广东省佛山市2018届高三英语上学期11月月考试题.docVIP

广东省佛山市2018届高三英语上学期11月月考试题 本试题卷共8页，全卷满分120分，考试用时120分钟。 第I卷 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） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Mary Anderson Anyone whos ever driven in a rain or snowstorm can prove the extreme importance of windshield wipers. Inventor Mary Anderson received a patent for her car window cleaning device in 1903. However, it was not immediately accepted. Many people thought it would draw drivers attention away, but by 1916 windshield wipers had been standard on most vehicles. Barbara Askins Inventor Barbara Askins returned to school after having two children and received both bachelors and masters degrees in chemistry. After completing her education, Askins went to work for NASA, where she was given the task of inventing a way to improve astronomical and geological photos taken from space, which were often unclear and lacked definition. The solution she developed would have a greater influence than anyone could have imagined. Patricia Billings Patricia Billings, a sculptor, initially sought to create a concrete additive to prevent her sculptures from breaking in the 1970s. After years of experimenting, she finally achieved her goal of making an indestructible material. Soon after, she discovered the material was also amazingly resistant to heat梬hich opened the door to a larger number of applications. Because the invention is nonpoisonous as well as indestructible and fireproof, it is the worlds first workable replacement for asbestos (石棉)． Giuliana Tesoro Through her work and research, she developed processes to prevent static (静电) accumulation in manmade fibers, pioneered improved permanent press characters for textiles (纺织品) and discovered ways to make new producing projects run at peak operation and efficiency. Tesoro held her more than one hundred and twenty five patents in areas related to organic compounds (有机化合物) and textile processing. 1. Why was Mary Andersons invention rejected at first? A. Because of there being li