名校精品届河北省五个一名校联盟高三下学期第一次诊断考试英语试题Word版含答案.docx

1、名校精品届河北省五个一名校联盟高三下学期第一次诊断考试英语试题Word版含答案河北省“五个一名校联盟”英语英语试卷（满分：150分，测试时间：120分钟）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。AL.S. Lowry Exhibition Some 30 oil paintings and artworks on paper by British artist, L.S. Lowry (1887-1976), are on display at the Ar

2、t Museum of Nanjing University of the Arts. Its the first-ever solo exhibition of the artists work outside the UK. Lowry is one of Britains most famous artists, and was a close observer of his countrys social life in the era of industrialization and modernization. His works mainly depict (描绘) ordina

3、ry people on streets, in factories, parks and football fields. It has been said that the depiction of modern life by Lowrys works was permeated (洋溢) with an atmosphere of sadness and loneliness, but also with respect and a sense of humor. Date: November 15 to December 16, 9 am to 7 pm (closed on Mon

4、days)Venue: Art Museum of Nanjing University of the ArtsAddress: 15 Huju Road North, Gulou District, NanjingAdmission: FreeCall 025-8349-8693 for detailsGolden Songs of Teresa Teng ConcertTeresa Teng (1953-1995) was an influential Chinese pop singer from Taiwan who was known for her folk songs and r

5、omantic ballads. Her voice and songs are instantly recognizable throughout the whole of Asia and in areas with large Asian populations. Chen Yajuan, a Japanese-Chinese female singer, will perform Tengs classic songs, including Moon Represents My Heart and When Will You Come Back Again?Date: December

6、 20, 7:30 pmVenue: Shanghai Oriental Art CenterAddress: 425 Dingxiang RoadTickets: 80 yuan to 580 yuanCall 021-6132-6586 for detailsThe 20th Anniversary of RiverdanceThis year welcomes the 20th anniversary of Riverdance, which is being marked with a world tour. This 20th anniversary version will hav

7、e a new stage setting, and when it tours in China it will add some local elements like taking traditional Chinese folk songs, Love Song of Kangding and My Motherland, as accompaniments.Date: January 13 to 18, 7:30 pm Venue: Shanghai Culture SquareAddress: 597 Fuxing Road MiddleTickets: 80 yuan to 80

8、0 yuanCall 021-6472-9000 for details21. When can visitors enjoy some art free of charge? A. December 20. B. December 15. C. January 14.D. January 18.22. What can we learn about L.S. Lowry? A. The style of his works is negative. B. His exhibition will be held until the end of December. C. His work wa

9、s only exhibited in his motherland before. D. He preferred to create works on the street.23. What can we learn from the passage? A. The L.S. Lowry Exhibition will be open six days a week before December 16. B. The number of songs at the concert has been announced by the organizers. C. People can enj

10、oy three activities in the same city in late December. D. The first Riverdance show was performed perfectly in Dublin in 1994.BI live on the West Coast of British Columbia with my husband and three children. Our day started like any other day. My husband left for work in the north of the town, which

11、 is an hour and a halfs drive. The younger children caught their bus to school ten minutes away. Our oldest attends high school and is a 40-minute drive away. I work at home in the office, working on the computer.It was November 2006 and the news had reported gusty winds. When the winds started to g

12、et strong I shut the computer down and tried to phone my husband. I left a message telling him the winds were blowing at 80 to 90 km/hr. As I hung up the phone, I heard a tree crack. I went outside and stood in the driveway. Another tree exploded and my heart was racing.When the school bus carrying

13、the youngsters arrived, I ran to get them. No sooner had we made it to the house than another tree exploded. The children were clearly scared, so I loaded them up into the car and we parked in the middle of the yard, where no trees could land on us, it was starting to get dark.My oldest son didnt co

14、me home on the bus and my husband was stranded at work. I called the high school and reached my son. He said he was stranded and didnt know what to do. I called a friend in town for help. He managed to get my son home to me. Finally, my husband managed to get home.We had been prepared for such event

15、s, as we had a generator, candles, a wood stove, fresh water, batteries and two freezers full of food. We were without power for five days. But we didnt panicwe had all the emergency equipment we needed. Thankfully, none of our neighbours were injured, but the damage was extensive. We are witnessing

16、 climate change. We need to be prepared. 24. When did the mother hear a tree crack for the third time?A. When she was on the phone.B. After she hung up the phone.C. Right before she and her kids went into the house.D. Right after she and her kids got into the house.25. Why did the mother park the ca

17、r in the middle of the yard?A. It was dark inside the house.B. It was safer there than in the house.C. She wanted to wait for her family there.D. She wanted to receive help from others.26. What does the underlined phrase “stranded at work” probably mean?A. Busy completing his work. B. Under the pres

18、sure of work. C. Stuck at the workplace.D. Worried while working.27. Why didnt the family feel anxious when there was a power failure?A. Everyone made it home.B. They encouraged each other.C. The power would very soon be restored.D. They had got all the necessities for emergency.CDarwin noted that s

19、ome human emotional expressions might have started as part of a physiological function: for example, exposing the teeth to bite food. The function, however, took on meaning and became a form of communication which signals anger.The same may be true for the animals. Baby monkeys cry for attention. Th

20、ey also cry to signal to an adult that they want to be carried.“Chimpanzees do make upset voice when they are being weaned (断奶) by their mothers or have lost their mothers or another individual,” says Anne Pusey, a professor at the University of Minnesota. “They whimper (呜咽) and cry and scream. When

21、 we hear these calls, the emotion involved seems obvious. However, they do not weep in the sense of producing tears. I have seen an adolescent male whimpering when he lost sight of his older brother with whom he had been traveling.”Babies of many mammalian species, including rats, cry. Moreover, whe

22、n a baby rat cries, often his mother brings the fallen pup back into the nest. This is probably a straightforward communication, as it is with humans. However, psychologists at the University of Iowa arent convinced.The Iowan researchers can cause the same crying sounds by producing large decreases

23、andthen increases in blood flow. The blood flow also goes down when baby rats get cold. Thus, they conclude baby rats cry in the same way that we sneeze. Of course the rat baby could be crying because hes cold and wants his mother to know. “All young mammals make cries when separated from their moth

24、er,” says Jaak Panksepp, a psychologist at Bowling Green State University. “If youre willing to call this crying, then certainly other animals show this emotional response.” he says, “ Some of us take seriously that animals do have emotions.”28. According to the first paragraph, what kind of emotion

25、 does “exposing the teeth” express?A. Disappointment. B. Excitement. C. Anger. D. Happiness.29. Which is one probable reason why young chimpanzees might be crying?A. They meet their brother.B. They have nothing to eat.C. They are being breast-fed.D. They are parted from their mother.30. Under what c

26、ircumstance will baby rats cry just like humans sneeze?A. Their blood flow is decreased.B. They feel cold and long for affection.C. Their blood flow is increased.D. Their mother brings them back home.31. Where is the passage most likely taken from? A. An animal journal. B. A physiology book. C. A he

27、alth magazine. D. A cultural newspaper.DMost people who own iPhones use them as their alarm clocksmaking it very easy to check emails one last time before falling asleep and hard to ever feel away from work and social networks. Several years ago, my boss fainted due to exhaustion after staying up la

28、te to catch up on work. She banged her head and ended up with five stitches (缝针)and became what she calls a “sleep evangelist (传教士).” Now she leaves her phone charging in another room when she goes to bed and encourages her friends to do the same.“I sent all my friends the same Christmas gifta lovel

29、y alarm clockso they could stop using the excuse that they needed their very attractive iPhones by their beds to wake them up in the morning.” she said.If your phone wakes you up in the morning, it may also be keeping you up at night. A 2008 study showed that people exposed to mobile radiation took

30、longer to fall asleep and spent less time in deep sleep. “The study indicates that during laboratory exposure to 884 MHz wireless signals, components of sleep believed to be important for recovery from daily wear and tear are severely affected,” the study concluded.A quarter of young people feel lik

31、e they must be available by phone around the clock, according to a Swedish study that linked heavy cellphone use to sleeping problems, stress and depression. Unreturned messages carry more guilt when the technology to deal with them lies at our fingertips. Some teens even return text messages at mid

32、night.Most of us choose not to set limits on our nighttime availability. Nearly three quarters of people from the age of 18 to 44 sleep with their phones within reach, according to a 2012 Time poll. That number falls off slightly in middle age, but only people aged 65 and older are leaving the phone in another room as common as sleeping right next to it.32. Why did the authors boss start to enjoy sleeping? A. Her friends encouraged her to sleep on time. B. Mobile pho