南京市2018年高三上半期英语期中考试免费试卷
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It took over a decade for the economist’s far-sighted views to gain _______, but they have widespread support now. A.currency B.certificate C.sympathy D.scholarship |
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The details of costs and prices are ______, as no one knows exactly what is included and what is not. A.arbitrary B.authentic C.ambiguous D.artificial |
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—I’d been standing there for several minutes before he ________ my presence. —He must have been absorbed in his reading. A.neglected B.maintained C.registered D.revealed |
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I had ______ wanted to rush outside and leave all the frustrating things behind but something told me I had to stay and face the music. A.gracefully B.reluctantly C.essentially D.desperately |
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The expression “add oil” has enjoyed so much popularity in the past years, ________ was collected into the OED last month. A.that B.which C.as D.when |
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According to Baidu, the high-quality content of Cloud Music will reach massive users _______ Baidu’s app and video platform. A.in honor of B.in view of C.by virtue of D.by way of |
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The two men were ________ the heavy trunk for nearly ten minutes, trying to get it up the stairs. A.toying with B.interfering with C.wrestling with D.conflicting with |
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Our tutor would listen to us reading our essays aloud, but rarely, ________, commented on them. A.if ever B.if any C.if possible D.if anything |
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—Do you know Melinda was dismissed for her casual attitude towards job? —No doubt I tried to be pleasant to her but she ________. A.gave me the cold shoulder B.made my day C.cost me the earth D.pulled my leg |
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The Greens’ travel to India ________ enjoyable but Mrs. Green was too particular about the accommodation. A.could be B.should be C.must have been D.could have been |
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No man understands a deep book ______ he has seen and lived at least part of its contents. A.until B.if C.though D.once |
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While police suspected ______ he had some connection with the robbery, they couldn’t find solid evidence. A.whether B.that C.what D.how |
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The smartphone _____ to be the best ever, users all over the world claim they love it. A.is judged B.judged C.having judged D.to be judged |
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When the famous pianist turns thirty, he ______ the piano for more than twenty years. A.plays B.will play C.has been playing D.will have been playing |
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—Why don’t you share the bill and go Dutch? —I couldn’t possibly allow it. ________. A.You asked for it B.It’s on me C.You name it D.It’s a deal |
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My parents are from South Africa, and I’m a vegetarian, which no one in my small hometown in Washington understood. I always felt _______ from everybody else at school. As hard as I tried to keep myself _______, I started getting bullied(霸凌). I _______ who I was, wore really plain clothes, and tied up my bright red hair and _______ I wouldn’t attract as much attention. Eventually, I _______ to an arts high school, which was much more _______. There, I felt brave enough to show off the unique sides of my _______ and made friends who loved me for who I was. More recently, I’ve _______ with confidence in my skin. When I moved to L. A., I started getting bad cystic acne(痤疮). I didn’t want to go outside, and if I had to, I would _______ makeup. I’ve learned that you can’t ________ control your skin, but you can control how you treat yourself. When I tell myself I’m beautiful, or take a(n) ________ few minutes for skin care, I wake up the next morning feeling ________. A lot of Riverdale fans made the ________ that I was as mean as Cheryl when the show was first ________, so I started a YouTube channel for them to get to know my true ________. And so many of them ask for advice about how to ________ bullying. Playing a ________ girl has helped me see the reasons I was bullied. I tell them, whoever is treating you that way is ________ something, and it has nothing to do with you. Like for Cheryl, every time her ________ erupts, it has to do with how she’s feeling about herself rather than the other characters. Cheryl behaves in a way that ________ her wealth and upbringing, a privileged daughter of a businessman. My motto: If you take care of yourself, you’ll always feel confident and happy. 【1】A.absent B.free C.distinct D.immune 【2】A.active B.unique C.unnoticed D.ambitious 【3】A.hid B.displayed C.remembered D.forgot 【4】A.yet B.thus C.moreover D.meanwhile 【5】A.submitted B.transported C.slipped D.transferred 【6】A.persuasive B.inclusive C.expensive D.negative 【7】A.hair B.origin C.personality D.identity 【8】A.gone B.met C.started D.struggled 【9】A.abuse B.absorb C.attach D.apply 【10】A.constantly B.strictly C.hardly D.loosely 【11】A.spare B.extra C.precious D.unhappy 【12】A.nervous B.depressed C.content D.ridiculous 【13】A.assumption B.explanation C.definition D.presentation 【14】A.aired B.scheduled C.designed D.adapted 【15】A.strengths B.charms C.values D.characters 【16】A.handle B.relieve C.clarify D.monitor 【17】A.popular B.mean C.foreign D.sensitive 【18】A.seeing through B.falling through C.putting through D.going through 【19】A.violence B.excitement C.curiosity D.anxiety 【20】A.multiplies B.shares C.reflects D.decreases |
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Over the years, the term Wall Street has come to represent the world of high finance, but it’s also just a street! And before that, it was actually a wall—hence the name. The wall used to protect New Yorkers from attacks by Native American Indians. But eventually, the English knocked the wall down. There are a number of important landmarks on Wall Street. Here are a few of them. TRINITY CHURCH Trinity Church is located at the intersection of Wall Street and Broadway. The original church was destroyed in the Great New York CITY FIRE OF 1776. The current church was built in 1846. These days, Trinity Church has several choirs, and offers free classical and contemporary music concerts. FEDERAL HALL NATIONAL MEMORIAL Federal Hall was built in 1700 as New York’s City Hall. Later, became the first capitol building of the United States of America. It was the place where George Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the United States in 1789, and it is also where the United States Bill of Rights was drafted. These days, the building is run by the National Park Service as a museum commemorating the historic events. THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is a neo-classical building located at 11 Wall Street. It is the world’s largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies (at US $12.25 trillion as of May 2010). You can visit the building and watch from the third floor as traders buy and sell shares from companies around the world. BANKERS TRUST COMPANY BUILDING At 14 Wall Street you can find the Bankers Trust Company Building. It’s a 227-metre skyscraper that occupies an entire block. The building was originally the headquarters of Bankers Trust. These days, it serves as the American headquarters of Deutsche Bank. 【1】How did Wall Street Wall acquire its name? A.Local New Yorkers named it after a certain man. B.Some Native American Indians gave it the name. C.The street got its name due to the original architecture there. D.The English adopted the name in memory of the original wall. 【2】Among the important landmarks, which used to stage certain political events? A.Trinity Church. B.Federal Hall National Memorial. C.The New York Stock Exchange. D.Bankers Trust Company Building. |
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Do you like chocolate? It’s popular all over the world, but why? Scientists have been trying to discover its secrets. The main thing is that chocolate makes us happy. This may have something to do with the 380 known chemicals found in it. The problem is that many of these chemicals appear in other types of food too. So, it’s difficult to know why the ones in chocolate make us feel good. But we aren’t all lost. Adam Drewnowski at the University of Michigan found that chocolate makes the human brain produce natural opiates, called opioids(鸦片). These can stop pain and make us feel good. Others think that we feel good after eating chocolate because of a chemical called anandamide. This occurs naturally in the brain and seems to give us a feeling of happiness. Normally, our levels of anandamide are very low and our body uses it quickly. But two scientists, Emmanuelle di Tomaso of Harvard University and Daniele Piomelli of the University of California believe that the anandamide in chocolate raises levels of the chemical in our brain. And other substances in chocolate slow down the speed at which we use it. So, chocolate helps us feel happier for longer! Great! But which chocolate is the best? Well, for a start, there’s more anandamide in dark chocolate than milk chocolate. So, you need to buy some dark chocolate. Then, you should follow these five tips from connoisseur chocolate makers Ghirardelli. They say that when choosing chocolate, you need to use all five senses: 1. Sight: good chocolate has a shine to it. 2. Smell: rub the chocolate with your finger to release the aroma. It should have a deep chocolate smell. 3. Sound: when you break a piece of chocolate it should snap crisply, creating a sound similar to that of a thin piece of wood being broken. 4. Touch: the chocolate should melt easily in your mouth becoming a thick liquid. 5. Taste: good chocolate should not taste too sweet or too bitter. 【1】Why does the author mention opioids in Paragraph 2? A.To prove chocolate contains the same chemicals as opioids. B.To show the sharp contrast between chocolate and opioids. C.To suggest that chocolate is as highly addictive as opioids. D.To help explain the reason why chocolate brings pleasure. 【2】The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refers to _______. A.anandamide B.chocolate C.opiate D.Brain 【3】Which of the following best suits “perfect chocolate” according to chocolate makers? A.Milk chocolate that produces a dull sound when broken. B.Milk chocolate that has shiny appearance and bitter taste. C.Dark chocolate that is easy to melt and of moderate taste. D.Dark chocolate that gives off a sweet and deep fragrance. |
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Landscapes are not only the setting for history; they are also a major source of our sense of history and identity. Read them right, and historical landscapes can be more informative than any other kind of source. This is even more the case with sacred landscapes, which were reflection of our ancestors’ beliefs about their relation to the cosmos and can still today seem to hold a spiritual influence. Over the years, I’ve had the good fortune to have spent time in many historical landscapes, hoping to picture something of the spirits of the people who shaped them over the centuries. I still remember years ago walking along the Inca sacred lines around Cusco, Peru. In this ancient landscape, old sites that once belonged to Incan royals had become torn Spanish mansions. Or many years ago, before the Gulf Wars, I took a journey through south Iraq, the heart land of civilization, where the desert is still crossed by dried-up riverbeds of the Euphrates and canals that once sustained the world’s first cities. Britain also has its own magical ancient landscapes. From the Mesolithic to the Bronze and Iron Ages, rich layers of the past are still present in the landscape surrounding Stonehenge, even as traffic rushes down the A303. It is the A303 that is the problem. As the main road to the south west from the home counties, the road runs right past Stonehenge. One of humanity’s most famous monuments, Stonehenge is an archaeological landscape without parallel in Europe, and perhaps the world. The first circle at Stonehenge was made 5,000 years ago, and the great stone circle itself in a round 2,500 BC — the age of the pyramids! And the mysteries of this amazing monument and the complex prehistoric societies that produced it are by no means exhausted, as new discoveries continue to show. All the more worrying to me then, this unique landscape is currently at the centre of a projected plan by Highways England, which aims to relieve congestion on the A303 by creating a four-lane road with a 1.8-mile tunnel, and an expressway interchange 1.5 miles to the west. While the National Trust and English Heritage have offered qualified support for the plan, UNESCO has expressed its opposition. Meanwhile, the Stonehenge Alliance, a group of archaeologists and environmental campaigners, says the plan is based on inadequate and obsolete information. In the end, the argument is about the totality of an ancient landscape, and that includes the ancient astronomical alignment that was purposefully chosen by our ancestors, and that will, in my view, be wrecked by the expressway interchange. Time perhaps for a rethink in the name of future generations? 【1】What can historical landscapes offer us? A.Details of ancient lifestyle. B.Sacred writings C.Rich historical information D.Breathtaking sights. 【2】What did the author want to explore when touring historical landscapes? A.Different architecture. B.His sense of belonging. C.The rise of ancient cities. D.The spirits of ancestors. 【3】Which of the following is True about Stonehenge? A.The first stone circle has a longer history than the pyramids. B.New discoveries have solved the mysteries of the monument. C.The ancient monument must have been the heart land of civilization. D.The landscape surrounding Stonehenge has rich layers of the present. 【4】What is the author’s attitude towards the projected plan by Highways England? A.He is for it because it will benefit the future generations. B.He keeps cool but believes a better solution could be adopted. C.It should be stopped because it will destroy the totality of the monument. D.It is rather practical especially with qualified support from the government. |
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The news one day reached Gabriel that Bathsheba had left the neighborhood. Her abrupt departure is more emphatic than her verbal refusal of his offer. It may have been observed that there is no regular path for getting out of love as there is for getting in. All that Gabriel learnt of Bathsheba’s movements was done indirectly. It appeared that she had gone to a place called Weatherbury, which, whether as a visitor or permanently, he could not discover. Gabriel had two dogs. George, the elder, had originally belonged to a shepherd (牧羊人) of inferior morals and dreadful temper. Long experience had so precisely taught the animal the difference between different orders. Though old, he was clever and trustworthy still. The young dog, George’s son, might possibly have been the image of his mother, for there was not much resemblance between him and George. He was learning the sheep-keeping business. So earnest and yet so wrongheaded was this young dog that if sent behind he did it so thoroughly that he would have chased them across the whole country with the greatest pleasure if not called off. One night, when Gabriel had returned to his house, he called as usual to the dogs, previously shutting them up in the outhouse till next morning. Only one responded—old George; the other could not be found. ① Gabriel then concluded that the young one had not finished his meal, and he went indoors to the luxury of a bed. It was a still and wet night. Just before dawn he was woken by the abnormal reverberation of familiar music. To the shepherd, the note of the sheep-bell is beating with unusual violence and rapidity. The experienced ear of Gabriel knew the sound was caused by the running of the flock with great speed. ② He jumped out of bed and ascended the hill. These two hundred ewes(female sheep) seemed to have absolutely vanished from the hill. Gabriel called at the top of his voice: ‘Ovey, ovey, ovey!’ He called again: the valleys and furthest hills resounded but no sheep. He passed through the trees and along the ridge of the hill. ③ He advanced: at one point the rails were broken through, and there he saw the footprints of his ewes. The dog came up, licked his hand, and made signs implying that he expected some great reward. Gabriel looked over the side of the mountain. The ewes lay dead—a pile of two hundred dead bodies. As far as could be learnt, it appeared that the poor young dog, still under the impression that since he was kept for funning after sheep, the more he ran after them the better, had at the end of his meal off the dead lamb, which may have given him additional energy and spirits, collected all the ewes into a corner and driven the timid creatures through the hedge, breaking down a portion of the rotten railing. ④ Gabriel was an intensely humane man; his first feeling now was one of pity for the untimely fate of these gentle ewes and their unborn lambs. It was a second to remember another stage of the matter. All the savings had been gone at a blow; his hopes of being an independent farmer were laid low. Gabriel’s energies, patience, and industry had been so severely taxed during the years of his life, to reach his present stage of progress, that no more seemed to be left in him. He leant down upon a rail, covered his face with his hands and uttered in thankfulness: “Thank God I am not married: what would she have done in the poverty now coming upon me!” Gabriel found that the value of remaining lambs, plant, and implements which were really his own would be about sufficient to pay his debts, leaving himself a free man with the clothes he stood up in, and nothing more. Two months later, Gabriel was discovered at the hiring fair in Casterbridge. Though he was not hired, he earned a few pennies at the hiring fair and learned that another fair would be held at Shottsford, 10 miles beyond Weatherbury. 【1】How did Gabriel feel after Bathsheba’s departure? A.He was consumed with anger. B.He quickly adapted and moved on. C.He decided to stick to his first love. D.He was at a loss to grasp the reasons. 【2】What can we learn about the young dog? A.He was more than capable of doing a shepherd dog’s duty. B.He was slow in responding to Gabriel’s different orders. C.He bore a striking resemblance to the old dog George. D.He belonged to those of terrible temper and behavior. 【3】Where should the sentence “On the extreme summit, he saw the younger dog standing against the sky—dark and motionless.” be put in the passage? A.① B.② C.③ D.④ 【4】Two hundred ewes died mainly due to ________. A.Gabriel’s carelessness. B.the absence of old George C.the young dog’s wrong impression D.the unpleasant weather conditions 【5】Why did Gabriel utter such words in thankfulness after such a blow to him? A.He was greatly relieved to know that no villager got hurt in the disaster. B.He felt lucky that he could pay off his debts with the remaining things on the farm. C.He was convinced that with patience and industry such a situation would improve. D.He had such a considerate and sympathetic nature that he didn’t want to bother others. 【6】What might happen in the following paragraphs? A.Gabriel decided to see Bathsheba on his way to Shottsford. B.Gabriel found a good job in Casterbridge and succeeded again. C.The young dog was abandoned for his failure or perform his duty. D.Good neighbors gave Gabriel a hand and restored the rotten railing. |
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请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。 注意：请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横在线。每个空格只填1个单词。 Today and every day we are the targets of salespeople, marketers, advertisers, fundraisers and politicians trying to persuade us to buy something, do something or think a certain way. Over the years, they’ve learned a lot about which features to build into a communication to increase its success. But, by concentrating on the message itself, they’ve missed a crucial component of the process. Research done in the last 15 years shows that the best persuasion is achieved through good presuasion: the practice of arranging for people to agree with a message before they know what’s in it. Presuasion works by focusing people’s preliminary(开始的) attention on a selected concept—let’s say softness—which encourages them to overvalue related opportunities that immediately follow. In one study, visitors to an online sofa store were sent to a site that illustrated either soft clouds or small coins in the background of its landing page. Those who saw the soft clouds were more likely to prefer soft, comfortable sofas for purchase, whereas those who saw the small amounts of money preferred inexpensive models. A following study showed the primitiveness of the presuasive mechanism. Subjects became three times more likely to help a researcher who “accidentally” dropped some items if, immediately before, they’d been exposed to images of figures standing together in a friendly pose. If this tripling of helpfulness doesn’t seem remarkable enough, consider that the subjects were 18 months old — hardly able to reason or review or reflect. Long before scientists started studying the process, a few notable communicators had an intuitive understanding of it. In February 2015, the financial investor Warren Buffett had a problem. It was 50 years since he had taken control of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., guiding it to amazing levels of value, along with his brilliant partner Charlie Munger. Many investors were worried that, because Buffett and Munger were getting older, these levels couldn’t be maintained in the future, perhaps making it time to sell Berkshire stock. To respond to these concerns, Buffett wrote a letter to shareholders in which he described various reasons for confidence in Berkshire’s continuing profitability. But, before the description of strengths, he declared with characteristic sincerity that what he was about to state was ‘what I would say to my family today if they asked me about Berkshire’s future.” The result was a flood of favorable reaction to the letter as well as a per-share increase for the year of nearly five times that of the S&P. With considerable success, practitioners of social influence have always placed persuasive prods(刺激)—small gifts, emotional draw, last-chance opportunities—inside their appeals. Perhaps because of that success, they’ve mostly missed an accompanying truth. For maximum impact, it’s not only what you do; it’s also what you do just before you do what you do.
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请阅读下面文字及图片，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。 Many students in China regard passing the college entrance examination as the ultimate (终极的) goal of academic life. Almost all students study hard up to senior high school to get higher grades in every subject, and be in a better position to excel in gaokao and get admitted to a “good” university, fewer challenges lie between them and a college diploma. Therefore, quite a few students, over-burdened with studies since their primary school days, lose interest in studies, let alone excelling in academics after entering a university. However, getting a college degree now requires more effort than it did before. In September, the Ministry of Education released an announcement, requiring universities to increase the difficulty of undergraduate courses and work harder to end academic misconduct in bachelor’s theses (毕业论文). Universities will reasonably increase students’ academic burden to encourage them to work harder and improve their knowledge and skill levels. However, while the Ministry of Education’s plans aim to increase university students’ academic burden, they’re not intended to put extra pressure on them. Instead, the new requirements are meant to fulfill the basic requirements of university education. [写作内容] 1. 用约30个单词概括上述信息的主要内容； 2. 用约120个单词发表你的观点，内容包括： (1) 你对“大学生增负”持什么观点？说明你的理由(至少两点)； (2) 你进入大学后将如何度过你的大学生活？ [写作要求] 1. 写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句； 2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称； 3. 不必写标题。 [评分标准] 内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，语数适当。 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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