广东省肇庆市2018届高三上学期第一次统一检测 英语

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肇庆市中小学教学质量评估

2018届高中毕业班第一次统一检测

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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，用铅笔把答题卷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，将答案写在答题卡卷。写在本试卷上无效。 4.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卷一并交回。

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。

A

There are lots of ways to eperience Portland—through its history, shopping, or cultural and culinary pursuits—and they’re all spectacular. But you mustn’t forget one of the most important parts of Portland pacage deals your hotel. Consider these popular options when it’s time to rest.

impton Hotel

This accommodation offers Italian sheets, designer bath products, and a relaing spa, and you’ll never go hungry with fine dining at its on-site restaurant. Add on a balcony or a whirlpool tub, and you’ll really be living in luury.

Benson Hotel

It can hold its own when it comes to amenities, too memory foam beds with Egyptian cotton sheets, soaing bathtubs, and two restaurants await. And its location near both Portland Institute for Contemporary Art and the Museum of Contemporary Craft is ideal for art lovers.

Modera Hotel

It is just steps from Portland State University and the heart of downtown. Modern furnishings and a 500-piece art collection are the icing on the cae of this four-star hotel, which also has a garden-setting outdoor courtyard and restaurant.

Paramount Hotel

It is a top pic thans to its location and affordability. Those who see out cultural endeavors will enjoy proimity to Schniter Concert Hall and Portland Center for the Performing Arts, and any type of traveler can enjoy the free Wi-Fi and views of Director Par.

21. Which of the following is an ideal hotel for art enthusiasts?

A. Benson Hotel B. Portland Institute for Contemporary Art C. Museum of Contemporary Craft D. Egyptian Hotel

22. If a visitor has a tight budget, he’d better choose____________.

A. impton Hotel B. Benson Hotel C. Modera Hotel D. Paramount Hotel 23. Where can you find this passage?

A. fashion magaine B. holiday brochure C. science report D. business contract

B

Beneath the tranquil settings of Yellowstone National Par in the US lies an enormous magma chamber (熔岩腔膛) . It’s responsible for the geysers (间歇泉) and hot springs that define the area, but for scientists at Nasa, it’s also one of the greatest natural threats to human civiliation as we now a potential supervolcano.

When Nasa scientists came to consider the problem, they conceived a plan to drill up to 10m down into the supervolcano, and pump down water at high pressure. The circulating water would return at a temperature of around 350C (662F), thus slowly day by day etracting (提取) heat from the volcano. But drilling into a supervolcano does not come without certain riss, namely triggering the eruption you’re intending to prevent.Therefore, the idea is to drill in from the supervolcano from the lower sides, starting outside the boundaries of Yellowstone National Par, and etracting the heat from the underside of the magma chamber. “This way you’re preventing the heat coming up from below from ever reaching the top of the chamber which is where the real threat arises,” Wilco says.

Such a plan could be potentially applied to every active supervolcano on the planet, and Nasa’s scientists are hoping that their blueprints will encourage more practical scientific discussion and debate for tacling the threat.

“When people first considered the idea of defending the Earth from an asteroid (小行星)impact, they reacted in a similar way to the supervolcano threat,” Wilco says. “People thought, ‘As puny (微不足道的) as we are, how can humans possibly prevent an asteroid from hitting the Earth.’ Well, it turns out if you engineer something which pushes very slightly for a very long time, you can mae the asteroid miss the Earth. So the problem turns out to be easier than people thin. In both cases it requires the scientific community to invest brain power and you have to start early. But Yellowstone eplodes roughly every 600,000 years, and it is about 600,000 years since it last eploded, which should cause us to sit up and tae notice.” 24. Which of the following words is closest in meaning to the underlined word “conceived”? A. approve B. oppose C. form D. stop 25. According to Nasa’s plan, _______________.

A. Water pumped down at high pressure would return hot.

B. Heat can be completely etracted from the volcano soon. C. Drilling into a supervolcano is by no means risy.

D. Heat from below is epected to reach the top of the chamber. 26. Asteroid is mentioned in the last paragraph to ____________. A. warn people of its threat to the earth

B. encourage people to hope for possibilities C. tell people human’s coming tragic ending D. eplain to people its cause and effect 27. What’s the passage mainly about? A. A famous tourist resort B. A potential supervolcano

C. A plan to deal with supervolcanos D. A threat having been tacled

C

Not all people in Italy can tolerate football. There are Canadians who won’t love hocey. A similar situation eists in America, where there are those individuals you may be one of them who yawn or even frown when somebody mentions baseball. Baseball to them means boring hours watching grown men in funny tight outfits standing around in a field staring away while very little of anything happens. They tell you it’s a game better suited to the 19th century, slow, quiet and gentlemanly. These are the same people you may be one of them who love football because there’s the sport that glorifies “the hit”.

By contrast, baseball seems abstract, cool, silent and still.

On TV, the game is fractured into a doen perspectives, replays, close ups. The geometry of the game, however, is essential to understanding it. You will thin much about the game from one point as a painter does his subject; you may, of course, project yourself into the game. It is in this projection that the game affords so much space and time for involvement. The TV won’t do it for you.

Tae, for eample, the third baseman. You sit behind the third base dugout and you watch him watching home plate. His legs are apart, nees fleed. His arms hang loose. He does a lot of this. The septic(怀疑者)still cannot thin of any other sports so still, so passive. But watch what happens every time the pitcher throws the third baseman goes up on his toes, flees his arms or bring the glove to a point in front of him, taes a step right or left, bacward or forward, perhaps he glances across the field to chec his first baseman’s position. Suppose the pitch is a ball. “Nothing happened,” you say. “I could have had my eyes closed.”

The septic and the innocent must play the game. And this involvement in the stands is no more intellectual than listening to music is. Watch the third baseman. Smooth the dirt in front of you with one foot; smooth the pocet in your glove; watch the eyes of the batter, the speed of the bat, the sound of horsehide on wood. If football is a symphony of movement and theater, baseball is chamber music, a spacious interlocing of notes, chores and responses.

28. The passage is mainly concerned with ______________. A. the attraction of football B. the attraction of baseball

C. the different tastes of people for sports D. the different characteristics of sports

29. Those who don’t lie baseball may complain that___________. A. it is not eciting enough

B. it involves fewer players than football C. it is only to the taste of the old D. it is overconfident and loos funny 30. The author admits that _____________. A. baseball is too peaceful for the young B. baseball is more interesting than football

C. baseball may seem boring when watched on TV D. baseball is less attractive than football

31. We can safely conclude that the author . A. lies football B. hates football C. lies baseball D. hates baseball

D

Li Ming , a 13-year-old student has spent most of his spare time on a mobile game, ing of Glory since May. “Every boy in our class is playing it, and we hold competitions within and among classes. Good players are respected and it is easier for them to mae more friends,” said Li. He added one of the most important reasons they love the game is that the historical characters are all in cartoon style and loo “very cool.”

Li is one of many thousands of young players who are cray about this game. Although this Chinese mobile game enjoy great popularity, recently, it has come under fire for promoting an inaccurate representation of ancient Chinese history.

The characters in the game not only travel through time and space to fight together, but also tae on historical figures’ names with no connection at all to their eperiences in history. This characteristic could easily confuse young players. Some parents are worried that it may mislead their children and have a bad influence on their study, especially on history and Chinese.

hang Liang, a 27-year-old IT worer, thins such worries are reasonable, but the problem is not alarming. hang pointed out that a proper use of history or legendary materials in games should combine education with entertainment.

However, some hit bac at the accusation, arguing that games are supposed to be creative, and that “ing of Glory” doesn’t intend to be set in any specific historical period.

“I am aware that there are many young players, some even in primary school. Some might be affected by the game in certain ways, but it can do a lot of good if students become interested in the characters and do more research to that end,” one “ing of Glory” player said.

After all, the root cause of the problem is that there is no game rating system in China to protect children who are too young to distinguish virtual world from real history.

32. Why did the author mention Li Ming’s story in Paragraph 1? A. To show ing of Glory is very popular. B. To lead in the topic of the passage.

C. To eplain why young people play the game. D. To persuade us to play the game .

33. What is the meaning of the underlined phrase “come under fire” in paragraph 2? A. Be popular. B. Be accused. C. Be played. D. Be banned. 34. Some parents worry that young players of“ing of Glory”may ______