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1、- 1 -汝州市实验中学 2018-2019年高三上期末模拟试题英语试题第卷（共 70分）第一部分 阅读理解(共 20小题，每小题 2分，满分 40分)第 1节 阅读下面四篇文章，然后从题中所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出每个问题的最佳选项，并将答题卡上相应题目的答案标号涂黑（本节共 15小题，每小题 2分，满分 30分）AConsidering the temperate climate in England, most tourists like to visit London between April and September. Tourists also enjoy wha

2、t London has to offer during Christmas.Getting around LondonTransportation in London is divided into zones, meaning the further you intend to go, the more expensive it will cost you. Youll find one of the best subways here, with single rides starting at about $ 2.5. You can also use taxis (keep in m

3、ind that black cabs do not accept smart cards), boats, buses as well as commuter trains (市郊火车). To avoid any trouble, you can get yourself a smart card and perhaps load it with $ 50 dollars to cover your weekly travel budget.London WeatherTo enjoy warm weather in London, plan your visit in July as i

4、t is the hottest month. January is the coldest month in London.What you should know before visiting LondonUnlike most cities in Europe, life in London is a bit more expensive. Also, make sure you plan ahead so that you dont miss out on the best tickets, hotels and offers.BEST OF LONDONSEALIFE London

5、 AquariumEnjoy a spectacular experience with underwater creatures at SEALIFE London - 2 -aquarium. It is perfect for a family fun day.The Coca-Cola London EyeA major feature of Londons skyline, the The Coca - Cola London Eye boasts some of the best city views from its 32 capsules. Youll definitely e

6、njoy the breathtaking experience.Sherlock Holmes MuseumA perfect place to visit if you love books and music.21. The peak month to visit London is most likely to be .A. January B. March C. May D. October22. What is good about a smart card?A. It can be paid for any transport means. B. It can cover any

7、 expenses.C. It is available online. D. It is convenient.23. If your family want to see a variety of fish, you will go to .A. SEALIFE London Aquarium B. The Coca-Cola London EyeC. Sherlock Holmes Museum D. London Canal MuseumBThe first thing I do in the mornings is look at my phone. Thats mainly bec

8、ause my phone is my alarm clock, but once my eyes are open and that screen is lit up in my hands, its an awfully short trip to checking emails and perusing headlines. Theres no reason for me to be doing this. My emails that come early in the morning are mainly junk, and the headlines wont change muc

9、h before Ive brushed my teeth and poured a cup of coffee, right?My wife says Im addicted to my phone, I disagree, but I can definitely stand to spend less time looking at it. Im not terribly active on social media, but I do enjoy me some idle scrolling. And, wow, do these tech companies know how to

10、keep those thumbs constantly swiping up? Weve got a toddler, and while I think were pretty good about limiting her screen time, it would seem that technology has fascinated me from the start. So, I decided to try loosening my phones grasp on my attention by switching the screen to black and white.Ch

11、anging the display to black and white is very easy. In your iPhones - 3 -settings (设置 ) , choose General (通用功能), then Accessibility (辅助功能). Next choose Display Accommodations (显示调节) , then Color Filters(滤镜). Tap the toggle(切换器) on and a list of filters appears. Choose Grayscale and youre all set.24.

12、 What is the actual reason for the authors looking at his phone in the mornings?A. He turns off his alarm clock. B. He cant help doing so.C. He has to check emails before they change. D. He can have a short trip while scrolling it.25. What does the authors wife think of the time he spends using his

13、phone?A. Modest use B. Over use C. Under use D. Adequate use26. How does the author decrease to use his phone?A. By changing the screen to black and white. B. By limiting his screen time.C. By ignoring the tech companies. D. By looking after his daughter.27. Whats the final step to set the phone to

14、black and white?A. Choose General. B. Choose Accessibility.C. Choose Grayscale. D. Choose Color Filterst .CThere is an old Chinese proverb that states “One Generation plants the trees; another gets the shade,” and this is how it should be with mothers and daughters. The relationship between a mother

15、 and daughter is sometimes confusing. If close, the relationship can be similar to friendship. However, the mother and daughter relationship has unique characteristics that distinguish it from a friendship. These characteristics include a hierarchy (等级) of responsibility and unconditional love, whic

16、h preclude mothers and daughters from being best friends. Marina, 27 years old, says, “I love spending time with my mom, but I - 4 -wouldnt consider her my best friend. Best friends dont pay for your wedding. Best friends dont remind you how they carried you in their body and gave you life! Best fri

17、ends dont tell you how wise they are because they have been alive at least 20 years longer than you.” This doesnt mean that the mother and daughter relationship cant be very close and satisfying. While some adult relationships are still troubled, many find them to be extremely rewarding. This genera

18、tion of mothers and adult daughters has a lot in common which increases the likelihood of shared companionship. Mothers and daughters have always shared the common experience of being homemakers, responsible for maintaining and passing on family values and traditions. Today contemporary mothers and

19、daughters also share the experience of the workforce and technology, which may bring them even closer together.Best friends may or may not continue to be best friends, but for better or worse, the mother and daughter relationship is permanent, even if for some unfortunate reason they arent speaking.

20、 The mother and child relationship is closer than any other. There is not an equal relationship. Daughters should not feel responsible for their mothers emotional well-being. It isnt that they dont care deeply about their mothers. Its just that they shouldnt be burdened with their mothers well being

21、. The mother and daughter relationship is a relationship that is not replaceable by any other. Mothers never stop being mothers, which includes frequently wanting to protect their daughters and often feeling responsible for their happiness. Mother always “trumps”(王牌) friend.28. The underlined word “

22、preclude” in Paragraph 1 probably means “_”.A. differ B. prevent C. benefit D. change29. What do we know from the passage?A. The mother and daughter relationship can be replaced by a best friend.B. A mothers love brings her and her daughter a close friendship.C. The mother and daughter relationship

23、goes beyond best friends friendship.- 5 -D. Marina has a troubled relationship with her mother.30The author proves his statements mainly by _.A. listing data B. giving explanations C. quoting sayings D. making examples31. What is the best title for the passage?A. How to be a good mother and daughter

24、？ B. Who is a mothers best friend?C. Mother or friend? D. Can a mother be a daughters best friend?DTo err is human. To blame the other guy is even more human. Common sense is not all that common. Why tell the truth when you can come up with a good excuse? These three popular misquotes（误用的引语）are mean

25、t to be jokes, and yet they tell us a lot about human nature. To err, or to make mistakes, is indeed a part of being human, but it seems that most people dont want to accept the responsibility for the problem. Perhaps it is the natural thing to do. The original quote about human nature went like thi

26、s, “ To err is human, to forgive is divine（神圣的） ”.This saying mirrors an ideal: People should be forgiving of others mistakes. Instead, we tend to do the opposite find someone else to pass the blame on to. However, taking responsibility for something that went wrong is a making of great maturity（成熟）

27、. Common sense is what we call clear thought. Having common sense means having a good general plan that will make things work well, and it also means staying with the plan. Common sense tells you that you take an umbrella out into a rainstorm, but you leave the umbrella home when you hear a weather

28、forecast for sunshine. Common sense does not seem to be common for large organizations, because there are so many things going on that one person cannot be in charge of everything. People say that in a large company, “the right hand does not know what the left hand is doing.”- 6 -And what is wrong w

29、ith a society that thinks that making up a good excuse is like creating a work of art? One of the common problems with making excuses is that people, especially young people, get the idea that its okay not to be totally honest all the time. There is a corollary（推论）to that: If a good excuse is “good”

30、 even if it isnt honest, then where is the place of the truth? 32. According to the passage, which of the following seems the most human?A. To search for truth. B. To achieve ones ideal.C. To make fun of others mistakes. D. To criticize others for ones own error.33. According to the author, what is

31、a sign of a mans maturity?A. Doing things his own way. B. Making as few mistakes as possible.C. Bearing responsibility for his mistakes. D. Thinking seriously about his wrongdoing.34. What is the authors opinion about a good excuse?A. Bitter truth is better than a good excuse.B. A good excuse is as

32、rewarding as honesty.C. Inventing a good excuse needs creative ideas.D. Making a good excuse is sometimes a better policy.35. What would be the best title for this passage?A. Truth or Excuse. B. A Mark of Maturity.C. To Blame or to Forgive. D. A Mirror of Human Nature.第二节 任务型阅读 根据短文内容，从下面7个选项中选出5个填入

33、空白处，并在机读卡上将正确答案的标号涂黑。 （共5题，每小题2分，满分10分）Do you like writing a few paragraphs every day about your experiences, hopes, memories or feelings? If you dont, its time to make a change now. Because write a few paragraphs every day about your experiences, hopes, memories, you will immediately begin to exper

34、ience benefits to your personal growth and potential.- 7 -You will gradually become better at expressing yourself. 36 However, when you become lazy with words, you find it is more difficult to describe feelings, share experiences and make yourself understood.37 As you write about memories, it is lik

35、e opening an old photo album. Your pen begins to explore feelings and details you have forgotten and dreams you left behind. You suddenly remember people you would like to contact again. Writing is an activity that avoids distraction(使人分心的事物) long enough for you to explore those wonderful moments of

36、 the past. Sometimes they are frightening. 38 Writing about daily experiences and feelings provides a recorded history that will influence how you make future decisions. 39 They learned from what had happened before. Your history is important. Dont let it be forgotten.Writing reminds you of your dre

37、ams and keeps you moving toward them. It is a means of keeping track of your purpose and the goals that will lead you to achieve them. 40 It shows when you have been distracted and may need to give all your attention again to your writing.Writing a little every day could provide the material that so

38、meday becomes a published book. When I wrote about depression and my four-year-old granddaughter who got lost in the mountains, I never dreamed it would be in a book. A. You will remember things long forgotten.B. Writing keeps you energetic and full of imagination all the time.C. Sometimes they are

39、wonderful and almost always they are helpful.D. Sooner or later, you are surely to become a great professional writer.E. Reviewing what you have written is a perfect way to see your progress.F. Theres a reason that the greatest leaders in history were students of history.G. When you write daily, you

40、 can always be amazed at how quickly your writing skills improve.第二部分 英语知识运用（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）- 8 -阅读下面短文， ，从短文所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）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。When twelve-year-old John Wilson walked into his chemistry class on a rainy day in late October 1931, he had no way of

41、 knowing that his life was about to change completely. The class 41 that day was to show how 42 a container of water would bring oxygen bubbles(气泡) to the surface. The container John was about to heat, 43 , was not like the containers students everywhere had used. Someone had been 44 and put the wro

42、ng label (标签) on the bottle. And 45 John heated it with a Bunsen burner, the container 46 , sending the liquid flying in all directions. John Wilson came away from it, completely 47 .Wilson spent the next two months in hospital. After he returned home, his parents 48 a hard time to find a way to dea

43、l with the 49 that had happened to their lives. But Wilson did not 50 the accident as a disaster. He knew he had the rest of his life to live. He learned Braille(盲文) quickly and continued his 51 at the esteemed Worcester College for the disabled. There, he not only 52 as a student but also became an

44、 accomplished rower, swimmer, actor, musician, and orator.Many people, faced with the 53 John Wilson met with, would have 54 of their experience. Perhaps they would have considered themselves to be 55 by ill fortune and discouraged in their 56 to do anything significant with their lives. Wilson, how

45、ever, lost his sight but found a 57 . Through his practical action and life attitude, he proved to us 58 that its not what happens to us that 59 our lives but our 60 to what happens.41. A.experiment B.discussion C.analysis D.management42. A.bringing out B.turning over C.heating up D.picking on43. A.

46、therefore B.instead C.besides D.however44. A.light-hearted B.absent-minded C.cold-blooded D.bad-tempered45. A. as B. if C. once D. though46. A.leaked B.exploded C.collapsed D.melted47. A.dumb B.lame C.deaf D.blind- 9 -48. A.called for B.drove off C.went through D.depended on49. A.catastrophe B.coinc

47、idence C.dilemma D.drawback50A.elect B.appoint C.regard D.recommend51A.education B.occupation C.contribution D.recovery52A.survived B.shone C.competed D.registered53A.discrimination B.resistance C.circumstances D.uncertainties54A.dreamed B.thought C.approved D.complained55A.criticized B.motivated C.

48、surrounded D.interrupted56A.preferences B.requirements C.failures D.attempts57A.bridge B.vision C.reward D.cure58A.dramatically B.occasionally C.abruptly D.roughly59A.limits B.predicts C.determines D.replaces60A.reaction B. relation C.movement D.survival第二节 语法填空（共 10小题；每小题 1.5分，满分 15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的

49、语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入适当的词(1-2 个)或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。Chinese-American community groups are preparing to hold their second annual International Confucius Cultural Festival（孔子文化节）on Sept, 28 in Flushing Queens, New York Citys easternmost borough. The event serves not only 61 a spectacular ceremony to memorize the world-famous Chinese philosopher, but a chance 62 (celebrate) Chinese culture together with other