高考原创英语预测卷 03（广东卷）

Life became hard when I was 14. My mother and I moved to New York to join my father, who’d moved there to find  better-paying work when I was three years old. He had a      at a restaurant and only visited us once every couple of years.
Before I moved, I knew that people in the US spoke English. But     , I didn’t stop to analyze the situation when I was      to leave . Just like I assumed I could easily become a doctor or a lawyer. I assumed that I had the skills to learn       in a few weeks.
When I             in the US and started 8^th grade at Ditmas Middle School in Brooklyn, everyone was        a(n) foreign language I couldn’t understand. I       that life had subtitles（字幕）, like in foreign movies.
      was such a serious place here. Sometimes I felt like I was in a geek（呆子） class. The teachers were always watching  my moves so I couldn’t even throw a paper ball at a classmate’s head. And the      thing was having to read newspaper.
But after almost seven months of        about everything, I realized that complaining didn’t change things. It just made my life worse. If I was going to        in this new concrete jungle, I had to  adapt. I began to learn English by reading newspaperson my own after       . After about four months, I started enjoying reading the crime and sports stories. After six months of studying, my teachers notice my      and moved me into a more modern English class. I could go to the storeand ask for things that I wanted to buy     any frustration. For the first time I felt like I was living on earth again because I didn’t hear     talk. I could understand people.

A．work B．friend C．job D．cook.

A．luckily B．eventually C．gradually D． honestly

A．attempting B．packing C．managing D．trying

A．English B．German C．French D．Chinese

A．got B．reached C． arrived D．entered

A．talking B．speaking C．telling D．saying

A．wished B．hoped C．expected D．wanted

A．Restaurant B．Home C．Hospital D．School

A．happiest B．strange C．worst D．most

A．complaining B．quarreling C．fighting D．discussing

A．live B．study C．survive D．continue

A．school B．work C．graduation D．meals

A．mistakes B．accent C．embarrassment D．progress

A．for B．without C．with D．in

A．foreign B．similar C．familiar D．native

语法填空 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
Long-Lost Lander Found on Mars
Christmas 2003 was bittersweet for Mars scientists. Because one gift they       (desperate)wanted never arrived: The British-built spacecraft Beagle 2     (schedule)to land on the Red Planet, radio home the good news and begin a search for life. Instead, mission     (control) heard nothing. They finally declared the Beagle 2 lost after months of silence. Many space scientists thought       crash-landed or broke up in the thin Martian atmosphere.
But now Beagle 2’s final resting place has been found. New images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter showed the spacecraft in its     (intend) landing region, an enormous impact basin near the Martian equator.
By now, investigators    (gather) enough information to piece together      probably went wrong: the probe’s solar panels seem to have only partially spread out, throttling（限制） Beagle 2’s power       preventing it from phoning home. Without contact with mission control, the probe could not perform any science .
However, the lander appears      (damage) and in good condition, and the remains of a parachute and an atmospheric-entry cover lie hundreds of meters away. Beagle 2 may now be considered a partial success,    (deliver) the United Kingdom a very late Christmas gift: the nation’s first soft landing on another planet.

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
Can you believe everything that you read? It seems as if every day, some new articles come out about a new discovery about this or that. For example, water is bad for you, or good for you. The answer depends on which scientific study has just come out. People cannot decide which food items are healthy, how pyramids were constructed, and why dinosaurs disappeared. When we look for answers we sometimes can believe persuasive researches and scientists. But how trustworthy are they really? Here are two examples of scientific hoaxes.
As far back as 1726, Johann Beringer was fooled by his fellow scientists into thinking he had made an amazing discovery. The fossils of spiders, lizards, and even birds with the name of God written on them in Hebrew were unlike anything that had been found before. He wrote several papers on them and was famous for those only to have it revealed that they were planted by jealous colleagues to ruin his reputation.
When an early human being was discovered in 1912, scientists at this time were wild with excitement over the meaning it had for the theory of evolution. There were hundreds of papers about this Piltdown man over the next fifty years until it was finally discovered to be a complex hoax. The skull (头骨) of a man had been mixed with the jawbone of an orangutan (猩猩) to make the ape (猿) man.
The next time you read the exciting new findings of a study of the best scientist, do not automatically assume that it is true. Even qualified people can get it wrong. While we certainly should not ignore scientific research, we do need to take it with a grain of salt. Just because it is accepted as the truth today does not mean it will still be trustworthy tomorrow.
What is the main idea of the passage?

What does the underlined word “ hoaxes” mean?

From the second paragraph we can know______.

According to the passage ,the discovery of Piltdown man______.

From the last paragraph we can infer the author thinks_____.

B
Ceaseless technology. A punishing workweek. That to –do list that keeps multiplying. It is no wonder many of us find it difficult to have a sufficient amount of sleep. But will sleeping more on the weekend make up for hours of lost snoozing (小睡)? One sleep expert, W. Christopher Winter raised the question.
Sleeping binge
Getting eight hours of shut-eye each night is generally recommended, but many people don’t. As the week rolls from Monday to Friday, they accumulate a sleep debt. Spending a few extra hours in bed on a Saturday morning, people assume, will help them “ catch up” on lost sleep. They’re likely right, “ Nobody knows how long the horizon is, probably a few nights, but studies show that recovery sleep in the short term does work,” says Dr. Winter, a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
Sleep banking
Recent data suggests that banking sleep in advance of a long night can actually offset (补偿) upcoming sleep deprivation. If you knew you were going to have to stay up all night on a particular day, for example, you could sleep for 10 hours a day for multiple days before the event, and be fine, Dr. Winter says. Just plan ahead.
Routine naps
A scheduled nap is healthier than catching up on or banking sleep. “ Because sleep extension can make you feel groggy (昏昏沉沉), I always recommend a short nap (if a person feels they need it ), at the same time, every day,” says Dr. Winter. He adds that 25 minutes is ideal. “ When you schedule a short nap, your body anticipates it and slows down, without falling into a deep dream sleep,” he says. That refreshing, scheduled break is better than an occasional weekend lie-in. “ The body likes routine,” he says, “ When it’s prepared, it works more efficiently.”
What is the topic of this passage?

Why do people accumulate a sleep debt during the week?

Which is the recommended way to keep healthy ?

what is the meaning of the underlined word “deprivation”.

Which is right according to the passage?

C
The spread of Western eating habits around the world is bad for human health and the environment. Those findings come from a new report in the journal Nature.
There are ways to solve this diet-health-environment problem. But they will require a change in eating habits. And what we eat can be a product of culture, personal taste, price and ease.
David Tilman , a professor of ecology, examined information from 100 countries to identify what people ate and how diet affected health and found as nations industrialized, population increased and earnings rose, more people began to adopt what has been called the Western diet.
The Western diet is high in refined or processed sugar, fat, oil and meat. By eating these foods, people began to get fatter -- and sicker.
David Tillman says overweight people are at greater risk for non-infectious diseases like diabetes, heart disease and some cancers.
Unfortunately when people become industrialized, if they adopt this Western diet, they are going to have these same health impacts, and in some cases if you are Asian, you have them more seriously than what happens in the West."
China, he says, is an example where the number of diabetes cases has jumped. And that’s happening all across the world, in Mexico, Nigeria and so on.
A diet bad for human beings is also bad for the environment. As the world's population grows, experts say more forests will become farmland for crops or grasslands for grazing cattle.
"We are likely to have more greenhouse gas released in the future from agriculture because of this dietary shift than all the greenhouse gas that comes out of cars, airplanes, boats and ships. So our change in diet is likely to be worse for the world for climate warming than all the transportation sources we use right now."
He says one possible solution is leaving the Western diet behind.
What is the main idea of the passage?

Why do more and more people eat Western diet?

According to the passage, what is good for our environment?

In which section of a newspaper can you find this passage?

Which statement is true?

D
Amazon is taking a leap into movie production, planning to fund a dozen original feature films each year, and to compress the time it takes to move them from theatres to viewers’ homes.
The first film projects are expected to begin production at Amazon Studios later this year, and to make their first public appearance in U.S. theatres. But Amazon plans to push them to its Prime Instant Video subscription service as little as 30 to 60 days later.
The long-standing timeline for movie releases is already under pressure, and Amazon’s latest move is another step toward collapsing it to satisfy increasingly impatient audiences. But where competitor Netflix Inc. has sought to do away with wait times entirely.
When Netflix promised last October to commission a sequel to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and to release it on its streaming site the same day when it would open in theatres in the fall of 2015, cinema owners refused. “We believe the theatrical window is an important part of the overall movie sales cycle,” a spokesperson for theatre chain said.
Paul, a senior media analyst, expects many of Amazon’s original movies will have the feel of independent films with their more challenging subject matter, often made for $10-million or less. The goal isn’t to go toe to toe with “the big blockbuster machine,” with their $100-million-plus production budgets.“I don’t see this as laying down the gauntlet,” Mr. Dergarabedian said. “It’s a strategy of co-existence.”
Prime Instant Video offers online access to a wide array of films and television shows for $99 (U.S.) a year. But it is not currently available in Canada, unless viewers use a virtual private network to disguise their location.
The new company, Amazon Original Movies, will be led by Ted Hope, an American independent filmmaker.
“Audiences already recognize Amazon has raised the bar with productions in the episodic realm, coping with bold material in unique ways and teaming with top talent, both established and emerging,” Mr. Hope said.
Why does Amazon begin to make original feature films?

The original films that Amazon release _______.

From the passage we can infer the theatre _______.

What does the underlined word “compress” mean?

What can be the best title?

第二节 信息匹配 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
阅读下列应用文及相关信息，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，阅读下面六种舞蹈介绍：

阅读以下有关人员的信息，然后为他或她选择合适的舞蹈。
Li Ming used to be a shy boy in high school, but since he came to Guangzhou University, he has become an optimistic and energetic boy. This term he wants to learn a dance which is suitable for young people and can give him much freedom.
Dancing has always been Wang Gang’s favorite activity since he was five. He has already learned how to dance the waltz, fox, and some other simple styles of dance. Recently he is fascinated by Latin-American dance. This time he wants to learn a kind of ballroom dance with more difficult skills.
Huang Qiang likes dancing very much. When he was four years old, his parents paid much to let him learn ballet. He likes the famous play Swan Lake. He wants to go on learning more and to perform at the New Year’s evening party.
In the town where Gao Mei lives, dancing is very popular with young people. She is going to invite her classmate Kate to learn some rhythmical dance which can make people full of energy.
After watching football matches, Zhang Ning is impressed by Brazilian footballers. To celebrate their victory, they often dance their national dance for a while. Zhang Ning was fascinated by their movements. He made up his mind to learn the dance.

假如你校要举办一次主题为“How to communicate with friends”的英语演讲比赛，请你用英语写一篇演讲稿。要点如下：
尊重并信任朋友，作为回报，他们也会信赖你。
常与朋友聊天，增强相互了解。
换位思考问题，体会别人所想，找出合适的交流方式。
诚恳与体贴在沟通中非常重要。
注意：
1．词数：100字左右；
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．参考词汇：
换位思考 put oneself in sb’s shoes   consideration 考虑周到，体贴
作为回报  in return
[写作要求]
1．只能使用5个句子表达全部内容；
2．文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
[评分标准]
句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。
Hello, everyone, I’d like to share my ideas about the topic of communicating with our  friends.
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阅读下面短文，然后按要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
Many people believe that in the future computers will be used in lots of everyday activities .It is thought that we won’t go shopping because many goods are available on the Internet .There will be no more books because all books will be available from electronic libraries .The Internet will be used to book holidays, rent films and order food.  Most telephone calls will be made over the Internet as well .Some people are excited about these new developments .Others , however, do not think that computers will replace our present ways of shopping and communicating .
Is Internet shopping as much fun as traditional shopping ? Many people say it is not .It is fun to go into shops and look as good in person . It is also unlikely that many people will want to read large texts on our computers because paper books will possibly be more user- friendly .Maybe , computers won’t change these habits.
【写作内容】
1．以约30个词概括这段短文的内容；
2．然后以约120个词表达你对“网上购物”这一现象的观点。内容包括：
（1）叙述你身边的同学对网上购物的看法。
（2）你喜欢的购物方式（传统的购物方式还是网上购物）?
（3）结合自己的生活例子说明你喜欢的理由。
【写作要求】
1.作文中可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内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子。
2.作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。