届高三英语上学期第二次诊断考试试题.docx

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届高三英语上学期第二次诊断考试试题

甘肃省武威第十八中学2019届高三英语上学期第二次诊断考试试题

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100分钟满分：

120分命题人：

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.WhyNurseMaitlandspoketothedoctors?

A.whensheheardthemdiscussingthepossibilityofthalliumpoison.

B.becauseshecouldseethatthedoctorshadmadeamistake.

C.tosuggestapossiblereasonforthepatient'sillness.

D.aftershehadreadaboutahorsewhichhadbeenpoisoned.

5.WhatdidthedoctorthinkofthesuggestionwhichNurseMaitland

made?

A.Theywereveryquicktoagreewithher.

B.Theywereunhappyoverherinterruption.

C.Theysaidthatshewaswrongbecausethalliumpoisoning

isveryrare.

D.Theythoughtitwasapossibilityworthconsidering.

B

Insportthesexes（性别）areseparate.Womenandmendonotrunorswiminthesameraces.Womenarelessstrongthanmen.Thatatleastiswhatpeoplesay.Womenarecalledtheweakersex,or,ifmenwanttopleasethem,thefairsex.Butboysandgirlsaretaughttogetheratschoolsanduniversities.TherearewomenwhoarefamousPrimeMinisters,scientistsandwriters.Andwomenlivelongerthanmen.AEuropeanwomancanexpecttoliveuntiltheageof74,amanonlyuntilheis68.Arewomen'sbodiesreallyweaker?

　　Thefastestmencanrunamileinunder4minutes.Thebestwomenneed4.5minutes.Women'stimearealwaysslowerthanmen's,butsomefactsareasurprise.Someofthefastestwomenswimmerstodayareteenagegirls.Oneofthemswam400metresin4minutes21.2secondswhenshewasonly16.Thefirst‘Tartan’infilmwasanOlympicswimmer,JohnnyWeissmuller.Hisfastest400metreswas4minutes49.1seconds,whichis37.9secondsslowerthanagirl50yearslater!

Thisdoesnotmeanthatwomenarecatchingmenup.Conditionsareverydifferentnowandsportismuchmoreserious.Itissoseriousthatsomewomenathletesaregivenhormone（荷尔蒙）injections（注射）.AttheOlympicsadoctorhastocheckwhetherthewomenathletesarereallywomenornot.Itseemssadthatsporthassuchproblems.Lifecanbeverycomplicated（复杂的）whentherearetwoseparatesexes!

6.Womenarecalledtheweakersexbecause______.

　　A.womendoasmuchasmen

　　B.peoplethinkwomenareweakerthanmen

　　C.sportiseasierformenthanforwomen

　　D.insportthetwosexesarealwaystogether

7.Whichofthefollowingistrue?

A.Boysandgirlsstudyseparatelyeverywhere.

B.Womendonotrunorswiminraceswithmen.

C.FamousPrimeMinistersarewomen.

D.MencanexpecttolivelongerthanwomeninEurope.

8.“Thatatleastiswhatpeoplesay”meanspeople______.

　　A.sayotherthings,tooB.don'tsaythismuch

　　C.saythisbutmaynotthinksoD.onlythinkthis

9.Whatproblemsdoessporthave?

　A.Somewom