2014年广东省广州市高三年级英语调研测试

2014年广东省广州市高三年级英语调研测试

高考英语

2014-02-04 201429

2014年广东省广州市高三年级调研测试

英语

2014.01

本试卷共2014页, 四大题, 满分150分。考试用时120分钟。

注意事项：1. 答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、座位号填写在答题卡和答卷纸上。

2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。

3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答卷纸各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。

4. 考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将试卷、答题卡和答卷纸一并交回。

I听力(共两节，满分35分)

第一节听力理解 (5段共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

每段播放两遍。各段后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

听第1段对话，回答第1至2两个小题。

1. What is the relationship between the speakers?

A. Husband and wife.

B. Brother and sister.

C. Mother and son.

2. Where is Robert going now?

A. To the classroom.

B. To the library.

C. To a birthday dinner.

听第2段对话，回答第3至第6四个小题。

3. Where does the man’s most expensive fish come from?

A. South Africa.

B. Brazil.

C. Thailand.

4. What is the woman’s attitude towards keeping fish?

A. She finds it difficult.

B. She considers it boring.

C. She is enthusiastic about it.

5. When does the talk most probably take place?

A. In the morning.

B. In the afternoon.

C. In the evening.

6. How much will the woman spend buying her fish?

A. Two dollars.

B. Ten dollars.

C. Twenty dollars.

听第3段对话，回答第7至第9三个小题。

7. What made the girl annoyed?

A. She was unable to download some music.

B. She couldn’t get access to the internet.

C. She forgot to bring her MP3 player.

8. Why has the boy come to the room?

A. To help the girl.

B. To fin d some information.

C. To have a history lesson.

9. Where will the speakers go after the talk?

A. To the library.

B. To their history class.

C. To the computer room.

听第4段独白，回答第2014至第12三个小题。

2014. Who is the speakerwww.ks5 https://www.360docs.net/doc/c712105971.html, talking to?

A. Students.

B. Librarians.

C. Book sellers.

11. Which of the following books is NOT on the reading list?

A. To Kill a Mocking Bird.

B. Harry Potter.

C. The Godfather

12. Which of the following is true?

A. Jaws is about a teenage girl.

B. Schindler’s Arc takes place in America.

C. Young Witch is like Harry Potter.

听第5段独白，回答第13至第15三个小题。

13. What is the talk mainly about?

A. The speaker’s summer holiday.

B. Life as a farmer.

C. The speaker’s family.

14. What did the speaker enjoy the most?

A. Going to the country dance.

B. Standing under the waterfall.

C. Looking at the starry sky.

15. What can we learn from this talk?

A. We should always obey our parents.

B. Country life is better than city life.

C. First impressions are not always correct.

第二节听取信息

听下面一段独白。请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答题卡标号为16至20的空格中。听录音前，你将有2014秒钟的阅题时间，录音读两遍。你将有60秒钟的作答时间。

Country To Meet Activity Length of Stay

Discussions on

Japan The Prime

Three days

Minister

__ 16 issues

China The President Official business;

___17

Meeting with

Chinese national

basketball team

Vietnam Foreign

Minister

Attending 18 Three days

Thailand ____19____ A tour of the

country

Two days

___20___ The Prime

Minister A trip to the Taj

Mahal

Two days

Ⅱ 语言知识及应用 (共两节，满分35分)

第一节完形填空 (共2014小题；每小题2分，满分20分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Rubber ducks are being used to help scientists understand global warming and melting glaciers（冰川）. NASA researchers have 21 90 ducks into holes in Greenland's fastest moving glacier, the Jakobshavn Glacier between Greenland and Canada. The 22 have each been marked with the words "science experiment" along with an e-mail address. If they are found scientists will be able to 23 how the water moves through the ice and provide information about

the 24 of glaciers. Scientists are still 25 about why

glaciers speed up in summer and head towards the sea. One theory is that as the summer sun melts ice on top of the glacier's surface, the water moves to the bottom of the glacier, where it helps

to 26 the movement of ice toward the coast. The Jakobshavn Glacier is believed to be the 27 of the iceberg that sank the Titanic in 1912. Robert Jones, the experiment organizer, said none of the ducks had been 28 yet. "We haven't heard back but it may take some time until somebody actually finds it and decides to send us

a/an 29 that they have found it," he said. "These are places that are 30 so there aren't people walking around."

21. A. flown B. buried C. hidden D. dropped

22. A. results B. toys C. glaciers D. scientists

23. A. remember B. invent C. learn D. control

24. A. development B. movement C. growth D. travels

25. A. unsure B. excited C. concerned D. ignorant

26. A. reduce B. control C. speed D. stop

27. A. position B. source C. reason D. result

28. A. hurt B. eaten C. missing D. reported

29. A. email B. card C. fax D. sign

30. A. hidden B.

lost C. remote D. quiet

第二节语法填空 (共2014小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31～40的相应位置上。

Long ago the Emperor decided to hold a swimming race between 13 different animals. The order in which they finished would decide the order of their 31 (appear) in the Chinese calendar. All the animals lined up on the river bank and 32 (give) the task of getting to the opposite shore. The cat wondered how he would get across 33 he was afraid of water. The ox worried how he would cross 34 his poor eyesight. The calculating rat suggested that he and the cat 35 (jump) onto the ox's back and guide him across. The ox, steady and hard-working, did not notice the two animals on his back. In the meanwhile, the rat ran behind the unsuspecting cat and pushed 36 into the water. As the ox came ashore, the rat jumped off and finished the race first. 37 the rat got the first year 38 (name) after him and the ox got the second

year. 39 the lazy pig reached the finish line in 12th place the race was over and he was awarded the final place on the calendar. From that day the cat, 40 never finished and lost his place on the calendar, became the enemy of the rat.

Ⅲ 阅读 (共两节，满分40分)

第一节阅读理解 (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项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Given Australia’s size and the fact that early settlements were far apart, Australian society is remarkably homogeneous (同种的). Its citizens are fundamentally prosperous and the way of life in the major cities and towns is much the same however many miles divide them. It takes a sharp ear to identify regional accents.

However, there is some difference in lifestyle between city dwellers and the country people. Almost 90 per cent of the population lives in the fast-paced cities along the coast and has little more than a passing familiarity with the desert. The major cities preserve pockets of colonial heritage, but the overall impression is modern, with new buildings reflecting the country’s youth. In contrast, the rural communities tend to be slow-moving and conservative. For many years, Australia was said to have “ridden on the sheep’s back”, a reference to wool being th e country’s main moneyearner. However, the wool industry is no longer dominant. Much of Australia’s relatively sound economy is now achieved from natural coal and wheat, and by being the largest diamond producer in the world. Newer industries such as tourism and wine making are also increasingly important. Australians are generally friendly and relaxed, with a self-deprecating sense of humour. On the whole, Australia is a society without hierarchies (等级制度), an attitude generally held to stem from its prisoner beginnings.

Yet, contrary to widespread belief, very few Australians have true prisoner origins. Within only one generation of the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, Australia had become a nation of immigrants. Originally coming almost entirely from the British Isles, today one

in three Australians comes from elsewhere. Australia’s liberal postwar immigration policies led to an influx of survivors from war-torn Europe, most notably Greeks, Italians, Poles and Germans.

The emphasis has shifted in recent years and today the majority of new immigrants are from Southeast Asia. Today Australia is a ‘blend of nations’ and although som e racism exists, it has generally been a successful experiment and the country is justifiably proud to have one of the most harmonious multicultural communities in the world.

41. What does the writer mean by saying “It takes a sharp ear to identify regio nal accents.” in the

first paragraph?

A. Australians speak Standard English with no local accents whatsoever.

B. You have to practice a lot to learn to understand the different accents.

C. The Australian regional accents are very difficult to understand indeed.

D. There is not much difference between the accents in different areas of Australia.

42. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Most Australians have ancestors who were prisoners.

B. The Australian economy is dependent on sheep exports.

C. The majority of people living in Australia come from Europe.

D. The pace of life is different in the city and in the country.

43. The underlined pronoun ‘it’ in the final paragraph refers to “_______”.

A. community

B. racism

C. blend of Nations

D. Southeast Asia

44. We can infer from the passage that _____.

A. there are no signs of Australia’s colonial past in its modern cities

B. Australia’s recent immigration policy encourages immigrant s from Southeast Asia

C. immigrants from Southeast Asia have brought racial problems

D. “riding on sheep’s back” resulted in slow development in rural communities

45. This passage mainly focuses on Australia’s ______.

A. society

B. economy

C. racial problems

D. history

B

He is a lesson to every boy who ever picked up a basketball and dreamed that it would change his life.

The lights were never brighter and the crowds were never bigger for a homegrown sports hero than they were a quarter-century ago for Ray Hall. But his athletic achievements, as impressive as they are, are

to my mind not what is most admirable about the man.

Known as “Sugar Ray” in his teens, Hall was rated among the country’s top 25 high school basketball players. An inn er-city kid from a solid family, Hall took on the challenge of lifting Canisius College — still recovering from its failure — back to

respectability, rejecting more favorable offers. His status of a

savior (救世主) brought more pressure than any 18-year-old should

have to handle, however, I watched him matured into the player who

led Canisius back to daylight.

After college Hall played professionally in Italy and Greece for over 2014 years until a car accident at 32 ended his basketball career.

The news that he would never play again shocked Hall but unlike so many others he was ready for life after basketball. When I met Hall — still fit at 46 — for lunch Monday, he wore a cut-sharp gray suit, designer tie and blazing white shir t that screamed Success. “That

was always the question — when the cheers end, where do you go? Who do you turn to?” he said. “It starts and ends with that person in the mirror.”

Hall got the concept of academics-first from his parents. He

graduated from Ca nisius a semester early. “No matter how good of an

athlete you are, you are just one injury away from losing it all,” he said. “But if you take care of things academically, you are prepared until you leave this earth.”

For the past 14 years, he has been in a computer sales job at Ingram Micro. He married his college sweetheart. They have three kids and a nice house in the suburbs. He figured out early what others learn too late Athletics is part of a journey, not the destination.

Congratulations, Ray, you made it. In more ways than one.

46. Ray was regarded as a savior because ______.

A. he liked to take on challenges

B. he helped his team to regain its glory

C. he was faithful to his hometown city

D. he fought hard against failure at a young age

47. According to the writer, which of the following best describes Ray’s success?

A. Unlike other athletes, he was academically superior.

B. He defeated his injury and returned to the playground.

C. He enjoys a successful job and a happy family.

D. He has gained impressive athletic achievements.

48. What’s the right order of the events related to Ray?

a. He was ranked among the best high school basketball players.

b. He was in a car accident.

c. He graduated from Canisius College.

d. He started his computer sales job.

e. He gave up his athletic career.

A. a, c, b, e, d

B. a, c, e, b, d

C. c, a, b, d, e

D. c, a, e, b, d

49. We can learn from the passage that ______.

A. Ray was from an academic family

B. Ray was very mature in his teens

C. Ray was once desperate facing the cruel reality

D. athletics was not Ray’s final goal in life

50. What was the writer’s intention in writing this passage?

A. To describe the difficulties of being a professional athlete.

B. To explain the importance of choosing the right college.

C. To emphasize the need for a good education.

D. To warn against playing professional basketball.

C

Songs that make our hearts happy can make them stronger too, US researchers reported on Tuesday.

They found that when people listened to their favorite music, their blood vessels (血管) dilated in much the same way as when they are laughing, or taking blood medications.

"We have a pretty impressive effect," said Dr Michael Miller, director of preventive cardiology (心脏病学) at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore.

"Blood vessel diameter improved," he said. "The vessel opened up pretty significantly. You can see the vessels opening up with other activities such as exercise." A similar effect is seen with drugs

such as statins.

When blood vessels open up more, blood flows more smoothly and is less likely to form the clots (凝块) that cause heart attacks and strokes. "We are not saying to stop your statins or not to exercise but rather to add this to an overall program of heart health," said Miller, who presented his findings to a meeting of the American Heart Association in New Orleans.

Miller's team tested 2014 healthy, non-smoking men and women, who were told to bring their favorite music. They spent half an hour listening to the recordings and half an hour listening to music they said made them feel anxious while the researchers did ultrasound

tests designed to show blood vessel function.

Compared to their normal baseline measurements, blood vessel diameter increased 26 percent on average when the volunteers heard their

joyful music. Listening to music they disliked — in most cases in this group heavy metal — blood vessels narrowed by six percent, Miller said.

Miller said he came up with the idea after discovering that laughter caused blood to literally flow more smoothly. "I asked myself what other things make us feel real good, besides calories from dark chocolate of course. Music came to mind. ... It makes me feel really good," he said.

Most of the volunteers chose country music but Miller said the style is not so important rather than what pleases each individual.