2018届广东省梅州市普通高中高考复习冲刺模拟英语试题(二)

2018届广东省梅州市普通高中高考复习冲刺模拟英语试题（三）
总分150分，时间120分钟。

第Ⅰ卷（选择题共100分）
第一部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分50分）
第一节语法与词汇知识（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，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。

1.Historically, _______ main material for making tables has been wood, but ______ metal and stone have also been used.
A. the; /
B. /; /
C. the; the
D. /; the
2. Do you enjoy listening to records? I find records are often _______ or better than an actual performance.
A. as good as
B. as good
C. as well as
D. good as
3. I t will be quite a long time _______ she is back again, so don’t be too cross with her.
A. that
B. since
C. before
D. until
4. Henry can’t attend the party _______ at Tom’s house at present because he is preparing the speech at the par ty _______ at Marie’s house tomorrow.
A. held; being held
B. to be held; to be held
C. to be held; held
D. being held; to be held
5. On the third floor there are two rooms, _______ is used as a meeting-room.
A. one of them
B. of which the larger
C. and a larger of them
D. the largest one of which
6. I had been puzzled over the problem for over an hour without any result, _______ all at once the solution flashed across my mind.
A. while
B. when
C. then
D. as
7. Can’t we just live in today, _______ the worries of tomorrow or the regrets of the past?
A. free from
B. aware of
C. sure of
D. tired from
8. There is a popular belief among parents_______ schools are no longer interested in spelling.
A. who
B. whose
C. that
D. which
9. It is _______ you deal with difficulties that shows _______ you are really like.
A. what; what
B. how; what
C. how; that
D. which; how
10. _______ only 20 minutes to go before the train left, I felt uneasy in the taxi to the railway station.
A. For
B. I had
C. With
D. As
11. The time he has devoted in the past years ________ the disabled is now considered _______of great value.
A. to help; being
B. to helping; to be
C. to help; to be
D. helping; /
12. ---Cliff, I lost your ball at school. I suppose I should pay for it.
---Oh._______. It was just an old ball anyway.
A. Take it easy
B. By no means
C. You got it
D. Forget it
13. _______ Sunday, rather than _______ at home, I preferred _______.
A. It being; stay; to travel
B. Being; to stay; to travel
C. Having been; stay; travel
D. It was; to stay; travelling
14. If you go to Xi’ an, you’ll find the palaces more magnificent than commonly ________.
A. supposing
B. supposed
C. to suppose
D. suppose
15. Imagine life as a game ________ you are playing with five balls. You name them---work, family, health, friends
and spirit.
A. where
B. that
C. as
D. which
16. As we all know, it was _________ that resulted in the terrible car accident.
A. because of her carelessness
B. because she was careless
C. her being careless
D. she was so careless
17. ________ that Mary was able to set up new branches elsewhere.
A. So successful her business was
B. So successful was her business
C. So her business was successful
D. So was her successful business
18. By the time he ________ back last night, we________ 200 pictures from the spaceship.
A. came; had got
B. had come; got
C. was coming; got
D. would come; had got
19. Jack _______ yet last night; otherwise he _______ me.
A. mustn’t have arrived; must have phoned
B. can’t have arrived; would have phoned
C. may have arrived; need have phoned
D. shouldn’t have arrived; can have phoned
20. The flu is believed ______ by viruses that like to reproduce in the cells inside the human nose and throat.
A. causing
B. being caused
C. have caused
D. to be caused
第二节：完型填空（共20小题，每小题1. 5分，满分30 分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21--40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出能填入空格中的最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

We come by business naturally in our family. Each of the seven children in our family wo rked in our father’s store. 21 we worked and watched, we learned that work was about more than 22 and making a sale.
One lesson stands out in my 23 . It was shortly before Christmas. I was in eighth grade and was working evenings, straightening the toy section. A little boy, five or six years old, came in. He was 24 a brown torn coat with dirty sleeves. His shoes were scuffed and his one shoelace was torn. The little boy looked poor to me —too poor to 25 to buy anything. He looked 26 the toy section, picked up this item and 27 , and carefully put them 28 in their place.
Dad came down the stairs and walked over to the boy. His steel blue eyes 29 and the dimple（酒窝）in his cheek stood out as he asked the boy what he could do for him. The boy said he was looking for a Christmas _30____ to buy his brother. I was impressed that Dad treated him with the same respect as any adult. Dad told him to take his 31 and look around. He did.
After about 20 minutes, the little boy carefully picked up a toy 32 , walked up to my dad and said, “How much for this, Mister?”
“How much you got?” Dad asked.
The little boy held out his hand and 33 it. His hand was creased(起皱) with 34 lines of dirt from holding his 35 too tightly. In his hand 36 two dimes, a nickel and two pennies—27 cents. The price on the toy plane he’d picked out was $3.98.
“That’ll just 37 it,” Dad said as he38 the sale. Dad’s reply sti ll 39 in my ears. When the little boy walked out of the store, I didn’t notice the dirty, worn coat or the single torn shoelace. What I saw was a happy child with a 40 .
21. A. Because B. Since C. As D. After
22. A. survival B. labor C. hardship D. entertainment
23. A. way B. mind C. life D. time
24. A. putting on B. dressing C. having D. wearing
25. A. try B. attempt C. afford D. manage
26. A. for B. around C. up D. over
27. A. that B. one C. it D. this
28. A. up B. away C. back D. off
29. A. opened B. smiled C. shone D. looked
30. A. tree B. card C. present D. cake
31. A. effort B. word C. time D. courage
32. A. car B. gift C. plane D. section
33. A. showed B. opened C. gave D. turned
34. A. long B. straight C. wet D. main
35. A. toy B. pocket C. hand D. money
36. A. lay B. had C. held D. laid
37. A. work B. cover C. need D. take
38. A. took B. returned C. made D. offered
39. A. rings B. stays C. remains D. gets
40. A. bag B. treasure C. package D. thing
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
第一节阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、Ｂ、Ｃ和Ｄ）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
A
Beijing (Xinhua): When she appeared on stage, singing a Japanese song, hundreds of excited teenagers crowded around shouting, "Curarpikt (酷拉皮卡)！Its Curarpikt!"
At the Beijing Comic and Animation Expo last week, that’s exactly who Shi Jia was. The Senior 1 girl was cosplaying "Curarpikt", a character from the popular Japanese comic book Hunter X Hunter (《猎人》) by Yoshihiro Togashi.
"I cosplay Curarpikt because I like him," said the pretty 15-year-old girl. "I’m moved by his sad story and I’m attracted by his courage and personality."
In the adventure comic story, Curarpikt, a handsome and kind-hearted boy, struggles to become a hunter so he can capture the people who killed his tribe.
Shi has read all the comic books and is a big fan of the animated series of Hunter X Hunter. Then last year she saw a real "Curarpikt" in a cosplay show.
"I had watched cosplay shows before but only for fun," she explained. "It’s really exciting to see young people wearing the make up and costumes of characters that you’ve read about and are familiar with."
"But that time I just fell in love with cosplaying, probably because I like Curarpikt so much. I thought I could play the character better, so I decided to have a go."
Shi bought some cloth and asked a tailor to make a Curarpikt costume for her. She was delighted to find out there was a cosplay show in Beijing in October.
"It’s a great way to spend the national holiday. Posing on the stage for all the comic book fans, I knew I was doing something I had always wanted to do," she said.
But she never talks about her hobby with her parents.
"They think it will distract me from my studies. I don’t want to upset them, that’s my secret hobby," she said. "It’s also why I don’t dye my hair for cosplaying like all the others."
41. What’s cosplay according to the passage?
A. When cosplaying, comic fans wear costumes and pretend to be their favourite comic characters.
B. Cosplay is a kind of performance in which you play a Curarpikt.
C. Cosplay is a character from the popular Japanese comic book Hunter X Hunter by Yoshihiro Togashi.
D. When cosplaying, some funny teenagers play some characters in the animated series.
42. Shi Jia cosplayed Curarpikt ______.
A. in order to attract her fans
B. because she liked animated series
C. because she was greatly attracted by that role
D. because it’s her secret hobby
43. The underlined word "distract" means _____.
A. get rid of
B. keep out of
C. give courage to
D. draw away attention of
44. Which of the following is WRONG?
A. Curarpikt was created by a Japanese cartoonist.
B. Shi Jia’s parents were in favor of her performance.
C. Shi Jia cosplayed Curarpikt successfully.
D. Cosplay is popular with some teenagers.
B
In the West, advertisements are the fuel that makes mass media work. Many TV stations, newspapers, magazines, radio stations are privately owned. The government does not give them money. So where does the money come from? From advertisements. Without advertisements, there would not be these private businesses.
Have you ever asked yourself what advertising is? Through the years, people have given different answers to the question. For some time it was felt that advertising was a means of “Keeping your name before the public”. And some people thought that advertising was “truth well told”. Now more and more people consider it in this way: Advertising is the paid, non-personal, and usually persuasive presentation of goods, services and ideas by some certain sponsors (发起人) through various media.
First, advertising is usually paid for. Various sponsors pay for the advertisements we see, read, and hear over the various media. Second, advertising is non-personal. It is not face-to-face communication. Although you may feel that a message in a certain advertisement is aimed directly at you, in reality, it is directed at large groups of people. Third, advertising is usually persuasive. Directly or indirectly it asks people to do something. All advertisements try to make people believe that the product, idea, or service advertised can benefit them. Fourth, the sponsors of the advertisement must show their names. From the advertisement, we can see if the sponsor is a company, or a single person. Fifth, advertising reaches us through old and modern mass media. Included in the old media are newspapers. magazines, radio, television, and films. Modern media include emails, matchbox covers, and boards on top of buildings.
45. The existence of the privately owned mass media depends on the support of _____ .
A. the government
B. their owners’ families
C. advertisements
D. the TV stations
46. The passage seems to say that different ideas of advertising are given due to _______.
A. the change of time
B. the subject of the advertisements
C. people's age difference
D. peoples different opinions
47. Which of the following is considered modern mass media?
A. Newspapers.
B. Emails.
C. Magazines.
D. Films.
48. According to the passage, which of the following statements about advertisements is NOT true?
A. The sponsors are always mentioned.
B. Advertising must he honest and humorous.
C. There is the description of things advertised.
D. Advertising is meant for large groups of people.
C
When nature is left alone, a balance is reached among the animals and plants living in one area. But when man starts his work in nature, the balance is likely to be destroyed. He grows a crop and takes it away to eat; then there are no dead leaves to fall on the ground, holding water while it sinks into the surface, or decaying(腐烂) and adding humus(腐殖质) to the soil. Unless a farmer acts with knowledge and skill, he is therefore most likely to make the land poorer. To take the place of the useful matter in the crops that he removes, he uses some kind of fertilizer. Chemical fertilizers are of great help, but the waste products of animals and decaying remains of plants should also be put on the land. In some places, it is a habit to burn waste material lying about, but such burning destroys the useful matter in the dead plants. Although the ashes that are left are valuable when put on the land, a better practice is to bury the waste so that it decays and increases the humus in the soil.
In the past, when the world population was much lower than it is now, a man had little difficulty in ordinary times in growing the food that was needed. When a field had been used some years and had become tired, the farmer could move to another place. The tired land then slowly recovered. Gradually grasses and other plants would appear on it and its productive power would slowly return to normal through their decay. But nature, left alone, would take a long time to bring back the land to its former state; the length of time required would depend on local conditions, but it might well be ten years.
It is a bad practice to grow the same crop in a field year after year. If the crop is changed, the land will suffer less because it is treated and used in a different way. Different plants have different effects on the soil. Therefore, a change of crop will do less harm than the growing of the same crop year after year and a regular change to grass will do good to the soil. Much will therefore be gained if different crops are grown one after another, a method known as the rotation(轮作) of crops.
49. According to the passage, the land will become poorer, _________.
A. if all the dead leaves are cleared away
B. if the humus is increased after the harvest
C. if dead leaves decay in the soil by themselves
D. if waste plant material lying about is buried
50. We can learn from the passage that the tired land has gradually recovered _________.
A. when grasses and other plants appear again
B. when the treatment is given by nature alone
C. after new grasses and other plants have decayed again
D. after nature has been left alone for several months
51. A modern farmer can hardly move to another place as he did before because _________.
A. the productive power of a new field isn't higher than that of an old one
B. there are few free fields left for him to do farming
C. it takes a farmer more than ten years to start farming in a new field
D. there will be too many grasses in a new field to grow crops
52. It is most likely that the author will go on to _______ in the paragraph following the passage
above.
A. introduce other methods of planting crops
B. deal with how to prevent land getting tired
C. start another topic of how to make use of land
D. further explain what the rotation of crops is
D
One of the United States’ social problems is the breakdown of the two-parent family. Today, millions of American children grow up without fathers. Too often, these children lack the love and help they badly need and which they would ordinarily receive from not one but two parents. In the old days, American parents placed the needs of their children above their own. At present, however, nearly one half of all new marriages end in divorce, with often troubling results for their children. Worse, every year, thousands of teenage, unmarried Americans become mothers outside marriage, with generally terrible results for the mothers and children alike and for American society more generally. However, Chinese continue to value whole marriages. This is not to say that Chinese marriages are all perfect. They certainly are not, judging from increasing rates of divorce and extramarital affairs－but the willingness of Chinese to set aside their own needs and stay together for the sake of the children is admirable and worthy of study.
Families, in whatever form they may take, are important to Americans. If one was to ask a group of Americans what is the dearest to them, the majority would say“family”.And yet, so many Americans spend much more time at work, that is, beyond the formal forty-hour work week-than they do with their own families. Obviously, the USA is one of the most powerful in the world, owing in large measure to“workaholism”（工作狂）.
It seems to me that Chinese generally find a better balance between work and family needs than many Americans do. I don’t see the number of workaholics in China that I do in the United States（or American organizations in China）.Instead, average Chinese usually head home right after work（in the office or field），have meals together, and spend time with their family members. What’s more, Chinese try to make more time for grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins than many Americans; in many cases, multigenerational families live together.
Of course, like many facts of Chinese society, this is all changing; increasing numbers of“New Chinese”are working longer hours and spending less time with their families than ever before. Still, while Americans do value their loved ones, I think we have something to learn from the Chinese about finding the proper balance between work and family.
53．The main point of the passage is .
A．family plays a very important role in America
B．there is something about family for Americans to learn from China
C．a proper balance between work and family needs to be found for Chinese
D．the Chinese have a proper balance between work and play
54．According to the passage, the American family value in the past is that .
A．Americans love their families more than their jobs
B．Americans often set aside their children’s needs
C．Americans have a strong work desire
D．American parents place the needs of their children above their own
55．It can be concluded from the passage that .
A．in the author’s eyes, the breakdown of the two-parent family in China will be more serious than that in the U. S. in the future
B．today young Americans should reduce their material comforts in the interests of their children’s future
C．Chinese marriage is said to be all perfect
D．at present, nearly one half of all new marriages end in divorce in China
56．What does the author think according to the passage?
A．Children living in one-parent families badly need their parents’ love and help
B．Children with one-parent need their parents’ money badly.
C．Chinese value whole marriage more than before.
D．Work is the dearest to most Chinese.
E
In many ways, the earliest periods of photography are the most satisfying. Learning to use the controls is easy and comes quickly, and you can measure the results in terms of sharp and correctly developed pictures. Once you have mastered that, you can start on the second step of your photographic work. Using these basic skills in a wide variety of situations to give the pictures you want, noticing what you see through the viewfinder and turning that into the most effective picture becomes totally interesting.
All good photographs have one thing in common; there is no doubt what the subject of the picture is meant to be. Every photographer must use those same standards to his or her work, not only to the finished results but to the subject before he or she takes it. Always work out quite clearly what the subject of the picture is to be and why you are taking the picture. For example,“I am going to take a picture of this street to show the different styles and ages of the buildings and that people have been living, working and shopping in them since time began.”By doing this you have a better idea of what to include in the picture and what to leave out. How often have you been shown photographs taken by people away on a trip somewhere? The judgment is always similar, something about“the car park is out of the picture to the left”, or“you can’t quite see from this picture but if you go up the street”. The photographs are usually collections of buildings, people, parked cars, possibly a distant look of an ancient church, and best of all, a figure which you are told is Aunt Henrietta, disappearing in the middle distance.
When photographers show you their pictures, they have a clear idea of what they want to bring to your attention, but it often does not appear in the picture. If they had given just a little of their time to think about their future judgment before taking the picture, then the picture would relate its own story. Good pictures can show their subjects quickly and easily.
57．What does the author mean by saying“in many ways, the earliest periods of photography are the most satisfying”?
A．The skills of photography are not as satisfactory nowadays as before
B．The earliest pictures were the best pictures people have ever taken
C．The present-day photography depends more on technology than on art
D．Learning to produce a sharp and correctly developed picture is only the first step in
photography and is easily learned.
58．What will it bring you if you decide the purpose of the photograph in advance?
A．Allows you to leave out unnecessary material B．Allows you to stand in the best place
C．Helps you to vary the subjects of your pictures D．Means you waste less time.
59．Many photographers fail because .
A. their pictures include the buildings and people
B. the details are not clear in their pictures
C. the subjects of their pictures are not obvious
D. the explanation given for their pictures is mistaken
60．What book is this passage most likely taken from?
A．A book on photography for news reporters.
B．A book on how to photograph people
C．A book on choosing the right camera.
D．A book on improving photographic techniques.
第二节根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

选项中有两项多余选项。

（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
A: Why do you look so sad?
B: Because I have a lot of trouble with my English. I can hardly pass the exam every time. 61 _
A: Don’t worry. 62 _
B: No, I only read English before the exam.
A: Ah, that’s the problem. If you want to study it well, you must read it every day.
B: Every day?
A: 63
B: OK. I’ll take your advice. 64
A: All right. I’d like to. But in fact I still have some trouble with English, too. 65
A. Will you help me with it?
B. Let’s help each other.
C. I’ll try my best to learn it well.
D. Yes. Your English teacher must be happy to hear that.
E. I really don’t know what to do.
F. Sure, or you can never make it.
G. Do you read English every day?
第三部分写作（共两节，满分50分）
第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。

对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），在该行右边的横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原文没有错的不要改。

Recently we have had a heated discussion whether people should keep 66. __________
pets at home in cities.
Some students thought it a good idea to keep pets because many old 67. __________
people who live lonely at home can get some comfort from pets. Besides, 68. __________
getting along well with animals will make our life interested. People 69. __________
who own pets will have more chances to walk, thus giving them a 70. __________
time to communicate with others. On contrary, the other students 71. __________
are against the idea．In their opinion, if too many people keep pets
at home, which it is bad for the environment. What is worse, pets may make 72. __________
too much noise and even attack people. Additional, it costs a lot of money. 73. __________
I like animals, so I don’t think it’s bad to keep it at home. But we 74. __________
must take some measure to prevent them from polluting our environment. 75. __________
第二节书面表达（满分35分）
针对目前高三学生学习压力较大的现状，有人以“Effective Ways to Release the Stress”为题于上周调查采访了五个学校的500名高三学生。

请你根据以下调查结果的图表写一份报告，并再谈谈自己或身边同学释放压力的有效方法。

注意：1.词数：120左右；
2.调查报告的题目和开头已为你写好(不记入总词数)。

3.参考词汇：心理咨询室the psychological consulting office
Effective Ways to Release the Stress
Nowadays more and more Senior Three students are getting stressed in their studies．
____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________
参考答案
单项选择：1-5 AACDB 6-10 BACBC 11-15 BDABA 16-20 CBABD
完型填空：21-25 CABDC 26-30 BACBC 31-35 CCBCD 36-40 ABCAB
阅读理解：41-44 ACDB 45-48 CABB 49-52 ACBD 53-56 BDBA
57-60 DACD 61-65 EGFAB
短文改错：
66. 在discussion后加on/about/concerning/regarding 67. thought---think 68. lonely---alone
69. interested---interesting 70. √71. on后添加the 72. 去掉which
73. Additional---Additionally 74. it---them/one 75. measure---measures
书面表达:
One possible version:
Effective Ways to Release the Stress
Nowadays more and more Senior Three students are getting stressed in their studies．In order to find out effective ways to release the stress，a survey was made last week in five schools．Altogether 500 students were interviewed，and some of interesting results were as follows：About thirty-five percent of the students let out their stress by doing sports．They play football，for instance．Meanwhile，another forty five percent of them release their stress by listening to different kinds of music．Interestingly，the rest twenty percent of them usually get help from the school psychological consulting office．
When I’m stressed，I usually do lots of weightlifting to get myself tired．Then I’ll have a good sleep．In this way，I’ll feel relaxed and forget all about my worries．。