2014年广州英语水平测试题

2014学年度广州市高中二年级学生学业水平测试

英语

本试卷分四部分，共12页，满分150分。考试时间120分钟。

注意事项：

1.答卷前，考生务必在答题卡上用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔填写自己的测试证号和姓名；填写考区考场

室号、座位号，再用2B铅笔把对应的两个号码涂黑。

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的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净

后，再选涂其他答案；不能答在试卷上。

3.非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答。答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内的相应位置上；

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、圆珠笔和涂改液。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，考试结束时，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。

I 听力（共两节，满分20分）

略

II 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16-30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。

There were once two doors in the same house. One was a beautiful living-room door, and the other was just a / an 16 bathroom door.

What they had in 17 was that both led awful lives. The house was full of 18 children who were always slamming （摔门）and kicking the doors. Each night, when everyone was asleep, the doors would talk about their poor 19 . The living-room door was always ready to 20 with anger, but the bathroom door would calm him down, saying “Don’t worry. They’re children. They’ll soon learn. Be patient and things will 21 .‖

And so the living-room door would calm down for a while. But one day, after a big party and much slamming and kicking of the doors, the living-room door 22 lost his temper, saying, “That’s enough! The next time someone slams me, I’m going to 23 , a nd they’ll learn a thing or two.‖

The next day, the first time he was slammed, the living-room door broke. This caused great 24 in the house, and the children were punished. The living-room door was filled with 25 . However, after a few days, the house owner got tired of the 26 of having a broken door. Instead of mending the door, they decided to

27 it. The old door was thrown into the rubbish.

There lay the beautiful living-room door, 28 what he had done. For not being 29 enough, he now found himself abandoned, waiting to be turned into firewood. Meanwhile, his friend, the ordinary bathroom door, remained in his place, and the children were treating him with greater 30 .

16. A. new B. heavy C. ordinary D. silent

17. A. time B. common C. turn D. short

18. A. naughty B. curious C. nervous D. polite

19. A. dream B. appearance C. quality D. luck

20. A. attack B. explode C. repeat D. retire

21. A. improve B. matter C. return D. suffer

22. A. frequently B. fortunately C. happily D. finally

23. A. break B. teach C. work D. shout

24. A. joy B. benefit C. trouble D. doubt

25. A. surprise B. satisfaction C. pity D. disappointment

26. A. inconvenience B. inexperience C. inactivity D. injustice

27. A. sell B. paint C. replace D. forget

28. A. enjoying B. regretting C. expecting D. describing

39. A. patient B. careful C. beautiful D. friendly

30. A. force B. anger C. peace D. care

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31-40的相应位置上。

Would you give up your smartphone for free food? Starting on Monday, family-friendly Italian restaurant Salvatore’s will offer customers two meals for the price of one, 31 they put away their smartphones before taking their seats. According to the owner, Sal Lupoli, ―Every diner at the table must agree 32 (hand) in their phone before eating. The phones will be stored safely and returned to 33 when their meals are finished.‖

Mr Lupoli thought of 34 idea after noticing that customers ―were not speaking to each other while 35 (have) dinner.‖

At first look, this seems like just another restaurant promotion(促销). But it might also be a way to encourage people to focus 36 each other and their surroundings instead of putting pictures of their latest meal online. Perhaps it 37 (make) kids actually eat and talk instead of watching another video on YouTube.

According to a resent Boston Globe article 38 examined the effects of screen time on children’s brains, as little as 45 minutes of screen time per day can be 39 (harm), about the length of a typical midday meal. However, Mr Lupoli has decided to provide the offer only during day time 40 he thinks most kids will go crazy without their iPads at supper time.

III阅读理解（共一节，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

The great avenues are quiet, and the shops are closed. There’s the smell of fresh bread from a bakery somewhere. It would be hard to say which time of the day in Paris I prefer but this is probably it. Soon the streets will be full of people and traffic. As with most other cities, you see the real Paris when the city wakes up.

There is, however, another part of Paris which is silent and free from people 24 hours a day. Under the city are hundreds of kilometres of abandoned tunnels. During the 19th century, Paris needed more stones for buildings above the ground, so people dug tunnels beneath the city. After that, many farmers grew mushrooms in them. During World War II, the French soldiers also used them. Since the 1970s, many young people have started spending days and nights below the city in these tunnels. It’s now a place for parties, theatre performances, art galleries – anything goes!

A ―normal‖ tourist can visit some parts of Paris’s tunnel system, such as the underground cemetery, where you can see the bones of about six million Parisians. The bodies came from cemeteries above the ground two centuries ago when the city needed more space.

However, people are not allowed to enter other parts of the tunnel system. It’s very dangerous because some tunnels might collapse and people will be trapped below. Nevertheless, there are people who will take you to visit