广东省汕头市届高三教学质量测评试题英语.docx

1、广东省汕头市届高三教学质量测评试题英语 东平中学高三英语试题六I 语言知识及应用(共两节，满分45分)Having lived in the house for so long, we found our kitchen looked old. We decided it was time to 1 the kitchen, and my husband and I were discussing 2 colors. The children, sitting nearby, suddenly all spoke together: “Not the measuring stick.”“No,

2、” I 3 them. “Not the measuring stick.”The measuring stick isnt a (an) 4 stick but the kitchen side of the door between our kitchen and dining room. Along the edge weve 5 each childs growth by making a mark showing his or her 6 on every birthday. Over the years so many colored pens, pencils and marke

3、rs have been used, that now, this white door is somewhat like an abstract painting.Names and dates show different 7 , and I can tell by the script(手迹) who measured whom. An eight-year-old measured her three-year-old sister, a grandchild measured her grandmother, my husband measured me. At the partie

4、s, when this door 8 back and forth frequently, friends stop to 9 the names and dates. When we ask if they would like to be always remembered, they usually smile 10 and go back right up into place, 11 to be measured.Many of those listed on the door are still 12 ; some have stopped. Some remain with u

5、s only in 13 . When my mother came to see my eldest daughter graduate from university, we measured her too. It was her last visit to our home.We havent 14 the new kitchen color plan yet, but one thing is certain: whatever color we choose, the back of the kitchen door will always remain 15 , with lot

6、s of names and dates in various colors.1Arestore Brebuild Csell Drepaint 2Acomfortable Bpossible Cavailable Dchangeable 3Apromised Brepeated Cfollowed Dresponded 4Afalse B. wonderful Cactual Dobvious 5Akept B. witnessed Crecorded Daccompanied 6Aage B. weight Cname Dheight 7Ainformation B. handwritin

7、g Cstyle Dcharacteristic 8. Aadjusts B. shuts Copens Dswings 9Acopy B. read Cappreciate Dremove 10Aproudly B. automatically Cshyly Dcalmly 11Aready B. voluntary C. able Dunwilling 12Agrowing Bcontributing Cstudying Dworking 13Asight Bdesign Camazement Dmemory 14. Aconcerned about B. approved of C. d

8、ecided on D. relied on 15Afresh Bold Cwhite Doriginal第二节：语法填空 (共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)My friend Vernon Davies kept birds. One day he phoned and told me he was going away for a week. He asked me to feed 16 birds for him and said that he would leave the key 17 his front door in my mailbox. 18 (fortunate)

9、, I forgot all about the birds until the night before Vernon was going to return. What was worse, 19 was already dark when I arrived at his house. I soon found that the key Vernon gave me could not unlock either the front door 20 the back door. I was getting desperate. I kept thinking of 21 Vernon w

10、ould say when he came back.I was just going to give up 22 I noticed that one bedroom window was slightly open. I found a barrel and pushed in under the window. As the barrel was very heavy, I made a lot of noise. But in the end, I managed to climb 23 and open the window.I actually had one leg inside

11、 the bedroom when I suddenly realized that someone 24 (shine) a torch up at me. I looked down and saw a policeman and an old lady, one of Vernons neighbours. “What are you doing up there?” said the policeman. 25 (feel) like a complete fool, I replied, “I was just going to feed Mr Davies birds.”II 阅

12、读 (共两节，满分50分)AEven when youre extremely busy, you arent using your time with 100% efficiency. There are gaps in everyones schedule where they arent doing anything important. Even if your schedule has no gaps, there is probably lots of time where you arent working as fast or as effectively as you pos

13、sibly could.Why arent you completely efficient? Its because time isnt the limiting factor. If it were the limiting factor, people could work non-stop without breaks or any unproductive distractions(消遣). Instead, people, even those who are highly productive, need to take breaks, occasionally procrast

14、inate(拖延) and slow down on tasks throughout the day.The real and most important limiting factor for productivity is your energy levels to pay attention. Energy levels limit your productivity because when youre tired, you can have ample time and still not get everything done. Your attention ability i

15、s also limited, because even if there are a million things that need to be done, you can only focus on one or two at a time.You might not be able to insert another 4-5 hours into your schedule without making some sacrifices(牺牲). But even extremely busy people can add an hour or two into their schedu

16、le without cancelling anything. The reason its hard to “find time” isnt a lack of time. Its because you dont have enough energy left to focus on something else that needs to fit into your day.I first suspected time wasnt the real problem during an extremely busy period in my life over a year ago. I

17、was insanely busy, but at that time I still exercised regularly. I had daily to-do lists with over twenty items, and I still found time to exercise. However, after a few weeks off, due to illness, I stopped exercising. I was not busy by any standards, in fact, my schedule was incredibly light. Despi

18、te this free time, I found it hard to find time to exercise. It seemed to get pushed later and later into my schedule until it was gone. How can I explain this odd experience? I believe you have known it. 26. If someone cant work with 100% efficiency, the most important limiting factor is _.Aa sched

19、ule without gaps Bbreaks and distractionsCthe limited time Dthe limited energy27. According to paragraph 4, everyone, including the extremely busy people, can _.Awork without any rest Bfocus on many things at a timeCfind some more time in a day Ddo some exercise regularly28. After a few weeks off, w

20、hat was the change of the writers life?AHe had a longer daily to-do lists with over twenty items.BHe stopped doing exercise because of the lack of energy.CHe found it hard to find time to exercise because he was busier.DHe pushed most of the things later and later in his schedule.29. The writer give

21、s the example of himself in the last paragraph in order to _.Aprove what the real limiting factor is Bshow us how busily he needs to workCexplain how important a healthy body is Dtell us what an odd experience he has30. What is the best title of the passage?AAre You Really Lack of Time? BHow Can You

22、 Work Efficiently?CWhat Makes Your Energy Limited? DWhen Should You Do Exercise?BOutside our hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, a seemingly ancient woman waited beside the door with her hand outstretched. Every day I put my hand in hers as our eyes met. She never failed to return my smile, my grasp

23、, and my greeting. On the last day of our visit, I found myself alone on a busy corner across the street from our hotel. Bicycles and motorbikes rushed in front of me. As I hesitated on the sidewalk, I felt a hand on my elbow and looked down to see the smile of my small beggar friend looking up at m

24、e. She nodded her head toward the street, indicating that she would take me across. Together, we moved slowly into the chaos. Then we moved on toward the sidewalk, where she pulled my face down to hers, kissed me on both cheeks, and then left, still smiling and waving back to me.Traveling in poorer

25、nations, I have witnessed a variety of ways to deal with beggars. The most common response of tourists faced with the poverty-stricken is to ignore them and focus their eyes elsewhere. I have seen people push away an outstretched hand in angry annoyance. A few may drop a few coins into the hand in a

26、 hurry, hoping that other ragged pursuers wont immediately appear on the scene.For many reasons, giving money is not the best response to an outstretched hand. Many world travelers have discovered that the greatest gift they can give is their time and respect. Everyone needs recognition, to be seen

27、as worthy of being known, to feel appreciated and loved. And I believe that everyone is worthy and worth knowing.31. The woman beggars helped the author go across the busy street because _.Athe author gave her material assistance Bthe author treated her kindly and friendlyCthe author would help her

28、as a reward Dthe author was a foreigner32. From the story, what position of the beggars in the authors mind might be? Aequal Bsuperior Clower Dvaluable33. In common cases, people will do the following things to the beggars EXCEPT for _. Apretending to see nothing Bhanding out some money Crefusing th

29、em angrily Dgreeting them normally34. According to the author, the most important things beggars really need are _. Amercy and pity Bmoney and food Csmile and greeting Dattention and respect35. The purpose of the passage is to _. Ashow how poor the beggars are in Vietnam Boffer some advice on dealin

30、g with begging Cexpress what we should offer the beggars Ddescribe an experience with a beggarC As I grew older, Dad was to build all sorts of things for me as I explored a variety of interests: magic tricks, a toy circus, neighborhood shows and science projects. From as early as I can remember to t

31、he time I left home for college, I continued to come to him with a design or an idea, and he would figure out how to build it. In fifth grade, a schoolmate and I wrote a puppet(木偶) show that we wanted to perform for our class. I made the puppet heads myself, and I made the costumes and curtains with Mon-who was as expert designing and sewing with cloth as my father was designing and working with wood and metal. With Dad I made the puppet stage, in our own invented style between kid and adu