重庆南开中学2019届高三上学期第一次月考英语试卷（含答案）

children can profit from taking a new hobby. For retired people, enjoying a hobby which they can find entertainment in with their grandchildren will help keep them active and feeling young at heart.

Several hobbies that are terrific for both your mind and you body include yoga, biking, swimming and golf. If you aren’t fond of sports, even taking a walk regularly is a wonderful way to keep active. It helps you to appreciate fresh scenery and it has been suggested that the colors green and blue help make you more creative.

As you can see above, you can get pretty much from taking a hobby. With so many choices waiting for you, begin your journey right away!

28. What can be implied about many older people from Paragraph 2? A. They lock creative thinking. B. They should develop their brain. C. They concern about their age. D. They used to have little free time.

29. Why does getting a hobby matter according to the text? A. It strengthens one’s brain. B. It helps build up one’s muscle. C. It enables one to make friends. D. It improves one’s living conditions.

30. What does the underlined word “terrific” in Paragraph 5 probably mean? A. Specific. C. Wonderful.

B. Disgusting. D. Fundamental.

31. Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A. Trying different hobbies

B. Spending your free time D. Feeling young at heart D

The world’s first “Sky Pool” has been uncoated（曝光）-and it’ll give anyone a touch of dizziness（眩晕）, unless he or she is not bothered by heights.

Situated in the capital’s new riverside district beside Battersea Power Station, the glass pool,

C. Experiencing your hobby now

hanging 10 storeys, or 110 feet up as a bridge between two apartment buildings, is 25m long, 5m wide and 3m deep with a water depth of 1. 2m. Swimmers will be able to look down 35 meters to the street below as they take a dip, with only 20cm of glass between them and the outside world. It’s even got a bar, folding chairs and an orange garden.

The pool will be part of Embassy Gardens at Nine Elms, a huge￡15 billion building project beside the new American Embassy in south-west London. The project is creating thousands of apartments, the smallest of which are expected to cost nearly $1 million, and the pool will only be open to the apartments’ owners.

Embassy Gardens takes design inspiration from the Meatpacking District of New York with floor to ceiling windows and brick frontages. The designer, Sean Mulryan, desired to push the boundaries in the capability of construction and engineering and do something that had never been done before. The Sky Pool’s transparent structure is the result of significant advancements in technologies over the last decade.

The experience of the pool will be truly unique and it will feel like floating through the air in central London.

Those people lucky enough to swim there will have a perfect view of the Palace of Westminster and the London Eye. It will be a selling point for developers when the second stage of the development is released to market.

32. Who can swim in the Sky Pool? A. Anyone at Nine Elms. B. Visitors to London.

C. People living in Embassy Gardens. D. Those who are not terrified of heights.

33. People lucky enough to swim in the Sky Pool can do the following except . A. drinking with friends B. experiencing diving and surfing C. appreciating the London Eye D. sitting in the orange garden

34. What do we know from the text? A. The pool lies in the centre of London. B. The pool is 25 metres above the ground.

C. The pool was similar to New York’s modern constructions. D. The pool is helpful for selling apartments in Embassy Gardens. 35. We can infer from the text that ________ . A. the apartments in Embassy Gardens are fairly expensive B. the new American Embassy has been moved away C. Nine Elms is a street in Embassy Gardens D. building the pool is not a complex job

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。

We just went Christmas shopping this weekend, just to pick up a little here and there for the kids. __36___. We have discovered how to save time and money through a little research. Follow me and you can find some excellent tips.

First thing that you want to do is to make a list of what you are looking for exactly. ___37___. This will make your shopping experience less painful and time-wasting. It will also help with making it less expensive. You won’t be persuaded to buy things that you don’t need or want because it is on sale.

___38___. If you are familiar with the stores that you are buying things from, you will already know how they work. For example, Wal-Mart gives excellent pricing only for online sales, as well as free shipping.

When leaving your favorite stores, you want to look for exactly what is on your list. Compare prices and availability. __39___. Don’t just depend on your favorite stores. Sometimes you will come

across things at prices you never knew in your familiar store.

After pricing shopping, go back to the stores that have the best price for the thing you want and buy it. ___40___ You may get it for a great price, but the shipping and handling costs will make you spend more if you are not careful.

A. We have to go shopping in our daily life. B.We were shocked by the crowds and the costs. C.Don’t forget to go online to your favorite stores.

D.Know what it is that you are in need of before you go shopping. E.Don’t be persuaded to buy you don’t need at all at home. F.Something you need badly may not be sold online or in the store. G.Care about not only the cost of the thing, but also the shipping cost.

第三部分 英语知识运用 （共两节，满分 45）

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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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。

Mildred Webinga Freeman was an English teacher at the new middle school I attended in the ninth grade.She wasn't my___41___;she was the adviser to the safety patrol（巡逻）on which I___42___.I loved being around her and___43___her sense of humor and kind personality.She was___44___a good listener. At the end of the year,she___45___that she was moving to Florida,and I was very sad.We exchanged___46___and became pen pals.I could tell her___47___,and she treated me__48___respect even though I was a teenager.

In Florida,Mrs.Freeman became a Realtor,__49___she managed to find time to （房地产经纪人）write letters.She wrote___50___stories and always took my concerns___51___.She had given me a(n)___52___invitation to visit,and I missed her so much.When I___53___to take her up on the___54___,she answered,\I spent three weeks with her in Miami.Her___56___of poetry,music,and creative