广东省广州市2020届高三英语第二次模拟考试试题

广东省广州市2020届高三英语第二次模拟考试试题2020.4本试卷10页满分120分，考试用时120分钟。注意事项：1•本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和和第卷（非选择题）两部分。答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号和座位号填写在答题卡上。用2B铅笔将试卷类型（A）填涂在答题卡相应位置上。用2B铅笔在“考生号”处填涂考生号信息点，修改时须用橡皮擦干净。因笔试不考听力，第I卷从第二部分的“阅读理解”开始，试题题序号从“21”开始。2•作答第I卷时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔在答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；如需要改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。答案不能答在试卷上。3•第卷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答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液不按以上要求作答无效。4•考生必须保证答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并并交回。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）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AThecountryisIndia.Alargedinnerpartyisbeinggiveninanup-countrystationbyacolonialofficialandhiswife.Theguestsarearmyandgovernmentofficersandtheirwives,andanAmericannaturalist.Atonesideofthelongtable,aspiriteddiscussionspringsupbetweenayounggirlandanarmyofficer.Thegirlinsistswomenhavelongoutgrownthejumping-on-a-chair-at-the-sight-of-a-mouseera,andthattheyarenotasanxiousastheirgrandmotherswere.Theofficersaystheyare,arguingwomenhaven'ttheactualnervecontrolofmen.“Awoman'sreactioninanycrisis,"theofficersays,“istoscream.Andwhileamanmayfeellikeit,hehasthatouncemoreofcontrolthanawomanhas."TheAmericanscientistdoesnotjoinintheargumentbutsitsandwatchesthefacesoftheotherguests.Ashestares,heseesaslight,thoughstrangelookofanxietycomeoverthefaceofthehostess.Withasmallgestureshesummonstheservantstandingbehindherchair.Shewhisperstohim.Theservant'seyeswiden.Heturnsquicklyandleavestheroom.Nooneelseseesthis,northeservantwhenheputsabowlofmilkonthebalconyoutsidetheglassdoors.TheAmericanunderstands.InIndia,milkinabowlmeansonlyonething.Itisbaitforasnake.Herealizesthereisacobraintheroom.TheAmerican'seyesmoveacrosstheroombutheseesnothing.Herealizesthesnakecanonlybeinoneplace-underthetable.Hisfirstreactionistojumpbackandwarntheothers.Butheknowsanysuddenmovementwillfrightenthecobraanditwillstrike.Hespeaksquickly,thequalityofhisvoicesoarrestingthatitquietenseveryone.“Iwanttoknowjustwhatcontroleveryoneatthistablehas.Iwillcountthreehundred-that'sfiveminutes-andnotoneofyouistomoveasinglemuscle.Now!Ready!"The20peoplesitlikestoneimageswhilehecounts.Heissaying..o..hundredandeighty.."when,outofthecornerofhiseye,heseesthesnakeemergeandmakeforthebowlofmilk.Fourorfivescreamsringoutashejumpstoslamshutthebalconydoors.“Thereisyourproof!"thehostsays.“Amanhasjustshownusrealcontrol."“Justaminute,"theAmericansays,turningtohishostess,“Howdidyouknowthatcobrawasintheroom?"Afaintsmilecomesacrossthewoman'sfaceasshereplies.“Becauseitwaslyingacrossmyfoot.""Whatistheargumentbetweenthearmyofficerandtheyounggirlabout?Whetherwomenareafraidofmice.Whethermenarecalmerthanwomen.Whethermenareclevererthanwomen.Whetherwomenwouldmakesuitablesoldiers.Whyistheservantaskedtoputoutsomemilk?Toplayatrick.Toservetheguests.Toattractthesnake.Tofeedthehostess'spet.Whydoesthescientistsuggesttheguestsplayagame?Hedoesn'twantanyonetopanic.Heintendstotesttheofficer'stheory.Heseestherewasasnakeintheroom.rrHewantstoentertaintheotherguests.Whatdoestheauthorimplythroughthehostess'sfinalstatement?Thearmyofficer'sopinioniswrong.ThehostessunderstoodtheAmerican'sintention.TheAmericanwassurprisedbythesnake'spresence.Thehostesshashadpreviousexperiencedealingwithsnakes.BWhatcausedmusicalstomoveinanewdirectionduringthe1930's?Thedevelopmentofnewmusicalinstruments.Theaudiencesdemandformorerealisticartforms.Therisingpopularityofothertypesofentertainment.Thegreateracceptanceofblackperformersbywhiteaudiences.Inwhichperioddidmusicaltheatrebecomemorecomplexanddramatic?Pre-1900.B.1900-1929.C.1940-1949.D.1950-1959.WhatcanbereasonablyinferredaboutthemusicalWestSideStory?Ittolditsstoryinanewway.Itwasbasedonatruestory.Itwasanon-Broadwayshow.Itwasnotverysuccessfulatfirst.CIn1874FrancisGalton,aBritishprofessor,analysedasampleofEnglishscientistsandfoundthevastmajoritytobefirst-bornsons.Thisledhimtotheorisethatfirst-bornchildrenenjoyedaspeciallevelofattentionfromtheirparentsthatallowedthemtoadvanceintellctually.HalfacenturylaterAlfredAdler,anAustrianpsychologist,madeasimilarargumentrelatingtopersonality.First-bornchildren,hesuggested,weremorediligent,whilethelater-bornweremoreoutgoingandemotionallystable.Manysubsequentstudieshaveexploredtheseideas,buttheirfindingshavebeenvaried-somesupportingandsomerejectingtheoriginalconclusions.Themainproblemwiththepreviousstudiesisthattheyweretoosmall-oftenlimitedtoafewdozenindividuals.Thiswouldbetrueevenifthestatisticalmethodsneededtoanalysethedataweresimple,buttheyarenot.Distinguishingbirth-ordereffectsfromthosecausedbyfamilysizecomplicatesmatters,meaningstillbiggersamplesmustbeanalysedtoobtainmeaningfulresults.Toovercomethelimitationoftheseearlierstudies,GermansocialscientistDr.HelmetSchmukleandhiscolleaguesanalysedthreehugesetsofdatafromAmerica,BritainandGermany.Thesedatasets,thoughcollectedforotherpurposes,includedpersonalityandintelligencetestson20,186peopleatdifferentstagesoftheirlives.TheAmericantestswereonindividualsagedbetween29and35.TheBritishtestswereconductedon50-year-olds.TheGermantestsranthewholespanofadultlife,from18to98.Birthorder,theyfound,hadnoeffectonpersonality:first-bornswerenomore,norless,likelythantheiryoungersiblingstobehardworking,outgoingoranxious.Butitdidaffectintelligence.Inafamilywithtwochildren,thefirstchildwasmoreintelligentthanthesecond60%ofthetime,ratherthanthe50%thatwouldbeexpectedbychance.Onaverage,thistranslatedtoadifferenceof1.5IQpointsbetweenfirstandsecondsiblings.Thatfigureagreeswithpreviousstudies,andthuslooksconfirmed.Itis,nevertheless,quiteasmalldifference-andwhetheritisenoughtoaccountforGalton'soriginalobservationisunclear.Inanyevent,itiscertainlynotdeterministic.Galtonwastheyoungestofnine.AlfredAdlerconcludedthatfirst-bornchildrenwere.morestablemoresociablemoreintelligentD.morehardworkingWhatdoestheunderlined“they"inparagraph2referto?Thedata.Theanalyses.Thepreviousstudies.Thestatisticalmethods.WhywasSchmukle'sstudyconsideredsuperiortopreviousresearch?Itinvolvedawideragerange.Ithadamuchlargersamplesize.Itincludedalargernumberofcountries.Itwasconductedoveralongerperiodoftime.WhydoestheauthormentionGalton'sfamilybackgroundinthelastparagraph?ToconfirmGalton'sdifficultupbringing.TosuggestGalton'stheorymaynotbecorrect.TocomparehisexperiencewithGalton'sparents.ToexplainwhyGaltonwasinterestedinbirthorder.Photographyhasopenedoureyestoamultitudeofbeauties,thingsweliterallycouldnothaveseenbeforetheinventionofthefrozenimage.Ithasgreatlyexpandedournotionofwhatisbeautiful,whatisaesthetically审美上）pleasing.Itemsformerlyconsideredtrivial,andnotworthanartist'spaint,havebeenrevealedandhonoredbythephotograph:thingsasordinaryasafencepost,achair,avegetable.Andastechnologyhasdeveloped,photographershaveexploredcompletelynewpointsofview:thoseofthemicroscope,theeagle,thecosmos.Whatisitthatdelightsthehumaneyeandallowsustoclaimthataphotographisbeautiful?Photographydependsonthetrinityoflight,composition,andmoment.Lightliterallymakestherecordingofanimagepossible,butintherighthands,lightinaphotographcanmaketheimagesoar.Thesameistruewithcomposition.Whatthephotographerchoosestokeepinoroutoftheframeisallthatwewilleversee-butthatcombinationisvital.Andthemomentthattheshutterispressed,whenaninstantisfrozenintime,providesthewholeimagewithmeaning.Whenthethree-light,composition,andmoment-areinbalance,thereisvisualmagic.Light,composition,andmomentcometogetherinaphotographtobringustheultimatereality:aviewoftheworldunknownpriortotheinventionofthecamera.Beforephotography,thebasicartisticrulesofpaintingwererarelybroken.Imagesweremadetoplease,nottocapturereality.Butasphotographyevolved,painterlyruleswereoftenreactedinthepursuitoffreshvision.Photographersbecameinterestedintherealworld,goodandbad,anditwastheaccidentaldetailthatwascelebrated.Photographyinvitedtheworldtoseewithneweyes-toseephotographically-andalloftheartshavedrawnnewinspirationfromthischange.Withthesebasicaesthetictools,photographershaveevolvedfromscientistslongingto“fix"animage-anyimage-toartisticrevolutionaries.Photographshavecreatedanewwayofseeing,changedourideasofbeautyand,mostimportantly,madeartmoredemocratic.Theyhavegivenusvisualproofthattheworldisgranderthanweimagined,andthatthereisbeauty,oftenoverlooked,innearlyeverything.Beforetheinventionofphotography,whichofthefollowingwasleastlikelytoappearinanartisticwork?Agreatperson.Alovelyinsect.Agrandbuilding.Abeautifullandscape.Whatisthefunctionofparagraph2?Toarguethatphotographicbeautyissubjective.Toexplaintheevolutionoftheconceptofbeauty.Todescribetheelementsthatmakeasuccessfulphoto.Toillustratedifferenttypesofphotographictechniques.Howhasphotographyaffectedotherartforms?Ithasreducedtheirpopularity.Ithasforcedthemtochangetheirrules.Ithaschangedtheirmethodsofcomposition.Ithasprovidedthemwithnewpointsofview.Whatdoestheauthormeanbysayingphotographyhas“madeartmoredemocratic"Ithasexpandedtheconceptofartisticbeauty.Ithaschallengedthestatusoftraditionalartforms.Ithasenabledthedevelopmentofnewartistictools.Ithasallowedmorepeopletotakepartincreativeactivities.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。Whatisculture?Cultureistoocomplextodefineinsimpleterms.___36__Oneisthatcultureisatotalpatternofbehaviourthatisconsistentinitscomponents.Anotherfundamentalisthatcultureislearnedbehaviour.Thethirdisthatcultureisbehaviourthatissharedbyagroupofpeople.Tounderstandthecultureofaparticularcountryorregion,onecouldexamineitscomponents,amongwhicharematerialculture,language,andsocialorganisation.Materialcultureincludesthetoolsandsymbolsinasociety,notincludingthosephysicalthingsfoundinnature,unlesstheyhaveundergonesomechangeorhavebeengivenmeaningbypeople.___37__Thewayweconsumeandw”hatweconsumeareheavilyinfluencedbymaterialculture.__38Linkedwithallotheraspectsofculture,itreflectsthenatureandvaluesofthatculture.Industrialisedsocietieshavearichvocabularyforcommercialandindustrialactivities,whilelessindustrialisedsocietiesmayhaverichervocabulariesformattersimportanttotheirsocieties.TheEskimosinAlaskahavemanywordstodescribesnowwhereasEnglishhasonlyonegeneralterm.Socialorganisationdifferssomewhatfromsocietytosociety.Theprimarykindofcommunityassociationisbasedonbloodties._39__.Itprovidesmutualprotection,psychologicalsupport,andakindofeconomicinsuranceorsocialsecurityforitsmembers.Theterm"brothers"inZaireincludesthosewhomwecallcousinsanduncles.Culturalanalysisservesavarietyofpurposes.Understandingthevariousdimensionsandtheirinter-relatednesshelpspromotecross-culturalawareness._40Somescholarsevensuggestthatitisuselesstotry.Languageisthemostobviousdifferencebetweencultures.However,therearecertainagreed-onfundamentalsthatcanbeeasilyidentified.Thevaluesrepresentedwithinaculturecanalsochangewiththepassingoftime.Forexample,amouserunningonastreetisnotpartofaculture,buttheMickeyMouseis.Inmanydevelopingcountries,theextendedfamilyfulfillsseveralsocialandeconomicroles.Itleadsontothepromotionofgoodwill,socialandeconomicplanningandharmonybetweensocialgroupingsorsocieties.第三部分:英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节（共20小题:每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AlwayswishedtheEarthhadasecondmoon?Thenyouwillbe__41__tohearthattheChengduAerospaceScienceInstitutehasplanstolaunchmultipleminimoonsoverthenextfewyears.Similartoour__42_satellite,thelightoftheartificialorb（球体）willbeobtainedfromthesunand_43__toEarthbyitsmirror-likecoating.Accordingtoitsdesigners,the_44_oflightbeingreflectedcanbecontrolledfromEarthandthelightcanevenbe_45__,ifnecessary.Whilethemultipleminimoonswillcertainlyappearpicturesque,theirmainpurposeistoconserve__46__TheChengduAerospaceexpertsclaimtheminimoon'sdusk-likeglowwillallowthegovernmenttoeventually_47_costlystreetlightsincities.TheyestimatethatusingtheartificialsatellitetolightupChengdu'sstreetsatnightwill_48__thecity1.2billionyuananally.Sincetheorb'slocationcanbe_49__moved,itcouldalsobeusedtoshinelightoverdisaster-struckareasthathavelost_50___Oncethefirstminimoonis_51__successfully,theexpertsplantolaunchthree_52__ones.Together,thesatellites,whichwilltaketurnsdependingontheir__53__inrelationtothesun,areexpectedto_54__anareaof3,600to6,400squarekilometers.Whiletheorbswillbe_55_throughatelescopefromanywhereontheglobe,theirrealbeautywillonlybeseenbyvisitingChengdu.Officials,_56_,believetheywillbeahugetouristattraction,helpingimprovethecity's__57__.Asisoftenthecasewithmajor_58__,someexpertsareconcerned.They59thatthe—IFmoonswillimpactonthesleeppatternsofhumansandanimals.However,officialsbelievethesatelliteswillcauselittle,ifany,_60__.41.A.pleasedB.surprisedC.alarmedD.relieved42.A.traditionalFTB.uniqueC.naturalD.famous43.A.carriedB.reflectedC.introducedD.transformed44.A.colourB.speedC.sourceD.amount

45.A.sentoutB.switchedoffC.givenawayD.turneddown46.A.resourcesB.animalsC.farmlandD.space47.A.rebuildB.expandC.improveD.remove48.A.bringB.leaveC.saveD.cost49.A.hardlyB.easilyC.frequentlyD.normally50.A.moneyB.homeC.contactD.power51.A.travellingB.appearingC.workingD.signaling52.A.additionalB.specialC.brightD.colourful53.A.sizeB.importanceC.positionD.function54.A.pickupB.takeupC.holdupD.lightup55.A.reliableB.visibleC.availableD.testable56.A.thereforeB.howeverC.otherwiseD.moreover57.A.populationB.educationC.evolutionD.conflict58.A.drawbackB.breakthroughsC.technologyD.economy59.A.doubtB.concludeC.worryD.agree60.A.disturbanceB.destructionC.satisfactionD.discussion60.A.disturbanceB.destructionC.satisfactionD.discussion第二节(共10小题:每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面材料，在空白处填写1个适当的单词或用括号内单词的正确形式。AgrapeseedthatfallsintothesoilofXinjiangisveryfortunate,asXinjiangis61(well)suitedforgrowinggrapesthananywhereelse.Here,agrapeseedcangrowtoitsfullpotential.—62itshighaltitudes(海拔)，longperiodsofdryweatherandabundantsunshine,Xinjiangproducesfruitswithextremelyhighsugarcontent.Everyfall,alargenumberofgrapes_63(ship)fromXinjiangtootherpartsofChina,andtherestaremadeintoraisinsforeasystorage.InthevineyardsofMoyu,thankstothehotanddryclimatethat—64(result)frombeingsurroundedbythedesert,hugequantitiesoflargeand—65(juice)grapeswithverythinskinsareproduced.Thesegrapesbringwealthaswellastheirdelicious_66(sweet)tothelocals.Inmid-September,—67theirSeedlessWhitegrapesripen,localfarmersarebusypickinggrapestobetransportedtootherpartsofthecountry.Bunchesofglowingwhitegrapeshangonthevines,waitingtobepicked.Ifyoupickoneandput_68inyourmouth,youwill_69（sure）neverforgetthewonderfultasteproducedbythe_70（burm）sunandthedesertwindofsouthernXinjiang.第四部分写作（共两节,满分35分）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。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（人）,并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。修改：在错的词下画一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2.只允许修改10处,多者（从第11处起）不计分Itwasastillandquietmorningonthelake.Therewasnohumanvoicesorcarstobreakthesilent.Itwasaperfectdayforfishing.Wesatatthere,afraidtotalk,thinkingfishwouldhearusandflee.Myfather,holdourlunchbeginonehand,passedmeasandwich.Itwasterriblehotandcloudsofmosquitowerefeastingonmyblood.Withmylegscoveringwithbitemarks,Icomplained,“Whenwillthefishcome?"SuddenlyIfeltafishbi