2020年廣州市普通高中畢業(yè)班綜合測試(二)-英語(word版附答案

1、秘密啟用前試卷類型： B2020 年廣州市普通高中畢業(yè)班綜合測試（二）英語本試卷共 10 頁，滿分 120 分。考試用時 120 分鐘。 注意事項：1. 答卷前，考生務必將自己的姓名和考生號、試室號、座位號填寫在答題卡上，并用 2B 鉛筆在答題卡的相應位置填涂考生號及試卷類型（B）。因聽力另考，試卷從第二部分的“閱讀理解”開始，試題序號從“ 21”開始。2. 回答選擇題時，選出每小題答案后，用鉛筆把答題卡對應題目的答案信息點涂黑。 如需改動，用橡皮擦干凈后，再選涂其他答案。寫在本試卷上無效。3. 回答非選擇題時，必須用黑色字跡的鋼筆或簽字筆作答，答案必須寫在答題卡指定 區(qū)域內(nèi)的相應位置上；如需

2、改動，先劃掉原來的答案，然后再寫上新答案；不準使用鉛筆 和涂改液。寫在本試卷上無效。4. 考試結(jié)束后，將本試卷和答題卡一并交回。 第二部分 閱讀理解 （ 共兩節(jié)，滿分 40 分 ） 第一節(jié) （ 共 15小題；每小題 2分，滿分 30 分 ）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的 A、B、C和D 四個選項中，選出最佳選項。 WENQIANGAWe can all think of times when people didnt make remembering easy. Directions given at machine-gun speed. New people introduced in a fl

3、ood of names and handshakes. Whenever information is passed between people, it s all too easy for it to go in one ear and straight out ofthe other. Thankfully, the opposite is also true. Look around you, and youll see parencan get their children to remember exactly what they were told; advertisers w

4、ho know how to imprint their sales messages on our brains.So, how do they do? Their secrets can be summed up in four simple words: focus, imagery, reasons and engagement.FOCUS means ensuring that the person you re talking to can concentrate on learning. Choose your moment carefully. Check that they

5、can properly hear or see the information. Communicate slowly and clearly enough for their memory to cope.IMAGERY helps information to stick. Do everything your can to make other people“the ideas youre giving them. Add visual details to directions, and illustrate abstract conceptswith metaphors.REASO

6、NS to remember help people to put in the mental effort. So, make it clear that your words are important, and be explicit about why. Maybe this information will save them time, protect them from embarrassment, or let them enjoy a particular experience or event.EMGAGEMENT requires you to ask questions

7、. Point out links between new concepts and things listeners already know. Activate their senses, spark their curiosity, get them doing something physical, or simply make them laugh.The next time youve got an important message to pass on, put some of these techniquesto the test. You ll discover that

8、there are benefits on both sides when you know how to FIREpeople s memories into action.21. What is the main purpose of the text?A. To report new research.B. To provide some advice.C. To explain a problem.D. To define some terms.22. How can you do to help a listener“ focus ” on what you are saying?A

9、. Select the appropriate time to raise the topic.B. Do something humorous to get their attention.C. Make sure the information provided is correct.D. Speak as slowly and clearly as you possibly can.23. Explaining to listeners why your information is important is an example of .A. FOCUS B. IMAGERY C.

10、REASONS D. ENGAGEMENTBSpecial boxes lie at the bottom of my locked filing cabinet. Deposited there are important letters and cards collected throughout my life, from my grandparents, school friends, parents, wife and son. Since the invention of e-mail though, theyve been few and far between.Tonight

11、is New York s Eve 2029 and there s a very special box of letters I want to look at.But first theres something I have to do慣例). The Ritual(I go to my trusted computer and start. I begin to type: Dear - . I leave the name blank for now, anticipating the thrill of typing it in.“I hope you are well and

12、I wonder how this will findyou. And you still planning to move to that villa in Portugal? Did your son marry Fiona? Is your mother still alive? Questions surge into my mind.For the next two hours I sit writing. About what Ive been doing for the last year, my failinhealth, my increasing wealth and so

13、metime difficult marriage. Then about my goals and ambitions. Will he be interested? Do I climb Mt. Kilimanjaro? Do I get that novel published? the one that s been rejected more times than I carte to think about.Finally, it finsi shed. 11:30 pm. I fill in the recipient namse , print my letter, sign

14、and address it and then seal it up with tape. I then delete the document and empty the trash folder to avoid the possibility of temptation. That completes the ritual!I walk over to my“ special box ” . It contains ten long, white, thick envelopes, all with thesame handwriting. I place the one I have

15、just written in at the back and take out the one at the front. Its dated 2019, and labelled“to be opened 31st December 2029”.The cycle is finally complete! I open it, trembling with anticipation. I begin to read, my eyes tearing up a little as I do so. Throughout the last ten long, eventful years, o

16、f life, death, joy and heartbreak, it has been waiting patiently in this box for me, though I now have no memory of ever having written it.24. Why does the author receive fewer“ important letters ” these days ?A. He has moved from his original address.B. He is rarely in contact with his friends and

17、family.C. People communicate with each other less often than before.D. Electronic communication has largely replaced physical letters.25. Who does the underlined word“ he ” in paragraph 4 refer to?A. The author himself.B. The author s son.C. The author s school friend.D. The author s book publisher.

18、26. Why does the author probably delete the completed letter from his computer?A. So that no one else will be able to read it.B. So that he won t read it ahead of schedule.C. Because he decides at last not to send it.D. Because he wants forget what has happened.27. How does the author feel as he is

19、about to open his special letter?A. Relieved B. Moved C. Excited D. AfraidCTexas rancher（牧場主 ） Charles Goodnight had a problem. He needed skilled cowboys to drive his herd of two thousand longhorn cattle to New Mexico to be sold. He couldnt offer highwages. He couldnt promise easy jobs or even nice

20、weather. But he decided that decent, warm meals might entice men to work for him.In the mid-to-late 1800s, cattle drives sometimes took three to four months, and once the drive began, there were no stores for hundreds of miles. All the food and supplies needed for the trip were carried on two-wheele

21、d carts. Usually, the cowboys food was boring and unappetizing.Goodnight went to work and solved the problem. His invention of a mobile kitchen, the chuck wagon（四輪馬車 ）, got its name from the cowboy word for food, chuck. Goodnight took an old army wagon and rebuilt it with Osage orange, a wood so tou

22、gh that Indians used it to make bows. The wagons iron axles were stronger than the wooden ones found on standard wagons, and the wider wheels lasted longer. Besides food, coffee sugar and eating utensils, it held everything from first-aid supplies to needles and thread. It even contained cooking sto

23、ve.The first chuck wagon was an instant success. Eighteen cowhands joined Goodnight and his partner, Oliver Loving, to drive the cattle to New Mexico for a handsome profit. The route they took later called the Goodnight-Loving Trail becoanme eo f the most heavily usedcattle trails in the Southwest.T

24、he chuck wagon soon was the backbone of all successful cattle drives. Other ranchers created their own moving kitchens, and eventually the Studebaker Company produced chuck wagons that sold for $75 to $100 apiece, about $1,000 today.The chuck wagon was much more than a mobile kitchen. Sometimes call

25、ed the trail drives mother ship, it was like a magnet that drew the men together. The wagon and the ground around it were the cowboys home. There he enjoyed hot meals, a warm fire, and good companionship. He could also get a bandage, a haircut, or horse liniment for his sore muscles. And there, unde

26、r the stars and around the chuck wagon, he crawled into his bedroll each night.28. Who does the underlined word “ entice ” in paragraph 1 mean?A. InformB. Direct C. Enable D. Attract29. Why were cattle drives in the mid-to-late 1800s so tough ?A. All the cattle were carried on two-wheeled vehicles.B

27、. Fresh food supplies were hard to find on the drive.C. There were not enough cowboys to drive the cattle.D. There was no place to store food and necessary supplies.30. What do we know about Goodnights chuck wagon from the text?A. It was stronger than the ordinary wagons.B. It was mainly used to pro

28、vide first aid.C. It could be changed into a sleeping area.D. It was sold to other ranchers by Goodnight.31. What is the best title for the text?A. The Cowboys ProblemB. Goodnight-Loving TrailC. The Cowboys Home on WheelsD. Exciting Cattle Drives in the WestDDepending on what language you speak, you

29、r eye perceives colours and the world differently than someone else.The human eye can physically perceive millions of colours. But we don t all recognisethese colours in the same way. Some people can t see differences in colou rso called colour blindness due to a defect or absence of the cells in th

30、e retina that are sensitive to high levels of light: the cones. But the distribution and density of these cells also varies across people with normal vision , causing us all to experience the same colour in slightly different ways.Language affects our colour perception too. Different languages and c

31、ultural groups also categorize colours differently. Some languages like Dani, spoken in Papua New Guinea, and Bassa, spoken in Liberia and Sierra Leone, only have two terms, dark and light. Dark roughly translates as cool in those languages, and light as warm. So colours like black, blue, and green

32、are glossed as cool colours, while lighter colours like white, red, orange and yellow are glossed as warm colours. Other cultural groups have no word for“ colours ” at all.Remarkably, most of the world s languages have fiveu br atesircm cso. lAos well as dark,andlight, and red, these languages typic

33、ally have a term for yellow, and a term that refers to both blue and green. That is, these languages do not have separate terms for“ greenuse one term to describe both colours. Also, Russian, Greek, Turkish and many other languages have two separate terms for blue one referring exclusively to darker

34、 shades, and one referring to lighter shades.The way we perceive colours can also change during our lifetime. Greek speakers, who have two fundamental colour terms to describe light and dark blue, are more likely to see these two colours as the same after living for long periods of time in the UK. T

35、here, these two colours are described in English by the same fundamental colour term: blue.Different languages can influence our perceptions in all areas of life, not only colour. Scientists are now investigating how different languages changes the way we perceive everyday objects. Ultimately, this

36、happens because learning a new language is like giving our brain the ability to interpret the world differently32. What is mainly discussed in paragraph 2?A. The medical causes of people s colour blindness.B. The different types of colours that people can see.C. The physical causes of variation in p

37、eople s vision.D. The cultural reasons for differences in colour perception.33. What colours are commonly referred to using the same word by many language groups?A. Yellow and red.B. Warm and cold.C. Dark and light.D. Blue and green.34. What do we know about the Russian language?A. It classifies col

38、ours as either warm or cold.B. It has more than one word for the colour blue.C. It mainly describes objects in terms of their colour.D. It has only five basic terms to describe colours.35. Why does the author mention Greek speakers living in England?A. To illustrate how social context can affect our

39、 senses.B. To provide an example of cultural miscommunication.C. To highlight the variation in the words used to describe colour.D. To demonstrate how languages can combine to produce new words.英語試題 B 第 12 頁 共 11 頁第二節(jié) （ 共 5小題; 每小題 2分，滿分 10 分 ） 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多 余選項。Tropical Cyclo

40、nesHave you ever seen a TV weatherperson pointing to a large, white spiral of storm clouds spinning over the Earth on their video screen? If so, then youve gotten a small look at what the most powerful storm in the world looks like: a tropical cyclone.（ 熱帶風暴 ）36 The warm air and water at the equator

41、（赤道 ） rise into the atmosphere, cool off, and then sink back down. As this cycle repeats itself over and over again, the storm begins to grow and the winds around the storm begin to move faster.Depending on where a tropical cyclone is in the world, it is called either a hurricane, a typhoon, or a cy

42、clone. If tropical cyclones move over the northwestern Pacific Ocean, they called typhoons. 37 In the South Pacific or the Indian Ocean, they re called cyclones.The center of a tropical cyclone is called the 38 Mo“st eoyf eth”e s. trong winds do not reach the eye of the storm, so the eye is the calm

43、est part.39 A storm that is rated as a Category 1 is the weakest. A Category 5 tropical cyclone is the strongest, which has winds of over 300km per hour, can cause catastrophic damage.Once these storms come onto land, they no longer have the warm ocean water they need to grow larger. This means that

44、 they begin to grow weaker. This doesnt stop them from causing a lot of damage before they go away. 40 A. They still may produce strong rain and tornadoes.B. Tropical cyclones are categorised based on their strength.C. They withdraw as quickly as they arrive and leave the land untouched.D. The rest

45、of the storm moves in a circle around the eye at incredibly high speeds.E. Tropical storms with wind speeds that reach 74 miles per hour are called hurricanes.F. Tropical cyclones start as tropical storms that form in warm ocean waters near the Earths equator.G. Such storms moving over the northeast

46、ern Pacific or the Atlantic Ocean are termed hurricanes.第三部分：英語知識運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分 45 分） 第一節(jié)（共 20小題；每小題 1.5 分，滿分 30分）閱讀下面短文， 從短文后各題所給的四個選項 （A、B、C和 D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。 By WENQIANGIn todays world, we find ourselves communicating more through online channels such as messaging, social media and vide

47、o calls, often at the 41 of face-to-face dialogue. There are certain situations where online communication is 42 but others where we opt for virtual over a real-life conversation. Which begs the 43 : is online communication 44 . in todays world?To begin with, Id like to outline the advantages of onl

48、ine communication. One of the main arguments in its 45 is that it opens up the possibility of communicating with people in different places around the globe. This has considerable benefits in the workplace as 46 . can take place via video conferencing between Stockholm, San Francisco and Shanghai wi

49、thout the need for 47 , exhausting, long-haul business trips. 48 , it provides opportunities for long-distance families and friends to keep in touch on a daily basis. Another point is that written online communication gives us the option of responding either49 or at a timethat suits us as well as al

50、lowing us to 50 and polish our message.On the other hand, there are several significant 51 to over-reliance on online communication. Some experts are 52 that a lack of face-to-face interaction 53 the development of vital social skills such as empathising and reacting to situations in54 .time. Also,

51、the very nature of conversation is55 in the virtual world. If short messagesdecorated with emoticons 56 longer stretches of direct conversation with 57 . expressed on real faces, we are running the risk of 58 the art of real conversation.59 , I believe that online communication brings an overall adv

52、antage in todays fastpaced, global society. However, we shouldn60 the bte nefits of engaging in face-to-facedialogue.41. A. beginningB. riskC. requestD. expense42. A. unnecessaryB. unavoidableC. challengingD. meaningful43. A. questionB. conclusionC. ideaD. consequence44. A. understandableB. incredib

53、leC. preferableD. possible45. A. opinionB. favourC. presenceD. condition46. A. paymentsB. incidentsC. meetingsD. classes47. A. time-consumingB. heartbreakingC. user-friendlyD. cost-effective48. A. GraduallyB. ConsequentlyC. OtherwiseD. Furthermore49. A. earlierB. immediatelyC. frequentlyD. conventio

54、nally50. A. deleteB. copyC. editD. send51. A. drawbacksB. puzzlesC. improvementsD. changes52. A. annoyedB. curiousC. confidentD. concerned53. A. crosses outB. slows downB. spareC. turns upD. gets overD. real54.A. workC.local55.A. importantB. practicalC.differentD.attractive56.A. removeB. replaceC.re

55、leaseD.revise57.A. emotionsB. conceptsC.wishesD.doubts58.A. denyingB. misunderstandingC. losingD.missing59.A. After allB. By the wayC.On the contraryD.On balance60.A. overlookB. emphasizeC.preserveD. destroy第二節(jié) (共 10小題；每小題 1.5分，滿分 15 分)閱讀下面材料，在空白處填寫 1 個適當?shù)膯卧~或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。By WENQIANGIt s just another d

56、ay for William Lindesay. It begins by spending some time with his sons and the Great Wall of China. He has lost count of the number of times he61 (climb) thewall. However, he still remembers the day he first saw 62 .The UK native came back to China in 1986 with63 (plan) to run the walls entire64 (long) but it didnt quite work out that time. He came back a year later and fulfilled his dream, before finally settling in China in 1990. Lindesay has had eight books on the Great Wall 65 (publish) over the years. He has completed three photo projects that show 66 it has changed with the passa