潮州二模英语试题文档格式.docx

1、 每小题2分, 满分30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意然后从115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。 Last weekend, my kids along with few other kids from the neighborhood volunteered to help me wash my carMy 10-year-old daughter came up with the idea of 1 other peoples cars as wellIt was pretty 2 outside and I had no plans tocontin

2、ue being in the bright sunShefurther wanted to give lemonade to passers-by for freeI had seen little kidsserve and sell fresh lemonade for a small cost but not freeAlthough I felt 3 , I decided to help her Then she asked me, “What if wemake this a smile car wash?” I couldnt hold back my tears and 4

3、her and the other kids to go outside the house and come up with 5 ideasWhile I kept myself busy in drying the car, they walked up to me with a（n） 6 with beautiful images of smilesThey had “Free Car Wash” written on it and the 7 of their exercise was “smile”It was pretty neat to see a team of kids ra

4、nging 5-11 years with the 8 to do something for others All that seemed 9 and came right from their heartNothing seemed to 10 to them: their playtime, the heat outsidethey just wanted to 11 others and do something nice in the community! I helped them make some fresh lemonade and brought out some addi

5、tional 12 to help clean carsPassers-by were 13 and one even shouted back to them saying “God Bless You, my kids” One of them even tried giving them 5 dollars, which they refusedA pretty heartwarming 14 ! I feel blessed by being 15 by such wonderful and loving souls1Adrying Bwashing Crepairing Ddecor

6、ating2Awarm Bhot Ccold Dcool3Aworried Bpopular Cconfused Ddifficult4Achallenged Bexpected Cinvited Dencouraged5Acreative Bready Cdifficult Dfamiliar6Apicture Bidea Cboard Dcar7Atheme Btrouble Csecret Dpurpose8Aorder Bduty Cimagination Dneed9Aimportant Bdisappointing Chopeful Dnatural10Amatter Bmean

7、Cbelong Drefer11Arelax Btry Chelp Dsmile12Arags Bfood Cmoney Dfruit13Ainterested Bbored Camazed Dfrightened14Ascenery Bscene Cstory Dview 15Asupported Bunderstood Crefused Dsurrounded第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分l5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。A baby i

8、s 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） scene

9、s 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 overprot

10、ective 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.

11、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. huggingII 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。AIf you were walking around a superm

12、arket and saw a woman with a shaved head, a ring through her nose, a tattoo（纹身）design on her arm and she has a small child in her shoppingtrolley, what would your opinion be? Do you think this kind of body decoration is attractive or ugly? Different people have different ideas. The following are som

13、e examples of body decoration from around the world.In many parts ofAfrica, it is thought that an attractive girl should have really shinny skin.On Bali, a little island inIndonesia, they believe that a beautiful woman or handsome man must have perfectly straight, flat teeth. The Balinese believe th

14、at teeth with pointed edges make you look like an ugly wild animal. So when a girl or boy becomes a teenager, he or she is taken to a special person in their village who will file off teeth points to make them smooth and flat. There is no anesthetic（麻药）and this tooth filing is really painful. It is

15、a kind of test. If you can stand it without screaming or crying too much, then you are thought ready to become an adult.InMyanmar, there is a small group of people who are called the “Papaung”. They believe that a woman can only be really beautiful if she has a long neck. I mean a VERY long neck. No

16、w you might think that you are either born with a long or short neck and that theres nothing whatever you can do about it. But you would be wrong! At around the age of 5, a Papaung girl has heavy metal rings fitted around her neck, tightly between the chin and shoulders. Each year more rings are add

17、ed and very, very slowly their weight pushes the shoulders down, in this way making the neck look longer. A Papaung woman will wear her neck rings all her life, never once taking them off.So now Im sure you will all agree that different people have different ideas about what is beautiful.26. What is

18、 mainly talked about in paragraph one?A. Womens design. B. Beautiful body decoration.C. Body decoration. D. Attractive decoration.27. What does the underlined word “trolley” mean?A. schoolbagB. luggage C. basket D. shopping cart28. OnBali, it is believed that _.A. a person with straight, flat teeth

19、looks uglyB. a person with sharp teeth looks uglyC. a teenagers teeth points must be filed off with anestheticD. no one will scream or cry when having his teeth points filed off29. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Many people think that a woman with a ring through nose is neither attractive nor

20、 ugly. B. Most African people think that a girl with shinny skin is beautiful.C. It is thought that a beautiful woman should have straight, flat teeth onBali.D. Some people think it beautiful that a woman has a long neck inMyanmar.30. What is the best title of the passage?A. Different ideas about be

21、autiful.B. Body Decoration. C. Who is a beautiful woman?D. What is beautiful?B A few months ago as I wandered through my parents house, the same house I grew up in, I had a sudden, scary realization. When my parents bought the house, in 1982, they were only two years older than I am now. I tried to

22、imagine myself in two years, ready to settle down and buy the house Id still be living in almost 30 years later. It seemed ridiculous. On a practical level, theres no way I could afford to buy a house anytime soon. More importantly, I wouldnt want to. Im not sure where Ill be living in two years, or

23、 what kind of job Ill have. And I dont think Ill be ready to settle down and stay in one place. So this is probably the generation gap that divides my friends and me from our parents. When our parents were our age, theyd gotten their education, chosen a career, and were starting to settle into respo

24、nsible adult lives. My friends and I “Generation Y” still arent sure what we want to do with our lives. Whatever we end up doing, we want to make sure were happy doing it. Wed rather take risks first, try out different jobs, and move from one city to another until we find our favorite place. Wed rat

25、her spend our money on travel than put it in a savings account. This casual attitude toward responsibility has caused some critics to call my generation “arrogant”, “impatient”, and “overprotected”. Some of these complaints have a point. As children we were encouraged to succeed in school, but also

26、to have fun. We grew up in a world full of technological innovation: cell phones, the Internet, instant messaging, and video games. Our parents looked to rise vertically（垂直的）-starting at the bottom of the ladder and slowly making their way to the top, on the same track, often for the same company. T

27、hat doesnt apply to my generation. Because of that, it may take us longer than our parents to arrive at responsible, stable adulthood. But thats not necessarily a bad thing. In our desire to find satisfaction, we will work harder, strive for ways to keep life interesting, and gain a broader set of e

28、xperiences and knowledge than our parents generation did. By Ariel Lewiton31. When the author walked through her parents house, she _. A. was frightened that she had no idea what she wanted from life B. realized she should buy a house. C. started to think about her own life D. wondered why her paren

29、ts had settled down early32. What is the main “generation gap” between the author and her friends and their parents according to the article? A. Their attitude toward high technology. B. Their attitude towards responsibility. C. Their ways of making their way to the top. D. Their ways of gaining exp

30、erience.33. Which of the following might the author agree with? A. Its ridiculous to call her generation “arrogant”. B. Its better to take adult responsibility earlier. C. It involves too much effort to rise vertically. D. Its all right to try more before settling down.34. What can we conclude from the article? A. The author wrote this article so that others would be able to understand her generation better.