山西省吕梁地区届高三上学期第一次阶段性测试英语试题含答案.docx

1、山西省吕梁地区届高三上学期第一次阶段性测试英语试题含答案山西省吕梁地区2019届高三上学期第一次阶段性测试英语试题 （本试卷满分150分,考试时间150分钟。答案一律写在答题卡上）注意事项：1.本试题卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。2.答题前,考生务必用0.5毫米黑色签字笔填写好自己的姓名、准考证号、考号等信息。3.考试作答时,请将答案正确填写在答题上,写在试题上无效。4.考试结束后,请将答题卡上交。第卷（选择题）第一部分阅读理解（共两节,满分60分）第一节（共15小题；每小题3分,满分45分） 阅读下面短文,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

2、项涂黑。A 84,Channg Crosrfioadby Hefene Hanff 192 pageSr Little Brown UK via LBS, S 10.36 Hanff was in scarch of classie Brirish Eiterature titles that she had been unable to find in New York City when she noticed an ad in The Saturday Review of Literature. She first contacted the shop in 1949 and it fe

3、ll to Doel to fulfil her requests, In time, a long-distance friendship developed in the form of twenty-year correspondence(通信)between the two and. between Hanfl and other staff members as well,with an eschange of Christmas packages,birthday gifts and food parcels to help with the post-World War II f

4、ood shortages in Britain, Fool by Christopher Moore 311 pages. william Morrow.26.99 In Fool Christopher Moore takes on Shakespeare, With a retelling of “King Learn”through the eyes of Lears fool named Pocket.The plot and cast of characters are borrowed more or less from the original, with several Mo

5、oreian additions-a second fool, named DrooL, and a refrain (叠句）that could come in for any adapter of Shakespeare, Theres always a Woody ghost. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseinl 372 pages. Btoomsbury,$24,93 Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry rough Rasheed,who is thirt

6、y years her senior.Nearly two decades later, in a climate of growing unrest, tragedy strikes fifteen-year-old Laila, who must leave her home and join Mariams unhappy household. Laila and Mariam are to find comfort in each other to struggle against starvation, cruelty and fear in a desperate life. Th

7、eir friendship grows as deep as the bond between sisters and as strong as the ties between mother and daughter. cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese 541 pages. Knopf. $ 26. 95 Like his main character, Marion Stone, Abraham Verghese is a doctor born in Ethiopia who immigrated to the United States. M

8、arion and his twin brother, Shuva, were left alone at birth when their mother died, and their father, a doctor, disappeared. Fleeing an act of political violence, Marion lands in New York, at a charity hospital called Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, where the events that happen force him to face his

9、past.1. Which two books mainly focus on friendship?A. Fool and Cutting for Stone.B. 84 , Charing Cross Road and Fool.C. Cutting for Stone and A Thousand Splendid Suns.D. 84, Charing Cross Road and A Thousand Splendid Suns.2. Which book is the best choice to learn more about King Lear?A. 84, Charing

10、Cross Road. R Fool. B.FoodC.A Thousand Splendid Suns. D. Cutting for Stone.3. What do we know about Shiva from the passage?A.He is Mariams husband. B. He is Lailas mother.C. He is Vergheses twin brother. D. He is Marions twin brother.4. What can be inferred from the passage?A. Cutting for Stone is p

11、ublished by William Morrow.B. Abraham Verghese was not born in the USA.C. A Thousand Splendid Suns is a book about history.D. Fool is the thinnest book and costs the most.B Where should an adventurous tourist go? After youve done sightseeing in London, shopping in New York tasted the local food in P

12、aris, and danced to your hearts content at the Brazilian carnival, where else can you go? What exotic tourist destination awaits you? Well, Antarctica sounds like the holiday of a lifetime! Its considered the last great wildness on Earth. Just a few scientists in research stations share the icy land

13、scape with penguins and other animals which can cope with the low temperatures. Tourism began in Antarctica in the 1950s and its still small scale. About 37,000 tourists are expected there this season, but many wont even leave the boat. The BBCs Juliet Rix visited the frozen continent and asked hers

14、elf if she should be there at all, causing potential problems to such a sensitive environment. Her tour guide admitted that all visitors leave a footprint and they all go to the same places, the accessible coastline, which is also where the penguins and seals go to breed. But some people believe tha

15、t if carefully controlled, tourism can be good for Antarctica. It has no native population and it needs advocates. Visitors to the icy continent might be ready to support and even to fund its preservation. And theyre likely to engage in the discussion about global warming, which has led to the melti

16、ng of glaciers. According to Rix, guidelines are followed when youre about to set foot in Antarctica and tourists have to disinfect(消毒) their boots to make sure no alien species are introduced. And once on land, theres no eating or smoking. Rocks, bone fragments - nothing should be taken as a souven

17、ir and nothing should be left behind. Tourists fortunate enough to visit the Antarctica must be aware that this is not their home and keep their fingers crossed that future generations will also be able to enjoy such breathtaking views.5What can we infer from the second paragraph?A.The Antarctica ha

18、s become the best place for people to travelB.only scientists can be allowed to go to AntarcticaC.Antarctica is less affected by human activitiesD.no animals can survive in Antarctica except penguins6.Juliet Rixs travel in Antarctica mentioned in the fourth paragraph indicates that_.A.governments sh

19、ould take measures to stop tourists from going to AntarcticaB.whether tourists should go to Antarctica or not should be considered carefullyC.the animals- habitat in Antarctica has been seriously affected by tourismD.only journalists begin to pay attention to the environmental protection in Antarcti

20、ca7.What does the underlined word“disinfect” in the sixth paragaph prabably mean?A.Clean. B.Move. C.Remove. D.Change.C Most heroes are not super. They dont appear in comic books, on television,or in movies. They just do what they believe needs to be done to make their world a better place. Bike Batm

21、anis one of them. Bike Batman is a 30-year-old married engineer who lives in Seattle, Washington. Hes a cyclist who also buys and sells bikes as a hobby. About three years ago, he was looking for a bike for his wife. He found one on Craigslist, a website where people list things they want to sell. A

22、s he often does, he also looked at Bike Index,a popular website that allows users to register their bikes and post reports when theyre taken. The bike, which he was considering purchasing, clearly matched one reported stolen on Bike Index. Then he called the person who claimed to be the bikes owner

23、and arranged to meet himsupposedly to complete the sale. When the two men met, Bike Batman told the thief, “Youve got two options. You can wait until a police officer gets here, or you can just get out of here.” You can imagine what the thief did. After that first success, Bike Batman developed a sa

24、fer routine. When he sees questionable bike ads on Craigslist, he cross-references the image with bikes reported on Bike Index. Once he has confirmed it with the owner, he arranges a meet-up with the thief and will call the Seattle police department so that officers can participate in the action. In

25、 more than half of the 22 cases in which he has got back and returned bikes, the thieves have been arrested. In one case, Bike Batman even helped a family recover a wide range of prized possessions that suspects had stolen during a home burglary. His nickname came from a discussion with a police off

26、icer who suggested he be called “Robin Hood”. Since he wasnt exactly stealing from the rich and giving to the poor, “Batman” seemed a better fit. The idea of a superhero punishing criminals feels pretty silly to him, but the main reason he continues his work is to keep up Seattles reputation as a fr

27、iendly city. 8. Bike Batman is .A. a superhero. B. a website manager. C. a Seattle citizen. D. a police officer.9. What Bike Batman discovers a questionable bike, be willfirst .A.contact the owner of the stolen bike. B. look up the bikes information on Bike Index.C. lall the police department. D. ar

28、range to meet the thief.10.Bike Batman help find the lost bikes to .A. become famous. B. help poor people.C. punish bike thieves. D. build a friendly city.11. From the passage, we learn that .A. Bike Batman felt relieved to see the thieves arrested.B. Bike Batman began his good deeds by accident.C.

29、the police failed to perform their duties.D. the thieves refused to return the bikes.D Scientists have discovered why the Mona Lisas expression looks so different different people different times. For centuries,art lovers criticshave been confused by and debated the Leonardo Da Vinci paintings gaze

30、slight smile. But new research from the University of California,San Francisco has shed_new_light on the shining and seemingly changing face of the Mona Lisa. Through experiments, they discovered that our emotions really do change how we see a neutral(不带感情色彩的)face. Dr Erika Siegel and her colleagues

31、 study how our emotions change our perceptions( 感知) of the world around us even when we arent aware that something has changed our feelings. This relies on the modern theory of “the brain as in a predictive organ, instead of a reactive one,”says Dr Siegel. In other words, “we have a lifetime of expe

32、rience and we use those experiences predict what we going to experiencenext. We all have one dominant(占支配地位的）eye and one more passive non dominant one. If each eye is receiving different information, we only consciously perceive what dominant one sees. But nondominantsights can still enter our subconscious. They showed 43 people two sets flashing images simultanenously,so that the dominant eye saw registered