广东省广州市2013届高三4月综合测试（二）英语试题

试卷类型：B

20 1 3年广州市普通高中毕业班综合测试(二)

英 语

20 1 3．4

本试卷共1 2页，三大题，满分1 35分。考试用时1 20分钟。

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I 语言知识及应用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节 完形填空(共1 5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1～1 5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。

Teachers and parents usually call attention to the pictures when reading storybooks to preschool children. But a new study suggests that calling attention to the print the words and letters on the page may lead to 1 readers.

The two-year study 2 children aged 3 to 5 who were regularly read to this way in class with children who were not. In all, over three hundred students, who were considered to be at serious risk of 3 reading problems in future life, were 4 in a classroom setting. After reviewing the recorded lessons, the researchers found that those students whose teachers most often 5 the print showed clearly higher skills in reading, spelling and understanding.

Professor Shayne Piasta, the study's author, says most teachers would find this method 6 because it needs only a small change in the way they teach. They already read storybooks in class. The only 7 in the new method would be increased attention to the print.

Ms. Piasta says if adults can 8 children in the stories and get them to pay attention to letters and words, it makes sense that they will do better at 9 recognition. But few parents and teachers do this in a 10 way starting first with letters, then 11 moving to words, sentences and paragraphs.

Teachers and parents can point to a letter and outline its 12 with a finger. They can point out a word and 13 , "This is ‘dog’ ". They can discuss the 14 of the print to find how the words combine to tell the story. And they can talk about the 15 of the print for example, how words are written from left to fight.

1. A. clearer B. better C. higher D. happier

2. A. compared B. paired C. related D. involved

3. A. avoiding B. solving C. developing D. forcing

4. A. found B. locked C. interviewed D. observed

5. A. studied B. discussed C. saw D. ignored

6. A. reliable B. illogical C. unbelievable D. manageable

7. A. difference B. concern C. problem D. challenge

8. A. annoy B. leave C. interest D. puzzle

9. A. word B. voice C. story D. number

10. A. easy B. systematic C. different D. typical

11. A. silently B. suddenly C. gradually D. mostly

12. A. route B. shape C. move D. sound

13. A. guess B. think C. explain D. answer

14. A. size B. style C. form D. meaning

15. A. organization B. development C. information D. improvement

第二节语法填空(共1 O小题；每小题1．5分，满分1 5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，在空格处填人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。

It was my first trip to India, alone. One day, as I 16 (walk) through a local market, a ten-year-old boy came over and begged me to buy a book, 17 had the words "Interesting India" on its cover. I bought it, thinking that when I returned home it would remind me 18 my wonderful Indian adventure. The book claimed that India's people were very welcoming of tourists, and never tried 19 (cheat) them. As I read I felt deeply touched by these warm words. [范文站]

Suddenly, a monkey came down from a nearby tree, snatched the book from my hand and took 20 away, along with my bag which contained all my belongings. I couldn't do anything 21 stand and stare. Then a man approached me and asked 22 I wanted my belongings back. He said it would cost me five US dollars. I had no other choice 23 (leave), so I agreed to pay, but only after my bag was returned.

He blew a whistle and the monkey immediately threw the bag down. I picked it up and gave him the money. I later learned that 24 man made his living this way: tricking tourists. This was the 25 (bad) thing I ever experienced in "Interesting India".

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涂黑。

A

Are you competitive enough to make it in America?

There is an undeniable excitement about coming to study in the U.S., but it's not all excitement.

Yes, it is America; it is the land of freedom; it's the place where different cultures clash ... and live together in peace. However, you guys might agree with me. it's not easy to leave home and the security of family, friends and people who love and care about us. And doing it raises some questions:

Is it worth it? Are you equal to the challenge? You might be sitting in front of your computer watching a documentary about America, which shows you the breathtaking views of skyscrapers in New York, the beautiful warm weather in San Diego, and the huge parties along the beaches of the Sunshine State, Florida.

Just so you know, it's all true. I remember how my heart was racing the first time I visited Times Square in New York. I can't find any words in the dictionary to describe how I felt at that moment. Someday, when you get lucky and go there, you will know what I mean.

Unfortunately, TV and movies never show the other side of what students must do to survive America. Education in the States is really different from other places. Yes, there is the traditional A, B, C, and D grading system, and you get to be on the Dean's List if you have all A's on your transcript. However, these grades don't just come from your test performances. The requirements of classes in the U.S. are much more varied and this is the biggest adjustment that overseas students have to manage.

Some have papers that you have to write every week, others have group projects you must do with your classmates, presentations you make in the class, or research you do by yourself to prove your own idea. There comes a night when you have a couple of projects for different classes, a paper, and an exam to study for. And that night you ask yourself, "What did I get myself into?"

I'm not trying to intimidate you, but you should know what it really is like to study in the States. One thing I can promise you is that it is worth all the hard work you put in. And the more time you give to your study, the more open doors you will have by the time you finish your degree.

26. The author wrote this passage to___________.

A. help readers prepare for studying in the U. S.

B. warn people of the dangers of living in the U. S.

C. promote the U. S. education system to overseas students

D. make readers understand the benefits of studying in the U. S.

27. According to the author, America is___________.

A. a place that he could not get used to

B. a country where students can learn freely

C. a dangerous place to live in without family or friends

D. a place where people from different backgrounds get on well

28. When the author first visited Times Square, he felt____________.

A. disappointed B. surprised C. excited D. nervous

29. According to the passage, which of the following is most challenging?

A. Attending all the classes.

B. Getting all A's in the tests.

C. Writing papers every week.

D. Balancing different study requirements.

30. The underlined word "intimidate" in the last paragraph most probably

means_________.

A. encourage B. frighten C. confuse D. persuade

B

"The Book That Can't Wait" is a great new idea that seeks to strengthen bonds between first time writers and their readers by getting their books read quickly.

Argentinean independent publishers Eterna Cadencia are publishing a collection of short stories by new South American authors using special ink that slowly disappears once it comes in contact with sun and air, completely vanishing within 2 months after the book has been opened. This makes for an interesting approach to motivating book buyers to read books more quickly, giving first-time authors the attention they need to survive.

"The Book That Can't Wait" tackles an important problem for new authors: How to get readers. The creative independent publishers teamed up with DRAFTFCB in the city of Buenos Aires to develop this project.

"Books are very patient objects. We buy them, and then they wait for us to read them. Days, months, even years. That's OK for books, but not for new authors. If people don't read their first book, they'll never make it to a second," says the project coordinator Tito Santana.

That's why Etema Cadencia, which also runs its own bookstore, has decided to create something different to launch its new authors into the market. It presented its first "The Book That Can't Wait" for the critics and the press last month. The invention is a success. Hundreds of people came to the bookstore to pick up a copy. To help spread the word, they gave away the first edition to customers for free. The very same day it was released, the publishing house claimed that it received thousands of requests for more copies of the book. So it will print a new edition later this month to satisfy the demand. And the best result? This time they have the guarantee that their new authors will be read. The company plans to use the book as a platform for other titles, because they believe there is a lot of literature out there that doesn't deserve to wait on the shelf. And these books won't wait at all.

31. The main purpose of publishing "The Book That Can't Wait" is

to___________.

A. sell more books

B. make it fun to read

C. invent a new kind of book

D. get new authors' books read quickly

32. The DRAFTFCB mentioned in Paragraph 3 is most probably__________.

A. an organization involved in the project

B. a new South American author

C. an independent bookstore

D. an area of Buenos Aires

33. By saying "Books are very patient objects" in Paragraph 4, Tito Santana

actually means______.

A. books never know when you read them

B. books must be read very carefully

C. books can usually be read at any time

D. books can sometimes have emotions

34. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Light and air can make the books disappear within two months.

B. The approach has only been applied to works of some new authors.

C. Books printed using the new technology have been best-sellers.

D. The company will publish all its books in the future using the new ink.

35. What is the author's attitude towards this new kind of book?

A. Approving. B. Doubtful.

C. Uninterested. D. Opposed.

C

At 10:35 a.m. on December 17, 1903, two brothers from Ohio flew the first successful airplane for 12 seconds and 120 feet along a beach in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. With Orville flying first, the brothers took turns as pilot, and they flew three more times that day. On their fourth try, they managed to go 852 feet in 59 seconds ——an amazing feat at the time. The two brothers had invented powered flight.

Orville and Wilbur Wright owned a bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio. Although they had not gone to school to learn about airplanes or engineering, they were good mechanics. By repairing bicycles, they had learned how gears and pulleys worked. They also learned to take careful notes about what they saw. Each time they made a new design and tested a machine, they took notes and made drawings. They would study these to figure out what they could do better the next time.

Before the Wright brothers flew, they did many things to prepare for this extraordinary achievement. They read everything they could find about air, balloons, and kites. Then they made careful sketches of what they wanted to build. They began by making model kites to learn how air flowed over wings. They made them bigger and bigger until they had a glider — a kite that is big enough to hold a person, but with no engine. The Wright brothers made three gliders before building their first airplane. Each time they made a glider, they would test it, make careful observations, and then improve their design.

When they made a glider that flew well, they added an engine. This step was harder than it sounds, because they had to find an engine that was both light-weight and powerful. The engines that they could buy were either too heavy or too weak, so they asked their friend Charlie Taylor to help them build one. The first engine that Charlie built broke almost immediately, but the second one worked well.

After Orville and Wilbur installed the engine in their plane, they were almost ready. They simply had to wait for the perfect day with just the fight amount of wind. On the morning of December 17, 1903, they had their chance. And the airplane flew into history.

36. What was the speed of the first flight?

A. 10 feet per second. B. 120 feet per minute.

C. 12 feet per second. D. 1200 feet per hour.

37. What can we learn about the Wright brothers from Paragraph 2?

A. They had little formal education.

B. They owned a successful business.

C. They were very thorough in their work.

D. They had experienced many failures.

38. The brothers constructed a number of kites in order to_________.

A. test the materials they would use for their plane

B. prove that building a flying machine was possible

C. see which shape could support the most weight

D. improve the design of their plane's wings

39. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. The Wright brothers built all the parts of their first plane.

B. Wilbur Wright flew 852 feet on December 17, 1903.

C. There was no wind on the day the Wright brothers flew.

D. Orville Wright went on to become a professional pilot.

40. In what order did the following events occur?

a. The Wright brothers started reading about balloons.

b. The Wright brothers ran a bicycle repair shop.

c. A suitable engine was built.

d. Orville successfully flew for the first time.

e. Charlie Taylor was asked to help.

f. Three gliders were built.

A. c, f, e, b, a, d B. b, c, a, f, d, e

C. b, a, f, e, c, d D. d, e, a, f, c, b

D

Expensive perfumes (香水) come in tiny bottles, but many hide a whale-sized secret.

To perfect a particular smell, perfume-makers often use an ingredient that comes from sperm whales, called ambergris. But using ambergris, which helps a perfume last longer, is strongly opposed by many people who think it is wrong to kill whales just so we can smell sweet. Joerg Bohlmann is neither a perfumer nor a whale expert. He's a plant biologist at the University of British Columbia in Canada. But his discovery of a new plant gene (基因) might push whales out of the perfume business.

The gene comes from fir trees, found throughout North America and commonly used as Christmas trees. The trees produce a chemical that can be used in perfume in place of ambergris ——but with a catch.

"There's a problem that many people wouldn't consider. In the tree, the chemical is mixed with many others. That makes separation a challenge," Bohlmann says. "It's like trying to isolate sugar from a biscuit."

This is where science becomes useful. When Bohlmann learned that fir trees produce the ambergris-like chemical, he decided to use his gene know-how to find the instructions for how to make the ambergris-substitute.

Bohlmann found that gene and took it out of the tree cells. Then he did something that might sound strange to someone who doesn't work in genetics: Bohlmann put the gene from the tree into yeast (酵母) cells.

Yeast may sound familiar because it's used to make things like bread, wine and beer. Biologists like to work with yeast because it easily adopts new genes and changes its features and behaviour. When Bohlmann put the fir tree gene into the yeast, the yeast started making the same chemical that had been produced by the tree.

Perfumers pay big money for ambergris because it is a fixative, which means it holds a smell in place on a person's body.

"Cheap perfumes smell good in the first hour or so and then everything is gone," explains Bohlmann. "But expensive perfumes are much more stable. Their smell lasts much longer, for hours or even a day after you apply them. "

The new chemical, made from the tree genes, can be used as a fixative, too. And using yeast to make it is far cheaper than acquiring ambergris.

Bohlmann admits he never thought he'd get into the perfume business. But now, he says, producers have been calling to find out how to use his technology in new perfumes.

41. It can be inferred from the passage that if a perfume contains ambergris,

A. its user probably supports whale hunting

B. its smell will last for about an hour

C. there will be a whale symbol on the bottle

D. it is probably very expensive

42. The underlined expression "with a catch" in Paragraph 3 means

A. being difficult to hold B. having a hidden problem

C. needing further testing D. being too similar

43. According to the passage, why are yeast cells often used in genetic research?

A. They can take on the characteristics of other genes.

B. They can reproduce much faster than other cells.

C. They share some of the qualities of plant genes.

D. They're much cheaper to use than ambergris.

44. What can we learn about Joerg Bohlmann from the passage?

A. He is opposed to whale hunting.

B. He made his discovery during Christmas.

C. He has worked in the perfume industry for many years.

D. He has previously done genetic research.

45. What is the best title for the passage?

A. The Christmas tree's secret

B. The sweet smell of success

C. Whale-free perfume