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)ANew 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 museumsB. see all kinds of plays and filmsC. buy things from all over the worldD. A, B and C2. 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 cityB. not to move to a big cityC. not to move to a big city without thinking about the problemsD. not to think too much about the problems before they move to a big city4. 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.BWaston 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 agowhen 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 minutesB. he had had a chance to take part in an important gameC. he had learned how to play chess from a childD. he had learned a good game from a child6. Before the game, Mr Watson was quite sure that _________A. the boy played as well as he didB. he would be Southern Chess Master two years laterC. he could win the game easilyD. the boy would win the game quickly7. 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 chessC. liked playing tennis much better than playing chessD. played chess much better than Watson8. 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.CHave 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 softwet ground.It was very hot in the forest. But the weather changed. It became cold. Many trees couldn't live in cold weather. The trees died and fell. Open field took the place of(代替) forests. The sun made the ground dry and hard(坚硬).Horses began to change too.They began to get bigger.This took a long time. On the dry hard land, horses needed only their middle toes for running. Their middle toes became hard. After a long time horses had only one hard toe on each foot. We call this hard toe a hoof(马蹄).9. Long ago, the horse had four toes on each of its ______.A. back feetB. front feetC. right feet10. The cats were ______ the horses at that time.A. much biggerB. smaller thanC. bigger than11. Which of the three sentences is true?A. The weather stays the same the whole year all over the world.B. When the weatherchanged, animals began to change too.C. Cats were bigger in the past than they are today.12. On the dry hard land ______.A. horses needed a lot of room for runningB. a horse needed more than four toes for runningC. horses needed only their middle toes for runningDHenry Ford was the first one to build cars that were fast, reliable and cheap. He was able to sell millions of them because he“mass produced”them; that is, he made a great many cars of exactly the same type. Henry Ford's father had hoped that his son would become a farmer, but the young man did not like the idea and went to Detroit where he worked as a mechanic (技工). By the time he was twenty-nine, in 1892, he had built his first car. The first mass-produced car in the world, the famous“Model T”appeared in 1908-five years after Henry had started his great Ford Motor Company. This car proved to be so popular that it remained unchanged for twenty years since Henry Ford's time, mass-production techniques (技术) have become common in industry and have reduced the price of a great many products which otherwise would be very expensive.13. In which order did Henry Ford do the following things?a. Set up his great Ford Motor Company.b. Produced his first car.c. Sold millions of cars.d. Stayed at Detroit and worked as a mechanic.e. Built the famous“Model T”.(A)c, d, b, e, a (B)d, b, a, e, c(C)b, c, d, a, e (D)c, d, e, b, a14. From the text we can conclude that Henry's father ____.(A)didn't like cars(B)liked country life very much(C)was a farmer(D)was kind to his son15. The famous“Modes T”remained unchanged for twenty years because ____.(A)it was too cheap(B)it was very fast(C)people liked it very much(D)it was designed by Henry Ford第二部分：完形填空(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)You have waited 45 minutes for the valuable 10 minutes’break between classes. But when the bell for the next class rings，you can‘t__16__how quickly time has passed.If you are familiar with this__17__，you’ll know how time flies when you are having fun and__18__when you are bored. Now scientists have__19__a reason why this is the case.Scans (电子扫描) have shown that patterns of activity in the brain__20__according to how we focus on a task. When we are__21__，we concentrate (关注) more on how time is passing. And this makes our brains__22__the clock is ticking（滴答地响）more slowly.In an experiment__23__by a French laboratory, 12 volunteers watched an image_ 24_ researchers monitored（监控）their brain activity.The volunteers were told to__25__concentrate on how long an image appeared for，then focus on the color of the image，and thirdly，study both duration（持续时间）and color.16．A. guess B．learn C．believe D．doubt17．A. view B.point C．scene D．experience18．A. drags B．stops C．backs D．gains19．A. explained B．given C．mentioned D．found20．A. change B．develop C．grow D．slow21．A. sleepy B．bored C．excited D．active22．A. report B．think C．decide D．see23．A. produced B．carried C．tried D．performed24．A. so B．when C．while D．but25．A. partly B．quickly C．how D．first第三部分：七选五(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)“No man is an island”is a well-known line from John Donne’s Devotion. It was written more than three hundred years ago.______26________. No one can live a completely lonely life. Without other people, life will become empty and sad. We all need to have friends.For some of us, although making friends is not difficult, feeling shy, we may not want to make the first move. It is also difficult at times to keep the friends we already have.There are many books about friendship, but Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People, written in 1936, is the most famous. This “how to”book about getting along with other people became a best seller._______27__________.Dale Carnegie’s advice seems to be simple, but can his advice help you? Do you need to change the way you act? Here is the list of advice from his book:Be friendly and polite._______28______. Begin with “Excuse me”or “Would you please”when you want to ask somebody. Remember to say “Thank you”and try to be as helpful as you can.Go out of your way to be nice.________29__________. Making some soup for a sick neighbour may seem like a little thing toyou, but it will make your neighbor feel a lot better.Remember names.They say that the sweetest music to a person’s ears is the sound of his or her own name.Be open-minded.____________________30____________________________.Listen patiently.When someone is talking to you, look at him or her, listen carefully and say something when necessary.A. Always greet with a smileB. When you are wrong, make an apology firstC. Even now people still agree with himD. Most people will agree with your friendsE. It was later put into 28 languagesF. Find some time to do special things for other peopleG. Try to understand other people’s ways and ideas and learn something from them32.He looks very tired. It seems ___ he didn’t sleep well last night.33. The teacher told the students to read through the whole text and then ____ the main idea.34.Please ____ a moment. I will get Mr. Smith for you .35.We should ____ immediately so as to protect the rivers from being polluted.36. I have a friend in America. You can ___ with him when you get there.37..He is sure he’ll soon find a job because he ____ everything around him.38.“What have you boys ___?”“Oh, just talking a bit of shop.39.The story of this custom ____ more than three thousand years.40.Our hometown __ the east part of a small island.第五部分：写出该单词的正确形式。