建平中学 2018 届高三英语十月考
II. Grammar and vocabulary
Section A
Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
Car cleaner sent to prison
Last week, cleaner Peter Blain was sent to prison for six years after 21 (find) guilty of stealing. Blain is no ordinary, however, and at first, police were confused about the case. The fact was that over a period of months, Blain cleaned thirty-six cars. This 22 not sound like a crime, but they were not his cars, it was not his job and he 23 (not pay) to clean them. All the cars, many of 24 had a price of more than ￡40,000 each, were stolen from expensive car showrooms in the Midlands area of England. Blain was able to steal the cars using a technique which he perfected over time. He walked into car showrooms and pretended that he wanted to buy a car. He then chose a car and said he wanted test-drive it. He drove away from roads, never (come) back, absolutely spotless inside and out. Blain washed and clean each one 26 leaving it. He was called, “the man you would most want to steal your car” by one judge.
When asked in court, Blain revealed that he stole cars in order to make 27 feel important. He explained that he was a cleaner who didn’t have his own car. So, he drove each car to a different street and spent time cleaning it. He said he felt happy when people saw him and thought the car was 28 .
When the police finally worked out what was happening, Blain was arrested at his home in Sheffield. 29 the cars weren’t damaged and he didn’t sell the cars for his own financial benefit, Judge Alan Goldsack told him that a long prison sentence was inevitable. The judge explained that the owners of the car showrooms were victims and 30 Blain’s actions did affect their business.
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. negatively B. potentially C. multiple D. facilitate E. victim F. Welfare
H. innocent I. customized J. connected K. consequences G. monitor
Raising a teenager today can be a challenging job. Long gone are the 31 days when you could
have him accept your values or accomplish what you think the most important thing during his growth.
Today’s teens spend an average of 7.5 hours a day 32 to some type of electronic device and most know more about the Internet than their parents. This means they are 33 exposed to a lot more trouble than precious generations, from texting among themselves to failing 34 to cyber crimes. And because many parents are not as tech-savvy as their kids, they have no idea what their children are doing there online. But, it’s still every parent’s first priority to keep their children safe from harm or to rescue them before they suffer the 35 . Children need their parents to look after their 36 even if they are too young to understand and express that need.
Some parents believe that parental control settings will help them browse their kids’ online. Unfortunately, these protections can easily be turned off by a savvy computer user. “Friending your child on Facebook doesn’t work effectively, either, as it offers users 37 ways to conceal content from certain friends.
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One of the best of these new services is TeenSafe.com. It’s an online service that allow parents to 38 their children’s mobile, social and Web activities, all in one place.
The program is extremely simple to use and comes with step-by-step instructions. It can also be easily 39 for every family’s unique needs. If you do discover problems and need information on the best approach to dealing with it, or a professional to talk to, TeenSafe can 40 your needs to quickly verify (核实) that everything is okay with your child online.
III. Reading Comprehension Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
For years people have recognized the power that writing something down has been able to anchor (固定) a thought or emotion in the brain. This process of anchoring emotions and memories with a 41 touch is now well supported by studies and frequently used by those who practice Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP).
Evidence that the mind and body connection exists in building and retaining 42 is abundant. More recently, however, researchers have been turning their attention to the 43 between exercise and the brain. They are finding evidence that supports the belief that exercise can boost brain power.
How can that happen? U.S. researchers have found that exercise helps that brain 44 new brain cells in an area of the brain called the dentate gyrus. This area is known to be involved with age-related memory 45 _. The studies performed involved mice and later humans supported the evidence found i those studies: there was increased blood flow to the memory center of the brain after exercise, which may help optimize the way the 46 functions. Basically, anything that helps the body to decrease stress hormones, which will improve 47 span as well as mood and increase the body’s metabolism, will also help the brain. It helps by making the brain cells healthier and better able to link to other cells. This action is vital for learning and 48 new information.
The fact that exercise makes positive changes in the nervous system and boosts cognitive abilities has not gone unnoticed by schools. Many states have now established minimum times and 49 for physical education. This type of action is supported by studies that show how much better 50 fit third graders and fifth graders performed on standardized tests than students who were 51 in their studies all the time. The evidence that links obesity with lower levels of academic achievement in school children is starting to 52 everywhere.
Walking vigorously at least three times a week was found to benefit your brain, for it will cease to 53 for a lack of exercise. Creative writing benefits brain a lot as this type of activity is not 54 and cause the brain to produce new chemicals which stimulate new dendrites and neurons to grow in the brain. Use one or more of your physical senses, involve your complete attention and break away from your 55 in a significant way as dull brain is never ready for the unexpected. 41. A. emotional B. skillful C. realistic D. physical 42. A. ambition B. association C. memories D. happiness 43. A. possibility B. difference C. relationship D. limitation 44. A. recognize B. develop C. track D. mark 45. A. experience B. loss C. change D. position 46. A. brain B. body C. technique D. memory 47. A. strength B. life C. service D. attention 48. A. discovering B. receiving C. conveying D. filing
49. A. image B. place 50. A. environmentally B. mentally 51. A. strong B. active 52. A. bring about B. catch on 53. A. work B. grow 54. A. objective B. general 55. A. background B. presence
C. reason D. frequency C. physically D. academically C. imaginative D. still C. stand out D. set in C. decrease D. adapt C. mechanic D. natural C. dream D. routine
Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
The multi-million pound new Library of Birmingham (LoB) will be the most visible sign of the way the city is accepting the digitalization (数字化）of everyday life.
Set to open in 2013,the￡188m LoB is already beginning to take shape next to the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, with which it will share some equipment.
As digital media(媒介) is important to its idea, the project is already providing chances for some of the many small new local companies working at the new technologies.
Brian Gambles, the LoB project director, says it is about giving people the right tools for learning: \aim is to mix the physical with the digital, providing 24hour services which can be used through many different ways.It is important to enable us to reach more people,more effectively.\
The digital library will, he says, be as important as the physical one, allowing the distant use of the services, making sure that it is never closed to the public.
Even before the LoB is complete, the public has been able to go online to visit the Virtual LoB, designed by Baden, the Birmingham virtual worlds specialists.Not only have the public been able to learn about the LoB, but the virtual one has also enabled those working on the LoB to understand the building and how it will work before it even opens.
Two other small Birmingham-based digital companies are also working on the LoB projects. Substrat, a digital design company, is developing what it calls an example of an %use of an exciting smart phone, an important part of the LoB which is in the early stages of development. And The People's Archive is an online library of historical figures of the city being built up by a digital content company in Cahoots, in which users will be encouraged to add to and comment on the material.
Gambles says:\never before.\
56. While visiting the Virtual LoB the public can . A. get a general idea of the LoB B. meet more world-famous experts C. learn how to put up a library building
D. understand how the specialists work on the project 57. Which of the following is true of the LoB when it opens?
a. It offers better learning tools. b. It reaches users in different ways.
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c. It provides users with smart phones. d. It allows users to enrich its material.
e. It gives non-stop physical and digital services. A．a，b，d B．a，c，e C．b，c，d D．b，d，e 58. The text is most probably taken from . A．a computer book B．a library guide C．a project handbook D．a newspaper report
(B)
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(C)
Yang Yuanqing, Lenovo’s boss, hardly spoke a word of English until he was about 40. But when Lenovo bought IBM’s personal-computer division in 2005 he decided to immerse himself in English: he moved his family to North Carolina, hired a language tutor and spent hours watching cable-TV news. He conducted all his business in English except for briefing for the Chinese press.
Lenovo is one of a growing number of multinationals from the non-Anglophone world that have made English their official language. The fashion began in places with small populations but global ambitions such as Singapore, which kept English as its lingua franca (通用语) when it left the British empire n 1963, and Switzerland. Goran Lindahl, a former boss of ABB, a Swiss-Swedish engineering giant, once described its official language as “poor English” d its official language as “poor English. The practice spread to the big European countries: numerous German and French multinationals now use English in board meetings and official documents. Audi may use a German phrase—Vorsprung durch Technik, or progress through engineering—in its advertisements, but it is impossible to progress through its management ranks without good English. When Christoph Franz became boss of Lufthansa in 2011 he made English its official language even though all but a handful of the airline’s 50 most senior managers were German.
There are some obvious reasons why multinational companies want a lingua franca. Adopting English makes it easier to recruit global stars (including board members), reach global markets, assemble global production teams and integrate foreign acquisitions. Such steps are especially important to companies in Japan, where the population is shrinking.
There are less obvious reasons too. Rakuten’s boss, Hiroshi Mikitani, argues that English promotes free thinking because it is free from the status distinctions which characterise Japanese and other Asian languages. Antonella Mei-Pochtler of the Boston Consulting Group notes that German firms get through their business much faster in English than in laborious German. English can provide a neutral language in a merger(合并而 成的公司): when Germany’s Hoechst and France’s Rh?ne-Poulenc combined in 1999 to create Aventis, they decided it would be run in English, in part to avoid choosing between their respective languages.
Tsedal Neeley of Harvard Business School says that “Englishnisation”, a word she borrows from Mr Mikitani, can stir up a hornet’s nest (马蜂窝)of emotions. Slow learners lose their self-confidence, worry about their job security. Cliques(小团体) of the fluent and the non-fluent can develop. So can lawsuits: in
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上海市建平中学2018届高三10月月考英语试题（含详细答案）
