1、2018 届贵州省凯里市第一中学高三下学期黄金卷第四套模拟考试英语试题第卷 选择题第一部分 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。AFour Most Beautiful Art Museums in ChinaYu Qingcheng Gallery, TianjinYu Qingcheng is a sculpture artist from North Chinas Tianjin, famous for his clay figures depicting live
2、s of people in rural China. The Yu Qingcheng Gallery stands in mountains of Jinxian county, spanning an area of 1,800 square meters. Designed by the Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tianjin University, the gallery features a distinguishing “manifold” structure with different shapes of
3、the buildings, which form a continuous flowing and changing physical space.M Woods Museum, BeijingM Woods is an independent, not-for-profit art museum founded in 2014 by collectors Lin Han and Lei Wanying，and co-founded by Huang Xufii. Its built in a former munitions (军需品) factory, with renovations
4、using translucent materials. M Woods opens to the public with a permanent collection based on the founders private collection of international art.Gongwang Art Museum, HangzhouThe Gongwang Art Museum is one of the most recent designs of famed Chinese architect Wang Shu, who became the first Chinese
5、to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2012. The museum stands along rivers in the Fuchun Mountains in East Chinas Fuyang, Hangzhou city, where legendary painter Huang Gongwang (1269 -1354), of the Yuan Dynasty, lived and finished his masterpiece scroll painting Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains.S
6、ifang Art Museum, NanjingThe Sifang Art Museum has been praised by many as one of the best private art museums in China, nestled in mountains in suburban Nanjing, East Chinas Jiangsu province. The museum also features a lake zone which is open for public visits.1. Which is the characteristic of Yu Q
7、ingcheng?A. The clay sculpture. B. The unique structure.C. The images of rural life. D. The wide area.2. How is M Woods Museum different from the other museums?A. It is an unprofitable museum. B. It displays private collection.C. It is named after a famous architect. D. It opens to the public.3. At
8、which museum can you enjoy beautiful lake scenery?A. Gongwang Art Museum. B. Sifang Art Museum.C. M Woods Museum. D. Yu Qingcheng Gallery.BMy mom loved wearing the necklace with five figurines (雕像) given by my grandma. She said it was a way to keep the grandkids close to her heart. The thing was tha
9、t you never knew how many grandkids were close to her heart. Some days all five might be on the chain; other days there might be only three or four.If one of the grandkids behaved badly, she would fling his/her figurine around to the back of the chain. She told them that they could come back to the
10、front of the necklace and join the others when they improved bad behaviors. She was a matriarch who knew how to hold a crowd.Her behaviors reminded me of the Great Pillow Caper. Once, Mom and Dad, completely out of mind, rented a huge van to take 11 of us a fair distance to a family reunion. It was
11、a tight fit, full of crying babies and bad-tempered kids. Quarrels mounted on the long drive home，A conflict happened between a couple of the kids over a pillow.Grandma demanded the pillow be passed up front to her and announced she would “dispose” of the matter. Someone yelled, “Do it, Grandma! Sho
12、w them what you，re made of!” The fighting stopped immediately and those children, now all adults, are exceptionally well-behaved on long car-trips.The grandmas baton (指挥棒) has been passed to the next generation. With grandmas necklace，it seems that I, too, have a means of holding a crowd. Now, there
13、 are nine little figurines on the chain. Occasionally, chaos erupts when we are all together and one of the grandkids will run over, check the necklace to make sure he or she is still in place, and then take off yelling, “Im still on the necklace!” “For now you are! Dont mish it!”4. What does the ea
14、ch figurine stand for?A. Grandkid. B. Love. C. Wealth. D. Happiness.5. Why did my mother move her figurine around to the back of the chain?A. Because she wanted to correct grandkids bad behaviors.B. Because the grandkids made her annoyed.C. Because she knew how to hold a crowd.D. Because she wanted
15、to keep her grandma close to her heart.6. How did grandma dispose the pillow caper?A. Violently. B. Indifferently. C. Unfairly. D. Wisely.7. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. Children are what the mothers are B. My grandma: a powerful personC. Love is where the figurines are D. The neckla
16、ce: a special batonCDo you have an adventurous spirit and some serious money to bum? A company called Orion Span wants to organize your next vacationto outer space.For just $9.5 million, Orion Span will take you on a 12-day journey 200 miles above the Earths surface to Aurora Station, and it is call
17、ed “the first luxury hotel in space.” The company expects to open the hotel in late 2021 and host its first guests in 2022. When operational, the hotel will host six people at a time, including two crew members.Before embarking on your journey to space, youll go through a three-month certification p
18、rogram. The first phase will be completed online，and then youll head to the companys Houston facility for in-person training.During their stay.travelers will enjoy the exhilaration of zero gravity and fly freely throughout Aurora Station, gaze at the northern and southern aurora through the many win
19、dows, soar over their hometowns, take part in research experiments such as growing food while in orbit (which they can take home with them as the ultimate souvenir), revel in a virtual reality experience on the holodeck, and stay in touch or live stream with their loved ones back home via high-speed
20、 wireless Internet access.Orion Spans ambitions dont end with operating a luxury hotel in space. “We will later sell dedicated modules as the worlds first condominiums (私人公寓) in space,” CEO and Founder Frank Bunger said in a statement. “Future Aurora owners can live in, visit, or sublease (转租) their
21、 space condominiums.”8. What can we know from the passage?A. The Aurora Station can hold eight guests at a time.B. The space travel is just open to the rich.C. The outer program needs three-month online training.D. The travelers can conduct real-time conversations with their family.9. What does the
22、underlined word “embarking on” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?A. Keep on. B. Start off. C. Prepare for. D. End up.10. What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. The owner of the space hotel has the right to sell it.B. The hotel in space will be more luxurious.C. Anybody can afford to go to the outer
23、 space in the future.D. The Orion Span will expand its business further.11. What is the Frank Bungers attitude to the future of the space journey?A. Doubtful. B. Optimistic. C. Objective. D. Conservative.D“What we define as pain usually has to do with a nervous system,” Anke Stepphun, an ecologist a
24、t the Free University of Berlin, says. When you put your hand too close to a hot stove, nerve cells send an alert to your brain. Your brain decodes that signal as burning pain, which causes you to pull your hand away before any serious damage is done. Plants dont have nerves or brains, so they cant
25、feel pain like we do. “But plants definitely do recognize when something is hurting them， ” Steppuhn says. And since they cant escape a potentially dangerous situation, they need other ways of fighting back.The biggest threat to a plants life is getting eaten. Some plants stop herbivores from chewin
26、g on them by growing thorns or sharp little hairs，like a rose or a cactus does. Other plants produce bad-tasting or even poisonous chemicals, which force a would-be attacker to abandon its meal.But a plant called bittersweet nightshade does something even more ingenious, Steppuhn discovered. When a
27、slug chews holes in a nightshades leaf, liquid begins dripping out of the edges of the wound, almost as if the plant were bleeding. The liquid is sugary nectar, and it happens to be a favorite food of ants. In order to collect the nectar, the ants swarm all over the injured nightshade plant and atta
28、ck anything that stands in their way.Plants also release certain chemicals into the air when they are being eaten. People usually cant detect these subtle smells. But wasps can. When a wasp senses a cry for help, it races to the scene of the crime. If it finds the right kind of insects chowing down
29、on the plant, the wasp interrupts the bug meal by laying its eggs inside the bugs body. Although plants may look like passive victims, they have armies of cold-blooded killers at their beck and call.12. Why does author give us the example about touching a hot stove in Para. 1?A. To explain pain is a
30、 nervous sensation.B. To prove the nervous system is part of the body.C. To advise people to keep away from a hot stove.D. To state how the nervous system carries messages.13. According to the passage, which statement is NOT correct?A. The central nervous system is responsible for human pain.B. Plan
31、ts don5t feel pain the same way people do.C. A cactus protects itself by producing bad chemicals.D. Some plants can rely on animals to protect themselves.14. Which animal attack slugs to get to a plants sweet liquid?A. Wasps. B. Ants. C. Bees. D. Snails.15. What is the passage mainly about?A. How pl
32、ants act when they sense danger.B. How the humans nervous system works.C. How the plants call wasps to kill their enemies.D. Why plants cant feel pain like people do.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。Using a child safety seat is the best way to protect kids when tra
33、veling by car. Every state in the United States requires that a baby or small child be limited. And with good reasonunintentional injury is the leading cause of death in children. _16_Child safety seats can greatly reduce the risk of a potentially deadly injury，especially for babies. _17_ When choos
34、ing a safety seat, pay attention to the following advice. Choose a seat with a label (标签) which states that it meets Federal Motor Vehicle Safety standard. _18_ Never use a seat thats more than 6 years old or one that was in a crash. Avoid seats that are missing parts, are not labeled with the produ
35、ction date and model number, or do not come with an instruction book. Also, check the seat for the recommended expiration date (截止日期 ). If you have any doubts about a seats history, or if it shows signs of wear and tear, dont use it. If you accept a used seat, contact the maker for recommendations o
36、n how long the seat can safely be used and to find out if its ever been recalled (召回). _19_ And the maker might be able to provide you with a replacement part or new model. Be sure to fill out the product registration card so you will be informed of recalls right away.All in all, the best car seat i
37、s not always the most expensive one. _20_ Once you select a seat, be sure to try it out, keeping in mind that store displays and posters might not show the correct usage.A. Accept a used seat with caution.B. Read the entire recommendations.C. But many safety seats are used incorrectly.D. And most su
38、ch injuries are from car crashes.E. The requirement for recalling is quite common.F. Its the one that best fits a childs weight, size，and your vehicle.G. Before using the safety seat, read the instruction book thoroughly.第二部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，共 30 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项
39、中，选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。During a visit to South Chinas Guangdong province earlier this month to _21_ on the relevance (相关事宜) of the 19th century opium wars in modem China, I spent part of a morning in Shamian.The area was built as a Western concession (租借地) in the 1860s after the ruling Qing Dynasty (1644 1
40、911) _22_ for a second time in wars with Britain, which Chinese historians say _23_ fought for colonial expansion in Asia.British, French and some other Western businesses had set up their factories on the _24_ of the Pearl River in Guangzhou during the Qing times. The _25_ was burned down during th
41、e conflict, a plaque (匾) tells visitors, which is _26_, in 1859, Britain and France _27_ the governor of Canton (present-day Guangdong) to rent Shamian to them. It wasnt until 1946 that the Chinese government _28_ the area back.A Cantonese-speaking _29_ and I approached some elderly men _30_ in a te
42、a house among themselves to ask what they thought of the architecture. Beautiful and it has a long history, said one, _31_ he added that the buildings with large rooms and spaces between houses are _32_ facing Chinas large population. “I think it is a waste of space.” Shamian is a culture site thats
43、 been under government _33_ since 1996. Its early Chinese residents were civil _34_ whose children have moved out to other parts of Guangzhou. The buildings_35_consulates (领事馆 ) from more than 10 countries and dozens of foreign banks in recent decades. There are at least two primary schools and the
44、resident offices of three _36_ governments in Shamian now. But _37_ activity seems to be limited to a handful of cafes and hotels. However，British merchants “dumped” opium on the Chinese market to _38_ the trade loss Britain faced during the Qing rule, according to museum exhibits about the wars and
45、 foreign trade in Guangdong._39_, the poppy flowers from which opium is made have been the _40_ of paintings by European masters such as Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh.21. A. report B. express C. organize D. rescue22. A. attack B. lost C. burst D. survive23. A. was B. to be C. being D. were24. A.
46、 valleys B. canals C. banks D. sources25. A. county B. settlement C. dynasty D. reserve26. A. why B. when C. where D. how27. A. confirmed B. fooled C. sought D. got28. A. harvest B. surrounded C. won D. spotted29. A. audience B. translator C. fan D. performer30. A. observing B. yawning C. enjoying D
47、. chatting31. A. but B. therefore C. though D. so32. A. considerate B. worthwhile C. impractical D. disturbing33. A. construction B. department C. section D. protection34. A. victims B. painters C. servants D. guides35. A. housed B. swallowed C. concluded D. united36. A. unusual B. provincial C. enj
48、oyable D. cautious37. A. casual B. endless C. commercial D. random38. A. make up for B. result in C. put up with D. come about39. A. Vividly B. Differently C. Firmly D. Ambitiously40. A. agent B. giant C. tutor D. subject第卷第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）阅读下面短文，在空白出填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。UmbrellasFrom
49、 the moment that umbrellas were created in Ancient Egypt, Assyria, India and China over 3000 years ago, it started being associated _41_ ceremonies of “sun worshiping” religions, especially in Egypt. As their manufacture came at the great cost, parasols (太阳伞) and umbrellas_ 42_ (view) as objects of power, status symbol, and were used _43_ (protect) the important people, royalty, religious leaders and sacred objects from the heat of the sun.Religion with greatest respect towards umbrellas is Buddhism. Followers of that religion
