2020届昆明市官渡区第五中学高三英语期中考试试题及答案.pdf

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1、20202020 届昆明市官渡区第五中学高三英语期中考试试题及答案届昆明市官渡区第五中学高三英语期中考试试题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 ANational Disability Insurance Scheme(方案)The National Disability Insurance Scheme(NDIS)will transform the way Queenslande

2、rs with disability aresupported and change the way disability services are funded and delivered.Under the scheme,Queenslanders with disability will have choice and control over how they access supportand who delivers them.They will also have certainty that they will be supported throughout their lif

3、etime toachieve their personal goals.The NDIS will have an effect on the following programs.School Transport Assistance Program for Students with DisabilityThe NDIS will not disrupt existing services for qualified students.The Queensland Government will alsocontinue to provide school transport assis

4、tance for students with disability who are not qualified to receivefunding via the NDIS.For more information about the School Transport Assistance Program,and to check your qualification,visitthe Education and Training website.Taxi Subsidy(补助金)SchemeThe Queensland Governmenthas lengthened the Taxi S

5、ubsidy Scheme(TSS)membership for NDIS qualifiedmembers to 31 October,2022.This will allow more time to solve transport support arrangements under theCommonwealths NDIS.You can find more information about the TSS and your qualification on the TransLink website.Disability Parking Permit SchemeNo chang

6、es will be made to the Disability parking permit scheme when the NDIS is introduced inQueensland.Current arrangements for this scheme will be maintained.You can find more information on this scheme,and check your qualification,on the Queensland Governmentwebsite.Public Transport Concessions for Peop

7、le with DisabilityThere will be no change to concessions on public transport for people with disability when the NDIS isintroduced inQueensland.TransLink will continue to ensure concessions are provided for disabled personstravelling on public transport inQueenslandwhen the NDIS is introduced.You ca

8、n find more information about public transport discounts for people with disability,and check yourqualification,on the TransLink website,1.Which program helps drive the disabled to and from school?A.Taxi Subsidy Scheme.B.Disability Parking Permit Scheme.C.Public Transport Concessions for People with

9、 Disability.D.School Transport Assistance Program for Students with Disability.2.What can we learn about Taxi Subsidy Scheme?A.The scheme is for parking permit.B.The existing membership can be effective for longer time.C.There is no change to current arrangements for the scheme.D.The NDIS will not b

10、reak off existing services for qualified students.3.What do the four programs have in common?A.They are all related to transport.B.They are all largely affected by NDIS.C.They all can be checked on the same website.D.They all provide discounts for disabled persons.BSalad plants have already been gro

11、wn in old sheltersand tunnels.Urban farming is a regular topic of interestat places like the World Economic Forum(WEF)in Davos,where leaders consider whether the worlds food system,blamed for causing both obesity and malnutrition,can be fixed.There are already plenty of urban farming projectsaround

12、the world,particularly in the US,Japan and the Netherlands,from urban fish and plant farms to verticalfarming.“Its becoming an expanding industry,”said Richard Ballard,one of the founders of the farm GrowingUnderground.“Therere several other businesses starting up in London in containers,and there a

13、re other verticalfarms around the country now.”Growing Underground is not a standard farm.The rows of crops could be in almost any tunnel,but theseplants are 100 feet below Clapham High Street and show that urban agriculture is,in some cases at least,nota fad.The underground farm has occupied a part

14、 of the Second World War air-raid shelters for nearly five years,andBallard is planning to expand into the rest of the space later this year.Growing Underground supplies herb and salad mixes to grocery shops,supermarkets and restaurants.Beingin London creates an advantage,Ballard says,as they can ha

15、rvest and deliver in an hour.He adds other advantages.Being underground means temperatures never go below 15surface greenhousesneed to be heated.They can do more harvests:60 crops a year,compared with about seven in a traditional farm.Electricity to power the lights is a major cost,but the company b

16、elieves renewable energy will become cheaper.Similar British companies include the Jones Food Company in Lincolnshire,while in the US AeroFarms hasseveral projects in New Jersey,and Edenworks in Brooklyn.4.What do we know about urban farming?A.It leads to a healthier lifestyle.B.It is rarely discuss

17、ed at the WEF.C.Different farming methods are used.D.Local governments pay efforts to develop it.5.Which of the following best explains a fad underlined in Paragraph 3?A.A dream thats easy to realize.B.A field controlled for a long time.C.An approach to a serious problem.D.A fashion thats popular fo

18、r a short time.6.What can we learn about the underground farm?A.It is more productive than a traditional farm.B.It provides food directly to the customers.C.Its major products are herbs and salads.D.It uses less energy than a greenhouse.7.What can be a suitable title for the text?A.Current food syst

19、em causes health problemsB.Growing Underground attracts more peopleC.Traditional farming will be replaced soonD.Urban farming isstill thought costly and time-consumingCOnline education has grown fast over the past ten years.The explosion of technology has made teachingoutside the traditional classro

20、om possible for teachers and has provided learners with easy access to coursematerials.Its attractiveness,benefits,and challenges are addressed.In April,2005,I was approached by a student who was interested in our doctoral program.However,the firstquestion out of her mouth was,“Do you offer any onli

21、ne courses?”Later that day,as I was reading the conferenceprogram guide trying for interesting presentations,I noticed many workshops on web-based learning and onlineeducation.I later attended two of those workshops and met several professors from different universities who hadeither taught online c

22、ourses for quite some time or who were discovering the best practice for teaching online.These experiences helped me realize at least to some extent the degree of growth in online education.My responsibilities for the term included gaining more understanding of online education.Consequently,Imade se

23、veral attempts to enrich my knowledge of distance learning and online teaching.I consulted with mycolleagues who were teaching online courses.This helped me recognize the importance of getting materialsprepared even before the start of a term.I also learned that online courses may consume more time

24、than regularclassroom teaching.And I attended several workshops regarding online education and established a network withthose who were involved in online programs at other universities.I will consider these people as my consultants asI begin to design my own online course.Also,I conducted a brief s

25、urvey with 15 students and two facultymembers who had taken or taught an online course before to understand their experience.Eventually I completeda literature review which gave me the foundation and the background of understanding the need for onlineeducation.8.What benefits the development of onli

26、ne education?A.Teachers good teaching ability.B.Lack of traditional classrooms.C.Learners access to free courses.D.The rapid advance of technology.9.Why did the author take a student for example?A.To show students love for the doctoral program.B.To persuade learners of traditional education.C.To exp

27、lain the growing trend of online education.D.To predict the future of the teaching career.10.What caused the author to know more about online education?A.The appetite for knowledge.B.The professional responsibilities.C.The requirement of research.D.The colleagues encouragement.11.What is the authors

28、 attitude to online education?A.Carefree.B.Doubtful.C.Supportive.D.Unwilling.DAs a rider,Anna Kiesenhofes Olympics victory might be a surprise.The winner of the road race at the TokyoOlympics left the sport at the end of 2017 when she found herself out of contract(合同).She came into Tokyowithout a pr

29、ofessional team and left as an Olympic champion.The 30-year old began her cycling career in 2014 after running injuries that prevented her from continuingher pursuits of triathlon(铁人三项).She later joined a Catalan team and won the Spanish National Cup in 2016.The then-26 year old signedher first prof

30、essional contract with Lotto Soudal Ladies for the following season.However,she ended her 2017 campaign in April and did not sign a contract for 2018,eventually taking a year offthe bike.In 2019,Kiesenhofer came back to the sport as a rider,winning the Austrian national road race.Despiteher results,

31、Kiesenhofer sill had no professional contract while going into the Tokyo Olympics.Kiesenhofer was the first rider to attack in the Olympic road race,eventually forming a breakaway along withCarl Oberholzer,Omer Shapira,Vera Looser and Anna Plichta,which went on to reach a gap of 11 minutes.AfterLoos

32、er and Oberholzer were dropped,Kiesnhofer ataced her two remaining breakaway companions.After Shapira and Plichta were caught by the peloton(主车群),the rest of the riders seemed to believe thatthey were racing among themselves for Gold,not knowing that Remehofere was still in front.While it might be a

33、misjudgment from the rest of the peloton that allowed Kiesenhofer to keep her lead of more than two minutes,other riders mistakes should not detract from the Austrians efforts.Off the bike the new Olympic Champion has a PhD in mathematics after studying at the Technical Universityof Vienne as well a

34、s at Cambridge University.She currently works at the University of Lausanne.12.Why did Anna give up triathlon?A.She got injured.B.She lost interest in it.C.She had to attend university.D.She never won a medal.13.Which is the right order of the following events?She ended her campaign.She took a year

35、off the bike.She began her cycling career.She won the Austrian national road race.She won the Spanish National Cup.A.B.C.D.14.What were the riders of the peloton unaware of at the Tokyo Olympics?A.The road race was so difficult.B.Anna was a new rider.C.They had caught up with Anna.D.Anna took the le

36、ad of them.15.What is Annas present job?A.A cycling coach.B.A university teacher.C A professional rider.D.A college student.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 to Be Happy_16_Being happy often means continually finding satisfaction,a feeli

37、ng of joy,and a sense that your lifeis meaningful during all kinds of problems that does not depend upon finding ease or comfort.A sense ofhappiness is good for your health,so what can we do to have that?Change your thoughts.People have a natural tendency to remember negative experiences but forget

38、positive ones._17_You cantrain yourself to be happier by seeking your kind of fun.For example,occupy your mind with positive thoughts bypracticing meditation(冥想).Develop optimism._18_Its a way of interpreting everything that happens to you.For example,a pessimistic person mightsay,“Im terrible at ma

39、th.Im going to fail that test tomorrow.I might as well just watch TV.”However,anoptimistic person would say something like“Im concerned about doing well on that test tomorrow,but Im goingto study as well as I can and do my best.”Optimism doesnt deny the reality of challenges,but it interprets howyou

40、 approach them differently.Practice active gratefulness.A lot of researches confirm that being grateful is good for you.It reduces anxiety and depression,helps youbecome more positive,strengthens your relationships with others,and encourages sympathy._19_Determine your core values.Your core values d

41、etermine how you think about yourself,your life,and the world around you.These beliefsguide your decision-making.They may be spiritual,or they may not,but theyre the things that are fundamental tohow you look at life._20_Begin by imagining yourself in the future when you have gotten to where you wan

42、t to be.Pick a few goalsand imagine that you have achieved them.A.Contact a hotline.B.Visualize your“best possible self.”C.Look for the positive in all your experiences.D.Optimism is more than just positive expectations.E.Happiness isnt a simple goal,but is about making progress.F.It also has been s

43、hown to increase your feelings of happiness.G.However,you can actually change the way your brain functions.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I lost most of my hair due to a disease.When my grandchildre

44、n visited me,I wore my wig(假发).Since itlooked_21_to my natural hair,the kids werent aware of the_22_.All went well until my four-year-old granddaughter_23_walked into my bedroom one morning.Shesaw a(n)_24_creature and her grandmas wig on the table.She screamed in_25_.My grandson,who was seven,had he

45、ard about my disease and tried to_26_his sister,but she was tooupset to recognize me.I finally made her believe after much_27_that I was truly her grandmother.Several weeks after my grandchildren retuned home,a small_28_arrived in the mail.I felt surprisedbecause I hadnt_29_anything.Then I found my

46、grandsons name and address in the upper left-handcomer!Although_30_to receive something from him,I couldnt_31_why he would have sentme a gift.Then,without_32_to bring it indoors,I tore the parcel(包裹)open.I reached insideand_33_a handmade hat.When I placed this_34_on my head,I let out a satisfied sig

47、h.It was so_35_as ifsomeone were giving me a warm hug.And the_36_was perfect:tight enough to stay on my head,butloose enough to_37_comfortably.Later,I learned that my grandson had been troubled during his visit.As soon as he returned home,he_38_several days of play to create something his grandmothe

48、r_39_.MyhairhasgrownbacknowandIdontneedtowearthathatanymore.However,this_40_present is one I will always value.21.A.familiarB.usefulC.necessaryD.similar22.A.diseaseB.difficultyC.differenceD.possibility23.A.finallyB.unexpectedlyC.formallyD.frequently24.A.hairlessB.lovelyC.littleD.expressionless25.A.e

49、xcitementB.regretC.sadnessD.terror26.A.encourageB.calmC.observeD.protect27.A.explanationB.argumentC.thoughtD.discussion28.A.hatB.wigC.packageD.box29.A.borrowedB.orderedC.lostD.made30.A.surprisedB.nervousC.delightedD.fortunate31.A.rememberB.imagineC.describeD.believe32.A.waitingB.risingC.helpingD.agr

50、eeing33.A.put inB.passed onC.picked outD.pulled out34.A.containerB.creationC.parcelD.tool35.A.beautifulB.modernC.popularD.soft36.A.color1B.designC.modelD.size37.A.wearB.tieC.adjustD.take38.A.valuedB.recordedC.gave upD.found out39.A.neededB.askedC.missedD.appreciated40.A.expensiveB.freeC.naturalD.tho