers used 35 goats____47.____had already spent time around humans. When the photos were placed in the goats' enclosure, it quickly became clear that the animals liked to be near and spend____48.____(much) time staying with the happy photo than the angry one.
After many trials, the researchers found that regardless of the person's age or gender, goals preferred humans with happy faces.
It turns out that animals that don't have a long history of domestication can still figure out when a human is happy____49.____sad. It should_____50._____(note) that the goats used in this study were cared for by some people, so they were used to being around humans. And the next set of trials has already been scheduled to take place with goats that have not had much interaction with humans at all.
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.假如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。

多改或不按格式要求改不得分。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（℃,）并在其下面写出该词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

How are you? As a exchange student, I’m writing to tell you I’d prefer to move into a single room in next term.
I find it inconvenient to share a room with other. My roommate often held parties at night, made much noise. Besides, his friends are always visiting him, which disturbs me a lot. So I hope to draw you attention to this problem. If you think in my position, I’m sure you would agree that the most perfectly solution is to get a room of my own. In addition, I hope its location is so near to the school campus as possible. I would appreciate if you could do me the favor.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，你校英文报正在举行征文活动，主题是“Developing countries need help”。

请你写一篇短文参加该活动，内容包括：
1.发达国家的优势；
2.发展中国家的困境；
3.发达国家应该帮助发展中国家。

注意：1.词数100左右；
2.标题已为你写好。

参考答案
1. D
2. B
3. A
4. D
5. C
6. A
7. D
8. A 9. C 10. D 11. C
12. A 13. B 14. D 15. C
16. E 17. D 18. A 19. G 20. B
21. D 22. A 23. C 24. B 25. A 26. D 27. C 28. D 29. C 30. A 31. C 32.
B 33. D 34. A 35.
C 36. B 37. B 38.
D 39. B 40. A
41. simply
42. made 43. to
44. pictures
45. looking
46. To complete
47. which##that
48. more 49. or 50. be noted
51.(1). a → an
(2).去掉in
(3). other →others
(4). held → holds
(5). made → making
(6). you → your
(7).would → will
(8). perfectly → perfect
(9). so → as
(10). if前加it
52.略。