广东省广州市2018届高三12月调研测试英语试题

B. The area has not been visited by scientists for many years.

C. The area still contains many plants and animals unknown to science. D. The locals are unwilling to allow the scientists to enter the deep woods.

D

Petrol and diesel cars may still dominate our roads, but their days are numbered. A recent university study found that current electric cars could be used for 87 per cent of daily car journeys in the US. That figure could rise to 98 per cent by 2020.

One hurdle to the widespread adoption of electric cars has been ‘range anxiety’ — drivers’ concerns about running out of juice on a journey. While petrol stations are conveniently located across national road systems, the necessary network of electric charging stations is still being developed. That said, charging points are becoming increasingly common throughout the USA.

Attitudes towards electric vehicles have changed quite considerably over the last few years. Not that long ago, electric cars were met with distrust, and their large price tags drove customers away. Thanks to improvements in battery capacity, recharging times, performance and price, the current generation of electric cars are starting to persuade critics. Plug-in cars will soon give internal combustion engine models a run for their money.

As well as advancements on the road, electric vehicles are taking to the seas and skies. Electric boats are among the oldest methods of electric travel, having enjoyed several decades of popularity from the late 19th to the early 20th century before petrol-powered outboard motors took over. Now, the global drive for renewable energy sources is bringing electric boats back. Steps towards electric air travel are also being made, with Airbus and NASA among the organisations developing and testing battery powered planes. The experiments could soon make commercial electric flight a reality.

Electric vehicles do not produce any emissions. Were the US to act on the study’s findings and replace 87 per cent of its cars with electric vehicles, it would reduce the national demand for petrol by 61 per cent. However, because of the production processes and the generation of electricity required to charge these vehicles, they cannot claim to be completely emission-free. That said, as many countries continue to increase their use of renewable energy sources, electric vehicles will become even cleaner.

32. Which is the best title for this passage?

A. My Dream Car

B. History of Electric Cars D. Driving into the Future

C. Problems with Petrol Cars

33. As used in Paragraph 2, the underlined word “hurdle” means _______.

A. aim

B. barrier

C. consequence

D. step

34. In the past, why did many people refuse to buy the electric cars?

A. They were not good value. B. They were very poorly made. C. They were not widely promoted.

D. They couldn’t travel at a high speed. 35. What is the function of Paragraph 4?

A. To introduce the history of electric travel.

B. To explain why the world needs more electric cars. C. To show why more people have interest in electric cars. D. To describe different ways electric vehicles can be used.

第二节 ( 共5小题; 每小题2分，满分10分 )

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。

China has been the birthplace of many of the world’s greatest inventions. It was, for example, the first country to produce paper money. Before the invention of paper money and coins, people used many different kinds of things for buying and selling. 36 This exchange of goods and services for other goods and services is called bartering.

37 In 1200 BC, people in China began to use shells（贝壳）as money. Usually the shells used as money were very small. This made it easier for people to carry money over long distances, and allowed for trade to develop between different parts of the country.

In the years which followed this invention, many other countries around the world began to do the same. 38

The next development was in 1000 BC, when China started making bronze and copper shells. It wasn’t long before the Chinese made round coins out of metal. 39 By 500 BC, metal coins had begun to appear in countries like Persia and Greece, and later in the Roman Empire.

About 1000 years later, leather was used as money in China, and in 806 AD, the first paper banknotes were produced by the Chinese people. 40

A. People also began collecting foreign coins as souvenirs.

B. However, as economies developed, such exchanges became impractical. C. It was still many years before paper currency appeared in Europe. D. They also used tiny shells as money for buying and selling. E. As time went by, trade between countries increased.

F. During that time, for example, buying a chicken might cost several potatoes. G. The very first coins often had holes in them so that people could string them together.

第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分） 第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Grady threw down his backpack and slammed the car door shut. “This is going to be a really 41 week,” he said unhappily to no one 42 . He looked around the campground. Hundreds of blue-green fir trees,some as tall as church towers, 43 the mountainside, giving it the appearance of a lush green carpet. The sun would be setting soon. Then, Grady thought, maybe the 44 wouldn’t feel so bad. Even up here in the 45 , the hot stickiness of July clung to him. Grady hated camping, but it was something his family 46 every summer. His father liked cooking over an open fire, telling stories about how to 47 things like bear attacks and swarms of bees. His mother and younger brother Jared liked to hike and take 48 of animals. Jared had a collection of bug pictures that he’d 49 to the walls in his half of their room. Grady thought they were just scary and proof that Jared was a 50 kid. They set up camp — two 51 , one for his parents and one for himself and Jared. While everyone else started 52 dinner, Grady, looking for some place to cool down, set off for the nearby stream, which was deep enough to 53 in. As he 54 the stream, something caught his eye. There was a/an 55 black bear cub — no more than two feet tall with a lovely face. It was playing 56 at the water’s edge, 57 its surroundings. Grady moved closer to get a 58 look. Then Grady heard a sound behind him. He 59 his father saying that bear cubs would never be 60 . Then he turned around and saw the cub’s mother moving swiftly towards him ... 41. A. long B. interesting B. in brief B. covered C. peaceful D. risky D. in silence D. scarred D. sun D. tower 42. A. in advance 43. A. blocked 44. A. dust C. in particular C. reflected C. heat C. sky B. campground B. river 45. A. mountain 46. A. believed in 47. A. encourage 48. A. care

B. insisted on B. explore B. control

C. came cross C. recognize C. pictures

D. lived through D. survive

D. examples

D. thrown D. strange D. plates D. preparing D. sink D. neared D. large D. nervously D. ignoring

49. A. guided 50. A. sensitive 51. A. beds

B. pinned C. taken B. smart B. rooms

C. tough C. tents

52. A. altering 53. A. dig

B. hunting B. swim

C. ordering C. hide C. left

54. A. crossed 55. A. adorable

B. imagined B. aggressive B. joyfully

C. injured

56. A. cautiously 57. A. attacking 58. A. better 59. A. found 60. A. alone

C. forcefully C. hating

B. destroying B. brighter B. learned B. awake

C. fixed D. lasting C. remembered

D. misunderstood D. scared

C. cute

第II卷

第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分） 第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面材料，在空白处填写1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Way back in 1674, a frog helped Antoni van Leeuwenhoek make an incredible discovery. Antoni was an amateur scientist from Holland, so fascinated by microscopes 61 he’d built some of his own. One rainy day, as he went for a walk, a leaping frog 62 (draw) his attention to a puddle.

Antoni collected a drop of puddle water and put it 63 his microscope. He was amazed 64 (see) a whole community of creatures swimming in this one drop — tiny beings no one had ever seen before.

These tiny beings, called microbes, are everywhere: in dirt, in food and on your kitchen table. People 65 (cover) in them, too. 66 you were to count all the microbes on and inside your body, you would find your body has more microbes than the world has people — over 6 billion!

Microbes can’t survive on 67 (they) own. They need food. After 68 (settle) into a home — you, for instance — they steal vitamins and other nutrients and leave behind dead cells and poisonous liquids called toxins. Some microbes can make you sick. People usually call these ones germs. 69 (lucky) for you, there are more 70 (help) microbes, working together to keep you healthy, than bad ones.