高中英语试卷

2017—2018学年度综高三年级第一次段考

英语试题

（本试卷满分150分，时间120分钟）

第一部分：阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

A

New York, London, Paris and other big cities are exciting places to live in. There are many interesting things to see and to do. You can go to different kinds of museums, plays and films. You can also go shopping to buy things from all over the world.

But there are serious problems in big cities too. The expense of living is high, and there are too many people in some places of big cities. Every year, many people move to the cities because of the chances to find jobs, to study at good schools, and to receive good medical care. But sometimes these people cannot find work or a good place to live in. Also, too many people in a small space make it hard to keep the cities safe and clean.

Some people enjoy living in big cities, others do not. Before people move to a big city, they should think about the problems of living there.

1. In big cities people can ____.

A. go to different kinds of museums

B. see all kinds of plays and films

C. buy things from all over the world

D. A, B and C

2. Which of the following is true?

A. Big cities are not safe and clean enough.

B. People can easily find a good place to live in.

C. All people like to live in big cities.

D. No one likes to live in big cities.

3. In the passage the writer advise(建议) people _____ .

A. to move to a big city

B. not to move to a big city

C. not to move to a big city without thinking about the problems

D. not to think too much about the problems before they move to a big city

4. Which is not talked about in the passage?

A. New York and London are big cities, and so is Paris.

B. Big cities are better than small cities.

C. Big cities are exciting places to live in.

D. Big cities have a lot of serious problems.

B

Waston won his most important game and became Southern Chess Master (南部象棋大师) in 1977. He was given the silver (银) cup.

“It isn't rightly mine,”he said, when he was holding the cup.“It was won two years ago

when I was on holiday in…

“A family was staying at my hotel (旅馆) at that time. Mrs Prag, the mother, was told that I played chess; and she begged me to give her young son a game. ‘He's only ten.’she said, ‘I've been told that he plays quite well.’

“Well,as you can guess, I wasn't too happy. A player likes the opponent (对手) to play as well as he does. But it was holiday time and I agreed to play. We placed the board (棋盘) in the garden. The game began. I hoped it would be quick──and so it was.

“Ｉsoon knew that David Prag was no learner. After ten minutes his sister came outside and began to play tennis against a wall.The boy seemed to lose interest in our game. He moved a piece (棋子) without care. I gave my attention to the board.

"'all me when you are ready, Mr Watson,' he said.

“When I was ready?I looked up.He had gone off to play with his sis- ter.I studied the board ──and found I was driven into corner.So it went on with David: a quick move, then tennis, back to the board,then back to his sister. My difficult condition became impossible to change. I was beaten,oh so easily,by a ten-year-old chess player.He was the winner──in twenty-eight minutes.

“David Prag: a name to remember. I had a chance to use his game today, and it won this cup for me. To him, of course, it is only one of a hundred, or perhaps a thousand, winning games.”

5. When Mr Watson said, “It isn't rightly mine. It was won …”,he meant ____ two years before.

A. he had played chess with a little boy for twenty-eight minutes

B. he had had a chance to take part in an important game

C. he had learned how to play chess from a child

D. he had learned a good game from a child

6. Before the game, Mr Watson was quite sure that _________

A. the boy played as well as he did

B. he would be Southern Chess Master two years later

C. he could win the game easily

D. the boy would win the game quickly

7. Why did David play tennis while he was playing chess with Watson? Because he _____

A. had no interest in playing chess with adults (成年人)

B. was not good at playing chess

C. liked playing tennis much better than playing chess

D. played chess much better than Watson

8. Which of the following (下列) is NOT true?

A. Sometimes young children can beat adults in playing chess.

B. Watson thought he could win the game quickly, and so he did.

C. Watson learned something from David and won the silver cup.

D. Watson would never forget the name of the boy.

C

Have you ever seen a horse with toes(脚趾)? Millions of years ago, horses had many toes. They had four toes on each front foot. They had three toes on each back foot. The horses were smaller than cats.

These small horses lived in the forest. Their many toes helped the horses run over the soft