辽宁省沈阳铁路实验中学2019届高三10月月考英语试题.doc

沈阳铁路实验中学2018—2019学年度上学月考（1）试题
高三英语
时间：100分钟 满分：150分
命题人：邱琳琳 审题人：朱丽
第Ⅰ卷
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。
A
I was born and raised in England in a culture where privacy and “keeping yourself to yourself” were valued traditions. Speaking to strangers was not encouraged. People were most hospitable（好客的）and friendly.
However, I have been lucky enough to spend some time in both Italy and the US, where I found traditions of hospitality and politeness to be very different.
I experienced Italian hospitality first-hand on a crowded railway carriage travelling, one afternoon, from Genoa to Florence. Sinking gratefully into an empty seat, I was scolded in rapid Italian by a gentleman who was returning to this seat - it had not been “spare” after all. I apologized in English, and got up to allow him back into the seat. The gentleman obviously had no understanding of the English language, but he, too, realized my genuine mistake. He smiled and gestured for me to remain in the seat, and he himself remained standing in the corridor for the remainder of the journey. The other occupants of the carriage smiled and nodded at me and made me feel quite welcome amongst them. I feel that if this had been in England, a foreigner who made a mistake would not always be so kindly treated.
Transport also featured in the differences I noticed between English and American culture. I flew to New York on a plane with mainly English passengers. We sat together in near silence. Nobody spoke to me nor, as I expected, to anyone else they did not know. They felt it was not polite to intrude on someone else’s privacy. However, when I travelled across the United States, whether by plane or Greyhound bus, I was never short of conversation. Conversation was going on all around me and whoever sat next to me was happy to introduce themselves and ask me about myself. They obviously felt it would have been rude not to speak to another person, whether they were strangers or not.
1. What do we know about the occupants when the author was travelling in Italy?
A. They were all on the side of the gentleman.
B. They all laughed at the author for his mistake.
C. They would not bear a mistake like the author’s in public.
D. They showed their understanding of the author’s mistake.
2. How does the author probably believes the Italian people are?
A. Cold B. Rude C. Helpful D. Hospitable
3. Why did English passengers sit in near silence according to the last paragraph?
A. They were too tired to speak.
B. They were all strangers to each other.
C. Privacy was a valued tradition in England.
D. Everybody was deeply lost in thought.
4. What can be the best title for the text?
A. Different Ways of Hospitality and Politeness
B. My Unforgettable Travelling Experience Abroad[来源:Zxxk.Com]
C. Co-understanding Each Other
D. The Importance of Privacy
B
The sharing economy, represented by companies like Airbnb or Uber, is the latest fashion craze. But many supporters have overlooked the reality that this new business model is largely based on escaping regulations and breaking the law.
Airbnb is an Internet-based service that allows people to rent out spare rooms to strangers for short stays. Uber is an Internet taxi service that allows thousands of people to answer ride requests with their own cars. There are hundreds of other such services.
The good thing about the sharing economy is that it promotes the use of underused resources. Millions of people have houses or apartments with empty rooms, and Airbnb allows them to profit from these rooms while allowing guests a place to stay at prices that are often far less than those charged by hotels. Uber offers prices that are competitive with standard taxi prices and their drivers are often much quicker and more trustworthy.
But the downside of the sharing economy has gotten much less attention. Most cities and states both tax and regulate hotels, and the tourists who stay in hotels are usually an important source of tax income. But many of Airbnb’s customers are not paying the taxes required under the law.
Airbnb can also raise issues of safety for its customers and trouble for hosts’ neighbors. Hotels are regularly inspected to ensure that they are not fire traps and that they don’t form other risks for visitors. Airbnb hosts face no such inspections.
Since Airbnb is allowing people to escape taxes and regulations, the company is simply promoting thefts. Others in the economy will lose by bearing an additional tax burden or being forced to live next to an apartment unit with a never-ending series of noisy visitors.
The same story may apply with Uber. Uber is currently in disputes over whether its cars meet the safety and insurance requirements imposed on standard taxis. Also, if Uber and related services flood the market, they could harm all taxi drivers’ ability to earn a minimum wage.
This downside of the sharing needs to be taken seriously, but that doesn’t mean the current tax and regulatory structure is perfect.
5. What is the positive thing about the sharing economy?
A. It is a global trend.
B. It is beyond regulations.
C. It draws on spare resources.
D. It brings in modest profits.
6. What is the problem with Airbnb customers according to the passage?
A. They are not regularly inspected.
B. They are likely to commit thefts.
C. They are allowed not to pay taxes.
D. They can be noisy to hosts’ neighbours.
7. What is the argument over Uber according to the passage？
A. Whether it guarantees customers’ safety.
B. Whether it provides reliable services.
C. Whether it lowers customers’ expenses.
D. Whether it can compete with standard taxis.
8. What will be talked about in the following paragraphs?
A. Existing regulations and laws.
B. Necessary improvements of current laws.
C. Further development of Airbnb and Uber.
D. More downsides of Airbnb and Uber.
C
This weekly four-day physical activity schedule will get your kids excited about being active.
Tuesday
When the kids get home from school, don’t let them go straight to the TV and get settled in. Encourage them to get moving and get off the couch（沙发）by giving them a pedometer（计步器）. Pedometers are the most fun when parents also use one because that turns stepping, walking and running into a game to see who can get the most steps.
Thursday
The kids have done a great job so far this week, but now they long for a little more TV time. Instead of turning on cartoons, let them watch fitness movies made just for kids. These movies encourage watchers to get up and dance along to kid-friendly music. 
Saturday
Get the whole family out of the house together and over to a park. Bring lots of sports equipment, pack a healthy picnic and have a family competitive sports day. Kids and adults get into groups and play against each other in tennis, basketball or soccer. After everyone has played hard for a couple of hours, stop for a picnic and then if your family isn’t too tired, go back and play some more.
Sunday
Every child loves to play video games and there is no better time to allow kids to play them than on Sunday when no homework is due. But don’t let them play a game that forces them to sit down for hours. Dance games with a floor mat（垫子）to help kids follow the dance moves are popular to kids.
9. Parents are advised to use a pedometer together with their kids because _______.
A. they can give their kids some advice about walking
B. it can prevent them from watching TV too much
C. their kids will not use it if they don’t
D. this will allow them and their kids to have a fun competition
10. On Thursday when a kid wants to watch TV, his parents should _______.
A. let him watch it for a short time
B. show fitness movies to him
C. take him out for a walk instead
D. watch cartoons with him
11. According to the author, the best time for a kid to play video games is _______.
A. Sunday B. Tuesday C. Saturday D. Thursday
D
After four silent years, the 27 -year-old British singer Adele Adkins has finally introduced herself to the world again with Hello, the opening song from her third album 25, which will come out on Nov. 20.
Although Adele is a very successful singer now, music wasn’t always what she saw herself doing. At age 10, when she saw her grandmother’s pain over the death of Adele’s grandfather, she pictured herself as a heart surgeon.
“I wanted to fix people’s hearts,” she told the UK music website i-D, remembering the childhood interest she’d had in biology classes until she found out that her real talent was for singing.
Adele didn’t go to medical school, but many would agree that she still has healing (治愈) powers. Her songs find the kind of memory every listener holds somewhere in their heart. This kind of feeling is what people have always liked in Adele,” said The Telegraph. “She writes a pop diary，sharing the simple secrets of her heart.”
Most successful pop stars make albums at a fast pace, but not Adele. After her second album 21 won the 2012 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, she made it clear with her label that she would spend “four or five years” making her next album. She told magazine. “I won’t come out with new music until it’s better than 21.”
Instead of seeking fame, Adele remained silent and moved to the countryside. In her free time, she loved to watch TV series Teen Mom, American Horror Story, and The Walking Dead.
Living life as normally as possible is important to the singer’s art. “Nobody wants to listen to a record from someone who’s not living in the real world,” Adele told i-D. “So I live a low-key life for my fans.”
12. What does the text mainly tell us?
A. The popularity of Adele’s album 25.
B. The healing powers of Adele’s music.
C. The secrets of Adele’s success in music.
D. The reason for Adele’s becoming a singer.
13. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. Adele wasn’t interested in music.
B. Adele wasn’t good at music at first.
D. Music wasn’t all Adele wanted to be.
C. Music wasn’t very important in Adele’s life.
D. Music wasn’t all Adele wanted to be devoted to.
14. Why doesn’t Adele want to make albums at a fast pace?
A. To live a low-key life.
B. To win the Grammy Award.
C. To guarantee the quality of her music.
D. To share the secrets of her heart as a musician.
15. What can we know about Adele?
A. Her album Hello will come out on Nov. 20. [来源:Zxxk.Com]
B. She has kept a dairy since childhood.
C. She moved to the countryside before 2012.
D. Her works are based on real life.
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。选项中的两项为多途选项。（注：选E 涂AB ； 选F涂AC； 选G涂AD）
Snow-blind — it's a frightening word. Thankfully, it's a condition that is totally preventable.
Snow blindness is a painful, temporary loss of vision due to overexposure to the sun's UV rays. Essentially, snow blindness is caused by a sunburned eye.
_____16_____ Though it is commonly called snow blindness, the condition can and often does occur in the absence of snow.[来源:Zxxk.Com]
The terms "snow-blind" and "snow blindness" have become popular because snow is highly reflective of ultraviolet radiation（紫外线）. _____17_____ Also, skiing, mountain climbing and snowboarding usually take place at relatively high altitudes, where the sun's UV rays are stronger. Combined, these factors can double your risk of getting sunburned eyes, compared with being outdoors at lower altitudes in the summertime.
_____18_____ Television journalist Anderson Cooper experienced snow-free snow blindness first-hand a few years ago when he spent a couple hours on a boat in Portugal without sunglasses and ended up "blind for 36 hours," according to his report of the incident.
Not only can you become snow-blind without snow — it can happen without sunlight, too! _____19_____ For example, Sun lamps can cause temporary "snow" blindness if proper eye protection is not used.
_____20_____ To relieve pain or discomfort from snow blindness, stay indoors and wear sunglasses. Keep your eyes well-moistened（湿润的） with artificial tears. For additional relief, use over-the-counter（非处方药） pain relievers. Be sure to use only pain relievers you know you can take without worry of an allergic reaction. You also may find that placing a cool, dampened（潮湿的） washcloth over your closed eyelids is comforting.
A. You don’t need snow to become snow-blind.
B. It will likely affect those travelling in snowy conditions.
C. To prevent snow-blindness on the slopes, wear sunglasses.
D. sometimes it occurs from man-made sources of ultraviolet radiation.
E. In fact, snow can reflect over 80percent of the UV rays that fall upon it.
F. Snow-blindness is scary, but usually it’s temporary, and there are ways to relieve the discomfort.
G. But water and white sand also are highly reflective of the sun's UV rays, thus increasing the risk.
第二部分: 完形填空 (共 20 小题; 每小题 1.5 分, 满分 30 分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was a cold evening and my daughter and I were walking up Broadway. I didn’t notice a guy sitting inside a cardboard box. But Nora did. She wasn't even four, but she 　　21　　 at my coat and said, “That man's cold. Daddy, 　　22　　 we take him home?”
　　I don’t remember my reply. But I do remember a sudden 　　23　　 feeling inside me. I had always been delighted at how much my daughter noticed in her 　　24　　, whether it was 　　25　　 in flight or children playing. But now she was noticing 　　26　　 and beggary.
　　A few days later, I saw an article in the newspaper about volunteers who picked up a food package from a nearby school on a Sunday morning and 　　27　　 it to an elderly person. It was quick and easy. I 　　28　　 us up. Nora was 　　29　　 about it. She could understand the importance of food, so she could easily see how 　　30　　 our job was. When Sunday came, she was ready, but I had to 　　31　　 myself to leave the house to fetch the food package. On my way to the school, I fought an urge to turn 　　32　　. The Sunday paper and coffee were waiting for me at home. Why do this?　　33　　, we phoned the elderly person we’d been appointed. She 　　34　　 us right over．
　　The building was in a bad state. Facing us was a silver-haired woman in an old dress. She took the package and asked us to come in. Nora ran inside. I unwillingly followed. 　　35　　 inside, I saw that the apartment belonged to someone poor. Our hostess showed us some photos. Nora played and when it came time to say goodbye, we three hugged, I walked home in tears.
　　Professionals call such a(n)　　36　　“a volunteer opportunity”. They are opportunities, I've come to see. Where else but as volunteers do you have the opportunity to do something 　　37　　 that’s good for others as well as for yourself? Nora and I regularly serve meals to needy people and 　　38　　 clothes for the homeless. Yet, as I’ve 　　39　　 her g