2017届广东省揭阳一中高三上学期第一次阶段考试英语试题及答案

广东省揭阳市第一中学2017届高三上学期第一次阶段考试英语试题I . 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）第一节完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I had worried myself sick over Simon’s mother coming to see me. I was a new teacher, and I gave an honest 1 of the students’ work. In Simon’s case, the grades were awfully low. He couldn’t read his own handwriting.But he was a bright student. He discussed adult subjects with nearly adult comprehension. His work in no way reflected his 2 .So when Simon’s mothe r entered the room, my palms(手掌心) were sweating. I was completely 3 for her kisses on both my cheeks. “I came to thank you,” she said, surprising me beyond speech.Because of me, Simon had become a different person. He talked of how he loved me, he had began to make friends, and for the first time in his twelve years, he had 4 spent an afternoon at a friend’s house. She wanted to tell me how grateful she was for the 5 I had nurtured(培养) in her son. She kissed me again and left.I sat, stunned (惊呆), for about half an hour, 6 what had just happened. How did I make such a life-changing difference to that boy without even knowing it? What I finally came to 7 was one day, several months before, when some students were 8 reports in the front of theclass, Jeanne spoke 9 , and to encourage her to raise her voice, I had said, “Speak up. Simon’s the expert on this. He is the only one you have to 10 , and he can’t hear you in the 11 of the room.” That was it. From that day on, Simon had sat up straighter, paid more attention,smiled more, and became happy. And it was all because he12 to be the last kid in the last row. The boy who most needed 13 was the one who took the last seat that day.It taught me the most 14 lesson over the years of my teaching career, and I’m thankful that it came 15 and positively. A small kindness can indeed make a difference.1. A. account B. talk C. explanation D.consideration2. A. courage B. abilities C. feelings D. dream3. A. desperate B. responsible C. unprepared D. unsuitable4. A. gradually B. constantly C. recently D. obviously5. A. self-respect B. self-doubt C. self-pity D.self-defense6. A. imagining B. observing C. wondering D.regretting7. A. expect B. remember C. believe D. accept8. A. writing B. reviewing C. editing D. giving9. A. quietly B. repeatedly C. quickly D. firmly10. A. persuade B. convince C. advise D. approve11. A. entrance B. middle C. front D. back12. A. intended B. pretended C. refused D. happened13. A. change B. praise C. thanks D. visits14. A. difficult B. painful C. valuable D. enjoyable15. A. early B. slowly C. frequently D. occasionally第二节语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卷标号为16-25的相应位置上。

Have you ever asked yourself why children go to school? You will 16 (probable) say that they go to learn languages, arithmetic, history, science and some other knowledge. That is quite true; but why do they learn these things?We send our children to school to prepare them for the time 17 they will be big and will have to work for 18 . Nearly everything they study at school has some practical use in their life. But is that 19 only reason why they go to school?There is more in education than just 20 (1earn) facts. We go to school to learn how to learn, so that when we have left school we cancontinue to learn. A man 21 really knows how to learn will always be successful, because when he has to do something new, he will not only be able to do it well himself, he will also be able to teach others 22 to do it in the best way. The 23 (educate) person, on the other hand,is either unable to do something new, or just 24 (do) it badly. The purpose of schools, therefore, is not to teach languages, arithmetic，history science, etc., 25 to teach pupils the way to 1eam.Ⅱ 阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑APeople aren’t walking any more---if they can figure out a way to avoid it.I felt superior about this matter until the other day I took my carto mail a small parcel. The journey is a matter of 281 steps. But I used the car. And I wasn’t in any hurry, either. I had merely become one more victim of a national sickness: motorosis.It is an illness to which I had thought myself immune, for I was bredin the tradition of going to places on my own two legs. At that time, we regarded 25 miles as good day’s walk and the ability to cover sucha distance in ten hours as sign of strength and skill. It did not occurto us that walking was a hardship. And the effect was lasting. When I was 45 years old I raced –and beat—a teenage football player the 168 steps up the Stature of Liberty.Such enterprises today are regarded by many middle-aged persons as bad for the heart. But a well-known British physician, Sir Adolphe Abrahams, pointed out recently that hearts and bodies need proper exercise. A person who avoids exercise is more likely to have illnesses than one who exercises regularly. And walking is an ideal form of exercise--- the most familiar and natural of all.It was Henry Thoreau who showed mankind the richness of going on foot. The man walking can learn the trees, flower, insects, birds and animals, the significance of seasons, the very feel of himself as a living creature in a living world. He cannot learn in a car.The car is a convenient means of transport, but we have made it our way of life. Many people don’t dare to approach Nature any more; to them the world they were born to enjoy is all threat. To them security is a steel river thundering on a concrete road. And much of their thinking takes place while waiting for the traffic light to turn green.I say that the green of forests is the mind’s best light. And none but the man on foot can evaluate what is basic and everlasting.28. The author mentions Henry Thoreau to prove that________.A. middle-aged people like getting back to natureB. walking in nature helps enrich one’s mindC. people need regular exercise to keep fitD. going on foot prevents heart disease29. What is compared to “a steel river” in Paragraph 6?A. A queue of carsB. A ray of traffic lightC. A flash of lightningD. A stream of people30. What is the author’s intention of writing this passage?A. To tell people to reflect more on life.B. To recommend people to give up drivingC. To advise people to do outdoor activitiesD. To encourage people to return to walkingBMost employers say that they wish to employ the right person for the right job. A recent report by Britain’s Independent Institute of Manpower Studies, however, disagrees with this. The report states that most employers wish to avoid employing the wrong person. Rather than looking for the right person, they are looking for applicants to turndown.The report also suggests that in Britain and in many other parts of the world the selection methods used to pick out the right person for the job certainly do not match up to those used to judge a piece of new equipment. Employers used three main selection methods: interviewing, checking resume or application forms and examining references. Most of the employers asked in this survey stated that these selection methods were used more for weeding out unsuitable applicants rather than for finding suitable ones.Interviews were considered to be more reliable than either resume checks or references from past employers. Research, however, proves otherwise. Interviewers’ decisions are often strongly influenced by their earlier judgment of the written application. Also different employers view facts differently. One may consider applicants who have frequently changed jobs as people with broad and useful experience. Another will see such applicants as unreliable and unlikely to stay for long in the new job.Some employers place great importance on academic qualifications whereas the link between this and success in management is not necessarily strong. Some employers use handwriting as a standard. The report states that there is little evidence to support the value of the latter for judging working ability. References, also, are sometimes unreliable as they are not very important while checks on credit andsecurity records and applicants’ political opinions are often the opposite.The report is more favorable towards trainability tests and those which test personality and personal and mental skills. The report concludes by suggesting that interviewing could become more reliable if the questions were arranged in a careful, organized system and focused on the needs of the employing organization.31. According to the passage, when most employers want to hire workers, .A. they will try to find suitable peopleB. they will look for the right applicantsC. the wrong applicants are to be turned downD. to turn down the wrong people is what they say they aim to do32. It is implied that .A. to evaluate a right person is more difficult than to evaluate equipmentB. employers are more successful in selecting the right equipment than the right personsC. criteria will be set up according to the real situation of the applicantsD. resumes means application forms33. Most of the recruiters (招聘人员) .A. consult the applicantsB. can find suitable peopleC. prefer resumes or referencesD. use different ways to sort out the unsuitable applicants34. Which of the following is TRUE?A. Employers get different conclusions from the facts.B. Changing jobs frequently will reduce the chance to be recruited.C. Academic qualifications will guarantee the applicant managing ability.D. Handwriting is a valid way to evaluate an applicant.35. It can be inferred from the passage that successful employees will be those who .A. have outstanding referencesB. are strong in emotional quotientC. take interviewing seriouslyD. have strong political leaningsCA man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, 1,100 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.Three minutes went by, and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace, and stopped for a few seconds, and then hurried up to meet his schedule.A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till without stopping, and continued to walk.A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.The one who paid the most attention was a 3-year-old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried, but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally, the mother pushed hard, and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money, but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the most talented musicians in the world. He had just played one of the most beautiful pieces ever written, on a violin worth $3.5 million dollars.Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100.This is a real story. Joshua Bell playing in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment.The outlines were: in a commonplace(普通的) environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we enjoy beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Dowe recognize the talent in an unexpected situation?One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be: If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?36. Few people stopped to listen to Joshua Bell playing because____________.A. people were in a hurryB. they were not interested in musicC. it was too cold in the subwayD. the performance was not good enough37. When children stopped to look at the violinist, their parents ____________.A. would give him some moneyB. would stop to enjoy the musicC. would applaud for the performanceD. would urge them to continue walkingDSometimes people come into your life and they were meant to be there,to serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson, or to help you figure out who you are or who you want to become. You never know who these people may be-----a roommate, a neighbor, a professor, a friend, a lover or even a complete stranger------but when you lock eyes with them, you know at the very moment they will affect your life in some profound(深刻的) way.Sometimes things happen to you that may seem horrible, painful, and unfair at first, but in reflection(反思中), you find that without overcoming those obstacles(障碍), you would have never realized your potential, strength, willpower, or heart. Every thing happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of good or bad luck. Illness, injury, lost moments of true greatness, and pure stupidity all occur to test the limits of your soul. Without these small tests, whatever they may be, life would be like a smoothly paved straight flat road to nowhere. It would be safe and comfortable, but dull and utterly pointless.The people you meet who affect your life, and the success and downfalls you experience, help to create who you are and who you want to become. Even the bad experience can be learned from. In fact, they are sometimes the most important ones. If someone loves you, give love back to them in whatever way you can, not only because they love you, but because in a way, they are teaching you to love and how to open your heart and eyes to things. If someone hurts you, betrays you, or breaks your heart, forgive them, for they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious to whom you open your heart._________________________________. Appreciate every moment and take from those moments everything that you possibly can for you may never be able to experience it again. Talk to people that you have never talked to before, and listen to what they. Let yourself fall in love, break free and set your sights high. Hold your head up because you have every right to. Tell yourself you are a great individual and believe in yourself, for if you don’t believe in yourself, it will be hard for others to believe in you.第二节: 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）请阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。