北京市昌平区新学道临川学校2020-2021学年高三上学期期末考试英语试题（无听力音频无文字材料）

新学道临川学校2020-2021学年度第一学期期末考试
高三英语试卷
考试时间：120分钟 满分：150分
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第Ⅰ卷
注意事项：
1. 答第Ⅰ卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2. 选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。
例：How much is the shirt?
A. ￡19.15. B. ￡9.18. C. ￡9.15.
答案是 C。
1. What does the woman want to do?
A. Find a place. B. Buy a map. C. Get an address.
2. What will the man do for the woman?
A. Repair her car. B. Give her a ride. C. Pick up her aunt.
3. Who might Mr. Peterson be?
A. A new professor. B. A department head. C. A company director.
4. What does the man think of the book?
A. Quite difficult. B. Very interesting. C. Too simple.
5. What are the speakers talking about?
A. Weather. B. Clothes. C. News.
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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. Why is Harry unwilling to join the woman?
A. He has a pain in his knee. B. He wants to watch TV. C. He is too lazy.
7. What will the woman probably do next?
A. Stay at home. B. Take Harry to hospital. C. Do some exercise.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. When will the man be home from work?
A. At 5:45. B. At 6:15. C. At 6:50.
9. Where will the speakers go?
A. The Green House Cinema. B. The New State Cinema. C. The UME Cinema.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. How will the speakers go to New York?
A. By air. B. By taxi. C. By bus.
11. Why are the speakers making the trip?
? ?A. For business. B. For shopping. C. For holiday.
12. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Driver and passenger. B. Husband and wife. C. Fellow workers.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Where does this conversation probably take place?
A. In a restaurant. B. In an office. C. In a classroom.
14. What does John do now?
A. He’s a trainer. B. He’s a tour guide. C. He’s a college student.
15. How much can a new person earn for the first year?
A. $10,500. B. $12,000. C. $15,000.
16. How many people will the woman hire?
A. Four. B. Three. C. Two.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. How long has the speaker lived in a big city?
A. One year. B. Ten years. C. Eighteen years.
18. What is the speaker’s opinion on public transport?
A. It’s comfortable. B. It’s time-saving. C. It’s cheap.
19. What is good about living in a small town?
A. It’s safer. B. It’s healthier. C. It’s more convenient.
20. What kind of life does the speaker seem to like most?
A. Busy. B. Colourful. C. Quiet.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
SPORTS EVENTS
BASKETBALL
Central Sports Centre, City Road.
All Stars vs Rockets, Saturday 8:30 p.m $ 12
Northerners vs Tigers, Sunday noon $ 14
BUSH WALKING
Meet at Wanda Station, Saturday 9:00 a.m. sharp for 3-hour walk to Canary Mountains.
$ 7, call 341-5432.
Meet at Westley Station Sunday 9:00 a.m. sharp for a full day walk to Wombak Valley.
SOCCER
St Martins Sports Centre
St Martins vs Doonsberg, Saturday 2:00 p.m $ 8
Eastside Central vs Light Hill, Sunday 2:00 p.m $ 8
Neill Park Recreation Centre
Neill Park vs Robinson, Saturday 2:00 p.m. $ 11
Essen vs Springwood, Sunday 2:00 p.m. $ 11
LAWN BOWLS
Tans Town B.C
Tans Town vs White Vale, Saturday 9:00p.m. $10
Wake Hill B.C.
Wake Hill vs Colls, Saturday 2:00 p.m. $ 9
21. ____________ sports events are to be held at Saturday 2:00 p.m. according to the passage.
A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five
22. You may find the passage most probably in a ____________.
A. handbook about tour B. notice about sports
C. magazine about ball matches D. blog about match reviews
23.If you have $ 18, you can go to both ____________.
A. All Stars vs Rockets and the Bush Walking at Westley Station
B. Wake Hill vs Coll and Essen vs Springwood
C. Neill Park vs Robinson and Eastside Central vs Light Hill
D. St Martins vs Doonsberg and Northerners vs Tigers
B
Arjun's Apps
One stormy day, twelve-year-old Arjun Kumar was late getting home from?school. It had been raining heavily near his school in Chennai, India. This delayed?his school bus, and when he finally arrived, Arjun’s parents were worried.
His parents’ concern gave Arjun an idea——he’d create an app, which can tell?parents the location of their children’s school bus. While researching different?ways to write apps, Arjun located an online programming tool on the website of?the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MIT was making the tool, called App?Inventor, available to anyone who wanted to use it. As the motto on MIT's website?states, "Anyone Can Build Apps That Impact the World."
Arjun got to work doing just that. Using App Inventor, he created an app called?“Ez School Bus Locator.”?If a school introduced this app into its bus system,?parents could log on to see the locations and estimated arrival times of their?children’s school bus. Like other mapping apps, Ez School Bus Locator relied on?GPS. GPS helps users determine their location, based on signals from a set of?twenty-four satellites that orbit Earth. GPS-based apps calculate the location of a?device by measuring the distances from three different GPS satellites. That's how?Arjun's app determined where the buses were located.
The app could also confirm whether individual children were on the bus. Ez?School Bus Locator used a specific bar code(编码)to identify each student.?Students checked in when they got on and off the bus by using bar codes on their?phones. As the bus driver drove, the app sent automatic messages to parents.
Does Ez School Bus Locator sound like a good idea? MIT thought so. In 2012,?MIT held a contest to honor the best apps that had been created using App?Inventor. Arjun's app won first place in the K-8 division, and in 2013, the app was?available for purchase online.
Arjun didn't stop there. He continued developing new apps and he even?started his own software development company. When asked for pointers for?other young inventors, Arjun advised, “Look for problems around you, and get?inspired from them. You’ll see a lot of opportunities to use your skills to make this?world a better place to live!”
24. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The life of inventor Arjun Kumar.
B. A student's invention of a bus locator app.
C. How App Inventor helped Arjun write an app.
D. How the rainy weather in India affected traffic.
25. What do we know about Arjun's app from the passage?
A. It could be downloaded online for free.
B. It helped the children know where they were.
C. It was introduced by Arjun into the school bus system.
D. It used bar codes to track which children were on board.
26. Why did Arjun continue to work on software development?
A. To inspire more young inventors.
B. To win many awards for his inventions.
C. To solve problems that he saw in the world.
D. To earn money to continue his education at MIT.
27. What can we learn from Arjun Kumar's story?
A. Youth means limitless possibilities.
B.A man owes his success to his family support.
C. If you don't aim high, you will never hit high.
D. Good problem solvers are problem finders first.
C
A century ago, millions of Quino checkerspot?butterflies flew above Southern California. Each about?the size of a paperclip(回形针), the Quinos hatched in?great numbers each spring.
Toward the end of the twentieth century, however,?the development of farms and cities dramatically reduced?the butterfly’s habitat. By 1997, the population of the?Quinos had declined to a tiny amount of its historical numbers.
The Quino’s situation continued to worsen. Wildfires burned much of its?habitat, and temperatures were getting warmer and drier, making the environment?more difficult to the butterfly’s host plant called the dwarf plantain.
Scientists knew that Quino caterpillars(毛虫) relied on the dwarf plantain as?a food source. Each spring, the adult female butterflies laid eggs on dwarf?plantains. When the caterpillars hatched, they fed on the plantain leaves. However,?in the hot, dry summer, the plantains died off. The caterpillars responded by?entering a state called diapause. Then, when normal winter rains came and the?plantains’?flowers came out again, the caterpillars came back to life and started eating. Once they’d grown large enough, the caterpillars formed pupae(蛹) and?emerged as adult butterflies. This strategy worked well in most years, but as?average temperatures rose and rainfall decreased, the caterpillars weren’t getting?sufficient food, and fewer developed into butterflies.
Because the area where they lived was surrounded by developed cities and?desert landscapes, the Quinos had limited options. They took off anyway, flying?eastward into the hills. They landed in mountainous open spaces east of Los?Angeles and San Diego. They found no dwarf plantains there. The females began?laying their eggs on the leaves of other plants, primarily the Collinsia concolor.?These plants remained green longer into the summer months. When the?caterpillars Quinos survived, and their numbers grew in their new home.
Scientists were surprised when they began encounter innumerous Qunios?in the eastern hills. They were cheered to learn that these small insects had?adapted to changing conditions. The Quinos demonstrated the toughness needed?to survive by finding not only a new habitat, but a new food source, too.
Meanwhile, scientists had been raising Quino caterpillars in a lab and?released hundreds of caterpillars into protected areas around San Diego.?Between the efforts of scientists and the butterflies’?own actions, more of those?colorfully checkered wings may soon be seen fluttering above the Southern?California skies.
28. From the passage, we know Quino checkerspot butterflies in Southern?California ______.
A. were an endangered species
B. couldn’t survive the winter cold
C. were very adaptable to environmental changes
D. couldn’t respond to the food shortage on their own
29. How did Quino checkerspot butterflies adapt to changed conditions?
A. They travelled to a new habitat. B. They found new dwarf plantains.
C. They laid more eggs on host plants. D. They learned to fly high up in the mountains
30. What does the underlined word?“diapause”?in Paragraph 4 probably mean?
A. Dying from hunger. B. Stopping bodily functions.
C. Becoming more active. D. Surviving the hot summer.
31. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Quino Checkerspot Butterflies: Get Help
B. Quino Checkerspot Butterflies: Endangered
C. Quino Checkerspot Butterflies: Small, but Strong
D. Quino Checkerspot Butterflies: Find a New Habitat
D
As Artificial Intelligence（AI） becomes increasingly sophisticated（复杂的）, there are growing concerns that robots could become a threat. This danger can be avoided, according to computer science professor Stuart Russell, if we figure out how to turn human values into a programmable code.
　　Russell argues that as robots take on more complicated tasks, it’s necessary to translate our morals into AI language.
　　For example, if a robot does chores around the house, you wouldn’t want it to put the pet cat in the oven to make dinner for the hungry children. “You would want that robot preloaded with a good set of values, ” said Russell.
　　Some robots are already programmed with basic human values. For example, mobile robots have been programmed to keep a comfortable distance from humans. Obviously there are cultural differences, but if you were talking to another person and they came up close in your personal space, you wouldn’t think that’s the kind of thing a properly brought-up person would do.
　　It will be possible to create more sophisticated moral machines, if only we can find a way to set out human values as clear rules.
　　Robots could also learn values from drawing patterns from large sets of data on human behavior. They are dangerous only if programmers are careless.
　　The biggest concern with robots going against human values is that human beings fail to so sufficiently test and they’ve produced a system that will break some kind of taboo（禁忌）.
　　One simple check would be to program a robot to check the correct course of action with a human when presented with an unusual situation.
　　If the robot is unsure whether an animal is suitable for the microwave, it has the opportunity to stop, send out beeps（嘟嘟声）, and ask for directions from a human. If we humans aren’t quite sure about a decision, we go and ask somebody else.
　　The most difficult step in programming values will be deciding exactly what we believe in moral, and how to create a set of ethical（道德的） rules. But if we come up with an answer, robots could be good for humanity.
　　32. What does the author say about the threat of robots？
　　A）It may constitute a challenge to computer progranmers.
　　B）It accompanies all machinery involving high technology.
　　C）It can be avoided if human values are translated into their language.
　　D）It has become an inevitable peril as technology gets more sophisticated.
　　33. What would we think of a person who invades our personal space according to the author？
　　A）They are aggressive. 　　 B）They are outgoing.
　　C）They are ignorant（无知的）. D）They are ill-bred.
　　34. How do robots learn human values？
　　A）By interacting with humans in everyday life situations.
　　B）By following the daily routines of civilized human beings.
　　C）By picking up patterns from massive data on human behavior.
　　D）By imitating the behavior of property brought-up human beings.　　
　　35. What is most difficult to do when we turn human values into a programmable code？
　　A）Determine what is moral and ethical. 　B）Design some large-scale experiments.
　　C）Set rules for man-machine interaction. D）Develop a more sophisticated program.
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。
Perhaps you’ve heard the old saying “curiosity killed the cat.” It’s a phrase that’s often used to warn people—especially children—not to ask too many questions. 36 In fact, research has shown that curiosity is just as important as intelligence in determining how well students do in school.
Curiosity can also lead us to make unexpected discoveries, bring excitement into our lives, and open up new possibilities. 37 For example, one day in 1831, Michael Faraday was playing around with a coil(线圈) and a magnet(磁铁) when he suddenly saw how he could produce an electrical current. At first, it wasn’t clear what use this would have, but it actually made electricity available for use in technology, and so changed the world.
38 On one level, this is because technology has become so advanced that many of us are unable to think too deeply about how exactly things work anymore. While it may be possible for a curious teenager to take a toaster apart and get some sense of how it works, how much do you understand about what happens when you type a website address into a browser? Where does your grasp of technology end and the magic begin for you?
In addition to this, there’s the fact that we all now connect so deeply with technology, particularly with our phones. The more we stare at our screens, the less we talk to other people directly. 39 Then we feel we know enough about a person not to need to engage further with them.
The final—and perhaps most worrying—way in which technology stops us from asking more has to do with algorithms, the processes followed by computers. As we increasingly get our news via social media, algorithms find out what we like and push more of the same back to us. 40 Perhaps the real key to developing curiosity in the 21st century, then, is to rely less on the tech tools of our age.
It is still not known why learning gives us such pleasure.
We are always encouraged to challenge our pre-existing beliefs.
Yet it’s widely agreed that curiosity actually makes learning more effective.
All too often we accept the images of people that social media provides us with.
However, curiosity is currently under the biggest threat, coming from technology.
In science, basic curiosity-driven research can have unexpected important benefits.
That means we end up inside our own little bubbles, no longer coming across new ideas.
第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45）
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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。
My brother Gene was four years older than me. By the time I turned four, I was upset that he could read but I couldn’t. I burned with 41 to read a book like my brother. I begged: “Teach me to read, Mom! Please, please?!” Finally, Mom set aside time after lunch 42 reading lessons, and soon after my fifth birthday, I was reading.
I longed for my father, who was a great storyteller, to read me the books that I couldn’t yet read on my own. But my father worked three jobs to feed the family. He didn’t have the time or 43 in the evening to read to me. 44 , every Sunday morning, my brother and I lay next to him in bed, waiting for him to tell stories about his 45 . I can still hear my father’s voice 46 the cold winters on the family farm in Poland. His family didn’t have enough money to burn wood in the fireplace all night. He told us that he always volunteered to help with 47 . I can smell the soup made by my grandma and 48 my father cutting onions, carrots and tomatoes for salad, and when no one was looking, putting a piece into his mouth. “I was always 49 ,” he explained. Hearing my father’s stories 50 me closer to the books and the stories they held.
One Saturday afternoon when I was seven, we walked two blocks to the small 51 in our neighborhood, and my dad filled out forms for a card. That Saturday 52 my life: I met Mrs. Schwartz, the librarian, and my dad said, “You’re 53 enough to walk to the library yourself.” And so I did—almost every afternoon.
In my mind, Mrs. Schwartz was “the keeper of books and the guardian of stories.” Some days she read aloud to a small group of us 54 . Most of time, Mrs. Schwartz let me 55 myself with books I pulled from the shelves and look through them to see which ones I’d 56 out. I remember that sometimes she’d 57 a book and tell me a part of the story. But she always let me choose. Books became my 58 who were my comfort when I felt lonely.
Yes, reading changed me. It gave me the 59 to study hard so I could become a teacher, and share my 60 of reading with my students. And inside my head, I can still hear the voices of my mother, father, and Mrs. Schwartz, which are with me every time I open the first page of a new book.
41. A. anger B. worry C. desire D. interest
42. A. for B. before C. in D. until
43. A. ability B. ambition C. courage D. energy
44. A. Still B. Then C. Therefore D. Finally
45. A. workplace B. childhood C. farmland D. neighborhood
46. A. explaining B. describing C. introducing D. interpreting
47. A. living B. reading C. farming D. cooking
48. A. catch B. discover C. notice D. picture
49. A. busy B. poor C. hungry D. tired
50. A. laid B. drew C. taught D. left
51. A. library B. bookstore C. office D. club
52. A. saved B. changed C. tested D. controlled
53. A. near B. ready C. old D. free
54. A. graduates B. regulars C. candidates D. communicators
55. A. surround B. familiarize C. examine D. reward
56. A. find B. lend C. check D. sign
57. A. write B. recommend C. study D. reserve
58. A. teachers B. assistants C. listeners D. companions
59. A. drive B. dream C. order D. chance
60. A. lesson B. time C. love D. plan
语法填空（共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置。
Porcelain, also 61 (call) fine china, featuring its delicate texture, pleasing color, and refined sculpture, has been one of the 62 (good) artworks introduced to the western world through the Silk Road. The earliest one 63 (find) made of Kaolin in the Shang Dynasty (17th-11th Century BC), and possessed the common aspects of the smoothness and unaffected quality of hard enamel （瓷釉）, though pottery wares （陶器）were more 64 (wide) used among most of the ordinary people. Anyway it was the beginning. In the following dynasties, due 65 its durability （耐久性）and shine, porcelain rapidly became 66 necessity of daily life, especially in the middle and upper classes. They were made in the form of all kinds of 67 (item), such as bowls, cups, tea sets, vases, jewel cases, musical instruments and boxes, as well as pillows for traditional doctors to use to feel one's pulse.
Through the 68 (develop) of over 4,000 years, now it is still a brilliant kind of art that attracts thousands of people. The Porcelain Capital, Jingdezhen in Jiangxi Province, 69 has been praised for thousands of years, will be certain 70 (satisfy) your appetite for beauty.

第四部分 写作 (共两节，共35分)
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问交换修改作文，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：在错的词下画一横线，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。
I am Li Hua, a child lives in this community. Most of the children in our community feel lonely and boring. To change this situation, I'd like to offer some suggestion.
First, would you please organize the children to clean up our neighborhood regular? Through this activity, we can know with each other and make new friends. Second, I wonder if you could find us a room to do our homework such that we can help and learn each other. Third, I thought it's a good idea to encourage children to join the community's football club.
I hope we can get much involved in our community and my life will be colorful and full of fun.
书面表达（满分25分）
假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Peter得知：在中国，微信成为人们的重要沟通方式。想知道你对微信的看法及你对中学生使用微信的建议。请根据下面要点用英语写一封信，内容包括：
1.微信带来的便利；
2. 微信带来的不利之处；
3. 你对中学生使用微信的建议。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Peter,
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Yours,
Li Hua
新学道临川学校2019-2020学年度第一学期期末考试高三英语学科试卷 答案
听力 (每题1.5分，共30分）
1-5 ABCBA ? ? ? 6-10 BCACA ? ? ? 11-15 ACBCA ? ?16-20CBCAB
阅读（每题2分，共40分）
21-23BBA 24-27BDCD 28-31AABC 32-35CDCA 36-40 C F E D G
完形填空 (每题1.5分，共30分）
41-45CADAB ?46-50 BDDCB??? 51-55ABCBA? 56-60CBDAC
语法填词 (每题1.5分，共15分）
called非谓语动词 62.best形容词最高级 63. was found被动语态 64. widely 65. to介词
66. a 67. items复数 68.development词性转换 69. which定语从句 70. to satisfy be certain to的用法
短文改错 (每题1分，共10分）
71. lives前加who/living 72. boring—bored 73. suggestion—suggestions 74. regular—regularly
75. with去掉 76. such—so 77. learn each other—learn from each other 78. thought—think
79. much—more 80. my—our
写作（25分）