2014年广东省高考英语试卷

2014年广东省高考英语试卷I语言知识及应用第一节完形填空（共1小题；每小题30分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-15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1（30分）Parents feel that it is difficult to live with teenagersThen again，teenagers have （1） feelings about their parents，saying that it is not easy living with themAccording to a recent research，the most common （2） between parents and teenagers is that regarding untidiness and daily routine tasksOn the one hand，parents go mad over（3） rooms，clothes thrown on the floor and their childrens refusal to help with the（4）On the other hand，teenagers lose their patience continually when parents blame them for（5） the towel in the bathroom，not cleaning up their room or refusing to do the shopping at the supermarketThe research，conducted by StGeorge University，shows that different parents have different（6） to these problemsHowever，some approaches are more （7） than othersFor example，those parents who yell at their children for their untidiness，but（8） clean the room for them，have fewer chances of changing their childrens（9）On the contrary，those who let teenagers experience the（10） of their actions can do betterFor example，when teenagers who dont help their parents with the shopping dont find their favorite drink in the refrigerator，they are forced to（11） their actionsPsychologists say that （12） is the most important thing in parentchild relationshipsParents should （13）to their children but at the same time they should lend an ear to what they have to sayParents may（14） their children when they are untidy but they should also understand that their room is their own private spaceCommunication is a twoway processIt is only by listening to and（15） each other that problems between parents and children can be settled1AnaturalBstrongCguiltyDsimilar2AinterestBargumentClinkDknowledge3AnoisyBcrowdedCmessyDlocked4AhomeworkBhouseworkCproblemDresearch5AwashingBusingCdroppingDreplacing6AapproachesBcontributionsCintroductionsDattitudes7AcomplexBpopularCscientificDsuccessful8AlaterBdeliberatelyCseldomDthoroughly9AbehaviorBtasteCfutureDnature10AfailuresBchangesCconsequencesDthrills11AdefendBdelayCrepeatDreconsider12AcommunicationBbondCfriendshipDtrust13AreplyBattendCattachDtalk14AhateBscoldCfrightenDstop15AlovingBobservingCunderstandingDpraising第二节语法填空（共10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16-25的相应位置上16（15分）Last year，my brother and I went to Miami for a vacationSome of my friends who had been there before said （16） was a wonderful holiday destinationBefore we went，we had planned for monthsWhen the day came，we were readyAfter our plane landed，we went to the hotelWe had made our reservation six months（17） （early），but the man at the front desk said there had been a mistakeWe （18）（tell）that our rooms hadnt been reserved for that week，（19） for the week afterI didnt understand （20） this would happen and my credit card had already been charged（21） the reservationWhats worse，the hotel had been fully bookedWhen we were wondering what to do，the manager came outShe was （22）（surprise）helpfulShe apologized for the mistake and gave us a spare VIP room on （23） top floorWe had never stayed in such an amazing room，and we werent charged extraThe next day，my brother and I went to the beach （24） we watched some people play volleyballWe got a little （25）（sunburn），but the day had been so relaxing that we didnt mind阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节阅读理解（共4小题；每小题10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26（10分）Samuel Osmond is a 19yearold law student from Cornwall，EnglandHe never studied the pianoHowever，he can play very difficult musical pieces by musicians such as Chopin and Beethoven just a few minutes after he hears themHe learns a piece of music by listening to it in partsThen he thinks about the notes in his headTwo years ago，he played his first piece Moonlight Sonata（奏鸣曲）by BeethovenHe surprised everyone around himAmazed that he remembered this long and difficult piece of music and played it perfectly，his teachers say Samuel is unbelievableThey say his ability is very rare，but Samuel doesnt even realize that what he can do is specialSamuel wanted to become a lawyer as it was the wish of his parents，but music teachers told him he should study music insteadNow，he studies law and musicSamuel cant understand why everyone is so surprisedI grew up with musicMy mother played the piano and my father played the guitarAbout two years ago，I suddenly decided to start playing the piano，without being able to read music and without having any lessonsIt comes easily to meI hear the notes and can bear them in mindeach and every note，says SamuelRecently，Samuel performed a piece during a special event at his collegeThe piece had more than a thousand notesThe audience was impressed by his amazing performanceHe is now learning a piece that is so difficult that many professional pianists cant play itSamuel says confidently，Its all about super memoryI guess I have that giftHowever，Samuels ability to remember things doesnt stop with musicHis family says that even when he was a young boy，Samuel heard someone read a story，and then he could retell the story word for wordSamuel is still only a teenagerHe doesnt know what he wants to do in the futureFor now，he is just happy to play beautiful music and continue his studies26What is special about Samuel Osmond？AHe has a gift for writing musicBHe can write down the note he hearsCHe is a top student at the law schoolDHe can play the musical piece he hears27What can we learn form the passage？ASamuel chose law against the wish of his parentsBSamuel planned to be a lawyer rather than a musicianCSamuel thinks of himself as a man of great musical abilityDSamuel studies law and music on the advice of his teachers28Everyone around Samuel was surprised because heAreceived a good early education in musicBplayed the guitar and the piano perfectlyCcould play the piano without reading musicDcould play the guitar better than his father29What can we infer about Samuel in Paragraph 4？AHe became famous during a special event at his collegeBHe is proud of his ability to remember things accuratelyCHe plays the piano better than many professional pianistsDHe impressed the audience by playing all the musical pieces30Which of the following is the best title of the passage？AThe Qualities of a MusicianBThe Story of a Musical TalentCThe Importance of Early EducationDThe Relationship between Memory and Music31（10分）It was a cold winter dayA woman drove up to the Rainbow Bridge tollbooth （收费站）Im paying for myself，and for the six cars behind me，she said with a smile，handing over seven ticketsOne after another，the next six drivers arriving at the tollbooth were informed，Some lady up ahead already paid your fareIt turned out that the woman，Natalie Smith，had read something on a friends refrigerator：Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beautyThe phrase impressed her so much that she copied it downJudy Foreman spotted the same phrase on a warehouse wall far away from homeWhen it stayed on her mind for days，she gave up and drove all the way back to copy it downI thought it was beautiful，she said，explaining why shed taken to writing it at the bottom of all her letters，like a message from aboveHer husband，Frank，liked the phrase so much that he put it up on the classroom wall for his students，one of whom was the daughter of Alice Johnson，a local news reporterAlice put it in the newspaper，admitting that though she liked it，she didnt know where it came from or what it really meantTwo days later，Alice got a call from Anne Herbert，a woman living in MarinIt was in a restaurant that Anne wrote the phrase down on a piece of paper，after turning it around in her mind for daysHeres the idea，Anne saysAnything you think there should be more of，do it randomlyHer fantasies include painting the classrooms of shabby schools，leaving hot meals on kitchen tables in the poor part of town，and giving money secretly to a proud old ladyAnne says，Kindness can build on itself as much as violence can The acts of random kindness spreadIf you were one of those drivers who found your fare paid，who knows what you might have been inspired to do for someone else laterLike all great events，kindness begins slowly，with every single actLet it be yours!31Why did Natalie Smith pay for the six cars behind her？AShe knew the car drivers wellBShe wanted to show kindnessCShe hoped to please othersDShe had seven tickets32Judy Foreman copied down the phrase because sheAthought it was beautifully writtenBwanted to know what it really meantCdecided to write it on a warehouse wallDwanted her husband to put it up in the classroom33Who came up with the phrase according to the passage？AJudy ForemanBNatalie SmithCAlice JohnsonDAnne Herbert34Which of the following statements is closest in the meaning to the underlined sentence above？AKindness and violence can change the worldBKindness and violence can affect ones behaviorCKindness and violence can reproduce themselvesDKindness and violence can shape ones character35What can we infer from the last paragraph？APeople should practice random kindness to those in needBPeople who receive kindness are likely to offer it to othersCPeople should practice random kindness to strangers they meetDPeople who receive kindness are likely to pay it back to the giver36（10分）Like many new graduates，I left university full of hope for the future but with no real idea of what I wanted to doMy degree，with honors，in English literature had not really prepared me for anything practicalI knew I wanted to make a difference in the world somehow，but I had no idea how to do thatThats when I learned about the Lighthouse ProjectI started my journey as a Lighthouse Project volunteer by reading as much as I could about the experiences of previous volunteersI knew it would be a lot of hard work，and that I would be away from my family and friends for a very long timeIn short，I did not take my decision to apply for the Lighthouse Project lightlyNeither did my familyEventually，however，I won the support of my family，and I sent in all the paperwork needed for the applicationAfter countless interviews and presentations，I managed to stand out among the candidates and survive the test aloneSeveral months later，I finally received a call asking me to report for the dutyI would be going to a small village near Abuja，NigeriaWhere？What？Nigeria？I had no ideaBut I was about to find outAfter completing my training，I was sent to the village that was small and desperately in need of proper accommodationThough the local villagers were poor，they offered their homes，hearts，and food as if I were their own familyI was asked to lead a small team of local people in building a new schoolhouseFor the next year or so，I taught in that same schoolhouseBut I sometimes think I learned more from my students than they did from meSometime during that period，I realized that all those things that had seemed so strange or unusual to me no longer did，though I did not get anywhere with the local language，and returned to the United States a different manThe Lighthouse Project had changed my life forever36What do we know about the author？AHis university education focused on the theoretical knowledgeBHis dream at university was to become a volunteerCHe took pride in having contributed to the worldDHe felt honored to study English literature37According to the Project Lighthouse，it is likely that the authorADiscussed his decision with his familyBAsked previous volunteers about voluntary workCAttended special training to perform difficult tasksDFelt sad about having to leave his family and friends38In his application for the volunteer job，the authorAParticipated in many discussionsBWent through challenging survival testsCWrote quite a few paper on voluntary workDFaced strong competition from other candidates39On arrival at the village，the author wasAAsked to lead a farming teamBSent to teach in schoolhouseCReceived warmly by local villagersDArranged to live in a separate house40What can we infer from the authors experiences in Nigeria？AHe found some difficulty adapting to the local cultureBHe had learned to communicate in the local languageCHe had overcome all his weakness before he left for homeDHe was chosen as the most respectable teacher by his students41（10分）Scientists today are making greater effort to study ocean currents （洋流）Most do it using satellites and other hightech equipmentHowever，ocean expert Curtis Ebbesmeyer does it in a special wayby studying movements of random floating garbageA scientist with many yearsexperience，he started this type of research in the early 1990s when he heard about hundreds of athletic shoes washing up on the shores of the northwest coast of the United StatesThere were so many shoes that people were setting up swap meets to try and match left and right shoes to sell or wearEbbesmeyer found out in his researches that the shoesabout 60，000 in totalfell into the ocean in a shipping accidentHe phoned the shoe company and asked if they wanted the shoes backAs expected，the company told him that they didntEbbesmeyer realized this could be a great experimentIf he learned when and where the shoes went into the water and tracked where they landed，he could learn a lot about the patterns of ocean currentsThe Pacific Northwest is one of the worlds best areas for beachcombing（海滩搜寻） because winds and currents join here，and as a result，there is a group of serious beachcombers in the areaEbbesmeyer got to know a lot of them and asked for their help in collecting information about where the shoes landedIn a year he collected reliable information on 1，600shoesWith this data，he and a colleague were able to test and improve a computer program designed to model ocean currents，and publish the findings of their studyAs the result of his work，Ebbesmeyer has become known as the scientist to call with questions about any unusual objects found floating in the oceanHe has even started an association of beachcombers and ocean experts，with 500subscribers from West Africa to New ZealandThey have recorded all lost objects ranging from potatoes to golf gloves41The underlined phrase swap meets in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning toAfitting roomsBtrading fairsCbusiness talksDgroup meetings42Ebbesmeyer phoned the shoe company to find outAwhat caused the shipping accidentBwhen and where the shoes went missingCwhether it was all right to use their shoesDhow much they lost in the shipping accident43How did Ebbesmeyer prove his assumption？ABy collecting information from beachcombersBBy studying the shoes found by beachcomberCBy searching the web for ocean currents modelsDBy researching ocean currents data in the library44Ebbesmeyer is most famous forAtraveling widely the coastal cities of the world Bmaking records for any lost objects on the seaCrunning a global currents research associationDphoning about any doubtful objects on the sea45What is the purpose of the author in writing this passage？ATo call peoples attention to ocean pollutionBTo warn people or snipping safety in the oceanCTo explain a unique way of studing ocean currentsDTo give tips on how to search for lost objects on the beach第二节信息匹配（共1小题；每小题10分，满分10分）阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息，请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑46（10分）首先请阅读某大学提供给学生的项目信息：ABInCompany ExperienceChallenging posts in industry for gap year studentsUse your academic and interpersonal skills to improve a product or service provided by a top name companyand get paid for it!Camp WorldWork in camps for young people in one or more of the five continentsYou help organize sports activities and other outdoor pursuits and you could end up with a qualification as an instructorCDCommunity CareVolunteer work at home and abroad with the physically and mentally handicapped，the homeless，the elderly and orphansYoull need to be committed，patient and sensitive to othersAcademic Study YearSpend a whole year studying at a foreign university in Europe，the USA or even further afield，without the pressure of examsAccommodation with local familiesGrants availableEFConservation InternationalConservation and research work with teams of volunteers on nature reserves in South America and AfricaProjects include monitoring wildlife，path building and water and soil conservationLanguage Teachers AbroadTeach your own language or English in almost any country in the worldClass sizes vary from one to one hundred and resources can be basic，but your students will welcome you with open arms46I grow up in a very big familyMy parents have raised twelve kids and I am their firstbornIt has been my duty to help my mom take care of my brothers and sistersTo handle them，often I have to organize an outdoor activity，like a softball gameI must say that I have the potential to work as an instructor47Last year，my dog got crippled after losing the fight to my neighbors bulldogI rinsed its wound with some lotion and tied its leg with a stickI had him take medicine every day for a full monthFinally he r