广东省广州广雅中学第二学期高三英语月考试题文档格式.docx

1、第一部分 阅读（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 A、B、C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWhen her five daughters were young, Helene An always told them that there was strength in unity （团结）. To show this, she held up one chopstick, representing one person. Then she easily broke it into two pieces. Nex

2、t, she tied several chopsticks together, representing a family. She showed the girls it was hard to break the tied chopsticks. This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up.Helene An and her family own a large restaurant business in California. However, when Helene and her

3、 husband Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975, they didnt have much money. They moved their family to San Francisco. There they joined Dannys mother, Diana, who owned a small Italian sandwich shop. Soon afterwards, Helene and Diana changed the sandwich shop into a small Vietnamese restaurant. Th

4、e five daughters helped in the restaurant when they were young. However, Helene did not want her daughters to always work in the family business because she thought it was too hard.Eventually the girls all graduated from college and went away to work for themselves, but one by one, the daughters ret

5、urned to work in the family business. They opened new restaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Even though family members sometimes disagreed with each other, they worked together to make the business successful. Daughter Elisabeth explains, “Our mother taught us that to succeed we must have un

6、ity, and to have unity we must have peace. Without the strength of the family, there is no business.”Their expanding business became a large corporation in 1996, with three generations of Ans working together. Now the Ans corporation makes more than $20 million each year. Although they began with a

7、small restaurant, they had big dreams, and they worked together. Now they are a big success.1Helene tied several chopsticks together to show_.Athe strength of family unity Bthe difficulty of growing upCthe advantage of chopsticks Dthe best way of giving a lesson2We can learn from Paragraph 2 that th

8、e An family_.Astarted a business in 1975 Bleft Vietnam without much moneyCbought a restaurant in San Francisco Dopened a sandwich shop in Los Angeles3. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?AHow to Run a Corporation BStrength Comes from PeaceCHow to Achieve a Big Dream DFamily

9、 Unity Builds SuccessB Thirteen can be a challenging age. Not only did I have to adapt to my changing body，I also had to deal with my parents bitter divorce, a new family and the upsetting move from my country home to a crowded town. When we moved, my beloved（心爱的） companion, a small brown pony had t

10、o be sold. I was heartbroken and terribly lonely. I couldnt eat or sleep and cried all the time. Finally, realizing how much I missed my pony，my father bought me another horse，Cowboy.Cowboy was without doubt the ugliest horse in the world. But I didnt care. I loved him beyond all reason. I joined a

11、riding club. When Cowboy and I entered the events where the horse was judged by appearance，we were quickly “shown the gate”I knew nothing could turn Cowboy into a beauty. My only chance to compete would be in the timed speed events. I chose the jumping race. For the whole next month we practiced run

12、ning and jumping for hours in the hot sun and then I would walk Cowboy home，totally exhausted. All of our hard work didnt make me feel confident by the time the show came. One girl named Becky rode a big brown horse in the race events. She always won the blue ribbons. I sat at the gate and sweated a

13、ll out while I watched Becky and her horse charge through the court and finish in first place. My turn finally came. At the signal, we dashed toward the first fence, jumped over it without trouble and raced on to the next one. Cowboy then flew over the second, third and fourth fences like a bird and

14、 I turned him toward the finish line. No cheers filled the air. The end of our run was met with surprised silence. Cowboy and I had beaten Becky and her fancy horse by two seconds. I gained much more than a blue ribbon that day. At thirteen, I realized that no matter what the odds（希望, 可能性; 几率） are,

15、Id always come out a winner if I wanted something badly enough to work for it. I can be the owner of my fate.4Why did the author like Cowboy so much in spite of its ugliness? ABecause she loved horses more than anything else. BBecause Cowboy was a strong and smart young horse. CBecause Cowboy had a

16、lot in common with her pony. DBecause she was sad and lonely and needed a companion.5The audience fell into silence at the end of the run probably because _ Athey didnt expect Cowboy would win the event Bthey were unhappy that Becky was beaten in the event Cthey didnt like Cowboy, for it was too ugl

17、y Dthey never saw a horse running as fast as Cowboy6After the competition, the author came to realize that _ Ashe ought to gather the courage to solve all the problems Bit was time to forget her pony and treat Cowboy better Cshe needed to work harder to win more blue ribbons Dshe could be the god of

18、 her own fate if she tried hard enough7It can be inferred from the story that _ Aall of their hard training was totally in vain Ba blue ribbon must be the second highest prize CCowboy lost in the event of being judged by appearance Dboth Becky and the author won in the jumping eventCThe Boy Made It!

19、 On Sunday, Nicholas, a teenager, went skiing at Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine. In the early afternoon, when he was planning to go home, a fierce snowstorm swept into the area. Unable to see far, he accidentally turned off the path. Before he knew it, Nicholas was lost, all alone! He didnt have food,

20、water, a phone, or other supplies. He was getting colder by the minute. Nicholas had no idea where he was. He tried not to panic.He thought about all of the survival shows he had watched on TV. It was time to put the tips he had learned to use. He decided to stop skiing. There was a better chance of

21、 someone finding him if he stayed out. The first thing he did was to find shelter from the freezing wind and snow. If he didnt, his body temperature would get very low, which could quickly kill him. Using his skis, Nicholas built a snow cave. He gathered a huge mass of snow and dug out a hole in the

22、 middle. Then he piled branches on top of himself, like a blanket, to stay as warm as he could. By that evening, Nicholas was really hungry. He ate snow and drank water from a nearby stream so that his body wouldnt lose too much water. Not knowing how much longer he could last, Nicholas did the only

23、 thing he couldhe huddled （蜷缩） in his cave and slept. The next day, Nicholas went out to look for help, but he couldnt find anyone. He followed his tracks and returned to the snow cave, because without shelter, he could die that night. On Tuesday, Nicholas went out again to find help. He had walked

24、for about a mile when a volunteer searcher found him. After two days stuck in the snow, Nicholas was saved. Nicholas might not have survived this snowstorm if it had not been for TV. He had often watched Grylls survival show Man vs.Wild. Thats where he learned the tips that saved his life. In each e

25、pisode （一期节目） of Man vs. Wild, Grylls is abandoned in a wild area and has to find his way out.When Grylls heard about Nicholas amazing deeds, he was super impressed that Nicholas had made it since he knew better than anyone how hard Nicholas had to work to stay alive.8What happened to Nicholas one S

26、unday afternoon? AHe got lost. BHe broke his skis. CHe hurt his eyes. DHe caught a cold.9How did Nicholas keep himself warm? AHe found a shelter. BHe lighted some branches. CHe kept on skiing. DHe built a snow cave.10On Tuesday, Nicholas _ Areturned to his shelter safely Bwas saved by a searcher Cgo

27、t stuck in the snow Dstayed where he was11Nicholas left Grylls a very deep impression because he _ Adid the right things in the dangerous situation Bwatched Grylls TV program regularly Ccreated some tips for survival Dwas very hardworkingD Getting rid of dirt, in the opinion of most people, is a goo

28、d thing. However, there is nothing fixed about attitudes to dirt.In the early 16th century, people thought that dirt on the skin was a means to block out disease, as medical opinion had it that washing off dirt with hot water could open up the skin and let ills in. A particular danger was thought to

29、 lie in public baths. By 1538, the French king had closed the bath houses in his kingdom. So did the king of England in 1546. Thus began a long time when the rich and the poor in Europe lived with dirt in a friendly way. Henry ,King of France, was famously dirty. Upon learning that a nobleman had ta

30、ken a bath, the king ordered that, to avoid the attack of disease, the nobleman should not go out. Though the belief in the merit （优点,价值） of dirt was long-lived, dirt has no longer been regarded as a nice neighbor ever since the 18th century. Scientifically speaking, cleaning away dirt is good to he

31、alth. Clean water supply and hand washing are practical means of preventing disease.Yet, it seems that standards of cleanliness have moved beyond science since World War . Advertisements repeatedly sell the idea: clothes need to be whiter than white, cloths ever softer, surfaces to shine. Has the hate for dirt, however, gone too far?Attitudes to dirt still differ hugely nowadays. Many firsttime parents nervous