深圳中學(xué)2018年高三年級(jí)第一次階段性測(cè)試(英語)

1、深圳中學(xué) 2018 屆高三年級(jí)第一次階段性測(cè)試英語注意事項(xiàng)：1. 答卷前，考生務(wù)必將自己的姓名和座位號(hào)填寫在答題卡上。2. 回答選擇題時(shí)， 選出每小題答案后， 用 2B 鉛筆把答題卡對(duì)應(yīng)的答案標(biāo)號(hào)涂黑。 如需改動(dòng)，用橡皮擦干凈后，再選涂其他答案標(biāo)號(hào)?；卮鸱沁x擇題時(shí)，將答案寫在答題卡上。寫在本試卷上無效。3. 考生結(jié)束后，將本試卷和答題卡一并交回。第一部分閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分50 分）第一節(jié)（共 20 小題；每小題 2 分，滿分 40 分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（ A 、B 、C 和 D）中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。AIf you are looking for som

2、ething fun and educational to do in Maryland, why not visit the Maryland Science Center? It is located at 601 Light Street, Baltimore, MD 21230. The ticket prices vary depending on ages, groups and the exhibits you choose.IntroductionThe Maryland Science Center is basically a museum, but it gives ev

3、eryone a chance to learn through experience and play, rather than just glance at an exhibit.ActivitiesYou can learn about various topics, including outer space, the human body, dinosaurs, electricity, marine（海洋的）biology, energy, and much more. You can also take part in the interactive activities,suc

4、h as racing bubbles, digging for dinosaur fossils, using puzzle pieces to construct cars, and so muchmore.The Davis Planetarium （天文館）At the Davis Planetarium, you can lie back in a chair and look at the stars whilestill inside theScience Center. The stars will appear on the ceiling of the theatre as

5、 you watch them.There are different shows to catch at the Davis Planetarium. You can learn about the galaxyandastronomy during the Dark Matters show. Learn about the stars and planets during theSky Live show.The One World One Sky show allows children to explore the stars. The Live from theSun show w

6、illteach you all about the hot sun.The Kids RoomFor children, they can tmiss the Kids Room. They will be able to play in a water area,constructdams and water towers, push buttons, ring doorbells, build with blocks, and more, anddefinitely theywill learn a lot. In addition, there is also an area for

7、kids of two years old and under,where they cancrawl, walk and explore safely with soft toys.1. What do we know about the Maryland Science Center?A. It charges different prices for parents and children.1D. A travel brochure （小冊(cè)子 ）.B. It is regarded as the most popular museum in Maryland.C. It is a mu

8、seum where there are many famous exhibitions.D. It is mainly designed for children and their families to play together.2. Which activity is not available in the Maryland Science Center?A. Taking part in bubble competitions.B. Learning the structure of the human body.C. Watching famous science fictio

9、n films.D. Gaining knowledge of marine creatures.3. If you want to know why the sun shines, which show should you choose?A. Dark Matters.B. Live from the Sun.C. One World One Sky.D. Sky Live.4. What can we learn about the Kids Room from the passage?A. It is designed for parents who have children.B.

10、It provides a good opportunity for parents to relax.C. Children there need to be accompanied by their parents.D. It is a good place for children to learn and play at the same time.5. Where is the passage most probably taken from?A. A newspaper.B. A science journal.C. A marketing report.BEvery May it

11、 happens. I drop to my knees just outside the back door, raise my arms to thesky andshout, “ That it!sIgive up! Take my flower beds, you killer weeds! Blackberry vines（藤蔓）, this landis yours! Vines, climb up and kill my trees one by one!I mdone! ”Then I get up, lie down on the swing, and close my ey

12、es.I msure I can hear the weeds growingand the vines creeping in （悄悄爬進(jìn) ） . I swear they are all laughing at me, too. They don teven have the manners to wait until I leave there.There is no denying that gardens are battle zones in the spring. I blame it on those April andMayrains. Once the heat moves

13、 in, I can control what gets watered and survives, but those early showers even out（ 平均分配 ） the battlefield.Garden tools alone make it clear that gardeningisn taneasy thing. My old cart seems to havethepersonality of a tank, and I mpretty sure my spade is second cousin to a dagger.By late June, both

14、 sides are worn down.I given some of the yard over to the weeds you justcan twin them all. That sabattle for next year. There is no clear victory for me, but I vestood myground for yet another season.6. What is the best title of the passage?A. A victory over weedsB. My love for the yardC.A battle ag

15、ainst weedsD. The skills of gardening7. What does the underlined “ it in”Paragraph 1 most probably refer to?A. That heat moves in and evens out the battlefield.B. That vines creep in and kill all the trees one by one.C. That weeds take whole possession of the flower beds.2D. That the author gets exh

16、austed from fighting against weeds.8. What can we know from Paragraph 3?A. Spring is the best time to kill weeds.B. Spring sheat helps weeds to win the battle.C. The rain makes it hard for the author to win her battle.D. The spring rain makes the plants to suffer too much.9. Why does the author comp

17、are her garden tools to weapons?A. To show the power of the tools.B. To stress the difficulty of gardening.C. To describe the shapes of the tools.D. To provide ways of gardening.10. What can we learn according to the passage?A. The author is exhausted by the battle and has finally given up.B. The au

18、thor has decided to battle with the weeds next year.C. The author enjoys the battle with the weeds and expect another fight.D. The author does not want to kill all the weeds since they are also helpful.CEvery one can try his best to achieve. Wedon tneed to be the best, but to tough out the limitsofw

19、hat we are capable of. I gained this belieffrommy third grade teacher, the most special,honored,trustworthy, and loved person in my life.Mr. Myrus was always perfectly dressedand spoke with the belief that talkingto eight-year-oldsdidn tmean he had to sacrificeproper statements or grammars. And hewa

20、sdemanding but hewasntunreasonable or cruel. He simply felt that no matter what your best was,you should achieve it.As luck would have it, I met him again as my eighth grade math teacher. I was not, nor ever will be,gifted in math. I remember my struggles in class.“Idon tknow the answer,I”would say,

21、 “Ican tdoit! ”“ Perhapsyou don tknow the answer, he” would say quietly. “ Doyou think wemight figure it outtogether? How do you know what you can do until you try? ”Mr. Myrus lived around the corner, and I would often stop by to talk while he worked in hisgarden.I knew there was someone who let me

22、know that if I had really tried, that was enough.“ Donbet so hard on yourself,he”dsay. “ Stopblaming yourself. Did you try your best? Well, thenyou renot a failure, he”often told me these words.Mr. Myrus died in 1978. I had never thought about his death. He was too young. I felt sorry.Butwhen I thin

23、k about him now, I don tfeel so sorry. He taught me to be kind, not only to others,buttomyself. He taught me my own value. He taught me about honor, about truth, and aboutdoing my best and that all feelings and beliefs have dignity and deserve respect. And of all the things I know, this I believe: W

24、e can tallbe “ thebest ”,but we can, each of us, be our best, and I know that strue because Mr. Myrus told me that.11. What can we learn about Mr. Myrus according to the passage?A. He is usually hard on the students.B. He is responsible for his students and his teaching.3C. He is a person who isn tp

25、articular about what he wears.D. He sometimes is cruel and unreasonable to his students.12. What does the underlined word “ demanding in”Paragraph 2 most probably mean?A. Strict.B. Serious.C. Critical.D. Careful.13.Why did the author think he was a lucky dog?A. He had got a great belief from his tea

26、cher.B. Mr. Myrus had been his teacher for eight years.C. He became interested in math because of Mr. Myrus.D. He developed a good relationship with Mr. Myrus.14.What can be inferred from Paragraph 3?A. Mr. Myrus thought it very easy to learn math.B. The author preferred other subjects to math.C. Th

27、e author was ashamed to admit his poor math.D. Mr. Myrus helped the author build up his confidence.15. What can we conclude by reading the passage?A. The author may have become a teacher.B. The author liked to recall his childhood.C. The author believed he would be the best of all.D. The author ende

28、d up being a man of self-confidence.DIn an unmanned supermarket, a customer waits to pay.With the use of advanced digitalpaymenttechnology, including biological recognition and in-depth learning, the man leaves in aminute. There sno cashier in the store. At a large university, students use a hand-sc

29、anning machine that authorizes their entry into the gym. Those people are using “ smartmachines ”which identify people by their physicalcharacteristics. These new devices use fingers, hands, faces, eyes and voices. Some machines may evenuse smells. This new technology, called biometrics, gets inform

30、ation from parts of the body.In the past, biometric machines were used mainly in government agencies or in prisons. Butnowthat the cost of the technology is lower, these machines are starting to be used everywhere,from borderservices to schools.Some people, however, are concerned that these machines

31、 willmean the destruction of personalprivacy. They worry that the machines will get personal information about them.“Iknow itseems likethese machines are invading our privacy, but actually, biometricmachines help to protect it,says” JayTarkett, who works at a company that develops the machines. “ Th

32、eycan beused instead of passwordson a computer, for example. They can also identify criminals at airports.So, really, they help to promotepublic safety, and all the information stored is kept confidential bythe machine itself.”Some people don tlike the idea of using fingerprints because they associa

33、te them withcriminals,and feel like they are being accused of something. In addition, theydon twork for somepeople, such asbricklayers, who wear down their fingerprints. Yet, face recognition does work well because the subject doesn treally have to do anything. To cash a check at a bank, for example

34、, the customer has to donothing more than look at a machine similar to an automatic teller. If theface matches the picture kept4on file, the customer gets the money with no problems. The need tocarry identification with you fromplace to place, then, would all but cease.It has been found that the han

35、d scan works well in the college gym. Before this machine wasused,students at the college entered the gym using cards similar to credit cards. The problem wasthatstudents often lost or forgot their cards. With the hand-scanning machine, however, the problem wassolved right away.But the machines are

36、still new, and there can be problems. For example, voice recognitionworkson the phone, but it is not precise, and can be tricked. Another constraint（限制 ） we notice, withmachines that use face recognition in particular, is that they can be fooled if peoplecolor their hair orgain a lot of weight. Howe

37、ver, this particular problem may be solved by a newtype of technology thatscans a person siris, the colored part of the eye. It can even identify the person from a few feet away, recognizing a customer as he or she approaches the ATM.16. Whatsthe author sintention by presenting two examples in Parag

38、raph 1?A. To stress how smart machines work.B. To bring in the topic of the passage.C. To show the popularity of smart machines.D. To introduce the convenience smart machines offer.17. Why don tpeople like using finger-prints while using the machine?A. They want to keep their mistakes a secret.B. Th

39、ey don twant to damage their fingers.C. They are afraid of losing money in the bank.D. They are afraid of being thought of as criminals.18. Why are biometric machines starting to be used in many fields?A. They are not as expensive as they were.B. They no longer invade people sprivacy.C. People enjoy

40、 face and voice recognition.D. Criminals are often hidden at airports.19. What is the author sattitude towards the new technology?A. Worried.B. Bitter.C. Optimistic.D. Satisfied.20. What is the passage mainly about?A. An introduction to biometric machines.B. An advertisement for biometric machines.C

41、. A brief description of hand scanning machines.D. An analysis of biometric machines value in economy.第二節(jié)（共 5 小題；每小題 2 分，滿分 10 分）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容， 從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。A garden that sjust right for youHave you ever visited a garden that seemed just right for you, where the atmosphere of thegarden

42、5appeared tototal more than the sumof its parts?21But itdoesn t（總和 ）happen by accident.It starts withlooking inside yourself and understanding who youare withrespect to the natural worldand how you approach the gardening process. 22Some people may think that a garden is no more than plants, flowers,

43、 patterns and masses ofcolor.Others are concerned about usinggardeningmethodsthat require lesswater andfewerfertilizers ( 肥料 ).23 H owever,there area numberof otherreasonsthat mightexplainwhy you want to garden. One of them comes from our earliest years.Recall your childhood memoriesOur model of wha

44、t a garden should be often goes back to childhood.Grandmasrose garden andDad s vegetable garden might be good or bad, but that s not what24 howsimportantbeing. inthose gardens made us feel. If you dlike to build a powerful bond with your garden,start by taking sometime to recall the gardens of your

45、youth.25Then gooutside andwork out a plan to translateyour childhood memories into your grown-up garden. Have fun.A. Know why you gardenB. Find a good place for your own gardenC. It sour experience of the garden that mattersD. It sdelightful to see so many beautiful flowersE. Still others may simply

46、 enjoy being outdoors and close to plants.F. You can also produce that kind of magical quality in your own garden.G. For each of those gardens, write down the strongest memory you have.第二部分 完形填空（共 20 小題；每題 1.5分，滿分 30 分）閱讀下面短文， 從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)A,B,C和 D 中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。I was notlookingforwar

47、d to enteringthe ninthgrade. Highschool is well known forbeing abattleground, where everyone seems to be going through26 changes and emotional mood swings（情緒波動(dòng) ） . For me,27 was my punishment.I had always felt28 and out of place as one of the29 members of my class,standinga head above the other girl

48、s and standing at the30of the lineso as not to be sticking out.I 31hate being around large groups of32, like during the social hour after services atmy church.33the prayers were finished, Iwould34 as quickly as possible so I could35some well-meaning congratulations, “ Ruthie!Look how tall you regett

49、ing!”My grandfather would36me become increasingly uncomfortable, but he did not37me or laugh at my self-consciousness（自我意識(shí) ） .38, he would remind me.“ Stand39and tall,he”would say, as I40tried to shrink （ 縮） myself. Even at age 15,I understood that his41was about more than just feet and inches.Mygra

50、ndfather42inwar-tornEurope.WhenGermansoldiers 43hishometown, he joined the army to44forhiscountrysfreedom.“ Standstraight,stand tall,”45something else back then.26. A. facialB. chemicalC. socialD. physical27. A. ageB. weightC. heightD. face628.A. tiredB. uneasyC. confidentD. unsafe29.A. fatterB. tal

51、lerC. thinnerD. shorter30.A. headB. endC. frontD. side31.A. finallyB. seldomC. hardlyD. especially32.A. peopleB. girlsC. teachersD. students33.A. UntilB. BeforeC. OnceD. While34.A. leaveB. comeC. stopD. walk35.A. acceptB. receiveC. avoidD. refuse36.A. makeB. letC. helpD. watch37.A. scoldB. praiseC.

52、punishD. comfort38.A. InsteadB. BesidesC. MoreoverD. Therefore39.A. backB. straightC. upD. by40.A. satisfactorilyB. happilyC. unsuccessfullyD. unwillingly41.A. demandB. adviceC. requestD. complaint42.A. grew upB. workedC. passed awayD. travelled43.A. passedB. discoveredC. occupiedD. visited44.A. car

53、eB. fightC. workD. look45.A. meantB. broughtC. carriedD. called第三部分詞匯（共 20題；每小題 1 分，滿分 20 分）第一節(jié) 詞組選擇（共 10 小題；每題 1分，滿分 10 分）46.Whenever Ian interesting article online, I will share it with friends on WeChat.A. figure outB. put forwardC. get acrossD. come across47.I can tsuch a good job when I have been out of work for months.A. turn offB. turn downC. turn inD. turn to48.A monumentou