Ⅰ.阅读理解
(2018·河北衡水中学大联考)
Technology offers conveniences such as opening the garage door from your car or changing the television station without touching the TV.
Now one American company is offering its employees a new convenience: a microchip implanted in their hands.Employees who have these chips can do all kinds of things just by waving their hands.Three Square Market is offering to implant microchips in all of their employees for free.Each chip costs 300 and Three Square Market will pay for the chip.Employees can volunteer to have the chips implanted in their hands.About 50 out of 80 employees have chosen to do so.The president of the company，his wife and their children are also getting chips implanted in their hands.
The chip is about the size of a grain of rice.Implanting the chip only takes about a second and is said to hurt only very briefly.The chips go under the skin between the thumb and forefinger.With a chip in the hand，a person can enter the office building，buy food，sign into computers and more，simply by waving that hand near a scanner.The chips will be also used to identify employees.Employees who want convenience，but do not want to have a microchip implanted under their skin，can wear a wristband(腕带) or a ring with a chip instead.They can perform the same tasks with a wave of their hands as if they had an implanted chip.
Three Square Market is the first company in the United States to offer to implant chips in its employees.Epicenter，a company in Sweden，has been implanting chips in its employees for a while.
Three Square Market says the chip cannot track the employees.The company says scanners can read the chips only when they are within a few inches of them.“The chips protect against identity theft，similar to credit cards.”The U.S.Food and Drug Administration approved the chips back in 2004，so they should be safe for humans，according to the company.
In the future，people with the chips may be able to do more with them，even outside the office.Todd Westby is Chief Executive Officer of Three Square Market.He says，“Eventually，this technology will become standardized allowing you to use this as your passport，public transit，all purchasing opportunities，etc.”
1.What is the third paragraph mainly about? A.The substitutes of the chips.
B.The potential risks of implanting the chips. C.The places to implant the chips.
D.The advantages of the chips.
2.What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 5 refer to? A.The hands. B.The scanners. C.The employees. D.The credit cards. 3.We can infer that . A.the chips have magic powers B.the price of the chips is reasonable
C.the chips are very popular among the employees D.most people suspect the application of the chips
4.Which of the following best describes Todd Westby’s attitude towards the chips? A.Defensive. C.Casual. Ⅱ.完形填空
(2018·天津南开中学月考)
My memories of my father are slim because he was so sick in the last years of his life.But there are 5 that I am often reminded of and which may have had some bearing on my love of 6 . When I was small I was somewhat 7 of lightning and thunder.My father explained it.The explanation was in 8 that a child could understand but was basically correct.I gained a better 9 later，but I didn’t have to unlearn anything.
What he said was that there was electricity in the clouds 10 it traveled to the ground like a spark.When it traveled 11 the air it made the air so hot that it 12 .Then there was nothing where the air had been and the air all around rushed in to 13 the space.He clapped his hands together very loud， 14 to be the air rushing in，and said that made the thunder.When I hear thunder，I can still hear that 15 . He explained why if it was cloudy in the winter the night was warmer than if it was 16 .It was one of those nights when the sky was full of stars：no moon，no town lights.But there were more stars than you could 17 and they had color too.He said that if there were no clouds，we had no blankets and were 18 to the universe.Our warmth was going to 19 the whole universe.When there were clouds，they were like blankets and we were not exposed to the universe.I 20 feel on the edge of space on a very clear night.
I am sure there were many other lessons that I 21 but no longer remember.What I did 22 ，in general，was that there were explanations and that the more I understood them，the more comfortable the world was to live in.I was not taught that there were 23 but that there was understanding if you looked for it.This may be why I have always been 24 in science. 5.A.some C.others 6.A.science
B.few D.all B.nature B.Disappointed. D.Optimistic.
C.weather 7.A.sure C.tired 8.A.depth C.words 9.A.knowledge C.command 10.A.but C.for 11.A.through C.along 12.A.shone C.expanded 13.A.break C.avoid 14.A.trying C.hoping 15.A.clap C.voice 16.A.cold C.clear 17.A.imagine C.explore 18.A.committed C.related 19.A.extend C.heat 20.A.ever C.even 21.A.selected C.absorbed 22.A.consider C.explain 23.A.memories C.mysteries 24.A.engaged C.successful Ⅲ.应用文写作
D.universe B.fond D.afraid B.gestures D.data B.understanding D.confidence B.and D.or B.to D.above B.burned D.broke B.make D.fill B.proving D.pretending B.remark D.crash B.bright D.foggy B.foresee D.identify B.exposed D.led B.protect D.light B.also D.still B.arranged D.delivered B.promise D.learn B.blankets D.thunders B.interested D.skillful