高三上学期英语第一次摸底考试试卷真题

高三上学期英语第一次摸底考试试卷

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阅读理解

Here are some events in the followingmonths. Have a look and pick out

your favorite.

AVCS Informational Tour

Aliso

Viejo

Christian

School,

ahighly

rated

private

school,

which

serves

children

in

grades,

invites

potentialfamilies

to

its

annual

AVCS

informational

tour.

Come

and

see

its

facility,

meetits

staff,

check

out

its

curriculum

and

amazing

programs.

The

tour

would

loveto

share

the

school

with

you

and

answer any questions.

Location: AVCS Campus

German Immigrants Exhibition

German immigrants played a hugerole in shaping Indianapolis through

the

19th

century.

They

brought

educationalreform,

political

activity

and

greenhouse farming. In addition to produce,these immigrants also kept their

communities

full

of

flowers

and

trees,

knowabout

this

part

of

history

in

October.

Location: Indiana HistoricalSociety

Whale Watching

Gray

whales

migrate

annually

along

the

west

coast

of

North

America.

They can be seen from theOrange County coast from December through early

April. Summer and fall bringthe giant blue whales. They can be seen from June

through September. Since thegray whales migrate just a few miles off the coast,

simple sail from NewportBeach enables you to see these spectacular creatures

in their natural habitat.

Location: Newport Beach

Sunday Brunch

Sunday

brunch

is

a

wonderfulway

to

enjoy

your

weekend.

At

View

Restaurant, Sunday brunch is alwaysaccompanied by champagne, spectacular

views and unique atmosphere. The menuincludes traditional breakfast foods

and lunch favorites like barbeque andfresh fish selections. You can also choose

to view sporting events in therestaurant. With enough variety to satisfy every

appetite from

kids

to

adults,this

is one

Sunday

brunch

you’ll

keep

coming

back to!

Location: View Restaurant

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）

Which event is about visiting a school?

A .

Sunday

Brunch.B .

Whale

Watching.C .

AVCS

Informational

Tour.D .

German Immigrants Exhibition.

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2

）

What can you do near Newport Beach?

A . Travel by boat.B . Play with whales.C . Create a natural habitat.D . Help

whales’ migration.

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3

）

Where can you watch sporting events?

A . On AVCS Campus.B . In View Restaurant.C . On Newport Beach.D . At

Indiana Historical Society.

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阅读理解

Candace Payne’s

life changed forever

in May2017

when

she

posted a

video of herself laughing crazily and wearing a video spread widely

and “Mask Mom “became a household name.

During

the

two

years

sincethat,

Candace

has

published

several

books,

starred

in

a

TLC.

web

series

andwent

on

tour

with

Mandisa.

She

made

appearances on late night talk shows, metJ. J. Abrams and was able to fulfill a

dream of taking her family to DisneyWorld. It was a busy but joyful time.

Her latest book is Consider ItJoy. “I feel like people need a tool in their

hands to actually get thejoy they are fi

ghting for, “Candace says, “The book

can

help

you

keeptrack

of

how

much

space

and

time

you

are

devoting

to

things that aren’t worthit in comparison to the joy that I know I could have.”

Getting

joy

is

something

thathas

always

been

important

to

Candace.

“What

the

opportunity

offered

me

wasnot

a

forced

open

door,”

Candace

says,

“Many

people

are

tryingdesperately

to

push

things

open

when

they

have to be obedient tothe little things.”

Trusting

herself

has

requiredbeing

confident

in

saying

no.

She

uses

a

simpl

e tool to evaluate whetheran opportunity is right to her. Candace says, “I

have a balance beam whereI’m asked to walk every single day as a mom, a

wife, a speaker and an are so many things I need to balance at a

time.

I

have

to

realize

whatbel

ongs

there

and

what

doesn’t.

The

most

important factor is joy.”

That’s

the

heart

behind

thebook

Consider

It

Joy.

“I

really

wanted

to

give people more than justadvice about joy, Candace says, “I wanted to give

them the ability toactually own it in their ev

eryday life.”

（

1

）

What does paragraph 2 mainly talk about?

A

.

The

experience

Candace

s

family

had.B

.

The

books

Candace

has

written.C . The reason for Candace’s success.D . The changes in Candace’s

life.

（

2

）

Why did Candace write the book Consider It Joy?

A . To encourage people to say no.B . To lead people to get joy.C . To teach

people to find confidence.D . To help people to become popular.

（

3

）What does the underlined phrase “a simple tool” in paragraph 5

refer to?

A . A beam.B . A dream.C . Money.D . Joy.

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）

What will Candace do when she faces an opportunity?

A .

Debate

it

frequently.B .

Catch

it

immediately.C .

Judge

it

wisely.D .

Ignore it determinedly.

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Do

you

like

to

flaunt

your

expensiveitems?

You

could

find

yourself

without friends! Scientists prove that expensivestatus symbols make you look

less socially attractive.

Items such as a fancy car and aRolex watch are often thought to increase

our

social

standing

and

often

comewith

a

high

price

tag.

According

to

the

latest research, however, it hasthe opposite effect and people would prefer to

be friends with someone whoplaces less value on material objects.

“Often

we

think

thatstatus

symbols

will

make

us

look

more

socially

attractive to others, “saysStephen Garcia, the study’s lead author from

the

University of Michigan. Headds, “However, our research suggests that these

status signals actuallymake us look less socially attractive.

The

researchers

conducted

sixstudies

which

assessed

how

people

presented themselves and how people viewedstrangers. People who chose to

wear higher status items tended to get anegative response, but people wanted

to be friends with people who preferredlower status symbols.

The study took the role of theluxury item to see if it was possible that the

expensive item

itself played apart in people’s reactions. The definition of a

status

symbol

changed

based

ona

person’s

socioeconomic

status,

but

the

same

effect

of

keeping

off

potentialfriends

was

seen

regardless

of

social

position.

“At

a

social

level,

we

maybe

wasting

billions

of

dollars

on

expensive

status

symbols

that

finally

keepothers

from

wanting

to

associate

with

us,

“says Kimberlee Weaver Livnat atthe University of Haifa. She says, “And to

the

extent

that

closefriendships

are

important

to

well-being,

we

may

be

u

nintentionally hurtingourselves.”

However,

Patricia

Chen

of

theNational

University

of

Singapore said

this

does

not

necessarily

mean

statussymbols

are

a

bad

thing.

She

says,

“Our

findings

right

now

only

apply

tothe

formation

of

new

friendships,

Status

symbols may be beneficial at othertimes and in other settings, such as when

trying to establish new businesscontacts.”

（

1

）What does the underlined word “flaunt” in paragraph I mean?

A . Show off.B . Get rid of.C . Give away.D . Hand in.

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