1、 中山市高三年级中山市高三年级 2019-2020 学年度第一学期期末统一考试学年度第一学期期末统一考试 英语科试卷英语科试卷 本试卷共三部分，满分本试卷共三部分，满分 120 分。考试用时分。考试用时 120 分钟。分钟。 注意事项：注意事项： 1. 答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、座位号填答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、座位号填 写在答写在答 题卡卷头上。题卡卷头上。 2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用选择题每小题选出答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答案卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动用橡铅笔把答案卡上对应题目的答案标号
2、涂黑，如需改动用橡 皮擦干皮擦干 净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上. 3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须鞋子答题卡各题目指定区域内相应非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须鞋子答题卡各题目指定区域内相应 位置上位置上; 如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按 以上要求作答的答案以上要求作答的答案 无效。无效。 4. 考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束后，将答题卡交回。考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束后，将答
3、题卡交回。 第一部分阅读理解第一部分阅读理解( (共两节，满分共两节，满分 40 分分) ) 第一节第一节( (共共 15 小题；每小题，满分小题；每小题，满分 30 分分) ) 阅读下列短文， 从每题所给的四个选项阅读下列短文， 从每题所给的四个选项( (A、 B、 C 和和 D) )中， 选出最佳选项， 并在答题卡上将中， 选出最佳选项， 并在答题卡上将 该该 项涂黑。项涂黑。 A As the most wonderful tools for learning and teaching English, iPads appeal to more and more students who
4、 use them to access online resources in their classrooms. With the help of the thousands of education and language apps available in Apples app store, students make effective use of the iPad to learn in an interactive environment. Given below is a list of some of the best iPad apps for learning and
5、teaching English. Grammar Up Grammar is the heart of any language and, thus, the Grammar Up app is one of the most highly recommended apps for English Learners. This app is specifically designed for people who want to improve their grammar, vocabulary and word selection. It consists of more than 180
6、0 multiple-choice questions grouped under twenty different grammar categories. Learn English The Fun Way “Learn English the fun way“ is an amazing app for grammar and matching lessons in which English learners get to do simple exercises such as matching an animal or a short description of something
7、to its picture. SpeakingPal Recommended as one of the best apps for English educators and learners, SpeakingPal allows users to record and compare their speech with a native English speaker. This amazing app combines video with automatic speech recognition software that tests your English speaking s
8、kills. You just have to speak with a video character and get immediate response on how well you said and pronounced all your English words. In short, this app basically understands and rates your speech. Wordflex Touch Dictionar Turn your word-meanings search into a fun experience with the Wordflex
9、Touch Dictionary app! Developed exclusively for iPad in association with the Oxford University Press, the Wordflex Touch Dictionary app converts your word entries into attractive trees which you can move, drag, share and reorganize using touch gestures. This app is among the best as it also contains
10、 audio pronunciations both in UK and US English, which is a great benefit for English learners. iBooks iBooks is a complete book library for the iPad users. It includes the iBookstore and allows users to download and read books for free. It also allows users to save their favorite classics for free.
11、 The app features a beautiful bookshelf on which you can browse various books; tap a book to open and read it, and add notes to your favorite paragraphs in the book. You can also create your own texts and upload them into the app. 1. Which app might be the best choice for a kid who is beginning to l
12、earn grammar? A. Grammar Up B. Wordflex Touch Dictionary C. Learn English The Fun Way D. SpeakingPal 2. Which of the following is Right according to the passage? A. The Grammar Up app is the best recommended app for English learners. B. Wordflex Touch Dictionary provides pronunciation in British and
13、 American English. C. SpeakingPal allows users to compete with a native English speaker. D. iBooks is a free book library for English learners and teachers. 3. Whats the purpose of the text? A. To advertise Apples app store. B. To attract users to iPad. C. To distinguish some apps for English learni
14、ng. D. To introduce some apps for English learners and educators. 【答案】1. C 2. B 3. D 【解析】 【分析】 本文是说明文。介绍了一些最好的 iPad 英语学习和教学应用程序。 【1 题详解】 推理判断题。 根据 Learn English The Fun Way 中“Learn English the fun way“ is an amazing app for grammar and matching lessons in which English learners get to do simple exer
15、cises such as matching an animal or a short description of something to its picture.可知“有趣学英语”是一个很棒的语法和搭配课程的应用程序，英语学习 者可以做一些简单的练习，比如把动物或对某物的简短描述与图片搭配起来。由此可知一个初学语法的孩 子会被其趣味性吸引，故选 C。 【2 题详解】 细节理解题。根据 Wordflex Touch Dictionar 中的 This app is among the best as it also contains audio pronunciations both in
16、 UK and US English, which is a great benefit for English learners.可知这个应用程序包含了 英国英语和美国英语的发音，B项正确。故选 B。 【3 题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段最后 Given below is a list of some of the best iPad apps for learning and teaching English. 可知本文介绍了一些最好的 iPad 英语学习和教学应用程序，下文是对每个应用程序的详细介绍，短文的目 的是为英语学习者和教育工作者介绍一些应用程序。故选 D。 【点睛】做细节理解
17、题时一定要认真对照原文，注意用词的准确性。比如小题 2 根据 Grammar Up 中 the Grammar Up app is one of the most highly recommended apps for English Learners.可知 one of 是判断 A 项错误 的关键。根据 Wordflex Touch Dictionar 中的 This app is among the best as it also contains audio pronunciations both in UK and US English, which is a great benefi
18、t for English learners.可知这个应用程序包含了英国英语和美 国英语的发音， B项正确。 根据 SpeakingPal 中 SpeakingPal allows users to record and compare their speech with a native English speaker.可知record and compare是具体操作形式， 而非C项中的compete。 根据iBooks中iBooks is a complete book library for the iPad users.可知此程序面对的对象是 iPad users而不是 D 项中提到
19、的 English learners and teachers。 B Nothing good generally comes of a conversation that start with the words, “I think you should probably sit down before I tell you this.” And so it came to pass. Away for Christmas, we got a call from kind friends at home, our neighbours house had caught fire while
20、they were out. The fire didnt spread to our house but the smoke very much did. Its weeks of either throwing out, or sending away for specialist cleaning, every single thing into which smoke could have permeated(渗透)because the particles(微粒) are an ongoing health risk and washing isnt enough. Anything
21、 softsofas and carpets and childrens teddy bears, clothesis suspected. We will be seeing in the New Year in a decidedly minimalist fashion. What I didnt expect to feel, however, is this lucky. Friends and neighbours have come together with incredible generosity. We will never again underestimate the
22、 closeness of the village community in which we live, or the innate kindness that is most peoples natural reaction to trouble, and are grateful to be reminded of so much that is good. But thats not the only thing Ive learned. For in a sense, we have a chance to start again. The surprise on being for
23、ced to think about what might urgently need replacing is how short the list of essentials seems; how much we must have been hanging on to out of habit, and how much we have been conditioned to think was important. Its all too easily assumed that family history lives in tangible(有形的)things old photog
24、raphs, a dress bought decades ago for a night heavy with memories but thats not quite right. These things were only reminders of what we already carry with us in head and heart. Walking through the house, sweeping up the broken glass, I realised that the answer to the old question of “What would you
25、 save in a fire? ” is actually that nothing really matters but each other. 4. What happened to the authors house? A. It caught a fire. B. It was affected by a fire. C. It was broken into by friends. D. Its windows were broken. 5. What does the underlined word “suspected“ in Paragraph 3 refer to? A.
26、something that may be damaged. B. something that may not be genuine. C. something that may not be so good. D. something that may be dangerous. 6. What did the author expect to feel? A. People around him were cold to others trouble. B. His friends and neighbours were so generous. C. People in his com
27、munity were close to each other. D. He was so lucky to find much that was good. 7. How will the author probably feel when the New Year finally comes? A. Worried. B. Surprised. C. Excited. D. Contented. 【答案】4. B 5. A 6. A 7. D 【解析】 本文是记叙文。作者家房子受到火灾影响，物品受损，一切都需要清理，但朋友们和邻居们提供的帮助， 让作者感受到了他们的善良，对他们感恩。作者感
28、受到拥有彼此才是最重要的。 【4 题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段 our neighbours house had caught fire while they were out. The fire didnt spread to our house but the smoke very much did.第三段 every single thing into which smoke could have permeated 可知邻居家 在外出时着火了，虽然火没有蔓延到作者家，但烟殃及了房子，作者家的房子受到了影响。故选 B。 【5 题详解】 猜测词义题。上句提到 every single
29、thing into which smoke could have permeated(渗透)because the particles(微 粒) are an ongoing health risk and washing isnt enough.可知每件被烟雾渗透的物品都要专门清洗或扔掉，因为 那些微粒威胁健康，有的仅清洗是不行的。此句涉及的那些柔软的东西被认为可能是被污染损害的东西， suspected指的就是这些东西。故选 A。 【6 题详解】 推理判断题。根据第四段 What I didnt expect to feel, however, is this lucky.作者没想到的是
30、自己家很幸运，下 文提到朋友们和邻居们都提供了帮助，作者从中感受到了他们的善良。由此推知作者原来认为的是人们会 对别人家的困难很冷漠，故选 A。 【7 题详解】 推理判断题。根据第三段最后 We will be seeing in the New Year in a decidedly minimalist fashion.可知作者家房 子受到火灾影响，物品受损，一切都需要清理，作者认为即将到来的新年肯定是简约的。但朋友们和邻居 们提供的帮助，让作者感受到了他们的善良，对他们感恩。文章最后提到 I realised that the answer to the old question of
31、“What would you save in a fire? ” is actually that nothing really matters but each other.作者感受到拥有 彼此才是最重要的。这些说明作者是满足的，故选 D。 C When I was a child, our dining room had two kinds of chairs two large ones with arm rests and four small ones without. The larger ones stood at the ends of the table, the smal
32、ler ones on the sides. Mom and Dad sat in the big chairs, except when one of us was away; then Mom would sit in one of the smaller chairs. Dad always sat at the end, at the “head“ of the table. Sitting where he did, Dad was framed by the window through which the yard could be seen with its trees and
33、 grass. His chair was not just a place for him at table; it was a place in which he was situated against the yard and the trees. It was the holy(神圣的)and protected place that was his, and ours through him. After Dad retired, he and Mom moved out into a small flat. When thy came to visit me at their o
34、ld house, Dad still sat at the end of the table though the table was no longer his but mine. Only with my marriage to Barbara, did I hear a voice questioning the arrangement. She requested, gently but firmly, that I sit at the head of the table in our home. I realized then that I was head of the fam
35、ily, but I also felt unwilling to introduce such a change. How would I feel sitting in that “head“ place in my Dads presence? And how would he handle it? I was to find out on the occasion of our youngest childs first birthday. Mom and Dad arrived for lunch, and went into the dining room. Dad moved t
36、oward his usual seat in front of the window. Before he could get around the side of the table, I took a deep breath and said, “Dad, this is going to be your place, next to Mom, on the side.“ He stopped, looked at me and then sat down. I felt sad, and angry at Barbara for pushing me to do this. It wo
37、uld have been easy to say, “My mistake, Dad. Sit where you always sit, ” But I didnt. When he and Mom were seated, Barbara and I took our places. I dont know how Dad felt. I do know that, though removed from his usual place, he continued to share his best self with us, telling stories of his childho
38、od and youth to the delight of his grandchildren. As I served the food, our lives experienced a change, which we continue to live with. It wasnt easy, but I sense that there is also something good in the change which has occurred. I am beginning to learn that “honoring ones father” is more than the
39、question of which place to occupy at the dining table. It also means listening, wherever we sit and whatever positions we own, to the stories Dad longs to tell We may then, during these magical moments, even be able to forget about whose chair is whose. 8. Why did Dad always sit in the big chair at
40、the end of the table before he retired? A. Because the chair was large enough for him. B. Because sitting there he could see the trees and grass in the yard. C. Because it was the holy seat for the head of the family. D. Because the chair was comfortable with arm rests. 9. What do we know from the s
41、econd paragraph? A. The writers parents moved out because the house was too old. B. The writer didnt want to hurt his fathers feelings. C. The writers wife was rude to his parents. D. The writer didnt dare to refuse his wifes request. 10. Which of the following is true according to the passage? A. D
42、ad felt upset after being removed from his usual place. B. The writer was satisfied with the new seating arrangement. C. Dad continued to tell stories to cover his embarrassment. D. Dad didnt appear to mind where he sat. 11. What does the writer intend to tell us? A. Respecting Dad is more than the
43、question of dining seat. B. It is not easy to go against parents wishes. C. Think twice before you act. D. Every coin has two sides. 【答案】8. C 9. B 10. D 11. A 【解析】 本文是记叙文。通过作者和父亲餐厅座位的变化告诉我们尊重父母并不在于餐厅的座位，而是快乐相处。 【8 题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段 His chair was not just a place for him at table; it was a place in wh
44、ich he was situated against the yard and the trees. It was the holy(神圣的)and protected place that was his, and ours through him.可知 父亲的餐桌位置不仅是靠着院子和树林的地方，还是一个一家之主神圣和受保护的地方。所以为什么爸爸 在退休前总是坐在桌子尽头的大椅子上是因为那是一家之主的圣座。故选 C。 【9 题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段 I realized then that I was head of the family, but I also felt unwi
45、lling to introduce such a change. How would I feel sitting in that “head“ place in my Dads presence? And how would he handle it?可知作者 成为一家之主后， 不愿意占据父亲原来一家之主的神圣座位。 所以判断出作者不想伤害父亲的感情。 故选 B。 【10 题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段 Before he could get around the side of the table, I took a deep breath and said, “Dad, this i
46、s going to be your place, next to Mom, on the side.“ He stopped, looked at me and then sat down.和第四段 though removed from his usual place, he continued to share his best self with us, telling stories of his childhood and youth to the delight of his grandchildren.可知作者让父亲坐在边上后，父亲似乎并没表现出介意坐在哪里，仍然和我们 说笑，
47、给孩子们讲他孩时和年轻时的故事。故选 D。 【11 题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段 I am beginning to learn that “honoring ones father” is more than the question of which place to occupy at the dining table. It also means listening, wherever we sit and whatever positions we own, to the stories Dad longs to tell We may then, during these m
48、agical moments, even be able to forget about whose chair is whose.可知作者开始认识到“孝敬父亲”不仅仅是在餐桌上占据什么位置的问题。无论坐在哪里，无论坐什么 位置，我们都会倾听爸爸渴望告诉我们的故事。所以作者想告诉我们“孝敬父亲”，不仅仅是在餐桌上占 据什么位置的问题。故选 A. D Even a small increase in light activity such as washing dishes, or walking around the house might help prevent an early deat
49、h among older adults, researchers say. “It is important for elderly people, who might not be able to do much moderate intensity(强度)activity, that just moving around and doing light intensity activity will have strong effects and is beneficial,” said Ulf Ekelund, who led the research. Published in the BMJ, the latest research was based on a review of eight studies involving a total of more than 36,000 people with an average age of almost 63 years. Participants were followed for five to six years; 2,149 deaths were recorded. All of