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1、20202020 届广州市岭南画派纪念中学高三英语上学期期中试卷及答案解析届广州市岭南画派纪念中学高三英语上学期期中试卷及答案解析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 ASheffieldLincoln College of EnglishClasses for foreign students at all levels.3 months,6 months,9 months and one
2、 year course.Open all year.Small class(at most 12 students).Library,language laboratory and listening center.Accommodation(住宿)with selected families.25 minutes from London.Course fees for English for one year are1,380 with reduction for shorter periods of study.1.This passage is probably taken from
3、_.A.an advertisementB.a noticeC.a posterD.a piece of news2.Who will be accepted by this college?A.Both foreign and native students.B.Only foreign beginners and the advanced.C.Foreign students from beginners to the advanced.D.Only foreign students advanced.3.While you stay there,who will take care of
4、 you?A.Your parents.B.Your classmates.C.The school where you study.D.The family you have chosen.B BEven as Google plans to test its fleet(车队)of self-driving cars on public roads this summer,its businessmodel remains abit of a mystery.By 2025,as many as 250,000 self-driving vehicles could be sold eac
5、h year globally,according to a study by an industry research firm.“Vehicles that can take anyone from A to B at the push of a button could transform mobility for millions ofpeople,”said Chris Urmson,director of Googles self-driving car project.For now,Google has no plans to sell any ofits self-drivi
6、ng cars.They are strictly for research.But they will hit public roads this summer near Googlesheadquarters inMountain View,California.Previous testing has taken place only on closed courses.The cars are built to operate without a steering wheel,accelerator(油门)or brake pedal.“Our software andsensors
7、do all the work,”Urmson said.“The vehicles will be very basic we want to learn from them and adaptthem as quickly as possible but they will take you where you want to go at the push of a button.”The prototype(雏形)is the first of a 100-car fleet the tech giant is building.In the long run,Urmson sees a
8、 future of safer roads the majority of auto accidents are caused by humanerror and fewer traffic jams.Robotic cars could also shuttle people who cant drive because of age or illness.Google has said that self-driving cars could launch new business models in which people buy the use ofvehicles they do
9、nt own.The company has already tested other types of self-driving cars on public streets,including modified Lexus sport-utility vehicles,under a special permit program by the California Department ofMotor Vehicles that requires a human driver at the controls.The state has issued six other companies
10、permits to operate such cars,includingDelphi,Mercedes-Benz,Volkswagen,Tesla,Bosch and Nissan.The vehicles that will be tested on open roads this summer will haveremovable steering wheels,accelerators and brake pedals to allow“safety drivers”to take control if needed.4.According to Chris Urmson,_.A.s
11、elf-driving cars can give driving orders to humansB.self-driving cars are specially designed for the elderlyC.software and sensors are vital for self-driving carsD.ordinary vehicles will be replaced by self-driving cars5.Paragraph 4 is meant to tell us that _.A.many traffic accidents are caused by h
12、uman errorB.some people cant drive because of illness or ageC.Urmson has promised to create safer roads in the futureD.self-driving cars will probably help to make safer roads and decrease traffic jams6.The underlined word“issued”in the last paragraph can probably bereplaced by_.A.givenB.claimedC.aw
13、ardedD.prohibited7.Whats the authors attitude towards self-driving cars?A.Objective.B.Indifferent.C.Subjective.D.Favorable.CPreparations for the Tokyo Olympics have suffered another challenge after a survey found that 60%of peoplein Japan want them to be cancelled,less than three months before the G
14、ames are scheduled to open.Japan has extended a state of emergency in Tokyo and several other regions until the end of May as itstruggles to control a fast increase in COVID-19 cases caused by new,more catching variants（变异体）with medicalstaff warning that health services in some areas are on the edge
15、 of breaking down.The Olympics,which were delayed by a year due to the pandemic,are set to open on 23 July,with theInternational Olympic Committee（IOC）and organizers insisting that measures will be put in place to ensure thesafety of athletes and other visitors,as well as a nervous Japanese public.T
16、he survey,conducted between 7 and 9 May by the conservative Yomiuri Shimbun,showed 60%wanted theGames cancelled as opposed to 39%who said they should be held.“Postponement”an option abandoned bythe IOC was not offered as a choice.Of those who said the Olympics should go ahead,23%said they should tak
17、e place without audience.Foreignaudience have been banned but a final decision on native attendance will be made in June.Another poll conducted at the weekend by TBS News found 65%wanted the Games cancelled or postponedagain,with 37%voting to give up the event altogether and 28%calling for another d
18、elay.A similar poll in Aprilconducted by Kyodo news agency found 70%wanted the Olympics cancelled or postponed.The IOCs vice president,John Coates,said that while Japanese sentiment about the Games“was a concern”,he could foresee no situation under which the sporting events would not go ahead.8.How
19、many Japanese wish the Olympics would not be held in Tokyo according to the survey?A.60%.B.28%.C.37%.D.70%.9.What should be put into consideration if the Olympics open?A.The economic crisis.B.The urban transport.C.The safety of athletes.D.The health condition of citizens.10.What is some peoples atti
20、tude towards foreign spectators in Paragraph 5?A.Welcome.B.Unfriendly.C.Cold.D.Unsupported.11.What can we conclude from John Coateswords?A.The Olympics will be stopped this year.B.The Olympics will be put off.C.The Olympics will be held normally.D.The Olympics will take place in other place.DIvrea i
21、s a town in the Piedmont province of northern Italy.It is known for its localcarnival（狂欢节）organizedin February.The main part of the carnival is the famous Battle of the Oranges(La battaglia delle arance).The Battleincludes nine teams who throw oranges at each other during three carnival days Sunday,
22、Monday and Tuesday.Oranges were not always used in the battle.In the middle ages people used beans.Twice a year the localfeudal lord gave a pot of beans to the poor families who,as sign of rebellion,threw them out of their homes.Laterbeans became part of carnival as sort of“ammunition”for throwing a
23、t people passing by.It is still not known why exactly people started using oranges.It is believed that the origin for this tradition isin the mid 19th century.The legend says that local girls,standing on balconies,started to throw some oranges,together with confetti,lupins(白羽扇豆)and flowers,onto the
24、parade carriages.The girls actually wanted to drawattention of boysin the carriages.Boys“answered”by throwing some objects back at girls.Little battle started thatway.Battle of the Oranges got strict rules after the World War II.The battles are organized on towns squares.Thebattles are fought betwee
25、n teams in carriages(symbolizing local the guards of localtyrant(恶霸)and the teamswalking beside those carriages(symbolizing rebellious people of Ivrea).Oranges for the event are brought from the island of Sicily.The oranges used are of low quality,not suitablefor humans.About 270,000 kilograms of or
26、anges are used each year.The carnival ends with a silent march on the night of“Fat Tuesday”.The Carnival general says goodbye toeveryone with the phrase See you next Fat Thursday at 1 p.m.Special prizes are awarded to three best foot teams,three carriages drawn by two horses and three carriagesdrawn
27、 by four horses.Different elements are judged like for example throwing ability,fair play or decoration ofcarriages.12.The word ammunition(paragraph 3)is closest in meaning to_.A.decorationB.bulletsC.advertisementD.presents13.In Battle of the Oranges,the teams walking beside carriages act as _.A.the
28、 Carnival generalB.the local feudal lordC.the rebellious people of IvreaD.the guards of local tyrant(暴君)14.Which of the following statements about Battle of the Oranges is NOT true?A.In the middle ages,people threw beans out of homes as a sign of rebellion.B.Girls throw oranges towards carriages in
29、the parade to attract the attention of boys inside.C.Tons of oranges are used every year to hold the festival.D.People started to throw oranges because they are of low quality and not suitable to eat.15.What is this passage mainly about?A.A traditional activity in an Italian carnivalB.The origin of
30、Battle of the OrangeC.How people enjoy themselves in the Orange CarnivalD.The rules of activities in carnivals in Italy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Artificialintelligence systems like Grammarly,an automated grammarchecker,are trained wi
31、th data.forinstance,translation software is fed sentences translated by humans,Grammarlys training data involve a largenumber of standard errorfree sentences and humancorrected sentences._16_The software then looks ata users writing:if a line of words seems ungrammatical,it tries to spot how the gen
32、erally supposedmistake ismost closely similar toone from its training inputs._17_Advances in language technology have been impressive in,for example,speech recognition,whichinvolves another sort of statistical guesswhether or not a stretch of sound matches a certain line ofwords._18_.It can rate the
33、 tone of an email before you send it,after being trained on texts that have beenassessed by humans,for example as“admiring”or“confident”.But grammar is the real magic of language,joining words into structures,joining those structures intosentences,and doing so in a way that maps onto meaning._19_.Co
34、mputers can analyse grammaticalsentences fairly well,labeling things like nouns and verb phrases.But they struggle with sentences that aredifficult to analyse,precisely because they are ungrammaticalin other words,written by the kind of person whoneeds Grammarly._20_But computers dont work in meanin
35、g or intention,they work in formulae（惯用语）.Humans,bycontrast,can usually understand even sentences that are not grammatically correct,because of the ability to guessthe contents of other minds.Grammarchecking computers illustrate not how bad humans are with language,but just how good.A.Grammarly can
36、seem to miss more errors than it marks.B.One Grammarly feature that works fairly well is feeing analysis.C.To correct such writing requires knowing what the writer intended.D.Grammarly has some obvious strengths in understanding meaning or intentions.E.Computers outpace humans at problems that can b
37、e solved with pure maths.F.Developers also add certain rules to the patterns Grammarty has taught itself.G.In this decisive structuremeaning connection,machines are no match for humans.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
38、个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项I have worn two wedding hands for more than a dozen years.The_21_seldom get noticed,but when Iam asked about them,I respond,“I have two_22_,”an answerthat is met with a smile or a strangelook.Recently,after leaving of business meeting,I stopped in the hallway to_23_text messages on
39、 myphone.As I was typing,a stranger stopped and_24_“Why are you wearing two wedding bands?”“I have towives,”I said.“Why?”he asked.I explained that Id_25_my father in 1999,shortly_26_the turn of the century,which hewasreally looking forward to experiencing.At his funeral,as we were saying our_27_good
40、bye,my mother,hiswife of 50-plus years,_28_his wedding band and_29_it to me._30_,I placed the gold bandon my left middle finger,_31_my wedding band.There it has_32_.I told the_33_that I wore my fathers wedding band to_34_my father and my parentsmarriage.I also wear it to_35_myself to be the son,brot
41、her,husband and dad that my father wanted meto be.I am now 60 years old and have been married for 30 years.The stranger nodded and,without a word,turned and walked down the stairs to the parking lot.And Ireturnedtomy_36_.However,atthe_37_ofmyeye,Inoticedthestrangerwalking_38_toward me.He said,“Sir y
42、ou know,I have my fathers wedding band in my sock drawer athome,and starting from today,Im going to start wearing it.”I_39_nodded,and the stranger quietly turnand walk back down to the_40_.And I smiled.21.A.ringsB.handsC.fingersD.wedding22.A.bandsB.wivesC.fathersD.mothers23.A.clickB.receiveC.catchD.
43、check24.A.inquiredB.commentedC.caredD.demanded25.A.leftB.lostC.cheatedD.admired26.A.withB.afterC.beforeD.in27.A.contentB.anxiousC.disappointedD.final28.A.fixedB.removedC.recommendedD.destroyed29.A.threwB.handedC.putD.held30.A.HorribleB.PleasedC.AnnoyedD.Surprised31.A.related toB.due toC.next toD.ahe
44、ad of32.A.grownB.coveredC.designedD.stayed33.A.strangerB.motherC.brotherD.son34.A.missB.honorC.praiseD.reward35.A.stressB.requestC.remindD.force36.A.messagesB.ringsC.handsD.meeting37.A.expressionB.eyebrowC.cornerD.look38.A.forwardB.aroundC.overD.back39.A.silentlyB.fluentlyC.anxiouslyD.equally40.A.bu
45、s stationB.shopping mallC.parking lotD.train station第二节（共第二节（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Aboriginal is a term used to describe the people and animals that lived in the place from theearliest_41._(know)times or before Europeans arrived.Examples are t
46、he Maori inNewZealand,theaborigines inAustraliaand the Indians inAmerica.They all share the fact_42._they were pushed off theirland by European settlers.MaoriThe Maori were the first people_43._(go)toNew Zealandabout 1,000 years ago.They came from theislands ofPolynesiain the Pacific.They brought do
47、gs,rats and plants with them and settled mainly on thenorthernIsland.In 1769,Captain James Cook fromBritaintook possession of the island and from that time Britishpeople started to settle.The Maori signed an agreement on land rights with these settlers,_44._in later years,there were arguments and ba
48、ttles between them.AboriginesThe native people ofAustraliacame from somewhere inAsiamore than 40,000 years ago.They lived by huntingand gathering.Their contact with British settlers began in 1788.By the 1940s,almost all of_45._were mixedinto Australian society as low-paid workers.Their rights were l
49、imited.In 1976 and 1993 the Australian governmentpassed laws_46._returned some land to the Aborigines and recognized their property rights.American IndiansLong before the Europeans came toAmericain the 16th and 17th century,the American Indians,or NativeAmericans,lived there.It is believed that they
50、 came fromAsia.Christopher Columbus mistook theland_47._Indiaand so-called people there Indians.The white settlers in American Indians lived in peace at thebeginning,but conflicts finally_48._(arise)and led to the Indian war(1866-1890).After the wars,theIndians_49._(drive)to the west of the country.