【2019惠州二调】惠州市2019届高三第二次调研考试英语试题

1、 实用标准惠州市 2019 届高三第二次调研考试英 语2018.10本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。满分 120 分（最终成绩按总分 135 分进行折算），考试用时 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。2. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名，准考证号填写在答题卡相应的位置。3. 全部答案应在答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。4. 考试结束后，将答题卡交回。第 i 卷第二部分 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

2、黑。afeeling hungry but dont have the time to get in line for food? why not justgrab and go? here are the best places for takeout in this city. try choosing yourtakeaway food by referring to the following feedbacks from the customers:shop 6a, g/f, sen fat bldg, 6 bonham strandnew garden:rileen chua: b

3、eef egg toasted sandwich! good for takeaway as u skip thequeue! so time-saving!chris chua: must order their sandwiches and red bean ice! classic!fuyuhiko takaya: english service available. my favorite chinese-western fusionrestaurant!35-39 graham street (hollywood road)pololi:max lmn: great healthy

4、takeaway spot!alfonso castillo: loved the food. very healthy and not so expensive. i wouldrecommend it to be taken away rather than actually eat there. 11:30 all the way to02:00, good for late night snacks!will c: friendly staff, well knowledge of their products and offer samples to try.had the avoc

5、ado spicy tuna, wasabi mayo and salad. if you like fresh healthy food,you wont be disappointed.1/f, east, hong kong, 29 taikoo shing rdfeast (food by east):shari mccullough: the to-go counter is great for picking up a fresh, yummysalad or sandwich for takeaway.berla king: cupcakes turned out to be t

6、he densest and heaviest ever. suggestyou pass on the takeaway counter for more desserts. closes at 21:00.shop b, g/f, manhattan avenue, 25 queens rd c, sheung wanla rotisserie:bart verkoeijen: its for takeaway or on the go only. you get the chicken文档 实用标准wrapped in aluminum foil, and it is still hot

7、 after 15 minutes. opens 14:00 23:00.john chew: it is a great lunch takeaway. i love the chicken with pasta. peopleare crazy about its chocolate cake which i will have to try one of these days.tink wong: yummy! probably not the healthiest but the potatoes weredelicious. the chicken was juicy and ver

8、y well-seasoned. will go back for sure! teaset is worth every dollar.click “more” if you want other recommendations. treat yourself!21. who is this passage intended for?a. people who dont want to wait for food.b. people who are hungry.c. people who are too lazy to go out eating.d. people who are par

9、ticular about food.22. what made new garden special among the best places for takeaway?a. customers can experience different food cultures.b. it only offers takeaway food.c. only fresh healthy food is served.d. customers can enjoy excellent service.23.you can go to_ to choose fresh healthy food at 2

10、2:00.a. new gardenb. pololic. feastd. la rotisseriebi realized something this morning. i have been writing now for 34 years. it allstarted when i was just 18 years old. as a boy i had read literally hundreds(毫不夸张地）of books. i had a thirst for knowledge that seemingly could never fade. thensuddenly i

11、 found i had something i wanted to share. i tried to ignore it, but as anywriter will tell you once the ideas awaken inside of you they wont leave you aloneuntil you write them down. i didnt have a computer, word processor, or even atypewriter. still, i grabbed a pen and lined notebook paper and wro

12、te everythingthat was burning inside of me.when i was done i didnt know how to share it. there was no internet back then,no smart phones, and no social media. i sought out the editor of my local countynewspaper and asked him to print what i had written. he was a good man full ofboth wisdom and kindn

13、ess. he not only printed my first story but agreed to publishanything else i was willing to write. i continued to write new articles each week andshared them first with other local papers and later online as well. years later at theurging of my readers i even self-published two collections of my sto

14、ries in bookform.through my writing i slowly became more than i was. in my writings iencountered my highest self. in my writings i discovered the goodness and lightthat lies in us all. in my writings i found great love and joy and encouraged othersto choose love and joy as well. i also found that we

15、 all are writers whether we putpen to paper or not. with every choice we make, with every thought we hold, andwith everything we do we are writing our own life story.文档 实用标准lance wubbels once wrote: i hope you realize your life is truly your life. itbelongs to you. it is your story to write with lov

16、e. day by day, line by line, write itwell.24. as a boy, when the author found he had something to share, _.a. he wrote it downb. he ignored itc. he shared it on social mediad. he told it to a writer25. how did the author begin his writing career?a. he was hired as a newspaper editor.b. he put his st

17、ories online by himself.c. he self-published two books.d. he was helped by a local newspaper editor.26. what does the author think of writing?a. writing takes practice and efforts.b. writing can benefit oneself and others.c. writing helps people tell right from wrong.d. only with a pen can one write

18、 his life story.27. which of the following can be the best title for the text?a. a way to be a writerb. a way to share ideasc. living is writingd. writing is the source of lovecdo you find it difficult to put down your mobile phone?if yes, youre not alone. these days, many people suffer from the str

19、ess offomo (fear of missing out). they reach for their mobile phones when they wake upin the morning, and for the rest of the day, they constantly scroll down the timelinesof their social media apps to get the latest updates.despite the convenience smartphones bring, many people struggle with theird

20、igital habits.as sameer samat, us tech company vice president of product management,said in his speech at the 2018 google i/o developer conference on may 8, 70% ofpeople dont want to spend so much time on their phones.this is why during the conference google introduced an app called dashboardfor the

21、 new version of its android operating system. this new app includeswell-being functions that aim to help users manage the time they spend on theirdigital devices.it all starts with a bird s-eye view. dashboard allows users to look at all thedetails of their phone habits. for example, users can see h

22、ow many times theyveunlocked their phone and how many times theyve checked their social media apps,as well as how much time they spend on each app every day.文档 实用标准once the users see this information, theyll be able to make some changes.with the app timer functions, users can set a time limit for ho

23、w long they can useeach app for every day. after theyve hit the limit，they wont be able to launch theapp until the next day.but even if users become more mindful of their usage, theyre still likely to bedrawn in by notifications (通知 ). this is where the shush feature comes in. itautomatically silenc

24、es incoming calls and notifications when a user puts his/herphone face down.if people truly want to make full use of their free time instead of losing hoursusing their smartphones, these new functions are just one way of doing that.after all, who needs to use an app to stop you from using other apps

25、 when theeasiest answer would be just to use your willpower?28. people under the pressure of fomo may_.a. have trouble with their sleepb. find it hard to focus on anythingc. be addicted to their mobile phonesd. prefer to download the latest apps29. what inspires google to launch dashboard?a.the limi

26、ted functions of current android system.b. peoples complaint about their smartphones.c. samats impressive speech at a conference.d. mobilephone users great demand.30. _ can track users phone habits in detail.a. androidb. timerc. shushd. dashboard31. what can be learned from the passage?a. dashboard

27、turned out to be popular.b. dashboard is a perfect choice to manage time properly.c. strong willpower is the easiest way to avoid smartphone addiction.d. people are exploring other ways to stop overusing smartphones.dwild animals are known to listen to each other for warningsthat predators are near.

28、 some birds, for example, flee when neighbors makea loud noise to announce a snakes presence.the fairy wren is a small australian songbird. it is not born knowing thelanguages of other birds. but recent research says it can learn the meaningof a few important sounds.andrew radford is a biologist at

29、the university of bristol in england andco-writer of the new report published in early august in the journalbiology. he told the associated press, we knew before that some animalscan translate the meanings of other species foreign languages, but we didcurrentnot know how that language learning came

30、about.birds have several ways of learning life skills. some knowledge isgenetically passed down by their parents and some comes from direct文档 实用标准experience with the world. but radford and other scientists are exploring athird kind of knowledge: information from fellows.radford and researchers at th

31、e australian national university carried outthe study in the countrys national botanic gardens in canberra.theyattached to their bodies specially-designed, sound-producing equipmentcalled tweeter speakers. they wanted to see if fairy wrens would react tosounds of other birds even if they could not s

32、ee them.the scientists first played the birds two recorded sounds that they likelyhad never heard before. one was a warning cry of a thornbill, a bird not nativeto australia. the other was a computer-generated bird sound called buzz.when the 16 fairy wrens in the study first heard the sounds, they h

33、ad nospecial reaction. the scientists then tried to train half of the birds torecognize the thornbills cry as a warning sound. they tried to train the otherhalf to recognize the computer-generated buzz as a warning call. andtheir students passed the test. the fairy wrens trained with the thornbills

34、cry,fled when they heard it. the group trained with the buzz, fled when theyheard that sound. neither group reacted to the sound taught to the other.32. what does the underlined word “predators” in the first paragraph mean?a. enemiesb. neighborsc. birdsd. snakes33. which is the right order of the ex

35、periment?a. the fairy wrens were divided into two parts.b. the fairy wrens made no reaction to the strange sounds.c. the fairy wrens wore sound-providing equipment.d. the fairy wrens were trained separately.e. the fairy wrens passed the test successfully.a. a b c d eb. c b a d ec. c e b a dd. a c e

36、d b34. it can be learned from the study that the fairy wrens _.a. were not good “foreign language” learnersb. made no reaction to the sounds all the timec. took both of the sounds as warningsd. fled when hearing the sound trained with35. the passage is probably taken from_.a. a biology textbookc. a

37、science fictionb. a science magazined. a wildlife brochure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。gratitude is not only an art performed in daily life, but also part of ourtraditional virtue. has your mother or friend told you that you re an ungratefulperson? do you fee

38、l unable to appreciate the world or people around you? are youobsessed with things you don t have instead of being thankful for what you do文档 实用标准36 then you will definitely need to work on being a more gratefulshowing gratitude has been put forward in the last few decades. 37 butthere are still som

39、e tips that help make it possible for you to practice gratitude.refusing to play the victim is the first step you re supposed to38if you want to be grateful, stop complaining the world, your teachers,your friends and your family about not putting themselves in your shoes, and focuson how much theyve

40、 helped and cared about you.volunteering in your community is another effective way to show howgrateful you are for what the world has given you. whether youre helping clean upa local park, working in a soup kitchen, or teaching children or adults in yourcommunity to learn to read, your perspective

41、towards life will changepositively.4039you shouldnt always be good only to your close friends or familymembers. you can help a neighbor look for a lost dog. you can also help an oldlady carry her grocery. you dont have to search for these opportunities purposely.sometimes they will present themselve

42、s. so when they come, act with generosity.youll be more grateful for your role played in the world.a. however hard you try to avoid these questionsb. if you find yourself involved in one of these circumstancesc. gradually, youll be more grateful for the chances to repay the societyd. doing a random

43、act of kindness is also a great way of practicing gratitude.e. while such encouragement is morally meaningful，it seems to be a littleabstract.f. ungrateful persons are always blaming the world for the problems andowing all the faults to othersg. when you reflect on your thoughts, feelings, emotions

44、and actions, you areactuallyreflecting on your values.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, d ）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。i was frustrated at not being entered into the national it competitioni d appliedfor. i sat in the car, lost in 41 , chewing

45、 my lip and staring outside.i went upstairs, 42 and desperate. grandpas door was open for me as usual.there, he was waiting for my 43 with great excitement. i stood silently, forcinga 44 to cover my sadness. he seemed to 45 me immediately, giving mea46 . i was astonished that such a 47 body was full

46、 of so much energy.文档 实用标准only then did my emotions start48 out. i told him that all my 49 were fornothing, and that i was feeling discouraged. grandpa smiled at me 50 and said,“dont worry. youre far stronger than you think”. then he 51 , “life can befull of ups and downs so what we need do is to st

47、ill have our hopes and 52 ,neglecting the anxiety that makes it easy to give up.”he 53 me on the shoulder, with a determined look, before saying,“cheer up.i m firmly 54 that you have the capability to succeed. ” grandpa sencouragement soon made my sadness 55 .the next day, i thought about all my pro

48、blems and 56 a plan. now, i believethat with a positive attitude towards failure, ill 57 reach my goals.looking back, i realize that we should share our setbacks and progress in life withour 58 ones. as my grandpa showed, the 59 of our family members willbenefit us 60 .41. a. fearb. despairb. strong

49、b. commentb. sighc. loved. need42. a. weakc. sweetd. simpled. arrival43. a. suggestion44. a. tearc. discoveryc. signald. smile45. a. ignore46. a. hugb. inspectb. pridec. readd. orderc. challengec. thind. wish47. a. fineb. fitd. healthyd. pouringd. profitsd. freshlyd. servedd. pains48. a. dying49. a.

50、 offers50. a. generally51. a. added52. a. decisions53. a. patted54. a. convinced55. a. ariseb. turningb. effortsb. gentlyb. sharedb. respectsb. hitc. checkingc. promisesc. suddenlyc. helpedc. desiresc. beggedc. expectedc. continuec. cared aboutc. eventuallyc. determinedc. supportc. howeverd. pickedd

51、. changedd. disappeard. worked outd. instantlyd. excitedd. blamed. whereverb. believedb. preventb. came acrossb. actuallyb. belovedb. gratitudeb. forever56. a. turned into57. a. merely58. a. deserved59. a. company60. a. never第 ii 卷注意：将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满

52、分 15 分）文档 实用标准阅读下面材料，在空白处填人适当的内容(1 个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。one habit of those people who are smarter than everyone else is to stay up late.in movies, the creative genius always works late into the midnight hours bycandlelightand perhaps this style 61 (root) in fact.a study 62 experts from the london school

53、of economics and sciencefound that people who tend to go to bed later have 63 (high) iqs. 64 studyauthors believe the root of why this is lies in our evolutionbecause nighttime wasa more dangerous place, and our ancestors who were to stay up instead of going tosleep 65 (need) to be more intelligent.

54、 also, 66 (stay) awake into the nightwas a new idea 67 was attractive to curious minds.today, our varying living rhythms may still reflect this. “perhaps some smartpeople stay up later because their internal clocks are 68 (simple) different,” dr.wai says. “or, perhaps they stay up later because they

55、 tend to be alone, and likebeing up late at night without distractions to think and solvetheir 69 (problem).” but if you are a night owl, still remember 70 ( get) yourseven to nine hours of sleep.第四部分 写作（共两节 满分 35）第一节 短文改错（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有 10 处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号( )，并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2. 只允许修改 10 处，多者（从第 11 处