广东省汕头市高三第一次模拟考试英语试题及答案

1、绝密启用前 试卷类型：a2015年汕头市普通高考第一次模拟考试试题英 语 本试卷共三大部分，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和考生号分别填写在答题卡上，用2b铅笔将试卷类型(a)填涂在答题卡上，并在答题卡右上角的“试室号”和“座位号”栏填写试室号、座位号，将相应的试室号、座位号信息点涂黑 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标号涂黑，如需改动，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钢笔或签字笔作答，答题前必须先填好答题纸的密封线内各项内容。答案必须写在答题纸上各题

2、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。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。4考生必须保持答题卡、答题纸的整洁，考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡、答题纸一并交回。第一部分 英语知识应用(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，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(a、b、c、d)中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。recently, i was told that managing is mostly common sensethough i agree with this 1 in genera

3、l，it leads me to a few very 2 conclusionsin the it field，entry level jobs are technicalas an engineers career 3 , they become much more technical，with more responsibilities，and hopefully higher pay 4 ，some of these engineers are promoted to 5 ，which is very non-technicalas mentioned above, these man

4、agement jobs are more common sense by mostly 6 and evaluating daily tasksthe surprising reality is that most managers didnt go into the it field to do management work. these managers were never properly 7 and maybe not even interested in playing such a role. 8 ，engineers have a tendency to be more u

5、nsociable, which perhaps will have a negative influence on the relationship between other staff and themwhile this may be good for a(n) 9 , it can be very bad for a manager with staff 10 to themas a result，engineers 11 to managers are more likely to be bad managerstherefore，from my point of view, yo

6、ung people who 12 want to become engineers really need to 13 if youd like to be in managementthe only 14 of being a manager over an engineer is the higher salary while the disadvantage is that managers will lose their 15 edge(优势) 1adecision bsubject cidea ddiscussion2apopular bamazing cannoying ddis

7、appointing3aexists bappears cdecreases dgrows4aeventually bsuccessfully csystematically dtemporarily5aposition bresearch csatisfaction dmanagement6aassigning baccomplishing cconducting dtaking7arequired binformed creminded dtrained8ain fact bin addition cin all din general9aengineer bmanager cemploy

8、er dworker10aspeaking btalking creporting dwhispering11aintroduced bturned ccommanded dforced12aconstantly bnecessarily coriginally dmerrily13areconsider bapply cdesire dstruggle14acondition bquality cpower dadvantage15asocial btechnical cpolitical dphysical第二节 语法填空(共10小题；每小题15分，满分15分)阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的

9、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者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1625的相应位置上。its said that a giant rock was located in the north sea but once many boats and ships 16 (strike) it and sankabout a century years ago，a kind and imaginative minister came up with an idea to have a buoy (浮标) 17 (fasten) to the rockon th

10、e top of the buoy 18 (place) a bell， 19 would ring whenever any ships got closerwhen hearing the bell ringing，sailors knew where the rock was and stayed safeone day, a sea robber rover happened to sail not far away from the rockseeing 20 buoy floating in the water，he decided to play a tricksoon his

11、crew broke the chain that held the buoy, let the bell go into the water and then sailed awayin the following weeks，they robbed many 21 ships around the seas and filled the ship with a great 22 （vary) of treasuresunfortunately, when returning，they themselves had no idea how to get away from the terri

12、ble rock 23 the ringthe ship was moving swiftly in the dark 24 there was a great crash 25 was the very rock and the ship began to sink第二部分 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)阅读下列四篇短文，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黑。ait was thanksgiving morning1 was busy preparing the traditional thanksg

13、iving turkey when the doorbell rangi opened the front door and saw two small children in rags huddling together on the top step “any old papers，lady?”asked one of themi was busy1 wanted to say“no”until i looked down at their feetthey were wearing thin little sandals (凉鞋)，wet with heavy snow “come in

14、 and i i make you a cup of hot cocoa”they walked over and sat down at the tabletheir wet sandals left marks upon the floori served them cocoa and bread to fight against the cold outsidethen i went back to the kitchen and started cookingthe silence in the front room struck mei looked inthe girl held

15、the empty cup in her hands, looking at itthe boy asked in a flat voice“lady, are you rich? ”“am i rich? pity, not!”i looked at my wornout slipcovers (椅套)the girl put her cup back in its saucer (茶碟) carefully and said，“your cups match your saucers”they left after that，holding their papers against the

16、 windthey had reminded me that i had so much for which to be gratefulplain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pencebut they matchedi tasted the potatoes and stirred(搅动)the meat souppotatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over our heads，my man with a regularob，these matched，tooi moved the

17、chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living roomthe muddy marks of little sandals were still wet upon my floorlet them be for a while，i thought，just in case i should begin to forget how rich i am26the writer let the two children come in and served them well because _.ashe wanted to sell old pap

18、ers to thembshe wanted to invite them to her thanksgiving partycshe showed great pity and care on themdshe wanted them to help her prepare turkey27the writer had thought she wasnt rich because_ashe ate potatoes and meat soupbher family life supplies were not expensivecher cups and saucers were only

19、worth 5 pencedher husband had a regular job28the writer left the muddy marks of little sandals on the floor for a while to _.ashow that she was a kind-hearted 1adybremind her that she shouldnt forget how rich she wasc1eave room for readers to think about what being rich isdprove that she was gratefu

20、l to what she had owned29which of the following would be the best title for the text?alady, are you rich?bchild，do you like thanksgiving day?cdont forget how rich you are!dhow cups and saucers match 130which word best describes the writer?asympathetic bselfless cstrong-minded dgenerousblord byron is

21、 one of the most excellent representatives of english romanticism (浪漫主义) and one of the most influential poets of the time，his best known works are childe harolds pilgrimage and don juanbyrons fame lies not only in his writings，but also in his lifehe was described by lady caroline lamb as“mad，bad，an

22、d dangerous to know”born on january22，1788，byron spent his early years in aberdeen，and was educated at harrow school and cambridge universityin 1809，he left for a two-year tour of a number of mediterranean countrieshe returned to england in 1 811，and in 1812 the first two cantos (篇)of childe harolds

23、 pilffrimoge were publishedbyron became famous overnightin 1 8 1 5byron married annabella milbanke，with whom he had a daughterthe couple separated in 1816facing the pressure of his failed marriage and huge debts，byron left england in april 1816 and never returnedhe spent the summer of l 8 1 6 at lak

24、e geneva with percy bysshe shelleybyron traveled to italy, where he was to 1ive for more than six),earsit was in this period that byron wrote some of his most famous works，including don juanon april 19，1824，he died from fever at missolonghi in greecehis death was mourned throughout britainhis body w

25、as brought back to england and buried at his hometown in nottinghamshirebyron influenced many authors and artists of the romantic movement during the 19th century31what did the author intended to tell us in the second paragraph?abyron was mentally illbbyron was famous for his writingsclady caroline

26、lamb was lying dbyron had terrible private life32byron wrote some of his most famous works in _. aaberdeen b. italy cengland dgreece33which of the following statements is true? abyron became famous when he was 24 years old bbyron lived in italy for less than 6 years cbyron left his mother country to

27、 seek for inspiration dbyron spent most of his childhood abroad34the passage is mainly about _.a. byrons achievements in poets bbyrons influence on english romanticismcbyrons life story and his works dbyrons life in foreign countries35we can infer from the passage that _.abyron was the most famous i

28、nfluential poet in his timebthe english people loved byron very muchcbyron lived a poor life during his childhooddbyron suffered from huge debts after he got marriedcfall is a time when career regrets become stronger than during the relaxing summer monthsnew jobs appear on job boards，and many collea

29、gues and friends move on to new careers or go off to graduate sch001if you arent moving with them，you can become vulnerable (脆弱的) to “should have”thinkingthe“should haves”are hard to turn off. “i should have gotten that promotion” “i should have never chosen public relations.” these “should haves” e

30、at at you，particularly if you are comparing your careers to the careers of othersthinking a lot about what you should have done is especially destructive because it carries a feeling of futility(徒劳)once that happens，anger and hate build up，and you quit tryingthis is painfully obvious to othersyou wo

31、nt get the best assignments and honestly，people avoid those who have bad attitudesinstead of being upset about the negative，you have to change your thinking altogetherthe right approach is to replace the“should haveswith“what ifs”evelyns family persuaded her to go into accounting(会计)，but after five

32、miserable years at a financial services firm she still regretted not following her passion into musicshe believed it was“too late to change now”and“id never be able to support myself”but when she started thinking about “what ifs instead of “should haves”. evelyns attitude changedshe asked，“what if 1

33、 work in an environment where there are lots of musicians and music?” the “what ifs” lead her to target accounting jobs in music departments of universities or in other music organizationswhile she was looking，she volunteered to help a local music school push out its books on quick bookswhen she men

34、tioned her interest in a career change to some people on the board of the music school，they helped her get started networking in the music worldnow she is the financial administrator of a large music festival，where she gets flee music lessons with the performersif career regrets attack you this tall

35、，get a few friends together，gain a little knowledge of yourself and try asking a different question：what if?36which of the following is true? a，many people are strongl5influenced by“should haves” bmany colleagues left school because of the“should haves” cworkers should change their thinking to rid o

36、f bad moods dits easy to change the“should haves”thinking of workers37the“should haves”can bring the effects exceptaleaving school bworse assignments c。bad attitudes da sense of uselessness38evelyns attitude changes from _.abeing discouraged to being aggressive bbeing unconfident to being positivecb

37、eing powerless to being regretfuldbeing disappointed to being optimistic39it can not be inferred from paragraph 4&5 that _.aevelyn became the administrator about music directly bevelyn still loved music after five miserable yearscevelyn was happy to work as an administrator about music develyn achie

38、ved success due to the thinking of“what ifs”40the main purpose of this passage is to _.awarn people to be careful of“should haves”bdescribe the need to change ones perspectivecprovide people with suggestions on careersdmake people change attitude when necessarydin china，as in many countries，the nort

39、hsouth divide runs deeppeople from the north are seen as hale and hearty, while southerners are often portrayed as cunning，cultured tradersnortherners are taller than southernersthe north eat noodles，while the south eat rice and according to new research，when it comes to personality, that difference

40、 has meant everythinga study published friday by a group of psychologists in the journal science finds that chinas noodle。slurping northerners are more individualistic，show more“analytic thought”and divorce more frequentlyby contrast，the authors write，rice-eating southerners show more hallmarks trad

41、itionally associated with east asian cultureincluding more“holistic thought” and lower divorce ratesthe reason? cultivating rice，the authors say，is a lot harderpicture a rice paddyits delicate seedlings tucked in a bed of waterthey require careful tending and many hours of laborby some estimates，twi

42、ce as much as wheat-一as well as reliance on irrigation systems that require neighborly cooperationas the authors write，for southerners growing rice“strict self-reliance might have meant starvation”growing wheat，by contrast，the norths staple grain，is much simplerone chinese farming guide from the 160

43、0s quoted in the study advised aspiring farmers that “if one is short of labor power，it is best to grow wheat”to produce their findings，the authors evaluated the attitudes of 1,162 han chinese students in beijing and liaoning in the north and in fujian，guangdong，yunnan and sichuan in the southto con

44、trol for other factors that distinguish the north and south-such as climate，dialect and contact with herding culturesthe authors also analyzed differences between various neighboring counties in five central provinces along chinas ricewheat borderaccording to the authors，the influence of rice cultiv

45、ation can help explain east asias“strangely persistent interdependence”for example，they say south korea and japan have remained less individualistic than western countries，even as theyve grown more wealthy41what does“that difference”in paragraph 1 refer to? athe north-south divide bthe north show wa

46、rm heartfelt and friendliness while the south practicality and cleverness cthe north eat noodles while the south eat rice dnortherners and southerners42which of the following is not true according to paragraph 2? ain china，the northerners mainly live on noodles traditionally bdivorce rates have noth

47、ing to do with individualistic culture canalytic thought is more typical of the northern culture dholistic thought is connected with riceeating culture43how does the author show the reasons for the difference in northsouth personalities? aby explaining bby giving examples cby reasoningdby making com

48、parison44we can infer from the passage that _. athe north are more selfish and have higher divorce rates bit is a better choice for iis to be a southerner in china cthe southerners are more easygoing and cooperative dgrowing wheat is easier than growing rice in a way45what is the best title of the p

49、assage?acultures and personalitybwheat and rice：how chinas farming culture shapes personalities cnoodles eaters and rice eaters：what are the differences?danalytic thought and holistic thought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。首先请阅读下列一个外国房屋网站的几个服务栏目：arenting & sharingyour guide to renti

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