2020届平远县田家炳中学高三英语上学期期中考试试卷及答案.pdf

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1、20202020 届平远县田家炳中学高三英语上学期期中考试试卷及答案届平远县田家炳中学高三英语上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 AStaying-at-home proves to be effective in slowing the spread of the virus,but loneliness can be tough formany.Luckily,

2、in the age of social media,we are never truly alone.And with the extra time spent indoors,artistsare stepping up to help us all with the following clubs.Drawing from Distance by Sarah Beth MorganLets shine some light during this trying time and encourage social distancing!Im starting this tomorrowmy

3、self but from what I offer,take whatever you please.No rules!Just have fun!Stayathome Art Club byCarsonEllisHello!Ill be posting art homework here every weekday morning when I can.Theyll be designed for kids andgrownups alike.Here is your first homework:Draw a picture of yourself from the shoulders

4、up.You can followsome useful examples.If you want to share or see other peoples self-picture,use these hashtags:#Stayathomeartclub#QACselfportrait30-Day indoor Art by Danielle KrysaOne month of avoiding crowds?Im in!I challenge you to use this time inside to make one piece every dayfrom now until mi

5、d April.Please join me in playing around with some painting ideas that have been rolling aroundin my head but havent found their way onto paper yet.Stay at home,make art,save someones life.DIY from Illustoria MagazineWe have been so inspired to see our community come together to provide easy art pro

6、jects for familiesduring this stay-at-home-time!DIY is actually a fantastic way tosparkyour imagination without breaking a sweat.Avideo every day will teach you how to DIY something.1.What do we know about Sarah Beth Morgan?A.She is a strict artist.B.She aims at training more artists.C.She prefers t

7、o work at home office.D.She will provide a wide range of choices.2.What are you expected to do if you join Stayathome Art Club?A.Hand in homework every day.B.Share other peoples pictures.C.Draw a picture of yourself.D.Show up in person occasionally.3.What does“spark”in the last paragraph probably me

8、an?A.Set off.B.Set down.C.Set aside.D.Set about.BPaper is one of our oldest,simplest and most important inventions.But it also presents a danger to the worldin two important ways.First,the making of paper requires the loss of many millions of trees each year.Andworldwide use of paper is expected to

9、double in the next 40 years.Clearly,the planet cannot stand such a highrate of forest loss.The second great problem with paper is what happens once it is no longer useful.A largeamount of wastepaper ends up in landfills,where it can produce harmful gases and finally contribute to globalclimate chang

10、e.One simple solution can greatly reduce both of these problems:paper recycling.Instead of cutting downtrees,recycle existing paper to feed the paper-making process.Paper is mainly made from cellulose(纤维素)，which can be used repeatedly in papermaking.Unfortunately,it also means that paper waste takes

11、 a surprisingly long time to break down in landfills.So far,trees are the onlysource(来源)of cellulose that can fill the great demand for paper products.Therefore,recycling paper is simplyone of the best ways to save trees.Thanks to advances in processing,recycled paper need not be the dark-color1edst

12、uff many of us are familiar with.It now can offer the same print performance as non-recycled paper.Effective recycling requires a continuous effort from everyone at all levels of society.The way to begin is witheducation and understanding.Once enough people realize the need for recycling,more effect

13、ive recycling systemscan be developed.The need is real.The massive loss of trees affects everybody on earth.Everyone should do their part torecycle paper and encourage government and industry to do the same.The world will be a better place for it!4.What can we infer from the text?A.The use of recycl

14、ed paper will double in 40 years.B.Recycling paper helps relieve global climate change.C.Wastepaper can easily break down in landfills.D.There are not enough landfills for wastepaper.5.What makes recycled paper more acceptable?A.The great demand of trees.B.The low processing cost.C.Its dark-color1 e

15、d feature.D.Its improved print performance.6.What does the author propose?A.Punishing the act of cutting trees.B.Recycling paper.C.Improving recycling system.D.Promoting paper industry.7.How is the text mainly developed?A.By analyzing causes and effects.B.By offering research plans and data.C.By dis

16、cussing problems and solutions.D.By comparing strengths and weaknesses.CA city inSouth Korea,which has the worlds largest number of people using smartphones,has placed flashinglights and laser beams at a road crossing to warn“smartphone zombies”to look up and drivers to slow down,inthe hope of preve

17、nting accidents.The designers of the system were motivated by growing worry that more pedestrians glued to their phoneswill become victims in a country that already has some of the highest road death and injury rates amongdeveloped countries.State-run Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Buildin

18、g Technology(KICT)believes itssystem of flashing lights at zebra crossings can warn both pedestrians and drivers.In addition to red,yellow and blue LED lights on the pavement,“smombies”-smartphone zombies-will bewarned by laser beam projected from power poles and a warning sent to the phones by an a

19、pp that they areabout to step into traffic.“Increasing number of smombie accidents have occurred in pedestrian crossings,so these zombie lights areessential to prevent these pedestrian accidents,”said KICT senior researcher Kim Jong-hoon.Drivers are warnedby the flashing lights,which have shown to b

20、e effective 83.4 percent of the time in the institutes tests involvingabout 1,000 vehicles.In 2017,more than 1,600 pedestrians were killed in auto related accidents,which is about 40 percent of totaltraffic deaths,according to data from the Traffic Accident Analysis System.For now,the smombie warnin

21、g systemis placed only in Ilsan,a suburban city about30 kmnorthwest of the capital,Seoul,but is expected to go nationwide,according to the institute.Kim Dan-hee,a 23-year-old resident of Ilsan,welcomed the system,saying she was often too absorbed in herphone to remember to look at traffic.“This flas

22、hing light makes me feel safe as it makes me look around again,and I hope that we can have more of these in town,”she said.8.What do the underlined words“smartphone zombies”in paragraph 1 refer to?A.Drivers driving after drunk.B.Pedestrians buried in their phones.C.Passengers crazy about phones.D.Po

23、licemen in charge of traffic.9.What do we know about the warning system?A.It has reduced death rate by 83.4%.B.It has been spread nationwide.C.It gives a warning to the smartphones.D.It is being tried out in many places.10.What was the residents attitude to the traffic system?A.Negative.B.Unconcerne

24、d.C.Disapproving.D.Favorable.11.What is the best title for the text?A.South KoreaWarns Smartphone Zombies of TrafficB.Flashing Lights Are Used to Prevent AccidentsC.Smartphone Zombies Are Causing Traffic AccidentsD.South KoreaUses a New Traffic SystemDIn a world simultaneously on fire and underwater

25、 thanks to climate change,scientists have announced some goodnews:Several important tuna(金枪鱼)species have stepped back from the edge of extinction.The unexpectedly fast recovery speaks to the success of efforts over the past decade to end overfishing.But tunaare not the only species scientists are d

26、iscussing at the 2021 World Conservation Congress in Marseille,France,which is organized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature(IUCN).Researchers caution that manyother marine species remainimperiled.For instance,more than a third of the worlds sharks remain threatenedwith extinction

27、due to overfishing,habitat loss,and climate change.“I think the good news is that sustainable fisheries are possible,”says Beth Polidoro,a marine biologist atArizona State University.“We can eat fish in a proper way and without driving the population to the point where itis on the road to collapse o

28、r extinction.At the same time,she warned that the changes in status should not be anreason to catch as many fish as we want.The IUCN,which ranks the worlds most endangered species on its Red List of Threatened Species and isbacked by 16,000 experts across the globe,also announced at the meeting that

29、 some animals are moving in theother direction,onto the Red List.One notable example is the Komodo dragon,an island-living lizard at particularrisk from climate change.For the better part of two decades,Polidoro has been part of a specialist group tasked with assessing thestatuses of more than 60 sp

30、ecies of tuna and billfishes for the IUCN.Her team announced its first comprehensivefindings in 2011,mentioning that a number of commercially fished tuna species were dangerously close todisappearing.According to the new data,the Atlantic bluefin tuna(Thunnus thynnus),once listed as endangered,now q

31、ualifies for a status of least concern.As does the yellowfin tuna(Thunnus albacares)and albacore tuna(Thunnus alalunga),which were both considered near-threatened the last time they were assessed.12.What does the underlined word“imperiled”in paragraph 2 mean?A.EndangeredB.ConservedC.ExtinctD.Safe13.

32、What can we infer from Polidoros words?A.Too many fish are being eaten by human beings.B.Eating fish does not necessarily lead to its extinction.C.Fish species are on the edge of dying out if no action is taken.D.The situation of underwater species are changing for the better.14.Which of following s

33、tatement is true according to the passage?A.Some Tuna species are wiped out by overfishing.B.Tuna are ranked as the worlds most endangered species.C.Climate change poses a threat to most species in water and on land.D.Three tuna species have been saved from extinction according to the data.15.Whats

34、the main idea of the passage?A.Some tuna species are reported endangered recently.B.IUCN has helped saved a great many marine species.C.Improvement has been made in saving marine species.D.Great efforts should be made to conserve species underwater.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

35、）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It is generally believed that tourism is very important for any country._16_,tourism can finally lead toa series of problems.Forests are cut down to make way for tourismRapid growth of tourism in an area always creates a huge need for more buildings.Forests

36、are cut down tomake space for parking lots and theme parks or hotels._17_,air pollution will become a serious problem inthose areas.Tourism causes noise pollutionPlaces that attract big crowds of tourists every year produce loud noise either from the cars or loud musicplayed by visitors._18_.It puts

37、 people at risk of developing high blood pressure and heart problems.Insome animals,loud noise makes their hearts heat faster and hurts their ability to survive(生存).Tourism causes light pollution_19_.Natural light is very important for some animals,especially for baby sea turtles.They are knownto st

38、ayunder the sand until temperatures get cooler,so they cone out at night.They then move towards thebrightest area which is the ocean.But many baby turtles die when they move towards brightly lit places aroundbeaches and get lost.Tourists are leaving behind mountains of trashSeeing plastic cups and g

39、lass bottles around sea shores by the beaches isnt something new.It has become acommon sight,especially in those places most frequently visited by tourists._20_.Many fish and otheranimals in the seas have been killed by them.A.But without good plansB.Blinding light hurts humans healthC.Without enoug

40、h trees to clean the airD.Visitors are leaving trash in the mountains,tooE.Much of the plastic trash ends up inside sea animalsF.Light pollution is another serious problem from tourismG.Such loud sound is very bad for both humans and animals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

41、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完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 21.5 分，满分 30 分）I grew up on a small farm,living a life that I took for granted,My _21_worked in the city as a carpenter.He was quiet:distant,He was not highly educated,_22_he was smart,trying to teachmy brothe

42、r andme_23_things,including respect.I did not like him very much,though.My father never missed_24_.But one day he got off work earlier,His back hurt and hedidnt_25_well.Soon he was diagnosed with blood cancer.For the last year of my fathers life,his_26_day consisted of rising from his bed and walkin

43、g to his chair to sit and think.He was predictably sitting inthat_27_when I came home from school one day,He asked me to sit down.What _28_still moves methese decades later.He _29_me about his life,his family,his loves,his heartbreaks.It was_30_a pipehad burst,his inner self rushing out to me in a g

44、reat flood.He had been_31_for maybe an hour or morewhen I_32_that,in fact,he was doing _33_telling.He was asking to be forgiven and all it tookwas_34_,Knowing that was what he needed,I_35_everything immediately.What do you do when your enemies reveal they are_36_human?I think you either forgive andm

45、ove forward or_37_to resentment(怨恨)and live in the past,Im certainly not _38_that my fathergot sick,but_39_,I realize that if he hadnt,I might never have,come to _40_him.22.A.fatherB.uncleC.brotherD.grandpa23.A.SoB.andC.butD.as24.A.funnyB.usefulC.strangeD.impossible25.A.schoolB.travelC.treatmentD.wo

46、rk26.A.readB.driveC.behaveD.feel27.A.remainingB.entireC.tiringD.final28.A.roomB.farmC.chairD.bed29.A.followedB.appearedC.broke outD.run out30.A.toldB.warnedC.remindedD.informed31.A.becauseB.whenC.not untilD.as if32.A.sleepingB.whisperingC.speakingD.trembling33.A.imaginedB.announceC.realizedD.mention

47、ed34.A.more thanB.less thanC.rather thanD.other than35.A.listeningB.understandingC.savingD.begging36.A.admittedB.ignoredC.rejectedD.forgave37.A.alsoB.evenC.neverD.ever38.A.get downB.date backC.hold onD.live up39.A.angryB.afraidC.proudD.glad40.A.at the same timeB.in no timeC.at one timeD.in time41.A.

48、missB.loveC.doubtD.hate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At 10:20 am,July 24,Saturday,2021,the first gold medal of the 2020 Olympics was_41._(official)wonbyChinas Yang Jing inJapan.Yang Qian earned gold in the womens 10-meter air rifle（步枪）to take

49、 home thelong-awaited first medal.The 21-year-old is_42._rising star in the sport.Yang,_43._was ranked sixthin the qualification,scored 251.8 points in the final,beating Russian Galashinas 251.1 points to set off TeamChina to a fine start at the_44._(postpone)Tokyo games.As the first champion of the

50、 2020 Games,Yang_45._(award)her medal by International Olympic Committee(IOC)president Thomas Bach.“Its an_46._(believe)thing that I can be here.The competetion was really tight,but Im so happy thatI could win,”Yang said after_47._(claim)the first gold medal of the Games and for China.“Im so happyth