广东省惠州市第一中学高三英语周测试题2

高三英语周测

I．阅读理解：

A

1.If you’re secretly worried about your smartphone addiction, then the new NoPhone might be just the thing you need．It looks and feels exactly like a smartphone，but it does nothing．It's just a piece of plastic that you can carry around in your hand to fool yourself．

2.Dutch designer lngmar Larsen came up with the idea as a joke along with his two friends．To their great surprise，the idea received a lot of attention online and people from all over the world started placing requests for NoPhones of their own．So that’s when the three friends decided to turn to collect enough fund for mass production．

3.NoPhone is currently a prototype (模型) that will cost only $12 once it hits the market．It is 5.5 inches high，2.6 inches wide and 0.29 inches thick, bringing it quite close to the latest smartphones on the market．It is described as “battery free”，“no upgrades necessary”，“shatterproof(抗震)”，“waterproof'’ and “an alternative to constant hand-to-phone contact that allows you to stay connected with the real world”．

4.“Phone addiction is everywhere．” the designers insist．“It’s ruining your dates．It’s distracting you at concerts．It’s blocking sidewalks．Now，there is a real solution．With a thin, 1ight and completely wireless design，the NoPhone acts as a substitute to any smart mobile device，enabling you to always have a phone to hold without giving up potential engagement with your direct environment.”

5.If you’re interested in NoPhone，but concerned about not being able to take selfies (自拍) anymore．Don’t feel upset．The makers do have an upgrade at no extra charge — the mirror sticker．That way，they say，you can enjoy ‘real-time’selfies with your friends when they’re standing right behind you．

1．What can NoPhone do for people according to the text?

A．It is actually a new kind of real smartphone．B．It can help us stay away from the real world．

C．It helps get rid of people’s smartphone addiction．D．It’s just a piece of plastic and can do nothing．

2．What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?

A．The size of Nophone．B．The inventors of Nophone．

C．The material of Nophone．D．A brief description of Nophone．

3．What can we learn from the passage?

A．NoPhone has received unexpected attention．B．NoPhone can completely replace smartphones．C．The designers have made lots of money from Nophone．D．NoPhone is able to take selfies as smartphones do．4．What type of writing is this passage?

A．A travel guide．B．A scientific report．C．A medical record．D．An official document．

B

1. One of the greatest contributions to the first Oxford English Dictionary was also one of its most unusual. In 1879, Oxford University in England asked Prof. James Murray to serve as editor for what was to be the most ambitious dictionary in the history of the English language. It would include every English word possible and would give not only the definition but also the history of the word and quotations (引文) showing how it was used.

2.This was a huge task.,so Murrary had to find volunteers from Britain, the United States, and the British colonies to search every newspaper, magazine, and book ever written in English. Hundreds of volunteers responded, including William Chester Minor. Dr. Minor was an American surgeon who had served in the Civil War and was now living in England. He gave his address as "Broadmoor, Crowthorne, Berkshire,"" 50 miles from Oxford.

3.Minor joined the army of volunteers sending words and quotations to Murray. Over the next 17 years, he became one of the staff"s most valued contributors.

4.But he was also a mystery. In spite of many invitations, he would always decline to visit Oxford. So in 1897, Murray finally decided to travel to Crowthorne himself. When he arrived, he found Minor locked in a book-lined cell at the Broadmoor Asylum (精神病院) for the Criminally insane.

5.Murray and Minor became friends, sharing their love of words. Minor continued contributing to the dictionary,