2017湖北高三上学期人教版高中英语开学考试

Researchers from France and Italy discovered that Canadian parents are less strict with their children than mothers and fathers in France and Italy.

“Our most important finding was the difference between Canadians and the others,” said Professor Michel Claes, the lead author of the study. “Canadians focus on independence and negotiation. On the other hand, Italians, for example, exercise more control. We found Canadians seem to focus on negotiation in case of a conflict.”

Claes said Canada, France and Italy were selected for the study because they share important cultural and social factors. “We chose French­Canadians because they share the same language as France, and originally came from France and share certain values. Italy was included because it was considered to have similar, strong and important family values,” he explained.

The researchers examined the emotional ties between parents and their children by questioning 1,256 students aged 11 to 19 years old.

Canadian students reported less control and more free actions, according to the study. Italian parents were stricter and French parents were somewhere in the middle.

Claes explains that the differences lie in education in Canada, France and Italy.

“North America has its own educational values, which promote individualization. Tolerance and comprehension are encouraged. Italy, on the other hand, promotes respect of authority, control, and the need for permission.” he said.

Children from all three countries described their mothers as warm and communicative. Italian and Canadian children had similar feelings about their fathers, and reported high levels of emotional ties. But French fathers were generally thought by their children to be more distant and cold.

“We were surprised by this,” Claes admitted.“It seems as though the relationships between French mothers and their children were becoming closer over time, while fathers maintain a form of distance and coldness, which is more of a source of conflict in France than in the other countries.”

21．Professor Michel Claes believes that Canada, France and Italy ________.

A．have the same family spirit

B．have some similar cultural traditions

C．have experienced some similar social changes

D．have experienced similar cultural developments

22．How did the researchers carry out the study?

A．By collecting answers of parents from Canada, France and Italy.

B．By collecting answers of children from Canada, France and Italy.

C．By questioning parents and their children from Italian Canadian families.

D．By questioning  children  from  French­Canadian families.

23．According to Michel Claes, what mainly leads to the differences in parent­children relationships among Canada, France and Italy?

A．Educational opportunities.

B．Traditional ideas.

C．Educational values.

D．Historical events.

24．Which of the following is NOT a finding of the study?

A．French children have troubled relationships with their parents.

B．Canadian children have close relationships with their parents.

C．Italian children have good relationships with their parents.

D．Kids from Canada, France and Italy have closer ties with their moms.

I look in the mirror, and I'm not happy with what I see. I don't have a "perfect" face. I look in the magazines and all I see are girls with fair hair, blue eyes, and, of course, a pretty little nose. They're on the outside of the buses that I take home, the television programs I watch, and the billboards（广告牌）I walk under. Almost every advertisement I see shows this human physical "perfection". These billboards not only tell me what to drink, but also how to look.

Our society places more importance on a person's physical beauty, rather than their ability, honesty and character. We have influenced women to go through painful surgeries（手术）and starve themselves to become this society-built physical model. To be a beautiful woman in the 21st century doesn't mean that you are a brilliant doctor or caring mother. It means you have the perfect jaw, eyes and lips. It means that you can be six feet tall and weigh one hundred and ten pounds.

But what about the women who are starting to leave their youth? Instead of looking at aging as a sign of wisdom, we try to prevent the aging process (过程）. It's a kind of funny thing to want to look eighteen when fifty. Fifty is a relaxed age, when you can step back and look at all you've achieved(successfully complete something). It is when your hard work pays off. Unfortunately, our society just sees you as “old”. To stop the aging process, women buy wrinkle（皱纹）creams, do eye lifts and face lifts. They spend thousands of dollars to win the hopeless battle against age.

I remember when I was about thirteen years old and going through teens, I had oily hair, and a half developed body. I hated the way I looked. I used to cry to my mother all the time, but she would just laugh and tell me that "you don't want anyone to like your appearance. It's your heart that is important, because beauty fades（消逝）." I knew that she was right. If you work on your heart enough, people will start to see the beauty in you, which lasts and remains on even after you die.

25．The main idea of the first paragraph is that    .

A. the author doesn't have a perfect face

B. women have to look beautiful

C. photos of beautiful girls can be seen everywhere

D. there are too many beauties in daily life

26．What's the author's attitude towards being "old"?

A. It's a pity that people have to get old.

B. It's a fruitful and wise time.

C. It's stupid to try to stay young.

D. It's a pity that society looks down upon the old.

27．It is          that regard(s) the physical beauty as more important.

A. women themselves

B. the author's parents

C. newspapers and magazines

D. society

28．What's the author's opinion about beauty?

A. The author doesn't like the beauties our society values.

B. It is not important whether a person looks beautiful or not.

C. It is a person's heart and inner qualities that are important rather than the physical beauty.

D. The author feels appearance is important to a person.

  Alex London Research Laboratory (ALRL) is part of Alex Co., Ltd., a major Australian medicine-making company. Opened in 1992, ALRL specializes in the development of new medicines for the treatment of heart diseases．

   A position is now open for a Research Operations Manager(ROM) to support our growing research team at the new laboratories in Hatfield，due to open in the autumn of 2010．

   Reporting to the Director，you will help set up and run the technical and scientific support services of our new laboratories now under construction．You will be expected to provide expert knowledge about and be in charge of all areas of ALRL’S Health and Safety，and to communicate (沟通)with support employees at ALRL’S laboratories based at University College London．Working closely with scientists and other operations and technical employees，you will manage a small number of research support employees providing services to help with the research activities to be carried out at the new laboratories．

  Candidates(申请人) will have experience of both management and research support／technical services．Knowledge of research operations and excellent communication skills are necessary. Education to degree level is also desirable．

    If you are interested in this position，please send your CV(简历)to Alex London Research

 Laboratory，University College London，Hatfield，London，W1E 6B7 or by email to ALRL@alex.co.uk．

   For more Information．please visit www.alex.co.uk．

29． What can be learnt about the new laboratories from the text?

    A. They have not yet been set up．

    B. They are in Hatfield，Australia． 

    C. They belong to University College London．

    D. They are new workplaces for Australian researchers only．

30． What are the duties of a ROM，according to the text?

A. a，b，c．    B. a，b，d．

C. b，c，d．    D. a，c，d．

31． What does the fourth paragraph mainly talk about?

A. The technical skills of a would—be ROM．

B. The practical experience of a would—be ROM．

C. The personal information of a would—be ROM．

D. The necessary requirements for a would—be ROM．

32． What is the purpose of the text?

A. To describe the job of a ROM．

B. To provide information about ALRL．

C. To announce an open position at ALRL．

D. To make known the opening of the new laboratories．

Security—for the information on your smartphone, as well as for the phone itself is a hot topic these days．The truth is that you’re packing a lot of sensitive information on your phone, and you should keep it safe．

When it comes to physical security, iPhone users would do well to download Find My iPhone, a free app from Apple that allows you to visit a website and see your (lost, stolen or misplaced) phone on the map．You can then sound an alarm, send a message that will pop up on its screen, lock the phone or erase all your data．

Android does not have an exact equivalent(等价物), but there are plenty of alternatives．A free app called Lookout offers the find my  phone feature．The paid version allows you to wipe the data from your phone remotely．

Then there is your coffee shop’s WiFi network．Anyone with minimal technical expert skill can snoop on(窥视) people using shared wireless networks, harvesting passwords and other personal data．Lookout’s apps will caution you when you’ve logged on to an insecure network, but cannot protect you once you’re there．

In order to protect yourself on such networks, you can use a virtual private network, or V．P．N．This turns all your activity into nonsense to anyone trying to read along with you from across the Starbucks．It also keeps websites from tracking you and, if you’re traveling, allows you to get access to sites that may be blocked in other countries．

If you have an iPhone, the simplest V．P．N．app is probably Hotspot Shield, whose distinguishing feature is said to be that it automatically kicks in each time you start browsing (浏览), as opposed to other V．P．N．apps that require you to start them up manually(手动)．This matters, because even if you decide you want a V．P．N．app, you want to spend approximately zero time thinking about it．For the most part, that was true of Hotspot Shield, though occasionally it took a while to connect or temporarily lost connection without warning．I found myself having to turn the app on and off sometimes, which involved setting my phone constantly．

If even reading about the setting on your phone drives you crazy, then it is probably best to stay away from a V．P．N．app．But if you’re the type who can’t resist checking your bank balance from your comer bar, the hassle (麻烦) may be preferable to the risk．

33．Which of the following can warn you against the insecure network?

A．Android

B．V．P．N．

C．Lookout

D．Find My iPhone

34．By using V．P．N．, users can ________．

A．find their lost phone on the Internet

B．remove all the data form the phone remotely

C．check the bank balance now and then

D．save their browsing from being tracked

35．The underlined word “that” in Para．6 refers to the fact that _________．

A．a V．P．N．app kicks in automatically

B．the users starts V．P．N．apps manually

C．the app take a while to connect

D．users spend no time thinking about it

Do you know Australia? Australia is the largest island in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is in the south of the earth. ___36．__The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai. The cities in Australia have got little air or water pollution. __37．_ You can clearly see fish swimming in the rivers. Plants grow very well.

Last month we visited Perth, the biggest city in Western Australia, and went to a wild flowers’ exhibition. There we saw a large number of wild flowers we had never seen before. We had a wonderful time. ___38．___ In spring every year Perth has the wild flowers’ exhibition.

After visiting Perth, we spent the day in the countryside. We sat down and had a rest near a path at the foot of a hill.  __39．__ Suddenly we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill. What we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to the car as quickly as we could. There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us down the path.   ___40．___ After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep, sheep, everywhere are sheep.

A. The people of Australia are very hard-working.

B. Australia is the sixth largest country in the world.

C. Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos.

D. Australia is big, but its population is not large.

E.  Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers.

F. The sky is blue and the water is clean.

G. It was quiet and we enjoyed ourselves.

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on Friday 61．India's Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai for their struggles62． the suppression（压迫）of children and for young people's rights，63．(include) the right to education．

Yousafzai came to 64． (globe) attention after she 65．(shoot) in the head by the Taliban two years ago forher efforts 66．(promote) education for girls in Pakistan．

Through her heroic struggle，Yousafzai has become a 67．(lead) spokeswoman for girls' rights to education．According to the Nobel committee，at 17 she's the youngest ever peace prize winner．“I'm proud that I'm the first Pakistani or the first young woman68． gets this award，” she said in Birmingham，England．

She doesn't believe that she deserves the award but considers 69． an encouragement to continue her campaign．Awarding the Peace Prize to a Pakistani Muslim and an Indian Hindu 70．(give) a message to people of love between Pakistan and India，and between different religions．

What is it that you love to do but never feel that you get it quite right? Perhaps you don't even try any more because you think what you do is not      enough．

Discouragement seems to follow us a good part of the time,      however hard we work, it seems that there is      someone else who can do it much better．

I have always enjoyed music and it is       to me that every musician has a      of their own．My father _        several instruments and when he played with other people, it was not difficult to      his sound in a group．Whether it was guitar or another instrument, he had his own      sound．

I      heard of a music teacher who commented to a discouraged student, "      else can make the sound that you make．" The sound that you make may not be the same as someone else's, but who is to say which is    ．It is said that, "      is in the eye of the beholder .” . Perhaps it could be said that a delightful sound is in the ear of the     ．

Every person has a different tone of voice that      only to them,      we all know people with an unforgettable laugh or a way of      that is unique to them．It might not be the sound of your music or your voice at all．It      be the way you whistle or the sound of your footsteps．

Each person has a（an）      on the world in some way．Someone else can do what you do, but they cannot do it      in the same way that you do it．The next time you feel     , remember nobody else can make the sound that you make．

41．A．easy        B．good        C．simple      D．hard

42．A．because    B．although   C．when       D．if

43．A．seldom     B．always     C．never       D．sometimes

44．A．satisfying  B．convincing      C．inspiring   D．interesting

45．A．gift    B．sound      C．life   D．song

46．A．played      B．designed   C．created    D．checked

47．A．turn down B．call up      C．pick out   D．give off

48．A．loud  B．powerful C．perfect     D．special

49．A．once  B．yet    C．even        D．still

50．A．Anybody   B．Somebody       C．Nobody   D．Everybody

51．A．bigger       B．better       C．deeper     D．lower

52．A．Beauty      B．Interest    C．Patience   D．Honesty

53．A．speaker     B．receiver    C．listener     D．looker

54．A．devotes     B．adds        C．adapts      D．belongs

55．A．but    B．yet    C．and         D．for

56．A．running     B．walking    C．jumping   D．speaking

57．A．must B．might       C．would      D．should

58．A．choice      B．opinion     C．duty        D．effect

59．A．exactly     B．carefully   C．cautiously       D．seriously

60．A．annoyed    B．puzzled     C．discouraged     D．bothered

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在其下面写出该加的词。

侧除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Some days ago there was a theft in our house in that we lost some precious item. A few days later I speak to my  neighbor，an elderly retired man，about the need for collective security in our community so as that such an incident  wouldn't happen in other houses. To my surprise，her advice is” You protect your own house and let others defend for  themselves.” I was terrible disappointed at his response. Until today--，I am similarly frustrating to see many people feel  that mind our own business is the top rule. But please remember we are living a shared society.” Unit we stand，divided we fall”.

假如你叫李华，最近你班打算为每周举办的“英语角”选一名负责人（director），你准备参加竞选。请根据以下提示写一篇英语演讲比赛稿。

1. 对英语有很大的兴趣，曾在学校英语演讲比赛中获得一等奖；

2. 性格开朗，易与他人相处；

3.组织过学校英语俱乐部的相关活动，有一定经验。

注意：1. 词数100-120；2. 开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数；3. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。