阳光高考提供：广州市2013届高三考前英语训练试题及其答案

本试卷共三大题, 满分135分。考试用时120分钟。

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I 语言知识及应用 (共两节，满分45分)

第一节 完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2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。

Some years ago, Houston airport faced a troubling customer-relations issue. Passengers were making a huge number of   1   about the long waits at baggage claim (行李提取处). In response, the airport managers   2   the number of baggage handlers. The plan worked: the average wait fell to eight minutes. But the complaints   3   despite the apparent success.

  4  , the managers undertook a more careful, on-site analysis. They found that it took passengers a minute to walk from their   5   gates to baggage claim and seven more minutes to get their bags. Roughly 88 percent of their time, in other words, was spent standing around   6   waiting for their bags.

So the airport decided on a new approach: instead of reducing wait time, it   7   the arrival gates farther away from baggage claim area. Passengers now had to   8   six times longer to get their bags. Complaints dropped to near zero.

This story shows a general   9  : the experience of waiting is defined only partly by the actual length of the wait. Often the psychology of queuing is more   10   than the length of the wait itself. Occupied time (walking to baggage claim) feels   11   than unoccupied time (standing at baggage claim). Research on   12   has shown that, on average, people overestimate how long they’ve waited in a line by about 36 percent.

This is also why one finds mirrors next to lifts. The spread of high-rise buildings after World War II led to complaints about lift   13  . The motive behind the mirrors was   14   to the one used at the Houston airport: give people something to   15   their time, and the wait seems shorter.  

1. A. suggestions  B. questions  C. complaints   D. challenges 

2. A. evaluated        B. counted  C. decreased   D. increased 

3. A. continued  B. disappeared  C. doubled         D. changed

4. A. Annoyed         B. Puzzled  C. Discouraged  D. Excited

5. A. exit       B. landing  C. arrival    D. departure

6. A. uncomfortably B. aimlessly  C. hopelessly      D. impatiently 

7. A. freed   B. sent     C. moved             D. removed 

8. A. wait       B. walk   C. waste    D. sit

9. A. principle      B. approach  C. belief    D. reason

10. A. scientific  B. interesting  C. useful             D. important 

11. A. slower      B. shorter         C. more difficult  D. more painful

12. A. figures         B. baggage  C. queuing      D. standing 

13. A. delays   B. quality   C. safety       D. repairs

14. A. devoted   B. superior  C. familiar      D. similar

15. A. take   B. occupy  C. use       D. value

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。

There was once a small boy who would never get dressed when his parents told him to,   16   would he wear what they wanted him to. He preferred unusual clothes, but above all, he liked taking his time. His parents were always in a rush, and wanted him to be much    17   (quick), but the boy didn't like this,   18   he would slow down even more.

One day, his parents got so angry when he refused to dress, that they told him to go out without any clothes at all.   19   (amuse), the boy followed his parents out of the door. He held a belief   20   nobody could do anything to him. 

As the boy stood outside his house with nothing on, waiting for his parents’ car, along came the local pig farmer. The farmer,   21   was almost deaf, had very poor eyesight. Not only that, but also he   22   (forget) his glasses that day. When he saw the boy’s pink skin, he thought it was one of his pigs. Shouting and pushing, the farmer forced   23   into a pig cage.

The boy begged him to stop but the deaf farmer couldn’t hear. 

When found by his parents, the terrified boy never again wanted to be mistaken   24   anything other than a human being. Now he’s the first   25   (get) dressed, and always looks neat. 

II 阅读 (共两节，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

The future of written English will owe more to Hollywood films than Dickens or Shakespeare, if the findings of a study into children’s writing are anything to go by. Researchers who looked at the entries to a national competition found they were increasingly using American words such as garbage, trash can, sidewalk, candy, sneakers, soda, and flashlight.

The stories, written by pupils aged 7 to 13, show how fairy cakes are referred to as cupcakes and a dinner jacket has become a tuxedo. “Smart” is now often used for “clever” and “cranky” for “irritable”.

Television also has a powerful influence on children’s work, with Lady Gaga and Argentinean footballer Lionel Messi among the famous names from TV cropping up repeatedly.

But pupils are let down by basic spelling, punctuation and grammar, according to the study by Oxford University Press (OUP), which looked at the entries to BBC Radio Two’s “500 Words” competition.

Children struggled to correctly spell simple words such as “does” and “clothes” and often failed to use the past tense correctly, frequently writing “rised” instead of “rose” or “thinked” instead of “thought”.

Researchers also found that punctuation was underused, especially semi-colons and speech marks. Some did not know how to use capital letters. However, exclamation marks were overused. Researchers found 35,171 examples in total, with some young writers using five at a time！

Popular US fiction such as the Twilight novels and films is thought to be fueling the increasing use of American vocabulary and spelling. Meanwhile, fears that texting was corrupting children’s written work were unfounded, they said, with youngsters only using text language when they were referring to a text message.

Samantha Armstrong from OUP said: “Perhaps we are catching a glimpse of the language of the future.” Chris Evans, whose radio show runs the competition, said the results were “fascinating”, adding: “Who’d have thought that Messi and Gaga would be some of the most used names?”

26. According to the passage, which of the following is an example of British English?

   A. sneakers     B. fairy cakes     C. tuxedo     D. cranky

27. Which of the following was NOT frequently found in the pupils’ stories?

   A. Text message language.

   B. A variety of Americanisms.

   C. Overuse of exclamation marks.

   D. Names of famous TV stars.

28. What can we infer from the passage?

   A. Lionel Messi is now the most famous footballer in Britain.

   B. American movies and books are increasingly popular in Britain.

   C. The national writing competition is organised by Oxford University Press.

D. Written English is more influenced by classical literature than popular US culture.

29. The underlined phrase “unfounded” in Paragraph 7 probably means _________.

   A. unbearable    B. unnoticeable      C. not found     D. not based on facts

30. The passage is intended to _________.

   A. show that British children have spellings and grammar abilities

   B. share the experience about how to teach written English in a correct way 

   C. discuss the noticeable changes and evolution of written English in Britain

   D. criticize the influence of popular US culture on British children’s language use

 

                            B

Bissel is a small village of the West Sahara. It lies next to a l.5-square-kilometer oasis（绿洲）, from where three days and nights are generally required to go out of the desert. However, before Ken Levin discovered it in 1926, none of the Bissel villagers had ever walked out of the desert. Reportedly, they were not unwilling to leave this barren land. Many had previously tried but failed, always somehow finding themselves back at the oasis after several days of trying to walk out.

When interviewed by Ken Levin, an expert at the British Royal College of Sciences, the villagers explained that no matter which direction they walked it always brought them back to the village. 

Why couldn’t the Bissel villagers walk out of the desert? Levin was very puzzled. He had, by himself, managed to walk north from the village and reach the nearest town in three and a half days. He decided to carry out an experiment to solve the mystery. He and a Bissel villager called Argutel, would walk out of the desert together. They prepared enough water for a half-a-month journey and two camels. But this time Ken Levin didn't bring his compass. Levin would follow Argutel. 

Ten days later, they had walked for about 500 miles but were still in the desert. On the 11th morning, an oasis came into their view. They were back at Bissel. Levin now understood why the Bissel people couldn’t escape the desert. They had no knowledge of the North Star, which had for centuries provided sailors and other travelers with a point of direction. In the desert, if a person goes forward relying only on their senses, they will not be able to travel in a straight line. Rather they will travel in a very large circle and eventually track back to where they began. Levin explained to Argutel the function of the North Star and said, “As long as you rest in the daytime and walk towards the brightest star at night, you would be able to walk out of the desert.” Argutel did as he was told. Three days later, he came to the edge of the desert. 

Now in the West Sahara, Bissel has become a bright pearl, where tens of thousands of tourists come every year. Argutel’s bronze statue stands in the center of the town. On its base are the words: __________________________________.

31. Villagers in Bissel had never walked beyond the desert because ________.

A. they had no method to find their way out 

B. they were discouraged by their failures 

C. they had a fear of the outside world

D. they had no desire to leave the oasis 

32. Ken Levin asked Argutel to walk to the north in order to ________.

   A. see how far away Bissel was to the edge of the desert

   B. prove that people could walk out of the desert

   C. tell people not to walk in circles 

   D. show Argutel was a great person

33. According to the passage, Ken Levin ________.

A. knew Argutel before he came to the village

B. came to Bissel to do experiments on behalf of his college

C. became the first man to walk out of the desert from Bissel Village

D. taught Bissel villagers knowledge of the North Star when he first arrived 

34. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A. Ken Levin didn’t walk south because it would take more days 

B. the use of a compass was necessary to walk out of the desert

C. tourism in Bissel has been greatly developed and improved

D. Argutel became the leader of Bissel after his return

35. Which of the following can most probably be found at the base of Argutel’s statue? 

A. Two heads are better than one.

B. Where there is a will, there is a way.

C. A long journey starts with the first step.

D. A new life starts from the fixed direction.

C

Years ago, I was watching a detective show on TV where the fingerprints of a criminal are required. The hero invites the bad guy to his home and offers him a glass of water. The man takes the glass and drinks the water. After he leaves the hero dramatically brings out a handkerchief and picks up the glass. His expressions show the satisfaction at a job well done. The bad guy will soon be arrested. 

At that time, I found it amazing – how can prints on a glass identify people? My dad explained that if you were to press your thumb on an inkpad and then on a sheet of white paper you will leave a smudge or print, which no one else in the world can make. The same would be true for each of your fingers. The Chinese were the first to use a fingerprint as a type of identification – it was used as a signature on important documents, although they had no way of independently matching it with the owner. 

Each print is one-of-a-kind and no two people have the same characteristic. Scientists and criminologists (those who study criminal characteristics) determine the differences between fingerprints by a careful study of their curves and not by their general shape or pattern. 

In 1892, an English scientist, Sir Francis Galton, published a book on using fingerprints to solve crimes. At the same time in Argentina, a police researcher Juan Vucetich was also working towards a fingerprint classification system. However, it was in 1896 that Sir Edward Henry, then serving as Inspector General of Police in India, developed the print classification system that would eventually be used globally. 

Sir Edward Henry and his assistant Khan Haque discovered that all fingerprints could be systematically classified according to their general curve patterns. He divided them into three classes on the basis of their general pattern: loops (箕形纹), whorls (斗形纹), and arches (弓形纹). By counting the curve between any two points in the pattern, each of the ten fingers could be classified into a particular group. Taking the group together as a unit you have a complete system of classifying fingerprints. 

In June 1897, the world’s first fingerprint bureau was set up in Calcutta and in 1901, Sir Edward Henry was appointed head of Scotland Yard in London, where he applied the system. This system, called the science of fingerprint identification, is still used by police departments all over the world today with few changes.

36. The purpose of the first paragraph is to show _________.

A. how a person’s fingerprints are taken    

B. how satisfied the hero was with his work 

C. how careful detectives should be when working

D. how fingerprints are commonly used to solve crimes

37. Fingerprints were first used in China to _______.

A. sign documents               B. capture criminals

C. show respect                 D. prove identity 

38. In which country was today’s fingerprint classification system developed?

A. China         B. Scotland         C. Argentina        D. India

39. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

   A. The fingerprint classification system has experienced great changes.

   B. For more than a century, fingerprints have been applied to crime solving. 

   C. Henry’s fingerprint classification system was immediately accepted internationally.

D. By comparing the general shape of two fingerprints, one can easily tell their difference.

40. What is the best title for this passage?

   A. Detectives and Criminals              

B. Scientists and Criminologists

   C. Fingerprints and Crime Solving      

D. Researchers and Fingerprint Patterns

D

Organic food, once considered something that only health fanatics desired, is now a regular feature at most supermarkets. And that has created a bit of a dilemma. On the one hand, you have a conventionally grown apple. On the other, you have one that’s organic. Both apples are firm, shiny and red. Both provide vitamins and fiber, and both are free of fat, sodium and cholesterol. 

Conventionally grown food generally costs less, but is organic food a better choice? The advantages claimed for such foods over conventionally grown and sold food products are now being debated on a large scale. Supporters of organic foods – a term whose meaning varies greatly – are frequently telling the world that such products are safer and more nutritious than others. 

The growing interest of consumers in the safety and nutritional quality of daily foods is a welcome development. However, much of this interest has been aroused by sweeping claims that the conventional food supply is unsafe or inadequate in meeting nutritional needs. 

Almost daily, the public is surrounded by claims for “no-aging” diets, new vitamins and other wonder foods. There are numerous unsubstantiated reports that natural vitamins are superior to man-made ones, that fertilized eggs are nutritionally superior to unfertilized eggs, that untreated grains are better than those treated with insect spray and the like. 

Although most of these claims are not supported by scientific evidence, large amounts of written material about the benefits of organic foods makes it difficult for people to separate fact from fiction. As a result, claims that eating a diet consisting of organically grown foods prevents or cures disease or provides other benefits to health have become widely advertised and form the basis for people’s opinion. 

One thing that most organically grown food products seem to have in common is that they cost more than conventionally grown foods. But in many cases consumers are misled if they believe organic foods can maintain health and provide better nutritional quality than conventionally grown foods. So there is real cause for concern if consumers, particularly those with limited incomes, distrust the conventional food supply and buy only expensive organic foods instead.

41. According to Paragraph 2, which of the following statements about organic food is true?

A. It has no agreed definition. 

B. It is popular among producers.

C. It is accepted by most nutritionists.

D. It hasn’t been used until recent years.  

42. In Paragraph 4, treated grains are examples of ________. 

A. organic food              B. conventionally grown food   

C. expensive food            D. healthier food 

43. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A. organic foods are actually less nutritious than conventionally grown foods

B. people cannot separate fact from fiction because of the TV advertisements 

C. organic foods cost more but are not necessarily better than conventionally grown foods

   D. most doctors believe that organic foods prevent disease or provide other benefits to health

44. According to the passage, many consumers are attracted by organic foods because they _____.

A. have carefully researched the products

B. value food safety and nutrition 

C. expect to save some money 

D. want to try something new

45. What is the author’s attitude toward the claims of organic foods?

A. Enthusiastic.   B. Supportive.    C. Uninterested.      D. Doubtful.

第二节 信息匹配 (共5小题；每小题2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。

首先请阅读下列租房信息：

 

以下是五个人的租房要求。请匹配每个人拟租的房子。

46. Xiao Ni is studying in Sydney for the next two months. She wants to live with an Australian family so she can improve her English as much as possible.

47. Akira and Yoko have just got married. Yoko is teaching Japanese at a local Sydney high school. They don’t really want to share accommodation with other people.

48. Li Hua is studying at the Sydney Language Centre to which he drives each day in his car.  His cousin from Guangzhou is arriving in Sydney very soon to study at the same language centre. He also needs his own room.

49. Toni Fan would like to share with one person, preferably an Australian one so he can learn more about Australian culture. He doesn’t smoke and is happy to rent a small room.

50. Kim Chong Won is a Korean student with a limited budget. He doesn’t want to pay more than $100 per week. He doesn’t want to live on his own or with a family. He’s a non-smoker.  

III 写作(共两节，满分40分)

第一节 基础写作 (共1小题，满分15分)

假设你是学校自行车俱乐部的成员，刚参加了一项郊游活动。

【写作内容】

请根据以下内容，为你校英语校报写一篇简讯。

时间 4月21日，周日

人物 自行车俱乐部全体25名成员

行程 1. 7:45 在校门口集合，8:00 出发；

2. 9:00到达华南植物园：参观各种珍稀植物，增进对大自然的了解；

3. 继续骑行半小时至龙洞水库：野餐、垂钓。

收获 接触大自然、呼吸清新空气，强化了环保意识

参考词汇：植物园：botanic garden     龙洞水库：the Long Dong Reservoir

【写作要求】

只能用5个句子表达全部内容。

【评分标准】

句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

第二节 读写任务 (共1小题,满分25分)

    阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

Eat your vegetables. Wash your hands. Always say “please” and “thank you”. We are full of advice for our children, but when it comes to money, we often have little to say. As a result, our children may grow up with clean hands and good manners, but without any idea how to manage their money. Here are some basics that will help guide them their entire lives:

    Show them the future. If your 13-year-old girl were to save $100, put it in the bank at 8% interest and add $10 every month, by the time she’s 65, she would have $98,098!

    Be careful of credit. Credit cards can help you buy necessary things and build a credit history, but they must be used responsibly, which means paying off your debt in time. Explain to your children that when you buy something using a credit card, you can easily end up paying two or three times what you would have paid if you used cash.  

    Teach patience. Suppose your child wants a new bicycle that costs $150. Rather than you paying the cash, give him some regular pocket money and explain that by putting aside, say, $15 each week, he will be able to buy it for himself in only ten weeks.

    Provide encouragement. Tell your children the importance of saving. And for every dollar he or she agrees to save and invest rather than spend, you agree to add another dollar to the pot.

[写作内容]

1．以约30个词概括这段短文的内容；

2．然后以约120个词就“父母教小孩理财”这一话题发表你的看法，内容包括：

(1) 你认为父母是否应该教小孩理财？为什么？

(2) 如果应该，那么在小孩几岁的时候教他们理财？用什么形式理财？

如果不应该，那么等到孩子多大时教他们理财？用什么形式理财？

(3) 结合你小时候关于理财的情况来说明你的观点。

 [写作要求]

1．在作文中可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

[评分标准]

概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

 

参考答案

1~5  CDABC     6~10  DCBAD      11~15  BCADB

16. nor / neither  17. quicker    18. and    19. Amused / Amusingly    20. that   

21. who      22. had forgotten / forgot     23. him      24. for       25. to get

 

26~30  BABDC    31~35  ABCCD    36~40  DADBC     41~45  ABCBD

46~50  DECFA

基础写作：

Last Sunday, April 21, all 25 members of our school bicycle club including myself went on a wonderful trip. We gathered at the school gate at 7:45 am, and set off at 8:00. After arriving at the South China Botanic Garden at 9:00 am, we explored the park’s amazing collection of rare and precious plants, which broadened our understanding of nature. Then we spent half an hour riding to the Long Dong Reservoir, where we enjoyed picnic lunch and some fishing. Through these activities, not only did we get closer to the nature and breathe fresh air, but we also strengthened our awareness of the need to protect the environment.

读写任务：

As the author points out, teaching children to save money, keeping responsible credit and being patient when making purchases will help them have a better future.

In my opinion, it is essential for parents to teach children how to manage their money responsibly before they move out of home. Without such knowledge, people will not be able to maximize the quality of their life and may even get in debt.  

I think five to six is an appropriate age to begin teaching children money management skills.   Parents may accompany their children to the bank and help them open an account in which they can save their lucky money. This can be used to pay for their schooling, which will help them understand the true value of money.  

This is exactly what my parents asked me to do when I was young and thanks to them I don’t waste my money on frivolous or unnecessary purchase.