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甘肃省甘谷第一中学2020届高三英语上学期第一次检测考试试题第I卷（选择题)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）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。A Each applicant to Harvard College is considered with great care. We consider each applicant to Harvard College as a whole person, and put enormous care into evaluating every application. We hope you will explore the information in this section to understand what we look for in our admissions process.How to ApplySubmit your application through the Common Application, the Coalition Application, or the Universal College Application. Each is treated equally by the Admissions Committee. Complete and submit your materials as soon as possible to ensure full and timely consideration of your application. View our Application Tips for step-by-step information.When to ApplyDateDeadlineDateDeadlineNovember 1Early Action DeadlineMarch 1Financial Aid Application deadlineNovember 1Early Financial Aid Application deadlineLate MarchDecision letters mailedMid - DecemberEarly Auction decisions releasedMay 1Reply date for Admitted StudentsJanuary 1Regular Decision deadlineWhat We Look ForWe seek promising students who will contribute to the Harvard community during their college years, and to society throughout their lives. While academic accomplishment is the basic requirement, the Admission Committee considers many other factorsstrong personal qualities, special talents or excellences of all kinds, perspectives formed by unusual personal circumstances, and the ability to take advantage of available resources and opportunities.We outline everything you need to apply to Harvard.Click https: /college. harvard. edu/admissions/apply to get detailed requirements.1. Where can you find step-by-step information of how to apply?A. Common Application.B. Coalition Application.C. Universal College Application.D. Application Tips.2. What is the basic requirement to apply for Harvard University?A. Academic accomplishment.B. Strong personal qualities.C. Special talents.D. Unique perspectives.3. Where does this passage probably come from?A. Travel journalB. Business newspaperC. Fashion magazine.D. University website. BSwitzerland is famous for its watches. However, it was not this country that invented the watch. It was the British who did it. Here is a story of how the watch was brought to Switzerland.Many years ago, an Englishman was traveling to Italy. On his way he stopped in a small town in South Switzerland. This Englishman traveled in a carriage inside which there was a carriage watch, A native shop assistant happened to see the watch. He wondered what it was and asked the Englishman about it. “it was a carriage watch, ” said the man. “This machine tells the time but now it isnt working.”At once the shop assistant offered to try to repair it. So the traveler handed him the watch. The assistant was a wise man. So it was not surprising that he managed to repair it. He even got to know how it was made. As soon as the traveler had gone on his journey, he made a watch exactly the same type.Thus watch-making was started in Switzerland. Today Swiss watches are sold in stores all over the world.4. Switzerland is famous for .A. making watches B. inventing the watch C. selling watches D. repairing the watch5. The earliest watches were made in .A. Switzerland B. Italy C. England D. a small town 6. The first Swiss watch was made by .A. an Italian shop assistant B. a Swiss shop assistant C. an English shop assistant D. a man who was traveling to Italy7. Why could the shop assistant repair the watch? A. Because he made such a watch before B. Because he repaired such watches beforeC. Because he knew how the watch worked D. Because he was very clever CHandshaking, though a European practice is often seen in big cities of China. Nobody knows exactly when the practice started in Europe. It is said that long long ago in Europe when people met, they showed their unarmed(无武器的) hands to each other as a sign of friendship. As time went on and trade in cities grew rapidly, people in cities began to clap each others hands to make a deal or to reach an agreement. This practice was later changed into shaking hands among friends on meeting or leaving each other. "Lets shake (hands) on it" sometimes means agreement reached. Do the Europeans shake hands wherever they go and with whomever they meet? No. Sometimes the Chinese abroad reach out their hands too often to be polite. It is really very impolite to give your hand when the other party, especially when it is a woman, shows little interest in shaking hands with you and when the meeting does not mean anything to him or her. Even if, for politeness, he holds out his unwilling hand in answer to your uninvited hand, just touch it slightly. There is generally a misunderstanding among the Chinese that westerners are usually open and straightforward, while the Chinese are rather reserved(保守的) in manner. But in fact some people in western countries are more reserved than some Chinese today. So it is a good idea to shake hands with a westerner only when he shows interest in further relations with you.8. In the old days in Europe, people put out their unarmed hands to each other _. A. to make a deal B. to greet each other C. to show friendliness D. to reach an agreement9. The first paragraph mainly tells us _. A. where handshaking was first practised B. how handshaking came about C. about the relationship between handshaking and trade D. about the practice of handshaking both in Europe and in China10. According to the text, which of the following statements is true? A. Westerners are more reserved than the Chinese. B. Westerners are unwilling to shake hands. C. We should make a judgement before shaking hands. D. We shouldnt shake hands with European women.11. The main purpose of the text is _. A. to tell us some differences between the East and the West B. to offer us some important facts about handshaking C. to introduce us to some different customs in the West D. to give us some advice before we travel abroad DIf you live in Washington, DC., or Redwood, Calif., you may have glimpsed a small, boxy robot rolling along a local sidewalk, minding its own business, but attracting the attention of many a curious onlooker.The robots, which look like electric rice cookers with wheels, were part of a pilot program last year by Starship Technologies focused on delivering meals from local restaurants in dozens of cities around the world.This week, the company revealed plans to broaden its delivery service beyond food to include packages, a move that made it “the worlds first robot package delivery service”. The package delivery service is only available in some cities in the US.The wheeled robots have a top speed of 4 mph and and can detect barriers from as far as 30 feet away. “The robot can operate through just about anything,” says Nick Handrick, head of operations for Starships DCoffice, “If you have something in the way, its able to climb it.” By giving customers control of when deliveries occur, Starship Technologies is promoting its service as a way to combat package theft.To sign up for the service, which costs a little more than $10 per month, customers need to download the companys app. Customers then create a “Starship Delivery Address,” a unique address inside a Starship facility, instead of a home address, where they can have packages sent from places such as Amazon. com.Once a package is delivered to the Starship address, customers receive a text notice that allows them to schedule a home delivery via robot. The robots are opened by customers with a mobile phone code (代码).12. What do we know about Starship Technologies company?A. Packages are delivered by its robots all round America.B. Its robots have taken on package delivery for a long time.C. It is the first to provide robot package delivery service.D. Its delivery service is the best of all in the world.13. What does the underlined word “combat” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A. Delay B. Prevent. C. Report. D. Discover.14. What can we learn about robot package delivery service?A. Customers cant open the robots without a mobile phone code.B. Starship Delivery Address is the customers home address.C. Customers have to pay a little more than $10 each time.D. Robots themselves have control over when to deliver packages.15. What may be the best title for the passage?A. Robot Delivery Service Is Taking OffB. Humans Are Being Replaced by RobotsC. Everything Can Be Done by RobotsD. Packages Can Be Delivered by Robots第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。How to Improve Your Study HabitsPerhaps you are an average student with average intelligence. You do well enough in school, but you probably think you will never be a top student. 16 Yes, even students of average intelligence can be top students without additional work. Here are some tips for you: Plan your time carefully. Make a list of your weekly tasks. Then make a schedule or chart of your time. Fill in committed time such as eating, sleeping, meetings, classes, etc. Then decide on good, regular times for studying . 17 Its important to set aside time for relaxation, hobbies, and entertainment as well. Furthermore, it will enable you to plan your activities so that you have enough time for both work and play. 18 It may be a desk or a chair at home or in the school library, but it should be comfortable, and it should not have distractions. When you begin to work, you should be able to concentrate on the subject. Study regularly. 19 Review important points mentioned in class as well as points you remain confused about. If you review your notes and textbook regularly, the material will become more meaningful and you will remember it longer. Regular review leads to improved performances on test. Develop a good attitude about tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. The world wont end if you dont pass a test, so dont worry excessively about a single test. Tests provide more than grades. 20 AFind a good place to study.BAdjust yourself to a proper place to study.CGo over your notes as soon as you can after class.DThose who make the best of their time study with more ease.E. This is not necessary the case, however. You can receive better grades if you want to.F. They also let you know what you need to spend more time studying on.G. Of course, studying shouldnt occupy all of the free time on the schedule.第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)第一节（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。My first-grade teacher, Mr. Gunderson, once told my class a story. A father is killed in a car accident and the son is 21 hurt. But when the boy arrives at the 22 , the doctor on duty says, “I cant 23 surgery on this patient. This is my son!” Mr. Gunderson asked, “Who is the doctor?” Hands went up and my classmates shouted out 24 , but they didnt arrive at the correct answer. Mr. Gunderson didnt let me 25 because he knew it would be very easy for me to understand that the surgeon was the boys 26 . I suppose that Mr. Gundersons 27 would be a lot easier for todays first-graders.Being a doctor at that time, my mother was considered very 28 because female doctors were rare then. 29 , to my sister and me, she was and is just Mom. When we were kids, we came home from school to a 30 , who watched us until our parents came home. Mom took Friday off so she could spend more time with us, and we could tell that she felt 31 about not being home more often.My younger sister and I 32 at a fairly young age that this was Moms weak spot, and we 33 it mercilessly whenever we wanted a new toy or snacks. I wish I had 34 doing that the first time Mom told me about one of her 35 who had died, but Im sure I didnt. I cant imagine what its like to spend all day taking care of other peoples 36 children, some of whom are not going to 37 it, and then come home to find that your own kids are acting like that. We were just like 38 brats (顽童)then. I suppose she could have found our guilty weak spots to make us 39 , but she never did. I think Id better 40 her for that.21AsimplyBseriouslyCfrequentlyDgradually22AcafeteriaBstationChospitalDroom23AdeliverBrepresentCclarifyDperform24AguessesBinstructionsCexplanationsDsuggestions25AanswerBconcludeCquestionDdemand26AstepfatherBgrandpaCmotherDuncle27AtrickBpuzzleCtheoryDprinciple28AspecialBwealthyCaverageDurgent29AThereforeBHoweverCOtherwiseDThus30AmemberBpassengerCpasser-byDbaby-sitter31AangryBcuriousCcautiousDsorry32AmadeBdesignedCfiguredDworked33Akept away from Btook possession of Csettled down toDtook advantage of34AstoppedBcontinuedCconsideredDimagined35AcolleaguesBpatientsCrelativesDacquaintances36AsickBeducatedCnaughtyDrespectful37AmentionBfavorCmakeDrequire38AhonoredBdistinguishedCspoiledDdefeated39AsupportBobeyCconsultDrespond40AjudgeBhateCenvyDthank第II卷（非选择题)第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Friends are extremely important for everyone. 41 it is a child, a teenager, a middle aged person or an old person, everyone needs good friends around to live life to the fullest.During childhood, friendship 42 (help ) in making us understand and develop the habit of sharing and caring. Small kids develop friendship 43 (fast) than adults and they enjoy the company of their friends. They play and learn together. Friends are important for their proper 44 (grow) and development. 45 teenagers，friends become more important for us.We go through many changes during our teenage. Many of the problems faced during this age cannot 46 (discuss)with our parents and other family members. However, we are quite comfortable 47 (communicate)with our friends. Having good friends 48 can listen to our problems and provide us support and guidance is indeed a blessing during this age.More and more people these days are suffering from mid-life crisis(中年危机).Their family,job,kids and almost everyone and everything around begin to appear as 49 burden to them at this age. Having good fiends around at this time can help a lot.Friends are 50 (equal) important during old age. Some ol