内蒙古第一机械制造（集团）有限公司第一中学2018-2019学年高一英语3月月考试题第一部分阅读理解 (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。
ＡA Guide to the University FoodThe TWU Cafeteria is open 7 am to 8 pm. It serves snacks(小吃), drinks, ice cream bars and meals. You can pay with cash or your ID cards. You can add meal money to your ID cards at the Front Desk. Even if you do not buy your food in the cafeteria, you can use the tables to eat your lunch, to have meetings and to study.If you are on campus in the evening or late at night, you can buy snacks, fast food, and drinks in the Lower Cafe located in the bottom level of the Douglas Centre. This area is often used for entertainment such as concerts, games or TV watching.RelaxationThe Globe, located in the bottom level of McMillan Hall, is available for relaxing, studying, cooking, and eating. Monthly activities are held here for all international students. Hours are 10 am to 10 pm, closed on Sundays.HealthLocated on the top floor of Douglas Hall, the Wellness Centre is committed to physical, emotional and social health. A doctor and nurseis available if you have health questions or need immediate medical help or personal advice. The cost of this is included in your medical insurance. Hours are Monday to Friday, 9 am to noon and 1:00 to 4:30 pm. Academic SupportAll students have access to the Writing Centre on the upper floor of Douglas Hall. Here, qualified volunteers will work with you on written work, grammar, vocabulary, and other academic skills. You can sign up for an appointment on the sign-up sheet outside the door, two 30-minute appointments per week maximum. This service is free.TransportationThe TWU Express is a shuttle(班车)service. The shuttle transports students between campus and the shopping center, leaving from the Mattson Centre. Operation hours are between 9 am and 3 pm, Saturdays only. Round trip fare is $1.1. What can you do in the TWU Cafeteria?A.Do homework and watch TV.B.Buy drinks and enjoy concerts.C.Have meals and meet with friends.D.Add money to your ID and play chess.2. Where and when can you cook your own food?A.The Globe, FridayB.The Lower Cafe, SundayC.The TWU Cafeteria, FridayD.The McMillan Hall, Sunday3. The Guide tells us that the Wellness Center_______.A.is open six days a weekB.offers services free of chargeC.trains students in medical careD.gives advice on mental healthBRecordings of angry bees are enough to send big, tough African elephants running away, a new study says. Beehives(蜂窝)---either recorded or real---may even prevent elephants from damaging farmers’crops.In 2012, scientist Lucy King and her team found that elephants avoid certain trees with bees living in them. Today, Lucy wants to see if African honeybees might discourage elephants from eating crops. But before she asked farmers to go to the trouble of setting up beehives on their farms, she needed to find out if the bees would scare elephants away.Lucy found a wild beehive inside a tree in northern Kenya and set up a recorder. Then she threw a stone into the beehive, which burst into life. Lucy and her assistant hid in their car until the angry bees had calmed down. Next, Lucy searche d out elephant families in Samburu National Reserve in northern Kenya and put a speaker in a tree close to each family.From a distance, Lucy switched on the pre-recorded sound of angry bees while at the same time recording the elephants with a video camera. Half the elephant groups left the area within ten seconds. Out of a total of 17 groups,only one group ignored the sound of the angry bees. Lucy reported that all the young elephants immediately ran to their mothers to hide under them. When Lucy played the sound of a waterfall(瀑布)instead of the angry bees to many of the same elephant families, the animals were undisturbed. Even after four minutes, most of the groups stayed in one place.Lucy is now studying whether the elephants will continue to avoidthe sound of angry bees after hearing it several times. She hasn’t tested enough groups yet to know, but her initial results were promising enough to begin trials with farmers. She has now begun placing speakers in the fields to see if elephants are frightened away.4. We know from the passage that elephants may be frightened of_______.A.loud noisesB.some cropsC.video camerasD.angry bees5. As mentioned in the passage, Lucy_____.A.works by herself in AfricaB.needs to test more elephant groupsC.has stopped elephants eating cropsD.has got farmers to set up beehives on their farms6. Why did Lucy throw a stone into a wild beehive?A.To record the sound of beesB.To make a video of elephantsC.To see if elephants would run awayD.To find out more about the behavior of bees7. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A.Young elephants ignore African honeybees.B.Waterfalls can make elephants stay in one place.C.Elephants do not go near trees with bees living in them.D.Farmers do not allow Lucy to conduct tests in their fields.CI'd just finished some shopping, and was getting ready to leave the supermarket's parking lot, when I heard music coming from the area ofthe shopping carts（手推车).I knew it was someone I knew, well－the beggar, I couldn't really call him.He never begged. It was more like he was open to accepting presents. He never had a sign out, never spoke and never looked at you to beg. He would just sit quietly on the side of the entrance, out of the way, have a little box outside, and thank everyone very politely who gave him something.He didn't look like the many people I knew in my town who lived on the streets. His clothes always looked quite clean. I often wondered how he'd gotten to live on the streets. And he was playing his guitar, just like the last time I’d seen him in summer. He hadn't noticed me then, being so deep into his music.I started to talk to him. He told me that he had been an epileptic （癫痫患者） as a child and as a young man now, he couldn't even get the job the social services try to offer people like him---everybody seemed afraid of the responsibility, even though he’d had no seizure(发作)for the past 13 years.I started feeling sorry for him, but then he said, "I’ve made my peace with that. I'm happy I got an apartment. " He said he'd gotten so much help, and he wanted to try to give back, starting with the music.I was so happy that he remembered his love for music, and shared his music with the people passing by. I was glad he found an apartment and had the inner strength not to let himself down, and as he said, “found his faith again.”8.What was the young man doing when the author found him?A. He was communicating with passers-by.B.He was waiting for the author.C. He was playing music.D. He was begging silently.9. In the authors opinion, what made the man different from other homeless men?A. He only wanted gifts.B. He could write music.C. He always begged near a shop.D. He always wore clean clothes.10. Why was the young man unable to find a job?A. Because he was too weak to work.B. Because he considered music to be his job.C. Because others misunderstood his illness.D. Because bosses were short of responsibility.11. What was the young man’s attitude towards his present situation?A. DoubtfulB. GratefulC. Unconcerned.D. Disappointed.DAn online supermarket company, Ocado in the UK, has recently displayed a robotic hand that can pick fruits and vegetables.When an embryo(胚胎) is in the body, the very first sense it develops is touch. The sense of touch is also the one that lasts the longest－as we get older and our vision and hearing begin to weaken, touch still remains. Humans use their touch to protect themselves, to create emotional relationships with other people, and to experience pleasure. Can you imagine life without it?The sense of touch comes from a network of nerve endings and special touch receptors(感受器) on the surface of the skin. While there are different kinds of touch receptors, they help us judge pressure, textureand vibration. They are located in our fingertips, palms, soles of our feet, face, lips and tongue.When we touch something, the mechano-receptors perceive the touch and through a network of nerves, send signals to the brain. This informs the brain about the location of the touch, the amount of force used, and the speed at which it was used.Several different techniques have been tried in the past to create such a robotic hand－ using three fingers. But this latest design by SoMa copies the human hand. The gripper is made up of flexible materials which grasp on to the thing based on its size and shape. Then air pressure is used to control the movement of the robotic fingers to pick objects safely and without causing damage.The next step would be for the robot to judge how ripe the fruits and vegetables are, and apply pressure accordingly. Members of the research team are currently working on adding computerized vision to the robots, so that they can see what they are gripping.Does all this mean robots can replace people? According to Ocado, it helps improve productivity by removing some of the repetitive tasks done by humans.12. What is focused on in the second paragraph?A. The important role of the touch.B The origin of the touch.C. The process of transporting the touchD. The disappearance of the touch sense13. What does the underlined word “it” refer to?A. The brain B The touchC The nerve D. The signal14. What is the special feature of the latest robots?A. It can tell whether the fruits and vegetables are ripe.B. It can see what it is taking hold of.C. It can grasp things according to their shapes and sizes.D. It can take the place of people in workplaces.15. What might be the best title for the text?A. A robot to replace peopleB. A robot working all by itselfC. A robot for making thingsD.A robot with a gentle touch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，掌握其大意，然后从各题中所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
