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1、此卷只装订不密封班级 姓名 准考证号 考场号 座位号 2017-2018学年河南省南阳市第一中学高二上学期第三次月考英 语注意事项：1答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。2选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。3非选择题的作答：用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。4考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。第I卷（选择题）一、阅读理解AThe beginning of the 21st cen
2、tury saw a revolution in home living with new technology changing the places where we live, from the internet to flat TV screens, and it seems technology could be changing our homes again. A project conducted by Johann Siau, Senior Lecturer at the University of Hertfordshires School of Engineering a
3、nd Technology, has built on the universitys InterHome project aiming to create a home that supervises people living at home who are weak or elderly.The interhome“Weve developed a wristband type device,” said Johann Siau, “which allows us to monitor the condition of an elderly person, or whoever is w
4、earing the device. It allows us to collect data of a person, to see if the person has fallen or is away from where they are supposed to be. It connects an elderly person with an assisted living type device with the InterHome.” The assisted living project is part of the universitys wider InterHome pr
5、oject, which is the development of a smart house. The house stores the usage patterns of the person living there and can adapt to make it use as little energy as possible. “Connecting the two together and building the service element allow us to introduce the assisted-living idea to care for the eld
6、erly. Its very important that these technologies are there to help and support rather than to replace any of the existing services.”Built from zeroThe InterHome is not just a prototype or a vehicle for research, its a study tool to help students from different scientific backgrounds learn about and
7、develop technology. The InterHome combines the latest broadband technology, mobile data and communication. Researchers and students make sure all the technology works together. Students get experience by developing new hardware and software themselves. It requires a variety of skills from students e
8、lectronic engineers, computer students, design students and so on. “The present plan we are working on is a smart home project in Watford with some commercial companies,” said Johann Siau. “We are looking at how a smarter home can provide extra value services.”1The main purpose of this article is to
9、_.A. introduce a new kind of technology to help people enjoy a better lifeB. describe a new platform for students to develop new technologyC. show how future buildings will change elderly peoples way of lifeD. describe a new project that aims to develop a smart home for elderly2The underlined word “
10、supervises” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to_.A. Watches overB. gives support toC. directsD. comforts3According to the article, the Interhome project_.A. does all the work the existing services doB. aims to provide better care and services for the elderC. develop houses that mainly ai
11、m to save energyD. calls for students to care for old peopleBWhen you think of a typical American, who do you picture? A pretty blond white American like Taylor Swift? Or a handsome black American like basketball star Kobe Bryant? In fact, there was a time when the average American looked like neith
12、er of these people.Back in the year 1500, the average American was a brown-skinned hunter-gatherer who probably rode a horse and wore clothing made from animal skins. Today, these peoplewho usually identify themselves based on their individual tribes such as Iriquois, Apache and Navajoare broadly re
13、ferred to as “Native Americans”, “American Indians” or simply “Indians”.Theres a chance that youve never even heard of American Indians. Thats because there arent very many left. When the European settlement of North America began, there were fierce conflicts between the settlers from overseas and t
14、hese native peoples. After the British government and military were expelled (驱逐) in the Revolutionary War, conflicts with natives continued as the states were created that would later make up the US. In these conflicts, millions of natives were killed.In 1830, president Andrew Jackson signed the In
15、dian Removal Act. This act required all Indians to migrate to the west of the Mississippi River to allow for the expansion of the US. American Indians were treated as a military “enemy” until 1924, when the few Indians still alive at that point were granted （准予）US citizenship. That was the first tim
16、e that the US government formally recognized the rights of Indians.While the story of the American Indians has been a sad one, these peoples legacies (遗产) are still felt every day in the US. Many US geographical names come from Indian languages, such as Ohio, Topeka, Kansas, and the Potomac River. At th
