黑龙江齐齐哈尔市2018届高三英语8月月考.

黑龙江省齐齐哈尔八中2018届高三第二次月考英语试题第二部分阅读理解（共两节,共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）第一节阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A，B，C，D）中，选出最佳选项。

AMicro-Enterprise Credit for Street YouthIntroductionAlthough small-scale business training and credit programs have become more common throughout the world, relatively little attention has been paid to the need to direct such opportunities to youth living on the street or in difficult circumstances. Over the past years, Street Kids International (S.K.I.) has been working with partner organizations in Africa, Latin Africa and India to support the economic lives of street children. The purpose of this paper is to share some of the lessons S.K.I. and our partner organizations have learned.BackgroundTypically, children end up on the streets not due to a single cause, but a combination of factors: the lack of adequately funded schools, the demand for income at home and so on. The street may be attractive to children as a place to find adventurous play and money. However, it is also a place where some children are exposed, with little or no protection, to exploitative employment, and urban crime. Street Business PartnershipsS.K.I. has worked with partner organizations in Latin America, Africa and India to develop innovative opportunities for street children to earn income.● The S.K.I Bicycle Courier Service first started in the Sudan. Participants in this enterprise were supplied with bicycles, which they used to deliver parcels and messages, but they were required to pay for it gradually from their wages.● The Youth Skills Enterprise Initiative in Zambia is a joint program with the Red Cross Society. Street Youths are supported to start their own small business through business training, life skills training and access to credit.Lessons LearnedThe following lessons have emerged from the programs that S.K.I. and partner organizations have created.● It’s important for all loans to be linked to training programs that include the development of basicbusiness and life skills.● Small loans are provided initially for purchasing fixed assets such as bicycles, shoe shining kits.● All S.K.I. programs have charged interest on the loans, primarily to get the business runners used tothe concept of paying interest on borrowing money. Generally the rates have been modest. ConclusionThere is a need to recognize the importance of access to credit for poor young people seeking to fulfill economic needs.1. The organization, S.K.I., aims to _________________.A. give business training and loans to street childrenB. provide schools and social support for street childrenC. share the lessons S.K.I. learned to help street childrenD. draw the attention of the government to street children2. This passage implies that with the help of S. K. I. street children may ______________.A. reject paid employmentB. set up their own businessC. leave their familiesD. employ other children3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. The link of all loans to training programs is important.B. Interest is charged for the loans in all S.K.I. programs.C. The S.K.I Bicycle Courier Service provides the participants with free bicycles.D. The Y outh Skills Enterprise Initiative in Zambia works with another organization.BMy father’s family is not a musical family. They are a family of words. My brother has my father’s dark hair, his love of a good argument. I take after my mother. From her I inherited a curious nature, a sense of adventure, bright red hair. I did not, contrary to her hopes, inherit a talent for the piano. That fact was established beyond doubt after unsuccessful attempts to draw music from me.The piano lessons began when I was four. My mother was convinced that I would be a child Mozart. She found the ideal teacher--Madame Oblenka, a strict Russian woman, whose pursed lips were enough to frighten a wild horse into submission. Madame Oblenka, who expected a little Mozart, was not very delighted to find a little girl banging her fists on the keys.I tried to please her. “Feel the music,” she urged. I “felt” it and winced (退避) my ear--for what is more unpleasant than a series of wrong notes played continuously? She “felt” my music, too, which is why she always left with an angrier expression than when she came.Once, when I was ten, I managed to record one of my own rehearsals (练习). In order to escape my practice sessions, I would close myself behind the door of the piano room, put on the tape recording, and read until the tape had finished. That method worked for a week, until my mother began to wonderwhy I always missed the same B-sharp. She knocked on the door, and, receiving no answer, came in to check on me and found that I had fallen asleep while the tape of my performance played on and on.I was twelve when my parents finally acknowledged that my hidden talent was not about to emerge any time soon. My mother, refusing to admit defeat, told me to pick another instrument. “Choose anything you want, Honey,” she said, assuming that freedom of choice would inspire devotion. I thought long and hard and chose the drums. My parents, sensitive to noise, would be less than overjoyed by a daily bombardment of playing. I imagined my father in his study, cotton wads in his ears.I worked my way through several other instruments before my mother hit on another idea. Maybe I wasn’t meant to be an instrumentalist. Realizing that drama might be more suited to my talents, Mom took me to a drama teacher. However, he put me backstage, painting scenery. Once I recovered from my sense of injury, I realized the wisdom of his choice. I loved the active, practical backstage world, and I discovered that I had a knack for constructing and painting. I loved the challenge of taking our scanty (贫乏) supplies and using them to make something beautiful. Imagining a scene and then seeing it emerge before me--this, to me, was close to magic.I’m a sculptor now, and every day I experience afresh the joy of being fully absorbed in the act of artistic creation. It’s a wonderful, blissful (乐而忘忧) feeling. I realize that my parents, in their misguided attempts to interest me in music, were trying to give me this feeling. And now I feel grateful. Perhaps they went about it in the wrong way, but their hearts were in the right place.4. The underlined word “emerge” in the fift h paragraph can be replaced by _____.A. disappearB. failC. turnD. show5. Which of the following best reveals the author’s attitude towards piano practice?A. She tried to make the piano teacher pleased.B. She repeated the same mistake in practicing.C. She played the recording instead of practicing.D. She recorded her performance for improvement.6. The author’s mother can be best described as __________.A. devoted and stubbornB. encouraging and independentC. helpful and considerateD. hardworking and generous7. We can learn from the passage __________.A. art should be treated as a joy rather than a burdenB. the ordinary backstage work can help one succeedC. you can only get better at something if you practiceD. parents should encourage their children to create artCTwo of the saddest words in the English language are “if only”. I live my life with the goal of never having to say those words, because they convey regret, lost opportunities, mistakes, and disappointment.My father is famous in our family for saying, “Take the extra minute to do it right.” I always try to live by the “extra minute” rule. When my children were young and likely to cause accidents, I always thought about what I could do to avoid an “if only” moment, whether it was something minor like moving a cup full of hot coffee away from the edge of a counter, or something that required a little more work such as taping padding (衬垫) onto the sharp corners of a glass coffee table.I do n’t only avoid those “if only” moments when it comes to safety. It’s equally important to avoid “if only” in our personal relationships. We all know people who lost a loved one and regretted that they had foregone an opportunity to say “I love you” or “I forgive you.” When my father announced he was going to the eye doctor across from my office on Good Friday, I told him that it was a holiday for my company and I wouldn’t be here. But then I thought about the fact that he’s 84 years old and I realized that I shouldn’t give up an opportunity to see him. I called him and told him I had decided to go to work on my day off after all.I know there will still be occasions when I have to say “if only” about something, but my life is definitely better because of my policy of doing everything possible to avoid that eventuality. And even though it takes an extra minute to do something right, or it occasionally takes an hour or two in my busy schedule to make a personal connection, I know that I’m doing the right thing. I’m buying myself peace of mind and that’s the best kind of insurance for my emotional well-being.8. Which of the following is an example of the “extra minute” rule?A. Start the car the moment everyone is seated.B. Leave the room for a minute with the iron working.C. Wait for an extra minute so that the steak tastes better.D. Move an object out of the way before it trips someone.9. The author decided to go to her office on Good Friday to ______.A. keep her appointment with the eye doctorB. meet her father who was already an old manC. join in the holiday celebration of the companyD. finish her work before the deadline approached10. The underlined word “foregone” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ___________.A. abandonedB. lackedC. avoidedD. wasted11.W hat is the best title for the passage?A. The Emotional Well-beingB. The Two Saddest WordsC. The Most Useful RuleD. The Peace of MindDAs rules, laws are people’s rights and r esponsibilities toward society. Laws are agreed on by society and made official by governments.Some persons look on laws with fear, hatred, or annoyance. Laws seem to limit people’s freedom to do many things they would like to do. Though laws may prevent us from doing things we wish to do at the moment, laws make everyone’s life safer and more pleasant. Without laws we could not hold on to our property; we could not go to bed at night expecting to wake up in the morning and find that we had not been robbed; no stores in which we buy food, clothes, and other necessities could stay open and sell to us. Our banks would not be safe places to keep our money.Social life would be impossible without laws to control the way people treat one another. It is not the laws that should be feared but the trouble that comes to everyone when laws are broken. Once this is understood, a citizen will not fear or hate the law. Understanding the need for good laws and the evil results of breaking laws is the first requirement of good citizenship and government.Philosophers once believed that in prehistoric time people lived without laws in a “state of nature”. People were free to do as they pleased unless someone stronger stopped them by force. As a result, life became so dangerous and unsafe that leaders had to create laws to protect life and property.This is no longer believed to be true. Scholars now think that as soon as people began living in small groups, they worked out rules for getting along with one another. In time everyone accepted and supported the rules. Manners, customs and beliefs controlled the living habits and behavior of the group. Such rules and habits of life are called folkways.Folkways are probably the real meaning of human laws, as well as of religion, morals, and education. As life became more complex, folkways became more complete guides to living. After thousands of years, some of the important folkways were put into writing as the earlier laws. And as life grew more and more complicated with faster transportation and the rise of modern industry and big cities, more human acts and interests had to be ruled by law. This led to a great increase in the numberof laws.But we know that unless laws are enforced, they cannot protect us. Poorly enforced laws invite crime and violence. So we agree that the best protection against crime is planned social change and law reform -- to reduce the causes of crime and to encourage people to obey the laws. Such a solution would join a sound system of law enforcement with forces working to prevent crime. To attain this goal, all citizens must understand the need for good laws and for their enforcement.12. Some persons look on laws with fear, hatred, or annoyance, because_____.A. they can’t do whatever they want toB. they feel it unnecessary to have lawsC. laws only protect those who worked out themD. laws and rules are too complicated to understand13. Which of the following statement is NOT TRUE?A. Without laws we may fail to hold on to our propertyB. In prehistoric time people lived happily without laws in a “state of nature”.C. Human laws, as well as of religion, morals, and education, are believed to originate fromFolkways.D. Good citizens and government should be aware of the need for good laws and the evil results ofbreaking laws14. A sound system of law enforcement is necessary because_____.A. some citizens fear or hate the law.B. poorly enforced laws cause crime and violence.C. we need someone stronger to stop crime by force.D. the evil results of breaking laws are getting fewer and fewer .15. What’s the best title of this passage?A. The Origin of LawsB. Enforcement of LawsC. Leaders and LawsD. Laws and rules.第二节、七选五（共5小题）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。

黑龙江省齐齐哈尔地区八校2018届高三期中联考英语试题第一部分阅读理解（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。

ADuring the cold winter days, there are some interesting festivals in the world. Look at the following ones.Harbin Ice and Snow FestivalPlace: ChinaTime: January 5 to February 5People build incredible things out of ice and snow, decorating them with lights.The Carnival of VenicePlace: ItalyTime: between February and MarchOne of the most beautiful festivals in the world, people wear masks and elaborate costumes to hide differences among classes, and there are contests for the best costumes.Holi FestivalPlace: IndiaTime: late February/March, on the last full moon dayHindus and Sikhs, in India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka celebrate the main day of this incredibly fun 16-day festival by throwing colored powder and water at each other.Sundance Film FestivalPlace: Utah, the USTime: end of FebruaryThe largest independent film festival in the US. Watch both feature films and shorts. You need to buy a ticket.1.Which of the following festivals can't be celebrated at the end of February?A. Sundance Film FestivalB. Holi FestivalC. Harbin Ice and Snow FestivalD. The Carnival of Venice2.If you want to watch wonderful films, you may go to .A. IndiaB. ChinaC. ItalyD. America3. If you go to Europe, which festival can you celebrate?A. The Carnival of VeniceB. Holi FestivalC. Sundance Film FestivalD. Harbin Ice and Snow FestivalBLast Friday, 6-years-old Landon Johnson went to the RiverTown Crossings Mall in Grandville with his family. While there, the boy and his cousins took turns chatting with Santa, sharing their Christmas desires.After telling the man in red he wanted a toy dinosaur and a remote control car, Landon hopped off Santa’s lap to rejoin his family.But a few moments later, he raced back to Santa’s side: he’d forgotten to tell him something important. Specificall y, Landon shared his worry with Santa that his autism(自闭症）would land him on the “naughty list”.His mom, Naomi Johnson, explained to WOOD-TV this week that Landon is often told he's “naughty” by mistake. Johnson said. “He's been told by other people before, 'You don't need to be so naughty,' or, 'Wh y are you naughty? '.”Johnson says Santa took the time to listen to Landon's worries, and held the boy's hands all the while. “Santa sat him next to him and took Landon's hands in his and started rubbing them, calming them down. Santa asked Landon if it bothered him, having Autism? Landon said yes, sometimes. Then Santa told him it shouldn't. It shouldn’t bother him to be who he is,” Johnson said.Landon told Santa that he sometimes “gets in trouble at school and it's hard for people to understand that he has autism", but that he's “not a naughty boy”.“You know I love you and the reindeer(驯鹿） love you and it's OK. You're a good boy", Santa told WOOD-TV about the chat with Landon. ''You're a good boy, you know.”Johnson said she was incredibly moved by Santa's thoughtful words. “This stranger in a red suit told my son the same message I’ve been trying to get through to him for a while now--that he's special and I love him just the way he was made", the mom told . “Seeing Landon's face light up i n that moment was just incredible.I couldn't stop crying. He was the real Santa Claus.”4.What did Landon do after he raced back to Santa?A. He shared Christmas desires with SantaB. He told Santa how his autism had bothered himC. He checked if he was the real Santa ClausD. He asked for a toy dinosaur and a remote control car5.What did Santa tell Landon to do?A. Avoid those who mistake himB. Tell others about his autismC. Try to change the way he behavesD. Remain what he is6. What can we conclude from the text?A. Every child is quite possible to be bothered by autismB. Chatting with Santa was a special Christmas gift for LandonC. Santa Claus are always popular with children and their parentsD. Naughty boys are hard to understand because of their bad behaviors7. What's the best title for the text?A. It's OK to be youB. Autism is really a problemC. Find time to Chat with SantaD. Don't stay with naughty boysCLately a popular eight-floor bookstore in Hefei, Anhui province, has risen to fame because it becomes the world’s first shared bookstore, in a move meant to encourage more reading among Chinese citizens.It comes to people's attention as more than 200,000 visitors flooded the store on its first day as a shared bookstore on July 16 this year, a record high since it was reopened to the public in 2013. Some 4,000 books were brought home on the first day, reported.Customers are allowed to borrow up to two books valued under 150 yuan per visit after registering with an app and paying the 99 yuan deposit fee(押金).All books on sale in the bookstore are available for sharing. Returned books that are damaged are sold at a discount. The bookstore also provides a bonus for bookworms. People who finish reading 12 books in three months receive eight percent of their deposit back, and members can be rewarded one yuan for every book read."We want to bring down the cost of reading so people could read more books," Xu Xinwei, who helps run the bookstore, told .Some parents buy a lot of books for their children, but they usually end up collecting dust as their ch6ildren grow up. Similarly, some popular novels for young people also fall out of fashion, according to Xu. "Books are more effectivelycirculated when they're shared."8. The bookstore becomes a shared one .A. to make more moneyB. to make more room for new booksC. to inspire more people to readD. to recommend new books9. What does the underlined phrase “risen to fame” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?A. Become well-knownB. Settled downC. Broken upD. Taken over10. What can we infer from the passage?A. The bookstore was once the best in Anhui provinceB. The books that are sold here can't be borrowedC. More than 4,000 books were taken home on July 16 in 2013D. The cost of reading can be reduced by sharing the books11. What does the bookstore do to attract more readers?A. The bookstore encourages parents to buy more books for their childrenB. The readers are allowed to borrow the books unconditionallyC. The readers who are members can receive one yuan for every book readD. The bookstore is considering offering a bonus for anyone who likes readingDA new “health” trend in Hong Kong sees women staring straight at the sun in the belief that it will replace their need for food and even improve their vision and sleep quality, reports Oriental Daily.The women reportedly head to the Sam Ka Village beach every evening and take off their shoes before setting their phone timers and stand to stare at the sunset--some using an umbrella to protect their skin.The concept of “sun eating” is about consuming the sun's solar energy instead of food and they believe by doing so it can reduce the body's needs.Some of the women choose to wear glasses to limit the UV rays getting to their eyes and causing permanent damage.Some of the sun-gazers(凝视太阳者) stress they are doing it for health reasons, not weight loss. 'We practice sun-gazing as a substitute for eating. Some of us who have finished the practice now eat less, and others don’t have to eat at all,” one woman said. She said they start by looking at the sun for up to 10 seconds on thefirst day, adding 10 seconds every day until they reach 44 minutes by the ninth month of practice.Hou Xiang Jun, a skin specialist, is concerned about the rising trend, saying high UV degree and water reflection is leading to far too much UV light absorption(吸收). “Even if painted with sunscreen they can only stop five to six percent of the damage, an umbrella or a cap can only take 10-20 percent and long exposure will increase the risk of serious skin cancer,” she said. Eye experts are also concerned that it will cause some eye diseases.12.Some women in Hong Kong become “sun-gazers” because they believe it can make them .A. prettierB. use phones lessC. sleep longerD. eat less13.Which of the following statements about “sun-gazers” is TRUE according to the passage?A. Some stop eating after practicing for some timeB. They have no protection against the sunC. Some have suffered from serious skin cancerD. They have convinced the experts of the benefits14.If a woman wants to look at the sun for 5 minutes, how many days does she have to practice?A. 10 daysB. 30 daysC. 50 daysD.150 days15.Which section of the newspaper does the passage probably come from?A. ScienceB. HealthC. AdvertisementD. Sports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。

黑龙江省齐齐哈尔市2018届高三学期第二次模拟考试英语试题学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________一、阅读选择Uncover a magical mix of new and unforgettable experiences when you add theme park admission.Item 1: An all-New Lana and Evening Show at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme pork Bury yourself in the magic of nature like never before at Pandora-The World of Avatar. Visit this destination to start innovative(革新的) travel and enjoy themed dining and shopping opportunities. And at night, treat your sense to Rivers of Light – an incredible mixture of water, sound and light!Item 2: Dazzling New Shows at Magic Kingdom ParkGet ready to wonder at Once Upon a Time, a new night projection show that brings Cinderella Castle to life with projections of beloved Disney scenes and characters. In addition, catch the impressive Happily Ever After ninth when it is performed for the first time on May 12, 2017.Item 3: Attractive Escapades at EpcotBoard an ancient Norwegian ship and go to the kingdom of Arendelle during a Frozen Ever After adventure. Then, stop by the Royal Sommerhus to meet Anna and Elsa—and maybe even start a warm hug. Longing for an air adventure? Take flight on the re-imagine Soarin’ and feel as though you’re flying above some of the earth’s most surprising landm arks and landscapes.Item 4: Epic Entertainment at Disney’s Hollywood StudiosCatch excellent stage shows like Beauty and the Beast—Live on Stage, have fun playing virtual games on Toy Story Mania! , and wrap up your day with Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular, a laser and special effects show set to an iconic musical score.Serious Shopping, One-of-a-Kind Eateries and World-Class Acts at Disney Springs.Discover a waterfront destination filled with more than 150 places to shop, dine and be entertained—including brand name stores, restaurants with rooftop rooms and the only place in the world to see Cirque du Soleil TM La Nouba.1．What do Item I and Item 4 have in common?A．Dining and shopping. B．Adventure and dining.C．Shopping and performance. D．Shopping and adventure.2．Where can visitors find a castle?A．At Epcot.B．At Magic Kingdom Park.C．At Disney’s Hollywood Studios.D．At Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park.3．How can visitors arrive at the kingdom of Arendelle?A．By air. B．On foot.C．By ship. D．By train.Kids seem to spend endless hours on smartphones, computers and tablets these days. The best thing parents can do to prevent it is to encourage youngsters to spend more time outdoors in the sunlight.There has been a massive rise around the globe in short-sightedness—or myopia as it’s officially known—over recent decades. Myopia or short-sightedness is becoming more common. Lack of natural light seems to be the key issue. “The main factor seems to be a lack of exposure to direct sunlight, because children who study a lot and who use computers or smartphones or tablet computers a lot have less opportunity to run around outside and are less exposed to sunshine and because of that children seem to be at more risk of developing shortsightedness.”Prof essor Hammond says, “It may be there’s no coincidence that in East Asian countries, the most myopic ones all relate may to be the that maths league tables(排名表). These kids are being pushed with very intensive education from a very young age and spend a lot of time indoors studying close up. Therefore the concern is that all close work—like playing with the iPhone—carries the potential that it could make them more shortsighted.”The best thing to do, say the experts, is to get children playing outside as much as possible. “In a perfect world, probably on average across the week and the weekend, two hours a day outdoors is protective of becoming short-sighted in children. Healthy diet is really also important—in terms of getting oily fish, green vegetables, green leafy vegetables as much as possible.“What we need to look at is ways of modifying the impact that these activities have ontheir visual development.” Professor Hammond said, “There are eye drops and other treatments to slow myopia progression. But in terms of preventing myopia itself, there isn’t any data out there at the moment in terms of the question, ‘Could the drops we use slow progression or stop myopia developing at all? ‘ ”4．What does the underlined word “that” in Paragraph 2 refer to?A．Much natural light. B．Running around outside. C．Computers or smartphones. D．Less exposure to sunshine.5．What does Professor Hammond think of short-sightedness among East Asian children? A．It appears quite by chance. B．It is not serious enough.C．It largely relate to iPad or iPhone. D．It connects with their study pressure. 6．What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A．The myopic students will decrease in the future.B．Researchers have found methods to reduce myopia.C．It’s still a hard job to control the children’s myopia.D．Researchers needn’t collect any more data on myopia.7．What is the best title for the text?A．Common troubles of studentsB．Problems caused by short-sightednessC．Staying outdoors more to keep good eyesightD．The importance of protecting kidsShe sat at the picnic table alone. Recess(休息) was in full swing. She remained awkward around her classmates. She seemed unsure of what to do or say, yet I could see her eyes longing for acceptance. Many students had already decided that her friendship would not be worth the energy required to overcome the awkwardness. Others teased her. Most ignored her — except for one.Brianna, the class clown, was making the other students laugh, as usual. “Brianna, do you see Molly down there? Would you mind walking down there and inviting her to come up here with the rest of us?”Brianna sighed. I could tell she didn’t want to sacrifice precious minutes of her own recess to do what I was asking of her, but I also knew her heart. She often thought of others before herself — a rare character for anyone, much less a kid.Knowing this choice was hard for her, I pulled out a D-buck, our class currency. Though bribery(行贿) was not the ideal way to handle this situation, I needed her cooperation.“Here, I’ll pay you for your time.”She offered an insincere smile, grasped the green paper, and headed down the hill.As the rest of the children screamed and laughed, my eyes locked on Brianna as she neared the picnic table. Molly could be difficult, and I wouldn’t have been surprised if she sent Brianna back alone, refusing her invitation. When she encouraged herself to a standing position, I sighed with relief.A minute later, 1 felt tap on my shoulder. “Here, Mrs. D．” She handed me the D-buck.“ Why?” I asked.“I shouldn’t keep this.” Her eyes fell to her feet, guilt radiating from her quiet voice. “I don’t want Molly to think 1 only went to get her so I could earn a muck. She’s my friend.”A moment later, they were all laughing again, and who should I see among them, laughing for the first time that week? Molly.8．According to the author, what was Molly like?A．She ignored the jokes from other kids. B．She felt awkward at being teased. C．She desired to be accepted by other kids. D．She had no energy to make friends. 9．What distinguished Brianna from other kids?A．Her clown talent. B．Her cooperation.C．Her honesty. D．Her kindness.10．How did the author feel as Brianna walked to Molly?A．Worried. B．Satisfied.C．Exicted. D．Confused.11．What was the purpose of Brianna’s returning the ID-buck to the author?A．TO avoid losing it one day.B．TO get a pure friendship with Molly.C．TO bribe her teacher.D．TO’ escape from being scolded by her teacher:The researchers say a person loses two months for every kilogram overweight they are— and seven years for smoking a packet of cigarettes a day.Unusually, the Edinburgh university team found their answers by analysing differences inpeople’s genetic code or DNA．Finally they think it will show new ways of helping us to live longer.The group used the genetic code of more than 600, 000 people who are taking part in a natural experiment. If someone smokes, drinks, drops out of school and is overweight, it can be difficult to identify the impact of one specific unhealthy behavior.Instead, the researchers turned to the natural experiment. Some people carry mutations(变异) in their DNA that increase(食欲) or make them more likely to put on weight, so researchers were able to compare those programmed to eat more with those who were not. The research team also found specific mutations in human DNA that alter lifespan (寿命).●Mutations in a gene (a set of instructions in DNA) that is involved in running the immune system could add seven months of life on average.●People with a mutation that increased levels of bad cholesterol knocked eight months off lifespan.●A rare mutation in a gene—APOE—linked to dementia reduced lifespan by 11 months.●And one that made smoking more appealing cut lives by five months.Dr Joshi says that while genes do influence lifespan, “you’ve got even more influence” through the choices you make. Dr Joshi said, “We hope to discover genes affecting lifespan to give us new information about ageing and construct treatment tor ageing.”There are also some disease mutations that clearly affect lifespan and to destructive effect, such as the Huntington’s gene. People with Huntington’s often die in their 20s.However, in order to follow people until the end of their lives, many of the people studied were born before 1940.12．What is the most difficult for the researchers to find?A．The differences in people’s genetic code.B．The reasons why people put on weight very easily.C．The results of many natural and massive experiments.D．One bad behaviour’s effect on people with many bad behav iours.13．Which of the following mutations affects lifespan most greatly?A．One linked to controlling immune system.B．One increasing unhealthy cholesterol.C．One called APOE involved in dementia.D．One making smoking more attractive.14．What’s the meaning of Dr Joshi’s study?A．To help stop mutations. B．TO find diseases earlier.C．TO make people live longer. D．TO reduce the effects of genes. 15．Why did researchers mainly study people born before 1940?A．To follow them until they die. B．TO educate them an extra year.C．To show they are more important. D．To make them live happier.二、七选五Here are some easy steps to create better habits that will surely improve your mental health.• Get enough sleep. Keeping a consistent sleep schedule will ensure that your body and mind will function properly. Experts recommend that each person should sleep for at least 6. 5 to 8 hours a night. 16．When you restart, it refreshes everything and helps your machine function faster and better.• DO some exercise. You should know that regular exercise is necessary for a healthy body and soul. Some workout motivation tips from experts are that you should determine what exercises interest you and work your way up from there. Still no idea how to start? 17．• Mind what you eat. 18．You know your body and you also know potato chips have done nothing except make you feel sluggish and guilty. DO your heart and waistline a favor by feeding your body healthy thing like lean protein, whole grains and fiber.• 19．Use journaling as a way to release(释放) tension you may be holding in. You can also use it as a way to organize your thoughts, transfer the chaos from head to paper. You don’t necessarily have to write for an audience. In fact, writing for yourself can be regarded asself-treatment and help you become more aware of yourself and your own thoughts.• Explore the world. You don’t need your passport for this one. 20．No matter how old you are, there are many things in this life that you have yet to experience. Get out of your comfort zone and see what the world has to offer you. You may actually be pleasantly surprised to try things you have never done before and how enjoyable they are.A．Start writing.B．Balance yourself.C．Put down the hamburger and accept whole grains!D．Hire a personal trainer to help you get off your sofa.E.X Think of your body as a computer that needs some rebooting(重启).F.Go out to new restaurants or hiking trails to expand your experiences.G.Even if you have to work out slow at first, it’s better to start than not at all.三、完形填空My daughter brought her four dogs over to my house though I keep two of my own. For a few hours then the house was full of 21 . There was running, barking and growling. Toys were chased after, laps were 22 on and faces were licked. Now that they have thoroughly 23 themselves out, all six dogs are napping 24 and the cat finally came out of hiding again.I have had dogs as my 25 for almost all of my life here. They have given me a26 and friendship that no amount of money could ever 27 . Of course, they have had their flaws too. Their breath hasn’t 28 been the best, Nor has their body 29 . They sometimes have defecated(排便) on my floor had thrown themselves up on my30 . They have woken me up far too 31 , far too often. Their sudden barking has made my 32 ring and my heart rate jump. They have stolen my covers and 33on my pillows. They have covered my clothes and carpets in 34 . What is worse, they have 35 my shoes and sometimes my furniture. And I have seen them eat things that I won’t dare 36 here. Still, I have loved them all unconditionally 37 they have all loved me unconditionally.In this 38 moment with them all napping around me, I can’t help but think what this world would be like 39 we all loved each other as unconditionally as our dogs love us.Would there be a(n) 40 to war, hunger, hate, and fear? I expect that we will be able to create a peaceful world for all the people on it.21．A．hope B．noise C．trust D．expectation22．A．caught B．brought C．jumped D．turned23．A．taken B．carried C．held D．worn24．A．peacefully B．anxiously C．possibly D．fully25．A．interest B．colleagues C．guides D．companions26．A．loyalty B．reward C．cheat D．entertainment27．A．suggest B．remind C．buy D．charge28．A．sometimes B．always C．never D．still29．A．size B．height C．length D．smell30．A．yard B．bathroom C．bed D．pool31．A．soon B．early C．quickly D．late32．A．ears B．eyes C．bells D．phones33．A．climbed B．read C．slept D．played34．A．fur B．leaves C．dust D．water35．A．swallowed down B．chewed up C．taken in D．brought out 36．A．convey B．deliver C．promote D．describe37．A．when B．though C．because D．after38．A．important B．quiet C．boring D．lonely39．A．if B．as C．since D．for40．A．solution B．end C．support D．change四、用单词的适当形式完成短文Home of the copper drumHechi’s copper drum culture goes back as far as the Han Dynasty (206 BC—AD 220), 41．the people living in the area considered copper drums sacred and Hechi is still one of China’s 42．(large) copper drum sites. A 2003 survey by cultural heritage departments 43．(find) more than 1, 400 copper drums in the area, with at least 1,300 copper drums 44．(be) used by local folk artists. In this way, ethnic groups in Hechi have produced a 45．( unique) rich and diverse cultural form and customs for festivals, weddings, celebrations, funerals, and religious 46．(activity) of local people, with ballads and for rice-planting and frogs. That same year, a copper drum conservation project along the Hongshui River basin joined the Culture Ministry’s Top 10 conservation project list for ethnic and folk cultures.In 2006, the Zhuang People’s Copper Drum Practices 47．(add) to the national cultural heritage list by the State Council. In 2008, the Culture Ministry declared Donglan county and 48．city of Hechi the “Home of Chinese Copper Drum Art” 49．in 2009, its “Copper D rum Practice” became a candidate for the Human Cultural Heritage. There are now more than 2,400 copper drums in the world, at least 1,400 of 50．(they) in Hechi, making it a Copper Drum Cultural and Ecological Reserve with recognition across Guangxi,五、短文改错51．假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改同桌写的以下作文。

2018届黑龙江省齐齐哈尔市高三第三次模拟考试英语试题（word版）第一部分听力(共两节, 满分30分)第一节(共5 小题;每小題1. 5 分, 满分7. 5 分)听下面5 段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题, 从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

例：How much is the shirt?A. £19.5.B. £ 9.18.C. £ 9.15.答案是C。

1. Where did the man spend his childhood?A. In China.B. In Canada.C. In the USA2. What will the woman probably do next?A. Change her address.B. Mail some letters.C. Call the post office.3. What does the man order?A. Cold coffee.B. Corn bread.C. Grape juice.4. How is it now on the beach?A. It’s cloudy.B. It s raining.C. It’s fine.5. What is the woman planning to do?A. Play tennis.B. Go swimming.C. Clean the house.第二节(共15小题;每小题1. 5分, 满分22. 5分)听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题, 从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项, 并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题, 每小题5秒钟;听完后, 各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

2018届黑龙江省齐齐哈尔市高三第一次模拟考试英语试题第一部分: 听力(共两节，满分30 分)第一节(共5个小题: 每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)听下面5 段对话。

每段对话后有一道小题，从题中所给的A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

例：How much is the shirt?A. £19.15.B. £9.15.C. £9.18.答案是C。

1. What is the woman’s job now?A. A lawyer.B. A bank clerk.C. A police officer.2. Who did the woman meet just now?A. A postman,B. A repairman.C. Her daughter.3. What day can the man see Dr. Johnson?A. On Wednesday.B. On Thursday.C. On Friday.4. What does the man mean?A. He’d prefer to go by bus,B, He wants to be comfortable.C. Taking a bus is more convenient.5. Why is the man late?A. He got lost.B, He had to take a rest on the way.C. The bus he took stopped working.第二节(共15小题;每小题1. 5分, 满分22. 5分)听下面5 段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项, 并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前, 你将有时间阅读各个小题, 每小题5秒钟;昕完后, 各小题将给出5 秒钟的作答时间。

高三英语月考试题第一部分：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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

AAava Whistler HotelStar Ratings：☆☆☆Rooms:192Stay at the Aava Whistler Hotel (formerly Coast Whistler Hotel) and experience a great vacation. The Aava Whistler Hotel is within minutes from over a hundred shopping malls and restaurants. It also has a great number of recreational facilities including swimming diving and even skiing. Hotel services include 24-hour reception laundry and room service. Guests can stay in cozy rooms equipped with air-conditioning bathroom and television. From CN￥496 per night.Best Western Cairn Croft HotelStar Ratings：☆☆☆Location: East Lundy’s La neRoom:l66Relax and unwind at the Best Western Cairn Hotel. This resort-style hotel is located just minutes from the airport. At the Best Western Cairn Croft guests can enjoy a large number of recreational facilities including children’s activities sight seeing and a swimming pool. Business travelers can also take advantage of spacious meeting and banqueting facilities for hosting corporate events. All rooms come with basic amenities. From CN￥439 per night. Clarion Hotel＆Suites Downtown MontrealStar Ratings：☆☆☆Rooms：266Conveniently located just 20 minutes from the airport the Clarion Hotel＆Suite DowntownMontreal is a moderately-priced three-star hotel that provides services to both business and leisure travelers. The Clarion has spacious meeting facilities and modern business centers for business travelers. It also has a sauna and whirlpool where guest can relax. All rooms come with basic amenities including cable TV and a kitchenette. From CN￥553 per night.Delta Bow Valley HotelStar Ratings：☆☆☆Rooms：398The Delta Bow Valley Hotel is located a couple of blocks north of Olympic Plaza east of James Short Park and north-east of the Petro-Canada Centre. Apart from business and recreational services such as a business centre fitness centre and restaurant all rooms in the Delta come with a mini-bar and in-house movies. From CN￥l 227 per night.1.What do all four of the hotels have in common?A. They all provide a room with a mini bar.B. They all have the same number of roomC. They all have a three star ratingsD. They are all close to the airport2.Which hotel offers facilities for children’s activities?A. Clarion Hotel＆Suites Downtown MontrealB. Best Western Cairn Croft HotelC. Aava Whistler HotelD. Delta Bow Valley Hotel3.If you want to check in to a hotel at three o’clock in the morning you can stay at ______.A. Aava Whistler HotelB. Best Western Cairn Croft HotelC. Clarion Hotel＆Suites Downtown MontrealD. Delta Bow Valley HotelBSometimes your expectations don't survive. But you have to make it through.After a lengthy visa application procedure, I left my father with our dog, jumped on a flight, and there I was in London. Since Europe is an aspiration in my country, I had imagined it as a place where things always worked perfectly. I was alone in dealing with all kinds of problems as they arose, that was alright and this is how I became my own "special person" during my Erasmus exchange.The accommodation I could afford was far from the city. To make things worse, I was new to many things, and definitely an outsider. But it wasn't an exception to carelessness, I found out. My dorm was in a silent neighborhood. Little did I know that those calm streets would be visited by loud fire trucks...And because of me!That morning, I closed the kitchen door after placing some bread in the toaster. I was still half asleep and looking for what to wear. For some reason, the automatic mechanism of the toaster to push the slices up didn't work. When I went back to the kitchen, it was full of thick white smoke. Coughing hard, I opened the windows, stepped outside the door for a breath, and then went in again to reach for the fire extinguisher. It was the first time I used one, and had to get out of the kitchen to be able to see how to unlock it. It was only then the fire alarm went off! I went in again and made sure I put off the fire.Nothing was like how I planned. A few times I hung out in the school cafeteria, but couldn't make friends. I went to discover the city, alone. Independence wasn’t something to be ashamed of after all. I wish I had made friends with people, but it turned out that I had to learn I wasn't in need of others' company to enjoy life. I tried to make the best of my time thinking that being alone is a blessing too, just like being with friends is. My international experiences that followed definitely made me more social, but now I know that being alone is not a weakness, but a part of life to embrace. Just like our mistakes, carelessness or bad luck, I can say it was during my time in London that I learnt I was, despite everything, a strong and special person who can cope with anything that comes her way.4.The underlined words "it wasn't an exception to carelessness" probably refers to _________________.A.I was careless to cause a fire.B.I shouldn’t be careless in a foreign country.C.I was supposed to handle hardships abroad on my own.D.The accommodation of exchange students is always out-of-the-way.5.How did the author feel about his experience when living abroad by himself?A.Helpless.B.Meaningless.C. Regretful.D. Fruitful.6.We can learn from the second paragraph that the author______.A.had expected everything abroad would go smoothly before leaving his countryB.hadn't been prepared to handle the problems abroad before goingC.got his visa without much difficultyD.went abroad with his dog7.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?A.What Made Me Become My Own Hero?B.My Study Experience in the UKC.Being Alone Is Definitely an Awful ThingD.An Unforgettable Experience of Putting Out a Fire in LondonCA woman planning “Harry Potter night” at a supper club she runs at home has been forced to change their name after a warning from film studio Warner Bros (华纳兄弟) .The evenings in Kiburn, north London, were due to include food and other elements from the Harry Potter books. However, Warner Bros, maker of the Harry Potter films, wrote to the club’s organizer “Ms Marmite Lover” warning that the parties would infringe its rights.The club will now hold two “Genetic Wizard nights” for Halloween. On her blog, Ms Marmite Lover explains that she researched and developed her menu with her Harry Potter-obsessed teenage daughter and a food writer.Guests would have to enter the venue, called the Underground Restaurant, through “Diagon Alley” and by giving a password—while a “Sorting Hat” would decide the seating plan.After Warner Bros learned about the ticketed (被加标签) event, it wrote to Ms MarmiteLover saying: “While we are delighted that you are such a fun of the Harry Potter series, unfortunately your proposed use of the Harry Potter Properties without our permission would amount to an infringement of Wamer's rights.”The letter added：“Warner does not, of course, object to you holding a generic wizard Halloween night at the Underground Restaurant.”Ms Marmite Lover suggested in her blog: “JK Rowli ng herself, having at one time been a struggling single parent, and having donated to the National Council for one Patent Families, would probably approve of a single mother being entrepreneurial and creative”.The Underground Restaurant usually charges diners about 20-30 each, except alcohol. Warner Bros says it has guidelines to help Harry Potter fans run non-profit and charitable events true to the spirit of the stories.The vast majority of non-commercial events are able to go ahead with the studio's support, it says.8. Mr. Marmite Lover had to change their name because _______．A. the sold tickets to whoever attends the supper clubB. JK Rowling didn’t approve of their doing soC. the Underground Restaurant charged too muchD. the use of the name infringed Warner’s rights9. From the passage we know that Ms Marmite was _______ .A. the researcher of Harry Potter filmsB. the maker of the Harry Potter filmsC. a cooking-book writerD. a single parent10. The seventh paragraph told us that _______ .A. Ms Marmite Lover was creative and she is good at cooking.B. Ms. Marmite Lover attempted to find excuse for what she had done.C. JK Rowling was sure to agree with what a creative woman did.D. JK Rowling suffered a lot before she published her novel series.11. We can infer from the passage that _______ .A. “Sorting Hat” is the password to go through “Diagon Alley”.B. the charges that the guests pay for the dinner include alcohol.C. Ms. Marmite Lover was not pleased with Warner Bros.D. Warner is a charity organization which helps the single mother.DTechnology offers conveniences such as opening the garage door from your car or changing the television station without touching the TV.Now one American company is offering its employees a new convenience: a microchip implanted in their hands. Employees who have these chips can do all kinds of things just by waving their hands. Three Square Market is offering to implant microchips in all of their employees for free. Each chip costs $300 and Three Square Market will pay for the chip. Employees can volunteer to have the chips implanted in their hands. About 50 out of 80 employees have chosen to do so. The president of the company, his wife and their children are also getting chips implanted in their hands.The chip is about the size of a grain of rice. Implanting the chip only takes about a second and is said to hurt only very briefly. The chips go under the skin between the thumb and forefinger. With a chip in the hand, a person can enter the office building, buy food, sign into computers and more, simply by waving that hand near a scanner. The chips will he also used to identify employees. Employees who want convenience, but do not want to have a microchip implanted under their skin, can wear a wristband or a ring with a chip instead. They can perform the same tasks with a wave of their hands as if they had an implanted chip.Three Square Market is the first company in the United States to offer to implant chips in its employees. Epicenter, a company in Sweden, has been implanting chips in its employees for a while.Three Square Market says the chip cannot track the employees. The company says scanners can read the chips only when they are within a few inches of them.“The chips prote ct againstidentity theft, similar to credit cards.”The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the chips back in 2004,so they should be safe for humans, according to the company.In the future, people with the chips may be able to do more with them, even outside the office. Todd Westby is Chief Executive Officer of Three Square Market. He says, “Eventually, this technology will become standardized allowing you to use this as your passport, public transit, all purchasing opportunities, etc.”12.What is the third paragraph mainly about?A.The replacement of the chips.B.The potential risks of implanting the chips.C.The places to implant the chips.D.The advantages of the chips.13.What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 5 refer to?A.the handsB.the credit cardsC.the employeesD. the scanners14.We can infer that_____.A.the chips have magic powersB.the price of the chips is reasonableC.the chips are very popular among the employeesD.most people suspect the application of the chips15.Which of the following best describes Todd Westby's attitude towards the chips?A.Defensive.B.Disappointing.C.Casual.D.Optimistic.第二节（共5小题; 每小题2分，满分10分）阅读短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

黑龙江省齐齐哈尔市2018届高三英语第二次月考试题第二局部阅读理解〔共两节,共20小题；每一小题2分，总分为40分〕第一节阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项〔A，B，C，D〕中，选出最优选项。

AMicro-Enterprise Credit for Street YouthIntroductionAlthough small-scale business training and credit programs have become more common throughout the world, relatively little attention has been paid to the need to direct such opportunities to youth living on the street or in difficult circumstances. Over the past years, Street Kids International (S.K.I.) has been working with partner organizations in Africa, Latin Africa and India to support the economic lives of street children. The purpose of this paper is to share some of the lessons S.K.I. and our partner organizations have learned.BackgroundTypically, children end up on the streets not due to a single cause, but a combination of factors: the lack of adequately funded schools, the demand for income at home and so on. The street may be attractive to children as a place to find adventurous play and money. However, it is also a place where some children are exposed, with little or no protection, to exploitative employment, and urban crime. Street Business PartnershipsS.K.I. has worked with partner organizations in Latin America, Africa and India to develop innovative opportunities for street children to earn income.● The S.K.I Bicycle Courier Service first started in the Sudan. Participants in this enterprise were supplied with bicycles, which they used to deliver parcels and messages, but they were required to pay for it gradually from their wages.● The Youth Skills Enterprise Initiative in Zambia is a joint program with the Red Cross Society. Street Youths are supported to start their own small business through business training, life skills training and access to credit.Lessons LearnedThe following lessons have emerged from the programs that S.K.I. and partnerorganizations have created.● It’s important for all loans to be linked to training programs that includethe development of basic business and life skills.● Small loans are provided initia lly for purchasing fixed assets such as bicycles, shoe shining kits.● All S.K.I. programs have charged interest on the loans, primarily to get the business runners used to the concept of paying interest on borrowing money. Generally the rates have been modest.ConclusionThere is a need to recognize the importance of access to credit for poor young people seeking to fulfill economic needs.1. The organization, S.K.I., aims to _________________.A. give business training and loans to street childrenB. provide schools and social support for street childrenC. share the lessons S.K.I. learned to help street childrenD. draw the attention of the government to street children2. This passage implies that with the help of S. K. I. street children may ______________.A. reject paid employmentB. set up their own businessC. leave their familiesD. employ other children3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. The link of all loans to training programs is important.B. Interest is charged for the loans in all S.K.I. programs.C. The S.K.I Bicycle Courier Service provides the participants with free bicycles.D. The Youth Skills Enterprise Initiative in Zambia works with another organization.BMy father’s family is not a musical fami ly. They are a family of words. My brother has my father’s dark hair, his love of a good argument. I take after mymother. From her I inherited a curious nature, a sense of adventure, bright red hair. I did not, contrary to her hopes, inherit a talent for the piano. That fact was established beyond doubt after unsuccessful attempts to draw music from me.The piano lessons began when I was four. My mother was convinced that I would be a child Mozart. She found the ideal teacher--Madame Oblenka, a strict Russian woman, whose pursed lips were enough to frighten a wild horse into submission. Madame Oblenka, who expected a little Mozart, was not very delighted to find a little girl banging her fists on the keys.I tried to please her. “Feel the music,〞 she urge d. I “felt〞 it and winced (退避) my ear--for what is more unpleasant than a series of wrong notes played continuously? She “felt〞 my music, too, which is why she always left with an angrier expression than when she came.Once, when I was ten, I managed to record one of my own rehearsals (练习). In order to escape my practice sessions, I would close myself behind the door of the piano room, put on the tape recording, and read until the tape had finished. That method worked for a week, until my mother began to wonder why I always missed the same B-sharp. She knocked on the door, and, receiving no answer, came in to check on me and found that I had fallen asleep while the tape of my performance played on and on.I was twelve when my parents finally acknowledged that my hidden talent was not about to emerge any time soon. My mother, refusing to admit defeat, told me to pick another instrument. “Choose anything you want, Honey,〞 she said, assuming that freedom of choice would inspire devotion. I thought long and hard and chose the drums. My parents, sensitive to noise, would be less than overjoyed by a daily bombardment of playing. I imagined my father in his study, cotton wads in his ears.I worked my way through several other instruments before my mother hit on an other idea. Maybe I wasn’t meant to be an instrumentalist. Realizing that dramamight be more suited to my talents, Mom took me to a drama teacher. However, he put me backstage, painting scenery. Once I recovered from my sense of injury, I realized the wisdom of his choice. I loved the active, practical backstage world, and I discovered that I had a knack for constructing and painting. I loved the challenge of taking our scanty (贫乏) supplies and using them to make something beautiful. Imagining a scene and then seeing it emerge before me--this, to me, was close to magic.I’m a sculptor now, and every day I experience afresh the joy of being fully absorbed in the act of artistic creation. It’s a wonderful, blissful (乐而忘忧) feeling. I realize that my parents, in their misguided attempts to interest me in music, were trying to give me this feeling. And now I feel grateful. Perhaps they went about it in the wrong way, but their hearts were in the right place.4. The underlined word “emerge〞 in the fifth paragraph can be replaced by _____.A. disappearB. failC. turnD. show5. Which of the following best reveals the author’s attitude towards pianopractice?A. She tried to make the piano teacher pleased.B. She repeated the same mistake in practicing.C. She played the recording instead of practicing.D. She recorded her performance for improvement.6. The author’s mother can be best described as __________.A. devoted and stubbornB. encouraging and independentC. helpful and considerateD. hardworking and generous7. We can learn from the passage __________.A. art should be treated as a joy rather than a burdenB. the ordinary backstage work can help one succeedC. you can only get better at something if you practiceD. parents should encourage their children to create artCTwo of the saddest words in the English language are “if only〞. I live my life with the goal of never having to say those words, because they convey regret, lost opportunities, mistakes, and disappointment.My father is famous in our family for saying, “Take the extra minute to do it right.〞I always try to live by the “extra minute〞 rule. When my children were young and likely to cause accidents, I always thought about what I could do to avoid an “if only〞 moment, whether it was something minor like moving a cup full of hot coffee away from the edge of a counter, or something that required a little more work such as taping padding (衬垫) onto the sharp corners of a glass coffee table.I don’t only avoid those “if only〞moments when it comes to safety. It’s equally important to avoid “if only〞 in our personal relationships. We all know people who lost a loved one and regretted that they had foregone an opportunity to say “I love you〞or “I forgive you.〞 When my father announced he was going to the eye doctor across from my office on Good Friday, I told him that it was a holiday for my company and I wouldn’t be here. But then I thought about the fact that he’s 84 years old and I realized that I shouldn’t g ive up an opportunity to see him. I called him and told him I had decided to go to work on my day off after all.I know there will still be occasions when I have to say “if only〞 about something, but my life is definitely better because of my policy of doing everything possible to avoid that eventuality. And even though it takes an extra minute to do something right, or it occasionally takes an hour or two in my busy schedule to make a personal connection, I know that I’m doing the right thing. I’m buying myself peace of mind and that’s the best kind of insurance for my emotionalwell-being.8. Which of the following is an example of the “extra minute〞 rule?A. Start the car the moment everyone is seated.B. Leave the room for a minute with the iron working.C. Wait for an extra minute so that the steak tastes better.D. Move an object out of the way before it trips someone.9. The author decided to go to her office on Good Friday to ______.A. keep her appointment with the eye doctorB. meet her father who was already an old manC. join in the holiday celebration of the companyD. finish her work before the deadline approached10. T he underlined word “foregone〞 in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to___________.A. abandonedB. lackedC. avoidedD. wasted11.W hat is the best title for the passage?A. The Emotional Well-beingB. The Two Saddest WordsC. The Most Useful RuleD. The Peace of MindDAs rules, laws are people’s rights and responsibilities towar d society. Laws are agreed on by society and made official by governments.Some persons look on laws with fear, hatred, or annoyance. Laws seem to limit people’s freedom to do many things they would like to do. Though laws may prevent us from doing things we wish to do at the moment, laws make everyone’s life safer and more pleasant. Without laws we could not hold on to our property; we could not go to bed at night expecting to wake up in the morning and find that we had not been robbed; no stores in which we buy food, clothes, and other necessities could stay open and sell to us. Our banks would not be safe places to keep our money.Social life would be impossible without laws to control the way people treat one another. It is not the laws that should be feared but the trouble that comes to everyone when laws are broken. Once this is understood, a citizen will not fear or hate the law. Understanding the need for good laws and the evil results of breaking laws is the first requirement of good citizenship and government.Philosophers once believed that in prehistoric time people lived without laws in a “state of nature〞. People were free to do as they pleased unless someone stronger stopped them by force. As a result, life became so dangerous and unsafe that leaders had to create laws to protect life and property.This is no longer believed to be true. Scholars now think that as soon as people began living in small groups, they worked out rules for getting along with one another. In time everyone accepted and supported the rules. Manners, customs and beliefs controlled the living habits and behavior of the group. Such rules and habits of life are called folkways.Folkways are probably the real meaning of human laws, as well as of religion, morals, and education. As life became more complex, folkways became more complete guides to living. After thousands of years, some of the important folkways were put into writing as the earlier laws. And as life grew more and more complicated with faster transportation and the rise of modern industry and big cities, more human acts and interests had to be ruled by law. This led to a great increase in the number of laws.But we know that unless laws are enforced, they cannot protect us. Poorly enforced laws invite crime and violence. So we agree that the best protection against crime is planned social change and law reform -- to reduce the causes of crime and to encourage people to obey the laws. Such a solution would join a sound system of law enforcement with forces working to prevent crime. To attain this goal, all citizens must understand the need for good laws and for their enforcement.12. Some persons look on laws with fear, hatred, or annoyance, because_____.A. they can’t do whatever they want toB. they feel it unnecessary to have lawsC. laws only protect those who worked out themD. laws and rules are too complicated to understand13. Which of the following statement is NOT TRUE?A. Without laws we may fail to hold on to our propertyB. In prehistoric time people li ved happily without laws in a “state of nature〞.C. Human laws, as well as of religion, morals, and education, are believed tooriginate from Folkways.D. Good citizens and government should be aware of the need for good laws andthe evil results of breaking laws14. A sound system of law enforcement is necessary because_____.A. some citizens fear or hate the law.B. poorly enforced laws cause crime and violence.C. we need someone stronger to stop crime by force.D. the evil results of breaking laws are getting fewer and fewer .15. What’s the best title of this passage?A. The Origin of LawsB. Enforcement of LawsC. Leaders and LawsD. Laws and rules.第二节、七选五〔共5小题〕根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最优选项。

黑龙江省齐齐哈尔八中2018届高三第二次月考英语试题第二部分阅读理解（共两节,共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）第一节阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A，B，C，D）中，选出最佳选项。

AMicro-Enterprise Credit for Street YouthIntroductionAlthough small-scale business training and credit programs have become more common throughout the world, relatively little attention has been paid to the need to direct such opportunities to youth living on the street or in difficult circumstances. Over the past years, Street Kids International (S.K.I.) has been working with partner organizations in Africa, Latin Africa and India to support the economic lives of street children. The purpose of this paper is to share some of the lessons S.K.I. and our partner organizations have learned.BackgroundTypically, children end up on the streets not due to a single cause, but a combination of factors: the lack of adequately funded schools, the demand for income at home and so on. The street may be attractive to children as a place to find adventurous play and money. However, it is also a place where some children are exposed, with little or no protection, to exploitative employment, and urban crime.Street Business PartnershipsS.K.I. has worked with partner organizations in Latin America, Africa and India to develop innovative opportunities for street children to earn income.● The S.K.I Bicycle Courier Service first started in the Sudan. Participants in this enterprise were supplied with bicycles, which they used to deliver parcels and messages, but they were required to pay for it gradually from their wages.● The Youth Skills Enterprise Initiative in Zambia is a joint program with the Red Cross Society. Street Youths are supported to start their own small business through business training, life skills training and access to credit.Lessons LearnedThe following lessons have emerged from the programs that S.K.I. and partner organizations have created.● It’s important for all loans to be linked to training programs that include the deve lopment of basicbusiness and life skills.● Small loans are provided initially for purchasing fixed assets such as bicycles, shoe shining kits.● All S.K.I. programs have charged interest on the loans, primarily to get the business runners used to the concept of paying interest on borrowing money. Generally the rates have been modest.ConclusionThere is a need to recognize the importance of access to credit for poor young people seeking to fulfill economic needs.1. The organization, S.K.I., aims to _________________.A. give business training and loans to street childrenB. provide schools and social support for street childrenC. share the lessons S.K.I. learned to help street childrenD. draw the attention of the government to street children2. This passage implies that with the help of S. K. I. street children may ______________.A. reject paid employmentB. set up their own businessC. leave their familiesD. employ other children3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. The link of all loans to training programs is important.B. Interest is charged for the loans in all S.K.I. programs.C. The S.K.I Bicycle Courier Service provides the participants with free bicycles.D. The Y outh Skills Enterprise Initiative in Zambia works with another organization.BMy father’s family is not a musical family. They are a family of words. My brother has my father’s dark hair, his love of a good argument. I take after my mother. From her I inherited a curious nature, a sense of adventure, bright red hair. I did not, contrary to her hopes, inherit a talent for the piano. That fact was established beyond doubt after unsuccessful attempts to draw music from me.The piano lessons began when I was four. My mother was convinced that I would be a child Mozart. She found the ideal teacher--Madame Oblenka, a strict Russian woman, whose pursed lips were enough to frighten a wild horse into submission. Madame Oblenka, who expected a little Mozart, was not verydelighted to find a little girl banging her fists on the keys.I tried to please her. “Feel the music,” she urged. I “felt” it and winced (退避) my ear--for what is more unpleasant than a series of wrong notes played continuously? She “felt” my music, too, which is why she always left with an angrier expression than when she came.Once, when I was ten, I managed to record one of my own rehearsals (练习). In order to escape my practice sessions, I would close myself behind the door of the piano room, put on the tape recording, and read until the tape had finished. That method worked for a week, until my mother began to wonder why I always missed the same B-sharp. She knocked on the door, and, receiving no answer, came in to check on me and found that I had fallen asleep while the tape of my performance played on and on.I was twelve when my parents finally acknowledged that my hidden talent was not about to emerge any time soon. My mother, refusing to admit defeat, told me to pick another instrument. “Choose anything you want, Honey,” she said, assuming that freedom of choice would inspire devotion. I thought long and hard and chose the drums. My parents, sensitive to noise, would be less than overjoyed by a daily bombardment of playing. I imagined my father in his study, cotton wads in his ears.I worked my way through several other instruments before my mother hit on another idea. Maybe I wasn’t meant to be an instrumentalist. Realizing that drama might be more suited to my talents, Mom took me to a drama teacher. However, he put me backstage, painting scenery. Once I recovered from my sense of injury, I realized the wisdom of his choice. I loved the active, practical backstage world, and I discovered that I had a knack for constructing and painting. I loved the challenge of taking our scanty (贫乏) supplies and using them to make something beautiful. Imagining a scene and then seeing it emerge before me--this, to me, was close to magic.I’m a sculptor now, and every day I experience afresh the joy of being fully absorbed in the act of artistic creation. It’s a wonderful, blissful (乐而忘忧) feeling. I realize that my parents, in their misguided attempts to interest me in music, were trying to give me this feeling. And now I feel grateful. Perhaps they went about it in the wrong way, but their hearts were in the right place.4. The underlin ed word “emerge” in the fifth paragraph can be replaced by _____.A. disappearB. failC. turnD. show5. Which of the following best reveals the author’s attitude towards piano practice?A. She tried to make the piano teacher pleased.B. She repeated the same mistake in practicing.C. She played the recording instead of practicing.D. She recorded her performance for improvement.6. The author’s mother can be best described as __________.A. devoted and stubbornB. encouraging and independentC. helpful and considerateD. hardworking and generous7. We can learn from the passage __________.A. art should be treated as a joy rather than a burdenB. the ordinary backstage work can help one succeedC. you can only get better at something if you practiceD. parents should encourage their children to create artCTwo of the saddest words in the English language are “if only”. I live my life with the goal of never having to say those words, because they convey regret, lost opportunities, mistakes, and disappointment.My father is famous in our family for saying, “Take the extra minute to do it right.” I always try to live by the “extra minute” rule. When my children were young and likely to cause accidents, I always thought about what I could do to avoid an “if only” moment, whether it was something minor like moving a cup full of hot coffee away from the edge of a counter, or something that required a little more work such as taping padding (衬垫) onto the sharp corners of a glass coffee table.I don’t only avoid those “if only” moments when it comes to safety. It’s equally important to avoid “if only” in our personal relationships. We all know people who lost a loved one and regretted that they had foregone an oppor tunity to say “I love you” or “I forgive you.” When my father announced he was going to the eye doctor across from my office on Good Friday, I told him that it was a holiday for my company and I wouldn’t be here. But then I thought about the fact that he’s84 years old and I realized that I shouldn’t giveup an opportunity to see him. I called him and told him I had decided to go to work on my day off after all.I know there will still be occasions when I have to say “if only” about something, but my life is definitely better because of my policy of doing everything possible to avoid that eventuality. And even though it takes an extra minute to do something right, or it occasionally takes an hour or two in my busy schedule to make a personal connection, I k now that I’m doing the right thing. I’m buying myself peace of mind and that’s the best kind of insurance for my emotional well-being.8. Which of the following is an example of the “extra minute” rule?A. Start the car the moment everyone is seated.B. Leave the room for a minute with the iron working.C. Wait for an extra minute so that the steak tastes better.D. Move an object out of the way before it trips someone.9. The author decided to go to her office on Good Friday to ______.A. keep her appointment with the eye doctorB. meet her father who was already an old manC. join in the holiday celebration of the companyD. finish her work before the deadline approached10. The underlined word “foregone” in Paragraph 3 is clo sest in meaning to ___________.A. abandonedB. lackedC. avoidedD. wasted11.W hat is the best title for the passage?A. The Emotional Well-beingB. The Two Saddest WordsC. The Most Useful RuleD. The Peace of MindDAs rules, laws are people’s rights and responsibilities toward society. Laws are agreed on by society and made official by governments.Some persons look on laws with fear, hatred, or annoyance. Laws seem to limit people’s freedom to do many things they would like to do. Though laws may prevent us from doing things we wish to do at themoment, laws make everyone’s life safer and more pleasant. Without laws we could not hold on to our property; we could not go to bed at night expecting to wake up in the morning and find that we had not been robbed; no stores in which we buy food, clothes, and other necessities could stay open and sell to us. Our banks would not be safe places to keep our money.Social life would be impossible without laws to control the way people treat one another. It is not the laws that should be feared but the trouble that comes to everyone when laws are broken. Once this is understood, a citizen will not fear or hate the law. Understanding the need for good laws and the evil results of breaking laws is the first requirement of good citizenship and government.Philosophers once believed that in prehistoric time people lived without laws in a “state of nature”. People were free to do as they pleased unless someone stronger stopped them by force. As a result, life became so dangerous and unsafe that leaders had to create laws to protect life and property.This is no longer believed to be true. Scholars now think that as soon as people began living in small groups, they worked out rules for getting along with one another. In time everyone accepted and supported the rules. Manners, customs and beliefs controlled the living habits and behavior of the group. Such rules and habits of life are called folkways.Folkways are probably the real meaning of human laws, as well as of religion, morals, and education. As life became more complex, folkways became more complete guides to living. After thousands of years, some of the important folkways were put into writing as the earlier laws. And as life grew more and more complicated with faster transportation and the rise of modern industry and big cities, more human acts and interests had to be ruled by law. This led to a great increase in the number of laws.But we know that unless laws are enforced, they cannot protect us. Poorly enforced laws invite crime and violence. So we agree that the best protection against crime is planned social change and law reform -- to reduce the causes of crime and to encourage people to obey the laws. Such a solution would join a sound system of law enforcement with forces working to prevent crime. To attain this goal, all citizens must understand the need for good laws and for their enforcement.12. Some persons look on laws with fear, hatred, or annoyance, because_____.A. they c an’t do whatever they want toB. they feel it unnecessary to have lawsC. laws only protect those who worked out themD. laws and rules are too complicated to understand13. Which of the following statement is NOT TRUE?A. Without laws we may fail to hold on to our propertyB. In prehistoric time people lived happily without laws in a “state of nature”.C. Human laws, as well as of religion, morals, and education, are believed to originate fromFolkways.D. Good citizens and government should be aware of the need for good laws and the evil results ofbreaking laws14. A sound system of law enforcement is necessary because_____.A. some citizens fear or hate the law.B. poorly enforced laws cause crime and violence.C. we need someone stronger to stop crime by force.D. the evil results of breaking laws are getting fewer and fewer .15. What’s the best title of this passage?A. The Origin of LawsB. Enforcement of LawsC. Leaders and LawsD. Laws and rules.第二节、七选五（共5小题）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。

黑龙江齐齐哈尔市五校联谊2018届高三上学期期末联考英语试题注意事项：1.本试卷分三部分。

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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、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AThere is much to see Australia that you can’t see easily in its natural setting anywhere else. A visit to Australia would not be complete without taking the chance to se some of these animals in their natural environment.BandicootThere are several species of Bandicoot around Australia, and although occasionally they can be seen during the day, they are generally nocturnal. Bandicoots are small creatures only about the size of a rat and eat small insects and plants. Several of the Bandicoots around Australia include the Eastern Barred Bandicoot, which is now rare around Australia and the Southern Brown Bandicoot found in eastern and western parts of Australia.KoalaKoalas are small bears like creatures that live along the east coast of Australia, with their habitat amongst the famous Eucalyptus trees. However, koalas only like to eat a small percentage of the Eucalyptus trees found around Australia. Koalas have hard black noses, with sharp claws and a thick furry coat and can grow to a weight of about 10kg. most of their time is spent asleep in the trees, which is the best place to see a koala.DingoDingoes are found in various areas across Australia, and unlike domestic dogs do not bark. Instead, the Dingo makes a howling sound that is very particular. Dingoes generally eat mice, rabbits and rats, although sometimes they can also attack livestock(家畜) when hungry.Frilled LizardThe Frilled Lizard is found in the eastern and northern parts of Australia, living within the bush. The Frilled Lizard frill normally hangs around its neck, and is made out of a flap of skin. When threatened, the Frilled Lizard will raise its frill making it seen more dangerous.1. When in danger the Frilled Lizard will raise its frill in order to .A. look more beautifulB. make itself comfortableC. frighten its enemyD. attract the opposite sex2. What does the underlined word “nocturnal” mean in the passage?A. Dangerous when attacked.B. Active at night.C. Small in size.D. Gentle in the daytime.3. According to the passage, which animal likes resting in the tree?A. Frilled Lizard.B. Dingo.C. Bandicoot.D. Koala.BI was playing in my kitchen. My mom stood in front of me, hardly keeping the tears from spilling over. She told me that my little cousin had cancer. Hearing this, I went completely numb. How could this be happening? I had just seen her, and she was fine.These things didn’t happen to our family, that’s what my uncle said. It seemed like the world turned upside down; just last week my grandmother had passed away. I felt like I couldn’t get my feet on solid ground.That’s when my sister, Ella, came down the stairs with her long brown hair freshly washed. She sat next to me and smiled. Despite what was happening, everything would work out, her smile seemed to say.“Mom, do you think I could get my hair cut tomorrow?” Ella asked.“Sure,” Mom said, starting to wash the dishes.“I want to donate it to Locks of Love” Ella smiled.My mom stopped washing and turned to look at her. “Are you sure?” I noticed that Mom was holding back tears. This was a sacrifice(牺牲) for Ella. Her long hair was an important part of her.“Yeah, it’s just hair. Eventually it will grow back.” She said.“All right,” Mom said quietly, smiling again.Ella gave up a part of herself for a while. She let a piece of herself go to someone else, someone she didn’t know. That day she became my hero too.4. On hearing little cousin had cancer, how did the author feel?A. Confused.B. Afraid.C. Shocked.D. Worried.5. Which statement is true according to Paragraph 2?A. The world is unfair to the writer’s family.B. Unlucky things of the family made the writer very sad.C. The writer had the disability with her legs.D. Unlucky things didn’t happen to the writer’s fami ly.6. What did the Ella to donate?A. Her comb.B. Her doll.C. Her book.D. Her hair.7. What can we know about Ella?A. She was kind and willing to help others.B. She liked smiling, but didn’t love cooking.C. She made her mother regret her hair.D. She didn’t like wearing long hair again.C•94% of 3-and 4-year-olds have been spanked(打屁股) at least once during the past year, according to one study.•74% of mothers believe spanking is acceptable for kids ages 1 to 3, says another study.•61% of parents take spanking as a "regular form of punishment" for young children, according to a different study.Sometimes children do not do what their parents tell them to do. When this happens, a parent tries to help the child to do the right thing. When this does not work, the parent usually punishes the child.There are many things that a parent can do. One thing that people have done is to spank the child. When a parent spanks a child, they will use their hand or a hard object to strike them on their bottom. This is meant to show the child that they have done something wrong.One parent remembers being spanked when he was a child. His parents used a wooden spoon. When he spanked his own children with his hand, he saw that he put a red mark on his child's leg. He never did that again.One problem with spanking is that it teaches the child to hit someone when they do not like what the other person is doing. Another problem with spanking is that the parent is usually angry and can hit the child too hard. Sometimes parents will use spanking for everything and not try other ways to get the child to do the right thing.Many parents are not sure of what to do instead of spanking. Some people think that their religion tells them that spanking is okay. Some think that the law lets them do it. The courts say that parents have the right to teach their children how to behave.Other things should be tried before a parent decides to spank a child. Telling the child exactly what is wanted from them can be one thing. Giving a child more than one choice is another thing that can be tried. Getting down to the child's level and taking a more child-friendly approach can help as well.8. According to one study, how many parents are in favour of spanking?A. None.B. Most.C. Few.D. All.9. Under what circumstances the parents will spank the children?A. Parents are very tired.B. The courts give the parents the right.C. Parents want to teach the children to hit someone.D. Children do something wrong.10. Which of the following can best describe the writer’s attitude towards spanking?A. Agreeable.B. Unconcerned.C. Unfavorable.D. Interested.11. From this passage, we can conclude that .A. parents should try their best not to spank their childrenB. good children always do the right thingC. parents have no choice but to spank their children when they do something wrongD. children can have more than one choice to avoid being spankedDPlants are helpful to human: they provide us with wood and other products, they give us shade, and they help to prevent drought and floods.Sadly, in many parts of the world man has not realized that the third of these services is the most important. In his eagerness to draw quick profit from the trees, he has cut them down in large numbers, only to find that without them he has lost the best friends he had.Several thousand years ago a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to build warships, with which to gain itself an empire. It gained the empire but, without its trees, its soil became hard and poor. When the empire fell to pieces, the country found itself faced by floods and starvation.Even if a government realizes the importance of a plentiful supply of trees, it is difficult for it to persuade the villager to see this. The villager wants wood to cook his food with, and he can earn money by making charcoal(木炭) or selling wood to the townsman. He is usually too lazy or too careless to plant and look after trees. So unless the government has a good system of control, or can educate the people, the forests will slowly disappear.This does not only mean that the villagers? sons and grandsons have fewer trees. The results are even more serious. For where there are trees their roots break the soil up—allowing the rain to sink in and also hold the soil, thus preventing it being washed away easily, but where there are no trees, the soil becomes hard and poor. The rain falls on hard ground and flows away on the surface, causing floods and carrying away with it the rich topsoil, in which crops grow so well. When all the topsoil is gone, nothing remains but a worthless desert.12. What is the most important function of trees?A. Providing fuel.B. Offering shade.C. Preventing natural disasters.D. Providing wood.13. What eventually happened to the empire in paragraph 3?A. Its people died of hunger.B. It fell to pieces.C. It became a giant empire.D. It built many ships with wood.14. It is implied in the passage that the villagers .A. want a plentiful supply of treesB. want firewood badlyC. just want to get moneyD. don’t realize the importance of trees15. What is the passage mainly concerned with?A. The benefits of trees.B. Trees and soil protection.C. The various uses of trees.D. Different attitudes toward trees.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。

齐齐哈尔第八中学2018届高三第四次月考英语试题命题人: 李庆明审题人: 杨丽丽第一部分：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。

ACountries may be ranked by many various groups, such as how expensive or interesting they are to foreign tourists. They can also be ranked by their openness and friendliness toward visitors. You might be shocked to find out that, for example, the USA is number 102 on the list of the least welcoming places, 140 being the most unfriendly land.MongoliaM ongolia was closed for quite some time and opened up to foreigners only 20 years ago. That’s probably the major reason why it is not yet experienced enough in hosting tourists. The country is beautiful, with huge spacious areas of land that are low populated. There local people are not yet used to being visited by foreign guests.SlovakiaThere are, undoubtedly, pluses as well as minuses in every country. Slovakia is not the perfect destination for a couple of reasons. First and foremost, Slovakia is becoming more and more similar to the rest of European countries surrounding it. Sameness is not the best quality. As a rule, tourists want to travel and see things they have never seen before. It is good that the land’s countryside is still unique, although it is also being commercialized day by day.IranIran is not the best place to travel to. It is located close to Pakistan with its negative political atmosphere. Western visitors are not welcome over there and embassies (大使馆) advise against traveling to Iran. The population, contrary to the country’s government, consists of very friendly and welcoming people.KuwaitIn Kuwait people are warm and friendly. It has a unique history, plenty of traditions and customs. People respect their culture and are very religious. It is a Muslim country, which means that you are not allowed to drink alcohol. If you happen to visit Kuwait during Ramadan, you will not be allowed to eat in public places, either.RussiaRussia is truly a special place. It is definitely worth visiting. What you might not find attractive is the corruption and bureaucracy (官僚主义) that rule in some certain official circles. Another nuisance you should be ready for is that, as a visitor, you’ll be asked to receive an invitation. Only then will you be abl e to apply for a visa. Once you arrive in Russia, you’ll be warmly greeted and accepted by the local people.1. You’ll meet friendly people in the following countries except in _____.A. IranB. KuwaitC. MongoliaD. Russia2. Which of the statements is true according to the text?A. You can apply for a visa for Russia at will.B. If you’re fond of drinking, then Kuwait is not an ideal destination.C. You’re not advised to travel in Iran due to its high cost.D. Mongolia is a beautiful country with much experience in hosting tourists....3. Where does this passage probably come from?A. A news reportB. A lecture speechC. An advertisementD. A text bookBA stylish detective bursts into a secret villa and finds huge amounts of cash in fridges, closets and beds. Meanwhile, the villa’s owner, a government official, crawls on the floor and begs for his life.This is the dramatic opening scene in China’s latest TV show, In the Name of the People, which made its remarkable first show last month. The series, about China’s anti-corruption (反贪) campaign, has attracted millions of viewers across the country. Some have compared it to the American political drama, House of Cards, which has a huge Chinese following.In the Name of the People describes the internal power struggle of the Chinese Communist Party in the fictional city of Jingzhou, featuring stories about Chinese politics that are often talked about but never seen on mainstream television.Viewers have been lapping it up. “This TV drama feels so real. It really cheers people up,” oneviewer wrote on social media network Weibo. “I shed tears after watching this drama. This is the tumor of corruption that has been harming the people,” said another Weibo commenter. What makes In the Name of the People remarkable is not just how frankly it describes the ugly side of Chinese politics, but that it also has the blessing of the country’s powerful top prosecutors’ office (最高检察机关).More than a decade ago, anti-corruption dramas suddenly disappeared from Chinese television. Authorities in 2004 had decided to restrict the production of such dramas as too many were of poor quality. But when Chinese President Xi Jinping took power in 2012 and launched a sweeping campaign against graft (受贿), anti-corruption got back in vogue. In the Name of the People is thus the latest piece, publicizing the government’s victory in its anti-corruption campaign.At least it does a decent job in entertaining viewers. The author said he aimed to show that corrupt officials were no t all “monsters” and were real people, but at the end of the day, the good people always win. “We all badly need heroes, upright law-enforcing heroes like Hou Liangping,” he said.4. In paragraph 1, the description of the opening scene is used to _____.A. make a comparisonB. show the style of this dramaC. draw reader’s attentionD. make a conclusion5. In the Name of the People and House of Cards have something in common because _____.A. they both have a large group of followersB. they are both played on mainstream televisionC. they both touch political and economic areasD. they are both supported by the government6. The purpose of this text is to _____.A. show different opinions on In the Name of the PeopleB. analyze government’s policy of anti-corruption...C. compare In the Name of the People with House of CardsD. introduce the latest TV series In the Name of the People7. What would be the best title for the text?A. China Won Victory in Anti-corruption CampaignB. China embraces TV Corruption DramaC. How Do TV Series Attract Viewers?D. Why Are Corruption Dramas Popular?CYounger students experience school bullying (欺凌) more frequently than older ones, and male students are bullied more than their female peers, a survey found.It also found that nearly half of students had been intentionally hit or knocked down by classmates. About 6 percent said they are targeted by bullies on campus every day. The survey also found that students from ordinary schools experienced more bullying than peers from key institutions, and children from poor families are more likely to be bullied at school.Being bullied can have a negative impact on a child’s personal development and academic performance, according to Zhou Jinyan, a researcher who led the study at Beijing Normal University. “Children being bullied will find it hard to trust others,” Zhou said. “They may often feel anxiety, anger, resentment or depression. These emotions will further undermine their ability to control their own life.”In recent years, bullying on Chinese campuses has been frequently reported and has attracted widespread attention and concern. The most recent incident to arouse heated discussions took place in December at Beijing’s Zhongguancun No.2 Primary School. A f ourth-grade student was bullied and laughed at by classmates, causing him acute stress disorder.The Supreme People’s Procuratorate (最高人民检察院) received about 1,900 cases related to school bullying in 2016. Meanwhile, there was a notable increase in bullying reports involving middle school students from 14 to 18 years old.Zhou came up with some ways to solve the problem, including boosting communication between teachers, parents and students and trying to establish more harmonious relationships among children. She said it was strongly suggested that parents try to be involved in their children’s educational experience, as their presence and companionship have proved effective in reducing bullying and its negative effects.8. Who is the most likely to become the target of bullying?A. A 10-year-old girl from a key schoolB. A 10-year-old boy from a poor familyC. A 17-year-old boy from a rich familyD. A 17-year-old girl from an ordinary school9. Being bullied will cause students to go through the following EXCEPT _____.A. a drop in academic performanceB. a lack of trust in other peopleC. a drop in the sense of depressionD. a lack of confidence in themselves...10. We can learn from the text that _____.A. bullying at school usually leads to acute stress disorderB. bullying on campus has been brought into sharp focus by the mediaC. students who enjoy parents’ companionship will be bullying-freeD. the government should consider taking further action against bullying at school11. What can be the best title for the text?A. Bullying affects half of studentsB. Negative effects on children caused by bullyingC. Is anything we can do about bullying?D. The reasons for bullying on campusDYou open your eyes and mouth wide if you see a live rat in your bedroom but you wrinkle your nose and narrow your eyes if you see a dead one in the road. Why is that? Facial expressions are usually thought of as simple tools of communication. But in his book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, Charles Darwin proposed that they may prepare us to react to different situations when he noticed that some expressions seemed to be used across cultures and even species. Now Joshua Susskind and his colleagues at the University of Toronto, Canada, have put that idea to the test.Susskind’s team wondered whether the expressions of fear might improve how sensory (感官的) information is acquired and so sharpen senses. Conversely disgust (厌恶) might weaken the senses, sheltering us from unpleasant sights and smells.The researchers asked volunteers to complete various tests while holding a fearful, disgusted or neutral expression. In one test, they had to identify when a spot entered their sight. In another they were required to shift their focus as quickly as possible between two targets on a computer screen. It was also measured how much air the volunteers breathed in while expressing fear and disgust.In each case the wide-eyed faces let significantly more of the world in. Volunteers withwide-open eyes detected surrounding objects more quickly and performed side-to-side eye movements faster. They also took in more air with each breath without any extra effort. An MRI (核磁共振) scan showed the nasal cavity (鼻腔) was enlarged while volunteers held this expression, which could be linked with a greater ability to absorb smells.“These changes confer the idea that fear, for example, is a posture towards sensory sharpening while disgust a posture towards sensory rejection,” says Susskind. His team is already at work on experiments to explore to what extent the brain can use this extra information to enhance performance.12. Charles Darwin’s book proposed that facial expressions might _____.A. act as a simple tool of communicationB. get people ready to the changes of circumstancesC. be difficult to understand in different culturesD. equip people with the knowledge of other species13. In Joshua Susskind’s research, the researchers _____.A. wondered whether there existed other expressions of fearB. wanted subjects to use facial expressions to complete tests...C. wanted to test how much air subjects breathed in normallyD. wondered whether expressions of disgust weakened our senses14. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 means that _____.A. wide-eyed expressions would help you understand the world betterB. facial expressions might result in faster eye movementsC. wide-eyed expressions would help people breathe in more airD. facial expressions might help people notice more things around15. In the last paragraph, what might be the new thinking of facial expressions?A. They might tell the brain how to make use of the facial information.B. They might explain why people consider fear as a posture towards sharper senses.C. They might provide extra information to brains thus enhancing performance.D. They might clarify the relationship between brain and environments.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，选项中有两项为多余选项。