2019届甘肃省兰州第一高三12月月考英语试题

兰州2018—2019第一学期高三年级月考试题英语（考试时间分钟，试卷满分分）第卷选择题（共三节满分100120I70分）第一节（共小题；每小题分，满分分）15230阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（、、和）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑A BC DAMembershipAllyou needto do is fillout theorder format thebottom of the page,select your first orderfrom ourbook listandthen postthe pletedform backto us.Special offersfor new membersAs aspecial offer,you maychoose anyreduced-price booksfrom ournewmembersbook list,to thevalue of100yuan intotal.Tick thebox onyour formto ordera freewatch.Join beforethe end of thismonth andyou receiveanotherfree bookcarefully chosenby ourstaff.Order anaudio-book from the manyon offer,at halfthe remendedretail price.When you9ve joinedAsa memberyou get around50%off thepublishers priceof everybook youbuy,and whatsmore,they estraight toyourdoor.Your freeclub magazinearrives oncea monthto keepyou up to datewith thelatest bestsellersweve addedtoour list.On theInternet,you canfind allour titlesfor theyear atour exclusivemembers website.Our websitealso hasabook swapservice wheremembers canrequest oroffer booksfor exchange.Being a memberAll you have todoisorder four books duringyourfirstyear.After that,you candecide on the numberof booksyouwish totake.In eachof yourmonthly clubmagazines,our experiencedstaff choosea“Book of the Month“fbr you,whichis offeredat anextra-special price.If youdo notwant thisbook,just sayso in the spaceprovided onthe formand senditback tous.We alwayssend thebook ifwe donot receivethis form.Once wereceive yourorder,your booksare deliveredwithin oneweek.And remember,you haveupto a fortnighttodecide ifyou wishto keepthe booksyouhaveordered.If theyarent whatyou expectedjust endthem back!

1.How canyou beeamemberof theMetropolis BookClubA.By orderinga watchfree ofcharge.B.By sendingthe advertisementto the club.C.By returningthe pletedorder formD.By choosingbooks withspecial prices..

2.What informationdoes themonthly magazinegive membersA.The percentagesaved oneach book.B.The namesof allthe bookssold bytheclub.C.The listof thenewest booksavailable to buy.D.The booksthat canbe swappedby clubmembers.

3.What canwe inferfromthelast partof thepassageA.At leastfourbooksshould bebought eachyear.B.Members needtobuythe“Book of the Month”.C.The morebooks bought,the higherthe membersgrade.D.Members canlook at the booksbefore theybuy them.BCold weatherduring wintermonths maykeep manypeople fromleaving homeand runningin theopen air.However,a newstudy showsthat thedrop intemperature is a goodreason torun.In fact,researchers say,running incold weather helpsimprove onesperformance.Many peoplesay runninginthewinter canbe difficult.Two reasonsare thelow temperaturesand bitterwinds.Yetmany runnersmight findit easierthan runningin hotweather.That couldbe becauselower temperaturesreduce stressonthe body.When yourun incoldweather,your heartrate（脱水）and the bodys dehydrationlevels arelower than in warmerconditions.The bodyneeds lesswater ona colddaythan inwarm weather.This informationes fromsports scientistsat St.Marys Universityin London.John Breweris aprofessor ofappliedsport scienceat St.Marys.For thisstudy,he andother researchersput a group ofpeople intoa roomthey calledan environmental chamber.^^The researchersthen recreatedsummer andwinter weatherconditions inthe room.The testsubjects wereasked torun10,000meters underboth conditions.Brewer sayshe andhis teamrecorded biologicalmeasurements of the runners.“Weve gotagroupof subjectsinto the environmentalchamber,weve changedthe conditionsto replicatethesummer orwinter andweve gotthem torun a10km underboth ofthose conditionsand takenvarious measurementsoneach runnerwhile theyvebeen pletingtheir10km.”Brewer saysevery movementrunners makeproduces heat.He explainsthat oneway inwhich welose heatis bysweating.The bodyloses heatthrough dropletsof sweat.He saysthebodyalso losesheat bytransporting theblood to thesurface of the skin.

4.What canwe knowabout runningin winterA.It increasespressure of thebody.B.It improvesthe functionof body.C.It makesyour heartrate higher.D.It needsmore waterthaninsummer..What canwe knowabout theresearch accordingto thetextA.Researchers interviewedthe subjectsB.Subjects wereasked torun inwinter andsummer.C.Subjects builttheenvironmentalchamber”,D.Biological measurementsof therunnerswere recorded.

6.Which ofthe followingcan replacethe underlinedword“replicate inParagraph7A.bine.B.Remember.C.Copy.D.Decorate.

7.Whats thebest titlefor thepassageA.Environmental ChamberB.The Wayof LosingHeatC.Running inCold WeatherImproves PerformanceD.Biological MeasurementsoftheRunnersCTime flies,but thetracks oftime remainin booksand museums.This iswhat madea recenttragedy inBrazil evenmoreterrible.On Sept.2,a bigfire rippedthrough theNational Museum of Brazil.Two hundredyears ofwork,research andknowledgewere lost,Brazilian PresidentMichel Temerwrote onTwitter afterthe fire.Its asad dayfbr allBrazilians.Most ofthe20million piecesof historyare believedto havebeen destroyed.Only aslittle as10percent ofthecollection mayhave survived,Time reported.Among allthe items,there wereEgyptian mummies,the bonesof uniquelyBraziliancreatures suchas thelong—necked dinosaurMaxakalisaurus,and an11,500—year-old skullcalled Luzia,which wasconsidered one of SouthAmericas oldesthuman fossils.（本土的，土著的）Besides these,Brazifs indigenousknowledge alsosuffered.The museumhoused world-famouscollections ofindigenous objects,as wellas manyaudio recordingsof locallanguages from all overBrazil.Some oftheserecordings,now lost,were oflanguages thatare nolonger spoken.“The tragedythis Sundayis asort ofnational suicide,a crimeagainst ourpast andfuture generations,Bernard MelloFranco,oneofBrazils best-known columnists,wrote onthe OGlobo newspapersite.The causeofthe fire isstill unknown,as BBCNews reportedon Sept.

3.After the fire burnedout,crowds protestedoutsidethe museumto showtheir angerat theloss ofthe irreplaceableitems ofhistorical value.According toEmilio Bruna,an ecologistat theUniversity ofFlorida,museums areliving,breathing storesof whoweare andwhere wevee from,and the world aroundus.Just asunderwater grassfloats onthe surfaceif itloses itsroots,a nationis lostwithout itsmemories.The fireat theNationalMuseumofBrazil teachestheworldan importantlesson:We shouldnever neglecthistory.

8.What canbe summarizedas themain ideaofthe3rd and4th paragraphsA.Long historyof SouthAmerica.B.Remains fromthefire.C.Mysteries tobe solved.D.History andknowledge burnedup.

9.What opinionmay beshared byBernard MelloFranco andthe protestersA.The governmentis toblame forthe tragedy.B.The museumshould berebuiltC.The losscant bemade upfor.D.The criminalshould besentenced todeath.

10.What doesEmilio Brunapare museumstoA.Living storesof ourpast.B.Underwater grass.C.The oldestfossils.D.National suicide.

11.What maybe thebest titleofthepassageA.Death ofa civilizationB.Functions ofmuseums C.Gone with thefireD.Brazilians1memoriesThese days,North KickapooStreet inShawnee,Oklahoma,isafour-lane roadleading（砂砾）out tothe highway,and linedwith allkinds ofplaces toeat andshop.But inthe mid-1950s,it wasjust agravelcountry road,the perfectplace forour daddiesto teachus howto drive.We didnthave driverseducation atShawnee HighSchool.We wereon ourown.Mom tookme topick upaninstruction handbook.I was the oldestof myfriends,so wewere excitedattheprospect ofa wholenew worldopening up.一Wed havefreedom to getaround.Best ofall,we couldgo tothe StarliteDrive Intheater on50-cents-a-carload night.Wed haveit made.（离合器）（变Mom letme backour1949Ford outofthegarage afew timesto getused tothe clutchand gearshift速挡杆）NF.I gotfamiliar withthe motionbut washardly readyfor myroad test.Finally,the daycame forDaddy togive mea reallesson.He droveout tothe endofthepaved sectionof KickapooStreetand acrossto wherethe gravelstarted.My daddyhad efromafamily of10,and theyhad beenfarmers ina poorareain Oklahoma.There wasonly oneway todo things,and thatwastheright way.Praises wererare,so whenhe expressedhis approvalit wasspecial.I didntwant toexperience hisglare ifI groundtheclutch orthe carshook asI triedtogetit going.I tooka deepbreath,slowly letout theclutch,pushed thestick intosecond gear,eased downthe road,and thencarefullymoved intothird gear.He hadme stop and repeatthe proceduretwo orthree moretimes untilI cametotheendofthesection.I wasfeeling prettygood asI cametoastopandlooked toDaddy forapproval.He glaredat meand thenbarked,Youve beendriving,havent you”He musthave thoughtId beenpracticing insomebody elsescar.I quicklyexplained thatmy trainingwas alldone ontheFord.That was60years ago.I canstill seethe nodhe gaveme whenhe said,“Well,you dida goodjob.

12.How didthe authorlearn to drive atthe beginningA.He wastaught byhis mother.B.He wastaught atShawnee HighSchool.C.He learnedtodrivewiththehelp ofhis father.D.He taughthimself byan instructionhandbook.

13.While Daddywas teachinghim,the authoroperated carefullyto.A.avoid makinghim angryB.pass theroad test。