2020届慈溪实验高级中学高三英语下学期期中考试试卷及答案.pdf

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1、20202020 届慈溪实验高级中学高三英语下学期期中考试试卷及答案届慈溪实验高级中学高三英语下学期期中考试试卷及答案第一部分第一部分阅读（共两节，满分阅读（共两节，满分4 40 0 分）分）第一节（共第一节（共 1515 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2 2 分，满分分，满分 3030 分）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 ARome can be pricey for travelers,which is why many choose to stay in a hostel(旅社).The hostels in Romeoffer a bed in a

2、dorm room for around$25 anight,and for that,youll often get to stay in a central location(位置)with security and comfort.Yellow HostelIf I had to make just one recommendation for where to stay in Rome,it would be Yellow Hostel.Its one of thebest-rated hostels in the city,and for good reason.Its afford

3、able,and its got a fun atmosphere without being toonoisy.As an added bonus,its close to the main train station.Hostel Alessandro PalaceIf you love social hostels,this is the best hostel for you in Rome.Hostel Alessandro Palace is fun.Staffmembers hold plenty of bar events for guests like free shots,

4、bar crawls and karaoke.Theres also an area on therooftop for hanging out with other travelers during the summer.Youth Station HostelIf youre looking for cleanliness and a modern hostel,look no further than Youth Station.It offers beautifulfurnishings and beds.There are plenty of other benefits,too;i

5、t doesnt charge city tax;it has both air conditioningand a heater for the rooms;it also has free Wi-Fi in every room.Hotel and Hostel Des ArtistesHotel and Hostel Des Artistes is located just a 10-minute walk from the central city station and its close to allof the citys main attractions.The staff i

6、s friendly and helpful,providing you with a map of the city when you arrive,and offering advice if you require some.However,you need to pay 2 euros a day for Wi-Fi.1.What is probably the major concern of travelers who choose to stay in a hostel?A.Comfort.B.Security.C.Price.D.Location.2.Which hotel b

7、est suits people who enjoy an active social life?A.Yellow Hostel.B.Hostel Alessandro Palace.C.Youth Station Hostel.D.Hotel and Hostel Des Artistes.3.What is the disadvantage of Hotel and Hostel Des Artistes?A.It gets noisy at night.B.Its staff is too talkative.C.It charges for Wi-Fi.D.Its inconvenie

8、ntly located.BIt is not only praise or punishment that determines a childs level of confidence.There are some otherimportant ways we shape our kids particularly by giving instructions and commands in a negative or positivechoice of words.For example,we can say to a child“Dont run into traffic！”or“St

9、ay on the footpath close to me.”In using the latter,you will be helping your kids to think and act positively,and to feel competent in a wide rangeof situations,because they know what to do,and arent scaring themselves with what not to do.Actually,it is all in the way the human mind works.What we th

10、ink,we automatically rehearse.For example,ifsomeone offered you a million dollars not to think of a blue monkey for two minutes,you wouldnt be able to doit.When a child is told“Dont fall off the tree，”he will think of two things：“dont”and“fall off the tree”.That is,hewill automatically create the pi

11、cture of falling off the tree in his mind.A child who is vividly imagining falling off thetree is much more likely to fall off.So it is far better to use“Hold on to the tree carefully.”Clear,positive instructions help kids to understand the right way to do things.Kids do not always know how tobe saf

12、e,or how to react to the warning of the danger in negative words.So parents should make their commandspositive.“Sam,hold on firmly to the side of the boat”is much more useful than“Dont you dare to fall out of theboat？”or“How do you think Ill feel if you drown？”The changes are small but the differenc

13、e is obvious.Children learn how to guide and organize themselves from the way we guide them with our words,so it paysto be positive.4.Positive choice of words helps kids to _.A.learn in different situationsB.do things carefullyC.build up their confidenceD.improve their imagination5.What can we infer

14、 from Paragraph 2?A.A child will act on what is instructed.B.One cant help imagining what is heard.C.A child will fall off the tree when told not to.D.One wont think of a blue monkey when given money.6.Which of the following commands helps kids to be safe?A.How do you think Ill feel if you get hurt?

15、B.Dont play by the lake.C.Dont you dare to walk through the red light?D.Fasten your seat belt.7.The main idea of the passage is that _.A.positive instructions guide kidsB.praise makes kids confidentC right instructions keep kids safeD.clear commands make kids differentCAbout a billion birds die from

16、 flying into buildings each year inNorth America.Suspicions havebeen that birdsmay regard the open areas behind glass as safe passageways.Or they may mistake the reflected trees for the realthing.Researchers would like to reduce collisions,which requires a solid understanding about what makes a bird

17、more or less likely to die by crashing into a building in the first place.“There was ly little known at a broad scale.Previous studies were at one small study site.Jared Elmore,agraduate student in natural resource ecology and management atOklahomaStateUniversity.So he and hiscolleaguesusedaprevious

18、lycreateddatasetofbuildingcollisionsforbirdsat40sitesthroughoutMexico,Canadaand theU.S.The first finding was obvious:bigger buildings with more glass kill more birds.But the details were moreremarkable.Wefoundthatlifehistorypredictedcollisions.Migrants(候 鸟),insect-eatersandwoodland-inhabiting specie

19、s collided more than their counterparts(同类).”Most migratory species travel at night,when lights near buildings can distract or disorient(使迷失方向)them.And Elmore thinks that insect-eating birds might be attracted to buildings because their insect prey(猎物)isattracted to the lights.He suspects that woodl

20、and species get tooled by the reflections of trees and bushes in thewindows.The results are in the journal Conservation Biology.By understanding which birds are more likely to collide with buildings,researchers can perhaps determine thebest way to adapt buildings,or their lighting,to help prevent su

21、ch accidents.And by knowing risks,along withmigration timing and behavior,building managers can better predict when birds are at their greatest danger-andimprove lighting strategics accordingly.Elmores next project will use radar to help predict bird migrations.I think that would maybe go a long way

22、in terms of providing information to people,to the public,to building managers,on when they can get the mostbenefit in terms of lights-out policies.8.What is the possible reason for birds crashing into buildings?A.They didnt see the buildings.B.They took reflections for reality.C.They assumed the wi

23、ndows to be open.D.They considered buildings as safe routes.9.What is Jared Elmores study different from the previous ones?A.It created a new data set.B.It went beyond national borders.C.It covered a wider range of sites.D.Ill studied some specific bird species.10.What was the most noticeable findin

24、g of Jared Elmores study?A.Migratory species travel at night.B.Birds tend to be misled by glasses.C.Bigger buildings cause more collisions.D.Birds living habits give rise to collisions.11.Which of the following can help reduce bird collision?A.Adjust the lightening system.B.Attach radars to each bui

25、lding.C.Adopt strict lights-out policies.D.Ban using glasses on buildings.DIt was once considered an important status symbol-but having a home phone is increasingly seen asawhite elephant.New figures show that one in five households no longer bother with a landline（固定电话），andalmost a third of those t

26、hat do never actually use it.The vast majority of people who still have a home phone 72 percent say they only have it because itis part of their broadband package.But thats not the only reason to desert the home phone-20 percent of thosesurveyed said that they were fed up with the number of cold cal

27、ls and would-be scammers（诈骗者）.Digital media expert Dr.Elinor Carmi said there was a generational and social divide in phone use.Sheexplained：If you,re young and have the mobility to go outside,you would rely on a mobile phone.But if you areolder,disabled and perhaps poorer,our research shows youre m

28、ore likely to use a landline.If you are richer,youwill have access to more smart devices-a smart TV,smartphone or laptop.But the poorer you are-or if youare older,your use of these devices is more limited.”Last year,research from regulator Ofcom found that the amount of time spent on landline calls

29、annually intheUKhad halved over just six years,to 54 billion minutes.The new study also showed that more than a quarter ofhouseholds have decided to find a broadband provider that does not charge for their unused landline,but only sixpercent have done so.12.The underlined part“a white elephant in Pa

30、ragraph 1 probably refers to something that isA.costly but effectiveB.useful and beautifulC.expensive but uselessD.cheap and necessary13.Whats the main reason why some people still have a home phone?A.Their broadband package contains it.B.Their family can only afford to use it.C.They are used to usi

31、ng a home phone.D.They consider it an important status symbol.14.Which of the following is more likely to use a landline?A.A young adventurer.B.An old poor gardener.C.An outdoor photographer.D.A famous indoor designer.15.Whats the best title of the text?A.End of the landline?B.Fed up with cold calls

32、?C.The history of phonesD.Different choices of phones第二节（共第二节（共 5 5 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2 2 分，满分分，满分 1 10 0 分）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How long does a year last?_16_Your parents might say that a whole year can passin the blink of aneye.Why does time seem to pass faster as we get older?_17

33、_This physical change causes the rate at which we take in and process new information to decline.Babies,for example,move their eyes much more often than adults because theyre processing images at a fasterrate.They take in a lot of information and do many things in a single day._18_However,as peoples

34、 brainsdegrade over time,fewer images are processed in the same amount of time.Therefore,older people receive lessinformation during a day than younger people.This causes things to seem as though theyre happening morequickly._19_People may measure time by the number of memorable events that can be r

35、ecalled within a certainperiod.Have you ever noticed that when you recall your firsts,they seem to be in slow motion?Thats becausewhen something is a first,there are many exciting things to remember.Recalling these memories makes you feellike they took forever.For many adults,life is routine.When th

36、ey look back,they might feel like there are not many novel things toremember._20_A.Children might say that a year lasts forever.B.Different people have different feelings toward time.C.Therefore,time seems to be moving faster to them.D.As we grow older,we become less interested in new things.E.This

37、makes them feel like a single day lasts for a long time.F.According to scientists,our brains degrade and change over time.G.In addition,people may also feel time differently due to psychological reasons.第二部分第二部分语言运用（共两节，满分语言运用（共两节，满分4545 分）分）第一节（共第一节（共 2020 小题；每小题小题；每小题 1.51.5 分，满分分，满分 3030 分）分）阅读下面

38、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It was a hot Saturday at the community center.I sat in the chair,and closely watched my_21_area.Suddenly,a little girl_22_the water slide(水滑道).I noticed her_23_was under the water.Soon I was inthe water with the girl in my arms.The other lifeguards(救生员)congratulat

39、ed me on my first_24_.I thought back to the day I first startedworking here.Would I have been able to_25_as quickly as I did just now?“Corinne,we need to talk,”my boss said six months ago,with a_26_look on her face.“Youre a nicegirl,_27_you need to be more focused on what you are doing and pay atten

40、tion to your_28_,”she said.Tears forming,I feared I would_29_my job.Then,she said,“Im going to give you another chance.”I sighedwith_30_.After that,I realized I wasnt paying attention when I was_31_.That was the turning point not only inmy_32_career but my entire life.I began to_33_.When the next tr

41、aining came I was_34_to find Ihad been announced“Employee of the Month”._35_this award made me work even harder.Soon after that Iwas asked to be a head lifeguard,which made me realize that I had not only got out of my_36_habits but Iwas now trusted to make very important_37_for myself and others as

42、well.I can announce that I have been_38_all throughout my job experience.The insights(见识)I have gainedfrom my job have_39_so many aspects of my life.The experience has not only made me a better lifeguardbut a more_40_person.21.A.playB.receptionC.poolD.dining22.A.flew downB.kept offC.played onD.looke

43、d at23.A.legB.headC.parentD.friend24.A.jobB.attemptC.experienceD.rescue25.A.turnB.respondC.leadD.belong26.A.calmB.seriousC.funnyD.nervous27.A.soB.andC.butD.though28.A.waterB.studyC.colleagueD.research29.A.findB.loseC.keepD.dislike30.A.careB.fearC.reliefD.pleasure31.A.on dutyB.on averageC.on business

44、D.on holiday32.A.teachingB.swimmingC.managingD.lifeguarding33.A.followB.relaxC.focusD.exercise34.A.surprisedB.upsetC.readyD.sure35.A.PresentingB.WantingC.ReceivingD.Expecting36.A.badB.dailyC.commonD.unusual37.A.meetingsB.commentsC.preparationsD.decisions38.A.self-centeredB.self-balancedC.self-protec

45、tedD.self-motivated39.A.avoidedB.affectedC.formedD.tested40.A.responsibleB.betterC.admirableD.available第二节（共第二节（共 1 10 0 小题；每小题小题；每小题 1.51.5 分，满分分，满分 1515 分）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Directions:After reading the passage below,fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammaticallyc

46、orrect.For the blanks with a given word,fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word;for the otherblanks,useone word that best fits each blank.Space exploration has always been the province of dreamers:The human imagination readilysoars_41._human ingenuity struggles to follow.A Voyage t

47、o the Moon,often cited as the first sciencefiction story,was written by Cyrano de Bergerac in 1649.Cyrano was dead and buried for_42._good threecenturies before the first manned rockets started to fly.In 1961,when Kennedy declared thatAmerica_43._(send)a man to the moon by the decades end,those word

48、s,too,had a dreamlike quality.They resonated with optimism and ambition in much the same way asthe most famous dream speech_44._,delivered by Martin Luther King two years later.By the end of thedecade,both visions_45._(yield)concrete results and transformed American society.And yet in manyways the t

49、wo dreams ended up_46._odds with each other.The fight for racial and economic equality isintensely pragmatic and immediate in its impact.The urge to explore space is just the opposite.It is figurativelyand literally otherworldly in its aims.When the dust settled,the space dreamers lost out.There was

50、 no grand follow-up to the Apollo missions.The technologically compromised-space shuttle program has just come to an end,with no successor.Theargument is that funds are tight,and_47._we have more pressing problems here on Earth.Amid thecurrentconcernsaboutthefederaldeficit,reachingtowardthestarsseem