学年进才中学高三上英语第一次月考.docx

1、学年进才中学高三上英语第一次月考进才中学 2018-2019 学年高三第一学期周测英语试卷（考试时间 120 分钟；满分 140 分） 2018.9第 I 卷. Listening (略). Grammar and VocabularySection A (10%）Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent andgrammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each b

2、lank with the proper II, blank-filling (10%) form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.Something You dont Know about Boss Working is usually not a likable thing. But if the salary is good, we 1 put up with it.However, if you unfortunately have a very diffic

3、ult boss, then it is 2 story. Sometimes, youdo come across that kind of boss who keeps giving verbal consent , but never taking the commitmentseriously. You may have already met this kind of boss. At first they agreed to let you push forward a newproject, then somehow they changed their minds and ac

4、ted 3 they had never agreed to it. Or, your boss may never fulfill what he 4 (promise) you and stop mentioning it at all. Such a boss can turn a good working environment into _5_uncomfortable and unhappy workplace. But he is the boss. He has the power to assign tasks and ultimately fire us. This pow

5、er imbalance is why we should struggle to figure out a way out.Tip 1: Figure out why.Some bosses might be forgetful while others might receive benefits to which they_6_ (entitle) and see you a threat, in which case you must know how to defend yourself. _7_ (talk) to your boss the problems in a humbl

6、e, polite and professional manner can help you solve theproblem.Tip 2: Make full preparations.At each important point, confirm with them the_8_ (agree) things, keep them updated_9_the progress, then confirm the direction again, and wait for them to give a new promise before you continue.Tip 3: Speak

7、 up in the public.It is best not to talk with your boss in private, but let some other colleagues participate in theconversation.For example, if you communicate in emails, you may copy it to all the people involved. If it isa verbal communication, then you may choose somewhere someone else is presen

8、t _10_ (have) the conversation.Section B (10%)Directions: Fill in each blanks with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be usedonly once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. bows B. cracks C. basically D. officially E. conditioned F. confessedG. marks H. cheating I. assumpt

9、ion J. proudest K. imperfectionOn an otherwise ordinary afternoon in mid-December, the Hakata to Tokyo express pulled intoNagoya and a thousand passengers were ordered off the train. The burning smell and unusual soundturned out to be_1_ in the chassis(底盘).It was the first time that the Shinkansen(新

10、干线), the countrys symbol of industrial power and“made in Japan” engineering quality, had given way to a(n) _2_designated “serious incident”. Once upon a time, the cracks would have been unthinkable; the nation-along with the outside world-has long been _3_to think of different scandals, Japans probl

11、em is that_4_is far less unthinkable than it used to be.The bullet train breakdown_5_the peak of months of public admissions by some ofJapans greatest names-including Nissan Motor, Subaru, Toray Industries, Kobe Steel and Mitsubishi Materials-that they have either been_6_on quality tests or faking d

12、ocuments to sell products of a lower quality than stated.Data have been made up on materials used in everything from Boeing aircraft and nuclear plants to space rockets and Uniqlo thermal underwear. Factories have been deprived of their Japanese Industrial Standards certifications and chief executiv

13、es have felt obliged to make deep_7_of apology. For an industrial economy that has built its global name on its reputation for quality, these are nerve-racking times.No one thought that Japanese companies were basically more honest than their counterparts around the world, says one former Toshiba ex

14、ecutive, but there was an assumption both inside and outside Japan that everyone on the factory floor was devoted to the perfection of monzoukuri, the craftsmanship that represents what is arguably the_8_of Japanese corporate boasts. “That _9_is what has taken the heaviest beating,” he said.When Hir

15、oya Kawasaki, the chief executive of Kobe Steel, first _10_that the company had been taking part in data falsification that dated back to the 1970s, his statement was almost apocalyptic (灾难性的)：“Trust in our company has fallen to Zero,”he said. Reading comprehension.Section A (15%)Directions: For eac

16、h blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B,C, D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.A baby born in west today will more likely than not live to be 105, write Lynda Gratton andAndrew Scott of London Business School in their book, Th

17、e 100-Year Life. That may sound likescience fiction. _1_, its only cautiously optimistic.If turning 100 becomes normal, then the authors predict “a fundamental redesign of life”. Wecurrently live “the three-stage life”: education, career, then retirement. The book_2_thatif todays children want to re

18、tire on livable pensions, they will need to work until about age 80. Thatwould be a_3_to the past: in 1880, nearly half of 80-year-old Americans did some kind ofwork.But few people will be able to bear the_4_and tedium of a 55-year career in a singlesector. Anyway, technological changes would make t

19、heir education obsolete long before they reached 80. The new life-path will_5_have more than three stages.Two new life-stages appeared in the past century: teenagers and retirees. Now another stage is_6_, say Gratton and Scott: the years from 18 to 30, which people increasingly spend_7_ from educati

20、on to full-time work. Of course, many of todays young have no choice: they simply cannot find good jobs. But the 18-to-30s have also been_8_to understand the gift of extra years, say the authors. Many young people are now consciously searching and experimenting, _9_how they want to spend the next se

21、ven or so decades.The authors predict that more will do two degrees: first a general undergraduate course, whichteaches thinking skills with lifelong value, and then a more _10_vocational degree thatteaches a specific sectors current needs. After studying, the young will spend time travelling, explo

22、ring different sectors, and _11_a “posse” of friends and acquaintances who can sustain them at work and outside for 70 years.Future careers will contain many transformations. People will have to make more_12_:next year, should you work hard in your job, return to education, or transition to an entir

23、ely newsector? There will be time to achieve_13_ in multiple domains. No longer will womenbe_14_careers because they took five or 10 years out to raise kids. That will still leavethem 50-plus working years.And people will change their use of leisure. When you could expect a 40-year career followedby

24、 fat state or corporate pensions, you could spend your free time chilling and buying stuff. But the100-year life_15_more saving. You might also need to spend much of your non-working time reskilling or exercising to maintain your body and brain for those extra decades.1. A. In particular B. In fact

25、C. At least D. First of all2. A. evaluates B. calculates C. expects D. insists3. A. review B. reward C. return D. reverse4. A. exhaustion B. interest C. mismatch D. revolution5. A. however B. conversely C. therefore D. instead6. A. rising B. shifting C. functioning D. emerging7. A. transitioning B.

26、ranging C. pursuing D. revolutionizing8. A. the slowest B. the quickest C. the more reluctant D. the leastprepared9. A. working out B. depending on C. consisting in D. coming up10. A. general B. specific C. definite D. peculiar11. A. reuniting B. assembling C. equipping D. supporting12. A. options B

27、. obligations C. duties D. benefits13. A. wisdom B. efforts C. mastery D. comments14. A. denied B. dismissed C. deprived D. withdrawn15. A. equals B. requires C. generates D. spendsSection B (22%)Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions orunfinishe

28、d statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D Choose theone that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.AYoung people are losing faith in an elitist education system. “If you dont have the abilitythen blame your parents,” wrote Jun

29、g Yoo-ra on social media in 2014, after being accepted into afamous university. Her mother, it turns out, had gone to great lengths to secure a spot for her,persuading Ehwa Womens University to alter its admissions policy in a manner tailor-made forMs. Jung.Last month a court ruled that the nine peo

30、ple involved in this deception had fundamentallyshaken the “values of fairness of our society”. Above all, the “feelings of emptiness and betrayalthey caused in hardworking students” could not be excused.University was once seen as a source of social mobility in South Korea. But so important isthe r

31、ight degree to a students prospects in life that rich families began spending heavily oncoaching to improve their childrens chances, leaving poorer families behind.By 2007 over three-quarters of students were receiving some form of private tuition,maximizing the three necessities to win a place at a good university: “fathers wealth, mothersinformation, childs diligence”.Many South Koreans believe that the rich and influential do not just spend more oneducation, they also manipulate the system, as Ms. Jungs mother, a close friend of the previouspresident,