2015年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(广东卷)

1、2015年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（广东卷） 英语 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、考生号、试室 号和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，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答

2、案，不准使用铅笔和涂改液。 不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 将试卷、答题卷和答题卡一并交回。 4. 考生必须保持答题卷和答题卡的整洁，考试结束后， I语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分） 分） A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项, 第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从115各题所给的 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 How long can huma n beings live? Most scie ntists who study old age think that the huma n body is1to live no Ion ger tha n

3、 120 years. However, 110 years is p robably the Ion gest that anyone could hope to live if he or she is2healthy and lucky. Some scie ntists even say we can live as long as 130 years! Yet, our cells simply cannot con ti nue to rep roduce3. They wear out, and as a result, we get old and4 die. Even tho

4、ugh we can t live forever, we are liv ing a5life tha n ever before .In 1900, the average America n life span （ 寿命）was only 47 years, but today it is 75 years! When does old age begin then? Sixty-five may be out-of-date as the 6 line betwee n middle age and old age. After all, many older people don t

5、 beg in to exp erie nee childhood. Before moder n p hysical and men tal7un til after age 75. People are livi ng Ion ger because more people medici ne cha nged the laws of n ature, many childre n died of com mon childhood9. Now that the cha nces of dying10are much lower, the cha nces of living long a

6、re much higher due to better diets and health care. On the whole, our popu latio n is getti ng older. The11in our popu lati on will have lasting effects on our social development and our way of life. Some people fear such cha nges will be for the worse, while some see12, not disaster, many men and w

7、omen in their“ golden years ” are healthy, still active, and young in13if not in age. As the society grows old, we need the 14 of our older citizens. Withlong lives ahead of them, they n eed to15active and devoted. 1. A. desig ned B. selectedC. improved D. discovered 2. A. compi etelyB. gen erallyC.

8、 apparen tlyD. extremely 3. A. rapi dlyB. harmlesslyC. en dlesslyD. sep arately 4. A. even tuallyB. hop elesslyC. automatically D. des perately 5. A. busier B. Ion ger C. richer D. happier 6. A. fin ish ing B. guidi ngC. waiti ngD. dividi ng 7. A. stress B. damage C. decli ne 8. A. survive B. enjoy

9、C. remember 9. A. p roblemsB. fears C. worries D. failure D. value D. diseases 10. A. poor B. young C. sick D. quiet 11. A. cha nges B. recovery 12. A. dreams B. cha nces 13. A. mind B. app eara nee 14. A. p rotect ionB. suggesti ons 15. A. soundB. app ear C. turn 第二节 语法填空(共10小题； C. safety D. in cre

10、ases C. stre ngths D. choices C. voice D. moveme nt C. con tributi onsD. p ermissi on D. stay 每小题1.5分，满分15分) ,在空格处填入一个适当的词或 16-25的相应位置上。 16 farm, 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 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 Mr. Johnson lived in the woods with his wife and children. He owned which looked almost aba ndon e

11、d.17 (lucky), he also had a cow which p roduced milk every day. He sold or excha nged some of the milk in the tow ns n early 18 other food and made cheese and butter for the family with what19(leave). The cow was their only means of support, in fact. One day, the cow was eating grass 20it bega n to

12、rain heavily. While maki ng great efforts to run away, she21 (fall) over the hill and died. Then the Joh nson tried to make a liv ing22the cow. In order to support his family, Mr. Joh nson bega n to plant herbs and vegetables. Since the plants took a while to grow, he started cutting down trees 23 (

13、sell) the wood. Thinking about his children s clothes, he started growing cdon too. When harvest came around, he was already selling herbs, vegetables and cotton in the market 24 people from the tow n met regularly. Now it occurred to25that his farm had much poten tial and that the death of the cow

14、was a bit of luck. II阅读(共两节，25题，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。 A Peter loved to shop used articles. Almost a month ago, he bought popu lar word game that used little pieces of wood with different letters on them. As he was purchasing it, the salesgirl

15、said, “ Uh,look, the game box haven teven been opened yet. That might be worth some mon ey.” Peter exam ined the box, and, sure eno ugh, it was compi etely covered in factory-sealed p lastic. And he saw a date of 1973 on the back of the box. “ Youshould put that up for auction (扌白卖)on the salesgirl

16、said. “ Yes, you re right. People like something rare. very many unopened boxes of this game still around 40 y “ Don t forget to tell me if you sell it.” “ No problem. ” Peter said. After he got home, P eter went on li ne to several auct ion websites look ing for his game. But he couldn find it. The

17、n he typed in the name of the word gam e and hit Search. Internet, and see what happens. ” Peter agreed, ears later. ” the salesgirl smiled. “ I I can the t imagi ne there being The search result was 543 websites containing in formatio n about the cha nges of the game. Over the years, the game had b

18、ee n p roduced using letters in differe nt sizes and game boards in different colors. He also found some lists of game fans looking for various versions of the game. P eter emailed some of them, telli ng them what he had. Two weeks later, P eter went back to the shop. “ Hello. Do you still remember

19、the unopened word game? The salesgirl looked at him for a sec ond, the n recog ni zedhim and said, “ Oh, hi! ” “I ve got something for you,” Peter said.“I sold the game and made $1,000. Thank you for your suggesti on. ” He han ded her three $ 100 bills. “Wow” the salesgirl cried out.“Thank you, I ne

20、ver expected it. 26. Which of the followi ng best describes Peter s word game? A. It was made around 40 years ago. B. It had game boards in differe nt sizes. C. It was kept in a p lastic bag with a seal. D. It had little pi eces of wood in differe nt colors. 27. What did the salesgirl probably think

21、 of Peter s word game? A. Old and han dy. B. Rare and valuable. C. Classic and attractive. D. Colorful and in terest ing 28. P eter got the n ames of the game fans from. A. an auct ion B. the In ternet C. a game sho p D. the sec on d-ha nd shop 29. What happened at the end of the story? A. P eter ga

22、ve the girl $300 as a reward. B. The salesgirl became Peter s friend. C. P eter returned the word game for $ 1,000. D. The salesgirl felt con fused to see P eter aga in. 30. What is the main theme of the story? A. It mpiorta nt to kee p a pro mise. B. It s great to share in other people s happiness.

23、 C. We should be grateful for the help from others. D. Someth ing rare is worth a large amount of mon ey. B When I was nine years old, I loved to go fishing with my dad. But the oniy thing that wasn t very fun about it was that he could catch many fish while I couldn catch anything. I usually got p

24、retty up set and kept ask ing him why. He always an swered,“ Son, if you want to catch a fish, you have to thi nk like a fish ” , I rememberbe ing even more up set the n because, “I m not a fish! ” I didn t know how to think like a fish. Besides, I reasoned, how could what I think in flue nee what a

25、 fish does? As I got a little older I bega n to un dersta nd what my dad really meant. So, I read some books on fish. And I even joined the local fish ing club and started atte nding the mon thly meet in gs. I lear ned that a fish is a cold-blooded ani mal and therefore is very sen sitive to water t

26、emperature. That is why fish prefer shallow water to deep water because the former is warmer. Besides, water is usually warmer in direct sun light tha n in the shade. Yet, fish don thave any eyelids（眼皮）and the sun huts their eyesThe more I un derstood fish, the more I became effective at finding and

27、 catchi ng them. When I grew up and en tered the bus in ess world, I remember heari ng my first boss say, “ We all need to think like sales people.” But it didn t compietely make sense. My dad never once said, “If you want to catch a fish you n eed to think like a fisherma n.said What he was, “You n

28、eed to think like a fish.” Years later, with great efforts to promote Iongterm services to people much older and richer tha n me, I gradually lear ned what we all n eed is to thi nk more like customers. It is not an easy job. I will show you how in the follow ing cha pters. 31. Why was the author up

29、 set in fish ing trips whe n he was nine? A. He could not catch a fish. B. His father was not p atie nt with him. C. His father did not teach him fish ing. D. He could not in flue nee a fish as his father did. 32. What did the author s father really mean? A. To read about fish. B. To lear n fish ing

30、 by on eself. C. To un dersta nd what fish think. D. To study fish ing in many ways. 33. Accord ing to the author, fish are most likely to be found. A. in dee p water on sunny days B. in dee p water on cloudy days C. in shallow water un der sun light D. i n shallow water un der waterside trees. 34.

31、After en teri ng the bus in ess world, the author found. A. it easy to think like a customer B. his father s fishing/ice inspiring C. his first boss s sales ideas reason able D. it difficult to sell services to poor people 35. This p assage most likely comes from. A. a fish ing guide B. a popu lar s

32、ales book C. a no vel on childhood D. a millionaire s biography C Daniel Anderson, a famous psychologist, believes it s important to distinguish television in flue nces on childre n from those of the family. We tend to blame TV, he says, for p roblems it does n t really cause, overlook ing our own r

33、oles in sha ping childre nmin ds. One traditional belief about television is that it reduces a child ability to think and to understand the world. While watching TV, children do not merely absorb words and images （影像）.In stead, they lear n both exp licit and hidde n meanings from what they see. Actu

34、ally, childre n lear n early the p sychology of characters in TV shows. Furthermore, as many teachers agree, childre n un dersta nd far more whe n parents watch TV with them, explaining new words and ideas. Yet, most parents use an educational program as a cha nee to park their kids in front of the

35、set and do someth ing in ano ther room. Ano ther argume nt aga inst televisi on is that it rep laces readi ng as a form of en terta inment. But accord ing to An ders on, the amount of time spent watch ing televisi on is not related to reading ability. TV doesn t take the place of reading for most ch

36、ildren; it takes the place of s reading.“A child s An ders on says. 智商)scores and similar sorts of recreati on, such as liste ning to the radio and playing sports. Things like parents educati onal backgro und have a stron ger in flue nee on a child readi ng ability is best p redicted by how much a p

37、arent reads. Traditi onal wisdom also has it that heavy televisi on-watch ing lowers IQ ( affects school p erforma nee. But here, too, An ders on no tes that no studies have proved it. In fact, research suggests that it the other way around. “Ifou resmart young, you ll watch less TV when you reolder

38、, ”nderson says. Yet, people of lower IQ tend to be life long televisi on viewers. For years researchers have atte mp ted to show that televisi on is dan gerous to childre n. However, by show ing that televisi on pro motes none of the dan gerous effects as conven tio nally believed, An ders on sugge

39、sts that televisi on cannot be condemned without con sideri ng other in flue nces. 36. By watchi ng TV, childre n lear n. A. images through words B. more tha n exp licit meanings C. more about images tha n words D. little about people s psychology 37. An educatio nal p rogram is best watched by a ch

40、ild. A. on his own B. with other kids C. with his parents s reading ability? D. with his teachers 38. Which of the followi ng is most related to childre n A. Radio-liste ning B. Televisi on-watch ing C. Parents reading list D. Parents educati onal backgro und 39. An ders on believed that. A. the mor

41、e a child watches TV, the smarter he is B. the youn ger a child is, the more he watches TV C. the smarter a child is, the less likely he gets addicted to TV D. the less a child watches TV, the better he p erforms at school 40. What is the main purpose of the p assage? A. To advise on the educati ona

42、l use of TV. B. To describe TV s harmful effects on children. C. To exp lain traditi onal views on TV in flue nces. D. To present Anderson s unconventional ideas. D It was once com mon to regard Brita in as a society with class dist inction. Each class had unique characteristics. In recent years, ma

43、ny writers have begu n to sp eak the decli ne of class and classless society in Brita in. And in moder n day con sumer society every one is con sidered to be middle class. But pronouncing the death of class is too early. A rece nt wide-ra nging society of p ublic opinion found 90 percent of people s

44、till p laci ng themselves in p articular class; 73 percent agreed that class was still a vital part of British society; and 52 percent thought there were still shar p class differe nces. Thus, class may not be culturally and p olitically obvious, yet it rema ins an imp orta nt part of British societ

45、y. Brita in seems to have a love of stratificati on. One un cha nging asp ect of a British persons class po siti on is acce nt. The words a person sp eaks tell her or his class. A study of British acce nts duri ng 1970s found that a voice sounding like a BBC n ewsreader was viewed as the most attrac

46、tive voice, Most people said this acce nt soun ded educated and soft. The acce nts p laced at the bottom in this study, on the other hand, were regional （地区的）city accents. These accents were seen as com mon and ugly. However, a similar study of British acce nts in the US turned these results up side

47、 dow n and p laced some regi onal acce nts as the most attractive and BBC En glish as the least. This suggests that British attitudes towards acce nt have dee p roots and are based on class p rejudice. In recent years, however, young upper middle-class people in London, have begun to adopt some regi

48、 onal acce nts, in order to hide their class origi ns. This is an in dicati on of class beco ming unno ticed. However, the 1995 pop song Com mon People puts forward the view that though a middle-class person may want to live like com mon peop le they can n ever app reciate the reality of a work in g

49、-class life. 41. A recent study of p ublic opinion shows that in moder n Brita in. A. it is time to end class dist inction B. most people bel ong to middle class C. it is easy to recognize a person s class D. people regard themselves socially differe nt 42. The word stratificati on in P aragra ph 3

50、is closest in meaning to. A. variety B. divisio n C. authority D. qualificati on 43. The study in the US showed that BBC En glish was regarded as. A. regi onal B. educated C. p rejudiced D. un attractive 44. British attitudes towards acce nt. A. have a long traditi on B. are based on regional status

51、 C. are shared by the America ns D. have cha nged in rece nt years 45. What is the main idea of the p assage? A. The middle class is expanding B. A person s accent reflects his class C. Class is a key part of British society D. Each class has unique characteristics. 第二节信息匹配(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分) 请阅读下列应用

52、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。 首先阅读下列活动介绍： A. B. A Night of Glamor and In trigue at Sha nghai Bu nd in 1930 To celebrate Asia heritage mon th, Trendy New York is proud to p rese nt“ Cheon gsam Night out- A date with Cheongsam beauties in Shanghai Bund 1930”. May 16, 9:00 P M-May 17, 12:00 A

53、M. EDT 330 West 40th Street, New York. NY 10018 Picki ng Partn ers-NEW YORK Featuri ng ada ptatio ns from Chin ese and Wester n classic, in cludi ng works from Chin ese Academy Award-winningcomposer Tan Dun, the Beijing Guitar Duo teamed up with Cuba n guitar virtuoso Manuel Barrueco (right) for a C

54、hi na West Concert at the New York Historical Society on April 23. C. D. Heroes of History: Legacy of My Chin ese Family Join us as actress Tina Chen reco unts the fasci nati ng story of three gen erati ons of her mother s family and their contributions to the history of China. Friday, May 8, 6:3 OP

55、 M-7:30 PM China In stitute 125 East 65th Street, New York, NY 10065 Great shots-NEW YORK A p hotogra phy exhibiti on held by HAN Media to celebrate its founding in New York City on April 24, featuri ng three emerg ing Chin ese p hotogra phers; Yin gxi Michael Shi, Haiyin Lin and Liming Guan, whose

56、works have app eared in p ublicati ons such as Vogue, ELLE, The New York Times and others. E. F. Forbidden delights-NEW YORK The first sessi on of the China In stitute in America short course Beijing: The City Through Its Architecture opens on Wedn esday. Nancy S. Stein hardt discusses the Forbidde

57、n City and Beiji ng s imp erial architecture .P ass ing on the Kunqu Art: From Master to Disci pies Kunqu Society, the classical Chin ese theater which comb ines singing, dancing and act ing to literary works by masters of Mi ng and Qi ng Dyn asties, p erform ing in troduces four sig nature p lays o

58、f Kunqu Master Jiqing Zhang to America n audie nces. Sun day, April 19, 2:00 PM, EST Miller Theatre at Columbia Uni versity 2960 Broadway, New York, NY 10027 请根据以下人物介绍选择他们可能参加的活动： 46. Edward Leon ardo Norton, conno isseur of Chin ese and Japan ese an tiques. He has a stro ng in terest in classical C

59、hin ese literary works. He eve n starts going to evening classes to lear n classical Chin ese at Columbia Uni versity. 47. Daphne Sui-yua n Tan, former director of Nati onal Associati on of Photogra phers. After reading some history books on how the first group of Chinese immigrants survived in Amer

60、ica of the 19th cen tury, she has become kee n on her own family history and that of others. 48. Sharon Coll ins, pop sin ger and amateur p hotogra pher. Her marriage with a serious music critic has draw n her to his world, so she is now crazy about classical music and will not miss any cha nee to a