广东省广州市2017届高考英语二模试卷(解析版)(共34页)

1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上 广东省广州市2017届普通高中毕业班综合测试(二模)英语试题（俗称 广州二模）2017年4月22日下午考试英语2017年高考广州一模、二模的考试时间及相关事宜，广州一模将于3月16-17日进行。二模4月22日进行。第二部分 阅读理解21（6分）Many people would love to leave their jobs behind and have a lifechanging adventure overseasThey imagine lying under palm trees as the sun goes downHowever，life ove

2、rseas is not always easy，and many are not prepared for the shock of living in an alien cultureThe honeymoon periodAt first，for those who actually decide to move abroad，life is an exciting adventureThey enjoy exploring their new surroundings，and life seems like an extended holidayThey don't mind

3、trying the local cuisine and discovering the local cultureThey can even afford to practice their foreignlanguage skills without fear of making mistakesTrouble in paradiseIn many cases，when people consider moving to another country，they often fail to realize how different life will beAs time goes by，

4、they become frustrated when language and cultural misunderstandings become a daily headacheIn this stage，the visitors begin to withdraw from life in the host country and avoid spending time with local people in favor of mixing with others from their own cultural backgroundThe road to recoveryGradual

5、ly，most visitors realize they must accept the differences and not fight against themThis change encourages them to improve their language skills and slowly they manage to do the things they could easily do at home，such as opening a bank accountThis newfound confidence enables them to see a side of l

6、ife which very few tourists get to witnessAdjusting to life abroad can often be a real problemThe secret to overcoming it is to stop trying to change your host country：you will not succeedIf not，you risk losing your dream and having to return to the old life you wanted to leave behind21Why do people

7、 moving abroad feel excited at first？AThey find foreign living much easierBThey have the necessary language skillsCThey love the adventure and explorationDThey enjoy meeting people from different cultures22According to the author，what is the main problem many people moving abroad face？AHomesicknessB

8、Culture shockCHealth problemsDLack of employment23What would the author suggest people moving abroad do？AStudy the local languageBGo on holidays frequentlyCLearn how to open a bank accountDSeek out people from their home country24（8分）Australia loves interesting moneyIn 1988，it was the first country

9、to replace paper money with special plastic banknotesNow it's introduced a new fivedollar bill so technologically advanced that many experts are calling it the money of the future!At first glance，the new note looks much like the old oneIt has the same pink colour and main pictures on the front a

10、nd backBut look closer，and you will notice a clear window running down the middle，surrounded by images of the yellow Prickly Moses，a type of Australian plantTilt（使倾斜） the note a little and you will see the Eastern Spinebill，an Australian bird，beating its wings as if trying to fly awayTurn the bill f

11、rom side to side，and you will notice the picture of a small building at the bottom of the note spins，and the image of"5"changes positionWhile these moveable features are impressive and entertaining，that was not the reason Australian government officials spent ten years developing themTheir

12、 primary purpose was to make it impossible for criminals to produce their own fake notesThe new fivedollar note also has something to help blind people easily identify the moneyIt has s raised bump alongside the top and bottom，enabling blind people to quickly determine its valueThe credit for persua

13、ding the Australian government to add this allimportant bump goes to 15yearold Connor McLeodThe blind Sydney teenager came up with the idea in 2014 after being unable to tell how much money he had received for ChristmasConnor says he was so embarrassed at not being able to see the difference between

14、 notes that he only carried coins to pay for food at not being able to see the difference between notes that he only carried coins to pay for food at the school cafeteriaTo convince the government officials of his idea，Connor started a website that got huge public attentionThe government will add th

15、is feature to the new 10 bill which comes out in late 2017，as well as the updated 20，50，and 100bills that are still being designed24Which picture does NOT move when the banknote is tilted？AThe birdBThe numberCThe plantsDThe building25What was the main reason the Australian government created the new

16、 banknote？ATo make the note more difficult to copyBTo show the country's advanced technologyCTo help blind people more easily use moneyDTo make the not's appearance more attractive26What can we guess about Australian coins？AThey are different in size or shapeBThey are required in school cafe

17、teriasCThey are more frequently used than notesDThey are more convenient for young people27What did Connor do to persuade the government？AHe wrote a letter to the leadersBHe organized an online meetingCHe sought support on the InternetDHe requested a special Christmas gift28（8分）At this year's Te

18、chnology Forum，speakers include worldfamous people，such as Steve Wozniak，cofounder of Apple Computer，and lesserknown individuals with great ideas to change the worldOne of the latter is Jonny Cohen，a high school senior，green businessman and creator of GreenShieldsSince Cohen was a child，he has been

19、innovating and inventingWhen he was 12 and took science classes at Northwestern University，he saw a school bus and had an idea：what if the shape of school bus was improved to make it more fuel efficient？This would greatly reduce the amount of pollution it producedHe set about making a wind tunnel in

20、 his parents'garage and placed small metal plates or shields on toy school buses to test themThe result：his shields redirected the airflow over and around the bus，decreased wing drag，and produced better fuel economy and less pollutionCohen went through various experiments to improve his GreenShi

21、elds inventionWith the help of MIT and CookIllinois Bus Company，which donated a fullsized bus for Cohen's experiments，he now has a shield model that is inexpensive and easy to attach，enabling widespread adoptionHow much of an impact can these shields have on climate change？Fuel consumption for t

22、he average US school bus is seven miles per gallonGreenShields increases fuel efficiency by 1020%，saving about 600 per bus per year，and costs only 30 to attachCohen and his partners are now trying to persuade the government to put GreenShields on all school busesWith almost halfamillion school buses

23、 in America using nearly 2.5 billion of fuel per year，a consumption reduction of 1020% would make a big difference in pollutionNot to mention the roughly 285 million in annual savings on fuel28What can we learn about Jonny Cohen from the text？AHe has produced GreenShields independentlyBHe has been e

24、mployed to improve school busesCHe is a worldfamous businessman and inventorDHe has a talent for finding and solving problems29How does GreenShields make a bus more fuel efficient？ABy reducing the amount of wind dragBBy improving the quality of fuel usedCBy providing a wind tunnel for the busDBy cha

25、nging the shape of the bus engine30Where did Cohen begin testing his shields？AAt Northwestern UniversityBIn his parents'garageCAt a local bus companyDIn an MIT lab31What's the intended benefit of Cohen's invention？ATo provide school buses with cheaper fuelBTo reduce the cost of producing

26、 school busesCTo increase the profits of the school bus industryDTo make school buses more environmentallyfriendly32（8分）We all know the feeling：looking at the computer screen，pretending to be interested in our homework，even though we really feel boredBut such feelings may soon be at an end，says DrHa

27、rry Witchel，head of the Essex Medical SchoolHe believes that computers of the future will notice when people feel bored and even take action to stop itBefore you get concerned，the machine won't be reading your mindIt will be observing the many movements you make while using a computerIt's no

28、t interested in the big movements needed to use the machine 一 like moving a mouse or touching a screenbut small，barely noticeable movements like closing your eyes，moving in your seat or rubbing your faceWitchel calls these"boredom movements"and says they show how interested the person is i

29、n what they are reading or watchingThe higher the interest level，the less movement!To test his theory，Witchel invited 27 people to perform various computerbased tasksThe activities ranged from playing online games （an interesting task） to reading documents like government laws that most people would

30、 find boringA special video camera followed the participants'movements as they completed each taskJust as the researcher expected，the"boredom movements"greatly decreased，by as much as 42%，when the subjects were very interested in what they were reading or seeingFortunately，Dr Witchel i

31、sn't planning to use his results to create machines that report students who are not paying attention at schoolInstead，he wants"movement sensing"technology to be built into future computers in order to improve students'computerbased learning experienceThe scientist says that by mea

32、suring the students'interest level as they work，educators will be able to adjust their materials in realtime to keep students focusedWitchel also believes that the technology can provide filmmakers with honest audience opinions and in the future，help to develop more intelligent robots32What does

33、 the underlined word"it"in Paragraph 1 refer to？AHomeworkBA computerCBoredomDThe future33Why did Dr Witchel carry out his research？ATo discover how bored people moveBTo find out what makes people boredCTo see if interested people are more activeDTo test the link between boredom and movemen

34、t34Which movement would Witchel's technology most likely pay attention to？ATurning off the machineBTyping words on a keyboardCSurfing quickly between webpagesDMoving one's head from side to side35How will the new technology help education，according to Witchel？ABy reducing teachers'worklo

35、adBBy maintaining students'learning interestCBy reporting students'misbehavior in classDBy making learning more like a computer game第二节（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36（10分）Philadelphia is a city known for many thingsIt is where the Declaration of Independence was signed in 17

36、76，and it was also the first capital of the United States（36） It is home to nearly 3.000 mural（壁画） painted on the side of homes and buildings around the cityThat's more murals than any other city on Earth（37）More than 20years ago，a New Jersey artist named Jane Golden started a program pairing tr

37、oubled youth with artists to paint murals on a few buildings around the city（38） The teenagers involved helped to create magnificent pieces of art，and there were other，even more important，benefitsThe young people learned to cooperate and get along with many different kinds of people during the paint

38、ingThey learned to be responsible，because they needed to follow a schedule to make sure the murals were completed（39） It is hard for anyone to see the spectacular designs and not feel proud to be a part of PhiladelphiaTake a walk around some of the poorest neighborhoods in Philadelphia and you will

39、find beautiful works of art on the side and fronts of buildingsOf course the murals are not just in poor neighborhoods，but richer ones as wellSpecial buses take tourists to different parts of the city to see the various murals，which show the diverse ethnic groups that call Philadelphia home（40） It i

40、s also a model for other cities throughout America seeking to help troubled youthAHow did this come to be？BWhat happened to the murals on Earth？CThey also learned to take pride in their communityDBut one fact about Philadelphia is not so wellknownEFrom this some project，something magical happenedFTh

41、e program encouraged troubled youth to paint together with their teachersGAs a result of its success，the murals program has now become the nation's largest public art program第三部分 英语知识运用 第一节 完形填空41（30分）When you give thanks for help，everyone benefitsAnd the （41） will last longer than you'd exp

42、ect：researchers have found that writing thankyou notes raises people's （42） levels for up to six months"If you express gratitude in a diary，it makes you happier，but if you （43） it with the person who helped you，it has the （44） to bring you two closer together，"says researcher Jeff Tsan

43、gLawyer John Kralik experienced this personallyHe'd been feeling depressed and （45）about his life：He'd been divorced and wasn't （46） with his childrenHe felt tired from the（47）hours he devoted to workAt a/an （48） low point，he remembered his grandfather telling him about the importance of

44、 （49）He decided to write 365thankyou notes over 365days，hoping for a/an （50） changeImmediately，he noticed his （51） begin to improve"The first effects are that you realise that your life is much better than you thought and you become more positive，"Kralik says of his（52）acts of expressing t

45、hanks（53） by Kralik's experience，I decided to try the （54） myselfI chose someone from my past whom I'd （55） thanked before：my wonderful highschool English teacherI wasn't sure if I'd be able to （56） him，but eventually I found where he livedIn my letter，I thanked him for the （57） and

46、support that he'd given me years earlierI may never hear from him （58），but that isn't the （59）The letter helped me （60） my life，and I've been happy now for months41AtimeBthoughtsCeffectsDrelationship42AeducationBhappinessCincomeDhealth43AshareBcompleteCcompareDleave44AmethodBdesireCenerg

47、yDpotential45AdiscouragedBdishonestCimpatientDsurprised46AboredBstrictCcloseDhonest47AlimitedBvaluableCdelightfulDlong48AimportantlyBparticularlyCphysicallyDexactly49AforgivenessBachievementCgratefulnessDpatience50ApositiveBunexpectedCpossibleDinstant51AwealthBattitudeCpositionDcompetence52Agenerous

48、BstrangeCbraveDsimple53AStruckBInspiredCShockedDInvited54AideaBbeliefCletterDtest55AnearlyBfrequentlyCalreadyDnever56ArememberBrecogniseClocateDreward57AdegreeBmoneyCgiftDguidance58Ain advanceBin publicCin returnDin person59AcaseBpointCfactDsolution60AappreciateBunderstandCfaceDreview第二节 （满分15分）阅读下面

49、材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式61（15分）In the West we are familiar with ballets like Swan LakeBut there's another classical dance form with a long history （61） has only recently burst onto the world sceneIt is called classical Chinese danceClassical Chinese dance is （62） incredibly demanding，refi

50、ned，and expressive dance formAlongside ballet，it is also one of the most comprehensive dance systems （63）（know） to humankind（64） recently，few people outside China had ever heard of classical Chinese danceOne major reason was that when Chinese companies performed abroad，they often mixed Chinese dance

51、 with western dance styleAnd so the audience left the theater not sure exactly （65） they had just seenIn 2006，however，the Shen Yun Performing Arts Company （66）（establish） in New YorkIts mission was to promote （67）（tradition） culture，and this included （68）（present） classical Chinese dance in its pure

52、 formNot quite a decade later，classical Chinese dance has become much（69）（well） recognized and is starting to influence western balletAlthough they have significant differences，both ballet and classical Chinese dance have the ability to vividly tell （70）（story） and move us through beautiful art第四部分

53、写作 第一节 短文改错（满分10分）71（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Dear Chris，Are you interested in coming with me to see a famous opera？It will performed at

54、the Guangzhou Opera House at 2pm in May DayI know you took great interest in Chinese culture，especially local operaI think the perform will not only leave you with an unforgettably impression，but satisfy your interest in Chinese opera as wellIf you can come，I suggest us should visit the Guangzhou Mu

55、seum near the Opera House before and after the operaYou decideThe museum is hosting a exhibition on Cantonese operaIf we go，I believe you can learn many about Chinese opera in there第二节 书面表迭（满分25分）81（25分）假定你是李华你的美国笔友Mike 将到广州度假，以下是他给你发的电子邮件请给他回信，欢迎他的到来，答复他的疑问，并提出合理建议Dear Li Hua，I'm going to Guang

56、zhou for a 2week holiday in MayI'm so excited that I finally have this chance to meet you and see your cityHowever，I am a bit worried about the traffic problemsFrom what I know，traffic jams are serious in big citiesDo you think I should rent a car？How should I travel around efficiently when I

57、9;m in Guangzhou？Can't wait to see youYours，Mike注意：1词数100左右；2可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯2017年广东省广州市高考英语二模试卷参考答案与试题解析第二部分 阅读理解21Many people would love to leave their jobs behind and have a lifechanging adventure overseasThey imagine lying under palm trees as the sun goes downHowever，life overseas is not always easy，and many are not prepared for the shock of living in an alien cultureThe honeymoon periodAt fir