1、山东省临沂市2020届高三英语上学期期末考试试题注意事项： 1答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡和试卷指定位置上。 2回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。 3考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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。AIs it possible to build muscle and meanwhile los
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7、 course promise to lose?A2 B4 C6 D83Where is the text 1ikely to be taken from?AA newspaper BA websiteCA fitness book DA biology magazineBYesterday，I drove my 23-year-old daughter to the nearby counseling center，to attempt once again to complete the treatmentI did my best to encourage and give her in
8、spiring support as she was feeling anxious of the whole processWhile we were waiting，just minutes before the center opened their door，a young girl the same age as my daughter，came inShe had a beautiful smile I remember，and spoke of her desire to make a difference for others like my daughter from a11
9、 she learned through her past drug abuseI felt that she was sincere in her desireIt had been two weeks since her stopping the use of drugsMy daughter was standing next to me and focused on doing her best to stay calm on the outside，while inside she was feeling quite anxious，so she barely noticed wha
10、t this girl was sayingYet，she did manage to open up and talk with her a bit about the noisy ceiling fan in the hall where we were waitingNext Friday，it will be a new opportunity for my daughter to try once again，as well as the possibility of being there for this young girl，tooI continue the example
11、ot sell-love for my daughter，strengthening this skill，while encouraging my daughters positive changesI noticed yesterday，my daughter called her friends，“I am a strong woman!”This made me smile，as a sudden gift to me from when I had been speaking to her enthusiastically about how we are strong women，
12、trying our best，and we overcome and win through our life challengesLet her know I believe in herWhile she was focused on the physical，in that moment，I think she was likely feeling strength in all ways，tooI hope so4What was the problem with the authors daughter?AShe was seriously i11BShe lost bravery
13、 to face lifeCShe had to receive an operationDShe was suffering from drugs5What did the authors daughter talk about with the young girl?AThe room facilityBThe anxiety of treatmentCThe crowded waiting hallDThe noisy patients around6What do we know about the authors daughter from the last paragraph?AS
14、he made friends with the girlBShe was cured completelyCShe regained confidenceDShe respected her mother7What may be the best title for the text?AWere Enough，Waiting For ChallengesBWere The World，Winning The FutureCWere Strong Women，Trying Our BestDWere On The Hard Way，Lacking Self-LoveCAll animalsfr
15、om humans to birds，worms and crocodilessleep，however，not all species sleep alikeScientists have long puzzled over which aspects are truly fundamentalNow a new study on lizards(蜥蜴)suggests that sleep states once thought to occur only in mammals and birds have much older evolutionary originsScientists
16、 had long doubted that birds and mammals are the only vertebrates(脊椎动物)to experience rapid eye movement(REM)，a sleep state in which the body is mostly immobile but the brain is overworkingDuring REM sleep，the brain produces high-frequency waves of electrical activity and the eyes turn suddenly from
17、time to timeIn humans，REM is closely linked to dreamingREM is a pattern of slow-wave sleep，a state in which brain activity weakens and the waves become more consistentThis slower state is widely thought to be important to memory formation and storage“But scientists who looked for signs of REM and sl
18、ow-wave sleep in reptiles(爬行动物) have hadconfusingresults，”says Gilles Laurent，a neuroscientist at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt，GermanySo he and his colleagues had planned to examine how the lizardsa common pet in Germany use visual information to chase treatsUsing camera，
19、the team found that the sleeping lizardseyes twitched during the REM-like stage，just like other animalsThey also found a very familiar pattern within the slower phase of the lizardsbrain wavesSome scientists believe these waves help transform new information into memories by replaying past events qu
20、icklyAlthough more studies are still needed to determine whether the function of these brain wave patterns is the same across species，the results suggest that these REM and slow-wave sleep patterns could date all the way back to the common ancestor of reptiles，birds，and mammals8What does paragraph 2
21、 mainly talk about?AThe origin of human dreamBThe definition and effect of REMCThe features and course of memoryDThe advantages and disadvantages of REM9Which of the following can best replace the underlined word“twitched”in paragraph 3 ?Aopened wide Bmoved quicklyCstayed closed Dkept still10How doe
22、s the lizardsbrain waves turn information into memories according to some scienfists?ABy increasing their frequency slowlyBBy changing their pattern occasionallyCBy playing back the past events quicklyDBy connecting visual information effectively11What can we infer from the 1ast paragraph?AThe funct
23、ion of the brain wave is the sameBAll the animals have the common ancestorCThe sleep pattern of all the animals is the sameDThe study about sleep pattern has a long way to goDA good way to look at failure straight in the face is by writing a failure resume(简历)or CVLike social media，there，we usually
24、only see our friends“highlight part”When we look at othersresumes，we get scared and think how ours doesnt measure upBut even the most accomplished people have plenty of failure behind themwe just dont see itStefan felt this deeply as a scientist，so she wrote a different CV which of course boasted (夸
25、耀)about her good grades，PhD，and published papersBut the way she deals with her failure CV is a model of what we could a11 do“My CV does not reflect my great academic effortsit does not mention the exams I failed，my unsuccessful PhD or scholarship applications，or the papers never accepted for publica
26、tionDuring the interviews，I talk about the one project that worked，not about the many that failed，”writes Stefan in a column for NStefan suggests keeping a draft on which you log，casually but regularly，every unsuccessful application，refused grant proposal and rejected paperAnd thats the point：not to
27、 consider what we got wrong，but to use that information to both look at failure and realize its really okay，and also to use our failures for another purpose：as learning toolsThe point is to be realwith ourselves and about how the world worksBeing real means taking an honest，critical，but also kind lo
28、ok at what we didnt get right，and then doing our best to change what we canInstead of focusing on how that failure makes you feel，take the time to step back and analyze the practical，operational reasons that you failedSo，prctice being okay with failure，and turning your failures into lessons learnedA
29、nd yes，sometimes we have to learn those lessons more than once，letting go of what you cant changeAnd keep moving forward to success12What does the underlined word“it”in the first paragraph refer to?APlenty of failure BA failure resumeCHighlight partDSocial media13What did Stefan intend to tell us in
30、 paragraph 3?AA11 her failures in her careerBBenefits she got from her failuresCThe content of her own resumeDThe difference between her resume and others14What does Stefan advise us to do in our careers?ARegard failures as part of our lifeBKeep a record of our failuresCValue our achievementsDLong f
31、or failures15Which of the following best describes the authors opinion?ANo pains，no gainsBA11 roads lead to RomeCWhere there is a will，there is a wayDFailure is the mother of success第二节 (共5小题；每小题25分，满分125分) 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Heres an imaginary question for you：would you rath
32、er leave your home country and never be allowed to return，or never leave your home country ever again? Its a difficult one!Lets consider the beauty of being at home and the thrill of travellingI left my home country，Germany，when I was seven to move to England with my familyNow at the age of 21，Ive l
33、eft my second home country，England，to work as an English language assistant in Switzerland 16 New friends I dont know about you，but I love getting to know new peopleMoving abroad is the perfect opportunity to extend your friendship circle and make it global 17 They11 also be able to give you a new p
34、erspective on life as they share their view of the worldwhich is likely to be very different from your own!Time to open your mind and see the world 18You may learn a language in the classroom environment and learn it well，but nothing compares to fully burying yourself into a foreign language，partici
35、pating in real-life conversations and picking up authentic slang and sayings from the locals 19 Food，glorious food! The world has so much to offer when it comes to food，so make the most of this new cultural experience and let your stomach guide youWhy not try something completely new?Tingle those ta
36、ste buds 20 Perhaps you can surprise your friends back home youre your new-found cooking skills when you see them next AThe opportunity to master a new language BThe advantage of mastering a new language CIs it always an exciting experience moving abroad? DEven better still，let the locals teach you
37、how to make it EYou also fully experience the culture tied to the language FThese new friends will show you the most fun things to do in your new home GWhat are the benefits of leaving the home country for a new adventure abroad?第二部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)第一节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可
38、以填入空白处的最佳选项。Three years ago，I participated in Model United Nations(MUN)held by the Education Department，which was a mock(模拟的)UN activityDuring the two days，students are separated in different groups which 21 different countries to debate and try to solve problemsMUN has 22 awards：best delegates(代表)，
39、honorary mentions，and verbal mentionsEach time I participate in MUN，I made good 23 and undoubtedly got a few awardsBut I often felt as if Id 24 because I had never won the best delegate awardI 25 those who didnt deserve to win the award but won it various times，and I was just filled with 26 at their
40、 successBut later I realized that it was also 27 not to get the award because I could actually 28 something，and that I shouldnt 29 the best delegate award until I was the best delegate I could beFailures are completely subjectivewe can look at a result as a failure or a 30Any failure can be regarded
41、 as a(n) 31 because you can always learn something from it and do 32 next timeThis is supported by John Lockes theory that we are born with blank views：knowledge and ability are learned from our 33Thats trueIf I make a mistake in the life practice，then I probably wont 34 that next timeI believe this
42、 is 35 the best way to become better21Astrengthen Bcondemn Cinspire Drepresent22Aidentical Btemporary Cvarious Dfalse23Apreparations Bpredictions Cappointments Dexplanations24Aaccelerated Bfailed Cexited Dsucceeded25Aapproached Btrained Cexpected Dwitnessed26Arelief Benvy Csatisfaction Ddelight27Aan
43、noyed Bashamed Cgood Dterrible28Adesert B1earn Cdelete Ddisplay29Awin Bmiss Cdeliver Dvalue30Abond Bbet Cvictory D1oss31Aaim Bbenefit Cburden D1imit32Afunnier Bworse Cbetter Dslower33Adecisions Battitudes Cpositions Dexperiences34Arepeat Badmit Caccept Dnotice35Awrongly Bscarcely Ctruly Dnarrowly第二节
44、(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。 While the story of The Farmer and The Mule(骡子)makes us smile，it does have wisdom in itIt reminded me about defeating adversity(逆境) 36 we handle adversity determines our success in lifeOne of my 37 (thought) on adversity is，“Adversity is a fact o
45、f lifeIt cant 38 (contro1)What we can control is how we react to it” When 39 (face)with adversity，we can give up the negative attitudeOr we can look on adversity 40 an opportunity to find other ways to do thingsWe should be 41 (determine)and persistentIt all comes down to your choice and it is a cho
46、ice of attitude! You see，the farmer thought the mule was not worth 42 (save)when it fell into a well accidentally， 43 he just put it out of its misery by burying itDespite the farmers best efforts to bury it，the mule 44 (resist)until it was able to climb out of the well on top of all the dirt that w
47、as thrown in after it The mule，despite the fact that it was 45 (constant)in a deep well，would not give upThe mule simply shook the dirt off little by little，never giving up the will to live by climbing out of the well第三部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)第一节(满分15分) 假定你是李华，你校将于下周五举办跳绳(skipping rope)比赛。请用英语给你校英国交换生Steven
48、写一封电子邮件，邀请他参加，内容包括： 1时间和地点； 2目的和形式； 3设置的奖项。注意： 1词数80左右； 2可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。Dear Steven，_Yours，Li Hua第二节(满分25分) 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。One snowy day，the winds grew stronger and the snow turned into a blinding snowstormA farmer sat down to relax before the fi
49、re for the eveningThen he heard a loud knock，something hitting against the windowHe looked outside but could not see anythingSo he went outside for a better viewIn the field near his house he saw，of all the strangest things，a group of swans(天鹅)They were apparently flying to look for a warmer area do
50、wn south，but they had been caught in the snowstormThe storm had become too blinding and violent for the swans to fly or see their wayThey were trapped on his farm，with no food or shelter，unable to do more than wave their wings and fly in aimless circlesHe had compassion for them and wanted to help t
51、hemHe thought to himself，the barn(谷仓)would be a great place for them to stayIt was warm and safe；surely they could spend the night and wait out the stormSo he opened the barn doors for themHe waited，watching them，hoping they would notice the open barn and go insideHowever，they did not notice the bar
52、n or realize what it could mean for themHe moved closer toward them to get their attention，but they just moved away from him out of fearHe went into the house and came back with some bread，broke it up，and made a bread trail to the barnThey still did not catch onStarting to get frustrated，he went ove
53、r and tried to drive them toward the barnThey panicked and scattered into every direction except toward the barnNothing he did could get them to go into the barn where there was warmth，safety，and shelterFeeling totally frustrated，he exclaimed，“Why dont they follow me?Cant they see this is the only place where they can survive the storm?How can I possibly get them into the one place to save them?”
