2020年景德镇第一中学高三英语下学期期中试题及答案

2020年景德镇第一中学高三英语下学期期中试题及答案
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
If you are planning to visit the historic capital city of Scotland, Edinburgh, a travel destination that people crowd to from around the world, and want to attend one Festival while you are there, keep on reading to discover more information.
AKA. Imaginate Festival When: 22 May – 2 June 2021
Where: Traverse Theater, Assembly Roxy
A festival where kids take overEdinburgh. With a whole range of free pop-up performances, take your kids to see some of the most inspiring theatre and dance from a whole range of talented performers.
EdinburghInternational Film Festival When: 19 June – 29 June 2021
Where: Film House, Festival Theater
Originally the very best in international film, it was established in 1947. The dynamic programme features everything from documentaries to shorts, along with a range of experimental cinema, in an attractive setting with a spray of red carpet charm.
EdinburghArt Festival When: 25 July – 25 August 2021
Where: City ArtCenter, The Scottish Gallery
With over 40 exhibitions to attend, the Edinburgh Art Festival is theUK’s largest visual arts event where you can see everything from historical works to contemporary masterpieces.
The RoyalEdinburghMilitary Tattoo When: 2 – 24 August 2021
Where:EdinburghCastle
With a different theme every year, over 200,000 visitors crowd toEdinburghto see the military bands and the symbolic piper set against the backdrop ofEdinburghCastle.
1. Who is the AKA. Imaginate Festival intended for?
A. Children.
B. Talented performers.
C. Parents.
D. Dancers.
2. What’s special about Edinburgh Art Festival?
A. It includes all forms of arts.
B. It is about great works in history.
C. It is the largest festival in the world.
D. It lasts for the longest time.
3. Which Festival offers performances by soldiers?
A. Edinburgh Art Festival
B. AKA. Imaginate Festival
C. The RoyalEdinburghMilitary Tattoo
D.EdinburghInternational Film Festival
B
Ever wondered if dogs can learn new words? Yes, say researchers as they have found that talented dogs may have the ability to grasp new words after hearing them only four times.
While previous evidence seems to show that most dogs do not learn words, unless eventually very well trained, a few individuals have shown some extraordinary abilities, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports.
“We wanted to know under which conditions the gifted dogs may learn novel words” said researcher xuekw Claudia Fugazza from theEötvösLorándUniversityinHungary. For the study, the team involved two gifted dogs, Whisky and Vicky Nina. The team exposed the dogs to the new words in two different conditions.
In the exclusion-based task, presented with seven known toys and one new toy, the dogs were able to select the new toy when presented with a new name. Researchers say this proves that dogs can choose by exclusion when faced with a new word, they selected the only toy which did not have a known name.
However, this was not the way they would learn the name of the toy. In fact, when they were presented with one more equally new name to test their ability to recognize the toy by its name, the dogs got totally confused and failed.
The other condition, the social one, where the dogs played with their owners who pronounced the name of the toy while playing with the dog, proved to be the successful way to learn the name of the toy, even after hearing it only 4 times. “The rapid learning that we observed seems to equal children’s ability to learn many new words at a fast rate around the age of 18 months,” Fugazza says. “But we do not know whether the learning mechanisms(机制) behind this learning are the same for humans and dogs. ”
To test whether most dogs would learn words this way, 20 other dogs were tested in the same condition, but none of them showed any evidence of learning the toy names, confirming that the abilityto learn words rapidly in the
absence of formal training is very rare and is only present in a few gifted dogs.
4. What was the purpose of the study published in Scientific Reports?
A. To better train dogs’ ability to learn new words.
B. To further confirm previous evidence about dogs.
C. To prove extraordinary memory abilities of gifted dogs.
D. To explore favorable conditions for gifted dogs’ new-word learning.
5. How did the dogs react when exposed to two new names in the first condition?
A. Slow to understand.
B. Quick to learn.
C. At a loss.
D. In a panic.
6. What was found about dogs’ new-word learning in the social condition?
A. Learning through playing applied to most dogs.
B. The social condition helped dogs learn new words.
CDogs’ new-word learning turned out to be less effective.
D. Dogs shared similar learning mechanisms with children.
7. Which of the following is the best title for the text?
A. Gifted Dogs Can Learn New Words Rapidly.
B. Dogs Identify Newly-named Toys by Exclusion.
C. Dogs Can Acquire Vocabulary through Tons of Training.
D. Gifted Dogs Have Similar Learning Abilities to Humans.
C
What will people die of 100 years from now? If you think that is a simple question，you have not been paying attention to the revolution that is taking place in bio-­technology（生物技术）. With the help of new medicine，the human body will last a very long time. Death will come mainly from accidents，murder and war. Today’s leading killers，such as heart disease，cancer，and aging itself，will become distant memories.
In discussion of technological changes，the Internet gets most of the attention these days. But the change in medicine can be the real technological event of our times. How long can humans live? Human brains were known to decide the final death. Cells（细胞）are the basic units of all living things，and until recently，scientists were sure that the life of cells could not go much beyond 120 years because the basic materials of cells，such as those of brain cells，would not last forever. But the upper limits will be broken by new medicine. Sometime between 2050 and 2100，medicine will have advanced to the point at which every 10 years or so，people will beable to take medicine to repair their organs（器官）. The medicine，made up of the basic building materials of life，will build
new brain cells，heart cells，and so on－in much the same way our bodies make new skin cells to take the place of old ones.
It is exciting to imagine that the advance in technology may be changing the most basic condition of human existence，but many technical problems still must be cleared up on the way to this wonderful future.
8. According to the passage，human death is now mainly caused by ________.
A. diseases and aging
B. accidents and war
C. accidents and aging
D. heart disease and war
9. In the author’s opinion，today’s most important advance in technology lies in（在于）________.
A. the Internet
B. medicine
C. brain cells
D. human organs
10. Humans may live longer in the future because ________.
A. heart disease will be far away from us
B. human brains can decide the final death
C. the basic materials of cells will last forever
D. human organs can be repaired by new medicine
11. How long can humans live in the future according to the passage?
A. Over 100 years.
B. More than 120 years.
C. About 150 years.
D. The passage doesn’t tell us.
D
Thursday, two Russian submarines(潜艇) dived down 2.5 miles into the Arctic Ocean and planted a national flag onto a piece of continental shelf known as the Lomonosov Ridge. Rising from the center of the Arctic Basin, the flag sent a clear message to the surrounding nations: Russia had just laid claim(权利) to the vast oil and gas reserves contained in this underwater area.
AfterRussia, theUnited States,Norway,SwedenandFinlandare all trying to gain profit. Projections show that the area of land and sea that falls within theArctic Circleis home to an estimated 90 billion barrels of oil, an incredible 13% of Earth’s reserves. It’s also estimated to contain almost a quarter of untapped global gas resources. But long before this oil race began, how did theArcticbecome so rich in energy?
“The first thing you realize is that theArctic—unlike the Antarctic—is an ocean surrounded by continents”,
Alastair Fraser, a geoscientist from Imperial College London, said. Firstly, this means there’s a huge quantity of organic material available, in the form of dead sea creatures such as plankton and algae, which form the basis of what will ultimately become oil and gas. Secondly, the surrounding ring of continents means that the Arctic Basin contains a high proportion of continental crust(大陆地壳), which makes up about 50% of its oceanic area. That’s significant because continental crust typically contains deep depressions called basins, into which organic matter sinks.
Here, it gets inserted in rock and preserved in anoxic(缺氧) waters, meaning they contain little oxygen. “Normally, in a shallow sea with lots of oxygen, it would not be preserved. But if the sea is deep enough, the oxygenated waters at the top will be separated from the anoxic conditions at the base,” Fraser explained. Conserved within these oxygen-free basins, the matter maintains compounds that finally make it useful as an energy source for millions of years in the future.
12. Why didRussiaplant a national flag onto the Lomonosov Ridge?
A. To tell surrounding countries its armed forces.
B. To show its advanced technology of submarines.
C. To show abundant natural resources in theArcticBasin.
D. To claim its privilege to explore for oil and gas in the area.
13. What’s the function of the last sentence in paragraph 2?
A. Making a comparison.
B. Serving as a connecting link.
C. Analyzing the cause and effect.
D. Drawing the conclusion of the text.
14. What can we know from the last paragraph?
A. Oxygen only exists in the top part of the ocean.
B. Organic materials mostly exist in the basins with oxygen.
C. Water containing oxygen turns organic materials into oil and gas.
D. Oxygen-free environment counts in the formation of the arctic’s rich energy.
15. What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. What makes theArcticattractive?
B. Why do many nations focus on theArctic?
C. Why is there so much oil in theArctic?
D. How does theArcticBasincome into being?
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When we think of bicycles, we thinkof fun and the outdoors. Bicycles give riders the freedom to explore and
enjoy the environment and its surroundings.___16___
Most people know that riding bicycles is environmentally friendly.___17___If you are riding a bike, you are helping to reduce air and noise pollution.
Bikes are becoming more and more popular across the world. In fact, they are becoming more than just a fun pastime.___18___For many people around the world, access to markets and schools would not be accessible without a bike.
___19___Some cities, such asParisandBarcelona, have not only built bicycle lanes but also have introduced a system of renting bikes. You can rent, or use a bicycle in one area of the city and drop it off in another area of the city.Parisnow has thousands of bikes for public use, with bicycle stations located throughout the city.
Some South American cities, such asBogotainColombia, have a weekly car-free day.
___20___On these days, the traffic-related air pollution from old buses and trucks is greatly reduced.
It seems that the bike is a force for good, providing solutions for cleaner cities without leaving a serious environmental footprint.
A. They are a healthy, cheap activity and good exercise.
B. Cities are taking this love and demand for bicycles seriously.
C. People are encouraged to buy bicycles to go to and from work.
D. Daily use of a bicycle has very low effect on the environment.
E. It is cheap and convenient to travel around the world on bicycles.
F. They are also used as a daily transport to work, school or shopping.
G. More than 2 million people bicycle, skate, or jog along the closed roads.
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 remember this because it happened recently. After my class was over, I was waiting for the____21____. The display showed the 4thfloor with the arrow____22____downwards. Yet the door wasn’t open. I kept pressing the buttons, but nothing____23____. Then, a guy came forward and leaned towards the door with his____24____touching it.
“There are some people inside. I can hear them,” he said. I tried listening and could hear____25____too. It seemed as if two men were talking and I assumed they needed help. So, thinking this was my chance to make____26____in the next day’s newspaper, I yelled, “People, you are____27____inside, right? Don’t worry! I’ll do something!”
There were a few offices on the same floor. I called for help and people____28____. I went close to the door again and yelled, “People, keep talking to me. You’re all____29____, right? Keep trying to open the door.” The people inside kept talking to me____30____I was so preoccupied with the thought of being their “savior” that I paid no attention to what they____31____.
Soon, there were about 20-25 people____32____the lift. I____33____told them not to panic and also told them that I had seen movies where____34____like these were shown and what we should do next. I asked a man to keep talking to those people while I searched for a____35____. Soon, I returned with a steel ruler. I walked with____36____towards the door.____37____I could even try, the door opened. There were three men in uniform and they said, “Sister, repair work is going on and we___38___to keep a board outside. We’ve been trying to tell you, but you weren’t even____39____.
Everybody started____40____loudly, and all I ever wanted to do then was hide in a deepest hole.
21. A. lift B. headmaster C. show D. train
22. A. spreading B. pointing C. moving D. waving
23. A. stopped B. continued C. arrived D. happened
24. A. back B. foot C. ear D. hand
25. A. requests B. suggestions C. knocks D. voices
26. A. headlines B. records C. reports D. differences
27. A. sent B. locked C. seized D. pulled
28. A. gathered B. passed C. returned D. wandered
29. A. nervous B. angry C. fine D. lucky
30. A. until B. though C. because D. but
31. A. asked B. offered C. said D. kicked
32. A. over B. under C. on D. around
33. A. calmly B. quickly C. angrily D. curiously
34. A. imaginations B. situations C. methods D. instructions
35. A. tool B. key C. doctor D. workman
36. A. surprise B. shame C. pride D. patience
37. A. When B. Before C. Although D. Unless
38. A. pretended B. appeared C. refused D. forgot
39. A. speaking B. watching C. listening D. thinking
40. A. blaming B. laughing C. warning D. complaining
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
Wild elephants that had been roaming the southern ChineseprovinceofYunnanfor more than three months returned to a “more appropriate” habitat, Chinese experts told Xinhua news agency.
The animals____41.____(begin) a migration in May from their usual habitat in Xishuangbanna,____42.____region known for its tropical forest, to the north of the province without clear reason. The herd managed____43.____(cross) theYuanjiangRiverSunday, the main obstacle they had to continue their return to a more favorable habitat. The arrival of the rainy season in the area in July added difficulty____44.____its crossing, since the river flow has increased____45.____(considerable). According to Xinhua, authorities blocked the river bank with dozens of trucks to prevent the elephants from crossing,___46.___(force) them to continue their journey to a bridge,through___47.___they could cross the river without complications (困难). Chen Mingyong, an elephant researcher atYunnanUniversity, said theYuanjiangRiver___48.___(be) the dividing line that marks “the suitability of the environment for the life of elephants”. In the north, the original direction the animals took, it is colder and there is less food,____49.____theYuanjiangRiver basin, where they are found, has plenty of food.
According to Chen, elephant habitats can be divided into four___50.___(category): “highly appropriate, appropriate, normal and inappropriate,” and the animals are now in a suitable one.
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.文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多两处。

错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在此处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出修改的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其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（从十一处起）不计分。

Different attitudes lead to different results. Those who take positively attitudes towards work will be rewarded. Taking Li Kang as an example. He is my classmate. He puts his heart into his study，so he had become a top student. With his hard work，he will succeed in entering into his ideal university. Besides，Liu Qiang，also my classmate，never cares about his study because he is addicting to playing games. He turns a deaf ear to the teachers’ advices. As result，he falls far behind others in her study. In my opinion，attitude is everything. No matter
how you do，you must do it well even if you may fail many times.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假如你是李华，你校将在校内给老师安排自愿接种新冠疫苗活动，请写信通知你的外教David，内容包括：
1.时间和地点；
2.注意事项；
3.建议参加。

参考词汇：疫苗：vaccine；接种疫苗：get vaccinated
注意：1.词数80左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考答案
1. A
2. D
3. C
4. D
5. C
6. B
7. A
8. A 9. B 10. D 11. D
12. D 13. B 14. D 15. C
16. A 17. D 18. F 19. B 20. G
21. A 22. B 23. D 24. C 25. D 26. A 27. B 28. A 29. C 30. D 31. C 32.
D 33. A 34. B 35. A 36. C 37. B 38. D 39. C 40. B
41. began
42. a 43. to cross
44. to 45. considerably
46. forcing
47. which 48. is
49. while 50. categories
51.(1). positively→positive
(2). Taking→Take
(3). had→has
(4). into 去掉
(5). Besides→However
(6). addicting→addicted
(7). advices→advice
(8). As ∧a
(9). her→his
(10). how→what
52.略。