北京市东城区2018届高三英语4月综合测试（一模）试题
本试卷共120分。考试时长100分钟。考生务必将答案答在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第一部分：知识运用（共两节，45分）
第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）
从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 例：It’s so nice to hear from her again. _____, we last met more than thirty years ago.
A．What’s more
B．That’s to say D．Believe it or not
C．In other words 答案是D。
1. Scientists are building a powerful instrument, which ______ them see deep into space. A. has helped
B. will help
C. helped
D. would helped
2. Large groups that want to visit the museum have to get permission ______ they visit. A. unless
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B. where C. as D. before
3. Since 18January, 2018, some airlines in China ______ mobile phone use on their aircrafts. A. allow
B. allowed
C. have allowed
D. had allowed
4. The dictionary has 100 new words _________ into its latest edition. A. add
B. adding
C. added
D. being added
5. Moving abroad means entering a culture ______ the customs and the language are different. A. where
B. when
C. which
D. whose
6. —Could you tell me ______ the train from New York will be arriving on time? —Yes, sir. It should be arriving in 10 minutes. A. when
B. how
C. why
D. if
7. The snowstorm ______ several days before it hit the northern areas. A. would predict
B. had predicted
C. would be predicted D. had been predicted
8. I ______ not have her new telephone number; let me check. A. may
B. must
C. shall
D. need
9. Once Jason becomes interested in some topic, he can’t help thinking about it ______ he goes. A. however
B. wherever
C. whenever
D. whomever
10. The book ______ next year is supposed to be a best-seller. A. publishing
B. being published
C. to be published
D. to have published
11. The trouble is ______ we can reach the conference center within twenty minutes in the rush hour.
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A. what B. how C. when D. why
12. Mike hasn’t appeared for two weeks, ______ his friends are wondering what has happened to him. A. so
B. but
C. or
D. for
13. Electric cars produce about 80 percent less pollution than cars ______ gas-powered motors. A. from
B. by
C. for
D. with
14. ______ that he had fallen behind, Peter started to quicken his pace. A. Realized
B. To realize
C. Having realized D. Having been realized
15. Can you imagine what the modern world ______ like without smartphones? A. were
B. would be
C. had been
D. would have been
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My brother Gene was four years older than me. By the time I turned four, I was upset that he could read but I couldn’t. I burned with 16 to read a book like my brother. I begged: “Teach me to read, Mom! Please, please?!” Finally, Mom set aside time after lunch 17 reading lessons, and soon after my fifth birthday, I was reading.
I longed for my father, who was a great storyteller, to read me the books that I couldn’t yet read on my own. But my father worked three jobs to feed the family. He didn’t have the time or 18 in the evening to read to me. 19 , every Sunday morning, my brother and I lay next to him in bed, waiting for him to tell stories about his 20 . I can still hear my father’s voice 21 the cold winters on the family farm in Poland. His family didn’t have enough money to burn wood in the fireplace all night. He told us that he always volunteered to help with 22 . I can smell the soup made by my grandma and 23 my father cutting onions, carrots and tomatoes for salad, and when no one was looking, putting a piece into his mouth. “I was always 24 ,” he explained. Hearing my father’s stories 25 me closer to the books and the stories they held.
One Saturday afternoon when I was seven, we walked two blocks to the small 26 in our neighborhood, and my dad filled out forms for a card. That Saturday 27 my life: I met Mrs. Schwartz, the librarian, and my dad said, “You’re 28 enough to walk to the library yourself.” And so I did—almost every afternoon.
In my mind, Mrs. Schwartz was “the keeper of books and the guardian of stories.” Some days she read aloud to a small group of us 29 . Most of time, Mrs. Schwartz let me 30 myself
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