2019届广东省汕头市高三第二次模拟考试英语试题（word版）
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英语试题
本试卷8页，满分120分。考试时间120分钟。
注意事项：1. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号和座位号填写在答题卡上。
因笔试不考听力，选择题从第二部分的“阅读理解”开始，试题序号从“21”开始。
2. 作答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；如需要改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案。答案不能答在试卷上。
3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，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，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答无效。
4. 考生必须保证答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。
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 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Eight Days Best of China Tour
This tour covers two ancient capital cities of China — Beijing & Xi’an, as well as the most developed city — Shanghai. It’s not overstated to call it the most classic China tour, for China’s past, present and future are epitomized（成为…的缩影）in the golden triangle cities for your exploration.
Highlights of this tour:
Be thrilled by the grand of Great Wall, as well as the delicacy and majesty of Forbidden City and Summer Palace in Beijing.
Experience the World Heritage Site of Terracotta Warriors in Xi’an, the ancient capital city of China.
Feel the charm and vitality of Shanghai, the most prosperous and modernized city in China.
Our tour — at a glance
Day 1-4 Arrival & Beijing Tour
Two full days and a half day sightseeing covering the grand Tiananmen Square, historical Forbidden City, spectacular Temple of Heaven, manmade wonder Great Wall of China, royal park Summer Palace and traditional Hutong.
Day 5-6 Xi’an Tour & Flight to Shanghai
One full day to visit the incredible Terracotta Warriors, leisurely walk on the Ancient City Wall and Muslim Quarter. Before leaving for Shanghai, explore the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and Shan’xi History Museum.
Day 7-8 Shanghai Tour & Departure
Experience the great contrast of Shanghai by visiting the traditional Yu Garden and Jade Buddha Temple, modern and prosperous Shanghai World Financial Center, Nanjing Road and the Bund, etc.
Start planning your tailor-made holiday by contacting one of our specialists. Once enquired, you’ll get a response within 0.5-23.5 hours.
1. Which tourist attraction is not included in the Beijing tour?
A. The Temple of Heaven. B. The Great Wall.
C. The Summer Palace. D. The National Museum of China.
2. If you start your tour on May 27th, when will you be in Xi’an?
A. June 1st. B. June 2nd.
C. June 3rd. D. June 4th.
3. What type of writing is this text?
A. News. B. Notice.
C. Advertisement. D. Travel journal.
【答案】1. D 2. A 3. C
B
Twenty-one years ago, my husband gave me Sam, an eight-week-old schnauzer（雪纳瑞犬）, to help ease the loss of our daughter. Sam and I developed a very special bond over the next years.
At one point, my husband and I decided to move to a new home in New Jersey. Our neighbor, whose cat had recently had kittens, asked if we would like one. We were a little apprehensive about Sam’s jealousy and how he would handle his turf（地盘）being invaded, but we decided to risk it.
We picked a little, gray, playful ball of Fur. She raced around chasing imaginary mice and squirrels and jumped from table to chair in the blink of an eye, so we named her Lightning.
At first, Sam and Lightning were very cautious with each other and kept their distance. But slowly, Lightning started following Sam — up the stairs, down the stairs, into the kitchen. Later, when they slept, it was always together; when they ate, it was always next to each other. When I took either one out, the other was always waiting by the door when we returned. That was the way it was for years.
Then, without any warning, Sam was diagnosed as having a weak heart. I had no other choice but to have him put down. The pain was nothing compared with what I experienced when I had to walk into our house alone. This time, there was no Sam for Lightning to greet and no way to explain why she would never see her friend again.
In the following days, Lightning seemed heart-broken. I could see the disappointment in her eyes whenever anyone opened the front door, or the hope whenever she heard a dog bark.
One day as I walked into our living room, I happened to see Lightning was lying next to the sculptured replica（复制品）of Sam that we had bought a few years ago, one arm wrapped around the statue’s neck, contentedly sleeping with her best friend.
4. What does the underlined word “apprehensive” in paragraph 2 mean?
A. Shocked. B. Curious.
C. Worried. D. Eager.
5. How did Sam get along with Lightning at first?
A. Lightning followed Sam everywhere it went.
B. They fought with each other fiercely.
C. They kept a certain distance from each other.
D. Sam was unfriendly to Lightning.
6. What can we infer from the text?
A. Lightning knew Sam had died.
B. Sam means a lot to Lightning.
C. We took Lightning home to accompany Sam.
D. Sam came back to stay with Lightning again.
7. What can be the best title of the text?
A. The Friendship between Sam and Lightning
B. The Coming of Sam and Lightning
C. The Death of Sam to Lightning
D. The Importance of Sam to Us
【答案】4. C 5. C 6. B 7. A
C
Poetry is the artistic expression of the human thoughts and feelings in rhythmical and emotional language. Compared with prose (散文) , it lays more stress on rhythm, imagery (意象), emotion, and imagination. As its language is rhythmical, its sound is highly musical. We may say, “No rhythm, no poetry”, no matter the rhythm of poetry is traditional as in metrical (格律的) style or “natural” as in free verse.
So the poet must write carefully and reflectively in order to find words that not only fulfills the demands of meter and rhyme, but also expresses the meaning in a manner that complements the imagery and tone of the rest of the poem. This careful use of language is the most significant difference between ordinary prose and poetry.
The ordinary prose writer neatly builds an argument using words the way a mason (石匠) builds a house using bricks; the poet is an artisan who creates a fieldstone hearth (大卵石壁炉炉床) — each stone or each word is turned over examined, and often laid aside until it can be placed where its shape, weight, and color will contribute to the strength and beauty of the whole. Prose, according to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, is “words in their best order”, and poetry is “the best words in their best order”.
The reader’s chief delight in reading poetry comes from his response to its musical effect, which comes from many metrical patterns represented in conventional iambic (抑扬格) feet or from repetitions and parallel phrasing shown in free verse and from other elements of poetry.
8. What’s the purpose of saying “No rhythm, no poetry” in paragraph 1?
A. To show the importance of rhythm in poetry.
B. To show rhythm is the most important element.
C. To show there is no limit on the use of rhythm.
D. To show rhythm is more important than poetry.
9. What is the most important difference between ordinary prose and poetry?
A. The degree of emotion. B. The careful choice of words.
C. The delicate use of the metric style. D. The demands of meter and rhyme.
10. Where is the reader’s main joy in reading poetry?
A. The experience of the poet’s emotion.
B. The appreciation of the metrical pattern.
C. The reader’s reaction to the musical effect.
D. The comprehension of the thoughts and feelings.
11. How is the text mainly developed?
A. By definition. B. By examples.
C. By quotation. D. By comparison.
【答案】8. A 9. B 10. C 11. D
D
A Russian spacecraft traveling to the International Space Station Thursday had to make an emergency landing when a rocket engine failed to fire. It was the latest in a recent series of failures for the Russian space program, which is also used by the U.S. to carry its astronauts to the station.
United States astronaut Nick Hague and Russian astronaut Alexei Ovchinin landed safely about 20 kilometers from Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan. The city is about 450 kilometers from the Russia’s Baikonur space center, which Russia operates through an agreement with the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Both the U.S. space agency NASA and Russia’s Roscosmos reported that the two were quickly recovered from the landing area by rescue crews. A spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin said, “Thank God the crew is alive” after they had landed safely.
About two minutes after launching, the three-stage Soyuz booster rocket suffered an unspecified failure of its second stage. Russia’s TASS news agency said the capsule carrying the two men separated from the troubled rocket safely. This caused the capsule to drop very sharply into the Earth’s atmosphere. Parachutes（降落伞）helped slow the returning capsule. Search and rescue teams were sent to recover the crew.
Russia’s RIA news agency reported that Russia has immediately put off all manned space launches after the failure. Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin said he had ordered a state commission to carry out an investigation into what went wrong. He said Russia will share all relevant information with the U.S.
The TASS news agency said that the ISS crew has enough supplies and that the failed launch will not affect operations.
The U.S. and other nations have depended on Russia to carry astronauts to the ISS since the retirement of the Space Shuttle program in 2011. In coming years, American aerospace companies SpaceX, with its Dragon 2, and Boeing, with its Starliner, are expected to return to space.
12. What can be the best title of the text?
A. The Rescue of Two Astronauts
B. The Launch of Russian Spacecraft
C. Cooperation between Russia and America
D. Emergency Landing in Failed Space Launch
13. What caused the failure of the launch?
A. The problem of the engine. B. The terrible weather.
C. The drop of the capsule. D. The wrong operation.
14. What can we infer from the last two paragraphs?
A. SpaceX is sure to go back to space soon.
B. America carried astronauts to the ISS by itself before 2011.
C. Now only Russia can carry astronauts to space.
D. the ISS crew lives a very good life in the space station
15. What can we learn about the launch?
A. The capsule landed safely in Dzhezkazgan, Russia.
B. Russia had never failed in the space launch before this failure.
C. The failed launch will have a serious effect on the operations.
D. At first the capsule dropped very rapidly into the Earth’s atmosphere.
【答案】12. D 13. A 14. B 15. D
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。
Rising through stages to realize ourselves
Many modern people have the problem that they don’t know who they are and what their purpose is. ___16___ Once high school seniors graduate, they seem to lose their identity. They once studied hard. But after they stop working, they begin to lose their way.
In the theory of the Hierarchy of Needs（需求理论）, Abraham Maslo, put forward a similar situation, which consists of the five levels of a person’s need. The fifth and final level is self-realization, which is where our final achievement lies. ___17___.
I think self- realization has three major aspects. The first stage is acceptance, the second stage is discovery and the last stage is perseverance.
Acceptance is the first stage. We should be reminded that we are all born unique, so we all have our own strengths and weaknesses. Only when we understand these, can we pursue them or
change them. ___18___.
Once we’ve accepted ourselves, we can discover what we are interested in and what we want to be. ___19___ but indeed we should live for ourselves. So before we start working towards a purpose, we should ask ourselves “Is this what we truly desire?” and “Is this going to change the situation we’re in?”
The last stage is perseverance.___20___. Those who can self-realize are people who focus on the things they want to change.
Through the three stages, we could gain recognition of ourselves. And by this point, whatever our lives were like, we would be able to stand tall, confident of ourselves.
A. It’s nothing to a man of perseverance
B. Only by acceptance of the past can we change it
C. This is especially common among college students
D. Many people tend to go along with social expectations
E. Being objective and yet tolerant is the key to acceptance
F. It is the process of knowing ourselves and finding a purpose
G. Exploring our potential isn’t going to be done in a short time
【答案】16. C 17. F
18. E 19. D
20. G
第三部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节(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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Years after graduation, I tried to maintain the little bit of French I learned in school, but eventually I was ___21___ that new languages are best learned when young and our ability to learn ___22___ with age.
However, before my 50th birthday, I signed up for French classes and was ___23___ in the class for basic level. Contrary to my ___24___ that learning a new language was tough, I was ___25___ by the number of students learning French as a third, or even fourth language when I first ___26___ my class.
Still, I found it was really ___27___ that certain linguistic（语言学的）abilities decline with age. ___28___ I’d always regarded myself as a quick learner, that was no longer the ___29___.
I absorbed new vocabulary very ___30___. What I learned one week before seemed to ___31___ away as soon as I learned the next skill. I ___32___ the same words and language structures in the dictionary again and again.
Despite the ___33___, I make it and can listen to the news in French and catch 90 percent of it on the first ___34___. I can catch up a conversation that doesn’t go too fast.
Who knows what I might still ___35___? I’ve learned so much beyond grammar and vocabulary. I meet people from around the world and all walks of life（各行各业的）who have the ___36___to make fools of themselves to learn something new. I’ve been taught by inspirational teachers from many corners of the world. Listening to the news as it is ___37___ to the people of France, I have a newer understanding of how something can look ___38___ different from another perspective. I’ve learned a language is not just a set of ___39___, but a way of thinking. But above all, I’ve learned it is never too ___40___ to learn something.
21. A. afraid B. aware C. annoyed D. amazed
22. A. declines B. improves C. disappears D. expands
23. A. invited B. praised C. placed D. appointed
24. A. doubt B. thought C. demand D. experience
25. A. inspired B. attracted C. frightened D. surprised
26. A. enjoyed B. left C. missed D. attended
27. A. true B. easy C. impossible D. reasonable
28. A. If B. As C. While D. When
29. A. reason B. choice C. challenge D. case
30. A. deliberately B. slowly C. quickly D. unwillingly
31. A. slip B. took C. put D. melt
32. A. turned to B. referred to C. took up D. looked up
33. A. failure B. effort C. difficulty D. progress
34. A. try B. point C. term D. glance
35. A. need B. wonder C. lose D. accomplish
36. A. patience B. choice C. courage D. right
37. A. found B. chosen C. presented D. understood
38. A. slightly B. completely C. hardly D. merely
39. A. words B. sentences C. principles D. concepts
40. A. weak B. late C. busy D. awkward
【答案】21. B 22. A 23. C 24. B 25. D 26. D 27. A 28. C 29. D 30. B 31. A 32. D 33. C 34. A 35. D 36. C 37. C 38. B 39. A 40. B
第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Recently researchers have found that singing in groups could have a positive impact on reducing anxiety and ___41___ (depress). The research is from the University of East Anglia in the UK, in cooperation with a community singing group ___42___ (call) Sing Your Heart Out. A research team conducted the study ___43___(examine) how singing with other people affects mental health. Researchers followed a group of people ___44___ attended free ___45___(week) singing workshops for six months. They discovered that singing in groups was ___46___ essential part in helping people recover from mental illness. In addition, it helped people feel ___47___(little) stressed, enhanced their mood and increased their confidence, social skills and feeling of well-being.
Lead researcher, professor Tom Shakespeare, said: “We found that singing as part of a group contributes ___48___ people's recovery from mental health problems.” He added that: “All of the participants we spoke to reported positive ___49___ (effect) as a direct result of taking part in the singing workshops. For some, it represented one component of a wider programme of support. For others, it ___50___(stand) out as key to their maintenance of health.”
【答案】41. depression
42. called 43. to examine
44. who/that
45. weekly 46. an
47. less 48. to
49. effects
50. stood
第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
51.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处起)不计分。
This morning, I went to school by a bicycle as usual. As I am listening to my favorite music with a headphone on my head, I didn’t notice a car parked on the roadside. I scratched the car and left a scar on it. Think that I would have classes, I left a note with his name and address to let the driver know what happened. Lately in the afternoon, while we were having a class meeting, our headmaster led in a stranger, that was the car owner. He explained the class the whole story but praised me. My teacher and classmate were impressed and pride of my honesty.
【答案】1. 去掉a
2.am→was
3. Think→Thinking
4.his→my
5. Lately→Later
6. that→who
7.explained→explained to
8. but→and
9. classmate→classmates
10. pride→proud
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，英语老师Vanessa布置同学分组做一个主题为“中国传统节日”的展示，你们小组讨论后形成了初步框架，请你发一封邮件就有关事宜和 Vanessa 沟通，内容要点如下：
1. 介绍展示的内容（选定的节日、起源等）；
2. 说明展示的形式（如课件展示等）；
3. 咨询修改意见。
注意: 1 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 参考词汇：框架—framework、课件展示—PowerPoint presentation．
Dear Vanessa,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
【答案】Dear Vanessa,
How’s it going? Our study group has received your assignment about traditional Chinese festivals. After having discussed about it, we have formed a basic framework as follows.
The Spring Festival and its origin are chosen to be our content because our group members come from different provinces, which means there are different ways to celebrate the festival. We are sure that everyone will be interested in our presentation. As for the form of presentation, we decide to make a slide to present it, in which there are not only texts, but also audios and videos.
That’s about our plan, so what’s your opinion about it? I’m looking forward to your suggestions and guidance.
Yours,
Lihua
