1、 1 / 10 密云密云区区 2020-2021 学年第学年第一一学期学期期中试题期中试题 高高三三英语试卷英语试卷 2020.11 考考 生生 须须 知知 1、本试卷满分 100 分。 2、本试卷考试时间 90 分钟。 3、在本试卷答题纸上认真填写考生信息。 第一部分：知识运用（共两节，25 分） 第一节 完形填空（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，共 10 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，并在答题 卡上将该项涂黑。 “Just sign here, sir,” the deliveryman said as he handed Osca
2、r Reyna a package. The package consisted of a long, narrow box carefully wrapped in brown paper. 1 the box, Oscar saw an umbrella inside a very old one with a beautifully carved wooden handle. Although he had not seen it in more than 20 years, he recognized it 2 . Oscar was 16 when he first saw the
3、unusual umbrella. He had gone to a concert with his grandparents. As they were leaving, he noticed an umbrella on an empty seat, impressed by its 3 , Oscar felt a strong desire to find its owner. Oscar 4 the manager to look in the record of advance ticket sales. Just as he thought, a name 5 the seat
4、 where Oscar had found the umbrella. The name was Mrs. Katie OBrien. Oscar talked his grandparents into going by Mrs. OBriens 6 on their way home. He rang the bell, the door opened, and an elderly woman appeared. “May I help you?” she asked. “Id like to return it if its yours,” Oscar said, holding o
5、ut the umbrella as if presenting a 7 that had long been wished for. “Why, yes! Its mine,” replied Mrs. OBrien with a wide smile and shining eyes. “It was given to me by my father years ago. Thank you so much for returning it. May I offer you a reward for your 8 ?” “No, maam,” he said, “My grandmothe
6、r says that a good deed is its own reward.” “Well, thats 9 what my father used to say. What is your name, young man?” Years later Oscar was staring at the finely carved handle of the umbrella as he remembered Mrs. OBrien. It was in perfect condition, considering how old it was. Why had it arrived he
7、re today? As if in answer, a note fell from the paper. It reads: Mrs. OBrien wanted to 10 this umbrella as a present for a kind, unselfish gesture long ago. 1. A. Opening B. Closing C. Touching D. Searching 2. A. clearly B. fully C. immediately D. suddenly 3. A. history B. shape C. length D. beauty
8、4. A. encouraged B. convinced C. forced D. advised 5. A. called B. matched C. written D. taken 6. A. family B. theater C. house D. neighborhood 7. A. chance B. fact C. result D. gift 8. A. kindness B. patience C. courage D. determination 9. A. obviously B. naturally C. exactly D. probably 10. A. pos
9、sess B. accept C. refuse D. value 2 / 10 第二节 语法填空（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，共 15 分） 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1 个适当的单词，在给出提示 词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。 A The interesting part of a book is stored in your mind as a seed. Now this seed is unknowingly used by you in your future to develop new ideas. The same seed
10、 if 11 (use) many times, can help you link and relate a lot of things, of which you would never have thought of in your wildest dreams! This is nothing but creativity. The larger number of books you read, the broader 12 (you) mind will be l. Also this improves your speaking skills to a large extent
11、and also makes a significant contribution to your vocabulary. Within no time can you start speaking English or any language 13 (fluent) with your friends or other people and you never seem to run out of the right words at the right time. B Our school organized us to watch the live show of the 60th A
12、nniversary of Miyun Reservoir yesterday, through which I learned about its history, the local peoples contribution in the process. Miyun Reservoir was built 60 years ago 14 (solve) the flood in Chaobai River and provide sufficient water supply for Beijing. At that time, there was no modern equipment
13、 and the reservoir was built 15 hands and wheelbarrows. 200,000 workers and soldiers worked hard and sweated in the place. In order to make room for the construction of Miyun Reservoir, more than 60, 000 local residents 16 (leave) the places where they had stayed for generations. As a member in Miyu
14、n, I decide to volunteer in all kinds of 17 (activity) of building my hometown more beautiful. C A warning system to prevent people from falling asleep while driving was introduced at the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services, 18 was held from September 4 to 9 in Beijing. It can judge
15、whether the driver is drowsy(昏昏欲睡的) by monitoring how long the drivers eyes close or if his or her head drops. If the driver enters a state of tiredness, the system 19 (sound) an alarm until the drivers eyes reopen and he or she starts to blink at a normal frequency. In the future, other dangerous d
16、riving behaviors, such as not wearing a seat belt and making phone calls while 20 (drive), might also be added into this warning system. 第二部分：阅读理解（共三节，55 分） 第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，共 30 分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂 黑。 A A gadget which makes water out of air could become the greatest
17、household invention since the microwave. Using the same technology as a dehumidifier(除湿器), the Water Mill is able to create a ready supply of drinking water because it can always get it from an unlimited sourcethe air. The company behind the machine says not only does it offer an alternative to bott
18、led water in developed countries, but it is a solution for the millions who face a daily water shortage. The machine works by drawing in wet air through a filter(过滤器)and over a cooling instrument which 3 / 10 changes it into water droplets. It can produce up to 12 liters a day. The Water Mill will a
19、lso produce more water when storms pass over, as the amount of water which is contained in the air increases. In keeping with its eco-development, the machine uses the same amount of electricity as three lights. Inventor Jonathan Ritchey said: “The demand for water is off the chart. So people are lo
20、oking for freedom from water distribution systems that are shaky and unreliable.” The machine, which is about 3 feet wide, is likely to cost800 when it goes on sale here in the spring. Its maker, Canadian Firm Element Four, roughly calculates that a liter of water costs around 20p to produce. Enviro
21、nmentalists state that half the worlds population will face water shortage because of climate change by 2080. One in five is said to lack access to safe drinking. The Water Mill is not effective in areas where the amount of water contained in the air is below about 30 percent, but in Britain that wo
22、nt be much of a problem. 21. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to? A. Water Mill. B. Invention. C. Microwave. D. Drinking water. 22. What do we learn about the machine? A. It absorbs steam and turns it into water. B. It is very expensive for families to afford. C. It works in t
23、he same way as microwaves. D. It helps to make the water clean to drink. 23. Whats the best title for the passage? A. A New Way to Solve Water Problem. B. A Dehumidifier to Produce Water. C. A Machine to Make Water out of Air. D. An Absolutely New Invention. B Barditch High School decided to have an
24、 All-School Reunion. Over 450 people came to the event. There were tours of the old school building and a picnic at Confederate Park. Several former teachers were on hands to tell stories about the old days. Ms. Mabel Yates, the English teacher for fifty years, was wheeled to the park. Some eyes rol
25、led and there were a few low groans(嘟囔声)when Ms.Yates was about to speak. Many started looking at their watches and coming up with excuses to be anywhere instead of preparing to listen to a lecture from an old woman who had few kind words for her students and made them work harder than all the other
26、 teachers combined. Then Ms. Yates started to speak: “I cant tell you how pleased I am to be here. I havent seen many of you since your graduation, but I have followed your careers and enjoyed your victories as well as crying for your tragedies. I have a large collection of newspaper photographs of
27、my students. Although I havent appeared in person, I have attended your college graduations, weddings and even the birth of your children, in my imagination.” Ms. Yates paused and started crying a bit. Then she continued: “It was my belief that if I pushed you as hard as I could, some of you would s
28、ucceed to please me and others would succeed to annoy me. Regardless of our motives, I can see that you have all been successful in your chosen path.” “There is no greater comfort for an educator than to see the end result of his or her years of work. You have all been a great source of pleasure and
29、 pride for me and I want you to know I love you all from the bottom of my heart.” 4 / 10 There was a silence over the crowd for a few seconds and then someone started clapping. The clapping turned into cheering, then into a deafening roar(呼喊). Lawyers, truck drivers, bankers and models were rubbing
30、their eyes or crying openly with no shame all because of the words from a long forgotten English teacher from their hometown. 24. What activity was organized for the school reunion? A. Telling stories about past events. B. A picnic on the school playground. C. Sightseeing in the park. D. Graduates r
31、eports in the old building. 25. What can be inferred from Paragraph 2? A. Some graduates were too busy to listen to Ms. Yates speech. B. Some people got tired from the reunion activities. C. Many graduates disliked Ms. Yates ways of teaching. D. Most people had little interest in the reunion. 26. We
32、 can learn from Ms. Yates speech that she _. A. went to her students wedding ceremonies B. gave her students advice on their careers C. attended her students college graduations D. kept track of her students progress. 27. Which of the following can best describe Ms. Yates? A. Reliable and devoted. B
33、. Strict but caring. C. Proud but patient. D. Tough and generous. C In a recent announcement, Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology（MIT）said that they have joined forces to offer free online courses in an effort to attract millions of online learners worldwide. Beginning this fall, a
34、 number of courses developed by teachers at both universities will be offered online through a new $60 million program, known as edX. “Anyone with an Internet connection anywhere in the world can use our online courses,” Harvard President Drew Faust said during a meeting to announce the plan. MIT ha
35、s offered a program called OpenCourseWare for ten years that makes materials from more than 2,000 classes free online. It has been used by more than 100 million people. In December, the school announced it also would begin offering a special certificate, known as MITx, for people who complete certai
36、n online courses. Harvard has long offered courses to a wider population through a similar program. The MITx will serve as the foundation for the new learning platform. MIT President Susan Hockfield said more than 120,000 people signed up for the first MITx course. She said Harvard and MIT hope othe
37、r universities will join them in offering courses on the open-source edX platform. “Fasten your seatbelts,” Hockfield said. Other universities, including Stanford, Yale and Carnegie-Mellon, have been experimenting with teaching to a global population online. The Harvard-MIT program will be monitored
38、 by a not-for-profit（非盈利的）organization based in Cambridge, to be owned equally by the two universities. Both MIT and Harvard have provided $30 million to start the program. They also plan to use the edX platform to research how students learn and which teaching methods and tools are most successful.
39、 28. According to this text, edX is _. A. a Harvard-MIT platform of free online courses 5 / 10 B. a part of the free MIT OpenCourseWare C. a free computer program by MIT and Harvard D. a free program online for universities worldwide 29. What is said about online education in the text? A. About 2,00
40、0 online courses have been offered. B. Universities have been trying online courses. C. Over 100 million people have finished courses online. D. Stanford and Yale together have courses similar to edX. 30. The underlined part in the text probably means “ ”. A. Get ready for the difficulties B. Get pr
41、epared to complete the online courses C. Get ready for this educational change D. Get prepared to make materials for the edX courses 31. What can be said about MITx according to the text? A. It is first offered as part of the edX learning program. B. It is another free MIT-Harvard online learning pr
42、ogram. C. It is a new kind of free online course of Harvard and MIT. D. It is a standard to recognize online learners achievement. D Why should mankind explore space? Why should money, time and effort be spent exploring and researching something with so few apparent benefits? Why should resources be
43、 spent on space rather than on conditions and people on Earth? These are questions that, understandably, are very often asked. Perhaps the best answer lies in our genetic makeup as human beings. What drove our ancestors to move from the trees into the plains, and on into all possible areas and envir
44、onments? The wider the spread of a species, the better its chance of survival. Perhaps the best reason for exploring space is this genetic tendency to expand wherever possible. Nearly every successful civilization has explored, because by doing so, any dangers in surrounding areas can be identified
45、and prepared for. Without knowledge, we may be completely destroyed by the danger. With knowledge, we can lessen its effects. Exploration also allows minerals and other potential resources to be found. Even if we have no immediate need of them, they will perhaps be useful later. Resources may be mor
46、e than physical possessions. Knowledge or techniques have been acquired through exploration. The techniques may have medical applications which can improve the length or quality of our lives. We have already benefited from other spin-offs including improvements in earthquake prediction, in satellite
47、s for weather forecasting and in communications systems. Even non-stick pans and mirrored sunglasses are by-products (副产品) of technological developments in the space industry. While many resources are spent on what seems a small return, the exploration of space allows creative, brave and intelligent
48、 members of our species to focus on what may serve to save us. While space may hold many wonders and explanations of how the universe was formed or how it works, it also holds dangers. The danger exists, but knowledge can help human being to survive. Without the ability to reach out across space, the chance to save ourselves might not exist. 6 / 10 While Earth is the only planet known to support life, surely the adaptive ability of hu
