2017年佛山高三二模英语试题(含答案)1

2017年佛山高三教学质量检测（二）英语2017.4第I卷第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的ABCD四个选项中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AMobilephonesandiPadsarenowwonderfultoolsforlearningandteachingEnglish.Withthehelpofthethousandsofeducationandlanguageappsavailableonline,studentscanmakeeffectiveuseofthemtolearninaninteractiveenvironment.GivenbelowisalistofsomeofthebestappsforlearningandteachingEnglish.GrammarUpGrammaristheheartofanylanguageand,thus,theGrammarUpappisoneofthemosthighlyrecommendedappsforEnglishlearners.Thisappisspecificallydesignedforpeoplewhowanttoimprovetheirgrammar,vocabularyandwordselection.Itconsistsofmorethan1,800multiple-choicequestionsgroupedundertwentydifferentgrammarcategories.iFPoemsiFPoemsisafantasticappforpoetrylovers.Thisappconsistsofagreatcollectionofpoemsfromfamouspoetsaroundtheworld.Italsoallowsuserstosavetheirfavoritesalongwithrecordingtheirownreadingsofthepoems.iBooksiBooksisacompletebooklibraryfortheiPadusers.ItincludestheiBookstoreandallowsuserstodownloadandreadbooks.Theappfeaturesabeautifulbookshelf,onwhichyoucanbrowsevariousbooksorevenaddnotestoyourfavoriteparagraphsinthebook.Youcanalsocreateyourowntextsanduploadthemintotheapp.SpeakingPalRecommendedasoneofthebestappsforEnglisheducatorsandlearners,SpeakingPalallowsyoutorecordyourspeechandcompareitwithanativeEnglishspeaker.ThisamazingappcombinesvideowithautomaticspeechrecognitionsoftwarethattestsyourEnglishspeakingskills.YoujusthavetospeakwithavideocharacterandgetimmediateresponseonhowwellyouspeakEnglish.Whatdotheseappshaveincommon?A.Theycanbefoundonline.B.Theyarefreeofcharge.C.Theyimproveusers’grammar.D.They’redesignedbyteachers.WhatcanwedowithiBooks?A.Downloadbooksforfree.B.Writenotesonitwithpens.

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mazingly第II卷第三部分英语知识运用(共两节满分45)第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满15分)阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。Abalanceddietmeansthenutritionofthreemealsinadayshouldbebalanced,andbreakfastisveryimportanttoachievethatgoal.Skippingbreakfast61(cause)damagetohealth,apartfromreducingworkperformance.62(study)haveshowedthatifapersondoesnoteatbreakfast63(regular),heorshewillbe64ahigherriskYours,Yours,LiHuaofvariousdiseases.However,manypeopledonoteatbreakfast.Arecentsurveyshowsthat8.6percentofpeopledonoteatbreakfasteveryday.Thesituationiseven65(bad)inpoverty-strickenareas.Whilemostpeopleareusedto66(eat)breakfast,thequalityoftheirmealisinquestion.About25percentofpeopledonoteatahomemadebreakfast,67morethan80percentofpeopledonotconsumeahealthybreakfast.Children,women,andpeoplelivinginpoverty-strickenareasaremostlikelytobeaffected68itcomestoeatingunhealthybreakfasts.However,oldpeople69(age)above60tendtohavehealthybreakfast,becausethisgroup,mostlyretired,havetimeand70(patient)tocookbreakfastthemselves.第四部分写作(共两节，满分35)第一节短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分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。Ms.Trumpismyhistoryteacher.Shelovesasubjectthatsheteachesandhasacompletelyknowledgeofit,too.Historycomesaliveinhisclass,wherenoonetalksaboutsomethingbutthetopic.Shelikestoteachbytellingstories,whatalwaysmakesherlessonssointerestingbuteasytounderstand.Ms.Trumpalsohasagoodknowledgeofothersubjectandoftenlinksittowhatsheteachesabout.Thebestpartaboutheristhatshe’salwaysnicetothosestudentswhoneedsmoretimetograspthesubject,encouragingthemaskquestionssothattheycanunderstandthesubjectbetter.第二节书面表达(满分25分)假定你是李华，是你