2017年廣州二模英語試卷

1、2017年廣州市普通高中畢業(yè)班綜合測試（二）英 語（2017.4）第二部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分 40 分） 第一節(jié) （共 15 小題；每小題 2 分，滿分 30 分） 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。AMany people would love to leave their jobs behind and have a life-changing adventure overseas. They imaginelying under palm trees as the sun goes down. However, life overseas

2、is not always easy, and many are not prepared forthe shock of living in an alien culture.The honeymoon periodAt first, for those who actually decide to move abroad, life is an exciting adventure. They enjoy exploring theirnew surroundings, and life seems like an extended holiday. They don the local

3、cuisine and discovering the local culture.They can even afford to practice their foreign- language skills without fear of making mistakes.Trouble in paradiseIn many cases, when people consider moving to another country, they often fail to realize how different life will be.As time goes by, they beco

4、me frustrated when language and cultural misunderstandings become a daily headache. Inthis stage, the visitors begin to withdraw from life in the host country and avoid spending time with local people in favorof mixing with others from their own cultural background.The road to recoveryGradually, mos

5、t visitors realize they must accept the differences and not fight against them. This changeencourages them to improve their language skills and slowly they manage to do the things they could easily do at home,such as opening a bank account. This new-found confidence enables them to see a side of lif

6、e which very few touristsget to witness.Adjusting to life abroad can often be a real problem. The secret to overcoming it is to stop trying to change yourhost country: you will not succeed. If not, you risk losing your dream and having to return to the old life you wanted toleave behind.t mind21. Wh

7、y do people moving abroad feel excited at first?A. They find foreign living much easier.B. They have the n ecessary Ian guage skills.C. They love the adve nture and explorati on.D. They enjoy meeti ng people from differe nt cultures.22. Accord ing to the author, what is the main problem many people

8、moving abroad face?A. Homesick ness.B. Culture shock.23. What would the author suggest people moving abroad do?A. Study the local la nguage.B. Go on holidays freque ntly.C. Lear n how to ope n a bank acco unt.D. Seek out people from their home coun try.BAustralia loves interesting money. In 1988, it

9、 was the first country to replace paper money with special plastic banknotes. Now it s in troduced a new five-dollar bill so tech no logically adva needthat many experts are calli ng it the money of the future!At first glanee, the new note looks much like the old one. It has the same pink colour and

10、 main pictures on the front andback. But look closer, and you will notice a clear window running down the middle, surro un ded by images of the yellowPrickly Moses, a type of Australia n pla nt.Tilt（使傾斜）the note a little and you will see the Easter n Spin ebill, an Australia n bird, beat ingits wing

11、s as if trying to fly away. Turn the bill from side to side, and you will no tice the picture of asmall buildi ng at the bottom of the note spins, and the image of“ 5 ” cha nges positi on. WhileC. Health problems.D. Lack of employme nt.thmoveable features are impressive and en terta ining, that was

12、not the reas on Australia n gover nment officials spent tenyears developing them. Their primary purpose was to make it impossible for criminals to produce their own fake notes.The new five-dollar note also has something to help blind people easily identify the money. It has s raised bumpalongside th

13、e top and bottom, enabling blind people to quickly determine its value.The credit for persuading the Australian government to add this all-important bump goes to 15- year-old ConnorMcLeod. The blind Sydney teenager came up with the idea in 2014 after being unable to tell how much money he hadreceive

14、d for Christmas. Connor says he was so embarrassed at not being able to see the difference between notes that heonly carried coins to pay for food at not being able to see the difference between notes that he only carried coins to pay forfood at the school cafeteria. To convince the government offic

15、ials of his idea, Connor started a website that got huge publicattention.The government will add this feature to the new $10 bill which comes out in late 2017, as well as the updated $20, $50,and $100 bills that are still being designed.24. Which picture does NOT move when the banknote is tilted ?A.

16、 The bird. B. The number. C. The plants. D. The building.25. What was the main reason the Australian government created the new banknote?A. To make the note more difficult to copy.B. To show the country s advanced technology.C. To help blind people more easily use money.D. To make the not s appearan

17、ce more attractive.26. What can we guess about Australian coins?A. They are different in size or shape.B. They are required in school cafeterias.C. They are more frequently used than notes.D. They are more convenient for young people.27. What did Connor do to persuade the government?A. He wrote a le

18、tter to the leaders.B. He organized an online meeting.C. He sought support on the Internet.D. He requested a special Christmas gift.At this year Tsechnology Forum, speakers include world-famous people, such as Steve Wozniak, co-founder of AppleComputer, and lesser-known individuals with great ideas

19、to change the world. One of the latter is Jonny Cohen, a high schoolsenior, green businessman and creator of GreenShields.Since Cohen was a child, he has been innovating and inventing. When he was 12 and took science classes atNorthwestern University, he saw a school bus and had an idea: what if the

20、 shape of school bus was improved to make itmore fuel efficient? This would greatly reduce the amount of pollution it produced. He set about making a wind tunnel in hisparents metal plates or shields on toy school buses to test them. The result: his shields redirected theairflow over and around the

21、bus, decreased wing drag, and produced better fuel economy and lesspollution.Cohen went through various experiments to improve his GreenShields invention. With the help ofMIT and Cook-Illinois Bus Company, which donated a full-sized bus for Cohen he now has a shield modelthat is inexpensive and easy

22、 to attach, enabling widespread adoption.How much of an impact can these shields have on climate change? Fuel consumption for the average US school bus isseven miles per gallon. GreenShields increases fuel efficiency by 10-20%, saving about $600 per bus per year, and costsonly $30 to attach. Cohen a

23、nd his partners are now trying to persuade the government to put GreenShields on all schoolbuses.With almost half-a-million school buses in America using nearly $2.5 billion of fuel per year, a consumption reduction of10-20% would make a big difference in pollution. Not to mention the roughly $285 m

24、illion in annual savings on fuel.28. What can we learn about Jonny Cohen from the text?A. He has produced GreenShields independently.B. He has been employed to improve school buses.C. He is a world-famous businessman and inventor.D. He has a talent for finding and solving problems.29.How does GreenS

25、hields make a bus more fuel efficient?A. By reducing the amount of wind drag.B. By improving the quality of fuel used.garage and places experimentC. By providing a wind tunnel for the bus.D. By changing the shape of the bus engine.30. Where did Cohen begin testing his shields?A. At Northwestern Univ

26、ersity.B. In his parents garage.C. At a local bus company.D. In an MIT lab.31. What s the intended benefit of Cohen s invention?A. To provide school buses with cheaper fuel.B. To reduce the cost of producing school buses.C. To increase the profits of the school bus industry.D. To make school buses m

27、ore environmentally-friendly.DWe all know the feeling: looking at the computer screen, pretending to be interested in our homework, even though wereally feel bored. But such feelings may soon be at an end, says Dr. Harry Witchel, head of the Essex Medical School. Hebelieves that computers of the fut

28、ure will notice when people feel bored and even take action to stop it.Before you get concerned, the machine won t be reading your mind. It will be observing themany movements you make while using a computer. It s not interested in the big movements neededto use the machine 一 like moving a mouse or

29、touching a screen but small, barely noticeablemovements like closing your eyes ， moving in your seat or rubbing your face. Witchel calls these “ boredom movementsand says they show how interested the person is in what they are reading or watching. The higher the interest level, the lessmovement!To t

30、est his theory, Witchel invited 27 people to perform various computer-based tasks. The activities ranged fromplaying online games (an interesting task) to reading documents like government laws that most people would find boring.A special video camera followed the participants movements as they comp

31、leted each task. Justas the researcher expected, the“ boredom movements greatly decreased, by a，s mwuhcehnas 42%the subjects were very interested in what they were reading or seeing.who are not paying attention at school. Instead, he wants“ movement sensingtechnology to bFortunately, Dr Witchel isnt

32、 planning to use his results to create machines that report studentsbuilt into future computers in order to improve students computer-based learning experience.The scientist says that by measuring the students interest level as they work, educators will be able to adjust theirmaterials in real-time

33、to keep students focused. Witchel also believes that the technology can provide filmmakers with honestaudience opinions and in the future, help to develop more intelligent robots.32. What does the underlined word“ it ” in Paragraph 1 refer to?A. Homework. B. A computer. C. Boredom. D. The future.33.

34、 Why did Dr Witchel carry out his research?A. To discover how bored people move.B. To find out what makes people bored.C. To see if interested people are more active.D. To test the link between boredom and movement.34. Which movement would Witchels technology most likely pay attention to?A. Turning

35、off the machine.B. Typing words on a keyboard.C. Surfing quickly between webpages.D. Moving one s head from side to side.35. How will the new technology help education, according to Witchel?A. By reducing teachers workload.B. By maintaining students learning interest.C. By reporting students misbeha

36、vior in class.D. By making learning more like a computer game. 第二節(jié)（共 5 小題，每小題 2 分，滿分 10 分）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容， 從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。 選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余 選項(xiàng)。Philadelphia is a city known for many things. It is where the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, and it wasalso the first capital of the United States. _

37、 36_ It is home to nearly 3.000 mural（ 壁畫 ） painted on the side of homes and buildings around the city. Thatmurals than any other city on Earth. _ 37_More than 20 years ago, a New Jersey artist named Jane Golden started a program pairing troubled youth with artists topaint murals on a few buildings

38、around the city. _ 38_The teenagers involved helped to create magnificent pieces of art, and there were other, even more important, benefits. Theyoung people learned to cooperate and get along with many different kinds of people during the painting. They learned to beresponsible, because they needed

39、 to follow a schedule to make sure the murals were completed. 39It is hard foranyone to seethe spectacular designs and not feel proud to be a part of Philadelphia.Take a walk around some of the poorest neighborhoods in Philadelphia and you will find beautiful works of art on theside and fronts of bu

40、ildings. Of course the murals are not just in poor neighborhoods, but richer ones as well. Special busestake tourists to different parts of the city to see the various murals, which show the diverse ethnic groups that callPhiladelphia home._ 40_ It is also a model for other cities throughout America

41、 seeking to help troubled youth.A. How did this come to be?B. What happened to the murals on Earth?C. They also learned to take pride in their community.D. But one fact about Philadelphia is not so well-known.E. From this some project, something magical happened.F. The program encouraged troubled yo

42、uth to paint together with their teachers.G. As a result of its success, the murals program has now become the nation s largest public a program.笫三部分 英語知識運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分 45 分）第一節(jié) 完形填空（共 20 小題；每小題 1.5 分，滿分 30 分）閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C 和 D ）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。When you give thanks for help, ever

43、yone benefits. And the _ 41_ will last longer thanyou d expect: researchers have found that writing thank-you notes raises people s_levels for up to six months.“ If you express gratitude in a diary, it makes you happier, but if you _43_ it with theperson who helped you, it has the _44_ to bring you

44、two closer together,” says reseJeff Tsang.Lawyer John Kralik experienced this personally. He d been feeling depressed and_ 45_ about his life: He d been divorced and wasn t _ 46_ with his children. Hefelt tired from the _ 47_ hours he devoted to work. At a/an _48_ low point, heremembered his grandfa

45、ther telling him about the importance of _49_. He decided to write365 thank-you notes over 365 days, hoping for a/an _50_change.Immediately, he noticed his _ 51_begin to improve. “ Thefirst effects are that yourealise that your life is much better than you thought and you become more positive,” Kral

46、of his _52_ acts of expressing thanks._ 53_ by Kralik exsperience, I decided to try the _ 54_ myself. I chosesomeone from my past whom I d _ 55_ thanked before: my wonderful high-school Englishteacher. I wasn t sure if I d be able to _ 56_ him, but eventually I found where he lived.In my letter, I t

47、hanked him for the _ 57_ and support that he d given me years earI may never hear from him _58_, but that isn t the _ 59_. The letter helped me_ 60_ my life, and I ve been happy now for months.41. A. timeB. thoughtsC. effectsD. relationship42. A. educationB. happinessC. incomeD. health43. A. shareB.

48、 completeC. compareD. leave44. A. methodB. desireC. energyD. potential45. A. discouragedB. dishonestC. impatientD. surprised46. A. boredB. strictC. closeD. honest47. A. limitedB. valuableC. delightfulD. long48. A. importantlyB. particularlyC. physicallyD. exactly49. A. forgivenessB. achievementC. gr

49、atefulnessD. patience50. A. positiveB. unexpectedC. possibleD. instant51. A. wealthB. attitudeC. positionD. competence52. A. generousB. strangeC. braveD. simple53. A. StruckB. InspiredC. ShockedD. Invited54. A. ideaB. beliefC. letterD. test55. A. nearlyB. frequentlyC. alreadyD. never56. A. rememberB

50、. recogniseC. locateD. reward57. A. degreeB. moneyC. giftD. guidance58. A. in advanceB. in publicC. in returnD.in person59. A. caseB. pointC. factD. solution60. A. appreciateB. understandC. faceD. review第n卷注意： 將答案寫在答題卡上。寫在本試卷上無效。 第三部分 英語知識運(yùn)用(共兩節(jié)；滿分 45 分) 第二節(jié) (共 10 小題；每小題 1.5 分，滿分 15 分) 閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入

51、適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容( 1 個(gè)單詞)或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。In the West we are familiar with ballets like Swan Lake. But there s another classical dancform with a long history 61_ has only recently burst onto the world scene. It is calledclassical Chinese dance.Classical Chinese dance is_62_ incredibly demanding, refined, and express

52、ivedance form. Alongside ballet, it is also one of the most comprehensive dance systems 63(know) to humankind._64_ recently, few people outside China had ever heard of classical Chinese dance. One major reasonwas that when Chinese companies performed abroad, they often mixed Chinese dance with weste

53、rn dance style. And so theaudience left the theater not sure exactly65they had just seen.In 2006, however, the Shen Yun Performing Arts Company _66_ (establish) inNew York. Its mission was to promote _67_(tradition) culture, and this included_ 68_(present) classical Chinese dance in its pure form. N

54、ot quite a decade later, classical Chinese dance hasbecome much _ 69_ (well) recognized and is startingto influence western ballet.Although they have significant differences, both ballet and classical Chinese dance have the ability to vividly tell70_ (story) and move us through beautiful art.笫四部分 寫作

55、（共兩節(jié)；滿分 35 分）第一節(jié) 短文改錯（共 10 小題；每小題 1 分，滿分 10 分）假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文,請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有 10 處語言錯誤，每句中最多有兩處。每處錯誤僅涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號（A）,并在其下面寫出該加的詞。刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（）劃掉。修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。注意：1 每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；2 .只允許修改 10 處，多者（從第 11 處起）不計(jì)分。Dear Chris,Are you interested in coming with me to se

56、e a famous opera? It will performed at theGuan gzhou Opera House at 2 pm in May Day. I know you took great in terest i n Chin ese culture, especially local opera. I think the perform will not only leave you with an un forgettably impressi on, but satisfy your in terest in Chin ese opera as well.If y

57、ou can come, I suggest us should visit the Guan gzhou Museum n ear the Opera House before and after the opera. Youdecide. The museum is hosti ng a exhibiti on on Canton ese opera. If we go, I believe you can lear n many about Chin eseopera in there.Yours,Li Hua第二節(jié)書面表迭（滿分 25 分）假定你是李華。你的美國筆友Mike 將到廣州度

58、假，以下是他給你發(fā)的電子郵件。請給他回信，歡迎他的到來，答復(fù)他的疑問，并提出合理建議。Dear Li Hua,I m going to Guangzhou for a 2- week holiday in May. I m so excited that I finato meet you and see your city. However, I am a bit worried about the traffic problems. From what I know, traffic jams areserious in big cities. Do you think I should

59、rent a car? How should I travel around efficiently when I m in Guangzhou?lly have this chaneeCan t wait to see you.Yours,Mike1.詞數(shù) 100 左右；2 可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫。2017年廣州市普通高中畢業(yè)班綜合測試（二） 英 語 （2017.4）第二部分第一節(jié)21.C22.B23.A24.C25. A26.A27.C28.D29.A30.B31.D32.C33.D34.D35.B第二節(jié)36.D37.A38.E39.C40.G第三部分第一節(jié)41.C42.B43. A44.D45.A46.C47.D48.B49.C50.A51.B52.D53.B54.A55.D56.C57.D58.C59.B60.A第n卷第三部分第四部分第一節(jié)Dear Chris,Are you interested in coming with me to see a famous opera? It willbe61. which/that