福建省仙游县枫亭中学2020届高三上学期期末考试英语试题

枫亭中学2019-2020年度高三英语期末试题        

第一卷（选择题 共 100分）

第一节  (共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)

1．Where does the man want to go?

A．To New York．      B．To Boston．    C．To Chicago．

2．How will the man pay?

A．By cheque．      B．By credit card．    C．In cash．

3．What does the man mean?

A．He will do a class project．   B．He will go to the zoo next time．

C．He won’t go to the beach．

4．Why is the man late?

A．The traffic was heavy． B．He took the wrong bus．C.There was an accident．

5．What is true about Ellen?

A．She likes African art． B．She knows Susan very well．C．She doesn’t know Bob．

第二节  (共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22．5分)

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6．What does the woman think of Charlie?

A．Handsome．       B．Strange．     C．Humorous．

7．What are the speakers talking about?

A．A singing competition．     B．A basketball match．  C．A famous pop star．

听第7段材料，回答第8和9题。

8．What does the man dislike?

A．Eating out．     B．Shopping online．   C．Going to the store．

9．What’s the girl’s plan?

A．Waiting for her mother．  B．Having some pizza． C．Staying at home．

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10．What does the woman say about her family?

A．They led a poor life． B．They kept a lot of birds．C．They owned a small farm．

11．What did the woman’s mother impress her with?

A．Her love．       B．Her success．     C．Her ambition．

12．What did the woman’s mother wish her to do?

A．Go to college．      B．Become a writer．     C．Have a better life．

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13．Why does the woman plan to wear a mask tomorrow?

A．Because of the smog B.Because of her illness．C．Because of the cold weather．

14．What’s a big problem in the city?

A．The heavy traffic．     B．The air pollution．   C．The large population．

15．What do the speakers decide to do?

A．Change their ways to go to work． B．Ask the government to do something．

C．Call on people to protect the environment．

16．What can we know about the man?

A．He always uses the public transport．B.He seldom listens to the weather report．

C．He is waiting for the weather to improve soon．

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17．Who is the speaker?

A．A student．      B．A professor．     C．A teacher’s helper．

18．What is the class mainly about?

A．Electricity． B．Modern science．C．Science in ancient Greece and Rome．

19．What was calculated correctly by an ancient Greek?

A．The size of the earth．   B．The size of the moon．

C．The distance between the moon and the earth．

20．What will the speaker do next?

A．Talk about Archimedes． B．Explain a math problem．C．Answer some questions．

第一部分: 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）

A

In October 2010, I left my hometown and family in Virginia and moved to Iowa so I could be coached by Liang Chow. I'd been dreaming of an Olympic gold medal since I was eight — but gradually, that dream seemed like a million miles away.

On January 2, 2012, while Mom was visiting me in Iowa, I told her, “I don't like gymnastics anymore. I want to try dancing, or become a singer. I can get a job in Virginia. I just want to come home.”

Mom's eyes narrowed and her expression turned to stone. “You're breaking my heart, Brie,” she said. “You've been doing gymnastics for ten years, and now you want to quit? Have you lost your mind?”

I hadn't lost my mind, but I had lost my fire. It's an entirely different thing to push toward that dream when you feel alone.

“I'm not trying to break your heart, Mom,” I said. “I just don't want to do it anymore.”

“I know you miss home. But you've signed a contract that says you will represent your country to the best of your ability. You've got a responsibility to your teammates. And now you just want to walk away? I will not let you be dishonorable. If you don't like gymnastics, then at the very least, you will finish the season.”

The next afternoon as I dragged myself into Chow's gym, I thought of the efforts Mom had made in order to pay for my training. I thought of my two sisters: Arielle, who gave up ballroom dancing, and Joyelle, who stopped ice skating so that our single mom could afford to keep me in gymnastics.

For now, here's what you need to know: Exactly 210 days before I ever attempted my first vault (跳跃) in the London Summer Olympics, my leap of faith came this close to ending in a crash of disaster.

21. The author wanted to give up gymnastics because _____.

A. she thought she loved music more  

B.she was overcome with homesickness 

C. an Olympic gold was beyond her reach

D. the training for the Olympics was too hard

22. We can infer from the passage that the author _____. 

A. was born into an athletic family      B. realized her Olympic dream

C. changed her mind in the end         D. had a bad childhood  

23. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. My leap of faith  B. A quitter C. My mother   D. A dream come true

B

Long-time exposure to air pollution can lead to physical changes in the brain and cause trouble in learning and memory, and even anxiety. This is suggested by the results of new research on mice.

While other studies have shown the harmful effects of polluted air in the lungs and heart, this is the first to show the negative effect on the brain.

The team of Laura Fonken, Randy Nelson, from the Ohio State University, USA, has spread to the brain a previous line of research which found that fine particulate (微粒) matter floating in the air mainly because of air pollution caused by humans, causes swelling in much of the body, and may be related to high blood pressure problems, and some other diseases.

In the research Fonken and his colleagues exposed mice to polluted air for six hours each day, five days a week, over a period of 10 months, almost half the average life length of mice.

Polluted air contains fine particles created by cars, factories and natural dust. Fine particles of this kind are tiny, about 2.5 micrometers in diameter, or about one-thirtieth the width of a human hair. These particles can go deep into lungs and other organs.

The concentration of this particulate material to which they exposed mice is equal to the concentration at which people can be exposed in some polluted urban areas.

After a period of 10 months, the researchers got the animals to have a series of behavioral tests. Both the behavior of mice and the results of neurological (神经的) tests done to them show that those within the polluted air had more problems in learning and memory, and higher levels of anxiety.

The results suggest that long-time exposure to polluted air can have measurable negative effects on the human brain and can cause a variety of mental health problems. This could have important consequences for those living and working in polluted urban areas.

24．The results of new research on mice first suggest that polluted air mainly does harm to _________ .

A．normal organsB．lungs and heart  C．mental health Dblood pressure

25．The bad effects of tiny particles in polluted air are those Except ___________          .

A．high blood pressure problems   B．making human hair thinner

C．different kinds of diseases   D．swelling in much of the body

26．From the last sentence we can infer that people living in polluted urban areas ___________ .

A．are likely to suffer from mental problems 

B. can measure the negative effect on them

C show little concern for air pollution 

D. can be exposed to polluted air longer

27．Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

ALong-time Exposure to Air Pollution

B.Evidence and Concern of Air Pollution

C．Measurable Effect on Human Brain

D．DmentalProblems Caused by Air Pollution

C

From the very beginning of school we make books and reading a constant source of possible failure and public humiliation. When children are little we make them read aloud, before the teacher and other children, so that we can be sure they “know” all the words they are reading. This means that when they don’t know a word, they are going to make a mistake, right in front of everyone. After having taught fifth-grade classes for four years, I decided to try at all costs to rid them of their fear and dislike of books, and to get them to read oftener and more adventurously. 

One day soon after school had started, I said to them, “Now I’m going to say something about reading that you have probably never heard a teacher say before. I would like you to read a lot of books this year, but I want you to read them only for pleasure. I am not going to ask you questions to find out whether you understand the books or not. If you understand enough of a book to enjoy it and want to go on reading it, that’s enough for me. Also I’m not going to ask you what words mean.      “  The children sat stunned and silent. Was this a teacher talking? One girl, who had just come to us from a school where she had had a very hard time, looked at me steadily for a long time after I had finished. Then, still looking at me, she said slowly and seriously, “Mr. Holt, do you really mean that?” I said just as seriously, “I mean every word of it.” 

During the spring she really astonished me. One day, she was reading at her desk, From a glimpse of the illustrations I thought I knew what the book was. I said to myself, “It can’t be,” and went to take a closer look. Sure enough, she was reading Moby Dick , in edition with woodcuts. I said, “Don’t you find parts of it rather heavy going?” She answered, “Oh, sure, but I just skip over those parts and go on to the next good part. ” 

This is exactly what reading should be and in school so seldom is—an exciting, joyous adventure. Find something, dive into it, take the good parts, skip the bad parts, get what you can out of it, go on to something else. How different is our mean-spirited, picky insistence that every child get every last little scrap of “understanding” that can be dug out of a book. 

28. According to the passage, children’s fear and dislike of books may result from________.

A. reading little and thinking little     B. reading often and adventurously

C. being made to read too much     D. being made to read aloud before others 29. Upon hearing the teacher’s talk, the children probably felt that________.

A. it sounded stupid            B. it was not surprising at all 

C. it sounded too good to be true  D. it was no different from other teachers' talk

30. Which of the following statements about the girl is TRUE according to the passage?

A. She skipped over those easy parts while reading.

B. She had a hard time finishing the required reading tasks.

C. She learned to appreciate some parts of the difficult books.

D. She turned out to be a top student after coming to this school.

31. From the teacher's point of view,_________ . 

A. children cannot tell good parts from bad parts while reading

B. children should be left to decide what to read and how to read

C. reading is never a pleasant and inspiring experience in school

D. reading involves understanding every little piece of information

D

If you know exactly what you want, the best route to a job is to get specialized training. A recent survey shows that companies like graduates in such fields as business and health care who can go to work immediately with very little on-the-job training.
　 That’s especially true of booming fields that are challenging for workers. At Cornell’s School of Hotel Administration, for example, bachelor’s degree graduates get an average of four or five job offers and plenty of chances for rapid advancement. Large companies, especially, like a background of formal education coupled with work experience.
　　But in the long run, too much specialization doesn’t pay off. Business, which has been flooded with MBAs, no longer considers the degree an automatic stamp of approval. The MBA may open doors and command a higher salary in the first place, but the impact of a degree washes out after five years.
　　As further evidence of the erosion (销蚀) of corporate (公司的) faith in specialized degrees, Michigan State’s Scheetz states a pattern in corporate hiring practices, although companies tend to take on specialists as new hires, they often seek out generalists for middle and upper-level management. “They want someone who isn’t limited by nuts and bolts to look at the big picture, ” says Scheetz.
　　Time and again labor-market analysts mention a need for talents that liberal-arts majors are thought to have: writing and communication skills, organizational skills, open-mindedness and adaptability, and the ability to analyze and solve problems, David Birch claims he does not hire anybody with an MBA or an engineering degree, “I hire only liberal-arts people because they have a less-than-canned way of doing things,” says Birch. Liberal-arts means an academically thorough and strict program that includes literature, history, mathematics, economics, science, human behavior—plus a computer course or two. With that under your belt, you can feel free to specialize, “A liberal-arts degree coupled with an MBA or some other technical training is a very good combination in the marketplace,” says Scheetz.
32. What kinds of people are in high demand on the job market?
　  A. Students with a bachelor’s degree in humanities.
　  B. People with an MBA degree front top universities.
　  C. People with formal schooling plus work experience.
　  D. People with special training in engineering.
33. By saying “... but the impact of a degree washes out after five years”, the author means ________.
　  A. most MBA programs fail to provide students with a solid foundation
　  B. an MBA degree does not help promotion to managerial positions
　  C. MBA programs will not be as popular in five years’ time as they are now
　  D. in five years people will forget about the degree the MBA graduates have got.
34. David Birch claims that he only hires liberal-arts people because ________.
　  A. they are more capable of handling changing situations
　  B. they can stick to established ways of solving problems
　  C. they are thoroughly trained in a variety of specialized fields
　  D. they have attended special programs in management.
35. Which of the following statements does the author support?
　  A. Specialists are more expensive to hire than generalists.
　  B. Formal schooling is less important than job training.
　  C. On-the-job training is, in the long run, less costly.
　  D. Generalists will do better than specialists in management.

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。选项中的两项为多余选项。

What will you do if you can’t eat everything bought in the canteen?     36     . According to a survey , what students waste every year could feed over 10 million people. 

    37     . According to Xinhua News Agency, the food wasted by Chinese people is about 50 million tons of grain every year, which could feed 200 million people . 

Food waste, which has become a global issue, serves as a mirror that reflects various cultural and social issues in different countries. In the West, for instance, consumerism, the belief that it’s good to use a lot of goods and services, is often to blame for food waste.     38    . Chinese people are well known for being hospitable and generous. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food. On campus, a generation of single children is less aware of the food waste issue. Students nowadays are well protected by their families and hardly have any concept of how much toil others go through in order to provide them with the food they eat. 

    39     . There are 925 million hungry people in the world. They don’t have enough food to eat . And farmers work very hard to grow the crops .     40    . It’s also important that everyone thinks about how they can do their bit to reduce food waste. Recently a campaign against food waste launched on line in China might make you think twice about being so wasteful. 

A．But canteen waste is merely the tip of the iceberg. 

B．So we shouldn’t waste our food. 

C．Students can never realize the serious food waste situation.

D．Most of us would simply throw away any leftover food. 

E.  Students waste is extremely serious.  

F．To reduce food waste is a big task, and it needs time.

G．China, in turn, features its own eating culture. 

第二部分: 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节:   完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

It took place at the Biltmore Hotel, which, to my eight-year-old mind, was just about the fanciest place to eat. My   41  , my mother, and I were having lunch after a morning spent shopping. I ordered a Salisbury steak. When brought to the table, it was   42   by a plate of peas. I do not like peas now. I did not like peas then. I have always hated peas. And I   43   was not about to eat them now. “Eat your peas,” my grandmother said. 

“Mother,” said my mother in her   44   voice. “He doesn't like peas. Leave him    45   .” 

My grandmother did not reply. She   46   in my direction, looked at me in the eye, and said the fateful words that changed my life: “I'll pay you five dollars if you eat those peas.”

I had absolutely no idea of the coming doom. I only knew that five dollars was an enormous, nearly   47   amount of money, and as awful as peas were, only one plate of them stood between me and the   48   of that five dollars. I began to force the terrible things down my   49  . 

My mother was very angry. My grandmother had that   50   look of someone who has thrown down an unbeatable trump card（王牌）. “I can do what I want, Ellen, and you can't stop me. ”My mother glared at her mother. She glared at me.

I, of course, kept shoving peas down my throat. The   51   made me nervous, and every single pea made me want to  52  , but the magical image of that five dollars   53   before me, and I finally swallowed down every last one of them. My grandmother handed me the five dollars in a(n)   54   way. My mother continued to glare in silence. And the   55   ended. Or so I thought. 

My grandmother left for Aunt Lillian's a few weeks later. That night, at dinner, my mother served my favorite foods. Along with them came a big, steaming bowl of peas. She offered me some peas, and I certainly   56  . My mother fixed me with a cold   57   as she put a huge pile of peas onto my plate. Then came the words that were to   58   me for years. 

“You ate them for   59  ," she said. "You can eat them for love.” 

What possible argument could I gather against that? There was none. I ate them that day and every other time they were   60   thereafter.

41. A. grandmother   B. sister    C. brother   D. father

42. A. covered    B. accompanied  C. replaced   D. brought

43. A. passively   B. particularly   C. sincerely  D. certainly

44. A. warning    B. pleasant   C. terrific   D. bored

45. A. away    B. behind    C. alone    D. out

46. A. came    B. leaned    C. walked   D. waved

47. A. unacceptable   B. uncertain  C. unimaginable D. undeniable[来源4848A. possession                                          B. thought                                          C. reference                                          D. offer

49. A. mouth    B. face    C. stomach   D. throat

50. A. interested   B. surprised   C. offensive   D. self-satisfied

51. A. peas    B. glares   C. words   D. gestures

52. A. break up   B. send up   C. throw up   D. jump up

53. A. floated   B. faded   C. escaped   D. rolled

54. A. peaceful   B. showy   C. hurried  D. encouraging

55. A. incident    B. silence    C. lunch   D. shopping

56. A. hesitated   B. accepted   C. refused     D. complained

57. A. hand    B. voice    C. look    D. eye

58. A. push    B. benefit  C. trouble  D. cheer

59. A. money   B. pressure  C. fun   D. love

60. A. awarded   B. refused  C. served  D. mentioned

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（不多于3个单词）。

When I was nine years old, I loved to go fishing with my dad. But the only thing that wasn’t very fun about it was that he could catch many fish     61   I couldn’t catch anything. I usually got pretty upset and kept asking him why. He always answered, “Son, if you want to catch a fish, you have to think like a fish”, I was even more upset then because, “I’m not a fish!” I didn’t know how to think like a fish.

As I got a little   62    (old), I began to understand what my dad really  63    (mean). So, I read some books on fish. And I even joined the local fishing club and started attending the    64     (month) meetings. I learned that a fish is a cold-blooded animal and therefore is very sensitive to water temperature. That is why fish prefer shallow water   65  deep water because the former is warmer. Besides, water is usually warmer in direct sunlight than in the shade… The more I understood fish, the more I became   effective at finding and catching them.

When I grew up and entered    66   business world, I remember    67     (hear) my first boss say, “We all need to think like sales people.” But it didn’t completely make sense. My dad never once said, “If you want to catch a fish you need to think like a fisherman.” What he said was, “You need to think like a fish.” Years later, with great efforts   68   (promote) long-term services to people who are much senior and richer than me, I gradually learned   69    we all need is to think more like     70   （consume）.

第三部分:  写作（共两节；满分35分）

第一节:   短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Dear Sir,

I'm writing to request a valuable chance to be one of the host family for the British students．

 Locating in a beautiful and quiet neighborhood, our large fully-equipped apartment meets all their needs．In addition the convenient public transportation, our own car can also bring them to some nearby places of interest．With fluent English, I'm sure I will have no difficulty communicate

with them．Above all, we have hosted two British students last year, through it we've gained lots of experience．What’s more, my mother is a good cooker and can guarantee us a wonderful chance of tasting delicious Chinese food．

  I would greatly appreciate you if I could have the chance to host them and make friends with them．

Looking forward to your reply．
                                                            Yours,
                                                            Li Hua

笫二节:  书面表达（满分25分）

假定你是高三学生李华。在一个英文网络论坛上,你看到如下的一个帖子:
    With the college entrance examination approaching, quite a few students are suffering mental problems. It does great harm to their study and health. What can we do to help those students?
请你回帖，要点如下： 
      1. 列出某些学生心理焦虑的现象；    

2. 提出应该采取的对策（如应对方法和积极态度）。
注意：1. 文章的开头和结尾已经给出（不计入总词数），可适当发挥2. 词数：100左右。
    I agree with what you said. It also worries me that many students have some mental problems. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

With the mental problems removed, we will keep in normal mental health and study happily.