2017届甘肃省天水市第一中学高三第一次月考英语试题(1)

天水一中2014级2016-2017学年度第一学期第一阶段考试

英语试卷

本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。

第Ⅰ卷

注意事项：

1.答第Ⅰ卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。

2.选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号框涂黑。如需改动， 用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号框。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。

第一部分 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

Chester City Library offers a range of Library Special Needs Services to people who don’t have access to our library service in the usual way. As long as you live in Chester City, we’ll provide a wide range of library services and resources including:

● Large printed and ordinary printed books ● Talking books on tape and CD ● DVDs and music CDs ● Magazines

● Reference and information requests Home delivery service

Let us know what you like to read and we will choose the resources for you. Our staff will deliver the resources to your home for free. We also provide a service where we can choose the resources for you or someone instead of you choose the things from the library. You can also choose the resources you need personally. Talking books and captioned videos

The library can provide talking books for people who are unable to use printed books because of eye diseases. You don’t have to miss out on reading any more when you can borrow talking books from the library. If you have limited hearing which prevents you from enjoying movies, we can provide captioned videos for you at no charge.

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Languages besides English

We can provide books in a range of languages besides English. If possible, we will request these items from the State Library of NSW, Australia. How to join?

Contact the Library Special Needs Coordinator to register or discuss if you are eligible（合适的）for any of the services we provide ─ Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 9am ─ 5pm on 4297 2522 for more information. 1．Library Special Needs Services are meant for_____.

A. those who are fond of reading

B. people living in Chester City with an illness or disability C. only those who have walking disabilities D. those who can’t get medical help in Chester City 2．What can we learn from the passage?

A. Few entertaining resources are offered here.

B. People with limited hearing have to pay for captioned videos. C. Books with different languages are available. D. People have to choose what they need by themselves. 3．To get home delivery service, you must_______.

A. only choose printed books.

B. have others choose the resources for you. C. pay the library ahead of time. D. register ahead of time.

B

In China, chain restaurants, especially the big multinational ones, are cool. Going to Starbucks, for example, is a status symbol. It not only says, “I’m rich enough to buy this overpriced coffee,” but also, “I’m cosmopolitan(见多识广的)enough to be part of globalization.”

Where I come from in the UK, however, chains are neither fashionable nor gourmet(美食的). Chains are where you go on New Year’s Day when nowhere else is open, or when you are 5 years old and your parents can’t stand hearing, “I’m huuuuuungry!” any longer. In my own case (with regards to McDonald’s), a chain is where you are taken on your first “date”. Even at the age of 13, I knew to give the guy the “let’s just be friends” phone call the next day.

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In the UK, independent cafes and restaurants are making a comeback on the fashion scene. Nowadays, a Londoner who says “let’s meet for a coffee at Monmouth” (an independent cafe) is much cooler than one who says “let’s go to Starbucks”. Even if Monmouth’s coffee is a little more expensive, there’s a satisfaction in knowing your pounds aren’t going straight to the big corporations.

Of course, there are chain stores all over the UK; you can’t go five minutes without spotting a Costa Coffee. But numbers do not add up to good taste.

I do, however, have a confession (坦白). After moving to China I had moments when all the rice and Kung Pao Chicken became too much. I, too, have retreated to McDonald’s.

4．Many Chinese people like to go to multinational chain restaurants because ______.

A. the restaurants give customers a taste of foreign culture.

B. the restaurants offer different food and drinks from other restaurants. C. they believe that eating there will show their wealth and social status. D. these restaurants are perfect places for a romantic date. 5．Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. The author has grown tired of Chinese food.

B. Branches of Monmouth’s cafe can be found all over the UK. C. Most independent stores are closed on New Year’s Day in the UK. D. It is cool in the UK to take your first date to a chain restaurant. 6．We can infer from the article that ______.

A. the author doesn’t like food from Pizza Hut. B. many Britons don’t like big corporations.

C. many Britons think that numbers mean poor quality. D. the author doesn’t like to follow fashion trends. 7．What does the underlined word (in the last paragraph) mean? A. adapted B. contributed

C. subscribed D. switched

C

“A photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically with a smart phone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website” is the definition of “selfie” in the Oxford English Dictionary. In fact, it wasn’t even in the dictionary until August of last year. It earned its place there because people are now so obsessed with (对……痴

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迷) selfies ─ we take them when we try on a new hat, play with our pets or when we meet a friend whom we haven’t seen in a while.

But is there any scientific explanation for this obsession? Well, you should probably ask James Kilner, a neuroscientist(神经系统科学家) at University College London.

Through our lifetime we become experts at recognizing and interpreting other people’s faces and facial expressions. In contrast, according to Kilner, we have a very poor understanding of our own faces since we have little experience of looking at them ─ we just feel them most of the time.This has been proved in previous studies, according to the BBC.

Kilner found that most people chose the more attractive picture. This suggests that we tend to think of ourselves as better-looking than we actually are. To further test how we actually perceive our own faces, Kilner carried out another study. He showed people different versions of their own portrait ─ the original, one that had been edited to look less attractive and one that was made more attractive ─ and asked them to pick the version which they thought looked most like them. They chose the more attractive version.

But what does it say about selfies? Well, isn’t that obvious? Selfies give us the power to create a photograph ─ by taking it from various angles, with different poses, using filters (滤色镜) and so on ─ that better matches our expectations with our actual faces.

“You suddenly have control in a way that you don’t have in non-virtual(非虚拟的)interactions,” Kilner told the Canada-based CTV News. Selfies allow you “to keep taking pictures until you manage to take one you’re happy with”, he explained.

8．What is the passage mainly about?

A. The definition and fun of taking selfies. B. A study of why people love taking selfies. C. How taking selfies influences people’s daily lives. D. How to interpret people’s facial expressions in their selfies.

9．The underlined word “perceive” in Paragraph 4 can be replaced by “______”.

A. interpret B. choose C. beautify D. explain 10．What did Kilner discover from his researches?

A. People tend to believe they look more attractive than they actually are. B. People tend to spend more time looking at their faces than at others’. C. People interpret others’ facial expressions worse than their own. D. People who like taking selfies know more about their facial expressions.

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