河北省承德市2020届高三上学期英语期末考试试卷

Enjoy a museum visit with your class

    Available Programs:

    Art Tells a Story: By looking at the subject matter and by drawing from personal experiences, students can find the story in some works of art. ( All grades)

    Learning to Look: An interactive(互动的)tour that explores a variety of art using storytelling, movements, music, games, and other techniques helps introduce children to a museum. (Preschool～ Grade 3)

    Native American Collection: This program explores relationships that exist between art, culture, the geographic location and natural resources. Students will see a bowl made by Maria Martinez, a Towa storyteller, a Northwest coast mask, and Inuit clothing. ( For Grades 2～5)

    The Language of Art: Classes are welcomed into the museum to take part in an interactive tour of American Art. It gives participants a new set of vocabulary while helping them feel comfortable.

    Art﹣on﹣the﹣Move: Teachers may borrow suitcases filled with art objects.  Free organizations with Education Membership.

    Planning Your Visit:

    Booking:Booking is necessary for all tours and programs. Please book at least a week in advance. Teachers are encouraged to organize self﹣guided visits for their classes during public hours.

    Tour Hours: Tours can be organized between 9:30 a. m. and 5:00 p. m. on weekdays.

    Program Fees: Tours are free for those with Education Membership. There is a charge of $6 per student of non﹣member organizations. Tour with art activities cost $12 per student (non﹣members)or $10 per student (members).

    Chaperones(保护人):We require one adult chaperone for every 10 children. Chaperones help to make your museum visit a success. A chaperone must pay $5 admission.

    Lunch: We regret that no lunch facilities are available at the museum.

    Museum Rules: Don't touch works of art. Don't take photographs.

    Ask questions. Look, and then LOOK again!

    Enjoy!

    It was my mother who first thought of sending me to school. Of course I was of the school going age. When my mother expressed it, I thought that she was a heartless woman.

    My mind was disturbed at first. Although I had heard about school, I had not visited it earlier. My father took me to school which was an unknown place for me. Teachers and students were strangers to me. It was a big building with a wide yard. As a small child I could not feel frightened at the sight of the building. The atmosphere of the school was calm and quiet. I was not used to such atmosphere earlier.

    It was an old and famous school in our district. My father was student there in his childhood and youth. The headmaster was well known to my father and greeted him with a smile. My father introduced me to the headmaster and requested him to admit me to the school. Then I was enrolled as a student. My father left me in the classroom and went away. I was about to cry.

    However, the kind behavior of the headmaster and the class teacher calmed me. The class teacher asked my name and where I lived. He patted me on the back. I replied some of his questions quickly. He became pleased. Other students looked at me curiously. At first, I was not able to understand why there were so many teachers. The bell rang. The class teacher left our class and another teacher came. Then the bell rang again.

    One of the most popular programmes on British television, with its devoted viewers, is the Antiques Roadshow. Members of the public bring their treasured possessions along to a venue(会场) in their neighbourhood to be valued by antiques experts. Obviously the experts see a lot of junk, but there are times when even the experienced professionals find it difficult to hide their excitement on making an unexpected discovery. That brown paper bag that an old lady has brought to the table with something to be valued contains﹣yes﹣a rarity, a masterpiece, a superb piece of jewellery, …

    There was a time when antiques dealers and experts had a reputation for being a little pretentious (自命不凡的)﹣knowledge, but pretentious. That has changed, due partly to the influence of programmes like the Antiques Roadshow, and the experts now are bent on being as helpful as they can. I remember a conversation just like this in a recent programme：

    "I suppose you'd like to know what it's worth, "said the expert, staring at a delicate bottle.

    "Well, yes, "said the owner, adding, as expected, "but naturally I wouldn't want to sell it. Sentimental(情感的) value, you know. "

    "Yes, memories, "replied the expert." Anyway, as I said, it is very rare, and it's worth a mere £500. "And before the gasps of fascinated onlookers had died away, he added quickly." Of course, if it had been in perfect condition, it would have been worth ten times that﹣at least ten times."

    Such things make good television, if nothing else.

    And then, within a few months, when all the fuss had died down, there was the bottle-a little perfume bottle, photographed in all its "delicate" glory, to be included in the next sale of good European glass in a large London auction house (拍卖行). So much for sentimental value!

    A 16-year-old boy finds himself on a boat in the Pacific Ocean after escaping a shipwreck(海难). Even worse, he is left with a huge tiger for company. But he manages to survive after 227 days of fighting against all the hardships of the sea.

    Pi, the lead character in Oscar-winning Ang Lee's new movie Life of Pi, went through an inspiring journey of growth and self-discovery. So did 19-year-old Suraj Sharma, the Indian actor who plays him.

    But it was a lucky chance that opened up the opportunity for the new star. Sharma was a regular student who lived with his mathematician parents in Delhi, India. As the director traveled to Mumbai to find his Pi, the teenager went along with his younger brother, who had acted in a couple of movies, to audition(试镜). But little did Sharma know that he would end up winning the role from 3, 000 hopefuls.

    Lee said he saw Pi in Sharma:"Not only does he have a compelling(引人入胜的) and wise look. He has this talent. "The director said that in the final round, Sharma gave one of the" most compelling readings we had. In the end, he was in tears. "Understandably, Sharma didn't want to let Lee down." He (Lee) had given me this opportunity. I had to give it my best, "Sharma told the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

    Sharma swam for four or five hours a day until he was completely comfortable with the water. He also worked on his body because he had to first gain weight and then quickly lose weight as the story developed. He even had rats run all over him to prepare for his role. Lee was impressed by the teenager, especially his endurance(耐力)and patience in staying in a water tank for many hours each day. Sharma was only 16when Lee signed him. After three years of shooting, Sharma said he had matured with Pi's journey.

    Tips on buying outdoor solar lights As solar lighting is becoming useful for homes, many different such outdoor lights can now be found in supermarkets. Here are some helpful tips for customers. Does your area receive enough direct lighting? So you shouldn't even give it a thought if you live in an area that doesn't get much sunlight. These lights need direct sunlight, or they just won't work very well. The expensive one usually means good quality. Choosing the cheapest ones will result in many problems. For once, it's best to buy more expensive lights of high quality. At least you should know the difference between a $ 10 light and a $ 45 light. Buy lights that require less installation(安装) .Most solar lights are simply driven into the ground. Therefore, you shouldn't deal with the difficulty in installing a system that involves anything more than that. You don't need to buy lights that require half an hour each to plant into the ground because that's just a waste of time. Make sure the lights can store enough energy. Different solar lights can store different amounts of energy. Therefore, you should choose lights that are able to store enough energy to last for a few hours or more, at least those that will last from nightfall throughout most of the night and part of the morning.

A. Without sunlight, solar lighting is useless.

B. Buy many solar lights instead of just one or two.

C. It means some will stay lit longer than the others.

D. Choose something a bit more expensive for once.

E. Solar lights are becoming more and more popular.

F. That doesn't mean you have to spend all your money.

G. They should take a few minutes each to get into the ground.

    It was already half past seven and I was running late again for the dinner appointment with my wife, Eleanor. We had1to meet at the restaurant at seven o'clock. I felt a little uneasy, but to my2, I had a good excuse: A business meeting had3and I'd wasted no time getting to the dinner.

    When I arrived at the4, 1 apologized and told Eleanor I didn't mean to be late. She screamed, "You never mean to." Well, I5tell she was angry. "I'm sorry but it was not6," I said. Then I told her about the business meeting.7, my explanation seemed to make things worse, which started to drive8mad as well.

    Several weeks later, when I9the situation to my friend Ken Hardy, he smiled, "You10a classic mistake. You're stuck11your own way of thinking. You didn't12to be late. But that's not the point. What is13in your communication is how your lateness affected Eleanor." He pointed out that I focused on the intention14Eleanor focused on the result. Thus,15of us felt misunderstood and crazy.

    Thinking more about Ken's words, I16recognized the root cause of such disagreement. It's the result of the action that really17I should have started the conversation by expressing18my actions affected Eleanor and19the discussions about my intention for later, much later and even never.

    Later on, after talking to Eleanor and really20her experience of the results of my lateness, I've managed to be on time a lot more frequently.

    Sarah and Janet have been friends since they (start) school. They do everything together: study, read, watch TV, surf the Internet, play sports and listen to music. Anyone who has a problem can ask the other help. When Sarah was in the third grade, some of the other students (make) fun of her because she was shy. Janet told the other students to stop (laugh) at Sarah, and she helped Sarah overcome her shyness.

    In the fifth grade, Janet had (difficult) in her maths class. She studied hard, she just couldn't understand the homework. Sarah helped Janet with (she) homework and(patient) explained every exercise to Janet.

After six(month), Janet did much better and even got A in the maths exam.

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：在错的词下划一横线, 并在该词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。

    In general, our houseparents （学生宿舍管理员） are annoying for boys students in dormitories. I didn't begin to like our houseparents until one night in last week. I was asleep when my alarm clock drops onto the floor and were broken into pieces. After the while, the houseparent on duty opened the door and rushed in. Instead blaming me, he asked me anxious what was going on. Before making sure I was OK, he asked me to go back to sleep and cleaned up itself. Since then, I have completely changed my opinion of our houseparents. They are like our parents, kept all of us safe.

1）活动目的；

2）活动内容：买书，卖书, ，交换图书；

3）活动意义。

注意：1）词数100左右；

2）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3）开头已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Mike,

    How are you doing these days?

Yours,

Li Hua