2020年德州市跃华学校高三英语月考试题及答案解析

2020年德州市跃华学校高三英语月考试题及答案解析
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
In theUnited States, the word "holiday" is synonymous with celebration. The following tenholidaysper year are proclaimed by the federal government.
Independence Day
Independence Day is annually celebrated on July 4 and is often known as "the Fourthof July”. It is the anniversary of the publication of the declaration of independence fromGreat Britainin 1776. Now it is celebrated in all the states. The army marks the occasion by firing a 13-gun salute every year. Ceremonies may include parades, official speeches, visits to historic monuments and fireworks displays.
Memorial Day
This holiday, on the fourth Monday of every May, is a day on which Americans honor the dead. Originally a day on which flags and flowers were placed on graves of soldiers who died in the American Civil War, now it has become a day on which the dead of all wars and all other dead are remembered the same way.
Veterans Day
Veterans Day was established to honor Americans who had served in World War I. It falls on November 11, the day when that war ended in 1918, but it now honors veterans of all wars in which the United States has fought Veterans' organizations hold parades or other special ceremonies, and the US president customarily places a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National.
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November. It has been an annual tradition in theUnited Statessince 1863. Today, people celebrate Thanksgiving to remember these early days. The most important part of the celebration is a traditional dinner. Thanksgiving dinner almost always includes some of the foods served at the first feast: roast turkey, cranberry sauce potatoes pumpkin pies. Before the meal begins, families often pause to give thanks.
1. When isIndependence Day?
A. May 14，
B. July 13.
C. July 14.
D. July 4.
2. Which holiday honors dead soliders?
A. Independence Day.
B. Memorial Day.
C. Veterans Day.
D. Thanksgiving.
3. What will Americans do on Thanksgiving Day?
A. They say thanks.
B. They havefriend gatherings.
C. They go on holiday.
D. They buy many cards.
B
We all know that a healthy lifemeans getting both plenty of exercise and enough good-quality sleep, but reality often gets in the way. The new research indicates that doing enough exercise could make up for some of the unhealthy impacts of bad sleep. While the health benefits of exercise and sleep are nothing new, it's the relationship between them that is interesting in this particular study — it could even give doctors another option to suggest for patients dealing with sleep problems.
“We found those who had both the poorest sleep quality and who exercised the least were most at risk of death from heart disease, stroke, and cancer,” says epidemiologist Bo-Huei Huang, from the University of Sydney in Australia.
Participants were grouped into three levels of physical activity (high, medium or low) and were also given a sleep quality score from 0-5 based on the amount of shut-eye they got, how late they stayed up, insomnia, snoring and daytime sleepiness.
Those with the highest risk of dying from cancer or heart disease during the study period were those with the worst quality sleep and who didn't meet the WHO recommended guidelines for exercise. That risk went down for people with poor quality sleep but who did meet the exercise guidelines.
In the case of all forms of cancer, for example, those at the unhealthiest end of the sleep and exercise scale had a 45 percent higher risk of dying from cancer than those with good sleep scores who kept physically active. However, that risk just about disappeared for those who didn't score well on sleep but did score well on physical activity.
For now it's not clear why more exercise might make up for poor sleep, as far as our health goes. It could be that the increased activity iscounteractinginflammation (炎症), or reducing irregularities in glucose metabolism, suggest the researchers.
“Considering that physical activity is perhaps more modifiable than sleep, our study offers people more health incentives to be physically active.” says population health researcher Emmanuel Stamatakis, from the University of Sydney.
4. This research is of particular interest in that ________.
A. it’s in this study that exercise is known to be beneficial to sleep.
B. this study offers people more health treatments to be physical active.
C. it could enable doctors to cure patients of their sleeping condition.
D. the relationship between exercise and sleep is updated in this study.
5. Which of the following statements istrueaccording to the passage?
A. Those who had the poorest sleep quality were most at risk of death from heart disease.
B. Those scoring lowest on sleep and exercise scale were more likely to die from cancer.
C. There’s no risk of cancer for those who didn't sleep well but did score well on physical activity.
D. It's evident that in terms of health more exercise could make up for poor sleep.
6. What does the underlined word in Paragraph 6 mean?
A. interacting
B. increasing
C. preventing
D. causing
7. Where can this passage most probably be taken from?
A. A research findings report
B. A medical examination report
C. A poor sleep study report
D. A physical activity study report
C
Following the Famous Silk Roads
The Silk Roads were a networkof ancient trade routes that extended from East Asia all the way to theMediterranean. A key section of the Silk Roads is the Chang’an-Tianshan corridor（走廊）, whichstretchesover a distance of around 5,000 kilometres through China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, covering a total of 8,700 kilometres of trade routes. The three countries jointly pursued an application for UNESCO World Heritage (遗产) status which contained detailed research on the 33 sites along the corridor. This made history as the first successful multinational World Heritage application.
The starting point of the corridor and the entire Silk Roads network isXi’an, inShanxiProvince. Further west on the Silk Roads, the geography gradually changes from wild deserts to high, snow-capped mountains to vast grasslands as the routes pass through theTianshanMountainsand emerge in the valleys ofCentral Asia. Although the Chang’an-Tianshan corridor of the Silk Roads ends here, the network continues westwards until it reaches theMediterranean.
The corridor began to develop in the 2nd century. Assigned by the emperor, the ambassador Zhang Qian journeyed from Chang’an toCentral Asia, seeking to build bridges between the Han Dynasty and the Western
Regions. Following Zhang’s efforts, trade routes took shape and relationships were strengthened between the major powers of the time, with the routes network reaching as far as theRoman Empire.
Economic activities along the routes network were not limited to trade in silk. They contributed many other items to the marketplace of goods. The routes were busy with camels carrying loads of goods and businessmen selling everything imaginable.China’s exports included silk, porcelain, ironware and tea, while horses, jewellery, spices and grapes were all imported over vast distances from the West.
In addition to trade exchange, the network served as a bridge for cultural exchange which shaped the evolution of science, art, technology and many other areas in societies along the network. Astronomy and mathematics were introduced toChinafromIndiaandArabia; important Chinese inventions such as papermaking and printing were brought to the West.
All of these activities contributed to a great age of expansion as trade and cultural exchanges gave people access to new goods,knowledge and ideas. These routes connected Eastern and Western civilizations, which achieved a shared development. The addition of the Chang’an-Tianshan corridor to the UNESCO World Heritage List is a milestone in recognition of the Silk Roads as a crucial part of humanity’s common heritage.
8. The key section of the Silk Roads is________.
A. the Mediterranean
B. Xi’an, inShanxiProvince
C.KazakhstanandKyrgyzstan
D. the Chang’an-Tianshan corridor
9. The underlined word “stretches” in Paragraph 1 is close in meaning to________.
A. stands
B. spreads
C. moves
D. flies
10. Zhang Qian travelled from Chang’an toCentral Asiato________.
A. export silk, porcelain, ironware and tea
B. purchase horses, jewellery, spices and grapes
C. seek help from the most powerful western countries
D. build bridges between his country and other countries
11. What was the role of the Silk Roads according to the passage?
A. It helped to change the wild deserts to grasslands.
B. It was recognized by the UNESCO asChina’s heritage.
C. It speeded up the development of the countries involved.
D. It started a trade competition between countries along the way.
D
She is one of mankind’s oldest ancestors and is more than three million years old. New analysis of the arm bones of Lucy, an early hominid, suggests she was a tree climber. Lucy’s remains were uncovered in Ethiopia in the 1970s, with the 3.18 million-year-old skeleton(骨骼)being the most complete of any upright, walking human ancestor. Since she was discovered, researchers have debated whether she spent her life in the trees or spent time walking on the plains as well.
The new evidence from scans of her arm bones proves she spent time climbing and used her arms to pull herself up. The scans were compared with cross sections of humans and chimpanzees, which spend a mixture of time in trees and walking on all fours on the ground. They found that the arm bones were more heavily built, similar to those of chimps, while her lower limbs(下肢)would have meant she walked less efficiently than modern humans. Professor John Kappelman, atUniversityofTexas, believes the advantage of his study was that it focused on characteristics that reflect actual behavior during life, suggesting that evenwhen Lucy walked upright, she may have done so less efficiently than modern humans, limiting her ability to walk long distances on the ground.
Previous studies suggested that Lucy was just 4 feet tall and weighed just 65 pounds. Combining the new data paints a picture of an ancestor who may have spent a great amount of her time in trees. It also expands on evidence from earlier this year which claimed that Lucy may have died from a fall, most likely from a tree. The evidence suggests Lucy may have spent time on the ground, returning to the safety of the trees for food and to sleep, to avoid her enemies.
12. What did the researchers argue about after Lucy was discovered?
A. Where she lived.
B. How long she lived.
C. What she ate.
D. How she worked.
13. How could people tell Lucy spent time climbing?
A. By her walking style.
B. By her heavily built arm bones.
C. By her strong lower limbs.
D. By her large cross sections.
14. When Lucy walked, she may________.
A. have walked with bigger steps
B. have walked at a faster speed
C. have walked more efficiently than us
D. have walked a shorter distance than us
15. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. Guesses about Lucy’s characteristics.
B. Some evidence of Lucy’s health.
C. The safety of Lucy.
D. The ancestor of Lucy.
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
The Simple Trick Can Help You Sleep
For those who can't sleep easily, prepare for the best night’s sleep ever. No more tossing and turning into the early hours of the morning. No more counting sheep on Sunday evenings. And no more lying, wide-eyed, in the dark after waking up in the middle of the night.___16___This all-natural solution is called the4-7-8method, and yes, it’s as simple as it sounds. First, get settled into a comfortable position on your bed. Then, simply breathe in air through your nose for four seconds, hold your breath for seven seconds, and then breathe the air out slowly through your mouth for eight more seconds.___17___
That's all there is to it! Don't believe us? Just ask Harvard-educated medical doctor Andrew Weil, who adopted this exercise fromacenturies-long Indian yogi meditation practice. The yogis use this method to achieve a state of complete relaxation, reducing stress and anxiety. Slowing down your breathing forces the rhythm of your heart to slow down, too.___18___In other words, it’s a natural way to make you calm for your body and mind.
“The theory is that by putting certain rhythms on the breath with your voluntary system, gradually these are made into the involuntary nervous system," he said.___19___So it's the regularity of doing this over a period of weeks, months , years that produces the changes that you want.”
There you go!___20___If you're still tossing and turning, don't miss these tips from sleep doctors which are almost guaranteed to give you a better night's sleep.
A. And that comes with time.
B. Finally , repeat until you fall asleep.
C. It makes the rest of your body relax.
D. That enables you to fall asleep more easily.
E. Here comes the explanation for your sleepless nights.
F. Once you start sticking to it, you can quit counting sheep for good.
G. There's now an easy and expert-approved way to fall asleep in less than a minute.
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
A doctor entered the hospital in a hurry after being called in for an urgent surgery (手术). He answered the call as soon as possible, changed his clothes and went___21___to the surgery block. He found the
boy’s_____22_____pacing inthe hall waiting for the doctor.
On seeing him, the father_____23_____, “Why did you take all this time to come? Don’t you know that my son’s life is in_____24_____? Don’t you have any sense of_____25_____?”
The doctor smiled and said, “I am sorry, I wasn’t in the hospital and I came as fast as I could after_____26_____the call and now, I wish you’d_____27_____down so that I can do my work.”
“Calm down?_____28_____your son was in this room right now, would you calm down? If your own son died while_____29_____for doctor, what would you do?” said the father angrily. The doctor______30______again and replied, “We will do our best by God’s grace and you should also______31______for your son’s healthy life.”
“Giving advice when we’re not concerned is so______32______,” murmured the father.
The surgery took some hours after which the doctor went out and said happily, “Thank goodness! Your son is______33______!” And without waiting for the father’s______34______, he carried on his way running, “If you have any questions, ask the nurse.”
“Why is he so______35______? Couldn’t he wait a few minutes______36______I could ask about my son’s state?” commented the father when seeing the nurse minutes after the doctor______37______. The nurse answered, tears coming down her face, “His son______38______yesterday in a road accident, he was in the funeral(葬礼) when we called him for your son’s operation . And now that he saved your son’s life, he left to finish his son’s funeral.”
Never_____39_____anyone because you never know how their life is and what they’re ______40______
21. A. happily B. directly C.quietly D. slowly
22. A. father B. teacher C. uncle D. friend
23. A. greeted B. shouted C. talked D. thought
24. A. place B. charge C. control D. danger
25. A. shame B. direction C. responsibility D. achievement
26. A. receiving B. finding C. making D. hearing
27. A. sit B. get C. calm D. settle
28. A. What about B. What if C. If only D. How come
29. A. searching B. looking C. waiting D. sending
30. A. smiled B. frowned C. nodded D. apologized
31. A. thank B. work C. pray D. come
32. A. useful B. funny C. hard D. easy
33. A. gone B. saved C. recovered D. found
34. A. reply B. idea C. advice D. appearance
35. A. nervous B. patient C. tired D. impolite
36. A. so that B. as long as C. even if D. ever since
37. A. left B. arrived C. returned D. delayed
38. A. crashed B. fought C. died D. injured
39. A. ignore B. judge C. explain D. believe
40. A. doing B. loading C. experiencing D. reducing
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
Coffee is an essential part of people's daily life in the West, so is tea in China. One can see teahouses along the streets of China. The Chinese have such a close relationship with tea____41.____they have developed an entire “Tea Culture”. Tea Culture____42.____(include) articles, poems, and paintings about tea, as well as the art of making and drinking tea and various related____43.____(custom).
Tea plays a significant role in Chinese social and emotional life. Always, a guest____44.____(offer) a tea immediately upon entering a Chinese home. Serving a cup of tea is more than a matter of mere____45.____(polite). It is a symbol of togetherness，a sharing of something enjoyable，and a way of showing respect to visitors. In some areas of China,____46.____might be considered bad manners not to take at least a sip.
The Chinese attach great attention to their tea and____47.____way they drink it. People have high requirements for the quality of the prepared tea leaf, the water they use____48.____(make) tea and the wares they use to prepare and serve tea. Normally, the____49.____(fine) tea is grown at altitudes of 3,000 to 7,000 feet. People select their water carefully. The Chinese emphasize（重视）water quality and water taste. Fine water must be pure, sweet, cool, clean, and_____50._____(flow). Water from good springs is considered best, as is rainwater from autumn and the rainy seasons.
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:把多余的词用斜线(/)划掉。

修改:在错的词效模画一横线,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。

About eight years ago, I go to visit my grandfather during the summer holiday, who lived in a small village. One Saturday afternoon, my grandfather asked me climb a nearby mountain with him. At first, I ran fast, leaving my grandfather behind. However, about twenty minute later, I felt so tired that I stopped run and eventually chose to sit down for the rest. Soon, my grandfather reached when I was. He looked at me and asked, "Have I noticed the beautiful flowers along the way?" I kept silently. My grandfather smiled, "My dear, you are not in a race and on a journey." After that, my grandfather and I had walked slowly, appreciating the scenery and laughing along the way.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假如你是明华。

你收到你的朋友子悠用微信发来的一段信息。

I have something to tell you. I feel very upset recently. I failed in the national English speaking contest. Before the contest, I competed against a girl at school. I won, but it was because I was lucky. Now, I do believe the girl should have gone to the national competition instead. If she had, the school would have won the first prize. Now, I can not focus myself in class. I can not sleep well at night. I am such a failure!
看完后，你决定编辑一段信息发给子悠，包括以下要点：
1.表示关心；
2.给予安慰；
3.正面开导。

注意：1.开头已经给出；
2.词数100左右
3.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Hi，Ziyou. After reading your message, I...
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________
参考答案
1. D
2. B
3. A
4. D
5. B
6. C
7. A
8. D 9. B 10. D 11. C
12. A 13. B 14. D 15. A
16. G 17. B 18. C 19. A 20. F
21. B 22. A 23. B 24. D 25. C 26. A 27. C 28. B 29. C 30. A 31. C 32.
D 33. B 34. A 35. D 36. A 37. A 38. C 39. B 40. C
41. that
42. includes
43. customs
44. is offered / will be offered
45. politeness
46. it 47. the
48. to make
49. finest 50. flowing
51.(1).go→went
(2).the→a
(3).在climb前加上to
(4).minute→minutes
(5).run→running
(6).when→where
(7).I→you
(8).silently→silent
(9).and→but
(10).将had去掉
52.略。