广东省惠州市2016三模英语试题及答案

1、惠州市2016届高三第三次调研考试英语试题第I卷第一部分 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黑。A In New York City public schools, 176 different languages are spoken among the more than 1 million students. For 160,000 children, English is not their first language. New Yorks Departme

2、nt of Education makes learning better for these students by providing dual-language programs, in which students are taught in two languages, English and another one, like Russian or Chinese. Math, social studies, science and all other regular courses are taught in both languages. And they learn abou

3、t the culture of the other country. Milady Baez, Deputy Chancellor of English Language Learners and Student Support, says these dual-language programs will help children succeed in the future. The jobs of the future require that our students know more than one language. They are going to be travelin

4、g abroad; they are going to be communicating with people from all over the world. This will open doors for them. Middle-schoolers might not have jobs on their minds yet. For Kequing Jaing, she likes keeping up her first language, Mandarin.It makes me feel that I am home because I can speak in Chines

5、e, learn in Chinese, while learning in English. So it makes me feel better and makes me understand more about the task Im learning. Anastasia Hudikova came to the United States when she was 2 years old. She says the Russian-English program keeps her connected to her heritage and her parents happy.Th

6、eyre really happy about the program. They are really happy that I can preserve my culture and my language, and that I can speak it fluently in school. The New York schools also offer dual-language programs in seven other languages: Arabic, French, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Korean, Polish and Spanish.

7、There are plans to add even more languages in the future.While these dual-language programs are popular, some organizations in the U.S. say teaching English comes first. U.S. Studies show that children who learn English early will be more successful later. 1. Dual-language programs in New York aim t

8、o _. A. help the students learn better B. rid the students of homesickness C. attract more international students D.prevent the students forgetting their culture2. Who may not quite agree with dual-language programs? A. Milady Baez B. Kequing Jaing C. Anastasia Hudikovas parents D. some organization

9、s in the U.S3. The author writes the passage in order to_. A. encourage us to learn more languages B. introduce dual-language programs in New York schools C. advertise the dual-language programs D. inspire more students to study in New York BWriting one or two articles a day is a fair goal for a hum

10、an writer. By contrast, the Wordsmith platform can produce up to 2,000 articles a second! Wordsmith is one example of natural language-generation software, often referred to as a robot journalist. To be fair, the software doesnt start from the beginning, like a human writer might. Instead, the softw

11、are takes a set of structured data and transforms it into readable text.Natural language-generation software, such as Wordsmith and Quill, does its work by identifying trends and highlights in sets of data. The software then searches its own dictionary for the words to express its findings.Why keep

12、human writers around Although this type of software writes faster than any human, it requires sets of structured data to work. Thats why its especially useful for writing earnings reports and other types of “dry” writing. Humans, on the other hand, are good at turning their unstructured thoughts dir

13、ectly into prose. The reports produced by Wordsmith and Quill read naturally, and they can match the tone of human writers. But for now, the robot journalists probably wont steal many jobs or win any Pulitzer Prizes!（普利策奖）Current applications of natural language-generation softwareFinancial reports:

14、 The software is commonly used by banks or traders to analyze large amounts of financial data and then produce reports in plain English. Health and fitness: The software can turn data gathered from wearable devices or fitness trackers into personalized reports. The writing tone can even be adjusted

15、to sound more encouraging!Sports reporting: The software is often used to turn real baseball, basketball and football statistics into exciting stories. 4. What does natural Language-generation software refer to? A. The Wordsmith platform. B. A robot journalist. C. A special dictionary. D. Articles w

16、ritten by computer.5. Natural language-generation software can_. A. discover the worlds focuses through the Internet B. write well enough to win Pulitzer Prizes C. produce articles in a tone similar to humans D. write such beautiful prose as human writers6. We can learn from the passage that natural

17、 Language-generation software _. A. has taken the place of human writers currently B. is only able to turn structured data into dry reports C. is widely used in all the fields D. works properly only with the help of sets of structured data7. Nowadays Natural language-generation software is seldom us

18、ed by_. A. schools B. banks C. hospitals D. newspapers C In 1959, when Jean Harper was in the third grade, her teacher gave the class an assignment to write a report on what they wanted to be when they grew up. She poured her heart into her report and expressed her dream of becoming an airline pilot

19、. Her paper came back with an F on it. The teacher told her it was a fairy tale. Jean was heartbroken and ashamed. As the years went by, Jean was beaten down by the discouragement and negativity she encountered whenever she talked about her dream. Girls cant become airline pilots; never have, never

20、will. Youre crazy. Thats impossible. Finally Jean gave up. In her senior year of high school, her English teacher was a Mrs. Dorothy Slaton, a demanding teacher with high standards. One day Mrs. Slaton asked this question: If you had unlimited finances, unlimited access to the finest schools, unlimi

21、ted talents and abilities, what would you do? Jean felt a rush of the old enthusiasm, and with excitement she wrote down the very old dream. The next thing that Mrs. Slaton said changed the course of Jeans life. The teacher leaned forward over her desk and said, I have a little secret for you. You d

22、o have unlimited abilities and talents. When you leave school, if you dont go for your dreams, no one will do it for you. You can have what you want if you want it enough. The hurt and fear of years of discouragement disappeared all of a sudden. Jean felt thrilled and told her about her dream of bec

23、oming a pilot. Mrs. Slaton slapped the desk top. Then do it! she said. So Jean did. It didnt happen overnight. In her l0 years of hard work, even facing varieties of laugh, frustration and opposition, she never gave up her dream. Instead, she went on doing everything her third-grade teacher said was

24、 fairy-tale.Eventually, Jean Harper became a Boeing 737 captain for the United Airline Company.8. Jeans third-grade teacher thought her dream to be _. A. great B. impossible C. challenging D. reasonable9. Mrs. Slaton may hold the view that _. A. only some of her students have great potential B. her

25、students are good enough to be admitted to the best schools C. belief contributes to realizing a dream D. Jean was to have her dream realized10. According to the passage, we can infer that_. A. Jeans dream was always in her deep heart B. Jean owed her success to all her teachers C. most people aroun

26、d Jean approved of her dream D. Jean achieved her dream with ease11. Which is the best title of the passage? A. A Respectable Teacher B. How to Realize a Dream C. Hard Work Pays off D. Reach for the Sky DDo you suffer from cybersickness？The rise of mobile phones has been blamed for a number of socia

27、l ills, but your smart phone may also be making you physically sick as well. Scientists have identified a condition called “cybersickness”, which they say is the digital version of motion sickness. The phenomenon, which affects up to 80 percent of the population who own smart phones or tablets, lead

28、s to feelings of sickness and unsteadiness. It is caused by seeing fast motion on a screen, which covers anything from a car chase in a film to scrolling through web pages on your phone. The more realistic the visual content appears to you, the higher your chances of getting cybersickness are . The

29、condition was identified in a piece in the New York Times in which British and US experts said that it needed solving. Motion sickness leaves sufferers feeling ill because they feel movement in your muscles and your inner ear but do not see it. The mismatch in digital sickness is the oppositeyou see

30、 movement on the screen but do not feel it. The effect is the same and the symptoms include a headache, wanting to throw up, confusion and the need to sit down. Often cybersickness shows itself in a subtle way and sufferers put it down to stress or eyestrain.Steven Rauch, a professor of otolaryngolo

31、gy（耳鼻喉科学） at Harvard Medical School, said: “Your sense of balance is different from other senses in that it has lots of inputs. When those inputs dont agree, thats when you feel dizziness and sickness. ”Some studies that have been carried out into cybersickness found that women are more susceptible

32、than men, the New York Times reported. Those who have Type A personalitiesmeaning they are confident and determinedare more likely to suffer from cybersickness as well. Among those who have reported experiencing the condition have been video gamers who spend hours playing fast paced games. Engineers

33、 at Oculus VR, the virtual headset manufacturer, have admitted that digital motion sickness is one of their biggest problems. 12. From the text, we know that cybersickness _. A. is completely equal to motion sickness B. affects up to 80% of the population. C. leads to peoples feelings of sickness an

34、d unsteadiness D. is caused by seeing fast moving objects around13. Whats the difference between motion sickness and digital sickness? A. Digital sickness means sufferers see movement but do not feel it. B. Digital sickness means sufferers feel movement but do not see it. C. Motion sickness means su

35、fferers see movement but do not feel it. D. Motion sickness means sufferers dont see or feel movement14. What does the underlined word “susceptible” in the last paragraph mean? A. likely to accept B. likely to be affected C. likely to suspect D. likely to be cured15. This passage is most probably _.

36、 A. a science fiction B. a newspaper ad C. a book review D. a science news report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。When we think about the dreams we have, it is surprising to see how many people failed even if they could have succeeded. So today Im going to tell you fiv

37、e ways to kill your dreams.l Believe in overnight success. Everyone knows the story of a tech guy who built a mobile app and sold it for a lot of money. _16_ If you investigate further, you will find that he is well educated and has been working on the project for 20 years. Therefore, your overnight

38、 success is always a result of what youve done in your life. l _17_ Constantly, people around you always have opinions on which path you should take. But whichever way you choose, there are other ways you have to pick as well. And one day you need to solve those problems yourself. l Decide to rest w

39、hen success is guaranteed. When your life is going great and everything is settime to rest. Actually, when youre growing towards a peak, you need to work even harder and find yourself another peak. If you were content with what youve accomplished, it would stop you from a greater success. _18_ l Bel

40、ieve the fault is someone elses. I constantly see people saying, “I created this great product, but the market is so bad.” If you have dreams, its your responsibility to make them happen. Yes, the market may be bad. But if no one bought your product, surely there is something there that is your faul

41、t. _19_ l Believe that the only things that matter are the dreams themselves. Achieving a dream is a short moment, but your life is not. _20_ And the only way to really achieve all of your dreams is to fully enjoy every step of your journey. A. When we face difficulties, believe in ourselves. B. The

42、 overnight success inspires so many people.C. The story may seem real, but I bet its incomplete.D. Be responsible for your own dreams. E. Life is never about the goals themselves.F. Theres no time to settle down.G. Believe someone else has the answers for you.第二部分 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

43、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。If you ever have a chance to go to Finland, youll probably be surprised to find how “foolish” the Finnish people are.Take the taxi drivers for exampleYou can go _21_ on a journey, tell the driver to _22_ you at any place, say t

44、hat you have some business to _23_, and that you will pay the taxi driver later. He will agree without any _24_ but just accept your words in good _25_.The dining rooms in all big hotels not only serve their _26_, but also provide food for outside _27_Hotel guests have their meals free , so they _28

45、_ go to the free dining rooms to have their meals, and the _29_ they would do to show their good faith is to wave their registration card to the waiterWith such _30_ check, you can easily use any old registration card to take a couple of friends to wine and dine free of _31_.Finnish workers are paid

46、 by the hourIf you work in Finland and have _32_ the boss on the hourly rate, then you just say how many hours you have worked and youll be paid _33_.With so many loop holes in every day life, surely Finland must be a good country to those who _34_ to take “petty advantages”But the _35_ thing is, al

47、l the taxi passengers always come back to pay their _36_ after they have attended to their business; not a _37_ outsider has ever been found in the free hotel dining rooms; workers always give the exact hours they have _38_As the Finns always act on good faith and always have a (an) _39_ of “right i

48、s right” and “wrong is wrong” in every thing they do, so to live in such a society has turned everyone into a real “gentleman”.What we regarded as “foolish” is _40_ the Finnish peoples way of life21. A. somewhere B. anywhere C. sometime D. anytime22. A. stop B. pass C. drop D. pick23. A. attend to B

49、. take care C. take up D. appeal to24. A. guarantee B. anxiety C. passenger D. money25. A. smile B. place C. seat D. faith26. A. meals B. visitors C. guests D. cards27. A. waiters B. diners C. drivers D. workers28. A. naturally B. respectively C. secretly D. contently 29. A. best B. worst C. most D.

50、 least30. A. strict B. complete C. troublesome D. loose31. A. registration B. care C. charge D. noise32. A. paid for B. debated with C. talked about D. agreed with33. A. accordingly B. reluctantly C. separately D. automatically34. A. hesitate B. hate C. love D. refuse 35. A. strange B. confusing C.

51、complex D. imaginative36. A. business B. trip C. fine D. fare 37. A. single B. faithful C. familiar D. usual38. A. worked on B. put in C. spent on D. run out 39. A. religion B. law C. idiom D. attitude40. A. eventually B. accidentally C. actually D. temporarily 第II卷 第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第二节（共 10

52、小题；每小题 1.5 分。满分 15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。The Chinese government has decided to end its one-child per family policy and let families have two children. A statement gives the reasons for the change, _41_ (say) it is meant to balance population development, stop a declining birth rate and stre

53、ngthen the countrys work force.China _42_ (carry)out the one-child policy in 1980. But the government permitted a small number of _43_ (couple) to have two children. For example, some rural families were given approval to have two children if the first-born was a girl. In 2013, the government permit

54、ted other families to have two if one parent was _44_ only child.A teacher and population expert, Jiang Quanbao, explains how Chinese families will react _45_ the policy. “Many young people in the cities are _46_ (probable) not interested in having a second child,” he says. “People in rural villages

55、 may be _47 _ (much) interested, but some of them are already allowed to have two children.”At the end of 2014, China had a population of 1.37 billion people, a total of 800 million of _48_ are employed. But that job market population is expected _48_(drop) by 2050. With the two-child policy, the labor _50_ (short) will be relieved, starting in 20 years.第三部分 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