2020届无锡市江南中学高三英语下学期期末试题及参考答案.pdf

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1、20202020 届无锡市江南中学高三英语下学期期末试题及参考答案届无锡市江南中学高三英语下学期期末试题及参考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 AThere are different types of money-saving apps,such as JD Finance,YuE Bao,Ant Financial,and all of themwork in different

2、 ways.Here are 3 of the best apps that can help you save much money.Capital One ShoppingCapital One Shopping can compare prices automatically as you shop online.As you add items to your cart atan online seller,this app will search the web for better deals and coupon codes(优惠码).You can follow the lin

3、ksto other sellers offering a better price and use the available codes tosave.You can even use this app whileshopping at physical shops.ParibusTheres nothing more upsetting than buying something and then seeing it for sale at a lower price a few dayslater.Wouldnt it be nice to get that money back?No

4、w you can.Paribus helps you get money back by trackingyour purchases from major stores and discussing refunds.It also helps you get compensated(补偿)for latedeliveries and makes sure you dont leave it too late to return anything you bought.DigitIf you cant figure out how much you can afford to save,Di

5、git will analyze your spending habits and spare acertain amount to your savings.If the appknows you have spare money to save,then it will be movedautomatically,and if you dont,it will stop,so theres no risk of being left with no cash for the basics.You can signup for a free trial for a month,and aft

6、er that,the monthly service charge is$5.1.If you want your money back,what app will you choose?A.Digit.B.Paribus.C.YuE Bao.D.Capital One Shopping.2.What can you do by using Digit?A.Offer the most favorable price.B.Track detailed information of goods.C.Analyze spending habits to save money.D.Compare

7、prices of products while shopping.3.What is the purpose of the text?A.To introduce useful apps for saving money.B.To advertise various products online.C.To improve the power of spending.D.To help to manage spare money.BPreparations for the Tokyo Olympics have suffered another challenge after a surve

8、y found that 60%of peoplein Japan want them to be cancelled,less than three months before the Games are scheduled to open.Japan has extended a state of emergency in Tokyo and several other regions until the end of May as itstruggles to control a fast increase in COVID-19 cases caused by new,more cat

9、ching variants（变异体）with medicalstaff warning that health services in some areas are on the edge of breaking down.The Olympics,which were delayed by a year due to the pandemic,are set to open on 23 July,with theInternational Olympic Committee（IOC）and organizers insisting that measures will be put in

10、place to ensure thesafety of athletes and other visitors,as well as a nervous Japanese public.The survey,conducted between 7 and 9 May by the conservative Yomiuri Shimbun,showed 60%wanted theGames cancelled as opposed to 39%who said they should be held.“Postponement”an option abandoned bythe IOC was

11、 not offered as a choice.Of those who said the Olympics should go ahead,23%said they should take place without audience.Foreignaudience have been banned but a final decision on native attendance will be made in June.Another poll conducted at the weekend by TBS News found 65%wanted the Games cancelle

12、d or postponedagain,with 37%voting to give up the event altogether and 28%calling for another delay.A similar poll in Aprilconducted by Kyodo news agency found 70%wanted the Olympics cancelled or postponed.The IOCs vice president,John Coates,said that while Japanese sentiment about the Games“was a c

13、oncern”,he could foresee no situation under which the sporting events would not go ahead.4.How many Japanese wish the Olympics would not be held in Tokyo according to the survey?A.60%.B.28%.C.37%.D.70%.5.What should be put into consideration if the Olympics open?A.The economic crisis.B.The urban tra

14、nsport.C.The safety of athletes.D.The health condition of citizens.6.What is some peoples attitude towards foreign spectators in Paragraph 5?A.Welcome.B.Unfriendly.C.Cold.D.Unsupported.7.What can we conclude from John Coateswords?A.The Olympics will be stopped this year.B.The Olympics will be put of

15、f.C.The Olympics will be held normally.D.The Olympics will take place in other place.CRecently,I experienced a wonderful lesson in how little things still meana lot.My brother,mother and I live inHawaii.Our farm is at least a dozen miles from even the most basic of services.Therefore,I take weekly t

16、rips tothe shop to gel supplies.About a month ago,I finished loading up the car and was about to leave when a piece ofpaper on the ground caught my eye.I picked it up and read it carefully.Immediately,I was grateful that I had donethat_4_It was a receipt(收据)from the State Motor Vehicle Division,reco

17、rding the owners payment of her VehiclesRegistration fees.I put myself in his or her shoes and thought:no one would throw this away.I looked over thereceipt for any personal data,perhaps a license plate(车牌)or telephone number,but failed.How could I find theowner in the busy,crowded parking lot?Had i

18、t been lying there for a few minutes or a week?So I checked thedate,the fees paid and the name of the owner,who must live in our town.I decided that the best and easiest stepto take was to put the receipt in an envelope and send it to the owner first the next morning.By the end of the week,I receive

19、d a beautiful“thank you”letter from a woman including a handwrittenmessage and a card.In the letter,the woman explained how the wind took her receipt from a pocket in her carspassenger door.She had searched everywhere for quite some time before giving up.It felt great to know I had helped someone av

20、oid a loss by doing something that seemed little andunimportant.8.What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 1 mean?A.He was lucky to learn the lesson.B.It was a good idea to do shopping that day.C.He was right to pick up the paper.D.It turned out the paper belonged to the writer.9.What informat

21、ion did the writer get from the paper?A The womans license plate number.B.The womans phone number.C.The womans name.D.The womans address.10.How did the woman lose the receipt?A.She forgot where she had put it.B.A strong wind blew it away.C.It fell onto the floor.D.She left it in the parking lot.11.W

22、hat can be the best title for the text?A.A Lesson I Will Never ForgetB.Never Lose Heart or Give upC.Little Things Still Mean a LotD.Think Carefully Before You ActDIdentifying the chemical makeup of pigment(色素)used in ancient documents,paintings,and watercolor1 sis criticalto restoring and conserving

23、 the precious artworks.However,despite numerous efforts,scientists hadbeen unable to determine the source of folium,a popular blue dye used to color1 manuscripts(手稿)in Europeduring the middle ages from the 5th to the 15th century.Now,a team of researchers fromPortugalhas finallyuncovered the mysteri

24、ous ingredient responsible for the gorgeous blueish-purple color1 that helped bring ancientillustrations and texts to life.The research team began byporing overinstructions penned by European dye makers from the 12th,14th,and 15th centuries.They found what they were seeking in a 15th-century text en

25、titledThe Book on How to MakeAll the Color Paints for Illuminating Books.However,translating the instructions was no easy task.It was written inthe now extinct Judaeo-Portuguese language,and though the source of the dye was traced back to a plant,noname was mentioned.However,by piecing together sugg

26、estions from the text,the scientists were able to determine that the dyewas made from the bluish-green berries of the chrozophora tinctoria plant.After an extensive search,the teamfound a few varieties of the plant growing along the roadside near the town ofMonsarazin southPortugal.The detailed inst

27、ructions gave the researchers critical clues including the best time to pick the berries.“You need to squeeze the fruits,being careful not to break the seeds,and then to put them on linen(亚麻).”Thescientist says the detail was important since broken seeds polluted the pigment,producing an inferior qu

28、ality ink.The dyed linen,which was left to dry,was an efficient way to store and transport the pigment during ancient times.When needed,the artist would simply cut off a piece of the cloth and dip it with water to squeeze out the bluecolor1.Once the key ingredient had been identified,the researchers

29、 began to determine the dyes molecularstructure.To their surprise,they found that folium was not like any other known permanent blue dyes it was anentirely new class of color1,one they named chrozophoridin.“Chrozophoridin was used in ancient times to makea beautiful blue dye for painting.”the team w

30、rote in the study.“Thus,we believe that this will not be our finalword on this amazing plant and its story and that further discoveries will follow soon.”12.The primary purpose of the study is to _.A.restore and conserve ancient precious artworksB.determine the substance making up the foliumC.prove

31、the ancient dye-making technique was organicD.identify which class of color1 folium belongs to13.The underlined phrase“poring over”in the second paragraph means _.A.discussing publiclyB.testing repeatedlyC.passing directlyD.reading carefully14.What can be learned about the blue dye folium?A.It was e

32、ssentially an inferior type of ink.B.It was the only kind made from wild berries.C.It could be carried and used easily.D.It was carefully squeezed from broken seeds.15.The article is mainly about _.A.how the mystery ofa thousand-year-old blue dye was solvedB.why the researchers took the trouble to r

33、ecreate the dyeC.what needs to be done to make an organic dye from a plantD.when and where the discovery of the dye was made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Its the start of a new year,when your fitness goals are set and you engagein the ch

34、allenge._16_Theirstandards of“too big”are not even achievable in their lifetime,let alone a few months of training,which bringsmy tips.Set realistic goals!The process of building muscle is an ly slow one that requires strong will to gain.Consistently causing protein synthesis（合成）in specific muscle f

35、ibers will allow muscle to develop.However,allindividuals are not equal in the process._17_Gaining muscle will happen quickly to a new gym-goer,but takea long time for someone that has been training for years.Stick to specific training for the goals you set to achieve._18_This will require you to re

36、strict the diet,andit will prevent you gaining muscle.Diet reflects the training load.The training reflects your goals.Its like swimmingupstream,think strong,fast and flexible.If you are running a marathon,the goals are different and trainaccordingly!_19_Fat has taken some time to develop,so it will

37、 not be lost overnight.Allow the hormonal triggers（生理诱因）in the body to work more efficiently to regulate volume of food.Taking out additional sugars is one of themost important steps to regulate volumes of food to switch off desire for food.Once a goal is reached,do not go back to what you did befor

38、e.When people finish their transformation,thehormone profile is very weak to fat deposition（沉积）。Every training session should be a step toward a lastingtransformation,with a diet improving the level of exercise._20_A.Dont try to achieve too much at once.B.Why do so few people see their goals through

39、?C.Give yourself a realistic timeline when it comes to fat loss.D.Keeping running slowly leads to very big changes over time.E.Appreciate that you are taking time for your own development.F.Place restrictions on your diet and follow good food eating patterns.G.Also,it depends on how long you have be

40、en training to achieve muscle growth.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Long ago I came to the city near my hometown to find a job.I met all kinds of _21_and so I used upallmy money soon.One day,I _22_a

41、 bus quietly at dusk when most people got off work.Suddenly,a _23_cried loudly,“Someone has_24_my money!”I felt_25_,because his money was in my_26_.Some peoplesuggested the bus be _27_to the police station,but some were against it_28_they were in a hurry to goback home.The whole bus was very _29_.Th

42、e driver then _30_the bus by the road and turned on thelights to _31_the money.At that time,one passenger said,“Turn off the lights and give the thief a chance totake out the money.”Then the bus got _32_.When I was still struggling(斗争)in mind whether to take outthe money or not,the lights were on ag

43、ain.There was no_33_on the floor.Someone said again,“Give himone more _34_.”Then the lights were off again.My heart kept beating fast.The lights were on again but theygot the _35_result.The passengers were in heated discussion again.At that time,someone said again,“Givehim the _36_chance!”Suddenly I

44、 felt_37_and took out all the money when the lights were off again.For many years I have felt_38_to the one who gave me three chances to_39_my mistake.When thefirst and second opportunities come,you may not be prepared well or dont have enough_40_to act.Whenthe third opportunity comes you should kno

45、w clearly what you should do.21.A.difficultiesB.strangersC.dangersD.chances22.A.got onB.waited forC.ran forD.passed by23.A.thiefB.driverC.passengerD.policeman24.A.borrowedB.receivedC.paidD.stolen25.A.sadB.calmC.nervousD.disappointed26.A.mindB.bankC.houseD.hand27.A.pushedB.drivenC.drawnD.carried28.A.

46、becauseB.thoughC.ifD.once29.A.noisyB.dirtyC.brightD.empty30.A.lostB.stoppedC.missedD.found31.A.take outB.give backC.search forD.throw away32.A.coldB.darkC.cleanD.crowded33.A.moneyB.waterC.paperD.space34.A.reasonB.wayC.opportunityD.choice35.A.strangeB.excitingC.secondD.same36.A.lastB.onlyC.fairD.good

47、37.A.upsetB.awakenedC.pleasedD.interested38.A.painfulB.sorryC.luckyD.grateful39.A.makeB.tryC.repeatD.correct40.A.strengthB.skillC.courageD.experience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Every day people throw away a lotof household garbage paper,can

48、s,kitchen waste,used batteries andglass_41._sorting it.There are many problems_42._(cause)by unsorted garbage.On one hand,its_43._great waste of resources.On the other hand,the disposal of unsorted garbage can cause seriousenvironmental pollution,_44._does harm to peoples health.Now our government h

49、as realized theimportance of garbage sorting.So far many activities_45._(hold)to teach people how to sortgarbage_46._(proper).People in cities,like Beijing and Shanghai,are required to sort garbage into four categories kitchenwaste,_47._(danger)waste,recyclable waste and other waste.Also,they can ge

50、t certain points for sortingtheir garbage.When they accumulate enough points,they can go to the community_48._(exchange)themfor some gifts of daily use.However,still a lot of people in China lack the_49._(aware)of garbage sorting.Changing peoples mindsets and habits will take a long time.But once on