甘肃省天水三中2018届高三（上）第二次段考英语试卷（Word版 含答案解析）

2017-2018学年甘肃省天水三中高三（上）第二次段考英语试卷

一、阅读理解（满分20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．

1．The writer Margaret Mitchell is best known for writing Gone with the Wind，first published in 1936．Her book and the movie based on it，tell a story of love and survival during the American Civil War．Visitors to the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta，Georgia，can go where she lived when she started composing the story and learn more about her life．

Our first stop at the Margaret Mitchell House is an exhibit area telling about the writer's life．She was born in Atlanta in 1900．She started writing stories when she was a child．She started working as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal newspaper in 1922．One photograph of Ms．Mitchell，called Peggy，shows her talking to a group of young college boys．She was only about one and a half meters tall．The young men tower over her，but she seems very happy and sure of herself．The tour guide explains：\，asking them such questions as‘Would you really marry a woman who works？'And today it'd be‘Would you marry one who doesn't？'\

The Margaret Mitchell House is a building that once contained several apartments．Now we enter the first floor apartment where Ms．Mitchell lived with her husband，John Marsh．They made fun of the small apartment by calling it\Dump\．

Around 1926，Margaret Mitchell had stopped working as a reporter and was at home healing after an injury．Her husband brought her books to read from the library．She read so many books that he bought her a typewriter and said it was time for her to write her own book．Our guide says Gone with the Wind became a huge success．Margaret Mitchell received the Pulitzer Prize for the book．In 1939the film version was released．It won ten Academy Awards，including Best Picture．

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1．The book Gone with the Wind was ． A．first published on a newspaper B．awarded ten Academy Awards C．written in\ D．adapted from a movie

2．The underlined phrase\over\Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ．

A．be very pleased with B．show great respect for C．be much taller than D．show little interest in

3．Why did Ms．Mitchell stop working as a reporter according to the passage？ A．Because she was rich enough． B．Because she was injured then． C．Because her husband didn't like it． D．Because she wanted to write books．

4．Which is the best title for the passage？ A．Gone with the Wind：A Huge Success． B．Margaret Mitchell：A Great Female Writer． C．An Introduction of the Margaret Mitchell House． D．A Trip to Know Margaret Mitchell．

5．People who have lost the ability to understand or use words due to brain damage are called aphasicsSuch patients can be extremely good at something （失语症患者）．else．From the changing expressions on speakers'faces and the tones of their voices，they can tell lies from truths．

Doctors studying the human brain have given a number of examples of this amazing power of aphasics．Some have even compared this power to that of a dog with an ability to find out the drugs hidden in the baggage．

Recently，scientists carried out tests to see if all that was said about aphasics was

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true．They studied a mixed group of people．Some were normal；others were aphasics．It was proved that the aphasics were far ahead of the normal people in recognizing false speeches﹣in most cases，the normal people were fooled by words，but the aphasics were not．

Some years ago，Dr．Oliver Sacks wrote in his book about his experiences with aphasics．He mentioned a particular case in a hospital．Some aphasics were watching the president giving a speech on TV．Since the president had been an actor earlier，making a good speech was no problem for him．He was trying to put his feelings into every word of his speech．

But his way of speaking had the opposite effect on the patients．They didn't seem to believe him．Instead，they burst into laughter．The aphasics knew that the president did not mean a word of what he was saying．He was lying!

Many doctors see aphasics as people who are not completely normal because they lack the ability to understand words．However，according to Dr．Sacks，they are more gifted than normal people．Normal people may get carried away by words．Aphasics seem to understand human expressions better，though they cannot understand words．

5．What is so surprising about aphasics？ A．They can fool other people．

B．They can tell whether people are lying． C．They can understand language better． D．They can find out the hidden drugs．

6．How did the scientists study aphasics？ A．By asking them to watch TV together． B．By organizing them into acting groups． C．By comparing them with normal people． D．By giving them chances to speak on TV． 7．What do we learn from this text？

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A．What ones says reflects how one feels． B．Aphasics have richer feelings than others． C．Normal people often tell lies in their speeches． D．People poor at one thing can be good at another．

8．Do you want to get home from work knowing you have made a real difference in someone's life？

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We arc now looking for volunteers to support people with learning disabilities to live active lives!Only 4days left．Don't miss the chance of lending your warm hands to help others! Role：

You will provide people with learning disabilities with all aspects of their daily lives．You will help them to develop new skills．You will help them to protect their rights and their safety．But your primary concern is to let them know they are valued．

Skills and Experience Required：

You will have the right values and great listening skills．You will be honest and patient．You will have the ability to drive a car and to communicate in fluent written and spoken English since you'll have to help those people with different learning disabilities．Previous care﹣related experience will be a great advantage for you．

8．What does the underlined part mean？

A．You'll make others'lives more meaningful with this job B．You'll arrive home just in time from this job

C．You'll earn a good salary from this job

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