1、新疆哈密地区第二中学学年高三上学期第三次月考英语试题 Word版含答案2017-2018学年第一学期高三 英语学科第三次月考试卷 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，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 AMy daughter Alisa was born blind in her right eye and was bullied (欺侮) pretty severely in school. So I quitted my job as a babysitter and then
2、schooled my daughter heart and soul at home. A year ago a boy of 14 befriended my daughter on Facebook after reading something Alisa wrote about bullying. Today he messaged her and asked if she would like six tickets to a Colorado Rockies baseball game. They have never met in person but she said, “S
3、ure! That would be great.” Then I received a call from his mother explaining why her son had chosen my daughter. She said he thought my daughter deserved them because of all the good she did in the community. Her son, she explained, had experienced a similar situation and was also home schooled. Wha
4、t she said is true. Now my daughter Alisa continues to teach groups of girls in trouble in our community how to look within themselves for the positive and how to be their own person. Everything taken into consideration, we decided to meet the mother and the boy at a local bike shop. After meeting,
5、the boy approached my car and my daughter gave him a hug and thanked him for his generosity. She told him that she had never been to a baseball game and that she was going to take her entire family, including myself, her dad, little sister, her cousin and an aunt who has brain cancer. We all thanked
6、 one another, got in our car, and went our way. As we drove home my daughter opened the envelope. Inside it were the tickets and 100 each to buy hot dogs, pay for parking and not have any worries but a great time. My daughter has always been the giver and now she and our family are the receivers and
7、 I can not tell you how incredibly honored we feel to be on the other end. What an incredible young man to have such a kind idea.1. What did the author once do according to the passage? A. She was a ticket seller. B. She was a babysitter. C. She was a school teacher. D. She was a social worker.2. Ho
8、w did the boy get to know the authors daughter? A. They met when buying tickets to a baseball game. B. They became familiar when talking face to face. C. They got in touch via the Internet. D. They went to the same school and met each other.3. Why did the boy want to offer free tickets to Alisa? A.
9、Because Alisa often helps those in trouble. B. Because he has a lot money to share. C. Because Alisa is a disabled girl. D. Because he has a similar situation with Alisa.4. Which of the following best describes the passage? A. Where there is a will, there is a way. B. A friend in need is a friend in
10、deed. C. Two heads are better than one. D. Good is rewarded with good.BWhen Peng Liyuan stepped off the plane in Moscow, the whole world wanted to know who dressed the elegant first lady. The reporter released the secret Ma Ke. Peng Liyuan has been wearing Ma Kes designs for more than a decade, a fa
11、ct that was only highlighted recently when she was on her first state visit, accompanying her husband President Xi Jinping. The elegant and attractive Peng, formerly a popular singer, has been compared with the US first lady Michelle Obama and Frances Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, since stepping off the airp
12、lane in Moscow on March 22. Suddenly, everyone was curious to know more about the first ladys wardrobe. Even so, Ma prefers a low-key approach. “If you eat a tasty egg why would you want to see the hen?” she says of all the media attention. Mas relationship with Peng began 10 years ago after a conce
13、rt in Guangzhou when a reporter told Peng she knew the designer behind the label Exception de Mixmind. Peng asked for an introduction because she was a fan of Mas designs and had been wearing them for years. The two naturally became friends. Ma says, “The painting reflects the painter, and clothes r
14、eflect both the designer and the wearer. Someone desires fame and wealth, or love and sympathy; what you have in your heart is reflected in the design. Those who dont share my philosophy wont buy my clothes. Peng is a caring person, devoted to charity and environmental protection, which is exactly w
15、hat Im doing now.” However, regardless of the brand, Pengs support of Chinese labels has surprised millions of Chinese who favor foreign fashion brands. “Instead she presented a vision of Chinese fashion, desiring to bring Chinese designers to the world stage,” says a western designer. The first lad
16、ys double-breasted coat and her black leather handbag arent available at any of Exceptions shops, though Exceptions physical stores do have seen a rising number of visitors.5. The passage mainly discusses _. A. the friendship between Peng Liyuan and her designer B. the designer of the first lady Pen
17、g Liyuans dress, Ma Ke C. Peng Liyuans clothes on her first state visit D. the reactions to Peng Liyuans first visit to Moscow6. In the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 Ma Ke mentioned “an egg and the hen” to show _. A. it is hard to explain “Which came first, the egg or the hen?” B. her dissatisf
18、action with the media attention on her dress C. the outcome was more important than the process D. paying such great attention to her was unnecessary 7.In the passage, Peng Liyuan _. A. often reflects on what she has in her heart before choosing clothes B. always desires the exceptional charm of the
19、 brand C. is sympathetic and has a strong environmental consciousness D. is knowledgeable in philosophy C Why You Should Celebrate Your Mistakes When you make a mistake, big or small, cherish(珍视) it like its the most precious thing in the world, because in some ways, it is. Most of us feel bad when
20、we make mistakes, beat ourselves up about it, feel like failures, get mad at ourselves. And thats only natural: most of us have been taught from a young age that mistakes are bad, that we should try to avoid mistakes. Weve been scolded when we make mistakes at home, school and work. Maybe not always
21、, but probably enough times to make feeling bad about mistakes an unconscious reaction. Yet without mistakes, we could not learn or grow. If you think about it that way, mistakes should be cherished and celebrated for being one of the most amazing things in the world: they make learning possible; th
22、ey make growth and improvement possible. By trial and error-trying things, making mistakes, and learning from those mistakes-we have figured out how to make electric light, to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, to fly. Mistakes make walking possible for the smallest toddler, make speech possib
23、le, make works of genius possible. Think about how we learn: we dont just consume information about something and instantly know it or know how to do it. You dont just read about painting, or writing, or computer programming, or baking, or playing the piano, and know how to do them right away. Inste
24、ad, you get information about something, from reading or from another person or from observing usually.then you construct a model in your mind.then you test it out by trying it in the real world.then you make mistakes.then you revise the model based on the results of your real-world experimentation
25、and repeat, making mistakes, learning from those mistakes, until youve pretty much learned how to do something. Thats how we learn as babies and toddlers, and how we learn as adults. Mistakes are how we learn to do something new, because if you succeed in something, its probably something you alread
26、y knew how to do. You havent really grown much from that success-at most its the last step on your journey, not the whole journey. Most of the journey was made up of mistakes, if its a good journey. So if you value learning, if you value growing and improving, then you should value mistakes. They ar
27、e amazing things that make a world of brilliance possible.8. Why do most of us feel bad about making mistakes? A. Because weve been taught so from a young age. B. Because its a natural part in our life. C. Because mistakes make us suffer a lot. D. Because mistakes have ruined many peoples careers.9.
28、 According to the passage, what is the right attitude to mistakes?A. We should try to avoid making mistakes.B. We should owe great inventions mainly to mistakes.C. We should treat mistakes as good chances to learn.D. We should make feeling bad about mistakes an unconscious reaction.10.The underlined
29、 word toddler in Paragraph 6 probably means _. A. a school teenager learning to write B. a kindergarten child learning to draw C. a primary school pupil learning to read D. a small child learning to walk11. We can learn from the passage that _. A. most of us can really grow from success B. we learn
30、to make mistakes by trial and error C. growing and improving are based on mistakes D. we read about something and know how to do it right away DI discovered the power of fear when I became stuck to my driveway, as if my feet were crazyglued to the cement（水泥）As much as I tried, I could not move them.
31、 The realization that my daughters were playing in Nancys house, just one-half block away, paralyzed（麻痹） my legs, making me unable to move when I neared the end of our driveway. Dense, black smoke was rising from behind the Sycamore Maple trees on the other side of the street and was enveloping thre
32、e houses, making them barely visible. Nancys house was one of them. I tried to call out for my daughters hoping to see them run safely to my arms, but my voice was also stuck - stuck in my throat with no intention of coming out. There I stood, helpless, paralyzed and silenced by fear, unable to protect the two little girls I loved more t
