广东省茂名市高考第二次模拟考试英语试题 及答案.docx

1、广东省茂名市高考第二次模拟考试英语试题 及答案广东省茂名市2017届高三第二次高考模拟考试英语试题本试卷共12页,三大题,满分135分。考试用时120分钟。注意事项：1. 答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、座位号填写在答题卡上。用2B铅笔将试卷类型(B)填涂在答题卡相应位置上。将条形码横贴在答题卡右上角“条形码粘贴处”。 2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。 3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需

2、改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 4. 考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。 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115小题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Asia has long tradition of tea-drinking. And China is no exception.However, lately more and more Chinese people are t

3、urning to a different 1 . Coffee has become a/an 2 popular choice of Chinese people living abroad and in the countrys 3 cities. In big cities such as Beijing, coffee shops seem to be on nearly every major street corner. These 4 are not just selling drinks from Starbucks, the world-famous coffee comp

4、any. Coffee businesses from South Korea and Britain are also 5 in China.Many young Chinese people drink coffee 6 - when meeting with friends. Yang Lin lives in the U.S. but comes from an area in China 7 for growing tea. She used to 8 drink tea while in China. But now, she says, she drinks both and f

5、or different reasons.Yang Lin says she was a tea drinker when she was back in China. But she likes coffee and tea 9 now. Drinking coffee for her is a social event. She and her co-workers like to sit in a caf and talk over a cup of coffee. Tea, she says, is more about family 10 . She grew up in Fujia

6、n province - an area known for its tea. Ms. Yang says that as a child, her family would 11 together in the evening and talk about the days events over a steaming pot of tea. So now, 12 the smell of Fujian tea brings back these 13 family memories.On average a person in China drinks about five cups of

7、 coffee a year. This information comes from the China Coffee Association Beijing. That 14 is far below the world average of 240 cups a year. But the association says the amount of coffee that Chinese drink is 15 by about 15 percent every year.1.A.businessB. drinkC. attitudeD. custom2.A. abnormallyB.

8、 necessarilyC. thoroughlyD. increasingly3.A. hugeB. ancientC. remoteD. conservative4.A. citiesB. companiesC. shopsD. foreigners5.A. producingB. earningC. operatingD. struggling6.A. passivelyB. deliberatelyC. elegantlyD. socially7.A. famousB. appropriateC. anxiousD. beneficial8.A. seldomB. onlyC. unw

9、illinglyD. never9.A. completelyB. graduallyC. equallyD. eventually10.A. memoriesB.valuesC. possessionsD. traditions11.A. workB. gatherC. cookD. pull12.A. evenB. stillC. somehowD. hardly13.A. rareB. toughC. lonelyD. warm14.A. informationB. costC. amountD. production15.A. decreasingB. growingC. dividi

10、ngD. profiting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1625的相应位置上。The Italian dinners we had every Sunday when I was a boy were feasts fit for a king. There were loaves of Italian bread ready to be eaten. 16 were great with butter and even 17

11、(good) when you dipped them in the sauce（调味汁）. My grandma, 18 we called Nanny, would always bake them a day ahead so they would be ready. I remember watching her hand make the dough（面团）. I would often ask to help but only because I wanted to have 19 bite of the dough before she placed it in the pans

12、 to bake. One day I 20 (fool) asked Nanny why she didnt just buy bread at the store 21 (save) time. “Because theyre not as good,” she said 22 her thick Italian accent. Then she laughed, smiled, and gave me a piece of dough to eat.Nanny was right. Today I buy my bread at the store and it isnt as good

13、. It is factory-made and 23 (lack) all the taste, warmth, and love that Nanny put into hers. Store-bought happiness is a sad substitute for homemade joy. 24 you want lasting love, permanent peace, and endless joy, then you have to bake them 25 your own. 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

14、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。AWith my hands and knees on the floor of the airplane, I was searching for an old ladys missing hearing aid during the flight from Sydney to Los Angeles. It occurred to me that this may not be the most dignified posture for a Buddhist nun(尼姑). I had seen the ol

15、d lady from the seat in front of me as she walked up and down the passage with a flashlight. I asked a few times what was wrong, but she didnt answer at first she couldnt hear me. She was wearing a woolen coat. Judging from her accent, she came from Eastern Europe.Do you know what hearing aids cost?

16、 Thousands, especially for the new tiny hidden-in-the-ear type she described. It takes a long time for an appointment to make a new one, and many doctor visits to get the thing adjusted right. Therefore, my dignity seemed less important than finding that hearing aid. But how does one find a tiny bla

17、ck object in a shadowy jet cabin（机舱）?The lady wasnt even sure where or when she had lost it. At one point, a couple of flight attendants did a random search around the ladys seat; I wasnt impressed. They left suggesting that she search the seat of her previous flight! My flashlight turned up all kin

18、ds of small objects, bits of plastic, broken pieces of headphones.The old lady said that she gave up. Yet I couldnt. After we landed, as passengers streamed past us, I insisted that the lady move aside while awaiting her wheelchair. Then I got into a real down and dirty search among the dust under h

19、er seat and on the floor.Look! A little peanut-sized shiny black object caught the light of my flashlight in a floor crack near her seat. What a rush. “I found it!” With great astonishment and gratitude, the old lady responded, “I havent the words to express my thanks!”26. Why did the author put her

20、 hands and knees on the floor?A. She is a religious Buddhist nun. B. She fell down from her seat. C. She helped the old lady look for her hearing aid. D. She wanted to stand out among the passengers.27. What do we know about the old lady? A. She ignored the authors question on purpose. B. She is an

21、American. C. She lost her hearing aid by accident. D. It was not difficult for her to get the hearing aid at all.28. Where was the hearing aid found?A. On the previous flight. B. Close to the old lady seat. C. On the wheelchair.D. In another jet cabin.29. According to the last two paragraphs, what i

22、s the old ladys attitude towards the author?A. Respectful. B. Doubtful. C. Supportive. D. Grateful.30. What is the purpose of the passage?A. To tell us a story about kind help. B. To warn us to be more careful. C. To teach us how to find the lost thing. D. To present the love from all people on boar

23、d.BThis is a true story about a boy who, the world might say, was a terrible underachiever. While in the eighth grade, he failed subjects repeatedly. High school wasnt much better; he flunked Latin, algebra, English, and received a grade of zero in physics. The boy managed to make the school golf te

24、am, but he lost the most important golf match of the season. Its not that his peers(同龄人) disliked this boy; its just that they never really seemed to notice him much. Even “Hellos” in the hall were a rarity. Out of all the failures in his life, there was something that did hold great importance to t

25、his boy, his love of drawing. Although in high school, the cartoons he submitted to the yearbook were rejected, once out of school, the boy was so sure of his artistic talent that he approached Walt Disney Studios with drawing works. I wish I could say the studios loved his work and immediately hire

26、d him, but such was not the case; another huge rejection. Despite his lack of successes, this boy did not give up. He then decided to write his own autobiography in cartoons, about a little boy who was regarded as a loser and a nobody. The name of this boy was Charles Schulz, the creator of the famo

27、us Charlie Brown and comic dog Snoopy. In life, it is sometimes easy to feel like a nobody. We pass hundreds of people on the street on our way to work, or walk through a faceless crowd in a mall, and no one seems to notice or care. Deep inside, we may know we are special and unique and have lots to

28、 offer, but unless someone takes the time to look our way and give us a chance, we may feel worthless, just like Charlie Brown who couldnt even manage to fly a kite or kick a football properly. Just as Charles Schulz had faith in his artistic talent, so too, we must realize that nobody is a nobody.

29、We all have special gifts and talents, and every human being is deserving and capable of being loved and appreciated. 31. The underlined word “flunked” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _.A. failed B. learned C. achieved D. misunderstood32. What can we infer about the boy in Paragraph 2?A. He

30、was hated by his peers. B. He achieved great success in drawing in high school.C. His work was refused by Walt Disney Studios.D. He earned the praise from Walt Disney Studios.33. When the boy suffered many defeats, he _.A. gave up his dream finally B. wrote some articles in magazinesC. he turned to

31、others for help D. he wrote himself as a loser in cartoons 34. In the last two paragraphs, we are advised _.A. to open up our eyes B. to believe we can make some differenceC. to learn more skills for developmentD. to ask for more appreciation and love35. Which of the following is the best title of t

32、he passage?A. Nobody Is a Nobody.B. A Hard-working Boy Is Successful.C. We Should Turn Failure into Success.D. One Cannot Succeed without Talents.CFor pet owners, the hundreds of pet food recalls taking place each year has raised a lot of alarm. “Most people are caring pet owners, and they want to do what hel