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1、高三一模英语试题2018届中山市华侨中学高三第一次模拟考试英语试题考试时间：120分钟 满分：120分 （2017.8.28）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，选出最佳选项。AInspiring young minds! TOKNOW Magazine is a big hit in the world of childrens publishing, bringing a unique combination of challenging ideas and good fun to yo

2、ung fans every month.Sounds too good to be true? Take a look onlineevidence shows that thousands of teachers and parents know a good thing when they see it and recommend TOKNOW to their friends.Happy Birthday All Year! What could be more fun than a gift that keeps coming through the letterbox every

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4、iption can be cancelled within 28 days and you can get your money back.1. Why is TOKNOW a special magazine?A. It entertains young parents.B. It provides serious advertisements.C. It publishes popular science fictions.D. It combines fun with complex concepts.2. What does TOKNOW offer its readers?A. O

5、nline courses.B. Articles on new topics.C. Lectures on a balanced life.D. Reports on scientific discoveries.3. How much should you pay if you make a 12-month subscription to TOKNOW with gift pack from China?A. 55. B. 60. C. 65. D. 70.BOne of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas gift. Unlike ot

6、her gifts, it came without wrap.On September 11th, 1958, Mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my lap, saying. I promised you a gift, and here it is.” What an honor! I turned four a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own.

7、I played with it day and night. I sang to it. I told it stories. I told it over and over how much I loved it!One morning, however, I found its bed empty. My doll was gone! I cried for it. Mum wept and told me that the poor little thing had been sent to a hospital. It had a fever. For several days, I

8、 heard Mum and Dad whispering such words as hopeless, pitiful, and dying, which sounded ominous.Christmas was coming. Dont expect any presents this year. Dad said, pointing at the socks I hung in the living room. If your baby brother lives, thatll be Christmas enough. As he spoke, his were eyes fill

9、ed with tears. Id never seen him cry before.The phone rang early on Christmas morning. Dad jumped out of bed to answer it. From my bedroom, I heard him say. What? Hes all right? He hung up and shouted upstairs. The hospital said we can bring Richard home! Thank God. I heard Mum cry.From the upstairs

10、 window, I watched my parents rush out to the car. I had never seen them so happy. And I was also full of joy. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home. I ran downstairs. My socks still hung there flat. But I knew they were not empty; they were filled with love!4. What happened to the author

11、 on September 11, 1958?A. He got a baby brother B. He got a Christmas gift C. He became four years old D. He received a doll 5.What does the underlined word “ominous” in Paragraph 3 probably mean？A. impossible. B. boring C. difficult D. fearful6. Which word can best describe the feeling of the fathe

12、r when Christmas was coming?A. excitement. B. happiness. C. sadness. D. disappointment.7. What is the passage mainly about?A. A sad Christmas day B. Life with a lovely baby C. A special Christmas gift. D. Memories of a happy familyC Minutes after the last movie ended yesterday at the Plaza Theater,

13、employees were busy sweeping up popcorns and gathering coke cups. It was a scene that had been repeated many times in the theaters 75-year history. This time, however, the cleanup was a little different. As one group of workers carried out the rubbish, another group began removing seats and other th

14、eater equipment in preparation for the buildings end. The film classic The Last Picture Show was the last movie shown in the old theater. Though the movie is 30 years old, most of the 250 seats were filled with teary-eyed audience wanting to say good-bye to the old building. Theater owner Ed Bradfor

15、d said he chose the movie because it seemed appropriate. The movie is set in a small town where the only movie theater is preparing to close down.Bradford said that large modern theaters in the city made it impossible for the Plaza to compete. He added that the theaters location was also a reason. “

16、This used to be the center of town,” he said. “Now the area is mostly office buildings and warehouses.”Last week some city officials suggested the city might be interested in turning the old theater into a museum and public meeting place. However, these plans were abandoned because of financial prob

17、lems. Bradford sold the building and land to a local development firm, which plans to build a shopping complex on the land where the theater is located.The theater audience said good-bye as Bradford locked the doors for the last time. After 75 years the Plaza Theater has shown its last movie. The th

18、eater will be missed.8. In what way was yesterdays cleanup at the Plaza special?A. It made room for new equipment.B. It signaled the closedown of the theater.C. It was done with the help of the audience.D. It marked the 75th anniversary of the theater.9. Why was The Last Picture Show put on?A. It wa

19、s an all-time classic. B. It was about the history of the town.C. The audience requested it. D. The theater owner found it suitable.10. What will probably happen to the building?A. It will be repaired. B. It will be turned into a museum.C. It will be knocked down. D. It will be sold to the city gove

20、rnment. 11. What can we infer about the audience?A. They are disappointed with Bradford. B. They are sad to part with the old theater. C. They are supportive of the city officials. D. They are eager to have a shopping center.DCalifornia Condors Shocking RecoveryCalifornia condors are North Americas

21、largest birds, with wing-length of up to 3 meters. In the 1980s, electrical lines and lead poisoning(铅中毒) nearly drove them to dying out. Now, electric shock training and medical treatment are helping to rescue these big birds. In the late 1980s, the last few condors were taken from the wild, and th

22、ere are now more than 150 flying over California and nearby Arizona, Utah and Baja in Mexico. Electrical lines have been killing them off. “As they go in to rest for the night, they just dont see the power lines,”says Bruce Rideout of San Diego Zoo. Their wings can bridge the gap between lines, resu

23、lting in electrocution(电死) if they touch two lines at once. So scientists have come up with a shocking idea. Tall poles, placed in large training areas, teach the birds to stay clear of electrical lines by giving them a painful but undeadly electric shock. Before the training was introduced, 66% of

24、set-freed condors died of electrocution. This has now dropped to 18%. Lead poisoning has proved more difficult to deal with. When condors eat dead bodies of other animals containing lead, they absorb large quantities of lead. This affects their nervous systems and ability to produce baby birds, and

25、can lead to kidney(肾) failures and death. So condors with high levels of lead are sent to Los Angeles Zoo, where they are treated with calcium EDTA, a chemical that removes lead from the blood over several days. This work is starting to pay off. The annual death rate for adult condors has dropped fr

26、om 38% in 2000 to 5.4% in 2011. Rideouts team thinks that the California condors average survival time in the wild is now just under eight years. “Although these measures are not effective forever, they are vital for now,” he says. “They are truly good birds that are worth every effort we put into r

27、ecovering them.”12. California condors attract researchers interest because they_.A. are active at nightB. had to be bred in the wildC. are found in CaliforniaD. almost died out in the 1980s13. Researchers have found electrical lines are_.A. blocking condors journey home B. big killers of California

28、 condorsC. rest places for condors at nightD. used to keep condors away14. According to Paragraph 5, lead poisoning _.A. makes condors too nervous to fly B. has little effect on condors kidneysC. can hardly be gotten rid of from condors bloodD. makes it difficult for condors to produce baby birds15.

29、 The passage shows that_.A. the average survival time of condors is satisfactoryB. Rideouts research interest lies in electric engineeringC. the efforts to protect condors have brought good resultsD. researchers have found the final answers to the problem第二节 （共 5 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 10 分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选

30、出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。The Science of Risk-SeekingSometimes we decide that a little unnecessary danger is worth it because when we weigh the risk and the reward, the risk seems worth taking. 16 Some of us enjoy activities that would surprise and scare the rest of us. Why? Experts say it may have t

31、o do with how our brains work.The reason why any of us take any risks at all might have to do with early humans. Risk-takers were better at hunting, fighting, or exploring. 17 As the quality of risk-taking was passed from one generation to the next, humans ended up with a sense of adventure and a to

32、lerance for risk.So why arent we all jumping out of airplanes then? Well, even 200,000 years ago, too much risk-taking could get one killed. A few daring survived, though, along with a few stay-in-the-cave types. As a result, humans developed a range of character types that still exists today. So maybe you love car racing, or maybe you hate it. _ 18 No matter where you