广东省惠州市第一中学高三英语周测试题2
高三英语周测
I．阅读理解：
A
1.If you’re secretly worried about your smartphone addiction, then the new NoPhone might be just the thing you need．It looks and feels exactly like a smartphone，but it does nothing．It's just a piece of plastic that you can carry around in your hand to fool yourself．
2.Dutch designer lngmar Larsen came up with the idea as a joke along with his two friends．To their great surprise，the idea received a lot of attention online and people from all over the world started placing requests for NoPhones of their own．So that’s when the three friends decided to turn to collect enough fund for mass production．
3.NoPhone is currently a prototype (模型) that will cost only $12 once it hits the market．It is 5.5 inches high，2.6 inches wide and 0.29 inches thick, bringing it quite close to the latest smartphones on the market．It is described as “battery free”，“no upgrades necessary”，“shatterproof(抗震)”，“waterproof'’ and “an alternative to constant hand-to-phone contact that allows you to stay connected with the real world”．
4.“Phone addiction is everywhere．” the designers insist．“It’s ruining your dates．It’s distracting you at concerts．It’s blocking sidewalks．Now，there is a real solution．With a thin, 1ight and completely wireless design，the NoPhone acts as a substitute to any smart mobile device，enabling you to always have a phone to hold without giving up potential engagement with your direct environment.”
5.If you’re interested in NoPhone，but concerned about not being able to take selfies (自拍) anymore．Don’t feel upset．The makers do have an upgrade at no extra charge — the mirror sticker．That way，they say，you can enjoy ‘real-time’selfies with your friends when they’re standing right behind you．
1．What can NoPhone do for people according to the text?
A．It is actually a new kind of real smartphone．B．It can help us stay away from the real world．
C．It helps get rid of people’s smartphone addiction．D．It’s just a piece of plastic and can do nothing．
2．What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?
A．The size of Nophone．B．The inventors of Nophone．
C．The material of Nophone．D．A brief description of Nophone．
3．What can we learn from the passage?
A．NoPhone has received unexpected attention．B．NoPhone can completely replace smartphones．C．The designers have made lots of money from Nophone．D．NoPhone is able to take selfies as smartphones do．4．What type of writing is this passage?
A．A travel guide．B．A scientific report．C．A medical record．D．An official document．
B
1. One of the greatest contributions to the first Oxford English Dictionary was also one of its most unusual. In 1879, Oxford University in England asked Prof. James Murray to serve as editor for what was to be the most ambitious dictionary in the history of the English language. It would include every English word possible and would give not only the definition but also the history of the word and quotations (引文) showing how it was used.
2.This was a huge task.,so Murrary had to find volunteers from Britain, the United States, and the British colonies to search every newspaper, magazine, and book ever written in English. Hundreds of volunteers responded, including William Chester Minor. Dr. Minor was an American surgeon who had served in the Civil War and was now living in England. He gave his address as "Broadmoor, Crowthorne, Berkshire,"" 50 miles from Oxford.
3.Minor joined the army of volunteers sending words and quotations to Murray. Over the next 17 years, he became one of the staff"s most valued contributors.
4.But he was also a mystery. In spite of many invitations, he would always decline to visit Oxford. So in 1897, Murray finally decided to travel to Crowthorne himself. When he arrived, he found Minor locked in a book-lined cell at the Broadmoor Asylum (精神病院) for the Criminally insane.
5.Murray and Minor became friends, sharing their love of words. Minor continued contributing to the dictionary,
sending in more than 10,000 submissions in 20 years. Murray continued to visit Minor regularly, sometimes taking walks with him around the asylum grounds.
6. In 1910, Minor left Broadmoor for an asylum in his native America. Murray was at the port to wave goodbye to his remarkable friend.
7.Minor died in 1920, seven years before the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was completed. The 12 volumes defined 414,825 words, and thousands of them were contributions from a very scholarly and devoted asylum patient.
5. According to the text, the first Oxford English Dictionary_________.
A. came out before minor died
B. was edited by an American volunteer
C. was intended to be the most ambitious English dictionary
D. included the English words invented by Murray
6. How did Dr. Minor contributed to the dictionary?
A. He helped Murray to find hundreds of volunteers.
B. He sent newspapers, magazines and books to Murray.
C. he went to England to work with Murray.
D. He provided a great number of words and quotations
7. Why did Dr. Minor refuse to visit Oxford?
A. He lived far from Oxford
B. He was shut in an asylum
C. He was busy writing a book
D. He disliked traveling
8. Prof. Murray and Dr. Minor became friends mainly because __________.
A. They had a common interest in words
B. They both served in the Civil War.
C. Minor recovered with the help of Murray
D. Murray went to America regularly to visit Minor
C
1.Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois, on July 21st, 1899. Influenced by his father, he enjoyed camping, fishing and hunting at his early age. In 1917, after graduation from high school, Hemingway began his writing career with The Kansas City Star. And then, after being rejected for army service in World War I because of poor vision, he volunteered to serve as a driver for an American ambulance unit in France. In 1918, he transferred to duty on the Italian front, where he was seriously wounded in an explosion. After his recovery, he returned home. He worked for The Toronto star, covered the Greco-Turkish war as a foreign reporter, and then returned to Paris, which was a city full of intellectual life, creativity, and genius after the war. In Paris, where he accomplished a revolution in literary style and language, his first book, Three Stories and Ten Poems, appeared in 1923, and was followed by a short story collection In Our Time, which marked his entry to American literature in 1925.
2.Hemingway’s status as a remarkable writer of his time was confirmed with the publication of A Farewell to Arms in 1929. The novel represented a farewell both for war and for love. In 1937, he became a foreign reporter covering the Spanish Civil war. Three years later, he published For Whom the Bell Tolls. Set in Spain during the Civil war, the novel restated his view of love found and lost and described the tough spirit of the common people. In 1912, the same judgment was reflected in his portrait of fisherman, Santiago, with an indomitable spirit in defeat, in The Old Man and the Sea, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 195
3. Hemingway won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 195
4. With one of the most important influences on the development of the American short story and novel, Hemingway has seized the imagination of the American public like no other twentieth-century author. He died by suicide, in Ketchum, Idaho, in 1961.
9. Hemingway was turned down for army service in World war I because ______ .
A. he was unlearned
B. he was in poor condition
C. he was inexperienced
D. he had bad eyesight
10. The publication of _______ proved Hemingway one of the greatest literary lights of the 20th century.
A. Three Stories and Ten Poems
B. A Farewell to Arms
C. The Old Man and the Sea
D. In Our Time
11. Which is the correct order of the following events given in this passage
a. Hemingway’s work For Whom the Bell tolls came out.
b. Hemingway won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
c. Hemingway’s first book was published in Paris.
d. Hemingway got wounded on the Italian front.
e. Hemingway covered the Greco-Turkish war as a foreign reporter.
A. d, e, c, a, b
B.e, c, d, a, b
C.a, c, e, b, d
D. c, e, a, b, d
12. The underlined word “indomitable” in the last paragraph probably means ______.
A. unending
B. unselfish
C. unbending
D. unchanging
II．完形填空
I was required to read one of Bernie Siegel’s b ooks in college and was hooked on his positivity from that moment on. The stories of his unconventional __13__ and the exceptional patients he wrote about were so __14__ to me and had such a big __15__ on how I saw life from then on. Who knew that so many years later I would look to Dr. Bernie and his CDs again to __16__ my own cancer experience?
I’m an ambitious __17__, and when I started going through chemo (化疗) , even though I’m a very __18__ person, I lost my drive to write. I was just too tired and not in the __19__. One day, while waiting to go in for __20__, I had one of Dr. Bernie’s books in my hand. Another patient __21__ what I was reading and struck up a conversation with me __22__ he had one of his books with him as well. It __23__ that among other things, he was an eighty-year-old writer. He was __24__ a published author, and he was currently __25__ on a new book.
We would see each other at various times and __26__ friends. Sometimes he wore a duck hat, and I would tell myself, he was definitely a(n) __27__ of Dr. Bernie. He really put a __28__ on my face. He unfortunately __29__ last year due to his cancer, __30__ he left a deep impression on me and gave me the __31__ to pick up my pen again. I __32__ to myself, “If he can do it, then so can I.”
13. A. tastes B. ideas C. notes D. memories
14. A. amazing B. shocking C. amusing D. strange
15. A. strike B. push C. challenge D. impact
16. A. learn from B. go over C. get through D. refer to
17. A. reader B. writer C. editor D. doctor
18. A. positive B. agreeable C. humorous D. honest
19. A. mood B. position C. state D. way
20. A. advice B. reference C. protection D. treatment
21. A. viewed B. knew C. noticed D. wondered
22. A. while B. because C. although D. providing
23. A. came out B. worked out C. proved out D. turned out
24. A. naturally B. merely C. hopefully D. actually
25. A. deciding B. investing C. working D. relying
26. A. became B. helped C. missed D. visited
27. A. patient B. operator C. fan D. publisher
28. A. sign B. smile C. mark D. mask
29. A. showed up B. set off C. fell down D. passed away
30. A. since B. but C. so D. for
31. A. guidance B. trust C. opportunity D. inspiration
32. A. promised B. swore C. thought D. replied
III．语法填空：
This year marks the 60th birthday of the adorable female rabbit, Miffy. It is not only a toy popular 33__________
adults in the Netherlands, 34_______________ a cartoon character that many kids have grown up with.
"Dutch 35__________ (art) Dick Bruna created 30 books about Miffy, telling the children stories about family 36____________ (value) and all," said Michael Hendriks, a former banker now 37____________ (design) Miffy toys.
According to Michael, everyone in the Netherlands loves Miffy. "We grew up with Miffy --- the adults 38_______ grow up with Miffy will also introduce it to 39__________ children. The Miffy story and the Miffy toys will never really be out of fashion," he said.
All around the world, the Miffy series 40______________ (translate) into 50 languages, and has achieved more than 85 million in sales. The cartoon character has also resulted in two separate television series and a feature-length film 41____________ (release) in 2019, Miffy the Movie.
Apart from being popular as a cartoon figure in the Netherlands and the UK, Miffy is known by many Asian fans as 42_____________ unique toy.
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