武汉十七中2017届周练

武汉市第十七中学 2017 届高三（上）12 月周练英语试题总分 150 分，考试用时 120 分钟。

考试时间：12 月 18 日第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分)第一节（共 15 小題；每小題 2 分，满分 30 分)阅读下列短文，从毎题所给的四个选项(A,B,C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AFor most seventh graders, life doesn't get much harder than a history test. But for Grant Reed of Bellville, Ohio, it's his own current events that are so painful. “Honestly, I don't want to die,” Grant says. Last year, doctors at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus found a tumor (肿瘤) in Grant's brain. They cut it out, but the surgery left him with stroke-like symptoms. Plus, he had to go through months of radiation and chemotherapy to try to stop the spread of the disease.Yet, through it all, Grant has shown remarkable determination, which he owes, partly, to Ohio State football. His parents, Troy and Denise, were both in the OSU marching band and fell in love during halftime of the Michigan game. His cat is named after the team Buckeye. His wardrobe is painted scarlet (the color of the team's sportswear). The point is, almost nothing mattered more to Grant than Ohio State football--until he got sick, of course.“I didn't like the word cancer,” Grant says. So he decided not to use the word. Instead, the kid named his cancer Michigan and insisted everyone in his life refer to it as such, because Ohio State always beats Michigan. That was something he could understand and make it into a competition. He was going to beat this disease.It's now been more than a year since Grant issued that announcement. “And if you look at his scans," Dr. Randal at Nationwide Children's says, “There's nothing there. There's a big space, but there's no tumor.”“Grant is beating M ichigan. And although much of it has to go to science, don't ignore the semantics(语义学). You have to do something to make it a disease you can fight. And for Grant, that was naming it Michigan,” his parents say.This weekend, Ohio State and Michigan will be battling like their lives depend on it. But in this house, the Reed family will be watching with a calm insight: it's just a game.21. What's the main idea of the first paragraph?A. History is a difficult subject.B. Grant suffered a serious disease.C. The operation was successful.D. The tumor has spread all over.22. From the second paragraph, we can infer that _________.A. Grant was born a football fanB. football makes a full manC. interest is the best teacherD. God helps those who help themselves23.By saying that it's just a game, we can infer that the Reed family_________.A.has lost interest in the match between Ohio State and MichiganB.believes Michigan will surely beat Ohio State this weekendC.has a better understanding of lifeD. views the match as a matter of life and death答案解析21．B【解析】段落大意题。

根据文章第一段的句子“doctors at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus found a tumor (肿瘤) in Grant's brain.”可知，这段主要介绍 Grant 得了重病。

故选 B。

22．A【解析】推理判断题。

根据文章第二段的句子“Yet, through it all, Grant has shown remarkable determination, which he owes, partly, to Ohio State football.”可知，Grant 天生是个足球迷。

故选 A。

23．C【解析】推理判断题。

根据文章最后一段的句子“But in this house, the Reed family will be watching with a calm insight: it's just a game.”可知，Reed 一家用冷静的视角看待比赛，说明他们对人生有了新的理解。

故选 C。

【备注】文章讲述Grant 得了癌症。

但是他没有放弃，通过自己强烈的意志力和医学的帮助，他战胜了病魔。

B．Global Positioning Systems are now a part of everyday driving in many countries. These satellite-basedsystems provide turn-by-turn directions to help people get to where they want to go. But, they can also cause a lot of problems, send you to the wrong place or leave you completely lost. Many times, the driver is to blame. Sometimes a GPS error is responsible. Most often, say Barry Brown, it is a combination of the two.We spoke to Mr. Brown by Skype. He told us about an incident involving a friend who had flown to an airport in the eastern United States. There he borrowed a GPS-equipped car to use during his stay. Barry Brown: “And they just plugged in an address and then set off to their destination. And, then it wasn‟t until they were driving for thirty minutes that they realized they actually put in a destination back on the West Coast where they lived. They actually put their home address in. So again, the GPS is kind of …garbage in garbage out‟.”Mr. Brown says this is a common human error. But, he says, what makes the problem worse has something to do with some of the shortcomings, or failures, of GPS equipment. Barry Brown: “One problem with a lot of the GPS units is that they have a very small screen and they just tell you the next turn. Because they just give you the next turn, sometimes that means that it is not really giving you the overview that you would need to know that it is going to the wrong place.”Barry Brown formerly served as a professor with the University of California, San Diego. While there, he worked on a project with Eric Laurier from the University of Edinburgh. The two men studied the effects of GPS devices on driving by placing cameras in people‟s cars. They wrote a paper based on their research. It is called “The Normal, Natural Troubles of Driving with GPS.” It lists several areas where GPS systems can cause confusion for drivers. These include maps that are outdated, incorrect or difficult to understand. They also include timing issues related to when GPS commands are given.Barry Brown says, “to make GPS systems better we need a better understanding of how drivers, passen gers and GPS systems work together.”24. In Para. 2, Mr. Brown mentioned his friend in the conversation to ________.A. laugh at his stupid friendB. describe an example of human errorC. build up his own reputationD. prove the GPS system is only garbage25.Which of the following statement would Barry Brown be most likely to agree with?A.GPS units are to blame for the most GPS service failure.B.We should introduce higher standard for the driving licenseC.Cameras are urgently needed to help improve GPS systems.D. Some shortcomings of GPS equipment are more likely to result in service failure.26.According to Barry and Eric, which of the following is NOT among the areas of GPS systems that may confuse drivers?A. Wrong mapsB. Out-dated mapsC. Difficult instructionsD. Timing of GPS commands.27.What would be the best title for the text?A.Driving Confusions Can Be Caused By Small ScreenB.Driving with GPS Can Be DifficultC.Driving without GPS Should Be Much More ConvenientD. GPS Equipment In Driving: To Be Deserted Or Not答案解析24．B【解析】推理判断题。