2018学年杭二中高三第一学期十月月考
英语试卷
第一部分 听力（略）
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分55分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将 该项涂黑。
A
Sarah came running in. “Look what I found.” Over the top of the paper I was reading came a crispy(松脆的) long object that caused me to jump. It was a snake that had been shed by one of our many garden snakes.
“Isn’t it beautiful?” said my wide-eyed seven-year-old.
I started at the organic wrapper and though to myself that it really wasn’t that beautiful, but I have learned never to appear uninterested with children. They see only good quality and excellence in the world until educated otherwise.
“Why does it do this?” Sarah asked.
“Snakes shed their skin because they need to renew themselves, ” I explained. “Why do they need to renew themselves?” Sarah asked.
I suddenly remembered an article on this page many years ago where the writer was expressing her concept renewal. She used layers of paper over a wall to describe how we hide our original selves, and said that by peeling away those layers one by one, we see the original beneath. “We outgrow some things and find other out unwanted or unnecessary. ” Sarah was getting the point. As we talked, I knew that she began to understand, although slightly, that renewal is part of progress.
“I see, Dad,” said Sarah and jumped off my lap and ran off.
I hope she would remember this. That often, in order to find our real selves underneath the layers of communication and culture with which we cover ourselves year after year, we need to start examining these layers. We need to gently peel some away, as we recognize them to be worthless or unnecessary; or at best, store the ones thrown away mementoes(念想)of our promotion to a better vitality or spirit.
21. At the first sight of the snake skin, the author was________.
A. scared B. puzzled C. uninterested D. excited 22. Sarah learned from her father that renewal is _______. A. to recover the layers outside one’s real self B. to review what has been done C. a natural part of getting mature D. the process of finding the unwanted
23. It can be inferred from the passage that the author_______. A. dislikes the snake skin at all B. shows concern for nature and culture
C. can grasp the chance to educate children
D. often encourages his daughter to raise questions. 24. The author mainly tells the reader that_______.
A. snakes cast off the layers to look more beautiful B. we should renew ourselves to get improved C. snakes shed their skins to renew themselves
D. we should explore our original nature underneath
B
Traffic lights are key tools for regulating traffic now. They are not, however, perfect. Creating such a smooth passage means adjusting a vehicle’s speed so that it always arrives at the lights when they are green. That is theoretically possible, but practically hard. Roadside signs wired to traffic lights can help get the message across a couple hundred meters from a crossing, but such signs are expensive, and are not widespread. Margaret Martonosi and Emmanouil Koukoumidies at Princeton University, and Li-Shiuan Peh at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, however, have an idea that could make the process cheaper and more effective. Instead of a hardwired network of signs, they propose to use mobile-phone applications.
For a driver to benefit, he must load the team’s software, named SignalGuru, into his phone and then put it on a special thing attached to the inside of his car’s windscreen, with the camera lens pointing forward. SignalGuru is designed to detect traffic lights and track their status as red, yellow or green. It broadcasts his information to other phones in the area that are fitted with the same software, and--if there are enough of them, the phones thus each know the status of most of the lights around town. Using this information, SignalGuru is able to calculate the traffic-light schedule for the area and suggest the speed at which a driver should travel in order to avoid red lights.
Tests in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where five drivers were asked to follow the same route for three hours, and in Singapore, where eight drivers were asked to follow one of two routes for 30 minutes, revealed that SingalGuru was capable of predicting traffic-light activity with an accuracy of 98.2% and 96.3% respectively in the two cities.
25. Roadside signs wired to traffic lights are not the best way to create a smooth passage because______.
A. they are expensive and easily break B. they are too costly and not widely used
C. they are complex and confusing to drivers D. they are theoretically possible but practically useless 26. SignalGuru is an application used on _______.
A. a camera B. a computer C. a mobile phone D. a windscreen 27. with the information it collects and processes, SignalGuru is able to ______. A. help drivers avoid traffic accidents B. allow drivers to adjust their speed C. change the traffic lights in advance D. send information to all cell phones
C
The Lumiere Brothers opened their Cinematographe in Pairs, to 100 paying customers over 100 years ago, on December 8, 1895. Before the eyes of the stunned, thrilled audience, photographs came to life and moved across flat screen.
So ordinary and routine has this become to us that it takes a determined leap of the
imagination to grasp the impact of those first moving images. But it is worth trying, for to understand the initial shock of those images is to understand the extraordinary power and magic of cinema, which has made film the most dynamic, effective art form of the 20th century.
The Lumiere Brothers’ earliest films was a 30-second piece which showed a train flooded with sunshine appears and heads straight for the camera. And that is all that happens. Yet the Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky, described it as a “work of genius”. “As the train approached, panic started in the theatre: people jumped and ran away. The frightened audience could not accept that hey were watching a mere picture. Pictures were still, only reality moved; this must, therefore, be reality. In their confusion, they feared that a real train was about to crush them.”
Early cinema audiences often experienced the same confusion. In time, the idea of film became familiar, the magic was accept--but it never stopped being magic. Film has never lost its unique power to embrace its audiences and transport them to a different world. For Tarkovsky, the key to that magic was the way in which cinema created a dynamic image of the real flow of events. A still picture could only imply the existence of time, while time in a novel passed at the whim of (按……的步调) the reader. But in cinema, the real, objective flow of time was captured.
Thanks to film, future generations will know the 20th century more intimately than any other period. We can only imagine what life was like in classical Greece. But the life of the modern world has been recorded on film in massive, encyclopaedic detail. We shall be known better than any previous generations.
28. Why does the writer refer to the film of the train?
A. To show the simplicity of early films B. To prove the confusion among audience C. To demonstrate the impact of early films D. To uncover the secret of early films 29. In Tarkovsky’s opinion, the attraction of the cinema is that it ________. A. aims to entertain its audience B. presents the passing of time C. tells stories better than books D. describes familiar events 30. what is the writer’s attitude towards film?
A. Critical. B. Appreciative C. Ambiguous D. Cautious 第二节（共5个小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
You've made the life-changing decision to study abroad. What you are about to start will be most mind-expanding adventure of your college years. __31__. Here are some suggestions. Intellectual property
When it comes to things like movies or computer software, copyright is taken very seriously in most western countries. __32__.
Here are some tips on how to deal with copyrighted material: Understand the relevant country’s definitions of copyright violations(违反，侵害)and what their response to such violations may be. __33__ You can also check study-abroad websites. However you do it, get to know all the dos and don’ts.
Don’t use download programs like Thunder, especially when connected to campus networks. It’s easy for schools, or even internet service providers, to notice when such software is being used on their networks. Personal safety
Personal safety is perhaps the biggest concern for potential overseas students and their parents, especially when it comes to many recent stories about overseas students’ safety being
threatened. These situations can even stop some from studying abroad. __34__ In fact, most of the places Chinese students tend to study are safe.
Here are some tips to ensure your personal safety:
know your intended country’s or region’s safety rules, such as what number to call in an emergency. __35__
Make sure you have trustworthy friends that you can tell where you’re going or who you’re meeting. You can trust them in times of need. A. There’s no need to worry, however，
B. The knowledge of such field can prevent you from unexpected trouble.
C. It’s illegal to download things from unauthorized sources or use free streaming websites. D. It’s such a hard social issue to get dealt with in short time.
E. This knowledge will allow you to remain calm if you encounter a dangerous situation.
F. You can ask your foreign classmates, or Chinese students who already researched the matter. G. But before you go, you need to understand how to survive there.
第三部分 语言运用 第一节 完型填空
My grandmother died when Alice, my mother, was five in 1925. Although her brothers and sisters were loving and caring, they were no __36__ For a mother’s love. Mom told me her family was poor to even __37__ to give her a doll.
One afternoon in December 1982, we were decorating the tree in my workplace, getting ready for the Christmas. One of my customers __38__ me with a sample of her handwork: beautiful handmade dolls. She was taking __39__ for Christmas. I decided to buy one for my five-year-old daughter, Katie, and one for my mother, one with gray __40__ and glasses.
Things __41__started to fall into place when a friend had told me his dad, playing Santa Claus in me area, would like to visit our home on Christmas morning to deliver the presents! __42__ my parents would be there, I began to get ready for what would turn out to be one of the most __43__days of my mother’s life.
Christmas Day arrived and at the planned time, so did Santa Claus. Katie was __44__that Santa had come to see her own house, becoming the happiest girl in her __45__life.
My mother was enjoying watching Katie’s __46__ to the visit from this special guest. When leaving, Santa looked once more into his bag and took out another gift, __47__he asked who Alice was, my mother, surprised at her name being called, __48__she in fact was Alice. Santa handed her the gift, which was __49__ by a message card reading: For Alice:
I was cleaning out my sleigh before my trip this year and __50__ this package supposed to be delivered on December 25, 1925. The present inside has __51__, but I felt you might still wish to have it. Many __52__ for the lateness of the gift.
Love, Santa Claus
Mom’s reaction was one of most profound and deeply emotional __53__ I have ever witnessed. She couldn’t speak but only clasped(紧抱)the doll she had __54__fifty-seven years to receive as tears of joy coursed down her checks. That doll, given by “Santa,” made my mother the oldest but happiest “__55__”alive. 36. A. compromise B. replacement C. commitment D. preparation
37. A. pretend 38. A. trouble 39. A. orders 40. A. dress 41. A. hardly 42. A. Admitting 43. A. successful inspiring
44. A. shy 45. A. young D.comfortable 46. A. attention 47. A. As 48. A. replied 49. A. covered 50. A. looked through 51. A. aged 52. A. regrets 53. A. spots 54. A. kept 55. A. woman
B. refuse B. rewarded B. presents B. hair B. frequently B. Hoping B. memorable B. relieved B. future
C. oppose C. consulted C. measures C. shoes C. really C. Knowing C. challenging C. nervous C. hard
D. afford
D. approached D. opportunities D. gloves D. precisely D. Imagining D. D. surprised
B. devotion
B. Since B. explained B. accompanied B. put away B. broken B. apologies B. scenes B.searched B. mother C. contribution D. reaction
C. Though D. Once C. stressed D. insisted C. interrupted D. highlighted C. came across D. handed over C. shrunk D. rotten C. congratulations D. thanks C. circumstances D. situation C. cherished D. waited C. child D. grandmother
第四部分 语言运用（共两节，满分45分）
第二节
In my childhood, I dreamed of becoming an actor someday. Growing up in a single-parent family, I liked to watch TV __56__ I had done my homework. Strangely enough, unlike most __57__(kid) at my age, I seldom watched cartoons or read comic books. Most of the time I sat in front of the TV, __58__(watch) sitcoms, talk shows or action films. But drama series were my __59__(favor), too. When I did not watch TV, I pretended to be some of those characters __60__ I liked most and acted their parts. Sometimes I even tried my best to dress up like __61__(they). every now and then, __62__(especial) when my mom was still at work, there was a one-man showing on in our living room. I remember I told my mom more than once that I hoped __63__(pursue)an acting career in the future. She did not believe me and just frowned at me. Now I am __64__ famous star of stage and screen. I feel very proud that so far my dream __65__(realize)
第五部分 写作 第一节 应用文作文
假设你是李华，作为一名交换生，你将去美国洛杉矶的一所高中学习。接待家庭Martin先生来信询问你的信息，并准备接机，请根据以下提示回信。 1.感谢对方接机
2.抵达时间；到达机场：LA International Airport; 航班号：flight BA693； 3.预计在美国逗留时长。 注意：
1.词数80左右；