高三下学期开学测试
英语试题 2020.3
注意事项:
1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2. 回答选择题时，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
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选择题部分
第一部分 阅读理解(共两节 每小题 2.5 分，满分 50 分)
第一节 (共 15 小题;每题 2.5 分,满分 37.5 分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上
将该项涂黑。
A
Learning English Video Project
1. Encounters in the UK (17 minutes)
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Encounters in the UK is the first film in this documentary mini-series. It tells the
story of four girls from different countries who travel to Cambridge in England to
study English and stay with local families in what is called a “homestay”
arrangement. For the four girls the homestay arrangement is a positive experience.
As one of the homestay hosts explains: “It’s going to be a great experience, not
only in terms of learning English, but in learning about life.”
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2. Insights from China (18 minutes)
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Never say die
Based in the busy, cosmopolitan city of Shanghai, Daniel Emmerson’s latest film
Insights from China takes us inside the worlds of English language learning and
teaching and the airline industry in China. “Insights from China” focuses largely on
the staff and management of a Chinese airline company that has recently
committed to learning English. Spring Airlines is the first low-cost airline in China.
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3. Stories from Morocco (16 minutes)
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Set in Casablanca, Morocco, this film features footage and interviews focusing on
key questions such as “Why are people learning English?” and “What tips and
advice can learners offer?” Staff and learners discuss the advantages and
challenges of English language learning in Morocco. Interviewees touch on a
variety of topics including British vs. American accents, multi-level classrooms, and
the similarities of English to French and Spanish.
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4. Thoughts from Brazil (17 minutes)
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Like Insights from China, Thoughts from Brazil also looks at modern trends in
learning English, especially for children and teens. It will be of particular interest
to all those who long for a learning experience that is more interactive and
communicative. Teens and young adults will find new ideas for combining
personal interests such as music, gaming and social media with self-study. As
Daniel Emmerson talks to learners and teachers of English in Sao Paulo, Brazil, he discovers that many of them
have found for themselves the principle of learning by doing and have readily adapted it to the Internet era.Watch with Subtitles | Watch without Subtitles | Comments
1. From the passage we can conclude that “Learning English Video Project” is most probably______.
A. an online course focusing on language and culture
B. audio documents on language learning
C. a series of English learning video programs
D. a set of films on English-speaking countries
2. If someone is interested in the comparison between English and other languages, he might be
interested to watch __________.
A. Encounters in the UK B. Stories from Morocco
C. Thoughts from Brazil D. Insights from China
3. What can we know about English learning in Sao Paulo, Brazil?
A. Classroom teaching is more interactive and communicative.
B. Homestay arrangement provides positive experience for learners.
C. The Internet and games plays a major role in language learning.
D. The principle of learning by doing is widely accepted by learners.
B
Maybe it's because it was our first purchase as homeowners. The salesman must have spotted
just how green we were, so he began persuading. And soon he led us to a classic leather chair. All
these years later, I remember he used words like rich and handsome, the thing every living room
needed.
So we bought that chair — just less than $100, a great deal in the 1970s for a young couple!
How we loved that chair! It always occupied a place of honor in our various living rooms,
moving with us from our first tiny house to our beloved new house.
Somehow, conversations were better on that chair, and life was more fun around it. Three
daughters spilled their secrets on it. Old friends seemed to be attracted by it on those wonderful
occasions. Crazy as it sounds, that leather chair seemed to have — well, powers. All for good.
At first, we didn't really care that the leather was showing signs of wear or that it had lost its
sheen(光泽). But in our most recent move, when the chair was moved in our new living room, it
suddenly looked terribly lonely sitting close to newly painted walls and a couple of shiny new tables.
My husband and I tried but still we couldn't ignore the rough spots. Our chair had a skin
disease. Even our adult kids raised eyebrows, urging us to at least remove the chair to some dark
comer of the room. Neither of us could imagine such a retirement for it.
So we had an inspired idea. We'd call in an upholsterer(修理工) to give our old chair a whole
new life. Our friend Joe studied the chair and then took out a simple leather conditioner. He
explained that although it wouldn't work miracles, it would definitely get our weary chair looking
younger again. It certainly doesn't look new, but its seat and back are shining.
Best of all, it's back in the living room, looking like a wise old friend to the furniture around it.
And, yes, there it will stay.
Because some things, like some people, just deserve a happy old age.
4. How did the salesman persuade the author into buying the chair?
A. By thinking highly of the author. B. By saying that the author was green.
C. By describing how great the chair was. D. By comparing the chair with others.
5. What is the fourth paragraph mainly about?A. Sweet memories with the chair. B. Various functions of the chair.
C. People's comments on the chair. D. Family activities and parties of
friends.
6. Why did the author finally decide to repair the chair?
A. Because he was persuaded by Joe. B. Because he didn't have enough money.
C. Because it showed signs of hardness. D. Because it couldn't match his new
house.
7. What can we learn from the text?
A. East or west, home is best. B. From saving comes having.
C. It is never too late to mend. D. Old friends and wine are best.
C
Internet firms should help deal with the threat of terrorism or face terror tax
, the security minister has said. Ben Wallace said such profiteers as Facebook and
Google were failing to play their part, forcing the government to spend hundreds of
millions to police internet extremism. The minister added, “If they continue to be
less than co-operative, we should look at things like tax as a way compensating for
their inaction. Because content is not taken down as quickly as they could do, we
have to spend millions. WhatsApp, owned by Facebook, was turning the internet into
a violent space.”
Mr Wallace did not give more details about a possible terror tax, but it would
probably take the form of a windfall tax. The minister also accused internet companies
of putting profit before public safety.
Simon Milner, Facebook’s UK policy director, said: “Mr Wallace is wrong to say
that we put profit before safety, especially in the fight against terrorism. We’ve
invested millions of pounds in people and technology to identify and remove terrorist
content.” YouTube, which is owned by Alphabet, Google’s parent company, said:
“Violent extremism is a complex problem and addressing it is a critical challenge
for us all. We are committed to being part of the solution and we are doing more every
day to deal with these issues. “Over the course of 2017 we have made significant
progress through investing in machine learning technology, recruiting more reviewers,
building partnerships with experts and collaboration with other companies”.
Anthony Glees, an intelligence expert at Buckingham University, told The Times:
“What the government is proposing makes excellent theoretical sense when it comes
to making us more secure from the appalling things that are broadcast by the service
providers.” He added: “But in practice it may not be enough, because we are dealing
with Goliaths here and the United Kingdom is increasingly becoming a lone David.”
8. What do we know from Ben Wallace’s words?A. The internet firms have been put on a terror tax.
B. The internet companies only concentrate on profit.
C. The profit of the Internet firms should be cut down.
D. The internet companies are not cooperative enough.
9. What did “they” in the first paragraph refer to?
A. internet firms B. internet extremism C. violent spaces D. terror taxes
10. Anthony Glees thought the government’s behavior was ______.
A. unpractical B. positive C. unexpected D. disapproving
11. What’s the best title of the passage?
A. Profit or Safety?
B. Policing Internet Extremism.
C. Internet Giants Threatened with Tax.
D. Demonstrating the Government’ Determination.
D
One day, gardeners might not just hear the buzz of bees among their flowers, but the whirr of
robots, too. Scientists have managed to turn an unassuming drone (无人机) into a remote-controlled
pollinator ( 授 粉 媒 介 ) by attaching horsehairs coated with a special, sticky gel( 凝 胶 ) to its
underbelly.
Animal pollinators are needed for the reproduction of 90% of flowering plants and one third of
human food crops. Chief among those are bees — but many bee populations in the United States
have been in steep decline in recent decades. Thus, the decline of bees isn't just worrisome because it
could disrupt ecosystems, but also because it could disrupt agriculture and economy. People have
been trying to come up with replacement techniques, but none of them are especially effective yet.
Scientists have thought about using drones, but they haven't figured out how to make
free-flying robot insects that can rely on their own power source without being attached to a wire.
“It’s very tough work,” said senior author Eijiro Miyako, a chemist at the National Institute of
Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. His particular contribution to the field involves a gel,
one he’d considered a mistake 10 years before and stuck in a storage cabinet. When it was
rediscovered a decade later, it hadn’t dried up or degraded at all. “I was so surprised because it still
had high viscosity,” Miyako said.
The chemist noticed that when dropped, the gel absorbed an impressive amount of dust from
the floor. Miyako realized this material could be very useful for picking up pollen (花粉). He and his
colleagues chose a drone and attached horsehairs to its smooth surface to mimic a bee’s fuzzy body.
They coated those horsehairs in the gel, and then controlled the drones over lilies, where they would
pick up the pollen from one flower and then deposit the pollen at another one, thus fertilizing it.
The scientists looked at the hairs under a scanning electron microscope and counted up the
pollen grains attached to the surface and found that the drones whose horsehairs had been coated
with the gel had about 10 times more pollen than those that had not been coated with the gel.
Miyako does not think such drones would replace bees altogether, but could simply help bees
with their pollinating duties. There’s a lot of work to be done before that's a reality, however. Small drones will need to become more controllable and energy efficient, as well as smarter, with better
GPS and artificial intelligence.
12. What does the underlined word “viscosity” in Para.3 probably mean?
A. Hardness. B. Stickiness. C. Flexibility. D. Purity.
13. We can learn from the passage that ______.
A. bees disrupt both agriculture and economy
B. scientists have invented self-powered robot insects
C. bees in the United States are on the edge of extinction
D. Miyako found the special feature of the gel by chance
14. A drone works best in picking up pollen when ______.
A. its body is made like a bee’s
B. its GPS works more efficiently
C. some flowers are coated with the gel
D. horsehairs with the gel are attached to it
15. According to Eijiro Miyako, the drones ______.
A. are not yet ready for practical use
B. may eventually replace bees in the future
C. are much more efficient than bee pollinators
D. can provide a solution to economic depression
第二节(共 5 小题;每题 2.5 分,中学联盟满分 12.5 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。
How to Form a Positive Reading Habit
Books are a source of joy, learning, insight and imagination. How we choose what to read says
a lot about our preferences and passions. 16 .
⚫ Give old favorites a re-read
There is a particular kind of pleasure that comes with easing open a well-worn book, flipping
through pages you have thumbed before, maybe multiple times. 17 . It can bring you
back to the time in your life when you last met those characters. You’re left with a rich reflection
on who you were, who you are and where you turn for meaning and inspiration.
⚫ Learn something new
If you are a lover of novels, think about what your favorites have in common. 18 . That can
send you down a glorious rabbit hole of non-fiction books that will brighten your understanding of
times, places and people who already live in your imagination.
⚫ 19
Book clubs are positive on so many levels, not least of which is that they open your mind to books you might not otherwise have considered. If you don’t belong to one — and even if you do
— try to think about your reading choices in a public way. Ask friends what they are reading and go
with any recommendations that interest you.
⚫ Give yourself permission to move on
Sometimes you just can’t get through a book — and that’s okay. Just like living positively
means acknowledging when it’s time to let go of something that isn’t serving you well, reading
positively means giving yourself permission to close a book that isn’t keeping you interested or
inspired. 20 . The positive pleasure of reading is indeed unending.
A. Get social
B. Set up a book club
C. There are unlimited choices to turn to instead, after all
D. Here are some tips for making reading a positive habit in your life
E. Reading books that you enjoy helps maintain your habit and become a life-long reader
F. Re-reading favorite books can do more than bring you back into beloved worlds and stories
G. A particular time in history, region of the world or type of character may become a new theme
第二部分 英语知识运用 (中学联盟共两节 满分 30 分)
第一节 完形填空（每题 1 分，共 15 分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的
最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
When my grandmother, who had Alzheimer’s disease, went to live in the nurses station 5 years
ago, I tried many things to keep her occupied. But it was only her word search book that kept her
21 . Gradually, she began to think of it as her job and it kept her from 22 .
Last night, when I came to her and said hello, she just looked at me 23 . I introduced
myself and told her I was her granddaughter. She seemed 24 about who I was. Obviously, she
tried to find this word in her 25 . So I helped her find it with fingers and 26 it for her with
a pencil.
Later, I suggested we go outside, and she agreed. Then she was just staring at me as if trying to
figure me out. I told her 27 I was her granddaughter. “Oh, okay” she said 28 but still
didn’t really know. She just wanted to be kind.
And after we went 29 and I got her ready for and into bed, she told me to come 30
and we kissed and hugged real tight 31 we did for the first time. It wasn’t the first time though
and sooner or later there would be a 32 time.
For now, I feel the blessing of the 33 although I have a sinking feeling that our days are
numbered. It doesn’t 34 if the word “granddaughter” holds no 35 anymore — we are
bound by love not labels.
21. A. time B. interest C. talent D. knowledge
22. A. trembling B. moving C. whispering D. wandering
23. A. curiously B. angrily C. naturally D. proudly24. A. shocked B. amazed C. puzzled D. worried
25. A. dictionary B. mind C. room D. book
26. A. decorated B. marked C. associated D. tracked
27. A. patiently B. bravely C. regularly D. casually
28. A. joking B. laughing C. smiling D. crying
29. A. along B. ahead C. outside D. inside
30. A. slower B. closer C. straighter D. later
31. A. as if B. so that C. even if D. in case
32. A. perfect B. free C. final D. normal
33. A. event B. break C. gift D. moment
34. A. help B. matter C. work D. exist
35. A. meaning B. change C. design D. advantage
非选择题部分
第二部分 语言运用(共两节，满中学联盟分 30 分)
第二节(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。
Researchers Are Racing to Make a Coronavirus Vaccine. Will It Help?
In the early days of January, as cases of a strange, pneumonia-like illness ___36____ (report) in
China, researchers at the National Institutes of Health readied themselves to hunt ___37___ a
vaccine to prevent the new disease.
Scientists in Australia are also working on vaccine candidates ____38_____ (stop) the spread of
the disease. Historically, vaccines have been one of the greatest public health ___39___(tool) to
prevent disease. But even as new technology, advancements in genomics(基因组学) and improved
global coordination have allowed researchers to move at unprecedented speed, vaccine
____40_____(develop) remains an expensive and risky process. That’s ___41____ the vaccines
must undergo extensive testing in animals and humans. In the best case, it takes at least a year —
and most likely __42__(long) — for any vaccine to become available to the public.
With each new outbreak, scientists ___43___ (typical) have to start from scratch. After the
SARS outbreak in 2003, ___44___ took researchers about 20 months from the release of the viral
genome(基因组) to get a vaccine ready for human trials. By the time an epidemic ___45___ (cause)
by the Zika virus occurred in 2015, researchers brought the timeline down to six months. Now, they
hope the joint efforts will cut that time in half.
第三部分 写作(共两节，满分 40 分)
第一节 应用文写作(满分 15 分)
假如你是李华，你有一个外籍朋友 Tom 在湖北进行为期一年的交换生项目，因为湖北爆
发新型冠状病毒肺炎(COVID-19)，Tom 非常害怕，请你写一封信告诉他不要害怕。内容包括：
1. 不要慌张
2. 如何预防病毒 (勤洗手、多通风、出门戴口罩等)要求：80 词左右
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第二节 读后续写（满分 25 分）
阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
A Special Appointment
Years ago I moved to Woodland Hills to take a job in a small hospital’s emergency
department. No one wanted to work on Christmas Eve, so the shift（轮班）went to me. I kissed my
family goodbye and went off to spend the night in the hospital. It was a thankless job.
At 9 pm, the ambulance brought in a man in his 60s who was having a heart attack. His face
was pale, and he was frightened. The whole night I did my best to save his life. Before I left in the
morning to spend Christmas with my family, I stopped by to see how he was doing. It was still tough,
but he had survived the night and was sleeping.
The following year I got Christmas Eve duty again. At 9 pm sharp, the ward clerk told me there
was a couple who wanted to speak with me. When I approached them, the man introduced himself as
Mr. Lee and said, “You probably don’t remember me, but last Christmas Eve you saved my life.
Thank you for the year you gave me.” He and his wife hugged me, handed me a small gift, and left.
The following year a new doctor had joined the group, but I wanted to see if Mr. And Mrs. Lee
would return. This time, I volunteered for the shift. I kept an eye on the door. Once again, at exactly
9 pm, the Lees appeared, carrying a warmly wrapped bundle. It was their new grandchild.Mr. Lee, his family and I spent 13 Christmas Eves together. In the later years the staff all knew
about the story and would work to give me time with him in the break room, where we spent a
half-hour each Christmas Eve.
1. 所续写短文的词数应为 150 左右；
2. 续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你写好；
Paragraph 1:
Last year I saw Mrs. Lee alone in the hospital with a gift for me.
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I carefully opened the package and found a crystal （ 水 晶 ） bell inside with the word
“Friendship” engraved（雕刻）on it.
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英语开学考试答案 2020.3
1-5 CBDCA 6-10 DDDAA 11-15 CBDDA 16-20 DFGAC
21-25 BDACD 26-30 BACDB 31-35 ACDBA
36. were reported 37. for 38. to stop 39. tools 40. development
41. because 42. longer 43. typically 44. it 45. caused
应用文
Dear Tom,
Learning that you are in a difficult situation and you are upset about the
COVID-19, I’d like to offer you some practical advice.
To begin with, I think it necessary that you should get proper amount of sleep.
Without enough sleep, our immune system may get weakened. In addition, it would be a
good idea for you to wash your hands regularly for the reason that you need to reduce
the virus. Last but not least, not only should you ventilate the room often but you should
also wear a mask when you go out.
I hope you can find my suggestion useful and if there are further questions, please
feel free to ask me.
Yours,
Li Hua
读后续写
Paragraph 1:
Last year I saw Mrs. Lee alone in the hospital with a gift for me. Mrs. Lee looked
pale. She told me Mr. Lee died from another heart attack two days ago. But he had
never forgot our appointment. He prepared the last gift days ago. They lived with a
grateful heart and had a meaningful life for as long as 13 years. The appointment is a
reminder of the fortune they got from me and the God.
Paragraph 2:
I carefully opened the package and found a crystal bell inside with the word
“Friendship” engraved on it. Now, my family, my friends and I ring that bell on every
Christmas Eve at exactly 9 pm and offer our best wishes to the man who we won’t
forget. The bell always reminds us of being helpful to others and thankful to people who
have helped me.
部分题目答案解析
C 篇
8. D. 细节理解题，A 选项已经被收税，不对；B 仅仅集中在利润上不对；C.公司利润应该被
减少，不是利润问题 D.因特网公司不够合作。
9. A. 猜测词义题，根据中学联盟上下文，If they continue to be less than co-operative,指的是因特网公司
10. A.细节理解题 根据最后一自然段，理论上有用，但实际上不够.
11. C. 文章大意，题目，根据整篇文章，因特网公司被征税。
【语篇导读】D 篇是说明文。文章主要说明了蜜蜂数量的减少令人担忧，因为这可能破坏生态
系统，也可能破坏农业和经济。人们一直在试图想出替代技术，科学家们通过在马毛的下腹
部贴上一层特殊的粘性凝胶，成功地将一种不起眼的雄蜂变成了一种遥控传粉器。
12. B 词义猜测题。根据第三段中“When it was rediscovered a decade later, it hadn’t dried up or
degraded at all.”可知，十年后被重新发现时，凝胶根本没有干枯或退化。因此 Miyako 惊讶的
是它仍然具有很高的粘性。结合选项，故选 B。
13. D 细节理解题。根据第三段中“ His particular contribution to the field involves a gel, one he’d
considered a mistake 10 years before and stuck in a storage cabinet. When it was rediscovered a
decade later, it hadn’t dried up or degraded at all.”可知，Miyako 是偶然间发现凝胶这种特殊特性
的。故选 D。
14. D 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中“The scientists looked at the hairs under a scanning electron
microscope and counted up the pollen grains attached to the surface and found that the drones whose
horsehairs had been coated with the gel had about 10 times more pollen than those that had not been
coated with the gel.”可知，科学家们在扫描电子显微镜下观察了这些毛发，并对附着在表面的
花粉粒进行了计数，发现那些马毛上涂有凝胶的雄蜂的花粉量大约是没有涂有凝胶的雄蜂的
10 倍。
15. A 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中“ There’s a lot of work to be done before that's a reality, ”
可知，在投入使用之前，还有很多工作需要做。故可知，这种无人机还未投入使用。结合选
项，故选 A。
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