2013年广东省高考英语试卷(A卷)(真题_word版)

1、2013广东省高考英语试卷本试卷共12页,三大题,满分135分.考试用时120分钟注意事项：1.答卷前，考生务必用黑色笔迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、考场号、座位号填写在答题卡上。用2B铅笔讲试卷类型（A）填涂在答题卡相应的位置上。将条形码横贴在答题卡右上角“条形码粘贴处”。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选项的答案信息点涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，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

2、答的答案无效。4.考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束后，将试题与答题卡一并交回。I 语言知识及应用（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，掌握其大意，然后从115各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Number sense is not the ability to count. It is the ability to recognize a 1 in number. Human beings are born with this ability. 2 ，experiments show that many

3、animals are, too.For example, many birds have good number sense. If a nest has four eggs and you remove one,the bird will not 3 .However,if you remove two, the bird 4 leaves. This means that the bird knows the 5 between two and three. Another interesting experiment showed a bird's 6 number sense

4、. A man was trying to take a photo of a crow(乌鸦)that had a nest in a tower, but the crow always left when she saw him coming. The bird did not 7 until the man left the tower. The man had an 8 .He took another man with him to the tower. One man left and the other stayed, but they did not 9 the bird.T

5、he crow stayed away until the second man left, too. The experiment was 10 with three men and then with four men. But the crow did not return to the nest until all the men were 11 .It was not until five men went into the tower and only four left that they were 12 able to fool the crow.How good is a h

6、uman's number sense? It's not very good. For example, babies about fourteen months old almost always notice if something is taken away from a 13 group.But when the number goes beyond three or four, the children are 14 fooled. It seems that number sense is something we have in common with man

7、y animals in this world,and that our human 15 is not much better than a crow's.1.A. rise B. pattern C. change D. trend2.A. Importantly B.Surprisingly C. Disappointedly D. Fortunately3. A.survive B.care C. Hatch D. notice4. A.gennerally B.sincerely C.casually D.deliberately5A.distance B.range C.d

8、ifferent D.interval6A.amazing B.annoying C.satisfying D.disturbing7. A. relax B.recovere C.react D. return8. A. appointment B.excuse C. idea D. explanation9. A. fool B. hurt C. catch D. kill10.A. repo B. repeated C. designed D. approved11.A. confused B. gone C. tired D. drunk12.A. gradually B. lucki

9、ly C. strangely D. finally13.A. single B. small C. Local D. new14. A. seldom B. temporarily C.inerely D. often15. A. sight B. nature C. ability D. Belief第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的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。 One day, Nick invited his friends to su

10、pper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen .Suddenly, he 16 (find)that he had run out of salt. So Nick called to his son, ”Go to the village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it: neither too much 17 too little.”His son looked surprised.” I can understand why I shouldnt pay too

11、 much, Father, but if I can pay less, 18 not save a bit of money?” “That would be a very 19 (reason) thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like ours,” Nick said. Nicks guests, 20 had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy sale more cheaply if they could. Ni

12、ck replied, ”The only reason a man would sell sale 21 a lower price would be because he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect 22 the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it.” “But such a small thing couldn

13、t 23 (possible) destroy a village.” “In the beginning, there was only 24 very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little , always 25 (think) that it was only small and not very important ,and look where we have ended up today.” 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）阅读下列短文，

14、从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Imagination and fantasy can play an important role in achieving the things we fear.Children know this very well. Fred Epstein ,in his book If I Make It to Five,tells a story he heard from one of friends about Tom,a four-year-old boy with a cancer in his back bon

15、e.He came through several operations and a lot of pain by mastering his imagination.Tom loved to pretend,and he particularly loved to play superheroes ,Dr Epstein explained that it was actually a brilliant way for his young mind to handle the terrifying and painful life he led. The day before his th

16、ird trip to the operating room,Tom was terribly afraid.”Maybe I could go as Superman ,”he whispered to his mom.Hearing this, the mother hesitated for a while.She had avoided buying the expensive costume(戏装)，不痛finally she agreed. The next day Tom appeared as the powerful Superman,showing off through

17、the hospital halls and coolly waving his hand to the people greeting him along the way.And Tom,with the strength of his fantasy,successfully made it through the operation.The power of imagination need not be reserved for children only.we all have the power to use our fantasies to attempt things we n

18、ever thought possible,to go through those things that seem impossible,and to achieve what we never believed we could,Just as Dr.Epstein puts it ,”If you can dream it,you can do it” It doesnt mean that you should dress as a superhero for you next job interview.But,next time you are texted in a way th

19、at seems impossible, imagine what it would take to overcome it .Become the person you need to become to win over your challenge and do it in your mind first.So,let your imagination run wild,and dare to dream.26.What do we know about Tom?A.He was seriously illB.He was a dishonest boy.C.He was crazy a

20、bout magicD.He was Dr.Epsteins patient27.What can be inferred about Toms mother?A.She was a rich ladyB.She refused Toms requestC.She wanted Tom to be a superheroD.She wanted to get Tom through the pain28.When Tom went for the third operation,he .A.pretended to be painfulB.acted like a superheroC.app

21、eared in poor spiritsD.argued with his mother29.In the last paragraph,you are advised .A.to go through some difficult testsB.to wake up from your wild dreamsC.to become a powerful person in your mindD.to wear expensive clothes for job interviews30.What is the purpose of the passage?A.To tell us an i

22、nteresting story.B.To help us make right decisions.C.To advise us to care about children.D.To encourage us to use our imagination. B Some people think that success is only for those with talent or those who grow up in the right family,and others believe that success mostly comes down to luck.Im not

23、going to say luck,talent,and circumstances dont come into play because they do .some people are born into the right family while others are born with great intelligence,and thats just the reality of how life is . However,to succeed in life,one first needs to set a goal and then gradually make it mor

24、e practical.And,in addition to that,in order to ger really good at something,one needs to spend at least 10,000 hours studying and practicing.To become great at certain things,itll require even more time,time that most people wont put in. This is a big reason why many successful people advise you to

25、 do something you love. If you dont enjoy what you do ,it is going fo feel like unbearable pain and will likely make you quit well before you ever become good ai it.When you see people exhibiting some great skills or having achieved great success,you know that they have put in a huge part of their l

26、ife to get there at a huge cost.Its sometimes easy to think they got lucky or they were born with some rare talent,but thinking that way does you no good,and theres a huge chance that youre wrong anyway. Whatever you do,if you want to become great at it, you need to work day in and day out,almost to

27、 the point of addiction,and over a long period of time.If youre not willing to put in the time and work,dont expect to receive any rewards.Consistent, hard work wont guarantee you the level of success you may want, but it will guarantee that you will become really good at whatever it is you put all

28、that work into.31. Paragraph 1 mainly talks about _.A.the reasons for successB.the meaning of successC.the standards of successD.the importance of success32. In Paragraph 2,the underlined word that refers to _.A.being good at somethingB.setting a practical goalC.putting in more timeD.succeeding in l

29、ife33. Successful people suggest doing what one loves because _.A.work makes one feel painB.one tends to enjoy his workC.one gives up his work easilyD.it takes a lot of time to succeed34.What can we infer from Paragraph 4?A.Successful people like to show their great skills.B.People sometimes succeed

30、 without luck or talent.C.People need to achieve success at the cost of life.D.It helps to think that luck or talent leads to success.35.What is the main theme of the passage?A.Having a goal is vital to success.B.Being good is different from being great.C.One cannot succeed without time and practice

31、.D.Luck,talent and family help to achieve success. C One day, when I was working as a psychologist in England，an adolescent boy showed up in my office. It was David. He kept walking up and down restlessly, his face pale, and his hands shaking slightly. His head teacher had referred him to me. "

32、This boy has lost his family," he wrote. "He is understandably very sad and refuses to talk to others, and I'm very worried about him. Can you help?” I looked at David and showed him to a chair. How could I help him? There are problems psychology doesnt have the answer to, and which no

33、 words can describe. Sometimes the best thing one can do is to listen openly and sympatheticallyThe first two times we met, David didn't say a word. He sat there, only looking up to look at the children's drawings on the wall behind me. I suggested we play a game of chess. He nodded. After t

34、hat he played chess with me every Wednesday afternoon一in complete silence and without looking at me. It's not easy to cheat in chess, but I admit I made sure David won once or twice. Usually, he arrived earlier than agreed. took the chess board and pieces from the shelf and began setting them up

35、 before I even got a chance to sit down. It seemed as if he enjoyed my company. But why did he never look at me?"Perhaps he simply needs someone to share his pain with," I thought. "Perhaps he senses that I respect his suffering.”Some months later, when we were playing chess, he looke

36、d up at me suddenly. "Ifs your turn," he said. After that day, David started talking. He got friends in school and joined a bicycle club. He wrote to me a few times. about his biking with some friends, and about his plan to get into university. Now he had really started to live his own lif

37、e. Maybe I gave David something. But I also learned that one一without any words一can reach out to another person. All it takes is a hug, a shoulder to cry on, a friendly touch, and an ear that listens.36. When he first met the author, David .A. felt a little excitedB. walked energeticallyC. looked a l

38、ittle nervousD. showed up with his teacher37. As a psychologist, the author .A. was ready to listen to DavidB. was skeptical about psychologyC. was able to describe David's problemD. was sure of handling David's problem38David enjoyed being with the author because he_.Awanted to ask the auth

39、or for adviceBneed to share sorrow with the author Cliked the childrens drawings in the officeDbear the author many times in the chess game39What can be inferred about David?AHe recovered after months of treatment.BHe liked biking before he lost his family.CHe went into university soon after startin

40、g to talk.DHe got friends in school before he met the author. 40What made David change?AHis teachers help.BThe authors friendship.CHis exchange of letters with the author.DThe authors silent communication with him. D While Jennifer was at hose taking an online exam for her business law class, a moni

41、tor（监控器）a few hundred miles away was watching her every move. Using a web camera equipped in Jennifers Los Angeles apartment , the monitor in Phoenix tracked how frequently her eyes moved form the computer screen and listened for the secret sounds of a possible helper in the room. Her Internet acces

42、s was locked remotely to prevent Internet searches , and her typing style was analyzed to make sure she was who she said she was: Did she enter her student number at the same speed as she had in the past? Or was she slowing down? In the battle against cheating , this is the cutting edge and a key to

43、 encourage honest in the booming field of online education. The technology gives trust to the entire system, to the institution and to online education in general. Only with solid measures against cheating, experts say, can Internet universities show that their exams and diplomas are valid that stud

44、ents havent just searched the Internet to get the right answers. Although online classes have existed for more than a decade，the concern over cheating has become sharper in the last year with the growth of "open online courses." Private colleges，public universities and corporations are jum

45、ping into the online education field . spending millions of dollars to attract potential students，while also taking steps to help guarantee honesty at a distance. Aside from the web camers, a number of other hight-tich methods are becoming increasingly popular Among them are programs that check stud

46、ents identities using personal information,such as the telephone number they once used. Other programs can produce unique exam by drawing on a large list of questions and can recognize possible cheaters by analyzing whether difficult test question are answered at the same speed as easy ones . As in

47、many university classes ,term papers are scanned against nest some large Internet data banks for cheating.41. Why was Jennifer watched in an online exam ?A.To correct her typing mistakes.B.To find her secrets in the room.C.To prevent her form slowing down.D.To keep her from dishonest behaviors.42. T

48、he underlined expression cutting edge in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _.A.advanced teachniqueB.sharpening tool C.effective ruleD.dividing line 43.For internet universities, exams and diplomas will be valid if _.A.they can attract potential studentsB.they can defeat academic cheatingC.they of

49、fer students online helpD.they offer many online courses44.Some programs can find out possible cheaters by _.A.checking the question answering speed B.producing a large number of question C.scanning the Internet test question D.giving difficult test question45.Which of the following is the best title of this passage?A.The Advant