广东省揭阳市高三下学期第一次模拟考试

第一节 完形填空 (共10小题; 每小题2分, 满分20分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-30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。
Richard Rice, a fast-talking man paced up and down in front of the freshmen debate class, telling us about his high expectations. We were special, he declared on our first day at Oak Park High School. But there would be no   21  to success. Only those who worked hard would shine.
Suddenly Mr. Rice   22  in mid-sentence and looked at me. “You know,” he said “you’re black!” Somehow, I knew he wasn’t trying to hurt me.
Mr. Rice was no   23  teacher. I entered high school not even quite sure what debate was. I left his class four years later as an outstanding debater. Even today, I am not sure what   24  such a great teacher of him. He always said whatever he was thinking. And he was   25 . He would march out of the classroom   26  if he thought a student was giving less than his effort. The worse thing with us was to be taken no notice of. Instead, being torn apart by Mr. Rice in the middle of a practice debate meant you were one of his favorites.
He wasn’t always   27  on us. I’ll never forget the National Student Debate, at which my calm delivery and my firm grasp of the problems disappeared. The only face I could make out in the audience was Mr. Rice’ s face. I could   28  I was doing terrible just by looking at him. After it was over, he came over to me. “Not my best   29 ,” I said. He shook his head, “No.” Then, to my surprise, he gave me a hug.
Mr. Rice’s style didn’t make him a great teacher for everyone. Many kids   30   out of the debate class after the first year. But for me four years with him was my unforgettable experience.
21. A. manners              B. methods                   C. shortcuts                  D. steps
22. A. rose                    B. paused                            C. shook                       D. turned
23. A. average               B. excellent                  C. special                            D. usual
24. A. developed           B. made                       C. got                          D. became
25. A. demanding          B. careful                            C. easygoing                 D. gentle
26. A. hopelessly           B. surprisingly                     C. angrily                            D. vitally
27. A. strict                  B. cruel                        C. impatient                  D. hard
28. A. speak                  B. tell                          C. talk                          D. recognize
29. A. speech            B. argument                  C. performance             D. behavior
30. A. got                            B. ran                          C. turned                      D. dropped

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31-40的相应位置上。
Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy. Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and have more respectable jobs. But in the executive(主管的) circle,   31  can become a disadvantage.
While attractiveness is a positive factor for a man on his way up the executive ladder, it is   32 
(harm) to a woman. Handsome male executives are considered having more honesty than plainer men; effort and ability usually lead  33 their success. Attractive female executives are considered to have less honesty than unattractive  34 ；people do not connect their success with ability   35 with factors such as luck. All unattractive women executives are thought to have more honesty and to be more capable than the attractive female executives. However, interestingly, the rise of the unattractive overnight successes  36 (connect) more to personal relationships and less to ability.
Attractive women are not thought to be able. This is true even in politics. Anne Bowman, a writer,
  37 recently made a study, asked 125 undergraduate students to rank two groups of photographs, one of men and one of women, in order of attractiveness. And then the students were told the photographs were of candidates for political offices. They were asked to rank them again, in the order they would vote  38 them. The results showed that attractive males  39 (complete) defeated unattractive men, but the women   40 (rank) most attractive by the students unchangeably received the fewest votes.

Ⅲ 阅读（共两节，满分30分）  
第一节：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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。
Like other student athletes, Ray Ray McElrathbey deals with schoolwork, practice and games. But after a long day of studying and working out on the football field, the Clemson University player can’t relax with friends. Ray Ray has to make sure his 11-year-old brother, Fahmarr, gets a good dinner, does his homework and goes to bed.
Since taking responsibility for Fahmarr this August, “I’ve aged dramatically, ” said Ray Ray. “I can’t be running around at all hours, making 19-year-old decisions.” Ray Ray has temporary custody (监护权) of Fahamrr. Their mother struggles with drug addiction, and they are not in touch with their dad. Ray Ray didn’t want to see his brother go into foster care(收养), where both of them have spent time. The brothers now live together in an apartment near the campus in Clemson, South Carolina.
Clemson Tigers fans aren’t the only people rooting for Ray Ray. Sports Illustrated, ESPN and ABC News have featured the story of the brothers. They have received praise and many offers of help, but Ray Ray attends the university and arrange their life on a scholarship. Under the rules, he can’t accept money or gifts. Coaches’ family members can’t even give Fahmarr a ride home from school.
This changed a few weeks ago, when the National Collegiate Athletic Association allowed Clemson to set up a trust fund for Fahmarr. It will help provide for his basic needs, including food and clothing. However, the brothers can give each other something that all the money in the world can’t buy. Ray Ray says he hopes to instill in Fahmarr qualities of “strength and intelligence”. He says having his brother around is “a great thing, knowing he will grow up right.”
41．What would be the best title for the passage?
A．Ray Ray McElrathbey Works Hard at College
B．Ray Ray McElrathbey Loves His Brother
C．Parents Fail to Raise Their Children
D．College Football Player Plays Parents’ Role
42．Ray Ray and his brother mainly live on_____.
A．foster care              B．money or gifts from others 
C．a scholarship             D．his coaches’ families
43．The underlined phrase “rooting for ”in Paragraph 3 can be best explained as _______.
A．supporting         B．praising          C．admiring       D．exciting
44．It can be inferred from the passage that ______.
A．Ray Ray must be the best player on his team
B．like his brother, Ray Ray has had little care from their parents
C．Clemson University will raise money for Ray Ray and his brother
D．Ray Ray’s brother do well at school
45．Which of the following is True according to the passage?
A．Ray Ray has few friends to relax with.
B．Ray Ray knows where his father is.
C．Ray Ray’s mother suffered from cancer and depends on drugs.
D．Ray Ray is proud to support his brother.

Like all animal species, plant species must spread their offspring to suitable areas where they can grow and pass on their parents’ genes. Young animals generally spread by walking or flying. Because plants don’t have that ability, they must somehow hitchhike(搭车). Some plant seeds scatter by blowing in the wind or floating on water. Many other plant species, though, trick an animal into carrying their seeds. How do they do this? They enclose the seeds within a tasty fruit and advertise the fruit’s ripeness by its colour or smell. The hungry animal collects and swallows the fruit, walks or flies off, and later spits out the seeds somewhere far from its parent tree. Seeds can thereby be carried for thousands of miles. It may surprise you to learn that plant seeds can resist digestion. In fact, some seeds actually require passage through an animal’s body before they can grow.
Wild strawberries offer a good example of hitchhiking tactics. When strawberry seeds are still young and not yet ready to be planted, the surrounding fruit is green, sour and hard. When the seeds finally mature, the berries turn red, sweet, and tender. The change in the berries’ colour serves as a signal to birds which then eat the strawberries, fly off, and eventually spit out the seeds.
Naturally, strawberry plants didn’t set out with a conscious intention of attracting birds only when their seeds were ready to be dispersed. Nor did birds set out with the intent of planting strawberries. Rather, strawberry plants evolved through natural selection. The sweeter and redder the final strawberry, the more birds spread its ripe seeds; the greener and more sour the young strawberry, the fewer birds destroyed the seeds by eating berries before the seeds were ready.
46．What does the underlined word “dispersed” in the third paragraph mean?
A．spread                               B．eaten        
C．born                                  D．planted
47．For plants, which of the following is NOT a way of spreading their offspring to suitable areas?
A．Hitchhiking.                           B．Blowing in the wind.  
C．Floating on water.                     D．Tracking an animal.
48．Which strategy does the example of wild strawberries describe?
A．The conscious intent of attracting birds.     B．Spreading by walking.
C．Spreading by flying.                   D．The strategy of taking a lift.
49．Why does the author describe how strawberry seeds are spread?
A．To show plants are good at adapting to the environment. .
B．To show strawberry’s special way.
C．To show the plant has different ways of spreading seeds.
D．To show the mystery of plant.
50．What’s the passage mainly about?
A．How animals disperse offspring.          B．How plants disperse their offspring.
C．Plant evolution.                       D．Plants’ hitchhiking on animals.

It has been more than twenty years since pioneering British computer programmer, Sir Tim Berners Lee, created the World Wide Web. But could he have ever imagined how much the web would change our lives? And would he approve of how some British students are taking advantage of his invention?
Universities and exam boards around the UK are becoming increasingly concerned with the rising number of cases of plagiarism, many of which are facilitated (助长) by the Internet access.
In the UK most school and university students complete coursework throughout the academic year which contributes toward their final mark. In many cases coursework makes up the main part of the qualification. Since coursework is completed in the students’ own time it cannot be monitored by teachers in the same way as an exam.
Derec Stockley, director of examinations in the UK, explains, “Plagiarism affects coursework more than anything else, and in the cases that come to our attention, more and more are linked to the Internet.”
At a university level recent reports suggest that plagiarism has evolved from separate cases of individual cheating to systematic and even commercial operation. Students can now pay for bespoke essays to be written for them by experts.
It is estimated that the market in online plagiarism is now worth 200 million pounds a year. Every month more and more websites offering to write student’s essays for them appear on the Internet.
Barclay Littlewood, owner of Degree Essays UK employs 3,500 specialist writers and charges between 120 pounds and 4,000 pounds per essay. However, Mr. Littlewood refutes the accusation that he is helping students to cheat.
51．What dose the underlined word “plagiarism” in Paragrha 2 mean in the passage?
A．cheating    B．problems of the Internet    C．learning pressure    D．coursework
52．Which of the following statements is mentioned by the author?
A．With the help of online plagiarism, students can write more creative coursework.
B．There will be no problem if online plagiarism is a systematic and commercial operation.
C．The Internet seems to have contributed much to the problem of online plagiarism.
D．Teachers should lay more emphasis on exams than coursework.
53．It can be inferred from the text that the author seems to _____.
A．blame Sir Tim Berners Lee for having created the World Wide Web
B．worry about the quality of students’ coursework influenced by the World Wide Web
C．be in favour of Littlewood’s defence against the accusation of him
D．have studied the problem of online plagiarism for nearly 20 years
54．Who should be blamed for online plagiarism?
A．Barclay Littlewood.   B．Sir Tim Berners Lee.   C．Derec Stockley.   D．Nobody.
55．The paragraph following the passage will most probably be about_____.
A．the author’s opinions of Mr. Littlewood
B．different people’s opinions on plagiarism
C．how students use the website of Mr. Littlewood
D．Mr. Littlewood’s defence against those who accused him of his website

第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
请阅读下列应用文和相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。
首先请阅读下列商品信息：
A．WEBKINZ—Lion
Price: $6.99
Discover a virtual world with Webkinz pets. Webkinz animals come with a special Internet code so your child can interact with it online. The code lets you enter Webkinz World and bring your pet to life. Pet owners can name it, make it a home and even play games. Lion measures 10. Not recommended for children under 3.
B．Mattel Barbie As The Island Princess
Price:$ 19.99
In the upcoming DVD release, Barbie as The Island Princess, Barbie plays a special role as Princess Rosella. This beautiful doll comes to life as she sings two of her favorite songs from the movie and her dress transforms as “peacock feathers” fan out at the back of the dress when manually lifted. She also comes with Sagi, her loyal animal friend, and a pretty hairbrush to get her ready for the ball!
C．Hasbro Playskool Busy Ball Popper
Price: $18.88
Get ready for some popping’, dropping’ air-powered fun. Drop the five colourful balls onto the track. Watch them pop out of the top, roll down, then pop out all over again. Sometimes the ball spill over for even more interactive, put-and-take play. Silly sound effects and eight upbeat tunes accompany the animated action. This toy provides one “air-amazing” experience for your little one.
D．Learning Resources Inflatable Solar System Set
Price: $30.48
Explore your universe with this inflatable classroom set. Teach size and distance relationships of the planets, the moon and the sun. Learn rotation, revolution and orbit through class activities or demonstrations using this realistic looking set. Includes 36-inch sun, plus planets and moon in proportionate size from 8 inches to 22 inches. Also includes a foot pump, Teacher’s Activity Guide and hooks for easy hanging. Deflates easily for storage.
E. GROW-A-FROG
Price: $18.95
Watching a creature grow from birth to maturity is a special science lesson that most urban children seldom experience. The Grow A Frog kit comes with a see-through 3.5-by-4.5-inch plastic aquarium, a small bag of tadpole food and another of nutria-rocks, a piece of fake seaweed, and a detailed handbook with directions. Send in the mail-ready card and within a few weeks your child will receive a special tadpole grown in a Florida lab. It will bring fun for the whole family.
F. Leapfrog Leapster Learning Game System.
Price: $99.95
The Leapster Handheld Learning System teaches your child by playing with it! With one interactive system, children will educate themselves through action-packed learning games for reading, math, critical and creative thinking, story comprehension, vocabulary, and much more! Backlit screen for easy viewing. Headphone jack for quiet play.
下面是一些顾客的信息，请为他们选择相应的商品。
56．Thomas and his wife are both very busy with their jobs. They are worried about their son’s study
who is in Grade 1 now. They want to send him a present that can help him with his study while playing.
57．G. McCarthy wants to buy a present for her friend’s 12-month-old daughter. She’s learning to walk now and something colorful and funny may encourage her to walk more.
58．Martin has a six-year-old daughter and she is looking for a gift for her. Her daughter loves all the Barbie movies.
59．Rebecca wants to choose a Christmas present for her frog-loving 7-year-old boy. It will be great to find something that is fun and educational for the whole family and also provide a new pet for him.
60．D. Gulkis has a ten-year-old son. He wants to buy him a birthday present that will make nice decorations and will excite a child interested in astronomy.

IV 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节：基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）
中国民工学校状况越来越受到人们的关注，假设你是李华，你和你的同学共同对你所在的城市的民工学校进行了调查。了解情况之后你写信给英语周报，呼吁全社会关注民工学校，帮助民工子弟。
[写作内容]：

[写作要求]：
1、只能使用5个句子表达所有 写作内容，信的开头与结尾已经给出，不计入句子个数。
2、文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
[参考词汇]：民工学校：migrant school
Dear Editor，
Recently, my classmates and I made a survey about the migrant schools in our city. Problems do exist.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua              
[评分标准]：句子结构准确、信息内容完整、篇章结构连贯。

第二节：读写任务(共1小题，满分25分)
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
Reading is a pleasure of the mind, which means that it is a little like a sport: your eagerness and knowledge and quickness make you a good reader. Reading is fun, not because the writer is telling you something, but because it makes your mind work. Your own imagination works along with the author’s or even goes beyond his. Your experience, compared with his, brings you to the same or different conclusions, and your ideas develop, as you understand his.
Reading can only be fun if you expect it to be. If you concentrate on books somebody make you read, you probably won’t have fun. But if you put down a book you don’t like and try another till you find one that means something to you, and then relax with it, you will almost have a good time and if you become, as a result of reading, better, wiser, kinder, or more gentle, you won’t have suffered during the process.
Unfortunately, with TV broadcasting 24 hours a day, many people have lost interest in reading. Whenever they are free and have some leisure time, they turn on the TV and watch whatever is on. It’s a pity that children today have far less interest in books than a TV set.
[写作内容]：
1、以约30个词概括短文的要点；
2、然后以约120个词就“Reading or Watching ?”为主题写一篇短文，至少包括以下的内容要点：
1）你认为阅读有什么好处？为什么？        2）你怎么看待电视节目？
[写作要求]：
1、短文可以使用自己的亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的篇章结构，组织文章，但不得直接引用阅读材料中的句子；
2、文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
[评分标准]：概括准确、语言规范、内容合适、篇章连贯。