黑龙江省大庆市届高三英语上学期期中试题.docx

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黑龙江省大庆市届高三英语上学期期中试题

黑龙江省大庆市2018届高三英语上学期期中试题

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1、本试题满分150分，答题时间120分钟。

2、请将答案填写在答题卡上，考试结束后只交答题卡。

第Ⅰ卷

第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节   （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

A

TheBazaarofBadDreams

Author:

StephenKing

USauthorStephenKingiswell-knownforcreatingcontemporaryhorror,supernaturalfictionandsciencefictionstories.Hislatestbookdeliversagenerouscollectionofstorieswithhiddenconnections.Themasterstorytelleralsoincludesinsightintowhyandhowhecametowritethem.

MagnusChaseandtheGodsofAsgard

Author:

RickRiordan

AtroubledkidnamedMagnusChasehaslivedaloneonthe streetsofBostonsincehismother'smysteriousdeath.HislifechangeswhenhemeetsUncleRandolph,amanhismotherwarnedhimabout.RandolphrevealsthatChaseisthesonofaNorsegod.Chaseisthentaskedwithsearchingforalostweapontosavetheworldfrommonsters.

LittleVictories:

PerfectRulesforImperfectLiving 

Author:

JasonGay

Therearealwaysmomentsinourliveswhenwefeeldoomed（注定）tobeimperfect.Inthiscollectionofhumorousessays，WallStreetJournalcolumnistJasonGaytellsusthat,whenwemessthingsup，weshouldjustgiveourselvesabreakandcelebratethethingswedidright.

ThingExplainer:

ComplicatedStuffinSimpleWords 

Author:

RandallMunroe

Haveyoueverbeenpuzzledbycomplexterminology（术语）？

Hasitpreventedyoufromlearningaboutscience?

Thisfascinatingbookprovidessimpleexplanationsandlinedrawingstoexplainessentialscienceconcepts.Thebook'sauthoristhemanbehindthepopularscienceblog--WhatIf.

1.Whatdothefirsttwobookshaveincommon?

A.Theyarebothhumorous.      B.Theyarebothscienceessays.

C.Theyarenotaboutreallife. D.Theyarebothcollectionsofstories

2.Whosebookisyourbestchoicewhenyoufeeldissatisfiedwithlife?

A.StephenKing. B.JasonGay. C.RickRiordan.D.RandallMunroe.

3.WhatdoesRandallMunroedifferfromtheotherauthors?

A.He’swrittenastoryaboutthesonofNorsegod.

B.Heinspiresreaderstoliveaperfectlife.

C.Heiswell-knownforsupernaturalfictions.

D.Hewritesblogpostsonpopularscience.

B

Thewordadvertisingreferstoanykindofpublicannouncementthatbringsproductsandservicestotheattentionofpeople.Throughouthistory,advertisinghasbeenaneffectivewaytopromote（促进）thetradingandsellingofgoods.IntheMiddleAges,merchantsemployed"towncriers"toreadpublicmessagesaloudtopromotetheirgoods.Whenprintingwasinventedinthefifteenthcentury,pagesofadvertisements（ads）couldbeprintedeasilyandwereeitherhunginpublicplacesorputinbooks.

Bytheendoftheseventeenthcentury,whennewspaperswerebeginningtobereadbymorepeople,printedmaterialsbecameanimportantwaytopromoteproductsandservices.TheLondonGazettewasthefirstnewspapertosetasideaplacejustforadvertising.Thiswassosuccessfulthatbytheendofthecenturyseveralcompaniesstartedbusinessesforthepurposeofmakingnewspaperadsformerchants.

Advertisingspreadquicklythroughouttheeighteenthcentury.Adwriterswerestartingtopaymoreattentiontothedesignoftheadtext.Everything,fromclothestodrinks,waspromotedwithclevermethodssuchasrepetitionofthefirm'snameorproduct,wordsorganizedineyecatchingpatterns,theuseofprettypicturesandexpressionseasytoremember.

Neartheendofthenineteenthcentury,companiesthatweredevotedtotheproductionofadscametobeknownas"advertisingagencies（广告商）．"Theagenciesdevelopednewwaystogetpeopletothinkofthemselvesasmembersofagroup.Throughoutthetwentiethcentury,advertisingagenciespromotedconsumerism（消费主义）asawayoflife,spreadingthebeliefthatpeoplecouldbehappyonlyiftheyboughtthe"right"products.

4.WhatwasadvertisinglikeintheMiddleAges?

A．Admessageswereshoutedoutinpublicplaces.

B．Merchantswereemployedtopromoteproducts.

C．Productinformationwasincludedinbooks.

D．Adsignswereputupintowns.

5.Whatdoestheword"This"inParagraph2referto?

A.Workingwithadagencies.

B.Includingpicturesinads.

C.Sellinggoodsinmarkets.

D.Advertisinginnewspapers.

6.The18thcenturyadvertisingwasspecialinits________.

A．growingspending

B．attractivedesigns

C．advertisingcompanies

D．printingmaterials

7.Whichofthefollowingmightbethebesttitleforthetext?

A．TheStoryofAdvertising

B．TheValueofAdvertisingDesigns

C．TheRoleofNewspaperAdvertising

D．TheDevelopmentofPrintingforAdvertising

C

WhenIrecentlyrevealedtomyfriends,colleagues,andfamilymembersthatIwouldbemovingmyfamilytoIsrael,thereactionswerenumerousandvaried.Somepeoplesaiditwasanexpectedthingwhileothersasked:

Whynow?

Whatwillyoudo?

Forme,makingthemovetoIsraelisthefulfillmentofadreamthathaslastedformy47yearsoflife.IhavealwaysknownthatIsraelismyhome.OvertheyearsIsraelhasbeeninmyheart,butIhavefoundanumberofreasonstoputoffmakingitmypermanentresidence:

kids,theeconomy,education…younameanexcuse,andatsomepointIhaveprobablyusedit.

Truthfully,IbelievethatIwasalwaysjustalittlebitscared.AndofcourseIstillam,withthefearfactorthatisreportedbythepresssurroundingtheIsraelimilitaryandeconomy.However,ithascometothepointwhenIhaverealizedthatforover2000yearswehavelongedforthisland,andthatfor47yearsIhavedeniedtheopportunitytomakeitmyhome.Iamfinallyreadytofullygraspthisopportunity.

Overtheyears,IhavealwayslovedvisitingIsrael.Ihavetraveledtherewithmyfamily,andenjoyedintroducingthousandsoftravelerstothecountry.IhavecometoloveallofthesethingsaboutIsraelasatouristbecauseIgettolovemyhome.Andasfaraswaitingforthe“perfect”conditionunderwhichtomakealiyah,Ibelievethetimeisnow!

IhavebeenaskedmanytimesifIamnervousaboutmovingtoIsrael.BeforeIanswer,IrememberthatwehaveovercometheGreeks,theRomans,theRussiankillings,HitlerandtheHolocaust（大屠杀），andthearmiesofsevencountries.

HowcanInotfeelconfidentthatI,andmyfamily,willovercomeanydifficultiesthatmaycomeourway?

Iamnotworrying,complaining,crying,orfearingasIpreparetomakealiyah.IamproudandexcitedtosaythatIamfulfillinga47-year-olddream:

Iamgoinghome.

8.Whatdoestheauthorwanttosayinthepassage?

A.Hisdreamistocometrueafter47years.

B.ItisadilemmaforhimtoreturntoIsrael.

C.Hedidn’tliveahappylifeinIsrael.

D.Itisalatesttrendtofulfilleveryone’sdream.

9.Theauthordidn’treturntoIsraelbeforebecause_________.

A.hischildrenmainlyheldhimback

B.hefailedtogetdetermined

C.hedidn’tsaveenoughmoney

D.hehopedtofinishhiseducation

10.Whatdoestheunderlinedpart“makealiyah”meaninthepassage?

A.ToreturntoIsrael.

B.Tomakeadecision.

C.Tolivehappily.

D.Tocatchachance.

11.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat______.

A.theauthorwillbehappytomeethisrelativesinIsrael

B.Israelisafamiliarwordbutastrangeplacefortheauthor

C.theIsraelisufferedalotinthehistory

D.Israelisstillaplacebetweenwarsandchaos

D

Chinesestudents’extremelyneathandwrittencompositionshavearousedaheateddebateamongInternetuserssincephotosofthecompositionsandateacher’spickyremarkswerepublishedonDailyMailOnline.

“Canyoubelievethisessayishandwritten?

”DailyMailOnlineasked.

Thewebsitereportedonthecompositionsthatlookedliketheyhadbeenmachineprintedandontheteacher’sremarksatHengshuiHighSchoolinNorthChina’sHebeiProvince,oneofChina’stop100highschools.Theteacherwrote,“notonestroke（笔画）more,notonestrokeless”aboutsomecompositionsthatweren’tneatlywritten.

ThestoryimmediatelyarousedaheateddebateamongBritishInternetusersandgot652commentsafteritwaspublishedonWednesday.SomeBritishreaderswereamazedbytheneathandwritingandattributed（归于）China’sgrowingdevelopmenttothisstrictteachingmethod.AreadernamedJimsaid,“ThisisanotherexampleofwhyChinaisrisingtothetop”,andhiscommentgained72supports.Butsomereadersthoughtthetoo-pickymethoddoesn’tmakesenseinhelpingstudentslearnbetterEnglishandsuppresses（压制）students’creativity.

ChineseInternetusersalsoexpresseddifferentopinionsafterEnglishnewspapers,auserofChina’sTwitterlikeSinaWeibo,postedthestoryalongwithitscommentsonWeiboonThursday.Sincethen,theposthasreceived1,479comments.SinaWeibouserwenjinzetuisaid,“Beautifulhandwritingprovesanability”,echoinganoldChinesesayingthatthestyleistheman.However,anotherWeibouser,honorificabilitus,said,“It’smeaninglesstopursuethatneatEnglishhandwriting,sincelearninglanguageisforcommunicating,letaloneEnglishstudentsdon’twritethatneatly.”

TherearealsomanyWeibousersshowingworryaboutthistoo-strictteachingmethod,asweibouserli-owl-stopsaid,“WeshouldreflecttheChinese-styleeducation,andit’shardtoimaginewhatwouldhappenifalltheschoolsinChinaadoptedtheteachingmethodatHengshuiHighSchool.”

12.Whatcanbeinferredfromthelastsentenceinthethirdparagraph?

A.Theteacher’steachingmethodwasverystrict.

B.Thestudent’shandwritingwastoobad.

C.Theteacherwastoo-picky.

D.Thecompositionswerenotprintedbymachine.

13.AsfortheChinesestudents’extremelyneathandwriting,theBritishInternetusers________.

A.wereamazedbyit

B.thoughtitsuppressesstudents’creativity

C.haddifferentviewsaboutit

D.thoughtitmeaningl