2022年茂名市二模英语试题及答案

1、茂名市2012年第二次高考模拟考试 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，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、试室 号、座位号填写在答题卡上。用2B铅笔将试卷类型（B）填涂在答题卡相应位置上。 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

2、 准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。4 .考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。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1 15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。Electronic books have changed the way many people read for pleasure. Now online textbooks are changing the way some students 1 and some teac

3、hers teach.More than 175,000 students 2 the public schools in Fairfax County, Virginia, outside Washington. Last year, the school system used digital 3 in fifteen schools. This school year, middle schools and high schools changed from 4 to electronic textbooks in their social studies classes.Luke Ro

4、sa is a history teacher at Falls Church High School. His 5 work on school laptop computers. He explains the idea to them this way: I mean, its just like a 6 textbook, except its got it all online.Peter Noonan, a leader of schools, says with electronic textbooks, publishers can quickly 7 the content

5、with the latest information. He says: The worlds changing 8 . And the online textbooks can change right along with the events that are happening. He says digital books also cost_9_than printed textbooks: Usuallyits in the neighborhood of between fifty and seventy dollars to 10 a textbook for each st

6、udent, which adds up to 11 eight million dollars for all of our students in Fairfax County. We 12 have purchased all of the online textbooks for our students for just under six million dollars.But the students also need 13 to the Internet when they are not at school. About ten percent of students in

7、 Fairfax County do not have a computer or online access at 14 . Stephen Castillo is one of them. He has to go the public library, which has free 151.A.readB. learnC. behaveD.speak2.A.visitB. leaveC. desireD. attend3.A.camerasB. booksC. librariesD. data4A printedB. orderedC. usedD. priced5.A. student

8、sB. colleaguesC. leadersD. friends6.A. digitalB. popularC. regularD. different7 A presentB. provideC. chargeD. update8.A. peacefullyB. consistentlyC. steadilyD. unnoticeably9.A. lessB. moreC. higherD. better10.A. rentB. downloadC. buyD. record11.A. exactlyB. permanentlyC. doubtfullyD. roughly12.A. a

9、ctuallyB. unwillinglyC. hopefullyD. fortunately13.A. entranceB. approachC. accessD. admission14.A. schoolB. workC. handD. home15.A. seatsB. InternetC. textbooksD. homework第二节语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分,满分15分）阅读卜面短文，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使用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.0I was feeling sad bec

10、ause my mother was out of job. It left me wondering 16 was going to happen to us.I got off the college shuttle bus and started walking. Then I heard piano music and singing rising above the noise of the people and the traffic. I walked much 17 (slow) so I could find out where it was coming 18 . Thro

11、ugh the crowd I saw a young lady sitting at a piano with a carriage next to her. She was singing songs 19 love and keeping on trying, and not underestimating (低估)the power withinyourself. The way she was singing comforted me a bit. I stood there 20 (watch) her play for about fifteen minutes, thinkin

12、g that 21 must take courage to perform on her own in the middle of a crowd.She musthave felt my presence because she would occasionally look in my direction. By now I was telling 22 that if she could perform in front of hundreds of people 23 she didnt know, I could at least tell herhow good she soun

13、ded. I walked over,24 (put) some money in her carriage and said, Thank you. I havebeen going through a rough time lately, but youve made me 25 (hope) again.n 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，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。AWhether we re 2 yearsld or 62, our reasons for lying ar

14、e mostly the same: to get out of trouble, for personal gain and to make ourselves look better in the eyes of others. But a growing body of research is raising questions about how a child different from an adult s lie, and how thdecayvwehanges as we grow.Parents and teachers who catch their children

15、lying should not be alarmed. Their children are not going to turn out to be abnormal liars, says Dr. Lee, a professor at the University of Toronto and director of the Institute of Child Study. He has spent the last 15 years studying how lying changes as kids get older, why some people lie more than

16、others as well as which factors can reduce lying. The fact that children tell lies is a sign that they have reached a new developmental stage. Dr. Lee conducted a series of studies in which they bring children into a lab with hidden cameras. Children and young adults aged 2 to 17 are likely to lie w

17、hile being told not to look at a toy, which is put behind the childs back. Whether or not the child takes a secret look is caught on tape.For young kids, the desire to cheat is big and 90% take a secret look in these experiments. When the test-giver returns to the room, the child is asked if he or s

18、he looked secretly. At age 2, about a quarter of children will lie and say they didrt. By 3, half of kids will lie, and by 4, that figure is 90%, studies show.Researchers have found that its kids with better understanding abilities who lie more. Thats because to lie you also have to keep the truth i

19、n mind, which includes many brain processes, such as combining several sources of information and faking that information. The ability to lie and lie successfully is thought to be related to development of brain regions that allow so called executive functioning, or higher order thinking and reasoni

20、ng abilities. Kids who perform better on tests that involve executive functioning also lie more.26. Whats the purpose of children telling lies?A. To help their friends out.B. To get rid of trouble.C. To get attention from others.D. To create a popular image.27. The underlined word deceive, in Paragr

21、aph 1 can be replaced by2”.A. tell liesB. handle troublesC. raise questionsD. do research28. From the second paragraph we can know that.A. which factors can reduce lyingB. why some lie more than othersC. it is normal for kids to tell liesD. how lying changes as kids grow29. It can be inferred from t

22、he passage that.A. children s lies are the same as adultsB. the better kids are, the more they lieC. the older kids are, the more they lieD. kids always keep the truth in their mind30. What is NOT included in the passage?A. The reasons why kids tell lies.B. Which kind of kids tells more lies.C. Expe

23、riments about lying of young kids.D. What to do with lying children.BAfter three years on horseback, Tim Cope has followed the route of Genghis Khan（成吉思汗）and other Asian nomads（游牧民族）who crossed into Europe over the centuries.The 28-year-old Australian arrived in Hungary on Saturday, Sept. 22, ending

24、 a 6200-mile travel through Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Southern Russia and Ukraine. Surrounded by his traveling companions his dog and three horses, Cope said：Tm very happy to be here. Sometimes I didnt think I would ever arrive. ”Cope was inspired to make the horseback journey during a bicycle trip from

25、 Moscow to Beijing. Trying to push his bike through the sands of the Gobi Desert, Cope watched in frustration as nomad horsemen appeared out of nowhere and disappeared over the horizon.That got him interested in nomad life and the journey by ancient Asian groups. He set off from Mongolia in 2004 for

26、 a trip he thought would take 18 months. It ended up taking three years, and in late 2006, he had to return to Australia for several months when his father died in a car crash.Cope quickly learned to trust the wisdom of locals. In Mongolia, the nomads always told me that wolves were the most dangero

27、us things and I didnt believe them at first. he said. Then one night he found himself surrounded by wolves. When you hear that cry alone at night in the forest, it s one of the most frightening sounds you ll ever hear： Cope said. After that I took their advice and threw firecrackers out my tent door

28、 every night to keep the wolves away.Cope says he probably spent about half of his nights in his tent and the rest in farm houses and huts of strangers along the way. In Kazakhstan, they believe that if you invite a guest, luck will fly into your house. ”Cope wants to write a book and shoot a film a

29、bout his voyage, and is already imagining future adventures in northwest China and the Middle East.Its my way of life. It was not just a trip,“ Cope said.ll be back in the saddle乌鞍）as soon as I can.31. Tim Cope decided to make the horseback journey because.A. it was impossible to make the journey by

30、 bikeB. Genghis Khan was the person he admired mostC. he wanted to visit Hungary where he had never beenD. he was fascinated by the life of nomad horsemen32. What is the correct time order of the following events?a. Tim Cope went through the Gobi desert.b. Tim Cope arrived in Hungary.c. Tim Cope lef

31、t Mongolia.d. Tim Cope returned to Australia.A. a-c-d-bB. c-d-b-a新课标第一网C. b-a-c-dD. c-a-d-b33. Tim Cope arrived in Hungary in.A. March, 2004B. March, 2006C. September, 2006D. September, 200734. Cope s words underlined in the last paragraph mean that he will.A. come back to AustraliaB. devote his lif

32、e to adventuresC. travel on horseback soonD. take this journey again35. The passage is mainly about.A. an Australians ambition to take adventuresB. a rider who completes a horseback journeyC. a modern young man who lives nomad lifeD. following Genghis Khan to cross into EuropeCWhen a first-time fath

33、er saw his newborn son, he immediatelynoticed the babys ears obviously standing out from his head. He expressed his concern to the nurse that some children might tease his child. A doctor examined the baby and reassured the new dad that his son was healthy- the ears presented only a minor problem wi

34、th its appearance.But the nervous father persisted. He wondered if the child might suffer psychological effects of ridicule, or if they should consider plasticsurgery（整形手术）.The nurse assured him that it was really no problem,and he should just wait to see if the boy grows into his ears.The father fi

35、nally felt more optimistic about his child, but nowhe worried about his wifes reaction to those large ears. She had been delivered by operation, and had not yet seen the child.“ She doesnt take things as easily as I do, he said to the nurse.By this time, the new mother was settled in the recovery ro

36、om and ready to meet her new baby. The nurse went along with the dad to lend some support in case this inexperienced mother became upset about her babys large ears.The baby was in a receiving blanket with his head covered for the short trip through the cold air-conditioned corridor. The baby was pla

37、ced in his mothers arms, who eased the blanket back so that she could look at her child for the first time.She took one look at her babys face and looked to her husband andgasped, “Oh, Honey! Look! He has your ears! ”No problem with Mom. She married those ears.and she loves the man to whom they are

38、attached.The poet Kahlil Gibran said, “Beautys not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart. Its hard to see the ears when youre looking into the light.36. When the father first saw his baby, he was worried that.A. The baby might not grow up healthily.B. The baby might be laughed at by others.C.

39、The baby might disappoint its mother.D. the baby might have mental problems.37. According to the doctor and nurse, the baby s ears.A. could not function well.B. looked the same as others.C. only caused a small problem.D. needed to have plastic surgery.38. What is true about the baby s mother?A. She

40、blamed her husband for the baby s big ears.B. She was the first to discover the baby s large ears.C. She suggested having an operation on the baby immediately.D. She found something similar between the baby and its father. 39. What does the underlined word they refer to?A. The ears. B The parents. C

41、. The doctor and nurse. D. The problems 40. What s the function of the last paragraph?A. To advise readers to listen carefully.B. To draw a conclusion from the story.C. To criticize the wrong attitude to physical beauty. D. To stress the importance of doctor-patient relationship.DBloodsucking bed bu

42、gs （臭虫）have made a comeback in recent years. But as victims of affection have become increasingly desperate to rid their homes of the disturbing pests, many have only done themselves more harm.Bed bugs do not transmit disease or cause 川ness but the insecticides used to make them do. A total of 111 川

43、nesses associatedwith bed bug-related insecticides were reported in seven states between 2003 and 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention （CDC） said on Thursday. Most cases of poisoning were not severe, but the data included one death.That case involved a 65-year-old woman in North Caro

44、lina who died in 2011. After she complained to her husband about bed bugs, the CDC report said, he sprayed the inside of their home, including the baseboard, walls, and the area around the bed, with the insecticide Ortho Home Defense Max. He then applied a different product, Ortho Lawn and Garden In

45、sect Killer, to their bedding. Neither insecticide is registered for use against bed bugs, the CDC said. That day, the couple also emptied nine cans of Hot Shot Fogger in their home. Two days later, they reapplied the insecticides and released nine more cans of Hot Shot Bedbug and Insect Killer. The

46、 woman then applied the insecticide Hot Shot Bedbug and Insect Killer directly to her arms and chest, and wet her hair with it before covering her head with a plastic cap.Two days later, her husband found her. She was taken to the hospital where she remained on a ventilator （呼吸器）for nine days until

47、she died. The woman had had a history of health problems, including kidney （肾）failure, heart disease, high bloodpressure and, and depression, the CDC report said. She had been taking at least 10 kinds of medicine at the time of her death.Aside from the one reported death, most other cases of poisoni

48、ng were mild. Commonly reported symptoms of exposure included headache and dizziness, breathing difficulties.41. In paragraph one, “many have only done themselves more harm，the author means that.A. the bugs themselves are more harmful to the victimsB. there are more and more victims of bed bugs nowa

49、daysC. more and more bed bugs have come back recentlyD. what victims have done is more harmful to themselves42. The underlined word insecticide in Paragraph 3 means.A. a kind of bed bugB. a kind of insect killerC. a serious 川nessD. a plastic cap43. Which of the following are the reasons for the woma

50、rfe death? The couple applied too many insecticides in their home. The woman sprayed insecticides not meant for use on humans. The woman had a history of health problems. Bed bugs transmitted diseases to the old woman.A.B.C.D.44. The symptoms of insecticide poisoning do NOT include.A. kidney failure

51、B. dizzinessC. headacheD. difficulty in breathing45. What can we infer from the passage?A. There were many deaths caused by the infection of bed bugs.B. The insecticide the husband sprayed was not for use against bed bugs.C. A large number of bed bugs were killed by the old couple.D. Many 川nesses re

52、lated to bed bugs were reported in America.第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）请阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑首先，请阅读下列关于名著的介绍：E. Pride and Prejudice(Jane Austen)The classic love story explores the lives of the five Bennet sisters at the turn of the 19th century in rural England. At that time wome

53、n were not allowed to get their father s wealth after his death, so their mother is desperateto marry them off into wealthy families. Therefore various love stories start with the question whether marriage is for love or for money.F. The Red and the BlacKStendhal)Julien has a strong desire for power

54、 and glory, and for ridding himself of his low social status as the son of a tradesman. Thus, he tries every means to achieve his goal.The two colors, red and black, symbolize his inner struggle between being sincere and false. And this conflict in his character finally brings about his downfall.G.

55、Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)There is great kindness and warmth in this love story. Poor and plain as Jane Eyre is, she has a strong will, sharp wisdom and great courage. She is forced to battle against a harsh employer and a rigid social order. Yet she is never defeated. Standing on her feet, she ga

56、ins her own happiness in the end.H. Oliver Twist(Charles Dickens)It reflects peoples tragic life in Britain in the 18th century. In the story, Oliver Twist, a mild young boy, is born in the workhouse and stays there until he is made to leave. What waits for him next is the falseness of the wealthy a

57、nd the depths to which poverty pushes the human spirit.I. Gone with the winc(Margaret Mitchell)This is an all-time best-seller by Margaret Mitchell. The story takes place during the American Civil War. It records the tragic love stories of Katie Scarlet O Hara, a southern beauty. In the end of the s

58、tory, Scarlett is left only with her Tara, a plantation which symbolizes the culture of the Old South, a place where she could ever gather her strength.J. The Adventure of Tom SawyM ark Twain)Tom Sawyer, a naughty boy in the quiet town of St. Petersburg, unexpectedlywitnesses the murder of Dr. Robinson. At first he is fri