广东省梅州市梅林中学高三英语模拟试卷含解析

1、广东省梅州市梅林中学高三英语模拟试卷含解析一、 选择题1. - Your windows are still open? Its so cold! -Oh, sorry. They .A.arent closing B.wont dose C. wont be closed D.arent closed参考答案：B2. Did you play cards again last weekend? Rather than _ time playing cards. I devoted every effort to _ the report.A. wasted; writing B. waste

2、; writingC. to waste; write D. wasting; write参考答案：B3. The buyer _ me 50 yuan for MP4. Shall I sell it? Why not? Your MP4 is out of date and it isnt worth so much.A. providedB. offeredC. chargedD. supplied参考答案：B【详解】考查动词辨析。句意：买家出价50元买我的MP4。我要把它卖了吗?为什么不呢?你的MP4过时了，不值那么多钱。A. provided提供；B. offered主动给予；C.

3、charged要价，收费；D. supplied供应。根据主语是buyer买家，可知买东西的是出价，C. charge（要价）是错误。“offer sb.sth”为固定搭配“主动提供某人某物”符合题意，即买家主动出价50元买我的MP4符合题意。固定搭配“provide .with.”意为“提供某人某物”；“supply .with”供应某人某物“，这两者从搭配的介词就不对，故选B。4. When _ to compare the education system of China and Britain, the professor gave no answerAask Basked Cask

4、ing Dto ask参考答案：B5. The man _ face was sunburnt saved the girl from falling into the river（）AwhoBwhoseCthatDwhere参考答案：B脸被晒黑的那个人救了掉进河里的小女孩分析句子结构可知，主句为The man saved the girl from falling into the river，定语从句为_ face was sunburnt，从句中主语为_ face，空格处应该作名词face的定语，whose是关系词中唯一的一个可以放在名词前面做定语的关系代词，因此B项符合语境，也可理解成

5、of which the+名词/the+名词+of which，即of which the face 或 the face+of which，故选B本题考查定语从句解答此类题目首先要读懂句意分析成分，找出先行词和定语从句然后分析定语从句中是否缺成分，如果缺少主宾表，要用关系代词（which、that、who、whose、whom、as），如果缺少状语，要用关系副词（where，when或why）；whose是关系词中唯一的一个可以放在名词前面做定语的关系代词，如果缺少定语，用whose引导定语从句，或是of which the+名词/the+名词+of which=whose+名词6. Are

6、 you still working in that company, Mary? No, it is ten months _ I worked there Aafter Bthat Cbefore Dsince参考答案：D7. Why not _ Tom _ his English. A. help, improve B. to help, improve C. help, improving D. to help, improving参考答案：A略8. The children loved their day trip, and they enjoyed the horse ride _

7、A. most B. more C. less D. little参考答案：A解析：本题考查比较级和最高级，很容易误选BC。根据句子意思可以看出，孩子非常喜欢白天的旅行，而且他们最喜欢的就是骑马了。（从句子中可以看出白天的旅行中经历了很多事情，骑马只是其中之一，所以选用最高级别most）9. Despite being taken from very different sources, the results are remarkably _.A. consistent B. constantC. contradictoryD. controversial参考答案：A10. Li Ming

8、will leave for Shanghai by air this afternoon. Sorry Im too busy to see him off. Please tell him I _ him a good journey.A. make B. hope C. expect D. wish参考答案：D11. -Will you do me a favor by putting me up tonight? - _. A. For pleasure B. I could C. My pleasure D. With pleasure参考答案：D略12. He had no soo

9、ner finished his speech_ the students started cheering.(2011辽宁)A. sinceB. asC. whenD. than参考答案：D考查时间状语从句。此句含有一个固定句型，即no sooner.than.“一就”。句意：他的演讲刚结束同学们就欢呼起来。13. It is reported that China is developing _ emergency plan to solve _ traffic jam crisis in Beijing. A. the; the B. an; / C. an; the D. /; the

10、 参考答案：C略14. _ I admit that there are problems, I dont agree that they can not be solved. A. Since B. As C. While D. Unless参考答案：C15. The young member made several proposals, and none of_ considered practical or acceptable Athem Bwhich Cit Dwhat参考答案：A二、 填空16. Just How Buggy is Your Phone?What item in

11、your home crawls with the most germs? If you say _21_ toilet seat, youre wrong. Kitchen sponges top the list. But cell phones are pretty dirty too. They contain around 10 times as many germs as toilet seats. People touch their phones, laptops, and other digital devices all day long, yet rarely clean

12、 them.In one incident, a thief paid a terrible price for stealing a germy cell phone. He stole it from a hospital in Uganda during a widespread of the deadly disease Ebola. The phones owner reported the theft before _22_(die)from the disease. Soon, the thief began showing symptoms and finally _23_(c

13、onfess)to the crime._24_ in that unusual case a cell phone carried dangerous bacteria, not all germs are bad. Most cause no harm. In fact, they could provide helpful information. Look at the surface of your phone carefully. Do you see some dirty mars? “Thats all you,” says microbial ecologist Jarrad

14、 Hampton-Marcell. “Thats biological information.”It turns out that the types of germs that you apply all over your phone or tablet are different from _25_ of your friends and family. Theyre like a fingerprint that could identify you. Some day in the future, investigators may use these microbial fing

15、erprints to solve crimes. Phones and digital devices may be one of the best places to look for buggy clues.In a 2017 study, researchers sampled a range of surfaces in 22 participants homes, _26_ countertops and floors to computer keyboards and mice. Then they tried to match the microbial fingerprint

16、s on each object to its owner. The office equipment was easiest to match to its owner. In an _27_(early)study, a different group of researchers found that they could use microbial fingerprints to identify the person who _28_(use)a computer keyboard even after the keyboard sat untouched for two weeks

17、 at room temperature.One day, microbial signatures might show _29_ people have gone and what they have touched. They could prove _30_ an unmarked device is yours. So, sure, your phone is pretty germy. Does that inspire you, or does it just bother you?参考答案：21. the 22. dying 23. confessed 24. Although

18、/Though 25. those 26. from 27. earlier 28. had used 29. where 30. that【分析】这是一篇说明文。手机等电子产品携带者大量的危险细菌，但是另一方面，并不是所有的细菌都是危险的，手机等电子产品携带的病菌能够像指纹一样确定人们的身份。【21题详解】考查冠词。句意：如果你说马桶座圈，那你就错了。the表示特指，表示马桶不是家居中细菌最多的物品。故填 the 。【22题详解】考查省略句。句意：手机的主人在死于疾病前报告了失窃事件。本句为before引导的时间状语从句，从句中省略了he was ，还原回来为：he was dying。故填

19、 dying 。【23题详解】考查一般过去时。句意：不久，小偷开始出现症状，最后认罪。and并列连接begin的过去式began和confess的过去时confessed。故填confessed 。【24题详解】考查连词。句意：虽然在这种不寻常的情况下，手机携带着危险的细菌，但并非所有的细菌都是有害的。分析句子可知，句子缺少从属连词，根据主从句的转折意思，判断出从句填从属连词Although/Though。故填Although/Though 。【25题详解】考查代词。句意：事实证明，在你手机或平板电脑上的细菌类型与你的朋友和家人的细菌类型不同。根据句意可知，是两种细菌类型不同，所以这里的tho

20、se指代的是 the types of germs。故填 those。【26题详解】考查介词。句意：在2017年的一项研究中，研究人员对22个参与者家中的一系列表面进行了取样，从台面和地板到电脑键盘和鼠标。from.to.“从到”为固定短语。故填 from。【27题详解】考查形容词比较级。句意：在一项早期的研究中。由前文的“In a 2017 study”可以判断出，本空所表示的时间比2017年早，所以用early的比较级earlier。故填 earlier 。【28题详解】考查过去完成时。句意：在一项早期的研究中，一组不同的研究人员发现，即使键盘在室温下未动过两周的情况下，他们也可以用微生物

21、指纹来识别使用电脑键盘的人。分析句子可知，use所表示的动作发生在过去动作identify之前，所以用过去完成时。故填had used 。【29题详解】考查连接词。句意：总有一天，微生物特征可能显示人们去了哪里，接触了什么。及物动词show后接宾语从句，宾语从句中缺少地点状语，所以填连接词where。故填where 。【30题详解】考查连接词。句意：他们可以证明一个没有标记的装置是你的。prove后接宾语从句，宾语从句句子成分完整，所以填连接词that。故填 that。【点睛】状语从句中的主谓省略 在以if、when、before、though、unless、as、as if等连词引导的从句中

22、，如果从句的主语和主句的主语一致,而且从句中的谓语动词是be，可以将状语从句中的主谓省略。 如果从句主谓语是it is或it was，可以省略主谓结构， if it is possible, when it is necessary 等都是这种结构。本句为before引导的时间状语从句，从句中省略了he was ，还原回来为：he was dying。故小题2填dying。三、 阅读理解17. For most city people, the elevator is an unremarkable machine that inspires none of the enthusiasm or

23、 interest that Americans afford trains, jets, and even bicycles. Dr. Christopher Wilk is a member of a small group of elevator experts who consider this a misunderstanding. Without the elevator, they point out, there could be no downtown skyscrapers or tall buildings, and city life as we know it wou

24、ld be impossible. In that sense, they argue, the elevators role in American history has been no less significant than that of cars. In fact, according to Wilk, the car and the elevator have been locked in a “secret war” for over a century, with cars making it possible for people to spread horizontal

25、ly, and elevators pushing them toward life in close groups of towering vertical columns.If we tend to ignore the significance of elevators, it might be because riding in them tends to be such a brief, boring, and even awkward experienceone that can involve unexpectedly meeting people with whom we ha

26、ve nothing in common, and an unpleasant awareness of the fact that were hanging from a cable in a long passage.In a new book, Lifted, German journalist and cultural studies professor Andreas Bernard directed all his attention to this experience, studying the origins of elevator and its relationship

27、to humankind and finding that riding in an elevator has never been a totally comfortable experience. “After 150 years, we are still not used to it,” Bernard said. “We still have not exactly learned to cope with the mixture of closeness and displeasure.” That mixture, according to Bernard, sets the e

28、levator ride apart from other life experiences.Today, as the worlds urban population explodes, and cities become more crowded, taller, and more crowded, Americas total number of elevators900,000 at last count, according to Elevator World magazines “2012 Vertical Transportation Industry”are a force thats becoming more important than ever. It seems like high t