1、江苏省南通市通州区海门市启东市联考学年高一上学期期末英语试题及答案解析江苏省南通市通州区、海门市、启东市联考20182019学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题题号一二三四五六七总分得分注意事项：1答题前填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息；2请将答案正确填写在答题卡上。第I卷（选择题）评卷人得分一、阅读理解Longman Dictionary of American English （CD for PC or MAC）Why is it unique？The Longman Dictionary of American English is unique because it has been wr
2、itten using the Longman Defining Vocabulary Other dictionaries use highlevel language in their definitions which forces students to look up the defining words as well as the words theyre looking up in the first place Only the Longman Dictionary of American English uses a defining vocabulary made of
3、the 2，000 words that make up the intermediatelevel students most used vocabularyWhat are the other features？The Longman Corpus Network is a powerful group of databases consisting ofmillions of words The Longman American Written Corpus contains over 110 million words taken from newspapers， journals，
4、magazines， bestselling novels， technical and scientific writing， and coffeetable booksLongman compilers （编者）use this computerized word bank to acquire a new depth of knowledge about words， usage， prepositions， the latest language trends and grammatical patterns using uptotheminute technologyThe writ
5、ten and spoken corpuses assure that this edition of the Longman Dictionary of American English will provide the most accurate and uptodate assistance to students who want to speak and write American English1Longman Dictionary of American English is mainly for Alowlevel learnersBlearners of different
6、 levelsCadvancedlevel learnersDintermediatelevel learners2The main purpose of this passage is to Atell readers why American English is more popularBinform students of how they can find the grammar patternsCguide readers how they can use the dictionary on computerDexplain why the dictionary is differ
7、ent from other dictionaries3The following about the dictionary are all correct EXCEPT that Athe definitions are easy to readBit is made up of 2，000 wordsCit contains a lot of daily usageDit is updated regularlyYour car is a necessary part of your life You use it every day Of course， you want to hold
8、 on to it so you make sure it has the latest alarm and immobilizer （汽车防盗器）But despite all these， cars like yours are still stolen every day In fact， in this country，one car is stolen almost every minute! And if your car is stolen， you only have a 50：50 chance of seeing it againEach year，car crime co
9、sts nearly 3 billion Of course， if youre insured （保险），you wont lose out， or will you？ Firstly， you will have to pay extra insurance later on， and then you may not be offered the full amount by the agent You will probably have to hire a car and you will also lose he value of the contents and accessor
10、ies （配件）in the carNow comes the solution An RAC Trackstar system， hidden in one of 47 possible secret locations in your car， is the key to our system If your car is stolen， radio signals are sent at twentysecond intervals from the car to the RAC Trackstar National Control Center via a satellite netw
11、ork Then a computer gives he vehicles exact location， speed and directionThe RAC Trackstar National Control Center， which operates 24 hours a day， 365 days a year，will immediately inform the police in the area where the car is located Because the police receive information every twenty seconds，they
12、will always know the vehicles location Once the thief has been arrested，your car will be returned to youRAC Trackstar is unique in being able to provide the National Control Center with details of the exact location of your car， its speed and direction And speed is the key to successful recovery of
13、a stolen vehicle RAC Trackstar Control will immediately tell the police if you report your car stolen and under the 24hour Guardian Option It will also tell you if your car has been stolen RAC Trackstars constant updates mean the police are kept informed of the cars location All these greatly improv
14、e your chances of seeing your car again4If your car is stolen，you will have to Apay more insuranceBhire a new carCbuy a RAC Trackstar systemDinform the National Control Center5The Trackstar system can tell the police Awho the thief isBhow the car is stolenCwhere the car isDwhat brand the car is6Acco
15、rding to the passage，with RAC Trackstar， people will Asurely get their stolen car backBlose no time in finding their stolen carCpredict whether their car has been stolenDhave less chances of having their car stolen7We can learn from the passage that ARAC Trackstar system is installed in the carByou
16、wont lose money if your stolen car is insuredCthe speed of the car will help the police find the stolen carDwithout an RAC Trackstar，you cant get your lost car backOnline ticketing has been effective for the London theatre market The advantages coming with it are many， but four in particular stand f
17、or the true value They are accessibility，speed，advanced planning and avoiding the queuesAccessibility is key from the viewpoint of both the theatre and the theatre goer Theatres need to be able to reach out to the public A show may have a market of millions if they concentrate efforts in London only
18、，but that number will increase to tens of millions if efforts expand nationwideFrom the point of view of a theatre lover， the fact that the West End，the central part of London is accessible to someone in Edinburgh is a major attraction Most theatre lovers would be anxious to go to a West End play or
19、 musical，and securing tickets for their favourite show online allows them to realize that strong desire with ease Making the journey to London and staying for a weekend is an added reward to the main eventAnother， advantage is speed， with securing tickets now taking a matter of minutes What is neede
20、d is a few minutes on the Internet， the relevant personal and credit card details， and a booking number with which to collect the tickets at the theatre on the nightOf course， for tourists or professionals from out of town， Internet booking has made， it possible to arrange entertainment for a specif
21、ic evening well in advance Occupying their time after conference hours can be a challenge for professionals With tickets secured in advance， the plan can be made much clearer Tourists， meanwhile， may include a night on the West End on their list of things to do Booking before even arriving in thecit
22、y helps to streamline their busy touring scheduleThe fourth advantage of buying London theatre tickets online is the fact that queuing is avoidedIt is perhaps the most unpleasant aspect of the traditional visit to the box office， particularly when demand for Dirty Dancing tickets， for example， canha
23、ve a person waiting for hours before even reaching the box office window， even worse the sold out sign would suddenly appear before himThese advantages reflect the true value of that mode of online ticketing It has pleased the theatre lovers， expanding theatre markets It is likely to bring more and
24、more benefit to the theatre world8What is the passage mainly about？AThe reality of theatre market in LondonBThe appearance of online entertainmentCThe benefits of buying theatre tickets onlineDThe arrangements of spending a day in London9How is Paragraph 6 mainly developed？ABy describing activitiesB
25、By giving examplesCBy showing differencesDBy making comparisons10Which of the following shows the development of the ideas in this passage？CP： Central Point P： Point Sp： Subpoint （次要点）C： ConclusionA BC DOliver Twist was born in a workhouse， and when he arrived in this hard world， it was very doubtfu
26、l whether he would live beyond the first three minutes He lay on a hard little bed and struggled to start breathingOliver fought his first battle without much assistance from the two people present at his birth One was an old woman， who was nearly always drunk， and the other was a busy local doctor，
27、 who was not paid enough to be very interested in Olivers survival._1_However， Oliver managed to draw his first breath， and then announced his arrival， to the rest of the workhouse by crying loudly His mother raised her pale young face from the pillow and whispered， Let me see die child，and dieThe d
28、octor turned away from the fire， where he had been warming his hands You must not talk about dying yet， he said to her kindly He gave her the child to hold Lovingly， she kissed the baby on its forehead with her cold white lips， then stared wildly around the room， fell backand died Poor dear! said th
29、e nurse， hurriedly putting a green glass bottle back in the pocket ， of her long skirtThe doctor began to put on his coat The baby is weak and will probably have difficulties， he said If so， give it a little milk to keep it quiet Then he looked at the dead woman The mother was a goodlooking girl Whe
30、re did she come from？She was brought here last night replied the old woman She was found lying in the street Shed walked some distance， judging by her shoes， which were worn to pieces Where she came from， where she was going to， or what her name was， nobody knowsThe doctor lifted the girls left hand
31、 The old story he said sadly， shaking his head No wedding ring， I see Ah! Good nightAnd so Oliver was left with only the drunken nurse Without clothes， under his first blanket， he could have been the child of a king or a beggar But when the woman dressed him later in rough cotton clothes， yellow with age， he looked exactly what he wasan orphan in a workhouse， ready for a life of misery， hunger， and neglectOliver cried loudly If he could have known that he was a workhouse orphan， perhaps he would have cried even more loudlyThere was
