1、2018 届甘肃省天水市第一中学高三第一次模拟考试英语试题考试时间 100 分钟 总分 120 分第一部分：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）ASydney Trains is one of the most economical, reliable and convenient ways to travel throughout Sydney and its surrounds.Our network, the NSW Trains Intercity, covers suburban Sydney and extends to the
2、 Hunter, Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Southern Highlands and South Coast regions.The network is made up of several color-coded lines. Trains from different lines can share the same platform, so check display screen and listen to announcements.Ticket prices are generally based on the distance trave
3、led. You can visit transportnsw. Info for details.Getting to the City.In Sydney, if youre near a train station, youre on your way to the city. Every rail line leads directly or indirectly to the City Circle. Its the loop around the central business district of Sydney. Most City stations are undergro
4、und so look out for the sign on street level.Automatic ticket gatesLarge stations have automatic gates for entry to, and exit from, the station. If you have an Opal card or a ticket which has a magnetic stripe you must use the automatic gates. You may use the wide gate for wheelchair, pram or luggag
5、e access. Station staff will assist you.Night Ride busesMost trains do not operate between midnight and 4:00 a.m. For your convenience a special Night Ride bus service is available between these hours on most Sydney suburban lines.Track workIn order for the tracks to the maintained, we sometimes hav
6、e to replace train with buses, particularly at weekends, Please check the track work section for the latest service alterations on your line.1. To get more information about ticket pries, travelers had better_.A. go to the City Circle B. visit a websiteC. check display screen D. listen to announceme
7、nts2. What service is offered to travelers in need at most big stations?A. A free Opal card. B. Earlier entry to the station.C. Help from station workers. D. A ticket with a magnetic stripe.3. Which is the best convenient time to travel by Sydney Trains?A. At midnight. B. On Sunday afternoon.C. Betw
8、een midnight and 4:00 a.m. D. At 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday.B“Ive always love food,” says Cassie Dawson in the kitchen of her flat in London. “But Ive become bored with eating out. Ive had too many disappointing meals and paid too much money for them! At one point, fed up with my complaint, a friend sug
9、gested I open my own restaurant. Impossible, I thought. But then I heard about supper clubs.”Supper clubs are a mixture of a restaurant and a dinner partyyou go to a strangers house and he/she cooks dinner for you. Like a restaurant, you pay for your food, but like a dinner party, you eat at the sam
10、e table as other people. They are advertised through social-networking sites with a menu and little information about where the supper club is until just before the meal.“Its like running a secret restaurant for one night,” says Cassie. “The next morning, I set the tables and chairs aside. I put the
11、 TV back and its my living room again.”Cassie opens her “restaurant” for people about once a month, and she really enjoys the evenings shes had so far. She uses fresh, local ingredients and a typical meal costs about the same as a takeaway-much less than a restaurant meal. So how does she make money
12、 out of it?“I dont,” says Cassie. “In fact, at first I was worried about losing money on my club. Im good at cooking but my maths is terrible! But I was surprised by how cheaply I could make a good meal. This isnt about money. Its about a different eating experience.”And what about inviting complete
13、 strangers into her house? Was Cassie ever nervous about that?“Not at all,” she says. “Almost everyone at the supper club is just interested in having a good meal with other interesting people”.4. Why did Cassie decide to open her own restaurant finally?A. To earn a living B. To satisfy her friends
14、needsC. To make friends with strangers D. To cook cheap and good meals for others5. What does the underlined word “They” in Paragraph 2 refer to?A. Dinner parties B. Supper clubs C. Fresh ingredients D. Invitations to dinner6. We can know that Cassies restaurant _.A. serves meals for free B. only se
15、rves takeawaysC. is only open to her friends D. is only open in the evening7. How does Cassie feel about her restaurant now?A. Worried B. Content C. Annoyed D. SensitiveCMany people believe that language belongs to human beings. However, cats have developed a language not for each other, but for the
16、 human begins who have them as pets.When communicating with each other, cats “talk” with a system of signals. Their tails, rather than any kind of “speech”, act as an important way to express themselves. They also touch each other to express their feelings. With other cats, they will use their voice
17、s only to express pain. Unbelievable, all of that changes when a human walks into the room. Cats use many different kinds of vocal(声音的)expressions when they communicate with a person. Since these vocal expressions are not used to communicate with other cats, it seems that cats developed this “langua
18、ge” to communicate with their human owners.This fact is shown more clearly when watching rooms that have only one cat and those with several cats. An only cat is usually very vocal, since the only creature(动物)around with whom the cat can communicate is its owner. Cats with other cats, though, are mu
19、ch quieter. If they want to have a conversation, they only need go to other cats and communicate in their natural way.Since cats learned to meow(喵喵叫)for the only purpose of communicating with human owners should take the time to learn what their different meows mean. If an owner knows, to name just
20、a few examples, with meow means the cat is hungry, which means the cat wants to be petted, and which means the cat wants to have a little “conversation”, the relationship between cat and owner will be closer.8. If a cat among other has finds part of its body hurts, it may express its pain with its_.
21、A. tail B. eyes C. voice D. head9. When a human enters a room full of cats, they _.A. begin to use vocal expressionsB. use their tails to show loveC. stop making any noise anD. stop communicating with each other10. What are cat owners advised to do?A. Encourage cats to talk with each other B. Commun
22、icate more with catsC. Learn to meow in different waysD. Teach cats to understand human language11. What is the text mainly about?A. Communication among catsB. pets different expressionsC. Advice on keeping petsD. The language of catsDHow much weight a baby gains during its first month could determi
23、ne its IQ, as a new research suggests. The study found that children who gain more weight, and whose heads grow quickly during the first month of life, tend to have a higher IQ when they start school.Researchers at the University of Adelaide, in Australia studied 13,800 children who were born at ful
24、l-term. They found that hose who put on 40% of their birth weight in the first four weeks had an IQ 1.5 points higher than those who only put on 15% of their birth weight. Those who experienced the biggest growth in head circumference(头围 )also had the highest IQs by the age of six.“Head circumferenc
25、e is an indicator of brain volume, so a greater increase in head circumference in a newly-born baby suggests more rapid brain growth,” says the led author of the study, Dr. Lisa Smithers.She added, “Overall, newly-born children who grew faster in the first four weeks had higher IQ scores later in li
26、fe. those children who gained the most weight scored especially high on verbal(those children who gained the most weight scored especially high on verbal(言语)IQ at age 6. This my be because the neural(神经的) structures for verbal IQ develop earlier in life, which means the rapid weight gain during the
27、first month could be having a direct cognitive benefit for the children.”Previous studies have shown the association between early postnatal(产后的)diet and IQ, but this is the first study of its kind to focus on the IQ benefits of rapid weight gain in the first month of life. Dr. Smithers says the stu
28、dy further highlights the need for successful feeding of newly-born babies. “We know that many mothers have difficulty establishing breastfeeding in the first week of their babies life,” Dr. Smithers said.“The findings of our study suggest that if babies are having feeding problems, there needs to b
29、e early intervention(干预)in the management of that feeding.”12. The study mainly shows that _.A. head circumference is certainly connected to IQB. babies heads grow quickly during the first monthC. full-term babies tend to be cleverer than premature babies(早产儿)D. the more weight newly-born babies gai
30、n, the higher IQ they are likely to have 13. How did the researchers get their conclusion from the study?A. By asking questions B. By making comparison C. By having a discussion D. By referring to documents14. According to Dr. Smithers, we can learn that _.A. a kids verbal IQ scores reach its highes
31、t at age sixB. this study helps parents find feeding problemsC. quick weight gain benefits newly born babies on verbal IQD. this study reminds parents of the need for breastfeeding15. The study differs from previous ones that _.A. it associates early postnatal diet with IQB. it pays attention to the
32、 IQ of newly-born babiesC. it emphasizes the significance of successful feedingD. it first focuses on the relation between IQ and weight gain in the first month of life.第二节 阅读七选五（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）Many people find it hard to lose weight and have to go starvation. Now, Id like to offer some tric
33、ks to help lose weight.Put out a large vegetable plate. Eating water-rich foods such as tomatoes during meals reduces calorie consumption. Other water-rich foods include soups and salads. _16_ Because the body processes hunger and thirst through different systems, it simply doesnt register a sense o
34、f fullness with water (or tea, coffee or juice).Downsize your dinner plates. The less food put in front of you, the less food youll eat. So instead of using standard dinner plates, serve your main course on salad plates._17_ Instead of large glasses and coffee mugs, return to the old days of cups an
35、d even smaller coffee cups.Serve your dinner restaurant-style (with food already on the plates) rather than family-style (where the food is served in bowls on the table)._18_ Theres no reaching for seconds._19_ Youre more likely to eat more-and eat more high-fat, high calorie foodswhen you eat out t
36、han when you eat at home.Eat slowly and calmly._20_ Vary your eating with stories of the interesting things that happened during your day. Your brain is behind your stomach by about 20 minutes when it comes to fullness signals. If you eat slowly enough, your brain will catch up and tell you that you
37、 no longer need food. Serving separate courses will also slow you down.A. The same goes for liquids.B. Eat 90 percent of your meals at home.C. When your plate is empty, youre finished.D. Put your fork or spoon down between every bite.E. Be sure to choose a high-fiber, low-sugar variety of food.F. Yo
38、u wont get the same benefits by just drinking water, thoughG. You should eat equal amounts of vegetables and grains at dinner.第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）When I was in my twenties, I travelled alone through the UK. In order to _21_locations that the public transportatio
39、n couldnt get to, I bought a(n)_22_car, drove it around for three months and sold it before I returned to Australia. The car cost most of my money, so I lived mainly on _23_during that trip, it being cheap and filling. In Ireland, my _24_was stolen, and it was impossible to get another. So for the r
40、est of the trip I _25_out in my car, being too poor to afford bed and breakfast.One morning, I _26_in my old Skoda under a twisted tree on a remote lane in the Irish countryside, with no more than a _27_house in sight. I had a terrible desire for a _28_cup of tea and some hot water to make porridge
41、with _29_. I would not have to eat the cold leftovers from the previous day.My thermos(暖瓶)had gone cold overnight so I knocked on the door of the house. A woman opened it. Hot water? She _30_let me get away with just that! I was invited indoors, seated at the breakfast table with the _31_and given a
42、 delicious breakfast, as much as I could eat. I was _32_to eat something more than porridge! I _33_being friends with the whole family. That was only one of many acts of _34_strangers showed me when I was travelling alone in foreign regions. One London businessman rushing to work, seeing me _35_, of
43、fered to pull my ridiculously heavy suitcase _36_ several flights of stairs in the underground. After hed done so, with a smile and a wave, he _37_into the crowd.Kindness gets _38_. The other day, I was able to point out a rare parking spot to a young man who had been driving around the railway car
44、park, looking _39_desperate. His grateful smile was all the _40_ I needed as I dashed off to catch my train.21. A. search B. reach C. choose D. arrive22. A. modern B. intelligent C. ancient D. special23. A. porridge B. brand C. rice D. vegetable24. A. car B. mobile C. luggage D. wallet25. A. camped
45、B. worked C. watched D. looked26. A. appeared B. slept C. awoke D. explored27. A. deserted B. single C. simple D. shabby28. A. typical B. clean C. necessary D. steaming29. A. now that B. even if C. so that D. in case30. A. wouldnt B. shouldnt C. neednt D. couldnt31. A. couple B. family C. woman D. a
46、dult32. A. amazed B. frustrated C. ashamed D. delighted33. A. ended up B. gave up C. kept on D. turned up34. A. sadness B. kindness C. happiness D. forgiveness35. A. working B. travelling C. struggling D. crying36. A. around B. forward C. away D. up37. A. faded away B. threw away C. put away D. stan
47、d away38. A. turned down B. handed out C. passed on D. started with39. A. immediately B. increasingly C. constantly D. directly40. A. award B. memory C. intention D. reward第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）“Be careful, doctor. I can stand anything 41._pain.” When returning from the hospital, I thought abo
48、ut what my previous patient said. Arent we all like that? Well do anything 42._(avoid) pain.We look for weight loss programmes 43_dont require us to count calories or give up our e favorite foods, and exercise programmes that wont make us sweat toe much or feel 44_(tire). We avoid strict teachers and the tough classes in school 45_we dont want to deal with the difficult tasks.When it comes right down to it, we dont like the hard work 46_(re
