高三英语上学期第一次月考试题19.docx

1、高三英语上学期第一次月考试题19甘肃省通渭县马营中学2017届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,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A“The whole show is dreadful,” she cried coming out of the menagerie（动物展览馆） of M. Martin. She had just been looking at that daring speculator “working with his hyena,

2、” to speak in the style of the programme.“By what means,” she continued, “can he have tamed these animals to such a point as to be certain of their affection for ”“What seems to you a problem,” said I, interrupting, “is really quite natural.”“Oh!” she cried, letting an incredulous smile wander over

3、her lips.“You think that beasts are wholly without passions?” I asked her.“Quite the reverse; we can communicate to them all the vices arising in our own state of civilization.”She looked at me with an air of astonishment.“But,” I continued, “the first time I saw M. Martin, I admit, like you, I did

4、give vent to an exclamation of surprise. I found myself next to an old soldier with the right leg amputated, who had come in with me. His face had struck me. He was without doubt one of those troopers who are surprised at nothing, who find matter for laughter in the contortions of a dying comrade, w

5、ho bury or plunder him quite light-heartedly, who stand intrepidly（无畏地） in the way of bullets;in fact, one of those men who waste no time in deliberation, and would not hesitate to make friends with the devil himself. After looking very attentively at the proprietor of the menagerie getting out of h

6、is box, my companion pursed up his lips with an air of mockery and contempt, with that peculiar and expressive twist which superior people assume to show they are not taken in. Then, when I was expatiating on（谈论） the courage of M. Martin, he smiled, shook his head knowingly, and said, Well known. 21

7、. Which one has the same meaning as the underlined word “vice(s)” on the sixth paragraph?A. You know me better than others，vice versa.B. Lewdness is the worst of all vices.C. He didnt tell the cause and effect relationship to the vice premier.D. She held her money as firmly as an iron vice could hav

8、e held her.22. What can we learn from the passage about M. Martin?A. He was an old man with one leg.B. He never lied to others.C. He was the proprietor of the menagerie.D. He was actually afraid of his hyena.23. Why does the author start the article with a unidentified woman?A. Because she is the le

9、ading character in this article.B. To catch the readers attention.C. To draw forth the following context.D. Because there is no point in introducing her.24. Who finally said “Well known”?A. “She” B. The old soldier C.M. Martin D. The daring speculatorBThe mysterious human ancestor called Homo naledi

10、(纳莱迪人)was primed for success in a prehistoric triathlon, new research showsif the challenges were walking upright, climbing trees, and handily wielding tools.Based on fossils retrieved from South Africas Rising Star cave, two teams reconstructed the locomotor habits(运动习惯) of Homo naledi, reported Tu

11、esday in Nature Communications. With funding from National Geographic, one took a close look at 107 foot bones, the other at 26 bones from a nearly complete right hand.In most respects, the H. naledi foot looks surprisingly like a modern humans. Its ankle joint, parallel big toe and wide heel bone b

12、elong to a striding biped（两足动物）, a creature fully adapted to efficiently walking upright on two legs. But its lower arch and curved toe bones are more ape-like.The hand, with its curved fingers, indicates that H. naledi were strong climbersand yet the long, strong thumb and shock-absorbing wrist cou

13、ld also have been capable of manipulating tools (though no tools have been found yet).Its a mix of features scientists hadnt seen clearly yet in the genus Homo, to which modern humans belong, particularly when it comes to H. naledis pronounced arboreal proclivities.“H. naledi had a unique form of lo

14、comotion for a member of the genus Homo,” says study author William Harcourt-Smith of CUNYs Lehman College.25. How do people learn about Homo naledi?A. By study on fossilsB. By meditationC. By locomotor habitsD. By data base26. Which sentence is RIGHT according to the passage?A. Scientists have enou

15、gh evidence to make sure that Homo naledi could make tools.B. Homo naledi had a unique form of locomotion so they dont belong to genus HomoC. Some features of Homo naledi can show that they are thoroghly modern human.D. There exist some differences between Homo naledi and modern human.27. What is th

16、e role of National Geographic?A. The sponsorB. The scholarC. The scientistD. The detector28. Which picture can truly show the foot of Homo naledi?A. B.C. D. CEnghelab Square lies at the heart of Tehrans urban and revolutionary landscape, just meters away from the gates of Tehran University. The site

17、 of some of the most pitched battles（激战） of the 1979 revolution, the square today bustles as an open-air market of goods. There, among the booksellers and fruit vendors, visitors can buy bootleg DVDs, banned books, drugs and alcohol and, if need be, an entire masters thesis written from scratch and

18、prepared for oral defense, in less than a month.The illicit（非法的） buying and selling of advanced degrees is the logical, if unhappy, consequence of the commodification of education in post-revolutionary Iran. Fueled by an insatiable mania for credentials by employers and ordinary Iranians alike, stud

19、ents who pay others to write their research are not unlike their peers who purchase their degrees in installments from private and public universities. They do so in order to survive in the countrys cutthroat labor and marriage markets where possession of a credential is the principle criterion of s

20、uccess.More interested in “getting the paper” than bearing witness to political Islam, ordinary Iranians have appropriated the university system for themselves, transforming an ideological apparatus designed to produce Islamic citizens into a transactional relationship between the pedagogical state

21、and its population.Although Irans 4.5 million university students comprise only 5 percent of the countrys overall population, gross enrollment rates（毛入学率） show that more than half of people ages 18 to 24 are enrolled in some form of higher education, well on pace to reach the official goal of 60 per

22、cent by 2025. Of these, around 85 percent will pay out-of-pocket for their education, whether enrolling in night school, participating in Irans open university system (Payam-e Noor) or attending one of the nearly 400 local campuses of Islamic Azad University, billed as one of worlds largest universi

23、ty systems with a reported $200 billion in assets. All told, Iranian parents annually spend more than $3 billion to put their childrens through college.29. What is the meaning of the underlined phrase “from scratch”?A. From the beginningB. Right awayC. All year roundD. Casually30. Why do students pa

24、y others to write their research?A. They dont want to pay by installmentB. To destroy the marriage systemC. To make a living in hard environment D. To show up their credentials31. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. The official goal is out of the questionB. Parents pay much attention to th

25、eir childrens educationC. Gross enrollment rates show that government didnt do any helpD. Iran has a population of about 4.55 billion.DWhen you are a beginning gardener, a lot of what you learn is by trial and error. And when you have been gardening for many years, the exact same thing is true.First

26、, lets consider trials (as in evaluations, not ordeals). At an agricultural research center or experiment station, trials are what they do. A number of varieties are planted and their performance is observed and recorded. The same plant might be grown under different conditions and the results compa

27、red, using criteria such as yield, heat tolerance and taste. With taste, results are subjective, so multiple testers are employed. Theres also an element of chance. Hard science softens a bit when youre dealing with factors such as weather, and even in rigorous academic trials, you might find an inc

28、onvenient hailstorm or long rainy spell noted as skewing certain results.I like to think of our farm and home garden as our own experiment station. Were always trying new varieties to see whether a certain spinach（菠菜） is slower to bolt, or whether one paste tomato makes a richer sauce than another w

29、eve been growing. Sometimes well do a trial by sowing a number of varieties of one crop. It was by growing six kinds of Swiss chard that we found Argentata to be the hardiest for cold weather.The same goes for our practices. If you plant cabbages closer together, will the heads be of a more convenie

30、nt size? Yes. Does tilling bark mulch into the soil improve plant growth? Definitely not; nothing grew.Try designing a controlled experiment in which you do something two ways. Want to know whether aerating the soil between crops with a broadfork (or digging fork) is worth doing? Loosen the soil in

31、half of the bed, then sow a crop in the whole bed and compare the results.32. What should we observe during the trials?A. Multiple testersB. Cold intolerance C. VarietiesD. Performance33. What does the author most probably want to tell us?A. The importance of the trialsB. How to do a trialC. Why we

32、do trialsD. How to become a gardener34. What will the paragraph following this passage most probably discuss?A. How to compare the resultsB. How to handle the error partC. The experiences about plantingD. How to handle emergencies in garden35. What can we learn about the author of the passage？A. He always do trials himselfB. He is not a qualified gardenerC. He has been gardening for many yea