2020届日照市第四中学高三英语上学期期中试卷及参考答案.pdf

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1、20202020 届日照市第四中学高三英语上学期期中试卷及参考答案届日照市第四中学高三英语上学期期中试卷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 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.BAn anti-obesity program for Austra

11、lian girls didnt lead to any improvements in their diet,physical activitiesor body weight a year later,according to a new report.Findings from the school-based intervention(介入),which involved exercise sessions and nutritionworkshops for lower-income girls,are the latest disappointment in a lot of re

12、search attempting tohead offadultobesity and the disease risks that come with it.Especially during the middle-and high-school years,girls physical activity reduces obviously,according tolead researcher David Lubans,from theUniversityofNewcastleinNew South Wales,Australia.He said,“In the futurewe nee

13、d to make the programs more interesting and exciting and present information in a way that is meaningfulto adolescent girl.”Lubans and his workmates conducted their study in 12 schools in low-income areas ofNew South Wales.Atthe start of the study,girls in both groups weighed an average of close to

14、130pounds,with about four in tenconsidered overweight.Over the next year,adolescents in the intervention group were given pedometers(计步器)to encourage walking and running and invited to nutrition workshops and regular exercise sessions during theschoolday and at lunchtime.Participation in some of tho

15、se activities were less than ideal.For example,the girlswent to only one-quarter of lunchtime exercise sessions,and less than one in ten completed at-home physicalactivity or nutrition challenges,the researchers reported.At the end of the year,girls in both groups had gained asimilar amount of weigh

16、t and there was no difference in their average body fat.Preventive medicine researcher Robert Klesges said that although some anti-obesity programs have helpedadults lose weight,the teen population has always been a source of failure for researchers.“The common belief is:nothing works,”he said.“And

17、we have got to get beyond that.”“We need to think outside the box,”said Klesges,who wasnt involved in the new study.“That could includelearning from what has worked in adult studies,such as giving meal replacement drinks or prepared foods toteens who have trouble making changes to their diet.Or,it c

18、ould mean using a“step-care”method rather thanresearchers or their doctor telling them to keep doing the same thing.”Klesges said.4.The underlined words“head off”in Paragraph 2 can best be replaced by“_”.A.damageB.defendC.preventD.affect5.The methods used in the program to stop obesity dont include

19、_.A.walking and runningB.inviting them to nutrition workshopsC.joining exercise sessions regularlyD.giving meal replacement drinks6.The main reason for the failure of the anti-obesity program is probably that _.A.the participants didnt take an active part in itB.the program was not interesting and e

20、xciting to participantsC.the participants didnt get extra nutrition or exercise helpD.the program didnt pay attention to healthy exercise7.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A.As researchers,it is important to have creative research methods.B.Researchers need to give meals or prepare foods

21、 to participants.C.Teen girls have no difficulty in making changes to their diet.D.Some ant-obesity programs have not helped adults lose weight.CJeff Bezos,Elon Musk and Richard Branson have a combined net worth of 400 billion,roughly the size of theGDP of the entire nation of Ireland.And all three

22、men have decided to put vast sums of their wealth into chasingtheir space travel dreams,creating a modern space race in which ultra rich men rather than countries shoot for the stars.But why the three billionaires choose the crazy plan?Just for the travel dreams?Its not that simple.As we all know,th

23、e space travel is a mirror of comprehensive national strength,whether its the cold war orthe present.The first space racespannedmultiple presidents and premiers Kennedy,Krushchev,Brezhnev,Nixon.It made heroes of astronauts and cosmonauts,and it focused national prides.But obviously,this years racebe

24、tween the billionaires features none of that national pride or opposing ideas.Its tax averse tycoons(大亨)who want to sell high priced tickets to rich people interested in experiencing weightlessness.Amazons Bezoshas said he is funding his portion by selling off large chunks of his Amazon stock(股票)1 b

25、illion or more a year.What are the odds?If anyone is taking bets on how this will end,and who will have the more profitable spacetourism business,consider Amazons method of making very little profit in order to eat up competition.So,fromthis point of view,whats hiding behind this crazy race is busin

26、ess.As a method of expand influence,it is not a badidea.Richard Branson has carried out his plan on July 12,and Jeff Bezos announced that he will start his spacetravel on July 20.Bezos is getting some good press because hes taking Wally Funk along for the ride.Shes thepilot now in her 80s who was ke

27、pt out of space in the 1960s because shes a woman.This may be a bonus for him.As for Musk,he thinks these two above are not real space trips,he wants a larger move.Who will win the race in the end?Lets wait and see.8.Which of the following people might be the potential client of the space travel?A.D

28、aisy aged 45 with a heavy debt.B.Clarkson who doesnt enjoy taking risks.C.Billy aged 60 with an ample retirement pension.D.Alexander who knows nothing about space travel.9.What stopped Wally Funk flying to space in the 1960s?A.Age.B.Gender.C.Height.D.Disposition.10.What does the author think of the

29、billionaires race?A.Profit driven.B.Meaningless.C.Foolish.D.Generous.11.What does the underlined word“spanned”in paragraph 3 probably mean?A.Revolved.B.Turned down.C.Entered.D.Leapt through.DFrom Mozart to Metallica,tons of people enjoy listening to various types of music while they paint,write,ordr

30、aw.Most believe that music helps increase creativity,but an international study conducted by English andSwedish researchers is challenging that view.The study results wereechoedby scientists fromLancasterUniversity,and theUniversityofGavle,saying their findings show music actually weakens creativity

31、.To reach their conclusions,researchers had volunteers complete verbal problems designed to inspirecreativity while sitting in a quiet room,and then again while music played in the background.They found thatbackground music significantly weakened the volunteers ability to complete tasks connected wi

32、th verbal creativity.The team also tested background noises like those commonly heard in a library,but found that such noises had noinfluence on subjects creativity.The tasks were simple word games.For example,volunteers were given three words,such as dress,rise,andflower.Then,they were asked to fin

33、d a single word connected with all three that could be combined to form acommon phrase or word.The single word,in this case,would be“sun”(sundress,sunrise,sunflower).Volunteerscompleted the tasks in either a quiet room,or while listening to two different types of music:rock music or lightmusic“We fo

34、und strong evidence of weakened performance when playing background music in comparison toquiet background conditions,”says co-author D.Neil McLatchie ofLancasterUniversity.He and his colleagues findthat music negatively influences the verbal working memory processes of the brain,preventing creativi

35、ty.Also,asfar as the library background noises having seemingly no effect,the studys authors believe that was the casebecause library noises create a“regular state”environment that doesnt affect concentration.“To conclude,the findings here challenge the popular view that music increases creativity,a

36、nd instead showthat music,whatever type it is,is always a disadvantage for creative performance in problem solving,”the studyreads.12.The underlined word in Paragraph 1 can be replaced by _.A.challengedB.acceptedC.doubtedD.heard13.What were the volunteers asked to do in the study?A.To play music.B.T

37、o combine given words.C.To create new words.D.To connect words with music.14.What can we infer from the study?A.Quiet background inspires creativity best.B.Library noise does no harm to creativity.C.Music has a bad effect on language ability.D.Music types matter in creative performance.15.Which is t

38、he main idea of the passage?A.Quiet Environments Prevent Concentration.B.Background NoiseAffects Concentration.C.Composing Music Weakens Creativity.D.Listening to Music Reduces Creativity.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七选五（本大题共 5 小题，共 16.

39、0 分）The world is an interesting place.Different people like different things.Some people like loud music.Otherpeople dont._17_Many people like sports,but they dont all like the same sports.In some countries,cricket is a very popularsport.In other countries,it is not popular at all.No one plays it or

40、 watches it on TV.However,most people likesoccer.The World Cup is very popular._18_Different people like different foods.Some people do not like meat._19_Some people dont likepotatoes or bread.They prefer rice._20_Most people have their favorite color1 s.Some people like bright color1 s.Others prefe

41、r pale color1s.Many people like travelling.Different people like different places.Some people like to go to the country.Theylike the fresh air.Some people like to go to the cities,because they like shopping._21_A.They like soft music.B.Not everyone likes the same color1.C.Millions of people watch th

42、e games on the TV.D.Different people like different kinds of pets.E.They eat fruit and vegetables most of the time.F.So they dont raise pigs in their countries.G.Some other people enjoy beautiful places like the mountains or beaches.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

43、 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One morning in early fall,I spotted a pair of wild geese on our pond.The beautiful sight caught meby_21_because wed never seen geese there before.Thinking they would soon leave,I_22_thechance to get close to them.I wondered where they

44、 came from and why theyd chosen our pond.The next morning,the geese were still my_23_.I walked round to the mailbox,showing them I meant noharm._24_,I couldnt resist getting a_25_look.I hid behind some trees and_26_thehandsome pair quietly through the branches.I was surprised to see they were starin

45、g at me,too!As days passed,I started_27_to them on my trips to the mailbox.They craned their necks and raised theirheads_28_,but seemed to realize I was their friend.By then,my curiosity about_29_they werestaying so long on the pond changed to_30_.As they were feeling in the grass the other day,I di

46、scoveredthe reason for their_31_:the male had a broken left wing.He couldnt_32_,and his faithful matewouldnt leave him behind.I asked a biologist what to do.He explained that sometimes a_33_wing would heal by itself and suggestedletting nature take its course.On the first day of November,I was worki

47、ng in the neighborhood of the geese with my tractor.As I bent to fasten achain from the tractor,I_34_some movement from the corner of my eye.Both geese were running towardsthe pond.Their wing were_35_like crazy,struggling for take-off.Gradually,they flew over the pond.They_36_enough altitude to fly

48、past a neighbors house,and then circled back towards me,flying no morethan 50 feet over my head as if to say goodbye.Then they were out of_37_.The seasons first snowflake fell the very next day.The birds must have_38_that winter was coming,and itwas time to go.I became fond of them during their_39_v

49、isit to our pond,and now I miss them.Ill neverforget their_40_to each other.21.A.accidentB.surpriseC.natureD.fortune22.A.increasedB.createdC.deservedD.valued23.A.guestsB.puzzlesC.fellowsD.friends24.A.InsteadB.ThereforeC.StillD.Anyhow25.A.closerB.quickerC.quieterD.broader26.A.approachedB.calmedC.obse

50、rvedD.protected27.A.turningB.attendingC.drivingD.talking28.A.firmlyB.cautiouslyC.warmlyD.proudly29.A.whyB.whenC.howD.whether30.A.sympathyB.rescueC.pleasureD.concern31.A.companionB.visitC.settlementD.care32.A.recoverB.surviveC.flyD.return33.A.weakB.foldedC.brokenD.flightless34.A.heldB.caughtC.directe