广东省广州市届高三年级英语调研测试试卷

1、隐秘启用前试卷类型 :a2021届广州市高三年级调研测试英语2021.12本试卷共 10 页，满分 120 分；考试用时120 分钟；留意事项 :1.答卷前， 考生务必将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、 座位号填写在答题卡上,并用铅笔在答题卡的相应位置填涂考生号；因听力另考，试卷从其次部分的“阅读懂得”开头，试题序号从“ 21”开头；2.回答挑选题时，选出每道题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡对应题目的答案信息点涂黑；如需改动；用橡皮擦洁净后，再选涂其他答案；写在本试卷上无效；3.回答非挑选题时,必需用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答,答案必需写在答题卡指定区域内的相应位置上:如需改动，先划掉原先的答案，然后再写

2、上新答案;不准使用铅笔和涂改液；写在本试卷上无效；4.考试终止后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回；其次部分阅读懂得 共两节，满分40 分第一节 共 15 小题 ;每道题 2 分，满分30 分 阅读以下短文，从每题所给的a. b、c 和 d 四个选项中，选出正确选项；21. what is the cost for 2 nights of accommodation for 2 people at the yakamoz hotel with the lonely planet discount.a. .88.b. .80.c. .72d. .6422 rail holidays are availa

3、ble for.a . north america, europe and australiab. north america, south america and asiac. australia, asia and europed. north america, south america and australaí23. how many advertisements offer holidays to peru.a. one.b. two.c. threed. fourbacross the world,studies have consistently found that

4、 girls perform significantlybetter than boys in reading. these studies show that girls typically read more frequently than boys, and have a more positive attitude toward reading,there are several reasons that help explain these gender-based differences parents read more with their daughters. thissen

5、ds a strong and early message that books are forgirls,as wellas equipping girls with a significantadvantage. recent research has found even though boys read less frequently than girls, girls still receive more encouragement to read from their parents.so how can parents and educators help bridge this

6、socially-engineeredgap forboys' reading.to improve boys" reading performance, parents and educators may 1ook for ways to connect boys with reading. this has led to discussion about the importance of promoting so-called "boy-friendly" books that boys supposedly prefer". these

7、are typically assumed to be non-fiction works, as many people believed that boys prefer to read non-fictionbut this belief is not supported by recent research, which in fact suggests boys are morelikely to choose to read fiction than non-fiction. encouraging all boys to read non-fiction under the mi

8、staken beliefthat it is their preference may actuallybe harmful.fictionreaders read morefrequently and demonstrate faster language leaning and higher language ability.besides encouraging more fictionreading, there are a number of ways that we can help connect boys with books. firstly, don't assu

9、me that boys of the same age have the same interestsor that their interests. stay the same over time. to match boys with suitable reading material, have regular discussions about reading for pleasure in order to keep up with their interestsschools should also provide access to librariesduring lesson

10、s throughoutthe years of schooling. girls visit the library in their free time more than boys, and as students move to higher grades they often have less access to libraries during class, access to books for boys is essential to promote readingin addition, we should keep paper books available becaus

11、e research shows that boys are less likelyto choose to read on screens than girls.finallywe should promote reading as an enjoyable pastime by being a role model. let your children or students see you read for pleasure.24. according to the author, what is the main cause of the difference in boys'

12、 and girls reading ability.a. social factors.b. teaching methods.c. personal preferences.d. psychological differences25. why does the author recommend that adults regularly talk to boys about reading.a. to persuade boys to read more often.b. to learn what boys are most interested in.c. to help boys

13、improve their language ability.d. to show that adults are good reading role models.26. when should schools give students additional library aces according to the author.a. before and after class,b. at any time of the school day.c. at regular times during class.d. when they are in the lower grades.27

14、. what is the main purpose of the text.a. to show students ways to improve their reading.b. to explain why boys are not as good at reading as girls.c. to urge governments to provide more reading resources,d. to provide strategies that can help improve boys' reading ability.c"anything you wa

15、nt, anytime you need it."the message appeared on computer screens across the country at the same time, on the same day: december 12th, at 12 p.m. simultaneously, important looking envelopes containing cards with the same message were hand-delivered to the offices of all the major news companies

16、.one found its way to the desk of chris lin, a business reporter at the post. the card was beautifully designed - a black background with the words printed out in crisp white letters. there was no explanation on the back, just a website address. chris went to the website. its style was identical to

17、the card's and said: anytime: starting tomorrow."the next day websites and blogs were filled with articles theorizing about anytime, was ita shopping website like taobao or amazon. a joke. something illegalanytime's marketing had worked - it was a household name before it'd even mad

18、e a single sale.when the opening came, that day at noon, the anytime website suddenly had a single field that read, what do you want." allyou had to do was type the words into that box, and then specify how quickly you wanted your item delivered: within one, ten, or twenty-four hoursbloggers we

19、re the first to test the service. and their reviews were glowing. within weeks, anytime had become a part of daily life. nobody used other delivery sites or the post anymore as anytime was much cheaper and faster.chris stillwondered what exactly anytimewas. he tried to findout whoowned thecompany,bu

20、t it was registered in a small country that did not require such information to be made public.he did findsome interestingfacts, though. anyonewho challenged the company, it seemed, met with serious trouble. a government official critical of anytime for avoiding tax was forced to leave his position

21、after news stories suddenly appeared claiming he was dishonest. the head of another company takinganytime to court died in a car accident just days before the case was to begin.chris began making a list of all the people who had something terrible happen to them after opposingor criticizinganytime.b

22、y lunch,he had more than one hundred examples. something was definitely wrong. chris worked on his list the rest of the day, emailing people who could provide more information and looking through newspaper records. after working throughthe night, an exhausted chris finally fell asleep at his desk at

23、 4 a.m.when he woke a few hours later, there was amessage flashing on his computer screen: stop making trouble." chris smiled. he had no intention of stopping now that he knew he was on the right track.28. what was on the front of the card sent to chris lin.a. an invitation to a company opening

24、.b. 'the website address of a new company.c. the words anytime: starting tomorrow".d. the words anything you want, anytime you need it".29. why did the company choose to send the cards to many news reporters.a. because it didn't have enough money for traditional advertising.b. beca

25、use it wanted to attract the reporters as customers.c. so the reporters would write stories about the new company,d. so people would find the new company interesting.30. what did chris s research suggest aboutanytime.a. it may be very dangerous.b. its popularity would soon decrease.c. it was doing b

26、usiness all over the world.d. it was being widely criticized by journalists.31. how did chris feel at the end of the story.a. scared that he would get into trouble.b. confident that he would find the truth.c. nervous about what the company would do.d. satisfied that he had discovered the company'

27、;s secretdinside a secured room in a beautiful castle near paris, a small metal cylinder 圆柱体 rests on a shelf beneath a double set of bell jars. it has lain there for more than a century, its rest only occasionallydisturbedwhentheroom'sthree keyholdersperforma coordinatedopening ceremony to let

28、technicians enter and clean this precious piece of metal.first, the cylinder is rubbed with a piece of soft, alcohol-soaked cloth. then it is steamed with pure water. finally, the 1kg cylinder is returned, carefully, to its resting place.such attention to a lump of metal is unusual, but has a purpos

29、e. the castle houses the international bureau of weights and measures and that piece of shining. circular metal is its holiest relic. it isthe defining mass 质量 against which all other kilograms are measured. this is the internationalprototype, or standard, of the kilogram. the ipk, in short.dozens o

30、f carefullyweighted copies of the originalhave been made. they are stored around the world and used to standardise individual nations' weights and measures systems.but the days ofthe ipk, in its current form, are numbered. the international bureau ofweightsand measures has decidedto replace this

31、singlephysicalspecimen witha more fundamental measurement - based on electric current - in order to define the mass of an object.the king of kilograms is about to be dethronedone key reason fordoing this workis to provide internationalsecurity,"says bureau spokesman paulrobinson.“ifthecastle bu

32、rneddowntomorrowandthekilogramwas destroyed,we would have no reference left for the world's metric weights system. there would be chaos. the current definition of the kilogram is the weight of that cylinder in paris, after all.”another major motivation for the replacement of the ipk is the growi

33、ng need to be able to carry out more and more precise measurements. drug companies willsoon be wanting to use ingredients that will have to be measured in terms of a few millionths or even billionths of a gram, "says robinson. "we need to be prepared to weigh substances with that kind of a

34、ccuracy."32. what do we know about the ipk from the first two paragraphs.a. it's cared for with great devotion.b. it's used in religious ceremoniesc. it's beautifully designed and decorated.d. it's the most valuable metal in the world.33. which of the following best explains &qu

35、ot;dethroned" underlined in paragraph 5.a. rebuiltb. removedc. destroyedd, upgraded34. what is a reason for replacing the current ipk.a. to protect the metal cylinder from damage.b.to make taking measurements more economical.c. to provide all countries with the same standard.d. to satisfy the i

36、ncreasing demand for exactness35. what can be a suitable title for the text.a. no more kilosb. a heavy technologyc. the future of the kilod. the history of measures其次节（共 5 小题；每道题2 分，满分10 分）依据短文内容， 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的正确选项；选项中有两项为余外选项；it was the 2021 "super storm" in new south wales that resto

37、red my faith in people.duringa break in the weather, istupidlydecidedto driveintotowntobuy some groceries.however, as i left the supermarket and drove back, the weather took a tum for the worse.36having nowhere to go, i spotted a young man in his front yard assessing the situation. he quickly waved

38、to me to come and park in his driveway.37the man, who introduced himself as trent, then invited me to wait inside his house withhis wife, kayti and their two daughters. i told him i was concerned about the damage to my car, as the continuing rain was starting to turn into hail 冰 雹 . trent then grabb

39、ed a blanket from his garage and coveredmycar38fortunately,his effortssaved mycar frombeing damaged by the hail.by 11:00 a.m, the electricity and phone services had both gone.39trent made me a cup of tea and kayti gave me a towel to dry myself off. the three of us chatted while waitingfor the weathe

40、r to get better. i learned that trent had lost his job and was struggling to feed the family.when the hail stopped, i shook trent's hand and kissed kayti goodbye.40i was very moved by their kindness and it renewed my faith in people.as i went out the door, i asked trent for two of his business c

41、ards. my father has since called to offer him a job as a clerk at his company.a. it began pouring so heavily that i was forced to stop.b. the couple were so modest as i thanked them for their help.c, i was surprised that he didn't ask for anything in return for his assistance.d. i was grateful t

42、o escape the running water that was about to drown my car.e. i tried driving faster to escape the heavy downpour that was sure to come.f. as a result, i couldn t contact my parents, despite knowing they'd be worried.g. he was wet but he didn't seem to mind being out in the wild weather on my

43、 behalf.第三部分：语言学问运用（共两节，满分45 分）第一节完形填空（共20 小题；每道题1.5 分，满分30 分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的a、b、c、和 d 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的正确选项；why study history.people live in the present. they plan for the 41 . history,however, is the study of the past. given all the 42 and pressures that come from living in the present and 43 what is

44、 yet to come, whybother withwhathas been. givenall the availablebranches ofknowledge,why insist -as most 44 systems do on history. and why urge many students to study even more history than they are 45 to.anysubject ofstudyneeds 46:supportersmust explainwhyitisworth 47 . like most widely accepted 48

45、 history attracts people who simply 49 the information and modes of thought involved. but for people who are less interested in the subject and more 50 about why they should bother with it, a clearer explanation of its purpose is required. 51 do not perform heart transplants, improve highway design,

46、 or arrest criminals. in a society that quite correctly expects education to serve 52 purposes, history's functions can seem more difficult to 53 than those of engineering or medicine. history is in fact veryuseful,actually 54 ,buttheproducts ofhistoricalstudyare oftenless 55 immediate than thos

47、e of other subjects.andhistoryhelps us understand people, societies and how they 56for example, how can we 57 past wars and future threats without using historical materials. unfortunately, major aspects of a society's operation cannot be set up as precise experiments. 58 , history must serve, h

48、owever imperfectly, as our 59 , helping us understand who we are and why we do what we do. this, fundamentally, is why we cannot 60 history.41.a.processb.resultc. futured.environment42.a.causesb.demandsc. choicesd.orders43.a.avoidingb.fearingc. celebratingd.anticipating44.a.financialb.socialc. educa

49、tionald.political45.a.requiredb.invitedc. forcedd.permitted46.a.directionb.explorationc. justificationd.revolution47.a.assessmentb.attentionc. expectationd.mention48.a.subjectsb.conceptsc. topicsd.concerns49.a.provideb.receivec. shared.like50.a.doubtfulb.worriedc. thoughtfuld.certain51.a.supportersb

50、.historiansc. audiencesd.teachers52.a.publicb.multiplec. differentd.useful53.a.defineb.expectc. satisfyd.ignore54.a.optionalb.attractivec. accessibled.essential55.a.valuableb.interestingc. obviousd.instructive56.a.imagineb.behavec. fightd.fade57.a.preventb.rememberc. evaluated.declare58.a.consequent

51、lyb.alternativelyc. fortunatelyd.admittedly59.a.libraryb.laboratoryc. clinicd.museum60.a.make up forb.give in toc. get close tod.stay away from其次节（共 10 小题；每道题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；a few years ago, after a long morning of sightseeing in new york, my children and i took a rest

52、on a park bench in central park.look." my son said, 61 point to a nearby rubbish bin. that's when we saw our first raccoon 浣 熊 . quite at home in the big city, he paid us no attention, concentrating onlyon findinga 62taste lunch. he sorted through a few options before comingout withawrapped

53、 sandwich 63 hold between his paws. 64 surprise, rather than run away, he jumped down and walked casually to a spoton the path, not a metre from 65we sat. thechildrenwere spellbound, the racoonproviding better 66 entertain than any museum. he glanced at us, perhaps checking to see 67 we were about t

54、o steal his lunch. 8 delicate fingers, he peeled back the layers of plastic wrap until the half-eaten sandwich 69 uncover.then he surprised us all. instead of starting his food, he turned to a nearby pool of water and 70 dip his paws in. with a casual air, he rubbed his paws together underwater for

55、a moment, brushed his fur, then started gracefully picking at his meal第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35 分）第一节：短文改错（共10 小题，每道题1 分，满分 10 分）文中共有 10 处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误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：把余外的词用斜线 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；留意： 1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2只答应修改10 处，多者（从第11 处起）不计分；i can well remember an incident that happened on a r