广东省揭阳市2018届高三第二次模拟考试英语试卷含答案

揭阳市2018年高中毕业班高考第二次模拟考试

英 语

本试卷分三部分。满分120分。考试时间120分钟。 注意事项：

1．答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔在答题卡上填写自己的准考证号、姓名、试室号和座位号。用2B型铅笔把答题卡上试室号、座位号对应的信息点涂黑。

2．选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B型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的相应位置上；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整洁。考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。

第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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The International Voluntary Service runs a number of Youth Exchanges throughout the year. Youth Exchanges give small groups of 4-5 young people the opportunity to take part in volunteering trips abroad for an average of two weeks. These young people are joined by 4-5 young people from 3-4 other nationalities and are a wonderful intercultural experience in a safe environment. Example Youth Exchanges: Youth Exchange 1 Location: Ireland

Other nationalities: Ireland, Spain, Italy, Hungary

Theme: Focuses on the topic of community reconstruction and community activities—exploring how local issues facing our communities are connected to global issues. The group will also learn about the eco-village as an example of a community and take part in team-building activities. Youth Exchange 2 Location: France

Other nationalities: Bulgaria, Italy, France

Theme: Organic gardening & continual living. This project will take place in a natural park, where the group will take part in gardening activities and games／workshops about continuous development.

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Youth Exchange 3 Location: Macedonia

Other nationalities: Serbia, Turkey, Ireland

Theme: Foster social inclusion and motivate personal development of young people through sports and outdoor activities. Promote outdoor activities as a tool to help inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities. Youth Exchange 4 Location: Italy

Other nationalities: Italy, Bulgaria, Greece

Theme: A social-environmental project that intends to promote social inclusion and continuable development, regarded as a process of civil rights and active citizenship. Over 10 days, the group will participate in activities to raise awareness about the effect of our behavior on the environment. 21.What do you focus on when travelling in France? A. Gardening work．

B. Civil rights．

C. Developing social inclusion． D. Rebuilding communities．

22. If you are interested in protecting the environment，you can take part in ________. A . Youth Exchange 1 C. Youth Exchange 3

B. Youth Exchange 2 D. Youth Exchange 4

23.Which nationality are Youth Exchanges most popular with? A. Spain

B. Italy

C. Ireland

B

I live in Minnesota, which is unfairly famous for terrible winters. Buffalo is far more wintry, whereas Seattle’s winters are more bitter. Our winters tend to be brilliantly sunny and cheerful. But, of course, it’s different for a visitor.

Lightweight thermal (保暖的) wear is good. Back in the day, we wore layers and layers of heavy woolens. A boy of 13 carrying 35 pounds of wet wool on his back does not feel very cold. Today you can buy outfits filled with goose feathers as well as thermal boots and caps to keep you warm.

When I was a youth, there was no such phrase as global warming. We never got warm, not even at night, when we slept under piles of blankets because Dad believed that if you couldn’t see your breath when you talked, then the thermostat was turned up too high and you were wasting fuel. So 45 degrees was room temperature, and we wore long woolens to bed.

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D. France

We arose in the cold, dark dawn,and walked forth into the snowstorm to catch the school bus. We huddled (蜷缩) by the highway, praying for the bus to come, while wolves moved around eyeballing us for signs of sleepiness. When you have survived wolves, then the winters of today are a walk in the park. Enduring winter is only a start — embracing（拥抱）winter is what you should struggle for. Winter gives a sense of purpose and saves one from a life of self-gratification(自我满足）, lying down and posting photos on Facebook. You have promises to keep. A sidewalk to clear. Two inches of snow over a layer of ice — you may as well set a leg trap for the elderly as leaving the walk unswept.

You have children to raise. Remove their fingers from their smart phones, and lead them outdoors so they can absorb the wisdom of winter. We are animals. Life is not mainly about self-expression. It is about finding food and clothing and shelter, about sticking with the pack and not wandering off. Everyone is just as cold as you. No complaining.

24. What are Minnesota's winters like in the author's eyes? A. They are wonderful.

B. They are unbearable.

C. They are colder than Buffalo’ s. D. They are comfortable for visitors. 25. When the author was young, ________. A. he kept talking to keep warm C. his dad tried his best to warm him

B. he suffered from winters’ nights

D. his room was always at a high temperature

26. The underlined part “the winters of today are a walk in the park” in Paragraph 4 implies that today's winters are ________. A. warm

B. quiet

C. short

D. pleasant

27. The author suggests that people ________. A. store enough food for cold winters C. step outside and appreciate winters

B. lend the neighbors a helping hand D. say goodbye to modern technology C

You might not realize just how much work goes into making a newspaper. Apart from searching for a good story and the endless editing required to correct mistakes, copy editors need to make sure that everything fits perfectly. A good headline tells as much as possible in a short space. There never seems to be quite enough space to express completely what you want to say.

News headlines often focus on the central and most important new information. The relevantly insignificant information might be left out in order to stress the main idea or just to be brief. News headlines are featured by the vivid language. They add something special to attract readers’ eyes. Because the headline

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aims to describe the main focus of the story in six or seven words, every word counts and accuracy is decisive. For instance, “stab” (刺杀) is a better verb than “kill” because it tells the reader how the criminal did his deed; similarly, “Toyota” is a better noun than “car”. But the make of a good headline is not characterized necessarily by the amount of information in it. For instance, the front-page headline on the Los Angeles Times on September 11—the day New York’s World Trade Center was attacked—simply read “TERROR STRIKES”, all in capitals（大写字母）. While these two words do not describe how, where or why the buildings were attacked, they were accompanied by a half-page photo that captured(捕捉) the event in which around 3,000 people lost their lives.

28. What is vital in making news besides a good story and perfect edition? A. An appropriate headline. B. A capital headline. C. Vivid language. A. attractive A. the buildings

D. A brief report. C. insignificant

D. long enough D. the twin towers

29. News headlines should be ________.

B. countable

30. The underlined word “they” in the last paragraph refers to ________.

B. the two words C. the people

31. The example of “TERROR STRIKES” is used to support the view that ________. A. a good headline tells as much as possible in a short space

B. news headines often focus on the central and most important news information C. a good headline is not marked necessarily by the amount of information in it D. news headlines are featured by the vivid language

D

Whenever we see a button, we want to press it because we know that something will happen. This is true in most cases, for example, on a doorbell. But some buttons are actually fake(假的), like the “close” button on a lift.

Many people are in the habit of pressing the “close” button because they don’t have the patience to wait for the lift doors to shut. But lifts’ “close” buttons are a complete trick, at least in the US － the doors will not close any faster no matter how hard you press.

It started in the 1990s when the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in the US, making sure that all lifts stayed open long enough so that people with disabilities could enter. Only US firefighters and repairmen can use the buttons to speed up the door-closing process if they have a code or special keys. But to normal lift riders, the buttons aren’t completely useless. According to psychologists, fake

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