2014广东省高考压轴卷英语试题及答案

2014广东省高考压轴卷

英语

本试卷共10页，满分135分．考试时间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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I am a straight-A student and study has been my whole life. When you come from a family of educators, it just seems natural.

With high academic standards and a competitive __1__，I don’t just dislike losing. I can’t stand it.

I need to beat the __2__ students, preferably in everything. I’ve even __3__ so far as to define myself by my grades, saying that how o utstanding I am. If I don’t get the grade I __4__，then I am lost.

Today I was sitting in class trying to __5__ the last minutes studying for a test I had to get full marks. __6__ the girl behind me started talking to me, I tried to listen __7__ while still glancing at my study sheet now and then. When I thought the conversation required it, I smiled, nodded and __8__. And then I found myself wishing she would be __9__ so I could study. After a while, she said, “You know, you’re a really good __10__. You’re so easy to talk to.” I froze.

I replayed the praise in my head before smiling and accepting it __11__. But inside, I knew it wasn’t true. She’d made every effort to have a conversation and I wasn’t even trying to participate.

I passed the test excellently despite my __12__ of lost study time, but the one thing I needed to learn most wasn’t on that test. I had __13__ being the best student so that I had failed at just being normal. So what matters to me most? What I have is all about my personal __14__ and about me being too self-centered. There can only be so many scholars, but there is never __15__ sympathy. I want that to be what matters to me—sympathy.

1．A.spirit B．sport

C．school D．surrounding

2．A.ordinary B．top

C．handsome D．strong

3．A.got B．come

C．left D．given

4．A.invent B．expect

C．copy D．hide

5．A.save B．spend

C．collect D．cost

6．A.When B．While

C．Because D．Before

7．A.rudely B．bitterly

C．excitedly D．politely

8．A.refused B．worked

C．agreed D．waited

9．A.quiet B．gentle

C．pretty D．safe

10．A.talker B．listener

C．lecturer D．teacher

11．A.angrily B．carelessly

C．disappointedly D．gladly

12．A.fear B．joy

C．worry D．possession

13．A.given out B．focused on

C．looked up D．got away

14．A.success B．failure

C．depression D．health

15．A.few B．significant

C．low D．enough

笫二节语法填空（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卷标号为16~25的相应位置上。

Although it could not compete with the speed of e mail today, the 1800’s experienced a revolution in communication that played an important role in creating the tradition of the Christmas greeting card. 16(help) by the new railway system, the public postal service made corresponding a popular past time. In England, Sir Henry Cole recognized the advantage of17more efficient mail service and initiated (开始) the practice of sending Christmas greeting cards18friends.

The first card19(design) by J. C. Horsley as a commercial endeavor (尝试，努力). One thousand copies were sold in London,20soon others followed suit. An English21(art) , William Egley, produced a popular card in 1849. Louis Prang, a German born printer, working from22shop in Massachusetts, printed his first American cards in 1875. Even more 23(importance) than his