2015年广州高三调研考试英语试题

试卷类型：A 2015年广州市高考模拟考试

英语

2015．01 本试卷共11页, 三大题, 满分135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

填写在答题卡上，并用2B铅笔在答题卡上的相应位置填涂考生号。用2B铅笔将试卷类型（A）填涂在答题卡相应位置上。

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，答案必须写在答题卡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，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。

I 语言知识及应用 (共两节，满分45分)

第一节完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15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。

A civilized society has the virtues of beauty, culture, comfort and peace. However, the motor-car is 1 these virtues.

A visitor from outer space viewing our cities would conclude that the human race is made up of shiny metallic “beetles” creeping along vast networks. He is not far 2 . The motor-car, far from being 3 a vehicle for man, is determining the design of whole cities. The single largest consumer of valuable city 4 is its roads and car parks. If there were fewer roads, we could have more natural parks in which to 5 , more cultural centres and more public squares. Cars rob our cities of these civilized 6 .

Not only do cars occupy space, they also create 7 . Psychologists have confirmed that noise causes stress, and cities are indeed very noisy places. Cars are also the single largest 8

of air pollution. How can we say we are 9 when we live in an atmosphere full of stress and health dangers?

Our economy depends on 10 . These days it is becoming rare and 11 , yet cars continue consuming large amounts of petrol. Energy, which could be used to run factories and houses, is being 12 on roads.

Finally, cars have created a new type of monster, the motorist. Necessity has made man forget his gentle 13 and has transformed him into a selfish, dangerous monster, frightening innocent pedestrians, killing dogs, swearing at other motorists. The car is an outlet for his aggression.

To sum up, the motor-car has been 14 for destroying our cities, damaging our health, increasing economic problems and 15 humankind of their gentle nature.

1. A. representing B. promoting C. destroying D. replacing

2. A. removed B. better C. different D. wrong

3. A. generally B. merely C. finally D. hardly

4. A. space B. time C. material D. light

5. A. share B. relax C. hide D. work

6. A. pleasures B. manners C. individuals D. histories

7. A. conflicts B. chances C. noise D. growth

8. A. problem B. source C. effect D. provider

9. A. polite B. awake C. innocent D. civilized

10. A. energy B. wealth C. transportation D. industry

11. A. wasteful B. available C. expensive D. cheap

12. A. left B. burnt C. arranged D. produced

13. A. action B. appearance C. idea D. nature

14. A. suitable B. possible C. punished D. responsible

15. A. warning B. reminding C. robbing D. convincing

第二节语法填空(共10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16～25的相应位置上。

A park officer noticed Sam consistently caught more fish than anyone else. While other guys caught only three or four a day, Sam?s boat was always full 16 fish. The officer, curious, asked Sam his secret. The 17 (success) fisherman invited the officer to accompany him and observe. So the next morning they took off in Sam?s boat and the officer got ready to see 18 it was done. Sam?s approach was simple. He took out a stick of dynamite(炸药), lit it, and threw it in the air. The explosion rocked the lake with such a force 19 dead fish immediately began to surface. Sam took out a net and started taking 20 up.

The officer, after 21 (recover) from the shock, began yelling at Sam. “You can?t do this! It?s illegal!” Sam, meanwhile, took out another stick of dynamite. He lit it and 22 (drop) it in the officer?s lap with these words, “Are you going to sit there all day complaining, 23 are you going to fish?”

The poor officer was left with 24 fast decision to make. He had suddenly been transformed from an observer to a 25 (participate). A choice had to be made quickly and with a sigh of regret he threw out the stick and waited for the explosion.

II 阅读 (共两节，满分50分)

第一节阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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

It was my first day back home since starting college. A lot had changed in the last year. Not with my hometown but with me. I had left as a 17-year-old boy and had now returned as an 18-year-old man. In the city, I was living on my own, had a part-time job and was studying. Even the government recognized I was an adult; I had a driver?s license. So here I was, on my summer vacation, walking down the main street with my father, desperate for him to acknowledge how mature I was. When his recognition failed to appear, I took matters into my own hands. “Dad,” I said casually, “I?m thirsty. Let?s go for a beer.” It was the first time I?d ever mentioned beer in front of my father, let alone ask him to drink one with me.

He turned to me with a curious expression on his face. “A beer? Well I guess you?re old enough now. Let?s go to Sailors? Bar. It?s where my cousin Tom, your uncle, used to drink. You remember him, right?”

I had only some vague recollection of my uncle. He was the black sheep of the family --- always in trouble. We didn?t talk about him much. “What ever happened to Uncle Tom, Dad? I haven?t seen him in years,” I said as we continued towards the bar.

“Neither have I, unfortunately. He was a good kid once. But things changed,” my father said mournfully. As a boy, he explained, there had been no better-behaved boy than Tom. But after leaving school, he moved to the city and fell in with bad company. He started going out every night, drinking in nightclubs and playing cards. Soon he lost everything and had to beg his mum to pay his debts. She agreed on the condition he returned home.

My dad took a deep breath and continued his tale. “Things settled down for a while. He married a lovely woman, gave up his bad habits. But it didn?t last. He was soon back to his old ways. He couldn?t resist. He was at Sailors? Bar almost every night. His poor mother died of grief and shame. His wife followed her soon after.

“What r uined him was alcohol. He told me once, when a man begins drinking, he never knows where it?ll end. …So?, Tom warned me, …beware of your first drink!?

“He went from bad to worse. Last year Tom sent me a letter saying he had been found guilty of stealing, and sent to prison for ten years.”

Dad finished talking just as we reached the front of Sailors?Bar. “Anyway, here we are. Let?s go in,” he said. But I understood. I put my arm around my father and said, “I?m not thirsty anymore, Dad. Let?s go home.”

26. Why did the young man invite his father to drink a beer?

A. Because he was thirsty.

B. Because he missed his father.

C. Because he wanted to show he was an adult.

D. Because he wanted to discuss his Uncle Tom.

27. What was the main source of Uncle Tom?s problems?

A. His overly-strict family.

B. His addiction to card games.

C. The deaths of his mother and wife.

D. His inability to control his drinking.

28. Where is Uncle Tom now?

A. In a bar.

B. In prison.

C. In the city.

D. In his hometown.

29. In the story, the father told his son about Tom in order to ________.

A. warn the son to keep away from Tom

B. entertain the son while they walked to the bar

C. recall an interesting period in the father?s life

D. convince the son of the harm caused by drinking

30. What is the correct order of the following events from Uncle Tom?s life?

a. His mother died.

b. He married a lovely girl.

c. He started going to nightclubs.

d. He was caught stealing.

e. He went back home to live with his mother.

f. He left school.

A. d,f,e,b,a,c

B. e,a,f,b,c,d

C. f,c,e,b,a,d

D. f,c,e,a,b,d

B

Are you smarter than your parents and grandparents? According to James Flynn, a professor at a New Zealand university, you are! Over the course of the last century, people?s IQ test scores have gotten steadily higher --- on average, three points higher each decade. This improvement is known as the “Flynn effect”, and scientists want to know what is behind it.

IQ tests are designed to measure general intelligence rather than knowledge. Flynn believes that intelligence partly comes from our parents and partly is the result of our environment, but the improvement in test scores has been happening too quickly to be explained by heredity. So what has occurred in the 20th century to help people achieve higher scores?

Scientists have proposed several explanations for the Flynn effect. Some suggest that the improved test scores simply reflect an increased exposure to tests in general and the learning of test-taking techniques that help us perform better on any test. Others have pointed to better nutrition. Babies now are born larger, healthier, and with more brain development than in the past. Another suggested explanation is a change in educational styles, with teachers encouraging children to learn by discovering things for themselves rather than just memorizing information, which improves their problem-solving skills.

Flynn has limited the possible explanations after carefully examining test data and discovering that the improvement in scores has taken place in only certain parts of the IQ test. Test-takers are not doing better on the maths or vocabulary sections of the test; they are doing better on the sections requiring reasoning and problem solving. For example, one part of the test shows a set of shapes, and test-takers must find the patterns and connections between them.

According to Flynn, this visual intelligence improves as the amount of technology in our lives increases. Every time you play a computer game, you are exercising exactly the kind of thinking and problem solving that helps you do well on one kind of intelligence test. So are you really smarter than your parents? In one very specific way, you may be.

31. According to the passage, the “Flynn effect” is ________.

A. a method used to measure intelligence

B. an increase in IQ test scores over time

C. the influence of technology on intelligence

D. a theory that connects intelligence to experience

32. What is the function of the third paragraph?

A. To list the findings of Professor Flynn?s research.

B. To provide possible explanations that disprove Flynn?s ideas.

C. To outline different theories explaining the increase in IQ scores.

D. To describe how research was carried out in the measuring of intelligence.

33. According to the passage, newer educational techniques include _________.

A. exposing children to fewer tests

B. giving children clearer teaching instructions

C. getting children to memorize lots of information

D. encouraging children to find out things themselves

34. The writer believes that computer games _________.

A. have discouraged people from taking exercise

B.have made young people become less intelligent

C. have helped improve people?s visual intelligence

D. have caused young people to have poorer vocabularies

35. Which statement would Professor Flynn agree with?

A. People today are taking easier tests.

B. People today have fewer problems to solve.

C. Not all aspects of intelligence have increased.

D. The language ability of people has improved.

C

Over the last 30 years, Bangkok, once a small fishing village, has transformed into the rich, concrete, high-rise city that it is today. The sprawling metropolis and its population of 12 million now produces 35 per cent of Thailand?s economic wealth.

As a magnet for foreign companies, Bangkok attracts many overseas managers and businesspeople from different sectors, including tourism, automobiles and electronics. The city?s population of foreigners is in the high hundreds of thousands, with tens of thousands each of Japanese, Chinese and western employees working alongside hundreds of thousands of Burmese (缅甸人) who mostly do unskilled jobs shunned by Thais.

For those used to the good life, the variety and quality of the city?s food is a key att raction, says one US manager, before listing many of his favourite Italian, Mexican and, of course, Thai restaurants. Most offer quality meals for less than the cost of a takeaway sandwich in London.

Great choice and value can be found in Bangkok?s other a ttractions, too. For overseas businesspeople who enjoy shopping in luxury and air-conditioned comfort, the city has hundreds of modern shopping malls. Some foreigners, however, prefer the charms of Chatuchak Market, where anything can be bought at a good price by the shrewd bargainer.

When the time comes to talk business many overseas businesspeople prefer to move out of the markets and onto the golf course. Thailand has thousands of courses, which can provide a welcome break from the bustle of city life. But most businesspeople go to the golf course because it?s the perfect place to discuss the next big deal.

Because of the fast-paced life some foreign businesspeople see Bangkok as a place to stay for the short term, rather than a lifetime. Australian computer software designer Sarah Huang is seven months pregnant but still working fulltime in her Bangkok office. She says the city is “definitely a place I want to stay for the next five, ten years.” Nannies and home help are affordable, but high fees for quality secondary education have convinced Ms Huang to return to Australia when her child reaches high school age.

36. According to the first two paragraphs, we know that ________.

A. Bangkok has always been a rich Thai city

B. Bangkok offers many working opportunities for people

C. most foreigners coming to Bangkok are tourists

D. Burmese in Bangkok mostly work for Thais

37. The underlined word “shunned” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ________.

A. unwanted

B. forgotten

C. appreciated

D. rewarded

38. What is the main attraction of golf for foreigners according to the passage?

A. It is a good place in which to discuss business matters.

B. It is the most convenient way for them to get regular exercise.

C. It is a great way to escape from the noise and pollution of the city.

D. It gives them the opportunity to meet local people in a social setting.

39. Sarah Huang says she?ll eventually leave Bangkok because ________.

A. she is going to have a baby

B. her working hours are too long

C. the cost of a good education there is too high

D. it?s not easy to find suitable home help there

40. The main purpose of the passage is to ________.

A. describe the attractions of living in Bangkok for foreign businesspeople

B. promote the many attractions Bangkok has to offer tourists visiting the city

C. explain the reasons for Bangkok?s rapid economic growth over the past 30 years

D. compare the lifestyles of Burmese workers and foreign businesspeople in Bangkok

D

Char acters in novels don?t always do what the writer wants them to do. Sometimes they cause trouble, take on lives of their own, or even work against the writer. It?s not just a problem for inexperienced authors: famed children?s novelist Roald Dahl said he got the main character in his book Matilda so “wrong” that when he?d finished his first version, he threw it away and started again.

Of course it?s not the characters? fault. The problem lies with the author. Take Stephen King, who admitted that writing working-class characters is more difficult nowadays because his own circumstances have changed. “It is definitely harder,” King said. “When I wrote Carrie many years ago, I was one step away from physical labour.”

This is also true for characters? ages, added King. “When you have small children, it is easy to write young characters because you observe them and you have them in your life all the time. But your kids grow up. It?s been harder for me to write about this little 12-year-old girl in my new book becaus e my models are gone.”

For other authors, such as Karen Fowler, there?s one quality that can stop a character in its tracks: boredom. “I had particular problems with the main character in my historical novel Sister Noon,” she says. “She had attitudes about race and religion that seemed appropriate to me for her time and class, but they were not attitudes I liked. Eventually I grew quite bored with her. You can write a book about a character you dislike or a character you disagree with, but I don?t think you can write a book about a character who bores you.”

According to Neel Mukherjee, it was Adinath, a character in The Lives of Others, who made him work the hardest. “I think I struggled because it?s difficult to write a character whose most prominent personal feature is weakness, as Adinath?s is, without making that feature define him,” Mukherjee says. But a troublesome character is far from an unwelcome guest, he continues, arguing that “when characters work against the author they come alive and become unpredictable”.

“That is a fantastic thing to happen,” Mukherjee says, “I celebrate it. It is one of the great, lucky gifts given to a writer.”

41. What can we infer about Steven King?s book Carrie?

A. It was his most difficult book to write.

B. It was the first successful novel King wrote.

C. There were few children featured in the story.

D. Some of its main characters were working class.

42. Why did Karen Fowler have trouble writing the main character in her novel Sister Noon?

A. She disagreed with the character?s attitudes.

B. The age difference between the two was too large.

C. She found the character very uninteresting.

D. The historical setting made accuracy difficult.

43. Neel Mukherjee believes that his difficult-to-write characters ________.

A. are a sign that the story is not realistic

B. are often the most interesting

C. should be praised by all authors

D. need to be researched more thoroughly

44. The authors who were interviewed for the passage are probably _________.

A. famous and successful

B. unknown to the readers

C. all from the same country

D. just starting their writing careers 45. In which part of the newspaper would you expect to find the passage? A. Careers.

B. Culture.

C. Advice column.

D. Lifestyle.

第二节 信息匹配 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)

阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。

请阅读以下人物的用餐需求，匹配人物与他们拟选择的餐馆。

46. John will ask his girlfriend to marry him next week and wants to organise the perfect

romantic evening to make sure she says yes. He thinks that fine French food, a beautiful view and stylish surroundings will set the right mood.

47. Li Hua wants to take his mother who is visiting from China out for morning tea. He needs to

find a place that serves Chinese food and is not too expensive.

48. Joan got up late this morning and didn?t have time to make breakfast. She plans to grab

something on her way to work and eat it on the bus.

49. Jeff will meet four visiting businessmen for an important lunch today and he wants to take

them to a high class restaurant to show them his respect.

50. Robert and his three colleagues must work late on Tuesday and so he needs to arrange dinner

for everyone. Unfortunately his tight-fisted boss has only provided $50 to cover the entire cost of their meal.

III 写作(共两节，满分40分) 第一节 基础写作 (共1小题，满分15分) 你将向学校的英语网站投稿介绍年度热词“自拍照”（selfie ）。

【写作内容】

请根据以下内容，写一篇关于自拍照的介绍。

定义：人们给自己拍的照片, 通常用手机拍摄并分享到互

联网上。

起源：2002年, 一位澳大利亚人在某论坛上传了一张自己

的照片, 并把照片称为“selfie”。

现状：(1) “selfie ”以及自拍行为越来越流行;

(2) 牛津词典把“selfie ”列为“2013年度词汇”。

评论：(1)

自拍表达人类希望分享的需求

,

促进沟通

;

(2) 自拍让人过于在意自己的外貌

, 忽视内在美。

参考词汇：论坛 forum 牛津Oxford

【写作要求】

只能使用5个句子表达全部内容。

【评分标准】

句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

第二节 读写任务（共1小题；满分25分）

阅读下面短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

During an official visit to the Maldives on September 15th, President Xi Jinping stated that Chinese tourists should be better behaved when travelling abroad.

“Our citizens should be educated to behave in a civilized way when travel ling abroad. Do not throw water bottles everywhere. Do not damage coral reefs. Eat more sea food and less instant noodles. Spend more to help local economies grow ,” Xi said to great laughter and applause from the audience.

Chinese tourism abroad has grown rapidly. It is reported that 100 million citizens travelled abroad last year, and that number is expected to double by 2020 as individual wealth grows along with the economy.

Yet the awareness of proper manners has not grown as fast as the number of tourists. Some Chinese tourists have been

heavily criticized in recent years for misbehaving while travelling abroad, for reasons such as being noisy, jumping queues and damaging cultural relics. Recently,

incidents like Chinese tourists drawing graffiti (涂鸦) in an ancient Egyptian temple have severely damaged the image of Chinese holidaymakers.

In response, the Chinese government has made great efforts to educate Chinese tourists on appropriate behavior when travelling both abroad and within China.

【写作内容】

1. 以约30个词概括上文的主要内容。

2. 以约120个词就“文明出游”谈谈你的看法，内容包括：

（1）你所了解到的一些不文明的出游行为；

（2）你认为文明出游重要吗?为什么?

（3）你认为怎样才能实现文明出游?

【写作要求】

1.在作文中可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不

得直接引用原文中的句子；

2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

【评分标准】

概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。