盐城市2018届高三年级第一学期期中考试试题

盐城市2018届高三年级第一学期期中考试

英 语 试 题

第一节单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 21. Traveling to Yancheng, a rising coastal city, is a fantastic experience, _______is to make you refreshed and

relaxed. A. it B. one C. one that D. the one 22. A book-sharing program is to take off, where customers can borrow up to two booksfor free after paying 99 yuan online as the _______. A. deposit B. expense C. allowance D. commission 23. Peace is the foundation of happiness, for _______ there is anxiety, tension and confusion, joy cannot exist. A. until B. though C. unless D. where 24. —Amanda has been in depression since she failed in landing a job several times.

—Yes, she is too _______. A. dynamic B. stubborn C. delicate D. considerate

25. Adolescent issues, _______ campus bullying is more common and severe, should be solved by people from all walks of life. A. whose B. which C. of which D. of whose

26. Brics Summit in Xiamen has _______ a new pattern for strengthening Brics partnerships and deepening

practical cooperation in various fields.

A. brought out B. held out C. pointed out 27. —The latest filmJustice Leagueis coming soon, Mum.

—_______. You see, your SAT tests are around the corner.

D. mapped out

A. That’s not the case B. It is up to you C. You don’t say D. Forget it

28. Sun Yang, “the king of freestyle”, _______ 6 gold medals at the 13th Chinese National Games, is looking forward to more glory on the world stage. A. sweeping B. swept C. having swept D. to sweep

29. Picky eaters are _______ unwilling to try new foods, which experts think, can be the result of your DNA and your upbringing. A. vaguely B. typically C. literally D. seemingly

30. Parents in China spend _______it takes to give their kids an edge, but sometimes they just blindly follow a

trend and over-schedule their children.

A. whatever B. whichever C. however D. whenever

31. To some charity volunteers, sometimes it is hard to _______ between real and pretended cases of poverty,

which makes their work inefficient. A. clarify B.discriminate C. identify D. accommodate 32. —I haven’t seen you for a long time. Where have you been?

—I_______ to Seattle to visit my sister. A. went B. go C. had gone D. have gone

33. Online learning resources would cease to be effective or even have negative effects_______ to use them

wisely and flexibly.

A. should the students fail C. had the students failed

B. if the students fail

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D. if the students have failed

34. It is not how much you have but how much you enjoy what you have _______ brings you happiness.

A. what

B. which

C. that

D. when

35. —John was late again this morning! I am afraid he will get fired.

—Yes, I really hope he can _______ before it is too late.

A. kill the fatted calf B. see the handwriting on the wall

C. cross his fingers D. have butterflies in his stomach 第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.

—Martin Luther King

I agree with King’s statement and argue while academic achievement is an essential 36 of education, developing the self-respect, confidence and character of our children is 37 important. My journey as a(n) 38 began 13 years ago. I had just graduated from Boston College and I was 39 about teaching and inspiring children from my community.

However, I quickly became40 of the challenges that often prevented children from making the most of their education. While insufficient 41such as books and technology are commonly regarded as the leading factors impacting student performance42, I discovered that low self-respect and lack of confidence are more damaging. My students’ struggles with low self-respect43 my memory that when I was young I would be 44 and considered unattractive because I had dark skin, tightly coiled hair and high cheekbones.

My students’struggles,45 with my own experience, forced me to write a song called “My Black Is Beautiful” in a(n)46 to change the way young girls of color view themselves.

Since the 47 of social media, developing the self-respect and confidence of our children has become more 48, not less. Students are being exposed to images of beauty that do not 49 who they are, reminding them they do not fit society’s beauty standard.

After years of observing many students struggling with low self-respect and confidence, I began to integrate ways to 50 the problem in my teaching. Although it 51 me there were no standardized methodologies 52 to handle these issues, it didn’t discourage me from developing my own curriculum to motivate students to believe in themselves.

So I decided to write a song, and53twelve of my students in its music video. In this way, I attempted to inspire them to embrace their natural beauty and to 54the message to them that beauty does not always meet with a single, 55 standard.

Differences in skin colors, hair textures, shapes and sizes are not deficiencies but rather assets that make us beautiful and unique. 36. A. process 37. A. equally 38. A. advisor 39. A. particular 40. A.conscious 41. A.causes 42. A.rarely 43. A.erased 44. A.blamed 45. A. coupled 46. A. emotion

B. component B. apparently

C. means C. fully C. reporter C. optimistic C. cautious C. sources C. negatively C. changed C. deserted C. faced C. hurry

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D. burden D. partly D. scholar D. nervous D. guilty D. resources D. temporarily D. jogged D. opposed D. filled D. position

B. educator B. concerned B. scared B. preparations B. randomly B. strengthened B. teased B. equipped

B. effort

47. A.release 48. A. smooth 49. A.reflect 50. A. ignore

B. slide B. arbitrary

C. decline C. declare C. reject

D. rise D. thorough D. inform D. raise D. bothered D. in order D. comforted D. convey D. precise

C. challenging

B. imply B. approach B. offended B. inform B. employed B. explain B. uniform

51. A. astonished 52. A. in detail 53. A. featured 54. A. deliver 55. A. flexible

C. reminded C. in place C. appointed C. submit

C. reasonable

第三部分阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

GOT OLD PHONES?

HERE’S HOW TO REUSE,

RECYCLE OR SELL THEM

It’s natural to get the phone-upgrade thirst when the likes of Apple, Samsung and others keep coming out with newer models. But what do you do with a serviceable but outdated device? Here’s a guide for figuring out what you might do with last year’s model (or even older ones).

DONATE TO CHARITY

Several charities accept old phones as a donation. But these groups probably won’t physically give your old phones to people in need. Instead, they’ll often sell your phone to recyclers and keep the money which goes towards daily management. Nearly 60 percent of the phones charities collect are resold, according to a recent survey. They will pay for shipping if you are mailing three or more phones.

SELL SELL SELL

Once new models come out, older ones will flood onto eBay and other resale sites. How much money you can make off your old phone depends on the brand and how much wear and tear it’s seen.

The resale site Gazelle, for example, is offering $140 for a Verizon-ready Samsung Galaxy S7 in “good” condition. What does “good” mean? The phone has no cracks on the screen or body, powers on and makes calls, and is free of major scratches. A “perfect” phone that looks like it’s never been used will land you $15 more. REUSE, REPURPOSE

Even without cellular service, your old phone will be able to get on Wi-Fi, so you can use it to post on Facebook or do pretty much anything else you want provided you are in Wi-Fi range. Keep it for yourself, give it to a broke friend, or load it up with kid-friendly apps and games and hand it down to your children. Or just keep it as a backup in case something horrible happens to your main phone. 56. Why do charities choose to sell a large proportion of their donations? A. Their management has made such a decision. B. They need the earnings to cover their daily expenses.

C. The donations they have received exceed what they need. D. They can earn more profits without paying for shipping.

57. Which of the following is TRUE about old models?

A. Old models crowd onto online resale sites before new models are launched. B. The better condition old models are in, the higher price they will fetch. C. The old models handed down to your kids should be able to get on Wi-Fi. D. You should always have an old model at hand in case your main phone fails.

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B

The idea of exploring the past through the human history of a single crop has been around for a while. What is striking about James Walvin’s new book is that, while focusing only on sugar, it does not restrict itself to the past. Rather, the book takes the story of perhaps the most popular crop of all time and brings it disturbingly into the present day.

Walvin begins his research where most of us begin our relationship with the stuff: the sweet shops of childhood memory. If sugar is a guilty pleasure then it is one with which almost every one of us is drunk on a daily basis. The unstoppable march of sugar raises the question: why? After all, sugar cane(甘蔗)is difficult to grow and the processes of refinement and clarification required to produce eatable sugar are time-consuming and expensive. Yet, as Walvin explains, sugar has one enormous temptation: it satisfies our seemingly born desire for sweet tastes, but the satisfaction that sugar provides comes at a terrible cost, both to those who produce it and those who consume it.

Sugar changed world history more profoundly than any other crop. It fuelled the Atlantic slave trade and the African wars. We’re familiar with the story of how millions of enslaved Africans were transported to the Caribbean, the US and Brazil, but the growing global demand for sugar also led to the migrations of other groups. The profitability of sugar production also inspired American producers to ship thousands of poor Indians from their homeland to the Caribbean, South America and Fiji as well as Japanese peasants to plantations in Hawaii. The story of sugar, then, is not just one of changing diets and expanding waistlines, but also one of mass migrations—both forced and voluntary, both familiar and unfamiliar.

Sugar’s story in the 20th and 21st centuries can only be told with reference to the development of American agricultural businesses and the giant food corporations, most notably the Coca-Cola Company. The modern anti-sugar movement is demanding better labelling and the reduction of sugar in foods and drinks targeted at children.

The sugar industry stands today where the tobacco corporations stood in the 1960s, accused of knowingly contributing to a global health crisis and obesity. This is just the latest moral crisis faced by the food giants of the sweet stuff.

58. What can we learn from Paragraph 1?

A. Walvin’s book focuses only on sugar in the past.

B. History of sugar is investigated for its destructive effects.

C. Walvin’s book covers stories from the past to the present day. D. A single crop can reflect the whole course of human history.

59. By mentioning migrations of different groups, the author aims to ________. A. illustrate the difficulty of sugar cane plantation B. criticize the greed of American sugar producers

C. confirm the huge impact of sugar on human history D. explain the reasons for slave trade and African wars

60. What attitude does the author hold towards sugar according to the passage? A. Critical.

B. Ambiguous.

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C. Casual. D. Favorable.