2020届昌河中学高三英语下学期期中考试试题及参考答案.pdf

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1、20202020 届昌河中学高三英语下学期期中考试试题及参考答案届昌河中学高三英语下学期期中考试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 AOn Friday morning when 53-year-old Thong Pham broke into the house through the unlocked back door,hetook a steak knife fro

2、m the kitchen.It was dark,and the family didnt know what Marley was barking(吠)at.Taylor,Amber and their girls Finley,6,and Sadie,4,soon woke up and came downstairs,too.“Well,it was dark so we couldnt see anything,only couldhear Marley,”Amber recalled,saying her husband then went for the lights.“And

3、once he turned the hall light on,we realized that the guy was holed up in the corner trying to hide.”“So I think he got to the front door and realized he couldnt get out,and by that point in time,Marleys gothim cornered,”Taylorsaid.Pham slashed(砍)both Marley and Taylor,and blood went everywhere.Tayl

4、or shared avideo summary to his Facebook page,where he said Marley was stabbed(刺)up to six times,mostly around thehead and neck area.“And as I pulled back,blood shot out of my arm,”Taylorcontinued.“She got him pretty goodand I got him pretty good in the face.”“But it was really hard because I was tr

5、ying to make sure that my husband wasnt going to die,”Amberexplained,adding that she was trying to protect their two girls.“When he realized that the two girls were in thehouse,thats when he kind of backed up and started running.Taylorexpressed gratitude to everyone for their thoughts and prayers.An

6、d the family is thankful for their dogMarley.“Shes our hero,”Amber said.“If it hadnt been for her,that guy could have gone in the.he could have goneto their rooms or something.”Tayloradded,“Yeah,I mean,the story plays out very differently if Marleys notthere.”1.Why did the family come downstairs bef

7、ore daybreak?A.To stop a break-in.B.To lock the back door.C.To check on Marley.D.To turn the hall light on.2.What happened during the fight?A.Pham dug a hole in the corner.B.Marley was injured but bit back.C.Taylor had a backup from neighbors.D.Amber fought back to protect her girls.3.What doesTaylo

8、rmainly express on his Facebook?A.Forgiveness.B.Concern.C.Anger.D.Appreciation.BWith graduation days being celebrated all over the country,a student who has to use a wheelchair honoredhis mother on his graduation day in a special way.Easley High School graduate,Alex Mays surprised peoplepresent when

9、 he got up and walked across the stage at Clemsons Littlejohn Coliseum.“I was really happyit made me feel good,”Alex said.Alex was not given a chance to live right from his birth.He was born at 25 weeks and weighed just 1 pound,10 ounces at birth.When he was very young,he had a disease and lost the

10、ability to walk.After his mothersdeath in 2013,Alex had several other difficult life changes until he came to live with his grandparents,Dousay andher husband,Dewayne.Dousay said that when Alex came to live with them,they decided to bring him up in thebest possible way they could.Last fall,Alex said

11、 that he would walk across the stage to get his diploma to honor his late mother.Hepracticed hard and worked with a physical therapist for 9 months to complete his plan.The only help Alex got was from his moms best friend,Tonya Johnson,who pushed his wheelchair to thestage wearing one of his mothers

12、 favorite shirts.“I had support from my family.I couldnt have done it withoutthem,”Alex said.“Alex made everyone in the building feel encouraged that day”Pickens County School District publicinformation specialist John Eby said.“The school teachers knew he was going to get up to get his diploma,but

13、thedistance he walked was a surprise,even to them,”Eby said.“Some of lifes most important tests arent given in a classroom;Alex tested himself and passed with flyingcolor1 s,”Eby added.4.In what way did Alex honor his late mother on his graduation day?A.By dressing like her.B.By saying sorry to her.

14、C.By inviting her best friend.D.By walking to get his diploma.5.What can we learn from Paragraph 3?A.Alex was born healthy.B.Alex went through a lot.C.Alex had a purpose in life as a child.D.Alex has lived with his grandparents all the time.6.What did Alex also express on his graduation day?A.His bi

15、g regret in life.B.His feelings for hisschool.C.His thanks for his family.D.His will to complete his study.7.Which of the following words can best describe Alex?A.Strong-minded.B.Warm-hearted.C.Cool-headed.D.Easy-going.CYellowstoneNational ParkbecameAmericas first national park in 1872.The National

16、Park Service was formed44 years later in 1916.Yellowstone,which is mostly in the state of Wyoming,is considered an example of thesuccess of the National Park System.Humans have been present in Yellowstone for more than 11,000 years.Yellowstone contains beautiful mountains,deep canyons(峡谷),lakes and

17、rivers.The nameYellowstonecomesfrom the river running through the area.At first known as Rock Yellow River,it became known astheYellowstoneRiver.Yellowstoneis host to many different species of plants.However,the park is most distinctive because of whatlies underneath it.It sits on top of an ancient

18、super volcano,known as The Yellowstone Caldera.The caldera is 48by 72 kilometers.And it remains an active volcano.It is believed that the last time the volcano erupted was one half million years ago.The area has had threemajor eruptions in the last three million years.Experts say it may erupt again

19、in another 1,000 to 10,000 years.Buteach year,there are thousands of earthquakes atYellowstone.Most are too small to be felt by people visiting thepark.Yellowstoneis filled with the beauty of many hot water springs.hot water and gasses are trapped under theearth.they rush to the surface in the form

20、of hot water and steam.Old Faithful is The most famous one.Iteruptsabout every hour or hour and a half.The eruption can last from one and a half minutes up to 5 minutes.Theamount of hot water it expels（排出）in that time can be as much as 31,000 liters or more.In addition to its beauty and wonder,Yello

21、wstone is an animal sanctuary（保护区）.It is home to the largestgroup of wild animals in theUnited States.As you travel through the park,you can sometimes see them in theirnatural habitat and hear their calls.8.What wasYellowstonenamed after?A.RockYellow RiverB.The amazing mountains.C.The stones with ye

22、llow color1D.The first discovery inwyoming.9.What makesYellowstonequite unique?A.The scenery is beautiful.B.There are a lot of explorers.C.Its home to many plants.D.Its location is very special.10.What does the underlined word“It”in Paragraph 5 refer to?A.The earth.B.Yellowstone.C.Old Faithful.D.The

23、YellowstoneCaldera.11.What can we infer from the text?A.The Yellowstone Caldera has been dead for years.B.Yellowstone is a shelter for the protected wildlife.C.Big earthquakes happen frequently atYellowstone.D.YellowstoneNational Parkhas attracted visitors for centuries.DThe secrets of dreaming are

24、always interesting psychologists.It is generally acknowledged in the field thatdreams people have during this time betweenchildhood and full adulthood,thats around 30,are the strongestand most influential.Yet not enough is known about the repeated patterns of dreaming.Researchers are stilltrying to

25、answer a basic question:How does dreaming relate to the life experiences and developmentalchallenges?G.William Domhoff and Adam Schneider,at theUniversityofCalifornia,help to answer this question byexamining the lengthy dream series of two individuals,“Izzy”and“Jasmine”.Izzy provided a collection of

26、 4,329dream reports from between the ages of 12 and 25,while Jasmine provided 664 dreams recorded between theages of 14 and 25.Large collections of dreams like these pose challenges to researchers.Until recently,the means of studyingdream series was to employ a team of recorders who take the time to

27、 code each dream for a predetermined(预先确定的)number of content categories,and then compare their results.Nowadays,digital technologies enable theanalysis of language usage in dreams with high speed,accuracy,and objectivity.This marks a revolutionaryadvance in the science of dreaming.However,itcan only

28、 lead so far.To gain more specific and detailed insights,Domhoff and Schneider tailored word strings(词串)for eachdreamer,mixing elements of traditional research with digital tools for analyzing large data sets.For Izzy theseword strings included“family and s”,“celebrities”and“fantasy”,while the word

29、strings they created for Jasmineincluded“familiar places,”electrical equipment”and“music”.The researchers used these word strings to identifyconnections between their dreams and real lives.Surprisingly,the results of the analysis revealed a great deal ofconsistency(一致性)and continuity in both sets of

30、 dreams.Izzy pays much attention to pop culture,and hasaffection for famous actors.Jasmine is an accomplished musician and performer.“The frequencies of dream elements show the intensity(强度)of the dreamers personal concern with thatelement in waking thought,”Domhoff and Schneider conclude.For anyone

31、 who still claims dreaming is merelyrandom nonsense from the brain and mental world,these findings are hard to explain away.12.What do psychologists agree with about dreams?A.Dreams are influenced by life experiences.B.Dreaming is never nonsense from the brain.C.Dreams in ones teens and twenties are

32、 strongest.D The patterns of dreaming are usually repeated.13.What does“it”underlined in paragraph 3 refer to?A.The collection of dreams.B.Research into dreaming.C.The digital method.D.The challenge for psychologists.14.How do the researchers conduct their study?A.By analyzing large data sets.B.By d

33、eveloping individualized word strings.C.By identifying the patterns of dreaming.D.By making comparison with traditional research.15.Which can be the best title for the text?A.New tech,new findingB.Dreams:reflections of waking realityC.Lives,languages,dreamsD.Life experiences:elements of mental world

34、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The old-fashioned art of letter writing is at risk of disappearing altogether.Yet,to me,there is somethingabout receiving a letter that can not be matched by any other form of communication._16_It probably b

35、egan with the little notes I would write to my mother.My mother,also,alwaysinsisted I write my own thank-you letters.It didnt matter how short or untidy they were as long as they wereletters.When I left home at 18 to train as a doctor in Landon I would write once a week,and so would my mother.My fat

36、her would write once in a while._17_,Of course,we also made phone calls but it is the letters that Iremember most.I love the letters that come with birthday or Christmas cards._18_And its even nicer when its anairmail envelope with beautiful stamps.My overseas letters arrive fromSri Lanka,from someo

37、ne I trained withover 20 years ago,and have a penfriend inAustraliaand another inVancouver.My biggest letter-writing success,however,came this summer,when my family and I stayed with myAmerican penfriend inTexas.We had been corresponding(通 信)for 29years but Ihad nevermet._19_The local press even con

38、sidered the correspondence worth reporting on the front page._20_Like my mother,I insistedthey write their own thank-you letters.However convenient communicating by email may appear to be,I strongly urge readers not to be,I stronglyurge readers not to allow letter writing to become another“lost art”

39、.A.As it is,we now have a regular correspondence.B.It was always a joy to receive his long,amusing letters.C.I am pleased that my children are carrying on the tradition.D.Everyone was amazed that a correspondence could last so long.E.Letter writing had been part of my life for as longas I can rememb

40、er.F.Notes are appreciated,but how much better to have a years supply of news!G.I found that I could often express myself more easily in writing than by talking.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We hav

41、e,like in many more countries,refugees(难民)in our country.Through the years I have triedto_21_without pay by teaching women our countrys language as one of their_22_.Theyhave tolearn the language,and also our culture,for example,what to_23_when they have to go to the doctor,orhow to express whats_24_

42、in such a place like a farm.Only by learning the language will they be able to_25_our society.Once a year,just before Christmasbreak,all the women from different countries make delicious food which are_26_for us all together.Many_27_I have noticed that it seems_28_for women to accept any help than m

43、en,probably_29_the children that they have to raise.Problems with the kids_30_happen due to being in a_31_country with a different cultureand another_32_.The women often miss their homes very much and feel_33_,because theyhave to get used to this life as_34_as possible.I have seen the_35_and pain in

44、 their eyes.It isso good to give some comfort(安慰)in one way or another,even just to be there for them.And it isreally_36_when you make friends.They and many more new,people are trying to_37_up their new homes in this new country.Willwe be able to get them out of_38_,foreveryone?And nowadays,though a

45、t times their lives look almostbroken,I_39_it wont always.Because wherever we_40_,we are together,as we are citizens ofthe world.21.A.continueB.escapeC.helpD.explain22.A.jobsB.toolsC.testsD.signs23.A.devoteB.sayC.forecastD.suffer24.A.blowing upB.getting alongC.showing upD.going on25.A.join inB.dig o

46、utC.depend onD.go through26.A.servedB.judgedC.organizedD.rewarded27.A.kindsB.chancesC.momentsD.times28.A.calmerB.harderC.sadderD.nicer29.A.in case ofB.because ofC.in front ofD.instead of30.A.mostlyB.peacefullyC.finallyD.personally31.A.meanB.cruelC.richD.different32.A.lifestyleB.accentC.attitudeD.dis

47、aster33.A.movedB.worriedC.determinedD.excited34.A.carefullyB.hurriedlyC.quicklyD.smoothly35.A.matterB.happinessC.supportD.fear36.A.surprisingB.legalC.greatD.generous37.A.setB.burnC.giveD.make38.A.orderB.troubleC.luckD.pleasure39.A.proveB.doubtC.believeD.dream40.A.studyB.meetC.swimD.go第二节（共第二节（共 1 10

48、 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Dujiangyan is the oldest man-made water system in the world,and a wonder in the development of Chinesescience.Built over 2,200 years ago in_41._is now Sichuan Province in Southwest China,this amazingengineering achievement is s

49、till used today to irrigate over 6000 square kilometers of farmland and provide waterfor 50 cities in the province.In ancient times,the region in which Dujiangyan now stands suffered from regular floods_42._(cause)byoverflow from theMinjiangRiver.To help the victims of the flooding,Li Bing,the regio

50、n governor,together with hisson,decided to find a_43._(solve).Li designed a series of channels built at different levels along Mount Yulei_44._would take awayfloodwater while_45._(leave)the river flowing naturally._46._(Well)still,the extra water could bedirected to the dry Chengdu Plain,making it s