精选高三英语上学期第一次统一检测试题.docx

1、精选高三英语上学期第一次统一检测试题肇庆市中小学教学质量评估2017届高中毕业班第一次统一检测英 语本试卷共8页，卷面满分120分。考试用时120分钟。注意事项： 1.本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题)两部分。答卷前，考生务必 将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号和座位号填写在答题卡上。因测试不考听 力，第I卷从第二部分的“阅读理解”开始，试题序号从“21”开始。2.回答第I卷时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号 涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。写在本试卷上 无效。 3.回答第II卷时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。 4.考试结束后，将本试卷

2、和答题卡一并交回。第I卷第二部分 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。AHundreds of years ago，a Roman army came north from England to make war on Scotland. The Scots，a brave people，loved their country very much. They fought hard to drive the enemy out of Scotland, bu

3、t there were too many Romans. It looked as if the Romans would win.One night, the leader of Scots marched his soldiers to the top of a hill. “We will rest here tonight, my men,”he said. “Tomorrow we will fight one more battle. We must win or we will die.”They were all very tired, so they ate their s

4、upper quickly and fell asleep. There were four guards on duty, but theywere very tired, too, and one by one, they fell asleep.The Romans were not asleep. Quickly they gathered at the foot of the hill. Slowly they climbed up the hillside, taking care not to make a sound. Closer and closer they came t

5、o the sleeping Scots. They were almost at the top. A few minutes more，the war would be over. Suddenly, one of them put his foot on a thistle(蓟). He cried out and his sudden cry woke the Scots. In a moment，they were on their feet and ready for a battle. The fighting was hard but it did not last long.

6、 The Scots wiped out the Romans and saved theircountry.The thistle is not a beautiful plant. It has sharp needles all over it. Few people like it. But the people of Scotland liked it so much that they made it their national flower.21.The result of the war is that _.A.the Scots defeated the Romans B.

7、the Romans killed all the Scots C.the Scots were defeated D.the Scots were driven out of Scotland22. At the shout of a Roman soldier, all the Scots who were asleep at the hill _.A.woke and rose immediately, ready to fightB.put their feet into their shoes at once and were ready to fight C.stood up wi

8、thout putting on their shoes and began to fight D.began to fight the Romans hard23. The Scots made thistle their national flower because thistle _.A.gave them happinessB.had so many sharp needles all over itC.helped the Scots in wiping out the Romans D.is lovely,though not beautifulBEverything happe

9、ns forthe best, my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. If you carry on, one day something good will happen. And youll realize that it wouldnt have happened if not for that previous disappointment.Mother was right, as I discovered after graduating from college in 1932. I had decided to try f

10、or a job in radio, then work my way up to sports announcer. I hitchhiked to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station and got turned down every time.In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldnt risk hiring an inexperienced person. Go out in the sticks(边缘地区) and find a small st

11、ation thatll give you a chance, she said.I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois. While there was no radio-announcing job in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I appli

12、ed. The job sounded just right for me. But I wasnt hired.My disappointment must have shown. Everything happens for the best, Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to job hunt. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had a

13、lready hired an announcer.As I left his office, my frustration boiled over. I asked aloud, How can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if he cant get a job in a radio station?I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur calling, What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything ab

14、out football? Then he put me before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game.On my way home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mothers words: If you carry on, one day something good will happen. Something wouldnt have happened if not for that previous disappointment.I often

15、 wonder what direction my life might have taken if Id gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.24. Author dreamt of becoming_.A. a manager in a stationB. a football playerC. a manager in a sports department in DixonD. a sports announcer25. The reason why author failed to find a job in Chicago may be that_.

16、A. at the very beginning, he decided to become a sports announcerB. the stations in Chicago had hired othersC. he had no working experienceD. he preferred to work in his hometown26. Which of the following words can be used to best describe author?A. diligent and polite B. persistent and inexperience

17、d C. confident and handsome D. hardworking and energetic27. Whats the best title for the passage?A. How to find a jobB. Peter MacArthur gave me a chanceC. Mothers wordsD. A lesson of lifeCCellphone feels like a part of your body? A global survey has found that most people cant live without their mob

18、iles, never leave home without them and, if given a choice, would rather lose their wallet.Calling mobile phones the remote control for life, market research firm Synovates poll said cell phones are so ubiquitous that by last year more humans owned one than did not.Three-quarters of the more than 8,

19、000 respondents polled online in 11 countries said they take their phone with them everywhere, with Russians and Singaporeans the most attached.More than a third also said they couldnt live without their phone, topped by Taiwanese and again Singaporeans, while one in four would find it harder to rep

20、lace the mobile than their purse.Some two-thirds of respondents go to bed with their phones nearby and cant switch them off, even though they want to, because theyre afraid theyll miss something.Mobiles give us safety, security and instant access to information. They are the number one tool of commu

21、nication for us, sometimes even surpassing face-to-face communication. They are our connections to our lives, Jenny Chang, Synovates managing director in Taiwan, said in a statement.Mobiles have also changed the nature of relationships, with the survey finding nearly half of all respondents use text

22、 messages to flirt, a fifth set up first-dates via text and almost the same number use the same method to end a love affair.Apart from the obvious calling and texting, the top three features people use regularly on their mobile phones globally are the alarm clock, the camera and the games.As for ema

23、il and Internet access, 17 percent of respondents said they checked their inboxes or surfed the Web on their phones, led by those in the United States and Britain.One in 10 respondents log onto social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace regularly via mobile, again led by Britain and the

24、 United States.As the mobile becomes more and more an all-in-one device, many other businesses are facing challenging times. The opportunities for mobile manufacturers and networks however are enormous, said Synovates global head of media, Steve Garton.Not everyone is tech savvy, however: 37 percent

25、 of respondents said they dont know how to use all the functions on their phone.28. According to the passage, the top two regular functions of mobile phones maybe.A. camera and gameB. calling and texting C. email and callingD. surfing and texting29. According to Jenny Chang, why is cellphone importa

26、nt for people?A. There are many functions on their phones.B. About half of all respondents end a love affair via text.C. Mobiles make people feel safe, secure and help them to get information.D. Mobiles used as the tool of communication is not popular with people.30. What can be inferred from paragr

27、aph 1?A. Cellphone plays an important part in body.B. As for most of people, wallet is less important than cellphone.C. More humans would rather own their wallet than cellphones.D. Poll considered mobile phones as the “remote control” for life.31.What does the underlined word in Paragraph 2 mean?A.

28、rare B. special C. interesting D. common DAttitude is an internal（内在的）state that influences the choices of personal action made by the individual. Some researchers consider that attitudes come from differences between beliefs and ideas; others believe that attitudes come from emotional states. Here,

29、 we focus on the effects of attitudes upon behavior, that is, upon the choices of action made by the individual.The kinds of actions taken by human beings are obviously influenced greatly by attitudes. Whether one listens to classical music or rock, whether one obeys the speed limit while driving, w

30、hether one encourages ones husband or wife to express his or her own ideas-all are influenced by attitudes. These internal states are acquired throughout life from situations one is faced with in the home, in the streets, and in the school.Of course, the course of action chosen by an individual in a

31、ny situation will be largely determined by the particulars of that situation. An individual who has a strong attitude of obeying laws may drive too fast when he is in a hurry and no police cars in sight. A child who has a strong attitude of honesty may steal a penny when she thinks no one will notic

32、e. But the internal state which remains unchanged over a period of time, and which makes the individual behave regularly in a variety of situations, is what is meant by an attitude.Attitudes are learned in a variety of ways. They can result from single incidents , as when an attitude toward snakes is acquired by an experience in childhood at the sudden movement of a snake. They can res