英语卷·2018届甘肃省张掖市高三第一次质量检测（2018-01）

英语卷·2018届甘肃省张掖市高三第一次质量检测（2018-01）

甘肃省张掖市2018届全市高三备考质量检测第一次考试 英语试题 第一部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分30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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。‎ A The Summer Holiday Activities for Families in the UK While the Astronaut spacewalk, Manchester last year remains in the memory of some families, our week-by-week guide to the school summer break this year features a host of special events and outdoor fun for kids, from open-air cinema and live music to coming face to face with dinosaurs.‎ Polar fun, Edinburgh Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh is keeping cool this summer with lots of polar-themed activities, including family science shows on the Arctic and Antarctic, icy experiments, and craft designs where kids can make their own penguin, walrus or polar bear.‎ ‎• Until 28 August, £15 adults, £9. 50 children, dynamicearth.co.uk.‎ Dinosaur events, various locations Dinosaurs in the Wild is a vivid, walk-through experience taking visitors back 67 million years to the late Cretaceous period Dinosaur Babies is an exhibition of dinosaur embryos and eggs, plus a model nest. Dinosaurs of China displays fossils and skeletons never before seen in Europe.‎ ‎• Until 23 August, NEC in Birmingham, then 7 October to 7 January, Event City Manchester, £ 29.50 adults, £26 children, dinosaursinthewild.com.‎ Proud Country House kids fest, Brighton Just 15 minutes from the centre of Brighton, this 18th century Georgian manor house in Stammer Park has a packed programme of events and activities on throughout the summer including storytelling in the forest, guided bike rides, tree climbing and family yoga ‎• 1 July〜10 September, prices vary, usually from £5〜10, booking for events required but house and gardens can be visited without booking, stammerhouse.co.UK/kidsfest.‎ ‎1. In which event can you see the fossils found in China?‎ A. Polar fun, Edinburgh.‎ B. Astronaut spacewalk, Manchester.‎ C. Dinosaur events, various locations.‎ D. Proud Country House kids fest, Brighton.‎ ‎2. How much will a couple with two children spend at most if they attend all the activities?‎ A. £180. B. £220. C. £160. D. £200.‎ ‎3. What can kids do in Proud Country House kids fest, Brighton?‎ A. Tree climbing and family yoga.‎ B. Craft designs and tree climbing.‎ C. Guided bike rides and icy experiments.‎ D. Storytelling in the forest and seeing dinosaur eggs.‎ B Not long ago, I tried convincing my three daughters that the world’s secrets are hidden inside silence. The girls looked at me skeptically. Surely silence is nothing?‎ Sitting there at the dinner table, I suddenly remembered their curiosity as children, their wondering about what might be hiding behind a door and their amazement as they stared at a light switch and asked me to “open the light”. But now they are 13, 16 and 19 and wonder less and less. If they still wonder at anything, they quickly pull out their smart phones to find the answer. None of them have any interest in discussing with me. To attract their attention, I told them about two friends of mine who had decided to climb Mount Qomolangma.‎ Early one morning they left base camp to climb the south-west wall of the mountain. It was going well. Both reached the summit, but then came the storm. They soon realized they would not make it down alive. The first got hold of his pregnant wife by satellite phone. Together they decided on the name of the child that she was carrying. Then he quietly passed away just below the summit. My other friend was not able to contact anyone before he died. No one knows exactly what happened on the mountain in those hours. Thanks to the dry, cool climate 8km above sea level, they have both been freeze-dried. They lie there in silence, looking no different.‎ The girls remained quiet, listening. It seemed as though they had got something.‎ It is easy to assume that the essence (本质) of technology is technology itself, but that is wrong. The essence is the time we spend with our family and how much freedom we have by ‎ technology.‎ ‎4. What’s the real purpose of the author’s telling the story?‎ A. To entertain the girls.‎ B. To attract the girls, attention to technology.‎ C. To encourage the girls to explore the world’s secret.‎ D. To share a viewpoint about the essence of technology.‎ ‎5. Why are the girls unwilling to discuss problems with the author when they are puzzled?‎ A. Because they don’t want to solve them.‎ B. Because they can turn to the smart phone.‎ C. Because they feel ashamed for their problems.‎ D. Because they think it difficult to talk with others.‎ ‎6. How would the author think of the outcome of the storytelling?‎ A. It s effective.‎ B. It s unacceptable.‎ C. It’s embarrassing.‎ D. It s discouraging.‎ ‎7. What does technology really bring us according to the text?‎ A. The time with our family and freedom.‎ B. The answers to the puzzling problems.‎ C. The information of learning the outside world.‎ D. The choice of communicating with our friends.‎ C We all have different ways to navigate (导航) when lost-whether asking a stranger for help, consulting an old-school map or simply following our nose. But on a bike, the risks are higher. One wrong turn or that you’re in a traffic jam with two lanes between your bike and the nearest pavement may ruin your good mood. Although cyclists, of course, managed to navigate before smart phones, cyclists can make two choices: a few stay calm and embrace getting lost, and the rest turn to a navigation app.‎ Google Maps added a directions function for cyclists in 2015 in the US and Canada, and two years later across Europe. And while there are dozens of other apps now offering a similar service, ‎ Google Maps has the demerits for many, so the app seems to be falling behind expectations.‎ As someone with no sense of direction, I knew it wouldn’t be easy when I started cycling earlier this year. I appreciated that the app gave me two warnings before I needed to turn off a road, and automatically recalculated my route if I accidentally went off course. But still, it wasn’t a smooth process. Google Maps thought I could cut across a double carriageway with no breaks in its barrier, assumed I knew what it meant when it told me to “head west”, and thought nothing of taking me the wrong way down a busy one-way street.‎ Cyclists don’t just want safety-they want convenience. Londoner Robson Smith regularly cycles between Clap ham and the City of London and would like to see Google Maps calculate routes where his bike is allowed on public transport and more choice of the type of routes he can take. “Google tends to calculate the most common and comfortable cycle routes. It would be better to have an option which included the fastest route, regardless of comfort,” he says.‎ For this reason, Robson says he uses the app Cycle Streets instead. It offers a choice of four different route modes, based on the type the user wants, and saves previous routes. It also tells you how many calories a route burns, how many traffic lights you will encounter, and how busy it is.‎ ‎8. What higher risks may happen to cyclists according to Paragraph 1?‎ A. Losing the way to their destinations.‎ B. Making wrong plans about the directions.‎ C. Staying still in the same place for a long time.‎ D. Taking wrong turn or being caught in a traffic jam.‎ ‎9. What does the underlined word “demerits” in Paragraph 2 mean?‎ A. Defence. B. Existence. C. Shortcomings. D. Techniques.‎ ‎10. What’s Robson’s opinion on Google Maps?‎ A. It needs improving.‎ B. It is difficult to operate.‎ C. It can provide convenient courses.‎ D. It offers the most common and fastest route.‎ ‎11. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?‎ A. The Different Apps in Navigation B. The Rise and Fall of Google Maps C. The Disadvantages of Google Maps D. Planning the Future of Google Maps D For many of us, talking about money is embarrassing, especially revealing our income and spending habits in public. So it’s no wonder that seeking investment advice from computer program is so popular.‎ Consultancy firm Accenture found that 68% of global consumers would be happy to use robot-advice to plan for retirement, feeling it would be faster, cheaper, and fairer than human advice. “Many of our customers say they feel awkward in face-to-face meetings, preferring an online experience where they don’t feel nervous,” says Lynn Smith, a director of robot-advice firm Wealth Wizards. So how does robot-advice work and is it really any better than traditional financial advice?‎ Robot-adviser firms use algorithms (算法) to analyse your financial situation and goals and then work out an investment plan to suit you. Basically, you answer lots of questions online about your income, expenses, family situation, attitude to risk and so on, and then the algorithm allocates (分配) your savings to a series of investments, from index funds that aim to imitate a particular stock market index or sector, to fixed-income bonds.‎ Robot-advice is certainly growing in popularity. But are we really happy to give up the human adviser completely? “No” is the short answer. Accenture finds that a significant proportion of us still want human interaction, particularly when our finances are complex. “When a customer needs advice surpassing a number of different regulatory regimes, human advice will be required,” says John Perks, managing director of life and pensions at UK insurer LV, which launched its Retirement Wizard robot-advice service two years ago.‎ The truth is that only about a quarter of funds managed by clever humans overcome the market as a whole, so when you take into account the much higher management fees you pay for that kind of service, the performance difference is likely to be marginal (微不足道的) for most of us.‎ The robots may be coming, but in this case at least, they seem to be on the side of the small investor trying to save for a comfortable retirement.‎ ‎12. What do we know about the robot-advice from the second paragraph?‎ A. It s expensive but accurate.‎ B. It’s beneficial and relaxing.‎ C. It’s complex but fair.‎ D. It’s suitable for all.‎ ‎13. If you want to use robot-advice, you should first .‎ A. consult human advice B. work out an investment plan C. answer lots of questions online D. analyse your financial situation ‎14. What does the underlined phrase “that kind of service” in Paragraph 5 refer to?‎ A. The allocation of retirement.‎ B. The robot-advice service.‎ C. Human fund management.‎ D. The performance difference.‎ ‎15. Why do we still need the human adviser according to the text?‎ A. Because some clients face retirement B. Because some finances are complex.‎ C. Because human interaction is necessary.‎ D. Because the human adviser offers better service.‎ 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。‎ How to Pick the Perfect Watermelon I love watermelon, but what I don t love about watermelon is picking them out. There is nothing worse than cutting into a watermelon and having it taste not sweet. 16 ‎ Evaluation: You need to evaluate your watermelon to make sure that the watermelon is symmetrical. Irregular shapes typically indicate the watermelon received inconsistent amounts of sunshine and water.‎ Color and Appearance: The color of the surface is extremely important. 17 If it’s ‎ shiny, it’s not ripe yet. Another important thing is to look for the field spot. This will be a yellow spot on the underside of a watermelon. It should be a creamy yellow color. 18 Don’t take the watermelon if the field spot is white or non-existent.‎ ‎ 19 For a sweeter and riper watermelon, there shouldn’t be a visible stem (茎) on the surface. If there’s a stem, it indicates that the watermelon doesn’t fall off the vine on its own.‎ Knock on it: Gently knock on the watermelon, and listen to the sound it makes. A ripe watermelon should have a full, deep, and hollow sound. 20 Make sure of the firmness of the melon when you knock on it. You want the surface to be hard and firm.‎ A. Look at the stem.‎ B. The darker the yellow, the sweeter the melon.‎ C. Watermelon can help you increase your brain power.‎ D. While an under ripe melon will make a more dull one.‎ E. The perfectly ripe watermelon should be dark green in color.‎ F. Here are some helpful tips on how to pick the perfect watermelon.‎ G. Watermelon is one of the most popular summer fruits that almost everyone loves.‎ 第二部分 语言知识运用（共两节,满分45分）‎ 第一节（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A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。‎ Our lovely neighbors have always had a beautiful St. Francis statue by the gate on the side of their house. I’ve always loved to 21 at it whenever I look out of the kitchen window. The other day I noticed it wasn’t there! I 22 where it had gone! I hoped it was just moved and not stolen! I told Milan about its 23 and he said he would ask the 24 the next time he saw them.‎ Yesterday he 25 Mrs “Neighbor” and mentioned the missing statue to her. He told her how much we loved it and hoped it hadn’t been 26 1 She said that she had just moved it to the backyard 27 would bring it back right away! “Oh, no!” said Milan, “We’re just glad it’s 28 !” That evening we went out to sit in our garden and 29 that the statue was back in its old 30 ! Oh, sweet neighbour! You are so kind and 31 !‎ The next day we were out in the garden again, planting 32 , and realized that we had too ‎ many. We actually couldn’t 33 a place to put them all! I had to leave before we 34 what to do with them. On my way out, I met Mrs “Neighbour” and 35 her for moving the statue back! I told her that it wasn’t 36 ! And she said that the spot where the statue lay was too bare.‎ There were no flowers. 37 , an idea went on in my head. The remaining flowers. She could have them. She was so 38 .‎ Now St Francis 39 among beautiful flowers. I look out of my kitchen window again now and smile! The statue is 40 more beautiful to me now.‎ ‎21. A. laugh B. stare C. aim D. point ‎22. A. knew B. ignored C. forgot D. wondered ‎23. A. disappearance B. secret C. fun D. story ‎24. A. strangers B. passers-by C. neighbours D. friends ‎25. A. came across B. cheered up C. turned to D. calmed down ‎26. A. changed B. damaged C. stolen D. sold ‎27. A. and B. for C. so D. or ‎28. A. rare B. active C. valuable D. safe ‎29. A. confirmed B. noticed C. guessed D. doubted ‎30. A. gesture B. spot C. direction D. angle ‎31. A. unfair B. equal C. fancy D. thoughtful ‎32. A. trees B. flowers C. vegetables D. grasses ‎33. A. figure out B. make up C. come up D. carry out ‎34. A. commanded B. preferred C. forecast D.‎ ‎ decided ‎35. A. praised B. encouraged C. thanked D. blamed ‎36. A. useful B. good C. necessary D. peaceful ‎37. A. Suddenly B. Sincerely C. Fortunately D. Exactly ‎38. A. careful B. grateful C. disappointed D. anxious ‎39. A. works B. plays C. moves D. sits ‎40. A. ever B. then C. even D. just ‎ 第二节（共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分）‎ 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。‎ Nature Turns Human Pollution into Striking Glass Beach For years, Ussuri Bay, on Russia’s Pacific shoreline, was a junkyard for glass bottles and waste from a nearby porcelain (瓷器) factory. But nature found a way to turn all those 41 (use) materials into a colorful glass beach.‎ The story goes that many years ago, truckloads of glass and porcelain 42 (pour) in Ussuri Bay, but instead 43 what should have been a landfill for waste, Steklyashka beach is actually one of 44 most excellent tourist attractions in the world Years of erosion (侵蚀) have rounded and polished the pieces of glass and porcelain into beautiful stones of various colors, 45 has created a wonderland.‎ Once considered a no-go zone, Steklyashka beach is now popular with both locals and 46 (tourist), and has been afforded special 47 (protect) by authorities in the Primorsky Krai region. In the summer, it’s a unique bathing spot, and in the summer, people 48 (regular) drive from the port city of Vladivostok, about 30 minutes away, 49 (take) photos of this breathtaking natural kaleidoscope (万花筒) 50 (highlight) by snow and ice.‎ Photos of the breathtaking glass sand of Steklyashka beach have recently gone viral online, after an article in the Siberian Times revealed this wonder to the whole world.‎ 第三部分 写作(共两节，满分35分） ‎ 第一节 短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分） ‎ 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 ‎ 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。‎ 删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。‎ 修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。‎ 注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；‎ ‎2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。‎ Last weekend, my parents and I went to visit my grandparents who live in the countryside. Seen us, my grandparents were very happy. I particular like their garden, where is full of vegetables and flowers. They also raise chickens, goose, cats, and dogs. Although the dogs and cats was very friendly to me, but the chickens attacked me.‎ My grandma prepare a big dinner for us and most of the dishes came the garden. We all liked the pollution-free vegetable. When we left, my grandpa picked a lot of fruits or vegetables from the garden for us to take home. I love their grandparents and the garden, too.‎ 第二节：书面表达。‎ 注：原版试题缺作文题。‎ 甘肃省张掖市2018届全市高三备考质量检测第一次考试 英语试题答案 ‎1〜3 CDA 4〜7 DBAA 8〜11 DCAD 12〜15 BCCB 16〜20 FEBAD ‎ ‎21〜25 BDACA 26〜30 CADBB 31〜35 DBADC 36〜40 CABDC ‎41. useless 42. were poured 43. of 44. the 45. which ‎ ‎46. tourists 47. protection 48. regularly 49. to take 50. highlighted ‎ 短文改错 Last weekend, my parents and I went to visit my grandparents who live in the countryside. Seen us, my ‎ ‎ Seeing grandparents were very happy. I particular like their garden, where is full of vegetables and flowers. They also raise ‎ ‎ particularly which chickens, goose, cats, and dogs. Although the dogs and cats was very friendly to me, but the chickens attacked me.‎ ‎ geese were 删除but My grandma prepare a big dinner for us and most of the dishes came ∧ the garden. We all liked the ‎ ‎ prepared from pollution-free vegetable. When we left, my grandpa picked a lot of fruits or vegetables from the garden for us to take ‎ ‎ and home. I love their grandparents and the garden, too.‎ ‎ my 书面表达 One possible version:‎ I think that the most important thing in my life is health. I think everybody must agree with me. Without a good healthy body, we won’t have enough energy to accomplish what we plan to do. Without a healthy body, how can we catch up with the rapidly changing world? In a word, health is everything.‎ To build up a good body, we should have a healthy diet, form good habits, refuse cigarettes and alcohol and have enough exercise.‎ To conclude, I personally believe a healthy life is the source of happiness. So let’s join hands to make our life healthier, both in body and in mind.‎