2018屆高三英語上學期第一次月考試題 (I)第二部分 閱讀理解（共兩節，滿分40分）第一節（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。While money cant technically buy happiness, it can buy you a mood-lifting, outlook-improving vacation. Havent made plan yet to skip town this winter? These money-saving travel tips can help you book the destination of your choice and enjoy you time therewithout breaking the bank.1.FLY THE COOP FASTIf youre planning to set off for an adventure right away, try the GTFO(Get The Flight Out) app. It lists the cheapest round-trip flights departing from your local airport that day or by the next morning. At press time, airfare was down 12 percent from last August and round-trip tickets for domestic flights averaged $218.2.SNAG A DISCOUNTED HOTEL ROOMIf Airbnb, an online service that provide apartment exchange, isnt your style, reserve marked-down acmodations on Tingo, which lists almost all the rooms in more than 155,000 locations worldwide. After you book a price drop room, the site monitors rates until, typically, 24 to 48 hours before check-in. If the price drops, Tingo refunds you the difference.3.LIVE IT UP LOCALLYIf youre planning a staycation(宅度假) this winter, try an affordable escape close to home. The free app HotelTonight offers lodging(租住) deals in more than 100 U.S. and Canadian cities and regions, and has a location-based feature that gives extea saving on already discounted prices on spots closest to you. Same-day prices fall even lower after 6 P.M.21.The GTFO app is most useful to those who .A. Take a regular business tripB. Seek a last-minutes travelC. cant afford a fortable travelD. Plan a short-distance flight22.Which of the following can best replace the underlined word “marked-down” in Paragraph?A. highlightedB. writtenC. discountedD. scored23.What can we infer about the app HotelTonight?A. Only the U.S natives can use itB. Its deals include the whole AmericaC. Prices stay the sane within a dayD. Its services vary from place to place24. What is the aim of the passage?A. To persuadeB. To informC. To describeD. To instructBThe main hall of a 135-year old temple in Shanghai will be moved 30 meters to its north in order to create more space for visitors. Thousands of people gather and see the moving of the temple that started on Saturday.The Mahavira Hall, of Shanghais Jade Buddha Temple, was built in 1882. The temple in downtown Shanghai attracts more than two million visitors a year. Daily visitors can reach as high as 100,000.A major renovation project started in xx. The moving of the temple started on Saturday and is set to be finished in two weeks. The main hall of the temple will be relocated 30.66 meters northward within the temple and elevated 1.05 meters.Master Jue Xing, abbot of the Jade Buddha Temple and vice president of the Buddhist Association of China, said moving the hall will create more space between buildings and reduce the risks of a stampede as the temple is usually tightly packed.Buddhist statues and relics in the hall will also be moved together with the hall, he said.Workers pumped cement into the foundation of the hall because the old buildings foundation was rather soft, he said.Statues and other relics in the building were stabilized and protected with frames to avoid damage, he said.The moving will be carried out with the help of relic preservation experts from the Shanghai Museum, he said.Shanghai has had several successful projects to move old buildings, including a school in xx and a concert hall in xx. On Aug. 31st, Shanghai Concert Hall began to move 66.46 meters northward after the last concert was held in the previous location and reopened to audience two years later. The moving was recognized as a wonder of construction protection and inspired the experts of the moving of the the Mahavira Hall.25.Which of the following job will not be done?A. The temple will be relocated about 30 meters northwardB. Buddhist statues and relics in the hall will be moved togetherC. The foundation of the hall will be strengthened with cerementD. Statues and relics in the hall will be stabilized with frames26.What can be inferred from the passage?A. The Jade Temple of Shanghai attracts 100,000. visitors every yearB. The major renovation project pleted in xxC. Moving the hall is to make more space for visiting and to reduce the risks of stampedeD. Shanghai have had some successful experience of moving buildings27.Which column on the the website is the article from?A. Science and technologyB. cultureC. TravelD. Life and HealthCHollywoods only Chinese-American superhero has stirred up heated debate on social media after she spoke out against discrimination in American show business.Chloe Bennet, a Chinese-American actress who stars in Marvels trending TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., explained on social media why she changed her last name from Wong to Bennet, arguing that Hollywood is “racist” and wouldnt cast her with a last name that made them “unfortable.”“Changing my last name doesnt change the fact that my BLOOD is half Chinese, that I lived in China, speak Mandarin, or that I was culturally raised both American and Chinese,” replied Bennet.Bennets remarks e after Ed Skrein stepped down from his role as Major Ben Daimion in the uping Hellboy movie for fear that his participation would be “whitewashing” a character of Asian descent(后裔).Racial barriers have been an essential problem in Hollywood. According to research conducted by the University of Southern California in xx, nearly three-quarters of all characters in the top 100 films of xx were white, while only 5.3 percent of Asian artists can share the same privilege. In another report released in xx, only 3.4 percent of over 1,000 surveyed films had an Asian director.“Asian artists can hardly stand out in Hollywood. Most roles starred by Asians are fixed and stereotyped, as if all Asians are good at math and martial arts. There is an invisible discrimination lurking(潛伏) in show business, as the difference of your skin color may bring disparity in your ine and opportunities,” said Alex She, a New York-based Chinese-American photographer and movie maker.Bennets experience has led to heated debate on both Chinese and foreign social media.28.Whats the best title of the passage?A. Racial discrimination worsens in HollywoodB. Chinese-American actress voices for equal rights in HollywoodC. Chinese-American actress changed her nameD. Chinese-American actress makes a fame in Hollywood29.Why did Chloe Bennets change her last name?A. Because she doesnt like itB. Because her parents suggested itC. Because using an English name is a trend in HollywoodD. Because the racism in Hollywoods show business made her no choice30.Which of the following words can best describe Chloe Bennet?A. brave and courageousB. selfish and cockyC. stubborn and aggressiveD. overcautious and timid31.What may be discussed next according to the passage?A. Netizens support to Bennets worksB. Netizens opinion on Bennets experienceC. Bennets achievement in HollywoodD. Bennets family backgroundDStudents taking Georgia Techs online Knowledge-Based Artificial Intelligence course received some surprising news. Jill Watson one of the nine teaching assistants(TAs) that had helped them finish the challenging course for the past five months was not a she but an “it”an intelligent robot!Watson is the brainchild of Ashok Goel, who teaches the popular online course. The Professor-of puter and Cognitive Science in the School of Interactive puting came up with the idea as a way to deal with a number of questions posed by students in the online forums(論壇). According to Goel, every time the course is offered, the 300 or so students that enroll post over 10,000 questions which are often repetitive. This led Goel to wonder if a smart robot would handle the questions which require standard responses.Having worked with IBMs Watson technology platform in the, the professor knew it would be ideal for his artificial TA: Jill Watson. The artificial intelligence system that uses natural language processing and machine learning to analyze large amounts of data has even been cleverer than human petitors on the television show. It would therefore easily be able to handle routine questions that required little “thinking”.The professor and his team of graduate students began by populating Jills memory with 40,000 questions and answers from past terms. Then came the testing stage. At first, Jill was not very good and often gave strange answers. It often got stuck on certain keywords. By the end of the semester, Jill had attained enough knowledge and skills to participate in forums without any management from Goel, or the other assistants.32.What surprised the students who take the online course?A. The course was interesting but challengingB. A teaching assistant wasnt a real personC. Jill Watson is a hard-working TAD. They all failed to pass their course33.Why did Goel decide to invent a smart robot?A. A number of students took his online courseB. A smart robot is cleverer than a human beingC. Too many similar questions are to be dealt withD. A smart robot could be easily controlled by him34.Why are human petitors mentioned in Paragraph 3?A. To criticize present TV showsB. To describe Watsons operating principleC. To express the systems advancementD. To show the robots maximum load35.Whats Goels attitude towards Jill Watson?A. CautiousB. CriticalC. ExpectantD. Satisfied第二節（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）根據短文內容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。Now, if you want to be charming, then youll need to build self-confidence, but being more outgoing is actually pretty easy. To get to a point at which you feel fortable talking to plete stranger, follow these steps.Encourage your curiosity about people. 36 I wonder what his parents look like. I wonder what her favorite color is. Is he from around here? Is she the girl I saw at the movie theater last week? It will take some conscious effort, but you cant be outgoing if you dont care about people.Smile at others. Mike it a goal to smile at one person a day. It can be anybody, and it can be the most subtle(微妙的) of smile. A quick glance paired with a smile-then run away if you want! 37 Eventually, you will want to get to a point where you smile instinctively whenever you make first eye contact with someone.Ask people questions. The standard ”how are you?” doesnt really count, because people use it as a greeting rather than a real question. 38 This is where the curiosity and interest in others e into play. 39 This is key to being a good conversationalist. If you dont make enough eye contact, the other person will feel invisible and the sense that youre elsewhere mentally. If you make too much, theyll feel unfortable. Is that specific enough for you?Note your body language. 40 To show that youre outgoing and wele conversations, keep your body open, you head up, and a smile on your face. Resist playing with your phone or otherwise occupying yourself.A. Master eye contact.B. Never hesitate to smile at others.C. Most of munication isnt verbal.D. The more you do it, though, the less scary it will be.E. Make eye contact when youre asking questions about people.F. Wherever you go, try to observe people, and ask questions about them.G. If youve already exchanged eye contact and smiles with someone, start off with a question,第三部分 英語知識運用（共兩節，滿分45分）第一節 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選項（A、B、C和D）中，選取最佳選項。Over the last 15 years, as a doctor, I have had heart-to-heart conversations with countless patients near the end of their lives. The most mon emotion they express is 41 . And thats 42 I came up with a project to encourage people to write a 43 to their loved ones. Its a lesson I learned years ago from a memorable 44 patient.He was a retired 45 with a cancer. Every day, his 46 spent many hours watching him watch television. She explained to me he had never been much of a 47 in their 50-plus years of marriage. But he seemed quite 48 to share his ideas with me, 49 when it became clear his days were 50 . He spoke of his deep regret for not having spent enough time with his wife, and of his great 51 in his son, who had joined the Navy in his fathers footsteps.One afternoon, when I mentioned these 52 to his wife and son, they looked disbelievingly at each other. They thanked me for being so kind but 53 my patient was unlikely to express such feelings. To make sure his family could hear his 54 , I took my video camera with me the next morning and with the patients 55 , recorded an open letter from him to his family. When I gave them the 56 letter, both his wife and son were moved to tears.The experience 57 my letter project, which can help people plete their life review tasks: remembering to those we may have hurt; 58 those who have hurt us and saying “I love you”. It may take much courage to write a life review letter. For some people, it 59 deep and troubling emotions. 60 it may be the most important letter you will ever write.41.A. gratitudeB. regretC. apologyD. affection42. A. becauseB. whyC. whenD. how43. A. noteB. billC. letterD. sentence44. A. dyingB. weakC. unconsciousD. silent45. A. merchantB. workerC. officialD. soldier46. A. familyB. daughterC. sonD. wife47. A. husbandB. loverC. talkerD. panion48. A. willingB. disturbingC. embarrassedD. delighted49. A. speciallyB. especiallyC. exactlyD. gradually50. A. numberedB. diedC. endedD. pleted51. A. satisfactionB. prideC. concernD. plaint52. A. mentsB. decisionsC. explanationsD. promises53. A. deniedB. disbelievedC. insistedD. realized54. A. sorrowB. anxietyC. wishD. love55. A. desireB. permissionC. requestD. assistance56. A. tapedB. typedC. writtenD. unopened57. A. raisedB. inspiredC. provedD. weled58. A. acknowledgingB. forgettingC. hurtingD. forgiving59. A. calls forB. calls offC. calls inD. calls up60. A. SoB. ForC. YetD. Otherwise第二節（共10小題；每小題1.5分，滿分15分）閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入1個適當的單詞或括號內單詞的正確形式。You might want to think twice before purchasing 61 (conventional) grown strawberries or spinach(菠菜). According to a new report from the Environmental Working Group(EWG), these foods are the most likely 62 (pollute) with the pesticide.Even low levels of pesticide exposure can be harmful to infants, babies and young children, 63 parents and caregivers should take measures to lower childrens exposures 64 pesticides while still 65 (feed) them diets rich in healthy fruits and vegetables.Just last year, the red berry knocked apples and 66 (hold) the title of the most polluted. The pesticide increased in strawberries because of out-of-season demand. The most polluted strawberry had traces of 20 67 (vary) pesticides.Also moving up on 68 list this year is spinach. Spinach jumps from the 69 (eight) to the second most polluted product. The study finds spinach samples contain more pesticides by weight than all other produce 70 (test). In high doses, it can cause damage to the nervous system.第四部分 寫作（共兩節，滿分35分）第一節 短文改錯（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤，每句中最多有兩處。每處錯誤涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（）劃掉。修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。注意：1.每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；2.只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計分。Recently, as the development of the Internet, there is a kind of language called the Web Language. Our class had a discussion about if we