1、- 1 -2018 平遥二中高三年级 10 月质检英语试题（满分 150 分，请将答案写在答题卡上）第一部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分 60 分）第一节 （共 15 小题;每小题 3 分，满分 45 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 。AFor as long as humans have lived on the earth, they have made use of various forms of communication. Generally, this expression of thoughts and feelings
2、has been in the form of oral speech. When there is a spoken language problem, communication can be carried out through sign language, in which gestures stand for letters, words, and ideas. Tourists and people unable to hear or speak have often had to turn to this form of expression. When gestures de
3、scribe words or ideas, they can often be used internationally. When used for spelling words however, where each gesture stands for a single letter, people must share the same written language.Body language sends ideas or thoughts by certain actions, either meaningfully or not. A wink can be a way of
4、 showing that the person is only joking. A nod means agreement, while shaking the head indicates disagreement.Other forms of language can be found in Braille (a reading system of raised dots read with the fingertips used by the blind), signal flags, Morse code, and smoke signals. Road maps and pictu
5、re signs also guide and warn people. While language is the most common form of communication, other systems and techniques also express human thoughts and feelings.1. What does the author mainly want to say?A. People can communicate in many different ways.B. Everybody uses only one form of communica
6、tion.- 2 -C. Language is invaluable to foreigners.D. Non-spoken communication is of little value.2. According to the text, which part of the body can be used to show you are joking?A. Fingers. B. Eyes. C. Head. D. Feet.3. What cant be effectively communicated by sign language when people belong to d
7、ifferent language groups?A. Whole words. B. Idea. C. Spelling. D. Expressions.4. How many different forms of communication are mentioned in the text?A. Three. B. Five. C. Six. D. Nine. BNot everyone in the world requires the same amount of living space. The amount of space a person needs around him
8、is a cultural(文化的) difference, not an economic(经济的) one. Knowing your own psychological(心理的) space needs is important because they strongly affect your choices, including, for example, the number of bedrooms in the home. If you were brought up in a two-child family and both you and your sister or br
9、other had your own bedrooms, the chances are, if you have two children or more, that you also will offer separate bedrooms for them. In America, for example, they train people to want to have their own rooms by giving them their own rooms when they are babies. This is very rare in the world. In many
10、 other countries, the baby sleeps in the same bed with his parents or in a bed near them.The space in the home also shows a lot about psychological space needs. Some families gather closer to each other and the size of their house has nothing to do with it. Others have separate little corners where
11、family members go to be alone.Although it is true that psychological space needs are not decided by economic reasons, they sometimes have to be changed a little because of economic - 3 -pressures. It is almost impossible, however, to completely change your psychological space needs.5. The first sent
12、ence in Paragraph 1 “Not everyone in the world requires the same amount of living space” means “_”A. No two people need exactly the same amount of living space.B. Nobody needs a required amount of living space.C. The world requires the same amount of living space.D. Living space requirements are not
13、 always the same.6. Some families gather closer to each other at home than others because _.A. they have limited living spaceB. they are brought up in a large familyC. it satisfies their psychological space needsD. the children in the family sleep in the same bed with their parents7. Which of the fo
14、llowing is TRUE according to the passage?A. Americans are trained to live in large rooms at birth.B. Economic situation decided ones amount of space needs.C. People in various countries demand different psychological space.D. Knowing your psychological space needs is important, as it affects your fu
15、ture.8. According to the writer of the passage, psychological space needs_.A. are not affected by income at allB. have nothing to do with cultural backgroundC. can be changed if you make up your mind to do soD. can hardly be changed altogetherCThe tea gardens in Sri Lanka are actually large estates(
16、种植园)The best tea usually comes from plants grown on high grounds, the cool hilltops with rows and rows of tea plantsThe plants are about one metre aboutThe plant is often pruned so that it remains only 60 to 90 centimetres highPruning is important - 4 -because it encourages the growth of tender shoo
17、ts, or young leavesIt is from these shoots that the best tea is gotPractically all the tea pickers are womenThe estates prefer to employ women pickers because they are more careful Their thin fingers can easily remove the twin leaves and new shoots from the plant, which are the parts used for proces
18、sing(加工) teaThe pickers carry large baskets into which they throw their pickingsA skilled worker can harvest between 9 to 14 kilogrammes of tea leaves a dayUsually new shoots can be picked from the plants about every tea or fifteen daysProcessing tea shoots into the familiar dry tea leaves requires
19、great care and skill There are various methods of processing depending on they type of tea required For black tea ,the young green leaves are first spread out on shelves to dryThis process removes much of its water and the leaves become softAfter this ,the leaves are passed through heavy rollers Thi
20、s operation will press the leaves for juices which give the tea both its colour and taste Then the leaves are spread out on floors and left to ferment （发酵）under wet conditionsFermentation develops the rich taste of black tea The fermented leaves are then dried with a hot-air blower until they become
21、 rolled-up black leaves The final step is to sort and grade them before the black tea is ready for sale to countries all over the world9In the first paragraph ,the word “pruning” means Aregular use of chemicals Bfrequent watering Cregular cutting of the plantsDgrowing the plants high in the mountain
22、10On e of the reasons why women are employed to do the picking is that Athey work harder than men do in the pickingBthey can throw their pickings more easily into the basketsCtheir fingers fit them better for the jobDthey can more easily find the twin leaves- 5 -11How many processing steps are menti
23、oned in the last paragraph?AThree BFour Cseven DSix12What is the writers purpose in writing the passage?ATo introduce various methods of tea processingBTo persuade readers to buy tea from Sri LankaCTo tell a story that had happened in the tea gardensDTo inform readers of tea growing ,picking and pro
24、cessingDMichael, a typical (典型的) American, stays home on workdays. He plugs into his personal computer terminal (接线端) in order to connect with the office. After work, he puts on his headphones, watches a movie on his home video recorder, or plays baseball on the computer. On many days, Michael doesn
25、t talk to any other human beings, and he doesnt see any people except the ones on television. Michael is imaginary, but his lifestyle is very possible. The inventions of modern technology seem to be cutting us off from contact with our fellow human beings.The world of business is one area in which t
26、echnology is isolating (使隔离) us. Experts say, for example, that many people will soon be able to work at home. With access to a large central computer, employees such as office clerks, insurance agents, and accountants could do their jobs at display terminals in their own homes. They would never hav
27、e to actually see the people theyre dealing with. In addition, the way employees are paid will change. Workers salaries will be automatically paid into their bank accounts(账户), making paper checks(支票)unnecessary. No workers will stand in line to receive their pay or cash their checks. Personal banki
28、ng will change, too. Customers will deal with machines to put in or take out money from their accounts.Another area that technology is changing is entertainment. Music, for instance, was once a group experience. People listened to music at concert halls - 6 -or in small social gatherings. For many p
29、eople now, however, music is an individual experience. Walking along the street or sitting in their living rooms, they wear headphones to build a wall of music around them. Movie entertainment is changing, too. Movies used to be social events. Now, fewer people are going out to see a movie. Many mor
30、e are choosing to wait for a film to appear on television or are borrowing videotapes to watch at home. Instead of laughing with others, viewers watch movies in their own living rooms.13. The sentence “Michael is imaginary, but his lifestyle is very possible” means _ .A .Michael is a person full of
31、imagination and he can make his dreams come trueB. Michael is not a real person but probably the lifestyle does existC. Michael has ambitions but he cant make his dreams come trueD. Michael is a person full of imagination and his lifestyle is common nowadays14. What will the author most probably dis
32、cuss after the last paragraph?A. International business. B. Personal banking. C. Music and films. D. Games and sports. 15. What is the main idea of the passage?A. We may no longer need to communicate with other human beings.B. Modern technology seems to be se parating human beings.C. We may no longe
33、r need to work in the office.D. Modern technology makes it possible for us to work and entertain ourselves at home.第二节 信息匹配（共 5 小题；每小题 3 分，满分 15 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。 Americans bought an estimated 18 and a half million bicycles last year. Some bikes never get much riding. 16 B
34、ut a project based in Washington is putting - 7 -unwanted bikes from the United States to good use in developing countries.Keith Oberg is the director of Bikes for the World. He said,“Everybody has an old bicycle, and it is usually not ridden. 17 ”Bikes for the World collects bicycles and delivers t
35、hem at low cost to community programs in developing countries. The bicycle recycling program is one of the largest in the United States. It is a sponsored project of the Washington Area Bicyclist Association.18 Since then it has shipped more than 40,444 bikes to communities in Africa, Latin America
36、and the Caribbean, says director Keith Oberg.Bikes for the World partners with nonprofit groups in the United States to collect unwanted bikes. Then it works with nonprofit in the other countries to get the bikes to organizations and individuals that need them the most.For example, the Bicycle Empow
37、erment Network Namibia uses the bikes to provide transportation for health workers. 19 The organization also has bicycle ambulance services to transport the sick.The Bicycle Empowerment Net work also provides training and support to help local organizations and individuals open bike shops of their o
38、wn. The businesses sell the recycled bikes at low cost and provide repair services. 20 A. Mostly they gather dust.B. However, they are very expensive to buy.C. It sits there in the garage, or basement or shed, going to waste.D. Bikes for the World began in 2005.E. Do you know when Bikes for the worl
39、d begin?F. That makes it possible for them to visit more patients each day.G. Many of the organizations use the money they earn to help pay for other community projects.第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分 55 分）第一节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 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- 8 -处的最佳选项。When I woke next morn
40、ing, I was dying of _21_. I seemed to have a hole instead of a _22_. I dressed quickly and hurried down to the dinning-room. It was a big room with six tall windows and the ugliest wallpaper I had ever seen! _23_, I had been told the hotel was not beautiful but that you were better _24_ there than i
41、n any other hotel; and that was _25_ I wanted just then.The waiter came hurrying up. Before I came downstairs I had prepared _26_ carefully for what I must _27_. I had looked three times in my dictionary to make sure _28_ “breakfast” really meant “breakfast”. I had tried to get the right _29_ and I
42、had stood in the front of a mirror and twisted my mouth until it ached.The waiter asked me _30_ I could not understand, but I spoke only my one prepared word “breakfast”. He looked at me in a 31 way. So I repeated it. Still he did not understand. It was 32 that English people didnt understand their
43、language. The waiter 33 his head and went away, but he came back in a minute and brought a tray with tea, bread and butter enough to feed a small army and went away. But I was hungry, and I left 34 . When the waiter came back I thought his face showed a little 35 , but you can never _36_. What a wai
44、ters face really shows! In another minute he brought _37_ tray with some bacon(熏肉) and some eggs. He 38 have misunderstood me, but I thought it was no use explaining to people who dont understand their own language, so I just set to work on the bacon and eggs, wondering whether I could possibly clea
45、r that plate.Well, I finished the bacon and eggs. I got up and made my way slowly to my room at least five pound 39 . I never believed until then that any meal could 40 me, but on that day I met my Waterloo(滑铁卢).21. A. hunger B. cold C. anger D. illness22. A. stone B. head C. breast D. stomach23. A.
46、 Therefore B. Otherwise C. So D. However24. A. received B. fed C. cared D. - 9 -eating25. A. just B. what C. that D. why26. A. English B. meal C. questions D. myself27. A. speak B. answer C. say D. explain28. A. of B. about C. that D. to29. A. pronunciation B. meaning C. form D. spelling30. A. wheth
47、er B. something C. when D. what31. A. surprised B. friendly C. puzzled D. touched32. A. unbelievable B. true C. thought D. a pity33. A waved B. shook C. bowed D. patted34. A. much B. a little C. nothing D. empty35. A. pleasure B. satisfaction C. pride D. surprise 36. A. tell B. guess C. design D. ex
48、press37. A. other B. another C. more D. me38. A. should B. might C. must D. would 39. A. lighter B. more C. weightier D. heavier 40. A. hurt B. fat C. defeat D. please 第二节 短文填空（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的词或括号内单词的正确形式。 How much do you know about American schools? They are quite different from (1)_ in China.In America, (2)_ the beginning of the term, students must (3)_(选择) their courses and teachers first. While in China, students usually have no chances to select their courses and teachers. Selecting is very important
