1、中小学资料安徽省巢湖市届高三英语上学期第一次月考试题2018届高三第一次月考英语试卷I、听力部分：无II、阅读理解(本大题共15小题，共30.0分)ANoad was a tall, handsome 23-year-old Balinese man who was in love with one girl but expected to marry another. His stepmother had arranged everything he would wed a distant relation and bring the two families closer together
2、. Noad had two choices. He could either marry the girl he did not love, or he could go against the wishes of parents and be expelled from his village. Actually he had another choice, one which none of his family foresaw. One day his friends found him slumped in a comma on his bed after he had consum
3、ed two litres of a powerful insecticide.For more than 60 years the tropical Indonesian island of Bali has been portrayed to the outside world as a heavenly paradise where a strong culture and sense of community protect its inhabitants from the rigors of the modern world.Itis an image supported by ma
4、ny millions of dollars from the international hotel community which provides luxury accommodation and facilities for nearly a million foreign visitors now travelling annually to the holiday island.Yet behind the marketing hype lies another story one which exists in stark contrast to the sun, sand an
5、d sea “dream”. The truth is that the lives of Balis 2.7 million local inhabitants are often marked by poverty, suffering and family conflict. Ketut is a 22-year-old maid who works part-time for an expatriate(侨民) resident in Ubud, in the centre of the island. Her husband works as a driver for a white
6、-water rafting company which provides day trips to tourists. “Sometimes I have no money for my baby because my husband gambles all his wages.” The husbands father, unfamiliar with Western support systems, combats his sons behavior by calling in the dukun, a spiritual “healer” who makes offerings to
7、the “bad” spirits at play in his mind.21.You would expect to find this passage in _. A .an advertisementB .a newspaper C .a travel brochureD .a book 22.It can be inferred from paragraph 1 that the third choice that Noads family failed to foresee is that _. A. he fell into sleep B .he went against th
8、eir wishes and left home C .he started to take drugs D .he committed suicide23.In paragraph 2 “it” refers to _. A .strong cultureB .sense of community C . the modern worldD .heavenly paradiseBIncreasingly, Americans are becoming their own doctors, by going online to diagnose their symptoms, order ho
9、me health tests or medical devices, or even self-treat their illnesses with drugs from Internet pharmacies(药店). Some avoid doctors because of the high cost of medical care, especially if they lack health insurance. Or they may stay because they find it embarrassing to discuss their weight, alcohol c
10、onsumption or couch potato habits. Patients may also fear what they might learn about their health, or they distrust physicians because of negative experiences in the past. But playing doctor can also be a deadly game.Every day, more than six million Americans turn to the Internet for medical answer
11、s most of them arent nearly skeptical enough of what they find. A 2002 survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that 72 percent of those surveyed believe all or most of what they read on health websites. They shouldnt. Look up “headache”, and the chances of finding reliable and compl
12、ete information, free from a motivation for commercial gain, are only one in ten, reports an April 2005 Brown Medical School study. Of the 169 websites the researchers rated, only 16 scored as “high quality”. Recent studies found faulty facts about all sorts of other disorders, causing one research
13、team to warn that a large amount of incomplete, inaccurate and even dangerous information exists on the Internet.The problem is most people dont know the safe way to surf the Web. “They use a search engine like Google, get 18 trillion choices and start clicking. But thats risky, because almost anybo
14、dy can put up a site that looks authoritative(权威的), so itd hard to know if what youre reading is reasonable or not,” says Dr. Sarah Bass from the National Cancer Institute.24.According to the text, an increasing number of American _. A . turn to Internet pharmacies for help B . are suffering from me
15、ntal disorders C .like to play deadly games with doctors D .are skeptical about surfing medical websites 25.Some Americans stay away from doctors because they _. A .find medical devices easy to operate B .prefer to be diagnosed online by doctors C .are afraid to misuse their health insuranceD .are a
16、fraid to face the truth of their health 26.According to the study of Brown Medical School, _. A .more than 6 million Americans distrust doctors B .only 1/10 of medical websites aim to make a profit C .72percentof health websites offer incomplete and faulty facts D .about 10 percent of the websites s
17、urveyed are of high quality 27.Which of the following is the authors main argument? A .Its cheap to self-treat your own illness. B .Its embarrassing to discuss your bad habits. C. Its dangerous to be your own doctor D .Its .reasonable to put up a medical website CThe Israeli farmers who pioneered th
18、e revolutionary technology known as drip irrigation werent trying to solve one of the worlds most urgent problemsThey were just trying to surviveThey lived in the desert，and they didnt have enough water to grow their cropsIn its simplest form, it was little more than a pipe with holes in it. But beh
19、ind each hole was a hi-tech dripper that let out just the right amount of water. Snaked along a row of crops so that the holes were positioned directly above the roots, the pipe could direct each precious drop of water directly to the plants, getting a bigger harvest while using a very small amount
20、of the waterOver time, the farmers improved upon the technology, perfecting the drippers that regulated the flow of water, and connecting the pipelines to computers that could determine exactly how much water each plant needed and whenIf the global population kept growing, the rest of the world woul
21、d increasingly resemble their little community in the desert. So they began selling their irrigation systems in other parts of the world，eventually expanding to more than 110 countries. Netafirm, the company says its lifting people out of poverty and conserving water at a time when the importance of
22、 doing so has never been clearerThe mass adoption of drip irrigation wont save the world by itself. To avoid the coming catastrophe, nearly everybody will, in some way, have to do more with less, perhaps through accepting and using other new technologies. Otherwise, its going to get ugly28.Why is dr
23、ip irrigation called “the revolutionary technology”? A .It saves the world all by itself B .It can be sold to other countries C .It provides deserts with water D .It makes irrigation more effective 29.What does “one of the worlds most urgent problems ”in Paragraph l refer to? A .Misusing irrigationB
24、 .Lacking water C .Growing populationD .Expanding desert 30.How did farmers improve upon the drip irrigation technology? A. By drilling holes on the pipes B .By placing pipes just above roots. C. By connecting pipe lines to computers D .By snaking pipes along the crops. 31.Which of the following wil
25、l be the best slogan (口号) for Netafirm to sell the irrigation systems? A .New technology; New worldB . Less water; More harvest C .More grain；Less starvationD .Water saving；World survivingDYou dont need to get in a time-traveling machine to see how technology will reshape our lives, such as the way
26、we shopSeveral new technologies that are to change your buying habits already existLets see whats in store for your future shoppingTry it on, virtuallyWant to shop online for a new pair of eyeglasses? You dont need to guess which pair looks best on you. Go and see the eBay Fashion iPhone app to try
27、a pair of eyewear youre checking out on a picture of your faceBut what if you want to buy something bigger? Thanks to Microsoft Kinects motion tracking camera, you can cover clothes on your screen bodyYou can even choose the background of your virtual fitting room to enrich your shopping experienceG
28、et a perfect, custom fitEveryones body is shaped differentlyTo get a perfect fit, you sometimes have to get your clothes changedBut by using 3D scanning technology, all the clothes you buy will fit your body perfectlySome companies scan your body using High-tech to get the most accurate measurements
29、, so they can make special clothes just for youHigh-tech shopping carts and checkout countersHigh-tech shopping carts could, in time, be a common sight in malls and supermarketsMicrosoft Kinect-enabled carts are currently under testThe cart can follow you along the aisles, controlled merely by your
30、movement and your voiceIn China, a supermarket chain introduced tablet-equipped carts that guide shoppers around the stores aislesIn the United States, several supermarkets use a device calledScan Itthat gives buyers the freedom to scan purchases on their own while they shopWhile its great not havin
31、g to line up at a checkout counter, we wouldnt mind it if the store used Toshibas new Object Recognition ScannerThe machine identifies a product as soon as its placed in front of a camera just by its shape and color, even if it has no bar code32.Whats the best title for this text? A . Influence of new technologyB . Ways for future shoppingC .Inventions to change habitsD.A new time-traveling machine 33.Which of the following can get the most accurate shape of our body? A Object Recognition ScannerB. The eBay Fashion iPhone app C .Microsoft Kinect-enabled cartsD .3D
