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2018-2019学年高三上学期第二次月考英语试卷班级______ 姓名____ 考号_______第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）第一节（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45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。

AAs she lay there in the hospital bed, I stared at her sunken face. Her mouth hung open and a moan (呻吟) escaped every so often, an old woman well beyond her 71 years. In four months this is what she has become—daily exercising, strong willed, world traveling women has been eaten from the inside out by cancer. Four months! It is a shock that’s difficul t for me to wrap my brain around. It makes me want to tell everyone I love them.I study her face and will her to open her eyes. What will I say if she does? In the 20 years I have known this woman, and I have struggled to understand her, battled her opinions, endured her criticisms, and loved her son beyond measure. I think of all the times I have wanted to make her disappear. All the times I thought about what I would feel when she was gone. Relief, joy, guilt, or nothing?I think my children saved me from truly hating her. Earlier that day, I watched my 12-year-old son Austin, who she loved fiercely, sitting by her bed and studied her face searching for his beloved “Bubbe” and wondering if she’d ever return. He once caught her awake and looked her right in the eye, saying, “I love you, Bubbe.I hope you get better.” His words pierced my heart for I know she is not getting better.Would she hear my silent plea (恳求) and open her eyes? She is so stubborn and never cares what others think. My mind wanders through the past twenty years. I realize how fragile she was when we first met only one month after her husband had died suddenly. Remembering a story she told me about her husband bringing her daffodils makes me see her through his eyes. I think of the love and attention she showers on my sonsand I see her through their eyes. Her stories of her childhood and her father’s unstable income make me see why she pushes my husband to make more money.1. According to the passage, the old woman is the auth or’s ______.A. motherB. grandmotherC. mother-in-lawD. stepmother2. Which of the following is the author’s feeling about the old woman?A. The author thought she was easy to get along well with.B. The author would feel joyful and guilty after her death.C. The author used to hate her because of Austin.D. The author could see that she showed love for her family.3. What do we know about the old woman?A. She had been energetic before she got cancer.B. She lived alone after her husband’s death.C. She was closer to Austin than to other people.D. She always lived in a family with unstable income.4. This passage is written to ______.A. wake up the old woman from cancerB. show sadness and respect for the old womanC. describe th e old woman’s cancerD. remember the old woman’s kindnessBLiving near the beach may come with an extra perk (利益): better health. A new study analyzed information from more than 48 million people in England and found that the nearer they lived to the coast, the more likely people were to report good health within the past year.Living near the coast may be associated with better health because the seaside environment reduces stress, the researchers said. They pointed to another British study that found that people who took trips to the coast experienced more feelings of calmness and relaxation than those who visited urban parks or the countryside. The difference from living near the coast was relatively small. But a small effect, when applied to an entire population, can have a substantial impact on public health,said study researcher Ben Wheeler of Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry in Exeter, England.However, it’s too soon to advise people to hit the beach to improve health, Wheeler said. The study only found an association, not a cause-effect link, and it’s possible that other factors could explain the results. For instance, it could be that people who are wealthier, and therefore healthier, are more able to move to desired locations such as the coast, Wheeler said, a phenomenon known as the migrant effect. But the study did find that the association between coastal living and better health was strongest for those living in the poorest areas, which perhaps indicates that wealth cannot explain the results, Wheeler said.Because the study looked at only England—an island country in which everyone lives within 72 miles of the coast—it’s not clear whether the findings would apply to other populations. Far from England, a health expert not involved in the study said that while the British research certainly doesn’t prove that people’s health and the place they live are linked, it’s possible that proximity to the seas does something for our bodies.If future studies confirm the results, the next step would be to find out it is what coastal environments that can benefit health. Wheeler said it may then be possible to bring those benefits to people living in other areas, through virtual environments, for instance.5. We can conclude from the passage that ______.A. people living near the sea may be healthierB. people are encouraged to move to the coastC. people pay increasingly attention to healthD. people are worried about residential environment6. According to the researchers, living near the sea ______.A. doesn’t nearly affect the British populationB. can help get over one’s stressC. can cure some difficult diseases in a wayD. means freeing from sadness or troubles7. What Ben Wheeler said means ______.A. the British public health is decreasingB. concrete evidence favors life near the seaC. exact reasons are proposed for further researchD. wealthier people are likely to be healthier8. What does the underlined word “proximity” in the passage mean?A. being oppositeB. being distantC. being similarD. being closeCiPad mini with Retina displaySmall WonderBeautiful 7.9-inch Retina displayiPad mini with Retina display is amazing to hold．Every photo is incredibly detailed，and every line of text is remarkably clear．With higher resolution (分辨率) than an HDTV，it's striking—on a whole new scale．A7 chipDon’t let its size fool you．iPad mini is powered by the new A7 chip with 64-bit architecture．A7 delivers amazing performance — up to four times faster CPU and up to eight times faster photograph performance than the previous generation —without sacrificing battery life．So you get incredible power in a device you can take with you wherever you go．Powerful apps (应用软件)iPad apps are like no other．Because they’re designed j ust for iPad，they look amazing and use every pixel (像素) of the beautiful display．iPad mini comes with great built-in apps for the everyday things you do，like checking email and surfing the web．Over 475,000 other incredible iPad apps are just a tap away in the App Store．With apps like these，iPad mini can do just about anything — which means you can，too．iPad mini and iOS7iOS7 was designed to take advantage of 64-bit architecture．So it’s every bit as advanced as the iPad mini it runs on．And with new features like smarter multitaskingand AirDrop，iOS7 makes the experience of using iPad mini even more beautiful and simple．Because iOS7 and iPad mini weren’t just designed to work together, they were designed to enhance one another．iPad miniwith RetinadisplayFrom$399Compare iPadmodels> Shop online．Order your iPadwith Retinadisplay online andhave it shipped toyour door--free．Buy now> Visit a store．Buy iPad miniwith Retinadisplay at yourfavorite AppleRetail Store andwe’ll set it up justthe way you want．Find a store> Call Apple．Get answers aboutiPad mini withRetina displaybefore you buy．Talk with aknowledgeableSpecialist．1-800-MY-APPLEThe Apple Store app for iPad．A whole new way to shop．Download now>9．An A7 chip installed，iPad mini with Retina display __________． A．is more battery consuming B．responds faster to users’ instructionsC．becomes larger in size D．has easier access to the Internet10．Which of the following best summarizes the feature of Powerful apps for iPad mini?A．All the apps are built-in．B．They apply to any cellphone．C．They improve the quality of photos．D．They can well perform people’s daily routine．11．Who would be the potential readers of the passage?A．Apple product fans． B．App software developers．C．Apple product sellers． D．Information technology engineers．DEmotional intelligence, or EQ, is the ability to read and understand emotions in ourselves and others. It is said that emotional intelligence makes up 80 percent of one’s success.Ever since t he 1995 publication of US writer Daniel Goleman’s best-seller, Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ, EQ has been seen by leaders and educators as the solution to many social problems. In some Western countries such as the US, emotional intelligence is now taught widely in secondary, business and medical schools.EQ is important. But our enthusiasm for it has hidden a dark side, says a recent article in The Atlantic.Recent research and studies show that as people improve their emotional skills, they become better at manipulating (操控) others. When someone knows what others are feeling, they can motivate them to act against their own best interests.Does this remind you of those “managers” at pyramid scheme (传销) companies? Hundreds of thousands of otherwise cautious and rational (理性的) people have been brainwashed by their impassioned speeches and become bankrupt as a result.Social scientists have begun to document this dark side of emotional intelligence.A study by the University of Cambridge found that when a leader gave an inspiring speech filled with emotion, the audience was less likely to look over the message and remembered less of the content.Researchers call this the “awestruck effect” (敬畏效应), but it may just as easily be described as the dumbstruck effect, says The Atlantic article. Leaders who master emotions can rob us of our ability to reason. If they have self-serving motives, or their values are out of step with our own, emotional intelligence becomes a weapon of manipulation and the results can be destroyed.Another recent study from Kyoto University shows that people with high interpersonal EQ influence others’ emotions based on their own goals.A research team led by University College London professor Martin Kilduff shed more light on this dark side of emotional intelligence. According to them, emotional intelligence helps people disguise (伪装) one set of emotions while expressing another for personal gain. Emotionally intelligent people “intentionally shape their emoti ons to leave favorable impressions of themselves”, Kilduff’s team writes in the journal Research in Organizational Behavior.It seems that to better understand the dark side of EQ, we need to look no further than Shakespeare’s Macbeth or its modern adapt ion on TV: House of Cards.12. Which of the following statements about EQ is NOT true according to the passage?A. Many westerners have a good knowledge of EQ.B. EQ plays an important role in solving social problems.C. EQ can help you read and understand emotions in yourself and others.D. If a person has a high level of EQ, he will surely succeed in everything.13. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph but one means that the research team __________.A. made clear the dark side of EQB. hid the positive side of EQC. understand the positive side of EQD. discovered the dark side of EQ14. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. Macbeth was adapted from House of Cards.B. House of Cards helps us understand the dark side of EQ better.C. The dark side of EQ is shown neither in Macbeth nor in House of Cards.D. To understand the dark side of EQ better, we’d better not refer to House of Cards and Macbeth.15. What does the passage mainly talk about?A. The dark side of EQ.B. The importance of EQ to readers.C. The definition of EQ.D. The positive and negative aspects of EQ.第二节（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15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。