2018高考模拟测试题英语(一) 1页

英语试卷（一）第 1 页 共 5 页 2018 模拟测试题（一） 英语 注意事项： 1．本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。答卷前，考生务必将自己的班级、姓名、 考号填写在答题卡上。因测试不考听力，第Ⅰ卷从第二部分的“阅读理解”开始，试题序号从“ 21”开始 . 2．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；回答非选择题 时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。 3．考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第Ⅰ卷 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 分，满分 30 分 ) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A 、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A NASA's Mars detector，succeeded in finding signs that water once existed on the planet. Opportunity landed on Mars in January. Scientists now believe that the planet could once have supported life. This discovery was chosen by Science ， one of the world's leading magazines ，as the most important scientific achievement of 2004 last Friday. “This little ，wheeled，onearmed box goes around another planet and has done something no human has ever managed，” according to Science. “It has discovered another place in the universe where life could once have existed.” “Although we still can't say that life could have existed in the environment ，it is now certain that there was water on Mars ，” said Steve Squyres， one of the scientists working on the Mars mission. The evidence comes from pictures and chemical readings taken by Opportunity. It includes marks on rocks like those caused by flowing water on Earth and salty chemicals like those found in driedout seabed. Scientists said the new evidence proved beyond doubt that water had existed on Mars. But it is still unknown whether the water on Mars was like an ocean or just ice. While Opportunity has not found any signs of life, the presence of water means life is possible. “In everything we know about life on Earth, there is no example without liquid water ，” Squyres said. “So water is important for the search for life on Mars. ” Researchers agree that a future mission should bring back physical samples. But some scientists worry about the risk that this could introduce dangerous foreign creatures to Earth. “The problem here is how to get the samples back ，” Squyres replied. “ I think it is our responsibility to limit any risk. ” 21．The best title of the passage should be________． A．A Finding on Mars B． Water Means Life C．Water on Mars D．The Sign of Water 22．We can infer from the passage that________． A．humans will find new creatures on Mars in near future B．physical samples will surely be brought back to Earth someday in a way without any risk C．human beings can fight against the dangerous creatures from the Mars D．more responsible researchers wanted to carry out the mission 23．What does the underlined word “detector” mean? A．An instrument which is used to discover something. B．An astronaut who has been sent up into space. C．A scientist who does research on Mars. D．A spaceship which can land on other planets. B Head held high, hands firmly gripping her walker, Mary Arnott, 99, walks slowly with dignity through the women's changing room at the Etobicoke Olympium pool, past the teenage girls who have been blowdrying their hair for half an hour, into the mist of the showers, then out of the door and first one into the heated pool. She jumps over to the shallow end, stopping to talk to friends —everyone knows Mary here; she swims twice a week and treats it as a job — about their children, the viciousness( 谬误 )of bridge and their health. In fact, Arnott is an exception to the exception. Not only has she lived 20 years past the average lifespan for Canadians, she's healthy, her mind is sharp and she lives independently. Born in Brooklyn on May 28, 1909, Arnott was raised on Staten Island. She survived scarlet fever( 猩红热 ), helped bring up four siblings( 兄弟姐妹 )after her mother died in 1923 and worked as a secretary in New York City for 12 years, earning $35 a week and a $150 bonus at Christmas.