广东省广州市届高三英语综合测试试题二Word格式文档下载.docx

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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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

ByWENQIANG

A

Wecanallthinkoftimeswhenpeopledidn'

tmakerememberingeasy.Directionsgivenatmachine-gunspeed。

Newpeopleintroducedinafloodofnamesandhandshakes。

Wheneverinformationispassedbetweenpeople,it’salltooeasyforittogoinoneearandstraightoutoftheother.Thankfully,theoppositeisalsotrue。

Lookaroundyou,andyou'

llseeparentswhocangettheirchildrentorememberexactlywhattheyweretold;

advertiserswhoknowhowtoimprinttheirsalesmessagesonourbrains。

So,howdotheydo?

Theirsecretscanbesummedupinfoursimplewords：

focus，imagery,reasonsandengagement.

FOCUSmeansensuringthatthepersonyou'

retalkingtocanconcentrateonlearning.Chooseyourmomentcarefully.Checkthattheycanproperlyhearorseetheinformation。

Communicateslowlyandclearlyenoughfortheirmemorytocope。

IMAGERYhelpsinformationtostick.Doeverythingyourcantomakeotherpeople“see"

theideasyou’regivingthem.Addvisualdetailstodirections，andillustrateabstractconceptswithmetaphors。

REASONStorememberhelppeopletoputinthementaleffort.So,makeitclearthatyourwordsareimportant，andbeexplicitaboutwhy.Maybethisinformationwillsavethemtime,protectthemfromembarrassment，orletthemenjoyaparticularexperienceorevent.

EMGAGEMENTrequiresyoutoaskquestions。

Pointoutlinksbetweennewconceptsandthingslistenersalreadyknow。

Activatetheirsenses，sparktheircuriosity，getthemdoingsomethingphysical,orsimplymakethemlaugh。

Thenexttimeyou’vegotanimportantmessagetopasson，putsomeofthesetechniquestothetest。

You’lldiscoverthattherearebenefitsonbothsideswhenyouknowhowtoFIREpeople'

smemoriesintoaction。

21.Whatisthemainpurposeofthetext?

A.Toreportnewresearch.

B.Toprovidesomeadvice.

C.Toexplainaproblem。

D.Todefinesometerms.

22.Howcanyoudotohelpalistener“focus”onwhatyouaresaying？

A.Selecttheappropriatetimetoraisethetopic。

B.Dosomethinghumoroustogettheirattention.

C.Makesuretheinformationprovidediscorrect。

D.Speakasslowlyandclearlyasyoupossiblycan。

23。

Explainingtolistenerswhyyourinformationisimportantisanexampleof________.

A。

FOCUSB.IMAGERYC.REASONSD.ENGAGEMENT

B

Specialboxeslieatthebottomofmylockedfilingcabinet.Depositedthereareimportantlettersandcardscollectedthroughoutmylife，frommygrandparents，schoolfriends,parents，wifeandson。

Sincetheinventionofe—mailthough，they’vebeenfewandfarbetween。

TonightisNewYork’sEve2029andthere’saveryspecialboxoflettersIwanttolookat。

Butfirstthere’ssomethingIhavetodo–TheRitual（惯例）。

Igotomytrustedcomputerandstart。

Ibegintotype:

Dear—-。

Ileavethenameblankfornow，anticipatingthethrilloftypingitin。

“IhopeyouarewellandIwonderhowthiswillfindyou。

AndyoustillplanningtomovetothatvillainPortugal?

DidyoursonmarryFiona？

Isyourmotherstillalive?

Questionssurgeintomymind。

ForthenexttwohoursIsitwriting。

AboutwhatI’vebeendoingforthelastyear,myfailinghealth,myincreasingwealthandsometimedifficultmarriage.Thenaboutmygoalsandambitions.Willhebeinterested？

DoIclimbMt。

Kilimanjaro？

DoIgetthatnovelpublished?

theonethat'

sbeenrejectedmoretimesthanIcartetothinkabout.

Finally,it’sfinished.11：

30pm.Ifillintherecipient’sname,printmyletter，signandaddressitandthensealitupwithtape。

Ithendeletethedocumentandemptythetrashfolder–toavoidthepossibilityoftemptation.Thatcompletestheritual！

Iwalkovertomy“specialbox"

.Itcontainstenlong,white，thickenvelopes，allwiththesamehandwriting。

IplacetheoneIhavejustwritteninatthebackandtakeouttheoneatthefront。

It’sdated2019，andlabelled“tobeopened31stDecember2029”.

Thecycleisfinallycomplete！

Iopenit,tremblingwithanticipation。

Ibegintoread，myeyestearingupalittleasIdoso.Throughoutthelasttenlong,eventfulyears,oflife，death，joyandheartbreak，ithasbeenwaitingpatientlyinthisboxforme，thoughInowhavenomemoryofeverhavingwrittenit。

24。

Whydoestheauthorreceivefewer“importantletters”thesedays？

Hehasmovedfromhisoriginaladdress。

B。

Heisrarelyincontactwithhisfriendsandfamily。

C.Peoplecommunicatewitheachotherlessoftenthanbefore.

D。

Electroniccommunicationhaslargelyreplacedphysicalletters。

25。

Whodoestheunderlinedword“he”inparagraph4referto?

Theauthorhimself。

Theauthor’sson.

C。

Theauthor’sschoolfriend。

Theauthor’sbookpublisher。

26.Whydoestheauthorprobablydeletethecompletedletterfromhiscomputer?

Sothatnooneelsewillbeabletoreadit.

Sothathewon'

treaditaheadofschedule。

C.Becausehedecidesatlastnottosendit.

Becausehewantsforgetwhathashappened.

27.Howdoestheauthorfeelasheisabouttoopenhisspecialletter？

A.RelievedB.MovedC。

ExcitedD。

Afraid

C

Texasrancher（牧场主）CharlesGoodnighthadaproblem。

HeneededskilledcowboystodrivehisherdoftwothousandlonghorncattletoNewMexicotobesold。

Hecouldn'

tofferhighwages.Hecouldn'

tpromiseeasyjobsorevenniceweather.Buthedecidedthatdecent，warmmealsmightenticementoworkforhim.

Inthemid-to-late1800s,cattledrivessometimestookthreetofourmonths，andoncethedrivebegan,therewerenostoresforhundredsofmiles.Allthefoodandsuppliesneededforthetripwerecarriedontwo-wheeledcarts.Usually,thecowboy'

sfoodwasboringandunappetizing。

Goodnightwenttoworkandsolvedtheproblem。

Hisinventionofamobilekitchen，thechuckwagon（四轮马车）,gotitsnamefromthecowboywordforfood，"

chuck。

”GoodnighttookanoldarmywagonandrebuiltitwithOsageorange，awoodsotoughthatIndiansusedittomakebows。

Thewagon'

sironaxleswerestrongerthanthewoodenonesfoundonstandardwagons,andthewiderwheelslastedlonger.Besidesfood,coffeesugarandeatingutensils，itheldeverythingfromfirst—aidsuppliestoneedlesandthread。

Itevencontainedcookingstove。

Thefirstchuckwagonwasaninstantsuccess.EighteencowhandsjoinedGoodnightandhispartner，OliverLoving，todrivethecattletoNewMexicoforahandsomeprofit。

Theroutetheytook-latercalledtheGoodnight—LovingTrail—becameoneofthemostheavilyusedcattletrailsintheSouthwest.

Thechuckwagonsoonwasthebackboneofallsuccessfulcattledrives.Otherrancherscreatedtheirownmovingkitchens，andeventuallytheStudebakerCompanyproducedchuckwagonsthatsoldfor＄75to$100apiece，about$1,000today.

Thechuckwagonwasmuchmorethanamobilekitchen.Sometimescalled”thetraildrive’smothership,"

itwaslikeamagnetthatdrewthementogether。

Thewagonandthegroundarounditwerethecowboy'

shome.Thereheenjoyedhotmeals,awarmfire,andgoodcompanionship。

Hecouldalsogetabandage，ahaircut,orhorselinimentforhissoremuscles。

Andthere，underthestarsandaroundthechuckwagon,hecrawledintohisbedrolleachnight。

28。

Whodoestheunderlinedword“entice”inparagraph1mean?

A.InformB。

DirectC。

EnableD.Attract

29.Whywerecattledrivesinthemid-to-late1800ssotough?

A.Allthecattlewerecarriedontwo—wheeledvehicles。

B.Freshfoodsupplieswerehardtofindonthedrive。

C.Therewerenotenoughcowboystodrivethecattle。

D.Therewasnoplacetostorefoodandnecessarysupplies.

30.WhatdoweknowaboutGoodnight'

schuckwagonfromthetext？

Itwasstrongerthantheordinarywagons.

B.Itwasmainlyusedtoprovidefirstaid.

C.Itcouldbechangedintoasleepingarea.

D.ItwassoldtootherranchersbyGoodnight.

31。

Whatisthebesttitleforthetext?

A.TheCowboys’Problem

B.Goodnight-LovingTrail

C.TheCowboys’HomeonWheels

D.ExcitingCattleDrivesintheWest

D

Dependingonwhatlanguageyouspeak，youreyeperceivescolours–andtheworld–differentlythansomeoneelse。

Thehumaneyecanphysicallyperceivemillionsofcolours.Butwedon’tallrecognisethesecoloursinthesameway。

Somepeoplecan’tseedifferencesincolours–socalledcolourblindness–duetoadefectorabsenceofthecellsintheretinathataresensitivetohighlevelsoflight:

thecones。

Butthedistributionanddensityofthesecellsalsovariesacrosspeoplewith‘normalvision’，causingusalltoexperiencethesamecolourinslightlydifferentways.

Languageaffectsourcolourperceptiontoo。

Differentlanguagesandculturalgroupsalsocategorizecoloursdifferently.SomelanguageslikeDani，spokeninPapuaNewGuinea，andBassa,spokeninLiberiaandSierraLeone,onlyhavetwoterms，darkandlight。

Darkroughlytranslatesascoolinthoselanguages,andlightaswarm.Socolourslikeblack,blue,andgreenareglossedascoolcolours，whilelightercolourslikewhite,red，orangeandyellowareglossedaswarmcolours.Otherculturalgroupshavenowordfor“colours"

atall。

Remarkably，mostoftheworld'

slanguageshavefivebasiccolourterms。

Aswellasdark,light,andred,theselanguagestypicallyhaveatermforyellow，andatermthatreferstobothblueandgreen.Thatis，theselanguagesdonothaveseparatet