中原名校2017—2018学年第一次质量考评
高三英语试题
（考试时间：100分钟 试卷满分：120分）
第Ⅰ卷
第一部分 听力（略）
第二部分 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）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
To compete with online sellers, traditional bookstores have tried everything to win customers. And it’s true that a great bookstore can encourage people to read in many ways. Here are some good bookstores in China and other countries that are worth a visit. Eslite Bookstore, Taipei
The Eslite Bookstore is a cultural landmark in Taipei. It has fashion boutiques（精品店）, cafes, galleries and other spaces. It also holds lots of reading-related activities including exhibitions and talks with famous writers. Sanlian Taofen Bookstore, Beijing
It is 11:30 pm and getting late. But the Beijing Sanlian Taofen Bookstore is still shining brightly. Hundreds of people are staying inside for one thing: to read. The bookstore runs 24 hours a day, and it’s the first bookstore of its kind in Beijing. Shakespeare & Company, France
France doesn’t have Shakespeare but it has Shakespeare & Company. Many great writers used to meet here, such as Ezra Pound（US） and Ernest Hemingway（US）. Today, it helps young writers by allowing them to live and work here. Strand Bookstore, US
Strand Bookstore is a second-hand bookstore. It sells used books for $2-3 （about 14-21 yuan） each. Sometimes you can find very old and rare books at Strand, for example, a Shakespeare book that was published in 1632. The book is worth $125,000 （about 861,000 yuan）!
21. What’s special about Sanlian Taofen Bookstore?
A. Second-hand books B. Staying open all day
C. Special areas for cafes D. The first bookstore in Beijing 22. Which statement is ture according to the passage?
A. You can have a coffee in Eslite Bookstore. B. Shakespeare & Company is located in Britain
C. All the books in Strand Bookstore are second-hand and cheap. D. The only thing you can do in Sanlian Taofen Bookstore is to read.
23. Which column is this passage most likely to be taken from in a newspaper? A. Sports Space B. Literature & Novel C. Routine Business D. Tourist & Discovery
B
Nearly twenty years after the first book came out, it is clear that Rowling still possesses a magical hold on her readers. According to Rowling, it was a liberating experience to write a novel for adults without any expectations and to get feedback from readers.
Rowling’s story is one of rags to riches that began on a train journey from Manchester to London in the. U. K., when the idea of a boy attending a school of wizardry, the characters and situations came flooding into her mind.
Born as Joanne, Rowling was always fascinated with fantasy stories and started writing them at a young age. Her first story at six was about a rabbit, named Rabbit, which came down with measles（麻疹）and was visited by many friends including the giant Miss Bee. However, as she grew older, the task of making a living consumed her as she did different jobs.
The passing away of her mother, a failed marriage and a young child had pushed Rowling to the edge of depression, when the magical wizard rescued her. Consumed by the desire to finish the story, she worked in cafes when her infant daughter slept.
When her first manuscript was completed, Rowling sent it to twelve publishing houses which rejected it. The credit went to a small publisher, who decided to go ahead when his eight-year-old daughter asked for more after reading the first chapter!
At the request of the publisher who felt that boys may not read a mystery book written by a woman, Joanne changed her name to J. K. Rowling — the “K” in the initial stands for her paternal grandmother Katherine. The first book was released in June 1997 and within a year, won the prestigious（有名望的）Book of the Year award in the U. K. From then on, Rowling had found her calling and her books flew off the shelf within a day of them being released. Harry Potter had become a franchise, and the movies, toys and books have made Rowling into a billionaire. 24. We can learn from the passage that ________.
A. Rowling began writing fantasy after the failure of her marriage
B. Rowling’s first story was about a boy attending a school of wizardry C. Rowling was crazy about fantasy stories at a young age D. Rowling thought it not a great experience to write for adults
25. What is NOT the cause of Rowling’s depression according to the passage? A. The magical wizard. B. The death of her mother.
C. The failure of her marriage. D. The hardship of being a single mother. 26. The reason why the small publisher went ahead with Rowling’s novel is that ________. A. the publisher himself found her novel very attractive
B. the publisher’s daughter requested to read more of her story
C. the publisher’s daughter wanted to be the main character of her story D. the publisher wanted to enlarge his publishing business 27. What we can learn from this passage about J.K. Rowling? A. J.K. Rowling is his original name.
B. Rowling is a determined-minded woman.
C. She was diagnosed with measles when she was six.
D. She was famous enough for writing to make a living at a young age.
C
Are you an optimist（乐观主义者）or a pessimist（悲观主义者）? It seems that young people in China are more optimistic than youth in other countries.
Varkey Foundation, a UK non-profit organization, did a survey between last September and October. It asked 20,000 young people in 20 countries including China, the United States and the United Kingdom how they think and feel about the world. The survey found that 53 percent of those questioned in China think the world is becoming a better place, the highest percentage among the countries surveyed.
When asked why they felt hopeful for the future, 93 percent of Chinese youth think it’s because of advances in technology. Medicine, renewable energy and computing may make life in the future easier. Some 64 percent of Chinese youth also think China is a good place to live. The biggest reason（29 percent）is that China is “a country in which anyone is able to get on if they work hard”.
The survey also found young people in emerging economies are more hopeful about the future than those in developed countries. Following China, Indian youth were the second most optimistic（49 percent）. Those in France, Italy and Turkey are the most pessimistic. The rise of global terrorism worries them most.
However, Chinese young people seem to worry about something else. As much as 82 percent of them worry about climate change. China is the only country out of the 20 in which climate change was the biggest cause of fear for future.
Vikas Pota of the Varkey Foundation took this as a good thing. Chinese youths are more aware than anyone of how serious the climate problem is and will be pressing for change, he told the South China Morning Post.
28. In the survey, about ________ felt hopeful about the world.
A. 20 countries B. 10,600 Chinese youth
C. 20,000 young people D. 53 percent of Chinese youth questioned 29. Which is NOT the reason why Chinese young felt hopeful for the future? A. Technology advances quickly in China. B. They have more abilities.
C. China is a good place to live. D. Working hard always helps in China. 30. What else did the survey find?
A. Young people in developed countries are more optimistic. B. The Indian youth is the most pessimistic in the survey. C. Global terrorism worries the young in countries like Italy. D. About 80 percent of Chinese youth care most about jobs. 31. The main idea of this passage is to tell us that ________. A. Chinese young people are more optimistic. B. The life in the future in China is easier.
C. Chinese young people worry climate change most.
D. The young people in developed countries are worried about terrorism.
D
Do you always struggle to understand others’ feelings? Perhaps you should listen to your heart.
According to a team of scientists at Anglia Ruskin University in the UK, people who are more aware of their own heartbeat are better at understanding others’ emotions.
Researchers have long suspected that this ability is important for understanding others’ thoughts and feelings.
To test this theory, the British team asked 72 volunteers to count their own heartbeats without
feeling a pulse（脉搏）. This aimed to see how aware they were of the feelings inside their own bodies.
Then, the volunteers were shown video clips of social interactions（互动）, which tested their ability to read the minds of the characters.
During the clips, they were asked questions that required an understanding of the emotions of a certain character - for example, “What is Sandra feeling?” In addition, they were asked questions that did not involve any emotions, such as “What is Michael thinking?” They were also asked non-social questions, like “What was the weather like that evening?”
The results showed that those who had counted their heartbeats most accurately were better at answering questions relating to the characters’ emotions. However, there was no link between the ability to feel what’s going on inside your body and questions that did not involve any emotions. Punit Shah, lead author of the study, used an example to explain this: If your colleague Michael is rude toward Sandra in public, your body processes（处理）this by increasing your heart rate. This may make you feel anxious and allow you to understand that Sandra is embarrassed. “If you do not feel your heart rate increase, it may reduce your ability to understand that situation and respond appropriately,” Shah told The Telegraph.
Researchers believed their findings mean it could be possible to make people more empathetic by training them to listen to their hearts. This also lends support to the argument that feelings are, at the very least, deeply rooted in physical sensations（感觉）). 32. What does the new study find?
A. People are better at understanding others’ emotions than thoughts. B. People with quicker heartbeats are more sensitive to others’ feelings.
C. The ability to feel your heartbeat is important for understanding others’ thoughts.
D. Your ability to feel others’ emotions is related to your ability to feel your own heartbeat. 33. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the new study according to the article? A. The volunteers were asked to count their heartbeats while watching video clips. B. Researchers designed emotional, non-emotional and non-social questions. C. The volunteers were required to describe each other’s thoughts and feelings. D. Researchers trained the volunteers to listen to their hearts and observed them.
34. The underlined word “empathetic” in the second-to-last paragraph probably means _________.
A. willing to accept ideas that are different from your own B. not influenced in any way by other people or things C. being able to understand others’ feelings D. willing to help those in trouble
35. What can be concluded from the last four paragraphs?
A. We react to a situation more slowly when our heart rates increase.
B. Physical sensations in our bodies are believed to cause emotional changes. C. Our ability to feel emotions is part of us and can’t be changed. D. How we feel has nothing to do with the state of our bodies. 第二节 （共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
Chinese students feel pressure to do well on tests. 36.__________ Every spring, American high school students have to take standardized（标准化的）tests, which show how they are learning and progressing.
During the tests, students answer multiple-choice questions in math, science, English and other subjects. These tests take several hours, and some schools space the tests throughout a whole week or fit them all in a couple of days.
Tests are usually taken with paper and pencil, but there's been a move to taking the tests on computers. 37.__________
In some states, how students do has an impact on teachers' evaluations（评价）. 38._________ Sometimes it even has a role in how much they get paid.
These tests can also decide what classes students can be placed in next year. 39._________ Let's say you do really well on the math test. Then you can be placed in an upper level class.
40.__________ And schools are looking for the best way to represent how everyone is doing in the classroom.
A. Either way it's a lot of work for students. B. And US students feel this pressure too.
C. Now and then, many students feel down because of the pressure on them. D. Both teachers and students feel pressure to see good results. E. Some students think pressure makes them work harder at school.
F. There are different course levels, especially in subjects like science and math. G. Student scores play a part in showing schools how well a teacher is doing. 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题：每小题1．5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The night before Christmas, as a second year nursing student, I was on duty in the hospital. When I was 41.______ a patient, a voice came from behind, “Merry Christmas! Want anything from the cafeteria? I’m 42.______ that way, Missy.” I 43.______ and saw an old gentleman, who was standing in the doorway, 44.______ patently for an answer. “No, thanks,” I responded.
Before 45.______ down the hall, he added, “My name is George. Just let me know what I can do for you, Missy, I’ll be 46. ______.”
As I was with my patients, George was right beside. I 47. ______ him spread holiday cheer as he became a guest to the patients who had no 48. ______ that day. He knew who needed 49. ______ and who needed to be fed. He 50. ______ letters and cards to those whose eyes couldn’t see the letters on a printed page. Once he noticed a patient suddenly “look funny”, he would 51. ______ run to the nurse’s station to summon （请求）aid. That day, we all enjoyed his 52. ______.
When I 53. ______ took my lunch break, I asked Andrea sitting next to me, “Who is this George fellow? And 54. ______ is he here on Christmas Day?”
“About ten years ago, George’s wife became seriously ill. He spent almost every waking moment by her side. Those two were so 55. ______ to each other. There was 56. ______ he wouldn’t do for her. Later George started to visit other 57. ______ while his wife was sleeping or having treatments. He was always here and he seemed to start to like 58. ______ out wherever he
河南省中原名校联盟2018届高三第一次质量考评英语试卷
