1、精选辽宁省大连市普兰店区高三英语上学期竞赛期中试题2017-2018学年上学期竞赛试卷高三英语试卷总分：150分 时间：100分钟 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）ALooking for a great summer read? Kid reporters from TimeFor Kids have reviewed the seasons hottest new books. They have recommended a list of kid-approved page-turners (令人爱不释手的书) to our reade
2、rs. Whether youre fond of mysterious, fantastic or realistic fictions, theres always one that suits you.ThreeBirdSummerBySaraSt.AntoineGenre:RealisticFictionNumberofpages:256Whatsthebasicstoryline?Forhisentirelife,12-year-old Adam has spent summers at his grandmas cabin in Minnesota. But this year t
3、hings are different. His parents have divorced. Apart from that, Adams cousins wont be vacationing at the cabin with him. Also, Grandma seems to be acting differently. At first, shes just a bit more forgetful than usual. But after spending more time with her, Adam realizes Grandma is “slipping.”Ther
4、e are new neighbors at the cabin this summer, including a girl at Adams age named Alice. At first, Adam isnt interested in spending time with her. But as time goes by, their friendship flourishes(繁荣). Throughout this unusual summer, Adam searches for hidden treasure with his new friend and begins to
5、 uncover family secrets as well.Are the characters believable?The characters are believable because they dont have cookie-cutter(千篇一律的) personalities. Adam is quiet and shy and finds girls difficult to understand. Alice is adventurous and unlike any girl he has ever met. Readers will likely see aspe
6、cts of their personalities in the characters and recognize their friendship too.Who would like this book?Anyone who appreciates memories of family vacations or summertime in general will enjoy the vivid imagination that fillsThreeBirdSummer. Readers will fall into the story, almost as if theyre actu
7、ally spending the summer exploring ThreeBird Lake with Adam and Alice.21. While spending his summer at his grandmas cabin this year, Adam _.A. became friends with his cousins B. developed a friendship with a little girlC. annoyed his grandma occasionallyD. played with Alice in the fields nearby22. T
8、he book is likely to appeal to kids because _.A.it describes country life. B.it talks about school life.C.it related to their experience.D.it is written in simple words.23. The text is written to _.A. praise a writer for his great work.B. discuss how to spend summer holidays.C. encourage readers to
9、do more readingD. recommend a good book to readers.BIf you find yourself checking your phone first thing in the morning, if you find youre text-messaging while driving, checking your phone instead of working on an important assignmentyou are addicted. Dont worry. The new NoPhone might be just the th
10、ing you need. It looks and feels exactly like a smartphone, but it does nothing. Its just a piece of plastic that you can carry around in your hand to fool yourself. NoPhone is currently a prototype(手机模型) that will cost only $12 once it hits the market. Its makers are trying to raise $30,000 in orde
11、r to cover the production and marketing costs. Dutch designer Ingmar Larsen, who helped create the NoPhone, said that he had the idea as a joke along with his friends Van Gould and Ben Langveld. To their great surprise, the idea received a lot of attention online and people from all over the world s
12、tarted placing requests for NoPhone of their own, so thats when the three friends decided to raise money for mass production. David H said, “ I used to sleep with my phone in my hand, but my night errors would cause me to throw it across the room in an unconscious panic. With the NoPhone, I can stil
13、l enjoy the comfort of holding a phone in my sleep, without waking up to a shattered screen, thanks, NoPhone.” If youre interested in NoPhone, but concerned about not being able to take selfies anymore, dont worry. The makers do have an update at no extra chargethe mirror sticker. That way, they say
14、, you can enjoy “real-time” selfies with your friends when theyre standing right behind you. 24. From the third paragraph we can infer that_.A. NoPhone is a device made of high technology.B. the makers want to raise money to improve their technology.C. NoPhone has not been on the market at present.D
15、. the users of NoPhone can stay away from the real world. 25. What made the designers surprised was that_.A. many people thought of the idea as a joke at firstB. people in Dutch began to make NoPhone of their ownC. people worldwide began to fund mass productionD. people worldwide were interested in
16、NoPhone on the net26. According to David H, he often _at night. A. used his smartphone B. had nightmareC. became unconscious D. looked for his smartphone27. What does the underlined phrases “take selfies” most probably mean?A. take a photo of oneself B. get in touch with someoneC. take the place of
17、someone D. catch sight of someoneCHave you ever found yourself in this situation：You hear a song you used to sing when you were a child-a bit of nostalgia（怀旧）or blast from the past，as we sayBut it is not a distant childhood memoryThe words come back to you as clearly as when you sang them all those
18、years ago Researchers at the University of Edinburgh studied the relationship between music and remembering a foreign languageThey found that remembering words in a song was the best way to remember even one of the most difficult languages Here is what they did. Researchers took 60 adults and random
19、ly divided them into three groups of 20Then they gave the groups three different types of listen-and-repeat learning conditionsResearchers had one group simply speak the wordsThey had the second group speak the words to a rhythm，or beatAnd they asked the third group to sing the words All three group
20、s studied words from the Hungarian language for 15minutesThen they took part in a series of language tests to see what they remembered Why Hungarian，you ask ? Researchers said they chose Hungarian because not many people know the languageIt does not share any roots with Germanic or Romance languages
21、，such as Italian or SpanishAfter the tests were over，the singers came out on topThe people who learned these new Hungarian words by singing them showed a higher overall performanceThey did the best in four out of five of the testsThey also performed two times better than those who simply learned the
22、 words by speaking them DrKatie Overy says singing could lead to new ways to learn a foreign languageThe brain likes to remember things when they are contained in a catchy 3，or memorable 4，tune 5 DrLudke said the findings could help those who struggle to learn foreign languagesOn the University of E
23、dinburghs website DrLudke writes，This study provides the first experimental evidence that a listen-and-repeat singing method can support foreign language learning，and opens the door for future research in this area 28. Thesongmentioned in the first paragraph is intended to_. A. recall the past B. at
24、tract the readers C. introduce the topic D. compare the childhood with the present 29. According to the passage which language doesnt share the same root with Germanic or Romance languages? A. Hungarian B. Spanish C. Italian D. English 30. Based on the last two paragraphs，we can conclude that A. sin
25、ging is the best way to learn a language B. the brain probably works best when the foreign language learners sing the words C. a listen-repeat method is very effective for any language learner D. DrKatie Overy and DrLudke disagree with each other 31. In which situation can the finding of the researc
26、h be applied? A. A mother is going to teach her baby how to speak B. A child is going to have his first music lesson C. A student is going to learn a new English song D. An American is going to learn some ChineseDFear and its companion pain are two of the most useful things that man and animals poss
27、ess if they are used. If fire didnt hurt when it burned, children would play with it until their hands were burned away. Similarly, if pain existed but fear didnt, a child could burn itself again and again because fear would not warn it to keep away from the fire that had burnt it before. A really f
28、earless soldier-and some do exist-is not a good soldier because he is soon killed; and a dead soldier is of no use to his army. Fear and pain are therefore two guards without which man and animals might soon die out. In our first sentence we suggested that fear ought to be properly used. If, for exa
29、mple, you never go out of your house because of the danger of being knocked down and killed in the street by a car, you are letting fear rule you too much. The important thing is not to let fear rule you, but instead, to use fear as your servant and guide. Fear will warn you of dangers; then you hav
30、e to decide what action to take. In many cases, you can take quick and successful action to avoid the danger. For example, you see a car coming straight towards you; fear warns you, you jump out of the way, and all is well. In some cases, however, you decide that there is nothing that you can do to
31、avoid the danger. For example, you cannot prevent an airplane crashing into your house, and you may not want to go and live in a desert where there are no airplanes. In this case, fear has given you its warning, you have examined it and decided on your course of action, so fear of the particular dan
32、ger is no longer of any use to you, and you have to try to overcome it.32. Children would play with fire until their hands are burnt away if _.A. they were not well educated at school B. they had never played with fire before C. they were fearful of pain D. they had no sense of pain 33. People sometimes succ
