北京四中2020届高三英语上学期期中考试试题（含解析）北师大版

2020届北京四中上学期期中英语试题【原创解析】第二部分：知识运用（共两节，45分）第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）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。21.-I hear that there was a terrible crash in the subway in Shanghai the other day.-Yes, _news came as _shock to all of us.A. the; the B. a; / C. the; a D. /; aC考查冠词的用法。第一空表示“特指消息”；第二空指“抽象名词具体化”，a shock意为：一件令人震惊的事。22. Alibaba has become Chinas largest online commercial company, _ a profit of 1.47 billion yuan in 2020.A. earns B. earning C. earned D. to have earnedB考查分词作状语。此处现在分词作结果状语，表示自然的结果。23. None of the underwater workers has been harmed by the great fish. _, most fish were so friendly that they played with the instruments.A. Instead B. Even though C. However D. ThoughA考查副词的用法及含义。句意：水下工作的工人没有一个被大鱼伤害，相反，大多数鱼很友好以至于他们和和装备玩耍。24. -Has James finished his report on his Enquiry Learning yet?-Im not sure. She _ on it last week.A. was working B. has worked C. worked D. had workedA考查动词时态。句意：-James已经写完她的研究性学习报告了吗？-我不确定。她上周还在写。25. A huge amount of oil was spilt on the East Sea, the caused of _ are still under investigation.A. it B. that C. which D. whomC考查非限制性定语从句的关系词。此处which替代前面句子的内容。26.-These grapes look really beautiful.-They _! See the price $3.99 a pound. Very expensive, arent they!A. would B. could C. might D. shouldD考查情态动词的用法。句意：-这些葡萄看起来真漂亮。-它们应该看起来漂亮。看3.99美元一磅。太贵了，不是吗！27. It is good manners to eat up_is left in your plate.A. that B. what C. which D. allB考查宾语从句的连接词。此处what在宾语从句中作主语。句意：吃干净你盘子里的剩东西是礼貌行为。28. _me when you get it through and Ill pick you up at your work place.A. Calling B. Call C. Called D. To callB考查非谓语动词的用法。此处为祈使句，所以用动词原形。29. I fell asleep while working on this paper_the computer on.A. as B. for C. over D. withD考查with的复合结构。此处是with+名词+副词的用法。句意：我在打这篇论文时电脑开着就睡着了。30.-How do you usually go to work?-I usually drive, but if it is fine, I _by bike.A. will go B. would go C. have gone D. had goneA考查动词时态的用法。句意：-你通常怎样去上班？-我通常开车去上班，但如果天气好我会骑自行车。此处will表意愿。31. I _ to reach the manager for the last two hours but the line is always busy.A. tired B. have tired C. had tired D. have been tryingD考查动词时态。句意：在过去的两小时里，我一直想接通经理的电话，但是总占线。此处表示我一直在努力打电话，故用现在完成进行时。32. _in the woods, the two girls were frightened and kept crying.A. Having lost B. Lost C. To be lost D. Being lostB考查过去分词短语作状语。句意：迷失在树林里，这两位姑娘吓坏了并且不断地哭。33. My son has gone abroad. Im looking forward to him_.A. return B. to return C. returning D. returnedC考查动名词的用法。此处to是介词，其后him returning为动名词的复合结构。34. I _ him the money but he didnt tell me he needed it.A. should have lent B. must have lent C. need have lent D. could have lentD考查情态动词的虚拟语气用法。句意：我本能借给他钱但他没有告诉我他需要钱。35.Nowadays, more film stars_to be difficult to work with.A. say B. have said C. are said D. were saidC考查不定式的被动式。句意：当今，据说越来越多的电影明星难以合作。【答案】CBAAC DBBDA DBCDC第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。As a teenager, I felt I was always letting people down. I rebellious(叛逆)on the outside, _36_ on the inside I wanted people to _37_.Once I left home to hitchhike(搭便车)to California with my friend Penelope. The trip wasnt _38_, and there were many times I didnt feel safe. One situation in particular _39_ me grateful to still be alive. When I returned home, I was different-not so outwardly sure of myself.I was happy to be home. But then I noticed that Penelope, who was _40_ with us, was wearing my clothes. And my _41_ seemed to like her better than me. I wondered if would be _42_ if I werent there. I told my mom, and she explained that _43_ Penelope was a lovely girl, no one could _44_ me. I pointed out, “She is more patient and is neater than I have ever been.” My mom said these were wonderful _45_, but I was the only person who could fill my _46_. She made me realize that even with my _47_, - and they were many-I was a loved member of the family who couldnt be replaced.I became a searcher, _48_ who I was and what made me unique. My _49_ of myself was changing. I wanted a solid base to start from. I started to resist pressure to _50_ in ways that I didnt like any more, and I _51_ who I really was. I came to feel much more _52_ that no one can ever take my place.Each of us _53_ a unique place in the world.You are special, no matter what others say or what you may think. So _54_ about being replaced. You _55_ be.36.A. and B. but C. as D. for37.A. leave B. replace C. receive D. like38.A. easy B. hard C. fun D. long39.A. made B. kept C. left D. forced40.A. playing B. eating C. staying D. travelling416.A. family B. friends C. relatives D. neighbors42.A. loved B. mentioned C. cared D. missed43.A. since B. as C. while D. unless44.A. scold B. compare C. replace D. match45.A. qualities B. girls C. people D. times46.A. character B. role C. task D. form47.A. faults B. advantages C. manners D. pities48.A. looking B. looking back C. seeking out D. giving up49.A. picture B. view C. sense D. idea50.A. think B. learn C. change D. act51.A. hated B. celebrated C. wished D. expected52.A. sure B. doubtful C. happy D. lonely53.A. takes B. catches C. seizes D. holds54.A. talk B. forget C. care D. argue55.A. mustnt B. shouldnt C. cant D. needntKey: 36-40 BDACC 41-45 ADCCA 46-50 BACBD 51-55 BADBC【文章大意】本文是夹叙夹议类文章。作者通过自己的经历说明，每一个人都是独特的，是其他人无法取代的。作者首先叙述自己的经历，然后发表自己对个人价值的观点。理清文章的结构，把作者叙述的故事和作者想要表达的观点结合起来分析是做好这篇完形填空的关键。36.B.此处作者说明自己外表反叛，但内心渴望别人的喜欢。37.D.作者内心希望别人“喜欢”她。38.A.从后面作者“好几次感到不安全”看，此处作者是说旅途一点不容易。39.C.leave sb.+adj.表示“使某人处于。状态”，此处作者的意思是有一种情况特别危险，自己能活下来就谢天谢地了。40.C.表示朋友跟我们住在一起。41.A.此处指作者的“家人”。42.D.此处作者看到家人对朋友那么好，以至产生疑问：如果我不在，他们会想念我吗？43.C.while此处引导让步状语从句，“尽管”。44.C.母亲的意思是没有人能“取代”我，match意为“比得上”45.A.母亲赞扬朋友身上的一些优秀“品质”。Qualities“品质”46.B.fill ones role“填补某人的作用”此处作者表达的还是没有人能取代我。47.A.此处指作者身上的缺点，即使有很多缺点，但还是没有人能取代我。48.C.seeking out 在句中作伴随状语，“探求”。作者在探求自己的缺点是什么。49.B.作者对自己的观点发生了变化。此处不是“照片”，更不是“主意”50.D.自己拒绝像过去那样的“行为”的压力，而原来的方式作者已经不再喜欢了。其他选项太片面，偏离了作者表达的中心。51.B.作者找到了自己的特点，故“庆幸”自己就是自己，没有人能取代。52.A.作者对自己更有信心了。53.D.我们每一个人都在世界上占据了一个独特的位置，没有人能取代。54.B.作者用自己的经历警示读者，不要去考虑“被人取代”这一问题。55.C.作者最后强调你“不可能“被取代。第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）阅读下面短文，从各题A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。AIts interesting that technology often works as a servant for us, yet frequently we become a servant to it. Email is a useful tool but many feel controlled by this new tool. The average business person is getting about 80 emails per day and many feel that about 80%of the messages in their in box are of little or no value.So, I have four suggestions to help you to become better at “Erasing Email”1.get off the lists. The best way to deal with a problem is to never have it. If you are receiving a lot of unwanted emails, ask to be removed from the various lists. This would include your inclusion in unwanted lists.2. “unlisted address”. Just as you keep an unlisted telephone number that you share only with those whom you want to have direct access to , you might want to get a separate email address only for the important communications you wish to receive.3.check it once or twice per day. Many I speak with are becoming chained to their email server, monitoring incoming email continuously. Maybe this is because email creates its own sense of urgency, but most of the communications are not all that urgent. I respond to them a couple of times per day.4. deal with it. As you open each email, do one of the following:a. if it requires a quick response, respond to it and delete it.b. if it requires a response but is not the best use of your time, try to find someone else to do it.c. if it is going to take any serious amount of time to respond, schedule it for action in your day planner and then download the message, save it, or print it out for future action.I personally receive about 250 emails per day and by practising the suggestions above, I can handle that volume in about an hour, taking advantage of this fantastic tool but not being controlled by it to make sure Im doing more important tasks in my day.56. if you get unwanted emails, the best you can do is to_.A.make a list of themB.put them into unwanted listsC. send them to a special addressD. ask to be deleted from different listsD考查细节理解。根据第三段The best way to deal with a problem is to never have it. If you are receiving a lot of unwanted emails, ask to be removed from the various lists.可知D正确。57. For the important communications, the writer suggests that you _.A. have a direct access for themB. have several email servers for themC. get a separate email address for themD. get an unlisted phone number for themC考查细节理解。根据文中you might want to get a separate email address only for the important communications you wish to receive.可知选C。58. To avoid being chained by the coming emails, what you can do is to_.A. respond urgent ones onlyB. reply to all of them at the same timeC.handle them a couple of times dailyD. keep replying to emails all day longC考查细节理解。根据文中I respond to them a couple of times per day可知C正确。59. To deal with an email you get, you can do the following except_.A. responding right away if its urgentB. downloading every email before you replyC. scheduling it for later reply if it takes much timeD. asking someone else to reply to it if its not at your convenienceB考查细节理解。根据文中if it is going to take any serious amount of time to respond, schedule it for action in your day planner and then download the message, save it, or print it out for future action可知选B。【答案】DCCBBIn Britain and other countries, young people sometimes take a gap year, a year off between high school and college. This idea never gained a big following in America. Recent news reports have suggested that interest may be growing , though there are no official numbers.Charles Deacon, Dean of Admissions at Georgetown University in Washington, DC estimate that in the current first-year class of 1600 students, only about 25 decided to take a year off. He says this number hasnt changed much over the years.Mr.Deacon says the most common reason for taking a gap year is to have a chance to travel, but he says inernational students may take a gap year to meet requirements at home for military duty.Some high school graduates see a year off as a chance to recover after twelve years of required education, but it can also give students a chance to explore their interests. Students hoping to be doctors, for example, could learn about the profession by volunteering in a hospital.Many colleges and universities support gap-year projects by permitting students to delay their admission. Experts say students can grow emotionally and intellectually as they work at something they enjoy.The Harvard admissions office has an essay on its Web site called “Time Out or Burn Out for the Next Generation.” It praises the idea of taking time off to step back, think and enjoy gaining life experiences outside the pressure of studies. It also notes that students are sometimes admitted to Harvard or other colleges partly because they did something unusual with that time.Of couse, a gap year is not for everyone. Students might miss their friends who go on directly to college , and parents might worry that their children will decide not to go to college once they take time off. Another concern is money. A year off, away from home, can be costly.Holly Bulls job is to specialize in helping students plan their gap year. She notes that several books have been written about this subject. She says these books along with media attention and the availability of information on the Internet have increased inerest in the idea of a year off, and she points out that many gap-year programs cost far less than a year of college.60. What is the passage mainly about?A. If you want to go to an American university, take a gap year first.B. More and more American students are choosing to take a year off.C. It is likely that taking a gap year is becoming popular in America.D. Americans hold different opinions towards students taking a gap year.C考查推理、判断。根据Recent news reports have suggested that interest may be growing , though there are no official numbers.和She says these books along with media attention and the availability of information on the Internet have increased inerest in the idea of a year off可知C正确。61. How many reasons for students taking a gap year are mentioned in passage?A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5C考查细节理解。根据文中1. have a chance to travel 2. take a gap year to meet requirements at home for military duty 3. a chance to recover after twelve years of required education 4. a chance to explore their interests等四种。62. The esssay “time out or burn out for the next generation” suggests that_.A. every student must take a gap year before applying for a famous universityB. some famous universities encouage students to gain more life experiencesC. taking a gap year can make students free from life learningD. the stress of studies does harm to the students healthB考查细节理解。根据It praises the idea of taking time off to step back, think and enjoy gaining life experiences outside the pressure of studies可知。63.What can we learn from the passage?A. Charles Deacon doesnt support the idea of the students taking a gap yearB. Books and media have contributed to the students inerest in school learningC. Parents might disagree with the program, concerned about their childrens future.D. Experts agree taking a year off will benefit the students emotionally and physically.C考查推理、判断。根据parents might worry that their children will decide not to go to college once they take time off可知C正确。【答案】CCBCCMore surprising, perhaps, than the current difficulties of traditioanal marriage is the fact that marriage itself is alive and thriving(兴盛)。As Skolnick notes, Americans are marrying people-relative to Europeans, more of us marry and we marry at a younger age. Moreover, after a decline in the early 1970s, the rate of marriage in the United States is now increasing. Even the divorce rate needs to be taken in this pro-marriage context: some 80percent of divorced individuals remarry. Thus, marriage remains, by far, the preferred way of life for the vast majority of people in our society.What has changed more than marriage is the nuclear family. Twenty-five years ago, the typical American family consisted of a husband, a wife and two or three children. Now, there are many marriages in which couples have decided not to have any children. And there are many marriages where at least some of the children are from the wifes previous marriage, or the husbands, or both. Sometimes these children spend all their time with one parent from the former marriage; sometimes they are shared between the two former spouses.Thus, one can find the very type of family arrangement. There are marriages without children; marriages with children from only the present marriage; marriages with full time children from the present marriage and part time children from former marriages. These are stepfathers, stepmothers, half-brothers, and half-sisters. It is not all the unusual for a child to have four parents and eight grandparents! There are enormous changes from the traditional nuclear family. But even so, even in the midst of all this, one thing remains constant: most Americans spend most of their adult lives married.64. By calling Americans marrying people the author means that_.A. more of Americans, as compared with Eroupeans, prefer marriage and they accept it at a younger ate.B. Americans expect more out of marriage than EuropeansC. there are more married couples in USA than in EuropeD. Americans are more traditional than Europeans.D考查推理、判断。根据More surprising, perhaps, than the current difficulties of traditioanal marriage is the fact that marriage itself is alive and thriving(兴盛)。As Skolnick notes, Americans are marrying people-relative to Europeans, more of us marry and we marry at a younger age可知D正确。65. Which of the following can be presented as the picture of todays American families?A. A typical American family consists of only a husband and a wife.B. Many types of family arrangements have become socially acceptable.C. Americans prefer to have more kids than before.D. There are no nuclear families any more.B考查推理、判断。根据文章最后一段可知。66.Even though great changes have taken place in the structure of American families_.A. the functions of marriage remain unchangedB. most Americans prefer a second marriageC. the vast majority of Americans still have faith in marriageD. marriage is still enjoyed by all Americans.C考查推理、判断。根据There are enormous changes from the traditional nuclear family. But even so, even in the midst of all this, one thing remains constant: most Americans spend most of their adult lives married.可知C正确。【答案】DBCDTrapped on the 37th FloorMelinda Skaar wasnt expecting any phone calls. Skaar was working late in her office at the First Internet bank of California. By 10:45 that night she was almost ready to go home when the phone rang.Picking it up, she heard a guard shouting. There is a fire! Get out of there.Skaar didnt panic. She figured that it was just a small fire. Her office building was huge. There were 62 floors and her desk was on the 37th floor.S