高三英语周测.doc

高三英语周测（三）
第一部分 阅读理解(每小题3分，只有13题4分，满分40分)
A
Just a few years out of law school, I decided that I wanted to write fictions. The only thing I had ever published before was a law-review article. I had made great efforts to write when I came home at night after work, but I was too tired. I decided to quit my job.
I began my new life on a February morning. I sat down at my kitchen table at 7:30 am and made a resolution. Every day I would write until lunchtime. Then I would lie down on the floor for 20 minutes to rest my mind. After that, I would return to work for a few more hours.
In my first year, I sold two stories. Then I wrote a novel, but I thought it wasn’t good enough, so I ended up putting it in a drawer. My second novel, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, was published to glowing reviews and received the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction.
My success sounds like a familiar story, but actually it was far from sudden. I quit my job, and for every story I published in those years, I had at least 30 rejections. The novel that I put away in the drawer took my four years. My breakthrough came in 2006, 18 years after I first sat down to write at my kitchen table.
Sometimes genius (天才) is just the thing that comes out after 20 years of working at your kitchen. Also, doing something truly creative requires the energy of youth. Orson Welles made his masterpiece, Citizen Kan, at 25. T. S. Eliot wrote The Love Song of J. Afred Prufrock at 23.
1. When did the author decide to devote himself to writing fictions?
A. When he was tired from his work.
B. Straight after graduation from law school.
C. On being informed his law-review article came out.
D. When his hobby was disturbed by his work.
2. We can infer from the second paragraph that the author .
A. led a wealthy life B. arranged his life reasonably
C. was too diligent to relax himself D. remained single
3. What does the author mainly intend to tell us in this passage?
A. Failure is the mother of success.
B. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
C. It is never too old to learn.
D. It is the first step that costs troublesome.
4. Why did the author give the example of Orson Welles and T. S. Eliot?
A. To make a comparison between them and himself.
B. To show creativity needs energy and efforts.
C. To persuade the readers of their great talents.
D. To recommend their two masterpieces.
B
Amazing concept images have shown what homes of the future could look like, as preparations are made for the world’s first freefrom 3D-printed property (房产).
Experts will build a house called Curve Appeal, which will be 3D-printed off-site before being put together on-site to create two outside walls, a roof and an inside part. These four main sections will then be joined together.
Although 3D-printed buildings have been made before, this home - to be constructed in Chattanooga, Tennessee, later this year — will be the first of its kind, as it will contain no regular shapes or angles. The house is the creation of the design company WATG, based in London and California. The design for Curve Appeal draws inspiration from the Case Study House program.
The architects leading the program were famed for constantly pushing the limits in terms of minimalist (极简主义) materials, and trying to create open-plan spaces that focused on enhancing (增强) natural light. In a written statement, a spokesman for WATG said, “Employing many of the same modem design principles, Curve Appeal is the next evolutionary step. It’s important that the architecture and the environment work together harmoniously. The chosen site is steps away from the Tennessee River in a beautiful wooded, sunlit area.”
WATG was awarded the first prize in the Freeform Home Design Challenge in 2016 and given prize money of $ 8,000 to make its plans a reality. The competition was aimed at architects, designers, engineers and artists. Participants were challenged to design a 600 to 800sq ft single-family home that rethinks traditional aesthetics (美学), ergonomics, construction, building systems and structure.
Over the last year, WATG’s Chicago office has been developing their design with Branch Technology. This project is currently underway, working towards breaking ground later this year. Once completed, the Curve Appeal home will have open and light-filled inside living spaces.
5. From the passage we can know that Curve Apple________ .
A. will be different from an ordinary house B. is the first 3D-printed building
C. has apparent walls and a roof D. was ever built in the world
6. Where is the architect located according to Paragraph 4?
A. Far away from the Tennessee River.
B. In the woods near the Tennessee River.
C. Between the Tennessee River and the woods.
D. Next to some modem architectures.
7. What does the Freeform Home Design Challenge do?
A. It motivates participants to design at random.
B. It emphasizes traditions rather than modernization.
C. It sponsors competitors when necessary.
D. It helps put creative ideas into practice.
8. What’s the passage mainly about?
A. What our homes will look like in the future.
B. The Freeform Home Design Challenge.
C. The world’s first freeform 3D-printed house.
D. The development of 3D in architecture.
第二部分 七选五
The 21st century has introduced the world to a new way of doing Business. It’s now a foregone conclusion that global commerce will be as revolutionized by it as Henry Ford’s rnass-production techniques were a defining characteristic of the 1900s.
9 It allows Internet-based purchase and sales transactions involving almost anything to be safely conducted at lightning speed. Safeguards are in place to make identity cheating, charge back prevention and funds verification (核实) much more of a surety than anything the conventional means of payment in the non-cyber world can provide. E-currency may only exist in the cyber world, but that is nothing new. 10 It was officially accepted by the countries of the European Union in 1999 to simplify business by abolishing exchange rates, but it began life 20 years before that by private financial institutions who saw it as an idea that had to happen. 11 It is now arguably the second-most influential currency in the world.
Experiential shopping is the next big thing. 12 You order online on your phone, card or whatever, and it’s delivered to you by the time you get home. Money is being already lent to people based purely on the positive rankings a person has on a website. Online paying is so difficult. 13 Also, we’re moving to a world where we all have one online ID. Whether it’s your face, your fingerprint, your credit card or your mobile phone remains to be seen.
A. In modem England, the way people spend, earn, save and invest is being revolutionized.
B. You’ve got your log-ins, your password, card numbers and so on for different websites.
C. When the euro has already gone, today’s e-currencies will follow.
D. By 2002, the euro had evolved from cyber-tender to hard cash.
E. Shops are like museums you can touch.
F. The euro began in the same manner.
G. The Business is e-currency.
第三部分 　完形填空(每小题2分，满分40分)
Three years ago, when I entered my school for the first time, I was welcomed by students wearing white shirts with a badge (徽章) saying “Prefect” on them, who greeted me with the   14  , “Welcome to Huaxia Middle School”. I was immediately impressed and   15  I could be one of them. Then next year, in the summer of 2016, my wish   16   when I was selected to be a prefect. Just like the ones   17   me, I was to stand at the school gate and   18  new freshmen.
So, you may wonder, what   19   is a prefect? Prefects are student leaders in our school. They’re usually top students   20   from higher grades to help teachers run the school   21   of the classroom.  22   you’re chosen to be a prefect, you need to be a nearly perfect student. Becoming a prefect wasn’t   23   for me. I used to be sensitive and   24  , caring too much about what others thought of me. But since I was   25   to become a prefect, I tried my best to be more brave and hardworking, making rapid   26   in a year.
The biggest benefit of being a prefect is that it teaches me to be   27   and set an example for lower grade students. I was a member of the school soccer team, but I wasn’t a good   28   and felt embarrassed about my poor   29  . After having some students from lower grades join our team, however, I knew that I had to set a good example. So, I kept practicing my skills and   30   greatly.
Being a prefect doesn’t   31   mean I have a badge on my shirt. It also means that I have a hardworking attitude deep in my   32  . “You can make it,” I always remind myself. Becoming a prefect has   33   me to work harder and become an even better person.
14. A. sentences    B. remarks     C. words      D. sayings
15. A. wished     B. hoped      C. promised     D. decided
16. A. turned out    B. worked out     C. came out     D. came true
17. A. behind     B. before       C. from      D. about
18. A. admit     B. observe     C. guard      D. welcome
19. A. vividly     B. perfectly     C. exactly     D. eventually
20. A. selected     B. offered     C. provided     D. presented
21. A. properly    B. outside     C. within      D. badly
22. A. If      B. Since      C. Although     D. As
23. A. popular     B. easy      C. quick      D. strange
24. A. abnormal   B. independent    C. dishonest     D. unconfident
25. A. refreshed    B. accumulated    C. motivated     D. discouraged
26. A. success     B. achievement    C. progress     D. mistake
27. A. energetic    B. responsible     C. loyal      D. challenging
28. A. player     B. teacher     C. tutor      D. coach
29. A. promise     B. patience     C. efforts      D. skills
30. A. contributed    B. affected     C. improved     D. sped
31. A. yet      B. still      C. even      D. just
32. A. lesson     B. heart      C. imagination     D. memory
33. A. pushed     B. sought      C. attached     D. allowed
第四部分(每小题2分，满分20分)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
China, which boasts epochal (划时代的) inventions in ancient times, has once again proved its ability   1   (change) the world with its “new four great inventions”: high-speed railways, electronic payments, shared bicycles and online shopping. The new four great inventions are all related to China’s high-tech innovation, which improved the quality of people’s lives.
My wallet is no longer in use. I can buy and eat whatever I want   2  (simple) with a tap of my phone, and even pancake sellers are using Alipay ( mobile payment).
The bikes   3   (them) are not new, but the operating model of bike-sharing   4  (base) on satellite navigation (导航) system, mobile payment, big data and other high technologies. Shared bikes are bringing cycling back   5   people’s lives... and they are making public transport more attractive and convenient, and   6   (encourage) people to be more active.
It is increasingly clear that China is innovating (创新) and no longer copying western ideas. It is increasingly clear that China is leading in many   7   (way) such as social messaging app WeChat. This is partly   8   China skipped over the PC era-and went directly to mobile. China has the largest mobile use in the world.
  9   growing number of foreigners hope to promote economic   10   ( develop) in their home countries by highlighting (聚焦) the need for technological achievements like that of China.