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1、2019届黑龙江省大庆实验中学高三上学期第一次月考英语 试题说明：答题时间100分钟，总分120分。第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）AThe Origins of Famous Brands Our lives are full of brand names and trademarked products that we use every day. Although many brand names are simple acronyms (首字母缩略词) or versions of their founders names, some
2、 of the companies we trust every day actually have fascinating and surprising back stories. Starbucks It seems fitting that the most famous coffee brand in the world would take its name from one of the worlds greatest works of literature. The inspiration for the name of the coffeehouse came from Her
3、man Melvilles Moby Dick. The founders original idea was to name the company after the Captain Ahabs ship, but they eventually decided that Pequot wasnt a great name for coffee, so they chose Ahabs first mate, Starbucks, as the name instead. Google Google was originally called Backrub, for it searche
4、d for links in every corner of the Web. In 1997, when the founders of the company were searching for a new name showing a huge amount of data for their rapidly improving search technology, a friend suggested the word “googol”. When a friend tried to register the new domain (域) name, he misspelled “g
5、oogol” as “google”.Nike Originally founded as a distributor for Japanese running shoes, the company was originally named BRS, or Blue Ribbon Sports. In 1971, BRS introduced its own soccer shoe, a model called Nike, which is also the name for the Greek goddess of victory. In 1978, the company officia
6、lly renamed itself as Nike, Inc.The right name is essential to a companys success, and a great origin story is just as important as a great product. An attractive origin story is one more thing that keeps customers guessing, wondering, and buying its products.1. What is the name of the Captain Ahabs
7、 ship? A. Moby Dick B. Starbucks C. Pequot D. Herman Melville 2. Why did the founders of the Google want to change its name? A. They mistook their name. B. They wanted new customers. C. The companys original name was too long. D. The companys search technology was improving rapidly.3. Where does the
8、 importance of the origin story of one company lie in? A. It can change the companys image. B. It can add myth to the company. C. It explains the development of the company to customers.D. It makes customers imagine and purchase its goods. BI can still remember it as if it happened yesterday. I was
9、a college freshman and had stayed up most of the night before laughing and talking with friends. Now just before my first class of the day my eyelids (眼皮) were feeling heavier and heavier and my head was drifting down to my desk to make my textbook a pillow. A few minutes nap time before class could
10、nt hurt, I thought. Boom! I lifted my head immediately and my eyes opened wider than saucers. I looked around with my heart beating quickly trying to find the cause of the noise. My young professor was looking back at me with a mischievous, boyish smile on his face. He had intentionally dropped the
11、pile of textbooks he was carrying onto the desk. “Good morning!” he said, still smiling. “Im glad to see everyone is awake. Now lets get started.” For the next hour I wasnt sleepy at all. It wasnt from the shock of my professors textbook alarm clock either. Instead, it was from the attractive discus
12、sion he led. With knowledge and good humor, he made the material come alive. His lecturing was full of both wisdom and kindness. And the enthusiasm and joy that he taught with were contagious (有感染力的). I left the classroom not only wide awake, but a little smarter and a little better as well.I learne
13、d something far more important than not sleeping in class that day too. What Ive learned is that if you are going to do something in this life, do it well, do it with joy, and make it an expression of your love. What a glorious place this world would be if all of us did our job joyously and well! Wh
14、at a beautiful world we could create if every doctor, teacher, musician, cook, waitress, poet, miner, farmer, and laborer made their work an expression of their love! Dont sleepwalk your way through life then. Wake up! Let your love fill your work and your soul. Life is too short to live it badly. 4
15、. What did the author want to do just before his first class of the day?A. Talk with his friends.B. Take a short sleep. C. Get his eyes examined. D. Stay away from the class. 5. The underlined word “mischievous” in Paragraph 2 probably means “ ”. A naughty B. serious C. sensitive D. dishonest 6. Wha
16、t else did the author learn that day? A. Students should not sleep in class but respect their teachers。 B. Everyone should love his job and sleepwalk his way through life. C. Life is too limited to make your work an expression of your love. D. People from all walks of life should do their job with wisdom and love. 7. What can be inferred from
