广东东莞市六校高三上学期联考英语试卷

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The pounding（重击声）was driving Edward crazy. A new neighbor had just moved into the apartment below him. The newcomer was deaf, or seemed to be, because he played his stereoloud enough for the whole building to hear.
On the first day he heard the stereo rocking over, Edward marched downstairs and politely told the newcomer that his stereo was too loud. He asked the new tenant to turn the volume down and keep it down as long as he lived in the building. The tenant appeared surprised and embarrassed, and said, “Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t realize it was that loud.”
So, Edward returned upstairs, feeling good, because he had taken a stand and politely let the newcomer know that loud music was not going to be tolerated. The next day all was quiet, and Edward continued to be pleased with himself. The following day, Edward thought it must be Fourth of July, because a marching band was playing on his street. In fact, it was the new neighbor who was playing his music loud again.
Edward was not one to repeat himself, feeling that each time you repeated yourself, you diminished the value of your words. So, he did what he always did with rude neighbors－grinand bear it. Eventually, they would move away. What else are you going to do?
In Los Angles a year ago, a woman had complained to her upstairs neighbor that he was playing his drums too loud and too often. The drummer repeatedly ignored her. One day the woman walked upstairs and shot the drummer in the head and his girlfriend in the chest. The woman was sentenced to prison for 20 years.
The dead drummer won’t bother anyone with his drums, but the woman might be wishing now that she had learned to grin and bear it. If she were still living in her apartment, she could always move. When you’re in prison, you don’t have that option.
The man living below where Edward lived was                .

What did Edward always do with rude neighbors?

The woman killed her neighbor because                .

The author writes the last paragraph to prove that                .

Picture the scene: You come home after work feeling too exhausted to cook –only to find a delicious meal worthy of a Michelin-starred restaurant waiting for you. It sounds like a fantasy, but it could be about to come true thanks to a robot chef developed by British scientists.
Those scientists have come up with a set of robotic arms so smart that they are capable of cooking meals all by themselves. The device will be sold from as early as 2017 as part of a purpose-built high-tech kitchen.
Scientists at Moley Robotics spent almost 18 years developing the hands. According to its creators, the arms can chop, stir, whisk and baste well enough to recreate almost anything you would care to eat, whether it is a simple home-cooked supper, or a complicated creation designed by a world-class chef. The hands move a little slowly, hovering strangely above the work surface whenever they are not busy, but they imitate human movements closely enough that they can do things such as wiping a spoon on the edge of a pan to prevent drips.
Mr Oleynik, who is leading the project, said, “All the things which are possible with the hand are possible here. There is no limitation. A lot of people want to go to Michelin-starred restaurants, but they are quite expensive and may be quite far from the home. This is an opportunity for people to enjoy very good food, and for a reasonable price. ”
The only cuisine that is off the robot’s menu at the moment is sushi, which requires extremely steady pressure and nimble fingers to make, but the team plan to conquer that as well by the time it goes on sale.
People go to Michelin-starred restaurants in order to______.

What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

Which kind of food CAN’T the robot chef cook at present?

What can we infer from the passage?

Has this happened to you? You’re about to drift off to sleep when suddenly you feel like you’re falling or coming down on a roller coaster.
You then wake up to realize that you’re safe in your bed. You may have been confused or frightened for a second or two and your heart may be beating faster. You may have also felt the muscles in your body jerk(抽搐) when this all happened. Did you ever wonder why?
This falling sensation, together with a body movement known as a “sleep start”, is what doctors and scientists call a myoclonic(肌阵挛的)jerk, and it usually happens right before going into deeper stages of sleep. Here’s why doctors think the falling feeling and myoclonic jerks happen. When you fall asleep, normally your body temperature goes down and your heart start to beat just a little slower. This is because your brain signals your body to relax to prepare for sleep. When your muscles are relaxed, you go into the very first stages of sleep, but you’re not sleeping too deeply yet.
This brain activity may cause your larger muscles to contract(收缩) a little bit. In response, another part of your brain will make up a very quick mini-dream to go along with what is happening. You might think this would take a while, but your brain works so fast that it makes up the story almost at the same instant that your muscles jerk.
During this light sleep, you can be awakened easily. People who wake up during this light sleep believe they haven’t fallen asleep yet. That’s why you may think that your body jerked right before you were about to fall asleep.
Myoclonic jerk are a normal part of sleep. Most people have them at one time or another. But many people don’t realize their muscles are jerking during night sleep if it doesn’t wake them up.
So the next time you dream about falling and wake up in a sweat, don’t worry! Your body is just telling your muscles to relax and get some rest!
People sometimes wake up during a light sleep because______.

What does the underlined part “ what is happening” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

The author thinks myoclonic jerks during sleep are _____.

It can be inferred that myoclonic jerks ________.
A. lead to muscle disease
B. happen in a deep sleep
B. are related to brain disease
D. don’t always wake people up

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Tips for summer reading
Summer holds many of my strongest and most powerful reading memories. I remember sitting under a tree in the backyard as a child, reading Anne of Green Gables as the shadows crossed the grass. I remember sitting in the back seat of the car on a long family road trip, sharing joke books with my brother and sister and laughing until we cried.     I want all kids to enjoy the fun of summer reading, because summer reading has secret power.    __   here are some ways to motivate kids for summer reading.
Make children the curators（管理人）of their reading lives.
Have students set summer reading goals for themselves.         Students can act as “chief curators” of the blog in turn so that over the course of the summer each of them takes on the responsibility of replying to posts and highlighting a popular title.

Taking “curiosity walks” is a fantastic way to bring informational text into a child’s reading list. These walks also provide opportunities for authentic writing. Have children take an inspiration notebook on a class walk outside and write down anything they see that they would like to learn more about.
Make reading more like summer camp.
Let’s combine reading with hands-on activities and make reading more like summer camp. We can take field trips to the library and search the shelves for books on a topic chosen out of a hat.      then they can bring that creation in to share on the first days of school.

E. These memories became important stepping stones in my life.
F. It is important to build and shape a strong reading life during school months.
G. We can ask our students to create something in response to one of the books they’ve read.

完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C, D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
“Paul must have been trying to carry his waste paper to garbage can and dropped a few pieces.” I      , picking them up.     later I found more pieces. No quiet sighing this time. I      ,“Who is throwing garbage?” No answer. Instead, I saw more bits of paper         floating down from upstairs. Looking up, I saw my seven-year-old son, Paul.
“Stop making a mess.” “It’s not a mess. They’re         .” “Sorry, what did you say?” I hadn’t heard him clearly.
He didn’t answer me. Paul has autism (自闭症) and       answers a question, especially when he’s ________ attentively on something else. He ran down the stairs. “Where are my other butterflies?” he asked, ________  around. Every time Paul         five or more words together, my heart says a   ________   of thanks. But lately he seems to ________ that the benefits of forming complete sentences when communicating are ________   of the effort.
Butterflies. Of course. I rushed to ________  them from the garbage,  ________  them off and handed them to my young artist. “Want to see them   ________  again?” he asked with a shy smile. “Oh yes! They’re beautiful.” I whispered. He ran back upstairs to float his   ________  down again. They really did look like beautiful butterflies.
That day Paul   ________   me to look up at ________  instead of down at garbage. How many other masterpieces (杰作) do I miss because I’m too caught up in my  ________  to take time to appreciate what’s right in front of me?  ________   is not what happens to us. It’s how we look at it. Now, I look up.

A．laughed B．sighed C．amazed D．shouted

A．Days B．Years C．Moments D．Weeks

A．called out B．turned up C．got in D．added to

A．angrily B．silently C．loudly D．peacefully

A．planes B．papers C．leaves D．butterflies

A．rarely B．frequently C．willingly D．eagerly

A．devoted B．depended C．focused D．addicted

A．showing B．looking C．playing D．drawing

A．spells B．puts C．pushes D．accumulates

A．sound B．remark C．report D．prayer

A．refuse B．hear C．mind D．realize

A．worthy B．aware C．fond D．typical

A．hide B．destroy C．rescue D．remove

A．tore B．dusted C．cut D．seized

A．throw B．flow C．land D．fly

A．masterpieces B．schoolwork C．inventions D．imagination

A．reminded B．forced C．intended D．permitted

A．mistakes B．weaknesses C．beauty D．scenery

A．amusement B．housework C．communication D．homework

A．Happiness B．Failure C．Success D．Life

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
When I was in elementary school, I always argued with a boy in my class. I have forgotten what the ______ (argue) was about, but I have never forgotten the lesson I learnt that day.
I was convinced that “I” was right and “he” was wrong but he argued that “I” was wrong and “he” was right. The teacher decided to teach us ____ very important lesson. She____ (bring) us up to the front of the class and placed the boy on the side of her desk and me on the other. In the middle of her desk, there was a large ______ round object. She asked the boy what color the object was. “White”, he answered. I couldn’t believe ______he said, because it was _____(obvious) black! Another conflict started ____ him and me, but this time it was about color of the object. The teacher told me to stand in the place _____the boy had been standing. We changed the place and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I had to answer, “White”. It was an object with two differently colored sides. From ____viewpoint it was white, but from my side it was black. Sometimes____ (look) at a problem from the other person’s view, we will come to a totally different conclusion.

短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号()，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Today, my foreign teacher Tim and I went to the People’s park together. We take a taxi and it wasn’t long before we arrived at the park. On seeing the green trees and beautiful flower, Tim couldn’t wait for to take pictures. It was at that moment when we found his camera was missing. He was very worried but searched all over his backpack. Sadly, he just couldn’t find it. Suddenly it struck me that he might have left it in the taxi. So I immediately got touch with the taxi company. About half an hour later, the driver returned a camera. Both of us were gratefully to the driver, and Tim, in particular, insisted on have a photo taken with him. Tim and I enjoyed themselves during the rest of the day.

书面表达
假如你是学生会主席李华，代表学生会向你校积极参加第十四届广东省运动会（the 14^th Games of Guangdong Province）的志愿者同学写一封公开的感谢信，要点包括：
1. 表达感谢；
2. 简述志愿者的付出（时间、精力等）；
3. 赞扬志愿者精神。
注意： 1.词数在100左右。   2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear boys and girls,
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Students’ Union