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1、绝密 启用前高三上学期第一次月考英语试卷注意事项：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。用2B铅笔将答题卡上试卷类型A后的方框涂黑。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。第卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）(略) 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题：每小题
2、2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。 AIn my very first job with some archaeologists, I wasnt digging objects out of the ground, instead I was employed as an artist, drawing what they found. However, I was soon more interested in the stories behind the objects than in drawing them
3、and thats how my career in archaeology started. I still draw what I find in my work as a specialist on the Silk Road, the old trade route running from Egypt to Mongolia, and I also work on some underwater projects too.In archaeology, my all-time hero is an American called Raphael Pumpelly. I first h
4、eard about him when I was a student on a trip to Turkmenistan, a country right in the heart of Asia. To get around the country, I had to learn Russian so that I could speak to the local people. When I got there I thought, “Wow! Im one of the first Americans here!” Then an old man told me about an Am
5、erican archaeologist, Raphael Pumpelly, who was there doing the same thing over 100 years ago.Archaeologys in my family. My wifes in the same profession, and, although our two boys arent interested in the future in archaeology themselves, weve been on some great digs together and they love what we d
6、o because they get to travel with us. Last summer, we took them to Lake Titicaca in South America, in the high areas of the Andes mountain range. My best experience was when I was digging on the Egyptian Red Sea coast. Theres very little rain and its so dry that everything is kept as it was. In an o
7、ld house, where the owner used to store goods from the ships that came in, I picked up a 700-year-old mat in front of the house and there, under it, after all that time, was the house key with the owners name carved on it. It felt like he could be on his way home any minute! And I thought, “Hey, I d
8、o just that. This mans not much different to me!”21. While working in Egypt, what did the writer find so interesting?A. That people from different centuries can be so similar.B. The fact that the doormat was in such good condition.C. The way the people managed to live in such a dry place.D. That the
9、re had been so much trade in that area.22. Which entry will the writer probably make in his diary?A. Turkmenistan is interesting. Im the first American to come here but Im glad this is my last trip away.B. I have been diving today and found some objects for an exhibition. Ive just finished drawing t
10、hem for my records.C. I wish my children werent more interested in archaeology and would not work hard in the open like their parents.D. Its nearly dark but Raphaels still busy digging in that old house. He can be very annoying. He thinks hes the most important person here.23. What is the writers ma
11、in purpose in writing the text?A. To describe the life of an archaeologist he admires.B. To persuade people to take up archaeology as a career.C. To explain what he enjoys about being an archaeologist.D. To show how archaeologists work.BOne ambitious high school student knew exactly how to show his
12、family that he got accepted into his dream collegeby surprising them on Christmas Day.Barrington Lincoln, class president at Lutheran High School North in Ferguson, got accepted into Morehouse College in Atlanta back on Dec. 15. But for months, he knew he wanted to make the news known in a big way t
13、o his mother and aunt, Lincoln told ABC News. “I thought of the surprise in October,” he said, adding that once he got accepted he would purchase two school T-shirts from Morehouses online store.On Christmas Day, in a now video on Twitter, Lincoln, 17, gifted his mom Lisa McDonald and his aunt Shirl
14、ey Gray the T-shirts with the schools name on it. When the two sisters opened the gifts, they had no idea what they meant.In the video, Lincoln nudges (用肘轻推) his family, “You know what that means right? I got in!” While McDonald falls heavily on the couch in delight, Gray asks, “Youve been holding o
15、ut on us?”“I didnt expect anything like that,” McDonald told ABC News. “Its so satisfying to see him get the return on his studying.” “He always wanted to be the first in line and help everybody stay in line,” his mother added.McDonald said its especially sweet since she had to work an extra job to
16、afford his private school after his father, a former Marine, passed away in 2015. Lincoln was only 15.“All kids need to have quality education,” the mother added. “I am putting an investment (投资) in his future.”24. What did Lincoln choose two T-shirts for his mother and aunt mainly for?A. To show he loves them forever.B. To give them a Christmas gift.
