2020届揭阳市普宁市梅峰中学高三英语上学期期中考试试题及答案.pdf

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1、20202020 届揭阳市普宁市梅峰中学高三英语上学期期中考试试题及答案届揭阳市普宁市梅峰中学高三英语上学期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 AOne day when I was 12,my mother gave me an order:I was to walk to the public library,and borrow at leastone book f

2、or the summer.This was one more weapon for her to defeat my strange problem inability to read.In the library,I found my way into the Childrens Room.I sat down on the floor and pulled a few books offthe shelf at random.The cover of a book caught my eye.It presented a picture of a beagle.I had recentl

3、y had abeagle,the first and only animal companion I ever had as a child.He was my secret sharer,but one morning,hewas gone,given away to someone who had the space and the money to care for him.I never forgot my beagle.Without opening the bookAmos,the Beagle with a Plan,1 borrowed it from the library

4、 for the summer.Under the shade of a bush,I started to read about Amos.I read very,very slowly with difficulty.Though pageswere turned slowly,I got the main idea of the story about a dog who,like mine,had been separated from hisfamily and who finally found his way back home.That dog was my dog,and I

5、 was the little boy in the book.At theend of the story,my mind continued the final scene of reunion,on and on,until my own lost dog and I were,in mymind,running together.My mothers call returned me to the real world.I suddenly realized something:I had read a book,and I hadloved reading that book.I n

6、ever told my mother about my“miraculous”experience that summer,but she saw a slow but remarkableimprovement in my classroom performance during the next year.And years later,she was proud that her son hadread thousands of books,was awarded a PhD in literature,and authored his own books,articles,poetr

7、y andfiction.The power of the words has held.1.The authors mother told him to borrow a book in order to _.A.let him spend a meaningful summerB.encourage him to do more walkingC.help cure him of his reading problemD.make him learn more about weapons2.The book caught the authors eye because.A.it remin

8、ded him of his own dogB.he found its title easy to understandC.it contained pretty pictures of animalsD.he liked childrens stories very much3.Which one could be the best title of the passage?A.Mums Strict Order.B.My Passion forReading.C.Reunion with My Beagle.D.The Charm of a Book.BLas Vegascity inN

9、evadais built in a desert.The city may be known to the outside world for its partying.Butofficials have found that there are 21 square kilometers of useless grass.The grass is never laid on,played on oreven stepped on.The grass is only there to look nice.Now,the city is asking theNevadastate legisla

10、ture to ban useless grass.It is trying to become the first placeinAmericato ban that kind of grass often seen between streets,in housing developments and in office parks.It is estimated that useless grass makes up 40%of all the grass inLas Vegasand it needs a lot of water tosurvive.Grass needs four

11、times more water than dry climate plants like cactus.By tearing out the grass,the citycould reduce yearly water usage by 15%.In 2003,the Southern Nevada Water Authority banned developers from planting grass in front of new homes.It also offered homeowners$30 for each square meter of grass they tear

12、out.But fewer people are now using theprogram.Water usage has increased in southernNevadaby 9%since 2019.And last year,Las Vegaswent a record240 days without major rainfall.The Colorado River provides much ofNevadas drinking water.The river could losemore water as climate change affects it.Water off

13、icials in other dry cities said water usage needs to be reduced.But they fear the reaction to reformslike the ones inLas Vegasif their communities do not accept them.Cynthia Campbell is the water resources adviserfor the city ofPhoenixinArizona.“There might come a point when city restrictions get to

14、o severe for someresidents.Theyll say that is the point of no return for them,”Campbellsaid.“For some people,its a pool.For somepeople,its grass.”4.Why doesLas Vegascity try to ban useless grass?A.To protect the local people.B.To beautify the city.C.To reduce water usage.D.To reduce waste.5.What pro

15、gram was carried out inLas Vegasin 2003?A.Allowing planting grass before new houses.B.Encouraging the residents to tear out grass.C.Praising those who signed on the program.D.Awarding those who reduced water usage.6.What is implied inCampbells words in the last paragraph?A.Many residents wont follow

16、 the ban.B.Reaction to the reform will vary personally.C.Other measures should be taken to protect wetter.D.Water officials should take many factors into account.7.What is the best title for the text?A.Las VegasPlans to Ban Useless GrassB.A Method Is Adopted to SaveLas VegasC.Choices between Beauty

17、and PracticeD.Grass Is Important but Useless inLas VegasCPlease take a few seconds and think of your personal biggest goal.Imagine telling someone you meet todaywhat youre going to do.Imagine their congratulations and their high image of you.Doesnt it feel good to say itout loud?Dont you feel one st

18、ep closer already?Well,bad news:you should have kept your mouth shut,becausethat good feeling will make you less likely to do it.Any time you have a goal,there is some work that needs to be done to achieve it.Ideally,you would not besatisfied until youd actually done the work.But when you tell someo

19、ne your goal and he acknowledges(认可)it,psychologists have found its called a“social reality”.The mind is kind of tricked into feeling that its already done.And then,because youve felt that satisfaction,youre less motivated to do the actual hard work necessary.Thisgoes againstthe traditional wisdom t

20、hat we should tell our friends our goals,right?In 1982,Peter Gollwitzer,a Professor of Psychology,wrote a whole book about this.And in 2009,he did somenew tests that were published.It goes like this:163 people across four separate testseveryone wrote down theirpersonal goal.Then half of them announc

21、ed their commitment(许诺)to this goal to the room,and half didnt.Then everyone was given 45 minutes of work that would directly lead them towards their goal,but they were toldthat they could stop at any time.Now those who kept their mouths shut worked the entire 45 minutes on average,and when asked af

22、terwards,said they felt they had a long way to go to achieve their goal.But those who hadannounced it quit after only 33 minutes on average,and when asked afterwards,said that they felt much closer toachieving their goal.8.What do the words“social reality”in Paragraph 2 mean?A.Completion of the goal

23、.B.Necessary hard work.C.Peoples acknowledgement.D.A sense of satisfaction.9.What does Peter Gollwitzer try to tell us?A.Writing down the goal is very helpful.B.Achieving personal goal needs more time.C.Keeping the goal secret makes people work harder.D.Making the goal public makes people less satis

24、fied.10.How did Peter Gollwitzer prove his idea about peoples goal?A.By giving figures.B.By giving examples.C.By making a survey.D.By making comparison tests.11.What will probably happen if you tell your friends your goal?A.You will be more confident.B.You will not gain satisfaction.C.You are less l

25、ikely to realize it.D.Youll be much moremotivated.DWhen a fire broke out in my home in the middle of the night,I knew Id do anything I could to save my family.The medicine that I take for my rheumatoid arthritis causes me to wake up inthe middle of the night with a drymouth.January 15,2016,was no di

26、fferent.I,Indiana,US,awoke at 2:30am needing water.I was walking back upstairs from the kitchen when I heard my bulldog,Rock.Whatever Rock was doing downthere,it made enough noise for me to go to him.By the time I made it to the bottom of the stairs,he was runningup,and he never came up the stairs,n

27、o matter what.I think that was his way of telling me,Weve got to go backup.When I got to the top of the stairs,I turned around and saw a light on,but I didnt remember leaving one on.Iwalked downstairs again,and thats when I saw fire.I immediately shouted to my wife to wake up and get ourthree kids.I

28、 grabbed a knife and cut out the plastic that covered the window to the porch roof.I then pried openthe window and kicked out the screen.I started screaming for help.But help never came.I got everybody out onthe roof and threw a blanket out there so we wouldnt slip off.It was cold,January cold.Then

29、I started screamingfor help.But help never came.Now,Im scared of heights and have physical issues,what with my rheumatoid arthritis,but I couldnt let myfamily burn up.So I jumped off the roof.I didnt scoot to the edge;I just jumped and got the wind knocked out ofme when I landed.I found our ladder,p

30、laced it against the house,and climbed back up to the roof.I wrapped myarms around my daughter and carried my nine-month-old with my teeth,by his little sleeper.Then I climbeddown the ladder.Once on the ground,I had my little girl hold her brother,and I went back up to the roof to get myother daught

31、er.Then I went back up again and got my wife.I tried to get my dog,but he just disappeared in theblack smoke.I never saw him alive again,Im no hero.Im just an ordinary person whod help anybody.This happened to be the time when I helped myown family.I live to protect my family.Just likeRockhe lived t

32、o protect us.12.What made the author wake up at 2:30am?A.My dogs barkingB.The medicines effectC.A burning fireD.A noise downstairs13.How did Rock tell the author the danger downstairs?A.He turned on a light downstairs.B.He ran to the authors room upstairs.C.He kept barking and running up to stairs.D

33、.He made some noise at the bottom of the stairs.14.What did the author do after his family all stood on the roof?A.He placed a blanket to keep warm.B.He started screaming for help.C.He jumped off the roof.D.He broke open the window and kicked out the screen15.Which ofthe following best describe the

34、author?A.Courageous and responsibleB.Caring and selfishC.Loyal and braveD.Strong and considerate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Why Do We Like Personality Tests?This article will explore reasons why we like taking personality tests.One of

35、the reasons we like to take personality tests is that we want to learn about ourselves._16_,we like personality tests,according to a psychologist.For some things,like our emotions,we have access toinformation about ourselves that others dont._17_To find out,were better off asking our best friendstha

36、n taking the personality tests.Another simple reason we tend to take personality tests is that we have an inborn need for a sense ofbelonging.A friend of mine recently described her experience of taking the personality test for the first time whenshe was in high school.As an artist,she felt differen

37、t from her peers,and she said it was a great comfort to knowthat“there were others out there like me”._18_Finally we want simple ways to understand other people.After all,relating to other people is hard.If it wereeasy,books and services about navigating relationships of all kinds wouldnt be a multi

38、-million-dollarindustry._19_We then respond to him in a way that allows for smooth social interactions._20_,we store information about them in something called a schema(模式，计划)a mentalrepresentation of what that person,situation,or object is like.Over time,through many experiences,we developa rich se

39、t of ideas and expectations about people we perceive(察觉，感觉)to be a certain category.A.This personality type doesnt fit you wellB.When we encounter a person,a situation,or an objectC.If we arc familiar with the personality types in these systemsD.Because we hope they will reveal unknown facts about o

40、urselvesE.Feeling understood and normal,perhaps for the first time,is a powerful experienceF.Knowing someones personality type allows us to quickly and easily understand himG.However,there might be things about ourselves we dont know,like how clever or creative we are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45

41、45 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Last July I got a job at a theater I admire.I was feeling lucky.But something wasnt_21_.My daughter was going to leave for university in the fall and I wasnt_22_for her to go.Our householdis small an

42、d tight-knit（关系亲密的）.Its just the two of us.I was excited for my daughter and I felt Ihad_23_her well.But no one had prepared me for this.I was_24_.I felt as though I were drowning（溺亡）.Somehow,this feeling of drowning was what_25_me.One day as I was walking home,I_26_the university pool.I must have w

43、alked past it a million times.Swimming wasnt something I usuallydid.And yet something_27_me to take it up.The next morning I_28_the pool.I headed over to the shallow end,the area reservedfor_29_like me.I walked down the cold steps into the poll and all of a sudden,I was in.I could touch thefloor,and

44、 that was reassuring（安心的）.I looked around to make sure the other people werent watching myawkward strokes.“No one is watching,”I_30_to myself.No one cares if you look like a baby elephantswimming for the first time.No one cares if your heart_31_when mydaughter packs up her thingsand_32_.Somehow,in t

45、hat moment,this was_33_.I swam slowly from one end to the other,feeling a_34_.I found myself crying.Thankfully,no onecould tell my_35_from the water running down my face.Afterward,I headed for the changing room,smiling and feeling proud that I faced this_36_.When I got home,my daughter said that Ilo

46、oked_37_.The next day,I was up early,swimming bag in hand I was_38_afraid of drowning.I wasbreathing easier.I was feeling better.Having“an empty nest”is an easy catchphrase（口头禅）for something that is impossible to describe.It is notjust an empty room.It is a_39_part of who you are.And for me,swimming

47、_40_a part of that hole.21.A.specialB.rightC.trueD.strange22.A.afraidB.sureC.readyD.sorry23.A.preparedB.treatedC.caredD.planned24.A.disappointedB.inspiredC.panickingD.complaining25.A.controlledB.improvedC.botheredD.saved26.A.examinedB.overlookedC.noticedD.recognized27.A.pushedB.expectedC.orderedD.al

48、lowed28.A.set apart fromB.set out forC.get out ofD.get away from29.A.fightersB.volunteersC.losersD.beginners30.A.repeatedB.rememberedC.recalledD.replied31.A.racesB.poundsC.stopsD.breaks32.A.appearsB.leavesC.escapesD.fails33.A.comfortingB.upsettingC.annoyingD.confusing34.A.connectionB.releaseC.pressu

49、reD.conflict35.A.rainB.bloodC.tearsD.sweat36.A.hopeB.surpriseC.angerD.fear37.A.tiredB.paleC.happyD.healthy38.A.once againB.no longerC.as usualD.so far39.A.missingB.naturalC.uniqueD.useful40.A.touchesB.formsC.involvesD.fills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

50、或括号内单词的正确形式My favourite male_41._(sing)was Chris Cornell.I first heard him sing on_42._US television musicchannel called VH1.The song they were playing_43._(call)“Black Hole Sun”.The music video was terrifying.Ididnt,and still sort of dont know what it meant,but the music touched the_44._(deep)part