2013广东省高三英语试卷(含答案)

2012-2013学年度第二学期高三级英语试卷

(含答案)

（满分135分，时间120分钟）

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，并将答案填在答题卡标号为1~15的相应位置上。

We are all interested in equality, but while some people try to protect the school and examination system in the name of equality, others, still in the name of equality, want only to destroy it.

Any society which is interested in equality of opportunity and standards of achievement must __1 test its pupils. The standards may be changed — no examination is 2 — but to have no tests or examinations would mean the end of equality and of standards. There are groups of people who oppose this view and who do not 3 either in examinations or in any controls in school or on teachers. This would mean everything would depend on 4 since every pupil would depend on efficiency, the values and the purpose of each 5 .

Without examinations, employers will look for employees from the 6 respected schools and from families known to them – a form of favoritism will replace equality. At the moment, the bright child from an ill-respected school can show certificates to prove he is _7 for a job, while the lack of a certificate indicates the unsuitability of a 8 child attending a well-respected school. This defense of excellence and opportunity would disappear if examinations were 9 , and the bright child from a poor family would be a prisoner of his or her school’s reputation, unable to10 for employment with the child from the 11__ school.

The opponents of the examination system suggest that examinations are an 12 force because they show differences between pupils. According to these people, there must be no special, __13 or academic class. They have even suggested that there should be no form of difference in sport or any other area: all jobs or posts should be filled by unsystematic 14 . The selection would be made by people who themselves are 15 selected by some computer.

1. A. seldom B. regularly C. never D. rarely

2. A. perfect B. interesting C. easy D. difficult

3. A. predict B. explain C. improve D. believe

4. A. equality B. luck C. labor D. examinations

5. A. classmate B. friend C. teacher D. parent

6. A. equally B. slightly C. highly D. interestingly

7. A. suitable B. interested C. generous D. sensitive

8. A. cruel B. dull C. clever D. bright

9. A. handed down B. picked up C. brought in D. taken away

10. A. compete B. stand C. argue D. protect

11. A. ordinary B. favored C. ill-respected D. average

12. A. necessary B. healthy C. extraordinary D. evil

13. A. standard B. normal C. different D. fair

14. A. selection B. test C. discussion D. arrangement

15. A. surely B. clearly C. actually D. probably

第二节语法填空（共10小题；每小题1．5分, 满分15分）

阅读下面短文, 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16-25的相应位置上。

A baby is in danger and its mother is crazy with worry. This is something anyone can relate to, even though we are talking about a mother elephant that has been separated

16 her child.

A video capturing(捕捉) the reunion between the elephant and her 8-month-old baby in Kenya was one of the 17 (impressive) scenes in 2012. The baby fell inside

18 man-made hole and was unable to climb out, according to a video released by the Amboseli Trust for Elephants. Despite the best efforts of her desperate mother, the baby seemed helpless 19 a team of conservation workers rushed to help. They had to chase the overprotective mother away first, so that 20 could get close enough to rescue the baby. They 21 (struggle) to pull the baby out with ropes and a vehicle.

22 (lucky), the workers managed to pull the baby to safety. 23 followed was

a touching scene. As soon as the baby was freed, it ran away across the plain. In the

24 (distant), the cries of her mother could be heard as she came running from the opposite direction. The two were reunited, 25 (hug) each other with their trunks.

II. 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填写。

A

A mouse happened to look through a hole in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package. ―What food might this contain?‖ The mouse wondered. But he was sad to discover it was a mousetrap.

Back to the farmyard, the mouse announced this warning; ―There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mouse trap in the house!‖

The hen clucked (咯咯地叫) and scratched, raised her head and said, ―Mr. Mouse, I can tell this is a great concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by it.‖