届高三英语上学期期中试题4.docx

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届高三英语上学期期中试题4

2019届高三英语上学期期中试题（4）

高三英语试题

考试时间：

100分钟总分：

120分

第一部分听力（30分）略

第二部分阅读理解（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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。

A

Imaginebeingbornwithoutarmsandlegs.Whatwouldyoudo?

Bornin1982inMelbourne,Australia,NickVujiciccameintotheworldwithneitherarmsnorlegs.ThroughouthischildhoodNickstruggledwithdepressionandlonelinessashequestionedwhyhewasdifferentfromtheotherkids.Heevencommittedsuicideseveraltimes.

Buthegotoveritwiththegreatloveofhisparents.Helearnttodealwithhisdisabilityandstartedtobeabletodomoreandmorethingsonhisown.Hefoundwaystodosomethingthatmostpeoplecouldonlydobyusingtheirlimbs（四肢）,suchascleaningteeth,brushinghair,typingonacomputer,swimmingandmuchmore.Astimewentby,Nickbegantoadapttohissituationandachievegreaterthings.IngradesevenNickwaselectedcaptainofhisschoolandworkedwiththestudentcouncilonvariousevents.

Aftermiddleschool,Nickwenttocollegeandgotadegree.Bytheageof19Nickstartedtorealizehisdreamofbeingabletoencourageotherpeopleandbringthemhope,throughtellinghisstory.Nickwholeheartedlybelievesthatourattitudetowardsdifficultiescanbethesinglemosteffectivefactorinovercomingthem.

At25yearsoldNickhadhisowncompany.Hehastraveledaroundtheworld,sharinghisstorywithmillionsofpeople.HehasbeeninterviewedonvariousTVprogramsworldwideandhasspokenwithsomefamousman.In2005Nickwasnamedasthe“YoungAustralianoftheYear”,whichisalargehonorinAustralia.

HowdoesNickfeelabouthisdisabilitynow?

Heacceptsitandembracesit.

21.Thefirstparagraph“Imaginebeingbornwithoutarmsandlegs.Whatwouldyoudo?

”isto_______.

A.offerquestionstoreadersB.attractreaders

C.introducethetopicofthetextD.analyzethecharacter

22.Paragraph4,5mainlytellus_______.

A.NickgotextraordinarysuccessB.howNickgrowup

C.NickownedhisowncompanyD.Nickacceptedhisdisability

23.Fromthetext,wecanmainlylearnthat________.

A.thedisabledcanbesuccessfulB.attitudehasanimportantinfluenceonlife

C.speechcanmotivatemanypeopleD.lovemakesourlifemorebeautiful

24.Theauthordevelopsthetext_______.

A.bytimeB.byspaceC.byanalysisD.byexample

B

Inthepasttenyears，manyscientistshavestudiedthedifferencesbetweenmenandwomen．Andtheyallgotthesameanswer：

Thesexes（性别）aredifferent，becausetheirbrainsaredifferent．Andthis，thescientistssay，makesmenandwomenseetheworldindifferentways．

Boys，forexample，generallyarebetterthangirlsatmathematical（数学的）ideas．Boysalsogenerallyarebetterthangirlsatthekindofhandandeyemovementsnecessaryforballsports．Girls，ontheotherhandgenerallystartspeakingearlierthanboys．Andtheygenerallyseebetterinthedarkthanboysandarebetteratlearningforeignlanguages．

Whatmakesmenandwomenbetteratonethingoranother？

Theansweristhebrain．Thebrainhastwosidesconnectedbynerve（神经）tracks．Theleftsidegenerallyisusedformathematics，speechandwriting．Therightsideisusedforartisticcreationandtheexpressionforemotions．Inmenandwomen，differentareasineachsideofthebraindevelopdifferently．Inboys，forexample，it'stheareausedformathematics．Ingirls，itistheareausedforlanguageskills．Anotherinterestingdifferenceisthatthetwosidesofaman'sbrainareconnectedbysmallernervesthanthetwosidesofawoman'sbrainarea．

25．Whatmakesmenandwomenthinkdifferently?

A．ThedifferentbrainsmakeB．Sexmakes

C．ThedifferentexperiencesmakeD．Theinfluencesofsocietymake

26．Accordingtothearticle，girlsaregenerallybetterthanboysatinyourschool．

A．mathematicsB．physicsC．EnglishD．Chemistry

27．Whichofthefollowingistrue？

A．Theareaingirlsusedforlanguageskillsdevelopsbetter．

B．Theleftsideofbraininboysgenerallydevelopsbetterthanthatingirls．

C．Theleftsideofbrainingirlsgenerallydevelopsbetterthanthatinboys．

D．Menarebetterthanwomeninallthings．

28．Inmenandwomenthenumberofnervesconnectingthehalvesofbrain_____.

A．isthesameB．iszeroC．isdifferentD．Notmentioned．

C

Whenafriendissadaboutatragedy（悲剧），it’shardtoknowhowtocomfort（安慰）him/her.Buttheworstthingyoucandoistosaynothing.Itcouldmeanthatyoudon’tcare.Youdon’thavetosaymuch..Asinglesupportivephrasedoesn’trequireabsolutelyperfectwordstobreaktheice.Herearesomeconversationstarterswhendifficultsituationshaveyourtonguetied.

1.Afriendloseshisbaby.

Don’tsay:

“Don’tworry.You’resoyoung.You’llhaveanotherbaby.”Dosay:

“I’msosorry.Ican’tbegintoimaginewhatyouaregoingthrough,butifyouwanttotalkaboutit,callmeanytime.”