甘肃省武威市高三英语上学期第一次诊断考试试题.docx

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甘肃省武威市高三英语上学期第一次诊断考试试题

2017—2018学年第一学期高三英语第一次诊断考试

时间：

100分钟满分：

120分

第Ⅰ卷

第一部分 阅读理解（两节共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）

第一节：

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A,B,C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

（每小题2分，共30分）

A

In1977,adeadauthorofdetectivestoriessavedthelifeofa

nineteen-month-oldbabyinamostunusualway.TheauthorwasAgathaChristie,agentlemarriedladyandoneofthemostsuccessful

writersofdetectivestoriesintheworld.

InJune1977,ababygirlbecameseriouslyillinQatar（卡塔尔）,nearSandiArabia（沙特阿拉伯）.Doctorswereunabletofindoutthecauseofherillness,soshewasflowntoLondonandsenttoHammersmithHospital.Ateamofdoctorshurriedtoexaminethebabyonlytodiscoverthatthey,too,werepuzzledbytheveryunusualsignsofillness.Whiletheywerehavingadiscussionaboutthebaby'sillness,anurseaskedtospeaktothem.

Excuseme,saidNurseMarshaMaitland,butIthinkthebabyissufferingfromthalliumpoisoning（铊中毒）.

Whatmakesyouthinkthat?

Dr.Brownasked.Thalliumpoisoningisveryrare.Afewdaysago,Iwasreadinganovelcalled‘APaleHorse'byAgathaChristie,NurseMaitlandexplained.“Inthebook,somebodyusesthalliumpoison,andallthesignsareexactlythesameasthebaby's.”

Youareverycarefulandyoumayberight,anotherdoctorsaid.We’llcarryoutsometestsandfindoutwhetherit'sthallium（铊）ornot.

Testsshowedthatthebabyhadindeedbeenpoisonedbythallium.Oncetheyknewthecauseoftheillness,thedoctorswereabletogivethebabythecorrecttreatment.ShesoonrecoveredandwassentbacktoQatar.Lateronitwasprovedthatthepoisonmighthavecomefromaninsecticide（杀虫剂）usedinQatar.

1.Whofirstsuggestedthecorrectcauseofthebaby'sillness?

A.ADoctorinQatar.B.NurseMaitland.

C.Dr.Brown.D.AgathaChristie.

2.WhywasthebabysenttoLondon?

A.ShewasaBritishgirlwhoseparentswereworkinginQatar.

B.ThehospitalsinQatarwerefullatthattime.

C.Shewasthedaughterofadoctorinoneoftheplaces.

D.TheQatardoctorswerenotsuretheycouldcureher.

3.Asfaraswecantellfrompassage,AgathaChristie.

A.hadneverevenmetthisbaby.

B.hadspentalongtimeasapoliceofficer.

C.visitedthebabyinthehospitalatHammersmith.

D.gaveNurseMaitlandsomeadviceonthephone.

4.NurseMaitlandspoketothedoctors

A.whensheheardthemdiscussingthepossibilityofthalliumpoison.

B.becauseshecouldseethatthedoctorshadmadeamistake.

C.tosuggestapossiblereasonforthepatient'sillness.

D.aftershehadreadaboutahorsewhichhadbeenpoisoned.

5.WhatdidthedoctorthinkofthesuggestionwhichNurseMaitland

made?

A.Theywereveryquicktoagreewithher.

B.Theywereunhappyoverherinterruption.

C.Theysaidthatshewaswrongbecausethalliumpoisoningisveryrare.

D.Theythoughtitwasapossibilityworthconsidering.

B

Mostpeopleusuallytraveledbyshipandtrainwhicharedrivenbysteamengine.Itplayedanimportantpartinmanykindsofvehiclesseveralscoresofyearsago.Whoinventedsteamengineandwhatunitscouldbeusedtomeasurethepowerofengine?

Theword“horse-power”wasfirstusedtwohundredyearsago.JamesWattfromaworker‟sfamilymadetheworldfirstwidelyusedsteamengine.Atfirst,hecouldn’ttellpeoplehowpowerfulitwas,becausetherewerenounitsatthattime.Wattdecidedtofindouthowmuchworkonestronghorsecoulddoinoneminute.Henamedthatunitonehorse-power.Inthiswayhecouldmeasuretheworkofhissteamengine.

Hediscoveredthatahorsecouldlifta3300-poundweight10feetintotheairinoneminute.Hisenginecouldlifta3300-poundweight100feetinoneminute.Becausehisenginedidtentimesasmuchworkasthehorse,Wattcalleditatenhorse-powerengine.

6.Themainideaofthepassageis_____.

　A.JamesWattinventedthesteamengine

　B.JamesWattfirstusedhorse-powerasaunitofmeasure

　C.howmuchpowerdoesahorsehave

　D.whyWatt’sengineiscalledatenhorse-powerengine

7.ThestorysaysthatWattmadethefirst____.

A.engineB.horse-powerengine

C.usefulengineD.widelyusedsteamengine

8.JamesWattwasbornin_____.

A.aworker’sfamilyB.afarmer’sfamily

C.ateacher’sfamilyD.adoctor’s

9.Wattwantedtofindawayto____.

A.measuretheworkhisenginecoulddo

B.tellpeoplehowpowerfulhisenginewas

C.lifta3300-poundweightD.bothAandB

10.Onehorse-powermeansthe____.

A.workahorsecoulddoinaminute

B.weightahorsecoulddointenminutes

C.workahorsecoulddointenminutes

D.weightofonehorse

C

Theevidenceforharmony（和谐）maynotbeobviousinsomefamilies.Butitseemsthatfouroutoffiveyoungpeoplenowgetonwiththeirparents,whichistheoppositeofthepopularly-heldimage（形象）ofunhappyteenagerslockedintheirroomafterendlessfamilyquarrels.

Animportant