四川省射洪中学2020届高三上学期期中考试英语
展开高三期中考试
英语试题
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共100分）和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题，共50分)两部分。总分150分，考试时间120分钟。
第Ⅰ卷 选择题（100分）
注意事项：
1．答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、班级、考号用0.5毫米的黑色墨水签字笔填写在答题卡上。并检查条形码粘贴是否正确。
2．1-60小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔填涂在答题卡对应题目标号的位置上，非选择题用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔书写在答题卡对应框内，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。
3．考试结束后，将答题卡收回。
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1.Where will the train at Platform1 leave for?
A. Oxford. B. Reading. C. Southampton Central
2.Why did the poor woman hit the pole?
A. It was rainy. B. She was careless. C. She tried to avoid a biker
3.Where are the two speakers?
A. In the street. B. At home. C. In a restaurant
4.How did the man feel when knowing The Times is closing down?
A. Disappointed. B. Joyful. C. Sad.
5.Why did the man fail to wake up the woman?
A. He found the woman tired.
B. He felt rather terrible.
C. He had been enjoying the scenery.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟；听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6.What are the speakers talking about?
A. The exam at school. B. The questions in class. C. The understanding of a text.
7.Who will be angry?
A. The man's teacher. B. The man's coach. C. The man's parents
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8.Why did Maggie meet the teacher?
A. Her son did badly at school.
B. They made an appointment.
C. She was badly in need of help.
9.What happened to Billy fast year?
A. He changed a new school.
B. He was tired of schooling.
C. He flew to Los Angeles.
听第8段材料，回答第10-12题。
10.What has Peter changed?
A. His accent. B. His hairstyle. C. His clothes style.
11.Where did Peter work before?
A. In a book store. B. In a water company. C. In a software company
12.What is Benji?
A. A driver. B. A car. C. A director.
听第9段材料，回答第13-16题。
13.When did the speaker stop painting?
A. At the age of twelve. B. At the age of thirteen. C. At the age of twenty-two.
14.What made the speaker like Kudra?
A. Its color use. B. Its size. C. Its theme.
15.Why is Charmaine active on Facebook and Twitter?
A. To attract more fans. B. To sell her paintings. C. To communicate with her fans.
16.What is the speaker mainly talking about?
A. A favorite painter. B. Some special paintings. C. The reason for painting.
听第10段材料，回答第17-20题。
17.How many girls are there in James’s class?
A. 25. B. 33. C. 38.
18.What do we know about James’s city?
A. It lacks schools. B. It lacks good teachers. C. It lacks teaching materials.
19.What does Lisa think of her school?
A. Too small. B. Very good. C. Just so-so.
20.What does Lisa want to do now?
A. Do her homework. B. Visit James’s school. C. Go on talking with James.
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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Solar energy systems & power plants do not produce air pollution, water pollution, or greenhouse gases. Using solar energy can have a positive, indirect effect on the environment, when solar energy replaces or reduces the use of other energy sources that have larger effects on the environment.
However, some poisonous materials and chemicals are used to make the photovoltaic ( 光电池的) cells that convert sunlight into electricity. Some solar thermal (保热的) systems use potentially hazardous liquids to transfer heat. Leaks of these materials could be harmful to the environment. U. S. environmental laws regulate the use and settlement of these types of materials.
As with any type of power plant, large solar power plants can affect the environment near their locations. The placement of the power plant may have long-term effects on the habitats of native plants and animals. Some solar power plants may require water for cleaning solar collectors and concentrators or for cooling turbine generators. Using large volumes of ground water or surface water in some dry locations may affect the ecosystems that depend on these water resources. In addition, the beam of concentrated sunlight a solar power tower creates can kill birds and insects that fly into the beam.
The amount of solar energy that the earth receives each day is many times greater than the total amount of all energy that people consume each day. However, on the surface of the earth, solar energy is a variable and irregular energy source. The amount of sunlight and the intensity of sunlight varies by time of day and location. Weather and climate conditions affect the availability of sunlight daily and on a seasonal basis. The type and size of a solar energy collection and conversion system determines how much of the available solar energy we can convert into useful energy.
21.Which of the following best explains "hazardous" underlined in paragraph 2?
A. Inexpensive B. dangerous C. Ineffective D. abnormal
22.What influence can large solar power plants have on the locations?
A. Polluting the ground water.
B. Protecting the habitats of plants and animals.
C. Damaging the local natural balance.
D. Attracting birds and insects to the area.
23.What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?
A. Different areas receive different amount of solar energy.
B. How to convert solar energy into useful energy.
C. The relationship between solar energy collection and the sunlight.
D. Some factors that influence the amount of solar energy collection.
B
It was rush hour on the morning of June 1 in the West Texas city of San Angelo. Heather Santellano, 36, was driving her white 2012 Mazda on Houston、 Harte Frontage Road with her nine-year-old daughter and ten-year- old son in the back. Suddenly, a red pickup truck cut them off. Santellano turned the wheel hard to the right, sending the Mazda skidding off the road and down an embankment(堤)that ended in a drop-off after about 50 feet. If the car didn't stop, it would go airborne and plunge onto the road some 20 feet below.
Then a bit of luck: As the car raced toward the edge, its undercarriage got stuck on the cement lip of the embankment ledge, stopping it cold. The occupants, however, were far from safe. The car had come to rest on top of a retaining wall, literally teetering(摇摇欲坠)on the edge of disaster. One sudden move by anyone inside could send it over.
Jacob Rodriguez watched the scene unfold from the 'T'ruck Repair Plant where he works. Then he and four other men ran to the car. They leaped onto the trunk to balance the weight as the terrified kids in the back seat watched.
Meanwhile, Julio Vasquez and his nephew, Marco Vasquez, were driving to their jabs at nearby Premier Automotive. Julio jumped out of the car to help while Marco went to the shop, grabbed a heavy-duty strap(皮带)，and returned to the swinging car. He fastened the Mazda to an P-350 truck that had been driven over by one of the other rescuers. With the car secured, the group carefully opened the back doors and helped the children out.
But their departure shifted the car's weight, causing it to lean forward. The men, still on-the trunk, asked Santellano to jump into the back seat to rebalance the weight. She did and then inched out the back door. Finally, the men carefully got off the trunk. Everyone was safe.
24.What do we know about Heather Santellano?
A. She was a careless driver. B. She drove her twins to school.
C. She ran into a pickup truck. D. She made a sharp turn to avoid the truck.
25.What does the author intend to do in paragraph 2?
A. Stress the coming of good fortune. B. Describe the car's dangerous situation.
C. Add some background information. D. Explain why people came to the rescue.
26.What is the most critical in the rescue process?
A. Balance. B. Cooperation.
C. Calmness. D. Gravity.
27.Which of the following statements is consistent with the theme of the passage?
A. Persistence will pay off. . B. One in trouble, all to help.、
C. Many hands make light work. D. Love makes the world go round.
C
Squirrels aren’t natural city dwellers(居民). In 1986 the sight of one in a tree near New York’s city hall so surprised passers-by that a newspaper published a report about the “unusual visitor”.
Around that time, the tree-dwelling animals were being set free in America’s urban areas to “create pockets of peace and calm like the countryside,” says University of Pennsylvania historian Etienne Benson, who studied our relationship to squirrels over the course of five years.
First, they were introduced to Philadelphia, then to New Haven, Boston, and New York City. Park visitors were encouraged to feed them, and security guards ensured their safety. In the 1910s a leader of the Boy Scouts of America(an organization teaching boys practical skills)said that teaching children to feed squirrels could show the rewards of treating a weaker creature with sympathy, says Benson.
By the early 20th century, though, America began to regret the friendliness it had shown squirrels. Cities had once been filled with animals—from horses pulling goods to dairy cows. By the 1950s those working animals had been moved to the countryside. Pets and wild animals such as birds and squirrels were all that remained of the urban animal kingdom.
Before long, people’s enthusiasm for squirrels wore off, and they started to see them as annoyances. By the 1970s many parks banned feeding the creatures. Today, it is rare to find kids with their parents offering food to squirrels under a tree. And, unfortunately, with more and more buildings being constructed in the city, fewer inhabitable(适宜栖息的)areas are left for the little tree-dwelling animals.
What would be lost if the last of these city dwellers were forced to leave? “I think there’s something constructive to have other living creatures in the city that are not humans and not pets but share the land with us,” says Benson. “It’s a good thing to live in a landscape where you see other creatures going around making lunch. It’s good for the soul.”
28.What’s the purpose of introducing squirrels to Philadelphia?
A. To entertain park visitors. B. To keep the natural balance.
C. To encourage kids to protect animals. D. To make the urban life more peaceful.
29.What was the Boy Scouts leader’s attitude towards feeding squirrels?
A. Disagreeable. B. Doubtful. C. Supportive. D. Uncaring.
30.What might have happened to squirrels in cities around the 1960s?
A. They might have inhabited more homes.
B. They might have begun to go out of favor.
C. They might have been introduced to more cities.
D. They might have been moved to the countryside.
31.What does Benson suggest in the last paragraph?
A. Squirrels living in cities are annoying.
B. Feeding squirrels should be discouraged.
C. Squirrels should be allowed to live in cities.
D. It is possible for people to keep squirrels as pets.
D
The dangers of drowsy（昏昏欲睡） driving have been widely known. Now several companies have developed face-tracking technology that can tell when drivers become dangerously sleepy.
Here is how it might work. A camera in your car monitors your facial expression, compares it to a database of expressions and determines if you are likely sleepy or distracted. The car then alerts you to pay attention or pull over.
Affectiva has developed emotion recognition technology that aims to detect when people are just starting to get tired. The idea is to catch the warning signs before drowsiness really strikes. “Actually, when someone is drowsy, that is too late.” Gabi, vice president of Affectiva said. “What if you can see trends in someone’s face about five minutes before they become sleepy?” Affectiva’s program can recognize seven different emotions and 15 facial expressions. Its standards were developed by sifting （筛选） through a database of 4 million faces from 75 countries, said Zijderveld. She suggested that carmakers could coordinate （协调）the program’s facial recognition data with oral reminders, such as sound warnings, or （nonverbal）alerts, like a change of temperature and vibrations （continuous slight shaking movements）.
Eyeris is another company working in facial analytics. Modar Alaoui, the company’s CEO, said that its software detects “eye openness” in addition to other facial indicators. The software can also read head position, which may indicate when someone begins to nod off.
These technologies aren’t the first attempt to fight drowsiness behind the wheel. Inventors came up with the similar device “sleeper beeper” to prevent sleep in cars back in 1983. The sleeper beeper was attached to a driver’s ear and would issue a noisy warning when the driver’s head nodded past a certain point. But the latest software would intervene （干涉） earlier and more effectively.
32.The camera in the car can determine if a driver is ________.
A. cold-blooded B. near-sighted
C. bad-tempered D. absent-minded
33.When will drivers be reminded to pay attention or pull over by the face-tracking technology?
A. When they are just beginning to get tired. B. Five minutes after they become sleepy.
C. When they are really tired. D. When they are drowsy.
34.It is most likely that the “sleeper beeper” would send out a warning by ________.
A. shaking slightly B. making noise
C. flashing brilliantly D. changing temperature
35.What is the main idea of the text?
A. The dangers of drowsy driving have been widely known.
B. Inventors have tried out the similar device “sleeper beeper”.
C. Several companies have found some ways to fight drowisness behind the wheel.
D. Face-tracking technology for drowsy driving has been developed by several companies.
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。
Whether you use a GPS device（设备） in your car or Google Maps on your smartphone, few of us travel anymore without digital help. 36. For one thing, GPS isn’t as accurate as you might think. What’s more, science is beginning to discover that people who rely only on navigational technologies may have a poor sense of place during travel.
37. They soon become outdated as cities change, requiring users to continually purchase updated versions. They’re also easily damaged from exposure to water, poor weather conditions and other physical forces.
However, paper maps still offer a few advantages that technologies can’t. For example, studying a map allows you to get a full view of where you’re going, including the roads, forests, towns, historic sites, rivers and mountains you’ll come across along the way. Many older maps are wonderful, offering a lovely feast for the eyes. 38.
Research by Toru Ishikawa and colleagues at the University of Tokyo found that GPS users spent 30％ more time looking at their device than those who used a paper map. 39. Instead they tended to stare at their screens and follow directions, never gaining a full view of where they were going.
Therefore, go ahead and use your GPS, but also carry a paper map as a handy backup. 40. Also it could even be a life-saver!
A. It will improve your travel experiences.
B. But don’t hurry to fold up your paper maps.
C. They also had a poorer recollection of surrounding scenery.
D. Compared with digital maps, paper maps do have disadvantages.
E. What’s more, paper maps tend to focus on smaller geographic areas.
F. They can also take you back in time to have a glimpse（瞥） of history.
G. In other words, they didn’t see or experience much during their travels.
第三部分：英语知识运用（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）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（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。
Cheques have largely replaced money as a means of exchange, for they are widely accepted everywhere. Though this is very __41__ for both buyers and sellers, it should not be forgotten that cheques are not real money: They are quite __42__ in themselves. A shopkeeper always faces a certain __43__ when he accepts a cheque and he is quite within his rights if, on occasion, he ___44__ to do so.
People don’t always __45__ this and are shocked if their good __46__ is called into question. An old and very wealthy friend of mine told me that he had ever had an extremely __47__ experience. He went to a famous jewelry shop which kept a large stock of precious stones and asked to see some necklaces. After examining carefully, he __48__ to buy a particularly fine diamond necklace and asked if he could pay by cheque. The assistant said that this was quite in order, but the moment my friend __49__ his name, he was invited into the manager’s office.
The manager was polite, and he explained that someone with exactly the same name had __50__ them with a worthless cheque not long ago. My friend got very __51__ when he heard this and said that he would buy a __52__ somewhere else. When he got up to leave, the manager told him that the police would arrive at any moment and that he had better stay there __53__ he wanted to get into serious trouble. Sure enough, the police arrived soon afterwards. They politely ___54_ to my friend for the inconvenience, but explained that a person who had used the same name as his was __55__ for a number of recent robberies. Then the police asked my friend to _56___ a note which had been used by the thief in several shops. The note read: “I have a gun in my pocket. Ask __57__ questions and give me all the money in the safe.” __58__, my friend’s handwriting was quite unlike the thief’s. He was not only __59__ to go without further __60__, but to take the diamond necklace with him.
41.A. simple B. easy C. right D. convenient
42.A. valueless B. believable C. useful D. amazing
43.A. chance B. risk C. limit D. situation
44.A. wishes B. hesitates C. refuses D. desires
45.A. like B. know C. admit D. hold
46.A. faith B. example C. money D. friend
47.A. relevant B. pleasant C. common D. terrible
48.A. promised B. demanded C. decided D. managed
49.A. mentioned B. gave C. signed D. spelt
50.A. presented B. equipped C. helped D. supplied
51.A. nervous B. disappointed C. sensitive D. annoyed
52.A. necklace B. cheque C. gift D. diamond
53.A. though B. until C. unless D. since
54.A. came B. apologized C. reported D. listened
55.A. reasonable B. regretful C. suitable D. responsible
56.A. take back B. go through C. copy out D. make up
57.A. all B. any C. no D. few
58.A. Unexpectedly B. Eventually C. Actually D. Fortunately
59.A. allowed B. persuaded C. advised D. forbidden
60.A. notice B. quarrel C. punishment D. delay
第 Ⅱ 卷非选择题（50分）
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）
Iceland is a land of volcanoes. Nowhere is 61.（evident） than on the Westman Islands off the southern coast of Iceland. Here, 62.（century） of volcanic eruptions formed many eye-catching sea cliffs （悬崖）, among 63. one stands out: A part of the volcano-formed coast on Heimaey looks exactly like the head of a large elephant 64.（stick）its trunk in the water.
In fact, it looks so much like an elephant that many people think it must have been shaped by humans. That is not 65. case, however. The elephant’s realistic 66.（appear）is, at least partially, due to the fact that the cliff 67.（consist）of a special rock. The rock gives the figure “skin” that looks wrinkled and gray, just like that of a real elephant.
The most common theory is that the rock formations came from the Eldfell Volcano, which 68.（erupt）many times since the 1940s.
In spite of the strong resemblance to an elephant, some people 69.（actual）see something different when they look at the rock formation. They see the fictional character Cthulhu, a sea beast.
Whether you see an elephant 70. a fictional beast, as one of many attractions on Heimaey, the rock does draw curious sightseers.
第四部分 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）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅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 (∧)，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—横线，并在该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。
I used to be a person who hates exercising. But after I started playing baseball, I attracted by the sport. Therefore, I cut down on most of my spare time, like shopping. Though it wasn’t the hard process for me, I needed to make more of an effort than others. I enjoy the feeling of work with my teammates as well as the time we spend it together. There is a proverb that goes, “The process is much beautiful than the outcome.”
I am a beginner in this sport. Sometimes people will look down on me, and it doesn’t matter. It will only make me keep trying. Only with practising over and over again do I believe I can catch up with other fantastic player one day. The challenge encourages myself to go on.
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
假定你是李华，作为交换生在一所英国学校交流学习。现在你即将回国，要作为学生代表在欢送会上发言，请按下列要点写一篇发言稿：
1.表示感谢； 2.学习的收获和感受； 3.表达祝愿。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
英语试题答案
一．听力
1-5:ACBBA 6-10:ACBAB 11-15:ABCAC 16-20:ABABA
二．阅读理解
21-23:BCD 24-27:DBAB 28-31:DCBC 32-35:DABD 36-40:BDFGA
三．完形填空
41-45：DABCB 46-50:ADCCA 51-55:DACBD 56-60:CCDAD
四．语法填空
61.more evident 62.centuries 63.which 64.sticking 65.the
66.appearance 67.consists 68.has erupted 69.actually 70.or
五．短文改错
六．书面表达
Dear teachers and friends,
I feel greatly honored to give a speech here on behalf of all the exchange students.
Living and studying here makes us very fulfilled. During our stay, we have a better understanding of the British life, culture, society and so on, which have not only enriched our knowledge but also broadened our horizon. Apart from that, our abilities including listening, speaking and writing English have also got greatly improved. And it is all the English teachers and classmates here that we should owe many thanks to. Without their help, we couldn’t have achieved so much.
True friendship never ends, so I hope we can keep in touch with each other even after we go back home. And I also sincerely hope that some day you can come to China for a visit.
That’s all! Thank you!
