1、2018平遥二中高三年级10月质检英语试题（满分150分，请将答案写在答题卡上）第一部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分60分）第一节 （共15小题;每小题3分，满分45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 。来源:学科网AFor as long as humans have lived on the earth, they have made use of various forms of communication. Generally, this expression of thoughts and feelings has been in
2、the form of oral speech. When there is a spoken language problem, communication can be carried out through sign language, in which gestures stand for letters, words, and ideas. Tourists and people unable to hear or speak have often had to turn to this form of expression. When gestures describe words
3、 or ideas, they can often be used internationally. When used for spelling words however, where each gesture stands for a single letter, people must share the same written language.Body language sends ideas or thoughts by certain actions, either meaningfully or not. A wink can be a way of showing tha
4、t the person is only joking. A nod means agreement, while shaking the head indicates disagreement.Other forms of language can be found in Braille (a reading system of raised dots read with the fingertips used by the blind), signal flags, Morse code, and smoke signals. Road maps and picture signs als
5、o guide and warn people. While language is the most common form of communication, other systems and techniques also express human thoughts and feelings.1. What does the author mainly want to say?A. People can communicate in many different ways.B. Everybody uses only one form of communication.C. Lang
6、uage is invaluable to foreigners.D. Non-spoken communication is of little value.2. According to the text, which part of the body can be used to show you are joking? A. Fingers. B. Eyes. C. Head. D. Feet.3. What cant be effectively communicated by sign language when people belong to different languag
7、e groups?A. Whole words. B. Idea. C. Spelling.D. Expressions.4. How many different forms of communication are mentioned in the text?A. Three. B. Five. C. Six. D. Nine. BNot everyone in the world requires the same amount of living space. The amount of space a person needs around him is a cultural(文化的
8、) difference, not an economic(经济的) one. Knowing your own psychological(心理的) space needs is important because they strongly affect your choices, including, for example, the number of bedrooms in the home. If you were brought up in a two-child family and both you and your sister or brother had your ow
9、n bedrooms, the chances are, if you have two children or more, that you also will offer separate bedrooms for them. In America, for example, they train people to want to have their own rooms by giving them their own rooms when they are babies. This is very rare in the world. In many other countries,
10、 the baby sleeps in the same bed with his parents or in a bed near them.The space in the home also shows a lot about psychological space needs. Some families gather closer to each other and the size of their house has nothing to do with it. Others have separate little corners where family members go
11、 to be alone.Although it is true that psychological space needs are not decided by economic reasons, they sometimes have to be changed a little because of economic pressures. It is almost impossible, however, to completely change your psychological space needs.5. The first sentence in Paragraph 1 “N
12、ot everyone in the world requires the same amount of living space” means “_”A. No two people need exactly the same amount of living space.B. Nobody needs a required amount of living space.C. The world requires the same amount of living space.D. Living space requirements are not always the same.6. So
13、me families gather closer to each other at home than others because _.A. they have limited living spaceB. they are brought up in a large familyC. it satisfies their psychological space needsD. the children in the family sleep in the same bed with their parents7. Which of the following is TRUE accord
14、ing to the passage?A. Americans are trained to live in large rooms at birth.B. Economic situation decided ones amount of space needs.C. People in various countries demand different psychological space.D. Knowing your psychological space needs is important, as it affects your future.8. According to t
15、he writer of the passage, psychological space needs_.A. are not affected by income at allB. have nothing to do with cultural backgroundC. can be changed if you make up your mind to do soD. can hardly be changed altogether CThe tea gardens in Sri Lanka are actually large estates(种植园)The best tea usua
16、lly comes from plants grown on high grounds, the cool hilltops with rows and rows of tea plantsThe plants are about one metre aboutThe plant is often pruned so that it remains only 60 to 90 centimetres highPruning is important because it encourages the growth of tender shoots, or young leavesIt is f
17、rom these shoots that the best tea is gotPractically all the tea pickers are womenThe estates prefer to employ women pickers because they are more carefulTheir thin fingers can easily remove the twin leaves and new shoots from the plant, which are the parts used for processing(加工) teaThe pickers car
18、ry large baskets into which they throw their pickingsA skilled worker can harvest between 9 to 14 kilogrammes of tea leaves a dayUsually new shoots can be picked from the plants about every tea or fifteen daysProcessing tea shoots into the familiar dry tea leaves requires great care and skill There
19、are various methods of processing depending on they type of tea required For black tea ,the young green leaves are first spread out on shelves to dryThis process removes much of its water and the leaves become softAfter this ,the leaves are passed through heavy rollers This operation will press the
20、leaves for juices which give the tea both its colour and taste Then the leaves are spread out on floors and left to ferment （发酵）under wet conditionsFermentation develops the rich taste of black tea The fermented leaves are then dried with a hot-air blower until they become rolled-up black leaves The
21、 final step is to sort and grade them before the black tea is ready for sale to countries all over the world9In the first paragraph ,the word “pruning” means Aregular use of chemicalsBfrequent watering Cregular cutting of the plantsDgrowing the plants high in the mountain10One of the reasons why wom
22、en are employed to do the picking is that Athey work harder than men do in the pickingBthey can throw their pickings more easily into the basketsCtheir fingers fit them better for the jobDthey can more easily find the twin leaves11How many processing steps are mentioned in the last paragraph?AThreeB
23、FourCsevenDSix12What is the writers purpose in writing the passage?ATo introduce various methods of tea processingBTo persuade readers to buy tea from Sri LankaCTo tell a story that had happened in the tea gardensDTo inform readers of tea growing ,picking and processingDMichael, a typical (典型的) Amer
24、ican, stays home on workdays. He plugs into his personal computer terminal (接线端) in order to connect with the office. After work, he puts on his headphones, watches a movie on his home video recorder, or plays baseball on the computer. On many days, Michael doesnt talk to any other human beings, and
25、 he doesnt see any people except the ones on television. Michael is imaginary, but his lifestyle is very possible. The inventions of modern technology seem to be cutting us off from contact with our fellow human beings.The world of business is one area in which technology is isolating (使隔离) us. Expe
26、rts say, for example, that many people will soon be able to work at home. With access to a large central computer, employees such as office clerks, insurance agents, and accountants could do their jobs at display terminals in their own homes. They would never have to actually see the people theyre d
27、ealing with. In addition, the way employees are paid will change. Workers salaries will be automatically paid into their bank accounts(账户), making paper checks(支票)unnecessary. No workers will stand in line to receive their pay or cash their checks. Personal banking will change, too. Customers will d
28、eal with machines to put in or take out money from their accounts.Another area that technology is changing is entertainment. Music, for instance, was once a group experience. People listened to music at concert halls or in small social gatherings. For many people now, however, music is an individual
29、 experience. Walking along the street or sitting in their living rooms, they wear headphones to build a wall of music around them. Movie entertainment is changing, too. Movies used to be social events. Now, fewer people are going out to see a movie. Many more are choosing to wait for a film to appea
30、r on television or are borrowing videotapes to watch at home. Instead of laughing with others, viewers watch movies in their own living rooms.13. The sentence “Michael is imaginary, but his lifestyle is very possible” means _ .A .Michael is a person full of imagination and he can make his dreams com
31、e trueB. Michael is not a real person but probably the lifestyle does existC. Michael has ambitions but he cant make his dreams come trueD. Michael is a person full of imagination and his lifestyle is common nowadays14. What will the author most probably discuss after the last paragraph?A. Internati
32、onal business.B. Personal banking. C. Music and films. D. Games and sports. 15. What is the main idea of the passage?A. We may no longer need to communicate with other human beings.B. Modern technology seems to be separating human beings.C. We may no longer need to work in the office.D. Modern techn
33、ology makes it possible for us to work and entertain ourselves at home.第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15 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。 Americans bought an estimated 18 and a half million bicycles last year. Some bikes never get much riding. 16 But a project based in Washington is putting unwan
34、ted bikes from the United States to good use in developing countries. Keith Oberg is the director of Bikes for the World. He said,“Everybody has an old bicycle, and it is usually not ridden. 17 ”Bikes for the World collects bicycles and delivers them at low cost to community programs in developing c
35、ountries. The bicycle recycling program is one of the largest in the United States. It is a sponsored project of the Washington Area Bicyclist Association. 18 Since then it has shipped more than 40,444 bikes to communities in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, says director Keith Oberg.Bikes f
36、or the World partners with nonprofit groups in the United States to collect unwanted bikes. Then it works with nonprofit in the other countries to get the bikes to organizations and individuals that need them the most.For example, the Bicycle Empowerment Network Namibia uses the bikes to provide tra
37、nsportation for health workers. 19 The organization also has bicycle ambulance services to transport the sick.来源:Z#xx#k.ComThe Bicycle Empowerment Net work also provides training and support to help local organizations and individuals open bike shops of their own. The businesses sell the recycled bi
38、kes at low cost and provide repair services. 20 A. Mostly they gather dust.B. However, they are very expensive to buy.C. It sits there in the garage, or basement or shed, going to waste.D. Bikes for the World began in 2005.E. Do you know when Bikes for the world begin?F. That makes it possible for t
39、hem to visit more patients each day.G. Many of the organizations use the money they earn to help pay for other community projects. 第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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。When I woke next morning, I was dying of _21_. I seemed to have a hole ins
40、tead of a _22_. I dressed quickly and hurried down to the dinning-room. It was a big room with six tall windows and the ugliest wallpaper I had ever seen! _23_, I had been told the hotel was not beautiful but that you were better _24_ there than in any other hotel; and that was _25_ I wanted just th
41、en. The waiter came hurrying up. Before I came downstairs I had prepared _26_ carefully for what I must _27_. I had looked three times in my dictionary to make sure _28_ “breakfast” really meant “breakfast”. I had tried to get the right _29_ and I had stood in the front of a mirror and twisted my mo
42、uth until it ached. The waiter asked me _30_ I could not understand, but I spoke only my one prepared word “breakfast”. He looked at me in a 31 way. So I repeated it. Still he did not understand. It was 32 that English people didnt understand their language. The waiter 33 his head and went away, but
43、 he came back in a minute and brought a tray with tea, bread and butter enough to feed a small army and went away. But I was hungry, and I left 34 . When the waiter came back I thought his face showed a little 35 , but you can never _36_. What a waiters face really shows! In another minute he brough
44、t _37_ tray with some bacon(熏肉) and some eggs. He 38 have misunderstood me, but I thought it was no use explaining to people who dont understand their own language, so I just set to work on the bacon and eggs, wondering whether I could possibly clear that plate. Well, I finished the bacon and eggs.
45、I got up and made my way slowly to my room at least five pound 39 . I never believed until then that any meal could 40 me, but on that day I met my Waterloo(滑铁卢).21. A. hunger B. cold C. anger D. illness22. A. stone B. head C. breast D. stomach来源:学科网ZXXK23. A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. So D. However
46、24. A. received B. fed C. cared D. eating25. A. just B. what C. that D. why26. A. English B. meal C. questions D. myself27. A. speak B. answer C. say D. explain28. A. of B. about C. that D. to29. A. pronunciation B. meaning C. form D. spelling30. A. whether B. something C. when D. what31. A. surpris
47、ed B. friendly C. puzzled D. touched32. A. unbelievable B. true C. thought D. a pity33. A waved B. shook C. bowed D. patted34. A. much B. a little C. nothing D. empty35. A. pleasure B. satisfaction C. pride D. surprise 36. A. tell B. guess C. design D. express37. A. other B. another C. more D. me38.
48、 A. should B. might C. must D. would 39. A. lighter B. more C. weightier D. heavier 40. A. hurt B. fat C. defeat D. please 第二节 短文填空（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词或括号内单词的正确形式。 How much do you know about American schools? They are quite different from (1)_ in China.In America, (2)_ the beginni
49、ng of the term, students must (3)_(选择) their courses and teachers first. While in China, students usually have no chances to select their courses and teachers. Selecting is very important for your grades in America.So at (4)_ first term, dont select too many courses, (5)_（否则） youll feel very nervous
50、 and it may influence your study. Then you have to (6)_ for help from teaching plans. There is some information about subjects, time arranging, marks and textbooks. At the same (7)_, you must choose the teachers.Different teachers have (8)_ teaching methods. If the teacher is called “killer” by the
51、last grade, many students will give (9)_(放弃) choosing him. (10)_ this kind of teacher will leave too much homework, too many exams and give too low grades.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。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
52、该加的词。删除：把多余的词用()划掉。修改：在错的词下画一横线，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。I have been planning to join in our college basketball team next year, so now I am spending as more time as I canwith other people who likes to play. They are teachingme the most important rules and technologie
53、s of the game,and I am getting the better all the time. We have aneighborhood team that play against other teams in the area.One of my neighbors is helping rest of usimproved our skills. Tonight we are playing againstone of the best team in the city, and I think we canbeat them if we wont make any m
54、istakes.来源:Zxxk.Com笫二节 书面表达（满分25分）近年来，随着交通工具的日益增多，交通事故屡屡发生。请以Road accident 为题，写一篇120-150 词的短文。内容包括下列两点： 1. 交通事故的严重性 2. 解决的办法与措施交通事故：traffic accident班级 姓名 考号 2018平遥二中高三年级十月质检英语答题卡 一，阅读理解 ( 每题3分，共60分)1-5 _ 6-10_11-15_ 16-20_ 二，完形填空（每题2分，共40分）21-25_ 26-30_31-35_ 36-40_ 三，短文填空（每题1.5分，共15分）41_ 42_ 43_ 44
55、_ 45_来源:学科网ZXXK46_ 47_ 48_ 49_ 50_ 四，短文改错（每题1分，共10分） I have been planning to join in our college basketball teamnext year, so now I am spending as more time as I can with other people who likes to play. They are teaching me the most important rules and technologies of the game, and I am getting the
56、better all the time. We have a neighborhood team that play against other teams in the area. One of my neighbors is helping rest of us improved our skills. Tonight we are playing against one of the best team in the city, and I think we can beat them if we wont make any mistakes. 五，书面表达（满分25分）Road acc
57、idents_ 2018平遥二中高三10月质检英语试题答 案 一，阅读理解 ( 每题3分，共60分)1-5 ABCDD 6-10 CCDCC 11-15 BDBDB 16-20 ACDFG二，完形填空（ 每题2分，共40分）21-25 ADDBB 26-30 DCCAB 31-35 CABCD 36-40 ABCDC注释：I met my Waterloo = I was completely defeated (Napoleon was defeated at Wateloo in 1815.)三，短文填空（每题1.5分，共15分）1those2.at3.select/choose4.the
58、5.or6ask7.time8.different9.up10.Because/Since四，改错（10分）1. 去掉in 2. more much 3. likes like 4. technologies techniques5. the better去掉the 6. play plays 7. rest前加the8. improved improve 9. teamteams 10. wont dont五，作文（25分）Road accidents Traffic accident is one of human beings fatal enemies. In recent years
59、 , the number of road accidents has been on the rise , especially in big cities. Whenever they happen , the people involved are either injured or killed , which causes great losses both to the country and to their families. Therefore , it is high time that we took measures to reduce traffic accident
60、s and make our life safe.The major cause for traffic accidents is lack of safety awareness . There are several ways to cut down the accident rate . Firstly, the best way to reduce the number of traffic accident is to enhance peoples awareness towards safety driving. Therefore to complete a safety dr
61、iving education course is a very important way to reduce the number of traffic accidents. Secondly .the government authorities should educate people in every possible way to obey traffic regulations. Finally, people should be careful when crossing streets . I am convinced that if we do our best , well make our roads safe.