广东省汕头市2016届高三下学期第二次模拟（二模）考试英语试题及答案.doc

绝密启用前 试卷类型：b2016年汕头市普通高考第二次模拟考试试题英语本试卷共三部分，共8页，满分135分(120分1.125)。考试时间120分钟。注意事项： 1本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号和座位号填写在答题卡上。因测试不考听力，第卷从第二部分的“阅读理解”开始，试题序号从“21”开始。2回答第卷时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号，写在本试卷上无效。3回答第卷时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。4考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第二部分：阅读理解(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，从每题所给的四个选项 (a、b、c和d )中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。abills laptop stopped working. he looked in the phone book under computer repair. he called a repair place near his apartment. byron answered the phone. bill said, “my laptop has crashed. can you retrieve the files? if so, how much will it cost?” byron said, “i charge $125 an hour. i can probably retrieve the files in an hour. if i cant, i will call you.”the conversation lasted a few more minutes. bill was impressed. byron was very polite. he seemed friendly. he seemed trustworthy. a little later, bill took his computer to byrons office. byrons wife was his secretary. she was very friendly. all three talked about bills computer, the weather, the yankees, and the “good old days.” “theyre a really nice couple,” bill thought as he left byrons office. “i think i have two new friends.” the next morning, bill called byron.“hows it going?” bill asked.“its coming along.” said byron, “your files are a real mess. ive spent 3.5 hours on your computer, but i havent retrieved everything.”“excuse me?” bill said, “what do you mean, 3.5 hours!? how much money is that? thats $375!” byron said, “well, actually, its $437.50.”“$437.50!?” said bill, “is this a joke? i can buy a brand new computer for $437.50! youre pulling my leg, right? we agreed to one hour. then you were supposed to call me. why didnt you call me?” “it was late at night,” byron said, “i didnt want to wake you. look, it sounds like youre upset. ill take you off the clock right now. ill retrieve all your files, but just charge you for the first 3.5 hours. i still have about two hours to go. youll be getting those two hours for free. thatll save you $250! hows that for a deal?”21. how did bill feel about the couple when he met them?a. openb. talkativec. coldd. kind22. why didnt byron call bill?a. he wanted to earn more money.b. he didnt want to disturb him.c. he forgot bills phone number.d. he thought it was unnecessary.23. how much should bill have paid for byron?a. $ 375b. $250c. $437.5d. $687.5bthe high-profile case of a caregiver accused of killing an elderly woman in guangdong province has exposed a management lapse (过失) in the senior care market, according to experts.he tiandai, 45, admitted killing a 70-year-old woman she was taking care of by placing sleeping pills and chemicals in her soup. at a trial that started last week in guangzhou, the capital of guangdong, she said she killed her employer because she wanted to get her monthly pay in advance. she said the employers daughter-in-law, surnamed liang, had promised to pay her monthly salary even if the elderly woman died before the end of a month. the caregiver also claimed to have killed another nine elderly people between june 2013 and december last year while looking after them separately. but she was not charged by prosecutors (公诉人) due to a lack of evidence.guangzhou intermediate peoples court heard the case on wednesday and has yet to give a verdict(裁决).zhang yiri, an associate professor of law at guangzhou city polytechnic, said the case indicates a lack of government supervision and management of agencies handling caregivers. “many agencies hire them without any background checks. all they ask for is identity cards before they recommend them to local households,” zhang said.ma xiaoyan, a lawyer at the guangdong code law firm, said companies recruiting caregivers should check the backgrounds of potential hires and their employment records. ma urged such companies to work with public security departments and send information on caregivers to police for regular checks.24. why did he tiandai kill the old woman?a. she hated the old woman.b. she wanted to get her money beforehand.c. she was accused of killing.d. she was mad.25. how many people have been killed by he?a. 1b. 2c. 9d. 1026. according to zhang yiri, government should _.a. punish the company which hires he tiandaib. set up laws to protect the oldc. oversee and manage the senior care marketd. check the background of the caregivers27. what did ma xiaoyan suggest?a. agencies handling caregivers should cooperate with the police for checking the caregivers regularly.b. agencies handling caregivers should monitor the caregivers regularly.c. agencies handling caregivers should keep the caregivers identity cards for regular checks. d. agencies handling caregivers should send information on caregivers to the owners.cidema, a dutch sinologist (汉学家), has served as the director of the chinese languages and cultures department at leiden university of the netherlands and was also director of harvards fairbank center for east asian research. he has studied ancient chinese plays, novels and literature, and has authored or translated a number of influential books published in english and other languages.the 70-year-old dutch sinologist recalled his half-century-long romance with chinese culture during a recent visit to beijing. as a child, the vivid descriptions of china in nobel and pulitzer prize-winner pearl s. bucks books sparked idemas interest in the country. he later read classic chinese literature and spent whole days pouring through works at the national library of china.while many other experts on china focused on the countrys economic transformation, idema continued to study traditional chinese literature. “there were scholars studying law, religion and society, but not traditional chinese literature, which was my personal interest,” idema explains.finding reference books for his research, especially regional publications, used to be a huge challenge, and idema used to spend a lot of time collecting books and other materials during visits to china. now it is much more convenient with the internet.idema usually chooses less-known subjects for his research and tries to get firsthand materials. in recent years, he has devoted himself to translating chinese folk tales and writing about chinese folk society and folk culture.“traditional chinese culture is a passion. i have been studying it for 50 years and will continue to do so,” says the retired professor.28. which of the following word is closest in meaning to “sparked” in the second paragraph? a. surprisedb. decreasedc. arousedd. glittered29. why didnt idema focus on the same as the other experts?a. for his own purpose.b. for his own hobby.c. for his own uniqueness.d. for his own character.30. how can we describe idema?a. crazyb. warm-heartedc. determinedd. intelligent31. what is the best title of the passage?a. the life of idemab. a passion for chinese culturec. idemas visit to chinad. the personal interestdfailing in something isnt a really nice feeling, but scotlands fettes college in edinburgh wants to show its students that failure isnt something to fear and is actually something to accept willingly!the boarding school held “failure week” this week to celebrate taking risks and learning from them. whether in sports or school, children often face lots of pressure to succeed and do well, and the school was becoming concerned.“young people from all walks of life live in a high-pressure environment where they are trying very hard to achieve a level of perfection,” said sue bruce, head of personal and social education at the school.“this week at fettes we have been focusing on one of the most misunderstood parts of success: failure. while we are often scared of failure, it is important to learn that it is only through failing, often many times, that we learn how to succeed. all through the week, we have looked at the experiences of some of the most successful inventors, artists and businessmen, who failed hundreds, if not thousands, of times in their journey to success,” read a letter on fettes colleges website.to celebrate failure, students were encouraged to try something theyve never done before, like playing an instrument or dancing in front of audiences. a number of students stepped up and tried things that they finally failed in, but they had fun and enjoyed the experience. “the concert was extremely enjoyable, proving that we should always try not to worry about failure and have a go!” read another note on the website. students were also taught about famous people like j.k. rowling and richard branson who failed many times before they finished what they set out to do.“if they let the fear of failure stop them from doing something, they are actually stopping themselves from learning, developing, and potentially succeeding,” said bruce.32. why did the school hold “failure week”?a. to celebrate failure.b. to encourage students to risk.c. to make students defeat failure.d. to celebrate learning from trying something new33. to celebrate “failure week”, students can _.a. hold a concertb. share their failure with othersc. do things theyve hardly doned. learn something about famous people34. what can we learn from the passage?a. almost no one can avoid failure.b. all know that failure is part of success.c. children only face lots of pressure to succeed in school.d. students feel ashamed of dancing in front of audiences.35. whats the purpose of this text?a. to show students interest in failure.b. to describe some ways to defeat failure.c. to recommend how important it is to defeat failure.d. to report one successful way to accept failure.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 studio classroom publishes three monthly magazines: lets talk in english, studio classroom and advanced. 36 radio and/or television programs accompany each article and air monday through saturday. the radio programs are also available on super mp3 and on the internet.our developmentstudio classroom magazine began in 1962 as a single-page lesson sheet with an accompanying radio program. by 1981, there were just two magazines: studio classroom, which contained basic and advanced levels, and lets talk in english, a magazine designed specifically for learners wanting to improve their english conversation skills. in 2001, advanced split from studio classroom and became a separate magazine. the three magazines and their accompanying radio programs continue to provide listeners with quality english education.37 such programs as globe theatre, around the world in english, and good morning today introduced english to a large audience. in 1997, studio classroom began a daily tv version, studio classroom. in 2000, lets talk in english began a television broadcast in partnership with taiwans public television station (pts).38 the magazine and accompanying radio and tv programs have won numerous awards over the years, including taiwans famous golden bell and golden tripod awards. studio classroom is distributed and broadcast in mainland china, the u.s. canada, europe, australia and new zealand. via the internet, studio classroom programs are available worldwide.39 it is most suitable for university students and business professionals. advanced articles cover a wide range of topics. most are reprinted from international magazines providing advanced readers with a “window on the world.” in 2004 advanced won taiwans golden tripod award for excellence in the language learning magazine category. our plan we know that competence in english is necessary for success on the international stage. 40 a. our purposeb. our presentc. each magazine provides practical, interesting articles to help readers improve their english skills.d. the lively radio programs become taiwans most popular way of learning english.e. it is our goal to continue expanding lets talk in english, studio classroom, and advanceds availability worldwide to all learners of english.f. advanced contains material at the highest english level of the three magazines.g. when television came to taiwan, studio classroom began to produce programs to use the medium to teach english.第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。my wife andrea and i picked a great time to move to new york city just a few days before the super storm sandy hit the place.although sandy 41 my family to stay indoors for two days while the wind and rubbish swirled through my 42 neighborhood, it 43 some unusual opportunities for us to meet our 44 by serving them. before the storm hit, my family went for a 45. we knew wed be46 up for a while. we should enjoy some outside time while we could.while we were walking, we noticed a woman 47 a huge load of emergency supplies, 48 moving from the market to her 49. she had three large piles of supplies. each time shed walk 15 or 20 feet with a pile, 50 it down, then go back and get another.the storm was going to hit before she got all of her supplies up to her living place. 51 we were already set, we figured it would be a good 52 to get to know a neighbor.so andrea and i each 53 a pile of supplies and helped the woman get 54 home. we had a good time getting familiar with her. she was from the caribbean. andrea and i loved listening to her thick, rich 55. when the storm hit later that night, we felt a little less 56 because we had a 57 just a few buildings away. after sandy there were dozens of 58 of selfless acts of service on tv, as people helped friends, neighbors and strangers in need.59 others when you are in need of service yourself is a sign of greatness. as luther king jr. said, “everybody can be 60, because anybody can serve.”41. a. orderedb. forcedc. expectedd. invited42. a. strangeb. sadc. unluckyd. new43. a. wastedb. awardedc. providedd. missed44. a. neighborsb. relativesc. customersd. parents45. a. restb. shoppingc. walkd. drive46. a. blownb. hitc. caughtd. closed47. a. turning tob. struggling withc. fighting ford. watching out48. a. hardlyb. quickly c. slowlyd. easily49. a. apartmentb. garagec. officed. building50. a. dropb. pullc. falld. set51. a. unlessb. sincec. untild. if52. a. reasonb. goalc. excused. chance53. a. noticedb. removedc. liftedd. brought54. a. everythingb. somethingc. nothingd. anything55. a. languageb. voice c. accent d. smile56. a. busyb. lonelyc. excitedd. worried57. a. womanb. neighborc. relatived. friend58. a. reportsb. notesc. resultsd. causes59. a. refusingb. advisingc. servingd. requesting60. a. upsetb. greatc. successfuld. grateful第二节 语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分) 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置。sierra leone is a country 61 basic health facilities are lacking and many are struggling with poverty. without the proper treatment, minor 62 (injury) or burns could lead to more suffering and even loss of lives.this is 18-year-old musa bockaries story about how first aid saved 63 (he) life.“i come from makomba village in the west of sierra leone,” musa says. “when i was a young boy, i loved 64 (climb) trees. but when i was 16, i 65 (fall) from a tree which was about four metres high. after that, my world changed.”“my mother searched for someone