云南省玉溪市20xx届高三英语下学期第一次月考试题

云南省玉溪市20xx届高三英语下学期第一次月考试题内容摘要：

and did some sort of chanting phrase such as “Mummy kiss it better,” and cured l7 separate injuries in less than 15 seconds． Yes, mothers are incredible people, but they are not always right. Yet honesty forces me to record the fact that mothers only know best percent of the time． Here are some famous slipups. The mother of Bill Gates: “ If you’ re going to drop out of college and hang out with your nerdy friends, don’ t e running to me when you find yourself penniless.” The mother of Albert Einstein: “When you grow up, you’ ll find that sitting around thinking about the nature of time and space won’ t pay the grocery bills.” The mother of Gee W ． Bush: “You’ll never be like your dad, who became President of the United States and started his own war.” 28. The tone for the writer to write the passage is . A. cruel B. humorous C. disapproving D. critical 29. In paragraph 2 the writer makes a parison between mothers and fathers to prove that . A. females love kids more than males B. males are not good at child— rearing C. my dad is not interested in childrearing D. childrearing is difficult both for females and males 30. What does the underlined word “slip ups” in Paragraph 4 probab ly mean? A. stories B. shortings C. mistakes D. advantages 31. The last paragraph is mainly developed by . A. providing different examples B. following the order of space C. making parisons D. analyzing causes D We know the famous onesthe Thomas Edison and the Alexander Graham Bellsbut what about the less famous inventors? What about the people who invented the traffic light and the windshield wiper (雨刮器 )? Shouldn39。 t we know who they are? Joan McLean thinks so. In fact, McLean, a professor of physics at Mountain University in Range,feels so strongly about this matter that she39。 s developed a course on the topic. In addition to learning whoinvented what, however, McLean also likes her students to learn the answers to the why and how questions. According to McLean, When students learn the answers to these questions, they are better prepared to recognize opportunities for inventing and more motivated to give inventing a try. Her students agree. One young man with a patent(专利证） for an unbreakable umbrella is walking proof of McLean39。 s statement. If I had not heard the story of the windshield wiper39。 s invention, said Tommy Lee, a senior physics major, I never would have dreamed of turning my bad experience during a rainstorm into something so constructive. Lee is currently negotiating to sell his patent to an umbrella producer. So, just what is the story behind the windshield wiper? Well, Mary Anderson came up with the idea in 1902 after a visit to New York City. The day was cold and stormy, but Anderson still wanted to see the sights,so she jumped aboard a streetcar. Noticing that the driver was struggling to see through the snow covering the windshield, she found herself wondering why there couldn39。 t be a builtin device for cleaning the window. Still wondering about this when she returned home to Birmingham, Alabama, Anderson started drafting out solutions. One of her ideas, a lever (操作杆 ) on the inside of a vehicle that would control an arm on the outside,became the first windshield wiper. Today we benefit from countless inventions and innovations. It39。 s hard to imagine driving without Garrett A. Man39。 s traffic light. It39。 s equally impossible to picture a world without Katherine J. Blodgett39。 s innovation that makes glass invisible. Can you picture life without clear windows and eyeglasses? 32. By mentioning traffic light and windshield wiper, the author indicates that countless inventions are ________. A. beneficial, because their inventors are famous B. beneficial, though their inventors are less famous C. not useful, because their inventors are less famous D. not useful, though their inventors are famous 33. Professor Joan McLean39。 s course aims to ________. A. add color and variety to students39。 campus life B. inform students of the windshield wiper39。 s invention C. carry out the requirements by Mountain University D. prepare students to try their own inventions 34. Tommy Lee39。 s invention of the unbreakable umbrella was ________. A. not eventually accepted by the umbrella producer B. inspired by the story behind the windshield wiper C. due to his dream of being caught in a rainstorm D. not related to Professor Joan McLean39。 s lectures 35. Which of the following can best serve as the title of this passage? A. How to Help Students to Sell Their Inventions to Producers? B. How to Design a Builtin Device for Cleaning the Window? C. Shouldn39。