2013年广州市高三训练题

英 语

2013.5

本试卷共10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2B铅笔在“考生号”处填涂考生号。用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己所在的市、县/区、学校以及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(A)填涂在答题卡相应位置上。

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，答案必须写在答卷纸各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，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。

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。

Some years ago, Houston airport faced a troubling customer-relations issue. Passengers were making a huge number of 1 about the long waits at baggage claim (行李提取处). In response, the airport managers 2 the number of baggage handlers. The plan worked: the average wait fell to eight minutes. But the complaints 3 despite the apparent success.

4 , the managers undertook a more careful, on-site analysis. They found that it took passengers a minute to walk from their 5 gates to baggage claim and seven more minutes to get their bags. Roughly 88 percent of their time, in other words, was spent standing around 6 waiting for their bags.

So the airport decided on a new approach: instead of reducing wait time, it 7 the arrival gates farther away from baggage claim area. Passengers now had to 8 six times longer to get their bags. Complaints dropped to near zero.

This story shows a general 9 : the experience of waiting is defined only partly by the actual length of the wait. Often the psychology of queuing is more 10 than the length of the wait itself. Occupied time (walking to baggage claim) feels 11 than unoccupied time (standing at baggage claim). Research on 12 has shown that, on average, people overestimate how long they’ve waited in a line by about 36 percent.

This is also why one finds mirrors next to lifts. The spread of high-rise buildings after World War II led to complaints about lift 13 . The motive behind the mirrors was 14 to the one used at the Houston airport: give people something to 15 their time, and the wait seems shorter.

1. A. suggestions B. questions C. complaints D. challenges

【答案】C

【解析】suggestions建议；questions问题；complaints抱怨；challenges挑战。根据But the complaints 3 despite the apparent success.可知应选C。

2. A. evaluated B. counted C. decreased D. increased

【答案】D

【解析】evaluate评估；count计算；decrease减少；increase增加。飞机场的管理人员增加了行李管理者的人数，故选D。

3. A. continued B. disappeared C. doubled D. changed

【答案】A

【解析】continue继续；disappear消失；double加倍；change改变。等候的时间下降到了8分钟，但是还是报怨投诉的不断继续，故选A。

4. A. Annoyed B. Puzzled C. Discouraged D. Excited

【答案】B

【解析】annoyed 烦恼的；puzzled困惑的； discouraged气馁的； excited兴奋地。经理感到特别困惑，故选B。

5. A. exit B. landing C. arrival D. departure

【答案】C

【解析】exit出口； landing登陆； arrival到达； departure离开。他们发现，乘客们用一分钟时间从到达口走到行李领取处，故选C。

6. A. uncomfortably B. aimlessly C. hopelessly D. impatiently

【答案】D

【解析】uncomfortably不舒适地； aimlessly漫无目的的； hopelessly绝望地；impatiently 不耐烦地。换句话说，大概他们的88%的时间花在不耐烦地站着等行李上。故选D。

7. A. freed B. sent C. moved D. removed

【答案】C

【解析】free解放；send寄；move移动；remove调动。move可表示位置或场所的变换,如“搬家,挪动,活动(人的某一部位)”等, remove着重于离开或脱离原来的位置、处所、职位、职业等,作一种新的、有时是暂时的安排或改变,多是有意识地移动。所以机场决定采用一个新的方法：不是减少等待时间，而是把到达口移到远离取行李的地方，故选C。

8. A. wait B. walk C. waste D. sit

【答案】B

【解析】wait 等候； walk步行； waste浪费； sit坐。乘客们不得不走比原来六倍多的时间来取行李，这样抱怨声几乎为零，故选B。

9. A. principle B. approach C. belief D. reason

【答案】A

【解析】principle原理，原则； approach方法； belief 信仰； reason理由。这个故事暗示着一个普遍原理：故选A。

10. A. scientific B. interesting C. useful D. important

【答案】D

【解析】scientific科学的； interesting有趣的； useful 有用的； important重要的。排队的心理状态比等待自身的统计数据更重要，故选D。

11. A. slower B. shorter C. more difficult D. more painful

【答案】B

【解析】slower慢的； shorter更短的； more difficult更难的； more painful更痛苦的。领取行李的时间感觉比站在等行李的时间短多了，故选B。

12. A. figures B. baggage C. queuing D. standing

【答案】C

【解析】figures人物； baggage行李； queuing排队； standing站。通过排队等候研究表明，故选C。

13. A. delays B. quality C. safety D. repairs

【答案】A

【解析】delay延迟； quality质量； safety安全； repair修理。二战后高楼的泛滥导致了对电梯延迟的抱怨。故选A。

14. A. devoted B. superior C. familiar D. similar

【答案】D

【解析】devoted献身的； superior优秀的； familiar熟悉的； similar相似的。镜子背后的基本原理和用在休斯顿机场的原理相似，故选D。

15. A. take B. occupy C. use D. value

【答案】B

【解析】take 拿； occupy占据； use用； value评价。给点事让人做，以此来占用他们的时间，然后等待就会感觉变短。故选B。

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。

There was once a small boy who would never get dressed when his parents told him to, 16 would he wear what they wanted him to. He preferred unusual clothes, but above all, he liked taking his time. His parents were always in a rush, and wanted him to be much 17 (quick), but the boy didn't like this, 18 he would slow down even more.

One day, his parents got so angry when he refused to dress, that they told him to go out without any clothes at all. 19 (amuse), the boy followed his parents out of the door. He held a belief 20 nobody could do anything to him.

As the boy stood outside his house with nothing on, waiting for his parents’ car, along came the local pig farmer. The farmer, 21 was almost deaf, had very poor eyesight. Not only that, but also he 22 (forget) his glasses that day. When he saw the boy’s pink skin, he thought it was one of his pigs. Shouting and pushing, the farmer forced 23 into a pig cage.

The boy begged him to stop but the deaf farmer couldn’t hear.

When found by his parents, the terrified boy never again wanted to be mistaken 24 anything other than a human being. Now he’s the first 25 (get) dressed, and always looks neat.

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。

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The future of written English will owe more to Hollywood films than Dickens or Shakespeare, if the findings of a study into children’s writing are anything to go by. Researchers who looked at the entries to a national competition found they were increasingly using American words such as garbage, trash can, sidewalk, candy, sneakers, soda, and flashlight.

The stories, written by pupils aged 7 to 13, show how fairy cakes are referred to as cupcakes and a dinner jacket has become a tuxedo. “Smart” is now often used for “clever” and “cranky” for “irritable”.

Television also has a powerful influence on children’s work, with Lady Gaga and Argentinean footballer Lionel Messi among the famous names from TV cropping up repeatedly.

But pupils are let down by basic spelling, punctuation and grammar, according to the study by Oxford University Press (OUP), which looked at the entries to BBC Radio Two’s “500 Words” competition.

Children struggled to correctly spell simple words such as “does” and “clothes” and often failed to use the past tense correctly, frequently writing “rised” instead of “rose” or “thinked” instead of “thought”.

Researchers also found that punctuation was underused, especially semi-colons and speech marks. Some did not know how to use capital letters. However, exclamation marks were overused. Researchers found 35,171 examples in total, with some young writers using five at a time！

Popular US fiction such as the Twilight novels and films is thought to be fueling the increasing use of American vocabulary and spelling. Meanwhile, fears that texting was corrupting children’s written work were unfounded, they said, with youngsters only using text language when they were referring to a text message.

Samantha Armstrong from OUP said: “Perhaps we are catching a glimpse of the language of the future.” Chris Evans, whose radio show runs the competition, said the results were “fascinating”, adding: “Who’d have thought that Messi and Gaga would be some of the most used names?”

26. According to the passage, which of the following is an example of British English?

A. sneakers B. fairy cakes C. tuxedo D. cranky

【答案】B

【解析】细节理解题。根据Researchers who looked at the entries to a national competition found they were increasingly using American words such as garbage, trash can, sidewalk, candy, sneakers, soda, and flashlight. The stories, written by pupils aged 7 to 13, show how fairy cakes are referred to as cupcakes and a dinner jacket has become a tuxedo. “Smart” is now often used for “clever” and “cranky” for “irritable”.故选B。

27. Which of the following was NOT frequently found in the pupils’ stories?

A. Text message language.

B. A variety of Americanisms.

C. Overuse of exclamation marks.

D. Names of famous TV stars.

【答案】A

【解析】细节理解题。根据Meanwhile, fears that texting was corrupting children’s written work were unfounded, they said, with youngsters only using text language when they were referring to a text message.短信中的语言没有在学生的作业中发现，故选A。

28. What can we infer from the passage?

A. Lionel Messi is now the most famous footballer in Britain.

B. American movies and books are increasingly popular in Britain.

C. The national writing competition is organised by Oxford University Press.

D. Written English is more influenced by classical literature than popular US culture.

【答案】B

【解析】推理判断题。根据Popular US fiction such as the Twilight novels and films is thought to be fueling the increasing use of American vocabulary and spelling.由此可推出美国的电影和小说在英国很受欢迎，故选B。

29. The underlined phrase “unfounded” in Paragraph 7 probably means _________.

A. unbearable B. unnoticeable C. not found D. not based on facts

【答案】D

【解析】词义猜测题。根据they said, with youngsters only using text language when they were referring to a text message.可知“没有根据的”应选D。

30. The passage is intended to _________.

A. show that British children have spellings and grammar abilities

B. share the experience about how to teach written English in a correct way

C. discuss the noticeable changes and evolution of written Engli