广东省届高三第二次模拟考试英语试题.docx

广东省届高三第二次模拟考试英语试题.docx

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广东省届高三第二次模拟考试英语试题

本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分,共8页。

全卷满分120分,考试用时120分钟。

注意事项：

1,因本试卷不考听力,第I卷从第二部分的“阅读理解”开始,试题序号从“21”开始。

2.答卷前,考生须认真核对条形码上的姓名、考生号、考场号和座位号,并将其贴在指定位置,然后用0.5毫米黑色字迹签字笔将自己所在的县（市、区）、学校以及自己的姓名、考生号、考场号和座位号填写在答题卡和试卷的指定位置,并用2B铅笔在答题卡的“考生号”处填涂考生号。

3.回答选择题时,选出每小题答案后,用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑;回答非选择题时,将答案写在答题卡上,写在本试卷上无效。

4.考试结束后,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

第I卷

第二部分阅读理解（共两节,满分40分）

第一节（共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分）

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

OUsupportsopenlearning

TheOpeningUniversitycallsit"OUsupportsopenlearning".It'samethodofdistancelearningthat'saccessibletoeverybodylivingintheEuropeanUnion.Therearealsoanumberofcourseswhichcanbefollowedonlinebythoseoutsidethesecountries.

◆TeachingSupport

AnOpeningUniversitystudentworkswithinasmallgroupwhoareincommunicationwiththeirtutorbypost,fax,telephoneande-mail.Thetutorsfunctionistomarkthestudent'swork,tocommentuponitandofferanyassistancerequired.StudentsintheUnitedKingdomusuallyhaveanopportunityofattendingdayschools,whichbringthegrouptogetherwiththetutoratthespecificphasesofthecourse,forthepurposeofgrouptutoring.

◆CourseMaterials

TheOpenUniversitylearningmaterialsconsistoftextbookspreparedforeachcourseaswellasassignmentsheets.ManystudentshaveaPCwithsoftware,audioandvideocassettes.

◆Television:

OU,theLearningZone

TheOpeningUniversityworksincooperationwiththeBBCinthemakingofprogramsthatwillassistmanystudentsinthecourses.KnownastheLearningZone,thisseriesofprogramscanbeviewedlivebystudentsintheUK,studentsinothercountriescanreceivetheprogramsonvideo.

◆ComputersandtheOpenUniversity

ComputersareabasicpartofmanyOpenUniversitystudies.TheyareavailableforrentaltostudentsstudyingatLevelOnecoursessuchas"UsingMathematics","You,YourComputerandtheNet",and"DiscoveringScience".TheOpenUniversitybelievesintheimportanceofacquiringcomputerskills,manyofwhichwillbevaluableafterthestudenthascompletedthecourse.

21.WhatdoweknowabouttheOpeningUniversity?

A.Itfocusesmostoncomputerskills.

B.Itprovidesstudentscoursesonline.

C.ItonlyintendsforstudentsinBritain.

D.ItassiststheBBCtoarrangespecialcourses.

22.StudentsintheUKattendingdayschoolsoftheOpeningUniversitycan________.

A.betutored

B.celebratetheirgraduations

C.marktheothers'homework

D.haveateamworkwiththeBBC

23.Whatisthepurposeofthetext?

A.Toadvertisespecialcomputerskillsintheuniversity.

B.TointroduceopenlearningfromtheOpeningUniversity.

C.ToshowalternativecoursesfromtheOpeningUniversity.

D.Totellaboutassignmentsheetsintheuniversitytextbooks.

B

LastyearmydaughterandIrescuedseveralhurtstreetbabydogsandwehadthehomelessdogvaccinated（接种疫苗）andtakeninbyalocalanimalrescuecenterhereinMumbai,Indiawherewe,liveasforeigners.Wehavebeenvolunteeringatthesheltereversince.Iwasrecentlyfeelingthepushtoservemore,soIscheduledaSaturdayvisit.

Mydaughterhadsocialinvitations,butshealsofeltthepushtovisittheshelter,sosheplannedtogotherewithherfriendsandme,laterinthedayinstead.Wepiledupoldblankets,sheetsandpillowstotakealonganddonate.Onarrivingandtouring,wemet500dogsand200catsbeingcaredforatthisshelter.Afterthetourweservedmealstothepuppiesinthesickorinjuredpuppyroom.Weheldandcomfortedthosewhowouldclearlysurvivetheirinjuriesandseveralwhoweresosickthatthevolunteervetonhandsaidtheyhada50%chanceofbeingalivenextweek.Thenwefedtwosickandabandonedyoungkittens.

WhilefeedingtheanimalsIwatchedtheworkerswhowerecleaningoutsomeofthedoghouseswithhealthydogswhowouldbereturnedtothestreets.Iwastouchedmostbyhowoftentheystoppedintheirdutytopetandplaywiththesedogs.Theydiditwithsuchlove.Whilesomeworkersandvolunteerswerepaid,otherswerepaidnothingtosupporttheseanimals.

MydaughterandIstayedfor4-5hours,beyondthetimeshehadscheduledtomeetfriendsforlunch.Shechosetocancelhersocialdateandspendmoretimewiththeseanimalsdespitethetoughconditions.Tiredanddirty,wefeltblessedtosharesometimewithpeoplewhocaredeeplyforrelievingthesufferingofsomanyvulnerablebeings.Andthenwewentback.Mayallthesickandinjuredanimalsberelievedoftheirsuffering.

24.WhydidtheauthorplanaSaturdayvisittotheshelter?

A.Toapplytobearealsocialvolunteer.

B.Tobuilduphomesforhomelessdogs.

C.Todomoreworkforhomelessanimals.

D.Toattendherdaughter'sgatheringswithfriends.

25.Accordingtothesecondparagraph,______.

A.notallofthehurtanimalsinthesheltercouldkeepalive

B.theauthor'sdaughterfinallyacceptedsocialinvitations

C.theauthormerelyfedsickdogswithhisdaughterandfriends

D.mosthurtanimalsintheshelterhavea50%chanceofbeingalive

26.Whatmovedtheauthormostwhilevolunteering?

A.Theanimalsledahappylifeintheshelter.

B.Theworkersshoweddeeplovetotheanimals.

C.Theworkerswerepaidnothingtodotheirwork.

D.Manyhealthyanimalswouldcomebacktothestreets.

27.Whatisthelastparagraphmainlyabout?

A.Thescheduleoftheauthor'sdaughter.

B.Theauthor'swishtoreturntocareanimals.

C.Thereasonsfortheauthor'sdaughtermissinghersocialdate.

D.Thefeelingsofthefatheranddaughterasvolunteersintheshelter.

C

AsurveyofuniversitybackgroundsofheadsofmajorglobalcompaniesfoundthatHarvardintheUnitedStateswasthemostlikelyplacetohavestudiedin.

TheTimesHigherEducationmagazinerankedtheuniversitiesattendedbychiefexecutiveofficers（CEO）ofFortuneGlobal500companies.TherearefourUSuniversitiesinthetop10,withthreefromFrance,twofromJapanandonefromSouthKorea.ThehighestrankedUKuniversityisOxfordin21stplace.

Thisleaguetable,describedastheAlmaMaterIndex,showswhichuniversitiesaroundtheworldtaughtthebossesofsomeoftheworld’sbiggestcompanies.Onein20hadadegreefromasingleinstitution,Harvard.ThisincludedMargaretC.WhitmanofHewlett-Packard,JeffreyR.ImmeltofGeneralElectricandVittorioColaoofVodafone.

Butthetop10forproducingbusinessleadersdoesnotcontainalltheusualnamesthatappearatthetopofuniversityrankings.OxfordandCambridgeareabsent,buttheUniversityofPennsylvaniaintheUSandKeioUniversityinJapanareincluded,alongwiththreeFrenchuniversities,headedbytheEcolePolytechnique.

Acrossthetop100,universitiesfromtheUSdominate,followedbyuniversitiesinChina,Japan,FranceandGermany.TherearemoreCeoswhowenttouniversityinAsiathaninEurope.Intermsofnationalcomparisons,UKuniversitiesproducedthesixthhighestnumberofglobalchiefexecutives,withOxfordin21stplaceandCambridgein45thplace.

ButeventhoughHarvardmighthavetaughtthebiggestnumberofbossesfromthetop500companies,itwasnotattendedbyanyoftheheadsofthebiggest10companies,whowerefromamorediverserangeofuniversities.

RoyalDutchShellisheadedbyagraduateofZurichUniversityofAppliedSciences;WalmartisheadedbyastudentofGeorgiaTechandExxonMobilhasachiefexecutivefromtheUniversityofTexas,Austin.ThreeoftheleadersofthesebiggestcompanieswenttouniversityinChinaandtheheadofVolkswagenwenttouniversityinStuttgart.

28.HowmanyAsianuniversitiesareamongtheworld’stop10universitiesforglobalCEOs?

A.One

B.Two

C.Three

D.Four

29.Whatdoestheunderlinedword"dominate"inParagraph5probablymean?

A.Decrease.

B.Accelerate.

C.Takethelead.

D.Makegreatprogress.

30.WhatcanwelearnabouttheUKuniversities?

A.CambridgeUniversityrankshighestamongthem.

B.Noneofthemareamongthetop10listofthesurvey.

C.TheyperformedbetterthanFrenchuniversitiesonthelist.

D.TheyproducedthesecondmostnumberofglobalCEOs.

31.Whichofthefollowingcanbethebesttitleforthetext?

A.TheRankingsoftheFamousUniversitiesintheWorld

B.WhichIsDescribedasthebestUniversityintheworld?

C.StudentsAreCurrentlyEnteringVarioustop-classUniversities.

D.WhichUniversityTopstheLeagueTableofWhereBossesStudied?

D

Couldyourweekendlie-in（睡懒觉）killyou?

”askedtheDailymail.Itissaidinastudythatsleepingmoreatweekendscanincreasetheriskofheartdisease.Sincemostofuschangeoursleepscheduledependingonwhetherit'saworkornon-workday,it'saninterestingquestion.Isthelie-inreallysodangerous?

Researcherssaythatchangingsleeppatternscausessocialjetlag.Isthatevenathing?

Changingoursleepinghourscausestheeffectofcrossingatimezone-itmakesussleepyduringtheday.Peoplewhochangedtheirsleeppatternswerealsomorelikelytogainweightduringthestudyandmoresuitedtogoingtobedandwakinglatebecauseofthechangeoftheirbiologicalclock.Theyweremoreatriskofthesechangesthanearliersleepersandrisers.Thestudyalsoshowsanassociationbetweenswitchingsleeppatternsandchangesinsomebloodresults.Itdoesnotshowthatanyone'sdevelopingheartdiseasewasbecausetheyhadlie-ins.

JimHorne,oneoftheprofessorsoftheSleepResearchCentreatLoughboroughUniversity,saystheconceptofsocialjetlagislikelytofeedouranxietyaboutsleep,soweshouldreallystopworryingsomuchandhavealimitedweekendlie-in.Worryisbadforsleepandwenaturallycompensatefornotgettingenoughrestintheweekbylying-inatweekends,soweshould