广东省广州市届高三英语考前训练试题广州三模新人教版.docx

1、广东省广州市届高三英语考前训练试题广州三模新人教版2013年广州市高三训练题英 语本试卷共10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2B铅笔在“考生号”处填涂考生号。用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己所在的市、县/区、学校以及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(A)填涂在答题卡相应位置上。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，答案必须写在答卷纸各题目指定区域内相应位置上

2、；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，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。I 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。Some years ago, Houston airport faced a troubling customer-relations issue. Passengers were making a huge number

3、of 1 about the long waits at baggage claim (行李提取处). In response, the airport managers 2 the number of baggage handlers. The plan worked: the average wait fell to eight minutes. But the complaints 3 despite the apparent success. 4 , the managers undertook a more careful, on-site analysis. They found

4、that it took passengers a minute to walk from their 5 gates to baggage claim and seven more minutes to get their bags. Roughly 88 percent of their time, in other words, was spent standing around 6 waiting for their bags.So the airport decided on a new approach: instead of reducing wait time, it 7 th

5、e arrival gates farther away from baggage claim area. Passengers now had to 8 six times longer to get their bags. Complaints dropped to near zero.This story shows a general 9 : the experience of waiting is defined only partly by the actual length of the wait. Often the psychology of queuing is more

6、10 than the length of the wait itself. Occupied time (walking to baggage claim) feels 11 than unoccupied time (standing at baggage claim). Research on 12 has shown that, on average, people overestimate how long theyve waited in a line by about 36 percent.This is also why one finds mirrors next to li

7、fts. The spread of high-rise buildings after World War II led to complaints about lift 13 . The motive behind the mirrors was 14 to the one used at the Houston airport: give people something to 15 their time, and the wait seems shorter. 1. A. suggestions B. questions C. complaints D. challenges 2. A

8、. evaluated B. counted C. decreased D. increased 3. A. continued B. disappeared C. doubled D. changed4. A. Annoyed B. Puzzled C. Discouraged D. Excited5. A. exit B. landing C. arrival D. departure6. A. uncomfortably B. aimlessly C. hopelessly D. impatiently 7. A. freed B. sent C. moved D. removed 8.

9、 A. wait B. walk C. waste D. sit9. A. principle B. approach C. belief D. reason10. A. scientific B. interesting C. useful D. important 11. A. slower B. shorter C. more difficult D. more painful12. A. figures B. baggage C. queuing D. standing 13. A. delays B. quality C. safety D. repairs14. A. devote

10、d B. superior C. familiar D. similar15. A. take B. occupy C. use D. value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。There was once a small boy who would never get dressed when his parents told him to, 16 would he wear what they wanted

11、 him to. He preferred unusual clothes, but above all, he liked taking his time. His parents were always in a rush, and wanted him to be much 17 (quick), but the boy didnt like this, 18 he would slow down even more.One day, his parents got so angry when he refused to dress, that they told him to go o

12、ut without any clothes at all. 19 (amuse), the boy followed his parents out of the door. He held a belief 20 nobody could do anything to him. As the boy stood outside his house with nothing on, waiting for his parents car, along came the local pig farmer. The farmer, 21 was almost deaf, had very poo

13、r eyesight. Not only that, but also he 22 (forget) his glasses that day. When he saw the boys pink skin, he thought it was one of his pigs. Shouting and pushing, the farmer forced 23 into a pig cage.The boy begged him to stop but the deaf farmer couldnt hear. When found by his parents, the terrified

14、 boy never again wanted to be mistaken 24 anything other than a human being. Now hes the first 25 (get) dressed, and always looks neat. II 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。 AThe future of written English will owe more to Hollywood films than Dickens

15、 or Shakespeare, if the findings of a study into childrens writing are anything to go by. Researchers who looked at the entries to a national competition found they were increasingly using American words such as garbage, trash can, sidewalk, candy, sneakers, soda, and flashlight.The stories, written

16、 by pupils aged 7 to 13, show how fairy cakes are referred to as cupcakes and a dinner jacket has become a tuxedo. “Smart” is now often used for “clever” and “cranky” for “irritable”.Television also has a powerful influence on childrens work, with Lady Gaga and Argentinean footballer Lionel Messi am

17、ong the famous names from TV cropping up repeatedly.But pupils are let down by basic spelling, punctuation and grammar, according to the study by Oxford University Press (OUP), which looked at the entries to BBC Radio Twos “500 Words” competition.Children struggled to correctly spell simple words su

18、ch as “does” and “clothes” and often failed to use the past tense correctly, frequently writing “rised” instead of “rose” or “thinked” instead of “thought”.Researchers also found that punctuation was underused, especially semi-colons and speech marks. Some did not know how to use capital letters. Ho

19、wever, exclamation marks were overused. Researchers found 35,171 examples in total, with some young writers using five at a time！Popular US fiction such as the Twilight novels and films is thought to be fueling the increasing use of American vocabulary and spelling. Meanwhile, fears that texting was

20、 corrupting childrens written work were unfounded, they said, with youngsters only using text language when they were referring to a text message.Samantha Armstrong from OUP said: “Perhaps we are catching a glimpse of the language of the future.” Chris Evans, whose radio show runs the competition, s

21、aid the results were “fascinating”, adding: “Whod have thought that Messi and Gaga would be some of the most used names?”26. According to the passage, which of the following is an example of British English? A. sneakers B. fairy cakes C. tuxedo D. cranky27. Which of the following was NOT frequently

22、found in the pupils stories? A. Text message language. B. A variety of Americanisms. C. Overuse of exclamation marks. D. Names of famous TV stars.28. What can we infer from the passage? A. Lionel Messi is now the most famous footballer in Britain. B. American movies and books are increasingly popula

23、r in Britain. C. The national writing competition is organised by Oxford University Press.D. Written English is more influenced by classical literature than popular US culture.29. The underlined phrase “unfounded” in Paragraph 7 probably means _. A. unbearable B. unnoticeable C. not found D. not bas

24、ed on facts30. The passage is intended to _. A. show that British children have spellings and grammar abilities B. share the experience about how to teach written English in a correct way C. discuss the noticeable changes and evolution of written English in Britain D. criticize the influence of popu

25、lar US culture on British childrens language use BBissel is a small village of the West Sahara. It lies next to a l.5-square-kilometer oasis（绿洲）, from where three days and nights are generally required to go out of the desert. However, before Ken Levin discovered it in 1926, none of the Bissel villa

26、gers had ever walked out of the desert. Reportedly, they were not unwilling to leave this barren land. Many had previously tried but failed, always somehow finding themselves back at the oasis after several days of trying to walk out.When interviewed by Ken Levin, an expert at the British Royal Coll

27、ege of Sciences, the villagers explained that no matter which direction they walked it always brought them back to the village. Why couldnt the Bissel villagers walk out of the desert? Levin was very puzzled. He had, by himself, managed to walk north from the village and reach the nearest town in th

28、ree and a half days. He decided to carry out an experiment to solve the mystery. He and a Bissel villager called Argutel, would walk out of the desert together. They prepared enough water for a half-a-month journey and two camels. But this time Ken Levin didnt bring his compass. Levin would follow A

29、rgutel. Ten days later, they had walked for about 500 miles but were still in the desert. On the 11th morning, an oasis came into their view. They were back at Bissel. Levin now understood why the Bissel people couldnt escape the desert. They had no knowledge of the North Star, which had for centuri

30、es provided sailors and other travelers with a point of direction. In the desert, if a person goes forward relying only on their senses, they will not be able to travel in a straight line. Rather they will travel in a very large circle and eventually track back to where they began. Levin explained t

31、o Argutel the function of the North Star and said, “As long as you rest in the daytime and walk towards the brightest star at night, you would be able to walk out of the desert.” Argutel did as he was told. Three days later, he came to the edge of the desert. Now in the West Sahara, Bissel has becom

32、e a bright pearl, where tens of thousands of tourists come every year. Argutels bronze statue stands in the center of the town. On its base are the words: _.31. Villagers in Bissel had never walked beyond the desert because _.A. they had no method to find their way out B. they were discouraged by their failures C. they had a fear of the outside worldD. the