2018-2019学年内蒙古包头市青山区一机一中高三（上）月考英语试卷（12月份）

第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共4小题，每小题6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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

• 1．Stay-at-home or working mom？ Nowadays，there is a heated discussion：Which is worthwhile，being a full time working or a stay-at-home mum？Readers share their opinions and you're welcome to add yours．
  Catherine （China）
     I love being a stay-at-home mom．In the beginning it was truly rough for me from being a workaholic（工作狂） to staying at home．Yet，I did not want my child to face growing up with both parents at work．So after discussing it with my husband，we decided that I would be the one to stay at home．Now，our daughter is soon to be 3 years old，and has an amazing personality．It's not for everyone but it is very rewarding in the long term．
  Sassy（Canada）
     Taking care of children is a temporary job，and children will grow up and leave．The longer women are out of the workplace，the harder it is to enter it．Women need to realize and accept that you do not want to be dependent on anyone for basic food，clothes and shelter．It has been hard to work and take care of my kids but I make it work．
  Cynthia （US）
     Some days I think we shouldn't give up on our careers．And some days I'm jealous of the moms who get to stay home or at least work part time．I'm the only one that supports the family，so there will never be an option for me．I have the career and title I've always wanted but now I can't help but think it's at the expense of precious time with my family．
  Celina （US）
     Being a stay-at-home mom isn't always easy，but it is worth it!Being there with my children means they are getting the exact love and care I want them to have．We do not have a lot of money，but we've sacrificed to make it possible．
  
  （1）What can we learn about Catherine？

  
  A．She stayed at home because she was tired about her job．
  B．Her husband agreed with her staying at home．
  C．Her daughter was very naughty．
  D．She accustomed herself to staying at home easily．
  （2）How many working moms in this passage？

  
  A．1
  B．2
  C．3
  D．4
  （3）Which one is NOT true？

  
  A．Celina feels dissatisfied with the life now．
  B．Cynthia has no other choice but to get a job．
  C．Sassy is determined to be an independent woman．
  D．Catherine thinks that being a stay-at-home mom is worthwhile．
  组卷：4引用：2难度：0.5

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• 2．An Indian barber has come up with a novel technique to give people haircuts using just a small comb and a burning candle instead of a pair of scissors.Just like any barber，Dasharath Kumar，28，combs the hair and meticulously runs the flame of the candle on the ends，giving it a unique finish.The 'cutting-edge' technique has made him the most demanded barber in his small village in Gulbarga in Karnataka in southern India.
     While Dasharath joined his family business when he was 15，the unique idea only clicked him five years ago.He says："Electricity cut was common in our village and we were used to working in dark.But one evening while I was cutting the hair of a customer，power went off and I had to use the light from a candle to finish the haircut.But the flames of the candle that night inspired me to think of using a new technique for trimming（修剪） hair."
     "I had bunch of regular customers so when I told them about the experiment，they happily said they trusted me and my skills and gave a nod for the new technique.Surprisingly，it came out very well.Since then there was no looking back."
     Started with only 20 pence，customers now happily pay him £1 for his novel way of haircut.
     One of his daring customers Yusuf Khan，who waited for nearly two hours for his turn，said："Every barber gives a haircut using scissors but the fun of getting a haircut with a candle flame is unbeatable.Initially，I was not prepared for it but once I saw the magic of his hands，I never went back to a regular barber."
  
  （1）The best title for the passage is probably

  .
  A．An amazing Indian barber
  B．A latest cutting fashion
  C．A regular barber's future
  D．What made a good barber
  （2）The underlined word "meticulously" probably means

  .
  A．casually
  B．carefully
  C．freely
  D．randomly
  （3）When was Dasharath inspired to trim hair with a burning candle？

  
  A．At the age of five.
  B．After his graduation.
  C．After a power failure.
  D．When it's getting dark.
  （4）What can we conclude from the text？

  
  A．No customers want to be back to Dasharath's salon.
  B．Dasharath charges more money than any other barber.
  C．A traditional barber can't make a living in the future.
  D．Many people are attracted by Dasharath's technique.
  组卷：0引用：2难度：0.5

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• 3．Public transport is declining in the rich world．To those who have to squeeze onto the number 25 bus in London，or the A train in New York，the change might not be noticeable．But public transport is becoming less busy in those places，and passenger numbers are flat or falling in almost every American city．That is despite healthy growth in urban populations and employment．
     Although transport agencies blame their unpopularity on things like roadworks and broken signals，it seems more likely that they are being outcompeted．App-based taxi services like Uber and Lyft are more comfortable and convenient than trains or buses．Cycling is nicer than it was，and rental bikes are more widely available．Cars are cheap to buy，thanks to cut-rate loans，and ever cheaper to run．Online shopping，home working and office-sharing mean more people can avoid travelling altogether．
     The competition is only likely to grow．More than one laboratory is developing new transport technologies and applications．Silicon Valley invented Uber and，more recently，apps that let people rent electric scooters（滑板车） and then abandon them on the pavement．China created sharing-bicycles and battery-powered "e-bikes"，both of which are spreading．
     Transport agencies should accept the upstarts，and copy them．Cities tend either to ignore app-based services or to try to push them off the streets．That is understandable，given the rules-are-for-losers attitude of firms like Uber．But it is an error．
     It is doubtful that most people make hard distinctions between public and private transport．They just want to get somewhere，and there is a cost in time，money and comfort．An ideal system would let them move across a city for a single payment，transferring from trains to taxis to bicycles as needed．Building a platform to allow that is hard，and requires much sweet-talking of traditional networks as well as technology firms．It is probably the secret to keeping cities moving．
  
  （1）What is the change in public transport in big cities？

  
  A．It is becoming busier．
  B．It is getting less popular．
  C．There are fewer traffic delays．
  D．There is more new transport．
  （2）In the author's opinion，the reason for the decline of public transport is that

  ．
  A．there are roadworks and broken signals
  B．people are becoming healthier and employed
  C．cars and bikes are more and more available
  D．transport agencies are seemingly less competitive
  （3）How does the author develop his idea in Paragraph 3？

  
  A．By giving examples
  B．By providing research results
  C．By stating arguments
  D．By comparing different approaches
  （4）According to the text，the key to keeping cities moving is

  ．
  A．to develop an ideal system that satisfies everyone
  B．to build a platform that appeals to transport agencies
  C．to provide people with more means of transportation
  D．to cater for both traditional networks and technology firms
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第三部分写作（共两节满分10分）第一节短文改错（共1小题；每小题10分，满分10分）

• 8．假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文．文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处．每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改．
  增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词．
  删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉．
  修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词．
  注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
  2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分．
     It was Monday morning，and the writing class had just begin．Everyone was silent，wait to see who would be called upon to read his and her paragraph aloud．Some of us were confident and eager take part in the class activity；others were nervous and anxious．I had done myself homework，but I was shy．I was afraid that to speak in front of a larger group of people．At that moment，I remembered that my father once said， " The classroom is a place for learning and that include learning from textbooks，and mistake as well．" Immediate，I raised my hand．
  组卷：610引用：16难度：0.7

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第二节 书面表达（满分25分）

• 9．假设你是新华中学的学生李华，不久前在学校举办的英语竞赛中获得一等奖。校报请你写一篇稿件刊登在英文版面上，介绍你课外学习英语的经验。请根据以下提示用英语写一篇短文。
  1.英文阅读网站（ Enjoy reading）对你的帮助；
  2.坚持写英语日记的作用；
  3.另外....
  注意：1．词数：100左右 2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
  组卷：0引用：1难度：0.5

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