2019-2020学年兴宁市第一中学高三英语期中试题及答案

2019-2020学年兴宁市第一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
Are you looking for some new and exciting places to take your kids to? Try some of these places.
★Visit art museums.They offer a variety of activities to excite your kids' interest. Many offer workshops for making hand-made pieces, traveling exhibits, book signings by children's favorite writer, and even musical performances and other arts.
★Head to a natural history museum.This is where kids can discover the past from dinosaur(恐龙) models to rock collections and pictures of stars in the sky. Also, ask what kind of workshops and educational programs are prepared for kids and any special events that are coming up.
★Go to a Youtheater.Look for one in your area offering plays for child and family visitors.
Pre-show play shops are conducted by area artists and educators where kids can discover the secret about performing arts Puppet(木偶)making and stage make-up are just a couple of the special offerings you might find.
★Tryhands-on science.Visit one of the many hands-on science museums aroundthe country.
These science play-lands are great fun for kids and grown-ups alike. They'll keep your child mentally and physically active the whole day through while pushing buttons, experimenting, and building. When everyone is tired, enjoy a fun family science show, commonly found in these museums.
1.If a child is interested in the universe, he probably will visit _____.
A.a Youtheater
B.an art museum
C.a hands-on science museum
D.a natural history museum
2.What does "hands-on science" mean in the last paragraph?
A.Science games designed by kids.
B.Learning science by doing things.
C.A show of kids' science work.
D.Reading science books.
3.Where does this text probably come from?
A.A museum guide.
B.A tourist map.
C.A science textbook.
D.A news report.
B
Narasimha Das is on his way to feed 169,379 hungry children. Das is in charge of a kitchen in Vrindaban. The
town is about a three-hour drive fromIndia’s capital,New Delhi. Das gets to work at 3:00 a.m. Thirty workers are already working to make tens of thousands of rounds of bread. It will be brought to 1,516 schools in and around Vrindaban.
A Growing Problem
Going to school is difficult for more than 13 million children inIndia. They must go to work instead, or go hungry. That’s whyIndiabegan the Mid-Day Meal Scheme, the largest school-lunch program in the world. A free lunch encourages children to come to school and gives them the energy they need for learning. The program began in the 1960s.
The kitchen in Vrindaban is run by the Akshaya Patra Foundation. It is one of the lunch program’s biggest partners. “Just $11.50 can feed one child for an entire year,” said Madhu Sridhar, president of the Akshaya Patra Foundation.
Lunch Is Served!
The Akshaya Patra food truck arrives atGopalgarhPrimary School. Since the program started, the number of underweight children has gone down. The children get foods they need — as long as they finish what’s on their plates.
4. What does Narasimha Das do？
A. A waiter.
B. A salesman.
C. A cook.
D. A shopkeeper.
5. The kitchen in Vrindaban supplies food to ________.
A. the poor
B. school children
C. college students
D. the old
6. Why is it difficult for children to go to school inIndia?
A. Because they have to work to make money.
B. Because there are not enough schools.
C. Because there are not enough teachers.
D. Because their parents refuse to send them to school.
7. Which of the following about the Mid-Day Meal Scheme is NOT true?
A. It is to encourage children to go to school.
B. It has been carried out for about 50 years.
C. It is run by Narasimha Das.
D. It is the largest school-lunch program in the world.
C
My sister Alice and I have been trying to get people tostop dropping cigarette（香烟）butts（烟头）for seven years. One day, we were walking in our hometown and saw hundreds of cigarette butts on the ground. They made the town look so ugly that we decided to start a group to make people dropping butts. We called it “No Butts About It”.
At first, we drew pictures with “The Earth is not your ashtray（烟灰缸）”written on them. We put the pictures around our hometown—in parks, by beaches, and along roads. We wanted to make people understand that dropping butts hurts the environment. Most smokers don’t think that dropping butts hurts the Earth. But it does, and all rubbish does!
Later, we wrote to companies and asked them for money to help us. We used the money to buy ashtrays to give to smokers. We wanted smokers to carry the ashtrays with them so they didn’t have to drop butts.
At the moment, we are trying to get cigarette companies to put an ashtray in each pack of cigarettes. Some companies want to do it. Many people have started to join our group since it began. Today there are 45 other “No Butts About It” groups inAmerica.
Now there even groups inEngland,Australia, andIndia! Many newspapers have written about my sister and me over the last seven years. And we have won many prizes for what we do. But we are not interested in prizes. We just want to make the Earth a better and cleaner place for animals, plants and people.
One day, it will be.
8. What did the writer think about the cigarette butts in the first place?
A. They made the town smelly.
B. They made the town unhealthy.
C. They made the town dirty.
D. They made the town poor.
9. What does the writer do with the cigarette butts?
A. Give ashtrays to the smokers.
B. Stop people buying cigarettes.
C. Pick up the cigarette butts.
D. Win prizes for starting groups.
10. From the passage we can know that _____.
A. no companies wanted to give money to them
B. The writer believes that the Earth will be a better and cleaner place
C. There are only 45”No Butts About It”
D. The writer likes to be on newspapers and win prizes
211. Which is the best tittle for the passage?
A. Save our Town From Cigarette Butts.
B. Buy Yourself An Ashtray.
C. Cigarette Butts Also Destroy Other Countries.
D. No Butts Prize.
D
Japan has announced emergency Covid measures in Tokyo and three other areas in order to control rising infections (传染病), just three months before the country is set to host the Olympics. The government said the state of emergency — set to last for about two weeks— would be “short and powerful”. Under the measures, bars will be required to close and big sporting events will be held without audience. The government has insisted that the Olympics will go ahead in July.
Prime minister Yoshihide Suga announced the measures on Friday, saying they would begin on Sunday and remain in place until 11 May. In addition to to Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo will be affected. It has marked the third state of emergency in japan since the pandemic began. “I sincerely apologize for causing trouble for many people again,” he said. “It is feared that infection in major cities will spread across the whole country if we take no measures.”
Under the rules, major facilities like department stores will close, as well as restaurants, bars, and KTV rooms serving alcohol. Restaurants that do not serve alcohol are being told to close early, and companies are being asked to make arrangements for people to work remotely. Schools will remain open. Besides, the emergency measurescoincide withthe country’s “Golden Week” holiday, which runs from late April to the first week of May and is the busiest travel period of the year. Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike urged residents to start taking precautions immediately. In an effort to discourage people from going out at night. She said neon signs (霓虹灯) would be turned off.
The coronavirus toll in Japan has been much lower than that in many other countries, with about 558,000 cases and fewer than 10,000 deaths, according to figures collected by Johns Hopkins University. But there are concerns over the latest rise in infections, with reports of hospital bed shortages in some areas.
Tokyo 2020 president Seiko Hashimoto said at a news conference on Friday that organizers were not considering canceling the event. “I hope the coronavirus situation improves with the prevention measures the government, Tokyo, and other regional governments have put into place,” she said. “We, as Tokyo 2020, continue to wish for the swift return to normal and will continue to work closely to make sure a safe and secure Olympics can happen.”
12. According to the passage, what does Japanese government advise people to do?
A. To watch a live game.
B. To work at home.
C. To hang out in the evening.
D. To study at home.
13. What is the aim of bringing in emergency Covid measures?
A. To relieve people's fear of the the pandemic.
B. To settle the problem of hospital bed shortages.
C. To test government’s management of emergency.
D. To ensure the smooth running of the upcoming Olympics.
14. Which words can best describe the government’s action?
A. generous and brilliant.
B. costly but useless.
C. positive and considerate.
D. accidental but efficient.
15. What does the underlined phrase “coincide with” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. meet with
B. deal with
C. make up
D. set up
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Do you believe in aliens? During the 1980s, hundreds of mysterious circles appeared in fields all over England. Many people thought they were created by aliens from outer space. What were these circles?____16____ Scaring Circles
Hundreds of geometrical patterns appeared in the middle of English wheat fields like magic. The most common theory was that they were made by spaceships. Two scientists, Pete Delgado and Colin Andrews, became crazy about the subject.____17____By the end of the 1980s, crop circles had become a mystery; and there were regular reports in the press and on television.
Conflict
____18____Some believed the circles had been caused by animals such as deer, while others claimed the circles were caused by helicopters. Specialists thought the symbols were from ancient writings. However, no one could really offer a convincing explanation. Eventually, the Koestler Foundation offered 5,000 pounds for a definitive solution.
The Peak
1990 was the golden year for the crop circles. Delgado and Andrews released their bestseller “Circular Evidence". And a team of scientists arrived to record circle-making in action. That year,
the crop circles were even more complex than the ones before. The hit of the year came on 12th July
when a huge circle appeared in a field at Alton Barnes.____19____But the mystery was about to
be settled.
An Explanation
One day that same year, a group of famous circle exports set up monitoring equipment on a hill in Wiltshire.____20____Amazingly, the next day six circles appeared in a field just below them, without the team recording anything. Worse still, when the researchers entered the circles, they found man-made tools in the centre of each circle, which seemed to prove that the circles had been made by humans.
A. And who had made them?
B. The answers puzzled many people.
C. Crop specialists were as confused as ever.
D. Since then, a great many more crop circles have appeared.
E. They were hoping to record the formation of a crop circle.
F. Apart from the alien theories, there were other suggestions too.
G. They were convinced the circles were the work of an “unknown intelligence".
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We can’t predict the future, but all we know for sure is thatlife will never be the same.
I had always been____21____about traveling, and in our 8 years together, we made full use of our___22___budget and time, traveling as often as we could near or far, even checkingHawaiioff the bucket list.
___23___, once my husband was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. I didn’t go back to___24___ at all for over a year. For 6 months, my life became about being the caretaker, personal doctor and wife I could possibly be. I lived and___25___for him because that’s what he deserved and needed, and I wanted to spend every second I had___26___with him.
Sadly, he was gone. I was___27___. At that time, a family member___28___their apartment inHawaiito me if I wanted to take some___29___for myself. I knew this was what I needed to do. Arriving inHawaiiby myself was quite possibly the___30___feeling ever, second only to leaving the hospital the day he___31___. But I rented a car, I walked the beach, I hiked to waterfalls, and I spent time with old friends who lived there.___32___, I learned I was my own good friend and I could___33___myself. . Being alone with my thoughts and___34___was the hardest thing I could___35___, but I think at the time, it seemed___36___than going back to my old routine with a huge vacancy in my life.
And pretty soon, I was on the go___37___. After numerous trips, I felt it was time to return to work. I started to live life to the___38___, experiencing things I would never have imagined.
.Now I don’t want to wait to___39___my dreams and check things off my bucket list. I hope you don’t___40___.
21. A. crazy B. concerned C. anxious D. worried
22. A. limited B. equal C. enough D. proper
23. A. Anyway B. Besides C. However D. Therefore
24. A. hospital B. school C. exercise D. work
25. A. cried B. smiled C. shouted D. breathed
26. A. enjoyed B. left C. taken D. wasted
27. A. in amazement B. in shock C. at a loss D. at risk
28. A. received B. offered C. sold D. sent
29. A. money B. advice C. energy D. time
30. A. happiest B. loneliest C. most awkward D. most embarrassing
31. A. died B. recovered C. passed D. returned
32. A. Actually B. Obviously C. Gradually D. Generally
33. A. depend on B. check on C. reflect on D. focus on
34. A. comments B. admiration C. surprise D. memories
35. A. forget B. hope C. face D. identify
36. A. harder B. easier C. worse D. safer
37. A. continuously B. anxiously C. safely D. powerfully
38. A. least B. fullest C. busiest D. simplest
39. A. leave B. establish C. follow D. survive
40. A. too B. yet C. neither D. either
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
Across the world, people___41.___(expression) their love to tea in many ways. The handmade purple clay teapot (紫砂壶)is one of the most popular____42.____(item) among tea lovers in Asia. But the skill of making that particular teapot faces a lot of challenges in modern times.
Chinese people have been drinking tea for thousands of years. And___43.___(recent), these handmade teapots have become popular. As____44.____old saying goes, "A thing____45.____(value) if it is rare.”
Tea sets(茶具)have been a key part of Chinese culture. Gao Dezhi, 99,___46.___(make) purple clay teapots
since he was 3 years old. This kind of skill has been passed down from generation to generation or taught to those who are____47.____(interest) in the craft. Gao said that his son and daughter don't care about such skills. They already earn a lot of money by___48.___(work) in other jobs. People cannot make such things if they have no interest in learning the skill, he said.
In order to protect skills___49.___disappearing, local people have built a special museum____50.____masters can show their craft.
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：在错词下画一横线，并在该词下而写出修改后的词。

注意：
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。

Dear Sir or Madam,
I have learned of the poster that an exhibition of intelligent robots will held in your museum. Now, I'm writing to ask for more informations about it.
Firstly, could you please tell me how many robots will be on show but what the robots are main used for? Secondly, I want to know if there will be any performances giving by the robots or any games in that we can play against the robots. What’s the more, I wonder whether I should booked tickets for the exhibition now.
I would be grateful whether you could give me an early reply.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua 第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.新高考全国卷中的新作文题型——读后续写对大部分同学来说极具挑战性，请你以高三学生李华的身份给外教Helen写一封信，咨询她关于读后续写的建议。

内容包括：
1.写信原因；
2.题型简介；
3.你的困难。

注意：
1.词数80词左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Helen,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________
Sincerely,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. D
2. B
3. A
4. C
5. D
6. A
7. B
8. C 9. A 10. B 11. A
12. B 13. D 14. C 15. A
16. A 17. G 18. F 19. C 20. E
21. A 22. A 23. C 24. D 25. D 26. B 27. C 28. B 29. D 30. B 31. A 32.
C 33. A 34.
D 35. C 36. B 37. A 38. B 39. C 40. D
41. express
42. items 43. recently
44. an 45. is valued
46. has been making
47. interested
48. working
49. against/from
50. where
51.(1).of→from/in
(2).will后加be
(3).informations→information
(4).but→and
(5).main→mainly
(6).giving→given
(7).that→which
(8).删除the
(9).booked→book
(10).whether→if
52.略。