广东省汕头市金山中学2020届高三英语上学期期末考试试题

广东省汕头市金山中学2020届高三英语上学期期末考试试题本试卷共三部分，满分135分（1201.125）。考试时间120分钟。注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必分别将答题卷上的姓名、考试号用黑色字迹的签字笔填写，用2B铅笔将考试号对应的信息点涂黑。2选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项AAuctions(拍卖行) are everywhere. Here are just a few standouts and some of the areas they specialize in. All have brick-and-mortar(实体的) sales rooms in addition to online buying.Leslie Hindman AuctioneersHeadquarters: ChicagoFounded: 1982Best bets: contemporary art, jewelryThe founder, Leslie Hindman, has been on an expansion kick from her Chicago base and now runs eight offices across the country. Ms. Hindman said that plenty of items sell at her house for around $500. As in the auction world generally, jewelry and contemporary art receive lots of attention from bidders (出价者)，and in 2020 a diamond ring sold for $97,000.Swann Auction GalleriesHeadquarters: New YorkFounded: 1941Best bets: books, works on paper, African-American artFounded as a rare-book auctioneer, Swann still holds dozens of such sales a year. The president, Nicholas D. Lowry, noted that Swann was the first auction house to sell old photographs, in 1952.Thehouse has also had a department of African-American art for 12 years.Stair GalleriesHeadquarters: Hudson, N.Y.Founded: 2001Best bets: English and Continental furniture and paintings, modern and contemporary artColin Stair, the founder and president, comes from a long line of antiques dealers. Stair is frequented by dealers and bargain hunters, and its a place to find interesting things like a George I carved walnut wing armchair, coming up as part of a sale on April 28 and 29.Heritage AuctionsHeadquarters: DallasFounded: 1983Best bets: coins, sports memorabilia, movie postersWith roots in coin auctions, Heritage has grown quite large. But their bread and butter are items that the company president, Greg Rohan, calls “he kinds of things that everyone has”People arent buying what were selling for decoration or for resale, “ he added. “ Theyre buying things they absolutely love.21. At which place can you buy old photographs?A. Stair Galleries. B. Heritage Auctions.C. Swann Auction Galleries. D. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers.22. Who once sold antiques?A. Colin Stair. B. Greg Rohan. C. Leslie Hindman. D. Nicholas D. Lowry23. What can be learned about these auctions?A. They all have online shops.B. They all sell valuable artworks.C. They are all run by local people.D. They are all located in New York.BI walked up to the counter. Behind it was a lady with glasses on the tip of her nose and gray hair on her head.“Excuse me,” I said. She looked up. “Youre that Clements kid,” she said. “I m Miss Bee. Come closer and let me get a look at you.” She pushed her glasses up her nose. “I can describe you to the police if something goes missing from the store.”“I m not a thief!” I said. I was seven, too young to be a thief!“From what I can see youre not much of anything. But I can tell youve got potential.” She went back to reading her newspaper.“I need to get these.” I said, holding up my list. “So? Go get them.” Miss Bee pointed to a sign on the screen door. “Im not your servant, so I suggest you get yourself a basket and start filling.”I visited Miss Bee several times a week that summer. Sometimes she short-changed me. Other times she overcharged. “That can of beans is only twenty nine cents” I corrected her one afternoon. I had watched the numbers change on the cash register closely, and Miss Bee had added 35 cents. She didnt seem embarrassed. She just looked at me over her glasses and fixed the price.But she ever let me declare victory. All summer long she found ways to play tricks on me. No sooner had I learned how to pronounce bicarbonate of soda(小苏打) and memorized its location on the shelf than Miss Bee rearranged the shelve and made me hunt for it all over again.One day before I left, she said, “I know what you think of me, but I dont care! Each of us is put on this earth for a reason. I believe my job is to teach every child I meet life lessons. When you get older youll be glad our paths crossed!” Glad I met Miss Bee？Ha! The idea was absurdUntil one day my daughter asked me to finish her math problems. “If I do it for you how will you ever learn to do it yourself?” I said. Suddenly, I remembered the lady Miss Bee.24. The girl felt _ when Miss Bee implied she could be a thief.A. surprisedB. shockedC. puzzledD. overexcited25. We can infer from Paragraph 6 that Miss Bee _.A .showed no care about her mistakes B. made the girl learn to double-checkC. was always playing tricks on the girl D. was careless and dishonest to do business26. It can be learned from the passage that Miss Bee _.A. knew her job was to help every child she metB. asked the girl to shop by herself to test her honestyC. taught the girl many lessons but she didnt understandD. rearranged the shelves to teach the girl to be changeable27. Which is NOT the lesson the writer learnt from shopping?A Treat others kindly and politely. B. Dont be so quick to judge others.C. The best teachers arent only in school. D. Try our best though the task seems beyond us.CPositive thinking is a significant element of happiness. In order to become a positive thinker, determination and consistency are important. The first thing to know about positive thinking is that everyone can do it. With certain cognitive (认知的) and behavioral changes, we can all become positive thinkers. Another important factor is that being a positive thinker does not mean you become numb to anything that is not working properly in your life or is negative - it just means that you approach life and face challenges with a healthier outlook.Instead of selectively attending to negative events, focus on the positive ones. Then pay attention to the delayed consequences of your behavior rather than the immediate ones. For example, if a job is not going like you want, focus on the fact that you have a job and how you can take your time to make the situation better.Challenge any internal attributions and see if you compare your behavior to standards that are excessively rigid and perfectionistic. If so, change these and be reasonable with your comparisons. For example, if you constantly compare your weaknesses with other peoples strengths, then switch this and compare yourself with those who are doing poorer than you as well. Overall, people who focus more on their strengths than their weaknesses but at the same time are aware of their weaknesses have a healthier self-evaluation result.When faced with too much fear about a situation, imagine the worst case and visualize a solution for it, then let go of fear. This way, you will be prepared for anything and your fear will not block you from being open and creative to different solutions. For example, if you are constantly worried about losing your job up to a point where it is creating a lot of anxiety and fear and is effecting your performance and your happiness negatively, then think of losing your job, visualize how you will handle it, find solutions in your mind and then let go of the thought and the fear attached to it.So positive thinkers are better problem solvers and have better interactions. In addition to that, people who are positive thinkers are happier and more satisfied with their life.28. Why is positive thinking a significant element of happiness?A. It means that one is blind to the troubles and difficulties that exist.B. It means that one constantly compares everything with other peoples.C. It means that one is strong in mind and has nothing to be afraid of.D. It means that one approaches life and faces challenges more healthily.29. What does the text suggest about the job you dont like?A. Quitting it and finding a better one.B. Keeping and trying to make it better.C. Being negative and numb to it.D. Challenging yourself with a new outlook.30. What does the author intend to tell us in paragraph 4?A. Be prepared for the worst: and let go of fear.B. Being constantly worried will lose your job.C. Fear will prevent you being open and creative.D. There is nothing to fear if well prepared.31. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. How to focus on the positive eventsB. How to be a positive thinkerC. What to do when faced with fearD. How to have self-evaluationDMicrosoft PowerPoint is the worlds most common presentation tool. It emerged from software company Forethought Inc in the 1980s. Bob Gaskins was the man behind it.“I knew in the early 80s that there were as many as a billion, a thousand million presentation slides being made per year just in America,” Gaskins says,“ but they were all made by hand and almost nobody was using computers to do them.“It was clear to me that here was a huge application worth billions and billions of dollars a year that could be done on computers as soon as there was a revolution in the kinds of computers that we had.”Gaskins was onto something, but it was a hardsell at the time. The software wouldnt run on any existing personal computers. Anyone wanting to use it had to buy a new machine. Even so, people bought personal computers for the first time in order to be able to use PowerPoint, says Wired magazine journalist Russell Davies.Davies explains that before PowerPoint, people used slides to convey information to groups - but anyone creating a presentation had to send away to get their materials made. It took a long time to do, was difficult to make changes and because it was so expensive, only the most senior people in an organization got to do it.“PowerPoint,” Davies says，“made it possible for everyone in an organization to standup and say their piece.”PowerPoint has helped turn us all into presenters - but it s also been accused of over-simplifying ideas and distracting (干扰)us from clear thinking.Sarah Kaplan is a management professor at the University of Torontos Rotman School of Management. She has noticed that, rather than people asking for new analysis or insights in meetings, they were asking for more Power Point slides.Kaplan says that some CEOS, such as Amazons Jeff Bezos, have banned its use. “He felt, and I think many people feel, that PowerPoint became such an object of the process that they lost the ideas inside of it and that is the risk.”32. What drove Bob Gaskins to develop PowerPoint?A. His personal needs at the office.B. The support from Forethought Inc.C. The great potential market demand.D. His interest in science and technology.33. What was the problem with Bob Gaskins PowerPoint in the 1980s?A. It was very expensive.B. It was very difficult to use.C. It couldnt t be used on old computers.D. It was difficult to sell.34. What might be Russell Daviess attitude to PowerPoint?A. Critical. B. Appreciative. C. Cautious. D. Contradictory.35. Why does Jeff Bezos ban the use of PowerPoint?A. It fails to solve practical problems.B. It fails to convey messages effectively.C. It makes something valuable unavailable.D. It results in creative thinking getting ignored.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自处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Try This at Home!Are you looking for a new pastime that will create a balance between physical activity and relaxation? Then yoga may be the perfect choice for you._36_It can also be done anywhere at any time. Its a great way to strengthen your muscles and become more flexible.In the 1930s, Indian Sri Tirumali and K. Pattabhi developed one of the most popular forms of yoga practised worldwide today. They worked together using an ancient Sansknt text called Yoga Korunta to create a set routine of yoga movements and breathing exercises._37_Ashtanga yoga is different from other forms of yoga. It is a very powerful form of aerobic (有氧的）exercise which creates deep heat in the body. _38_In other forms of yoga, however, the routine can change each time and the stretching exercises arent aerobic._39_As well as making you stronger and more flexible, it can also help you to stay calm.By focusing on your breathing while doing physical exercise, you are able to get a balance between mind and body. In addition, yoga helps to make us healthier so we are less likely to get common illnesses like colds.Furthermore, yoga encourages you to think about what youre doing. Often you will close your eyes while doing certain movements._40_.After a few lessons youll stop looking at what the others around you are doing. You will stop comparing yourself and start focusing on yourself.A. Yoga can be practiced by people of all ages and levels of fitness.B. The result of their co-operation was ashtanga yoga.C. Whatever kind of yoga you choose, there are many long-term benefits.D. This allows you to concentrate better and it makes you less competitive.E. Every time someone practices ashtanga, he or she does exactly the same movements.F. If youre interested in yoga, but cannot find a class near you, then it might be an excuse to travel.G. Recently, it has become extremely common for beginners as well as advanced yoga students to go on yoga holidays.第二部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 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A、B、G和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。I had driven home to celebrate my 38th birthday with my mother. When I arrived, I found her sitting 41 at the kitchen table, a chocolate cake and two boxes wrapped in orange ribbon (丝带)in front of her. “Happy birthday!” she said,42 at the boxes. “Open them.”As she knows me 43 than anyone, shed gotten me exactly what I wantedrunning clothes. I 44 her and thanked her and proceeded (接着）to eat the cake.“Too many 45 ,” I said, not really caring.“Youll run them off tomorrow,” Mom said.Many adult children with a parent suffering from 46 memory will tell you there was one day that 47 to them that their relationship with their mother or father would be forever changed.For me that day 48two weeks later, when I drove back for another short 49 . 1 50 exactly the same scene: my mom sitting at the kitchen table; a chocolate cake 51 next to two boxes wrapped in curly ribbon. The ribbon was green this time. That was the only52 . “Happy birthday!” my mom said.I was totally 53. “Whats going on?”I asked. Mom smiled, “Cant I celebrate my daughters birthday?”This was no 54 . This was real life, and 55my mother clearly only wanted to make me happy，I pushed aside my fear and fulfilled my role as the 56 daughter. I hugged her, thanked her and 57 the clothes. I did not mention to her that wed done all this two 58 ago.My house is her world now. My mother and I have the 59 conversation roughly 10times a day.60 , I consider it a pleasure, because every minute is new for her.41. A. delicately42. A. targeting43. A. earlier44. A. paid45. A. calories46. A. trustworthy47. A. signaled48. A. responded49. A. memory50. A. got across51. A. resting52. A. color53. A. disturbed54. A. pleasure55. A. since56. A. reliable57. A. admired58. A. days59. A. previous60. A. ThereforeB. proudlyB. fascinatingB. longerB. huggedB. odoursB. misleadingB. addedB. cameB. birthdayB. passed throughB. placingB. featureB. confusedB. troubleB. ifB. dishonestB. reckonedB. weeksB. annoyingB. InsteadC. casuallyC. staringC. betterC. comfortedC. fruitsC. failingC. appealedC. changedC. partyC. came uponC. puttingC. attractionC. embarrassedC. trickC. whenC. forgetfulC. attachedC. monthsC. preciseC. NeverthelessD. randomlyD. gesturingD. deeperD. ignoredD. candlesD. offendingD. contributedD. disappearedD. visitD. got throughD. layingD. differenceD. shockedD. dilemmaD. wheneverD. gratefulD. attainedD. minutesD. sameD. Moreover第二节 语法填空（共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15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。Monkeys do not like it when others get more food than they do, according to a new study.Researchers from Yale and Harvard _61_(university) found Capuchin monkeys punish monkeys that get more food. “This sort of, If I cant have it, no one cant _ 62 _(respond)is because of psychological spite (怨恨），and it was 63 (previous) thought unique to humans,” said Kristin Leimgruber of Harvard University. She is a co-author of the research study. The researchers watched as some Capuchin monkeys 64 (give) more food than others. They found that monkeys getting the 65 (small) share pulled a rope to fold up a table holding the other monkeys bigger share.Another lead researcher, Laurie Santas, explained over email, “I think _66we can conclude about humans is that some of our more 67(embarrass) tendencies have relatively deep roots.” Santos said the spiteful reaction was not present with another member of the ape specieschimpanzees(黑猩猩).An earlier study, she said, showed chimpanzees would fold up the table of other chimpanzees 68(steal) food from them.69they would not punish chimpanzees who just happened to have more food, Santos said. 70 other words, it was fine if another chimpanzee had more food as long as they did not steal it.第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）第一节 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间交换修改作文，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（A)，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：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面