徐州市沛縣中學(xué)高一上學(xué)期第三次質(zhì)量檢測（月）英語試卷

學(xué)必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精學(xué)必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精學(xué)必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精2017-2018學(xué)年度高一年級第三次質(zhì)量檢測英語試卷第一卷(選擇題，共65分)第一節(jié):單項(xiàng)填空（共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分）1.______couldbeseenfromtheirexpression，oneofgreatsatisfaction，thatshehadperformedverywell。A.ItB.WeC.AsD。What2。InBritain，weoftenfindagovernmenthealthwarning________packetsofcigarettes。A。attachto

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D。toattachto3.Hesometimesaskedhimselfthequestion____hisresearchwasworthdevotinghislifeto。A。thatB.whetherC。ifD.how4.Aminutebefore，she____someonetocomealong.Nowshewantedtorun，butfearheldher___。A。hoped；quietB.hadhoped；stillC。hadwishedfor;stillD.wishedfor;silent5。-———Doyouknow______theygottoknoweachother?—--—Itwaslastyear______theybothtaughtChineseinScotland.A.whenwasitthat；whenB。whenitwasthat；thatC.whenwasitthat；thatD.whenitwasthat;when6.Itiswidelybelievedthat________hasnecessarygoodqualitiesismore______toachievesuccessintheircareer.A.whoever；possibleB.who;likelyC.who;possibleD。whoever；likely7.Theboy_____theappleonthetree，buthewastooshortto____it.A.reachedfor;reachB.reached；reachforC.reachedfor;reachforD.reached；reach8。Withadvancedtechnologyintroduced，thisyear，ourfactorycanproduce______lastyear.A。twiceasmorebicyclesasB。morebicyclesthantwiceC。morethantwicebicyclesasD.morethantwiceasmanybicyclesas9。Therainwasheavybut，_______ourfears，ourfieldswerenotflooded.A.similartoB.leadingtoC。contrarytoD。addingto10.TheCopenhagenSummitendsupinabroadagreementingeneralbutwithlotsofdetails____infuturemonthsoftheyear.A.remainingtoworkoutB。remainingtobeworkedoutC.remainedtoworkoutD。remainedtobeworkout11.Thepricesystemisacomplexnetwork_______thepricesofalltheproductsboughtandsoldintheeconomyaswellasthoseofagreatnumberofservices.A。consistingof B。consistedof C。makingupofD。madeup12。Theaccidentisreported________theworkers’misusingthefacilities。A.tohavebeenresultedinB.toresultfromC。havingresultedinD.tohaveresultedfrom13。Heisnoteasytogetalongwith，butthefriendshipofhis,____willlastforever.A。oncegainedB.tobegainedC。aftergainedD.whilegained14。Fully______inpreparingteachingassignmentatschool,shenolongerhastimetoenjoythevariousactivitiesasusual。A。BeingoccupiedB.OccupyingC.OccupiedD.Havingoccupied15。-—-ThemovieNeverSayDieisstillon.—--Oh,great！__________。Bookticketsnow。A.It'smycupofteaB。I’mallearsC.It’sthetopdogD.Ithasgreenfingers第二節(jié)：完形填空（共20小題；每小題1分,滿分20分）請認(rèn)真閱讀下面短文,從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題紙(卡)上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。“Youwillneverwalkagain．Youwillhavetouseawheelchair．”Iheardhis

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bythosefourlittlewordsofmyson．16。A．wordsB．reportC．explanationsD．decision17。A．hitB．a(chǎn)wakenedC．a(chǎn)skedD．discovered18.A．legsB．parentsC．a(chǎn)ctivitiesD．surroundings19.A．placedB．buriedC．carriedD．stuck20.A．mightB．shouldC．couldD．must21。A．changeB．recoverC．a(chǎn)djustD．succeed22.A．curiosityB．surpriseC．fearD．puzzle23。A．strikesB．passesC．continuesD．remains24。A．familiarB．strictC．discouragedD．impatient25.A．punishedB．interruptedC．a(chǎn)cceptedD．protected26.A．fallingB．settingC．holdingD．ping27.A．throughB．inC．a(chǎn)tD．on28.A．effortsB．lessonsC．a(chǎn)ctsD．curs29。A．a(chǎn)ppearB．surviveC．buildD．a(chǎn)dd30。A．usefulB．importantC．popularD．pleasant31。A．openedB．dressedC．wokeD．dragged32。A．DisappointedB．EmbarrassedC．FrightenedD．Shocked33。A．fadedB．spreadC．backedD．sank34。A．expectationB．challengesC．a(chǎn)chievementsD．supports35.A．provedB．offeredC．taughtD．suggested第三節(jié)：閱讀理解（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）請認(rèn)真閱讀下列短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題紙(卡）上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。AChristmasislonggoneandValentine’sDayisadistantmemory.Thatmeansit’saslowtimeforjewelers,andagoodtimeforyoutomakeapurchase。Whetheryou’reoutshoppingforgold,orsilver，hereareafewthingsyouneedtoknow:Whatdeterminesprice？Thepurityofthemetalisoneoftheelementsthatdeterminestheprice。Goldpurityisindicatedwithastampof10K,14K,18K,or24K。Anddifferentcountrieshavetheirownstandards.Forexample,forapiecetobeconsideredgoldintheUS，itmustbeatleast10K。InBritainandCanada：9K。InItalyandFrance:l8K。Anythingoverl8Kisreallytoosoftforeverydaywear.That’swhyjewelrystoresintheUSsellmostly14K.Howmuchcanyouexpecttopay?Thatdependsontheweightofthemetalandthegemstone(寶石）.Sokeepthatinmind,especiallywhenbuyingonline。Tokeepyourselffromgettingrippedoff,askyourselfthefollowing：●Howlonghasthecompanybeenaround？●Whatisitsreturnpolicy?●Isthejewelryfeaturedonthewebsitevisiblefromalldirections？●Isthecompanytransparentwiththegramweightsandthesizeofthegemstones？Yellowgold？White?Rose?Yes,it’sconfusing,andwhilethisislargelyapersonaldecision,thereareafewthingstokeepinmind.Forstarters。whiteorrosegoldcostsaboutl0％morethanyellowgold.Ifyouwantthe“l(fā)ookforless”，considergoldplatedjewelry.“Goldplated”and“goldoverlay”meanthesamethingandguaranteeathickerlayeroffinishthan“vermeil”whichisaflashfinishthatisthinnerandlessconsistent，butmoreaffordable.Buyvermeilfinishedpiecesyouwantforaseasonortwojusttofollowthefashion。Forpiecesyouwanttowearforalifetime，solidgoldisbest.Whataboutsterlingsilver（標(biāo)準(zhǔn)純銀）？Sterlingsilverhasbeenanalternativeforwhitegoldduringthedifficulteconomy，andwhileitusedtobemorepopularwithjusttheyoungerthesedaysithasmuchmoremassappeal.Somuchsothatretailersarenowofferingfinegemstoneswithsilver——somethingyouusedtoseeonlywithgold。KeepinmindthatintheUS。thesterlingsilverstandardis92.5%realsilver。Don’tbuyitifthereisn'ta“925"stamponit.Andkeepinmindthatthelowerpriceyou'repayingforsilvermeansmoremaintenance.Tokeepsilverjewelryfrombecominglessshiny，considerkeepingapieceofchalkinyourjewelrybox.36。Accordingtothepassage，theunderlinedphrase“gettingrippedoff”inParagraph3probablymeans“_______”.A。beingcharged B.beingaffectedC.beingcheatedD。beingattracted37。Wecaninferfromthelastparagraphthatsilverjewelryshouldbekept________A。inacoldplaceB。inadryplaceC。inawetplaceD.inahotplace38。Theauthorwritesthepassagemainlyto________。A。encourageyoungpeopletobuyfashionablejewelryB.tellpeoplethebesttimetopurchasegoldandsilverC.introducetherealvalueandpopularityofgoldandsilverD.informpeopleofthefactorstoconsiderinbuyingjewelryBFinlandSchoolsAbandon“Subjects”—TopicswillBeDiscussedInsteadStudentsinFinlandwon'thavetostudysubjects。Soon，theirclassroomswouldbelikeconferenceswhere“topics”arediscussed。TheeducationsysteminFinlandisabouttoundergoathoroughandfundamentalchange，despiteenjoyingthedistinctionofbeingoneofthebestintheworld.Theeducationdepartmenthasdecidedtocanceltheoldmethodof“teachingbysubject."Instead，thecountrywillnowinvolvethechildrentohelpthemlearnandquestionbyevolvingto“teachingbytopic"，sharedLiisaPohjolainen，whoisinchargeofyouthandadulteducationinHelsinki–thecapitalcityattheforefrontofthereformprogram，“ThisisgoingtobeabigchangeineducationinFinlandthatwe’rejustbeginning?！?/p>

Theeducationsystem,thoughappearingtoberadical（極端的)，isquitelogical，explainedPasiSilander，thecity’sdevelopmentmanager，“Whatweneednowisadifferentkindofeducationtopreparepeopleforworkinglife。Youngpeopleusequiteadvancedcomputers。Inthepastthebankshadlotsofbankclerkstotalingupfiguresbutnowthathastotallychanged.Wethereforehavetomakethechangesineducationthatarenecessaryforindustryandmodernsociety?！?/p>

HowdoesFinlandplantocarryouteffectivelythemethodofteachingbytopic?Evidentlyholistic（全盤的)vocationaltrainingandaccumulatedskilldevelopmenttowerover“l(fā)essons。”ThoseintheirlateteensarealreadybeingengagedinwhatFinlandreferstoas“phenomenonteaching”–orteachingbytopic。Forexample，“cafeteriaservices”lessonswillincludeelementsoffinance，languages（tohelpserveforeigncustomers），writingskillsandcommunicationskills.

Studentswillslowlybetaughtcross-subjecttopicswhichwouldhavevaryingelementsofmultiple(多種的）“subjects.”Theseelementswillvaryasperthe“topic”or“skill”thestudentislearning。Apartfromthesame,studentswillmoveawayfromthetraditionalsittingandevaluationtechniquesaswell.

Studentswillsitinsmallergroupsandworkcollectivelytosolveproblems，allthewhileimprovingupontheircommunicationskills.Theywon'tbemadetositinrowsandaskedquestionsindividuallytoassesstheirprogress。Instead,agroupwhosejointeffortsbringoutresultsfasterwillbepromoted。

Theeducationsystemneedsathoroughexamination,owingtothefactthattraditionalteachingtechniqueswerebasedonprimitivetoolsthatwerequitelimitedinavailabilityandaccessibility。Withmodernworldbeingextensivelyconnected,isn’tittimethestudentslearnedhowtostepaheadofmerefact-basedlearningthatpromotesmemoryexpansionratherthanmentaldevelopment?39.WhichofthefollowingleadstotheeducationreforminFinland?A。Graduatesarenotwellequippedtoworkinsociety.B.Thegovernmentwantstokeepitsleadingposition.C.Thenewteachingtechniquesaremoreaccessible.D.Thestudentswanttogetridoftestsonmemory.40。Theneweducationsystemlaysgreaterstresson________。A。interestingtopics B。multiplesubjectsC.professionalskills D。memoryexpansion41。Howwilltheteachersevaluatestudentslearning“cafeteriaservices”?A。Bytestingthemindividuallywithquestions.B。Byweighingtheoutcomeoftheirgroupwork.C。Bycountingtherelevantcoursesthey’veattended.D.Byconfirmingtheperformanceofeachstudentinclass。CHaveyoufoundthatmuchofyouronlinecommunicationhasbeenreplacedbyemojis(表情符號）？Has“HappyBirthday”becomeacakewithlitcandlesand“I’mhappy”becomeagrinning（咧嘴笑）face?

Sincetheywereinventedinthe1990sinJapan，emojis，meaning“picturecharacters”，havetakentheworldbystorm.AccordingtoSwiftKey，aUK-basedmobiletechnologycompany，6billionemojisareusedintextmessagessentaroundtheworldeverydaythroughsmartphones。

That’swhyforthefirsttimeever，OxfordDictionaries'WordoftheYearisanemoji—afacewithtearsofjoy.AccordingtoSwiftKey，theicon(圖標(biāo))isthemostusedgloballyin2015,makingup20percentofallemojisusedintheUKand17percentofthoseusedintheUS。

Emojisarenowusedas“anewformofexpression,andonewhichcancrosslanguagebarriers",saidOxfordDictionaries。

USAToday，afamousUSnewspaper,usedsurprisedandsademojisonitsfrontpageinOctober.TheAustralianforeignaffairsministerJulieBishopdidaninterviewwithnewswebsiteBuzzfeedonlyinemojisinFebruary。AndeventheAmericanclassicMobyDickhasbeentranslatedintoemojis。

Behindthepopularityofemojisistheriseofmillennials（peoplebornbetweenlate1980sandearly2000s)whowelcomenewtechnologyandnewthings,includingemojis。

Whenaskedwhatmakestheirgenerationunique,millennialsintheUSput“technologyuse”first(24％)，accordingtoasurveydonebyNielsen，aglobalmarketresearchcompany,in2014。

SincemillennialsbecamethebiggestgenerationintheAmericanworkforce,emojishavebeenmoreacceptedintheworkplace,reportedTheAtlanticmagazine。

Sowhydomillennials,alongwithothers，lovetouseemojis？It’sbecausetheyare“flexibleandshowmeaningbeautifully”，asCasperGrathwohl，presidentofOxfordDictionaries,toldTheWallStreetJournal。

Formanypeople,thetinypicturesalsoshowthattheusersarepartofmainstream(主流)society,accordingtoCNN.Inthedigitalage，emojisare“howmostpeoplecommunicateandshowtheirpersonalitymanytimeseveryday”,saidCNN.

However，JonathanJonesofTheGuardianwrotethatthesuccessofemojisis“astepbackforhumanity”,hurtingpeople’sabilitytouselanguages.

“Therearestrictlimitsonwhatyoucansaywithpictures.。.thewrittenwordisessentialtoadvanceideas，poetryandargumenttotheirhighestlevels，”hewrote。42.WhyisOxfordDictionaries’WordoftheYearafacewithtearsofjoyforthefirsttime？A。Becausethisemojimeans“I’mhappy”。B.Becausethisemojiwasthemostwidelyusedin2015。C.BecausethisemojiwasinventedinJapaninthe1990s.D.Because6billionofthisiconhasbeenusedthroughouttheworld.43。TheexamplesmentionedinParagraph5areusedtoprovethat__________。A。emojisareanewformofexpressionB。emojisarewidelyusedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaC。famousnewspaperspreferusingemojisontheirfrontpagesD。emojisareusedfarbeyondsocialmediaandyoungpeople44。ThefollowingstatementscanexplainthereasonforthepopularityofemojisEXCEPTthat__________。A.theyshowtheusersarepartofmainstreamB.theyareflexibleandshowmeaningbeautifullyC。thesuccessofemojisis“astepbackforhumanity"D。millennialswelcomenewthingsandtechnology45。WhichofthewordscanbestdescribeJonathanJones’attitudetowardswrittenwords?A。Negative. B。Supportive。 C。Doubtful。 D。Disapproving.DJaneAustenwasborninSteventon,England，in1775，whereshelivedforthefirsttwenty-fiveyearsofherlife.Herfather，GeorgeAusten，taughtherlargelyathome。Shebegantowritewhileinherteensandcompletedtheoriginalmanuscript（手稿)ofPrideandPrejudice，titledFirstImpressions,between1796and1797。Apublisherrejectedthemanuscript,anditwasnotuntil1809thatAustenbegantherevisionsthatwouldbringittoitsfinalform。PrideandPrejudicewaspublishedinJanuary1813，twoyearsafterSenseandSensibility，herfirstnovel,anditachievedapopularitythathascontinuedtothisday。Austenpublishedfourmorenovels:MansfieldParkDuringAusten'slife,however，onlyherimmediatefamilyknewofherauthorshipofthesenovels.Atonepoint，shewrotebehindadoorthatwouldmakeanoisewhenvisitorsapproached；thiswarningallowedhertohidemanuscriptsbeforeanyonecouldenter。Thoughpublishingwithnonamepreventedherfromacquiringanauthorialreputation,italsoenabledhertopreserveherprivacyatatimewhenEnglishsocietyassociatedafemale’sentranceintothepublicspherewithalossoffemalequalities。Additionally,Austenmayhavesoughttoremainunknownbecauseofthemoregeneralatmosphereofrepression（約束）inhertimes。ThesocialenvironmentofAusten'sRegencyEnglandwasparticularlystratified（分層次）,andclassdivisionswererootedinfamilyconnectionsandwealth.Inherwork,Austenisoftencriticaloftheassumptionsandprejudicesofupper-classEngland.Shedistinguishesbetweeninternalmerit（goodnessofperson)andexternalmerit(rankandpossessions).Thoughshefrequentlycriticizeshumorouslythosewhopaytoomuchrespecttosocialpositionbutlookdownuponpeopleofalowersocialposition，shealsomakesfunofthepoormannersandmisbehaviorofthoseloweronthesocialscale。Nevertheless,Austenwasinmanywaysarealist，andtheEnglandshedepictsisoneinwhichsocialmobilityislimitedandclass—consciousnessisstrong.IdeasofappropriatebehaviorforeachgenderfactoredintoAusten'sworkaswell.Whilesocialadvancementforyoungmenlayinthemilitary,church，orlaw，thechiefmethodofself—improvementforwomenwastheacquisitionofwealth.Womencouldonlyaccomplishthisgoalthroughsuccessfulmarriage,whichexplainstheubiquityofmatrimonyasagoalandtopicofconversationinAusten’swriting.ThoughyoungwomenofAusten'sdayhadmorefreedomtochoosetheirhusbandsthanintheearlyeighteenthcentury,practicalconsiderationscontinuedtolimittheiroptions。Evenso,criticsoftenaccuseAustenofportrayingalimitedworld.Asaminister'sdaughter,Austenwouldhavedonechurchworkandwascertainlyawareofthepooraroundher.However,shewroteaboutherownworld，nottheirs.Thecriticalanalysisshemakesofclassstructureseemtoincludeonlythemiddleclassandupperclass；thelowerclasses，iftheyappearatall,aregenerallyservantswhoseemperfectlypleasedwiththeirfortune.ThislackofinterestinthelivesofthepoormaybeafailureonAusten'spart,butitshouldbeunderstoodasafailuresharedbyalmostallofEnglishsocietyatthetime.Ingeneral，Austenoccupiesacuriouspositionbetweentheeighteenthandnineteenthcenturies.Herfavoritewriter,whomsheoftenquotesinhernovels,wasDr。SamuelJohnson，thegreatmodelofeighteenth—centuryclassicismandreason。HerplotsbearsimilaritiestosuchworksofJohnson’scontemporariesasPamela，writtenbySamuelRichardson.Austen’snovelsalsodisplayanambiguityaboutemotionandanappreciationforintelligenceandnaturalbeauty.Intheirawarenessoftheconditionsofmodernityandcitylifeandtheconsequencesforfamilystructureandindividualcharacters，theyprefigure(預(yù)示）muchVictorianliterature(asdoesherusageofsuchelementsasfrequentformalsocialgatherings，sketchycharacters,andscandal).46。FromthepassageweknowthatPrideandPrejudicebyAusten__________。A。earnedherinstantreputationB.remainswellreceivedtodayC.achievedpopularityafterherdeathD.isrevisedbyherimmediatefamily。47。Whatcanbeinferredfromthepassage？A.Sheuseddifferentpennamesinherlife。B.Thesuccessofherworkstroubledheralot。C。Peoplecouldchangetheirsocialstatusflexibly.D.Shecouldn’tenteraprofessionlikemen.48。Inherwriting，marriagebecameagoalandtopicofconversationbecause_________.A.womenwereplacedatadisadvantageintheirmarriageB.mencouldadvancethemselvesintheircareersthroughmarriageC.onlythroughgoodmarriagecouldwomenrealizetheirdreams。D。onlythroughpropermarriagecouldwomenfindtheirtruelove。49。Whatcanwelearnfromthefifthparagraph?A。Austenwascriticizedforherdevotiontochurchwork。B.Austenmadenoreferencetolifeofthepoorinherworks.C。ThelackofinterestinthelivesofthepoorisonlyAusten’sfailure.D.Austen’sworksmainlyreflectthelivesofmiddleandupperclass。50。Itisimpliedinthepassagethat__________.A.Austenwassomewhatinfluencedbyhercontemporarywriters.B.AustenandhercontemporarywriterschangedVictorianliterature。C.Austenplayedalessimportantpartinthenineteencentury。D.Austenwasoneofthepioneersofeighteenth—centuryclassicism.第二卷(兩部分，共35分）第四節(jié):任務(wù)型閱讀（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）請認(rèn)真閱讀下面短文,并根據(jù)所讀內(nèi)容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~。注意：每個空格填1個單詞.請將答案寫在答題卡上相應(yīng)題號的橫線上。HowToHaveTheMostProductiveBlackFridayEverTheholidayshoppingseasonofficiallystartsthedayafterThanksgiving。Ifyou’vegotthedayoffwork，youcouldspendhoursatthemall。Youmightevenfinishyourshopping，whichwouldfeelveryproductive.Butbeforeyoubattlethecrowds，herearesomeotherideasforinvestingthattimet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