2014年茂名市第一次模拟考试英语试题

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2014年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试 (广东卷)

茂名市第一次模拟考试

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。

英 语

本试卷共10页,三大题,满分135分。考试用时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。

My good friend and neighbor is dying. She has 1 more health problems through the years than anyone should have to tolerate. Now as she approaches her 57th birthday she knows that it will 2 be her last. She has started 3 a lot of her things. She has given all of us around her much more than just her things though. She has also given us her friendship, her kindness, and her 4 smile. She has given us her shining spirit that has made all of our lives so much 5 . When a local dog was 6 killed by a bear, my friend welcomed it into her home and nursed it back to 7 . When any of us needed anything she was there doing all that she could with a 8 full of love and a soul full of goodness.

She did all of this too while her health 9 to grow worse and worse. My friend, 10 , is not afraid of death. She has told me several times that she believes it will only be like a brief 11 and then she will awaken in Paradise（天堂）. I am 12 as well that she will fit right in there because she already has a lot of paradise within herself. It is the paradise within her that she has so 13 and beautifully given to us all. We all have a bit of paradise within ourselves. She has shown me that the best way to enjoy that paradise is to 14 it with everyone you meet. I wish my friend only joy in her 15 days here and endless love and life in her coming days in Paradise.

1.A.asked B. battled C. raised D. checked 2.A. probably B. temporarily C. unbelievably D. hardly

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3.A. collecting 4.A.arficifical 5.A. tougher 6.A. nearly 7.A. death 8.A.story 9.A.refused 10.A. however 11.A. report 12.A. sure 13.A. easily 14.A. charge 15.A. terrifying B. purchasing B. bitter B. stranger B. accidentally B. health B.purpose B. stopped B. therefore B. sleep B.doubtful B. bravely B. create B. remaining C. consuming C. cold C. brighter C. suddenly C. happiness C. heart C. intended C. instead C. journey C. afraid C. freely C. provide C. coming D. donating D. joyous D.heavier D. cruelly D. heaven D. friend D. continued D. also D. account D. pleased D. quickly D. share

D. interesting

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。 When I was a child in 1970s, my family was very poor, just like other average families in the countryside. The second-hand clothes, rain-leaking roof of old house became part of 16 memory. However, the worst 17 (impress) is that I was feeling hungry all the time. Sometimes hunger bit me so severely 18 I regarded dried sweet potato slices as delicious snack. At that time, my dream was getting enough to fill my empty stomach. In the early years of 1980s, as the reform and opening-up policy 19 (carry) out, the children dream came true. And then, 20 dream became clearer and clearer in my mind. I must try my best to escape out of my poor and backward hometown. I worked 21 (hard) at my study than most of my classmates, and, after luckily 22 (succeed) in the national college entrance examination, I realized my dream again: after graduation, I became a citizen working in a city. 23 the first college graduate out of a remote village, my success set 24 example for my folks. They came to realize that schooling is a good way to change one’s fate（命运）. In the following years, there were fewer drop-outs and more college graduates in my village, of 25 I am proud even today.

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

A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, 1,100 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

Three minutes went by, and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace, and stopped for a few seconds, and then hurried up to meet his schedule.

A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till without stopping, and continued to walk.

A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked

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at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.

The one who paid the most attention was a 3-year-old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried, but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally, the mother pushed hard, and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.

In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money, but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the most talented musicians in the world. He had just played one of the most beautiful pieces ever written, on a violin worth $3.5 million dollars.

Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100.

This is a real story. Joshua Bell playing in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment.

The outlines were: in a commonplace（普通的） environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we enjoy beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected situation?

One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be: If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?”

26. Few people stopped to listen to Joshua Bell playing because____________. A. people were in a hurry

B. they were not interested in music C. it was too cold in the subway

D. the performance was not good enough

27. When children stopped to look at the violinist, their parents ____________. A. would give him some money B. would stop to enjoy the music C.would applaud for the performance D. would urge them to continue walking

28. Which of the following is true about Joshua Bell’s performance? A. Nobody gave him money B. Nobody recognized him. C.Nobody appreciated it D. Nobody organized it

29.Joshua Bell played in the metro station in order to ____________. A. make more money

B. practice his skills in playing music C. made an advertisement for his concert

D. find out people’s reaction under such a circumstance 30. The purpose of the passage is to _________.

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A．set us to think about our life B．show us how to play music C．tell us the importance of music D．report a subway performance

B

Kids undergo a large amount of pressure and stress during their school exams, which can often become quite overwhelming for them. It may be the first experience of stress, at this level, they have ever experienced and therefore quite frightening. Yes, you may say that it's all a part of growing up and therefore good lessons for them to learn, and to an extent I agree with you. However, it’s important to learn how to prepare for life’s challenges so that they aren’t overwhelming or scary and so that we are able to manage them the best we can.

Here are some tips you can use during your kids exam time.

Break their revision plan down into small parts. Doing this will help transform what once seemed like a huge impossible task into a more manageable one.

Help them arrange properly so that the subjects they like the least (perhaps ones that require more time and effort) are worked on first; once they are out of the way, it will help reduce the worry.

Plan week on week to make sure they are on track. Ticking items of a list each week will help them to feel good about themselves and their progress.

Create rewards for all the ticks - a favourite TV programme, a delicious snack, an hour’s surfing the Internet, computer games or whatever it was that they enjoy the most. This will encourage them to carry on and make them feel good.

Think of strategies on how to deal with exams calmly so their anxieties don't get the better of them. Talk about times in their lives when they had been successful at something and look at the qualities they used to get them there - determination, persistence, hard work, patience, positivity, dedication - discuss how they can apply these skills to their exams.

Acknowledge that if they do their best that is good enough

Ensure they realize that this period in their lives will pass and that exams are only a temporary time in their lives; nothing can and does last forever.

Ensure they keep their eye on the prize: enjoying their long summer holiday when the exams are finished; giving them something to look forward to will help to motivate them and provide a positive end in sight.

31. According to paragraph 1, it’s important to learn how to prepare for exams because___. A. it is a part of growing up.

B. It is the first experience of stress

C. it helps kid release stress and do better. D. it is important to get a good mark in exams. 32. Which subjects should be worked on first? A.Their best ones.

B. Their favourite ones. C. the easiest ones

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D. the most difficult ones

33. The underlined expression get the better of in Paragraph 7 is closest in meaning to ______.

A. defeat B. worry C. keep sb. calm D. make sb. feel better 34. According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A.Kid should become aware of the importance of exams.

B.Kids should learn to deal with exam pressure independently. C.Parents should keep their kids away from entertainment.

D.Parents should care about the psychological development of children. 35. Who are the intended readers of the passage? A. Kids. B. Parents. C. Educators.

D. People in general.

C

The rise in smartphones（智能手机）among young people may be having a direct effect on how successful they become as adults.

Research from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has discovered the average university student checks their phones 11 times per lesson, and more than 80 per cent believe this tech addiction is interfering with their learning.

A quarter of students across five U.S states also blamed poor grades in exams specifically on the fact they used mobile devices（设备） when they should have been concentrating and revising - and these grades could determine the jobs they end up going into.

Barney McCoy, an associate professor of broadcasting at the university, surveyed 777 students at six universities across five states about how they used digital devices in the classroom.

The students were from UNL and the University of Nebraska at Omaha in Nebraska, Morningside College in Iowa, the University of North Carolina, the University of Kansas and the University of Mississippi.

Around two thirds said they used phones, tablets and laptops for “non-classroom purposes” up to ten times during a typical university day, while 15 per cent admitted this figure was closer to 30 times.

Among the top reasons why students checked their devices so regularly were staying connected and fighting boredom, at 55 per cent. Less than half said the devices were used for classwork.

Texting was the most popular distraction（注意力分散） technique at 86 per cent, while 68 per cent said they used their phones to check personal emails. Two thirds used social networks, 38 per cent surfed the web and eight per cent admitted to playing games when they should have been studying.

Despite eight out of ten students admitting their devices were distracting, fewer than five per cent considered it to be a “very big” distraction.

“I don’t think students necessarily think it’s a big problem,” said McCoy said. “They think it’s part of their lives.”

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