广东省茂名市高三第二次模拟考试英语试题.docx

1、广东省茂名市高三第二次模拟考试英语试题茂名市2012年第二次高考模拟考试英 语 试 卷本试卷共12页,三大题,满分135分。考试用时120分钟。注意事项：1. 答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、座位号填写在答题卡上。用2B铅笔将试卷类型(B)填涂在答题卡相应位置上。将条形码横贴在答题卡右上角“条形码粘贴处”。 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选项的答案信息点涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。 3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉

2、原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。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。考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。 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115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。Electronic books have changed the way many people read for pleasure. Now online textbooks are changing the way some student

3、s1 and some teachers teach.More than 175，000 students2 the public schools in Fairfax County, Virginia, outside Washington. Last year, the school system used digital3 in fifteen schools. This school year, middle schools and high schools changed from4 to electronic textbooks in their social studies cl

4、asses.Luke Rosa is a history teacher at Falls Church High School. His5 work on school laptop computers. He explains the idea to them this way: I mean, its just like a6 textbook, except its got it all online.Peter Noonan, a leader of schools, says with electronic textbooks, publishers can quickly7 th

5、e content with the latest information. He says: The worlds changing 8 . And the online textbooks can change right along with the events that are happening. He says digital books also cost9 than printed textbooks: Usually its in the neighborhood of between fifty and seventy dollars to10 a textbook fo

6、r each student, which adds up to11 eight million dollars for all of our students in Fairfax County. We12 have purchased all of the online textbooks for our students for just under six million dollars.But the students also need13 to the Internet when they are not at school. About ten percent of stude

7、nts in Fairfax County do not have a computer or online access at14 . Stephen Castillo is one of them. He has to go the public library, which has free15 . 1.A.readB. learnC. behaveD. speak2.A.visitB. leaveC. desireD. attend3.A.camerasB. booksC. librariesD. data4.A. printedB. orderedC. usedD. priced5.

8、A. studentsB. colleaguesC. leadersD. friends6.A. digitalB. popularC. regularD. different7.A. presentB. provideC. chargeD. update8.A. peacefullyB. consistentlyC. steadilyD. unnoticeably9.A. lessB. moreC. higherD. better10.A. rentB. downloadC. buyD. record11.A. exactlyB. permanentlyC. doubtfullyD. rou

9、ghly12.A. actuallyB. unwillinglyC. hopefullyD. fortunately13.A. entranceB. approachC. accessD. admission14.A. schoolB. workC. handD. home15.A. seatsB. InternetC. textbooksD. homework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1625的相应位置上。I was fee

10、ling sad because my mother was out of job. It left me wondering 16 was going to happen to us. I got off the college shuttle bus and started walking. Then I heard piano music and singing rising above the noise of the people and the traffic. I walked much17 (slow) so I could find out where it was comi

11、ng 18 . Through the crowd I saw a young lady sitting at a piano with a carriage next to her. She was singing songs19 love and keeping on trying, and not underestimating（低估） the power within yourself. The way she was singing comforted me a bit. I stood there 20 (watch) her play for about fifteen minu

12、tes, thinking that 21 must take courage to perform on her own in the middle of a crowd.She must have felt my presence because she would occasionally look in my direction. By now I was telling 22 that if she could perform in front of hundreds of people 23 she didnt know, I could at least tell her how

13、 good she sounded. I walked over，24 (put) some money in her carriage and said, Thank you. I have been going through a rough time lately, but youve made me 25 (hope) again. 阅读 (共两节，满分50分)第一节 阅读理解 (共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。AWhether were 2 years old or 62, our reason

14、s for lying are mostly the same: to get out of trouble, for personal gain and to make ourselves look better in the eyes of others. But a growing body of research is raising questions about how a childs lie is different from an adults lie, and how the way we deceive changes as we grow.“Parents and te

15、achers who catch their children lying should not be alarmed. Their children are not going to turn out to be abnormal liars,” says Dr. Lee, a professor at the University of Toronto and director of the Institute of Child Study. He has spent the last 15 years studying how lying changes as kids get olde

16、r, why some people lie more than others as well as which factors can reduce lying. The fact that children tell lies is a sign that they have reached a new developmental stage. Dr. Lee conducted a series of studies in which they bring children into a lab with hidden cameras. Children and young adults

17、 aged 2 to 17 are likely to lie while being told not to look at a toy, which is put behind the childs back. Whether or not the child takes a secret look is caught on tape.For young kids, the desire to cheat is big and 90% take a secret look in these experiments. When the test-giver returns to the ro

18、om, the child is asked if he or she looked secretly. At age 2, about a quarter of children will lie and say they didnt. By 3, half of kids will lie, and by 4, that figure is 90%, studies show.Researchers have found that its kids with better understanding abilities who lie more. Thats because to lie

19、you also have to keep the truth in mind, which includes many brain processes, such as combining several sources of information and faking that information. The ability to lie and lie successfully is thought to be related to development of brain regions that allow so called “executive functioning”, o

20、r higher order thinking and reasoning abilities. Kids who perform better on tests that involve executive functioning also lie more.26. Whats the purpose of children telling lies? A. To help their friends out.B. To get rid of trouble. C. To get attention from others. D. To create a popular image.27.

21、The underlined word “deceive” in Paragraph 1 can be replaced by “ ”.A. tell liesB. handle troublesC. raise questions D. do research28. From the second paragraph we can know that . A. which factors can reduce lyingB. why some lie more than othersC. it is normal for kids to tell liesD. how lying chang

22、es as kids grow29. It can be inferred from the passage that .A. childrens lies are the same as adultsB. the better kids are, the more they lie C. the older kids are, the more they lieD. kids always keep the truth in their mind 30. What is NOT included in the passage?A. The reasons why kids tell lies

23、.B. Which kind of kids tells more lies.C. Experiments about lying of young kids. D. What to do with lying children.BAfter three years on horseback, Tim Cope has followed the route of Genghis Khan(成吉思汗) and other Asian nomads(游牧民族) who crossed into Europe over the centuries.The 28-year-old Australian

24、 arrived in Hungary on Saturday, Sept. 22, ending a 6200-mile travel through Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Southern Russia and Ukraine. Surrounded by his traveling companions his dog and three horses, Cope said,“Im very happy to be here. Sometimes I didnt think I would ever arrive.”Cope was inspired to make

25、 the horseback journey during a bicycle trip from Moscow to Beijing. Trying to push his bike through the sands of the Gobi Desert, Cope watched in frustration as nomad horsemen appeared out of nowhere and disappeared over the horizon.That got him interested in nomad life and the journey by ancient A

26、sian groups. He set off from Mongolia in 2004 for a trip he thought would take 18 months. It ended up taking three years, and in late 2006, he had to return to Australia for several months when his father died in a car crash.Cope quickly learned to trust the wisdom of locals. “In Mongolia, the nomad

27、s always told me that wolves were the most dangerous things and I didnt believe them at first.” he said. Then one night he found himself surrounded by wolves. “When you hear that cry alone at night in the forest, its one of the most frightening sounds youll ever hear,” Cope said. “After that I took

28、their advice and threw firecrackers out my tent door every night to keep the wolves away.”Cope says he probably spent about half of his nights in his tent and the rest in farm houses and huts of strangers along the way. “In Kazakhstan, they believe that if you invite a guest, luck will fly into your

29、 house.”Cope wants to write a book and shoot a film about his voyage, and is already imagining future adventures in northwest China and the Middle East.“Its my way of life. It was not just a trip,” Cope said. “Ill be back in the saddle(马鞍) as soon as I can.”31. Tim Cope decided to make the horseback

30、 journey because .A. it was impossible to make the journey by bike B. Genghis Khan was the person he admired most C. he wanted to visit Hungary where he had never beenD. he was fascinated by the life of nomad horsemen32. What is the correct time order of the following events?a. Tim Cope went through

31、 the Gobi desert.b. Tim Cope arrived in Hungary.c. Tim Cope left Mongolia.d. Tim Cope returned to Australia.A. a-c-d-bB. c-d-b-aC. b-a-c-dD. c-a-d-b33. Tim Cope arrived in Hungary in .A. March, 2004B. March, 2006C. September, 2006D. September, 200734. Copes words underlined in the last paragraph mean that he will .A. come back to Australia B. devote his life to adventuresC. travel on horseback soon D. take this journey again35. The passage is mainly about .A. an Australians ambition to take adventuresB. a rider who completes a horseback journeyC. a modern young man who lives nomad life D