赤峰二中2018-2019学年高三上学期第一次月考
英语试题
温馨提示：多少汗水曾洒下，多少期待曾播种，终是在高考交卷的一刹尘埃落地，多少记忆梦中惦记，多少青春付与流水，人生，总有一次这样的成败，才算长大。高考保持心平气和，不要紧张，像对待平时考试一样去做题，做完检查一下题目，不要直接交卷，检查下有没有错的地方，然后耐心等待考试结束。
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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
Chester City Library offers a range of Library Special Needs Services to people who don’t have access to our library service in the usual way. As long as you live in Chester City, we’ll provide a wild range of library services and resources including:
● Large printed and ordinary printed books
● Talking books on tape and CD
● DVDs and music CDs
● Magazines
● Reference and information requests
Home delivery service
Let us know what you like to read and we will choose the resources for you. Our staff will deliver the resources to your home for free. We also provide a service where we can choose the resources for you or someone instead of you choose the things from the library. You can also choose the resources you need personally.
Talking books and captioned videos
The library can provide talking books for people who are unable to use printed books because of eye diseases. You don’t have to miss out on reading any more when you can borrow talking books from the library. If you have limited hearing which prevents you from enjoying movies, we can provide captioned videos for you at no charge.
Languages besides English
We can provide books in a range of languages besides English. If possible, we will request these items from the State Library of NSW, Australia.
How to join?
Contact the Library Special Needs Coordinator to register or discuss if you are eligible（合适的） for any of the services we provide ---Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 9am ---5pm on 4297 2522 for more information.
21. Library Special Needs Services are meant for_____.
A. those who are fond of reading
B. only those who have walking disabilities
C. people living in Chester City with an illness or disability
D. those who can’t get medical help in Chester City
22. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Books with different languages are available.
B. People with limited hearing have to pay for captioned videos.
C. Few entertaining resources are offered here.
D. People have to choose what they need by themselves.
23. To get home delivery service, you must_______.
A. only choose printed books
B. have others choose the resources for you
C. pay the library ahead of time
D. register ahead of time
B
In China, chain restaurants –especially the big multinational ones –are cool. Going to Starbucks, for example, is a status symbol. It not only says, “I’m r ich enough to buy this overpriced coffee,” but also, “I’m cosmopolitan (见多识广的)
enough to be part of globalization.”
Where I come from in the UK, however, chains are neither fashionable nor gourmet(美食的). Chains are where you go on New Year’s Day when no where else is open, or when you are 5 years old and your parents can’t stand hearing, “I’m huuuuuungry!” any longer. In my own case (with regards to McDonald’s), a chain is where you are taken on your first “date”. Even at the age of 13, I knew to give the guy the “let’s just be friends” phone call the next day.
In the UK, independent cafes and restaurants are making a comeback on the fashion scene. Nowadays, a Londoner who says “let’s meet for a coffee at Monmouth” (an independent cafe) is much cooler than one who says “let’s go to Starbucks”. Even if Monmouth’s coffee is a little more expensive, there’s a satisfaction in knowing your pounds aren’t going straight to the big corporations.
Of course, there are chain stores all over the UK; you can’t g o five minutes without spotting a Costa Coffee. But numbers do not add up to good taste.
I do, however, have a confession (坦白). After moving to China I had moments when all the rice and Kung Pao Chicken became too much. I, too, have retreated to McDonald’s.
24. Many Chinese people like to go to multinational chain restaurants because
______.
A. the restaurants give customers a taste of foreign culture
B. the restaurants offer different food and drinks from other restaurants
C. these restaurants are perfect places for a romantic date
D. they believe that eating there will show their wealth and social status
25. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. The author has grown tired of Chinese food.
B. Most independent stores are closed on New Year’s Day in the UK.
C.Branches
of Monmouth’s cafe can be found all over the UK.
D. It is cool in the UK to take your first date to a chain restaurant.
26. We can infer from the article that ______.
A. many Britons don’t like big corporations
B. the author doesn’t like food from Pizza Hut
C. the author doesn’t like to follow fashion trends
D. many Britons think that numbers mean poor quality
27. What does the underlined word (in the last paragraph) mean?
A. adapted
B. contributed
C. subscribed
D. switched
C
It never occurred to anybody, not even the creators that the world would care about the complex lives, loves and sufferings of a group of attractive and witty New Yorkers. But there’s no doubt that Friends(老友记)has become more than just a successful situation comedy—it has established itself as one of the last great television phenomena of the last century. Along the way, it has made its half-dozen leading actors famous.
Looking back on the strong friendship between the group of three men and three women who frequently gather at each other’s apartments and at Greenwich Village’s Central Perk coffee house, Friends was created by television producers, David Crane and Marta Kauffman. In 1993, the pair met producer Kevin S. Bright. Then the three became partners and got a deal to produce a new comedy for Warner Brothers. What they came up wi th was based on Crane and Kauffman’s after-college years, when they hung out at the local coffee house and involved themselves in every aspect of each other’s lives.
It didn’t take long for viewers to make friends with Friends. The situation comedy quickly became a top ten hit. Critics loved it as well. Entertainment Weekly said the show operated like a Broadway show, with twisty plots and unique jokes. The television theme song has also been a success with the public. The song’s success helped save the television theme song. An ABC(美国广播公司)executive was ready to order very short music intros(前奏) on his network’s shows, thinking that viewers would hit the remote control as soon as the opening started. But the success of the Friends theme song led the ABC executive to change his mind-- remote controls or not, the TV theme song would stay.
Years have gone by, but Friends remains and will remain an example of a modern US situation comedy that is both hugely entertaining television and nothing short of a genuine latter-day social phenomenon.
28. What is stressed in the second paragraph?
A. The role models of Friends.
B. The popularity of Friends.
C. The origin of Friends.
D. The brilliance of Friends.
29. Which of the following is TRUE about Friends?
A. It has a simple but entertaining plot.
B. It is about friendship between college students.
C. It was criticized by Entertainment Weekly.
D. It first came into being in the 1990s.
30. What can we learn from the passage?
A. The ABC executive thought highly of the theme song of Friends.
B. Producer, Kevin S. Bright, graduated from the same college as David Crane.
C. ABC once replaced the theme song of its TV show with a short music intro.
D. Marta Kauffman expected Friends to achieve great success.
31. What might the author think of Friends?
A. Its merits outweigh its shortcomings.
B. He/she shows great affection towards it.
C. Its success lies in the lack of good situation comedies.
D. He/she has a reserved attitude towards its success.
D
As the labor market becomes more attractive, more companies are sending their employees to school. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is the latest company to use tuition assistance for employees –which for decades has been a part of many business’ benefits packages – as part of a renewed effort to bring in and cultivate talent.