[英语]山东省青岛市西海岸新区胶南第一高级中学2018届高三上学期第二次月考英语试题

there for an affordable price, it’ll never take the place of the common experience if it is not real.

40 What we’ll see in the next 50 years is the transition (过渡) from an oil-dependent society to a new society. Here there’ll be new medicine, continued exploration of space, challenges in the climate change, and new inventions that make life a little easier. A. So what will the future look like then? B. Will this change in the next 150 years? C. Predicting the future can help us in many ways. D. However, you’ll never get the feeling of being there. E. Well, to understand the future, you must know the past.

F. However, no matter how real the experience will feel, it doesn’t happen for real.

G. Then we need to know what decisions we need to make today that will give the best result in the future.

第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节，满分45分）

第一节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，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。

My sister, Jenna, aged 28, died, killed by a serious disease.

Growing up together, the two of us were incredibly 41 . I was studying at university 42 I was told that Jenna had a serious disease. I had no idea what to do. But when I got to the hospital, Jenna took my hand and said, “Jayde, can you make everyone 43 ? They’re all looking at me like I’m about to 44 .”

From that point on, I’d joke around and try to 45 the mood (心情). I wanted to make everyone around her stop acting like the 46 thing was about to happen - because we didn’t know it was.

When she did die two years later in 2011, it was a complete 47 . Seeing her in hospital in the end, connected to 48 , was awful — as was seeing my parents’ sadness. But I still joked around, 49 her for having bad eyebrows. She died that same day. It took two years for the 50 to start to (消散), but when it did, I began seeing 51 differently.

I’d watched my sister die, so I knew nothing else could 52 as much. It was around then

that I 53 the Funny Women competition — something I would never have felt 54 enough to do before Jenna’s death.

My 55 in 2014 marked a huge turning point in my career and led to my recent show at the Soho Theatre. I sometimes wonder if I’d be doing all this if Jenna hadn’t died. But the thing is, she 56 - and this is what I’ve been 57 with. Sometimes I think the reason why I’m doing all this is that I have a(n) 58 to make people laugh, mainly my family. For obvious reasons, they’re the 59 audience. But I’ll never stop 60 . 41. A. casual reliable 42. A. and

B. so

C. before C. cry

D. when D.

B. close

C. distant

D.

43. A. laugh mourn 44. A. submit 45. A. change 46. A. worst unbelievable 47. A. offence 48. A. the bed nurses 49. A. abusing opposing 50. A. spirits sadness 51. A. life

B. pray

B. recover B. darken B. strange

C. compromise C. lighten

D. die D. affect D.

C. ambiguous

B. shock

C. coincidence C. me

D. mess D.

B. machines

B. praising C. scolding D.

B. mist C. anger D.

B. people B. mean

C. society C. hurt

D. death D.

52. A. matter contradict 53. A. lost

B. entered B. good

C. knew

D. held D.

54. A. eager confident

C. comfortable

55. A. win recovery

B. loss C. challenge D.

56. A. wished encouraged 57. A. equipped supplied 58. A. plan

B. asked C. did D.

B. left C. filled D.

B. ability B. target

C. dream

D. need D.

59. A. hardest devoted

C. enthusiastic

60. A. competing joking

B. learning C. trying D.

第二卷（共50分）

第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

About 800 years after Marco Polo’s journey, the spirit of The Silk Road is still alive. This is thanks to a proposal by Xi Jinping back in 2013. The initiative (倡议), called the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, aims 61 (build) a trade network by linking Asia with Africa and Europe 62 ancient trade routes (路线).

So far, more than 100 countries and organizations have joined the initiative, and about 40 countries have signed cooperation 63 (agree) with China. The initiative covers 60 percent of the world’s population and about $ 20 trillion-around one 64 (three) of the world GDP. The popularity of the Belt and Road Initiative has 65 (it) roots in the human desire to trade ideas and communicate. Just take a look at the Silk Road. It wasn’t just silk and other goods 66 were traded. Knowledge about science and technologies 67 (share) across the network. This included the four great inventions of ancient China. It was also 68 early way for languages and cultures to develop and become influenced by one another.

69 (similar), the building of the Belt and Road doesn’t just contribute to the economic prosperity (繁荣) of the countries 70 (involve) in the Belt and Road Initiative and regional economic cooperation. It also encourages exchanges and mutual learning between different civilizations, and promotes world peace and development.