【英语】广东省湛江市2014届高三高考第一次模拟考试

广东省湛江市2014届高三高考第一次模拟考试英语试题本试卷共8页，三大题，满分135分。

答卷时间为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。

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将条形码横贴在答题卡右上角“条形码粘贴处”。

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，再选涂其它答案，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。

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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。

If you ask me when I became a mom, I can tell you that the day I became a mom was not the day my daughter was born, but seven years later when I did the best thingI could do for my daughter and myself. I 1 us from the home that wasn’t reallya home at all.That day, my daughter and I were sitting in our 2 home having a quiet dinner just as I had always wanted for her. We were talking about what she had done in school and suddenly her little hand 3 the full glass of milk by her plate. As I watched the white tablecloth and 4 painted white wall become dark brown, I looked at her small face. It was filled with 5 , knowing what the outcome of the event would have meant in her father’s 6 a week before. When I saw that look on her face and looked at the 7 running down the wall, I simply started 8 . I am sure she thought I was 9 , but then she must have realized that I was thinking, “It’s a good thing your 10 isn’t here!”She started laughing with me, and we laughed until we 11 . These were tears of joy and 12 and were the first of many tears that we cried together. That was the day we knew that we were going to be okay.That was the day I really became a mom. I 13 that being a mom isn’t only g oing to ballet, and attending every school concert. It isn’t keeping a(n) 14 house and preparing perfect meals. It certainly isn’t 15 that things are always normal when they are not. For me, being a mom started when I could laugh over spilt milk.1. A. protected2. A. new3. A. went over4. A. firmly5. A. pleasure B. removedB. oldB. picked upB. carelesslyB. fearC. separatedC. beautifulC. took onC. slowlyC. painD. preventedD. coldD. knocked overD. freshlyD. smile6. A. absence7. A. jam8. A. laughing9. A. sad10. A. friend11. A. cried12. A. bravery13. A. questioned14. A. splendid15. A. describing B. patienceB. juiceB. shoutingB. excitedB. fatherB. faintedB. horrorB. discoveredB. messyB. pretendingC. presenceC. milkC. scoldingC. sickC. grandmaC. sleptC. surpriseC. wonderedC. spotlessC. creatingD. arrivalD. waterD. prayingD. crazyD. brotherD. stoppedD. peaceD. rememberedD. lifelessD. meaning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。

Silence means no sound. But in fact, there is no 16 thing as true silence for a living being, because silence 17 is an exposure of the mind and the heart.Some people use silence as a disguise(伪装) of the 18 (empty) of the head. Some use it as 19 means to describe their puzzlement and sadness. And some use it as a way of 20 (express) their angers.What do silent people say? They say that “silence is golden”, but 21 is the nature of this “gold”? It can include honesty and kindness; it can stand for separation 22 fame and fortune; 23 it can also act as an excuse for untruthfulness and cunning.Is it true that permanent silence 24 (represent) by death?Perhaps even death cannot represent true silence, for the carrier of the soul can turn into dust, so that the sincere and wise voices 25 are from the bottom of the heart will cause long-lasting echoes in the seas of human hearts.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。

AMost students, when asked about their ideal graduation gift, would probably reply, “A car”, or “Money for a deposit on a house”. Cai Kaiyuan, 21, made a different choice. As a graduation gift to himself, he decided to work as a volunteer teacher in a remote village in Tibet.Cai, a senior majoring in electrical engineering at Huan Railway Professional Technology College, originally planned to cycle from Sichuan to Tibet. During his journey, Cai’s idea for a different graduation gift to himself began to take shape. “I did not know beforehand what the journey would mean to me. I just want to gain a unique experience and have pleasure in appreciating the view there,” he said.It turned out cycling on a plateau was extremely challenging. And it has kept changing his outlook on life. Cai’s fingers even became frostbitten while cycling up a 5008-meter-high mountain, where temperatures often dropped to 18 below zero. At night, the ice covered the road and he fell off his bike three times. The lack of oxygen made him feel dizzy and weak. “At the most serious moment, I felt thatmy life was on the line,” said Cai.However, he also gained something unexpected. At Ya’an, a city in Sichuan, he met a group of tourists who are also university students. A girl called Wu Ling told him that she planned to work as a teacher in a primary school in Tibet after her journey. He was impressed by the idea as she looked slender and weak.It was not until he reached a family-run hotel in Shigatse that Cai’s spirits began to rise. The hotel manager’s two daughters enjoyed talking with him. The kids asked about his experiences on his trip, and showed him the beautiful local lakes. “They told me that they always liked to talk to guests, as they wanted to improve their Mandarin,”he said, “Their parents and many locals can only speak Tibetan.”Cai was touched by the girl s’ story. Their situation is tough and the local people have little chance to learn Mandarin because the schools are short of teachers. “I want to do something to improve the situation for kids like them,” said Cai. His parents finally gave their agreement and his teachers also supported him.26. According to the passage, Cai Kaiyuan’s graduation gift to himself is _________.A. to have money for a deposit on a houseB. to travel by cycling from Sichuan to TibetC. to own a new car and marry a slender girlD. to work as a volunteer teacher in Tibetan school27. What words can be used to describe Cai’s journey to Tibet?A. unique and pleasantB. challenging but rewardingC. relaxing but unexpectedD. freezing cold and boring28. The underlined phrase “on the line”in the third paragraph means “ ____________”.A. in a dilemmaB. making a phone callC. at riskD. very painful29. The purpose of writing this passage is to ____________.A. tell us about an unusual graduation giftB. introduce a dangerous journey to usC. give advice on how to travel to TibetD. encourage us to be a teacher in Tibet30. Which of the followings is NOT the reason for Cai to make his decision?A. He met Wu Ling and was impressed by her plan.B. His parents and teachers persuaded him to go to Tibet.C. He was moved by the kid’s desire to improve their Mandarin.D. A lack of teachers makes the local people have little chance to learn.BSeptember is an exciting month in every college fr eshman’s life. For many, it’s the first time that they’ve left home to live in a new environment. But after the hustle and bustle of a few weeks, excitement gives way to a less enjoyable emotion—homesickness.Homesickness manifests itself in many ways. You may miss mum’s cooking, your pets, or even your old bed. All this becomes a fond memory of the past. Homesicknesscan be a bitter feeling for many students, especially when faced with the challenges of settling into an unfamiliar environment.But remember, you’re not alone. According to a recent BBC article, 70 percent of British college students experience homesickness. In this increasingly globalized world in which people migrate to faraway places for a relationship, education or work, homesickness is a feeling shared by many adults.Homesickness can have similar symptoms to depression and in extreme cases it can develop into a panic attack. As for the term, homesickness or nostalgia wasn’t invented until the 17th century. It was considered a disorder by a Swiss physician, who attributed soldiers’ mental and physical discomfort to their longing to return home, “nostos” from Greek, and the accompanying pain, “algos”.Studies in recent years, however, have shown that nostalgia may have some benefits to our mental health. After a decade of surveys and researches, Constantine Sedikides, a US social psychologist, found that nostalgia is what makes us human. He explains that nostalgia can resist loneliness, boredom and anxiety. Therefore, it’s necessary for college students to learn some ways to overcome the uncomfortable feeling.31. From the first two paragraphs, we can infer that __________.A. homesickness means a fond memory of the pastB. only a few students will experience homesicknessC. homesickness is an enjoyable emotion among freshmenD. college freshmen usually suffer from homesickness after weeks32. According to the passage, we can know that _________.A. homesickness may cause mental diseasesB. homesickness is a feeling only shared by adultsC. homesickness won’t do any good to our healthD. homesickness is also called nostalgia in Switzerland33. What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?A. some benefits about homesicknessB. other problems in college freshmen’s lifeC. how to make campus life more meaningfulD. some tips on how to cope with homesickness34. The attitude of Sedikides towards homesickness is _________.A. negativeB. supportiveC. skepticalD. critical35. What is the best title for the passage?A. Let’s embrace homesicknessB. How to fit into the college lifeC. A harmful emotion—homesicknessD. The disadvantages of homesicknessCA board game is a game played on a pre-marked surface or “board” according to a set of rules. Board games have been played in most cultures and societies throughout history. Do you think o f yourself as a bit of an expert at board games like chess or Go?Maybe you’re not quite as good as you think. New research from the Universityof Manchester and Oxford suggests complex games like these are impossible to learn fully. They may even be too complex for the human mind to understand.Researchers studied two-player games, to try and understand the strategies which people use to make decisions during the game. Some games with two players are simple, with only a small number of possible moves. Players can quickly work out the best strategy but that means the game soon becomes boring.I t gets more interesting when there are many possible moves. That’s why people are so fascinated by complex board games like chess or Go, or some card games. But what the researchers found was that with difficult games, players find it hard to work out the best strategy and their actions become less reasonable.This research is part of the field called game theory: the study of human strategic decision-making. Much thinking on how people play complex games is based on something called “the balance point”, wh ich is when players have a perfect knowledge of what they are going to do and of what their rivals are going to do.When you add more than two players then of course the game becomes even harder to understand. Trading on the stock market is an example of a complex multi-player game.36. Which of the following games belongs to board games?A. footballB. badmintonC. swimmingD. Mahjong37. It can be inferred in the passage that _______.A. the simpler the board game is, the better it isB. people dislike board games for the complex movesC. players are easy to lose patience when in difficult gamesD. i t’s possible for people to understand complex games thoroughly38. If players want to get to the balance point, they should ______.A. ask other players to work out the best strategyB. have a good knowledge of the games they are playingC. figure out the next actions of themselves and their opponentsD. come to a quick decision about what to do next by themselves39. In which section can we read this passage in a newspaper?A. CultureB. DiscoveryC. CareerD. Campus40. The author intends to tell us ___________.A. a new research about board gamesB. the importance of playing board gamesC. how the players win board gamesD. how to learn board games fullyDTaking a picture of your tongue with a mobile phone could soon instantly tell you how healthy you are. Researchers believe the images can reveal important information about a patient’s health and even give them early warning of serious illness.A team at the University of Missouri is developing a system that can analyze pictures using a 5,000-year-old Chinese principle, which is based on the flow and balance of positive and negative energies in the body, and uses the tongue as a key to learning about a person’s physical health, or “zheng” according to Chinese medicine.“Within a year, our goal is to create an application for smart phones that will allow anyone to take a photo of their tongue and learn the status of their zheng,”said Dong Xu, chair of MU’s Computer Science Department in the College of Engineering and the co-author of the latest study.The software analyzes images based on the tongue’s color and coating to distinguish between tongues showing signs of “hot” or “cold” zheng. Shades of red and yellow are associated with hot zheng, whereas a white coating on the tongue is a sign of cold zheng.“Hot and cold zheng doesn’t refer directly to body temperature,” said Xu, “Rather, it refers to a series of symptoms associated with the state of the body as a whole.”For the study, 263 gastritis(胃炎) patients and 48 healthy volunteers had their tongues analyzed. The gastritis patients were classified by whether they showed infection by a certain bacteria as well as the intensity of their gastritis symptoms. In addition, most of the gastritis patients had been previously classified with either hot or cold zheng. This allowed the researchers to test the accuracy of the software’s analysis.“Our software is able to classify people based on their zheng status. And as we continue to work on the software we hope to improve its ability,” said another co-author Ye Duan, “Eventually everyone will be able to use this tool at home using webcams or smart phone applications, which will allow them to monitor their zheng and get an early warning about possible ailments.”41. The software mentioned in the passage is based on ________.A. the latest development of smart phonesB. a traditional Chinese medical principleC. the changes in one’s flow and energyD. symptoms related with the state of the body42. According to Chinese medicine, zheng refers to ________.A. one’s body temperatureB. the physical health of a personC. the possible disease of a personD. the color and coating of one’s tongue43. The study led by Dong Xu proves _________.A. the effect of the softwareB. the software’s great prospectC. the advancement of smart phonesD. the greatness of Chinese medicine44. The underlined word “ailments” can be replaced by _________.A. analysisB. effectsC. illnessesD. applications45. It can be inferred from the passage that _________.A. the software still needs improvementB. the subjects in the study are all gastritisC. the software has been in market for a yearD. the subjects in the study are classified by age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。