2020届青岛第四十七中学高三英语期中考试试题及答案

2020届青岛第四十七中学高三英语期中考试试题及答案
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
It's just before l pm and hungry guests are starting to emerge out onto the wooden floor at the back of the Victoria Falls Safari Lodge in Zimbabwe. A few have already settled in for lunch, drinking beer and enjoying their sandwiches and salads in the sunshine. It's a normal setting until you look up. Overhead, the sky is filled with several hundred vultures (秃鹭).
They too have arrived for their midday snack. Every day the team at this hotel places last night's leftover meat out for the vultures to eat. They call it the "Vulture Restaurant" and it's a vital part of protecting these birds, who have become some of the most endangered species in Africa.
In Zimbabwe, where illegal hunting of elephants and rhinos is a major issue, poisoning poses a significant threat to the birds. "In recent years hunters have realized they can use poison to kill animals. It's effective because it's silent and therefore doesn't attract much attention.when the vultures eat the bodies of the dead animals they die too," says Roger Parry, Wildlife Manager at the Victoria Falls Wildlife Trust.
The Vulture Restaurant initiative is part feeding programme, part education programme. By attracting the birds to the Vulture Restaurant every day the team can ensure they're regularly getting a safe meal, and while the birds are there they can educate tourists from all over the world about these creatures.
“Lunch” is served by Moses Garira. He has the unenviable task of wandering out into the middle of the clearing with a box full of meat, dropping the contents onto the ground and running for his life as the vultures fly downward suddenly for their food. No one, surely, would volunteer for this role, but Garira rather enjoys it. Back in the safety of the viewing seats, he tells the onlookers about the importance of vultures. "They're hugely important in terms of their role of cleaning up the bodies of dead animals," says Garira. "Notably, they're safely able to digest bacteria like anthrax. Without vultures, there'd be a lot more disease in the world."
1. What's the biggest threat vultures facing in Zimbabwe?
A. Overhunting.
B. Unsafe food.
C. Loss of habitat.
D. A bird disease.
2. What would others think of Garira's job?
A. Scary.
B. Relaxing.
C. Well-paid.
D. Time-consuming
3. What do Garira's words mean?
A. Birds are human's best friends.
B. People know little about vultures.
C. Vultures are environmentally favorable.
D. Vultures are in urgentneed of protection.
B
“Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water, the French writer Antoine de Rivarol wrote. This love letter to the cleansing beauty of a good cry is a comforting thought at atime when the continuing stress of the COVID-19 has added heaviness to each of our lives.
Scientifically, de Rivarol's poetic image doesn't, if you'll forgive the words used in the poem, hold water. There's limited research on crying, partly because of the difficulty of copying the behavior of real crying in a lab. But even within the previous studies, there's little evidence to suggest that crying provides a physiological cleansing of poisons in people's body.
Psychologists believe the relief of a good cry connects with a different emotional process. “It seems that crying occurs just after the peak of the emotional experience, and crying is associated with this return to homeostasis: the process of maintaining a stable psychological state,” said Lauren Bylsma. He also said holding back tears can have negative physical consequences, including headaches and muscle tension. Such restriction can also limit our experiences of joy, gratitude and other positive emotions if we avoid acknowledging our feelings.
For me crying has been easier said than done during the COVID-19. Psychologists say it's normal to feel stopped up by the stresses of the past year. We should find opportunities to release and process our emotions.
Watching a tear-jerking movie, having an emotional conversation with a close friend, and writing in a journal are healthy ways toelicita cry. Physical activity like light-footed walking or even dancing can also signal our bodies to release some emotional tightness. We can then open up to the flow of feelings that leave us feeling lighter and refreshed—like a clear sky after a soaking rain.
4. What is the weakness of the studies ever clone on crying?
A. They were clone in a laboratory setting.
B. They cared little about different forms of crying.
C. They were always concentrated on people's daily life.
D. They showed little about the positive physical effect of crying.
5. What is the function of crying according to Lauren Bylsma?
A. Curing people of their diseases.
B. Keeping emotionally balanced.
C. Producing negative mental results.
D. Expanding people's experience of joy.
6. What does the underlined word “elicit” in the last paragraph mean?
A. Produce.
B. Postpone.
C. Control.
D. Repeat.
7. What are people advised to do according to the text?
A. Learn to hold back their tears wisely.
B. Share their emotion with their colleagues.
C. Have a good cry when necessary.
D. Try to avoid admitting our feelings.
C
Some years ago a young man applied to a large United States optical firm for a job as a lens designer. He apologized for lack of training, but on announcing that he owned two copies of the classic Conrady's Applied Optics and Optical Design, one for his office and a second for his bedside table, he was hired on the spot. Perhaps the story will be repeated some day with Buchdahl's Introduction to Hamiltonian Optics as a similar certificate of qualification.
Hamiltonian theory describes with powerful generality the overall properties of optical systems considered as ‘black boxes’, although it does not describe the detailed structure needed to construct the systems and achieve these properties. Buchdahl's book is therefore on the subject of geometrical optics, but it is not about how to design lenses. It is, however a compact comprehensive account of the fundamentals of the theory written with the lens designer's needs very much in mind. Every lens designer worth his salt has at some time in his career attempted to apply the broad concepts of Hamiltonian optics to the solutions of practical problems. Success has been sufficiently rare that the theory, as such, has made little direct contribution to techniques for optical instrument design. The failures have been frustrating because of the obvious fundamental power of the theory and because of its conceptual elegance. The indirect effects have been large, however, both in contributing to an understanding of fundamental principles that govern the overall behavior of optical systems and in pointing the
way to other, more practical, theoretical approaches.
Buchdahl approaches the subject not only as a capable mathematical physicist, but as one who with a knowledge of practical optics has made a significant contribution to geometrical optical theory. Buchdahl's approach has, over the last decade, had a major impact on modern lens design with computers. Thus, he brings to this exposition of Hamiltonian optics a familiarity with practical optics not usually found in authors on this subject.
The author claims his book to be non-mathematical, and indeed it might be so viewed by a professional mathematician. From the point of view of many physicists and engineers, it will appear to be quite mathematical. Moreover, this is a tightly written book. The subject matter is developed with precision, and the author expects the reader, at very point, to be master of the preceding exposition.
8. Hamiltonian theory met with failures as a result of ______.
A. newer finding related to the wave particle nature of light
B. very complicated concepts too difficult to understand by most lens designers
C. too much mathematical detail in the theory
D. not enough practical information offered by the theory to allow for use by lens crafters
9. The author of this passage implies that Introduction to Hamiltonian Optics is necessary to ______.
A. the students who are major in mathematical geometry
B. those who want to grasp the basic principles of optical systems
C. the lens designers who look for instructions on practical designs
D. those who are interested in physics
10. The article points out that the great benefits of Hamiltonian optics have been found is ______.
A. indirect ways of learning mathematics
B. a fundamental power within the theory
C. the conceptual elegance of the theory
D. the practical applications of the theory in finding new approaches to old problems
11. This passage is probably excerpted from ______.
A. a review of a book
B. a chemistry textbook
C. an optician's essay
D. a general science text
D
You don't generally expect to put yourself in the public eye whenyou go on vacation. However when a British couple, Jessica and Edward, flew to Crete, they found themselves attracting a lot of attention after coming across a
large sum of money in the street.
At first, their Crete vacation hadn't been anything outside of the norm. However, it was as they were exploring the souvenir shops that everything changed. The couple were just walking down the street when Jessica suddenly kicked something lying on the ground. It looked a bit like a make-up bag and so they assumed that someone had lost it.
Without hesitation, Jessica picked up the bag and opened it. She was shocked to see a lot of money in it-a total of 7,100 Euros. There was probably a lot they could do with all that money. However, the couple didn't have it in them to steal what belonged to someone else. Going to the police was the first thought that came to mind when Jessica saw the money. She didn't consider that there was any other choice, so the couple handed over the money to the local police.
The police found the owner, an elderly woman, and informed the couple that the woman wanted to meet them. When they eventually met at the police station, the woman was so overcome with emotion that she wouldn't stop hugging and blessing them, although they insisted they were just doing the right thing.
News of what the couple had done quickly made its way around the island. The locals wanted to show them their gratitude. This included receiving free taxi rides and even an offer to have their hotel room upgraded. The couple appreciated the kindness, but it was all getting to be a bit too much. They just wanted to have a normal vacation.
They are probably hoping that they fly a little more under the radar during their next vacation. There's only so much attention that these two lovebirds can handle.
12. What is the first reaction of the couple after finding the money?
A. They decided to do all with that money.
B. They bought something in souvenir shops.
C. They turned it over to the local police station.
D. They tried to look for the owner by themselves.
13. Which o£ the following can best describe the locals in Crete?
A. Polite and hard-working.
B. Kind and grateful.
C. Sociable and honest.
D. Rich and determined.
14. Why do the couple hope to “fly a little more under the radar" in the last paragraph?
A. They want to take fewer flights.
B. They can't handle more radars.
C. They hope to gain less attention.
D. They don't have more money.
15. What can we learn from the text?
A. Good things come to kind people.
B. The early bird catchesthe worm.
C. Behind bad luck conies good luck.
D. Money is too much for strangers.
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When you're meeting someone for the first time, you're eager to make a good impression.____16____
★Shake hands firmly
Weak handshakes can make you seem shy and anything but confident. Your handshake should be firm but not too tight. You won't impress anyone by giving them a painful hand.
★____17____
Stand up straight, but don'ttighten up, or you may look nervous. Make sure to check your posture and straighten up as needed.
★Keep a suitable amount of eye contact
____18____. Not only are you paying attention, but you're interested as well. Whenever there is a natural pause in theconversation, feel free to casually glance at something else. Eye contact is good, but nonstop staring can be a little unsettling!
★Nod and smile when appropriate
Try nodding three times to show that you're really absorbing what he is saying.____19____,make sure it reaches your eyes! If you turn up the comers of your mouth but your eyes remain neutral, you could leave a bad impression.
★Laugh genuinely
Even if you're in a formal setting ,if he has clearly said something that was intended to encourage alaugh, laugh!____20____, and you're listening to what he is saying. If you're in a worrying or nervous situation, laughter is a great way to help you look cheerful.
A.Keep your posture relaxed
B. When it comes to smiling
C. Keep your feet close together
D. This applies to both sitting and standing
E. Show him that you have a sense of humor
F. Your body language can make a great difference
G. It is important to keep eye contact in a conversation
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
完形填空(共20小题；每小题21.5分，满分30分)
One of the easiest things in the world is to become a fault-finder. However, life can be___21___when you are not busy finding fault with it.
Several years agoI___22___a letter from seventeen-year-old Kerry, who described herself as a world-class fault-finder, almost always___23___by things. People were always doing things that annoyed her, and___24___was ever good enough. She was highly self-critical and also found fault with her friends. She became a really___25___person.
Unfortunately, it took a horrible accident to change her___26___. Her best friend was seriously hurt in a car crash. What made it almost___27___to deal with was that the day before the___28___, Kerry had visited her friend and had spent the whole time criticizing her___29___of boyfriends, the way she was living, the way she related to her mother, and various other things she felt she needed to____30____. It wasn’t until her friend was badly hurt that Kerry became____31____her habit of finding fault. Very quickly, she learned to appreciate life rather than to____32____everything so harshly(刻薄). She was able to transfer her new wisdom to other parts of her____33____as well.
Perhaps most of us aren’t as extreme at fault-finding,____34____when we’re honest, we can be sharply____35____of the world. I’m not suggesting you____36____problems, or that you pretend things are____37____than they are, but simply that you learn to allow things to be as they are —____38____most of the time, and especially when it’s not a really big____39____.
Train yourself to＂bite your tongue＂, and with a little____40____, you’ll get really good at letting things go. And when you do, you’ll get back your enthusiasm and love for life.
22. A. lonely B. great C. quiet D. uneasy
23. A. received B. answered C. expected D. rejected
24. A. threatened B. interrupted C. bothered D. spoiled
25. A. anything B. everything C. something D. nothing
26. A. caring B. boring C. interesting D. surprising
27. A. attitude B. plan C. measure D. explanation
28. A. urgent B. unnecessary C. certain D. impossible
29. A. occasion B. event C. accident D. adventure
30. A. memory B. notice C. evidence D. choice
31. A. hear B. contribute C. express D. admit
32. A. aware of B. afraid of C. curious about D. confused about
33. A. discuss B. realize C. judge D. settle
34. A. family B. life C. career D. education
35. A. so B. or C. but D. for
36. A. proud B. sure C. hopeful D. critical
37. A. face B. create C. solve D. ignore
38. A. rarer B. better C. stranger D. worse
39. A. at least B. at last C. by far D. so far
40. A. task B. deal C. result D. duty
41. A. practice B. speech C. rest D. pity
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
In late March, Chinese archaeologists announced major new discoveries at the legendary Sanxingdui Ruins site located on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, helping shed light on the____41.____(culture) origins of the Chinese nation. After sleeping for 3,000 years, the “awakening” of these relics has shocked the world.
Archaeologists have found six new sacrificial pits and unearthed more than 500 items____42.____(date) back about 3, 000 years at the Sanxingdui Ruins, the National Cultural Heritage Administration announced in Chengdu, Sichuan Province in southwest China.
The site of Sanxingdui, located in the city of Guanghan, 40 km from Chengdu, is recognized as one of the most important archaeological____43.____(site) in the world for its vast size and rich contents.
The site was first discovered in 1929 by Yan Daocheng, a villager____44.____accidentally uncovered jade and stone artworks when digging a ditch, and archaeological excavation____45.____(continue) ever since. During this period, generations of archaeologists have worked____46.____the discovery and research of the Sanxingdui culture. The remnants are believed to belong to Shu Kingdom, dating back at least 4, 800 years and____47.____(last) over 2,000 years.
Lei Yu,____48.____researcher at the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute, said the recent discoveries____49.____(far) confirm the theory that the pits were used for sacrificial
purposes,____50.____many of the items found had been smashed and burned before being buried.
Archaeologists also say the new discoveries show the Shu civilization was part of the ancient Chinese civilization.
第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节短文改错（满分10分）
51.假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处错误，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：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(Λ)，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．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Tracy is a foreign student in our school. There is a pity that she is going to leave, which make us all very sad. She is a kind-hearted girl, but always offers to help us our English. I remembered when I am preparing for a speaking contest two month ago, Tracy spent her spare time teach me for almost three days. I won the first prize in the contest. When I said thanks to her, and she gave me a big smile. I hope that he can come to China again. I wish her a color1 fully and interesting life.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是学生会主席李华，你校将举办一场中外交流活动，征集以“我和春节”为主题的优秀摄影作品。

请你用英语写一则通知，内容包括：
1.活动的目的；
2.活动的要求；
3.表达期待。

注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Notice
The Students' Union
参考答案
1. B
2. A
3. C
4. D
5. B
6. A
7. C
8. D 9. B 10. D 11. A
12. C 13. B 14. C 15. A
16. F 17. A 18. G 19. B 20. E
21. B 22. A 23. C 24. D 25. B 26. A 27. D 28. C 29. D 30. C 31. A 32.
C 33. B 34. C 35.
D 36. D 37. B 38. A 39. B 40. A
41. cultural
42. dating 43. sites
44. who##that
45. has continued
46. on 47. lasting
48. a 49. further
50. as##for##because##since
51.(1). There 改为it
(2).make 改为makes
(3).but 改为and
(4).us 后加with
(5).am 改为was
(6).month 改为months
(7).teach 改为teaching
(8).去掉when 或者and
(9).he 改为she
(10).color1 fully 改为color1 ful
52.略。