学年辽宁省本溪市第一中学高一下学期开学考试英语试题.docx

1、学年辽宁省本溪市第一中学高一下学期开学考试英语试题2018-2019学年辽宁省本溪市第一中学高一下学期开学考试英语试题本试卷分第一卷和第二卷两部分。满分120分，考试时间100分钟。考生作答时，将答案答在答题卡上，在本试卷上答题无效。第卷第一部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分35分）第一节 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。（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分）AOscar Wrigley, a two-year-old child with the same IQ as Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, has be

2、come the youngest boy in Britain to be accepted into Mensa.A leader at the Gifted Childrens Information Centre said Oscar, with an IQ of at least 160, is one of the brightest children they have ever come across.Oscars father Joe, 29, an IT specialist, said, “He is always asking questions. Every pare

3、nt likes to think their child is special but we knew there was something very unusual about Oscar. Im fully expecting the day to come when he turns around and tells me Im an idiot(白痴).”Mother Hannah, 26, told The Daily Mail, “He surprises everyone. We knew at 12 weeks he was quite bright. He was unu

4、sually quick in mind. The other day he said to me, Mummy, sausages are like a party in my mouth. His vocabulary is surprising. Hes able to make complex sentences.”Dr Peter Congdon, who tested Oscar, said he was a “child of very superior intelligence (超常智力)”. He showed outstanding ability. “Oscar sho

5、ws great gift. Changing that gift to success is the challenge for his parents and we are pleased that they have chosen to join the Mensa network for support”, he said. Exactly speaking, Oscar was accepted at the age of two years, five months and 11 days.The youngest British girl to join Mensa is Eli

6、se Tan Roberts, from Edmonton, North London, at two years, four months and 14 days, with an IQ of 156.1. Why was Oscar Wrigley accepted into Mensa?A. Because he is cleverer than Albert Einstein.B. Because he has very superior intelligence.C. Because he is the brightest child in Britain.D. Because hi

7、s father is an IT specialist of Mensa.2. We can infer Mensa is probably the name of _.A. the cleverest boy in the worldB. the brightest adult in BritainC. a club for people with superior intelligenceD. a family with superior intelligence 3. According to the passage, its not easy for his parents to _

8、.A. change his gift to success B. answer his questionsC. test his gift D. know him well4. The main purpose of the passage is _.A. to tell us a family with the cleverest childB. to give us some ways to have the same IQ as Albert EinsteinC. to explain how Oscar becomes a clever childD. to tell us a bo

9、y with the same IQ as Albert Einstein BToday, as in every other day of the year, more than 3000 U. S. adolescents will smoke their first cigarette on their way to becoming regular smokers as adults. During their lifetime, it can be expected that of these 3,000 about 23 will be murdered, 30 will die

10、in traffic accidents, and nearly 750 will be killed by a smoking-related disease. The number of deaths due to cigarette smoking outweighs all other factors, whether voluntary or involuntary, as a cause of death.Since the late 1970s, when daily smoking among high school seniors reached 30 percent, sm

11、oking rates among youth have declined. While the decline is impressive, several important issues must be raised.First, in the past several years, smoking rates among youth have declined very little. Second, in the late 1970s, smoking among male high school seniors beat that among female by nearly 10

12、 percent. The statistic is reversing(完全相反的). Third, several recent studies have indicated high school dropouts have excessively high smoking rates, as much as 75 percent.Finally, though significant declines in adolescent smoking have occurred in the past decade, no definite reasons for the decline e

13、xist. Within this context, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) began its current effort to determine the most effective measures to reduce smoking level among youth.5. According to the author, the deaths among youth are mainly caused by _.A. traffic accidents B. murder C. smoking-related disease D.

14、all of these6. By “dropout” the author means _.A. students who failed the examination B. students who were driven out of school C. students who lost their way D. students who left school7. The reason for declining adolescent smoking is that _.A. NCI has taken effective measuresB. smoking is prevente

15、d among high school seniorsC. there are many smokers who have died of cancerD. none of theseCMy wife and I, recently driving through Arizona, stopped at a “collectors shop” in Tucson, where many kinds of stones and minerals were on display. During the visit, we were taken into a small room where ord

16、inary looking rocks were laid out on shelves. Had I seen them on some hillside, I would not have given them a second thought. Then the man closed the door so that the room was in total darkness and turned on an ultraviolet lamp (紫外线灯). Instantly, the rocks showed a kind of glory. Brilliant colors of

17、 an indescribable beauty were there before our eyes: certain power had been switched on, and a hidden world came to life.As I look at my universe and walk among my fellow humans, I have the deep belief that hidden realities are all around us: there in the physical world, and there also in the human

18、world.I believe, then, that my chief job in life is to switch on extra power so that I can see what my naked eyes, or my naked mind, cannot see now. I believe that I have to do this particularly with my human fellows. My ordinary eyes tend to stop short at those envelopes we call human bodies. But w

19、e have learned that by turning on certain power we can see through to the inside of these envelopes.We call this extra power “imagination”. At its highest, we call it “empathy”, the power to see through and to feel through to the inner life of other human beings. When we turn on this lamp of imagina

20、tive sensitivity, we make the ordinary human beings around us come excitingly alive.When we are aware that there are glories of life still hidden from us, we walk humbly (谦逊地) before the Great Unknown. But we do more than this: we try to increase our power of seeing and feeling so that we can turn w

21、hat is still unknown into what is warmly and understandably known. This, I believe, is our great human adventure.8. Why does the writer mention their visit to the collectors shop? A. To share his experience. B. To explain his point C. To introduce the topic. D. To provide evidence9. Which of the fol

22、lowing does the writer agree with? A. He saw the very rocks on some hillside before. B. Hidden realities remain in the physical world. C. Ordinary minds can never reach others inside. D. We should stay humble when we are still unknown.10. It can be referred to as a great human adventure that _. A. w

23、e try hard to discover the hidden glories of life B. our eyes stop short at ordinary human beings C. we are aware of the truth of hidden realities D. we walk humbly before the Great Unknown 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分, 满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Doctors Say Most Heart Disease is PreventableHe

24、art disease is the number one killer, worldwide, of men and women over the age of 60. But people of all ages die of heart attacks each year. And while death rates have declined in the U.S. and many western European countries, they are on the rise in the developing world. _11_No one would have guesse

25、d that Barbara Teng would have a heart attack. She was not overweight. She did not smoke or exercise. “In 2004, the week after I turned 49, when I was on a business trip in Chicago, I had a major heart attack,” she said. _12_ She now exercises daily, and monitors her heart health.Dr. Patrice Nickens

26、, who is with the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, thinks that heart disease is 82 percent preventable. “_13_” she said, “Men are also facing the same problem, and the key to staying healthy is knowing your numbers.”“Your weight, your blood cholesterol, blood sugar and your blood pressure a

27、re important numbers that can help you take action and reduce your risk,” she said._14_ “And the steps to take are simple: dont smoke, maintain a healthy weight, exercise, know your numbers and talk to your physician and control these risks,” she said.African-Americans are at higher-than-average ris

28、k of heart disease and stroke; people dont even know they have it, which increases the risk. Medstar Washington Hospital Center is trying to reach this population to train them. _15_ For example, helping the people monitor their blood pressure. If people realize they are at risk of heart disease, th

29、eyll make lifestyle changes: lose weight, exercise, eat the right foods and keep in touch with a doctor.A. It is the leading cause of death for women.B. So we must cure heart disease.C. A healthy lifestyle can prevent heart disease.D. And that changed her life.E. Yet most heart disease is preventabl

30、e. F. Lack of exercise causes heart attacks.G. With the right training, they can play an important role in community health.第二部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后1635题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。It was a cloudy Saturday afternoon. A group of birds wer

31、e having a great time _16_ food and playing on the main road. All of a sudden, a big truck sped through A _17_ thing happened. Birds could _18_, too. Although this bird had already _19_, another bird flew over to her immediately, just like a family member, unable to accept the _20_.Not long after th

32、at, another car passed by quickly, _21_ the dead birds body to whirl(旋转) with the wind. The male bird _22_ the movement. As if she was still alive, he _23_ flew beside her again. He stared at her as if he was asking, “_24_ are you not getting up?”_25_, she was no longer able to hear him. At the same time, he was trying to lift her up. He, _26_, was unable