四川省宜宾市第四中学2020届高三英语上学期期中试题

本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共100分）和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题，共50分)两部分。总分150分，考试时间120分钟。

第Ⅰ卷 选择题（100分）

注意事项：

1．答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、班级、考号用0.5毫米的黑色墨水签字笔填写在答题卡上。并检查条形码粘贴是否正确。

2．1-60小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔填涂在答题卡对应题目标号的位置上，非选择题用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔书写在答题卡对应框内，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。

3．考试结束后，将答题卡收回。

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1.What does the man think the woman should do at 4:00？

A. Write a report. B. Meet Mr. Black. C. Pick up her parents.

2.What was the weather like in the morning？

A. Cloudy. B. Windy. C. Sunny.

3.Where are the speakers？

A. At a ball field. B. In a classroom. C. At a hospital.

4.What is the woman's advice？

A. Selling the old table. B. Buying two bookshelves. C. Moving some furniture.

5.How often does the man write to his parents？

A. Twice a week. B. Twice a month. C. Three times a month.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

听下面5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟；听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6.What volunteer work does Lucy sometimes do？

A. She helps old people.

B. She takes care of animals.

C. She teaches homeless children.

7.How much time per week does Lucy usually do volunteer work？

A. Two days. B. One day. C. Five hours.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8.How far can the woman run in an hour on the running machine？

A. About five kilometers. B. About eight kilometers. C. About ten kilometers.

9.What is the probable relationship between the speakers？

A. Club worker and customer.

B. Coach and athlete.

C. Co-workers.

听第8段材料，回答第10-12题。

10.What did the man think of the woman's idea at first？

A. He doubted it.

B. He agreed with it.

C. He strongly opposed it.

11.Why does the woman want to plant things？

A. To work outside more.

B. To be like the neighbors.

C. To make the house more beautiful.

12.What flowers does the woman want？

A. Pink ones. B. Purple ones. C. Yellow ones.

听第9段材料，回答第13-16题。

13.What is the man?

A. A professor. B. A student. C. A researcher.

14.What can the Cornell Notes system help students do?

A. Recite notes. B. Copy notes. C. Organize notes.

15.What should be avoided according to the system?

A. Main ideas of the text or speech.

B. Questions related to the review.

C. Long ideas and sentences.

16.Where should students write a summary?

A. On the left. B. In the bottom. C. On the right.

听第10段材料，回答第17-20题。

17.Who is Miss White?

A. A guest. B. A listener. C. A boss.

18.What did Tony Marsons do last week?

A. He hosted Talk Back.

B. He took a few days off work.

C. He wrote a letter to the speaker.

19.What was the speaker disappointed at about her trip?

A. The food. B. The weather. C. The local people.

20.What advice does John give to the show?

A. Invite fewer guests to the show.

B. Provide an after-show online program.

C. Answer more questions during the show.

第二部分：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。

A

Opening Times of the British Museum

For everyone’s safety all bags, rucksacks, packages and personal items may be searched before entry. Wheeled cases and large items of luggage are not allowed on British Museum premises. Storage for luggage is available at major rail stations, including Euston, King’s Cross and Charing Cross.

Admission and opening times

Free, open daily 10：00–17：30.

The Museum is closed on 1 January and 24, 25 & 26 December, but open every other day of the year.

Gallery opening times

Museum galleries are open daily 10：00–17：30, and most are open until 20：30 on Fridays. Closing starts from 17：20 (20：20 on Fridays).

Bank holiday opening hours

The Museum is closed only on bank holidays that fall on 1 January or 25 & 26 December. The Museum is open as normal on all other bank holidays. Please note, however, that the availability of free tours and talks may be substantially reduced on public holidays.

Great Court opening times

The Great Court, including the Information Desk, is open daily 09.00–18.00 and until 20.30 on Fridays. The Ticket Desk is open daily from 09.00-17.00 and until 19:45 on Fridays.

Fridays open late

The following galleries are open until 20.30 on Fridays (except Good Friday).

Africa: The Sainsbury Galleries Room 25

Americas: North America Galleries Room 26

China, South Asia and Southeast Asia: The Joseph E Hotung Gallery Room 33

Chinese jade: The Selwyn and Ellie Alleyne Gallery Room 33b

Medieval Europe: The Sir Paul and Lady Ruddock Gallery Room 40

……

School times at exhibitions

Exhibitions are sometimes closed to the public for exclusive school viewings, please look at exhibition ticket pages for dates.

Temporary gallery closures

Galleries may occasionally be closed for maintenance or long-term refurbishment.

21.What should be stored before you enter the British Museum?

A. Small bags. B. Wheeled bags. C. Personal items. D. Rucksacks.

22.What time can you visit the British Museum?

A. At 10.00 on 1 January. B. At 17.00 on 25 December.

C. At 18.00 on Fridays. D. At 20.30 on Bank holidays.

23.Which gallery only houses Chinese treasures?

A. The Sainsbury Galleries.

B. North America Galleries.

C. The Joseph E Hotung Gallery.

D. The Selwyn and Ellie Alleyne Gallery.

B

When Randy Heiss went hiking behind his Patagonia, Ariz. farm, the last thing he expected to find was a Christmas list from a little girl across the US-Mexico border. “I found this balloon on my morning walk near Patagonia on Sunday. Attached to it was a piece of paper with the Christmas wishes from a little girl,” Heiss wrote on his Facebook page.

When he brought the list home to his wife, who speaks fluent Spanish, they determined that the little girl had asked for Enchantimals toys, clothes, art supplies and various other gifts. That's when Heiss set out to make the little girl's Christmas dreams come true. Heiss said he had attempted to send Christmas letters to Santa Claus via balloon when he was a kid but never received a response.

Heiss sent a Facebook message on Wednesday to XENY, a radio station in Nogales, to see if it could help him track down the girl or her family. He later received a response from the station, which had determined the author of the letter was an 8-year-old girl named Dayami, and the station wanted to set up a meeting between the two on Thursday. “It just changed my entire day,” Heiss told the Washington Post. “Instead of going back to my office in Bisbee, I went with my wife to Walmart. “

The couple bought almost everything on Dayami's list. They also brought a few gifts for Dayami's little sister, Ximena. They told the children they were “ ayudantes de Santa,” or Santa's helpers.

Heiss,60, said the experience was very healing for him and his wife. Nine years ago,the couple's only son died. “ Being around children at Christmas time has been absent in our lives,” Heiss said. We now have friends for life. For a day, that border fence with its concertina wire melted away.

24.How did Dayami send out her Christmas wishes?

A. By calling Heiss. B. By attaching them to a balloon.

C. By writing to a radio station. D. By sending a Facebook message.

25.When did Heiss know what the girl exactly wanted?

A. After the help of his wife. B. When he found the balloon.

C. After their meeting in America. D. When he got a response from the radio station.

26.What might make Heiss decide to fulfill the little girl's Christmas wishes?

A. His son's will. B. The girls request for help.

C. His similar unsuccessful experience. D. His desire to make friends with the girl.

27.What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. The couple got out of the pain completely.

B. The experience was a great relief to the couple.

C. The couple would help more children from Mexico.

D. There will be no border between countries one day.

C

A large body of research has been developed in recent years to explain many aspects of willpower. Most of the researchers exploring self-control do so with an obvious goal in mind: How can willpower be strengthened? If willpower is truly a limited resource, as the research suggests, what can be done to make it stay strong?

Avoiding temptation (诱惑) is an effective method for maintaining self-control, which is called the “out of sight, out of mind” principle. One recent study, for instance, found office workers less attracted to candy in the desk drawer than that on top of their desks, in plain sight.

The research suggesting that we possess a limited reservoir of self-control raises a troubling question. When we face too many temptations, are we to fail? Not necessarily. Researchers don’t believe that one’s willpower is ever completely exhausted. Rather, people appear to hold some willpower in reserve, saved for future demands. The right motivation allows us to tap into those reserves, allowing us to carry on even when our self-control strength has been run down. High motivation might help overcome weakened willpower-at least to a point.

Willpower may also be made less vulnerable（脆弱）to being exhausted in the first place. Researchers who study self-control often describe it as being like a muscle that gets tired with heavy use. But there is another aspect to the muscle comparison, they say. While muscles become exhausted by exercise in the short term, they are strengthened by regular exercise in the long term. Similarly, regular practices of self-control may improve willpower strength.

The evidence from willpower-exhaustion studies also suggests that making a list of resolutions on New Year’s Eve is the worst possible approach. Being exhausted in one area can reduce willpower in other areas, so it makes more sense to focus on a single goal at a time. In other words, don’t try to quit smoking, adopt a healthy diet and start a new exercise plan at the same time. Taking goals one by one is a better approach. Once a good habit is in place, Baumeister says, you’ll no longer need to draw on your willpower to maintain the behavior. Eventually healthy habits will become routine, and won’t require making decisions at all.

28.From the studies in the passage we learn that .

A. people have unlimited self-control B. high motivation ensures one’s success

C. willpower is hardly completely exhausted D. too many temptations often lead to failure

29.The underlined phrase “tap into” in Paragraph 3 most probably means .

A. make use of B. run out of

C. build D. increase

30.The author compares self –control to muscles .

A. to prove the long-term effect of willpower

B. to show the significance of regular exercise

C. to argue that self-control can he easily used up

D. to explain the benefits of practicing self-control

31.To develop a good habit, which of the following does the author prefer?

A. “I will give up dessert and do exercise.”

B. “I will set three goals this new semester.”

C. “I will read an English novel every month.”

D. “I will keep myself from any temptation.”

D

Nearly every week, we hear news about the latest successes and failures in driverless vehicles. But we hear little about how other industries are developing this same kind of technology. One industry heavily involved in researching and developing artificial intelligence, or AI, is agriculture. Companies are experimenting with high-tech tools that can help farmers save time and money, while reducing environment-harming chemicals.

One of the companies is ecoRobotix of SwitzerLand, It created a robot equipped with AI and cameras to identify all plants on a farm The robot has four wheels to carry it through the fields in search of weeds. Computercontrolled arms then lower and spray the weeds with small amounts of herbicide(除草剂). Company officials say the robot can fully operate on its own for up to 12 hours a day while being powered by the sun It uses the same kind of sensor and positioning technology used to guide driverless vehicles. A farmer can also control the equipment through a smart-phone.

The co-founder of ecoRobotix, Aurelien Demaurex, says the farm robot can kill weeds with 20 times 1ess herbicide than traditional methods. This is because the system uses exactly the right amount of chemical in the exact place required to kill the weeds. Currently, farmers spread weed killers over massive areas to destroy unwanted plants.

Another company developing farm robotics is California-based Blue River Technology. The company has a system called "See & Spray", which it claims was the world's first smart sprayer. The system-which connects to the back of a tractor-is also equipped with AI to identify and chemically kill only the weeds. It can also spray chemicals on wanted plants to help them grow. Ben Chostner, vice-president of business development for Blue River Technology, explains in a company video that See & Spray technology uses the same deep Learning methods used in facial recognition. "The first time the machine saw a pigweed, it didn't know what kind of plant it was. But we taught it-by giving it tens of thousands of examples of that pigweed-and now it's an expert in pigweed. "

32.How will AI benefit agriculture?

A. It will fund agriculture research. B. It contributes to low-cost farming.

C. It can avoid harmful chemicals. D. It frees all farmers from field work.

33.What do the products of the two companies have in common?

A. They use recognition technology. B. They are powered by solar energy.

C. They are connected with smart phones. D. They can help wanted plants grow rapidly.

34.What do Ben Chostner's words suggest about the robot?

A. It is environmentally-friendly. B. It is good at self-improving.

C. It has the learning ability. D. It can track various plants.

35.What is mainly talked about in the text？

A. The experiment in farming robots. B. New trend in artificial intelligence.

C. Modern See & Spray technology. D. Artificial intelligence in agriculture.

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白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Every minute，every single day，about a truckload of plastic enters our oceans．36. And to date，only 9％of that has been recycled．

We buy a bottle of water，drink it for a few minutes，and toss its permanent packaging“away”．We eat potato chips，finish them，then throw their permanent packaging“away”．We buy produce，take it out of the unnecessary plastic wrap，then throw its permanent packaging“away”．

The cycle is endless，and it happens countless times every single day．37. As far as we try to toss a piece of plastic—whether it’s into a recycling bin or not——it does not disappear．Chances are，it ends up polluting our communities，oceans or waterways in some form．

For years，we’ve been told the problem of plastic packaging can be solved through batter individual action．38. But the truth is that we cannot recycle our way out of this mess．

Recycling alone will never stop the flow of plastics into our oceans；we have to get to the source of the problem and slow down the production of all this plastic waste．Think about it：if your home was flooding because you had left the tap on，your first step wouldn’t be to start mopping．You’d first cut the flooding off at its source—the tap．39.

We need corporations—those like Coca-Cola，Unilever，Starbucks and Neatlé that continue to produce throwaway plastic bottles—to step up and take their responsibility for the mess they’ve created．40. ．We will continue to do our part，but it’s time for the world’s largest corporations to do theirs．

A．This is their problem to deal with．

B．Plastic pollution is becoming very serious．

C．But here is the problem—there is no“away”．

D．In many ways，our plastic problem is no different．

E．We think that if we simply recycle we’re doing our part．

F．It’s impossible for us to get rid of plastic pollution completely．

G．Since the 1950s，some 8．3bn tons of plastic have been produced worldwide．

第三部分：英语知识运用（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，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I used to watch her from my kitchen window when she played with boys on the playground. She seemed so small as she ____41___her way through the crowd of boys. A sea of children，and yet to me，she___42____ from them a11.She ___43____ to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net and no one could stop her.

I began to notice her practicing dribbling and shooting alone over and over again， sometimes until dark. One day I asked her why she practiced so much. Without ___44____ ，she said. “I want to play college basketball. My father told me if I was good enough，I would get a ____45___，which was the only way for me to go to college. My Daddy said if the dream was big enough，the facts didn’t ___46____.”

Well，she was really ____47___ —I watched her practicing playing through those junior high years and into high schoo1.Every week，she ____48___her school team to victory.

One day in her senior year，I saw her ____49___ in the grass，head buried in her hands. I ____50____ her disappointment and I felt my own throat tighten. I sat down in the cool grass beside her and ____51____ asked what was wrong. “OH，nothing , ” came a soft ____52____ .“I am just too ___53_____.”The coach told her that at 5.5 feet she would probably never get to play for a top ranked team. She was heartbroken.

But after a while，she ____54____ her head from her hands and told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. They just did not understand the ____55____of a dream. He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good college，if she ____56____ wanted a scholarship，nothing could stop her except one thing—her own _____57___ .

The next year，as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game，she was ___58__ by a college recruiter(招聘员)。She was indeed ____59____a scholarship to a Division I，NCAA women’s basketball team and her dream came true. The words ___60_____in my ears again: If the dream is big enough，the facts don’t count.

41.A. felt B. lost C. inched D. muscled

42.A. stood out B. came out C. figured out D. made out

43.A. intended B. managed C. expected D. pretended

44.A. satisfaction B. effort C. hesitation D. doubt

45.A. scholarship B. budget C. allowance D. reward

46.A. care B. count C. spread D. control

47.A. positive B. negative C. outgoing D. determined

48.A. led B. provided C. drove D. pushed

49.A. roiling B. standing C. sitting D. relaxing

50.A. expressed B. touched C. sensed D. grasped

51.A. quietly B. anxiously C. initially D. simply

52.A. step B. reply C. relief D. sound

53.A. over-weighted B. tired C. disappointed D. short

54.A. nodded B. turned C. 1ifted D. shook

55.A. meaning B. weight C. power D. principle

56.A. gladly B. truly C. patiently D. bravely

57.A. habit B. attitude C. height D. interest

58.A. seen B. deserted C. punished D. adopted

59.A. required B. obtained C. chosen D. offered

60.A. inspired B. received C. discovered D. rang

第 Ⅱ 卷非选择题（50分）

第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

Paper-cutting was recognized as a national cultural heritage(遗产)in 2006.According to experts，paper-cutting conveys the culture shared between China 61. the West to wish for family reunions and maintain links with loved ones，alive or dead.

In the movie Coco，for instance，the 12-year-old Miguel and his family dance and sing to celebrate the Day of the Dead，a 62. (tradition)festival in Mexico，when colorful paper-cuts are hung on the street.Chinese people also cut images of small figures 63. (call) back the spirits of the dead.The difference is that most Chinese paper-cuts are red，while those in other countries 64. (be)often made in many other colors.

Fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen liked to cut 65. (character)，such as princesses and angels，out of paper while 66. (tell)stories to children.In China，female friends and family members used to chat and make paper-cuts together.

“ 67.the patterns and colors may be different，paper-cuts share the same function of maintaining emotional ties among people，”says Yang Huizi， 68. art teacher at Beijing Union.

Yang 69. (study)and performed the art for over a decade.Besides routine university courses，she also organizes nonprofit paper-cutting activities 70.are open to the public in Beijing to promote basic knowledge of paper-cutting.

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 (∧)，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—横线，并在该下面写出修改后的词。

注意：

1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

We had an English story—telling competition day before yesterday. It is required that all the entries be original and interesting, and be presenting in English within five minutes. All my classmates took an actively part in the activity. Two foreign English teachers were invited to act like judges. In the end, Li Ping had got the first place. All the participants said the activity benefited us a lot in many ways. Not only did it improved their spoken English, and it also brought them much fun. We all hope that such kinds of activity can be held again.

第二节 书面表达（满分25分）

假设你是李华，受学校委托，邀请在国际学校就读的英国朋友Eric一起参加本市纪念改革开放四十周年展览。请写一封邮件，告知其活动内容，要点如下:

1.时间、地点；

2.展览内容(照片、实物、高科技成果等)；

3.中外学生交流。

注意:

1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇:the 40th anniversary of reform and opening-up改革开放四十周年

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2019-2020学年秋四川省宜宾四中高三期中考试

英语试题答案

1．听力

1-5:BACCA 6-10:BCBAA 11-15:CABCC 16-20:BCABB

二．阅读理解

21-23:BCD 24-27:BACB 28-31:CADC 32-35:BACD 36-40:GCEDA

三．完形填空

41-45：DABCA 46-50:BDACC 51-55:ABDCC 56-60:BBADD

四．语法填空

61.and 62.traditional 63.to call 64.are 65.characters

66.telling 67.Though/While/Although 68.an 69.has studied 70.that/which

五．短文改错

六．书面表达

Dear Eric,

On behalf of our school, I am writing to invite you to an exhibition to celebrate the 40th anniversary of reform and opening-up in our city.

The exhibition will be held in the City Museum this weekend. At the exhibition you will enjoy various pictures and real objects of different periods, which will give you a real insight into the great changes in China. Besides, high-tech products will be on display to show the great achievements we have made. A wide range of activities are included. In particular, students from different countries are free to exchange their ideas about the exhibition in the meeting room at 4 pm.

I believe you will be impressed and have a better understanding of our city. Looking forward to your reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

四川省宜宾市第四中学2020届高三英语上学期期中试题201911110188