【KS5U解析】广东省中山市2020届高三上学期期末考试英语试题 Word版含解析

1、中山市高三年级2019-2020学年度第一学期期末统一考试英语科试卷本试卷共三部分，满分120分。考试用时120分钟。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、座位号填写在答 题卡卷头上。2. 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，如需改动用橡皮擦干 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位置上; 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。不按以上要求作答的答案 无效。4. 考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结

2、束后，将答题卡交回。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，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。aas the most wonderful tools for learning and teaching english, ipads appeal to more and more students who use them to access online resources in their classrooms. with the help of the thousands of educa

3、tion and language apps available in apple's 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 teaching english.grammar upgrammar is the heart of any language and, thus, the grammar up ap

4、p 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 1800 multiple-choice questions grouped under twenty different grammar categories.learn english th

5、e 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 to its picture.speakingpalrecommended as one of the best apps for english educators an

6、d 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 skills. you just have to speak with a video character and get immediate response on how w

7、ell you said and pronounced all your english words. in short, this app basically understands and rates your speech.wordflex touch dictionarturn your word-meanings search into a fun experience with the wordflex touch dictionary app! developed exclusively for ipad in association with the oxford univer

8、sity 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 audio pronunciations both in uk and us english, which is a great benefit for english lear

9、ners.ibooksibooks 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. the app features a beautiful bookshelf on which you can browse various books; tap a book to

10、 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 learn grammar?a. grammar upb. wordflex touch dictionaryc. learn english the fun wayd. speaking

11、pal2. 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 american english.c. speakingpal allows users to compete with a native english speaker.d. ibooks is

12、a free book library for english learners and teachers.3. what's the purpose of the text?a. to advertise apple's app store.b. to attract users to ipad.c. to distinguish some apps for english learning.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

13、。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 exercises such as matching an animal or a short description of something to its picture.可知“有趣学英语”是一个很棒语

14、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 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

15、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

16、.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 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。根据speakingpal中speakingpal allows users to record and compare their speech with a n

17、ative 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项中提到的english learners and teachers。b nothing good generally comes of a conversation that start with the words, "i think you should probably sit

18、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 neighbour's house had caught fire while they were out. the fire didn't spread to our house but the smoke very much did.it's weeks of either throwing out, or sending away

19、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 isn't enough. anything softsofas and carpets and childrens teddy bears, clothesis suspected. we will be seeing in the new year in a decidedly mini

20、malist fashion.what i didn't expect to feel, however, is this lucky. friends and neighbours have come together with incredible generosity. we will never again underestimate the closeness of the village community in which we live, or the innate kindness that is most people's natural reaction

21、to trouble, and are grateful to be reminded of so much that is good. but that's not the only thing i've learned. for in a sense, we have a chance to start again.the surprise on being forced to think about what might urgently need replacing is how short the list of essentials seems; how much

22、we must have been hanging on to out of habit, and how much we have been conditioned to think was important.it's all too easily assumed that family history lives in tangible(有形的)things old photographs, a dress bought decades ago for a night heavy with memories but that's not quite right. thes

23、e 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 save in a fire? ” is actually that nothing really matters but each other.4. what happened to the

24、author's 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. something that may be damaged.b. something that may not be genuine.c. something that may n

25、ot 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 community were close to each other.d. he was so lucky to find much that was good.7. how will th

26、e 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 neighbour's house had caught fire while they were out. the fire

27、didn't 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 thing into which smoke could have permeated(渗透)because the particles(微粒) are an ongoing health risk and

28、washing isn't 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 didn't expect to feel, however, is this lucky.作者没想到的是自己家很幸运，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 see

29、ing 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 “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

30、满足的，故选d。cwhen 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 smaller 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

31、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 grass. his chair was not just a place for him at table; it was a place in which he was situated against t

32、he 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 old house, dad still sat at the end of the table though the table was no longer his but mine. only with my m

33、arriage 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 family, but i also felt unwilling to introduce such a change. how would i feel sitting in that "head"

34、; place in my dad's presence? and how would he handle it? i was to find out on the occasion of our youngest child's first birthday.mom and dad arrived for lunch, and went into the dining room. dad moved toward his usual seat in front of the window. before he could get around the side of the

35、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 would have been easy to say, "my mistake, dad. sit where you always sit, ”

36、but i didn't.when he and mom were seated, barbara and i took our places. i don't 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 childhood and youth to the delight of his grandchildren. as i served th

37、e food, our lives experienced a change, which we continue to live with.it wasn't easy, but i sense that there is also something good in the change which has occurred. i am beginning to learn that "honoring one's father” is more than the question of which place to occupy at the dining ta

38、ble. 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 the end of the table before he retired?a. because t

39、he 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 second paragraph?a. the writer's parents moved out be

40、cause the house was too old.b. the writer didn't want to hurt his fathers feelings.c. the writer's wife was rude to his parents.d. the writer didn't dare to refuse his wife's request.10. which of the following is true according to the passage?a. dad felt upset after being removed fro

41、m 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 didn't appear to mind where he sat.11. what does the writer intend to tell us?a. respecting dad is more than the question of dining seat.b. it is not

42、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 which he was situated against the yard and t

43、he 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 unwilling to introduce such a change. how would i fee

44、l sitting in that "head" place in my dad's 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 is going to be your place, next to mom,

45、 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，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

46、最后一段i am beginning to learn that “honoring one's 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 magical moments, even be able to for

47、get 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.deven a small increase in light activity such as washing dishes, or walking around the house might help prevent an early death among older adults, researchers say.“i

48、t 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

49、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 the studies involved monitoring the physical activity of individuals who had activity trackers, and the st

50、udies did not rely on self-reporting, which, the experts noted, could be unreliable.for each study participants were split into four equal-sized groups, based on the total amount of time spent actively, and the risk of death assessed, taking into account factors such as age, sex, body mass index, an

51、d socioeconomic status. this was then repeated for an amount of activity at different levels of intensity. the results were analyzed together to give an overview. the team found a greater amount of activity was linked to a lower risk of death. the results held for different intensities of activity.

52、the team said the study supported the message “sit less and move more and more often”.however, the study had limitations. it only looked at the situation for middle age and older adults, most of whom lived in the us or europe, and some of the effect could be due to those people with a higher risk of

53、 death being less likely to be related to physical activity. physical activity levels also were only measured over one period of time.dr gavin sandercock, from the university of essex, said the results suggested moving more brought bigger benefits than simply reducing the time of sitting, another fa

54、ctor measured in the study.“this study reinforces the important message that getting the least active people to do even just a little bit more physical activity can have important public health benefits,” he said.12. which of the following may ulf ekelund suggest elderly people do?a. lying on the so

55、fa reading.b. doing a little gentle gardening.c. going out to hike with friends.d. playing basketball sometimes.13. what can we know about the research?a it lasted about 8 years.b. the researchers admitted they used fake data.c. the participants didn't include younger people.d. some participants

56、 died because of doing too much physical activity14. what is the authors attitude towards the researchers' conclusion?a. doubtfulb. criticalc. supportived. neutral15. which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “reinforces” in the last paragraph?a. highlightsb. conveysc.

57、excludesd. denies【答案】12. b 13. c 14. d 15. a【解析】本文是说明文。研究发现轻微活动能帮助预防老年人过早死亡，对老年人健康很有好处。【12题详解】推理判断题。根据第二段ulf ekelund 建议的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 eff

58、ects and is beneficial.对于无法做中等强度活动的老年人来说，轻度活动对健康很有好处。四个选项中doing a little gentle gardening属于轻度活动，其他不是。故选b。【13题详解】细节理解题。根据第三段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.可知参与调查的36,00

59、0人平均年龄是63岁，由此可知不包括年轻人。故选c。【14题详解】推理判断题。根据文中researchers say , said ulf ekelund, who led the research. dr gavin sandercock, from the university of essex, said, he said.等内容可知，作者只是陈述了研究结果和专家观点，并未掺杂自己观点，作者对研究结果是中立观点，不带感情色彩。故选d。【15题详解】猜测词义题。第一段even a small increase in light activity such as washing dishes, or walking around the house might help prevent an early death among older adults, 陈述研究结果，小的轻微活动能帮助预防老年人过早死亡。最后一段this study reinforces the important message t