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1、20202020 届怀柔区北房中学高三英语下学期期中考试试卷及参考答案届怀柔区北房中学高三英语下学期期中考试试卷及参考答案第一部分第一部分阅读（共两节，满分阅读（共两节，满分4 40 0 分）分）第一节（共第一节（共 1515 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2 2 分，满分分，满分 3030 分）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 AIn his 402nd anniversary year,Shakespeare is still rightly celebrated as a great language master and writer.But he w
2、as not the only great master of play writing to die in 1616,and he is certainly not the only writer to haveleft a lasting influence on theater.While less known worldwide,Tang Xianzu is considered one of Chinas greatest playwrights and is highlyspoken of in that country of ancient literary and dramat
3、ic traditions.Tang was born in 1550 inLinchuan,Jiangxiprovince.Unlike Shakespeares large body of plays,poems andsonnets(十四行诗),Tang wrote only four major plays:The Purple Hairpin,Peony Pavilion(牡丹亭),A Dreamunder the Southern bough,and Dream of Handan.The latter three were constructed around a dream n
4、arrative,away through which Tang unlocked the emotional dimension of human desires and ambitions and explored humannature 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 ShakespearesEn
5、gland,Tangs works became hugely popular inChinatoo.During TangsChina,his plays wereenjoyed performed,and changed.Kunqu Opera,a form of musical drama,spread from southernChinato the wholenation and became a symbol of Chinese culture.Combining northern tune and southern music,kunqu Opera wasknown for
6、its poetic language,music,dance movements and gestures.Tangs works benefited greatly from thepopularity 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 incommon,such e humanity of th
7、eir drama,their heroic figures,their love for poetic language,a lasting popularityand 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 importa
8、nce of Shakespeare.D.To suggest the less popularity of Tang 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.Tang
9、s success in copying Shakespeares styles.C.The way Kunqu Opera became a symbol of Chinese culture.D.Tangs popularity for his poetic language and music.BImagine turning on the GPS and seeing an image of your car from above.As the car drives,the map followsalong in real time,alarming you to any traffi
10、c,pedestrians,animals,or other things nearby.Routes and names ofroads appear over the live stream.Its like the map has come to life.This type of map isnt available yet.But it could be soon.In 2014,the Worldview-3 satellites was launchedinto space.Even though it orbits Earth at more than 370 miles（60
11、0 km）away,it can capture images of objects onEarth that are just 10 inches（25cm）across.Peeringall the way from outer space,it can make out a smartphoneheld in your hand.It can tell what types of cars are traveling down a road.But it cant identify your face or readthe cars license plate numbers.at le
12、ast not openly.According to some reports,this satellite and other US spy satellites have the technology to take even sharperimages,with a resolution（分辨率）of up to around 4 inches（10cm）.ButUS law forbids making these super-sharppictures public,to prevent enemies from using them.But the idea that anybo
13、dy might be able to spy on the entireEarth in such detail may seem horrible.Live,high-detail satellite mapping could possibly be used to monitoranybody at any time.Ray Purdy of University College London told CNN that he is concerned about what this couldmean for privacy.Most satellites are commercia
14、lly owned,so if you have money you can buy that imagery.“Itmeans anyone can spy on anyone,”he said.At the same time,live,detailed maps of Earths surface could be useful in amazing ways.Live maps of adisaster area could quickly discover people in need of rescue as well as the safest routes in or out.
15、Satellite imagesare already helping catch illegal logging and fishing operations.Higher detail may make it possible to catch othercriminals in the act.The images could also make it easier for farmers to watch over their crops.What do you think?Do you wish everyone could access high-detail live maps
16、of Earths surface?4.What does the underlined word in paragraph 2 mean?A.SeeingB.StandingC.WalkingD.Hearing5.Why does US law forbid making super-sharp pictures public?A.to protect the technology.B.for the sake of safety.C.to protect the environment.D.to threat other countries.6.Which of the following
17、 statements is true according to the text?A.This super-sharp map hasnt been put into market.B.Worldview-3 satellites orbits the Earth at 370 km away.C.Personal privacy is safely protected if you use the super-sharp map.D.The super-sharp map should be completely forbidden.7.How is this technology use
18、d in agriculture?A.It can help improve the production of crops.B.It can help kill pests.C.It can help farmer to watch over their crops from far away.D.It can help increase farm land.CWe are in lack of enough sleep,according to Arianna Huffington,the co-founder and editor-in-chief of TheHuffington Po
19、st.And thishas great consequences on our health,our job performance,our relationships and ourhappiness.What is needed,she ly declares,is nothing short of a sleep revolution.Only by renewing ourrelationship with sleep can we take back control of our lives.In her bestseller Thrive,Arianna wrote about
20、our need to redefine success through wellbeing,wisdom,wonder,and giving.Her discussion of the importance of sleep as a gateway to this more fulfilling way of livingstruck such a powerful chord(弦)that she realized the mystery and transformative power of sleep called for afuller investigation(调查).The
21、result is a scientifically sweeping and personal exploration of sleep from all angles,from the history ofsleep,to the role of dreams in our lives,to the consequences of sleep deprivation(剥夺),and the new golden ageof sleep science that is showing the vital role sleep plays in our every waking moment
22、and every aspect of ourhealth from weight gain,diabetes,and heart disease to cancer and Alzheimers.In The Sleep Revolution,Arianna shows how our cultural removal of sleep as time wasted damages our healthand our decision-making and our work lives and shortens our personal lives.She explores all the
23、latest science onwhat exactly is going on while we sleep and dream.She decides the dangerous sleeping pill industry,and all theways of our addiction to technology disturb our sleep.She also offers a range of recommendations and tips fromleading scientists on how we can get better and more restorativ
24、e sleep.In todays fast-paced,always-connected and sleep-deprived world,our need for a good nights sleep is moreimportant than ever.The Sleep Revolution both sounds the alarm on our worldwide sleep crisis and provides adetailed road map to the great sleep awakening that can help transform our lives,o
25、ur communities,and ourworld.8.What is the first paragraph mainly about?A.The importance of sleep.B.The necessity of improving sleep.C.The way to improve our sleep.D.The effect of sleep on health.9.What can be inferred about Ariannas attitude to success?A.She thinks good sleep is more important.B.She
26、 doesnt think much of becoming successful.C.She thinks it wrong to sacrifice health to success.D.She is concerned about the nature of success.10.What can be said about Ariannas investigation?A.It is really of great value.B.It is scientific and historical.C.It costs Ariannas sleep in practice.D.It co
27、vers all necessary aspects scientifically,11.What influence does TheSleep Revolution have on society?A.It helps to slow down the pace of modern life.B.It warns people against taking sleeping pills.C.It warns the harm of inadequate sleep of people.D.It helps to stress the value of sleep to success.DA
28、 company called Neuralink has shared a video where a monkey is playing a video game.That s fairly unusual,but what makes the video even stranger is that the monkey is playing the video game with just his mind.The monkey in the video is called Pager who has two of Neuralinks special Link devices(装置)i
29、nside hisbrain.The devices planted in Pagers brain are connected to 2,048 wires which lead to the parts of Pagers brainthat control movements of the arms and hands.Scientists taught Pager to play a video game.At first,Pager controlled the video game using a joystick it,which is a normal gaming contr
30、oller.But as Pager played,his Link devices wirelessly sent out information aboutthe signals his brain was using to control his arms and hands.Neuralinks scientists recorded all of these signals.Then they used computers to match the signals from Pagers brain to the movements that his hands wereactual
31、ly doing.This was the most difficult work and the scientists counted on artificial intelligence(AI)to helpthem decode(解码)Pagers brain signals.The final step was to have a computer make moves inthe video game as if Pager had actually moved thejoystick.If Pager thought about moving the joystick up,the
32、 computer would send an“up”signal to the videogame.At first,the researchers let Pager keep moving the joystick with his hand,even though it was no longerconnected to the computer.But soon Pager was able to play the video game using just his brain.Even though Neuralinks work right now focuses on anim
33、als and video games,theres a very serious purposebehind it.Neuralink wants to make it possible for humans who have lost the ability to make physical movementsto interact with the world around them.12.What are“Link”devices used to do?A.To pick up the arms and hands signals.B.To link the computer to t
34、he monkeys brain.C.To send out information about the brains signals.D.To control movements of the arms and hands.13.What challenged scientists most in the study?A.Recording and sending out body signals.B.Training Pager to use the joystick correctly.C.Planting Link devices into Pagers brain.D.Matchin
35、g brain signals to body movements.14.What is Neuralinks real purpose of the study?A.To test artificial intelligence.B.To help those without arms or legs.C.To study how animals play video games.D.To develop more complex video games.15.What can be the best title for the text?A.Video Games for Animals
36、Are Developed.B.Science Proves the Intelligence of Monkeys.C.Monkey Plays Video Games Using His Mind.D.Neuralink Is Leading the World in Technology.第二节（共第二节（共 5 5 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2 2 分，满分分，满分 1 10 0 分）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 I was 16 years old,a boy gave me an important gift._16
37、_It was the early autumn of my firstyear at a junior high school,and my old school was far away._17_I was very lonely,and afraid to makefriends with anyone.Every time I listened to other students talking and laughing,I felt my heart break.I couldnt talk with anyoneabout my problems.And I didnt want
38、my parents to worry about me.Then one day,my classmates talked happily with their friends,but I sat at my desk unhappily asusual._18_I didnt know who he was.He passed me and then turned back.He looked at me,with a smileon his face.Suddenly,I felt the touch of something bright and friendly.It made me
39、 feel happy,lively andwarm._19_I started to talk with other students and made friends.Day by day,I became closer to everyonein my class.The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now!One day,I asked him why he smiled that day,but he said he couldnt remember smiling at me!_20_Ibelieve tha
40、t the world is what you think it is.If you think it lonely,you might always be alone.So smile at the worldand it will smile back.A.At that moment,a boy entered the classroom.B.Hes living inAustralianow and he loves it.C.It doesnt matter because all the dark days have gone.D.It was a smile.E.That smi
41、le changed my life.F.Its practically impossible to make friends here.G.As a result,no one knew who I was.第二部分第二部分语言运用（共两节，满分语言运用（共两节，满分4545 分）分）第一节（共第一节（共 2020 小题；每小题小题；每小题 1.51.5 分，满分分，满分 3030 分）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High school students have a lot more power than they may reali
42、ze.Belscher_21_a dollar on the floor when having his English class.When the school day_22_,Belscher walked back to the classroom.He could easily have_23_it,for the wrinkled(皱巴巴的)bill wasstill there._24_,he brought the old bill to his English teacher,Mattison.Mattison was a little_25_hed turned;in th
43、e dollar,knowing a lot of people would have just kept it.She_26_that Belscher tape(d)it to the whiteboard,where she always puts_27_things.A day or two later,the school shut down for Easter_28_.Neither the teacher nor her student thoughttwice about the dollar.After school,a boy named Tom spotted the
44、dollar on the whiteboard.“There wasa_29_to it.”Tom says.He asked Mattison why it was there.She replied,“I dont know.”ThenTom_30_a second dollar.The_31_of the two dollar bills side by side triggered(触发)something in Mattisons students.Theystarted asking about the_32_of the money,to which Mattison alwa
45、ys gave the_33_answer:She didnt know.However,thestudents,amongthemselves,decidedandunderstoodMattisonhadsomegood_34_final plan and goal.So,they wanted to be part of whatever this was.They_35_theirsavings and the amount continue to grow.As for the_36_dollar,the person who lost it never camelooking.Th
46、at left Mattison to make the best decision.She thought of her brother-in-law,Jack Hains,who had died ofALS,a_37_and deadly disease.His sister died of the same_38_.Mattison asked the teenswhether they_39_if they donated(捐赠)the money.Their answer was that they definitely didnt.Then,they_40_peeled(剥开)t
47、he cash off the board and made the donation to the ALS Institute established tofind a cure for the disease.21.A.hidB.lostC.noticedD.dropped22.A.startedB.endedC.arrivedD.passed23.A.discoveredB.ignoredC.pocketedD.accepted24.A.ThereforeB.BesidesC.InsteadD.Meanwhile25.A.excitedB.surprisedC.frightenedD.i
48、nterested26.A.realizedB.commandedC.recognizedD.suggested27.A.lostB.requiredC.selectedD.damaged28.A.breakB.dinnerC.meetingD.activity29.A.signalB.responseC.keyD.mystery30.A.earnedB.tapedC.missedD.recovered31.A.sightB.discussionC.ideaD.story32.A.ownerB.totalC.powerD.purpose33.A.sameB.briefC.secureD.dif
49、ferent34.A.unknownB.unchangedC.unspokenD.unexplored35.A.added toB.broke upC.watched overD.dug into36.A.formerB.importantC.valuableD.old37.A.bornB.rareC.commonD.mild38.A.operationB.treatmentC.accidentD.condition39.A.wonderedB.mindedC.agreedD.regretted40.A.sadlyB.calmlyC.carefullyD.skillfully第二节（共第二节（
50、共 1 10 0 小题；每小题小题；每小题 1.51.5 分，满分分，满分 1515 分）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I was nine years old when I learnt to ride a bike.The bike was one of the birthday_41._(gift)from myuncle.You can imagine how_42._(excite)I was when I saw the bike,and I begged my uncle to teach mehow to ride it right awa