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1、20202020 届承德市第一中学高三英语上学期期中考试试题及答案届承德市第一中学高三英语上学期期中考试试题及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 AI started working with my hands at a young age.The youngest of five brothers,I took onthe role as a“maintenance(维修)man”a
2、t an early age for our familys small grocery store.Often my dad wouldnt give me aclear idea of how something shouldbe done,so I just had to figure it out by researching or through trial and error.Fast forward to 2016 and those problem-solving skills would become the focus of Tippecanoe High SchoolsH
3、omebuilding class.I knew I wanted to teach the students skills that went beyond just being able to hammer nailsor cut pieces of two-by-fours.The problem wasthat we didnt have the resources at the time to do much else.The idea of attracting some type of funding seemed very important.Designing,buildin
4、g and selling a tiny house onwheels seemed like the perfect project to accomplishthe task.I reached out to a number of local businesses andmost of them responded with the greatest support for what x k w we were doing.This year we added a new element to the program.Through one of our partners,we were
5、 able to connectwith the nonprofit Veterans Ananda Incorporated.Students in the Homebuilding class are leading the design andproduction of micro houses to be donated to this organization.The new partnership gives the students anotherfocus to consider when designing and building the houses.There has
6、been no shortage of students since our first year.Three years ago we had 41 students,the next 191,and this year it was limited to just over 160 students so we could have a safe and manageable classroomenvironment.The number of girls taking the class has risen steadily over the last few years as well
7、.This class offerssomething for everyone and the skills are universal.1.How can we describe the young author?A.He opened a small grocery store.B.He did a lot of research in the lab.C.He enjoyed doing hands-on activities.D.He learnt about maintenance from his father.2.What do the underlined words“the
8、 task”in paragraph 2 refer to?A.Getting some financial support.B.Selling a tiny house on wheels.C.Reaching out to many local businesses.D.Offering the students some problem-solving skills.3.What can be inferred about the Homebuilding class from the last paragraph?A.Its size needs increasing.B.Itis p
9、opular with the students.C.It has caused some safety concerns.D.Its classroom environment is hard to manage.BFrom Mozart to Metallica,tons of people enjoy listening to various types of music while they paint,write,ordraw.Most believe that music helps increase creativity,but an international study co
10、nducted by English andSwedish researchers is challenging that view.The study results wereechoedby scientists fromLancasterUniversity,and theUniversityofGavle,saying their findings show music actually weakens creativity.To reach their conclusions,researchers had volunteers complete verbal problems de
11、signed to inspirecreativity while sitting in a quiet room,and then again while music played in the background.They found thatbackground music significantly weakened the volunteers ability to complete tasks connected with verbal creativity.The team also tested background noises like those commonly he
12、ard in a library,but found that such noises had noinfluence on subjects creativity.The tasks were simple word games.For example,volunteers were given three words,such as dress,rise,andflower.Then,they were asked to find a single word connected with all three that could be combined to form acommon ph
13、rase or word.The single word,in this case,would be“sun”(sundress,sunrise,sunflower).Volunteerscompleted the tasks in either a quiet room,or while listening to two different types of music:rock music or lightmusic“We found strong evidence of weakened performance when playing background music in compa
14、rison toquiet background conditions,”says co-author D.Neil McLatchie ofLancasterUniversity.He and his colleagues findthat music negatively influences the verbal working memory processes of the brain,preventing creativity.Also,asfar as the library background noises having seemingly no effect,the stud
15、ys authors believe that was the casebecause library noises create a“regular state”environment that doesnt affect concentration.“To conclude,the findings here challenge the popular view that music increases creativity,and instead showthat music,whatever type it is,is always a disadvantage for creativ
16、e performance in problem solving,”the studyreads.4.The underlined word in Paragraph 1 can be replaced by _.A.challengedB.acceptedC.doubtedD.heard5.What were the volunteers asked to do in the study?A.To play music.B.To combine given words.C.To create new words.D.To connect words with music.6.What can
17、 we infer from the study?A.Quiet background inspires creativity best.B.Library noise does no harm to creativity.C.Music has a bad effect on language ability.D.Music types matter in creative performance.7.Which is the main idea of the passage?A.Quiet Environments Prevent Concentration.B.Background No
18、iseAffects Concentration.C.Composing Music Weakens Creativity.D.Listening to Music Reduces Creativity.CAn afternoon nap(午睡)is one of the joys of life,although too much napping could signal all is not well.Insome cultures,people will have a daily nap thisis fine.The warning comes when people start sl
19、eeping duringthe daytime,when they did not before.There is certainly a good reason to believe that daytime sleepiness as inthe Alzheimers study can be a marker of an underlying condition.For most people,napping during the day is mainly a sign that you are not getting enough sleep at night,saysDr.Nei
20、l Stanley,a sleep expert.If you feel sleepy during the day,you should think about taking a nap.That is whatthe body needs it doesnt need to be kept awake with caffeine,it needs sleep.The feeling to notice issleepiness,he says,not tiredness,which could be more psychological and linked to stress.So ho
21、w do you nap well?The key thing,says Stanley,is how long your nap lasts.Choose either a 20-or90-minute nap.When you fall asleep,youll quickly go through the lighter stages of sleep into your first period ofdeep sleep.You dont want to wake up in deep sleep because thats when you wake and feel worse t
22、han you didbefore.Napping for 20 minutes means you will wake up before you go into deep sleep;napping for 90 minutesmeans youll complete a sleep cycle.Once you factor in the time it takes to fall asleep some people are better at napping than others but,saysStanley,a healthy adult will fall asleep in
23、 between 5 and 12 minutes you can set an alarm,allowing a 30-to40-minute period for a short nap,and up to two hours for a longer one.A good time to nap is during the bodys natural dip in the afternoon,between 2 pm and 4 pm.You dontreally want to be napping much pastthatbecause then you are going to
24、be eating into your night-time sleep,Stanley says.The point,he stresses,is to get good night-time sleep,which would ensure you probably dont needto nap at all.8.What does an afternoon nap indicate for most people?A.Caffeine addiction.B.Psychological stress.C.Insufficient night sleep.D.Potential phys
25、ical illness.9.What is the key to a good nap?A.Duration.B.Surroundings.C.Health.D.Stages.10.What does the underlined word that in the last paragraph refer to?A.A 30-to 40-minute period.B.Between 2 pm and 4 pm.C.Between 5 and 12 minutes.D.A 20-to 90-minute period.11.Which of the following can be the
26、best title for the text?A.Why to phase a napB.When to take a good napC.What to learn from a napD.How to have a successful napDAt the age of 50,Nina Schoen expects to have a long lifeahead of her,but has thought a lot about deathandwhy people are so reluctant to talk about it:“Its going to happen to
27、all of us,”she says,“but it should be a morepositive experience than the fear we put into it.”When she first heard about a new end-of-life process that turns the body into compost(堆肥),“I was reallymoved by the idea,”says Schoen,who became one of the first to reserve a spot with a Seattle-based compa
28、nycalled Recompose,the countys first funeral home to offer human composting.Last year Recompose began transforming bodies to soil,more formally known as natural organic reduction.Before that,end-of-life options in the U.S.were limited to burial or cremation(火化),both of which come withenvironmental c
29、ostsU.S.cremations alone dump 1.7 billion pounds of carbon dioxide into theatmosphere everyyear.Katrina Spade pioneering the composting movement has spent a decade developing the process in hopes ofoffering people a greener option for death care.“I wondered,What if we had a choice that helps the pla
30、netrather than harms it?”Spade tells PEOPLE.“To know that the last gesture youll make will be gentle and beneficialand it just feels like the right thing to do.”After she had her own two sons,she began to wonder what she might do with her body after death.A friendwho knew her interest in the topic r
31、eminded her that farmers sometimes compost the body of cows,andthatsparkedan idea for her theory:“If you can compost a cow,you can probably compost a human,”she thought,and she set about designing a facility to do just that.“This is about giving people another choice,”Spade says.“At first,people rea
32、ct with shockYou really can dothat?But so many people today are looking at their impact on the Earth.This is a popular thing because whenyou die,you can give back to the planet.”12.How do people react when it comes to death according to paragraph 1?A.They are unwilling to comment.B.They can face it
33、without fear.C.They feel it a positive experience.D.They would like to compost their bodies.13.What can we know about the company Recompose?A.Its CEO is Katrina Spade.B.It is located in Seattle.C.It was founded to resist cremation.D.It has spent 10 years composting bodies.14.What does the underlined
34、 word“sparked”probably mean?A.Changed.B.Compromised.C.Quitted.D.Inspired.15.What message does the author seem to convey in the text?A.A little things in our life can bring in big outcomes.B.We human beings should do all we can to help the earth.C.Composting is so popular that we should reserve a spo
35、t soon.D.We should reject burial because of its harm to environment.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Have you ever bought a gift for a friend,simply because its a gift that you like yourself?_16_Suchactivity is called“social projection(投身寸)
36、”and is the focus of new marketing research.The study,“ILove the Product,but Will You?The Role of Interpersonal Attachment Styles in Social Projection,”is authored by David,an assistant professor of marketing,and published inPsychology&Marketing.Researchresults are based on the surveys of 1,272 peop
37、le.The research reveals that people who are“secure”in interpersonal settings are the ones most likely toengage in social projection.Conversely(相反)，those who are“anxious”in such settings are less likely to assumethat others share their own preferences._17_“Youd think that secure people who tend to be
38、 older,in a committed relationship and earn a higher-incomewith lots of friends and healthy personal relationships would have a better idea of what someone would like as agift._18_David said.“This research shows that individuals who are anxious in interpersonal situations andwho have fewer close,per
39、sonal relationships are better at predicting what a person may like.”_19_Anxious individuals,on the contrary,tend to be younger and earn a lower income.Securelyattached persons,who are people expecting others will be available and supportive when needed,are more likelyto choose a gift based on their
40、 own preferences,while an anxious one more likely to consider what therecipients(接收者)may like.Gifts should be thoughtful.Therefore,secure people should be mindful of their choice of gifts.They need totake caution when selecting and buying gifts._20_A.But thats not the case.B.However,anxious individu
41、als may not always be the best.C.Secure individuals tend to be older and earn a higher income.D.If so,its likely that you projected your own attitudes onto your friend.E.Secure individuals make choices on behalf of others based on their own preferences.F.Thus,they are less likely to make choices for
42、 a friend based on their personal attitudes.G.Preferably,these individuals should put their own preferences aside when choosing gifts.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“Mama,when I grow up,Im going to
43、be one of those!”I said this after seeing the Capital Dancing Companyperform when I was three.It was the first time that my_21_took on a vivid form and acted as somethingimportant to start my training.As I grew older and was_22_to more,my interests in the world ofdance_23_varied but that little girl
44、s dream of someday becoming a_24_in the company never leftme.In the summer of 2005 when I was 18,I received the phone call which made that dream a_25_;Ibecame a member of the company_26_back to 1925.As I look back on that day now,it surely_27_any sense of reality.I believe I stayed in a state ofplea
45、santdisbelief_28_Iwashalfwaythroughrehearsals(排 练)onmyfirstday.Ineveractually_29_to get the job.After being offered the position,I was completely_30_.I remembershaking with excitement.Though I was ly thrilled with the change,it did not come without its fair share of_31_.Throughthe strict rehearsal p
46、eriod of dancing six days a week,I found it very important to_32_up the materialfast with every last bit of concentration.It is that extreme_33_to detail and stress on practice that setus_34_.To then follow those high-energy rehearsals_35_a busy show schedule of up tofive performances a day,I discov
47、ered a new_36_of the words“hard work.”What I thought were myphysical_37_were pushed much further than I thought_38_.I learned to make eachperformance better than the last.Today,when I look at the unbelievable company that I have the great_39_of being a part of,notonly as a member,but as a dance capt
48、ain,I see a_40_that has inspired not only generations of littlegirls but a splendid company that continues to develop and growand inspires people every day to follow theirdreams.21.A.hobbyB.planC.dreamD.word22.A.connectedB.expandedC.exposedD.communicated23.A.rarelyB.certainlyC.probablyD.constantly24
49、.A.directorB.trainerC.leaderD.dancer25.A.symbolB.memoryC.truthD.reality26.A.flashingB.datingC.turningD.sliding27.A.lacksB.addsC.makesD.brings28.A.whileB.sinceC.untilD.when29.A.caredB.expectedC.askedD.decided30.A.motivatedB.relaxedC.convincedD.astonished31.A.challengesB.profitsC.advantagesD.adventure
50、s32.A.putB.mixC.buildD.pick33.A.attentionB.associationC.attractionD.adaptation34.A.apartB.asideC.offD.back35.A.overB.byC.withD.beyond36.A.functionB.meaningC.expressionD.usage37.A.limitsB.problemsC.barriersD.efforts38.A.necessaryB.perfectC.properD.possible39.A.talentB.honorC.determinationD.responsibi