甘肃省武威市高三英语上学期第二阶段考试试题（无答案）.doc

甘肃省武威市2018届高三英语上学期第二阶段考试试题（无答案）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。athere was once an 11-year-old boy who went fishing every time he went to an island in the middle of a new hampshire lake.on the day before bass (巴斯鱼) season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening, catching other fish with worms. then he tied on a small silver lure(鱼饵) and put it into the lake. suddenly the boy felt something very big pulling on the lure. his father watched with admiration as the boy skillfully brought the fish beside the bank. finally he lifted the tired fish from the water. it was the largest one he had ever seen, but it was a bass.the boy and his father looked at the big fish. the father lit a match and looked at his watch. it was 10 pm two hours before the season opened. he looked at the fish, then at the boy. “youll have to put it back, son,” he said.“dad!” cried the boy. “there will be other fish,” said his father. “not as big as this one,” cried the boy. he looked around the lake. no other fishermen or boats could be seen in the moonlight. he looked again at his father.even though no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he had caught the fish, the boy could tell from his fathers voice that the decision couldnt be changed. he threw the huge bass into the black water.the big fish disappeared. the boy thought that he would never again see such a big fish.that was 34 years ago. today the boy is a successful architect in new york city. he often takes his own son and daughters to fish at the same place.and he was right. he has never again caught such a large fish as the one he got that night long ago. but he does see that same fish . again and again . every time he has an ethical (道德的) decision to make. for, as his father had taught him, ethics are simple matters of right and wrong. it is only the practice of ethics that is difficult.1how did the father feel when he saw his son skillfully pulling a big fish out of the water?a. proud. b. nervous. c. curious. d. shocked.2from the text we know that _.a. the father didnt love his sonb. the father always disagreed with his sonc. the father disliked the huge fishd. the father was firm and stubborn3the successful architect went fishing with his children at the same place because _.a. they might catch a big fish thereb. he remembered the moral lesson from his fatherc. he wanted to remember his fatherd. their children enjoyed fishing there4what does the author want to show in the story?a. it is easy to say something, but difficult to do.b. an ethical decision is not difficult to make.c. it is hard to tell right from wrong sometimes.d. fishing helps you to make right ethical decisions. bbrian arrived at the san francisco airport two hours before the flight to paris. he was wearing three shirts, a jacket, two pairs of socks, a pair of shorts, and two pairs of jeans. he was carrying one small backpack, which was very full, but he didnt have any other luggage. brian needed to meet a man named tony before he checked in for his flight. he found tony near the air france counter. tony gave him a round-trip ticket and a small package. “give this package to jean-paul at the airport in paris. he will have a sign with your name on it. i think you can find him easily,” tony said, ”you dont have any luggage, right?”“only this backpack,” brian answered. ”you said i could bring one carry-on bag.”“thats right. one carry-on bag is fine. have a good trip.”“thanks.”is brian a criminal(罪犯)? not at all. he is an air-courier. and he paid only $110 for the round-trip ticket to paris. air couriers get cheap airline tickets because they take important packages and papers to foreign countries. businesses sometimes need to get packages and papers to people in foreign countries by the next day. often, the only way they can do this is to use an air-courier company. it is not cheap for a business to send a package with an air courier, but it is quick.every year about 80,000 people worldwide travel as air couriers. the number of tickets for courier travel is growing by about 10 percent a year. however, air-courier travel isnt for everyone. but if you have very little money, can be flexible(灵活的) about your travel plans, and dont mind wearing the same clothes for a week, it can be a great way to take a vacation!5why was brian wearing so many clothes for his travel?a. because they were the uniforms for air couriers.b. because that made him easier to be recognized.c. because his backpack had no room his clothes.d. because he did not have any luggage with him6an air courier is a person who_a .manages a business company in foreign countriesb. organizes international flights for touristsc. travels around the world with cheap ticketsd delivers papers and packages to foreign countries.7businesses choose the air-courier service because_.a. it costs less b. it is flexible c. it saves time d. it grows fast8one of the disadvantages of traveling as an air courier is that he_.a. cannot decide when and where to travelb. cannot take any luggage with himc. has to wear two pairs of jeansd saves little money from the travelconline shopping has become more and more popular these years. women have jumped ahead of men for the first time in using the internet to do their holiday shopping, according to a study published last week in the us.for years men have been more likely to shop on the internet than women, but during the 2013 holiday season 58 percent of those shopping online were women.“it shows how mainstream the internet is becoming,” said lee rainie, director of the pew internet and american life project group, which carried out the study. rainie said it was only a matter of time before women shoppers caught up with men. this is because women traditionally make decisions about spending.users were more likely to shop online to save time. internet users between the ages 18 and 29 were responsible for some of the surprising increase in the online gift-buying population this time around.however, three-quarters of the us internet users did not buy holiday gifts online in 2013. they worried about credit card security(安全), or just compared online prices with off-line prices, then dashed off to the shops to get the best deals.“but even if shoppers dont buy online, websites are becoming promotion(促销) tools for stores, ” said dan hess, vice president of com score network inc. hess said that actually most stores websites can make customers fully believe the security of their credit card numbers. and most are able to ensure that gifts arrive on time.“its all about making the shopping experience more efficient, more reliable and more comfortable.” hess said.9which of the following statements is true?a. there were fewer women online shoppers than men in 2013.b. more women shopped online than men in 2013.c. most of the internet users between the ages of 18 and 29 are women.d. people in the us were more likely to buy gifts online.10what does the underlined part “dashed off” probably mean ?a. shut off b. put off c. rush off d. take off11according to dan hess, shopping online _.a. is unsafe b. is convenient c. is a waste of money d. is cheaperdit would be pleasant to believe that all young girls in the past got married for romantic reasons; but the fact is that many of them regarded marriage as their only chance to gain independence from their parents, to have a provider, or to be assured of a good place in society. a couple of generations ago, an old maid of twenty-five did not have much to look forward to, she was more or less fated to remain with her parents or to live in some relatives home where she would help with the chores and the children. not so any more. in the first place, women remain young much longer than they used to, and an unmarried woman of twenty-eight or thirty does not feel that her life is over. besides, since she is probably working and supporting herself, she is free to marry only when and if she chooses. as a result, todays women tend to marry later in life. they have fewer children-or none at allif they prefer to devote themselves to their profession. the result is a decline in the birthrate.the new role that women have developed for themselves has changed family life. children are raised differently; they spend more time with adults who are not their parents: baby sitters, day-care center personnel, relatives, or neighbors. whether they gain or lose in the process is a hotly debated question. some child experts believe that young children must spend all their time with their mother if they are to grow sound in body and mind. others think that children get more from a mother who spends with them “quality time” (a time of fun and relaxation set aside for them) rather than hours of forced and unhappy baby sitting. and many child psychologists point out that children kept in day-care centers every day are brighter than those raised at home. no matter what it is, one thing about child-raising to be certain of is that the longer the child is with the mother, the better.12.it can be concluded from the passage that_.a. women today have developed a new role in family lifeb. the birthrate is declining as a result of womens pursuit of careersc. women have always been dependent on their parents even after marriaged. children must spend all their time with their mother if they are to grow sound13.the change in womens attitude towards marriage results in all of the following except_.a. more and more women quit (leave) jobs to take care of their children at homeb. women today tend to marry later than they didc. women have less time to raise childrend. more and more families remain childless14.people have different opinions over the question as to_.a. how children should be raisedb. where children should be raisedc. whether children should stay with their parentsd. how long children should stay with their parents15.the author suggests that_.a. working women should not have childrenb. children should be kept in day-care centers all the timec. young children should stay with their mother as long as possibled. women should leave their work to look after their children at home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。a positive attitude is very important as it will make our life easier. 16 there will be times when we will face problems and obstacles. the most challenging part is not when our life goes smoothly but how we react when we experience problems and difficulties.those who have a positive attitude will treat any problem as a challenge. instead of being discouraged, they will treat each failure as a lesson. 17 as for those who do not have the positive attitude, they will see problems and difficulties in a different way.the situation can be the same for both the guy a and guy b. 18 every one of us has the same amount of time. since having a negative attitude will eat up our time, why dont we just make good use of the same amount of time to have a positive attitude? life itself is already hard. it will be much better if we have a positive attitude which will make our life happier and easier.19people will generally prefer to stay with people who have positive attitudes as being happy is very infectious(富有感染力的). everybody will be affected by the energy of positive attitudes and they too will have a positive attitude.if you learn to see the bright side of life when youre surrounded by difficulties, youll be building your positive attitude fast. 20a. and they will be motivated to achieve the goal.b. having good attitudes provides many health benefits.c. in life, not everything goes as smoothly as we want.d. but with different attitudes, the results will be quite different.e. they may have no approaches to solving the problems.f. when you have a positive attitude towards everything, you will be happier.g. the more you practice having a positive attitude, the easier and more natural it will come to you.第二部分 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 sound of the rain hitting the windows wakes me up and it sounds just exactly as it did l5 years ago，which reminded me of my girlhoodit was my second day of 21 and it was raining heavilyi could not 22 the habit i had at home，so i fell asleep right at my 23i woke up to find myself not in the classroom but carried on dads back. we were 24 homeit was the last time i felt 25 to himafter that，he never carried me or hugged me as other fathers did to their childreni was not bothered much by this 26.i was proud of it, for i felt 27 and “grown up”however，there were times when i felt depressed by not having searched for 28 from himone dayi was writing chinese characters as homeworki hated doing this more than anythingdad came and stood behind me for a moment，29 me scratching(勾抹)the paperthen he said，“this kind of writing needs 30 .your writing is not strong enoughpress harder”i followed his 31 for the next two weeks, but 32 i could see little improvement, i followed my own method- the 33 wayhis advice did not improve my writing but our 34 as i grew older，i found out that he had finished his 35 in grade 6，which was the highest grade in town then，so he was considered to be a 36 . people used to ask him to write something to put on the walls, but he never felt very usefulhe often said to me，“as you can see，this family is going to count on(指望)youwe are 37 to improve you anything for your future. you have to get 38 to change the life for yourself”as a result of his 39 , i have 40 it through high school and through college21agraduation bemployment ccollege dschool22adevelop bresist cfollow dbreak23adormitory bdoor cdesk dbed24aat balready cbeyond dhalfway25aclose bnear chappy drelaxed26agap bthought caction dscene27alonely bdepressed cindependent dcomfortable28acomfort bhelp csupport dexplanation29aguiding bdirecting cwatching dblaming30askill bpatience ctime dpractice31aintroduction bmanner cspirit dadvice32aeven if bwhile cas dthough33adifficult bslow centertaining dfast34arelationship bfriendship cthought dreality35aschooling bcareer chope ddream36awriter bscholar cscientist dspecialist37atired bglad cuseless dready38aan education ba rich boyfriend ca well-paid job da good writing39ahelp bexpectations c. examination d. watch40asucceeded bgot cmade d. found第二节（共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。i love my mother best. she is average in 41 (high). she has long silky hair, and she always carries a broad smile with her. i am always 42 (thank) to my mother. in the middle of her busy schedule at work, my mother makes sure that our house 43 (organize) well at all times. like a busy bee, she prepares our meals, washes our clothes, 44 manages all other housework in perfect order. 45 my mother is very busy with her work, she squeezes her precious time to help me with my school work and attend outdoor activities with me. we bo