揭阳一中2018届高三上学期第一次阶段考试
英 语
注意事项：
1. 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。
2. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卷和答题卡相应的位置上。 3. 全部答案应在答题卷和答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。
4. 考试结束后，将本试卷、答题卷和答题卡一并交回
第Ⅰ卷
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）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的ABCD四个选项中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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Mobile phones and iPads are now wonderful tools for learning and teaching English. With the help of the thousands of education and language apps available online, students can mae effective use of them to learn in an interactive environment. Given below is a list of some of the best apps for learning and teaching English.
Grammar Up
Grammar is the heart of any language and, thus, the Grammar Up app is one of the most highly recommended apps for English learners. This app is specifically designed for people who want to improve their grammar, vocabulary and word selection. It consists of more than 1,800 multiple-choice questions grouped under twenty different grammar categories.
iFPoems
iFPoems is a fantastic app for poetry lovers. This app consists of a great collection of poems from famous poets around the world. It also allows users to save their favorites along with recording their own readings of the poems.
iBoos
iBoos is a complete boo library for the iPad users. It includes the iBoostore and allows
users to download and read boos. The app features a beautiful booshelf, on which you can browse various boos or even add notes to your favorite paragraphs in the boo. You can also create your own tets and upload them into the app.
SpeaingPal
Recommended as one of the best apps for English educators and learners, SpeaingPal allows you to record your speech and compare it with a native English speaer. This amaing app combines video with automatic speech recognition software that tests your English speaing sills. You just have to spea with a video character and get immediate response on how well you spea English.
21. What do these apps have in common?
A. They can be found online. B. They are free of charge. C. They improve users’ grammar. D. They’re designed by teachers. 22. What can we do with iBoos?
A. Download boos for free. B. Write notes on it with pens. C. Save notes and tets. D. Create a boostore. 23. What is special about SpeaingPal? A. It offers video call service. C. It offers tals with a native speaer.
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I used to thin that life in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, was filled with never-changing routines. I hated that everyone seemed to now everything about everyone else. Everyone seemed to enjoy taling about other people and their lives. I also didn’t lie the fact that people seemed very close-minded. I felt trapped. I felt lie I was missing out on opportunities. It seemed to me that city life would be the opposite.
Then I too my first trip to New Yor City. I couldn’t wait to eperience the city. However, when I arrived in the Big Apple, it wasn’t at all what I had imagined. I new it was home to thousands of people, but I hadn’t had the least epectation to see so many people on the street at
B. It evaluates users’ speech. D. It includes English speaing contests.
one time. All the streets were filled with people. I also felt a little surprised to see that everyone was in a hurry and everything moved at such a fast pace. When I too the subway for the first time, I said hello to the middle-aged woman net to me. She looed at me with dislie and didn’t say a word.
After just one day, I realied how important my small town is to me. Now I appreciate the familiar faces I see every day. I lie the feeling of security（安全） and belonging my town offers. Jim Thorpe gives me a sense of community and togetherness that the city doesn’t provide. I realie just how much a simple hello does for a stranger — it really can mae your day a little better.
My big trip showed me that my small town really has instilled(注入) morals and values in me that I didn’t even now I had. I never would have nown what a big place my town holds in my heart if I had not taen that trip to New Yor City. 24. How did the author feel about life in Jim Thorpe at first? A. People there cared little about others. B. People there lied to accept new things. C. Living there was a great disadvantage.
D. There were many chances of career development. 25. What surprised the author most in New Yor City? A. The gestures of greeting. C. The fast pace of life.
26. What made the author change his / her attitudes to his /her hometown? A. Traveling to New Yor City. C. A big place in his / her town.
B. The familiar faces in Jim Thorpe. D. Everybody lies taling about others.
B. The modern transportation. D. The crowded streets.
27. What would be the best title for the passage? A. Love for my small town B. A sense of community
C. A pleasant trip to New Yor City