北京101中学2020届下学期高三年级第三次统考英语试卷

本试卷共120分。考试时间100分钟。

第一部分
知识运用(共两节45分)

第一节
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

This year, the World Cup has been played across different 1 (city), and Team China had training sessions even on traveling days when some participating teams chose to rest up after a tiring flight. When the team struggled, Captain Zhu Ting was always there, doing whatever was needed 2 (carry) the team forward. That’s why she has become a national volleyball icon (偶像), just like “Iron Hammer” Lang. Never giving up, especially in a difficult situation, that’s 3 the spirit of Chinese women’s volleyball means.

B

The railway line 4 (connect) Beijing and Zhangjiakou, the co-host city of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, is the world’s first intelligent, high-speed railway. It 5 (go) into operation on Dec 30, 2019. The railway is 174 km long, with a maximum design speed of 350 kph. It reduces the travel time between Beijing and Zhangjiakou from over three hours to 47 minutes. The train 6 (design) with an area to store snowboards, a device to secure wheelchairs and a mobile news center 7 passengers can watch live Olympic broadcasts.

C

“The Twenty-four Solar terms” is the Chinese 8 (tradition) way of dividing and marking time. It shows the relationship between the universe, seasons, climate and agriculture, which is uniquely created by Chinese ancestors. The Twenty-four Solar Terms are important instructions 9 the agricultural production as well as people’s daily lives. At the initial stage of agricultural development, people began to explore rules of nature and used them to guide sowing, harvesting and other agricultural activities. Until now, it 10 (become) an essential tool to guide the agricultural production in China. And its charm and value have been increasingly recognized by the public.

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。

A Commitment to Life

The snow was falling and the roads had become dangerous. The schools were dismissed early, but much to my surprise, my 11 wasn’t canceled. So I went, feeling especially heroic. As far as I could see, I was risking my life to keep my 12 . Snow or no snow. I would be on time for my scheduled donation at the local 13 center.

When I got there, I discovered I wasn’t 14 . Four more “hero-types” were already lying back in donor chairs with lines 15 to their veins, and machines quietly pumping away to 16 their lifesaving gifts.

Seeing my fellow donors honoring their own commitments, I realized why I was there. I lay back in my donor chair, ready to make a difference in the life of someone I would never 17 .

To be honest, I’d never really thought about why I donate. I just do it. But a few months ago, during one of my 18 donations I learned that my blood was specifically for a cancer patient and for a newborn baby－both patients needed what I would give in order to live. I’ve viewed my visits to the blood center 19 ever since.

My wife Karen is a 20 , too. And more importantly, she has been on the bone marrow (骨髓) list for fifteen years, ever since she signed up to provide bone marrow to a kindergartner with leukemia(白血病). That little girl died before Karen’s bone marrow could help her, 21 Karen was called again recently. Her test results were still on file, and it turned out she was a potential 22 for someone else. The caller asked Karen if she would still be willing to become a bone marrow donor. “Yes,” she said and then immediately began answering questions on the pages of paperwork for further testing. It was a race 23 time.

I wish I could say that this 24 was won. It wasn’t. The caller later thanked Karen for her participation and asked a few more questions－including whether or not she’d 25 on the donor list. “Of course, “Karen answered.

Last week Karen gave blood and next week I’ll make my usual donation. I’ll 26 an afternoon from my schedule and make an appointment. I don’t know whose life my donation may 27 . Most likely it will be a 28 , but on any day the person needing a blood product could be you or me or maybe a loved one. It is worthwhile to 29 our time to donate.

I really do feel 30 every time I donate. And I like the feeling.

11. A. appointment B. class C. meeting D. flight

12. A. secret B. balance C. shape D. word

13. A. service B. shopping C. blood D. care

14. A. alone B. welcome C. late D. lucky

15. A. exposed B. attached C. applied D. added

16. A. examine B. produce C. collect D. clean

17. A. meet B. forget C. miss D. recognize

18. A. regular B. unexpected C. special D. pleasant

19. A. wisely B. differently C. hesitantly D. carefully

20. A. receiver B. doctor C. patient D. donor

21. A. or B. but C. and D. for

22. A. risk B. customer C. match D. partner

23. A. beyond B. with C. against D. of

24. A. honor B. test C. prize D. race

25. A. rank B. sign C. appear D. remain

26. A. clear B. separate C. lose D. remove

27. A. touch B. affect C create D. enrich

28. A. child B. stranger C. hero D. friend

29. A. waste B. save C. kill D. take

30. A. empty B. grateful C. proud D. nervous

第二部分：阅读理解 (共两节，40分)

第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，共30分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Bertie knew there was something in the wind. His mother had been sad in recent days, not sick, just strangely sad. The lion had just lain down beside him, his head warm on Bertie’s feet, when Father cleared his throat and began, “You’ll soon be eight, Bertie. A boy needs a proper education. We’ve found the right place for you, a school near Salisbury in England.”

His heart filled with a terrible fear, all Bertie could think of was his white lion. “But the lion,” he cried, “What about the lion?”

“I’m afraid there’s something else I have to tell you,” his father said. Looking across at Bertie’s mother, he took a deep breath. Then he told Bertie he had met a circus owner from France, who was over in Africa looking for lions to buy. He would come to their farm in a few days.

“No! You can’t send him to a circus!” said Bertie. “People will come to see him. He’ll be shut

up behind bars. I promised him he never would be. And they will laugh at him. He’d rather die. Any animal would!” But as he looked across the table at them, he knew their minds were quite made up.

Bertie felt completely betrayed. He waited until he heard his father’s deep breathing next door. With his white lion at his heels, he crept downstairs in his pyjamas, took down his father’s rifle from the rack and stepped out into the night. He ran and ran till his legs could run no more. As the sun came up over the grassland, he climbed to the top of a hill and sat down, his arms round the lion’s neck. The time had come.

“Be wild now,” he whispered. “You’ve got to be wild. Don’t ever come home. All my life I’ll think of you, I promise I will.” He buried his head in the lion’s neck. Then, Bertie clambered down off the hill and walked away.

When he looked back, the lion was still sitting there watching him; but then he stood up, yawned, stretched, and sprang down after him. Bertie shouted at him, but he kept coming. He threw sticks. He threw stones. Nothing worked.

There was only one thing left to do. With tears filling his eyes and his mouth, he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired over the lion’s head.

31. Bertie’s mother was sad probably because she _______.

A. had been seriously ill recently

B. had decided to send Bertie to school

C. knew selling the lion would upset Bertie

D. knew Bertie would hate to go to England

32. The underlined word “they” in Para. 4 probably refers to _______.

A. some audience B. other animals C. Bertie’s parents D. circus’s owners

33. In the last paragraph, the boy lifted the rifle at the lion to _______.

A. kill the lion out of fear B. threaten the lion back to the wild

C. protect himself from the lion D. show his anger towards his father

34. The passage intends to show that _______.

A. animal-hunting is popular in Africa

B. parents are sometimes cruel to their children

C. animals usually lead a miserable life in circuses

D. people and animals can be faithful to each other

35. What are you permitted to do in the park according to the passage?

A. Pick flowers. B. Have a barbecue in specific areas.

C. Begin football games at 9 p.m.. D. Hunt animals.

36. Which of the following animals are allowed into the city parks?

A. Dogs raised by children. B. Cats from the rich family.

C. Dogs used by the blind. D. Horses ridden by officials.

37. The text most probably comes from _________.

A. a government document B. an introduction to parks

C. an environmental report D. a tour guide of a city

C

Showrooming

One of the biggest challenges facing brick-and-mortar retailers(实体零售店) in recent years has been the “showrooming”. Driven by the desire to get the best prices, many shoppers are now visiting brick-and-mortar stores to personally check on products that interest them, only to leave and then buy the items online. The new trend is forcing retailers to find out new ways to keep consumers from leaving their store for cheaper prices online.

Recent research found that 40 percent of U.S. shoppers have showroomed previously, with big-box retailers suffering the most. Specifically, the study shows that Best Buy, Walmart and Target are the most likely brick-and-mortar stores to have shoppers test out a product in-store and then purchase it online later, while Amazon is benefiting most from the practice, with nearly 60 percent of shoppers using the online retail giant most often to make their showrooming purchases.

Smartphones have pushed showrooming into the front. Shoppers no longer have to wait until they get home to see if they can find a cheaper price for the products they’re considering buying. With smartphones, consumers can now compare virtual prices, at both other brick-and-mortar stores and online ones while still inside a retail store. If they can find what they’re seeking for less online, the majority will be seeking the first exit. A recent study showed that 45 percent of customers shopping at brick-and-mortar stores walk out and buy their purchase online for a discount of as little as 2.5 percent.

This puts pressure on retailers to provide both an in-store experience worth staying for and an online presence that can attract shoppers who are showrooming in other businesses.

To cut down on showrooming, many retailers are adopting new methods to keep shoppers in their stores. Among the steps they’re taking are price-matching guarantees that allow shoppers to pay a discounted price if they find it cheaper online. This ensures that even a showrooming shopper can make the purchase in the store—regardless of whether they find the cheaper price online.

Another popular method to fight against showrooming is to give shoppers the ability to buy something online and pick it up at the store. This reduces shipping costs and gets customers in the store, where they may be encouraged to make an additional purchase.

It is also important for businesses to take into consideration what makes shoppers purchase something in-store rather than online, and meet those needs. Research has found that more than 8 in 10 Americans consider being able to take the goods home immediately and the ability to touch and feel them–the most important aspects when deciding to purchase in a store rather than online.

38. According to the passage, a showrooming shopper tends to _______.

A. pay for everything online B. have better bargaining skills

C. rush to buy things in a store D. purchase online for a lower price

39. What contributes to the growing popularity of showrooming?

A. The wide use of smartphones.

B. The competition between big stores.

C. The advertisement by online retail giants.

D. The decline of the brick-and-mortar stores.

40. The underlined words “seeking the first exit” in Paragraph 3 probably mean _______.

A. searching for lower prices B. leaving as soon as possible

C. locating the first exit quickly D. making a purchase on the spot

41. The last three paragraphs mainly talk about ways of _______.

A. increasing sales at stores B. preventing purchase online

C. satisfying customers’ needs D. advising shoppers to buy more

D

People with genetic syndromes(基因遗传综合症) sometimes have revealing facial features, but using them to make a quick and cheap diagnosis can be tricky when there are hundreds of possible conditions they may have. A new neural(神经的) network that analyses photographs of faces can help doctors narrow down the possibilities.

Gurovich at biotechnology firm FDNA in Boston and his team built a neural network to look at the gestalt(形态)－or overall impression of faces and return a list of the 10 genetic syndromes a person is most likely to have.

They trained the neural network, called DeepGestalt, on 17,000 images correctly labeled to correspond to more than 200 genetic syndromes. The team then asked the AI to identify potential genetic disorders from a further 502 photographs of people with such conditions. It included the correct answer among its list of 10 responses 91 per cent of the time.

Gurovich and his team also tested the AI’s ability to distinguish between different genetic mutations (突变) that can lead to the same syndrome. They used images of people with Noonan syndrome, which can result from mutations in one of five genes. DeepGestalt accurately identified the genetic source of the physical appearance 64 per cent of the time.

“It’s clearly not perfect,” says Gurovich. “But it’s still much better than humans are at trying to do this. ”

As the system makes its assessments, the facial regions that were most helpful in the determination are highlighted and made available for doctors to view. This helps them to understand the relationships between genetic make-up and physical appearance.

The fact that the diagnosis is based on a simple photograph raises questions of privacy. If faces can reveal details about genetics, then employers and insurance providers could, in principle, secretly use such techniques to discriminate against people with a high probability of having certain disorders.

However, Gurovich says the tool will only be available to doctors. Christoffer Nellaker at the University of Oxford says this technique could bring significant benefits for those with genetic syndromes.

“This is not fundamentally different information than we’re sharing walking down the street, or we’re happy to share with Facebook or Google,” he says. “But questioning the data in this way means you can obtain information about health or disease status.”

“The real value here is that for some of these extreme rare diseases, the process of diagnosis can be many, many years. This kind of technology can help narrow down the search space and then be confirmed through checking genetic markers,” he says.

For some diseases, this kind of technology will cut down the time to diagnose thoroughly. For others, it could perhaps add a means of finding other people with the disease and, in turn, help find new treatments or cures.

42. What is the purpose of Gurovich’s neural network?

A. To test the AI’s ability.

B. To analyze photographs of faces.

C. To help doctors reduce the range of the diagnosis.

D. To research the overall impression of patients’ faces.

43. What disadvantage does Deep Gestalt bring?

A. It will probably involve in the people’s privacy.

B. It cannot provide information about health or disease.

C. The diagnosis based on a simple photograph is not accurate.

D. It could perhaps add a means of finding other people with the disease.

44. What can we learn from the passage?

A. The result of the assessments for this system is perfect.

B. Deep Gestalt can correctly label 200 genetic syndromes.

C. It seems doubtful to use AI to distinguish genetic mutations.

D. This kind of technology can speed up the diagnostic process.

45. What is the author’s attitude to this technique?

A. Supportive. B. Puzzled. C. Doubtful. D. Negative.

第二节 (共5小题；每小题2分，共10分)

根据短文内容，从短文后的七个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。

A Wonder Plant

Every rainy season, the mountain gorillas(大猩猩) of Central Africa migrate to the foothills and lower parts of the Virunga Mountains to feed on bamboo. For the 650 or so that remain in the wild, it’s a vital food source. 46 Gorillas aren’t the only locals keen on bamboo. For the people near the mountains, it’s a valuable raw material used for building houses and making household items. But in the past 100 years, resources have come under increasing pressure as populations have exploded and large areas of bamboo forest have been cleared to make way for farms.

47 All over the world, the ranges of many bamboo species appear to be reducing, endangering the people and animals that depend upon them. A report published by the UN Environment Programme has revealed just how profound our ignorance of global bamboo resources is.

Bamboo is a wonder plant. Its ecological role extends beyond providing food and habitat for animals. Bamboo tends to grow in stands made up of groups of individual plants that grow from root systems. Its extensive root systems are crucial in preventing water loss and soil erosion. 48

In India 25% of paper produced is made from bamboo fiber, and in Brazil, 100,000 hectares of bamboo are grown for its production. Because of its flexibility and strength, it has traditionally been used in construction. Bamboo is often the only readily available raw material for people in many developing countries.

49 Ray Townsend, vice president of the British Bamboo Society, says, “Some plants are threatened because they can’t survive in the habitat－they aren’t strong enough or there aren’t enough of them, perhaps. But bamboo can take care of itself－it is strong enough to survive if left alone. 50 ” When forest goes, it is transformed into something else: there isn’t anywhere for forest plants such as bamboo to grow if you create a cattle grass land.

A. Sadly, this isn’t a single story.

B. It is the physical disturbance that is the threat to bamboo.

C. Until now, bamboo has been viewed as a second-class plant.

D. Without it, their chances of survival would be reduced significantly.

E. Besides, bamboo’s most immediate significance lies in its economic value.

F. More than a billion people rely on bamboo for either their shelter or income.

G. Despite bamboo’s value in economy and ecology, its situation is all the more worrying.

第三部分：书面表达(共两节，35分)

第一节(15分)

假设你是红星中学高三学生李华，你的英国朋友Jim在给你的邮件中提到他对中国文化感兴趣，计划明年来北京上大学。他向你咨询相关信息。请给他回邮件，内容包括：

1. 表示欢迎

2. 推荐他上哪所大学；

3. 建议他做哪些准备工作。

注意：1. 词数不少于50

2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Jim,

____________________________________________________________________

Yours

Li Hua

第二节 (20分)

假设你是红星中学高三(1)班的学生李华，请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，为校刊“英语园地”写一篇短文，记述寒假期间你在中国国家博物馆做志愿讲解员的经历。

注意：1. 词数不少于60。

2. 短文的开头已给出，不计入总词数。

During this winter vacation, I worked as a volunteer guide in the National Museum of China. _____________________________________.

参考答案

知识运用

第一节：语法填空：

1. cities 2. to carry 3. what 4. connecting 5. went

6. is designed 7. where 8. traditional 9. for 10. has become

第二节：完型：

11-15 ADCAB 16-20 CAABD 21-25 BCCDD 26-30 ABBDC

阅读理解：

第一节：A篇 31-34 CABD B篇：35-37 BCA C篇：38-41 DABA D篇：42-45 CADA

第二节：46-50： DAEGB

第三部分
书面表达
（共两节，35分）

第一节
（15分）

Dear Jim,

I’m happy to hear from you. Welcome to Beijing for your study!

Since you have long been interested in Chinese culture. I think Beijing Language and Culture University is an ideal place for you. The University is known for its language and culture course intended for international students. I believe you will have a rewarding experience there.

To be frank, studying for a degree in a different culture is never easy. You’d better learn some basic Chinese before you come. That way, you may adjust yourself to the life here in Beijing soon.

If you have any other question, do let me know.

Yours,

Li Hua

第二节
（20分）

One possible version:

During this winter vacation, I worked as a volunteer guide in the National Museum of China. It was an extremely unforgettable opportunity.

At the end of the term, I filled in an application form online and signed up to be a volunteer. Luckily, I was admitted. Before getting down to actual work, all the volunteers were gathered to take a training course where we were taught how to be both an informative and entertaining tour guide. With great eagerness to do well in the job, I took down every word he said and learned the skills by heart.

Excitedly, I became a real volunteer guide after the training course. Confident about my knowledge, I introduced the general history of development as well as detailed information of the great Silk Road to every visitor, which made me win their sincere appreciation. When the winter vacation came to an end, I was delighted to be praised for being an outstanding volunteer.

My efforts undoubtedly paid off and I gained a sense of achievement from helping others know more about Chinese culture.