1、精校word版河南省级高三天一大联考英语试题天一大联考20172018学年高中毕业班阶段性测试(二)英 语 本试题卷共12页。考生作答时，将答案答在答题卡上(答题注意事项见答题卡)，在本试题卷上答题无效。考试结束后，将本试题卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)第二部分 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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AThe Tech Museum Needs Volunteers Like You! Do you have a desire to lear
2、n and teach others about science and technology? If so，then The Tech Museum might be the perfect place for you to volunteer The Tech Museum is no ordinary museumIt serve s a diverse population，including international visitors，local families and school groupsVolunteers have the opportunity to staff e
3、xhibits and interact with museum visitorsA typical day could include the following：Helping guests step into the role of a cyber sleuth(网络侦探)in Cyber Detectives the nations first interactive exhibit designed to help visitors learn about Internet safety Encouraging guests to design，build and program a
4、 real robot in our Social Robots exhibit You dont have to be a teacher or an engineer to succeed as a volunteerWe provide hands-on training to ensure your successIf you are 18 or older and enjoy talking and working with people，we know youll enjoy joining us We are primarily looking for volunteers to
5、 help us from Monday to Friday for morning(8：30 am1：00 Pm)or afternoon(12：30 Pm5：00 Pm)shifts(轮班)Also，if you are trying to volunteer around a busy schedule，you can volunteer for evening eventsIn order to be considered for evening event volunteering，you have to volunteer for at least two evening even
6、ts per month Benefits of volunteering include： *Free museum entry and IMAX films after work *Free downtown parking during your volunteer shift *Discount in the store and cafe *Meeting a diverse group of co-volunteers and guests If you are interested in volunteering，please complete an online applicat
7、ion21What requirement should a volunteer meet?AReaching 18 years oldBHaving relevant experienceCHaving plenty of time on the weekendDHaving a good command of English22What is a volunteers daily work?APlaying the role of a cyber sleuthB，Helping clean The Tech MuseumCIntroducing some technology to vis
8、itors，DOperating robots to give visitors performances23When can a volunteer on afternoon shift see a free IMAX film?A12：30 Pmon Friday B1：00 Pmon TuesdayC2：30 Pmon Wednesday D8：30 Pmon Monday24What will a volunteer get?AA chance of being employed as an employeeBThe right to download films for freeCS
9、ome hands-on trainingDFree drinks in the careB When Michael Phelps announced his retirement at the 2016 Rio Olympics he really had no intention of swimming competitively againHowever，that changed when he was approached by the Discovery Channel to help kick off Shark Week with a race against one of t
10、he worlds fastest and most efficient sharka great white! On Sunday，July 23 at 7：00 Pm，over five million viewers tuned in to watch the competitionWhile television viewers saw the competitors swimming side by side，in reality，Phelps raced by himself in the cold Atlantic waters off of Cape Town，South Af
11、ricaThe Discovery Channel film crew then inserted his computer-made competitor simulating(模拟)a real sharks speed，which was estimated by attracting a great white with a fake seal over the same 100-meter stretch of the AtlanticThough Phelps managed to complete the distance in an impressive 381 seconds
12、，941 seconds faster than his personal best of 4751 seconds，he was 110 match for the great shark，which clocked 361 secondsLike a true champion，the fish celebrated the victory by leaping out of the waterPhelps，meanwhile，wok the loss in good humor，saying：“Rematch? Next timewarmer water.”The swimmer lat
13、er said，“Honestly，the first thought that went through my head when I saw the shark，is that theres probably very little chance for me to beat him” While some fans were disappointed that Phelps did not race a live shark in the ocean，organizing that would have been dangerous for the swimmerBesides，Disc
14、overy Channels aim in organizing the competition was to cause excitement and interest in sharksConsidering that it was the highest-rated Shark Week special in the programs 29-year history，they sure succeeded 25What does the underlined word“that”in paragraph 1 refer to?AHis intention to competeBHis o
15、riginal ideaCHis decision to quit swimmingDHis ranking in the Olympics26What can we infer about the competition?APeople were very satisfied with itBIt successfully attracted a lot of attention CPhelps completed the race alone in warm waterDThe shark swam 941 seconds faster than Phelps27What might be
16、 the best title for the text?AA Special Champion SwimmerBA Race Between a Brave Man and a Real sharkCMichael Phelps Races a“White Shark”DMichael Phelps and Discovery Channel Join HandsC In 1951，a British explorer named Eric Shipton looking for an alternative route up MtEverest found a footprint that
17、 appeared to be human-likeHe took a picture，and the mystery(神秘)of the Yetia Sherpa word for“wild man”cast a spell over the worldDaniel Taylor，author of Yeti：The Ecology of a Mystery，has been searching for signs of this“Abominable Snowman”in the high Himalayas since he was a child Talking from his ho
18、me in West Virginia，Taylor explains what he thinks made that humanlike footprint，how his search eventually led to the creation of a national park，and why，in all age where we have become disconnected from nature，we have a deep need to believe in mysteries The key evidence for the existence of the Yet
19、i was the photo of a footprint taken by British explorer Eric Shipton in 1951 The photograph was taken on the Menlung Glacier，west of Mount Everest，on the Nepal-Tibet borderShipton and Michael Ward were searching for all alternative Everest route when they came across the printsShipton was one of th
20、e most highly respected Everest explorers，so if he is bringing back a print，it is a real printNobody ever questioned thatBut what is it? What was attractive about the prints was that theyre really sharpThe snow was hard so the photo looks like a sort of plaster(石膏)ne second feature was that the prin
21、ts looked like a human footprint，but with a thumbSo，you get this primate-like feeling but human-like at the same timeIts enormous size13 inchesalso suggests a large human，a King Kong type of image! Many expeditions(探险队)were sent out in search of the YetiWe expect them to give us a brief timeline28Wh
22、y did Eric Shipton go to MtEverest?ATo explore itBTo take photosCTo work as a guideDTo look for the Yeti.29What can we know about Daniel Taylor?AHe took a photo of the human-like footprintBHe is devoted to the exploration of MtEverestCHe has lost confidence in the search for the YetiDHe thinks peopl
23、e should have belief in mysteries30Which word can be used to describe the Yeti according to the text?ASharp B，Creative CHuge DFierce31What is he authors attitude toward the search for the Yeti?AHe thinks nothing of itBHe thinks it is a waste of timeCHe is eager to know the resultDHe doubts the effor
24、t of explorersDCrown shyness(树冠羞避)is a mysterious natural phenomenon in which the crowns of some tree species do not touch each other，but get separated by a gap clearly visible from ground levelThe effect usually Occurs between trees of the stone species，but has also been observed between trees of d
25、ifferent speciesThere are many theories going around，most of which make sense，but no one has been able prove without the shadow of a doubt why some trees avoid touching each other. In his 1955 book Growth Habits of the EucabptsAustralian forester MRJacobs writes that the growing tips of the trees ar
26、e sensitive to abrasion(擦伤)，which results in crown shyness phenomenonThis theory was also supported by Dr Miguel France，Some experiments have shown that if trees displaying crown shyness are artificially prevented from swaying(摇摆)in the wind and touching each other，they gradually fill up the gaps be
27、tween them But while the above theory is arguably the most widespread，its certainly not the only oneSome scientists have suggested that crown shyness is a mechanism to stop the spreading of leaf-eating insects. These pests have been known to work together and create structures that extend up to 10 c
28、m off of tree branches，in order to reach other plants，so the gaps are the trees natural defense method One Malaysian scholar studied maw trees，but found no traces of abrasions，despite their clear crown shynessInstead，he suggests that the growing tips of the trees were sensitive to light levels and s
29、topped growing when they got too close to other treesPlants are able to sense how close they are to other plants and in order to get more light，they give off some chemical tostop other trees from growing too closeWhatever the reason，one thing is for sure，plants aye more intelligent than people32What
30、 can we know about crown shyness?AIt can cause abrasion between treesBIt only happens between the same speciesCIt has been discovered for only half a centuryDNo agreement has been reached about its real cause33What will happen if trees showing crown shyness are stopped from swaying?AThe gaps between
31、 the trees will grow widerBThe trees will stop growing and even dieCThe gaps between the trees will remain the sameDThe crown shyness phenomenon will disappear34What does the underlined word“mechanism”in paragraph 4 probably mean?ATip BTheory CWay DPlan35Which statement might the Malaysian scholar agree with?ASome insects stop trees growing too closeBTrees compete with their neighbors for lightCTrees wont touch each other to avoid diseasesDTrees have special ways to attack others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，并在答题卡上将
