江西省吉安市新干县新干中学2017级高三英语上学期九月月考试题
本试卷分为第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。满分150分, 考试时间为120分钟。
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
China Small Group Tours
◆Tour Route 1: 11 Days Private Beijing – Lhasa – Xi’an – Shanghai Tour Highlights :
Must-see sights in China－the Great Wall, Forbidden City, Terracotta Warriors Follow us on a Buddhist pilgrimage to Tibet & appreciate the profound culture Have a leisurely walk or an exciting bicycle ride on the time-honored City Wall of Xi’an
View the soaring city skylines and feel the pulse of modern Shanghai From $ 2, 459 per person
◆Tour Route 2: 11 Days Private Bejing – Xi’an – Chonqing – Yangtze River Cruise – Yichang – Shanghai Tour Highlights:
Must-see sights in China－the Great Wall, Forbidden City, Terracotta Warriors Try biking on the Ming Dynasty City Wall of Xi' an, or tour by electric car Enjoy the Three Gorges scenery on Yangtze River & feel totally relaxed From $ 1, 879 per person
◆Tour Route 3: 12 Days Private Beijing – Shanghai – Xi'an – Guilin – Yangshuo – Guilin – Hong Kong Tour Highlights:
Must-see sights in China－the Great Wall, Forbidden City, Terracotta Warriors Experience the Bund, classical garden, modern and old in contrast in Shanghai Feel the lively atmosphere & explore busy markets freely in Hong Kong
Walk into a local family, learn to cook Chinese food & dine with the hosts in their home
From $ 2, 499 per person
◆Tour Route 4: 12 Days Private Beijing – Xi’an – Chengdu – Guilin – Shanghai Tour Highlights:
Must-see sights in China－the Great Wall, Forbidden City, Terracotta Warriors, Giant Pandas
Come to Chengdu，the hometown of giant pandas to visit and observe the cute creature Cruise on the meandering Li River & admire Guilin landscape
Walk into a local Chinese family, interact & dine with the hosts in their home From $2, 079 per person
1. What do Tour Route 1 and Tour Route 2 have in common? A. They have cycling activities. to Tibet.
C. Visitors enjoy the Three Gorges scenery. amount of money.
2. What is special about Tour Route 2? A. Tourists can travel by bike. huge dam.
C. Tourists can dine with a family. expensive of the four.
3. Where can visitors enjoy China’s rare animals? A. Tour Route 1.
D. Tour Route 4.
B
B. Tour Route 2. C. Tour Route 3.
D. It is the most
B. Tourists can visit a
D. Visitors pay the same
B. They include a visit
Alan Naiman was known for being very careful about how he spent his money. But even those closest to him had no knowledge of the fortune he quietly gathered and the last act he had planned.
Naiman died of cancer at age 63 last January. The man from the American state of Washington gave most of his money to groups that help the poor, sick, disabled and abandoned children.
He gave them $11 million. The large amount of his fortune shocked the groups that received his gifts and even his best friends. That is because Naiman had been known to repair his own shoes with duct tape. He had sought deals to buy food from grocery stores at closing time and taken friends out to lunch at low cost restaurants.
Naiman died unmarried and childless. He loved children but also was intensely private. He saved, invested and worked extra jobs to gather money. He rarely spent the money on himself after seeing how unfair life could be for children who suffer most.
Naiman was a former banker who worked for the past 20 years at the state Department of Social and Health Services. He earned $67,234 a year and also took on side jobs. Sometimes, he worked as many as three at a time. He saved and invested enough to make several millions of dollars. He also received millions more from his parents after they died.
He left $2.5 million to the Pediatric Interim Care Center in Washington. The center is a private organization that cares for babies born to mothers who abused drugs and children with drug dependency. The center used the money to pay off its mortgage (按揭) and buy a new vehicle to transport the children.
Naiman gave $900, 000 to the Treehouse, where children without parents can choose toys and necessities for free. Treehouse is using Naiman’s money to expand its college and career support services Statewide.
4. Why were Naiman’s best friends shocked at his donation? A. He left nothing to his relatives. his economic conditions.
C. He received wealth from his parents secretly.
D. He used to be very
B. He was dishonest in
careful to spend money.
5. Naiman was greatly concerned about _________. A. his money after retirement
6. What does Paragraph 5 mainly talk about? A. Why Naiman’s parents turned rich. came from.
C. How hard Naiman worked all his life. to gather money.
7. How did Naiman’s money benefit the Pediatric Interim Care Center? A. It improved its transport system. to children.
C. It sent more children to college. give up drugs.
C
Goldfish have pretty boring lives, so maybe it’s a good thing they can only
D. It helped more women
B. It offered more toys
D. How clever Naiman was
B. Where Naiman’s fortune
B. his career C. children in trouble D. life
concentrate for nine seconds! But according to a new research, humans are becoming like goldfish. Our attention span (时长) is getting shorter ...and it’s all because of technology.
“We move quickly from one site to another on the web,” said Doctor Ted Selker,
a computer scientist from Massachusetts, “and we are losing the ability to concentrate.” With millions of websites to choose from, the attention span of the average internet user is just seconds. There are other digital distractions（分心）too: email, instant messaging and quickie movies on websites.
Some people are worried about the effect on young people. “You need time to
understand and think about what you read,” said Julia Wood, from London. “Young people search the net all the time and their brains become full of useless information
but there is no time to make sense of it. I am trying to persuade my pupils to read more books, so that they concentrate on one subject for longer.”
Other teachers are trying more unusual methods to improve
students’ concentration. Anne Savan, from Wales, was so worried about her students that she started playing Mozart during her science lessons. She says that it had an amazing effect: “The music made them calmer, and their concentration was much better.”
But not everyone believes that there is a problem. Ray Cole, an educational
psychologist says, “On the web, young people learn to make quick decisions about what is and isn’t worth reading. They might look at five unhelpful websites very quickly, before stopping and reading a sixth useful website more carefully. In a world with so much information available, this is an important skill.” 8. Why does the writer mention “goldfish”?
A. To introduce background. compare two species. C. To introduce a topic.
D. To suggest a way out.
B. To
9. What may cause a shorter attention span according to Dr. Ted Selker? A. Skipping around the internet.
B. Time to digest information.
C. Traditional methods of reading.
D. Making decisions.
10. What will help students overcome a short attention span?
A. Composing music. B. Texting messages C. Reading more books. D. Watching quickie movies.
11. What is Ray Cole’s attitude towards looking through websites quickly? A. Cautious.
C. Skeptical.
B. Unfavorable. D. Supportive.
D
The idea of progress started to flower in the 17th century. At that time, many
wise thinkers believed that man liberated by reason would rise to ever greater
江西省吉安市新干县新干中学2017级高三英语上学期九月月考试题
