精品届高三英语上学期第一次月考试题新版新人教 版.docx

1、精品届高三英语上学期第一次月考试题新版新人教 版2019高三英语上学期第一次月考试题第二部分 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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ABritish MuseumLocated in Great Russell Street， London WC1B 3DG， the British Museum houses a vast collection of world art and artifacts and is free to all visitors The British Museum

2、 s remarkable collection spans over two million years of human history and culture， and it has more than 7 million objects， so it would probably take a week to see everythingOver 6million visitors every year experience the collection， including world-famous objects such as the Rosetta Stone and Egyp

3、tian mummiesAdmission and opening timesFree， open daily 10：00 to 17：30Open until 20：30 on Fridays， except Good FridayClosed on 24， 25 and 26 December and 1 JanuaryLarge luggage， suitcases and cabin baggageFor everyones safety， all bags， packages and personal items may be searched before entry Wheele

4、d cases and large items of luggage are not allowed on British Museum for safety and security reasons Storage for luggage is available at major rail stations， including Euston， Kings Cross and Charing CrossMembershipMembership allows you to discover 2 million years of human history with free unlimite

5、d entry to special exhibitions， an exclusive discount offer on magazine subscription and many more benefitsIndividual membership： 74Under 26 membership： 54Young friends （ages 8-15）： 25ShopsThe Museum has four shops where you can buy books， souvenirs， and family gifts21When can you visit the British

6、Museum？_AAt 9：00 Friday BAt 12：00 MondayCOn Christmas Day DOn Good Friday22Where can visitors store their large luggage _AAt major train stations BAt some crossingsCIn the hall of the Museum DAt the entrance to the Museum23If two friends aged 14 and 18 apply for membership of the Museum， how much sh

7、ould they pay？_A25 B79 C50 D148BA robot called Bina48 has successfully taken a course in the philosophy of love at Notre Dame de Namur University （NDNU）， in CaliforniaAccording to course instructor William Barry， associate professor at NDNU， Bina48 is the worlds first socially advanced robot to comp

8、lete a college course， a feat he described as remarkable The robot took part in class discussions， gave a presentation with a student partner and participated in a debate with students from another institutionBefore becoming a student， Bina48 appeared as a guest speaker in Barry s classes for severa

9、l yearsOne day whenaddressingBarrys class， Bina48 expressed a desire to go college， a desire that Barry and his students enthusiastically supportedRather than enroll Bina48 in his Robot Ethics： Philosophy of Emerging Technologies course， Barry suggested that Bina48 should take his course Philosophy

10、of Love insteadLove is a concept Bina48 doesnt understand，said BarryTherefore the challenge would be for Barry and his students to teach Bina48 what love isSome interesting things happened in the class， said BarryHe said that his students thought it would be straightforward to teach Bina48 about lov

11、e， which， after all， is fairly simple - its a feeling， said BarryBut the reality was differentBina48 ended up learning 31 different versions of love， said Barry，highlighting some of the challenges humans may face when working artificial intelligence in futureBina48 participated in class discussions

12、via Skype and also took part in a class debate about love and conflict with students from West PointBina48s contribution to the debate was filmed and posted on YouTubeIt was judged that Bina48 and NDNU classmates were the winners of this debateIn the next decade， Barry hopes Bina48 might become comp

13、lex enough to teach a class， though he says he foresees robots being used to better the teaching and learning experience， rather than replacing instructors completely24What was Bina48s performance like in class？_AExtraordinary BInsignificant CFar-reaching DUnattractive25What does the underlined word

14、 addressing in paragraph 3 probably mean？_ADealing with BConsulting with CGiving a speech to DSending a letter to26What can we learn from the passage？_AIt was interesting for Bina48to learn about loveBIt was quite easy for Bina48to learn about loveCArtificial intelligence may somehow be superior to

15、manDHumans can launch a challenge to artificial intelligence27What does Barry think of the future development of Bina48？_AIt will surely be able to serve as a teacherBIt will be able to promote learning and teachingC It will completely take the place of instructorsD It will be smart enough to contro

16、l human beingsCThe survey by The Harvard Crimson was emailed to incoming first year undergraduates； 1，600 students respondedResults showed that at least a tenth of the students polled admitted to having cheated on an exam before starting at the university，while almost half admitted to cheating on th

17、eir homeworkAthletes were apparently the most prone to cheating.20 percent of students who played a university sport admitted to cheating on an exam compared to 9 percent of students who did notThe survey also revealed that men were not only more likely to cheat but were also more likely to admit to

18、 itThe results，compared to a previous survey done on the class of 2013，suggested that cheating may be becoming more commonplaceOf the outgoing seniors only 7 percent admitted to cheating in an exam and another 7 percent said they had been dishonest on a take-home test.32 percent of the seniors said

19、they had cheated on homework during their undergraduate yearsThe surveys come in the wake of a cheating scandal at the university which saw 120 students investigated for sharing answers on an exam in 2012One recent graduate stated：Cheating was commonplace when I was at Harvard，especially with studen

20、ts in their first year or twoI would say as many as 60 per cent of students took notes into some examsNo one really cared and the faculty (教师)，well some of them at least，seemed to recognize and yet ignore the problemIn an email to NBC News，Jeff Neal，a Harvard representative，explained that a committe

21、e，made up of faculty，staff and students had been established totackle cheating，whichis a national problem in American education28Of the following 4 university students，who is most likely to cheat？_AJack，an athletic freshman BRose，a third-year studentCJohn，a second-year student DMaria，a first-year st

22、udent29According to para.4& 5，which of the following statement can be inferred？_AThey have done more than one surveyBonly 7% of the seniors have cheated in the examsCIt seems more and more undergraduates are cheatingDStudents are more likely to cheat in their senior years30Why did The Harvard Crimso

23、n conduct the survey？_ABecause they want to wake up the cheating studentsBBecause the faculty recognized and yet ignored the problemCBecause cheating has become more commonplaceDBecause there was a cheating scandal at the university31Which word has the closest meaning to the underlined wordtacklein

24、the last paragraph？_Afind Bpunish Csolve D explainDAccording to new research from the University of Cambridge in England， sheep are able to recognize human faces from photographsThe farm animals， who are social and have large brains， were previously known to be able to recognize one another， as well

25、 as familiar humansHowever， their ability to recognize human faces from photos alone is novelThe recent study， the results of which were published in the journal Royal Society： Open ScienceShow the woolly creatures could be trained to recognize still images of human faces， including those of former

26、President Barack Obama and actress Emma WatsonInitially，the sheep were trained lo approach certain images by being given food rewardsLater，they were able to recognize the images for which they had been rewardedThe sheep could even recognize images of faces shown at an angle， though their ability to

27、do so declined by about 15percent - the same rate at which a humans ability to perform the same task declinesAnyone who has spent time working with sheep will know that they are intelligent， individual animals who are able to recognize their handlers， said Professor Jenny Morton， who led the Cambrid

28、ge studyWeve shown with our study that sheep have advanced face-recognition abilities， comparable with those of humans and monkeysRecognizing faces is one of the most important social skills for human beings， and some disorders of the brain， including Huntingtons disease， affect this abilitySheep ar

29、e long-lived and have brains that are similar in size and complexity to those of some monkeysThat means they can be useful models to help us understand disorders of the brain， such as Huntingtons disease， that develop over a long time and affect cognitive abilitiesOur study gives us another way to m

30、onitor how these abilities change， Morton said32According to the new research， whats unusual about sheep？_AThey have large brains BThey can recognize their ownersCThey can tell animals from humans DThey can recognize human faces from photographs33How did the researchers train the sheep？_ABy guiding

31、them to follow their handlers BBy giving food rewardsCBy showing photos of humans and monkeys by turnsDBy showing photos of famous people34What can be inferred from the passage？_ASheep have a higher face-recognition ability than monkeysBThe sheeps face-recognition ability stays the same when shown photos at any angleCThe new discovery is beneficial to the study of cognitive ability changesDThe sheeps face-recognition ability may prevent some disorders of the brain35Whats the best tit