(word完整版)2018届高三第一次模拟考试英语试题

in

the

grassland.

My

own

backyard had turned into a muddy mess that tried to steal the shoes right off my feet as I walked

on it. My heart ached and longed for spring, and my own good cheer had trouble rising up against

the continuous, cold, gray days.

The rain poured down on me as I walked my dogs, holding their leashes in my icy fingers. I

looked up at the sky hoping to see the sun smiling down with its warm, golden face. But it was no

use. It was then, however, that

I saw it. It wasn’t the smiling face of the sun in the sky but a little,

yellow face peeking(

微露出

) through the mud. It was a tiny flower, and it filled

my heart with

hope and joy. I smiled and thanked God for this little sign that winter would soon be over and that

spring would arrive. I felt my good cheer rising up at last and I promised God that I would share it

with everyone I could.

One day that

tiny

flower’s

seeds

will

fill

the

grassland

with

little,

yellow

faces

smiling

up

from the ground. Its work will make this world a better and more beautiful place. May we all do

the same. May we all shine our light and share our love even on the coldest and grayest days. May

we

all

help

to

share

a

bit

of

spring

in

winter.

May

we

all

work

to

make

this

world

better

and

brighter even when it is at its darkest.

24. Why did the author look at a picture of sun on a wall calendar from time to time?

A. Because

she hadn’t seen sunshine for a long time.

B. Because she wanted to check how long the cold winter would last.

C. B

ecause she couldn’t go out.

D. Because she looked forward to spring.

25. The author felt _______ before she found the tiny flower.

A. worried

B. angry

C. hopeful

D. frustrated

26. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. The tiny flo

wer was found in the author’s backyard.

B. The tiny flower inspired the author very much.

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C. The author would share the tiny flower with others.

D. The author would never mind the cold weather.

27. What can be the best title of the passage?

A. A Cold Winter

B. A Tiny flower

C. Sharing Makes the World

D. Hopes Make Our Life

C

Chinese

has

overtaken

French,

Spanish

and German

to become

one

of

the

most

promising

foreign languages for job seekers in the UK. Research shows graduates in Chinese earn an average

yearly salary of 31,000 pounds or more.

Chinese students set themselves up for a different university experience from others who take

traditional

subjects.

While

an

English

student

may

have

as

little

as

six

hours

of

a

week,

those

studying

Chinese

are

in

class

for

most

of

the

day.“I

had

a

lot

of

friends

on

other

courses

who

didn’t do much in first or second year. You can’t

play at

Chinese. You have to spend hours and

hours

writing

characters,”

says

Hannah,

who

graduated

in

Chinese

Studies

from

Sheffield

University.“The first year was really difficult. Most of my friends admitted at one point to crying

because of the pressure. I was almost told at one point that I might want to reconsider and drop

out.”

So

are

the

evenings

in

learning

characters

while

your

friends

are

at

the

student

bar

really

worth

it?

Despite

the

painful

studying

experience,

most

of

the

graduates

think

so.

They

use

Chinese in their chosen careers, and would not have been in the jobs they do now without their

knowledge of the language.

Liberty now works for the civil service in Beijing. She earned a place on the Department for

International

Development

graduate

scheme

with

a

salary

of

over

30,000

pounds

within

two

years.“The degree was absolutely worth it.

Looking around at people I know who have studied

French or Spanish at university, there’s not such a chance to use it in the workplace.”

Hannah has set her apart in the workplace, but she warns ambitious students to think about

whether

they

would

really

want

to

live

in

China

in

the

future

before

setting

their

sights

on

a

profitable

career

path.

“Some

people

think

they

are

going

to

learn

Chinese

and

then

be

a

big

success, but I think it’s important to be quite realistic about that.”

28. What does the underlined phrase

“play at”

probably mean in Paragraph 2?

A. Treat seriously

B. Learn lazily

C. Talk amusingly

D. Cheat cleverly

29. What can you learn from Liberty’s and Hannah’s career experience?

A. Chinese degree helped them to find satisfying jobs.

B. There are students learning characters at the student bar.

C. Graduates with French or Spanish degree have no chance to find jobs.

D. By learning Chinese, people are to have a successful career.

30.

What’s Hannah’s a

ttitude to choosing Chinese as a possible career?

A. Doubtful

B. Indifferent

C. Puzzled

D. Objective

31. What is the main idea of the text?

A. Many foreign college students come to China to seek jobs.

B. Some college students consider dropping out Chinese because of its pressure.

C. Chinese is difficult and college students should be realistic about choosing it.

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D. Chinese degree needs painful working, but it is worthy in job seeking.

D

The world's oceans are sick, and getting sicker every day. Two new studies show the warming

of Earth's atmosphere is removing oxygen from ocean waters.

Oxygen is necessary for all life in the oceans, except for a few extremely small organisms.

And researchers said oxygen levels are low enough to threaten all the ocean life that depends on it.

Denise

Breitburg

is

an

ocean

scientist

at

the

Smithsonian

Environmental

Research

Center.

She is also a member of the Global Ocean Oxygen Network, a team of scientists organized by the

United Nations to study the issue. She told the Associated Press,

matters. That pretty much describes

it

.

Scientists with the Global Ocean Oxygen Network reported that more than 32 million square

kilometers of ocean are low in oxygen. These affected areas reach a depth of about 200 meters.

This

area

is bigger

than Africa,

the

second

largest

continent.

The

scientists

say

the

area

of

low

oxygen levels has grown about 16 percent since 1950.

The Global Ocean Oxygen Network's report is the widest reaching look at decreasing oxygen

levels

in

the

world's

seas

so

far.

Lisa

Levin

is

a

professor

at

the

Scripps

Institution

of

Oceanography

and

a

co-author

of

the

report.

In

her

words,

low

oxygen

problem

is

the

biggest unknown climate change consequence out there.

Levin

said

past

research

had

shown

low

oxygen

areas

that

were

the

result

of

agricultural

pollution. She said past studies also showed how warmer waters had created a lack of oxygen. But

Levin

said

this

latest

study

shows

how

both

problems

are

connected

by

common

causes

and

possible solutions.

Co- author Denise Breitburg said that some low oxygen levels in the world's ocean are natural,

but not to the extent found. Wind patterns and ocean currents, believed caused by global warming,

are

preventing

oxygen

from

sinking

below

the

surface

of

the

water.

In

addition,

warmer

water

does not hold as much oxygen and less oxygen mixes into the water, she said.

32. Why are the world’s oceans sick?

A. Because the ocean life is sick.

B. Because the Earth’s atmosphere is becoming warmer.

C. Because the oxygen is being removed from ocean waters.

D. Because there is too much oxygen to threaten the ocean life.

33. What does the underlined word

“it”

in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A. Oxygen being essential to ocean life.

B. Oceans being sicker and sicker.

C. Oxygen being not enough in the ocean.

D. Atmosphere removing oxygen from ocean waters.

34. About _______ million square kilometers of ocean are lack of oxygen in 1950.

A. 32

B. 27.6

C. 37

D. 200

35. From the passage we can learn that_______.

A. all life in the ocean depends on oxygen to live

B. oxygen levels in the ocean are likely to climb

C. air pollution leads to low oxygen levels in oceans

D. cold water holds more oxygen than warm water

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