2020届泰州实验学校高三英语上学期期中考试试卷及答案

2020届泰州实验学校高三英语上学期期中考试试卷及答案
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
Welcome to join our Summer Youth Language Program to improve English language skills, make new friends worldwide. and have a good time here! The program capacity is limited, so if you are interested, you should register as soon as possible.
Dates andCosts
All programs require a $ 100 nonrefundable deposit (不退还的押金)to reserve a spot in the program.
June 15—July 16 5-week program：( $ 1920)
July 20—August 20 5-week program：( $ 1920)
June 15—August 20 10-week program：( $ 3620)
You can also study with us for shorter periods. 4-week programs cost $ 1580 tuition and 3-week programs cost $ 1240.
Discounts
There is a 10% discount for each additional family member!
Appropriate Ages
Recommended Ages：14 and older
Restrictions：Students who are younger than 16 must have a parent or guardian with them.
Program Schedule
In the morning, you will join the all-aged Intensive English classes from 9：00 am to 2：00 pm, Monday to Thursday, where they can meet other students from worldwide. In the afternoonfrom 2 to 3 pm, we will have fun after-school activities, like soccer in the Park, visit toScienceMuseumand story writing competition.
Items Students Should Bring
Clothes：Shirts, a jacket, long pants ,a swimsuit and comfortable shoes, etc.
Other personal items：Camera phone? plug adapter, photos of friends/family.
Study materials：Notebooks, pens, and pencils.
Airport Safe Items：Don't bring foods and snacks, or they'll be charged before you board the airport.
1. How much will be charged if you and your brother join in a 3-week program?
A. $ 1920,
B. $ 2356.
C. $3002.
D. $ 3620.
2. What will participants do at 2：30 pm on Monday?
municate with foreign students.
B. Attend intensive English classes.
C. Join in some interesting activities.
D. Talk with their parents on the phone.
3. Why should students avoid bringing foods and snacks?
A. To save space for their luggage.
B. To protect the environment.
C. To avoid any unwanted fees.
D. To follow the rules of the airport.
B
One day about eight years ago in the departure lounge (休息室) of a flight from New York's LaGuardia airport to O'Hare in Chicago, I found a young boy in tears and his mother at his side also appeared upset, I walked to them and invited them to our VIP lounge.
As it turned out, the boy, Miles and his mom were returning to their home in Kansas City. Miles has had some health problems. Though he had received more than thirty operations in a Jewish Hospital in New York, he would be back for more.
Miles enjoyed spending his time in our VIP lounge looking at the entire wall filled with the pictures of many celebrities (名人) who often came to our office. We soon added Miles' picture to the wall among those celebrities.
Among the celebrities, Miles like the country singer Garth Brooks best. Miles would just sit and stare at Garth's picture,
Oneday, Mr. Brooks was waiting in the lounge for his flight. As he looked at the collection of photographs, Garth asked about the youngster with the big smile. We told him about Miles. We also told him how much Miles loved and respected (尊重) him. He nodded and left.
About six months later, Garth was going to be performing in Kansas City and he asked our workers to help him get in touch with the family. He wanted Miles to be his guest. That evening, not only did Miles sit in the front row, but he and Garth also had a private meeting after the performance.
Although Miles would receive many more treatments after that special evening, his smile greeted us with every following visit. The face of a sick boy was changed by the joy of a stranger.
4. What does the author probably do?
A. A worker at an airport.
B. A killed photographer.
C. A country music singer.
D. A doctor in a Jewish hospital.
5. What did Miles enjoy doing in the VIP lounge?
A. Interviewing celebrities he saw there.
B. Seeing pictures of celebrities on the wall.
C. Drawing pictures of the celebrities there.
D. Singing together with his favorite singer.
6. Which words can best describe Garth Brooks?
A. Determined and generous.
B. Proud and selfish.
C. Kind and helpful.
D. Powerful and rich.
7. What can be the best title for the text?
A. Importance of Good Service
B. Kindness from Strangers
C. A Serious Health Problem
D. A Helpless Mother
C
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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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
D
A world in which extinct creatures could be brought back to life came a step closer yesterday. Australian scientists have managed to extract a gene from a preserved sample of a Tasmanian tiger and make it active. Thebreakthroughhas left them dreaming that one day they will be able to recreate the animal, which died out more than 70 years ago. And if it can be done with the Tasmanian tiger, it may also be possible to resurrect (复活)
creatures that have been extinct for far longer.
“There used to be a time when extinction meant forever, but no more, ” said Professor Mike Archer. “We are now able to seriously challenge whether those animals that have gone for ever. What has been achieved is a very important step in bringing back those animals that are extinct. And while I think that technically it is still pretty difficult at the moment, we can now see the possibilities. I’m personally convinced that the Tasmanian tiger will be brought back to life in my lifetime.”
The breakthrough came after nine years of experiments by scientists at the University of Melbourne, who extracted a gene from one of several tigers preserved in alcohol in a Melbourne museum. They removed the equivalent gene from a mouse embryo implanted the tiger gene and then watched as the mouse continued to grow normally, suggesting the tiger gene had been activated.
Team leader Dr. Andrew Pask said it was the first time DNA from an extinct species had been used to “induce (引起) a functional response in another living organism”.
However, the animal’s entire gene structure would have to be revived in the same way to even begin the possibility of bringing the Tasmanian tiger back from the dead.
Mick Mooney, a wildlife officer ofthe Tasmanian Government, was worried that such developments could encourage people’s indifference to the protection of endangered species.
“If people think that we can bring animals back to life after they’ve gone, they will start saying that there is nothing to worry about because we can fix it up later.”
12. What does the underlined word “breakthrough” in the l paragraph refer to?
A. Scientists have recreated new animals.
B. Scientists have resurrected endangered animal.
C. It has turned out that some creatures would not go extinct.
D. A tiger gene has been extracted successfully and activated.
13. Scientists are carrying out the experiments in order to ________.
A. bring extinct animals back to life
B. transplant the genes of tigers into other animals
C. find out what factors lead to the animals’ extinction
D. find a new way to extract animals’ DNA
14. Mike Archer thinks that ________.
A. scientists now have no technological difficulty reconnecting extinct animals
B. it’ll be a century or so before a Tasmanian tiger walks on the earth again
C. humans have come closer in reconnecting extinct animals
D. reconnecting extinct animals is impossible
15. We can learn from Mick Mooncy’s words that_________.
A. he thought it unnecessary to worry about endangered animals
B. his opinion is in contrast with that of the Tasmanian Government
C. he thought people should be encouraged to protect endangered animals
D. he is concerned that bringing extinct animals back to life may have a negative effect
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Retirement, if you plan well, is filled with leisure time to do what you want when you want. That is why we call retirement the Golden Years. Retirees with grandchildren have the leisure to see them whenever they want.___16___
Early in the pandemic (流行病)，health experts warned older adults to limit contact with children. No matter how much you love them, children are known for spreading germs. And older adults are at higher risk of dying from CO VID-19. But now, as the pandemic continues, the situation is changing again for some retired people. Because of the pandemic, most grandparents are involved in the family's childcare.___17___They check schoolwork, control study time, and create educational games.
Why? For many families, school is also childcare for working parents.___18___So education is happening online and in the home.___19___More grandparents are now being asked to not only watch their grandchildren but also supervise (监督)their online learning.
Mary Hill and her husband Bill have to care for their grandson Will five days a week and supervise his distance learning. Mary says she and her husband are much busier than they were before the pandemic.
___20___Grandparents are often accused of spoiling grandchildren - letting them eat lots of sweets and play all the time. For Mary, becoming a rule enforcer instead of just a fun grandmother for Will has been the hardest part.
A. But most schools remain closed.
B. However, that changed with the coronavirus pandemic.
C. As a result, many families are struggling to find childcare.
D. It is not easy for old adults to get along with their grandchildren.
E. Besides being much busier, grandparents face another difficult problem.
F. In theUnited States, some grandparents are adding new work in their Golden Years.
G. Children experts say grandparents and their grandchildren should hang out together regularly.
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Our families lived more than 450 miles away, so a few weeks before Thanksgiving one year, my husband and I decided to invite a guest over___21___the holiday. I called a senior center in theDallasarea and they___22___Ilse, a woman I imagined would be quiet and good-natured. When seeing her, I was wrong. Ilse was a stubborn 78 -year-old lady, who favored spending time at the center___23___she had her own apartment.
By the end of the Thanksgiving evening, we felt as if she were an old friend. Two weeks later, I invited her to lunch. The more time I spent with Ilse, the more she became like my grandma, always full of energy. Since I was the only one left in her life, I felt___24___for her. I soon became her personal Uber driver (minus the fee), and also helped her hire a___25___. As the days went on, Ilse seemed more disconnected than before. Late one afternoon, she called from the emergency room to tell me she had___26___over her coffee table. After I got there, the doctor___27___she had suffered a mild stroke(中风).
During the next few days, I___28___by her apartment, sadly finding that she was so weak. And she was no longer the___29___Ilse I knew. At the end of the week, I received an early-morning call from her caregiver. “Please come over now,” her voicematter-of-fact. “She’s passed away.” But I was too shocked to cry.
The morning after Ilse’s death, I pulled her___30___out of my file cabinet. Ilse had___31___I take a copy of it a year earlier. I read through it and___32___when I saw my name. She had left me $ 50,000. I didn't___33___her saying anything about that.___34___, I would have insisted she donate the money to charity or give it to a friend she had known longer. Ilse was a friend I'd helped out of loyalty and___35___, not with the expectation of being paid. I opened an account in her honor. Over the next 20 years, Ilse's___36___grew and gave me the opportunity to___37___funds in her name to a cause she cared about deeply : children. Various families and charities___38___from her donations. It is beyond my expectation that a___39___I’d taken years before when I placed a call to the senior center and meet Ilse made my life richer and made me have a new understanding of___40___.
21. A. after B. for C. by D. of
22. A. believed B. begged C. observed D. suggested
23. A. unless B. because C. though D. if
24. A. responsible B. grateful C. pitiful D. happy
25. A. teacher B. caregiver C. doctor D. guide
26. A. talked B. looked C. came D. tripped
27. A. ensured B. confirmed C. warned D. reminded
28. A. drove B. walked C. dropped D. slipped
29. A. energetic B. outgoing C. generous D. determined
30. A. photo B. will C. book D. report
31. A. insisted B. ordered C. recommended D. proposed
32. A. questioned B. relieved C. explained D. stopped
33. A. mind B. imagine C. remember D. consider
34. A. Otherwise B. Therefore C. However D. Instead
35. A. courage B. ability C. respect D. ambition
36. A. gift B. desire C. need D. idea
37. A. return B. lend C. sell D. provide
38. A. learned B. kept C. benefited D. borrowed
39. A. risk B. praise C. reward D. chance
40. A. equality B. humanity C. possibility D. reality
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
A Sweet Art— Sugar Painting
In and aroundChina’s southwesternSichuanprovince, one can often find folk artists producing sugar____41.____(painting) with liquid sugar along the streets and in the parks.
According to some academic studies, sugar painting originated from the Ming Dynasty when sugar animals and figures____42.____(make) in molds (模具) as part of a sacrifice in religious ceremony. In the Qing Dynasty, sugar painting gained more____43.____(popular). The production techniques were upgraded and the patterns became more various, most of____44.____stood for good luck such as fish, dragon and monkey. Afterward, the folk artists inSichuan____45.____(develop) this art by adding techniques of Chinese shadow puppet and Chinese paper cutting. The molds were also replaced____46.____a small bronze spoon. As time passed by, the contemporary form of sugar painting has____47.____(gradual) evolved.
Although the number of sugar painters has decreased, due to its unique charm, a certain number of artists
are making efforts____48.____(preserve) it by offering classes, holding relevant activities such as sugar painting contests and applying for the National Non-material Cultural Heritage.
Nowadays, this art is getting support again from the general public____49.____it has already been listed as Provincial Non-Material Culture Heritage by the Sichuan Government. Moreover, the sugar painting artists have gained_____50._____(increase) recognition.
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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多的词用斜线（＼）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。

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。

My mother tongue is English, so I like Chinese. I believe that in a decade's time, Chinese will be important as English. Also, I hope to live in Beijing one day. To make my dream realize, I need to have a high level of fluent. And I must speak it accurate. At the moment, I make too much mistakes. The reason why I want to live in Beijing is that it's what my parents meet. My dad was working here and my mum was being traveling on her way to studying pandas in China.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假设你是李华，红星中学的一名高三学生。

你校因疫情延期开学，你的美国朋友George发邮件来表示关心，并询问你的新学年规划。

请你给他回邮件告知，内容包括：
1.感谢他的关心；
2.你的新学年规划；
3.询问他的新学年规划。

注意:
1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear George,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________
Yours
Li Hua
参考答案
1. B
2. C
3. C
4. A
5. B
6. C
7. B
8. C 9. C 10. B 11. B
12. D 13. A 14. C 15. D
16. B 17. F 18. A 19. C 20. E
21. B 22. D 23. C 24. A 25. B 26. D 27. B 28. C 29. A 30. B 31. A 32.
D 33. C 34. A 35. C 36. A 37. D 38. C 39. D 40. B
41. paintings
42. were made
43. popularity
44. which 45. developed
46. with 47. gradually
48. to preserve
49. and 50. increasin
51.(1). so→but
(2). important前加as
(3). realize→realized
(4). fluent→fluency
(5). accurate→accurately
(6). much→many
(7). what→where
(8). meet→met
(9). here→there
(10). 删掉being
52.略。