2020-2021学年长沙市长郡双语实验中学高三英语上学期期中试卷及答案解析

2020-2021学年长沙市长郡双语实验中学高三英语上学期期中试卷及
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
Overnight French Toast
What You’ll Need
•16-ounce loaf of French bread
•5 eggs
•1 1 /2 cups milk
•1/2 cup half-and-half
•1/3 cup maple syrup（枫糖浆）
•1/2 teaspoon salt
•foil（锡箔纸）
•2 tablespoons melted butter（for topping）
•2 tablespoons maple syrup（for topping）
What to Do
•With an adult’s help, cut the bread into 1-inch slices.
•Place the eggs, milk, half-and-half, maple syrup, and salt into a large bowl. Stir（揽拌）the mixture until blended（混合均匀）.
•Place the sliced bread into a baking dish. Pour the mixtureover the bread and press the slices into it. Cover the dish with foil and refrigerate overnight.
•Remove the dish from the refrigerator at least one hour before baking. Ask an adult for help to preheat the oven to 375°F. Bake the French toast for 35 minutes or until golden brown.
•For the topping, combine the melted butter and 2 tablespoons of maple syrup. Pour it over the French toast before serving.
1.How much salt will you need to make a French toast?
A.1/3 cup.
B.1/2 teaspoon.
C.2 tablespoons.
D.16 ounces.
2.How will you use foil?
A.Place the sliced bread
B.Cover the dish.
C.Remove the dish.
D.Eat the French toast.
3.Who is the passage written for?
A.Teachers.
B.Parents.
C.Cooks.
D.Kids.
B
The secrets of dreaming are always interesting psychologists. It is generally acknowledged in the field that dreams people have during this time betweenchildhood and full adulthood, that’s around 30, are the strongest and most influential. Yet not enough is known about the repeated patterns of dreaming. Researchers are still trying to answer a basic question: How does dreaming relate to the life experiences and developmental challenges?
G. William Domhoff and Adam Schneider, at theUniversityofCalifornia, help to answer this question by examining the lengthy dream series of two individuals, “Izzy” and “Jasmine”. Izzy provided a collection of 4, 329 dream reports from between the ages of 12 and 25, while Jasmine provided 664 dreams recorded between the ages of 14 and 25.
Large collections of dreams like these pose challenges to researchers. Until recently, the means of studying dream series was to employ a team of recorders who take the time to code each dream for a predetermined(预先确定的)number of content categories, and then compare their results. Nowadays, digital technologies enable the analysis of language usage in dreams with high speed, accuracy, and objectivity. This marks a revolutionary advance in the science of dreaming. However,itcan only lead so far.
To gain more specific and detailed insights, Domhoff and Schneider tailored word strings(词串)for each dreamer, mixing elements of traditional research with digital tools for analyzing large data sets. For Izzy these word strings included “family and s”, “celebrities” and “fantasy”, while the word strings they created for Jasmine included “familiar places,” electrical equipment” and “music”. The researchers used these word strings to identify connections between their dreams and real lives. Surprisingly, the results of the analysis revealed a great deal of consistency(一致性)and continuity in both sets of dreams. Izzy pays much attention to pop culture, and has affection for famous actors. Jasmine is an accomplished musician and performer.
“The frequencies of dream elements show the intensity(强度)of the dreamer’s personal concern with that element in waking thought,” Domhoff and Schneider conclude. For anyone who still claims dreaming is merely random nonsense from the brain and mental world, these findings are hard to explain away.
4. What do psychologists agree with about dreams?
A. Dreams are influenced by life experiences.
B. Dreaming is never nonsense from the brain.
C. Dreams in one’s teens and twenties are strongest.
D The patterns of dreaming are usually repeated.
5. What does “it” underlined in paragraph 3 refer to?
A. The collection of dreams.
B. Research into dreaming.
C. The digital method.
D. The challenge for psychologists.
6. How do the researchers conduct their study?
A. By analyzing large data sets.
B. By developing individualized word strings.
C. By identifying the patterns of dreaming.
D. By making comparison with traditional research.
7. Which can be the best title for the text?
A. New tech, new finding
B. Dreams: reflections of waking reality
C. Lives, languages, dreams
D. Life experiences: elements of mental world
C
I got my first bike when I was nine years old. Jimmy, the bike, was my first love. I rode it everywhere. The suburb, the back lanes, the fields and forests, the river paths and swampland were far more exciting than any adventure novel or television series.
There’s nothing quite like the relationship between a child and his bicycle and the endless happiness two wheels and a pair of strong legs offer. No video or computer game can replace the liberation of being alone on a bicycle.
As parents, to deny children the simple pleasure of riding a bike is a failure of our responsibilities to raise independent and stable young citizens. We should offer our children a healthy alternative to hours in front of an addictive screen. Studies have shown that cycling promotes not only muscle growth but brain growth. Guess which country has children with the best mental health outcomes and is regularly the top of listings of the
happiest young people. No surprise it’s theNetherlands, the unquestioned leader among industrial countries in encouraging bicycle use.
Our dependence on cars has degraded the public transport system, polluted our sky, led to the untimely death of thousands every year, and denied children safe access to their suburbs. A recent study found that 69% of children were accompanied to school. The same study found that a similar number of parents drove to work.
In some regions ofJapan, when children start their first year of school, parents are expected to walk with them for the first few weeks, introducing them to residents and shopkeepers along the chosen route, letting the community take care of these children. However, driving children to school isproscribed. Children can choose to ride a bike or walk to school after they are familiar with the community, and it’s the community’s role to keep them safe.
Therefore, I strongly advise the government to provide better infrastructure (基础设施). Build separated cycle lanes, decrease speed limits, and design street scapes that favour people over cars. The results will be less pollution, quieter suburbs, a healthier population and, best of all, happy and independent children.
8. What can we infer about the author from the text?
A. He was addicted to computer games.
B. He liked taking adventurous trips in nature.
C. He had great fun exploring the outside by cycling.
D.He got his first birthday present at the age of nine.
9. Why does the author mention theNetherlandsin Paragraph 3?
A. To introduce his good way of raising independent children.
B. To illustrate the great influence riding has on mental health.
C. To stress the importance of being physically and mentally healthy.
D. To explain cycling does best in city development in theNetherlands.
10. What does the underlined word “proscribed” in Paragraph 5 probably mean?
A. Recommended.
B. Protected.
C. Delayed.
D. Forbidden.
11. How does the author mainly support his idea?
A. By analyzing causes.
B. By listing examples.
C.By giving definitions.
D. By analyzing scientific data.
D
One billion people in the world are short of water. How can this problem be solved. Some suggestions have
been to desalinate ocean water or to build enormous water pipelines from areas where water is abundant. (Suggestions such as these prove extremely expensive when they are actually used.) One possibility that scientists are considering is pulling icebergs from either the North Pole or the South Pole to parts of the world with a water shortage. Although many questions must be answered before such a project could be tried, moving icebergs seems a reasonable possibility in the future.
Engineers, mathematicians, and glaciologists from a dozen countries have been considering the iceberg as a future source of water. Saudi Arabia is particularly interested in this project because it has a great water shortage. Scientists estimate that it would take 128 days to transport a large iceberg (about 1/2 square mile) to Saudi Arabia. Yet the iceberg would be completely melted by the 104th day. Therefore, insulation would be essential, but how to insulate the iceberg remains an unsolved problem.
The problems in transporting an iceberg are numerous. The first problem is choosing the iceberg to pull. The icebergs that form in the North Pole are quite difficult to handle because of their shape. Only a small portion extends above the water — most of the iceberg is below the surface, which would make it difficult to pull. South Pole icebergs, on the other hand, are flat and float like table tops. Thus they would be much easier to move.
How can a 200-million-ton iceberg be moved. No ship is strong enough to pull such enormous weight through the water. Perhaps several ships could be used. Attaching ropes to an iceberg this size is also an enormous problem. Engineers think that large nails or long metal rods could be driven into the ice. What would happen if the iceberg splits into several pieces during the pulling. Even if an iceberg with very few cracks were chosen, how could it be pulled through stormy waters. Furthermore, once the iceberg reached its destination, very few ports would be deep enough to store it.
All of these problems must be solved before icebergs can become a reasonable source of water. Yet scientists estimate that it will be possible to transport them in the near future. Each year, enough icebergs form to supply the whole world with fresh water for a full year. In addition, icebergs are free and nonpolluting. As a solution to the world’s water problems, icebergs may be a workable possibility.
12. What is a problem in transporting iceberg?
A. The size of the iceberg.
B. The colour of the iceberg.
C. The salt in the iceberg.
D. The movement of air and water.
13. What is the author’ attitude towards transporting iceberg?
A. Pessimistic.
B. Objective.
C. Optimistic.
D. Unconcerned.
14. What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?
A. It is hard to use iceberg.
B. Iceberg are a good choice.
C. There are problems with iceberg.
D. Man finds no other ways to solve water shortage.
15. What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Shortage of water.
B. Icebergs for water.
C. Scientists and icebergs.
D. Iceberg—scientists headache.
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Cheerleading is the fastest growing girls' sport, yet more than half of Americans do not believe it is a sport. In addition, they fail to distinguish between sideline cheerleaders and competitive ones. Sideline cheerleaders’ main goal is to entertain the crowd and lead them with team cheers, which should not be considered a sport.
____16____A sport, according to the Association of Cheerleading Coaches and Advisors, is a physical activity or competition against an opponent, governed by rules and conditions, and the primary purpose of competition is a comparison of the skills of the participants.____17____
Competitive cheerleading includes lots of physical activities. The “fliers” are thrown in the air, held by “bases” in different positions that require strength and cooperation with other teammates. And just as basketball and football have guidelines for competitive play, so does competitive cheerleading.____18____And the cheerleaders are required to stay within a certain area.
____19____Just like gymnasts, competitive cheerleaders are awarded points for difficulty, technique, and sharpness. The more difficult a mount, the sharper the motions, the better the score. Cheerleading is a team sport, so without cooperation, the first place is out of reach.
Some people argue cheerleaders are just “girls in skirts” with their only job to entertain the crowd.____20____ Cheerleaders today compete against other teams and work as hard as other athletes. Cheerleading even appear in the Olympics since cheerleaders are just as athletic and physically fit as those involved in the more accepted sports.
A.Cheerleaders must learn to perform in public.
petitive cheerleaders’ goal is to be the best.
C.Cheerleading follows these guidelines, so it is a sport.
D.However, competitive cheerleading is a sport.
E.Cheerleading is recognized as a sport by many schools.
F.The whole routine has to be completed in less than 3 minutes and 15 seconds.
G.Actually, cheerleading has become as well-known a sport as football and basketball.
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If you have strong arms and feet, patience and a good temper, you might___21___a good waiter. You must start,___22___, not in the restaurant, but in the kitchen, helping the chef, to learn how each dish is___23___.
From this first step, you may enter the restaurant___24___a ''commis'' (厨助). But you won't be___25___to serve the customers yet. They will only let you do the bottomed jobs,___26___the tables and carrying the plates. But all the time you must watch and learn with___27___.
Later you may become ''chef de rang'' (a waiter incharge of a number of tables). You may even become a head waiter___28___, if you have the right sort of personality and you are not___29___of hard work.
When Carlo Bianchi first arrived inLondon, he spoke only two words of English -''please'' and ''Hello''. He____30____to get a job helping in the kitchen of a restaurant, and he spent what little____31____time he had learning English. He was a good worker and soon they____32____him a job in the restaurant as a waiter.
Every night, Carlo____33____to go home exhausted, but never too____34____to study the language for half an hour before going to sleep. And no matter how tired or ill he felt, he always wore a____35____for his customers. They liked him, and people came and asked to be____36____by Carlo.
Now, twenty-five years later, Carlo is in____37____of six restaurants, and he____38____to open a seventh shortly. So friends, in this world success never comes overnight. Start from the____39____and make progress step by step with enough patience and____40____chances will fall upon you.
21. A. make B. create C. replace D. choose
22. A. otherwise B. therefore C. thus D. however
23. A. commented B. tasted C. prepared D. chosen
24. A. as B. for C. with D. to
25. A. forced B. allowed C. banned D. urged
26. A. moving B. laying C. pushing D. placing
27. A. curiosity B. kindness C. patience D. interest
28. A. simply B. specially C. exactly D. eventually
29. A. afraid B. ashamed C. fond D. typical
30. A. managed B. attempted C. predicted D. expected
31. A. tight B. useful C. spare D. busy
32. A. threw B. found C. sent D. donated
33. A. used B. promised C. regretted D. remembered
34. A. depressed B. excited C. worried D. tired
35. A. smile B. face C. color1 D. surprise
36. A. served B. approved C. praised D. treated
37. A. favor B. need C. possession D. support
38. A. hesitates B. schedules C. hurries D. fails
39. A. easiest B. slowest C. simplest D. lowest
40. A. after all B. in time C. In a word D. above all
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
To win a national award for handwriting, especially in this digital age, is an achievement in itself. But____41.____makes Anaya Ellick extra special is that the seven-year-old made the achievement despite____42.____(have) no hands.
The young girl____43.____competed in the category for students with special needs had to beat____44.____(compete) to win the award. Contest director Kathleen Wright said the judges, many of whom are occupational doctors ,____45.____(be) “just amazed” by the quality of Anaya's printing. Wright says,”Her writing sample was Comparable to someone who had hands.”
Anaya's proud parents, Bianca Middleton and Gary Ellick say the young girl's determination and desire to be____46.____(depend) became obvious when she was just a baby.____47.____a young child, she learned to eat with a fork and build with blocks. At 5, she managed____48.____(hold) a crayon or marker between her hands and draw. Though Anaya was fitted with prosthetic (假体的) arms for a short time, the young girl decided she was better off____49.____her natural ones and threw____50.____(it) away.
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；
只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Last week our teacher announced that a Chinese Character Dictation Competition will be held in the auditorium on July 3. Many of us were interested and hoped to join in it, and only one competitor was allowed for each class. Luckily, I got chance.
In the following days, I buried me in preparing for the competition. My classmates gave me a lot of good advices. As the competition was approaching, I felt more and more confident. The day finally came. Some characters were very challenging that many of the competitors got stuck while I succeeded on writing down most of them and won the first prize. When I was standing excited on the stage, pictures of my classmates helps me flashed into my mind. The victory and honor were belonged to all of us.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.你是晨光中学的李津，你校要举办一个英语特色活动，作为负责人，你给你曾经的外教Jonathan写一封E-mail,请求他给你一些建议。

1.你举办这个活动的设想(时间、地点、目的、一个活动形式如：英语戏剧表演或英语图书分享会等)。

2,对外教提两个有关活动设想的具体的问题。

词数不少于100。

开头已给出，不计入词数。

Dear Jonathan,
How time flies! We haven't seen each other for almost one year since you went back home.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________
参考答案
1. B
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. C
6. B
7. B
8. C 9. B 10. D 11. B
12. A 13. C 14. B 15. B
16. D 17. C 18. F 19. B 20. G
21. A 22. D 23. C 24. A 25. B 26. B 27. C 28. D 29. A 30. A 31. C 32.
B 33. A 34. D 35. A 36. A 37.
C 38. B 39.
D 40. B
41. what 42. having 43. who/that
44. competitors 45. were
46. independent 47. As 48. to hold 49. with 50. them
51.(1).will→would
(2).and→but
(3).got后加the
(4).me→myself
(5).advices→advice
(6).very→so
(7).on→in
(8).excited→excitedly
(9).helps→helping
(10).were删掉
52.略。