1、广东省东莞市翰林实验学校届高三上学期期中考试英翰林学校2018届高三期中考试英语 （本试卷共三大题, 满分120分, 考试用时120分钟）第一部分 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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWhats On?Electric Underground7:30pm-1:00am Free at the Cyclops TheatreDo you know whos playing in your area? Were bringing you an exciting ev
2、ening of live rock and pop music from the best local bands. Are you interested in becoming a musician and getting a recording contract(合同)? If so, come early to the talk at 7:30pm by Jules Skye, a successful record producer. Hes going to talk about how you can find the right person to produce your m
3、usic.Gee Whizz8:30pm-10:30pm Comedy at KaleidoscopeCome and see Gee Whizz perform. Hes the funniest stand-up comedian on the comedy scene. This joyful show will please everyone, from the youngest to the oldest. Gee Whizz really knows how to make you laugh! Our bar is open from 7:00pm for drinks and
4、snacks.Simons Workshop5:00pm-7:30pm Wednesdays at Victoria StageThis is a good chance for anyone who wants to learn how to do comedy. The workshop looks at every kind of comedy, and practices many different ways of making people laugh. Simon is a comedian and actor who has 10 years experience of tea
5、ching comedy. His workshops are exciting and fun. An evening with Simon will give you the confidence to be funny.Charlotte Stone8:00pm-11:00pm Pizza WorldFine food with beautiful jazz music; this is a great evening out. Charlotte Stone will perform songs from her new best-selling CD, with James Pick
6、ering on the piano. The menu is Italian, with excellent meat and fresh fish, pizzas and pasta(面食). Book early to get a table. Our bar is open all day, and serves cocktails, coffee, beer, and white wine.21. Who can help you if you want to have your music produced?A. Jules Skye. B. Gee Whizz. C. Charl
7、otte Stone. D. James Pickering.22. At which place can people of different ages enjoy a good laugh?A. The Cyclops Theatre. B. Kaleidoscope.C. Victoria Stage. D. Pizza World.23. What do we know about Simons Workshop?A. It requires membership status. B. It is from 8:00pm to 11:00pm. C. It is run by a c
8、omedy club. D. It is held on Wednesdays.BMy name is Laura. At the age of 35, I decided to work on the plane against the will of my children. After my first plane ride at the age of five, I felt so excited that I had a dream of earning my wings on the plane. I didnt earn much, but I loved my job. We
9、were flying from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C, when I answered a call. Then I went to the cabin (客舱), I found a young mother struggling with her baby son. She told me that she had no more diapers (尿布). With the saddest eyes I have ever seen, she continued. She said she had two babies, but she coul
10、d no longer support two of them. She was taking her son to a family in New Hampshire. As she stood in front of me, crying, I could see the hopelessness on her face. I went away and got some diapers from the other mothers, and gave her a sweater of mine. After the woman and her son had changed their
11、clothes, I sat with her, holding her hand, trying to provide some support and comfort. I could feel her pain and her love for her baby son. During that time, I kept thinking of my children who were waiting for me in New York.Once we landed, I walked with them to their next flight, which would take t
12、hem to their final destination. The woman thanked me a lot, and I replied, “Thank you, too.” At this moment, I couldnt wait to return home to see my children.24. What can we learn about Laura from the first paragraph?A. She wanted to live an exciting life. B. It was her dream to fly in the sky.C. He
13、r children agreed with her decision. D. She liked her new job because of its high pay.25. Lauras job on the plane was to _. A. help the passengers when they were in trouble B. help the pilot manage the airplane C. help the passengers adventure by plane D. ensure the safety of the airplane26. Which w
14、as the mother and sons final destination?A. New York. B. Los Angeles. C. New Hampshire. D. Washington, D.C. 27. Why did the author thank the young woman?A. She made the author see the importance of her work.B. She provided support and comfort for the author.C. She had helped a lot when the author wa
15、s in trouble.D. She made the author realize the importance of a mothers love for the children.CDo you find airport security slow and a bit annoying?! If so, maybe a 3D scanning machine will make going through security a lot quicker and easier in the future.Queuing, unpacking and repacking our suitca
16、ses is the price of airport security. Suitcases go through an X-ray and any suspicious image means the luggage is sent on to a second machine, but a new 3D scanner may speed things up. It was the result of a cooperation between a global company, Rapiscan Systems, and a team led by Professor Bill Lio
17、nheart. The idea is that the bags could have a three-dimensional scan and be viewed from any angle, allowing the security people to get a much better idea of the contents of a piece of luggage much faster. “They had invented it to make it very fast,” says Professor Lionheart, “but they hadnt thought
18、 about how to make the three-dimensional picture.” Despite the difficulties, Lionheart and his team who designed the machine finally managed to make one based on complex mathematical calculations, which the operator can look at in any direction. The resulting machine, the RTT80(Real time Tomography)
19、 3D scanner won a famous prize and has been in experimental use in the US and in Germany with a view to being put into production if it meets the necessary standards. The mathematics theyve used for the scanner is also a starting point for other applications.Rapiscan also make metal detectors which
20、made Professor Lionheart think that there are perhaps new ways of thinking about landmines（地雷）.“Its not a problem we have in the UK,” says Lionheart, “but in the Far East and Africa, it will take hundreds of years to clear the mines. We are hoping that this metal detector project will lead to projec
21、ts where we can clear up landmines much quicker.” Lionheart believes that mathematics is particularly good at working across different engineering problems. “You start looking at X-rays in airport security, then apply the same things to material science, inventing detectors, and you realise the same
22、 mathematics could be applied to landmine detection. We tend to make bridges across different disciplines because the mathematics is shared.”28. Whats the function of Paragraph 1? A. To lead in the topic of the passage. B. To introduce the background of the passage. C. To suggest high speed is impor
23、tant to our lives. D. To show peoples concern about airport security. 29. What does the author say about the new 3D scanner?A. It is a result of years of experiments. B. It has already been put on the market. C. It manages to reach the required standards. D. It can improve the efficiency of airport
24、security. 30. What does the underlined word “it” in the last paragraph but one refer to? A. The prize. B. The production. C. The 3D scanner. D. The experimental use. 31. What do we know about mathematics from Lionhearts words? A. It inspires Lionheart to design the 3D scanner. B. It has wide applica
25、tion in the engineering field. C. It accelerates the solving the landmine problem. D. It can reduce the differences between scientific fields. DEven the hardest days contain lessons that will help you be a better personFeeling down? Consider these things to remember when youre having a bad dayNo one
26、 promised life would be perfectIf you look for perfection，youll never be contentDont condition your happiness on meeting every expectation you set for yourselfIt is good to be ambitious，but youll never be perfectIf you expect otherwise，your life will be filled with disappointmentsSuccess doesnt happ
27、en overnightTrees that are slow to grow bear the best fruitDont kid yourself into thinking success will come quicklyIt isnt easy to be patient，but anything worth doing requires timeIf you get frustrated，remind yourself why your goal is importantThere is a lesson in every struggleAnd once the storm i
28、s over，you wont remember how you made it through or how you managed to surviveBut one thing is certainWhen you come out of the storm，you wont be the same person who walked inThats what this storms all aboutDont complain about how terrible your life isIf you search for the lesson in your present stru
29、ggle，youll be able to make positive changes that would prevent similar situations in the futureWithout hard times，you wouldnt appreciate the good onesStrength does not come from winningYour struggles develop your strengthsWhen you go through hardships and decide not to give in，that is strengthIt is
30、hard to find much to smile about when you fail，but how else would you improve yourself? If you look at failure as a part of your evolutionary process，youll stay positive and pursue your goals for as long as it takes32What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 mean?ASuccess will come quickly. B
31、Hard work leads to success.CSuccess calls for patience. DConfidence is the first step to success.33We can learn from Paragraph 4 that_A1essons from struggles make us stronger Ball things are difficult before they are easyCwe should forget how we managed to survive Dsimilar situations in the future w
32、ill never appear34What can we infer from Paragraph 5?AHard times make us lose heart and be short of courage.BPerseverance（持之以恒） in time of hardships develops our strengthsCSmiles when you fail will not help to improve yourselfDWe should try to avoid failures in the evolutionary process.35Which of the following is the best title of this passage?AStruggle leads to success. BSuccess
