1、2018 届河南省周口中英文学校高三上学期期中考试英语试题第二部分：阅读理解（每小题分，满分 40 分）AThe Sahara Festival is a three-day African celebration of the very recent past, which takes place every year either in November or December. It is part military display and part competition. The military display comes first. It is very popular wit
2、h tourists and local people and especially with government leaders. During the opening ceremonies, the government leaders first make speeches. They welcome everybody to the display and hope that everyone will enjoy themselves. Then there is a display of soldiers who march very smartly in front of th
3、e place where the government leaders sit. Then horsemen from several different countries show off their beautiful clothes and their good riding skills. One after another they come and dancers from all over the Sahara take their turns to show off their wonderful traditional clothes and dances. They a
4、re accompanied by men playing drums and beating strong rhythms for the dancers. The highlight of the opening ceremony are the races which take place in the evening. It is the grand finale of the day. Men ride their horses very fast. Some ride with their legs in the air, others ride in pairs on diffe
5、rent horses. It is so fast and so wonderful!21. The Sahara Festival is a festival which . A. has a very long history in North AfricaB. is not celebrated on the same dates each yearC. is attended mainly by the people in the SaharaD. is celebrated only by travellers from different countries22. Before
6、the races begin, take part in the activities during the opening ceremonies.A. horsemen, dancers, horses and soldiersB. horsemen, horses, government leaders and dancers C. government leaders, horsemen, dancers and soldiersD. musicians, soldiers, government leaders and soldiers23. The underlined word
7、“finale” in the third paragraph most probably means the of the opening day. A. first part B. middle C. last part D. whole24. This passage mainly tells readers . A. what happens on the opening day of the Sahara FestivalB. how people celebrate during the three-day Sahara FestivalC. what takes place at
8、 the closing ceremonies of the Sahara FestivalD. how animals race on the first and the last days of the Sahara FestivalBAs the pace（步速） of life continues to increase , we are fast losing the art of relaxation. Once you are in the habit of rushing through lift, being on the go from morning till night
9、, it is hard to slow down. But relaxation is completely necessary for a healthy mind and body.Stress is an natural part of everyday life and there is no way to avoid it. In fact , it is not the bad thing it is often supposed to be. A certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation and give p
10、urpose to life. It is only when the stress gets out of control that it can lead to poor performance and ill health.The amount of stress a person can withstand(忍受) depends very much on the individual. Some people are not afraid of stress, and such characters are obviously prime material for manageria
11、l responsibilities. Others lose heart at the first signs of unusual difficulties. When exposed to stress, in whatever form, we react both chemically and physically. In fact we make choice between “fight“ or “flight“ and in more primitive days the choice made the difference between life or death. The
12、 crises（危机）we meet today are unlikely to be so extreme, but however little the stress, it involves the same response. It is when such a reaction lasts long, through continued exposure to stress, that health becomes endangered. Such serious conditions as high blood pressure and heart disease have est
13、ablished（确定的）links with stress. Since we cannot remove stress from our lives (it would be unwise to do so even if we could), we need to find ways to deal with it.25. Which of the following statements is true, according to the passage?A. We can find some ways to avoid stressB. Stress is always harmfu
14、l to peoples health.C. It is easy to change the habit of keeping oneself busy with work.D. Different people can withstand different amounts of stress26. In the last sentence of the passage, “do so” refers to .A. “expose ourselves to stress” B. “find ways to deal with stress”C. “remove stress from ou
15、r lives” D. “establish links between diseases and stress”27. According to the author, the right attitude toward stress is .A. to avoid it B. to try to deal with it C. to regard it as a vital motivation D. to find some relaxationCIn the kitchen of my mothers houses there has always been a wooden stan
16、d（木架）with a small notepad（记事本） and a hole for a pencil.Im looking for paper on which to note down the name of a book I am recommending to my mother. Over forty years since my earliest memories of the kitchen pad and pencil, five houses later, the current paper and pencil look the same as they always
17、 did. Surely it cant be the same pencil? The pad is more modern, but the wooden stand is definitely the original one.“Im just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these year.” I say to her, walking back into the living-room with a sheet of paper and the penci
18、l. “You still use a pencil. Cant you afford a pen?” My mother replies a little sharply. “It works perfectly well. Ive always kept the stand in the kitchen. I never knew when I might want to note down an idea, and I was always in the kitchen in these days.”Immediately I can picture her, hair wild, bl
19、ue housecoat covered in flour, a wooden spoon in one hand, the pencil in the other, her mouth moving silently. My mother smiles and says, “One day I was cooking and watching baby Pauline, and I had a brilliant thought, but the stand was empty. One of the children must have taken the paper. So I just
20、 picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the back. It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on.”This storywhich happened before I was bornreminds me how extraordinary my mother was, and is also a gifted mathematician. I feel embarrassed tha
21、t I complain about not having enough child-free time to work. Later, when my mother is in the bathroom, I go into her kitchen and turn over the breadboards. Sure enough, on the back of the smallest one, are some penciled marks I recognize as mathematics. Those symbols have traveled unaffected throug
22、h fifty years, rooted in the soil of a cheap wooden breadboard, invisible（看不到的）exhibits at every meal.29 Why has the authors mother always kept the notepad and pencil in the kitchen?A To leave messages. BTo write down a flash of inspiration CTo note down maths problems. DTo list her everyday tasks.3
23、0. What is the authors original opinion about the wooden stand?A. It has great value for the family.B. It should be passed on to the next generation.C. It brings her back to her lonely childhood.D . It needs to be replaced by a better one 31. The author feels embarrassed for . A. not making good use
24、 of time as her mother did.B. giving her mother a lot of trouble.C. blaming her mother wronglyD. not making any breakthrough in her field.32. What can be inferred from the last paragraph? A . The marks on the breadboard have disappeared.B. The family members like traveling.C. The author had little t
25、ime to play when young.D. The mother is successful in her career.D Every hour spent in watching TV, DVDs and videos as an adult reduces life expectancy by almost 22 minutes, a study suggests. And viewing TV for an average of six hours a day can cut short your life by five years.The research claims t
26、hat a sedentary(久坐的) lifestyle is as bad for health as smoking and obesity, because of the dangers caused by inactivity and the greater opportunities it offers for unhealthy eating.The academics conducting the study set out to calculate the overall risk to life expectancy from watching television. T
27、heir research involved more than 11,000 people over the age of 25.Writing in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, they concluded. “TV viewing time may be associated with a loss of life, which is similar to other major chronic disease risk factors such as physical inactivity and obesity.“The resea
28、rchers, from the University of Queensland, used information from the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study, together with population and death rate data. But they said: “Although we used Australian data, the effects in other industrialized and developing countries are likely to be similar
29、, considering the large amounts of time spent watching TV and similarities in disease patterns.“ In the United Kingdom, the average amount of time spent watching TV is four hours a day, compared with five hours in the United States. Earlier this year, a separate study suggested the risk of developin
30、g type 2 diabetes(糖尿病) and heart disease, or dying early, rises by as much as 20 percent after just two hours a day in front of the box.Englands Chief Medical Officer, Sally Davies, said: “Physical activity offers huge benefits and these studies back what we already know that a sedentary lifestyle c
31、arries additional risks. We hope these studies will help more people realize that there are many ways to get exercise.“32. We can learn from the passage that_A. whether you watch TV or not has nothing to do with how long you will liveB. if an adult watches TV for six hours every day, he will die fiv
32、e years earlierC. physical inactivity and obesity wont shorten your lifeD. a sedentary lifestyle offers huge benefits.33. The word “it“ in the second paragraph refers toA. a sedentary lifestyle B. eating C. smoking D. obesity 34. What do we know from the last three paragraphs?A. People in the United
33、 Kingdom watch TV longer than those in the United States.B. That a sedentary lifestyle carries additional risks isnt supported by other studies.C. Watching TV for two hours a day will increase the risk of illnesses or dying early by 20%.D. It is through these studies that we know a sedentary lifesty
34、le carries additional risks.35. The passage is intended to _.A. inform the readers of a research on watching TVB. warn the readers of the harm of watching TV and hope they do sportsC. tell the readers watching TV is also a good way to relaxD. tell the readers large amounts of people often watch TV第二
35、节（共 5 小题；每 小题 2 分，共 10 分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。“Three Apples” changed the world. The first one seduced (引诱) Eve. The second one awakened Newton. 36 Here are some famous words from Steve Jobs to share. On CharacterIm the only person I know thats lost a quarter of a billion dollars
36、in one year. 37 On good designThats been one of my mottoes focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But its worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.On his outlook38 Going to bed at night
37、 saying weve done something wonderful, thats what matters to me. On your working lifeYour work is to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. 39 If you havent found it, keep looking. Dont settle.On the importance of deathNo one w
38、ants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven dont want to die to get there. 40 No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is lifes change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is y
39、ou, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. A. Its very character-building.B.This is not a one-man show.C. The third one was in the hands of Steve Jobs D. And yet death is the destination we all share.E. And the only way to do great work is to love w
40、hat you do. F. Being the richest man in the cemetery (墓地) doesnt matter to meG. Its really hard to design products by focusing on groups.第三部分：英语知识应用第一节： 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分， 满分 30 分） I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be _1_ Christmas gi
41、fts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, “What would I say when the other kids asked what Id 2 ?” Just when I started to 3 that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women 4 at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of 5 t
42、hat I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasnt 6 . Somebody had thought 7 of me to bring me a gift. Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my 8 Christmas there special and memorable, I 9 remembered the womens visit. I
43、decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of 10 for as many children as I could possibly reach. So I 11 a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes
44、, and school supplies, 12 with a childs name. We wanted all of them to know they were 13 . Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I 14 them that they couldnt open their presents 15 every child had come forward. Finally the 16 they had been waiting for came as I called out, “One
45、, two, three. Open your presents!” As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles 17 up the room. The 18 in the room was obvious, and 19 wasnt just about toys. It was a feeling the feeling I knew 20 that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasnt f
46、orgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter. 1. A. sending B. making C. receiving D. exchanging 2. A. got B. prepared C. found D. expected3. A. doubt B. hope C. accept D. suggest 4. A. broke in B. turned up C. settled down D. showed off 5. A. achievement B. loss C. relief D. justice6. A. blamed B. fo
47、rgotten C. loved D. affected 7. A. enough B. little C. poorly D. highly8. A. present B. recent C. first D. previous9. A. hardly B. occasionally C. regularly D. instantly 10. A. importance B. independence C. strength D. safety11. A. kept up with B. came up with C. caught up with D. put up with 12. A. none B. few C. each D. some13. A. fine B. normal C. helpful D. special 14. A. convinced B. guaranteed C. reminded D. promised15. A. until B. after C. when D. since16. A. chance B. gift C. reward D. moment 17. A. took B. lit C. burned D. cheered18. A. atmosphere B. sympathy C
