2019-2020学年上海培佳双语学校初中部高三英语期中考试试题及参考答案

2019-2020学年上海培佳双语学校初中部高三英语期中考试试题及参
考答案
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
You have to praise the smoothness（顺畅）of ants on the move. No matter how many of them are going toward a place, there's never a hold-up. A new research paper shows how ants keep traffic flowing by changing their behavior to meet changing conditions.
For their experiments, researchers from the University of Toulouse focused on Argentine ants, animals that often move from colony（群落）to colony depending on where the food is. Making use of Argentine ants' talent for fast travel, the researchers built bridges connecting their colonies. The bridges were different in width from a fifth to three-quarters of an inch. The colonies, too, were of different sizes, ranging from 400 to more than 25,000 ants.
Then the researchers sat back andmonitoredthe traffic. To their surprise, even when those narrower bridges were full of ants, there were no "traffic accidents". "When the number of ants on the bridge increased, ants seemed to be able to understand the situation and adjusted（调整）their speed accordingly to avoid making the traffic flow stop. "the authors note. "Moreover, ants avoided entering a busy road and made sure that the bridge was never too packed to cross.”
The lesson for humans? The traffic problem may lie in our inability to adjust our driving habits for the good of the whole. Driving is fun when there are few cars on the road. Then the traffic moves very slowly. And yet, some impatient driver still acts like he's alone on the road.
The research suggests that projects, like the ever-widening of highways, may never free us from traffic jams. As long as we drive along with our own habits, no matter how many other people are on the road, we'll always end up in a traffic jam. Indeed, less space may actually be a good thing. It leaves less room for individual choice and forces us to take a page from the driving book of ants.
1. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
A. The results of the experiments.
B. The purpose of the experiments
C. The preparation of the experiments.
D. The requirements of the experiments
2. What does the underlined word "monitor" in paragraph 3 probably mean?
A. watch and check.
B. seek and improve
C. design and plan
D. discuss and practise
3. What is the best title for the text?
A. Is widening highways a solution?
B. Why don't ants need traffic lights?
C. Can we learn safe driving from ants?
D. What can ants teach us about traffic jams?
B
Last summer, I spent four months working in France, where the company I was working for put me up in a house that didn’t have Wi-Fi. I wasn’t looking forward to it.
I soon discovered, however, that living in a house without Wi-Fi was easier than I expected.
Contact between my friends and family was significantly reduced to the odd text message here and there. I couldn’t enjoy my usual web browsing on BBC iPlayer, social media sites, keeping up to date with the news, or even wanting to know the opening hours of shops in the new area I was in.
I didn’t, however, spend a full four months without connecting to a Wi-Fi network. It was only a five minute walk to the reception where I could connect for free and spend as much time online as I wanted to at my own leisure. It made me think , though , how unnecessary it can be , how unnecessarily we rely on it—how we perhaps rely on it too much. As a person, I was more sociable. I spent more time with my housemates instead of hiding behind a computer screen. I did other things that I wouldn’t necessarily have done if I could have browsed the web at my leisure. I read more, I cooked meals for my friends, and I even tidied up more often. Dare I say it; I learned how to live without Wi-Fi. Dare I say it; I found it was easier than I had imagined.
4. What was the writer’s first feeling when finding her house had no Wi-Fi?
A. Unexpected.
B. Angry.
C. Shocked.
D. Depressed.
5. How did the writer keep in touch with her friends and family without Wi-Fi?
A. By writing regularly.
B. By text message.
C. By video calls.
D. By telegram.
6. What was the writer’s life like without Wi-Fi?
A. Dull.
B. Lonely.
C. Active.
D. Relaxing.
7. What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. A life without Wi-Fi
B. Different views on the Internet
C. The disadvantages of Wi-Fi
D. How to use the Internet
C
When you say the word donkey, whatthings come to your mind? A few people might say they’re cute, but the majority think they’re stubborn, dumb and all-round less capable than their horse s.
However, this wasn’t the case for a recently unearthed ancient Chinese noblewoman who was unexpectedly found buried with her donkeys. Published in the journal Antiquity in March, Chinese archaeologists (考古学家) first discovered the tomb in Xi’an, Shaanxi, in 2012. The team examined the remains and identified the body as Cui Shi, a Tang Dynasty high-born lady who died in 878 AD.
Speaking to Science Magazine in 2012, the study’s co-author, Fiona Marshall, said the finding caused confusion as “donkeys … are not associated with high-status people”.
However, following years of further research, the team discovered artworks and artifacts that showed a sport known as “Lvju”. This was similar to modern-day polo (马球)and was popular among noble (高贵的) women at the time. They preferred to use donkeys instead of full-sized horses for safety reasons, due to their smaller size and slower speed.
Speaking to CNN, Marshall later said, “Historical documents also showed that ladies of the late Tang court loved to play donkey polo.”
At that time in Chinese history, animals were often placed in tombs so that they could be used for a specific purpose in the afterlife. The study determined that Cui Shi likely requested that her beloved donkeys be buried with her, so that she could continue her favorite sport after death. In total, three donkeys were found inside her tomb with riding gear (装备), including stirrups (马镫). “This context provides evidence that the donkeys in her tomb were for polo, not transport,” lead author Hu Songmei of the Shaanxi Academy of Archaeology told Science Magazine.
Before the study, it was believed that donkeys were only used to carry loads, but now it may be time to see them as a sign of achieving high social status(地位), well, in ancient times.
8. What do most people think of donkeys, according to the text?
A. They are as adorable(可爱的) as horses.
B. They are stubborn and not so capable.
C. They were necessary in ancient sports.
D. They were a sign of high social status.
9. Why did Fiona Marshall feel confused when she discovered the donkeys?
A. She didn’t connect donkeys with nobles.
B. She hadn’t seen donkeys in ancient tombs before.
C. She didn’t expect to find donkeys in a woman’s tomb.
D. She didn’t understand why animals were in human tombs.
10. What do we know about the sport “Lvju” from the text?
A. Horses were preferred in Lvju.
B Lvju was similar to modern-day soccer.
C. Lvju was popular among common people.
D. Donkeys were preferred in the sport for safety.
11. The donkeys were found in the tomb of Cui Shi probably because _______.
A. she intended to use them for transport after death
B. her family didn’t want her to be lonely after death
C. she wanted to continue to play Lvju after death
D. noble women needed donkeys to maintain their dignity
D
Understanding the link between a clean environment and human life is not a new concept. In fact, it was noticed as early as ancient Rome. Today we see how green living has infiluenced our everyday lives. There is a growing community of people who embrace a zero waste lifestyle and make changes to the way they live to reduce their carbon footprint.
Living a zero waste lifestyle means doing one’s best to achieve the aim of not sending anything to a landfill. People who adopt this lifestyle ultimately cut down on their waste by reducing what they need and want. They reuse what they own, sending few things to be recycled.
Many people who adopt the zero waste lifestyle claim to be frustrated by the many harmful chemical substances found in beauty and cleaning products. They also find the uses of disposable items and excessive packaging. For example, how many times have we had to peel away layers of plastic wrap and cardboard before finally taking out the item which we had bought? Instead of buying pre-packed food and goods, those who identify with the zero waste philosophy tend to shop in stores that allow them to make purchases and bring their own cloth bags and glass jars to store their purchases.
Many people may have the misconception that it is easier to live a zero waste lifestyle in the West. Nevertheless, Malaysian environmental journalist, Ms. Aurora Tin, has proven that a zero waste lifestyle is possible even in the Asian context. Instead of going to the supermarket to buy pre-packaged foods, Ms. Tin now visits the
wet market and brings her own bags for vegetables. She has even stopped using store-bought toothpaste and makes her own toothpaste from coconut oil and baking soda. This lifestyle may be too big a change for the average person, but we could follow her suit to make gradual changes to our own lives.
12. Which of the following is a zero waste lifestyle?
A. Bringing a resuable container to take away food.
B. Choosing appliances that cost less money.
C. Turning off a device to stop using power.
D. Classifying the garbage before throwing it away.
13. What may disappoint a person who adopts a zero waste lifestyle?
A. Recycable carboard.
B. Excessive packaging.
C. Glass jars to store purchases.
D. Natural substances in cleaning products.
14. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. How do people live a zero waste lifestyle.
B. Why Ms. Tin chooses to live a zero waste lifestyle..
C. We can also practice a zero waste lifestyle in Asia.
D. It is easy to live a zero waste lifestyle in the West.
15. What is the best title of the passage?
A. Living a zero waste lifestyle.
B. Going green ismore than a fashion.
C. A zero waste lifetyle is easy to achieve.
D. Making environmentally-conscious decisions.
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Books cost nothing on Stan Tucker's Leap for Literacy bookmobile, called the Read ‘n’ Roll. However, they don't come free.____16____Acts are recorded on kindness tickets, which are like cash on the Read ‘n’ Roll. When the bookmobile shows up at a school, the kids jump into a line to exchange their tickets for books.
Tucker was leaching kindergarten inAtlanta,Georgia, in 2014.____17____It broke Tucker's heart, and it gave him an idea for a way to get books to kids. Now working as a waiter and camp counselor, Tucker started his program during a year off from teaching in 2015.Sometimes he was lugging more than 1, 000 books in a car for giveaways at schools.____18____He now gives away 2, 500books a year. More than 13,000 students have traded kindness tickets for books.
____19____ However, he added, “At every turn, something has happened to keep this going.” For example, he met country singer Zac Brown, anAtlantanative, who came into the restaurant where Tucker worked. Tucker asked Brown's five kids about school. Because he liked the way Tucker interacted with his family, Brown told him,
“Maybe we can help each other out.” Brown was starting a summer camp and offered Tucker a camp counselor job and an old tour bus for a bookmobile.
____20____He used it to expand his program. Five hundred kids participated in a writing program in which they were given blank books to write in. A few of the books they wrote were chosen by the Leap for Literacy board to be illustrated and published. Tucker hopes to one day fill the bookmobile with those books.
A. Over the past five years, Leap for Literacy has grown.
B. To build the program, Tucker knew he needed something to count, so he started counting acts of kindness.
C. The currency to buy them is kindness.
D. Another fortunate turn was the $25,000 check he got on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” in 2019.
E. How Tucker got the nickname “Stan the Man” is part of the inspiration he shares with kids.
F. A student approached him before a book fair to say he wouldn't be going because his mom didn't have any money.
G. Tucker, who loved books as a kid, said it seemed impossible to make his dream work ona waiter's pay.
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
Right after the Second World War, aUSarmy officer and his wife lived inJapan. Unemployment____21____60%. People came to the army wife's door daily seeking employment. One man said that he could do wonders for her garden if she would only give him a(an)____22____. So, for the first time in her life, this young army wife____23____a gardener. He spoke no English, but the wife gave him____24____through sign language, pencil and paper. He listened politely and___25___her directions exactly. The garden became a(an)____26____one in the neighborhood.
When she finally____27____that her new gardener knew far more about the matter than she, the wife____28____giving him directions and let him____29____take care of the garden. It was wonderful, indeed. Then one day the gardener came with an interpreter（口译译员）who expressed the____30____and the regrets of the gardener. "He will no longer be able to____31____your garden. He must leave."
The wife expressed her____32____and thanked him through the interpreter for making her garden such a fine one. Out of____33____, she asked the interpreter, "Where is he going?"
"He is____34____to his previous job as the professor of horticulture at theUniversityofTokyo," the interpreter____35____.
Can you imagine the____36____look that must have been on that army wife's face when she____37____that her
gardener was the university professor of horticulture? No wonder he was____38____in gardening! Imagine taking advantage of having someone at your____39____with that amount of knowledge! What an attractive garden you could have! What a(an)____40____life you could have!
And yet, we have something far greater than what we often take for granted.
21. A. gathered B. approached C. gained D. deserved
22. A. purpose B. conclusion C. promise D. opportunity
23. A. employed B. greeted C. supported D. convinced
24. A. praise B. blame C. instructions D. commands
25. A. circulated B. explored C. analyzed D. followed
26. A. unique B. hopeful C. ordinary D. familiar
27. A. suspected B. realized C. admitted D. foresaw
28. A. forgot B. continued C. stopped D. regretted
29. A. freely B. privately C. roughly D. constantly
30. A. embarrassment B. depression C. enjoyment D. appreciation
31. A. sweep B. defend C. attend D. dispose
32. A. congratulations B. regrets C. disbelief D. displeasure
33. A. politeness B. habit C. pity D. mind
34. A. looking forward B. living up C. returning D. referring
35. A. argued B. complained C. whispered D. responded
36. A. surprised B. disappointed C. confused D. frustrated
37. A. announced B. discovered C. stated D. concluded
38. A. modest B. expert C. occupied D. absorbed
39. A. door B. entrance C. garden D. house
40. A. exhausting B. unsettled C. peaceful D. beautiful
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
Out of a home bakery (烘焙) in Bowie, Maryland, a young businessman gives one cupcake away to someone in need, for each one he sells. Behind the operation is 14 -year-old Michael Platt. He runs a company___41.___model is based on another company of charity.
Platt recently got____42.____ order for a few dozen cupcakes, and as promised, he doubled the order and
packed up the extra cupcakes to bring to___43.___(home) people on the streets. Now, he focuses ____44.____ his business and charity, hoping to open several grocery_____45._____ (store) for people who want to shop for affordable things. As if______46.______ (run) the bakery and charity is not enough, Platt partners with No Kid Hungry and____47.____ (raise) money for the organization which helps children in need of food.
On Top of all of that, Platt recently gave a TED talk on being a young businessman. “Kids can do what they love to do and also be able___48.___(help) people,” he said. “If everyone does what they can to end a problem that they’re___49.___ (interest) in, then the problem will end.” The audience were___50.___(great) inspired by his story.
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 Friday I took the subway home as usually. Since our physics teacher had just teach us in class that the escalator (自动扶梯) worked, I decided to see how fast the escalator went. To my surprise, it went a speed of about 40 m/min. The next day, I went to a department store with her cousin Emily. I timed the escalator here too. I found that it was much slower, going about 30 meter every minute. Why? I check on the Internet and found the reason. Stores slow down escalators on a purpose, allowing customers more time to looking at their products.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.用英语写一个自我简介，字数80-100字。

（不可默写课文原文）
My profile
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________
参考答案
1. C
2. A
3. D
4. A
5. B
6. C
7. A
8. B 9. A 10. D 11. C
12. A 13. B 14. C 15. A
16. C 17. F 18. A 19. G 20.
21. B 22. D 23. A 24. C 25. D 26. A 27. B 28. C 29. A 30. D 31. C 32.
B 33. A 34.
C 35.
D 36. A 37. B 38. B 39. C 40. D
41. whose
42. an 43. homeless
44. on 45. stores
46. running
47. raises 48. to help
49. interested
50. greatly
51.(1).usuallyg usual
(2).teachg taught
(3).thatg how
(4).在a前加at
(5).herg my
(6).hereg there
(7).meterg meters
(8).checkg checked
(9).去掉purpose前a
(10).lookingg look
52.略。