廣東省廣州市2020屆高三英語第二次模擬考試試題

廣東省廣州市2020屆高三英語第二次模擬考試試題2020.4本試卷10頁滿分120分，考試用時120分鐘。注意事項：1?本試卷分第I卷（選擇題）和和第卷（非選擇題）兩部分。答卷前，考生務(wù)必將自己的姓名、考生號、考場號和座位號填寫在答題卡上。用2B鉛筆將試卷類型（A）填涂在答題卡相應(yīng)位置上。用2B鉛筆在“考生號”處填涂考生號信息點，修改時須用橡皮擦干凈。因筆試不考聽力，第I卷從第二部分的“閱讀理解”開始，試題題序號從“21”開始。2?作答第I卷時，選出每小題答案后，用2B鉛筆在答題卡上對應(yīng)題目選項的答案信息點涂黑；如需要改動，用橡皮擦干凈后，再選涂其他答案。答案不能答在試卷上。3?第卷必須用黑色字跡的鋼筆或簽字筆作答，答案必須寫在答題卡各題目指定區(qū)域內(nèi)相應(yīng)位置上；如需改動，先劃掉原來的答案然后再寫上新答案；不準(zhǔn)使用鉛筆和涂改液不按以上要求作答無效。4?考生必須保證答題卡的整潔?？荚嚱Y(jié)束后，將試卷和答題卡一并并交回。第二部分閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）第一節(jié)（共15小題:每小題2分，滿分30分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。AThecountryisIndia.Alargedinnerpartyisbeinggiveninanup-countrystationbyacolonialofficialandhiswife.Theguestsarearmyandgovernmentofficersandtheirwives,andanAmericannaturalist.Atonesideofthelongtable,aspiriteddiscussionspringsupbetweenayounggirlandanarmyofficer.Thegirlinsistswomenhavelongoutgrownthejumping-on-a-chair-at-the-sight-of-a-mouseera,andthattheyarenotasanxiousastheirgrandmotherswere.Theofficersaystheyare,arguingwomenhaven'ttheactualnervecontrolofmen.“Awoman'sreactioninanycrisis,"theofficersays,“istoscream.Andwhileamanmayfeellikeit,hehasthatouncemoreofcontrolthanawomanhas."TheAmericanscientistdoesnotjoinintheargumentbutsitsandwatchesthefacesoftheotherguests.Ashestares,heseesaslight,thoughstrangelookofanxietycomeoverthefaceofthehostess.Withasmallgestureshesummonstheservantstandingbehindherchair.Shewhisperstohim.Theservant'seyeswiden.Heturnsquicklyandleavestheroom.Nooneelseseesthis,northeservantwhenheputsabowlofmilkonthebalconyoutsidetheglassdoors.TheAmericanunderstands.InIndia,milkinabowlmeansonlyonething.Itisbaitforasnake.Herealizesthereisacobraintheroom.TheAmerican'seyesmoveacrosstheroombutheseesnothing.Herealizesthesnakecanonlybeinoneplace-underthetable.Hisfirstreactionistojumpbackandwarntheothers.Butheknowsanysuddenmovementwillfrightenthecobraanditwillstrike.Hespeaksquickly,thequalityofhisvoicesoarrestingthatitquietenseveryone.“Iwanttoknowjustwhatcontroleveryoneatthistablehas.Iwillcountthreehundred-that'sfiveminutes-andnotoneofyouistomoveasinglemuscle.Now!Ready!"The20peoplesitlikestoneimageswhilehecounts.Heissaying..o..hundredandeighty.."when,outofthecornerofhiseye,heseesthesnakeemergeandmakeforthebowlofmilk.Fourorfivescreamsringoutashejumpstoslamshutthebalconydoors.“Thereisyourproof!"thehostsays.“Amanhasjustshownusrealcontrol."“Justaminute,"theAmericansays,turningtohishostess,“Howdidyouknowthatcobrawasintheroom?"Afaintsmilecomesacrossthewoman'sfaceasshereplies.“Becauseitwaslyingacrossmyfoot.""Whatistheargumentbetweenthearmyofficerandtheyounggirlabout?Whetherwomenareafraidofmice.Whethermenarecalmerthanwomen.Whethermenareclevererthanwomen.Whetherwomenwouldmakesuitablesoldiers.Whyistheservantaskedtoputoutsomemilk?Toplayatrick.Toservetheguests.Toattractthesnake.Tofeedthehostess'spet.Whydoesthescientistsuggesttheguestsplayagame?Hedoesn'twantanyonetopanic.Heintendstotesttheofficer'stheory.Heseestherewasasnakeintheroom.rrHewantstoentertaintheotherguests.Whatdoestheauthorimplythroughthehostess'sfinalstatement?Thearmyofficer'sopinioniswrong.ThehostessunderstoodtheAmerican'sintention.TheAmericanwassurprisedbythesnake'spresence.Thehostesshashadpreviousexperiencedealingwithsnakes.BWhatcausedmusicalstomoveinanewdirectionduringthe1930's?Thedevelopmentofnewmusicalinstruments.Theaudiencesdemandformorerealisticartforms.Therisingpopularityofothertypesofentertainment.Thegreateracceptanceofblackperformersbywhiteaudiences.Inwhichperioddidmusicaltheatrebecomemorecomplexanddramatic?Pre-1900.B.1900-1929.C.1940-1949.D.1950-1959.WhatcanbereasonablyinferredaboutthemusicalWestSideStory?Ittolditsstoryinanewway.Itwasbasedonatruestory.Itwasanon-Broadwayshow.Itwasnotverysuccessfulatfirst.CIn1874FrancisGalton,aBritishprofessor,analysedasampleofEnglishscientistsandfoundthevastmajoritytobefirst-bornsons.Thisledhimtotheorisethatfirst-bornchildrenenjoyedaspeciallevelofattentionfromtheirparentsthatallowedthemtoadvanceintellctually.HalfacenturylaterAlfredAdler,anAustrianpsychologist,madeasimilarargumentrelatingtopersonality.First-bornchildren,hesuggested,weremorediligent,whilethelater-bornweremoreoutgoingandemotionallystable.Manysubsequentstudieshaveexploredtheseideas,buttheirfindingshavebeenvaried-somesupportingandsomerejectingtheoriginalconclusions.Themainproblemwiththepreviousstudiesisthattheyweretoosmall-oftenlimitedtoafewdozenindividuals.Thiswouldbetrueevenifthestatisticalmethodsneededtoanalysethedataweresimple,buttheyarenot.Distinguishingbirth-ordereffectsfromthosecausedbyfamilysizecomplicatesmatters,meaningstillbiggersamplesmustbeanalysedtoobtainmeaningfulresults.Toovercomethelimitationoftheseearlierstudies,GermansocialscientistDr.HelmetSchmukleandhiscolleaguesanalysedthreehugesetsofdatafromAmerica,BritainandGermany.Thesedatasets,thoughcollectedforotherpurposes,includedpersonalityandintelligencetestson20,186peopleatdifferentstagesoftheirlives.TheAmericantestswereonindividualsagedbetween29and35.TheBritishtestswereconductedon50-year-olds.TheGermantestsranthewholespanofadultlife,from18to98.Birthorder,theyfound,hadnoeffectonpersonality:first-bornswerenomore,norless,likelythantheiryoungersiblingstobehardworking,outgoingoranxious.Butitdidaffectintelligence.Inafamilywithtwochildren,thefirstchildwasmoreintelligentthanthesecond60%ofthetime,ratherthanthe50%thatwouldbeexpectedbychance.Onaverage,thistranslatedtoadifferenceof1.5IQpointsbetweenfirstandsecondsiblings.Thatfigureagreeswithpreviousstudies,andthuslooksconfirmed.Itis,nevertheless,quiteasmalldifference-andwhetheritisenoughtoaccountforGalton'soriginalobservationisunclear.Inanyevent,itiscertainlynotdeterministic.Galtonwastheyoungestofnine.AlfredAdlerconcludedthatfirst-bornchildrenwere.morestablemoresociablemoreintelligentD.morehardworkingWhatdoestheunderlined“they"inparagraph2referto?Thedata.Theanalyses.Thepreviousstudies.Thestatisticalmethods.WhywasSchmukle'sstudyconsideredsuperiortopreviousresearch?Itinvolvedawideragerange.Ithadamuchlargersamplesize.Itincludedalargernumberofcountries.Itwasconductedoveralongerperiodoftime.WhydoestheauthormentionGalton'sfamilybackgroundinthelastparagraph?ToconfirmGalton'sdifficultupbringing.TosuggestGalton'stheorymaynotbecorrect.TocomparehisexperiencewithGalton'sparents.ToexplainwhyGaltonwasinterestedinbirthorder.Photographyhasopenedoureyestoamultitudeofbeauties,thingsweliterallycouldnothaveseenbeforetheinventionofthefrozenimage.Ithasgreatlyexpandedournotionofwhatisbeautiful,whatisaesthetically審美上）pleasing.Itemsformerlyconsideredtrivial,andnotworthanartist'spaint,havebeenrevealedandhonoredbythephotograph:thingsasordinaryasafencepost,achair,avegetable.Andastechnologyhasdeveloped,photographershaveexploredcompletelynewpointsofview:thoseofthemicroscope,theeagle,thecosmos.Whatisitthatdelightsthehumaneyeandallowsustoclaimthataphotographisbeautiful?Photographydependsonthetrinityoflight,composition,andmoment.Lightliterallymakestherecordingofanimagepossible,butintherighthands,lightinaphotographcanmaketheimagesoar.Thesameistruewithcomposition.Whatthephotographerchoosestokeepinoroutoftheframeisallthatwewilleversee-butthatcombinationisvital.Andthemomentthattheshutterispressed,whenaninstantisfrozenintime,providesthewholeimagewithmeaning.Whenthethree-light,composition,andmoment-areinbalance,thereisvisualmagic.Light,composition,andmomentcometogetherinaphotographtobringustheultimatereality:aviewoftheworldunknownpriortotheinventionofthecamera.Beforephotography,thebasicartisticrulesofpaintingwererarelybroken.Imagesweremadetoplease,nottocapturereality.Butasphotographyevolved,painterlyruleswereoftenreactedinthepursuitoffreshvision.Photographersbecameinterestedintherealworld,goodandbad,anditwastheaccidentaldetailthatwascelebrated.Photographyinvitedtheworldtoseewithneweyes-toseephotographically-andalloftheartshavedrawnnewinspirationfromthischange.Withthesebasicaesthetictools,photographershaveevolvedfromscientistslongingto“fix"animage-anyimage-toartisticrevolutionaries.Photographshavecreatedanewwayofseeing,changedourideasofbeautyand,mostimportantly,madeartmoredemocratic.Theyhavegivenusvisualproofthattheworldisgranderthanweimagined,andthatthereisbeauty,oftenoverlooked,innearlyeverything.Beforetheinventionofphotography,whichofthefollowingwasleastlikelytoappearinanartisticwork?Agreatperson.Alovelyinsect.Agrandbuilding.Abeautifullandscape.Whatisthefunctionofparagraph2?Toarguethatphotographicbeautyissubjective.Toexplaintheevolutionoftheconceptofbeauty.Todescribetheelementsthatmakeasuccessfulphoto.Toillustratedifferenttypesofphotographictechniques.Howhasphotographyaffectedotherartforms?Ithasreducedtheirpopularity.Ithasforcedthemtochangetheirrules.Ithaschangedtheirmethodsofcomposition.Ithasprovidedthemwithnewpointsofview.Whatdoestheauthormeanbysayingphotographyhas“madeartmoredemocratic"Ithasexpandedtheconceptofartisticbeauty.Ithaschallengedthestatusoftraditionalartforms.Ithasenabledthedevelopmentofnewartistictools.Ithasallowedmorepeopletotakepartincreativeactivities.第二節(jié)（共5小題;每小題2分，滿分10分）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。Whatisculture?Cultureistoocomplextodefineinsimpleterms.___36__Oneisthatcultureisatotalpatternofbehaviourthatisconsistentinitscomponents.Anotherfundamentalisthatcultureislearnedbehaviour.Thethirdisthatcultureisbehaviourthatissharedbyagroupofpeople.Tounderstandthecultureofaparticularcountryorregion,onecouldexamineitscomponents,amongwhicharematerialculture,language,andsocialorganisation.Materialcultureincludesthetoolsandsymbolsinasociety,notincludingthosephysicalthingsfoundinnature,unlesstheyhaveundergonesomechangeorhavebeengivenmeaningbypeople.___37__Thewayweconsumeandw”hatweconsumeareheavilyinfluencedbymaterialculture.__38Linkedwithallotheraspectsofculture,itreflectsthenatureandvaluesofthatculture.Industrialisedsocietieshavearichvocabularyforcommercialandindustrialactivities,whilelessindustrialisedsocietiesmayhaverichervocabulariesformattersimportanttotheirsocieties.TheEskimosinAlaskahavemanywordstodescribesnowwhereasEnglishhasonlyonegeneralterm.Socialorganisationdifferssomewhatfromsocietytosociety.Theprimarykindofcommunityassociationisbasedonbloodties._39__.Itprovidesmutualprotection,psychologicalsupport,andakindofeconomicinsuranceorsocialsecurityforitsmembers.Theterm"brothers"inZaireincludesthosewhomwecallcousinsanduncles.Culturalanalysisservesavarietyofpurposes.Understandingthevariousdimensionsandtheirinter-relatednesshelpspromotecross-culturalawareness._40Somescholarsevensuggestthatitisuselesstotry.Languageisthemostobviousdifferencebetweencultures.However,therearecertainagreed-onfundamentalsthatcanbeeasilyidentified.Thevaluesrepresentedwithinaculturecanalsochangewiththepassingoftime.Forexample,amouserunningonastreetisnotpartofaculture,buttheMickeyMouseis.Inmanydevelopingcountries,theextendedfamilyfulfillsseveralsocialandeconomicroles.Itleadsontothepromotionofgoodwill,socialandeconomicplanningandharmonybetweensocialgroupingsorsocieties.第三部分:英語知識運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分45分）第一節(jié)（共20小題:每小題1.5分，滿分30分）閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。AlwayswishedtheEarthhadasecondmoon?Thenyouwillbe__41__tohearthattheChengduAerospaceScienceInstitutehasplanstolaunchmultipleminimoonsoverthenextfewyears.Similartoour__42_satellite,thelightoftheartificialorb（球體）willbeobtainedfromthesunand_43__toEarthbyitsmirror-likecoating.Accordingtoitsdesigners,the_44_oflightbeingreflectedcanbecontrolledfromEarthandthelightcanevenbe_45__,ifnecessary.Whilethemultipleminimoonswillcertainlyappearpicturesque,theirmainpurposeistoconserve__46__TheChengduAerospaceexpertsclaimtheminimoon'sdusk-likeglowwillallowthegovernmenttoeventually_47_costlystreetlightsincities.TheyestimatethatusingtheartificialsatellitetolightupChengdu'sstreetsatnightwill_48__thecity1.2billionyuananally.Sincetheorb'slocationcanbe_49__moved,itcouldalsobeusedtoshinelightoverdisaster-struckareasthathavelost_50___Oncethefirstminimoonis_51__successfully,theexpertsplantolaunchthree_52__ones.Together,thesatellites,whichwilltaketurnsdependingontheir__53__inrelationtothesun,areexpectedto_54__anareaof3,600to6,400squarekilometers.Whiletheorbswillbe_55_throughatelescopefromanywhereontheglobe,theirrealbeautywillonlybeseenbyvisitingChengdu.Officials,_56_,believetheywillbeahugetouristattraction,helpingimprovethecity's__57__.Asisoftenthecasewithmajor_58__,someexpertsareconcerned.They59thatthe—IFmoonswillimpactonthesleeppatternsofhumansandanimals.However,officialsbelievethesatelliteswillcauselittle,ifany,_60__.41.A.pleasedB.surprisedC.alarmedD.relieved42.A.traditionalFTB.uniqueC.naturalD.famous43.A.carriedB.reflectedC.introducedD.transformed44.A.colourB.speedC.sourceD.amount

45.A.sentoutB.switchedoffC.givenawayD.turneddown46.A.resourcesB.animalsC.farmlandD.space47.A.rebuildB.expandC.improveD.remove48.A.bringB.leaveC.saveD.cost49.A.hardlyB.easilyC.frequentlyD.normally50.A.moneyB.homeC.contactD.power51.A.travellingB.appearingC.workingD.signaling52.A.additionalB.specialC.brightD.colourful53.A.sizeB.importanceC.positionD.function54.A.pickupB.takeupC.holdupD.lightup55.A.reliableB.visibleC.availableD.testable56.A.thereforeB.howeverC.otherwiseD.moreover57.A.populationB.educationC.evolutionD.conflict58.A.drawbackB.breakthroughsC.technologyD.economy59.A.doubtB.concludeC.worryD.agree60.A.disturbanceB.destructionC.satisfactionD.discussion60.A.disturbanceB.destructionC.satisfactionD.discussion第二節(jié)(共10小題:每小題1.5分，滿分15分)閱讀下面材料，在空白處填寫1個適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或用括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。AgrapeseedthatfallsintothesoilofXinjiangisveryfortunate,asXinjiangis61(well)suitedforgrowinggrapesthananywhereelse.Here,agrapeseedcangrowtoitsfullpotential.—62itshighaltitudes(海拔)，longperiodsofdryweatherandabundantsunshine,Xinjiangproducesfruitswithextremelyhighsugarcontent.Everyfall,alargenumberofgrapes_63(ship)fromXinjiangtootherpartsofChina,andtherestaremadeintoraisinsforeasystorage.InthevineyardsofMoyu,thankstothehotanddryclimatethat—64(result)frombeingsurroundedbythedesert,hugequantitiesoflargeand—65(juice)grapeswithverythinskinsareproduced.Thesegrapesbringwealthaswellastheirdelicious_66(sweet)tothelocals.Inmid-September,—67theirSeedlessWhitegrapesripen,localfarmersarebusypickinggrapestobetransportedtootherpartsofthecountry.Bunchesofglowingwhitegrapeshangonthevines,waitingtobepicked.Ifyoupickoneandput_68inyourmouth,youwill_69（sure）neverforgetthewonderfultasteproducedbythe_70（burm）sunandthedesertwindofsouthernXinjiang.第四部分寫作（共兩節(jié),滿分35分）第一節(jié)短文改錯（共10小題；每小題1分,滿分10分）假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文,請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤,每句中最多有兩處。每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（人）,并在其下面寫出該加的詞。刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉。修改：在錯的詞下畫一橫線,并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。注意：1.每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；2.只允許修改10處,多者（從第11處起）不計分Itwasastillandquietmorningonthelake.Therewasnohumanvoicesorcarstobreakthesilent.Itwasaperfectdayforfishing.Wesatatthere,afraidtotalk,thinkingfishwouldhearusandflee.Myfather,holdourlunchbeginonehand,passedmeasandwich.Itwasterriblehotandcloudsofmosquitowerefeastingonmyblood.Withmylegscoveringwithbitemarks,Icomplained,“Whenwillthefishcome?"SuddenlyIfeltafishbi