2019届广东省湛江市高三上学期调研考试英语试题

高考不是高不可攀，是要你向更高的目标前进，永不停息；高考不是煎熬煎烤，是让你完善自我的磨考，不断超越。高考到了，祝你成竹在胸，高人一筹，考试成绩门门优秀。2018-2019学年

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第一部分 听力（略）最新试卷十年寒窗苦，踏上高考路，心态放平和，信心要十足，面对考试卷，下笔如有神，短信送祝福，愿你能高中，马到功自成，金榜定题名。

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，从每小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Have you ever been to the following places?If not,try to find a chance to visit them.

Fez,Morocco

Fez,about 240 miles northeast from Marrakech,a wonderful scene is taking root slowly.It started with immigrants building castles,and continues as hotels and restaurants.The biggest news is that the Hotel Sahrai is completed with a bar and 50 rooms,many overlooking a pool.

Catskills,New York

The region that welcomed Jewish families in the 50s,hippies in the 60s,and soon,casino gamblers（赌博者）. Many stylish B&Bs have opened.Among them are the Hotel Dylan in Woodstock,the Arnold House in Livingston Manor,with its bar and diminutive spa（水疗中心）.So now is the time to enjoy fly-fishing,hiking and other peaceful experiences.

Rotterdam,Netherlands

The constantly unfolding city center in Rotterdam has become one amazing explosion of style,which surprised the tourists greatly.The latest attraction,and reason enough to visit,is the MVRDV-designed Markthal,an igloo（圆顶冰屋）-like horseshoe that houses 20 shops,nine restaurants and 228 apartments.It also happens to be Holland's largest artwork.

Chengdu,China

Famous for its 1,600 pandas,most of which still live in the wild,Chengdu has introduced a 72-hour no-visa policy that makes it easier for Americans to drop in on one of the city's three major panda research facilities.But it's worth sticking around longer to experience what's doing in Chengdu,a city on the rise.One of the shiniest attractions is New Century Global Centre,the world's largest building,complete with an artificial beach. 21.What can a tourist do in Catskills? A.Go fishing and hiking.

B.Design igloos with tourists.

D.Join the local people in

C.play with the pandas in the wild. building castles.

22.Which is Holland's largest artwork? A.The Hotel Sahrai. C.Markthal.

B.The Hotel Dylan.

D.New Century Global Centre.

23.What did Chengdu do to attract the American travelers? A.It improved its quality of service. building.

C.It introduced a 72-hour no-visa policy. an artificial beach.

B

My husband and I used to think we had all we had ever wanted.A beautiful house,three healthy children and one more on the way,two cars,a couple of four-wheelers for entertainment—We really had it all and we loved it. Then,the market turned and my husband's job at a construction company was gone.The company was closing down forever.

We both started looking for jobs right away,but there weren't any to be found.With each passing day we were getting increasingly worried and we continued to work together in order to pull our family through.The more we pulled together,the closer we got.I felt feelings of admiration for my husband that I hadn't felt for years.

That's why it was so hard for me to watch him blame himself for ou present situation.I continually asked him to stop but he seemed to want to punish himself for not having a job.

B.It built the world's largest

D.It completed a building with

Finally,one afternoon I pulled him aside and said,\have four healthy children and each other.That's what's important.That makes you a rich man.\

\—you'll hate me,\I smiled at him and put my hands on both sides of his face to make him look me in the eye.\—as long as I have you,\again as I realized that I wasn't just saying that.In all the struggling together I had found that deep love for him that I had on the day we said \

I could see his shoulders and neck relaxed.He held me close and we were able to talk and plan and dream together in a way that we hadn't for quite some time.It was a turning point for us as a couple and a family.

We are still struggling for our better life,but I consider us well-off because we have something that money can't buy and no one can take away from us. 24.We know from the story that . A.they both found good jobs at last

B.her husband was out of work for his not working hard C.both of them felt anxious about their unemployment

D.they didn't love each other any longer after they got married

25.By saying \A.her husband worked harder for being closer they struggled together

C.their house was closer to the company than before D.they were closer to another employment as time went by

26.What is their present life like? A.Hard but warm.

B.Wealthy but annoying.

C.Hard

and

disturbing.

B.they had closer affection as

D.Comfortable and admiring.

27.Which of the following might be the best title? A.Better Life Comes

D.We Lose It All

C

The word \is the most frequently spoken all-purpose expression on the planet

B.Hard Time Goes C.We Have It All

—and it's turning 176 years old on March 23,2015.The term was born during a 19th-century abbreviation（缩写）craze and went on to international fame with its own hand gesture.

Last year,Henry Nass,a 64-year-old retired English teacher,a New Yorker had spent the last few weeks handing out cards championing \coming anniversary.

\matter where people are from they use the word 'OK,'but they don't know where it comes from,\

The word is OK,perhaps,but its history is definitely better than average.Late etymologist Allen Walker Read traced the two-letter word to 1839,when editors at the Boston Morning Post signed off on articles as “all correct” with a simple word \

The word made it into print on March 23 of that year,during an article against a rival editor in Providence who had stated wrongly that a band of Bostonians heading to New York would pass through the Rhode Island capital.

\not a word about our team passing 'through the city' of Providence,\Morning Post reported.\—all correct.\

The humor of the Providence-Boston joke has been lost to history—but the word OK took off from there,soon connoting（隐含）agreement,acceptance,averageness,quality or likability.

By 1840,it served as a slogan for President Martin Van Buren's unsuccessful reelection campaign.\OK,\president's birthplace and his supporters’ belief in his satisfactory performance. 28.Why did Henry Nass hand out cards?

A.To let people understand the history of the word \people to use the word \C.To appeal to people to celebrate OK Day. attention.

29.What does the author want to convey in Paragraph 4? A.The history of the word \ B.The history of the word \

B.To call on

D.To attract people's