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1、大庆实验中学二部2018-2019学年度高三年级上学期9月份月考试题英语 试卷说明：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 BrandsOur 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 name
2、s, some of the companies we trust every day actually have fascinating and surprising back stories.StarbucksIt 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 fro
3、m Herman 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.GoogleGoogle was originally called Backrub, for it sear
4、ched 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
5、 “googol” as “google”.NikeOriginally 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 offic
6、ially 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 Aha
7、bs 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.【答案】1. C 2. D 3. D【解析】本文为说明文。文中介绍了星巴克、谷歌和耐克品牌名字的由来，并说明品牌名字的重要性。【1
9、题详解】细节理解题。根据Starbucks部分的中间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.(创始人最初的是想以船长Ahab的船的名字来命名公司。但他们最终认定(船的名字)佩特不是咖啡的好名字，所以他们选择了亚
10、哈的大副星巴克，作为名字。)由此可知，这艘船的名字叫Pequot，故选C项。【2题详解】推理判断题。根据“Google”部分中的内容when the founders of the company were searching for a new name showing a huge amount of data for their rapidly improving search technology(当该公司的创始人正在寻找一个新名字，来表示他们搜索引擎技术的快速发展。)由此可推断出，改名是因为公司的搜索引擎技术的快速发展，故选D项。【3题详解】细节理解题。根据最后一段“恰当的名字对于一
11、个公司的成功是至关重要的，一个伟大故事的起源和一个伟大的产品一样重要。一个吸引人的故事起源是一个让顾客猜测、疑惑和购买公司产品的东西。”可知，D项表述符合文意，故选D项。BI can still remember it as if it happened yesterday. I was 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 were
12、feeling heavier and heavier and my head was drifting down to my desk to make my textbook a pillow. A few minutesnap time before class couldnt 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 cau
13、se of the noise. My young professor was looking back at me with a mischievous, boyish smile on his face. He had intentionally dropped the pile of textbooks he was carrying onto my desk. “Good morning !”he said, still smiling. “Im glad to see everyone is awake. Now lets get started.”For the next hour
14、 I wasnt sleepy at all. It wasnt from the shock of my professors textbook alarm clock either. Instead, it was from the attractive discussion he led. With knowledge and good humor, he made the material come alive. His insights were full of both wisdom and loving kindness. And the enthusiasm and joy t
15、hat 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 learned something far more important than not sleeping in class that day too. I learned that if you are going to do something in this life, do it well, do it with j
16、oy, and make it an expression of your love. What a glorious place this world would be if all of us did our work joyously and well ! What 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
