20XX广州二模英语试习题

1、2019年广州二模英语试题AThe country is India. A large dinner party is being given in an up-country station by a colonial official and his wife. The guests are army and government officers and their wives, and an American naturalist.At one side of the long table, a spirited discussion springs up between a youn

2、g girl and an army officer. The girl insists women have long outgrown the jumping- on- a- chair -at-the-sight-of-a-mouse era, and that they are not as anxious as their grandmothers were. The officer says they are, arguing women haven't the actual nerve control of men.“A woman's reaction in a

3、ny crisis, "the officer says, “is to scream. And while a man may feel like it, he has that ounce more of control than a woman has."The American scientist does not join in the argument but sits and watches the faces of the other guests. As he stares, he sees a slight, though strange look of

4、 anxiety come over the face of the hostess. With a small gesture she summons the servant standing behind her chair. She whispers to him. The servant's eyes widen. He turns quickly and leaves the room. No one else sees this, nor the servant when he puts a bowl of milk on the balcony outside the g

5、lass doors.The American understands. In India, milk in a bowl means only one thing. It is bait for a snake. He realizes there is a cobra in the room. The American's eyes move across the room but he sees nothing. He realizes the snake can only be in one place-under the table.His first reaction is

6、 to jump back and warn the others. But he knows any sudden movement will frighten the cobra and it will strike. He speaks quickly, the quality of his voice so arresting that it quietens everyone." I want to know just what control everyone at this table has. I will count three hundred-that's

7、 five minutes-and not one of you is to move a single muscle. Now! Ready!"The 20 people sit like stone images while he counts. He is saying". two hundred and eighty."when, out of the corner of his eye, he sees the snake emerge and make for the bowl of milk. Four or five screams ring ou

8、t as he jumps to slam shut the balcony doors.There is your proof!" the host says. "A man has just shown us real control.""Just a minute," the American says, turning to his hostess," How did you know that cobra was in the room"A faint smile comes across the woman

9、9;s face as she replies. "Because it was lying across my foot."21.What is the argument between the army officer and the young girl about?A. Whether women are afraid of mice. B. Whether men are calmer than women.C. Whether men are cleverer than women.D. Whether women would make suitable sol

10、diers.22.Why is the servant asked to put out some milk?A. To play a trick.B. To serve the guests.C. To attract the snake. D. To feed the hostess's pet.23.Why does the scientist suggest the guests play a game?A. He doesn't want anyone to panic. B. He intends to test the officer's theory.C

11、. He sees there was a snake in the room.D. He wants to entertain the other guests.24.What does the author imply through the hostess's final statement?A. The army officer's opinion is wrong.B. The hostess understood the American's intention.C. The American was surprised by the snake's

12、 presence.D. The hostess has had previous experience dealing with snakes.25.What caused musicals to move in a new direction during the 1930's?A. The development of new musical instruments.B. The audience's demand for more realistic art forms.C. The rising popularity of other types of enterta

13、inment.D. The greater acceptance of black performers by white audiences.26.In which period did musical theatre become more complex and dramatic?11A. Pre-1900.B. 1900-1929.C. 1940-1949.D. 1950-1959.27.What can be reasonably inferred about the musical West Side Story?A. It told its story in a new way.

14、 B. It was based on a true story.C. It was a non-Broadway show. D. It was not very successful at first.CIn 1874Francis Galton, a British professor, analyzed a sample of English scientists and found the vast majority to be first-born sons. This led him to theorize that first-born children enjoyed a s

15、pecial level of attention from their parents that allowed them to advance intellectually. Half a century later Alfred Adler, an Austrian psychologist, made a similar argument relating to personality.First-born children, he suggested, were more diligent, while the later-born were more outgoing and em

16、otionally stable. Many subsequent studies have explored these ideas, but their findings have been varied-some supporting and some rejecting the original conclusions.The main problem with the previous studies is that they were too small-often limited to a few dozen individuals. This would be true eve

17、n if the statistical methods needed to analyze the data were simple, but they are not. Distinguishing birth-order effects from those caused by family size complicates matters, meaning still bigger samples must be analyzed to obtain meaningful results.To overcome the limitation of these earlier studi

18、es, German social scientist Dr. Helmet Schmukle and his colleagues analyzed three huge sets of data from America, Britain and Germany.These data sets, though collected for other purposes, included personality and intelligence tests on 20,186 people at different stages of their lives. The American te

19、sts were on individuals aged between 29 and 35. The British tests were conducted on 50-year-olds. The German tests ran the whole span of adult life, from 18 to 98.Birth order, they found, had no effect on personality: first-borns were no more, nor less, likely than their younger siblings to be hardw

20、orking, outgoing or anxious. But it did affect intelligence. In a family with two children, the first child was more intelligent than the second 60% of the time, rather than the 50% that would be expected by chance. On average, this translated to a difference of 1.5 IQ points between first and secon

21、d siblings. That figure agrees with previous studies, and thus looks confirmed.It is, nevertheless, quite a small difference-and whether it is enough to account for Galton's original observation is unclear. In any event, it is certainly not deterministic. Galton was the youngest of nine.28.Alfre

22、d Adler concluded that first-born children were_.A. more stable B. more sociableC. more intelligentD. more hardworking29.What does the underlined “they”in paragraph 2refer toA. The data.B. The analyses.C. The previous studies.D. The statistical methods.30.Why was Schmukle's study considered supe

23、rior to previous researchA. It involved a wider age range. B. It had a much larger sample size.C. It included a larger number of countries.D. It was conducted over a longer period of time.31.Why does the author mention Galton's family background in the last paragraphA. To confirm Galton's di

24、fficult upbringing.B. To suggest Galton's theory may not be correct.C. To compare his experience with Galton's parents.D. To explain why Galton was interested in birth order.DPhotography has opened our eyes to a multitude of beauties, things we literally could not have seen before the invent

25、ion of the frozen image. It has greatly expanded our notion of what is beautiful, what is aesthetically（审美上）pleasing. Items formerly considered trivial, and not worth an artist's paint, have been revealed and honored by the photograph: things as ordinary as a fence post, a chair, a vegetable. An

26、d as technology has developed, photographers have explored completely new points of view；those of the microscope, the eagle, the cosmos.What is it that delights the human eye and allows us to claim that a photograph is beautifulPhotography depends on the trinity of light, composition, and moment. Li

27、ght literally makes the recording of an image possible, but in the right hands, light in a photograph can make the image soar. The same is true with composition. What the photographer chooses to keep in or out of the frame is all that we will ever see-but that combination is vital. And the moment th

28、at the shutter is pressed, when an instant is frozen in time, provides the whole image with meaning. When the three-light, composition, and moment-are in balance, there is visual magic.Light, composition, and moment come together in a photograph to bring us the ultimate reality: a view of the world

29、unknown prior to the invention of the camera. Before photography, the basic artistic rules of painting were rarely broken. Images were made to please, not to capture reality. But as photography evolved, painterly rules were often rejected in the pursuit of fresh vision.Photographers became intereste

30、d in the real world, good and bad, and it was the accidental detail that was celebrated. Photography invited the world to see with new eyes-to see photographically-and all of the arts have drawn new inspiration from this change.With these basic aesthetic tools, photographers have evolved from scient

31、ists longing to "fix"an image-any image-to artistic revolutionaries. Photographs have created a new way of seeing, changed our ideas of beauty and, most importantly, made art more democratic. They have given us visual proof that the world is grander than we imagined, and that there is beau

32、ty, often overlooked, in nearly everything.32.Before the invention of photography, which of the following was least likely to appear in an artistic work?A. A great person.B. A lovely insect.C. A grand building.D. A beautiful landscape33.What is the function of paragraph 2?A. To argue that photograph

33、ic beauty is subjectiveB. To explain the evolution of the concept of beauty.C. To describe the elements that make a successful photo.D. To illustrate different types of photographic techniques.34.How has photography affected other art forms?A. It has reduced their popularity. B. It has forced them t

34、o change their rules.C. It has changed their methods of composition.D. It has provided them with new points of view.35.What does the author mean by saying photography has "made art more democratic"A. It has expanded the concept of artistic beauty.B. It has challenged the status of traditio

35、nal art forms.C. It has enabled the development of new artistic tools.D. It has allowed more people to take part in creative activities.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。What is cultureCulture is too complex to define in simple terms. 36 One is that culture is a total p

36、attern of behaviour that is consistent in its components. Another fundamental is that culture is learned behaviour. The third is that culture is behaviour that is shared by a group of people.To understand the culture of a particular country or region, one could examine its components, among which ar

37、e material culture, language, and social organisation. Material culture includes the tools and symbols in a society, not including those physical things found in nature, unless they have undergone some change or have been given meaning by people. 37 The way we consume and what we consume are heavily

38、 influenced by material culture.38 Linked with all other aspects of culture, it reflects the nature and values of that culture. Industrialised societies have a rich vocabulary for commercial and industrial activities, while less industrialised societies may have richer vocabularies for matters impor

39、tant to their societies. The Eskimos in Alaska have many words to describe snow whereas English has only one general term.Social organisation differs somewhat from society to society. The primary kind of community association is based on blood ties. 39 It provides mutual protection, psychological su

40、pport and a kind of economic insurance or social security for its members. The term "brothers" in Zaire includes those whom we call cousins and uncles.Cultural analysis serves a variety of purposes. Understanding the various dimensions and their inter-relatedness helps promote cross-cultur

41、al awareness. 40A. Some scholars even suggest that it is useless to try.B. Language is the most obvious difference between cultures.C. However, there are certain agreed-on fundamentals that can be easily identified.D. The values represented within a culture can also change with the passing of time.E

42、. For example, a mouse running on a street is not part of a culture, but the Mickey Mouse is.F. In many developing countries, the extended family fulfils several social and economic roles.G. It leads on to the promotion of goodwill, social and economic planning and harmony between social groupings o

43、r societies.第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节, 满分45分）Always wished the Earth had a second moonThen you will be 41 to hear that the Chengdu Aerospace Science Institute has plans to launch multiple mini moons over the next few years.Similar to our 42 satellite, the light of the artificial orb（球体）will be obtained from t

44、he sun and 43 to Earth by its mirror-like coating. According to its designers, the 44 of light being reflected can be controlled from Earth and the light can even be 45 , if necessary.While the multiple mini moons will certainly appear picturesque, their main purpose is to conserve 46 .The Chengdu A

45、erospace experts claim the mini moon's dusk-like glow will allow the government to eventually 47 costly streetlights in cities. They estimate that using the artificial satellite to light up Chengdu's streets at night will 48 the city 1.2 billion yuan annually. Since the orb's location ca

46、n be 49 moved, it could also be used to shine light over disaster-struck areas that have lost 50Once the first mini moon is 51 successfully, the experts plan to launch three 52 ones. Together, the satellites, which will take tums depending on their 53 in relation to the sun, are expected to 54 an ar

47、ea of 3, 600 to 6, 400 square kilometers. While the orbs will be 55 through a telescope from anywhere on the globe, their real beauty will only be seen by visiting Chengdu. Officials, 56 , believe they will be a huge tourist attraction, helping improve the city's 57 .As is often the case with ma

48、jor 58 , some experts are concerned. They 59 that the moons will impact on the sleep patterns of humans and animals. However, officials believe the satellites will cause little, if any, 6041.A. pleased B. surprisedC. alarmedD. relieved42.A. traditional B. uniqueC. naturalD. famous43.A. carried B. re

49、flected C. introduced D. transformed44.A. colourB. speedC. sourceD. amount45.A. sent out B. switched off C. given awayD. turned down46.A. resourcesB. animalsC. farmlandD. space47.A. rebuildB. expandC. improveD. remove48.A. bringB. leaveC. saveD. cost49.A. hardlyB. easilyC. frequentlyD. normally50.A.

50、 moneyB. homeC. contact D. power51.A. travellingB. appearingC. workingD. signaling52.A. additional B. specialC. bright D. colourful53.A. sizeB. importanceC. positionD. function54.A. pick upB. take upC. hold upD. light up55.A. reliable B. visibleC. availableD. testable56.A. thereforeB. howeverC. othe

51、rwiseD. moreover57.A. population B. education C. technology D. economy58.A. drawbacks B. breakthroughs C. evolutionD. conflict59.A. doubtB. concludeC. worryD. agree60.A. disturbance B. destructionC. satisfactionD. discussion第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分,满分15分）A grape seed that falls into the soil of Xinjiang is very fortunate, as Xinjiang is 61._（well）suited for growing grapes than anywhere else. Here, a