2020届无锡市北高级中学高三英语上学期期末试题及答案解析.pdf

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1、2020 届无锡市北高级中学高三英语上学期期末试题及答案解析 第一部分 阅读（共两节，满分 40 分）第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 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 In his 402nd anniversary year,Shakespeare is still rightly celebrated as a great language master and writer.But he was not the only great master of play writing to die in 1616,and he is

2、 certainly not the only writer to have left a lasting influence on theater.While less known worldwide,Tang Xianzu is considered one of Chinas greatest playwrights and is highly spoken of in that country of ancient literary and dramatic traditions.Tang was born in 1550 inLinchuan,Jiangxiprovince.Unli

3、ke Shakespeares large body of plays,poems and sonnets(十四行诗),Tang wrote only four major plays:The Purple Hairpin,Peony Pavilion(牡丹亭),A Dream under the Southern bough,and Dream of Handan.The latter three were constructed around a dream narrative,a way through which Tang unlocked the emotional dimensio

4、n of human desires and ambitions and explored human nature beyond the social and political limits of that time.Similar to Shakespeare,Tangs success rode the wave of a renaissance(复兴)in theater as an artistic practice.As in ShakespearesEngland,Tangs works became hugely popular inChinatoo.During Tangs

5、China,his plays were enjoyed performed,and changed.Kunqu Opera,a form of musical drama,spread from southernChinato the whole nation and became a symbol of Chinese culture.Combining northern tune and southern music,kunqu Opera was known for its poetic language,music,dance movements and gestures.Tangs

6、 works benefited greatly from the popularity of kunqu Opera,and his plays are considered classics of kunqu Opera.While Tang and Shakespeare lived in a world away from each other,there are many things they share in common,such e humanity of their drama,their heroic figures,their love for poetic langu

7、age,a lasting popularity and the anniversary during which we still celebrate them.1.Why is Shakespeare mentioned in the first paragraph?A.To describe Shakespeares anniversary.B.To introduce the existence of Tang Xianzu.C.To explain the importance of Shakespeare.D.To suggest the less popularity of Ta

8、ng Xianzu.2.Whats possibly one of the main theme of Tangs works?A.Social reality.B.Female dreams.C.Human emotions.D.Political environment.3.What does the author mainly tell us in Paragraph 4?A.The influence of Kunqu Opera on Tangs works.B.Tangs success in copying Shakespeares styles.C.The way Kunqu

9、Opera became a symbol of Chinese culture.D.Tangs popularity for his poetic language and music.B Medha Gupta sometimes felt worried about making the 20-minute walk from the corner where the school bus dropped her off to her home in Herndon-especially during the colder months in winter.Her mother,Divy

10、a Gupta had a suggestion:write an app.Shewas half-kidding,but Medha didnt take the challenge lightly.So she set out to work.The result was Safe Travel,an app designed by Medha to help walkers feel more secure when travelling alone.Using the iPhone,a person can program it to send a warning to someone

11、 he or she trusts if he or she fails to arrive at a destination within a certain time.It was the first iOS app that Medha had created.While she didnt think much would come from the project,her effort caught the eye of judges for the annual Congressional App.Challenge,who selected her as the winner f

12、or Virginias 10th District.The App Challenge is designed to encourage students to consider careers in science,technology,engineering,and math by experimenting with coding and computer science.Winning students are invited lo attend a reception on Capitol Hill in April and also received$250 in Amazon

13、Web Service credits.Medha said it took her about 40 hours to design,program and test the app.As for her next app?Medhas not certain.She temporarily has her app-development ambitionson holdbecause shes busy teaching herself artificial intelligence to help deal with improper words on Facebook.Yes,she

14、knows that there are teams of engineers probably doing the same thing.But she figures it cant hurt her own part,too.“If we see something wrong with the world,we should do something about it,”she said.“After all,the only one stopping us from doing something is ourselves.”4.Why did Medha Gupta feel wo

15、rried?A.It took a long time to walk home.B.It was difficult to write an app.C.It was colder than ever in winter.D.It was unsafe to walk home alone.5.What is Medhas attitude to her mothers challenge?A.Serious.B.Casual.C.Uncertain.D.Indifferent.6.What does the underlined phrase“on hold”in Paragraph 6

16、mean?A.Developed.B.Delayed.C.Achieved.D.Satisfied.7.Whats the main idea of the text?A.Medha signed up for the App Challenge.B.Medha designed Safe Travel successfully.C.An app Safe Travel guides walkers home.D.The App Challenge directs students to choose careers.C British anthropologists(人类学家)Russell

17、 Hill and Robert Barton of the University of Durham,after studying the results of one-on-one boxing,tae kwon do,Greco-Roman wrestling and freestyle wrestling matches at the Olympic Games,conclude that when two competitors are equally matched in fitness and skill,the athlete wearing red is more likel

18、y to win.Hill and Barton report that when one competitor is much better than the other,colour has no effect on the result.However,when there is only a small difference between them,the effect of colour is enoughtipthe balance.The anthropologists say that the number of times red wins is not simply by

19、 chance,but that these results are statistically significant.Joanna Setchell,a primate(灵长目动物)researcher at the University of Cambridge,has found similar results in nature.She studies the large African monkeys known as mandrills.Mandrills have bright red noses that stand out against their white faces

20、.Setchells work shows that the powerful males the ones who are more successful with females have a brighter red nose than other males.As well as the studies on primates by Setchell,another study shows the effect of red among birds.In an experiment,scientists put red plastic rings on the legs of male

21、 zebra finches and this increased the birds success with female zebra finches,Zebra finches already have bright red beaks(鸟喙),so this study suggests that,as with Olympic athletes,an extra flash of red is significant.In fact,researchers from theUniversityofGlasgowsay that the birds brightly coloured

22、beaks are an indicator of health.Jonathan Blount,a biologist,andhis colleagues think they have found proof that bright red or orange beaks attract females because they mean that the males are healthier.Nothing in nature is simple,however,because in species such as the blue footed booby,a completely

23、different colour seems to give the male birds the same advantage with females.Meanwhile,what about those athletes who win in their events while wearing red?Do their clothes give them an unintentional advantage?Robert Barton accepts that“that is the implication”of their findings.Is it time for sports

24、 authorities to consider new regulations on sports clothing?8.According to their research.Hill and Barton conclude that _.A.the colour of clothing has an effect on most sport events B.red should be the choice of colour for clothing in sports C.red plays a role when competitors are equally capable D.

25、athletes perform better when surrounded by bright red 9.The underlined word“tip”in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _.A.achieve B.advance C.keep D.change 10.The example of the blue footed booby proves that _.A.male birds use different body parts to draw attention B.red is not the only colour to

26、attract female birds C.blue gives female birds the same advantage D.blue can indicate how healthy a bird is 11.What can be inferred from the passage?A.The colour red gives male animals the most advantage.B.Male zebra finches prefer to have red plastic rings on their legs.C.Rules on sports clothing a

27、re going to be changed.D.Athletes wearing red may have an advantage over their opponents.D At the age of 50,Nina Schoen expects to have a long lifeahead of her,but has thought a lot about deathand why people are so reluctant to talk about it:“Its going to happen to all of us,”she says,“but it should

28、 be a more positive experience than the fear we put into it.”When she first heard about a new end-of-life process that turns the body into compost(堆肥),“I was really moved by the idea,”says Schoen,who became one of the first to reserve a spot with a Seattle-based company called Recompose,the countys

29、first funeral home to offer human composting.Last year Recompose began transforming bodies to soil,more formally known as natural organic reduction.Before that,end-of-life options in the U.S.were limited to burial or cremation(火化),both of which come with environmental costsU.S.cremations alone dump

30、1.7 billion pounds of carbon dioxide into theatmosphere every year.Katrina Spade pioneering the composting movement has spent a decade developing the process in hopes of offering people a greener option for death care.“I wondered,What if we had a choice that helps the planet rather than harms it?”Sp

31、ade tells PEOPLE.“To know that the last gesture youll make will be gentle and beneficial and it just feels like the right thing to do.”After she had her own two sons,she began to wonder what she might do with her body after death.A friend who knew her interest in the topic reminded her that farmers

32、sometimes compost the body of cows,and thatsparkedan idea for her theory:“If you can compost a cow,you can probably compost a human,”she thought,and she set about designing a facility to do just that.“This is about giving people another choice,”Spade says.“At first,people react with shockYou really

33、can do that?But so many people today are looking at their impact on the Earth.This is a popular thing because when you die,you can give back to the planet.”12.How do people react when it comes to death according to paragraph 1?A.They are unwilling to comment.B.They can face it without fear.C.They fe

34、el it a positive experience.D.They would like to compost their bodies.13.What can we know about the company Recompose?A.Its CEO is Katrina Spade.B.It is located in Seattle.C.It was founded to resist cremation.D.It has spent 10 years composting bodies.14.What does the underlined word“sparked”probably

35、 mean?A.Changed.B.Compromised.C.Quitted.D.Inspired.15.What message does the author seem to convey in the text?A.A little things in our life can bring in big outcomes.B.We human beings should do all we can to help the earth.C.Composting is so popular that we should reserve a spot soon.D.We should rej

36、ect burial because of its harm to environment.第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 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 It is generally believed that tourism is very important for any country._16_,tourism can finally lead to a series of problems.Forests are cut down to make way for tourism Rapid growth o

37、f tourism in an area always creates a huge need for more buildings.Forests are cut down to make space for parking lots and theme parks or hotels._17_,air pollution will become a serious problem in those areas.Tourism causes noise pollution Places that attract big crowds of tourists every year produc

38、e loud noise either from the cars or loud music played by visitors._18_.It puts people at risk of developing high blood pressure and heart problems.In some animals,loud noise makes their hearts heat faster and hurts their ability to survive(生存).Tourism causes light pollution _19_.Natural light is ve

39、ry important for some animals,especially for baby sea turtles.They are known to stayunder the sand until temperatures get cooler,so they cone out at night.They then move towards the brightest area which is the ocean.But many baby turtles die when they move towards brightly lit places around beaches

40、and get lost.Tourists are leaving behind mountains of trash Seeing plastic cups and glass bottles around sea shores by the beaches isnt something new.It has become a common sight,especially in those places most frequently visited by tourists._20_.Many fish and other animals in the seas have been kil

41、led by them.A.But without good plans B.Blinding light hurts humans health C.Without enough trees to clean the air D.Visitors are leaving trash in the mountains,too E.Much of the plastic trash ends up inside sea animals F.Light pollution is another serious problem from tourism G.Such loud sound is ve

42、ry bad for both humans and animals 第二部分 语言运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 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 The goal of the Egg Drop Challenge was simple-you built a_21_container to keep an egg from breaking when_22_over the stadium wall.We worked alone or with a(n)_23_.My best

43、friend,Cassie,and I always worked on projects together.She is_24_;Im brainy.We are the perfect_25_.I made my sandwich while waiting for Cassie to come and_26_the container.Spreading the marshmallow(棉花软糖)cream_27_me an idea-cushion the egg with some marshmallow creams to_28_the shock of the impact(撞击

44、力).I told Cassie my brilliant_29_when she arrived.Then,Cassie said,“Actually.I have a_30_idea.We put the egg in a basket with a parachute(降落伞)_31_.It will simply float to safety.”We agreed.Neither was_32_and Cassie stormed out.This is how the_33_worked:all the kids carried their egg containers up th

45、ree stairs and dropped them.If your egg broke,you were out.If the egg_34_,you walked up three more_35_and dropped it again.This went on until the last egg broke.Finally.only Cassie and I were left.“Good luck,Laura.”Cassie said,turning to me.I didnt_36_，figured winning would be sweeter revenge(复仇).Th

46、e class called out the count of three and I let go of my box.I_37_down the steps.The sidewalk was already_38_,with egg shells from previous failed drops.I found my brave egg broken.I looked at Cassies basket,Empty.Cassie looked at me_39_and we laughed.It was a(n)_40_.But we had won something more im

47、portant.Our friendship can survive a little bouncing.21.A.sealed B.protective C.metal D.plastic 22.A.placed B.taken C.dropped D.carried 23.A.parent B.friend C.athlete D.partner 24.A.creative B.strict C.outgoing D.stubborn 25.A.competitors B.candidates C.combination D.communication 26.A.watch over B.

48、turn up C.work on D.think of 27.A.gave B.made C.taught D.showed 28.A.cause B.suffer C.absorb D.withdraw 29.A.achievement B.performance C.intelligence D.design 30.A.common B.better C.strange D.contrary 31.A.attached B.surrounded C.hung D.lowered 32.A.passed B.persuaded C.permitted D.amused 33.A.quarr

49、el B.class C.competition D.relationship 34.A.burst B.fell C.won D.survived 35.A.containers B.steps.C.walls D.meters 36.A.care B.recover C.hear D.respond 37.A.raced B.turned C.put D.brought 38.A.mixed B.dotted C.decorated D.broken 39.A.angrily B.seriously C.badly D.softly 40.A.tie B.failure C.test D.

50、end 第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 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 The English word“dinner”used to refer to breakfast.It comes from the Old French word“disnar”,_41._in fact means“breakfast”.So_42._did this word come to have a different meaning?_43._(tradition),dinner(what we now refer to as breakfa