辽宁省沈阳市城郊市重点联合体2020届高三上学期期中考试英语试卷

城郊市重点联合体高三年级英语试卷

1.命题范围：外研版高中英语必修一、二、三

2.试卷满分：120分  考试时间：100分钟

3.本试卷分第I卷（客观题）70分和第II卷（主观题）50分 两部分。

第I卷（选择题）

第一部分  听力（略）

第二部分 阅读理解（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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

I took a journey to New York, US several months ago. It was the first time I had been abroad. It was also the first time I had taken a trip by myself. I had great enthusiasm and high hopes, and I wasn't let down.

It’s hard to describe how I felt when I arrived at the airport in New York. Looking at people of different races and nationalities passing by and hearing different languages all around me, I couldn’t say anything for a long time. I had never understood the cultural diversity of the US so clearly and closely before.     

The following days were even more impressive. We integrated（融入）into the forest of concrete and cement（混凝土和水泥）.We waved to the Statue of Liberty; we looked down at the busy island of Manhattan; we looked at well-known universities—Harvard of ancient Egypt.

Then we visited some well-known university—Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Columbia—each with its own appealing and time-honored history. But what all these universities have in common is their peaceful academic atmospheres which you could feel everywhere. I was impressed by the libraries, decorated just like cathedrals（教堂）, and the laboratories just next to the classroom. My dream is to return to those places as an international student.

Finally came our destinations—the Model United Nations conference at the University of Chicago. Students from various countries arrived to act as United Nations delegations and share their opinions about global issues.

As a non-native speaker, I felt that competing against native speakers was a very tough task. But it was also a rare change to improve my English and I couldn’t throw it away. With perseverance and devotion, I got used to talking to other delegations naturally. Although I didn't win any awards, the chairman praised me at the closing ceremony for my excellent performance. That made me feel really proud.

This trip brought me unforgettable and valuable experiences that will benefit me forever.

1. What is the main purpose of the author's going to America?

A. To see some places of interest.    B. To visit some well-known universities.

C. To attend a competition at a university.  D. To learn about the cultural diversity there.

2. How did the author feel when he/she saw the cultural diversity of the US?

A. Regretful.   B. Peaceful.    C. Amazed.  D. Confident.

3. What is the author's wish in the future?

A. To study in the famous universities in America.   B. To tour more countries in the world.

C. To have a job in the United States.        D. To work for the United Nations.

4. Why did the author feel proud?

A. He won an award in the competition.

B. He could persuade others to accept his opinions.

C. He was praised by the chairman.    

D. He could speak English well at the conference.            

B

While small may be beautiful, tall is just plain uncomfortable it seems, particularly when it comes to staying in hotels and eating in restaurants.

The Tall Persons Club Great Britain (TPCGB), which was formed six months ago to campaign for the needs of the tall, has turned its attention to hotels and restaurants. Beds that are too small, shower heads that are too low, and restaurant tables with hardly any leg-room all make life difficult for those of above average height, it says.

But it is not just the extra-tall whose needs are not being met. The average height of the population has been increasing yet the standard size of beds, doorways, and chairs has remained unchanged.

“The bedding industry says a bed should be six inches larger than the person using it, so even a king-size bed at 6′6″(6 feet and 6 inches) is falling short for 25% of men, while the standard 6′3″ bed caters for less than half of the male population.” Said TPCGB president Phil   Heinricy,  “seven-foot beds would work fine.”

Similarly, restaurant tables can cause no end of problems. Small tables, which mean the long-legged have to sit a foot or so away from them, are enough to make tall customers go elsewhere.

Some have already taken note, however. At Queens Moat Houses′ Caledoman Hotel in Edinburgh, 6′6″beds are now put in as standard after requests for longer beds from taller visitors, particularly Americans.

5. What is the purpose of the TPCGB campaign?

A. To provide better services.     

B. To draw public attention to the needs of the tall.

C. To rebuild hotels and restaurants.

D. To attract more people to become its members.

6. Which of the following might be a bed of proper length according to Phil Heinricy?

A. 7′2″.         B. 6′3″         C. 6′6″            D. 7′

7.What may happen to restaurants with small tables?

A. They may lose some customers.          

B. They may start businesses elsewhere.

C. They have to find easy chairs to match the tables.

D. They have to provide enough space for the long-legged.

8. What change has already been made in a hotel in Edinburgh?

A. Tall people pay more for larger beds.     B. Special rooms are kept for Americans.

C. 6′6″beds have taken the place of 6′3″beds. D. Guest rooms are standardized.

C

Cassandra Feeley finds it hard to manage on her husband’s income. So this year she did something more than a hobby: She planted vegetables in her yard. For her first garden, Ms. Feeley has put in 15 tomato plants, and five rows of a variety of vegetables. The family’s old farm house has become a chicken bourse, its residents arriving next month. Last year, Ms. Rita Gartin kept a small garden. This year she has made it much larger because, she said ,“The cost of everything is going up and I was looking to lose a few pounds too; so it’s a win-win situation all around.”

They are among the growing number of Americans who, driven by higher living costs and a falling economy(经济), have taken up vegetable gardening for the first time. Others have increased the size of their existing gardens. Seed companies and garden shops say that not since the 1970s has there been such an increase in interest in growing food at home. Now many gardens across the country have been sold out for several months. In Austin, Tex., some of the gardens have a three-year waiting list.

George C.Ball Jr , owner of a company, said sales of vegetable seeds and plants are up by 40%, over last year, double the average growth of last five years. Mr. Ball argues that some of the reasons have been building for the last few years. The big one is striking use in the cost of food like bread and milk, together with the increases in the price of fruit and vegetables. Food prices have increase because of higher oil price. People are driving less, taking fewer vacations, so there is more time to garden.

9. What does the word “residents” in Paragraph 1 probably refer to?

A. chickens         B. tomatoes     C. gardens       D. people

10. Why is vegetable gardening becoming increasingly popular?

A. More Americans are dong it for fun.      B. The cost of living is on the rise.

C. There’s a growing need for fruits.        D. The price of oil is lower than before.

11. Which of the following might be the best title for the text?

A. Family Food Planning                 B. Gardening as a Hobby

C. A Belt-tightening Move                D. Banking on Gardening

D

Babies born in summer are more likely to become short-sighted in late life, a study has shown.

    As many as a quarter of all cases of short-sightedness are caused by too great an exposure to sunlight in the first weeks of life, say eye experts. They are advising all parents to put sunglasses on their babies during the first weeks. Scientists had already established that over-exposure to sunlight caused shortsightedness in animals. Researchers who compared the months in which babies were born with whether they needed glasses later on say the principle also applies to humans. A study of almost 300,000 young adults-the largest of its kind-showed that those born in June and July had a 25 per cent greater chance of becoming severely short-sighted than those born in December or January. Research leader Professor Michael Belkin, of Tel Aviv University, said it was because prolonged illumination(光照) causes the eyeball to lengthen-causing short-sightedness. Hence the more light a newborn is exposed to, the more the eyeball lengthens and the worse the short-sightedness will be. The mechanism which lengthens the eyeball is associated with levels of melatonin(褪黑激素), a pigment (色素) which protects the skin against harmful rays of the sun. In young babies not enough melatonin is released as protection, meaning they are more vulnerable to sunburn and changes to eyeball shape.

    Sight expert Professor Daniel O’Leary, of Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, said “At the moment we don’t know the precise cause of why light exposure affects sight, but the evidence seems to prove that it is one of the reasons for people becoming shortsighted.”

12. Babies born in summer are more likely to be shortsighted ____________.

    A. because the summer sun is too strong for babies

    B. because babies who are born in summer have lengthened eyeballs

    C. if exposed to much sunlight in the first weeks after they are born

    D. if parents don’t know a proper way to protect their babies’ eyes

13. Melatonin is a kind of material to ___________.

    A. prevent the eyes from becoming near-sighted

    B. protect the skin from harmful sun rays

    C. make our body strong

    D. protect babies’ eyes from summer sun

14. From what Professor Daniel O’Leary says we can conclude that ___________.

    A. there is no evidence that shortsightedness is related to exposure to sunlight

    B. whether light exposure affects sight still needs to be further proved

    C. he believes that light exposure can cause shortsightedness

    D. he tries to give the cause of why light exposure affects sight

15. The underlined word “vulnerable” in the passage probably means __________.

    A. easy to be harmed           B. resistant     C. protective                D. changeable

第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。（注意：请将答案写在答题纸上的相应位置）

 Money Matters

Parents should help their children understand money.  16  So you may start talking about money when your child shows an interest in buying things, candy or toys, for example.

1. The basic function of money

Being explaining the basic function of money by showing how people trade money for goods or services. It’s important to show your child how money is traded for the thing he wants to have. If he wants to have a toy, give him the money and let him hand the money to the cashier.    17   When your child grows a bit older and understands the basic function of money, you can start explaining more complex ways of using money.

2. Money lessons

Approach money lessons with openness and honesty.    18   If you must say no to a child’s request to spend money, explain, “You have enough toy trucks for now.” Or, if the request is for many different things, say. “ You have to make a choice between this toy and that toy.”

3.    19 

Begin at the grocery store. Pick out similar brands of a product—a name brand butter and a generic(无商标产品), for example. You can show your child how to make choices between different brands of a product so that you can save money.  20   If he chooses the cheaper brand, allow him to make another purchase with the money saved. Later, you may explain how the more expensive choice leaves less money for other purchases.

A. Wise decisions.

B. The value of money.

C. Permit the child to choose between them.

D. Tell your child why he can—or cannot—have certain things..

E. Ask yourself what things that cost money are most important to you.

F. Talk about how the money bought the thing after you leave the toy store.

G. The best time to teach a child anything about money is when he shows an interest.

第三部分  英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A,B,C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I remember when my husband started coaching the basketball team at a local high school in Richmond, California. He had a(n)_ 21 _for sports and loved working with kids. Sitting in the stands during the first game, I cried _ 22 _ joy as I watched him interact with the students. He seemed to_  23  _.

On the car ride home, we both realized that he has a gift for _  24 _.  Not  just on the

_25 _,but also in the classroom. He_ 26 _a well-paid job in finance, and went back to school to_ 27 _his teaching certification. He landed a job teaching 8th grade US history to the amazing kids at Helms Middle School in San Pablo, California. He had found his occupation. Little did I know that I would be in the_  28 _,too.

My husband knows that I work for a software company that does stuff with 3D printing and that we get free tickets to Maker Faire（创客节）,but that’s usually the extent of his interest in my profession. So I was _  29  _when he asked me to be a(n)_  30  _speaker in his class that first year.

_  31 _I was planning my first lesson for his students, I asked myself, “What should I do? How do I integrate（融入）_  32  , modeling and 3D printing into 8th grade US history? ”

I_  33  _ my friends from Make magazine, read the local teacher blogs and  thought I  was

_  34  _to go. But a_  35  _thing happened during my first lesson: I kind of failed. The end

result, _  36  _, was better than I ever_  37_  .

At the end of the class, I asked the students how they felt about what_ 38 _had just learned. They raised their hands and  39 _answers and sought me out to more questions. When the bell rang, they thanked me for my   40  _.

21.A.sign       B. excuse      C. passion      D. plan 

22.A. upon        B. under      C. beside       D. with

23.A.apologize      B.shine      C.forget      D.quit

24.A.researching    B.composing     C.teaching         D.writing

25.A.theory           B.subject      C.court          D.ride

26.A.left        B.heard      C.offered      D.desired

27.A.obtain        B.exchange   C.adopt          D.enjoy 

28.A.studio          B.stadium    C.classroom   D.office

29.A.frightened       B. satisfied        C. prepared    D. surprised 

30.A.guest          B.strange      C. fortunate       D.smart

31.A.Unless          B.Though     C.Until          D.While

32.A.distance      B.spirit         C.design      D.shelter

33.A.consulted         B.mentioned     C.understood     D.blamed

34.A.fortunate      B.nervous        C.ready           D.sorry

35.A.basic       B.meaningful     C.great          D.funny

36.A.moreover        B. besides      C. therefore       D. however

37.A.expected      B.confirmed     C.disturbed      D.appreciated

38.A.I          B.she          C. they         D. he

39.A.put out        B.turned out        C. shouted out      D. figured out

40.A.confidence       B.practice        C. energy        D. time

第II卷

第三部分  英语知识运用（共两节，满分４５分）

第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

（注意：请将答案写在答题纸上的相应位置）

Keeping a diary in English is one of the 41._____ (effect) ways to improve our English writing ability. 42.______ (compare) with other forms of writing, it is shorter and takes 43.______ time. It can help us to develop the habit of thinking in English. 44.______ we insist in this practice, gradually we’ll learn how to express 45.________in English. In keeping a diary in English, we certainly come across many 46.___________(difficult). In the first place, 47.______ often happens that we have trouble finding proper words and phrases to give expression to our mind. Secondly, there are many idiomatic ways of saying things in Chinese. 

As far as I 48.__________( concern), my suggestion is that we should always have a notebook and a Chinese-English dictionary within easy reach. We can also turn to our English teacher for help, if necessary. In short, I believe that it is 49.______ great use to keep a diary in English for 50.______ development of our writing skills.

 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）

 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

（注意：请在后面答题纸上作答）

    文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧ ），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及修改均仅限一词;
      2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

We have lived in the house for ten years, so the kitchen is the heart of our home. For us, the kitchen is where holds special sounds, smells and memories. We enjoy the sound of my grandmother sings old songs coming from her childhood as she cooks. Every week he prepares a delicious meal for us. We often sit in the kitchen talking while we waited for the food to be ready. It may seem like a special place to someone else, but when I am in low spirit, it warms me like a big blanket in a winter morning. Before the school, we say goodbye to our parents and hug them cheerful when we get home.

书面表达（满分25分） （注意：请在后面答题纸上作答）

当前不少文学作品被改编成电影。有人选择看电影，有人则喜欢读原著。请你以 “Film or book, which do you prefer?” 为题按照下列要点写一篇英语短文:
1. 看电影: 省时、有趣、易懂
2. 读原著: 细节更多、语言优美          
3. 我的看法及理由

注意: 1. 词数100左右，文章题目和开头已给出 (不计词数)。
      2. 参考词汇: original work 或 book in the original (原著)

Film or book, which do you prefer?

Some of us think that it is better to see the film than to read the book in the original._____________________________________________________________

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城郊市重点联合体高三年级英语答案

阅读

1-4 CCAC    5-8 BDAC     9-11 ABD     12-15 CBCA

16-20 G F D A C

完型

21-25 C D B C C    26-30 A A C D A   31-35 D C A C D    36-40 D A C C D

语法填空

41.effective  42.Compared  43.less  44.If   45.ourselves    46.difficulties  47.it   48.am concerned 49.of  50.the

改错

so --- and;      where---what;    sings --- singing;    he --- she;    waited---wait    may后加not;  spirit --- spirits;  in---on;  Before the school 去掉the;  cheerful---cheerfully

写作

Film or book, which do you prefer?

    Some of us think that it is better to see the film than to read the book in the original. The reason is that it takes less time to understand the whole story. Besides, the film is usually more interesting, and it is easier to follow.

Some others have just the opposite opinion. They think that they can get more detailed information from the original. Meanwhile, the language in the book is possibly more lively and beautiful.

Personally, I agree with the second view. Actually I have more reasons for it. I think I can stay at home, reading quietly in a situation of my own, and what's more, I am able to better understand the author's ideas. In a word, to read the original work is better than to see the film based on it.