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1、最新届广东省肇庆市高三第一次统测英语试题及答案 精品 试卷类型：A肇庆市中小学教学质量评估2018届高中毕业班第一次统一检测题英 语本试卷共8页，卷面满分120分考试用时120分钟.注意事项：1. 答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔，将自己所在县（市、区）、姓名、试室号、座位号填写在答题卷上对应位置，再用2B铅笔在准考证号填涂区将考号涂黑2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卷上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案，答案不能写在试卷或草稿纸上3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卷各题目指定区域内相应的位置上；如需改动，先划掉

2、原来的答案，然后再在答题区内写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液不按以上要求作答的答案无效第一部分 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）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项 （A 、B 、C 和 D ）中 ，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AShopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something. All men simply walk into a sh

3、op and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock, the salesman immediately finds it, and the business of trying it on follows at once. All being well, the deal can be and often is completed in less than five minutes. For a man, small problems may begin when the shop doesnt ha

4、ve what he wants. In that case, the saleswoman tries to sell the customer something else. I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir, but would you like to try it for size? It happens to be the colour you mentioned. Few men have patience with this treatment, and the usual response is: This is

5、 the right colour and may be the right size, but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on. However, a woman in almost every respect does so in the opposite way. Her shopping is not often based on need and she is only having a look around. She is always open to persuasion; indeed she set

6、s great store by what the saleswoman tells her. She will try on any number of things. Most women have an excellent sense of value when they buy clothes. They are always on the lookout for the unexpected bargain. Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one room to

7、 another, often retracing her steps, before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It is a laborious process, but apparently an enjoyable one. Most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.1. The underlined part “sets great store ” in paragraph 3 means_.A. has much information about B

8、. knows nothing aboutC. believes in D. has her doubts about2. What does the passage tell us about women shoppers for clothes?A. They welcome suggestions from others. B. They rarely consider buying cheap clothes.C. They predict what they want to buy. D. They listen to advice but never take it.3. What

9、 can we learn from the passage?A. Men never buy what they need.B. A mans shopping is often based on need.C. A woman goes shopping in order to look for cheap things.D. A womans shopping is never based on need. BIts hard to find Alice Munro in the media. Even after she won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Lite

10、rature, the Canadian writer just appeared for a quick interview and then dropped out of sight. On Dec 29, she still didnt seek the spotlight（聚光灯）when she was named one of the five Women of the Year by the Financial Times.In Munros eyes, ordinary lives always hide larger dramas. So she records what w

11、e casually think of as the everyday actions of normal people. She often focuses on life in her hometown, a small village in Ontario which she is most familiar with. She writes about the ordinary things in the villagefox forming, trees filled in the Ontario wilderness, poor country alcohol and long l

12、ast illnesses. Above all, she talks about girls and women who have seemingly ordinary lives but struggle against daily misfortune. She has a special talent for uncovering the extraordinary in the ordinary. These are ordinary people, ordinary stories, but she has the magic. Her precise language, dept

13、h of detail and the logic of her storytelling have made her stories inviting. Runaway, one of Munros representative works, is a good example of her writing style. One of the stories centers on the life of an ordinary woman Carla, who lives in a small Canadian town with her husband Clark. The story s

14、lowly forms a picture of Carla, trapped in a bad marriage, her unhappiness building into desperation until she decided to flee. The story of Carla is a story of the power and betrayals of love. It is about lost children and lots of chances that we can all find in life. There is pain beneath the surf

15、ace, like a needle in the heart. Since she published her first collection of short stories in 1968, Munro has won many awards, with the Nobel Prize being her biggest honor. On Oct 10, 2018, the Nobel Prize committee named Munro the “master of the contemporary short story”. 4. We learn from Paragraph

16、 1 that Alice Munro_ Adidnt get on well with the media Bremained modest though very successfulCdidnt value the title of Women of the Year Dwas surprised at winning the Nobel Prize5. What makes Alice Munros stories fascinating according to the text?AHer writing techniques BThe complicated plots CThe

17、humorous language DHer rich imagination6. In her representative work Runaway, Carla_Aleads a happy life with Clark Bis a faithful wife to her husbandCloses all hopes for a better life Dtries to run away from her husband 7. What is the text mainly about?AAlice Munro and her hometown BThe awards Alice

18、 Munro wonCAlice Munro and her writing style DAlice Munros literary lifeCThere is a very instructive incident involving the life of Alexander, the great Greek king. Alexander, after conquering many kingdoms, was returning home. On the way, he fell ill and it took him to his death bed. With death sta

19、ring him in his face, Alexander realized how his conquests, his great army, his sharp sword and all his wealth were of no consequence. So, he lay helplessly waiting to breathe his last. He called his generals and said, “I will depart from this world soon. I have three wishes. Please carry them out w

20、ithout fail.”“My first desire is that,” said Alexander, “My physicians alone must carry my coffin(棺材).” After a pause, he continued, “Secondly, I desire that when my coffin is being carried to the grave, the path leading to the graveyard be strewn（撒满）with gold, silver and precious stones which I hav

21、e collected.” The king continued，“My third and last wish is that both my hands be kept hanging out of my coffin.” Alexanders favorite general kissed his hand and pressed them to his heart. “Oh King, we assure you that your wishes will all be fulfilled. But tell us why do you make such strange wishes

22、?”At this Alexander took a deep breath and said, “I would like the world to know of the three lessons I have just learnt. I want my physicians to carry my coffin because people should realize that no doctor can really cure anybody. They are powerless and cannot save a person from the clutches of dea

23、th. So let people not take life for granted. The second wish of strewing gold, silver and other riches on the way to the graveyard is to tell people that not even a bit of gold will come with me. I spent all my life earning riches but cannot take anything with me. Let people realize that it is just

24、a waste of time to chase wealth.And about my third wish of having my hands hanging out of the coffin, I wish people to know that I came empty-handed into this world and empty-handed I go out of this world.” With these words, the king closed his eyes. Soon he let death conquer him and breathed his la

25、st.8. The first paragraph suggests that Alexander _.A. was conquering many kingdoms.B. realized that what he got in his life was nothing to him at all.C. wanted to leave as he came empty-handed.D. regarded his conquests, his great army, his sharp sword and all his wealth as the most important things

26、.9. The underlined word “clutches” in paragraph 3 means “_”.A. sentence B. attention C. control D. shadow10. The author intends to _. A. tell us the story of AlexanderB. introduce readers to the instructive lessons of AlexanderC. stress the powers of Alexander the GreatD. persuade people to realize

27、what Alexander said11. What would be the best title for the passage?A. The Death of Alexander. B. The Greed of AlexanderC. Three Wishes of Alexander D. The Life of AlexanderDBrownie and Spotty were neighbor dogs who met every day to play together. These two loved each other and played together so of

28、ten that they had worn a path through the grass of the field between their respective houses. One evening, Brownies family noticed that Brownie hadnt returned home. They went looking for him with no success and by the next week he was still missing. Curiously, Spotty showed up at Brownies house alon

29、e. Barking, whining (哀叫) and generally pestering (纠缠) Brownies human family. Busy with their own lives, they just ignored the nervous little neighbor dog. Continuously, Ted, Brownies owner, was disturbed by the angry, determined little dog. Spotty followed Ted about, barking insistently, then rushin

30、g toward a nearby empty lot and back, as if to say, “Follow me! Its urgent!” Eventually, Ted followed Spotty to a deserted spot half a mile from the house. There Ted found his beloved Brownie alive, one of his hind legs crushed in a steel leg-hold trap. Horrified, Ted now wished hed taken Spottys ea

31、rlier appeals seriously. Then Ted noticed something quite remarkable. Spotty had done more than simply led Brownies human owner to his trapped friend. In a circle around the injured dog, Ted found an array of dog food and table scraps which were later identified as the remains of every meal Spotty h

32、ad been fed that week! Spotty had been visiting Brownie regularly, in the hope of keeping his friend alive by sacrificing his own comfort. Spotty had evidently stayed with Brownie to protect him from hunger and other dangers, and keep his spirits up.Brownies leg was treated by a veterinarian (兽医) and he recovered. For many years thereafter, the two families watched the faithful friends chasing each other down that well worn path